OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, NOV. 15 1912
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OREGON CITY COURIER
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M. J. BROWN,
- Here's what I call a good guess
of the whys, wherefores and re.
suits. It you don t ttnnK so, men
make one of your own:
Once upon a time (or more ex
act, just ahout live years ago)
The i'ian with the hig teet h said to
the man wit.n trie Dig nelly
"Bill. I like this president do
ings, but I am a little afraid of
losinsr out under the statute of
precedents if 1 try for it. again
at this stage of the American
same."
"Now Hill, you know I am sonic
noise in tins old country just, now,
ami while the Khost of George
Washington might rise up and
stop my being president for the
third heat, yet nothing can slop
my saying who shall be the next
president in my place.
"Now, Bill I want to get back in
the game again as soon as public
sentiment will permit, which time
I think will bo in just four years.
I will make you the next president
of this country if you will agree
to quit and let me back in after
you have had one term. I will go
over to Africa and shoot monkeys
for a year or two, while you carry
on my policies, do mis anu i
will get the steam roller oiled up
and will make you the next presi
dent. Are you game?"
Taft grasped Theodore's hand,
wept on his neck and declared he
was on and trial uio aeai was
closed.
Roosevelt got the machinery to
working and turned the big man
into a nice president, then grab
bed his gun, had the government
lit him out a dandy scientific ex
pedition, and he hiked for the dark
continent.
And things worked splendid.
Taft got in with the big bunch on
this side of the drink and Theo
dore went in for big advertising
on the other bank.
But let's cut it short.
After Taft had had a whirl or
two of the dictating business he
wanted the long term, and he con
spired with the ' big fellows to
give Roosevelt what the wrestler
usually gives his friends, and
and when Theodore began think
ing about getting his fences in
shape again, he found that Taft
hand concluded to renig.
And Roosevelt came back and
mado the big fellow look like 3()c.
lie killed himself to do it. but he
did Taft an awful good job.
This is my guess of the whole
shooting match. If you have any
better story, spring it.
County Judge R. B. Beatio Is a
candidate for tho appointment for
tho ollice of United States inar
shall for Oregon, and the Courier
doesn't know of any man more
capable of filling the position nor
one any more entitled to it.
Oflioes aro a part of the spoils
of political war, and the victors
get them. When an administra
tion changes, olllces change with
it, and tho man who can show a
good clean political record, with
lltness for the job, generally is
considered above others in tho
aDDointmont.
Senators Chamberlain and Lane
will have tho patronago power in
Oregon now that is they will
be the biggest noises. Mr. Haw.
ley got what Delilah gave to Sam
son in tho recent election, or
rather what she took from him
the voters cut Hawley's hair.
Mr. Beaty has certainly been a
big fellow in Democratic politics
in this county, and his work has
as certainly shown results. He
took hold of what was left of the
Democratic party hero when it
was pretty well smothered to
death with fusion, and ho has
helped much to bring it up to an
organization where it stood sol
idly and wont Democratic in a na
tional campaign for tho first
time in forty years.
Mr. Beaty is cerlailny a cam
paigner, organizer and vole get
ter. Ho has a pleasing way of
handling men, and ho gels results
as those who havo run against
him well know.
Mr. Beaty would make a good
man for U. S. Marshall, Ihnro is
not any doubt of that. The po
sition is now held by a son of
I ho late Harvey Scott, and a
change will probably bo made asi
soon as President-elect Wilson is
inaugurated.
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lilt) i.uuner uiuiuvon iiuik ouu-'
ators Chamberlain would do what '
ators Chamberlain and Lano
would do what would please a big
majority of the Democrats of
Clackamas county if Ihey would
stand behind and recommend the
appointment of Judge Beaty for
the position.
Vermont , Utah 4. Isn't it aw
ful? Roosevelt certainly did tho
big president a big job.
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EDITOR
When a newspaper has any-
thing to say against the interests,
the trusts, the millionaires and
the rest of the pirates that are
swallowing up mis country, ne is
at once accused of havingSocial-
istic tendencies, and that he is
pnflav(irinor In "incite" the neon-
le, preaching class distinction and
"agitating" trouble. Here's a clip
from a New York paper. Read it
over until you finally grasp the
significance, and then n you can
hones v cimchwlrt Mint. It. is (lftn-
. ,
gerous to our country to com-
mi'iit. on such matters, nresent
your arguments, and I will short-
en up the editorial columns and
run more real estate transfers
The Standard Oil company
iH paying John D. Rockefeller
$10.32 a minute, or a cents
a second, as dividends on his
holdings of 25 per cent of the
comnany. accordingly to the
quarterly dividend recently
authorized of ten per cent,
amounting to $10,000,000 on
all the shares.
