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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. tention has beon given tho most fun damental of all tho factors tho men. TkMJWlfll S Itlclency depends on close attention, imagination nnd tho ability for quick adjustment. Unexpected and suddenly I DISQDEffG TURN ) K -. 13 t urt ffiittn ant $ M 1 miuwmwinuji mi M Al occurring complications demand In stnnt decision without timo for reflec tion, and horoln tho man undor Irrita tion becomes a sourco of dnngor to himself and to his follow employes, for ho is in n state whero the element of danger results In an emotional wnvo which may produco a temporary motor paralysiB or overthrow of rea son. Multitudes aro working longer than their prosont condition Justifies, nnd therefore beyond thoir capacity; and the need of tho multitudes is tho effort of tho Individual personally to uso his intelllgonco to bring himself up to a UNCLE SAM FEARS A BREAK PEACE NEGOTIATIONS SIT UATION NOT PROMISING. IN I Principles of j s V a I AN APPEAL FOR HARMONY 1 v A fCW i irr mmMsmmk. MmmBK&yW& Leaders of Rebel Factiopii Urged to Bury Their Personal Differences and Join President Carbajal In Estab lishing New Government. Wmtrm Ntwjpiixr Union Ncw Hitlca Washington, D. C The United States government through ita consu lar representatives has appealed to Gen. Carrnnza nnd Gon. Villa In the Interest of patriotism nnd permanent pjace In Mexico to bury their personal differences and work In harmony for the establahment of a now govern ment, SecretaryBryan telegraphed both George C. Carothcra nnd John It, Sllllmnn, representatives of the state department with Gen. Villa and Gen. Cnrranza, respectively, urging that they present In a most friend ly, yet effective manner, tho Import ance of cohesion In tho constitutional ist forces. It was a personal appeal from Mr. Bryan, but reflected tho ap prehension of the Washington govern ment lest a division In the runks of tho constitutionalists upset expectations of peace r.t tho very moment when Provisionl President Carbajal was ready to transfer tho government at Mexico City to a now administration of constitutionalists. While the recent conference of Car ranza and Villa delegates nt Torrcon agreed upon terms designed to heal tho breach botwoen the two lenders, now disquieting reports have como to the effect that Villa was preparing to concentrate his troops in Chihuahua and hold himself nloof from Carran za's authority. v v V & AVi Dy ALBERT S. GRAY, M. D, i ..... . - iv v (Copyright, 1914, by A. S. Gray) FACTORY CASUALTIES. higher standard of human efficiency. ! ORDERS DISSOLUTION SUIT. Is McReynold's New Haven Project Approved. Washington, D. C. Tho long con tinued effort to untangle tho New Ha ven railroad without litigation came to an end when Prcsdont Wilson, in a letter to Attorney General Mcltey nolds, directed the institution of a Sherman law suit to dissolve the sys tem nnd ordered that tho criminal as pects of tho case be laid beforo a fed eral grand Jury. Tho president's ap proval of tho coursn mapped out by the department of Justlco means that the civil suit will be filed against tho Now Haven In tho United States court at New York at once. Situation at Vancouver Rolleved. Vancouver, B. C. Tho Hindus aboard tho Komagata Maru, who have resisted efforts to deport them, havo given In on all points and nccopted tho terms offered by tho authorities. Tho torms aro that tho ship shall bo provisioned for tho roturn voyngo nnd medicines provided. No points weio conceded by tho government officials, and a tense situation has boen relieved. A Monster Parade. Terro Haute, Ind. Four thousand members of tho uniform rank, Knights of Pythias, marched hero in one of tho most brilliant parados ovor conducted by tho order. Nearly every stato In tho union was represented. Tho pa rado was forty-fivo minutes passing reviewing Btand, which was occupied by Thomas J. Carllng, supremo chan cellor, and staff. Triple Tragedy In Colorado. Glonwood Springs, Colo. Dr. T. L. Hutchinson, 42, shot and killed his two daughters, Lois, aged 12, nnd Faye, agod 10, and then killed himself. He is believed to havo been Insane. Two weeks ago It is said ho drovo his wifq and two daughters from tho homo, since when they havo boen liv ing at a hotel hero. King's Orders Are Obeyed. London. In compliance with tho king's summons, which all speak of In accordance with tho timo honored tradition an "command," tho oight par ty leaders most vitally concerned with a settlement of tho homo rule dead lock, met at Buckingham palnco In an effort to reach an agreement. Armed Intervention a Topic. Washington, D. C. Armed Interven tion by