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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-16
other business transacted.

The remainder OF the gessor OF the
Aldermen was devoted TO number OF
Interesting matters
The ordinance ratalng the salary OF
the special accountant from $1,000 Ia
$1,000 per annum WAS not concurred In
On motion Of Mr.. Dabnay the vote
by which the Board refused to concu,
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THE WEATHER

Forecast: observation-disclosures Tues
TO fresh south 10 southwest Winds,
North caroiina--0ccasiona showers
TUESDAY and probably "Wednesday;
Hght TO fresh southwest winds.
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!1isheHt temperature yesterday ,..., SIS
Lowest temperature yastcrday.,,..$. 10
Mean temperature yesterday. 10
Normal Temperature yesterday, rs
Departure from normal temperature
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DISGRACE TO. CITY,
REPORT DECLARES
tho attention Of whatsoever is IN
charge OF this department.
Takc InxtrlIlnentx Away.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

%. Il
Take Instruments Away.
In the month OF May. whenathe
new resident physicians came on
duty. four new sets Of instruments
were bought. The superintendent
states 1t Is customary for residents
to take Instruments away With
them. This matter We deem adj
visabie to bring to your attention
1t seems to us that the proper
check Is still not taken in the dis
position OF the drug and surgical
supplies.
The medical and surgical records
arc still not kept with the thor
oughness that they should be. The
lack Of technical knowledge ex-
hibited in Table &C" OF the su-e
perintendent's last annual report
is serious reflection on the pro-
fessional side Of the Institution
It seems that the resident
physicians are allowed broad
latitude in leaving the SER
vice and putting in their
place substitutes. These substitutes
are usually medica! students. These
students have not had the training
or knowledge which Is necessary to
enable them to assume the re-
sponsibiilties thus entrusted to
Z & * ~
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woN"r MIND THE HEAT II tho
nerves and body have the strength sup
oiled by Horsford's Acid Phosphate--a
delicious summer tonic,
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CONDITIONS YEsTnnDAY,

uchmond's weather was warm, With
showers. Range OF the thermometer:
i, . 4, M...,e.,,.7s 9 + M,..... a a
r. NJ .........SS IL mldnight.....75
Average. b-6
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CONDITIONS IN IsIPORTANT CITIES
Al 4 4. N. Euafcrn WING. -.
IMMATURE ALMANAC.

Sun rs.s. n. 80, }ip4lGyH 2 4i 1923
Sun gGtB.s... 7:2y Morning. $3.50. $40
Moon sets., ,.1l.24 Evening .,p.. 2ius
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NIr. Dahncy Speaks.

President Turpin first wanted to
know how the $3.50 was to be spent
There was more Or less discussion on
this point. Mr. Dabney explained the
manner in which the bill had been
passed. and added that a committee of
three the MAYOR, the president of the
Board OF Aldermen and the president
OF the Common Council. had been
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Electric Power from Wind.

There never has been a time when
the forces Of nature were subjected to
such searching scrutiny to determine
their availability for the development
Of mechanical power as they receive
at present. This arises mainly from
the progressive use Of electricity.
Among other things II Is believed that
the wind a be utilized to q far
greater extent than In the past, espe.
clally for electric lighting. With this
object in view, says the Youths Com
panion, the average state of the wind
has lately been investigated In Eng.
land. 1t Is found that for approximate
ly half the time the mean wind yeloc.
ity Is ten miles an hour, and for about
one-third Of the time Is miles. In the
winter the averages are higher. The
great difficulty arises from the calm
periods, which may last three days, or
even a week, but It has been shown
that economical lighting plants can be
based upon wind power by providing
gasoline motors to take UP the work
whenever the wind falls.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
PINE TREE BIRDS SHELTER.
Where F%eathered Wanderers Sleep In
Winter Partly Explained.

