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MEET ETHYL AND METHYLALCOHOL Two Most Prominent and Inter esting Members of the Family, many offsprings are known Difference Between Grain and Wood Alcohol Clearly Deacrlbed?Fatal* itlaa Due tq Amateur Atteropte to MaKa. Grain Alcohol. Chicago.?While there are seventeen or mure alcoholic, product# known In chemistry, there are two o< general commercial uiie lp the country?ethyl alcohol, or ordinary alcohol, the kind we used to be able to buy "forWneUlcl m,l purpoaes,'' and methylated spirit,, or Industrial alcohol, which la popular ly called "wood alcohol." and which does contain an amount of that fluid. Ethyl or ordinary alcohol la formed by the splrltuoua or alcoholic fermen tation of aaccharlne Jtflcea. Th* fefc nientatlon must be completed before It la distilled. It'U made frofa grain, either corn, wheat, or barley.' This la also known as grain alcohol. The formula Is C* H? OH. j Methylated spirit, or Industrial alco hol, is made of ninety parts of ordi nary alcohol and ten parts of wood alcohol?methyl alcohol, Source of Wood Alcohol. Wood alcohol Is obtained by the dfy ! distillation of wood. The common method of obtaining this Is to take cordwood which has been seasoned for about two years?beech, maple, and birch are best-v-Place It In Iron or steel retorts over a slow Are. The Intensity of the fire Is gradually increased as the dUtlllatlon progreases.-untli.at.the.end of from twelve to eighteen hour^ noth ing remains in the retort but chftfcoal. The distillate Is passed through a condenser, and the liquid thus (jntli sted is allowed to set In tanks until the greater part of the tarry matter In it has subsided. The lighter part is then drawn off and saturated with slaked lime to fix the acetic acid. It is then distilled a second time and the distillate sent to the refineries as wood alcohol. Sawdust or any woody fiber or cellulose can be used in place of cordwood. Wood alcohol, either In Its pure form or as an ingredient of HTdnstrmT alW Viol, Is a poison, and has a selective action upon the optic nerve, In which it often induces a condition of perma nent atrophy which results In total blindness. Denatured Alcohol. For some purposes "completely de natured alcohol" is made by adding to , industrial alcqhol a little benzine or j pyridine to spoil tli* taste and render I it offensive. Denatured alcohol taay j be made more cheaply than ordinary alcohol by using cheaper materials, such as any starchy vegetable sub stance^ pr a waste byproduct, as the poorest grade of molasses or the waste of a canning factory. 0 . "It Is probable that a good deal of the wood alcohol that Is being dlstrlb uteri as a beverage is the result of the attempts of amateurs to make ordinary alcohol. In their Ignorance they use vegetable substances such as potato peelings; and, by using too Intense a fire and making the distillation with out having- flrsfc-attowed^fennentatlon - to take place, "produce methyl or wood alcohol Instead," said J. H. Nusbaum, a chemist. TEST NEW 'MOVIE' INVENTION ' New York Theater Tries Concave 8oteen, Giving, Effect of. Third Dimension.-. Kew Ifork.?A concave motion pic ture screen that may revolution!*? the movies was tilled out at a local the ater today. It Is said to give an effect of a third dimension?*-an appearance of thick ness or depth?that relieves the IJW strain. A group of scientists witnessed the experiment. Dr. Louis Pech, head of the faculty ?f medicine at the University of Mont peller, France, the Inventor, super vised the exhibition. Dr. Pech ascribes the relief from eye strain to his belief that the eye functions normally when It sees things of three dimensions, even if the ap pearance of the third dimension i? an illusion. , ' fflfflUN FACES MEAT GLUT Importer* Complain Again*! Vegeta rian Tendency, Caused by the World War. ; London.?Englishmen need to bo considered the greatest meat eaters in the world. Now, declares the Society of Meet Importer*, the average English man tots 88 per cent less meat than he did before the war.- Unless he can be fcdnced to oat more of It, the country sill be faced with such a glut of meat ks it has never had before. i The annual consumption of meat in United Kingdom before the war *ea about 1,800,000 tons, say the Ins erters. It la now only 1,200,000 tons, ad this, they contend, la due largely ? the high coat anil maintained, and Englishwomen, too, ?a f?md of seat as eter, but they afford to eat ss much of It as N ? AIHPLA.JE TO OcVEl.Uk1 CHMA American Commercial AtUche Point* Out How problem Facing That - Country May 0? Met. ' v ' . . '-''V < 1 I he keynote of ilif great problem ?.f which |M fMclttc Oh I on l? transportation. The American com MUHfiu- at IVktng. Mr. Juiluu Arnold, litis laid fin|i|i;isis 1,11 tills In hii U) llie Chines,. Kr.order? ' "'I10 8 KcoUUIUlfc 4111(1 * lulsili.'n Missionary IviTort." Mr. Arnold (U'uIk with iju. necessity of pre partng the riiincsp poopl^ fpy m. front economic change which is upon (hum. Hallways will mean much to China, but tho necessity f?r the train ing and preparation of which Mr. Arnold speaks is shown to be d|s tlnctly urgent when