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The National tribune., 1905-11-16

A great deal OF groundless alarm has
been worked up by pooriy-informed
writer's as to the probability of catch
Ing contagious diseases, and particu
larry consumption, from travelling I'm
railroad cars. sleeping and day-coach-
eS- These writers have claimed that
tuberculosis is contracted from the
sputum OF those affiicted with the dis
ease becoming dry and floating in the
air. DIR. Charles b. Dudley, chemist of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, has been
making an exhaustive examination of
these possibilities Of disease ana sums
up decidedly against them In an ad-
dress which he read before the Ameri-
can Public Health Association. In the
first place he says that consumption Is
difhcuit to catch and requires a very
long exposure before its communica-
tson- Next, the sputum is extremely
difficult to dry. and when dry Is with
eifiicuity puiverized. When dry and
puiyerized It is SO heavy that II readily
Falls TO the ground and two DAVIS Of
strong light or five days OF diffused
hight viii effectuaIly sterfiize It. The
statistics show that railroad employees
suffer far less from consumption than
the average community. The Pullman
COMPANY has no statiatics but its ON
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
FOUND DEAD IN BED!

Mr.. John c. Harris. prosperous young
farmer of Chambersburg n. Y. went TO
bed last Thursday night feeling AZ well as
usual Next morning his wife found him
dead in bed beside herl Was it murderf
Yes and no. No, because he died from
so-called natural causes-yes, because for
months he'd known that he had heart disease.
and that sudden death might come from
the least over-exertion, or by >leeping on his
left side. and this last proved too truei And yet
this bright intelligent young man, with every.
thing to live for. wouldn't listen TO reason
either to his doctor or to the earnest plead
ings of his wife to do something. "It don't
amount to anything" he'd say. "only little
palpitation, It's my stomach, I think. II
will 60 away of itself" But delay cost his
life' Was not this self-murderf
This case IS only one: sixty thousand peo-
pie die yearly of Heart Diseased Six in every
ten have it. Many don't know it, they think
it's something else and doctor the stomach,
kidneys, female organs, etc, and get no
better; and a good many who do know think IL
can't be cured. Now Heart Disease is just as
durable as any other disease; we have proved
this fully by curing over hundred and thirty
thousand casesi Many of these were tn,
most chronic, serious. complicated kind, 10
which all other remedies and doctors had
failed, and hope seemed gone, but our treat.
ment cured them quickly and to stay curedt
an very many cases Of Heart Disease the
Nerves and Stomach are affected also, and IN
such it is useless to treat the heart alone, and
one reason why our treatment cures Is be-
cause il sets the stomach right, removes con-
stipation. steadies and revitalizes the nerves
and builds up the whole system, besides
strengthening, controlling and curing the
heart. We can cure YOUi no matter how
bad off, and to prove it we will send you by
mail, postpaid, without any conditions. with
out any restrictions. and without any cost,
a regular full-size treatment of DR.. FuileT's
Heart and Nerve Cure, and his illustrated
book with which You will know your own
case as well as any doctor. Both are free.
Understand this Is not q sample" or
"trial," but . regular full size treatment.
Neither is it c. o. d. scheme or any
thing of the kind, nothing but a fair, square
chance for you to fully test this grand
treatment for yourself, In your own home,
without cost. If You have ono of the
symptoms Nervousness, Trembling, witch
ing or Nightmare, Palpitation, Fluttering
or Skipping Beats of the heart, Short Breath,
Painting, Smothering, Choking, Numb or
Sinking Spells, Dizziness, Nose-bieed, Swell
ing Legs, Asthma, Pain in Heart, Side or
Shoulder blade, your heart and nerves are
surely wrong! Don't wait, but send now
for the full free treatment and get well.
Address The Heart Cure Co, 220 Masonic
Building, Hallowell, Maine.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
GREAT ANCIENT CEMETERY.
Discovered In Indian Territory and Con
tains Remains Of Thousands.
DAILY Ardmoreite)

