The Elbert County tribune. [volume], August 11, 1911, Image 2

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Something
for the
Little Ones
COVER FOR BASEBALL FIELD
Waterproof Strip Drain* Rain From
Base Line* and Prevent* Them
From Getting Muddy.
With the baseball season in full
blast, anything relating to the na
tional game becomes of paramount In
terest. Hero is a waterproof cover
for the diamond designed by a Penn
sylvania man that Is guaranteed to
keep the base lines dry during the
heavy rains. The cover Is a strip of
waterproof material that when not in
use is roiled up from both ends and
placed on a truck, being first laid on
a support having hinged legs that
facilitate Its rolling and unrolling.
When a storm comes up one of these
strips can be unrolled over each of
Cover for Bali Field.
the four base lines and will protect
them from getting muddy and slip
pery. The supporting device will
serve to keep the cover raised slight
ly in the center and drain the water
off all along the line, so there is no
danger of any settling along the edges
and seeping underneath. Cables at
tached to the endß of the strip fa
cilitate its unwinding.
ODD THINGS FOR AMUSEMENT
Several Little Trick* That Will As
sist Greatly In Entertaining a
Party of Friends.
Here are some things that you
might do to pass away an evening,
or to provide entertainment for a
party of friends when nothing better
offers itself:
To find a number any one thlnkß of,
use the following method: Let a per
son think of a number, say six. Tell
him to multiply it by three. Ask him
then to add 1; then multiply by three,
then add to this the number thought
of. The result will be 63. After he
Informs you of the entire amount, you
strike off the last number, which will
leave six, the original number.
By taking a long piece of wood,
such as the handle of a broom, and
placing a watch at one end, the tick
ing will be heard very distinctly at
the other end.
By placing a garden snail upon a
piece of glass It will produce, by
drawing itself along, a very sweet
music, similar to the musical glasses
often heard. This sounds rather
queer, but Just try it, and you will
have music equal to the guitar.
WINGED FEET ON SWIMMERS
Plate Attached to Sole of Foot En
ables Man to Obtain Much Great
er Speed Than Ordinarily.
Mythology (ells us of a gentleman
named Mercury, who had wings on
his feet and could run away from any
thing on two legs, but it remained for
Texas man to invent wings for the
feet of swimmers. The Texan's inven
♦‘on consists of a hinged plate that is
An Aid to Swimmers.
fastened to the sole of the foot. There
is a projecting stop to prevent the
wings, or soles of the plate, from open
ing more than enough to form an even
flat surface. The backward kick of
the swimmer opens these wings and
provides a wide surface of resistance
to the water, thus enabling the man to
achieve a much greater speed than he
could otherwise obtain, so he is pro
pelled forward with greater Impetus.
In drawing the foot forward again the
wings close and make this movement
no more arduous than If the foot was
unencumbered.
THE GOAT.
The cow. It Is a model boast.
Its coat Ib soft as silk.
To get the butter from the cow
You have to churn the milk.
A nanny also can be milked.
Although you'd never dream
To get the butter from the goat
You dcm't need any cream.
NEAT TRICK SAFE AND SURE
Glass May Be Cut Without Danger of
Breaking If Immersed In Tub of
Water While Working.
With an ordinary pair of scissors
yeu can cut a sheet of glass—a win
dow pane, for instance —as easily as
you can cut a sheet of pasteboard.
The secret of this experiment con
sists in plunging your hands, with the
glass and scissors. Into a tub of water,
and there performing the operation. In
this way the glass cuts In straight or
In curved lines, without break or
crack, for (he water deadens the vi
brations of the scissors and the sheet
of glass, says a writer in the Magical
Experiments. If the operator allows
(he smallest part of the scissors to ap
pear above the water, the vibrations
will be sufficient to prevent the suc
cess of the experiment.
I know (hat many of my readers
will be Incredulous of this statement,
but lei them (ry the experiment and
they will be convinced of Its truth
There is another way In which you
may cut (bln glass with a pair of scis-
Cuttlng Glass.
sors, without plunging your hand*
with the glass into water. You have
only to cover the glass with little
hands or strings of paper, carefully
pasted on and arranged in all direc
tions. These bands deaden the vibra
tions and prevent the glass from
breaking. The experiment with the
tub of water, however, is the safest
and surest.
REAL MEANING OF MILLION
Some Figure* Given That May Give
Significance to Greatly Used
Term —Distance to Sun.
We think and do (hlngß In millions
these days, yet, though we are accus
tomed to employ the term lightly, the
significance of the word •'million" is
really hard to grasp.
