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M Novel Folding Boat.
One of the necessities of A vacation
-qicut on nn Inland lake or stream Is
n good boat, which Is light enough to
tie transported ntiutit without hiring
ii dray every time tho camping liluco
fs chnnged, nnd yet strong enough not
jo collnpso when In actual use. Tho
eunvus covered hoat 1h, of course, tho
one to ho preferred for light work,
hut the majority of people seem to
feel that, owing to their extreme light
'ness and skeleton frumework, they
juro hardly to ho relied upon. It would
add not a little to the feeling of safe
jy were the .strengthening devices
'shown In the Illustration made use of
In tho construction of boats of this
plnss. The arrangement consists of a
pair of eentrnl members, to each end
of which are hinged curved arm. The
pointed ends of the latter nrc fitted
with sleeve openings. In which are In-
Device to Prevent a Collapse.
,erted the spring ribs nttached to the
(item and stern or the hoat. The pic-
Sure shows the operation of Inserting
hose ribs In the sleeves and spring
ring one of the braces down Into tho
Wtom of the boat. When once In
place they not only stiffen tho craft
from stem to stern, but also offer
considerable pressure on tho ribs
which bear the cross-strain when the
boat Is in the water. To fold the
iKiat it is necessary to exert consid
erable pressure on the central sec
tions, which must he elevated and the
motion reversed to withdraw the end
ribs from their plares in the sleeves.
The Inventor Is lru U. Perrlng of
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Wind Driven Generators.
For more than two years two small
factories, one near l.elpsle. the other
near Hamburg, have been satisfactor
ily driven by windmills, which are
also used as a means for generating
lectriclty for lighting purposes. Kiel,
trotechnischer Anzolger states that
the windmills have a diameter of live
meters and live nnd one-half meters,
respectively, and are mounted on the
root of tho works. To insure reliabil
ity, tho wind wheel ItscH has no nun
lug parts, the speed regulation being
obtained by turning the windmill so
as to vary tho angle under which the
wind impinges upon the sails, which
are built of steel sheets. Tills Is
performed by 11 small auxiliary wind
motor, and Is said to be done so quick
ly and accurately that the voltage of
the dynamo remains practically con
stant throughout tho range of ordinary
wind pressures. An automatic switch
cuts out the battery connected in par
allel with tho dynamo as soon as the
wind falls below a certain point, in
one of the cases mentioned the bat
tery may be divided into two parallel
groups when It is necessary to utilize
unusually low winds.
" New Game Apparatus.
With the Hearing ot the winter sea
mih, when outdoor sports must by
abandoned, aside from skating, tobog
ganing nnd kindred amusements, the
'search for new games to occupy the
long evenings has begun. In the pic
ture we show a new adaptation of a
game which would have been popular
many years ago had It not been for
the high price of the Implements with
which it Is played. It Is unnecessary
to refer to the actual cost of the ta
llies, cues and balls which go to make
I'-jt.a.'iP the pool and Milliard out lit. as these
Jut nru well known, but recently substi
tutes for these high priced Implements
Jinve been Introduced ut a lower cost.
The apparatus here shown does not
"ven require a special table, but can
he played on the dining table, with
the aid of a cushion of webbing
t-t retched around the edges by means
ut' corner brackets. Tho pockets for
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Adaptation of Billiards and Pool.
lie ikxiI irnmo consist of pyramidal
docks, which rest on the table and
liave each apex bored out to a depth
luinclent to contain tho hall. The lat
ter must bo struck with a ctto antl
driven up tho Inclined surface of the
pyramid with sufficient force to drop
It Into tho pocket at tho top. It would
-ecm that no small tlegreo or skill
will be necessary In order to loitgo
'he ball In tho pocket, neither over
shooting nor falling short in tho at
tempt. Jonathan K. Clark of Denver, Col., Is
he Inventor.
Electricity In Egypt.
Nearly every city In tho Interior ot
fcgypt Is now lighted by electricity.
The telephone systems of the larger
Hies are being extended, and elec
Irlenjjy propelled boats are soon to
My 'tho Nile. Tho systom of electric
railway lines Is also being greatly ex
ended, until now a visit to tho lnnd of
ho Pharaohs no longer necessitates
JourneyB on camels across stretches of
barren wasto dongerolis for man nnd
lenst.
KAMI ACCESSORIES
LITTLE MATTERS OF INTEREST
TO THE AGRICULTURIST.
