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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-6-24, Page 2, Hints For Motor Camper.—I, springs Use soft water for radiator; sonf Before starting out on a motor earl rain water is '' But to go to the cabin was to face the storm, and this the poor Pltle potty retried to' do. Ile ytolded to Ibo mys- terious power and ahrang before it. "Give Ole the pony, then, and try It an foot. Button your coat tight and don't stop for tulylhing•" The boy slid from tho saddle. Right in the tenth of the storm, With hie Kande aver his eyes to guard them from the stinging snow. stumbling in nous u the direction of the cabin, falling Into eelmpin g tour In over 1110 tool box hard water is had; THE FAITHFULNESS OF JOSE 4 Isere coulee Jose with dinner," Char Ioy Mose announced as, shading his eyes, he looked toward the (listen cabin. "Wish there was going to be look watch the brakes; ice in it, though, instead of red pep- cuts and over lax' shrubs, he valtantly and see that it contains the necessary i reeking prompt ad,l•lstments to talte iter," he added. "I ant hungry, bat i struggled. wrenches, such as open end wrenches, � ttp wear ante renew bloke lining when oan't stains it to get 8111 1 11 0 11 r:" Mounting the pony, ^dtvard horse and adjustable (or monkey) wrench, a: worn. Shift gene when motor brl;)ns Thus far November had been (tor- strove to help the dog turn the sheep Stinsonpewrench and a spark pto labor eu a grade; do not strain it rid time In that part of New Mexico.* away from the arroyo that dossed the socket- wrench, a pair of tiers, else i unnecessarily. Watch the alignment The Morse sheep range was outside I range, for the hlizzard !vas sweeping chain repair lievo a mechamic's hint -I of the wheel' -s. When driving watch the shelter of the mountains, and tho toward that fatal pit, and there was p p the instrument board to see that the altitude -of the region ex)oeel -It to rater, a large an(l small sc:rev drivet,; l I little hope fur the beast that was flies a epee). of soft iron 11 ire, a bus ammeter indicates charging the ltt- climatic extremes, both of cold and toryby the generator. If there is no each of asserted nuts, bolts anti cotter- heat. This year not a drop of rain or ins a boli of extra fire valves, a tiro *ettetator un the ear have the battery unite of snow had fallen for mouth,. p ) 'l, hurled down its cllff•liko sides. But the fury of 1 (' ote'81 and the weight of the rider were too 1110011 for pressure gouge, soma extha hall. 'es eel often Tim parched pluinc yie,ded h:(:+. e' the pony. Ile struggled onward for a Remember tient rroper lUhrieation is food enough for the sheep. 'Cito beds I time, then drifted; then at lust. as plugs and rim lugs, a box of talet:m p powder, a fete feet of high Ind low absolutely essential to the Lest per- of the sleek• were dry, except fcr 'nc the snow blinded and etrlt +:i hint, he 1 •t tension carols, a roll of tape, as extra formance of the car and to its eeen- Lae(t nal 1. (01e. 0110:h m1 e3 opal . valve and seeing, a grease gun and an oinked use. When touring turn down A11 in all it was a depressing scene extra spring clip and bolts. grcaeo cups and fill oil cups and oil that Edward Mahe, the !meter of nee Begin the journey with tires in good • holes every day; lubricate spring, range., now looked upon. IIe would g -e3 often• re I. •isI v}1 In crank have found it drearier still had not condition nod with two extras (with )w" covers), preferably inflated on rims; case every day tand renew at least' his ten -year-old brother, Charley, come heirs alone with the storm. 