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The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
To Prevent Fire Loss.

The annual fire bill of the United
Kingdom may be taken at 100000
0O0 that of the United States at G2S,-
100000. There are besides the fire in
surance annual bill and the bill for
the fire stations, with their costly
sites and buildings the fire engines
the other machinery and the horses
All this outlay keeps us pSerer.
But the loss of life is worse, and 1t
is easy to build fireproof-or. better
mbustible-houses. such as in the
RIVER Plata countries and probably in
Bethlehem and Nazareth. The manner
is as follows:
In these countries they neither use
the arch iron but hardwood, which,
having mostly to come a thousand
miles down the river, is dear. So all
the floors and the roof, which is fiat,
are supported by joists shaped as in
this country, and across them are laid
rails of the same hardwood, about a
foot apart. upon which rests the ends
er of bricks, or sometimes two, is laid
in mortar and on this tiles. Then
there is no skirting or panelinS. In
Britain cement should be used for
that purpose and there should be no
boxing of doors and windows, the
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Wealth That Is Dead.

II is astonishing how much of the
worlds wealth is locked up in dia-
nonds. things which are Of no earth
ly use to anybody except for the mere
purpose of orramentatiun. The money
trent fer diamonds every year would
build fleets of peace and war. equip
and pay armies, almost wipe out pow
rrty in city slums. endow hospitals
Ind schools, build railroads ana create
great libraries. Every Low and then
some American woman has trouble
with the customs authorities over the
duty on jewels the value of which
represents a sum sutic for an or
,inary nah to raise and educate
large family of children
Millioraires and crowned heads pos
| sess diamonds which represent idle
wealth sufficient to build whole streets
tf model tenement houses for the poor
The diamonds belonging to the Ger
| man empress are valued at 81 80 900
The crown jewels of England, largely
Dade up of diamonds. exceed in value
sl5 100000. The imperial crown alone
| contains 2,7S3 splendid diamonds. Be
| sides this, the king and queen possess
diamonds to the value of about a mil
! lion more dollars. which are their pri-
Eate property. The crown jewels Of
Russia represent about $4,000 OOO
No one knows just how much the dia-
| nonds possessed by the Sultan of
Turkey are worth but they represent
many millions. Many native princes
in India own diamonds of great value
| The gems of the Gaekwar of Baroda,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14

4 case which occurred in Cheshire.
England. in 1897 is probably without
narallal in the history of tragic coin
cidrnces. 4 lawyer well known in
Liverpool. whose name we Will say IS
Smith: was playing with his children
one evening when his youngest boy,
little fellow Of five, asked TO be lifted
M. The father ct once complied by
,.lacing a hand on each side of the
bows head and raising him foot or
so from the floor. When he placed
linn on his fee, again the boy fell to
The ground apparently liteless. Every
effort %as made to restore him to con
sciousness. but without effect, and the
GCrntOr was sent for.
After examination the medical man
asserted that the child was undoubted-
" dead. and asked the lawyer what
had occurred. Calling another OF his
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Kings of the Diamond.

With the reported princely salaries
70 be drawn by some of the baseball
players. whose services are in demand
by botn the National and American
leagues. the older fans are reminded
of the deals of years gone by when
King Kelly, John Clarkson, and other
players whose names are now but
memories were the central figures in
the baseball world. 1t was in 1885
that the baseball world was astounded
by the purchase of Mike Kelly from
the Chicago club by the Boston man
agement. the sum of so 900 being paid
the former club for The Kings" re-
lease.
This deal, gigantic as 1t was for one
player. was beaten two years later,
when Bob Carruthers was sold by
Chris Won der Abe of the st. Louis
Browns to the Brooklyn club, also
of the American Association. for the
magnificent sum of Sli.250. This rec
ord for the sale OF players is still
unique in baseball lore. Carruthcrs
was then attached to Comiskcys twiri-
lrp staff. and had been the manstay
of the Browns for the three seasons
when they won the pennant in the
association. Then the Brooklyn club
determined to get into the race. and
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14

