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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-07
FOR NEWS, TAKE THE BEE.

The Mattice Brothers have opened
a photograph tent in Columbia Falls,
where they are prepared to do cab
met work, develop Kodak views, and
do other branches of the photograph
art. They will keep constantly on
hand collection of scenic views
of Montana taken by themselves,
which they will dispose Of at rea-
sonable prices. Firstclass work
guaranteed. Scenic views a speci-
atty.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-07
An Unreliable Adage.

II suppose you lay a great deal Of
stress ON the adage Money talks,
said the man who gets Familiarity face
tious.
mo, SIR" said Senator Sorghum. If
you had observed as many investiga-
lions as l have, you'd know that the
success Of pecuniary enterprise fire.
quently depends on the ability to keep
perfectly still. "-Washington Star.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-07

Fargo - II precincts outside Fargo
give White 435; Whipperin, ISL; same
in 1896, White 391; Holmes 1911.
st. Paul Up to 2 p. m, 4O7 pre-
cincts in the cities and throughout
the state sent in reports on president
indicating probable majority of U.s.
900 for Mckinley.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-07
Deceitfu1 Man.

Two men were standing together in
postoffice. One of them happened to
notice that a postcard held in the fin
gers of the other was addressed to the
holder.
"Why, what does this meanY' he
asked. do you address letters to
yourselfY
"In this case, yes" was the answer.
"That's funny"
"Well, not SO very. See the other
side"
He held it up, and the other side
read: Brother Blank-There will be
a meeting of the l. o. O. S. B., No.
3S7, at the hall tonight to transact
special business. Members not present
will be fined $40. J. b., secretary"
Eyes, but l don't exactly catch on"
protested the innocent.
ooh, you don't? Well. got the
cards printed myself. The society is
all a myth When want to go out Of
an evening, l direct one Of these cards
to my house. l reach home, and my
wife hands it to me with sigh.
offer to stay home and stand the fine
Of 2 guineas, but of course she won't
allow that. That's all, my friend. ex'
cept that the scheme is worked by
hundreds Of others, and the poor, de-
luded wives haven't trmbled to il
yet"
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-16
Wall Ornaments

one hundred Dresden Painted
PLAQUES, worth roc each. q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-16

While Mr.. Walenstein made RiceStix Co. offer
line Fancy Goods The offer was SO low they i'm
Mr. Walenstens they have
cepd shipped the goods They in warehouse
but will be on ready Mondays selling The lot
s everything imaginable in Toilet Cases, Photo Boxes Glove
Boxes Handkerchief Smoking Sets Shaving Sets Cuff and Col
lar Boxes: Fancy of all kinds and descriptions And
every piece will boughtar below its regular value
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-16

Neckwear for the Ladies
We can not express the beauty Of these
goods. The new Collars, the fancy
Ties and the suu nretter Dress Fronts
maie up with all the beauty. style and
daiutness known 20 neokwear makers
5 n Onward 25sas a 10 from $3.50
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-16
Silk Web Carriers

One hundred pair Ladies' fancy Carriers,
in all colors. silk, web. satin, Dow to
match, each pair In glass covered box;
4 sumner for the OH
price ............................ Z. w
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-16
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH co.

Received at St. Louis, Mo-, Dec. II.
allenste1n Cohn, Wichita, Kan:
Will ship samples Fancy Goods tomorrow.
RICE-8TIX DRY GOODS co.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-16

Fifty dozen ladies' fancy Carriers all
colors, each pair in glass 56o
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-16

one hundred and nifty pieces Triple Plat
cd silver Mounted Glass Sugars.
Creamers, Pin Trays. etc, worth IL
sc each; choice ....................t "
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
26.Ba7 Patents In 1899.