1 every .thousand miles; r,•1)lenish grease 0111 frons town to keep elm eempttlly Something 001)1)0(1 against 11101, and three extra tubes, troop from rolled at:d r for a while; for Jose, the half-breed he locked down. It was the boy, half packed in bursa to keep ehaiin,a; 111 universal joints every uU0 miles,' pever" though they are hard to reach, 1101•der, was not it very congenial as- ,unconscious but still mecha1111411" a box of tube patching outfit for pane-sociate for a 1)1011 who lead bean I;; tures and a blow-out patch or inner unelerneeth the car; do not pour heavy truggling, who gazed up at him with Gil into differential above the level brought up to cltstru_t "revisers:' a deathlike, unmeaning stare. A groan boot. Carry a fire pomp in good order of oyerfloty hely or it will escape at 3fcrtover, so fur us Charley was coo- rose to Edward's lips. and a good jack, also a small piece of the soil the ff rierc I rerued, bhlward knew that, though the With a strung hand he whirled t)1r. plank 2x8x18 irches, to use as a base brake drum and p e 1 y - boy 811g111 grumble at the heat and for the jack on soft ground. Weed of the brakes besides cwus:ng injury child in front of himself, folded hint sank upon 11'1 knees and W115 gradual- ly bfu•ied es he lay. Edward gained his feet. Ile did not know his Whereabouts, and the herd and the deg were lost to sight. He the tiros, 1 the monotony, the pure, dry air was within 1113 coat and tried to go for - chains, preferably two set.., are 1leees- working wonders far a body none ton sary equipment and a half dozer. extra Remember that abrupt stops, qui^.k strong at best and weakened now by cross chains should be in the tool box. starts and side s'$ ds are very -bad for a recent attaek of fever. "Ho ought Carry a steel rope for towing, It col- tires: Repair small tire cuts prompt -with me a month," was the lapsible canvas bucket and a fire gal- 1r. have sand blisters or mud bolls i message Edward had sent their moth - Ion canvas water bag, also 085 dip- repaired 00 soap 115 they appear; they,er when he urged her to let Charley per and one lower raober hose con- are due to under inflation. Use talcum 1 visit the range. section for radiator, with clamps. powder when inserting tires in cos- Now be only smiled at the boy's Bring a two pound box of cup grease initis. but do not use too much. Do: complaint, To be sure, the sheep and tt gallon can of extra lebl'icatir.;q 1 nut delve in ruts; it wears out the side: seemed more restless, and the heat oil, wails of the casings, Do not allow I was, perhaps more oppressive than us - To carry duffle bags, tent, 00818 10-i oil ur grease to remain on the casings;. ual; but it would take More than that sary boxes and other ,'0117 1 m nt wipe 01f with a rag moistened with to spoil his appetite: securely on the running beard equip 1, t ulene. When using 'Feed chains: 1Ceii, Juse, w'eli done," he said, as the car with a folding parcel ' ) l: -t rJt nal -cast them too tightly; ,1 allow i the 3Iexicau came up with biscuits, or use footman loops, tluou�y,.01.:11.Pe.n tre o cep. Always 11010 tvrth cones and mucam stew.run webbing siraps far fasienlrg the prneer' regard for the tires; avoid I .'Chief wants his dinner more than Edward shook himself from his equipment snugly. Similar 100) •ra!:: leetitters., sharp stones and severe- 1 do, Ed." said Charley, patting the stupor and did as he was lila, Ily al- alao be screwed to the tonneau floor! dolts. RementLar that wet rubber 4108. "lIe's earned it hotter, too. Here.' inert eimeriumlan effort they drew the to be used for stra in;; 1. *1tt It is . 1 h only when dry. old fellow:!'