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Home Novel Meeven.
Some new sleeves introduced recent
ly into dinner and tea gowns of the
Empire period are novel, if uot gen
erally becoming. These fit the arm
closely to the elbows, and are most ef
fective in a boldly patterned lace or
spangled passementerie. A full puff of
tulle or chiffon falls over the lower
arm. and is held in bv a thin elastic,
so planned that it clips the arm just
above the elbow and forms the puff.
Ftrnt Colljc® for Women,
J. Warrenne Sunderland, who is now
living at Collegeville, Pa., at the age
of 87 years, claims the distinction of
founding at Collegeville in 1851, the
first institution in the world to offer
college advantages to women. The in
stitution was in existence 25 years,
during which nearly 2000 young wom
en were educated, and more than 100
gaduates took the degree of bachelor
of arts.
Mr. Sunderland believes that he is
the only American now living who
saw the destruction of the Turkish
squadron in the harbor of Navarino,
Oct. 20, 1827, by the allied fleets of
England, France and Russia.
I>nds Money to Business Women.
Chicago has a Business Women’s
lioan association which suggests the
“Little Societies’’ that have long flour
ished in Germany, although it is less
of a philanthropic enterprise and more
of a business proposition. The Ger
man societies lend small amounts of
money to women desiring to go into
business for themselves, and records
show that the losses of the organiza
tions have amounted to very little.
Th Chicago association lends money
for the same uses, but requires good
security and protects itself against
any heavy loss. The need of such an
organization and its success are an
interesting commentary on the eager
ness with which women are invading
the business world.
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Flr* Newspaper Woman of California.
Mrs. Caroline M. Parker, the first
newspaper woman of California, is now
a bedridden old lady of 73. Her pio
neer newspaper work was done on
the San Francisco Post in 1872, and
later she filled positions on several
other papers. An ardent suffragist,
Mrs. Parker has always been an advo
cate of everything that pertained to
woman’s progress, and now California
women are glad to show their appre
ciation of the work she has done.
In her pretty cottage at Los Angeles
Mrs. Parker is surrounded by every
comfort, and despite the pain she suf
fers. is bright and cheerful and takes
great interest in the work of the young
women who find newspaper work easi
er because she first led the way.—San
Francisco Call.
The Vogue of Coral.
How pretty the girl In her teens
looks at dancing school with her
white cambric frock, blue sash and
coral necklace. Women of good taste
never bedizen their little daughters
with fanciful jewelry or over trimmed
dresses.
A plain white lawn or cambric frock,
with a little real lace edging fine as
that on a baby frock, or fine em
broideries and insertions of needle
work are prescribed for the children
of the society leaders at their danc
ing lessons. The blue sash and knot
of hair ribbon is sometimes exchanged
for pink or buff ribbon.
The coral necklace is the preferred
ornament for the throat
The double rope of twisted coral is
liked rather better than the rounded
coral beads. The rough ends of coral
will hurt the soft white throat if the
string is too short or too tightly
drawn.—Philadelphia Record.
, Care of tlie Hair,
Bad circulation affects the hair. The
scalp grows tight, and must be loos
ened. Spread the hands either side of
the head and gently move the scalp
forward and nackward 10 times each
day.
The hair and scalp should be as
clean as the face. They should be
shampooed once a fortnight.
Falling hair means failing health. A
tonic for the body will be better than
one for the head. Both at one time
is better still.
Weak dry hair needs food. A mix
ture of vaseline and cocoanut oil is ex
cellent. Almond oil is also recom
mended, for blonde hair especially.
Have the ends of the hair singed
once in three montns. Cutting the
ends causes it to "bleed,” while sing
ing closes the hair tubes perfectly.
Never allow the hair to be wet long.
Dry it quickly with warm towels, dry
heat and friction. Every day give it a
few minutes’ brushing. Then rub the
scalp until it glows.
Girls Men Want to Murry.
Men love beauty, but seldom marry
for it. Neatness and good taste far
outweigh beauty and slovenliness.
