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News of the Churches
and Religious Topics
Directory.
Baptist—
Mt. Moriah—Twenty-sixth and Sew
ard streets. The Rev. W. 13. M. Scott,
pastor. Services: Sunday School, 9:30
a. m.; preaching, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.;
13. Y. P. U. at 6 p. m.
Zion — Twenty-sixth and Franklin
(temporary location). The Rev. W. F.
Botts, pastor; residence, 2522 Grant
street. Telephone Webster 5838. Ser
vices: Devotional hour, 10:30 a. m.;
preaching, 11 a. m.; Sunday School,
1 to 2 p. m.; pastor’s Bible class, 2 to
3 p. m.; B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p. m.; choir
devotion, 7:30 p. m.; preaching 8 p. m.
Episcopal—
Church of St. Philip the Deacon—
Twenty-first near Paul street. The
Rev. John Albert Williams, rector.
Residence, 1119 North Twenty-first
street. Telephone Webster 4243. Ser
vices daily at 7 a. m. and 9 a. m. Fri
days at 8 p. m. Sundays at 7:30 a.
m„ 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School at 12:45 p. m.
Methodist—
St. John’s A. M. E.—Eighteenth and
Webster streets. The Rev. W. T. Os
borne, pastor. Residence, 613 North
Eighteenth street. Telephone Doug
las 5914. Services: Sunday, 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m., preaching: 12 noon, class;
1:15 p. m., Sunday School; 7 p. m.,
Endeavor; Wednesday, 8 p. m„ pray
er and class meetings. Everybody
made welcome at all of these meet
ings.
Baptist—
Bethel—Twenty-ninth and T streets
South Omaha. The Rev. J. C. Brown,
pastor, residence 467 South Thirty
first street. Services, Morning, 11;
evening, 7:30; Sunday School 1 p. m.;
B. Y. P. B., 6:30 p. m.; praise service,
Grove M. E.—Twenty-second and
Seward streets. The Rev. G. G. Logan,
pastor. Residence, 1628 North Twen
ty-second street.
Allen Chapel, A. M. E., 181 South
Twenty-fifth street, South Omaha.—
The Rev. Harry Shepherd, pastor.
Residence, 181 South Twenty-fifth
street. Services: Preaching, 11 a.
m.; Sunday School, 1:30 p. m.
Science Notes
BY WILLIAM G. HAYNES.
A most unusual cause of fire js de
scribed in the “Illustrated World” for
September. Farmers in Washington,
Oregon and Idaho had been beset by
an epidemic of fires in the wheat
fields. These fires always started in
the threshing machines, and broke
out with explosive force.
The fires and losses became so nu
merous and so great that detectives
were secured to hunt for a "firebug.”
In the meantime the agricultural ex
perts began a "still hunt” in their
laboratories, and they found that the
smut on the wheat was the cause.
It was shown by experjment that smut
when mixed with chaff and broken
wheat, formed an explosive mixture.
The strangest phenomenon was ob
served in noting the effect of moisture
upon the mixture. The larger the
quantity of moisture, up to a certain
point, the more violent the explosion.
When there is friction between cer
tain materials,, there js also the gen
eration of an electric spark. It hap
pened in this case that the revolving
cylinder of the threshing machine gen
erated the spark, which in turn ignited
the harmless looking, but frightfully
• dangerous smut.
While on the subject of fires, it
would not be amiss to call attention
to a novel fire extinguiher decribed in
the Scientific American Supplement.
Extinguishing Fire With Kerosene.
What would you think if you got a
hurry-up call for kerosene to put out
a fire? Probably you would request
a repetition of the order, thinking you
had not heard aright, and when it was
repeated without change you would
feel justified in concluding that some
one was mentally off balance o; at
tempting a practical joke. Ilut that
would be because you never lived in
Calexico, Cal., the metropolis of Im
perial Valley, and by the same token
Itnew nothing about cotton in the bale.
