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The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

In designing the light-thTowing ap-
paratus shown in the accompanying
cut, Alexander c. Davis of Lafayette
Ind, seeks to provide an inexpensive
animated scaTecrOw, adapted to be Op-
Grated by the wind. to fash beams of
sunlight or lamplight over a field and
frighten away any bird or animal bent
on depreciation. The device can be
mounted on post at a convenient
place and serves to frighten hawks,
crows and other birds in the daytime
and owls and other rodents at night.
It consists of a fixed frame of any
desired shape, open on two sides for
the free passage of the wind, with a
lamp in each end of the frame for
night use and a central revolving
wheel which carries a number of mir
rors to reflect the light across the
field it is desired to protect. The
fianges on the blades are shaped to
catch the wind on one side only, and
even a slight air current will set the
wheel in motion. Any ordinary lamps
or lanterns may be used, those shown
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

Edwin Hawley came to New York
thirty-four years ago. a green country
boy of Il. He obtained a place as an
errand boy with the Erie Railroad
Company at 81 week. which decided
his business for life, Through many
Intermediate positions he came to be
general traffic manager of the South
ern Pacific railroad. and the clasest Of
fetal to the late Coils P Huntington.
In that position he controlled most. Of
the trade between New York and
southern points. With his success. in
railroad lines came financial interests
so great that now he has resigned his
official position to devote himself to
his own business. Mr.. Hawley said:
One does not have to be a great wit,
or great diplomat, or a great intel
lectuaI genius to be successful. 1t
just requires a worker. fearless and
willing to take few risks. Success.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26
A filipino Colnmhus.

Gen. Samuel 4. NJ. Young, who has
been named as president of the new
war college established at Washington,
has frequently amused his fellow Off
GERS with stories of the Filipinos.
He found that the Biographies used
by native teachers in the schools were
grotesquely misleading. Spain for ex-
ample. was shown to include most Of
Europe. Children were taught that
there We're three Europe.
Asia and Africa. To discover for him
self what educational results had come
of American occupancy. Il friend of
Gen. Young determined to visit a
school room to see whether higher
education had raised up any expan-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26
A Dream In Spring.


Like weary sentries grim and gray,
The stately houses stretch away,
In long, unbroken line:
Their beetling brows in anger frown
Upon a cottage old and brown
Thy home, Q heart of minei
Yet there the velvet grasses grow.
And there the pale wild cowslips blow
The first wild bluebird sings,
In dreams he sees the tiny nest,
Where downy iedglings sway to rest
Beneath his mates soft wings.
And there giant maple stands,
Outspreading his protecting hands,
Like pious friar of Old,
Ger sunken roof and moSs-grown wall
Where white catalpa blossoms fall
Snow arrows, tipped with gold!
Caressed by bee and butterfly
On either side the long walk lie
Low beds of tangled flowers:
And up and down the quiet street
The sunbeams dance with tripping feet
Through all the feeting hours.
But oh, the cottage lies so still.
No more it's list'ning echoes thrill
With childish laugh and song
The tireless mother hands have rest.
Clasped close upon the pulseless breast.
And, oh, the years are long!
Yet ever when the faint perfume
From nodding purple lilac bloom
Steals through the Spring sunshine
f dreams that old-time home I see,
Which never more may shelter thee
Q lonely heart of mine!
mabel II. Eastman. in the Kansas City
Star.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

Despite the remarkable contribution
to knowledge given recently by Prof.
Holden in the question of physical
conditions on Mars. no less a scientist
than Prof. Percival Lowell contributes
to the last number OF Popular AstrOn-
Omy a laboTed, detailed paper on riffs
in the polar "ice,caps" OF that mem
ber of the solar system. AS there is
every reason TO believe that the tenn
perature on Mars is very low-proba-
bly, somewhere between 100 and 200
degrees below zero Fahrenheit. the
term ice 5 meaning frozen water. is
ridiculous as applied to this planet.
Mars receives but half the quantity Of
heat that comes to the earth and has
no atmosphere to retain it as we have.
The result of this is that tempera-
lures are appallingly low. 1t is be-
feved that frozen Carbonic acid gas
is what causes the so-called "ice-caps"
on Mars.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

