Nebraska Newspapers

    TO GET ALGER’S TOGA
V. A. SMITH WILL BE NEW SENA- l
TOR FROM MICHIGAN.
Interesting Story of His Rise from :
Newsboy to Position of Wealth
and Prominence—His Rec
ord in Congress.
•
Lansing, Mich.—In succession to
Russell A. Alger, a native son of the !
Wolverine state is to represent Mich- ,
igan in the United States senate, i
After one of the most exciting politi- j
cal campaigns ever fought in the two- j
peninsula commonwealth, William Al
den Smith of Grand Rapids, congress
man, editor, banker, railway man,
merchant, millionaire and man of af
fairs.
Mr. Smith is 4S years old and a na
tive of Dowagiac, Mich. He was edu
cated in the public schools and went
with his family to Grand Rapids when
he was 12 years old.
In Grand Rapids he began his ca
reer of self-reliance by selling pop
corn and newspapers and running er
rands, for the family was poor. He
turned all his earnings over to his
parents for the family support.
The stepping stone of his political
career was his appointment as a
page in the house of representatives
of the state.
Finding that another boy had se
cured a position as messenger boy,
for which he had applied to his home
representative, he trudged the 25
miles from Grand Rapids to Ionia to
solicit in person from Lieutenant Gov
£ ernor Sessions a position as messen
* ger to the senate. His ambitions in
this direction were dashed, for he was
told that there were no vacancies, but
he was undaunted. He made his way
to Lansing on the opening day of the
session, and his persistence brought
him the appointment as page from
Speaker John T. Rich.
His first winter in the' legislature
as a page gave him a wide acquaint
ance with men in the state. It
strengthened a determination he had
formed to become a lawyer, and he
took up the reading of law in the of
fice of Burch & Montgomery, and at
the age of 24 was admitted to the bar.
He soon became associated with Fred
W Stevens, and later the firm be
■eame Smiley, Smith & Stevens.
He became general counsel for the
Chicago & West Michigan and for the
Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western rail
.roads. and under Gov. Luce was ap
pointed state game warden for his
work in the campaign.
Mr. Smith built a logging railroad
from Rapid City to Kalkask*. and
Stratford a distance of 44 miles, ten
years ago, to tap a tract of lumber on
the Upper Manistee river, which had
been left uncut because of its dis
tance from the railroads. Later hd
built a line from Lowell to Hastings.
For this work he reecived $100,000 ir
stock which was considered worth'
less. He held it until the l’ere Mar
quette had use for the branch, theh
sold it at par.
Mr. Smith was first elected to con.
gress in 1894. He was reelected ir
1896, and with inereased majorities
each two years since, until in 1904
his majority was nearly 18,000. Ir
WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH.
(He Will Succeed Alger as Senator
from Michigan.)
1900 the Democrats placed no candi
date in the field against him.
In the years he has served in com
gross he has developed into one of
the strong men of the house He
voted for the employers' liability bill,
voted for the absolute control of the
corporations by congress, and first
and foremost has at all times advo
cated the amendment of the constitu
tion of the United States to provide
for the election of United States sen
ators by the people.
Desides being a lawyer and a politi
I cian. the new senator is a good busi
; ness man and a money-maker. He is
j interested in enterprises in his home
I city and elsewhere and is vice presi
| dent of the Peoples’ Savings bank of
! Grand Rapids. He also owns the
| Grand Rapids Herald, the paper
which he peddled when a boy. On
I the intellectual side it may be men
tioned that Dartmouth college gave
him the degree of master of arts in
| June, 1901
FIFTY YEARS ON A ROCK.
Ida Lewis Well Known as Lighthouse
Keeper in Newport Harbor.
Newport, Ft- I-—With the coming
new year Ida Lewis, known as the
3raee Darling of America, celebrated
■her fiftieth year in the little light
Miss Lewis and Her Island.
house on Lime rock, Newport harbor,
<of which she is in charge as keeper.
As girl and woman Ida Lewis has
lived a remarkable life. Her bravery
and skill in handling a boat are well
known, and her fame is secure as the
greatest woman life saver in the
world, for she has the credit of hav
ing saved no less than 18 lives, most
of her rescues having been effected in
the face of extreme danger and in
winter.
