DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
Stale Historical Society
Motto: All The News When It Is New.
VOL. 22.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 0, 1914.
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TRAIN GOES IN RIVER
SPAN ON WABA8H ROAD, COL
LAPSES IN INDIANA THREE
KILLED AND 50 HURT.
CREW VICTIMS OF CRASH
Passengers Saved From Death by
Breaking of Coupling Engine and
Three Cars Plunge Off Structure
One Wreck Was Just Cleared Away.
Attica, Ind., April 7. Tho Wabash
river bridge collapsed on Sunday and
hurled tho Continental Limited train
of tho Wabash Bystern Into tho ditch
and partly Into tho river. Threo per
sons were killed, another hurt and BO
others less Berlously hurt.
Wrecking crews had just cleared
away tho debris caused by a wreck
earlier In tho day. Apparently tho sup
ports of tho bridge had been weakened,
for tho wholo span under tho engine
crumpled.
Tho dead aro: Tim Hull, engineer,
Peru, Ind., married; Jacob Miller, fire
man, Peru, Ind., married; J. A. Thom
as, express messenger, Huntington,
Ind. The engine, tender and three cars
plunged through the broken span, alf
falling a distance of about thirty feet
to tho bank of tho river, and ono car
partly submerged. Only tho breaking
of tho couplings provented tho remain
der of the train from falling, and only
the fact that he cars were of bteel
averted terrible loss of life.
Ono passenger car was halt way over
the edge of tho pier on the river side
of the broken span. When the forward
cars fell the weight and momentum of
this car sent the forward end toppling
downward.
Every passenger was hurled In a
screaming, fighting mass to tho front
end of tho car, and finally It became
apparent to them that the car was no
longer moving, and that they would be
all right if they would extr(cate them
selves, arid they did, quickly,
LIQUORS BARRED IN NAVY
Secretary Daniels Forbids Use of In
toxicants by Officers of
Vessels.
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Washington, April 7. Prohibition
"will be extended to the entire naval
service, under an order issued on Sat
urday by Secretary Daniels, which will
so Into effect on July 1 next. Here is
his order: "The use or Introduction for
drinking purposes of alcoholic liquors
on boprd any naval vessel, or within
any yard or station. Is strictly prohib
ited, and commanding officers will be
"held directly responsible for tho en
forcement of this order."
Tho ontl-drinklng order was issued
upon tho recommendation of Surgeon
General William C. liralBted of the
navy. In signing tho ordor, Secretary
Danlols said, In part:
"I am In hearty agreoment with the
views expressed by tho surgeon gen
oral in his paper accompanying the
rccommondation. During tho last week
It has been my painful duty to approve
a court-martial for dismissal from the
Borvice of an officer for intoxication.
He told me that be bad never tasted
Intoxicating drink until ho did so in
the wino mess on his cruises. Others,
who have been disciplined for drinking
to excess, havo mado similar state
ments to me."
"LUMBER KING" OF U. S. DIES
Frederick W. Weyerhauser Succumbs
to Pneumonia at His Home
In Pasadena, Cal.
Los AngcleB, Cal, April 7. Fred
erick W. Weyerhauser, declared to be
the richest man in the world, died
hero on Saturday at his mansion at
Oak Knoll, Pasadena. A corps of
physicians had battled in vain with
Jcath to save the life of tho cighty-yoar-old
modern Croesus. Ills wealth,
mostly lumber Interests. Is estimated
to be between two hundred and three
hundred million dollars. For several
days Woyerhausers condition was
critical, his illness being diagnosed as
pneumonia. For many years Mr. Wey
erhauser was known as the "lumber
king" of America.
DOUGHERTY IS FOUND GUILTY
Former Banker and Educator of III-
nol Convicted of Forgery Served
One Term In Penitentiary.
Peoria, I1L, April 7. Newton C.
Dougherty, former banker and school
board head, was found guilty of
forgery on Saturday. Dougherty was
tried on charge not included in the
Indictment returned against him sev
eral years ago, when he was convict
ed and spent a term in the peniten
tiary. Tho Jury in the present trial
was out over three hoars.
