The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 06, 1909, Image 7
ISISE IN WHOLESALE PRll
Quotations for standard ccmmod:
ceeding high point in 1900, the succei
1907, and comparisons with 1908 and
Be?f. carcasses (Chicago), per lb $05
Hogs, *arcasse8 (Chicago), per Ih 02
Mutton, carcasses (Chicago), per lb... .05
Milk (New York), per quart 0?
Eggs, State, fresh (M. Y.), per doz 12
Bread (New York), per loat 04
Beef, family, per barrel 8.5C
Pork, per barrel 8.25
Bacon, sliortribs, smoked (Chic.), lb.. .04
Hams, smoked, per lb M
Lard. Western, per lb 04
Butter, creamery. State, best, per lb.. .13
Cheese, choice Kast factory, per lb 06
Mackerel (Boston), per barrel 20.01
Codfish, large, dried, per quintal 4.0C
Coffee. Rio. per lb 12
Sugar, granulated, per lb 04
Tea, Formosa Ooolong, per lb 1?
Molasses. New Orleans, per gallon 32
Salt, fine domestic, sacks. 224 lbs 7?
Rice, domestic, uood, per lb 04
Beans (N Y.), choice marrow, per bu. 1.1a
Peas, choice (N Y.), per bushel l.(M
Potato*. Eastern. per 18t> lbs it
Apples (State), per barrel
Cranberries. C. Cod, fancy, per bbl
Peanuts. best Virginia, in hull, per lb.. .04
Lemon*, ehoice. per box of 300 2am:
Raisins, layer, per lb 06
Currants. new. dried, per lb 03
Wheat, red winter, per bushel 04
Corn, mixed, per bushel 33
Oats, mixed, per bushel 21
Parley (Milwaukee), per huahe! 3C
J Rye. Western, per bushel 37
Flour, straight winter, per barrel 3.2.?
Petroleum oil, crude, per barrel l.lfi
Petroleum, reiined. in cases, gallon... .07
Linseed oil. ner gallon 37
Cottonseed oil, crude, per pound 02
Castor oil. per lb Of
Olive oil. Italian, per gallon 4fl
Anthracite coal, stove size, per ton 4.2.*:
Bituminous coal, per ton 2.7?
Southern coke, per ton 2.00
Cotton. p<*r lb . v 07
Wool, washed (Boston), per lb If
Wool, super combing, per lb., scoured.. .4?
Hemp, Manila, per lb 'M
Tnte. average of grades. Der lb 02
Flax. New Zealand, per lb 05
Print cloths, per yard 02
"Slapdard sbeetmsfs, per yard OS
Ofnghams. Amosk^ag staple, per yard. .0?
Ootton sheetings. 3 yards, per vard.... 04
Alcohol. 34 per cent., per gallon 2.33
Rubber, fine new. per lb SI
Tobacco. Burley, per lb 11
Native steer hides, per lb.. OP
Hemlock, packer, middleweight, per lb. .IS
Pine, yellow, per thousand... 17.0(1
Timber, Eastern spruce, per thousand. .15.00
Timber, hemlock, per thousand
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i Identifying the Lady.j
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The young minister temporarily
officiating at Hankins' Falls for the
summer met Ehud Leffingwell as he
was walking to church on Sunday
morning.
"How., do, Mister Leffingwell?" he
cried, cheerfully. "Going to church
this beautiful morning?"
"Hay?" asked Ehud, who was pretty
hard of hearing. "Hay?"
" Are?you?coming?to?church ? "
roared the minister.
"Nuh," Ehud responded. "Lookin*
few my caow. She must 'a' got out
the barn las' night. Unhooked the
hasp, I cal-late, an' jest strayed?"
"Come?on?to cnurch," the minister
shouted cordially, "and after
preaching I'll tell the congregation,
and they'll help you. You'll get your
cow much quicker."
"3'jocks! I'll go ye," said Ehud,
he?-rtiiy. and he fell into step with the
young minister. At the church door
he was overcome by modesty and, declaring
that he didn't have his Sunday-go-to-meetin'
clothes on. insisted
upon sitting in one of the most distant
pews.
