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The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
PurifYina Air.


The cooling and publication of air
TOR office buildings, says Engineering
News, is most effectually accomplish
ed by forcing the air through n water
spray. The excess of water in the air
Is then removed by centrifugal force.
To do this a series of tubes are pro-
vided in which sprals are so placed
as to give the air whirling motion.
causing the suspended particles OF
moisture to be thrown outward. and
thus brought into contact with the
tubes. from which the moisture flows
through perforations to drip-Dan be-
low. BY providing thermostat and
steam heating coils it is thus possible
to have air at the same temperature
throughout the year, and not only
TO have the same temperature, but the
same moisture contents. A plant of
this character was recently installed
for the Twin City Telephone com
Dany of St Paul, MINI. by the B. F.
Sturtevant company of Boston. Mass.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
In the Scientific World,

Radium. when brought near a dia-
mond in the dark, will make 1t
sparkle. Paste diamonds are not so
effected.
The expenditure incident to the
building of the aeroplane which Prof
Langley of the Smithsonian institu-
ton tested on the Potomac has been
$50, 900 appropriated by congress, $25.-
900 by the army board of ordnance.
and as much more from private con-
tributions.
The production of nitric acid by
electro chemical methods Is new
process that promises extensive
changes in our agriculture, At Mag
ara experiments have been conductor
successfully in producing Commercial
nitric acid by using high tension
current In an air chamber, by which
! a yield OF one pound of nitric acid Is
obtaine,J for every seven horse power
hours.
Sir w. Ramsay and Prof Soddy
have found distinct evidence OF the
presence of helium In the spectra
of gases emanating from radium bro
mide. Present observations. there
fore, Indicate that radium shines
largely by the light of the rare gas
helium which II evolves.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
New Rubber PRODUCING Plant.

In the French Congo Territory of
Africa has been found a new plant.
which may in the future be looked to
as another source from which to OBJ
tain rubber to meet our ever increas-
ing demands. Whether this plant will
produce any change in the price of
Chis commodity is as yet difficult to
determine. though it will probably be
found in English West Africa. and
samples have been sent to Nigeria
for the purpose OF ascertain;hg if ii
grows there also. The plant grows
under ground. and If its bark be
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Stability of the Solar System.

Stability Of the Solar System.
A question OF the highest interest Is
whether or not the slight mutual IN
huences of the planets will destroy
in the lapse of time the present gen.
eral configuration of the solar system.
1t is conceivable that the large planets
may collide. or that part or all OF
them may be precipitated on the sun,
or that the eccentricities OF their or.
bits may become so great that radical
changes of seasons will result from
their varying distances. Thus. II the
eccentricity of an orbit should be re-
duced to one-half. the planet would be
three times more distant at apheiion
than at perihelion. and In the former
case 1t would receive One-ninth as
much heat and light as In the latter.
A rigorous mathematical answer to
the question of stability Is by no
means easy.
What can be legtimately inferred
from the Investigations which have
been made on this subject? Only this
unless there are other forces involved
than those considered. the general
confguration of the solar system Will
remain much as 1t is at present FOR
long time. probably tens of thousands
Or even millions of years. The state
ments made in many excellent popular
books that the stability OF the solar
system for all time has been proved
is entirely too strong and has abso-
iutely no logical foundation. The
mathematical evidence Is no better
than that furnished by geology and
biology, and such sweeping conclus-
sions cannot be drawn from the data
furnished by any science.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Pours Juice over the roast.

preparing the meal is apt to be over
looked. resulting in dry roast instead
of juicy one. The inventor is or the
opinion that this work of basting the
meat should be done automatically.
any way so he has designed drip
ping pan with an apparatus attached
to pour the juice continuously over
the meat. AS shown in the picture,
the piece of meat IL suspended by
hooks between two rotary shafts, one
of which Is revolved by spring mo-
tor. Projecting at right angles from
this shaft is an arm which carries a
sort of bowl or spoon. while directly
over the meat is perforated pipe.
20 get this automatic basting machine
to work it is only necessary to wind
the motor and place the pan in the
oven. Each revolution of the shaft
the spoon enters the trough in the
dripping pan, takes up quantity or
the juice. elevates it to head OF the
perforated pipe and discharges. The
gravy flows through the perforations
and falls on the revolving roast, while
the spoon resumes its journey to the
bottom of the pan once more.
Lambert II. Edgar of Philadelphia,
Pa. is tie inventor.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Siberian Asbestos Mining.