Ida Lewis is known personally to
half the residents of Newport, and by
sight practically to all. In her cat
boat she comes daily to Newport for
her household supplies, accompanied
by a big dog, and the weather must
be severe indeed to keep her away.
As keeper of the Lime island light
house, to which post she was appoint
ed, in recognition of her bravery and
record as a life-saver, on the death oi
her father, Miss Lewis has shown her
self as careful and efficient as a man
could be. She is one of the few wo
/ nen in such a position.
0 She cared for the light several
years before appointed keeper, whan
ler father, because of sickness, was
unable to perform his duties. At the
same time she helped keep house and
rowed her younger sisters to Newport
daily to school.
She was appointed keeper of the
ight in 1879 at a salary of $750 a
year, and has performed her duties
without a break ever since.
Although she will be 65 years old
in February, Miss Lewis is a younger
looking woman, and • is as active as
she was 25 years ago.
Ida Lewis' first, rescue was in 1858,
when, a girl of 16, she saved four
young men from an overturned boat
in Newport harbor on a windy night.
In February, 1866, she saved three
drunken soldiers from the icy waters
of Newport harbor, into which they
had fallen from a skiff.
In January, 1867, she rescued three
Irish laborers who had swamped a
boat while pursuing a frightened flock
of sheep which had taken to the wa
ter.
Two weeks later she rescued a man
from the masthead of a sunken boat
near Goat island, Newport harbor.
On March 29, 1869. she rescued two
soldiers and a boy from an upturned
boat in biting cold. All were helpless
when she reached them. For this res
cue congress awarded her a gold
medal and she received the thanks of
the state of Rhode Island.
This act made her name famous
and she was showered with attentions'
from societies and individuals in all
parts of the country.
These are hut the chief of her res.
j cues.
Father Explains.
Johnny—Papa, what does automo
bile mean?
Papa—It comes from the Greek'
'‘auto”—self—and the Latin ”0103116"
movement. It means a machine thaf
goes by itself.
Johnny—Doesn’t any one have any
thing to do with it?
Papa (who tries to drive a horse
and buggy)—No one with any self-re
spect.—Home Magazine.
His Loss.
■‘Charlie Gonebroke appears to' be
a good deal upset by the baujj fail
ure."
"Yes; I understood him to say that
he lost his balance.”
Steering Safe.
"No; I never give advice.”
“Wh vnot?”
‘ It’s a waste of time if people don’t
act on it; and if they do act on it,
it’s risky."
Slayer of Stanford White.
<
■ - ^ — --—“
HARRY K THAVL
From stereograph, copyright, hy Iin4*twood £ L’ailerwood, K. V.
The snot Tired by thl* young Pittsburg millionaire on the night of June 25
of last year at Madison Square Roof Garden, New York, took the life of
on* of Gotham’s most noted architects, Stanford Whit*.
NOVEL STEAMBOAT DRAMA.
Floating Palaces That Furnish Enter
tainment for River Towns.
Anybody who lives in a town on
the banks of the Mississippi river and
nears a calliope play at five o'clock in
the morning knows that it is not a cir
cus that is coming to town. It is the
floating palace, which is the name
given to a unique form of theatrical
transportation: entertainment that is
jsed only on the river and its tribu
taries, the Ohio and the Missouri.
There are at the present tilne more
than a dozen floating palaces. Each
.sf them carries a well-equipped stage,
a company of from 16 to 35 actors
and actresses, and has seating capacity
for from 200 to 700 persons. Each oi
the boats has a steam piano with
which the people from the countryside
are called to the landings, where the
shows are given on the boats, and
most of the boats carry pretty fair
bands.
Nowhere else in this country or
abroad is the drama carried up and
CURE FOR STAGE FRIGHT.
French Scientist Comes to the Rescue
of Actors and Singers.
