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irx-variL22GaMmaanut-. DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. Motto: All The News When It Is New. Stale Historical Society , VOL. 22. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1913. 'Ck- I NO. 18. w j ) HUEHBJBf QUIT WITHOUT CONQRE38 TO TAKE RESIGNATION, RULER ATTEMPT8 ' TO 8AVE FACE. CRISIS BELIEVED DUE SOON United States Withholds New Parley Dictator May Call Mexican Con gross to Prevent Humiliation Seek to Reopen Negotiations. Washington, Nov. 17. Instructions woro sent to Charge d'Affoires O'Shaughnessy Friday indicating to him tho extent to which the United Statos government will go in ro-open-ing negotiations with thoso counselors of Provisional President Huertn, who earlier in tho day sought to renew tho parleys. Tho Washington, govornment will not assumo negotiations until assur ances can bo given of provisional Hu erta's lntontlon to resign. Efforts by counselors of Iluorta to induce John Lind at Vera Cruz to ro opon thesontiro subject has not been Buccossful, it was reported. Mr. Lind refused to go back to Mexico City unless somo doflnito. promises wero forthcoming from Hu erta. Tho latest news from Moxlco City, aside from that was that Huorta's counselors had failed, to obtain any pledge from him. Chairman Dacon of the foreign re lations commltteo, discussing dispatch es saying that Huerta's counselors were seeking to reopen the negotia tions, declared tho only 'condition on which that could be done would bo the comploto surrender of Huorta to the American demands. Administration officials continued to be optimistic over the support they wero getting from tho great' powers abroad, but did not discuss the Mexi can situation beyond indicating again that Huerta's elimination was Inevit able. City of Mexico, Nov. 17. "I do not believe that intervention by tho United States will be necessary," said Nelson O'Shaughnessy. The American charge d'affaires added: "There is no Imme diate danger to Americans." Another said that after convening of the newly elected congress would niBh through a measure to wring addi tional revenue from the people,. The ever-present rumor that'Huer ta was nreDarinir his own elimination was voiced on ajl .skies JjutjherU uuui. d tuujibuiui a suuiung 10 reopen negotiations with tho United States admitted they could offer no' deflnlto pledge that he would quit. Against tho United States' demand that the new congress bo not allowed to meet today Huerta's aids suggested that It be permitted to. organize under definite assurances as to its legislation bo that Huerta might havo a body to which tdBend his resignation if he de cided to quit. Meantime Sir Lionel Carden, the British minister, conveyed to Huerta an intimation that the United States was earnest In its intention. and -told the president that the British govern ment was disposed to back the United States morally. 7ELIE EMERSON IS DYING American Girl Felled In England by Policeman During Suf frage Riot. London, Nov. 12-. Miss Zelle Emer son, the American' militant suffrage leader, formerly of Chicago, Is be Uevod to be dying from concussion of tho brain, tho result of a blow from a London policeman's club. Miss Emerson led an assailing band of women against a battalion of po lice at the Old Bow church on Novem ber 5, who vvpre trying to arrest Syl via Pankhurst, Tho charge was suc cessful. Miss Pankhurst was taken by force froni her captors and spir ited away to a placo of safety. Rein forcements of tho police dispersed the throng of rescuers only with tho greatest difficulty. And when tho ground was cleared Miss Emerson was found unconscious. STANDARD BUYS OUT RIVAL' Big Corporation Said to Havo Paid $22,000,000 for 8an Francisco Oil Company. San Francisco, Cal., Novt 15. Ac cording to a morning newspaper, a deal has been consummated in San Francisco beforo the directors of tho Murphy OH company, a Los Angeles corporation, nnd tho Standard Oil Company of California, by tho terms of which tho Standard obtains control of tho Murphy company's production and tho ownership of its wells In Cal ifornia. The prico paid is said to have beon more than $22,000,000. Chinese Minister Resigns. Peking Nov. 15. Chung Hu, vice-minister of finance of tho Chinese govern ment, resigned. Rewards for Sea Rescuers. Berlin, Germany, Nov. 17. A pre mium of $2,000 was awarded by tho German LIfo Saving- eocloty to tho lifeboat crows of three liners In recog nition of their work during tho rescue of tho paosengers of tho Volturno. U. S. Army Aviator Killed. Washington, Nov. 17. Second Lieu tenant C. Perry lUch of tho Philip pine scout, killed In tho aeroplane ac cident in the Philippines, was a native of Indiana, born January 21, 1RR3 He enlisted as a private. ANNAPOLIS NAVAL ACADEMY'S FOOTBALL SQUADRON Before the largest crowd over as Naval academy will moot tho West P TRAIN CRASH KILLS 12 HUNDREDS HURT WHEN CARS PLUNGE DOWN BANK. Congressman Clayton's Brother Badly Injured In Central of Georgia Railroad Wreck. