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Mystery of How Spitz Was Kept
White Is Solved?Secret Learned
From Washwoman.
. Another secret process was unwit
tingly betrayed ut a street discussion
between two women recently. The
women, elaborately dressed and seem
ingly of the "sheltered life" type stood,
fels in leash, as they gossiped. The
one with the Japanese spaniel spoke
first:
"I have an awful time with Togo;
ke Is such a little aristocrat," and she
jerked at the chain as her substitute
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iur a UI1IIU suuncu a ui.a?v ?
passing mongrel. "He detests castile
xoap and I always use facial for his
itath, but he just adores lilac-scented
talcum powder afterward and I have
a spray with lilac water that the
both of us use. How's little Snowball
now?" (referring to the other woman's
Spitz). "We heard he was ill. You
must have been worried sick. 1 often
wonder how you keep him so white."
The other woman's turn, as pam
j>ered pets milled about: "It was ter
rible; Snowy had colic; ate too much
squab?we have to get them especially
for him, the little darlfnp?but we
tot the best doctor we could find and
he was all right in two days. Oh,
yes, how do I keep him so white?
Bluing. Always after his bath I put
Mm through bluing; learned It from
watching a washwoman once. She
But her fine white clothes into bluing
and it works just ns well with Snowy." j
?Portland Oregon Inn.
OISPUTE ACCURACY OF CLOCK j
i
Heir# of Danish Nobleman Stand to |
Win or Lose Large Amount of
Money by Decision.
What tim? was it when the castle j
elock struck twelve?
Ten thousand pounds, normally j
about $50,000, hangs on the answer to ,
this question, explains the London Ex- j
. press.correspondent in Denmark, which !
has been the subject of lively argu- i
aoent In the eastern civil court, Copen- J
hagen.
The clock in question Is in the tower ;
of Lystrup castle, the seat of one of j
Denmark's greatest landlords, the late ;
,Count Moltke, a life member of the i
ancient house of lords.,
Count Moltke died on the night of 1
December 19-20,1918, a few seconds
after the castle clock struck twelve.
The Danish parliament recently ap
proved a new and increased scale of
death duties, applicable to the estate
of all persons who died after midnight
en December 19-20.
It Is contended by the count's heirs !
that the castle clock was fast and j
struck a minute too soon. The count, I
they say, died on December 19, and |
therefore his estate is exempt from
the Increase In the death duties.
Weaver*.
A typical Scots crofter weaving with
the old-fashioned hand weaving loom
side by side with the very latest pow
er-loom, giving an Idea of the groat
gain io output and quality achieved In
/ , mechanical Invention will be an Inter
esting Item at the efficiency exhibition
in London, where the use of invention
and effort will be shown to be of
greater value than mere personal ap
plication. Not only will the produc
tions be seen to be more quickly execut
ed, but the worker will find the proc
ees less mechanical, strange as this
may appear. What will doubtless
strike all visitors is the enormous in
crease In efficiency In the weaving in
dustry brought about by labor-saving
aiachlnery. It seems strange, too that
more workers are required to keep uf>
with the efficient power-loom.?Chris
tian Science Monitor.
The crystal, tourmaline, has very
'remarkable optical properties, a fact
Kbowu to inoft people. However, few
people have heard of Its peculiar elec
trical properties. Tourmaline Is
japable of attracting small bits of pa
jsr and straw In much the same way
as amber. This attraction is, of course,
iae to an electrostatic charge.
When the crystal Is exposed to sun
of a low temperature, it loses its
electrical charge, but regains it upon
freing heated again. If It has a nega
tive charge at first, It will have a ;
positive charge when It Is reheated.
Several other precious stones e?x
4iblt various phenomena along this
toe, bat tourmaline Is the most inter
esting and spectacular of all.?Popu
4r Science Monthly.
New Silverplating Process.
(Tore than 100 per cent Increase In
the output of electroplating vats Is
sained by the recent discovery of an
English metallurgist. The method
?f applying the new process, as used
Jkt Sheffield In silverplating, Is merely
to aaa potassium carnonate to tnc ,
platlnp bath, Instead of neutralizing |
*u?t already present bv Introducing
ariura cyanide, as Is ordinarily the |
practice. The silver deposit obtained I
the new way Is declared to equal, I
If not surpass, iu quality any ao- j
fompllshed by the old method?Pop
alar Mechanics' Magazine.