Man;- young artists and students
who suffer from stage fright will be
glad to know that a cure has been
found. The Paris correspondent of the
Lancet writes;
At the recent meeting of the Hypno
logical and Psychological society Paul
Farez described three cases of stage
fright (trac) successfully treated by
sn'r'r“stion. Two of the patients took
part in the last competition at the con
servatoire. In all the numerous
cases of stage fright in which he has
obtained a -good result the symptom
of fear has been associated with some
bodily failing, such as respiratory
spasms, cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac
irritability, bradycardia, arterial hy
pertension or peripeheral vaso-con
striction. These conditions had an
important bearing on stage fright;
they maintained, aggravated and pro
longed it; and they were, moreover,
i an obstacle to the full and prompt
Well-Known Stage Favorite
'£7tHX
JOHNdOfr
Now appearing with great success in “The Red Mill.”
down rivers on steamboats. Barring
the railroad, the favorite means of
transportation in England and in con
tinental Europe is the wagon. There
are many wagon shows in this coun
try, but they would find it difficult to
reach all the towns that are easily
reached by the floating palaces. Many
of the towns that get all their dramat
ic sustenance from these floating play
houses have no railroad connections
whatever. If it were not for the
shows that float down or up to them
by boat, they would have to go with
out their theatrical fare.
Mark Twain, who knows the big
river about as well as anybody, used
to be well acquainted with the old
time managers of a few of the floating
palaces. He introduced one of them
into “Huckleberry Finn.” But time
changes and men change with them,
and the floating palace of to-day is
much more elaborate and much finer
than were the floating palaces of the
older time.
They play to thousands of persons
each season and they give pretty
good shows. Their managers, who
live in Cincinnati and St. Louis, make
good profits on the investment.
Ed McKean, the old Cleveland
shortstop has accepted terms to man
age the Dayton team in the Central
league next season. McKean is some
what over weight, but still is able to
get around some.
Miss Lena Ashwell has accepted a
play by Victor Mapes, late director of
the New Theater. Chicago, and plans
to produce it in London next spring.
The Morning Chores.
George Ade awoke from troubled
slumber'on his Indiana farm. Calling
his valet, he said: “Willyum, have the
cows been exercised this morning?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Did you order my foreman to have
the pigs washed?”
“Yes. sir.”
"Very well. Telephone to town for
some fresh eggs and country butter
and send my secretary here. I wish
to announce to the newspapers that
the report of my engagement to Miss
Lillian Russell is unequivocally false.”
Edward Connelly, who was seen
.recently as a member of Joe Weber’s
company in “Twiddle Twaddle” and
“The Squawman’s Girl of the Golden
West,” and whose clever caricature
of the sheriff in the burlesque elicited
high praise, has secured the “Marse
Covington” sketch from George Ade
and will present It in vaudeville.
Miss Mary Hall, the actress who
created the part of Lycabetta in “The
Proud Prince” with Mr. Sothern, and
• after played the queen to his Hamlet,
has been engaged by David Belasco to
play the title role in “The Girl of the
Golden West.”
success of treatment by suggestion.
Suggestion was unquestionably the
proper treatment for stage fright, but
recovery was hastened by the use of
suitable remedies for the relief of the
above-mentioned physical symptoms
either before or during the psycholog
ical treatment. This converging
psycho-somatic action is capable of
bringing about rapid, easy and perma
nent recovery.
ABOUT STAGE FOLK.
Edward H. Sothern has received
from Henry M. Rogers, of Boston, a
fan used by Mrs. Vincent in “The
Rivals,” when she played with the
old Boston Stock company.
Mark Twain appeared on the stage
of his own home on New Year’s eve
in a new drama entitled “The Tank
and His Little Black Man,” written by
himself.
William A. Brady has engaged
George H. Broadhurst to write a com
edy for Douglas Fairbanks, who has
made a distinct success in the light
comedy role in “The Man of the
Hour." Mr. Fairbanks will be recalled
as the juvenile in the original cast of
"Fantana,” and the irrepressible vil
lage cutup in “As Ye Sow.” In the
Broadhurst play, the scenes of which
are to be laid in Japan, he will create
the character of a young American
newspaper man.
Miss Ellen Terry is again in the
United States on her final American
tour. Her daughter, who accompanies
her, is her stage manager, and is one
of the few women serving in tha* ca
pacity.
Louis Mann will appear shortly In a
comedy with music, the book and
lyrics of which are by Roderick C.
Penfield, with music by Gustave Kgi*
lter and D. W. Brady. Clara Lipman
will not be seen in this play, but will
be starred independently by the Shi •
berts in a new comedy which is being
prepared for early production.