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 15. Twelve bodies were recovered Thursday from tho wreckage of passenger train No. 12 of tho Central of Georgia railroad four miles east of Clayton, Ala. One hundred persons wero injured. Tho train, which consisted of Ave cars crowded with excursionists, was en route from Ozark, Ala., to Eufaula, where a fair Is being held. Among thoso who escaped with minor injuries was Jefferson D. Clay ton, a wealthy Alabaman and brother of Congressman Henry D. Clayton of this state. A broken rail is said to have caused the accident. As the crowded excur sion train rounded a curve tho three cars at the rear, literally packed with passengers, suddenly left tho track and breaking away from the others, rolled down the steep embankment. Wooster, O., Nov. 15. East-bound Pennsylvania passenger train No. 52 was derailed two miles west of Woos ter nnd three personB were killed Thursday. Half a dozen wero quite seriously Injured and as many more slightly hurt. One of the dead men was Arthur Kreakle of Shrove, a PcfirJsjrVttirainm-anrwTioWtB Apas- sengcr on the train. Another was a horseman taking a horse through In an oxpress car. Tho third was a brake man, C. M, Crease of Allegheny, en gineer, suffered serious jjurns and may die. While tho panic-stricken passengers w.ere fighting their way out of the train a freight thundered oy, killing two of the three who lost their lives, and injuring several others, Chicago, Nov. 13. The mysterious robbery of a bag of registered mail was solved and orders given for tho arrest of A. P. Tardy, a mall collec tor. Tardy obtained papers and money worth fully $10,000. Superior, Wis., Nov. 13. While showing a friend-tho workings of his now high-power rifle, with which ho had just killed a deer, Roy HaskinB, twenty years old, accidentally shot and fatally Injured his mother, Mrs.' Hasklns, at their hdme near Bennett She died a few minutes later. Panama, Nov. 13. Foreign Secre tary Lafevro Informed Secretary Wick er of tho Amorlcan legation, who has charge of Chlneso affairs in Panama, that all Chlneso musti'pay tho heavy head tax Imposed by tho now registra tion law, or bo expelled within 72 hours. London, Nov. 14. The gold medal of tho Royal society waB conferred on Dr, Alexander Grahnm Pell In recogni tion of his Inventions, notably that of tho telephone. ISLAND CHIEF "FIRES" AID Gov. Gen. Harrison's .Secretary Slighted Wife of His Official Superior. San FranclacQ, Nov. 14. After a stay of only ten days In Manila, whlthor ho had gono as secretary to Gov. Gen. Francis Burton Harrison, Gerald B. Seldomrldge arrived here on tho United States army transport Thomas. It was tho gossip on tho Thomas that Seldomrldge had neg lected to includo the namo of Mrs. Harrison In a Hot of members of tho party whllo the governor general was In Japan en route to Manila and Mrs. Harrison had been denied admittance to an official reception In consequence. James H. Hyde to Wed Countess. Paris, Nov. 15. James Hazen Hyde, ion of the founder of tho Equitable Llfo Assuranco society, unnounced his engagement to Countess Loulso de Gontaut-Blron, formerly Martha Lelshman. Wreck Victims at Cleveland. Cleveland, O., Nov. 15. Sixteen men and two women of tho crew of the Btenmer L. O. Waldo of Detroit, wrecked last Friday morning on Gull Rock reef, in Lako Superior, reached Cleveland SPARKS FROM 1 THE WIRE r eomblod In Amorlca to witness a football game, these young men fiom the oint. cadets at tho Polo grounds, Now York. HNDSPENGER6UILTY JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE AND GRANTS HIS WISH. CURSES JURORS AND JUDGE 8layer of Chicago Tango Teacher Loses His Nerve When Attempt at Insanity Falls to Impress the Farmer Jury. Wheaton 111., Nov, 17 "We, the Jury, find tho defendant", Henry Spen cer, guilty as charged, and we fix the panalty at death," read tho clerk. That verdict was returned on Fri day in the case of tho state against Henry Spencer for tho murder of Mildred Allison Rexroat, tho tangoa teacher, whom Spencer killed near Wayne, and whose body ho loft on the railroad tracks In the hope that it would be so mangled as to conceal the crime. Spencer heard the