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unifi unu.uw u * " , Ji* 'i mmmmm iipuiii JOHN DIETZ DEFIES 8HERIFF f r~ AND aUARD8MEf^^3!if:-; MANY SHOTS ARE FIRED Bon «f Notorious Wisconsin Man and One of Soldiers Wounded--- VV,» Women Aid in Fight--Mors V " Trouble Expected. " Milwaukee.--John Diets, the home­ steader who has held the ' Cameron jam on Thornapple river In Saw­ yer county against the combined power of the Mississippi Logging com­ pany and the state and federal gov­ ernment for the last two years, has been victor In another pitched battle. The stories are conflicting, but all agree that a sharp fight took place Thursday at the Dietz home between Dietz and his family on the one side and Sheriff Gylland and a posse of half a dozen militiamen, sent by the government from Milwaukee, on the ' other. . One of the sheriff's men was shot three times and seriously" though not fatally wounded, and Clarence Dietz, a son of the doughty homesteader, was shot through the head. Another battle is expected.1 , • y " Battle Lasts Over Hour. One account of the battle is that as soon as the sheriff and posse jCame in sight of the Dietz cabin Dietz, his wife, two sons and one daughter came out armed with rifles. After the first volley from the Dietz side one of the militiamen fell wounded, ballets hav­ ing struck him in the ankle, hip and neck. The fusillade was returned by the militiamen, and when the smoke had cleared away it was seen that Clarence Dietz had fallen: Then the posse retired behind stumps and trees, and tor over an hour the battle lasted. Fully 150 shots were fired. Dietz's son was dragged Into the house under fire and the place baricaded. ' Official Withdraws Mpn. < When it was seen that Dietz was determined not to give up, Sheriff Oylland and his posse retired to the Mississippi Logging company's camp at Cameron Dam, half a mile from Dietz's cabin. Doctors have been sent from Ladysmith to care for. the wounded. Dietz has stopped all lumbering on the Thornapple river for the last two years. He held that the logging com­ pany had no right to run logs through his farm unless they paid for the privilege. He demanded 110,000 and the company laughed at him. It pro­ ceeded with the usual drive and brought sows 30,000,000 feet of lO&3 to Cameron Dam. There the men found Dietz fortified. He notified the foreman that if an attempt was made to open the sluice ways and run the logs he would open fire. As he is a dead shot with a rifle, no one was in­ clined to the job. Warned by Neighbors. Arguments, threats and coaxing all ftSB on deaf ears. Sheriffs have tried to get him, United States marshals have tried to serve papers on him, all sorts of devices have been tried, bat no service has been made nor has he been taken. Militia's Hands Off Diets. . Madison, Wis.--Gov. Davidson Fri- «J£y said no request had been made for militia to capture John Dietz, who raids the dam at Cameron against the Mississippi Log and Boom company. The governor added that if the militia assisted in the attempt they did so without authority. The governor will take no action until the sheriff's posse have been exhausted. FATAL MISHAPS TO YACHTS ^ 4* • 11 *" , "|r * TWO CAP81ZE AND EIGHT PER­ SONS ARE DROWNED. PREPARING TO PUBLISH RATES interstate Board Offers to Cooperate With Railroads. Disaster Occurs Off Jersey Coast--- Waves Hit Crafts, Throw­ s' » Occupants Into Water. . Augelsea, N. J.--Two yachts coming in from the fishing banks capsized on Hereford Inlet bar off here Sundsfy, and so far as can be ascertained eight persons lost their lives. There were 32 persons on one yacht, of whom seven were lost, and 12 'on the other, all of whom but one were saved. That not more fell victims to the rough sea was due to the heroism of Capt. Henry S. Ludlow, of the Hereford Inlet life saving station, and a crew of five men. Angelsea is one of the favorite fish­ ing places along the southern New Jersey coast and has seldom had a busier Sunday. Every excursion train from Philadelphia and other nearby points came down crowded with vis­ itors most of whom intended spend­ ing the day in fishing. The weather in the morning was ideal and all the fishing boats took out large crowds to the fishing banks. After noon,^however, a brisk breeze sprang up and the captains of the small craft hoisted sail and started for home. Most of the fleet got in without mishap, although some of them had considerable difficulty in clearing the Hereford bar. , The two that got into trouble were the sloop yacht Nora, which had on board Capt. Herbert Shivers, his mate and 30 passengers, and the sleep Al- vin B. with a party of 12. The Nora had gone to the fishing banks at Five Fathom bank about ten miles out to sea early in the day. When the wind began to freshen Capt. Shivers decided it was time to make port and with the assistance of a small gasoline engine and a good spread of canvas he made good time toward Angelsea. As the sloop bowled along the wind was getting stiffer and the sea rougher. Capt. Shivers, from long experience, knew how treacherous is the Hereford bar and approached it with his usual caution. The sand obstruction is about a mile from shore. Just as he was about to go over it a heavy squall struck the Nora. Despite the efforts of the captain the craft heeled over and was hit by a huge wave. The wind and the wave coming together was more than the yacht could stand and it turned completely over, throwing the St oc­ cupants into the sea. CALL FOR STRIKE 18 POSTPONED. Washington.