HHflff
; AND
miam
DEVISED BY YOUNG STUDENT
simple Iron Platform Applicable Espe
clally to Skyscraper Cable Pre
vents Swaying.
Man working on structural steel, ma
sonry, and the building trades am
orally will tell you that they have
no sense of heights. They walk along
the top of an I-beam or a slender lodpe
'of masonry as certainly as they Jk
along It two feet from the ground.
On an average, every large build
ing In process of construction costs
a life, to S3y nothing of the minor In
juries. But ordinarily when a nwl
structure man Is killed something poc
wrong with the derrick, a rope lijw. a
cable parts, or a donkey engine l-lv
Ing It maket a mlscue. throwing ttie
worker from the carrier hlch he
trusU to the full of his confident
A student In the University of Chi
cago la applying for patent paper to
svecure to him rights to the rircr.ie
Iron platform that Is applicable espe
cially to the skyscraper. Its cable
re of a length allowing of 100 foot
tretches; the flooring of the scaffold
may be of Iron or steel; a cable sus
pends the scaffold at each end and
may be loaded with any building mate
rial according to needed size. The
Simple Iron Platform.
.whole structure Is suspended from the
floor above and a ratchet wheel at
each end of the platform Is moved up
'or down by workmen at the wheels.
The outward cable prevents any sway
ing from the wind or from movements
of men on the platform, while from
IS
he scaffolding brickwork, stonework
or steelwork may be placed from tho
outside accurately and without dan
ger. .
In washing the enameled white
brick of buildings or in painting them,
the device Is said to be most yaluable.
The machines were tented recently on
the new Sherman house, in Chicago.
HOLD BRUSH IN PAINT PAIL
Wire Frame Supported In Such Man
ner That Bristles Are Held Se
curely In Mixture.
The accompanying drawing, Illus
trates a very simple device adapted to
suspend a brush In a paint pall so
that the bristles will be submerged In
the paint and thus be prevented from
crying, says Scientific American. It
; ' Paint Brush Holder.
consists of a wire frame adapted to be
supported on tho top of the pall, and
bent back upon itself a number of
times to form Angers between which
the paint brush or brushes may bo Be
cured at any desired point
MECHANICAL AND
NOTES.
INDUSTRIAL
A reed basket of peculiar shape
mounted on a long bundle has been
patented by a Pennsylvanlan to pick
Xrult
The Industry of making lebkuchen,
or honey cake, Is worth to the Ger
man city of Nuremburg about $1,000,
000 a year.
A concrete lock to be built at Ixick
port, N. Y., in connection with the Em
pire state's barge oanal, will have a
lift of GO feet.
A single blast in a mountain side
In southern California brought down
120,000 cubic feet of rock to be used In
building a dam.
For every man, woman and child In
this country, there is manufactured
each week more than 12 pounds of fin
ished iron and steel products.
A recently invented rescue stretch
er for mines has oxygen tanks at one
end, opening Into a bag in which a
mun'a head and shoulders may bo
placed.
The acid carbonates and sulphates
In cement are said not only to pre
vent the formation of rust on Iron or
Btetil used for re-enforcing but also to
dissolve away the oxide formed before
the metal 1m covered.
A motor boat Invented by a Wlscon
eln man, mid found practicable. Is
mounted, catamar .n fuithion, in two
narrow hulls, which are kept filled
with air. .
Ono of the large Pennsylvania an
thracite mining companies has en
gaged in the manufacture of coul dust
trhjuottus on a largo scule, Hading
them an economical fuel.
Baud U tho curee of I'ortugueso
Kaat Africa. It blocks the livers and
harbors and stretches in a vast sea to
ward tho Interior, effectively cutting
off the count towns from the high
lands. Beisldes, it maketi the problem
iof transportation the bugbear of tho
planter
1
NOVEL CABINET FOR FILING
Ingenious Device Arranged so Thai
Weight Opens Up 8erlee of
8helves When Desired.
A novel and Ingenious filing cabinet
has been designed by a Michigan man.
