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The National tribune., 1907-05-16
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work the Worlds Busy Brains Discovering Invenng and
Creating

The assumption by many manufacture
ers that the United States was guaran-
teeing the purity of their products has
aroused the anger of Secretary Wilson,
who says that if this does not cease his
Department will publish list of the
manufacturers who are so deceiving the
public. The serial number and author
ICED label upon any goods only fixes the
responsibility of The manufacture for
that particular package of goods, for
which the Government has no response
bility Should the goods be found below
standard, then it is known who is re-
sponsible, and this is the only object of
the number and label.
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
Mi,waukee,- Automobile Mail Cars.

Milwaukee has the distinction of be-
ing the first city in the United States
to have a complete mobile equip
ment for the collection of mails. The
cars are constructed on the plan OF
regular railway mail cars. being strong
compact and capable of high speed.
They are Is feet long, five feet wide
and feet high. The drivers seat Is
protected by closed front The inside
Is so arranged with racks and mail
bags that the men may sort letters en-
route to the post office. The system is
expected to give many additional col
lections in outlying districts
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
Lifting Power With Pulle, Blocks.
(POpular MechauicSl

A man pulling with a force of 100
pounds can lift only that amount with
a single block as shown in Fig. l, but
by using two single blocks he can lift
double the amount, as indicated in Fig.
2 BY using double block above and
a single block below, as shown in Fig.
3, 100 pounds pull on the rope will lift
500 pounds. and by using two double
blocks, as indicated in Fig. 4, 100
pounds will lift 400 pounds.
In Fig. l the load is supported di-
rectly by one rope; in Fig. q by two
ropes; in Fig. 3, by three. and in Fig. 4,
by four ropes, the weight being 100,
200. 500 and 400 pounds respectively.
Thus with pulley blocks arranged in
this way the weight that can be raised
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

The shortest year SO far known is
that of the fifth satellite of Jupiter, dis
covered by Mr.. Barnard in 1892. This
little moon makes the circuit around
6ts orbit in IL hours, 81 minutes, %
seconds and 647-1O0O of second. 1t
is distant from Jupiter about 112,500
Gle, so that the distance Travelled in
revolution is about 706,50o miles going
at the rate of nearly 500 miles min
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
BISHOPS
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provement Is almost immediate.
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because 1t contains the essential ele<
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sparkling, the step elastic and the spirit
buoyaut.
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professional men, Office workers. farmA
ers, women with anaemic tendency, vic>
Tins of late hours and sufferers from
'innocuous desuetude," etc.
Am-Or-Ou not only restores your fore
mer strength. but 1t builds new strength.
Write address distinctly to Penn Drug
Company. 327 N. nth St, Philadelphia,
Pa, sole manufacturers. Guaranteed
under Serial No. 430.
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
Cement 10 Render Cisterns and Casks
WatertiSht.

An exceIlnt cemsnt for resisting
moisture is made by Incorporating
thoroly eight parts melted glue. of the
Conscience used by carpenters. with
four parts linseed oil boiled into var
nish with litharge. This cement hardens
in about As hours and renders the joints
of wooden cisterEs and casks air and
atertight.-Contribute by Frank
Pavlik, Jr., Winnetka, Ill.
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
Work of the Patent Office.

For the week ended May the Patent
Office issued 500 patents, three designs,
III trademarks, 10 labels, nine prints,
four reissues; making total of 943, of
which I'll patents and designs and 131
trademarks went to citizens of the
United States and 80 patents and de-
Signs and five trademarks to citizens
Of foreign countries.
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

French scientists have some hopes of
a device which will protect workers in
mercury from the deadly effects of that
metal. 1t is mask Of aluminium, with
the seeing and breathing holes covered
with a fine network of aluminium wire.
Aluminium is said to have rare attrac-
tiyenesS for that metal.
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
The 18th Ia. Cav.

The proceedings of the 34th Annual
Banquet of the 18th Pa. Cav. have been
issued in neat pamphlet embellished
with a portrait of John ]. Conway,
Secretary. 30th and Thompson streets,
Philadelphia.
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

every street corner. 1t is a patrol box
which contains handouts firmly fas-
tened to the post on which the box is
suspended. When citizen finds bad
man that he wants to hand over to the
police he will take him to one Of these
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
The Picture of Ander.ouvi,,e.

