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Show AXDBEW JIMKK, rublUhW. SPANISH PORK. UTAH. What Is news? AnytMng the reader wants to know. Novel Trick for Dinner Table. This Is a simple little trick, by The rational man carefully abstains which a dime may be made to come from doing anything rash. from under a glass tumbler without The avorpge man firmly believes anybodys touching cither the dime or the tumbler. that he Is above the average. s on the tablePlace two rememlie a must cloth there cloth, Favorable comment hag but one leg ber about two Inches apart, and beas a rule, but slander Is a centipede. Then tween them place a dime. It is capable of proof that many a place a tumbler so that It will stand with the dime lean baby grows up to be a big, fat on the two man. r ever.',wr.- half-dollar- half-dollar- i P-- Chronic loungers should not treat their busy friends' private olllce as a public snap. f As (, ! ' . w. .- A - V ) ( v', V i V"- - : I'. - Mrs. Nat Ilerreshoffs husband seems to bo the only man able to beat Nat Ilcrrcshoff. Conscious that he Is not an Adonis Oorn Faul has taken to repulsing cam era fiends with a club. Colorado has discovered a cowboy poet. And now the west knows where t to look for Its poct-larla- These contradictory dispatches from Somaliland leave one in doubt whether the Mullah Is mad or glad. Designer Watson of the Shamrocks has just married. Which shows that he can win something, anyway. It may be that Lynbomlr Zslxkovlts was one of the leaders of the Servian revolt, but we suspect the linotype. The latest scientific dictum Is that So is the mustache Is unsanitary. the corset, but the girls Insist on both, going two German counts and a French marquis. Now, girls, who will close the sale by saying Going, "Gone"? Mr. Gates says the worst has been reached In the stock market This Is not consolation to the man who reached It. to a dispatch from St. Petersburg Russia and Japan now agree. Korea may well bo alarmed If this Is true. According King Feter now has an opportunity to decide whether or not he will sleep In the room in which his predecessor was assassinated. Pittsburg doctor has received a fee of J3L000 for treating a man who died. He will never need to take anything for his nerve. A Mary Maclane announres that she will write another book. Then Mary will probably discover that she struck twelve some time ago. Mr. I Inccln Steffens, the Asmodeus of American cities, has got around to Philadelphia, and taken the Ud off In his usual masterly style. One of the most Important elements of successful humor is surprise, and It wss not missing In comical little Marshall Wilder's marriage. "If the prlre of potatoes goes too high," says the Ronton Globe, "ent rice. Was there ever a more painful example of disloyalty to the home food staple? If Impatient lovers would only wait Is possible the apoat to carbolic acid would not be required, but Jove s blind and very, very foolish at times. a few days It People are beginning to wonder scheme t what the next getrlch-qulcgoing to be. All of the old avenues to hasty wealth seems to have been successfully plugged. k It Is announced that Clyde Fitch Is golrg to sperd the winter In Washington, and will probably dramatize cither the department scandals or the Congressional Record. As the ravlea of both powers are France and iw In prime condition rpland feel that this is an exrcp-- r ally opportune time In which to itortaln proposals for permanent ace. Two elderly parsons deserted their wives srd eloped with young g'rls. And the strange thl:g about It Is that with reltoer of them had marriage been a failure. One had five children and the other eighteen. Jeremiah Buckley, whore poem on Shamrock was so thoroughly appreciated by Sir Thomas Upton, Is one of those ready writers who can tear it off by the column without stopping to meaiure line or count feet. Mr. Gourlay, M. P., of Nova Scotia, says he would rather live In Algiers than In the United States. Donkeys do most of the work, in Algiers, and Mr. Gourlay prefer to live where he would be aure of regular employment The Oueen of England, with a bonnet on her head, looked over the gar den wall ths other day, and It Is row reported that bonnets are coming Into fashion again. The king may make us wear whito vest slips, but only a queen could prsslbly turn the women lack to bonnets. a. M&T&ompMns THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. Coin on Ita Trip. , under It, as shown