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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-09
Bad Blaze at Dss Moinss.

Special to Tines Republican.
Des Moines, May 9.-Fire, belieye4
to have been started by tramps, de-
stroyed a frame addition ~ the Stonet
wall paper factory, Eighth and Tuttle
streets, Saturday night at midnight,
causing a loss of $4,000. The insur-
ance carried Is about $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-09
ntIiIETlN.

ST. Petersburg. May s.-viceroy
Mlexieff has telegraphed the emperor
announcing the, transfer of his head
lpuarters to Harden.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-09
HOUNDS HUNT FOR RoHsERs

Keen Scented Animals Pursue 0ar.s
glars Who Entered Stors.
Earlham. May 9, Bloodhounds are
on the track Of burglars who entered
Fry q Packard's general merchandise
store and robbed the safe or several
hundred dollars. Entrance was secured
by breaking window. The safe Wae
dynamited.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-09
Russian Statesman Dead.

London, May "a st. Petersburg
dispatch announces the death this mer-
ming of M. Pleske. late ministee ne
0nanco. q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-09
BOLD ROBBERY IN CHICAGO.

Two Mon Hold Up cashier in kinslsyss.
Restaurant.
Chicago. May 1.-Two we'll dressed
robbers raided .Kinsleys restaurant In
the uptown district last night and held
ceipts amounting to over 81 900, were
secured. and the men escaped befOfN
the alarm could be given.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-09
laok.on Presents Credentials.

Jackson PreSentS VFoueHSIaIss
Belgrade, May 9.--John B. Jackson
United states minister to Servia. de-
livered his credentials to King Peter
today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-09
HoLpuP IN KANSAS.
Four Men Robbed All the Passengers
In a Railway Station.

IN railway 0edS'0U'
Baxter Spring, Kas., May 9.-Four
menentered the Frisco railway station
here and with drawn revolvers COM
manded all the people waiting for a
train to get in line. The fourth man
searched every passenger, taking all Of
value he had. Then they stole the
contents of the depot safe, robbed the
conductor of passenger train and es-
capped on handcar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-09
FIRE Loss At ciNcIhhATl.

Blaze IN the Wrightson Building Caus.7
e. 100000 Damage.
Cincinnati, o., May 9.-F'ire today In
the, old Thomas Wrightson building on
Fourth street, starting from spontan-
eous combustion in the basement Of
Pounsford & Companyss stationery
store, causes Z loss Of 100000.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
The CRANK.


AT first he declared that man should
not smoke
So they called him a crank.
He saw his mistake, so the next time
he spoke
He explained he had meant his re-
mark for Joke
That, in fact, he believed it would be-
for the best
If a man smoked forever, with never
rest
Then they called him a crank.
He voiced HIS belief that n-an should
not drink-
So they called him crank.
Next day he explained that he'd had
time 20 think
And that he had decided that glasses
should clink
And corks should be popplng-man IS
thoughts should be first
On how TO completely take care Of
his thirst
Then they called him a crank
Again he declared that a man should
not swear
So they called him crank.
So next he asserted that he did not
care
That ones quick expressions should
make blue the air
Il fact that it showed that a man was
wen bred
If he added a blank to each thing that
he said.
Then they called him q crank.
He wrote his opinion that men should
shun meat
SO they called him a crank.
Next day he recanted. said people
should cat
Meat dishes entirely and shun corn
and wheat.
That beans and potatoes we're useless
as food
And nothing but beef, pork and NUT
ton was good.
Then they called him a crank.
II can please all the people," he an
grily cried
So they called him a crank.
Very we'll II with that you are not
satisfied.
can switch right around-tske the
opposite side
And assert that the people can never
be pleased.
For the man who tries that finds his
troubles increased
Then they called him a CRANki
w d. Nesbit in Chicago Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
Cost Of Torrcaoes.

Since the war began In the Orient
and so much has been printed about
torpedoes. many people have asked In
amazement why those implements
81 ould cost so much. A good torpedo
m lde to order comes as high as
s. 900 Eyca ready made torpedoes
are by no means cheap. as they cost
$500 apiece at wholesale rates.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

OF course 1t was some vinegar-yis-
aged old bachelor who said that all
women we're eligible for membership
in the painters union.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
PEACE pELEGAT EARRivEs.
nv the Associated Press

Oyeter nay, Aug So-lnformation
vas received today at the executive
offices here tonight OF the arrival in
New York soday Of G. Francotte, del
egate to the peace conference to be
held in September at the 81. Louis ex
position. He h said 10 be the bearer
Of credentials from the king ct Bel
giusa 10 President Roosevelt, request
ing the latter to use his good offices
In tho restoration OF peace between
Rus la and Japan
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
Medical plants.

