Qas poisoning from gas engtues has
become so common that. Oerninn au
thorities urge that cylinders of oxygon
be kept near, sad that engineers be
taught to apply inhalations to resusci
tate victims
Experiment has shown that an elec
tric arc oan be employed under water
for fusing metal. The Intense heat
turns the water surrounding tbo arc
Into steam, thus forming an Insulating
cushion o f vapor. It has been suggeet-
ed that with proper apparatus t ’w elec
tric arc could be employed by divers
for quickly cutting through large chain
cables or Iron plates under water.
The Maxle-llfbt” system Is In use on
the trains of tbs Atchison. Topeka and
Bants Fe railroad on an extensive
scale. Bach car bas Its own storage
f ir n
batterjes supplied wtth electricity gen
erated by the axles of tbe wheels, and
'SOPHIA
the locomotive headlights derive thutr
WTTLE5EN:
Illumination from the « m e source. It
Is estimated that each*full train, ex
HEALTH VERY P O O R -
clusive
of the locomotive, develops near
RESTORED BY PERUNA
ly 500 candle-power light
■Within tbe past few yearn the euca
lyptus baa been Introduced In Florida,
and Its kindly growth there is believed
to Indicate that It might be extensively
cultivated In tbe southern parts o f that
I l l « Pophia Kittlsson, Evanston, State. The eucalyptus Is o f very rapid
m in o !«, tJ. 8. A ., w r i t « :
growth, but It cannot withstand frusta
" I h a « be*n troubled with, catarrh It was planted in California from Aus
lor nearly twenty-five yean, and bava ' tralia many years ago, and now' flour
triad «a n y e a r « for it, bat obtained i s h « eo abundantly on the Tactile
m y little help.
coast that Its wood is extensively em
"Than « y brother advised me to try ployed for fuel, posts and lumber.
Parana, and I did.
I The production o f oxygen and hydro
" M y health waa m y poor at the
gen on an Industrial scale by tbe de
tima I hagan taking Parana. My throat
composition of water with electrolytic
waa m y «ore and I had a bad aoagh. |
•T eniae has cared aw. The cbraalc apparatus In Germany has lad to the
suggeetlon that hydrogen thus produc
ed may find s wide field of employment
" I recommend Perone to all my ^ « a .lighting agent It Is now used
M end, who are troubled ea I waa." '
for Inflating military balloons. For light
PERUNA TABLETS]—Soma people pro- ! ing purposes It Is comprsased In steel
lar tableta, rather than mmlioine in a cylinders With a proper burner it Is
fluid form. ‘ Such people oan obtain m id to be a cheaper lllumlnant than
Parana tableta, which repreeent the acetylene, the relative coat for equal
medicinal ingredients of Parana.
Illuminating power being 25 for hydro
Each tablet equals one average d o « ' gen to 50 for acetylene.
of Poruña.
Everybody who bus need a micro
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative | scope baa no doubt regretted tbe diffi
Manulaotured by the Parana Drag
culty of teeing small Insects, and other
Manufacturing Co., Colomba*, Ohio,
i
living objects not o f mere microscopic
dimensions, magnified while alive and
H a * « to Da W lth e a t Foekete.
moving freely la tbe field o f view. A
"The most annoying thing In navy recently Invented English instrument
life for a recruit ia the absence of called the vltascope, is « I d to supply a
aide poclwta in the uniform trousers,” desideratum In this respect
> It Is
J. K. Rose, a yeoman at tbe nary re shaped like s telescope, s foot tong
cruiting station, said tbl* morning.
whou dosed, and an Inch and a naif
“The average man doesn’t realize how
In diameter. Tbe lenam are so com
strong Is tbe custom o f throating his
bined that an object 20 In c h « away
hands tn bis trousers pockets until be may be magnified 12 diameters. At a
dons a pair without pockets. I’ve worn
distance o f 5 In c h « tbe magnification
the navy uniform four yearn now, and
Is 00 diameters
I frequently And myself trying to put
my bauds in my pockets.” —Kansas City
BOAT H Afl
Times.
Catarrh Twenty-five Years-
Had a Bad Couth.
