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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-09
HOW SMOKE ExPLoDEs.
Demonstrated For the Benefit Of Insur.
ance Men.
Philadelphia Ledger. Y

Philadelphia Ledger.
How smoke explodes in a burning build
ing was graphically shown the Fire In
surance Society last night in It's rooms by
Underwriters Inspector William Mode
Witt. Mr.. McDevitt set two-story build
ing about three feet high on the table.
Then he partly filled 1t with smoke from
pieces Of burnt wood. Thrusting in gas
Jet, a smart explosion followed, and
tongue of fame and smoke ten feet long
shot out Of the windows. The inspector
also endeavored to make on small
scale, what lremen call back draught.
which is really a downward explosion OF
smoke through elevator shafts or stair
ways where there are iron shutters. but
the roof Of his little house was blown
Off. and the smoke went up instead of
downward.
The inspector used only plain wood to
produce the smoke for his explosion. Var
nished or oiled wood would. he said, have
been more effective. as producing more
and thicker smoke. Before giving his
force of hot, smoke he briefly explained
the causes of such explosions. In a fire,
he said, free carbon rises and mixes with
the hydrogen methyl, alcohol, creosote
and other gases are also present N smoke.
OF itself smoke would explode. he said,
at a temperature of GOO to 500 degrees. but
frequently 1t is ignited by sparks or by
coming IN contact WITH d
when the smoke has become ignited,
the inspector went on, the interior of the
building is instantly converted into
mass of flame. The Hunt-Wilkinson FIRE
strikingly exemplified that. When l first
saw the fire great volumes of dense black
smoke poured out of the windows. Sud-
denly there was an explosion. and the
smoke was transformed into such flame as
l never saw before"
Very thick smoke. when ignited, the
speaker said, becomes pillar of fame
and rolls through a room with such
force as to shake the walls and make the
windows rattle. If sprinkled with water
there would be no explosion. Where
formerly the hremen tried to keep smoke
in, under the impression that it smother
ed the fire, they now Immediately break
in windows or skylights to let it out.
Several ways of preventing such ex-
plosions were described by Mr.. De-
Witt. In large stores. he said. If an air
shaft Of sufficient size were In the center
there would be no internal spread of fire.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-09
Two Hundred Dollars for a Parrot.
Bucvous telegram

Bucyous Telegraph.
Dick the famous Deal House parrot.
was sold recently TO a New York man for
$40. The purchasers name is Walcott
Several weeks ago. when the advance
agent OF the Eugene Cowles company was
IN the city he stopped at the Deal and
took great liking 20 the parrot. When
he reached New York he described the
bird TO Mr. WalcOtt. who was an intimate
friend. and that gentleman wrote Mr..
Kerr. asking his price on the parrot Mr..
Kerr asked 500. thinking that II was too
large and that Mr.. WalcOtt would not pay
that much for the bird. However. a mes
sage was received a few days later stat
ing that he would send a man from. New
York TO take the bird.
Dick IS probably one OF the finest par
Tots IN the country. as he can distinctly
say over go words.
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-09

Thousands suffer and hundreds die ev-
cry year in this country from some form
of Bowel Complaint. The best remedy
for these diseases in children or adults
is DR. SETH ARNOLD'S BALSAM. War
ranted to give satisfaction by Brannen &
Anthony, Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-09
Wanted, Land Warrants.

Issued % soldiers O the War q ne hsvola-
ten
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Issued % soldiers Of any war. VIII also pur-
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-09

Count Cassini said recently IN Washington
1.-THE mind Of the Anglo-Saxon Is a source Of
constant wonder TO the MISUNDERSTANDING. by
the term Anglo Saxon the British. who In
vented it. Of course We cannot comprehend
the happy disposition which finds material for
boasting under any and all conditions.
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His Appetite.

Philadelphia Press.
ST believe the neighbors are saying he In
dulges his wife too much"
'No, you misunderstood. II isn't as bad as
that. They're merely saying he INDUCES too
much"
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-12-18

amount asked for will cover the perioo
from, November l, 1901, to May q, 1902,
on lumber, and between the same dates
on single shipments, as we'll as the
past Two months on shingles also.
Tho lumber and shingle associations
will not file any of these suits, but they
will lend all possible announcement to
the mill men in their fight. The amount
claimed is not yet determined, but mill
men believe it will be closer to 1926, 1000
than $l00, 0O), and the roads running
out OF st. Paul will be effected.
In the event the Eastern lines do not
accede to the demand for equitable shin
gle rates, the case will be sent to the in.
terstate commerce commission. As it
now stands, the lines have agreed upon
st. PAUL. Chicago rate of 10 cents for
Washington shingles, but hold to the 10.
cent rate for intermediate points. The
requestwhich is now before the lines is
for defnition of this term, and they
are alec asked to make the lO.cent rate
OIIzeass0 ~ : -A-------- g. Paul and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-12-18
NUMBERING NOTES..
From the West Coast and Puget Sound Lum.
berman

