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xty ( J- k INDUS AND MEC MACHINE FOR MELTING SNOW Stream of Drln Steam From Pipe 8peedlly Converts Frozen Macs Into Running Water. Dllzzards should bavo no terrors for Ptreet railway companies and street cleaning contractors If they haTO an equipment Including tlio snow melting machine Invented by Snow Melting Machine. an Oregon genius. This machine traverses tho strrots under Us own power and projects a stream of briny 8team rrom a pipe thut cpeedlly con verts Bnow Into wntcr, permitting It to be drained off In a few hours by tho sewer Inlets. Tho apparatus con sists of a wheeled platform on which a hot air furnace Is mounted. On top of tho furnaco Is a brine tank, and a plpo carries water to this, Anothor end much larger plpo extends Tom tho front of tho apparatus and to with in a foot or so of tho ground. The -furnaces, besides supplying steam power to drivo tho vehicle, converts tho water that passes through the tank Into briny steam that passes through tho large plpo in front and jnelu the snow like magic. SHOVEL MADE QUITE USEFUL fllfts Ashes In Heater and Does Away With Accompanying Dust 8creen Does the Work. An unpleasant feature to the sitt ing of ashes that has led many a householder to give up this economical operation la tho dust that 1b raised ly most of tho processes, A Michigan man has invented an ash-slftlng shovel that does away with this nnnoyanco and appears to solve tho problem nicely. A screen fits inside n special ly .UBtructed shovel, and can bo rslud or lowered by means of a lever. The shovel is thrust Into tho furnaco immes .- Useful Shovel. and a load of nshci taken up. Tho ecrcen Is then raised it couplo of luetics and tho lmplcmont put back Into tho heater and shaken back and forth until all tho fino obIiob have dropped through tho screon Into (ho fcoop and tho coals remain on top. All tho dust raised by this proceeding ls-connnod to the insido of tho fur nace. MODERN DRY GOODS HOUSES At Much as $100,000 Expended In Prep aration of Samples Sent to Vari ous Country Customers. Borne of the larger dry goods houses of this" country are said to expend an nually as much as 1100,000 In tho prep aration of samples, which aro sout to tholr patrons throughout tho country from which to mako selections of stock. These Arms, of course, handlo a great many different grades and do olgns, and quantities of lino materials roust be cut up into small pieces and pasted by bnnds on cards on which liave been printed the numbers by which tho samples are identified. In 'this connection these Arms aro at the 1M)USTRIAL CHAN1CAL NOTTESS Amber Is divided into 100 different kinds. A new roofing material Is steel jcoatad with lead. ( Nearly all the meerschaum In use coses from Turkey. ' Gas Is being extracted from tho Cot tonwood trees of Kansas. Benzol Is being pushed as a substi tute for gasoline as auto fuel. Graphite from a lead pencil la the jalnplett cure for a squeaky hinge. The world's production of copper has trebled in the last twenty years. Russia is showing a marked pref erence for automobiles of American -make. The conductivity of aluminum Is about 90 par cent, that of annealed 'copper, What promise to be a valuable de 'jot of, sbeatt has baen discovered in Vwuefe '' . " i i mercy of careless employes, ho may causo serious losses and delays la confusing the samples whilo the past ing is bclns done. Recently tho idea has been conceived of reproducing the samples by making embossed Impres sions on the card. The inventor has dovlscd a method of reproducing tho textile fabric so accurately that on can actually count tho threads on tho embossed paper reproduction by using on ordinary counting glass. Any slight Irregnlaiity In the cloth In faith fully reproduced. Instead of making up the samples in separate cards, ho makes up a comploto line in a long foldor, something like that of a rail road time table. On tho first pago is a piece of tho actual material, which tho buyer may cxamho critically to teBt tho quality of tho lino' Tho dif ferent patterns ho can select by re ferring to the samples. As nn evi dence of tho perfection of this em bossod reproduction, not only colored samples of cloth nro reproduced, but even whlto goods. Tho paper samplo card has been adopted by a number of largo merchants in New1 York City, who find fhnt It cuts down their sam ple bill fully r.O per cpnt. MAKING SIMPLE DEPTH GAGE Apparatus In Use Twnty Years With out Renewing the Pine Plug De scribed by Designer, A simple depth gngo enn bu mado as follows: Take a piece of s'ael llve-alxleenths of an inch thlch and one-half Inch wide hnd about threo and ouc-hnlf inches long Drill a one-eight-Inch holo lengthwlso in tho end to one side of tho center lino. About three-fourths