--Chairman Martin A. Knapp, of the interstate commerce commission, on behalf of the commis­ sion, has directed a letter to all rail­ road companies and corporations of .the United States calling their spe­ cial attention to section six of the re­ cently enacted railroad freight rate law. The section provides that every common carrier, subject to the pro­ visions of the act, shall file with the commission and keep open to the •public for inspection, schedules "showing all the rates, fares and icharges for transportation between 'different points on its own route and between points on its own route and points on the route of any other car­ rier by railroad, pipe line, or by water when a through route and Joint rate have been established." The commission will cordially co­ operate with representatives of the carriers, and will freely discuss with them all -pertinent questions. Meth­ ods proposed by carriers should em­ brace those designed to effectuate im­ mediate substantial compliance with the amended law as well as those in- .tftpded to be permanently applicable. Cruiser in Successful Trial. , San Francisco.--The new United States cruiser Milwaukee returned Sunday from Santa Barbara, after a successful speed trial. Accompanying the Milwaukee were the cruiser Bos­ ton and the destroyer Paul Jones. Russian Revolutionists Decide Time It , Not Yet Ripe. St= Petersburg,--At the end of a long series of conferences be­ tween the representatives of the cen­ tral committees of the social demo­ crats, social revolutionists, peasants' league, workmen's councils of Mos­ cow and St. Petersburg, the Group of Toil, members of the outlawed par­ liament and professional leagues it was decided not to attempt immedi­ ately to summon the people to de­ clare a general strike or armed upris­ ing. The determining factor in the decision was the advice of the revo­ lutionary military committee which reported that the time was not quite ripe. It was decided, however, to en­ ergetically push preparations and to address manifestos to the army and navy, peasants, workmen and the peo­ ple generally. The manifesto to the peasants In substance declares that the govern­ ment, having denied land freedom, had dissolved parliament, in which the peasants' hopes were centered, and they now had no reason to wait any longeh The manifesto to the sol­ diers and sailors tells them that they are brothers of the masses who are fighting for liberty and took an oath not only to defend the emperor but fthe country and that it is their duty now to side with the people. A gen­ eral manifesto to the nation says the moment has arrived when the people must take liberty into their own hands. A separate address sm is­ sued to the Cossacks. Rockefeller Glad to Se Home. Tatrytown, N. Y.--John D. Rocke­ feller, accompanied by his wife and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., attended church here Sunday morning, as is the custom when staying at the Po- cantico hills estate. Mr. Rockefeller was warmly greeted by the members of the congregation, and told several of them he was glad to be home again, although he had a splendid time while in Europe. President's Family at Church. Oyster Bay, N. Y. -- President Roosevelt and family attended serv­ ice Sunday at the Presbyterian church, and listened to a sermon by the Rev. Charles L. Thompson, secre­ tary of the board of home missions. The president usually attended Christ Episcopal church, but special services were held In his honor at the Presby­ terian church. Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Writes or Things oc Interest at official ballot on the request of t!w§ candidate is allowed, no petition being required. For candidates for state office, ex* cept university trustee, which does not go on the official ballot, a petition signed by at least 1,000 voters is re­ quired. Others must secure a peti­ tion of at least two per cent, of the party vote in the district. A section of the law requires that each signature on petitions be sworn to by a person who has seen it written, and requires that all be obtained in uniform manner. It also makes valid such petitions as may haye been filed under the old law before the supreme court knocked it out . Other sections of the law require certification of petitions by the secre­ tary of state to various county clerks and describe two forms of ballots, one, official, to be furnished at public ex­ pense and handled only by election officials, and the other, delegate ballot, to