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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
S locks ADVANCE
ON The CHANGE
Hawaiian Agricultural
Stock Sells At
S2(O

Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar
Company stocks sold at an advance
on the local exchange this morning.
At yesterdays session thirty shares
went at $33.jo, and the sale Of
twenty shares this morning was
made at $S3.G2 l-2. At the session
sales ten shares of EVA went at $50.
162 shares of the same security be-
ing sold between boards for $29.75.
Another advance this morning
was in Oahu. ten shares going at the
regular session for $32. and TWEEN
ty-five shares between boards ut the
same figure.
Among the bonds $4,000 Ililo
Railroad skies were taken at 800
and $4,000 Olaa skies at the same
figure.
Hawaiian Agricultural sold at
5000. fifteen shares being taken at
the figure.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
Still SEEKING
= HUSBANDS RELEASE

Mrs. Mary A, Atcherley this morn
ing made verbal petition before
Judge Dole, FIRST Federal Judge, In
chambers for rehearing OF the
writ Of habeas corpus lately denied
by him.
Z He denied the petition and told
her that the u. 8. District Court has
no jurisdiction over the matter and
that she must take up all further
proceedings In the Territorial Court.
She is preparing to institute more
proceedings in the Circuit Court
asking that her husband have a
chance to review the testimony,
which he claims he was not allowed
to introduce before the Commission
ers, and that the opium and bella
donna given him by DR.. Peterson at
the Insane Asylum be analysed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
An. co. ANNOUNCEMENTS.

c. p. Morse, general freight agent
of the Observation-Disclosures Steamship
Co., announces the date of departure
of the following steamers: Is
San Francisco to Honolulu direct:
s. s. Pleiades, to sail Sept 10; s. 8
Columbia, to sail Sept. 10. /,
Seattle and Tacoma to Honolulu d.
rect: s. s. Columbian, to sail Sept,
10, has been withdrawn; s. s. Nebras-
kan, to sail Oct 2. !.
Honolulu to San Francisco direct:
s. s. Pleiades. to sail Sept. ~.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09

Call and zee Mike Patton at the En-.
core. .'t,s...
Oct your hat cleaned At the Lsadink
Hat Cleaner. 1864 Fort street. :"
Mrs. Ryenbursh ID prepared to in
struct lew. pupils In pisnoforts at
their home. Address Royaf Hawaiian
Hotel. &C ~ ~ -.
Mary Pratt was this morning grant
cd, a divorce from Tom Pratt by fudge
Robinson on the grounds 1t desertion
ana noh!support. "
Jonah Kaianianaole has fled an an
swer to the suit Instituted BY Geo. E
smithies. ct al. In which he is a code
PENDANT with John r. colburn.
Try some OF the Vienna Bakery's
Boston brown bread and Boston baked
beans. Will be delivered to residence,
upon telephone order. Call UP 1877. :
The ponies belonging to the Oah,,
polo club, will 10 down to Leilehua to.
morrow morning. Those belonging to
the Maui players are already at scho.
field Barracks.
Registrar NJ, n. Lemon Of the, Ter.
ritorial Board Of Health, reports that
during the period from August II 10
August 81. there. were eight cases Of
tuberculosis reported. y
There VIII be q meeting Of the Oahu
League this evening In C. r. Chilling.
worths Office, at 1890. o'clock, All
members are requested to attend as
matters Of Importance are 70 be cor
sldered. MI 9,
Kane sakata ID suing for divorce
from her husband Takejlro Sakata
sato Hoshi 10 seekihs divorce from fier
husband. Kanpei. suit being Med in
the CIRCUIT Court this morning. 10th
claim failure to provide.
Edward Benner. N. T. simonton and
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
PASSENGERS BOOKED

Per stmr Claudine. for Maui and
Molokai. Sept. 10.--C. e. King. Mrs.
c. t. King, Lillian hartford. Miss Lucy
Loui. John Loui. Jno. Jones. w. T.
Frost. Miss c. de Lima, Mrs. l.. C.
frajn. Mrs. A. Gross. Miss c. Schultz,
Mrs. j. b. Bett. Mrs. Ben d. Erzer and
child, MISS A. On Tai. Miss Nora To.
coner. Miss E. Daggert, Capt. Wish.
ard and family, Misses l.. and II. vii.
kin. Mrs. Mary Kupihea and child,
Lille Kauwe. Sam Mookim. Mrs. b.
II. Case, Miss. #. X. Hlo, Miss Hattie
Maule, Miss II. Kealoha, Mrs. II. Ben
jamin Miss Mary McCandless.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09

From wireless kicks from Maui
that islands entertainment committee
for the Congressman is on the fence
as to what It wants done, they are
now beseiglng 1.-THE Governors Office
with messages asking that the timer
airy be changed to the same as It was
formerly made up. 1t has been re.
ferred to the general committee now
on Hawaii with the bunch"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
HAWAIIAN TRIBE, No. 1, I. o. R. N.

