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3**k *** r* i f75 *** m Popular Science M *5K* P I ?J 1 **-x 9&K&J - *** Messrs. Siemens & Halske, of Berlin, are putting on tlie market a writing pen made of tantalite. a metal so hard that -a diamond will not touch it. It is believed that such pens will dis'place steel and even gold pens, as they are practically indestructible. ; Many Belgian papers dwell upon the necessity of good milk as a preventive r- against sickness. Many experiments fhave been made.there on the absorbing qualities of milk, and the Belgian Department of Agriculture is urging greater care in handling cows, and for aanitary tables, etc. 'A M. Camille Flammarion, the great 'French astronomer, calls attention in ;tbe Paris papers to the remarkable fact that the subterranean disturbance rwhich broke the cable connections in jthe West Indies and caused a destructive tidal wave, was recorded by the jselsmie instruments at Florence, Italy, 41 distance of over oOOO miles. i A liquid for sanitary spraying, for yae In the chamber of the sick, is given H?jr a French journal. It is composed of jten parts of euealyptol, three parts of thyme oil, as much lemon oil, and the o&me quantity of lavender oil, in 110 [parts of alcohol of ninety degrees. To -a pint of water add a teaspoon of this liquid. In a lecture at Washington on the open-air treatment of consumption Dr. ;K. P. Barnes said: "There are no greater wholesale murderers in the ftrorld than oil stoves, or gas stoves ?? ? - - wiuiiMii a \emiiuiuig I'*!"?* Ranees to one when I go into a house tto treat a case of pneumonia or con snmption there is an oil stove sitting atrcrcnd somewhere." m ' The temperature of ice is thirty-two degrees, and to melt it over a fire takes 140 degrees of heat, but it does not feel ?ny hotter than it did at thirty-two degrees. In other words, the 140 degrees must not be added to the thirty;two degrees- making the temperature ,?f the melted ice 172 degrees, for that heat is taken up by the water as latent iheat We see, then, that a heat of 140 degrees is stored up in -the water when \ the Ice is melted. Now, when water is converted into steam an additional Sreat of 1000 degrees is stored up, so 0 that 1140 degrees of heat becomes latent !n# con verting ice into steam. The process has two stages: First, (delting the ice to water, in which we do not notice any change in the teraTpffraiore; and, second, boiling the -.irater to make steam, in which the ;"$*>iling water and steam are both 212 - .degrees, though in the change from - xme to the Ather a heat of 1000 degree? j . 'lias become latent* ^IL'QUJD AIR FOR COMMERCE. 1 Aud] I>eAcrlbes Results Obtained by a j ^ IFnench Inventor. V^ConsBil Brunot, of Saint - Etienne, " sprites to the State Department, Wash' inglon, that a group of savants of the lAeademie des Sciences, Paris, very re? jcentiy paid a visit to a factory at jBOTlogae-sur-Seine to witness the manrnfacture f6r industrial purposes of enormous quantities of oxygen and ni trogen, extracted in a liquid state ?rom atmospheric air. Georges Claude, the inventor of the ^process, famished the explanations. As the liquid oxygen flowed' out from the generator it was of a bluish hue, while jthe nitrogen was colorless. Several experiments were made for the visitors &o prove the importance of having an atlwindfut snpply of oxygen at one's disposal; a forge set up in the grounds showed the wonderful .effects of the gas. The fire, which had almost died joiit, was immediately rendered incandescent by a current of hydroxide from ihe blowpipe. A bar of iron was ^jTonght to a red heat and then melted Hke lead. Two pieces of iron were iwelded in a few minutes by the aid a powerful flame from the blowpipe. Much costly and tedious riveting will |tre no longer necessary';-iron will be iwelded against iron, copper against cooner. etc. The doctors already fore see the possible treatment with liquid *iir of certain affections of microbian -origin, such as osteomyelitis, anthrax, .and the malignant disease of the skin termed lupus. Liquid air has been tried in mines as zan explosive agent, and for this purpose marl is wet with petroleum and ithea saturated with liquid air. The paste thus formed constitutes a good explosive when fired with fulminate, and has the advantage, when it hangs fire, of being without danger, as the &qaid air evaporates very rapidly. The price of oxygen, according to M. ^Claude, for industrial purposes will aot exceed four to six mills per cubic ? - - * J tu-t it _m K/\ meter, it is Deneveu. mat il wui uc possible to use'liauid air as a motor power.?New York Times. Arithmetic ltaoe*. In the recent great athletic meeting at Canton, China, arithmetic races were a feature. Pupils from the ?choo!a carried slate and pencil, and in ;the course of the race they encountered a blackboard containing