If it is Socialistic to yell "slop
Ihiuf" uihim .Tnhn flil friiiH In col.
awav with this swaif. then I am a
Socialist.
if it. is Anarchistic to nrn est
against the individual ownership
of wealth so great that the In-
nnniu irwi'i.nm.u fust.ni f.hnn its
owner can figuro it, then I am a
red flag waver and a bomb throw,
er and my name should commence
with a C and end with a z.
If tho Courier is an "agitator"
bocauso it backs up on a condit-
ion and a constitution that per-
mils one man's income to swal-
low un this country, then the
Courier is mighty glad of the hon-
nr.
Nnw von know that wav down
deon in tho most of us is yet a
little left of that old Plymouth
Rock sentiment that this country
should be a free country, with all
men equal, and when one individ.
ual bv the sheer nower of his
weallh can simply sit and seo iu
swallow on the nronortions that
hv right of hard Tabor belongs to
you and your neighbor, well, that!
sense of justice is bound to
cron nut, bigger than a wood-
chuck.
I am not arguing against weal-
th, or of a man using the ability
God gave him to finish first in the
race, i nn oh aw of the survival
1 1 mo illtest applies loaay anu
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wi arra y in the next generation
just as forcibly as it applied back
in the ages hero re lire, in the old
(lavs tho savage went out and got
what to wanted with a cluD, if the
e uh was lug enough and he could
swing it heavier than the other
fellow. We get or lose ours in the
same way in this aeroplane ago.
only we smooth on me Knots, pol
ish the club and hire a thug to do
the knocking down.
A man has a right to all the
riches ho or his family may need,
if ho can get it somewhere near
honestly.
But he hasn't a right to wealth
thousands of times greater than
his needs, lor then ho is stealing
the proportion of others.
If you will study the alarming
figures above, you will seo that
if John Rockefeller should take a
coal scoop shovel and try to
snovei ins (lauy iiiuiimu, in silver
dollars, out of a coal bin a fast
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laie io Keen mini iie.inif uruiou
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up by Ills own income.
No man has any r.gnt to triKo
2 cents of tho wealth of this
country every time tho clock
licks. He can t possibly spend
ho has no earthly uso for it, it
daily grows greater, and its oc
cumulalion gives him an influ
ence greater than the government
and a power groater than the
standing army. If ho doesn t hire
moro men to help him give it
away it will swa..ow,p the Tcoun-
Iry
Rockefeller is but ono of a great
many mulli-inillionaires.
They say that there is no way
that the constitution will allow
the people to curtail tho wealth a
man may possess, if ho can got it.
Hut congress has nower to
smash up the great trusts that
make Rockefellers possible.
And thinkers seo gravo dangers
ahead for this country unless
I here is some regulat ion that will
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aire.
II. is hard to understand how
the voters of Oregon would vote
lown Olcotl's "blue key" bill,
but the best excuse wo havo heard
was thai it was not designated on
the Da 1 lot. so that voters under-
stood it, and what they did not
understand they voted no on.
Oregon City
The County
Four weeks from today, Dec
nmhoti 4Q nrill ha o Inn arh t av Hnv'
down at Salem. One after another
five men will be led out, like cows
at a slaughter pen. and choked to
death.
It will be a great day at the
capitol and the papers of the
whole country will be full of it
Mexican bull fights won t com
nare and the crucifixions of th
Penitenties will be like tennis
comDared with football.
One after another these men
will be led out and slaughtered
muraereu. ine noose win ue aa-
justed under their chins, the
black cap will be pulled oyer
their ashen faces to hide from the
spectators the full horror of the
wniuuiss, iwuouiuBa a"u mien
chings as the weight of the bod
ies strangles them to ueatn.
Oh. but it Will be great!
One after another these men
will.be led out, shivering with the
fits of awful fear. One after an-
other they will be cut down when
ine doctor say8 wiey nave suan
KlCU 10 neaill.
