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INGENIOUS NEW * " AIR BOX FOR STOVES "Jltew Device Invented by Woman tor the Better Control of the Draft. " I n t h e accompanying engraving Is Illustrated a novel device which is ap­ plicable to ranges, stoves and open grates, and which aims to provide a better control of the draft than has heretofore been .possible, thus effecting a saving in fuel. The device has the form of a box, smaller at the top than at the bottom. The rear of the box is left? open, while the other ttyree side^ are formed of inclined walls provided with long vertical apertures. The bot­ tom of the box is provided with a slid­ ing plate, the purpose of which will be presently explained. The air box, as the device is termed* is placed on the grate of a stove, to which it i« secured by means of bolts. || thus takes up most of the space usually occupied by the fuel. The rear of the air box fits closely against the rear wall of the firebox, but a narrow space is left on the other three sides to receive the fuel. By this means the area of the Are is greatly increased, while the depth Is reduced. Air passes up from the grate into the box and thence through the apertures to the fire. The plate at the bottom of the air box serves as a damper which can be moved in or out to control the amount of air fed to the fire. Owing to the shallowness of the fire and th3 general distribution of air, a perfect combus­ tion of the fuel is assured. Mh, proof of the value ofjpr air box it is pointed a NEW AIR BOX FOR STOVES. out by the Scientific American that there is a material reduction,,. In the amount of smoke from a stove sup­ plied with this device. The inventor of the air box is a New Zealand wom­ an, Miss B, J. Mouat. The Bombs of the Anarchists Anarchistic ingenuity could scarcely go further than the explosive letter, the latest infernal machine, devised by Parisians as a mode ojf destruction. Fulmiua# of mercury is the ingredient used in Preparing this kts^n^ment of snap catch, such %s is used to fasten letters together, is used. One of these snaps is placed over each of the four grooved j-Sceptacles holding the ex­ plosive. so that whichever side thelgt- ter is opened the mercuryiwilKJrffex- CUTTING GROVES IN CARDBOARD FOR EXPLOSIVE. READY TO MAIL. vengeance. Fulminate is from the Latin "fulihen." a thunderbolt, and the explosive letter is a veritable thunder­ bolt of disaster to the recipient <Sf one of these missives. The fiendishnessi of the machine is rendered trebly terrible by reason of the simplicity of its con­ struction and the ease with which it can be sent to the doomed victim of the Reds without danger to the sender. • bomb thrown Into the street fre­ quently sends the thrower to another world, sometimes alone, sometimes in company with the object of his vengeance. A pistol shot or a dagger ' thrust may be effective in working off the .victim, but the chances are very much in favor of quick retribution in the shape of the death of the assarosin. Infernal machines of the complicated design are sure enough, but they are difficult to make and there is an ele­ ment of uncertainty in their execution. But in thCcase Of the explosiv« let­ ter, the mail carrier takes all the risk; the assassin can be far away before the deed is accomplished and the victim executes, himself. What could be more satisfactory from the viewpoint of the Areaded fraternity? . The accompanying pictures show how the explosive letter is made and how it operates. An ordinary piece of cardboard, of the kind that is used 'to prevent photographs being broken when, in transit through the mall, will do for the groundwork. A series of grooves Is cut in the cardboard for the reception of the explosive. The next photograph shows how the fulminate of mercury is poured into these recep­ tacles. Next the explosive is covered with a piece of paper, in order to keep it from falling out of the grooves. In the making of the trigger an ordinary POURING IN THE EXPLOSIVE. ploded. t Finally, the paper covering Is coated ^fith mucilage, to told all firm­ ly together, and then the infernal ma­ chine is ready for the mail. Our third picture shows how the explosive mis­ sive is placed in the envelope. Care is taken to so seal the envelope that it cannot be opened by inserting a finger, ft - is so sealed that a knife or the point of a pair of sciscors iqust be used. The point of the opener catches the clip, and with the same movement that tears the letter open the explosive is detonated and the coroner tells the rest of the story If sufficient of the remains can be found to hold an inquest over. THE OLDEST HipAN BODY. "The oldest body of any human be­ ing now jreposes in the Egyptian gal­ lery of the British museum," says the American Antiquarian. "It is the bQdy of a man who was burled in a shallow grave hollowed out of the sandstone on the west bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt. This man must have hunted along the banks of the Nile before the time of the earliest mummied king which the museum possesses--before the - time of Menes, who was supposed to have ruled Egypt at least 5000 B. C. There were