He didn't hear the sermon at all.
but be could tell when it was over by
.seeing the young minister fold up his
manuscript and put it away. This
done, the young man began to make
announcements. Ehud raised his
right hand in a great leathery scoop
behind his ear, but still he heard
nothing.
"My dear friends," said'the minister,
"it afTords me great pleasure to
tell you that on Tuesday evening next,
at the hour of six o'clock, there will
be celebrated at the home of tbe
bride's parents the wedding of Mr.
Edward Stoutenboro, one of our most
esteemed and promising young men,
and that charming, estimable young
lady?as beautiful as she is good?
Miss Mehitabel Dodsworth."
As the minister ceased everybody
OUR DIMINISH^
Eventually the Ameri<
to Cut Down H
The report of a British Government
commission that the American
Beef Trust was getting the Argentine
cattle raising and beef packing industry
in its grip is confirmed by the
New York correspondent of the London
Times. More than 540,000,000
of bonds lately issued by the Big
Four companies of Chicago is to
finance control of the meat and hides
of Argentina.
But the explanation by this authority
for the policy of the Chicago
packers is found not alone in a desire
on their part to corner the Smithfield
market, as the English fear. The
tv,,at mnnnnnlv and hierh nrices
t X 1 UOV ? .
in cattle fodder have discouraged the
cattle raisers of the United States,
and they now fail to meet the domestic
demand that increases with the
population; also, our grazing area diminishes
rapidly. Hence the Beef
Trust must look elsewhere for its raw
material, and its decision to invade
the South American cattle ranges was
hastened by the showing of last year
of a falling off in the number of catt.e
slaughtered in the United States
of 1,000,000 hoad from the year before.
At the increasing rate of domestic
consumption o? foodstuffs it is figured
by James J. Hill that five years
from now all American wheat will be
taken by the home market. Robert
P. Porter, writing for the London
Times, shows the heavy annual decrease
of cattle and beef exports, and
predicts thac perhaps within five
years none wi-.i oe snippeu auruau.
The Beef Trust's inroads upon the
leather trade?It now controls the
domestic outpat of hides as it does
beef?makes (lie Argentine field attractive.
Th* live cattle of South
American cannot be imported owing
to our protective duty, but Argentina's
hides and chilled beef may be
brought here with profit on the joint
operation, for with possession of both
the United States and South American
raw material the trust can put
the price of leather, as well as meat.
;es in thirteen years.
ities at the low point in 1896, tlie sue
edlng low point in 1901. high point ii
1909:
J. 1900. 1901. 1907. 1908. 1909.
1 Feb. 1. June!. Mar.l. Aug.l. Aug. 1
5 $.0775 $.085 $.08 $.09 $.087,
187 .0625 .0712 .09 .0925 .107,
15 .0825 .0875 .095 .095 .11
t 0377 .027 .0402 .0377 .037'
15 .19 -14 29 .22 .28
I .04 -04 .liV .04 .04
) 11.00 11.00 15.00 16.75 14.00
; 10 50 15.25 18.50 17.50 21.75
ZT .0625 .0875 .096'! .0962 .117;
l .0975 .105 -14 -125 .135
[2 .0615 .0845 .0975 .096 .116
; 25 .19 .335 .225 .2.
16? .1275 .0925 .15 .1225 .142;
) 28 00 16.00 28.00 16.50 19.00
) 4^50 5.50 8.00 7.00 7.00
I .0837 .0625 .0725 .0612 .071!
t87 .0515 .0555 .046 .053 .048;
t .255 .245 -165 .105 .1.
.44 35 .37 .28 .28
i 1.05 1.10 98' .97 .81
75 .0425 -0487 0512 .065 .0?