Meets every first and third Thurs
days of each month at Knights Of
Pythias Hall. Visiting brothers cor
daily invited to attend.
l.. A. PERRY, Sachem.
T.. V. TODD, G. of r.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
LOCAL NOTICE 70 MARINERS.
Honolulu, T. H.. Sept. 4, 1909.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

Makanalua Peninsula, Kalawao--
Molokai Light Station Established
September 2; 1909, there was cstab-
lished on Kalawao, northerly part
OF the peninsula of Makanalua, maxi
Ing off from the northerly shore OF
the island Of Molokai, nearly mid
way of the length of the island, and
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
WATER FRoNT NOTES

'''fN "N'.NA NrH, WHICH sailed
last Tuesday with the Congressional
party for Hawaii will arrive tomorrow
morning. In the afternoon at s o'clock
she sails again for Hawaii, whence she
will take the Congressman and the
party to Maui. She will return to Ho-
nolulu, arriving Sunday morning.
THE MAUNA LOA, coming from
the Kau.Kona ports, will arrive early
tomorrow morning. She will bring
general island products from Kona.
which include coffee. bananas, pineap-
pies, rice, oranges, dried fish. tobacco
and miscellaneous freight.
THE SCHOONERS Aloha and BE.
nlcai. both coming from the North.
west. are expected to arrive any day
with lumber. The formers cargo IA
consigned to Levers & Cooke. while
! that of the latter is for Allen & Rob.
insor.
THE PACIFIC MAIL liner China,
Captain Freile, is due to arrive tomor-
row morning with a goodly.sized list
OF passengers for this port.
THE MANCHURIA sailed from San
Francisco yesterday afternoon, bring.
ing one of the largest crowds that has
ever travelled on her.
THE STEAMER w. q. Hall sails
this afternoon for Kauai, carrying pas.
sengers and general cargo. She leaves
at 8 o'clock.
THE CLAuDINE will sail tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock for Maui ports
and Hilo.
***+*******+*+**s
about one and onc-third miles 10
the north and east of the Kauaupa-
pa leper establishment, n second
order light, flashing white every 90
seconds.
The light is 213 ~. above the wa
ter and 1870 feet above the ground.
shown from an octagonal, pyramid
ial, concrete structure. surmounted
by black, cylindrical lantern, and
is visible about "a miles In clear
weather, the observers eye IL feet
above fthe water.
The approximate geographic pbsi-
tlon OF the. light. as taken from
Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No.
4lpO, Is: Latitude, north, 81 deg.
IL min. 20 Sec; longitude west, 15G
deg. 5S min. 20 sec.
Mokapu Islet, 10 deg As min.
true tSE. by Il. 3-16 II. mag.). 3
miles; okala Islet, f21 deg. 20 min.
true tSE. 5-l6 Il. mag.D, 3 miles;
Kalaupapa Light. 1896 deg. 40 min.
true On. by w. Ia magD, IA mile.
There is n concrete oil house
about lilo miles NEWLY, d concrete
water tank about 80 feet southwest
erly, and n keepers dwelling about
LILO mile westerly from the light.
On the same date, Makanalua
Light Station, n fixed red lens Ian
tern light exhibited from mast, To-
Gated about 1000 feet to the north
ward of the new lighthouse tower.
was permanently discontinued.
by order o fthe Lighthouse Board.
v. s. HOUSTON.
Lieutenant. y. s. N,
Assistant to the Inspector,
18th l.. II, District
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
HONOLULU AERIE 40, F. 0. Z

fleets on the End and 4tb WED.
NESDAY evenings Of each month 81
J.3o O'Clock 10 X. Of p. Hall. corner
Beretania and Fort streets.
Visiting Eagles are invited 70 at
Send.
". NJ. Mccoy, W., Prest.
II. T. MOORE. Secy.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
LOCAL AND, GENERAL

The Sls'keksI sstilsh Pad fer sale
st the q utIsli In slHss Tor fivs cents
u one Inch thick, vnads up ef tWe hun
drsd sheets Of coed papsr. sIx for .
qusrtsr. -f' III
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
VIM M'RINLEY LODGE Nos, K.ofp

