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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09

dock and drain off the water so as to
expose the hull completely The next
would be to pull out the pins or to drive
out the keys from their seats. For this
purpose mallets would probably suffice.
Finally, 1t would be necessary to detach
the hub of the screw from the Shaft by
exerting pressure in such way as to
make it slip along the latter. If this
shaft had only slight taper, of course
only a little movement in the right d.
rectiOn would serve the purpose, but
the force requisite to start the hub
would be great.
A passing allusion to the hydraulic
apparatus for performing this service is
made in Casters Magazine, which also
supplies the illustration here repro
duced. Though no explanation is sup
piled. one can readily conjecture how
the device is used. The bolts which con-
meet the four segnents of circle should
be relaxed and one of the joints opened
sufficiently to allow the machine to be
slipped past the screw. so as to embrace
the shaft at point just back of the
propeller. BY chain and suitable
tackle the whole mechanism would be
temporarily suspended at. the stern of
the ship from the deck while these op-
erations are going on. The press once
being loosely in position right behind
the hub of the screw. it should be tight
ened about the shaft by proper add
justment of the bolts at the four Joints.
The thing will not work unless a perfect
grip has been obtained
To understand the final procedure one
should take it for granted that the four
segments are hollow. Water. havine
been forced into one of them, quickly
distributes itself by the coiled pipes that
connect it with the other three. Thus
the pressure is equal in all. The two
light colored. bean-shaped areas on each
segment represent plates which can be
made to move away from the surface of
the segment by pressure within. These
eight plates would bear against the hub
OF the screw with equal strength and
slowly push the latter from it's original
DOSitiOn
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Two Hundred Miles nm Hour.

Some interesting experiments have
been carried out with a new mono
rail system devised by French engi-
neer, M. Devic. The inventor has
built a model upon the scale of one
tenth Of what the actual train is to
be, and with this train he has attained
a speed of Is miles an hour. The
/ train is to be propelled by electric
power, and in order that high speed
may be attained the inventor relies
upon two factOrs-diminuti0n of
weight and more effective gripping
of the drive wheels. upon the single
track of the railroad. He claims to
have designed rail which will afford
the wheels sufficient grip, irrespective
Of the weight which they are carrying.
Further experiments are to be carried
out with a much larger model at
Nemours to prove the utility ana ad-
vantage of the system. NJ. Devic Is
sanguine of attaining q speed of 26l
miles an hour
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09

most dangerous feats ever performed,
owing to the difficulty of keeping the
center of the track while in such swift
motion, and to the necessity of stop
ping the wheel quickly after complet-
ing the loop. In the apparatus here
illustrated the trouble in stopping the
wheels seems to have been eliminated.
though possibly not to the complete
satisfaction of the rider, who has to
dive head foremost into bag suspend
ed just at the end of the short Journey.
But that is not the worst of it. He is
compelled to enter the bag with his
head down and feet in the air and his
wheel bottom side up above him, the
latter portion of the trip being taken
in that position. AS soon as the per-
former enters the bag it is released
from the hangings and swings outward
on the suspending rope. the counterbal-
ancing weight on the opposite end of
the rope aiding in overcoming the mo-
mentum with which the man shoots
from the track into the bag.-Louisyille
Courier-Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
NEW CURE FOR LOCK1AW.
u'dw"y Men Invent Electronometer
Which They Hope VIII
DO Much

Capillary electronometer is the name
of new instrument delicate enough
to register the minute discharges of elec-
tricity IN nerves and muscles. The in
vention will greatly aid the cure of lock-
jaw, they hope, and be Of great use in
nervous diseases. 1t is a device con-
ceived by the research workers in the
physiological laboratory at the Uni
versity of Chicago. it's inventors being
c. c. Guthrie, E. P. Lyon and F. H
Rieske.
A fine glass tube with hole in it no
larger than capillary gland on the back
of human hand is the mechanism of
the instrument. The tube at one end
contains mercury, which penetrates the
small extremity Of the tube: The tube
rests in q cup Of acid, and the two are
joined by platinum wire.
All life action is chemical and elec-
trical, the inventors believing, and by the
action of the electrical discharge from
moving muscle on the mercury in the
tube the amount Of energy expended NAV
be gagged.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09

