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the young men will be the guests of
the committee, which consists of the
following: Mrs. Richard S. Aldrich, Mrs.
Chandler Anderson, Nine. Ekengren,
Mrs. Anne Archbold. Mrs. U. S. Grant.
3d. Mrs. McCook Knox, Mrs Eugene
Peters, Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, Mrs. Lind
say Russell, Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman.
Table reservations have already been
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Miss Rosalind Coney, Miss Eleanora
Colburn. DR.. George Grove. Mr.. James
Adams, DR.. Arthur Hove. Mr. William
Huntington, Mr.. Harold Colman Baron
Frederick Won DachenhausenA Mr.. Albert
Thorn and Mr.. John Lethery
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- RESIDENT and Mrs. Coolidge will
entertain at reception this eve
ming at 10 o'clock, in the White
III x!ntTouse in honor of the Judiciary.
This is the second Of the state
RECEPTIONS given annually by the Presi-
cnt and First Lady.
The Secretary of War, Mr.. Dwight
r. Davis. will go to New York Saturday
\ spend a few days and meet Mrs. Da-
lis. who is expected to arrive Wednes-
tiav on the Berengaria from Europe.
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Miss Elizabeth Ramey and Miss Man
ming we're hostesses at a bridge party
yesterday at the Grace Dodge Hotel
There were five tables
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Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Platt have sent
out cards for tea dance December 20
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tContinued on Nineteenth Page.
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Skin Writing.

Dermatographia, or skin writing, the
test for dementia praecox used IN the
murder trial Of William Edward Hick-
man. is one of the strangeSt abnormal
tiles exhibited by the human body, The
writing appears IN the form or large
weals. which are brought out on the
subjects skin by pressure on the surface,
II letters are traced with the finger nail
or similar means. the wealS will follow
the tines ofsirritation. The wealS some
times extend out Of the skin as high as
q quarter Of an inch, and will remain
for some minutes.
The condition Of the skin which ex-
hihitS dermatographia is caused hy
dilation OF irritated blood vessels at the
surface, This irritation often comes
from the nerves; hence the use Of skin
writing as al insanity test But II IA
usually caused by toxic substances taken
nom without or produced within the
body, giving rise 70 the disease known
as urticaria factitia. an uneomnaes,
form OF hives,
The disturbance caused ey a derange-
ment OF the intestinal tract and that
caused oy a nervous disorder are exaeelx
the same IN effect, 50 that the skin
writing Is by no means q sure test os
dementia praeeoN, Hives may be caused
ey the absorption OF q foreign nrotenn
oy me body, CERTAIN foods, such as
StrAwoerrieS, certain plants. like the
nettle. and drugs like eiphtheria anti
toxin can cause the condition in oeopSe
peculiarly subject TO the disease,
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Our Scratched Rocks" "

THROUGHOUT the northern United
States. from the Atlantic Ocean
to the far Northern States. and as far
south as Kentucky, huge boulders are
found scattered at haphazard. The
rocks and ledges are suioothed and
marked with scratches varying from
faint lines 10 broad grooves feet
deep. Some Of these boulders. weigh
ing many tons, are so balanced on
ledge that q slight touch viii rock
them. The Indians used them as
alarm bells"
The grooves. or scratches. on these
rocks are. as rule. parallel and ex-
tend north and south South Of the
aforementioned area neither bOulders
How came the boulders in their po-
Sition. What scratched the rocks?
One authority, familiar with the
glaciers Of the Alps. probably gave the
true answer He showed that similar
state of things Is produced today by
the glaciers OF Switzerland These
streams of ice creep slowly down from
the lofty SUBMITS Of the Alps through
the valleys to the plains. They bear
on their surface huge rocks fallen from
surrounding cliffs. The stones frozen
in the bottom OF the glaciers. pressed
down by the enormous weight OF tee
above them. scratch and groove the
rocks beneath, as the tool Of car
penter gouges out piece or wood.
What was the condition Of America
when similar effects were produceds
Instead OF local glaciers scattered in
the valleys, the whole surface now COW
cred with houlders must have been
hidden by an immense sheet Of ice.
Judging from the marks on the rocks.
the sheet moved from the north toward
the south. carrying with 1t masses Of
rocks.
