THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST. 18, 191:
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NATURE'S TYPICAL COLORS
ECHOES OF THEANTE ROOM
Odd Fellow: and Bebekahs Enter
Picnic Proposition with Vim.
UNION TC HAVE NOVEL SOCIAL I NUTRITIVE ELEMENTS OF FOOD
Seat Saturday Eon-lea and Their
Families will Gather at Court- f
laud Beach for Their
Annual Pienle.
All of the subordinate and Rebekah
lodges of Omaha have entered Into tue
united Odd Fellows' picnic proposition
with a vim. A committee meeting on ar
rangements was held at Odd Fellows' hall
last evening at which all of the Omaha
lodges and two of the Council Bluffs
lodges were represented. It Is the inten
tion of the committee In charge to make
this one of the biggest picnics of the
season.
State lodge No. 10 will have degree
work tomorrow night.
Beacon lodge No. 20 will put on the sec
ond degree work next Tuesday evening.
The Wasa Social club gave a picnic at
East Omaha last Sunday.
South 'Cmaha lodge No. US will have
work in the second degree tomorrow
night
Dannebrog lodge No. 21( will confer the
third degreo upon three candidates next
Friday evening.
Jonathan lodge No. 221 will have work
In the third degree next Friday night.
Novel Social Anounccd.
' Mondamln lodge No. Ill, - Fraternal
Union of America, will hold an open
meeting tomorrow evening in Its hall,
Twenty-fourth and Parker streets.' The
gathering will be of the nature of a back
ward social, and any guest caught doing
anything right will be haled before "The
Court of Injustice." Everybody is Invited.
Eagles to Hold Picnic.
Omaha Eagles will gather at Courtland
Beach next Saturday for their annual
picnic. An elaborate program of athletic
events and games Is being arranged and
the Eagles expect to have a good time.
Prominent speakers have been secured to
deliver addresses. One of the big cards
of the day will be a fiddlers' contest
Mayor Dahlman will be master of cere
monies during the evening.
Yeonien to Have Picnic
The annual basket picnic of the Omaha
Homestead of the Brotherhood of Ameri
can Yeomen will be held this afternoon
at Rivervlew park. All Yeomen are In
vited to be present with full dinner bask
ets. There will be free entertainment.
Columbian Circle to Meet.
The Columbian Circle will entertain
Wednesday afternoon a their hall.
Twenty-second and Locust streets. The
hostesses will be Mrs. M. F. Murphy and
Mrs. P. F. Dennison. .
Relief Corps Picnic.
IX. S. Grant post, Woman's Relief corps,
will give a picnic at Hanscom park on
Tuesday evening, August 20, at 6 p. ra.
to the comrades of U. S. Grant post
firand Army of the Republics ,. Let all
iome.'- ', ' '" V r : '
Members of U. S. Grant post, Woman's
Relief corps, will be given a picnic, at
Hanscom, park Tuesday afternoon at 2
p. m.," August 20, by their press correspon
dent, Mrs., Howard Miller, In honor of
her birthday.
WORTH $1 30.000AND STARVES
Tragic End of Woman Recluse Sur
rounded with Luxuries In
New York Flat,
For several months the Clare Arms
apartment house at 3,120 Broadway, New
York, has been the home of a recluse,
Eugenia Leutrel, the 35-year-old daughter
at the late State Senator George M. Leu
trel, who was a Tammany man of power
In his day. The woman was watched with
interest by the neighbors, for she was
never known to go upon the street, but
remained always within the five rooms
of her apartment except for the few roo
ments every evening when she slipped
out and paced the dim corridors of the
building for exercise.
Sunday afternoon the superintendent
of the building realized that he had not
seen his strange tenant since Friday. He
made inquiries. No one else had seen
her since Friday. He knocked at the
apartment at 1 got no answer. Finally,
after a deal of worrying, he took his
pass key and entered.
Stretched on the dining room floor.
Miss Leutrel lay dead. The curious per
sons who pressed In after the superin
tendent, and those who came later when
Coroner Wlnterbottom made his official
visit, looked with wonder on the sur
roundings among which the dead woman
lay. "
Though she had moved Into the apart
ment at the death of her mother five
months ago, not one piece of the fine old
furniture had been unpacked. Not one
thing was In place. The rugs weretrolled
up and stood In the corner. Everywhere
there was dust, and it seemed as if . the
broom had not moved In the rooms or the
cloth been dusted since the tenant moved
in. There were no signs of cooking any
where. It seemed that there had been
no cooking there since the tenant moved
In. There were milk bottles, and bits of
blscu't, and a collection of small bottles
that had contained the powder of malted
milk. On these things she had lived.
