r ' 1
f !
t !
t
liVcntion
tint) poisoning fim gs iMijrtuos h;i
hvuitto ao common that l.ernieii nil'
thorltlea urg! that cylinders of oxykwi
be kept near, hmiI Mint "Uglnevra I
taught to RHly lumiiathvna tu iceiiscl
tuhr victim.
Kxfierinictit tim li'n Hint na olev
trio ntv eun Is? employed under wider
ftr fusing tnolal. The Intense hont
tun the water unrruimlltis t!u" are
Into steam, t litis forming n Insulating
cushion of vapor. It ha been auggoat
ed tliat with irer a i;i ratlin fu cIin
trk" arc mitt le employed ty divers
fr quickly cutting through larae etmln
cn'titst or liou pliites muler water.
The "axle-llght" sys'eut Is In use mi
tlie trains of that Atchison. Th nn I
Swntn Ke railroad on an extensive
little, Finch our ha lt own storage
Imtterli mi,lled w-lth electricity gin
oratoil by the axle of the wheel, .tinl
the kveomotlve headlights derive their
Illumination from the mine our.s. It
I eitlnmted thet each full train, ex
el uelve of the Ii.s viiot I ve, develop uenr
ly .'.) cnndle-power light.
Within the past few yearn 'he ciicrt
Ivjitus 1ms liceii Intnslievd In bifida,
ami Its kindly growth there Is believed
ti lixlhute that It might he ext 'nsively
cultivated In the southern pit-Is of th.it
State, The ew-nlyxitu Is of very rapid
growth, but M cannot withstand frosts,
tt was plantel In California from An
tralla m;iny years ago. and now flour
ishes) mi abundantly on the IVoli'e
oxuit that Ita woixl In extensively e;u
plojppi for fuel, MKt ami Intn'oT.
The yrodihUnn of oxycen and liyilrn-
Ken on an Imhistrlal tile by the de-
rtinnvaltlon of water wtlh elwtrolytlo
appamtua In Germany has led to the
Ufgrtttloa t!mt hydrogen thus produc
ed may dml a wide Held of employment
an a llirhthii aKnt. It Is now u--'l
for ItiflatlnKnillltnrylmlliMina. Korllitlit
Ing piirixMi-s It la (-oiiipreswtl hi ste'l
eyllnders, With a proper burner It Is
said to be a cheaper lllumlnant than
a'ptyleie, tb- relative et for npril
lllumlnatltiK power Mug "." for hydro
(ten to 50 for n.vtylene.
Kvwybody ho hn u! a mli-ro-H
has no doubt reitrettwl the dlffl--nlly
of iK-elnu mini 1 1 lrxi-t. and other
llriilK objei-tit not of mere iuli-rk-p4e
dimensions. maKiiltted while alive and
moving frely In th Held of view. A
recently lnvitl Knjfllsh lustruinent,
ml led the vltasnxjie, la anld to "OtK'l n
dealderatmn la tlrla n-sjiei-t. It la
Rhped like I teleaiie. a fm Urns
wlien cbwed, ami an li"h and a imlf
In diameter. ITie lenmss are an eotn
blued that an object 21) ln.-ti-s aw:iy
limy be maimlflisl Vi illametera. At a
digram- of 5 liK-ltea the mnifti I (I.-a t Ion
H tiO diameters.
eHifpeit with a alxtei-n tiors. owe
thre cylinder motor, The new bout,
however, has not entered Into eoniie
tlilcii with Hie sHS-d rivords, lthom;h
kIio Is wild to run nemly n mile mi
hour faster thun the Skip.
A remarkable fealur of motor boat
tlitf on the .MIsslsHlppI Is the nt
laluod by bvil with Utile horse ov
er.
(oust and the lakes require from fifty
to aeventy Ave horse power before a
hihhmI of twenty miles an hour run Ih'
attained, none of the fnstest boat on
the river haa more than sixteen horse
Hwer and few of them have over
ten. Many of the enitlnea used In the
river craft nr of lluht deslitn, and
while the horse power Is mnnll they
hi tain a peed of from SM to 1,000 rev
oliitloua per minute.
