ElctoriaLSumor
VERT TRANSPARENT.
NOTES ON SCIENCE.
CURRENT NOTES OF OISCOVERV
AND INVENTION.
Riggs-There was another trust organized not so long ago, but anybouy
can gee through their work.
Dlgga what sort of a combine was it?
Kiggs Window-glass trust.
WHY HE DID IT.
"I'll admit that I opposed your mar
riage, my children," said Silas Fodder
"but now that you're hitched up, I'll
forgive you.
The groom straightened up and put
a No. 3 boot down hard on the floor
"I don't see where you come In In
this fergivin' blzness," he answered.
"As you say, you done your level best
to keep us from gittin' spliced, an' It
seems that I ort to be the one to do
the ferglrin', which I ain't a-goln to
ao. Mo an Manors goin' to move
over In Jasper township, an' if I
ketch you aroun' the place I'll fill you
full o' buckshot!"
And taking Mandy's lily-white hand
in his own large brown one, he strode
across the threshold. Indianapolis
Sun.
Acute llronchllla. IU rni. nH ihn
j'roper Treatment Its Gravity De-
penda on the Age of the Vlutiui A
Wouian'l Novel Invention.
MIND AND MATTER
Mrs. Eddy "There Is no matter; all
Is mind."
Learner "Is money matter?"
Mrs. Eddy "There Is no matter."
Learner "Well, I have a million
dollars in my mind. Will you please
cash -me a check for a hundred thou
sand?"
Mrs. Eddy "Yes, In my mind."
"Learner "No matter never
mind." Newark Dally Advertiser
mina. rsewarK uaily Advertiser.
""UlrKMEDAI
nsnuibfliTtii.
THE MEDAL WEARER.
Two commercial travelers, one from
Atherstone and one from New York,
were discussing the weather in their
respective countries. The Englishman
aid that English weather has one
great fault Its sudden change.
"A person may take a walk some
day," he said, "attired In a light sum
mer suit, and still feel quite warm.
Next day he needs an overcoat"
"That's nothing," said the Ameri
can; "my two friends, Johnson and
Jones, were once having an argument
There were eight or nine Inches of
snow on the ground. The argument
got heated and Johnson picked up a
snowball and threw It at Jones from
a distance of not more than five yards.
During the transit of the snowball, be
lieve me or not, just as you like, the
weather suddenly changed and became
hot and summer-like and Jones, in
stead of being hit with a snowball, was
er scalded with hot water." Tlt-
Blts
"
Mr. Hornet Mr. Lightning Hug, how happened it tnat you never married?
Burning nug wen, was rather handicapped in my courting days-
wnen things would get to the interesting point, I could not turn down the
ngni.
ynT rur riur
v hui inr agar, i
V'
Elsie I saw your Intended yefsterday.
Maud Whom do you mean?
Elsie Why. Jack Stanhone. of ooiirie.
Maude Oh! Jack's only my engaged.
FOILED
An election petition was being tried
"u a. witness was called to prove
unoery.
"One of the gentlemen says to me
wofjge, you must vote for the To
ries, " said the witness.
"And what did you answer to that?
asked the counsel.
"'Well,' says I, 'how much?'"
"And what did the agent say?"
lie (lliin t say nothln'. The other
gentleman comes to me and says, You
must vote for the Liberals, Hodge." "
And what did you answer?
"I said. 'How much?' So he arst me
what t'other gentleman offered, and I
told him 5 shillings."
"Anu what did the Liberal agent
do?"
"lie gave me ten."
Counsel sits down triumphant, and
up starts the other side.
"Did you vote for the Liberals?"
"No."
"Did you vote for the Tories?"
"No, I ain't got a vote!" London
Spare Moments.
