The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-27
THE GLORY OF WINTER.

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Pole LAG
love these things when I'm inside and
And someone else is paying for the coal.
love the winter season best of all;
In summer time I'm often filled with
cheer;
I'm gla1dfdened in the zpringtime and the
But winter is the best time of the year:
love it when the desolation's wide,
scape roll
If I possess a warm, soft seat inside,
And someone else is paying for the coal.
I'm happy when the pipes begin to freeze.
When dogs stand whining sadly at the
When people turn their collars up and
When the storm King with unbrid1ed
I'm happy when the squirrel and his mate
have taken refuge in some gloomy
If I can sit before cheerful CRATE
ana someone else Is paying for the coal.
Herald
Airship to Be of Steel.
At the Daimler Motor Works hGe
there is building a dirigible balloon,
to be all of soft steel Instead of US
Thomas s. Baldwin. the American
airship builder. or aluminium, like
Count Won Zeppelin, Herr Won Wal
ZACH, the Austrian inventor, makes his
entire gas balloon of steel.
Though the craft is well advanced
in construction, details are carefully
guarded. Its size can not be learned,
but 1t is known that the steel walls
of the balloon will be a little over a
half inch thick and consist of many
39x39 plates All the plates are weld
ed in annu1ar form by an electrical
process.
The balloon is Of the familiar cigar
shape. painted with a specially invent
is covered with a silk paper instead
of silk cloth, to reduce friction.
The estimated weight of the balloon
is over $4,000 kilos, and of the gaso-
line engine fuel about 2,500 kilos. This
fuel will enable the ship to sail TWEEN
tyfour hours.
Following the Zeppelin principle,
the gas reservoir is to have three
compartments to enable the craft to
keep af1oat in case any one compart-
ment is injured. This feature is in
line with the decision reached by the
French aeronautic engineers in build
ing the new army airships.
The car is to accommodate twenty
passengers, as well as extra ballast in
the form of two aeroplanes of the
be made to provide cooked food for
passengers and crew, which will be
prepared on board. There will also be
miniature salons and sleeping hunks.
It is proposed to carry aeroplanes,
to use them in case Of war. like tor
pedo craft. The great airship itself
is regarded by the inventor as a large
ironclad. 1t will naturally be able to
resist attacks that would destroy rub
Der or aluminium craft, and will be so
constructed that it can ram its aerial
opponents.
Being made of steel, it can hold gas
far better than any other vessel. 1t
is not so affected by changes in the
atm sphere, which cause contraction
and expansion, and will lose only a
a year.
The ship is to be driven by a Daim-
Ter motor. It is anticipated that it
will be ready for trial within three
Austrian overnment.-Vienna cor
respondence of the New York World.
Absolutely Right.
A pretty young schoolmarm who
caches first grade class in a school
CT the northeastern section of the city
Is telling a funny story on herself that
happened just before the close of the
term. She had some visitors on the
afternoon in question, and thought she
would show them what good class she
had. Calling on a bright little fellow
It the rear of the room, she said to
him: Johnnie, If I gave you cents
and your father gave you cents, how
much would you have?"
"Seven," replied Johnnie
The teacher blushed painfully, but
thought that she would try again.
"You can't have understood me, John
ME. Now listen. and I will repeat
the question. If I gave you cents
and your father gave you 8. how much
would you have?"
Seven said Johnnie again. and
with the same promptness.
IT am surprised at you, Johnnie"
said the teacher. "How on earth
would you have 7?''
81 got in me pocket" said John
Observation-Disclosures Times.
Electric Fans as Bacteria Breeders.
Revolving fans are frequently used,
especially in hot weather, simply to
produce a cooling effect by setting up
a current of air inside. Drs. A Sar-
tory and A. Filasier have examined
the archaeological effect of these fans
and ventilators upon the atmosphere
within and have communicated re-
ciete de Bio1ogie.
They find that these appliances
enormously increase the bacteriolog
ical contents of the air. Their expert
ments were numerous and varied. In
a restaurant of 400 cubic yards anal
ysis of the air before the fan was
working showed 1880 bacteria per
cubic yard. After working the fan
for one hour $4,000 bacteria. and af-
ter two hours $4,000 bacteria.
In another cafe of 500 cubic yards
the number of bacteria rose from 49,
900 to $4,000 after the fan was work.
ing for one hour. In every instance,
in fact, the number of bacteria to the
cubic yard was doubled or even quad
rup1ed.-Chicago Tribune.
No Colds in Antarctic Region.
Lieutenant Shackleton tells of. a
curious phenomenon of life in the
antarctic regions. The daily journey
is. of course, taken under atmospheric
conditions involving the EXTREMIST
cold. The danger of what is called
Catching cold" is increased by the
fact that the toll of dragging sledges