The Exponent. (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 11, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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THE EXPONENT.
W. A. SMITH, Publisher.
"RALSTON,
OKLA.
NEW STATE NEWS
The farmers' union contemplates
building a cotton storage house at
Durant.
A late census of Ardmore gives that
city a population of sixteen thousand
one hundred and ten.
The civic league of Canadian county
has been organized and will co-operate
with the anti-saloon league through-
out the territory In pushing the cause
of prohibition in the new state.
The department of commerce and
labor has been notified of the death
of Immigrant Inspector Lawson Lane,
detailed to Oklahoma.
One hundred and seventy-five acres
of tomatoes will be canned at Daven-
port, Lincoln county.
George Outcelt, assistant United
States attorney, has been in Mexico
for several months investigating mat-
ters relative to the Kickapoo Indian
tribe, has returned to Oklahoma. Mr.
Outcelt has completed his work in
Mexico.
Eldrlgde Smith has been appointed
postmaster at Herbert, Indian Terri-
tory; Alvin H. Crabb at Arcadia, Okla.
Archie Yaklsh, a Shawnee young
man, was drowned recently while on
a swimming expedition at Fort Worth,
Texas. His father committed suicide
three years ago.
A large sanitarium is to be built at
Vinita, to utilize the artesian water
so freely flowing there. A natatorium
Is also to be built.
WEIGHS ONLY FOUR GRAINS
Smallest Engine in the World Truly a
Marvel of Mechanical Ingenu-
ity—Its Dimensions.
"Tiny Tim,' as I have named this
smallest of all engines," writes T. H.
Robinson in the Technical World
Magazine, "Is made of gold and steel,
and is so small that a common house-
fly seems large in comparison. It fits
easily into the smallest 22 short cart-
ridge, balance wheel and all. It
weighs just four grains complete.
That is atxhit the weight of a com-
mon match. It takes 120 such en-
gines to weigh one ounce and 1,920 to
weigh a pound. 'Three million eight
hundred and forty thousand engines
equal one ton.
I "The engine bed and stand are of
| gold. The shaft runs in hardened
and ground steel bearings inserted in
the gold bed. These bearings are
counter-bored from the inside to form
a self-oiling bearing. The flywheel
has a steel center and arms, with a
gold rim, and this part—the complete
wheel—weighs one grain.
"The cylinder is of steel with oc-
tagonal base highly polished. The
stroke is one-thirty-second of an Inch,
bore three-hundredths of an inch.
Seventeen pieces are used in the con-
struction of this engine.
"The feed is through the gold base,
which is hollow. The speed of this
engine is 6,000 revolutions per min-
ute; When running 100 per second no
motion is visible to the eye, but it
makes a note like the noise of a mos-
quito, caused by the vibrating piston
rod.
The horse power is 1-498000 of one-
horse power. Compressed air Is used
to run these engines and it may be of
interest to note that the amount re-
quired to make the large engine hum
can easily be borne on the eyeball
without winking."
Active warfare is now on between a
Medford Independent oil company and
Standard Oil. The Uncle Sam Oil com-
pany is putting up a gallant flght.
John Johnson, a Duncan young man,
died recently from severe cramps pro-
duced by drinking too much ice wa-
ter.
Indian Territory towns have lost
sight of politics In their aspirations
to become county seats. Their dele-
gations are consuming much of the
time of the district committee.
The First National bank of Tulsa
has been made a national depository
for $50,000 on Panama bonds.
ERROR IN BILL OF LADING
The Rock Island railroad has leased
1,900 acres of coal land near South
McAlester and is about to close an-
other lease on a valuable coal conces
slon.
It is a slow town in the new state
that hasn't a well organized politics1
club. Both parties are organizing foi
a battle royal.
W. D. Day, formerly a merchant at
Clinton but recently an Insurance so-
licitor In Oklahoma City, committed
suicide by shooting himself. He was
|300 short In his accounts.
foung Railroad Man Found Burro
Where He Naturally Looked
for a Bureau.