previous to that time two prehistoric races, one the conquerors and the other the conquered, from which sprang the Egyptian race of the earli­ est dynasties. It is with these remote stocks that this man has to do. Con­ sidering the condition in which he was found, it-is evident that he was associated with *a late period of the new storjle age of Egypt. He was bur­ ied in^a characteristic neolithic grave, with',his neolithic pots and instru­ ments of flint about him. There Is. of course, no inscription of any kind on the pots, knives, or grave, all hav­ ing been mad* long before the invenr tion of any writtten language." \ British Automobiles and Motor Cycles According to French criticisms, thfi estimates of the "British Trade Alli­ ance" that 18,000 automobiles are now being annually made in England is ex­ aggerated. By recent figures covering a period of six months, 6,828 were registered, of which 3,128 were import­ ed. Adding to the difference of 3,700, the 240 English automobiles exported, the total made would represent about 3,940, or a litle less than 8,000 a year, made in England^ jrorth probably about f15,000,000k ANARCHIST SOUGHT LIVES OF ROYALTY. How It Was Done in an Indiana County Without Any Extra - * , . Outlay of Money. .. Aa expert on highways says that it costs about $1,000,000,000 annually to haul the farm products of the United 8tates, and that of this sum $600,000,- 000, or three-fifths, are wasted in the energy expended in overcoming the resistance of bad roads. Put in another way: Good roads would cost a great sum, but tor bad roads the people are actually paying an even higher price. The sweeping assertion is implied in this statement that the roads are bad everywhere. This isf by no means the case, but it may be truthfully said, that there are . ROAD MAKING IN CALCUTTA. (Though Their Methods Are Free and Easy and Their Tools Mostly Old- Fashloned, the Natives Do Their Work Well, and the Main Roads of Calcutta Will Compare Favorably with Tboee •f Any Eastern Town.) Mateo Moral, the author of the attempt to assassinate King Alfonso and kls bride as they drove from the church to the palace, and author also, It is •aid, of the attempt on the life of King Alfonso in Paris/shot first his captor and then himself. His body, placed ia Ice, era* exposed to view In a vault of the militaj y hospital at Madrid. - • 1 few portions of public highways in ex­ istence that could not be made consid­ erably better.. It does not seem that ai*gtiment is required to convince land owners, who bear the main load of carrying on the work of road building, that good roads are to be desired. That is admitted and they also accept the responsibili­ ty of furnishing the most of the im­ mense sums required tor building roads in the future. All that has been effected and it may be said that the greatest difficulty has been removed in the education of the public to accept the claim that good roads are a neces­ sity. It is a fact that land owners and farmers generally the country over are well convinced that the agitation of re­ cent mouths over the question of road improvement has not come from t,hem selves but from manufacturers and owners of automobiles and bicycles. Their name Is legion and their claims are founded in reason. Nevertheless attention %hould be given to the fact that already immense sums are expended each year on the roads of the country and that possibly there is not enough to show for the millions that are so freely furnished by the taxpayers. The experience of our home district may be of some interest to other road workers, writes a Wayne county (Ind.) correspondent of the Prairie Farmer. # This road district is in the western part of Wayne county, Ind. It Is a populous county and a great deal of heavy hauling is done on the roads at all times of the year, except in the winter thaws when heavy loads are forbidden by law. From the very beginning the care and supervision of the roads of this district had been under men who lived In the country neighborhoods. That Is to say, no one except a farmer had ever had control of the road work. Tb€? ro^ds were not in good condi­ tion, notwithstanding there was gravel In abundance to be had at a small price per load. It was not an unusual thing for loads to stall at times when there was no real occasion for the roads to be in an impassable condi­ tion. Mud holes and ruts were the role, and where gravel was placed. on the roads it was in bunches, unevenly spread. Stones were lying In the road­ way and after a rain there was a ditch in the middle-of the road worn by the feet of horses hitched to single rigs. There was no complaint made es­ pecially. Everybody seemed to think the roads were as good as the money <would pay for, and so the ^conditiqn wfent ou from year to year with but little improvement and no plans for a /change." Three years ago, however, the work .of superintending the roads in this dis­ trict was voted to Dr. N. F. Canaday, a practicing physician. Dr. Canaday had been driving over these roads for 30 years, day and night and in all seasons of the year. He was frequently stuck in the mud and not always was able to return without broken