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Turbine Ensine,

In Manchester, England SAYS q De,
pArtment of commerce report q new
s,o0o~horsepower turbine locuTnoeive
has been placed Ia operation. It IS
designed b haul express trains as 10
10 30 miles an hour, The locomotive
consists at two units; the front part.
which contains the operathns cab, 4
devoted TO the holler piaHh The oehef
part. similar In appearance 20 the
usual tender, II the power unit. ecaA-
tanning q large steam turbine
Superheated steam h used. and the
engine uses less fuel than standard exs
press locomotives Of lsSs haulAge power,
As the steam Is condensed, 1t can he
run Tor very long distances without re-
plentShing the water supply The loer-
motive has very high starting tnrQOA.
or force and can start q heavy train
Without letktng Also, because OF the
perfect balance ~ all speeds. there y
NO hangnerlng effect on the track. AIta
u has not been found necessary to slow
down ca bridges
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data on the subject a group OF Mr.,
EmIey's assistants vent TO Iowa State
College at Ames, In the heart Of the
great corn belt. and equipped an expert
mental factory for the manufacture OF
cornstalk wallboard. There, In Coop
Grafton With experts OF the college. the
Bureau OF standards men are expert
menting with every step In the process
OF manufacture.
One of the most important items Is
the cost OF gathering cornStalks In the
fields Special machinery has been de-
signed by men of the Iowa State Agri-
cultural Experimental Station for gath
ering the stalks or for cutting standing
corn, husking the ears and shredding
the stalk.
Prom the fields 10 the mechanical
plant is the next step. and an impor-
tar1t one from the standpoint of cost.
How cheAply may the stalks be gath
ered7 How cheaply may they be de-
liyered 10 the plants? What Ii the
best and safest way 10 store the stalks
at the plant, so that the manufacture
Of waliboard may be continuous and
not Seas0Dalp These are some of the
problems which the experts of the three
organizations are bending every effort
To solve. The actual manufacture Of
wailboard IL being studied and expert
mented with from every angie, In order
~ find the method by which the best
grade can be produced aud at the low
eet possible price,
Through their work In developing
cornstalks as wallboard material. the
combined forces at the Bureau Of
Standards, the college and The expert
msnt station are rendering valuable
services 10 the people OF the corn belt.
RIOT only will the experts turn the 200.~
900 900 toms of annually wasted corn
stalks into profits for the hukbandnen
OF that section, but through the deyel-
opment OF . building naaterial save the
people millions of dollars yearly In the
cost NJ such materials
For years people Of the prairie States
have complained OF the high cost OF
lumber, which must be transported
great distances from mills 70 cofsusTl~
ers on the plains Farm buildings, con-
strueLed VI lumber. are erected at an
almost prohibitiVe cost, and many
small -salafied people In the towns and
cities that dot the pTairies cannot af-
ford 10 build their own homes because
nj the price gf forest products. The en-
peria are RAPIDLY developing CORP
stalk waliboaTd that ts valuable for itA
heat and sound insulation qualities. and
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nature. The result Is rayon, which Is
not imitation silk, but an entirely new
fabric. The Bureau of Standards chem
lists ore now experimenting to find the
best and least expensive method OF iso-
lating cellulose from cotton bran and
preparing it for commercial purposes,
Besides rayon. celluloSe Is highly I'M
portant IN the manufacture OF paper.
varnishes and motion picture aim,
Cotton. through its chemical content.
may play IN important part in produc-
ing substitute for gasoline. BY fer
menting such plant materials the chem
lists have produced grain alcohol. Chem
lists on both sides Of the Atlantic have
been experimenting with the latter sub
stance as O gasoline substitute. against
the day when the world supply Of crude
OIL Is exhausted.
WHILE one group Of Mr., Emleys as
w sistants Is studying the problem
offered by oellulose, another group Is at
work on the nitrogen-free extract, the
value Of which Is prohleTnatical,
ny treating the nitrogen-free extract
chemically. a mixture Of several kinds
of sugar has been produced, The prin-
oipal sugar produced 20 date has been
xylose, which has no food value Go
human beings or animals and has no
commercial value Still another chem
ieal process produced An acid. and the
chemists are now endeavoring to md
uses 10 which the sugar and acid may
be put,
The story OF the lewly peanut shelf Is
practically the same rs that of the cot
ton bran, Hran has been used - a cat
tie feed and peanut shells have been
used A. fuel having q fuel value Of
about % q ton.
