Science and Invention.
Thomas A, Edison, age 78, sleeps six
hours-a-day. _
More-thun 1,500,000 patents are reg
istered in the United States every
.> year.
t Ethelyene; the new anesthetic gas, is
< used in California to turn green lemons
' Tel low.
A rubber carpet,' re'/ersible and soft
> so the tread, has been developed in
t England for the same uses as linoleum.
Science, working toward creation of
? synthetic tissue by use of the ultra
' violet ray, is now able to produce veg
« stable matter artificially.
An- iceless refrigerator has been
achieved by the use of carbon dioxide
> snow, which is contained in a recepta
cle in the bottom of the refrigerator.
ClothiDg through which air can be
■ circulated by-a pump has been invent
ed -to keep oxyacetylene welders cool
and protect them from dangerous
. gases.
Ordnance.experts are experimenting
' ■ with lengthening the life of worn ma
chine .gun barrels by plating them
with nickel and other metals and re
u Suing them._
, Dr. Oliver Heavyside, distinguished
electrician, who is reputed to have in
spired Marconi to loveDt- the wireless,
died ia Torquay, England, recently, at
the age.of 70. _
A soaring airplane with movable
wiDgs has been built. It has a 20 horse
power engine, and the ioventor claims
it capable of fiving 50 miles on a gallon
of gasoline.
Nails with soft- heads have been de
signed for attaching metal roofing.
The nails can be hammered to seal the
hole they make and- prevent water en
tering to rust the metal.
Charles T. Knipp, of the department
of physics at the University of Illinois,
is the inventor of an apparatus to matte
visible the track of alpha particles
*, thrown off by radium.
M. E. Mellon, clerk in the postofiiee
department, has invented ao attach
ment to typewriter machines which
eliminates ihe use of carbon paper. He
received $300 for the device.
‘ Of all the electrical energy ptoduced
in the United Stales in a year, 2,119.
900.000 kilowatt hours are utilized in
industry for heating purposes, such as
melting steel and brass, baking bread
and doing general commercial cooking
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J. H. McLean
Tokotna
Ladies’. Furnishings
Arctics V Felt Slippers
King 'Island Mukluks
Mild-Cured Ham
arut-iBaeon!
Star Ham 45c Bacon 50d
Oregon City
Mackinaw Coats
Hood Rubber Pacs
Leather Vests
{ Coal Oil Plenty of Gas
and for operating furnaces for heat
treating of metals.
Ad acoustic filter that permits only
certain sounds to pass through it has
been invented by Dr. G. W. Stewart,
of tha University of Iowa. It is said to
be a loDg awaited improvement for
phonographs, telephones, automobile
mufflers, radie loud speakers aDd like
appliances.
An umbrella with a handle flat as a
pancake, which is used as a vanitv
case, has been designed in England.
Within the handle the owner carries
her powder box, lipstick, eyelash
crayon, a dainty box of perfume, a
three-inch comb, a mirror and enough
hairpins to last her several hours.
Human Conduct as
Seen by Dry Cleaner
San Francisco.—The old saw that no
man is a hero to his valet might be
transposed to say that no man or woman
either is entirely a mvstery to his or
her dry cleaner, if one accedts the
views of Miss Elizabeth Santry, re
ceiver of a local dry cleaning establish
ment.
Miss Santry sums up her reactions
severelv as follows: “The men are un
faithful and careless. The women are
stupid and indifferent.” She explains
that men are prone to leave love letters
in their clothes, and that women make
a nabit of sending garments with jew
elry adhering.
“.Life in a dry-cleaning office is just
one piece of jewelrv alter another and
one love letter on the heels of another.
When we send the love letters home in
the cleaned clothes, wives always get
them and trouble follows.
“1 called one woman up at a hotel
and told her we had her diamond sun
burst, worth a fortune. She yawned
and said, ‘All right, dearie: I’ll send a
bell hop over some time today.1 ”
Just a Little Fun.
Does a red-headed woman always
marry a meek man. or does he just get
that, way?
The thing that causes unhappy mar
riages is that both parties get about
what they deserve.
There are a lot of good excuses for
doing right, but people don’t look for
them.
About the only thing that can com
pete with a hoy’s imagination as to
capacity is his stomach.
It pays to be square—look at the
cross-word puzzle.
Hubert T. savs that a mao bigger
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview, Innoko River
than vou is never a liar. He is just i
mistaken.
Minister—My bov, do aot ■curse so.
The angels will hear you.
Bov—Aw, go on; even Safat • jPst3r
tells lots of people m go to hell.
Noel must have gut an eyeful some
where; anyway here’s his latest jingle:
She’s a very naughty girlie,
And the skirt she wears4s shocking;
You can read the serial numbers
On the bank notes in her stocking.
The man who came back—the prod
igal son.
It is hard for rich men to .get into
heaven. Also poor ones.
Judge—Have you any ground agaiDst *
this man for your breach of promise r
suit? I
Liza— Deed Ah has: Ah promised ;
mahself to marry dat man an’ he ain’t!
never asked me. j
THE
BYSGOLLY
Tokotna
Gandies
Cigars
Soft Drinks
Lunches
John lieino
Proprietor
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Are You Going to Build?
We have in stock lumber of all kinds, rough and
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as R" e and Shiplap, 4 and 6-inch Flooring, Win
do Door Casing, Window and Door Stopping.
Boat Lumber of all kinds.
•' • i are going to build a sled, eall on. us. We have the
best hickory id Alaska.
INNOKO LUMBER CO.
A Dredging or Hydraulicing ]
Proposition. Yankee Greek
Abo at 7 miles long, extendir vn
No. 1 below discovery down
mouth of the creek.
Pay located all along for a distance
of about 3 miles from upper end, and
pretty wrll prospected and cross-cut
Average depth of ground is from 7
to 20 feet. Top is all black muck,
that can be scraped freely. No rock
bigger than one’s fist.
Ground will go from 15 cerits to $1
per square foot of bedrock*
Ditch on the ground, 3 miles long,
together with water rights. Ground
is pretty well - cfeared. There l, also
a drain, 3 miles long. Also a water
right on Ready Bullion creek; from
which water can be brought to
Yankee creek with a ditch less than
a mile long [4,900 feet], with a pres
sure or fail of 120 feet, being 1600
feet (to the work from the ditch.
After doing away v. ith ir uck there
will be from 4 to 6 ;feet of dirt to
handle.
Only about $11,000 has been taken
oat.
Prospecting1 work during the past A
winter has resulted in finding values
that ran up to $1 per square foot of
bedrock >
I .will' ettner sell the ground or give
a lease on it. If the prospect is sat
isfactory to the buyer, a cash pay
ment will be expected.
For further information, terms,
etc., call on ground, or write or tele
graph me.
ED NOLLETTE,
Tokotna, Alaska.
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