Meets every Ind and 4th Saturday
svening at 1880 o'clock In X. Of 4.
Uall, cor. Fort and Beretania, Visit
Ing brothers cordially invited to At
tsnd.
F. M. McGREw, G. G.
e. A. JACOBSEN, X. r. 8.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
IN FOREIGN PORTS
ednesday. september 8.

sAN rRANCiSCO-Sa Sailed Sept. 4
S. S. Manchurla . p. m. for Homo.
lulu.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
Shipping
DEPARTED

"wednesday. September 8.
Am. schr. Admiral, Bender, for
Kauai. $40 p. m.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
HARMONY LODGE, No. 8, I. 0. o. +,

Meets every Monday evening Al
1880 in l. D. o F Hall, Fort Street.
T.. r. HENDRY. Secretary.
+. ID. WICKE. N. q.
ALI visiting brothers very cordially
Invited.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
DUE TOMORROW
SAILING TOMORROW

stmr. Maunn kea. Freeman. for
IIilo. 5 p. IN.
Stmr. Clatdlnc, for Maui ports,
5 y. m.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
DUE SATURDAY

U. s. Pacific fleet, from San Fran.
cisco teight cruisers)
All. s. s. Missourian. from Seattle
end Tacoma, a. m.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-09
S :! i &c. |!
No Dsmpne.s No Bugs.
City Transfer Co, o,,,, 10.
Jas. u. Love FHOi'e lJA
Will | BRING ESKTMOS
70 PROVE HIS CLAIM

COPENHAGEN. Sept s.-Dr. C4pk wholly unii urbcd by
he can and will enectualy dspe doubts to whethe
he reached the Pole.
bring America Eskmos his heart
breaking march Captain famous explorer viii
In answer to Peas charges tn he Cook stole his provisions Dr.
OF his provisions believed him dead
: 8 i. . - -.
LIE MSsED BETWEEN TWO FAMOUS EXPLORERS.
NEW YORK. Sent SThe lie passed between Pea and Cook
lays the fourdhtnn for controversy UNPARALLELED In history D.
Cook will arrive here Sept, a.. y"
President Osborn of the
be the most eolcssaf hker known
Dl11IQTe C0ILIDES WITH TREE DURING RACE
iBRESClA aviation
auspcioust TO-DAY Beriot colded with other
planes - III ,.st + Ivy.
+ e5.. So. 4ksrg. ARE0PLANIST KILLED
MILAN Sept 8.-Signor POSI- falling
from his aeroplane. while navigating the
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
THE SMALL GREENHOUSE
GOOD THING ON FARM
What Be With a Small Outlay Of Money-By
S.. Maynard, Massachusetts.

with triangular zinc tacks of large
size, or the double-pointed tacks,
which are so bent as to prevent glass
from slipping down.
Glazing should be done during the
summer or early fall, as putty will
soon become loose II frozen before
we'll hardened.
In building there should be no NOR.
tises, but all joints be made by toeing
in with long, slender nails. All wood.
work should be thoroughly painted be
fore fitting, and all joints filled with
white lead paint. After all is done
the frame should be painted be.
fore the glass is put in.
The most important and expensive
feature of the small greenhouse Is the
heating. If one has a hot water OF
steam heater in the house, to which
the glass house is attached, it will be
a very simple matter to carry pipes
through, as at a, a, Figs, l and 2. Hot
air may also be let into such houses,
or a small kerosene heater in very
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

The farmer who would make his
crops OF vegetables most profitable, or
the small gardener who would have
an early supply of early vegetables for
home use or market must employ
some kind of glass structures to hasten
these crops. The hotbed or cold
frame have been much in use in the
past, but the cost Of sash, shutters and
mats is nearly as much as the mate
rails needed for permanent struc-
ture, while the labor of caring for cold
frames or hotbeds is often much more
than that of the small greenhouse. In
the latter one may work with comfort
no matter what the weather may be
outside. 1t requires much more skill
to run hotbeds successfully.
Small greenhouses may be built
against the south side of the house or
stable, Figs. l and 2 or they may be
built entirely away from other build
ings, but the shelter of larger build
ings on the north or west will be
found of great advantage. If one has
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

cold weather may be used If the
house is built opening into the cellar.
Ventilators must be located as
shown in Figs. and 2 at b b. Very
small structures may be run without
much heat If opening into cellars or
other heated rooms by having shutters
or curtains to draw down at night and
in very cold, cloudy weather.
Houses of small size may be made
by building a frame upon which hot.
bed sashes may be screwed. II one
has the sash this is a cheap way of
building, and such a house has the
advantage that the sash may be en-.
tirely removed during the summer,
but it is very difficult to make close
house with such sash.
The woodwork Of greenhouses and
hotbed sash should have a coat of
thin linseed oil paint every second
year Much of the success to be OBJ.
tanned from any glass structure will
depend upon the skill of the operator,
and the thermometer, both outside
and in, must be watched very closely.
The temperature should be maintained
as nearly as possible like that In the
open air under which the plants
grown thrive the best.-Farm and
Home.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
eiq.I