From a. perusal of tax receipts and bank
books found in the suite, Coroner Winter
bottom estimated that Miss Leutrel was
worth nearly $130,000. Jewelry valued at
nearly $2,003 was found.
It was shown by several tax receipts
that Miss Leutrel owned real estate In
Jacksonville, Fla., as well as In New
York" C:ty. ; The assessed value of the
Jacksonville property is $11,000, and that
jf the property In New York City, $88,000.
One' of the bank books showed that Miss
Leutrel had deposited $21,603 In the United
Hates Mortgage and Trust company. The
other bank books were Issued by the
I'nlon Dimo Savings Bank, the Emigrant
Industrial Savings bank and the Harlem
branch of thn Corn Exchange bank, and
showed deposits amounting to about $9,000.
-New York Times. ' " . .
"Blood-Bed" and "Leaf-Green"
the Scheme of Animal Life.
Contraata in Color Emphasised in
Their Function in the Living
Organism- Sources of
Energy,
Index to Intoxication.
The late George B. Cluett believed pro
foundly in temperance.
Mr. Cluett, at a temperance dinner,
once said:
"In moonshine districts, where the
whisky looks like water and Is drunk
like water, strange Ideas prevail as to
what intoxication really Is.
"In a moonshine village, one Saturday
afternoon, a man lay In the broiling sun
in the middle of the road with an empty
bottle by his side.
arunK; iock mm up, me incnii
'Hei
' But a woman interposed hastily.
" 'No be hain't drunk." she said. 'I Jest
. seen his fingers move.' " Pbiladepphla
Bulletin.
Br SIR RAY l.AXKESTER.
A very obvious complement to "blood
red" Is "leaf-green." The latter Is typ
ical of plant life as the former U of anl-.
mal life, and more truly so than appear
at first sight. We have seen that "blood
red" is the great carrier of oxygen, the
means whereby an abundant and stead
supply of oxygen is taken up In the
breathing organs of higher animals and
conveyed to every part of the body, thero
to cause that oxidation which is a sort
of burning and results In the develop
ment of heat and other more Important
forms of "energy" activity of various
kinds in the vigorous, rapidly moving,
self-assertive animal.
Equally Important is leaf-green to the
plant, but In a totally different way, an 1
in consequence of that "way" leaf-green
proves to be as important also to the
animals which live in association with
green plants as it is to the plants them
selves. Indeed, when we examine caie
fully what Is going on In nature w
find that animals are absolutely de
pendent for their existence on green
plants. The splendid contrast of the
colors blood-red and leaf-green is no less
emphatic than the contrast of these two
substances in their services or function
In the living organism.
Substance of Life.
It Is solely and entirely in consequence
of the possession of this beautiful green
substance, "leaf-green," or "chlorophyll"
(from the Greek "chloros,"' green, and
"phyllon," a leaf) that the green plants
of all kinds and sties which clothe the
surface of our earth are able, in the first
place, to obtain the carbon which forms
a necessary part of their food.
Carbon is, together with hydrogen,
oxygen and a little sulphur, combined to
form the viscid living substances of all
living things, whether plants or animals,
which Is the chief constituent of "proto
plasm," or "cell stuff," the' substance
of life seen With; the microscope in the
form of "cells" or nucleated corpuscles,
when we search out with that instrument
the ultimate structure of living thing.
In order to grow and carry on the life
of their cells or corpuscles of protoplasm
living things require supplies of these
elements as "nutrition" or "food."
Animals take the whole lot ready pre
pared for -them In combination, either by
eating plants or by eating other animals
which have eaten plants. They must
have It so prepared; they cannot feed
on the elements nor on tne simple com
pounds of them. So that animals are
strictly and absolutely dependant on
plants for their food. ' "And what do the
plants do?" we may ask; "where do they
get these organic elements and build
them up into chemical combination, so
as ' to- furnish . food to animals?"
