Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 September 1898 — Page 7

Si EMTIFIC TOPICS.

CLIENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY AND INVENTION. f Bicycl witSi Thiol Wk I for I e I i rHr il Track-. It Kllwlaa t 'lie - "f Band IVature of L g Raa ' .1 Bp Wor t. si Air I'rcire. for l.ciniliy Itiiuv This invent .in seeks to provide a Wimp attachment by which an ordtna bicycle can be used upon a railro: i rack, the bicycle running upon O'i ' lit, bmm letng provided where by I i he'.l in position, .-ays the S ientm A mortui Below the from wheel of - bicycle a frame is suspended from a forked bmce (hstenod to the bj. e fram and from a bar running from he axis of tue front wheel. On the wer portion of this suspended faunae rotters are journaled ro engage the ick md the idjuceul portion of Um e. At rnc vat of the wheel, ah midway of itn height, two additional rollers are Journuled il the forked brace already mentioned ami o 4 the bicycle tire for the porpona or' relieving the lower rollers of undue strains. The uxjs of these tetter rollera are perpendicular to the periphery of the bicycle wheel. Beneath the "ear wheel of the bicycle i loaaewhat similar arraageaaent is it ployed. In this cuse the frame Carries but a single roller and is suspending in position by a supporting brace nttnehed : the Ucyeie frame ami ) a ha;- running from the benring the k the rear wheel. As ::i the de- . -ed an the front wheel, so here jiler engages the inner side of the tad the adjacent portion f the whe.i in order to keep the bicycle in position on Ps truck a lateral name Is fastened to the lower brace and is pro. ted at ita outer end with a tlansed ' lU'Pl running upon the rail opposite that upon which the bicycle is mounted. The riange of this wheel is opposed to the riange devices on the hicycle, so as to keep the latter in position on the track. The attachment in itself is lightly constructed, it can be removed from a bicycle and easily applied, and. moreover. eaa be packed in ' ase carried on the bicycle. A rider s thus enabled to c his wheel not nly on ordinär, roads, but also cn i tilwny tracks. Nrr. Method of Ha adding firala. The conveying of large quantities f grain from one point to another is frequently attended with very serious loss and jtans of all sorts have beea adopted at ne time or another to avoid this wast-1. One of the acwc&l ideas in ffchj Use is the currying of grain in tighr boxes or tanks and transferring it from one reeepta 1 to another by whit is equivalent to pumping. Flexible pipes are distributed through du1 tanks and powerful engines draw the grain in at one end of the.-e pipes and deliver it at another, very much as water is conveyed, in addition to ease and rapidity of handling it Is claimed that the grail is benenn! by the currant of alt shies naturally pae through it during thf pumping or i - ss. alsiag tt.i. Linen is coming into such general Use as wearing appnre and the genuine ait le is so hard to get that the suggestion has been made that our fair damsels raise a patch of flax and learn to spin the thread:- as did their grand - mothers in day- of did. It is unquestionably ;t tact that la due course of time gas win be one of the standard crops of the American farm-?'-. How imporrant Then that eaeU farmer who a gMe to do so should set apart a little spate and become familiar with the raising and processing of Hax, beginning gradually and investing not more than a few cents in seed and the needful time and labor to tare for .t. The am h-ult mal department it Washington, I). ('.. is more than willing to furnish information. and would no doubt be glad to supply j seed lo experimenters. There is a bul- ! letin already Issued on this subject whi 'h may le had for the asking. Farmers' sons and fluughtera who are anxious to make money caa to ad vantag ' study the best uif t hods of growing and preparing Max. The girlshouid learn to spin It, and if there is a demand there will surely be loomset up to weave trie delightful fabrics in which all women delight. Perhaps the time is not far distant when every young woman will with her own hands spin the lineal threads to make her outfit 0 house linen. The Ingenuity and skill our young somen is -urely quite guflclenl to enable them to compete successfully with the untutored peasantry of foreign lands. Agricultural societies, fairs and expo sition- should otter priz-'s tor the (,- hand-spun home made linen. Such a prize would be eagerly sought for and WOSrid do more toward stimulating the growth and spread of the flax industry than any other ouism that could be pursued. Any soil that viil produce good wheat, oats or potatoes will raise Hax but preference is given to a good, rich

garden soil. If the ground is too rich I Bug ecured by snap buttons, to prothe plant may run to Stalk and irrodttOS I viuV i reeeptnefe fr tools.

