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Portable Battery Carried In Pocket
Connects With Conducting Mate
rial Continuous Treatment.
A Cotorado man recently naked him
aelf: "If electricity la good for rheu
matism and other allmenta In spas
raodlo treatments, why wouldn't It bo
better If tho treatment could be taken
for hours at a time and without any
Inconvonlenco to tho subject?" He
decided that It would and forthwith
designed what la known as the "elec
tric Insole." Thta device consists of
a pair of Insoles of conducting mate
rial connected by wires with a port
able battery, which Is carried In the
Electric Insole.
trousers pocket or suspended Inside
the trousers by a hook that catches
the belt The wires run down the in
side of the trousers legs and connect
with the metal members of tho in
aolea. The current, of course, can be
twitched on or off at will and the
treatment can be taken as tho subject
la walking about tho street or attend
ing to his business. As It la spread
OTer a much longer time and has more
opportunity to work, It should be more
effective.
AID PUNTS BY cLECTHCITY
Experiments Show Spinach, Strawber
ries, Peat, Etc., Both Better and
Earlier Than Others.
Electric agriculture Is nbw attract
ing a great deal of attention, and the
simple system devised by M. Basty
should be worth further Investigation.
It consists of standing upright In the
ground In the neighborhood of the
planta thin iron rods provided with
noncorroslble points. The rods may
be about six feet long for cereala and
about one Inch diameter. The theory
la that these rods cause discharge
from their points, and create electric
oscillations In the ground which bene
fit the plants.
M. Basty showed at a recent exhi
bition a number of planta ralaed In
this way, spinach, strawberries, green
peas, etc., which were both earlier
and better than others grown in the
ordinary way in neighboring plots. It
-would be Interesting to know If the
chemical effect of tho Iron had any
thing to do with the results.
PHONE ATTACHMENT IS HANDY
Jointed Arm Holds Receiver Against
Ear of User, Leaving the Handa
Free fer Writing.
The Canadian who devised the auto
matic holder for telephone receivers,
of which an Illustration Is shown here
with, waa a friend of the ladles. It
will enable a woman to carry on an
hour's conversation on a six-party
wire whout tiring her arm In the
least. The holder la a Joined metal
affair fastened to the receiver hook
and having at the tree end Us own set
of hooks to hold the cylinder. When
not In use It takes up little room, but
when called Into play It can be ex
tended until close to the ear and hold
the receiver aa well as It can be held
New Telephone Attaohment.
by band. Tbla loaves both handa freo
for writing or for attending to any
other duties which tho person talking
through the phone may have before
him. In case where papers have to
be sorted or turned it la Inconvenient
to have only one hand free, and the
Implement here overcome! this diffi
culty.
IN SHOE
ELECTRICITY AID TO GROWTH
Swedish Solsntlste Interested In
psrlmsnta Whloh Have Been Car
rlad on for tome Years.
Considerable Interest baa beet
aroused among Swedish solsntlsta la
regard to the remarkable eleotrlcal
experiments which have been carried
on for aomo years In one of the pub
lic schools In Stockholm. The object
haa been to test the beneficial Influ
ence of electricity on the develop
ment of the human body.
Hitherto It had been found possible
to force tho growth of vegetables by
means of electrical currents distrib
uted from a powerful dynamo. This
Idea has been carried 'out with signal
success tn several places.
It was accordingly contonded that
the human organism was equally sus
ceptlblo to "expedited growth," aa It
hns been called, through practically
continuous applications of an elec
trically chargod atmosphere to the
body. Two groups of 25 children were
selected, as nearly alike na posslblo
In general health, size, and weight.
Tho respective groups received their
Instruction In two rooms, both equal
tn size, ventilation, lighting and other
general conditions. Hut the group In
ono was constnntly exposed to the In
fluence of electric currents, while tho
other group pursued Its studies under
normal conditions.
After a test of several yeara the
two groups of children have been
compnred, and It is claimed that the
electrified children have outstripped
tho others mentally and physically;
that they havo grown fastor, put on
weight more quickly, and hnvo shown
more physical fitness generally, be
sides possessing suporlor mentality.
Skepticism Is dlsplnyed In somo
quarters, and tho result of the experi
ment Is not altogether regarded as
decisive. It Is expected, however,
that similar experiments will be con
ducted In some other schools In order
to demonstrate the supposed efficacy
of tho electrifying process in Improv
ing the mental and physical condition
of the rising population.
