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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22
USING CEMENT AND CONCRETE,
Difference Between These Valuable
Materials for Construction of
Fireproof Buildings.

Following the big Equitable fire,
New York builders and contractors
are taking an unusual interest in ma
terials which will render future struc-
lures impervious to flames. An au-'
thcrity on the subject, Fred K. Irvine.
gives the following interesting de-
scription of cement, concrete and re-
inforced concrete:
Portland cement is manufactured
product derived from lime rock and
clay or similar aluminous raw materi-
ais. 1t is prepared through pro
cess of drying and burning and grind
ing, SO that when finished it becomes
a light gray powder or -four.
so fine IS this powder that every
grain is actually made to pass through
a sieve containing 10000 holes or
meshes to each square inch of sur
face. That sounds fancIful, but it's a
fact, and will give some idea of the
size of the meshes.
Its qualities are these: 1t hardens
or crystallizes by hydraulic process;
by mixing with wafer and letting it
stand in the air it will gradually
change into stone, and is thereafter
practically imperyious to the elements
Of heat and cold The penetration OF
heat into a concrete mass is not over
three-eighths of an inch at the high
est obtainable temperature.
"The same applies to the cold tenn
peratures. When modelled into any
desirable form cement has a high
crushing resistance and high ten
sile strength. 1t can be loaded with
almost any possible load without In
jury and will not crack or show any
of the elements of decay that other
materials will
Concrete is the use Of cement In
conjunction with sand and crushed
rock in such proportions as will de-
velop the highest value of the cement
for practical purposes and at the same
time bring it within the range of buy
ers in the matter Of cost
1.-THE next step is reinforced con-
crete This is manufactured by using
concrete in conjunction with steel SO
disposed as to contribute the ten
sional value of steel to the total mass
In this way columns are formed. Such
columns are built SO as to carry any
desired concentrated load"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22
INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL
"a NOTESag

Arkansas has the only diamond
mine in the world, outside Of Africa.
in Pike county
The United States now produces
more copper than all the rest of the
world together
Arkansas produces coal, silver, ga
lena, slate, oil stones and clay OF
every description.
An International coal smoke abate-
ment exhibition will be held in Lon
don in March and April.
OF all nations the United States
alone allows the use of white phos-
phorus in making matches.
The manufacture Of cement has at
tanned eighth rank for value among
the industries OF the United States.
A recent discovery In Ireland indi-
Gates the presence OF large area
rich in copper. sulphur and arsenic.
Flour when compressed. will keep
for an almost indefinite time It's bulk
is decreased by the process one-third.
st. Louis has concrete building 81
feet high. which has no windows.
light comes only from glass in the
roof.
If little chalk be rubbed on file
before filing steel it viii prevent chips
sticking to the file to scratch the
work
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22

AND
flfCHANN').
USEFUL AS TOOL SHARPENER
Blade Held Against Revolving Wheel
With Rough Surface Found to
Be Effective.

An implement for sharpening tools
has been patented by Pennsylvania
man. A handle has a frame in which
q wheel with a facing of sharpening
material is pivoted. This facing con-
sists of a series OF ridges and inter-
posed grooves spirally arranged. The
upper part of the frame has sheath
to hold tool CT the blade of tool
against the sharpening surface On
the other side of the wheel is driv-
ing mechanism consisting of smaller
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22

vested when ripe. OF insect pests
we know too little as yet, though
the prospective planter should
count this in his estimate of ex-
pense; remembering. however.
that modern scientific methods
have overcome the greatest fruit
pests, and that these on the palm
are not different in general char
acter from those which are now
under complete control.
Very little pruning of the palms
is necessary, and the harvesting is
very simple, since the dates grow
in great punches, which often
weigh from 90 to 40 pounds apiece.
There are over a hundred varie-
ties of dates now growing in the
government gardens in California
and Arizona, from which are being
distributed to prospective planters
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22

the spout is a bridge on which the
point of the iron rests. To heat the
point Of the iron or to direct the
flames at any place on which the iron
is to be used the handle of the latter
is raised up and pushed down, and
this movement operates the piston
which pumps the air into the torch
and causes the flame to squirt forth.
With this torch the waste of fire Is
eliminated.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22
BLOW TORCH IMPROVEMENT
Soldering Iron Operates Pump Which
Heats Point of lron-Waste
of Heat Eliminated.

