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Builder of Panama Railroad
Commodoro Asplnwall's Efficiency In
Caring. for Returning Gold Miners
When Cine of Hit 8teamer
Wa Stranded.
In I860, following the discovery of
gold In California, Commodore Will
iam K. Asplnwall, Commodoro Van
dorbllt's great rival In tho waters
about New York, retired from his
great shipping firm and devoted all
hla time to building tho Panama rail
road, across the Isthmus of that namo,
and establishing steamship linos to
connect it at Asplnwall (now Colon)
from New York and at Panama for
San Francisco.
At enormous expenso and great loss
of life, Asplnwall completed his rail
road In 1855, and among tho homo-ward-bound
gold seekers who had tho
distinction of belpg tho first passen
gers carried eaBtword by tho road
was Mr. Dudley Jones, now a promi
nent resident of Littlo nock, Ark., and
tho head of a largo manufacturing
corporation.
"In tho spring of 1855," said Mr.
Jones, recently, "I was a passenger
from San Francisco to Panama on tho
big Asplnwall steamer Golden Gate
or wnp It Golden Age? Thoro were
eight hundred of us returning forty
niners, and a crew of ono hundred
men. Wo had a fairly good run down
tho coast and were about to turn
north somo two hundred miles below
Panama when tho ship, whllo passing
betwoen two Islands, ran on tho coral
reef known as Qulbo Island.
"When tho sldowheelcr struck I was
sleeping on tho upper deck only a fow
fcot from whero Commodoro Aspln
wall and two or throo of his old cap
tains wero standing 'admiring tho
scenery and tho bright moonlight and
speculating at what hour noxt morn
ing wo would reach Panama. Instant
ly I was nwnko and saw everything
that followed.
"It was a critical moment. Had tho
ordor been given to head for tho
mainland, tho vessel would not havo
tvu li-r 1iij;(1i l-fr hI til, lug Inlrt
deep water, with tho loss pf most of
her passengers. Whethor Commodoro
Asplnwall or ono of Jils captains gave
tho right order I don't know, but
whllo tho big ship waB seemingly
rocking In her death throes, with
clouds of steam pouring from her
hatches, her noso waa pushed by
emergency means into tHo sandy
beach which wo could dimly seo lying
a few rods ahead, and In a twinkling
n cable was mndo fast to one of the
big trees fringing It.
"By tho time this had been dono as
many of tho passengers . could And
Odd Railroad
We&tlnghouie Airbrake, Janney Coup
ler and Steel Ralls All Were Intro
duced In America About the
Same Time.
"In my long career as a railway and
business man I learned that whatever
tho emergency might bo, however
great tho opportunity, thoro always
camo at tho exact moment rosourcos
needed to moet tho cmorgoncy or to
grasp tho' opportunity," said tho lato
James D. Layng, who for many years
was associated with prominent rail
ways of tho west tho Pittsburg, Ft.
Wayne and Chicago, tho Chicago and
Northwestern, and tho Big Four In
high otllclal capacity. "I think, how
ever, the most extraordinary demon
stration of tho truth of what I havo
Just said wuh thut which occurred in
or near Pittsburg at the time I wus
with tho Pittsburg, Ft. Wayno and
Chicago.
"In 1819 I nssistod in making tho
first survey for any railroad west of
Pittsburg, So enormously hod tho
railway development of tho mld-wost
been botwoon that tlmo and 18C8, tho
year of tho threo coincidences I havo
in mind, that It had become apparent
to all railway men that, unless thoro
were some new Inventions traffic
would bo congostod, slnco rallwny
equipment would not be sufficient to
meet tho demaifds mado upon It.
"Wo had Just been seriously con
cerned over tho swift movement "of
trains botweon Pittsburg and Cincin
nati and especially because of an no
cldont duo to tho inability of a rail
road engineer to slow down a heavy
frolght train when, ono day, thoro
called at my office a young man whom
I know, who said to mo that ho had nn
npparatus he had JuRt perfected which
would innko It possible for a railroad
Slipped One Over on Kent.
Congressman Kent of Cnllfornln got
In tho othor day. In tho smoking room
as his train passed through New Jer
sey sat a largo and prosperous look
ing mnn, who eyed him with evident
interest.
"Do you know that you look a lot
like Governor Wilson of New Jersey?"
asked the prosperous man of Kent.
Kent said that no ono had over told
him so.