Prof, Mlddloton Smith s views on the use of alrplaueb to China me known. China is a Inn.) of, waterways, ami these waterways afford the necessary existing lines oi transportation along whleh, to secure the success of commercial aviation, airdromes ami supply depots should -t>e established.4 Schools of technical training should supply the necessary .Chinese skilled Isbor, and with these Serial services established. Professor nvlth foresees such an Incalculable Increase In the rapidity of communica tions as completely to revolutionize the country Internally and add to?lts deep Importance as a world factor* HAD AW OBJECT IN POSING Moose Didn't 8tand for Her Photo graph Just to Accomodate the Camera Holder. A nmuse out In the wilds does not ?top to pose for her picture. There 16 generally a reason for the peculiar actions of \^Ild things. In the current issue of the Hunter-Trader-Trapper, published In Columbus, ?0., hunters .[.Write of tbelr experience. "We h?d nn early start Thursday and Sam soon proclaimed that his pipe foretold-rooose. The tirstHbend-J was rounded and knee-deep In the water stood a fat sleek cow. Our canoe advanced toward her, the camera set for an exposure. Sam called'softly and she advanced a hun dred feet toward us, ears erect, with a curious 'what are you' manner.. "At 75 feet she stopped and posed .for the picture, and then waited until wo werfc 50 feet awoy before sl\e turned Into the woods. At the "top of the bank she waited for us to pass bo fore crashing Into the timber. "Her action yr&a explained when we turned ttye bend and at the water's edge saw he}* calf, a fine four or Ave months' old fellow, which climbed the bank and was away after > her at once." * New Cloth for Hard Wear. A new textile fabric which, It la claimed, \*M tend to lower the present high cost of men's clothing Is being placed on the market by a PudSey (Yorkshire) manufacturer, writes United States Trade Commissioner Henry F. Grady from London. The London agents of the manufacturer state that the new clotti Is made en tirely of silk noli (or short fibers); and that, while superior In wearing properties to a pure worsted, It can be sold at the price of shoddy cloth, or one-fourth the price of the best wool fabrics. It is said to be strong and almost untearablOi very suitable.for bard. wear, and can be obtained In grays, brawns and blacks. No Novelty. As I came from -4be?sil now." said a recently arrived "I noticed a crowd in front of the Right Place store aqd heard consider able yelling. What was the excite ment?" ' ? ) "A fanner and the storekeeper were; telling what they thought of. each other's infernal hogglshness in want ing five prices for the stuff- they had to sell," replied the landlord of the Petunia tavern. "But there wasn't any particular excitement- it happens ev* ery day. The crowd merely gathered In the hope that they might accident ally say something new and interest ing."?Kansas City Star. Weds During HI*.Lunch Hour. How to be married though working was the title of a little sketch staged the other day by B. W. Grleder, a printer employed on the St. Pftul Dis patch. J ??? Grleder faced a problem. He was slated as a principal In a marriage ceremony. His only spnre time was a half hour for lunch. 80 he called bis fiancee. Miss Clan Lovltz. by telephone, arranged, with her to meet him in the office of Henry nnfifnif, r/Mirt fftmmlft*tnner. and the ceremony was performed. Grleder j then took lunch and returned to work. Valuable Parasitic Fly. A recent agricultural department bulletin states that a.;par&sltlc fly, cftmpsllura clvlnnata, has been used with great success to destroy gypsy moth and brown-tall moth In New Eng land. It will also aid In the control of; other Insect pests. A few years ago the white-marked tussock moth was a serious pest tB New Kngland, but has j practically, diwippeared since compst lura became established. The cabbage, worm, the celery worm and the fall wehwonm have all heen reduced bjrJ the activities of the new pnrnsite. T. :*i??'jli^ * -7" * -f~ Quick Actlch. **Tho war made exceptional oppor ?T:*- a fellow could begin at the J bottorAnd at the same time go over | M ? ' * DOG* AS CHILD'S COMPANION With the R.Qht Kind ef Animftl, Youngster Will Seldom Stray Beyond Safe Bound*. An <>l>srr\.ulon of <?ur hlend. the farmer, that "1 ilunuo's 1 oxer heard of u child's : ^uui r? illy Iim| Mini had ft dog to ptay with," merits considers tHffi . generall'.*atl?