Lincoln County leader., May 22, 1914, Image 6

CUTTING CIRCLES IN GLASS
Ingenious Little Implement Devised
j by New York Man Tool Has
Bate With Suction Cap.
' An Ingenious little Implement for
the cutting of circles In glass has been
devised by a New York man. Ordinar
ily it is difficult to mark a circle on
Class because of the problem of how
to bold the axis fast. This tool has a
base with a rubber suction cap on the
bottom, so that It will stick fast wher
ever placed. Pivoted to It Is a square
rod with a cutter head mounted on It.
This square rod Is one of the features
of the Implement, for It Is Impossible
Circular Glass Cutter.
(or the cutter bead to turn on the rod,
as It would do on a round one. The
base Is therefore fixed In the center
of the circle and the cutter bead re
volved around It. Of course this cut
ter bead can be moved to different
points of the rod. according to the
diameter of the proposed circle.
MILK IVORY AS SUBSTITUTE
In Appearance Hardened Substance
Can Hardly Be Distinguished
From the Real Article.
' Skim milk Is used for tbe keyboards
of pianos, and although In appearance
this hardened substance Is scarcely
dtstlngulbhuble from Ivory, it is con
siderably more durable and less ex
pensive. A Hrltish factory of syrollt,
at tbe sklm-mllk Ivory Is called, exists
at Stroud, where it was established
about a year ago, and hundreds of gal
lons of separated milk are dally trans
formed Into one of the most useful ma
terials that have been Invented In re
cent times.
la view of the fact that Ivory Is be
coming scarcer every day. the demand
for sklm-mllk Ivory for the purposes
of making pluno keys Is enormous.
The product Is sent to every part of
tbe world. It Is used for umbrella
nandles, buttons, photograph frames
and various appliances, and Is espe
cially appreciated by comb manufac
turers, as It can be made to look like
born, Is considerably less expensive,
and Is, of course, non-inflammable.
, The milk Is not mixed with any
other substance, but after being puri
fied It Is compressed so that all tbe
moisture Is extracted and the sub
stance becomes bard and dry.
HOIST LIQUIDS FROM WELLS
Apparatus Is Operated by Means of
Compressed Air or Other Vapors
Invention of Texan.
, Tbe Scientific American In describ
ing a hoisting apparatus, Invented by
D. D. McCall of Houston, Tex., says:
This Invention relates to apparatus
for raising liquid from wells by means
of a compressed fluid, such as air or
other vapors or gas, and refers more
I Hoisting Apparatus.
particularly to the class comprising
member tarrying a compressed fluid.
member used as a. cylinder for the
liquid to be hoisted, and a member
conveying said liquid to a desired
place, together with means anrlia
with the above members whereby tbe
iuw ma us coniroiiea.
Wages In Australia.
1 The average nominal rate of waa-na
to adults Is tl a week In West Aus
tralia, as compared with 113 CO a week
la Tasmania, the two states of Aus
tralia wncre tbe highest and the low
i wages, respectively, are paid.
! Weeds for Fuel.
; Experiments are under wsy In Oor
many with a view to utlluing the
papyrus and other reeds of tbe Nils
marsh os as furl by drying them, re
ducing them to powder and forming
Jtriqoettea.
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ERECTING A CONCRETE WALL
Economy Is Main Advantage Urged by
Inventor Time, Labor and Money
Saved by the System.
An ingenious method of concrete
construction is to eet the forms tor
the walls of a house almost level, and
after pouring the concrete and allow
ing it to harden to tilt the wall on
edge. Economy is the main advantage
of this system; a saving of time, labor
and money, so the inventor claims, and
the niothod has beon used with success
In large buildings erected by the
United States government and large
corporations. Walls of 120 feet in
length have been raised in one piece,
but it Is not adapted to structures ol
great height.
The device consists of a series ol
jackscrews supporting a trussed frame,
upon which the form, for the wall li
built. The frame sets at a very slight
angle, and the workmen can move
about It with ease, doing their work
faster than when nailing upright forme
in place. One side of the form Is not
needed at all, as the upper surface of
the concrete Is smoothed out, or fin
ished In various ways; this results In
a saving of almost half the lumber re
quired for upright forms.
After tbe concrete has hardened, the
operation of tilting the wall upright
takes place; thU Is accomplished by
means of a small engine which oper
ates all the Juckscrews simultaneously,
so that the great mass of the wall is
raised evenly and set upon Us founda
tion. Of course it Is eBsential to use
great care in securing perfect align
ment of the JackBcrows and the frames.
