RAISING THE VARYAG.
The Remarkable Success of Japanese
Engineers.
On February 9, 1904, the fast Rus
sian cruiser Varyag, 6,500 tons, was
driven from the neutral harbor of Che
mulpo, and after engagement with the
Japanese fleet was riddled with shot
and sunk by her commander. For 30
months she lay on the bottom, deep
in mud, which partly filled the ship,
then was brought to the surface and
is now in service in the navy which
sank her.
The event is extremely interesting
as the most notable success of its
kind, and accomplished under diffi
culties which were pronounced im
possible to overcome. Not only was
ithe hull nearly buried in mud, but
a fire-knot an hour current made the
work of the divers slow and danger
ous. Two months were spent in un
r
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Jets of Water Dug Out a Sort of Ditch.
covering and stripping the wreck of
as much armament as possible. The
hnll lay on one side, with the keel
on a horizontal, and the first steps
were to turn the ship over and bring
it on its keel. This was done with
jets of water forced under one size,
which dug out a sort of ditch into
which the hull gradually slid until at
last it was in a vertical position. The
big guns were then hoisted. Usual
methods of closing the holes failed
and a shell or outer vessel inclosing
the wreck had to be constructed to
completely envelop it. Three large
pumps, built in Japan for the special
purpose and capable of pumping 3,600
Jons of water per hour, were installed
on big floats over the wreck and con
nected to auxiliary vessels for steam
supply. On August 8, 1906, an un
usually high tide was running and the
effort was made. In a short time the
hull had reached the surface and re
pairs were mads in hull and machin
ery which permitted the extraordinary
leat of sailing to a Japanese port un
der its own steam and power.
In the work were engaged, in addi
tion to the officers and divers, about
300 Japanese naval mechanics and as
suanv Korean helpers. The cost, in
cluding the three big pumps, was
about $500,000. Had the same meth
ods been adopted, suggests Popular
Mechanics, it would seem that the rais
ing of the Maine would have been a
task easy in comparison to the recov
er}' of the Varyag.
COMMON DEFECT I N DRAUGHTS.
Caused by Pushing Stovepipe in Too
Far—How to Prevent It.
When a stove doesn't draw prop
erly the trouble can often be found
where the pipe enters the flue. The
pipe is often pushed too far in, thus
making the space at the end so small
that the smoke cannot rise naturally.
To avoid this a correspondent of the
Metal Worker bends a piece of sheet
iron one inch wide and five or six
Remedy for Poor Draught.
inches long, so that a quarter-inch
edge turns over the bottom side of
the stovepipe, then when it is pushed
into the chimney far enough the other
end of this piece of sheetiron is
turned down against the side wall to
prevent the stovepipe being pushed in
too far.
Bronze Varnish for Leather.
Ten parts of fuchsine and 5 parts
of methyl-violet are dissolved in the
water or sand bath in 100 parts of 90
deg. alcohol, then 6 parts of benzoic
acid are added, after which it Is al
lowed to boil from 5 to ten minutes,
until the mass has assumed a brilliant
gold bronze color.
THE PLUG PUZZLE.
One Which Will Fit Four Holes of
Different Shape.
The Scientific American publishes
as a puzzle an illustration of a board
formed with four holes of different
The Plug Puzzle.
shape. The object is to cut a plug
which will fit any and every one of
these holes. In the accompanying il
lustration we illustrate what is prob
ably the simplest form of plug adapt
ed to fit the holes. The plug as shown
at A is in the form of a chisel point.
If laid on its side, it will fit the square
hole B. The oblong hole C is closed 1
by inserting the sharp end of the plug
into it. The circular end of the plug
fits the hole D. and if the plug be
turned on its side at right angles to
its position at B, it will fit the triangu
lar hole E.
Autos Destroying Roads.
