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Learned Astronomy by Making Own Telescopes How a group of mechanics, living in Springfield, Vt., learned the science 08 astronomy by making their own telescopes at home, is related in Popu {ar Astronomy by Russell W, Porter, Several of these machinists had their own small workshops, located usually in the cellars of their homes, “Interest did not stop with the com pletion of the- telescopes,” says Mr. Porter. “The telescope makers found an old station on Hawks mountain, just outside of the township, occupied years ago in the government triangu ‘ation of New England. They camped on the mountain, built a substantial tower and signal over the station, “On another occasion they spent the night on the summit of Mount Ephraim, the highest point In the township. This gathering, I believe, Is unique in the annals of astronomy. “Throughout that night, from the appearance of the first star until dawn, these men were exploring the heavens. [t proved to be good see- Ing notwithstanding a stiff wind. The light from a roaring camptire re vealed a circle of animated faces Hstening intently to some celestial fact Just brought out at the eye-piece of one of the instruments.” How Natives of Papua Prepare Heads of Foes In a recent issue of Man, Mr. K. B. Riley gives an account of the method of preparing the heads of ene mies practiced at the village of Dorro in Papua. After the flesh and bralns are removed a piece of rattan cane is fixed to the bottom of the mummified skull to take the place of the lower Jaw and to act as a support for the packing of the neck. It was difficult to ascertain why the lower jaw is not replaced. The explanation seems to be that they prefer to hang this up in the house, and keep it a 8 a mark or token of the owner's prowess in war, after the mummified head has de cayed; but the lower Jaw is some times replaced, being tied to the 7._\';;%- mas, as with the rattan cane. Final ly, the head is dried, being fixed on & wooden framework over a fire light ed for that purpose, and the hair is puiled out as decomposition of the skin advances. Red Light Traps Insects A means for combating the winged Insect pests of tropical regiens has been evolved, by means of which the fying bugs are. lured into a deadly bath of acid and either drowned or asphyxiated by the fumes, It was found that red light served #s an almost irresistible lure for the night-fiyers. A red electric bulb, or a laatern with a red globe, is placed near the vessel containing the acld solution, As the pests fly to the light the fumes destroy them even though they may not actually fall into the bath. To protect human beings from pos gible accidental contact with the acld bath, the liquid is placed in a wide mouthed bottle, to which is attached e funnel with a very broad flaring cone. The light is suspended directly over this funnel, and the insects, ftupefied hy the acid fumes. fall into It and so Into the acld bath.—New York World. Huge Crane Scale Practically every day industrial progress develops a new use for a welghing device or scale particularly adapted to meet specific requirements. A new scale was developed for the United States government for the pur pose of measuring the pull on cables used to hold an airship at its moor- Ings and this scale was immediately adapted for the measuring of unusual, heavy loads on cranes or booms where weights or leads up to 10,000 pounds are handled, assuring that the safe working load is not exceeded, and thus eliminating dangerous overload- Ing and disastrous accidents. The pcale is of steel construction. Its ac curate action depends upon four ex tremely heavy springs. ‘T'he dial Is 15 Inches iln diameter.—Scientific American. For Squeaks “I would lewere a birdl” wailed the fair girl at the piano. “I would you were a box of axle grease,” hissed the dark man under the palm. “I wonder what he means by that?" asked the lemon-hulred maiden. “He means that axle grease stops screeching,” whispered the man In ‘he black suspenders, Firestone 3 | JI ' ~—We have a supply of Balloon tires on hand and on the pur chase of new Ford cars we will allow credit for exchange of wheels, rims, tires and tubes in order that the Balloon tires may be used T. C. TUCKER & SON MONTICELLO GEORGIA £ oL WS L L < Metals Are Transparent When Subjected to Heat Very thin fllms of certain metals become transparent at heats not nearly sufficient to melt them. For instance, It we take a sheet of gold leaf some what thinner than the paper on which ‘this is printed and heat it by an elec trical current to temperature of about 2,400 degrees Fahrenhelt, it will be come as transparent as a pane of green-colored glass. If carefully kept from drafts very much finer sheets of gold leaf can thus be heated by clamp- Ing them on frames of marble or slate and applying the current through the metal strips which clamp each end of the sheet, When this is