•, He 1,1..cc•l b :en'ts anti pp boy t.) the :,isle of the cut and' than t: I 111;7, ke•n `h t.1cs t:1 it:faecl� cases or other b:cn',•1 ' - > ..esu th<_tu I meet before their iuu:•-tooted ',wrier. mtacd0 their way along St, edge until front shifting and atete i.,ti the pee_ ,' elide is excellent e. '1 e 1 •,Ing fcr ..What are you doing over at the 1 1 fielir:e. tires a pressure of t:ventyl, g they reached a point where the bed Sen 'era, 1 Jabin, Jose?" askee the 1ntieter. W115 within ten feet of the top. Jose See that the etre 13 1e. ge;,1 il.ir,e 111'-mds for each inch of liainetcr nails -Bring wood on burro." leaped down. 0 lo(11 dropped the order and all e.!'•ts well 11tbric Lt re be iqr cord tires sixteen pay:'..!.!, temt "All right. What do ;•c(1 'appose buy iota his arms and followed.( feet, start.„ er the tear and tlmt :Pei gauge to determine p:eesure veer- makes these sheep ro r -.ts S;.?" Come!" shouted the rescuer. Ile battery is 111: 114.1 .:d: Have the! ately and in..,.- is . :y morning. Jos: (r,;'s1 1 at 111;• shat herd that .,,i )e. the)o h' co. and ran r'I .,, I I boy 111 IS it rep 0 good site's .!n,"1 117•'- Cn1'tal)14 When St!i,•k"in 8 mn(11tole 01 On aW113 fast 14 1.1k111" tin 3:110 111.1' bands. to l lit.v where the haunt, ovnrhaug- with 00 br0l:en 1'gmts, ;tin ,1" e.r the; sand;: etretch dm not speed up the en- Then he snaked at the sky and et the 111:_, mini., a sort of shelter. With side curtains to fat :stale ,:ciA •titach- I gine and "jump" the ritltch. Thie will hri::c.n. "Snow coming:' he said. But 1mauls cf dried Sveeda and broken latent in '1 sudden > NoW a feeee only cause the wheels t0 spin and the liar: e laugllecl. bush,,^s and bits of radar, 1) 01 It words of final advice, wheel real o.er, car to silt': deeper. Open the throttle i Thu do had [(014(441 his dinner. Ire down by file .0181000 dvo,13, he (lade every day or two to see Coat reme of nelv far cnw:gh to keep the engine' rose, lie •cd 11?.a lips. whined almcet in- a fire. it is forgotten: i from eta:linoo and engage the clutch audibly. and with an apologetic leek Through 11ou)s of misery the two Do not ceerloed the c11r. Distrii;,:(e, slowly, The chaneee are that this at hie master trotted off in a half men warped *ILim tits 01(111 tvlu•m1n,; the weight to equalize the strum on, method will procure traction. ward, Some little mound of earth came in his way, and his benumbed RAREST ELEMENT iN THE feet faltered against R. He fell a1110WORLD DAY rose again-- and more than once; it I seemed—until his senses failed under the stye. s of the struggle end he sank to the ground, still sheltering the child Adaptable in Scores of ways with his body. He rouses a little and 1 to Eliminate Danger of faintly, as in a dream, he beard the voice oil Joao. Blows and kicks sue- Groping in the Dark. (medal. IIe bolt himself dragged toP.adtum, the rarest element in the ()meters and other things. The motor dark red above 11 11(1 tle311•co1oro,1 Ito. his feet, world, is rapidly becmr:il:g on :+rUrle cycle speedometer hlnuliuutea with low. •1Clnen it is est thrtingh, the al :Cie arroyo! The arroyo;" sllolltnd 1, the radium is pr0elc llylhn Duly cue that termite (1ar1( ((1111 light .1)t1"01- exactly of ordinary honseltclt tree. It the IlIexican in 1115 ear. -Take hold! must valuable mural in the world 13 Possible to read at night :nc(t a :•esemblo thn juin[ frolu hirll it gots Come!" be called again, as ho laid one gram. which is one -twenty-eighth nu;tulcycle does not carry i1 trum0nl it., name, It i:: a v lu,i• : c;n, 4011011 01 bald of the child. of alt ounce, resting 5120000—yet it (s Balite. .