WEEKLY
THINKS WE SHALL FLY.
Mr. Hiram Maxim, the Invontor of
guns and other things, In n paper
which ho read hoforo the Aeronautical
socloty nt London, said that so far aa
balloons wore concerned ho did not
think It posslblo to improvo what tho
Urnzlllan, M. Santos Dumont, had ac
complished. - On the other hand thoso necking to
navigate tho air with machines heavier
than tho air had not even started. All
hinds of Hying machines heavier than
tho nlr depended entirely upon the de
velopment of dynamic energy. Petro
loum motors hnd already been devel
oped sufficiently light to propel ma
chines which flow In tho manner of a
bird, He thought pcoplo should ho
nhlo to fly whenever It was ascertained
how this power might be advanta
geously employed.
Tho only question now was of tlmo
and money In the matter of an actual
flight. In tlmo, flying machines wero
not only possible but practicable. Mr.
Maxim pointed out tho necessity of
practice In tho art of managing a ma
clilno and compared this work to that'
of learning how to rldo a blcyclo or to
skate.
RUSSIAN CENSOR'S MARK.
Tho accompanying blur la n repro
duction of a column in a nowspnper
after tho Russian coiipors bad got
through with It. Tho paper was aont
last suminor, eecuroly wrapped, to Dr.
Nicholas Semi of Chicago, who was
then In Rusolnn dominions on his way
around tho world. Tho sorvants of the
Czar toro off tho wrapping, blotted out
tho objectionable article, ro-wrappod it,
nnd forwarded It on to tho addressee.
, HOME-GROWN MAOARONI.
Macaroni Is to becomo another homo
product it tho plans of tho Unltod
States government succeed aa they
promlso to do, At present wo import
16,000,000 pounds of macaroni each
year, because Its manufacture demands
a speclnl class of flour mado from n-
wheat that never had been grown horo.
Government experts wero sent abroad
two yoars ago and they brought back
with thorn u quantity of this macaroni
whent. Experiments showed that it
was well adapted to n wldo territory
in tho west and northwest and that
land sown with It yielded from one
third to ono-hnlf more than otbor land
Bowed with other wheat. And, bettor
still, tho now .wheat was found to bo
wonderfully resistant to drought, and
in tho Dokotao, Avhcro other wheats
wero totdl failures, tho now variety
producod an excellent yield, Domestic
manufacturers of mucuronl, who had
boon handicapped by lack of propor
flour, ar'o demanding nil Mint can bo
produced now, and Its Introduction lias
nlroady opened n now Hold to American
farmort!, as It will open a uow Hold to
American bakers,
TELEPHONIO LIMITATIONS.
Tho postal authorities at Liverpool
liuvo Just complotod a sorlos of experi
ments with tho telephone to dotermlno
Its vajuo for long-distnnce conversa
tions. It has been found posslblo to
curry on a telephonic communication
with Paris, u distance of 489 miles, or
moro than halt way from Now York to
uhfrngo,
Further south than Paris tho snnnltni-
could only bo heard In Liverpool under
exceptionally favorable conditions. Ono
result or tneso experiments lias boon
tho abandonment of tho scheme t n nl-
tompt telephonic connections botweon
London, Turin nnd Milan. Thoso cities
'havo boon found too far apart to bo
embraced In a telephone circuit.
LION PLAYS WITH null nnru
A lion us a playmate for children is
a now departure, though ono or two
actresses havo kept such an antiunl as
R pet. tho two children in tho lllus
A ROYAL PLAYMATE.
tratian aro tho eons of Count Potnnifi
and tho Hon wub found by tho Count
Just aftor it was born nt tho boglnnlng
of tho year on tho Uluo Nllo, whore ho
was on u shooting expedition. Allowed
absolute frcodom. tho nnlmnl hops
about tho grounds of tho houso qulto
unro3trnlnod, living In perfect nnilty
with tho 8cotcb colllo shown in tho
illustration.
H PANORAMA
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HONOR MISS KLUMPKE.
MIkh Dorothea Klumpko. the Chi
cago astronomer, wno has been assist
ant nt tho Paris cbsorvntory for fif
teen yearn. Is ronldly completing ar
rangements to return to the United
MISS DOROTHEA KLUMPKE.