On many beaches which are very
level it is impossible to launch boat
from the land unless the passengers
wade out or the boat is pushed out by
hand. and it is to overcome this OBJ
stacle that the apparatus shown in the
drawing has been designed by Samuel
T. Britain of Boston, Mass. With
this cOntrivance the passengers may
enter the boat and be driven along the
beach into the water. and when finally
launched the same apparatus which
acComp plished the work is used to pro-
pei the boat through the water.
Any ordinary form Of motor is used,
being geared by chains to the appara-
tus shown in the rear of the boat
This consists of gear wheel with
concave face secured in a rigid yoke,
with a fitting post carrying a second
gear wheel, meshing in the first. y
second chain connects the latter gear
wheel to the propelling wheel. At
either end of the shaft carrying the
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breadth or both, making it possible
to change the copy of a letter. for in
stance, in height or width without des-
troying the symmetrical outlines
found in the original.
The apparatus is practically an inn
proved pantograph With provision for
securing the work in position TO be op-
Grated on by the engraving or draw
ing tools. The base of the machine is
preferably a heavy metal block. sup
porting the vertical post on which the
frame is pivoted. One arm Of the
frame carries the tracer which fol-
lows the pattern, with second arm,
at the rear of the first. supporting the
engraver. To vary the dimensions of
the copy the frame is provided with
a yoke near its pivot. in which two
parallel rods are Clamped by lever,
the release of the lever allowing hor-
iZOntal movement in either direction
to lengthen or shorten the radius Of
the circle in which the tool travels.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

Nearly every one has heard of the
tuatara, the curious iguana-like look
ing creature now found on only one or
TWO islands off the coast of New Zea-
iand and supposed to be the Oldest liv-
ing type OF animal on the face of the
globe. One of the most curious fea-
lures is an organ on the head, which
at one time was spoken of as the
p1neal gland, but which DR.. Dendy dis
covered to be in reality a third eve.
His paper on the subject caused the
greatest interest in the English scien-
tlfic circles, and, as an illur-ration of
the way in which research is special
lied nowadays. it may be mentioned
that while DR.. Dendy devoted himself
TO the study of the third eye one dis
tinguished biologist is working OUT
the skeleton, another the Kidneys and
so forth. In a short time, therefore.
our anatomical knowledge of the tua-
tara ought to be complete
More recently DR.. Dendy has discov-
cred another New Zealand creature
possessing a third eye. This is the
New Zealand lamprey, favorite arti-
Gle OF food among the Maoris The
third eye is situated on the top of the
head and is covered with a thin coat
ing of skin. 1t is doubtful whether it
is now of any practical use for seeing.
but DR.. Dendy believes that at one
time, far back in the worlds history.
there were two eyes on the back of the
lamprey's head. He is further of the
opinion that at one time the tuatara
also had two eyes where now only one
remains.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26


Every home and workshop teens
with profitable suggestions to the man
with open eyes and mind. In a recent
number of EverybOdy's Magazine, the
possibilities of inventing new pro-
cesses and new machines, as the re-
suit of such observation is clearly
brought out.
The cost of refining kerosene oil is
acid which formerly fouled our rivers
and harbors. The waste of the
slaughter house brings in almost as
much as the flesh of the animals
killed
Nature has waste products still
waiting for use. Prairie wire grass
was once one of these. Nowadays it
is used in the manufacture of fur
niture and furnishings. Cornstalk pith
is made into filings for warships'
hulls to close holes made by an enc
my's shells.
Somebody should come along and
invent a substitute for elastic Para
rubber. Celluloid and oXidized linseed
oil are fair substitutes for some pur-
poses. but nothing apparently has yet
been found that possesses the true
elastic properties of India rubber.
There is still nothing like leather for
shoes, but an inventor may find sub.
sGtute to his profit.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26
Apple Blooms in broadway.