When closed the device is about the
slr;i of an ordinary cigar box, but
when open it presents a long row of
shelves In which lie the various pa
pers requlri'd and all of which- can
be seen almost at a glance. The
shelves consist of flat surfaces strunf
Everything Seen at a Glance.
on cords at each corner. They are
arranged to telescope within a box
which la made In two parts, the up
per part fitting over the lower. Above
this case another cord runs through
pulleys in the celling or desk top,
one end of this cord being fastened to
the top of the box and the other end
having a weight on it. When the box
Is closed and the front flap fastened
up It spinning In that position, but
when the front flap is let down the tip
per part of Hie box is released, the
weight of the cord descends, and the
shelves are extended to the full length
oi the cords on which they are hung.
This little Invention has the advan
tage of taking up little room In an
oftlce when the box is closed and of
displaying all tho papers on the
shelves when it Is open.
METALS SUBJECT TO DISEASE
Spontaneous Change Is as True ot
Inorganic Materials as of Organ
ized Entitles.
That metals have diseases, and that
spontaneous is as true of inorganic
materials as It is of organized entitles,
is advanced by the Ixmdon Lanacet.
"Yellow phosphorus gradually as
sumes a new complexion, if left to the
agencies of time, finlHhlng a beautiful
dark red," says a recent article. 'Tin
crumbles to a gray powder If exposed
for a long time to the cold, and this Is
known as 'tin plague.' This plague Is
even infectious, for on inoculating
other masses ot smooth polished tin
with small portions of the crystalline
metal, the disease spreads, the area
affected Increasing in diameter dally.
Tinfoil succumbs to the Infection In
the same way and becomes brittle all
the way through. Why does the rail
way line snap except that It Is at
tacked by the same cryBtalizlng dis
ease? It would even appear that cer
tain metals have their 'Illness,' as
though their activities were Interfered
with by a toxic process which may
be pushed In many cases to such an
extent that the metal Mies.' Platinum,
for example, It Its colloidal form. In
which It Is very remarkably active, Is
positively poisoned by prusslc acid or
corrosive sublimate; its great ener
gies cease to act; it is killed."
Aluminum Bronze.
This material was inveuted by the
French chemist, Devlllo, in 1859, and
was used experimentally for the man
ufacture of domestic utensils and ar
ticles of Jewelry. It has the color of
gold, and retains Its brilliancy, not be
ing attacked by salt water or the at
mosphere. It consists of 10 per cent.
of aluminum to 90 of copper. The
former great cost of aluminum pre
vented the extensive use of the mate
rial. Since aluminum Is now easily
procured, it Is suggested by H. Le
Chftelier that aluminum bronze might
be largely employed. It id now used
to some extent In the manufacture of
ships screws, and other machinery
exposed to salt water. It has the ten
acity of Bessemer steel, and when
heated Is easily forged and rolled. It
can now be manufactured at a price
not greatly exceeding that of copper.
Titanium Abundant Element.
Among the unexpected results of the
chemical work done by the United
btates Geological survey Is the dls
covory that titanium, hitherto regard
ed us a relatively unimportant consti
tuent of the earth's crust, is in reality
tho ninth in abundance of all the
chemical elements. It follows Imme
diately after hydrogen, provided that
the amount of hydrogen in the ocean
Is Included in the estimate. "The
heavy metals," says Dr. F. W. Clarke,
"with the sole exception of Iron, are.
In their total combined amount, sta-
tUtlcally less important than titanium
alone." In absolute amount the ti
tanium In the earth's cruBt la esti
mated to be about four-tenth of one
per cent.
Coal for Ocea Greyhound.
When we feel poor at the prospect
of filling tho cellar with coal for the
winter we may well be thankful that
It is not tlfw cellar of an ocean grey
hound that we have to fill. Such a
ship as the Mauretaiila uses In each
trip across the Atlantic over 7,000
toim of coal. Tuklng the average car
load an 25 tons, this Is about 280 carB,
or a tntiu two miles long. It Is said
that for every l,b00 persons carried
ucrosa tho Atlantic 10.000 men are
engaged In mining and handling the
necessary coal, arnl that their labor
supplies the nxans of living for an ad
ditional 20,000 persons. When stowed
nwuy In the hold this vast quantity of
coul occupies an almost nt-gllblu part
of the total capacity of the ship.
Chinese Concrete Buildings.