Men are born nunters. They value
a girl most who most values herself.
Men wish their wives to be good to
look at. Careful attention do they
give to all details —teeth, hands, hair
and breath, for example.
A stylish girl delights all well-bred
men. Tailor-made upon the street; jn
the house, a changing symphony in
color.
Odious mannerisms disgust fastidi
ous men. Sniffling, giggling and "mak
ing eyes” never won a husband for any
girl.
A good physique men wish in wom
en whom they marry, a higher reason
than vanity inspiring the desire. Wasp
waisted women are looked at dubious
ly.
Show your fiancee (after your heart
is won) that he is lord thereof, but
never for one moment forget the beau
! ty of womanly reserve. —Philadelphia
Record.
Outdoor I.lf® for Women.
Golf has been an unspeakable boon
to American women, not merely to
the girls of the period, who take de
light in every form of outdoor sport,
but to their mothers, their maiden
aunts and their grandmothers. The
| 20th century opened with anew lease
of life for the middle-aged woman.
Instead of coddling herself, shivering
in the cold, and spending her time in
fighting with illness, this bright and
blooming personage sallies forth with
her juniors and engages in active ex
ercise, showing her skill upon the links
and sometimes tiring out much young
er people by her enthusiasm and her
staying power. If the health rate of
the feminine w'orld has gone higher
than ever before, the fact certifies to
the great advantages of much living in
the open where the free winds blow,
and of regular moderate exercise of
every muscle in an interesting way.
At the country clubs, the golf tea is
a feature of the afternoon; and is a
pretty and picturesque occasion. The
girls in their sensible short skirts and
loose blouses and jackets, the men in
their hunting pink, the mingling of
gay colors, in which leaf-brown tones
down to red and vivid green, the
sprinkling of brilliant maidens and
matrons in elegant toilets, the com
fortable papas, who, if they do not
play wish they did, the fringe of car
riages on the outer edge, with their
correct and impassive coachmen on
the box, and the beautifully groomed
and caparisoned horses, wondering no i
doubt at the ways of men and women !
—all combined make up a scene of va
riety and animation worthy of remem
brance.
Riding attfays has its votaries, and
in the parks many women are seen
with a firm seat and a nice hand on
the rein, women who have complete
sympathy with their horses, and who
look fit and charming in their habits
and hats. For regular cross-country \
riding, one ned not, however, seek
out trim parks and broad avenues. In
Maryland, in Virginia, in Kentucky,
and indeed all over the South, there
are hundreds of women who have been
accustomed to the saddle from early
childhood, who ride fine horses with
a splendid ease and courage, and who
take fences and streams as a bird flies
from branch to branch. One may see
the perfection of equestrianism in the
mountains, where girls were tossed to
the pony’s back in their baby days, and
where, ever since, riding has been their
constant method of going from place
to place.
A woman never looks more charming
than when her color is heightened by
bracing exercise and pure air, and her
eyes are bright With the feeling of
perfect physical equipoise. She is not
coarsened or roughened by her activi
ty, far from it. To outdoor life wom
an imparts a grace and refinement
which it might lack but for her en
trance upon it The gallantries of
sport are seldom foolishly sentiment
al, but a certain chivalry pervades the
relations of men and women who rival
one another in games which require
deftness of eye and hand and the ex
exercise of judgment in their progress,
and, however exciting the contest, po
liteness is dominant through Its
phases.
Women should not forget that walk
ing is within the reach of everybody,
and that a walk twice a day will keep
most of us in excellent physical condi
tion. By a walk is not meant a saun
ter or a dawdle, but a tramp of a mile
or more over the country road or the
city street, a tramp with intention,
even if no shopping or visiting object
exist as the goal which attracts the
lady out of doors. —Collier’s Weekly.
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Flounces on some of the silk petti
coats are now featherboned.
The newest veils have a tiny gold dot
by the side of the dot of chenille.
Gold quills are used for hat trim
ming, and so are rosettes of dotted
chiffon.
The new embroidered India mulls
are'wrought in designs as fine and del
icate as real lace.