I l l.t. IU. A It- -
aiiu wnen me ueaui uups me
removed you will see a swollen,
blackened tongue sticking to the
cloth; now and then you win see
a throat torn oDen. the pipes ex
nosed and streams of congealed
blood down the breast. You will
see frightful, blackened, swollen
faces faces of men who died un
dec the most horrible conditions
that their fellow men could de
vise.
You'll got your money's worth
fellows. Ask the governor for a
pass. It will be great. Delirium
tremens won t De in it. And you II
sleep so well after you get home
See it. if VOU can.
I And a majority of you men of
Oregon voted to stage this nor.
rift o may at saiem next mentn.
They say Governor West is be
sieged with applications for mov
intr nicture Driviletres.'
R s a good thing. I wish he
might grant some company the
exclusive scoop under a contract
that they be displayed in every
cily and town in Oregon for week
stands.
Then we would all rush to the
"movies," take our children with
us and have an evening of enjoy-
meat seeing the results of our
ballots
And look at the money Govorn
or West could get out of the con
cessions. It would reduce taxes in
Oregon.
And I would suggest that the
death caps be left oil so that we
could all see the racial contor
lions, see ine niaca tongue run
out. see the eyes protrude, see the
face turn black, see the throat
torn open and note in detail every
stage of strangulation.
And the voters of Oregon with
lead pencil x's put on this play. I
wish every man who did so vote
had to see what he voted for
had' to witness the butchery at
saiem ine lJtn.
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i ten you its wrong, nuiiiuiy
awfully wrong.
Because Roberts murdered a
man m mis county, we nave no
right to murder him. We have no
right to, lane thai wnicn we can
not give.
Put a murderer where he can
never murder again. Give him
life imnrisnnment with the Dar
doning power revoked, but don't
kill a man Decause he has killed.
It's horrible, beastly, inhuman
I received a letter the other day
from a good old farmer friend,
full of well-meant, good advice,
as to tne courier s future. And
knowing he was sincere, that the
man meant every word of it for
the Dest good of the Courier and
its editor, it is received in the
spirit it was written.
l lie farmer outlines the several
important matters the Courier
has stood for and stood against.
, u? 8ay? 110 Peeves me paper
n . i t i t
nas ueen nonesi in every position:
that we have been sincere, an
d
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IHUl 11 WD Will 11UW Ol-UUL'1. HID
verdict of th iurv on singln tax.
(h. , u the people have asked
lla ,' ,i "nnH v K,,'' .iih h
popular measures we have been
advocating, we will make the
Courier a popular newspaper in
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this part or Oregon.
I know the friend wrote the
etler and offered the advice bo-
cause he thought it was for the
best good of tho Courier and its
editor, but let us analyze it a lit-
Re .We If it is 'SadVice:
If this same reasoning had
i been applied to the Democratic
'party four years ago. when the
pooplo buried its candidates under
an avalanche of votes; Woodrow
Wilson would not now bo presi
dent.
Ry the same reasoning rarity.
equal suffrage, buried by the vot
ers in former elections, should
not have been granted election
day.
if every tune a proposition is
voted down, tho proposition
should be considered dead, there
would be but one party now, Re
publican, Socialists, Prohis. and
all other minority parties aro all
(lead.
'Hut a verdict today doosn t
mean a final decision. It simply
means an-appeal. AH reforms, all
progressive measures, all new
parties havo to grow out of de-
feat
I. Every line the Courier has
has printed in favor of single tax
its editor has sincerely bvlieved
in believed that it would result
in the greatest good for tho many
and would equalize taxation in
Oregon.
I hat it did not carry doe not
alter those opinions; that it re
ceived thousands of votes wlrero
four years ago -there were but
dozens, only strengthens that po
sition. Something must bo done in Or
egon to throw off the taxtaion
yoke that too few carry. The sin
gle tax proposition blazes the
way. As people study it more
they will understand it better and
refused to be frightened by the
panio stories, and somo day it
will win and he given a trial in
Oregon.
Far from quitting because we
got a hook on the jaw in the first
oumt, we are going to get a
punching Dag and get in training
for the next. Tho idea is right, and
when men know it they will vote
it just as they reversed their de
cision on equal suffrage.
Old Man Cannon would not
heed the hand writing, he would
n't see that little cloud in tho hor
izon. He persisted, he stayed with
his old machine methods and
November 5 the people flattened
him out. Not since the civil war
have the people spoken in such
unmistakable terms againsl the
Cannons and the interests. Now
will they heed?