Syruprfffgs
•^ElmrüfSama
Mww c r a ft to Boat A D
A craft with the speed o f an express
train bas long been the dream o f sev
eral motor-boat enthusiasts along the
upper Mtostmlppl River and eeveral de
signers have been working together
with tbe result that they have produced
a boat with which they expect to abet
fect- tor ail tbe present records, says tbe
lem.
New York World,
’ *
Frank Titus of Fountain City, Wts„
a c h e a d u e to Constipc itian; formerly owned the feat eat boat ou tbe
A cts naturally, acts Truly as river in tbe famous Bat, the email
craft which attained a speed of nearly
a L a x a t iv e .
twenty m i l « an hour with a nlne-borse
B est forMen\\iimen and Child- power engine and for three seasons held
the speed record on tbe upper river.
i -y b u n g a n d O lc L
Tbe Bat has been sold to a physician
it its beneficial Effects at Caaevtlle, Wis.,* and her engines will
enuine which be used In another cra ft
Until the advent of the C h ief'of Rec
tejuil name of
ord, formerly owned by A. Gardner a!
Winona, tbe Bat outclassed all boats
on (he river, large and small, and could
leave the fastest steamboats In the
stern waves.
trup
Gardner’s boat 25 feet long, wMh
it a manufactured , printed on the
a nine-horse-power engine and A foot
”
front of e v e r y p a c k a g e .
was, until tbe middle o f tbe
SOLD STALL LEADING DRUGGIST^ beam,
nation, the fastest boat In that terri
one s u e only, regular price 5 0 * . « - battle.
tory. At Wabasha on July A in tbe
motor-boat races, tbe Chief o f Record
D l M u t n u lleaetlwn.
outran the Bat and other hosts en
“ I was awfully worried about Johnny tered and finished nearly a half-mile
when he had that laat tick spell.” said
In tbe lead In a slx-mlle course. The
Mr*. La paling, “and when the doctor told
me he waa going to get well I went fair Chief of Record attained a speed of
twenty m i l « an hour and for tbe
ly deleterious with Joy.”
horse-power Installed was considered
the fastest boat between S t Louis and
i t Paul.
Lata lb July tbe Skip, owned by
Eugene P. Gleason, o f La C rus«, was
j launched at Red Wing and dearly out-
: rlsMid other water racers. . The Skip
is 82 feet long, with s A foot beam and
Is equipped with a twelve-horse-power
motor In three cylinders Tbe Skip
has attained as high as twenty-two
|>and a half m i l « an hour, but through
Nearly every one likes a floe jCallute to provide a sufficient cooling
apparatus for the engine la unable to
hair dressing Something to
'maintain this pace Indefinitely.
make the hair more manage
Tbe Skip now holds tbe speed roe-
able; to keep It from being ' ord on that part o f tbe river with the
too rough, or from splitting 'exception of s boat o f tbe asms de
sign, which Is 85 feet long and la
at the ends. Something, too,
equipped with a sixteen-home-power
that will feed the hair at the
three cylinder motor. The new host,
same time, a regular hair-food.
ho wever, has not entered Into compe
tition with the speed records, although
Well-fed hair will be strong,and
d
n Is « I d to run nearly a mile an
w ill remain where It belongs—
. hour faster than the Skip, f
on the head, not on the combi | A remarkable feature o f motor boat
ing on tbo MlMlaalppt Is the spied at
•Sold flor over ataty years.”
tained by boats with little hone pow
er. While the crafts on tbe Atlantic
coast and the lakes require from fifty
T
to seventy-five horse power before a
speed of twenty m i l « an hour can be
attained, none o f the ta s te « boats on
"CALIFORNIA
J
o S
C o .
.yerssur
ANSW ERS T O INQUIRIES.
the river has more tlsin sixteen hone
power and fsw o f them have over
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ten. Many o f the e n g in « need in the Washington Farmers Ask Information
river craft a n o f light dcs'lgn, and
on Various Subjects.
while tbe horse power Is small they
From th. Waahlaetoa gtsts Coll ago.
attain a speed of from 800 to 1,000 rev
The experiment station has received
olutions per minute.
• letter from J. A. B., o f Everett, ask
Motor boating on tbe
Mlastasippi
ing how to exterminate the Canadian
taken a remarkable advance In
thistle. Professor W. 8. Thorn bar,
popularity In tbe l a « SMBon.