Motor boating on the Mississippi
has tnken a remarkable advance In
popularity In the Inst season. Motor
boat eliihs have been orgnnlxed at all
of the imialler towns ahng the river,
ns well as at the cities, and there Is
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
An. hew rarneclc'a library gift
anioiiut almot to M'.''.""0-
The total nmnler of ieron In re
.vlt of State relief In India r.ee.U
While the crafts on the Atlantic I t.'.'.Mi.fW
Louisiana Iih seven million 'Tca of
nnmp land, which arc at present Iota''
(Jr use I isw,
Tlie IrrlKahHl districts of rtfjpt
rl ft'U0,iM acres and uprt l.'
(ki.iiiki iH-rsotis.
It la roinputed that the dew falling
In Knglmid Is txpial lo live Inchca of
rain each year.
Government experts are linestlgst
Ug -nwii-d with the object of deter
mltilui; Its otmomlc value.
The 'hlnes have umb-rtaken to
mrw their fiin-ts, mid the official of
tlx- I'elioltat gioeriiaii-ht have riiiiii'd
a Jatinnese expert from Tokio to ad
now a movement on between the clubs j ,n,j uuister for the pr.'ti! s h'!
looking toward the ori:nulntlon of a
Mississippi Klver tnotortHiat assm-la-tlou.
to Include all of the smaller or
ganliqitlons. Where a couple of years ao ttrre
were a dojeu Inum-hes In iJiCrossc
waters there nr now more than t.',
ranging from the six teen-foot hunting
scow to the magnlfl -ent fifty foot cruls
era of the iimre wealthy boatmen.
BOAT HAS EXFBESS SPEED.
H'rsterM Devticers Kspeef Their
Srm f'rafl to Hrl All Herorils.
A craft with the sjws-d of an expn-ss
train haa long been the dram of ev
er:il motor lsiHt euthiislnsts along ihe
liper Mississippi River ami scleral de
signers have Ix-en working together
w ith the result that they have pridii-d
ii lioat with whh li they exjs-i-t to shat
ter all the present renrds, ays the
New York World.
Frank Titus of Fountain t'lty. Wis.,
formerly owned the fastest boat on the
river In the famous l',.it. the small
raft which attained u pt"cI of nearly
twenty miles nil hour with a iilue-lmrso
power engine unit for three snisons held
the ped record on the uis'r river.
The Hnt has leen sold to a physician
at CiiSHvllle, Wis., and her engines lll
he used In unotlier cr.ift.
I'ntll the advent of the t'hlef of lt.-e-rd,
formerly owned by A. (Jardm-r nl
Winona, the Hnt ont-lassed all Uiats
on the river, large ami small, and ioiiM
leave the fastest steamboats In ihe
Htern wavca.
tiardner'a bont, 2.1 fwt long, with
a nine-horse power engine and 4 foot
lieaiu, was, until the middle of the
senaon, the fattiest lsat hi that terri
tory. At Wabasha on July 4, In the
motor bont races, the Chief of Itecoril
outran the Hat and other boat en
tered and finished nearly a half-mile
in the load In a alx-mlle course. The
Chief of lb-cord attained a speed of
twenty mile un hour nud for the
horse-power limlallnl was considered
the fastest boat lad ween St. Inils and
St. Paul.
Late In July the Skip, owned by
Kugene V. OleaHon, of f.nYose, was
lamicliiil at I ted Wing and clearly out
classed other water racers. The Skip
Is 32 fs-t long, with a 4-foot beam anil
is equipped with fl twelve-horse.iwer
motor In thri-e cyllmlers. The Skip
has a tin I nod ns high us twenty two
mid a half mile an hour, but through
failure to provide a aiilllcleiit cooling
apparatus for the engine la unable, to
maintain this pace indefinitely.
The Skip now hold the apecd rec
ord on that part of the river with the
exception of a boat of the um do
lgu, which la 80 feot loin ul I
ABOUT THE TAMALE HUSKS.
f ladaafrr Ievrlipe4 r ka
Mail for Ik "Hoi Tkclna--"
"IHi you know," said the tamale fiend
to a Kansas City Times man, "that a
good part of the prollt in the tamale
trade goca to the farmer of Johnson
County, KansnsT"
"Oh, ahmiia!" returne.1 Ihe other.
