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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
Motto: All The News When 1 1 Is New
Stale Historical bocicty
VOL. 88.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1014.
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VftlTlSH SOLDIERS TOLD TO AN
RBBT 900 LKADIRS OF RS.
VOLT IN IRELAND.
0RI3I8 IN THE KING'S ARMY
Many Offloara Resign to Avoid Mill
tary Bervloe In North of Ireland
All Faoe Oourta-Martlal Troope
Aro Being Movad to Boene.
London, March 2, Gen. Sir Arthur
Paget vUlted Curr&h on Saturday and
tfa.ru General Gough of the Third cav
alry brigade the option of taking com
mand at Ulster or retiring, according
to the Sunday Observer here. Gen
eral Gough, who woe allowed two
hour for consideration, resigned Im
mediately. Tho Observer says alao
that the government has decided to
huue 200 warrants for the arorst of
the landers in Ulster,
The government's military precau
tions to preserve order in Ulster pre
cipitated a crisis without parallel In
the history of tho British army. Rather
than be placed in a position where
they might bo called on to act against
the Ulster covenantors, numerous offi
cers resigned their commissions.
While the war office refused to say
how many had resigned, popular be
lief, based on reports from tho differ
ent regiments, was that tho number of
withdrawals had crippled the whole
military organisation in Ireland and
proven tod carrying out tho orders for
moving several large bodies of troops.
The Marquis of Londonderry, one of
the Ulster leaders, said that nothing
of the sort had occurred In the BritiBh
army since the days of the American
revolution.
The entrance of King George on the
scene as peacemaker was the dramatic
event of tho day. He had long confer
ences with the prime minister, Mr. As
quith; the secretary of state for war,
Colonel Seely, and several high offi
cers, and afterward summoned Field
Marshal Lord Roberts, who had been
criticized by the liberals for utter
ances which they construed as en
couragement to the officers to refuse
to obey orders.
Meantime the movement of troops
continued in Ireland. The center of
Interest shifted to Curragh,25 miles
fr6m' Dublin, where the Third cavalry
brigade under General Gough and the
Fourteenth Infantry brigade under
Colonel Rolt wore stationed.
A Dublin dispatch Bald that the res
ignation from the Curragh forces4!
numbered 40 Other advices placed j
the numbor at 100.
Many rumors were afloat throughout
the day. Among those published and
denied were reports that tho govern
ment had issued an ultimatum to tho
officers giving them 12 hours to decide
whether to obey orders and that two
companies of the Dorsetshire regiment
in Belfast had thrown down their arms
In mutiny,
A Dublin message to a London press
( association said that the officers who
refused to obey orders would bo ar
rested. ' ,1
Tho old town hall of Belfast, which
Is tho official headquarters of tho "pro
visional government," has been denied
to all.
Ulster Dresenta a martial asnont. All
tho towns wore occupied by soldiers
of tho logular army, and other detach
ments were marching along tho coun
try roads with long trains of baggage
and ammunition carts, on their way to
strengthen tho various garrisons. Bel
fast lough also displayed consider
able activity. Two torpedo boat de
stroyers, the Pathfinder and tho Atten
tive, arrived there from Kingstown
ROOSEVELT NEAR TO DEATH
Telegram 8ont by One of Expodltion
Cables Relatives of Lom of
Equipment.
New York, Maroh 28. The follow
ing telegram from Santarem, Brasll,
was received hero from the Roosevelt
expedition:
"We have lost everything in the
rapids (presumably rapids of a tribu-I
tary of tho Amazon river). Telephone ,
my wife of my Bafoty.
"ANTHOKV TTTAT.A I
Anthony Fiala, the well-known aro
tio explorer and resident of Brooklyn,
sent ino aoove message, is one
of the members of the party of Colo
nel Roosevelt which plunged Intol
tho unexplored wilds of central Bra
ell about nine days ago, expecting to
reach manaos.