Talk as we will the separate blouse
is with us TO stay. 1t passes through
many changes, and the modistes have
done all in their power at different
times to drive it from the realm of
possibility Of the well-dressed woman,
but without success
The latest vogue in connection with
; blouses is to have them match the skirt
IN color, and many made along this
line will be seen during the spring and
summer
Handsome white blouses are, to be
sure, still worn with skirts of various
colors and are so useful that women
are loath to give them up, but they are
no longer considered distinctly smart
unless worn with white skirt.
The same thing may be said of the
delicate blue, pink, yellow and cham
payne colored blouses which, in ex-
travagantly elaborate form, appear in
the shop windows. They are charming,
and worn with skirt to match they
would be most desirable for house
wear; but worn with skirts to which
they have no definite relation they are
not according to the latest laws of
fashion.
They are very suggestive, however,
these exquisite blouses, and if they do
not happen to fill the want left by ones
coat and skirt costume, they may at
least give one the idea for blouses that
may he made in the right colors and
mater>a ais.
Chiffon, mousseline, lace and all the
new silks are called into service by the
blouse makers. Chiffon velvet and the
very fine cloths, such as drap ideal,
which is hardly heavier than silk, are
also used for handsome blouses but,
naturally enough, are not so much in
demand for spring and summer wear
as they have been throughout the win
ter
The heavy grades of chiffon. known
as chiffon cloths, are excellent blouse
materials, for, though comparatively
light and sheer. they are really dura-
BILE. If it is impossible to get exactly
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
NEW DAREDEVIL FEAT.
Variation Of LOOp-t In Loop, Invented
by Charles II. Culver, New
England Athlete.

If man really has the desire to make
money in hurry, let him devise some
new sensation and spring it on the peo-
pie. the more dangerous and blood
curdling the better. from the monetary
point of view. as hundreds of people
will always flock to see some new
scheme which seems to give promise OF
an accident sooner or later. OF course,
the majority Of these devices are not
really as dangerous as they look to be
to the outside public, as the performer
has the opportunity to practice in Sc
cret, with safety appliances which will
prevent serious Injury until he reaches
the point where he can go through his
act without feeling the need of taking
precautionary measures. Looping the
loop on bicycle is probably one Of the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
RANK POISON IN THE BODY.
Reason for Troubles That Generally
Result from Over-Eatlng-Body
IL Poison Factory.

The body is factory Of poisons. II
these poisons, which are constantly be-
ing produced in large quantities in tho
body, are imperfectly removed or are
produced in too great quantity as the
result of overlooking, the fluids which
surround the brain cells and all the
living tissues are contaminated with
poisonous substances which asphyxiate
aud paralyze the cells and so interfere
With their activity. This fact explains.
In part at least, says the London Fam
lily Doctor, the stupidity which is a
common after-dinner experience with
many persons.
When food is retained in the stom-
ach beyond the normal time, either
because of its indigestibility, the TAX
ing Of too large quantity of it or a
crippled state of the stomach, these
changes are certain to take place. This
fact explains a very large share of the
myriad symptoms which afflict the
chronic dyspeptic. The gidd!ness, the
hasliaS sensations, the confusion Of
, : " n q
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A WONDERFUL SUBSTANCE.
Link Between the Vegetable and Nin-
eral Kingdoms Formed by As
beStO~-ltS SEES.