In zero weather, when the night 10
pitch dark and there is a piercing
wind driving a biting snow, perhaps
you have wondered, as | have, to think
low the little wild birds could man
age to sleep and not freeze nor be
covered up with the snow.
One stormy, winter night while
walking through Central park, New
York city, | partly answered the ques-
ton. A branch of a large pine tree
swung close to and a little above a
street lamp. The branch and It's
twigs were quite free from snow, the
dense leaves or needles forming a
roof above them and catching the
snow which had quickly filled up the
spaces between the slender leaves.
Here and there under the most coy
looking Of the leaf clusters was a lit.
tie group of English sparrows. looking
as comfortable as could be.
They were somewhat disturbed by
my pausing to watch them and a few
left to find a perch on some higher
branch. Probably there were scores
of these sparrows In this tree, for
was able to examine only the branch
near the light. Who knows but that
every pine in the park and many a
one In the woods as well is d veritabls
tenement for the birds?-St. Nicholas.
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A White Bedroom.

Few women realize the possibilities
from an artistic point of view Of the
common, cheap, unbleached muslin,
though most of us realize its dura.
bility.
A young girl has just finished doing
over a room that had to be done with.
in a given sum, and that a small one.
The chairs are of willow, which she
painted an ivory white to match the
woodwork.
Her walls she covered with a paper
in the same tone, relieved by trailing
pale pink roses, marking it off in
panels.
But the browning glory was the cur.
tains of unbleached muslin that hung
In straight folds at the sides with
a deep valance across the top.
The unusual feature of the curtains
consisted Of the vine matching the
wallpaper and cut from cretonne that
bordered all the edges. This applied
border was basted carefully into place
and then stitched on the machine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
BEST USE OF
Proper Way Of Preparing the Delight
full Timbaies.

Spaghetti Timbales $500 Boil three
ounces of spaghetti in sailed water.
Do not break it to make it go into the
pan, but when the water boils fast
take part of the spaghetti In the hand
and hold the ends in the water, allow.
ing 1t. as it softens, to gently slide
into the water. 1t will soften almost
at once, and may in this way be quite
easily managed.
Boil for about 25 minutes, or until
IL is just soft, but be sure 1t does
not lose shape. Then drain 1t, rinse
in cold water and spread it out at
full length to cool. Butter literally
some small molds and line them with
the spaghetti, beginning at the middle
Of the bottom of the molds and coil
ing it up the sides.
Fill the centers with a mixture of
pounded raw chicken or veal mixed
with a nicely seasoned sauce, and add
one whole egg for every two of the
molds, Cover with creased paper and
surround with boiling water to me.
third their depth. Steam for half an
hour, but do not allow the water to
boil fercely. Turn out gently and
serve hot. The filing may be varied
according to circumstances, and cook
ed poultry may be used if more con
venient.
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CARE or WICKER FURNITURE.
varnIsh Mus. BE Removed 3sors u
70 Ensmeied.

II wicker furniture has basn var
nished 1t viii not AXE enamel without
removing the varnish. Pour boiling
water. with a little washing soda In Il.
over and through the wicker work fos
at least ten minutes: let 1t dry, go
over 1t with a flannel wet In either
~turpentine Or naphtha. Leave in the
air and next day rub down with sand.
paper. Wicker. rush and bamboo
things are better dyed than painted.
Implanted wood or raw wicker can
be dyed almost any color with good
domestic dyes. Red is particularly eff,
fective. Wet the surface to be dyed
with clear hot water before dyeing.
The wetting makes it take color even,
ly, For white enamel a clean dry sur,
face is requisite.
The finish coat should be thicker
than rich ream and put on very
smooth. Give two coats of the white
varnish, rub down with s~andpaper and
finish with oil applied with a silk swan
and rubbed to a high polish.
Sun-faded spots in stained wood, as
a floor or window caslng. a be re-
stored thus: Cover the spot with a
folded cloth wet in benzine or turpen'
tine, let It lie an hour, then rub over
with alcohol and wash with strong
soda water about blood warm.
This takes of the old varnish. Stain
afresh, taking care that the new color
goes out quite to the old: let dry, re
varnish and polish.
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To Remove Paint from Muslin.

