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caustc potash TO produce IN silk webs
certain peculiar ana very rich embossed
\ effects. The silken webs have cotton
I threads al hxed distances. whidh. when
/ the chemical solution Is applied, shrink,
/ while the silk keeping IS original length
| is gathered in tiny folds. In this way
/ the most diversified patterns are pro
/ duced.
Several Austrian manufacturers have
| formed an association for insurance
/ against strikes. according 10 United
/ States Consul Hossfeld. go Trieste. Il Is
I the obiaCtsOf The association 20 indemnify
us several members for an losses sus-
\ tanned by Them from unjust strikes WhGh
may break out IN their establishments
/ Each member IS to pay weekly premium
/ equal 20 from 10 { per cent. OF she
amount OF his pay roll When strike
| occurs. "a committee will be appointed 20
! Investigate al the circumstances. and "
/ the cause Of the strike should be found
/ just no indemnify shall be- paid. A sim
/ liar insurance association. although on
| smaller scale, Is said 10 have been organ
| izcd In Germany Both the Austrian ana
/ German associations. IL appears, says
/ Consul Hossfcld. recognize Ia principle tho
/ justnoss OF strikes. which h.. IN Germany.
at least an important concession to labor.
An electroytlc method for drilling and
slotung metals has recently been devised
/ ly CoNpcr Coles. the distinguished Eng
] lish metaiurgist Ills system. which is
/ particularly applica Die 90 iron. consists
4 iu allowing iet OF an eieCtroiyte. such
as dilute sulrhuric acid or a solution OF
common salt. 10 fall on the object 10 be
/ drilled. and uses the nozzle from whirn
/ the iot flows as the cathode. while the
plate or piece that IS drilled Is he anode.
/ The plate iS said to be rapidly worn
/ away Ia a manner similar TO the anode IN
! the elvctrolytic hath, and both drilling
! and slottiug can b. accomplished quite
/ rapidly. In the most recent forms OF the
/ apparatus the nozzle IS placed near the
plate being separated only by an India
rubber washer which determines the size
| and shape OF che hole The cathode IS
/ formed OF S~small needle point on which
the powder from the hole collects.
The hollow bones OF birds. says a Wilt
er in Popular Science Monthly. are fire.
quenuy cited as beautiful Instances OF
| providensiai mechanics in building tho
strongest and largest possible limb vita
| the least expenditure OF material and
| this IS largely true And yet birds like
| ducks. which Clcave the air with the
speed OF an express train. have the Ions
| zones flied wish marrow or saturated with
lat. while the numbering hornbll that
/ fairly hurtlee over the trectops has one
Of the most completely pneumatic skele-
| tons imaginable, permeatcd with air 10
she very toe tips: and the ungaiuly pcli-
can Is nearly as well on sim II Is hu.
/ fair to say that the frigate bird and tur-
| key buzzards. creatures which are most
az case when on the wing. have extremely
light and hollow bones hut comparing
one bird with another the paramount I'M
portance Of d pneumatic skeleton to a
bird Is not az evident as that Of a pneu-
matte tire 10 a bicycle.
"A Good-Health Party" the very LAT
81. s suggested by Western woman
mo has the courage OF her hygienic con
victious. Il would begin operations. she
says. by so stauoning tine polling places
that every voter would have 70 walk five
miles to deposit his balloon he's for this
would be- woman's suffrage party. the
ballot being granted 70 every woman who
could show a waist measurement OF from
=, TO % inches, Every candidate would
Dee required 10 prove that he took cold
piunse bath every morning. aud the can
didate Tor President would have To be
the healthiest man la the United States
a man who had never used tobacco or
TASTED alcohol. who never drank tea or
coffee or water at meals. who had %
/
bed al lo o'clock: who had studied foods
aud always ate for nourishment and never
for fun who abhorrsd pepper. vinegar ard
mustard and believed that lce-cream
should be eaten hot"
The Greek government has Just signed
"A contract for the construction Of "a rail-
way 272 miles long between Piraeus. the
port Of Athens. to DemeTli in Thessalv
on the Turkish border says the Baitl-
more Sun. J, Will take the traveller from
/ Athens through Attica and Boeotia 20
/ Thehes and thence through PholSis and the
/ country Of Achilles across the Othrys
1 Mountains. Branch lines will convey the
student Of antiquity 10 Chalkis. IN Euboea.
and TO LAMA In one day the tourist may
visit places made famous by the dolngs OF
ThemistOcles. periclcs. Epaminondas. Her
cules and other more or less veritable
worthies. II Is thought that the new line
will largely increase the trade between
I Turkey and Greece and viii especially
have great influence upon the mail
traffic between Europe, India and the Far
East as u is generally accepted that the
mail would then be- conducted via Athens
iustead Of Bund.sl. The distance between
I Port Said ana PIraeus Is 1913 miles shorter
than that from Port said 90 Brindid. The
/ saving Tn time for mail via plraeus would
be- 80 hours for Budapest "a for Vienna Y
FOR Munich. % FOR Berlin q for Warsaw
81. Petersburg and Moscow. and "a for
| Brussels
The Hutchinson CKan) News says that
every morning at the usual hour Miss
Mary scroggins opens the school house I'm
District No q. n Reno county. ana then
SITS az her desk an day long. while not
| pupil comes 10 receive instruction II
seems that on the families living IN Dis
trict No. IS are Catholics and send their
children 10 nearby parochial school Ms
Scrogglns has the usual contract with the
school officers. ana she VIII continue 10
oIen and occupy her lonely school room
through an the winter months. Last wear
she nad no pupils at all during the first
four months Of the term. and only two
pupils during the remaining three months
Many ludicrous misuudcrstandings o..
CURED IN the taking Of the census one
question was indicated by the remark
| length Of rcs.ds nee which was cxp.ot-
ed 70 show how long The people living On
various localities a. the time Of the CEN
sus had been there. when the rcDorta
came In it was found that many OF these
queries were answered in figures In this
WAY: 20NN l5Na8 ctc The enumerator.
had gone arosnd with foot rule and had
measured The length OF tho residences N
/ the PEOPLE they counted