Inquiries showed that tho Roose
jvfelt family had hoard nothing yet
from tne colonel concerning the mis
hap to the expedition or his own situ
ation. It need not be inferred from
f-Jhis tact that the colonel has bub-
ktalned any personal injuroy. On the
iiontrury, Mr Flam's Bllonce on tho
Ubjoct Indicates that the colonel is
leofo,
a, and that the loss is confined to
llhtfi
equipment
Plant Burns Wltn $200,000 Lou.
Buffalo, March 28. Fire destroyed
he J. W Clement printing and hind-
Hng plant on Exohange street One
undrod and fifty girl employes made
telr way out by Are escapeB. The
amnge was estimated at $200,000.
'Police Heads Under Indictment
Sti Josoph, Mo., March 23 Dr U.
Tandell, president, and Joseph I.
-Dona'd manager ok tho board of
iolico commissioners, wero Indicted
hy the grnd Jury here, Crandell is
larged wo oppression in office.
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The photograph shows a corner of the "bull pen" at El Paso, Tex., where
the captured Mexican rebels and federals aro being hpld by the United States
soldiers.
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FEDERAL OUTP03T8 DRIVEN BE
HIND MAIN FORTIFICATIONS
REBELS OCCUPY TOWN.
HUERTA'S MEN ARE ROUTED
Washington Government Still Holds
to Its Policy Believes Impending
Battle Will Settle Prestige of Gen
eral Huerta.
BerraeJUIo, Durango, Mex., March
24. FranclBco Villa, the rebel chief,
left Sunday for the aouth, after hav
ing cleared the way for a direct at
tack on Torreon by his success on
Saturday in establishing a base here
and driving in the federal advance
guards from Maplml, Tlahualilo, Sac
ramento, Noo, Brlttlngham Junction
and smaller points in tho environs of
the Huerta stronghold.
The zigzag front of khakl-clad
rebels, Including the Indians who of
fered their sorvices and those of their
bows and arrows at Chihuahua a
month ago, who havo been given tmod
ern uniforms and arms, was nearest
the enemy at Brlttlngham Junction,
only seven miles north of Torreon.
Boforo .leaving for the front Gen
eral Villa said he doubted whether tho
fedorals would mako further resist
ance until his assault on their main
position takes placo, although there
were rumors that tho enemy would
make a show of resistance at Gomez
Palacio,
The first Important move of the
woek Just passed took place when
General Villa having nppearod sud
denly rrom Chlnuahua, sot his troops
In motion Friday morning from Yor
mo, about one hundred miles north
of Torreon.
Fifteen miles north of this city he
camo upon a strong advance column
of tho federals, who are believed to
have been under orders to retreat
upon appearance of tho enemy. The
appearance of tho rebels was so sud
den, howevor, that the rotreat bo
camo almost a rout.
Washington. March 24. Although
full reports of the conference at Vera
Cruz between John Llnd nnd Senor
Portlllo y Rojas, minister of foreign
affairs in the Huerta cabinet, havo
been roceived hero, the disposition of
tho American govornmont 'is to mako
no changes in its polloy toward Mex
ico or express Itself on any of the
new proposals reported to havo been
made until after the battle of Tor
reon la fought.
Settlement Worker Not Guilty.
Chicago, March 23. Miss Ellen
GatoB Starr, ono of the founders of
Hull house, was acquitted of a charge
of Inciting a riot, She was tried be
fore a jury for having aided striking
waitresses in a demonstration In front
of Henrlci's restaurant, which 'the po
lice alleged was n riot.
Officer Slain by Bandit.
St. Louis, Maroh 24. Davo Whitt
les, a highwayman who shot and ktllod
Patrolman W. E. Shaihor, Is dying at
tho City hospital from a wound he in
fllotod on himself. Whlttley's com
panion, David O'Connor, confessed.
Plot to Dltoh Train.
Chicago, March 24. Evidence found
by detectives Investigating the wreck
of the "Olympian Special" of tho Chi
rago, Milwaukeo & St Paul railroad,
st c s th v It was planned to dl'rh the
Ir u at thr rlBk of k"ing scores
THE "BULL PEN"
SUFFRAGE BILL HIT
8ENATE VOTE8 DOWN AMEND
MENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Women Fall to Get Two-Thirds Neod-
ed to Pass . Moasure In
Upper House.