Concrete Wall That Will Render a
Well Perfectly Water-Tight Bac
teria for the Soil to Be Furnished
to Farmers from Washington.
Bacteria for the Farm.
For the past hundred years agricul
tural chemists have been asking tho
question whether It were possible to
utilize the free nitrogen of tho atmos
phere as the food of plants, and they
all seem to have come to the conclu
sion that the nitrogen of tho air Is not
assimilated by plants. Hut It was dis
covered that certain leguminous crops
(peas, beans, etc.) had an excess ol
nitrogen over that which could bo ac
counted for as coming from the rain
water and front the manures supplied
to the land. Kxperlments subsequent
ly proved that this assimilation ot
nitrogen depends upon the presonco
01 certain bncterla which cause swell
ings on the roots of the plants, nnd
that each particular leguminous plant
can be Identllled with a certain micro
organism which thus henellclnlly af
fects its growth. Photographs have
been published showing how plants
which have been Inoculated with suit
able bacteria have benefited by tho
operation. Tho agricultural depart
ment of the United States has for a
long time been in the habit of dis
tributing rare seeds gratuitously to
farmers; now it Is announced that it
is prepared in like manner to place
at tho disposal of agriculturists bac
teria for enriching the soil.
Cementing a Well.
W. C. I have a well three feet wldd
and Ave feet deep, stoned up, that)
is supplied by a good spring, but tho
water runs away through tho lowei
tier of rock; can the well bo cemented
so that the water will be retaiutd?
1 take it that you want the well per
fectly water-tight, that it Is filled by
springs from the top. hut runs out)
through the rock at tho bottom. To
make the well perfectly water-tight',
there should be a three-Inch concrete
wall built Inside of the stone wall. Tq
do tins take Inch lionrds tlve feet long
nailed to 2-Inch planks, cut the same
circle as the well; there should be two
or three circles, one at the top and
the other at the Iwjttom, five Inches
from each end of the live feet boards
The circle sluiuld ho in four sections
(see plan) so that It can be easily,
taken out when the wall Is completed.
The diameter of form should be six
Indies less than the well so as to
allow three Inches of concrete wall
all around It.
After the form Is placed in position,
nil in the space between form 11 ml
stone wall with concrete composed ot
one part of Portland cement to four
A A -5 In. plan.;.
11 :i In concrete wall.
I'-l In bunuti.
of fine gravel (not sand). Never put
in over four Inches of concrete at
once until it is well rammed down.
After the walls are built and left to
stand two or three days, tho form can
i) taken out and the Ixittom ppt in.
The walls and bottom can be built
even if the well is full of water, aa
the concrete will set under tho water;
but in putting in the concrete it should
he lowered in the water and dumped
out at the bottom and not shoveled In
triun the top, as the cement and gravel
should not be allowed to separate, or
it would not be as good a Job. If
the well Is full of water the concrete
should not he rammed, and the least
handling it gets the butter it will be.
It would require about one and ono
half barrels Portland cement and one
yar.l gravel for the work. N. H. H., In
Montreal Herald.
A Concrete Cold Storage.
K. 10, It. Would you kindly explain'
how to build a concrete cold storago(
for fruit and fresh meat. I would like
It large enough to hold two thousand
pounds of moat. I have a hillsldo
about twenty feet high, would It he
advantageous to build the cold storago
building into tho hill?
I htjve never seen n coin storago
built of concrete, but 1 am sure such
a structure would prove satisfactory,!
Most of Ico is stored In the upper,
story nnd around the tloor of the Ico
chamber Is a space of 18 Inches to
allow the cold air to rail and the warm
air to rise. Thero ure also galvanized
Iron cylinders extending troni the
floor of the storage to the floor or the
Ico room above. These are kept filled
with pulverized Ice. Kach of the cyl
inders has a trough at the bottom to(
carry off the water which runs through'
a trap outlet. Provided tho walls are
built according to the above descrip
tion, using cement Instead of stone,
the Insulation would not be Improv
ed bv building Into a hill, but If the
hill were used as suggesieu me ico
room would bo moro easily filled than
If the building stood on the level.
The Brute Again.
Wife (who Ib always ailing) "You:
will bury mo by tho side of my first'
husband, won't yon dear?"
Husband "With uleasuro. my dear."