ACUTE BRONCHITIS
Bronchitis is an inflammation of the
membrane lining the air-tubes in the
lungs. It may be acute or chronic, and
may vary through all degrees of Be
verity, from an unpleasant, althouzh
quite trivial, complaint to a rapidly fa
tal Illness. The gravity of acute bron
chitis depends a great deal upon the
age of the sufferer. In the very young
and the aged It 13 often a most serlou
malady, while in those of middle life
It is seldom dangerous unless neglect
ed, and so allnwpri t
The most frequent cause of bron
chitis Is "catching cold," that is, a gen
eral or local chilling of the surface of
tne body. The cold usually starts in
th 6 IlOSfi and t hrnn f nnrl "wnrlr a
down," or the trouble may begin at
once with cough and Daln In the chest.
Acute bronchitis occurs also as an ac
companiment of measles and other dis
eases, and sometimes is produced by
the inhalation of dust or Irritant va
pors.
The most prominent symptom of an
acute cold on the chest" is enough.
This Is caused by the secretion from
the mucous membrane of the bron
chial tubes, and la ar-cnmnanlen' hv
more or less expectoration. It mav be
very Incessant, occurring in repeated
paroxysms, but is always temporarily
relieved by the appearance of phlegm
fain In the chest Is another frequent
symptom. This Is felt behind the
breast-bone In the center of the chest.
extending sometimes toward one or
notn sides. It may be sharp at first,
but Is generally dull and of a compres
slve character, as if some great hand
were squeezing the lungs.
The secretion is at first sticky and
difficult to dislodge, but later becomes
more nuld, yellower and is easily ex
pelled. At the beginning, in severe
cases, there may be some fever pre
ceded by chilly sensations, but this
does not last very long.
Acute bronchitis, like a cold in the
head, will often cure itself if the pa
tient will stay In a well-ventlla'ed room
with an equal temperature, and re
strict his diet for a day or two. taking
plenty of cool water to wash out the
system, the only medicine needed being
perhaps a mild laxative,
If the cough Is so painful as to call
for special treatment, among the hest
or domestic remedies is the old-fash
loned flaxseed tea. A mustard plaster
(not so strong as to blister) on the
chest Is also of service at the begin
ning of a severe attack.
If the cough persists, or the secretion
becomes profuse. In spite of domestic
remedies, more strictly medicinal
treatment will be called for. In the
case of the very young or very old no
temporizing is safe, and the physician
should be summoned at the outset,
has erected at a cost of eighty thousand
rubles, on his country estate at Sav
Inoowka, in Podolia, a slxteen-room
house made entirely of naoer. The
house, which wag constructed In New
York, is calculated by its architect to
last longer than would a stone build
ing. The whole of the furniture, too
i made from the same strange ma
terial. In County Westmeath. Ireland.
a house has been built whereof all the
windows are made to resemble In out
line the backs of easy chairs, being
thus constructed by Its eccentric owner
to match the backs of a set of chairs in
the dining-room. In the neitrnhnrhond
of Ipswich a certain land-owner, think
ing that the view from his house
lacked a church, proceeded to supply
its place by erecting a row nf cottages
bo designed as to resemb e from his
side, the edifice required. Approached
from the other dli 'ectiuii. however the
sham is at once manifest.
KILLS THE GRABS AND WEEDS.
Here Is a woman's invention for de
stroying the grass and weeds which
maite many a railroad ook unsightly.
a patent for the apparatus having been
BRINY SHOWER FOR THE VEGE
TABLE GROWTHS.
granted to Sarah P. E. Erlckson, a
Kansas woman. Her idea is tn treat
the grass and weeds to a shower of salt
water at freauent intervals, which, she
claims, will not only destroy all vege
table growths, but will also arrest the
decomposition of the ties by their ab
sorption of the brine. The apparatus
which has been designed for this treat
ment consists of a tank car of anv
convenient size, with means for fill
ing it with water as the locomotive
tenders are filled. The water is treated
with a quantity of salt until it becomes
very strong, and to render it more
effective it is heated by connecting the
tank car with the exhaust of the loco
motive. This is done through the
tubular as shown, and the steam being
driven Into the brine heats it to the de
Sired temDeratnre when the valve is
opened and the shower cf hot brine
rails on the roadbed and prevents the
growth of vegetation.
