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Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Improvised Gun Has Kick.

The Burma government forbids the
natives to have guns in their posses
sion. and prohibits trading In arrows
and ammunition. But the natives in.
genuity enables him to get around this.
He will find piece OF gaspipe some
where, fit rude stock to II and a
crude primer and hammer. and will
use safety matches in lieu Of powder.
He cuts off the heads OF about two
boxes OF matches and puts them into
the iEnprOvised barrel. He then rams
his shot home and is ready for bust
ness.
And let me tell you, II you never
tried to shoot with such a gun, don't
ever do so. Why, an express rifle is
about as kicklcss MS a % callber Flo.
bert compared with this improvised
shotgun! tried shooting one once
upon time and the thing almost
kicked my shoulder educational Geo
graphic Bulletin.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Ice Cut With a Gas Driven Saw.

For the purpose of cutting ice ax-
peditiously during the last winter,
there was devised saw of an auto
mobile type power plant and circu-
lar saw at the end of an adjustable
arm, so that the saw can be raised
and lowered to the desired degree
The saw is pushed along on steel run
ners, the operator behind furnishing
the motive power. A double lever
arrangement just over the handle
bars serves to control the raising and
lowering of the saw. The portable
saw In question cuts the ice into 20
foot squares. These squares tre
guided through the-water to gang OF
four circular saws. which cut the
squares into the regulation sized
cakes.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Muscle Not Properly Applied.

Every day evidence appears that
the American male is physically more
powerful than his ancestors. The bur
glars who entered an apartment on
Central Park West carried of not
merely the little valuables, but also
safe weighing 400 pounds. Two
thieves who operated in restaurant
in business hours abandoned the old
school method Of snatchlng the money
from the till and took the cash regis
ter intact. Not a week passes but
some warehouse reports the theft Of
dozen barrels Of whisky each of which
weighs at least $50 pounds. School
playgropds, the baseball fields and
the gymnaslums seem to have done
wonders for the biceps of our youth
In certain lines. But why is 1t, when
an effort is made to divert some of
this magnificent strength to common
place work, that an apparent disinte-
grafton Of muscle ues?-New York
Sun.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
WHERE SCIENCE STOPS SHORT
Why It Will Always Be impossible to
Square the Circle With Per.
feet Accuracy.

To correspondent who suggests an
experimental method of squaring the
circle. the editor of the Scientific
American replies. that the method
seems correct, but adds:
Your results will, however, be no
more accurate than your ability to con-
struct squares and circles and to meas
ure lines and angles. This does not
go much beyond ten-thousandth of
an inch. This may be quite sufficient
for the engineer. but 1t is not for the
mathematician. He demands absolute
accuracy. In 1882 it was proved by
Lindemann that 1t was impossible to
find the side of a square which was
equal to a given circle. II this Is so,
all the other figures which you con-
struct are equally impossible of exact
determination. You cannot make n
perfect square or perfect circle with
wood or metals. In everything we
make we have to say. exact within
the limits Of measurement
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
HAD GENUS Fur INVENTION
Man Who Began Ls.e az a Prairie
Sheep Herder Made Most Re-
markable Record.

It is probable that Walter Turner
was the worlds most prolific inventor.
Starting life as shepherd on a
prairie sheep ranch In the far West
he knew nothing Of the mechanics Of
railway engineering. One day, how
ever, while tending his sheep on the
prairie In the nelghbOrhood of rail-
way. Turner came to where the ruins
Of trnin were scattered, and among
the fragments he picked up as curl
osity vital part of the Westinghouse
brake. This he was allowed to carry
away. During his lonely life on the
prairie he would ponder over the
mechanism of this brake. His chance
came when, having failed as sheep
farmer, he got a job as wheel Taper
on the railway, ultimately being pro-
NOTED to the engine shops. A series
of inventions, improving brakes pat
ented by the company, led to his fur
ther advancement. Mr.. Westinghouse.
who took him into his works, finally
department. Westinghouse patented
two hundred inventions, but the shep-
herd from the prairies patented four
hundred. Westinghouse made an air.
brake that would control fifty railway
carriages: Turner improved 1t till 1t
would control hundred. When he
died it was said that the value of the
shepherds inventions to the world
was over thirty-five million dollars in
gold.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
WHY:
Average Persons Lun 8 8
Are Seldom Filled

