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BANTAM-WEIGHT CHAMPION NEARING FINISH Ti BETTING FADES SPORT r 4 . . , V ft '7rv i lCtrical WORtDM. ELECTRICITY FROM THE SKY Experiments Belna Made In France With Apparatus Designated as "Electric Niagaras." Assuming that electricity In tho clouds Is tho Bole cauao of the produc tion of hall, experiments aro being mado In Franco with apparatus desig nated ns "electric Niagaras" to drain tho clouds of electricity, Bays Popular Mechanics. In Installing tho apparatus huge cop per points, bound together by bands of tho samo material, aro placed on the summit of a high tower of chlm noy, very much In tho samo way as lightning rods. These nro connectod with a copper band, which leads to tho ground and ends In a reservoir filled with water. By this route tho atmos pheric electricity flows down Into the earth and "empties the clouds," so to speak. Tho experiments with "olectric Niagaras" have been carried on for some time, but M. Vlollo, a member of tho French Academy of Sclenco, re ports that It Is still too early to esti mate the practical value. A test on a far larger scalo was considered neces sary, and qulto recently tho Installa tion of an apparatus of exceptional capacity was completed on tho Eiffel tower. This apparatus, It Is hoped, will prove tho practicability of tho idea, but three or four years will probably be required before It 1b pos sible to placo an exact cstlrriate on tho true valuo of tho system. ELECTRICITY TO POP CORN Popular Diversion May Be Enjoyed by Any One'Llving In Modern Flat No Burned Hands. Apartment dwellers who havo wist fully recalled the days when they popped corn in an open fireplace, will be glad to known that thoy now can enjoy this diversion in their very modern dining rooms o In any room, for th(tt matter. A New York man has designed an electric corn popper that Is attached to tho electric light fixtures jn tho room for its heat The .popper, 'which has a capacity of a quart of corn, Is surmounted by a -wlro mesh dome to kuep tho kernels Electric Corn Popper. from hopping out. It is mounted on rubber tired wheels so that it can bo pushed about on a highly polished tablo without damaging tho finish. An advantago of this device, oven in homes where there aro fireplaces and coal ranges to pop corn over, is tho comfort wltJi- which It can bo used no scorched face and hands. Eixcna Jamaica has two cable stations and la wireless tower. An electrically-driven machlno to ,Bpllt kindling wood Is a novelty. Seven electric motor trucks will be purchased by tho Manila postofflce. Electrolytic etching Is used by a now process to produce hardened steel dies. Liberia will bo given a wireless sta itlon, with 2,500 miles radius, by a French company. Motor vehicles worth $919,210 wore .brought into South Africa at Port Elizabeth last year. Electric power has been adopted by candy factories because of Its easo of control and cleanliness. Beginning Juno 1 Now York will pro hibit the ubo of wooden mouldings for enclosing electric wires. Tho first electric plant in Arabia has Just been Installed In the palace of tho Sultan of Oman, at Maskat. The United States and Canada to gether havo nbout 80,000 olectric signs, containing about 8,000,000 lamps. In proportion to population Stock holm has tho greatest number of tele phones for any European city and Madrid the fewest. In new electrical steering gear for vessels hydraulic cylinders protect tho motor from shocks caused by waves striking tho rudder. A speed exceeding two miles a min ute has been mado by cars on a short iGerman electric railway built by army officers for experimenting. United States engineers claim that noarly a mllllon-horsopowor could be idoveloped from tho Green rivor, a itrlbutary to tho Colorado. A motor, controlled by a switch jfrom hlH house, 1b used by an Illinois genius to glvo lifelike notions to a scarecrow in his corn field. kTo promoto tho mutual Interests of wlroless telegraph operators and their 'employers an International operator's -union has been organizod. Motorraon of. the traction system of tho English city of Birmingham aro glvon cash bonusos whon they avoid accident duo to nogllgonce. The recent Installation ofaDOO-Hght electric