a sum to <be solved. The boys were lined up as ;they reached the goal, and those whose jcnlcnlations were wrong were then eliminated. The first three left in the i line were couale'd winners. Hrav(v British Helmets. According to a German military jou - j oat the British soldier wears a helmet ;Whlek weighs nearly one and onefourth pounds, the helmet of the Prussian Infautryman weighs only irilie orcr fourteen ounces, while the Italian Is still better off with a kepi, which I tarns the scale at between eie.ven and I *weiT? ounces. ] - '' v Sleeps Wide Awake. To all appearances and according to the researches of those best capable of forming an opinion on the sudject, the nervous centres in one lateral half ofJ:he chameleon go on independently ol' those on the other, and it has tv;o lateral centres of perception?sensation and motion?besl-.JS the common one in which must reside the faculty of concentration. Notwithstanding thp fttriotlv symmetrical structure of the chameleon as to its two halves, the eyes move independently of each other and convey separate impressions to their respective centres of perception. The consequence is that when the animal is agitated its movements resemble those of two animals, or rather, perhaps, two halves of animals glued together. Each half wishes to go its own way and there is no concordance of action. The chameleon, therefore, is the only four-legged vertebrate that is unable to swim; it becomes so frightened when dropped into water that all faculty of concentration is lost and the creature tumbles about as if ia a state of intoxication. When a chameleon is undisturbed every impulse to motion is referred to the proper tribunal and the whole organism acts in accordance with its decrees. The chameleon, moreover, may be fast asleep on one side and wide 1 * on awaKe on me utu^x". vauuuu?v proached at night with a candle, so as not to waken the whole animal at once, the eye turned toward the light will' open, begin to move and the corresponding side to change color, whereas the other side will remain for a longer or shorter time in a torpid, motionless and unchanged state t ith its eyes fast shut.?New York 7 .erald. A DOUBTING THOMAS. She?Did you let father know yov owned a lot of house property? He?I hinted at it. j She?What did he say? He?He said, "Deeds speak loud er than words."?Tit-Bits. ITS REDEEMING QUALITY. Mrs. Slimldns?How do you like your new boarding house? Mr. Jobkins?Oh, the rooms are fair, the table is only tolerable?but the gossip is excellent.?Hotel Life. Tortures of Women. It was a terrible torture that Mrs. Gertie McFarland ol King's Mountain, N. C., describes, as follows: "I suffered dreadful periodical pain, and became so weak I was given up to die, when my husband got me Wine oi Cardui. The first dose gave relief, and with 3 bottles I am up doing my work. I cannot say enough in praise of Cardui." A wonderful remedy for women's ills. At druggibta, $1.00. Better Than Any Speech. Among the anecdotes told In J. H. Settle's book concerning election humors is the following about Lord Rosebery: His lordship was in the east end of London at an election time, and while inspecting a great establishment several of the employes, whose knowledge of the distinguished guest chiefly centered in him as the owner of a good horse, communicated to one of the company their wish that Lord Rosebery would do them a favor. "What is it you want?a speech." aslted the gentleman. "A speech! No! Speech be hanged!" was the reply. "We want a tip for the Liverpool cup!" 2L Strange Story. Mrs, Isaac W. Austin of Chestnut Ridge, N. C.. tells a strange story of great suffering. "I was in bad condition for months," she writes, "under treatment of doctors, but got no relief. My periods had stopped, all but the pain. Afver taking part of a bottle of Wine of 'Cardui, nature worked properly and without pain. I advise all suffering women to use Cardui." A pure specific remedy for women's ills, $1.00, at druggists. The public executioner of the Grand Duchy of Hesse has been fined $20. AN "EVERY-"?AY~STRUGGLE. Menard Women of Every Occupation S?t? fer MUereis From Kidney Coir plaint. J. C. Lightner,' 703 So. Cedar St., j Abilene, Kansas, is one of the thou- j sands who suffer from kidney troubles brought on by daily "vvas bard to get up do any work that brought a strain on the back. I had frequent attacks of gravel and the urine was passed too often and with TITI-* T 11pa/1 "Hao r, XT i H nDTT pui 11. H liCll 1 uotu JL/vau o aaiuiivj Pills, however, all traces of the trouble disappeared and have not returned. I am certainly grateful.'.' Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. A naturalist has been making observe tions on the toilets of certain ants. S.Ii Interesting Letter. Mary Bagguley o" 117 Peach St., Syracuse, N. Y., writes to teil oi the terrible suffering of her sister, who for the past 21 years, has been tormented with side ache from female trouble, keeping her weak and ailing. "She took Wine of Cardui and is now well. Cardui ha3 been a God send to us both," she writes. For all women's troubles, Cardui is a safe, efficient, reliable remedy. At druggists $1.00. The most wicked looking of all creatures is a painted and blondined mother. Too True. Each joke is old and gray; . If you can, somehow tell A story in a different way, You're doing very well. ?Washington Star. NaucMy William. "What struck you most at schcoi to-day, William?" "Th6 teacher, sir."-Cli*e'and Plain Dealer. Easy. "If it's a nice day come and take me out in your auto, Wednesday." "But suppose it's not a nice day?" "Come the day before."?Cleveland Leader. Qualified. "Why, I can't hire that man you recommended! There's an impediment in his speech!" "Possibly. But there's none in his nerve!"?Detroit Free Press. And War Continued. Miss Goodley?"Bess says she's ready to make up if you are." Miss Cutting?"Tell her I'd be ready to make up. too, if I had a complexion as muddy as hers."?Philadelphia Ledger. Wilfully Misunderstood. She?"We never hear of any -women ifter-dinner speakers." He?"No; women can't wait until after dinner. They tell everything they know before dinner."?Yonkers Statesman. 'All His Doing. Miss Chellus?"Is it really so that you're engaged to- Mr. Roxley?" Miss Pechis (calmly)?"It is." "My; he was a great catch." "I beg your pardon; catcher."?Detroit Free Press. Those College Habits. "To be frank, this is pretty bum cooking, old man." "I know it, but my wife is lust out of college." "Still, I wouldn't let her haze me."? Louisville Courier-Journal. Wonderful. "Do you love your husband?" "Indeed I do." "Does he love you?" "Devotedly." "My goodness! It's just like a novel, isn't it?"?Cleveland Leader. In Oklahoma. Gray Wolf?"Jockey Timberwolf is absolutely insufferable these days." Jackal?"What is the trouble?" Gray Wolf?"Why, his father was shot by the President, and he never stops bragging about it."?Lippincott's. The Unvarnished Troth. "No truer words were ever spoken than these: 'A fool and his money are soon parted,' " said the lecturer. "Sure thing," piped a voice from the rear of the hall; "we all gave up fifty cents apiece to get in here!"?Yonkers Statesman. How She I>i?1 It. The New Minister?"You know Mrs. Scharley pretty well, don't you?does she do much for the poor?" . . Mrs. Devoutley?"Oh, my, yes!'why, only last week she paid out more than ?200 for a dress to wear at the charity ball."?Brooklyn Life. Wilfully Mi?nnder*tood. "They are in reduced circumstances, of course, but their family, is a very old one and proud, even if they have lots of debts. They date back to the time of William the Conqueror." " "The debts, you mean? I don't doubt that."?Catholic Standard and Times. ? ? --w ti*?-^?r Didn't ireei sure ui muiiun The Flirt?"Congratulate me." The Bachelor?"Really?" "Yes, I'm going to be married." "I'm so glad."* "Are you, really?" "Yes, really! You know I was al; ways a little afraid of you!"?Yonkers Statesman. Couldn't Keep a Secret. Mother (impatiently) ? "You have been very naughty to-day, Juanita. I shall have to tell your father when he comes home." Juanita (aged seven) ? "That's the woman of it! You never can keep anything to yourself." ? Translated For _ Tales From La Nota Final. A Perfect Match. The Portrait Painter (in despair)? "Maflain, I find it impossible to procure colors that will match your exquisite complexion." The Sitter (without reserve)?"Well, then, just drhw the outlines to-day; and when I come next time I'll bring some of my colors for you."?Lippincott's. Refinement in Rioting. "A good college certainly exerts a refining influence on a young man's language." "Does it?" "Of course it does. I've just noticed in this paper that the frdshmen students at Cornell are going to have a 'riot de luxe.' "?Cleveland Plain Dealer. What Delayed Dinner. The Lady?"What makes dinner s? late, Katie?" The Girl?"I couldn't get the macaroni. ma'am.'9 "Why, I thought the grocer brought it gnrly this morning?" .lie did. ma'am, but Johnnie had a lot of- hoys in the yard, and they were using it for putty blowers!"