Samuel Woffenden, 9th Mass. Rowe,
Mass. has received picture of Ander-
sonville and is much pleased with it..
1t is a true representation, and every
thing looks quite natural to him.
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

Copies of any patent issued by the
United States Patent Office will be sent
to any address in the United States by
The National Tribune upon receipt of 10
HantS
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
Tie for Wire Fences.

1t had seemed that all the possibili-
ties of bending a piece of wire had been
worked out in hairpns and hooks and
eyes, but the inventors seem to every
seek find a new way. The same re-
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

Last week had its regular quota of
two non-refillabie bottles patented and
two rotary engines.
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

that are fitted over the cartilage of the
nose and expand each nostril symmet-
ricaliy. AS we all want women to be
still more beautiful than they are, we
shall hope that both these Inventions
Will be widely used and produce all that
the inventors claim for them.
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

boxes, unlock it, fasten the handouts
upon him and send an alarm to the
police to come and get him. Nothing
could be heater or more convenient, and
Mr.. Doherty is sanguine that no we'll
conducted municipality will be long
without a supply of them
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
After the Pediculis vestimenti.

Cyrus H. Lee, Silver Creek, Neb., has
received a patent which might have
been of inestimable value to us some
years ago. 1t is a device for getting rid
of our old friend, the graybacX, and as
near as we can read the drawing and
description is cylinder with a fabric
lining and arranged SO as to pass the
cloth between rollers and crush them by
wholesale. 1t will fill Ions-felt want
for lazy men. Others will do as we
used to-boil their clothes.
Nose Shaper.
1t is popularity believed that woman
will spare no pains to improve her per-
sonal appearance. That this is not true
can be realized by looking at any crowd
of women where the most astonishing
lack of taste in dress and many other
things that make a woman graceful and
attractive are painfully apparent. But
the saying will do for true for the mo-
ment. II is now the fad to desire a
high nose rising into a beak, and the
inventors are Fastening to fill this sud-
denly felt want. Ignatius n. Soares,
Framingham Mass, has received a pat
ent for a device which will change the
--LATEST and least aggressive nose into an
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

is in direct proportion to the number
of ropes that support it. In these cal
culations the portion of rope which the
man holds is ignored, as he pulls in q
direction opposite to the movement OF
the weight, but should he take his po-
stion above the pulleys and pull up
then the rope which he holds should
be counted also.
Another system of arranging pulleys
is shown in Figs. 5, 6, and s, the pull
ley blocks being all single. In an ar
rangement of this kind the power is
just doubled by the addition of each
pulley, as indicated by the figures. In
all these calculations no allowance has
been made for friction, so that the act
ual force required to lift the given
weights will be somewhat greater the
exact amount depending on the fiexibil-
ity of the rope, diameter of pulleys,
smoothness of the bearings and other
conditions.
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAIL-
WAY
An Enterprise of Striking Novelty and
Magnitude.

One of the notable feats of American
enterprise is the extension OF the Flor
ida East Coast Railway from Miami,
Fla, over the Keys and ocean to the
farthest point Key West, whence a ferry
will carry the trains across the so miles
intervening to Havana. 1t is expected
that this will accommodate an immense
amount of travel as well as build up
great fruit trade. Passengers entering
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
Police Patrol box.

George V. Doherty, Boston, Mass. has
obtained patent for a device which he
thinks will come in handy on almost
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

spokes. Each of these has flange to
engage the tread portion of the wheel
and allow such motion along it as Will
represent the yielding of the pneumatic
tire
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
NOstrli Expander.

