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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
Motto: All The News When It Is New
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' State Hhtmical Society .
VOL. 21.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, JULY 31, 1913.
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AMBA8SAD0R WILSON DISAP
PROVES TRIPARTITE COM.
MI88ION FOR MEXICO.
CITES THE MONROE DOCTRINE
American Envoy Says He Stands Pat
on His Actions While In Republic
and Expects to Be Retained In
Position.
Nov; York, July 28. Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson arrived here from
Mexico on his way to confer with
President Wilson and cabinet regard
ing the situation in Mexico. He an
nounced hl3 opposition to several
plans under consideration by the stato
department for bringing about peaco
in the republic. Mr. Wilson arrivod
at this port aboard the liner Mexico
on Friday.
Supplementing statements he made
earlier In the day, disapproving tho
suggestions of American mediation
or the appointment of a tripartite com
mission. Mr. Wilson on Friday night
gave his reasons why ho considered
tho plan for tho tripartite commission
not a feaBlblo one.
"If we are to consider such a plan
we may as well abandon the Monroe
doctrine entirely," ho said. "The Mon
roe doctrine pledges tho United States
to take caro of tho interests of Amer
ican governments without tho aid of
any foreign country. Consequently
under the Monroe doctrine we cannot
Attempt to settle Mexico's nffarls
through tho services of such a body
as tho proposed tripartita commis
sion, since it Involves calling in out
side governments to help."
Mr. Wilson was reticent when ques
tioned as to his policies on American
Intervention nnd recognition of Mex
ico by the United States. Thcso views,
he said, he felt he must reserve for
his conference with President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan.
"I have been blamed for a great
deal," the ambassador commented, as
he discussed his administration In
Mexico City. ,
On everything he has done he
"stands pat," however, he said, and
believed as ho hurried on to Wash
ington, that he would be rotalned in
his position and sent back to Mexico.
"I wafil you to understand that I
will stand by whatever I haye done
and said," declared the ambassador.
"I have been accused of using my
Influence to, keeR the Huerta-DIas gov
ernment in place. I certainly have
tried to keep that government in con
trol, and I v.ill stand by my position.
"A lot has been said In the Ameri
can newspapers about American inter
vention, and perhaps some of it Is
insplrod by persons who would be in
terested in American control of Mex
ico," was his comment.
"I have always striven to keep
down factions opposed to Huerta. My
motive fn:"ilmg the federal govern-
' ment of Mexico has been to protect
the lives of Americans.
"If I hnd not Intervened when I
did and brought Huerta and Diaz to
gether, the entire City of Mexico
would have been In flames. If the
present government does riot last, tho
entire country will be plunged into
chaos."
The ambassador's silence regarding
his opinion as to American recogni
tion was broken long enough for him
to comment on one of his acts just
subsequent to the overthrow of Ma
dero. Mrv Wilson recalled that this
act waB interpreted In many quarters
as a virtual recognition of Mexico,
notwithstanding the refusal of his
government at Washington to admit
tho republic on a diplomatic footing
common vith other governments.
In February, when Huerta became
provisional prosident, tho ambassador
Instructed American consuls in Mex
ico, "in the interests of Mexico, to
urge general submission and ndheslon
to the government, which will bo rec
ognized by all foreign governments."
Mr Wllnon-sald a wrong construc
tion would bo placed upon this advice
to consular officers by any person who
believed It meant that he recognized
the Huerta government or that he had
desired to conflict In any way with
the policies of either Mr. Taft as
president or President Wilson.
"It was tho de facto government
only that I recognized," Mr. Wilson
explained. "The de facto government
was the only government that pos
sessed the power to offer protection
for Amqrican lives nnd property and
for the lives, nnd property of other
foreigners. I acted as an ambassador
had the right to act in tho Interests
of my countrymen. The government
I recognized was tho only existing
one of law and order. I believe that
I did right at that critical time."
Must Obey state Laws.