Chemical analysis Of peanut shells
allowed them 10 contain about 90 per
cent eellulose, 10 per cent nitrogen free
extract ana the balance In water. pot
ash. protein and fat, The importance Of
the peanut crop Ia becoming greater
each year and BY developing the posSi.
hilities In the peanut shell the Bureau
OF Standards win probably add much
TO the economic value Of the peanut
crop.
How tar the elimination Of agrieul-
tuFal waste will 10 b prohlenatieAl, but
u Ia safe 30 SAY that science, which b
always going tofwAId. viii develop new
avenues Of profit for tho aarlcultuTists
OF the United states With sources oi
raw materials for some industries and
cause new industries TO spring up,
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nCnaW De
g1aaudr- Tsn in nCntne Everything

for some time. To our eager inquiries
as to what was arniSS neither man
seemed anxious TO reply.
TT was after 10 o'clock. and Brown
and ! had cleared away the supper
| hours before Wondering If they had
had their supper, I asked the visitors
| If they would care for bite to eat.
"Eat9" said Hagen. Say, my inside
is sticking to my backbone! We
haven't had a bite to eat since early
morning, and we've been travelling all
day" 80 -. :.
people going on hunger strikes In the
cities, but I never heard Of It hap
pening in the mountains before"
Hunger strike be hangedl" exploded
Warren. THAT internal pet bear OF
yours has swiped the whole works,
Sheppardl"
Thereupon Brown told them he would
have q supper ready for them In a few
moments, and they put away very
substantial meal.
Later. while the four Of us sat by
the cheerful glow Of the campfire War
rem told us what had happened.
Wishing to prospect the quartzite
range at the head Of the creek. Hagen
and he fixed up about four days food,
caching the balance high up on pole
between two trees. as already described.
They stayed out prospecting until their
supplies were exhausted and then start
ed back to camp, arriving there Just
before dark, To their horror they dis
covered that all their food had been
stolenl
Their first impression was that the
supplies had disappeared through nu-
man agency. but presently they espied
a long, slim, dead tamarack lying on
the ground beneath where the packs
had been hanging This small tamaraek
had not been there when they lett and
looked suspicious
Carefully examining the ground round
the trees the two prospectors discovered
the footprints of huge grizzly. Inc
bark on both Of the hemlocks which
held the poles showed numerous claw
marks from five feet above the ground
to as high as 10 feet, indicating that
the bear had tried to climb the trees.
A faint trail led back up the hillside
from the cache. showing where some
thing had been dragged along. This
seemed 70 suggest where the tamarack
had come from and accordingly War
ren and Hagen followed It up the hill
and found where the bear had uprooted
the dead tree.
After this 1t was easy to figure out ex-
actly what had happened. Unlike the
black bear, the grizzly cannot climb
and. being determined to get the food,
this particular grizzly must have sat
down upon the ground beneath the food
and used the brain which he Is not
supposed to have.
. rpipalIv after fetrhinC the dead tree
he stood up on his hind legs and. using
the tamarack as club, deliberately
broke the small rope holding up the
sacks, allowing them to fall TO the
ground. Then he dragged the sacks
away to eat their contents at his leisure.
The story finished. we all agreed that
this grizzly was some" bear, and
that II we were TO remain in the neigh
borhood it was essential that he should
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men, they returned to the lake for
more provisions.
After five years of constant rob-
berries the bear was still unharmed
Yet. though he victimized every one
who camped on the creek bottom, my
own camp at the mine, curiously
enough. was never molested; the mine
appeared to be outside his regular
beat"
One sunny day in May the night
shift set out q target on q stump about
a hundred yeards from the camp. and.
using the two rifles in camp. held q
shooting contest that ended only when
the ammunition ran out.
Somewhere near the end Of the
month we were all in the cookhouse one
day eating dinner when the cook
rushed into the kitchen.
"Bearl Beari" he cried, excitedly,
and we all Jumped up.
Through a hole in the back kitchen
door we could see grizzly approach
ing the camp. He looked as big as a
horse! The miners rushed out to Sc
cure the rifles from the bunkhouse, but
speedily realized that the guns were
useless, for frantic search failed TO
discover q single shell! The night shift
had used the very last cartridge In the
course Of their shooting match!
