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All Kinds Turned Work, Sash 8 Doors, Mouldings * Fence Posts Building _ _ M aterial JOSEPH GUSENHOVEN NOW is the time to order your lumber, as it will -DeIler-- in take several months to get it. Cars are scarce and ship Will Tke Orde for Dressed Undressed umber ents uncertain. If you will SDressed U u place your order now, we will Any Kind of Saw- saw it out and ship at the PAINTS and OILS, GLASS first opportunity. HAVRE, MONTANA. Saw and Planing Mill Lumber Yard at at HAVRE, FORTIN E, HAVR, Montara Mo t. ~3rl - · ---~ I~4 LENGTH OF THE DAYS Oifference Between the Star Day and the Sun Day. IT IS GREATEST IN WINTER. WJY the Difference Occurs and How It May Be Observed-Oddly Enough I the Shortest Day In the Year Is SReally the Longest Day In Time. How long, after all, is a day? The geographies say that it is the time re quired for the earth to turn once on its axis, that it measures twenty-four hours by the clock and that a fraction more than 365 of them are to be found in a year. ft is a good plan when one reads anything in a book to test it when he can for himself. We want to see just how long it takes the earth to turn over once. Let us take any one of hle fixed stars that chances to be in line with some convenient point and, waeth in hand, notice the precise mo ment at which the star touches, let us say, a particular tree, branch or stee pie on the horizon line. If on the next eveoing we stand at precisely the same spot and sight the same star again in Ilne with the same point as before, #fen we shall know that the earth has tirned on its axis just once. (Cilriously enough, however, we shall discover, if this is done carefully, that, in spite of what the books say, it does not require twenty-four hours for the earth to turn over once. About four minutes before the day is up, by the etock. the earth has revolved once and brought the star back to its old posi tion la the sky. Really, then, the earth tur.ns on its axis once in twenty-three -hours, fifty-six minutes and four sec :udst and, as one can easily reckon, mikes something more than 366 revo Intiblfs in a year. ,pt human beings are not so much int ted in the stars as in the sun. Y' e.eally don't care much how long it tiil the earth to turn over and bring a *tar back again to the same point in mtbe sky or how many times in a year a .tar seenis to go by. We set our :l~ick and reckon our year by the ,'rarning of the earth under the sun, itd} :.ecause the earth not only turns nnder the sun, but also goes round it, t ,a.kes about four minutes longer to rtaig the sun up to its old place in she sky than to bring back a star. This jtu4es about simply enough. Suppose pns is In a room looking out the win bYo)v at a tree. If he turns round once e4.ctly he will find himself looking trtaight at the tree again, but If he prj.. the same thing when he was on 'moving train he would flnd that wh~fi.. was making the turn the tree had fallen behind. Hie would then, ac cording to the way he twirled, have to turn a little more or a little less to bring the tree straight before his nose. Therefore it is not quite true that a lay is the time required for the earth to turn once on its axis. It really is this time plus the four minutes or so required for it to turn and look back at the sun. The time required for this extra turn is not the same at all times in the year. One can easily see in the case of the moving train that the fast er the cars were moving or the nearer the track the tree stood the more the latter would seem to shift its position. Since the earth is some 3,000,000 miles nearer the sun in winter than in sum mer, and since also the nearer the sun it is the faster it travels, the difference between star day and sun day is greatest in winter. Oddly enough, it happens that Dec. 22, which has the least daylight of any day in the year and is therefore commonly said to be the shortest of all days, is really the longest. It does, as a matter of fact, run almost half a minute over twenty-four hours, while the true shortest day, which comes on Sept. 17, falls short by about the same tine. So we really have three different "days." There is the star day, which is the time during which the earth turns over once. This, because the earth spins steadily, is always the same length, twenty-three hours, fifty six minutes, four and nine-hundredths seconds, and there are 366 of them in a year. Then there is the ordinary le gal day, which is the time required for a proper clock to get round twice. This is just twenty-four hours. Be sides these, there is the sun day, its time told by the sundial, which. tak ing short with long, averages twenty four hours, but is never found to be exactly the same length for two (ays in succession. There is a string of long days in the winter, followed by a series of short ones in the spring. In the summer the sun days get long ,again, though not quite