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The Washington times., 1903-12-06

started from our engine house. There
were only eight of US. and we had to
draw an engine weighing 800 pounds
and n reel carrying 800 feet OF hose. The
reel weighed about !, 500 pounds. When
we found out where the fire was I saw
right off that the nearest fire plug was
at st. Johns Church. We headed for
it, and got there before the other CON-
panies, although there were four Of
them that should have beaten us.
LAS soon as the others got there we
lined up and the Columbia pumped into
the Union engine and the Union engine
into the Northern Liberty. There were
two buildings burning and we pumped
n three-eighths inch stream from St.
Johns Church clear around to where
the Normandie now is. 1t was the rule
that whoever got TO the fire first should
handle the hose pipe, so we sent two
men with that. which left only six of
US TO operate the engine. I remember
that George w. Riggs, the banker and
a negro man. whose name I never did
know. volunteered to help us. They
turned in and worked for all they We're
worth for three hours, until the fire was
out. II was daylight before we got
away. In those days everybody who
came to a fire had TO go to work. AS
iJng as the excitement and danger last
ed they would go at il hard. but when
the IRE got under control they would
quit.
Women Used TO Work.
often they used to press women into
service as well as men. In the days Of
the bucket brigades the women and
boys used To pass the empty buckets
while the men passed the full ones
Ny mother used to tell me that she
would go three squares out of her way
TO keep from going by a fire for fear
she would be pressed into service.
The Washington times., 1903-12-06
Rae POwers and BriIlianey.

choir. which she has been leading for
the past three years.
The Washington times., 1903-12-06

and many statesmen insignificant by
would not. as now. have
their names perpetuated in printed col
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
EDUCATED OYSTERS.
Schools for Biva1ves Are Maintained
by Many Eastern Wholesale
Dealers In Fish.

"a school for oysters" said Phil
adelphia dealer in fish. lis an institu-
zion that you would swear could not
their stupidity. 1t is. however. a fact
that there are many oyster schools.
An oysters intelligence is limited. but
II has intelligence. Years ago a GER
tain wise fish dealer discovered that
II you take an oyster suddenly from
its subaqueous bed it opens it's shell,
~nereupon the life-giving water inside
Il all escapes, and the oyster dies.
Rur if you expose an oyster in the air
gradually, lifting 1t out of the water
tor a few mlt utes, and then returning
again, 1t gradually learns that to
Keep it's shell closed when on. of the
later is the best thing for it's health.
These investigators found that they
could take two oysters, one trained
and one unframed. and the trained oy-
ster, keeping its shell closed while out
of the water, would live long time,
while the unframed one, opening its
shell, would die in few hours. There
fore, training schools for oysters were
established. The schools are in ap-
pearance nothing more than reservoirs
full of water. Oysters are put in them,
and the water is drained off, and then
returned again. 1t is kept off for
few minutes at first, then for ten min
utes, then for half an hour, and so on.
Oysters in these schools learn that
they will live longest and live health
Test out of water, if they hold their
shells shut tight. AS soon as they
learn this, they are graduated, and go
cut into the world''-N Y. Weekly.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
GIANT FLASHLIGHT.
{ Was Erected by German Govern
ment at Heligoland and Is
Visible 40 Miles.

OF special interest to the commercial
'orld is the new flashlight which has
cen erected by the German govern
lent on the island of Heligoland, in
he North sea.
The light is not only the largest in
he world. but also the oldest, for
Germans declare that it never had n
lodel. The technicians employed on
he work maintained that the German
eflector, with its exactly parabolic
round work glass mirror. or specu
nm, would prove superior to every
Their device which has hitherto been
sed for this purpose, and the great
uccess of the Heligoland fast flash
ng lights shows that they were right,
Experiments were then made in Nu-
emberg and proved far more success
ul than had been deemed possible.
he revolving reflector of the German
pparatus was fully equal to the
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
Danger in Dead bacteria.

