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Motto: All The News When 1 1 Is News.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1013.
NO. 17.
VOL. 22.
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CURRENCY BILLWINS
SENATE PA8SE8 CURRENCY
MEA8URE BY VOTE OF
54 TO 34.
6 REPUBLICANS FAVOR ACT
Contains Provision That Banks Must
Accept Within Sixty Days of Its
Passage Reserve Districts Eight
to Twelve Now Qoes to House.
Washington,. Dec. 20. Tho now cur
rency bill was paBsod by tho sonnte
on Friday by n voto of 64 to 34. It
was backed by the solid Democratic I
voto and six Republicans.
The essential features of tho cur
rency bill as It passed tho senate are t
as follows:
Secretary of tho treasury and two
'momuurs ui luu icuciui iuoi' uuwu j
constitute tho organization committee.
Tho committee is to designate not
less than eight nor moro than 12 re
servo districts, in each of which a fed
eral reservo bank Is to be established.
Every national bank is required and
every eligiblo bank In tho United
States and evory trust company in tho
(District of Columbia la authorized to
'signify in writing within sixty days
iaftor tho passage of the act Us ac
ceptance of its terms.
National banks aro required and oth-,
era aro permitted to subscribe to the
.capital stock of tho reservo banks in
a sum equal to six per cent, of the
capital and surplus of such banks, one
jslxth to be payable on call, one-sixth
twUhlnthreo months and one-sixth
rwlthln six months, the remainder sub
tfcot to call.
Any national bank falling to signify
Its intention to accept tho terms of
this act shall cease to act as a reserve
,agent upon 30 days' notice.
Any national bank falling within
one year to comply with any of tho
provisions of the act will forfeit its
charter and privileges under the na
tional bank act.
If the stock subscription by the
banks is not sufficient In the judg
ment of the federal reserve board
to provide proper capital the stock
may be offered to the public, the max
imum subscription being $10,000.
Minimum capltnl of reserve banks
Is fixed at $3,000,000.
Each reserve bank must establish
reserve branches within its federal ro
serve district at such places as are ap
proved by tho" federal reserve
board.
There shall be nine directors hold
ing ofllco for three years, divided
into three classes, three to be chosen
by the bankB anckthe representatives
of the stock-holding banks, three
chosen by the banks who at tho time
of their election shall be actively en
gaged in their district in commerce,
agrlculturo or some other Industrial
pursuit, and three designated by the
federal reserve board. One of the last
named class is to be deslgnateoVby tho
federal board as chairman of the board
of directors of tho reservo bank. No
director of tho last two named classes
can bo a director, officer, employe or
stockholder of any bank.
After all expenses have been met,
.tockholders In reservo bankB will re
ceive a six per cent, division, which
shall bo cumulative. One-half tho net
earnings above the expenses and divi
dend is to be paid into a surplus fund
until that fund amounts to 40 per cent
of the paid in capital.
Of the remaining half of the excess
half 50 per cent, shall be paid to the
United States as a franchise tax and
one-half to the United States as trus
tee for the benefit of depositors In
failed member banks.
Tho federal reserve board shall con
sist of seven members, Including the
secretary of the treasury as an ex-of-flcio
member and six members ap
pointed by the president, to bo con
firmed by the senate. They are to bo
selected with duo regard to a fair rep
resentation of the different geographi
cal divisions of the country. Their
salary Is fixed at $12,000 a year and
the terms are bIx years.
Among tho powers vested In the fed
eral reservo board aro:
To require reservo banks to discount
the discounted paper of other federal
reserve banks at rates of Interest to
be fixed each week or oftener; to sus
pend for a period not exceeding thirty
days and from, time to tlmo renew
suspension for persons not exceeding
fifteen days, any reserve requirement
specified in tho act; to authorize
members to uao reserves, federal re
servo notes based on United States
bonds to the extent that the board
may find necessary; to grant to na
tional banks applying therefor tho
tight to act as truBtee, executor, ad
ministrator or registrar of stocks
and bonds.
Cardinal Martlnelll Is III.
Homo, Italy, Dec. 22. Cardinal Se
bastian Martlnelll, who waa papal dele
gate in tho United States from 189G
to 1902, 1b seriously ill. Tho cardinal,
who is slxty-llvo years old, is prefect
of tho sacred congregation of ritCB.
Judge Frees Accused Wife.
Chlcugo, Dec 22. The case of Mrs.
