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TTOMF AND FARM MAGAZTNF RFCTTON
Health and Sanitation
Inventions and Appliances
p aren t to about everyone except per
O SU SPIC IO N u n til lately has arisen haps his intended victim . Tho cruel,
SIN G woven w ire in cylindrical as an ad ju n ct to th e stag e singing and
th a t th e in d u strio u s a n t m ight b ru tal man not only has his d istin ctiv e
form fo r lam p posts, telegraph blends properly w ith it. The sunken
upon occasion a c t as th e tran sm it laugh, b u t his featu res and voice be
and telephone posts and supports orch estra p it also sim plifies th e ar tin g ag en t of in fection to m an. I t was come mixed up in his forced cackle.
fo r b alu strad e or new t! post lamps, a rangem ent of the stage, which, instead know n th a t some species, such as the The n ex t tim e you see a man laughing
Chicago in v en to r has constructed a o f being placed 5 feet or more above w hite an t, had v ery d estru ctiv e te n m ake a note of how he does it. and
Strong and o rn am en tal support whieh, th e floor of th e th eater, need be only dencies in certain piarts o f the tropics, then if you do not know him inquire if
about 1 fo o t above floor level when and th a t th e b ites o f some largo tro p i your conclusion reg ard in g him is not
b u ilt in connection w ith a sunken cal a n ts caused a good deal of general correct. Laugh a little yourself when
o rch estra pit.
distu rb an ce, being atten d ed w ith fa in t you get an opportunity.
ness and shivering and som etim es w ith
MANY-ANGLED SMOKESTACK.
tem p o rary paralysis. I t w as also known
WHOLESOME MEATS.
ST E E L sm okestack w ith many a n th a t some savage races used the dried
O PR O V ID E clean and wholesome
gles was b u ilt by the K eokuk Va- bodies of an ts, b eaten into a paste, as
m eats to th rich and poor alike it
te r Com pany in order th a t n eigh an arrow poison, bu t it is only of late
one of the problem s of modern
boring residences a t th e top of the th a t suggestion has b e n i made th a t
civilization.
b lu ff m ight be freed from the smoke th is inseet m ight convey pathogenic
In these days when people are massed
whieh. from the brick stack previously b a c te ria to man. The a n t is commonly
in large tow ns and cities, it is not pos
used by the w ater company, form erly found in and around tL dw ellings of
sible for eacli individual to know from
annoyed them. The engine house is built people residing in the tropics. I t is, in
personal observation t n e source of his
a t th e fo o t of a b lu ff 90 feet high. deed, a m a tte r of d iffic u lty to keep
m eat supply, w hether or not it comes
Stono piers were built to carry the steel th is insect aw ay from foodstuffs in such
from healthy anim ais.
stack on its devious way to th e sum houses, and it is equally d iffic u lt to
The principal object of meat inspec
m it, w here the v ertical stack begins. keep the a n t aw ay from hum an dejecta
tion is to p ro tect the consum er from
From th e boilers the smoke is carried when these are not properly disposed of.
diseased or o th irw ise unwholesome
on a horizontal plane fo r 30 feet, then So th a t it cannot be doubled th a t the
meat. T his involves not only the in
i t m ounts a t an angle fo r 90 feet, and a n t has th e o p p o rtunity of carrying
spection of the m eat for the detection
en ters th e tall stack vertically, leaving from in fected ex creta the specific
of disease and unwholesom e conditions,
it 150 fe e t above the sum m it of the organism s of disease tv th e food stored
but the requirem ent of sa n ita ry condi
b luff.
in humdn dwellings.
tions and equipm ent in t i e ab a tto irs
L ittle or no experim ental work, how and packing houses, and the enforce
GOOD FOR HOT DAYS.
ev er had been done to obtain proof th at m ent o f sa n ita ry m ethods in the p re
- R EV O LV IN G fan, which is w orked an ts were capable of tra n sm ittin g dis
paration, curing and handling of meats.
__ , by hand, has made its way into eases to man, b u t, in 1912, Dr. L. B.
To meet the firs t requirem ent a com
m ade a fte r th is design, being of open
m any of th e stores in the larg er
w ire net work, o ffe r much less resist cities th is sum mer, and its inventor has H ates, b acteriologist to Ancon H ospital p eten t v eterin ary inspection of the a n i
ance to th e w ind and are fa r less liable made a big pile of money from his in th e P anam a C anal Zone, undertook a mal a t tho tim e of slau g h ter is neces
to d estru ctio n by fire.— P opular M e sales. I t is a simple device, however, series of experim ents w ith the view of sary, for it is not alw ays possible for
p u ttin g to the te s t w hether or not the an inspector, no m a tte r how skillfnl,
chanics.
a n t acted as a tra n sm ittin g agent of to detect disease in m eat a fte r it is
such infectio n s as enteric fever and dressed and the viscera disposed of.
