Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 10 December 1915 — Page 7

FRIDAY,

DECEMBER 10, 1913.

THE HERALD-DEMOCRAT.

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/"C^CH commandant cayg DETONATION AND V/HI2 XRAVOL ecually fast

“CORK LEG”INDUSTRY

‘|,„.| VC 3 Dclicrte Problem in CMlist ;s and Acoustics. yiicn ;i bull t or r,lu!l whizsos past i I r two distinct sound !, which ^ pcir Hy i'ttributcd to echo. , :o hu.s uotliing to do with L Pj a nd the double sound is r." rg0 phenomenon in neoustics I only just in cn explained. Toian.riul'.nt Agnus of the Frcncli [ ; ] )i; d presented to the Academic fill Sciences llio result:! o? a profound Le, hu lias made of this double

jotind.

i[|, e i ■ ’anation is that you hear

^ccod.ivily tim noise produced by y tile ploughing through the [j.tl i inonient of its passage at ,, j . , t of the listener and the r ,n v of i - detonation at the moment

v, !deh reaches the cr.r with

C : pe :! of sound.

On fi:t the detonation spreads a L u |ar (more correctly, globular) tlitt’ moves in every direction jjth the peed of sound, or about jdi,,, fert a second. Put the projocjt elf i< rushing through the ait Nith a \i!ocity that steadily de-

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A shell from a 73 cannon has a i d of 1,713 feet % a second at the n 's r' ’lith, and a rifle bullet lias a peed of more than 2,000 fret, roughtipeaki”.: twice that of sound. The ioije it makes In flying through the Iris i ntinued and outdistances the jourd of the explosion, being onemth of a second ahead of it at the nd of the first 330 yards. STUDIES OPTICS OF FISH rofessor Has Honor of Divining Rhetoric in Flounders Eye Why an opossum sniffs his unsatis|ed curiosity or a peacock proudly isplays its variegated fan tails con- ± c. - per uystcry than mere ual or intellectual satisfaction. It however, been left to Prof. I-’. O. ia.-t of the department of zoology of ohim Hopkins university to divine (he rheton in a flounder’s eye. Prof. Must began his research upon Jlie kalcidosi de changes of eidor in de flat fi ll with the knowledge that lany ; dmab possess the vital powe: metamorphose their flesu in tints 1 hues o like the background as b" indistinguishable from it. Man m only lately turned this truth Into jccount, as witness the military extent of turning red and blue othinc on soldiers to grays, khaki

id russets.

Animals as a rule simuate. their groundings. The tiger is striped e the lights and shadows of the Me. The insect called “daddyt lee Is easily confused in color d rigidity w ith twigs of trees. Ther ■ e, however, many animals whose option to the nearby objects is evmore perfect than this. 0 YEAR OLD DOCK TURNS UP i. y T.r ! reported by Chicago Un. vcrr.ty Officials. f 1 n in musty unused store ’i Hall at tho University ry r.syistr.ntn mearili 1 hound in yellow, vvafp ; its pages raLhor nicli . except for biightly i 1 loll era that EOino for led worked oa in no; c ’ !■ r ages nao. The booh Jium-s C. ’I. Hnnsor. 1 or of tlio library. • id tho director. "It's I \'i '.dolintta de Rpira, n

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r 1 ’ 1 > of Lactaniius, of which 1 < one other known copy .’ iiioney,” asked a report 1 ! J el" ■ for yourself. VIndelin l " of the old Venetian book : 'I this was printed in Veil F D, The only other copy is in c ril h museum. It is worth

[! tl. ,,i ands of dollars.

AVELS OF 3ALANCE WHEEL ‘ s,! ' ! Facts About the Little Jig-

ger In Your Watch.

F nee wheel of a large watch | . meter of about 0.75 inch <■ ntiiference of 2.36 inches. A

*‘vil makes live single oseilla-

'* a : ccond and tho amplitude 1 ’ilation is 15 complete revo ir< ’1 1 i im travels about IS lii 'V one mile in an hour an .

i! "' In a dry.

years of uninterrupted run

the

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V ‘ ‘i:i h i.i not unusual says the "r of the. c statements, the travel Dm of the balance wheel s 0 }' eveceds the circumference 1 ' "'h, a distance that a loco I t’ ■’ ig te n hours dally at n II ■ " miles per hour, would take a- months to accomplish. ! rah tracks irstead of ordinary ar “ tl? oil to fasten white oil ,0 t’antry and capboard shelf, ‘ ‘'loth may be easily removed

cleaned.

