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was the particular form of melody transmitted
and the results were really surprising in many
respects. For one thing the music as heard
at the other end of the line was remarkably
clear and sweet. Indeed it was seemingly
more perfect tone production than that obtain
able under any other conditions inasmuch as
the telephone served to entirely eliminate the
needle nose" the on suggestion of the me-
chanical which talking machine inventors have
never been able to entirely eliminate. 1t is
believed that this disclosure of the possibli-
ties of transmitting music by phone will ulti
mately enable people to enjoy concerts by the
best vocal and instrumental talent when seat
ed IN their own homes. This would of course,
prove an especial boon in the case of subur-
banftes and residents of the rural districts
where the use Of the telephone has increased
so tremendously in recent years. In the ex-
periments with multiplex telephony the graph
ophone music was employed to still further
demonstrate the possibility of using single
wire for the transmission of various messages
simultaneously, each Independent of the others.
For instance, on one occasion Caruso, by
means of a "talker," sang on the line while
THE Charge Of the Light Brigade" las re-
cited into separate transmitter close at hand)
was carried over the same wire at the same
time without IN any way interfering with the
famous tenor's voice.
OF Uncle Sans recent innovations in tech
nical equipment none bids fair to ultimately
work greater wonders than the lately intro
duced Pulmotor. The PulmQtc: * a delicate
ly adjusted machine that occupied a portable
case not much larger than the ordinary dress
suit case. and its function is to bring back to
life persons supposed to be dead The gov.
eminent provided the first of these new mir
acle workers for the use OF the newly estab.
lished United States bureau of mines in its
work of rescuing men overcome by the poison
Gus gases in coal mines, but the advent of the
invention is opening up Nfe-saving possibilities
In other fields, as, for instance at bathing
beaches and in city hospitals-in short in any
case where death is threatened through the
filling of the lungs with gas or water
The Pulmotor is, in effect, an automatic
breathing machine, its function being to draw
the poisonous gases out of the lungs and to
force into the lungs in turn the lfe.giving
oxygen. The mechanism includes cylinder in
which oxygen is stored under pressure. a blow.
ng and suction valve actuated by two accordion
Fellows, and hood or mask which fits over the
mouth and nostrils of the patient, making an
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appreciated by comparatively few of our citi-
zens, an operator Of scientific laboratories, a
manufacturer and business corporation. Now
with Uncle Sam in the actual conduct Of arts
and industries on a greater scale, In some in
stances, than they are being carried by any
private corporation, it has become imperative
from the hard, practical business standpoint
that tho government shall have the benefit of
the highest possible attainments in time and
labor-saving equipment.
In the effort to keep abreast of or little
ahead Of the worlds march Of progress, the
federal establishment has continually carried
on tests and experiment with view to dis
closing new capabilities in instruments and ap-
paratus of one kind or another that rank as
commercial products and as such may be
bought in the open market. But a large share
of what has been accomplished these past few
years has been due to new inventions evolved
by government officials. And it Is pleasing to
note that there Is an increasing disposition on
part OF the men on Uncle Sans payroll to
regard as federal property the inventions from
which they might otherwise reap fortune.
There have, from time to time, been charges
and rumors putting In question the ethics and
honesty Of men who derived private wealth
from inventions alleged to have been worked
out in government time and with the aid OF
facilities offered by a governmental position
Happily. however. such cases appear to be
growing more rare and to counterbalance the
isolated instances we have examples such as
recently afforded by Major Squier, assistant
chief signal officer Of the United States army
when he dedicated to the free use of the
American people the patents covering his new
system OF multiplex telephony
Some of the most spectacular of Uncle Sans
current scientific triumphs are being worked
out by the aid Of the most powerful magnet in
the world, which has recently been installed at
a cost Of 200 at the United States bureau Of
Standards This magnet Is in effect an en-
larged edition of the familiar toy from which
small boys derive so much enjoyment and it
may be whispered that the government scten
lists are getting proportionate amount of ex-
element from the almost miraculous powers
of this largest of all magnets. Primarily the
new magnet is employed by the government
experts for optical work of the most highly
technical character-a pushing back of the
bounds of the unknown in this scientific field
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alright connection between the human lungs
and the mechanical lungs of the machine. It is
said of this new invention that it will make
a corpse BREATHE" meaning that it will compel
the diaphragm to move in a body in which life
is wholly extinct. The new device costs $500,
making it one Of the worlds most expensive
pieces of rescue equipment, as it Is certainly
one of the most effective Comparatively little
experience is required for its successful opera
ton.
Government officials have within the past few
months invented several new machines for
quickening and cheapening the manufacture of
paper money and postage stamps and whereas
these inventions may not find very extensive
adoption outside the government workshops,
they will exert an important influence there.
Among these new inventions is remarkable
combination machine which at one operation
stamps the successive serial number on each
bank note, impresses in color the official seal,
cuts the sheets of money into individual notes
and counts the blls-tasks that formerly re-
quired as many different machines and an I'M
mense expenditure of time. Another new inven-
ton is machine which automatically trims at
one stroke all four edges of sheet of bank
notes. third new invention Is machine for
automatically wetting the sheets OF paper used
in printing our currency-a chore that had for
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SHE. KNEW ALL ABOUT sILAs.
Mrs. Hopkins Well Understood the
FrusaIity Of Her Esteemed
Fellow ToWnsman. s