Asbestos is one of the most remarks
able substance found in nature, and is
classified by biologists as peculiar spe-
cies of the hornblende family of miner
ais. It's composition is chiefly SILICA.
magnesia. alumina, and ferrous oxide.
and consequently understandable hence
its name. The fibers formed by chemical
combination are perfectly smooth, and
in this respect are different from III 9TH
er known fibers. says the Scientific
American
Paradoxically. it is the link which
completes the chain between the vege-
table and mineral kingdoms. and is in
fact meteorological vegetable possess
ing the curious properties found in both.
for it is at once fibrous and crystalline.
elastic and brittle as thistledown when
treated mechanically
Added to this. it's fibers. soft white
and delicate, have, by their inherent
quality of indestructibility withstood
the action Of the elements since the
world began; and through all the count
less ages. during which the hardest rocks
surrounding it have been reduced, this
meteorological mystery has remained in
| tact, having successfully resisted the
assaults of fire, acids and time Asbestos
is found widely distributed throughout
the world. although the principal sup
ply of crude asbestos suitable for the
manufacture of ireproof cloths and cur
tains comes from Canada, about =, miles
from Quebec
The Italian mineral has a fine. silk
like fiber, but is lacking in the essen
tial characteristic of strength. The
product obtained from South Carolina
has soft. woody. yellowish fiber. which
quickly powders under pressure The
South African asbestos as one might
naturally infer is of a dark slate or
black color. with exceptionally long.
. strong fibers. but owing to its stiff
and horny texture. 1t cannot be manu-
featured into fine fabric, hence the
superiority of the Canadian asbestos.
and it's large consumption in the United
States
The mining of asbestos differs radical
ly from the mining of other minerals.
since no shafts re sunk but excavations
are made in the open. somewhat after
the manner Of stone quarry. Canadian
asbestos, however is found in narrow
veins or seams about an inch and
quarter in thickness. and embedded in
rock which is easily severed from it,
The strata Of asbestos which may be
vertical or horizontal. are found in
practically detached deposits. and are
as elusive as those OF zinc-bearing ore,
and can only be determined by exploring
for them
The rock to which the mineral is at
tached shows on fresh fracture serDen-
tine mineral of a green shade contain
ing fnely-divided particles of chronic
and magnetic iron. The asbestos on
cleavage presents a brilliant, dark
green surface by reflected light. but the
fibers after they are detached are per-
fectly white. The act of separating the
mineral from its matrix of rock is termed
hand cobbing." and after this process
the mineral is shipped to various fac
tories in the United States
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
LOST IN MEDITATION
What Is wrong with the picture4
RUSSIA AS NAVAL POWER.
Shipx Are Poorly Manned by Country
Lads Through the Con-
script System.

An officer admitted to the writer
when visiting on board Russian bat
tleship recently that a large proper
ton of the men are not sailors, but
agricultural laborers drawn from in
land districts by the cOnscriptive sys-
tenn, says Casters Magazine. They
enter as young men-not, to be noted,
as bOys-and serve from five to seven
years, and are then passed into the
reserve for further period of eight
to ten years. From the fact that these
men come from inland provinces it
follows that they have not the love of
the sea IN their veins. and from the
fact that Russia is not an industrial
nation 1T also follows that few of these
men have any mechanical knowledge.
Consequently the navy is manned
with the toughest material, men who
have to learn everything and unlearn
great deal.
1t is said that the standard of gun.
merry is good, but as no records of
any kind are published and the ships
in Europe are in full commission fo1
only about, half the year and most OF
the ships in the far east have been
! commissioned comparatively recently
such assurances must be received with
| reservations. No doubt the men DOS
sess high standard of courage anG
iron nerves, but these qualities in
modern naval war cannot take the
place Of continuous war training, win
ter and summer. which is the pro
gramme of the British and American
and German fleets.
Russia has the ships, she is build
ing more of them, and she has a per.
sonnet of 65,054, including many we'll
trained officers of good attachments,
but what the fleet really represents in
naval power is a problem which only
war can solve. 1t may be that it will
be found, as seems probable, that
while the Russian authorities have
been able to add to the size of the
fleet with marvellous rapidity they
have been unable to supply trained
! men, In these days. especially where
the aid of foreign yards is involved
it is possible to obtain ships at short
notice, but trained officers and men
cannot be so quickly supplied
Under the circumstances in which
the Russian fleet has been created
there is consequently good cause to
wonder whether it will prove in action
; as formidable as it appears on paper
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NEW HYDRAULIC PRESS.
Unique Apparatus Used in ENGLAND
for Removing Screws from
Steamship Shafts.