Dowager Empress Is Worse.
Tokyo, Japan, April 6. The condi
tion of health of the dowager empress
Is worse. Bhe has been HI at the Im
perial villa at Numaxu, a watering pUce
oouthwest of Yokohama, for some
time, suffering from angina pectoris.
Must Eat Prison Fare.
New York, April 6. Rich criminals
confined in tho Tombs will have to
eat prison fare hereafter Katherlne
I). Davis, commissioner of corrections,
issued an order forbidding prisoners
from sending out for meals.
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Tho notorious St. Lazaro prison In Paris where Mmo. Henrlotto Call
laux, wife of tho formor French minister of flnanco, tho slayer of Gaston
Calmotto, odltor of Figaro, is incarcerated. St. Lazaro is ono of tho oldest
prisons in Franco and is notorious for tho harsh treatment meted out to
prisoners.
RUINS
DEAD CHOKE STREETS WHERE
VILLA'S MEN BRAWL OVER
PLUNDER.
FLEEING FEDERALS CAUGHT
Rebels Kill 100 Fugitive Troops and
Capture 123 Near Scene of Long and
Bloody Battle Tamplco to Surren
der. Torroon, Mex., April 7. Gen, Fran
cisco Villa ordered that the 600 Span
lards of this city be deportod. He Is
sued Instructions Sunday that trains
bo provided at once and that tho ex
odus to El Paso, Tex., begin. Tho
Spaniards' property will be confis
cated, temporarily at least.
Juarez, Mex., April 6. Torreon is
completely in the hands of the rebel
army under General Villa, It is
a city of ruins and horror. Tho
buildings have been wrecked by shells
and firo and tho streets aro full of
dead.
After securing control of tho city on
Thursday tho rebol soldiers wore given
the , freedom of absolute license.
Many were raving maniacs from their
long vigil on the firing lines, loss of
sleep and the excitement of battle.
Saloons' were broken open and loot
ed and a tnassacro of federal prison
ers followed. In brawls over loot,
many rebels were shot by thoir com
panions. Many of tho robel troops
wero so exhausted that they fell
across tho bodies of the dead and
Blept soundly for hours. "
General Villa, without giving his
men time to rest after their terrific
eleven days' battle, ordered an Im
mediate advance on Saltillo and
Monterey, two of the few Important
titles In northern Mexico still held
by tho federals.
Even before General Villa wired tho
news of tho capture of Torreon to
General Carranza, tho latter said he
had been sending troops eastward to
ward tho twg federal strongholds.
According " to two dispatches re
ceived here from tho rebol front, the
entire army of General Velasco, fed
eral commander at Torreon, was wiped
out, save a few hundred who escaped
with Velasco during the darkness.
The rebel pursuing force engaged
tho rear guard of the fugitive federals
at San Pedro on Friday, killing 100
and capturing 123,
Washington-, April 6. Constitution
alist outposts within flvo miles of
Tamplco are preparing to attack the
city, Rear Admiral Fletcher reported
on Friday, adding that bo had private
advices that tho federals wero prepar
ing to surrender without resistance.
El Paso, Tex. April 6. Foreigners
owning property in Mexico started a
movement on Friday for an appeal to
Washington to recognize tho Carranza
government Meantime federal sym
pathizers estimated that the Huerta
forces lost 5,500 men In dead, wounded
and prisoners In Torreon's fall. Vel
asco was said to bo trying to join the
federal garrison o 4,000 at Monterey
with the rest of his original force of
9,000 men. Gen. Pablo Gonzales is op
erating near Monterey with 3,000
rebels.
$430,000 for Mission Work.
Nashville, Tenn., April 4. Appropri
ations for 1915 for southern Methodist
mission work In China, Japan, Korea,
Brazil, Mexico, Cuba and Africa will
aggregate $430,000. In addition there
will probably be $50,000 for foreign
work coming from a special building
fund being raised now.
Kills Wife and Then Suicides.