so long as in the winter. In the autumn come the shortest days of all. Only occasionally are clock day and sun day of the same length. Only four times a year do clock noon by the clock hands and sun noon by the sundial occur at the same moment. while, because the long and short sun days are found in sets, they oftentimes may be more than fifteen minute? apart. The vast majority of the people reckon their time by the sun. But time for civilized men is time by the clock. The days are all twenty-four hours long, and no matter where the sun is it is noon for us when the clock strikes 12. Nevertheless, astronomers often go by star time, get in an extra day in each year and have their noon fall at all times of the day or night. t E. T. Brewster in Chicago Record-Her aid. CORNISH DIALECT. Some Quaint Terms That Are Com mon Among the Natives. "A hitched my foot in the sconce and knacked my nuddick, and A wadn't able to clunky for a fortnight." Readers of dialect tales will proba bly take it for granted that this sen tence is Scotch. It is. however, Cor nish and, being interpreted, means, "I caught my foot in the pavement and struck the nape of my neck, and I was not able to swallow for a fortnight." There are some quaint terms com mon in Cornwall which have a pleas ing savor of their own. The phrase "my dear"-prolonged to two syllables --is not, for instance, any indication of especial affection. It is a common form of address to either man or wo man. So also, though with rather more discrimination in its use, is "my deear life." A young child is mentioned in terms of endearment as "my 'ansome" or "tender deear" or even "tender worm." "Son" and "sonny" are used without the least relation to the age or sex of the person addressed. A son may some times be heard spltaking to his own father as "my son" or a husband call ing his wife "sonny." "Young" means simply unmarried. A bachelor of eighty is "a young man." Of a bride still in her teens it was said that she was "a pretty lot better looking than when she was young." An old person is not simply old. Hie is "old ancient." Several New England localisms are found in Cornish speech, as "cricket" for a small stool, "chores" for household jobs and "dowdy" for pudding, though in America the latter word survives only as part of "pan dawdy," the delicious deep spiced ap ple pie of country housewives. A Cornish anecdote relates that a small boy left at home to supervise the family dinner while the rest of the household were at church, having. like King Alfred. neglected his duty and allowed the fig pudding to scorch. in his dismay ran to the church and fro:u the doorway made signs to the houn-e wife to come forth. She Indignantly signed him to wait, which for a ti me he did, but at length, becoming Impa tient, cried aloud in reply to her fur ther winks and grimaces, to the scan dal of the startled congregation: "Ytew may winky and skrinky as long as yiew du plase, but the figgy dowdy Is burnt gin the crock!"-Liver I pool Mercury. Not Honestly. "Have you ever been in jail before?' demanded the judge. "No, your honor, honestly, never!" "Of course you haven't honestly. IFew men get there that way."-Kan sas City Independent. It is a kingly act to help the fallen. Ovid. SWoman'sWorld MISS CAROLYN WELLS. The Famous Woman Humorist and Author of Fluffy Ruffles. Seriousness has ever been man's chief accusation against woman. It is in his estimation the gravest charge he can make against her. Inanity, silli ness, he may love to distraction, bad temper he can forgive, lapse of virtue condone, but from the seriousness of woman good Lord deliver him. Her characteristic lack of humor, her un willingness to view life and love in their funny aspect`, her obstinate re fusal to see that love has a funny as pect, her constitutional inability to let things slide-these, he argues, are the fundamental weaknesses of her sex MISS CAROLYN WELLS. and are responsible not only for most of her own unhappiness, but unfortu nately they make him deucedly miser able into the bargain. Except at one psychological moment of his courtship of her a woman's seri ousness in her relations with man is practically held at a discount. Hall, then, to the rare female creature in whom the sex blemish is conspicuous ly absent! Hail to the precursor of beyond-woman whom -the generation of George Bernard Shaw are privi leged to witness in the person of one Miss Carolyn Wells. This writer of light verse, novels and plays is young, attractive and vivacious, interested in a great many things besides author ship and wholesomely fond of society. She lives with her people in Rahway, N. J., which is near enough to New York to enable her to keep in touch with her editors and her personal friends there. She works easily, and she gathers ideas for her jingles and her stories from the most unexpected quarters; consequently she Is extreme ly prolific. The latest creature of her imagination