harness and damaged vehicles. Dr. Canaday had purchased an automobile a few months before his appointment as superin­ tendent and with it traveled over the roads for many miles In every direc­ tion. He had his ideas about road building and started to put them in force at once. Under his supervision the roads soon assumed another appearance. He eliminated the middle ditch, he caused drains or open ditches to be kept open at both sides of the road, he graded every foot of the roads over again, he had gravel placed on every mile of road under his charge, every load of jgravel was screened at the pits apd stones already on the roads were col­ lected into heaps and hauled off. Grass seed was sown on the sides of embankments and the grass prevented washing. Where a bad place was known to exist in a road Dr. Canaday caused that* particular spot of road to be entirely rebuilt. He toojf out the old material and built up a sound foundation and on top of that the soil and gravel at hand. - v At frequent interval? £' man was sent over the road with a wagon loaded with gravel. Depressions that might wear into holes were looked for and filled up and tamped down. Wherever a spot appeared to be wearing it was given instant attention. All this work was done with the usual amount of money devoted to the rofcds of the district. * , An Ohio correspondent writes an inquiry regarding some tests as to the relative draft of wide and narrow- tired wagons on all kinds of roads and fields, to which the Ohio Farmer re­ plies that the bulletin referred to was probably bulletin No. 39, Missouri Agr ricultural experiment station, which give's the results of the extensive tests by Prof. J. H. Waters. The net load Used was always one ton, but the stx- inch-tired wagon was 245 pounds heavier than the 1-5-inch-tired one, making the loads 3,225 and 2,380 pounds, respectively, when the wagons were not encumbered with mud. The results were as follows, in brief: On good macadam roads the draft of the wide tires was 26 per cent, less than the narrow. On gravel road wide tire was 24.1 per cent. less. On dirt roads, dry and smooth, no dust, wide tire w;is 26.8 per cent less. On clay road, deep spongy mud, drying on top, wide tire was 52 to ei per cent, less than narrow. On meadow, pasture, stubble, from wet to dry, wide tire was from 17 to 120 per cent, less than narrow. Ordinarily the difference would not be so marked, as the difference in width -of tires Is not so great, usually. But there is no question of the great advantage in having wide tires. Another feature that is important, and that has been enforced by law in some counties, is to have the width of tread In the rear and forward axles different This pre­ vents the wheels from tracking and saves cutting up the road to a great extent VEGETABLE POISON. Remedies Suggested by Gerald Me* Carthy of the North Carolina Agricultural^Department. Animalsiai^ <*nildren frequently eat the stems and bulbs of poisonous plants, with fatal results. To know Just what to do to relieve vegetable poisoning is hightly important. For animals not much can be, done. A draft of warm melted lard poured down the throat of the animal from a long-necked bottle will generally re­ lieve the pain and in most cases, when used soon after the effect of the poi­ son becomes visible, will save the ani mal's life. In case of children, a prompt emetic should be the first thing. Sulphate of zinc, from 20 to 30 grains in a cupful of warm water, is effective, *^s is a teaspoonful of mustard in a* cup of warm water. After the emetic hfcs acted, give some sweet oil, cream or fresh milk. If the pain, is severe, from five to ten drops of laudanum may be added to the oil, cream or milk. If the patient becomes drowsy, give strong coffee or whisky in small, repeated doses and keep patient walk­ ing. Children should be taught to avoid eating strange plants and stock should not be turned out too eafly, when hunger forces them to eat plants they instinctively avoid at other times. PROTECTING SPRING WATCR Use of Half-Barrels Will Prove Sat­ isfactory to Man and Beast. A heavy barrel may be used to good advantage to protect a spring and to make a watering trough if cut into two parts aRd placed as shown in cut. THE SPRING PROTECTED. One-half may Inverted and placed over the opening of the spring, and connected by a pipe with th'e other half which is used as a drinking ves sel for the stock, suggests the Farm and Home. By keeping both tubs cov­ ered, the water is kept clean and ren dered fit for people to drink. A good stone foundation under the tubs will support them in position even though live stock tramp around them a good deal. - A drinking cup may be hung in­ side the top over the spring opening for the use of thirsty travelers. FARM FACTS. Fight weeds with grass. .A clean turf adds beauty to the land scape. ' * The grass crop Is worth more than we generally suppose. Keep up the farm buildings for the looks of the thing, If for nothing else. Much improvement has been made In the varieties of our grains, but none in our Varieties of grasses. Mulch is the salvation ' of young treejs set in old mowing fields. Per tllizer