ECHOES OFTHE '91 CAMPAIGN
A SPLENDID TRIBUTE PAID TO
JUDGE SULLIVAN.
Judge Crlmison, Mr. E. C Ewing.
Son of the Late JucUe Ewin, and!
Hon. Ceo. Wells Faithfully Voice I
the Sentiments of their District. j
Might an Old Shoe.
Columbus, Neb., Oct 12,-Much has' Word came to Winthrop. Me. re
been said bv the republican papers cently that -Tom" Coffin, the mysteri
about Judge Sullivan's candidacy hav- us. the spendthrift, was dead. Hia
tag been fenced upon the free silver f'a with the strange-
people by the gold standard men and ot his life. He died in the little
corporation strikers. Such a ridiculous town of Lovell. Me., from the efteets
charge needs no refutation. But as a of the morphine habit, and without
mere matter of pleasure the fact is re- j friends or mono with which to be
called that the solid populist, demo juried.
cratic and silver republican delega-i The selectmen of W inthrop have re
tions to the three big state conventions ceived word that Coffin has been bur
from the judge's home county Platte, ied at the expense of the town of
and from Merrick, Nance, Boone,1 Lovell and that Winthrop would be
Madison, Colfax, Butler and folk ad (looked to to make good the costs,
joining all voted first, last an 1 ail the! How Coffin got his money no one
time for Judge Sullivan's nctniu.it ion. I seems to know. His life away from
Among these delegations were a Winthrop is a mystery. Some say he
large number of men who dates their got his money as a bookmaker at the
work in the ranks of reform away back New York race tracks; some say in
to the days of Peter Cooper. All of Mated mine and land enterprises.
mn ha va either nersonallv known! But this is known: He was here
or known of Judge Sulliva-i lot twenty
odd years.
Here in Platte county the entire re
form forces are thoroughly and en
thusiastically united on Judge Sum-
van. It was so before the nominations ;
and it is so now and will so continue.
There is not a single kicker in Platte ;
county. Out of the 3,400 votes in this
county Judge Sullivan will get Aouu.
ECHOES FOR THE CAMPAIGN OF 91
In 1891 Judge John J. Sulivan was
Sixth judicial district. At the same1 fgnry at them he had them shot He
time Judge Marshal (republican) of,. "ought a fine horse and Immediately
Fremont was also elected. The peo
ple's independent candidates the la'e
Judge A. Ewing of Central City, and
Judge J. A. Grimison of Schuyler
were defeated.
It is now being circulated by our re-
n,,MAnn irnqirfi'ina (haf Tiwltro vtlllUvnn
, tn
tributing to the defeat of the populist;
candidates at that time. The populist
of the sixth judicial district were solid!
in their support of Sullivan for the;
nomination for judge of the supreme ,
ocurt, and the following statements em-
phasize the sincerity of the people:
y
rnnir Ti'nrp rvir-i
FROM Jl DGBEVIING S SON.
Central City, Neb., Oct. 2. "It gives
me pleasure to te atue to say
UJL Z l" r "7
, ' e,, , van tT th 7irZttrom the house, from its female in
against Judge Sullivan to tne ercect! ' , , , ....
that he contributed to the defeat of ; ate a.n,d hfr f apf tulltl
Judge Grimison and my father. Judge! grot heW the! ' thought.,
Ewing in the judicial campaign .ot im,0' mSeS fhat Snust have
LTh n sTowaaSJ Sf S 13.0.000 at least in the ,our
von Tu-ilu ifflll v n5 well as nersonallv
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living lie
I believe that if he were
would accord to Judge Sullivan a most
cord.al and unqualified support - In .the; He seemed utterly care- j
present campaign, H.s ConfiderU.al (o thfi fif hj3
Fnen,L E' " hV ING- i money. At one time he left a basVet j
"In addition to what Mr. Ewing has containing $100,000 in currency in the
stated in the above letter I wish to house, in plain sight, in a room with
say that for nineteen years before his no on'e I(,ft to j,,, after it but a few ;
death I was a confidential friend of:wornen.
Judge Ewing, and although a democrat' jfe f.arrip,i about with him a grip '
after the strictest set of the Pharisees stuffP,j wjtn $.-o.0OO in bills, and once !
