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The National tribune., 1906-01-04
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

An enormous amount of railroad re-
construction work is being done in the
far West. The Santa Fe Road will
spend 100000 in shortening it's line
to the coast and the Southern Pacific
twice that amount. Eight tunnels will
be cut through the Sierra Nevada
Mountains. which will shorten the line
40 miles end reduce the grade 1000
feet. Thirty-two miles of snowsheds
will be abandoned when the tunnels are
completed.
Thirteen thousand motor cars were
built in Great Britain last year. The in
crease over the past year is phenom-
eIal.
Two miles Il minute is the mark set
for the automobile races to be held in
the Ormond Daytona Beach tourna-
mcnt. If this Is accomplished it will
mean a speed Of about 116 feet a sec
ond. @tt.L
The Importation of injurious birds
and mammals into the United States has
been carefully guarded against since the
passage of the Lacy act on May rs,
1909. In the FIVE years ending June so,
1905, the authorities issued 1881 per-
mits for the entry of 1.oos.s birds
tchief1y canaries), 2,846 mammals and
Sc reptiles. apd. u permits for the entry
of $500 eggs. of game birds. OF the con-
signments 4e2 Were inspected. No injuri-
Gus animal is known to have been adj
mitted. bat seven mongooses, Sd flying
foxes or fruit7eating bats. one kohl
meise, Is blaumcisen and two starlings
have been refused entry. At Honolulu
six keas We're refused entry.
The possible value Of radium to the
physician still remains chiefly a matter
of conjecture. Two Italians. TizZoni and
Bongiovanni, have satisfied themselves
| that II has an important influence upon
| rabies and that it may act either upon
the virus or directly upon the bitten
animal. When the virns is exposed for
| four to So hours to radium rays ii is
| converted into powerful vaccine, IN
] 3ections into rabbits eye overcoming
the otherwise fatal effects Of inocula-
| lions with dogs virus With a powerful
| specimen of radium, and direct expos
ures OF several hours during six days.
| animals inoculated Is to 100 hours be-
| fore treatment were saved while SINH
larry inoculated animals not treated all
died.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad
/ is preparing to plant 250,806 catalpa
trees at Bay st. Louis. Miss. and Car
] neys, Ala.
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supply OF COWS hair mixed in with It,
and -shoul0 be tInade at least four days
before using. sThe operator must see
to It that fhesmortar be- we'll pressed,
into the Key or interstices Of the iath.
ing to maike 1t hold well. The face of
the work must be well scratched to
form key for the second coat which
must not be pdf on before the first or
scratch coat Is dry. The mortar for
the seconde ceAt is made in the same
way as that required for the first coat,
and Is applied in a similar manner,
with the exception that the scratch
coat mustsbe well damped before the
second coat is put on in order to keep
the second. coat moist and soft until
the dash or rough-cast is thrown on.
The rough.castng is done exactly in
the same manner as described for the
cheaper sort of rough-cast work
A building finished in this manner,
If the work is well done, possesse.
ilany advantages over the ordinary
wood-covered structure. 1t is much
warmer being almost air tight SO far
as the walls are concerned. 1t is safer.
as fire will not eat its way through
work of that kind for a long time. 1t
IS cleaner, as it will not prove such a
harbor for insects 1t may be made
as handsome as desired. for before the
rough-cast is dashed it may be laid
off in panels Of any shape by having
strips of battens tackled over the soft
mortar, which may be removed after
the rough casting is done and the col
oring finished 1t is much superior to
the so-called brick-veneered house, as
it is warmer, more exempt from fire
and cheaper.
For 100 yards Of rough-casting i'm
the manner described the following
quantities will be required: 1900
laths. IL bushels Of lime, u barrels
best COW hair, u yards of sand, three
M RI ri nf yrr
Is pounds of hot-cut lath nails n
inches long. The gravel should be sift-
ed through a half-inch mesh screen.
and should be washed before mixing
with the lime putty.
To color 100 yards in any of the
tintS named herewith use the follow
ing quantities Of ingredients: For
blue black mix S pounds of lampblack
In the dash. For buff use pounds
of green copperas. to which add one
pound of fresh COW manure: strain all
and mix well with the dash. A fine
terra Gotta is made by using Is
pounds of metallic oxide mixed with
five pounds Of green copperas. A dark
green color is made by using five
pounds of green cOpperas and four
pounds of lampblack. Many tints of
these colors may be obtained by vary
ing the quantities given. The colors
obtained by these methods are perma-
nent: they do not fade or change with
time or atmospheric variations. Many
other colors are used. but few stand
like the ones named. brickcolor
may be obtained by the use Of Vene-
tian red and lumber mixed in whisky
first and then poured into the dash un-
til the proper tint is obtained. In time,
however. like all earthly pigments,
these cOlors fade and have a sickly
appearances; they answer better in &C.
ments than when incorporated with fat
lines
The National tribune., 1906-01-04
LOCOMOTIVE ON SKATES.