of an Inch from tho end drill a holo one-sixteenth inch In diameter, nt right anglet. to and cut ting Into tho first holo, one-third of Its dlntneter Now this holo drilled lengthwise is plugged with a plno plug. The holo nt right angles in the steel receives tho gago wlro, and when Inserted compresses tho pine plug whoro it crosses. This gWob tho desired friction, which will hold tho Simple Depth Gage. gago wire any placo that '.1 required In gaging tho depth of an aperture. Mr, Clark, tho designer of this gage, has UBcd one twent) yearc without renewing ths plno plug. Scientific American. ASBESTOS MINED IN CANADA Mineral Product of Dominion Controls Industrial Situation Discov ered by Farmer. Nearly all tho asbostos of commerce comes from Canada. PerhapB the chief distinguishing feature from tho point of view of composition as betwoen tho Italian and the Canadian varieties Is to bo found in tho fact that tho for mer is said to bo unhydrous, says a writer in Coaster's Magazine How ever, the Canudlan mineral controls tho Industrial situation. As far back as tho middle of tho last century as beBtos was known to exist In Canada. Ilut little attention was attracted, probably because of a noncommercial size of tho deposits. A farmer, Pec toau, discovered in 1877 tho mineral In commorclnl quantities and almost Immediately production bocamo valu able In 1S90 tho total valuo extended to $1,250,000, This value of output has never bocn equaled slnco. unless tho excoptlon has occurred in tho last year or bo, Tho weight of asbestos produced in i60 was 0,860 tons, hav ing an uverngo value of nearly $128 per ton. The valuo per ton has pret ty steadily decllnod slnco. Onca put Into exportablo shape, Canada's as bestos Is, for tho most part, sent to the United States. The average amount thus annually exported to her neighbor during tho decado ending iJuno 30, 1004. was about 15,000 louu, having a value of about $450,000, or $30 per ton, Waterproofing Blocks of Wood. A good way to harden small blocks of wood used In the laborntory Ih to boll them in ollvo oil for about live to ten minutes. Not only aro tho blocks hardened, but thoy may bo used un der wator, as tho process makes them watorproof to a great degree If do sired to bo used for collecting gases, that Ib for supporting boll Jars under wator, thoy may bo mado furthor wa torproof by first boiling them in parnf fino, then in ollvo oil. This makes a wooden block haul and waterproof and every way well adapted for uso in pneumatic troughs. In Bohemia a process haB bocn per fected whereby paper la spun into thread nnd woven into a substltuto for Jute. Earth excavated from Panama can al is sufficient to build 63 pyramids tho bIzq of that of Cheops, A method for making felt boots and knitted goods out of dogbalr has been patented by a Russian Inventor. Hlghor prices for tin havo led to tho extenslvo uso of aluminum foil for wrapping tobacco in England. The addition of a plot of gluo water to four gallons of whitewash will pro vent the latter rubbing off a wall. A ie. hor coverod metal tube which may be flipped along a closed umbrolla to roll it tight is nn ISngltHh invention. Wyoming produced nioro than six times au much gold last year as the year before, but less silver and cop per A new wheelbarrov dumps its load forward as Us h&ndles aro pushed down, saving its user the labor of lifting It. Save Metal Fasteners, To sayo the ubq of motnl fasteners to hold several papors togothor a hand punch has been Invented that, makes a tongue shaped cut In several uhoeta at once and folds the tongue tfetaar, ( " "i ATHLETE JIM THORPE (S Thorpe In Action James Thorpe, the famous Indlun fcthloto nnd Olympic champion, ad mitted that charges of professional ism brought airalnst him were true. nnd haa formally retired from amateur athletics, Thorpe's confession was Martin Sheridan. contulned in a letter to the registra tion committee of tho Amateur Atheltlc union, which wan investigating his case. Tho letter admitted that Thorpe had played baseball for a salary on a pro- WORLD'S RECORD IS BROKEN Leo Goehrlng Makes Adams Brothers Lower Their Colors In In-Door Jumping Contest. Loo Goehrlng, of tho Bronx, the champion all-around Jumper of tho Mohawk Athletic club, linn at last made the Adams brothers, Piatt and Bon, lower their colors. At the recent moot of the Brad burst Field club in New York, Goehr lug broko tho world's record for standing in door Jump, by clearing the bar at flvo foot throo Inches. This Is ono Inch bettor than tho former record held by Hay Ewry. Tho best that IMatt Adams was able to do was to tlo Ewry's record. Goehrlng has relentlessly camped on tho trail of the Adams brothers ovor Blnco he took up nthlotlcs. Ilia ruling passion scomod to bo to de feat either