Washington, July 28. A warning
has been pent to all fourth-clnss post
masters that post offices located In
Htntes having limited hours of labor
fixed for women the department will
insist on adherence to tho statutes.
Throw Millionaire Into Bankruptcy.
San Francisco, Cal., July 28. F, M.
Smith, multl-milllonalro head of the
two hundred million dollar Smith cor
poratlon8t has been thrown into the
bankruptcy court. A petition was filed
In tho U. S. district court
"Australian Mac" Sentenced.
Vancouver, D. C, July 28, John Mo
Namara, alias "Australian Mac," alleg
ed to have been implicated In the rob
bery of tho New Westminster bank,
was sent to prison for nine years for
the theft of an automobile
MEXICAN AFFAIRS DRAWING TOWARD CRISIS
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Wasalngton authorities suspect that certain foreign nations, In co-operation with Prosident Huorta of Mexico,
are scheming to force President Wilson's hand in the matter of recognizing the Huerta govornment. Ambassador
Wilson has been summoned to Washington to tell what ho knows concerning the critical situation. Our Illustra
tion shows a body of Huerta's cavalry marching against his opponents; also President Huorta '.and Ambassador
Wilson. '
65 BURNED TO DEATH
M08T OF VICTIMS OF BLAZE ARE
YOUNG GIRLS.
Terrific Burst of Flame Traps Toiler
on Top Freor of Bingham-
ton, N. Y, Factory.
Binghamton, N. Y., July 25. After
several estimates had been made as
to the number of. lives lost In tho
twenty-minute Are that razed tho
Binghamton clothing factrory plant,
the list of probable dead was increased
to CD Wednesday.
Of this number only five have been
positively Identified. Twenty-six bod
ies have been recovered from the
ruins.
One ,of tho charred bodies is be
HovoJ to bo that of Nellie Connor, tho
forewoman, who sacrificed her life In
an effort to save those in her charge.
A diamond ring and diamond earrings
worn by Miss Connor were found.
Some twoscore persons are known
to have escaped aB by miracles from
the building, which burst Into (flame
like a tinderbox and became a roaring
furnaco In a short time after tho first
alarm was sounded. About 125 per
sons were in tho factory when the Are
broke out. Those unaccounted for, or
most of them, are believed to be In
the red-hot ruins of the structure.
Around tho scene of the disaster,
the greatest the city has over known,
thousands watched the workers in the
glare of throe big searchlights, many
In the great throng being restrained
only by the closely drawn police from
rushing Into the ruins to seek the
bodies of relatives or friends.
After the first fierce blast the fire
seemed to burst from every other part
of tho building at once. Upon the
Are escapes girls, women and men
were clustered and inside others wero
waiting to get onto the Iron laddors.
But the flames -vrcrc too quick for
them.
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE
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Stottin, Germany, July 22. -Tho
workmen employed In tho ship build
ing yard here, to tho numbor of 8,000,
voted to Join the strike Monday.
Kalamazoo, Mich., July 25. Briga
dier General P. L. Abbey of this city,
head of tho stato guard, started for
Lansing in responso to a message
from Governor Ferris.
Belooil, Que., July 25. Seven per
sons wero killed and many Injured
in an explosion in the plant of tho
Canadian Explosive company.
Topoka, Kan., July 25. Judge John
Marshall, In United States court ro
fused to allow receivers for tho Kan
sas Natural Gas company to extend
gaB maims Into Oklahoma to got ade
quate supply of natural gas for next
winter.
Washington, July 26. A debt of
$14,000,000, probably the largest dis
pute In a financial nature, was the sub
ject of a conference hero. Virginia is
trying to collect tho money from West
Virginia.
McPherson, Kan., July 26. Using
the braces he had taken from his
iron cot as tools, pilver Poyton dug
awny the coraent between the stones
In the vall of his cell, removed some
of the stones and escaped
Hurricane Sweeps Italy.