Alice Davis Sing, charged with tho
murder' of her Chinese husband,
Charles Slug, was taken from the jury
on motion of the defense, and Mrs,
Hint, was dibtharged.
Jack Johnaon la Hissed.
i' !, De 22.- Jack Johnson, negro
im? st, utpotetwl Jim Johnson, a
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streets of Mexico City on their way to a session of the national congress. Moheno slta at Huerta's loft and Dlan
quot faces them.
EXECUTE ALL OFFICERS
FEDERALS AT GUAYMAS SLAIN
BY REBELS FOR TREASON.
Still Hold Rich Mexican Constitu
tionalists Crowding Close on
Port of Tamplco.
Hermoslllo, Sonora, Dec. 23. The
commissioned officers and many ser
geants and corporals of the Tenth bat
talion of the federal garrison at Guay
maB wero executed for treason at sun
rise Sunday in that city, according to
word brought here.
Officers and men of tho Tenth were
disarmed several days ago by General
OJeda, federal commandant, when he
discovered they were plotting to de
sert to the Insurgents.
Chihuahua, Dec. 23. "Anyone who
hereafter loots or molost property of
foreigners or Mexicans will bo exe
cuted. The right to confiscate proper
ty will rest only with tho rebel govern
ment," Bald an order issued by Gen.
Francisco Villa, and as showing his In
tention to maintain strict military dis
cipline he executed on the plaza a band
of rebels who had been found guilty
by court-martial of sacking the home
of a wealthy Mexican.
Juarez, Dec. 23. Although negotia
tions have been under way for the pay
ment of $250,000 for his release, Luis
(Terrazas, Jr., was held prisoner by
'General Villa at Chihuahua. The di
vision of 1,000,000 acres of Terrazas'
land among tho rebels is one of thS
planks In the revolutionary platform.
Mexico City, Dec. 23. Tho rebel
forces are crowding close on Tampico
and a formal attack may bo expected
soon.
Torres, Sonora, Dec. 22. Ten offl
pers and m6ro than COO troops of tno
federal garrison at Guaymas sur
rendered to the Insurgents at Maytore
na, Friday. A special train was sent
to Maytorena to convey the former
federals to Hermoslllo.
, It was said tho capitulation of Guay
mas was expected.
' Presidio, Tex., Dec. 20. Shots ex
chang6d between Mexican and Ameri
can soldiers on tho international line,
two miles west of Presidio, resulted
on Thursday in the death of Lois
Orozco, a regular of General Mor
cado's federal Mexican army.
The Mexicans fired the first shots.
Orozco, who lived several hours, ad
mitted after being shot that he and
his companions had crossod to tho
American side with a note and tired
when halted by the American sen
tries. FIRE CAUSES $5,000,000 LOSS
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Flames Sweep the Dockyard Section
of Portsmouth, England New
Battleship Periled.
Portsmouth, England, Dec. 23. Fire
which swept the dockyards here on
Saturday caused damago estimated at
$5,000,000. The new battle cruiser
Quoon Mary, which was moored along
side of the Jetty, waa Jeopardized, but
It was speedily towed out of
danger.
Congressman 1. 8. Pepper Is Dead.
Clinton, la., Dec, 23. Congressman
Irvln S. Pepper of the Second Iowa
district Is deud in a Clinton hospital.
For New Anti-Polygamy Law.
Washington, Dec 23. A constitu
tional nmondment to prohibit polyg
amV was proposed by Senator Weeks
of Massachusetts at tho request, he
said, of many citizens of his state who
believed pclygaioy existed.
Launch Steamsr for Panama.
Stettlu, Germany. Dee, 23 A large
turbine ttedgaer for the Panama tanal
service of the Hatnburg-jnrican
'ilirr-il lltpllz It will
STATE TO SUE ROADS
MISSOURI WILL DEMAND $26,000,-
000 FROM THIRTEEN RAIL-
WAYS.
MAY GO TO SUPREME COURT
Attorney General Barker Declares
That Overcharges Before Rate
Laws Validation Reach Vast
Amount Judge Suspends Decree.
Kansas City, Mo., Doc. 23. Mis
souri will demand $20,000,000 from 13
railroads, whose" Injunction' against tho
operation of the law limiting rates on
passenger traffic to two cents a mllo,
and tho law fixing maximum freight
rates, were ordered on Saturday dis
missed "without prejudice" by tho U.
S. Supremo court.
Papors In suits for $0,000,000, ask
ing $3,000,000 each from tho Missouri
Pacific, tho Wabash and the Santa Fo,
wore sent by Attorney General Dark
er to tho appropriate state courtB.