Washington, March 21. Woman suf
frage, advocates lost their fight Thurs
day in the United States senate for
a resolution proposing an amendment
to the federal constitution giving
women the ballot. The vote was 35
for ,the meaBuro to 34 against it, a
two-third afflrmativo vote being re
quired for passage
The amendment offered by Senator
Vardaman of Mississippi, which pro
vided in effect for the repeal of tho
fifteenth amendment to the Constitu
tion, was defeated, 48 to 19. Tho
amendment to tho Joint resolution of
fered by Senator Williams of Missis
sippi, which provided that only white
women should onjoy tho right of suf
frage, was loBt. 44 to 21.
Immediately after tho voto was
taken Senator Shafroth of Colorado
announced that ho would offer an
amendment providing that whenever
five per cent of tho voters of any state
petitioned for the question of woman
suffrage to bo submitted to tho vot
ers the question should be so submit
ted, in lieu of an amendment to the
stato constitution.
The proposed Shafroth amendment
embodied tho plan which has been ad
vocated by the National Association
for Woman Suffrago through its con
gressional committee here.
Senator OHIe James of Kentucky
assorted that his state had had one
limited experience of woman suffrage
in a local school election. He said on
that oocaslon ten negro women voted
for every white woman. I
TRAIN ROBBED OF $14,000
Lone Bandit Stops Santa Fe Train
Near Beaumont,. -Tex., and Es
capes With Large Sum.
Beaumont, Tex., March 20. A lone
robber hold up tho express messen
ger on a Santa Fe railroad train near
hero on Wednesday and Is reported to
have secured $14,000. Tho robbery oc
curred on north-bound train No. 202,
at Holblg, 14 mlleB north of here.
Deputy sheriffs nnd policemen from
Beaumont started In pursuit of the
robber, who was said to havo disap
peared In a thickly woodod country.
The train left here at 12: 1G p. m. Tho
$14,000 was being sent by a Beaumont
lumber company to Browndoll, Tex.,
for pay roll uso.
Goethals Names Major Boqgt.
Washington, March 21. Col. Goorgo
W. Goethals has soloctod for head of
the purchasing department of the now
Panama canal govornmont MaJ. F. O.
Boggs.
Kill Assailant of Woman.
Clanton, Ala., March 24. While
etato troops wero hurrying. Charles
Young, a negro, was taken away from
a sheriff's posse by a mob and
lynched He was aocused of attack
ing an aged white woman.
Earth Tremors Recorded,
Mobile, Ala , March 24. Earth tre
mors, whloh experts said indicated dis
turbances In Central Araorloa, 1,250
miles away wero registered on Satur
day by tho seismograph nt Springhtll
rollego hero
THREE DEAD IN FIRE
MAN PLUNQRS FROM BURNING
BUILDING AND BADLY HURT.
Windsor Hotal and Waitarn Nawspa
par Union Btruotura Burnad
to tha around,
Detroit, Mich., Maroh Sir-Fir
whloh startod on Thursday in the five
story building oooupled by the Hough-ton-Dotrolt
Elevator oompany on
Woodbrldgo street, In tho downtown
dlatrlot, li bolloved to have resulted
In the death of three men who wero
working on tho fifth floor. Four men
were employod on that floor. Ono es
caped through a skylight. He wai
badly burned and out and could give
no information oonoerntng the fate of
hie companions. Tho elovator com
pany's building was destroyed and the
flames spread to an adjoining struc
ture. An unldontlfled body waa taken
fr.om the building as soon so the nro
died down and the firemen bolloved
two more bodies would be found In
tho ruins. The missing men are Wal
ter Llbby, John Law and Frank Todd.