Soak the spots in a strong solution
of soda and water for "a hours. At the
end of this time the paint will often
have disappeared, but If it has not, wet
the material in %turpentine and lay in
the sun for several hours. Wet again
and repeat this until every trace of
the paint is removed. Green paint
seems especially hard to remove, but
"if at first you don't succeed, try, try,
again." as | did when my daughter,
In a fresh white dress, ran against a
newly painted r door, and had
entire success. This sounds as II |
meant she had success in covering
herself with paint, which she did, but
the browning success was mine in re-
moving the paint by using the above
process.--The Housekeeper.
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Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author n Manufac-
turer, he is. without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries tto William A. Radfcrd, No.
1874 Fifth Ave. Chicago. ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A squarely built house having four
rooms downstairs and four bedrooms
upstairs is shown in this plan. Gen.
orally speaking, there is economy in
building a square house or a house
that is nearly square on the ground.
1t is a sort of a square deal for the
owner, because the same amount Of
wall e~ncloses more square feet of floor
surface and more cubic feet of solid
comfort than any other style of house
building.
This house is SO feet wide and 80
feet long, which is somewhat after the
plan of the Dutchman's stone wall,
which he made four feet high and five
feet wide so when the wind blew it
over he would gain a foot. Nothing
short Of a cyclone ever works up en-
ergy enough to blow a house like this
over, in fact the strongest gales hard
ly produce a tremor; this is another
advantage owe a long, narrow house.
1t Is not common for eve narrow
houses to blow down, but 1t is not
pleasant to lie in bed of a windy night
and feel the house tremble. A good
many of lis have had just such expert
ences. Early western pioneers who
were obliged to live in sod houses may
have had occasional interviews with
intrusive rain water in the middle of
the night, but they never had the wind
shake the bed clothes off on the floor
while they were sleeping. In a square
house every partition helps to brace
1t from at least two directions. Every
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Jellied Prunes.

One-third pound prunes, two cups
cold water, one-half cup cold water,
one.half box gelatin, or 2h table.
spoons graduated gelatin, n cup
sugar, one-fourth cup lemon Juice.
Pick over, wash aud soak prunes for
several hours In two cups cold water
and cook in same water until soft;
remove prunes; stone and cut into
quarters. Add enough boiling water
to the rrune water to make two cups.
Soak gelatin in one.half cup cold wa.
ter, dissolve in hot liquid, add sugar,
lemon juice, then strain, add prunes,
mold and chill. Stir twice while cook
ing to prevent prunes settling. Serve
with sugar and cream
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is handy anyway. A woman finds lots
of use for such a convenience when
she is doing the housework or On wash
DAYS. The grown-up boys also appre-
ciate It when they come In quietly at
unreasonable hours and don't are to
wake up the old man. They appreci.
ate fathers opinion, all right enough,
but they would rather not have 1t
f~orcefully expressed between twelve
and two o'clock in the morning.
There Is an exceptionally good fea-
ture about this house that will bear
mentioning in season and out OF sea
son, and that is the cellar. The in-sea'
son for a cellar lasts about 10 months
during the year, / have never been
able to discover when the out-of-sea.
son comes, unless 1t is when the boys
have to clean the cellar in the spring
time. A cellar would not be a desira'
BILE place to live in, but a frst-class
storeroom under the house that Is
properly kept, clean. well-aired and In
good order is a source of satisfaction
to the older members Of the family
and the youngsters will grow 70 ap
preciate 1t in time.
There is another combination stair
way in this house, and that is the one
that leads to the cellar. The entrance
way from the kitchen and from out
doors meet on a common landing about
the level OF the ground. 1t is a good
convenience in the summer, and In the
fall when using the cellar for storage
for garden truck, and It is just a
handy In the winter time when clean
ing out the furnace and you are carry
ing the ashes out of doors.
The chimneys in this house are *
arranged that It may be heated fairi,
well With stoves, but there is only ON
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

