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Thursday, October 31, IBIS
' SPEED OF PROJECTILES.
How the Velocity of Cannon Balls and
Bullets la Measured.
How fast does a bullet travel? The
highest velocity ever glveu to a cannon
bull Is 1,020 feet per second. This Is
equal to a mile In Utile more than
three seconds, or nearly twenty miles
a minute.
A rifle bullet does not travel so fast
as a cannon ball, the average rate be
ing 1,273 feet per second. This mat
ter of speed Is tested In a very Inter
esting way.
A long wooden shed Is used. In which
a distance of exactly 1U0 feet has been
carefully marked off. At each end of
this space is a stand something like a
target with a large circular opening
where the bullseye should be. Across
each opening Is stretched a small elec
tric wire, connected with a delicate
Instrument in another room.
The rillo from which the tiring Is
done is so aimed that the bullet which
flics from it cuts both wires. Obvious
ly the difference in time between the
cutting of the two wires marks the
speed of the bullet through thut 100
feet.
When the first wire is cut an electric
current is broken and a rod falls, mov
ing a pointer on a slide In its descent
The breaking of the second wire acts
In the same manner on another set of
rods, slides and pointers.
The difference in the marks made by
the pointers on the slides makes It pos
sible to estimate the difference in their
time of falling, and from these calcu
lations accurate figures as to speed are
obtained. London Answers.
SEEKING HAPPINESS.
Little Things Thut Make Living a Joy
Are Not Always Appreciated.
We are told that happiness comes by
pieces aud that it Is those small bits
linked together that muke our lives
worth while. Some of us are not con
tent to take our happiness by degrees
or at lutervals. We want it all the
time In big pieces, and If we canuot
have It that way we think that we are
deprived of our natural rights and look
upon ourselves as Injured beings.
It Is a rather singular expression of
human nature how happiness affects
the Individual. With some of us It
makes us friendlier toward others and
anxious that they should experience
like Joys; with others it makes us too
satisfied with ourselves to think very
much of our neighbors.
Perhaps those of us who know what
the Joy of living means have experi
enced both of these attitudes at dif
ferent periods of our lives and are lu
position, therefore, to appreciate a
varying vlewoint. but even so it Is
only after we lose something of that
Joy of living and have found out for
ourselves that there are shadows which
do amount of sunlight can disperse
that we can readily appreciate the
blessing of whatever happiness may
find Its way Into our lives.
The little things that count so much
In our Intercourse with each other are
not always regarded as highly as they
should be, and for this reason we pass
by much that would give us joy if we
only knew how and where to tiud IL
Charleston News aud Courier.
Gardens In the Ice.
A glacier when it dislodges Itself and
sails away over the Arctic ocean never
travels alone. In the wake of every
large one floats a line of similar com
panlons. The Eskimos call this phe
nomenon "the duck aud ducklings."
und any one who has watched the
progress of the wild duck followed by
her brood will appreciate the aptitude
of the name. Strange as It may seem,
plants grow and hlossmn upon these
great lie mountains. When a glacier
Is at rest moss attaches itself to It.
protecting the Ice bencntii. Just as
sawdust does. After a time the moss
decays and forms a soil, in w hich the
seeds of buttercups and dandelions,
brought by the wind, take root and
flourish.
Professional Pawners,
lu many of the mean streets of Lou
don there are professional pawners
women, well known to the pawnbro
kers, who for small payments take
clothes and household goods to pawu
for their neighbors. It Is stated that
the function of (lie professional pawn
er Is twofold. The woman who pawns
through a recognized Intermediary gets
a larger loan than she would If she did
the business herself. Kor the pawn
broker the professional pawner guar
antees the good faith of the owner and
will be able to exercise pressure In
case of default. Loudon Kit press.
It Wi a Fine Cod.
The artist William M. Chase once
hired a llsh, painted a picture of it lu
two hours and afterward sold It to the
Corcoran Art gallery at Washington
for $2,000. Mr. Chase afterward In
formed the fish dealer who had rented
him the flsh of the price he had receiv
ed for the picture. "Well," comment
ed the fishmonger, "It was a tiue cod."
Philadelphia Record.
The Maid's Reply.
Aa William bout over her fair fate
be whispered:
" "Darling. If I should ask you In
French If I might kiss you what would
you answer?"
She, calling up her scanty knowledge
of the French language, exclaimed.
"Billet doux "-Exchange.
A Continued Story.
"What did your wife say when you
slaved out so late last night V
"I don't know. She hasn't finished
telling It all to me yet" Detroit Free
Press.
The coward only threatens when be
Is safe. Goethe.