Among the first things that we learn
from good singing teacher is that
we have been using about one-half or
perhaps only one-third Of our avail
able lung capacity, leaving the bal
ance untouched. The average person
does not know anything about the bot
tom half of his lungs-he might as
well not have any bottom half. If
you tell him to take a deep breath. he
starts, as usual. to fill his lungs from
the top, and his deep breath Is no
ly involves lot of effort for substan-
TALLY the same result. The trained
singer or athlete, on the other hand
when about to indulge in a deep
breath, builds up the mass of air In
his lungs more or less like pyramid.
He starts mt the bottom and works
up; the central and upper regions of
his lungs are not inflated until the
bottom is blown up to the limit.
A New York singing teacher has
invented Il little device for recording
lung capacity which emphasizes the
difference between the right and the
wrong ways of obtaining this capacity
Instead of interesting himself in the
effects of expansion upon the sub
ject's chest measure, he turns his at
tention to the waist, and measures the
extent to which filling of the lungs
dilates this. More strictly, of course,
this little instrument does not meas
ure lung capacity itself but rather the
extent to which the full potential lung
capacity is being utilized. Try 1t out
yourself; if you did not know 1t be-
fore, you will be surprised to see how
greatly you can distend your sub
diaphragm by drawing in all the air
you can hold.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Wouldn't Have Dared to Say Il.

A recent bride received many tele-
grams of congratulation on the event
ful day. but there was one in particu.
lar which was out OF the ordinary,
Her sister lives In New York and came
on to Brockton for the wedding. In
the evening the following telegram was
received from her sisters hubby" In
New York:
Congratulations on having taken
my wife from me II only for day. If
you keep her there, will consider the
marriage a great success. Heartiest
condolences to Fin having Joined
the - family. He doesn't know
what he is up against and my great
consolation Is that have a fellow
sufferer who can sympathize with me
regularly"
At first Mrs. M-was angry, but
finally consented to have 1t read
Brockton Enterprise.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Why Fads Are a Good ThIno.

AS Walter Dill Scott suggests, every
business youth, on beginning his or her
business life. should adopt an avoca-
tion, fad some outside interest. only.
less absorbing than his business,
and should continuously cultivate It
as foil, rest n saving grace to
his business. Provided this fad or
unbusinesslike interest be one not
too narrow and one not too difficult
and fatiguing, the recipe is funda-
mentally nm important one for this
matter of business hours ms well as
for personal hygiene In general.-G
V. n. Dearborn, NJ. D., In the Scientific
American.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
SURE THAT ANIMALS DRAM
Eminent Authorities Have Gone on
Record, Though II Has Been
Subject Of Dispute.

AristOtle's history Of animals de-
clares that horses oxen, sheep. goats.
dogs and all viviparous quadrupeds
dream. Pliny. In his natural history
specifies the same animals. Buffou
describes the dreams of animals. Mac
nish calls attention to the fact that
horses neigh and rear In their sleep,
and affirms that cows and sheep. es-
pecially at the period Of rearing their
young, dream.
Darwin, in the descent of Man."
says that dogs, cats, horses and
probably all the higher animals, even
birds, as is stnted on good authority,
have vivid dreams, and this is shown
by their movements and voice."
George John Romanes. in his "Men-
tai Evolution In Animals" says that
the fact that dogs dream is proven
bial. and quotes Seneca and Lucretius.
and furnishes proof from DR.. Lauder
Lindsay, an eminent authority, that
horses dream. Bechstein holds that
the bullfinch dreams, and gives case
where the dream took on the char
acter of nightmare, and the bird fell
from its perch, and four great author
tiles say that dreaming becomes so
vivid as to lead to somnambulism.
Guer gives case of somnambulistic
watch dog which prowled in search
of imaginary strangers or fowls, and
exhibited toward them whole series
of pantomimic actions, including
barking DRYDEN saws: 1.-THE little
birds in dreams the songs repeat"
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
NEXT JOB IS WHAT COUNTS
Good Thing to Forget What One Has
Done, and Look Forward to
J. Something Else.