\s to ail'p1.111e instl:iments, food. h. practically all of 1111.111 4111011)8 the tear Daring a wt•' ^a'10n 11: its DIVS. used on more than tau million. watcwere iillmblata i c:1tlh 011111(101. es and an innumerable 25 cent roll- . grows aleett. s1 : en feet -Lem lite eating tacks. It is so powerful that Rad thin Uaed In War. ground, 1t a).,: he b(c'1' i t. sea, anyonein (h) same Radium received !t3 ^;1•c4test lin• mrd, or, If Preferred, t. •_ _a like if witOne to live t P.a,tI t b'et', std . eird to rho :mai howl roast with One pound of It the flesh pcui; s r, 111) (1i:a and cn01i11y would be torn from his butes, slut useful article during the Wat•, The The l bh .; tree pt.ni,les teew)• there 13 not a pound of It in e: 1 1 Pee, popularity of radituu iitn.0 1) ( wen o! J i h ca with t tea ); 11 rl hire, 111(1 if there were it would nut exist tit w•atthes need:e no 11en1108111 its 1d from wheel caps, t)cu;et a, a, d mei i3 a chap - value, are made. 'Piro ;neer b 1e 1; et' the ;tee! sneh form. Tet despite its power and esefelness 1,, Chilly .0 value, children 80011 will play with Its ter in it=tib. Radium le a ee in lee is soekell in weter :a:•( divided is t•) bp -products as toy's, while their elders tree: meat fee veneer. •r. ,11 100 and other' `• pa`ate Peeee. teeth l+t(•1stretch.use it ht a lntndrea (1)1110at Stays. dises.ee. It :Cleo is estebli-1 :•d that. oil and. :Tread )n t,,e ielneeies. The t There is mere than cue ynungstet' the curative prJIrrty of redline wee alielleele,u t.t tw•ter• 1,10e.,.!1,.: the irate, recognized even befoee radi!;m ,,self 1 tier: that fleurleliet In il,e, Smolt was known to be 1.1, ,�ua1,a of the Sea L»n:-ls }gee s ..)., 111(11, as tt` ' a f"1' r'"'_n1L?e,1 very OL,•, fy carr. Thc;a ,lira) baths of F.ntul:e to n new. wh!clr people feel 1 :1?: aver the 11.01.1c1 l 1 mend loaf. on u.eeunt of 1111ait lioc•k0)1 to gain relief frim ail surra of s 1. ,,,i c.3 the b1.a,l tree. nth; aric:4 were in reedit • radium bathe, i .----4---- - for it is 001'7 11/WWII that spring ;::tt,)14 1, "Crossing 4the Line," contain radium and that to this fact is From tine aeeennte 1.1 the menme•0 In duo a great part of their 011811N -a ln•o- pertios. which the Prince of Wale; was 'MN - Predictions as to the future usage of•tiled lata the company 0;' tilavu travcl- radlmn border on the fairy tale, for tars who have "ere -std filo line:' Ills • rank does not seem t0 have brant;0t. Ripphrtg hipm,.?s ‘,L,‘" Walt Ma5on AR Alike, PrHLl times are punk, the prospects yellow, 00/111110(15 are a shame; and each 111E111roasts the other fellow and says he is to blame. L throw some dormic•lts at my neighbor because he talks all day; he slilesteps }lard, productIve labor, puts up no helpful luny. But when I say he 15 a h•odlor to useful iuduotry, he says he knows one who is greater, and shies a brick at 01e. While t ell weltiap rap this drab age, my neighbor toots and weeve, the ceu0try'11 preeeino need is (+ai)bage, and turnips and siring beans. If I'd get 110:1, enol €tr0w.upun it a crop of seedless prunes, 't-ould help out more than any sonnet, than any rippling tunes. Then he resumes its elocution, haadn out the air that's hot, and says we'll have a revolution before the know what's what, Our lives would 011(4(1 be rich and mellow, the timoa be 5(1100tlh as wax, if we could make the other fellow get down to Old Brass Tacks. But when we urge 11}m to get busy, and I;0 and earn the price, he says, with nerve that ((mites us dizzy, ",Just tette your own advice." RADIUM BECOMING A OUSEHOLD AID Stowaways .An amusing incident of the traffic) la stowaways between Constantinople and Odessa during the war is related by Capt, Alan Butt of the British army, who escaped front the Turks and bribed the engineer of a tramp st(#tm• ship to 111110 hill until the boat had left Turitish waters. Cine of the stowaways, writes Capt. Bolt, wee a woman without a pans - port