Polk County itemizer., July 09, 1914, Page 11, Image 17

HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
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Marvels of Everyday Science
Competent Scientists Apply Their Skill to Problems of Agriculture1 Housekeeping, Schools, Business and Governmental Activities.
IN G E N IO U S w aybilling machine
recently invented
automatically
weighs a package and computes the
charge for shipment at any given rate
per 100 lbs., and then prints on the w a y­
b ill both the weight and the charge.
This machine has the appearance o f a
cylindrical computing scale and works
on much the same principle. In using,
the package is placed on the platform
o f tho scale and the mechanism is al­
lowed to come to rest, when it indicates
the correct weight. A double row of
wire-bound boxes showed greates resist­
ance and, altogether, this class revealed
well-balanced construction. The tonguo-
and grove joints o f dove tailed cases
were weak features o f construction, a l­
though this style stood up well in the
diagonal compression test, under which
nails pulled out in the nailed boxes.
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A Handy Umbrella*
H E N an umbrella is in use the
most desirable place under it is
occupied by the handle. A clever
inventor has solved tho problem by de­
vising an umbrella with a jointed han­
dle, as shown here. When the umbrel
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keys occupies the front o f the scale,
and the ono o f these corresponding to
tho rato per 100 lbs. for the given dis­
tance is then depressed. This results in
a further revolution o f the mechanism,
and at the same time a full record of
the weight and charge is printed on the
waybill. The wnybilM s inserted at the
back o f the cylinder and the printing is
done by means o f keys that strike a
typew riter ribbon and produce au ink
impression on tho paper.
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Figh ting a Duel Wjftli a Spring Target.
Health and Sanitation
LM OST any ache about the head is
dubbed neuralgia, and yet not one
person in a million probably ever
stops to think what tho word actually
means.
A compound from the Greek
root neuron (n erve ) and algos (pain ),
the person who has neuralgia believes it
is truo to its derivation, whether or
not it is just as applicable to pains in
other parts o f the body. So fa r as the
word goes, it is just as applicable to a
pain in the knee as in the head.
The pain o f neuralgia is evidence that
omething has happened to tho aching
nerve. I t may be tho result o f pres
mre on the nerve or irritation from
mcmia, poisoning, strain, loss o f sleep,
.»out, kidney distempers, or even a brok
•n bone, a mass o f scar tissue, a swol­
len gland, a muscle spasm, a growth or
he dislocation o f a joint. Things that
ou may have eaten, or poisons taken
nto tho system may be the cause. The
•ure is to find out first i f there be any
mpingement o f tho nerve; i f not, then
you want to change your habits o f liv-
ng. A n y drugs that inay be taken will
also act upon all the other nerves o f the
body equally with tho ones that are giv-
ng pain, so that they should never be
employed unless absolutely necessary,
vhen everything else tried has failed.
The nutrition o f the body is the one
thing essential.
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averaged 92 per cent in their school
work; those in the other room averaged
but 72 per cent. Fifteen pupils in the
electrified room were marked 100 p«x
cent.
“ The teachers in this room expert»
enced a quickening o f the faculties and
an increase o f endurance.”
C L E A N U P DECALOGUE.
N connection with a dean-up c a w
paign which Hoboken is to under»
take the Hoboken Boar-1 o f T rad«
Bulletin contains, fo r careful raem ori»
ing by every true and housewifely resi­
dent, a decalogue worded in terms o f
cleanliness and
sanitation.
Tho ten
rules, styled a “ Clean up Decalogue,**
are:
First— Remember thy garbage can fts
keep it covered.
Second— Thou shalt eut the weeds In
thy vacant lot, lest it become a hiding-
place for old tin cans.
Third— Tlion
shalt
bear witnes«
against thy neighbor’s rubbish heap»
Fourth— Thou
shal; d ean out th«
habitation o f thy horse.
F ifth — Thou shalt prevent the breeds
ing o f tho fly , that thy children unto
the third and fourth generation need
not swat him.
Sixth— Remember thy back yard and
alley to keep them dean.
Six days
shalt thou labor. I f yet the task is not
accomplished, thou eauldbt do worse
than continue on tho seventh.
Seventh— 'Thou shall covet the a if
and sunshine.
Ninth— Remember thy cleaning up
day and keep it holy.
Tenth— I f thou dost harken untQ
these sayings to do them thou shalt liv «
long in the land and the “ dean up*1
spirit shall last 365 days in the year.
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DO Y O U K N O W
That a bag o f hot sand often rclievai
neuralgia f
That warm boracie acid solution w ill
remove d an dru ff!
That a little soda w ater w ill relies*
sick headache caused by indigestion!
That a capful o f strong c offee w ill rm
move the odor of onions from tfcft
breath 9
That well ventilated bedrooms w ill
prevent morning headaches and b a
vitudef
That a eupful of hot water be fo r«
meals will sometimes relieve nausea and
dyspepsia?
That one in a fain t should be laid fla t
on tho back, with the head lower thaa
the rest o f the body i f possible, tha
clothes looosened, cold water applied 1«
the face, and otherwise let alone 9
That the best time to bathe is j m i
before going to bed, as any danger of
taking cold is thus avoided and the
complexion is improved b y keeping
warm fo r several boors a fte r leaving
tho bath?