No Conception of Money.
Myrtle?Isn't It too bad! She has j
ftsotutely no conception of what j
toney Is for.
Jane?Yes; they say she even has a
liTnnooci Plfi? Cf on I
:K3lvill?o a'-'.uuui. i\auoao vuj uiui.
Talk It Up. |
Bmlrt?Who originated the phrase, '
*3n.v 't Tith flowers?" i
.Tut'l ?I guess it was the man who
put "oral" in "floral." ^ i
SMOKE CANDLE VAPOR DEADLY
Fearful Weapon Said to Have Beeit
Brought to Perfection by th?
War Department.
One of the many ingenious contriv
ances developed during the rtcent war
was the "smoke candle." Such can
dles were little cylindrical boxes con
taining smoke-producing chemicals,
which could be ignited at a moment's
notice by a sort of friction device.
They were used to conceal the move
ments of small groups of men. When
touched of! they were simply placed
on the ground, to make a smoke screen.
The Americans thought it would be
a good Idea to use smoke candles that
would give ofT :i poisonous smoke.
These improved candles did not come
into use during the war, but since
then the chemists of our War depart
ment have perfected them. The poison
stuff used Is a coal-tar product which,
a solid at ordinary temperatures, va
porizes in the heat of the burning can
dle. The vapor will penetrate most
gas masks. The military authorities
think that such jfolson smokes will
find very extensive use In future
warfare.
The smoke of a smoke-candle is
usually white. To be effective for con
cealment, it must, of course, be as
opaque as possible; and It must also
be heavy, so as to l>e not easily blown
away by a light breeze. Candles that
pioduce a smoke of zinc chloride meet
these requirements admirably, but
the addition of "diphenylchlorarslne"
makes them poisonous as well.
SCORED ON COUNTRY COUSIN
City Lad Had Endured Much but
Opportunity Came and H? ?
Surely Improved It
Tlie country visitor had been regal
ing Ills young Glendale cousin with
tales of the farm. Some of his stories
seemed a little far-fetched to the city
lad. who at last became somewhat
wearied with the rural youth's boasts
of the superiority of things'"on the
farm."
They were walking along the street
when two young men sporting the
small skull caps of U. of S. C. were
seen approaching.
The country boy was a little mysti
fied. "What's this?" he questioned, "a
now city style, these little caps?"
The Glendale lad saw his chance to
get square. "Oh, those," he said with
assumed carelessness, "no, you see
these fellows are'students at the uni
versity. All the boys who enter have
to wear those caps because under the
system of education they receive their 1
brains develop so rapidly that their
heads grow in circumference, and If
they wore ordinary hats, new ones
u-nniri hp necessary almost every
mfnth."?Los Angeles Times.
Paths in the Snow.
"Even the beaten paths In the snow
possess a joy all of their own which,
to our mind, excels that of the so
called enchantment of the open road,
which had been sung by many writers
long before Stevenson wrot? of It with
such compelling charm," writes Dan
Heard in Boys' Life. "To a bare
footed boy swinging on the front gate
of the white picket fence, the road is
both a challenge and an invitation as
lie gazes wistfully down the dusty
reaches and long perspectives where
the fences on each side seera to con
verge until they meet in the unex
plored distance or where the road
climbs up the hills and dips Into the
swales to lose itself at last in the
mysterious shade of everhanglng
branches of the Wood or grove. That
vagabond joy iu the open road, that
yearning to fare forth and 'solve tlie
mystery of what lies beyond, comes
with almost Irresistible force to all of
us."
A naturally heated cave has be^n
discovered at Horse Butte, near Bend,
Ore., which apparently draws Its
warmth from a subterranean volcanic
source. The discovery was made by
C. A. Yarnell nnd H. D. Elde, Bend
fuel dealers. The cave is located near
the top of the Butte and first attract
ed attention when a wave of heat was
felt issuing from the mouth. The cin
der bottom and rock walls of the tun
nel are unbearably hot to the touch,
the heatlne increasing as far back as
could be explored. That the phenom
enon Is a recent manifestation was In
dicated by the smoldering of grass
and twigs near the opening. To test
the natural oven, Yarnell cooked a
light breakfast by Introducing raw
articles of food Into the aperture and
closing the orifice for a few moments.