Ban Antonio, Tex., April 7. Because
she visited her parents after he had
requested hor not to do so, Alfonso
Zunlga killed his wife, probably fa
tally wounded his mother-in-law, and
then committed suicide.
Has 180,084,492 In Gold.
San Francisco, Cal., April 6. Gol
coin amounting to $88,684,492.26 ta
piled up In tho Ban Francisco tub
treasury. William J. McGoe, assistant
treasurer, said tho accumulation soon
will reach $.100,000,000.
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WABASH OFFICIAL SAYS ROAD3
ARE IN DESPERATE STRAIT8.
Declare Five Per Cent Increase Insuf
ficient for Lines In Central Freight
Association Territory.
Washington, April 6. Declaring
that the railroads in Central Freight
association territory nre In desperate
straits for Increased revenues, W. W.
Maxwell, general manager of the Wa
bash, urged the Interstate commerce
commission Friday to grant the five
per cent hicrcaso in rates in that ter
ritory. "I am confident that a flvo per cent
raise in rates is insufficient to keep tho
railroads out of the hands of receiv
ers unless a readjustment Is mado
In Central Freight association terri
tory to bring these rates up to thoso
in official classification territory," said
Mr. Maxwell.
"An Increase of five per cent would
not meet tho needs In tho Central
Freight association territory. Tho
only way to save tho situation Is a
general reorganization of rates. Tho
rates here aro lower than in any sec
tion of tho world."
"Is'lt" not a fact that tho roads" in
Central Freight association territory
aro much better oft than thoso in tho
East?" askod Clements.
"No. sir, thoy nro in desperate cln
cumstanpes," replied tho witness.
The testimony of Mr. Maxwell
closed tho railroads' direct testimony
in tho caso.
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Boston, April 2. Miss Helen Cuda
hy, daughter of Patrick Cudahy, Mil
waukee packer, entered tho training
school for nurses at tho Massachusetts
General hospital.
London, April 3. Suffragettes sot
fire to Lisburn castle, County Antrim.
They loft a message for Sir Edward
Carson vowing vengeance.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 3. Dr.
Thomas A. Box, ono of the engineers
of tho Washington, D. C. aqueduct,
a Union army surgeon during the
Civil war, and for many years a resi
dent of Pittsburgh, Pa., la dead hero
at the age of seventy-six.
Rome, April 3. The Italian cham
ber of deputies and eenate reassem
bled. The now cabinet under the pre
miership of Slg. Salandra mado
known to both houses Its legislative
program.
BALK AT RULE OF SECRECY
La Follette and Eight Associates In
Senate to Defy Regulations Con
cerning Publicity.
Washington, April C Nine mem
bers of the senate, headed by Senator
Ln Follette, openly revolted against
proceedings behind closed doors on
Friday after an executive session in
which the senate by o vote of 36 to 27
confirmed the nomination of Wlnthrop
M. DanleVs of New Jersey to be a mem
ber of the Interstate commerce com
mission. Senator La Follette declared
on the floor that he proposed to defy
tho rules of the senate in future and
discuss publicly legislation not affect
ing foreign relations and later It was
announced that Senators Brlstow,
Cummins, Clapp, Kenyon, Norris,
Jonee and Gronna, Republicans, and
Polndexter, Progressive, vould main
tain tho same attitude.
Rescued Sailors In Port.
Philadelphia, April 7. Four surviv
ors of tho three-masted schooner Hat
tie P. Simpson, which sank In mld
ocean, arrived hero aboard the battle
ship Michigan. The schooner went
down on March 21.
180O00 Fire In Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., April 7. Fire In
the retail district did damage esti
mated at $180,000, destroying the storo
of the Acrao Lead and Color works at
2015 Second, avenuo aud damaging two
other concern?
12 U-. S. BANKS NAMED
SELECTION MADE OF CITIES FOR
FEDERAL DEPOSITORIES.
Chicago Is the Seventh on the Lis
District Contains 984 National
Banks Dallas, Tex., Wins.
Reserve Bank Cities Named Under
Currency Law.
DIst and city. Capital.