The farmer believes the results will
justify the ends when ho packs the
small fruit In the middle of the barrel
and the large at either extremity.
from
HEREDITARY,
"Have you suffered much
toothache?" asked the dentist.
"A little," answered the young wom
an In the chair, "but not much. My
leelh, I Busped, are like mamnia'H.
She has never had anything done to
Iter's, and she hasn't an unsound tooth
in her head."
"How are your father's teeth?"
"Poor papa! His are all gone. They
never were anything but mere shells."
"Well," said the dentist, breaking it
to her as gently as he could; "It's
very evident that you Inherit your up
per Jaw from your mother and your
lower Jaw from your father." Chica
go Tribune,
WHAT HE WAS AFTER.
He "Well, I've just been elected
president of the road. More yachts,
more diamonds, more horses, more cor
ner lots."
She "But haven't you enough,
dear?"
"Oh, I've never cared about my own
'enough,' I want the other fellow's."
Brooklyn Life.
IILOWS HOT Oil COLD.
The electric motor-fans now manu
factured are only useful In the sum
mer time, and must bo laid away on
the shelf when cold weather come on,
but Gardner C. Hawkins, of Boston.
Mass., has Just patented an electric fan
which blows hot air as well as cold.
making the fan useful both In winter
and summer. The picture gives a faint
idea of the manner of mounting the
fan blades and heat conductors for
winter use, a section of the blades be
ing cut away to show the position the
resistance coils occupy. Thes.! are
shown by the three round openings cut
in the outer ends of the blades, tho
Idea being to overcharge these wires
with the electric current until the re
sistance produces heat, which Is driven
about the room by the action of the
First Insuranco Agent What mi.de him die so soon after getting insured
for such large amount?
8econd Insurance Agent He worked himself to death trying to pay the
irivijiiMlll.
Disappointment. - POLITICAL l'KEVIOLSMESS.
"Why
iho u-i-J
you complain?
Haven't you gain
ed ten pounds In
the country?"
"Yea; b u t I
came out here to
reduce my weight'
"Were you left
much In your
"Yea, confound It, com
pletely-" Town and Country
POLITICAL I-RE VIOL'S ESS.
National Committeeman I hear that
you have organized a new and Inde
pendent political club In your sec
tion. Senator That's right.
National Committeeman - Indeed!
What It its object?
Senator Well, I have a son who Is
now approaching his majority, and he
has enough political Instinct and pro
gressive strenuouuness to Inspire me
to start a boom to Insure him a nomi
nation for president In 1920. v" i
Not llopeleoii.
Mother There
Is no use, my
child, you'll have
to check him; he's
got no futura for
you.
"But, mother, he
may Introduce me
S nvuin VI Ull rlCIl
Wr friends?"
The man who cannot spell correctly
Is always writing his wrongs.
ANKLETS OF COCOONS.
An Interesting account of how rick
shaw-bearers in Natal make anklets
for themselves out of emntv cocoons
is contributed to the Scientific Amer
ican by Dr. L. 0. Howard of the United
States Department of Agriculture. He
says:
The writer recently received from
Mr. Claude Fuller, the government
entomologist of Natal, two interesting
anluets formed of the cocoons of a
large bombycld moth. The natives col
lect the cocoons after the moth has
Issued from them, put one or more
small stone into each, and sew them
upon a broad strip of monkey skin,
side by side, so as to cover the surface
or the skin. The cocoons are tough
and dry, and the' stones within them
rattle In a most de iehtful wav.
The use of these ankle rattles has be
come quite general in Natal since the
introduction of the rickshaw from
China and India. The rick-shaw-bear
era wear the anklets verv eenerallv
and the sound of their rattle on the
streets Is almost as familiar as the
sound of sleigh-bells in a New Eng
land town In winter.
