davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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z1H NlzHeW REcVHRD AEGEzW NAHE

between 100000 and 100000 cubic feet
per minute, and during the filtration
tests made of the gases throughout
period of nine months 1t was found
that the electrical precipitatOr recov-
cred between 80 and 90 per cent of the
suspended matter. With improve
ments in detail of construction, the ef-
ficiency later was raised well up into
the nineties.
Great wastage In Smoke.
The general public has only the
faintest notion of the wastage repre-
sented in the fumes and smokes from
belching stacks quite apart from the
benefcient economies following from
their abatement where the nature Of
these outpourings is harmful to man
and vegetation. In the smelling of
lead the fume contains anywhere from
3 to 10 per cent of the volatilized met
al In the form of lead oxide and lead
and antimony. This percentage is
well worth recovering. Doctor Cott-
rell Is authority for the statement that
not less than 36 valuable substances
are found In fumes which, If not col
lected. would be lost during the smelt-
ing and refining of various ores. etc.
At Great Falls, Mont. there was at
one time a daily loss In dust from the
stacks of one of the large smelters of
3.775 pounds of copper 106 ounces of
silver, and OIL ounces of gold. By an
adequate provision for dust recovery.
this smelter was able to save in the
course of Il, single year metallic val
ues amounting to S130,263.
The blighting gas. sulphur dioxide,
given Off from the stacks of copper
smelters can be transformed into use
full substances by turning the gas into
sulphuric acid or sulphur. Sulphuric
acid is largely made here by treating
pyrites, and we now consume annually
in the neighborhood of 6,250,0O0 tons
of 30 per cent sulphuric acid. To
great extent this corrosive fluid Is
prime constituent in the preparation
of fertilizers, especially where phos-
phate rock is treated for this purpose.
1t is also used in converting the am
monia by-products of cooking ovens
into ammonia sulphate. Sulphuric
acid is In great demand by explosive
factories. oil retiners, steel mills and
varied Industries engaged in the max
ing of heavy chemicals. Sulphuric
acid is likewise extensively employed
by smelters and the latter are paying
as high as $50 ton today for the
stuff Sulphur dioxide Is used in
the preparation of wood pulp for pa
per making, both as a disintegrating
and bleaching agent.
In dealing with noxious or objec-
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"There Was a Collision"
sill and sing his thanks to me. I will

sill and sing his thanks to me. I will
give you half dollar for the bird"
you can have him In a holy min
ute" exclaimed the boy. And as soon
as the coin was passed over he set
the cage down at Mr.. Bowser's feet
and went away shouting with glee as
he went.
The cage was lifted up. the robin
taken out and given toss Into the
air, and as 1t flew away Mr.. Bowser
almost had tears In his eyes. He had
done another good deed. Three or four
people had gathered around him and
they saw the bird go and expressed
their astonishment. Mr.. BOwser smiled
at them and exclaimed:
Mankind has a right to freedom,
and why shouldn't our birds have the
same right? And any of you can have
this cage who wants It."
Down cross street. two blocks In
advance of Mr.. Bowser some bad
boys who had never been talked to
by benign man, were encouraging
fight between dog and goat.
Neither animal cared to fight. They
NtIt uiSo othiShs Ahty
shifted at each other and bluffed n
little. but each hoped to get out of
the situation without conflict. The
boys persisted. however. and finally
the dog was encouraged to go In for
shindy. He sprang forward and
gave the goat bite. and the goats
courage was not equal to the occa-
sion. He turned and ran. 1t was just
what the dog was hoping for. and he
made vigorous pursuit. Facing the
rear end of the goat is far differ
ent thing from facing his horns.
1t was pretty even race to the
corner. and the goat arrived there just
as Mr. Bowser did. There was col
lision and Mr.. Bowser went into the
gutter with cane and hat and the be-
nlgn smile scattered all around. The
dog stopped. and. after moment, the
goat put on speed and soon vanished
from view.
And what did the benign Mr. Bow
ser do when he picked himself out
of the dust? He looked around for
somebody to hold him TO blame for
the calamity. He found three or four
men and shook his fist under their
noses, and he swore by the beard of
his father TO lick the whole town
The benign smile had faded forever.
Mr.. Bowser went home. His hat
was broken and his cane was splIn,
tered. and there was dust all over him.
He found Mrs. Bowser up and ready 10
ask him questions, but. instead of re-
plying, he went upstairs and was seen
no more until the evening meal was
ready. During garret retirement he
did some thinking. and the thinking
was expressed to himself on the wa!
downstairs:
by thunder. but being u benign an'
happy man don't pay five cents on :
dollar, and | am going to quit u!'
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to the gutter around II, and at the
same time sweetly smiled and said:
skipping the rope. are you? Well.
that will bring roses to your cheeks,
and you will grow up to be handsome
girls. No one should complain of
you. Here is dime to buy candy
for all of you"
Just at the corner were two tramps
leaning up against fence. They
saw Mr.. Bowser coming, and saw
that he was contented and benign.
This led them. to the conclusion that
things were all wrong in this world.
and that he ought to be made to
share his money with them. They
did not strike him for anything as he
passed. but one of them called him an
old robber. Mr.. Bowser heard 1t, and
turned about and said:
Boys, you shouldn't feel that way
on such a beautiful day as this is.
What money / have. and 1t is not
great deal, / have made fairly and
honestly. ! have not robbed nor op-
pressed any man, and l certainly
should be glad to see you earning $40
"A day. Here is quarter for each of
you, and you can do what you like
with it."
The mems attitude changed at once,
and they lifted their old hats to him
and begged he would not have any
hard feelings on account of their mis-
take.
Mr.. Bowser met the plumber. They
had not been good friends for the last
six months. owing to the fact that the
plumber had been called TO mend
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19
A New Man,