The first step the taking by the plant
of carbon or carbonic t acid is . better
understood; Indeed, the. actual tangible
facts and conditions 'of the process' are
quite easily . to be seen by any one who
has a good microscope. It depends en
tirely on two things, namely, chlorophyll,
or leaf-green - and sunlight. Without
light (artificial light can be substituted
for sunlight) the plant cannot seize the
carbon of carbonic acid and which per
vades the air and water around It; only
when acted on by light can It perform
this Immensely Important feat. And a
colorless plant, or rather, one should say,
a "greenless" plant or the greenless parts
of plants, whatever their other colors,
cannot do it. It is quite readily shown
by simple experiment that only the green
parts of plants and these only In light
can decompose or break up carbonic
acid (which Is a simple chemical com
pound of carbon and oxygen) and seize
from it the necessary food element, car
bon. Hence the enormous importance of
leaf-green or chlorophyll.
The green plants of the world pour
dally into the atmosphere millions of gal
lons of pure oxygen gas. In fact, it is
probable that all the oxygen of the at
mosphere has come from them. There Is
thus a constant circulation of the carbon
and oxygen between plants and animals,
the plant building up proteids and liber
ating oxygen, while the animal combines
the oxygen with the proteidsj profits by
the energy set free by that oxidation,
and throws carbonic acid Into the air.
And all this depends on leaf-green or
chlorophyll; without leaf-green this pro
cess cannot go on.
JUDGE USED HARD WORDS
Outburst of Jawbreaker Likely to
Booat Recall of the
Dictionary.
If you want to read this get out your
dictionary. You'll need it.
Circuit Judge Klnne has handed down
a decision refusing a new trial in the
rase of Leo Feist of New York City
against Frank M. Root of Ann Arbor,
Mich. This is an offshoot of the sensa
tional Root divorce case, in which both
sides Introduced the famous "Ten Com
mandments" revised and brought down
to date, which brought notoriety to it
from many states. The Feist kcase con
cerned a Job lot of music which Mrs.
Root ordered for the Root Music house
before she divorced Mr. Root. Feist sued,
and a Jury recently awarded him a ver
dict. Root promptly asked for a new
trial. The Judge's opinion refusing the
request Is as follows:
"Motion for a new trial in this cause
is dented for the following among other
excellent reasons:
"First The verdict In this case rep
resents the essential principles of . Jus
tice and righteousness, and such a ver
dict ought to prevail as against nig
gling, puerile, flngle-fangle asseverations
of heterocllte error.
"It Is practically Impossible that , a
cause so replete with amorphous con
ditions should not exhibit' some excep
tional phosphorescence. I am, , how
ever, satisfied that ' the grounds alleged
have no substantial foundations and that
law and equity .will be subserved by a
denial of this matlon.
"E. D. KINNK, Circuit Judge."
-"',"-- -' Detroit Free Press.
No Quorum Again
The stranger from New Zealand sat In
thn house gallery.
"And why," he asked, "are there so few
legislators present?"
"The home -team plays on the home
grounds today," replied his gulden -
The stranger nodded and took out his
notebook.
'When national legislation Interfers
with the rational game." he wrote, "the
national legislators show their deep
disapproval by unanimously absenting
themselves rrom their official
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Successors tc The Bennett Co.
Forging Ahead by Leaps and Boundsv Winning Public Confidence on Every
Side, Gaining a World of New Trade Through
The Sheer Force of Greater Values I
and Genuine Satisfaction to All
DAY AFTER DAY THIS NEW ORGANIZATION IS
MAKING NEW TRADE RECORDS FOR THIS
LONG ESTABLISHED STORE. New blood is coursing
through ever' vein of this business. Enthusiasm is at a
high pitch. We're bending every energy to make this store
the most satisfactory trading place in this territory. A
great army of sincere men and women are readv to serve
you right from morn till night. WE RESPECTFULLY
INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE.
YOU 'LL SOON SEE MATERIAL EVIDENCE OF OUR
DETERMINATION TO GIVE OMAHA ONE OF
THE MOST METROPOLITAN STORES IN AMERICA.
No stone will be left unturned, no expense will be spared
in transforming this magnificent building into your ideal
of n most modern merchandise establishment. Time will
tell, for it takes time to accomplish all these things. Many
innovations are now under way and more will follow.
WATCH US GROW-HELP US GROW.
Monday's Special Offerings are of Genuine Importance to Careful Buyers
FALL STYLES In SMART NEW SILK DRESSES NOW READY
to your certain pleasure in seeing them. Our great second floor gar
Expect many new dally arrivals from now on. See these beautiful new
The pleasure of showing these smart new fall garments is second only
ment store will soon be ready with a complete new fall stock in all lines,
silk dresses Monday.