\ writer IN the American Journal OF
Pharmacy declares that about three
fourths Of all tie medical plants used
in the pharmGcopoeia either grow wild
or are cultivated in this country. OF
TIE remaining fourth. he thinks that
probably one-haif conld be grown in
This country, leaving but q compare
lively small hunter Of plants that
could not be economically grown.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The assignment of teachers In tho
public schools for the ensuing schol
astic year is as follows: Eleventh
street-Primary. Miss Kelsey.
Thirteenth street Building-Room
No. /. Miss Della Hawkins; No. 2
Miss Maggie Aubrey; No. ;; Miss
Alter Simonds; No 4, Miss Mary
Hawkins: No. 5. Miss Matte War
wick
Fourth Ward Building-High School
Joel G. Morgan. principal; Miss Hol
lowell, assistant; No. ], Miss Abbie
Coos: No. 2. Mrs. Sage; No. j. Miss
Hatch.
The schools will open next Monday
September 9th.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
LOOKING FOR BRITISH COLLIER.

Madrid, Aug. G0--The Ru sian aux
iliary cruiser Don, formerly the Ger
man steamship Fuers1 Bismarck has
left vigo without waiting for her bill
Of health. Her commander was IN re.
ceipt of a telegram from the Russian
government which presumably order
ed him to resume search for British
Golfers destined for Japan.
1t is stated that ten 0taer Russian
cruisers are engaged in this work on
the coasts OF Spain Portugal France
and Africa.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
Month Of July

81. z09U
The above is correct statement
OF the circulation of the Cairo Bulletin
daily and Sunday. on the dates stat.
ed, month of July, 1904.
A. j. BENEDIC.
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this first day of August, 1904.
GSeaL] Il. l.. GiLbEhT,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
AT ST. PAUL.

BY the Associated Press.
st. Paul. Aug. 30 Ecstatic," an
eastern horse. won the 2:t3 pace
$4,000 purse. at the state fair today,
and was compelled to. lower the mile
pacing record of the track one-halt
second
The heat was fastest paced on the
western circuit this year. Best time,
2:05A
The 2:l5 trot. purse $1,000, was
won by Queer Knight in three straight
heats Time, 2.20.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
DAVIS SON HAS FEVER.

By the Associated Press.
Elkins, w. VT, Aug, 30-John T.
Davis, only son Of the Democratic
nominee, Henry G. Davis, is a patient
in the hospital critically i'll with ty.
phoid fever.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
Big Four From East
Big four Going EAST

All Illinois Central, Mobile & Ohio
and Cotton Belt trains arrive and de-
part form Central station, corner OF
Second street and Ohio street.
All Big Four and Iron Mountain
trains arrive and depart from the
Union station. Second street. and Com
mercial avenue
Mail may be deposited in the box at
the transfer station, located at Cen.
trail station, 20 minutes before the ie-
parture of any train.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

An Iowa banker got Is months i'm.
prisonment for stealing $4,000 from
his bank. If he had been some OBJ
scure person without money or Ia
huentiai friends he would have gotten
Is years. Thus is the majesty of the
law upheld
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
Larne Hands =, a Premium.

At the famous Russian fair at Mini
Novgorod a curious method of selling
turquoise gems is sometimes prac.
ticed. On payment OF fixed sum a
person is allowed to plunge his hand
into bag filed with the stones. and
becomes the possessor of as many as
he can clutch.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
6. A. BREWSTER NOMINATED

BY the Associated Press.
Oskaioosa. Iowa. Aug. Cos. A..
Brewster was nominated today oy
the Democratic convention of the
sixth congressional district.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The Democratic senatorial conyen-
ton at Jonesboro yesterday seems
to have been wild and woolly affair
Ii demonstrated one thing, however.
that Illinois Democrats have their
fighting blood up this year
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

II looks rather suspicious that Dav-
id b. Hills resolution to retire goes
into effect On Jan. |. A great many
resolutions which so into effect on
that day are soon tabled.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
CAPTAIN AND CREW DROWNED.

