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MARVELS OF EVERYDAY SCIENCE
Competent Scientists Apply Their Skill to Problems of Agriculture, Housekeeping, Schools, Business and Governmental Activities
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
THERE Is a new bottle stopper
which is ideal. It could not te
described as an automatic cork,
and yet It almost amounts to this.
There is a cork, or, rather stopper, ar
rangement of nickel that has a rub
ber socket cap. This claps down over
the mouth of the bottle from which
the original cork has been removed.
The stopper fits firmly, for the reason
its supporting mechanism is fitted to
the neck of the bottle by means of an
easily adjusted collar that will fit any
size bottle. By pressing a lever at the
side the stopper is lnstatly released.
New Hook and Eye.
A new kind of hook and eye that
has some distinct points of difference
from the other types has been de
signed by a Pennsylvania woman.
The chief feature of the new article
Is that except in places where there
is great strain it is not necessary to
sew either part fast to the clothing.
Both hook and eye are equipped with
safety pin devices by which they are
attached to waist or skirt, and it re
quires a very short time to affix them.
Furthermore, if the positions are not
exactly right they can be easily and
speedily adjusted without the bother
of ripping thread and sewing it over
again. If there is too much strain
on the pins a few turns of thread will
make the parts secure. The throat
Health and
BY A PHYSICIAN
BREAD is the chief of the force
foods. These include potatoes,
dry beans, corn, rice, breakfast
foods and cereals, in fact, every pro
duct of the grains. This great class
of food supplies the body with fuel
both to do muscular work and to
maintain bodily warmth, and hence
the necessity for this class of food is
quite apparent. No one can enjoy
even a moderate degree of vigor and
energy without his dally portion of
force food, and for the most part this
Is taken In the form of bread.
While a certain amount of bread is
necessary to the welfare of the body,
an excess of it is a decided detriment.
Today overeating on bread and simi
lar foods is far mora common than
overeating on any or all other classes
of food. In fact, It has become the
universal habit. With the advent of
labor-saving machinery and steam
heated houses, offices and factories
the people are doing less manual la
bor and they are less exposed to the
elements. They need far less force
food. But, except in occasional in
stances, there is no decrease in the
Intake of force food. The man that
Bits at the desk eats as much bread
as the one that works hard out of
doors.
In occasional Instances the excess
of bread is digested and .does harm
either by overworking the organs and
tissues in burning it up, or by burden
ing the body with useless fat Usu
ally, however, the excess of bread
remains undigested in the bowels,
where it ferments and fill the bow
els with gases and poisens. Thla fer
mentation Is frequently a cause for
chronlo disorders of the stomach and
bowels. These poisons, formed In the
bowels from undigested, unused
breads, quickly find their way into
the blood where they have an effect
upon every part of the body. Through
the constant poisoning of the body is
laid, the basis for many chronlo di
seases, Including hardening of the ar
teries. Furthermore, as a result of
of the hook Is unusually deep and
protects it from being easily disen
gaged, while a hump, after (he style
of many modern hooks and eyes, re
tains the eye in its adjusted position
on the hook.
A Garden Cultivator
The cultivator can be constructed of
ordinary materials found about any
farm, but the stock can be purchased
and the amount required does not
make tlie cost very great. The width
of the cultivator will depend on the
width of the planted rows of seeds.
The wheels and handles are wood,
the axle is a -lnch steel rod with -Inch
holes drilled near each end for
cotters. Two washers are used ori each
side of a wheel. A piece of -inch
pipe Is placed on the axle to keep the
handles apart at the lower end, and a
tenoned crossbar, mortised in the
upper part of the handles, separates
them in a like manner.
The blades are mads of suitable
steel, bent as shown and sharpened
on the edge where they touch the
ground. The upper ends of the blades
are slotted and fastened to the handles
with a bolt having a thumb nut.
Fire Insurance Patrol.
In Paris the fire Insurance patrols
are an important factor in the salvage
of goods, both from fire and smoke
and from damage by water. Their
wagons are equipped as are the Amer
ican apparatus, with tarpaulins, fire
axes and such protective implements,
but, in addition, they carry a portable
electric searchlight, with a long in
sulated cable, receiving current from
a motor-driven dynamo on the wagon.
In penetrating remote interior rooms,
Sanitation
the constant poisoning, the natural
defenses of the body are lowered and
the way is opened for various acute
diseases.
ANGERS that often lurk in the
hair of house cats and dogs is em
phasized by an English physician who
makes an official report of serious
consequences that followed the prac
tice of a child in a prominent family
who was permitted to fondle a cat
The report follows:
"A calf had some skin disease. The
family cat contracted it from the calf.
The cat Infected the child, who used
to carry the cat about and play with
It. The child is recovering under
treatment, but is suffering from a
severe skin disease; and I quote this
case as a warning to those who are
in the habit of letting dogs and cats
be carried about or fondled by child
ren. The practice is certainly not
free from danger of infection with
nasty diseases, and not only skin dis
eases as in the case just cited."
SULPHUR is a good, safe correct
ive for blistered Hps, and glyc
erin and borax should, be applied
locally. Give the child so afflicted
half a teaspoonful of flowers of sul
phur in a dessert-spoonful of molasses
before breakfast It is an old fash
ioned remedy, but most effective. Mix
half an ounce of borax with two
ounces of glycerin and smear on the
tongue and lips where blistered.
THE rules of health for the hair, so
far as we know them, are few and
brief. Brush the bair thoroughly at
least once a day, but let the scalp
alone. Let the brushing be thorough
and preferably with two brushes,
which you may use as It you were
currying a race horse to get him into
show condition. Keep the hair
thoroughly clean in this way, and the
scalp will largely take care of itself.