The' New Fall Charmeuse Bilk
dresses are unusually attractive.
Vte'U show you an exceptional
advance collection. We direct
special attention Monday to char
meuse silk dresses with shadow
lace collars and cuffs and long
Bleeves, wide color Aiq Cf
range special at tDlOU
Charmeuse Silk Dresses, trimmed
with Robespierre lace frill. Also
a very new 'tailored effect with
patent leather belt, collars and
cuffs of white embroidered mull,
white ball but- (Of ftft
tons, special....
Handsome Crepe Motror 811k
Dresses, turn down collars, ce
rise bow, three-quarter sleeve,
streamer girdle, street shades.
itlful charmeuse silk
dress, Robespierre collar. Ail
colors. Unusually distinctive
TT'Z $27.50
High Class Novelty Crepe meteor
and charmeuse silk , dresses,
beautifully trimmed' with lace,
tapestry, brocades and Roman
stripe effects. Extremely inter
esting dresses,
at $35.00 to.
$49.50
Save in Our Great Linen and Bedding bale
Hotel men, here's your special advantage in buying supplies. Take
an Inventory of your linen stocks today. Come here tomorrow and buy at
a price that affords you wonderful savings on standard linens and bedtngn.
$3.98 lummM stitched pattern table
3So 87-inch and 36-lnch narrow and
wlda welt pique. i;hl has been
one of the most popular fabrics
of this season. We close out both
medium and light weights 441
Monday at. fcfcztl
96o double bed sis seamless sheets,
81-Inch by 99-inch, turned ' and
hemmed. Regular 95c val- CO
ues. Monday UO V
cloths. All pure linen. Slae 81
inch by 66 Inch. 8pe- 0 1 QO
clal Monday 1 f "
1.50 per dosen 90-inch a SO-lnoh
hemmed mercerised napkins, In
variety of patterns. A good qual
ity that will stand the flOn
wear. Per dozen, Monday. . UU
$3.69 full slse bed 'comforter, best sllkollne coverings and filled I QO
with pure white cotton. Special Monday VllIO
Pay Far Less Than Half Price
for choice of nil our lingerie and colored wash dresses.
All Lingerie Dresses
Monday ajs&eaaJ to
ah colored wash Dresses jq QE'
Monday $ 1 Ot7 to )3s0 j
SSSsSSeassnsaslaaa
$1.95 $5.95;
A Hosiery and Underwear Sale
that will crowd the department Monday. Most reliable makes at start
ling reductions to insure quick selling. -
women's black pure silk
hose, with garter top and
high spliced heel and
double sole, 60c 90 n
grade
Women's 25c bjack, white or
tan full seamless I Eg
lisle hose .. . 1 W
Children's fine ribbed black
cotton full seam- I Am
less hose, If quality I WW
Misses' black, white or tan
fine ribbed seam- I C
less hose, 25c value IwU
Children's 25c, 35c
50c union suits. . .
15'
Women's 35c and 50c low
neck and. sleeveless 4C
union suits fcWU
Women's $1.25 and $1.50
underwear, odd lots and
broken sizes in silk and
lisle and silk and AO
wool...; oe
Our Greatest Shoe Clearance
Anticipate your future needs. Many wise men and women are buytn
now for next sumn.er's wear as well as today's. We must inako room for our
big fall stock. Soon Orkln's wilt be Omaha's largest shoe store. Now, It
means sell all shoes regardless of cost. It's your opportunity. '. . 1 '
Women's 83.00, , $3.50 and $4.00 oxfords,
ties and pumps, In most leathers and
sises. All are the poular 1912 I 7Q
modela... .9 I I 9
Women's $3.00 and 3.60 shoes, In most
sises of short lines. Gun metals, patents,
vicl kidsldns and white canvas Plenty
of styles to select from gg
Children's canvas shoes, good quality "JO
, sir.es.814 to 11, $1.50 values I9U
"Boys' Booat" shoes, made of very best elk
skin; solid, good wearing soles, A CQ
sises to 13 fc. J2.25 value...... 0lsU9,
Ken's $3.60 and $4.C0 oxfords and shoes, In
most all leathers and sises; sev- Q I AC
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eral styles for selection.
China Dept. Sale
A most timely event. Don't n.1ss
it Monduy. , . .
i Mason. fruit. Jars, pints,
. per dozen. '
Mason fruit jars, quarts,
per, dosen. , , . , ...
