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TAINS BY SYSTEM OF LOCKS
Latter Transformed Into Long Chain
of Tubes Through Which Barges
Are Elevated When Descend
ing Boats Glide Rapidly
Berlin U is i common belief that
water will not nm uphill That this
principle Is not quite true or only
conditionally true is proved by the
fact that an eminent Italian canal
engineer Sig Pletro Caminada has
worked out tho plan of a canal over
the Alps
The Alps are not to be bored by a
tunnel The canal is to be carried up
to the Httiuinit and down the other
side This sounds at first incredible
but ho science of waterway construc
tion has made such progress that
canal engineers fear no problems This
was proved by the speech made in
Ilerlin a few days ago by Prince Lud
wig of IJavaria who is one of the
most enthusiastic partisans of Sig
Caminadas scheme
Sig Caminada has just been re
ceived by the king of Italy and has
placed a model of his canal which will
go from Genoa to Zurich on view in
the rooms of the Academic dei Lincei
tho most important scientific and
technical society in Italy
The fashion in which Sig Caminada
will cross the higher summits of the
Alps is no longer quite new lie
makes use of locks lying one above
the other such as have already been
constructed at the Trollhatta falls
and combines them with double locks
such as arc to bo s cen on the Telton
canal at Kleim Machow
Original and decidedly novel is the
extension of these locks to a long
chain which mount up the face of the
Alps and which are built to fit all the
incidence of the upward ascent For
this reason Sig Caminada transforms
them into tubes In the interior of
this tube is a largo number of sep-
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Artificial Basins at Entrances of Two
Tunnels with Opposite Inclinations
arate locks which follow one another
in unbroken succession and are sep
arated from one another by lock
doors
Each of the locks has a floor sloping
downward and a similar vaulted roof
When a barge is to be conveyed across
the Alps it is carried out in the fol
lowing manner It is brought into the
lowest lock and the doors closed be
hind it The lock is then filled with
water The bottom of the lock is
given a very slight upward inclination
and is laid with a set of rails on
which is a carriage To this the barge
is made fast and as fast as the lock
fills with water the barge on its car
riage glides up the slope When it
reaches the level of the next lock the
operation is repeated
Sig Caminada places two such
tubes alongside one another one for
the up and the other for the down
journey The locks of each of them
are connected with one another so
that the water which runs out of one
fills the other It realizes a great
economy of water
The tubular canals are only used
when the ground requires it
On the level stretches an open canal
is constructed Of these canals only
the one which ascends has locks the
other is built as a running stream
down which the barges glide rapidly
When the Splungen pass is reached a
ten mile tunnel will he constructed
The canal is to begin at Genoa and
will run to Milan via Pavia and Ales
sandrie From the latter place a
branch canal will lead to Turin while
a second curve will be built from
Milan to Lake Maggiore From Milan
the main canal runs to Trezzo where
the Alps are reached and the ascent
begins The Lake of Como will be
traversed and then the tubular canal
rises sharply to Isalata where the
canal under the Splugen begins It
ends at La Nonna
At this point the highest level
4264 feet above the sea is reached
and then the descent begins to Thusis
and Chur and the valley of the Rhine
which the canal follows to the Lake
of Constance and thence to Basle At
the confluence of the Aare between
Schaffhausen and Basle a second
projected canal system starts which
via Aarau Solothurn Berne Basle
Lucerne and Zurich connects with the
lakes of Thun Brienz and Zug and
the lake of the Four Cantons
Germanys Economic Power
The immense increase of Ger
manys economic power during the
last 28 years is strikingly illustrated
by the increase of coal consumption
in that time In 1879 it aggregated
52204000 tons and by 1895 it rose to
105877000 tons thus doubling itself
in 16 years but last year it reached
208167000 tons having nearly doubled
itself again in 12 years
WHY ROSCOE CONKLING QUIT
Attack on His Home and Family
Caused Him to Resign
In the lobby of the New Willard I
found an elderly gentleman who had
been a friend of Hoscoe Colliding He
said
It does noL seem like Washington
miss that imperious form stalking