"Yes. that' Just It. The farmers out
there aupvly the Kansas City market
with the corn husks tile tamale are
wrapped In. and It would surprise you
to learn the extent of tli business. Any
old com hil'k won't do for the tHHlnei.
either. If you'll o..k at these you'll
s-e the texture I very close, the sur
face smooth and that the lengths are
uniform. Only the Inner husk I used,
the tine white covering that grows next
lo the ear. The proier length la about
nine Inehea, to allow for the end be
ing folded over the tamale when It It
steamed, a you see them now."
"Why. who'd go to all that bother
for a dinky little biislnesa like this?"
asked the listener Incredulously.
"Mother J Pinky? Say. do you know
these corn husk are hlped In here In
noO-pound bale? That' quit a re
spectable sized Industry, I take If. At
any rate, the Kansas farmer hare
found It profitable enough to go to the
expense of buying presies to hale the
prislm-t and a large agricultural supply
house In Kansas City finds It worth
while to carry It In stock and cater to
the trade of the tamale men."
"What Is the particular advantnge
of using corn husks for this purpose?"
asked the listener, "ln't there anv-
thing else that would do?"
"Nothing that would answer as many
purMs The corn hnk holds the
tamale while It Is c.siked and at the
sane" time Imparts a flavor to It. It
also ImM the heat as nothing el
would "
"Well, It leats me a,-, the nth T
man, as they went on. "I never gave
It much thought, but always auj.piw.il
the tamale men lioni'lit up all the old
inattrows lo get their iuru husks."
Woes uf Ihe .XmMlrur.
of forests at Mukden for a lenii of four
years, with two Chlnee as his lt
anls.
I'rof IV ( Jackson of I lie M.iwichu
setts Institute t Tis'luio!"v. tin t-'il
retained by Ihe Massachusetts highway
commission to make a rsjr regarding
the telephone situation with !!!
reference to the iwaclicaWllty of a re
duvtlon In ratiw sod a higher ettl. lrn.-j
of servh-e.
"Neatness is essential on the links,''
said II, J Whlgliam. the golfer at
dinner In Chicago. "At Sh;iiiin-i-k
Kills one day I pln.rcd behind two
young and prdty gtrl. liertnktii
them, I heard the younger say 'lb
many hole on ttils course, AUern?
'S'lnetts-n, dear." sld Aileen, 'tie'ludllig
tin one In your stocking"
Simultaneously with I lie- orguuUatUm
f a pigeon postal servh r til the French
Kongo, where the cilmnte makt-s lMth
onlliinrv sii'l wireless t.-.vrnoM tin
iseisllile, ti sunotuii'iil (hat t!w llrlt
ish government has replaced the pigwm
post by wlrel'-ss teb-grnphy In both lie
naval and the colonial -rv;.e ami that
this year s budget i-ontaln no appro
prlatlou fnr plgts.ns
O'Coniietl hal got a man off at one
time for highway rotsVry and st an
other for burglary . hut on the third
isvaslon, for stealing coasting brig
the task of hoslwlnkliig the Jury seem
cd too great for even hit (niwer of
cajolery. However, he made out Itmt
0M crime was committed en the high
sens and isMalmsl an aopilttal The
prisoner lifted up hit hand and eres to
heaven and en-lalmed "My the
lord long spare you. Mr O'Conuell -lo
me!"
Hie renii why the totnach and In
testifies do not digest lh.-mselvi- wat
once thought by Welnlund, a liertnan
exis-rlmenter, to te that they defend
themselves hy antl etitjim-. or anil
fenuents. fir. Naudor King of liu.la
I'esth now rejsirts lt null ferments
not to he found, hut that Ihe mucin
present In the Inner half of it, gattrh-
mniiiiis membrane reslsta the dlgcsdv
asssja jgaasJsasx
rat laWae.
