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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1914)
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Marvels of Everyday Science Competent Scientist! Apply Their Skill to Problems of Agriculture, Houikeeping, Schools, Business and Governmental Activities BED INCLOSED BY ..FOLDING SCREEN PANELS. FOLDING screen panels to protect beds and cribs from flies and mos quitoes are the interesting part of patent recenely taken out. The Screen arrangement is designed espe cially for babies' cribs, but it can be Hedge Trimmer Operated by Electricity A machine for trimming hedges has been invented which earries an electric motor. Tho operator passes the trim' mer over the surface to be shorn after the manner of a horse clipper. The machine is built of aluminum with a ouilt on a larger scale for any bed. It consists of two screened panels fast ened permanently above the sideboards of the bed and another screen panel Which serves as a cover. An ingenious ianged-lever arrangement is fastened to One sid'o of the cover so that it can be folded down on one side, out of the wa;'. Va'uable Secrets Awaiting Discovery. lortuno awaits the man who can 1 luce artificial gutta percha in large quantities at a price sufficiently low iu warrant its use instead of the gen time article, the supply of which is fast diminishing. Cork is another substance of every day use for which no satis factory imitation lias boon provided, the only substitute thus far produced being paper treated with paraffin wax, but this material cannot be used for cork ing wine botlles. One of the most val uable processes nnknown to us is the production of iron that will not rust or decay. That this iwret was known to the ancients is proved by an iron monu ment at Delhi, India, which has stood exposed to the weather for centuries without rusting or decaying. ' Staples Are Driven Into New Concrete Posts. Concrete fence posts into which wire staples can be driven are now being manufactured in large quantities. In shape and method of reinforcement they are very much like other cement posts, but the means provided for securing tho fence wires is unusual ( and practi cal. Down the side of jach post is a narrow channel filled with a composi tion into which nails and staples can be drivsa n 'sily as into wood. And casing containing the motor. The gear case is completely inclosed so that no dirt can enter tho mechanism, and the trimmer is arranged to be used on either side of the hedge, cutting top and sides equally well. The power is controlled by a switch on the handle, operated by tho thumb. Tree Planting Machine. With a tree planting tool designed bv a Utah blacksmith, the hole is dug, the little tree inserted and the earth packed around the roots in ono operation, says Popular Mechanics. The implement con sists of a bar with a cross-arm at the top and three blades of spring steel at the bottom, somewhat on the principle of the postdigger, and having a lever near the lower end. The lever is pressed with the foot, the tree inserted, md the tool is then thrust forcibly into the ground. A lever at the top of the handle is then twisted to open the blades and the implement is rcrewed around in the hole until the soil is pul verized. The planter is then withdrawn leaving the cultivated earth packed around the roots of the plant. Kxperi ments made by the IT. S. forest service have shown that one man with this tool can plant 50 small trees in 33 minutes. Health and Sanitation Women Hostesses when the staples have been Bet, they cannot be drawn out. The posts arc built in various sizes for different uses and are practically indestructible. Tho composition of the material into which the staples are driven is secret. t A Water Merry-Go-Bound Teaches Boys to Swim. In one of the public schools of Cin cinnati, having an 80-foot swimming tank, an ingenious water merry-go-round has been constructed after plans made by the swimming instructor. It consists of an oval track suspended from the ceiling above the pool. Trol leys provided with strong ropes are at tached to the track, and a harness is Arranged at tho other end of the ropes bo that the boys may slip tho broad bells about their waists and thus be supported in . the . walor, while their limbs are left free. N INTERESTING movement is on foot whereby the Kami Women of America may become hostesses to the farm .women of ninny foreign nations, if the plans set on foot at the Tulsa, Okla., meeting in regard to hav ing a building at tne J anaina-1 acitic Exposition in 1915 are adopted. The building advocated will be erect ed in a Biiitnble pluco on the exposi tion grounds; it will be equipped with the latest appliances and conveniences that are used in modern farm homes. Farm women of the different states will be hostesses at various stated times and the building will in this man ner be a