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their safety. The passenger crossing
the ocean would certainly feel no small
degree of added security were he pro-
vided with the apparatus shown in the
Illustration. No one would think OF
wearing one of the bulky life pre-
servers usually provided on shipboard
all the time. but here is an appa-
ratus which will answer the same
purpose, and yet without discomfort
when the tube Is given enablesshrdl
when constantly worn. The spiral
form which the tube is given enables
the wearer to suspend 1t around his
body by means of the supporting
jacket. beneath the outer clothing and
it takes but short time to initiate the
reservoir through the mouthpiece.
which is provided with valve to
check the outward flow of the air. The
spiral coils lie fiat when debated, and
are scarcely perceptible to the wearer,
who. even II the device rendered him
slightly uncomportable, would have
the feeling of safety to countenance
the annoyance.
Wiley p. Tibbets, of Toledo, Ohio,
Is the inventor.
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A Missouri Judoe.

1t does not always pay to appear
too independent, especially in n court.
room. They are telling the following
story on n former Missourian. who is
now a judge in Oklahoma: A gam.
bier was tried before the Judge recent.
ly and convicted Of playing poker. He
appeared in court dressed in nashy
style and with plenty of money In his
pockets, apparently unconcerncd as
to the outcome of his trial. Looking
over his spectacles. the Judge in u
squeaky voice said:
Jim. stand up" The gambler
obeyed.
Jim, have you anything to say be.
fore I pass sentence on your"
NO, sir"
Jim, Pm a-goin' to fine you $50
"All right, Judge" interrupted the
gambler, here 1t Is in my hip
pocket"
And give you sixty days in JAIL"
continued the judge. Nov, look and
see If you've got that in your hip
pocket. too."-Kansas City Star.
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FAMOUS ENGLISH TOWN
Shrewsbury Worthy OF More Than Passing n,ersst-Fve
Hundredh Anniversary Of Fierce Battle Fought There
Recently Commemoraed- Home Of Great Men
Especial CorrespondcrceJ