1 Boston 9.131.740
2 New York ro.GS7.fU0
3-I'hllmlolplila 12.9M.013
4 -Cleveland 11.GB1.K3S
6 Ulrhmoml, Va G.G43.MI
C Atlanta 4,702,780
7 Chicago 13.1S1.923
8 -St LoUl 6.219.333
9Mlnneupoll.j 4.702.S64
10 Kansas City , E 691.918
11- Hollas. Tex 5,631,001
li Ban FrnncMco 8,115621
Washington, April 4. Twelve cltloa
havo been named as federal roserve
banks.
District No. 7 (tho Chicago district)
Is described ln full as follows:
District No. 7: Tho state of Iowa,
all that part of Wisconsin located
south of tho northern boundary of tho
following counties: Vernon, Sauk,
Columbia, Dodge, Washington and
Osaukoo; all of the southern penin
sula of Michigan, viz: That part east
of Lako Michigan, all that part of Illi
nois located north of a lino forming
tho southern boundary of tho follow
In counties: Hancock, schuylcr,
Cass, Sangamon, Christian, Shelby,
Cumberland and Clark, and all that
part of Indiana north of a lino form
ing tho southern boundary of tho fol
lowing counties: Vigo, Clay, Owon,
Monroe, Brown, Bartholomew, Jen
nings, Ripley and Ohio, with a fed
eral rcservo bank located ln tho city
of Chicago, 111.
This district contains 981 national
banks which have accepted tho pro
visions of tho federal rcservo act Tho
capital stock of tho fedoral resorvo
bank of Chicago, on tho basis of five
por cent of the total capital stock
and surplus of tho assenting na
tional banks amounts to $12,664,
100; and If thero"be added six por
cent of tho total capital stock and sur
plus of tho sfyito banks and trust com
panies which havo applied for mem
bership up to April 1, 1914, the total
capital stock will bo $13,151,923.
Dallas' contest with Now Orleans
wns not taken seriously by bankers,
but tho claims of tho.Texas city havo
prevailed with tho troasury officials,
who havo seen advantages over New
Orleans unknown to tho general finan
cial community. In other respects tho
locations choson nro considered satis
factory by financiers
PAPERS IN ALABAMA COMBINE
Post and Item of Mobile Consolidate
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch
Bought by New Yorkers.
Mobile. Ala., April 4. Tho Mobllo
PoBt and Mobllo Item, tho two after
noon papers horo, havo consolidated
and will be published as ono paper.
The Item was established about fifteen
years ago and has been ono of tho
stato's leading papers. While Jho
PoBt entered tho field only five years
ago It has mado great strides and was
recognized as one of tho most up-to-date
publication in tho South.
Richmond, Va., April 4. The Times
Dispatch, owned by the Joseph Bryan
estate, has been sold to Jules Breu
chaud and others of New York. It
Is understood tho new management
will support woman suffrage, al
though this was not tho primary mo
tlvo for tho purchase.
HELD ON PARCEL POST THEFT
Substation Clerk, Street Car Conduc
tor and Carpenter Are Arrested
by Officials. '
Buffalo, April 6. Thefts of parcel
post packages valued at $5,000 wero
disclosed utter the arrest of three men
here, and tho proprietor of a large
mail-order bouse, which was tho prin
cipal loser, claims their loss during
tho laat year will reach ?16,900. Tho
men under arrest are Paul Miller,
twonty-elght years old, employed at a
poet office uubstatlon; Bert Wilson,
twenty-four years old, a street-car
conductor, and Edward Harrington,
forty-throe yenrs old, a carpenter. Mil
ler, tho pollco state, admits tho theft
of watches and other Jewelry worth
about $5,000,
BRYAN ILL; KEPT OFF STUMP
6evere Cold Keps the Secretary of
State From New Jersey Cam
paign. Washington, April 6. Secretary
Bryan, Buffering from a sevoro cold,
canceled his engagement to speak ln
tho congressional campaign at Pater
son, N. J., and decided to remain at
home on Friday, not coming out even
for a cabinet meeting. He kept In
touch with tho state department by
telephone
Miners' Demands Rejected.