1 voted for him in 1891 and every time! abscnt-mindf dly left it in a store and .
after when he was a candidate beforejjj not think to call for it until the .
the people. I know personally that he' nexj aay. I
did not blame Judge Sullivan for any-j jt a also related that at on? tine ho j
thing that happened in the campaign: ua(j tne grip full of money, and, being
of 1891, and if he were alive today he about to start on a trip to Boston, he
would be an earnest supporter of.i, not wish to be bothered with so
Judge Sullivan. Judge Ewing was the! much money, so he emptied it upon
best friend I had in the world, and in; the floor of a closet in his house and
his life time I honored him above every started on his way without further
other man in the state and I am happy j thought.
to state that his son Ed. C. Ewing, bids He left Winthrop after theso esc
fair to equal his illustrious father inipades as suddenly as he came. When
ability, honesty ana true love ior tnene vas here again, a short time ago
plain people of the country.'
G. W. WELLS.
JUDGE GRIMISON'S ENDORSEMENT
"It occurs to me that per
haps I can contribute something toward
the success of the noble effort which
has been made this year to secure good
government in Nebraska and latersome!
much needed reforms in the national porbes Robinson appeared as Ham
government, by the united action of all! jet at the Lvceum theatre in Ujndon
factions whose common purposes run;three weeks ago, and since thn he
on parallel lines for a considerable dis-1 nas been unanimously accclaimed as
tance. I have called it a noble effort! the great(.st impersonator of Shake
advisedly, because no such thing could j fl,Kare-8 most intellectual character on
be done without a self-sacrificing devo-(the English stage today,
tion to principle as distinguished fromj He is declared to be one of the great
trafflcing In public offices. It does one est 0f au Hamlets, and this judgment,
good to see so many good and true men' jf )t stands, must make him the first
sacrificing their personal ambitions and0f living actors.
cheerfully pursuing lines not of their His gUccess has been tremendousand
own selection, in the glorious hope of surprising. For years he had been re-
good to come to tneir country ana to;g&r(iP(i as an actor of considerable
mankind. Perhaps I have some license
to speak at this time, arising from the
fact that I got the reputation of being
a "middle-of-the-road" populist at the
cost of losing some warm and much
esteemed friends. This course I per
sistently pursued up to the adoption of
a populist platform last year at Chica
go by the democratic party, which so
changed the face of things that nothing
practical remains for us but the very
course we are pursuing. At this time,
when a new alignment of parties seems
nearer at hand; when so much propa
ganda work should be done; when the
drooping spirits of so many need to be
upheld, and the fire of enthusiasm kept
brightly burning In hope of the com
ing of better methods, it would be su
preme folly to break ranks and lose
form of a reminiscence.
And beyond all this, In the present
campaign in Nebraska, Is the fact that
we are called upon to support a candid
ate for Judge of the supreme court who( My hand shall never be oejtowed
it entirely worthy of our best efforts where my heart Is not, though your
irrespective of any party consideration blood be as blue as indigo and your
and wholly on his own merit as a law-J ancestral domains as vast and exten
yer and as a man In full sympathy, give as your nerve."
with' the greet mass of struggling hu-j The rejected suitor frowned hoars
Bianity, whoee much vaunted liberty; ly, and for a moment was loet In
now seems to be rapidly assunting the thought. Then he began In tragic
form of a reminiscelce. I tones:
I know of no good reason why Judge i
Sullivan should not receive the entire
populist vote of the district. In fact, I
know that he will, and sincerely hope
(or the same in every county of the
tat. Under no conceivable state of
things can the populist party of Ne
braska afford to do anything but give
to Judge Sulltvaa a good loyal and tne
nujiltort. I certainly Lave no reason,
from any information obtained, to ap
pre bend anything to the contrary. Now
I ft us get to v. ork and keep at It until
we have placed on the bench of the su
preme court of this state one man
whose meditations will not be bo often
disturbed with the perplexing question
of what power created him.
J. A. URIMiSON.
HAD $1,000,000 IN A BASKET.
Left a Fortune Lying Around as. He
twelve years ago with money with
heaps and stacks of money.