cernei. the king withdrew from his
station. and by 40 doing saved hiA
life. for they slew Sir Walter Biount.
his standard bearer. but, missing tn.
king. charged Into the middl. OF their
enemies, Heaps OF dead bodies lay
ON every side. and victory was begin
ming Ia dsclaT" for tn. rebels. when
the king brought up his reserve.
which soon turned the scale. Al last.
tn. rout became general: the rebels
He'd In great confusion, and iiotspur.
being resolved To sell his III. as dear
as possible. rushed into III. hottest
part of III. BATH. and was killed.
Many deeds of prowcSs w.r. ae-
compllHh-d In this engagement
Henry. II Is recorded. had n horse
killed under him and slew thlrty-six
persons with his own hand.
This battle, OF course. gives
Shrewsbury Its chief claim to r.no~n.
but there are other circumstances
which lend interest to II. There In n
statue OF Lord Cllye. who was born
so close In the ncI.hborhood that b"
IL accounted a native son OF Shr.xs.
bury. The savior OF india" WAS tho
most famous Of Shrcwnburys sons
OF his day. The town II given nddi.
,ional interest by the fact that hero
stands the birthplace. Of Charles Dar.
win. tn. scientist. The ancient Bat
,icfcld church stands on tho spot
where tn. arms OF Henry triumphcd.
II was erected by the monarch and IL
an interesting memorial. There. too.
is th. old market hall. bearing to this
day tn. arms of Queen Elizabeth. Not
far away is tho town OF Ludlow. with
tn. famous old castle Of Prince Ar
thur.
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raises boariy threc.four,hs Of the
whole. In wheat the United States
raises but 2:h per cent.
This Is one exhibit of the impor-
tance of the American corn crop. Corn
Is the most valuable of our produc.
tions. Our cotton crop is largely de.
pendent upon It. II is the keystone OF
our agricultural prosperity: the one
crop we can least AFFORD to lose.
The crop In 1902 was not the larg-
est the United States has produced.
In its measurement II was a large
crop. Officially. 1T was 2,523,6is,3l2
bushels from 9i.0i3.613 acres. To
grasp what these figures mean, the
acreage. in square miles, Is 1i6,9S3,
and an area sufficiently large to make
band nearly six miles wide around
the earth's largest circumference; an
area larger than is contained In the
states OF Ohio, Indiana. Illinois and
one.fourth OF Iowa. and all in corn. II
in a single bulk of shelled corn, the
production in 1902 would make mass
1l2k feet high. with perpendicular
sides. on n base of square mile. If
in car loads of 800 bushels, it means
3,154, $50 cars. making line OF freight
cars 23.90O miles long, that would
nearly girdle the earth at the equator.
The land area of the seven surplus
states. the states producing more corn
than they use. is 265,Sl7,6O0 acres. In
1902 these states had 1873 per cent
of this area in corn, or 1862 ,O79
acres out of total of 9i,0i3,613 for
the entire country. In detail, the sew
eral surplus states had the following
percentage of their land surface in
corn: Ohio. 1913: Indiana, 1917; Illl-
nois. 269: Iowa. 26.1: Missouri. 15.5;
Kansas. 14.2; Nebraska, 15.9 If lands
not in cuitiyation-lands in forest. cit.
les, railways, etc.-are excluded,
these percentages are possibly dou.
bled. This is another evidence of the
crops Importance.
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/ naming onc.fourth-or. approximate
ly. 1s,500.O00 acrcs-is TO be treated
rs most affected to mar the general
prospect. And right here we enter
the threshold OF the crop indication.
Probably 70.0OO,00O acres ut least had
timely planting. for only In parts OF
the surplus states does there appear
to have been highly unfavorablc and
preventing conditions.
Should the acreage for this years
crop be reduced to SO.000.000. which
| do not believe will be the case, II
would be reduction OF IL por cent
from the figures of last year. II would
mean the loss OF an area equivalent
to 2l,9i3 square miles. an area con-
stituting one.half of the land surface
OF tho state of Missouri. II would
mean rs many acres as were In corn
in the states of Indiana and Illinois
in 1902, or as many rs were in corn
in Missouri and Kansas in that year.
Except in 1901, a calamitous year.
when the yield of corn per acre was
as low as 16.7. an average yield has
been 24.52 bushels for ten years. In
but one year of the ten forming this
average was 1t under ~ DuSnelS. IL
was 1888 in the calamitous year of
1894. when the official crop was de-
clared 1,212,77O.O52 bushels. Assum-
ing SO,000,000 acres only for this year,
this average production OF 24.52
stands for 1861 ,OOO.O bushels.
There are good reasons why we will
have no such reduction as to S0,000.-
900 acres. The damage districts are
not general AS already intimatcd,
the area outside of the surplus states
last year was i5,413,065 acres. This
is probably not lessened in this year.
Under the incentive OF a high price 1t
may show some increase. If, then, we
place SO large loss as roundly a.
100000 acres from last year in the
surplus states, 1t means nearly 80 per
cent of their corn area. This is so
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Recently there was held In In. his.
toric English town of Shrewsbury
commsmoration ceremony that MAS
on. of the most interesting ever held
In that country. The object was to
celebrat. the 500th anniversary of
tho battle of Shrewsbury. famous as
an. OF the hcrcsst aud most docisiy.
battles ever fought on British soil. M
well ms by rcafon of the prominence.
Shakespcar" gives II In his plays. The
historic strussi. took plac. July 81.
1903. between the forces Of Henry "
and those Of "HotspuT." as Henry
Percy. the Narlikc son Of the earl OF
Northumberland. was known. and its
effect Was to max. the formers POSI-
tIon On IN" English throne. which he
had usurpcd. stronger than IL had
been up to that time.
Even to-day. 900 years after It's oc-
euTrcncc. the story OF the battle OF
Shrewsbury. In which io.soo men fell.
IL one that cannot he read without n
thrill. Henry of Lancaster was the
Son Of John of Gaunt and was thorn
In the ncsh OF Richard II. lie had
no valid till. Ia III. English crown.
or the prctcnsc Of II. except that he
was III. son OF the fourth son OF Ed.
ward III. lie was born at Boiling.
broke. In Lincolnshire. In 1866. and
was Hurnamci Boiingbrokc. when
he irHt bccam. troublesome Richard
II banishcd him to France. but he
ayaiicd himself Of the kings absence
In ireland. returned and seized the
crown In i53a-thc sam. year In
which he became duke Of Lancaster.
In his designs upon the crown he was
aided and abcttcd by the earl OF
Northumberland and the lattcr's cid.
est son. Hotspur. who had Joined him
on the understanding that Henry
would do nothing more than reclaim
his confscatcd estates and make no
attempt to assume the crown. The
head OF the Lancastcrs, however. was
hardly successful and King Richard.
who had hurried back to England.
scarcely captured and clappcd Into
prison. than Henry broke his word to
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An Air Ship Tha, Sails.