basement to the house or stable, a
lean-to house may be built, and heat
from the open cellar in a large meas
ure will heat the greenhouse in the
mild weather of fall and spring.
A cheap and efficient house may be
made by setting chestnut or cedar
posts in the ground, covering the sides
with lining boards, then two thick
nesses of tarred building paper and
sheathing outside, Fig. 8. Cement,
stone or brick will be cheaper in the
end. The durability of glass struc-
lures will depend much upon the form
of the materials. Clear cypress is now
more used than any other material
Sills should be of the form shown in
Fig 4. Plates may be made of plank
as in Fig. 8, or as in Fig. 5. Sash bars
should have grooves along the sides
to catch the drip from the glass, as in
Fig. 6.
The glass for ordinary work may be
No. double thick, large sizes, 16x2O
inches or 20x24 inches, being much
used. Smaller sizes will be cheaper
IN price, but more sash bars will be
needed. and they cut off much of the
sunlight. The glass should be put in
with putty, made with about one-third
white lead in it, and firmly tackled
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
THE VICTIMS ARE
UNNUMBERED
THE SCENE AT MEssINA AND AT
REGGIE Is ONE BEYOND
DESCRIPTION.
DEAD ARE BURNED IN OIL
There Are Not Reseuers Enough TO
Bury the Dead in the Ruined and
Desolate Clties-AwfuI Conditions.

Messina and Reggie, the two cities
OF Sicily most terribly rent and torn
by the earthquake, tidal wave and
fire, are now literally plague spots,
where rescuers are risking their lives
amid the ruins, still trembling from
occasional minor shocks, gathering up
the mangled forms OF the dead and
burning them in oil-practically the
only way to dispose OF them. 1t is
impossible to dig graves, for there are
not men enough, nor Is there time to
spare for the work of disposing of the
decomposing bodies, and quicklime Is
not available in large enough guam
titles. The dead are host that will
never be accurately numbered or
named.
Nearly all the survivors who can be
moved are now in Naples, Rome and
smaller towns near them, all of them
in piteous plight from injuries and
grief and nerve-shock. OF these not
yet removed, many are dying from ex-
posure or injuries amid the forlorn
ruins. The sites of both Messina and
Reggie, for centuries occupied by
thousands Of busy and prosperous peo-
pie, are now dismal heaps of charred
stones and crumbling remnants of
what were once happy homes, sacred
and ancient churches, and busy stores
and offices, presenting a more awe
some and grievously saddening spec
tacle than the dreary heaps which lie
scattered on the spots where Pompeii
and Herculaneum were crushed ages
ago.
The district will be abandoned, left
prey to the awful desolation that
now reigns. None of those who have
escaped the furious convulsion will
ever return to the scene to live
Crowds In Messina are looting
shops. fighting for bread or anything
that will sustain life. Stocks of fish
which has spoiled are being devoured
raw by the famished multitude. Rep
resentatives of some of the Oldest and
wealthiest families are in misery,
fighting with street beggars for miser.
able pittances OF spoiled food.
Thousands of the impoverished peo.
pie will seek the United States now
that their homes are ruined and many
OF their relatives lost in the fearful
catastrophe. Money, food and every
necessity OF life is needed by the
stricken people.
President Roosevelt announces that.
he has sent two supply ships with
100000 worth of supplies to Italy,
that he will ask congress for addi-
tional aid and that he has offered the
use of the battleship fleet to Italy.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
HANDS RAW AND scALY.
itched and Burned TerribIy-couId
Not Move Thumbs Without Flesh
crackine-Sleep impossible.
cutlcura Soon Cured His Eczema.

IAN itching humor covered both my
hands and got up over my wrists and
even up to the elbows. The itching
and burning were terrible. My hands
got all scaly and when scratched, the
surface would be covered with bills.
ters and then get raw. The eczema
got so bad that 1 could not move my
thumbs without deep cracks appearing.
l went to my doctor, but his medicine
could only stop the itching. At night
1 suffered 80 fearfully that could not
sleep. / could not bear to touch my
hands with water. This went on for
three months and I was fairly worn
out. At last got the Cuticura Rene
dies and In month was cured. WAL
ter H. Cox. 16 Somerset St., Boston.
Mass, Sept. 25, 1908"
Potter Drug Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
BAG o. BUGS sTIRs UP CAR.
Fine Doings In Subway When Black
satehel Was Opened.

