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ACETYLENE IN EUROPE.

While the use of acetylene gas in
expectation and there seems to be lit
tie, if any. increase, the contrary is the
truth in France and Germany. In
Franco there are now 10000 installa-
tions Of acetylene gas plants. and H.
towns use it for municipal lighting. In
six years there were 1850 patents deal
ing with acetylenc issued in France.
The latest figures 'obtainable show q
consumption annually of 1850 tons
In the towns where acetylene is used
for lighting the pipes are mostly of
lead. diminishing in diameter from 3.14
inches at the gas generator by stages
to 0.51- inch at private dwellings and
street lights. Street lamps usually con-
tain but one burner. They are very
troublesome to clean and recharge. Gas
is sold to a municipality at 81 cents per
1000 cubic feet and to private censum-
ers at 81 cents per 1000 cubic feet.
The increase in acetylene consump-
ton in Germany is even more marked,
and it is furnished to consumers at a
less price than in France There are
two houses out of every II which use
acetylene. and each house averages
about 5000 installations of all capaci-
ties in active operation in Germany at
present
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DECADENCE OF THE TORPEDO.

The results of the Oriental war have
told strongly against the extravagant ex-
Dectations entertained by the advocates
OF the torpedo. In brief III no instance did
single torpedo or single mine send
battieship 10 the bottom or wreck il
beyond comparatively easy repair
There were instances in which mine
struck near the ships magazine and the
combined explosions destroyed the ship
Russian ships which received several
blows and quite hard ones from mines
and torpedoes were put in battle-goins
condition again quite quickly and took
part I'm subsequent operations. If the
Russians could do this people more
skillful and energetic than they would
accomplish it much more readily. Mod
ern steel is so tough and homogeneous
and the compartmental and cellular
systems have become so perfected that
the greatest amount of an explosive
that can be placed against the sides of
ship, even under the most favorable
conditions, Will not produc,. more than
a local trouble
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Of each hand with a space of about six
inches between the hands. Then twist
the cord right-handed with the thumb
and forefinger of the right hand only.
This will throw up a blight" like Fig.
l, with the part A under Il. Grasp the
loop thus formed between the thumb
and forefinger of the left hand at the
point where the two parts cross. Then
move the thumb and forefinger of the
right hand along the cord about six
inches and throw up another blight"
laying it on top of the first one. You
then have Fig. 2. Hold these two
bights with the left thumb and fore
finger. measure off another six inches
and throw the last blight" Place it
on top OF the last one made, and you
have Fig. 3. Take the part T. In the
last blight at Fig. and. while holding
the other parts in place. pass 1T under
b. over G and under A. This makes
Fig. 4. Then take Il. Fig. 4. and pass
it under y and over f. The result is
Fig. 5. Then, while holding f. In the
left and b in the right hand, take hold
of X with the teeth and pull it. The
result Will be Fig. 6. In practice the
part o I'm Fig. 6 goes over the reduced
part of the mast or derrick head. The
forestry is made fast to X. The stays
to F. and Ii. Y and u form the back
stays. Any strain on the stays tightens
up O. BY pulling Y and u In opposite
directions the knot comes out. Every
workman should know how to tie this
knot.
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-four mill was destroyed by fire. and in
vestigation showed that bits Of broken
wire getting into the mill-stones with
the wheat was the cause. This diff
Guilty was overcome by Yankee who
proposed drawing the wire from the
wheat by means Of magnet.
A little later horses and cattle all
over the country died from a strange
disease, which post-mortem examina-
tons revealed was caused by swallow
ing wire with their fodder. The mag
net would not work in this case, and SO
John Good. rope-WOrker, produced
n loosely-spun yarn made of coarse
fiber as substitute for the wire bind
ing. Twelve million dollars worth of
binder Irvine is made and sold in this
country in a SINGLE year.
ft7WDs -------
Telephones for Lost Alpine Travellers.
On various parts of the famous st.
Bernard Pass in, the Alps the monks
have erected hutsf for the benefit Of lost
travellers. EACH lhpt is numbered and
connected with the hospice by tele-
phone. The lost traveller telephones to
he has reached. The number is repeat
ed to one of the trained dogs kept at
the monastery and the dog Immediate
~ sets forth for the hut.
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Complete Application.

