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Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
TWO EXPERIMENTS WITH GAS
Remarkable Results Obtained by Sir William Ramsey at Soiree of Lon-
 don Royal Society.

Remarkable experiments with two inert gases of the argon group were among the striking features of the late soiree of the London Royal soci ety. Sir William Ramsey had collect ed a little radium emanation, one of these gases, and had compressed it
 into a capillary tube and then subject ed it to varying pressure. The effect was to condense the gas into a minute quantity of dense co!orless liquid This had a strong phosphorescence, but when touched with liquid air it fash ed out into a brilliant light like that of a miniature electric arc, at once becoming solid The other exhibit, by Prof. Norman Collie, showed a curious unexplained property of neon. When this gas was enclosed in a glass tube with mercury at atmospheric pressure. it emitted a vivid orange light; but in a ring-shaped tube filled with neon and mercury and partially exposed to ar electric discharge, the electrified part failed to light up on shaking. while the unelectrified portion glow ed as brightly as before. When a siIi- ca tube was substituted for the glass and the mercury brought to the boil ing point, the vapor rising from it gave a green light.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
TEXAS SALT LAKE MYSTERY

By some peculiar chemical process that is not understood by scientists who have investigated the subject. na
 ture is able to convert flood water into salt deposits upon a gigantic scale in the bed of Shafter lake, body of water more than 2.000 acres in extent adjoining the little town of Shafter Lake, Texas. This lake is one of the wonders of the southwest. It is far removed from railroad transpor- tation and is within 50 miles of the New Mexico line, For more than a quarter of century and as far back as there is any historical record the Indians and white people of the terri tory within 500 miles of what is now called Shafter lake have obtained their salt supply from this storehouse of nature Wagon trains still make their long journeys to and from the fake,
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
INDUSTRIAL
 MECHANICAL .49 NOTES 5ls

American vapor gas street lamps are being tried out in Jerusalem.
 The Germans are making a substi- tute for celluloid, calling it cellon.
 Shoes made of snake are skin worn by many ultrafashionable English women this year.
 Perforated iron wheelbarrows have been invented for washing gravel to be used in concrete.
 Most valuable feathers are those of the mirasol, bird of Argentinn. They are worth about S1,10O pound
 Norway has 26 paper mills with total output of 150,C00 tons a year, some of it coming to this country.
 A species of stiff grass, which grows abundantly in India, is used for sticks in making matches in that country
 China has taken up the manufac- ture of window glass, and the product, which is a novelty to the natives, is becoming popular
 Government experts estimate that in 55 years this country will be de- nuded of it's lumber-producing forests.
 The collection of dust from vacuum cleaners and selling it for fertilizer has become a recognized business in Paris.
 Siam buys more sewing machines from America than from Great Britain, Germany, Belgium and France com bined.
 new jack for automobiles is con- veniently operated by long brace of the type used for boring deep holes into wood.
 Manchester, England, sent to the United States and it's possessions $1S,- 3,599 worth of goods in 1910, chiefly cotton goods, machinery. linens and paper stock.
 In Jerusalem the opportunity for selling floor tiles, pipes, steps and perhaps cornices of concrete is quite large, but not for concrete building blocks.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
"CLIMBS" DOWN SKYSCRAPER

John Hassler, a steeplejack of Phila- delphia, recently astonished the citi- zens of that town by ascending on the face of an 18-story building, with out mechanical assistance of any sort, using only the grip that he obtained by hanging to the interstices of the stonework with the tips of his fingers and digging the tips of his toes into the spaces as he felt his way to the ground
 The building was the Morris build- ing, a new structure at the corner of Broad and Chestnut street, Philadel- phia's busiest center The steeplejack, whose sole object in attempting the daring feat was to show that it could be done, swung himself from the roof by rope, and, dangling at a giddy height from the sidewalk, felt for a safe spot on the sheer face of the building from which to commence his descent When he had secured a good hold with the tips of his fingers, he kicked the rope out of the way and began his finger and toe descent.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

