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11 Marvels of Everyday Science Competent Scientirts Apply Their Skill to Problems of Agriculture, Houskeeping, Schools, Business and Governmental Activ TimrR AND FARM MAGAZTNE SECTION" THE HAMLET OF CLAYTON, popu lation 220, is perhaps the small est community in Wisconsin, hav ing an independent central station plant generating its own electricity. The elec tric company has an operating force of one man, and its generating equipment consists of a 12 hp, gas engine belted to a 5-kw. direct-current dynamo. The street lighting load consists of eight incandescent lamps, and commercial lighting is given from dusk until 11 p. m. Tho Eailroad Commission of Wis consin reports 140 villages in Wisconsin with less than 1,000 population, having electric service utilities. Of these forty one are of less than 500 population. The .total nnmber of electric Bervice utilities in the state is 293. There are seventeen gis or oil engine plants and eighty-two plants operated either wholly or in part by water power. No less than seventy-eight cities and villages are supplied from municipal plants. New System Calls Express Wagon Promptly. Each tenant in a new office building in New York is provided with a num ber of small metal disks or checks, each Units Used in Novel Call Bysten for Expressmen. bearing on the one side his room num ber, and on the reverse, the name- of an express company. When he desires to have an expressman call at his. office for a package, he deposits a check in a special chute in the elevator wall, aid the check drops down to the first floor, whoro an authorized employe of the building opens tho box, records the room number and notifies tho proper express man he is to call at that room. Tho cxpressmnn takes with him tho check as evidence of his authority to receive tho package. How Far a Man Can See Distinctly. Some interesting experiments Lave been mado in the German army with the object of discovering at what dis tance the recognition of one soldier by another is reliable. For soldiers iwtli good eyes it was found that a person seen once before could be recognied at a distance of 80 feet, while an acquaint ance could be recognized at a distance of 300 feet, and an intimate iriend or relative, at a distance of 500 feet. The various parts of a man's body can be distinguished and any decided move ment can be detected by an expert rifle man at a distance of 300 feet. At 3.800 feet a man appears as a spot on tho landscape and cannot usually be seen if he keeps still or if his dress does not contrast with tho backgr:und. Bailors, hunters and farmers can usually seo twice these distances, probably on account of their constant training iu making out the nature of distant ob jects. Fastonur Holds Tongua of Shoe. An invention by a Canadian is At signed to prevent the tongue of a shoe from slipping down out of place. The contrivance consists of a ball and -pocket fastener, the Viatl portion being on the inngue and fiUiag into the socket, which in a man's nho-j is jwrt r.f the hook itself, whil is woman's shoe, where tho eyelet is employed, a separate socket is inserted. Pan and Back for Drying Dishes. A new device for drying dishes con sists simply of a pan, 20 inches, square, fitted with a removable wire rack to hold tho dishes on edge while draining, and to keep out of the dripping rinse water. After tho dishss are washed they are set on edge in the rack, scald ing water is poured over them and they aro allowed to dry, the idea being to eliminate the use of the towel for dry ing. By this method the diBhes are both cleaned and sterilized. Electric Berries. The cost of lighting at the present time averages only from 1 to 2 per cent of the cost of living and i; one of the smallest items on the list of regular ex petses. If it is really advisable for a state to into businws in order to re duce the cost of living there are other lines ia which even a small saving, if accomplished, would amount to more than the entire eort of lighting. For instance, food amounts to 35 to 43 per cent of tho cost of living, and a 5 per cent reduction in this item would be the same as tht. .furnishing of light for nothing. Besides this, tha price of food is steadily going nn while the price of electric light is steadily going down, arid that without niy gMa expense to the state. World's Largest Ffcler Plant. The world's largest mechanics! filtra tion plant is under construction at Pt. Louis to purify the. city '3 water rnpply from the Mississippi River. The do sign provides for forty filter units each one of which will be capable of .filtering 4,000,000 galbns daily. Each fil'.er box measures 59x28 feet in pla and con tains a 30-inch depth of fine sand and a 12-incli depth of grave?. Be'orc en tering the filters the water -vill pass through scdrnentation basirs wter-s a coagulatiug chemical will be added. t Bed Desk for an Invalid. An adjustable desk or table for an invalid or convalescent can be made as sKi-wn in the sketch. The arrangement of tho top may be in this or any other manner to suit the maker. The length of tho desk should bo tho same as the width of the bed. Two vertical stand ards made ef two pieces of tubing, one telescoping in the other, are used as the supports. Clamps are attached to tho upper ends of the larger, or out side tubes for use in holding the desk at the height set. A brace, also made of two telescoping tubes, is used at each end to adjust tho rear part ef tho desk to a comfortable height for the ;er. Thumb nuts are used to clnrop tho desk to the bed. Concrt telegraph Poles. Reinforced concrete telegraph poles along the Pennsylvania Railroad in the vicinity of the New Jersey entrance to tho Hudson tunnels proved during the blizzard of March 2 their superiority over the ordinary kind of wooden poles. So severe a load did the ice coated wires impose