Canonsburg, Pa., April 7. The de
mands of 800 minors of the Pittsburgh
Buffalo Coal company, who went on
strike lu support of their demands for
a run of mine basis of pay, wero re
jected. The mines aro under guard.
W. C. T. U. Head 8eriously III.
Portland. Me., April 7. Mrs. Lillian
M. N. Stevens, president of tho Na
tional Woman's Christian Tomperanco
union, Is seriously 111 at her homo hero
with kidney trouble Several physi
cians are attending hor.
STATE LEVY WAS
HIGHER IN 1913
MUCH DISCUSSION REGARDING
NEW STATE REFORMATORY.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Western Newspaper Union Nows Scrvlow
Taxes for all purposes ln Nebraska
averaged about 40Vj mills for tho year
1913, according to a compilation made
by Secretary Gaddls of tho stato tax
commission, and tills was 2 mills
moro than In tho previous year. Tho
state tax levy Is blamed for tho differ
ence, having: been boosted In 1913
from C 2 mills to 7.8 mills, as a result
of special levies voteU by tho leglsla-.
ture. Tho tax commission has figures
from twonty-flvo counties giving the
1913 county tax, tho highest levy ln
any city, and tho total for all purposes
In such cities. Tho gross tax ln those
cities ranges from 41,3 to 94.5 mills,
tho latter being a very extreme figure
for Furnas county. Estimating tho
average tax for all communities, rural
as well as urban, tho tax commission
thinks 40V mills to bo about right
Discuss New State Reformatory.
Tho question ns to whether the new
reformatory created by the last legis
lature shall exist as a part of or sep
arate from tho state prison has called
out varying opinions. A number of
vlows havo been oxprcsscd along tho
lino of a proposal mado by A. L.
Weatherly. His argument has been
that tho penitentiary Is reformatory
enough. Warden Fenton and others
with the other side of tho story, a stdo
that has heretofore boon given little
publicity, tako exception to any Im
pression nt largo that reformatory
Ideas have not already crept Into the
prison. It Is n reformatory along gen
eral lines with but one Idea upper
most tho training of men to better
fit themselves to be useful members
of society. Ho favors tho establish
ment of a sort of Junior reformatory,
but thinks It should bo under a aopar
ate head.
Three Thousand More Signatures.
C. L. Rein, secretary to Chancellor
Avery, has delivered a strong box con
taining somo threo thousand, signa
tures to tho university location peti
tion to tho stato house. This com
pletes tho work of securing signatures
and the question will harepdy for sub
mission to tho voters at tho Novomber
election. These last signatures cover
tho 2.877 which were stricken oft by
tho secretary of stato becauso ot lack
of county certification, many of tho
petitions designated, as coming from
certain couijtles being ln reality from
soveral counties. At the first filing of
tho petition there wero 2,100 moro
names than would bo nctually required
It was supposed. With this addition
to tho petition It will mako, excluding
thoso contested, about tlireo thousand
moro signatures than are necessary.
To Advertise Nebraska Resources.
Sweeping campaigns for collection
of a fund to advertlso Nebraska's re
sources at tho Panama-Pacific exposi
tion aro to begin at once. The com
mittee named to lnltlnto tho move
ment met and organized by electing
Poter Jensen of Beatrice, chairman;
John L. McCaguo of Omaha, vlco chair
man, nnd George Wolz ot Fremont,
treasurer. Tho seven executive state
officials nro to serve on tho committee
as members ox-officlo.
Dr. Bessey Returns from Arizona.
Dr. Bessoy, sonlor dean and head of
tho department of botany of Nebraska
university relurnod last week after
spending a month In tho desert region
surrounding Tuscon, Arizona, Ho mado
a special study of the cactuses and
other spiny plants, nnd will prepare
papers to bo given beforo tioveral sci
entific organizations In tho near fu
ture. Tho school ot pharmacy at tho stato
university Is planning to deyoto u
week tho second ln Mny to showing
Its development. A program of con
vocation, a banquet tendered to tho
stato pharmaceutical association, and
other activities ot tho Btudenfs will go
to make tho week notable
Systematic Crop Reports.