ADJUSTABLE SHADE ON LAMP
Device Consists of Metal Disks Bent
Into 8eml-Cyllndrlcal Form With
Clamps on Each Side.
An Ingenious shade for use on In
candescent lamps Is here shown. It
consists of a metal disk bent into a
seml-cyllndricol form and provided at
opposite sides with spring clamps
adapted to press against the lamp
globe, holding the device in position,
says the Popular Electricity. As can
y
Adjustable Lamp Shads.
be seen the shade may be fastened 1c
any position so that the shadow It
cast in any desired direction. This ar
rangement will bo found especially
useful for hospitals and sick rooms,
enabling the nurse to protect the pa
tient's face from the direct rays ot
light yet leaving other parts ot the
room Illuminated. By painting the In
terior of , the shade with white en
amel It may be used to a certain ex
tent as a reflector alao.
HJECTRKU,
NOTES
Chicago has 37,994 street lamps.
The only railroad in Lapland Is be
ing electrified.
Electric fans are a great boon tfl
the sick during hot weather.
Nearly all the large packing houses
are now equipped with electric power
It la estimated that electric light
la used by 700,000 American house
holds.
It Is planned to put moving ptctun
shows on some of the transcontlnen
tal trains.
There are 110,000 telephones tn us
tn Japan at the present time, and thi
number Is rapidly Increasing.
A simple tool that twists iwo ot
more wires together as It is drawi
along them is a Texan's Invention.
Tho government of India has au
thorlzcd wireless stations to connect
the, scattered garrisons of tho coun
try.
There are 1.850 electrical worki
and central stations In Germany li
addition to more than 45,000 prlvatt
plants.
An ingenious employe of the Gen
oral Electric Com-rnny bns invented t
meter for measuring,, the flow ol
steam in pipes.
Birds, It seems, rarely if evor get
nccustomed to the nound ot electric
bells bo as not to be startled by the
ringing ot one.
Engineers declare that the water
falls ot tho Alps are capable of gen
erating enough electrical power to
run all the railroads ot Switzerland.
IT MAY BE NO BETTER
SPECULATIONS ON QUALITIES OP
RELIGION OF FUTURE.
.Will Be More Definite and Dogmatlo
Than the "Advanced" Faith of
the Present, Is Opinion
of One Writer.
Theorists concerning the religion ol
the future usually plant themselves
upon one of two assumptions: that the
llglon of tho future will nocessarily
e neiter man mat oi mo pasi; or
hat It will be characterized by fuller
llegianco to certain views now held
y exponents of so-called "advanced
thought."
We see no reason for knuckling un
der to either of them, says tho St.
Louis Republican. It does not neces
sarily follow, becauso all things
change, that they must need change
for tho better. Architecture in Paris
in tho thirteenth century was so In
finitely superior to the architecture of
tho present day as to bo impossible of
comparison with It. Oratory In the
United Statos senate in 1820, Just 81
years ago, was so far beyond tho ora
tory of today lnform, finish and Inner
spirit that it Is difficult to realize that
tho body is the samo In function and
method of selection of membership.
The violins Antonlus Stradlvarlus
made In Cremona In the early years of
the eighteenth century are unmatch
ablo in tho workshops of today, either
hero or elsewhere. No present day
builder can equal the cement mixed by
Roman artisans in tho timo of Con
stantino. Now we mako bold to prophecy that
tho "religion of the future" will have
moro of deflnlteneas than the "ad
vanced, faith" of the present It will
demand more of Its votaries. It will
be Inveigh If you will! more dog
matic. The religion of "advanced thought"
suffers from too much width, like
shallow river smothered among sand
bars. It has "broken the shackles ol
dogmatism." Very good; but It has
failed to substitute for them any
definite obligation or tie to anything
else. It BtaudB for "progress" toward
what It cannot tell for the life of It. It
believes In "the uplift of humanity."
But what Is uplift? And what la ths
thing that humanity ought to be up
lifted toward? It la silent
"Advanced thought" goes on the as
sumption that with wldeness of vision
eomes necessarily happiness of spirit
It has evidently never read the llvei
of the philosophers. It goes on the as
sumption that the champion of ad
vanced ideas will, In his age, be hon
ored of all men. It evidently has not
pondered the history of the martyrs.
It Ignores death, Inherited disease, and
the apparent lack of connection In
this world between the service render
ed by life and the reward returned by
its own age, whether In the form oi
gold, praise or love.