(Chlcagonn who has made an onvlablo
record In natronomy In Paris.)
States. She will havo special charge
of astral photography at Stanford uni
versity In California. Miss Klumpko
has established un onvlnhlc scientific
record In Paris nnd has many friends
who regret to see her leave.
DANGER IN WALL PAPER.
IlrltlHb sanitary Inspectors hnvo Just
mntlu ;ho discovery that In tho matter
of luglenlc regulations they nre far be
hind the United States. Their utton
tlou hnu been forcibly called to this
by the widely different conditions un
der which tho poorer clnsses of Eng
land and this country exist.
.nicrlca for years baa enacted lnwa
which compel all painters to remove
old wall paper hoforo hanging tho now.
No such regulation exists on tho Brit
ish Isles, and whero tho tenant la so
poor that his protest carries no weight,
tin new wait papor Is Invariably placed
over tho old.
The greatest danger to bo appre
hended from this comes from a gas,
dolotcrloiiB to health, which Is gener
ated front old and decayed paste and
nlze, dirt nnd smoke. Possibly pa
tients inflicted with contagious dis
eases havo occupied somo of these
rooms, and tho fact that tustead of
being disinfected or removed tho wall
papor is still there, although bidden
from sight beneath ono or two moro
layers, ma account for many out
breaks of contagious diseases tho ori
gin of which had appeared a mystory
to tho British health officials.
A KANSAS BEAUTY.
Miss Mnbel Northorp of Storllng,
Kan., has boon elected by popular voto
aa tho handsomest woman in tho state,
and will bo selected to roprcsent Kan
sas In n beauty contest at tho St. Louis
World's fair. Tho contest will bo to
Kolcet tho most beautiful women in tho
Louisiana purchase, nnd Miss North
orp's friends confidently oxpect her to
receive that great honor.
Aii)irlcn Tea rlrnt-CIUM.
Tho production of several kinds of
ten In tho Unltod States Is now an as
sured fact, and in addition to this It
la encouraging to bo nblo to announce
Hint exports who havo examined the
tea produced hero this year pronounce
It equal in flavor uud nroma to tho
best Imported tens. Tho profit In this
crop averages from $30 to ?40 per acre
net. During tho year Dr. Charles U.
Shopard of Sumniorvlllo, S. 0 hns
been in charge of tho government
work, conducting It In connection with
his largo tea gardens nt tho plaeo men
tioned, Tiis year Dr. Shopard pro
duced about 4, G00 pounds of high
grado toa, for all of which a ready
market was found In the north. Dur
ing tho year Dr. Shepnrd perfected n
machine for the manufacture of groon
ten, and has generously plnced this
under tho control of tho ngrlculturo do
partmont of tho Unltod States, so that
thoHo wishing to uso It may do so with
out paying royalty.
I.iirut't Atiukan Nuggut.
Tho .largest nugget over found in
Alnnku U the one picked up by Ed
ward Johnson of Isbpomlng, Mich.
whllo working on Discovery, Anvil
crook, about four mlloa from Nome, on
n claim belonging to tho Pioneer Mln
lug Company. It weighs nlnoty-sovon
ounces and is viiluod at 11,552, John
eon was working, on tho night gang
nnd found tho great nuggot early in tho
morning of Sopt. 14 while putting a
post under tho slulco box, Ho was
alone at tho tlmo and could, It Is
cminied, easily hnve kept the rich find
REVOLVES
ANIMALS THAT WEEP.
Do anlmnla wcep7 Explorers say
they do, Lady Burton soys that Bho
has scon horses in the Syrian desert
cry from thirst, a mulo cry from pain
of an Injured foot and a camel shed
tears In strenms. Gordon Cummlngs
declares that he haa observed tears In
he oyes of a dying clephnnt, and Dr.
Livingstone used to havo a pot ape
that cried when tho explorer would
not take It In his arms. Woundbd apes
have died crying, and npos have wept
over tbolr young ones slnln by hunt
ors. Sea lions are said to cry for tho
lose of their young, nnd a glrnffo that
had beon Injured by tho rifle of a
hunter began to cry. Another explorer
tolls of n chimpanzee that had been
trained to carry water Jugs. It let
one fall and break and in its sorrow
pot n-crylng. There bcciiis to bo little
doubt that animals do sometimes cry
from pain, sorrow or annoyance, but,
ns a rule, wc cannot catch tho watch
dog in tears or tho family cat, having
n "good cry."
