Show I By the Way R Revolutionary Sub Unsuccessful Copyright 1923 Forth American Newspaper Alliance An attempt was made during the Revolutionary war to destroy an English En- En gush glish war vessel that lay near Governors Governor's Governors Governor's Gov Coy Island with an Infernal machine machine machine ma ma- chine called A m marine turtle In Ind Invented invented In- In vented d by a mechanic n of Saybrook Conn Conti The he am machine fatted failed H to do the work that was exp expected of ot It it and the attempt was unsuccessful Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Inton approved of ot the machine on onI examination and selected a a. competent competent competent compe compe- I tent man to attempt t the hazardous enterprise The machine was constructed so as asto asto asto to contain a living man and to bo be navigated by him at will under the water A small magazine of ot gunpowder gunpowder gun gun- powder so eo arranged as to be secured to a a. ships ship's bottom could be carried with It This magazine was furnished d with clock work constructed so as to Operate A n. t spring and communicate a L ablow ablow blow to detonating powder and ignite the gunpowder Vf Ot the magazine The motion of ot the clock work was sufficiently sufficiently sufficiently slow to allow the submarine after operator Ft securing to escape the to magazine a safe irn irnIS distance IS to nci a ships ship's bottom But the sheathing e t on fD ti the tho bottom O of t the English u vessel on which the test was vas Ta to bo he made was too thick fo for tor the successful working out of ot the tho plan and after a hour attempt to I penetrate the thick copper the tha operator and his I turtle came up out of ot reaca 01 ci i musket shot and safely IY landed The government go finds that Americans are not milk drink drink- ers eis They've usually about stopped their drinking by the time the milkman gets around New Orleans Picayune I Nicotine as Poisonous As Prussic Prussia Acid GasI Gas I Nicotine is an alkaloid It be belongs belongs belongs be- be longs to that Important class of organiC or or- or organic organic ganic substances substance which are particularly particularly characterized by their extremely extreme extreme- ly 13 potent physiological properties ob observes observes observes ob- ob serves the Sc Scientific American They are all very vary deadly poisons and generally generally generally gen gen- of great utility to the physician cian clan Such substances as morphine cocaine heroin strychnine caffeine are alkaloids Nicotine can accordIngly accordingly accord accord- bigly exert a a. powerful action on the human system in fact tact it is a deadly poison almost as poisonous as prussic prussic sic acid gas Nicotine itself is used as an antidote in strychnine poisoning and in the treatment of tetanus Nicotine contains the element ni ni- ni trogen Accordingly tobacco that Is grown in a very rich soil which has been fertilized with a strong nitrogenous nitrogen nitrogen- ous otis manure will be high In nicotine Canadian scientist has discovered discovered discovered ered that natural gas may be liquefied liquefied liquefied which means another source of or ingredients for tor the moonshine maker Fort Fort Worth Star Telegram Strange T Have Yawning Habit There are several seven living specimens In zoos of the the hedgehog hedgehog hedgehog hedge hedge- hog of or Madagascar It is said that stuffed specimens in museums give no adequate idea of ot these very curIous curious curi curl ous creatures Their resemblance to hedgehogs rests only upon their possession possession possession pos pos- session of ot a spiny covering The The shape of their bodies resembles I II that o of or an Inflated globe fish Ish They I are insectivorous and are declared to tobe tobe tobe I be restricted to the island of ot Mada Mada- gascar The specimens seen in this country are remarkable for tor their habit of ot yawning We We 0 just read a a. government bulletin bulletin bulletin bul bul- letin on how to keep the cellar dry But the su surest est way Is to toIve give Ive house parties H Courier I Bierces Bierce's Habit of H Himself Ambrose Bierces Bierce's habit of ot going about and himself from persons that he found below his standard of ot acquaintanceship during the least of ot hi his eccentricities A brilliant brilliant bril bill writer somewhat morose and always caustic he was a a. genuine per per- Ho He was born In Ohio entered entered entered en en- the Union army and became a distinguished staff officer He settled settled set set- tied after aftel the Civil war In London where he was considered a a. famous lit literary personage 8 Rg Some fifteen years rs ago he took residence in Washington where his was was' one of ot the most delicious and at the same time feared feare ceremonies of or the national capital He was an adventurer at heart went to Mexico to join Pancho Villa whom he admired as a a. warrior who m made de war and he is believed to have been killed In the battle of or Chihuahua His body was never recovered I Europe wants Uncle Sam a as umpire um urn- m- m pire pire but Uncle Sam knows better than anybody else what happens to umpires Gre Greenville Piedmont Greater Crime to Kill Cow Than Man Many rany years ears ago in India it was considered considered con con- that a distinguished visitor was entertained in the tho most lavish way when beef beet was served to him But today cows are sacred in India and are not even considered as as- asa a possibility for tor food tood The cow has al always always always al- al ways had a place of ot honor in India But as the years have passed by she has gained in honor prestige and re religious re- re importance To slaughter slaught r a a. cow Is now considered a horrible crime This gives rise to man many man quarrels quarrels quarrels between the Hindus and the Mo Mo- the the two prevailing prevailing- re religious religious religious re- re divisions In India J dans dana are re a eating neat race and are particularly fond of ot beet beef The Mo Mo- therefore kill cows Reverence of ot the sacred cows of ot the Hindus is carried to such an extent that many a Hindu considers I lit it a greater crime to kill a cow than to murder a Mohammedan All the A. A E. E F. F find they are Unknown Soldiers when they try to talk taUt to congressmen men about an another another an- an other bonus bill New Ne New York Tribune J T. T 1 N. I Spiders on Staff i Of Engineer I When Colonel Goethals wa vas I con constructing on- on ting the Panama canal there were six elx spiders included In the large staff employed In his work tOr the webs ebs spun by t these ese indefatigable 11 workers the strument Jr kers take I threads for tor use In engine eng transits or surveying instruments the thel threads I taking the place of It Is by no means a novel Idea however Spiders' Spiders threads have been similarly simi simi- I used for some time for tOr scientific purposes in the Royal observatory London and on large numbers of ot micrometers ins instruments for tor meaSUring measuring ing microscopic lengths and anle angles f One of ot the lenses of ot that important all I Instrument the transit circle Is u crossed by bv a network of ot gossamer gossar threads These are set in perfect I parallel lines horizontally and verti vertic ally In this and numerous other Instruments instruments In- In I and they aid the scientist I in table his intricate measurements and In I determining with accuracy the merid maria j ian I j |