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COALING WARSHFS AT SEA.
An Entirely New Project for Facili
tating Operations in the Ro ugh
est Kind of Weather.
Naval authorises are agreed in w ish
ing that a more satisfactory method
could be found for loading warships
with coal than entering a port for that
purpose. Smaller vessels, whose spe
cial duty it is to convey supplies of fuel,
often a c mpany a Beet ween the iatter
is on the way to a po n* where it is to
establish a blr. -ade or wa'rh fora foe
In fine wewher these colliers can come
a-otg'.de with safety, to psermit a trans
fer of their cargoes. In rough weather
there is danger to both vessels in conse
quence of bumping sideways. Two
things must be considered. The coal
tes* be hoisted by derricks, on the col
lier or the warship, from the hold of cne
Tesse! and swung around where it can
ie . wered into the other. Several sys
tems of perform ng the work have been
proposed. A more unique part of the
busines is the prevention of lateral col
lision.
For this second purpose an interes’ing
•uggestion has been mace by A C. Cun
COALING WARSHIP AT SEA
Eingbam. a civil engineer cf the Ur.: *.]
Elates navy, in cooperation w th W.l
l.am Seaton Their ic*a ,? to employ
pumps, on either the collier or ’he w ar
ship. to drive out jets of vattr from
holes in the vessel's s.de in the direct ion
cf the other • raft, in thedrawing w hich
is here copied from Engineering News,
a jet is represented as issuing from the
collier Th1- other arrangement would
work equally well. of course, though it
may he- quesboned whether naval con
structors would favor making this ap
paratus a feature of either a cruiser or
a battleship. Mr. Cunningham says:
"The author has designee an ap
paratus for use in coaling ships at sea by
means of which vessels may safely lie
alongside each other for the purpose
The general principles of the apparatus
are illustrated in 'he accompanying cut.
In the illustration the jet apparatus is
• hown as a separate Installation and fit
ted to the collier The circulating and
bilge pumps may. however be used to
produce the jet. ar.d 'he latter may be
fitted to the warship, ins'ead cf to the
collier.
"W.'h the apparatus projected thr
sh.j.s are kep- frum toutl ing each other,
and are maintained at the required dis
tance apart by means of water jets w hie h
are the equivalent of elastic s'nrs. The
required distance between the vessels
is secured by lines passed between thr
ships, for there are no rigid connections
of any kind. It is r - • inter<V v 'h 'v i
apparatus that any appreciable lateral
speed should be produced: a tend-ru>
to separate 'he vessels stiff, jeru to keep
the connecting lines taut is all that is
iesired or necessary.-’
RADIUM FAILS IN CANCER.
Painfully Negative Results Are
Shown Both in Vienna and
Brompton Hospitals.
Cancer research by means of radium
arrears to be moving slowly and with
painfully negative r. suits. Both G. H.
P.imrcer, w ho has re’urned from a study
of the radium cures under the care of
Prof Exner in Vienna, and Dr. Snow ,
of the Brompton < anc er hospital of Lon
don. are skeptic al of its results, the lat
ter charac terizing cancer as r- maining
the darkest Africa on the map of medi
cine.
Dr. Snow, who has had vast experi
ence in the treatment of c ancer in w hat
is probably the iast address he w:l! de
liver at the Brompton cancer hospital,
the other day. pointed out tha’ cancer
Is not one disease, but is constituted of
many, including, as it does. ter. general
diseases and 13 species. Dr. Snow said
the radium treatment had proved ex
ceedingly disappointing. In fact, it
might now be dismissed from the
sphere of jotential cancer cures.
At Brompton hospital, he added they
had studied cancer as it had been studied
nowhere else in the world. They had
to substitute for the mass of chaotic con
ceivable point of view. They had la
bored by every means in their power
to substitute for the mass of chaotic con
fusion and traditional fallacy w hich had
hitherto prevailed genuine cancer sci
ence as a sure foundation for all future
research, but in this attempt they had
utterly and miserably failed. The only
tope for future successful cancer re
searc h. said Dr. Snow . w as a world’s con
gress. which would bring together the
best authorities on all varieties of dis
ease—N. Y. Herald.
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DEGREES CF TEMPERATURE.
Should the United Stares Adept the
Actual Freezing Fc.ut as Zero
in the Scale ?
The temp trs'ure cf the air has forced
ihelf on public attention during the part
winter, ate. as a cv ntemporary remarks,
it is unfortunate that the xtethec of ex
pressing is not more scientific. The
critical pom: for us is that a: which
wa er solid.fies. Water .s so important
to life animal and vegetable, that the
temperature a: whu a it freezes e ight to
be the zero point cr beginning of the
scale.