The annual report of the commits
sioner of patents for the year ending
Dec. 81, 1899, shows that the total re-
ceipts of the Office amounted to 81 1885,
457, sum but twice exceeded since
1886. The surplus for the year was
$113,673. The patent Office now has
paid into the treasury s5,OS6,649 more
than it has drawn out. The number of
patents issued, including designs and
reissue, was 25,527, number but once
exceeded. The number of patents ex-
piring during the year was 1875. In
proportion TO population, more patents
were issued to citizens of Connecticut
than to those of any other state, the
ratio being one to every 945 inhab-
itants. The commissioner approves a
bill pending in congress providing for
the construction of a fireproof build
ing for the use of the patent Office.
Congress is asked to amend the trade
mark statutes so as to provide for the
registration of trademarks used in in
terstate commerce.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

This method wag evidently used ex--
tensively and for long period. In
time some smart fellow found that
three poles laid together would give
q fairly good drain, as they left
space in the center They had only
to be covered with grasses to keep out
the dirt, and required but small
ditch for their reception. One wonders
III there was not a good deal of trouble
about joining the ends. Some one i'm
proved on this method by making the
hole in the middle greater. This was
done by splitting the three poles and
having the split sides touch each other
at the edges, forming triangle. After
that men got to laying two parallel
walls of stone and covering them with
fiat rocks. We may be sure that these
stone drains were at first small, for
1t has taken men a long time to find
out that drains should be of good size.
These stone drains are still extensive
ly constructed in countries where
stones are plentiful, even in our own
New England states. The first tile
drains were primitive. The tiles were
made like an inverted U, and were
placed on the smooth mud, having no
other bottom. The edges of the tiles
were pressed into the mud, and the
whole drain thus cas- y became I'M
even. 1t is no wonder, then, that the
next step was to make a tile with a
fiat bottom.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
Rapid Ice Cream Freezer-PIatInum
E1ectrode Arc Lamps-The Heat of
stars-The Accuracy OF Modern In
struments Is Used In Ascertaining 1t.


Some scientific measurements of the
heat of stars in recent years, while
giving somewhat unsatisfactory results
as regards the direct purpose of the
tests, have shown the exceeding deli
cacy of the instruments now en-
ployed for indicating heat effects.
Prof. Boys describes his attempts to
detect heat radiations from the stars
by means of an exceedingly delicate
radiometer, used in conjunction with
a sixteen-inch rejecting telescope. In
spite of the fact that his apparatus
was sensitive enough to show the heat
equivalent to that of a candle LII
miles away, no effect whatever could
be obtained from Venus, Jupiter, Sat
urn, Mars, Arcturus, Capella, Vega or
any of the numerous bright stars said
to have been obtained many years ago
by Higgins and Stone with compare
lively insensitive apparatus. Further
investigations were undertaken by
Prof. Nichols at the Yerkes Observa-
tory, Wisconsin. The tests were made
with an improved radiometer of re-
markable sensitiveness. The radio
meter, stably mounted on heavy
pier in the heliostat room Of
the observatory, was effectively
shielded from air currents and
other sources of disturbances. The in
struments consisted of suspension
system formed of two mica discs, each
two millimeters in diameter, blackened
on the face and supported on light
1s& "a 80 hi
glass staff. hung by an extremely fine
quartz fiber in partial vacuum. Both
vanes were exposed to the radiation
of the sky, at the focus of silvered
aperture and eight feet focus. Rays
from the star were reflected into
the concave mirror by means of side
rostat having large, plane mirror OF
silvered glass. The rays entered the
radiometer through f1uorite window.
With this apparatus DETECTION of Oh
millimeters would be given by a candle
thirteen miles away. Prof. Nichols
radiometer is five times as sensitive as
that used by Prof. Boys, and the area
Of his telescope mirror is "a times
that of the mirror used by Boys.
Seven determinations of the heat vari-
ations of Arcturus gave a mean de-
Election of 0.60 milimeters. Vega was
also observed on seven nights, and
gave a mean DETECTION of OPT MILL
meters. The results appear to be
trustworthy, and establish the fact
that the heat of some stars may be de-
termined with fair approach to &C
curacy, although many sources of err
ror exist, the actual value of which has
not yet been established. The test,
however, may reasonably be consid-
cred to show that we do not receive
from Arcturus more heat than would
reach us from candle at distance
of five or six miles, no account being
taken in the latter case of atmosphere
absOrntiOu
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Fireproof Cloth.