Mason fruit jars, half , gallon,
per dozen
One-third pint jelly glasses,
fer dosen ........;........
Three dlnnerware patterns' in en
crusted gold, paste gold and black
gold effects.' Your choice at HALF
PRICE. , , .
98c to $2.98
50"
60c
85c
l9o
Stirring Bargains Men's Hose (Si Underwear
Men's $1.25 and $1.50 Union Suits," odd lots to close quick yCc
Monday VV
Men's 50c plain balbriggan coj0
Shirts and Drawers, )(
,. . UafC I Men's 36c and 60c half hose, IQ
Monday vww j odd lotSf t0 close qtllck
All base ball goods One-Half Price
All hammocks
Our Grocery Values Will Sava You Money
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"CHENEY BROS." SILK SALE MONDAY
On Monday we will place on sale Cheney Bros, shower proof foulardi
concenea oy experts to ne the best wearing biik ever placed on r
the market A splendid assortment of designs and colors. SHfi
flnlri rffi!lnrlv at il Oft nr vrd- fn MnnH.v at. ." WW
Plain and striped poplins, foulards In
figures snd dots, plain and, striped
voiles, striped madras cloths, m i
dotted Swisses, Irish dimities I -AG
and solsetttes In plain colors. w
Special Wash Goods
Bargains for Monday
20 Redaction On All Pictures
To make room . for fall designs In
pictures, we will offer Monday a 20
discount on every framed and un
framed picture In our entire stock. .
25c moulding In gilts, browns and
blacks at Half. Price. .
Bring In your pictures.
Take advantage of them Monday.
A dollar saved is a dollar earned.
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Monday we place on sale 500 sacks of Bennett's , di AC
mmir t nop anrlr. ej X
19 lbs. granulated sugar $100
10 bars Diamond C or Beat 'Em All
Soap "
Ivory soap, S bars for Boo
2 pkgs. Dlsmond Crystal Shaker
salt o
3 cans Calumet baking powder. . . .850
Two 10c pkgs. Shepps' cocoanut. .160
24-lb. sack Queen of the Pantry flour
for
Yellow corn meal, per sack ;.1B
25c Houten's Cocoa, special 800
Sweet corn, 3 cans for $8o
Sour pickles, 2 dozen for 15e
1 lb. fall salmon .180
Eddy's mustard, per glass 4o
Underwood sardines, in tomato sauce,
2 cans tor ,.Bo
25c bottle Cross Blackwell chow-chow
for 80o
2-lb. can Bennett's Breakfast coffee
for ..- BOe
Corslcan blend (for ice tea), special
for 45s
Tea sif tings, per pkg ISo
Big Saving on High Grtd Go-Carts Monday
The best vehicle for the physical comfort of the child.
Go-carts from the world's best makers at less than the
makers' coat Monday. - '
18.00 a one-motion foldlng-gocart. with spring seat. S
bow hood and adjustable back, well braced .mm ph
Tan and green shade, Monday... . 9vitfU
$10.00 go-cart, with mud . $2.50 Hunt, four-wheel
fender. A 4 -bow hood, I , - ,, ,
five-eighths rubber tire i folder, .well made (like
wheel. Adtuatable ' dach I
...
and back. Tan and green I
Y ....$7.B0 I at .......
shades, Monday
$1.75
Sluhinj Sile ol Will Paper!
The balance of our entire stock
In room lots. Regular 10c to 35c
papers. All closing, out Monday
at from 25c per room up.
All high grade. Ingrain paper in
red, blues, tans and : . Ql
greens, for...,. 9aU
Imported , Imitation art glass,
.formerly sold at 50c per yard;
any pattern In the line- 4Q1M
.while It lasts, per yard... U0gW
Refrigerators Great Half Price Sale
Monday our entire line of. Perfection and Century refrigerators go on sale at Just half pries.
Weeks of hot weather yet In sight. . , , , .....
'fo??."?'?" .......... ...SI 2.50 I rf'!" !..;..;; $6.00
$20.00 refrigerators - - ' I A AA i Our entire new line of the Japanens bamboo,
for 19 I UiWU
$11.50 rerrlgerators ..:
for
in
the rich wine colors. Sandwich baskets,
CO AA I waste baskets. Jardinieres, vases, ml to
90.UU etc., each, from.., 9l 99
Bennett's Capitol Creamery butter, weight guaranteed, per lb 3 80
Eggs, guaranteed to be strictly fresh aao
100 pieces formerly sold
for $1.50 to $7.50. Copper
and nickel plated chaf
ing dishes, coffee pots,
tea Pots ' 7 rA to $Q78
trays, etc. I Ow V
160 six-quart blue
and white enamel
sauce pans, all 3
coated .goods
worth. , AC.