A prominent Moscow firm, N. d r.
A. Korzenetzof. has been granted per-
mission by the Irkutsk Department OF
Mining to work asbestos mines not
far from the Kutai, an afiluent OF the
Angara. The asbestos layers are
found seven feet from the surface.
There are some asbestos mines In the
Urals, in European Russia. but the
larger part OF the asbestos used for
insulators In Russia is imported. Judg'
ing from the samples, the Siberian
asbestos excels even the Alpian, and
Is in no way inferior to the Canadian
product.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Compact Book Advancement.

Cases for books. files, libraries. etc.
have generally the drawback OF not
utilizing to greatest advantage the
space occupied. Until the stack sys-
TEN was devised. shelf room was
practically limited to the amount OF
available wall space. In file rooms
particularly the advantage of having
all the cases adequately protected
from dust and abrasion Is of para
mount interest. A recent German in
vention is designed to economize
storage space, and while affording pro-
lection. at same time 1t enables the
inspection of single book, or file.
without exposing the whole contents
of the case. For this purpose the case
Is divided into vertical section, each
of which Is mounted on rollers and
provided with handles, and so being
made perfectly Independent of each
other. The cases may thus be made
much deeper than Is usual with Ii
Drary shelves, and, as shown, the
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
The Solution
of Difficult e S

Long walks, hearty meals. steady
day and evening work are my enc
mics, and I know it.
A very little steady day and even
ing work will put me into sick bed,
though I do not miss an Office day
on account of sickness for hve-year
stretch.
have read about a man who
worked day and night for a week to
save a fellow workman his position.
That man and ! are extremes on phy-
sical endurance, though l may be Just
as willing to help another as he was.
If reasoning pro and con. improves
nv final judgment had better reason
pro and con.
However, If reasoning on subject
always reasons it into the ground l
had better handle it by spontaneous
intuition.
So YOU see I must know myself.
That is the beginning of the true So
lation of my difficulties.
And to really know or know that
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
For the Individual

other people. There is such thing as
dead stock" ideas. latent or idle in
your head. note book, or in bundles
of papers and magazines which you
frequently throw away and 1t is an
occasional rescue of such one you
are invited to make for your continued
growth. the benefit of others and the
success of The Arcade Index which
is an index to indices-a continually
growing, unpublished guide to the
most reliable sources of up-to-date
information on any personal. mechan-
ical. industrial. commercial and pro-
fessional subject.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Automatic Meat Raster.

Probably not many of the large num-
ber of people who enjoy eating good
roast of beef realize the processes 1t
passes through on its way from the
slaughter house to the table. but any
one who has had any experience In
the art of cooking knows that one
secret which adds in no small degree
to its palatability and sweetness lies
in basting the meat frequently with
the gravy in the dripping pan. Now.
II the cook is in a hurry. this seem
ingly small portion Of the labor OK
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Base ineratituoe.

Oracle, aged 5. had just recovered
from measles when her small brother
took the same complaint.
Upon becoming convalescent. ne
was sitting up munching spongecake
while his sister sat looking on.
BY various means she tried to In
duce him to part with bit OF the
dainty, but the Invalid took no notice.
He ate steadily on; but just as the
last bites were disappearing Gracie
could stand it no longer. and she ex-
claimed Indignantly:
Just look at him! He won't give
me a crumb. and 1t was me that gave
him the measles s!"-Stray Stories.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Beyond Help.