In order to prevent the rapid spread
of flames in theaters and places Of
residence some attempt has been made
to substitute draperies of asbestos for
those usually employed as curtains and
decorations. The weight and cost of
that material, however, to say moth
ing of other objections, have inter-
fered with its use for this purpose.
And wish has long been entertained
for a method of rendering ordinary
materials fireproof that shall be SIM
pie and inexpensive, thus making pos
sible the retention of the silk, wooden
and cotton fabrics now in favor. Such
a process is now reported from Ger
many. The exact nature of the chemi-
calls utilized in this operation is not
made known, but the American consul
at Freiburg sends to Washington re-
port on the subject Samples of the
preparation having been procured, the
consul tried few experiments. Cloth
that had been treated with the fluid
in question and dried was thrust into
candle flame. The result was that
the goods were eharred. but they did
not take fire Kerosene was then
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
The Akron "Giant."

Gus Rubin. the Akron Giant" is
deeply anxious to get on a match with
some of the big fellows. He sizes up
the situation thusly: There is no rea-
son that l can see why 1 am not in the
pugilistic play with the big fellows, the
best of them. Now Sharkey and Fitz-
simmons are matched, ditto Jeffries
and Corbett, and I'm still looking for
fight. No one will deny that I'm in
their class all right. I'm big enough
and strong enough and clever enough
for any of them. and l can get all the
financial backing necessary to pull off
a match. I'm after the champion, JEFF
fries, particularly, and as 1 have his
measure to a hair l have no doubt of
winning OUT
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Other Sporting Matters.

Cornell has decided to send an ath-
letic team to the Paris exposition to
take part in the Olympic games this
year. Seven of Cornell's athletes, with
a trainer. will sail on June %, pas
sage having already been engaged for
them.
Frank Germer of Long Branch re-
Gently made a new worlds record fo-
high jumping on skates in Brooklyn
he cleared the bar at feet 21s inches
Germer and Joe Quinn, of Red Bank.
both made new figures for the stand
ing broad jump on skates. The former
went s feet 61a inches and the latter
S feet 81 inches.
AL Smith, the veteran New York
sporting man. has held no less than
s6,000,0 900 in stakes during his long
career. This represents bets on boxing
contests. turf events, political battles
in fact every happening where ther5
was chance to wager money. Smith
says that he has never had cent go
wrong. He further remarks that it is
a thankless job, and that he has never
made a farthing out of holding bets in
his life.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Platinum Eleotrode Arc Lamps.

An entirely new departure in the
construction of arc lamps is disclosed
in a recent patent granted to an in
ventor of New York. This lamp COM
bines the essential features of the in
candescent lamp and those of the IA
miliar arc lamp, the exhausted inclos-
ing globe of one and the arc sprung
between two electrodes of the other.
The electrodes are composed of plati-
mum and gold, fused together in a
manner described by the inventor, and
these are supported by magnets and
plungers so as normally to remain in
contact with each other when no cur
rent is passing, but to automatically
strike an arc when the lamp is thrown
onto the circuit. The peculiar hori-
zontal arrangement of the Quadant-
shaped electrodes is shown in the
illustration. The chamber in which
the arc is maintained being highly
rarified prevents the oxidation and
consumption of the platinum cleo
trodes, so that they are non-consum-
ing, the same as an incandescent lamp
flament. The high melting point OF
the platinum prevents their being
fused by the heat of the arc. This ar
rangement permits the retention of the
high Illuminating efficiency of the arc.
together with the advantages Of the
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures viticulture and
Horticulture.
Our Fungous And Insect Pests.