tho United States In Haiti was discussed by administration offi cials upon tho receipt of dispatches from diplomatic agents saying groat losses would bo sufferod in the Island republic by tho ravages of tho revo lution. Strike Disorders In Russia. St. Petersburg. Tho strike In 8L Petersburg, which was called as a protest against tho drastlo measures of tho authorities at Baku and else where agalnBt strikers, is rapidly spreading, and 160,000 men are now out. Assuming that wo wcro Indulging In glittering generalities and surmises, as is very frequently tho case In such presentments, tho statement of facts concerning tho shoo as a sourco of troublo and tho deductions therefrom havo boen questioned. This Justifies a repetition nnd amplification of tbo main facts and principles cited in tho former paper. Becauso It is officially recorded and accepted as evidenco of weakness in organizations on which tho great na tions expect to rest tho defense of their national life, wo tako it for granted that tho statement that tho shoo is tho sourco of a general disa bility from foot excoriations in tho shoo wearing armies of tho world amounting to at least 30 por cent will bo accepted as approximately correct Soldiers wear Bhoes chosen more for tho purposo of protection and comfort than for any consideration of appear ance. Tho civilian, on the other hand, especially if young nnd Inexporlenced, considers stylo and what others may think of his foot-gear abovo ovory thing else. Now, if pelcctcd physical specimens of hardy, tralnod men using their boat efforts to sccuro comfort and efficiency experience 30 per cent disability" from shoes so chosen. It is not unreasonable to assumo that oven a higher rato provallB among civil ians; and this is undoubtedly tho chlot reason why so fow persons havo tho walking habit theso days thoy cannot walk becauso their shoes will not permit thorn to do bo In comfort That too is why so many flabby mus cled, pasty faced men nnd womon nro seen on our streets. Such stock 19 timid nnd cowardly, and Is easily thrown Into panic, or disease, and Is therefore a logical sourco of origin for many social and Industrial Ills. Tho margin of safety in many indus tries is tho matter of a fraction of an inch, and anything, whether it bo an car-ache, a tooth-acho or a foot-acho that diverts tho mind from tho work in hand tends to reduco tho alertness and general muscular control, and tho loss of so much as that fraction of nn inch means inevltablo mutilation. Statistics covering accidents in fac tories in Illinois for a period of ouo year show that between tho hours of 8 and 9 o'clock In tho morning thero woro 120 accidents, and this number steadily and progressively increased until in tho hour between 11 nnd 12, noon, 257 accidents woro recorded. Thon between 1 and 2 o'clock, aftor noon, 111 accldontB occurred, and tho number again increased progressively hour aftor hour until, botwoen 4 nnd C o'clock, tho maximum of 200 accidents was reached. This showu a total of C17 accidents in tho fatigued stato as against 231 accidents when approxi mately fresh. And carefully noto tho difference between tho first morning hours and tho first afternoon hours. The dlfteronco botwoon tho early morning hour and th,o early afternoon hour la comparatively slight, but it is highly significant in that it points to ,porsonal negllgenco on tho part of tho operator botwoon tho houra of 5 p. m. and 8 a. in. It brings the subject of social conditions In tho homo to tho front, opens up tho matter of porsoaal hygiono, of Bleeping quortors, of hab its of food, drink, smoking, and every thing that takes placo outsldo tho fac tory. Tho writer frankly confesses that. as tho result of observations mado in some twolvo or more statos, if ho wcro a manufacturer, a banker or a mer chant ho would not omploy any person with pinched and sore foot to operate any power machlno capablo of injur ing tho oporator or a fellow employe, or to handlo or account for any mate rial sums of money, or to transact any business requiring exactness and ex ecutive ability. For It is demonstrated beyond tho shade of a doubt that no mind can consciously entertain two impressions at tho samo time, and thoroforo keen and sustained alertness is lmposslblo to any Individual undor physical irritation. In tho unity of materials, machinery and men that constitutes tho modorn factory organization, tho most impor tant factor is tho men. Every concern of any slzo has its purchasing agents, Its inspectors rud laboratories to ox amino and test incoming nnd outgoing materials; lis machinists nnd Invent ors to keep tho mechanical part to a standard of efficiency; but llttlo at- Two