Piatt or Ben, and for ovor two yenrB ho hns never mlBsed an op portunity to compote with them. Goehrlng wbb a member of the last Olympia team on the regular list. Although ho didn't shine In Sweden, he gained lots of oxperlenco and from now on ought to mako tho best In the country hUBtle to keep within striking distance of him. Last year in the Juniors, Indoors, ho captured the standing high Jump event with five feet one-quarter Inch. Auto Race Dates Set. Dates for the running of tho Van .derbllt cup and grand prize automobile races on the Savannah course were .designated at a meeting of tho Savan nah Automobile club. Tho Vanderbllt cup, Tiedoman trophy and Savannah (trophy races will take plaoe November 14. Tho grand prize race will be run No vember 27. It also was decided to shorten the seventeen-mile course to 'eight and one-half miles. Europeans Aroused. Foreigners are going to see that ths jTJntsd States athletic representatives do not run away with Olympic cba'm jplonshlps as they have done since the establishment of International com ,pc.tlon. James E. Sullivan, United States Olympic commissioner, haa re ceived word that preparations for the 'games at Berlin In 1910 have been wtarU4 by all European countries. H jSiBBr9KR' TmIpmw Ja4i7FJ&' ".lmsKPA vmwvv BssKtnenHBF Jb&jg H t lbbbbbbbsbbbbbbbbbsbbbbbsbb'sbsbbbbbbbs'Ii rrmr -wr' t . Jftl JL- .:M .W J m Jhw -V , trt t rest 5'' " i&p&k - i '"-Mm i r c ttW9- 11 ll rVL J 1 lO I o ' ! ' T "TV. " .??? WsK s -tw 1-t.- ?. l&ssijfc!; $& PI ''im NOW PROFESSIONAL WKrV, -. W8Mj at Stockholm. . fessional team three years ago, whilo a student of tho Carlisle Indian school, but that on tho same team there wero several northern college men who wero regarded as amateurs, and Thorpe did not realize his participa tion' wns wrong. Thorpe added that he did not play for tho money he earn ed, but tho love of tho national pas time. Thorpe's winning of the pentathlon and decathlon events at the Olympia gameB in Stockholm nnd Inter his won derful performances which won for him tho all-around championship of the A, A, U., Rf Now York, laBt Sep tember, had stamped him the most marvelous all-around nthlete of mod ern times. In addition his prowess as n football player had earned for him Inst season by unanimous choice of leading Bporting writers the position of halfback on the annual all-American football team. All tho prizes nnd tho honors which Thorpe has gatned since 1909 the dnto from which his standing as a professional begins must bo trans ferred through the officials of the Amateur Athletic union to the men who finished second to the Indian in every event. This will mean that the trophies and points won In the pentathlon and de cathlon must be given, respectively, to P. R. Bie, Norway, and H. Wles lander, Sweden, and that J. J. Dona hue, United StutfB, and G. Lomborg, Sweden, will tuko second place, John Bredemua of Princeton finish ed second to Tliuipu lh tlio American all-around championship, and Bruno Brodd, of tho Irish-Amoricnn Athletic club, third, and, therefore, now must bo accorded the honors. In this cham pionship Thorpo mado a total score of 7.47C points, and broke tho former record of Martin Sheridan By 91 points, The loss of the six points scored by Thorpe In tho Olympic gameB still leaveB tho United States winner by a wide margin, however, tho total stand ing. United States 79, with Flnlnnd In second plnce, with 29. OES f SPORIDQ1 The new Highlanders' park, when completed, will hold 30,000 people. Art QueisBer 1 Might his releaso from Keokuk of the Contrnl associa tion fur $50. Alibis for defeats given By athletes are always interesting they furnish food for the psychologists. Mannger Hughio Jennings says Joo Birmingham will havo tho Naps going along at a pretty good pace. Charley Cutler's alibi for defeat in wrestling may bo copied with effect by baseball pitchers who lone. Jimmy McAleer Is another debater against the Osier theory of usefulness as applied to tho athletic species. Callahan's hardest task may bo the selection of his outfield, but he Is lucky to havo the men to keep him guessing. Umpires come nnd umDlres an hut somehow or other Tom Connolly keops on bobbing up about April 1 every yoar to fool Boo Osier. Prod Carlsah, tho Naps' young catcher, led the backstops In nipping base runners. Ho turned back thlr-ty-ouu would-be pllforera. Gotch says the Europeans should settle their trivial arguments before talking about such Important things as world's championships. Old Tim Keefo, the hero of,baseball back In tho 80's, is still a fan. He is a large property owner In Cambridge, Mass.. and every now and then nnm. es the river to witness tho games In Boston. Orval Overall has asked the Nation al commission to Instruct him com cernlng his status. Orvlo, who