Motor-
horticulturist, replied as fo llow s:
boat dubs have been organized at all
o f tbe smaller towns along tbe river, > “ The Canadian thistle ia a bard
as well as st the cities, and there la plant to fight, but by Judicious cut
ting and cultivation yon can, eradi
now a movement on between tbe dubs
cate it. The plant must be kept from
looking toward the organisation o f a
forming a growth above the s u r f s «
Mississippi River motor-boat associa
o f the ground for at l « s t one year
tion. to. include all o f tbe smaller o r I In order that your efforts fo r its ex-
ganlzatlons.
I termination may be aucceMfal. The
Where a couple o f years ago than plant a p r «d s by underground stems,
i dozen lau n ch « In LaCrosae or roots, which arc thrown up at dis
waters th en a n now more than 150, tances o f from three to six feet from
ranging from tbe elxtsen-foot bunting tbe parent plant, so merely d « t r o y -
scow to the magnificent fifty-foot cruis tng the mother plant w ill not kill
tbe weed.
A good cutting during
ers o f tho more w « lt b y boatmen.
the month o f June, followed by other
ABOUT TH E T A X A L E HUfiXB.
cnttlngs in the latter part o f July
and on through August w ill check
N e w I a i u t r y D e v e lo p «* k r th e D e-
the thistle materially, and may de-
w u t to r th e " M e t T h in s « .”
stroy It entirely.
It ie generally
"Do you know,” « i d the tamale fiend quite difficult to eradicate the plant
to a Kanaae City T i m « man, “ that a in paaturm and fence corners, since
good part of tbe profit in the tamale a small residue w ill be left unde-
trade g o « to tbe farmers of Johnson fltroyed, which w ill grow durng the
following year. Tbere Is no spray
County, Kansas?”
that w ill kill it.
Som etlm w It is
“ Ob, shucks!” «tu rn ed tbe other.
"Yes, that's Just I t Tbe farmers out helpful to cut the thistle off about
th en supply tbe K e n s « City m a rk « three I n c h « below the surface o f
with the corn husks the ta m a l« a n tbe ground, which c a a s « the root
wrapped In, and It would s u rp rl« you to rot by drying out. In cultivated
fields it is advisable to rake out tbe
to learn the extent of tbe business. Any
underground stems, and allow them
old corn husk won’t do for the business,
to dry thoroughly before plowing
either.. I f you'll look at t h e « you’ll
•gain.
see tbe texture la very dose, tbe sur
f s « smooth and that tbe lengths a n
Another letter from W . Q. M., o f
uniform. Only tbe Inner hosk Is used,
Mabton, made inquiry concerning tbe
the fine white covering that grows next
culture o f English walnuts In that
to the ear. The proper length is about
jeglon
.
Professor Thornber’s reply
nine Inch «, to allow for tbs epds be
follows:
ing folded ever tbe tamale when It is
"T h e selection o f proper v a r i e d «
steamed, as you see them now.”
“ Why, who’d go to all that bother Is very important, and up to the pres
for a dinky little bnslne« like this?” ent tim e I have found only two Va
rieties that are hardy ènough to
asked tbe listener Incredulously.
thrive
w ell under the conditions o f
“ Bother? Dinky? Say. do you know
your locality.
These two are the
tbew corn husks era shipped In b e « In
Fayette and the Mayette. They are
600-pound b a l«? That's quite s re
hot English walnuts, strictly speak
spectable sired Industry, I take' I t At
ing, but are tbe « m e species, and
any rate, the Kansas farmers have are commonly spoken o f as ‘ ‘Per
found It profitable enough to go to tbe sian,’ or ‘English walnuts.’ I t w ill
expense o f buying p r e « « to bale the be impossible for you to grow tn a
product and s large agricultural supply commercial way 'g r a fte d trees o f
house in K ansu City finds it worth t h e « varieties, simply because tbe
while to carry it in stock and « t e r to operation o f grafting ia so difficult
the trade o f tbe tamale men.”
that only n few are secured, and the
“ What Is tbe particular advantage prim o f grafting stock Is very blgh.
o f using corn busks for this purpose?” A better way la to secure good first
asked tbe listener. "Isn’t there any or second generation tree* from re
liable nufserymen. Theses second
thing e l « that would do?”
generation tre w are grown from
"Nothing that would answer ss many nuts o f first generation t r e « , usually
purposes. The corn husk holds the tn Oregon and California. From my
tamale while It Is cooked and at the personal experience, I should Judge
m o m time Imparts a flavor to i t
It that you w ill succeed remarkably
also bolds the b « t as nothing e l « well If you secure good v a r ie t i«.