Sessions Held. Chicago. Members of tho foderal board of mediation and conciliation hero to bring peace to tho nlncty-olght western railroads whoso employes havo demanded a wngo Increase woro rotlcent as to tho progress of tho mo dlaticn. Two sesblons were held, tho first with the railroad general man agers and tho second with tho em ployes. Martin A. Knapp said for tho board that nono of tho proceedings would be made public until tho con ference was ended. THE SHOE. Napoleon, probably tho greatest mil itary authority tho world haa pro duced, Is quoted as stating that "An army travels on its belly," but mod ern military authorities havo discov ered that an army needs feet fully aa much as food to bo an efficient 3ght ing machine. Tho records show that over 30,000 German soldiers wero Incapacitated iur uuiy uuring mo mm low weoas oi i l.n M Tl f . A ' ui'j r i uiiuLfiTUHHiuu war on uccuum of injuries to tho feet; and excoria tions of tho feet flguro as tho causo of j ono-iniru or nu exemptions rrom nctivo sorvlco among young French soldiers during campaign. Undor dnto of February C, 1914, tho acting surgeon general, war 'depart ment, Washington, D. C, writes as fol lows: "Many examples might hero bo cited, but tho following instance which oc curred In tho oxperienco of tho shoo board Is sufficiently typical. "In 1908, a battalion of United Statos Infantry took a prnctlso march In shoos which tho men had themsolves selected. It marched eight mllos, wont Into camp for 24 hours, and then re turned by tho samo routo to tho post Tho mombors of tho board examined tho feot of all tho men of tho bat talion nt tho end of tho first day and on their return. On tho first day 30 per cent, and on tho last day 38 per cent of tho command wero found to havo sovoro foot lnjurioa, somo re quiring hospital treatment" Tho shoo board abovo roforred to was a board of ofllcors of tho United StatcB army detailed to locate tho sourco of and remedy for foot trou bles, which havo been tho bano of all armies slnco shoes havo beon worn. Tho army board went at tho problem with a thoroughness novor beforo prac tised in any country by tho military authorities. Tho feot of thousands of men woro measured, photographed. and X-ray pictures of tho bonos woro taken, in all aorts of positions and undor nil kinds of conditions. And aftor four years of such thorough In vestigation, tho board haa reported its remedy a perfect iltting shoo. Suro ly, n olmplo and fundamental solution correct tho causo and thero can bo no troublo. Secretary of War Stlmson accopt od tho report, and bo Important do tho military authorities regard this matter that tho shoo recommended Is tho only typo which officers and en listed men aro permitted to wear with their unitarian. Moro than 75 per cent of tho pcoplo havo troublo with tholr feot "Their shoes don't hurt thorn, it's their foot" this bolng ono of thoso peculiar In tellectual quibbles wo aro all guilty of when forced to admit a stupid stand point Tho shoo is shrouded in nil tho prej udice, tho tradition and tbo mist of antiquity, and is therefore a subject on which tho majority aro exceedingly opinionated and touchy. Tho very high heel was lnvonted by tho an cients. Thoy distinguished their ac tors who represented gods and horoes by making thorn wear shoos with vory high hools and thick solos. Of courso, tho womon of Bhort staturo woro not long in grasping tho Idea, nnd it quick ly becamo fashionable In all industrial establishments tho records show a steadily increasing por centngo of accidents hour after hour until tho noon iest. Thon, beginning somo below tho noon maximum, tho aftornoon rocord advances progressive ly to tho maximum for tho day. Obvi ously lack of nlortnoss due to exhaus tion is responsible for this phenome non. How much longer will theso blood sacrifices bo mado to tho god of fushlon and convention? This Is a condition not to bo roachod by legis lation however wlso, nbr by safeguards howovor numerous it can only bo rcachod by Individual intolllgenco and nlertness, by education. This Is an ago of Industrial war. Nations nro but n collection of Indi viduals, nnd each Individual is or should bo nn asset By tho certain action of tho law of tho survival of tho fit only that nation most wlsoly developing Its resources can survive. This bolng truo, tho subject of cor rectly fitted shoes bocomos of para mount importance to any pcoplo who hopo to win In tho coming strugglo for Industrial supremacy. I P-, rJ ' tl 5 .,!. tm. f&Sr- HE coming of spring in the High Alps Is not often witnessed by tho tourist; summer Is In full swing beforo ho nr rives upon tho scene. Tho climbers appear later still, and at least