The Commissioner of Patents pro-
mulgates the following order:
1T is hereby ordered that applica-
tons shall not be given serial numbers
as complete applications and forwarded
10 the Examining Divisions for exam
1natlon Cd when the petition has not
been signed by the inventor; (2) when
the specification and claims have not
been signed by the inventor and the
signature attested by two witnesses
(sec. 1888. Rev. Stats); CD when the
drawing has not been signed by the in
ventor or his attorney in fact and the
signature attested by two witnesses
tsec. 1889, Rev. Stats.); and ca when
the oath to the application does not fill
The requirements OF sections 1887 and
1892. Revised Statutes.
The requirements of section 1896
Revised Statutes, respecting the right
or executor or administrator to make
application for a patent for the inyen-
tlon OF deceased person must also be
observed before the application will be
considered as complete and forwarded
Tor examination.
This order, 50 far as applicable. re-
lates to applications for the registration
OF trademarks, labels and prints. which
must IN all respects comply with the
requirements of the statutes
sections 1887. 1892 and 1896 Pc
Vlsed Statutes, above mentioned, were
amended by the act OF March 3. 1909"
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Methuselah lived to be $50 years old.
and many other men, according to sa-
cred and ancient history, lived hum
dreds of years. DIR. Yernest, the emf
nent Swedish physician and scientist.
re-discovered the secret OF long life and
lived 104 years, when he was killed by
an accidental fall from his horse; but
the mysterious remedy which caused
his long life was left to the world, and
is given, absolutely free, to all who are
sick and old.
1t is the marvel of the scientific and
medical world. 1t quickly restores
perfect health and strength to all who
are weak and sick. whether old or
young. 1t builds up vitality that sur
prises all who have witnessed its won
derful results.
DR.. Yernest made it possible for
every sick and ailing person to use his
mysterious remedy absolutely free.
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Indians Growing Rich.

The little tribe of Quapaw Indians ia
destined to be the richest in the world.
About two years ago an adopted men,
Der Of the tribe was digging well in
the Quapaw Nation, about four miles
south of Baxter Springs. Kan, when he
struck what proved to be rich body
of Jack" or zinc ore. This was quick
ly developed, and over this well now
stands large concentrating plant, pro.
ducing weekly 10000 pounds of zinc
and 1000 pounds of pure lead.
Many thousand acres of the adjoin-
ing lands have been leased from the
Indians by white men, says the Four
Track News. Over 200 drill holes have
been sunk, and in nearly every instance
lead and zinc have been found in pay
ing quantities. The field is not only
large one, but is richer than anything
in the famous Joplin district of south
western Missouri and southeastern Kan
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AN INEXPENSIVE JACK.
A Ready and Cheap Method Of Securing
Powerful Helper.

jack suitable to meet with an emer-
gency may be- constructed at q cost OF
three cents, as follows:
Take an ordinary machine bolt Gig.
u any size and length that will bear
the weight to be lifted or let down, say,
one-half to tfree-quarters OF an inch
diameter by inches to 10 inches long.
Get block 4x4x12 inches and bore a
hole about one1eighth of an inch larger
In diameter than the bolt through the
center; also cut a mortise the size of
the nut, as at a, Fig. 2. The mortise
IS to keep the nut from turning.
Get another block about 2x4x12
inches. and on one side in the center
fasten plate ab, Fig. 81 one-eighth to
one-quarter of an inch thick and two to
four inches square or round. If there are
not holes drilled in the plate. fasten it
to the block by driving in four or five
nails at it's edge and allowing the heads
OF the nails to hook over the edge of
the plate.
When blocks A and 3 are ready.
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free trial treatment vii, convince
even those who have given up hope that
their life can be prolonged. This life-
giving discovery drives disease OF
every description from the human sys-
tenn. IL cures and prevents rheuma-
tism. backache. female weakness ner-
vous Affections. kidney, liver and heart
disorders. malaria and all kinds OF
fevers IL purifies the blood OF every
disease germ and enables the stomach
To asslmiiate and digest the food per-
fectly. thereby restoring vitality and
strength TO both body and mind.
IL you doubt what this mysterious
life fluid will do for you, you can test
its curative virtue for yourself at abso-
lutely no expense. Send us your name
and address. describing your ailment.
and We will mail you, under plain
wrapper, securely sealed, trial bottle
OF this Swedish Essence of Life that
will add health and long years to your
life. II is free now. 50 do not fail Ia
write today to NJ. r. Zaegel & Co., 81
Main Street, Sheboygan, Wis.
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Sea GulIs AS Messcngers.