Two candidates for governor.
one for U. S. marshal, and others
grooming in Oregon City. Leave
this burg alone for gelting in the
political game.
There were 6160 votes cast for
congressman in this county and
3593 of them were NOT for Haw-
ley. It was certainly lucky for this
big business representative there
were rive candidates in tne field
If the women had had the ballot
this election you can bfct they
would have put a stop to that hor
rible affair that will be pulled off
at Salem next month the mur
dering of live men.
According to returns as they
stand, the Democrats will have
four members of the next state
senate and five members of the
lower house. In 1911 the party
had four members of the senate
and two in the house.
The state applicants for the
dentistry examinations are "fix
ing" the teeth of the convicts in
the penitentiary at saiem, as
part of their examination. What
have the convicts done to merit
this additional punishment?
Because of a little legal tech
nicality, the omission of the
words "be it enacted" on the two
eight hour laws recently passed
by the people, it is said that the
two bills will "be unlawful. And
thus we have another illustration
that a "joker" is bigger than the
will of the people.
Representative Hawley has
long been the beneficiary,
politically, of good luck. Port
land Journal.
His good luck this year was
having a string of starters with
him. Had it been a matched race,
Mr. Hawley would have finished
second. Clackamas county showed
this.
"Now let politics alono and give
business a chance," the stand pat
papers are Deginning to sing.
Sure I Let the Wells Fargo Ex
press Co alone and give it a chan
ce to make an honest dollar.
Their dividend as reported in
ast Saturday's papers, was only
800 per cent, or $8,000,000 on
property valued at 81,000,000.
Let these trusts alone; let them
rob you. You are used to it.
The attempt to divide Clacka
mas county was a dismal failure.
Outside of Estacado, which as-
uired to the county seat, there
was no support worth mention
ing and the state at large simply
assed it up or voted against it.
ome day no doubt Clackamas
county will be divided, but the day
is far ditsant. rnere must De de
mand first, and the big county
will have to be settled far more
than it is now to make that de
mand. Mr. U'Ren's chances for gov
ernor are getting a good start.
The Oregoman is out against him
and starts its arguments by call
ing him a Hessian. The Oregonian
commenced by calling Lafferty
names and continued its abuse up
to election day. And Lafferty won
out by a big majority. Every elect
ion shows that it is a sate piay ror
the olain ueople to find out what
the Oregonian wants and vote the
other way.
If Taft needed one more punch
to put him completely out, it was
the returns from Arizona, which
gave that state the recall of jud
ges, after the dresidient had forc
ed them to eliminate this recall
or he would veto statehood. This
was the smallest piece of work
President Taft ever did, but the
Arizonians simply smiled, lot the
spoiled president have his way,
and Tuesday came back at him.
And Arizona went iJemocratic.
Charles D. Shields, imported
from Washington to fight single
tax, finds himself much in the po
sition of Governor Johnson of
California. Johnson said he had
California in his vest pocket and
he went to other states to help
Teddy. Wilson carried his state.
And while bhiolds was talking his
head olT in Oregon, Everett, Wash
went for single tax 2 to 1.
Governor West has told Mayor
Micelli of Roseburg to get out
and let a man in who will enforce
the laws.
Judge McGinn of Portland, did
n't let any mercy get into the
ustice lotion when ho sentenced
William Wilson to life imprison
ment for holding up and robbing
drug store ur $27. Ana only
ight weeks bko two convicted
murderers m Portland were giv
en the same sentence. The judge
who gave this live sentence for
9Z1 said the record of the accused
was bad, but that is a lame ex-
past record, but for the robbery.
and I want to tell you il was a
orrible parody on justice to give
lire sentence for this crime.
It is a big complement to the
intelligence of the voters of Ore
gon the outcome of the "major,
ity rulo" bill. This was a tricky
measure in presentation and in
Pint. II s title made it annear to
be the reverse of what it was. If
carried it would have killed the
power of the people, abolished the
initiative and referendum. But it
didn't carry. It was burried so
deep it won't be tried again in a
hurry. The voters read, they in
vestigated and the papers expos
ed. Thousands of dollars were ex
pended to put this law .through,
but it wasn t even close.
Now that the nine road schemes
havo gotten it where Alice wore
the beads, perhaps our people will
get together on some one propo
sition that will be fair to all the
state and we will get some good
roads in Oregon some day. Of
all the wants this is the biggest.