upon the concrete poles that the wooden crassarms on some of them were broken; the concrete poles ihemselves. how.'vcr, remained intact. Many of the we - i i;oles, however, were entirely demolished. Health and Sanitation BT A PHYSICIAN. THOSE who have little time for ex ercise and are compelled to live chiefly within doors must en deavor to obtain or should have ob tained for them as far a3 possible by employers by way of compensation, a regular supply of fresh air without draught, an atmosphere as free from dufl and other impurities as can be obtained, with a good supply of light and some artificial warmth when need ed. . These necessities granted, creal, foods, such a3 well made bread in va riety and vegetable produce, including fruits, snould form a fair portion of the diet consumed, with tha addition of eggs and milk if no meat is taken, except in the form of soup, and -little other animal food than fish, fowl and garni. On such a dietary, and vithcut ako holic stimulants, thousands of such workers may enjoy, with very little- ex ercise, far better health and more strength thau at present thsy erpri once on meat and heavy puddings, beer, baker's bread and cheese. CREOSOTE is an excellent means of combating chronic, constipation without exercising any purgative ac tion, properly so called. The creo sote should not be proscribed ii pills, capsules, or alcoholic solution?, bai pure and in drops. Tha effective dose is about seven or eight drops taken twiee daily, immediately after breakfast aud after dinner, iu a glass of milk, beer, wine and wbler, or purj water. To begin with, one drip of creosote is administered, and that amount in creased by one drop daily until tha uired effect is obtained. In this va the neeesfnry dose is determined for each case individually. Tli.s Uetuuient has to he continued for some tim3 some months, in fact and not only overcome) the chronic constipation, but ;xt the same time restores the app.-tilo and bri.ces up the system, THOUGH nnokim? cigarettes is re?.lly h::rii:f'i! for beys, they smoke not becaesj they vr? tasirslly bad, -l."it iu imiutii-n cf their elderv It is the par-juts' duty ti 'trove to the -boy that siroi';2g n;,- prevent his becoming an athlete urd tU'. it will affect his chest ezpj.ision :.ud mvsealar development. See to it that he distinguishes the res! from tl.e choin sport and desires to imitate the right kind of (Her fellow. HI Y CHILDREN never carry um " brellas, writes a friend. Instead each enc, is provided witli a rainproof hood, which when not needed is but toned into an inside pocket of the over coat. If rain comes on the hood is button ed on to the buttons sewed under tho collar of the coat. When the collar is turned up and the hood drawn over the head the little one is as cozy as pos sible and takes no harm from the rain. The hood can be quickly dried after ward. I find it a far better plan than providing umbrellas, which are always getting damaged. TO PIECE of advice the physician can give will bear more frequent repetition than the pithy sentence, "Breatho deeply.". It is a perfectly simplo rule of health, yet it is constant ly broken. ' SPRINKLE chloride of lime, crude oil or kerosene over contents of vaults past when occasion induced the primal There aro two ways to learn 'to breathe. If our powers of self disci pline are poor, a is the case with most insufficient breathers, k is a good plan to join a gymnasium or calistheuic class and learn to use the lungs as a baby learns to use its feet and hands. Hut remember that lessons in breathing will do no good if the scholar thinks ho is absolved from his task except when he is in the class. A Bimple method for those wTro have not time or opportunity to attend a gymnasium is to turn life's daily rou tino into a Continuous discipline in breathing. If the poor breather takes the trouble to watch himself carefully he will find that when he is engaged upon any work that calls for close at tention ho does not even breathe as deeply as usual; he almost invariably holds his breath. Thus the blood cur rent is vitiated when it ought to be cleansed, and the worker exhausts him self, not so much by his labors as by his neglect. 1 Draw in deep drafts of air evory time you take a breath, and every little while stop ev&ything else and filLyour lungs a few times with brwOh tit test their capacity. You will be surprised to see the improvement that it will make in your general condition. or garbage boxes. Keek garbage recep tacles and open vaults tightly covered, dark-and clean daily, Sprinkle chloride of lime or liquor cresolis eompositus over manure piles and other refuse. Keep manuro screened if possible. It should be removed at least once a week, and where it cannot, should be boxed in air-tight receptacles. Pour kerosene into the drains. Clean cuspidors every day. Keep a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid in them. Don't allow dirt to accumulate in corners, behind doors, back of radia tors, under stoves, etc. Allow no decay ing matter of any sort to accumulate on or near your premises. WE TEACH YOU TO PLAY Any Instrument Easily --Quickly YOU STUDY AT HOME Mistakes are impossible the young est child can learn Prices are low. Let us put tho joy of music iu your home. Writo today now to American School of Music V'iftn Floor Commonwealth BIdg. Portland. Oregon. STATF Plora McCurdy, director; V. K. MeCurdy, Mgr.; Fiau mi'iich; Signor A. Vicetll; Mons. Bazin. if :; Em- FARMS WANTED From 10 to 500 ncres, stato how much under culliviition and Also what improve ments ; full t1"vcriIiii!i and loeatiei:, tirins, etc. I'll do tho rest; option required. CHAS. HIRSTEL 101 Bborlock Building, Portland, Oregon. We will be Pleased to correspond with you in relation to any condition pertaining to dental work. Twenty years' practice in Oregon. DR. M.A.JONfcS 245 Washington St., Portland, Oregon