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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15
X. =. TO Change Age Limit.

DENVER, Col, Aug. 1.-THE su-
Irene lodge knights Of Pythias to-
day approved a plan to change the
ege limit from 81 TO 19 years II the
legal department declares 1t constitu-
tional. The proposition to appro-
Iriate $4,000 towards the erection OF
\ monument to the late Major Gen.
eral Carnahan OF Indiana, who for
nineteen years was head OF the uni
form rank. was defeated. The Ha-
waiian lodges were given representa-
ticn in the supreme lodge.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15
Proportion and Capacity.

If s,lage is to be fed with greatest
satisfaction il must be sweet and in
porfert condition; II is spoiled by
coming in contact with air, therefore
the $50 should not be of too great
diameter Not more than eight
square should be allowed for each
COW to be fed in winter, then when
feeding forty pounds OF silage per
COW, a layer about ~ inches deep
will be fed off daily. When feeding
In summer II is advisable that the ex-
posed area be not over half this size,
SO that layer three inches deer
may be used daily. No silo should
be larger than twenty TO twenty-five
feet in diameter, because distance
from the door increases labor of re
moval. To he well proportioned. the
height Of a silo should not be more
than twice the diameter No silo
should be less than thirty feed deep,
and 70 get sufficient depth for silo
not over twelve feet in diameter II
may be placed four or five feet in
the ground
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15

The parcels post bill passed by the
senate provides for the division Of the
country into eight distributing zones
with graduated rate Of from TO / Z
cents pound. the limit Of weight OF
packages 10 be II pounds. For rura
routes and city delivery the rate Is
five cents for the first and one cent
for each additional pound up TO IN,
limit permitted There is wide dIf-
ference between the house and sen
ate over parcels post and II is doubt
ful If they will be able to agree on
bill. Only two members Of the sen
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15
Thousands for Democratic Campaign.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Aug. IA
State Committeeman Cato Sells, Of
Texas, is heading movement to
raise at least $4,000 for the Wilson
and Marshall campaign fund. Some
thing like half the amount has been
pledged during the meeting of the
democratic state convention here this
week. While some large subscrip-
tions will be made the bulk Of the
fund will come from 81 contributions.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15

Three marriage licenses were issued
yesterday by the clerk OF the county
court to the following couples: Fred
erlck r. Hatch, 81, of Berlin, New
Hampshire and Mrs. Nettie NJ. Evans,
SO Of Forty Fort. Pa; Thompson l..
Brown, 45, and Mrs Olive C. Mere
dith. 35. both Of Claremore; Bert c.
Holder, 81, and Miss Minnie Gilbert,
is, both OF Tulsa.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15

Apparently II never pays for a
newspaper man 10 run for onice lie
always gets The fDc press notices AT
the voters somehow have disagree
able way Of voting for the other
fellow.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15
Cornstarcb jelly for Invalids.

Mix in tumber one teaspoonfu
OF cornstarch with little cold water.
Pour sufficient boiling water on II to
form a clear Jelly, stirring II well all
the time the water is being poured on.
Then add cupful of cordial and a
little sugar
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15

The selection Of George w. Per
Mus AS national committeeman Of the
Progressive party was another great
triumph Of the people over the boss
a. remarks the ST. Louis Post Dis
patOh,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15

They say Woodrow Wilson was horn
u the south but incorporated IN New
Jersey That is the state that gave
uF all the bad corporations.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15

ate voted against the bill. Thg We're
Senators curtis and Hailcy Unless
there is a greater difference iu favor
OF the local merchant than the sem
ate BIN provides the parcels post will
mot prove an immensely popular inno-
walton for 20 clearly VIII contribute
more 10 thr large ccutrs than 60 tho
smaller cities ANA towns The dyis-
ion of tho country into cones while
bascd upon apparently lofioal roas-
ou.ur would tul acc os beneficial to
the mail order trade which would only
have 90 establish frw more dis
tubmur routcn iu order 10 secure
the benefits it would confer upon
them without M, zone divisions
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-15

Nobody seems to think much Of
that alphabetical arrangement of
names on the primary ballot.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
NAVAL GUN TELESCOPES.
Device That Made Possible Accurate
Long Raree Firing.