In the Immediately accompanying picture. Now, to make the dime come from under the tumbler, all you have to do la to scratch the cloth with the nail of your forefinger, and It will gradually move In the direction you are scratching. The motion that you give to the cloth by scratching Is Imparted to the coin, and it will move A little at every scratch. Starting the It Is quite easy. The picture shows how you may do it. First, cut across from 1 to 2, which will divide It Into three pieces. Then place the pieces side hy side, and ore cut where you see the dotted line will give you seven pieces. doesnt It? But A Poppy Pincushion. All you require to make a poppy pincushion Is a penny roll of red crinkled paper, a piece of black material, some sawdust and a yard of narrow green ribbon. Cut the black material into a circle the size of a small saucer, run round the edge with some very strong black r Inch from thread, about the outside; fill the center with sawdust, and draw the cotton up tightly so that It forms a little puddinglike pad, and fasten off the cotton firmly. Next cut out some large poppy leaves out of the red paper and sew them round the black center, so that It resembles a flower. When you have got the leaves In position, make the back neat by sewing another piece of black stuff round the gathered up part, and then double the ribbon and sew the doubled end firmly to the back of thd pad, tying the ends Into a pretty bow just above the poppy to hang It up by. Then gently press out the edge of each of the paper leaves and stick the center full of pins. You could, of course, have pink popples, or yellow, or white poppies, but in the first case you would want a green centre, and In the others a yellow one, but green should be UBed In each cave, since this represents the stalk. r Parachute. Kite With Here Is a novel thing In the way of a kite with a parachute attachment. Some of our boys may imnot inprove upon It, but they must Inventor. of the on the patent fringe The Illustration gives such a clear Idea of the contrivance that the explanation may be brief. affair of pasteA little board is fixed so as to slide upon the cone-shape- The first lesson Is to ker( reading the rternly. cool. with article in the monthly magazine Thompklns flat Is on fire, great satisfaction. was shouting outside the door, evIn done be should "Thats what Send for the fire department; Thomp-kinMr. commented ery family, In the door; rescue the wumer. Its a fine thing. Come in this way,- some ore "Dont you want to hear the new In the rear. Smash a t, bawling for the phonorecords I bought Mr. Tbompklns finished s. m c k.-'- , "Wh will w - tors, a: tpr be and p hands. "Th and ht "I m y graph machine? said Mrs. Tbompklns, scenting trouble. replied her "Not now, my dear, liege. "My, my, what a fine Idea that introIs. Why dont all families of none be would there Then duce it? the terrible holocausts we hear about so much. Goodness, said Mrs. Thompklns, suddenly. We promised to go over Well and call on the Smiths have to hurry. But Mr. Thompklns was not to be diverted. "This magazine, Mrs. Thomp-kinpresents an article which to the ordinary mind would he a mere piece of pleasant summer reading, but to the mind trained to think and ponder deeply It Is full of fruitful and practicable lessons. "Did you match that ribbon I gave you thi3 morning? asked Mrs. Thomp-kint. s, kit string. All that Is necessary Is to put the string through the cone, and, impelled by the same wind that holds aloft the kite, it runs rapidly up to the kite Itself. It carries a knife, which cuts the string keen-edge- d holding the parachute, thereby releasing the latter. Ah, pursued, Mr. Thompklns, "It Down falls the parachute, expandwould take me too long, my dear, to with the figure ing as it descends, Dot and Line Puzzle. A Trick With Dice. from the horizontal bar be- tell you all that there is In this arhanging To the diagram below add five dots low. The effect Is You can mystify your friends by precisely like that ticle, but briefly it Is this: It relates on seven straight lines, in such a of a human and a of dice numbers the pair telling dropping with a how Bhlps guard themselves against being without seeing them: Ask some one fire panics by requiring their crews fun watching Is It great parachute. to throw the dice without your seethe figure as it makes its dive toward to drill frequently and to go through ing them, and tell the person to the earth from a