; '>25 2.50 2.115 2.85 3.05
i 1.30 1.225 1.50 2.70 1.95
; 1 50 2.3"/ 1.50 2.50 l.o
. 4.50 ... 2.00 1.50 2.50
8 00 6.50 ? ?
jr. 035 .0475 .0525 .0625 .045
I * A10 i.7!> 3.00 3.25 4.25_
15 "*!o775 .07 .0925 .055 065
125 045 .W wn';>
07 7512 .81 ' S3 .9975 1.20
62 ' .40 .4952 . 575 .845 .80_
5 285 .33 .475 .;>95 .1-0
'4c .56 66 .70 .58
5 61 .60 .70 .88 .56
3.40 3.45 3.35 4.00 6.00
1 68 1-05 1.63 l./ft 1.?.
ft 099 .072.'. .075 .0875 .0 to
.56 .61 .41 .42 .61
c 0426 .044 .060 .O.i6<> .055<
c 115 .12 .11 -11
.59 .62 .73 .68 1.20
4 25 d 20 5.00 4.80 4.90
350 3.00 3.20 3.4*1 3.05
4 30 3 45 6.00 4.00 4.00
4C .0825 .0825 .1125 .106 .131
U ,2? .32 .30 .34
90 .72 .85 .85 .85
o<t '145 .0812 .0962 .0575 .06
68 .0375 .035 .0575 .0325 .03
085 .0575 .09 .0.^ .052
43 0325 .0237 .045 .0325 .036.
37 !0625 .055 .08 .0675 07
055 .052." .075 .05o 055
75 '0575 .047? .0687 .0625 .067!
1 40 2 45 2.47 2.59 2.63
1.08 .89 1.22 .92 1.9*
.005 .08 .14 .18 .175
5 J 325 .12 .1475 .155 .1.
06 245 31 29D .31
w'oo 19.00 28.00 20.00 23.00
11 50 18.00 24.00 20.00 24.00
isioo 15.00 22.00 21.00 20.50
was astonished to see Ehud Leffing
well arise in his pew.
??_> oHH r*nr?jnn " h(
All y C UUgiU UUU, ?
shouted, "that her eyes ain't mate
an' she's a leetle mite lame in the ot
hind leg."?Harper's Weekly.
Cleaned Up Boston. '
The remarkable achievement o
Arthur Dehon Hill, the young Dis
trict Attorney of Boston, who hai
sent a dozen municipal criminals t<
prison, is described in an article b:
Clement L. Pollock, which appears ii
the issue of Harper's Weekly. "T<
get a proper idea of Hill." says th<
author, "it should be mentioned tha
he comes from a family of scholars
book-worms and blue-bloods. On<
day, so the story goes, little Arthu:
climbed over a barricade of volume:
and made his way to his father
Papa,' said the boy, 'I'm hungry,
want something to eat.' 'Well, eat i
book, eat a book,' the professor ii
said to have replied." But if th<
young District Attorney was at firs
despised and derided by the crimina
politicians, officials and contractors
he soon showed his mettle. The as
tonishing li3t of persons whom h<
sent to prison, the indictment of thir
teen steel firms for conspiracy to rot
the city, the reaching out after %th<
"man higher up" until the highes
felt none too secure?all this is tolc
in this admirable and entertaininj
article.
A Kansas Woman's Confession.
A Globe reporter, a mere man
lately saw a woman wash her hair
And he remarked that after she hac
dried it and done it up on the back o
her head, she had a little knot abou
as big as a walnut, although whei
she appears on the street she has ?'
big lot, rolls, puffs, switches, braids
marcels, etc. "As a matter of fact,'
said one of the women, "a littli
bunch is all any of us have, on th<
dead square."?Atchison Globe.
On the Bowery a dope gun is callec
a sewing machine.
Tri TM-ITTI-n nT TT^TlT
imtLir ^urriji
ean Will Be Compelled
is Meat Ration.
up as high as it likes until the poin
is reached where the consumer n<
longer can afford to buy.
It is vain to suppose that the Amer
ican people will benefit^ by the addi
tion of the South American cattli
ranges to the Beef Trust's doraesti
sources of 9upply. Extension of th<
monopoly to include the world's chie
beef supply outside the United State
will only strengthen the trust's gri|
on the consumer. In the past and fo
a time to come the price of meat ha
been and will be put up artiflciall:
and illegally. But as the grazin;
areas become exhausted by the press
ure of population, and the same press
ure of population continually swell
the demand for meat products, th
prices thereof will mount in respons
to the natural law.