James ]. Hill, who possessed phe-
remember things you are interested
in.
What to do, therefore. is to discern
what things are useful, what things
one ought to be interested in, and
then forget the others.
That sounds easy, but 1t isn't easy,
as we all know. However, If we try,
we may accomplish something. IL we
don't, we won't.
Let's see, therefore, what are some
of the things we ought to forget.
First, and most important of all, for
get that brilliant record you made at
school or that wonderful sale you
made which caused all the boys to
talk, or that remarkable piece Of work
You did which won your raise of pay
and promotion.
Forget the big things you did yes.
terday or last year.
Forget all about the time you
topped the list and were made fuss
over.
Forget that You are Tin your own
eyes) wonder, world beater.
Water that has gone over the mill
wheel can grind no more corn.
Forget what you have already dtns
and address all your mind and
strength and talent 70 the next Job
Forbes Magazine (New York;.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
The AirpIane In Politics.

Mr.. Holman, the former New South
Wales premier, reJoices In the huge
electorate known euphoniously as
Cootamundra. On the eve OF very
warmly contested election, Mr.. Hol-
man recognized that Cootamundra
had 1S large centers. each Of which
required personal canvass In order
to insure the return Of Its present able
representative. He announced, there
fore. that he would use an airplane
to cover the electorate. Not to be out
done, his labor opponent at once made
plans to drop propaganda by airplane
over Mr.. Holmnn's route.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
, Profitable companIonshlp.

Among the most curious and inter.
esting Of natural phenomena are those
pertaining to the mutual relationships
of common organisms. Two plants,
two animals. or plant and an AMI.
nal. may live together for their mu-
ual benefit. Very often one Of the
partners gets food for the combination,
while the other receives protection.
rhis is the arrangement that subsists
between tropical plants and certain
species OF ants which live and feed
IN their hollow stems. and In return
drive away other insects that would
do damage.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Wonderful Balances.

II was the IinlIan physician Sal.
vioni who devised n microbalunce OF
such extreme delicacy that II clearly
demonstrates the loss Of weight %.
musk by volitalIzation. Thus the in
visible perfume fioniing off in the air
Is indirectly weighed. The essential
part Of the apparatus Is n very thin
thread Of glass fixed AT one end and
extended horizontally. The micro.
scopic objects to he weighed are
plAced on the glass thread near It's
free end and the amount of Hexure
produced Is observed with the micro
scope magnifying 100 dlnmeters. A
mote weighing one onc-tliousnndth Of
miilIgram perceptibly bends the
thread. .
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Japan. Trad. with North America,

Japan's trade with North America
for the first quarter of this year
amounted to POI $4,000 yen in ex-
ports and 276,934,O0O yen in imports,
the balance being 75.11O,OOO yen.
Compared with the corresponding
period Of last year, the figures show
nm increase Of 114,3430OO yen in ex-
ports and Of 102,744,O0O yen In i'm
ports. The principal article for ex-
port was raw silk, while principal I'm
ports comprised raw cotton and iron.-
East and West News.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
why Rubies In sethroth.l Rlno..

As far us II can be learned. the old.
est bethrothal rings were set with ri.
bies only, MS the love token of long
ago. That stone Is credited with be-
ing what Is chilled "lucky." and is said
to drive away sadness and evil dreams.
There is a legend about the ruby.
which declares that Noah had one Of
marvellous brilliancy. "the light which
II emitted being sufficient to illumi.
nate his chamber In the ark"
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
New Insulating Material.

A new insulating material Is being
made from n kind of kelp which Is
found In the Australian waters. The
moist precipitate is subjected to pres.
sure, after which II is hardened by a
treatment with formalin and then II Is
shaped in lathe. The material
takes the plnce Of slate and marble.
which is largely In use for this pur-
pose, and Is much less expens'-a--
Exchange.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Merchandising Material.

A new Notwithstanding material COM
posed Of mixture Of special clay
and cork has been discovered by n
Norwegian engineer. The clay and
cork mixture is burned and the result
is the formation Of a very light SUBJ
stance that Is said to be eminently
suitable for all Notwithstanding pur.
poses.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Real Success.

