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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-12
An Anti. Grating Bill.

Cleveland, o., Dec. 8.-Senator-elect
Howe has bill for the general as
sembly which, II 1t passes, will revo
luton re legislation In the state and
put the making OF laws directly in
the hands of the people. 1t Is ito
enable the people of the state to in.
itiate constitutional amendments
themselves. check and supervise ali
legislation and in short prevent graft
ing" sss ,,.t.,.,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-12
ONE MORE ARREST

Police Get Man Who Was implicated
In Big Diamond Steal.
Chicago, Dec. S.--William Bowers.
alias Bush Smith. was arrested today
on suspicion of having been connected
with a recent $4,000 theft of dia-
monds In New York. The information
was given by Frank Brown.
Brown was arrested with Mrs.
George Holmes November 20. and
the following day Henry Hulszeme and
Tbs wife Martha were arrested.
In each place the police found mer-
chardise valued at $4,000, and be-
iieved to have been stolen.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11

they are expected to continue this sx-
ercise at home. One Of these exercises
consists In the usual exhalinU and in
mailing, but the method of accomplish
Ing 1t Is novel. The children are ranged
! IN rows, with their hands on their
hips, and each child puts quill tooth
pick In Its mouth. Then, at word Of
command, they inhale deeply through
the nostrils and then exhale slowly
through the toothpick, this device
making the exhalation slow and avoid
Ing all chance OF strain.
The fire drill Is another important
exercise in the development OF lung
power. AS the little arms and legs get
hard and the chests are developed the
more advanced pupils are taught to
| take the weaker ones across their
shoulders and carry them out OF the
reach of the fancied flames. But the
ideal of all the children who belong to
these classes Is to develop strength and
skill enough to join the trick team, for
when the danger OF disease has been
banished and the puny little figures
with narrow chests and round should
ers have been developed into erect,
sturdy bodies, then the gymnastic
feats Of the more pretentious athletes
are attempted and achieved before ad-
miring public audiences
The development of muscle is at
tended with a similar stimulation of
the moral side Of the child, and it is
to accomplish the latter that the penny
weekly fee is charged, giving the chill
dren a sense Of membership and right
full claim to the advantages Of the
club, which is lacking in the mere
charitable work, which does not per-
NIT even the slight contribution Of the
children themselves. The results of
this physical training are striking.
Children who, when they joined the
club, were too weak to endure even the
least firing Of the exercises, under this
regimen develop strong, healthy and
even athletic frames Moreover, the
tendency to consumption is checked,
and with the increase OF physical
strength there is corresponding men
tai and moral development. Finally,
the lessons OF the gymnasium, the
knowledge Of the proper method Of
brea thing and Of walking, are remem-
bered long after the actual class work
has ended, and serve to keep the
health the exercise has won.-New
York Tribune
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
TO SAVE CHILDREN.
Phxsica1 Culture as a Means to Ward
Off Tuberculosis.

An athletic club, which fixes its dues
at the extortionate figure Of one cent
week, suggests an unusual departure
In the world Of clubs. Moreover, for
many other reasons, the Children's
Athletic Club of Philadelphia, COM
posed entirely OF the children Of the
poor, organized to fight by physical
training the rayages OF tuberculosis,
marks an important innovation in the
charitable work OF that city. Mrs.
Florence L. Williams, the founder OF
the club, has certain definite objects
to accomplish with the sixty little pu-
pills under her charge. That she is
able not merely to bring muscle and
health in place OF weakness and even
disease through a careful system Of
physical culture but also to develop a
trick team capable of performing aero
batic feats of no little difficulty, proves
the efficacy OF her methods.
For her clientele Mrs. Williams de-
ponds entirely upon the children Of the
crowded quarters Of the city, where
DOOR food and unhealthy surroundings
render child life unwholesome and
make physical development impossi-
BILE From the children of these quar-
ters of the city Mps. Williams has or
gained her classes, the membership
Of which has grown from three to six
ty. But even here the selection of
members Is made from the weaker and
the more anaemic: from the children
who already show signs of the inva'
sion of the great white plague,
whose tiny arms and hollow chests In
dictate lack OF vitality.
With such subjects it Is natural thai
at the outset the exercises of the class
Fes should be OF the mildest sort-hye
minute drills with the lightest Of
dumbeus, interspersed with frequent
rests. Special breathing exercises ar
prescribed for the new members and
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Parkman's Deed OF Justice.

A story Is told about Francis Park
man, the historian, which shows that
in spite of impaired eyesight he was
not blind to injustice. A friend met
him walking along the street, holding
two street boys by their coat collars.
In reply to his friends request for an
explanation Parkman said: II found
this boy had eaten an apple without
dividing with his little brother. Now
I'm going to buy one for the little boy,
and make the big one look on while
he eats it
After reading this incident, we
should expect fairness of treatment In
Parkman's histories.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
WHY SEALS SWALLOW STONES.
No Satisfactory Reason Advanced to
Explain Curious Habit.