The cork leg is familiar in works of fiction. In real life such a thing is not, and never has been, cork being lust al out the mo t unsuitable material for the purpose that could he imagined. Artificial limbs are made of 1. :■ -woo l or willow, supplemented to some extent with leather. The lumber for* them is carefully rrl cted and the first step in the wiling of a 1.1: e ieg is to cut from the raw material a block eight Inch A square and of the requisite 1 n- th. Through it a hole is bored lengthwise t. i h a lartv au r. a i th , the 1 is put aside in a dry place an 1 allowed to BOS m. It ot t to for three year:!. It is then c; rved in imitation of a real leg, s-nndpa.nored to smoothness, hollowed out so as to convert it inio a mere shell, anti rendered waterproof by a coating of a special kind of varnish. It may be rovered with kid, but methods <u manufacture vary. Tho leg i , made hollow for the sake of lightness, and o’ o to provide room for the introduction of a strong spiral i pimg and other qlements of the meehanl ia that is to render the limb a useful and comfortable counterfeit of a real one. An artificial leg of up to date pattern is an i ’genius piece of apparatus r.nd there is many a man today who wears one without betraying the fact to the casual observer. Of course if the natural limb has been cut off high up the artificial one must he in two parts, connected by a knee joint. If one must lose a portion of one’s ambulatory machinery the most desirable place for the amputation is between the knee ami the ankle. Under such circumstances a false member may enable one to walk without Uniping, or on? may even tango satisfactorily, hut losof part of the foot or of the whole foot at the ankle joint mean.! that ou ■ must go halting through life. The foot of the .artificial leg is in itself an exceedingly clever counterfeit. Its core is part of the same piece of wood that makes the body of the leg. Enveloping this core is rubber, vulcanized on in a series of thin layers, the result being to give • he foot a lively springiness, rendering it comfortable for walking and helping to give the wearer a natural

(alt.

An artificial arm is of similar construction. with a wooden core for U.e hand, which is of vulcanised rub1 r. But ns a substitute for the natural limb it is a poor thing com-p-g ; 1 u a false leg. The hand is inoless for purposes of manipulation and las to be kept covered with a glove. Wires extend through the fingers, so that the latter may be bent into any desired position. Under the law any person who has lost a leg or an arm, a foot or a hand in the service of (he United States Government is entitled to an nrti ficlal member every three years. This is a very liberr.l allowance, because a false leg if not abused ought to last eight years. Furthermore the right is not restricted to soldiers and sailors; civilian employes of Uncle

Sara can enjoy it likewise.

Few artificial arms are asked for by those entitled to them, not more than one arm, indeed, for every 100 legs. Pensioners and others who have lost such members prefer as a rule to accept a money equivalent instead. They are at liberty under the law to draw $50 every three years In lieu of an arm, or if n leg lie in question the cash commutation allowed is $75. There are in this country forty odd manufacturers of artificial limbs, and I heir products differ somewhat in style and construction. Congress lias rl.clr.ifd that the i -iricd veteran i at liberty to t-ljoo:— Hs own make or log or arm. To lie fitt-d with It he may journey to any c !ty in the United -States where the fake member

ho purch < -I and the

will pay hi.! traveling expensiin eluding UuUnian car accommodations. It will not pay for ills nmal- en oulo, a ruling on tho i rt of Unch flam that h ■ t cllc/lod a good do.’’I ol crumbling. Unit n crippled old soidie; residing in Unn Francisco may, if h-> ehoo r , buy a false leg in Boston, (raveling oh-ir i.cao .i the continent : ml liael: rt tl * cf> -nnn nt’s e< penr.o. Some vet'-r::ns of the civil war once in three years attend tho O. A. It. rri ..ions without a cent’s cost to themselves for travel, electing ns is their privilege to purchase Incidentally a limb In the city where the reunion i •

to he held.

Such false legs and arms ns can now lie bought are of course very modern Inventions. It. nviy bo taken for grr.iiH'd, however, that artificial substitutes lor lost limbs date back to a remote antiquity. l»r. Ales Herdlicka ot tho Smithsonian Institution recently dug up in Peru a false foot of , wood, apparently prehistoric, which was a mere block with a socket, : vldently intended to be i.isteneil to 'he nnklo of a person who e foot had hern amputated. Famous in Id ten- Is the iron hand if Goetz von IJerlichi on. a knight of medieval Nuremberg; and there ivr-! another nobleman of tho same ?poch who had a iron foot weighing ton pounds, with which, being an it-’, icible person, he could kick so hard that his servants stole the foot a .d ■brew it iuto the Khlne.—N. Y. Sun.