Friend-I hear that Mr.. Boaster, the
eldest inhabitant, is sick.
Doctor-He is, and | fear that |
can do nothing for him. He cannot re.
member a summer to match this one.
and he.seems to have lost all interest
IN life.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
THIS ACCURACY REVIEW
DEPART NJ E N T

10 for cooperation In Information TO reduce
Bufudliy erpensire mistakes. ~ Is for m<ehdn-
icdi comnsrcidi and proressioadi people; the
Employer. enpioye and eusfomer; and consists
ar extracts taken by per,nission from he copy
yighftd letters. the lectures note books and brdres
OF DR.. Earl N. Pratt. When you secure on any
subjeet an idea persond,iy msefut to you. and
you trish to give II to him. dddress him {" care
Of The John Crerdr Library. Marshall Field
Building, Chicago. He Is hunting he ~hoie uorid
orer for Information Of erery day use to yo.
and he regrets his inability. personally to reply
to Contributor. SO far possible ne trfshet TO
hare in thi space the rery ideas yon couid ltke
to fnd here You are at liberty 10 send him
any suggestion you may care to. Ms arcade
Iader H5raries tpere started in 1872 and noD CON-
tain unpublished Information dating back to 1876
piM Systematic plans attending 10 1859. Your
short story of some example of Corefhought de
posted in the Arcade Ider collection may prove TO
BE- your best monument.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Aporeciative.

Miss Yerner-Of course, when you
were in Paris you visited the Louvre.
Miss Giddie-Oh, yes; spent hours
there.
Miss Yerner-It must have been
splendid
Miss Giddie-Simply lovely. found
quiet nook there and Just sat and
read novels by the hour.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Radiun Rays.

The rays of radium are of three
kinds. Those of one class are but
feebly penetrating. Another class are
negatively charged electrons. moving
at a high velocity, like those discov.
cred in Crooke's tube, and third
class are not DETECTED by magnet
and are highly penetrating, like those
pf ROentpen
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
What Else, Indeed!

Towne-You never saw such dis
xusted young couple. Their marriage
is a dismal failure. you know.
Browne-Ah. they were married
under the rose" as it were, be-
iieve.
Towne-Yes.
Browne-Well. what could they cx'
pect to find under the rose but thorns?
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Knew Her Dancer,

Smythe-You say she had the burg
lar covered with her revolver while
her maid went to call the police; then
how did it happen that he escaped?
Browne-Well, you see. the burglar
was foxy chap. so he said. suddenly:
Look out. there's mouse!" While
she was getting on a chair he got out.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
HOPKINS and simpkins.

When | have trouble l want a
whole lot of different kinds to come at
once"
What for?"
"Oh. each kind diverts you from the
other"-Detroit Free Press.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Three Days Behind.

II heard to-day that your son was
an undertaken. l thought you told me
he was physician?"
mot at ALL"
mot at ALL"
81 don't like to contradict, but I'm
positive you did say So"
you misunderstood me. said he
followed the medical profession"
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Ice Heavier Than Water.

By experiments OF greater accuracy
Prof. Babcock of the Wisconsin uni
yersity has shown that half ton OF
ice weighs more thaN Ihe water OBJ
tanned from melting that quantity OF
ice. Therefore the weight OF body
increases as its temperature falls.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
peraonaJ Liberty,

PeFBOndI CTDcTty.
so your family went to the sea
shore this summer"
YES" answered Mr.. Cumrox.
did you have good time?"
Fine Stayed home. smoked pipe
in the parlor ate onions whenever |
wanted them, and played ragtime
tunes on the music box. But
wouldn't have mother and the girls
hear a word of all this for the world.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Hi, svnpathetle Neiahbors.

AN Indiana woman who lost her
voice several years ago was struck
by lightning recently and the shock
restored her speech They say she
hasn't stopped talking yet"
"FRr husband must have been
glad"
Il s'pose so. But all the other men
are roasting him good because he
didn't have lightning rods on his
house"
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Rich Strike.
some.