Systematic1 and thorough plans for
gathering crop reports during tho com
ing Beason havo been perfected by
Weather Man Lovoland and Secretary
Mellor of tho board of agriculture.
Tho data will bo obtained on t)io 15th
of each month and will Include much
Information not beforfl cbtalnablo at
ono source. The change was mado at
tho BUggcBtlon of several hundred
fanners over tho stato, who watch for
theso reports with greater Interest
than In tho past,
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In Seventy Counties.
Tho Nebrrwika Stato Horticultural
socloty has members In more than sev
enty counties In Nebraska, with tho
largest membership In tho counties ln
tho eastern part of the slate. Tho ob
ject of this society Is to help In all
possible ways overy person who Is In
terested In trees, fruit, flowers nnd
vogetablo growing. The society de
sires to oxtend its membership so that
every county In Nebraska will be re
ceiving the benefits of the society's ef
forts and researes
GUARD FOR POISON BOTTLES
Flexible Spiked Band Gives Unmistak
able Warning to Any Person
Handling Deadly Vial.
Tho Bafoty-flrst campaign which Is
being urged on ovory hand finds a
quick responso in dovlcea to mako ac
cidental mistakes lu handling poison
ous substances loss frequent, If not Im
possible, says Popular Mechanics.
Ono poison signal Is shown herowlth,
ln which n rubber band, armed with
small rubber spikes projecting from
For Poison Bottles.
It, Is placed about a bottlo, round or
squnro boxcB or packages ln which
poisonous substances nro offered for
salo or distribution, giving an unmts
takablo warning to nny person picking
up or handling It. Tho band Is very
fiuxlblo and there Is sufficient elastic
ity In tho rubber of which It Is mado
to allow It to bo placed about bottles
of various sizes and Bhapes.
CAUSE OF IMPAIRED HEARING
Found by Dr. Albert Barnes of New
York to Be Chiefly Due to City
Noises Which Irritate Ear.
Ear-strain, producing greatly Im
paired hearing, Is found by Dr. Albert
Barnes of New York to bo very preva
lent, nnd to bo chiefly duo to city nolso,
which Irritates tho car much as daz
zling light affects tho oyo. The ncuto
nojB of hearing may bo lessened for
yonrs without giving serious trouble.
Nervous women and people from tho
country Buffer most from ear-strain,
and shoppers ofton get a distressing
headache and a feeling ot uneasiness
and Irritability that may last for days.
Even tho healthy car Is. not wholly
proof against noise, bollormakera and
workers amid rattling mnchlnory
eventually 'becoming partially deaf.
After a tlmo tho Bufforor from ear
strain notices a ringing in tho care,
and this Is particularly distressing, es
pecially 'fit night nnd whou tho person
is iiruu. jDiHuascu lonsus or nuenoiuH
uoglccted In childhood may lead to ear
strain. Snuffing salt v'ater or medicated
fluid up tho noso may havo effect,, and
changcablo weather and mental strain
aro contributing causes. Bringing noBO
and throat to a healthy condition Is a
atop toward relief, but rest la most
needed, and this is best obtained .by a
few days of recuperation in the cpun
try. Music after tho dny'e work ofton
soothes tired ears.
SIMPLE LIFE SAVING DEVICE
Holds Person Upright In Water and
Affords Protection From Water
and Floating Wreckage.
Tho Scientific American in describ
ing u llfo saving device, invented by
13. E. Mills of Medina, Wle., Bays:
Tho purpose hero Is to provide n
container which will recolvo and hold
a person upright ln tho water and pro
tect such person from tho water, float
ing wreckage and other coud'tlona un-
Life Saving Device,
der which the usual form of llfo pre
sorverB would bo unavailing. The con
tainer Is of such a nature that tho
same with others may bo conveniently
stored on shipboard and readily and
quickly placod In operation ln caso
their uso Is required.
Unalnkablo Ship.
A Welsh sea captain has lnvonted
k ship which, lu model form at least,
has proved unslnkable, the secret ly
ing lu tho pocullar form of Its hull.