be furnished at private expense. Ballots of different parties must be of different color, and delegate ballots must be of the same color as the offi­ cial ballot of the same party. No person shall vote at any primary election unless he shall be a legally qualified voter and unless he has re­ sided in the election precinct at least 30 days prior to the date of the pri­ mary election, and unless he declares party affiliation as required by the act, and in all cases where registration is required as a condition precedent to voting at regular elections, only reg­ istered voters shall be permitted to vote $t such primary elections. And Provisions of New Primary Law. no person shall be allowed to vote who The primaries of August 4 through^ shail have signed the petition of a Springfield.--Thousands of acres of land contiguous to the Kankakee riv­ er in central Illinois are being re­ claimed by a successful system of dredging, and next year, it is be­ lieved, that stately fields of Indian corn will succeed the marsh hay, the only thing which has been produced in former years. With the reclaim­ ing of the marsh land occurs the death of the so-called "marsh-hay trust." For scores of years the Kan­ kakee river bottoms have produced nothing but marsh hay. This hay is worthies as feed, but there is a ready market for it among glass and queensware manufacturers, who use it for packing their wares. One grade of hay grown in the marshes is called "rope," and is used by pipe manufac­ turers as a core, making the hole in the pipe stem during the process of casting. The farmers along the Kan­ kakee river, both in Illinois and Indi­ ana, endeavored for many years to get the water off their land in order to grow profitable crops, but without success. The river, which has been called the most sinuous stream in the world, refused to carry the water away. Profs. C. G. Elliott and M. H. Downey of the United States depart­ ment of agriculture commenced an investigation, and declared that it was possible to shorten the course of the river and lower its bed BO that the river Would drain the marshes and leave the land dry for crops other than marsh hay. The farmers got to­ gether and raised the money for straightening the river. out the state will be conducted under the provisions of the law passed at the recent session of the legislature. In effect they are as follows: Nominations of all candidates for all elective state and county offices, clerks of appellate courts, represent­ atives in congress, members of the state board of equalization, members of the general assembly, sanitary dis­ trict trustees, and such municipal offi­ cers as are to be elected at the No­ vember election by all political parties shall be made by conventions of dele­ gates to be electedjjy means of a pri­ mary election under the provisions of the act The act does not apply to the nomination of candidates for county commissioners in counties not under township organization and township officers. The title "political party" shall mean a party which at the last preceding presidential election cast for its can­ didate for presidential elector receiv­ ing the highest number of votes at least two per cent, of the total vote cast at said election. * . The county central committee of each political party must designate and establish delegate districts in their respective counties on or before the 3d day of July, A. D. 1906, and on or before the 1st day of March, A. D. 1908, and every four years thereafter. Such legislative district shall consist of not more than seven contiguous eleotlon precincts or election districts In as compact form as possible, as now established, or that may hereafter be established for the purpose of a gen­ eral election, and shall contain, as near as maye be, and not exceeding 800 voters of any one political party, for the purpose of electing delegates to state, congressional, senatorial, county or sanitary district conventions and conventions to nominate such mu­ nicipal officers as are to be elected at the November election. No delegate district for the election of delegates to county conventions Bhall consist of a larger area than one political town, as now' organized by law, or of a larger area than a con­ gressional township in counties not un­ der township organization. Separate delegate districts may be established for the purpose of selecting delegates to county conventions, making such delegate districts as nearly equal as practicable, having in view the num­ ber of party voters in such districts. Primary elections shall be held in regular election precinct polling places on the first Saturday in August this year and on the last Saturday In April" thereafter, polls being open during the same hours as are observed for reguar elections. Any person entitled to vote may absent himself from work for two hours, providing he gives his employer notice before primary day. , The call for state, congressional and senatorial conventions must be issued 33 days before