Keeping Down Mine Dust
The presence of dust In mines 1? dis
agreeable from many standpoints, be
sides being a positive menace from Its
explosive qualities. Efforts are being
made more than ever to keep the mine
dust (Town, and It has been discovered
in the case of one mine In Kentucky
that excellent results were obtained by
sprinkling the empty coal cars. The
operation Is performed automatically
as the cars are moved along after be
ing dumped, and the difference In the
atmosphere of the mine was apparent
to all.
Age of Petroleum.
The age of petroleum is here. From
an humhle beginning in 1859 It has !
now reached a point where it is con
sumed in ever increasing quantities
I until the problem of its production
has becorn? one of the most absorbing
| of is taxational questions?to 1-?
! country whicn controls the
longs the power of the world.
FARMERS REPLANT
ACRES OF COTTON
On account of the continued cold
weather, farmers in every part of
Anderson county are planting over
their crops. More farmers have been
forced to replant their crops this
spring than in many years past,
some of the farmers losing their
crops by a heavy hailstorm that visit
ed the county and the cold wave af
fecting the stand of cotton general
ly
\?>. M. Byars, county farm agent,
stated this morning that the replant
ing has been general over the coun
ty and continues. "In every section
I go I find the farmers busy planting
their crops over. The cold .weather
has hurt the cotton to u great ex
tent and much of it is dyng from
the frosts which were followed by
the continued cold weather. The
planting over is not confined to any
one section of the county, but all the
farmers seem to share in this bad
luck. Of course, it is not too late
to plant cotton, but I had rather
have two-thirds of a stand from the
first planting than to plant over now
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ton dies, however, like it is doing on
nearly every farm to a certain ex
tent replantng is necessary however
late it may be."
The cotton on the clay soils has
not suffered as bad as on the gray
loams. "The cold weather has killed
more cotton on the gTay loam soil
than on the red or clay soil," Mr.
Byars said. "Of course there has
been damage done to the cotton on
the clay lands but In most instances
cotton on the clay soil has stood the
cold weather much better than on
the loam soils."
Whether on clay or loam soif,
p?
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there is a problem facing every far
mer now. At the time the cotton is
almost through the soil, the farmer
must take the chance of killing the
crop by stirring the soil vrith a culti
vator, or allowing the cotton to die
beneath the hard crust from the lack
of cultivation.
j "The cold winds pack the soil and
form a crust over the cotton," the
county agent says. "This crust must
be broken before the cotton can
scene through. Some farmers are
a::raid to cultivate until the leaves
show, but it is best xo take the
chance of killing the crop, rather
than have it die there beneath the
crust for want of cultivation.. The
soil should be stirred before the crop
is replanted, too, as this kills the
crop of grass about ready to get a
start. The farmers usually do this,
however.
There will be more cotton planted
over in Anderson county this year
than has been replanted since Mr.
Byars has been county agent. The
replanting is almost general over
the county, few fanners not having
more or less cotton killed by the
cold weather.?Anderson Daily
Mail.
100 CASES WHISKEY
STOLEN FROM DISTILLERY
Louisville, Ky., May 7.?One hun
dred rases nf whiskev. valued at
$5,000 was stolen late last night
from the Dowling Distillery at Ty
rone, Andersoun county, according
i to reports received here today. Ten
masked men held up two guards at
the distillery the reports said, and
after loading the liquor on four mo
tor trucks made their escape.
ion is the Mair
Know and Hei
petitions are bein
tion ot issuing bo
a New High Sch
uty and privilege
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TEN AND HALF IS SIZE
OF HARDING'S BEDROOM
SLIPPERS TELLS GIRLS
New York, May 7.?President
Harding's size for bedroom slippers
is ten and a half.
Confirmation of this fact was
made by the President himself in a
letter addressed to Dooris and Edith
Brown, Camp Fire Girls. They plan
ned to give him a bouquet of flowers
while he was hprp fnr t.Vip unvpilinc
of the statue of Bolivar.. Failing to
reach the President the girls decided
to send him a pair of bedroom slip
pers and wrote to ask the size. His
apjfreciative response revealed the
secret.
Watch the label on your paper.
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Foreign Born Population of N. Y.
Washington, May 7.?The foreign
bom white population of New York
city was announced today by the cen
sus bureau as 1,989,216, or 35.4 per
cent of the total population as
compared with 40.4 in 1910.
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