Cause of Red Hair.
Human hair gets its red color from
in oxcess of sulphur In 1U corapoal-
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USING PIGS AS LIFE SAVERS
Furnish Best Available Skin for Graft
Ing Purposes Operation Is Usu
ally Successful. '
Tho despised pig is doing moro thaal
supply us with choice roasts and chops
ho now is bolng led to slaughter la
tho Interests of sctonco and is prov
ing ot material assistance to surgeons
ln Baying human lives.
It has lately boon discovered that a
vory young pig furnishes tho best
available skin for grafting purposes.
So useful has pigskin proved for this
purpoBo that tho operating staffs ot
a number of largo hospitals do not
consider their equipment comploto un
less thoy havo a llttor of pigs ready at
all times to supply the skin needed for
grafting on human bodies.
It has been found that skin taken
from pigs when thoy aro from two to
six months old can bo grafted on tho
skin ot a man or woman far moro suc
cessfully than tho Bkln of another hu
man bolng. Many Burgeons, ln fact,
aro abandoning tho old method ot
grafting human skin and aro relying
entirely upon tho Bit In obtained from,
very young plga for such operations,
Tho grafting bt pigskin la successful
In from 75 to 100 por cent of tho at
tempts. Tho skin of other anlmala
and ot human bolngs averages only 33
to 50 per cent, of "takes."
Some Burgeons havo hesitated to
uso pigskin for this purpoBo for fear
that wjth tho pig's hldo thoy would
transplant to their human patlont'a
body tho pig's stiff and ugly bristles.
This danger has now been removed
by a deep shaving process which re
moves tho roots of tho bristles and
prevents any danger of their growing
on a human body.
TO SEAL ENVELOPE QUICKLY
Serious Problem of Handling Mall
With Rapidity Solved by Device
Invented by New Yorker.
In tho days not so long ugo, tho sali
vary secretions ot tho office boy vroro
entirely sufficient for tho purpoBo ot
moistening all tho letters whlchhad
been written during the day and which
were entrusted to him at tho end off
tho day to mall. Such is not tho case
today, whon tho facilities for turning
out, letters and for doing business by
mail aro bo great as to mako tho seal
ing and stamping of mall matter &
sorious problem.
Tho device Bhown herowlth has been
Invented by a New York man and
while he says It will apply Just tho
Seals Envelopes Quickly.
right amount of moleturo to the
gummed flap of the envelope, ho has
nlso mado provision that when onco
charged with water tho supply will last
a considerable time and not dry out by
evaporation.
It consists of a moisture-proof box
with a hinged lid, tho latter having a
spring, tho action of which is to hold
tho lid open. Under tho lid la ono
moistening pad, which comes In con
tact with tho envelope flap and this
Is maintained at tho proper dogreo ot
moisture by automatically coming ln
contact with an auxiliary molstener.
Tho envelope Is plaped on the lid with
tho flap overhanging, and as the lid la
pressed down tho water Is applied. Aa
tho envelope Is removed the parts aro
pressed together and tho sealing;
effected. The moisture-proof qualities
of tho box prevent tho evaporation ot
tho wafer, which, whon not in uso It
is simply closed.
Paper ovorahoea have been patontod.
by their New York Inventor,
NonspDlAble salts or scent bottles
aro mounted ln new parasol handles.
A sanitary guard has been lnyented'
to prevont persons from handling1,
spigot outlets,
The flrat crematory In the-Nether-i
lands recently was completed'riear Am-
Btordam.
Pliers patented by an Illinois n-
vontor neatly split Insulation and sklni
It from wires.
Names have been given to 727 minor
planets and new ones aro being dis
covered all the tlnio. -
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Waterproof knapsacks mado oG
horsehair havo heen Invented by ai
Japanese array officer,
By inventing delicate apparatus a.
Ruoslan scientist proved that llghtt
waves exert a measurable mechanical
pressure,
After exhaustive researches ln Parla
a famous French scientist has recom
mended a diet equally divided betwMt.
meats and vegetables; as tho best for
working people. v
INVENTION