"Well, you do," Bald tho othor.
"Gool Wilson's a homely man, Isn't
ho?"
Kent eald that no ono had over told
him that, either. Tho prosperous
looking man apologized, "I don't
want tp hurt your feelings," said ho,
"You do look Uko Wilson, and ho Is
uglf. There's no getting away from
that. But Wilson looks Intelligent."
Mr. Kent said that he wus some
what relieved, under tho circum
stances. Cincinnati Times-Star.
Saving that Is spasmodic Is perhaps
better than not saving at all, but It
makes a poor umbrella for the rainy
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standing room had rushed to tho deck.
Tho big boat gradually settlod down
at tho stern until sho rested on the
bottom with a slight list to port. Tho
gold dUBt was rushed to deck and
piled in tho bow. It was In very
strong boxes, each about six Inches
wide and fifteen Inches long, and
thoro was $4,000,000 worth of It.
Later, two boats wero sent out from
tho ship ono to tho head of tho
Island to Intercept the outgoing
steamer then about due, If she should
happen to tako tho passago on the
othor sldo of tho island, and tho other
with orders to proceed to Panama for
aid unless it foil In with tho outward
bound steamer,
"During tho three days that passed
beforo tho big steamer Ilrothor Jona
than hovo In sight thoro were no regu
lar meals ovcryono was glad to eat
what ho could got. Thoro was no cook
ing no tables set. A plnce to spread
a blankot waB hard to find. Tho wa
tcr, at high tldo, Invaded tho upper
cabins, and tho lower, or second,
cabin was flooded all tho time. Wild
animals wero heard during tho night
In tho Jungle. Parrots and paro
quotts kopt up a contlnunl screaming.
And all tho whllo thero was much
anxiety as to what tho commander of
tho Brother Jonathan would do If he
wero Interccptou, Perhaps ho would
carry us off tho way wo had como to
Prophecy of Great Engineer
General Serrell Predicted Another
Canal Would Be Built .Across
Isthmus 6t Panama Via the
Bias Route.
Gen. Edward Wellman Sorrell, who
died In 100C, wns ono of tho groat engi
neers of tho United States. Ho was as
sociated with somo of tho most Im
portant and difficult engineering under
takings of tho tlmo betwoon tho early
forties and 20 years after the war.
In tho latter years of his llf", which
wns much occupied with his pot pro
Joct of building n ship eannl across tho
Isthmus of Panama along what Ib
called tho San Bias routo, which lay
somo mllos nenror tho South American
contlnont than tho Panama canal. Ho
projected his cannl from tho Gulf of
San Bias, on tho Atlantic, to Pearl Is
land harbor, on the Pacific; and ho
claimed that It could bo built at Boa
level and on a straight lino, with no
locks, ttJHs limn 30 miles from ocean to
ocean, and not bo costly. He wns al
most heart-broken when It became ap
parent to him that the government
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engineer completely to control a train
to bring It to a stop within tho limit
of snfoty.
"I asked him to show mo his ap
paratus. He did so, aud I waB given
authority to test it upon a specially
prepared train on tho Pnnhnntllo be
tween Pittsburg and Stoubonvlllo, O.
That waB tho way Georgo Westing,
houso's alrhrako wnB Introduced.
"About that tlmo within a fow
months anyway thore alBo called
upon mo an npothecary whose homo
was in Alexandria, Vn. Ho told mo
that a railway accident had occurrou
near Alexandria which caused much
dnmago by reason of tho fact that tho
cars had clashed togothor and wore
toloscoped, and ho ndded that ho had
Invented nn npparatus which would
mnko toloscoplng Impossible.
"It told him to show mo this np
paratus, and ho did. 1 gave orders
that It bo adjusted to sevoral cars and
then bo Boverely tested. In thnt way
the Jnnnoy couplor, porfoctly supple
menting the air brako, waH Introduced.
"Yt nvHln, about tho Haino tlmo, J.
Edgar Thompson, president of tho
Pennsylvania, told mo thnt he wanted
mo to toBt tho now steel rail which
wan then being first manufactured In
England. I decided to put ton miles
of thoso steel rnilH upon it section of
tho Pnnhnndlo n fow miles out of
Pittsburg. W gavn tho rails an ex
haustive test, and wo dccldod that
w(th n slight Improvement thoy would
malco vory heavy traffic possible
"Thesu throo fcaturoB of modern
railway equipment tho nlr brake, tho
Janney couplor, and tho steel mil
which have made henvy and safo trnf
no upon American railways posslblo,
wore all perfected, as 1 now remem
ber, within a your."
