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PUZZLE OF DOVETAIL JOINT Simple But Very Ingenious Example In Joinery It Shown In lltwi tratlon How Done. A simple but very Ingenious ex ntnplo In Joinery Is illustrated. In tho finished piece, Fig. 1, the dovetail ap pears on each side of tho squnro otlck of wood, tho Illustration, of course, shows only two sides, tho other two are Identical. Tho Joint is scparablo and each part is solid and of one plcco, says Popular Mechanics. In making, A Dovetail Joint Puzzle. Jf- rnko two pieces of wood, preferably of contrasting colors, hucIi as cherry and walnut or mahogany and boxwood, about 14 inches square and of any length desired. Cut tho dovetail on one end of each stick as shown inTTg. 2, drlvo together nnd then piano off tho triangular corners marked A. Tho end of each piece after the dovetails are cut appear aB shown in Fig. 3, the lines marking tho path of tho dove tall through tho stick. UFTING MAN WITH FINGERS Experiment as Instructive as Astonish' Ing Illustration Shows How It Is Done. This experiment is as instructive as It Is astonishing. Two persona placo the index finger of both hands under the soles of tho feet of tho man to bo operated upon. Two more placo thoir outstretched lingers, us shown in our Lifting Man With Fingers. Illustration, under the elbows, and one of these places his finger under the man's chin. At a signal they all lift, and, to everybody's astonishment, tho person will be cosily raised above tho ground. BCYS PLAY "LAST ACROSS" Juvenile Game. Causes London Police Authorities Much Trouble Three Lade Arrested. Tho London pollco nro having their own troubles In endeavoring to break up tho Juvonllo game of "last across. It exists in New York city, though possibly under .another name. When Vine Gcorco recently visited tho Lon- Jon hospital he chatted with a small bov In one of tho wards, and. showinir bis accurate knowledgo of tho youth of today, aukod the little patient if he was there ns tho result of playing "last across." Tho game with which drivers of spirited horses, cyclists and automo- lllsts are painfully familiar Is very etmnln. A number of boys select an approaching vehicle and deliberately irpt in Its way. Tho boy who crossed before it and Is the last to step aside wins tho game. Threo Grantham youngsters tried to add a novolty a few days ago by play ini it. before n passenger train on tho Great Northern lino. Tho'englno driv er blow tho winstie irunticaily, but m Mm bids did not move ho stonned the train. Then tho boys took to utnht lint they tcro caught. The magistrate took a hand by Imposing on each prisoner n huh or sovon shillings and six pence, at tho samo timo regrottlng that ho could not add an old-fashioned birch whipping to each penalty. Not the Answer Expected. A rathor pompous looking deacon -.., nniioavorlng to Impress upon tho vounc mluds of a class of boys tho . u..i.. .. r-ii-ioiio.,' u ImpOrtanCO Ul Mlh - ...... onin wu, "Why do people call mo a Christian, children ?" ho asked, standing very erect, and smiling down upon tuem. A moment's pause, then a shrill lit ilo voico was heard to say: "Decos they don't know you." ''. A"1'' A . A .' LIFTING. TABLE WITH HAND Done by Means of Broad Ring With Slit In It and Small Nail In .Object Lifted. A most weird stunt is that of lift ing a tablo, or similar object, with tho palm of the hand, simply placed on tho smooth top. Tho trick is easily performed by taking n plain Lifting a Table. band ring, and with tho edgo of n thin file, mako a narrow silt half way through It. Drive a shlnglo nail into tho top of an old tublo until only about one- quarter of an inch of it sticks up. Now, while passing your hand over tho table, find the nail, and, slipping tho slit in the ring over tho hend of tho nail, lift up with arms extended, and your audlcnco will bo astonished. ORIGIN OF "SUCKER STATE" Farmers Followed Example of Variety of Fish Went Up Stream In Spring, Down In Fall. "The Huckur Stato" this is tho nickname of Illinois, ns nil Wide- Awakers doubtless know. Hut tho cur ious circumstances out of which tho appellation grew aro now probably forgotten by even tho oldest residents of tho state. The record left by tho early settlers of tho origin of tho name is as follows: It wbb in tho southern part of the stato that tho earliest homeseekors built their vlllngcs and laid out their llttlo farms. Hero tho land was so rich that with slight labor an abund ant crop was yielded each year. But ono great drawback confronted tho people. Although they wero nblo to raise great quantities of grain and veg etables, they could llnd no way to car ry to