1t WIS about the year 1897 that the
telescope was ttrS ~teSt1d ~ con llps.
tion with the firing of modern gun
The tremendous concussion broke the
lens however. SO that in order 10 use II
at all the telescope had TO be detached
from the gun before firing, thereby
cntailing loss OF several seconds I'm
time after aim had been taken
Later. to obviate this defect. the
telescope was adjusted TO the axis of
the gun by a system OF parallel arms
moving up and down In unison with
the gun. though detached from 1t. This
Of course was great Improvement
but there were still grave practical de
fects.
Well along In the early nineties Hen.
ry G. Muslin. q young midshipman at
Annapolis. lean faced and square of
Jaw, built like medium sized Her
cules, quiet manuered. but bulldog In
the football field. Interested himself in
the study at optics Naturally enough.
his thoughts were directed to the de
fective lenses of the gun telescopes
The lenses broke when the guns were
fred: thei Sore ii was necessary to In
vent nonbrenkable lens.
One day years later, while station
ed I'm Washington, Muslin called few
of his brother officers to the window
near his desk on the second floor OF n
building i'm the navy yards He show
ed them lens with metal band
'shrunk" around its circumference
Then he opened the window and de-
liberately threw the lens with all his
might upon the brick pavement be
low The others knew of his pet hob
by and thought ne had given Ii up In
disgust and had taken this way OF tell
ing them so But he put on his hat, III
cigarette and bude them follow him
lie led them down the stairs amid con
siderable joking and out to the spot
where the lens lay on the pavement
The glass was unbroken The one
great defect OF the telescope sight had
been overcome. ana Muslin had made
possible the long range gunnery OF
the modern navy The thud OF the lit.
tie glass disk with its metal collar
upon the brick pavement was the sig
nal for the nations to begin to build
their Dreadnoughts. - American Maga
zine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
AN ARCTIC ADVENTURE.
Nansen's Daring ar' n-r'lous Swim
For His o.

Nansens Daring ar' n-r'IoVs Swim
For His o
Among the pen ""S or
the Nansen arctic the
narrow escape OF nan
sen on their retuyt ram
after their unsuCcc>- or the
pole. After many moul,.r, oardshlp
narrow channel opened ~ the ice.
and they launched the two light kaiaks
that they had carried on their sledges
for more than a year. a few days aft
erward disaster nearly put an end to
the expedition. The incident Is related
I'm "The Siege and Conquest OF the
North Pole" by Mr. George Bryce.
In the evening their legs felt stiff
with sitting in the kaiaks all day. and
they landed on the edge of the ice SO
that they might stretch them little.
After the kalaks, which were iashed
together. had been moored bv means
OF one of the braces they ascended
hummock close by and had been stand
lDg there only moment when Johan-
sen raised the cry that the kaiaks were
adrift.
They ran TO the edge of the Ice, but
the boats were already little way off
and were drifting quickly. The posi-
ton was a terrible one, for all they
possessed was on board. Nansen at
once threw off some of his clothing.
handed his watch 10 Johansen and
sprang into the icy water. He knew
that If the boats were lost 1t meant
death to him and his companion. At
first IL seemed more than doubtful
whether he could manage to regain
them. When he got tired he turned
over and swan on his back. At length
be gained Il little and redoubled his
exertions.
by this time Nansen felt his limbs
stilfening and losing all feeling. His
strokes became more and more feeble,
but the distance from the kaiaks be-
came shorter. and at last he was able
to grasp q suowshoe that lay across
the sterus. He now tried TO pull him.
self up, but his body was so stiff with
cold that he could not do so. After n
little he managed to swing one leg up
TO the edge of the sledge that was
lashed to the deck and then raised the
rest Of his body. They were saved!
With some difficulty he padded the
kaiakS back to Johansen, who admitted
that these were the worst moments he
had ever lived through. Johausen now
pulled off NanSen's wet clothes, put on
the few dry ones they had In reserve,
spread the sleeping bag upon the Ice
and covered Nunseu with the sail and
everything he could 6ud to keep out
the cold The next day Nansen was
all right again. and I'm the evening
they pressed forward once more on the
march that Gnally brought them ont of
the arctic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27