a rotten, coarse tl!er. ff too poor a short staple will be the result. It bas been deaaottstrated that under favorable conditions SM per acre may be realized from flax growing. This means selling 't to the mills as BOOS a the crop is ready. If, in addition to immediate market, there could be a large number of yards of doth produced, how mach more profitable could this industry become. There are scores Of women and girls in every community who spend i heir time in pursuits

that are not in the least profitable. 1 These might easily learn to spin Max. and WOOld be glad to do so if they felt that there would be any results from their labors. In almost all communities there are women foreigners who are perfectly familiar with all of til processes ot" preparing and spinning this Iber. Saaltatlea la the Dairy. A scientist who has devoted much ' attention to the subject informs is that in the avenge dairy the ordinary pre- : cautions as to cleanliness and sanitary conditions are almost entirely ignored. Samples of milk taken from the ordinj Bry dairy show l.'.OOO bacteria, while 1 391 were found in the same volume for milk where all of the conditions of I cleanliness were met. This is a ' somewhat serious showing and emphsI sizes the seed of much more care than j is ordinarily exercised. The same auI thOr tells us that milk should be SUOI jected lo a temperature of 140 degrees ' Fahrenheit before being used as a bev- ! frage. In handling milk the care , Should beyin with the COW. The ani- : mal ought to be thoroughly washed if there is the slightest indication to the eye that she requires it That she should lie groomed daily goes without Baying, and that milking should never he done without brushing the sides of the cow. where dust is likely to adhere. These rules, however, are entirely secondary to the lending and general care of the animal. Very few dairy herds are given the proper nutrition. Instead of clean grain and the best care, they are iti many instances fed upon brewer's vaste and whatever pasture they t an pick up Sometimes cows develop abnormal appetite. When this occurs they should he taken at once OOt of the dairy herd and fattened for beef as they will never recover their normal condition. Kitchen slops, dish water and garbage should never be put where cows can get at them. They lead to the formation of depraved tastes and make the milk until for use. Bwvatopiag the KuIuht ladhntrjr. Capitalist! are somewhat enthusiastic over the future of the rubber la-dii.-try. I nlcss some substitute for rubber is found, the demand is likely to be imperative and increasing for many yfar. AI present pries rule rather high and somewhat firm tor good quality primarily because some of tiie original sources of supply are exhausted. Among tli" practical plans of rubber growers, la the putting out of young forests and cultivating the trees a.- one might cultivate other crops. Experiments seem to prove j that a most excellent quality of rubber may be made from the leaves of the plant and that it is by no means net - ; essary to destroy tne trees, as has j heretofore been the custom. The leaves j are boiled and processed in various ways, the result being a finer product than ha obtained by the usual method of lapping the tree and saving the exuding juice. Plantation of from one to ten seres have been started and are reported aa doing remarkably well. Lamp Worked by Air I eure. A reading lamp, the flame of which is maintained by an air pressure, has been recent li invented by a WissanomIng man. The principle is much 'he same as the hand torches u?ed by painters. When the lamp is Irst lishted ii. is tmiy accessary to gie the pump at the -ide a few strokes and the lir is released gradually from small hole- sround the flame. A steady light is maintained without the aid of chimney, bul one Is used as protection. I".i. a ami Milk Dit't CsMMSS 1 hick ll.iir. It is said that rustic- who ,)n A bread and milk diet always have thick hair to as advanced ago, while people who lunch ami dine on meat rarelv have thick hair after 1T Bicycle saddles are being made in Germany with the rear under portion I formed into a leather pouch, with the

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FINKS IN ARIZONA.