The origin of the fire has not been
determined.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 21. The
Windsor hotel and the Wostern News
paper Union building, whloh housed
the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin,
one of tho oldest newspapers In the
state, were destroyed by Are on Thurs
day with a Iobb estimated at $850,000.
The Western Newspaper Union's
loss is estimated at $40,000 and that of
the Milwaukee Printers' Roller com
pany $20,000. The loss on the hotel
building is placed at $40,000.
Othor losses through smoke and
water wore sustained by tho Standnrd
Blank Book Manufacturing company,
tho Milwaukee Novelty Dye works
and the warehouse of tho T. A. Chap
man Dry Goods company. ?
31dnoy, Ohio, March 21. Four largo
business buildings wore burned to the
ground and four others badly damaged
by tho worst fire that over visited this
city. The loss is estimated at $400,000
to $500,000.
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE
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New York, Maroh 21. Souie esti
mate of what tho snowstorms cost the
city of New York was had whon tho
street cleaning commission announced
that $2,400,000 had been spent and
that another $100,000 'would he ex
pended. Redding, Cal., March 23. Given
their first meal in 48 hours, 120 un
employed men, who selzod a freight
train here startod on .foot for tho
Oregon lino. Officials of ShaBtn county
agreod that they should be fed at sta
tions 20 miles apart.
Toledo, O., March 23. Samuel
Riggs, a portor, was killed, und furni
ture valued at $50,000 owned by a de
partment store, together with 24 au
tomobiles, was destroyed in a tiro.
New York, March 23. Ex-Senator
William A. Clark of Montana was ono
of a crowd of pedestrians that uar
rowly oscapod Injury or death whon a
derrick and 14-ton glrdor fell at tho
new building of tho Equitable Llfo As
Buranco society, Ono workman was
killed and throo injured.
Now York, March 23. Tho wedding
of Miss Margaret Ellso Ollvor, daugh
ter of Charles K. Oliver, to B. Burton
Holmes, tho lecturer, took place in St.
Stephen's Episcopal church.
WILSON FILLS MOORE'S PLACE
New Yorker Named Counsolcrof State
Department Cone Johnson Solic
itor In Place of J. W. Folk.
Washington, March 23. Robert
Lansing of Now York, was nominated
on Friday by President Wilson to be
counselor of tho stato deportmont to
Buccood John Bassott Mooro. Cone
Johnson of Texas was nomlnntod by
the presldont to bo solloltor of tho
itato department, succeeding Josoph
W. Folk, who recently resigned to be
come ohlof counsel to tho Interstate
comraerco commission. Robert Lan
ting Is fifty years of ago and has served
tho government in u numbor of Impor
tant legnl capacities. Ho was associ
ate counsel for tho United States for
tho Bering sen arbitration In 1892 and
was solicitor for tho United Statos for
tho Alaskan boundary tribunal In 1003.
EIo wus counsel for tho North Atlantic
:oast fisheries, arbitration at' The
Elaguo in 1009.
O'SHAUGHNESSY MAY RESIGN
American Charge D'affaires at Mexico
City Expected to Quit Owing
to III Health.
Moxlco City, March 23. Mr.
O'Shaughnessy, American charge d'af
faires, said he was considering re
ilgnlng. Ho sayB that If he does It
will bo becauso of his bad health.
Well Known Chicago Banker Diet.
Chicago, Maroh 24. Byron L. Smith,
president of tho Northern Trust com
pany and Ioador in the group of men
who financed and built tho Chicago of
today, dlod at his homo, 2140 I'ralrlo
ivenuo. Ho was slxty-ono yoara old.
Longworth Auks Seat Again.
Cincinnati, March 24 Former Con
fressraan Nicholas Longworth an
jounced himself nil a candidate for the
Jepubllran nomination for congress
n tin First Ohl3 G(srlct Longworth
was d-f ntcd for r ckt bn lu 1913
EXPLAINS DEFICIT
AT PENITENTIARY
FIRE COMMISSIONER MAKES A
PLEA FOR8AFETY.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Western Newspaper Union Novtb Sorvleo.