frames being built In securely. Tho
doors are also of hardwood. In that
fine climate no lath or plaster is ever
used. In this country the laths should
be of iron and If molding is wanted
around the doors ii could be of cement
instead of dangerous. inilammabe
wood.
In such houses bonfire made by
pilnG a lot of sticks and shavings on
the best bed in the best bedroom and
setting fire to il would not set the
house on fire. The writer has for six-
ty-four years lived in or been connect
ed with the great city of Buenos
Ayres the capital of the Argentine
Republic. and the largest city in the
southern hemisphere, with $4,000 in
habitants, and never heard of a life
being lost by fire. though there are
fires. Lattcrly, as pine from the Unit
ed States is now abundant, some
builders have used it partially in
buildings in the capital and such are
not quite freprOof. but it is bad
practice. In Britain, as roofs must
slope because of the snow, and fiat
roofs would not do. the states should be
fixed in some way to iron strips. This
might be a little trOus leSOme at first.
but our skaters and smiths would soon
find out the way.-Chambers' journal.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14

consisting .arTely Of diamonds, arc
valued at $4,000 900. Among his treas
ures is a carpet made entirely OF dia-
monds and pearls, all matched and
blerded Many churches, too. in the
Old world are rich in diamonds The
largest diamond in the world. the Ey.
celsiur. found at Jaggersfontein IN
1898. is so valuable that special syn
dicate has been formed to stand the
expense and risk of cutting II.
A large part of the worlds gold.
houses in the form of dishes or orna-
ments. In tn" kremIin are many great
gold dishes, so heavy that strong
man cannot lift them, and many mill
ions of dollars worth OF yoid made
into ornamental forms. The gold din
ner service at Windsor Castle is val
ued at 81 100000. ard golden pea.
cock with jewelcd tail there is valued
al 100000. In the treasure house Of
the Sultan OF COnstantinople are tons
of gold plate. and great golden bowls
filed to the brm with rare pearls.
Gold in every form which the ingenu-
ity of man has been able to invent is
scattered about in splendid confusion
in the palaces by the Bosporus. The
Shah of Persia has golden ornaments
and diamonds slowed away in his pal
ace which. turned into money, would
enable him to bnild railroads and open
up his country to civilization.
The worlds dead wealth is some
thing enormous wncn you come to
think of it.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14

the combination which we show may
provide a welcome substitute. 1t has
been designed especially to answer
the purpose of the high chair, rocker
and wheel chair. and yet it occupies
no more space in a room than any one
of these pieces of furniture would.
Only little study will be required to
master the details of construction, and
learn how to convert this piece of fur
niture from rocker to rollor Or ele-
vate the seat to the position required
to enable the child to sit at the ta-
BILE. The chair is fitted with four
short legs. rigidly attached to the
seat. and to the end of each leg is
pivoted a rocker those secured to the
front legs being considerably longer
than those which project toward the
front When the chair is to be used
at the table the rockers are extended.
as shown in the upper picture, with a
pin driven through holes where the
rockers cross each other. When used
as a rocker the curved pieces are low
cred into the position shown in the
second drawing, where the pin again
serves to hold them rigid. To make
roll chair the four wheels are turned
beneath the rockers by revolving tho
short arms which carry them.
Warren w. Leopard of Otsego, Mich,
is the inventor.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14

offered great sums to President Won
der Abe for some of his stars, among
them Carruthcrs.
When the deal was finished the sum
CT S. $50 in cash was paid for the sale
of the release Of the pitcher, and a
tonus of 81 800 was paid to him for
signing with the eastern team as we'll
as salary of $4,000 for the season
heing given to him. In addition to
this, it cost Brooklyn $500 additional
salary 70 carry ont the deal, making
a total of s14.25O expended in securing
This star.
The Boston-kclIy deal. which Great
ed great stir at the time, and is re-
membered by every Old-timc fan in tho
country as one of the great events and
landmarks of the game, cost Boston
the sum of $4,000 for the release OF
the player Then salary Of $4,000
Was guaranteed him for the season.
making total of $4,000 While the
Brooklyn club was strengthenin with
the purpose of weakening the Browns
that the penEant would go east tho
following year, they persuaded Won
der Abe to part with couple more OF
his stars for goOdly sums. Dave FoutZ
being sold for $500 and Bushing for
$500 less.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
A Warning to Parents.

children to him Mr. Smith, exclaimed:
"As | live. doctor, all | did was to ut
him few inches from the floor, like
this" and. suiting the action to tho
words. he raised the boy a few inches.
as he had done the dead child scarce
ly half an hour before.
The result can be guessed. Before
the doctor could call out word Of
warning the child had fallen to tho.
floor unconscious, and moment later;
was dead At the double inquest tho.
doctor certified that the spinal CORDS,
so fragile in young and delicate chill
drcr, had undoubtedly snapped the IN
slant the little victims had been lit.
ed off their feet, and though the faith
cr was cNonerated from all blame the,
jury felt compelled to add rider to
their verdict warning parents against
the dangerous practice OF lifting
young children by their heads.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Atlantic Liner Turbine Predicted.