done with gold leaf of about one-hundredth the thickness of ordinary paper and the current s grad ually increased until the temperature reaches 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, the leaf becomes not only translucent, but transparent, so that it is actually pos sible to see through it, For appar ently the same reason silver foil, which requires only 2,250 degrees to make It clearly transparent, shows a bluish-violet tint. Copper foil has also been made transparent In this way, but remains so only for a short time, as It combines with the oxygen of air when thus heated, and the resulting compound is not transparent. ——————— { Arizona Copper Mine Has Steepest Incline The Shannon incline, which is used to handle ore at copper mines in Ari zona, is a notable piece of mechanical construction. It has a length of 1,500 feet and a vertical drop of 800 feet. It is said to be the steepest incline anywhere, One of the difficult problems met with in mining in many places is the transportation of ores and supplies up and down mountain \sidos.‘ Some of the most valuable mines are not in frequently situated fur‘ up the side of a mountain. It may be impracticable or impossible to bring the ore down by ordinary methods of transportation, such as wagons or trucks or upon the backs of burros. In such event the only solution of the problem is to build aerial tramways or inclines. Now the Shannon incline is built of 35-pound steel rails. The track consists of five parallel rails. It has a 40-inch gauge, upon which the ore skips operate, and a 20-inch gauge for the small supply trucks. Special at tention was given to providing a solid roadbed and in laying large, sound ties in the construction of the road. The ties are six by ten inches in size. The two ore skips are operated by gravity. Find Statue 5,000 Y ears Old A royal statue 5,000 years old is one of the many rare relics unearthed by excavations recently made on the site of Ur in Mesopotamia, the home town of Abraham’'s ancestors. The statue was dug up in the ruins of a temple dedicated to the moon god, whose worship was observed there for probably 4,000 years. It is a figure of Entemena, king of Lagash, who lived about 2000 B. C. What he looked llke Is impossible to discover as the head of the statue is missing. Records show the temple to have been rebuilt in 2300 B. C., after many cen turies of use. It was remodeled by Nebuchadnezzar and again by Cyrus the Great in the Fifth century B. C. This was probably the last alteration as less than a century later the Per slan fire-worshipers destroyed all the temples and images of the ancient idol atrous religion, The Best in the World Maud—What excuse have you for doing such an unmaldenly thing as pro posing to Jack? Leap year, I suppose. Ethel —Not at all—the golden rule. ~—Boston Transcript. Good-Luck Charm “Does a rabbit's foot really bring good luck?” “I should say so. My wife felt one in my pocket once and thought it was a mouse.” Against the Rules Stone Age Poet (angrily)—Then why don't you return my manuscrint? Ditto Editor (coldly)—You Inclosed no ox-team.—Cornell Widow, Heat of the Sun The heat of the sun is about 46500 times as Intense as the heat of the earth, THE MONTICELLO NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1924, Carmel Cognoscenti . Bar Modern Devices An artistic Elysium where streets and sewers and other evidences of modern clvilization do not. exist, the kindly acres where, according te Cato, no usury stands to retard creative in spiration, freedom from soclety's fet ters, - g Such s the incentive of the new artists' retreat that well-known mem bers of the Carmel Cognoscenti have established at Notley’s Landing, an abandoned town 15 miles from the scene of Carmel itself, 7 For Carmel, declare these anti-con ventionalists, is fast becoming too modern to be the ideal playground for brain children. New sewers, an in corporated city government, all the conventionalities of a stylish summer colony, do not blend harmoniously with ideal artistic conception, they declare. The movement for an artistic ex odus Is well under way, it would seem, with Evan Royal Mosher, paint er; John Howard Flanner, composer, and Herbert Heron, writer-poet, al ready living at Notley’s Landing, and with Willlam Overstreet, Carmel edi tor, announcing his plans of following suit. With the advent of numerous sum mer visitors Carmel, the artists’ state, has taken on too many aspects of a real city, whereas it was once replete with freedom and artistic communism. —San Franclsco Chronicle. Roman Generals Liked Spring Mineral Water The Romans, who knew much about external and internal cleanliness that was forgotten after the downfall of their pewer, attached the greatest im portance to the drinking of mineral water, At Alx-les-Thermes, for lin stance, in the Pyrenees, the, waters were used by the Roman conquerors, and St. Louis had a pond buijlt there for the use