u
t. i ii. i i .an. i i .in l i wnr ' ii rm r
ROM hiimhlfiicHtt to en at
IP. I the tnost prominent places
jy I world, from vulgarity an
I il .. 1 , 1
masses 10 uiw position ui u mine iicucncy jur mw (;uimi.
That is tho hlHtory of tho jx-anut in the pant fifty years.
The possibilities of the peanut 3 a wealth producer seem
not to have been realized until recently. And even now, not
withstanding an immenHP Increase In the acreage devoted to the crop, they
re being Incompletely utilized, fo that the Department of Agriculture in
about to Issue a special bulletin calling attention to tho chances for making
money by raining the "goober."
A very striking feature of the document In question Is the showing it
makes of the many new uses to which peanuts are being put nowadays.
They form an important Ingredient In the vegetarian "meals" which are
much more widely consumed than most people Imagine. Some of these
"meats," by the way, are made to imltato breaded lamb chops, with sticks
of macaroni for bones. I Vaunts are employed largely In the confectionery
trade, and enter Into the composition of many fancy cakes, such us maca
roons, as a substitute for almonds. Peanut butter (likewise much affected
by the vegetarians) Is manufactured by the ton, and, put up In neat pack
ages, 1b greatly esteemed for automomlle lunches.
Now that the pestiferous boll weevil Is ruining the cotton over such
wide areas In the South, many planters are turning their attention to pea
nuts as a money crop. Although $12,000,000 worth of "goobers" were raised
In this country last year, the Mipply Is still not nearly equal to tho demand
a condition sufficiently proved by tho fact that we are importing great
quantities of peanut oil from Europe. Thm, too, although there are tens
of thousands of acres of waste lands in the Southern States which are only
waiting to be tickled with a hoe rn a proper manner In order to yield
enough peanuts to furnish all the oil we want, plus a liberal supply for
export.
Before the civil war there wera practically no peanuts eaten in Amer
ica, except by the negroes and the whites of tho same social grade. Now
more than 300,000,000 pounds of the nuts are consumed here annually.
Fifty years ago nobody thought of raising peanuts for profit, nnd tho few
that were grown were either In the "gyardon patches" of the slaves or as
curiosities In the experimental gardens of scientists. Now there are nearly
600,000 acres In the United States that are planted to peanuts, and 200,000
persons make their living as "hands" in the peanut fluids, to say nothing
of the other people employed In the "factories" where tho nuts are cleaned
and prepared for market.
No food product known, say statisticians, has had such a remarkable
and such a rapid rise as the peanut. Nothing has sprung into popularity so
quickly and so completely, and In the face of siich an accumulation of pre
conceived prejudice, and there are few cropH grown at the present time In
any part of the world that yield better returns for the money and labor in
vested than the peanut crop of tho United States.
The reason for it all Is that during the civil war, when food was scarce,
some hungry Confederate soldiers raided the "gyarden patch" of an old
negro down In Virginia, and, for lack of anything better, confiscated all his
peanuts. They found the peanuts were good to the taste and satisfying.
They also discovered that the peanut made excellent food for horses. They
wondered why they had never discovered these facts before, and, In thinking
the matter over, they remembered how fond the negroes had always been
of the little "ground peas," as they are often called even yet in Virginia,
and how fat the little pickaninnies always were when the peanuts were
bing picked. When the war was over and thesn soldiers went home to their
battle-wasted plantations and began looking round for a way to bring a
living out of the barrenness which they found, Bonie or them thought of
the peanuts. They borrowed some seed nuts from the negroes and planted
their fields to peanuts, and without any knowledge of how to raise tho crop,
and little available labor for cultivating It, they succeeded In making a
good crop the first year.
That was the beginning. PeanutB have been valuable as a marketable
commodity In America from that time. At first only the common pcoplo
UBed the nuts, but there happened to be enough of that class of society to
make peanut raising profitable from tho start, and since then common sense
OPINIONS
OF WASHINGTON
ZOOLOGICAL EXPERTS
Do anlmulH reason)
It la a question that has absorbed
scientist with Increasing Interest ever
clues the days when Prof. Garner en
sconced himself In a cage in the Jun
gle of rrkest Africa and attempted
to convem with the resident monkrva.
According to tho professor- reports,
the apes whose acquaintance he made
during hie visit not only reasoned, but
had a welt-eletlued language of their
own, and the learned man went lo far
as to HURgest a monkey grsntmttr, had
he only pallet enough to Jtiuglo hi
time, -nrnged In that fur-off land.