Higher Than Pikes Peak.
Ask any schoolboy to give the high
est point In the state of Colorado, and
uine out of teu will name Pikes peak.
Pikes peak la 14,110 feet above sea
level, but there are many higher peaks
In Colorado. Massive mountain. In
Lake county. Is one of the two highest
points In the state, whose height hus
beeu determined by the Onited States
geological survey and Is 11.402 feet
jibove sea level. Elbert mouutaln, lu
the same county, has the same elevation-
Illanca peak. In Costilla, Ileur
fano and Saguache counties. Is 14.300
feet high; Castle peak, In Ounnlson and
Pitklu counties, Is 14.25'.) feet high;
Evans mountain, in Clear' Creek coun
tv. 1 1.2iK) feet; La Plata peak, in Cha-
uey county, 14.3.'J2 feet; Quandary peak,
in Summit county, 14,2."tl feet; Sau
Luis mountain, triangulatlon station,
in Mineral and Saguache counties.
14.14!) feet; Uncompahgre peak tri
angulatlon station. In Uinsdale coun
ty, RIJOO feet, and Wilson mouutaln
trlangulation station, in Dolores coun
ty, 14.2."0 feet-all higher than Pikes
peak. Geological Survey Bulletin.
Sunset and Twilight.
Twilight Is a phenomenon caused by
atmospheric refraction. When the sun
gets below the horizon we are not Im
mediately plunged into the darkness of
night. Although the sun Is below our
horizon, rays of solar light ure bent or
refracted by the terrestrial atmosphere
and continue to furnish some slight
Illumination. The process continues
with diminishing Intensity until the
sun Is so fur below the horizon that
the refracting power of the atmosphere
Is no longer able to bend the rays
enough to produce a visible effect. The
time after sunset that the sun reaches
such a position varies with the lati
tude of the place. There Is less twi
light at the tropic zone than at the
temperature or frigid zone. This is due
to less time taken by the sun's rays to
pass through the atmosphere, at the
tropic zone the sun's rays being per
pendicular and at the temperate and
frigid zones oblique.
Aeroplane Wings.
Various kinds of material including
linen. Bilk, cotton, celluloid films and
aluminum foil, have been tried for
covering the wings of aeroplanes, but
none has proved so satisfactory so far
as linen covered with several coats of
a rubber solution. This coaling in
creases the strength of the linen about
5 per cent makes it more enduring un
der varying weather conditions and
causes It to stretch to an absolutely
smooth suiface, a feature thut is of
the utmost advantage In fast flights.
Silk, which would seem to make an
Ideal covering on account of Us light
ness and strength, has been found un
satisfactory, as it does not withstand
exposure to sun and rain aud docs not
lend Itself readily to the application of
coatlug comiKJuuds. London Answers.
Dumas' Last Jest.
Dumas the elder was the son of a
general of Napoleon Bonaparte, who
would take his soldiers by the breeches
and tllng them over the palasades to an
assault
Dumas inherited much of that same
spirit It is said that Dumas left
Paris for the last time taking with him
a single gold piece, which he solemnly
laid ou the mantelpiece of his room at
Pays. Toward the end bis eye wan
dered across the sickroom to this coin,
aud, pointing to It, be said to his son:
"See there! Fifty years ago when I
came to Paris I had one louis lu my
possession. Why am 1 uccused of be
ing a prodigal? I have preserved aud
possess it still. See! There It is!"
This was Dumas' last Jest
When Jackson Dined.
When Colonel Davy Crockett was a
member of congress and was at bis
home in Tennessee some one asked him
about the dinner hour In Washington,
lie said (lie common people ate dinner
at 12. the next above them at 1, the
merchants at 2, the representatives at
3, the senators at 4, members of the
cabinet at o and the vice president at 0
"But when does the president dine?"
"What! Old Hickory V" said Crockett
anxious to fix a time that would suit
his Idea of Jackson's greatness. "Well,
be doesn't eut till next day!"
Removing Stumps.
The German method of removing
stumps is simpler and less dangerous
than our way. They bore a bole in the
stump und pour Into It equal parts of
nitric und sulphuric acids. After a few
weeks the largest stumps of hard wood
are eaten by the acid and easily crum
bled with a pick. New York Times.
Kept His Word.
Condemned Murderer ito lawyer)
Von said you could get me off with a
life sentence, and here 1 am to be elec
trocuted In a week. Lawyer That's all
right You will be imprisoned for life,
wou't you? And only a mouth. Instead
of long, weary years. Be reasonable,
tnau. Boston Traveler.
His Cure.