On tn. I'D uit.. tho King Edward
VII. n new departure In stccrabls
balloons. the invention OF Capt. Small
bones. OF Kcnsington. made i,E maiden
asccn, from Stamford Bridge Grounds
says an Engilsh exchange. There ID
no motive power In tn. balloon. So
that II cannot go against the wind
but by the aid OF two triangular sails
attached to the sides It's course can be
directed. Capt. smaiiboncs. accom-
panied by Capt. Williams and Mr.
Cove. assembled shortly after : o'clock
trayciin. over Putncy. Hammcrsmith
and Barnes ands Mouiscy. Al Hamp
ton Court the balloon was stccrcd
round the park and across the
Thames. At Guildford the balloon
was navI.ntcd round tho town before
n course was set for Godaimins. tbs
objective OF the trip.
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A Railway Motor Coach.

A railway motor coach IN soon 10
run between Fratton and Soutksca. II
VIII certainly surprise those who src
this strange little combined engine
and coach for the hrst time. II runs
on two four.whccl bosics. and Is di.
yldcd. ms regards it's passenger AZ
commodations. into two compart.
mcnts. first and third. these being sep.
aratcd by n sliding door. The first.
class compartment. where the seats
are placed longitudinally. is intended
to seat ten persons. The third.ciass
compartment. where the seats are ar.
ranged in pairs transverseiy on either
side OF central sangway. holds thir-
ty.two persons-n total OF for,y.two In
the two compartments. The motor
coach will be used during the middle
OF the day. when the traffic is very
light, heavy trains OF the usual pat.
tern being only run In the morning
and evening. The possibilities OF this
invention are great when one con-
9iders how suitable such motor coach.
es would be for the midday, and. in.
deed. much of the light traffic OF all
suburban lincs.-The King.
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This will take the party near the
north pole.
J. }. Thomson. professor OF expert
mental physics at Cambridge. Eng
land. said the other day at Columbia
university. after having received its
degree Of doctor OF science. that
teachers Of science In the United
States receive smaller salaries tina,
In any other country.
Pneumonia has nov given way 10
consumption as the leading cause OF
death. Pneumonia Is essentially u
disease OF yitiatsd. germ polluted. and
oyerheat~d atmosphere. Consumption
while also a communicable germ dis
ease. has all seasons for its own.
Animal foods. Judged by bulk and
weight. are NOR. expensive. pound for
pound. than vegetable. foods. Hut NJ
n whole vegetable foods are not more
economical. Animal foods furnish
NOR. than sis.ten,hs Of the protein
and ninc'tenthS Of IN. fat OF the total
food consumed.
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his allies and declared himself King
Henry ". To be king he had no
real claim. even had Richard II been
being Edmund, son OF the earl of
March.
Almost Immediately. Northumbcr.
land and Hotspur declared war
against Henry. and soon induced the
Welsh under Owen Glendower to join
them. The allies determined to make
Shrewsbury, then heavily fortified
town, their stronghold and Hotspur
marched toward the place with an
army of IA. 900 men, sending word to
Glendower that he should meet him
there. Henry ", however. was too
quick for both of them. He reached
Shrewsbury first, occupied 1t. and
thus prevented junction between
his opponents armies. Hotspur ar
rived. took up strong position out
side of Shrewsbury and. without
waiting for Glondower to make his
appearance, challenged Henry to
come out and fight.
The king was nothing 10th. but first
made an attempt to conciliate Hot
spur. The fiery young man refused to
listen. .Thcn," said Henry. Il pray
God that you may answer for the
blood that shall be split to-day and
not me-" and so he gave orders for
the royal army to move on to the en-
emy. Perhaps what followed is best
told in the words OF chronicler OF
those days.
"The battle" this old.world writer
says, began with n dreadful dis
charge of arrows from both the front
lines. The Scotch. who were too i'm
patient to fight at a distance, rushed
with great fury upon the front lines
of the royal army and put them into
confusion. so that they would have
been totally routed had not the i'm
petuosity of Hotspur defeated his own
intentions: he fought with such I'M
daunted courage that way was
opened into the royal army, but his
men were unable to follow.
"In the heat of the battle. Hotspur
himself and the earl of Douglas. with
incredible valor, bent all their aim at
The person of the king; this being dis
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Double Telephone Connection.