Prof. (inriMY's opinions, however,
have been regarded by conservative
dentists as morn the result of enthu
siasm and vivid liuacluatbnt than alwto
lute fart, ltut while xooIocIhIh have
taken his statements with a raln of
milt, his Investigations Into the rearm
ing Hiwer of anluiHl nrouwHl an In
terest never felt before. "lira tor nnd
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
il.'ny worthy people, have poor
taste.
Don't b fauatlcul. It Is a form of
Insanity.
II y affinity la meant the first man
who asks.
Watch the lndlvlduul who uses "I
Mid" too freely.
"I earn all I get," 1' an expression
you frequently bear married women
tu.
msv frrini InslifnlflcAiice to one of
among llie food products of the
tho dietetic extravagance of t tic
- t .1.1 IV... 1
keepers of nil the great gardens
throughout the world have since that
time devoted themselves to the solution
of tho problem lo animals reason?
There are no wiser men in America
than those who have charge of (he Na
tional Garden In Washington, ami
among them there I none whose knowl
edge 1 more extended than that of
Mr. P.laeUhurn, head keeper of the Zoo,
who for thirty years has devoted his
time to the care und study of every
kliwl of creature, from the ll.nnl lo the
Hon.
"Yes, 1 have read all the nature
faker stories," he said, "ltut 1 have
yet to learn, after all my experience.
Just what Is meant by 'Instinct' a dis
tinguished from reasons. Scientists de
fine Instinct as 'luhcritctl habit.' or. a
another learned professor of psych ii
ogy puts H, 'the blind pursuing of a
means to an end. All this la ton leeh
nlcul for me. I cannot see the differ
ence hetweeu a man going under the
shade of a tne lo get out of the hot sun,
and n deer who grazes in the meadow
during lay, going Into the mountain
crags to sliM'p, where It know II will
be saf from the lowland wolves. The
man certainly reason Unit under the
shade of the tree he will be protected
from the beat of the sun; why can It
Im nld that the deer reasons les when
It fee!; a Hleopliu; place sisure from
Its enemies? Why should one lie ealle I
Instinct and the other reason?
"The animal of the cat tribe stay
hidden by day. They can not only see
Every man has his asking price, and
hi Belling price.
Don't give picnics; be a guest, and
make fun of the management.
After a man has been a rabbit a
great many year It Is ditlleuU to turu
lion.
If a man behaves himself, imople
nay bo U cunning, and hides hU mean
ness. People do many things that they do
not like to do, that they do uot ueed
to do.
nnd experimentation upon the nuts us au article of food have gradually
broken down the prejudice against them. Now everybody eats peanuts, tun
small boy at the circus and the epicure In his home, and man and beast
alike are benefited by the many uses to which the humble, and for so long
despised, little nut has been put.
Many people are surprised when they learn how many things are made
from the peanut, nnd how many ways the little nuts themselves are eaten.
Everybody Is familiar with the "frer.h-roasted" of the corner stand, and the
automatic whistle, nnd with peanut candy of all kinds, and some kinds that
are not supposed to be peanuts, such as nougat and "burnt almonds." The
recent popular confection known as salted peanuts Is another way In which
300,000,000 pounds of peanuts which this country alone produces every year
are consumed. Then there are all the so-called health foods peanut but
ter, peanut flour, from which bread nnd pastry of all kinds are made, peanut
"coffee' and "cocoa," peanut meal, which forms the foundation for patties
and croquettes, and vegetarian "meat" rolls, and, lastly, peanut oil. If
nothing else could be made from the peanut. It would F.tlll be a very profit
able crop, for shelled peanutn yield from 38 to 42 per cent of oil, and pea
nut oil has so many uses that the manufacture of it is fast becoming 'a
more Important Industry than the making of olive oil.
The peanut vine or straw from which the nuts have been removed is
of considerable value for tho feeding of live stock. The ash from the shells
uned In the factory as fuel Is valuable as a fertilizer, containing as much
as 3 per cent of phosphoric acid. 9 per cent of potash and 6 per cent of lime.
The thin brown envelopes of the peas have a feeding value almost equal to
that of wheat bran.
Tho cultivation of peanuts was until recently confined almost wholly to
areas in Virginia, Tennessee, the Carollnas and Georgia, but during the last
ten years it has spread throughout the South Atlantic States, and even as
far west us California.