slip out there between working peri.
DDS and enjoy a little fresh air without
being obliged to change their work
ing clothes. The value Of a back
porch is very much increased by hav.
ing 1t screened in with vines. A good
deal depends on which way the sun
shines in, but one vine or more may
be used to advantage with almost any
exposure.
In some localities wire mosquito net.
ting is necessary to make the back
porch habitable after shutdown. The
wire netting is a great help in keeping
flies out of the kitchen all summer
long. 1t don't pay to screen a porch
in this way unless the porch Is rightly
planned. With this arrangement it is
not necessary to so down to the
ground through the porch. The eel
larway comes in handy as an exit
from the back part Of the house when
the porch is enclosed with wire net.
ting. OF course, a person would have
a screen door to So out from the
porch onto the ground when they
wanted to, but If this door is kept con,
stantly swinging the flies will find
their way in. There is a great deal in
arrangement, and this is one of the
places to use a little skill in this direc,
ton.
The cost of a house like this depends
so much on local prices of lumber and
skilled labor that 1t is difficult to give
an off-hand estimate. 1t is a good
sized house and one that gets away
with quite a bit of material. Probably
under favorable circumstances II
| should be built for about $4,000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

like the old Morse system, n certain
number of characters composing Il
dispatch, p~resupposes an initial oper-
alton.
With IA writing machine specially
designed and constructed for the pur.
pose, there Is registered on a straight
band Of paper a succession Of unequal
p~erforations, of which the different
groups correspond to the written let
ters. A letter in ordinary writing con.
sists Of vertical and horizontal lines.
For example, the letter "f' Is com
posed of a long vertical stroke, a short
vertical stroke, n horizontal stroke
that joins these al the top, and a hort.
zontal stroke at the bottom I.,ig let.
ter in perforation will, then, consist
of a large gap and a small gap. which
will send a large current and q small
current through the telephone, tracing
the vertical strokes; then two little
gaps which viii send two lesser cur
rents through the telephone, tracing
the horizontal strokes.
AS these currents follow each other
so rapidly that they encroach one
upon the other, the angles disappear
and II has curved lines.
For each letter, in fact, there is a
combination Of two, three, four and
up to ten gaps of unequal size. At
one end Of the telegraph line is the
transmitting apparatus in which the
perforated paper unrolls, sending, ac.
cording to the position and size Of the
gaps, the currents more or less long
and more or less separated.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Wiring Diagram.

at D aud is released by a magnetic
trigger, j., made from the armature
ald magnet Of an old electric bell.
When the circuit is completed by
means Of a secret contact device out
side the door, the magnet, F, pulls
down the armature which releases the
trigger and allows the spring to open
the lock. II there are metal numbers
on the outside Of the door they may be
used for the secret contact, II desired,
but II there are nc numbers on the
door, a small contact board may be
constructed By driving about IL BRASS
headed tacks into a thin piece of wood
and making connections at the back,
az shown In the wiring diagram.
In this particular diagram the tacks
numbered 1 and 7 are used for unlock
ing the door, the others being connect
Cd with the electric bell circuit as In
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
II STORY.