George Cumberland saw the famous
giant Obrian Boro In the Strand In
London In 1884. and in "rhe Cnmber-
land Letters" edited by Clementna
Black. gives this note on him: His
hand. from the bail OF his thumb. &C
tually measures eleven inches and a
half and is large In proportion. When
I sfo u up ! could Just with my fore
finper tonch The bottom Of his chin
IN n word. ic Is elght feet three inches
high and MS homes are In proportion
large but the poor devil seems to be
dying for want OF air aud exercise
He is nineteen years OF age and ex'
poets to be nine feet high"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
AT SEA IN An OPEN BOAT.
An Anxious Experience Off the Rock
PoInd Coast of Korea.

An Anxious Experience OFF the Rock
eoInd Coast of Korea.
The peri.s OF the small boat at sea
are told by Jack London In an article
on small Boat Sailing" in the Yacht.
ing Monthly:
"About the liveliest eight days OF my
life were spent in small boat on the
west coast OF Korea" he writes. II
was in 40 open boat. sampan, on a
rocky coast where there were no light
houses and where the tides ran from
thirty to sixty feet. My crew were
Japanese fishermen. We did not speak
each C'hcr's language. Yet there was
moth nODOtOnous about that trip.
Neyc ll forget one particular cold.
bitter Wn, when i'm the thick of driv-
ing snog we took i'm sail and dropped
our small anchor.
"rhe japanese crawled under a com.
munal rice mat and went to sleep. |
joined them, and for several hours we
dozed ftfuly. Then a sea deluged Us
with Icy water and we found several
inches Of snow on top OF the mat.
1T soon became a case Of swamping
at our anchor. Seas were splashing on
board I'm growing volume, and we bailed
constantly. And still my fisherman
crew eyed the surf battered shore and
did nothing
"At last, after many narrow escapes
from complete swamping, the fisher
men got into action. All hands tailed
on to the anchor and hove it up.
For'ard as the boats head paid off. we
set a patch Of sail about the size of a
-four sack. And we headed straight fol
the rocky shore. | unlaced my shoes,
unbuttoned my greatcoat and coat and
was ready to make quick partial strip
a minute or so before we struck. But
we didn't strike, and as we rushed In l
ssaw the beauty of the situation. Be-
~rcfe us opened narrow channel
frilled at its mouth with breaking seas
Yet long before, when | had scanned
the shore closely. there had been n,
such channel. had forgotten the thir'
~ foot tile. And II was for this time
that the Japanese had SO precariously
waited
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
FOOTBALLS.
They Are Not Made OF Piesk'n and tho
"Badders" Are Rubber.

They Are Not Made OF Plesk,n and the
"Bladders" Are Rubber.
When you refer to tuotIall pIayers AZ
pigSkii chasers. state that Smlthy can
boot tbe pigskin. you display consider
nbie ignorance. said u member OF firm
which manufactures the spherolds used
OH many OF he biz and little gridirons
For the football Is not made OF pig
skin ar all. IN fact, no part OF the low
ly but luscious porker enters into It's
construction
Football covers are made from the
material that goes TO make your best
shoes cafskin And only the very best
grade ot skin is used for good balls
Cheap balls. such as kids buy ut the
r0rtcr store. are made OF sheepskiD.
rbe bladder which Is in the ball Is rub
Oel
A visit TO the factory where the great
est number of footballs are turned out
elicits more interesting information
For instance. shop sage says that the
reason the ball is called pigSkin is that
In the old days pigs bladder was
used TO give buoyancy to the bull. The
bladder has been discarded and rubber
substituted
The regulation intercollegiate ball
weighs from thirteen and one quarter
to fourteen ounces. The soccer bali
weighs frou, thirteen to fifteen ounces
skins for football covers are careful
~ INSPECTED and are sent to the fac
tory after specia treatment The
slightest flaw in hide means retec'
tion
In the cutting room skill Is required
IN prevent waste Cutting is done with
machinery The cutter divides the hide
into as many oval sections as possible
and sends the pieces to the girls who
take up the next stage, which consists
OF carefully lining the leather with cot
ton twill This Is the only work III.
trusted to girls. II is slow and must be
done perfectly
The liners are stitched together on
one machine and the covers on another
From the last machine the covers come
wrong side out, aud the better grades
are reversed by hand The cheaper are
turne, righJ side out by machinery.
Turning football cover by maud re
qnires great strength Some men do
nothing else and as a result become ex
ceptioually strong of hand, wrist and
arm.
The rubber bladder Is Inserted, ana
when infat ri the oval begins to look
like the finished product now seen on
many fields. hut the bali IL not ready
for delivery. IL is stamped on a not
press and worked" until It's outer sur
face is ready for the kickoff
Although the game has changed
greatly, the ball remains about the
same as the old Rugby.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
SIR hurphry Davy.