Son and heir was in one of his
jOastful moods. asserting that he was
not going to be this, that or the other
when he grew up; he was going to be
something else. Auntle feigned all In
terest and begged to know what he
was going to be.
"Tm going to be big papa, and not
work ut ALL"
"Oh, you don't mean that? Not
work ut all? / never heard of n papa
not working at ALL" auntic exclaimed.
mo, I'm not going to work Mt all.
Just going to stny at home and be
new papa" At this auntie burst out
laughing and said:
"Oh you mean you're going to be
sort of new womanf'
mol no, no." the tot retorted. I'm
going to be new man."
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Character Told by Tongue.

Someone has discovered u new sci
ence that he hns named "Glosso-
nancy" Americanized, 1t is tongue
ology. The owner Of a short broad
tongue is untruthful and unreliable.
The owner of long broad tongue is
shallow, superficial and great talker.
The owner of small. round and
plump tongue Is mediocre, common
place and colorless. The owner of
short and narrow tongue is quick-tem-
pered yet affectionate and as sudden
in hate as in love. The owner OF the
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IN ahota nuisanceS that bid falr 10
cause tho shutdown or removal OF
costly plants.
In dealing with dust alone. the FIRST
direct effort along this line had 10 10
with Portland plant near hiversiue'
Cal, An electrical treater was instaii-
ed there a few years ago by way OF e4-
pertinent, and couple Of years later
was collecting something like nun
dred tons of dust daily. Prior to that
the dust had been scattered Droadcast
and settled upon the groves of ada
cent orange growers, leading to extern
sive litigation. Analysis of the re-
covered dust disclosed the presence of
an appreciable percentage OF potash,
but this attracted no marked attention
at the time. Since then, particularly
now that 1t Is no longer possible Tor
us to get potash from our prime
source, Germany. this element so es-
septial to balanced plantfood Is In
great demand.
Last year the plant at Riverside
started full blast to actually create
dust as Its first concern In order to
recover the potash which previously
had been only by-product In the
manufacture of cement.
Cement Becomes ey-Produet.
This Is certainly romantic devel-
opment of modern Industry, where an
apparatus installed for the purpose of
saving the life of the factory turns out
to be the center of operations around
which the entire plant Is adjusted.
In other words. the cement becomes
for the once the by-product and the
profits on the potash furnish an ample
revenue, while the cement Is just SO
much additional gain.
Anyone at all familiar with the aver
age cement plant and the gray pow
dered appearance of the nearby ter
ritory can realize the boon that would
he conferred by the general adoption
of electrical precipitators not only In
preventing the escape of the dust but
in saving the potash which is so much
desired.
Perhaps the most interesting part
of the whole story of Doctor Cottrells
success is the fact that he has pre-
sented to Smithsonian Institute at
Washington all of his valuable patents
relating to the electrical precipitation
of dust. smoke and fumes. The pur-
pose of this munificence on his part
was that any profits resulting from
the practical application of the pat
ents should go to the upbuilding of a
fund to aid in the advancement Of
scientific research. In short. to help
genius and to develop inventions
where the needful financial aid might
otherwise be lacking.
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19