above the avenues Never he con
tinued can I forget the day that Hos
coe Conkling resigned There was
great excitement over President Car
fields appointment of the New York
collector of the port and that was
tho last straw hat decided Conkling
to act His feud with Blaine was then
at its height and as Hoscoe Conk
ling sat that morning in his accus
tomed place it was noticed that his
face was paler than usual as he
pointed out a newspaper paragraph
I can bear it all until it comes lo
that ho said When they attack my
home and my wife that is the end of
public liTo for me When the sacred
ness of my family life is trailed in
the dust that is too much I am
going home never to return here
Teara glistened in his eyes as lie
pushed back the hair from his fore
head and said Now I am going homo
to earn money in my profession ami
pay the debts that have accumulated
while 1 have been trying to help
friends
He retired from public life and it
was a great satisfaction to him that he
paid 10000 or accumulated debts
within one year no lawyer at that
time could command a higher fee than
Hoscoe Conkling Joe Mitchell Chap
pie hi National Magazine
Strong Passion for Gold
Don Marino Torlonia of the ducal
family of Torlonia of Home said at a
dinner party in New York that a cer
tain American millionaire reminded
liim of the famous Roman miser Ar
pagnio
Let me said the tall young man
smiling show you what a tremendous
miser Arpagnio was As he lay dy
ing in his cold dark bare palace of
stone on the Corso his one thought
was that since he was too ill to eat
a full lire a day was being saved on
the food bill The doctor was an
nounced The doctor after feeling
Arpagnios pulse looked grave
Well said the miser how much
longer have I to live
Only half an hour was the reply
Arpagnios eyes flashed fire
You scoundrel he cried Why
Jo you let things run on to the last
minute like this Do you want to
ruin me Send for the barber at
once
The barber arrived post haste
You charge said Arpagnio 20
centesimi for shaving
Yes signor
And for shaving a corpse five
lire
Yes
Arpagnio glanced at the clock
Seven of the 30 minutes left him still
remained
Then shave me quickly he
gasped
As the operation finished Arpagnio
died But with his last breath smil
ing happily he murmured while the
barber dried his cold pale cheeks
How splendid Four lire and 80
centesimi saved
Destroy Germs by Colors
Eminent French scientists are show
ing that it is possible to rid ourselves
of germs by painting the walls with
particular colors The experiments
made by Prof Deycke in the first in
stance proved that the disease germ
applied to a wall painted with am
phoboline lost its poisonous proper
ties Spreading paint on pieces of
board or glass or cement he placed a
culture of cholera germ on the sur
face The germ vanished Drs Le
Bosco and Lydia Itabinovitch found
that the tuberculosis germ also disap
peared under the influence of enamel
ing colors neither the consumption
cholera nor diphtheria germ being
found The typhoid germs disappeared
slowly in comparison on the fourth
day Ultramarine blue seems to de
stroy the germs the most rapidly
within 2 1 hours The results on the
gray paint were almost negative
while it took the maroon paint al
most 14 days to kill the germ
Uncle Sam Slow Pay
The United Stales as a debtor is
slow pay if not sure Among the
claims allowed by the auditor for the
war department in the last fiscal year
were those of Hezekiah Davis George
Dixon Edward Gervais Ingram M
Richardson and Andrew J Fetherow
for transportation services and sup
plies of Oregon and Washington vol
unteers in 1S55 and 1S56 The
Richardson claim was for 3S7 The
navy department allowed a number of
claims dating from 1SG3 one of them
being 361 The Southern Pacific
company succeeded in getting 55
cents on a claim five years old This
looks like favoritism to a great cor
poration or it may prove that the
smaller the claim the more quickly it
will be passed New York Sun
Hollands Treatment of Paupers
There are few able bodied paupers
in Holland A tract of public land
containing 5000 acres is divided into
six model farms to one of which the
person applying for public relief is
sent Here he is taught agriculture
and is subsequently permitted to rent
a small holding for himself Holland
also has a forced labor colony to
which vagrants are sent to do farm
and other work whether they like it
SJLUOU
TICKET SYSTEM IN SPAIN
Mileage Books Must Have Photograph
of the Owner
Tho average first class fare in Spain
Is about four cents a mile just double
the first class of some American lines