The religion of the future will have
in It less of the spirit of revolt. It will
be humbler and have a keener sense
of its responsibilities. It will ask
fewer questions, and strive to answer
more. A youth once told Charlea O.
Finney that he did not need the formal
service of the church: he went forth
into the Obto forests, and worshiped
there. "Young man," demanded Fin
ney, "what do you do when it rains?"
The religion of the future will concern
Itself with the devotional poaslbllltlei
of wet days more than has the "ad
vanced thought" of the present
Tracing Growth of Iceberg.
"When I was In the Arctic," onct
said General A. W. Greely, "I found
an aged floe-berg In which the yearly
stratifications of growth could be
traced with great accuracy. I meas
ured them, and by careful calculation
was able to discover that the oldest
layers of that ice probably dated back
to the years when Solomon was build
ing his temple 1 That temple, mas
sive as It was,, has utterly perished,
and men differ aa to Its exact site.
But that Ice was still In existence
when I was in the polar seas and It
may be Is there yet You see a bit of
fresh-water Ice, once Immersed in a
alt sea that hr.s a constant tempera-;
ture ot about 28 degrees, cannot very
well perish. It is in a sort of per;
petual cold storage plant, colder than
its own melting point And that ac
counts for the long endurance of what.
In our climate, would have lasted per
haps but a few brief seconds 1"
Russia Is Roadless.
Russia is a roadless land. It Is In
conceivable to the foreign visitor who
has ever left the beaten track of the
railways In Russia now a great empire
can have subsisted so long and so suc
cessively amid the competition of the
rival states beyond Its borders with
out even a pretense at roads.
The secret, of course, Ilea in the
fact that for five or six months In the
year Nature herself provides roads
over the greater part of the expanse
ot all the Russians, admirable smooth,
glassy roadways over liurdworn snow.
The traffic Is further cheapened over
these roads by the sustltution of a
sledgo runner for the wheel and axle.
This brings tho cost of land carriage
as near the cheapness ot water borne
freight as posslblo, and It Is the prin
cipal reason why Russia, in the Twen
tieth Century, is still a roadless land.
Always Dodging.
"You arc afraid to go along a coun
.try road at night?"
1 "Yes. Every time I hear a hoot owl
I Imaglno It's some new kind of an
automobile shriek."
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TIE work of raising the Maine
In Havana harbor is not more
than half finished. While re
ports have been sent out from
time to time fixing the date for
the final raising ot the derelict, not
one of such reports has been author
ized, not one of them is or can be
reliable. It was stated nearly a year
ago that the ship would be raised by
February 1, 1911. Today the greater
part ot the ahlp la burled in sticky,
black mud and there Is every possi
bility that six months will lapse, It not
a much longer time, before the hull
Is fully exposed and raised, If It is
ever found possible to float any part
of It And no one is to blame for the
delay. The Job has proved Itself Just
about ten times greater and more for
midable than it originally gave prom
ise of being.
Ship a Mass of Twisted Steel.
No one who has not seen the wreck
and been on it and through it can un
derstand Its almost Impossibly tangled
condition. The stern of the ship, Is
comparatively Intact. But not more
than a third of what was the original
vessel Is recognizable aa such. Amid-
ship the tangle begins. Funnels, con
ning towers, decks, cabins, engines,
machinery, are all a tangled pathetic
mass that even the most expert of
naval engineers and constructors have
been unable to classify properly. The
whole bow was blown off and .turned
around and pointed back toward the
stern. The old controversy of what
caused the explosion is still on, but
experts declare the uncovering of the
Maine will never solve the mystery.
The titanic force of the explosion'
-or explosions, for there were two of
them without question Impresses the
observer as having been appalling.
Think of a force that would break a
steel battleship in twain and dance
the half of It about like a cork.
The old controversy as to whether
the Maine was blown up from with
out or within will not be settled by
the uncovering ot the wreck not
If a million experts render their "In
disputable" opinions. The consensus
of opinion ls now, as It ever was, that
an outside mine explosion preceded
and precipitated the Interior explosion
that of the ship's magazine. All
testimony goes to establish the fact
that there were two distinct explo
sions. But the Spanish folk will nev
er admit that there were two. Those
who even Incline to listen to the sug
gestion that there might have been
two contend that if two occurred that
lthln the ship must have been the
first Some, but not many, Americans
hold to the opinion that the wreck
was caused solely by an explosion of
the vessel's magazine.
Lends Color to Theory.