ORANGE CROP THREATENED.
Colonel Drnekett, chief pomologlst
of tho department of agriculture, Is
seeking to ascertain the cause, and to
discover a remedy, for a dlseaso that
threatens the ontlre naal orange crop
of California.
Thus fqr llttlo Is known In regard to
tho matter outside tho department of
EFFECT OF THE DISEASE.
ngrlculturo, but tho chances nro that it
will not remain a secret long.
Tho troublo is that tho navol .oran
ges, Just as they aro about to rlpon, be
gin splitting at tho "navol," or end,
which continues until by tho tlmo tho
fruit is ready for market it is spilt in
thrco or four sections, from end to
stem, nnd is consequently worthless.
Colonel IJrackctt has thus far been
unablo to determine whether this split
ting (which Is ultogother unprecedent
ed, having nover occurred in tho past
nor in tho ontlro history of orange cul
ture) la duo to tho ravages of an in
sect, or whether It Is tho result of somo
unusual condition of soil or climate,
but at nil ovontB ho proposes to con
tinue Investigating until ho obtains a
solution of tho ovll nnd recommends n
remedy to tho anxious Callfornlaus.
This splitting dlscnso has not,
strango to say, mndo Its appcaranco In
Florida, whero tho crop is healthy and
normal.
TARIFF ON MEN.
At least ono American woman enter
tains original Ideas concerning tho
manner In which tho surplus female
population should bo treated. Writing
to tho "Directory" nowspapor at Tor
quay, England, a town In which to
mnloa outnumber mnlcs In a total pop
ulation of 33,000 by 7,000 sho remarks
that It matters continue at this rato
mon will becomo scarcer nnd senrcor,
nnd that soon tho specimen "English
man" will bo so raro that tho women
folk of the next, air.l presumably final,
generation, will flock to tho museums
and zoos to see him, stuffed or allvot
"Tim step to take ia that which rules
all laws of supply and domand, by pro
serving tho men who supply tho do
main!. You preservo your gamo by
Btrlct laws; presorvo your men by keep
ing them nt homo. It 1 wero tho Board
of Agriculture which I gather la tho
department that regulates tho comings
In nnil goings out of stock I should
prohibit tho ombnrkatlon of a gcntlo
inun under tho ponalty of n heavy lino,
whllo women Imported should pay
duty."
LARGEST DIAMOND YET.
Thla Is a drawing of tho biggest dia
mond ever found. It wns dug from tho
mines In Ktmborloy, South Africa, nnd
was tor a tlmo in tho possession of
Messrs. Hunt & KosUell, in Londou,
Ihiglnnd. When first discovered' this
huge goni measured two aud otto-half
h.thc" in longtli and weighed io less
than 9G9,f carots, but It has since been
cut up. Private offers for I to juvrehaso
hud bqon mado by soTeral ot olon-
tatos of Europe, hut for somo reason
tho ownors decldod not to jaoll. Tho
photograph of the diamond was mado
In Loudon.
I 99i Miles
A seventy-foot car on tho Berlin
Zossen High Speed Electric Hallway,
a military road between tho German
cities of Berlin and Zossen, made tho
rcmarkablo speed of nlnety-nlno and
a half miles an hour In a test.
Tho car which established this new
record for railway speed, steam or
electric, has been building in Germany
for the past year, and has attracted
worldwide scientific nttcntlon be
cause of Its' unique constructive feat
pre of having thrco trolloys, and tho
expectations of Its builders that it
would run 124 miles an hour, or moro
than two miles In a minute.
' In running at n rato of nlnety-nlno
and n half miles an hour, tho thrco
phase, or three-trolley, electric car
Tito Tlirro-Trolli'jr Ktectrlo Car, Which
employed 10,000 volts of electricity,
2,000 volt3 less than tho capacity. Tho
current was furnished by tho Ober
sproo Central Station of tho Berliner
Elektrlcltaotswerke, tho dlstanco from
the central ntatlon to the nearest point
on tho lino conductor being 9.3 miles.