Coffin was a Winthrop boy and lived
here till nearing young manhood. Then
he got into trouble and had to leave
town. Nothing was heard or thought
01 mm 101 jm.h, ouuucm,
reappeared in the community, at that
I'"1 ul miu,ul a-
size, agile, hearty of manner, with a
strong, intelligent face.
But soon he began to paralyze the
community. He was an opium fiend
at the time.
He bough horses, and when he cot
began to mutilate the grounds by tear
ing away a fine bank wall of granite.
He had his front stone steps torn up
and carted away because some young
Ieople sat upon them, uninvited, one
evening.
He bought carriages and furniture,
Jand then more carriages and furniture,
nd nJaie a bonfire on the lawn of his
f., installment . If he had an end,
'f t femed t0 bet t0 dazzIe. a.n,d
astonish the acqua.ntances of his,
-vo"tn- i
l "e bought expensive carpeting, to i
bve fro? h,t frfjnt d.r ,
the street, so that the woman he intro- j
duced as his wife might go to an en-,;
tertainment without soiling: the soles
of her slippers.
Sometimes he had his tantrums and I
'bad spells. Then there were shrieks.
3 . . .
persons in the place were left richer for j
, . . , mmI TTo riiatritmtpd i
he was a changed man, only the ghost
of his former self, emaciated, unsteady
in his gait, a pitiable wreck. He con
ersed with but few of his former
friends and but few had anything to
say to him. Now he is dead, and the
town will have to bear the expense of
his burial.
Wonderful New Hamlet
intellectual power and far out of the
ordinary, but it was equally well rec
ognized that he was lacking in force
and had many well-defined limitations.
Now he is advanced to the first rank
suddenly and beyond all question.
His Hamlet Is different from any
that has ever been seen. In his hands
the Prince of Denmark is not the
grand, gloomy and peculiar person to
whom the conventions of the stage
have accustomed us. He Is a charm
ing, witty, philosophical gentleman,
whose only fault is that he has not
the strength of character needed for
the terrible circumstances in which he
finds fmself.
The dramatic critics of London all
indorse his Hamlet.
The Latest Craze.
"No, Count," said the heiress, firm
ly, "I cannot reconsider my decision.
"Listen, Miss Bullion, while I make
a confession. I have been deceiving
you. I am no count There is not a
drop of blue blood in my veins. In
fact, between ourselves, I am not even
respectable. Konw, then, that I am a
Bohemian a gypsy!"
The fair girl gazed at him with part
ed lips and shining eyes.
IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE.
SCIENTIFIC NOTES OF GENER
AL INTEREST.
Manufacture of Steel Barrels a New
Industry A New Kind of Specta
cles The Sir-ip!or TunnelSome
Late Inventions.
A new compond for welding iron
and steel at any from low ltd tc
high wh.te, is compos. d tf grcu..d mar
ble, 50 per ceut; sauu, iz per cent;
borax, 12 per cent; salt, 4 per cent, and
powdeied charcoal, 2 per cent. The
compound is said aiso to restore life to
burned metals.
Various English towns are introduc
ing waste pipes made of glass an 1
covered with asphaltum with highly
satisfactory results. These pipes are
doubtless the most sanitary, and, while
tb first cost may be somewhat in ac
cess of iron and lead, yet if properly
laid and protected they should last for
centuries and thu3 be the most econ
omical in the end.
Pittsburg papers announce that the
manufacture of steel barrels will pro
bably be started soon as a new in
dustiy in that busy city. The Standard
Oil company w ishes to get rid of wood
en barrels, and is tryiug to substitute
steel barrels for them. The manufac
ture of steel barrels has been attempted
in England with success, and the
Standard Oil officers have been watch
ing the experiments there with inter
est Dr. Nansen says that the worst Ice
pressures experienced by his ship, the
Fr&m (excepting those due to high
winds), regularly occurred at the time
of the new and full moon, the greatest
being at new moon. The tidal currents
near the margin of the polar ice fields
drive the floating ice before them, and
at new and full moon the action of the
sun is added to that of the moon, and i
the effect on the sea Increased.
Spectacles of wfre gauze are too dark.