But the fact that the destruction of
the vessel celebrated on Calle Cuba,
In Havana, before it occurred, and
that that celebration was participated
in by Spanish royalists, has a decided
tendency to lend color to the theory
that the wreck was planned.
Lurid stories of all sorts to "new
'discoveries" which are calculated to
"clear up the mystery" are on con
stant, dally tap In Havana. Within a
week a circumstantial yarn to the ef
fect that a wire cable leading from
'the bow ot the Maine to Cabanas had
been discovered went the rounds. All
puch stories are myths. But the im
pressiveness, the wlerdnoss, the
creeplness, the oppressive uncannlnos
of the WTeck itself is by no means
mythical. It gets on one's nerves.
Eighty-eight men perished when the
Maine wont down. About 25 skele
tons or parts of skeletons
have been recovered. As this
is written three skulls gloam their
ghastly welcome from the slime that
ycovera 'the tangled wreckage. The
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bodies cannot be reached until the
tons of twisted metal that He upon
them are cut away and removed.
Here a thigh bone, there a rib, over
yonder part of a hand these are the
grewBome finds that the workmen'
make every day.
Although the explosion occurred in
February over 13 years ago, by the
way the night was hot and many of
the crew slept out on the port side
of the berth deck. Most of the bodies
recovered have been from this part
of the ship. Down in the engine
room when that is reached from 25
to 30 bodies probably will be found
bodies of the poor devils who worked
down below the water line and who
hadn't a condemned man's chance
to get away.
In the Captain's cabin and In the
other quarters that have been uncov
ered and mud-relieved, articles of va
rious sorts in most remarkable pres
ervation have been found. The most
striking thing in this line is a box
of rubber bands In a perfect state of
elasticity and preservation. Their im
merston in the Intensely salt waters
of Havana harbor appears to have im
proved them, If anything. Bits of
leather sword hilts, shoes, caps have
come out practically uninjured. All
metals, however, show the effect ot
the Immersion.
There is, roughly, 25 feet of mud to
take" out yet before the Maine can be
"raised." The piling that forms the
exterior of each of the caissons com
posing the cofferdam Is 60 feet long.
Between 25 and 30 feet of water waa
pumped out. There is nothing but
mud remaining. But it is glue-like
mud and Is 10 times harder to get rid
of than the water was. Hydraulic
pumps have been installed, but the
work put upon them Is so unusual
that they haven't been successful as
yet.
Oxygen-acetyllne apparatus has
been used to separate "cut up" the
steel and iron of the ship where it
was necessary to remove those tan
gled portions hampering the further
work of excavation. This apparatus
resembles, in a way, a plumber's blow
lamp. Only the intense beat cuts
through metal as a knife would
through butter. A nve-lnch square
piece of steel waa seen severed so
quickly that the operation appeared
to be almost magical. The method ot
cutting away the opposing metal parts
will be continued until the wreck is
entirely removed.
Incrusted With Oysters.
The whole part of the ship so far
exposed Is Incrusted with oysters and
barnacles mostly oysters. Hundreds
of thousands of the bivalves have at
tached themselves to the hulk. The
InoruBtatlons appearing in the pic
ture are all oysters. When the water
was being removed from the coffer
dam thousands of fish and eels
splashed and struggled in the inolos
ure. There were many of the several
hundred workmen employed by Major
Ferguson who took home strings of
flsh every night when they quit work
Now, of course, there is nothing but
slimy mud within the inclosure.
Tho work of constructing the cof
ferdam, and, in fact, practically all ot
the executive labor connocted with
the "raising," has been conducted by
Major Hartley B. Ferguson, who Is
one of the main board. Colonel Wil
liam Black and Colonel Mason Patrick
are the other two. The coffordam
has been repeatedly tested and In sev
eral places re-enforced, and, while it
Is the first one of the sort ever con
structed, the complete success of It
has marked a place In the history ot
engineering. But successful as ths
work has been remarkable, the cold
fact probably Is not more than half
finished.
5rTS353S53B5wSi
IN THE ITALIAN WAY,
HOW THE PEOPLE OF 8Ur4N
LAND COOK CHICKEN.
Recipes lor Italian Tripe, for a Rlsot
tl, and for a Delicious Fruit
Dish Designed for Holl-
day Feasts.