New York.-Somebody's collection
of living butterflies, moths, bugs and
insects came nearly causing a panic
on a south-bound subway train.
An elderly man, who looked like
college professor. and who was ac-
companied by a pretty girl of Is.
arose from a cross seat to alight at
Columbia University station. AS the
couple went, small, black bag was
discovered on the seat they had oc-
cupied.
A young man made after them, but
was assured by the girl that II was
not her property. Before her COM
panion could be appealed to, he had
left the train, which started of.
The dozen other passengers In the
train, most of whom were women. be-
came curious as to the contents of
the bag, and 1t was opened. 1t was
crammed full of flying insects.
Given their freedom they filled
every corner of the car. Women
shrieked and jumped on the seats,
holding their dresses tightly around
them.
The conductor had the passengers
transferred to another car, and the in
sects had undisturbed possession of
the first one.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
He Jumped Overheard to the Rescue.

waited at the pier head at West One
Hundred and Thirty-second street to
warn them against the dangers Of the
ice coating on the scow's deck, which
they must cross to reach the cabin in
the stern.
He took his daughters arm when
she and Hauscrucker arrived, and told
the latter to stay where he was for
moment. Capt. Rice helped Mrs.
Block to the deck and led her toward
the cabin. She said she could go the
remainder of the distance in safety,
and started to run toward the cabin.
1t was pitch dark, and she slipped
on the ice, fell and slid over the un-
protected side into the water. Her
screams and the splash were instantly
followed by her fathers efforts to save
her. He threw off his coat and jumped
overheard, caught the young woman,
and bearing her up, swan against the
rapid tide toward the scow.
Hauscrucker stood in the dark amid
unfamiliar surroundings, not knowing
how to help. He cried out: What
shall l do?" and from the water Capt.
Rice told him to get rope and throw
its end overheard. Hauscrucker had to
grope blindly for any sort OF line,
and when he found one Capt. Rice and
his daughter had been carried by the
tide far out of reach of the scow.
Cries for help from Hauscrucker
were family answered from the black
ness over the river, where father and
daughter were drowning, and also
brought delayed aid from boatmen in
the neighborhood. Craft put out all
along the shore and vainly sought for
the missing couple, but found no trace
of either. A Weehawken ferryboat
added its passengers to the excited
witnesses OF the efforts at rescue.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
AGED FATHER JUMPS
INTO RIVER TO save
FIGHTS 6RAvELY WITH THE ICY
WATERS OF THE HUDSON BUT
SINKS WITH DAUGHTER.

New York.-Unmindful of the icy
cold of the Hudson, and his 7S years.
Capt Henry Rice, skipper OF big
scow. leaped from her deck in futile
effort to save his daughter, Mrs. Helen
Block. 81 years old, widow. Both
we're drowned while Frank Hauscruck-
sr was vainly striving to aid them.
Mrs. Block and Hauscrucker were to
have been married few days ago.
and Capt. Rice was to depart aboard
MS scow for some distant point. which
would prevent his attendance at the
wedding. His daughter and Haus-
crucker promised to pay farewell
visit to the skipper. and Capt. Rice
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

known as the oxy-acetylene blow-pipe.
BY burning acetylene in an atmosphere
of pure oxygen, the highest tempera
ture in chemistry is evolved, practi
cally equaling the electric arc. A pen.
Gil OF flame two or three inches long
and no larger than the barrel of a
fountain pen, can be drawn across a
piece Of sheet metal, and literally
melts the metal in two. The process
can be reversed and sheet metal, iron
brass, copper, aluminium, and, in fact
any OF the ordinary metals can be lit
orally melted together and, curiously
the joint is SO perfectly formed that
file will not disclose the point of frac.
ture. Bridge girders have been cut
with great rapidity, and it is stated
that this simple pencil of flame prom.
ises a revolution in the methods OF
metal working establishments.
Another curious phase of the sub
ject is the fact that calcium carbide AT
certain temperatures has the power OF
fixing the nitrogen of the air and in
this way will produce a fertilizer
called cyanamide. which is found equal
to the Chilian nitrates. Few people
realize that $15,000,00O worth of Chill
Ian nitrates have been imported into
this country and used by the farmers
here during the past year.
Calcium carbide is a rock like sub
stance produced by melting together
1t is not affected by any substance ex
cept water, and when brought in con-
tact with water II gives off rapidly the
gas known as acetylene.
The bulletin on calcium carbide
and acetylene can be had free by ap
plication, accompanied by six cents
postage, to the Department of Chemis
try, the Pennsylvania State College,
State College, Pa.