Almost any o f our soils, i f the sea
would.”
sons are not too severe, w ill grow
"W ell, It beats me I” « I d the other English walnuts, providing there Is
man, as they went on. " I never gave Sot s shale, or hardpan, nearer than
It much thought but always supposed three or four f e « to the s u r f s « o f
tbe tamale men bought up all tbe old the ground. I understand that we
are obliged to watch these conditions
m attress« to get their corn buaka”
very closely In this section. I do not
recommend that English walnuts be
I U vs. V e ls s e k .
■own in your region, yet I believe by
The primary cause o f Its success un careful selection o f varieties and of
doubtedly may be found In the ease the orchard grounds that they w ill
with which It can be acquired, w ys succeed.in many places.”
George Harvey o f Esperanto, In the
North American Review. W e are con
Another inquiry from Seattle re
vinced by personal experience o f tbe
late« to the culture o f ch «tn u ta. Tbe
Justlm at the claim that application
of one hour a day, by a fairly well-j correspondent waa advised as fo l
educated person, for a period of t b r w | lows:
“ Th e American c h «tn u t (th e reg
months, Is sufficient to Insure reason-1
able proficiency. Indeed, with tbe aid ular, tall-growing variety) should be
pruned the « m e as any-other shade
o f a simple key, Intelligible communl- tree, leaving, however, a permanent,
cation may be had Immediately with or constant leader, through the cen
a member of any other nationality j ter o f the tree. This la the practice
like means o f translation. o f the Experiment Station, and one
That the strength of Esperanto 11« In that is used upon all forma o f the
tall, or upright, growing t r e « . I t la
Its really amazing simplicity la Indi also used upon the sweet c h e r r i«,
cated by the following comparison:
but not upon tbe aour o n « .
In Engllth— “The International fan
“ The tendency o f this chmtnut ia
guage Should be compreberndble to tbe to produce a thin, open top, and it'is
. . . . .
, _
aAerlaNkla Art »•<* kanlr flKo n n f ao I tmKa
«'bole educated world; but no man on advisable to cut back the outer limbs,
and occasionally the leader, to thick
earth, except the Yotapuktat would en the foliage. The Dwarf, or Jap
comprehend even the word ‘Volapuk.’ ” anese, chestnuts, should be pruned
In Volapuk— "Puk bevunetlk pakape to small, compact t r e « , branching
lom fa vol lollk pekullvol; abu men them from a foot to three f e « from
They w ill practically
nonlk tala aeeumu volapekeds, kapalom the ground.
take « r e o f themselves after the
pukl lekantx, ‘Volapuk.’ ”
first year or two o f pruning. This
In Ehgwranto— “ La ltngvo Interne pruning may be done at any time
eta eetaa kotnprenlta de ia tuta mondo while the tree ie dormant, or after
eduklta: aed nenla homo ear la tero the asp has ceased to flow, which
eksklualve la volapuk Into J komprensa w ill be immediately after It comes
Intel (n il leaf.”
la artan Ungvon ’Volapuk.’ ”
W ees e l the Amateur.
A farm er residing near Center
ville. desire« to know the beet meth
od o f raising peas, and the most de
sirable variety; alao, with reg a rd 'to
combining peaa with oats. The Sta
tion supplied him with the follow-
tnff Information:
"T h e experience o f the Experi
ment Station staff, leads us to be
lieve that almost any o f the com
mon field variety o f peas w ill grow
w ell hi your region. W e advise the
Blaek-Eyed Marrow Fat as the b e «
general variety. Ordinarily we sow
the peaa at the rate o f one to one
and one-half bushels per acre, disk
ing or drilling them at l e a « four
Inchon deep. Sow tbe okta about a
weak after the peaa are sown, aa
the latter grow so much stronger
and consequently, the oats w ill be
smothered out unless they are given
the advantage. W e do not consider
that oata and peaa are aa good for
horses as fo r sows.