The Massachusetts automobile traf
fic is so heavy that it has caused mark
ed wear on the state highways, and
the commission having charge of these
roads states in its last annual report
that the destructive effect is “extra
ordinary.” Practically all the main
roads are thus affected. It has been
noticed that the binder is swept from
the road, and the stone from % to 1%
inch in size has been disturbed, in
some cases standing on the surface,
and in other cases being left in wind
rows along the roadside. The effect of
wear of this sort is such that the com
mission is satisfied a material change
in the methods of maintaining stone
roads must be made. The report indi
cates that the commission believes
some kind of treatment with tar will
probably be successful.
A PORTABLE TABLE.
An Out-Door Convenience Which Will
Repay Trouble of Making.
A table for outdoor use that can be
taken apart, stored or changed from
place to place may be made at small
expense. Fasten cleats with screws,
as shown in Fig. 1, to the bottom of a
board of suitable size. The legs are
built with a cross-piece, A, Fig. 4, at
the top which fits into slot formed by
the cleats, CC, and a crosspiece, B,
that has two cleats, D, making a place
to receive the bottom.
A Cleaning Agent for Castings.
Hydrofluoric acid as a cleansing
agent for castings has been in general
use but a short time, being treated a
few years ago as a secret process.
Formulae for the acid containing sup
erfluous and innocuous ingredients to
mystify the purchaser have been sold
for considerable sums. Anything used
in connection with this "pickle,” aside
from the hydrofluoric acid and water,
is wholly unnecessary, the usual for
mula being one part of acid to ten of j
water. In adding water, however, care
should be taken to know the strength
of the acid. The idea is to get a dip
that will remove the sand perfectly
and quickly, the operation requiring
10 to 15 minutes.
Wages in Great Britain.
Wages in Great Britain average
much higher than on the continent,
and in France and Germany wages are
higher than in Italy, Spain, or Austria.
The district court at Carlsbad, Austria,
recently fixed the daily wages of lab
orers of both sexes for the years 1907,
1908 and 1909, as follows: Males, fore
men, 60 cents per day, others 40 cents, |
and apprentices and boys, 20 cents.
Females, women, 28 cents and juve- *
niles, 18 cents. Servants of the state,
48 cents, except servants of the post
and telegraph, who receive 44 cents.
Keeping Brushes.
The bristles of any brush are kept
in place by the tightness of the handle. ,
Therefore any shrinking of the handle
loosens the bristles, and it should al
ways be kept in a moist place. The (
bristles of a paint brush should be im- |
mersed in water when not in use, but
it should never be allowed to stand
on the bristles; hang it.
To Clean Gold or Silver Chains.
Clean gold or silver watch chains by
immersing for five seconds in pure
ammonia, rinse in alcohol and shake
dry in clean sawdust.
Soap Suds and Eye-Glasses.
Never let any soap suds fall upon
your eye-glasses—one drop will ruin
them. The caustic alkali will rnako
the glass iridescent
Cincinnati.—The Jacob Freund Roof
ing company sued the Amalgamated
Sheet Metal Workers' International
Alliance and Local Union 141 of the
same organization, together with their
officers, for $10,000 damages. The suit
is the outgrowth of trouble between
Jacob Freund and Edward Barry, busi
ness agent and general organizer of
the Metal Workers’ Union. It is also
a retaliation for a suit for the same
amount filed recently by Barry against
Freund, charging that Freund assault
ed him at the New Avondale school
during an altercation over the calling
of a strike of Freund's employes.
Freund, through his attorneys, com
plains that because he would not
agree to certain exactions of the union
a strike of his employes was called,
his place was picketed and he was
prevented from filling the strikers’
places. As the result of his diminish
ed forces, he says, he has been pre
vented from properly prosecuting his
business and earning his customary
profits.
Paris, France.—A nice point of law
in regard to the relations of employer
and employe has been raised by the
decision of some 200 journeymen bak
ers of Paris, who recently went on
strike, and whom their former em
ployers declined to take back, now
that the strike is ended, to sue for
damages, on the ground of brusque
dismissal. The men's contention is
that the cessation of work because of
a strike is not rupture, but a legiti
mate suspension of the contract en
tered into between employer and em
ployed.