Exactly such a rush order as this
under discussion recently went out
from the cotton yard at Calexico to
the Standard Oil company station at
the same place. Now, the Standard
man in charge knew a lot about kero
sene, and something about cotton (as
every one in the Imperial Valley
does), and so he didn’t ask for any
repetitions or explanations. He saw
to it that the order was filled with all
possible speed—in this instance even
putting forth a little extra effort. Per
haps he happened to recall, “For best
results use Pearl oil.” At any rate,
Pearl oil is what he sent, and Pearl
oil it was that extinguished the fire
in the Calexico cotton yard. Due to
a poor market, the Calexico cotton
yard at the time of the fire contained
a big part of the season’s crop, which
had been stacked there in the form
of 500-pound bales, so the extinguish
ing of the fire was a vital matter to
many of the valley growers.
To us whose chief interest is in
how the fire was extinguished, it mat
ters little how it started, though it
might be stated that the presumption
is that a boxcar tourist who had se
lected the cotton yard for a lodging
for the night went off into Dreamland
without extinguishing his “jimmy
pipe. Now as to how the fire was put
out: those yho have never been any
nearer to the cotton industry than a
levee scene in a minstrel show un
doubtedly will be interested to know
how kerosene could be applied to ex
tinguish fire in cotton bales. It is ex
plained to the Bulletin in this way: a
cotton bale has been subjected to a
very heavy pressure; water will pene
trate it but an inch or so, whereas
kerosene will go clear to the center;
a fire in a cotton bale does not blaze,
simply smolders and eats its way into
the bale; at the comparatively low
temperature at which cotton burns,
and where there is no flame, kerosene
does not ignite, and that’s the expla
nation. After the fire Is extinguished
the bands are removed from the bale
and the burned portions of the cot
ton stripped off. It is said that the
use of kerosene has practically no
detrimental effect on the cotton, and
after it has been spread out and aired
for a few days all odor of the oil dis
appears.
The Bulletin cautions all who ex
periment with kerosene as a fire ex
tinguisher to proceed with extreme
care.—Standard Oil Bulletin.
Electric Light as a Patent Medicine.
A shrewd attempt, by the exploiters
of a new method of treating disease,
to take the electric light companies
into partnership is described editorial
ly in the Journal of the American
Medical Association (Chicago). This
paper tells of a Chicago publishing
concern which puts out o book on
“Beauty and Motherhood,” devoting
considerable space to the self-treat
ment of disease by means of light.
“The ordinary electric light of the
home, if used properly, can cure many
diseases, acute and chronic, and re
lieve pain promptly,” the author of
this work informs his readers. Elec
tric light, besides being “very effec
tive,” is also warranted to “never
harm.” The editorial commentator
goes on:
“Treatment by electric light, it ap
pears, has been simplified to a degree
achieved in the past only by the ‘pat
ent medicine’ fraternity. ‘No skill or
experience is required. Just follow
the simple directions given in “Beau
ty and Motherhood.’ ” Thus runs a
leaflet * * * which has solved the
problem of bringing to public atten
tion the virtues of phototherapy. The
publishers of ‘Beauty and Motherhood’
write, to those public service corpo
rations which furnish electric light,
to the effect that they can show these
corporations how they may increase
the sale of electricity 33% per cent
or more—without cost to you—by
opening a new, large field for the con
sumption of electric current.’ With
the letter is enclosed the leaflet al
ready described.”
“Beauty and Motherhood” is pub
lished by a firm called the Medico
Press. Following up the argument “in
true patent medicine style,” we are
told, this enterprising firm goes on to
say, in the letter mentioned above:
“With the people’s interest in light
treatments aroused, a new, vast field
for the use of electricity is opened
with unlimited possibilities for you.
Thus, Mrs. A. J-, of Chicago, after
reading ‘Beauty and Motherhood,’ pro
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using it ever since. Her light bills
average double the former figures. Be
sides, she is recommending the light
enthusiastically to friends and neigh
bors.
“This is but one of the many in
stances in which ‘Beauty and Mother
hood’ has either doubled or tripled the
light bill of old customers, or forced
electric light into new houses.”
The organ of the American Medical
association concludes its narrative
and running comment with the fol
lowing paragraph:
“Still further unfolding the scheme
by which the electric light companies
can notify their customers of the ex
istence of this new cure-all, the letter
continues: “The Point is to Get This
Book, “Beauty and Motherhood," into
the Homes of Your City.’ To do this,
the publishers are willing to furnish
advertising leaflets, which may be in
cluded with the ‘next outgoing month
ly bills.’ Query: How many electric
light companies will swallow the
I bait?”
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