This invention is not confined to
southeast Africa. Dr. Walter Hough,
of the United States National Museum
hag shown me rattling anklets from
Mexico which are made In a somewhat
similar way of the cocoons of another
oombyciu moth. In this case many
cocoons are strung together on
string, and several rows are tied
around tho ankle. Each cocoon has
been opened for the purpose of insert
ing the stones.
Doctor Hough also tells ma of
much larger cocoon from India which
Is mounted singly at the end of a stick
to be carried in the hand. This
cocoon also Is made Into a rattle.
FAN FOR WINTER AND SUMMER.
fan blades. Although but three coils
are shown, the inventor iIopr tint In
tend to limit himself tn tnla number
but may use more until the desired
quantity of heat Is produced. The cur
rent for the resistance colls is Intro
duced to the fan through the
and colloctor rings engaging the shaft,
and if It is desired to use th fn n fnv
cooling Instead of heating purposes the
brushes are removed from the rings,
when the fan will aid In th ei-.i.i.
Hon of the air without heat.
CI HIOSITIKS OF ARCHITECTURE.
The eccentricities of those whr. l.mu
ami furnish houses are too numerous
to be descriuod within the limits of an
ordinary newspaper or magazine nr.
tide, but two or three instance, f
freaklshness described by the flr.M.n
Penny may be cited In lliiiHtmiin
certain phases, A Hussion gentlemen
WORLD'S STRANGEST RAILPAVH.
The world's strangest rail wava nro
to be found principally in India, Amer
ica, Switzerland and Ireland. The
Loup, at Agony Point, on the Darieel.
ing Railway, India, Is thought to be
me sharpest curve In the world: whlla
Mt. Rlgl, in Switzerland, has nn fewer
than three railways to Its summit
When the Jungfrau Railway U rnm.
pleted It will be the most remarkable
one In. the world. Its highest station
will be 13,608 feet above sea level, and
the cost of the line will be about 12 -
000,000. Of American railways the
strangest Is at Cripple Creek, where
the great timber trestle, over which
the train Tins to pass in crossing the
chasm, Is so curved that the line is
made to tip Inwardly, and the sensa
tion is terrible to a traveler on a fast,
train; while In Ireland there Is a curi
ous single-line railway at Llstowel.
WHAT THEY WANT IT FOR.
Storlee Told by Hoboee In Drug Store
When Saloon Are Cloeed.
An elderly man, with ragged and
badly fitting clothes, a shuffling gait,
a rum-be-sotted face covered with
about three days' growth of beard and
with a breath llial Indicated the dim
proximity of a distillery, wandered
into a down town drug store the other
morning about 1 o'clock. The saloons
bad closed. Staggering up to the drug
clerk, he leaned over the counter and
remarked huskily: "Say, Willie, Just
fill that up with alcohol. Tea cents'
worth. See?"
The ragged man produced a whisky
flask, and, passing a dime over to the
clerk, settled in a nearby chair with a
grunt of contentment. "Alcohol, eh?"
answered the clerk. "What do you
want it for? We're not selling rum in
this place." The ragged individual
arose, and, going over to the clerk, ob
served, in what was intended to be a
highly injured tone of voice: "Now.
youse, don't get gay wit' me. Rum?
Who said anything about rum? That
Juice is goin' to me chafln' diEh around
the block. I'm goin' to cook me a sup
per. See? So chase along, me lad, and
produce the goods." The clerk smiled.
but nevertheless filled the order.