whcmt the captain was taking to Odessa. Be concealed her for two day's in a deep locker 111 his ('hart room on the bridge. The ltite•hen girl 101011' nothing of the c•aplein's lady, and not Mantling to 801111 her ow0 par• Uvular stowaway, who alae a Turkish deserter, back to the bunkors whore he had hidden hitherto, 5110 thought of the locker as a temporary hiding place, She dumped the not into the loclter, fastened the lid and rant back to the kitchen. The deserter landed on tie captain's lady, and both received a bad fright as they clutched at tett-11 other 111 the darkness. The 11(1 could not be moved from the Inside, end their vans were unheard eutelde the little neon. The _..:m„ - — ,tit in the unveutlated lu!.!=er grew —_.-- More and more stuffy until ihmlly the a little radium heck on it and so sig- woman lost coneelots;neee and the nal danger to unwary shins, Press Turf went to sleep, buttchls for (181(18 or bells are 2111811- When the )(earner was beyond the mated with a dab of radium,.. 'fele- 13csporus, so that ibere way no danger Phones can be 1111111111110ed, 411(1 0011111- or search, tho captain opened the lock - less other things far which the house- er to release his 1010101, and jumped holder is always groping in the lurk. with fright when u. coal -blackened What the epv1•tsnten will do with man appeared, The woman revived radiutn is especially Interesting. Fish. when taken Into the fresh air; but the ermen have found that 0 radium bait writer venture,) to prophesy that never is especially- affective. Radium sighted again will site become a stewetway, rifles and pistols make It possible to shoot with accuracy in the dark. Mo- torists have discovered several uses `Vegetable able Beef -Steaks. for radium, including the 11lumirieting The vegetable beef -steal( grows; ou oP gasolie0 gauges, timepieces, speed- the oast tree. It is fu .gas, which is Death in Dreams. i1I New Sets of Brains. 1)1eam5, or pereape they shalald be I We get six complete new sets of leave vimr wood, and c•nme out ..-- called of 1118 r?$, iuloo nf:ell led 10 1 brains car11 year, and the best set is help u; with rho sheep," said 3Iorse. Toward evening Josv killed 1t crippled the death of the pet Sens e;:p.,l ,racing ; that vv'1:ch has its first half of life in - ..Bette: stay now." suggested the ewe and 10011(1 some of the llesit, t_te, ember ter Mitre)). Our v:orst brain Charley, rousing, gazed half 0•ansctors- them. Mieeiean. ?:0t long ago a clrI dreamt that iter' •;'`t. 1,: :r. :luynst Septernber, or the ly round their shelter and out at the "Na, worn( at your wood outs Sue Ior:.r had still l her and told her that Seel nae. tie titan's figure, just risible through Ie a "thinking" lifetime of fifty need you." she must kill a r -elf. 111 1 r (lro,,n1-, Icse smiled and touched his hat, the snow wreaths. terror she 1(1 11 ( crit of her b_lrecin 1 I e, t mental worker would vliect But he went so unwillingly that "Why, I•:11.," tho bray whispered. emd window, sw,r!a:u',ed later to iter', in tr, grey matte :..enc . 'J,00aa,osp JLo=els 'nide of mastery was :.tarred 'Jose didn't l;0 1)nt14 an us!„ injuries. t, impres, s, and if baa brain were of a little. ''f r+ -4th rcu all (11 11 :" he "Nu, 1 was::) i'uol," the under brother In !notl er (t ie i hu -Lan 1 dreamt. (a se wieght ;Net ever 4 lbs., each answered inutile. grr w ... , us 110 1(101t0d after the dexl- that 1113 wife had tenaetiited eniciile groin OM* t0 head the sheep, Jose put the their own chilled limbs in doing so. empty (11411es into his pall; but he 'Inose of tate sheep that hall survived hesitated' 08 11 he did not wish to go. the fall into tate arroyo huddled beside "Well, Jose, if it does storm you