extinct volcano It Is situated 150 feet below the surface of the sur rounding country. The lake has no outlet, but the flood water that enters it is never sufficient to cause an over- flow.
 Enormous quantities of salt are talk en from the lake each year, but the unused available supply Is practically unlimited. No sooner Is the salt re- moved from a spot than it is replaced by another thick layer in few hours.
 The method that Is used to extract the salt from the bed of the lake is primitive. It consists of boxes to which are attached wire ropes that are operated by horses and pulleys upon the shore. Men with shovels fill these boxes with the salt and the loads are hauled ashore and dumped in piles to await transportation to the different markets. Each box has a ca- pacity of about 500 pounds. In this way it is not unusual for one man to get out from one to three tons of salt daily. The depth of the salt bed ranges from six inches to six feet
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

carrying the crystal salt to ranches, mining camps and towns.
 It is shown by repeated tests that there is no alkali in the soil of the scope of territory that uses the lake as it's natural drainage basin, and this fact is borne out by the purity of the flood water But within a few hours after the water enters the lake it becomes so impregnated with salt that a white crust forms upon the surface, resembling snow. In the shallow places the pure water is quickly replaced with a solid mass of salt. This manufacturing process goes on constantly. but is specially rapid during the hot months of sum- mer, due doubtless to the effects of evaporation.
 The basin which forms the bed of this remarkable salt lake has the appearance of being the crater of an
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

M Bleriot, the inventor of one of the most successful monoplanes, has built a ne.I and strange-looking craft called the aeroplage. which runs on wheels and carries . sail similar to the mainsail of yacht. He made 1t solely for his own amusement and that of his wife and five children. who love to scud along the sands at a tremendous pace at Hardelot in northern France. where the famous airman has built himself a chalet M. Bleriot's eldest son has become quite an adept aeroplagist. and car tack and steer the machine with wonder ful skill. In a high wind M Blerot has attained sixty miles an hour with it and claims that it is absolutely safe.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
COLLISION BETWEEN BULLETS

It is not often that two bullets meet in midair. It undoubtedly has happened, but neither has left enough of itself to tell the tale.
 Here, however. is a case of bullet striking and piercing another bullet. It happened in a recent shooting con- test at Grenoble, France, when a Bel gian lead bullet was struck by cop per bullet fired from a new model Lebel rife. The bullets were found sticking in the butt in the position in which the accompanying photograph shows them. The Belgian bullet had struck the target first and the French bullet had followed it.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
MOLD FOR CONCRETE WALLS
and Temporarily Support Material Used in Structure.

The illustration shows a mold or form for making concrete structures, such as walls. columns. beams, etc. and arranged to securely hold the mold parts in position. to allow of raising the mold as the building of the structure progresses. and to tenn porarily support the concrete mate rial to be used in the formation of the structure, says the Scientific American. The mold is provided with sets of uprights having brackets for
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
|NDUSTM BAg
 AND WT |T7
 |flECHANIO kB4|
WATER FOR THE SANDSTONE
Narrow Detachabie-Link Chain Is Ar ranged to Run Over Circumfer-
 ance, Furnishing Moisture.

Grindstones are frequently made so as to have the lower edge run in wa ter in order to obviate the necessity of pouring water on the face When the stone is not in use, the lower part is always fin the water, usually at the same portion of the circumference. which soon softens and wears out of true
 When the grindstone is set up, bolt disk of wood against the stone. The wood should be of sufficient thickness to allow a narrow detachable-link chain to run over its circumference,
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

says writer in the Popular Mechan- ics. Fasten a fange of tin or sheet iron against the board to keep the chain running in place and attach a water trough under the stone. so the water level will not touch its surface. The chain runs in the water at all times, and carries the water to the surface of the stone
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
Medical Fees.