Mrs. Virgins hid run in" for q
minute to talk over the latest news
Of the village with her friend, Mrs.
Hopkins.
DO you know" she said, "they
tell me that Mr.. Magee didn't sub
scribe but so cents to the minister's
salary. That doesn't SEEN possible,
does it,"
ITO anybody that knows Silas Ma
gee real we'll, it does" replied Mrs.
Hopkins. "You haven't lived in this
town all your life, Mis- Virgins, and
you don't know what Silas is capable
of. Why, 1 remember once when he
was young fellow, going to singing
school with the rest Of US. we got up
q picnic.
Zone of the girls spoke up and said
she'd bring some chicken sandwiches.
another.
"Tll bring some sliced ham, says
another.
"1'u fetch some jelly and cookies
says somebody else. and so it went on
till we had most everything we could
eat, promised. Then one Of the boys
who had no sisters said he would
bring the coffee. That gave Silas bis
chance. He'd been sitting by, listen
ing to it all, and now he spoke up
real brisk, and says he:~
"1'll bring the water for the cof-
feet
mo, Mis- Virgins, amt surprised
a mite at his subscribing only so
cents. The only surprising thing is
Companion.
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day, however, instead of tho cupboard
being placed where she could reach it,
it was hauled up near the ceiling, and
the ladder was placed among several
other articles in the corner of the
room.
The question to be decided was
whether the bird, seeing that the cup
board was out. of M. Souplet's reach,
would have sufficient intelligence to
use words it knew In their proper &C.
quence. The first days experiment
was. failure. The parrot screeched
acknowledgement" beating its
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visible hand and almost more quickly than
the eye can follow the operation, these nails
are one and all drawn to the highly magnetized
surface.
This new magnet, a worlds record breaker
in size we'll as in power, was constructed
specially for the United States government by
a firm Of instrument makers In Switzerland.
The circumstances connected with the design
ing of the magnet illustrate how great minds
may run in the same direction. Mr. Frederick
Bates, the United States government expert
who is at the head of the division of polarimet.
ry at the bureau Of standards and working In
conjunction with other government scientists,
just worked out the detailed plans for such a
magnet when he discovered that the foreign
instrument makers who ultimately built this
one for our government had been covering the
same ground at the same time each inventor
unconscious Of the activities of his rival on the
opposite side of the Atlantic.
Perhaps the most unusual attribute Of this
magnet is that it is made available for con-
tinuOus use, this being accomplished by re-
placing ordinary insulated wires such as are
commonly used with copper tape This cop
per tape Is surrounded by insulating oil.
Through this oil there are run coils of copper
tubing about onehalf inch in diameter and
through this tubing cold water is circulated to
carry OF the enormous heat which Is devel.
is yet newer invention-the product of gov.
eminent scientists-which promises great
things. 1t is known as vacuum gauge and it
will enable more minute and more accurate
measurement than has heretofore been posi-.
Bile In the case of a vacuum.
One of the most notable of Uncle Sans
scientific triumphs Of the present year is the
new system of multiplex telephony mentioned
above and which by it's disclosure of method
Of transmitting a number of telephone mes
sages simultaneously over the same wire is ex-
pected to greatly reduce the cost of long dis
lance telephone conversation. In connection
with the development of this new form of tel
ephony which will make one wire do the work
Of ten, Major Squier and his associates have
carried on some experiments which, though
originally intended only as means to an end.
now promise to have a distinct value OF their
own in disclosing the possibilities of transmit
ting music by telephone.
The music of phonograph or graphophone
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wings and biting the bars of its cage
in anger, bpt it got no farther. That
day the bird received millet, which it
did not care for; the hempseed,
which it was very fond of, being
locked up in the cupboard.
Next day Polly was in a greater.
temper than ever, and after a desper-
ate effort to bseak through the bars
of her cage she finally caught sight of
the cupboard near the ceiling. In
stantly came the words, Ladder,
climb-cupboard," and Polly, having
learned her lesson, the cupboard was
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Market Hoos Much lIohter.