Chicken Italian. One large frlcas
see cnicken, cut up In pieces as foi
litcaBsee. Take two good sized onloni
anu chop fine and fry in olive oil un
til about done. While onions are fry
ing add one-fourth teaspoon each oi
powdered cinnamon, nutmeg and all-
tnlAA A .1.1 .U(nlnt BhJ lAt ftlA ritAOAa
tear a little in the olive oil, then add
some clear soup stock boiling hot or!
not water will do. Somo Italian con
servo, about tablespoon diluted in
some ot the stock, and a cup ol dried
Italian mushrooms previously soaked
In hot water. Let all cook slowly
about ono hour, then add some pars
ley and garlic chopped fine and aboul
two or three French carrots cut is
fine strips. Cook slowly again until
chicken and mushrooms are tender,
Serve on deep platter. Do not hav
too much gravy. In using Italian con-.
serve be careful about putting in salt,
as the conserve 1b already salted.
Italian Tripe. Take the tripe and
cut Into strlpa about two and' a hall
Inches long. Boil in salted water
about ono minute, drain and put on to
boll In fresh water. Let come to boil
ing point, drain and once again put on
In clean, fresh water. Take onions
(as many as needed for tho amount
of tripe), chop fine and fry in oilve
oil to a golden brown. While onions
are frying add halt teaspoon each oi
powdored cinnamon and. nutmeg, add
to the tripe. Add a can ot strained
tomatoes and some clear soup stock,
some garlic and parsley and the top
green part ot one stalk of celery
chopped very fine. Take half tin of,
sardines and math fine and add to the
tripe. Let all cook slowly until tripe
Is tender. Salt and pepper to taste.
Italian Dish for the Holidays. Take
large ripe peaches and remove the
stone without cutting the peach In
two pieceB, place them in bake pan
with some melted butter in bottom.
Take some macaroons and mash them
up in good port wine Into a thick
paste. Tako almonda, blanch them
and chop very fine and add to mac
aroon paste. Fill up the peaches with
this paste, put a good sized piece ,01
butter on top and bako In medium
oven until peaches are soft Baste
frequently with the melted butter,
These are delicious. Serve hot.
An Italian Rlsottl. Wash about halt
a dozen large potatoes and boll until
done with their skins on. Remove
skins and mash them, adding as much
flour as the moisture of the potatoes
will take up. Roll out on bake board
about half an inch, thick and cut In
squares about inch square. With the
thumb press In the center and roll to
ward edge; they will form Into shapes
like little shells. Let them dry for
about fifteen minutes, then put on tot
boll by dropping them Into boiling
salted water. Boll tor about three
quarters hour. Drain and put in largo
bowl, add a good sized slice of butter,
some thick strained tomatoes and a
cup of grated Parmesan cheese. Mix
all together and serve at onco.
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Various Suggestions That Will En
able Her to Save Considerable
Money In Purchasing,
Few things can be bought in bulk
to advantage. Soap Improves with
age and la cheaper bought by the box.
Bacon ia best purchased by the slab,
and the dripping should always be
saved In a little Jar kept for the pur
pose. Except for baking, it la a good
substitute tor lard. Alwaya reserve
the talis ot steaks for bash. This Is
a wholesome dish when made of fresh
meat All left overa should be saved
and .are better reserved in their orig
inal form than mixed with half a
dozen ingredients. Lump sugar bought
looso Is cheaper than cut sugar In
boxes, and granulated should be
bought by 25 cents' worth. For laun
dry work, especially flat .work, a man
gle is Indispensable, saving the ma
terial and lightening labor. You
would not be without it, once tried.
Washing sent out to laundries is more
or less expensive, considering the aw
ful wear on material. Dishcloths
sprinkled with the following prepara
tionequal parts of coal 'oil, vinegar
and sweet oil will be rendered dust
less; that is, no shaking will be neces
sary. All -scraps of soap from bath
room and kitchen should be thrown
in the boiler for wash days.
Glass Tops.
Clever housekeepers are beginning
to discover that tho most practical
covors for dressing tables and library
writing tableB are plain glass sheets.
Lace and embroidered dollies and
runners show under them as well as ir
on the top, and the glass -protects
them and keeps them clean Indefinitely,
These glass tops are not expensive'
and they safeguard the handsome oak
or mahogany table and dainty linens!
from the careless guests, who are so
apt to lay fruit and burnt matches'
about wherever they happen to be.
Deviled Whitebait.
Wash the whitebait thoroughly and
drain on a soft cloth. Dip them in
milk, then roll In flour and try, about
a half-cupful at a timo, In deep, smok
ing hot fat Drain on soft paper and'
sprlnklo with cayenne, then sond at!
onco' to tho table. ' 1
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