Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1905 — Page 6

HEAT AND TANNED SKINS. n« Miracle That Nature Perfonai When Sunburn Occur*. There are certain arctic animals, dark coated in the short summer, that In winter turn pure white, thus matching the snow covered landscape and escaping notice and harm. This change of color, this protection, effected no one knows how, is wonderful, as wonderful as a miracle, and yet a kindred change of color, a kindred protection, happens among mankind every summer, and nobody ever notices it. When the pale city people go out in the summer sun at the seashore or the mountains the light attacks them fiercely, first reddening their skin, then swelling, blistering and scorching it. If they kept in the sun enough, and if no miracle occurred, the light would kill them finally, burning off the skin first and afterward attacking the raw tk?*h. But a miracle does occur. The skin changes from a pale color to a tan and on this tan the sun has no effect. The sun may beat on tan colored skin for days and weeks, but such skin remains always sound, unblistered, whole. Thus rature works a miracle. The white skin is suffering, and nature, aware, somehow, that a tan skin is sun proof, changes to tan the white. How does she do this? Where did she learn that it was wise to do this? No one knows. Only the fact of the miracle remains. To prove this miracle—th prove that it is not the hardening of the skin, but the change in its color which protects it from sunburn—is an easy matter. Let a pale person, unused to the sun. stain one side of his face yellow, and. leaving the other side untouched, go out in the bright summer sun for a couple of hours. The one side of his face is no tougher, no more hardened than the other, yet the unstained side will be inflamed, blistered, while the tan colored one will be quite cool and unhurt. Sunburn is a miracle, a protection to mankind as inexplicable and as wonderful as the miracle of the arctic animals' change in the winter from dark coats to snow white ones.—New York Herald. MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN. A Little Story That Show* the Value of Acquaintances. How professional men make acquaintances can be illustrated by the story of two men whom I know. One of them, a dentist, had a practical father, who taught him how good an investment good clothes and many friends might be. This doctor lived for many years at leading hotels and at evening mingled socially with the guests. There was never a pleasanter man than he at these leisure times, nor a man of better appearance, althougn during the early years he was constantly in debt to his father, and in al; this social life be never mentioned his profession or his work unless such personal talk came naturally into the con versation. Each year he went to Europe and dined at the captain’s table, always in immaculate evening clothes Sometimes be went and returned by tin same ship, for there was little to gaia by staying abroad. Everybody liked him, and today he has an immense practice, a considerable proportion of which he admits frankly can be tracer! to his steamship acquaintance. One day a year ago be met a lawyer of about his own age and degree of sue cess at their club. “I’m going abroad Saturday,’’ said the lawyer. "Come along." he added, half in jest. The doctor hesitated for » moment in thought. "AU right,” he said. "What boat?” The lawyer told him and then asked with some surprise how be could manage to be away on such short notice, and if be had intended to take his vacation at that time. “I've been over eighteen times,” said the doctor, with a genial smile, “and for the same reason that you bare gone and are going. We'll work the boat together, you and I.” —Arthur Goodrich in Leslie's Monthly Magazine. The Fir«t Anthracite Coal. When the first two tons of anthracite coal were taken into Philadelphia, in 1803, the good people of that city, so the records state, “tried to burn the stuff, but at length, disgusted, they broke it up nnd made a walk of it.” Fourteen years later Colonel Georgr Shoemaker sold eight or ten wagon loads of it in the same city, but warrants were soon issued for bis arrest for taking money under false pretenses. Invaluable. “In what way could yon be of any use to an employment bureau?” said the proprietor. “Simplest thing in the world.” replied the shiftless looking applicant. “You are always in need of men to fill positions, and I'm always out of a Job.”—Detroit Free Press. Antiquity of Wire. The manufacture of wire is of very ancient origin. It has been traced back to the earliest Egyptian history. Specimens arc in existence which can be proved to Cate to 1700 B. C. Tbe Ken Kington museum has a specimen which was made in Minera 800 years B. C Ancient literature contains many refer ences to wire. From the ruins of Her eulaneum metal heads bare been e* burned on which tbe hair is represented by wire. There is no question that this ancient wire was made by hammering cut the metal, which was always bronze or of tbe precious group. This beld true of al! made previous to the fourteenth century, during which the process of forming wire by drawing or elongating the metal by forcing it through a conical orifice, made in some substance Larder than the metal treat ®d. was invented.—Cassier's Magazine