Explain Curious Habit.
F. A. Lucas of the Brooklyn Insti-
tute museum, writing to Science on
the swallowing of stones by seals,
says; 80 far as l am aware, no salts
factory reason has been advanced for
the swallowing Of stones by seals and
this statement may probably be ex-
tended to other animals.
They are not taken in for ballast,
for the empty seals keep down as cas-
lily as the others; they are not swal-
lowed for the purpose of grinding up
food, for they occur in the stomachs
of nursing pups; they are not to allay
the irritation caused by parasitic
worms. since the two are by no means
found together; they are not taken In
with food, not merely because they
are found in the stomaChs of young
seals, but in those adults that have fed
on squid caught in the open sen. On
page 6S, volume III, Report of Fur
Seal investigation 1t says:
1T is evident that these things are
not swallowed haphazard, but are Sc
! lected with considerable care from
among the articles strewn along the
shore, and that preference is exhibit
ed for rounded objects. This Is shown
by the fact that, as a rule only arti
cles of one kind are found in one stom
ach, although seals do not discriminate
between fragments of barnacles and
| fra pmpnts of gaStrODods
Moreover, pebbles of serpentine
and chalcedony are now and ther
found on the hauling grounds, under
conditions indicating that they were
brought there by the seals, while the
pup seen gathering pebbles on Lukanir
did so with great care, by no mean.
taking the first that came to hand. TIL,
most striking example of this dlscrimi
native selection is, perhaps, shown by
the pup which had swallowed buck
shot while the chance Of finding sucl
a thing must be at a guess about on,
in a million
Furthermore. 1t may be said tina
as the fur seal regurgitates bones ant
other indigestible things, the suppl,
Of stones must be renewed from tim
to time. That there is any connection
between the presence of stones ant
the presence Of a gizzard does not fol
low"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Fish skins for Clothing.

The government fish commission has
been making investigations about the
suitab ility OF fish skins for clothing.
1t has been found that salmon skins
make excellent leather and have been
used for boots by the Eskimo for this
purpose for years. These northern
people also use tanned Goldfish for
coats and waterproof garments. The
fish commission has also found that
whaleskin makes beautiful leather and
takes color well.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
EklISSCienCe
+ & s23seeIIlveantiOn

A color scale prepared by J. F. To-
cher, f. l. c., for classifying hair, rep
resents 70 different colors OF human
hair.
To prevent train derailments Ger
man railroad Official Herr Gehricke,
has invented an adjustable rail, 10 be
attached to the trucks Of cars parallel
with the axles, and carried about an
inch above the track rails. II the
wheels jump the track the cross rails
just described will Immediately rest
upon the track rails and prevent the
wheels from touching .Ae ground, and
the car will slide along, borne by the
cross rails. To diminish the jar the
cross rails are supplied with springs,
and projections beneath them are cal
culated to prevent the derailed car
from swinging aside from the track.
Not all fishes are dumb, but many
species emit sounds and few give re-
markable concerts. Instances OF the
latter have been collected by Henri
COupin, French author. On the
western coast Of Borneo, Prayer one
night heard musical sounds varying
from the resonance Of an organ to the
soft tones Of an Aeolian harp; and In
the China Sea, a United States naval
officer was struck by an extraordinary
blending OF the low notes of an organ,
the noise Of bells and the sounds Of
great harp, the intensity causing the
vessel to culver. The pogonias or
tambours OF the tropical western coast
of the Atlantic sometimes congregate
about vessels, producing maddening
chorus.
The destructive power OF naval
guns becomes every year more terrible
The latest type of gun introduced In
the British navy Is remarkable for its
great length, over 81 feet, combined
with it's relatively small diameter, 80
inches at the breech and IS inches at
the muzZle, and its comparative light
ness, % tons. Its bore is 90 inches,
Its prOjectile weighs $50 pounds, and
at 5000 yards this missile can be driv-
Ell through II inches Of Krupp steel,
The barrel is made up OF an inner
tube, enclosed in a jacket Of wound
steel wire. This gun is reckoned equal
in destructive power to the 1312-inch
bore guns that preceded it, which
have more than double its weight. The
muzzle velocity Of the projectile is q
300 feet per second.
The success Of the ostrich farms in
California has recently led to the es-
adjustment Of a similar farm in Art
iona and another in Florida. 1t is said
that the feathers of these American
raised birds are actually of better quail
ity and command higher prices than
those OF South African ostriches. The
birds on the farms are larger than
those seen in travelling menageries,
their weight running from 200 20 $50
pounds, and their full height, with
head appraised, from to 8 feet. A
blow from an ostrich's foot is danger
GUS, but it may be avoided by STOPPING
low, as the birds cannot deliver an
effective kick under a height Of three
feet. For this reason they are easily
driven by dogs In Florida team OF
ostriches, broken to harness, is said to
have paced a mile in 2:80
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Nut CrOuuettes.