One result of archaeological research
the distinction between infective and
ntoxicative diseases. In the former
he general multiplication of micro
organisms in the body of the patient
the salient feature, while In the lat
er poisoning is the cause OF the mala-
ly. Thus, DR.. Allan Macfayden says.
he dead bodies of typhoid bacil1i. al
hough destitute of all infective prop
.rties, are yet toxic when introduced
INTO animals in virtue Of the tntra-
cellular poisons that they contain.
Accordingly, in the case of many dis
Eases formerly regarded as purely in
ective, it has now become apparent
hat, in addition TO the infective, the
poisonous properties of the invading
bacterial cells have to be taken into ac-
count
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
CARING FOR LOCOMOTIVES.
Engineers and Firemen Who Love
Their Vocation Lavish Much At
tentton on Their Engines.

The engineer and fireman who love
their vocation display that liking in
the care which they lavish upon their
locomotive, says the Newburyport
News. There are many brazen parts
which may be made to shine, many
parts of polished steel which are to be
kept bright, and enamel parts of which
the same may be said. Nine out Of ter
use more care in the doing Of these
things than rules call for, and, indeed
this almost affectionate care which
they lavish upon their great machines
speaks of genuine pride which they
feel, each for his own particular loco
motive.
With brass polish. oil and two great
pieces of waste, they make the grea,
engine to shine in all its parts, aud THU
with as tender a care as If it were 9
living thing. The interior of many g
cab may be seen to be clearly kept, In
spite of the cinders, soft coal dust and
other waste of the road, and not infre-
quently a picture or two adorns some
corner. So does the engineer, seated
by the open window, his hand upon the
lever of steel which controls the move
ment of the great iron horse, speeding
along the cleaning rails, feel a genuine
pride in the great engine so complete
ly under his guidance.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04

ly seemed a great pity not to be able
to secure such a desirable house, and
Mother Mouse went back to take enc
more walk on the wide porch and nib
BILE a mouthful of white ostrich feath-
ers that grew by the size of it. These
she would use in making a coy cor
ner when she should get settled She
was still in doubt where to locate
when l first met her.
There was a swinging seat out on
the big porch close by the screen of
the dining-room window. An armful
of cattails leaned up in the corner and
right above them hung an orioles nest,
looking just like work bag covered
with coarse gray lace. While | sat
there in the twilight Lady Mouse
came climbing up the screen with her
cunning little feet, just as you would
climb up a ladder. | watched her
until the bell rang for tea and told
the family about our visitor. Then we
forgot all about her. One day, not
long afterward, we were all out there
with books and sewing. when some
one noticed a tiny ball of gray fur
on the floor under the orioles nest
What do you suppose it was? The
smallest dot of a baby mouse, and the
poor little thing was quite dead:
How did it get there!" everybody
asked, and then l remembered Mrs.
Mouse and her trip UP the wire screen
she has a nest in those catta!ls,"
said some one.
So we all looked, but there was no
mouse nest in the cattails.
Maybe it's in the orioles nest" said
somebody else.
Nonsense! It's too high up. Be-
sides, mice don't nest in bird houses"
said the others.
But we got a chair and the tailest
one of us stood on tiptoe and peered
gled close together in milk weed silk
and ostrich feather quilts, were four
other tiny baby mice with skin like
pink velvet covered with q soft down
like the bloom on a peach. Probably
the other baby wanted to see the
world too soon and lost his balance,
and so fell down. and down. to the
hard floor under the cattails. Poor lit
tie venturesome baby mouse!
The rest of them behaved as little
mice should, and are probably living
to a good old mouse age by this time.
No doubt they have lived in a great
many houses. but they could not hope
to find a daintier home than an orr
ole's nest. Could they?-Detroit Free
Press.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
SERUM FOR HAY FEVER.
Unique Discovery Made by Germans
Professor After Seven Years
of Research.

Announcement is made that hay fever
can be cured by inoculating animals with
a poison or toxin extracted from the pol
len of flowers, and then injecting the
serum obtained from the animals blood
into the patient The discovery was made
by Prof. Dunbar, of Hamburg, Germany.
after seven years of research, and 1t dis
proves popular medical theory as to the
nature of the disease.
The six or eight weeks OF violent sneez--
ing called hay fever" are variously
blamed on the summer heat, eXhalation
from grass and new mown hay, mechan--
ical irritation by pollen from grasses and
other plants, and recently to bactema.
According to Dr. Dunbar the disease is E.
caused by the pollen of grasses, but not by
mechanical irritation. He has extracted
from the pollen a poison or toxin, solu
ton of which dropped into the eye or
nose at once produces the characteristic
symptoms OF hay fever. This discovery
suggested treatment by the serum meth
cd. and DR.. Dunbar set to work to produce
a curative serum by inoculating animals
with pollen toxin
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
Cat Winds Up the Clock.