The boiling pcin- varies wlh *he pres
sure of the a'mosptere. a drop cf the
barometer an inch lowering the h- ling
point almost exactly a degree, but the
freezing point remains substantially
unchanged. The temperature cf steam
arising from the surface cf »a'-rwhen
the barometer stands at 2? inches is.
however, fixed and this might well have
been taken as the other fixe! point ot
the scale and the space between it and ,
the zero point divided into T ecjual
- • • ntigrade
mometer use i uvariab.y m phjs al ex
periments.
Fahrenheit, whose thernxme-er we
knew i
in? j-e was constant, but he -bought
that the lowest temperature » hich could
be produced was that cf a me.-mg mix
ture of sal*, and snow. He took this as
bis zero, anti it is fortunate ’hat he die
now for If fee ha
pun to measure from the lowest cold as
we know •. our thermometers might to- j
day be marking a? much as £■•" degrees
above zerr H< tfcr .chi tha- ’he --m
perature of the blood of a healthy man
was unchangeable, in which he was
nearly rish*.. and he marked -he pom*,
which his instrument indicated when
pla ed under his arm as 24 T'r.i- mace
•he freezing point of water S Find
ing the praia:: .ns ;nc<-nven.*n*!y large
he divided them into four pans w hieh he
called degrees. This mace the freezine
point of water 32 degrees, and “blood
heat*’ 96 degrees. Pie had tried several
other s ales before ar c ln*ended to make
this one d ; le.-imal or divisible by 12.
it is, of c ar-e unfortuna*e *La* he d .
not make it decimal and s*ar from
'he free>:r.p ; olr.t of wa*er. mal ing blood
heat ex&' '.y T" degrees, h r we
too much to this scientis* of the early
eighteenth century to be willing to find
fault with him. He was certainly mere
sensible than one of his predecessors,
who made toiling water his s'arung
pxvir.t, and grad ;»*••' downward. Per
haps, too. it is not a tac idea to have
•’zero" represent something worth
mentioning, and be,- w zero-’ some
thing extraordinary rather than merely
freezing water.
It would beabc it as hard to reform the
Fahrenheit scale as *o introcu.e the
metric system—Hartford Times.
LEBAUDY’S NEW BALLOON.
French Airship. Constructed Along
Novel Lines. Makes Successful
Flight of 38 Miles.
The Lebaudy airship, which recently
made a remarkable flight of about 35
miles, from MoisS n to Mantes and back,
in one hour and 41 minutes, ptossesses
several unusual features. The balloon
has sharply pointed ends, and is about
19" feet long by feet in its greatest
diameter. The bot'om cf the balloon
just ever 'he . ar is flat. Inside is an air
bag. divided into four comp»ar?ments.
which can be filled or emptied of air, if
cc sired, to t rope nsete for the frequent
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THE LEEAt'DY AIRSHIP.
va-iaions in volume that *be gas un
cetgoeg w ith the variations of tempera
ture and pressure of the atmosphere.
The cover is so nearly impermeable that
he balloon has remained inflated 40
days without perceptible loss of gas. A
4'> horse-power Daimler motor is used
to tir.ve the propellers.
Discovery of a New Metal.
‘ Meteoric” is the rame given to the
new nie’al of \V. Hubei, a German chem
ist. which is said to l>e aluminium hard
ened by a chemical process. The spe
cific gravity is practically the same as
that of aluminium: the metal is not af
fected by weak acids, the atmosphere or
sea water; it tan be cast like iron, and
has eight per cent, greater tensile
strength than cast iron: and it can be re
cast indefinitely It can be rolled cold, :s
nearly as conductive as copper, re
tains a high polish and can be plated.
Automatic Pulse Register.
Watching the pulse adds seriously to
the strain upon the surgeon during an
operation under chloroform, cocaine
or ether. This is done automatically by
the new “pulse register ' of Dr. Gartner,
of Vienna, which consists of a watch
like box to be attached to the patient’s
forearm, the bancs upon a graduated
dial being made by ;.n elastic spring to
register very precisely the pulse and
blood-pressure vibrations. The indi
cations are much mere serait.ve than the
physician's finger. ,
PARASOL DAYS ARE COMING
Next Summer's Sunshades Are No
ticeable for Their Novelty and
Real Artistic U*; rth.