Tho prbiclpal cause of tho mainten
ance fund at to stato penitentiary is
duo to the lnck of crops on tho prison
farm lust year, and tho largo amount
of coal roqulrod to operate tho power
plant at tho institution, according to a
Bintnmont. made bv Warden Fcnton.
This plnnt furnishes power and light
for tho prison and tho shops nnu aiso
for tho state house, orthopedic hospit
al, and the governor's mansion. Tho
coal bill amounted to $1,700 a inonta,
As there wore no crops on tho prison
farm last year food for stock had to
bo bought. Also, most of tho moat
fed to tho nrlaoners Ib now bought and
tho prlco Is higher than it was a fow
years ngo. The last loglslaturo appro
priated a total of$130,000 for mainten
ance, not Including $17,900 for tho sal
aries of officers. At this time 73 per
cent of tho malntenanco fund 'has beon
oxpended.
Want Assignment for Farm Work.
Warden Fenton is besieged dally by
largo numbers of Inmates who want
to he placed on tho list of somo thirty
live furm hands now assigned for
farm work at the stato prison. Tho
head official is choosing his men from
tho standpoint of efficiency. About
250 acres will go under tho plow In a
fow days. Forty acres are set aside
for garden purposes. Two-thlrdB of
this plat will bo in potatoes. Tho
warden is hopeful of raising 2,500
bushels of spuds for his charges.
Fifty acres Is in winter wheat, forty
will go into oats and more than a hun
dred Into corn. It will roqulro sixteen
work horses at steady grind to accom
plish the spring work on tho farm.
Fairs Will Fall to Get Exhibits.
At loast fouiteon county fairs, .will
not ho able to get tho exhibits offered
by the agricultural extension service
of tho university farm for tho uso of
county falm next fall. To date there
aro about four applications for each
of tho six avallablo exhibits. Applica
tions aro being -sent to Henry Pickett
nt Wahoo, Nohr., socrotnry of tho ox
hlblt committee of tho Fair Managers
association. Final soloetlon of tho six
fairs to be visited this year will not
bo niado until May 1. Tho fairs at
which tho university exhibits will bo
shown will bo determined by a com
mltteo of tho Fair Managers' associa
tion, In consultation with Nebraska
unlorslty fnrm authorities.
Recount of Vcies for Women.
An error was discovered In tho
number of petitioners for votes for
the submission of equal suffrngo from
Douglas county and two membors of
tho stato suffrage association mndo a
recount of tho names on fllo with tho
secretary of state. They found thoro
were really 11,315' names from Doug
las county while tho number listed by
tho association from that cbunty was
.only 10,315. Without this extra 1,000
tho petitioners wero sufficient in num
ber to require submission of the ques
tion to a voto of tho electors this fall.
Secretary of State Walt will havo an
official count mado boforo tho proposl.
tlon Is placed on the ballot.
To'Llmlt Number of Entries.
Plans for tho next bettor babies con
test at tho Nebraska state fair aro be
ing evolved and Mrs. M. E. Vftnco and
hor advisers nro considering methods
of handling tho situation. It has boon
suggested that tho number of entrlos
be limited to about 200. In ordor to
bring this about two plans havo boon
suggostcd. Tho first schemo is a ser
ies of county drawlngB. By moans of
those the number of entries aro re
duced and tho .lucky onos allowed to
competo at tho stato fair Anothor
plin includes tho services of a commit
tee in each county to ollniinato a pum
bor of tho contestants and "roduco
thorn In proportion to tho number of
ontrles.
Becauso Lew Rlchoy, convicted at
Walthlll for settlug flro to a hotel and
pool hall at that place, was paroled
from the ponltontiary after sorvlng a
year, Flro Commissioner Ridgoll, who
assisted In convicting tho man, is in
censed nt tho action of tho stnte parole
board Chairman Maggi is said to havo
promised to let tho lire commissioner
know whon tho mattor camo up, hut
neglected to do so, and the dopartmeut
was given no chanco to disclose tho
details of the affair. RIchey wus son
ton oed from ono to twonty yonrs for
tho crlmo.