A novel and striking evening gown
has a deep V in the back, filled In with
white chiffon and strapped across with
black velvet ribbon.
Many new coats have revers faced
with shirred chiffon in black, white or
the same shade as the goods. The col
lar, if it be a high one, is faced in the
same way.
Satin foulards in small, neat de
signs and in soft yet gay colors are to
be immensely popular this spring and
summer. Rose, beige, tan and reseda
will be the favored shades. Lace will
be used in profusion for trimming.
It is said that the large Leghorn
hat with sentimental droop is to be
a feature of the summer millinery.
The crown will be rather high and en
circled by a rose wreath, and the brim
will be adorned by a wide, soft ribbon
drapery, caught on the edge in front
and tied in a bow at the back.
THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVILLE. GA.
I.oAt Hour*.
“I any good-night and go up stairs.
And then undress and say my prayers
Reside my bed, and then jump in it;
And then—the very nextest minute —
The morning sun comes in to peep
At me. I s’pose I’ve been to sleep.
But seems to me,” said little Ted,
“It’s not worth while to go to bed.”
—St. Nicholas.
Affection of Sei* dulls.
That sea gulls are possessed with
strong affection for each other was
clearly demonstrated near the Ogdens
burg ferry dock the other day. Two
of these birds, evidently mates, were
flying over the water about 500 feet
from the ferry dock, when a man shot
one of them. As the dead bird -was ly
ing on the v/ater her mate did every
thing in his power to help her up. He
would fly close to her, and several
times tried with his bill to raise her
out of the water. He hovered around
the spot some time after the dead bird
was taken away.—Boston Weekly Bou
quet
Flower* an Advertiser*.
Flowers have a way of advertising
that is quite as effective as the dis
play type and cuts used by merchants.
The scientists tell us that there is a
constant struggle in nature for the
propagation of species, so that the fit
test may survive, and out of this has
grow’n the advertising that the flowers
do.
It is necessary that the pollen of one
flower be carried to another to pro
duce fertilizations, and nature’s agents
for this work are the honey loving
insects. In taking the honey from a
blossom they get their feet and legs
coated with pollen and thus carry it
from one blossom to another. With
out this fertilization many species
W’ould soon die out and become extinct.
To save themselves and to perpet
uate their kind the flowers must have
the services of the insects, and they
have been advertising for them from
the earliest ages. The first adver
tisements were very plain and unpre
tending, set, as we might say, in small
type and solid, but this simplicity did
not suit the bountiful and ambitious
designs of nature and she gave colors
and sweet odors to the flowers that
they might offer more attractions to
tne insects, and thus make their visits
more frequent. Then there grew up a
rivalry among the flowers to see
which could attract the most insects,
and blossoms became larger, colors
brighter and odors sweeter.
Thus it is that the flowers advertise,
for, while it is true that their beauty
and fragrance are intended in part to
give us pleasure, it is equally true that
these characteristics were designed pri
marily to help the flowers in their
struggle for propagation and survival.
Til* Horan That K-joyet the View.
It was Roderick Dhu, of course.
Philip said he was the only horse there
was that amounted to anything. To
be sure, Philip was not what pompous
old Dr. Dinwiddie called a “dis-in-ter
est-ed party”—dear me, no! Philip
was altogether too fond of Roderick
Dhu for that. Didn’t he keep the mar
ble and twine room in his pocket rent
ed to sugar plums by the month? And
didn’t all the sugar plums, every one,
belong to Roderick Dhu? And didn’t
that wise, gray maned old horse know
it quite well? Didn’t he? But that’s
another story. This story is about the
view that Roderick Dhu enjoyed.
“I believe that horse understands
every word I say,” remarked grandpa
at the supper table. Philip let the
last bite of his hermit wait a min
nte, just long enough to cry: “Why,
of course, grandpa The idea! Grand -
pa’d just found that out!”
i “Yes, and that isn’t all," went on
grandpa, smiling over at Philip. “He
has an eye for the beautiful, too —J’ve
discovered that. He enjoys a view.”