Federal Judge McPherson on Satur
day read from tho bench an ordor In
conformity with the Supremo court de
cree, which ordered tho dismissal of
an injuction granted In favor of 13
roads against the operation of the two
laws.
Late in tho day the Judge suspended
the entry of hlB decree until January
10. The attorney for tho railroads an
nounced that ho would advise his cli
ents to appeal to the United States
Supreme court for a writ of manda
mus to compel the Judge to retain
Jurisdiction over the suits, which
should be filed to cover claims of
overcharge by the railroads, covering
the differences between the rates
charged and the rates under the laws
which were upheld and dating from
tho lssunnce of tho injunction.
Tho railroads had at tho morning
hearing tried to have Judge McPher
son retain Jurisdiction over tho suits
and naked him to limit tho liability
of each road to the $10,000 bond
which it had filed to indemnify per
sons affected, if the Injunction suit
wero lost. The Judge refused. Had
ho agroed it would have made the
maximum liability of tho 13 roadB
$130,000.
Between Judge McPherson'B actions
in the morning and his action late in
the day, Attorney General Darker of
this state announced from Jefferson
City tho filing of a suit for $2,000,000
againBt the Missouri Pacific. After
Judge McPherson'B later action, Mr.
Darker announced that he would file
similar suits against the other 12
roads. That would mako a total of
$26,000,000 Bought by the state of Mis
souri, r
PaperB in a suit for $2,000,000
against the Wabash rallioad wero sent
to La Plata. Papers In a similar suit
against tho AtchlBon, Topeka & Santa
Fe wero sent to Kirksvillo. This will
mako it possible for the suits to bo
filed actually today. Tho suit against
tho Missouri Pacific will bo filed at
Macon, whero the papers havo been
sent.
Tho ronds to bo sued for $2,000,
000 each include tho Chicago, Hurling
ton & Qulncy, tho MIsbouI, KunsaB
& Toxas and tho Chicago, flock Island
& Pacific.
Nineteen Hurt In Train Wreck.
El Paeo, Tox., Doc. 23. Nineteen
persons wero injured, four of them
seriously, whan four earn of Toxas, &
Pacific railroad train No. 3 were de
railed east of this city. A broken, rail
caused the accident.
Two Killed In Wreek.
Cheyenne, Wy Dec. 23.Two
were kfllea, several hurt in a head-on
collision at Black Buttos, where the
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AVIATORS ROUT MOORS
OPEN WAY FOR SPANISH INFAN
TRY WITH RAIN OF BOMBS.
Both Sides Lose Heavily American
Experts Say Battle Proves
Aeroplane's Value.
Madrid, Dec. 20. Moorish tribos
men wore routed with heavy loss by
tho Spanish troops at Muley Absolam,
Spanish Morocco, Thursday.
Spanish military aviators throw tho
Moors into disorder with showers of
bombs.
The Spaniards attacked tho Moors
with a brlgado of sharpshooters, a bat
talion of inffiKr.v, four batteries of ar
tillery and a largo body of native aux
iliaries. When tho order for tho gen
eral advanco of tho Spanish column
was given tho advanco guard discov
ered several thousand Moorish moun
taineers concealed In tho irregularities
of the ground. A flotilla of military
aviators sent to reconnoltor, by means
of ilag signals guided tho column of
Spanish troops. A heavy artillery flro
was opened by tho Spaniards without
effect.
Tho aviators then ascended to an
altitude out of range of rlllo flro and
flew directly over the places whore tho
Moors wero in the groatest numbers.
Then came what tho dispatches to tho
Spanish war ofllco describes as a "ver
itable rain of bombs, tossed by hand
by the aviators into the midst of the
Moors."
After this bombardment tho Spanish
Infantry charged with the bayonet and
dislodged the Moors from tbeir posi
tions, causing thorn to fleo In great dis
order, leaving largo numbers of dead
and wounded on the field.
Washington, Dec. 19. All proposed
new expenditures of any consequence
for the postal sorvtco wore stricken
from tho post office appropriation bill
by the bouse committee. Among the
items lost is the $2,000,000 incroaso
In pay for rural mall carriers. The
bill carries about $300,000,000.
Washington, Dec. 23. Capt. James
H. Glennon, recently ordered to com
mand the battleship Florida, will take
tho Wyoming to Bucceed Capt. Fred
erick L. Chnpln, who died last week.
