The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 21, 1919, Page 28

BY EB, ©, RODGERS s Pushes a locomotive a That is the promine of an Ttallan Inventor, who claims to have discov ered a new method of compr ing 1. air. He insists that bis invention will a take steam eng Tracks ahd put in their place the @ngine, one driven by compressed air Instead of steam. Much oy has been thrown about th jan invention. Patents have t Ken out in some coun tries and applied for in others, When the invention is well cove . it ie Predicted, the Inventer will tell the World how he does tt. es off railroad nj Compressing air is no new thing. oe Neither are alr engi Bie - Indeed, the bicycle pump ts noth- si dng but a miniature air engine, o ated by hand-and-arm power. Larger air compressors now are operated by electrical and steam power. Up to Row it bas been more expensive to use compressed air than steam, The _ Get Rid of Fat Where ItShows but nty of Do you realize that noth! ee) substantia! it, will build mu energy, and that you must ea‘ eat heartily tm order to retain your strength? Much of it. That is why ‘the old-fashioned method of fat re- @uction such a hardship. Why not rid of your excess fat in the Jess, scientific, easy way _ taking a harmless Marmola peription Tablet after eo id bed time? Marmola Prescription lets are prepared in exact rd- ance with the famous Marmola P: _geription, are perfectly safe to use, and have been used by hundreds of mms in this country and Europe with wonderful succe: Within a time you can be getting rid of three or four pounds of fat a Ni n diet or tiresome | be | power Into electric power. Pressing Mo flabbiness or wrinkles remain- You will feel 100% better. a pply Mar- Next! Transportation by Compressed Air! When the giant bicycle pump 4 motives pick up water as they speed Jerably cheaper. | Ttallan Inventor clatms to have over ome this high cost | Any steam engine becomes an air peoting the steam a recelver or engine by at ler and sut rvoir of compressed alr Compreased air AIR PUMP INVENTED CENTURIES AGO The air pump was invented by Otto Von Geuricke, of Germany, In 1664, In 1858 the first alr engine was| used | Alr becom being coms heated while ft ts wed. Heat causes alr to expand. When it ols, It de Jereases in volume, and thus brings | out a reduction in pressure, To! overcome this, the air engine must cool the alr tt compresses, Water tx used tn the cooling process, The compressor works this way: Power is used to force air of a piston jinto a receiver (storage tank), Just jas it ts forced into a bicycle tire by }a hand pump, The compressed alr, as it emerges from the tank, ts |Power, and can be used for driving rivets, locomotives, street cara, or rocking baby's cradle. The Italian train idea was first | advanced years ago, and tested. New | York eclty cross town lines have ex- | Perimented with alr power, In Europe tt has met with greater suc cess, There the Mekarski system of compressed alr street car locomotion has been used in France and Swit | nerland. |BERNE AND PARIS HAVE AIRPUSHED CARS At Berne, Switzerland, car reser- volrs furnish @ premmure of 440 pounds per square tnch. Cara will run four miles with one filling of tank. Paris cars use a pressure of 547 pounds per square inch, and | Switzerland makes use of water power to press air. This ts cheaper than France's steam power. Both lines carry comprensed air reservoirs, and make trips only from one compressing station to another. The Italian method ts to pipe the air along the railroad track, and ts be- Heved to include a device for “picking up" compressed alr while the engine ts in motion, just as American loco- on street railway lines do not give greater speed than cars propelled by electric power. They are not as noiseless, Nor cleaner. At present they must halt every few miles and refit their alr tanks. STEAM IS PRIMAL POWER FOR COMPRESSED AIR Compressing air by team powet is no less costly than turning steam | alr by water power would be conaid- Transporting compreased air a long distance Ja more expensive than car- ri can ription Tablets at $1 per or they will be mailed di-ect in og te and post pau % you the price to the Marmola Com- won ef Woodward ave, Detroit, NEGLECTING THAT OLD OR COUGH? ae _ Why, when Dr. King’s New Discovery so promptly checks it? 7B matural you don't want to be careless and let that old cold or @ough drag on or that new attack @evelop seriously. Not when you | ©an get such a proved successful Femedy as Dr. King’s New Discov- ery. Cold, cough, grippe, croup does! not resist this standard reliever very Jong. Its quality ts as high today Qs it always has been—and it’s been growing steadily in popularity for more than fifty years. 