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No. 1, Woodville, Conn., April 22, 1905.” ARTIFICIAL WOOD, Attempts Made to Produce It From Peat Fibers, Frequent attempts have been made to use peat as raw material for the manufacture of artificial wood. The material must, for this purpose, be “fully reduced toa fibrous condition, so as to produce a fibrous and a mealy This mixture is mixed with an sion of two parts by measure of Blaster of paris and ten to twelve of water; and is subjected for considera- ble time to heavy hydraulic pressure in molds, then artificially dried, pol- ished and oiled, painted and varnished. A more simple process is to wash the peat, without destroying its natur- al fibrous state, and to mix the result- ing moist mass with a mixture of hy- drated lime and an aluminium com- pound (as, for instance, aluminium sulphate, and press it in molds for a short time in the moist state, after which the resulting plates are allowed to harden in the air. The resultant product needs only a comparatively low pressure, and this for only a short time; and is then set out to dry in the air. The resulting artificial wood is not hygroscopine, and in order to use it for open air work needs no painting or further impregnation. In view of the fact that the pressing operation takes only a few minutes, considerable quantities can be manufactured in comparatively small space of time.— Scientific American. GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP. No Medicine so Beneficial to Brain and Nerves. Lying awake nights makes it hard to keep awake and do things in day time. To take “tonics and stimu’ lants” under such circumstances is like setting the house on fire to see if you can put it out. The right kind of food promotes re- freshing sleep at night and a wide awake individual during the day. A lady changed from her old way of eating, to Grape-Nuts, and says: “For about three years I had been a great sufferer from indigestion. After trying several kinds of medi- cine, the doctor would ask me to drop off potatoes, then meat, and so on, but in a few days that craving, gnaw- ing feeling would would vomit everything I ate drank. “When I started NORWAY. TRYING ELECTION LAW. Indirect System in Use Since 1814, Abandoned—Power of Party Organi- zations Curbed. After an electioneering campaign which has created comparatively little interest, the first elections for the storthing session of 1906-09 took place Sunday in Christian’s Amt. This country, which includes the well known districts of Toten and Hade- land between ke Misen and Lake Randsfjord and the great valleys of Valdres and Gudbrandsdalen, is from a political point of view a very inter- esting piece of Norway, owing to the fact that farmers and industrial labor- ers there are more mixed than per- haps in any other district. The new election system practiced for the first time on this occasion also makes the election somewhat of an event, and I shall sketch the system in a few words as the background of the whole situation. The new election law, by which the direct election system was introduced in our public life, is dated May 15, 1905. From 1814 up to the present elections all Norwegian storthings have been elected according to, the in- direct system by which all the voters of each constituency met at the polls and elected a number of delegates (in proportion of one to every fifty voters in town and one to every hundred in the country) to the district cenven- tion, in which the electoral represen- tatives chosen at polls met and elect- ed representatives to the storthing. From warious reasons this system had gradually become more and more ob- solete; especially in the greater towns and at Christiania, where we finally had 40,000 voters, electing a district convention of 800 members who on their side elected four representatives to the storthing. It goes without say- ing that this system was extremely cumbrous, and the need of reform therefore became obvious, the more so as the representatives to the storth- ing in many cases were directly des- ignated by papers and party organiza- tions, and only had to undergo the indirect election as a sort of formality which was by no means in conformity either with the spirit or the letter of the eleetion law. How the New Law Works. By the new law Norway is divided in 123 constituencies. the system be- ing one representative to the storth- ing from each constituency. Each of the eighteen courties. of the country is divided into constituencies, the number of which corresponds to the number of representatives to the storthing granted to the eountry in question by the constitution. Towns which formerly had one representative are stil lconsidered as one constitu- ency, the same being the case when two or more towns have one repre- sentative. An example so far is the three towns on the Lake Mjosen, Ha- mar, Lillehammer and Gjovik, which, in connection with Kongsvinger, miles and miles away, form only one consti- tuency. Notwithstanding this and other an- omalies the direct election system is everywhere in this country consid- ered an important reform, and we are curious to see how it will work. To a certain extent we got a litile test of it by the Sunday elections. It had generally been assumed that the extraordinary events of 1905 had brought about a lull in the political interest, and the comparative calm- ness of the election campaign to which I have referred above tended to cor- roborate this view. The Sunday elec- tions may, to @ certain extent, be de- scribed as a contradiction to it. We have put up with the