60c. at ...
150 six-quart
blue and white
milk pans, 8-coat-
led goods, if),
f 25c value... Will
100 ten-quartl blue
and white dish
pans, 75c QQ
value.....'. B
75 clothes- - Cn
nlna tnr ' UU
Buy. a coffee boil
er to. take on that
picnic; 4,. 10 and
12-quart, blue and
iTnh;..... 69c
PRAIRIE PARKSREORGANIZE
Association is Outgrowth of Well
Fostered Community Spirit.
NEW CLUB HOUSE BEING BUILT
It to Be Devoted to the Further
ance of the Community Interest
and la Organised Along; the
Social Crater Idra.
The Prairie Park association, the mem
bership of which will be restricted to the
residents of Prairie Park and the directly
adjacent territory, was organized Friday
evening at the home of B. G. King, 2624
Fowler avenue.
The association Is the outgrowth of
three years of well fostered community
spirit and succeeds the club which has
been such fcn Important factor In the
magnificent upbuilding of the Prairie
Park district.
The object of the association Is to pro
mote social intercourse among its mem
bers and their families, to encourage the
city beautiful idea and to develop to the
highest degree the community spirit in
residential sections. It Is without doubt
the most ambitious Interpretation of the
Ideas in the west.
- New Building; Erected.
There has been erected for its use at
2605 Ames avenue a splendid three-story
brick building which, the association pro
poses to formally open at an early date,
at which time the public will be Invited
to Inspect the building and learn of the
purposes of the association.
This building Is fireproof ar.d equipped
with every modern appliance. On the
first floor is garage space, at present
adequate for ten automobiles. An up-to-date
auditorium occupies the second
floor, in which will be held the associa
tion's entertainments, banquets and balls,
and which will be rented out on open
dates for entertainments of such char
acter as will pass the censorship of tha
association. On the third floor is located
the association's club, reading and bil
liard rooms.
The total cost of the project, exclusive
of furnishings, will approximate $14,C00,
and It is the first building in Omaha, per
haps the west, to be devoted to the fur
therance of community Interest, and fur
nishes a noticeable example of what can
be done when the social center Idea takes
a definite and practical turn.
The officers chosen to serve for th
ensuing year are as follows: C' T.
Walker, president; Louis Nelson, vice
president; L. H. Oldfleld, secretary; N.
P. Sass, treasurer.
CONCRETE RESISTS WATER
Mixed with Oil In the Making, It
8hora Remarkable Resist
nee to Molstnre.
A cement which will resist water and
therefore. will not crack appears to have
been discovered by Xjogan Waller Page,
director of the office of public roads
and his associates In Washington. This
discovery is of the fact that mixing a
proportion of about 10 per cent of
petroleum resldium oil with ordinary
Portland cement, sand and stone or
gravel the familiar concrete renders the
concrete waterproof without In the least
Impairing Its tensile strength. The Im
portance of the discovery can hardly be
overestimated, for the use of concrete as
a substitute for wood and other material
has become universal in this country but
the tendency of concrete mixed only with
Wf.ter to crack has been a serious fault.
While experimenting in an attempt to
develop a non-absorbent, resilient and
dustless road material, one capable of
withstanding the severe shc.rlng and
raveling action of automobile traffic, the
investigations of Director Page led him
Into this very promising discovery. He
found that when a heavy mineral residual
oil was mixed with Portland cemunt
paste, It entirely disappeared in the mix
ture and, furthermore, did not separate
from the other ingredients after the
cement had become hard. The possibili
ties of oll-cemnt mixtures for water
proofing purposes were . recognised and
extensive laboratory tests were begun
Immediately to determine ' the physical
properties of concrete and. mortar con
taining various quantities of oil admix
ture. As an example of a laboratory test
showing the non-absorbent and non-permeable
character of oll-mlxed mortar
when subjected to low pressure, four
mortar vessels 8 inches In outside di
ameter, 2H Inches high and about Vt inch
thick,' after hardening in moist air for
about one week, were Immersed In
water at a depth of about two Inches.