By the Associated Press
Adcn. Arabia Aug ga boat con.
tanning the captain and sixteen OF the
crew from the British steamer Baron
lrnerdale ashore off Coast Arabia,
capsizad and al except boy were
drownea.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

a youth RI Buffalo SAYS he has dis
covered a method for tempering COD
pos long lost art. II Is said sat he
has conducted successful experiments
in tempering copper under the obser-
walton Of governmental naval experts.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
Local.

We learn by special telegram thar
Carbonate has been selected as the
site for the Southern Illinois Normal
school The vote stood, Carbonate,
8: Tamaya, 2. The selection is a
wise one and we heartily congratulate
the Carbondalians ON their success.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The late Prof Kari Weigert OF
Frankfort. Germany, has an impor-
tant place in the history and biologi-
cal science, owing to his many dis
coveries in coloring.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
UNDER STATE AUTHORITY
War Department Says Militia In Camp
With Regulars Are Not In
Federal Service.

3v the Associated Press
Washington, Aug s0.Tfhe war de-
partment ruled today that militia,
when participating in cncampment
and maneuvers with regulars are NOT
in tho service of the United States,
in the meaning o. the militia act,
and that dicpline in mlta S to be en-,
forced through state authority
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
SAY 1T is NOT LEPRoEY.

BY the Associated Press.
Springfield. H., Aug, 30.--Experts
sent to Peru, Ill.,, y investigate the
alleged case of leprosey there report
the disease is not leprosey.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
M. j. MALLoN NOMINATED.

BY the Associated Press.
Des Moines, Ia, Aug 30--M ]. Nal
Ion of Hampton was nominated for
congress by the Democrats of the
third district in Waterloo today.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
KILLED SELF AND WIFE.
Henry Stuart Couldn't Stand For His
Wife to Leave Him.

BY the Associated Press.
Rock Island H., Aug. 30 Henry
Stuart this afternoon shD; and killed
bis wife and killed himself The trag-
edy followed Stewards fruitless plea
to his wife to return TO him, she hay
ing begun suit for divorce.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
coy KILLS TWO OTHERS,


BY Associated Press
Jellico. Tenn, Aug. 50.-Because he
had been elected from their wagon,
Flowy Hilton shot and killed VIII
and Elem Bray and dangerously
wounded their father.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

There will be oceans of sympathy
for the little Chicago girl who ran
away from home rather than be com
PEELED to pound the piano several
hours a day.-Chicago Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The Birmingham. Ala. News sus
Eesis thai perhaps the reason Hon
Frank James will support the Repub-
Lean ticket IL that he feels senti-
mental attachment for the way the
tariff works.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

At Dresden a blind man crossing a
street was struck or the bead By a
cart. Il vac then fosnd that tie shock
has restored the mans sight
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
ILLINOIS WOMAN DROWNED.

BY the Associated Press.
Port Cockburn, Muskoka, Ont. Aug.
30-Mrs. G. NJ. Daley of Alton, ILL.,,
was drowned while canoeing here to-
NIGHT
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The Paducah bail team is very FOR
midable aggregation when it is Dol
stored up by few American league
pitchers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

William cosiss. who is deaf and
dumb. has announced himself a candi-
dale for the nomination for mayor Of
Minneapolis. He probably contemp
lztes a stili hunt
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The campaign against Lao Yang
is now about week old and mp to
date six decisive battles have been
fought which havn't decided anything.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
LORD AND LADY MIMIC.

Saulte Ste Marie, Ontario, Aug. 30.
Lord and Lady Mimic arc guests
of the Canadian 500 today and big
crowd of citizens was out to receive
them.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

That Worlds fair balloon race for
the Washington monument seems to
have been a race for the Golden Gate.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Heavy frosts are predicted for Mis-
souri, the latter pare of the week Sen
ator Fairbanks opens his Missouri
campaign next Friday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
TECHNICAL PAPERS DISCUSSED.