An ingenious improvement on the
plumbers blow torch has been in
vented by an Ohio man. Any person
who has seen plumber at work is ia
miliar with the can with jet Of flame
roaring from spout above it. In this
implement the flame is projected by
the operation of an air pump, to the
piston of which the handle of the
soldering iron is fixed. At the top or
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22

wheel to which cords are affixed As
these cords are wound or unwound
by pulling them in one direction or
another, the sharpening wheel is made
to rotate backward and forward and
the tool blade is ground to an edge
just as it would be If it was held
against wheel driven by foot power
or some other motive power
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22
EFFICIENT AS WATER FILTER
Cheap and Simple Device Easily May
Be Arranged by Using Ordinary
Pipe and Fittings.

A cheap, simple and efficient water
filter may be made of ordinary pipe
and fittings. Owing to the bad con-
dition of the water supply in our city,
/ constructed such a filter, and it gave
good results. The filter Is attached
to the water main just back Of the
faucet. says q writer in the Popular
Mechanics The large pipe or body of
the filter is filed with charcoal, G.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22

D the traveller who has wan
dered with men of many
tastes all over the world,
the thought must often
have come, "Of what use
are all the strange plants
which make up the land
scapes of the pictures?"
The globe, with its kaleido-
scopic panorama of people,
animals, and plants, has
been whirled before you,
as it were, and you have in
your minds the picture of a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22

False teeth made Of paper In Ger
many are said to retain their color as
we'll as porcelain ones. and to be
stronger and cheaper.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-22

which Is held in place with wool felt
or filter paper, B 3. and backed with
wire gauze. A A. The main body Of
the filter is made of 11s-inch iron
pipe with IL by * inch reducers on
the ends.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05
THE CRIPPLED TURK.

The allied enemies of the Turk are near the gates of Constantinop.e We were told in yesterdays dispatches. From the same source we are in- formed that the European powers are hurrying pell mell, helter skelter to the aid of the Turk, in that they are endeavoring to mediate between the Turks and their foes and open negotiations for the establishment of peace. The Sublime Porte has asked the intervention of the powers because Turkey finds that she can. not withstand the impetuous assaults of the allied forces.
 And the powers know now as they have all the time known that the integrity" of Turkey must not be impaired. That country's position in Europe is due solely to the alleged Christian nations of Europe. Their financial interests in Turkey are the sole, impelling cause. But for the money question the Turk would have been driven out of Europe a century or more ago. But because of the European financial interests in Fur key she has been allowed to main-
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05
POLITICS AND RELIGION.

A Seattle clergyman finds himself the unhappy possessor of a $25,OOO
 The libel, and We regret to note 1t, bondage. A S25,OOO beQuest from a rich uncle would be far more pleas ant-and profitable.
 The libel, and We regret to note it, was the result of politics and relig- ious faith, mixture, we submit that ought not to find a place in our po- lltlcal economy. Fortunately in America the religious faith of men seeking public office has seldom been called in question.
 A mans religious belief is his own. It is with him, or 1t should be at least, a matter of conscience. A man has also an indubitable right to his political belief. Should he be lam pooned or libeled because of 1t? Would straight.thinking people deem it fair. decent or honorable? But the matter of ones religious belief is a far more sacred matter. There is good in every religion that has stood the test of time. Without it this world would not have progressed as it has. And at that strange and la mentale things have been done in the name of religion, that have not been creditable to religions cause.
 A story is told of the celebrated Dean Swift which illustrates the length to which religious bigotry has gone in times past. The dean was travelling through a part of Ireland where religious bitterness had reached high development. He came to church over the door of which was written:
 "A Turk, Jew or heathen may en- ter here. but not a papist."
 Dean Swift read the inscription carefully, and taking his quill pen and inkhorn from his pocket under meath it he wrote: Whoever wrote this wrote 1t well, for the same is written on the gates of hell"
 But that was in a day of bitter re- ligious intolerance. We have gone forward since that period.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05