a suitablo market this wealth of produco which they wished to ex change for n wealth of sliver. Tho distance to tho nearest mnrkot of any size wns too great to ho covered by wagon, nnd there wore In thoso days, of course, no railroads. Many urtlclea which theso bravo pioneers needed badly could bo pro cured only for monoy. Accordingly In order to save a llttlo cash for times of need, all who were ablo would leave their fnrm8 every spring and go to the Galena lead mines, whero they would work during tho cummer. Then in tho fall they would roturn to their farms. Now this custom of tho Illinois formers reminded Iho people of tho habits of a variety of fish called suck ers, which always go up stream In tho spring nnd down stream in the fall. Accordingly, .by tho freakish law which governs tho cholco of nick names, the Illinois settlers began to bo known ns "suckers." The r.aifib stuck, ns nicknames usually do, and finally uie stato itself came to be known as tho Sucker stato and its cit izens ns Suckers. OLD GAME IS INSTRUCTIVE Boys and Girls Given Opportunity to Display Their Talent In Acting and Guessing. Ono of the best of tho old' games, giving opportunity to dlsplny talent in" acting und ingenuity in selecting words difficult to guess. Tho players aro divided into two parties, one-half going out of tho room. In thoir nbseuco the others chooso a word which thoso outsido aro to guess. When the absent party aro recalled they aro told come word with which tho chosen ono will rhymo It is then their business to act, In dumb show, tho word which they guess may be tho chosen ono. For this purpose they go put of tho room again to consider and decide upon the word they think it may bo and plan how It shall bo acted. Tills may bo performed by the whole party, or by ono or two selected from tho number For instance, if tho rhyming word is "dpced," the players Imagino the real word to be "seod," and mny come in and go through the motions ot sowing seed in a field; or "read,'1 when they may all take books and pretend to bo deep in study. Neither party may speak, but lr the word acted Ib not tho right ono the spectators hiss, and tho players retire und de cide upon another worn ana lllustra tion. Should thoy guess correctly their success is greoted by clapping of hands, and tho parties change places, A Rule for Every Day. MONDAY Never put off till to-mor rw what you can do today. TUESDAY Novor trouble another for what you can do yourself. WT3DNEBDAY Novor Bpond monoy before you have It. THURSDAY Never buy what you do not need oecause it is a oargain. FRIDAY Never indulc in too much SATURDAY Never indulge in false pride. SUNDAY Never bo afraid to say "No wnen you are leinpieu. Hp 2 ' Perpatusl Youth. 'Tin yt IiIkIi 1ny, thy stuff resume. Ami neht frt-nli tmttlos for tho truth; Tor what In iiko but youth's full bloom, A weight "f K0,J Id nuvr old, Rtrennm broader crow ns downward ( rolled. At slsty-two life lias bosun; At Hpventy-llireo benlnn om-e more; Tly imiftor nsMluiu' wnrrat the sun, And brighter hhlhe ut elKlity-four. At nlncty-nve Bliouldst thou nrrlvp, Edit wait on Opd nrtd work and thrive. Oliver Wendell Holmes. In the Laboratory By JANE Copyright, 1910, by Associated Literary Press Romance In a chemistry laboratory seems, on the face of it, absurd, but then Burke Lnigton was a most tin UBtial professor young, good looking, self-possessed, good nutured and not a bit conceited. And Mndgo Walton, at least bo Durko thought from tho first, was quite unlike the usual run of chemistry students. She was always letting acids burn her pretty fingers, accidentally blow ing up tost tubes nnd beakers and keeping tho chemistry cluss In gen eral, and Prof. Durko Langton lu par ticular, In a state of perpetual ex citement. Tho task of wooing Madge had been anything but easy; not because Mndgo herself wns unwilling to , be wooed, but becnusc It wasn't wlso to arouse college gossip and novor Would bo until there wait an nctual engagement. To call on her at her dormitory was much too obvious, to chance to encounter her in tho campus was well enough, but hard to arrange. Once or twlco when Madge had "let things happen" In the lnborntory, Durko had had a chance to help her and show her how great was his con cern. On several occasions ho had requested an Interview with her after hours, apparently to help her with her work, but really with qulto dif ferent intentions. Finally, when thctyOiool year was almost over, he took the llnal step ho asked her to go to town with him to tho theater. "I have something I want to talk over with you," ho told hor, trying to make his purpose clear, "and of course It