Captain Rueh takos tho Florida.
Washington, Dec. 19. An Investi
gating committee appointed by Secre
tary McAdoo completed a report re
pudiating charges of wholesale graft
In tho purchase of government sup
plies involving millions of dollars.
Washington, Dec. 20. Senator Will-
iam Stone of Missouri Is confined to
his hotel by a Bovore attack of bron
chitis. Senator Ilocd nnnounced in
the senate that Senator Stono would
not bo ablo to return for several days.
Chicago, Dec. 23, Judgo Benjamin
Unrr Llndsoy of Denver, the "chil
dren's Judgo" and framer of the Juvo-
nilo court of Colorndo, married on
Saturday Miss Henrietta Ilrovoort.
daughter of Mrs. F. J. Cllppert of De
troit, Mich., In tho Auditorium hotol.
Ho Is forty-threo years old, wlillo Mrs.
Llndsoy Is twenty-four.
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Woman Sued for $351,000.
St Louis. Dec. 23. Mrs. Grnco A.
Leatho, wioe wealth Is estimated 'at
$4,000,000, was sued for $351,000 by W.
Irvine Edwards, hejr former ooufldiin
tisi agent, to whom the was ones re
ported engaged."
Beaehey Maltes "oiir Loops.
Fresno, Cal , Dee. - 3. Ltuoolu
Beech ey, orl(l-amous aviator, made
four oonseenUTe loojwtbe-loops here,
j 1'' r ii ulT Ills engine, Jm1iiJ to o.uih
SPARKS FROM
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THE M1HL LI1W
SETS ASIDE THE STATE REQULA.
TIONS.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathored from Rs-
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Thoro appears to bo somo mlsundcr
Btnndlng In regard to when tho sea
son for shooting ducks and other
water fowl closes. Tho state law Is
supposed to bo sot aside by tho na
tional regulations. Chief Gamo War
den Hutonbnch will endeavor to en-
forco tho national regulations and
drop the atato law. Tho state law per-
mite tii Riinntlm? of water fowl dur-
I lng tho winder and in tho spring, Tho
I national regulations provides that tho
season for killing water fowl shall uo
closed from December 1G until the
first of tho following September. From J
the ICth of Docombor Until September
1 it will bo unlawful undor tho
national regulations, to kill water
fowl. Ab thoro arc no ducks or
gueso In Nebraska during tho wintor,
excopt In tha oxtromo northern
part of tho state, tho national regula
tion will not doprlvo Nebraska sports
men of any shooting except In tho
early spring. Tho state law provided
that the season should begin Septem
ber 1 and closo April 5. Undor tho
government regulations It will open
September 1 and closo December 10,
which means a period of three and
one-half months of fall shooting. Tho
next onen Beason will bo on fish. This
opens April 1 and endB November ID,
with the exception of tho open season
for trout not less than eight IncheB
long, which begins April 1 and ends
October 1. Tho opou season for bass
not less than eight Inches long begins
April 1 and ends November 15.
Are Within Their Rights.
County boards act within their dis
cretion when they agreo not to call a
special election for voting bonds for
a county telephone system under the
nrovIslonB of the Fuller bill, in tho
opinion of Judgo Cornish of tho dis
trict court. Tho Judgment was handed
down by him In tho application of
Lancaster county public ownership
leaders for a writ of mandamus com
pelling tho couity boards t-ca!l the
election which thoy long ago po
tioned for under tho county owner
ship bill. According to the court's
finding tho county hoard has tho right
to olther call or refuse to call tho
special election. Tho question de
cided means that unless tho suproino
court remands tho caso after revers
ing the finding, tho proposition will
havo to go ovor until next fall's gen
eral election.
Typhoid at Ingleslde Hospital.
Typhoid among attendants and In
mates, several cases of which devel
oped in one day, resulted recently In
tho vaclnatlon of 175 employes with
typhoid vaccino and in unusual sani
tary precautions bolng taken at Ingle
side. Superintendent Daxter suspect
ed the milk supply as the source of
tho dlseaso and an analysis of tho pro
duct proved tho theory true, illo
learned that tho disease germs had
developed from the manner in which
tho milk had been handled, instead
of diseased cows, and tho sterilizing of
all milk used from, the slxty-three
head now milked, together with tho
vaccination put a stop to Its further
spread.
Word of the selection of former
State Land Commissioner II. M. ICaton
as superintendent ot schools at
Emerson has been received by State
Superintendent Delzell. Mr, Eaton is
a school man of many years' train
ing, particularly in normal work.