Take two cupfuls of mashed potato,
one-half cupful of grated walnuts, one
half cupful of grated cracker crumbs
and the same of chopped parsley. Mix
thoroughly together, using the neces-
sary quantity of sweet milk, or, better,
cream. Season with pepper and salt,
add three tablespoonfuls of melted
butter and beat in two eggs. Form
into croquettes, dip in beaten egg, roll
In fine cracker or bread crumbs, and
fry in hot lard. Serve very hot with
tomato sauce.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Baked Apple Roll.

Roll biscuit crust out very thin; on
this spread apples cut quite thin and
fine; roll the dough 50 that it will form
smooth roll and place in a narrow,
deep tin, add a little water. sugar and
butter, and bake. Serve in slices, and
spread with butter and sugar; or make
a liquid sauce of creamed butter and
sugar, beaten egg. and a pint of boil
ing water poured over. the egg, sugar
and butter; flavor to taste.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
ELECTRICITY IN MINES.
Power Brought to Comstock Lode
Thirty Miles.

Thirty Miles.
In few industries has electricity been
utilized to such advantage as in min.
ing. Operations are there conducted
as general thing, in mountainous
reg on, where the cost of fuel is ex.
ceptionally high, owing to the Difficult.
ties of transportation. If power be
taken from the adjacent streams and
be converted into electricity by dyna-
mos, it can be transmitted economical
ly for long distances and up grades
that would be impossible to railroads
Once obtained, no matter from what
source. power Is needed for many pur-
poses in and near mine. Drills must
be driven into the rock, water pumped
out, ore hoisted and ground, and 9th
er work done which calls for mechan-
zeal energy.
One of the best Illustrations of this
modern practice is furnished by the
mines of the famous COmstock lode in
Nevada. That vein of gold and silver
starts over at an angle of about 40
degrees from a vertical plane. Shafts
sunk at different points in the neigh
borhoOd tapped it at depths varying
from 900 to $500 feet. In the period
between 1872 and 1882 one single com
pany took out about $15O,OOO,OOO The
whole lode has yielded nearly $500, 600
600 most of that amount being pro.
duCed In the decade just indicated
Owing to the exhaustion of the richer
ores in 1882 and to trouble in properly
draining the mines, work was aban-
dOned on them, and an Accumulate ton
Of water permitted. Eventually the
Sutro tunnel, four and a half miles
long, opened up an outlet for much of
this Within a few years mining has
been resumed, capitalists being salts
fled with ores Of lower value than
those which created such sensation
more than quarter of a century ago
These are believed to be exceedingly
abundant, and the mines are now
worked at a reasonable profit.
Some idea of the cost Of power there
in the old days may be gathered from
the fact that the ore was carted fifteen
miles from mine to mill and that the
latter was run by water brought to
it by a tlume forty miles in length.
To-day power is brought all the way
to the mine from the Truckee river,
thirty miles off. At the generating sta
ton two 1,400-horse-power water
wheels of the turbine type have been
installed, and these drive separate dy-
namos. The turbines are automatical-
ly governed. Merely for transmission
over the intervening country a pres
sure of $4,000 volts is employed The
current is generated at 500 volts, raised
| by "step-up" transformers to the fig.
ures just named, and reduced at the
mines by "step-doWn' transformers to
40 volts 1t is at the latter pressure
that the various pumping, hosting and
air-compressing motors are run So
cheap is the power thus supplied, says
the New York Tribune, that work can
be done far more economically than
ever before.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
THIS CAT is A PARADOX.
Adopted Four Mice Instead of Making
a Dinner of Them,