Reinforced conrrito buildings ol
Chinese architecture are lining bulll
for Chinese im by Chinese contrac
tor. WuKes are polns up and lumber
U la Uinrh ileiiKi-i.'
Mail's Woman Fast
D-r m Supplants Man
eCllIie in Trades
ly P. EVAN JONES
ILSO.V UOKIiOW MATTHEWS nsks if men arc doomed to
become as extinct ns the Indian race, owing to the aggressive
ness of womankind.
We may in time become extinct, but before tliat wc shall
bo reduced to the position of hewers of wood and drawers of
water. It has been so long since a man won a prize in any
thing, from solving a picture puzzle to writing an abstract
thesis, tjiat I doubt if men could have the heart to contest
any more.
w
1
Cold statistics inform us that of the aOJ occupations in
this country women have pre-empted a place in all but nine. Depend
upon it, these nine are so many tilings they don't want to do there's
nothing nowadays they can't dol There arc five pilots, ten baggage
women, thirty-one brakcrnen, forty-three carriage and hack drivers and
508 machinists.
I blame it all on the bicycle and its attendant costume the famous
bloomer suit. I am surprised that women have not adopted the bicycle
as their emblem, for it is the emancipator of the sex. It demonstrated
beyond all doubt that woman is a biped, a fuct that she herself bad almost
forgotten in her centuries of wearing skirts. The exercise strengthened
her lungs and we began to hear her voice in the land. Unaware of any
danger, we stood idly by.
Awful
Fate of
Wild
Pigeons
Thev
By G. E. HURLET
sun like
One
18T4 a sudden norther blew up with the
coldest weather he had ever experienced. The next morning Lakes Huron,
Ontario and Superior the lakes on which he waj sailing were covered
with dead pigeons which li fill frozen
For many days his vessel sailed
Since that time he watched for
mnkine their flight north or south at
It is not too late to find out
373 or 1S74.
Also to find from mariners on
on its- shores whether any great number of birds were found dead on the
waters at that time.
Thus it could be established whether or not the pigeons wcro killed
off bv man or tlw natural elements.
3
Because
people an
Number of
saw a
r.botit
Nickels
street-car
to take
Leal
Tender
The
By L. OCDEN
given
that the subsidiary coins of baser
are legal tender to the sum of 25
nelled to accept more than five nickels when a small amount of dimes or
quarters would answer the purpose
1
cago
Coaxing
Lilile
SonfJ Birds
to Slay
birds
tion
By DONNA NOEL
Cbicifo
forming the public what has been done
and asking co-operation. These efforts are both humane and artistic.
In spite of the pessimists,-we are now moving.
All of these things are improvements and add to the beauty and
reality of our ovcrlauded civilization.
LonJ
A J
Working
Hours for
r
lors;
If the drht r is si. k in the
he loses his py, but the horse Ik
the heat of the day and then be
'
is
I ..ii i 5 work m h .if !.
I By MVItTlE STEVUXiON If ta' ' " '
I I and " :(- a. m. ;um not
I . . ... . ""- ".T"" 1 H:0i ot H:t 0 i). n. a
i La'.n e to r -t .
drag .'i
on, weak and cxhauMi-d.
I wish we had a curfew bell for the work horses.
jEkaulln't have bo many lame, decrepit, sufferiug nnimuli.
What's to be done about it? Working with us
in ofTice, factory, mill and aeroplanes, they know all
our tricks and munncrs. We can't, as in days of old,
prate of superiority "hen wo can't show any medal
for it. And when I size up the crowd going to work
in the morning and note the athletic build of the
young women, I feel that when we are reduced to
hewing wood and drawing water they'll set the pace
even thon.
From time to time articles have ap
peared in regard to the dying out of the
wild pigeon. About fifteen years ago I
met an old 6camnn who was then second
mate on the steamer Uganda.
He told me that ever since he was a
boy he was between sixty and seventy
when I met him he had watched the wild
pigeons crofS the great lakes in their an
nual north and south flights.
fame in droves, darkening the
clouds.
fall I think it was 1873 or
to death.
among these dead bodies.
I lie pigeons, but seldom saw any
their accustomed times.
the weather conditions in the fall of
the great lakes or from people living
of ignorance of the law many
imposed on in manv ways.
somewhat amusing instance of this
a week ago, when a woman gave a
conductor a 1 bill from which
out the price of her fare.