can them, and the dog saute with them. +11 eentain 3+10.heli 1.11 boy, Night fell. The storm did not cease, after killing their two cL•it.lr,n. He e female brats r;, on the act:a e. nor did it with the morning, ,lose 1l :1ys they aren't if yraeve ever 111�reupun. in his sleep, tried k,. i':='cs less in weight than the me reaete(1 more mutton. Iie was cheer- b.en goal. to lent -null you and ma loam. but what is lost in weight. as fol and hopeful withal and kept alive ltimeeif with a razor. (nfilctim, is 1• t,c miNel him when be was pretty sick, ) furies which, together With ti.. >lach :",t ..1 gn,t_)tythe brain of a S t u,•,; -t-,., their courage 1u well as their fire. 7„tr1 hi•°n Or 11.111A1 higher uw. Charley ultimately peeve,' .fatal. , gspc'clit,• He's • had swa'.l- ee eoio,1n by 011 u.o roe female 1)18111 is larger than a man r from the chair its w•111011 he had fall: a when body-weight is contrasted. A asleep attd, so vivid had the dream' ten -stone woman has a better brain been, he event to the sttnp a+:d teak an I ti;arten-stone man. antidote. Bat this, in the absence of The -fact t!1:.It idiocy and lunacy is real prions, began to poison him, and , nll(cl lees amen; women than men is before lie realized the 11113take the er- accounted for by tile fart Celt when for was t;eyund repair, the Al eight of a mads train falls be - of unea: tr.'•-:;. Littu clouds had be- ed news of the blizzard came 111. With- in another 0480 11 man, triter a beet- low 117 ,n ounces it !s microcephalic, r) r , t er• In a circuit nP a hundred unites from 01 t) ctll..t ,11(1 to dnrlcen. A ('001 ed argument with a visiting friend, and idiocy begins. A woman's brain i the Morse range whole herds of stock, ;,)(- breeze swept front the northeast., dreamed that his guest w•as in his torah fell to 12 1.-e, ounces before the Then, es 1110 herder turned and as well as ten or twelve coWbo3's and room molesting him. 11e actually Nice would happen, looked titiant hila in ,urp,.4.. the •1tv' shepherds, had perished. "felt" rough hands on his body, jump - Toward too smooth and pleasant," 1u• Toward noon the storm gave way', A London 111 111iet dreaming that ?1e •cavity thee that of a ratan. Akio, the .. and by long hours of effort the three .'(+t.re4 the elder brother. "No (chin 1-1 •bin '(shat heel to if he got a chalice."l =tweet to get bac•. to t+e (a . ('barley dunked dissatlstled, hat hp Thereafter for days it was "Charley did net 110500 at;e.inst the verdict, s;d-, to keep house," and Edward and Jose ward stretched himself cut again and to 100;( after the flock. Fortune favvr- idly surveyed the scene, ed, By continued effort they :emceed - The dog was gathering the restless all in saving a great 011x1 of the eiteep, been and 1limself ryas c)hoewiil8 signs slowly during the weeks that follow - grew heavy and array and the wind "Ah!" said Charley. "They needed already '(1110 will tint go to sleep at 1 night without having his pet bear with radium eyes beside him. And corners of rocking chairs will shite nut w:n•n• ingly at night; pofec'1(1 bottles will glow in the dark of the tuellelue chest. night marksmen will sight their titles by the aid of it, marines will sail more safely because of it and the lata re - hunting 1roueeholder will be able to find his keyhole snore readily in its light. Motorlsts, miners, fi:lho'men, theatregoers, hospital orderlies, tea- in spite of the fa.t lhn. ,. •••- 7118 any Softening of the full tLual. yelling salesmen told what is general- than 10,000,000 an mince and there '.s H0 is described as enhmilliu; to all ly known as the great public will use less than a 1)01(11(1 of it in the world, this rarest of subl'ta8cee as casually the lathering �h (vin., ut l drat t 1 •• as they wind their watches. ed out of bed, and ran t.i his friend's Coral in Every Sea. broke over the piain with a warning' Jc,.c and Ll. to look after 1 them," There lie attac•1(ad his inuo- Coral is found in every sea from the shriek, The ishailbreeze hail been They needed Jose!" Edward nddadded1ronroom.cent "assailant" sa vutieut1y that the equator to the polar regions, but it grateful, but this wa1 dismally cold, emphatically, But nobody shall take latter was confined to bed for several det•elops best in the tvopical parts of him away 'front this gangs while II'mweeps. the Pacific.Pacific.able to keep him,' Pldward leaped rap and donned his cant and threw his brother upon the pony. "Boy," he cried, "I wig+h you were in town with mother!" The sun was wholly hidden, and the ominous dull gray was everywhere. Then came a furious dash of slinging total 8,tee; increase of 132 (n 9 discharging duties. • Chu: •h of ling- sleet and of SHOW, line end cutting as months, Gross tonnage, 11113, 1.200,-' land, 102; Roman Catholic, 5:1; Pres- sand --'-and to the man and the boy 4811; on Oct, 31, 1913 1,119, :33, 'Pon-! i,y-tor:an. 18; 111(:•ehodist.: Meth, ; Deptist, chattering numb lingers and a nage increase, 1019, Thotel1 roan) over l4; Congregational, 2; ' Satention' eenee of helplesenese, 1918. 1 Army, 4; Russian, 1. "Go to the cabin!•' Edward shouted. me good money. 9 Canadian chaplain :ea viee had Taking No Chances, Canada had a notable year le 101( author."ucl etrengLh of 211e; 42,I s heed in shipbuilding, breaking ;(11 Tel:n•l eeers.'as; 1013 gaited awav•.ls; li died, "Dick, darling,' hinted dirt. Tutture in new tunnago; registerc,i vessels 1, 1mr1 21 were wounded in battle while bride, "do you remember how eve use( to sit an one chair at papa's?" "That was all rtglit at papa's," re plied the practical Dick, "but 1'01 no going to forget that these eludes cos , ..-... my.{yy�F-•� ,..wu._..,..x�nv,�.�._--�_�a�ca..,.,...�r.'��'-_:...-__'seas•.ru---s:.rn:cq- "RECLAR FELLER , s' —by Gene Byrn -TEAt: RE'2 "" 0 'v.MO TE A NOTE. t^iOKE, TO Mx( PAPA ABOUT ME BE1t"IGI A SAO C''OY'--•- 1 '( HA'Y'" A 't1ALLOPIN 4'1A 60Nt'lA t;El- t WELL. IF ADAM WAS `rt -1e FIRST MAN lt[: t) t>1.44 H AVE A PAPA, Olt,...) r:(1-1 ANT'S le.16 4.4T --- t -1E. ®iDN'T HAVE. P\ PAp1'l / In Mills and Mines. How- (nuc11 commercial pro.•rees is to 0v0 tO Tad 111111 01(11 be meaeure11 by its rapidly illrrea5(tig use 111 factories, trills and other plants. }Many mining corporations have adopted radituu danger signals and guiding arrow's. Radium (nd1191005 are not affected by atmospheric conditions and accidents the marvellous properly of radlum that is required, though CooO,in Mee - makes this small quantity snei:r3'at, in the well-k11n-i1 de,crietiln of limit.icesly in usef114011 s. Fur not c:(ho aly line eeremvlhy than is given lit "Prank lo the radium itself used, but the 1T11thllay," adds that "ctrl"••r., escape radium emanations possess all the by I)ayiug a 111:0 in tummy 111' 1'111:1." radio activities of radium, although- Tho whole ritual dates from the days without its permanence. Su great is the Power of radium slat of sailing ships, and WI(l ob..re c e by sicanrdlug to Sir Oliver Lodge "rho the crews of men-of•wal, (101•,lhent ships, and whalers; indeed, power emitted during the disnppear- in lh` e,.l auto of a grain would be enough to days the sailor who had not ('1)10;011 the Equator and submittal to it wax raise rue tetnPer.not regarded as luatam•, (081113)?' -rel - which would stake gats, oil and electric water from the freezing to the boiling here15 hulls useless. As long as 1.11P03is 1,0111t. But this would tante about a nautical educator, '11101' to