Parasol days seem pretty far distant
jus: n:-w. tat the shop folks believe :n
anticipatins the calendar, and in the
5 --t.y j ’lth, whence so many ncrth
• - ' •. ' i -
essary as the furs that the New Yorker
finds so comfortable. From Paris have
c me this s^a.vt many harming sun
shades. and a particularly attractive
type ..lus'ra'ed in the at •mpany
ing sketch. It is of white taffeta silk,
with frill tf filmy lace Leaded by.an ap
p qae cf La Fran <- roses and foliage
.n ;anne velvet .n na- ml hue? A
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S'.MS PARISIAN N VELTIE5
fluffy b w and long ends of chiffon
adorn -he handle of light tinted wood.
In para?- . handles, the d,%*a ha’: e
kind tha* has or.me to us from the
Frer. h capital ax . i- nm- r -be *-een
t.a. a e;.?( ries of the mo iish w mar.
3t# r.- ' e.- more not! - a. . a- r. • % e I -
ties than for their artistic worth. Two
are shown here. Both are of crystal
with magnifying qualities Th- round
top on one handle in loses a tiny au
tomobile. perfe. - in detail—a miu.a
ture toy—while within the transparent
sphere surmounting the other handle
is to be seen the realistic head of a
pug doe. From another elass handle of
this sort peers the head cf a bulldog a«
unprepossessing as in real life Popu
larity is not predicted for handles of
this sort, but the woman who likes to
advertise fcer fondness for d gs or au
tos. or to have something different
from the ordinary type in "he way of
a parasol, is likely to take a fancy to
the novelties—Brooklyn Eag.e.
B.ack Spots on D.sites.
Sait rubbed on the blark spots or,
cishes w ill remove them, and salt placed
over a fresh claret s’air. on the table
linen wi 1 assist ,t to d:-appear when
washed.
DAINTY CASE FOR RECIPES.
Clippings Laid Within Its Tr,lds Ara
Xcre Accessible Than If P.ated
in a Drawer.
F\r those who have felt the need o?
some iir e artl.le which will hold the
new re ipes tha* promise so well, vet
mast h? laid as* ie . nti a convenient
time ormes for trying them, there is
provided a holder shaped like a minia
ture pertf. ito. The outer case is made
of water-color paper. < ut as indicated
in 'he a n:pat;inn diagram, gummed
cn the f.aps ant fold ! in the middle.
Clippings ia.d within this folded paper.
1*6 W
;ec:F«3
'ASE FOR RE "FES
wfcich is thee slipped inside the case,
are more readily a ess.bie than when
aid on a shelf or in a drawer or with
in the leaf.? of a cook book, and they
never slip out of their o»n accord and
disappear, with apparent malice, as
■ lippings have a habit of doinc. By
way of showing the use for which it is
intended, suitable ok.ng utensils are
i In in an 1 tinted in color on
the ase. and its top is cat on their out
lines. The inner paper is finish* ’ to
■ -
than the ou’er case a prominent uten
. •
w hen necessary. The illustration shows
che finished ase, also the s«para-e
yzr——Agr.-‘s Warren, in Modern Pris
cilla.
An Island of Women.
On a .-mal island in the Greek archi
pelago there is a colony which .$ com
posed entirely cf women it is a sort of
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disgrace for one of its members to even
look a- a man When a fisherman ap
proach-'s ’he islands ’he women pull the
-ray vis of their case* ks over t} *ir
heads and turn their la. ks. Pr- v.sions
are never imported. £,> the wc.men raise
'he .r c w d pi ta, being strictly vege
tarians Or. y the matron, who is an
nua.ly elected head of 'he c; lony ;= ever
allowed to leave the island. The others
remain on the island all tfcejr lives, tak
ng their 1 ng the soi wash
ing. housekeeping and fishing.
Making a Real Lace Gown.
Darned late is greatly esteemed by
connoisseurs. A whole dress made in
this way is very beautiful Take white
Brussels net or joint d'esprit for a foun
cla'ion and make a prim ess gown well
fitted to the figure. Cut a paper flower—
a daisy shape is a good model—pin it on
the ne*. and run a white silk outline
around the edges. This may be done at
intervals ail over the net. the interven
ing spaces beiEg afterw ard connect* l by
a iunnir.e line. After the flowers have
beer, sketched ir. so to speak, with the |
needle, the petals may be darned so.id '•
with coarse white embroidery silk leav
ing a round center to be filled in wi'h !
several French knots.—Chicago Post.