Is impossible any where around tho old collogo. We'll Just make tho theater a sort of an excuse." Apparently Madge was delighted. She blushed, and then blushed all tho. more to think that ho had noticed heiv blush. He was to get the tickets for "somothlng Shakespearean,' and thoy wero to meot In town whero nono of the collego people could boo them. Madge was to spend tho night In town with friends, nnd ho was to return to collogo, perfectly happy. Tho great day had como, and Ilurko waB sitting before his desk in n stato of blissful reflection on Madge's eyes, Stnd Madge's voice, nnd Madge's amusing ways when some ono stepped timidly up to his desk. "Professor Langton!" It wns Indeed Madge who was talking; she seemed very grave and constrained. "Professor Langton. I I I won't bo nblo to meet you tonight;" "Why, Mndgo, why, Miss Walton," he snld, looking In vain for her usual smile. "Of course you will. It's nil planned. I can't lot you off." He looked Intently into hor fnco to dis cover the causo of her sudden chnngo of heart. "Whnt do you mean?" ho demanded. Slio avoided his glance. "I I hoped you would understand," she said. "I can't explain." Professor Langton would hnvo in sisted upon a more complete explnnat tlon had it not been for tho Inevitable? approach of other, members of tho class that ever-present class. Ho 'stumbled through IiIb lecturo some how, experiencing all tho tortures of uncertainty. When ho hnd finished nnd hnd entered the sanctum of his inner laboratory he felt as if he hnd endured years of aging. "I hoped you would understand," slio had told lilni. "I can't explain." Ho recalled tho words nnd saw again tho look of nnxlety on her fnco. Yes; sho under stood how he felt and only wanted to save his feelings. Then the vision of her ns ho had ?ast seen hor enmo to his mind. Sho hrtil left tho room with two of thoso tall, overbearing, all-Important seniors. Just how ho did not under stand, but somehow, ho wns sure, those seniors wero responsible for tho change. Sho hnd been with them continually, ho remembered. Thoy wero milking her another of that self sufficient, tlresomo typo of collego girl. And yet thoro came back tho certainty again nnd again that Madge really nnd truly liked him, Wlion tho nfternoon had dragged away and tho ninnnUny of dinner ho thought of tho tickets lu Ills pocket and wus Inclined nt first to Invito a fellow professor to shnro the eve ning's entertalnmont with him, but tho thought of going without her was Impossible. So It wns that Hurko sought con solation In tho laboratory, to go on with an Important experiment and try to work himself Into a stnto of scientific lndlfferonco. It wns about 7:30 when ho reached tho building. It wiih, as usual, closed for tho day, but with tho use of his. latch key ho gained admission. Ho groped ills way through tho main hull, up the stairway, along tho corridor award OSBORN the laboratory. Suddenly ho stopped short. "flreat heavens!" ho said aloud, nnd then a slekonlng dread came upon him as he realized that' ho hod stumbled lu tho dark upon somo thlng soft nnd human. In tho deep shadow he could see tho graceful figure of it girl, covered with black, lying motionless upon the stone floor. "It's ono of thoso poor, over worked students who's fainted from fatigue," ho thought with a touch of annoyunco as ho bent down over her, and then realized that students couldn't bo In the building at this time of night, ob their work there was over at sundown. To cnll for assistance was useless, as there was no ono within cnll of his voice. He hurriedly llftod tho limp form in ills nrins and carried It up tho stairs Into the laboratory. Thero ho laid It down on tho floor while ho reached to snap on tho electric lights. It was Madgo Madgo cnvoloped In an academic gown, with a black cloth drawn over her eyes. Almost faint with dread, he felt her pulso and lis tened for her bronthlng. Everything was perfectly normal, but still ho could not rouse hor. In a iccond ho hnd tho handago from her eyes and was throwing wntor Into her face, when ho perceived a faint pmMo. Still her eyes wore closed and she Was unjmreutly unconscious. "Madge! Madge!" ho said In a volco that did not sound like his own. "Don't you hear mo?" As ho clasped her hands frnnttcnlly lu his hu recalled having heard of all sorts of curious manias brough on by over work, and yet ho had never thought of Mndgo as having studied much. Cortntuly sho didn't Bpond much thought on chemistry. Ho hurriedly renched to his experi ment table for nomo strong ammonia In tho last hope of rousing her. Ho put the uncorked bottlo before her nnd watched hor anxiously. In a