A NATURAL DIKE. Ph* Volcanic Formation Alon* tbe Course of Fall River. Nature is full of strange freaks, and her agents—rains, storms, winds and even dust—produce results that might often be mistaken for the works of human Lands, though frequently on a colossal scale. Volcanic activities are mighty factors, and through them some wonderful phenomena are wrought. One of these may be seen along tbe course of Fall river, in northern California. This stream is of considerable size, and the work of nature's gigantic forces may be seen between the upper and lower cascades of the river. It is what might properly be called a “volcanic dike." This dike extends for some distance along Fall river, near its banks and nearly parallel to the course. It bears close resemblance to a roughly constructed wall. Tbe top of this dike is very ragged and the height of varying altitudes. In some places it is twenty feet high and several feet in thickness, amt again may be easily clambered over. The rock of which this wall of nature is composed is of a very porous character, bearing some resemblance to pumice stone, though much more solid and of greater specific gravity. That entire region is of volcanic origin and evidently was once the scene if great eruptive activity. Scoria and lava abound, though tbe face of tbe country is now thickly clad with timber and brush. The dike begins and ends abruptly. The wall of the dike is evidently the result of volcanic forces, and has no doubt stood for many centuries. It stands clear from clinging rocks, has a narrow foundation, with vertical walls, and is very straight. The mystery is what forces of nature could have piled up or left standing this rock formation so uniform. This dike has puzzled not a few geologists who have visited and examined it.—American Inventor.

A FIERCE MERMAN. Brand of Marine Mounter Virginia Sported In 1676. B. H. Blackwell of Oxford has published a careful reprint of "Au Account of Virginia; Its Situation, Temperature. Productions, Inhabitants and Their Manner of Planting and Ordering Tobacco.” It is, in brief, a pamphlet communicated to the Royal society in 1676 by one Thomas Glover, "an ingenious Chirurgion," who bad lived for some years in the province. Mr. Glover would seem to have reckoned tbe sea serpent among the inhabitmts of the colony to judge from the minute accuracy of tbe following description : “A most prodigious Creature, much resembling a man, only somewhat larger, standing right up in the water with bis h ad, neck, shoulders, breast and wast, to tbe cubits of his arms, above water; his skin was tawny, much like that of an Indian; the figure of his bead was pyramidal, and slick, without hair, bis eyes large and black, and so were his eyebrows; his mouth very wide, with a broad, black streak on the upper lip, which turned upward at each end like moustacboes; bis countenance was grim and terrible; bis neck, shoulders, arms, breast and wast were like unto the neck, arms, shoulders. breast and wast of a man; his bands, if be had any, were under water. He seemed to stand with bls eyes fixed on me for some time, and afterward dived down, and a little after riseth at somewhat a farther distance and turned his head toward me again, and then immediately falieth a little under water and swimmeth away so near the top of the water that I could discern him throw out his arms and gather them in as a man doth when he swimmeth. At last be shoots with his bead downward, by which means he cast tayl above the water, which exactly resembled the tayl of a fish, with a broad sane at the end of it”