MAKE GLOBE ISPS

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VALUABLE OIL STONE DISCOVERED IN TE>"VS

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MANUFACTURERS PASTE LAYERS OF BROWN PAPER TO FORM

CCNCOL BULBS

Improved Varnish Method Prevents Diceoloring of Call. A deckled fillip to a little known Industry has been given by tho war. Hitherto globe maps to he seen in every school room, wore m.ido in Germany, there being very few firms in Great Britain who manufactured them. The consequence was that English retailers had to sell thousands of German globes every year not only in this country, hut in the dominions over the seas. English uitnle globes were more expensive, but were decidedly sup< riordo those made in Germany, which were of poor workmanship, and now that the German trade has been killed a determined attempt is to be made to capture tho whole of the trade. Few people could say of what substance globes are made, and would be astonished to hear that brown paper is the chief material u t I. A tflalrix of wood is covered wi;h strips of brown paper which have keen well smeared with paste. The paper is laid on the matrix until it is about a sixteenth of an Inch thick and tho globe looks like a football of the association type. When this paper covering is dry, it i:-, cut midway between what will be ttie two poles, removed from the matrix, and after an axis has been fixed in it, the two hemisphereare glued together. Then this sphere of brown D' per is coated with a compost ion plaster, the ingredients ot which are a trade secret and again left to dry. After being tested to see that it is an exact sphere, the meridians are marked on the globe to guide the girls who finish the work. Tho globe is then fixed in a cl; : ip which holds Us r-bi and a girl takes tl;-' engraved gores, cut ready for use, and pastes them on wbhord overlapping. If the globe is. exact the gores should fit so (x.ie.ly th t you <• tnnnt : -e where they aie in the complete globe. When the gores have dr: d on, the globe ii colored by a hand proc-ss, which is a! :o done by girls, and then poll died. In tho old days so many coats of vanish vero laid on that very soon the globe assumed that yellow hue that we see in all old globes. 1 hi* modern method of surface production obviates this, and the globe keeps its Whiteness,. The globe is now ready to he mounted on its stand and to have its nieriid in fitted. Formerly, says the World’s Work, when the industry was most flourishing the metal and woodwork connected with the fitting formed sop mate industries, hut today the globe maker docs tho v hole work on his own premises. It might he mentioned that globes thus made are so strong that a fourteen stone man could stand on one and not break it. Indeed you cannot break one without using great vio-

lence.

Employer Finds Hidden Wealth in Western Mountains, Near South, ern Pacific Railroad While engaged in exploration in the mountains of west Texas, Charles Eaureneo Baker of tho Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Ti x8S, found large di posits of novacu'.ite, i. valuable oil stone, heretofore foui d in the Unitc-d Uantcs only in the Ouachita Mountains of West Car.: ral Arkansas. The novacullte in Texas is found in north central Brevv-ter county, ;Uon-; t he line of the S hem Pacific Rail toad from Haymord westward to I - >oml Mr. ral lien. A small area of r is found north of the* railroad non i and r.ortl ist of Marathon, hut It hr by far it 1 rgcvt extent south of the railroad, in which direction it is found for fully fiflcen miles Novaculiie is a very fine, very hard, brittle, siliceous reck, of a color varying from putv snow white to a slightly bluish \v. icry tint. There are two kinds, the Arkansas and the Ouachita stones, of each of which there are both hard and soft grades. The Arkansas stone i : very hard, very fine grained and slow cutting, and is used chiefly by i r ;ravers, wood carvers Jewelers, <’ iii ts, ,4!iachinists, tool makers i od cutlery maker:!. The Or ehita i a hard stone, which wears aw. v com para lively fast and both cuts the steel rapidly and produces a fine edge. It can be used for razor hones as well as for sharp- < ning common tool ■-. For sharpening small poim- 1 or very fine edged tools the Ark an: a ; novacullte ts considered to lie (ho best whetstone in the world. The nov; ulite In the Mnrnlhon region outcrop:! in numerous ion ;, narrow and harp northeast southwest white ridges. The ledges are nearly always st> cply upturned by the ver: intense folding to which the rocks of the region have been subjected Tl." rock when expoped at the surface is always very much shattered into small pieces, but probably b’rgcr sized unfractured blocks are to he obtained at a few R et beneath the surface. Rome pro. iM'cting must be done before the r< 1 quality of the stone ran 1)0 determine!I. Tills was ah i the ease in Arkansas, where the rocks in tin* surface exposures arc always very much broken by tho various agcncio. of weather. Tests to determine the quality of die We t Texas novacullte are now being made at the laboratory of the Bureau or Economic Geology. Tho leal vnlta of the West Texas novneulite ran ke determined only afte--tho depo its have boon thoroughly prospected, hut the probability is that these dep.idis will prove to lie of cou*jidertiMo value.