(Copyrlulit, 1811, by K. J. IMwnrd. All
Rights HeaorviHl.)
Uncle Joe
Representative Palmer Tells How
Speaker Was Excommunicated
From Religious Sect.
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer
ot Pennsylvania Is telling a good story
on Speaker Cannon. .
"Fow people reallzo," said Mr. Pal
mer, "that tho Quakers havo a larger
representation In congrcsB, In propor
tion to tho membership of the sect,
than any other religious body. There
are 200,000 Quakers In the' United
States; the present apportionment
rails for one membor of tho houso for
approximately each 200,000 population,
and yet there are nine Quakers In the
Iiouho nnd senate. Thoy are Repre
sentative Cocks of Now York, Butler
ot Pennsylvania; Driest of Pennsyl
vania, Barnard ot Indiana, Hcald ot
Delaware, Speaker Cannon nnd my
sell. Over In tho senato the Quakers
are Heyburn ot Idaho, Scott ot West
Virginia and Dixon ot Montana.
"Strictly speaking, there aro only
Acapulco, or oven to San Francisco.
And perhaps wo would havo to wait
till a steamer could bo sent out from
Panama to our relief.
"Hero Is where tho prcsenco of
Commodoro Asplnwall stood us In
good stead. As soon as tho Brother
Jonathan anchored at a safe distance
from tho reef wo had struck ho or
dered us to bo taken aboard her. It
was a rush order, and It took nearly
twelve hours of steady work on tho
part of both crewn to transfer passen
gers, baggngo and gold. It was Just
qt dusk when the Brother Jonathan
hoisted anchor and hooded for Pan
ama, to our Intense relief and delight.
"At Pnnama, tho next morning, wo
were quickly disembarked. The tldo
being low, we were landed n quarter
of a mUo out on a coral reef and walk
od Into tho city That night found us
loaded In cars headed for Asplnwall,
tho first east-bound train to carry
pnRsongers on tho Panama Railroad.
Tho road was far from being finished.
Tho tracks wero slippery, tho locomo
tlvo light, and It had to bo helped by
a lot of negro laborers pulling at long
ropes.
"I never saw Commodore Asplnwall
aftor wo loft the wreck. Whethor ho
stayed at Panama or went on with us
to New York I do not know. And I
never saw In nny paper an account of
our wreck or of tho first east-bound
pnsscngor train's trip across tho Isth
mus of Panama."
(Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
would decide In fnvor of the present
Pnnnma canal project.
During 'a conversation thnt I had
with Gen. Son ell in 1834, when discus
sion over tho probablo government
cnnal ncrosa tho Isthmus of Panama
was attracting a great deal of atten
tion, I asked tho gonoral how ho had
becomo Interested In tho construction
of a cnnnl along tho San Bias route.
"My beliof In tho feasibility of tho
Snn Bins routo Is duo to two of my
carllor experiences ns an engineer,"
waa tho reply "In tho flrBt place, I
waB ono of tho engineers employed by
Commodoro William Asplnwall to
make a survey of tho Panama railroad
across tho Isthmus of Pnnama so as to
shorten tho routo botweon tho Atlantic
coaflt and San Francisco In California
gold days. That experiment mnrto mo
very familiar with tho Isthmus; we
went nil over the Snn Bias route be
foro fccldlng upon our final survey for
tho Panama railroad.
"In the next plnce, my experience
with tho Hoosnc tunnel, one ot tho
most exciting experiences of ray life,
led me to reallzo how easily the Sau
Bias routo could bo constructed in
splto of Uio mountain thnt towers in its
pathway near tho center of the Isth
mus. "Tho state of Massachusetts had au
thorized the construction of a tunnel
under tho groat Hoosac mountnln. That
meant tunneling through solid rock
about four and threo-qunrtors miles,
nnd nt tho base of a mountain some
500 foot In height
"You enn't imagine how oxcltlng and
npprehenslvo wo wore as tho workmen
from either end approached each oth
or. At last ono day tho rocks were
pierced from the east to tho west, and
tho drills met with a deviation of only
a littlo over an inch.