Milan, Italy, July 26. The entlro
Italian lake district was devastated
during tho night by terrific hurri
canes. Tho damage was very seri
ous. The effoct of tho storms Is felt
throughout Italy.
Name Howard Elliott Head.
Boston. July 26. Howard Elliott,
president of tho Northern Pacific rail
road, was appolntod president of tho
Now Haven railroad to Bucceed
Charles S. Mellen. He will be an op
erating president
TROOPS CALLEO OUT
ENTIRE NATIONAL GUARD OF
MICHIGAN ON DUTY IN COP
PER MINE DISTRICT.
15,000 STRIKERS MENACE LIFE
Deputy Sheriffs Guarding Property
ttre Set Upon by Infuriated Men,
Stripped of Stars and Beaten
Union Heads Decry Violence.
Lansing, Mich., July 20. Governor
Ferris on Thursday ordered out two
troops of cuvulry, lvo companies of
artillery and. all Infantry companies of
tho Michigan Nntlonal Guard to pro
ceed to the copper country and aid In
quelling tho disturbance caused by
15,000 minors who are on strike.
Adjt. Gen. U. C. Vnndercook, who
received orders from Governor ForrlB
to rush the militia to the striko zone,
had 2,400 men In Houghton and Ke
weenaw counties Friday night
The provisions which tho quarter
master's department had ordered for
the annual encampment of state troops
to bo held In Ludlngton next month
were shipped north nt once. Thou
sands of rounds of ammunition and
the two flehi guns of the Lansing artil
lery companies, supplied with shrap
nel shells, were Included In the equip
ment of the militia.
It Is planned to keep the men In
ramp until the trouble is entirely over.
Attorney General Follows wired the
prosecuting attornoy of Houghton and
Keweenaw counties to close all the
saloons and prohibit tho sale of liquor
in the strike district.
Calumet, Mich., July 26. Violating
orders of the Western Federation of
Miners against violence, many of tho
15,000 striking miners of the copper
bolt on Thursday created enough dis
turbance to result in the ordering out
of troops. By nlpht Mioro wore 2,400
state soldiers. It)' cavalry and
artillery, In the n fields of the
upper peninsula of Michigan.
There wero no concerted attacks on
mine property or parsons about the
mines, but several persons wero in
jured in sporadic brawls, and some of
those nre expected to die. So menac
ing did the situation appear to Sheriff
Crune that he asked Governor Ferris
for militia early In tho day.
Tho governor was on his way to Al
pena, and when tho request! reached
him nt Bay City ho was at first In
clined to think that the sheriff was un
duly alarmed. Later reports, however,
convinced tho governor that armed
help was needed, and he ordered Ad
jutant General Vandorcook to rush sol
diers to tho strike zone.
While there wore several outbreaks
In various parts of the mining coun
try, tho chief disturbance that sot tho
troops In motion was an assault on tho
doputy sheriffs stationed at the mines
of tho Calumet and Hecla company to
protect property. None of tho mines
have attompted to operato, but the
strlkors seemed to object to tho pres
ence of tho doputios.
About 300 strikers armed with steol
drills, clubs and stones, and a fow
with flroarmB, which they fired In tho
air, marched to the No. 2 Conglomerate
shaft and stripped the deputies of
stars.
Hawthorne Parole Fcvored.
Washington, July 26. Tho federal
pardon board favorably recommended
a parole for Julian Hawthorno, who
has been serving a sontenco In tho At
lanta penitentiary for misuse of the
malls in a stock scheme.
Bust at Greek Legation.
Washington, July 26. With guards
constantly surrounding It, the price
less bust of a Greek child, 3,000 ypara
old, for which tho Greek government
has been searching for years, rests in
tho Greek legation hero
MULHALL WANTS REST
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY EX
HAU8TED BY ORDEAL.
Lobbyist Swears Taft Elicited Manu
facturer's Help When He Waa
In Office.