Main Causes of Dependency.
Enumerating tho ciuisgh of depend
oncy or homoloBsness, Miss Etta Ca
ton, stato agent for dependent chil
dren, declared In a papor read boforo
tho second annual conforenco of stato
and local hoalth officors at Lincoln
that drunkenness and Immorality or
the social evil are the main causes.
She gave figures based on a hundred
caseB taken in hand by tho homo for
dependent children In forty-nino of
Ihe-o cases drink wna ono of tho
muses of trouble' and In sixty six
rases tho social evil played a part.
CUTTING CIRCLES IN GLASS
Ingenious Little Implement Dovlsed
by New York Man Tool Has
Base With Suction Cap.
An ingenious llttlo implement for
tha cutting of circles In glass has boon
dovlsed by n Now York man. Ordinar
ily It Is difficult to mark a clrclo on
glass bepauso of tho problom of how
to hold tho nxlB fast. This tool has a
baso with a rubbor auction cap on tho
bottom, so that it will stick fast wher
ever placed. Pivoted to it Is a squaro
rod with a cuttor head mounted on 1L
This squuro rod 1b ono of Uio features
of tho Implement, for It is lmposslblo
Circular Glass Cutter.
for tho cutter head to turn on tho rod,
as it would do on a round ono. Tho
baso is therefore fixed In tho center
of tho clrclo and tho cuttor head ro
volvcd around It. Of course this cut
tor head can be inovod to different
points of tho rod, accoidlng to tho
dlnmetor of tho proposed clrclo.
MILK IVORY AS SUBSTITUTE
In Appearance Hardened Substance
Can Hardly' Be Distinguished
From tho Real Article.., .
Skim milk Is used for tho koyboards
of pianos, and although in npDoaranco
this hardoned substnnco is scarcely
dlBtlugulshnblo from ivory, It Is con
siderably moro durable and loss ox
pensive. A British factory of syrollt,
nt tho skhn-mllk ivory Is called, oxleta
at Stroud, whoro It was established
about a year ago, and hundreds of gal
lons of separated milk aro dally trans
formed Into ono of tho most useful ma
terials that havo boon Invented in ro
cont times.
In vlow of tho fnct that ivory is be
coming scarcer ovory day, tho demand!
for skim-milk Ivory for tho purposes
of making piano keys la onormous.
Tho product is sent to overy part of
tho world. It is used for umbrella
handles, buttons, photograph frames
and various nppllancos, and is ospa
dally appreciated by comb manufac
turers, aa it con bo mado to look like
horn, is considerably less cxpcnslvo,
and is, of courso, non-inflammable.
Tho milk is not mixed with any
othor substance, but after being puri
fied it is compressed so that all tho
moleturo Is extracted and tho sub
stance becomes hard and dry.
HOIST LIQUIDS FROM WELLS
Apparatus Is Operated by Means of
Compressed Air or Other Vapors
Invention of Texan.
Tho Scientific American in describ
ing a hoisting appnratus, lnvontod by
D. D. McCnll of Houston, Tex., says:
This invention rolates to apparatus
for ralsliiK liquid from wolls by moans
of a compressed fluid, such au ulr or
othor vnpors or gas, und rotors moro
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Hoisting Apparatus.
particularly to tho clasB comprising a
mombor carrying a compressed fluid, a
mombor used ns n cyllndor for tho
liquid to bo hoisted, and a mombor
convoying said liquid to a desired
placo, togethor with monns associated
with tho nbovo membors wheroby tho
flow may bo controlled.
Wages In Australia.
Tho average nominal rate of wago3
to ndulto Is $1G a wook in Wast Aus
tralia, as compared with $13.50 a week
In Tasmania, tho two states of Aus
tralia whoro tho highest and tho low
ost wagos, respectively, aro paid.
Weeds for Fuel.