At trust-made priccs steaks am
chops are in the nature of a luxur
now. As th"> supply decreases an<
the demand increases, each more rap
idly with the roll of years, the effort
of the trust will not be required ti
put beef out of the reach of million
who eat it now two or three times i
day. Eventually our people will b
driven to the fare upon which othe
countries where beef is almost as rar
as pate de fois gras are compelled t
subsist. The land will yield less an*
less cattle year by year, and the pop
ulation will have to cut down its bee
i ration accordingly.?New York Press
Electricity Superior to Steam.
None of the railroad companie
which have adopted electricity in th
regular service of moving train;
seems disposed to give out. any fig
ures showing the cost of operation
but it is declared that in point of con
venience and regularity of service th
electric has shown a decided super
! iority over the steam service.
Poison from infected or rotte:
i cheese is not so very rare. The Ger
j man Government proved that som
cheeses are deliciously ripened b
! ways too nasty to tell.
f3- - iiiii111 ?&
BASS' ON THEIR LEGS.^
That is Where an Ant's Grow and Me J
Has Six of Theni.
Strange as it may seem an ant has
: at least six ears. Aside from their j
5 | multiplicity they are located in just j
i about the queerest place imaginable !
7 j ?on the legs. They seem deaf to all I
j sounds made by the vibration of the !
i air, but detect the slightest possible 1
vibrations of solid material.
J This is supposed to be to their ad- J
vantage, in that such things as ap- '
proaching footsteps tell more of the
D possibility of danger than such i
sounds as are transmitted through j
2 the air.
5 So sensitive are their feet, says St. !
Nicholas, that they detect the impact \
of a small birdshot dropped on the '
table from a height of about six j
inches and about fourteen distant j
from an artificial nest placed at the :
other end of the table.
As curious as are their ears, their j
noses are even more extraordinary, j
. As the ants spend most of their time
in the dark, they must depend largely j
on scent for their guidance, and in ,
consequence have quite an elaborate j
array of noses, each for a special pur- j
pose.
Miss Adele Pielde believes that '
their antennae are composed o! a
5 number of noses strung along in a
line. Still more strange is that fact
that each of these noses can smell
only a special thing.
The nose on the tip or first joint of j
I the antennae, it is said, is for recog- i
I ntninnr V. .-I Ailftw f\t ntia nn I
I J1141L15 kUC VJIuLVL KfL vuv uuv V#M. I
the second joint is to recognize rela- !
tives. The third nose is the path- ,
5 finder, and without it the poor ant j
cannot follow a trail and k)on gets j
hopelessly lost. The noses on the! j
3 fourth and fifth joints are for recog- j
nizing the eggs and immature ants in! j
the nest.
No creature is more tidy than an j
ant, who cannot tolerate the presence 1
of dirt on her body. These little i
creatures actually use a number o| '
real toilet articles in keeping themj
* | selves clean. No less an authority
5 ! than Dr. McCook says their toilet artides
consist of coarse and flno
j toothed combs, hair brushes, sponges
i and even washes and soap. Theii
j saliva is their liquid soap, and thei:
, soft tongues are their sponges.
Their combs, like their ears are
f j fastened to their legs. They stop fot
- | a.hasty cleaning when they get dirty
3 ! Puf q TYiora loicnrolr ia marie i
} when thfey feel in a loafing mood, and
7 they then lend a helping hand to one
1 another in the process.
) j ,
Man of Many Names,
j Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest
| Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry,
2 who has just entered his fifty-seventh
r i year, has been obliged to change his
3 j mode of signature five times. When
' he was born?in 1852 his grandfather,
I ! the third marquis, and his uncle, subi
sequently the fourth marquis, were I
3 still alive. His uncle was Lord Cas3
tlereagh, his father was Lord George
t Vane, and he was Charles Stewart i
1 Vane-Tempest-Stewart. On the death j
, j of the third marquis Lord George j
- ; Vane succeeded to the earldom of i
i i Vane, and his son, getting the cour- j
- j tesy title of Lord Seaham, thus
) : signed himself when he was at Eton.
i | The death of his uncle made his
t father Lord Londonderry and him1
i self Lord Castlereagh, and as such he
l i signed himself before he left Oxford.