"Now, I snld to myself, when I came
to study thlB canal problem, If we
could cut tho Hoosac tunnel so accu
rately as that, wo could easily tunnel
tho San Bins mountain, although we
might havo to cut tho tunnel a hundred
feet wide and a hundred and fifty
foot high. Thnt, sir, would bo a sim
ple question ot draughting. But with
that, mountain tunneled In that way,
any ship could pass through, wo should
havo a porfoct sea-level cannl only 30
mllos long, tho mountain tunneling be
ing only flvo miles, nnd good natural
harbors at elthor end.
"I suppose that If It had not been
for my cxporlenco on the Isthmus
when surveying tho Panama railroad,
and my work as tho engineer In
ohnfgo of tho Hoosnc tunnol construc
tion, I uevor should have thought of
tho San Bins Interocennlc cnnal route.
And I toll you," tho great engineer add
ed emphatically (and who dares to
dony prophetically?) "that If our gov
ernment decides upon tho Pnnnma
or tho Nlcarngunn routo, tho day will
surely como In tho next century when
nn Interocennlc cnnnl will bo construct
ed hy private enpttnl vln tho Snn BlaB
routo. And wbonovor that time comos,
let the government cnnnl look out for
competition."
(CopyrlBbt, 13ip. by 12. J. Kilwnrds. All
Hlghts Reserved.)
as a Quaker
nlno of us. Spenkor Cannon excom
municated himself the day ho wob
married. When tho meeting heard of
Cannon's marrlago they sent a com
mittee to mm.
"'Joseph.' said tho committee. 'Hnn
has committed n great wrong by mar
rying nonfrlend. If theo will say
that theo are sorry thee will bo ta
ken back Into tho meeting.'
" 'Brothers, said Cannon, 'theo como
to mo too soon, If theo will como to
mo In about n year I will bo able to
toll theo whethor I nm sorry,'"
"Thoy would not wait a year," In
terrupted tho Bpenkor, who was en
Jojlng the story, "and tbov loltt n
good Quaker. Howover, I nm not
lonely, bocauso although Painter says
Senntors Dixon and Scott aro Quivkors
1 don't think elthor of them work nt
It any more than 1 do."
Arithmetic for tho fortuno founder:
Give tho ratio ot tho squandered dim
to the Buved dollar. v
THE pretty and comfortable cus
tom of serving afternoon tea Is,
In many houses, nulto as much
a part ot tho regular household
routlno as breakfast or dinner. The
lea may be simply served for the
family and casual visitors who drop' In
nt tho "tea-hour," or It may bo quite
an ,olaborate affair, with Invitations
nnd many guests.
When It assumes the proportions of
a reception, the dining table 1b tho
center of attraction, and guests are
escorted thither. For a cup of tea
with a chance caller, the tea-table Is
brought Into tho drawing-room or sitting-room.
It 1b no longer usual to
leave tho Bmall table set, as used fre
quently to be seen. Thero was a
suggestion of possible dust about that
custom not qulto savory to the tea
drlnkor. To meet this change in
fashion a small portable table fc used.
For this most simple and pleasing
way of entertaining one's friends tho
preparations noed not be elaborate.
The tea-table may stand In tho cor
ner of tho drawing-room, or a room
opening oft it.
If the hostess expects many callers,
sho should ask a friend to preside
over the tea urn or kettle. If cof
feo or chocolate Is to bo served an
other friendmay bo nBked to pour
this. Tho second beverage Is not nec
essary, as tho ono for which tho
function Is named is sufficient and Is
generally liked.
The tablo must be covered with a
pretty cloth, and on this should be
the tea-kettle with an alcohol lump
to Insure a constant supply of boil
ing water to replenish the teapot or
to weaken the liquid already poured.
In somo homes tho maid is supposed
to bring In freshly boiling water as
often as required, but the particular
housewife usually finds that tho
water Which sho bolls herself It more
certain than that carried from the
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"five O'clock" Cakes.
aislant kitchen. There never was a
truer ndngo than the old ono that de
clares: "Unless the kettle boiling be.
Filling the teapot spoils tho tea."
Therefore, tho connoisseur wants to
be sure that tho steaming liquid
poured upon tho high-priced leaves
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Table Book Case
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THERE are certain books that are
almost as nocessnr on a writ
ing table as pen and Ink, nnd
those books should bo In such n
position thnt any ono of thorn may bo
rendy to hand whonevor required, nnd
for that purpose tho tablo book case
shown In our sketch will prove n great
convenience, nnd It requires littlo skill
to mnko.