Washington, July 28. Physically
and mentally exhausted by the ordeal
through which he has passed during
the two weeks ho has been on the wit
ness stand, Col. M. M. Mulhall, former
chlof lobbyist for tho National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers, broke down
before the senate Investigating com
mittee nnd brought about a hasty ad
journment Friday.
Toward the cloa.J the, day's Bes-1
sion, after bringing uxPresldent Taft
Into the Inquiry, Mulhall became con
fused during the reading of one letter.
When- Senator Walsh suggested that
he needed u rest, Mulhall exclaimed:
"I'm just nbout broken down. For
God's sako do have mercy if you can.
I don't want to say I'm breaking down,
but I don't want to nnswer questions
if you'll let me go."
Washington. July 25. Tho senate
lobby committee put on full speed
ahead Wednesday and In an unusually
short Besslon got Into tho record near
ly five hundred lotters of Martin M.
Mulhall, alleged political worker and
legislative detective for tho National
Association of Manufacturers. Mul
halj was on tho stand only about an
hour- after tho noon recess, but In
spite of tho short session, the com
mittee made rapid progress.
Martin M. Mulhall, confessed ex
lobbyist for the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers, retracted
Tuesday the most serious chargo ho
hnd made before the senate Investigat
ing committee. Ho had sworn that
formor Itepresentatlvo Jnmes E. Wat
son of Indiana was employed by pri
vate Interests In 1909 while a member
of the) house to work for a tariff com
mission bill, in retracting ho said
Watson was not n member of tho
house ut tho time.
IJoports that Watson was about to
ask tho District of Columbia grand
Jury to Indict Mullmll on a chargo of
criminal libel wero heard mcanwhllo
about tho Investigating room.
Mulhall volunteered his retraction.
Ho Bald ho realized his mlstako when
ho saw the date of a tariff convention
In Indianapolis In February, 1909.
More or tho Mulhall letters wero
bared while tho ex-lobbyist was testi
fying. February 4, 1909, in a letter to
F. C. Schwedtman, Mulhall got Into
Illinois politics and brOUcht In fnrmnr
Senator Hopkins, who was defeated.
iur ro-eioeuon Dy William Lorlmer.
Mulhall wrote of tho senatorial dead
lock at Springfield:
"Wo aro spreading the impression
that on nccount of tho contemptible
stand taken by Hopkins in tho con
vention at Chlcngo last Juno, wherein
ho waB oxtromely unfair to tho manu
facturing Interests In refusing thorn a
hearing boforo the comralttoo on reso
lutions nnd packing that committee
In favor of tho aompors crowd, ho
has In n largo measure brought this
fight on his own shoulders."
Plnkham Governor of Hawaii.
Washington, July 25. President
Wilson nominated L. E. Plnkham of
Hawaii to bo govornor of Hawaii.
David Lamar la Inafcted.
New York, July 26, Tho indictment
of David Lamar, the Wall Htreot oper
ator, on tho charge of Impersonating
an officer of tho government for pur
poses of fraud, was announced by U. S
District Attorney Marshall.
Convicts Fire 8lng. Sing Prison.
Osslnlng, N, Y July 26. Mutinous
convicts, In open rebellion, made an at
tempt to destroy tho entire Sing Sing
prison property by fire. Tho clothing
manufacturing building was destroyed
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Everett S, Frost has been appoint
ed postmaster at Opportunity, Holt
county, NobraBkn, vice W. I Down
'ing, resigned.
The remains of A. A. Bowman, en
glnocr on tho Burlington derrick at
tho Platto rivor bridge .who was fa
tally Bcaldod. wero taken to Qulncy,
III., for burial.
Tho Gago County Teachers' Insti
tute will bo held nt Beatrico August
25-29. Carroll Q. Peurtsu Of Milwau
kee formerly superintendent of schoola
in Boatrlco, will appear on tho pro
gram. A flro in tho homo of W. H. Carson
at Qonovn gave the firemen a run.
Tho fire was extinguished before
much damage was done. It probably
originated from a carelessly dropped
match.