second sho had opened her eyes, sat up and pushed tho bottlo from her, nnd then as sho saw tho anxious faco before her, a look of mystification enmo over hor. "Why, why, whero am I?" she asked, rubbing her eyes nnd looking nbout. Jn .alarm. "My, but that's strong. I Just couldn't keep still an other minuto." "It's all right, Madge, llttlo girl,' said the professor, lifting her to n chair. "You 11 feel better in r. llttlo while." Then, ho stood nnxiously over her, looking down Into her flushed face. It was a good many minutes boforo things wero straightened out; beforo tho professor realized that Madgo was undergoing tho preliminary stages of her Initiation to a secret society when ho encountered her in the hnll, and thnt sho had been com mnnded by her initiators to lie per fectly quiet with her eyes closed no matter what occurred, nnd . boforo Madge realized that tho professor wasn't In some wny tnklng part in tho foolish performance. "And why didn't you toll mo why you couldn't keop your date with me?" he asked. "Hecause It was all a solonm secret nbout the Initiation and wo wero commanded not to toll,'' she said t simply. "It's such nn honor to bo asked to Join that no ono over thinks of objecting oven if thoy do hnvo to break their engagements. I thought you would understand when I told you." Tho professor was sitting on his desk looking curiously nt tho girl who had been taken from lilni nnd now hnd been strangely brought bnck again. "Sco hero, Madge," ho Bald, looking at his watch. "We'll only miss tho first act If you go with mo now. Do you want to or would you rather go back to nnd Join thnt fool society?" "I think," snld Madge, "I would rather go with you." This timo tilts professor under stood. A Japanese Judge. Tho Japanese hnvo promoted tho religious as well as tho material In terosts of tho Koreans not only by tin Intgo library allowed to tho sovernl hundred missionaries now engaged In work In thnt country, but nlso bo cnuso of tho nppolntment of Judgo Watannbo, ono of tho most nctlvo and Influential Christians In Japan, to tho head of tho Korean Judiciary. This Presbyterian eldor and ex-prcsldont of tho Yokohama Young Moii'b Christian association used tho following words on nssui.ilng office. "I go to Koroa not merely to Interpret and administer the law, but that I may bo a witness for Christ." The Outlook. TICKS ARE DfclifcWfiKATli RELATIVES OF SPIDERS Horrid Little Insects Fasten Themselves on Anlmula und Human Beings and Suck Blood Until They Aro Fu;i. , Tho horrid llttlo Insects known ns wood ticks, which fasten thomsolves upon animals nnd human beings, and suck tho blood until thoy becomo nearly four times their normal also, aro minuto, dangerous relatives of spi ders, which hnvo becomo to a greater or loss degrco parasitic. Thoy con stitute, with tho mltos, a group (Avar rlna) represented. In great variety In all parts of tho world, and every whero troublesome to man nnd nnl mala. Host of them aro of pin-head slzo, but some become, when swollen, ns large as hazel nuts. Tho head Is small, nnd almost merged Into tho neck, but Is armed with powerful bit ing Jaws, having backward-pointed tooth, enabling the crcnturo to hang on firmly after burying Us head In the skin of any animal with n clutch soft enough to be penetrated. Theso mites and ticks abound In grass, herb age and on tho leaves of bushes, on tho under side of which some species mako galls. When n largo anlmnl Wood Ticks. 1. Rhinoceros Mlto. '-'. Hlpniiiiotitnuls Mltn. 3. llrlllsli llnrvmt Hits'. 4. llunutl- ful Tick (Kiiropoun). comes along thoy noire upon It, senrch fcomo plnco In the skin, toft nnd moist enough for their purpose, dilvo In their Jaws, nnd, having secured n firm hold, begin to suck tho blood nnd Juices until thoy can hold no more, nnd may havo swelled from tho size of a dtick-Bhot to that of an oval fil bert. Stimulated by tills gorge, tho eggs ot tho felhnlo develop rapidly, nro voidod and full to tho ground or brushed off on loaves, whero they pres cntly hatch, nnd soon afterwards tho parent dies. If let alono, tho prosenco of tho tick decs not seem to annoy wild animals greatly, although tho ticks gather sometimes In solid masses, ns Mr. Roosovolt mentions of somo ot tho antelopes hu encountered in Dritlsh East Africa; but If an at tempt Is mado to pull tho crcnturo Moose Tick. The. mouth part of n tick, nliowlnir tho tmrucd Jaw und buckJiik apparatus. off, after It" Is well anchored, tho chances aro that tho neck will brenk beforo tho Juws lot go, as you say, and tho head will remain in tho skin to do cay and form n festering wound. Hence, tho head should always bo picked out