TOI1 tHe WcSt NOdSt anu fuyCt SOunu LuuH'
herman.
Loggers are having their innings now.
Every dog has his day; some dogs two.
The statement is made that Chicago
consumes more lumber than is cut ON
the Pacific Coast every day
Anyone who has settled on a home
stead can sell OF burn up timber on it,
even though patent has not been is
sued by the government.
Cedar logs touched thirteen dollars in
Puget Sound this season, and it is pre-
dicted they will 60 to fifteen next year.
Cedar lumber price lists should be made
adjustable.
One mill in Southwestern Wash.
ngton has seventy Elk logs in its boom
too large to run drought its mill, and
the mill is pretty good-sized mill.
Some of these logs are nine feet at the
butt end.
1t might take time for the lumbermen
of the United States to win out on the
car stake issue, but their claim is just
and they will eventually win. Railways
are potent but they cannot stand out
against so palpable an injustice.
Coost lumbermen should make a
strong fight to furnish a goodly share OF
the lumber in st. Louis for the large
number of buildings to be erected there
The amount OF lumber consumed will be
enormous so far the most OF it is COM
ing from the yellow pine districts.
What constitutes a navigable stream.
is one of the hard questions to settle.
Every state that has any small streams
he had much litigation over this ques
ton. In mountainous countries every
creek is navigable at certain seasons O
the year, but that would hardly make
them come within the legal status O
"navigable rivers"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-12-18

E L Wade, salary .............. 81 30
Sisters St Dominic, care Of indi-
gent sick . ........ so so
Montesano L & w Co. water rent 90
Palmer & Lindsey, livery for
commissioners. .... ........ %
b Huff, expenses for November 81 80
Nellie E Divilbiss, postage. ...... Is 90
L B Bignold, rent of hall ..... 6 90
w E Crist, meals for jurors. ..... IL %
Carl S Weatherwax, repairs..... 20
Geo A Black, certified copies. 49,. 10 90
Mrs Mclean, care OF county poor 81 80
] d Dean, stationery etc -. 80. 23O 90
J s Dellinger Co, sheriff's docket. l6 90
Paul SHIFTS, coroner's fees ...... 10 20
Geo L Davis, postage, and per
diem as commissioner. ..... 8 90
Stanley w Smith, cash advanced
and per diem as commissioner. % 90
The following bills allowed on the
veteran soldiers relief fund:
washington Post, for the relief Of
John A Williams ............ % 90
Garfield Post, for nursing and 10 w
care or "A N DuoII'
Geo Crook Post, for funeral ex-
x..,,,vs vf y MOuluOn ...... % w
Wortnington Post, for relief OF B
BusWell .............'' ~ w
Garfield Post, for relief OF II
Learned. ;. ................... 10 w
Bills allowed on the road and bridge
und as follows:
Daniel Young, building bridge
across CoIuallum creek ...... 39o w
Grain & Mcbride, balance due or
contract ........ .....'''' " w
C Mattscn, axeman, Stayt road. w
Robt Jacobus, same. ........... w
The following bill allowed on the roac
fund:
District No. s.
N w Lumber Co, planks Tor
Oyehut wharf. ............. 10 w
Bill of Daniel Gleason and Others for
labor performed and material furnished
for the improvement Of road in district
43, was laid over till Eext meeting, owing
to the absence of Commissioner Herrl-
man, as were also the following bills:
Henry McCleary Co, lumber fur
nished for bridges &c in Dist II u W
F E Tompkins, registering voters
Elma precinct. ............... 81 w
The following bill rejected:
James Toney, supplies furnished
smallpox patients. 16 20
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-12-18
The Hair; Its Dressing and Care.

A beautiful head of hair is so important
an element of woman's beauty that sug-
gestions as to its arrangement and care
interest most women. In The Delineator
for January there is an excellent article
on this subject. The woman with thin
hair is often at loss to know how to
arrange it becomingly, and how many
women with abundant, beautiful hair
fail to achieve the best effects from a
lack of knowledge or training. Both
cases are treated exhaustively in this
paper, with numerous illustrations, and
explicit directions are given as to the
proper care of the hair.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-12-18
He Found a Cure.