verdict read to him In the courtroom and Instantly ho becamo a wilder animal than he had been at any stage since his arrest. "They'll hang me!" ho shouted. "By God, they got mo!" Then he cursed tho Judge, tho Jury, his own lawyer and himself. ' Spencer sank fainting into his chair. It was several minutes boforo ho could be oven partly revived. And then he began mumblings a low, Indistinct al most gibberish succession of Incom plete thoughts. "How does that Jury know I wasn't Insano? I was Insane I am crazy. They think I was Just acting well, maybe I was and maybo I wasn't tho Jury don't know they just make a guess and they string mo up " Attorney Anton Zeman, who has represented tho prisoner through the trial, was not present, and so Judge Slussor himself ordered an entry of the usual motion for a how trial, and set tho hearing for a wook from Sat urday. Spencer heard and Jerked up his head and cursed his at torney. State's Attornoy Hadloy's final ad' dress to the Jury was a phenomenon of denunciation. The Impression gained from It was like that from see ing a surgeon turn a knife in a wound. "You cannot believe that ho 1b in sane. You have seen constantly that he has been playing, and playing cun ningly, to make you think him Insane. But ho has failed. It was his desper ate chance." Spencer's attorney did tho best ho could. Ho omitted nothing that could be done for his client. Spencer him self could scarcely restrain his Impa tience at the futility of tho pleas. "What's the u6o of showing o(f?" ho demanded. "Build your gallows and quit wasting time." Tho prosecutor turned to tho Jury and In a stern voice demanded the death pennlty for Spencer. TrJREE DIE IN RACE RIOT Deputy Sheriff and Two Negroes Shot to Death Near Bass field, Miss. . Bassfleld, Miss., Nov. 17. Virgil Stamps, deputy sheriff and city mar shal of Bassfleld, and two negroes aro dead and more trouble Is immlnont as a result of a race riot on Friday. Tho dead negroes aro James Fuller and Samuel Tillman. Tho trouble took place at tho logging camp of B. J. Allmau, near hero, where about three hundrod men, mostly blacks, aro employed. Cocaine crazed, Fullor Is said to have sworn to kill his paramour. ' For several days tho negro had beon causing trouble. Whon ofllcers wero sent for him, ho barricaded hlmsolf In a house Two blacks sent to bring him out wore beaten Into Insensibility and Marshal Stamps nttomptod the arrest. Tho negro opened tho door and fired point blank. Tho dying offi cer returned tho flro as ho fell and Fuller was shot through tho heart. Troops for New Zealand 8trlke. Chrlstchurch, Now Zealand, Nov. 15, The labor situation rapidly Is ap proaching martial law. Two moro strike loaders woro arrested charged with sedition Moro than 1,000 armed constables nro on duty. McManlgal Fires From United States. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 15. O'rtlo Mc Manlgal, confessed dynamiter, Is bound for Europe, fleeing for his llfo. Ho will tako passage, from Montreal In a fow days. It Ih not likely that ho will return tb America 30 PERISH ON SHIP THE H. B. SMITH SINKS IN GALB ON SUPERIOR. Many Bodies of Sailors and Wreck age From Vessels Arc Found on the Shore. Marquette, Mich., Nov. 15. Thirty lives wero lost and another great loss was added to tho list caused by the recent lako storms, when the Henry B. Smith, carrying 10,000 tons of ore, was lost off KcweenaV Point on Lake Superior. Tho Hawgood Transportation com pany of Cleveland, owners of the ship, telegraphed Thursday for Information concerning tho ,Sraith'B whoroabouts, stating that although five days over duo the ship has failed to reach the Soo. Tho Henry B. Smith, with CapL James Owen in command, loaded here and waited two days for tho storm to abate. Tho Smith failed to reach any port on Koweenaw shore, and marine men say it Ib highly improbable that It is somewhero on the Canadian coast Wreckage of a largo vesBel was found late in tho day. It is belloved tho Smith sank off Standard Rock, about thirty miles from Marquette. Tho Henry B, Smith was of steel, 565 feet long, 55-foot beam nnd 30-foot depth. Port Huron, Mlch.,Nov. 15. Each hour adds to tho total of disasters which occurred tin Lal:o Huron during last Sunday's atorm and tho end is not In sight. Bodlos of sailors of flvo and perhaps six vessels wero found on the shore of tho lake. Wreckage from two other boats, still missing, was cast up by tho waves, and no trace had been obtained of two ves sols or their crews, totaling moro than forty men. Estimates of tho number of lives lost in tno storm, declared to have beon the worst