IF x vftc
ENGLAND'S QUEEN HAS
ESCAPE FROM DEATH IN FIRE J
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QUEEN ALEXANDRA.
From n painting made at the time of the coronation ceremonies nt London.
Tho queen Is represented In her robes of state.
ENGLAND'S QUEEN IN DANGER.
Has Narrow Escape from Death In
Fire in Royal Reoldence.
Tho life of Queen Alexandra was
imperiled by n (Ire which broke out
Dec. 10 In the royal paluco at Sand
rlnghum In a room adjoining that In
which tho Queen was sleeping. Only
by n fortunate circumstance was the
tiro discovered nnd her majesty
'aroused In time to prevent rt calam
ity. As It was -Queen Alexandra had
an extremely narrow escape, being
iorced to flee through tho smoke from
her room In a dressing gown.
The queen's secretury, Miss Kuollys.
in whose bedroom the fire started, just
succeeded in awaking her before the
smoke and flames became too thick to
form a barrier to their escape.
The queen had barely escaped from
her apartment when the Hour of the
room collapsed, carrying with It her
bed.
The fire started In Miss Knollys'
bedroom In the chimney tine, where n
beam is supposed to have been smol
dering for some dnys. It spread rap
Idly to the queen's bedroom.
Miss Knollys, awnkenetl by the
smoke, rushed nt once to Queen Alex
andra's bedroom. Groping her way
through the smoke and tlames which
ulrendy tilled the room, she awakened
tho queen. Hastily throwing her own
dressing gown over lief royal mistress
sho guided her from the room.
The two women had just reached
the broad corridor outside when the
tloor of tho queen's room collapsed.
Kivo minutes' delay would have meant
almost certain death for both
Following the fire the greatest ex
citement provulled In the house, where
a big house party is staying.
The lire was confined to the two
bedrooms.
Tho Hon. Charlotte Knollys, lady In
waiting to Queen Alexandra and the
HON. CHARLOTTE KNOLLfS
queen's closest friend, undoubtedly
saved tho queen's llfu by her pros
once or mind during the fire. Miss
Knollys' connection with tho queen's
household began twenty years ago.
She Is highly esteemed by every mem
ber of the royal family, and recently
it was reported the king contemplated
making her a peeress In hor own right
Mayor Jones Pawned Watch.
Mayor Sam Jones of Toledo was on
his way home from a trip to Texas re
cently and found on arriving at Chat
tanooga that he was out of cash. He
had his check book In his pocket, but
with characteristic eccentricity ho
pawned his wntch for $6 antl proceed
ed on his wny, arriving In Toledo with
about half a dollar left. The story
became public when ,ho received his
watch from Chattunooga In exchange
for 0 check which he might Just as
well have used there.
NARROW
THINKS AMERICAN WAYS GOOD-
English Wageworker Pralse6 Sy6ten
in Vogue In This Country.
An English wageworker, who has
been working in an American factory
writes to an Kngllsh magazine and
gives a description of American work
ers as compared with those In his own
country. Ho says:
"The men were on n higher level
than the Kngllsh workmen, but they
worked harder and longer. Sixty
hours a week after the Kngllsh flftyi
four, seemed very hard, although j
wus getting nearly double Engllslj
wages. It seemed remarknble, too,
that, although the day was so long,
nnd made worse still by dividing Ifj
Into two long spells with only a more
or less brief interval for dinner, thq
work should be pursued diligently
from the moment of starting until
stopping time.
"In methods of working also each
man is allowed to follow his own de-,
vices to a great extent, anything un
usual being noted with Interest and
w'thont the least prejudice. Thero is
ilwnys more readiness to ndopt any
tl lug new than to stand by nn old
method. One notlceablo thing In
American shops Is the Importunco nt
tfched to Ideas even of the most triv
ial nature."
Goldwln Smith in Old Age.
A familiar figure In Toronto is Gold
win Smith. Kvery Hue day he takes
his carriage drive and one sees a
shrunken old man, as thin as ho Is
tall, silent and grave of demeanor,
preoccupied, It would seem, with his
own thoughts. "One might muke tho
mistake of supposing," said an ob
server, "that the aged citizen ho has
celebrated his SOth birthday was a
dyspeptic pessimist, that life had lost
its charm for him and that time had
forgotten him In its mercllesa march
toward a future that is never ovcrtak-:
en." Such is one picture of tho old pro
fessor a mental snapshot taken from
a curbstone.