plant In the palaco of tho sul tan of Oman marked tho Introduction jof electrical machinery into Arabia. CAl NOTEi ELECTRICAL TRAP FOR RATS Apparatus So Arranged That Each Rodent Drops Out of Sight Soon as Electrocuted. Tho electric rat trap shown In tho Uustratlon Is somewbat complicated In construction and oporatlon, but its' construction Is such that each rodent electrocuted drops out of sight, so; that tho bodies will not frighten others away, eays the Popular Mechanics. Tho electrocuting circuit has ono electrode on a trapdoor, while tho sec ond electrode constitutes a movable bait-holder. Whon tho rodent stops on to tho trapdoor and nibbles at tho bait, tho electrocuting current passes Electrocuting Trap. through Its body, and at tho samo tlmo a motor Is sot going. This motor drives a shaft, ono revolution of which causes tho trapdoor to first tilt, drop ping tho electrocuted body into the pit, thon restores it to Its normal position, in which position it remains until another rodent stops upon it and nibbles tho bait WORK OF ELECTRIC COBBLER Threatens to Sound Death Knell of Old Shoemaker and His Bench Work Is Done Quickly. When tho great shoo factories demonstrated that they could mnkn boots and shoes better and cheaper that tho best hand cobblers theso knights of tho awl and last were ro legated to tho past or they managed to eko out n meager living by repair ing worn boots and shoes. And now comes tho electric cobbler and the days of tho hand cobblor and his bench are numbered, says tho Electric News. Tho electric cobbler, such as can bo found In most largo cities, consists of one long machine, which is, in reality, a number of machines connected on the samo shaft. This shaft Is turned by an olectric motor. Tho electric cobbler fixes shoes whllo you wait. It will bow on a solo, put on a pntch, fix tho heels or reline a shoe in a very tow minutes, as all tho work is done by machlnory at a high rate of speed. And It Is not to bo denied that tho ilnlshed product is fully as good as though tho best cobbler had spent a halt day on tho Job. It tho shoo needs resoling tho at tendant picks up and places a pleco of leather of tho right size and tho machine stitches It fast to tho upper. At tho next machlno an emery wheel cuts down tho edge of tho sole nnd trims it to the right Bhapo. Tho nest machlno flni3h.es and polishes the edges. From tho stitching machine to tho pollshor is but a stop nnd the work is dono long beforo tho old fashioned shoemaker could havo tho shoo fitted to tho last. HEATER FOR FACE STEAMING Electric Device Invented by Idaho Man Adaptable for Use In Mas sage Parlors and by Barbers. An electric heating pud so shaped ns to (It tho contour of tho faco is the in vention of Alfred P. Blenkuer and I3crt Z. Smith of Mountain Homo, Idaho, says tho Popular Electricity. The device is adaptablo for use In barber shops, mnssago parlors and tho like. A wet towel In first applied to tho faco and then tho beater laid on over this, generating steam. Tho heater Electrlo Faco Heater. has double walls, tho heating elements being located botwoon tho walla. Moreover tho heater is adjustable In size and Its arrnngoment nuch that an air chamber Is formed between It and the face, giving a moro oven distribu tion of heat. Lessen Damage by Lightning. Investigations made over Europe seem to Justify the belief that the damago by lightning, in tho cities particularly, has decreased to a very marked degrco in rccout years, and It Is explained by tho presence of elec tric wires, which uct as a protection in diverting tho electric bolts. As tho wires aro put underground It 1b oxpect that thero will be noticod a great Increase and a return will be generally made to tho use of lightning rods. Fan Shines Shoes. Tho polish used on tan Bhoos Is a thick liquid, which must bo thor oughly dry beforo It will glvo tho pro por "shlno". To accomplish this tho small elec tric fan has been adopted by num erous shoo shining stands. The pro cess of drying with a palm leaf fan may irritate a customer by making him wait four or five minutes. Elec tricity does It In about a minute. Library on Electricity. The Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology has been glvon n 30,000-volume