LET THE KAISER LIVE! As long as the flowers their perfume give, With nothing to drink but Belgian tears, I would let him live on a dinner each day, And I'd make him a bed of silken sheen And while the waves the white sands sweep, He should never, never, never sleep. And through all the days, and through all the years, And I would build him a castle by the sea, Laden with water cold and sweet, Laden with everything good to eat, Yet scarce does she touch the silvered sands, Than a hot and Hellish molten shell, Should change his Heaven into Hell, And though he'd watch on the wave-swept shore, Our "Lusitania" would rise no more. In "No Man's Land" where the Irish fell, I'd start the Kaiser a private Hell, I'd jab him, stab him, give him gas, In every wound I'd pour ground glass, I'd march him out where the brave boys died, Out past the lads they crucified. In the fearful gloom of his living tomb, There is one thing I would do before I was through, I'd make him sing in stirring manner, The wonderful words of the "Star Spangled Banner." Ball Bearing's Mechanical Efficiency Ball bearings once considered only for special purposes, can now be found in many unexpected and surprising places. Their use usually enables higher speeds, reduces friction losses and simplifies design. Large electrical machines are adopting ball bearings because of the lower static and running friction, lower starting and running currents. Ball bearings often enable reduced overall machine dimensions, making for a cheaper machine that overcomes space restrictions. Ball bearings are now being used where dirt and grit and infrequent inspection make other bearings troublesome and expensive as with locomotives for coal haulage. Even mechanical stokers are adopting ball bearings, a class of extremely severe service. Ball bearings conserve energy, reduce trouble and save repairs and lubricant expense, while permitting higher speeds and loads with higher over-all efficiency. Exchange. Preliminary Final Figures on 1917 Lumber Production (From the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture) WASHINGTON, JUNE -A total computed lumber cut for the United States in 1917 of 35,831,239,000 feet is announced by the Forest Service. This figure is based on reports received up to May 15 from 16,408 sawmills out of the 24,815 believed to have operated last year. It is estimated that the actual cut in 1917, on the basis of compiled figures, was approximately 10 per cent. less than the production in 1916. The falling off in lumber production during the past year is attributed principally to largely decreased private building operations, the scarcity of labor in connection with small operations, transportation difficulties, curtailment of demand on the part of wood-using industries, and a more or less general dislocation of lumber distribution through ordinary channels of trade. The State of Washington was again the largest producer, with a lumber cut of 4,570,000,000 feet; Louisiana was second with 4,210,000,000 feet, and Oregon third with 2,585,000,000 feet, crowding into the fourth position Mississippi with a cut of 2,425,000,000 feet. Southern yellow pine, with a total of 13,539,464,000 feet, forms 37.7 per cent. of the total cut. Douglas fir, its nearest competitor, is credited with 5,585,000,000 feet. White oak and white pine are each credited with 2.250,000,000 feet. The number of mills in operation reporting in 1917 was smaller than for the two preceding years. A comparison of the computed cut for 1917 with the total cut of the previous year in the larger producing regions shows a decrease of about 10 per cent. in the southern yellow pine group of States, a decrease of 23 per cent. in the North Carolina pine group, and a decrease of 11 per cent. in the Lake States. On the other hand, there was 3 per cent. increased production in Oregon and Washington. What Per Cent Efficient Are You? Am I 50 What is my efficiency? per cent. efficient in my work, or am I working up to candle power and giving my employer full 100 per cent. efficiency? Here is food for reflection. Many of us are prone to complain of our lack of recognition on the part of our "boss," or don't think we are receiving proper compensation for the work that we are doing. At such times, when a spell of gloom casts its shadow before us, it is time to sit up and take notice of our actual working conditions. If we reflect carefully we generally see where by a little extra effort we could have improved the quality or the quantity of our work. The old saying "let well enough alone" is a fallacy. There is always a chance for improvement if careful thought is given to existing conditions. A little kink here and a small repair job there, if conscientiously followed up, will unquestionably add to the efficiency and operating conditions of any plant. It is the collection of little things that create the mighty whole and if one is constantly on the alert to make any possible improvement in operating conditions, or make changes ever so slight that will be beneficial. The man who gets into a rut and stays there, and who for years will plod along in the same job, and who is generally bewailing his lot, will, upon investigation be found to invariably follow the paths of least resistance and let well enough alone. When through with the day's work one is tired and naturally wants rest and recreation, but a few minutes can be spared to thinking over the work of the day and trying to determine where mistakes have been made and where conditions could have been bettered. If this is done a new interest will be awakened the next morning and we will set about to correct our errors and put into effect such ideas as we think will be for the improvement of the work in hand, and thereby aid in bringing our efficiency up to the standard. DEAR SIR: THE DISSTON CRUCIBLE Capitalist Wanted Gentlemen I thought by me writeing you a letter you might be able to do me some good and do you some good allso. Could I get a gob from you of drawing drafting work I am a splendid pattern maker, I have got some good first class guaranteed inventions to sell or trade for good improved property or would prefer a small farm, I want to goe south to get away from the cold winters, one of my inventions is a train that will run on the water this train will run on canals narrow rivers where ships can't run it will run from 60 to 90 miles an our better than a mile a minute this is better time than your ships can make this train can run across the Gulf of Mexico to Cuba and South America and California and to New York City when the waves gets still runs when the water gets level and smouth is the time to run this water train for it cannot run in water when the waves are more than 4 or 6 feet heigh, this train can run on water railroad or on snow and ice, I have beautiful drawings of it and I am going to put up better drawings of it if some Co. takes it up with me I can throw in a map and gage invention in with this water combine train invention this map will show where all trains and ships are at if they are on time the map is holar and is made of paper glass and water jewls threads and wires and is operated by time pieces and electric can see the fish in the water and birds flying and liteing on ships it is simplay fine very fine and grand, I have got a Patent on an automobile mower harvesting threshing machine mill general purpose stationary and running auto machine I also have a large number of musical and medical inventions in view and an war air plane medal baloon ship combine invention and a host of other inventions to allso but I think you would be more interested in this train and map invention than anything else as it runs in your line give it a trial if you don't want to undertake it yourself get another ship company to help you out, do not let this goe by you for it will mean millions of dollars to you and thousands of dollars to me I am shure of that if you cant handle it please send my letter to the ship builders at Mobile, Alabama, or Philadelphia, Pa. Of corse I know the war hard times is hard on invention business and other business so far as that is consern but I hope it will be over this year sometime this is all hopeing to hear from you soon and do not throw this letter aside without answering it soon treat me white. Yours, Very, Respectifully, For. Business. Range of Big Guns of 2450 feet a second, could easily do such a thing, and the sixteen-inch gun could do it more readily with its shell weighing a ton, and a muzzle velocity of only 2250 feet per second. These weights of projectiles and muzzle velocities are rather low than above the average requirements of the present. By the use of lighter projectiles greater velocities are obtainable in the same gun and a range of thirty-five miles with an elevation of 45 degrees is entirely possible with the most powerful guns in use in the world to-day. |