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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1904)
_ - ' - - \ . - - ; Qnd IN'vN11L The rlnscn Light Curc. ! United States Conslll Frazier at , \ Copenhagen , Denmark , reports that In the Finson Medical Light Instllute , t now a state sanitarium , 1,367 cases had IlCen treated up to May , lD03 , by r the Plnsen rays or these most were , lupus vulgaris , and in about 1,000 cases the best results had been aUaln. . ed , so that "in most cases one may I count definitely upon a cure , " to use the official language. The doctors at the Infllltuto are extremely conservative - tlve and never promise to effect a , cure ; hut the records show that in a , majority of the cases where sufferers have been encouraged hy being admitted . mitted flfJ patients cures have been offected. In time one case of the American patients where the physi- clans have not yet determined whether . or they can give relief It appears the . , . . patient Is suffering from a rather - : . deep sented cancer , but the Finsell rays cIa not cure any but the most superficial cancers Protects From Gasca. One of the greatest dangers with which the coal miner has to contend Is the generation of deadly gas in the challllJOr in which ho is at work . lIB ] lantern 12 co made cn to guard against ! an explosIon of this gas and even to Indicate its proportion in the atmosphere , hut the miller himself does not take the same : precaution to prevent ) inhalation of the gas , relying - lying ; on his ability to run out of dan- ! gel' Often ho Is overcome in his flight and then the ! companions who I - I r . I . IIIh' IIIh'l 1/ / 1I l - I ' . . - , - . / t I . " ; / / , , / " , I Supplies Oxygen to the Wearer. f have escaped return to search for t . him und carry him to safety before it is too late to resuscitate him This Ii I work is hampered by the presence of the deadly gas in the mine and often 1 I a man's fellows not only fall in his . rescue , but lose their own lives. There has recently been introduced I I an apparatus which makes it possible = ' for a man to go safely ! through n mine - " charged with deadly gas and come out : \ I without feeling any effects of the r fumes As here pictured it consists 1 " of an airtight hood to fit over the : wearer's head and shoulders , with a compressed air chamber und automatic - " , . matic feeding arrangement attached to the hood. The air for breathing is (118- . i charged gradually Into the hood to re j place the air which has been breathed Time wearer of this apparatus can spend several hours , if necessary , in the presence of gas which would lelll a man In a few minutes were it rev hr.lied to enter his lungs . The m "enllon may also bo utilized to enter 6moke-filled rooms , affording protection - tion to both the lungs and the eyes . lY10re or Less. lliggs-Puffldns regnras himself as the ono man in n thousand. DlggB-Is that nIl ? I thought ho roe + carded hmsclf ! : 111 the other 009 . - FLOOR PLAN OF BARN. - Roomy and Comfortable and Can 80 Constructed Chcaply. J. J. F-PleaRo publish n floor plan of a barn :10 : by GO feet , containing till 00 single horse stalls , one box stall , feed room , 10 hy 12 feet , and stalls for about 20 head of cattle. 2. A stone cellar with 2.foot walls uimits frost. HoW would it answer to stud it up Inside . Ride and hue It with matched lum bar ? Ans.-Tho nccompnn'ing plan } should stilt J. J. F. The upper floor would have n I6 , foot mow over time horre stable , n 12-foot drive floor and a 22.foot mow over the cattle. The basement contains a single horse stalls , and box stalls , 1-1 single cattle stalls , and feed rooms. The writer built just sucll n barn 36 lJy 48 feet in 1897 , the carpenter work of whIch cost $110. 2-1 there 'yere a four.lnch brick wall built on the inside of the cellar . - - - .so. - - - _ _ _ _ .JIo , . . . y' FuC aeon Vy 151 i : J u..t\ . . I QO PAUA.