THERE was much fluent cursing, but
still the bear advanced, and all ef-
forts to scare him away failed. Reach
ing the meat safe, which was fastened
to the logs at the rear end of the
kitchen. the bear smashed it with one
blow Of his powerful paw, and COM
menced eating the bacon and hams
Our attempts to drive him of were re-
warded with an ear-splitting roar which
seemed to rock the hillside.
After eating his fill, the grizzly start
ed of toward the blacksmith's shop
about q hundred feet away Thinking
he was satisfied and taking his de-
parture. opened the door and yelled
as loud as ! could to speed him on his
way. To my surprise he promptly
wheeled around and charged straight
| into the kitchen and shutting the door
nor did open 1t again until Bruin had
| vanished.
One evening two months later. turn
| ing a bend in the trail about quarter
OF mile from the mine, hurrying along
| in order to get under cover. I saw u
my dismay that the doors had been TORI
of the cook house and bunk house ane
that the windows were broken. Had M
old enemy the bear been at work again
| About hundred feet from the camI
I stopped and listened, but could heal
no sound save that Of the falling rain
II the bear was responsible for tht
damage, he had evidently completed hi
work and gone. The trail led straight
| to the cook house and thence to thl
| bunk house. stables and mine tunnel
I hastened UP to the cook house. jumped
over the door. which lay where 1t has
been torn from its hinges, and entered
the cabin.
Once inside I was taken completed,
by surprise-for there was the bear HI
was as startled as / was. but promptly
rose on his hind legs and faced me. hi.
teeth barred In ferocious snarl. Mex
moment he gave VENT to tremendoui
| roar. which seemed to rattle the cedar
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did visit 1t we should find a dead bear
awaiting US.
The week passed and Brown and I
left the mine and cautiously approached
the cabin. Warren and Hagen, we
found had arrived earlier. We dis
covered them sitting on log, convulsed
with laughter. Rather astonished at
their merriment. ! asked what the joke
was. Hagen pointed to the cabin.
Take q look inside" he said, grim
ming.
Then. for the first time. noticed
that the roof had been torn open again.
The bear had evidently decided to use
his customary method of entrance. ut
terly ignoring the open door. I fully
expected to find him inside. stone dead,
but instead got the surprise Of my
life.
The bear had been there, had once
more wrecked the interior Of the cabin,
and had eaten all the food except the
poisoned bacon. which was hanging on
the nail untouched Sure enough. the
Joke was on us
BILL" said Warren, laughing once
more. that bears educAtedl He's got q
brain and read the signsi If you don't
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"Olie," he cried out. "Tat bear she
no bane here"
Il think she smell us coming" agreed
Ollie. "She bane one foxy bear, Yohn-
ny"
Thereupon the Swedes returned for
their packs, but. alasl they had COM
pletely disappeared. ALI they found
were the footprints Of q huge grizzly
They discovered, to their chagrin. that
while they had been stalking the cabin
the very bear they were looking for
up their packs and carried them oil
.Angered by the trick played upon
them, the miners tracked the animal
for three miles over the mountain
side. finally losing the trail In q thick
mass Of fallen timber near the summit
Of the range. Then. sadder but wiser
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the manufacture of cornstalk building
material The theory has been ad-
vanoed that plants for the manufao-
ture OF wallboard may be erected In
the prairie towns. 10 be operated con-
tinuousiy and thus give employment
TO hundreds of men who would other
wise bc Idle This. Of course, In depend-
ent on the outcome OF the present in-
vestlgationa.
XXTHEN the Bureau OF Standards In
W yestiaAtora began their study OF
the cotton plant they studied q plant
that for years was the mainatay OF tho
South. Before cotton planters learned
that other crops could be raised et \
profit. they had made and lost millions
0f dollars through the fluctuations OF
the cotton market, This was largely
due 10 the fact that cotton was raised
primarily for the snowy putts OF raw
cotton and the price received by the
growers. for their crop on the sise Of
Che worldwide crop &N4
some years agoit was discovered that
cotton seeds contained valuable oil
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the idea OF farm buildings and homes
growing as "A part OF the corn crop Ii
not so far fetched. according TO Mr..
Emley.