Karlstad agreement and accepted the new mon- arechy, and no honorable Norwegian with feeling of responsibility toward established facts is thinking of upset- ting either. Unhappily several jour- nals do not seem to understand this fact, and by ultra-loyal articles om the new monarchy and incorrect state- ments on the position taken up by the left wing of the liberal partys they are actually undermining the position of the conservatives instead of prop- ping it up. A Case in Point. One of the Sunday elections is an example so far. In South Gudbrands- dalen they had lately a representative by the name of Mr. Enge. This gen- tleman was a true supporter of the government in 1905, and went in for the monarchy in the short fortnightly start up, and I campaign, which resulted in the elec- and |tion of our present king. He sub- sequently became a member of the on Grape-Nuts, | deputation appointed by the storthing vomiting stopped, and the. bloating | to go to Copenhagen to inform Prince feeling which was so distressing dis- appeared entirely. “My mother was very much both- Charles of his being elected king of Norway. Last Sunday Mr. Enge, who in November was supported by his ered with diarrhea before commence: | electors, was beaten by his radical ad- ing the Grape-Nuts, because her stom- | versary by a majority of nearly 500. ach was so weak she could not digest | This fact p@nts to a change in pub- her food. Since using Grape-Nuts she 2 PSR BeOS ERE A ON is well, and says she don’t think she could live without it. “It is a great brain restorer and nerve builder, for I can sleep as sound and undisturbed after a supper of Grape-Nuts as in the old days when I could not realize what they meant by a “kad stomach.” There is no medicine so beneficial to nerves and brain as a good night’s sleep, such as you cam enjoy after eating Grape- Nuts.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. i “There’s a reason.’ FLAWS IN SYSTEM. Kansan Finds Unexpected Features in Gothenburg Plan. Ww. Y. Morgan, a more or less fa- mous Kansan, writing to the Hutch- inson News about the much-mooted Gathenburg system for regulating the liquor traffic, confesses to some dis- appointment as shown in the follow- ing extract from his letter to home: Our consular report quotes from government statistics to show that this system has resulted in a de- In Far Northlan Tid-Bits of News for Scandinavians. lic opinion which is well worth atten- tion, especially in America, where nu- merous Norwegians who have visited “the old country” this summer for the coronation festivities no doubt think of things in Norway as different frem what they really are. I need hardly add that the import ance of the Sunday elections must not be exaggerated, but their radical turn has created attention all over the country, and the conservative and moderate factions openly confess their uneasiness at this preliminary result. The rest ef the elections will take place on Aug. 13, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27 and 28, the two most important election days being Aug. 20 and 27. On these two days there will be elected, re spectively, thirty-seven and thirty: three representatives to the storthing. —sS. C. Hammer in Minneapotis Jour: nal. ’ A Mysterious Schooner. A queer tale comes from ‘openha- gen. The captain of the sehooner Peter, which has arrived there manne¢ by the captain himself and three men, whose seamanship was very indiffer- ent, tells it as follows: He had been asked in Copenhagen to take command of the schooner and go to Lubeck, where he should take on board a cargo of cases containing iron and copper which were destined for Sulea, a port in the north of Swe- den. In Lubeck he got part of a new crew. When he got in the southern part of the gulg of Bothnia, the crew /one day (he says it was the 8th of July) surrounded him with revolvers in their hands and asked him which he preferred, to be shot down on the spot or to be shut up in his cabin. Naturally enough he preferred the lat- ter. He sat there for six days. Where the schooner sailed and what the mu- tineers did he couldn’t say with cer- tainty, but he understood very soon that the vessel had on board arms for Finland. He could also understand that the whole cargo was landed some- where on the Finnish coast. He was not badly treated during his captivity. After six days his prison was opened but then by quite, other people than his own crew, declaring that he now was again master on his ship. All the mutineers had left the ship with tthe cargo. They had ther forced some peasants or some fisher- men to go on board and help the cap- tain to take the schooner back to Copenhagen. The search for the original gender of the cargo has been abortive. People who have seemed to be implicated have proved their innoceace or igno- rance and ,others who could have told something have disappeared. How- ever, so much has been ascertained that the schooner, which was provided with a very powerful motor engine, was chartered by some Finns, who were supposed to study art in Copen- hagen. The person’ who transacted the business for them was not a ship- pin gagent, but really an architect. As far as I have heard he has left €o- penhagen. The numVer of cases sup- posed to have been landed on the Finnish coast and which also were supposed to contain arms is said to be not less than 600. As will be seen from the above Russia has certainly some cause to make arrangements to prevent smug- gling of arms into Finland. Especial- ly when it is to be taken into consid- eration that this is being written while news about