“Why!” murmured Philip in sur
prise. Philip, who knew Roderick Dhu
so well.
”Yes, the view from the top of
Breakneck hili —he seemed to enjoy it
as well as I did this afternoon.”
“I admire Roderick* Dhu’s taste,”
said grandma, quietly.
"I took sick Mrs. Bennett to ride,
you know—or rather, Roderick Dhu
j did. We went round Squirrel pond
and down a littie way on the turu
\ pike. Then I said, ‘Well, Roderick
Dhu, we ll go out on the brow of the
hill to see the view, I guess.’ And, ac
tually, that horse started off as if he
were tickled enough to be going there.
| He forgot all about being tired and
grieved with the flies. How he did
spin along. And —wnen —he —got—to
I the brow - of —the —hill"—grandpa
paused between the word3 impressive
i ly—“he stopped.” ,
Then Philip's round, astonished eyes
“went back” on Roderick Dhu again,
until he remembered the reins. Of
I course, the reins.
“But you pulled ’em, grandpa—the
reins, you know,” he began.
“The reins were over the dashboard,
Philip. I was helping Mrs. Bennett
find her glasses. .No, it must have
j been because Roderick Dhu heard me
say we would go just to the brow of
the hill.”
“And then he looked at (he view, I
suppose,” said grandma.
Grandpa laughed. “I should say so.
It took us so long to And the glasses
that If it had been any other view in
the world, there wouldn’t have been
any of it left for us to see —Roderick
Dhu would have looked it ali up.”
“Grandma, will you please to ex
cuse me?” cried Philip, suddenly. "I
must go right out, and give Roderick
Dhu a sugar plum.”—Annie Hamilton
Donnell, in the Christian Register.
Where Cainplinr Comes From.
A page of the St. Nicholas is filled
with a paper by Ralph Benton entitled
“Talking of Camphor.”
“Where does this come from,” asked
Sandy McLauren, picking a block of
camphor out of a jar that stood on the
counter.
The druggist at the corner near San
dy’s home was a good friend to all
the boys, and they liked to ask him
questions.
“Camphor? That is a long story.”
The speaker and questioner sat down
behind the prescription counter. Have
you ever noticed that row of lindens
down on Fourth street, near the gram
mar school? Well, the tree that pro
duces camphor looks very much like
any one of those. It grows in China,
Japan and other parts of eastern Asia.
Occasionally a camphor tree becomes
so old and so large that it is a verita
ble landmark. In 1691, for instance,
a traveler in Japan described a tree
which he found that was 36 feet about
the trunk. Almost a century and a
half later the same tree was said by
another traveler to be 50 feet around.
“Did your grandmother ever make
you take a few drops of spirit of cam
phor? You know what a fiery taste
it has, then. You wouldn’t think that
camphor and the cinnamon sticks that
you like so well are first cousins; but
they belong to the same botanical fam
ily.
If you take one of the shiny green
leaves from a camphor tree and rub
it gently between two stones, you smell
the same odor as comes to you when
you take the lid off a camphor jar.
Every part of the tree contains its
part of the gum, but the bulk of it
comes from the root, trunk, and
branches. The first step is to reduce
the tree to chips, and these are put
into iron vessels having a cone shaped
cover lined with rice straw. Then the
vessels are heated, and the camphor is
driven out of the chips. Do you know
what I mean when I use the word
‘volatile’? No? Well, a thing is vola
tile that seems to fly off in the aif.
Now, camphor is volatile; it is capable
of being changed into vapor. W T hen
heat is applied to the iron vessels the
camphor is volatilized, but it condens
es almost at once; that is, it is changed
to a multitude of tiny little lumps of
solid camphor, which fasten them
selves on the straw that lines the cov
er. It is then scraped from the straw,
refined and pressed into blocks.”
“Is camphor used for anything but
medicine end to keep off moths?”
asked Sandy.