Those of glass are easily dimmed by a
cold draft or a little dust. A heavy
blow destroys them, and the splinters
are then a source of danger. Dr.
Thomalla of Bel lin, has dis overed that
from Scherlng's gelatoid, an elastic,
perfectly transparent material, which
can be hardened in amylacetate, a
spectacle may be made. If broken it
will not splinter. Moisture does not
condense on the surface. Gelatoid does
not become so hot as glass, near a lire,
and does not catch fire.
The manufacture of asphaltum by a
new process of taking the product from
crude oil has opened up a new industry
for the enterprinlng people of Ventura.
An initial shipment of eighty-eight
tmia van made to Pennsvlv&nia last
week, and orders have been received,
so It is stated, for 2.000 tons more, all
for eastern points. The product is su- j
perior to the ordinary asphaltum of j
commence, and as such is likely to ;
come into wld demand.
The most difficult feature in the
struction of the tunnel under the '
Simplon range in the Alps is the keep
ing down of the temperature. A? it
will run about 7,000 feet beneath the
summit of Mount Leone, the tempera
ture will be about 104 degrees Fahren
heit. It reached SS degrees during the ;
dipping of the St. Gothard tunnel, and
the health of the workmen was serious- ,
ly affected. A careful system of ven
tilation will be used In the Simplon :
tunnel. i
German Iron founders have adopted ;
an ingenious method of making cas1:- j
legs w hich are to be partly of hur l ;
and partly of soft steel. If a carriage I
wheel is to be case with a hard rim the ;
form is rotated and hard steel poured j
Jn. The centrifugal force- sends It
around the outer edge, so that it form
a rim. and when It is somewhat cooled ;
the soft steel Is added. This gives a
very intimate union, and the wheel ,
is provided with, a hard stoel rim. j
It has been found that liquid air Is j
one of the most perfect insulators, and '
Insulating materials cooled to the teui- !
perature of liquid air are much Im- j
proved in insulating qualities. It Is !
suggested that as Niagara is twenty- j
four horse power, and that but a finall '
amount is used at night, some of the
surplus might be utilized in the manu
facture of liquefied air as a meana of
energy storage and in electric engin
eering. It is, however, too early to
make any predictions on the subject.
A new method of treating the malady
known as "locomotor ataxia" has been
introduced into the Salpetriere hospi
tal, Paris, by two pupils of Charcot ;
The patient Is laid on a small table i
and clad In a kind of harness, which !
enables him to bend his back and
elongate the spinal cord. It will he
remebered that Charcot long ago pro- i
scribed the suspending of the patient j
with the weight of the body bearing on
the sides of the jaw and the back of the
head, as a cure for certain forms of j
spinal disease. Popularly speaking ;
Charcot's Idea was to take the kinks
out of the backbone. I
The result of some recent researches
on the direct union of carbon and Iron
at a high temperature have been com
municated by the author, M. Molisan.
to the French Academy of Sciences. He
states that whn pur Iron and carbon
are melted together In an electric fur
nace and allowed to cool slowly, the
metal Is found to contain only a very
small quantity of combined carbon, a
gray pig Iron being obtained that solid
ifies at 1,500 degrees centigrade. By
suddenly cooling Iron in water satu
rated with carbon at 3,000 degrees tb
metal became crystalline In structure
and from It were seperated brilliant
crystals of carbide of iron.
Thomas A. Edison has patented an
Improvement In klnetoscopes with
which, he says, he has taken with &
single camera and tape film as many
as forty-six photographs per second,
eaoh having a size, measured length
wise to ths tape, of on Ir.r.h, and was
able to bold the tape at rest nine
tenths of the time. The movements
of the film may be continuous or in
termittent, preferably the latter, ani
the periods of ret should be longer
than those of movempnts. Ths trans
lucent taps film, hundreds of thousands
of feet In length. Is wound upon a reel
in a sheet metal box. the free end be
ing connected to an empty reel In sn
ether box. upon which reel ths film is
wound as the pictures are taken. The
shutter has several openings, so ar
ranged at to etpons the film at proper
inttrvata. and the lm is preferably
wldt enough to admit of taking pie.
tjrt- n im li in din?eter L-tfn the
cole arranged at regular Intervals
alul.j the two edges of the film. Two
rows of perforations and two f'-ei
wh-el are used, but on will suffice
it the film be narrow, and the apparat
us may Le used either with an Inter
mittently moving film and several
openings, or a continuous moving film
and single opening. The driving wheel
which actuates the feed and detent
wheels is propelled by an electric mo
tor, which may bs run at uniform speei
under the control of the centrifugal
governor and circuit controller, the
film being put in motion or stopped by
a touch of the band!?.