An unusual and unexpected twist de-
veioped from the experiments a. Amas,
The United States Department OF Agri~
culture, In It's fight on the corn hofer,
dread insect that causes great loss 10
farmers and annually reduces the corn
crop. has advised the farmers 10 re-
move from the fields and burn the
eornstaika after the crop has been har-
vested On the large farms nf tha
West removal Of the stalks and the
burning process require large numbers
of farm hands. and wages paid for this
labor of destruction dig deeply into the
profits realized by the grower on the
sale of his crop, With ready market
for his otherwise useless e0rnAtaiks. the
farmer stands 10 make profit on the
removal Of q possible source OF the
corn borer,
Where The farmer gains in added
profit from hts crop, the small oitiaa
and towns OF the corn belt are expect
cd also 10 enjoy economic benefits from
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be got rid Of. After considerable dis
cusSIcn 1t was unanimously agreed that
poison was the surest way OF destroy.
ing the brute. and I was deputed to
purchase something suitable on my next
trip to town. On inquiry, I learned
that cyanide Of potassium would do the
work.
The poison procured. the four of us
figured out many schemes to FIX" Mr.
Bear. Hagen claimed that bacon was
Bruins favorite food. and accordingly
some bacon vas split and the poison In
serted. We then hung the bait up on
its usual nail In the cabin.
To make the place appear as natural
as possible. We left small amount Of
sugar. few prunes, come -four and
also few beans. Warren did not like
the idea Of blocking up the door. think
ing 1t was better TO leave 1t open, thus
saving the roof. There was also the
risk Of some wanderer arriving at the
cabin In our absence. and accordingly,
to avoid any accident. we posted up
several signs on the trees as a warn
ing to passers-by. We mutually agreed
TO leave the cabin alone for at least
week, feeling confident that when We
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and the pressing Of oil from seeds be-
came highly important part Of the
cotton industry. Not much attention
had been paid to the possibilities OF
other parts of the cotton plant and II
was upon the unused parts that the
Bureau OF Standards men began their
Investigations
Mr.. Emiey and his assistants began
their work on the burr. or pod. which
protects the cotton during Its growth,
Where cotton Ia picked by hand the burr
is left on the stalk and later plowed
under the ground for its fertiliser value.
With the advent of modern machinery
for the picking Of cotton, which picks
the burr along with the cotton. the burr
was taken 20 the Gin and. after the tirst
step In the process Of ginning cotton,
was thrown aside a. vaiueless,
The burr was analysed by chemists
and found TO have high potash con-
tent, making u valuable as fertiiiser, II
was at once apparent that the planters
were saving money In wages BY pick
Ing their cotton by machinery, but were
the burr be thrown away at the gin.
Burrs are bulky objects. and Il would
take many wagonloads TO fertilise the
fialds. The problem became one OF
getting the fertilixinG properties Of the
burr back 20 the feld With q minimum
OF effort and expense, Mr.. Emleys as
sistAnts studied the problem and came
to the conclusion that the best results
could be obtained by simply burning
the hurrs At the gin site and taking
the ashes back 10 thu fielda,
The discovery which probably will
mean the most 10 the farmer and indus.
try, and indirectly. to the public. came
with the chemical analysis Of the cotton
bran. outer shell OF the cotton seed.
which has been considered valuable
only ~ cattle feed, The chemists found
that tho bran contains about 10 per
cent cellnlose. which IA the basic mate
rial Of the rayun industry and also
highly valuable IN many other indus-
triea, nesides eellnlose were found
about 20 per cent nitrogen-free extract
and small amounts Of water, potash.
protein and fat,
Celluloae forms the iniiniteslmal cells
holding the living matter that Ia the
hAekbane OF the plant. CheMists early
learned that the silk worm feeds ON cell
lulose contained In mulberry and oak
leaves. and with this knowledge they set
out To perfect = process for making silk
without waiting on the allow course Of
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miners arrived. but each and every one
was wrecked In turn by the same
grizzly. He invariably entered through
the roof, disdaining to try the door.
Party after party hunted far and
wide for the marauder, but all to no
purpose. Bruin also showed excep-
tional cunning In discovering when the
camps were occupied and managed to
keep out of sight OF all of us. Yet he
seemed to be aware OF our every move
ment, for the minute the cabins were
left unprotected they were looted.
n y
TWO Swedish prospectors, Ollie Peter
son and Johnny Oleson. had To-
Gated a group Of claims about 9 miles
up the creek, and their route led them
past the deserted cabin. In the Spring
they were on their way to their camp.