One of lh griatel problem eon
frviillng agrliuliurti I wuietiil farm
help that can b e.urel at compel!
atom proHrtliuit lo Ihe net earn
ii.(a for the farmer. Mnufture.
mining and rallroails furnish employ
ineiit to a at nunitier of worker who
are under trlnet foremen and their
wages are graduated according to the
amount of product they ran lorn out
Manufacturers ami trnrttlon
p .fallout are cplta!lrt and Ihe li
tesdueut It re.purs lo earn fixed
dirolend for Ihe alo khol.ler. Th
eatiilngt ar exif-ted to rx.-eel Ihe
luiiteiul. c(erJllng e,S-tt and flM
charge to crette a urpiiw fond to
conduct affairs In emergencies an-l dor
IIK. panics without st.n'p'ng dKldend
The farmer la compelled to eoui'le
'n the osti market for help to coodiici
h i aiflcultural iieri(liis. While the
f inner I delighted if hit Hisralmelit
tl turiit reuaolmtoe lifolll, be ba IHi
r o nre If the teaaoii a results re ism
ducted at a .as I be manufacturer III
I um of flinM.i il afrmgencv to prote.1
al. khol.b-ct dlsc-hartfe l'rt 'f hit
fori-e. redms- tlieir gr or run hi
ls.nl n tte.rn-r Ii.hih T!w farmer
can only irol-t himself fron exird
tout wages (. the purchase of -Nsttly
l.iiM.r taring ntschliiery
The world pnara forward nd the
hlghel cost of living. Ihe Increase In
lulue of farm lauds and Ih higher
prl r of agrl.-.iltiir) pr.li. t will "ml
r.u reert to old Sow atainlarda Tb
firmer will led find cheap labor of
fcred In the market ccpt by Ineftt
i-lent euiihive
Agriculture la annua' If lr-sanlng
m r of husituM prop.a!tton and tha
rnmlard of latsir adttneed on Ihe
triu The f!n l(.rer auial under
ataiel modern agrh-ullural m-hlney
and bow to o-rate It t i ,itilaln employ
I lent Ma li iirrv la f.si riti'e lo
t-e trusted all!! lie--rtrncrf 4era
trs, and tha man who ran aklllfiilly
l.ai.dle modern farm Iniplemrnt l In
demand no lt farm at wage -
that will nimpir fvorl.lr with lte
j eniplove in Induttrl! enterprlae.
I artnert r now pra.-fhsl bos I nest
men and the majority of them ks-p
l'k ' farm t("Ttloiia tad know thr
uiount of their pro fit and ha animal
ly Farming a profession I la-e-nn)
lug more attract!! and dinerstfieit and
Ulsir neeilt to las ritore tkllled to meet
new eondttl.ina of agrh-tiltiire The In
(lii'-emetitt rw i-.tenfal for toning mn
t. niiallfr at farm lalrrt nd the
field off--rt at brllllanl prataj-i at
ny other .rofeaii, The farmer '
not ao imirti m ipiesf of clieap lai-.r -t
efficient help anil I willing to par
action of the trysm and the g .strlc I s" l'rop"rtloi,ate t the alll!tf
Jilh-e. The digestive urgans, therefore,
prnteet themselves hy the mucin tM.,
AtiC Hut
mm
wirejr I wonder wny the grass
doean't come up?
Hubby I'm sure I can't lell. You
don't aiipKise ynn planted the seed
upside down, do you)
llat Hat So Cunnr.
"A firm liptimn," rutld Joakley, "hit
got up something nrw to enahle y-n to
pick your te-th,"
"A ni-w sort of tootbpl'-k ?' tpicrlisl
(inakley.
"Well, ll'i a entiilogue showing pho
toraiiha of tin? haudwrtne falac -t
ths-y iniinufni-tiin'." Ililladclphhi
I'reaa.
A a man get older, he reallgea that
a good deal of his youttuful wit waa
nothing more than lmfnidence.
Uagtlme, Alonzo, ian't nocea-wirlly the
tliiie to ebew the raj.
The -pu!ailon of Japan today Ii
Just alnnit .'si,(i.ii ihe exa.-t g
iin-s for l:si7 are not yet mailable, hut
the esthiiates Just puiilUh.-.! are hae,
on the average growth i.f the last thirty
years and may Is- taken aa fairly a.-
curate. In each of the flu- jear -rl.ls
for which figures are shown, Ver the
past twenty live jears, the i-oilali,ui
lias incrcasisl. roiiublv in,to,. i..