There was a time when Senator
Elkins of West Virginia was a hustling
young freight agent in New Mexico.
His office was a box oar and his prln
cipal troubles were in making his re
ceipts of freight tally with his bills
of lading. One day he had a carload
of household furniture switched to his
siding. The seal of the car door was
quickly broken, as young Elkins then,
as now, always liked to keep up with
his work. He was greeted with the
bray of an ass as the door slipped
back on its rollers. The bill of lading
was at once scanned, but there was
nothing to show that the animal
should be a passenger on this partic-
ular car. The goods were all checked
out and then Elkins wired the general
office thus: "I'm a bureau short and
a jackass long on this carload of fur-
niture." After a little delay the an-
swer came: "All O. K. The bureau is
a burro."
CANNING DIRECTIONS.
Wash Cans with Hot Soda Water-
How to Fill So They Will Not
Break—Use Good Rubbers.
Prepare carefully and have every-
thing absolutely clean if you want
your canned goods to keep. Wash the
cans with hot soda water, and lightly
boil the covers in soda water. Then
rinse both in clear, hot water. Next
test the cans by filling to the brim
with hot water, adjusting new rubbers,
screwing on tops, drying, and then
setting on their heads for an hour, or
over night. If any cans leak, discard
them, or test them again with new
rubbers or covers. When satisfactor-
ily tested, be sure to keep the same
cover to the same can, admonishes
Farm and Home.
Glass cans will not crack if, when
filling them with hot fruit and juices,
you will first rinse the can with hot
water, and place It upon a folded
towel wrung out of hot water. Also
place a long silver spoon or fork in
the can, which attracts the heat to
itself. Then stir the contents of the
can with the silver spoon, so as to
break and remove any bubbles or air-
holes that may have gathered, and
be sure to have the can overflowing
full before screwing on the cover.
WTien the can has cooled off (never
place it in a draft) give the screw
another turn, for in cooling, the glass
has very likely contracted somewhat.
Then carefully set the cans away in
a cool, dark, dry closet. Don't place
so near together that they touch, and
don't disturb them any more than you
can help.
If these rules are conscientiously
followed, you ought to have no trou-
ble in keeping things, always provid-
ed, of course, that what you put in
the cans was properly prepared, and
all the rules of cleanliness were ob-
served. Never make the mistake of
thinking half-ripe or over-ripe or im-
perfect fruit or vegetables are "good
enough to can." They are not, and
if you do use them you are likely to
have your trouble In vain.
Bathing in White House Grounds.
"Those Roosevelt boys," remarked a
well-known citizen, "certainly? make
the most of their opportunities for
pleasure. You know there is a large
fountain in the president's grounds
south of the White House. Well, I was
walking in that vicinity on one of the
warm days last week when I saw a
sight that Interested and amused me.
"Two of the president's boys rushed
across the lawn from the mansion in
bathing suits of the scantiest type, and
mounting the iron rail of the fountain,
dived in among the gold fish and
aquatic plants. The water was rather
cold, but those youngsters didn't seem
to mind it a little bit.
"After swimming around like por-
poises for a few minutes and Indulging
in a splashing battle the smaller boy
climbed out of the basin and ran into
the White House with his brother in
close but futile pursuit. It was a hot
day, and I envied them their big out-
of-door bath tub."—Washington Star.
LATE CHICKS.
Tendency of Late Years Has Been to
Hatch Too Many—Make Good
Spring Layers.
Once the late chick was considered
of no account, not worth hatching.
Of late years the tendency has been
to hatch too may chicks late. Per-
haps this is responsible for a great
deal of the poor fertility reported
every spring.
But the late chick as we get It and
find It In the growing should be con-
sidered with more discrimination
than is implied in the general dis-
cussion of "late hatched" or of "June"
or "July" chicks, says Farm Poultry.
It Is not the time or the season
that makes or mars the chick. These
of course are factors, but more im-
portant are the conditions of the par-
ent stock and the conditions given
the growing chicks. Some fowls are
in better condition for breeding now
than they were in the earlier months.