A man who married a widow has in
vented a device to cure ber of eter
nally praising ber former husband.
Whenever she begins to descant on Ills
noble qualities, this Ingenious No. 2
merely says, "Poor, dear man how t
do wish he had not died!"
A Waiting Mansion.
Perhaps there Is a mansion In heaven
that will always be empty a mansion
waiting to receive those who In their
youth never snubbed their anxious par-ents.-J.
J. Bell.
Naturally.
Teacher-In the sentence I have Just
read tongue is a noun. Why? Ob
servant Pupll-Because It is a part of
speech. Baltimore American.
And They Called Him "Bonehead."
"My namesake, Heine Wagner of tbt
Boston Red Sox, told me a story of
how be endured a good roasting for
being a 'bouchead' on a really bright
play," said John (Qonusi Waguer.
"Heine was on second base, and they
had a hit and run play on. Lie started
for third, but instantly saw u soft liner
going square into the shortstop's hands.
Unable to get buck. Heine stood still
and let the ball bit him.
"The crowd booted and Jeered, and
one Bostou paper roasted Wagner and
balled him as 'the worst bit of ivory
lu the business.' Tbey didn't realize
that Heine's quick thinking had avert
ed a double play. In getting hit he
prevented the catch from being made
and a double play resulting from a
toss to second. As it was, the batter
was protected and credited with a base
hit The batter, thanks to Heine's
quick bit of thinking, scored the win
ning run. but for days Heine walked
around facing charges of being a 'bone
head.' "Philadelphia Ledger.
Dried Apples.
Peel, core aud slice the apples, riacn
them ou platters, wooden trays or any
other convenient receptacle and place
them In the sunshine. Take them in
at night and during rains. It is impos
sible to secure good dried fruit unless
they are protected from moisture. Pro.
tect them from Hies and other Insects
with netting und place tbem out of the
dust as fur as possible. Continue the
drying until the fruit has lost more
than half its weight. If necessary it
may be placed In the oven for two or
three hours at the eud. Tie the dried
fruit in paper sacks, using a double
thickness if thin skin sacks are used,
and suspend tbem from the celling of
the driest room available. When ready
to use the dried fruit wash it well, soak
it for six hours or longer and throw
away the liquid drained off. Then cook
the fruit for several hours at a tem
perature slightly below the boiling
point Mothers Magazine.
Cancer Conditions.
Explaining why such substances as
soot arsenic, tobacco, petroleum und
some aniline dyes produce cancer, Dr.
n. C. Ross of the Lister institute, Lon
don, writes to Nature "that the terms
'industrial cancer,' 'smoker's cancer,'
'sweep's cancer.' 'arsenic cancer," etc.
namely, the diseases caused by the
commodities meutloned refer in real
ity only to a predisposition to the dis
ease. The commodities themselves do
not actually cause cancer. They mere
ly render the tissues prone to it which
seems to occur in a specific manner.
The commodities' always in the first
Instance producecell proliferation, usu
ally In the nature of a warty growth,
and It is not until an open ulcer has
appeared, generally at the base of the
watt, that malignancy supervenes."
A Pasty Complexion.
After a busy day of golfing and an
evening of atitomoblllng .lane's skin
was Irritated from the combined effects
of sun and wind, so she liberally "cold
creamed" ber face and bands and set
tled herself for a good ulght's rest.
lu a few minutes her face begun to
feel BtlfT and drawn. "At last." she
thought, "the expected has happened.
I have paralysis."
Her nervousness incrensed when ber
lingers became unmanageable aud her
skin began to crack and snap.
She hastily turned on the light and
found her face alarmingly waxy and
shiny. What could be the cause?
Finally she rushed for the tube of
cold cream. It was labeled "Library
Paste." You til's Coin pa u ion.
They Liked the Story.
Connn Doyle related this anecdote to
show how a good story can delight
simple minded folk:
lu a remote village the blacksmith
had got hold of an old copy of a suc
cessful novel. In the long evenings be
used to read it aloud to the villagers,
who fairly reveled in It and listened it
out patiently to the eud. At length,
when the happy turn of fortune ar
rived which brings the hero and hero
ine together and sets them living long
and happily according to the most ap
proved rules, the villagers were so de
lighted at the happy ending that they
rushed off to procure the church keys
and rang a merry peal, as they were
wont to do when a member of tbelr
community was married.
Popping the Question In Tunis.