In English machine shops a greater
variety of hydraulic presses is used
than in America. In this country, per-
haps the most notable service performed
by such apparatus is the forming of
armor plates for battleships. A mass
OF soft steel is forged thereby with al
most the facility displayed by a cook
in kneading dough Tor pie crust One
Of the kinds of work done abroad by
hydraulic power is setting wheels on
axles and removing them. A duty
which is somewhat akin to this is
lOOsenlng a. screw propeller from the
shaft OF steamship. if repairs of either
shaft or screw become desirable.
When a propeller is originally put on
a shaft it is fastened with pins running
inward radially, or with keys wedged
in between the shaft and the hub of the
screw. Additional security is obtained
sometimes by shrinking the hub on.
The diameter OF the hole through this
latter is made a hairbreadth less than
that OF the shaft, but is temporarily en-
larged by heating. When the hub cools
it shrinks. and thus takes a firm hold
The need of fastening a screw we'll is
apparent when one remembers that it
is expected to rotate with the shaft
and that this latter is often made to
turn by an engine of 10000 or $4,000
horse power
In taking screw off from the shaft
then. the first step would be to put the
vessel to which it belonged in a dry.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
Points on Spring Modes

In the smart shops one sees many
evidences of the coming spring. There
are enough of these to give one an op-
portunity Of studying the changes that
the new season will bring, though in a
general way they will not be radical.
The 1880 and Second empire modes
are more and more accented by the
leading Parision dressmakers. All the
latest creations in soft materials-and
it is soft materials par excellence for
the costume at present-display full
ness. flounces, gathers, plaitings, ruch-
ings, rufles.
Crepe de chine, messaline. satin lib
erty, chiffon cloth, chiffon, voile, ba-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09

the shade required in this chiffon, or.
indeed, in any lace, silk or other fabric.
one has but to send goods and a sam
pie OF the desired color to reputable
| dyer. There was never a time when
so much special dyeing was ordered by
the dressmakers, and the satisfactory
results are a tribute to the skill of the
modern dyers.
Handwork of any and Of every kind
is lavished upon these dressy blouses
Fagoting, embroidery, tucking, shir-
| ring, shocking. inset lace designs, all
play their part. and the ubiquitous
bouillonee figures as conspicuously
here as elsewhere in the new modes,
While the details offer great variety,
the general lines of the blouse are a
trif1e monotonous.
If, as is true in the majority of cases,
a blouse must be fitted for wear under
a coat, the deep berthe and other
shoulder draperies are out of the ques-
ton. Most attractive blouses owning
such features are offered, and for house
wear are charming enough; but once
crammed into even an ample coat
sleeve, they lose their freshness.
The long shoulder line must be
achieved in some fashion, so the blouse
maker resorts to a deep yoke of lace
or handwork running down low over
the shoulders and cut round, pointed
front and back, or shaped irregularly
, The juncture of yoke and blouse and
sleeves is hidden by trimming, and the
full sleeves have cuffs corresponding to
the yoke
AS has been said before, this yoke
| blouse varies widely in detail The
yoke may be entirely of narrow bias
bands and fagotings and inset medal
| lions or circles filled with lace stitches
and the same open work may reappea1
| upon the body of the blouse.
Or. more easily made, and very fash
ionable at the moment, is the yoke OF
all-over lace on which are set scroll
patterns in the narrowest of bouillo-
nees, wider bouillonee or possibly
one in the same width covering the
| union between yoke and blouse.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09

tiste and all other dainty wash goods
show this; increasing tendency OF Dame
Fashion toward softer fabrics. Even
the French taffetas take on a totally
novel aspect with their, lighter and
softer finish.
This new finish In taffeta has been
brought about because of the vogue for
soft materials, says writer in the
Dry Goods Economist. But just because
the manufacturers of Lyons are able to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
FORT SCHLOSSER.

i AS we enter the suburbs of Niagara
Falls, writes .Eben P. Dorr,-in Four
Track News, on the left. now nesting
amongst huge brick factories, is the pic
turesque stone chimney known as Fort
Schlosser." This old stack. (which has
been spared in the march of improve
ments, has weathered many seasons
since its capacious flue drew the sparks
from Joncaire's hearth: in the days of
! the French occupation. Standing at the
head OF the old portage around the falls,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09

the Joncaire house was a landmark Of
Importance in the early settlement of
the frontier. Several buildings have
been located here. The chimney, Of sub
stantial limestone masonry, remains a
mute witness Of the onward sweep OF
civilization, and the vast changes of two
centuries in the environment Of the
cataract. The English, in 1760, erected
a stockade- here. and named It Fort
Sch1osser." in honor Of the ofncer Is
command. ...> . S. s, s- s.s5
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
Powerful Force of Bean.