“I was just coming to that. Strange
as it may seem, we can get a sub
stance from it that looks almost like
ivory—hard and beautifully white. Go
out to the first show case on the left
and bring me a white comb and one of
those hand mirrors with a white back.”
Sandy looked puzzled as he obeyed.
“This material,” tapp'ng the back of
the mirror, "is called celluloid, and it
is made from camphor and cotton. It
is used for hair brushes, soap boxes,
knife handles, and many other arti
cles. In another field we find that it
plays its part in changing the map of
the world or shaping in tne destiny of
a nation. Camphor is used in making
smokeless gunpowder. Our country
certainly learned the value of it in
the summer of ’98.”
“Why,” Sandy ventured, “I should
think with all the big armies every
where that most of the camphor would
be used for powder.”
“A great deal of it is. That is why
camphor has been so dear for a num
ber of years past.”
“Couldn’t tar camphor be used?”
“Oh, no. Tar camphor is really not
camphor at all, though somebody dis
covered about 12 years ago that it
would take the place of camphor in
preventing the ravages of moths. For
many years it was thrown away; It
was a puzzle to get rid of it. It
comes in a roundabout way, from bitu
minous coal. When this kind of coal
is heated in a certain way it is split
up into gas (used for lighting), a
heavy black liquid (coal tar) and coke;
and it is from the coal tar that tar
camphor is made. I couldn t begin to
tell you all about coal tar in one night,
Sandy. Some other time we’ll talk
about It again.’
Cun I Nnke a Farm Fay?
Writing an answer to the often put
question, “Can I Make a Farm P<y?”
; Professor Bailey of Cornell, gives in
I The World’s Work some good advice,
j There must be, first of all, he says, a
! love of independence, a love of the
| country and an ambition to work for
| the work’s sake. Speaking of the love
I of country life he says:
“Half of country life is in the living.
! It is in the point of view. It is in the
j way in which we look at things. Thor
: eau rejoiced when it rained, because
he knew that his beans were happy.
One day my man was agitated be
cause the woodchucks were eating the
beans. He would go to town at once
and buy a gun. I asked him how
I many beans the woodchucks would
| probably destroy. He thought from
; one-eighth to one-quarter of an acre.
I Now, one-quarter of an acre of field
j beans should bring me a net cash re
| turn of $3 to $4. I told him that
he could not buy a gun for that money.
If he had a gun. he would waste more
time killing the woodchucks than the
beans would be worth. But the worst
part of it would be that he would kill
the woodchucks, and at daylight
morning after morning I had watched
the animals as they stole from the
bushes, sniffed the soft morning air,
and nibbled the crisp young leaves.
Many a time I had spent twice
$4 for much less entertainment.
My neighbor thought that I ought to
cut out the briers in the fence corner.
I told him that I liked to see the
briars there. He remarked that some
folks are fools. I replied that It U
fun to be a fool.”
Domestic Pet*.
Once a pet has been admitted into
the house somebody must be intrust
ed with ita care. Bird, cat or dog, if
it be under the roof, its meals, its
bed, its bath, its drinking water and
its daily comfort are matters as es
sential as the comfort of the children.
We are not obliged to have pets, but
if we adopt them they have a right
to our thoughtful care.—Collier’s
Weekly.
A Clever Woman’* Idea.
A clever and resourceful woman,
who objected to the woodwork in her
bedroom, desired white paint in place
of the highly glazed pine, but. alas! it
was too expensive so she determined
to have the woodwork painted leaf
green. She faced the walls with a
white paper besprinkled with purple
lilac, calcimining the celling white.
The furniture, save the bed. which is
brass, she painted green, two shades
lighter than the woodwork. The dress
ing bureau, which is constructed from
a kitchen table, is all in white, white
dotted muslin over white cambric.
The floor is covered with a matting
and on it is placed a square rug made
of ingrain carpet in soft greens, with
a narrow border in the same tones.
Muslin curtains screen the windows,
which are furnished with cushions
covered with dark green satine. This
same woman has just redecorated the
dining-room in her small apartments.