the mutiny in Svea- borg is still pouring in. Substantial Bequests. The late Daniel A. T. Westman of Stockholm left 180,000 konor of an es- tate of about 590.000 kronor to chari- table and other public purposes. The sum of 100,000 is placed at the dfs- posal of the law faculty of the Stock- holm high school for the establish- ment of six stipends or scholarships within the faculty. The sum of 40,000 kronor is given to a pension frend, 10,000 kronor to Klara congregation, the latter to be used for members who may be in need. The musical academy receives 6,000 kronor for founding a scholarship, the postoffice aid society 4,000 kronor, the musical society 2.000 kronor, and there were smaller bequests to other worthy or- ganizations. Steffensen State Painting. In checking over the list of articles in Rosenborg palace it was discovered among other things that two rare paintings were gone. Steffensen, the curator, who is now under arrest. de- nied all knowledge of the painting. but the police searched his, former apartments very carefully and were not surprised to find the objects of their search. creased sale of liquor, credit being given to the fact that there is no financial object to be accomplished in pushing the sale, and because the regulations as to closing nights and Sundays are properly carrie dout. But the exceptioas to the rule startled’ poor Kansas me! Wine and beer are not “spirits” and do net come under the law, but are handled on the same theory as milk and coffee. The finest building in Stockholm is not a reyal palace or national museum, a) brewery. I | To the Editor: ERRORS ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE. 5, I noticed somewhere recently—I would not say positivély that it was in your columns—an article on the White House which contained several mis- statements. In the first place it was stated the White House was first occupied in 1809 and that its first occupant was President Madison. The fact is, its first occupant was President Adams, who took up his residence there in 1880. %, The original mansion was begun in 1792. In 1814 it was burned by the British and rebuilt in 1818. Another of the errors in the article referred to was the statement that neady-prepared paint is used on the White House to make it beautifully white. I noticed this especially because I have used considerable paint myself and wondered that “canned” paint should be used on such an important building when all painters know that | pure white lead and linseed oil make the best paint. It so happened also that I knew white lead and linseed oil—not ready- mixed paint—were used on the White House, beeause I had just read a book- Jet published by a firm of ready-mixed paint manufacturers who also manu- facture pure white lead. In that book the manufacturers admitted that for) the White House nothing but “the | best and purest of paint could be used,” and said that their pure white lead had been selected. Above all people, those who attempt to write on historical subjects should give us facts, even if it is only a date or a statement about wood, or brick, er paint, or other building material. Yours for truth, Snake in Railway Carriage. An exciting encounter with a snake in a railway carriage is reported by some passengers who traveled from Birmingham to Leicester on Saturday morning. Shortly after the train left Birming- ham a snake about two feet’ long ap- peared from under the seat. There were’two men and two women in the carriage. The men attacked the rep- tile with sticks, while the women stood on the seats. After about ten minutes they suc- ceeded in stunning it. Then they opened the carriage door and threw it out on the line. ‘He says that if the quantity of alum DREADED HIS GOOD TIME. But He Had to Take the Seven-Nile - Ride to Get Drunk. A certain member of congress one day last winter was deploring the fact that he must that night attend a pub- lie dinner, when the probability was he would have “too geod a time.” “My predicament,” said the con- gressman, “reminds me of the sad case of an old constituent near Kan- sas City whose weakness was drink. The place where he lived voted no li- cense, so in order to obiain intoxicants it Was necessary to take a troiley car to Kansas City, seven milles away. “One night I chanced to meet my bibulous friend waiting for the Kansas City car. To my inquiry as to where he was going he replied: “Up to K. C. to get drunk.” Then solemnly he added: ‘But great Scott, Judge, how I dread it!’” Alum Baking Powder Is Wholesome. Dr. Herman Reinbold, the expert German chemist, in a recent official | report concerning Baking Powders, | declares that a pure alum baking pow: | der is better and less injurious than | the so-called cream of tartar powders. | contained in a sufficient quantity of | baking powder for a batch of bread or cakes for an ordinary family, be con- | centrated to one mouthful of food, | and taken into the stomach of any one person, no matter how delicate, | it could do no harm. On the contrary, | alum is wholesome in proper quanti- ties. This is undoubtedly the reason the State of Missouri quickly repealed a law that prohibited the manufacture | of the most wholesome of all baking powders. So much for Alum Baking | Powders. Revenge is a boomerang that often | returns and puts the thrower out of | business. Economy is the road to wealth. PUTN. FADELESS DYE is the road to economy. The most complete book of etiquette could not cover the rudeness of some people. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrap. 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