tain herself in face of murderous outrages on her non.Moslem subjects that have made the rest of the world shudder in horror.
 Turkey has been often told that she must effect reforms in her subject provinces, and as often has she prom lsed immediate compliance. Ere Quently the promised reforms have been made with fire and sword, And still the powers have blinked and nodded-the money power Is the greater.
 Turkey has just emerged from a disastrous war with Italy and is crippled financially; her navy is a farce. At Beirut, in Syria, last March, Italian warships sank two gunboats in that harbor. It might have been done with modern fire. arms at long distance. The armor plate of the Turkish gunboats was only boiler plate. That incident H. lustrates in a fair measure the war ships of the Ottoman navy,
 But the concert of the European powers will be unanimous. Turkey must be saved for the European money kings have so ordained, And her Christian provinces and redress ing their wrongs by fire and sword and will continue in the same old way.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05
SEVEN BIG QUESTIONS.

According to former Senator Henry Clay Hansbrough. Of North Dakota, there are seven big questions con. fronting the next president. Mir. Hansborough claims credit for putting the Louisiana lottery out of commis. sion: putting the Harvester trust on the griddle; putting the national ir. rigation law on the statute books. It will be noticed that he has, there fore. done some putting in his time, and is stin ready for further action, although North Dakota retired him, notwithstanding these accomplish. ments in the way of national legisla- ton.
 But as to the seven big problems which the senator says confront the next president:
 He says he would place the trusts at the head of the list, for the truth Is the nation Is trust.sick, and those who are responsible for the trusts are beginning to realize that something is radically wrong.
 Next in Senator Hansbrough's mind is the tarifT, and he adds that both the Republican and Democratic par ties are committed to a just and equitable revision. and they are not so very far apart, he thinks, as to the measure of protection to be pro, Yided.
 Monetary reform comes next. The government, says the Senator, is get. ting further and further away from Wall street every day. this being due in a large part to the business-like policy of the present secretary of the treasury.
 Foreign questions are fourth in the Senator's category. and on this sub ject he says: No one who has had legislative experience and participat- ed in the secret debates of the Sen ate would presume to discuss in ad- vance the nations foreign relations, for 1t is a subject possessing many delicate aspects. Hence the very great importance of having a steady hand at the helm of state"
 Constitutional changes. sociology and conservation in the Senator's opinion are next in order, the two latter being SO closely allied with the trust question that they cannot we'll be considered apart from it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05
JUNEAU. ALASKA. NOV. 5. 1912
ALASKA AND THE SPIRIT"

Alaska is a rich land. Its natural resources are really Just beginning to be appreciated in part. The idea that 1t is a waste. bowling wilderness, a region Of eternal snow and ice, in- habited mainly by polar bears and eskimo, Is gradually disappearing. But dense ignorance still exists in many parts of these United States concerning this territory.
 But we are making little progress all the time in the way Of enlighten- ing our fellow citizens elsewhere. They now know something about our gold and copper production. Alaska canned calmon may be found all around the world. though there still are people who think 1t comes from Oregon. Our coal deposits have at tracted wide attention and have created much controversy. They are stlll with us in their virgin state, to be sure, but We still hope that in the not distant future they will be of some use to Alaska and the whole Pacific Coast
 Alaska furnishes a substantial mar ket for the manufactured products Of the United States. and Seattle, in a great measure. owes it's rise, pro- gress and what prosperity 1t enjoys to this territory. Of course this state ment will be believed but by few people of that city. They lay the aattering unction to their souls that the Seattle Spirit" has worked the wonders and performed the miracles. They would not have us tell it in Alaska. publish 1t in the streets of the Elliott bay city or pin 1t to the Alaska totem pole that stands in Pioneer square.
 Great was Diana Of the EphesiIans, but in the Seattle mind. greater is the Spirit.
 Furthermore you may have noticed that the Spirits" withers are might. fly wrung when 1t finds that 1t Is not getting all that 1t thinks 1t should from the Alaska people.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05
THE VILLAGE rIeHTwAD.