library on electricity and electrical engineering, ono of tho most complotc of tho kind In tho world. New Tungsten Lamp. A tungsten lamp for ubo In motion picture projectors that haB been In vonted In Franco has a cloaoly collei spiral filament to condense tho llghl in n small area. First Electrical FIro Engine. Now York has tho first olectrlcallyj driven flro engine in uso In the United States. gjjpBtjsMJu k ; j j jpv 0 Johnny Coulon. After eight years' ring servlco, llttlo Johnny C&ulon, tho bantam-weight champion, has roached tho staggering stago of his career and It looks to bu only a matter of weeks until ho will bo decorated with an "ex." Four now dolls nro In tho running for tho titlo: "Kid" Williams, the hard-hitting Baltlnioro boy'; Eddlo Morgan, tho British boxer; Charloy Lo doux, tho Parisian with tho funny face, and Kddio Cnmpl, tho clever San Francisco lad. Williams' punch gives him tho "ncc." DAY OF LEFT-HANDER WANING Slim Sallee, Nap Ruckcr and Rube Marquard, Southpaws, Are Still In Prime Form, However. Alas, tho day of tho southpaw .pitcher, is waning In major leagues, according to a recent statement of Scout Irwin. Glancing over tho pitchers of the National league, one wouldn't got that 22V.s v RrKs , Slim Sallee. impression. Note tho trio Nap Ruck er of Brooklyn, Slim Saline of St. Louis and Itubo Marquard of New York. It would be dlfllcult to find a trio of right banders In tho samo league to beat these port (lingers. Marquard was largely responsible for tho victory of tho Giants In tho National league race. His nineteen straight wins were a big help to Mc Graw. Salloo was tho leading twlrler of tho Cards. When ho was In nny kind of physical Hhape ho was about tho hardest man In tho organization to defeat No ono questions tho effec tiveness of Nap Itucker. He fre- -V5C2a Rube Marquard, fluently has been referred to oa half tho Brooklyn team tho other half be ing Jake Daubort. How flcott Irwin could got tho idea in his head that southpaws aro dying off, with su.ch n trio to point to, Is Indeed dlfllcult to soo. ir" 7w7' i n fiU lit "'vs'w. s ;. i, " " tbrlvMk diP i W-2 TO SIGN ELONGATED FIELDER Manager McGraw of New York Giants Will Enroll Much Nicknamed Tallest Player. Early In February John J. McGraw will tuko up the task of hauling out of the far sticks, foot by foot and yard by yard, tho longest baseball player that over coiled hlmaolf around a Junglo diamond. Not content with tho distinction of unveiling tho largest piece of pitching atntunry cvnr seen In Harlem. McGraw will now pro. sent to tho Big City tho most exten sive outfielder that was over distrib uted under Coogan's Bluffs. Tho namo Is Wlllinm Jncobson and ho will come bulging Into tho big lenguo with enough nlcknnines to carry him through several columns of biography. Mobile know him ns "Baby Doll," while ho IS also reforrou to nB "High Pockets" nnd "Timber Line." Hi3 name proves his Scandina vian origin. Ho is somo six feet six Inches from shore lino to roof and will weigh more than wo dnro say. McGraw dug him out of tho Three-Eyo league a year ago and turned him ovor to Mlko Finn nt Mobllo after looking him ovor at Marlln. Big Bill has n largo, open counto nnuco and a aorlous expression, but ho Is anxious to learn to play baseball. Finn edveloped him Into a slashing outlleldor and tho Southern lenguo av erages show that ho hit hotter than .200 and Btolo enough bases to satisfy McGraw that ho has Improved. Bill was originally a catcher, nnd Wilbur RobliiBon tried to Induce hlv'i to ro turn to that trndo, but WJiam pre fers tho outflelding bualn' 6a. A bad linger forced him out frc n behind the bat. Hughoy Jennings had only three players who batted .300 or hotter last season. Mr. Rltchlo wants reasonable tlmo In which to recover from Uiobo fouls beforo assimilating moro such wallops The Provldenco club has sold Catch er Wado Reynolds to Sioux City and Inflelder Jimmy Gillespie to Chatta nooga. Robert Hedges, president of tho St. Louis Browns, snys ho la satisfied with George Stovall oa manager of his team. It 1b reported that John J. McOniw, the Giants' loader, has boon given a llfu contract with tho Now York Na tionals. Pitcher Waltor ioveranz, tho young ster Mannger Stovall drafted from tho