&C tt1ltcOt.'n" , , n1 : V" ; v cow aTAu I.t. , ( teen t + 3 ; , : Raon s nA Ma . , . . . 11ANyC0. - : . . c : , . 3. . ( "OJ- ' ) ' . . 9. . , . . ( - -.t , p 6o x , Srnt t Ho0.ti6 ST . . . . . 6tc -\O"lf. / . -.J . _ Floor Plan of Stock Barn 30 by 50 Feet with a three or four-Inch hollow space between the stone and brIck , it would make the cellar very much warmer , and woulll ho far better than one lined up with lumbCl' If the top were celled over with matched lumber and covered with sawdust It would keep the cellar from freezing from the top. Time only drawback to putting in n wood ceiling Is that it decays very qulcldy The writer has arched a good ninny outside cellars with n fom.inch row of brick giving the arch a two- inch rise to every foot in width , three.quarter-inch rods were placed through the cellar at the spring of the arch six feet apart to leeep it from spreading 1'his was covered with earth or sawdust : the brick never rots and makes a clean pure cellar. Manure for Potatoes W. D.-i. What is the best manure to force potatoes ! 2. Will now land not yet broken produce good potatoes ? 3. Would lime help to warm the soil ? Is there any fertility in it ? 'Vell rotted yard : nianuro with nn admixture of poultry manure is considered . sldored the best fertilizer for polo.- toes. An application of ashes is also good. 2. New laud is well adapted to the growIng of potatoes A common method of preparing new ground is to plow it , harrow It down well and plant the potatoes wIth a hoe 3. If the land Is heavy and cold and application - cation of lime would warm and mel- low it. Limo Is not a fortllIzer. It is necessary for land to contain a good stock of plant food before limo can be of any benefit ; its function is to liberate - ate and turn over to the young plants that plant food contained in the manure - nure or fertflzer It is used also for correction of acidity in the soil Beyond - yond these mechanical functions lime is not considered a fertilizer in a strict sense of the word. _ It is estimated that during the last five years telephones have been put I into nearly half million rural homes I - GAVEL A BEAUTIFUL ONE. Work of Art Use In Opening st. Louis Fair. The gavel 1 used by D. R. Francis in RlI giving formal notice to the nations that the exposition was opened was worthy of the occnslon Its material was made from an aged oak tree hat for more than 11 century towered on the summit of Ant hill , a' conspicuous - ous landmark l to aborigines , whose graves it i sheltered until they ; were st unearthed to make room for the -d , . , . ' , , " 'l' ; , . . . . , a / 74 A , , crowning feature of the exposition 1lctlll It Is 1beIllshod with the Amori- can eagle in i sliver , with pinions spread. A map of the two hemispheres - spheres encircles the head , handsomely - Iy Inlaid and 1 engraved , significant of Blf the united efforts of the old and new worlds in the latest achievement in expositions Inlaid in the handle are the shields of the United States and the fiour do lis of France ; , the parties to the Louisiana purchase. Six heavy silver rings encircle the head of the gavel , and the tip of the handle is finished with an acorn from the oak tree out of which the gavel was carved Once Ruled Over Man y . , . - r- . . . . . - . t,1 l - J I n ' o F , If. . , I - , . . . ' ? - . . : z "A- " . . , . i\ 'I A' ' , I : ) ' . " " ? f" - ' . ' 1- 7 11i. J'1 " " , -"I. i. " , . ! h. a , & , I Figure of a king , in relief , recently found in _ J\mran-Ibn.AlI : , Babylcn Black Cats' Island J. There is an island in Puget Sound , not more than half a mHo across , which is so thickly populated with cats that they may bo seen cover- Ing the rocks on a sunny day , from the riggings of passing "essels. The cats number many thousands , and the strangest thing is that they are all hlack. Every evening a boat load of fishermen land on the island and lay out n seine a quarter of a mile long. They pull it in with never less than a ton of fish , but next morning these fish are gone. The cats devour them all. These cats have been placed here by men who are supplying the mar lwt with women's muffs. Once n year there is n great roundup , and several thousand pussies loa their ltyea REVIVE AN OLD FASHION. London Women Have Taken to the , ' , ' . Wearing of Monoclcs. 