.igiitnlng Rods.
Jq been requested to pub-
varticle entitled "Ten Ques
ts and Answers About Light
nng Rods", which appeared in
the "Weekly News Letter to Crop
Correspondents" by the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture July 8.
Its length renders it unavailable
but some of its salient features
are summarized. -Ed. Exchange.
Do lightning rods protect build
ings? Yes, but rods must be of
proper character, properly in
stalled and grounded in relatively
moist earth.
A properly rodded house may
be struck several times without
injury, whereas a single stroke
without rod protection may cause
disaster.
Buildings with metal roofs or
wherein metal construction is
properly connected to earth are
already partly protected. If rods
are added they should be put in
direct metallic connection with
roof and other metal work about
the building. All down spouts
should be led into metal pipes go
ing into the earth to give proper
earth connection.
Iron 13 one of the best materi
als for rods. Rust and deteriora
tion are only partly overcome by
galvanizing. If galvanized-iron
rods are used they should be not
less than one-fourth inch in diam
eter. Copper or aluminum is
better but more expensive.
Rods should be put up in long
continuous pieces as far as possi
ble. Substantial iron points m
combination with copper cables
from 5-16 of an inch in diameter
for small farm buildings to half an
inch in diameter for large build
ings form one of the best systems
of conductors for lightning-rod
construction. No benefit is gain
ed by purchasing fancy patterns
of material.
Good protection is afforded by
a conductor running along the
ridge of a building and extending
to the earth, either at the middle
of the sides or, preferably, at
each of the four corners. Points
should rise above any prominent
features of the building, such as
chimneys or, in the absence of
these features, from the ridge of
the roof at intervals of about 25
feet.
Reappearance of the lightning
rod agent can soon be expected
According to a bulletin of the On
tario Department of Agriculture
thirteen years of investigation
demonstrates that lightning rods
are now 94J per cent efficient in
that Province. In the State of
Iowa they are 98.7 per cent effi
cienr, and in Michigan 99.9 per
cent.
Total lightning claims paid by
insurance companies on rodded
buildings in Iowa during eight
-rseTra time rvrltT 1 ACZA 1 1
y cai o vv a. j Kjniy v, lu-i, wniie on
unrodded buildings, which
wre
of the same number, thev npid
$341,065. In Ontario out of every
200 farm buildings insured 42 are
rodded. Yet out of every" 200
struck by lightning in 1912 only
three were rodded buildings.
But don't let the agent put up
rods that run through glass in
sulators. According to the On
tario bulletin, they should De in
metallic connection with the bui ld
ing and no insulators should be
used. Wall Street Journal.
The cloudburst in Raleigh Ifcst
wek washed twelve corpses from
their graves in the cemetery.
Noise Not Oratory.
Some people think that yelling
and shaking the fist is oratory,
and it is of a low grade calculated
to attract the ignorant and
thoughtless. Sensible men don't
listen to it. What appeals to
them is sober and quiet talk,
something that awakens their
reason and not their prejudice.
It is a crime almost to arouse a
person's spite and hate in dis
cussing some public issue. But
that is some people's idea of ora
tory. They think they have to
get people mad at some other
people and to blind t) em to the
truth of the other side. And yet
so much of our public affairs is
conducted upon that plane.
States ville Landmark.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has reported to the Sen
ate its findings in the New
Haven Railroad Company inves
tigation, the substance of which
is that the managers of the
property have robbed the stock
holders of from $65,000,000 to
$90,000,000. Criminal indict
ments are expected.
Huerta Quits But Doesn't Salute.
Victoriano Huerta resigned the
presidency of Mexico July 15. In
his letter to the Mexican Congress
he laid on President Wilson and
the United States the blame for
present conditions in Mexico, de
claring that this country's atti
tude, and its assistance to the
rebels, prolonged the revolution
and depleted Mexico's resources.
Francisco Carbajal took the
oath as President as soon as Hu
erta's resignation was read and
accepted. Carbjal says he in
tends to retire in favor of Car
ranza, but wishes first to secure
a general amnesty for person and
property of those who opposed the
Constitutionalists.
It is stated that Huerta has
started to Europe, carrying along
$6,000,000 for pocket change, but
this is very largely exaggerated,
no doubt.
All is not tranquil yet in the
bloods-stained country, for distrust
and jealousy appear to exist be
tween Carranza and Villa, leaders
of the rebel forces.
United States troops remain at
Vera Cruz.
A. & M. College Twenty-Fife Years Old.
The Agricultural and Mechani
cal College, in its growth, devel
opment and social usefulness has
been almost a revelation to our
State. It is just 25 years old this
year, and is therefore by a good
many years the youngest of our
colleges for men. It represents
a new type of education; yet, in
the face of many difficulties, it
has made for itself a most strik
ing record. Its faculty numbers
60 specialists in industrial educa
tion who wrere trained in the best
universities of America, and its
enrollment of students, counting
all courses, is 738. Its buildings
number 26; its equipment is mod
ern and practical, and its gradu
ates are most successful. The
catalogue, just published, fur
nishes an interesting story of ac
tivity in the industrial life of our
State.
William Roselager, an 11-year-old
boy of East St. Louis, won a
spelling match when he spelled
1.400 words without missing.
The match was limited to 35
boys and girls of the sixth grade.
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