It has been estimated that 1,000,000
persons assembled In a crowd. wl(h
due allowance of, say, three square
feet a person, would cover an area of
68.8 acres, or. to put It more conven
iently. let us say 70 acres; or It could
be contained In a square having sides
677.6 yards long. Or, again, allowing
18 inches to each person, standing
shoulder to shoulder, 1.000,000 Indi
viduals would extend a distance of
284.1 miles. The population of Lon
don amounts, roughly speaking, to
6,549,000. Allowing 18 inches to each
person, shoulder to shoulder, this hu
man aggregation would constitute a
wall 1,860 miles long.
In astronomical calculation it is
most difficult to grasp the meanvug of
millions of miles, but some Idea in
this connection may be gathered from
the statement of the time that would
be consumed by an express train or
the shot from a cannon to cover celes
tial space.
Now. the distance from the earth
to the sun is about 92.000,000 miles,
and light traveling from the solar lum
inary comes to use at the rate of 186,-
700 miles a second. It traverses this
distance in 8% minutes, but a rail
way train proceeding at 60 miles an
hour, would take 175 years to cover
the distance to the sun.
The circumference of the eclipse
forming the orbit of the earth round
the sun is about 677,760,000 miles in
length, and the earth covers this dis
tance In 365% days, traveling at the
rate of 65.910 miles an hour, 1„098
miles a minute, or nearly 1,100 times
as fast as a train going at one mile
a minute. It Ib therefore clear that a
train prooeedlng at this speed would
require nearly 1,100 years to accom
plish the Journey around the earth’s
orbit.
According to high authority, the ve
locity of a rifle bullet is something
like 2.130 feet a second, or 24.2 miles
a minute, and that of the projectiles
weighing 330 pounds from a quick fir
lng gun is about 3,000 feet a second.
84 miles a minute; so that the ve
locity of the earth ia 82. S times as
great as the latter.
RAIN COULD NOT DAMPEN PATRIOTISM ALONG CANAL
PHOTOGRAPHS Just received from the canal zone show that the Fourth of July there, though decidedly wet.
was properly observed. When the time came for the beginning of the patriotic exercises at Cristobal, the
heavens opened and the rain descended. But this had little or no effect on the crowd of loyal Americans who
had gathered to hear Col. George W. Goethals deliver the oration of the day. As for the colonel, he refused the
protection of an umbrella or rain coat while making his speech, as the picture shows. Colonel Goethals, who,
perhaps, more than any other man, has made possible the Panama canal, during his oration spoke of the tremen
dous influence for peace and prosperity that the canal would exercise on the world at large; touched on the
difficulties that attended the work and alluded to the gratification that must be felt by every citizen of the
United States when reflecting that the undertaking had been brought to a successful stage by Americans.
ENGLISH GIRL IS HELD
Miss Malecka in Polish Prison
Without Formal Charge.
Young Woman Said to Have Been
Anonymously Denounced to Rus
sian Authorities as Being
Active Worker.
Warsaw. —Although Great Britain
Is said to guard Jealously the welfare
of her subjects abroad, this can hard
ly he the case where the subjects are
naturalized, as Miss Malecka, who was
arrested in Warsaw last March, is
still in prison, although no formal
charges have yet been made agalust
her.
The difficulty in her case apparently
arise from the fact that Russia rec
ognizes the foreign naturalization of
none of its citizens. So far as can be
ascertained by the very scant infor
mation given by the authorities Miss
Malecka is charged with having been
an active member of an illegal society.
An illegal society is an association
which has not obtained the sanction
of the authorities and may do nothing
more revolutionary than teach people
to read or write Polish or to lecture
on Polish literature or history.
During the first three months of the
present year no fewer than 75 mutual
Improvement societies, Russian and
Polish, were declared Illegal. The
punishment for persons found guilty
of aiding or belonging to illegal so
cieties of this kind varies, hut general
ly consists of a fine of 100 to- 300
rubles and a few days’ to a month’s
Imprisonment
From an interview with one of the
lady’s many Polish friends who. need
less to say. belongs to a so-called “Il
legal” society and does not wish her
name to be disclosed, it was learned
that Miss Malecka is supposed to have
been denounced to the police by some
person or persons unknown to her —
possibly an agent provocatur —as be
ing an active member of the Polska
Partya Soclallstyczna (Polish Socialis
tic society).
This society goes a good deal fur
ther than the ‘’lllegal” associations
generally, as It advocates and even
practices terorism and Is always at
war with the authorities. Whether
the police really charge Mlsb Malecka
with this or only arrested her on sus
picion and are looking through ner
papers in their usual dilatory fashion
remains to be seen Although they
said a few weeks ago that the pris
oner confessed to being a member of
the society in question and was
"proud of It.” they now neither con
firm nor deny this statement
Of course, Russian subjects are oft
en kept for months In prison on Just
such vague charges. Expedition, as
It is understood elsewhere, does not
exist A certain gentleman was ar
rested and kept for two months in a
crowded cell just because a revolu
tionary’s visiting card was found in
his rooms. He was finally discharged
for lack of evidence—as. Indeed, there
was none—but there could be no ques
tion of damages for false imprison
ment
If Miss Malecka’s papers contain no
evidence of her having belonged to an
illegal society, and If she can satisfy
the Russian government that she is a
British subject, she may be able to
get some compensation.