Our Fungous And Insect Pests.
If the history and experience of the
last twenty years have taught us any
thing, it should be that we need to
strike hard and often at our insect
and fungous pests. There are some
men that oppose all attempts at legis-
lation to exterminate such pests, and
generally, If their motives are sought
out, it is found that they are to be
hurt in their property by the legisla-
ton in Question-that they have goods
to put on the market that they do not
want inspected, or else they want to
escape the expense and annoyance of
inspection. The policy of letting
things alone always finds advocates.
But with insect and fungous pests
the careful farmer and fruit grower is
largely at the mercy of his nearest
neighbor. What advantage is it for
man with plum orchard to cut out
every sign of black-knot as it appears,
II his neighbor on the windward side
is to be permitted to have an orchard
that is half dead with black-knot? The
officers of the state should have full
power to go into any orchard and rid
1t Of dangerous parasites, if the owner
of such orchard, after due warning,
does not attend to it himself. The
whole community is interested Ii. this,
as much the man that consumes fruit
as the man that raises it. 1t is for
the interest of the community that as
much produce be raised as can be con-
sumed, that the prices may place it
within the reach of all. Every state
should have a thorough quarantine
against pests as yet outside its bor-
ders, and the national law in this re-
gard should be made as stringent as
can be enforced.
We are all the time bringing trees
and plants from foreign countries
With them are likely to be introduced
pests that are new to us, or have as
yet obtained only a slight foothold
here. In the country from which these
pests come there are other parasites
that keep them in check. On their
introduction into this country the
parasite is often introduced with the
insect we do not want, and the latter
multiplies beyond all experience with
mology assert that some of our worst
pests could have been stamped out by
the expenditure of a few thousands of
dollars, if that expenditure had been
made within a year or two after the
insect was introduced. 1t is mistake
to suppose that these pests spread
rapidly-all of them. Some are very
slow in extending the limits of their
visitations. An example of this is seen
in the gypsy moth, which is still con-
fined to Massachusetts,. Another illus
tration is the imported elm leaf beetle,
which has as yet hardly passed the
Allegheny mountains.
We do not find it at all difficult to
put large armies of men in the field in
case of a foreign war; but we hesitate
to put even few hundred of men to
work in combating an insect or fun
gous pest that is sure, if left to itself,
to destroy hundreds of millions of dol
lars worth of property.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

Sir Walter Raleigh did not smoke
that pipe of his beneath the yew tree
at Youghal to no purpose To the
proud distinction of having provided
a European home for the potato Ire
land has now added that of being the
first to produce marketable tobacco.
This is due to the perseverance of Hor-
ace Plunkett and his Irish agricultural
organization society, the forerunner of
the government department of which
he is now the guiding spirit Strong,
coarse tobacco, containing an abnor-
NAL amount Of moisture and of nico-
tine, has been grown in Meath at
cost of s cents pound, and will sell
at 80 cents. At this rate the graziers
of Meath will find it profitable to re-
place the branding iron with the
spade. Meath plug and Oldcastle
Birdseye will be favorite brands with
the patriots before long.-PaH Mall
Gazette.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Spectacle. for the Bllnd2

From Russia comes the news that
Prof. Norsheweski has invented an in
strument, the principle of which is the
sensitiveness to light of selenium and
tellurium, both of which change their
quality as conductors of electricity
with variation in the light to which
relative meaning only is indicated.
While their actual vision will be I'M
affected. they will feel the various ef-
fects of changing light by its action.
It is claimed that a totally blind man
has been enabled to find the windows
in room. and after some practice to
distinguish approaching objects. The
inventor hopes to make the instrument
so efficient that the blind will be able
to tell almost certainly when they are
approaching an opaque or transparent
substance.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Tapping worm-Ea.en Naples.

Shall worm-eaten naples be tapped
this spring? This question is being
asked so frequently and so earnestly
that the following opinion is given in
reply by the Vermont experiment sta
ton:
Whether or not to tap will depend
upon circumstances of which the SUI
gar-maker is the best judge. His de-
cision should be influenced by the fol-
lowing considerations. The sugar is
the reserve food of the tree stored
last season to feed the buds this COM
ing spring. The amount of sugar
taken from an ordinary maple tree by
tapping is from to 4 per cent of its
total sugar content. This is SO small
a fraction as usually to cause no ap-
preciable loss to the tree. But If the
tree has been so badly eaten by worms
during the past seasons as to have Its
life endangered, it might be unde-
sirable to make even this small drain
which would somewhat decrease the
chances of life for the tree.
1t is to be remembered, however, in
this connection that all of the stored
sugar was manufactured in the green
leaves last season. Now if those leaves
were eaten by the worms there would
be proportionately less sugar in the
sap, and in case the damage to the
foliage was really serious the sap will
be of so low quality as regards sugar
content that it will not pay to tap
the trees in any case. On the other
hand, if there is enough sugar present
to make tapping profitable, then there
is enough so that the removal of the
z to 4 per cent will not appreciably
affect the tree.
1t is believed, therefore, that the
safest way for one who is in doubt is
to determine the quality of the sap
from his trees, selecting several rep
resentative trees and taking samples
from these before tapping the remain
der If the sap is of good quality he
may safely tap. If, however, it is OF
poor quality-that is, deficient In
sugar-it will be both unsafe and un-
profitable to tap. The directions may
be tersely put thus: Tap if there Is
sugar enough to make it pay to do So
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