The railway commission 1ms por
mlttod tho Burlington to mako a.3
cent reduction on tho charges for
shipping mlnornl wator and soda pop
from Mllford to Lincoln. Tho now rato
Is 6 cent 8 a hundred.
Petitions aro being circulated in
Burt county to got Blgnors for a
$100,000 court house. Bonds of thla
nature can now bo securod under tho
now law passed last winter, by signa
tures, Instead of an oloctlon.
Tho marriage of John G. Trade ot
Omaha and Miss Emma E. Ploiffor
was solemnized at the homo of tho
bride's mothor at Cortland, Itev. Adam
Jungmeyer of tho German Method l8t
church performing tho ceremony.
The recent rain washed the ground
out from under tho brick ongtno houso
of tho Mlunechaduza mill at Valen
tino and so undermined it that the
wholo of tho northwest seel ion Jmd
to bo taken down and will have to bo
robullt
A school In packlngand grading ap
ples will bo maintained on the sUto
jalr grounds September 1 to 6. The
instruction will bo given by experts
and will qualify the patrons for work
in tho apple orchards at excellent
wages.
H. W. Cockroll of Papilllon, Nob.,
sold a drove of yearling cattle at tho
South Omaha yards that brought
$8.20 per hundred pounds. Tho con
signment wtxs handled by Byera &
Co. This Is the high price of tho year
for yearlings.
William Martin, from, iie&r Stella,
purchased the Henry Schwan farm of
160 acres, two miles north of Hum
boldt for $28,000, or $175 per acre,
bolng tho highest price ova.. paid for
a quarter section Jn that part of Rlnh
ardfion county. ,
Workmen who wore excavating for
tho basement of tho new Telegram
building at Columbus, unearthed
tluve skeletons. The bones woro
found In an old unused vault nnd
those who have examined them stfy
they aro males.
Secretary of war, Llndloy M. Garri
son, has accepted tho Omaha Commer
cial club's Invitation to bo its guest
at an informal luncheon, August 28.
This Information comes to General F.
A. 'Smith, through whom negotiations
have been conducted.
Over 2,000 chickens woro loaded
on a car at Vnlontlne nnd shipped to
New York City. There were farmers
from all sections of tho country there
with chickens, nnd tho car waB over
half fillod at that point, there being
a few ovor 2,000 bought herd
Tho nortweatern part of Jofferson
county was visited by a light rain nnd I
there is considerable rejoicing among
tho farmers in that vicinity. In tho
neighborhood of a quarter of an Inch
of rain foil. Tho early and late corn
1b badly In need of moisture.
S. It, McKelvIo of Lincoln, lieuten
ant governor of Nebraska, wlrf bo .the
orator of the day at Dunbar on thai
occasion of tho annual picnic, which.
takes placo Tuesday, August 12, A
program ' lino attractions has boon
secured, a-d n big attendanco is as--eurcd.
' W. A. Tnylor of tho Omaha-Denver
Good HoadB ntwlHllon Iihh Iiwm noti
fied by tho, Goodrich tire manufac
turers that they have completed ar
rangements to erect permanent mark
ers every turn In tho ovorland routo
bowteon Omaha nnd Donver, via Lin
coln nnd Hastings.
v Sovoral counties have not sent tho
BummarloB of agricultural statistics
to tho stato board of agriculture as
required by tho 8cott act. Tho fol
lowing counties nre missing: Boyd,
Butler, Cherry, Daws, Douel, Dougla,
FiHrnns, Gago, Holt, Jofforson, Nuck
olls and York. Lincoln is Incomplete.
Tho first Stato bnnV of I,odgo Polo
filed an application with tho Stato
Banking board nnu lis been granted
a chartor to do business. The bank
Is Incorporated for $20,000 and iU oN
fleers aro: W. G. Molton, prosident;
A. B. Porslnger and B. J. Hates, vice
presidents, and J. W. Rogers, cashier.