meeting place for, the farm women of the world. It is stated by those in authority that the plan has received the sanc tion of tho International Congress of Farm Women and that ground will be broken for the building this month. Weekly conferences during the en tire timo of the exposition will be an interesting phase of tho plan; discus sion luncheons will be arranged, prizes offered for the most practical model farm home, etc. Affiliiation with tho International Congress of Farm Women is tho mat ter that is uppermost in the minds of all farm women today, and every in dependent farm woman's club in the United States and Canada should write to Mrs. Harbcrt, president of tho con gress, and learn the method of organi zation, If you contemplato starting such a club, and are interested in the Farm Woman's building at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, write to Mrs. Belle van dorn Harbert, 340 Century Build ing, Denver, Colo., and literature will be sent you concerning the plan. BT A PHYSICIAN. . CiNDIGESTION and practically all forms of stomach trouble are, nine times out of ten, due to acidity; therefore stomach sufferers should, whenever possible, avoid eating food that is acid in its nature, or which by chemical action in the stomach de velops acidity. Unfortunately, such a rule eliminates most foods which are pleasant to the taste as well as those which arc rich in blood, flesh and nerve building properties. This is the reason why dyspeptics and stomach sufferers are usually so thin, emaciated and lack ing in that vital energy which can only come from a well fed body. For the benefit of those sufferers who have been obliged to exclude from their diet all stsrchy, sweet or fatty food, and are trying to keep up a miserable existence on gluten products, I would suggest that yon should try a meal of any food or foods which you may like, in mod erate amount, taking immediately after wards a tenspoonful of bisurated mag nesia in a little hot or cold water. This will neutralize any acid which may be present, or which may be formed, and instead of the usual feeling of uneasi ness and fullness, you will fihd that your food agrees with you perfectly. Bisurated magnesia is doubtless the best food corrective and antacid known. It has no direct action on the stomach; but by neutralizing the acidity of the food contents, and thus removing the source of the acid irritation which in flames the delieate stomach lining, it does more than could possihly bo done by any drug or medicine. As a physi cian, I believe in the use of medicine whenever necessary, but I must admit that I cannot fp the sense of "dosing an inflamed and irritated stomach with drugs instead of getting rid of the acid the cause of all the trouble. Get a liftle bisurated magnesia from vour druggist, eat what you want at your next meal, take some of the bisurated magnesia as directed above, and see if I'm not right." Hints on Health jllfANY poisons and impurities come III disguised, especially ptomaine poisoning, from tainted meat and fislu , Poor health is a fetter which holds a person to the trouble nearest at hand. The individual in good health is the comptroller of his own fate. Sound bodies' mean clean bodies. Sound minds mean sound bodies. Therefore, a bodv must be clean with in and without. DO NOT SPIT. 'PITTING on floors, sidewalks, street I cars and other public conveyances not only is prohibited bv law, un der penalty of fine or imprisonment,! but also under penalty of disease. ' Tuberculosis germs left in public places are sure to be carried on shoes and trailing skirts into private homes and buildings; they may be blown about in the air, in dust, may be car ried by fltes, and in many other ways spread where they cause sickness and death. Not many people who have tubercle bacilli (tuberculosis germs) in their mouths know it. You never can be sure that your own mouth is free from these germs, hence do not endanger yonr fel low man by the vicious and filthy habit of pernicious expectoration. MILE HINTS. HE best milk will spoil unless it is kept cold. If you do not keep ice, invert a crock or a flower pot over the bottle of milk on the basement floor. Modified cow's milk is the only safo food for infant feeding in eases where the mother is- physically unable to nurse the child. Beware of condensed milk and patent foods if you would have a normally developed child. Modified milk is milk that has been modified to fit the needs of an indi vidual baby. The formula usually con tains specific amounts of cream, milk, niilk sugar, lime water, etc. It takes an expert physician to write this formula and see that it fits the needs of the baby. Milk is the cheapest food in tbe mar ket. ' The most valuable food prodnet in milk is casein. And still the housewife estimates the value of her milk by the "eream line." 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