The apple tree IN the southwest cor
ner of Grace churchyard is in bloom,
giving to lower Broadway promise of
an apple crop of its own growing this
year, says New York newspaper. 1t
Will not be very ample crop, even if
it reaches maturity.
The blossoms have a hard time
struggling against downtown condi-
tions. But they make a brave show
ing against the gray stone of the
church, now covered with the spring
green iligree of budding Virginia
Creeper, and to many passing pedes-
trians they are one OF the sights of
lower Broadway.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

slonlstS among thenative pupils. When
given an opportunity to question the
children. Gen. Young's friend asked in
Spanish if they knew how many con-
tinents there are on the globe. A
score of little hands responded. The
visitor called upon the nearest pupil.
How many continents are there?"
he inquired,
There is only one continent" said
the child.
only one?" repeated the surprised
visitor.
only one, persisted the boy. stout
ly.
And what is the name of it?" ask
ed the visitor.
The United States of America"
was the reply.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

The great white God who loves us well.
The dear white God who heeGs our
Down-iooking where his children dwell,
Saw that their feet had gone astray:
And. 10! their tears fell down like rain,
And souls were crushed by cruel pain.
Then spake the dear white God and said:
Somewhat they need to make them
strong
And cheer the hearts whence hope hath
fled
Till through life's discord strikes her
song
And straight He thought, and. thin king,
smiled.
OF one rare gift to bless His child.
Then from our God His gift was sent
All. soul OF mine. thou knOwest we'll
To fill the earth with fun content
And tighten haunts where shadows
dwell:
To gladden. those who weep. forlOrn-
And so sweet mother-love was born.
Alfred J. Waterh ouse, in Success.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26
International Telephone system.

Paris is the center of an internation-
al telephone wire net; it's extreme
ends are London, Hamburg, Berlin,
and Tin connection with the French
italian line about to be opened) Turin
and Milan. The Paris-Berlin line is
the longest, with about 625 miles 9
wire. The Paris-Ham burg line is about
the same. The distance from Paris
to Turin, measured by an air line, is
about 375 miles and that between Paris
and Milan about 470 miles. But all
these lines are eclipsed in length by
that between Paris and Cologne, not
by the direct line. but by indirect
connection, often rendered necessary
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

1t was ascertained some time ago
that person who had been drowned.
and is apparently dead, may frequent
ly be restored to life by the regular
drawing out of the tongue. the opera
ton being continued for quite a time.
In order to facilitate this system, DR..
Laborde. who originated the idea. in
vented clockworking machine which
will keep up rythmical movement of
the tongue for at least half an hour,
and can then be wound up again for
another thirty minutes. BY this means
persons have been restored to life who
would, under ordinary circumstances,
have been given up as dead.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

Occasionally some remarkable feats
Of surgery are resorted to in an effort
to sustain the thrad that holds life
fast. Here is one: John OIberg Of
Kenton, Mich, recently was subjected
to the novel experiment of having
piece of dogs skull grated upon his
head. OIberg's skull had been frac-
tured for four years, and over the
opening, which was an inch and half
in diameter, a foreign growth had
formed. This pressed on the brain
and caused convulsions. Olberg raj
lied quickly from the operation and
completely recovered.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

An interesting experiment in con-
nection with submarine fog-signaling
has been carried out at Egg Rock,
Lynn. England. A bell was hung fifty
feet below a buoy. moored in fifteen
fathoms of water. and was struck by
electricity from the Egg Rock Light
house, where a power-house is estab-
lished. BY means of such submarine
signaling it is stated tat a person
placing an ear against a rod held in
contact with the hull of a vessel, is
able to hear the bell from three to
five miles away; in face, it is believed
that the. ringing of the bell can be
heard at distance OF ten or twelve
miles.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