not only supports the forward end of
the locomotive. but serves to guide its
course by means Of a hand wheel and
gearing. The man who steers sits in
front next the lower headlight.
Traction Is secured by means of an
endless metal belt which covers the
ers turn. The belt is provided with
steel points or caulks. which are driy-
en- into the frozen ground or Ice and
render movement of the machine DOS
slDle. The engine can be operated
either forward or backward, the run
ners being turned up at both ends. The
movement OF the drivers fs Contradict
by the reverse lever and throttle 1ust
as when running on rails
part OF the route to be hauled over
was across q lake. and the danger OF
breaking through the ice was CHANGED
IN order to save the long distance
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Carpentry and Building)

recommended where more durs HE hut
more expensive work is required.
The best mode of doing this work as
practiced in the lake district of On
tario Is nearly As follows: Have the
frame Of building prepared as fndicat-
ed In the foregoing. with partitions all
put in and we'll braced throughout
and well secured. Lath diagona1l.
with No. l pine lath. keeping one and
half inches space between the iath
Nail each lath with five nails, and
break joints every Is inches. Owe,
this lath again diagonally ia the oppo-
site direction. keeping the same space
between the Hath and breaking toints
as before. Careful and solid mailing Il
required for this layer Of aathing, as
the permanently Of the work depends
to some extent on this portion of i,
being honestly done. The mortar used
Tor the hrst coat should have q goodly
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Duty of Married Soldiers.

II does not follow matter Of course, il a
Il soldier, if he is pensioner, that it will
II his widow % q pension. AS a
j matter OF widows are unnecessarily de-
ayed and in allowed OF
evidence which the husband usually. could sup
piled during his lifetime.
This important matter has been discussed,
in the columns of The National Tribune
made the subject of orders by
the Grand Army but appeal heretofore
essential particular: and
suggested for the custody of the information
The National Tribune Co, in a practical
to this deficiency In re-proof
building and key insure privacy, it
for such and information until
as they be needed. if such time is
The National Tribune Co is
perpetual existence the death of the present
of the Company will not disturb the business O
the custody of the No safer place in
worl be found for the purpose.
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

The National Tribune will further In this COM
mendabie 1t will assist in getting in shape the
Information required The step every
is the few simple questions
asked in the preliminary Report This
close the and enable The National Tribune
plete all the proof required
will be charge whatever but
viii be expected OF ooHrade that he VII
of other married comrades
them likewise No other missionary
among comrades be productive OF good
who subscribers The National
Of this important subscribers do
distribution
All comrades requested make Preliminary
Report, including those who have married 2f
1890.
Comrades who attend to this matter promptly be
taking the best possible securing their
widows the higher rate OF pension
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

A Dayton co. newspaper has tried
the experiment of delivering papers to
fits suburban customers by a gasoline
motor car and it has made some as
tonishing time. 1t leaves the office at
$40 a. m. and at that early hour has
little fear of distractions, except from
casual milk wagons, SO that it runs fire.
Quently at the rate of nearly one mile
a minute. The papers are thrown off
along, SO that no stops are required.
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

Of all the unusual purposes to which
locomotives were ever put, a locomo-
tive on skates undoubtedly is the most
unique. The locomotive is one used on
logging road in Minnesota, of the
geared type common on such lines. The
owners had occasion to do a large
amount of hauling from points some
distance from the end of the track,
and concluded to try the novel exper-
iment. The front truck was removed
and a strong sled substituted which
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

around the shore. The ice proved Arm
and thick. and this pertien, Of the trip
is made with the least power and at
highest speed. From Ave to seven
miles an hour are maintained with a
long train of heavy logs loaded on to
hobs" One of the rules OF the COM
pany is mo skating on thin ice" and
there is no desire on the part of the
employees to disregard the order.
The National tribune., 1906-01-04
WORK OF THE PATENT OFFICE.