The fees of an artist are never made public nor regulated by law. And as medicine was long regarded as an art rather than a science, med ical fees have never been fixed by law.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

There is little prospect of the olive industry of this country being over done. for there are only three locali- ties in this country where the olives will thrive
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

During the great strike in England communication was kept up between chiefly telephone
 
 
   
  a signaling
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

supporting horizontal beams extend ing from one set of uprights to the other and to which the mold sides are secured so that the concrete ma terial can be readily filled into the space between the opposite mold sides.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

Some time Alfred Clarke of New York resident of Paris  
  
  
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19

You should remember" said the
cornplacent plagiarist. that imitation
Is the sincerest nattery." Its a pleas
ant argument" replied the irritable
author. but 1t never kept man from
being arrested for counterfeiting q
dollar bill"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19

~And a Fool There Was"
who was that fool you bowed TOT
My husband"
-Oh. IEer-I humbly apologize
Never mind. I'm not angry But
what a keen observer you are!7
Judge
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
Behind Time

What is the matter with this ran
way?" asked one irate passenger
This train ie three or foar hours
overdue" Think OF me" said the
stakeholder. land have patience. Its
dividends are three or four years
overdue"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19

How quiet the theater seems.
4 know the reason why"
We'll"
THE fat man In front OF rs Just
now turned 70 his wife and said: Put
W your gum. dear. The play is about
TO begin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19

Never allow yourself to live habitu-
ally beneath your Hottest ideal. for.
IL you DO. that ideal will fade from
before you. as painters who might
paint sunsets. but contents himself
with painting ssgnboards. Henry Van
Dyke.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
Fully Impressed.

Il see your daughter is engaged to
be married"
AT last"
Il hope she realizes that marriage
Is q serious thing.
You bet she does We thought
she'd never LAND this boob"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19

This thing of getting married.
said the girl who was busy with her
rousseau. lis certainly a trial"
a trial. yes" agreed the cynical
bachelor. but It isn't half so bad as
working out the sentence "-Towa
Topics
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
Amsnl.lsn In the Choir Lof,.

II felt so sorry for you. dear whis.
pered the alto. with tears OF JOY In her
eyes. when your voice broke on that
high note,"
"Cat!" pleasantly answered the so
prano
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
One Thing ln,ervened.

Il say. old boy. lend me an X.
Would If could. dear chap. but
there's an algebraic difficulty In the
way"
What IS it?~
An X with me IS an unknown guam
y."-Pathinder
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
No Chance for Him.

He-~Marie. SUPPOSE you and
were Ell alone on a deserted island.
what is the first thing you would do
She--TEank goodness that | knew
how to swim. Variety Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
More Accurate.

'@Elinor aid Mary had quite a squad
BILE last night over Venice. and Mary
proved she Tas right
But Elinor has seen Venice"
And Mary has seen 1t twenty
Iimes-in moving pictures"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
NEAL BROWN LA PRADr c. S GILBERT
ABSTRACTS

We have the only abstract Of MaraikOn
county. We have thoroughly qualified
abstractor. and make abstracts d ressOn~
able prices. We are responsible Tor al
abstracts made by us and guarantee that
they show the condition Of the tile proper
y as il appears on record.
An abstract Of title is useful il you dc.
sire 10 sell or mortgage your property. and
is very valuable in ascertainirg DIRECTS in
your title thai can be easily remelied. and
yet might be sufficient to spoil sale. II
you desire an abstract Of the iile 10 yOus
property. call and see US.
Wausau Law & Land Associations
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
A Better Chance.

II see you have quit the beanery for
a swell restaurant.
Only temporarily They have bet
ter line of winter coats, in case | can
pick one UP BY mistake
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19

II there were but one potato in the
world a careful oultivator might pro
duce ten billion from it in ten years.
and thus supply the world with seed
again
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
A husbands Rinhtx

According TO Missouri court. hus-
band has perfect right to spank his
wife. Sure. and ne has a perfect right
to PUN hons whiskers il he feels like
iI-Los Angeles Examiner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
Optimistic

Are you one Of the people who
think this is goiIg 10 be a hard win.
teri"
No. One OF the ladies to whom /
have been paying alimony has got
married again"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
Queer Epltaph

copy OF the New York Mercury.
dated January 20. 1854. records the
death of an unmarried lady 81 the age
OF los years. ard adds: ~Sha always
wanted q husband"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
His .,oeclaItv.