BY M. QUAD.
1t was pleasant Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Bowser had laid down to get
nap. the cook had gone on visit to
her mother, and the cat was on the
alley fence taking a sun bath and half
asleep. Mr.. Bowser lighted his cigar.
arranged his necktie and took his cane
for walk. He had had n good nights
sleep the night before. He had had
a good breakfast. lie had read the pa
pers. The day was so beautiful that
he felt to forgive all enemies and find
no fault with anything In nature or
mankind.
Up the street half block, as Mr..
Bowser sauntered along, he found
rope stretched across the sidewalk and
each end held by child. There
had been rope skipping, but they had
stopped at play to have little sport
with Mr.. Bowser. Instead of order
ing them to drop the rope. he took
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G0ZWaSZL AH24R-
.ATUS NcSED~ nv
ArLFN2NA eOzzZZE7pT

tfonable gases not
necessarily harmful a
new aspect of precip-
itation arises. Inc
electrical treater can
handle only fluids or
substances in t h g
shape of particles
and cannot cause the
precipitation of gases,
per Sc. But these
gases can be made to
condense upon mists
in the form of steam
or finely sprayed wa
ter or upon extremely
fine powder or dust
pusposely thrown In
to the sweep of the
gases to effect this.
In this way 1t Is pos
sible to deal with va
ried conditions and
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19
500 Reward, 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions, II
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
IL talten Internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation OF the disease,
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature in
doing its work. 10000 for any case of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
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up in the morning at four o clock, do my
housework, then go to a factory and work
all day, come home and get supper and
feel good. 1 don't know how many Of
my friends / have told what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. Mrs. ANNA METERLANo,
SO West 10th St, Peru, Ind.
Women who suffer from any such all
ments should not fail to try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
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al, staggered every one with the abso-
lutte coolness with which he met all
charges. But when he left the cham.
Der, in the darkness and falling snow,
10 cab was to be found. "Sapristi,"
cried the deputy, as he looked in vain
for friendly "fiacre.". Then an idea
struck him, and he approached mo-
tor0ar containing detectives. at is
you who are shadowing me?" he ques-
toned. Eyes, monsieur" "very well.
then take me home" said II. Caillaux,
as he entered the police car.-London
Chronicle.
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Long Quest

Mrs. Blobbins, l had an extra pair
of trousers in this house."
$50 you did, Henry"
"Yet they are nowhere to be found.
Did you give them away to some
tramp, Mrs. Blobbins"
mo. indeed, Henry. / gave them to
n most deserving man. He told me he
had been hunting work for seven
years"
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long and moderately pointed tongue
is frank, loving, truthful and affection
ate. Now all this may or Iay not
be true, but 1 will advise you, young
man. to quit eye-gazing and study her
tongue.-Scolopo. the Scribe.
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19
WHERE FARMING
IS PROFITABLE
The Future of Great Possibilities.

Some idea of the great wealth tina,
the Western Canada farmer had in
view n few years ago is now being real
lied. The amount received from the
sale of wheat, oats, barley, flax and
rye in 1917 was S2T0.000.0OO, while the
gales of live stock at Winnipeg alone
netted S40,00O,000 additional. OF this
sum hogs alone gave over eleven mil
lion dollars. The Increases at Calgary
and Edmonton were over GH million
dollars.
This money, so easily earned, is be-
ing spent in improvements in farm
property, purchasing additional land.
buying tractors, automobiles. and i'm
proving home conditions, providing
electric light, steam heat, new furni-
ture, pianos, buying Victory bonds,
paying up old debts. etc.
Over five hundred tractors were sold
in Southern Alberta In 1917 One
implement agent reports that the In
crease in his business in 1917, over
that of 1916. was equal to the total
business in 1915. II is the same story
all over the country. And it is not
tifis evidence alone which proves the
advancement and growth of the three
prairie provinces, but the large in
crease In the number of settlers; the
Improvement in the extent of the cul-
tivated areas and agricultural produc-
ton; the increase in value of which
over 1916 was S7T,0O0,000.
This wonderful progress that has
been made in agriculture In Western
Canada is but the beginning which
marks the future of the greatest agri-
cultural country on the continent.
showing future of great possibilities.
There are millions of acres yet un-
TILED, and of land as good as any OF
that which is now giving its owners
return of from twenty to thirty dollars
an acre, figures that in many cases
represent the cost of the land. with all
cultivation costs included. 1t is true
that the cost of production has in
creased during the past few years, but
the price of the product has also in
creased to a figure which leaves
large balance to the credit of the pro-
ducer.
The following table shows how this
works out. 1913 1917
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19
The Infant Mind.