The work of the Patent Office for the
week ended Dec. 10, 1905, was: Pat
ents ss5. designs 20, trademarks 10S,
labels II, prints six. reissues nine;
total 1855. Of which 5S7 patents and 126
trademarks went to citizens of the
United States and 68 patents and three
trademarks to citizens of foreign
countries.
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

The Canadians are beginning to cleo
trify their railroads. and 100 miles of
the Temiskaming Railroad will be cleo
trified at once.
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

Something over 20 years ago there
was q craze for narrow-gauge railroads.
which was as widespread and active
as the 16-to-1 silver idea. A very large
number of narrow-gauge roads were
built, chiefly by local subscriptions.
These have all been changed into stand
ard gauge, except the original one in
Colorado, where the precipitous noun
tains will not admit of a standard
gauge. Even the rolling-stock was of
no use when mounted on standard
gauge trucks. 1t was too light for
safety on heavy trains and the cars too
small to meet the present shipping de-
mands. One railroad recently strapped
$ls3,000 of such equipment inside of a
year.
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

Gasoline road rollers are now COM
Ing into use fairly rapidly in Europe.
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

Charles III. Neal, Baltimore, Md,
has patented a novel advertising de-
vice which has a girl with a regretful
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Preliminary Report
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boat, a float loosely fitted and project
ing above the deck which is connected
with a flexible air tube to supply the
boat with air when the float rises to the
StIrfaca
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end is a screw driver and on the other
a device for catching the head of the
screw and holding the tool firmly in
place while the screw is turned. A
ring slips down over the enlarged por-
lions of the limbs to hold them tightly.
Batter Spoon.
Jennie Levagood. Oklahoma. Okla,
has patented a batter spoon with the
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

Carl II. Lang. Chicago, ILL.,, has pat
ented a novel screw driver consisting
OF two plates Of steel fastened together
like pincherS. On the bottom of one
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

In warm room. 1t comprises q respi-
rator. which Is fitted over the mouth
and nose and connected with a tube
that reaches the outside air.
C0mbinatiOa Tool.
Robert Fl. Bowman, Canyon CITY.
Colo, has received a patent for a com
bfnation tool comprising a Ratchet with
The National tribune., 1906-01-04
SCIENCE AND INVENTION,
Work Of the Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering nventng and
Creating.

John p. Holland. the inventor Of the
submarine boat, feels very confident
that within a year he will solve the fly
ing-machine problem. which has been
disturbing scientists for so long. He
says that he has been building flying
machines for IL years, and has thrown
four aside. He is now at work on the
fifth. which he is sanguine will do the
work. 1t is light. weighing not over
80 pounds, and will be arranged to be
strapped about the back, fastening at
the waist and shoulders. 1t will have
two pairs of wings, which will vibrate
in opposite directions. one pair at the
back of the head and the other pair
near the waist. These will be con-
structed of steel and weigh about one
pound each. A man who can walk
three miles an hour, Mr.. Holland says,
can easily fly the same distance in 1O
minutes with his machine. He says
that dirigibie balloons and the combi-
nation of balloon and aeroplane VIII
never become commercially practical,
and the only thing is to follow his ex-
ample and initiate the flight of birds
This is all very well for Mr.. Holland to
say, but there have been several scores
Of very able men who have been try
ing to discover the secret of the action
Of a birds wings, and SO far they have
failed. They have attacked the prob
lem with high mathematics and with
every device which their imagination
could suggest, and If any of them has
hit upon the secret he is SO far keeping
1t very quiet. 1t is barely possible that
Mr.. Holland has been more fortunate
than they but we shall have to wait
for an actual demonstration before We
accept it
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