R. H. Foster, 3lS S. I'd Street, Salt
Lake City writes: II have been both
cred with dyspepsia or indigestion for Fl
years, and tried many doctors without
relief, but have found cure in Her
bine. I recommend it to all my friends,
who are afflicted that way, and it is cur.
ing them, too. SOC at w. B. Paine &
Co.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-12-18

Take Laxative Bromo Quiuine. Tablets
All druggists refund the money II it fails
to cure. e. w. Groves signature ID on
each boz. 80
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-12-18

The High School Basket Ball team de-
feated the Y. NJ. G. A. team last even
ing by q score OF 6 to 0; two goals being
scored by Ashmun and one by Shyrock.
Following il the line up Of both teams
eI;,h School YIN. C. A.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-21
gOuT Schools,

June McNutt has re entered the first
grade.
Oracle York is new pupil in the
third grade.
Susie Edwards visited the high school
last Monday. .aa.s
Mabel Wynne is new pupil in the
fourth grade.
Julie Wynne is new student in the
eighth grade.
Norman Thompson is new student
in the seventh grade. hcE
Rev. J. n. Chestnut Of Henrietta Wis
tied school this week.
Mrs. Axtell and Mrs. Hayes visited
the second grade Tuesday.
Barbara Wynue, Ray and Leo Bull.
lock are new pupils in the sixth grade.
Harold Metcalf and Winnie Struble
have returned TO school after long i'll.
ness.
Kate Wynne, Sarah Gee and Earl
Bullock are new students in the high
school,
Agnes Lamborn and Delos Sinner
have recovered from their illness but
have not yet returned to school.
The scrubs" went to st. Louis Mon
day night and again defeated their high
school team. This time by the score of
5 too.
The debating club has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Pres, George Myers;
vice pres, Roe Hutchings; sec'y Roy
Lockwood; treas, Stanley Boughton.
Prof. Hanson received a letter from
Prof. Pattengill of the L. of NJ stating
that he was sorry that he allowed Mr.
Butler, Ann Arbor high school full. back,
to play in the game they had with Alma
high school as he was ineligible, being
over the age limit in ter.scholastic
rules.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-21
Ihumh Mil PIcInreH-

In collections. centuries old, to be
seen I'm both china and Japan are
specimens Of the most remarkable
drawings In the world, pictures Of all
kinds drawn with the thumb nan. The
nails OF the thumbs on the left hands
Of the artists OF these are allowed 10
grow TO an enormous length, some
times 10 a foot or eighteen inches, and
are then pared down TO a pen shaped
point Dipping this oddly constructed
pen In beautiful yermilon or sky blue
ink, the only kinds of ink used in these
sacred thumb nail drawings, the artist
gracefully outlines his work.
Occasionally the bold touches from
the studio OF master In this depart
ment Of high art are life size and
are sketched by n few sweeps Of the
artists arm. Like other pictures and
sketches OF the orient, these sacred
thumb nail pictures are mounted and
rolled up like scrolls
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-21
Alma College.

Miss Louise Strange is i'll at the home
of A. j. Hall.
Benz. o. Willbrands, '9S '99. came
mp from Detroit Saturday to see the
game.
The M. A. c. Record for this week is
not jubliant over the prospects of M. A.
G. VS.. Alma and NJ. A. y. We. Beloit.
School closes "Wednesday afternoon for
the usual Thanksgiving recess. Work
will begin the Monday morning follow
ing.
About sixty rooters will accompany
the team 60 Nj. A. &. tomorrow to help
decide the state championship in Alma's
favor.
DIR. Spenoer's Young Mems Oatechism
class Of about thirty members INDUCED
in an oyster supper in the church parlors
last night.
Siedler, the photographer, got good
photograph of the football team on the
Museum steps in their muddy gsrb after
the game last Saturday.
The game tomorrow is going to be
game for blood Rates have been Sc
cured and big crowd of Alma towns
people ought to go down and help win
the game for ALMA.
The bonfire held Saturday evening IN
honor Of the victory over Olivet was
hugh success. over hundred students
yelled themselves hoarse and about
score delivered themselves Of speeches
reeking with eloquence CD.
The Zeta Sigma Society will hold an
anniversary banquet Monday evening
at the sanitarium. 1t is the purpose OF
the society to make this an annual affair
and the greatest event of the kind in the
college year. Ladies will be present.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-21
Some Words.