"Where are you going, mamma?"
"To surprise party, dear
Cant l 60 too, and Archie and
Edna?"
mo. dear, You weren't invited"
"Weil, don't you think they'y be lots
more s'prised If you took us allf'-
Boston Evening Transcript.
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uoWn phlu D . o
badly that at times
j could not be on
my feet and it did
not seem as though
i could stand it. /
tried diff e r Q n {
medicines without
any benefit and
several d o ctors
told me nothing
but an operation
would do me any
good. My drug
gist told m Q of
Lydia E. p in X
hams Vegetable
Compound. / took
it with the result
that / am now well
and strong. ] get
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19

of the country how to perform the
same trick. He does this by means of
devices which. through electrical pre-
cipitation, not only reclaim vast
wealth from the smoke, dust and
fumes of smelters and other plants,
but at the sarse time redeem thou
sands of acres of nearby land. AS
matter of fact, the curb which he has
put upon the smoke and dust nuisance
his original aim-now actually bids
fair to be, in some directions, the pri-
mary reason for the running of certain
of our industries. The smoke wizard
who has accomplished these remark
able things is DR.. Frederick G. Cot
trell, chief metallurgist of the bureau
Of mines.
Doctor Cottrell's experiments began
several years ago when, as member
of the staff of the University of Cal
ifornia, he was called upon to solve
the problem of helping n smelter locat-
ed on San Francisco bay. The waste
gases and vapors from this smelter, re-
sulting from the sulphuric acid part
ing process used in treating gold and
silver bullion, were declared nuis-
seemed likely to provoke costly liti-
cation and possibly lead to a shut
down of the plant.
The gases discharged into the air
amounted to substantially 5000 cubic
feet per minute and held in suspension
an important proportion of sulphuric
acid in the form of fine mist. The
corrosive action of the sulphuric acid
was shown throughout the entire zone
swept broadcast by the shifting winds,
and both the agriculturists and the
people generally had ample reason for
complaint. The smelter was a profit
anxious to find some way to abate
nuisance that was both menace to
health and hurtful to vegetation.
Laboratory Meets Industry.
Doctor Cottrell's preliminary work
brought up some puzzling situations
Up to certain stage matters went
well enough on the miniature scale
of the investigational tests, but be-
yond this was the question of meeting
the practical situation presented by
large commercial smelter. A big part
of Doctor Cottrell's achievement lay
in spanning the gap between the la
boratory and the industrial plant and
in finding ways to control the enorm-
ous pressures of the necessary cleo
tric current, mounting up to 100000
volts.
The problem was solved, however,
and so well was the precipitator in
stalled at this smelter designed that
it has been doing its work satisfactor-
ily ever since. Further, by mere
chance Doctor Cottrell attacked ht
that plant what is commonly admitted
to be the most difficult of all problems
of smoke or fume abatement, viz. the
precipitation of acid mist.
The good results obtained in this
first instance soon became widely
known and new line of application
was opened a few years later when the
great copper smelter at Balaklala, Cal,
vas threatened with fume litigation
by the United States forestry service.
"Fume," or fine particles in the form
of smoke, and sulphur dioxide gas.
invisible to the eye, given off from the
stacks of the smelter, had swept the
neighboring country bare of vegetation
for miles, and 1t was case of either
a shutdown or suppression of these
destructive discharges.
A full-sized plant of the Cottrell
type was, accordingly, installed. The
volume of the gases treated averaged
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19
Caillaux's ApIomb.