witli a ncedlo or similar sharp Instrument, and that instrument should first bu sterilized. Tho "red jpldor," which troubles our plnnts, tho English harvest-bug, tho minuto mites ot cheeso and of sugar, and tho still more minuto skin pnraslto of tho itch dlseaso, aro members of this same group. Thero are, however, certain abnormal members of tho fly family (Dlptera), which Infest birds, sheep, CORNER POST t V V V it M V U f e i x x p X X "X H fi R In tho erection ot good, substantial fences proper bracing is ull Important, and the method of bracing hero shown will keop post from moving, even when the wires were stretched by tho use of a wagon wheel turned us a cap stan, and drawn so tout that evory wlro will ring when struck liko tho string of a violin. It Is well to anchor tho threo posts shown on tho diagram by spiking n 2xG as shown In tho cut, ono on the faco and ono on tho bnck of tho post, and placing u plcco of plank or stono ncross, and then pneking tho earth solidly around tho post. 'J' ho post holo should not bo cut s.oplng, but as straight ns possible, resembling n mor tlso as cut by a carpenter. If tho post holo Is cut sloping it is lmposslblo to tamp thq earth solidly around tho posts, as tho earth will spread intend v tx a CFK-'i F-kzl" tr-'rL and sotno other nnlmals, and aro known as "ticks," which must not bo confounded with . tho true, (ncarld) ticks, slnco they aro true Insects; one of theso Is tho means of carrying tho southern cnttlo disease calk'd; Texas fever from ono alnmal and herd A Larval Tick. fchowlnir nix Ions li-ia. whlrli' nrn lent In tlio Unit transformation nnd nre plnred by Hie. four feet of tho adult, to nuothcr. When n person finds he has ticks upon him, ho should at oneo cover them with thick oil nnd grensr. benenth which thoy will soon din and fall, or can be removed without break ing off nnd leaving tho head, Tho same Is true of nnlmnls. t Thoro Is hardly any animal whkW Is free from their attacks, nnd tho nccompnnylng Illustrations show two kinds which afflict tho rhinoceros and hlppopotnmun, an well as somo crea tures nunror homo, it Is In search of them principally thnt tho stnrllHr, nud other birds search tho hide or theso nnd othor Inrgo animals whew resting, nnd got tho name of "licit birds." VACCINES FOR FARM ANIMALS Treatment of Mnny Cotulltlotm lm Ilorocn, ud Woll-un Cuttle und Dosn, linn Given Groat Ilelicf. (Uy H. l- KAUPP. rolnnldti Acrlniltnr! ColIeKO.) It has been only a few month since bacterial vaccine has been used on tho lower uulmnls. The trcnt mont of mnny ctffidltlons in horse?. aB well ns cattlo and dogs by bac terial vaccines made from tho germ tha't produco tho dlseaso, has given great relief. It wan announced from tho labor atory of pathology of tho Colorado Agricultural collogo a few month ago that thi' preparation of a vaccine from the germs that causo tho sup puration In fistula und poll evil bad given great success, In experimental trials In our hospital practice. It Is nlso found thnt not only will Ibis vaccina effect a euro In over 95 per cent, of tho cases of fistula and poll evil, when used by competent men, but It is useful In pus forma tions following nnll pricks, wlro cuts, or Injuries of other kinds. Qulttor yiold to Its effects. Tho chemical substanco cohtnincd within theso germs stimulates the colls of tho body (when Introduced into it) to build up or form u mn ntanco that makes It Impossible fm tho germ to llvo In Its presence. The pus becomes less, thicker, wound finally dry, and healing goes on unit, terruplcdly. Likewise, n vaccine mndo from the germs thnt causo distemper in horse olTccts a euro In a very few day, and, if given nt tho initial stage of tho dlseaso, without, -pus 'forinallon: These vaccines nro hypodermic)! given at stated Intervals. Tho body will make Its own ropalro If only tho right stimulus Is applied. WELL BRACED A V 1- u4 U k k m X tf h - k ft H j of packing under the blows of th tamper. The post holes should be cut us near tho slo of the postf as pos sible, allowing sufficient space for tamping nt tho back, und not mor thnn an Inch nt each side, where a thin tamper can be lined, The fae of tho post holo should bo dug straight and plumb, nnd Iho posts set firmly ngalnst it, all tho tamping being don at tho back and ut the sides of Ut post, Tho Boven foot posts aro to be used, und tho lowor wiro Is 1C Inches frot tho surface of tho ground, tho next wire nlno inches ubove, and thq other two wlros nine and ono-hulf apart, respectively. This will mako tho fenco forty-four lnchos high, which Is ample, for llvo stock ns a rule will not under tnko to leap over a barbed wiro fonco.