In the English Channel Oh June q
the new turbine steamboat, the Queen,
made her final trip before being
placed in commission. The average
speed was upward Of twenty-three
knots. Expressions of satisfaction
we're general. The vessel afterward
took her place on the regular schedule
from Dover to Calais in connection
with the London-Paris service. Per
sons who were on board on her trial
trip predicted turbine Atlantic liner
within two or three years. C. A. Par.
sons, the inventor of the turbine en-
CINE, is confident he can clip a full
knot of the best Tran atlantic speed
record whenever he shall have a
chance to make test of his invention
on SO large scale.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Iron cirders in Use Forty Years.

Well preserved iron girders and
beams are exhibited by the floor fram-
ing OF building. now being demol-
ished, at the corner of William street
and Exchange place, New York City,
This building dates back of the civil
war. 1t has brick walls faced with
marble, and floors of earth filling on
all iron framing. This arrangement
and details Of the floor construction
are notable. The beams and girders
show only spots of rust. the general
surfaces showing either the original
paint or, where the paint has scaled
off, the oxide scale of the rolling mill
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
-Four Souereiuns,

The American sailors to whom the
Kaiser desired to make presents were
the three men who stood at his chair
while he dined. 1t isn't every day
that one sovereign has three other
sovereigns at his elbow, and it is not
a matter for wonder that the emperor
wished to commemorate the occasion.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
london's Many Graveyards.

OF the 362 burial grounds which Lon
ion has had only 40 are still in use.
More than 30 have vanished from
SIGHT entirely; about a hundred have
aoen transformed from neglected. Of
.ensive eyesores into bright. cheerful
-ardens, where London's toilers medi-
tate among the tombs during their
luncheon hour; and the rest. crowded
with graves, are closed alike to the
undertaken and the public.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14

it on the floor of his stall. or on the
pavement if being fed while on the
road The horse has no chance to
swing it's head away from the recep-
tacle in which the feed is placed, and,
consequently. whatever drops from
its mouth falls directly back into the
receptacle. 1t will also be seen that
the feed is not poured directly into
the eating trough. but is placed in
tubular hopper depending from the
animals neck. finding its way Slowly
into the trough through pocket at
one side. AS the feeding apparatus IS
suspended from the neck and does not
depend on the bride for support II
will not interfere with free movement
of the animals jaws while eating.
George II. Nissen of Brooklyn ~.
y, is the inventor.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Chicken Serum.

In view Of the fact that chickens do
not suffer from tuberculosis, DIR. vi
guier de Maillane OF France tried to
cultivate the bacillus of consumption
in the serum of fowls blood, and COM
pletely failed. He is now experiment.
ing with encouraging results in the
use of chicken serum as an antitoXin
for consumption.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Last EnQlish Burning.

The last person who suffered at the
stake in England was Bartholomew
Logatt, who was burned at Smithfield
in 1911. as a blashphemous hereto.
according to the sentence pronounced
by John King. bishop of London. The
bishop consigned him to the secular
Of King James, who took care to give
the sentence full effect.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Cheap Gold,

A French alchemist claims that he
has made gold out of some cheap ma
terial But as he only got half an
ounce OF gold after six months work,
there is not likely to be any rush to
follow his example. Gold making is
not better than boot making unless
one can make enough of it.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Museum Fees

The que u Of making the public
pay an en- .alra Zoe to Paris museums
arises aga. 10 is argued that the re-
ceipts thu ..j,i will be useful to
the admin 'atug des Beaux Arts. as
an eXamp. 'l" Italian and German
galleries an ven. The vatican makes
$4,000 year The Nuremberg museum
like amoII, The Dresden Royal gal
lery 5000 au4 the British National
Portrait salrE $4,000.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Wireless Telegraphy.