a Dinner of Them.
Busy Body, a big Maltese cat who
makes her home at the Indianapolis
Union Railway shops, and is the pet
of every one from the president down
to the humble employe OF the road,
after establishing a record of killing
more than 10000 rats and mice, has,
with charming feline inconsistency,
adopted four tiny mice.
The case is one Of the most remark
able on record and it is doubtful if
scientists or menageries can point to
like one.
Three weeHs sgo Buay Be4Py gave
birth to four kittens and with them
seemed in an element Of happiness.
But the little fellows required such
a large amount Of nourishment that
she began to look emaciated and
good rat or mouse diet was suggested
for her
Thursday afternoon workmen about
the shops discovered a nest of six
mice in a sawdust pile, and, thinking
Of the faithful 'tabby,' caught them
for her. They were alive and thrown
into her box and the men expected to
see an immediate slaughter.
Imagine their surprise when Busy
Body merely looked up rather sleepi-
ly, took a look at the mice, carefully
licked them over and then as they
nestled beneath her, went back to
sleep. Since then she has looked after
them tenderly, as much as she has her
kittens, and the kittens and mice take
their nourishment side by side.
One Of the mice died and another
lost its life through an experiment.
The men thought that if cat would
act so remarkably with a mouse that
a dog would surely do likewise. One
Of them was carried to Fanny, a dog
who is nursing a litter OF pups, for
her inspection. The inspection was a
| brief one, and before the men could
prevent her Fanny had swallowed the
| mouse whole.
1t has not been decided what will
] be done with the mice, should they
grow up, nor are the men about the
shops sure that Busy Body will not
regain her old appetite for rodents
and eat her adopted babies.
Busy Body belongs to Master Me-
chanic o. II. Jackson and is 6 years
old. She was taken to the UniOn rail
way shops three years ago after she
had lost an eye which disfgured her
countenance. The shops were former
ly overrun with rats and nice, but
she has gained a remarkable record
for killing them and 1t is asserted that
no less than 10000 is the number OF
her yictims.-Indianapo Star.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11

Picked Crab Apples.

Select large ones and wash them
well, leaving the stems on. Prepare
two quarts of vinegar, six pounds Of
sugar, stick cinnamon and ground Gin
namon, cloves, each two ounces. Boil
together. Some prefer to steam the
apples and pour the liquid over them;
others cook the apples until you can
put a straw through them, then put
In cans or jars. Use eight pounds Of
apples for this rule, and cook liquid
ten minutes after you have taken the
apples out.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Onion Stew.

Peel the onions slice and let them
stand in cold water half an hour. Put
them on in fresh, cold water and let
boil three minutes then pour off the
water, add more let it boil the same
as before, and repeat this three times.
In the fourth water let them cook
until tender, strain and put in milk;
season with butter, pepper and salt
to taste; thicken with a little flour.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Vanilla WATERS.

Cream a cupful of Lutler with two
cups Of sugar, ado cup of sour
cream, two beaten eggs and three cup
fuls of flour that has been sifted twice
with teaspOonful of soda. Flavor
with vanilla extract. add enough
-four to make the dough of the con-
sistency to roll out, roll ye"y thin and
cut into rounds. Bake in a quick
oven
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Fig Cake.

Cream a half cupful of butter with
one and a half cups of sugar. add
three-quarters of a cup of milk and the
stiffened whites of four eggs alter
nately with enough prepared -four TO
make good cake batter. Bake in
layer tins.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Sweet Penner Samte.

Renove the tops and seeds Of six
sweet peppers, cook in boiling water
for half an hour, then take out and
drain. In a small pan put two table
spoonfuls Of butter, and when hot turn
In the peppers, cover the pan and cook
slowly for twenty minutes. Serve
them over chopped meat cakes that
have been boiled. Arrange on a hot
platter and season.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
How to Wash Milk Jups.

The proper way to wash milk and
cream jugs is always to wash them
In cold water first If they are put
straight into boiling water it has the
effect of causing the milk to sink into
the ware.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Filling for Fig Cake.

Put in a saucepan a cup of water
and half cup of sugar. Add two
cups of finely chopped figs to the sirup
and cook together until soft and
smooth. When cold spread between
the layers of the cake.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Wames.

Sift pint of -four with a tea
spoonful each of baking powder and
salt Beat three eggs light, the yolks
and whites separately. Into the yolks
stir a pint Of milk, pour this into the
flour, beat for minute, add the stiff
ened whites and drop the mixture by
the spoonful into the creased and
heated waffle-irons.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11

When the preacher calls and the
Bible doesn't have to be busted, it
means neat housekeeping more than
devotion
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
IL Was Himself He Saw.

Honest, now, Jones, did you see a
burglar in your room when you called
the policeT
mo; my wife had shifted the mir
ror In my room and didn't know It"
Detroit Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
ButtermiIk Mullins.

IF Bat well two eggs into a quart of
sour buttermilk, stir in -four enough
to make thick batter; about a quart.
add a teaspoonful Of salt three of
sugar and dissolve a teaspoonful Of
soda in very little hot water; add the
last thing and bake in well creased
tins in a very hot oven.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11

When an old bachelor has heart trou
BILE It's Of the platonic brand
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
Egg Sauce for Boiled Fisb

Cook together tablespoonful of but
ter and one of -four, and, when they
bubble, pour them upon a cup of milk
and stir to a smooth sauce. Stir in a
hard-boiled egg, chopped very fine,
and add slowly a raw egg, beaten.
Season to taste with salt and pepper
and serve
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11

About the only really wise man In
the world Ia the "by-standsE.'