great height Mon- just the same maneuvers that they choose one of the numbers and multiwould were an actual conflagration treal Herald. ply It by two, add five and multiply raging on the vessel. Now, Mrs. this by five, adding the remaining Conundrums. suppose flat dwellers Thompklns, number on the other dice. When the What Is man's opinion of bloomers? should be so instructed. Then when a person tells you the result subtract fire came they would fall into their They are divided. from the number mentally twenty-fivHow do you keep food on an empty stations at the tap of the gong and be has obtained, and the remainder stomach? Bolt It down. there would be no panic and likely no will be two figures representing the What Is the superlative of temper? destruction of property. I should like two numbers on the dice. Here Is the to Incorporate the system used on Tempest way It Is done: Suppose the numIs a lawyer like a wine clerk? board ships in this flat building, and Why bers thrown to be six and three. Six Because he Is a the first step will require me to Inmultiplied by two would be twelve, What Is a waste (waist) of time? struct my own immediate household. five added make seventeen, multiply The middle of an hourglass. Mrs. Thompklns sighed and prepared with three way that each line shall contain by five Is eighty-five- , What heavenly thing and what her mind for the ordeal, while Thomp-klnfrom this neither more nor less than four dots. added make eighty-three- ; thing doe3 a rainy day most stepped briskly about and took in subtract twenty five, and It gives as a Those who are unanle to do it should earthly effect? The sun and your hoots, takes the situation. result sixty-thre- e six, three being glance at this page next week. the shine from both. He summoned the cook from the the numbers thrown. kitchen and had her and the maid This can be worked with the same come into the library. SIMPLE HOME - MADE BATTERY. result if the person throwing the dice "I Mary, said. Mr. Thompklns. multiplies the three Instead of the have called you In here to six, the result In that case being This storage battery does not cost Care should be taken not to let the "Sure, I dont care If you do, Instead of sixty-three- . thirty-simuch, is far superior to a storago zinc touch the outer tin can. quoth Mary. "I was going to quit cell for amateurs and can be made up The top and bottom stays should be anyhow. Sure, how anybody What China Sells Us. of materials easily obtained In any either bored or burnt out with a red-h- can live wld an old crank like you If you are asked suddenly to say of household. Iron, large enough to admit the I cud nlver see." what four articles China sends us the The materials required for this slm- - zinc firmly and quite tight You will most, what would you say? "Mary, Mary Mr. expostulated Tea probably would be the first Thompkins, gently, "you are quite wrong. I did not intend to discharge thing of which you would think and for the sec-n- d you. I merely wish to give you a lesyou would select silk. son In what may some day be of great That would be correct. Silk and tea lead In exports. value. You will stand here by the door. Julie, you will go Into the parBut what would you name as the You might lor and take your station by the center export third in order? table, and, Mrs. Thompklns. be so guess for a good while before you 'BINDING reached the right thing goat skins. good as to proceed to the dining-rooPOO' And the fourth in order Is mattings, and wc.it there until I give you the word. another thing that Is not what most The dazed domestics obeyed, and Mrs. Thompklns sadly moved persons would think of, although it seems natural enough when It is down the hall to the dining-room- . named. C All "The first thing to remember, said JIN -TCP STAX Mr. Thompklns, standing In the hall SPOOL J' Questions for Boys and Girls. and speakirg loud, so that all of his It you are good at guessing or anHEAVY pupils should hear him, is that you OIL swering, here are a few questions yon must keep cool under all circumran wrestle with: stances. Then proceed at once to the You can aee any day a white horse, spot from which the alarm Is given CHIPS but did you ever see a white colt? and Investigate as to Its character. How many different kinds of trees Now, then, you are ready. Very well, grow in your neighborhood, and what the bedroom back of the library Is all are they good for? ablaze; it Is burning fiercely ha, fire, Why does