Sir Ilumphry Davy married a wid
oW rs peculiar as himself His PEI ar
fcctatiuu WlS lack of time He was
always M hurry He pretended that
lC had un ipisurc 10 dress himself. and
When change Of linen became ueces
-arA hv Slup.N put one shirt over an
.ihpl uu'il hp WAS known to have on
i've ~ ~jN shirts nt time OF course
2V ruuid nrd weaC this amount of ap
,arei without dppreciably increasing
Is Sue. and his friends not IN the So
rtt were sometimes surprised To see
tm TALL wi ~ apparent weight twent,
,nundS in Il day His wife's great anx
'ety wus tu ';rep him "ht for company
uul as he did not care n tig FOR com
pany sire had no easy task. and domes
tic discord wus n common thing
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
Plirv,s Jewel Stories.

Pllny declared that a diamond was so
hard that II placed on an anvil and
struck with sledge hammer II would
give back blow of such force rs to
shiver both anvil and hammer TO
pieces. Another of his wonderful tales
states that ION the shore of the island
of Cyprus there was stone lion hay
ing eyes formed of emeralds, which
shone so brightly that all the fishes
were ingoriously frightened away. The
fishermen accordingly pulled the emer'
aids out and put in glass eyes instead
whereupon the wise fishes became
bolder and returned to their accustom-
ed nets"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27

A Sunday School Festival was given at
the Baptist Church last Tuesday evening.
The Smithheld Town Council will hold
regular meeting on Saturday afternoon
of this week.
Or Monday evening, December 23rd,
regular meeting OF Greenville Grange
was held las the regular night came upon
Christmas Eve) and election OF ofhcers
resulted as follows: Master, James Win.
sor: Overseer, John Borden; Steward. IL.
Tobey Smith; Assistant Steward, William
III. Watson; Chaplain, Henry ). Turner;
Treasurer, n. l. Vaughn; Secretary,
Mrs. L. A. Hill; Gate.keeper, james l.
Winsor; Ceres, Mrs. James Winsor;
Pomona, Mrs. Otto G.. Newman; Flora,
Miss Mary NJ Steere; l.. Assistant Stew
ard, Mrs. William III Watson; Member
of Executive Committee for three years,
N. ). Minsor.
The work Of getting the mill in work
ing order has already been begun by the
new purchasers. J. J. Heffernan has the
matter in charge and it is expected that
the wheels will begin to turn in short
time. Mr.. IL ffernan has had a long ex-
perience as a designer, having been EN-
ployed by the Providence National Mills
and Paragon Mills Of olneyyille aud has
also been connected with concerns III New
York State. 1t is understood that Mr..
Quinn, another member of the company
will not be here unit about the middle Of
January. 1t is supposed that Mr.. Mc"il-
liams will be in charge of the office. All
the men connected wit the concern have
the best wishes for large number of friends.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
A COLD BLooDED DUEL.
instant Death Was Assured For One
of the Contestants.