known on tho lakes, range from 150 to 300. X.ylng In various morgues along tho Canadian shore aro bodies of Bailors from the steamers James Carruthers, Reglna, John A. McGean, Wexford and Charles S. Price. It Is practically cer tain those vessels went down with all on board. There aro also a number of bodies unidentified. ASK WILSON TO END STRIKE Southern Commercial Bodies Appeal to President to Intervene In Rail Walkout. Now Orleans, La., Nov. 15. Flrat attempt to mpvo out of Now Orleans, on Southern Pacific since when men struck met with shower of bricks nnd stones, no ono hurt and train pro ceeded toward Texas. Commercial associations hero and In TexaB United in nppoallng to President Wllaon to in tervene as sugar and cotton crops of two states aro ready to bo moved. Ammunition and mules being shipped by U. S. govornment to Mexico are tied up hero and may hasten federal Interference. PHONE TRUST TRIAL NOV. 19 Evidence Proves Monopoly, Says Spe cial Examiner of Department of Justice In Denver. Denver, Colo., Nov. 17. "Tho tele phone companies all deny that they have entered a combination," said Special Examiner Smyth of tho de partment of Justice, on Friday. Evi dence gathered here, howover, tonda to prove tho existence of a monopoly. It has beon shown that the Mountain States company crushed competition." Tho henrlng In Donvor ended and will bq resumod on Wcdnosday In Chi cago. Weds Week After Decree. Now Orleans, La., Nov. 17. Mrs. Peter Cooko, from whom Commodore Cooke obtained a dlvorco last week, was married horo to John Landry, her companion on tho yacht crulso and auto rldo which led to Cooko's suit. Driven to Death by Pupils. Now York, Nov. 15. Anna Burnett, school-tcnchor, committed sulddo by Jumping from tho roof of a Blx-story apartmont house. It was said sho was worried by tho antics of her scholars. Miss Burnott was only twonty-four. Woman Slayer Washington, Wakefield, tho Appeals to Miss Wilson. Nov, 15. Mrs. Bossle Ccanoctlcut murderess, uentenco of death for who Is under tho staying of to Miss Jessie tho thirteenth her husband, appoalod Wilson, who Is to bo White llouso brldo. TO TAX M. 0. HOUSES KANSAS CATTLE MEN PLAY A NEAT TRICK. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. To TaxMall Order Houses. Taxation of Montgomery Ward, Sears-Roebuck and all mall order houses that do business with tho peo plo of this stato is tho step which Representative George Jacksou of Nuckolls county bolloves will ultimate ly bo tnken In Nebraska and othor western states. He volcos that opin ion In a letter recently received by tho Btato rovonuo nnd taxation com mission. Thoy should bo taxed on tho volume of business dono with tho peoplo of this statof" ho writes. "I do not bo llovo that this step can bo taken just yet. but wo are undoubtedly drifting toward that very thing." Mr. Jackson calls attention to an other condition which confronts many of tho sparsely settled counties of tho western part of tho state. Assess ments In Knnsas, for intanco, havo been mado on March 1, and In this stato ono month later. In February, Kansas cattlemen drlvo their hords across the line Into Nobraska and thus escape when tho assoBSor makes his rounds In tho Jayhawkor stato. Two or three weeks later thoy drlvo them back Into Kansas and thus get out of th'o Nebraska assessor's path. Thus they escapo taxation In both states. The First "Buzz Wagon." While neighborhood contests have beon hold In the past over claims to the title of "the oldest Inhabitant," Nobraskans or tho future are likely to tilt over tho right to possession of the appellation, "tho oldoBt ohauffour." Tho affair appears to bo settlod for a tltne by claims set up by Beers John stone, who, In a letter from his homo at Henderson, Minn., informs Secre tary Paine of the Nobraska Historical society that It waB ho who oporatod "Joe Brown's old steam wagon, Bcheduled to make tho Nebraska City to Donvor run in 1801.' -In the letter Mr. Johnstone Informs tho historical society men that tho government ap propriated $14,000 for tho construction of the ancient chug-wagon and for preparing a portion of the road over which it was designed to pass. Thus both tho buzz-buggy and tho good roads movements may bo said to havo had their birth in this stato somo fifty-two years ago. Nebraska Well Represented. Nebraska will bo well represented at the big conservation meetings to be held In Washington, D. C, this week, Tho two meetings of special importance are tho convention of the national association of conservation commissioners and tho national con servation congress, and Nobraskans will take a