If there is one great, noisy, crying
need it is good roads in this stale.
But putting up nine propositions
will never get them. The voters
will tip such job lot propositions
over as fast as they are stood up,
and they should. But there can
be propositions put forth that
they will support. The slate needs
good roads and the people will
vote good roads. But show them
the right proposition first.
I"I""I"l"l"I"M"l-I-I"H-t"l-I"I-H"H-M-l'
TOWN IMPROVEMENT TALK.
Don't block the way.
Move fast at th prooaaaion
or mova out. Take tho paoa of
tha company you ara in or make
way for tha man behind.
Don't atand in tha way of new
ideas. Don't pauaa In tha path
of better ayatema. Don't aettlo
down on tha ladder of auooeaa.
Don't ba a barnacle on tho ahip
of business.
Advancement , meana move
ment. Moval
ONE YEAR'S IMPROVEMENT '
WORK IN AMERICUS.
Tha Spirit of Clvio Advancement
Georgia Town.
In
Probably very few cities of less than
10,000 population have succeeded Id
bavtug wood block street paving laid
lu such a tborougb aod satisfactory
maimer as bas recently been done wltb
two miles of tbls paving la Amerlcus.
The maoner in which sucb eminently
satisfactory work bas been accomplish
ed is Interesting to consider. Instead
of retaining a consulting engineer It
was decided to leave to City Engineer
John B. Ansley tbe work of supervis
ing the public Improvements In tbe
way of paving and also tbe water and
sewer extensions carried on simulta
neously. ' During tbe period over wblcb tbe
carrying out of tbe Improvements bas
extended tbe city engineer and bis as
sistant have been constantly on tbe
alert to see tbat tbe contracts made
wltb tbe city were carefully and faith
fully carried out. A large number of
defective wood blocks were rejected
at an early stage la tbe laying of tbe
pavement Many sections of sewer
pipe were also rejected on account of
tbelr being of inferior quality. Of tbe
entire extent of wood block paving
only an area of a few yards along tbe
surface first laltT "buckled," or gave
any Indications of having been care
lessly laid.
Tbe carrying out of tbe contracts for
water extensions and for tbe laying of
tbe sewers shows tbat the same care
ful methods have been employed in
this phase of civic Improvement
In addition to tbe Improvements
mentioned, the spirit of civic advance
manifest In the municipality Is shown
by the addition within a period of ap
proximately a year of ten miles of tiled
sidewalks, a 200 horsepower boiler,
blgb duty pump of 1.500,000 gallons
daily capacity and u twelve Inch arte
sian well ani 200,000 gallon reservoir
at tbe municipally owned and operated
water works plant, tbe installation of
antouto fire truck, a monolithic con
crete bridge over Town creek and Lee
street a new wooden bridge over Bar
low street and a beautiful and service
able concrete bridge over Lee street
in tbe heart of tbe residence section.
Each of these Improvements will add
much to tbe beauty of Amerlcus and to
tbe comfort, health and safety of Its
citizens.
MAIL ORDER GROWTH.
Great Trade Octupua la Cruehlna
Home Merchanta.
The marvelous growth of tbe mall
order business In recent years Is calcu
lated to stagger humanity lo local com
munities where geueral merchants or
specialists In any sort of merchandise
are struggling for an existence against
tbe 'gigantic concerns In the big cities
wblcb have back of them tbe power of
millions of dollars of capital. A writer
In the Saturday Evening Post tells bow
u large mall order bouse was reorgan
Ized. Tbe concern's total assets were
valued at $10,000,000. It Issued pre
ferred stock to that amount aud com
mon stock representing good will to
the amount of $30,000,000.
A syndicate of shrewd capitalists In
timately acquainted wltb tbe business
was said to have bought a large block
of It at a blgb figure. At current quo
tations, then, tbls concern's mere good
will was valued at $30,000,000. More
over, tbls bouse was founded not
mnny years ago by men of small
means, and the tangible assets of $10,
000.000 at tbe time of reorganization
were composed very largely of ac
cumulated profits.
So we have a total value of about
$45,000,000 created or built up within
comparatively few years In tbe busi
ness of selling at retail groceries, dry
goods, furniture, and so ou, to farmers,
villagers sod tbe residents of the
smaller towns and cities throughout
the Dnlted States.
Tbe local merchant finds himself
confronting a proposition tbat means a
fight to tbe finish for self preservation.