The mixture
grass makes very rich, nutritious hay,"
W lfsy— I wonder why tbe
doesn’t come up?
D id s t Heed m ass.
Hubby— I ’m aura I « n ' t tall. You
Neighbor— I f your statement is true
don’t su ppo« you planted tbe aeeda
your clothesline waa robbed by tramps
upside down, do you?
' *-
Judson— How do you make that out?
O rien t e e l .
Neighbor— Didn’t you aay they took
The religious editor waa struggling everything but the towels?— Illustrat
with the query. "Ia It a sin to play ed B its
,_______ _
poker?”
A fter much prayerful con
Tbs pig iron production tn the United
sideration he wrote the following re
ply : "Y e a ; the way some people play Stataa la 1907 waa 25,781,861 grow tons,
according to tbe American Iron and Steel
I f — Philadelphia Press.
Association. This amount was 1.9 per
Ragtime, Alonso, Isn't necessarily tbe rant greater than that of 1906. Canada
produced 581,146 tons tn 1907.
time to chew the rag.
ST PATRICK
I
Drove all the s a c k « from
IRELAND
S-JACOBS OIL
Drives all aches from the body,
curas Rheumatism, Neuralgia and
CONQUERS PAIN
t S fe - A L L DRUGGISTS—50c.
F u
"And bow can you-be sqre el f going
to b e a v « r asked the Sunday school
teacher.
“ I guess.” « I d little Tommy Wise,
“ the b e « way would be to g « pa to
aay we couldn’t Then asa would taka
us there or bust. That’s bow wo got
to tbe seashore l a « summer.”— Phila
delphia Presa.
r r r#
f t . VTam* P ea r« a n *
tn rtfrt
an Hi
~ —
°-
(m e
It.
üpgardeoo— Yoe «
all tbe time,
»n’t you?
Atom— No : half tbe tiam I don’t
at all. I seldom touch a cigar
9 p. as. and 9 a. sl
M ed ia n w m find I n
Syrup the boat remedy to am 1er tfeeâr eh.'
ta rin g th e ------- -----------“
W t i l l asr *• Give 1« e T e f a l .
Sympathising Friend— Yon suite
general debility to me times, do yon? Did
yon ever try massage?
Mrs. Skimmer horn— No;
d o « it e o « a bottle?
Tke O cslry.
“ She’s engaged, ain’t she?" Inquired
tbe haughty blonde at tbe ribbon coun
HOW A KB K. r.CP.TON.-JI
• 1 Leadviile. Colorado. Specimen
ter.
Sllvrr.L sd.fl ; Hold, »liver,Tic: Oo~,—~, ----
"Yea,” replied tbe lady who sold Copp-r,
f L Cyanide w * J . h a ilin g «svelop c* sod
r ce list »»n t on application. Control and I n -
laces, "she’s engaged to that new sales ftillp
Cartonata Na-
pire work »olici teti.
Uaaal Bank.
lady’s brother.”
“ Where’s be employed at?”
"H e’s a night watch gentleman over
to Bargen A Oo-’a ” — Philadelphia
Proas.
W Farm
ANTED
or Business
for sale. N et particular aboa
Wish to hoar from O W N S o u L ____ . — .
sail direct to buyer. Give price, deacrip-
tion and state when p w s l o w eoa be
bad. Addiuas.
CASTOR
IA
f o r In fa n ts a n d C hildren.
.■MSA
Tbs Kind You Han Always Bought
Boars the
Signature o f l
I
20 BAULE TE AM
■ d l t T l s f the H s s e t w r .
Nan— He proposed to yon while tbs
train was going around the derated loop?
How odd!
Fan— Yea, and tbs engagement lasted
till we g « clear around. You don’t know
how it relieved the tedium e£ the rids.—
Chicago Triborne.
BORAX
IN A N E W PA C K A G E
5 lbs.
Moot economical te bey.
AO
I te r preseci
presenta
a 8 C 1 ZBC Coast Borax Co.. Oakland. GaL
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How's This?