The peanut plant, like the bean and the garden pea, has the power of
collecting nitrogen from the atmosphere and storing it in little nodules upon
Its roots. For this reason it is one of the most desirable of soil-renovating
and soil-Improving plants. It Is necessary, however, with a view to this
end. that the main portion of the roots bhall be leU in the ground. If this
be done, the nitrogen accumulated in a season by the means described will
have a fertilizing value of $;1 or $4 an acre.
l'earufs give an average leld of thirty-focr bushels to the acre, but It
Is believed by government experts that the output can be Increased to fifty
or even sixty bushels by selecting suncrior seed from season to season.
belter at night, and therefore take
their prey with greater ease, but they
can lie safer from their natural ene
mies. Among carnivorous animals.
there has never been u case known
where a hungry creature attacked one
that overmatched it in strength.
"Generally shaking," suld Mr. lllaek
Imrii. "I think there is hardly nil ani
mal here that does not reason, when
occasion require. For Instance, we
have whip hanging up throughout the
different animal bouses, with which to
chastise refractory i.r tuhlMrn beasts.
II is Imt a short time before a new
animal comes to know the meaning of
tli.- whip, and generally all that I nec
essary for a keeper to do 1 to reach
toward the htk on which the whip I
banging: the animal knows what that
iimmii". and does what he has before
refus.'d lo do. It seem to ine that is
reasoning."
I. Imis and Uger. according to Mr.
Illm kliui'n. exhibit little reasoning
power, except In the matter of getting
something to eat. Snakes exhibit the
smallest degree of Intelligence, and In
the smaller secles seem hardly to have
sense enough to get their food.
Clyde Power, with twenty year of
circus experience In the training of
every kind of animal, except Teddy
bear, expresses wonder that any one
should dmibl the jxiwer of animal to
n as-n.
"There are different grades of mental
power In animal just ns there are
among the human nuv," be said.
CLASSIC ENGLISH.
"Nothing doing." Addison's "Let
ter." "Cut lu and win." Thackeray's
"Vanity Fair.'
"Twenty-three." Dickens' "Tale of
Twa Cities."
"Gono to the wall." lUinyan's "Pil
grim's Progress."
Forget It cast It aw.ay." Haw
thorne's "Marble Fawn.'
"Make good.' Deuteronomy, which
li a book in the Bible.
From my experience, I've deeld"d that
l.e four-footed highbrow is the ele
phant. Most animals do their tricks
merely to get food, but the elephant
goes through hi stunts as a mutter of
duty; you cannot bribe him or force
him by withholding his rations. Ele
phants are also endowed with a sense
"f humor."
ltut Dr. F.dinuiid H. Southwick, the
eiiiiueni .eyr lora mig scientist, goes
far beyond all other in his conclu
sions, and assert reasoning powers
even in Insect a fact that will be ad
mitted, however, by any one who has
ever had a duel with an Indignant bum
blebee. Dr. Southwick cites a case of
some brainy caterpillars that wero
taken out of n tree on a New York
street, and in seeking to get back to
their feeding ground of leaves climbed
the walls of adjacent house. Finding
nothing to eat up there, they concluded
there was no use slaying outdoors any
longer, and they might as well go Into
winter quartern, although It was long
before the time they should have
ceased f.-eding, and spin their cocoons.
Accordingly thev wraimo.l iiinti,u,,iv,u
up in their webs, spent the winter there,
ami emerged In the spring as moths!
This, thinks the scientist, was conclu
sive evidence that the caterpillars had
thought it all out for themselves.
Asosan, In Southern Japan, has the
largest volcanic rruter iu the world.
It measuiea fourteen miles across
one way. and more than ten miles the
other.
Daly haa aeventeeu tobacco facto
ries. Ninety per cent of the opera
tives are womeu, who are paid on a
piece system and earn from 4S to 58
cent a a day.
An Italian engineer has comnleted a
small hydroplane capable of skimming
tne surface of the water at a rate of
125 miles an hour.
Telephone communication between
Loudon and Madrid, via Paris, will, R
Is thought, be established by the end
of this year.
Trade of the I'uited States with Its
non-contlKUOUs territory in the fiscal
year 1909 exceeded that of any previ
ous year and was more than three
itlujen an much aa ft decade ago.
mi mm lost
fflf PEST5 ON MUMS
Injurious Mammals and Insects Coat
$789,000,000 Every Year.
NATION IS SEEKING REMEDY.
Magnitude of the Work of Agricul
ture Department in Extermina
tion of Destroyer.