Agricultural Editor-Do you think
your farmer friend could pen a stray
farm article now and then?
Practical Subscriber-Yep, If the ar.
ticle's pigs, he kin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
Times CHANCES.

Nowadays it is the fathers and
mothers. not the children. who have
20 sit down in the corner and speak
only when they are spoken tex
change.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
Useful Hint

When man proclaims TO re worls
that be has perfect wife we are
tempted 10 ask What has the old
reprcbate oeen doing Milwaukee
SentineL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
So Unusual

90 UNUSUAL.
Hon. Hiram Digger is an orator Of
rare repression"
In what PARTICULAR"
He used the substantiative con
fdence.' in one Of his speeches the
other day. and did not qualify It with
the adjective implicit"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
MIGHT Better Wait.

Many woman has made the terri
BILE mistake of marrying merely TO
show the public that she had the
chance.-C Chicago Record Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
Ernohllna.

Gi7en fine pedigree. small feet and
plerty OF good clothes. almost any
woman feels Quaified to speak with
eondescension concerning the lower
classes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19

Does your husband ever lose his
temper" Not any more He lost
II permanently about two years after
our marriage. Chicago Recorder
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
un 10 Date.

Showman-"Walk in. ladies and
gentlemen and see the Aztec giants.
descendants of long-extinct race!"-
Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-19
Special Message Discusses
Years intercourse With
Other Countries.
REVIEWS MEXICAN CIVIL WAR
Mobilization of American Troops on
Southern Border Explained-For-
eign Trade Relations-Need
For American Merchant
Marine.

Washington, Dec. president Taft
today sent to congress a special mes
sage on foreign relations. The mes
sage follows:
The relations Of the United States
with other countries have continued
during the past twelve months upon a
basis of the usual good will and
friendly intercourse.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-27
ANNIVERSARY
OF MARK MILLS
FIGHT IN WHICH MANY OF THIS
COUNTY TOOK PART WAS
AZ YEARS AGO.
UNEQUAL STRUGGLE
Confederates Numbered Ten to One OF
the Union Forces and Those
Not Killed Were Taken
Prisoners.

Many Of the old men who halt q
century ago were the boys In blue,
full of yigor and life, and teemtng
with zeal for the perpetuation OF the
union Of the states, are today gathered
about in knots here and there talking
Of one of the most terrific fights, not
the greatest of the war, but hot and
fierce while 1t lasted-the battle OF
Marks mills Wapello county was well
represented in this scrap and amid
shakes of the heads now showed with
the winters of half century, and ges-
lures with hands now palsied with the
feebleness Of age that was augment
ed by the rigors OF terrible warfare
and it's attendant sacrifices, the boys
of the proud old thirty sixth Iowa re-
count the fight on the Arkansas field
where those who we're not killed were
captured.
Battle ~ Years Ago.
Just forty-seven years ago today
some 100 to 900 union soldiers met on
the field of Marks mills in Arkansas
and after fierce and unequal fight
for two hours and 4 quarter, the cav
airy of Gen. Fagen, the confederate,
took prisoners such Of the men who
were not slain. These were taken to
Tyler, Tex, to languish for different
periods in the prison Of the confed-
crates. A large number Of the sur
vivors of the battle and the prison,
notably among them Major A. H. Ham
ilton, are still living in and about OF
tumwa for the Thirty-sixth was large
ly comprised Of Wapello county SOL
diers. there being four companies from
this county in the regiment.
Col. Drake Commanded.
All of these men were under the
command of Col. F. M. Drake, later
made brigadier general and elected to
the governorship Of Iowa, there were
the Forty-third Indiana, the Seventy
seventh Ohio, a detachment Of the
Sixth Kansas, cavalry, a detachment
of the Second Missouri cavalry and
Battery X, OF the Second Missouri
light artillery.
There is no formal celebration Of
the awful struggle that was fraught
with such disaster to the handful OF
union soldiers. nor do the survivors,
who though proud OF their efforts on
the occasion, feel that the anniversary
can be observed without q tear for the
departed mingling with the Joy Of the
survivors who have lived to talk over
the event SO important in their several
lives nearly half century ago. The
observance of the anniversary is con.
fined to the members Of the old guard
who upon chance meetings about the
city today have called up many in
"reminiscences.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-27
BiDWELL.