By means of model geyser an in
veutor aims to show in a simple man
ner the exact way in which a real gey-
ser works.
The instrument is quite simple. A
small aspirator. with bent glass tube
exit, acts as an intermittent siphon,
and the water is discharged into
half-inch iron pipe, the long horizontal
limb of which measures about 13 cen
timetors. The glass siphon tube slips
through rubber ring at the top OF
the pipe. though cord would doubt
less serve the same purpose, and the
lower closed end of the tube is heated
by the equivalent of about four burn
ers and should be placed as shown, as,
if placed under the exit, steam would
be generated too fast and the water
might be blown back into the aspir-
atOr.
Water drit,S into the aSpiratOr at
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in damp spot it apparently comes to
life.
1t waS once thought that it absorbed
water from the soil, took root and be-
gan to grow again. In reality, how
ever, this never happens. The Rose
of Jericho is lifeless from the moment
when it is uprooted 1t is simply a
dead plant which has changed form
from the absorption of water.
The dried plant furnishes a very in
teresting change when it is plunged
into water. In an hour it doubles it's
size. stems begin to rise and capsules
take on pinkish tinge. 1t seems to
be reviving, but this is vain show.
1t is among those plants in which
the resurrection is apparent, not real.
The movements of such plants are
really like those of the scales on pine
cone, which open or draw together as
the air is more or less dry.
Real resurrection, however, is seen
among certain ferns and moses.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26
Valuable Old documents.

Many ancient documents have been
discovered in the explorations of the
sand-covered towns of Chinese Turke-
stan. They consist of writings on
wooden tablets. and are sealed and
tied when found, the sand having pre-
served them in excellent condition.
Even the ink with which they were
written is still black and easily read.
1t is believed that these documents
will throw much light on the life and
customs of the people that formerly
lived in this desert. The script in
which they are written is of kind
still known in India
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

In the express steamer Kronprinz
Wilhelm of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company, the lower parts
of the bulkheads are equipped
throughout with a system of water
tight doors which may be controlled
either from the bridge of the ship or
from the bullhead itself. The system
was invented by Prof. Dorr, and the
company states that it will equip all
of it's steamships with this system. A
demonstration was recently given on
board the Kronprinz Wilhelm, when
all of the twenty doors below the wa
ter line were closed from the bridge.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

A capitalist, who has made a fortune
running into the millions. likes to tell
a story of his first business venture
and how he saddened the local grocer.
At that time he was fond of frequent
ing a public auction near his home,
where all sorts of bargains were of
fered,
One day" he says. I noticed sew
eral boxes of soap of a certain brand
which | had often been sent to +Dhy Sat
the corner grocery. l thought TO my
self. That will go cheap so l ran to
the grocery and received a promise
from the man in charge to buy as
much of the soap at d certain figure
as l could supply. OF course. he new
er suspected that | could furnish any
of it.
Il returned to the auction room.
and when the soap was put up l bid
for it, with the result thar it was
knocked down to me. My name was
demanded, and when I gave it in
shrill voice everybody laughed. for l
was then only eleven years of age.
Amused as they were at the sale,
the bystanders We're amazed when l
bid for the whole lot of twenty-five
boxes. l had them carried over to
the grocery. and received the price
agreed upon. The grocer wore q weary
look when he heard how l had obtain
ed the soap. He said:
Well. l could have done that my
self
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

A Wheeling CW. Va young man
named Joseph Jackson lived to tell the
story of having a broom handle
knocked through his jaw. He is a tool
dresser and was sweeping out the en-
gine-room in the factory where he is
employed while the machinery was in
operation. In some way the broom
caught in the fywheel Of the engine
and was forced upwards. the handle
penetrating his lower Jaw and extend
ing almost to the base of the brain.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

No small degree OF skill must be at
tanned before a pattern can be copied
off-hand correctly enough 20 be of
commercial value in the engraving or
drawing trade, and it is possible that
the machine here illustrated may find
a wide field in the copying of pat
terms for this class of work. The in
ventor, J. H. Martin of Roanoke, Va,
claims for it the capacity to copy a
pattern exactly, or to increase or de-
crease its size either in length or
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