W. G. Sanderson, a Salem, s. d.
business man. has in his store a cat
which is remarkably intelligent. The
animal appears to think that its espe-
cial duty is to wind large clock which
occupies conspicuous position in the
store. The timepiece is of the kind
that has weights suspended by a chain
The remarkable intelligence Of the cat
Is displayed when 1t discovers that the
weights are getting close to the floor
and winds them back by pulling on the
other end Of the chain 1t attends &c
this regularly. never permitting the
clock to run down.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
Birds Guided nv Stars.

Do you ever venture any conjecture
s to how migratory birds manage to
;eep up their flight in a due north di-
ection after night? 1t has been proven
hat on clear nights they often wing
heir northern flight in the rarified
atmosphere three miles above the
.arth's surface. This being true, it is
lear that guidance by the topography
If the country is out of the question;
low, then, are they able to keep their
peaks pointing toward the north pole?
The scientific ornithologist comes to
he rescue with the declaration that
hey are guided by the stars, and in
mpport of his opinion cites as evidence
he facts that when the stars are OBJ
,cured by the clouds the birds become
,ewildered and seek the ground-St
louis Republic.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
MoUsY~ QUEER HOME.
tiOn for Some Time and Then
Settled "a Oriole Nest.

Once Mother Mouse started out to
baby mice, as soft as velvet, and as
pink as the bottom of a baby'S foot.
First, she looked into an old wooden
stocking in the attic under the caves,
and nearly decided to take it beca use
it was SO warm and comfortable. Sull,
selecting house. There was no view
from the front door for one thing. 1t
opened right upon the shingles of the
roof, and there would be difficulties in
educating the babies so far away from
the dining-room. She was an ambi-
tious little Mother Mouse, and hoped
to see them all do well in life, as
smart little mice should.
So she decided not to take the stock
ing house, and went to see a hatbox
next, where there was pretty little
bonnet crown lined with white silk, all
ready to go to housekeeping in. There
was only one objection to this, and
that was, a tenant could not be GER
tain of the lease.
The owner of this attractive bonnet
house, likely as not the next bright
day, would take it into her head tc
wear the thing, though for what pur-
pose it was beyond the average mouse
to understand There was such fine
veranda, too, made by the bonnet rim.
where the babies could play tag and
hide and seek, in the chiffon. 1t real
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
che war AGAINST Malaria.

The war against malaria and mos
luitoes Is to be fought out in tropical
Africa DIR. Dutton, in report to the
liverpool school Of tropical medicine,
states that eight per cent of the ma
dive children examined in British
Gambia showed the malaria parasite
n the blood, and that the liability of
infection by Europeans continues dur
ing the rainy season, the time of mos
auitoes. The breeding places of the
insects include wells, canoes, boats,
lighters, barrels, tubs and various dis
Used household utensils and grass
.logged street trenches. Bathurst, the
capital of the colony, offers an unusual
ield for a test of determination plans,
Is the land to be dealt with has an
area Of only a square mile, and Is iso-
ated by broad expanse of sea water,
ghiie rain occurs in only four months
If the year. The removal of breed
ng places. now several months in
rogress. lie aided by q grant Of e2O0
year
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04

french revolving light. AS soon as
his became manifest, work was begun
n a light reflector or protector equal
o the largest ever used. 1t was to
epresent 100000 candle power and
o last no longer than one-tenth of a
econd, the flashes following each 9TH
e every five seconds.
This wonderful light now illumines
he entire horizon around Heligoland
n normal weather it can be seen for
3 leagues, and in favorable weather
he beams go far beyond the central
tres or light rays. On the first night
hat the new light was used its beams
we're seen by people standing on the
nole at Busum. distance of 40 miles,
nd since then the watchers in the
lighthouse at Amrum, about the same
.istance, have been able in unfavorable
Ieather to see the same beams and
we're struck by the fact that the other
wise bluish-whitc of the light of the
lectric arc appeared red
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
POWERFUL NARCOTIC.
TIL. Ia.!tsh Soldiers I'm south Aries
CaSvsed Cordite to Produce We
client Intoxication.