STILESVILLE.

The you-ig ladies class of the Christian church Sunday school will give a box and pie supper at the schoolhouse on Saturday evening, Dec. 11. Al! girls are invited to bring

a box or pie.

Misses Avis Ruark, Helen Boyd and Hurt spent Saturday in Indianapolis. The Sundav r.chool ot the Christian I church will give a Xmas tree and en-

ROCK BRANCH.

Mrs. Pearl Hendricks called on Mrs. Cora Stewart Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Ollie Disney spent from Saturday until .Monday with her daugh-

ter, Mrs. Tom Martin.

Miss k clma Dodds spent Friday night with Mrs. Wm. Beekelhimer. Mrs. John Smith spent Friday aft-

tertainment at the church on Xmas err,con with Mrs. Mary Allen • ve. Everybody is invited to a.sist by ] Mias Bertha! Adams called on Miss

l.ringing gifts and helping with the l)js n e V 1)Unc iav

entertainment.

Miss Hazel Gibbons is visiting her !

USE UP GOLD TAILINGS

Minors Dispose of Ore Left Overs in

South Africa

A Log* 25,000,000 tors of gold ore in hoi d out of the mines of the Witwater, rand in sou'll Africa every >e;i”, and tie disno-’-’l of tile tailings, ns tho refuse rock In called after it

Government 11ms been crushed to a s; ml and th *

gold extracted by the cyanide of potns.dum proci -s conntitut'v or: - of the bi-gent problems In tin ’—ration of

some of the miner.

As a general thing gold i lines are

Ici atbd In a mou

tho tailings can he dumped in aim", t any quantity down a inouni -:n side, hut in the Wit water: rand the coun try is flat and rpci nil methods mi; > bo used to prevent the mine and mill Iron’i being buried. In the type of tail in::: conveyor and rtenker most corn-

sister at Plainfield.

Walter Almund, of Pittsburg, Pa., I is the guest of his father and sisterj

Mrs. E. Rohards.

Mrs. J. E. Hicks was in Indianapolis

Tuesday.

1 he ladies of the Missionary Circle will hold a bazaar at the Reed Furni-j ture store on the 14th and 15th of | December. Mrs. George Mcliaffie was taken ill Saturday at the home of her daugh- ! ter, Mrs. George Englehnrt, in Brazil and was taken to the hospital on j Sunday morning where she underwent an operation for appendicitis and other troubles. Her condition is 1

critical.

Mrs. Gertrude Mills and son spent ' the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Dorsett. John Hume of Danville spent Sun- - day with his parents here. Rev. J. E. Sherrill will till his regular appointment at the Baptist church '

Sunday.

A miscellaneous shower was given I Frank Lewis and wife Saturday evening at their home. The Social Helpers of the Christian church met with Miss Hallie York on i Friday afternoon. Victor Litel has moved to his property here and with Ed Marsh as partner has purchased a motor truck. On Friday afternoon of last week Maxine Mcliaffie entertained twelve of her girl friends at her home west of town, the occasion being her 12th birthday anniversary. The afternoon was pleasantly spent playing games. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. A birthday cake lighted with 12 candles formed the centerpiece of the dining table.

Mr. and Mrs. Tarquin Hawkins, who resides about three miles south of this city, are the parents of a daughter born Tuesday.

Why do your Christmas shopping Out of town? If it’s a fad it’s an Expensive fad, for You can buy better Goods just as Cheaply at home, Saving time and Worry and car fare. Besides, every dollar Kept in circulation Here adds to The prosperity of this Community. “Shop first in The Herald.”

WHY NOAH LIVED 595 YEARS Gecause In His Time Men Generally Lived Until Worn Out. Scientists who see today how few people live to he 100 years old find themselves at a loss to explain how Methuselah managed to live 069 years, while Noah leached the respectable age of 595 years. Recently, however, a discovery has been made which helps to explain this mystery. When the causes of short life nowadays are counted up 11 is found that most of tho deaths are due to disease. Very few people die from old age. And the reason why people die from any one disease is that they have been weakened by other illnesses which they have had or which have be* n handed down to them by their

ancestors.

