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for Vermin
rrili; g-oiir-.l i i i n I, the gopher sod th"
r.r l !ir hardly known in the
F.a'ern part of Hi t ii.iiu'rv. In tint Wm,
tcwevor, tliy iin- mo-i destructive nul
si.f.ef, vat.ug the iniil, of growing plums
a'rl IH dliiT Wajs lining a nl of in w'j ic f .
fan Frnmi . ti i :i ri . James W. v'an
M'l'r, ha I'niilrlvcil tin 1 ,oi for rtnl -linllng
then wl'li poison gn by the ltr-! of
(ii Ingenious niiirrlviiti' which Miflirilri
thi lit lift braM In I In ir burrows.
Two iicli in l l)n unrk One of find
Marin mill prepares iln but ion. 'I'lic olner,
following I, .in, itncf I he iii'mhi In ,; . ,li.! ,
nmipilshcd b (i .lurking in i:. I,,,, ,,
df eipii burrow ii iiirni.lgc ilim t-oui ttniH
fu-iri,(lni'ihg mixture.
The Hrt mini iti-'it n a metal idIh. n i!,,
ti t -fi of the burton, t juipi tin, enrih
Jlghfly around it nui MM,s n, Hug In
In" ground to mark ii. "Yd km,, i,, ,,
carries n cartridge. holder minicartridge
the latter Iti'iiiK pa -I c board r lintl icaled
nt the ends v. Itli p,,,H r mid containing saw.
ilnsl mixed with iiii'tnl tilings.
Tin1 second mini alio carried u xmiill funk
filled Willi chlorine him! provided Willi u
short rubber pipe to which the cartridge,
holder Is attached, lie piii) a cartridge into
tilt- holder n I'll shove the latter into the
metal lulu' above mentioned, which tin
holder til, Thru he opens n valve and tint
i taurine Hoc, Into the cnrliiilge, lie paper
endt) of which have previously been rup
tured.. The chlorine combine with the metal hi
I rifcit in the cartridge, k-ii'i'ii f inn n secondary
gna which, being imn Ii heavier thnii nlr,
descend by gravity through the metal
tube and till the burrow from end to end.
It reaches the breeding in" f of the ooc.i
pant, and even poisons t lie food which the
animals have In storage,
When a. sufficient done of gas linn been
thus administered, (lie chlorine in shut off
by closing I lie valve, nnd the holiler in de
tached from the cartridge, which drop Into
th burrow. The mctnl tube is pulled out
of the burrow entrinee nnd cinlli Ih packed
Info tiie bole. 'J'liuit the wliolu operation
la completed without danger to those who
perform it.
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forineil in free m,', in v from Kip.,r. tbe.V
linve mi oipoe eiiily to develop complete ami
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inliiiite variety. .Many of them, one might
tblnli, woii'd nerve u'efiilly the piirponex of
Hie MiinilfiieturiiiS jeweler, nid perlinp
Ihoi-e of other nrln, ly offeiing ready-iiid
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Our winter niiousturnia may nof alway'n
be aiiprecialeil by niiiiiy folks pant the
ONiNting age. 'J'hey often mean deliiyed
trullejH and frainD, wet feet and cold and
eitra expense for tinow-thovidlng to Htjcli
people, but In Vermont there U a man vhi
la Jitht boplifg and praying for otormK like
that, This rather peculiar fondnem dates
back about thirty yearn, for It a then
that M'ilson A. r.ctif'ev tllscovereil the
beiiuly of the Indh iduiil i nowllniie.
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otcd a lifetime to the snowflake, however,
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The Jewels That Fall From the Skies
I'.en In very early time a Norwegian
nrtli't, realizing their poialbilillea, went to
tile Aniie on) enteinleil voyagea to draw
them, He caught them on black clmb or
painted wood and made quick kketche of
them an they fell. At bin hlmire lie worked
out elaborate denlgiia by rnmbiniiif the
original drawing1).
Air. Hcntley la truly artistie, but t 1 1 1 hia
piiitirea are absolute reprenentntloni of
nature, for they are photograph. HU method
nhowH much painHtaklrig care and prove
Mm to be a true scientist and lover of hi
Propagating
IT HAS been newly discovered that mltle
l.ie can be artificially propagated and
i.o cosily that any clever woman might make
ti good deal of money by undertaking the
binlnem.
If you will examine a berry of mistletoe
closely, and pull it to piece, you will find
that it contain n tiny seed, which Is scp
linilcil with some difficulty from a pulp
mj tenaciously sticky as to suggest bird
lime. Thin Is a provision of nuturs to aceom
plMi the distribution of the plant. Birds
eat the pulp of the berries, but do not swal
low the seeds, apparently disliking their
flavor. They tear them out and leave ken
slicking on the brunches of trees, where tbey
ttart new plants.