the date of the pri­ mary, and the call for the county convention 30 days before. Each different delegate ticket is al­ lowed a challenger within the polling place . The placing of the name of a candi­ date for United States senator on the candidate of any party with which he does not affiliate when such candidate Is to be voted for at the primary eleo­ tlon. And no person shall be* allowed to vote who shall have signed the nom­ inating petition of an Independent candidate for any office for which can­ didates are to be voted for at said elec­ tion, or if he shall have voted at the primary election of another politica1 party within the period of one yeai next preceding such primary election The voter is required further it state his name, residence, and party affiliation, and, If he is challenged, to subscribe to an oath, and in addition secure the signature of a household­ er in the same precinct who will tea tify for him. If upon the completion of the can­ vass of returns it appears thereupon that any candidate of any party fot nomination for any state, congression­ al, or senatorial office has received a plurality of all the votes cast for can­ didates for nomination for such office in any delegate district, such candi­ date shall have case for him the votds of all the delegates from such delegate district to the convention before which he Is a candidate, for at least the first ballot Nominations shall be made by a majority vote of all the delegates elected to each convention. Other sections fix the date of con­ vention and provide for the protection of the primary polling places by pre­ scribing the same penalties as are in force for violations of the general elec­ tion laws, providing fine or imprison­ ment, or both, for fraud, bribery or disorder. Head of Spanish-American Veterans. Maj. James H. Stansfield, who has been elected commander of the depart­ ment of Illinois of the United Spanish- American War Veterans, has been con­ nected with the Illinois militia since 1891, and has served in all grades up to Ids present position. He went to Maj. James H. Stansfield. Cuba as captain of company f, Sec­ ond regiment, and aided in taking pos­ session of Cienfuegos. Two years ago he was junior vice commander of the United Spanish-American War Veter­ ans, and last year he was senior vice commander. Maj. Stansfield is an 1111- noisan by birth, is 40 years old, and has practiced law in Chicago since 1894 , , Pull Cruiser from Bank.' -' JCffcgston, Jamaica. -- The Italian cruiser Umbria, which ran aground July 13, coming up the harbor here, was pulled off the mud bank Saturday by the Dutch warship Kortenaer and the German steamer Georgias. " * fentlre Crew Drowned. Ifechelle, France.--The Danish > freight steamer Nikobar, which ar­ rived Friday, ran down and sunk a sailing vessel, name unknown, 15 miles off shore. All thQ crew of the sunken ship went down wit% her. * > | Lightning Destroys Courthouse. !; Maryville, Tenn.--Fire destroyed the county courthouse. Harper's de­ partment store and warehouse, and several other buildings. Loss $125,000. The fire started in Harper's store, which vas struck by lightning. i ' Lightning Kills Camper*. Conneaut Lake, Pa. -- Lightning Struck the tent of a camping party during an electric storm here Sunday, killed Edward Kinsey and severely shocked Robert Martin and A. W. Ruprecht, of Wilmerding, Pa. ftoot at Rio Janeiro. Washington.--The state department Sunday received a cablegram from Ambassador Griscom at Rio de Janeiro telling of the arrival of Secretary Root at the Brazilian capital, and of the cordial reception accorded him. ^ Indicted for Sugar Rebates. ^ Nfew York.--The federal grand jury Friday returned to the United States three indictments found as the re­ sult of an investigation of alleged re­ bating on sugar from the American Sugar Refining company. Big Lease at Frisco., . San Francisco.--The old sftft of the St, Ignatius' church and college, com­ prising an entire block, was leased to Wanamaker & Brown, of Philadel­ phia. The transaction 1s one of the largest since the fire. Increase In Convict Labor. Illinois and other central western states are affected particularly by the competition of convicts. In 1904 there were 2,4Bl convicts employed in mak­ ing goods for sale and the market value of their output was $2,261,543. Twenty years' before, the number of convi<^ employed was 2,214, and they turne*out goods which sold for $3,- 284,268. The number of convicts In Iowa Increased in the 20-year period from 587 to 790 and the value of their product from $403,978 to 4510,506. ;• *4;. Death of Ex-Judge Ricks. James B. Ricks, ex-judge of Illi­ nois supreme court, died at his home in Taylorville. Judge Ricks had been ill for two years with cancer of the stomach and for the last month had been in such a condition that he could not take food. James B. Ricks was born la Christian county, Illinois, De- ' cember 24, 1852. He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and was engaged in practice