Charlevoix county herald., 1917-10-26


the art of stellar photography the
number of stars In the SKY seem to In.
crease, for more Of these tiny specks
are brought into view. The latest es
timated enumeration OF the visible
ctars Is by Sir George Darwin, who
thinks 1000. OO0,0 900 is not ar excessive
figure.
One OF the government departments
has Just made directory OF the wire
less stations. commercial and govern
mental, but not including amateur
plants. On our Atlantic and Gulf coasts
there are So: on the Pacific Coast, 81:
On the Great Lakes 4S. and In Alaska
Is, in addition to which there are
three In the interior of the United
States. There are 334 naval vessels
equipped with wireless apparatus. and
821 merchant vessels. The total num-
Der OF stations listed is 1920, about 700
of which are shore stations.
A tribe Of Indians exist in Bolivia,
which is so exclusive and seclusive
that although they have lived for more
than 100 years within reach " the set.
Elements of white men, there is abso-
lutely no interchange whatever be-
tween them. The whites have at dit
ferent times made friendly advances,
but these have been repulsed. On one
occasion a scientific explorer succeed.
ed in securing by force. some Of the
implements made use of by the lat.
dams in tilling the ground and per
forming other domestic tasks, and
these indicate that the Indians are
still living in the age of wooa anu
stone. Their knives are of hard wood
and hone rubbed down to fine edge.
They seem TO have no knowledge Of
the use of metals. This constitutes all
the knowledge the whites have about
ibis strange tribe. II is not known ev-
en- II they live in one large tribe or
many smaller ones. These Iniians are
known as the Siriones and they live
III the banks of the PilcOmayo River.
The man passing along the street
will call attention to the wasteful ex-
travagance of smoking chimney OF
some industrial establishment and in
all probability he is guilty OF just such
extravaganza In The care and opera
ton Of his own heater. In mill and fac
tory practice the highest firing results
form heat throughout the twenty four
hours. This Is accomplished either by
skillful hand firing or automatic stok
ing. The latter never permits a great
accumulation of ashes. The bed uni
form at all times and feeding q! fresh
coal is uniform. There is no piling Of
q whole lot OF coal in at once, but a
little ut time. Good land stok!ng fol.
lows the same rule. Apply this to your
home furnace or heater. The old praC
ice of shaking a fire down, removing
the ashes, filling up with coal, and
turning on all the hampers, Is one OF
the most wasteful imaginable Slight
shaking several times through the day,
few shovels of coal applied every
few hours and with drafts half open,
r,eans a uniform, steady fire tina; will
give the greatest amount Of heat at "a
minimum consumption of coal.
II IL entirely likely that Siberia will
be the worlds wheat market OF the
future. This country enjoyed the dis
tinction, but as the scientific culture
OF the grain enabled the growers to
move farther north, the belt was ex
tended into Canada, so that the coun
try shares a great degree In the pro
1uct. Thus il was discovered that the
corresponding attitudes Of Russia were
suited for wheat growing anil the size
IT the crop in that country has grown
from year to year until the wheat
grown in the Cars country has out
stripped that of our own as far as
quantity is concerned. This fact is
particularly significant when it is rear.
lied that Russia is a rye eating coun
try. While American methods largely
enter into the cultivation OF this crop
by the Muskovites, American machin
cry Is also largely used.