It can bo mndo with the aid of any
strong woodon box of n sultablo size.
Tho lid may bo removed, ns it will not
bo rcqulrefl, and also tho front pnrt of
tho box. nnd the remaining portion
will present the appearance shown lu
tho smnll Bketch on tho loft-hand Bldo
Tho wearing of earrings is now uni
versal. Orlontal embroideries display motifs
omplihatzod by bends of gold or silver.
As though trying to got to tho other
extreme, tho newest veilings show fine
dots, fine threads and flno meshes.
Cloth topped shoes aro proeurnblo lu
plain colors, gray, tan and dull greon,
whllo tiny chocks or shadow plaids aro
much In evidence among smartly
drofised woiueny
Dull Jot or enamel Jowolry Is Invnrl
nbly worn for deep mourning. Brooch
es, belt buckles and long neck chains
for lorgnette or watch aro about all
that U really necessary.
Marriage to mo could be but one
of two things, exquisite or detestable,
it was exquisite.
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I sho uses Is more than "scalding hot"
witn tho Kcttlo on the tablo must
bo the teapot, sugar bowl, and cream
Jug. The cups and saucers aro ar
ranged within easy reach of tho per
son who "pours," and on tho tablo
rnay bo n pile of plates, each ono pro
vided with a small nnpkln or dolly.
Many hostesses omit these plates, and
they aro, after all, a matter of taste,
although whero thero aro several
kinds of sandwiches or cakes the
guest finds them a convenience.
Simple sandwiches are always popu
lar White bread-and-butter sand
wiches cut into triangles and Boston-brown-bread
and crenm-cheese sand
wiches cut Into semi-circles form a
pretty combination, and are known by
some housekeepers as "blond and bru
nette sandwiches." A dish of fancy
cakes and macaroons, and another of
chocolates and other sweets appeal to
those with a sweet tooth.
Havo fresh tea made often. Tho
lover of tho beverage 1b quick to de
tect tho "flat" taste that proves that
the same leaves havo been used over
and over again. Cheap tea Is an
abomination and exponslvo tea Is too
delicious an article to be spoiled in
tho making. Therefore, preparo only
a littlo at a time Just a little more
than will be needed by the guests
present at the tlmo of tho making.
After tho beverage hr-3 stood for three
minutes, It Is rendy to pour. Tho usual
allowance is the old-faBhloned one of
"a teaspoonful of tea leaves for each
person and ono for tho pot," but Bome
of tho finest grades of tea makes too
strong a decoction if used according
to this formula, and a half teaspoonful
of tho dried leaves for each guest
makes a satisfactory drink.
When the "tea" Is one of consider-
j ablo proportions, several young girl
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"Five O'clock" Sandwiches.
friends of tho hostess may assist In
handing tho tea cups and cakes. A
small lump or two of ugar are placed
In euch saucer, that tho guest may
sweeten her tea If she wishes, If thero
are too mnny guests present to ascer
tain their Individual preferences.
These young girls, prettily dressed,
add to the appearance and pleasure
of the occasion; and when all the
guests are chatting cozlly over their
tea, a charming hour Is spent.
Party slippers are decorated with
rosettes, buckles, bows and butterflies,
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at tho top and forms the foundation ot
tho book ense.
Both tho Interior und the exterior
should then bo smoothly covered with
silk or brocade, fastened along the
edges nad underneath tho box with
thin sharp noils or Seccotlne, and the
Interior may be slightly padded with
a thin layer of cotton wool placed un
derneath tho silk.
Tho edges nro next finished off with
a narrow ornamental braid, fastened
on with tiny brass-headed nails; and
to completo the book caso small brass
handles aro attached to either side, so
that the case may bo easily lifted
when filled with books.
Binding on Blankets.
One of the first places to show wear
In a blankot Is along the edge, which
will begin to split into n coarse
fringe Keeping blankets well bound
with Inch wldo ribbon will prevent
this. Unless some accident happens
to a blanket patching Is not resorted
to until It Is vory old. then a pleco
from another blanket mny be laid on
largo enough to cover tho worn placo
and hold In placo by darning rather
than seaming. All thin places can be
fortified by darning with rnvellngs
from an old blanket When tho
blanket Is worn pnst repair. Just
doublo It and quilt It together here
and thero nnd lay It across tho mat
tress under the sheet, and It will con
tinue to bo of Borvlco.