In the message of President Itoose
velt, transmitting a report of the Na
tional Conservation Commission, which
was sent to Congress hist January, ap
pears the astounding statement that
"the losses to farm products due to In
jurious mammals Is estimated at $130,
hx),(HK) annually, nnd the loss through
insects Is reckoned at $i'"9,0(K).(KM) an
nually." These statements are confirmed by
tho Secretary of Agriculture nnd the
scientists of that department who have
charge of such matters. It Is assert
ed that the prairie dogs In the State of
Texas alone cat as much grass every
year as would feed a million and n
half of rattle. There are estimated to
be 400,000,000 prnlrle dogs in Texas,
an overage of twenty-five to the acre,
and 2ilO dog will eat as much grass
as n steer. Ilesldes this, the value of
the land is very much Injured by the
dogs, because they dig up the roots of
the grass and destroy It. Then, when
they have cleaned out nil the vegeta
tion in their neighborhood, they migrate
to another section and continue their
work of destruction. The result is
that entire townships of land have been
made barren by their ravages. Texas,
Kansas. Colorado nnd other Western
states have been working for years to
destroy the dogs by means of poisoned
wheat.
West of the Mississippi liver ground
squirrels are exceedingly destructive,
and cause the loss of many millions of
dollars annually. In California alone
every year they eat up about $2,000,000
worth ." wheat, and they carry the
germs of diseases which can be commu
nicated to human beings through the
agency of tleas. The Stnto of Wash
ington is troubled in a similar manner.
and spends $'25,000 a year In fighting
the pests.
In Nevada the agricultural sections
are being overrun with field ml(e. In
Humboldt Valley last year the mice de
stroyed l.'.ooo acres out of a total of
20.000 acres of alfalfa, so that the fields
had to rcplowod and replanted.
"The rat continues to cause enormous
losses throughout the entire United
States," Secretary Wilson says, "anil
during the past year nn nttempt was
made to ascertain the Approximate
damage done to property by this ro
dent in the cities of Washington and
Ualllmore. Many business men were
Interviewed, including dealers in var
ious kinds of merchandise, feeders of
horses, managers of hotels and restaur
ants and manufacturers. The inquiries
Included all sections of the two cities
nnd Isitli small nnd large dealers. It
Is estimated that the loss from rats In
Washington is about $100,000 a year,
and In Haltlmore upward of $700,(XK)
a year. Assuming, as Is probable, that
similar conditions obtain in all our
cities of over 100,000 inhabitants, the
damage by rats in these centers of pop
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION TRAMPS
NOW ROAMING A150UT THE U. S.
S3
T IS conservatively estimated that there Is nn army of at
least 500,000 tramps In the I'nited States. This figure is cal
culated by taking as a basis the number of tramps killed on
the railroads every year and multiplying it by the proportion
of train men killed in the year compared to the total number
of train men killed In the year compared to the total num
ber of train men employed. But it Is entirely probable that
the number at present reaches nearer 1,000,000 than 500,000, says the Re
view of Reviews. The recent Industrial depression added largo accessions.
Reports from railway agents throughout the country show that never in
the history of the railroads was so large a number of tramps met with.
A large proportion are youths ranging from 1G to 21 years of age. Be
ginning with a yearning for adventure, about one-half quit the nomadic
life and return home, or settle down, while the remaining half become in
veterate tramps and gradually tend from vagrancy into a career of crime
and seml-crlme. A very large percentage of tramps, however, are adults,
and comprise every species from men who will not work or who .have be
come chronically unfitted for work, to those who are innocent victims of
downright adversity that knocks and keeps them down.
Both the charitable societies and the railroad corporations have long
desired some practicable method of dealing effectively with all aspects of
the tramp problem. If it could be done the charitable societies would be
relieved of a burdcusome drain upon their time and resources, and rail
roads would benefit by tho stoppage or the great losses and annoyances to
which they have been subjected, while from a humanitarian standpoint the
tramp would be given on opportunity to regain his standing in society.
Hitherto ill experiments have failed.
The charitable societies and the railroads believe that they have ut last
come upon a plan which Is quite certain to prove efficacious. This plan la
a transplanting, with certain modifications suitable to American conditions
of the tramp colony idea already In force In Holland, Belgium and Swltzer
lnnd. Since the instituting of these colonies vagraucy has been unknown
iu those countries, and although they have certain features which cannot
well bo adopted In this country, the general plan of these European ex
periments will be followed. '
NOTES FROM WORLD OF SCIENCE
If a nail be dipped Into oil before
being driven into hard wood It will
enter without splitting.