To propagate the mistletoe, then, !t 1s
neceHsary merely to gather a quantity of
the berries, separate the sticky seeds, and
to place each one of the Inttcr In the crotch
of a tree-twig. There the seed will pres
ently germinate, Inserting a pseudo-root
Into the bark of the twig.
If, is a very curious seed, not at all Ilka
that of ordinary flowering plants. In fart,
It I already in iMelf a tiny plant, with two
cotyledons which contain chlorophyll.
Before long, placed In ,the manner de
scribed, it will develop Into a thrifty growth
of mistletoe. It is a parasite, and subsists
upon the juices of the tree.
But, in attempting to propagate the mls
tlctoo, one should be mindful of the fact
that the proper kind of tree must be chosen.
I.tke other parasites, It has Its chosen
'hofits"; it will not grow ajsewhere. Elms
Rainbow Shoes
TITK latest fasliionuble shoes In London
and Paris are of all the colors of the
ininbow, most striking to the eye. Bright
blue and red, sometimes with uppore of con
trasting hues, are favored for street wear.
One shoe manufacturer offers boots with
fur-trimmed tops for women. Another,
Itussinii "gauntlet footgear," with red slIU
tops ami laced with red ribbons. Another,
led boot with crU'cros straps finished with
paste-dinmond butt.n. A fourth, patent
leather shoes tornate with red and green
designs. Shoe heels of Invitation tortolta
hell, or s't with amber or inotliT-of-pearl,
a novelties. Some of the wemfn's boot
l ave haod-pa'.ntej t .
A New Kind of Fuel
SI Ct TSf KI'I. prtninla have recently
bren made with a f'ltl fom,tceJ ef
Miiture 'f anthracite dust and an a!-
m.l pus ffl.tM fhtalnrd BV dH'lllrttlo.
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work. The climate of Vermont, where Mr.
Ilenfley liven, i Ideal eeanae of Its long,
oold winter. From Thankngivlng to April
there are many opportunities, but even at
that he aay :
"I'hotographlng (.now rrytal I nti'.lke
any other photographic effort, ilnee the
rryatula alight on the blackened board I
hold to catch them, it 1 a race between me
and fbe work of evaporation. I lake the
blackboard indoor, where my app.irntu
la pointing out the window of the always
cold room. Ordinary' daylight is lined for
Kiss Berries
and liui'kbciry trees sui. it best, being
tlicnim'lve clone kin to the mistletoe. Like
a good many folks, it is content to live on
its relatives. Own trees and sycamores,
however, serve Its purpose excellently.
Mistletoe la found from New Jersey
southward and westward. In the Southern
States olio often sees tree profusely fes
tooned with It. In Oklahoma It ? 0
common that It has attained th distinction
of official appointment as the Htate (lower.
There are 400 known ppecies, most of which
are tropical.
Anti-Ouch
A BOOX to the householder, nnd es
pecially to women, is a tuck-holder
evolved by the genius of Albert J. Haus
wama, of Butte, Mont. It saves lingers. The
device is so simple and cheap, being made
from a single blank of steel wire, that it
PNEUMATIC tires are euniy wonderful
things, but undeniably they have their
disadvantage, especially when roads are
strenn with broken glass and Uicks. Then,
too, it U a bother to blow them up. ,
A Cleveland Inventor, Joseph J. Kraly,
thinks he has something better to offer.
It I a resilient cylinder of spring steel,
which takes the place of (lis pneumatic
Inner tube, with leaf-springs fixed at Inter
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illumination, and holding the board by
wirt (for even niltteued IuiiuIh must ""t
graep II) press a sliarp-poinleii wood
splint very gently upon the surface of the
'r.vNlal mull the latter adheres to the
splint, anil remove it to a gl" slide under
n observation microscope,
"After a few have been di,eed on the
g'an slide I give a brief glance at each,
holding my breath meanwhile, and If one
etcm to be of sufficient beauty , or interest
the glam slide is removed, the cryntal
pressed down flat against it, using a feather,
and the slide and crystal placed upon the
stage of the photographic microscope, cen
tered, focused and an exposure of from
eight, seconds to a minute or two Is given,
according to lens used, the time of day -nd
the length of the bellows.
"All snowfalls are not good ones. It Is
only occasionally perhaps four to sixteen
time during a given winter that good
crystals fall, and oftentimes one miiHt hunt
fur good specimen among a much vaster
number of imperfect or plain ones. When
the favorable lime conies theiv must be no
diiny, and It Is often the case that I have
to forgo both breakfast and dinner and am
half slarved and chilled through und through
with the cold before a favorable day's work
is over."
Tack Holder
may be packed with every box of tacks sold
for domestic use.