Noah and Hie oilier patriarchs had not. nearly ns many different kinds of diseases to face, because they had not had enough ancestors to hand th m down a variety. Cons* qucnib lr ir constitutions wero not constantly being weakened as are ears today. Another real reason why the patii nrelia lived longi r than we do now was Is i ause in those days the fount of humanity was fresher. SAYS CLOUDS ARE A MYSTERY We Know Their Composition, but How Docs It Get There? Many scientists have told us how clouds tire made; most of the text-

Of Every Day Utility

Gifts selected from our stock

mental. We offer some suggestions and will

the goods.

you will find both useful and orna-

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Your Wife’s Christmas A Sensible ( hrislmas Present for a Husband to Give His Wife is One .She Will Use Every Day. Franz Premier Vacuum Sweeper is Just the Thing. With this light machine you can thi roughly dean (not merely weep) all your floors and floor coverings in a few minutes.

monly used, an laclir i "'cl atrue- |. ()rl ^ s ,, n physical geography tell

\ shoe has been patented that lace.: ’n the front but lias an elastic section at the back so that it can be removed without uniacing. Some men wotiid have no excuse for living if their wives didn’t take iu hoarders.

ture, supported on su 1 towers, c. rii s a cabb-way oqvftq. -1 with hue! els with which the taili’ nre car lied and dumped in a pile »t some distance from the mill. Th idle even tnally grows to enormon ize, and most of the steel structure D buried

snd lo.-t.

These tailing piles are a striking feature of tho Witwatersrand, but a great nuisance as well, : in tin* dr. season the wind carries the sand over the whole countryside, unh < the pile covered with some such substance n.-. suit, which absorbs enough moisture to prevent tho material from being blown away. In some case « the b'<% icm Is solved by running the tailings back into worked out portions of the mine. Popular XT'-clianies. DEVICE TO MEASURE GEARS Patent is Granted for New and U;eful Implement. A Uoeheder, N. Y., man lias invent ed a pair of g -ur teeth caliper* and has been awarded 'etiors of patent. The primary object of tho devlco is to provide a double reading measuring instrument for calculating the depth, breadth and span of gear teeth and measuring any short distances.

about them, but it is all guesswork. Cloud '(.re a mystery. It is iru” they nr - compos I of moisture floating in (he air, but how did the moisture gd

there?

It D held that particles of molstur*' are evaporated fro: i the earth’s sur fare by the heat of tho sun. indeed, the pa-sago of the moisture from tinrnith to the upper air is quite invh il,lo. It was formerly supposed thn 1 ,J is moisture was condensed by the cold of tin* upper air into rain drop lets which formed (be clouds. But scientists iu Id that Ilia tiny partichs must have something to co.i d’ use them. They u ed lo tell us tha’ tho moisture collected upon dust par tides to form Into rain dron-. Now they are practically agreed that It Is something else, but they don’t knov

what.

Anyway when the;- ■ drops (. t la.rg. enough they accumulate into vapot lorming clouds. When the droplet.get too large ar.d b.-avy to flout it I he glr they fall to the earth In form of rain, and this is about all we actual ty know about clouds. \ Colorado inventor’s electric fla* iron Is propelled l y a motor driven pulley, an operator having only Ucc.ttrol the current and guide it.

CASSEROLES. New designs, heavy nickelplated, with Brown Guernsey insets, also decorated white insets. A beautiful and useful gift for th table. CARVING SETS. Handsome patterns, stag handles, warranted best steel. CHAFING DISHES. Must be seen to ke appreciated.

NICKEL PERCOLATORS. Plated, copper, aluminum and decorated Guernsey. The best way to make coffee. A gift that will please a lover of good cuffe’ . CRUMB TRAYS. Beautiful style-, brass and nickel plated. Food choppcs, Bread Mixers, Cuke Makers, Roaster*.

Tireless Cookers, Carpenter Tools, Pocket Knives, all Kod. Safety Razors, Rifles, Guns, Bath Room Fixtures and many o items on display for you to select from.

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We Have Everything fee the Home Rockers, Cedar Chests, Morris Chairs, Smokers' Pedestals and Many Other Inexpensive Articles. Make Your Selection Now WeTI Deliver Christinas. McCURRY & REED