A Nursery Table Cover
in Applique and Embroidery
THE authorities responsible for
some of the best needlework de
signs have at last learned that the
women of to-day prefer to spent! their
time and ingenuity upon pieces of good
needlecraft which are quickly and ef
fectively accomplished; and a glam e
around any of the exhibitions where
specimens of the latest r.eedleeraft oc
cupy a prominent place is sufficient to
show that applique work, aided bv ef
fective embroidery stitches, is becom
ing more and more popular," says the
Ladies' Field.
"This vastly interesting work is in
so many simple forms that it is passing
easy for the beginner to select a sab
‘ect which may be carried out without
he dread of failure ever before her
eyes. Perhaps the simplest designs
are those in which outline plays the
more important part. The accompany
ing design illus-rating a nursery table
over. would tx- most useful and effec
tive if arranged in various colored
linens applique upon a pale blue linen
ground The birds, expressed in bright
yello* I'Dui may be cut in one piece,
and then when pla ed upon the ground
work are d*-'"*' y more boldly effec
tive if outlined by a marrow chocolate
brown cord Th« • > fee-, and eyes
are best when worked to.ld.y with the
ordinary satin stiuh; the birds' mark
ings. however, need to be carefully
traced in fine lines of shadings.
The quaint Noah's ark-looking sort
of trees may be treated in qui'e the
same fashion, viz . the stiff upstanding
fo.iace being cut in one piece and then
outlined with a darker green cord, and
‘heir branches also expressed in satin
•-titch The frogs can be made very
decorative by being treated in a Judi
cious mixture of applied workanddarn
in~ i arned out it. brown frog color
with black and yellow markings they
would be a deiigh- to little eyes It
will naturally suggest itself to workers
that in carrying out this sketch a great
deal of individual taste and skill may
►e ex- r< ..<*-<! and almost any amount of
detail may be introduced. For instance,
a little filoselle introduced here and
there in birds and frogs will be found
useful, while the amount of crrwel and
satin stitch lies pnrely at the will of
the worker.
"Less skilful—or less patient—work
ers might carry out thi* good nursery
tab.ecover design almost entirely in
outline, with feet, bills of birds,
branches and all so treated, even to
the frogs, though these alone, owing
thesr needlework exis'cc;t to filling
would tot tome am.as»"
OLD BARBEE.
STThe Whiskey that Made Kentucky Famou*
gpa
At the Green Tree Saloon
IKE MALLORY, Prop.
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J.W. Beck & Co.
GENERAL
Merchants.
Highest. Market Price paid for
All Country Produce.
If you 1 O |-J you
buy for can
Get bargains at Beck’s
h Brady Jewelry Co.,
Dealers In
Fine Watches, Clods,
Jewelry, Diamonds
and SilTerware.
; l
We are now located at Puna
vant's Drug Store.
Repairing of all kinds a Specialty
Pace Marble Works,
VV. A. PACE, Proprietor.
Marble and Granite Mono®
Graie Stones, Coping, Etc.
Patronize Home Industry.
PRICES THE LOWEST.
SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED.
Sonth Side of Kai road. Sec >ixi 0°^
of s. P. McDaniel's Plumbing Stop.
Forres-t City, : Arkausa*
A BOOM
coe? not, Uitimateiv. bring about the i>e«t re-ult* to a coiurauDh).
THE PAN-HANDLE
• * Nor on h fnKtiD, but i? er j yins: the most rapid growth of 81 '
sertiun of Texas.
WHY ?
n*e*nt» '"Hr rswnnr bare the rtif p at large real;?- ; the oprort"n '
tie# una n rthwest *ect.»u ot Texas offers The large raneaes
are being divided into
SMALL STOCK FARMS
Wheat. Corn. V turn. Mriotit sn i ail kinds of feed stuff* are -p *
raised in a bun da nee. surpassing tne expectation# of the nv ft saogui
A oninlrt h'1 ; nd -g in «u n re* u roes tried and proven - 1 #P11 r.
With the L.OAV |»BICK of land*, cannot help enjoying » *"•*
tapid growth. and that ie »n*i ,» happening iu the Pan-Handle
BESSUBtt
or tIf daily a low ram h tne-teekera ticket, which a.io** T
•top-* » ip at nearly n 11 j> .ot*. ttiua triviop you chance to
*falt me »AiK)u? ^et•!:oo^ i-t the Pao-Haudie
A. A. G’LISSON, Gen. Pass. Ag’tr
Fort Worth. Texa«
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