NOVEL WAY OF HANGING FARM
v aeillary d ysentery. H is investigations Tho most im portant requirem ent in
GATE.
were carried out w ith th e large yellow m eat inspection, therefore, is to pro
S IM P L E and ingenious m ethod of
an ts which are found in and around tect. th e consum er a g ain st dangers from
, hanging and b alancing is used by
th e houses in th e C anal Zone. He fed whirh he cannot protect him self.
an Idaho ranchm an in building
a num ber o f these insects on bread
Home idea of th e necessity for local
h is farm gates. The top b ar consists
soaked
w ith
cu ltu res
of bacillus inspection may be obtained by consid
o f a cedar pole w hich pro jects fo u r or
typhosus fo r fiv e days, killing and ex ering the e x te n t of disease am ong liv e
fiv e feet beyond th e gate post, and
am in in g some of them at certain in te r stock slaughtered for food and the in
th e hinge is sim ply a long spike driven
vals, b u t in no instance was lie ahle sa n ita ry conditions u n d rr w hich much
through th is pole into the top of the
to recover th e typhoid bacillus from the o f the local m eat supply is slaughtered
post. On the p ro jectin g end of th e pole
in testin es o f th e ants. The experim ent and handled. R ecent sta tistic s of the
is a rough box in which one or more
was carefu lly repeated w ith like nega federal inspection bureau show th a t
stones are placed fo r balancing the
tiv e results, lie then trie«! to deter nearly tw o per cent of the carcasses are
g ate. A little care in selecting stones
mine if the an t eould carry the specific affected witli some <lisca.se or condition
of the right, w eight and placing them
organism on its legs or body in a purely m aking it necessary to condemn them
a t the rig h t d istan ce from the post
m echanical w ay to human food.
eith er in whole or in part. O f these
produces a balance th a t perm its the
To th is end a num ber of tbe insects condem nations nearly 70 per cent are
g ate to sw ing easily.
were dropped in to a broth culture of from tuberculosis alone.
th
e typhoid bacillus ami allowed a fte r
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NEAT WELL PLATFORM.
ward to craw l out and w alk over dishes
H IS cem ent well p latfo rm was ob
MORE
ABOUT THE FLY.
in such a way th a t th eir footprinta
served on an Iow a farm . I t is d e
could be c u ltiv a te for bacteria. The
1. C ontinue to destroy th e d anger
signed to p rev en t th e w ater from
typhoid bacillus was easily found in ous little fly.
flow ing o ff on all sides, as happens
every instance. T his experim ent wns re
2. I f each householder would place a
With th e o rd in ary level platform . The
p eated several tim es, and in the m ajor fly tra p beside the g arb ag e can, in a
depression and channel may be readily
ity o f cases positive results were ob y e a r 's tim e P o rtla n d would be a fly less
mado when th e cem ent is being placed
tained.
eity.
in position. Though th e depression is
3. Several gallons of flien can be
caught in a d a y ’a tim e around butcher
THE COMIC SHEET'S SERVICE.
H E comic sheet of the new spapers is shoppa and slau g h ter houses.
4. In th e milk lab o rato ry a short
one of th e most im portant of any
portion of th e paper. The |«eople tim e ago seme flies were hatched from
who do not th in k so are the ones who fly b lo w n m ilk; the sam e is possible
should rpad it w ith the most care anil upon an y food; the eggs nex t become
thoroughness. I t is the best part of the m aggots, then pass into tb e cocoon
p aper because it causes th e reader to stage and in about ten days hatch out
fo rg et him self ami his troubles, to real into full grown flies. Do you relish
ize th a t th ere are people who su ffer the th o u g h t of eatin g food upon which
self. An ord in ary oval cardboard fan otherw ise from th e faults, heedlessness m aggots have craw led and w iggled!
is fasten ed to a strong w ire about a or vindictiveness o f others, th a t there
5. T here are few er flies in P ortland
foot long, the attach m en ts being made is an o th er th an th e serious siile to life, th is sum m er than ever before. The goal
by a tw ist o f the w ire a t the base and and th a t th e best end to a depressing is NG flies and it can be accom plished
an eyelet in the center.