.ISSlfsSI. Tollav Ihe i-yll, 1-
there are 4!l,2li7.74t native I.. n.
.lapam-se In the terrlla-y nihil over hy
Ihe Mikado.- fall Mall I'axclte.
When the memls-r of the Itritlsh In
alltutlon of Llis tricai Kiiglni-.-rH paid a
visit of lnie(-t!oii i,i iiorthern U)
lately, they were lh!iTi-(,., In ,,. .
used to protect the overhead transmls
lnn lines of an electric Inntlon sy.
b-tn from lightning dlwhargi,. The
devlo .-..nslsts of Jet, f water, whlh
form a permanent "earth" ut the Mmi
Is'gno generating station n the Valtel
Una line. Tlie eh-strlc ris,sre ,lf (h
Jeta was said to be Hiiiti.hut to pre
vent a aerlnus he- of current, u I, lie not
bsi great to ennble tlami to sirve f-protis-tlon
against lightning.
It Is said thai "mm,,, blliidneir M
horae Is cailw l,y "f leetl," ... ,w
small surplus teeth Just In front of
nrst upHT ire molars, one mi end, sld
of the upsr Jaw, An authority ,v.
"The 'wolf tooth' do not can,,. e,. ,'n,;
ens., or any other harm, and usually
are not discover-,,) until the eye ,,.,1H1.
apia-ars. The ir.mhle Is 'periodic
'lihtluilmln' I iiM-.i blindness i whh-h Is
hereditary and In.-urahle, Thousands
upon thousaiida of ,rK,., ,lirr,.r frii)
this eye disease, yet ,v(. , fl .
tooth' In ihelr heads. The Important
matter to n'iii-mlMr In .-om.i-cth.n .,,
Is-rl.HlIc ophthalmia lH ,, u,t- nu,n
'""7 "f "'" '"ir b.lh.' ,, , ,.;
.easily and liuporlance of j.,.,,,
from hn-sllng operallons all H,nn,l
with ,a.rl.Kll,. ophthalmic, or cataract,
which result from repeated atu.-ki
and iiroflcten. r ,.f the laborer at to up
todate farm hand i.sii)ll'a Farmer
arrla a Traah la Hsaav.
To carry a Irunk any bulky ar
II le In small hu.-.-y, make a frame
out of tw.i plm-ea of ,e and one b.ilf
hy twoln.-', iio'lliiga eg!i f..-t l,.:,j
Ns I a t-iird acr.-os the ends at shown
asitutloit of Mllliu ur I'r.ii.
er inethial. Co,,,!,,
solution , lwm.k ""
varnlshlns . Kj,T,li
packing in ii j "tJ
w.shI aahea, rHg J.i
l-rle add ,1 .,L T'N
with vcl!ne, ftmrM
ler. pre.Mb,g l a,:,
giasa ii,s (bftl.
proveil iioal aiL-eas Tl
Will keep muet, brt.e, tia
by any manner pr,"
rrai ritsttH.
Alfalfa ... ,,, aai,
years ago h
reliable and pmntalii, f T, 1
It has tint been mf 1
was prlihid only la a . '
tor tamliy us.. Ifcf. 1
t lllftT lit ' -r.nt- t i 1
....... ... ,,ir tha
db leal plain he, IIk J
.i.i... ..i.i . .. 1
a lew yer su .