Congressmen with "Doubles."
There are a number of doubles in
the national house of representatives
and many nmttsing mistakes arise as u
consequence. Here nre somo of the
Dromios: Croft of South Carolina and
Hadger of Ohio, Thayer of Massachu
setts anil Htttler of Pennsylvania, Rob
ertson of Arkansas and Watson of In
dlann, Smith of Texas and Hopkins of
Kentucky, Lewis of Georgia and Mil
ler of Kansus. Payne or Now York,
who bus shaved off his whiskers, is
often taken for ex-Speaker Henderson,
although the latter has not been In
Washington since the lifty-soventli
congress adjourned.
Ship Unloads In Thirty Hours.
A freight ship that can unload in a
day and a' quarter, Instead of In four
teen days, has just been launched In
Rotterdam. Instead of having, only
two derricks tills ship has twenty-rour,
ni.'d there are, twenty-four separato
compartments In the hold,
The, ship Ib built to carry 10,300
tonsv It will run between tho Haltlc
end Rotterdam, carrying Iron ore. She
hi 440 feet long, with- fourteen masts.
Hy this new arrangement of a derrick
to every compartment twenty-five
days are saved In every trip In the un
loading and loading.
Speaker Resented Interruption.
Dr. Frederick Munloy, a young In
structor from Harvard university, was
nddresslng the Teachers' Instltttto of,
Middlesex county, Now Jersey, ant
had consumed forty-live minutes
the time allowed to oach speaker. On,
being so Informed by tho presiding offi
cer, Dr. Manley, being quite Indignant,
said In angry tones: "I hope to be
able to flnslt my nddrcsj to you somo
other time under different auspices: I
am from Harvard university, whero
our addrosses are not limited llko tn
rounds of a boxing bout."
ADMIRES THE AMERICAN GIRL.
Famous Tenor Likes the New York
Damsel, But Walt Till He Comes
West. v
Knrlco CariiMi. not yet thirty years
of age, Is the tenor of the year the
one person whtini all tho lovers of
grand opera want to see and to hear.
From the moment of his appearance
at New York he lias been Idolized by
Milt ,--7w
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the press and public. In an Interview
In tho New York World he tells wltaC
he thinks of the New York girl.
"I admire them." he said, "because
they are so different from tho Kuro
penn type; they look so healthy, beau
tiful urnl Independent, and not afraid
or anything. They look you straight
In tins eyes like men. They seem to
bo n race npart."
. "llut what struck you most forcibly
in their makeup?"
"Well" and hero he laughed as
ho looked at Mine. Caruso "I ride
very often in a carriage with my wife
and every moment. 1 point out to her
some woman with a remarkable hat.
, "I think the American women have
a grent deal of Imagination and they
exerclso It particularly In the choice
of tholr lints. Most of them nro very
tasteful. Others are the oxugerattitl
typo of certain fashions. Hut they
wear them with dash and carry them
ns If challenging tho world to do tho
same.
Half Lion, Half Tiger.
A hybrid that has attracted the at
tention of zoologists Is the lion nnd
tiger cross, n number of which may
now be seen at Hamburg. Tho oldest
Is four years of age, ami Ih a lino
nnlmal called Prince.
When only threu years or ago ho
weighed 500 pounds nnd measured ten
feet from the tip of his tall to the tip
of his nose, and stood four feet high
to tho top of the shoulder.
Tho peculiarity of this beast Is thaj
ho has n tiger's body and a lion's bend,
the stripes, of course, not being so
distinct as In the common tiger.
Prince's father was a Senegal Hon
and his mother a Bengal tiger. "Tho
first successful experiment I made In
the crossing of animals," said his own
er, "was about seven years ago, when
I crossed a leopard antl a puma. I
ara now busy endeavoring to obtain a
new variety of sheep by crossing the
giant sheep or contral Asia with our
common domestic animal." Scientific
American.
Vigor Restored by Water.
John Ferguson, residing In Kllmol
ford, Knglnnd, overheated himself
while In pursuit of cnttle on the hills.
While in this condition ho drank ex
cessively of cold water from a stream
near. Almost Immediately he fell fast
asleep on the hank and did not waken
for twenty-four hours. He wn then
In a high rover, and from that time
van tumble to retain any nourishment.