situ atio n is an explosion th a t clears the if everyone will help.
only th ree fo u rth s o f an inch deep, it
The handle is formed of tw o pieces brain and p u ts one in a condition to
6. Work tbe fly tra p in th e back
p rev en ts the ground from becom ing’
of hard ^ood. A piece o f strin g is tied look a t the world elearlv and with e.har yard and the fly sw a tte r in the house
w et and m uddy except on th e side
a t each end of th e handle, its middle ity fo r him self and the rest of the and be able to say you had a hand in
f a r th e s t from th e approach to th e well.
being fastened to a wire betw een th e world.
th is g re a t fig h t upon the fly
I t is made even n eater by constructing
tw o bandies and tw isted so th a t when
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a drain to carry o ff th e surface w a t r
th e tw o sides of the handle are pressed motes ti:e b lo o d ’s circulation by e x c it
HUNGER AND APPETITE
en tirely .
to g eth er th e rords m ake th e fan re ing to actii o th e m uscles o f the mouth
N E of the most freq u en t of d ie tii
volve. A wire across th e center keeps and face, th e stom ach and diaphragm .
HIDDEN ORCHESTRA FEATURE
errors is the m istaking of ap p etite
th e handles an inch and a q u arter A b e tte r exercise could not tie obtained
OF MODERN THEATERS.
fo r hanger. A p p etite is no more
a p a rt and a piece of spring m akes th e with th e b oxing gloves, roller skates or
N E of th e most im p o rtan t of mod
upp*r ends close when th e pressure of th e tango. I t is exercise unaccom panied hunger than sexual passion is love.
ern developm ents in th e a te r con
th e hand is released, thus settin g the w ith an y violence. I t may be taken ly T h at fa in t, »inking feeling a t the p it
struction is th e hidden orchestra,
fan revolving in th e reverse direction. ;ng down, stan d in g up, or in a momen of the stom ach, w ith a m orbid c ra v
which, w ith the other desirable featu res
An exam ination o f th e accom panying ta ry recess from business of the most ing for som ething to cat, is due to
made possible b y it, bas already come
ea ta rrh a i inflam m ation of th e lining of
d raw ing will show the construction.
ab sorbing ch aracter. The man who o n the stom ach, and collapse of th a t organ,
in to extensive use in Europe. The a r
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rangem ent consists simply in providing
not to hunger. H unger is indicated by
NEW TYPE OF LIGHTHOUSE
an am using anecdote is the one who w atering of th e mouth fo r plain food
an orchestra p it th a t is open a t the
LAMP
gets th e orders. The speaker who can —even fo r a crust of d ry bread.
top and is depressed below the floor of
R EN C H engineers have devised 8 tell a good sto ry when he finds his a u d i
th e th e a te r so th a t th e orchestra is
lighthouse lam p w hich uses m etal ence becom ing listless is the one who
hidden from th e view of the audience.
A New York woman h rs p aten ted an
lic reflecto rs instead of glass g ets vote» on election day. For b e ’» a
The original idea was to remove the
em ergency covering for hats, made of
d istractio n caused by an orchestra lenses. They have dem onstrated th a t jo lly good fellow , you know.
The laugh is also an index of on«’» w aterproof peper and fastened on by the
w orking in full view o f the audience yellow lig h t reflected from g ilt metal
b u t it has since been found th a t the surfaces has a g reater p en etratio n in ch aracter. The fa t, honest man gives custom ary hatpins.
plan possesses o th er ad v an tag es of ns humid a ir th an lig h t refra c te d by a him self rig h t up to it when an amusing
In a new iaen b a to r the eggs are so
g reat unjiortance as this. One of these lens. The lig h t is produced from a gas in cid en t comes his way. Tho man who
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is try in g to produce a situation th a t he supported th a t the movement of a lever
is th at, in th is position, th e orchestra m an tle.
The inventor of the safety pin mmle may w in bia purpose, usually a selfish tu rn s all of them a t once the proper <Le-
does net dom inate a concert or operatic
one, has an a tH x ia i laugh th a t ia ap- l a n r r to produce the beat resulta.
perform ance, as is o ften the ease with a fortu n e of •10,000,000.
ORNAMENTAL LAMP POSTS MADE th e old arran g em en t of th eaters, but
OF WIRE.
th a t th e o rchestral music tak es its place
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