The late Hamilton Aide, an English
playwright, was a curiously versatile
man. He was the author of many
novels, verses and essays; he was a
more or less popular composer; he
turned out divers successful dramatic
pieces, and he painted landscapes de
scribed as pleasing. The blood of
antipathetic races was in his veins.
He was the son of an English mother
and an Armenian-Greek father.
He Knew What He Meant.
“Where is the committee going?”
“To St. Louis. The members are go
ing there to look the ground over and
decide whether SL Louis is the best
place to hold the airship toumamenL”
“Look the ground over? Yon mean
look the sky over.”
“No, I don't. I mean look the ground
over—for soft spots where the aero
! nauts can drop.”
POINTS OUT WASTE
EXPERT SEES FAULTS IN MOD
ERN HOUSEKEEPING.
Women of Chicago are Said to Spend
an Enormous Amount Needlessly
—Old-Fashioned Methods Got
the Best Results.
Chicago housekeepers waste nearly
$200,000,000 every year. The exact
figures, taken from commerclaf reports
and the percentages of waste calcu
lated by domestic science experts,
show that $193,140,000 is lost annually
by careless buying, unscientific cook
ing and other domestic extravagances.
The School of Domestic Science
sums up the causes under several
heads. Among these the half-dozen
'ollowing are selected by the Chicago
Tribune as the most prominent:
1. Buying provisions by order and
telephone instead of seeing them.
2. Buying prepared foods.
3. Buying fruits and vegetables out
yf season.
4. Taking goods as offered by deal
;rs instead of insisting on quantities,
orands and cuts wanted.
5. Loss on deight, wrappings and
attractive glasses, cans, etc., in which
food is put up.
C. Lack of expert knowledge of
cuts of meat and how to cook least ex
pensive things to bring out food values
ma good taste.
"The thing which the average house
keeper figures upon as most import
mt now is her time,” said Miss Ly
ford of the School of Domestic Science.
“When she buys so as to save this
she has to figure against it not only
oss of money, but loss of nourish
ment. Again, you have to figure if it
isn't better to spend more money to
get more nourishment.”
Of the gain in the old-fashioned
plan of going to market instead of or
dering by telephone or by the order
joy, the women ot' the school cannot
speak too strongly. Said Mrs. 'Wag
ley, the secretary:
“It is a matter of fact that yoor
roast will cost more if you order it
than it does if you see it weighed,
four butcher may prove perfectly hon
est and you may have him for years
and years and not find a fault if you
go get your things yourself. The min
Jte you begin to order, however, the
total of your week's bill will be higher.
“Another advantage of going is that
your butcher does not happen to have
the cut you want, you simply and
easily can walk to another place with
out any talk or argument about it.
Many housekeepers do not do this,
put it is the most logical thing in the
world to do. You ask for a certain
thing, he says he hasn't it. You say
dothing, but go to another place to
get what you have decided upon.”
One of the things which Mrs. Wag
ley considers is absolutely indispen
sable to see cut is hamburger steak,
which she says should be cut off as
wanted and put through the grinder.
The kind that is ready prepared in
variably will have scraps and trim
mings put in it.
One reason for the common habit
sf ordering is given by a housekeeper
in the fact that in the majority of mar
kets the fresh goods are not brought
sut until nearly noon, and this leaves
the housekeeper no time to market
but in the middle of her day. To this
is attributed the crowding of markets
■just before dinner, when it takes an
almost impossible tome to get waited
•n.
It is on the buying of ready-made
foods that the greatest loss is believed
to be found, both in money and nutri
tion. Says Mrs. Smith:
! “Ready-made cakes, pies and almost
gll ready-made foods are only an imi
tation. They look beautiful and appe
tizing on the outside, but did you ever
eat anything in your life bought in
this way that was not a disappoint
ment? In too many cases they are
made of materials 'that we would not
employ in our homes.”
FOR DEVIL’S FOOD CAKE.
Rich but Not Indigestible Dish for
the Winter.
Devil’s food cake may be counted
among the best of winter cakes when
rich foods may be eaten with pleas
ure and without fear of indigestion.