Wash the hair as often as may be
needed for cleanliness, which, as a
rule, for men will be once a week, and
when gas or electric lighting is cut off
by the fire, this portable light is of
great value in spreading the tarapaul
ins, removing goods, rescuing injured
firemen or similar work.
Phosphorescent Ink Used in Printing.
Printers' ink containing a radium
preparation has been manufactured in
Germany, by means of which news
papers can be printed that can be read
In the dark without other illumination
that that contained in the ink itself.
The so-called radium colors produce
light In tints of green, violet, blue, red,
and yellow. The Inventor claims that
these colors will retain their phos
phorescent qualities for 10 to 12
years, may be used for signs, wall
decorations, Illuminating stairways, as
well as for painting ships, boats and
aeroplanes. All sorts of materials
have been treated with the prepara
tion. Self-Feathering Oar.
Joseph Schmidt of Chicago has in
vented a new type of oar which Is
meant to open itself by the natural
movement of the oar back and forth,
without any twisting of the wrist.
On moving forward through the
water the blade boards fold down
flat, but on shoving It back against
the water the blades open up and
catch the water, giving the leverage
for forcing the boat forward.
Tester for Electric Lamp.
Where a large number of incan
descent lamps are used a great deal
of time is consumed in turning the
lamps into and out of an ordinary
socket for testing the filaments to
see that they are not broken. The
following device eliminates the dis
advantages of the threaded socket
and effects a great saving In time.
The device consists simply of an
ordinary porcelain lamp socket, that
has had the inner screw shell removed
and the threads hammered out on a
piece of five-eighth Inch pipe and
then replaced. The inside diameter
of the shell after It is hammered out
should be large enough to permit the
threaded base of the lamp to slip Into
it. Lamps may be rapidly tested by
sliding them into this socket and
there is no more likelihood of a short
for women about half as often. Avoid
using too strong soaps, strong alka
lies, such as ammonia and soda, and
too hot water, as all these take" out
much of the natural lubricant, or oil,
of the hair and leave it dry and harsh.
THERE is no safe and sane easy
way to get thin If you are fat It
takes good hard physical exercise and
plenty of it, refraining from rich
foods and from long sleeping hours.
OLDS and chills, however slight,
must not be neglected. "Only a
cold," we say and try to still anxiety,
but It must be remembered that bron
chitis and pneumonia frequently fol
low close on the footsteps of an ap
parently simple cold.
At the first sign of a chill give the
little one an aperient, then put him In
a warm bath with a tablespoonful of
mustard In It Next wrap him warm
ly In a blanket and give a hot break
fastcupful of nourishing broth; then
pop him Into a warm bed. If the tem
perature Is normal and there Is no
sore throat you need not worry. Baby
will probably be himself again in the
morning.
Children who are susceptible to
colds need cod liver oil. The follow
ing Is a good way to give it them:
Thoroughly beat two new laid eggs,
add half a teacupful of cod liver oil,
stir well, then mix in the same quan
tity of honey. Add slowly, stirring all
the time, the juice of half a lemon.
Give the little ones a teaspoonful or
two night and morning during the
treacherous winds. It will strengthen
the constitution, soothe the chest and
keep the cold out and this is a grand
recommendation it is a nutritive
food, not a medicine.
Farmers Ilurt by Tariff
Tuesday's dallies announce the news
that the steamer Empress of Russia
brought over 6,792,360 Chinese eggs
for consignment to different points in
the United States. When the Repub
lican tariff of 5 cents a dozen was in
force these dirty Chinese eggs could
not be brought here to compete with
our home produce. But this is how
the new tariff is benefiting the poul-
belng produced on the line than there
was before the socket was changed.
Stove Using Hot Air Pipes. .
The heating stove shown in the IN
lustration In a manner combines the
advantages both of the ordinary stove,
due to radiation, and of the furnace,
due to the circulation of heated air.
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Air is drawn from the room into pipes
on both sides of the stove, is heated
to a high temperature and is then
discharged from the top of the stove
either into the room in which the
stove is loeaiea or into pipes leading
to the upper floor.
Light From Indoor Bicycle.
A French Inventor has devised a
plan for using his wife's surplus en
ergy to make light. The invention
consists of a sort of "home trainer,"
of the bicycle order, such as are used
in gymnasiums, and a small dynamo
and storage battery are connected up
with it. This machine has a 12-voIt,
25-ampere storage battery, and will
furnish light enough for a good-sized
home. There is no reason why any.
one should not get up a home light'
ing plant of this sort for himself, as
the apparatus is not at all complicat
ed. tryman and the farmers. Island
County Times.
50,000 Acres of Level Valley Land
For Sale in Harney Valley, ;
Harney County, Oregon,
At Prices Ranging From
$20.00 to $30.00 Per Acre
Terms, ten per cent cash and the baN
ance In nine equal annual payments,
payable on or before maturity, with
interest at six per cent. Deep and
productive soil, no rock, no gravel. ;
Yields magnificent crops of wheat bar
ley, rye, oats, flax, field peas, field
roots, alfalfa, meadow grasses, fruits
and garden truck. Excellent and
abundant water at from ten to fifteen
feet.
An unsurpassed opportunity for thoso
looking for a home. Lack of railroad
transportation has up to the present
time kept this great valley from being
largely brought under cultivation;
however, the Oregon & Eastern Kali-'
way Company Is now engaged in con-'
structing a line into the valley, and
the road will be completed in the very,
near future.
For booklet containing further inform
matlon, address
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268 Stark St., Portland, Ore. .,
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