The famous Tunis marriage mart is
held twice a year. In the spring and In
the autumn. The Tunisian girls attend
by the hundreds, each with her dowry
lu coin aud Jewelry disposed about her
person. The "golden girdle of maiden
hood" encircles her waist, and lu it 13
an unsheathed dagger. When the dag
ger is gently removed by a passing gal
lant and presently returned it means
that a proposal has been made.
Her Description.
Muggins Women have such queer
ways of expressing themselves! Bug
gins Such as? Muggins Well, my
wife was telling me about Miss Yel
lowleaf and said she was a sight to
behold and In the very next breath
said she wasn't fit to be seen. Phila
delphia Record.
The First Step.
Yoong Woman (before milliner's win
dow, to her maid) That hat Is perfect
ly lovely. I must have it. Marie, be
sure to remind me to kiss my husband
when 1 get home.
Missed Fire.
Putton-Ayres I am caviare to the
general, yon know. Miss innocent
Oh, are you, really? My brother Is In
the military too.-Boston Transcript
Misery travels free through the whole
world.-Schlller.
Land Show Opens
Next Monday
Portland, Oct. 21. Nest Monday,
October 25, will fitness the opening
here of the second annual Manufac
turers' and Land Products Show. The
exhibition will continue until Novem
ber 13, giving eighteen days for a
comprehensive display of the prod
ucts of the fields, factories and for
ests of Oregon and the northwest.
Twenty-two Oregon counties have
space at the exposition and the ex
hibition of the state's agricultural
and horticultural greatness will be
the greatest ever made. More than
200 exhibitors will participate In the
show and practically every article
manufactured In Oregon will be on
display. Many models and working
exhibits will be featured.
Amusement features, excellent
musical programs, a free theatre, an
avenue devoted to concessions of
every kind and description, and an
exposition where every hour will be
crowded full of educational and in
teresting events will characterize the
1913 industrial and land show. With
the special buildings adjoining the
armory there will be more than 75,
000 square feet devoted to exhibit
space.
All steam and electric lines in the
northwest are offering low round trip
rates and sale dates covering many
days, while the exposition is in prog
ress, will give a truthful idea of what
Oregon produces from its soil and
factories and also serve the purpose
of bringing consumer and producer
together.
Jackson county has a big exhibit
at the show and many local people
plan to attend.
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I others because more car
is taken in the making
and the materials useu are
higher grade.
Black Sills
Stove Polish
Makes a brilliant, silky polish thnt does
not rub off or dust oft.aiUthciiMnclasts
four times as long na ordinary stove
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by hardwnre ntvl merry dcnlora. H
All w fltk i.-.atrirl. their on you r cook fftow,
fnv.r pnr!tr itivo f.r yorr pas rortrc. If yoa
don't find it the but tov polish you cvt
wed, yorr iWlwfa :ii:th Tiiroil to rrfmnj your
&uihty. Inrift c-i IMnck Silk Stovr FoIiU.
M:tiio In liquid or psUJ ono quality.
Black Silk Stove PotUh Wcrks
Sterling, Iiwnou
line PUeh ? Ilk Alr-Drvlrtc Iron EntMnvl cm
?rti ten. Tranters, prtvo-p:'M m I'fevcnts ruftting,
ip Black SHk Matnl Pojrh furdilver, nikul
orbroHS. it naanowiuaJ lor ucon automobiles.
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Notice.
Private school and kindergarten.
I have reduced my ltindergarten tui
tion from $4 to $2.50 per month.
Phone 405-L or call at 108 First av
enue for information. 35-tf
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The Highway in
Northern California
Siskiyou News: The grading from
Yreka to the Klamath river having
been accepted by the state highway
commission, the bridge contractors
are using the road for hauling their
materials. By fording the Shasta
river at the crossings the road can
now be used by a horse and buggy
from Yreka to the Klamath. A con
crete water trough is now being built
about half way down the canyon.
The bridge contractors have fin
ished pouring the concrete for the
abutments for the Klamath river
bridge at the mouth of the Shasta
river and the false woodwork and
floor are completed. They have
moved to the bridge site at the Ed
ward Flail place half a mile up the
Shasta. They are also pouring the
J concrete on bridge No. 7, the one
I nearest to Yreka, one and a half
miles below the C. O. P. Co. power
, house.
The contractors have a force of
men at work on the stretch of road
between Yreka and the power plant
; finishing the surface; also a crew op
. posite the old Prather pumping plant,
i working toward the power house,
putting on the finishing touches.
The Commercial Club requests the
names and addresses of parties who
are considering coming to the coast
his summer. We wish to send them
lterature and give them a good con
ception of Oregon. 74-tf
Ono hunched and nineteen thou
sand acres of land have been thrown
open for settlement in south central
Oregon.
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