USING A MEDICINE DROPPER.
The Mora Wanting It U H.ld th Big
gar the Drop. Will Ba.
When using a medicine dropper it is
important to use it correctly, especial
ly If measuring ont drops of some
powerful medicine like strychnine,
morphine or arsenic, for drops vary
widely in their size.
Dr. it. P. Garrow of London recently
reported to the Lancet the results of
aome experiments he had made with
a medicine dropper and a simple solu
tion. He measured the solution very
carefully and then took it all up into a
medicine dropper, from which he turn
ed It, drop by drop, holding the drop
per at different angles and counting
the drops as they fell.
With the dropper held vertically (at
an angle of 00 degrees with the hori
zontal) Its contents made 100 drops.
Held at an angle of BO degrees Its con
tents made eighty-two drops; at 20 de
grees they made sixty-eight drops, at
10 degrees they made sixty drops, and
held horizontal they made only forty
eight drops.
In other words, the drops become
progressively larger as the dropper is
moved from the vertical position. A
drop from a dropper held at an angle
of GO degrees is one-quarter larger than
normal; thus, if the nurse has to give
sixteen drops and holds the dropper
slanting she Is really giving twenty.
And the more slanting' the dropper the
bigger the drops.
TESTING THE DENTIST.
Ismail Pasha Didn't Want ta Take Any
Painful Chances.
To illustrate oriental habits of
thought Lord Cromer tells in the Quar
terly Review this story of Ismail Pasha,
khedive of Egypt It once happened
that Ismail was suffering from tooth
ache. He sent for a European dentist,
who told him that he ought to have the
tooth out Ismail said that he was
afraid It would be very painful. He
was informed in reply that If be would
allow the dentist to administer laugh
ing gas to him he would feel nothing.
He still doubted, but told the dentist
to bring his apparatus to the palace.
The dentist complied and explained
the process to the khedive. Ismail then
summoned an attendant and told him
to send up the sentry who was at his
door.
When the man arrived the khedive
ordered him to sit down In a chair and
requested the dentist to take out a
tooth on either side of bis Jaw. Ismail
then asked the man whether be bad
felt anything, and the man told him
that he bad not But Ismail was not
yet satisfied. He said that the sentry
was a young, strong man and that he
would like to see the experiment tried
on some one of weaker physique.
Accordingly be summoned a slave
girl Ad had the dentist extract two of
her teeth. Finding that she did not
show evidence of extreme suffering, he
then consented to have his own tooth
out
About the Purltana.
In the American Magazine William
Eoscoe Thayer says:
"It is the fashion of late to speak
condescendingly of the Puritans as of
a people of narrow views and of men
of sour temperament, but no descend
ant of theirs and no later Immigrant
who now dwells in the commonwealth,
they founded and enjoys the blessings
which it bestows upon us will fall to
glory in being able to trace back to
such forerunners. The story of the
conditions which faced the passengers
of the Mayflower when they landed at
Plymouth can never be too often re
peated. To have as founders of our
state men and women who 'had the
fear of God In their hearts, but feared
the face of no man,' ranks as the ini
tial glory of Massachusetts."
Simplest of Cements.
Condensed milk applied to the edges
of the pieces of broken china will keep
the article as intact as the majority of
cements on -the market today, writes
Edwin W. Ely in a letter to the Elec
trical Experimenter. Mr. Ely adds
that be has mended saucers that have
withstood washings in hot water and
has mended a telescope lens of fairly
large size with this unique cement
Checking a Skid.
When you are driving an automobile
and It begins to skid the skidding will
be checked if yon will Immediately
turn the steering wheel In the direc
tion you are skidding. A car skids
when there Is a momentum tending to
turn It about the center of gravity.
When the forces about the center of
gravity are balanced the car will not
skid. American Boy.
Laad Filled Ineerlptione.
In Job xlx, 24, is an allusion to the
use of lead to fill carved Inscriptions
upon stone by pouring the molten lead
into the cavities of the letters to ren
der them legible and at the same time
to preserve them from the action of
the weather.
WHEATLESS BISCUITS,
Parched eornraeal Is the feature of
these excellent wheatless biscuits.
First, the cornmeal one-half a cup
is put In a shallow pan placed in the
oven and atlrred frequently until It
Is a delicate brown. The other ingre
dients are a teaspoon of salt a cup
of peanut butter and one and a half
cups of water. Mix the peanut but
ter, water and salt and heat While
this mixture Is hot stir In the meal
which should also be hot Beat thor
oughly. The dough should be of such
consistency that It can be dropped
from a spoon. Bake in small cakes
In an ungreased pan- Tola makes 16
biscuits, each of which contains one
sixth of, an ounce of protein.
Hie Three t.
"He must be a perfect savage."
"Whyr
"He threatens bis wife with hi club
when they have a difference."
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Now is the best time
in History to
Build
Not since the Civil war have the prices of
farm productts been so high wheat, corn,
alfalfa, rye, barley, oats, hogs, cattle, sheep,
have doubled in price, and in some cases
trebled. It's time to make permanent im
provements. A new house or barn at half
price!
It took 710 bushels wheat to buy this home in 1914. It takes 400 bushels
wheat to buy It In 1918.
Crop from 18 acres would buy this home In 1914. Crop from 10 acre's
will buy it in 1918.
130 dozen eggs in 1914 would buy this garage. 80 dozen eggs in 1918 will
buy this garage.
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High Price Crops
and Low Price
Lumber
The average rise in prices of building materials has
amounted to about 30 per cent. The rise in prices of farm
and many manufactured products has amounted to from
100 to 300 per cent.
Think of it! With the same quantity of wheat, corn,
oats, alfalfa, hogs, etc. as before the war, you can build
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Your farm products will buy twice as much honest, ser
viceable, workable
"TUM-A-LUM LUMBER"
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PRICES WILL NOT DROP FOR YEARS
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terials will rise. Reconstruction, higher costs resuming
industries forced out by war will do it.
MORE BUILDING NOW PER DOLLAR
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TUM-A-LUM $ILO
1914 price 220 bushels corn.
1918 price 110 bushels corn.
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STRAIGHT ROOF BARN
1914 price 36 tons alfalfa.
1918 price 18 tons alfalfa.
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CIRCLE ROOFT3ARN
1914 price 15 tons barley.
1918 price 10 tons barley.
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GAMBREL ROOF BARN
1914 price 1000 bushels wheat.
1918 price 600 bushels wheat.
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