of Crusaders who returned from the Holy Land stricken with lep rosy. This pond Is still in existence. It was In the Nineteenth century, however, that Aix-les-Thermes was adapted to modern needs and became a popular resort, Its waters contain sodium sulphide and are very benefl cial for rheumatism and gout. In this country the term “thermal” is not in wide use, one seldom hearing the term “thermal resort” applied to places where persons go to take a “cure.” In Europe, on the other hand, the word is in comimon use, and a ther mal resort Is recognized as a place whose waters possess certain healing and health-giving properties, and which has also been developed to take proper care of those who repair for a cure or to enjoy a period of rest and recreation.—Detrolt News. . Locate Leaks An automatic leak indicator for ships consists of » number of small cast-iron boxes screwed to the bulk head of each compartment and set at predetermined distances, one above an other. In each box there is an elec trical contrivance connected with an Indicator board, either on the bridge or in some other convenient place. The board is fitted with a number of small glow lamps of different colors, and Is connected with an alarm bell. When water rises to the level of the lowest box it makes an electrical con tact, by which the lamp correspond ing to the height of the bulkhead that the box indicates is lighted and so remains until the next box is reached by the water, when the sgecond lamp Is lighted. Meanwhile the bell rings continuously until shut of?f, Words Failed Her The telephone rang and u volce buzzed: “Say, Blanche, is zat yout” rEen” “Say, Blanche, 1 called you up to tell you samepin imgortant.” “Just a minute, Mittle. Walt untll I take the eggs off the fire. Now what is it, dearie?” “Hold the wire. My soup's scorch- There was a long pause, and then: “Hello, Blanche.” “Hello, Mittie. ' What was it you wanted to tell me? Somepin lmpor tant, you sald.” “L dunno now, Blanche. My bhiscuits are burnt to a crisp.” Couldn’t Answer The villager sent & note 1o the doce tor, saying: ‘“Please send me some tizzic for a headake.” Next time they wet the doctor said, “Fel-z-z-i-¢ doesn’t spell physie, you know." “Well, what does it spell, then?” asked the villuger, The doctor gave it up. . S fsasscions Electric Locomotive Speed A speed of 105 miles an hour has been attained by an electric locomo tive In tests before 200 steam and electrical railrond men from all parts of the couniry at Erie, Fa. The elec tric proved superior in pulling after glving the steam engine a start at five miles an hour, Habit Persists Fellcia==lsn't Mr. Luvvum an ab surd person? Whenever he talks to me he always begins with “Falr lady.” Maud—-Oh, that's only force of habit, You see, he used to be a bus con ductor. We will spprecmie i very much if you will 'phone us when you have a visitor, il Try a “want” ad—it pays! PETITION FOR DISCHARGE United States District Court Western Division Scuthern District / of Georgia In the matter of William Hard wick, of Gladesville, Jasper County, Bankrupt, in bankruptey. { To the Creditors of the above-named Bankrupt: You are hereby notified that the above-named bankrupt hss applied for a discharge from all debts prov able against him in bankruptey. The said application will be heard by the United States Distriet Judge of said division and district at the United States Court room in the city of Macon, Ga., on the 30th *day of April, 1924, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon. All creditors of sajd bankrupt are notified to appear at the time and place stated and show cause, if any they can, why the prayer of said pe titioner should not be granted. Dated at Macon, Ga., this 81st day of March, A. D. 1924, L. M. ERWIN, Clerk. By Meta Erwin, Deputy Clerk. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA, NIGHT AT WSB BROADCASTING STA. Monday night, April 7th, will be Central of Georgia night at WSB (429), the radio broadcasting sta tion of the Atlanta Journal, from 8 to 9 p.'m., Central time. The famous shopman’s band of the Central of Georgia will give a con cert. A feature will be a cornet solo by the leader, W. C. Dean, who was instructor of the “Old Gray Bonnet” band of the Dixie Division during the War, L. A. Downs, President of the Cen tral of Georgia, will give a five min ute talk on the opportunities for de veloping the natural resources of Georgia and Alabama. Radio fans are invited to listen in and those who receive the program are requested to write J. D. Me- Cartney, Assistant to the President, at Savannah, Ga. el t———————————————————— Hall's Catarrh Medicine ;.. Snhnd Treatment,both local apd internal, and has been success ful mfie treatment of Catarrh for over forty years. Sold by all druggists. F. Jo CHENEY & Co.. To'm. obb Vw' 5 , q e ' A S g IR ‘\\\\\\‘“\\\‘\ ";/‘ / 6 ¥ “ s 7 2 ?{ ) K : ™ ‘.. 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