No Doubt of Hl* Honesty. Deputy Sheriff and Chief of Police Alf Church of Woonsocket was known In his day as a man who was straightforward an 1 blunt in all his dealings. One day a grocer went to Alf for in formation about a certain Joe White who had applied for credit and a book at his store, and the following dialogue ensued: "Good morning, Mr. Church." "Mornin’.” "Do you know Joe White?” “Yes.” “What kind of a feller la he?” “Putty fair.” "Is he honest?” "Honest? I should say so. Been arrested twice for stealin' and acquitted both times.” Best Not Alway* Beat. It is a mistake to have tbe best. Tbe reasons are two—one is that directly you have the best of anything you have closed an avenue to enjoyment, the enjoyment of waiting for a wish to be realized: the other Is that one becomes sorry for those persons whom one sees stumbling along with the inferior article.—E. V. Lucas. Trade Superstitions. Dressmakers will not “fit” with black pins, and regard it as unlucky to tack with green cotton. Milliners regard as of happy augury the drop of blood falling on a hat from a pricked finger.—London Notes and Queries. The Hair Restorers. Dollie—He promised to send back my lock of hair, but he hasn’t don» it yet. Mollie—That's the way with these hair restorers—all promise and no performance. To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.—Georgs Eliot

••Walton'* Angler.” This insignificant duodecimo volume, not remarkable for any especial literary merit beyond an easy, cheerful, chatty good humor, interlarded with technical information about a strangely fascinating sport, occupies one of tie topmost niches in the huge temple of British bibliographical fame. “Worth its weight in gold" is a very inadequate expression. The numbei of sovereigns its value represents overbalances many copies. Its companion volume, the second part, by Charles Cotton, was not issued from the press until twenty-three years later and naturally increases the already stupendous price when found with the earlier work. The perennial popularity of "Walton's Angler" is very remarkable. Seldom a year passes that does not witness its reissue in some form or other, either delicate and dear for the con noisseur’s shelves or commonplace and cheap for the traveler's pocket. There is a charm about the book which time apparently cannot de: troy. How to Make Beeswax. The following recipe for beeswax can be vouched for: After the combs have been put through an extractor or crushed and strained through a thin cloth the wax is put in a copper or porcelain lined kettle, with cold water enough to cover it. and boiled for half an hour, or longer if it seems necessary. When the wax is taken from the stove it is strained and poured in a vessel previously dipped in cold water. To make a round cake of beeswax pour the melted wax in a bowl that has been dipped in cold water. To make wax sheets use a board threeeighths of an inch thick, dampened with warm water, then dipped in the melted wax two or three times. The board is next put in water to cool for a little while, after which it is taken out. the edges trimmed with a sharp knife and two sheets of wax peeled off. To make these wax sheets the wax must not be too hot or it will crack. Sound Wave*. The sensation of sound, as is well known, is produced by a certain to and fro or wave-like movement of the air striking upon the drum of the ear and so setting it in vibration. Each sound wave consists of two portions, in one of which the air is compressed beyond and in the other rarefied below the average pressure. If two sound waves are traveling in the same direction, but one of them starts half a wave length behind the other, the compressed half of one will fall upon the rarefied half of the other, the average air pressure will remain undisturbed, and the two sounds will combine to produce silence. If a sounding tuning fork be slowly rotated near the ear four positions will be found in which the sound will be barely audible. This is due to such interference of sound*waves as has been described. Hott to Cut Glass. Glass can be cut without a diamond, and the way is very >impie.» Dip a piece of common string in alcohol and I squeeze it reasonably dry. Then tie I the string tightly around the glass on the line of cutting. Touch a match to the string and let it burn off. The heat of the burning string will weaken the glass in this particular place. While It is Lot plunge the glass under water letting the arm go under well to the elbow, so there will be no vibration when the glass is struck. With the free hand strike the glass outside the line of cutting, giving a quick, sharp stroke with any long flat instrument, such as a stick of wood or a long bladed knife, and the cut will as clean and straight as if made by a regular glass cutter.