A young country merchant who had something of a reputation for close figuring was especially atten- tive to the village schoolma'am. The young woman had a sweet tooth, and was not at all retiring about making the fact known. Accordingly, she hinted to her admirer that box of chocolates would be greatly appre- ciated on the occasion of his next visit. Later the suggestion was re- peated and again duly needed. The third time the subject was preached, however, the dispenser of sweets turned a deaf ear to the entreaty.
 T don't know about takln' that girl any more candy" he confided to a companion next day. She's owln' me 60 cents for chocolates already" FIX.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05

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JUNEAU FERRY G NAVleA- TON COMPANY
 TIME CARD

Leaves Juneau for Douglas and Treadwell-"S:OO a. m., 800 a. m. ""11:0O a. m., 1:00 p. m., 800 D. m., '"4:30 D. m., 6:30 D. m., S:OO D. m., 9:O0 D. m., 11:00 D. m.
 Leaves Treadwell for Douglas and Juneau-S:25 a. m., 9:25 a. m., ""12:00 noon, TAO D. m., S:25 p. m., '"4:55 D. m., 6:55 D. m., S:25 D. m., 9;25 p. m., 1925 D. m.
 Leaves Douglas for Juneau S:30 a. m., 9:30 Q. m. "'12:05 D. m., 1:45 D. m., 3:30 D. m., '"4:45 D. m., 7:05 D. m., S:30 D. m., 9:3O D. m., 11:00 D. m.
 "On Sundays this trip is omit ted.
 ''This trip to Sheep Creek daily except 4:30 D. m. trip on Saturday, which is omitted and trips leaving Juneau at 6:30 D. m. and 11:O0 are made instead, and Sheep Creek trips at 11:00 a. m., 6:30 D. m, and 11:00 p. m.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05

Republican and Progressive campaign funds have fallen hundreds of thcus- ands of dollars short of the Roose- welt campaign fund in 1904. Up to Oct. 27 there had been 5S,SOS con tributors to the S667,46O Wilson fund, an average of only SIS each. In 1904 7Sh per cent of the total Roosevelt contributions came from corporations.
 Nothing measures the distance that progressive government has travelled, says the New York World, in these eight years better than the difference between the campaign funds of 1904 and the campaign funds of 1912.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05
FISHER AND THE COAL LANDS.

Secretary of the Interior Fisher has announced his intention to wipe on the slate" in the matter of tho Alaska coal land controversy, before March 4. He adds that there will be no coal patents issued to anyone if he gets his fingers on them before March 4"
 Taking an absolutely dispassionate view of the Alaska coal land embro- glio we can come to no other cOnclu- sion than that grave injustice has been done to a number of the Alaska coal claimants. That there has been collision and fraud in some cases is evident; but it does not seem to be reasonable that every man who en- tered upon 16O acres of coal land is a thief, a perjurer or a fraud. In fact a not inconsiderable number of these men stand just a high in their re- spective communities as does Mir.
 
 Fisher in his; they would not steal any part of the public domain know lngly or wiltully.
 Viewed from any standpoint one cannot but reach the conclusion that 1t is high time. however. that this most vexatious problem received a sane solution. The whole Alaskan coast has suffered because of 1t, and will continue 70 suffer until the great coal fields of this territory are open ed up and developed commercially. Alaska and the Pacific Coast need the coal, and the industries which would follow the development of the product of Alaska's coal measures.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05

Some of the numerous national election forecasters will know today how it feels to be funnier than they intended to be.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