! In 1884 he succeeded to the marquisate,
earldom and barony of Loni
donderry and the viscounty of Castlei
reagh (all Irish titles), and the earl|
dom of Vane, viscounty of Seaham
1 | and barony of Stewart in the English ;
f I peerage. Since then his signature
t I has been Londonderry, except in the
{; House of Lords, where he sits by
j right of his English earldom and
therefore signs himself Vane.?West
minster Gazette.
^ ?
i The World's Shoemaker.
The first world's shoe and leather
; fair opened in Boston is an industrial
j exhibition of great interest. America
is fast becoming the world's shoemaker.
Its shoe factories employ
~ | 149,924 operatives, who receive
wages of $69,000,o00 annually, and
whose product is 7alued at above
. $320,000,000. The concentration of
L ; the industry in Massachusetts is
| shown in the employment of upward
| of 60,000 operatives in this manufac- '
; ture, of whom one-third are women, j
3 . Nearly fifteen per cent, of the entire j
1 population of Lynn is engaged in !
shoemaking. The output of American
! boots and shoes has nearly doubled in
6 i twenty-five years and the industry |
j has gained new markets in England
e and on the Continent.?New York
f World.
s;
p i Pastoral Staff of a Bishop.
r After the recent consecration of
s the venerable Michael Furee to be i
y Bishop of Pretoria, various presenta- !
tions were made to him, including a ;
* remarkable pastoral staff. In view |
" of the district in which it is to be used
s it has been most cleverly designed.
e with symbols illustrative of local
e i scenes and traditions, besides em- '
I blems of the Episcopal office. It has j
3 a "stack, a dump and a headgear'' to ;
y | represent the mines. It has a wagon i
3 ! and an ox crossing a ford, to repre- J
J sent the diocese in which the newly j
s j made Bishop was ordained. It has a I
o lion to represent England, and a cer- j
s tain device to represent Pretoria, be- ,
a sides an anchor and an eagle to rep- j
e resent the United States, in honor of j
r the country from which the Bishop's j
e | wife came?a truly representative i
o Episcopal staff.?Pall Mall Gazette.
i|
Beeswax From China.
f British manufacturers of blacking
' j purchase large crates of beeswax.
| The beeswax imported from China is I
1 in large cubes, each done up in a
s i written guarantyof purity and quality,
e , Nevertheless, deep down in the mid- I
? ! die of the crates are lumps of a sub- j
- ! stance resembling European brick, \
. i trimmed to the exact shape of a gen- 1
- ' uine packet of beeswax. In other
e ^ases cubes when unwrapped are still j
- ' apparently genuine wax, but on being !
| sliced open are found to contain a j
i large core of shavings, tlirt and gen- j
n i eral floor sweepings of a busy factory, j
e | Last year more than 32,000 chily
j dren were taught to swim at the LonI
don public schopls.
ff mm i
4- 4- 1TB0DS
New York City.?The blouse that
Is closed at the left of the front is
one of the very newest and latest.
This one includes that feature, and
also sleeves that are made with inset
puffs that are in the very latest style.
Tm AVa flMA Id C ?1 \r
jlu ino lliusiiaiiuu iuo uiaicnai 10 una
serge, and tlie ouffs are of chiffon
cloth in matching color, the undersleevea
are made of lace, and the
trimming is banding. The puffs of
the sleeves can be of the same material
if preferred, however, and for the
collar and the under-sleeves any con
trastlng material is appropriate. II
plain sleeves are preferred they car
be substituted, as shown in the bach
view. The blouse is equally well
adapted to the odd waist and to the
pijtirp cnwn ami it. onnsprniftnf.lv nan
be utilized for a variety of materials.
The blouse is made over a fitted
lining, and itself consists of fronts
and back, the fronts are tucked tc
yoke depth only, but the backs from
shoulders to waist line. The fancj
sleeves are made over plain fouudations,
and these are faced to form tht
cuff or uuder-sleeves. Thef lining is
closed at the centre front, the blouse,
invisibly beneath the edge of the
right front. When the lining is
omitted, the cuffs, or under-sleeves,
are joined to the sleeves beneath thu
trimming.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and fiveeighth
yards twenty-one or twentyseven
or two and one-eighth yards
forty-four inches wide, and fiveeighth
yards eighteen inches wide for
collar and cuffs, three and threequarter
yards of banding.