"Hardupp struck some
thing rich few days ago
Marker-"Is that so?'
Stringer-"Yes. he struck old Mon
eybags in the face and the judge gave
aim $40 and COSTS
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09

know requires the rediscoycring OF
old truth.
can hear 1t. talk it, read l.. praise
it, and yet not have quick put-to-use
grip on it.
When we rediscover an old basic
we think so much of 1t that it gets in
between the reflex action of our ner-
vous system and ourself.
This month received a very good
story of how a man acquired concen-
tration by discovering plan as old as
his ancestors.
But his discovery of it is what
helped him make good use of it. II
it had been forced on him he might
never have used it.
He says: MY mind, which was a
rabbit-path leading nowhere, became
a road leading somewhere"
All he did was to do voluntarily
for few minutes a day just what Ii
wanted to be able to do Involuntary
all the day-think effectively.
can bat ball because | have bat
ted ball because like to bat bali.
But if I wanted to learn how to Go
something which l did not like to do
| would do 1t few times for few
times and repeat and continue.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Strenuous Welcome.

Yeas" said Remus Peach. "Ah ran
away from home when All was little
'en last week All went back to see de
old man."
Did he fall on your neck?" asked
his friend
Yeas, he fell all over me, 'en when
he got fro he lifted me out on de
sidewall.."
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Ono View Of II.

"Englishmen are forever saying that
the sun never sets on the British
Empire What do you thing of that?"
Il think they say that because it's
so fogGy in London they really can't
tell whether the sun sets or not"
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
His 10y Would Keep.

Nurse-''The doctor says your wife
cannot possibly recover, sir
Enpeck-"well, I'm not going to
build up any hopes on what he says.
Doctors are not infallible.'
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
He Would Know in Due Time.

Edyth-Is it true that you are en-
gaged to Jack?
Mayme-Yes, but you are "ot to
mention it. I'm not fhstc sure that
Jrck knows 1t as yet.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Same Old Symptoms.

Young Man-Doctor, feel wretch
ed all the time, nothing interests me.
have no appetite and cant sleep
What would you advise me to do?
Old Doctor-Marry the girl, sir.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Even Worse.

Stubb-No ! cant get along with
my wife. Everything ] say she re-
torts: Il beg to differ with you."
Penn-You are lucky. old man. My
wife just differs without taking the
tine to beg
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Foroot Himself.

This offer OF your heart and hand
is sudden said the summer girl. but
| will take it,"
"Ah!'' gasped the swell dry goods
clerk, badly ratified, will you take it
with you or shall ! send it home
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
TouQh Luck.

Sandy-Yep, | had job near a
mountain hotel as an echo.
Cinders-How'd yer come ter give
It up?
Sandy-Why, Chinaman came up
der an yelled, and | couldn't answer
back
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Nothing Doing.

Massie-Say Chimmie, loves you
wild coLs,Imin passion. l.
Jimmie-Now. dat'll 90 fer you.
One plate NV cream is all yer'll sit
ternigh.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
The Aftermath.

Customer-You sold me plaster
a few days ago that you said would
rid me of the lumbago.
Druggist-Well. didn't 1t do tho
work?
Customer-Yes. but now want
something that will rid me OF the
plaster.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
A Safety skin.

The man who rocks the boat is to
be found in all communities and in all
ages, and his pranks will continue to
figure IN current history until boats
are fitted with some means Of prevent
ing his dastardly work. The cut here
with produced shows device of au-
tomato action to prevent the sinking
of a small boat Under these or similar
circumstances. Fastened to the gun
wales of the craft on either side Is n
collapsing pocket, held normally in
close relationship with the sides of
the craft but in case OF the boat be-
ing rocked violently. either by acci-
dent or design, these things act OF
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09

their own accord to prevent the cap.
sizing of the boat. AS the position
of the craft is disturbed from tho
proper one, the weight attachment on
the pocket on the lower side causes
1t to expand and fll with air. and as
soon las this pocket touches the water
the further progress of the boat TO
destruction is arrested and the boat
prevented from filling.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
No Great Loss.