There is one phase of the presiden. tial campaign just closed which is worthy of more than passing com ment It embraces the subject of campaign contributions this year. It Is stated on good authority that the total contributions to the Democratic,
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05
STDELIGHTS

tTf-FE a7s-I-E7E-F-E-F
 Travelling in a German railway train one day last winter the writer engaged in conversation (bad Ger man ard worse English) with Ger man professional man, who entered compartment of the car. He was loquacious in the extreme and was greatly interested in America and Americans. Finally he asked what part of America we came from. Alaska, he was told.
 "Ach!" he said, in mixed German and English, "der land of gelt." Then he was told of the Pacific Coast. San Francisco he had heard of, Seattle? ''Nein, nein," he shook his head while its location was laboriously explained to him. The name and the fame of the city which Alaska has built up he had never heard Of
 Some of the numerous national election forecasters will know today how it feels to be funnier than they intended to be.
 If Alaska does not have a credit able frsS territorial legislature 1t will not be because there was a lack of good timber. It will be the peoples fault, not the candidates.
 Well there's something to be thankful for in the fact that Seattle's two leading commercial bodies don't see all dollars alike.
 The Seattle Chamber of Commerce, it may not be known, has an Alas ka Bureau. Now, We really wonder what important functional duties 1t performs that are of benefit to Alas ka?
 President Taft fayors Governor Hadley, of Missouri, as the success sor of the late Vice President sher- man. The selection is an excellent one. Gov. Hadley Is a clean, able man, who in the opinion of many loomed large in the Republican Ma tiCnal Convention at Chicago. Next to Senator Elihu Roos he was by far the ablest and most conspicuous fig ure in that great gathering. Alert, brilliant, well.poised, he made clean-cut fight for the nomination of Roosevelt, but when the smoke of the convention battle had cleared away he refused to follow the Col onel and become a Bull Moose, choosing, rather to suffer aHiction with the Republican party than to en. joy the pleasures of browsing around in the Moose pastures. Governor Eadley will yet be heard from in the national politics.
 The women of the states of Wash ington and California enjoyed their first voting privileges in a national election today. Wonder how many of them will get their ballots on straight?
 Fred Garner, of Juneau, has we'll preserved copy of the first issue of the Nome News, published Oct. g. 1899, which he prizes highly. It is
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT.
In the District Court for the District of Alaska, Division No. 1,
 At Juneau.

In the Matter of Calling a Special December, 1912, Term of Court at Juneau
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to an order of the Honorable Thomas R. Lyons, District Judge for the District of Alaska, Division No. l, made on-the 4th day of November, 1912, at Juneau, Alaska, a SPECIAL TERM of the DISTRICT COURT will be holden at the United States Court House at Juneau, Alaska, beginning on Monday, the NINTH DAY OF DE- CEMBER, 1912, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenon of said day.
 E. w. PETTIT.
 Clerk of the District Court for
 the District of Alaska, Division
 No l.
 Dated and published at Juneau, Alaska. this 5th day of November, A. ID. 1912.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05

a fourpage, four-column sheet, and on the editorial page the announce ment is made that the News Twill be delivered to subscribers at S2 per month, or S24 a year, in advance; price of single copies 50 cents each" The advertising rates are quoted at S2O per inch a month. The News was published weekly until the fol- lowing summer when 1t became a daily.
 Alaska today enters upon new epoch in her somewhat peculiar and tortuous history. AS history goes yesterday 1t was a Russian province, but today it Is a full.hedged terri tory of the United States, It's legisla- tive powers dating from today. And at tkat we think that the recognition was slow in coming. But imagine, if you can, what Alaska would have been today were it still under the Russian flag. Clifford Pinchots wild est dreams of conservation would not have been a marker for the close season that would have prevailed all the year round, except to the fav- ored few.
The Alaska daily empire., 1912-11-05
FEMMER 6 RITTER.

See this firm for all kinds of dray- ing and hauling. We guarantee sat isfactlon and reasonable prices. Coal delivered promptly. Femmer 6 Rit- ter's Express. Stand Burford's Cor rer Phone S14. Residence phones 4O2 or 4OS. 't