Tho transformers nro carried by tho
car itself, a low voltage (436) being
used for tho motors. In a pnper be
fore tho International Engineering
congress at Glasgow, Scotland, (printed
In America by tho Scientific Amorlcan)
A. Lascho, ono of tho builders of tho
Borlln-Zosscn road and Its equipment,
Rays it 1b still questionable whether
to mount tho heavy transformers on
the car, or whether It is not better to
roduco tho high pressure 50,000 volta
by transformers alongside tho track
to a medium prcssuro of about 3,000
mormon
?)4 rtrvj Gtytj cjcu Krfctv
Thoro is bolng erected on tho corner
ot Ontario and Howard streets, a
church which Is tho first ot its kind
to bo established in Philadelphia. It
will bo known as tho First Church ot
tho Latter" Day Saints, and hero will
worship tho followers ot Joseph Smith
nnd bellovors in tho Book of Mormon.
Roverend W. E. La Hue and Elder
Gcorgo W. Robley ndmlnlster Jointly
to tho spiritual welfare of a congre
gation of over 100 persons. Tho now
church Is nn imposing edifice of stone
nnd brick which cost $7,000 to erect
nnd which will comfortably seat 500
persons. Tho pastor expects tho con-,!
gregntlon to double lta numbers this
winter; already ho haa gained now
converts, and ulthough tho Mormon
doctrines nnd all who follow them
wero at first severely condemned by
tho cloth nnd tho lalety of this city,
those who ll8ten to tho faith set forth
by Mr. La Rue find very llttlo to cen
sure, many of tho principles being
strictly orthodox.
Tho mombors of tho congregation,
although thoy adhoro to tho doctrines
ot Jo8oph Smith, havo llttlo or nothing
In common with tho Mormons ot
Utah. Thoy look upon tho teachings
ot Brlghani Young aa a dolllemont of
the sacred doctrines ot tho truo Mor
mons.
Tho pastor und members of thla
Lattor Day Salnta Church, says tho
Philadelphia Times, repudiate tho
doctrines of polygamy and claim that
their social codes differ not tho slight
est from thoso accepted aa orthodox
by city and state.
AVoiulorf ill Cuvo Iii Montunn.
A now and waridorful natural cave,
liMlnved to lit ono ot tho lamest
known, has 'been discovered In tho
canyon ofiho JefforBon, on tno lino or
NEWLY-FOUND GREEK TABLET
' v 2,600 YEARS OLD v
A vnluablo nrcheological llnd has
Just been reported by tho American
School of Archeology of Athens. It
is a bronzo fragment or plate, dating
from tho soventh century B. C, con
taining a decreo, or law, emanating
from somo high ofllclnl sourco, king or
council, which waa Intended for tho
pcoplo of Argos. It wns rccontly un
earthed a few feet below tho surfaco
near the old Temple Heroum, at Ar
gos, on ouo ot whoso pillars it was
tacked.
Tho inscription Is a sort of compact
between the City ot Argos and noigh-
ai Hour by
volts, and to wind the motora for this
latter voltase.
Tho cor whlrh has come within n
half mile of 100 miles an hour was
built at Cologne-Duotz to nccommo
duto fifty passengers. Its length over
nil Is slxty-nlno feet, and tho distance
between Its buffer plates is seventy
two nnd a half feet. The full width
is eight feet and six Inches. Tho
windows of tho car aro closed, venti
lation taking place through the sldo
window of tho lofty skylight. Tho
apparatus la In the center, dividing tho
car Into two apartments, though pas
sengers may pass through tho appa
ratus room whllo tho car Is at full
speed. The trucks, carrying the body
of tho car, aro forty-threo feet seven
I ""I li
-n ii J iii i i i jd
nnimnnniTTi-ii-
Has Attained a K'otMl of 01) Allies nn
inches apart. The diameter of each
truck wheel Is 49.2 Inches. Each truck
has three axles, tho two outer axles
carrying tho motors. Tho dlstanco
between the wheels measures twclvo
feet and alx Inches. Tho load for each
axle is a llttlo moro than fourteen
tons. Each of tho eight motors Is
adapted for a normal output of 250
horsopowcr, und for a maximum out
put of 750 horsepower. Tho speed ot
tho motor is about 9C0 revolutions per
minute, which corresponds to a car
wheel speed of 140 miles an hour.