We odor One Hundred Dollars Bewerd lor any
ease of Catarrh that cannot ha carod hr Ha.1%
Catarrh Cora
' F. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, O
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cbenar ter the last 19 years, and better« him
perfectly honorable In all bslsnsss transactions
and SnanciaUy able to carry out any oblige-
tioo made br nit Am .
WALDINQ. gntHAM A NARVIK,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.O
Hall’s Catarrah Cura Is tken Intema'Iy, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous »ur-
1s<es ot the system. Teatlnvouialj sent free,
rrtce 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggieta.
Take Hall’s Family n ils for Constipation.
Literal
OPEN A LL THE Y B A B
C latsop B u m
Suan t, i
“ the srîsr*iM;*s2 r,2 a|
C uff H ouse s í YE1?!
of M ' m S S Y
O regon ”
ÍÍ3 S |
per day. «-Special ratee by the
Charity.
“ I would like to take the srauw of the
meeting about this charity relief,” sold
tbe professional philanthropist.
And when tbe contribution was taken
up be found he had taken nothing elan
— Baltimore American.
S.S.S.
I D AN. J. HOOKE. J
No.
P N U
writing V» ■
mentina ghie p
CURES
MALASIA
Malaria is due to im parities and poisons in the blood. Instead o f being
.rich, strong and healthy, the circulation has become infected w ith germ s o f
disease which destroy the rich, red corpuscles that furnish nourishment sa d
strength to the body, and reduced this vita l fluid to such s weak, w atery
condition that it is no longer able to keep the system in health, or v ■srd o ff
the counties* diseases and disorders that assail it.
T h e loss o f these
red corpuscles takes the color and g lo w o f health from the cheek, and We
gee pale, sallow face* and washed out, chalky complexions among the first
symptoms o f Malaria.
But M alaria is a general systemic disease, and ss
the blood becomes mors heavily loaded w ith its germs we have more serious
jmd complicated sym ptom s; the impure blood having its effect on all parts
c f the body. The appetite fails, digestion is w e * e n e d . ch ills and slig h t
lever are frequent, and the sufferer loses energy and ambition because o f a
constant tired-ont and"“ no account *’ feeling: The lack o f necessary nour
ishment and healthful qualities in
M 'W a & I' ‘
the blood causes boils ana abscess«,
Daring HOD I wee
a term SS
fekin affections, and in some cases
Soros and ulcers to break out, dad
that far a year I mm
sometimes the patient is prostrated
alraoet a »hyeical wreck. I triad a otuaba*
with a spell o f malarial fever which
nfay lea ve his health permanently
ere, ohm curva, aad Malaria «radicatane
impaired.
T o cure Malaria both a
but nothing did me any good aatfl I berta
blood purifier and tonic are necessary,
to urn S. L& The rmult waa that after
taking it ter a white I was aa wad aad
in order to remove the cause and at
Wrong ae I tear was I lava aovar bad A
thd same tim e build up the system
chifl aiaaa nor tha riightmt s w l f of
from its weakened and run-down
Malaria. I baga attera - ~ - ------1 |
condition.
S. S. S. ia the medicine
by WT «marta««, aad with that art ft
best fitted for this work.
I t is the
vtew I giva this Urilm natal, kaowing ftal
most perfect o f all blood purifiers, and
S. k A ia the teat n wody 1er Materia.
the purely vegetable ingredients o f
Amory, 1 0 «
A. » . COWLXT.
which it ia composed make it the
atest and s a fe « o f all tonics.
S. S. g o « down into the circulation and removes every trace o f im . pui
M W
or poison,
oison, and at the same time
tim e gives
g i v « to th
the blood the health-sustaining qusi-
i t i « it needs.
It cures Malaria
rta thoronj
thoroughly and permanently because i t
removM
oves the germs and poisons which produce
pit
the disease, and while doin g
this t o n « up and strengthens every
i the system. When S. S. S. has
¡very part of
cleansed the blood the svmptoms pass away, the healthy color returns to
the complexion, the old tirea; depressed feeling is gone, and the entire health
is renewed. Book with information about Malaria and any medical advice
r
tree.
.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA.
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