RELICS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL VALUE IN THE STATES. Bartad C it lei LaM Barc Many IS a of the Customs. IJress. Warfare and Mention of the PreMsteric la dlaai Itrsanhl to Unkt The Smithsonian institution will soon publish a most Interesting account of excavations recently made near Winslow. Ariz.. under it auspices, the result of which was the discovery of many things ot archaeological Importance. Dr. .1. Walker Fewkes had charge of the digging, which unearthed portions of tin ruins of four ancient and long-buried cities. The aboriginal inhabitants of the region have traditions to the effect that the towns in question were the dwelling places of remote ancestors of their own. and the "finds" made I aciden tally to the excavation seem to show that this belief is presumably correct. Up to a comparatively recent date the wallr; of the ruined buildings rose to a considerable height, but the Mormons, in constructing the nearby Sunset City, now itself in ruins, utilized the stones for their houses, says the St. Louis Globe -Demo rat. One of these buried crties. to which the most careful ettfdj was given, was evidently a pueblo of great size, of a rectangular shape and inclosing pla..s. From this ancient ruin, now repre sented only by a huge mound, wr: taken several hundred beautiful ob jects of prehistoric handiwork. They were obtained from the necropolis or burial place of the pueblo, in the very shadow of which the dead were interred, not being carried away to any distance. Almos1. every grave was indicated by a flat stone slab, which lay above a skeleton. Manx of these stones were perforated with round, oval or square holes. Some of the bodies were extended at length, while others had their knees drawn tip to the breast. Many vases and pots were obtained, which bore stratige design, mostly representing mythological bird- and beasts. Their significance, aa illus trating the mythology of the people to whom the pottery belonged, is asc ertainahle to some extent from the traditions still current among the living aborigines. One design, wholly unique, is painted on the bottom of a howl. On one side of the rim is represented the tippet part of a man. and below, in the interior of the bowl, are two footprints, as if the man had

ROUGH RlDliK'S FEAT.

Private Clark Rides His Horse Down a Sheer Declivity During the Cuban Campaifln.

if anything were needed to prove that Roosevelt's soldiers are "rough rideis'' Private Clarke and hia horse Dandy furnished it the day after the capture of San .Juan hilt Although the rough riders did not take their hors-s with them from Tampa. Clark managed to smuggle his horse over with a lot Of officer.-' animals and he was the proudest man in the command when showing what Dandy could do. San Juan hill is a steep enough climb on the side where the American soldiers charged tip on duly l, and captured the blockhouse, but on the opposite side it is practically a precipice, almost perpendicular. No man has ever been known to descend on leaped into the receptacle. Prom these a line ot footprints extends across the bottom of the bowl, ending at the opposite rim. behind a figure of the lower body and legs of a man ( law ling out of the bowl on the opposite side. On another piece of pottery, a food basin, is a figure of a spider, representing th mythological spider woman. She b an earth goddess, bride of the BUB and mother of the twin war gods. The priests made elaborate prayer sticks, some of which were several feet long, and painted them with yellow, green.

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blue. red. white and black pigment?, the same as those used by their descendants. They prized for ceremonial purposes quartz crystals, stone concretions and fragments of obsidian. They were acquainted with bells made of copper. They had rattles of sea sh?Us and wore fringes of shells on the margins of their garments. In ceremonials they made use of stone slabs painted with animals. The warriors were armed with bows and arrows tipped with stone and obsidian points. They had dubs. stone ham-

! ruers and ax s. They made needles, i bodkint and awls of bird stones, gtti telope tibiae and ribs, which they : sometimes carved in imitation of animals. The women ware adepts in the manufacture of earthenware vessels, which they decorated in elaborate rig . ores in several colors. They were fa miliar with the art of glazing pottery and practiced etching of the same to a very limited extent. They buried theii I dead just beyond the outer vails and I deposited with them various votive offerings, pottery, basketry, ceremonial I and other paraphernalia, having first ; painted the fat e and wrapped the body in matting. The symbols on their potI tery indicate that they recognised the j sun ami snider as powerful deities. ; They worshiped the rain, clouds. i lightning, snake, tadpole, frog and vai ions mythical birds. They entertained an idea of a future life and associated the dead with rain gods. Waltll of Traveling. It is well known that the speed of traveling has increased amazingly since 17'.S. and it is a matter for conjecture whether it is possible to increase in the same degree by 198S. A French statistician has just drawn up an Interesting document, showing at various periods in what time certain frontier towns could be reached from Paris. The years chosen are 1650, l ;;.( l 1834. lv.'.l and lSüT. In it took five days to go from One hundred n i Paris to Calais. thirty-two years later, in 1782. the duration of the journey had been reduced to ;o hours. In 1834 it had fallen to 28 hours, and in 1Ö4 to ; hours 4P minutes. Today one of the boat expresses takes hours 42 minutes. The journey to Strasburg took 21 S hours la IflSO, los hours in 17.S2, Lfl bouts 4 minutes In 1S."4. and today a matter of x hours 20 minutes. The difference for Marseilles is still more phenomenal. From 15 days in 1650, the duration of the journey was reduced to 80 hours in 1894, and today i takes 12'. bouts. The distance from Paris to Bayonne two centuries thai side, and certainly no horse was ever before ridden down that incline. Hut Private Clarke did it as an example of the sure-footedness of his horse. When the boys were on top of the hill looking across the country a lot of them remarked the steepness of the hill on that side, and wondered what would be the result had they been forced lo at lack from thai side. ago took 388 hours; today it occupies II hours 11 minutes. Brest can be reached in 13 hours :!7 minutes, while in 1666 it took 270 hours. Finally, for Havre, 97 hours was considered quick traveling in 1650. t titok I hours in 17S2. and 17 hours in is. I. Today it is a matter of : hours IS minutes. Mldakrhl rMasspfcy. Sb "John. I'm sure there's a bnrgler down stairs." He Well, we can tell by examining the silverware In the morning!" Puck.