This drama" said the young au-
thor. "is taken from the French"
Well" replied the manager to
whom it had been submitted, Il don't
believe the French will ever miss it,
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
RAHZIZ 4R
]LZE1NZZ

broken the rubber keeps the pieces to-
gether, and is of extraordinary elias
ticity and unsurpassed quality. Ordi-
narily the roots when about a month
old contain from six to six and one
half per cent. of rubber, which lies
directly beneath the surface of the
bark. II the latter is removed the per.
centage is raised from IL to 10.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
As Revised.

"a French savant says that bor-
rowing is disease" remarked Milf
kins.
Yes" rejoined Bifkins. and he
night have added that lending is in
sanity"
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Desirable
Longevity

Very old men with young hearts
have always interested me.
When l began studying the daily
sources of desirable longevity my in
terest in the healthy-elderly in
creased.
A few weeks ago | met in a Chi.
cago bank a six-foot-siX gentleman
who had been enjoying life for near
ly eighty years.
After telling him about my new in
terest in longevity forces and asking
him for a talk on the subject. he re-
piled: We'll. you have struck me at
bad time. am going East tonight
for three months"
On suggesting that he might give
me in minute a few hints for young
men, he told me this:
Extreme regularity in eating.
sleeping and working have been M
rule. My Sunday is not as regular
as other days and do not feel as
well on account of it,
On a previous occasion he had told
me that he ate what he liked and
wanted and that he had not lost an
office day on account Of sickness In
forty.hye years. He was healthy
man and enjoyed wholesome food. He
had high motives and shining face.
He made money and used it wisely.
You can appreciate my intense
feelings when read that few days
ago he was killed by train while
crossing a track in an Eastern town.
Collected Paragraphs.
Thomas A. Edison says: 81 believe
the life. of a man can be prolonged.
Man ought to live to be hundred
years of age"
The Chicago Record says: within
less than thirty years the average
duration of life has nearly doubled
in Chicago
"As long as the world has existed
mankind has been searching ways TO
lengthen life. Sensible people nova
days think the best elixir of life is
fresh air. sunshine. the right kind OF
food and a good temper"
"Dr. Holmes thought mortal sick
ness an element of longevity. and 1t
is true that serious weakness Is not
only frequently coupled with great
ability, but with unusually long living
also"
Sickness is intended to be one OF
lifes stepping stones and kind
warning, but frequently it. by perver-
sion, becomes milestone around
human neck.
More machinery is jerked out than
worn out. and many more men are
executed by useless hurry and worry
than are consumed by necessary du-
ties.
Discriminate. as suggestions useful
to the sluggish are unreliable for the
excitable.
Even a locomotive must take
rest, but it is better for it to run
too far than to rest too long.
Keeping we'll is like walking a
tight rope. You can fall off either
way. and one side is as dangerous as
the other.
Find your weak spot, as a correct
knowledge of yourself is an essential
in taking good care of yourself.
Now. the question of all questions
is how to do as well as you know
how and keep cheerful till moving
day when we say goodbye to bones
and muscles. The Arcade Research
Registers are for the registration OF
valuable scattered and unrecorded in
and you ere invited to con-
tribute a paragraph containing infor-
nation which you have read. heard.
or thought of, which has enabled you
to take better care of yourself.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Compact bookcase.

books are placed in them edgewise, SO
that when a section is drawn out Tor
inspection the books are readily acces-
sible cupboard base may be pro-
vided to serve for the storage oil iarge1j
books. maps. or the like. Indexes are.oi
placed on the front of each section. or
compartment, so that any particular
can be readily located.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
What He Cuts.

Ropcr-"I hear that Cashley has
gone into business as a cutter"
Garments or dress pat
terns?"
.Na;ttar. conno,su