'That's the practice of those fellows
pretty generally," he said after the
bum had departed. "He has just made
a hot touch, and, being unable to get
Into a saloon, is going to drink the
real stuff. We have ten or fifteen
orders for alcohol from his class every
night. On Sunday, if we chose, tn nell
It, we could do a rushing business in
that line. The sable-colored boot
blacks In this viclnltr drink It at moat
entirely. Ten cents' worth In a half
pint flask, mixed with a little numn
water, some sugar and lemon juice.
manes enough of a certain kind of gin
to produce the much-craved-for sen
sation. They tell me all sorts of sto
ries when I ask them to what use they
want to put the poison. A hobo stag
gered into the place the other night
for a dime's worth. 'Nothing doing,'
I remarked laconically, seeing that he
was nine-tenths souses already. 'Aw,
now, come on." he Dleaded. wants
the dope for nrivate use That'll nn
the level.' 'What do you want it for?'
I asked with some curiosity.
Me came over to within whispering
distance, and, leaning over the counter,
remarked in very confidential tones:
'Say, youse, just keep this on the
quiet. I wouldn't let it out for the
world. I'm painting a picture of me
old college chum, Chauncey M. Depew,
up to de house, and I wants de stuff
to mix me oils.' He got the booze."
Washington Star.
A WRONG IMPRESSION.
What the Aged Farmer Imagined About
the Descending Aeronaut.
"Yes, this parachute jumping busi
ness is dangerous," said the old aeron
aut thoughtfully. "But it mav surnrisn
you to learn that it is not nearly so
dangerous as the old form of balloon
ing. With a parachute you can nick
your landing place, and while coming
down it can be guided more or less,
and thus clear obstructions that von
are apt to meet with. But with a bal
loon you are absolutely helnlesa and
you have to come down wherever the
big bag may choose to land you. I
remember a humorous incident that
happened to me a good many years
ago, when this parachute business wa
never dreamt of. I had made nn as
cension, and had been carried nut into
the country. As I neared the earth I
threw out my grappling hook, hut T
was passing over plowed fields, and the
hook merely dragged on the ground,
and did not stay the progress of the
baloon. Peering over the side of tho
basket I noticed a wagon loaded with
seed potatoes standing in a field, and
a moment later my grappling hook
caught hold of it. But the wagon was
not heavy enough to stay the nrneress
of the baloon, the result being that I
dragged it along with me. Then T sau
an old man who had been taking a nap
under the wagon jump up, look dazed
for a moment, and then start in pur
suit, yelling wildlyr 'Gol dern vour
ugly picture! What do you mean by
stealing my potatoes?' The wagon ran
Into a stump at last, and as the hnnk
held I managed to make a landing. I
spent, an exciting five minutes trying
to convince him that I had no deicns
on his potatoes. I succeeded In a way
at last, but I think to this day, if the
man is still alive, that ho is under tho
impression that it was only a new
scheme to rob the honest old farmer."
Detroit Free Fress.
Too Long Job.
Prlmm One mark of the gentleman
Is that he always keeps his hands
clean, Ollmm Oh, I don't know. I
know a gentleman who never washes
his hands. Prlmm Oh, come, now!
Ollmm Fact He employs 200 In his
factory.
Philadelphia Fronoh. j
A Phlladelphlan tells the storv nt a
waiter at a restaurant in the Quaker
city, who has lately announced that hn
has begun to study French. "Do you
find it necessary here?" asked the cus
tomer. "Not here, sir," said the wait
er, "but I've been offered a steady Job
in Paris at one of tho hotels If I can
learn French." "But Paris is full of
French waiters," said the gentleman.
"I'm afraid you're being deceived."
"Oh, no, sir!" said the man, with much
earnestness and absolute simplicity.
"It's a perfectly straight thing. JTbe
proprietor of the hotel says the wait
ers he has can't understand French as
we Phlladelphlans speak it, and
that's what he wants mo for, you see."
l'lnk Illon-Veat Fronts.
. Some of the blouse-vest fronts of
pink or del blue China silk or peau de
sole, worn with suits of white mohair,
serge or cloth, are very pretty Indeed.
They have an open-fronted bolero, cut
down on the neck, and are collarloss,
and the sleeves are elbow length, with
turn-back cuffs, edged with pink or
blue silk brier stitching.
Many a hasty marriage begets a
long-drawn-out repentance.