and with only CO pounds free baggage
hut with these mileage books which
to me without Hoscoe Conkling I are good on all the railroads of Spain
the fare works out at 2C5 cents a mile
for J 210 miles down to 185 and 17
cents a mile for 5000 and 7500 miles
hi order to secure these mileage
tickets application must be made at
any of tho important railway stations
of Spain at least 4S hours before the
tickets are required Simple blank
forms to be filled up by the applicant
are furnished at any of the railway of
fices and the application must invaria
bly be accompanied by a 4 by a1
incli unmounted photograph of the ap
plicant This is glued on the inner
cover of the mileage book If desired
soveral persons may use the same
book but the book must then con
tain a photograph of each of these
persons There is no advantage in
having several names on the same
book except that if persons are trav
eling regularly together tho trouble
of making out a separate application
and the additional fee for preparing a
separate book for each person is
avoided by making a collective de
mand
Second class mileage books cost
from 196 cents down to 127 cents per
mile while third class mileage books
are issued at one third less than those
for second class hi Spain it is almost
impossible however to travel third
class As a matter of fact even second-class
is not very satisfactory for
the reason that the express trains as a
rule are limited to first class How
ever for persons who do not object to
crowds and slow traveling and long
waits at railway stations second class
is not impossible It is said that
tourist agents in central Europe either
know very little about these econom
ical Spanish kilometric tickets or else
for reasons of their own do not advise
intending tourists to Spain as lo their
existence Perhaps this is due to the
fact that the Spanish railways allow
the agents commissions on ticket
sales
CHASED BY AN EXPRESS TRAIN
French Way Train Got on Wrong Track
and Had to Make Quick Time
Through the fault of a signalman a
way train which left Paris Monday
night for Amiens got on the wrong
track and was chased by an express
train for over an hour at the imminent
risk of a collision says the New York
Times
The mistake took place where the
northern line branches after leaving
the bridge at Creil There through
the momentary absentmindedness of
a signalman the way train was sent
out on the track going to Com
peigne instead of the one going to
Amiens
Knowing that he was followed at a
short distance by the fast express
which leaves the Gare du Nord at 620
oclock the engineer immediately sent
his train ahead at full speed for the
station of where
there is a siding The track was clear
for the express so there was no dan
ger ahead
The passengers many of them com
muters used to a leisurely pace and fa
miliar with every inch of the road
son discovered that something was
wrong and the report spread that the
engineer had gone mad This seemed
verified when the train passed station
after station at dizzy speed Conduc
tor and brakemen were as terrified as
the passengers When
was reached the train came
to a sudden halt and was then run
safely on the siding
The express dashed by on time
and without mishap The way train
with its agitated commuters then re
turned in peace to Creil where it was
switched to the line it should have
taken two hours before
Steel Freight Cars in India
The freight cars on the
railway in India are small com
try and resemble somewhat a large
covered wagon The body of the car
r Btei
Steel Car Used in India
is constructed of light steel plates and
the flooring is made of teak wood
boards This car is used for heaw
goods traffic and carries a lead of 32
tons The ends of the car are fitted
with ventilators
have been built in the United States
according to the estimates of the Rail
road Gazette
This was exclusive of second third
and fourth tracks sidings and electric
lines The total is eight per cent
less than for 1906 though the year be
gan with conditions promising a larger
construction than ever before With
these expectations a scarcity of labor
and supplies adverse state legislation
and difficulty in borrowing money in
terfered The amount spent on new
equipment exceeded that of 1903 by 25
per cent approximating 477000000
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NO SYMPATHY FOR PRODIGAL
New York Msn Tells How He Would
Have Treated Him
I went to hear Dr Hillis sermon on
the Prodigal Son last Sunday night
said an enthusiastic Brooklyn man to
a practical New Yorker and I tell you
he made a brand new point on the