The proprietor of tho estate on
which tho man's father was a tenant
had Ferguson removed to his own
house and shut him up in n room for
twenty days, during which time ho
was supplied with nothing except
water, and precautions were taken to
prevent any one supplying the patient
with food, yet nt tho end of that time
the man was restored to perfect health
mid had lost none of his former vigor.
He Always Gets It.
I envy the devil, in plt
Of llut chains lit- bus to weitr.
And notwHIiftnuillne the hate
Men hiivo for him i-vcrywlieie.
For this ndvantaKe Is hie:
He needn't fret ir feel blue
Efccnuso any man Is ever
Unwilling to five him Ills due.
Hirn
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MADE HASH FOR THE COURT.
Cook Demonstrated Her Ability nn
Got a Judgment.
Corn Johnson, a cook In the emploj
or Mrs. Mnrgnret. Cox of Mont Clair,
N. J., was discharged a few days ago,
When her mistress refused to pay hei
n month's wages the girl brought still
to recover (he amount In Justice Pan
llngttm's court. At the trial Mrs. Coi
declared lit court that the girl conhj
not ntue corned beef hash. Tho girl
replied that she could beat tho worl
In making that dish,
"Well, Cora," said Justice Darling-
fon, "I would like to see you piovtj
your case."
A oonstnblo was sent out. for lh
necessary Ingredients ami cooklnr,
utensils. Cora rolled up her hleevei
and quickly turned out a dish Mint llm
Judgo pronounced "fit lor a king,1
Cora got a verdict for 2ti.
BOTH BRAVE AND MODEST.
Schoolgirl Makes Light of Saving Llt
of Companion.
Annlo Silverman, the pretty fourteen-year-old
schoolgirl who sn-d
little child from being run down by nn
express train on the Jersey Centra
railroad. Is balled as n heroine it:
Ijtkewood. says the New York World.
Annie Silverman works on Salnr
days In a l.nkowood dry goods stoto
where she said:
"I don't see why everybody Is tnllo
Ing about what. 1 did. It wasn't any
thing to boast or. Anybody who bin'
been (hero would have done just nt
I did. I was going home from soluml
nnd Just after crossing the tracks ,
hoard a scream. I looked back m
saw the little girl trying to draw hot
loot from between 0110 of tho rails am
n crossing plank. Ab I ran to her '
heard the whistle of a train whicl
was coming right toward us.
"Tho little girl wore a roil hat nu
Strtm- &LVEP2&W
my first thought was to tako It oil
and waVo It as 11 signal. Hut by tlU
tlmo tho train was on a trestlo nboui
two blocks away anil I saw that th
engineer could not stop In time. I
reached down and after twisting tin
child's root around a row times got II
out. Then I Just dragged her across
the track. I wasn't a quarter of t
second too soon either, for the trrtln
just whizzed past as 1 got her safe. H
Just muilo my heart stop benting for a
low secondn and I nearly Tainted. 1
saw the child today antl she ran to mo
and said that she had told her mnm
ma that I hnd saved hor life."
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Broken Neck Bones Knit.
Success has attended tho efforts 01
physicians to save the llfo or John
Cunning, who hnd bis neck broken in
a runaway accident nt New Castle,
Pa. The neck was Incased In a plas
ter cast, and Tor nearly three weeks
the patient lay motionless. The phis
ter cast was removed on Tuesday, ami
It was round that the broken boiie
bad knit perfectly. The cnBO Is con
sidered a remarkable one. Pitthburu
(Pa.) Times.
African Chieftain.
The Huk warriors are not bumpered
in their movements by extra raiment,
their prlncipul garment belug tho
cape peculiar to their tribe.
Tame Deer a Nuisance.
Klght deer have been roaming
around Oakdale, Mass., for the past;
few months. Forage becoming senrce,.
they havo taken to Invading the gar
ileus of the farmers, and have done 11
great umount of dnmage. They nrc
rastldlous beasts, eating Only the heart
nnd tonderest parts of the cabbages,
leaving the rest Intact. They havo
become quite tame and will stand nutt
gaze at a man for somo tlmo with
out getting frightened.
Amusing Theater Program.
A curious theater program of 1730
Is In tho Stadt museum at HrunH
wlck. In tho quaintest of German tho.
following conditions are set forth:
"In order for the convenience of the;
audience It Is requested that tho first
row doth He, the second kneel, the
third elt, tho fourth stand; thus can
all sco. Laughing Is forbidden, be
causo that It Ib a tragedy."
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