ANTAGONISTS, to separate the bones of
a skull, frequently fill it with small
beans and place the whole in a basin
ct water. The beans swell and slowly
split the skull. The force which the
beans are capable of exertlng under
these conditions is equal to the aver
age pressure In the boiler of steam
ENGINE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
Heat Lost by Radiation.

The heat lost by radiation from bare
pipes containing steam at 100 pounds
pressure has been estimated by Prof. S.
P. Thompson to be about two tons of
coal a year for each ten square feet OF
pipe surface. Another experiment has
found that SO per cent of the loss IL
prevented by the best mica covering, but
that asbestos covering is much inferior
to mica, and cements are less effective
still.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09

thought and even partial insensibility,
which are not infrequently observed a
few hours after meals in chronic dys-
peptics, are due to this cause. Here is
the explanation of the Feasibility, the
dependency, the pessimism, the in
decision and various other forms of
mental perversity and even moral de-
pravity which are not infrequently as
ISOLATED with certain forms of CASTRO
Intestinal disturbances.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
SDufred On.

$50 Jimmy de Slug got pinched?"
said the first hold-up artist.
"Yeh," replied the other; "he tackled
de wrong man. He tried ter hold up
a Mr.. Henry Peck goin' home wild his
weeks wages. Yer see, dis Mr.. Peck
knowed his wife wouldn't believe him
if he told her he'd been held up an
robbed, so he fought like thunder."-
Washington Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
Not Pleaaanf.

His Girl-Didn't you and pa come to
terms?
He-Oh, yes-er-he-camet to terms.
but they were SO warm didn't wait TO
listen to them.-Philadelphia Ledger. ;,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
High Altitude Kills Germs.

A Swiss scientist has been testing
the presence of bacteria in .mountair.
air, and finds that not q single microbe
exists, beyond an altitude; OF 5000 feet
above the Level, of the sea. III :sssss Fss
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09
ST. LOUIS FAIR GREATEST.
Buildings Far Larger and Area Great
err Than That of the Chicago
Exposition

The Louisiana Purchase exposition
at St. Louis will cover a larger area
entail larger investment of capital
and afford a more diversified display
of exhibits than its last predecessor in
the international line in the United
States, the Chicago fair of 1898. The
differences illustrate, in most, cases
the vast growth of the country in
wealth, industry and resources during
the past eleven years.
The mines and mining building in
st. Louis, for instance, will cover an
area of 525 by $50 feet, while the
mines and mining building in Chica
go was $50 by 700. On the other
hand, rejecting the great growth in
the use of electricity, the St. Louis
building will have an area of $50 by
ga feet. The electricity building in
Chicago covered an area of 700 by 34j
feet
The agricultural buildings in Chi
cago was 500 by 800 feet in area; in
St. Louis it will be 500 by 1000. The
transportation building in Chicago
covered an area of 420 by 700 feet
the St. Louis building will cover 42j
by 750 The United States govern
ment building in Chicago covered an
area Of $50 by 42O feet; in St. Louis
the government building will cover
200 by $50.
The managers of the St. Louis ex
position have made smaller provision
for the exhibit of live stock than the
managers Of the Chicago exposition
and have devoted less area to forestry
exhibits, too; but practically in every
other respect the st. Louis exposition
will be very far in advance of that ir
Chicago, not only in size, but in cost
as we'll.
The approximate cost of the whole
St. Louis fair will be $50.OOO,OO0. The
Chicago worlds fair cost $28, 5000, 900
and the receipts from all source:
were about $15,0OO,OOO,