Ae each wall Is set In place It is braced
and the corners where two walls meet
are Joined by concrete, so that the fin
ished structure Is practically a mon
olith. Usually the relnforclug rods are
allowed to project at the corners,
strengthening the Joint together.
LITTLE SCAFFOLD IS HANDY
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Englishman Designs Ladder, Which
When Folded, May Be 8tored In
Smallest Bit of Space.
An Improved type of folding scaf
fold or ladder for use in places where
every Inch of stornge space Is an Im
portant consideration, and which, when
folded, may easily be carried to the
position where It le desired to set It
up for use, has been designed by an
Englishman, says Popular Mechan
ics. The scaffold or trestlework Is
Folding 8caffold.
mounted upon a square framework,
each corner of which Is provided with
a suitable caster, so that tha rinvix
may readily be moved over the flnnr.
The scaffold Is quickly set up and at-
tacnea to tne carriage by setscrews,
and the sliding section Is easily raised
the height reaulred to reach
the work to be done. It Is possible
to use the trestle singly, as shown, or
In pairs connected with scaffold hnarrfa
and partition rails.
Detroit factories turn out nearl
460,000 stoves a year.
A well-constructed brick houaa will
outlast one built of granite.
The lariest bucket ArA
been built for work on the Sues
canal.
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The total outnut nf Mnhn'a rin.
metai mines last year set a new blgb
record.
Pricks made of neat are hntn an.
cesmuuy used in Sweden for small
ouiidings.
Although a new German anlnm.tu
pisioi weigns out nine more than two
pounas u can ore iuu DUliets a niln
ute.
A combined motion Dlclura rnmnr.
developing and printing apparatus and
projector nas ocen luventea lor ama
teur use.
A crass native to India haa nmA
an anod for tinner nuln that Kn nnn tm.
of It aro being used annually for that
purpose.
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A wheeled foot rest, to be hinged
to a rocking cnair, nas been patented
by a Michigan man to lessen the labor
oi rutaius-
Slabs of natural cork, expanded to
more than twice their original size,
have been Invented In England for
cold storage Insulation.
two pans or grutca cheese and one
rsrt of quicklime with enough while
of to form a thlrk naata mb
earthenware cement for Immediate
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QUERC3
Morn:
ASK any western traveler to
point out the most picturesque
Bpot In the United States.
Without hesitation he will
turn to the map of New
Mexico and put bis finger on the soot
representing the pueblo of Acoma.
ihere Is no more weird and
strange place In the world than
Acoma," said a sunburnt traveler who
hunts the out-of-the-way places In the
Southwest "In the first place, hardly
any tourists are ever seen ttere. It
Is off the beaten trail, and. thoueh
only half a day's Journey from the
pueblo of Laguna, which 1b on a trans
continental railway, Acoma Is as re
mote from civilization as It was when
discovered 300 years ago." writes
Arthur Chapman In the Duffalo Ex
press. "I suppose not over a dozen white
men call at Acoma In the course of n
year. It Is a hard trip over there,
across tbe hot desert, and the
Acomans, who belong to tbe Queres
tribe, are none too hospitable to
the stranger within the gates. Un
less you have a pull with the goner-
nador or governor and general pooh
bah of the pueblo, you might as woll
make up your mind to say rood-br
Just as soon as you have said hello.
because you'll be given to understand,
and very plainly, that you are not
wanted.
Want to Be Left Atone.
'It Isn't any special unfriendliness
on the part of the Acomans, for they
are just as progressive as any of tbe
Southwest Indians, and there are
many educated members of the tribe,
but they simply prefer to be left
alone and .figure that they have wor
ried along pretty well without white
assistance for several hundred years
and will be able to do so for several
hundred years more.
"These are the ery things that
make Acoma a delight to tbe discrimi
nating traveler, who bas secured the
necessary pull and who Is made wel
come by the gobemador and bis satel
lites. It Is all so primitive and un
like anything else, this quiet place In
the bright New Mexican sunshine, In
a picturesque stage setting.
'As you approach the mesa you un
derstand how easy It would be for
the Acomans to defend themselves
against any attack that might be
made upon them. The main trail Is
plainly defined. It winds across the
desert and brings you up against the
base of the mesa between a couple
of big groups of sandstone 200 feet
high guarding the pass like giants.
The trail slopes upward from these
giants, and mules and horses can
make tbe ascent to the top. There
are two other trails, but they are
for foot purposes only. Unless one
has a clear head and Is a good climber
he doesn't want to tackle either one
of them, as the paths are cut In solid
rock, and In some places are merely
footholes In the side of the precipice.