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.
Aftsr several years of trial pulleys
covered with papier mache are gain
ing in favor among British machinists.
In a new bicycle saddle a fluid-tight
cushion is filled with glycerine or sim
ilar sirup and inclosed by a leather
covering to make a flexible seat
A recently patented jacket for ladles
has slits under the arms fitted with
eyelets for lacing, so tbe armhole can
be enlarged for the passage of a large
slseve.
Carbon sticks for arc electric lights
are made with soft cores placed close
to one side of the stick for the purpose
of throwing a stronger light in one
direction.
Tbe art of paper making has reached
the point where it is possible to cut
down a growing tree and convert it
into paper suitable for printing pur
poses within twenty-four hours.
A new comb has the teeth formed
separately with the eyelets In the base,
which are threaded on a wire and em
bedded in an elastic strip for use, mak
ing the comb easy to clean.
Envelopes are being manufactured
with a string Inserted in the fold of the
Cap, both ends of which are left loose,
to be pulled and tear the envelope open
along the edge.
A newly patented ruling machine has
a reservoir to hold the ink or color con
nected by flexible tubes or strips of
flannel laid on tbe pens, which are held
on a frame by movable clamps.
The combination of a lamp, bell and
brake for cyclers' use has been pat
ented, the le!l being st in the back of
the lamp In position to be struck by
a clapper attached to the brake ;
plunger. j
To vary the draught of ships a serr j
of air compartments are formed In the j
hold, with an arrangement of pipes and I
valves, so the air may be pumped In 1
to raise the vessel, or water to lower it. !
A simple disenfecting and deodoriz- '
ing device consists of a reservoir to
the liquid and an evaporating chamber !
placed over tbe flame of a small lamp '
set In the under portion of the vapor
izer. An Englishman has Invented a bible
with two rollers set in the cover, on
which may be wound a roll of paper
containing a Bermon, or the paper may
be used for taking notes l: meetings,
etc.
Crates or cases for shipping bicycles
are to be made of wicker work or steel
strips, woven Into a basket, with a
hinged cover, the latticework ciiles be
ing woven loosely, so the wheel can be
seen when in the case
lUcycies are now being made with
one of the tubes ;n thef rame plugged
at eali end, to be filled with oil
through an inb t at the top and drawn
oil below, so that a cycler need not
lun out of fuel for his lamp.
Pneumatic bicycle tires will last
longer by using a newly designed brake
which has two loosely pivoted clips
shed with rubber or felt pads to press
en the sides of the rim whr-n the brake
Is applied, Instead of on the tire.
In an improved trunk the tray is
supported on ledges connected with
links so attached to the lid of the t. tink
that whn the lid Is raised the tray is
lifted with it, allowing easy access to
the body of the trunk.
Ietters cannot be fraudulently ex
tracted from a new mail box which has
a cylinder set in the letter slot and
fastened with a rachet so It will turn
ever to push the letter In. but cannot
be turned backward to withdraw It.
Boots and shoes are prevented from
squeaking by an air channel placed be
tween two filling pieces at the Fides
of the heel and extending forward lu
the sole of the shoe, the air chamber
being fitted with a valve for Indation.
A simple device which will prevent
many railroad accidents consists of a j
f;isible knob attached to the ends of j
car axles, to drop down and complete '
an electric circuit, thus giving an alarm i
to the engineer whenever a hot box i
occurs on the car. j
Screw propellers are to be used in- I
stend of rudders for stearlng a ship, a
(halt being mounted in either the bow I
or stern of tbe vessel at right anpW
with the keel and fitted with propeller
wheels on each end, to Le revolved and
draw the boat around.