The average weight of hogs market
ed in recent years is much lighter
than in former years; in the decade
1870-1879 the average weight Of hogs
killed during the winter months in
western packing centers was about
275 pounds; in the decade 1Ss0.1889
about 257 pounds; in tho decade 1890
1899 about 239 pounds, and in the
past decade 100000 about 219
pounds. In other words, hogs mar
keted between 30 and 40 years ago
averaged one-fourth heavier than
those marketed in recent years.
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was almost paralyzed. I hobbled
around with a cane as weak as q child.
I was afflicted with a bladder weak
ness and was compelled to arise sew.
eral times during the night. Z Shortly
after I commenced to use Doan's Kid
nelly Pills, I could do work, that was
before impossible. I am stronger and
better than in years."
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price 50c.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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The Second Dimension.

It was on a little branch railway
In a southern state that the New
England woman ventured to refer to
the high rates. 1T seems to me five
cents a mile is extortion," she said,
with frankness, to her southern cou-
sin.
IT'S big lot OF money to pay if
you think of it by the mile," said
the southerner, in her soft drawl;
but you just think how cheap it is
by the hour, Cousin Annie-only
about thirty-6ve cents. "-Youth's
COMPANION.
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Has a Parrot That Thinks

high-water mark OF possibilities in this
direction so far as parrots are con-
cerned.
He had taught Polly to use the
words cupboard" and ladder" and
as he climbed the ladder he had sue
ceeded in inducing the bird to articu-
late the word climb" Every day when
the bird was brought into the labora-
tory small cupboard was opened and
Polly helped herself to hempseed. One
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cA4D-S0yP7Zyc %4(H>IlE W/S|
rae TIE us. CZ1XeSNS

dozen or more, end to
end, are supported in
horizontal position.
One of the most
amazing tricks per-
formed by the mag
net is to support a
glass dish by means
of a small piece of
iron placed inside the
dish. the power of
magnetic attraction
being exerted upon
the iron through the
thickness of the lay
err or glass. Another
impressive illustra-
ton of the power of
this monster magnet
is afforded when a
handful of nails are
thrown in the air
perhaps three or four
feet away from the
magnet. AS though
1uhiSIad in bu ON In
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nave De0n IN tuo line Ol QlSCOV-
cries Of ways and means for doing things that
have been done heretofore, but Of doing them
more easily more quickly, more economically
or more effectively than has heretofore been
deemed possible.
The national government has been taking
the lead in scientific, mechanical and engi-
neering development to constantly increas-
ing extent in late years. For of course, the
reader will understand that in speaking of
Uncle Sans current triumphs in the field of
invention and experiment, reference is made
not to the federal government as represented
by its own experts and employees Now the
national government has always been
tributor to the cause of science and invention,
there being dual reasons for its activity in
such direction. On the one hand the central
government with paternal instinct has been
bound to contribute in every way to the we'll
being Of the whole people and as is we'll
known such benefit is more often than not con-
ferred through the instrumentality Of scien
tifc discoveries and inventions. Obviously
then it is up to Uncle Sam to foster Yankee
ingenuity by every possible means
Yet the second incentive to federal activity
In this broad field has been even more of a
spur than the first 1t arises from the fact
that the national government is, to an extent
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brought down and she was rewarded
with some hempseed. M. Hachet Sou
plet looked upon this incident as a
proof Of the association of ideas in the
birds mind. as no one had ever taught
tie parrot the phrase she created.
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DON'T NEGLECT YOUR KIDNEYS.
Kidney troubles are too serious to
neglect. Slight ailments are often

forerunners of
dangerous kid
ney illness and
should be treat
ed without de-
lay.
Obadiah B.
Crane, 222 First
Av., Watertown,
S. OAK, says: II
was taken with
rheumatic pains
and nv left limb
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plsTEMPER

In all its forms among all ages of horses
rs we'll as dogs, cured and others in same
stable prevented from having the disease
with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE.
Every bottle guaranteed. Over 100000
bottles sold last year $50 and 81 90. Any
good druggist, or send to manufacturers
Agents wanted. Spohn Medical Co., Spec.
Contagious Diseases, Goshen. Ind.
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No Use to Her.