tains Remains Of Thousands.
DAILY Ardmoreite.)
An ancient burial ground has been
Webbers Falls, i. T. This burial ground
is about two miles in length and prob
ably contains the remains of many thou
sand people.
About 40 years ago the ground where
these remains of human beings are now
being found was covered with heavy
growth Of timber and a heavy under
growth Of cane, but of recent years the
timber and cane have been cleared away
and the land put I'm a state of cultiva-
ton. In digging wells and other ex-
cavations human remains have been
unearthed for several years past, caus-
ing little comment, as they were thought
to be those of Indians.
Cultivation of land on the benches
near the river bank, followed by heavy
rains, caused washouts to occur fire.
Guently, when human remains were
brought to view in several localities,
widely apart Investigation shows that
this burial ground runs for two miles
along the banks of the river, the graves
being in regular order, about four feet
apart, and corresponding with the
points of the compass. All of these peo-
pie were buried facing the east. With
each was found an earthen bowl, inside
Of which was a musSel shell, the bowl
in every instance being in the curve of
the right arm, which EMBODIED the same,
which was no doubt religious rite.
In most cases the bones and bowls
crumbled to dust when exposed to the
air, but some were in a fair state of
preservation. In one instance only was
a war implement found, and that was
q spear-head about nine inches long, in
the grave of what appeared to have
been a giant, while the others appeared
to be below the average man Of to-day.
them a half inch or more in thickness,
with receding foreheads and heavy
back heads, being very wide in proper
ton.
A report Of these discoveries has been
sent to Washington. 1t is believed that
this is burial ground for a prehistoric
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
Shell Fired A Years Ago.
(Monroe Watchman.)

j. w. Huddleston, operating a saw
mill on the James River and Kanawha
turnpike, about three miles east of Dry
Creek, struck a piece Of shell, weigh
ing about three or four pounds, which
was in a large oak log and SO smoothly
grown over that it was not noticed.
The saw cut into it about two and q
half inches and sustained no damage, ex-
cept requiring new set of teeth There
were 3S growths of wood over it. 1t
vas the butt end of an eight-pounder,
with a heavy band of copper around 1T.
This shell was fired into the tree at the
battle OF Dry Creek. Aug. %, 1853.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

advocacy of any better form, though
the inadequacy Of the present system is
strongly apparent and becomes more SO
with every increase in speed and weight
of trains. A plan is now proposed for
concrete roadway. which can be
used to advantage upon main lines.
where the number Of trains passing
over in a day is quite great and the rate
of speed very high. Such, for exam
pie. as the lines between New York
and Boston, between New York and
Washington. between New York and
Buffalo, between Cincinnati and Chi
cago, and between Chicago and St.
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ride. when the gold is converted into
purple of Cassius and precipitated to-
gether with magnesium hydrate and the
excess of tin. by the subsequent addi-
ton of about a pound Of Stacked lime.
From this precipitate the gold is ex-
tlacted with dilute potassium cyanide
solution and isolated by any of the
methods commonly used in the cyanide
process &c. g., precipitat ton with zinc)
Sea water from the Mediterranean and
the English Channel yielded no gold by
this process. whereas samples from the
Atlantic furnished traces.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
Song Wanted.

Comrade John Schneider, Fountain
City, Wis, would like to get the words
of the scng entitled 1.-The Irishman's
Lament of the War" The words to the
chorus are as follows:
TITS high, sing darely;
Ho, sing merrily.
May the devil get him wherever he be-
May the muskets smite him,
And the rattlesnakes bite him,
Jeff Davis that brought these hard times
upon me-"
Any comrade who has the words to
this song will confer q great favor upon
Comrade Schneider by sending the same
to him.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
MANUFACTURE OF vENEERs.
Rich Effects Enthusiastically n Square
Inch Of Waste--McthSds of Cutting
and Drying-4UseA for Fine Work.
popular Mechanics.)