BY the Associated Press.
st. Louis. Aug. S0.-The Interna-
tional Dental Congress today discuss.
ed technical papers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The Chefoo and Shang Hal liars
will now probably open up branch
office in Lao Yang.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The casualty list at Port Arthur
will soon be as large as that Of foot
ball season.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The Atlanta Constitution says the
United States wants no Castro in the
presidential chair.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The contributions, or rather what
Is left of them. that were made in
the aid of the Fenian government and
the proceeds of sales of the bonds
of the Irish republic, amounting 10
some $4,000. is nov in the courts
and is awaiting the action of the New
York legislature.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Thomas b, Aldrich plays in verse,
treating of biblical times, The Tents
of Assur." will be produced in Octo.
Der.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

II looks now like Gen. KuropatlSin
will dictate terms of peace in the
Toxic Jail
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
DON'T BE LATE OR
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average Daily and Sunday for
seven months ending July 81,
1904 ........ 80. .......... 1851
Average Daily and Sunday for
month of July, 1904 ........ .2072
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Perhaps the Hon. Joseph Babcock
is not so hardly frightened as he Is
anxious to brighten Wall street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Liso-Ysng seems to stand quite as
good a chance to fall as Port Arthur.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

GOV. La Toilette may be called a
crank. but he seems 10 have some
pretty clear headed business ideas.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Gen. kuroki and Gen. oku seem to
be first-rate wedge drivers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

General stoesseI is almost as gooC
a swearer as Admiral Bob Evans.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Mortsrpathla cerebraIis Is a
nex disesge to which au
temobilists are subject II Is
said 70 csuse great deal Of naASea
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The Hon. Dietrich. of Union county
doesn't seem to be very successful
political highwayman.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

1t is suspected that Aunt Carrie Ma
tion is preparing TO slip up on Bishop
Potter's saloon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

II II is as exhausting as pronouncing
it's name it must be very fatal,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The Hon. Tom Lawson of Boston
seems 10 be a pretty live wire.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Wyoming, 1t seems, has also con
tracted the lynching habit.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President
ALTON B. PARKER
OF New York.

For Vice President
HENRY G. DAVIS
of West Virginia
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
THE CAIRO BULL ETIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 1904
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE


Tamago, the noted Italian tenor,
is in politics. He wants to go to par.
lament.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

From the way he retreats Admiral
AlexIeff would be an ideal base run
ner.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Meyer Anselm Rothchild, founder
of the great house of that name, died
in 1912. Today the thirty families Of
Rothchilds are worth over SG00,000,000
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
SHEARS And PASTE.

OF course It was some vinegar-vis-
aged old bachelor who said that all
women we're eligible for membership
in the painters union.
Miss Autumn-At any rate, was
never called homeiy.
Miss Caustluue-You would have been
only your father is so rich.
Influential Citizen-Can"t you settle
that political squabble by rendering
your good offices?
Campaign Manager-Huh' It's my
good Offices they are fighting Over.
Tescher-W Where is the home r. ihc
banana? can any one in the class
tell?
Tommy Tucker traising one bond
and rubbing his stomach with IL
other)-I know. ma'am,
Harry. how dare you take my
hand!~
rs it 50 serious an Cfense. Flora
Remember. have been coming 10
see you for two years-and this Is
the first time,
Two whole years and this is your
first onense? Harry. il is unparaon
able,"
a party Of WoFlI's fair sighiseer'
have just arrived in 81. Louis ir "a
! Beaumont. Tex. after lJuo mile fuF
age b. water They came on steam
yacht all ths way. The voyage besaT
on July 20, the party going along the
Neches river. through Sabine lake and
Sabine pass. and thence by way 81
the gulf Of Mexico and the chain 81
lakes AMI hayous Of the Mississippi
after which The voyage was By the big
stream due northwarI 10 y Louis
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

The gag rule attempted at Jones.
boro yesterday was promptly and
gagged.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
Is YEARS AGO TODAY.
from The Bulletin Of August 81, 1869
General.

General.
On the 18th day Of November the
Suez Canal in its completed dimen-
sions, its whole extent, and its entire
depth of eight metres. will be opened
for all navigation.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Lord Halliburton, who recently crit
ised Arnold Fosters army scheme,
Is a son of the famous Judge Hall
burton, who created Sam Slick" and
the wooden nutmegs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Prof. William II. Goodyear of Brook
lynn has been made by unanimous vote
a member of the Architects society
in Rome in recognition of his dis
coyeries in medieval architecture.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, Pop.
ulation t6,147.