Experiments aro under way In Ger
many with a view to utilizing tho
papyrus and othor reeds ot tho Nllo
nmrshos ns fuel by drying them, re
ducing Hum to powder nd forming
tirlquittos
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ERECTING A CONCRETE WALL
Economy la Main Advantage Urged by
Inventor Time, Labor and Money
Saved by tha 8ystem.
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An Ingenious mothod of concrete
construction Is to eot the forms fori
tho wnllB of a house almost level, and
aftor pouring tho coucroto nnd allow
ing It to harden to tilt tho wall om
odgo. Economy la tho main advantage!
of tills system f a saving of time, labor
and money, so tho inventor claims, and)
tho method has boon used with success
in largo buildings erected by tho
United States government and larg
corporations. Walls of 120 feet lni
length havo boon raised in ono pleco,
but it is not adapted to structures of
great height.
Tho dovlce consists of a sorlos ot
JackscrowB supporting n trussed framo,
upon which tho form for tho wall Is
built. The frumo sots at a very Blight
angle, and tho workmen can movo
about it with ease, doing their work
fastor than when nailing upright forma
in plnco. Ono sido of tho form is not
needed at all, as tho upper Burfaco of
tho concrete is smoothed out, or fin
ished In vurlous ways; this results in
a saving of almost half tho lumhor ro
quired for upright forms.
Aftor tho concrete has hardened, tho
oporation of tilting tho wall upright
takes placo; this is accomplished by
means of n small englnowhich oper
ates all tho Jackscrowu simultaneously,
so thnt tho great mass of tho wall is
raised ovonly and sot upon Its founda
tion. Of courso it Is essential to uso
gieat caro In securing perfect align
ment of tho jackscrows and tho frames.
Ae oach wall is sot in plnco it is braced
and tho corners whoro two walls meet
nro joined by concrete, so that tho fin
ished structuro is practically a mon
olith. Usually the rolnforclng rods aro
allowed to project at tho corners,
strengthening tho Joint togothor.
LITTLE SCAFFOLD IS HANDY
Englishman Designs Ladder, Whloh
When Folded, May Be Stored In
Smallest Bit of Space.
An Improved typo of folding scaf.
fold or laddor for use In places whoro
ovory inch ot storage space is an im
portant consideration, and which, when
folded, may easily bo carried to tho
position whoro it le desired to set it
up for uso, has been designed by anf
Englishman, says Popular Mechan
ics. Tho scaffold or trestlework xls
Folding Scaffold.
mounted upon a squaro framowork,
oach corner of which is provldod with
a suitable castor, eo that tha dovlco
may roadlly bo moved ovor tho floor.
Tho scaffold io quickly sot up and afc
tachod to tho carrlago by sotscrows,
and tho sliding Bectlon is easily ralsod
to tho height roqulrod to roach,
tho work to bo dono. It Is possible
to uso tho trestio singly, ub shown, or
in pairs connoctod with scaffold boards
and partition rails.
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Detroit factories turn out nearly
450,0o0 Btovos a year.
A well-constructed brick houso will
outlnBt ono built of granite.
Tho largest bucket drodger has
boon built for work on tho Suez
canal.
Tho total output of Idaho's various
metal mlnoa' Jast year sot a now, high
record.
Bricks mado of peat aro being suc
cessfully used In Swodon for small
buildings.
Although a now German automation
pistol wqighs but llttlo moro than two
pounds It can flro 100 bullets a mln-
uto. . '
A combined motion picture cnmora
dovoloplng and printing apparatus.and
projector has beon lnvontod for ama
teur UBe.
i
A grass native to India has proved
so good for papor pulp that 50,000 tons
of it are bolng used annually for that,
purposo. ""
A wheeled foot rost, 4to be hinged!
to a rocking chair, has been jmtented
by a Michigan man to lesson th'o labor
of rocking.
Slabs of natural cork, expanded to,
moro than twice their original size,
havo been Invented in England for
cold storago Insulation.
Two parts of grated cheese and ona
part ot quicklime with enough whits
o rSG to fornj a thick paste make un
jarthonwnrw cemout for immodlato
uso