until elected to the supreme bench in 1901 to 1111 the unexpired ' term of Jesse J. Phillips, deceased. Spanish-American War Veterans. The Illinois Spanish-American War Veterans, at their closing session, elected the following officers; Com­ mander, James H. Stansfield, Chica­ go; senior vice, Capt. F. W. Latimer, Galesburg; junior vice, Oliver D. Steele, Chicago; Inspector, William F. Murphy, Rockford; judge advocate, J. R. Powers, Elgin; surgeon, Maj. J. B. Shaw, Joliet; chaplain, L. W. Fer­ ris, Kelthsburg. Gen. George M. Moul- ton of Chicago was indorsed for na­ tional commander. Injured Miner Gets Damages. Judgment was entered in the c!r* cuit court at Springfield, by agree­ ment of the attorneys, for $1,750 dam* ages to be awarded the plaintiff in the case of Charles F. Castleman against the Victor Coai company of Pawnee. The plaintiff was injured in an explos­ ion in the defendant company's mine and brought suit to recover damages In the sum of $5,000. Shortly after the filing of the suit, the attorneys for the defense consented to have judgment taken against the coal com­ pany for $1,750 with costs. NEWS OF HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER fHE STATE. BIQ BLAZE AT ROCK FALLS Warehouses of the keystone Branch of the International Harvester Company. Destroyed -- Loss Covered by Insurance. Sterling.--The great warehouses of the Keystone branch of the Interna­ tional Harvester company, located in Rock Falls, across the river from this city, were totally destroyed by fire, and for a time the entire business portion of the little city was threat­ ened with destruction. The loss of the International Har­ vester company is estimated at $100,- 000, which is fully covered by insur­ ance with tho exception of a portion of the farm machinery that was de­ stroyed. Accused Negro in Jail. Waterloo.--William King, a negro accused of attacking Mrs. Ernst Keis- tor, a farmer's wife, was captured oh his way to St. Louis by Sheriff Thom­ as Ru&teh near Fountain. King gladly surrendered, a mqb being in hot pur­ suit with the avowed intention of lynching him. He was imprisoned here. Mrs. Keistor asserts that King threatened her with a revolver. She Is nearly 60 years old. Tlie negro is 25. MECHANICAL PRIZEFIGHTER. Ingenious Device Invented for til Training of Men as Pu­ gilists. - Eloper Brought Back from Dubuque. Starling.--William Philneane, of Hanover, who eloped with his aunt, Mrs. Mary Conley, last February, was arrested in Dubuque, la.* and brought home. He is now in the Jo Daviess' county jail awaiting a hearing. Mrs. Conley, who deserted her five chil­ dren and husband, has been forgiven and is reinstated in her husband's af­ fections. Killed by Mail Train. Decatur.--W. D. Brown, a sub-con­ tractor working on the. Wabash grade near Knights station, just west of Decatur, was killed by being struck by the Kansas City mail train. Brown came to Decatur from Iowa. Workmen who were near the scene say a mule started to cross the track and in his effort to save its life the man lost his own. Look for Individual 8uits. Litchfield.--Judge Paul McWilliams of the city court overruled the motion of the property owners, objecting to the confirmations of the assessment rolls of the two proposed sewerage systems. As a result of the court's order there will probably be 200 indi­ vidual suits filed attacking the ratio of, the assessment on the plea thfrt iB' inequitable. - \ Killed Many Rattlesnakes!- - Rochester.--While Theodore Wol- ford and party were grading the roads near Samuel Smith's farm, in Roches­ ter township, they uncovered a nes'c of rattlesnakes and for a few min­ utes were busily enugaged in their slaughter. There were. 23 reptiles came from the nest and the meg ceeded in killing 22 of them. $ Embalming Fluid in Mill# ^- ^Sterling.--The health officer of Sterling at the meeting of the Ster­ ling Medical Society reported that he had found embalming fluid in the milk furnished this city's people. He supposes It has been used to keep the milk from spoiling. He stated that he had also found formaldehyde in some of the samples he 8earch for Mad Stone. Decatur.--With his little girl who was bitten by a mad dog, Frank Moody left for Lincoln to find a mad Btone which is said to be at that place. The dog that bit the child had rabies and the parents are greatty alarmed over the condition of the lit­ tle one. She received local attention. Find Human Skeleton Near Pans. Pana.--The finding of what is thought to be a human skeleton south of this city caused no little excite­ ment and the local authorities are investigating. One of the bones was brought to town and Dr. J. J. Connor Bays it is a part of the skeleton of an eight or ten-year-old child. v • Despondency Causes Suicide. Pana.