The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-02-11

pear for jury duty. II am at present
a guest at Sing Sing" he wrote,
(which Is why / can't be a juror In
your court, much as l would like to
BET"
A new wood-preserving process en-
ployed in Germany consists OF a n.y.
podermic injection of a protective
antiseptic in the freshly felled tree
trunk while it is still in the forest.
The highly concentrated mixture
quickly spreads through the tree It's
sues of the trunk by diffusion, as the
tree is still full of sap.
A Good Will Ship" is to sail to
France next August, bearing dele
gates from all parts of the United
States to the battle fields on which
American soldiers fought. The dele
CATION will present to France a purse
to be used for rehabilitation work
in the sections which American
troops helped to defend.
A lunch consisting of gold-flled
sandwiches and hard boiled" eggs
containing diamonds was taken from
a passenger travelling between Eydt-
kuhnen, Upper Silesia, and Berlin.
Pores of the bread had been filled
with gold and carefully covered with
butter, and the eggs had been emp
tied and reflled with diamonds.
Schools for the children Of migra-
tory laborers were recently opened in
the San Joaquin Valley of California.
These chchools will follow the labor
ers from place to place as they move
from one harvest to another in search
of employment. The last California
legislature provided for the establish
ment of the schools, as they ere con-
Quoted by the State department of
education.
C. w. Armhurst, of Albany, ". Y,
claims to have perfected a device
which extracts the water from hnman
breath, so that shipwrecked sailors
or those on vessels which run out of
drinking water can run on their own
fluid" His apparatus, he claimss will
up all the water lost in breathing. ex-
cept a small percentage.
A gyroscopic stabilizer will be, fitted
into the steamship George. Washing
ton, the largest ship owned by the
United States Shipping Beard now in
operation. The stablizer will weigh
more than 100 tons and be 12 feet
In diameter. The device will do.away
with the bilge keels and save about
1000 horse power. 1t is set amid
ships and when in operation .corrects
the list of the ship in heavy weather.
Income tax officials at Pasadena,
California, are due to faint again
when Ed Kohler walks in next time
in his conductor uniform to make the
first payment of his income tax. The
last time Ed paid his tax II ran into
five figures for the year. A New
York uncle left Kohler a cool mil
lion, but he still collects fares on a
Pacific Electric Short Line street car
running into Pasadena. IT'D take
more than a million to make, me a
plutocrat," says Kohler.
1t is now possible to transmit sig
natures by wireless from continent
to continent. the electromagnetic
waves travelling $4,000 miles a sec
ond. No receiving station other than
the one intended can intercept the
message, because the cylinder from
which the message is SEN and the
n on which 1t is received must turn
al exactly the same rate of speed be-
ing predetermined, messages eaE be
sent that will have no Significance
for any other receiving apparatus
The American Legion, of Detroit,
favors the Introduction in Congress
and the immediate passage of a bill
providing that any alien intending
to make this country his permanent
home and who has resided in this
country for two years without maxi
ing application to be ~naturalized. and
who, after 80 days notice, refuses to
make such application, shall be de-
deported. The Legion believes that
ferclgn-born persons should show
appreciation for advantages enjoyed
here.
The last word in luxurious air trav-
ell is a monster machine built to car
ry "a passengers at a speed of 100
miles an hour. 1t has all the fea-
lures of a Pullman car, with the ex-
ception of observation platform. 1t
contains a smoking room, with card
tables; a bathroom, comfortable
lOuH6t cndiTS, WHICH are converted
into beds at night; an ice box, a stove
and a kitchenette. Some of the late
models have lookout cabins for OBJ
servers, and one machine is furnished
with two tail seats for the use OF
experienced air passengers.
The King Of Denmark, 1t is said.
unknowingly gave aid to an escaped
Convict on his recent visit to Green
land. A solitary Eskimo, in his lit
tie native canoe, was picked up by
the royal yacht far out on the open
sea. The Eskimo came on board and
the king, believing him to be a loyal
citizen who braved the perils Of the
sea to meet him, treated him to a
warm welcome and presented him
with a modern rifle and ammunition.
Later. when describing the incident to
the Danish commissioner In Green
land, the king was surprised TO- find
that the man was a convict whoehad'
broken prison and escaped from the
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