?Yonkers Statesman. Helen Gould's Many Charities. In the name of her father and mother, Helen Gould, with the assistance of Elizabeth Altman, annually distributes $500,000 in charity. Probably Miss Gould supports directly and indirectly more charities than any person living. Her donations annually reach 500 or more beneficiaries. Her total disbursements during the last eight years?and they are all made with business judgment and through a perfect system?reach $4,000,000. The White Paint of the White House, The White House at Washington, ui.i. ? i. ?m i. >vliiuu iius> ueeu me xvni? s .raince of the American People since it was first occupied by President Madison in 1809, has recently undergone a thorough course of remodelling, renovation and repair. Every American citizen is owner of an undivided eighty or eighty-five millionth part of the White House, as well as of the other Public Buildings and Monuments in the Capitol City. An item in .the renovation of the remodeled White House was repainting. Every visitor in Washington knows why the White House is so called?because i; is literally a "white house." The exterior paint must therefore be white. Now while the pure white surfaces and simple lines of the White House, set in the midst of green lawns and beautiiul trees, produce a very satisfying effect of dignified simplicity, white paint from a practical point of view, is about the most unsatisfactory kind of paint that could have been selected by the original designers. First, because any white paint is easily discolored by smoke and dust, and, second, because ordinary white paint itself gradually turns gray or brownish yellow from exposure. But white the White House is, and white it must remain or it would no longer be the "White House." So the renovators, making the best of a discouraging situation, sought for the best kind of white paint procurable. The average citizen if asked.to guess what UnH Af nolnt fhor finollp nn would probably answer?'white lead and oil," but he would guess wrongly. The paint selected as the best obtainable, was rehdy-mlxed paint, such, as can be bought in any well-furnished village store, such as is used by more than half of the eighty or eighty-five million ovners of the White House ov their own homes. That one brand of mixed paint was used instead of another is a mere accidental detailthere are fifty or a hundred brands on the market mat might have oeen selected in other circumstances, and, in fact, a different brand was ?sed in painting the Capitol. Every property owner, therefore, who paints his house with a high grade ready-mixed paint, is following the example' set by the Government Authorities at Washiugion, who used ready-mixed paint, because they fould find nothing else as good. Mourning Colors. The following are the various colors used for mourning in different countries, together with reasons given for the selection: t Black expresses privation'of light, TT.iirnnfi Ameri- I worn uiiuuguuui, ca. Yellow, the sere and yellow leaf; Egypt and Burma. In Brittany widows' caps among the peasants are yellow. Purple and violet, to express royalty, mourning for the cardinals and kings of France. Violet is the mourning color for Turkey. White, emblem of "white handed hope," China. Beep blue Bokhara mourning. The significance of this selection is not known. Pale brown, the withered leaves, Persia, grayish brow, earth, Ethiopi? and Abyssinia. Bull Fighting Statistics. "I am off to Spain," said a photographer. "The bull fighting season op^ns in April, and I must be there for the first performance. "The season," he said, "lasts seven months, from April to November. Bash season there are on an average 500 fights and in each fight three bulls are killed, ten horses and a twentyfifth of a man. The aggregate season's slaughter in the rtag, that is to say, is 1,500 bulls, 5,000 horses and 20 men. "The chief matadors number twentv-five. They each earn about J9.000 a season. The ordinary helpers earn in a season only $500." The world has only 10,000,000,000 tons of iron ore available, and the supply is likely to run short inside of a century. REPAIRINC BRAIN. A Certain Way By Food. Every minister, lawyer, journalist, physician, author or business man is forced under pressure of modern conditions to the active and sometimes over-active use of the brain. Analysis of the excreta thrown out by the pores shows that brain work breaks down the phosphate of potash, separating it from its heavier companion, albumen, and plain common sense teaches that this elemental principle must be introduced into the body anew oa^h flnv if we would replace the loss V%4VA* ? and rebuild the brain tissue. We know that the phosphate of potash, as presented in certain field grains, has an affinity for albumen and that is the only way gray matter in the brain can be built. It will not answer to take the crude phosphate of potash*of the drug shop, for nature rejects it. The elemental mineral must be presented through food directly from Nature's laboratory. These facts have beon made use of In the manufacture of Grape-Nuts, and I any brain worker can prove the value of the proper selection* of food by making free use of Grape-Nuts for ten days or two weeks. Sold by grocers everywhere (and in immense quantities). Manufactured by the Postuiu Co., Battle Creek, Micli. , . / _ ONLY GUESS WORK! c : Are the Crop Reports Issued ! By Government. SO DECLARE COTTON MEN ; ! ; : - , - 1 Decisive Action Taken by the Inter- j national Conference at Washing- j