--DesporiSent because he lost his position as clerk at the St. James hotel, Edward Daniels concealed him­ self in an outhouse at his home and fired a bullet from a 32 calibre re­ volver through his heart. Physicians say he cannot recover. His aged par­ ents are, prostrate with grief. Dies on Eve of Best. Kankakee. -- Although she was worth $15,000 and had announced her ihtention of quitting work soon Mrs. Diederich Elnfeldt, a washer woman, waited one day too long. She was stricken with heart disease while do­ ing the washing for a neighbor and died within a few minutes. Springfield Company Gets Contract. Pana.--The Henry Nelch Construct­ ing company of Springfield, were awarded the contract for building a new sewerage system in this city. Their bid was $20,925.34. The work will commence at once and is to be completed within 90 days. Safeblowers Rob Post Office. Rockford.--Safeblowers rifled the strong box in the Cherry Valley post office safe, using nitroglycerin. They escaped with about $200 in currency and $300 in postage stamps. > Carbolic Acid Caused Deaifc^' Assumption.--Death relieved John Harpold, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harpold, of 20 minutes of excruciating pain, caused by the acci­ dental breaking of a bottle of carbolic aciu in his pocket. The contents of the bottle were tysorbed by his body, not a drop touching his lips. Moultrie County Court Houee. Sullivan.--The Moultrie county oourt house is almost completed, and it Is expected that the structure will he ready tar ©ccupaaey by September To accommodate the needs of the professional boxer, as well as to In­ struct the novice in the "noble art of self-defenBe," Mr. Charles Lindsey, a New Britain (Oonn.) Inventor, has devised aft-a*itomatic sparring ma^ Chine. This machine, says the Sci entitle American, is really a formida­ ble fighter, and Juts already gained quite an enviable reputation in the many encounters it oa? had with lo­ cal talent Not only does it deliver straight leads and counters, but it varies these with an occasional up- percut, and its blows are rained with a speed and power that are the envy of the professional boxer. The ma­ chine does not "telegraph," . that is, it does not give a warning of a corn- is^ blow by a preliminay backward je.k, which is so common to all but tie best of boxers. Nor can the op­ ponent escape these blows by side­ stepping, because the automaton will follow him from one side to the other. At cach side of the opponent is a trapdoor, connected with the base of the machinery in such a way that when he steps on one or the other of these doors, the machinery TtJE NAVIGATOR'S FRIEND. Ms^ianical Bevies Which Will Aid Vessel Captains in Getting Their Beatings, f x Wonders in science are making life safer on the high seas every day» Capt R. T. Lawless has just perfected a stellar, azimuth machine which makes "mechanical navigation" pos­ sible. He terms his valuable discov­ ery "The Lawless stellar compass and great circle course projector," oiy. tersely, "The Navigator's Friend." ' On board a 'fast going steamer, where quick and accurate methods of Saying a course at night are essen­ tial for such vessels when It is neces­ sary to change the course frequently, *f the stellar compass will prove of in­ estimable value. Such is the opinion A MECHANICAL PRIZE FIGHTER. will swing around toward him. The arms of the mechanical boxer are fit­ ted with spring plungers, which are connected with crank handles turned by machinery. Separate crank­ shafts are used for the right and left arms, and they carry pulleys be­ tween which an idle pulley is mount­ ed. These pulleys are connected with the main driving pulley by a belt which is shifted from side to side bringing first one and then the other of the boxing arms into action. The belt-shifter is operated by the ir­ regular cam at the bottom of the ma­ chine, and this gives no inkling as THE MECHANISM OF THE SPARRING MACHINE. T8 to which fist is about to strikje. Aside from this, the body of the boxer is arranged to swing backward or for­ ward under the control of an irregular cam, so that the blows will land in different places on the opponent;- for instance, a backward swing of the body will deliver an upper-cut. The machine is driven by an electric mo­ tor, and can be made to rain blows as rapidly as the best boxer can re­ ceive them, or it can be operated slowly for the instruction of the nov­ ice. As the machine is fitted with spring arms and gloves, .an agile op­ ponent can ward oft tt® blows and thus protect himself. Tin Plate Mills In Wales. In Wales there are about 450 tin plate mills of which 95 per cent, were in operation at the close of Novem­ ber. In the United States there are about 340 regularly operative mills, which have been in work at one time or another within the past year, the leading Interest having some 242 in­ dependent interests. There are about 30 other mills not in regular wjrk. It can be assumed that an average of not less than 400 mills were operated in Wales during 1905, while an average of scarcely more than 275 mills were worked in the United States. With substantially the same total produc­ tion, says the Iron Trade Review, it appears that the output per mill has been between a third