Edmund p. Dougherty, Washington
d. c., has patented a salvage device for
submarine boats. There is an open
pocket or recess on the deck of the
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

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each Tc. Prizes u So 60 each Prlscs OF
IN ANY MONEY when This advert
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Other s.ss are cys tor ssnng but Ts H9eo9
FREE sendlng
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

Addison d. Phillips, Warrington,
". Va, has patented drumstick
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

OF THE IINEa LETTERS PKTNTfD cENTRE
times sf giving ue dea Of solving fhe Mary ssgse
deaiHRs
sIand and IHsr Offers. CTR PRIZES
many persons who nsded
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DoNiT nELAY. WE WILL GIVE 0TnEa FnIxKs rnss
Write HlAilaS.
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Note-This report Is short. and be Easily writ
paper write the and dates
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t solutions win the prizes. NE
us OF MONEY IN the futApe. last
be oM CHARMING MAGAZINE.
. can get to oder LARGE PRIZES.
' people we have recenfiy awarded
les. &75D0: II. A. faxnelee. Mil
n. Hin stgeet. Les Angeles. Cal.
$500: NJ. q. Christenson. Gregg,
anderia5e street. n empalis. Tenn.
sncia Street.. Penoa cola. Fla, 20 % ;
henry Perry. Central Islip. L. l.. n.
S2S.eD; Evelyn 8. n urTay, 132 8.
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which has the lower portion tubular s
that the upper part telescopes With
it for convenience in carrying.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
Rockefeller and Shaw.

There is a persistent rumor in Wash
ington that the Rockefeller banks have
received a tip from the United States
treasury that the government bonds
that mature next year are to be refund
ed. The Washington correspondent OF
the Chicago Record-Herald gives de-
tailed account of how the Rockefeller
banks are to profit by this prior infor-
nation and says Secretary Shaw de
clines to elucidate." After showing
that the National City bank is adver-
Using to pay $1,O32.50 for $1,000
bond. he points out that while this
sounds like a fine proposition, the Ma
tional City bank is not in the habit OF
putting out its money at less than 4
per cent a year. and that in paying
1881 for the 1907 bonds, it really
would make a profit of only three-quar-
tiers of 1 per cent il it held them with
the expectation that they would be re-
deemed at maturity, nearly year from
now. Secretary Shaw, it is declared,
would scarcely retire the issue in adj
vance of maturity and pay a premium
that would insure profit above 1884.
LAS TO selling the bonds to small
banks wanting them for the purpose of
securing government deposits, 1t is
pointed out that to afford the National
City adequate returns on it's invest
ment. cost of advertising, ETC., said
small banks would have to pay pre-
MUM that would make their govern
ment deposits an expensive luxury. in
asmuch as they would expect to have
them redeemed within less than a year
at par.
Therefore, it is sought to cultivate
the suspicion that the real purpose of
the philanthropic National City bank
is to gather in S50,0O0,O00 or more of
the bonds. knowing they are to be ex-
changed shortly for per cents, and
being in a position TO make very ia
vorable terms with the government
when the refunding time comes"
AS this Rockefeller bank is the one
that demanded after the election of
President Mckinley that It should be
given the inside track, to reward It'll
for it's liberal subscriptions to the re-
publican campaign fund. the question
that is being asked is. what has it done
now to merit exclusive information and
a chance to make millions, if not for
liberal subscriptions to the Roosevelt
campaign fund two years ago.?
Whatever republican administration
is in power. it does not seem possible |
to divorce this favored corporation |
from the treasury of the United States |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
The Breath of Life.

It's significant fact that the strong
est animal of its size, the gorilla, also
has the largest lungs. Powerful lungs
mean powerful creatures. How TO
keep the breathing organs right should
be mans chiefest study. Like thou,
sands of others, Mrs. Ora A. Stephens,
of Port Williams, Ohio, has learned
how TO do this. She writes: Three
bottles of Dr. Kings New Discovery
stopped my cough of two years and
cured me of what my friends thought
consumption. Oh, it is grand for throat
and lung troubles Guaranteed by
Hartz C Ullemeyer. druggists. Price
soc and ST. Trial bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
r.,in Purposely Too High.