Los Angeles. Cal.—A settlement of
the boilermakers’ strike on the Pacific
division of the Harriman roads, which
threatened to extend to all roads in
which Harriman is interested, has
been made. A telegram received from
thesuperin tendent of motive power,
who is at San Francisco, informs a
committee of boilermakers' that Fore
man Carter of the Los Angeles shops,
has resigned. As the removal of Cart
er was the sole demand upon the com
pany, a reconeilliation was effected
at once.
New York.—In order that 5,000 up
to-date factory girls may enjoy the
tan and sunburn and the hundred oth
er joys which go with a summer vaca
tion, three thread factories, the great
est of their kind in the world, closed
their doors Aug. 24 and will remain
locked until Sept. 3. Campbell Clark
representing the Clark Thread com
pany of Edinborough and Newark, N.
J., declared that he had to close his
immense plants to give the girls their
outing.
Cleveland, Ohio.—The 900 women
employed at the Perth Amboy cigar
factory, who went on strike three
weeks ago. have returned to work at
the old scale of wages. They were
receiving $2.50 a thousand for mak
ing cigars and wanted $3. The com
pany could not see its way clear for
an increase and a strike followed.
Relfast, Ireland.—The strike of iron
founders continues with no signs of a
settlement. The men on strike get
15 shillings a week, the unions af
fected being well off for funds. It is
said that there is a probability of the
dispute extending to the Clyde and
Manchester.
Cape Town, South Africa.—A gov
ernment bill for granting state ad
vances to farmers for agricultural im
provements, similar to the system of
agricultural banks in existence else
where, will be introduced next session
in the legislature.
Trenton, N. J.—Pottery manufac
turers and operators will meet at the
Hotel Astor, New York, to fix a scale
of wages in place of the present
agreement, which will expire on Octo
ber 1. Unless either the men or em
ployes yield, a great strike in the pot
tery trade within the next six weeks
is possible. The demands of the
men are: Increases ranging from 14
to 21 per cent, for kiln men, increase
of 15 per cent, for pressers, increases
of 15 per cent, for the strikers-up and
for the big-jiggers, increase of 50 per
cent, to turners for producing the
Saint Denis cup, increase of ten per
cent, to jiggmen for making plain
edge flat goods. The manufacturers
say that to yield to the men is impos
sible.
Belfast, Ireland.—Negotiations be
tween the arbitrators and the leaders
of the strikers resulted in a settle
ment of the labor troubles here.
Superior. Wis.—A consignment of
150 men, mostly Hungarians, passed
through here en route for the iron
range to take the places of strikers.
It is said the companies plan to weed
out the Finns, who have given the
most trouble.
.Jersey City, N. J.—Women of this
city have started a unique organiza
tion. To establish a school to instruct
women how and where to spend their
money most beneficially for union la
bor will be one of the features of the
body, besides boosting union labels
and encouraging men to organize.
New York.—The hotel porters who
have boon threatening to strike for
several weeks did so recently in 20
of the largest hotels. They demand
ed all the tips, which, under the pres
ent system, have been divided with
the head porters, and a minimum
wage scale of $25 a month.
San Francisco.—The Western Union
reported that its office at Goldfield.
Nev., was closed and would remain
closed at night time hereafter until
proper protection could be afforded its
operators. The service to Goldfield
was suddenly broken and it was re
ported that a delegation of miners
had called upon Operator Shiveley
and ordered him to leave town imme
diately. While the Western Union
has not been definitely informed re
garding Shiveley's movements, they
believe that both the operator and his
wife obeyed the order of the miners.
Valley field, Quebec.—The Montreal
Cotton company, whose 2,000 employes
went out on strike for an increase of
ten per cent, in wages, announces that
it will refuse to accede to the demand
of the men, and is prepared to close
the mill.
Cleveland, O.—With the view of
further strengthening the Internation
al Holders’ union, the organization has
adopted considerable constructive leg
islation, and has made some radical
changes in its constitution. Chief
among these is the increase in the
fees from 25 to 48 cents per week.