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TRAVELED O ?-J A TAG. A FilA-1 Vir.OII (.1-1 ( IITIIOd I r , Ml I'olaml to S Kill I.Ike . ftrtrt A number of passeugers at the railroad depot of Cincinnati, says the Enquirer of that city, gathered in the waitimr room around a very interesting little mite of a girl, perhaps 5 years old. who sat by herself, hugging a doll. The little one was pretty, with large black eyes, raven black hair, rather dirty hands, but a face so pleasant and full of light that it naturally attracted everybody. Nobody could talk to little Bohumala Homa, for that was her name, yet ladles who bent down over her seem to understand her dainty foreign Jargon. Around the child's neck was a string that held suspended upon her bosom the photograph of a young woman holding a babe In her arms. To the photograph a note was written in the Polish language stating the name of the child, whither bound, and asking strangers to show her along betway. The child had come all the way from Bremen, in North Germany, all alone, and was on her way to her mother, whose name was Anna Klobosa and who liws at 170 South Broadway, St. 1. ouis. The place from which she started originally could not be learned. Her cbuh.es were verv poor and her little shoes were made of the coarsest kind of leather. She carried no baggage except a. little school sack, in which were a few primary books, nuts, candies, cakes and large envelopes that contained her transportation. Of these the little one was very careful and would cry in a frightful manner if anybody touched them. Prom steamship captain to railroad conductor her guardianship had run since she was first tagged and sent arloat down one of the world's great arteries, but everybody amused her. and bef.jie the 8:1" train on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern took her away for her St. Louis home the little one had made friends of nearly all in the big wait ing room. l aNe sjrntas Corrected. There appears to be no end to the humor of examination. Here is thS latest story that has come to us, and that to us. at least. Is new. It appears that in an elementary examination in English which was lately held in a school near New York City tWS sentences were given out to he corrected by the younger scholars. The first sentence was to be corrected 8J to its subject matter and the second ai to its syntax. These were the sentences: The hep has three legs.-' "Wilt " by, thai isn't had. I can ridi n that on Dandy.' said Clarke, anj before anyone touid stop him he had started. Slowly the horse pul forth u toot until it found a safe resting pla-a and then followed it witii another. Clarke leaned as far back as posslbhl to give the animal a chance, and while hundreds watched him with hated breath he descended. Stones and rock? loosened by the horse's hoofs rolled anil rattled down the bin to the real plain below, hut Dandy never lost hi? footing, ami Clarke kept cool. lack by inch they went down and th watchers on top of the hill were afraid to raise a cheer lest the horse mighl be startled and lose his footing, in which case horse and man would roli to certain death at the bottom of t he bill. Pari of the time the horse appeared to he sitting on his haunches so close to the ground he was forced to crouch in order to avoid being "cap sized," and from the heights above horse and man looked like Hies as they slowly weal down the long hill. At last the impatient watchers saw the horse step out upon the broad plain and the perilous nip was done. Then arose the cheer which had been long pent Bp, and home and rider were lauded again and again by every soldier who had seen the daring feai. It took but a few minutes' riding to skirt the base of the hill, and soon Clarke was once more with his COtUpanione, receiving their praise and congral illations. done it?" When the papers wer handed in it was found that one of the examinees had apparently regarded the sentences as subtly connected in thought, for his answer was ss fot lows: "The hen dldn'1 done it: (;J done it." The Bookman. Vha lulu-. of it. Aby "Dere'l file. Let's run."' kef "I nefer runs to a fire." Aby nod?" lke How do I know bud id mlde be my own shop? Bostoa Courier.