i ton?May Eliminate Middlemen. After denouncing the government j crop reports and more particularly the reports of the department of agriculture and passing a resolution strongly advocating that the statistical year should run from August X to August 1 instead of from September to September 1, the international cotton conference adjourned at Washington Wednesday to reassemble next year should it be deemed advisable by the various organizations to do so. It was found that the delegates were not clothed with sufficient authority to effect a permanent organization. When the subject of governmental crop reports came up, President MacColl spoke in commendation of the census bureau work, but felt that some radical changes in the methods of the agricultural department should be made. 'Numerous delegates strong-. ly condemned them. D. A. Tompkins of North Carolina characterized them as "a complicated system of guessing," while another southern grower denounced them as "a speculative football." Various remedies were suggested, but as no delegates seemed able to agree on a satisfactory plan the whole subject was laid on the table. President MacColl expressed the ! hope that henceforth there will be a | closer bond of union "between the I north and south and between Amer ica and Europe in all that pertains to | cctton growing and manufacturing." Another topic of discussion was the marketing of the product, which embraced the questions of warehousing, stability of price and relations between growers and manufacturers. A. E. Calvin, president of the Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative j Union, declared that it long had been j the dream of the cotton grower to j abolish all intermediate agents who levy toll unnecessarily on the product on its journey from the field to the factory. The grower, he said, is the constant and persistent foe of all forms and methods of cotton gamb- j liDg. He declared that the south wa3 so completely able to supply the world with cotton that, with a proper understanding with the manufacturers, there would be no necessity for conducting experiments in Africa and elsewhere. Direct relations between ai-- ? manufacturers was U1H giuntia ctuiv* _ strongly urged. In the discussion which followed the proposition was laid down by the spinners and manufacturers that if the fanners and business interests of the south will 'build warehouses, store cotton, finance it and put the product ir. charge of expert cotton men to handle it and practically be the me* dlum of doing the selling, they will do business on that basis. The report of the committee on baling, ginning and handling of American cotton was received and adopted unanimously. The report recommended the following: "1. That all bales be made of standard dimensions. "3. That light weight new burlaps be used for bagging, or if conditions Justify, that cotton canvas be used. "3. That 10 ties be used on all bales, j with the Egyptian style of buckles l preferred. n I "4. That all couon snouiu m? bought and sold net weight "5. That a committee be appointed whose duty it shall be to have cotton baled as above and to submit the same for practical test to consumers." STATE TROOPS ARE INVITED To Take Part in Encampments of Soldiers of Regular Army. Acting Secretary of War Oliver has 3ent out a circular letter to the governors of the various states having organized militia forces, inviting them to have some part of these troops go to summer camps with the troops of the regular army. The pending army appropriation hill contains an item of 700,000 to defray the expenses of the joint encampments. GOV. KOCH RENOMINATED. Kansas Republicans Name State Ticket at Convention in Topeka. The Kansas state republican convention at Topeka Wednesday renominated the present incumbent, Edward W. Hoch, for governor, together with a full ticket. The "slate" supported by the present state administration was successful over the faction led by W. R. Stubbs. ' ????? UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA PRAISES PE-RU-NA. Ex-Senator M. C. Hotter. ' ;&3 Dyspepsia is Often Caused by Catarrh - J of the stomach?Peruna Relieves Catarrh of the Stomach and is Therefore a Remedy For Dyspepsia. ? ? ? ? ?? ???? * Hon. M. C. Butjer, ?x-U. S. Sena- 4 ? tor from South Carolina for two J " j5 J terms, in a Jetter from Washington,* k -Z * D. CM write* to the Peruna Medicine J J Co., as follows: , ' * "I can recommendCPeruna /or J ^ ? dyspepsia and stomach trouble, IJ ?jSjl 4 have been using your medicine 1 \ for a short period and I feel very J , V 4 much relieved, it it indeed a ? * wonderful medicine, betides a {. 4 good tonic." CI ATAHKH of the stomach is the -cor* ' rect name for most cases ot dyspepsia.. In order to cure catarrh of tne stoa??v*g%B ach the atarrh must be eradicated. 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