Offer Prizes for Boys.
Threo buslnes men of Kearnoy have
subscribed a fund of $70 which will
bo awarded to the farm boy who
gives the best reason why farmers
should attend tho six weeks' short
course at the state farm lu January.
This prl7o Is given for tho purpose of
creating interest In tho short courao,
the business men having bocomo Inter
ested in tho mntter of better farming.
With the Increased interest which has
been created among tho farmers in
Buffalo county since the matter of
farm demonstration was taken up
a w" respond quickly to tho ques-
lion, i no $u win go iu uiu inu din
ner In attending tho school.
Conflicting provisions of tho pure
food law, demanding in ono section
branding of all compounds with tho in
gredlentB and percentage of each, and
In another section nllowing tho moro
word "compound" to sulllco ns a labol,
mny nvan,intr tho heretofore efficient
manner in which administration of tho
statutes could bo hud Tho cqso hns
arisen ovor prosecution of tho Ameri
can Llnseod Oil company of Omaha by
the food commission.
Want Foreign Potatoes Barred
Possibility Of lifting the quarrajitlno
no effective on foivlgu potato ship
mvnts into this country will be resist
pj by Nxbrfxkn giowers. Dry rot, tb
woist d1sa4o wit'i which th Nebras
ka iatjwrij Iiavc had to bar(le, cam
from abroad nd has not yet-beeft hf
titjely stamped out The jetate board
of syrlettltwo has taken the faattsr tip
wlfh eeiHry of Afrirultnri Houston
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LEAVES END ON YOUR CIGAR
Invention of Brooklyn Man That Pos
sibly May Add Greatly to Comfort
of Man Who Smokes.
Thoro is a possibility that boforo
long tho smoker will not havo to cut
or blto tho end off his cigar, says tho
Now York Times. A patent has Just
j been awarded to a Urooklyu man on
I a device which InsurtH closo to tho
end of tho cigar which goes In tho
! mouth an nluir.Iiuim snrinR about a
half Inch loim. ThlB snrlnn Is Ihsortcd
dlagonallj and tho colls are said to
forco tho filler tobacco apnrt so that
mo cigar urawB mucn uoucr man
when tho end la cut off This spring
is lo!t in tho cigar whllo It is bolng
smoked. It Is said to bo especially
useful n "short tiller" cigars and to
stop smokera from chowlnj on thom
to get a bettor draft It is contended
that clgarr so equipped nro more san
itary than others In that It does away
with t i nood of using public cutters
in tho stores. Neither will tho wrap
per Ehow Xho tendency to unroll that
1b common In somo cigars after tho
end hns boon removed. Tho lnvontor
of til's machlno claims that It will por
forato and insert sprlngB In 10,000
cigars a day and will rt-uul 3 only one
operative to do tho work. Tho com
mercial valuo is said to dopand on tho
willingness of tho smoker to pay a lit
tle moro for those cigars to offset tho
additional oxponsn lncutrcd by tho
manufacturer.
DATING MACHINE FOR BANKS
Apparatus, Invented by Kansas Man
Has Wheels for Stamping Years,
Months and Days of Month.
,
Tho Scientific American In describ
ing a dating machlno, Invented by B.
K. Gregory of Central City, Kan5
says:
Mr. Gregory's invention relates to
dating machines, particularly for use
in banks, real ostato and loan offices,
and more particularly to an apparatus
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Dating Machine.
embodying stamping wheels for tho
years, months, and days of tho month,
having means for advancing a prede
termined number of days through a
Binglo actuation of a cortaln portion of
tho machlno for this purpose.
Monument to Schlaparelll.
Tho king of Italy has given his
sanction to the movement to erect a
monument by popular subscription to
tho memory of tho late Prof. Giovanni
Schlaparolll, tho distinguished as
tronomer. It is proposod to erect a
monumont to him at IiIb birthplace,
Savlgllano, in Piedmont, and to place
a memorial tablot In tho Brera palaco
at Milan. Ho was connected with tho
obsorvatory of Hrera for 40 years,
most of that time as a dlroctor. To
tho world at largo Schlapareljl 'was
chlolty famous for his discovery of tho
so-callod "canalH" of Mars in 1877.
Tho averago watch is composed of
175 dlfforent pieces.
A "feathering propollor" has been
made for dirigibles.
Geneva Is building a nntural history
museum at a cost of $230,000.