By this means an addition to the
strike fund, which will amount to over
200 per cent., will be made. While
thus clearing the decks for action in
the event of strikes the association
has gone on record as favoring concil
iation and conferences between em
ployer and employe.
London, England.—One of the most
serious situations in the shipbuilding
trade in many years has arisen as a
result of the sudden strike of the
calkers in the yards of the Armstrong
Whiteworth company in Newcastle.
The Shipbuilders’ Employers’ asso
ciation ordered a lockout of 50.000
platers, riveters, calkers and unskilled
laborers, and bulletins to this effect
were posted in the shipyards in Bar
row, in all the yards along the Tyne
and the Clyde, and in Belfast. The
lockout is to begin August 24.
Hot Springs, Ark.—The fifty-third
annual convention of the Internation
al Typographical union adjourned to
meet next year in Boston. The meet
ing is universally pronounced the most
important yet held. A resolution was
adopted approving and referring to a
referendum vote a plan for pensioning
members over 60 years of age who
have been in the union for 20 years,
and are disabled from earning a live
lihood. The amount of the benefits is
to be four dollar per week. This is
the same proposition which Joseph J.
Dirks of St. Louis so strongly urged
at the previous convention.
Chilicothe, Mo. — The Burlington
Railroad company was found guilty of
a charge of violating the eight-hour
telegraphic law and was fined $200 by
Justice Crall. An appeal was taken.
This is the first conviction obtained
under the law passed at the last ses
sion of the legislature and which rail
roads declare conliicts with a federal
statute.
Pittsburg.—The Republic Iron and
Steel company and the Western Bar
Iron association have agreed to the
scale approved by tlie board of con
ciliation and the agreement between
the Amalgamated Association and the
manufacturers will be signed within
a few days.
Cincinnati.—The latest addition to
the Cincinnati labor organization is
the Milkers' union, which has re
ceived a charter from the American
Federation of Labor. It is composed
of men who do the actual work in
supplying the city with milk.
Pittsburg.—Conciliation as a meth
of of settling disputes between capital
and labor was given another boost
by the filial settlement of the wage
scale of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. When
the two wage scale committees could
not agree it was decided to submit
the whole matter to arbitration. A
board was chosen and went into ses
sion about three weeks ago at Cam
bridge Springs. The arguments sub
mitted by the workers had the most
weight with the arbitrators and the
decision was finally rendered in their
favor.
Boston.—One of the most sweeping
labor decisions rendered in Massachu
setts was handed down by Judge Gas
kill of the superior court. He holds
that a labor union has a right to fine
any member who does not accede to
the demand of the union and quit
work in an establishment where a
strike is in progress.
Ottawa, Canada—A regulation has
just gone into effect in Canada which
prohibits the employment of children
under 14 years of age in factories un
der any conditions. The age previous
ly fixed was 13 years.
Scranton, Pa.—The Harvey silk
mills have entered into an agreement
with their striking girls to give them
a nine-hour day, with a Saturday Half
holiday the year around. This makes
only two hours a week more than
contemplated by the eight-hour day,
for which the silk mill girls through
out the country are striking.
Paris, France—A blind man's union
has been formed here. The members
are blind employes of the National
Institute for the Blind, who were dis
satisfied with their salaries. They
threatened to strike and were granted
an increase.
Time to Fly.
The trust magnate leaped up from
the banquet table and made a dive
for his 100-mile-an-hour automobile.
"Hold on!” cried the astonished
toastmaster. “Won't you wait for us
to serve the dessert?”
"No,” replied the nervous magnate;
“I just saw a suspicious face loom up
at the window. The next thing served
will be a process."
And telling his chauffeur to put on
full speed the wealthy fugitive headed
for the next state.
For Twenty Years.
Other chill remedies have sprung up,
flourished for a brief season, then
passed away—even from memory—
but for twenty years Cheatham's Chill
Tonic has been in the field of action.
The reason is simple. It has the merit.
It actually cures chills and fever, while
the majority of others merely promise
to. One bottle guaranteed to cure
any one case.
Riches Cause Trouble.