To minimize the danger of fracture
of lamp chimneys a new burner has a
plate, in which the chimney rests and
is clamped fast with a screw, which is
lightened when the lamp is lighted, to
that sudden changes of temperature
will not break the chimney.
Blind binges are being made with a
seml-clrcle cog on ths part which Is
attached to the blind, with a rod which
ends In a gear wheel at one end to
mesh in tbe cog on the blind, the other
end projecting through the wall Into
tbe room and ending In a knob or
lever by which to turn ths blind from
the Inside.
Bedsteads for army anJ camping uee
are made with four upright posts rest
ing on the ground and supporting
cross-pieces over which a canvas bot
tom Is drawn and suspended by loops,
the bed being braced by ropes fastened
to spikes driven Into the ground.
A substantially automatic bicycle
brake Is applied to the rear wheel, the
lever being adjacent to the rear of the
saddle, the brake box being so operatid
by tbe weight of the rldor that the
tendency to throw the rider forward
Incident to stopping the wheel release
the brake and applies only enough
force to bring the bicycle to a stop,
A continuous ice cream freezer has
an les chamber with the cream cylinder
sot In the center, the cream being
plsced In a reservoir above with a pipe
running Into one end of ths freezer, the
opposite end being closed until the
cream freeies. when It Is opened and
the cream forced out, allowing more
oream to flow infrom tbe reservoir, tbe
cylinder being revolved by hand or a
motor.
CHICACO DRAINAGE CANAL.
The Cost of BulldlriK It Foots Unto
$31,000,000.
The greitest feat of "t nltary nrti
ering in the world, the canal 1'-') t'et
wide and twenty-eight miles long. f' tn
the south branch of the Chicago river
to iockport on the Desrila'aes, wi.l
be completed this year. Expenditures,
damages, the building of swinging
bridges for railroads and highway.!,
the acquirement of right of way, aDd
unexpected litigations will bring the
cost up to nearly thirty-one (31) mil
lions of dollars. Altogether over twenty-six
million cubic feet of glacial drift
and nearly twelve millions of solid
rock have been excavated and removed
In addition to this the wotk of mak
ing a "diversion channel" for the I)es
plaines riter to carry off its water in
the great freshets. The entire volume
of earth and rock moved, or deposited
in Lake Michigan in fifty feet of water,
would make an Is'and a mile square
eight feet above the water. It Is the
greatest work ever done by man since
he began to quarry In stone Three
hundred thousand cubic feet of water
a minute will flow from Lake Michigan
through this new river. Not the last
remarkable thing about the work wm
the boldness and novelty of tbe speci
ally constructed machines o handle
the material. Among these the pteat
cantilever crane, a bridge COO feet long
spanning the channel and extending
far on each side and carrying on a sort
of endless belt pans In which the rock
was loaded, as one of the most note
worthy. It was mounted on trucks so
that It could be moved parallel with
the channel.
Value of Hermltlne.
Hermitine, or electrolyzed salt water,
besides its use asadislnfectant for sew
erage, is now employed as an antiseptic
in Paris hospitals. Dr. Proger, chief
surgeon of the deaf and dumb child
ren's asylum at Asnieres, recently told
the Academle de Medicine, as the re
sult of long experiments, that 'the i
electrolyzed saline water is neither
caustic not irritating. It may be ap- i
plied to the mucous membrane and to '
tbe skin. It Instantly removes all i
odors, stops all putrescent fermenta- j
Hon, kills microbes more effectually ;
and rapidly than any other antiseptic,
cleanses and heals fetid wound anil
pores and hastens healing." In other j
words, It is an Ideal antiseptic. 'Con- j
sequently,' says lr. Proger, "it appears i
to mo of the utmost importance tu
make it known and to draw attention 1
to all the applications that it may be j
put to both from a domestic point of
view as an antiseptic and healer par
excellence." Dr. Proger la reported to j
have used hermitine with success In ;
cases of angina, coryza aud incipient
diphtheria as well.
Electric Motor Cars.