NOstrII EXpander.
Henry r. Woodward, New York, n.
Y. attacks the problem from another
point, and attempts to give a woman
that dilated sensitive nostril which is
now the favorite among romance writ
ers. His patent is for a pair of loop
like members of springy character
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

mark IS applicable to ties for wire
fences. Almost every week some in
yentor comes to the front with a piece
of wire bent in an entirely different
way, in order to secure the wires where
they cross. Charles B. Conant, Adrian,
Mich, is the latest to receive a patent
OF, this kind
The National tribune., 1907-05-16

Newburgh. y. Y, for a combination
garment which seems to be intended to
reduce the daily tedium of buttoning
and unbuttonipg. 1t consists of a shirt
and trowsers made together and SO
formed as to be taken on and off with
the least preliminary effort
A Swiss Non-UcGIiabIe Bottle.
The non-refilIabie bottle has crost the
ocean, and last week Arnold Herzog,
Berne, Switzerland, obtained patent
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
Combination Garment.

There is an old story about a man
who committed suicide and left slip
of paper containing his reason, Tired
of buttoning and unbuttoning." A pat
ent obtained by Charles w. Bartrum,
The National tribune., 1907-05-16
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The National tribune., 1907-05-16
An Army Chart Free.

2 The National Tribune Army Charts printed
beautiful co1orS Flag WEI
prepared exclusively to reward cluO~raisers, but
for short time chart will be given with
each 81 subscription received.
The offer will be withdrawn June l.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-01
CHINA'S CHANGING ORDER.
Possible Motive for Movement of Our
Battle ship Fleet.

From the New York Times
The preparations now making by Japan
for the organization Of an additional
squadron in Chinese waters; the an
nouncement that sixteen Of our own var
vessels will set out upon their voyage 10
the Pacific IN December under command
Of Admiral Evans; recent dispatches that
have told Of riotlng in the Yang-tse-
Kiaug Valley, and, most important Of ali.
the announcement that the Empress
Dowager Of China viii abdicate, or az
least, cease TO be controlling force In
the government Of the empire upon the
next Chinese New Year. are matters Of
current news that. to be properly under
stood. should be considered together. The
absurd japanese war scare Of the early
summer, which was made the most OF
upon the one hand by sensational news
papers that 70 ma profit IN exploiting It.
upon the other by newspapers that ex-
hibted a heroic readiness TO make them
selves the instruments OF peace, has been
wellnigh forgotten. II IS very probable
that the resolve to send United States
war ships 20 the Pacific Coast has refer
ence rather 10 coming events in China
than 70 possible complications with Japan.
When revolution breaks out in any
country or dynastic changes are impend-
ing, custom sanctions the presence in its
waters OF foreign naval vessels. sent
there to protect the interests of their
nationals We may expect to see such a
visitation to Chinese waters. Sixteen OF
our war ships may seem rather large
order for this purpose. but il is not TO
be assumed that Admiral Evans is. or will
be, under orders to take all his ships to
China. We shall at least have in Pacific
waters ships enough for our purposes.
and if there is to be A scramble for DO
sitons Of advantage under the new order
of things in the Chinese empire, we shall
be on the ground and in a position to pro-
tect our interests
1t viii be open TO critics Of our present
policy toward the Chinese under the ex-
clusion act to point out that the sending
Of war ships 20 China with a view of OBJ
tanning or protecting trade opportunities
will hardly be an effective measure of
increasing our commerce with the en-
pire, unless at the same time we can see
our way clear to modify the unreason-
able harshness Of our behavior toward
Cinnamon; not Cinnamon of the WORKING
class, but statesmen. scholars, and trav-
elers Of high rank under the law OF ex-
clusson. Trade does In some degree 90 by
favor. and it Is natural that the Chinese
should favor those nations that accord
TO them decent treatment.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-01

sibility and to create stock issues of in
fiated and dubious value. then It is evil
dent that it has TO excuse for being.
To permit the conduct of transportation,
or industry Of any kind, by means Of
corporations owned and controlled by
another corporation which has no re-
sponsibility for the acts of its subordi-
nate companies. would be 10 surrender
all governmental power over corporations,
That the people of New York. or any
other State. will permit anything of the
sort Is inconceivable, and II the Public
Service Commission be found 20 lack the
requisite authority TO compel a holding
company to conform te its orders. we
doubt not that full authority viii be
given it, The conflict with the commits
sion IS one which the corporation would
have done well TO avoid. It has every
thing to lose by forcing an issue between
monopolstic methods OF stock jobbery
and reasonable governmental control Of
public utilities.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-01
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER /, 1857.
Not Alone in Trouble.