This conductor, to bo mean, handed her
back 1! nickels as change.
This -large amount of nickels, no doubt
caused her considerable annoyance.
conductor could just as well have
her at least one or two tpiarters.
Those who are ignorant of the fact may
be interested to learn that tho law says
metals, such as the nickel and penny
cents and no more, and no one is com
just as well.
The south park commissioners of Chi
are doing a work in behalf of the
which should receive the commenda
and co-operation of the public.
In order to induce birds to spend their
summers in the city they have put up nest
ing hnxej in various places in the parks
and have distributed nesting material
whit I) may be used by the birds.
Thev have just added a number of
food boxes, 6iipHrted on iron posts and
covered with thatched roofs.
They have also put up neat Bijms in
Is there no hw prohibiting the working
of hor; es lon' hours eorv dav? From
fourlM n to eighteen hours is enough to
ti!i n I he !n-,i!i!i of any creature. Jn an
sv.tr one niii'lu say i!iat the driver works
when tne r.or.-e works. Yes. but he
Hut works long
wiiy horses should
A IWcell
1 linied
G:00
until
r- has
no
lilt!
to
l.e c.t!
stay at home, though
" s::"-e, to fall during
o on:
ju -t ti." sau-e,
it. feet and in
I to
to stumble
If we had we
!i.ti.iiv ft-.-t etra pav.
i.'. ..." .i i. i
& Hill i:",e,!l mc U
Hours inai. is no lvasui
FORMER WHITE
-. i x xx- )
I ", :;: ti N,; f
1 V
In LXi k
Billy
Third Daseman Purtell, who was re
tently traded to the Hostona Ameri
cana, together with Pitcher Frank
Smith, Is making good with the Red
JVADDELL TRADED TO NEWARK
Eccentrlo St. Louis Pitcher Released
to Eastern League Cliib on Op
tional Agreement.
Rube Waddell has dropped Into the
minors. With Pitcher Bob Spade,
Waddell was released to Newark of
the Eastern league the other day on
n optional agreement by the St. Louis
i 'It U ' i 7 9
1 i
Rube Waddell.
Americans In return for Catcher Joe
Crisp. Both have been ordered to re
port to Newark Immediately, but Crisp
Kill remain with Newark until sent
for.
:UBS MAY SHATTER CUSTOM
Chicago Nationals Bid Pair to Prevent
Pittsburg "Repeating" Phrase
Explained.
There is an interesting fact in con
nection with the championship of the
National league. Since 1890, the year
of the Brotherhood war, there always
has been a "repeater" for the title.
The explanation of that phrase is that
a winning team has won the champion
ship at least two years In succession.
This la the record: In 1891, 1892
and 1893 Boston won the champion
ship; 1891, 1895 and 189G it was cap
tured by Baltimore; in 1897 and 1898
Boston again won; in 1899 and 1900
Brooklyn earned the pennant. In
1901, 1902 and 1903 Pittsburg was the
successful club; In 1904 and 1905 the
Giants busied themselves and won; In
1906, 1907 and 1908 the much-coveted
five yards or so of bunting was cap
tured by Chicago.
In 1909 Pittsburg won. Now the
question before the National league
and some 20,000,000 or more of base
ball "fans" is whether Pittsburg can
do It again.
Is the precedent of 18 years to be
coutinued or are the clubs of the Na
tional league other than Pittsburg
Bmart enough this season to bring
about another result?
There was not such a long period
of "champions repeated" prior to the
victory of the Brooklyn team in 1S90.
Iu 1888 and in 1889 the New York
club had the habit, but Detroit earned
a single pennant in 1S87, after Chicago
had bi?en the champion organization
In 1S85 and 1S86.
Prior to Chicago, Providence had
the championship for a year, in ISS-I.
und Boston won It the year before
18S:l. In 1SS0. 1SS1 and 1832 Chicago
captured the fla g The Chicagos were
tho first team in tho .N'atloiml league
u win three years in succession, and
New Gtrike-Out Record.