An Improvement In electric motor
car3 consists la combining with the car
and motor a double-reduction plant
gear mechanism for communicating
motion from the armature of the motor
to the car axle, the mechanism having
two independent friction brakes. The
field magnet of the motor is also pro
vided both with scries and shunt winn
ings, and the motor starts with no load
nor current waste, as tbe armature nl
most instantly requires Its proper, or
most economical speed. The car may
also be started or stopped without
jar or jerk, and can be reduced
Instantly from a speed of eighteen to
four and one-half miles (the armature
remaining at ail times at full speed),
the motor then acting as a dynamo
and giving the current back into the
line. The car can be perfectly con
trolled on the ste'cpest grade, and in
running down hill the motor may be
converted temporarily Into a dynamo,
and current generated and forced back
into the line by the gravity of the
descending car.
A Gigantic Project.
The contractors who built the Severn
tunnel have come forward with an esti
mate that a tunnel between England
and Ireland can be constructed for $50,
000,000. They submit figures and speak
confldsntly of the feasibility of the pro
ject Although they do not offer to take
a contract for the whole work no one
firm would be likely to asume such a
tremendous risk they are evidently
anxious to build a portion of the tunnel
at a rate their figures would determine.
The tunnel, they think, could be main
tained for about $1,500,000 per annum,
& far less amount than an open rail
road of similar length would cost. The
chances of the project taking more de
finite form than mere newspaper con
jectures are beginning to look bright,
and a closer union of England and Ire
land may result from It about the first
part of the next century.
Watch Mado of Wood.
The most curious timekeeper, ner
haps, that has even been made In this
country was the work of Victor Doriot,
who lived at Bristol, Tenn., about
twenty years ago. This oddity Is a
wooden watch. The case was made
of briar root, and the inside wheels
and the springs (which were of metal)
were male frem a piece of old box
wood rule. The face, which was pol
ished until It looked like a slab of the
finest ivory, was made from the
shoulder blade of an old cow. It was
an open-faced affair, with a glass crys
tal, and was pronounced a fine piece
of work by all tbe watchmakers In the
state.
Range Gas Generators.
A Peruvian has Invented a r&nge de
signed to convert the products of wood
combustion to gas. It has a retort, pur
ifier and washer, gasometer and other
gas apparatus, and while a me-al Is be
ing cooked by wood leaves, straw, corn
cobs, sawdust, etc., gas Is generated for
illuminating or rooking purpose. This
gas, It Is claimed by the Inventor, when
burred without mixing with air prior
to combustion has an Illuminating
power twice as intense as Is given by
coal gas burners or Edison's Incandes
cent lamps, it must, however. Impinge
upon a mantle prepared with mineral
aalts and oxides or refractory earth.
Encourage children to eat porridge,
for oatmaal contains lime, which Is
necessary for hardening their bones.
Milk is also excellent food for chil
dren, containing the salts necessary to
keep the blood healthy.
DISCOVEHV IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
Evory N-atlv a He production of
toe Entiru Physical btructura.
A shuit time tlmi: it ,is auuoumcd
that Dr. KoOcil X. Oh img, d nom
inator ol alialoiny at tin; Uaitiiuore
University .School of .MimI-liuc, had dis
covered that every phoioti jphic m ga
tive was a repiuuurtiuii ot lao entue
physical structure of the peisuu photo
gtaphed. While making an X-ray plc
tuie of a patit-ut's arm he laid a cab
inet photograph of himsolf under the
arm. Upou developing the plate, be
sides the outlinu of bones other liuea
came iuto view which assumed tbe
form of his phototraph. He washed
the plato and pouitd a few drops of
chemical over It. He compared lines In
the groiu with a cut In Cray's anatomy
end was convinced tb.4 they represent-,
ed the anterior Crural nerve and its
branches. He has since been experi
mfcnting with many different chemicals
In an endeavor to find some agent
which will bring to light all the tend
ons, nerves, etc. During the last few
weeks many experimentalists have
tried to attain similar results and fail
ed. Some have declared tbe claims ot
Dr. Giering false. But he has demon
strated beyond question their truth.
He has shown a negative of an X-ray
photograph of a hand upon which were
radiating and intersecting lines and
plainly distinguishing shadows. Ulon
comparison with physiological dia
grams the plate, under a magnifier,
plainly disclosed tbe outlliiee of the
palmar arch and the tendons which
serve to move the thumb and fingers.