poured on piece of material that had
been dipped in the preparation. When
match was applied to it the oil would
burn, but not the cloth. A bit of wood
wrapped in cloth that had been treated
with the preparation was protected
from fire when placed on the Goals Of
furnace. When bunting or lace cur
tains have been impregnated with the
fluid and dried an addition of less than
per cent of the weight can be de-
tected. The increase cost amounts to
about 8 cents a square yard when work
is done on small scale and less when
operations are conducted on a whole
sale plan. The strength and color OF
fabric are said to be absolutely I'M
touched by the process.-Memphis
Scimitar.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Slightly Mixed.

Prisoner" said his honor, as the
case was closed, you have been found
guilty of stealing a pig belonging to
Col. Childers. Have you anything to
say before l pass sentence?"
II has, sah," answered the prisoner,
as he rose up. 1T was all a mistake,
jedge-all a mistake. 1 didn't dun
reckon to steal no pig frop Kurnel
Childers. What l was arter was a
hawg belonging to Majah Dawson, an
how dem two animals got mixed up
and de constable found de meat in my
cabin am gwine to bodder me till l
come out O. Jail an lick de ole woman
fur not keepin' better watch at de
doah!"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
horticultural Observations.


A gentleman last week called at the
Office of the Farmers Review asking
what should be done with a cherry or
chard that had become infested with
black-knots. The farm on which is the
cherry orchard mentioned is in Penn
sylvania and the owner has been west
for fifteen years. During that time he
has rented the farm and the orchard
He now finds that his orchard is a
mass of black-knots. The advice was
given him to cut down the orchard and
burn all, and not to put either a plum
or cherry orchard on it's old site. Even
ground under such an orchard be-
comes dangerous as a producer OF
spores from fallen parts of the knots.
The fate of this orchard illustrates
the result of ignorance in handling
such orchards or in fact any orchard
or farm crop. Had the ones that
rented the place known or understood
the nature of black-knot, it could have
been stopped in it's first stage. The
knots need never have been allowed to
ripen and become sources of the pro-
duction of new spores. These knots
and the limbs with them on should
have been removed with care and
burned. Fortunately law has just
been passed in Pennsylvania that COM
pels owners of such orchards to re-
move trees badly infested with black
knot and to cut OFF and burn limbs
with black-knots on them. It seems
a pity that it should be necessary to
pass such, and they are an index of the
ignorance of the people, but If men
will not of themselves remove such
centers Of contagion, the law must
come in and do it's part, till such time
as we become more fully civilized.
The American fruit exhibit at Paris
bids fair to be success. It is GER
tainly under the charge of man that
knows about all there is to know about
the exhibition of fruit. The appoint
ment of Senator H. M. Dunlap has
given universal satisfaction. Mr.. Dun
lap has been connected with every in
terest in Illinois for the advancement
of horticulture since he was boy. He
has occupied leading positions in the
state horticultural society, having been
for several years secretary of it. He
has travelled extensively through the
fruit regions of the United States
studying their conditions relative to
horticulture. He has been and still is
one of the most powerful friends in
the Illinois senate, of the University
of Illinois and the agricultural col
lege, having been the introducer in the
senate of Illinois of many of the bills
appropriating money for those insti-
buttons. Probably there is not a man
in the United States better fitted to
look after our interests at Paris than
Senator Dunlap.