,1hSehtaiieS-i
Veneer is ne longer term of decep-
ton, for today the finest doors. pianos,
furniture, floors and Sleeping-cars are
yeneered. The province OF the veneer
machine is to make q single log Of ma
hogany, for instance. cover as much
space as otherwise 20 logs would be
required to doI The work of converting
the solid log into long strip no thick
er than pasteboard. and which can be
oiled up iket caEpet, is an interesting
one.
The process by which huge logs or
bitches" ranging in value up to $1,000
apiece, are reduced to thin sheets suffi-
cient to constitute thousands of square
feet of surfacing. with hardly a square
inch of waste. is OF unique importance
In this age. The time has passed when
man may reap the forests with a wan
ton hand. His improvidence has
brought upon him it's penalty-en-
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
TO LOCOMOToR ATAxICs.

After myself suffering for ten years
the tortures that only an ataxic can
and restored to health and strength by
an easily obtained and inexpensive treat
ment. The prescriptions which cured
me (Which can be filled by any druggist)
will mail free to any fellow sufferer
who sends ( a self-addressed, stamped
envelope. E. p. BURNHAM, Delmar,
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

The drainage from 10000 square
miles is contracted into a narrow cham
mel in the Niagara River, and leaps
downward I65 feet. This means a wall
of water 20 feet deep continually rush
ing over the falls. 1t represents about
100000 horsepower. or equal to
100000 tons of coal burned every "a
hours. The first effort to make this
immense power available was in 1872
when a company built a canal 50 feet
wide, eight feet deep and 4.400 feet
long which gave about 10000 horse
power. The present development dates
from 1885. when Mr.. Thomas Evershed
g very able engineer, who was en-
ployed by the State of New York on
some work around the falls developed
the plan of utilizing the power to a
much greater extent than had hereto
fore been attempted. He iabored with
capitalists for three years before he
could secure funds, and finally getting
them interested procured special
charter giving the right to take water
enough to develop 200. 600 horsepower
This company got another concession on
the Canadian side for 100000 horse
power. Mr.. Evershed's plan was
adopted and involved a service canal
ESQ feet wide from a point on the Nj
aeara River one and half miles above
the falls and extending inwardly 100
feet. In carrying this plan out more
than 1000 men were at work for three
years, with a much larger number at
intervals They removed 100000 tons
of rock and used 1900 goo brick for
lining.
The enterprise has developed an i'm
portance which it's originators hardly
anticipated. Buffalo, the Tonawandas,
Lockport and Niagara Falls are depend
ent upon this canal, and SO large man.
ufactories representing a capital of
500, 100000 also obtain their power
from it. as do 5000 miles of street-car
tracks. The power is exceeding cheap.
and can be furnished night and day
from one years end to another at
rate of SIS per horsepower. The appli-
cation of the force is constantly extend
ing. and the Pittsburg Reduction CO.,
which controls the aluminium industry
Of the world, left Pittsburg, where they
could buy coal for IS cents a ton, and
moved to Niagara, expecting to save from
the use of electricity to pay the cost of
removal inside of year. The ovens in
the big factory of the Natural Food
Co. are heated by electricity and these
are only isolated instances Of the vari-
Gus uses of the power.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
Gaid From, Sea water.

Consul Mahin writes, from Nothing
ham, England, that the Belgian process
has been found sficcessful In securing
gold from sea water. He says:ss ass !
The assumed 3pracicability of ex-
tfactiffg gold from sea water ~ likely
10 be strengthened by a process lately
patented Eli Belgium. described as fol-
lows: a tor &ef seq. we ters.is1 treated
With about five cubic centimeters of
concentrated aqueous stannoU1 rIalo-
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
OF A SEVEN YEARS
FAMINE FOUND ON THE ISLAND OF
SEHEL, 1ST CATARACT, EGYPT.

in fairly good state of preservation,
and they set forth that in the reign OF
King loser the Nile failed to rise for
seven consecutive years, and that in
consequence terrible famine prevailed
in the land in which innumerable peo-
pie persisted Of hunger. This famine
was finally broken and a great inunda-
ton followed the prayer of the King to
the God Of the Cataract, whose name
was Khnum.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
Judges Kind AdmOnition.
LAW Notes \

On one occasion Judge Dewey, of
Boston. had before him couple of girls
Charged with stealing ribbons from
wreaths on graves.
AS the evidence Of their guilt was not
satisfactory, he ordered their discharge
accompanying 1t with this admoHitior,:
Girls. keep out Of the cemeteries as
long as you can"
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
Work of the Patent once.