parable of the Prodigal Son
What was that asked the New
York man
It was about this matter of helping
along i man who had made a mistake
His idea was that after a man had re
formed it wasnt fair to hark back to
the time when lie was all wrong Dr
Hillis said it was wrong lo mock by
referring to a mans past For ex
ample he put it in this way Finally
the night of the feasting on the fatted
calf was past and the next morning
had come the morning after There
is always the morning after The
affairs of the farm work must be taken
up again The same routine must go
on The time had now come for the
elder brother who was the boss to
set the younger brother to work ho
must assign the prodigal son to his
duties as he would have them to do in
tho future So he could say to him
Go feed the horses or Go tend the
sheep or Go milk the cows but not
a word must he say about the swine
The prodigil had been tending swine
The elder brother must not mention
the swine not a word about the
swine Anything but that
1 dont know about that said tho
practical New Yorker There arc two
ways of looking at it I think if I had
been the elder brother I should have
said Now look here You drew your
patrimony like a hog you went off by
yourself and blew it like a hog you
have come home on the hog now its
up to you to go out and mind the
hogs
And the Brooklynite laughed 16 spite
of himself The Sunday Magazine
Home of Tokay Grapea
The greatest grape producing re
gion in the world is the title claimed
by San Joaquin county California The
average yield in France is 27 tons to
tho acre The average for California
is two tons an acre while that for
San Joaquin county is four tons an
acre
Lodi is the center of this district
shipping last year grapes to tho value
of a million and a half doliais As
only two thirds of the Lodi vineyards
nre now in bearing it is declared that
their yield will soon reach six tons
an acre almost three times that of
any other region in the world
The Flame Tokay is the great Lodi
grape In September last j ear the I
town held a Tokay carnival lasting
three days the whole town being
decorated with vines and grapes and
the streets lined with booths where
every step of the history of the grape
from making a cutting of a vine to
loading and icing cars was illustrated
by the actual work
He Wont Always Be One
I have a clerk a New York whole
sale merchant remarked the other day
and he sometimes manages to hand
back a rather good one though as a
rule he is little short of stupid ap
parently As a matter of fact I sup
pose he is one of those dreamy sort of
chaps and you never can tell about
that kind
I was sorry after I said it he con
tinued but recently he had made
a most unnecessary blunder and I
lost my temper
I say Jones I sneered youd
make a pretty good clerk maybe if
you had a little more sense
He looked at me a minute with a
sort of half smile Didnt it ever oc
cur to you Mr Brown he said that
if I had a little more sense I wouldnt
be a clerk at all Sunday Mag
azine
Test of the Gyroscope
A practical test of the use of the
gyroscope for steadying vessels at sea
was made recently in England on the
Seebar formerly a first class German
torpedo boat with a displacement of
o62 tons The apparatus installed
pared to the freight cars of this coun 1 consists of a heavy fly wheel rotatin
about an axis and carried by a frame
which can oscillate about a horizontal
axis the oscillating motion of the
frame being checked by brakes The
wheel is 40 inches in diameter weighs
1106 pounds makes 1600 revolutions
per minute and is steam driven The
periphery is provided with blades and
works like a turbine the wheel being
inclosed like a casing In the tests
with the gyroscope out of action the
roll was 14 degrees while the boat
was kept steady with the machine
acting
Something New After All
Well by gosh said Uncle Cyrus
they can say all they want to about
there hem nothin new under the sun
but there is and whats more the
world is growin better
What has led you to this cheerful
conclusion asked his nephew from
the city
Railroad Building in 1907 J seen an advertisement in our
During 1907 5220 miles of railway farm weekly not long ago where it
said to send a dollar and find out what
to do for cold feet
Yes
I sent the dollar and got an an
swer this mornin It didnt say to
warm em
Baffled
Help you snorted the stingy
citizen You look like a fake
Faix sor replied the blind beg
ger Im too polite to say the same
o ye besides ye have yer hat pulled
down so far over yer faoe I cant git
a sood look at ye
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