is the famous Miss Fluffy Ruffles. who has become a type along with the Gibsou and Christie girls. Gifts For . Doy's Rcom. Every girl w\ho ha:: brother,, cou.n ls or friends in college or chool is a1:x ious to know wha\ t v. oud lye ure'ul and proper foi the fu'rnishing of he schoolroom. (:irls Itre becomingli. son.l what diffident about offering gifts of this nature tr their m.astcuine rela tives, because so mntil tiie the ino.: carefully planned and x cncuted piece of needlework has plroved useless and out of place in the, boy's room. Fragile and very dainty thing., fussy things, objects for the toilet table which are not really necessary, trifles for the desk that are more ornamental than useful, are all apt to be out of place in the boy's room. The most acceptable things are the really useful things. which are solid and substantial as well as attractive in appearance. As re gards aesthetics merely, most boys like pictures of certain sorts, but rather dread ornaments, which are sure to be broken in some of the scrambles. Among sofa pillows the linen ones in the college or school colors, with big monograms in leather stitched on one I side, are very popular with boys. Pil lows made of soft leather are also very good, and those made of small Navajo blankets are received with the great est joy. Of course it isn't easy making a Navajo blanket pillow or one of leather either, but for a beloved broth er or cousin one will do much. It is a good plan not to attempt to stitch the two sides of the cushion in either case, but to lace the4 together with leather thongs. A set of laundry bags may also be made for a boy relative. There should be a large bag for general use and a small one for collars and cuffs, as these frequently go to different laun dries. These bags are made of linen. with monograms in white braid or em broidery. Blue linen or brown bags are the best, as they wash very well. A housewife or comfort bag, such as soldiers carry, is always liked by the college boy. This may be in several shapes, but the best is a long strip of cloth or leather fitted with pockets and with cords at one end, so that it may be rolled up and tied. The pock ets contain buttons, black and white cotton,- needles, scissors, tape and oth er useful things for bachelor mending. As for pictures, of course that is a matter of individual taste with most boys. There are a few pictures, how ever, which almost all boys like, among which Remington's Indian and cowboy pictures probably take first rank. Directions For Canning. Before putting fruit in glass jars wash them in soapsuds containing a little soda. Then rinse well with scalding water and set In the sun to dry. If you want the flavor of the fruit to come out well, do not use an exbess of sugar. Never iuse poor fruit in canning. The best is none too good. Let it be as fresh as possible and not overripe. Handle it as little as possible. Have everything in readiness before you begin operations. The woman who has to run to pantry or kitchen every time a thing is wanted makes herself double the work that's neces sary. Use the best grade of sugar. It may cost a little more than the ordinary, but it will make your fruit enough bet ter to pay the difference in cost. Do not stir your fruit when it is cooking. If you want to know how it is coming along, take out a piece of it without disturbing the rest. Give it a brisk boiling. If allowed to stand and simmer, it will not retain its shape well. When the cans are ready for sealing, see that the covers fit perfectly. Nev er use one that does not hug down tightly to the shoulder of the jar. Graham Bread. Set a sponge overnight as for white bread and in the morning work into it three scant tablespoonfuls of mo lasses and enough graham flour to make a soft dough. Knead thoroughly and after forming into loaves knead each loaf for five minutes. Put into well greased tins, set to rise until very light and bake in a moderate oven. Save candle ends, for, melted and with an equal quantity of turpentine, they make an excellent polish for floors, oilcloth, etc. This polish costs almost nothing and is often considered superior to beeswax and turpentine. Mistress-Bridget, why didn't you finish winding the clock? Maid-You must remember that I'm leavin' you tomorry, mum, and I'd not be after doin' any of the new girl's work. Grease on silk and velvet may be re moved by rubbing the spot lightly and rapidly with a clean soft cotton rag dipped in ether. Rub lightly and rap idly or a slight stain will be the result. To keep doughnuts from burning drop a piece of raw potato in the boil ing fat, and you will have no trouble with them. Hangnails can be cured if the ends et the fingers be rubbed with sweet oil as far down as the first joint. When salad dressing is liable to cur dle, a small pinch of soda dropped in will prevent it from doing so. Never cook green vegetables with the cover on, as it destroys the toitr.