For the week ended Oct. 81, 1905,
the Patent Office issued SIS patents,
Al designs, 276 trademarks, 81 labels,
nine prints and two reissues; making
total of 934, of which 569 patents
and 314 trademarks went to citizens
of the United States and At patents and
two trademarks to those of foreign
countries,
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
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receipts Of $500. Take from this sum
the operating expenses, s4.003, and
there remains 1887 as a dividend on
the $4,000 paid-up stock. five per
cent dividend on the $4,000 stock
would only amount to $1,000, so there
remains a margin OF $597 for some
things that are sure TO tighten the cof-
fers Of the concern"
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

A French engineer has developed
machine which turns out continuously
sheets of glass 391s inches wide, of
any desired length and of uniform
thickness. 1t can be made of any
thickness from lis to 5-16 Of an inch.
1t is superior to handmade glass in be-
ing equally bright on both sides.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

Ten years ago the English makers
furnished nearly all the bicycles to
Switzerland, but they have been dis
placed by German makers, who last
year sold 49,500 wheels to Switzerland,
to 1880 French, 5000 American and
100 English. The Swiss get nearly
all their bicycle fittings, such as keys,
bells. lanterns. ETC., from Germany.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work OF the Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering lnvenng and
Creating
Creating.

GERS say that they have meyer known OF
either conductor or a porter to ac-
quire any disease except one case of
smallpox. None of the oldest conduc-
tors can recall a porter who had con-
sumption. The records of the Pennsyl-
vania Company's relief fund very
strongly support these claims.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
PLATINUM IN THE UNITED STATES

The rapidly increasing demand for
otherwise has stimulated the Geological
Survey to efforts to discover sources of
supply in the United States. At present
nine-tenths Of the platinum used comes
from Russia, but ii has seemed that with
all our mineral wealth we should have
. supply within our own borders. Plat
mum is frequently found in the mines,
but in, sacf, small quantities that the
miners have paid little attention to it.
The high price which it now commands
will probably stimulate them to greater
care in collecting it. 1t usually occurs
In black sand which accompanies de-
post of other metal, and last March a
circular was sent out to miners operating
mines in which this black sand occurs
asking them to send samples to the &C.
illogical Survey for analysis. From g.
600 requests sent out 82S samples were
received, coming from nearly every
State in the country, British Columbia,
Alaska and Cuba. These have been ex-
amined and several OF them have
shown very hopeful indications. There
was trace of platinum in many Of
them The following table shows the
more promising mines. The figures
give the ounces per ton of black sand
As platinum is now much more yaIua-
BILE than gold, it will be seen that many
or these deposits can be worked with
great profit:
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

metal folded and secured i'm a conical
form, whereby conical passage is
formed through the same. This is
thrust into the ear to give it greater
sensitiveness to sound.
Nut Lock.
Jacob T. Smith, Dublin, Va, has pat
ented an entirely new form of a nut
lock which has heavy steel link bent
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
Indigestion

stomach trouble IL not really sickness but symp-
TOM 1t is symptom that certain set of nerves is
aing. Not the voluntary nerves that enable you 10
walk and talk and act-but the AUTOMATIC STOMACH
NERVES over which your mind has no control
have not r00lsI here to explain how these tender
tiny nerves control and operate the stomach. How
worry breaks them down and causes indigestion. How
misuse W ears them out and causes dyspepsia. How
neglect may bring kidney, heart and other trou.
bes through sympathy. have not room to explain
how these nerves may be reached and strengthened
and yitalized and made stronger by a remedy spent
years I'm perfecting-now known by physicians and
Druggists everywhere as DR.. Shops Restorative,
Tablets or Liquid.) Ihave not room to explain how
this remedy, by removing the cause. usually puts
certain end to indigestion. beching heartburn insom-
mia, nervousness dyspepsia. All of these things are
fully explained In the book will send you free when
you write. DO not fail to send for the book II tells
how the solar plexus governs digestion and hundred
other things every ought to know-for all OF u.s.
at some time or other, have indigestion With the
book will send free my Health Token'-an In
tended passport TO good health.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

powder charge simultaneously through
out it's length. A conductor of high
resistance runs through the charge and
is heated by an electrical circuit.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
THE EGYPTIAN FAMINE.
An Important Monument Found COrr0-
bOrating the biblical Account.