"Uncle George. what Is success In
life?" asked the small boy.
Uncle George-It's gettin' ither folk
70 think as highly O. you as you think
o yourself.-London Bllghty.
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Doctor Said Lungs
Might Last 6 Months
Mrs. Anthony Thought Her Time Had
Come. Found Road to Health,
Gained 40 Pounds.

Il want to tell others what Milks
Emulsion has done for me. Doctors told
my husband that I would not live 6
months and said I had tuberc ufosis.
When I began taking your wonderful
medicine I began to get better and am
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Weigh 40 pounds more. have a good
appetite and sleep fine at night. Before
using Mlks Emulsion I could not do
anything, had to sleep in a chair, had
no appetite and thought my time had
certainly come."-Mrs. Robert NJ. An
thony, Box SO, Guin, Ala.
To give your body strength to resist
disease. try bulldog 1t up with Milks
Emulsion. A trial costs nothing.
Milks Emulsion is a pleasant, nutri-
tive food and a corrective medicine. 1t
restores healthy. natural bowel action
doing away with all need Of pills and
ply sizes. 1t promotes appetite and
quickly puts the digestive organs in
shape to assimilate food. Chronic stom-
ach trouble and constipa ton are
promptly relieved.
This is the only solid emulsion made
and so palatable that it is eaten with
spoon like ice cream. Truly Won
derful for weak, sickly children.
No matter how severe your case, you
are urged to try Milks Emulsion under
this guarantee-Take six bottles home
with you, use it according to directions
and if not satisfied with the results
your money will be promptly refunded
Price Use and $50 per bottle. The
Milks Emulsion Co, Terre Haute, Ind
Sold by druggists Observation-Disclosures
tiSement
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An Old Recipe
to Darker Hair
Sage Tea and Sulp hur Turns Gray,
Faded Hair Dark and
Glossy,

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray. Years ago the only way to
get this mixture was to make it at
home, which is mussy and trouble.
some.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" You will get a large
bottle of this old-time recipe improved
by the addition of other ingredients
at very little cost. Every body uses
this preparation now. because no enc
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen sponge OF
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time; by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy ano
you look years younger-Advertise
ment.
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1Bx Associated Pressl

(By Associated PreSS)
WASHINGTON, Dec. Need of a
far-sighted government policy with re-
spect to many OF the country's internal
affairs is emphasized in the annual re-
port of Secretary Payne. made public
today at the Interior Department Lack
Of definite aim was said to affect
particularly the administration of &C
tivities in Alaska, in dealing with the
Indian tribes, in preservation of the
national parks and forests and again
in handling the greater reconstruction
problem of maintaining high agri-
cultural production.
While Mr.. Payne criticised the un.
certainty which he said surrounded
many activities, he commended as
strong constructive step the action Of
congress in making possible the "su-
perpower survey" of the region be-
tween Boston and Washington with a
view to the development of unified
system of power generation and dis
tribution. This investigation, made
under the direction of the Interior De,
partment, will he completed and the
committees report given to the pub.
lie about next June, the secretary said,
ouuluS LudC uc UclIcECQ IL "oulO uC'
serve public confidence.
Transportation Problem.
On the subject of Alaska, the secre.
tary said the primal problem was
transportation and advocated the op.
Grafton of a government owned steam
| ship line in order to insure develop
ment of the territory's resources. Two
| lines now serve the region, but Mr.
Payne indicated their service was no,
satisfactory. He suggested their con
solidaion as means of improving the
service but this apparently was i'm
| possible.
The government railroad in Alaska
to be total of $40 miles in length will
be completed and in operation in 1922
Mr.. Payne reported. He added that i
tapped fields of untold mineral wealth
and praised the work of the engineer!
in the progress made,
In connection with Secretary Payne
discussion of Alaskan transportation
Governor Riggs, the territorial execu
tive, urged the establishment of a ton
mage tax on all shipping to and in the
territory and the building up with thu
fund thus raised of Irregular and rea
sonable service upon equitable rate!
and schedules" He advocated alst
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grounds, the property of the people,
comprise an area larger than the COM
bined states of Massachusetts and Con-
necticut."
The service said it would submit
with its estimates figures showing
that each year the national parks re.
turn to the federal treasury in the
form of revenues a large dividend on
the investment. These revenues in the
1920 fiscal year were said to have
amounted to approximately 50 per
cent Of the cost Of maintaining the
parks that year while the revenues
this year are expected to amount to
40 per cent of the years cost. The
suggestion is added that should the
development program be approved it
is expected that the revenues within
a few years will be brought to figure
approximating the cost of administra-
ton, maintenance and protection.
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DEFINITE APPROVAL
OF NATIONAL PARK
SYSTEM IS SOUGHT
iRv Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Dec. T. Definite
a-rroval by Congress Of a compre-
h"nsive plan for development or the
rational park system will be sought
~ the National Park Service of the
department of Interior in submitting
its 1922 appropriation estimates.
The estimates. which were outlined
In a statement today by the Park Ser
vice, total s2,473,594. and provide for
construction Of roads, sanitary sys-
toms. camping grounds and electric
lighting plants for the public camps
and hotels in addition to the regular
expenses of maintenance and admin
istration. The estimates exceed the
appropriation for the current year by
approximately $500. ooo-all of which
the service plans to use in inaugural
ing its development program.
1.-THE increase asked for" the state.
ment issued by the park service said
"is admittedly large. but it should be
remembered that these pleasurins
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PROGRESS IN HOUSE
ORGANIZATION URGED
BY WAYNE co. man

