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Show 10 able to produce cheaply a salable byproduct, or the alcohol itself must be manufactured as a of another industry. In South America, for by-produ- ct instance, considerable success has resulted from the use of alcohol as a fuel in THE CITIZEN i internal-combustio- n engines. Near Pernambuco, in Brazil, a large sugar mill is producing a spirit from the discarded cane, and at less than half the cost of gasoline. Excellent results are being obtained by the use of the new fuel in motor vehicles, but some trouble was caused at first by the rusting of certain parts of the engine, a disadvantage that has since been overcome by the addition of about 5 per cent of gasoline to the sugar cane spirit. In another district of Brazil, alcohol is produced as a byproduct from a wood distillation plant operated by the St. John Del Rey Mining company. The efficiency of the spirit, which is used in the motoif. without the addition of any corrective, is not so high as that of gasoline, but according to reports, no damage to motor parts has resulted. A considerable amount of success has resulted in South Africa by the use of a combination of alcohol and acetylene. Cattle food is obtained as a The addition of acetylene is considered essential, for without it the local wood spirit possesses disadvantages that make it ' only partly efficient as a motor fuel. Unfortunately, however, the amount of acetylene gas that such spirit can absorb is small only about six times its volume. However, in distilling the volatile products from wood another byproduct is made acetate of lime, from which acetone is derived and the process therefore has large commercial possibilities. Germany imported large quantities of acetate of lime from the United States before the war. Among other uses of acetone is in the preparation of artificial rubber, which Germany needed so badly when her overseas supplies were cut off. Acetone was then obtained from the acetate of lime that resulted from the distillation of wood. Later, when increased supplies of rubber were needed, another method had to be adopted; and potatoes were allowed to ferment after a bacillus known as B. acetoethylicum had been added. The resultant decomposition produced acetone and alcohol, the former being successfully utilized in a process for making artificial rubber. It has been found that acetone abtimes its volsorbs about twenty-fivume of acetylene, so the motor spirit problem appears to have been solved by the suggestion that sufficient acetone be added to the wool alcohol. It has been found that 80 per cent of wood alcohol and 20 per cent of acetone is an excellent mixture in which sufficient acetylene can be absorbed to produce an efficient motor spirit. A number of natural products in South Africa are being tested as possible sources of acetone, waste corn cobs being favored on account of the quantity available; for maize, as corn is called there, is the staple food for the Kafirs. Tests have also been made to produce about 2.7 pound of acetone and 6.8 pounds of alcohol. Experiments are being carried out in several other countries in an effort to obtain alcohol from Jerusalem artichokes. Results so far has been successful, and intensive cultivation may follow, all the more likely because it has been proved that the discarded stems can be manufactured into pulp for the making of certain grades of paper. In Cuba there is strong indication that gasoline will soon be replaced entirely by wood alcohol, obtained, as in Brazil, from the waste product of the sugar mills. The average cost of gasoline in Havana is about 50c per gallon. Alcohol costs about 35c per gallon. Drivers of automobiles for hire who are using the substitute have found ' by-produ- ct. e that they can reduce fares by d and the price charged still permits a fair margin of profit after operone-thir- ating expenses are deducted. The cost of gasoline in India has been so high that a factory has been established in Hyderabad for the production of alcohol from the flowers of the mahwa trees. The industry has already attained significant proportions, the daily output having reached 10,000 gallons. In little known Papua, or New Guinea, there is an immense area of land that is covered with the nipa palm. Preliminary investigations and tests have shown that the tree will yield alcohol in sufficient quantity to justify the raising of capital for a plant that is to cost over $1,000,-00insuring employment for 1,500 natives and 60 whites. It is proposed to produce 3,000,000 gallons of motor spirit a year, as well as 500 tons of In the Philippaper as a pines the sap from the nipa palm tree forms the source of 90 per cent of the alcohol produced there. It costs under 10c per gallon. Necessity is the mother of invention; and invention in the present instance seems likely to discover a cheap source of power for motor, vehicles and stationary engines that, unlike natural oil, is inexhaustible; for it is the product of vegetable growth, the continuance of which can be insured by scientific cultivation and Zoological The Young Girl "Ma, why do they keep animals at the telephone office ? Mother Why, child, what gave you such an Idea? The Toung Girl Because when I called pa up the lady told me the lion's busy. 1 Telephones In Japan. In Japan, when the subscriber rings up, the operator may be expected to ask, "What number does the honorable son of the moon and stars desire? "Hohl, two-thre- e. Silence. Then the exchange resumes. Will the honorable person graciously forgive the Inadequacy of the insignificant service and permit this humble slave of the wire to inform him that the sufflcently censured line is ilUsy?,, This Is Too, Too, Too ' M In changing the telephone nr western city recently, zeros wire prell numbers have less than four numbers!, ly after the system went into effect ing citizen had occasion to call for "Main 4 number, asking Jf said it, -- Main, oh, oh, oh,' w. leading citizen replied, "Oh, 0u Journal of Electricity and Western InJ Claiming that a dentist left one struments in his lung, a patient 1, $25,000. Can't cough, but wants the 1 ijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,,,,, 0, Come On, Ye Fans! . by-produ- MIDDLEBURGS DAUGHTERS. The women and girls of Middleburg are- more comely and winsome than any in Holland. Their lace caps are like driven snow, their cheeks shine like apples. . . . The principal work of and these ruddy-armedamsels seems to be to carry green pails on a blue yoke and their perfect fitness in Middleburgs cheerful and serene streets is another instance of the Dutch cleverness in the use of green paint. These people paint their houses every year not in conformity with any written law, but upon a universal feeling that that is what should be done. To this very pretty habit is largely due the air of fresh gaiety that their towns possess. Middleburg is of the gayest. Greenest of all, as I have said, is perhaps Zaandam. Sometimes they paint too freely, even the trunks of trees and good, honest statuary coming under the brush. But for the most part they paint well. It is not alone the cloistral gothic seclusion in which the Abbey Hotel reposes that commends it to the wise; there is the further allurement of Long John. Long John, or De Lange Jan, is the soaring tower of the Abbey church, now the Niewe Kerk. So long have his nearly 300 feet dominated Middleburg he was first built in the thirteenth century, and rebuilt in the sixteenth that he lias become more than a structure of bricks and copper; a thinking entity, a tutelary spirit at once the pride and the protector of the town. His voice is heard more often than any belfry beneath whose shadow I have lain. Holland, as we have seen, is a land of bells and carillons; nowhere in the world are the feet of time so dogged; but Long John is the most faithful sleuth of all. E. V. Lucas, in A Wanderer in Holland. Boost for the Home Team wide-hippe- Salt Lake TUESDAY, JULY 25th GAME CALLED AT 3 P. M. f - d Sacramento vs. I Double Header Sunday, July 30th First Game Called at Dont Forget the Two Games With 1:30 Portland JULY 24th d 5 IIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIHIIII):; D CLEAN the Modern Way! Special Reduction and Easy Terms on the OHIO Vacuum Gleaner Utah Power & Light Co. II Efficient Q Public Service |