Napoleon Before the Convention. When Barras introduced Napoleon to the convention as a fit man to be intrusted with the command the president asked: “Are you willing to undertake the defense of the convention''” "Yes,” was the reply. After a time the president continued: "Are you aware of the magnitude of the undertaking?” “Perfectly,” replied Napoleon, fixing bis eyes upon his questioner, “and I am in the habit of accomplishing that which I undertake.” Flr»t Great Depression. “WLat. may I ask, was the keenest disappointment of your career?” asked tbe anxious interviewer. The great financier stared coldly at the ink Lottie. "It was when I was four years old. I think.” he drawled, “when I woke up one morning and found my red balloon shrunken to onefourth the size of the day before.”— Detroit Free Press. Man and the Dog. We are alone, absolutely alone, on this chance planet, and amid all the Firms of life that surround us not one. excepting the dog. has made an alliance with us. A few creatures fear us, ■uost are unaware of us and not one loves us.—From a Maeterlink Essay. Supplied a Deficiency. Mr. Goodman—James, the gentleman you gave as reference tells me you're not very truthful. Jimmy (the office boy i—Well, say, yer slch a truthful guy yersel’ yer need an ablebodied liar like me round der place.—Philadelphia Press. Their Descent. “Oh, yes.” she said proudly, “we can trace our ancestry back to—to—well, I don't know who. but we've been descending for centuries.”—Philadelphia Telegraph. A Jwenlle Tbrntt Mother—Remember. Tommy, an angel is watering over you. Tommy— Aw. ma, don't be conceited!—Chicago News.

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Not That Kind of n Server. Heavy Tragedian — Hurry up with my order. I am used to people serving me in a hurry. Waiter—l don't doubt it, but I am no sheriff. More Than Bent. “Are you bent on spending all of your money?” "No; I’m broke.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. , BENEFIT TO MANKIND One of the Greatest Discoveries of the Ninelheenth Century. There is nothing in the way of a discovery in the nineieenth century that has proved ot greater benefit to mankind than that of two eminent French chemists. Morgues and Gautier bv name, who discovered away to separate the medicinal curative elements. of which there are about fifty different kinds of the cod's liver from the oil. and give to modern medicine all the tonic, body-building and curative properties of that grand old remedy cod liver oil, unencumbered by the oily, greasy part, which science had proved of no value whatever, either as a food or medicine. Thus they produced Vinol. Vinol is guaranteed to contain in a highly concentrated form all the medicinal edements of cod liver oil, actually taken from fresh cod’s liver, and wherever old fashioned cod liver oil or emulsions will do good, Vinol will do far more good—for being without oil. it is delicous to the taste, easily assimilated and won't upset the weakest stomach. Vinol tones up the digestive organs, creates a hearty appetite, makes rich red blood and creates strength for old people weak women, puny children and after sickness, and for all pulmonarv troubles has no equal. So strong is our faith in Vinol that se freely offer to return money in every case where it fails to give satisfaction. Smith. YagerAFalk druggists

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The Bine Scarecrow. The farmer’s scarecrows were all garbed in blue. “A blue scarecrow,” said the man, “does more good than ten ordinary ones, for birds hate and fear blue as you and I hate and fear typhoid and consumption. A professor pointed out to me that blue was the thing for birds. At first I was unbelieving, but I experimented and found that professor to be. right.”—Philadelphia Bulletin. Resting the Heart. “Rest your heart now and then during the day,” said an instructor in gymnastics. "But tbe heart can't be rested,” a pupil objected. "It works incessantly from birth to death.” "It rests the heart to lie down,” said the instructor. “Every night’s sleep ot nine hours saves the heart the lifting of 32.000 ounces of blood. Considerable rest there, eh ? "When we lie down, you see, the heart's action becomes slower —slower by ten strokes a minute. Thus in an hour 600 strokes are saved and in nin<> hours 5,400 strokes. Each stroke pumps six ounces of blood, and therefore ir nine ’.ours the heart is saved tbe labor of y /raping 32,400 ounces. “ ,'Le heart often requires a rest"— Philadelphia Bulletin. Ran tbe Hole Out of Town. A lecturer recently told of a Russian he saw some years ago in Manchuria whose methods of achieving results were not according to the usual code. The Russian had a well in his front yard which he concluded to fill up. He began digging a hole by the side of tbe well, throwing the dirt from the new excavation into the well. “In th.- course of time,” said the speaker, “the old well was Allen, but there was a hole alongside as big *s the first. Tbe Russian went farther away and dug snothei hole to fill the second. He continued this process of digging one hole to fill the other until he literally ran the hole out of town.”

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