Figure Preserved.
It is far more important to have a
pretty figure than a pretty face, as
everybody knows, and women who
value their looks take as great pains
to preserve their lines as their complexions.
TV is is not to be accomplished
merely by the careful selection
of a corset, but diet, exercise and
massage must be carefully attended
to, even to the point of sacrifice, in
some instances.
SmaH Motoring Hats.
The lew small hats are delightful
to wear motoring. Their close brims
give t;iem a jaunty air and make the
adjus.ing of the veil an easy matter
too. The fuller the hair beneath the
?rettler the effect.
I
^K^lr'
Few New Yorkers are aware that I
the business thoroughfare known as
j Duane street was named after James
Duane, who was the first Mayor of
New York after the Revolution..
The warship without funnels has
come in the British -Indefatigable,
which will be propelled by internal
; combustion engines.
By signing a treaty on March 11 at
Bangkok, Siam, 15,000 square miles
of territory have been added to the
British Empire.
! A live turtle, caught off the Natal
coast, weighed over 400 pounds, and
was nearly six feet long.
Water power is used to supply the
electricity for the new Italian railway
from Castle Raymondo to
Camerino.
The first electric street railway to
be operated in Warsaw, Russia, was
The Lingerie Bag.
i The lingerie bag is a quaint and
pretty fashion, and the familiar leather
handbag has been outplaced by
this, the latest novelty.
Belt Novelties.
A novelty in belts is a handsomely
tailored leather one, with chatelaine
of the leather from which swings an
envelope bag of the same kind.
The Cutaway Coat.
The cutaway coat in all materials
is the fad of the moment. It is seen
in cloth braided, in embroidery, in
lace or In brocade, trimmed in lace,
the latter a dressy garment for afternoon
or demi-evening wear. These
coats are particularly effective in the
lighter colors or pompadour silks,
and are favored more by taller women
than those who cannot claim
queenly stature.
Plain and Tucked Bishop Sleeves.
The bishop sleeve is always a graceful
one. Just now it makes the
latest style, and is made both with
arid without a cap and both plain and
tucked. Here are three, all of which
are attractive and graceful. One is
made with an oddl^ shaped cuff, one
with a deep cuff pointed at the inner
edge and one is cut off in three-quarter
length and joined to a straight
band, but all are equally correct. For
i the sleeveB any pretty thin material
! is appropriate, and the cuffs can be
made to match or of contrasting mai
terial, as liked. When the cap is
used it should be in contrast, and a
imw
t pretty effect Is obtained by making
l the cap to match the blouse and the
sleeves of thinner material, such as
1 chiffon, net, lace or muslin. All-ovei
s lace makes exceedingly handsome
i cuffs, but any pretty material can be
utilized.
1 The sleeves are all made over fitted
i foundations which are cut with up
per and under portions. The plain
l puffs, or bishop portions, are slightly
r full and gathered at the upper and
lower edges. Whichever cuff is used
: j is arranged over the lower portion ot
>; the lining and the cap is arranged
, over the completed sleeve. The
> tucked sleeve is made in three-quari
ter length, and finished with a short,
er band. Any of the sleeves can be
i ! made unlined. if preferred.
i The quantity of material required
1 for the medium size is one and three
j eighth yard* twenty-one, twenty-foui
! or thirty-two inches wide, three-quari
ter yard forty-four for any sleeves;
three-quarter yard twenty-one. tweu
<1VZF~
> ty-four or thirty-two, three-eighth
! yard forty-four for caps; cne-lialf
. yard of all-over lace for pointed cuffs,
five-eighth yard of banding, one yard
of edging for tucked sleeves.
put in service a few months ago. The
company operates 304 cars andcharges
3.6 cents for first class passengers.
Electric heating devices are successfully
employed for branding cigar
1 boxes.