OF the Contestants.
An extraordinary duel. which ut the
time created an immense sensation,
was one ir~which the decision was az
rived at not by swords or pistols. but
by means of deadly poison.
The men who, II is hardly necessary
to say. had fallen out over lady had
left the arrangement Of details to their
seconds, and until they faced eaclf 9th
or they did not know by what method
they were TO settle their differences.
One OF the seconds was doctor and
he had made up for the occasion -four
black pellets, all identical I'm size and
shape
"In one OF these" he said. 81 have
placed a sufficient quantity Of prussic
acid to cause the almost instantaneous
death OF any one who swallows IT, We
will decide by the toss of Il coin which
of you is TO have first choice. and you
will alternately draw and swallow a
pill until the poison shows its effects"
Two Of the pellets were then taken
as the toss had decided. but without
effect in either case.
"This time" said the doctor. speak
ing of the two pellets remaining, you
must both swallow the pill AT the same
instant"
The choice was again made, and In a
few seconds one Of the men lay dead
on the grass-Pall Mall Gazette
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
The init That EaIled

II was hl nm accidenI that Mr. Kip
ling got his famous title. THE Light
That Failed tie had almost decided
though he was dissatisfied with this
One evening rs he was sitting IN MS
study reudme u, lampight the Iichl
went suddenl, down almost failed ir
fact In sNOnd kbliug jumped up
exclaimu cNci,edil by love. I've
got ity lnintinc to the lamp ne said
The Light rhaI Failed"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
CANARlES ARE NERVOUS.
And They Dread Mice That Like to
Steal Their Bird Seed.

And They Dread Mice That Like to
Steal Their Bird Seed.
One of the common troubles with
canaries and one that few bird owners
realize is that of nervousness. The
nervous system OF canary Is as high
ly sensitive as that OF delicate wGs
man. Any sudden shock TO their
senses, whether OF sight or sound, Is
liable to throw them into cOnvulslOns,
that often result In death. An Old bird
dealer mentions a frequent but rarely
known cause Of sickness and even
death among the little creatures.
81 had two canaries," he said that
for some reason | could not discover
fell into frightfully nervous state and
started to pine away. | doctored them
with all the remedies known 10 bird
lore, but the poor creatures con tinued
to droop In dismal decline. At last |
discovered the trouble. 1t was mice.
"Mice are as fond Of bird seeds as
canaries themselves. In the darkness
of the night the mice would creep
through the bars of the cage and de-
your the seeds, while the poor little
canaries sat above shivering them
selves into a state Of nervous proStra'
tion from the very terror OF the mon
sters below | removed the cage to a
position where the mice could not get
at It, and my pets rapidly recovered
New Orleans States
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
chanoed Times.

In q meadow half dozen young wo
en- golf Saayers were practlcing put
ting. They looked very smart In theil
trim golf suits. their skirts OF rongt
bomespun and their scarlet Jackets
An old farmer and one OF his faru
hands approached.
BOSS" grumhled the farm hand
.them girls In the medder is scartn
our COWS"
The old farmer shook his head anf
sighed
"Ah Timothy" he said with pro
found truth. times IL changed since
| was young In them days the cows
scared the gals g Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
One Sin of Housekeeping.

The ultimate sin of the housekeeping
code is Strengthening things out in a
desk or on n table. When | depart
from my quarters in the morning my
sitting room table looks self possessed
and homelike. bearing three ash trays,
four or five books. matches, n pipe. n
can Of tobacco, papers, magazines. pen
ellis. pens, a letter or two, bottle of
ink and maybe necktie or so. a place
for everything and everything just
where 1t ought to be easy to reach or
thereabouts. But, alas. on return what
n state that table Is I'm. The books
have been put back on the shelves, the
ash trays mobiized pen and pencils
arranged in orderly lines, neckties
stuck away in n dresser and the letters
planted in the most conspicuous place
with those containing bills urpermost.
Toledo Blade.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
His Income.

"They say you get $50 marks a
month. can't believe It. Tell me
how
81 get 40 marks salary; then | don't
pay my rent. 40 marks: that's $50
marks; owe the milkman 30 marks
that's $50 marks: my butcher 40
marks, 90 marks, and every month |
raise so marks out OF my friends.
making an income OF 900 marks a
monthw-Fliegende Batter.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-12-27
StrXcl1nine7

"Say, Maria, have you noticed how
this internal cat jumps in my lap every
time sit down to readY"
Yes. Well, suppose the poor thing
Is tired"
We'll, the next time | go TO tie drug
store I'll get something (binD fpr that
tired feline" st Louis Post-Dl patch