The woodwork is stained to look like
antique oak. On the walls is a plain
yellow cartridge paper. A shelf runs
around two sides of the room on a
line with the tops of the doors. On
this are placed blue and white plates,
mugs and tankards. At the windows
are blue linen draperies embroidered,
or rather appliqued, with a 12-inch
band of openwork linen. A blue and
white cotton rug almost completely
covers the floor. —Chicago Times-
Herald.
The Care of Chamois Feather.
Chamois leathers are really almost
everlasting if properly treated. If
they are carelessly put away, after
being wrung out. for instance, with
out being stretched, they will natural
ly harden, and soon wear out, but if
laid or hung flat, and only used for
one particular purpose, they will
never prove r.n expensive item
in housekeepiug. The smallest
amount of grease makes a leather
useless for window (or plate) clean
ing.
The best way to wash them is as
follows: Dissolve a little soda in
warm water, and after rubbing some
soft soda well into the leather soak
it for two hours, covering up the pan.
Move the leather about, and rub it
very gently; when it is clean, rinse
with a slight lather of soap in a weak
solution of soap and warm water;
wring tightly in a rough towel, and
dry quickly in the sun, or not too near
a fire, pulling the leather about in all
directions at first and stretching It
into shape; when it is dry brush it
well on both sides. Or make a hot
lather with soap, and when it is luke
warm wash the leather in it quickly,
rinse it in lnko warm water in which
a little soap has been previously dis
solved; squeeze the leather gently,
without really wringing it, pin it on to
a clean towel, spread it on a rack,
and then dry it quickly before a fire,
rubbing it softly every now and then
with the palms of the hands to pre
vent it hardening.
'' > M KEC/PES
Cottage Cheese —Take sour milk
and let it get scalding hot; strain
through a fine seive; season the curd
with butter, pepper and cream.
Okra and Tomatoes —Stew together
equal quantities of okra and tomatoes,
sliced, and half as much sliced onion
as you had of okra. Add green pep
pers if liked, and season with butter,
pepper and salt.
Spaghetti With Tomato. —Plunge
the ends of a handful of spaghetti in
boiling, salted water. As it softens
bend and coil it round the kettle.
Cover and cook 20 minutes or till ten
der. Drain, return to the kettle, add
one cup tomato sauce or enough to
moisten the spaghetti, one-third cup
grated cheese, a dash of paprika and
one tablespoon butter. Let it simmer
till sauce is about absorbed, then
serve.
French Rolls. —One quart of sifted
flour loosely measured, a little salt,
two heaping teaspoonfuls baking pow
der; mi”, thoroughly together while
dry; then add enough milk, or
milk and water, to make a slack
dough. Roll out thin and cut into cir
cular pieces with teacup or cutter:
then put a small lump of butter into
the centre of each piece and fold the
dewgh over it like turnovers. Bake
immediately.
Cream Puffs.—One-third cup of but
ter melted in one cup of hot water;
put in a small tin pan on the stove to
''Oil; while boiling, stir in one cun of
flour; take off, and let cool; when
cold, stir in three eggs, one after the
other, without beating. Drop on but
tered tins and bake in a hot oven 20
to 30 minutes. Filling.—One cup of
milk, one egg. one-half cup sugar;
thicken with cornstarch and flavor
with vanilla.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
The spider shields itself in winw,
a weather proof covering of . v by
some kinds come out for an airi n
casionally, and even take a
across the snow. The trap do^r
der passes the entire season VaT
the ground in his winter house
Take a fragment of wall paper
pected of arsenic and put it into a
lution of ammonia. If arsenic l )e nr
ent the liquid will assume a bluish
or. If further test be required DOUI . „
little of the ammoniacal sjiutj 0
crystals of nitrate ot silver, and a ?
senic if present will show itse” i
leaving a yellow deposit on the '-rt?
tals.
Professor Vines of the British aaso
ciation expressed recently his - ’
that the century had closed withom
bringing a solution of the much dis
cussed question of the ascent of sap
One of the suggested explanations h e
said, requires that in a tree 120 f m
in height the transpiration of force
must equal a pressure of 363 pounds
to the square inch, but there is no
evidence that anything like such a
force exists in a tree. This i 3 one of
the problems in science that the 19th
century has bequeathed to the 20th.