Wo'nler wli it happen to Mai tin
O'Tcole, the yuun.;tcr who f-'.mied IS
I.iriio'u bailers r-. cen'ly, et-tutili: l:!n;;
I--,) , -.icon's ci'.d Wei.tern loa;j::y
&i;ll;c-out record?
iToo.o w aa h. -.ucd to Sioux Oi'y l y
l, :'.!. l':'i:l i .un of the American as
;;u: .tieii this y-ar to ripen, lie
;:;.) '-1 v i'v' I'rcchten. Mas.:., hut sea
.. ,.ii. v. In: :;i(.' -"' an l loins 1L' frames.
()"i'ooi ':; recoal was estabthed u cnn
;ij ol da-s u.ur Buck Freeman ol the
a.ime ciub struck out lij Wichita
(Kan.) batters
U. y. V ... , .
SOX FAVORITE
Purtel
Sox. Few players have enjoyed the
popularity with the Chicago fans that
this youngster enjoyod. The trade was
a big surprise to the fans.
to date have been tho last team to
win three years in succession. They
tried hard enough to make It four
years in 1909, but Pittsburg was too
much for them.
Providence won the championship
in 1879 and Boston was the first team
to start the habit of winning two years
in succession when the pennant was
captured by the nine from the Hub
in 1877 and 1878. The first winner of
a championship of the organization
was Chicago, In 1876.
STORIE:
AMO
Cleveland Is trying out a new out
fielder named Thomasen.
Cleveland may get Third Baseman
Manush of the New Orleans team.
"Young King" Cole, the Cub pitcher,
is still holding the National league
heavy hitters.
"Trl frapumo," as the Esperanto
equivalent for "three strikes," sounds
just as fatal to the latter.
John Knight Is playing a first-class
game at first base for the Highlanders
during the layoff of Hal Chase.
Pitcher Loudell of the Waco (Tex.)
team has been purchased by the De
troit Tigers. He Is to report at once.
"Big BUI" Powell has been released
by the Pittsburg team and will pitch
for the Kansas City team in the
American Association.
A Washington baseball umpire Is
to give his decision In Esperanto. It
will be Just as intelligible as the lan
guage most of them use dally.
Olmstead handles himself well and
has plenty of steam. He led the Amer
ican Association last season and has
performed neatly for the Sox.
Down in St. Louis there was a lot
of sadness over the departure of
Rube Waddell. The fans there got
used to blm and like his antics.
Jimmy Slagle is playing grand ball
In the Eeastern league. He retired
four men in succession the other day
on four fly balls that came his way.
Granting, rather than have any
argument over It, that they play base
ball In heaven, what sort of game do
you suppose they play In the other
place?
Fielder Jones refuses to confirm or
deny the report that he is contem
plating returning to the game as man
ager of some one of tho big league
teiims.
First Baseman Stovall of Cleveland
hns worked the hidden ball on op
posing players three times this sea
son on Washington, New York and
St. Louis.
Washington fans now look upon
Beckendorf as the find of the season,
although they considered him a joke
when he came to the ciub several
weeks ago.
The Cotton States league may take
in Baton Rouge, Alexandria and Mon
roe next year and drop Greenwood and
Yazoo City, and have Sunday ball In
four cities.
That Billy Purtell Is as good a field
ing third baseman as there Is In the
American league Is tho opinion of
many critics who have been watching
his snap throws to first.
Fred Tenney may become the base
ball coach at Harvard next yesr. His
salary will be $3,000 and In his spare
moments he would be furnished with
other remunerative employment.
Pretty soft for the veteran Giant first
baseman.
Tip O'Nell, president of the Wci-t-crn
league, say his organization Is
having the greatest time of any
league in the world just now. with
four clubs scrarP'i'g for first place.
Big crowds are giving these mlnor
leaguf? magnates barrels of money, it
Is said. When the Sion City team
returned from Its western trip, it was
lr.et at the station by a reception com
mittee, a LIi crowd and two baiidi.