Elghteon carpontera who struck at
tho Fremont high school building last
week are utlll out, with no lmmodlato
prosjicct of sottlemont. Tho striko Is
In sympathy with tho union in Omnha,
which 1b demanding 55 conls an hour
from Cmaha contractors. Omnha con
tractors are building the Fromont
high school.
State Hotel Commissioner Acker
man has collected Hoinso fees from
801 hotels, wblch nt tho rato of $2
oach makes a total of $1,602. Tho
law requiring the payment of such a
foo has been in forc only six days.
Tho annual collections from thl&
ourco will amount to 76,020.
Union Pacific Brakeman B. H. Kin
sell was pulled from the top of a woflt
bound freight train noar tho inter
locking plant east of Columbus. Both
logs woro cut off and his body badly
mangled. He is a son of Conductor
Klnscll of tho Union Pacific nnd Is
married and lives in Omaha.
TO SCARIFY FRUIT QUICKLY
Invention of Michigan Man Does Work
Effectively and Pfevents Hands
Touching Articles.
For the scarifying of fruit and vege
tables, r Michigan man has patented
a dovlco which not only doos tho work
as offectlvoly as any woman would
wnnt. but saves the hands from com
ing Into contact with the articles cut
up. A circular plato, with supports
at Intervals Is equipped with a num-
Quick Fruit Scarifier.
ber of cutting teeth on ono side. An
other disk also has teeth on one side
and a strap on tho top, through which
you can pass your hand, holding tho
disk as you would a fresh brush. Tho
first plate Is placed in tho bottom of
tho pan, cutting Bide up. The fruit or
vegetable to bo scarified la then pliced
on It, and tho cook slips the second
plato over her hand and proceeds to
roll the object around until It Is literal
ly cut to plocos by tho teeth. What
ever Juice runs out of the fruit during
this operation is caught in tho pan,
NEW -ANrUNlQUriNVENTlOrW
Among Other Novelties Connecticut
Man Installs Private Motion Pic
ture Theater In Home,
IngonloUB mechanism In n now 'Gor
man lighthouse thnt uses electricity as
an illuminant switches on a now lamp
and moves It into focus should the
original lamp bo -extinguished,
In the resldenco of a Connecticut
man there has boon Installed a private
notion ptcturo theater, so located that
guests can vlow tho pictures ns from a
box while at tho dinnor table.
A combination lock that encircles
tho handle of an umbrella and pro
vents It being opened by any person
Ignorant of the combination is tho in
vention of a London cafo coatroom
attendant
For use in connection with a piano
or organ keyboard, a Swedish Inventor
has perfected electrical apparatus
which transcribes music as It Is com
posed on a wax ribbon, from which It
may bo copied.
A sowing cabinet capacious enough
to hold everything a seamstress may
neod In hor work, yet which folds 'up
like a screen and can bo carried by
handles on ono sldo, haB beon Invented
by n Mlssourlnn.
By treating It with coftaln acids, a
French Inventor has brought out a pa
per which disintegrates and destroya
any Inscription written upon it after a
time.
HAMMOCK IS QUITE UNIQUE
Bottom, Back and End Frames Are
Filled In With Lattice Work, or
Flexible Basket Weaving.
On the heels of tho crazo for couch
hammocks, a Wisconsin man has do
lscd an entlroly now typo of hammock,
and a vory unusual ono. Thla ham
mock has a bottom frame, a back
frame and two end frames of wood,
ach filled In with Iatttco work, or flex
ible basket weaving. The back frame
Is plvotally mounted oh two posts
arising from tho bottom frame and tho
end frames aro hinged to tlio bottom
frame and can bo let down from tho
top by moans of chains that are at
A Novel Hammock.
Inched to tho four largo chains from
which tho wholo is suspended. Tho
back and ends aro thus adjustiblo to
any position tho user may desire. In-
cldentally, tho back is supported on Its
, pivoini connections bo umi it automat
. really adjusts itself to tho angle at
which tho occupant of the hammock
may be sitting or reclining.