"Long flies of Indian girls are pass
ing up and down these three trails
nil day long, carrying water from the
springs on tbe plains below. There
Is no water on top of the mesa, except
that which Is collected In the vast
communal basin scooped In the sand
stone. In time of drought this basin Is
ns dry as a bone, and all the water
that Is used by the Acomans Is
brought up from the plain below In
the gaily decornted water Jars that
are balanced on the heads of tbe Aco
ma maidens.
"Tbe town Itself, when once you
have reached the top of the mesa, la
something never to be forgotten. It
Is built after the style of most pueblo
villages, all the bouses being of adobe.
Some of them are three stories lu
height, the upper floors being reached
by the ladders which are always lean
ing against the walls and which add
such a picturesque effect to evory
pueblo. There are three long rows of
buildings, with ten large communal
bouses. The streets and alters are nar-
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row, and when looking down them one
always gets the wonderful effect of
dlBtance for the vision leaps right off
the edge of the mesa and out on to
the plain, no matter which way you
look.
"Some of the houses are built on
the edge of the cliff. As nearly all
the Acomans sleep on the roof, espe
cially during the summer months, It
is a wonder that some of them do not
roll off or step off when walking In
their sleep and dash themselves to
pieces 300 feet below. When the
stranger wakes up in tho morning,
after his nap on the roof of one of
these dwellings, and finds himself on
the verge of such a descent, he is
apt to plead for sleeping quarters that
are less airy.
Skillful Farmers.
"If you are fortunate enough to be
In the good graces of the gobernador,
whose lightest word Is law, you will
have no trouble about accommoda
tions. You will be taken Into an
Acoma family and get a good meal of
tortillas, meat and sirup, and then
everybody will sit around and smoke
and discuss you In Spanish, which Is
the language used more than the na
tive Queres tongue. Tbe Acomans are
inveterate smokers, and manufacture
a peculiar kind of smoke from tobacco
and corn husks. There Is always a
bundle of corn husks wherever you
go, and these are used by the com
munity. "Tbe people have Irrigated tracts of
the plains below, and are skillful farm
ers. Tbey are moderately Industrious,
and In tbe morning a crier makes tbe
round of the pueblo calling on all the
Inhabitants to rise and go forth to
labor. Another crier announces tbe
time for meals, and at bedtime the
criers make their last round and all
Is quiet.
"At night tbe herds of burros, gnats
and cows are driven In by the boys
who act as herders, and the sight Is
something never to be forgotten. The
brilliant colors of a New Mexico sun
set light up the pastoral scene like a
painting. In fact, morning, noon and
night, Acoma will prove a delight to
the painter, for there Is a wonderful
picture no matter which way you look.
The burros and cows are brought to
the summit of tbe mesa and turned
Into corrals, while the goats are cor
ralcd at the foot of the cliffs, where
they will be safe from attack by any
wild beasts. The rude carts, plows
and other farm machinery are stored
among tbe hollows In the rocks at the
bottom of the cliffs.
"A short distance away from the
pueblo of Acoma Is the wonderful
Mesa Escantada, or Enchanted Mesa.
This mesa Is even larger than the one
on which Acoma la located, and there
Is no trail to the top. Legend says
that the one trail was destroyed by a
lightning bolt hundreds of years ago.
At that time It Is said there was a
town on the Enchanted Mesa. Most
of tbe Inhabitants were away In the
flolds when the trail was destroyed,
but a few were left on top of the
mesa, where they starved. The sur
vivors moved to the other mesa and
built the town of Acoma, and today
the Enchanted Mesa la shunned by the
Acomans as If evil spirits lived there."
The Busy Police.
"Gent uptown telephones for sn o ni
cer at once. Uurglar In the house."
"Let me see," said the captain reflect
ively. "I've got four men out censcor
Ing plays, two Inspecting tho gowns
at a socloty function and two more
supervising a tango tea. Tell him 1
can send him an officer In about two
hours." .
England's Automatlo Phones.
England Is ahead of tbe United
States In the developmeut of auto
matlo telephoue service and tbe serv
ice Is expanding. Contract for tGOO,.
000 of new exchanges recently wore
placed
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HIS MOTHER'S COOKING
SAVOR OP HER DOUGHNUTS LIN
GERS IN MAN'8 MEMORY.
Here Are 8ome Recipes for House
wife Willing to Admit That Her
Method of Making Delicacies
Can Be Improved On.