Tho tension of 12,000 volts, nt which
tho current is supplied from the over
head wire, Is reduced In the transform
ers to 435 volts.
Tho current Is taken from each of
tho thrco feeding wires by two trol
ley bows In parallel. Tho upper part
CDurcb in Pftlladelpbia f
r$rtHfctxffiffir$UtHE
Rov. W. IZ. I.u Kuo.
tho Northern Pacific railway, about fif
ty miles eaat ot Butte, Mont. An ex
ploration party from Butte spent sev
eral days in tho cave, going over an
area of ten miles and to a depth ot
nearly 1,000 feet.
A largo river with a cataract ot
about 100 feet was explored for a dls
tanco of several miles without discov
ering its source or outlet. A few ar
ticles ot stone and copper utensils and
Bomo bonea, bellovcd to bo human
bones, wero also found in ono of tho
large apartmonts of the cave. Thcro
wero othor evidences that at somo tlmo
in a prehistoric period the cavo was
inhabited.
TenohliK by l'lioiiogr.-ijili,
A system of teaching tho French lan
gungo by phonograph Is to bo tried In
England. Several promlnont French
professors nro devoting their energies
to preparing phonograph cylinders car
rying Fronch lessons upon them. The
Jti rsoi pd &M:"rjrPit.
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lAPrtlAM.-KAlBOir.QI
AM IIIrAVF lAri TA til, at
Greek Alphabet at Written 700 B. C.
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Electricity
of each of theso arms carries a num
ber of aluminum rods, attached by
means of narrow plate springs. The
masses of tho Individual rods must bo
sufllcieiitiy small to lnsuro thnt they
bear constantly against tho wiro. Tho
head of tho arm, carrying tho bow, is
pressed out of nlumlnum shoot, nnd is
connected to tho vertical base by rods,
tho baso being mounted on ballbcur
lngs lti tho socket of the car. Tho bow
is pressed against tho wire by springs,
tho tension of which Is regulated by
means of cams.
Tho Germans and tho Austrlnns
claim for tho thrco trolley system lm
nionso advantages over the direct cur
ront, or single trolley, method. If tho
Borlin-Zosson lino tests continue as
ft I )
Hour on a tier mail Military ltallro.-wl.
satisfactory as thoy havo begun It la
not unlikely that it may result In a
worldwldo substitution of a distinctly
European mctjjod of transmitting elec
trical enorgy for railways of every
description.
Kmy Traveling by llnUoon.
It is ono of tho peculiarities ot travel
by balloon that you do not feel any
thing; all 1b still with you, no mnttcr
how fast you may bo going. You see.
you aro riding with tho wind; you
movo as fast as it moves; you aro part
and parcel of it, whether you wish to
bo or not. It takes you in its embraco
no firmly yet so softly you do not know
it la there. You may bo in tho teeth
of a hurricane, but you never know It;
all Is calm and placid with you.
Tho Church u I'lannotl.
phonographic records aro accompanied
by a book, which contalna thirty los
Bons, each of which corresponds to a
phonographic cylinder, nnd each lesson
1b ingeniously Illustrated. All that tho
student has to do Is to set tho phono
graph In motion and tho book will ox
plnin what the Instrument is saying.
Tho object of this system is to glvo the
French accont correctly.
Clilriico'R Mnny Lawyer.
There aro between 8,000 and 10,000
lawyers In Chicago. Thnt la to say,
there aro between 8,000 and 10,000 men
in tho city who havo studied law and
been admitted to practice. Of this num
ber, however, only 4,000 to 5,000, or
about 50 per cont, aro following their
profession. Tho other 4,000 or 5,000 nro
in tho rnnka of trade.
The accumulation of coffee in Now
York has reached 3,250,000 bags, an
unprecedented supply.
!f.
boring towns. It also contains nn or
dinance relating to personal' violence
which described tho ponnlty in storo
for thoso who sought to annul its pro
visions. Tho fragment is especially note
worthy, as it vividly portrays tho
form of tho alphabet nt thla early'
stago of tlmo, and Is also ono of tho
oldest known specimens of Arglvo
writings in existence Ab a forciblo
typo of criminal code It is worthy of
comparison with our modern niothods
and practices, which are not all that
could bo desired.
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