and a half great­ er in the United States than In Wales. Costly and Uncomfortable. Perhaps the costliest thimble -in England is the property of a lady with whom the late shah of Persia once took tea. He was her guest but for a half hour, and the present of a thimble incrusted with jewels of the finest water was surely a right royal acknowledgment. It Is, however, she declares, the most uncomfortable thimble she ever tried to wear. Where Bain- Never Falls. Rain is never known to fall la the region between the ftrst and second cataracts of the Nile. ' : t -r THE STELLAR COMPASS. given by Lieut. C. D. Stearns, of th» United States navy, and Alfred Me- Nevin, of the San Francisco nautical school. The up-to-date navigator will see at a glance that it will solve any spherical triangle, more especially when time is involved, as is usually the case in nautical science; and that its great value lies in the fact of its being essentially a stellar azimuth machine, thus relieving him of the tedious work of computing star azi­ muths, and making it possible to find the error of his compass at night* when the horizon cannot be seen, which would be necessary to obtain an altitude in case the azimutH was computed. ' "ft ̂ . "iSlENATURIZED" ALCOHOL An Explanation as to Just What St Is--Will Soon Come Into Qenera.1 TJse. Denatured alcohol Is simply ordi­ nary alcohol mixed with some sub­ stance that makes it unsalable as » beverage. The bill recently passed by congress to remove the tax pn al­ cohol for technical uses, which is ex­ pected to prove of enormous value to almost all industries, necessitates treatment of this kind !n the case of the exempted spirit. Such processea have been long in use in European countries, when alcohol used in the arts has been free from tax. In the Scientific American the following de­ scription is given of the "denaturix- ing" processes in use in Germany. Says the writer: "There are two general classes or degrees of denaturizing, viz., the 'complete' and the 'incomplete,' ac­ cording to the purposes for which the alcohol so denaturised is to be ulti­ mately used. "Complete denatHrizatfon of alco­ hol by the German system is ac­ complished by the addition to every 100 liters (26% gallons) of spirits: (a) Two and one-half liters of the 'standard denaturizer,' made of four parts of wood alcohol, one part of pyridln (a nitrogenous base obtained by distilling bone-oil or coal tar), with the addition to each liter of 50 grams of oil of lavender or rosemary; (b) one and one-fourth liters of the above 'standard' and two liters of benzol, with every 100 liters of alco­ hol." Of alcohol thus completely dena- turized there were used in Germany during the year 1903, we are told, 2G,080,505 gallons, which were em­ ployed for heating, lighting, and vari­ ous processes of manufacture. The "incomplete" type of denaturization is sufficient to prevent alcohol from being drunk, but not to disqualify it from use for various special purposes* for which the wholly denaturized spir­ its would be unavailable. There are several methods in which such sub­ stances as pyridln, shellac, camphor„ ether, soap, or castor oil are used. The writer concldes: "The price of denaturized alcohol va­ ries in different states and province# of the empire in accordance with the yield and consequent market price of potatoes, grain, and other materials. At the present time alcohol of 95 per cent, purity, which Is the qual­ ity ordinarily used in Germany for burning, sells at wholesale for 28 to 29 pfennigs (6.67 to 6.9 cents per liter (1.06 quarts), and at retail for 33 pfennigs (7.85 cents) per liter,'* Boring with Oxygen. Sometimes in blast-furnaces tt# tap-hole becomes clogged with solidi­ fied iron. As this is a dangerous sit­ uation, and may lead to explosions, overflows and other troubles, a quick remedy is required. But heretofore none has been found that can be al­ ways depended upon. Even a power­ ful electric current acts too slowly In clearing out the stopped-up tap-hole. Recently, says the Youth's Companion, a blast of oxygen has been applied with satisfactory results. At first a flame of oxygen and hydrogen is blown against the plug of iron until the tem­ perature reaches a high point. Then the hydrogen Is withdrawn as the heat increases, until only a blast of pure oxygen under great pressure re-, mains. This swiftly burns the iron, at the same time keeping the hole free from the products of the com­ bustion. A solid block of iron IS inches thick can thus be penetrated in one or two minutes. Firemen Poorly Paid. Athens, Greece, has many fine build­ ings, but the provisions for fighting fires are most inadequate. The fire brigade consists of men detailed frocx the regular army, who, in addltion>te clothes and keep, get only ten cents a week! ;S-' :. Explained. A minister who had ^ bem Uftk enough to explain why women are bet­ ter than men, bis conclusion being that the reason lies in the fact .that men are not so good a* women.--Phil­ adelphia Ledger.