The boys OF Arabia have a curious
way of playing marbles. The marble
is placed in the hollow between the
middle finger and the forefnger of the
left hand, the hand being fiat on the
ground, and the fingers closed The
forefinger of the right hand is then
pressed firmly on the end Joint of the
middle finger, which pushes the middle
finger suddenly aside, and the fore
finger slips out with sufficient force to
propel the shooter very accurately.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

Last Tuesday AlonZo Dixon, a Lo-
gansport teamster, coughed up several
particles which proved to be grains of
wheat. He had inhaled them while
threshing last September and they had
commenced to sprout. He suffered
much pain. Examination by an X-ra,
machine showed where the particles of
wheat had sprouted i'll the mans
lungs. Since coughing them up he has
been improving rapidly.-Idaville
Indl Observer.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26
2s Claws Out Of IL Eggs.

Charles w. Sheffield of Westerly, r.
l., is the owner Of a four-Iegged chick
en-. recently Matched. 1t was the last
offspring of hatch of thirteen eggs,
placed under a barred Plymouth Rock
hen. Every egg hatched inside the
usual twenty-One days, except the one
containing the bird with the extra ap-
pendages. At present the chicken
uses only two legs in walking but if
the other legs reach the usual length
the bird can shift it's burden to its
auxiliary means of locomotion.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

In order to procure it he tied a small
piece of meat to the end of a stick and
then went in search of rattlesnake
or viper. Upon finding one. he in
duced it to strike the meat as often
as possible by getting it into an angry
mood. This was repeated with other
snakes until the meat was filled with
venom. To poison the arrows the
points We're jabbed several times into
the meat. after which a wound from
one of them was as deadly as the bite
of the snake itself.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

by breaks in the other service. In such
cases a person in Paris desiring to
speak to Cologne is connected via
Berlin This roundabout way in
creases the wire distance about 375
miles, making the total distance about
1000 miles. The Cologne Gazette
states that this does not impair the
distinctness of the message, and no
loss of llme is noted in using this in
creased distance.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

DR.. f. w. Hutchison, a well-known
English scientist, is at present making
a series of balloon ascents from Lon
>don and vicinity, with a view to de-
termine the nature of the bacilli in
habiting the upper regions of the at
mosphere. So far the results have
been satisfactory, and many hitherto
unknown species o. germs have been
discovered.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

Mrs. Henry T. Villas of Pasadena,
Cal, owes her life to a feather boa.
She was driving when a stray 22-cali-
Der bullet struck her in the neck. The
missile passed through the ostrich
feathers of the boa and its force was
lessened until only slight wound re-
suited. 1t is believed if it had not
been for the boa she would have been
killed.
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being partially protected by metallic
hoods, which also serve as refiectors,
with openings only on the sides to-
ward the mirrors. When this scare
crow is in use at night it throws
streams of light round and round the
field, while in the daytime sudden
flashes of light from the sun serve
the same purpose.
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fowls in the world. The specimens
recently brought to light and which
were kept in the imperial household
gardens are illustrated. The cock has
feathers six feet long. There are four
varieties-white head and body. with
feathers and tail black; white all
over, with yellow legs. red neck and
body feathers, reddish color mixed
with white of body.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

Ask a person, What kind of a noise
annoys an oyster?"
After the victim has given it up, he
is told "A noisy noise annoys an oys-
ter" It's funny when you say IL
quick.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

An interior province of China has
produced one of the most remarkable
curiosities in the shape of long-tailed
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WORK OF SCIENTISTS
LATEST DISCOVERIES AND INVEN-
TlONS OF IMPORTANCE.

Machine to Facilitate Work OF En-
gravers-Boat for Land and Water
International Telephone Systern-Im-
proved Bulkhead Doors.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-26

rear gear wheel is a yoke extending
forward and ending in a handle which
serves to turn the propeller after the
manner of a rudder. In order that the
driving wheel may serve as a prOpel-
Ter in the water it is fitted with
series of pivOted blades which turn at
right angles to the plane of rotation
during the lower half of their revolu-
tion. To accomplish this detiector
is attached to the side of the fork,
which throws the blades out during
half of the revolution and then re-
turns them as they pass through the
fork.