There is going the rounds in Paris
a Characteristic story of NJ. Caillaux.
The other Sunday afternoon he ap-
peared for the last time before the
committee of eleven, charged with in
vestIgating his case. He had. us usu-
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cutieura Beauty Doctor

For cleansing and beautifying the
skin, hands and hair, Cuticura Soap
and Ointment afford the most effective
preparations. For free samples ad-
dress. "Cuticura, Dept. x, Boston," At
druggists and by mail. Soap %, Oint-
ment 25 and 50.-Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19

Percentage increases are shown too
in another way, leading to the same
conclusion, from consultation of the
Department of Labor's review Of
prices. Taking 100 as the Index num-
ber Of normal production in the de-
cade from 1890 to 1900, the increases
in prices of farm products have
slightly outdistanced the increases In
his needs. Pct.
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19
Up for Inspection.

This is story told by man home
on furlough from Camp Custer:
The soldiers We're lined up for In
spection and every man was clean
'shnven but one.
"Why have You such II beardY
asked the sergeant.
81 couldn't find amy barber shop
any place." said the man.
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19

Her conversation Is naturally flow
cry when a girl talks through her
Easter hat.
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19

Our most exclusive circles-silvei
dollars.
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Vindictive.

Friend-What would you like best
to plant this year?
Farmer-My summer visitors.
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19
WOMAN WORKS
IS HOURS A day
Marvellous Story of Woman's
Change from Weakness
to Strength by Taking
Druggisrs Advice.

Peru. Ind.-"I suffered from a dis
placement with backache and dragging
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19

One good way to derive an income
from literature-sell books.
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19
All Knitting.

All Knitting.
Jnne-Do you knit?
Susle-No.
Jane-Get busy. kid; even bones
Knit.
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pin-hole leak In a water pipe and
had charged $3.50 for about 30 cents
worth of work. Mr.. Bowser had re-
fused to pay the bill, and the plumber
had threatened law suit. The plumb
er turned aside when he saw that a
meeting was about to occur. but Mr..
Bowser walked up and slapped him on
the bnck and said:
'Plumber. perhaps was too short
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-19
Scientist Has Dis
covered Wau TO
Stop Enormous
w aste of Fuel

MERICA sends billions 'up
in smoke" yearly because
' of the enormous waste in
the fuel used by our indus
tries. On the other hand,
n there is a man in Washing
~ ton who has discovered
how to turn smoke into
money and he is now busily
annan nad nachinn tho rest
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Observation-Disclosures
BOWSer
Was Benign
But An Old Goat
Spoiled 1t All
BY M. QUAD.

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(Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.l
New-York tribune., 1918-10-10

6Sd Il. u. Il lolst st. Park ave-. L. 9oth
ST. and Madison ave
otth Il. Do. 1921 ST.. Madison ave. L..
a9t st. and 5th ave-
80, Soth II. De 10Th st, Madison ave, u,
lo2d st. and 9th ave
otth L.. De. 6lst at, Sd ave. L. J9tl1 at.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-10

seventeenth Assembly District.
!st d De loed ST.. Park ave, Z. lo,st
New-York tribune., 1918-10-10

lst Z. De. il9th ST.. PARK ave. l.. llsth
Il. and 5th ave.
"a e; D.-E l9oth St. Park ave. Z. lls,h
ST. and Madison ave.
% e. L. f. l-4tn ST., Madison ave. d.
l!sth St. 5th ave. an0 line across Mount
Morris Park from the corner OF 9TH ave and
q. l2Oth 81. 10 the corner OF 5th ave, ana =
lc4th 81. ~ 49,
an e. p.-.A diagonal line from the corner
or W l@Sd st. and LenoX ave. to te corne, az
W. l2.d 81, and Nj. Morris ave. Mt. Morris
tfe W. l-tth St, u line across Mount Nnrri ,
lark from the corner OF ". l.lth q. and -,S
sEe 20 the eorue. o. W 10th st. ana XII,
~ az nye.. d d'aEoual line from th., corr
N' - ll4th 81. and atl. ave. 10 the oo-ls- ~ Q
w '-pth 81. and leno~ ave. ana .,n,,x m,
,stl T. p~W 10th ST.. Il diagonal linz
from the corner Of Lenox ave. and W, lao,h