EPHTHAH was more than pleased
u with the way in which he had
been received by the people upau his
return from the land Of Tob. II was
only too evident that they trusted him
implicitly and expected him to lead
them to victory against the Ammon.
ties who had for years so sorely OPP
pressed them. When the deputation
from Gilead had first come to him i'm
ploring his aid, he had doubted their
entire sincerity, in spite of the posi-.
tive assurances given him that they
would Loyalty support him In all that
he did. But as he had gone through
out the country of Gilead and Man.
asseh meeting with the most enthusi-
astic welcome, his spirits had risen
and his confidence grown, until now
as he waited at Mi2peh, the place ap.
pointed for the assembling Of the
army, there came over him an citation
of spirits that made success seem
more than ever certain.
1t was during these enthusiastic
days of preparation for the coming
conflict that an Ammonite spy was
brought into camp. He had been cap.
tured while endeayoring to get infor.
nation concerning the army which
Jephthah was raising, and was imme.
diately brought before the latter, who
questioned him searchingly. 1t was
learned that the Ammonites had
raised a great army and were eagerly
preparing to enter Gilead.
For days." boosted the captured
spy, the people have been making vo.
tive offerings to the gods Of the Am
monites to win their favor in the com.
ing conflict, and it was only yesterday
that the captain Of the host Of the
Ammonites sealed his vows with the
offering up of one Of his sons to our
chief god Chemosh. 1t was Chemosh
who gave US this land and 1t Is Che.
mosh who will give it to us again"
The feryor and boldness Of the spy
as he spoke these words made a deep
impression upon the men standing
with Jephthah, and the unspoken
question which arose In each heart
was, sis Chemosh, the god Of the Am.
monites, greater than the God of the
Hebrews?" Jephthah noted the look
and hastily stepping out before his
men, he calculated, enthusiastically:
w. IL. .zI rI~.-I I'LL 49,
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At the other end Of the telegraph
line is the registering al pafatus' 1t
consists of a mirror which catches a
luminous ray. The currents sent by
the transmitter make the mirror radi-
ate with a double vertical and hori.
zontal movement, and the luminous
ray, following this movement, is re-
tiected on IA sensitive paper which un-
rolls and receives impressions d.
ycrsely, To avoid repeti,ions in pho
tographing, the paper impressed Is
passed, in unrolling. through a devel-
optng bath and then a finishing bath.
THE dispatch can then be read as cas-
lily AS n letter written by hand-much
caster than some. Such Is the appar-
atus belonging to Poilak and Vlrag,
But Pr. Marage hit upon a scheme
to take out the manipulation and re-
place 1t by a m]icrophone, placed In
communication with one OF the two
receiving telephones which gives the
vertical vibrations. The vibrations of
speech are then transmitted by tele'
phone to the movable mirror, and the
luminous ray is photographed on pa
per. Each line of paper corresponds
to a quarter Of q second. One has
then all the necessary elements, not
only to hear, but to see the qualities
of a voice, One has In fact:
/. The duration Of each note, by
counting tho number Of lines where
the vibrations are recorded, II there
are three lines. the note has lasted
| three.Quarters of q second; II one line,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
PHOTOGRAPHIC THE VOICE.
New Discovery Makes Possible Trans
mission Of Speech.

Following the telephone. the phono.
graph, telegraphy with wires and tel
egraphy without wires, a French sci
enlist, DR.. Marage, has now given to
the world a simplIied photography Of
speech, and. as an orfshoot Of this dis.
coYery, comes transmission of writing
by teIeg ,ph, just as photographs ear
be and are being sent by wire.
1t is based wholly on the system Of
%telegraphy invented by Pollak and
Virag in 1900. which Is capable OF
transmitting the number OF
10000 words an hour, The most In
genious system known heretofore, the
Baudot system, would only transmit
1000 words per hour, while the Morse
system has a speed limit OF 400 words,
Moreover, the Pollak and Virag ap.
paratus, instead of sending directly,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

the note has lasted ~one-quarter OF n
second, If four lines, the note has
lasted Il second, and so on.
2. The time which has been con-
gumed between the notes, estimated
by the length Of the straight line, In
dicates that there has been no vIbra-
ton.
3. The h%omoRcneity Of the sound IL
determined by examining the regular
ity OF the vibrations.
4. The accuracy of the notes. In
fact II Is only necessary to count the
vibrations that are found In a line,
and multiply by four to obtain the
number Of vibrations per second.
These four elements constitute n
complete method by which the teach
crs Of singing can discover and cor
rect the mistakes Of pupils. But the
apparatus Is Of such Il nature that
Il can be utilized for many other pur-
poses. For instance, professors OF
elocutIon can also get assistance from
this instrument in their work OF
teaching.
Surprising a speaker slurs on the
last syllable Of a phrase: "He Is not
wellllI-l." One can see Immediately
by the use Of this apparatus not only
the duration Of each word, but the
length of each syllable, and n re-
marks at once the protracted last syl.
liable.
In a word, this instrument that DR..
Manage has invented lends the eyes
assistance to the ear for the training
of students In singing and elocution.
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dicated for the purpose Of giving an
alarm should anybody try to expert
ment with the secret contact. By
ean of a pocket knife or other metal
article the operator car let himself in
at any time by connecting tacks mum
bered one and seven, while a person
not knowing the combination would DO
liable to sound the alarm. or course,
says Popular Mechanics, the builder
of this device can choose a combina.
ton Of his " and can thus prevent
anybody else from entering the door,
even those who read this descriI ton.