ono crop of hay has been taken from the upper slopes nnd pastures beforo tho season of the guides comes on nnd tho snow is in good condition on tho heights. Though summer is already basking In tho lower valleys, spring holds tho heights for a long time yet. In a sense It never leaves them. Even in August traces of it linger sweetly against tho edges of tho snow-fields, and along tho cver-sparkllng pastures whero tho tree line stops. When nature has grown smug and lazy nmong tho dust and heat below, ono has only to climb a thousand feet or two to recapture all tho lost brllllanco of May and early June. Tho grass novor seems to lose its vivid freshness, its emerald coloring; the larches still clap their llt tlo hands, so brightly gloved; tho pines seom to havo shaken off their snow only tho day before. And water runs everywhere, pouring in countless "Ivulets to feed the bigger torrents down below. Spring never leaves tho higher Alpine valleys. Her cavo is somowhero Just abovo tho tree-line. Sho nlngs nnd dances thero eternally. It Is tho hnblt more and more to sneer a little at Switzerland. Sho Is a pretty, bourgeois state, tho peoplo unplcturesque and rather sordid, n moro nation of hotelkeopers who exist to pick the tourists' pockets. She Is played out, vulgarized, hopelessly commonplace Switzerland haa no at mosphere, no shading, no coloring but that of tho chromograph order The tourist agents "run" it In this thero lies a certain truth. Switzerland Is n playground, and need not pretend to be any thing clso. Thero Is llttlo enough "atmosphoro" for artistic effects, nnd tho coloring Is monotonous repetition of brilliant green meadows, bluo forests, with whlto,and black peaks that cut Into azure skies without soft shading as In Scotland, Ireland nnd molster climates And tho peoplo are bour geois, unplcturesque and unimaginative; though, provided thoy keep good hotels at reasonable prices, thero Is not much fault to bo found with them on thnt score Tho fortunate can always go further afield 'to Dalmatla, Bosnia, tho Caucasus If thoy will. Tho big world offers endless variety still to thoso who have the timo and purse to measure it; but for the majority stricter condi tions govorn tho selection of travel routes, and for thoso Switzerland must hold first place for many generations to come. And thero nro fow places whero conditions are aB sweet and clean and wholesome, as refresh ing, stimulating and pure as a high Alpine valley, with its cozy, cheap hotels, in the early summer months. Their contribution to the health of Eu ropo Is no negligible quantity, even If thoy con tribute to tho deathroll, too. Compared to many a BcnBldo resort, with Its demoralizing influences of gambling, over-dressing, artificial gaieties, to say nothing of other undesirable elements such places favor and attract, these high Alpine valleys aro In every wffy superior. But it must be added that ono finds In places usually what one brlnKs to them. A holiday becomes tho reflection of tho f -- f .a. h m i IMBBISPf$8HEx7; SMk.9w.lB kJ (HHOHaMr?HBfRUIrT'. irr , W m Mii ill h i I lyiMJIMlimM T 1 T il fir omffii I i i T ,rV BftoJi H PMHiHrW.Wna K IrSAOrv t7m IWnmhT nC 1 1 ift WMWWinpBr rnr to ii itifl- 't"'rf"r""1i r,u c KCVTM. WmramKKmm mtmsfflm&z could be had, and good at that, for four or five francs a day, are rapidly disappearing. Ono paya seven or eight francs now in such places. Thoso cozy chalet-like hotels, with sand upon tho floor, and dressing for dinner unheard of, are not so easily found. Funtculalres and mountain railways havo destroyed them; there are fewer diligences; all tho mountain paths aro striped with blue and cmiw&xoj&-MK?&&oBZ3aim dancing every night Many a hotel retains tho sorvices of n kind of major-domo, often apparently a mere guest, who organizes amusements for overy night, gymkhanas, fancy-dress balls, theatri cals and bridge drives. Instead of climbing boots and wlndproof clothing, peoplo tako out fancy dress costumes. Motors, though still forbidden in certain cantons, as In the Valais, for instance, have added not a llttlo to the revolution. Tho spirit of the ago creeps oven into tho distant up per valleys. Telephono bells ring side by sido wlth the thunder of tho avalanche. Tho vulgar ization of Switzerland is no new thing, of course, but the deterioration proceeds faster and faster with every year. In eastern Switzerland, and out toward the fron tier between tho Austrian Tyrol and Italy, thero Btlll lie wonderful, unspoiled corners known to some of us, and Jealously guarded. 