A' mortar, mixture of one part of ce
ment to three parts of sand was used.
Vessel No. 1 contained no oil In the mix
ture. About one minute after Immersion
a . damp spot showed on the bottom of
the water-mixed vessel. After one hour
th whole vessel was wet even above
the water level, since the wat?r had
climbed by capillarity. Within the few
days the water had penetrated the plain
mortar vessel untir the' water level In
side was the same as that outside. The
remaining three vesfels, made of one
third mortar and mixed with 6, 10 and 20
per cent of oil, respectively, have re
mained perfectly dry on the intlde dur
ing Immersion for one year.
A service test of the oti-mlxed mortar
was made In thi new vault of the United
States Treasury department constructed
In the fall of 1910, a vault 112 feet long
by 18 feet wide The ride walls of this
vault contain 10 per cent of oil bas?d on
the weight of cement In the mixture.
The roof was constructed of ordinary
reinforced concreto with about three
Inches of 10 per cent oll-mlxed concrete
placed on top. For months the roof of
this vault was subjected to several feet
head of water without showing any
signs of leakage. Andther vault In "the
north end of the " treasury never has
been available for the storage of any
thing of value because of leakage. Oll
mlxed concrete was placed on the roof
of this vault, and It is perfectly ' dry at
the " present time. Numerous floors In
the sub-basement of the treasury build
ing and a floor in the office of public
roads have been constructed of 10 per
cent oll-mlxed concrete Slid have re
mained absolutely free from dampness.
A tank In the office of public roads
composed . of one part,-of cement, two
parts of sand and four parts of stone,
mixed -with 10 per cent of oil based on
weight of cement, along, with several
other tanks, used, for various purposes,
has remained . absolutely watertight.
It has been shown that the admixture
of oil Is -not detrimental to the. tensile
strength of mortar composed of one part
of cement and three parts, of sand when
the oil added does not exceed 10 per cent
of the weight of the cement used. The
tensile strength of mortar and of concrete
staffers slightly with the addition of oil,
although when 10 per cent of oil is added
the decrease In strength la not serious.
Concrete mixed with oil requires about
50 per cent longer to set hard than does
plain concrete, but the Increase . In
strength Is nearly as rapid In the oll
mixed material as In the, plain concrete.
Concrete and mortar containing ' oil ad
mixtures are almost perfectly non-absorbent'
of water, and so they are excel
lent materials to use In damp-proof
construction. Boston Transcript.
BEAUTY OF ARIZONA'S CAVE
Explorers Fall to Reach the End
of Vaat and Wondrona
Cavern. ,
One of the most wonderful caves in
the world has been found )n southern
Arizona. , Unnamed, incompletely ' ex
plored, and almost unknown is the vast
cavern.,' Only a few persons have dared
enter' to view its grandeur and to study
the wondrous work of ' nature.
The cave lies In the foothills of th
Hunchua mountains, about forty mile,
northwest of ..Nogales, Santa Cruce
county. Exploring parties have en
tered and ; spent t days inside, but none
has, ever discovered' the end. They re
port passageways, rooms, and cbam.
bars . innumerable, v some - enormous la
slie,' of , transparent stalactltlc columns,
One room has a level and smooth floor,
snd . they have called It the dance, hall,
and others have unfathomed pits and
chasms.
, One ; party returning , to Nogales said
that Immense stalactite columns extend
ing from , roof to floor may be seen on
either: aide of the entrance. As tliey
proceeded on their downward Journey
the formations became more interest
ing, until .they, found . themselves in a
labyrinth . of passages ' resembling' hall
ways, windows, or entrances into other
rooms or chambers, ' In 'which appeared
Stalactites In thin, sheets, round, square,
and,' in fact. In almost all shapes con
ceivable, from a few Inches to thirty feel
in length. V - "" '
. In the first Chamber a most beautiful
stalagmite rises' from the floor to about
twenty feet In height, and stands out in
dependent and alone In all its sHent
splendor. Others can be Seen, 'and have
their individual beauty, but they do,
not compare With this monarch.' ;
Of the discovery little is - known. Fat
McCarty , of Canille was perhaps the
first local explorer of the cave. On one
of his trips he found the skeleton of' a
man lying on a shelf, which readily
crumbled on being handled. Some In.
dlan pottery, and. - beads have been
found.' samples of which are on exhltL
Hon at the Tucson university. Nogah)
Dispatch. ; ; ,
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