"My mother used to make doughnuts
that were worth while," remarked a
man the other day; "not a sign of a
hole In them. She cut out a long strip
of dough, brought the ends around to
gether, gave the cake a twist clear
around and then dropped In Into the
lard. Myl That was a great deal bet
ter than any fried bole I have ever
eaten since. She used to say that the
frying was the most Important You
must not have the lard too hot. or the
doughnuts will brown on the outside
before they are fully cooked through.
On the other hand, the lard must be
hot enough so that when you have put
them in the tat they will sink to the
bottom and then rise quickly to the
top. If possible, buy the real New Or
leans molasses. It will give a wonder
fully rich, light color to the dough
nuts. Here is her recipe:
One cup of sour milk, one-half cup
of New Orleans molasses, one even tea
spoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful of
salt, one teaspoonful of soda, one egg,
four cups of flour and a dash of nut
meg." Another doughnut expert says that
they will be much lighter If you put a
teaspoonful of vinegar Into the grease
In which you fry them. They will not
then soak up the grease, or they may
be prevented from soaking up the
grease by glazing' the dough with the
white of an egg before cutting.
Recipe No. 2. Take one egg, one
cup of sugar, one cup of real sour
milk foamed with a level teaspoonful
of soda, a pinch of salt and flour
enough to roll soft. Flavor with lemon
or vanilla.
Recipe No. 3. Two cups of mashed
potatoes, a piece of butter the size of
a walnut, three eggs, one cup of sweet
milk, one cup of sugar. Mix quite stiff
and add three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, a dash of salt and halt a nut
meg.
Raised Doughnuts. When making
bread it Is easy to put some dough
aside to be made Into doughnuts, for
raised doughnuts are very good. To
three cups of bread dough add one
fourth cup of butter, one cup of sugar,
two eggs and one-fourth teaspoonful
of cinnamon or nutmeg. Mix thorough
ly with the bands, let rise until doubled
In bulk, then roll Into a thin sheet, cut
Into rings, let stand until doubled in
bulk again and fry in deep fat Drain
on soft paper and roll In sifted, pow
dered sugar.
Crullers. One-halt cup of butter,
two and a half cups of sugar, one cup
of sour milk, tour eggs, one teaspoon
ful of soda, one teaspoonful of nutmeg,
one teaspoonful of cinnamon and
flour. Cream the butter and sugar,
add the eggs, beaten separately, and
stir in the other ingredients and
enough flour to make a soft dough.
Roll out thin and fry In hot lard. The
fat should be of a temperature to cook
the crullers brown In about a minute's
time. Bitt powdered sugar over them
while they are hot ,
German Coffee Cake.
Set a sponge with one pint of luke
warm milk, a two-cent cake of yeast,
a half -teaspoonful of salt and a bait
pound of flour. Let rise by the stove
for two hours, then stir In a half-cupful
of melted butter, one cupful of
raisins, one-quarter of a cupful of
finely cut citron, one cupful of sugar
and three eggs. Knead In enough flour
to make a stiff dough, about one
pound, then part the dough In three
even pieces, roll them out separately
long and thin, then braid together and
form round In the pan. Let rise again
and bake a good half-hour. Frost
Hot PoUto Salad.
Put into a frying pan one-fourth of
a pound of bacon, cut Into dice; when
light and brown take out and saute in
the fat a small onion cut One. Add
one-half as much vinegar as fat a few
grains of salt nnd cayenne and one
half as much hot stock as vinegar.
Have ready the potatoes boiled In
skins. Remove the skins and slice
hot Into the frying pan enough to take
up the liquid. Add tbe diced bacon,
toss together and serve.
Box In Bathroom.
A shirtwaist box In tbe bathroom
will All a want that Is often felt Very
often the room Is too small for both
a chair and a hamper for soiled clothes.
A shirtwaist or utility box will answer
both purposes and look better. If not
needed for soiled clothos it will dc
for clean towels.
Poached Eggs.
Set boiling salted water aside, dro;
In the eggs, allowing them to remain
in the water from five to eight min
utes. Tben place on nicely browned
toast A cream sauce adds much to
the poached egg, If allowed by the
physician.
Oatmeal Croquettes.
Warm one cup of cooked oatmeal In
one tablespoon of milk, add the beaten
yolk of one egg, pinch of salt and
when cool shape lu small ovals and
roll In crumbs. Dip In beaten egg,
roll In crumb again and fry In smok
ing hot fat
Cream Pumpkin Pudding.