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“ N e rv es ”
is evidence that the
b o d y ’s health has been neglected, and
o f course the nerves have suffered to
an equal extent, and may show their
neglect more than the body.
Foods
containing phosphates are needed in the
daily menu, and attention should be
paid to exercise o f the body in tho open
air.
You w o n ’t have nerves i f you
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How the Steel Car Saves L ife in De­ treat the body right.
railment.
E L E C T R IF Y IN G S C H O O LC H IL D R E N
» ... X
IT H S T A N D IN G the terrific shock
CHOOL authorities in Stockholm,
o f overturning while speeding, the
Sweden, have been experimenting
steel cars recently placed on a
with apparent success on the e ffec t
western railroad line proved their worth
o f electricity on the minds o f pupils. A
as out o f more than 200 persons aboard
similar experiment has been started in
only ono was killed and 20 slightly in ­
N ew York under the name o f “ The
jured. Four cars were completely over
Electrified 8chool Room to Brighten
thrown, but, aside from broken glass
Dull Pupils.”
and displaced trucks, were but little the
The Stockholm method was to take
worso for the accide» t, and could be
two lots o f f i f t y school children each,
hauled back on the rails. What would
averaging the samo age and physical
headed darts and has a wire basket f i t ­ have happened to old wooden cars un condition, and to put them in rooms e x ­
der
similar
circumstances
may
easily
be
ted upon the muzzle fo r catching the
actly alike, to all appearances. One
returning ball. Behind the target there imagined.
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— room, however, has insulated wires clev­
is a spring arm which is released when
erly concealed in it « walls. N ot even
a dart strikes the b u ll’s-eye and throws How a Ship Gets Through the Gatun the teacher knew what had been done.
Locks.
a ball in a long sweeping curve toward
The atmosphere o f that room was im
the player. The game is to fire at the
V E S S E L passing through the locks pregnated with delicate electrical waves
o f the Panama Canal will have all every day for six months. The results
target, hit the b u ll’s eve, and catch the
its movements controlled in much were as follows:
ball in the wire basket on the end of
the same manner that the movements
the pistol.
‘ The children in the magnetized
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o f a train are controlled In entering a room increased in stature two and one-
complicated
railroad
terminal.
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t
Ga
Government Tests Packing Boxes for
h alf inches; those in the unmagnetized
tun, Pedro Miguel and M iraflores, an room increased but one and one fourth
R igidity.
operator
standing
before
a
control
ESTS fo r durability o f wooden pack­
inches. The former also grew heavier
ing boxes were made by the Forest board will open and close the gates, fill than the latter.
and
empty
the
lock
chambers
and
per
Service o f the United States De­
“ Those exposed to the electrical rays
partment o f Agriculture at the Forest form every other operation necessary
for
letting
a
ship
through,
simply
by
Products Laboratory maintained at the
U n iversity o f Wisconsin not long ago, throwing a succession o f switches, and
BAYOCEAN COMBINES THE PLEASURES
when 96 cases o f three differen t sizes will know at any instant just what is
of Oeean and Bar. s®rf balking in one and comfortable swimming in
were tried in three distinct tests, in­ happening in the locks without ever
the other; w hile stream, forest and mountain fnrniah additional attrac­
cluding endwise compression, diagonal having to look beyond the indications
tion for the “ snt d o ora " man, woman and child.
Bomm^r bungalows
compression, and dropping. Twenty four shown on the board before him. Fur
rom pletelr furnished, for rent. Bayoeean artificial surf Natatorium is
thermore,
the
mechanism
is
so
inter
of the boxes were nailed, 32 were wire
Ihe only one o f its kind in the country.
bound and 40 dovetailed. Each box was locked that it will be impossible for him
to set any machine in motion except in
the proper order and at the proper time.
The triple fligh t o f locks at Gatun ex
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fw
urtôfr ajç to-
tends for a distance o f 6,200 feet, while
a m
m m
n m ; w
soo a rn *£
the operating machinery is scattered
(V/ursr y
over about 4,000 feet o f this distance.
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This is all controlled from a board, 64
IIE dueling target is one o f the new
games for children recently intro­
duced in France. I t is really a duel
between a marksman and a spring tar­
get, for every time tho player hits the
target it throws a rubber ball at him.
The weapon used by the marksman is a
gmall spring pistol which fires soft-
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m
la is raised the center or tip is d ireciij
over the head o f tho person carrying it,
while the handle is held in natural man
ner at a point near tho body. When
it is desired to close it the jointed stick
assumes a straightened position and is
held so b y the ribs, which are rolled
tightly to it.
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feet long, whieh is virtu ally a minia
ture o f the locks and the operating ma
chiaery, and is located in an operating
tower at the foot o f the upper fligh t of
locks.
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R evolver In Handle o f Valise for Pro- (
tection.
f l a protection against those bold
i thieves who prey upon bank mes
sengers and others carrying large
sums o f currency to and fro m the banks,
an inventor o f N ew York has patented
a handbag, in the handle o f which a
revolver is concealed, which may >e
aimed and fired readily Without disen
gag.ng the hand from the handle o f the
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filled to its capacity with cans o f w a­
ter. In the drop .est a box was al­
lowed to strike on one corner on a
heavy board platform resting on a ee-
n en t floor, and 6 in. were added to the
height o f each preceding drop until the
content« fe ll o u t
In this instance, ba*
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