During the South African campaign
the British soldiers discovered a new
and extraordinary form of intoxication-
The ingenious privates found that thsy
could get all the excitement of pow
erful narcotic by eating a cordi 3
charge of cartridges, each of which,
contains 60 strands of cordite and Is
very similar in appearance to yermi-
celli.
The British Medical Journal gives
particulars of this form of intoxica-
ton. 1t says that Major Jennings. on
learning that the men had been eating
cordite, made experiments himself
On sucking a strand he found it swee..
pleasant and pungent, but it resulted
in a headache which lasted for SO
hours. Dissolved in tea. it produces
almost immediate exhilaration. "incit--
ing almost demoniacal actions" fol-
lowed by a heavy stupor of from five
to II hours. according TO quantity
taken. Added to beer it produces the
worst effects, exciting a quarrelsome
and destructive mania and producing
the most rapid intoXicatiOn.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04

counting. But little patience viii
easily overcome such difficulties.
When one has the average number
of chirps per minute, take one-fourtb
of that number, and add 40 to that; the
result will be the temperature within
a degree or two of the actual tempera-
ture as read from a thermometer hung
out of doors.
Another experiment is 20 capture ..
cricket and take him into the house
and see how much faster he chirps
when he Is warm.
To count the chirps Ger minute, TAX
ing one-fourth of that number and add
ing 40 TO it may seem a little compli-
cated-but it is really very simple, an y
is like the game, Think OF numttcr
and double it," put to an interesting
purpose.-St. Nicholas.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
INSECT THERMOMETER.
Chirps of the Lively Little Crickes
Bear a Close Relation to the
Temperature.

On an autumn evening, when tho
crickets are out enjoying life too, it
is very interesting to be able 10 tell
the temperature of the air by the num-
Der Of chirps the cricket makes per
minute.
1t seems that the rate of chirps IS
affected by the temperature, and the
exsct relation of the temperature 10
the number of chirps has been cs;
mated. With little care in counting,
one soon becomes expert enough to t H.
the temperature within one or two Ge--
grees Fahrenheit.
One meets with many discourage
meuts at first as he tries hard to count
every chirp; the cricket stops befOr ?
the minute is up; other insects notes
drown out the cricket's; the noise x
passing vehicles, etc, are very apt to
interrupt at the critical moment of
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
DANCING EGG TRICK.
a Little Experiment for Boys and
Girls That Is Sure to Prove En-
tertaining Always.

To execute this little experiment you
need a hard-boiled egg and smooth
china plate. To be sure that the ex-
pertinent is going to be successful, keep
the egg in perpendicular position
while it is being boiled.
Place the plate upside down on the
table, allowing it to stand out little
over the edge of the table, to be able
to catch it quickly with your hand.
Place the egg in the center of the plate
and putting the thumb of the left hand
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
hoy shoot. a Rix Rear.

About as proud boy as there is in
the entire Adirondack region is little
Jack Stearns, an 11-year-old New York
boy, who shot and killed bear. With
his mother, Mrs. John Noble Stearns,
the little New Yorker is guest Of the
Adirondack League club, and it was
near the Coombs Spring hatchery of that
organization that the youthful hunter
laid Bruin low. Dave Charbonneau, a
guide, was with the hoy when the bear
was killed. He says the animal was leo
yards away from the boy when the shot
was fred. The first attempt was sue
eessful. The bear weighed $50 pounds
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
JOHNNY SPEAKS.