a horse eat grass backfire ward and a cow forward? Murther! shrieked the cook, as Why doea a hop vine wind one way she bounced down the hall, knocking WIRE aud a bean vine the other? Mr, Thompklns over. "Fire, fire, fire! GAUZE Where should a chimney be the The maid was Jumping up and down larger, at the top or bottom, and why? by the side of the center table in the Uow old must a grapevine be beparlor shrieking "Fire! at tho top of fore It begins to bear? her lungs. Can you tell why some leaves turn Stop! " commanded Mr. Thompklns, upside down Just before a rain? a horse when Can you tell why LAST WORDS OF GOETHE. tethered with a rope always unravels It row a while into twists It. always '4GPC0U Told by One Who Was at the Great a kinky knot? Poets Bedside. What wood will bear the greatest The recert death uf the widow of A are as see follows: tin the can, pie battery tha by the zinc is drawing weight before breaking? did h as are used for canned vegeat least a quarter of an Inch above Gen. Conic Kro nnann In Mcntre the followirg Intcrzstii g circumSeven Pieces of Letter U In Two Cuts tables; two pieces of wood, a lilt le the bottom of tho can. in relaton to (locth told stance a a wire and binding post screening, Pi aw a Mg letter U on rardbnard The next thing required Is stool by Ia:om--- s tl.se hta.lt, or stiff paper, and then, with a sharp common battery zinc, with a few car- chirs. which can ho obtained at ary her mother. pet tacks. machine shop free of cost: they should her mother, burn la; pruhciin, n do.-- e Take your tin ran and remove the be pni'ko.l between the gauze cylinder ft lend cf Prince August. nr.d un terms entire top with a poeketknlfe, cutting and the outer tin can, The battery of familiarity with G.ethe and his family, used to visit the great port It as near to the top edge as possible. Is then ready to be charged. frequently In the last years of his life Then procure a binding post, which The flutd for this battery Is caustic The memoirs of the baroness were can bo bought for about 5 cents at any potash and should he mixed in the published some time ago by her granddealer tn electrical supplies, where you following proportions: Take one-halchild, Uly Braun, In the twclfm volcan also get your zinc for eight cents. pound caustic potash and add one ume of the Goethe Year Book," The Make a small hole, large enough to plrt of water; put this Into your baroness happened to bo admit the screw of your binding post; battery and pour a little nondrying oil present at the death of Goethe. insert the same and screw up tight, on top of the liquid and close up with "In the kst hours of his life," she making sure to have the screw come cover. relates, he stood At the door of his In contact with the can. These cells should be filled about chamber, stretched to his full height , Now, take a large spool and cut la and under no el'cum-stance- s and he looked tall. It is unusually one-halfor and the top halves, ualng should they be placed so near posalble that he uttered the famous the other for the bottom stay for the as to touch each other, without some phrase, More light! but the only tine. Theso plccca should be dipped Insulating material between them. The nearid hlm 8ay Jl8lctly Ir!inWef In melted candle greese. The top tay e. m. f. (electro-motivi force) about following: should be glued to a piece of wood, l.B volt. Now has come the time of cover. which constitutes the great Care should be taken In mixing the changes and Incarnations! Cut your wire gauze to the required caustic potash, as It will burn .V LpeaeofulIy an1 without Cutting the Letter U. size, which will make a cylinder, It comes In contact with. th Wh ere Prepnt, knife or scissors, cut it out laying which I to be tacked to the top and With the drawing any boy with a hut iw-- 4 wife of Goethe threw I herself tn ask This who for on the purpose little spare time can construct one or the table, ran, it twq bottom stays. weeping upon ruts, divide It Into ehven pieces. of keeping the steel chips away from more of these batteries for the small through her my shoulders and said tears, And this the peoa difficult thing to do, the sine .and avoiding short circuit. sum of 15 cents solece. That seem ple call an easy death!" s. e bar-tende- B x , re-rai- f three-quarters- f e any-thlr- g windows." The cook came charging down s with a big punch Lux, She tumbled over Thompklns, ar.d h and the cook and the punch box mixed In a fierce scuffle on