The lightweight as to capitalization Is
pitted against tbe heavyweight If tbe
townsmen and personal friends of the
lightweight fall to back him In tbe
ring there Is a likelihood of a knock
out In an early rouud. Tbey can back
him by giving bim tbe cheerful aid of
trading at home Instead of Increasing
tbe advantage of tbe heavyweight by
doing catalogue buying. ,
War Againet Spittera.
Tbe women of Flushing, N. V., bare
started a novel movement for tbe im
provement of health conditions la tbat
town In the form of a crusade n gainst
spittera. Tbe crusade was brought
about by tbe Good Citizenship league,
which is composed of some of the
wealthiest women In Flushing. Each
member of tbe league Is empowered to
arrest any person who expectorates
upon the sidewalks and see to It tbat
they are brought before a police court
and fined $2 for violating the and
spirting ordinance.
Soma Bargains.
1st. Five acres. 3 1-2 imnrov.
ed; 1 1-2 fruit and berries; small
house, good spring, $1500. Good
terms, close in land.
2. Grocery, food and notion
store, doing a good business; 6
lots, all in fruit, barn, root and
chicken house, 5-room house,
good well. $3,000.
H. S. Clyde,
Oregon City.
LEON DES LA FUSE violin teacher
410 High St., phone 3171. Or.
chestra for pupils.
AddsHeaifulOnalifiesioWflil
Pro Prescott, of the University of
Michigan, testified before the Pure
Food Committee of Congress, that the
acid of grapes held highest rank as an
article of food and he regarded the re-
suits from baking with cream of tartaj
baking powder as favorable to health.
Royal is the only Baking Powder made
from Royal Crape Cream of Tartar,
IMPROVED PLUG COCK.
Provided With Removable 8leeva
to
Faoilitate Repairs.
A plug cock or faucet Is much more
desirable than compression cock or
screw fifucet because It Is cheaper to
produce and la quick acting, for a
quarter turn or less of tbe lever of the
plug cock will wholly abut off the flow
or open It to full flow, whereas wltb a
compression cock several turns are
necessary. However, tbe objection to
a plug cock Is that It Is not durable
and Is apt to leak
Furthermore,
the repair of a plug cock Is rather ex
pensive. Trouble usually manifests It
self In wear of tbe edges of tbe ports,
sciEimric AME.Kicfsn.fty.
PLUG COOK WITH bkmovablb blektr.
and the only way of repairing the
damage Is to replace tbe worn off
plug with a new one.
In order to reduce tbls Item of ex
pense and provide a ready means of
repairing a worn off plug cock an In
ventor has receutly designed u cock
having a removable sleeve ou tbe plug
When tbe ports through this sleeve le
come badly worn It Is a simple mat
ter to remove tbe plug from the cock
nd replace tbe worn sleeve with
new one. Tbe details of the Invention
re shown In tbe accompanying cut
A key on tbe body of the plug fits a
keyway In tbe sleeve and Insures prop
er register of tbe ports In the sleeve
wltb those in tbe plug. Tbe plug Is
held In place on tbe cock by means of
a aut bearing against a split ring
washer, not shown In tbe engraving.
The Color of Water.
Some Interesting experiments were
made at Liege for tbe purpose of ascer
taining tbe true color of water. The
wnter was first boiled four hours over
potash manganate and permanganate
and then distilled twice In platinum
vessels and tbe product received In a
silver vessel protected from contact
wltb the air. This water when evapo
rated left no stain.
In order to obtain tbe requisite depth
of water for the light to pass through
and make any color It would give vlsl
ble, there were used glass tubes of six
teen feet In length and rather more
than one and one-half Inches in width.
Tbe tubes were closed at both ends by
glass flats and furnished wltb a pipe
through whlcb tbe water could be In
troduced. When pure water was
placed In these tubes and white light
sent through It tbe color was of a blue
"of whlcb It la dlfflculto represent the
purity." It Is said that the finest blue
on a fine day In a mountain region,
above the grosser emanations of the
soil, can alone be compared with It
No change occurred when tbe water
was kept In the tubes for several
weeks Tbe addition of a little lime-
water, which appeared qnite limpid.
eutlrely stopped tbe passage of the
light Just as If Ink bad been put In.
Cars of an Electrlo Fan.
Most people bave no use for an elec
tric fan In the winter. It should be
stowed away properly, however, so
that It will be kept In good condition
and be ready for service next season.