Coast league, Is being touted as a great find. Instead of firing all his umpires. Tip O'Neill may sign a few moro to keop hts Western league magnates within their limitations. Manngor George Stnlllngs, the now lender of tho Boston Braves, says he will piny Bues at third base next son son. This puts Arthur Devlin on tho minor Hat. Maybe ono reason why Dovlln has beon mentioned ns tho next manngef of tho Yankees Is that ho has boon canned by Stalllngs and 1b looking for a Job with somo minor lenguo team us manager. vJo-saip v-Jporta American Sprinter Makes Study of Game Abroad. Contestants Wish to Fool Handicapper i and Races Are Marred by Trick cry Caused by Wagers, Says Charles E, Holway. Clinrlrn 13 llnlu-nv. Mm Aninrlfnn I'lUiuomuiitll tiju 1UIU1 , MHU WIS UOUIIUU spiked shoes and competed in ynrloua l.tv.f..nBtni.nl .. ..I .. . . ..!. I. .. , .. I countries, declares that If thcro was not so much hotting England there would bo better nthletcs In that coun i try. English professionals, ho snys, wnsto tlmo nnd energy trying to fool ;tho handicapper, and this spoils them In tho long run. Holway has mot and ; defeated Boino of the bcBt profession' nls In tho world nnd has much Infor mation concerning nthlotlc conditions tho world over. Somo day, ho Bays, Aus-, itralla will produce an athletic team .that will surprise tho sharps, Tho ell-, mato thoro, ho adds, Is Just suited for, athletics, and only tho Binnll popula, tion prevents It from keeping nbreaBt1 .with tho countries which outer teams In tho Olympics. In his trnvols Holway had an excel lent ehnnco to observo conditions nnd ' ;tho muthods of various athletos In j training. In speaking of his wander- ! Ings nnd observations Holway says: ; "If thoro was not so much betting thoro would bo moro good athlotr-s In Great Britain today. A professional runner wastes half of his enroor trying to fool, tho handlcnppor nnd waiting for tho mnrk ho considers gdod enough to win comfortnbly Thoro nro always llvo or bIx Ilka that In ovory handicap, ' whore a innn will bo on limit, any six- toon yards, whon ho should bo allowed nbout ten. Tho hnndtcappor suya 'Woll, hero Ib n lnri that has never won a bent,' so IiIb limit Ib fixed nt 1G yards In 130. Somo ono must bo on that mark. Tho follow who hnn fooled tho handlcnppor gets on this big mark and tho scratch man Ikib no chance. A man may hnvo u couploj of runners and If thero la not much hotting thoy aro saved for another year and somotlmes two yoara, and thoy get 80UBed to not trying Hint thoy novor got to bo good runners. Horo Is tho Bocrot of tho Aniorlcnn, athlete's succobb. IIo Ib alwnys try Ing. In England tho nthlotos do not ' try, and 1 Includo both nmntour nnd professional ono Is as bad us tho other. Simply hoca,U8o ono amateur j athletic mooting Iwr given a $100 watch and chain runners wait for thlb prize. "I Ilka England nnd was uaed well thoro by nearly ovoryoue. Thoy nro very hoapltablo. Tho roputatlon all Amorlcnn nthlotos havo when In Eng land is shown thus: The English will any, 'Wo can back Sonnd-So; theso Amorlcnns nro nlwnys triors,' and l havo always folt proud to hear that Bald. "Now, lri Australia and Now Zea land, professional athletes and profes sional athletics nro thought moro oO than the nnmtour, because tho best tlmoH aro sot up by tho professionals, nnd tho people Beam to want to soo tho best, no mnttor whether profes-1 slonnl or nmntour. "Tho cllmato Ib suporb for nthlotlcs, and whon ono consldora that thero are moro peoplo In Greater Now YorW than in Australia, Now Zealand nnd Tasmania combined, I think It Is a wondorful country to turn ou,t bo mnny good nthlotos. "Everyone loveB oporl In general and thcro aro few that do not Indulge In some pastime I think tho Austra lians nro tho biggest hearted peoplo In tho world Tlmy certainly llko AWrlcnns, and I find In mnny things thoy copy Amorlcnn methods. "In South' Africa tho cllmnto Is very !hot. I could not pioduco my best rri) suits consistently, although at times I ran faster In Johannesburg thnn I 'ever ran In my llfo." IN PRAISE OF SOCCER GAME No Place for Dissipating Athlete and Develops Real Athletes Pure ly Scientific Came. FootbnII Is a lino gntno for tho schoolboy or college student, but I think