Born, April 20, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Omer Johnson, son.
J. B. Smith OF Ottumwa visited
friends here recently.
Miss Stella Potter is visiting friends
near Agency.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Johnston, Harvey
Grooms and family and Mrs. John
Grooms visited relatives near Chilli
Gothic Sunday.
Austin Chisman of near Ottumwa
visited relatives here Sunday.
Mrs Jas. Knox Of near High Point
visited Saturday at the home Of her
mother Mrs. Margaret Dixson.
Miss Bessie Fiske who is teaching
school northeast OF Ottumwa visited
Saturday and Sunday with relatives
in this vicinity
j. e. Perry visited Sunday with
friends in Blakesburg.
Miss Alma Potter who is teaching
school near Blakesburg visited Satur-
day and Sunday at the home of her
mother Mrs. c. 0. Potter
Mrs. Daniel Rosecrans and Miss
Clara Lathrop visited friends in Bear
Creek Saturday.
Selmon Lewis was transacting bus
mess in Blakesburg Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noyes Garfield visited
relatives in Blakesburg recently.
Mrs. Frank Kurtz is visiting at the
B. A. Hand home in South Ottumwa.
b Mrs. Jas. Johnston and Mrs Har-
vey Grooms visited relatives in South
Ottumwa recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Watts of OF
tumwa visited relatives here Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-27
BURNS-cARROLL
NUPTiALs TODAY.

Preceding a nuptial mass at 8
o'clock this morning in St. Mary's
church the marriage Of Miss Mary
Magdalene Burns to Martin Leo Car
roll took place, Very Rev. Father F. w.
Hoppmann officiating at both cere.
monies. The couple we're attended ~
Miss Margaret, and Daniel Carroll, sis.
ter and brother of the groom. A wed.
ding breakfast for the immediate rela.
tives of the couple was served at the
home of the groom's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Carroll residing on Sum
mitt street. The groom is we'll known
young engineman on the Milwaukee
and has lived in Ottumwa most Of his
life The bride has made her home
with her sister, Mrs. w. ]. Clark on
North Park avenue in Fairview. The
couple will leave on Milwaukee No.
for Chicago on short wedding tour
and after returning to Ottumwa will
begin housekeeping in the west end of
the city
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-27
d E A THIS

SCHROEDER = Monday afternoon,
April "a, 1911, at the family home
in Burlington. Mrs. Mary Schroeder,
mother of Mrs. Bertha Blank, Oil
blackberry street.
She had been i'll year and had
been belfast the past six months. She
suffered much, and while she bore
her troubles with patience. the final
summons must have been welcome
relief Mary Riepe was born in Ger
many April 8, 1886, and had long
been a resident Of Burlington and
Iowa Her husband passed away nine
teen years ago, OF the eleven chill
dren born to this couple, nine sur
vive. For many years Mrs. Schroeder
had been faithful member Of the
First German Evangelical church. and
the funeral will be held from there
at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
RIGGS-Tuesday, April 25, 1911, at 9
o'clock, at the Ottumwa hospital,
Mary Elizabeth Riggs, age "a.
The remains were taken on the
Rock Island at, 11:1S to Barnes City,
Iowa, the home of the deceased,
where funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon. Interment will
be made in the Barnes City cemetery.