>n < are unMife, bttt there Is no question of tlnk value of a dog as a child1* playmate and pro tector. Some dogs have tin- ruiiuwny iu*tinet thenrwclvcs." The rati of the^ wilil Mlrs- within them they art1 \HKrantH hy nature. Such a do? would delight to haxe human COW pany In a rumixvay journey and are qot safe companions tor children. Hut the right kind of dogs, and there are many of them, who have been brought up with children, Hie quick to-assume the role of guardian. With such a cb>g no child wouhl ever get lost; Indeed. Would oot he allowed to stray boyoud hnutidK. We have In mind a Great Dm? wliose temper was audi that, although we were acquaintances, we never ven tured to enter his domain, If he were around, until he had had time to sat isfy himself tliat we could pass mut ter. Once satisfied you were approved by the god he called master and god dess he colled mistress, he had an embarrassing way of standing on his hind legs and placing his front ones around your neck?a caress quite like ly, If you were not well braced, to knock you off your feet. He was the Inseparable companion of the baby the family?a boy of four or five-? who, had a predllectlpn for running the Great Dane followed; when the child reached the gate, the dog blocked his way. gently but firmly. For any one to have touched that child when the Dane was near would have cost him hl.i?illfe?unless he had first allot and shot to kill. The Intelligence of the dog Is- a gource of constant amazement- to thoso who know him best and love Ku5 most j and of his .devotion tlwre Is, happily, nO question. If all children had dogs as playmates there would be fewer to run away and get lost.?New Bedford Standard. t /j ? Varnish Not Full Protection. Wood Is not wholly protected from moisture by varnishing, which is shown by tests of.the Forest Products laboratory In Wisconsin to have on3y a retardlftg effect. The woods Used were yellow birch, hasswood, red gum, African mahogany, white ash, white pine, Sitka spruce, southern yellow pine, bald cypres^ incense cedar,. Port Orford cedar, and sugar pine; but there was -no perceptible dif ference In the different species in the moisture absorbed through the coating. Three conts of high-grade spar varnish" were* applied to four vpanels of each species, two panels be ing brush-conted and two dJpped with a special machine designed to give an even coat. The panels were dried ,72 hours between coats and ten days after the final qpat; and were then ex posed 17 days to anyatmosphere prac tically saturated with moisture. The brush-coated panels then showed ten grammes of moisture per squnr? foot of surface; the dipped, between four and five grammes. . v, Still Believe In- Fairies. A case Just heard In the Tlpperary courts reveals the survival In Ireland of a belief In the fairies. It was a claim for compensation for cutting tr^? nnrt hushes around a fort at. Shanbally. The claimant said he espe. daily valued these busies as "there was dancing and lights, there every night." It was alleged that the defendant had taken away the bushes to evict the fairies. The judge pointed out that If there wer^ fairies they would visit their an ger on the man who dared to cut the bushes and not oh the owner. He did not accept the fairy theory and dismissed the claim. Receiving Wire lew. 1 By use of photography, a method Invented by 0. A. Hovie, an electrical engineer of Schenectady, wireless mes sages can be received and recorded at a far greater speed and with more a<v curacy than heretofore. The lnven tlon permits the eye either to supple ment or replace the ear in reading wireless messages. The machiae has reached n rate of 400 words a min ute, and in teat as many as 600 words. Up to this thne>the most rapid roeth ed of recording radio signals has been by phonograph, but this must still be transcribed, so to speak, by the ear and not the eye, and moreover no permanent visual record is made, ,? Harmful Dust In Factories. The dust in various industrial es tablishments Is found by Professor Wlnslow of Tale Medical school, to range from about one-twentieth of a grain of solid particles per 100 cubic feet of air in a good metal polishing shop to 12 grains In a textile factory. But while a carpet or blanket mill yields more dust than snc|| Industries as pottery, asbestos, tobacco and steel grlndlng, little of It I* Inorganic mat ter, and it is the dust from abrasive materials that seems mort harmful and to tend most to produce tubercu losis. ?TT~?*~ To Foil Auto Thieves. thieve* a Los Angeles man has (a* tented ? * lamp to he locked about a tire 'jrt'.ch make* a loud noise each time It strikes a pavement and leaves aa easily followed trail. "Wkt? Grandma Comes the Dirt Mutt fly" Use Powdered Soap for Washing the Stairs Grandma's Powdered Soap takes the labor out of this heart-breaking, back aching job. No need to scrub?scrub?scrub. Just a tablespoonful in hot water-r-Imme diately glorious SUDS that clean the stairs. Merely fine cake soap POWDERED. That's the magic of it?Nothing to scratch? Nothing to cut?Poes the work of both wash ing powder and soap. Goes further than any soap you ever bought. Cheaper to use. Let Grandma save your work. Buy a package from your Grocer today I v > Powdered SOAP > Tnj This' Powdered SoapTodaij, lour Grocer Has lit Ths dot*. Soap Gbmpanw. Cincinnati Is essential for the families of salaried' ? * ? And-professional men whose income will be cut off at their death. ssjta' * Southeastern Life Insurance Co. L. j? . . ?- - ? ? ?? . ? . ? . n - ? - 79552:rz -* . ?*' ?? * ? * . - - - ? ? * \T ? a.- It' ?."* * ' ". .. : i ?T ? . Greenville, South Carolina 4 L. A. McDOWELL, Agent CAMDEN, S. <& t We thank you for your liberal patronage in the year just passed. We prefer to think that our suc cess is due to your confidence and good will, rather ; ? 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