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IOWA RtWJjSjJi AN TICKET. fetale oii. Pal In Nomination by (ha t'o.-i ven i ion. The Iowa republican convention nominated the following ticket Secrotary of state. George T. Dohson; .treasurer, John Hetrtott; auditor, Frank v. Men i nn. attorney general, Milton Etemley; railroad commissioner (full term), Welcome Howrey; railroad commissioner (short term I, David J. Palmer; clerk supreme court, c. 1". Jones; judge supreme court. Et. K. Deemer; reporter suprenv court, B . Salkmger. The platform la ;n enthusiastic iorsemenl of -he Bdministratksn o President McKinley. MTayar sii,,,,ts Mriker. Mayor A W. Kiy. revolver in hand. drove back a mob of 2,000 strikers at Galveston, Texas. H fired five shots into the crowd, SUd two men dropped before the crowd turned and tied.

Lead Saw Haaiptfelrc Democrat. The New Hampshire democratic state convention selected Charles V. Stone of Concord as it candidate for governor and indorsed Bryan. National expansion was opposed. M-.irkct for A no-r i ii Coal. Louis Goldschmidt, consul at La Cuayra. says there is an exellent market In Venezuela and doubtless in many other South American countries for coal produced in the United States. Look for CaMael Crisis Several members of the Spanish Chamber of deputies have expressed B strong belief that a -abiuet crisis will follow Immediately on the meeting of the cones. OTashbata Kavor torivard Policy. Ex-Senator Washburn of Minnesota expresses himself as a strong advocate of a forward policy u the part of the United States. Orl'rel Home t Once. Secretary Alger Ha ordered that the American soldiers in Porto Rico be returned to the United Sta;s as rapidly as possible. Monti V'ivaiimih. .. While Iber-' was no loss of life from the severe storm which swept over Savannah. Ca., the damage to property will foot up close to $"00.000. Sirica aw la Firth iiiluoU. Twenty-one men of the Kifth Illinois are in the city hospital at Lexington, Ky sixteen of them suffering with typhoid fever. Will .l::i!oo mp Wtkoff. Orders have been prepared in the war department for the practical abandonment .,:' Camp Wikoff at Montauk Point. Tea i Si to VI I ever ('axes. The marine hospital service has beer. Officially advised Of the t'ii new cases of yellow fever which have been discovered at Or wood, Miss. 1 onvctic Peace t on ' erence. It is the intention u" Russia to .onrene a peace conference a month aftei th- adjournment of the Spanish-American peace conference. Orleril tu Iteiiiovc .Mine. Spanish authorities at Havana are to lemove the mines and other obstructions to navigation in that harbor as rapidly as possible. TrooM leave Porta Kicn. Twelve thousand troops will be left in Porto Rico and nearly 4.)oa infantry, cavalry and artillery have sailed for home. Fear ien lasts arlj Kilieti. At Stinesville, Ind.. four men wer instantly killed by a dynamite explosion, and many others seriously injured. i ' ! Grid KeMerve 1- High. The gold reserve in the Cnited Statetreasury reached the highest point in its history Sept. -. with a total reserve of l-'UUL'u.MT:.'. Kightii ttttaeta al Baaltoga The Eighth infantry has arrived at Santiago with 1,185 enlisted men ami seventy-six officers. Toral Pralaca ll III II. Sllier-. (len. Total, before he embarked for Spain, paid a high tribute to the American soldiers. JmUm WMtc Han Ie-l inetl. Justice White stated positively he bail declined a pea commissioner-ship.

Ganaaa Ships Leave Manila. Orders have been given to reduce th.' German naval force before MHiiila to one or two shine. Raraiane al Msrhiean icuo The earnings of Michigan rnttroaxi companies for June were $'J.t44.04S. as compared with 2. 154.92S for June. IS'lT. Gor. Taylor Seriously 111. QoV. Taylor of Tennessee, who has been suffering with kidney trouble several days, is reported seriously ill. Con. Sliafler al Mont. ink. The transport Mexico, with Gen. Shatter n board, arrived at Montauh Point Sept. I, Oaa. Ilrooke Annuities 0111 nia-iil. I'pon Gen. Miles' depasture Gen. Brooke issued an order assuming com maud of the troops in Porto Itico. Death in Kirsl llUnoU. The death list of the Pint Illinois regiment now stands at thirty-oue. Igari4eal Woodruff u ii a wilford Woodruff, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lettes Dag Saints, died in Sun Francisco. . en sliafler I Siek. Gen, Skalier is suffering with bad attack of chills and fever. .Santiago Troopit All Home. The last of the troops from Sautiago : , i nasap wikof

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