Experiments are being carried out
at Toulon for the purpose Of employ
ing seagulls as ocean carriers instead
of the ordinary pigeons. Seagulls are
stated to be more fitted for such work,
owing to their abnormal staying power
while, on the other hand, pigeons when
flying over a vast eXpanse of water soon
grow fatigued. nj. Demarque, who is
training the gulls for those operations.
recently dispatched two birds from
Tamaris near Toulon to Levant Island,
about % miles away, with messages.
One bird was killed en- route by fool
ish customs official, and the other was
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brought to Tamaris by a fisherman
who found it on the rocks with one OF
its thighs broken. Despite these un-
fortunate incidents, M. Demarque pro-
poses TO renew the experiments with
new birds, procured from the Maritime
Biological Laboratory at Tamaris
which belongs to the Lyons University
Schools. The great advantage in favor
of -seagulls for this work is that they
can be dispatched in the stormiest
weather, when pigeons refuse to SET
off. The seagulls, in fact, are not I'm.
fuenced : by any weather conditions
Moreover, they are easily trained, and
their intelligence is considerable.
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units. If it is necessary to have spare
unit for cleaning, let there be another
one provided Of the same size.
The British navy is to have an 49,
O60-ton turbine battleship, the first of
it's kind to be built. The vessel will
have four sets of turbines mounted on
four shafts and operating ahead tur-
bines. Each shaft will be equipped
with ahead turbines for high and low
pressures and with astern turbines also.
Water-tube boilers will be used, and
the ship is designed for a speed of 81
knots.
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/ don't mean that DIR. Shops Rheumatic
Tablets can turn bony joints into flesh again
and never fail-that is impossible. But they
VIII with reasonable certainty drive from the
ing professional advice to diet etc, free.
sweiling--the end OF the suffering-the end of
rheumatism. =
Any Rheumatic sufferer who writes may re-
ceve my little book Rheumatism includ-
ing professional advise as to diet etc, free
With the book / will also send without
charge, my Health Token" intended
passport to good health. Address Dr. Shoop
Box 453l, Racine, Wis
lgle package-for sale by 10000 DRUGGISTS
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Historic Tree Near Baltimore.
Baltimore Americana

A gigantic chestnut tree with a girth
of about % feet, and under whose
branches in 1777 Washington and Ia
fayette held a council of war and ate
their meals while camping on the place
when the American army was march
ing from Baltimore to Philadelphia, is
one of the many objects of interest
shown to visitors on the Mccormick
farm, near Baltimore.
This is not a tradition, but we'll
authenticated fact, as is abundantly at
tested by the archives of the McCor-
mick family.
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Why Popcorn Pops.

Volatilization of the oil contained in
the ker Il, upon being heated. is the
reason why popcorn pops. Popcorn
differs from field corn in that it has
larger proportion of corneous element
and a greater per cent Of oil. The out
er portion of the kernel of field corn is
more porous than it is in popcorn, also,
and the oil escapes as it volatiliZes. The
great pressure exerted by the vOlatiliZed
oil in popcorn causes a sudden explo-
sion, and the kernel turns wrong side
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How Ito Cure Rheumatism

searched the whole earth for a specific for
itheufnat ism--something that / any physi-
clan could feel safe I'm hing
that We could count on not only occasionally
but with reasonable certainty. For the raw
ages OF Rheunatism are everywhere and gem
uine relief is rare.
After twenty years OF search and expert
menf, learned Of the German chemical
and my efforts were well rewarded For this
chemical In combination with others, gave
me Inc basis OF a remedy which in the cure
Of rheumatism Is practically certain. In
many, many tests and difficult cases this pre-
confidence l had In 1t.
Mild cases are -sOmetImes reached by q ST
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tend out of the can four or five inches,
soldering it in position. Screw COM
mon cap on top OF the pipe and drill
eight or 10 holes around the cap. Fill
the pipe with Wicking or asbestos.
When ready to light the burner, heat
the can on the top and hot gas will
flow from the holes. When lighted 1t
will burn as steadily and brightly as
gas light This is handy torch for
use around the shop or outside, as it
takes very strong wind to blow it out.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-09

A New York architect Is at work
drawing plans for proposed hotel to
contain AZ stories. The building would
be 500 feet high. making 1t the tallest
in the world. and would accommodate
1900 guests. A roof garden on the top
and an immense swimming tank in the
basement are Included among its es-
sentially modern features.
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INFORMATION BUREAU.
Non-RenIlabIe Bottles.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please find out and answer in your pa
per whether there has been patented a
non-refillable bottle which is a practi-
cal and commercial success I'll. H.
Geaullen, Minersville, Pa.
There is no non-refillable bottle that
is practical or commercial success.
There never can be one, and the whole
thing is, in a business sense, a delusion
and snare. The most of those pat
ented, If not all of them, are so COM
plic;tted that the cost of manufacture
ing them would be prohibitive, and if
this were not SO the cost Of washing
and filling them would be too great to
permit their use. The only practicable
non-refillable bottle that has been sug-
gested is one which will have a nickel
or a dime blown in the glass, when the
small boy will take care that the bottle
will never be used again. Lastly, and
finally. nobody really wants, very much
q nOn-refillable bottle. The talk about
1t is a clap-trap by certain brewers and
manufacturers of patent medicines who
bioviate about the superiority Of their
particular forms of stuff.-Editor Ma
tiOnal Tribune.
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TIEING A JURY MAST KNOT.
An Art That Every Workman Should
Acquire.