In the little worries we have had over
the Japanese immigration problem, which
has been much harder to handle because
of the newly found pride of Oriental
neighbors, we have been too hasty in
thinking that we stood alone in facing a
difficult problem. Other nations are with
US. particularly the Canadian portion of
the British Empire. and Australia also.
To both these countries Asiatic immigra-
ton Is fiOcking on account OF the oppor-
tunities for labor offered, and Il is not
unlikely that the brunt of settling this
question Of the mingling Of the japanese
on terms Of equality with the whites
will fall on the British government. which
is more closely allied by treaty with
Japan than we are.
In Canada the japanese immigration
problem has for some time been a serious
one. The Canadian government checked
Chinese immigration by a head tax Of
$500 but this has only left the field clear
for japanese laborers. There are 5000
japanese now in British Columbia. and
about 2,50O more are said 10 be due short
ly, attracted thither by the prospects Of
work on the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail-
way. Already the japanese have crowded
other labor from the fisheries on the
Fraser River. and it is said that the Jap
anese have pushed all other labor out Of
the sawmills Of British Columbia.
For its own protection British Columbia
has been passing auti-Japanese bills. but
these have been annulled by the Domin-
ron authorities The demand for some
restriction on japanese immigration is.
however, becoming so strong that the
Dominion will have TO recognize ii, and in
Great Britain the gravity Of the possibili-
ties of the situation is recognized. The
London SPECTATOR a Conservative organ.
says:
We must stand by cur own people and by the
communities which form part Of cur empire This
does not OF course involve standing by them in ont
raging any moral OF religious or political obligation
but stand by them We must when they are yindi-
eating with reason and moderation and due regard
70 justice that instructive feeling that they can
only develop their national life on the highest scale
If theg remain white mems countries. governed IN
accordance with the ethital and religious ideals Of
the Western races"
That means, of course, that up to a
certain point at least Great Britain and
the United States must stand side by side
in facing this problem. That some rea-
sonable and equitable settlement will be
reached is almost certain: to doubt it is
10 doubt the power Of the two great
AnglO-Saxon nations and the good sense
of Japan.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-01
NOTES AND NOTIONS.
From TIE Baltimore American.
THE SEASON.

Now hath come the open season,
Time when managers get ready
To reform and lift the public
Up 10 finer, higher ideals
OF art, life, also the drama,
BY means Of the show with music,
Called down promptly by the critics.
Now the merry chorus maiden
Seeks gagements that vii give her
Chance TO land a man Of riches,
Catch a millionaire past 'scaping
In the net Of matrimony.
Now the actor starts out blithely,
Starring in the best role ever,
Travelling in the lofty Pullman.
Fearing IN his souls recesses
he viii beat the ties back homeward.
Now the carpenter and painter.
The cosumer and designer,
Electrician, decorator,
Take charge Of q new production.
And the acting gets in somewhere.
New the author who is famous
Writes two plays apiece by each hand,
once a month up unto Christmas.
Now the season IS beginning
When the fishing's best for angels,
When they're biting any old bait.
Now the booms are all beginning
Fnat VIII later on be punctured.
But-and that's another story.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-01