Mayor, CLAUDE WINTER.
Clerk, r. A. HATCHER.
Comptroller, P. Il. POWELL.
Police Magistrate, J. H. ROBINSON.
Chief of Police, T. b. PRICE
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

George H. Allen leading English
advocate of vegetarianism, is plan
ming a stroll from Lands End to John
OGroat's, his object being to break
the record OF twenty-four and one
quarter days held by meat eater.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Alexander County, Population 22,965.
County Judge. WIN. s. DEWEY.
County Clerk, JESSE L. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk LEE b. DAVIS.
Sheriff, JAS. s. ROCHE.
Coroner, DIR. JAS. NJ. McMANUS.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRANK Il.
DAVIS.
County Superintendent of Schools,
PROF. JOHN SNYDER.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Gov. Herrick of Ohio is accustom-
ed to taking a spin in his automobile
every morning when in Cleveland
A park policeman reported him as
having exceeded the speed limit and
Chief OF Park Police Goldsall went TO
see the governor about it. The latter
owned up that he had been going at
lively gait, whereupon the chief
said that repetition OF the offense
would mean arrest That's right,
Chief" said the governor, always do
your duty, But If you put me in jail,
Joe. I'll pardon myself out
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Miss Autumn--At any rate, was
never called homeiy.
Miss Caustlque-You would have been
only your father is so rich.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-31

Board of County Commissioners.
JOHN A. MILLER, Chairman.
JOHN "A. BOURGEOIS.
DIR. EDWIN ]. CAUSE.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-10-15
MARYLAND'S YOUNG MAYOR
Chlef Executive of Glen Echo Is %
and Serves as Altar Boy
on Sundays.

John A. Garrett, the youngest man In
Maryland to occupy such an office. was
recently elected mayor of Glen Echo.
He has just passed his twenty-second
year, and received every vote cast at
he election for the Office.
Mayor Garrett is now, and has been
for ten years. an altar boy at Trinity
catholic church Any Sunday he NAV
be seen with cassock and surplice with
the other altar boys serving mass. AL
though mayor OF the town, he saws he
will continue to be an altar boy until he
is barred by age and beard.
He is the oldest son of the late How
ard A. Garrett, formerly tax collector
Tor Montgomery county, and grandson
OF John Walter Carroll, Montgomery
county commissioner. He is chairman
Of the board of district school trustees
Of Glen Echo, to which Office he was an
pointed when 10. At the same time he
was made deputy clerk to the county
commissioners
Glen Echo Incorporated at the January
session of the general assembly of 1904
mas a population of 300 In the center
of the town is Glen Echo park, noted for
It's natural scenery and its rustic buiId-
mgs and designs, which were construct
20 at cost of 100000.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-10-15

those sawed. Chestnut and cypress rive
easily, and the latter, when placed un-
der the ground where wet all the time,
is almost indestructible. The earth
packs tightly about the boards, which
receive no jars or shocks to make them
crumble, and retains an open passage
long after the fiber has decayed
One method OF construction is shown
in Fig. a, where two boards about
six inches wide are nailed together in
V shape and laid in the bottom as
shown. II the boards are rived and
there are many narrow strips among
them, they may be nailed together as
shown at b.
For either OF these the ditch need not
be over a spade wide on the bottom.
The fall required for a board drain Is
greater than for round tile. 1t is well
to estimate same on the basis Of three
inches per 100 feet of drain The deep
er the drain the farther it will draw.
1t is not considered, however, good pol-
Icy to make unusually deep drains in
SUN clay soils. In such soils the drain
VIII not do its best at first, but will i'm
prove with years as the ground grad
ually becomes more porous. Two feet
for stiff clays and three feet for light
soils are good depths for work.
In laying board drains be careful TO
have them closely put together. cover
ing any holes with small pieces of
board to prevent the entrance of dirt
Cover the outlet with wire netting to
Keep out mice, rats. rabbits and other
Vermin. Take particular care to have
the bottom of the ditch perfectly even
and on the proper grade, otherwise IL
VIII wash out in some places and fiji
up in others.
Ditching grades can be easiIv CO.
cured by the use OF the homemade in
strument shown in the cut. To make II
take a straight pine board six feet three
inches long, as shown at C. Fix in the
center and at right angles another board
haif as long. AT the ends of the long
arm nix sights, and from the center
suspend plumb bob with strong cord
This may be fastened to a Ia
GODS STAFF, e, with a thumbscrew
that may be clamped in any no.
sltlon. When adjusted so that the cord
indicates zero on the scale the sights
on the long arm, c. will be on a level
the scale is divided into one-sixteenth-
men spaces. BY moving cross-arm so
that cord passes over one scale the line
Oh sights will correspond 10 a grade OF
two inches to 100 feet, and when moved
Two spaces the sights will indicate
grade of four inches to 100 feet and so
on IN proportion.-R. S. Mortimer in
Farm and Home.