Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1917 — MUCH IN LITTLE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MUCH IN LITTLE

It is proposed to construct a $6,000,000 dam for irrigating 120,000 to 200,000 acres of land in Utah. After being four years tied—up in a close coll, a saw of vanadium steel was released and the treatment found to have Influenced its shape very slightly. < '<»bnlt is coming into use for the making of high-speed steels. Tltanbnn is a deoxidizer or purifier of molten steel. , 2 ; Z '

Palermo, Me., husked out 16& bushels of corn, made 47 long traces, picked nearly all the apples on his farm and gathered the garden vegetables last fall. The tusks of the African elephant sometimes weigh as much as 100 pounds each, and reach # length of eight or nine feet. There are about 35,000,000 fur felt hats made in the United States each year, and about 7,000,000 wool felt ones. .<

ter. A still cheaper and more effective destroyer of the larvae is kerosene. a pint of which sprayed upon every eight quarts of manure will kill lire im'fjigrfts. So far as th" dwelling house is concerned there are a number of effective ways of destroying flies. Carbolic acid is one. Twenty drops of this on a heated shovel or anything of the kind will kill the insects by its vapor. But as this is a dangerous thing to have in the house where young children are. it would be better to get something harmless and yet effective. Buy one dram of bichromate of potash at a drug store. Dissolve it. in "twn ounces of water, add a little sugar, and place the mixture in shallow dishes about the house. Another good remedy is formalin or formaldehyde. A spoonful of this in a quarter of a pint of water will kill all the flies. As this is a poison, it must be placed where children cannot reach it. When a room is found full of flies tlieymay be immediately destroyed by the use of pyrethrum powder. Close the doors and windows and pull down all the shades except one, njuch leave up about a foot. Take into the room a tablespoonful of the powder on a hot shovel. The fumes will drive the flies In their death struggleXowurd the foot of light at the window. There they will fall dead and may easily be swept out. There are various kinds of sticky flypaper, traps. etc. The papers should he burned when they—have—done—their work. Screen every window and door of ypli r ho use an d k eep the screens on till you start up your furnace. Have separate screen covers for food which must be exposed in pantry and kitchen. Let cleanliness, and cleanliness, and yet mqre cleanliness lie your motto_all summer long. Important Don’ts. Don’t dine at a ’otel. boarding house or restaurant where flies are tolerated. Don’t allow flies in your house. Don’t permit them near your food, especially milk. Don’t buy food where flies are permitted. • Don’t allow them in the sickroom. Don’t let them crawl over the baby or the nipple of its nursing bottle.

Rudyard Kipling has found that shopkeepers, instead of cashing his smaller checks, sell the autographs to curiosity seekers, always for more. Often much more, than the face value of the check. ■ ■ " \ The Swedish match factories have decided to reduce the size, of matches owing to the fact that Russia has forbidden the export of aspen wood. Two Illinois Inventors patented a bracket with which it is possible to hang both shades and curtains at windows without usihg nails or screws.

The greatest civilizing agent in the world, after the art of printing, is the JocoThotive. and that term Includes the railroad and all its appurtenances. Without railroads, three-quarters of the United States would now be a wilderness. and the same is true of great portions of other continents, observes the Philadelphia Inquirer. Everybody travels in the railroad, and a railroad train is a familiar sight that never grows old. But how many of the millions who travel, know what the railroad signals mean? The .majority do not bother their heads about the matter, and a large minority vaguely wonder why there should be so much looting and swinging of lanteras-.-aH of which is no doubt essential, but at the same tipie very-confusing to the uninitiated passenger. Clears Up Mystery. Perhaps this article may serve to clear up the mystery, as the data are taken from the “Standard Code,” a textbook for railway menl Red signifies “danger.” Green signifies “caution —go slowly.” White signifies “safety.” Green and white signifies “stop at flag stations for passengers or freighl.*’ One cap or torpedo on rail means “stop immediately.” “Two caps on torpedoes on rail means “reduce speed immediately and look out for danger signal.” A train while running must display two green flags’ by day and two green lights by night, one on each side of the rear of the train. After sunset, or when obscured by fog or other cause, must display headlight in front and two red lights in riw. Two green flags by day and two green lights by night, displayed in the places provided for that purpose on the front of an engine, denote that the train is followed by another train running on the same schedule and entitled to the same time table rights as the train carrying the signals. —Tvvo 'white fhrgs by day and--Two white 4ighl s by night, carried in the same manner, denote that the train is anextrh. A blue flag by day and a hint? light by night, placed on the end of a car, denotes that car inspectors are at work under or about the car or train, and must not be coupled to dr removed until the blue signal is removed. Signals by Lanterns. Lamp signals are made as follows A lamp swung across the track is the signal to stop. A lamp raised and lowered vertically is the signal to move ahead. A lamp swung vertically in a eircle across the track when the train is standing is the signal to move back. A lamp swung vertically in a circle at arm’s length across the track when the train i£ running is the signal that Jhe train has parted. ,_ A flag or the hand moved in any of che directions given above will indicate the same, signals as given by the lamp. The locomotive! whistle, signals are composed long and short, quick sounds. In the following table O means short, quick sound; means long sound: Apply brakes, stop -. 0 Release brakes, star V Back ° ° ° Highway crossing signal ’or O O Approaching Stations Blast lasting 5 seconds Call for switchmen O O O O Cattle on the track.... — Train has parted ...,. 9 -Wi ' RM* 1 5 t B > I.WI r. ■ ■ ■<>. O 0-0 O Bridge or tunnel warning ....O O Fire alarm ~° OO O Will take sidet-ack

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