the flo Mrs. Thompklns, rushing wildly iD u quiet the disturbance, fell over th cook and Mr. Thcmpklns and th punch bowl, and added to the merr. ment. The maid was still screarck. wildly in the parlor and the hubbcl The front don; outside Increased. gave way with a crash and the janitor and half a dozen neighbors came pouTwo of the men seized thr ring In. maid and rescued her in the most gp proved style. Unfortunately, they slipped on the top landing and the three rolled down the stairway with many pleasing crashes that added to the shrieks and cries that were lot resounding through the building a cut-glas- the frightened flatters hurried tOp-C- oilnul! train. I must Heh fla'S whits tennis meet few w the cl ouick, ent n was h Cla him w outer rushed back and forth, carrying don their belongings. Some of the Invaders thoughtfully saved vases and clocks by hurling them through the windows, while tw others fought with the piano and finally succeeded In getting It wedged in the hall outside and cutting off the escape of four women from the flat above, who sat down on the floor aud screamed shrilly that they were being roasted alive. Thompklns gained his feet as the firemen, who had now arrived, broke In the rear windows and led a how into the building. Get out, yon fools! roared Thomp kins. "A mans house is his castle, get out or Ill have you arrested. "Hes nutty, yelled some kind hearted neighbor. "Seize him, met, and then put out the fire." Thompklns stood at bay with a chair, but a fireman ran In under id guard and toppled him over, and b was hustled down the back stairs, where the janitor and a fat man sat on him and told him to be calm, that the firemen had arrived, and that the building w ould be saved and that Mrs. Thompklns had not been Injured. The firemen and a big crowd of neighbors came hurrying down In s moment to say they couldnt find the fire and to ask who had given the alarm. Thompklns tried to tell ho he had merely planned to give bii household a fire drill, when Mrs. Thompklns asked the fat man to make her husband stop talking, as the ei eitement had upset him. The fat m put a large, greasy hand as big asi ham over Thompklns mouth, and tho Mrs. Thompklns said that her ma had become hysterical at seeing mouse running about the room asi had begun to shriek "Fire! This had been heard on the outside and had mused all the excitement The neighbors commenced carrying their belong ings lack to their flats, and Mrs Thompklns led her liege back to their wrecked apartments. "Why didnt you let me tell them lh simple truth? demanded Mr. Thomp kins. "Because, replied Mrs. ThompklM, "after the neighbors pick up their most valued furniture and which they threw out of the window In their excitement, they would corns in here and hang you to the elands-Her.- ry to have i I thin! engag Clar guestl came "Ho Harol "It share 'Dll able Oh eould tie co the r not ci cut tl minu tnd whlcl the p "Bt To I and othe tote la n "I But noth "11 pon a pn the this C'lei lezz for who But ha Is t Hai her to n It. In tl at h gag. V Har Iron 'I bias "A bias hat erb me thin had only use fat! "I bric-a-bra- " And Mr. Thompklns concluded that his wife was really a practical sort of a woman. He also decided to glv n) the matter of fire discipline drill, the time being, at least QUITE AN INTERESTING SPOT. Pleasant Associations Connected Pleasant Valley. Edward W. Townsend, the c of Chlmmle Faddc-nsays that he lived In the West as a ho was the editor of two youni week peis one in Ailzoua and one I Hernia. Each was In a little and between the two towns In rldga of tho Slerias, which wii boundary of tho two states, week it was necessary for the to go by stage from one town I; "R,liig very young then,1 Mr. Townsend, I was very cbes very proud of being the editor papers. I always took the box s tno stage as a sort' of tostlmor roy own Importance, and upoi surh trip I found seated beside I fuost prominent citizen of one towns the proprietor of Its niosl perous faro game. On the way vry talkative, and he was vc pnt lie was one of those men silence is eloquent. As we drove I remarked a pretty little valle called my neighbors attention , . a, ! 'I1'1 to everything t thing past deed It It you, alwi You be t Idea Pap H, Was whi lee- tide tie glo. her tnd who I tn com tie til thei tot ItTIr one Wni Hy, the C tm, In k tan fott M u c I lovely spot, That thar volley?' said my 11 a Vfry Prctry That m0" where we sh valley editur, York Tituv 1 Uv tr |