But here again another difficulty
arises: The Russian government does
not bind itself to recognize the chil
dren of a Russian subject who has
been naturalized in England as British
subjects. Miss Malecka’s rather was
boro a Russian subject emigrated to
England, and became naturalized in
other words. Mlbs Malacka Ib a British
subject anywhere in the world but In
the Russian empire. This Is the ver
dict of an eminent legal authority in
COL GOE TMACS
Warsaw, but it would be interesting to
hear the verdict of an English au
thority.
Though the Warsaw citadel does
not give anything like adequate ac
comodation to its prisoners. Miss Ma
lecka’s friends need not fear that she
is being 111 treated, as her British
passport, at this stage of affairs,
would. In any case, protect her in that
way.
At the same time her quarters are
none too comfortable. The food,
though fairly good, is very scanty, and
the cells are exceedingly dirty Her
friends have been sending her addi
tional food and also some books. She
will not be allowed to see visitors or
to write or receive letters until her
preliminary examination has been
completed.
RISKS HER LIFE FOR OTHERS
New Jersey Woman Seizes Large
Bhepherd Dog, Afflicted With Ra
bies, and Forces It Into Shed.
Flemington, N. J.—That the lives of
others might not be Imperiled, Mrs.
Jacob Leon grappled with her large
shepherd dog when It was suddenly
stricken with hydrophobia. The dog
was tied to Its kennel with a rope
when Mrs. Leon discovered its condi
tion. An Instant later It had bitten
the rope In two and, snapping, snarl
ing and frothing at the mouth, it start
ed to leave the premises.
Realizing the danger to others, Mrs.
Leon called sharply to the animal and.
catching it by the sides of the head,
forced it into a woodbouse.
William E. Green, a neighbor, was
summoned to dispatch the dog with a
shotgun, and when he arrived the dog
was dashing madly about the wood
house, biting everything within its
reach. Mrs. Leon’s arms were
scratched by the teeth of the dog as
she held it. hut the skin was not
broken.
No “Future” for this Girl
Sad-Eyed Blond Stenographer, Who
Wedded Curly-Haired Clerk, Gives
Gypsy Seeress a “Tip.”
Kansas City, Mo.—Three gypsy
women, one quite young, were in an
East side grocery store when two
young American women entered. One
of the older gypsies made a "gurg
ling” noise to the young one soon
after the Americans were Inside.
“Don’t you girls want your fortune
told?” asked the little gypsy miss as
she walked toward the young women
with her hand outstretched.
"I can tell your past, present and
future,” went on the gypsy girl. "All
about your love affairs. I can tell
you when you are going to get mar
ried."
This appeared to he too much for
one of the young women, a sad eyed
blond, tired-looking, creature.
”Say, you," she exclaimed, "I’m al
ready married, and I’d rather give you
SSO to tell me how to lose what I’ve
got than 10 cents to know that there
is another lazy loafer waiting down
the line somewhere for me to sup
port!"
"Where do you live?” she asked
then. “I will come to your home and
tell you all.”
“Beat It, little one, beat It,” ordered
the tired-looking blond. “I don’t live;
1 exist And as for you telling me all.
why I can tell you more about this
game and hand out more real, genuine
hot tips on this matrimonial business
than you ever dreamed of If you
ever run across a stenographer earn
lng her little SBS per. and enjoying
single blessedness, don’t wait to read
her palm Look her straight in the
JEANNE D’ARC’S OLD SWORD
Museum at Dijon Bald to Possess
Blade Given to Maid of Orleans
by King Charles VII.
Paris. Biographers of Jeanne
d’Arc, including Anatole France and
Andrew Lang, have never been able
to discover any authentic relics of the
Maid of Orleans. The executioner
threw her ashes Into the Seine, and
the cottage at Domremy has not so
much as a wooden shoe which can be
proved to have belonged to the Lib
erator of France. There is, however,
in the museum at Dijon a sword kept
in the hall with the tombs of Philip
the Bold and Jean-sans-Peur, for which
the custodian. M. E. Metman, has doc
uments proving that it once belonged
to Jeanne d’Arc.
On one face of the hilt is engraved
a figure of the Maid in peasant cos
tume kneeling before a cross, with the
name Charles VII. On the other is the
word “Vaucouleurs.” On both the
arms of France and those of the City
of Orleans The date, 1419, Is found
In five places on hilt and blade This
date may indicate when the sword
was made, or it may be in commem
oration of the assassination of the Due
de Bourgogne in the presence of the
Dauphin, the future Charles VII.. on
the bridge of Montereau.