This knot is also known as a mast
head knot and bottle hitch, and is
used at the top of temporary derrick
II, place of a mast iron to fasten the
guys to. correspondent Of the Amer
lean Machinist tells how to tie the knot.
Take q piece of stout cord and hold
it between the thumb and forefinger
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-09
Verm0nt's biggest Tree.
(St. Adams Messenger)

Probably the largest tree in Vermont.
if not in New England, stands in the
dooryard of Jerry Richard in the north
east part of the town of Chester.
The tree measures 23% feet in cir
conference two feet from the ground.
and the branches spread from side to
side about $50 feet. There are seven
limbs which measure two and a half
feet through, and the tree is estimated
by woodchoppers to contain from Is to
90 cords of wood.
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To Find How Much Grain Any Bin VIII
Hold.

For finding how manv bushels of
grain any bin will hold, try the short
cut Of multiplying the length. breadth
and height in feet together and then
multiply by O.8. The result will be the
number of bushels the bin will hold
This rule is shorter than the old rule
says the Grain Mans Guide. and is ac-
cllrate.
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Is YOUR HEART WEAK?

Information that resulted I'm the conn
Plete cure of Alice A. Wetmore, from
Chronic Heart Disease, sent you by
mail absolutely FREE.
Alice A. Wetmore, Box A 81, Nor
witch, Conn, wishes to tell every reader
of The National Tribune that if they
suffer from Heart Disease of any form,
she will, on receipt of their address,
without any charge whatever, direct
them to the perfect Home Cure she SO
successfully used.
Coming as it does in the face Of
quackery and deceit the information,
so freely given, must be gladly well
coined by those who wish simple, in
expensive and withal a genuine cure
To escape this most terrible of all
diseases should be the object of every
sufferer, for to delay or take dangen-
Gus nostrums may, at any time, mean a
fatal result. Our advice is to get this
life-saving information at once and
while it may be had without cost.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-09

Roy Knabenshue. who has been by
far the most successful navigator, of air.
ships, expresses his belief that air.
ships viii never be practicable for gen
eral use by the public. They can be
made of much service for special pur-
poses, such as sailing over an enemy's
camp and obtaining an idea of his
strength and movements
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-09

John S. Stone. Cambridge. Mass, has
Obtained l6 patents for space tele-
graphy' which claim new inventions to
prevent interference from other mes
sages and secrecy of those transmitted
BY this system.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-09

The first reaping-machines brought
out by Mccormick bound the sheayes
with fine wire method both neat and
but one that was followed
by disastrous results. Flour mill after
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To Keep Concrete MoIds From Sticking.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please inform me as to the best method
Of keeping concrete castings from stick
ing to the molds George Schultz, lei
tonia, Mo.
The usual method of preventing the
molds from sticking to concrete is by
keeping them wet and clean. That is
they are Immediately scraped off clean
when the concrete is removed and then
wet.
Many workers in concrete soap the
inside Of their molds with yellow soap
Where regular work is conducted steel
molds are used, which either come apart
or have a draft. All the time however
the molds must be kept very Clean
Editor National Tribune.
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ScafOId Bracket for q Ladder.

A good scaffold bracket for ladder
is shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton. 1t is made of TX Is Inch fiat iron
and one-inch round iron. The key
holes at A are for adjusting the slant
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SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering Invenng and
Creating.
Work of the Patent ONCE.

The work of the Patent Office for
the week ended Oct. "a, 1905, aggre-
gated 597 patents, 25 designs, 1O4
trademarks. 81 labels, &c prints: max
ing total of 713, of which SCI
patents and $50 trademarks, etc, We're
to citizens of the United States and 55
patents and one trademark to citizens
of foreign countries.
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Combined Cash Register.

Edwin II. Spear, New York, ~ Y,
has patented cash register, change
maker, cash deliverer and purchase
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Adjustable Mirror suuport.

John L. Larson, Grand Rapids, Mich,
reaus and the like consisting of brack-
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of the ladder. The bracket may be
used on the inside Of the ladder for low
work, or on the outside for high work.
Contributed by G. 3. Hiskey, Berlin,
New
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Procure an old tin can. pint size, with
q screw top, for holding the gasoline.
Punch a hole In the center OF the top.
and insert q piece Of quarter-inch gas
pipe to within one-eighth inch Of the
bottom Of the can, letting the pipe ex-
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can be Drought into any desired posi-
ton.
Driving Bit.
George T. Duncan, Sr., Seattle,
Wash, has patented a driving bit pro-
yided with an overdraw-check guard
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Oe-POifshing Machine.

Paul Weinholt, st. Louis, Mo-. has
patented shoe-polishing machine