Oiling a file used on soft metals will
make It cut more smoothly and pre
vent It from clogging.
Italy is to build four "Dread
noughts" and several swift scout cruis
ers, at a total cost of $52,800,000.
North Carolina, South Dakota, Colo
rado, Alabama and Virginia, iu the or
der named, lead in the production of
mica.
In their writings the Chinese use at
least 214 groups of signs, each con
taining from five to 1,354 separate
characters.
France haa followed the lead of the
United States in the establishment of
a laboratory for the Investigation of
mine accident.
ulation entails n direct ! "f $20,000,-
000 annually. This enormous sum gtvea
an Idea of the still greater total Iom
Inflicted by this rcdent throughout the
length nnd breadth of the laud.
The otl'icers of the biological survey
say that the gopher also doe a grat
deal of damage to the crops, because
It feeds upon the root of plants ami
destroys great quantities of grain and
garden stuff. It also throws up
mounds of earth, which bury the grass
and other crops. Gopher Imvo recent
ly proved n serious annoyance to tho
Irrigation servbe by burrowing under
the dams and embankments of I ho
reservoirs nnd canals, causing expen
sive leaks and break. No animal,
however, Is more easily controlled by
trans nnd poisons, and at the request
of the reclamation service the biologi
cal purvey recently sent out men to de
vise ways and method of trapping
gophers, so that now the nnlnmls are
practically exterminated upon the gov
ernment Irrigation system, although
they nre likely to eiune back again If
they arc not looked after. It is Impos
sible to estimate the amount of dam
age that they have done.
K'ibhits nre also doing a pood denl
of dumnge, particularly in the fruit
countries. In Australia u few years
ago they became so numerous that the
entire imputation used to Join In rabbit
drives and slaughter millions of them
at n single meeting, llabblt lire1! ao
rapidly that It Is dltlicult to keep them
down, but It has been discovered that
nn inexpensive whitewash made of lime
and sulphur will protect orchard trees
against rabbits for nt least n year,
when it must be renewed.
Wolves nnd coyotes nre being grad
ually exterminated on the Western
plains. Sen-rotary Wilson says that
more than 1.SO0 wolves nnd about 24,
000 coyotes were killed last year by lo
cating their breeding dens and poison
ing the young, lie urges that this work
be continued throughout the West so
long as wild land exists in vast tracts
where tliey can find safe harborage nnd
breeding grounds. Hitherto the loss
es lo stockmen have averaged $200,000,
000 a year from these animal, but he
snys that by sTslsteut effort and nt a
comparatively small cost they can be
kept down so as to limit the damage
done by them to a minimum.
In their relation to argrieulture mam
mals differ considerably from birds.
Few birds are so harmful that their
wholesale destruction is culled for,
since, by devouring destructive Insects,
most of them render a full equivalent
for nny mischief they may commit
Such is by no means true of mammals.
A few are very beneficial, and the use
fulness of such servants of man ns bnts,
skunks, weasels, badgers, foxes nnd
moles should be known and nppreclat
od, that their lives may be spared and
they be allowed to continue their good
work.
Kvery yonr witnesses nn Increase In
tho number of sportsmen who pursue
our game birds, every species of which
plays n more or less important part in
destroying rfl'sect life nnd preserving
the balance of nature; and this, too,
while the reclamation of vnst tracts of
wild land for agriculture nnd other
purposes encroaches on the breeding
grounds of game birds, which nre thus
gradually becoming fewer In numbers,
while the demand for them becomes
greater nnd greater. Many of our In
sectivorous birds nre also killed for
food, despite the fact that state laws
almost everywhere prohibit such
slaughter. With these nnd other forces
ncting ngalnst the welfare of our birds,
It becomes doubly important to use
every means In our power not only to
prevent the reduction of useful species,
but to increase their numbers whenever
nnd wherever possible.
A novelty Is a glove containing a
purse in the palm, fastening with the
usual clasp, to prevent loss of the con
tents. Into the trade school at Liege, Bel
glum, there has been introduced a
course In clgannnklng, fostered by
government subsidy.
Shellac will be more pliable and will
spread more easily if a small amount
of gum camphor be added to it.
Testa by an Eastern railroad hav
demonstrated that it la possible for a
single locomotive to haul over C 100
tons.
A windmill successfully drives a
dynamo In un English mill, even oen
the wind blows aa slowly as six milea
au hour.
The deaths of 5.000 young children a
year In New York are attributed to
germs carried about and deposits
upon food by Clei.