60c and $1.20 & bottle at all druggists. Tardy Bowels, Inert Liver They just won't let you put “pep” into your work or play. Sick head- ache comes from retaining waste matter and tmpuritick in the body. Feel right for anything—make the liver lively, the bowels function reg ularly, with Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Smoothly yet positively they produce results that cleanse the sys tem and make the liver and bowels | Fespond to the demands of a strong, | healthy body. Still 25c—at all drug gists. Try the FANS AcT | BD TIE STS i Says Backache is a sign you 4 have been eating too much a meat, which forms : uric acid. a ‘hen you wake up with backache | uy nd dull misery in the kidney region | # generally means you have been | Es: eating too much meat, says a well 4 known authority. Meat forms uric acid which overworks the kidneys in their effort to filter it from the blood and they become sort of par-| alyzed and loggy. When your kid- neys get sluggish and clog you must relieve them, like you relieve your bowels; removing all the body's uri nous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, dizzy spells; your sternach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels | Often get sore, water scalda and you! fre obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night. | Either consult a good, reliable phy-{ wician at once or get from your | Pharmacist about four ounces of Jad | Baits; take a tablespoonful in a glass | ‘of water before breakfast for a few | ays and your kidneys will then act | fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize acids in the urine so it| No longer irritates, thus ending biad-| @er weakness. Jad Salts is a life saver for regu- Jar meat eaters. It is inexpensive, not injure and makes a delight- eflervescent Uthia-water drink. rying electric power. on account of the losses by friction. The highest known presmre to which air has been compressed ts 60,000 pounds per square inch. This was for a laboratory -xpertment. The safe limit of pressure for use | today Is determined by the eee id of the reservoir, and has reached a limit at about 8,000 pounds per square inch. If a tank strong enough to hold 60.000 pounds pressed air could be constructed, compressed air experts assert that the pressure would haul / a train of cars many miles without | refilling a tank the size of the or-; inary coal tender. | SPOONING TABOO BALDWIN, Kans, Noy. 21— (United Press.)\—Porch spooning in this college town seemed doomed to- | day—or rather tonight. Baker uni versity co-eds had nothing to say on the subject this morning, except to predict a new council will be seated at the next election. The trouble started when city councilmen voted “aye” on a plan to furnish free electricity to residents for porch lights, provided the prop. erty owners allowed the light to burn all night every night. The resi dent ts to stand the expense of wir. ing. The city fathers adopted the plan| with the idea of making every Bald win street a “white way.” Indica-| tions today are that residents have | generally taken with favor the} slogan, “a light on every porch.” | 0K. KENYON BILL one MEMPHIS, Nov. 21.—The Kenyon bill to regulate the packers and to “wipe out abuses and extortions” in| the meat packing industry, as the association puts it, was indorsed at the closing session of the National Farmers’ association here yester- day. The association asked that future | secretaries of agriculture be prac | teal farmers a ited with the | proval of the National Farmers’ as. | sociation. | Cattle will not let young hazel, oak and most other young trees and shrubs survive in @ pasture, but! the thorn apple bushes are safe,| due to their sharp thorns. | The Favorite of Thousands of ~ Women— See Electric Washer Cleans by Dipping Clothes last #0 muck longer that the Eden pays for itself in saving wear and tear, Easy Payments, Grate Electrical upp'y Company 509 PINE STREET THE SEATTLE STAR at the Tailored Ready Co. Upstairs We Price Them Low Because It Costs Us Less to Sell —~ We Say= = pannel You cannot find like quality tailoring and style elsewhere at anywhere near the low prices we offer them at today. Low upstairs rent and strictly cash selling on a small re margin of profit make it possible for us to offer High Grade Suits and Overcoats at prices which in many cases are less than the wholesale cost today $20 to $50 SATURDAY Will Be Special Overcoat Day at this store and you should be among those to save a lot of money. =|! Clothing Is Not High for Their Boys SUITS AND OVERCOATS Sr ensnenieel Priced es Strongest Built and Greatest Wearing Boys’ Clothes UPSTAIRS we sell them on $8.75 to $22.50 Ages 8 to 18 and comparison will prove it. Boys’ Mackinaws, excellent values—$7.50 to $12.50 Separate Trousers for Men, Young Men and Boys Tailored Ready 401-403 PIKE STREET The values we show at the above prices are not duplicated in this Po’ Full Dress Suits $20 to $50 Mothers Should Be Thankful This Year to Know They Can Get Wearpledge pe: oth a small margin of profit which means a great saving to you city, PRA MG ASR A EIST “aes —— a eee