3T.
LIGHT PRESSURE "'EAWttil
Science Has Gone Far Into Subject,
and Figures Force Reaches 74,-
000 Tons on Globe.
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Light, traveling its 186,000 miles fr
second, once was regarded an ethereal.
Immaterial something In vibration. Si
mon Nowcomb, In his "Popular As
tronomy," issued in 1878, said of this:
"If light were an emission of material
particles, as Newton supposed it to
be, this supposed pressure of light
would have umo plaualblllly. But
light Is now conceived to consist of
vibrations in an ethereal medium and
thero is no known way in -which: Uiey
could orort any Impelling forco on
matter."
But today Nowton Is supported and
science has gone so far Into tho pres
sure of light as to figuro that thla light
pressuro on the globe reaches 74,000
tons. Further, along the lines, of de
duction, there Is pressuro upon any ob
ject that reflects or that absorbs light,
tho pressuro being greater on tno re
flecting matter. That mankind is
not to be smothered or knocked out
by this, however, is shown in tho fact
that 15,000 trillions of light particles
Strike the globo every second, these
overwhelming numbers of particles
equaling a five and ono-halt pound
shot falling the 186,000 miles In a sec
ond, Unless eoino unknown Influence
stldddWBhould congeal tho immeas
urable corpuscles of light Into solid
shot, each striking every second,
there's no dangori either of death from
tho shots or of a darkness, relloved
only by tho sizzling whltehot missiles
bombarding us,. . .
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS IN- CITIES
Many Factors Tend to Produce Ar
terial Degeneration and Conse
quent Premature Senility.
It Is Very generally felt that the
hlgh-presBure conditions of city life,
the Immoderate uso of alcoholic stim
ulants and tobacco, ana Impure foods,
combined with worry and the In
creased demands which are every
where made upon the individual to
day, are factors which are producing
earlier arterial degeneration and con
sequent premature senility, says the
Now York Medical Joiirnkl. ltrisEax-
uncommon thing to meet with well
marked cases of atheromatous arterlek
In New York In men who are nearer
tho fourth than the fifth decade of
life. This is in marked contrast to
countries like Norway, where simple,
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ies not infrequently preserve tho soft,
elastic nrtrrlnn nf vnuth.
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Application of Automobile to Drive
Small Vessel Has Been Carried
Out by an Englishman.
The application of an automobile to
tho propulsion of n small yacht has
been worked out successfully by an
English sportsman, says the Popular
Mechanics, The vessel, a 32-foot yawl,
has a deep cockpit so arranged that
tho autombolle can bo run or lifted
Into it. The rear wheelB are. thon
Auto Drives Yacht.
jacked up and the driving mechanism
of the car connected to tho yacht's
propeller by chain gearing. With a
10-horso power car tho yacht was
driven (against head winds on A three
weeks' cruise wllhout trouble .
ENTION
According to a French scientist po
tassium must bo added to the lUt ot
radioactivo substances.
Glass spoons have been Invented for
cold drinks with tubular handles to ba
usod in place of straws.
A scientist says that the bassoon
player Is alwaya cranky and the drum
mer generally lacks "humor.
Native cooks (n Ecuador are preju
diced against stoves, saying the ex
cessive heat produces fever.
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as earlv as the seventeenth century.
A 'hydroplane built in, Belgium pf
steel Instead of wood Is said to have
attained a speed of forty-five miles an
hour.
Eggs can be boiled, steamed, and
poached at tho same time with a now'
cooking utensil on the chaflug dish
order.
An asbestos lined vest pocket in
which a lighted cigar can bo carried
safely has been Invented by a Phlla
dolphin tailor.
Ono ot the newer sanitary drinking
fountains has the cups at tho ends of
flexible tubes bo they can bo raised to
a person's mouth.
Spring operated tonga have bee
patented by a Wisconsin Inventor t
fill Ice cream cobos in a cleanly way
and without waste.
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