The wireless telegraph summoned
'five vessels to the aid of the White
Star liner Republic, which was
rammed by the liner Florida. This
was the first practical demonstration
j of the value of wireless telegraphy on
, shipboard.
The Detroit Edison Company will
spend 12,000,000 in doubling the siae
of its plant.
There are more than 7,000,000
telephones in regular service in this
country, and during the past year
i more than 7,500,000,000 messages
j were sent over the wires.
It is planned to use electricity for
heating and lighting the lighthouses
of the Government if the wave motor
can be perfected in a practical and
useful manner.
The new telegraphing typewriter is
the latest' method of transmitting
messages. The operator writes his
message on one typewriter and it is
recorded in plain letters on another
typewriter at the other end of the
line.
One of the biggest car companies
i in this country has decided to
I abandon the use of steam in its plant
| and is now putting in a mammoth |
electric plant.
The electric blower for hot air fur- j
naces has been successfully used for ,
the heating of buildings. (
Street workers of Boston, who are
on the night shifts, are protected
from speeding automobiles by electric
lights on their caps.
i There are in all thirty-five electric
f furnaces in operation in this country
; and Europe for steel production.
New York City will soon have with
j 1U 1 Lb UUI UCl O LUC iUUgCOl UilU^C liJ 1
, the world. It will span Hell Gate !
I channel, and will be three miles long.
The owners of grain godowns and
I warehouses in Calcutta are compelled
! by municipal regulation to pave with
i concrete to prevent the ingress of
rats, which, it is believed, will aid mai
terially in the extermination of this
I active distributor of the plague germ.
Where '.'John" is Buried.
One of the deputies of the Seine
j recently taking a trip in the south of
; France, made a visit to the cemetery
' at Avignon. Before going among the
I tombs he asked the keeper if there
| were any illustrious dead in the cemI
etery. Le Cri de Paris gives the dialogue:
"Yes," was the answer. "Here
sleep the celebrated Aubanel and the
famous Roumanille, and. we also have
the tomb of the Englishman."
i "What Englishman?"
i "John." .
"What John?"
"The English John. His tomb is \
nothing remarkable. I don't know
arVitr oil tha Rndtah cninc through I
here come to see it. They are very
droll!"
The deputy directed his steps toward
the monument of John. He
then read upon the stone:
"Here lies John Stuart Mill', philo- ;
sopher."
And this was the great British positivist.
O vanity of glory. In the country
of Avignon, where his genius went
out, he is only an unknown English :
John.
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Novels as Serials.
Book buyers and collectors of first i
editions will be interested in the re- j
vival of the practice of issuing novels
in mommy pans, r my or sixujr years i
ago the practice was common enough; [
most of the popular works of the j
early Victorian novelists were so published
and the appearance of instalments
of Thackeray in yellow and of
Dickens in green was eagerly looked j
forward to by hundreds of thousands j
of readers. If a ctory really arouses
public interest, this method of publication
is very profitable to the author
and the publisher, but it is by no
means certain that the production of
any living writer will rival the pop- j
ularity of any of the classic novelists, j
Perhaps the only author likely to
acHeve success in monthly guise is
William F. de Morgan, whose style
approximates that of the early Victorian
writers.?New York Sun.
Golf For Paupers.
In some English workhouses paupers
have golf outfits given them and
use of grounds for playing the game.
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One of the new emergency devices
for use in submarine vessels is a
helmet and coat containing enough
air to lift the wearer to the surface
of the water.
The human body is a machine of
such wonderful efficiency that onefifth
of the energy expended by tt can
be utilized as work, as shown by the
recent experiments of Professors Atwater
and Benedict. : <:'?$
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A French scientist has recently proclaimed
that cider is an antidote for f / .
typhoid fever. The acid in It is the
agent, as it destroys the germs. Cider
in Europe is more generally used as
a beverage than in this country. Germans
appear to prefer cider after
it becomes sour, but Americans usual- ; , ii
ly prefer it while it is sweet. v
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It has been reported by the French
commission formed for the purpose >
of making comparative studies of the
vertical ^nd inclined styles of handwriting,
with regard to the health of ;school
children, that the inclined style
is far simpler and less fatiguing than
the vertical style, and. less likely tb
cause spinal curvature and other evil
results. 'f
The eel has a singular formation
hv -whirh it in nnahlfid to retain life
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longer than any other flab. This is
a bladder at the back of its upper fins, . .
which it fills with water And is thereby
enabled-to moisten its gills for at
considerable'time when out of w^ter. ,
An eel's heart is in its tall, where Its '
beats can be plainly seen.