These may reasonably be expected to
produce their best now. But from
hns that are exhausted no good
chicks need be expected.
WHAT TO FEED CHICKENS.
Variety Is an Important Thing-
Barley, Wheat and Oats Make
Good Mixture.
A variety of feed is best. No sin-
gle grain equals a mixture. Rye is a
poor feed, barley is good, and
wheat and oats the best, says Farm-
ing. A mixture of the last three
mentioned with a smaller proportion
of corn, is very satisfactory. Only
sound grain should be fed. The av-
erage screenings in the market are
an uncertain quantity. Feed all grain
in deep litter, rye or wheat straw
being the best, so that the hens will
be compelled to scratch and get ex-
ercise. Give plenty of grit, crushed
oyster shells and pure water. We
usually feed mash onc a day, and
prefer not to feed it in the morning,
but to let them warm up by scratch-
ing In the coldest part of the day.
The mash may vary largely accord-
ing to locality, but we prefer about
one part wheat bran, two parts
ground corn and oats, one part cut
clover meal or alfalfa meal, and one
part meal, with the addition of a lit-
tle linseed meal, middlings, charcoal
and salt.
The democratic press of the two
territories met at Oklahoma City
Monday In conjunction with the demo-
cratic executive committee. Plans
for controlling the new state were
mapped out The republicans met In
a big love feast at Bartlesville.
The Oklahoma City Chautauqua as-
sembly closed Sunday after an eight
days' session. The principal drawing
cards were Congressman J. Adam
Bede, Senator Chas. A. Towne, Dr.
Bam Steele, Rev. Albert Bushnell, Dr.
Eugene May and EuKen« V. Debs
New Danger Signal.
Danger! An electrical system of sig-
naling has been perfected in Notting-
ham, England, whereby a gong sounds
on the engine and an Immense bull's
eye in the cab glares with gren or red
light in the driver's face. Beyond the
spot where at present the distant sig-
nal Is located on the railways, the In-
vention proposes that a central rail 10C
yards long should be laid with a sec-
ond and much larger central rail neat
the present house signal. Connected
with the signal box, the pressure of a
roller beneath the engine on these cen- J
tral rails would not only ring a bell
and cause a lamp, corresponding with
the track upon which the train has j
been running, to glow in the signal ;
box, but bells would ring or red or |
green lamps glow on the engine itself,
the color of the lamp depending upor.
which rail the signalman had connect-
I ed vith a negative.
Pick the Blossoms.
Plants like sweet peas, nasturtiums
and pansles, that produce a succession
of flowers, should have the blossoms
picked daily to stop the formation of
seed pods and consequent decrease in
number of blossoms; but in the case
of such plants as have but a short
period of bloom, and but one during
the year, the formation of seed Is pre
vented to Increase growth of roots
and branches on which the next year's
blossom depend.
Coffee Jelly.
To one quart of coffee (as prepared
for the table) one-half box of gelatine.
Soak the gelatine in two-thirds cup
of cold water for one-half hour or
longer, then set the cup in hot water
until the gelatine is thoroughly dis-
solved. Add one-half cup sugar to the
quart of hot coffee and stir in the malt-
ed gelatine and a little vanilla before
the whole thickens. Set In a cool place
to mold and servo with cream and
sugar,
GATE FOR CHICKEN YARD.
How It Can Be Built So That It Will
Not Sag—Are Simple in
Construction.
I have In use several gates like that
shown In the cut, which do not sag
or get out of
shape and prove
very satisfactory,
says a correspond-
ent of the Farm
and Home. They
are six feet high
and three feet
wide, made of
spruce 1^4x3
inches. The ends
were sawed
square and the
pieces b b butted
against the side
pieces a a. I use
four-inch No. 18 screws which were
countersunk 1% inch. This was a
much quicker way than cutting a mor-
tise and tenon. The gate was well
braced with l%x2-lnch stays which
were halved together at the middle.
After the frame was made and paint-
ed it was covered with poultry net-
ting.
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