Smocking on Girls' Dresses.
Smocking Ib being done gonorously
on tho frocks of little chlldron. tho
pink and bluo threads on whlto are
lovely. One wondors why thoy have
been so slow getting here. Ono
smocked in yoko In points Is scal
loped lu tho nccl; nnd finished with
baby Armenlau Uc.
Successful Experiment In Extraction
Carried on In British Columbia
Wood Is Cheap.
Tho attention of Consul General
George N. West has been called to a
Bmall plant In operation In Vancouver
In which experiments havo been car
ried on for several years with tho view
of obtaining turpentine from the resin
ous woods of British Columbia by an
electrical process of distillation. He
reviews tho process mado:
Tho operations thus far havo been
carried on In a small way, only about
two cords of wood or mull refuse hav
ing been treated dally. It Is claimed,
however, that tho result have been
emlnentlj satisfactory. Tho turpen
tlno, after tests by chemists and paint
ers, who have used tho product both
for lnsldo and outside work, pro
nounce It equal If not superior to tho
turpentine distilled from the long leaf
plno of the south. From ono cord of
tho resinous wood treated it Is claimed
that tho tar, oil, rosin, pitch and char
coal (tho by-products), moro than pay
tho cost ot the distillation of the tur
pentine, thereby making this process
n vnluable one.
It Is clnlmed that from ono cord of
pitchy wood costing five dollars there
can be extracted chemically pure tur
pentine, tar, oil, rosin, charcoal- and
pitch to tho aggregate Value of $24.70,
tho presont market value of theso
commodities, at an expense of $12.70
per cord. That this statement Is not
orroneous Is vouched for by persona
who havo tho most thorough knowl
edge of the process and cost of manu
facture, they claiming that tho small
plant now In operation Is producing
tho products at tho price per cord
stated.
The amount of by-products said to
bo obtained from ofife cord, of vood
(amount of turpentine secured not bo
lng stated) are as follows: Rosin, 60
pounds; tar oil, 20 gallons; charcoal,
1,300 pounds. The oil la used for
wood preservative, and Is also manu
factured Into shingle stain. Tho char
coal, having boon coked and cooled in
a can out of contnet with the air, la
very perfect rnd valuable for making
powder.
The resinous woods necessary for
uso In this plant nro accessible In
largo quantities at cheap rates,
ELECTRIC LAMP FOR HUNTER
Searchlight Attached to Barrel of Gun
Aids in Locating Intended Prey
In Forests.
Not content with using portable
lamps for lighting their way through
tho forests on their hunting trips,
some sportsmen havo lenrned the ad
vantage of having an electric search
light ttached to tho barrel of the
gun so ns to locato tho intended prey
In the dark, says Popular Eloc
triclty. Tho Illustration gives a con
ception of tho advantage of tho ar-
Method of Attaching Searchlight.
mngement. A lnmp attachment made
for this purpose by a firm In Cassell
(Germany) is reported as having done
excellent Bervlce In locating deer at
distances of from 75 to 200 feet. Some
hunters prefer It nttached below tho
barrel, In which case a telescopic
sight can bo used with it; others like
It mounted high above tho ordinary
sight. On long Jaunts tho hunter car
ries nn extra pair of dry batteries and
nn extra lamp with him ns a re
serve. Use of Precious Metals.
Few persons reallzo what an enor
mous amount of the precious metals
and oven precious stones, such as dia
monds, uro used In the manufacture of
telcphono apparatus. In a single year
one company uses upward of a ton
of platinum for this class of appa
ratus nlouo. Anil platinum costs 30
per cent more than pure gold, demon
strating that this expensive metal
would not bo used so extensively un
less results Justified lt
Wireless Apparatus on Vessels.
Efforts are being made In Englnnd
to requlro that all passenger-carrying
British and foreign vessels sailing
from British ports should bo equipped
with wireless telegraph npparatus
capable of transmitting to a dlstanco
of 100 miles. A bill to this offect
now beforo the house of commons pro
vides n penalty of $5,000 In caso of
failure to obey the law.
Curious Heat Wave.