Experiments have recently been
made on the telephone between Paris
and Tours to test new system by
means of which two separate conver.
satons can be carried on simultan.
eously on the same line. The pre-.
liminary experiments are stated to
have proved satisfactory. and the ad.
ministration OF the French Depart.
ment of Posts and Telegraphs is now
seriously considering the question of
putting the system into actual opera.
ton throughout the country. The In.
ventor is NJ. Petit. inspector of the
electric service at Tours.
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Prevent the Fingers From CLOSING.

Prevent the Fingers From Closing.
carried by officers of the law. The
wrstlets are only pair of leather
straps buckled on tightly. but the wire
loops which are attached to them have
been designed to more than make up
the difference between the two kinds
of manacles. When these have been
put in place over the fingers and
thumbs the prisoner is unable to close
his hands, and can, therefore, obtain
no grip on either the straps or any
article with which to fight. The loops
are of steel. possessing great strength.
and yet of such light weight that
the whole outfit does not weigh as
much as pair of steel wristlets of the
pattern in common use. The officer
may need assistance to place these
handouts on his man, but when they
are once in place he need have little
fear Of his ability to control the
wearer.
John w. Pettijohn, of Montesano.
Wash, is the inventor.
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UNITED STATES RAISES THREE
FOURTHS OF WORLDS CORN CROP

In relation to the total crop. these
states had SIT per cent uf the entire
area and raised S;.t per cent OF the
total bushels. Their per capita pro-
duction. with a population estimated
To be about so.sio. 900 and about one
fourth of the present population OF
tho United States. was SAT bushels:
in all other states but 49, bushels.
Tie area planted for III. crop Of
1908 Is an unknown quantity. It is
general es,imat. that three'fourths
of II had seeding by June !. Tho rs
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large. so inueh In excess of any pessl'
mistie view, that II calls for no enter
tainment.
The crop OF 1909 Was not tn. largest
ever produced. Their. Was every In
ccntive that II should be. Tn. coun'
need OF their great essential. The
price was high and stimulating. the
season generally favorable. Tn. crop
however. Was iat. in maturing and
late In availability. Its use began
with October. A scarcity OF animals
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craphlte Prevents Boiler Scale.