Prepare pumpkin as for pics. Plac
pumpkin between two slices of bread,
with whipped cream on ton. Thl la
aa exeolleut dlsb.
HIS TALE OF TROUBLE
YOUNG MAN LOUD IN DEMAND
OF NEEDED CHANGES.
Hard as It Is Sometimes to Get Into
a Flat, He Found It Very Much ,
Harder to Get Out
of It
"I think," said this young man, with
great emphasis on the personal pro
noun, "that there ought to be on tbe
inner side of the exit door of every,
flat, Just as there la required by lawj
to be on every exit door from a
theater, a conspicuous sign plainly let
tered 'Exit.' I'll tell you why. !
"Last night I called on a young
lady of my acquaintance who lives Ini
a fiat and I passed a very pleasant:
evening. But when I tried to go'
away I got into trouble. The parlor
in this flat is at the front end of a
hall that, I should think, speaking!
moderately, was 60 feet long. On ono
side of this long ball there is a solid1
wall, but on tbe other side there are
numerous doors, opening, I suppose,
into sleeping rooms. There Is one'
Buch door directly opposite tbe door
by which you enter this flat from the
outer hall. It was by confusing that
last bedroom door with the exit door
which it faces that I got lost.
"There was a time when folks used
to escort their guests to the door and
say good-by or good-night to them
there, but it seems that the present
style Is to Bay good-nlgbt in the parlor
and let the guest find his way out,
and that's what happened to me last
night.
"When I struck the parlor end of
that long hall I thought I could find
my way all right. There was the long
hall, with the wall on one side and
that string of doors on the other, all
Just as It was when I came In, and it
looked easy. Put when I got down to
the far end of It I'm blessed It I could
remember which side of It I came In
at, and Instead of taking the door to
my right, as I should have done, I
opened the left hand door, and
'"Hey, there! What's bltln' you?
Qet out of here!' I heard somebody
saying.
"Of course It was the young lady'a
kid brother. He had been In the
parlor a little while earlier In the
evening and tben disappeared, and I
knew now that he must have gone to
bed and that I had broken Into his
room trying to And my way out.
"All right youngster," I says to
him as gayly as I could, but I shut
his door as quickly as possible and
made for the door opposite and got
out Into the hall and pressed the ele
vator button for an emergency call
and I didn't come to fully until I had
got out of the house Into the open air.
"There ought to be a plainly let
tered 'Exit' sign on the Inner side of
wery flat bouse exit door."
Bruno Was Vindicated.
A lady leading a Scotch terrier by a
silver chain entered a street car, east
bound, tbe other afternoon. Tbe dog
crawled under tbe seat and went to
sleep. Presently a stout man carry
ing a market basket took the vacant
place beside her. In a few blocks the
woman began to get nervous. "Stop
It Bruno!"- she cried In a shrill whis
per. She had no dog permit and the
situation was delicate.
Presently she turned pale and. Jerk
rag the chain, cried: "Lie down Bruno,
and behave yourself!" A moment la
ter she Jumped up and began to do a
solo dance. The fat man beside her
stared at her In astonishment. Then
an Idea struck him, and he stooped
over and looked at bis basket Recov
ering himself with a great effort, he
said:
"Madam, when you are through with
my lobster will you kindly return It to
me?"
It took smelling salts to bring the
lady to herself. Out Bruno was vindi
cated. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Gardening Secret
Said Herbert Adams, tbe sculptor,
whose statue of Bryant everyone
knows, Just as all Washington Is ad
miring bis recently unveiled memorial
fountain there:
"When I first planted my garden. I
thought I liked some flowers better
than others; but after you've worked
among flowers awhile, no matter
what kind of flower they are, you,
like them. I've noticed that certain
flowers grow better for some people
than for others. There's William
Howard Hart anything will grow for
him! When I asked him the secret
of his success, he Just beld up bis
grubbing fork.
" "It's the secret the old woman nan.
he told me, 'only she used a kitchen
tor. Poking around the things
It
is me care and affection you
them!'" Suburban Llfo.
give
Hlstorlo Discovery.
Mr. W. T. Oldrleve, chief architect
of the government office of works In
Edinburgh, has announced that be ha
discovered remains In Edinburgh
castle of the anclont fortres known
a King David Tower, and also the
well which supplied the castle and
garrison with water. Excavation re
vealed much of King David' Tower
still standing. Us walla Uht foot
thick, and rising to a height of nearly
miy ieet auov tne original
surface.
rock
When It Thaw.
Wire Hush, I think I hear soma one
listening outside.
Husband Ob, It' Just the) save
bopping. ,