Horso hair automobile tires have
been patented by a French Inventor,
Thoro aro 28 pounds of blood In tho
body of an avorago grown-up person.
Diamond production In German
Southwest Africa Is reported unusu
ally large,
A motor driven aerial propollor,
placed lu front, draws a slolgh iuvuut-
ed hy aOeruiun engineer
Included with reoenil pateutod um
goggle is a ahado tt -: a fec.'ui s
nose from oslng u.ni. n ,(!
A n3V type of I
tpttie is made ot tue i
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INVENTION
HARNESS FOR THE AVIATORS
Safety Device Made of Leather Straps
Can Be Released In Few Seconds
Other Good Features.
A safety harness for aviators has
been patented by a Now York man.
and It has some very good feataces.
Straps fit around the alrman'o shout
Aon and chest, tho lattor straps, of
course, passing under bis arms. Tncse
straps aro buckled to tho framowork
of tho aeroplane and hold the operator
securely in his seat. Tho ontlro har
ness la Joined at ono point, In tko con
tor of tho wearer's chest, and oau bo
oponod InBtantly by pulling out a pin
that holds tho ends of tho straps to
gether on tho stud. This fcaturo 1
Aviator's Harness.
practically as important as tho pri
mary purpose of tho harness, for there
sometimes arise emergencies when it
la imperatively necessary for tho avia
tor to loavo his machine without core
monoy, and Instant freedom is vital.
EFFECTS OF LIGHT ON EYES
No Actual Data to Prove That Artifi
cial Light Is More Discomfort
ing Than the Daylight.
Not all tho radiant energy which en
tors tho eye is active in the process of
producing the sensation of light No
doubt It Is fair to assumo that at least
this "lnactlvd" enerpgy is absorbed by
tho oyo modla and transformed Into
heat, sayB tho Electrical World. This
should cause an increase in tempera
ture in the ova, which has led semo to
hold that this Is tho cause of irritation
and fatiguo. Thore is a general feeling
that artificial light Is moro fatiguing
than daylight, which contains far less
enorgy per lumen-second than the
light from ordinary artificial lllumin-
nntn Ctt r nil ran If It hn trtin that
frtrtilieittl lxght.uiader. thviamo condi
tions of diffusion, intensity, surround
ings, retinal adaptation, etc., is really
moro Irritating and fatiguing than
daylight, it Is wise to look to the spec
tral character of tho radiation as a
probable cause. However, thoro aro
no actual data which ,provo that artifi
cial light is moro discomforting than
daylight when nil conditions excepting
tho spectral character of the radiation
aro tho same.
PISTOL SHAPED FLASHLIGHT
Handle Serves to Carry Battery While
at End of Barrel Is Placed
Lamp and Reflector.
The latest novelty in the flashlight
line Is this devico in the form ot an
automatic pistol body. The handle
seTHos to carry the battery while nt
tho end of tho barrol is a battery lamp
A Novelty Pocket Light.
and reflector, says the Popular Electri
city. Tho trigger is the switch by
which the light ts controlled.
Sugar as Antiseptic.'
Tho use of sugar as a surgical an
tlBeptlo Is strongly recommended by
Dr. George Magnus of Munich, an em
inent surgeon. All saccharine sub
stances aro good for this purpose, but
pure cane sugar or beet sugar is best.
Its disinfecting and sterilizing duali
ties are oxcellont. It Is not Injurious
to the blood, as has been wrongly be
lieved, and is a better preventive of
putrefaction and contamination by
microbes than ordinary medical anti
septics. Restore Historic Palace.
The School of Amorlcan Archaeol
ogy has restored the historic palace
of tho governors at Santa Fe. N. M.,
which was erected in 1605 and was
occupied as tho home of 'government
offlcors during tho Spanish regime in
tho southviBt.
Ancients Lived on Sand.
From tho fact that tho teeth In tho
skulls of prehistoric men that have
boen found In Europe from tlmo to
tlmo nro much worn, a French sci
entist has drawn the conclusion that
thoy llod upon food much contami
nated with sand.
Pumping Aneethetls.
Apparatus for pumping an anes
thetitj into a poron lungs and in
suring tho administration pf a ilefl
ii an Joa, lnia,b0eii invented by a
Pail dootor. .
Novel Bed ' lUrtss.
V novl bfd bum n it YenlUtii d
'Jn ul) xhe sU v, i vw-pr'd of
nore than 1,000 beparato m n l
fcpi'lngu. ' .-
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