lug taken up sml ltl tsnr-a, j
all II 1 worth Tha ua , J
'in-r. nun me flkv
oincr iaru iir.sln.1 n
lliey l( in i, ,,H lh( k
bi I growing i,Mr ludreav
sugar Iw-rl la imisj t-rlha hsh-l
rnd holds Krai .!c u, p (J
or nrei ugir In iu ( sKa) h
wnn . IVAal (..liixto af ,
-l.M-t ,. a. -sasl,
Cllf..n.l r- liiarly SJStdjstt,
oud pla-e, .r..,. in Zmm
loti.t.i.ti p.ln,t r-th
angar tel r.ii in Iku n
year brmigtn II Numi
TTaa .reari yesf hf
lal.t season for riia-riawva wj,
lgr hrs-t In 1ea ltnstd
made un.b-r at goud osubll
ible Ibers mlly at as)
tha result in Usllltr skreik
I of Ihe right iV-tttl-y aaj J
lnda that prl-t- Bo rmtat'
of lh ordinary vsrteli mi
lurttlp In the w or til ar
t-reak few ts-mrdi in osr an
gtien a fair leal - (islieatat Va
saeat4 kuae (
The diagram shoa nwwtss
In Riak a enp bar 111 astvfrj
of a hlrh Its ) al featar k a
1'r.s-urw ht of uv rlgta) gH
atxl saw a hole, d. It w ai
I magt ben rha ta.f, stlk aartet
of wont, b r, on eack ahw sf
,"'w to i tsar TitK TBi ag
In A of ti, asuiHiii,ing llliistrailoi,.
I'lais. Uie free end, beneath the sent
tat under the foot rest , friin(i wmut
III- frame et., H.,lt,, , htlgfy Tw
trunk or bo, e.philua prairie Farmer
'an then is. pm , f
frame MihMi u, MHtt llf t(l M
lenild le- t ,,
Ks a,l,..l, ',e,,,4.
Kggs are preserved muy ,,,,
way Ihh,,i, ,.,,, nU,rUjt (ff
Pr-scrvalive Is effec,,,, hy ,,,,
r I'y .-oatlhg. covering r
' I lie eggs. , ,,.,, miU
'"" M" which may or ,ay ,
H germicide. A ,,, ,,.
4 lo pack the egg , ,,ra or
nlt, another consist t,rUl ,
'- with Mi,,, water, which may r
not contain anil, m .,,,
Uerllltaibm la effeei,i i """kny
, ... " 'necled by plac In.
tK.l l.ig water ,rm,we,v, , nflM.,J
Hometltne. the, ir, tr(wJ
Ilium tssi rm oM
b e TUle ! a a g""
ib.r, a, lo slide In T js) "
tiding dmsr. ahl.1i S.s'ii w 1
with the greatest ease T
Ihe rsssji I lie hsrd W'.IS Utk, A
r, tifrtt,a ol ..-.-I 1. to I W
Ivrl. Ttie !; ahould ha enteral
gi gnute of ns flttg (t n
tt waleronsif. A nf lt l
hould be 2 to ". H'
dei-p alel not ) than JW Its" M
w hile 2 feel would I !WIef- I
Monotre, In Farm aiul ll'K
Ilia lllalt,
1be lHre it man t ttt frHsrf "
fore tie I deserving frloaf
lliellt,
Ihm't forget that the barnimf'
nurw I the hct all rmitsl fertllla?"
mil obtain.
I'aa.'urt" makes Ihe i-heapeat kH
on the farm and rimer ' '" "
leig pa at u re
lk..,'i inonev act Jks
y,.r heart aial .hut ! "
and haiadiiea.
lit aitlm! tha t ha M.
i. ...i .. tm lusiirlir. AtM i
i.aa. I another Indicating f
Talk over with the rl Iw-:
.11 il.. .-l.,rlHlit llf Ih f'o.
wlll hnvi. some g-ssl dra '
'fi.. i..i.i.lii i.f at raw lid Hatt
.- In ...s lnl case. I r'W r
lbs. and ha miplnce !" J'1"I"M "
I..
r.e.n alsiuld hP'l',
acnic. It la the only t J
farmer to know exactlj
1 1, i.i. i,o v I ut- anil """
Farm mu.Hlnery put Hi
the busy aoii 1"" ,mm.Z.,t
thepisket. Wl..''''...l .
the fall I Is-lter nine
.. who keel hi If"""
. . , iiwinelit Of Is"
umm. a ,r . 1Z
wiio bunion" in. y,,
... . .... i.-..- ih.r own tf""
l h iMiginsN-. III.'"-
lo rnitia ai.no. .-rtia
Llttlo thlitga oil lh f'"" T"
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