M. Metman’s manuscripts show that
the sword was manufactured at To
ledo and was autographed by the
sword-maker, Lupus Aguado, and that
it was specially made as a present to
the Maid from the king of France.
Chinese Empress' Wealth.
Seattle. Wash.—According to Chin
ese papers received here it is credit
ably reported in Pekin that the for
tune accumulated by the late Empress
Dowager Tze Hei. which amounts to
between $25,000,000 and $30,000,000
chiefly in gold bars, has been shipped
to England, whence it will be trans
ferred to a bank in Brussels for in
vestment Since the death of the
empress dowager the treasure has
been Btored in the palace under mili
tary guard.
eye and tell her not to let any curly
haired, gazelle-eyed sls a week clerk
with pink ears and perfectly mani
cured nails get her out of her head
enough to stand for that marriage
business. When he loses his Job he
never gets another, and the aforesaid
stenographer has to hike out and get
one of her own. And the chances are
it will be about $lO per writing five
letters a week, watching the telephone
nnd steering creditors off some cheap
screw of a lawyer with fringe around
the bottoms of his trousers. You take
chances, too. on getting even that $lO
on which two must live cheaper than
one Tell her that, too.”
Then she said to the grocer: "Give
me a dime’s worth of brick cheese
and a nickel’s worth of lettuce Wi
are going to have sandwiches for
luncheon I like that word ‘luncheon.’
No; I have a half loaf of rye bread
left from yesterday."
Gets $45 for Nickel.
Dover. DeL—Walter McGinnes. a
day laborer, in purchasing a basket
and contents at a public sale or the
goods of Mrs Thompson, who recent
ly died, began to look through his
purchase and found $45 between the
leaves of a memorandum book that
had been in the basket, two S2O bills
and one $5 McGinnes paid but five
cents for the basket
“Grizzly Bear" It Costly.
Chicago — Dancing the “Grizzly
Hear costs $25 If done In public, ac
cording to the standard of po.Mce court
tines
HOW IT HAPPENED.
"Poor man! How did you become a
tramp?”
"I wuz a war correspondent in Man
churia, mum. I got so used ter doing
nuthin’ dat I hain’t been no good
since.”
PIMPLES COVERED HIS BACK
“My troubles began along in the
summer in the hottest weather and
took the form of small eruptions and
itching and & kind of smarting pain.
It took me mostly all over my back
and kept getting worse until finally
my back was covered with a mass of
pimples which would burn and itch at
night so that I could hardly stand It.
This condition kept getting worse and
worse until my back was a solid mass
of big sores which would break open
and run. My underclothing would be
a clot of blood.
“I tried various remedies and salves
for nearly three years and I was not
getting any benefit. It seemed I was
in eternal misery and could not sleep
on my back or lean on a chair. I was
finally given a set of the Cuticura
Remedies and inside of two weeks I
could see and feel a great relief. I
kept on using Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and also the Resolvent, and In about
three or four months’ time my back
was nearly cured and I felt like a new
being. Now I am in good health and
no sign of any skin diseases and I
am fully satisfied that Cuticura Reme
dies are the best ever made for skin
diseases. I would not be without
them.” (Signed) W. A. Armstrong,
Corbin, Kan., May 26, 1911. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
a sample of each, with 32-page book,
will be mailed free on application to
“Cuticura,” Dept. 27 K. Boston.
Unexpected.
Suddenly the umpire called time.
"Aw, what’s the matter!” demand
ed the catcher.
"Somebody in the grand stand ap
plauded me,” he said, wiping the
blinding tears from his eyes, "and I
wasn’t prepared for that . . .j
Play ball!”
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
By Lydia E. Pinkham’a
Vegetable Compound
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know what Lydia E. Pinkham'e reme
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. me. For two years
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,r - I (v remedy was the sur
% «A-®- rniiiih geon's knife. My
mother bought me
■ SttSieflfci, Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com-
Wjjf'/JdfWJJHm pound, and today I
Wfrm ll W SV d am a heathy wo
mMimfowt T* ’JI man. For months
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Mrs. CmtißTiNA Heed, lot Mound St.
Peoria, 111.
Another Operation Avoided.
New Orleans, La.—"For years I suf
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally I was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces
sary. I gave Lydia K. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound a trial first, and
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The great volume of unsolicited tes.
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Vegetable Compound Is a remarkable
remedy for those distressing feminine
Ills from which so many women suffer,
The Army of
Constipation
1. Growing Smaller Every Day.
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Genuine must bear Signature
DEFIANCE STARCH -Zrzx*
—either starches only IX ounce*—price ea 4
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