Lifting magnets have demonstrated
their value in certain special lines *
of work and are now in daily use in
many places. An aggregate weigh!
of fifteen tons of rails is handled by.
magnets at the works of the United
States Steel plant at Gary, Ind. This
comprises the "lock section" of a pile
of rails which consists ot a layer o!
tracks with alternate rails inverted \,H
so that the mass will hold together.
An interesting and valuable present
has been recently made by D. 0. Mills
to the department of mammalogy of
the American Muesum of Natural His- ' k|
tory, in-the shape of eight specimens
of the fur seal, to be utilized in the
preparation of a group illustrating ?
Seal rookery. The specimens we re
collected at the Pribiloff Islands, . ;
Alaska, expressly for the museum, by^
order of Mr. Mills, who had special*
permission from the Department of
Commerce and Labor for their capture.
The series consists of male
seals two, three, five and seven years '
old; female seals three and four years
old and two.pups. ^1
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PUZZLE OF THE MOUNTAINS..
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Origin of the Devil's Racecourse in
the Blue Ridge.
"The Blue Ridge Mountains abound
in natural wonders," observed H. A.
Barnes, of Pen-Mar. "Most wonderful
of them all, in my opinion, is the
Devil's Racecourse, which is but a , -V
short walk from Pen-Mar.
"At first view this strange, natpral
phenomenon appears like a broad
rp&dway of great stones which extends
away up the mountain in a path
no human hand could ever build. ; " '
Many of these great stones weigh'
tons, while others are only a few
hundredweight. Lying clase together
by the thousand they present an extranrdinarv
snectaclA
"Tradition has .it, and scientists
agree, that a thousand or more years;
ago this strange track was the bed
of an ancient river. The conclusion
is drawn from the looks of the stones;
they are all well rounded and worn
smooth, showing the action of the
. water, which had polished their rough
edges, no doubt, for centuries.
"But the mystery is if this theorjt
be true to explain how the great body
of water was confined at the sides,
for the course is not hemmed in by
high banks, nor is it located in a
ravine. In fact, it stands somewhat
higher than the fiatiiral side of the r .
mountain. The puzzle only intensifle#
interest in the queer place and multiplies
the arguments and theories of
its prehistoric origin."?Baltimore ,
American.
High Collar and Headache.
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A Vienna doctor has discovered ,
that one of the most frequent causes
of headaches is the tight and high
collar. He has been experimenting
with various patients, and he finds
that those who suffer from headaches
very often are most always those who
are in the habit of wearing high collars.
His attention was drawn one
day to the high neckband of a woman.
patient who was subject to violent
pains in her head and dizziness. He
persuaded her to lay aside this form
of tteckwear, with the result that
the fcompresslon of the neck ceased'
and she was cured. Struck by this
result, the doctor has paid'particular
attention to the collars worn by his
headache patients, and in almost all
cases the change to lower and easier
neckbands gave a beneficial result.'
The doctor declares that nobody with
any tendency to headache should wear
a high collar.?New York Sun.
Did This Dog Reason?
We brought from Scotland a collie
about six months old. He was allowed,
like several of the pets you
have mentioned, to be with us at the
breakfast table, but never was to be
fed in the dining room. This rule
was strictly enforced by my daughter.
[ was the only member of the family
who ever broke over the rule. And!
often when I offered him a tempting
bone he would glance across the table,
and if he caught the forbidding eye
he would resist the temptation. . But
one morning she left the table abruptly.
Rab followed her into the
hall and watched her till she had
closed the door of her study. Then
he scampered back, nudged my elbow,
as if to say: "Now is our time!" Ha
seized the bone, and was soon crunching
it with the greatest satisfaction.'.
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