I-ord Strnthcona. who was injured
by being thrown from his carriage
while driving to his ranch near Wlnnl
J'fg. Man., has
-Ov henn titirH
mlssloner for
Canada sine?
189U. He was
born in Scotland
In 1820 and nt an
early nge enter
ed the Hudson
Ilay Company's
service. The last
resident govern
or of that corpo-
fnflitn ha r- 1 j tit
0
"an ..uroA. ls-0 appont(?(r
a member of the first executive coun
cil of the Northwest Territory, and sub
sequently beenme a Canadian legisla
tor. He Is a director general In sv
ernl railway companies and president
of the Dank of Montreal and hold.) sev
eral honorary degrees from universi
ties, In 1897 ho was endowed with
the rank of baron.
Clyde Fitch, the playwright, whf.
died following an operation iu France
for appendicitis, was internationally
. 1 iiuioi) iiv ix o in
known as a play
wright and had
been the author of
a largo number of
popular dramatic
productions since
his first effort, "A
Wave of Life," was
published in 1889,
three years after
his graduation
from Amherst Col
lege. His second bm
work,"Beau Brum- clydk htch.
mel," was written for Richard Mans
field and was played nearly a thou
sand times by that actor. For nearly
all the stars of the modern stage Mr.
Fitch wrote plays that became widely
known. He was born In New York
In 1865 and lived in the city, with a
country place at Greenwich, Conn.
Admiral Sir Edward Seymour ha.
been detailed ns the naval representa
tive of Great Britain to the United,
States, and as a
result a controver
sy 13 agitating na
val circles. Ger
many claimed to
have sent the
ranking naval of
ficer In the person
of Grand Admiral
Koester. There
are only two
grand admirals in
the German navy,
and the other is
the Czar of Russia.
BIB E. 8F.YMOIB.
But England has sent Admiral Sey
mour, and it is claimed that hia rela
tive rank is as high as that of Vom
Koester and that he finally wins lu
the race for leadership by reason of
the fact that his title antedates that
of the grand admiral of the Gemma
navy.
Edward H. R. Green, who haf
bought an aeroplane and says he will
use it on his Texas plantation if it
works satisfactori
ly, Is the son of
Mrs. Hetty II. R.
Green, one of the
wealthiest women
in the world. He
has been owner
and president of a
Texas railroad
since 1893 and has
other large busi
ness interests in
the Lone Star
State. His home is l:- " ouki-:n.
at Terrlll, Texas. Mr. Green was born
In London, England, In 18C8, and in
early life lived in New York City, lie
was graduated from Fordham Collese
in 1888, then studied law, nnd after
Delng admitted to the bar entered rail
road work.
Prince Henry of Prussia, who hai
retired from active service as admiral
commanding the German fleet, is Kai
ser Wilhelra's only
brother, whose ju
nior he is by three
years and six
months. He has re
cently become 47
yeans of age, hav
ing been born Aui.
14, 1S62. ' Bred to
the sea, he is popu
larly called "Th
Sailor Prince." and
Is a favorite
ruiME HENUY. throughout the
UtTfl. IIHI'H INH III lim UrillUl 1 fl LIL .1
1 1 . C I . A . - I .. .
and his love of fun. He is an athlete
and many stories are told of his phy
leal prowess. It Is said that Priuce
Henry after a vacation will become
Inspector general of the navy.
Nut Turltlue Invention.
A reduction gear for murine i ir
bines, which is expected to cans-- a
greut weight-saving in the math : .civ
of ocean-going craft, Is said to lave
been Invented by Hear Admiral W
Melville1, Ueorge Westlnghouse and a
former naval officer named McAlpine.
The report emanated from the West
Inghuuse shops ut Pittsburg, wh' r- the
device has been perfected und p.i! M
eil. It Is believed that it will Miablr
warships to carry 14-inch guns. !
tuils ure not yet made public.
Matters of Importance in counsellor,
with ttie reform movement in the n
tlonul civil service were discussed at
Rockland, Maine, by thirteen promi
nent men, comprising the executive
committee of the National Civil Ser
vice Reform League. The deliberation
will be made public at the annual
inerting of the letiKue In December.
floors ttml wulls of rooms of hiifh
with lircrk letters In red paint, ware
evidence' of the strife which haa bro
ken uut between the Srlngfleld, Ofaio.
ai-houl MuthorltlM und tha rMnttV
ftuuuuiiii Wti.aciiGAl ifcOarafyta,
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