prominent part In both 'of them. There will be at least flvo delegatos from the stato In attendance at both meetings. Thoy are Chancel lor Avery of tho university, Dean E. A. Burnott of the agricultural college, Regent George Coupland, A. E. Shel don of tho Nebraska legislative refer ence bureau, and Dr. G. B. Condra, director of the Nebraska soil survey and oxecutlvo secretary of tho No braska conservation rfhd public wel faro commission. Prison Association Issues Statement. It having come to the knowlodgo of tho Nebraska prison association that unauthorized solicitors are raising funds by asking aid In the namo of thq organlratlon, He officers have Is sued a statement asking possible con tributors to request credentials from any ono claiming to bo acting under Its authority. Tho only authorized agents to socure funds In the atato are Rev. B. M. Long, Mrs. Margaret Cams, officers of the association and resident directors In towns over tho state, and all othor persons claiming to represent the association are acting without authority and Imposing upon its patrons. War a Necessity. War Is necessary and must endure as long as nations last, Ib tho opin ion of formor Prof. G. Langworthy Taylor of the university, In a recent lecturo beforo tho students at convoca tion. ProfcBBor Taylor has lately re turned from a several years' trip In Europo and ho bases his conclusions on wide studies he has mado among many nations. Construction work on tho Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrlco Interurban "Will begin actlvoly noxt spring. Information rolatlvo to mobilization of Nebraska national guard companies has beon asked for by tho central dlvlBlon of tho fodcral war department. Tho data sent to the department will Includo location and strength of each company, proposed reglmontal mobili sation points and figures on transpor tation, tlmo and cost to assemblo tho mon. The request for tho Information Is not doomed significant inasmuch as tho Nobraska guard has recently un dergone a rearrangement nnd tho changes havo not boon given In full to the federal authorities. MAKING CLOTHING OF PAPER Garments Will Not Displace Cotton and Linen Materials Until They Resemble Them In Texture. London, which recently announced tho discovery of economical ways of making artificial rubber, is tho sceno of experiments In papor clothing, re marks tho Chattanooga News. Paper Garments have been mado and worn as curiosities, but thoy woro pnstod to gether nnd thoy did not commend themselves to a cllmato whoro rains fell from tlnio lo lime. Papor napkins, towels ami handkerchiefs havo beon offered to tho public, but their Intro duction has been slow. Thoy do not look enough like tho articles they aro designed to replace Papor garments will not dlsplaco cotton and linon un til they rosomblo them In toxturo. That la tho promising fenturo of tho London experiments. It Is said that a process has been porfoctcd whoroby papor can bo produced that will do colvo tho oya and paB.s for cotton or linen fabrics and will hold buttons, seamB and buttonholos. Tho Inventors hopo to bo nblo to produco garments that will cost no moro than tho prico for laundering. Howover, cotton plan ters aro unlikely to tako alarm for the present. FILE MACHINE SAVES LABOR By use of Device Shown In Illustra tion One Man Is Enabled to Per form Work of Many. In theso days of centralization and labor-BavIng machinery It Is about tlmo for the filing macblno invented by a Now Jersey man and shown In tho Illustration. With this nmchlno Filing Machine. ono man can do tho work of many and do it much more accurately and with tho expendlturo of comparatively llttlo enorgy on his own part. Llko practically all labor-saving devices, however, thin machlno is operated by power, all that is required of the workman being that ho shall feed It properly. Tho fllo Is adjusted in a epindlo which Is moved rapidly up and down In tho spindle,' operated by a wheel and belt. The work to be filed is fed against tho fllo on a plato which can be tilted to any anglo do sired. Of course, nny weight fllo can bo used, and it is easy to change from ono to another. COMBINED KNIFE AND RULE Useful and Interesting Combination of Pocket Tools Shown In Illus tration Given Herewith. An Interesting combination of pocket tools Is shown In tho accom panying Illustration. It 1b a two bladed penknife, one sldo of the han dlo of which, whon oxtendod, is a A Penknife, the Handle of Which Is a Six-Inch Rule. six-Inch rule, which gives both tho standnrd and metric systems of meas urement. Use for Chinese Queues. Strango uses aro