Here's the best way to do It: After
you have unscrewed the connecting
plug at the end of the flexible wire
wblcb bos been used to supply current
to the fan from tbe lighting socket
place tbe fan on a table and wipe It
off thoroughly wltb a dry cloth or dry
cotton waste. Go over the whole fan
carefully and get tbe dust off all the
exposed parts, even the blades Now
unscrew the tops of tbe oil cups, wblcb
are at each end of the armature shaft
and fill them wltb good lubricating oil
Replace th caps and wind tbe flexible
connecting wire around the base of tbe
An and Inclose the whole In a paper
bag.
Tha Automatlo Range.
Tbe latest development In electric
cookery Is the automatic range, wblcb
possesses many unique features It
will get breakfast while you sleep, pre
pare luncheon while yoo are shopping
and cook dinner while you art at the
matinee.
Tbe vital parts are a clock and a
thermometer After the food bas been
prepared aod placed In Jta receptacles
In the range the clock'automatlcally
turns on tbe beat at tha aooolntad
FMMEl
time, ana the thermometer automati
cally turns It on when the boiling, bak
ing or roasting temperature has been
reached. The stored beat completes tbe
rooking process. ,
BLASTING DOWN COAL.
Experts Condemn Practice of "Shoot
ing Off the Solid."
Much has been said and written In
condemnation of tbe practice, too prev
alent In some of the coal mining states,
of "shooting off the solid" that Is, of
1 blasting down tbe coal without having
previously undercut or sheared It ot
"making tbe powder do the work."
According to Edward W. Parker, tbe
coal statistician of the United States
geological survey, all authorities agree
that tbe practice Is reprehensible In the
highest degree. The heavy charges of
powder produce an unnecessary quan
tity of flue coal and render the lump
coal so friable that It disintegrates In
handling and transportation. Tbe quan
tity and quality of. tbe merchantable
product are thereby materially reduced.
These reasons In themselves are suffi
cient to cull forth the condemnation ot
the practice and the demand for Its
abolition, but a far stronger reason Is
the lncreused liability to accident tu a
vocation that Is hazardous enough
when all precautions possible are taken
to promote safety. The use of Inordi
nate charges of powder weakens tbe
roof and supporting pillars, and failure
to undercut or shear tbe coal Increases
tbe dunger of windy shots, the cause of
frequent dust explosions.
Falls of coal and roof In 1911 caused
almost one-half of the 2,700 or so
deaths in the coal mines of tbe United
States, aad explosions caused 14 pet
cent .Tbe deaths from the more pro
lific cause, however, usually happen
singly and are not reported outside the
localities where the accidents occur,
whereas the less frequent' explosions
Involving the deaths of tens or hun
dreds of men are given prominence In
the daily and technical press.
NOVEL SEWAGE PUMP.
Combination of the Principles of Pis
ton and Rotary Pump.
An Inventor of Cardiff. Wales, has
designed a pump which combines I lie
principles of tbe piston and Ihe ceu
trlfiiKal or rotary pump. Having uo
vulves Unit can lie Hogged up. It Is es
pecially adapted for I lie pumping of
heavy liquids, sewage, etc.
The pump comprises a number ot
cylinders radially arranged around a
COMBINED KOTART AND PISTON PUMP.
central revolving axle, the plstous be
ing so connected to this axle that dur
ing bulf of the revolution water Is
sucked from the Intake pipe Into the
chambers inclosing the cylinders,
while durlug the other half revolution
It Is expelled through the outlet pipe.
Tbe pump, as showu In the illustra
tion, Is- driven by a single cylinder
vertical engine. Popular Mechanics.
Egg Preservation.
t
J. M. Bartlett before the chemical
congress explained the use of wotel
glass, which Is a silicate of soda, for
preserving eggs, giving the necessary
directions for Its manufacture. When
properly made. It does not affect the
eggs chemically and will preserve them
for months, being quite as effective us?
cold storage and available for use by
the ordinary hopsewlfe. The eggs are
placed In a vessel containing the water
glass and left tbere covered by tbe
Quid until needed for use.
Strictly fresh eggs, not the shop
eggs under this label, but the real
things Just out of tbe nest, can be car
ried over from summer to winter In a
Jar of water glass in almost perfect
condition. Of all tbe domestic methods
of prolonging the useful life of eggs.
Immersion In water glass Is by far tbe
best said Bartlett
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