All snakes hibernate during the win
ter and are in so torpid a condition
during the period that they breathe
seldom during the 24 hours. Small
ones seek for their winter refuge rot
ten stumps, hollow or partially de
cayed logs. Larger ones hide in holes
in the ground and in crevices in rock.
Brought under the influence of a fire
they revive, but usually die afterward
as a result. The turtles, too, treathc
seldom while dormant. The land va
rieties burrow under hollow trees,
where there is an abundance of loose'
mould, in order to escape the frost.
The wal2r turtles retreat into the mud.
The direction of the rapidly rushing
terrent of air in the region of the high
est clouds is found at each station to '
be due eastward ?';ro:-s the United
States, anti foreign statistics indicate
that it continues thus around the
entire world. If caught in this upper
current of air an airship or hahoer
would continue to circumnavigate the
vcrld. The ashes from Krakatoa, the
volcano, continued around the ear’.b
for several years, and produced won
derful sunset effects.
One of *he disadantages ot mo
tor driven ambulances has been that,
they do not get the right of way iw
easily as horse driven vehicles. The
familiar clanging of the ambulance
gong and the sound of the clattering
hoofs of the horses was always sure
to clear the way promptly for an am
bulance. Now’ the ambulances have
been provided with electric lights
which do not differ materially from
those which other electric vehicles car
ry, ,vnd the result is that trucks or
wagons do not get out of the way as
quickly. It has been suggested that
compressed air whistles or larger
gongs might be used. A return to the
old foot gong would probably obviate
the difficulty to a certain extent,
Klectricity on Modern Battleship*.
Captain Folger of the Kearsargt
says that electricity does nearly
everything on that battleship except
to call the roll and. scrub the decks.
Sixty different motors of 480 horse
power and 350 kilowatts furnish power
for every device that was formerly
operated by steam. The ship is wired
on the three wire system, so that the
motors can be operated at two volt
ages—l6o and 180—which is anal
ogous to the use of 160 and 180 pounds
of steam. On the previous group of
battleships—the Indiana, the Massa
chusetts and the Oregon class—the
motors are only 96 horse power and
72 kilowatts. On English ships the
use of electricity is still confined to
incandescent lights, searchlights and
signal apparatus, but upon the Kear
sarge and the Kentucky steam pip**
are almost entirely abolished. A"
this makes it necessary for the of’
fleers and sailors of the navy to haw
a thorough knowledge of the electrical
science, and schools of instruction,
both for officers and enlisted men, wi®
electrical workshops, have been estab'
lished at Newport and at the navy
yards in New York City. Boston, N‘ >r ’
folk and San Francisco.
Frictional KfT*ct of Train* on Air*
An exceptionally important P* l^ 1
dealing with the frictional effect 0-
railway trains upon the air has recem-,
ly been published by the St I' o ®’
Academy of Science. This inxestiga
tion was undertaken by Professor
E. Nipher, at the request of a leading
railroad, and was the sequel of a
suit in which the railroad was defeat’'-
In the case referred to a boy, Standing,
near the track, was overthrown by ■'
rapidly passing train, rolled under t e
wheels and killed. The evident
showed that he was not struck bv t
train, but was overwhelmed by tbc
suction and dragged under. Tb e
preme court of Missouri, however.
pudiated the evidence of two k
scientific men as to the probability
death being caused in such a wasr
denied, by inference, the possibility
such effects, with which
has ever stood by a fast moving tra
is familiar. The investigation sb ° ff .J.
as a matter of fact, that with tra
going at the rate of 40 miles an 3 ’
there is an inward pressure of the
of from four to six pounds per st l u
foot at a distance of 30 inc Les fro®
train, and that still air is xcached 0
at a distance of many feet. / !
Next to knowing a lot it’s a
thing to be a good g^iesscr.