Frofcsiiar.nl Mark on Cyclists,
li. F. Kc hcy uf New Yo !:, i '.. '.ii: man
ol tV board of centre' of thu National
"yciit; u..(ic.ii!on, anrioi't'cert 2 j
il l' v.! who li.;.- been ori'.'.-' Ir.x ''i
a'i;-r..ur r.iceu h: ve !. t a t ':. r: ei
M (lie SMiik.s ol' pi i.:.'-e.i;i ei
Tv.e ity-tno ot the lot l) :vi; ! . n
racing at th Va!!l iiik tra.-k in New
ark, X. .1.; eiei:: lev.' l:uv,l fu ;..-vl
near 'loto.i it:. I six l:'e Le.cn liJ'.r.s
in and near I'.o'on an 1 s-lx havo Lc, n
riU: mi in Sail Lake City.
' Manager Chance is in a bad way
co for left-handed pitchers.
BALL CAREER AN ACCIDENT
Addle Joss, Cleveland Pitcher, Claims
Baseball Is Clean and Health
ful Profession,
(TV.- ADDIR JOSfn
(Copyright. Ifllt), by Josrph B. BowlfS.)
They niipht as well have tried to
make a bass climb trees as to try to
keep me out of baseball. I had no
thought of playing the game aa a pro
fessional when I started out and all
my people would have been horrified
at the thought
I played on the high school team
and finally was sent to Sacred Heart
academy at Watertown. We had one
of the best school teams there I ever
saw. I believe that la the way most
players get started; they accidentally
meet other boys who know the game,
they get interested and begin to study
it and to learn from each other.
It was there that I was shoved Into
professional baseball without realizing
It About the time school closed
some business men in the town pro
posed to hire the. college team to
play for the city. We all accepted and
It was one of the big disappointments
of my life, because It prevented me
from pitching at the university. I went
to the University of Wisconsin and
could not pitch or play on the
team during ray university career, and
after leaving In 1899 I looked about
for something to do. I had been pitch- -ing
during the summer for various
teams around Juneau and the best of
fer In any line that came to me waa
from the Oshkosh team to play base
ball. In 1900 Toledo bought me and I
pitched there with much success dur
ing two years, Cleveland purchasing
me In 1902.
While my entering baseball was al
most an accident, yet I long ago
ceased to have any regrets. I have
found It a clean, healthful and rather
profitable profession and the off sea
sons have given me a chance to write
for papers. I think it has broadened
me, given me a wide general knowl
edge of men, cities and affairs that I
could not have obtained in any other
way and taught me self-control.
TY COBB IN REPLY TO CRITICS
Detroit Fielder Complains of Unfair
Treatment by Newspapers
Works for Team.
Ty Cobb does not relish the criticism
that has been heaped upon him In the
Inst week or so and the other day took
a rap at tha Detroit reporters, whom
he accuses of treating him unfairly.
Cobb says he Is working honestly for
the success of the Detroit club aud if
Koine of the writers who have been
roasting htm would work as hard in
that direction they "would not mis
guide tne puunu.
Cobb's letter In part, addressed to
the Detroit fans, Is ns follows":
"I realize that I am not above ma
king mistakes. If some of my-critic
who have been roasting me in tne ptT"
per would work as hard and honestly
as I do they would find out the real
facts connected with the recent trouble
on the team and would not be misguid
ing the public. As for dissension In
the club, I can only point to our recent
victories, and when the end comes the
lans will find the Detroit team there."
Future of Billiards,
lust what the future of the game ol
billiards is to be in tills country is
purely problematical from the present
I outlook, and is as great a riddle as the
jluture and fate of the theatrical busi
ness is to lie. During the last quarter
of c century the billiard but-lness In
ihla country has practically been man
aged and handled on a par with the
theatrical business, with a result that
theatrical art is practically unknown
fo this jam ry ur tho present day, just
as ilu I'UHaid business has been prac
tically iisa.stiiiated la lliy Interest of.
cij:i:iu rclallsm and at the expense of
the j,-. 'lie nr. a legliimate business.
i'2j,CC0 for Hoiss.
'Jin re a;! not many n-.cn in
v.e.-ii! xih.i coa'd S-'ilifM Irs
tbt
a
hor;s without a look at him. But AV
t--ut,t Iielaic.it is. one of the few, and'
In made tu;U a pui chase when he
buimht the great iCngllsb race horse
and b'.alllou Hock Sand. He has never
had a regret for the purchase. Hock
Sand has sired the best two-year old
of the Edison.
Addle Joss.