1 know inns, somewhere between Bozen and Trlent be It whis pered whero tho old conditions hold bravely, and may hold still for another generation. They Ho two days' good walking from any railway station, and another good day's going oven from places that a dally diligence taps. They stand high above tho world; luggage must go up on mules, and not overheavy luggage at that Rooms cannot bo or dered by telephone, and letters como at the most but once a day. Thero Is neither tennis club nor dancing, no noisy gymkhanas, nor evening dress. ro,l nnH irrnnn v thn VoraTinnnninc -ntnm4ttOftfl mind that seeks it. and ucllnnsa nmi PhiMtiiiog. AHv.n.i.-oo .!.. ir.ni,.cr fh nrv nnd holm nh. Thev are haunted, wild and lovely still, and tho the heart find ugliness and cheapness also in the liged to pass the night in some peasant's hayloft, people who go there go because they love tho aro rarely possible. The exploitation proceeds apace. Thero are giant lifts up many a cliff now, and rings of smoko from railway engines float Insolently across tho glaciers of tho Jungfrau. Soon, no doubt, wo shall flit from tho Matterhorn to tho Blumllsalp by aeroplane. In placo of tho llttlo inns, enormous hotels stand with rows of grinning windows. Thero Is a tennis club nnd forests, mountains, llowers, and in tho very at mosphere. Scenery Is scenery, but the interpre tation Is of tho mind. In tho last generation tho world has grown immeasurably moro vulgar. Our fathers were happy in Switzerland; our children voto It dull, perhaps played out. Changes have certainly como over It theso last twenty years. The llttlo Inns, whero pensions mountains, Tho mountains havo not taken secona placo as yet. You need not take white gloves nop fancy-dress costumes, nor even pumps. But you may want a good old pair of "comfy" slippers to put on in the ovenlng when your feet ache after ten hours' roaming among tho grandest moun tains known to contral Europe. Long may they flourish theso simple mountain inns! REPLACING RUTHLESSLY DESTROYED TIMBER Fatal Explosion In Slide, Panama. Tho promature explosion of a 4,800-pound dynamite charge at Cuonraclm slide killed five workmen, four of them white, and severely in jured one white man and seventeen negroes. Tho workmon woro aboard tho drill bargo Teredo, which was wrecked end sank in tho chnnnol. Tho men had Just completed charging the last eight drill holes with COO pounds of Co per cent dynamite when tho explosion occurred TJto hargo was tp havo removed tho last stone n the channel cut EXIT TITIAN, ENTER GARIBALDI French Artist Cleans Old Canvas He Bought for a Song, With Un expected Results. There 1b a danger In being too thor ough. Tho Vienna oxport who has so euccosBtully cleaned a painting as to bring to light a Titian beneath should reBt content and not carry his reno vation too far. Somo four years ago a French art- iut had reaBou to repent tho uso of too much elbow grease In a similar task. Holiday making in Italy, his trained eyo detected a Titian In a plcturo priced for a mere song at a second hand shop, of which plcturo ho quickly becamo tho ownor. But Italian law forbids tho exportation of works of art, so being nn artist, ho lightly painted ovor tho Titian an ex cellent portrait of Victor Emmnnuol and easily passed It through tho cus toms at the frontlcd. Safe In Paris, ho sot to work with cloanlng materials and tho king of Italy soo! camo off. But ho cleaned tho Titian so thoroughly that tho old mastor disappeared as well and a third picture tho foundation of tho series camo to light, n portrait of Garabaldl In tho famous red shirt, circa 18601 Antiquity of Geology. Authentic ovldenco has been found which carries geology back, as a hu man study, as far as tho bronzo ago. Horr O. Morkel claims that ho has dis covered that fossils woro Intelligently colloctcd nt that remoto porlod of Eu ropean history. In a cinerary urn 6f that ago, ho boa found two or three specimens of on oh of 58 species of fossil Bholls, with somo of tho modern Mediterranean shells for comparison. Independent Three-Year-Old Catalpas Grown for Farmers of tho central and oastoru etates aro now seeing tho nee,d of re placing tho timber Innds that wero so needlessly destroyed In order to so euro moro land for cultivation and as a mothod of securing money by cut ling Into lumber nnd other materials. Now this samo timber la wanted to TRACING WORK OF DOCTORS Remarkable Exhibition That Has Decn Collected and Is Now on View In the City of London. A museum of medicine Is now open to tho public nt Mnrylobone, says tho To Shell Pecanu. Tho meats of pocan nuts may easily bo removed it thoy aro first placed In a pan nnd boiling water poured over j London Mail. It contains pricoless them, snyB tho Western Christian Ad- ri r"is t u attempts mm who ucon vocato. Allow thorn to romnln In