Poster No. 16, issued August "A by the
Department Of Agriculture, Biological
Survey. Is before our most critical and
analytical eye. It concerns the CLOSE
Season for Game" in the District of
Columbia, Virginia. and North Carolina.
It is what might be termed a STEM
winder in the way of a circular. OF
poster; and a copy Of it should be in the
hands Of every pot hunter. as well as
true sportsman. in this section.
With the rules and regulations laid
down that affect our ueighbors. Virginia
and North Carolina, we do not concern
ourselves. Let them look 10 the protec-
ton Of their own game and the enforce
ment Of the law against ruthless destruc-
ton of their own animals. But with the
stipulations in regard to the District of
Columbia we are concerned. Hence this
protest
We find that the hunting of Deer.
Pheasant. Wild Turkey. Reedblrd, Snipe.
and Duck Is restrained by the iron hand
of the law during specified and WELL
defined periods We also find Prairie
Chicken, Brant, and Marsh Blackbirds
amply looked after CThe capitals are
the departments). All right, gentlemen
of the Department Of Agriculture. as
far as you go. But why stop? We arc
with you in your determination TO pro-
tect the great herds of Deer that roam
throughout the District; we Join you in
your good intentions toward the Wild
Turkeys and the PheaSants. All that is
very we'll; but is il enough?
What about the frolicsome and kind
hearted Alligators that come down from
Great Falls to play with the chill
dren and disport themselves along the
banks Of the Potomac? What Of them.
we say? What Of the Walruses and
Giraffes that roam over from Maryland?
If Deer and Wild Turkey shall hide be-
hind legal technicalities. why not these
other no less familiar animals, equally
as liable 10 fall victim 10 the hunter
prowess inside the District? To our local
game we should extend equal privileges.
Special favors should be shown 10 none.
Elephants are just as precious to our
sight as Deer-and just as thick through
out the District. Let them not be dis
criminated against
The Washington herald., 1907-09-01

system. Railroad abuses. in his opinion.
can only be dealt with by the united
strength OF the whole nation, and amy
plan that can be devised. consistent with
the Constitution of our country as inter-
preted by its lawful expounders. which
will bring all transportation by land and
water under the strong arm and vigilant
eve Of the Federal government is con-
summation devoutly to be wished"
The analogy between Mr.. Farrar's rea-
soning and that of President Roosevelt's
recent addresses on the subject of Federal
control Of railroads win be observed at
once Mr.. Roosevelt, however. has not
yet gone so far as 10 advocate the forma-
ton of national transportation companies
to take over the railroad business of the
whole country, whether State or inter-
state, his idea being that the Federal gov
ernment might, under the post-road
clause. exercise the same control over
State railroads as over those doing an In
terstate business, on the theory that
power to establish post roads necessarily
implies power to take all action neces-
sary in ordef to keep them at the highest
point of efficiency" So that, whatever
influence the Southern jurist's interpreta-
ton Of the Constitution may have had on
the Presidents mind. it cannot be said, on
the evidence Of his public utteranees. that
Mr.. Roosevelt is as yet wholly converted
10 the Farrar plan of national post-roads
corporations for the transportation Of pas
sengers and freight.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-01
The chiId Is Fa.her Of the Man.

It is not pleasant reading, the report
issued by the Census Bureau on Crime
and Moral Delinquency" This report
shows that IN 1904 there We're in prison
a.T2 persons, exclusive Of Juvenile de-
linquents and persons held for nonpay-
ment Of fines. out of every million OF our
population there were. at that date, 1.0o6
In prison In 1880 the ratio was 1867 to
the million. In that part Of the report
dealing with juveniles it Is shown that on
June 80 1904, there were 29,034 in prison,
an increase Of 55.2 per cent over the total
for 1880
This Is the discouraging part Of the re-
port. and. unfortunately. one can only
speculate as 20 the causes Of this increase
in juvenile delinquency. That much Of ii
is due 10 the carelessness and indifference
of parents IS undoubted. Modern condi-
tions OF life are doing much to XIII that
home circle in which every father was the
guardian and precep;or of his boys. but
there must be many other causes patent
enough. One Of them. in all probability. Is
the growth OF cheap literature, and espe-
3
ton Of those comic supplements TO the
Sunday newspapers which, while humor-
Jus enough in effect. are quite careless OF
how the humorous effect Is gained. II the
pictures show the clever escape Of a Grim
inal, they fulhn their publishers purpose;
but what Of the lessons that these pictures
inculcate? Il cannot be doubted that the
reading Of the papers by youngsters does
much, at least, to take away the horror
OF crime and criminals.
With the last ten years much has been
done toward reforming juvenile delin-
queuts, and recognizing that the child Is
father Of the man, persistent effort is
being made to let education and guidance
take the place Of punishment. And yet. In
spite OF these efforts. It would seem that
youthful crime is on the increase, a sad
commentary on our civilization.