Among the most important Of the
finds around the great city Of Thebes
or Luxor, in Egypt, is a great rock on
the Island of Sehel below the first cat
aract This, which is represented by
the illustration, has the hieroglyphics
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

4 Proposed Improvement for High Speed
and Frequent Trains.

At recent meeting of the Conven-
ton of Railroad Track-Masters 1t was
stated that the roadbed had not made
like the development that had
been attained in other parts OF rail-
road building. 1t remains very much
as 1t has been for a half-century-sim-
ply the rails spiked to ties held in place
by ballast. There has not been much
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

Cornelius B. Hyson, Everett. Wash,
has patented fruit picker which con-
sists of ring upon long handle with
projections around the inner side to
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

John r. Gauit, Montooth, Pa, has
patented what he terms microcoustic,
or an instrument to assist the hearing.
consisting of q thin disk of soft flexible
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

and riveted 10 the upper surface of the
handle. A lip cut from the piece of
metal engages the lower surface of the
handle and thus gives a firm attach
ment.
Combination Tool.
William Scott, Jr. Nyack. y. Y, has
patented tool which comprises ham
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
AUTOMOBILES FOR COUNTRY.

An Important Departure for Ohio Farm
r.
=. Though the State of Ohio is covered
with network Of steam and electrical
roads, the more facilities for travel that
the people have the more they seem
to want, and the more profitable be-
come the lines Of communication. A
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
DR.. Shops
Restorative

Prepar d IN both Liquid ana Tabset lhrn For safe
at forty thousand drug H0fes Mid cases are often
reached BY = stnyie Package &
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

having a bracket with projecting arms,
a crank shaft holding a spool and a
ratchet for winding up the line and
holding it taut.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
INTERURBAN AUTO.

new enterprise is now attracting much
attention. 1t is a revival of the old
stage-coach idea with motor car for
the vehicle. The first line has been
put in operation from Springfield to
jamestown, % miles distance, and
passes through two other towns with a
combined city population of 42,50O.
The roads are fairly good, but the mo-
tor people offer to pay 500 a mile
per year for the maintenance and i'm
provement if the local authorities will
The National tribune., 1905-11-16
Firing q Powder Charge.

Francis !. Dupont, Wilmington, Del.
has patented a method of firing q
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

George F. Heating, Bloomington. ILL.,.
has patented a line reel for clothes lines
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

Book l On Dyspepsia
Book 2 on the Heart
Book 8 on the Kidneys
Book I for Women
Book ) for Men
Book 6 OH Rheumatism,
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

For the free book and
the "Health Token. you
must address DIR. Shoop.
Box 55s1, Racine. Wis.
State which book you
want.
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

float platform, on which is water
wheel with floats engaging the current
on one side and automatically lifting
above 1t as the wheel turns around.
H0e.
William A. Sparks Parkersburg, w.
Va, has patented hoe with the blade
formed of a single piece of metal bent
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

pull the fruit, which drops into long
sack opened at the lower end. The sack
is supported from the handle by an adj
Unstable cord to prevent the fruit fall
ing any distance and becoming bruised.
Shoe Horn.
Ernest Roraback, Springfield, Mass,
has patented a shoe-horn which has a
projection across 1t to limit the dis
The National tribune., 1905-11-16

usual stationary jaw and shank with a
movable Jaw connecting with ratchet
teeth I'm the handle which engage other
ratchet teeth and is operated by a.
spring yielding to the pressure of the
hand.
Split Pulley.
William r. Patten, New York, n. Y,
has patented a split pulley composed Of
a plurality Of sections which are held