Great riches are ever accompanied
by great anxieties, and an increase
of our possessions is but an inlet to
new disquietudes.—Goldsmith.
Nothing is mare tedious than the
pursuit of pleasure as an occupation.
All men want to be able to work,
but all men do not want to work.
, DON'T
SHAKE
Don’t have malaria
just because your
grandfather had it.
Don’t imagine it is
one of the necessary
evils of life. Stop it in the first stages
with
Rich’s Tasteless
Chill Tonic
It is a guaranteed cure, with abso
lutely no doubt about tlie result, ami it
is tasteless so not disagreeable to take.
Price, SO cents per buttle,
of all druggists. If you
cannot secure it send
money direct to
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JAMIE WASTED NO TIME.
Youthful Philosopher Had r
Though Out
It was Jamie's bath night u
several each week and he hated „ 44
all. On this particular night m
Htnrf-O.l V.O _ . . 6uli ODce
started, he soaked and splashedVX
tub for a full half hour, then t
mother haled him forth. He ca“ h 3
of the room in his pajamas with T
face all streaked and dim as i, 3
when he went in. U
“Mercy!” cried his mother.
thought you took a bath.” 1
“So I did!” answered Jamie sen™
fully. “A bully one!” SCOni’
“But your face is black!” said hi„
mother. am hls
"Oh!” Jamie smiled understand
lngly. “My face is all right I
to wash that in the morning, bath
or
no bath. You don't s’pose rm going
to waste time bathing mv face' i
always begin just below my ears and
work down on my arms and legs w
I always leave my face and hands
those ends I 'tend to in the morning^
CHILDREN TORTURED.
Girl Had Running Sores from Eczema
—Boy Tortured by Poison Oak
Both Cured by Cuticura.
. Last year, after having my mp.
girl treated by a very prominent phi-,
sician for an obstinate case of eczema
I resorted to the Cuticura Remedies'
and was so well pleased with the a?
most instantaneous relief afforded that
we discarded the physician's prescrip
tum and relied entirely on the Cuti
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and Cu
tlcura Pills. When we commenced
with the Cuticura Remedies her feet
and limbs were covered with running
sores. In about six weeks we had her
completely well, and there has been
no recurrence of the trouble.
“In July of this year a little bov in
our family poisoned his hands and
arms with poison oak. and in twenty
four hours his hands and arms were a
mass of torturing sores. We used
only the Cuticura Remedies, and in
about three weeks his hands and arms
healed up. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas,
Fairmont, Walden's Ridge Tenn Oct
13, 1905.’’ _
Would Make Rich Crop.
It is estimated that 21,000.000 acres
are available for rice growing in
Louisiana and Texas, and the value
of such crop would be $4 00,000,000.
This would make the rice crop fifth
in point of value among the cereals of
this country.
“The Carthagenian mercenaries, he
said, “encased their prisoners in a ce
ment that, as it hardened, contracted.
You can’t imagine how uncomfortable
this was.”
“Oh, yes, I can,” she answered. "I
once had on a tight bathing suit when
It began to shrink.”
Reasonable Explanation.
“I wonder why a dog chases his
tail?”
“A sense of economy.”
“Economy?”
“Yes; can't you see he is trying to
make both ends meet?"
He most lives who things most,
feels the noblest, acts the best.
JUt
MOTHERHOOD
The first requisite of a good
mother is good health, and the ex
perience of maternity should not be
approached without careful physical
preparation, as a woman who is in
good physical condition transmits to
her children the blessings of a good
constitution.
Preparation for healthy mater
nity is accomplished by Lydia E.
Pinkham s Vegetable Compound,
which is made from native roots and
herbs, more successfully than by any
other medicine because it gives tone
and strength to the entire feminine
organism, curing displacements, ul
ceration and inflammation, and the
result is less suffering and more children healthy at birth,
than thirty years
MRS* JAMES
CHESTER
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Childbirth and during the Change of Life.
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Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to
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ALFALFA
Ten to Twelve Tons per Acre have been realized regularly where the soil
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