tho I nd o cure h't.nau nlhncuts from wator for 20 or 30 minutes. Whon tho - srl'st tin es Probably It is ono nuta aro cracked tho meats como out f '!u moat interesting exhibitions In without troublo and aro usually whole, . uorld, but very few women will Fence Posts on a Farm In Illinois. replnco farm buildings and then In tho building of fences. Thoughout tho central west, good fence posts can only bo had from lum ber dealers, who soil cypress and ce dar posts nt prices almost beyond tho reach of tho small farm ownor. Many are now planting timber for bo able to see It, aa they will only bo allowed In with an introduction from a medical man. Tho historical medical museum Is full of wonders. Ancient apothecarios' shops are thoro, tlttod exactly as they were In tho mlddlo ages. In ono placo Is nn al chomlst, surrounded by alembics, re torts, and dim red lights. In another Is a barber-surgeon showing Just how men wero bled In tho olden days Fur- Ilior nn la n r-rmin nt drums inaklnc up a euro for tho plaguo. There are ' must have come away in a solid black also specimens of prehistoric den- and gold mass, becauso they may be a future supply. In planting, many plant tho catalpa. Others are plant ing Osage orange, but it is a slew growing; tree nnd has tho fault of growing crooked, with short trunks and over much top. The treo that gives tho best results with little care after planting is tho black locust. It does well on any soli, wet or dry. It is a quick grower and whon planted thick, say six feet each way, tho trees will grow tall with but llttlo top, and will, at tho ond of five years, bo ready for tho llrst thinning out At this timo all stunted trees should bo worked up, and from this time on, ground thus planted will furnish ma terial for postB as each year more thinning must be dono. In 15 years the trees will bo largo enough to make four posts to tho cut and many of them will make three to flvo post cuts, with some round posts In tho top. Tho black locust Is also a flno treo for planting about the houso and barn. When planted In the open It forms a beautiful treo, having a thick, heavy folingo, retaining Its lenves through out tho summer, and in tho early spring, has an abundance of tuveet smelling white flowers. When young, it is well protected by thornB, making It a treo that can bo grown In n pasture or stock lot with cut being damaged by stock. Next to tho black locust for quick returns, is tho white mulberry. With this treo on rich soil, only four to five years aro roqulred to grow them largo enough for use, but they seldom make tlEtry. Gold was evidently usea iree ly to lmprovo nwkward teeth, but thore is no trace of a stopping for a decayed spot. Tho procedure seems to havo been to lash tho teeth together with a sllk-Uke gold thread, and to wind it round and round all tho tooth, until their binding was so strong that nono of them could fall out without the cousent of tho others The queen of Sheba's teeth aro said to havo been kept together by this means, but they over one post length to the tree, and should all bo cut at tho end of the seventh year, as they will soon re place themselves, fiom two to flvo shoots sprouting from the stump. If left to grow longer than sever years, they will commenco putting out limbs near the ground, spoiling the. growth already mado. All land owners should plant somo klnda of trees. There Is always somo waste land about tho farm, somo hill side or swamp that is not cultivated, which if planted to somo kind of Um ber, would soon return a profit nnd would also improve tho looks of tho farm. IRON SHIP HAS LONG LIFE Remarkable Career of Ship So Con structed Has Convinced Builders of Its Merits. The first iron ship in the world ia still doing service, having boen built In 1842 by tho famous old firm of Laird Bros., who built tho Confederato cruiser Alabama. It was used as a lightship for 57 years, and then, la 1899, converted luto a wreck-watch vessel. So successful was tho wrought Iron hull in resisting tho corroslvo ac tion of sea water, that tho now battle ship built for tho Mersey Bar, at tho entrance to Liverpool harbor, has Its hull built of wrought iron instead of steel. The Interior framing of tho new vessel is of steel, but tho hull plates aro of Iron. Popular Mechanics. seen in tho museum of tho Royal Col lego of Surgeons. Real Requirement. "I supposo," said tho now saleswom an, "that you want a suit that will mako you look attractive to your hus band?" "Attractive to my husband!" echoed tho shopper. "I should say not Ht wouldn't know it I woro a suit to years old. What I want Is soraethlu that will mako ray next door neighbor turn a pink preen with envv." ; ) 4;