Show women are doing so well as street car conductors in newcastle england that many believe they will be retained after the war or at least will bo be off er ed employment on an the same basis as men large numbers of french women are working in the factories and machine shops in their country turning out heavy artillery guns automobile trucks and various machinery needed by the army the women are efficient workers and many of them operate powerful powei ful complicated machinery with remarkable precision and dexterity being fully equal to men machinists iron plants at martins ferry 0 were we shut down because the workmen were on a strike conferences feren ces and efforts at arbitration failed to effect a settlement the other day mrs frank marelli walked into the strikers headquarters and incensed because her husband persis persisted in striking began to belabor him with a barrel stave when she got through with her spouse she turned her attention to other strikers who red fled quickly union men who had quit work involuntarily went back to their places and the plants were soon in operation again miss genevieve dark clark 20 year old daughter of speaker champ dark clark was married a few days ago to J M thomson a new orleans editor the wedding took place on tile the lawn at the clarac home in bowling green mo before an assemblage of th fibak of Missour iana who bartt w i i v tk t K ft ie came f from roin every part rt af on oil a general invitation issued to the peopled peo P nsf missouri among the many beautiful and costly presents were handsome gifts from president wilson and the members of the house of representatives senta tives scientific experiments have demonstrated that contrary to the general belief the yellow color of cream and butter is not necessarily an indication of their richness it was discovered long ago that most vegetable matter contains a yellow substance called 41 because it exists abundantly in carrots it is this substance contained in the cows feed that gives rise to the color of milk and butter Caro titi is most abundant in the green forage available in spring and summer so that milk and butter produced then are more yellow than in the wint winter er although the pre of tat fat in winter milk often is actually higher than in the rich looking product obtained in summer there are now in the united states persons native of germany austria and at d turkey turk ey and 68 2 4 native to the nations fighting in the opposing alliance scotland yard is said to have derived its name from a palace which formerly occupied the spot of the original site and in which the scottish were lodged the greeks loid hd that the red rose derived its color from the blood of evenus venus when ahe ahe trod brud on a thorn of the white alte rose while alle going to the assistance of the dying adonis most of the banks of ireland and scotland have the power to issue bank notes 01 ol of their own the first steamship crossed the atlantic in 1833 when first introduced into en england band umbrellas were used by women only the wind in england blows from the southwest on days during the year Compress compressed td air haulage systems have bave been installed in german coal mines that utilize the exhaust steam from hoisting engines to run the compressors pres sors the sturdiness of andalusia horses is attributed to the fact act that they feed on a species of wild clover which cl grows glows only in the spanish province of cadiz A new chair for invalids is equipped with a system of mirrors by which the occupant may aee what is going on all argand without the necessity of moving the head it has been generally believed that the temperature increased at almost a constant rate from the earths surface toward its center but this supposition appears to be incorrect in in the light ot of recent experiments experiment 3 in one mine the average rate of increase of temperature carried down to feet was one degree for each feet of de scent various results have been obtained from measurements in other places no temperature variations were shown between depths of 1 4 0 0 feet and 2300 feet in the kalgoorlie e mines in n australia these and other observations are considered as indicating that the increased of temperatures with depth in the earth Is not governed by any general law ass izer na is a a or a ale ov er two routes wi the population of ireland increased last year by the first annual gala gab in many years hawaiian pineapples are about to be shipped to chicago in carload lots as an exper imeri british maxims fire the same bullets atan a an ordinary rifle at the rate of anute peru was the first alow to add instruction st in aviation to its public school curriculum opossum farming for the fur far ol of the animals has pas based zed the experimental stage in austral Au six varieties of seaweed are used by the japanese in ht the manufacture of vegetable isinglass american railroads employ 1315 13 IS persons who have an average yearly wage than in chicago there is an electric pie making machine with which six girls can turn out pies a day fire losses of the united states and canada lust last year vear reached a total ol of or nearly more than ahe he year belore before 4 the annual per capita consumption of sugar in great britain is about pounds as compared with about 80 pounds in the united states shaving was introduced among the romans about B C the first f have was deemed tl the e entrance to manhood and celebrated with great festivities prussia was the first fast modem country to adopt univ ersial military service we want you to try our pork sansal and hamburger steak dowlea an rno evans |