The piece of wire Is formed at one end
Into n loop, which serves as a bundle, to be
held between finger and thumb. At the
other end it is flattened and bent into a hook
shape to receive the tack. The tack, held
by the hook in the desired position for driv
ing, receives a bang or two with the ham
mer; then the hook Is detached, and one or
two additional whacks complete the opera
tion. It Is, of course, the starting of the
tnck that Imperils the fingers. The hook
holds the tnck closely and firmly for driving,
but has sufficient resilience to enable it to be
readily disengaged.
A Tire Which Defies Broken Glass
vals around the inside of it to absorb
shocks. It Is not a complete cylinder, thi
inner tube of steel, but has a gap all around
where It meets the rim of the wheel. The
edge of the gap are joined by spring, this
method of construction giving the requisite
resilience. The leaf-spring are set cro.
wise of the axis of the near-cylln W, and
are curved In two patterns which are fixed
within the tube alternately. One pattern
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Phone and Gas
Explosions
Wllii, mipio.nl that a telephone IB-
trutiicnt t.iuM iaue n dwsttn'n t-plo-ion
'!, Not In a tlwelllii'i hone or l !l
liens oilier, happily. The air miiM be laden
villi a iilioMiliie ;im to inal.e am h en
eploi"ti pisili!e. This verv oi'mIIiIoh
often c'I-ih in minis, lemevr, snl lb
ph.. lie mn iniiite the gin with calamitous
results. '
It U not Ihe small nirrent of electricity
carried by Ihe phone wire tha' doe the
misiblef. Tb masurt Is tcponiMc. (it
enter he telephone box nti-l th" rlnRlng
of the magneto If lln' !e to cause Its igni
tion. l'roliitMy iiriiiv a miie fplo-lon lis
Iccii tin ra.i-e.l, tho igh until recently the
; '.filil'lir of such n t'.i'ig va tot tt.rt;iKht
,',f. To find nut If II '"'lid ballpen, tfce
Bureau of .Mines r.gted a L'lenlioiie In'iiie
of a cloud chamber tilled with a mixture of
air and g. and made an arrangement
wlicieby the ringer could be operated from
oiil-lile. In a scries of trials a number of
explosions were produced. The first turn
of the crank did It in one instance,
The morn! seems to be that telephone
In miiiw should be made gns-tlght and gns
proof. Weld With Copper
ANT.W nnd very useful welding process
Is bayed upon the fact that If a piece of
copper on an iron plate be heated in an
atmosphere of hydrogen, the copper will
spread over the iron In a thin, penetrat
ing li h ii , like butter on hot loaft.
Thus, If Ihe copper be melted betweea
two piece of Iron, It welds them togeths
in a surprisingly Intimate fashion, the
copper film actually working Itself In be
tween the crystals of the iron.
By Ibis process It is practicable to join
together, without screws, Machine part
which cau be most conveniently made in
two pieces. Blade for steam turbine are
among the article which have been fabri
cated by this simple and novel means.
The Cost of "Eats"
Till: people of the United Klates spend
more than 8 (0,000.000 a day for food,
or nearly u billion and a half dollars
month. Nearly one-third of the money got
for bread; potatoes, fruits, sugar and other
"grub" of a vegetable nature. More that
two-thirds Is spent for meat, fish, egg,
butter, cheese ami lard. The average house
holder bands over to the butcher more than
one-liftli of hi income. The people of this
country consume In a year two and a half
billion eggs and nearly ten and a half bil
lion gallons of milk. But a large part of
the milk goes to make 1 ,000.000,000 pound!
of butter, 10.i,0!i0,000 pounds of cheese $t4
'JUO.OOD.OOO gallons of lee cream.
Lizard Skin Leather
rpim, Island of Ceylon, which sent pes--1-
cocks, monkeys and baby elephants to
King Solomon, for that monarch's zoo, is
remarkable for a varied and interesting
fauna. One of the oddest of its animals 1
a huge lizard, called the cabrogoya, which
attains a lrngth of four and one-half feet.
The cabriHjovn is a very handsome reptile,
beautifully niuikcil, and its akin when
tanned affords a tough leather of excellent
wearing qsality and waterproof. It is used
for making women's shoes and, with tha
Idea of introducing it In this country foe
that purpose, specimen hides have recently
been sent to our lJcpartment of Comiuertt
by t he American Consul at Colombo.
take up the shock from the tread of tht
tire, tie other re -enforces tiiC tire against
shocks to Its sldewalls.
The spting-steel tube i of course a ring!
but, to mak possible Its Introduction Into
the tire casing, it Is made in two halve,
lirst one -half Is put In (being seeured
by Haiii;esl, and then th other, making
the tube complete. It remains only to put
'le I'.e i.in in the usual wanner.
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