Cant l sell you an electric fat
iron?" said the agent.
You cannot" said she. when l
have trouble with my hushand q lot
of good a fauron tied e n electE1e
Jet would be @ ne.
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glad did, for it has cured me.
II know of so many cases where wo-
men have been cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that can
say to every suffering woman if that
medicine does not help her, there is
nothing that williams. JANETzH.
2963 Arch St., Chicago, Ill.
This is the age Of substitution, and
women who want a cure should insist
upon Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound just as this woman did, and
not accept something else on which the
druggist can make little more profit
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any Of those distressing ills Pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
Of the fact that for thirty years LYDIA
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for fe.
male ills. In almost every community
you will find women who have been
restored to health by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable COMPOUND.
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Ask a favor Of an enemy and you
will probably make friend; ask of
a friend you may make an enemy
Marmaduke.
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It's difficult to discourage a girl who
cant sing.
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Garfield Tea corrects constipation by
arousing the digestive organs to their in.
tended activity. Composed of Herbs.
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The happiness Of our lives depends
much less on the actual value of the
work done than on the spirit in which
we do it.-Prince Leopold.
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Eye sa1ve in Aseptic Tubes
Prevents 1nfection-Murine Eye Salve
Ask Druggists for New Size Csc. VAL
liable Eye Book in Each Package.
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It's a wise proverb that 10 able to
deliver the goods.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup for Children
teethinR, softens the gums, reduces inliamma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
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Writer, Telling Of the Intelligence Of
Birds, Relates How Pet Asked
for Certain Seed.

NJ. Pierre Hachet Souplet, writing
on the intelligence of birds and ami
mails, relates a remarkable accom-
plishment on the part of parrot. He
admits that the bird was an excep-
itionally clever specimen, and he con-
siders it's achievement indicates the
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Chew and smoke untaxed tobacco, cheap and
uodoped Aeriwethsr + BdwardA Clarksville. Tenn
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Isn't it about time to bury the dead
languages? .1-
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IzE PLZ/1OTQR - THE NfWARH4RA7ZS
UNnQlUCED By N@zZE cSAHipP H.
.510k2iYG LITE

UCLE SAM has very good reason
to plume himself because of
number of important recent
achievements that most distinctly
make for progress. Some Of
triumphs have taken the form OF
new inventions for doing things
that were virtually impossible of
accomplishment heretofore and
others, none the less valuable,
h,vo booo IN tho limo ne djooov
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SHE | GOT!
WHAT SHE
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid

Chicago, In.-"I suffered from fe-
male weakness and stomach trouble,
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and l. went TO the
store to get q bottle
of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound, but tho
clerk did not want
to let me have it
he said it was no
good and wanted mo
TO try something
else, but knowing
all about it I in
sisted and finally
cot it. and 7 am so
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-04
MEN WORK WITH sPoNoEs At
MOUTHS AND NOSES TO MOVE
800 TONS OF STATE COAL.
LAST REMOVED TODAY, AND
FURTHER DANGER 70 OVER
spontaneous Combustion Causes Fire
in Bottom Of Big Coal Bunker at
Soldiers Home. and in Order TO Pre-.
vent Destruction Of Entire Supply,
Men Shovel Entire Tonnage Outside.

Spontaneous combustion in one Of
the big coal bunkers at the Iowa Sol
diers' Home threatened to destroy the
states supply Of coal, and only after
the hardest kind Of work will the men
employed to fight the blaze be able to
overcome any possibility Of future
danger by tonight.
The fire has been burning slowly for
several days, and was at the bottom
of bin containing between 800 AMI
400 tons Of coal. The dampness in the
coal caused the presence of more or
less gas, and water could not be used
to extinguish the blaze, even IL 1t could
have been reached. by reason OF the
formation Of more gaseous odors. Com
mandant Horton put several msn to
work. and with sponges in their mouths
and noses, these men have succeeded
in shoveiing from the bunker, to the
ground outside, the entire supply In
this one bin. The coal has been
dumped anywhere about the building.
far enough to get 1t out Of the danger
from fire.
Commandant Horton said this after
noon that he thought all Of the coal
would be out Of the bunker by tonight.
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TudEs-REPUBIICAS IOWA. JANUARY

visited at tho home Of his aunt, Mrs.
Harmon. last week.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Emmett Cable ana son.
OF Cedar Falls. spent Christmas at the
parental home OF Mrs. Cable. Miss
Alma Van Horn. Of Cedar Falls, and
Ralph Van Horn. Of Marshalltown, were
also home for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Buoy, Of HUB
bard, visited last week at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hill.
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Cowgirl, OF Bax.
ter. spent Christmas with the formers
mother and other relatives.
Mrs. Lizzie Rolston and daughter,
Miss Gertie Rolston. OF Mitchell. s. D..
are spending the winter at the home OF
Mrs. Rolston's daughter, Mrs. viii
Alvey.
The ice crop is now being harvested
and Is in fine shape.
Last Friday. friends and neighbors Of
Mr.. Cecil Howard filled his ice house.
Mr.. Howard Is confined to the house
with measles.