According TO the late Richard A.
Proctor, says the London Chronicle.
the phrase 81 guess" to English ears
SO ridiculous, Is really identical with
the old expression, Il wis" meaning
81 know" The word guess" has
changed its meaning entirely I'm Eng
land, but has partly preserved 1t in
America, where OF course the native
says Il guess" when he is more or less
In state of certainty. There are many
other examples OF words that have
played fast and loose with e" and
wv" such as guardian" and ward
en-" guard" and ward" "guichet"
and wicket"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-21
FLAGS ON THE CAPITOL.
What Ia Means when They Are Fly
Ing aI Half Mast.

The flying of flags over the capitol at
half mast is regulated by the strictest
rules. Whenever these flags are seen
floating half way down the mast IL is
a sure indication that vice president.
senator or representative is lying dead
or that the action is taken in response
10 a presidential proclamation ordering
the flags on public buildings at half
mast I'm respect TO the memory OF some
prominent official OF the government
who has passed away.
When the sergeant at arms OF the
senate or house OF representatives
learns OF the death OF a member OF
either OF those bodies, he at once
orders that the flags over the senate
chamber or hall of representatives be
half masted. This is often done before
the houses of congress themselves are
officially notified of the death. \ good
deal OF discretion is exercised i'm the
manner of placing the news of a death
OF this kind officially before the senate
or the house Upon such an announce
ment il is customary for the houses 10
adjourn I'm respect 10 the deceased sen
ator or representative, and In order
that the current business may not be
stopped early i'm the day the announce
ment is generally made just before the
houses are ready 10 conclude their
days work.
Officers OF the senate and house
when they fly the flags at half mast in
response TO proclamation by the pres
ident regard their action as one Of
courtesy, as they do not recognize the
power Of the president to order con-
gress TO do anything except TO assem-
BILE In extraordinary session. They
have always responded 10 the requests
OF such proclamations. Ii would be
nice question. II one could imagine that
IT could ever be raised, TO know 10
what extent the presidents authority
would allow him TO order flags at half
mast on the capitol. While his author
ity would not extend over the EN-
ployees Of the senate and house, yet
the capitol itself for many years was
in fact controlled exclusively by him
so far as the care OF the building il
NOhN ifNls anu Aht SUPER VI
the building is today appointed by him
without contirmatory action on the
part of the senate.
AS a matter OF fact the capitol has
for years been under the direct control
OF the committees on appropriations OF
the two houses OF congress. but that
control has been accorded them by the
failure Of the president TO give any or
ders TO the architect or more lately TO
the superintendent OF the capitol. If
he should order that official TO fly flags
over the capitol at half mast and the
order should be disobeyed, he would
have power 10 dismiss him and appoint
some one else in his place without the
concurrence OF either branch OF con
gress, except so far as the appropria-
ton for the officials salary would be
involved. These are practically moot
questions, but they occasionally form
interesting subjects for fireside talks
when flags are half masted I'm response
TO presidential proclamations.-Wa
ington Star
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-21
There's MANY a SLID

on the ice or wet ground at this time Of
the year, and many sore spot in con.
sequence. No amount of caution will
guarantee you against accident. That
is why we keep Perry Davis Painkiller
on hand to relieve the ache of bruised
flesh, and sore, throbbing muscle. 1t
has given relief TO two generations
There is but one Painkiller, Perry
Davis.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-21
Churches ! Societies.
CHURCH

Rev. Harry higgins will occupy the
pulpit of the Baptist church morning
and evening on Sunday next.
A temperance entertainment will be
given at the L. b. church on Sunday.
Nov. 90, at twelve O'Clock. All are
welcome.
The subject of the morning sermon at
the Presbyterian church will be, 1.-The
Seekers Promise" The evening sub
ject will be, Lessons from the Life Of
Frances Willard" All are welcome.
Sunday, Nov. 23rd is worlds temper
ance Sunday. At the NJ. +. church the
pastor will preach an appropriate SER
mon in the morning, subject, The
relation Of the village of Alma to the
liquor traffic, is it right is it wise! y
The evening discourse will be on "The
day of Judgment and its revelations. ="
SOCIETY
The Bay View club will meet with
Mrs. Timby, Monday evening next
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-21
EXCURSIONS
VIA THE
PERE MARQUETTE
HoMEsEEKERs' ExcURaoNs.

Homeseekers' excursion tickets to
points in the northwest, southwest and
south, at low rates. On dates which
will be made known on application to
ticketlagents. 1885. 4w
H. THANKSGIVING, NOVEMBER %.
EFor above occasion Pere Marquette
ticket agents will sell excursion tickets,
good going November % and "a, and
limited for return 10 November 28th, at
a rate Of one and one third fare for the
round trip. Ask agents for full partic-
ulars. 1885 2w