The annual report of the supern-
tendent of the coast and geodetic sur
vey says, among other things. that the
development of wireless telegraph sys-
TENS during the year rendered it i'm
pOrtant that experiments should be
made to determine whether it was
practicable to use the wireless tele.
graph for the purpose of exchanging
time signals in the longitude work of
the Survey. The Importance of sue.
cessful wireless telegraph system to
chart maker organization like the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, can be un-
derstood when it is remembered that
the method of determining longitude
by lunar distances is unsatisfactory
from the standpoint of accuracy and
that by the chromometric method the
cost of a longitude determination in
creases with the cost of travel be-
tween stations. and it's accuracy de-
creases as the time required to make
a round trip increases. 1t has been
customary in Alaska to obtain the re-
suits from seven round trips Of a
steamer for the determination of the
distance of longitude between import
ant stations. The errors pertaining to
the two preceding methods are either
abolished or reduced to a minimum by
the telegraphic method. 1t meets all
modern requirements for accuracy and
is comparatively inexpensive. Unfor
tunately for the accurate and rapid
construction of charts, telegraph lines
and cables do not penetrate every
where.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Alphabet Statistics.

OF the alphabet, the letters most RE.
quently used out of every 900 letters
formed INTO words in daily use are
first the letter +, which takes the lead
occurring 1877 times: the next 7, run
nlng 50; o. 7G; S. 70; l, II; r, 70;
n, Ct; H. 65; A. "a, and l., 40.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Consumption of EqQs.

Prof Thompson. who is statisti-
clan of reputation, has discovered that
in the city of New York each family
of five persons consumes on an aver
age four eggs a day. In Chicago. If
it is accepted that the city has
reached population of 100000. the
rate of egg consuming is higher. and
every person in the city manages to
consume one whole egg each day in
the year.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Lost Opportunity.

You must not imagine" she said
that l wonlt be willing to sit out here
alone VIII you if you were not SO
hig. and strong, and able to pick me
up in your arms as if ! we're Il mere
child-ln case anything happened"
Then because nothing happened she
tCld her friends that he was dull.
witted and probably had soul like
withercG lemon.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
A Much-Insured kansan.

Noting that man in st. Louis had
nearly million in life insurance, the
Globe Democrat says: Outside OF
New York. Chicago and Philadelphia,
he probably carries the largest "insur-
ance of any man in the United
States" St. Louis must go way back
and sit down. c. j. Devlin OF To
peka has sl,2OO,OOO in life insurance.
Kansas City Journal.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
P02ZZZ 40
uSZZEzNLZ

the Cncompahgre Valley, Col. Eighty.
five miles of irrigation canals will be
fed by this tunnel. The section of the
tunnel will vary somewhat. but will
average II by l2 feet. The Reclama-
ton act, which passed both houses
and was signed by the president a
year ago, provides for this great work
The tunnel will start at a point in the
Gunnison canyon. about twelve miles
northeast of MontrOSe.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
For Irriuatino Texan Lands.

A project is on foot in Laredo, Tex.
to install an electric plant at the coal
mines, twenty-five miles above Laredo,
of sumciert capacity to convey power
up and down both sides of the river,
to be used in irrigating many thous.
ard acres of valley land.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14

Needs No Nails to Fasten It in Place.
that once in while nail splits or
turns while being driven into the hoof,
causing it to enter the tender upper
portion and temporarily Gripping the
animal. Then, too, the shoes are apt
to get loose on the feet. and may
strain the tendons of the leg before
the driver discovers that anything is
wrong. If the inventor of the nailless
horseshoe shown in the drawing has
succeeded in designing a shoe which
will take the place of that WHICH has
been in use for SO many years he will
be assured of finding plenty of driv-
ers ready to give it a fair trial. The
wearing surface of this shoe differs
from the ordinary kind only in being
minus the nail holes. but at the front
1knd ends OF the new shoe will be seen
metallic straps rising to a common
point near the top of the hoof. These
straps are hinged to the shoe, and are
connected at the ends by a threaded
bolt, which can be turned with small
wrench to clamp the straps over the
hoof. 1t is necessary that the bottom
of the hOOf be pared down evenly be-
fore the shoe is put in place in order
that smooth fit NAV be insured but
aside from this there is little work re-
Quired to put on set of these shoes,
and this suggests the idea that the
horse may yet have its shoes put on
in the morning and removed at night
to rest the feet.
Josiah Serfass OF Hazleton, Pa, is
the inventor.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Was Born Without Them.