In order to avoid delay In handling
problems that with come up in the
next session of the state legislature,
through the fight for the speakership,
low impending. James M. Knapp.
representative from Wayne County,
has proposed plan Of organization
whereby the matter may be settled at
once without consuming valuable
time. A. "--.''t' ..-'s.-
His proposal is embodied in letter
to E.sM. Wasmuth. a copy OF which
follows: = 81 as%&i = ~
Hagerstown, Ind, Dec. 4. 1920.
Mr.. E. NJ. Wasmuth,
9w !, Indianapolis, Ind.
Dear Sir: J. . - ... <-
l have been giving the question Of
the selection of Speaker for the
House of Representatives considerable
thought. l have been hoping all along
that conditions would be such that
would enable the House to enter into.
what promises to be, one Of the most
important sessions of the General AS
Eembly, without first having had to go
through a long drawn out contest for
the speakership. 1t is now about five
weeks until the time of the usual pre-
legislative session caucus, but be-
iieve, that for the best interests of the
people of the State, and to make sure
of a more harmonious working body.
that this precedent be not followed.
hut that the Republican House mem
bers should assemble without delay
and decide now who they wished to
be speaker. I would suggest however,
That consent Of all speakership candi-
dates be secured. before such call is
made. Such plan as this would give
the Speaker To Be" ample time to
carefully work out his committee as
signments so that he would be ready
to announce them on the opening day
OF the session, and get down to bust
uess without the delay that has at
1ended sessions in the past. The
people OF the State have right to
expect that the prospects for a real
constructive legislative session shall
not be injured in the outset by petty
1eaiousies and fights that often result
from such contests as these, There
fore I am for getting this matter
settled at an early date, and then
every fellow lend hand toward CIV
ing the State n real constructive
legislative programme.
Yours truly.
JAMES M. KNAPP,
Rep. Wayne County.
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RED PEPPER HEAT
STOPS BACKACHE
Concentrated Heat Penetrates Right
Down to Pain Spot-Brinss
Ease at Once.

Rheumatism, lumbago, neuritis, back
ache, stiff neck, sore muscles, strains,
aching joints. When you are suffer
ing SO you can hardly get around, lust
try Red Pepper Rub" and you will
have the quickest relief known.
Nothing has such concentrated, pen
etrating heat as red peppers. Instant
relief. Just as soon as you apply Red
Pepper Rub you feel the tingling heat
In three minutes, it warns the sore
spot through and through. Frees the
blood circulation. breaks up the con
gestion-and pain is gone.
Rowles Red Pepper Rub. made from
red peppers. costs little at any drug
store. Get jar at once. Almost in
slant relief awaits you. Use it fol
colds in chest. No matter what yor
have used for pain or congestion, dom
fail to try Red Pepper Rub.-Adver
tisement.
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tinue for forty years or more" the
report asserts.