7 The eighteenth century beau was ! ' . . accustomed to view life through e .1 : monocle mounted on n long handle 01 _ ' , 4 , gold or pinchlJecl\ : : The handle terminated in a ring by which the bauble was affectedly dan gled on the end or the lit tie finger when not in use. This quaint fashion is being , : . I revived by the fair lady of today , and ' to meet it London jewelers have dc' , signed some very ' . exquisite single glass lorgnettes , with long handles of gold , enamel , tortoiseshell , or scroll work in dia- monds. I One specimen , carried out entirely . ly in brilliants , represents a slender - ' er quiver full of arrows , and on the . heal 1 of the ' ' . . f s arrows - . , rows rests the . ' : ; . glass. A Louis 4l " ; : .h . . . Seize design of the : . . finest workman- . : . ship in dark royal J- ; ' . hue enamel is 4 studded with diamonds - mends and has wreaths of the : ! tiniest leaves in gold surrounding it. ' 9 'rho ] handles of these lorgnettes are about four inches long and terminate in a small ring composed of little diamonds - ' ' ' mends or enamel , and through this the chain by which they are worn around the neck is hung. An ordi- nary muff chain strung at intervals with It precious stone is frequently worn , but the correct thing Is a narrow ribbon , with hero and there Q diminutive clasp in lJril iants. Awake for Twenty.flve Yea"ra. . There Is n man in , London who has . . not slept a wink for a quarter of a , - ' century , and during that time has bej. ' , , ' " come completely weaned from the de- ' . . . . siro. When about forty-five years old . . . . this patient had an attack of malaria . . . . . ; . ' . . ria chills and took a dose of titty-two " " : " grains of luinine. Since that : day be , : ; . , has never slept for the quinine pro . , : ; \ , . duced such a singing in his ears that : ' . ; t ' : . , sleep has been out of the question. , ; : , ' , ' The noise changes in character from ; ' " ' . . " , . . . . . day to day Sometimes it is like the . ' . ; ; ; . . . : , roar of a cataract , again It is like the ' : . . : : " : ' " " sound of sawing and nt another time . - ' , . it resembles the hissing of steam from \ , the exhaust of an onglno Doctors . , have made futile efforts to aid him- : J - New York Herald. ' Showing Yield of FIsh. ' , - " YIELD OfZ4 Of THE PRINCIPAL FJSHERIE INIOMILUONSOfPOUNDS " : ' . , " 9 . \ . O ; SAWOH ; " : onttll " 'f tel , \ - - " . ' coo - ' . / . . . ; , , HCRRIHC , - . " ' r . a . tAKE MtMllIC , _ s \ : 4. , A\.tWln _ , : : ; - : $ HAl ) _ ' fl- ' ' ' MAttE _ j - : . : , swcrrAcuC _ ' ' ' . ' :1. : > 1.\ : W.M _ 1 , ; : ; C a1 _ , " , " : . . . ; : f eumaaH A ' , - . . . " ' "i' ' , "AlIUT . . ' ' 21 ' . : : L . : i , . . . . . ' , CAIIP a ; \ . 'N. aInes t ! . . _ . . _ _ 'J' . ! . . CA.'Tn'H. . I \ " . . , . . GUxtl\ $ . , ' I , . , ' : : HACl\tl'EL _ _ I . $ IIIVMP. e , . . , " FLQUIIOtR : . a i ' - UxLTROUT U . , ; y WHITtn'M I . _ , . TUIIGtON : . ' . _ ' ; . . . . , ° - mu0oous I , - 1 ' / ' : .i The accompanying diagram from the .i'I 'I National Geographic Magazine needs ' . . . . . . . - - - " little oxplanation. It shows the yield ' ' of the different varieties of fish. Hunt for Burled Cash. A quiet hunt is being made by mem- hers of a family who reside on a farm 011 the Alfred road , in Biddeford , Me. , for $300 in silver and bills which the father of the family buried somewhere - where i11 the ground about the farm i . . whllo in i1 state of Insanity. , . , .