mnny will agreo with mo whon t say It practically ends there, and I, think It Is wrong when tho coHcro. Btudent Hacriflcea his life for such a dangerous game and disappoints his parents, who Invested their Hnvlnga' In him In ordor that he might cam, his broad and bo of service to IiIb, country. Tho high huIiuuIh of Chicago aro, waking up to this fact, nnd moro in-1 torost has boon taken In soccer than has ovor boon beforo, writes Itobort Smith In tho Chicago Tribune. As a winter gamo It has no equal. Hero la where tho dissipating athlete moots his Waterloo. Soccer cannot uao tho smoko (lend or the beer drinker, nnd If Chlcogo had morn Boccor play ers It would havo moro real nthlotos. Whllo It Is purely a scientific game and requires n fine degreo of nccuracy nd of brain work, tho playor will al ways come out on top who observeH tho laws of physical culture. ' Stovall's Catchers. Manager Oeorgo Stovall of tho Urowns will havo an entirely now catching department when tho 1013 gong sounds. Tho uowcomors nro Agnow, Alexander, Crossln and Mc Allister. 8tuffy Mclnnei Busy, Stuffy Mclnnos, tho crack first, baseman of tho Athletics, waa tho busiest man at tho first station Inst (season. IIo handled 1,600 chancoa.! iLudorus of tho Phllndolphlu Nationals' ,was second with 1.G28. $36,500 In Prlxo Money for Dog Tho fifty-seventh annual dog show! bf tho English Konnol club, held lnj CryBtal Palace, London, Included 630' classes. Tho prices numbered 970,! nnd the prize money $36,G00. : A Healthy Organization. Tho National Colloglato Athlotloj association numbers 04 colleges, unl- versltloa and preparatory schools,, with noTO than 120,000 sfudonU. f mil II El 1 m-sskOhtam -3sL ZZi&ZT& wA tMf'BHHH simy iimt "if kV I HHPKBP31!! FtW. 3 MwSKr.,.&w(QltHiHi I m Glad WA MHBSEHESihIHIHP You Smoke wA m. Before we tell you about the Iwy and Ills nlr rifle, we wnntjyou to licnr nbout Liggett ty Myers Duke's Mixture. the'tobacco that thousands of men find just right" for rolling or tucking into a pipe. cgyZ2Vii4 This favorite tobacco is fine old Virginia nnd North Oirolina bright leaf that has been thoroughly aged, stemmed and then granulated. 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" 'Then, young man, 1 welcome you to tho prncttco of law In this die trlct.' " Neat Knock. Honey Tinker, tho football star, was lunching In his natlvo Philadelphia. A young girl, over her queer alliga tor ponr salad, mentioned tho namo of a Prlncoton sophomoro who had played rathor badly on hla claBB team. "Ip Ir nn awfully nlco hoy," alio said. "What was It ho plnyed on tho cloven, Mr. Dnkor halfback, quarter back, fullback-" Tho handsome and herculean "Ho bey" Hinllod, "I think ho played drawback," he said I Locating the Fool. A Btout old gontlomnn was having trouble with tho telephone. Ho could hear nothing hut a confused Jumblo of Bounds, and finally ho bcci,mo bo exasperated' that ho shouted Into tho transmitter: "Who's tho blithering fool at tho end of thlB line?" "Ho'b not at this end," answered a cool, feminine voice. She Was Anticipating. "Whon ho proposed to her she knocked him down." "Gracious! What did ho say to that?" "Ho yelled: 'Holdon! Hold on! We ain't married yet!'" 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Hero Is tho answer: In this stato moro thnn 500 divorced wives nro paying alimony to weary ex-males; In Indiana, 450; In Ohio, G73; In Wisconsin, 560. Pennsylvania, though tho second state in population, hns only sixty such wives. Chicago ISxamlncr. Neither Acceptable. Pretty Daughter So you don't lika Jim? Her father No; he appears to b cnpablo of nothing. Pretty Duughter But what objec tion havo you to Qcorgo? Her Father Oh, he's worse thaa Jim. Ho strikes mo ns being capable of anything. Stray Stories. Important to Mothers Examine carefully overy bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for Infants nndchlldrcn, and see that It . IlenrR thn (s Signature of CaV In Use For Ovor 30 Years. Childron Cry for Fletcher's Castori Heredity. Knleker Very talkatlvo lsu't shot llocker Yes; her fathor was a bar ber and her mother wns a woman. Negative Side, i "If I tuko tho bono from your bull dog, what remains?" "You won't." 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