JOHNNY SPEAKS.
The Sandman he's a jolly old fellow.
His face is kind, his voice is mellow.
But he makes your eyelids as heavy as
lead,
And then you got to go off to bed:
don't think like the Sandman.
But I've been playing this livelong day:
1t does make fellow so tired to play!
Oh. my. I'm a-yawning right here before
ma,
I'm the sleepiest fellow that ever you saw.
think l do like the Sandman.
Paul L. Dunbar. In Chicago Daily News
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
Wine vs.. Beer,

Englishman consumes. in year, two
bottles of wine, 178 bottles of beer and
six bottles Of spirits. A Frenchman dis
poses OF 141 bottles of wine, 80 of beer
and II of spirits. If these figures are at
all dependable, says the Boston Home
Journal, an interesting question arises
as to whether this large consumption
of wine is the cause or the effect of the
fiery Gaelic or Celtic temperament. If
stolid John Bull would let up on beer
for awhile. interesting historical devei
opments might follow.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
THE SAND MAN.

know a man
With face of tan,
But who Is ever kind;
Whom girls and boys
Leave games and toys
Each eventide to find.
When day grows dim.
They watch fer him,
He comes to place his claim;
He wears the crown
OF reaming-town;
The Sandman is his name.
When sparkling eyes
Droop sleepywise
And busy lips grow dumb;
When little heads
Nod toward the beds,
We know the Sand-Man's come.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04

and the index finger of the right hand on
both ends of the egg, give it sudden
tvirl causing 1t to turn around in quick
motion. The egg will gradually stand
on one end; then you grab the plate.
and all you have to do is to keep the egg
In motion. which is not difficult-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
The Prouer Pronunci.t,o,

Chauneey Depew went into a high
class restaurant the other day and tc
his surprise discovered oleomargarine
upon the table. Come here" he SAID
to the waiter. How do you pronounce
o-l-e-o-m-a-r-g-a-r-i-n-ef" And the in
telligent servitor Of the magnincen.
palace of pleasure at once responded:
II pronounce 1t butter. sir, or else !
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
Hair Turn. white in Dream.

Lee Bird. young man of Hamilton
O., has suffered premature wbiteness o.
the hair, as the result of a dream.
Six weeks ago his hair was jet black
One night ne had vivid dream. II
which he imagined that he was deae'
and surrounded by the torrents OF the
lost So great was the shock that bic
hair was shot with gray when ne
awoke. Now it is rapidly whitening
Bird himself IS sponsor fer the stor,
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04

A Chicago girl nearly killed masher
the other day. Stepped on 1t probably.
remarks the Atlanta (Ga-) Journal.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-04
Iosinc Game

She-W'hat did you marry me for
anyway?
He-For better or for worse-and :
iost-Town Topics
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-10-26

MI. and Mrs, J. II. .Matheney Of
Dubuque la. are in the city. guests
at the Royal
w NJ. Garter is here nom Padocahs
Ky
+. H. 15ecker OF Los Angeles, Cal.
is a visitor ir the citys
Jos Bryan Is here frbm Perry
sheriff J l. Smith of Grand. Day
county : in the city.
w. H.lGelat {, agent Of the ARIZONA"
company was guest at the Astor
Mr.. an4 Mrs ]. D. somner and n
NJ Carr slr.. who have been visiting
MI an. Nrs r. NJ. Carr the past two
weeks. returned to their home in
illinois this afternoon
supi Baxter win go to Oklahoma
City tomorrow to attend a meeting of
the pre- dents Of the territorial insti-
utious The county superintendents
viii meet there Wednesday and the
city superintendents on Saturday Al
these meetings arrangements viii be
made for the educational exhibi which
oklahoma win make at the ST. Louis
deposition
+ n 8 Davis and son Cas-, of Perry
4 are n The city negotiating for the
purchase OF livery stable
Oil Inspector Ashton IS at King
fisher ,oday
ExD-iegate and Mrs Dennis r
Flynn ard sons went to Oklahoma CITY
today
Dr. Sanders territorial veterinarian.
IS here from oklahoma City toiay.
Jasper- stpes is an Oklahoma city
visitor ia the city
Chanting Folsom has arrived from
Kansas City to succeed Scott Laugh
lin a territorial CORRESPONDENT of the
kansas city Journal Mr. and Mrs
IIauehlin will leave for Kansas points
Iin few days
A g. French OF oklahoma City wos
fin the city today
Mayor Barnes has returned from an
Ieastcrn trip.
I Captain Barnrar who has been III
with an attack of malarial fever viii
soon be able to resume work at lhe
Oklahoma Worlds Fair commissioners
office.
Mrs Emmett Gregg IS visiting rel
latives near Cashion.
Judge Harris Of Perry was in tho
lcity today
Associate Justice Hainer was in Tho
city toiay enroute to Pawnee to al
tend court