underneath it will insure a rapid grown. The cultivator should^be put to work while th" weeds are small--so small that they don't make much show. And weeds must be kept down if good crop results are expected. The roots of alfalfa frequently grow 5 to 15 feet, enabling it to draw much of its food from the subsoil. It thus enriches the land for succeeding crops and «opens it up to the action of air and water. "-T i - -*• - V- 'H'- C ... Name the Farm. We have often urged farmers to name their farms and have the name with their address printed on neat stationery. We are glad to see that this is becoming quite general. It is a great thing to have faith and pride in your farn^ and as business is done t)these days neat stationery adds considerable to the character of busi­ ness correspondence. Still another feature is coming into use, says the Rural New Yorker. This is the pic­ tured post card. We receive quite a number of these cards bearing good pictures of farm. scenes--showing characteristic things abo\it the farm. Here is another excellent^hing which ought to be extended. We cannot have too wide an advertisement of the use­ ful and beautiful things of farm life. i> *. . mtm rmw-i mtr; There are two classes of remedies; those of known qual­ ity and "which are permanently beneficial in effect, acting gently, in harmony with nature, when nature needs assist­ ance; and another class, composed of preparations of unknown, uncertain and inferior character, acting tempo­ rarily, hut injuriously, as a result of forcing the natural functions unnecessarily. One of the most exceptional of the remedies of known quality and excellence is the ever pleasant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Go., which represents the active principles of plants, known to act most beneficially, in a pleasant syrup, in which the wholesome Californian blue figs are used to con­ tribute their rich, yet delicate, fruity flavor. It is the remedy of all remedies to sweeten and refresh and cleanse the system gently and naturally, and to assist one in overcoming consti­ pation and the many ills resulting therefrom. Its active princi­ ples and quality are known to physicians generally, and the remedy has therefore met with fheir approval, as well as with the favor of many millions of well informed persons who know of their own personal knowledge and from actual experience that it is a most excellent laxative remedy. We do not claim that it will cure all manner of ills, but recommend it for what it really represents, a laxative remedy of known quality and excellence, containing nothing of an objectionable or injurious character. There are two classes of purchasers; those who are informed as to the quality of what they buy and the reasons for the excellence of articles of exceptional merit, and who do not lack courage to go elsewhere when a dealer offers an imitation of any well known article; but, unfortunately-, there are some people who do not know, and who allow themselves to be imposed upon. They cannot expect its beneficial effects if they do not get the genuine remedy. To the credit of the druggists of the United States be it said that nearly all of them value their reputation for professional integrity and the good will of their customers too highly to offer imitations of the Genuine--Syrup of Figs manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., and in order to buy the genuine article and to get its beneficial effects, one has only to note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company- California Fig Syrup Co.--plainly printed on the front of every package. Price, 50c. per bottle. One size only. • • v ' < "V hi iss mmmk Little Girl's Desire. Mabel had always worn high-topped •hoes, much to hr own dissatisfaction, and one day while admiring her moth­ er's slippers she said: "Mamma, can't I have a pair of low-necked shoes next summer?" Fundamental Difference. Teach'--"In what why do the Quakers speak differently from us, Johnny?" Johnny -- "They don't swear." "The Romans had small regard tor human life In their amusements." "Yes," answered the man of violent prejudices. "It's a matter of great surprise to me that they failed to dis­ cover football."--Washington &tar. Any man who has to get up and get his own breakfast while his wife lies In bed is likely to feel lilce turning the "God Bless Our Home" motto to the wall. If afflicted with ton eyei, use I Thompson's Eye Water SICK HEADACHE CARTER'S Positively cured by these Little Pills* Ttoey also rcliere Dl9- tress trom Dyspepsia, In- ITTLE digestion and Too Ilearty •• |\/rp Eating1. A perfect rem- I V bll edy tor Dizziness, Nausoe, •J pi I I R Drowsiness. Bad Taste JH_j5r Un the Mouth, Coated AH Tongue, Pain In the side, • 1 TORPID LIVER. Zbtg regulato the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE ICARTERS! Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature I REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. The MANHATTAN INDEPEN­ DENT MINING COMPANY owiih four claims in Uil> famous Manhat inn. Nevada foulHelrt, unions them the it real " Americu Flu*" <!lalra. 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