Moteorologlsts are being perplexed
by tho curious heat wao that passed
over Teneriffo, Canaiy Islands, ono
night last November, In tho municipal
weather observatory at Santa Cruz,
tho thermometer registered 63 de
grees F. nt 12:45 a. m., suddenly roso
to 79 degrees within two minutes, nnd
n few minutes later fell back to tho
starting point of C3 degrcos. Osclln
tlons of pressure wero simultaneously
recorded by the barograph.
Increased U6e of Telephone.
Thirty years ago the telephone list
of New York was printed on a small
card and contained tho names of
252 subscriber. Tho now city direc
tory has 630 pages nnd Instead of tho
small card Is a book about a foot
squnro and weighing 2Vd pounds. Tho
city edition alone, piled ono book on
another, would mnko a tower more
than six miles high.
Fittings Exported.
Electrical flttlngB vnlued at 1,100,
000 wero Imported Into British South
Africa during the first seven months
of 1910, against only $368,000 worth In
tho Bnme period last year.
Controlling a Motorboat by Wireless.
movement of boats on the wator and
torpedoes beneath tho surface, says
Popular Mechanics. Such con
trol Is not new, Boveral European.
Inventors having constructed appara
tus for operating torpedoes, but U
Wireless-Controlled Submersible Tor
pedo. Australian Inventor has worked out
what Is said to be an Improved sy
totm.
NEW NAVAL WIRELESS TESTS
Elaborate Series of Experiments Con
templated by United States Navy
Department on Atlantic
A notably elaborate series ot experi
ments with wireless telegraphy is now
contemplated by tho United States
navy department. It Is proposed to
Install on the flagship of the Atlantic
fleet and two scout cruisers apparatus
capable of transmitting messages 1,000
miles under the most unfavorable cir
cumstances, and threo times as far
when satisfactory conditions prevail.
Tho country has been treated to
some surprises In respect to tho dis
tances to which radlotelegraphln dis
patches have been sent from war ves
sels, but thero has been a lamcntablo
variation In the range of tho Instru
ments hitherto used. Perhaps any ap
proach to uniformity Is still out of the
question, but an Improvement on for
mer achievements may at least be
hoped for. Many clever electricians
have been studying the art of which
Marconi gave the world tho first hint,
and It would not be strange if some
of his students were ablo to outdo
their master. Communication by
means of Hertz waves can hardly be
supposed to havo "reached Its full de
velopment at present.
From the announcement that tho
Connecticut, the Salem and tho Birm
ingham will exchange messages with
a land station at Brant Rock, in east
ern Massachusetts, It Is Inferred that
a system of which the world has
heard comparatively little 1b about to
be tested the one devised by Prof.
Reginald Fessenden, an American.
Tho company has also sought a con
tract for Installing apparatus at Wash
ington which would send messageo
2,000 miles. If from Brant Rock It
should now prove tho feasibility of
such a performance Us hopes of com
pleting negotiations with the govern
ment would doubtless bo strength
ened. Telephones In Use.
There aro moro than seven million
telephones In regular servlco In thin
country and during tho past year more
than 7,500,000 messages were Bent
over tho wires.
Electric Sirens In Germany.
Eleetrle sirens aro in use on the
railways of Germany. Tho sound 1b
produced by the vibrations of a metal
lic diaphragm under the Influence ot
an electro-magnet.
EteCTRIOi
NOTES
On .Innunry 1 Philadelphia and ita
sufiurbs had a telephone for evory 11
residents.
A rather useful novelty Is a cane
carrying an electric flashlight near
tho handle.
Wireless telephoning from a moving
train has been successfully accom
plished In Englnnd.
A zlgzng nrrow has been adopted In
Germany as a danger sign to be dis
played on high tension electrical ap
paratus. Investigation by a French chemist
shows that gold bolls In an electrlo
furnaco nt a temperature 2,400 de
grees Centigrade
More than nine hundred girls are
being taught to operate electrically
driven mnchinory In a new trade
school in Now York.
now l)pu unit, ure uuni iuiu
have beon instnlled In 400 bedrooms
of a New York hotel.
A flexlblo rubber mouthpiece for
telephones has been Invented, tho Idea
bolng to prevent breakage Bhould a
desk transmitter fall,
A falling bulb of a 40-watt tungsten
lamp In tho show window of n Chicago
storo Is blamed for setting fire to the
dress goods on which It fell.
The attention of the oil operators In
California Is now directed to tests be
ing made with electric motors for
lumping and drilling oil wells.
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