George Lawdcr, president OF the
Union CroQuet club, was walking
?.urg the shopping district when
uniformed attendant Cf a painless dent
II parlor handed him card After
lancing at il. MIR. Lawder handed
Jack the card with the remark:
Il haven't any use for this | Gas
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Quick Growth Of a Mexican ci,v.

Fifteen wears ago the streets of tho
city OF Monterey. Mexico. were enliv-
ened by 10 other sound than the bleat-
ing OF bids being carried to the
slaughter Tu.Iay, Monterey boasts of
being tht Yankee town of our sister
republic. JIG has railroads. breweries.
steel worhs cotton mills. brick yards,
wagon shops soap factories and nearly
every otheI kind Of industrial improve
ment.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Convertible Chair for the Baby.

People who are blessed with plenty
of money can afford to buy any num-
Der of chairs for their children. the
latter generally having their own lit
tie rockers and high chairs, entirely
Independent of the ones used by the
older people. This is well enough for
the family with plenty of cash and
room TO place the furniture, but for
the poor man who has little of either
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Coil Oil and Products.

Last year 10000 900 barrels OF ker-
osenc were produced in the United
States, and it is reckOned that the
proceeds from the sale of this and the
various by-products obtained from
crude petroleum aggregated nearly
$500 O00, 900.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
That Note Isn't New,

The Information that "a certain
musical note raised to great number
of vibrations per second will result in
the sudden and complete paralysis OF
the mosquito" comes from Stamford,
Conn. II is tantaliZingly indefinite,
but perhaps the Stamford discoverer
is waiting to have the note copy
righted before giving 1t to the world.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Where Republicans Are Scarce.

There are two Republicans in the
Arkansas legislature, one in Florida,
three in Alabama. four in Georgia,
rorp in South Carolina and MISSISSIPPI
pi Louisiana has one acti-organlZa
ton Democrat.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Average Families.

The best calculation that can be
made shows that the average number
OF children TO the white native family
century ago in the United States was
more than six; in 1880 it had fallen
to less than five; in 1860, to less than
four; in 1872. to less than three; in
1900, among the upper classes" IN
Boston, to less than two.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Tunnel 70 Aid IRRIGATION.

The Gunnson irrigation tunnel Is to
be begun within month. according
% report The tunnel will cost 81
100000 ard will be in two sections,
nne two miles long, through a spur In
the cliffs, and the other four miles
long. through the ridge dividing the
waters of the GunnisCn from those OF
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Lacks Scientific School.

In a letter advocating plan for the
establishment in England of u great
scientific school, Lord Rosebery says:
1T is, little short Of scandalous that
our ambitious youths should be
obliged to resort to the United States
and Germany for technical training"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
An Author in the Woods.

Stewart Edward White, author OF
"Coujuror's House has gone Tor a
trip IN horseback in the wilds of the
Sierra Nevada mountains. He Will
be zone three months, and Will ex.
Dlo.e the redwood country.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Slavery in AFR, "A.

Over 90 per cent of the inhabitants
in ,rntral and eastern Africa are Mo-
han mmedans, and every man or prom
incure in central Africa is slave
OML-r.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
The Lovers Quarrel.

She (turning at the door)-I think
ing to speak to you again, SO there's no
use coming into the musicrOom after
me-because I'll be on the rustic bench
at the far end of the conservatory
Smart Set
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
LARGEST Chemical Factory

The largest factory of chemicals In
the world is said to be the anilinc and
works employ liS scientific chemists.
seventy-f1ve technical engineers, 3o5
clerks and more than 5000 working
men,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Importations of the Olive.

Olives and olive oil, $1,000 900 in
value, are bought by the United States
from countries bordering on the Med
iterranean sea. The grower Of this
fruit in California will soon have no
difficulty in finding a market,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
The Poison Of Hay Fever.

Tgof. Dunbar, of Hamburg, claims to
haye discovered the poison in the pol.
len II flowers which causes hay fever
an also the antidote.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-14
Chicago the Nations Capjtal,

Chicago is by logic aud position
the legitimate capital of the United
States" said DR.. Toyokichi Iyenaga
of Japan in the course Of lecture on
the Renaissance in Japan" at the
University of Chicago.