1t is said that n small quantity Of
graphite mixed with water used in
boilers will prevent scale forming.
and If scale is already in the boiler.
the graphite will penetrate the old
scale and decompose it, SO that It will
drop to the bottom. The discovery
that graphite is water softener was
made by a mining company in Mexico,
which used water slightly colored by
graphite, and. noticing that their boil.
er kept free from scale. came to the
conclusion that the graphite acted as
the preventive.
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The corn crops OF the world. in each
year. are roundly ..soo. 100000 bushels.
The percentages produced In the sew
erai countries are as follows; United
States. Ti.s: Canada. .: Mexico. 80:
Europe. i6i: South America. 81. and
Africa and Australia, Is. The prin'
eipai producing country in Europe is
Hungary. and not much Is raised out
side OF the Danubian districts. The
South American crop is mainly In Ar.
gentina.
As will be seen. the United States
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contents Is completed. This ii,t!s
marker In preferably OF cciiuloid.
though metal or cardboard may an
swcr the purpose. and has n substan.
tally T shaped body. on which Is
sliding member. having a straight
edge. by tapping III. bent portion
OF the head over the edge Of the
leaves and sliding the marker along
the stem II can be made to Indicate
any line on the page. showing tho
reader at a glance where to begin.
This Is the idea OF August q. Bauer.
Of Columbus. Ohio.
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tablishment was n complete fortress.
the portcullis OF which was not raised
day or night. no stranger being per-
mittcd to enter for any purpose what
ever. Every workman, even the chief
inspector, was sworn to silence. This
injunction was formally repeated ey-
cry month to the superior officers en-
ployed, while the workmen had con-
stantly before their eyes In large let.
ters the warning motto: BE secret
unto death" 1t was well known that
any person divulging the process
would be imprisoned for life in tho
castle of Koenigstcin. Even the king
himself when he took strangers to
visit the works was enjoined to se-
crecy. One of the foremen, however,
escaped, and assisted in establishing
n mandatory in Vienna. from which
the secrets spread all over Germany.
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TO feed. AZ evidenced In icsscncd pack.
Ing and the high prices Of meats: the
finest and most prolonged fall pastur.
age In years: "a mild winter. and am.
pie stores OF cheaper feeding HtufYs.
admitted OF great economies In tho
use OF corn. Farmers were disposed
to good holdings against con,ingon.
clcs of n following crop. and the price
prevented waste. With these several
features restricting consumption. the
declaration that but 1850. 100000 re-
mnined on the farms on March J..
1908. may be classified as among the
are asked TO believe In greater con.
sumption in Ave months. when there
was little need for II. than ever be-
fore: in n disappearance OF nearly L..
100000. 900 bushels. or 10.O00. 900 bush.
els n day, for $50 days. 1t Is my opin.
ion that the reserves on March were
near 1900. 900. 900.
Deliveries by farmers were re.
strained by late maturity and the soft
condition OF the grain. scarcity OF
cars during the winter. bad roads In
the spring and later by n tendency
to hold on nm impaired crop promise.
High prices are n great check on con
sumption. At this time, with crop
advices before me from representa-
tive districts. | believe crop not un.
der two billion is n conservative csti.
mate. There can be conditions to
change this either way. The situa.
tion is probably more hopeful than
promising. A few bright days and a
seasonal warming up will dispci much
OF the present anxiety.-Oscar X.
Lyle in New York Herald.
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Attachment, for hanaeutfs.

A pair of handouts will take all the
fight out of some men the instant they
are put on them. while in others it
rouses all the antagonism In their
natures. the latter class often proving
ugly customers even when their hands
are manacled. The pair OF fetters
which we have illustrated seem to
have been designed especially for the
fighting class. and yet it will be seen
that for weight and strength they do
not compare with those ordinarily
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Learned bv Scientists,

Length of the rays does not affect
the chemical activity of light. al
though 1t determines their color.
Prof Lodge surmises that the proc
ess of disintegration of atoms into
electrons, of which they are made up,
may constitute the evolution = the
chemical elements.
The Gjoa, with the magnetic pole
expedition. has sailed for Greenland,
and will attempt to pass north OF the
American continent to Behrng strait
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Patriot In Misfortune,

Henry Roso, the wealthy Cuban
planter, who. 1t is said, gave the
greater part of his fortune in aid OF
the Cuban revolutionists, is confined
in New York asylum for the insane
Mr.. Roso's estate, which at one time
was in the millions, has dwindled, IL
is said, to $4,000.
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Pn.um,,le Llf. P,e.erner.

The steamship company which did
not provide life prcscrvcrs in number
cquaiing or exceeding its passenger
carrying capacity would be xummnrily
dealt with by the government. and yet
every one knows that when the timo
arrives for their use the passengers
and crew may be too much excited TO
profit by the provision thus made for
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POTTERY SECRETS GIVEN OUT
How Treseherous Empioye oivuised
Closely Guarded Process.

In III. royal manufactory OF pottery
mt Mcisscn. Saxony. the work was for.
mcriy carried on with the utmost sc.
crccy To prevent the processes from
becoming known elsewhere. The cs-
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2O2ZZ AR
]ZZE7NLZ

An Improvement IN Book Markers.
Some readers have the faculty OF re-
m-mbering exactly the page and line
of book they had reached when they
were compelled to pause in their read
Indicates Both the Page and Line.
lug TO perform some other duty. but
the majority of ssook.lo,.rs md oeea'
sion TO use some sort Of a marking de-
vice TO aid them In finding the place
when the reading is resumed again.
Numerous curious and handsome nov
elites have been produced for this pur'
pose. but very few. u amy. OF thes.
will perform the double duty Of mark
Ing the line and pas. nj which the
reader paused and closed III. book.
This Is the object attained by the
marker which We show In the picture
and II should be the means OF Sayln.
no small amount Of tim. To tn. read
or who is compelled to lay down and
take up book many times before the
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Even an awkward deed Is better
than a sarcastic word.