being found for somo of tho cues lately cut off In vast numbors by tho Chlneso. A British woolen manufacturer recontly re ceived an offer of Hv.o tonB of such hair for weaving into woolen fabrics. Peat Fuel Plants, Although tho United States Is tho richest country In tho world In depos its of peat, nono of sovoral peat fuel plants that have beon established has gono boyond tho experimental stage. Production of Black Plates. Tho production of black plates or sheet tin In 1013 was much tho largest In our history. Tho year of next larg est production was 1911. Improved Fire Place. A California!! has designed a fire place that sends out Us heat In all directions abovo tho grate by steel rnlumna OIL CAN IS NON-EXPLOSIVE Principle Used In Miners' Lamp Adopted for Receptacles Contain ing Inflammable Liquids. It is a well-known principle, and ono commonly used In minors' lamps, that a flamo cannot pass through wire gauze or netting to ignite gas on the other sldo. This principle has beon adopted for tho uso of oil canB In which highly Inflammablo and easily volntillzod liquids aro carrlod. In tho spout of tho can Is fitted a wlro screen nnd above thlB Ib a disk vaivo that closes by gravity. Normally, tho valvo cuts off tho contonts of tho can from contact with tho outsttlo atmosphero. When tho can Is picked up, tho liquid flowB freoly through tho screen and through tho valve. Not only does tho Bcrccn provent a flamo from entering Non-Explosive OH Can. tho can and igniting its contents, but It also serves to strain tho liquid 'In tho can. Sclontlflo Amorlcan. ORIGIN OF SCREW AND GEAR Although Little Used Until Middle Ages Were Known to Ancients Some Interesting Points. Fremont, in his recent work on the origin of screws and gears, brings out Bomo Interesting points on this sub ject, remarks the Scientific American. Tho Greeks are supposed to havo in vented the screw, but the two Roman authors. Pliny and Vitruvlus, gtvo the most ancient record wo possess on the subject, although It must certainly havo beno known long before their tlmo. Certain authors think that, the Idea of tho scrow comes from obser vation of a natural object of hellcat form, such as a gaBtoropod mollusk, but Fremont thlnES that It arises from forms In movoment For Instance, -when an edible snail is drawn out of its shell wo havo the' Idea of screw and nut. Unfortunately, the ancient 'records throw scarcely any light on tno suDjoct. Tho prlnciplo of tho scrow Booms to havo been but llttlo UBed until tho middle ages, whon it was first applied for wlno or cigar presses. During tho first centuries of our era bolt and nut waB replaced by thread less bolts having a holo containing a conical pin, so that driving in tho pin Increased tho pressure; Buch bolts had holes spaced along for adapting to dif ferent thicknesses of material. The Egyptian norla may account for the origin of gearing. This seems to have been a wheel working on a horizontal shaft and operated by a crank. Along tho wheel surface woro cleats for re taining tho bucket chain which de scended into tho woll, and in this way the buckets were raised, ono after the othor, full of water. Bufto drive the floria by an animal makes a vertical shaft necessary, and an Ingenious per son may havo extended the cleats on ono sldo In ordor to make them engage with a sort of lantern shaped pinion placed on a vertical shaft. London Is organizing a furniture museum for tho benefit of designers. Common alum melted in an iron epoon often will mend broken china and glass. For many years North Carolina has been tho greatest producer of mica among tho states. English engineers claim that enough coal to Inst tho world 800 years still Is available at Newcastle. To save tlmo for seamstresses a Virginia woman has invented a seam ripping attachment for sowing ma chines. Shoes with quickly romovnblo soles and heols havo been Invented by a Fronchmnn for railroad men so that thoy can escapo from dangor If their foot nro caught in tracks. Sanitary nrguraents nro advanced In favor of a now bracket to suspend a milk bottlo against tho side. of a houso Instead of leaving it on a door stop In rpach of dogs and cats. Latho tools mado of alloys of cobalt with chromium and other metals hnvo been found to work sat isfactorily at speeds greator than is posslblo with tools made of high speed steel. A Belgian has Invented a method for cutting metals similar to the oxygon-acotyleno process, but using hydrogen in placo of acetylene in a double, torch, one Jet heating th cutting It with pure oxygon. - -i J. jwV i .- ''l & j. M -. il it i Wfft I V 4 o- m tr- W "