refused to report to the Cubs last seaBon, wants to come back to the diamond, but says he will not play with the Cubs. Charlie Carr Is worrying over the whereabouta of big Jim Vaughn, the giant southpaw, who after being turn ed loose by the Yankees and Nation als last summer, did good work at Kansas City. The big Texan can't be looated. COURAGE NEEDED IN SPORTS In Baseball, Football and Other Games Pluck Is Essential to Success of Player. A recent writer In this paper In commenting on the playing of games mado a statement which ought to be sot in big type nnd repeated' as often as possible This was to the effect that it takes courage to "play tho game," whatever that may be. A base ball man In a ball game needs to bo cool when ho stands close to a baso reaching for the ball when tho runner notorious for his "spiking" tactics comes sliding in to him feet first. "In any position on any team a football player must havo courage. It takes gameness for n runner to crack on all his speed when ha is about to bo tackled. It takes courago to dive Into a runner nnd tackle him. It takes courage to hit the line, head first, run ning low and driving like a battering ram. Tho player who lacks grit will turn his back and lose force as ho moots tho resistance and be thrown back. "It takes a world of courage to run tho routo in nn Olympic marathon race, and to como reeling in over the last few hundred yards refusing to drop when naturo's last resources R'om to have been burned out in ho long, terrible drive ovor 2G miles. JU)tB of things take courage Ameri cans have moro to bo proud of than mere medal and point winning when they look over tho performances of their Olympic nthlotes. Our men are tho peers of any in tho world." Mil waukee Sentinel. JOE JACKSON ALTERS VIEWS Two Dollars Per Week Raise Satisfied Star Player at Start of Career Now Wants $1,000. That a baseball player can rise more rapidly In his profession than any other human being Is tho belief of Bon Smith, partner of Hugh Jennings In vaudeville, While in Cleveland re cently Mr. Smith related an incident supporting his belief. "Joe Jackson of the Cleveland club Is holding out for a raise of $1,000 In salary," said Smith. "When I read that I remembered the incident of Joo Jackson's first ralso in baseball. Ho was playing with tho Greenville, S. C, club six years ago, having been taken out of a sawmill, where he had Vi? S.V. iZ1.k'Mh l'S. .!'? a& mmw ... ,-,, - Aa?fe3K: t'ti vjrans"i' ,- -ja m.:.'&f? i.'i .'v-?rjr-.v..jj 1 1v ST4LV. r v.v m : a a - t , 'iiWirm& " -i. a z ' r Joe Jackson. been earning $2 a day. Tho first time ho went to bat as a professional, he struck out. He blamed the spiked shoes, and tho next time he went to bat in his stocking feet and hit the first ball over tho fenco for a homer. "Ho went nolng nfter that getting a home run at least every othor day, and the fans wero wild about him. Ono day his pal, a fellow named Kelly, asked Joo what salary ho was getting. Joo proudly told him $16 a week. '"You're a big chump,' said Kelly. 'Why don't you hit the bosB for more pay? Get to him and tell him you want some real money.' "Joo finally summoned up courage and called upon the boss. He returned to Kelly all smiles. " 'Did you get It?' asked Kelly. "'Sure, boasted Joe. " 'Well, what are you drawing now?' "Joo glanced around to make sure no one was within hearing, leaned to ward Kolly and In a stage whisper an nounced: 'Eighteen.'" CAREER OF BARNEY OLDFIELD Man More Popularly Known as "Speed Demon" In Automobile Racing Game Is 35 Years Old. Barney Oldfleld, known as tho "speed demon" In the automobile rac ing game, was born In Wauseon, O., Jan. 29, 1878. Oldfleld has been en gaged In establishing and breaking records in motor rncing for more than ten years. Time and again he has been injured, but ho has always been ablo to get back Into the game. He first gained prominence In Los Angeles in 1904 by negotiating two miles on a circular dirt track In 1:46 2-5. Last year at Cleveland he set up a new two mile record, his time being 1:36 3-5. At Daytona in 1910 he set the mile record at 27:33 (since lowered to 25:40 by Butman), and also did a mile (unofficial) In 24:40. Tho most nota ble of Oldflold's recent performances was at Cleveland several weeks ago, when be established a world's record of : 36 1-5 for a mile on a circular track. Cobb a Tyro at Base Running. Dill Lange'a baao-mnnlng record Is way better than Ty Cobb's. Ty's best record for a season is 83 stolen bases, while Dill has performed that feat twlco and also copped 100 bases erea in a single season. Magee Likes First Bass. Shenvood Magoe is very much In fa vor of Dooln'u plans to have him play first baso for the Phils next season. 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