On each side of every finger were
clearly defined lines of the arteries. A
second plate showed the groin of the
right leg, and in It could be easily
traced the external iliac arteries, the
anterior crural nerve and Its ramifica
tions, and the lymphatic glands. The
doctor wishes to find a ohemleal which
will permanently fix these plates so
that be can make prints and dispal
all skepticism regarding his discovery,
fie states that after thirteen weeks'
work he found ingredients which will
bring out seven different elements of
the human structure. He believes that
when the system has been completed,
by photograplng many known caseis,
generalizations can be arrived at
which will enable a physician to de
termine the exact stage of progress of
a disease.
Diphtheria Cure.
The method by which the celebrated
Dr. Field of London whose successful
treatment of diphtheria was the envy
and admiration of his profession
handled the disease is described In the
London Lancet. All Dr. Field took
with him was a powder of sulphur and
a quill, and with these he cured every
patient without exception. He put a
teaspoonful of tbe powder (dower of
sulphur) Into a wineglass of water Rnd
stirred It with his finger instead of a
spoon, as sulphur does not really
amalgamate with water. When the
sulphur was well mixed he gave It as
a gargle, and In ten minutes t he patient
was out of danger. Brimstone kills
every species of funcus in man, beast
or plant In a few minutes. In extreme
cases, where the fungus was too nearly
clewing the throat to admit of garbling,
he blew the sulphur Into the throst
with the quill, and after the fungus
had shrunken sufficiently to allow it,
then the gargling. He never lost a pa
tient. If the patient cannot gargle,
take a live coal, put. it on a shovel and
a spoonful of sulphur on it and let
the sufferer inhale the fumes, holding
the head over the sulphur. Dr. Field
permitted indeed recommended the
swallowing of the gargle Instead of
spitting It out.
This simple remedy has, to our
knowledge, proved effective more than
once In cases where the lining mem
brane of the throat showed the sus
picious white patches, and deserves a
trial. Itocertalnly cannot harm anyons.
Copper Sheathed Cars.
Success appears to have attended the
experiment made last December On the
New Haven railroad, and uly reported
at the time, in the sheathing of a pas
senger car with copper. In this case the
usual sheathing was removed from &.
first class car, the frame was redressed
and blocked, and the metal sheathing
was prepared In the company's shop,
the process being slow, as the work
was out of the usual line. It was
thought that the copper might add con
siderably to the weight of the car, but
since the completion of the work It
has been found that the thinner car
sheathing Is not desirable, for tbe rea
son that the Hps e,f the grooves In tho
edge are Inclined to curl, there not be
ing sufficient lumber In the upper Hp
to make It firm. All the poets and
corners. In fact, every exterior part
of the passenger rare made of wood,
were covered with copper. The car
has been run since January without In
terruption, and no appreciable evidence
of expansion had been noted during ex
posure to heat or cold, and the stiff
ness of the material prevents bad ap
pearance on the board. Rome 800 to
900 pounds of metal are required.
Discussing Contagiousness.
In a discussion before the Medlco
Chirurglcsl society of Louisville, Ky.,
on epidemic scarlet fever, a doubt was
expressed by some of the speakers as
to scarlet fever being a contagious dis
ease In the sence that meaeles, small
pox, etc., are really of that character
that Is tranumlltable by personal con
tact. As against tbe usually prevailing
opinion tbe statement was made, that
It U the exception and not the rule to
see more than one case of scarlet fever
develop In the same family, but Its
Infectious character Is rn. de manifest
by the fact that, on there bning a cose
tl the disease In a house, nnd the latter
be then vacated without fumigation, II
another family moves into It years
afterward the children may take scar
let fever. The common practice of
marking or placarding places where
the fever exists Is pronounced useless
from- this pednt ot view, viz , that peo
ple going to or coming from the house
will not catch the disease.
A learned professor at Geneva,
Switzerland, states that France drinks
more alcohol annually thnn any other
nation In Europe, His calculation Is
baaed on ths percentage of alcoholic
liquors consumed. According to this
standard, each person In France drinks
thirteen quarts of alcohol In many
mors atiarts of wines, beers, etc, in
taa course of a year.