When the present tariff act was I'M
der consideration in the house of rep
resentatives in 1897, Mr.. Dingley, who
was the chairman of the ways and
means committee, said the schedules
were purposely placed too high in or
der to leave a safe margin for recipro-
CITY treaties that were intended to be
made and for which the Dingley bill
provided.
But now comes Speaker Cannon and
declares: Il have no hesitation in
saying that the present revenue law
known as the Dingley law, all things
considered, is the most perfect and
lust customs law ever enacted" Con-
sidering that the trusts and combines
are protected by the 20 per cent extra
that Mr.. Dingley admitted was 'pur-
posely placed too high and that con-
gress has refused TO ratify the reci-
procity treaties negotiated by Presi-
dent Mckinley, it must be confessed
that Mr.. Cannons statement is extra
ordinary.
This is carrying the standpat posi-
ton TO the verge of defending the
plundering of the people for the bene-
fit of the trusts and combines and al
lows them in the future, as in the past,
to extort such an unreasonable pront'
that the cost of living has advanced AZ
per cent since the Dingley act became
the law. And yet in spite of this
Speaker Cannon says there shall be nc
tariff revision
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
POSTMASTER Post at the banouet

POSTMASTER Post at the banquet tC
William j. Bryan at the Auditorium in
Chicago Tuesday night, among other
things said of Cato Sells, a prominent
Iowa democrat: Another speaker was
to have come from a state where the
republican party has got an idea. 1t
has found great trouble in digesting
that idea. But whether this is be-
cause it is so long out of practice or
because there is something peculiarly
indigestible about an Iowa idea I am
in doubt. We of Illinois may well be
in doubt, for the republican party here
has not had an idea for nearly half
a century. Possibly Cato Sells could
have enlightened us as to Iowa but |
am force - read you his telegram of
regrets .:--.ca.i of introducing him..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07

After fl years of continuous service
in the ministry, during which time he
never missed a Sunday on account OF
sickness. Rev. Henry Goodsell- OF La
Crosse, twice presiding elder of the
Wisconsin Methodist Episcopal church
will tender his resignation as pastor
and will, on the anniversary of his or
dination, go to California, where he
expects to make his future home. Mr.
GoOdsell is a graduate of Hanline uni
versity class OF 1866. While still in
college he was ordained a minister of
the church of Faribault, MINI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
Mayor George Washington Moe

Mayor George Washington McCask
rim seems once more 10 have over
stepped his authority in giving consent
of Long View to picnic pzrposes with
out consulting the park commission
There is no objection to the holding OF
the great Woodmen picnic within the
park. In fact. it is considered an honor
and a compliment to Rock Island to
have the outing in this city, but the
society is under no obligations To the
mayor personally for the use of ideal
picnic grounds. The whole city as
represented by the park board is fur
nishing the grounds, in rendering the
accommodations of the beautiful Long
View park
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07

magnificent cities on the face of the
globe. and is a bigger and better
city than ever. Somebody has re-
marked of Baltimore that it holds a
peculiar relation to the balance of the
United States. 1t is the furthest south
ern city north; the furthest northern
city south; the furthest eastern city
west, and the furthest western city
east. Be that as it may, it is in most
excellent locality; enjoys a large
trade: is a city of great beauty; OF
wonderful hospitality, and the location
of a great monument, erected to
George Washington. and is the home
of several very good newspapers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07

Taking the country as a whole the
manufacturing capital increased Al
per cent between 1900 and 1904. The
value of the products increased 80 per
cent. showing presumably a smaller
return on capital. The number of
earners increased 16 per cent and
their wages 90 per cent and the num-
Der of officers and clerks increased As
per cent and their salaries increased 81
per cent. indicating that all classes of
employees got a large return for their
labor. Man counts for more and
money for less.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07

The democratic congressional COM
mittee of the Fourteenth district in
session at Bushnell yesterday made a
wise selection for congress in the plac-
ing OF ID. W. Matthews of Milan on
the ticket. Mr.. Matthews ran for the
office two years ago and made splen-
did impression throughout the district
He is q representative democrat and
representative man