em11 to (110111leaa radium is visible. And 111 y.ear." be no particular reason fur tale plan• addition danger of explosion is mini- lie also says "once an hour one out tiro beyond a natural readiness to iize,1. of 30,000,000 atoms goes off with seize an excuse fore livenin 110(14)11 a nut); The mariner has already discovered violence," and the epoed of -this is so voyage by a goy pvctiral ,;ort of many invaluable uses for radium, Es- great that et particle could travel 0,000 joke. po0111113' is this trite In the case of the miles in one-quarter of a second. IP One wonders how 810 01 other heirs man at the wheel. Electric lights, oil eve could utilize all the energy that is to Royal thrones would 011119 1t to be alid gas aro disturbed by sudden nue inherent h) radium there would prob- the victim of a "rag" 0f this kind, Bions and by the cutting off of eine ably be no more use for coal, eleetriel- rents or breasting of contacts, but ty or any of the outer heaters or eller- T lar: gi'L'l's tlaed its the world. - l�l11(8 l That like 1p. That plants respond like human be. Chinese Woman Doctor•, pigs to the effocte of cold, chloroform, an11 alcohol is the dieeovery of Pro• The first woman in China to be (well. Bose, the famous Indian me tlualltleti as a hotter is Dr, "ea (lel !meal scientist, whose invention for re. 1011011 the compass card is llluninaed by radium its visibility to reliable. In the engine room, too, the telegraph control is serviceable on foggy nights and in times of emergency. But it is the ordienre' lronsehol3er' lila, who has practised medicine in Perhaps, who will find the greatest cording life movements In planta has ]:appin0:;s 1(11 conveniences steels pos- her native country and in Japan rand been widely discussed the world over lectures in America and England, Act:o ding to the Profeseme plants aro siblo by more common use or the most valuable substance in the wo'ld. A minute particle of radium need an a tnbfal of solution will matte Bums - very sensitive, HO was surprised to Steel Tien In London: ilud One tiny, by means ob bis r'cordo', One of the prineip11l railroads ('tin. it midden depression an the plant he ends of articles visible in the (lark. slug out of London will install preened was studying, which proved to be due Radium may he used in cellars, Turn}- steel ties which include in their stifle. to a small cloud passing over the sun, tura that has a habit of standing just tura cblhirs into which the rails aro of which he himself 114,: not 09011 been in tho path in tr durst room dint have w'eegod wsthnni: bolting, lnntuss conscio. � 1' 1'1111 a sleep like ;lumen beings. - ,uc^=m^sgsm�•.l..o. iFcn.rmx.n,.,,..•�......._•.,..n.........�.., .:.x-.n..r.ora m._ .. auorummncmxnn:ruzc-.. "."„ ,z .-. .. .=c.....,,.,.V........,1 They do not merely fold their leaves, but they actually become unconrc10U4, This Professor Bose has proved by the varying mewing() et a plant during twenty-four 11ou1'5 10 an oldetrio cur- rent, At first it answered vigorously, then its 001pen.ee became enfeebled, and finally, it did riot nnswer at till, between 6 p,tn, and 0 pan, Canada Inas tho only two coal r• glens on the sea coasts of Worth 1"::• erica. The ibituminoils coal of bions lisotia is estimated to last 700 yehril that of Vancouver Island has been successfully operated since"1860. The Canadian Million foes, vrlhiclt eonelsted of a permanent force of 8,000 officers Mud men and an active mil.tia of 5.13IA1 o jlcerS and 3)8,901. Other' rattles 1IO;OOB 110 war, increased I during the war iso about 1395,441 of11- ' • ;ors and men, of 'whole about 418,000 officers, non-eomrnissio11ed officers and (len went Overseas for motive f1orviee,