Cream one-half cupful of butter and
! gradually add one cupful of sugar,
three ounces (about six tablespoon
fuls) of melted chocolate and the
well-beaten yolks of two eggs. Add
alternately or.e-half cupful of milk
and one and one-half cupfuls of flour
with which has been sifted two and
one-half teaspocnfuls of baking pow
der, one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon
and one-quarter teaspoonful cloves.
Flavor with one teaspoonful of vanil
la while adding the stiffly whipped
whites of two eggs. Bake about 40
minutes if in loaf, 20 minutes in
layers.
Value of Old Gloves.
The house worker should never
throw away her old gloves, particular
ly her old white gloves. They are
most useful in protecting the hands
while dusting, sweeping or wiping
dishes. As women often complain
•.hat they feel clumsy in doing their
twork with gloves on, by simply cut
ing away the finger tips this sensa
tion is overcome. A very good pair of
gloves which laces up the palm of the
hands and is bought several sizes
larger than the ordinary wearing
glove is the ideal working glove. But
large old gloves do as well.
Ways of Using Bits of Silk.
The tiniest bits of silk will furnish
material for hat sachets, although one
of the simplest ways of imparting frag
rance to hats is to place a scented pad
in the bottom of the box, completely
covering it. Cheese cloth wjll answer
for the covering for these quite as well
as silk.
Saving the Feet.
When a big ironing has to be done
what a comfort and relief it is to the
feet to use a cushion to stand on while
ironing. It can be made from an old
quilt folded and covered by a piece
of carpet Until it has been tried no
1 one can believe the rest it is to tired
feet
—^
CANAL FOR CAPE COD.
6HIP CHANNEL TO BE CUT
ACROSS THE PENINSULA.
m
Will Bring Boston and New York
Nearer Together by the Water
Route—Advantages Which
Will Be Gained.
When the Cape Cod canal is fin
ished in three years, the time set by
•ts promoters, New York city will be
140 miles nearer the Hub by sea and
76 miles closer by the sound route.
Estimates from such data as are
available indicate that a tonnage of
coastwise trade of 22,000,000 tons
pow passes annually around Cape Cod
by all or partly open sea routes. The
major portion of this is expected to
be diverted through the canal by the
very low tariff promised and the
iverting of delay and danger associ
ated through a greater part of the
vear with navigation in the stormy
waters and sweeping tides off Cape
Cod and the fogs which menace craft
there, as also in treacherous Vine
yard sound, a part of the “inside"
route. Most of the tonnage is coal,
and cheaper fuel for the mills of
northern New England is one of the
most important commercial prospects
of the proposed canal building.
Strategic values of such a canal to
war vessels of light draft are of fed
eral importance. It should be a
great boon to yachtsmen.
From the shore of Buzzard's bay,
beginning in the town of that name,
the canal is to be cut through the
narrowest part of Cape Cod, the ter
minus of Massachusetts bay being at
Barnstable. From shore to shore is
seven and one-half miles. Shoals in
Buzzard’s bay will require dredging
of an additional distance of four and
one-half miles, according to Mr. Flan
agan’s engineers' report, and will
make the total length of canal build
ing 12 miles, with a depth through
out at low tide of 25 feet. It follows
the valley of the Monument and Scus
! set rivers, and is so straight that the
maximum deviation is only 600 feet,
| or about a half mile on each side of
I a straight line.
| No engineering problem faces the
! Guilders, Mr. Flanagan said, as it is
! simply a question of removing so
; many million cubic feet of earth,
i The minimum width of the bottom
[ will be 125 feet, extending at four
; points for the passage of vessels go
ing in opposite directions to 200 feet
ynd 350 feet on the surface. The
! character of the soil will render un
necessary any retaining construction
*
on the side except at a few points of
—no great length, where ordinary rip
rap will be all that is required.
The estimate of the actual cost
of construction is $10,000,000, but no
allowance is made in these figures for
a contractor's profit. It is believed!
that the canal can be completed with
in three years at an outlay of $12.
000,000.
For naval purposes the canal will
have a value, as it will be navigable
for second class cruisers, torpedo
and gun boats and submarine craft.
Idealists may see in it a link in that
ocean to ocean route by inland wa
ters which has been a dream of im
aginative naval strategists for gen
Map Showing Location of the Canaf.
erations. Vessels of light draught;
would be *ble to pass by a wholly in
side route from Cape Ann to New;
York, thence by the New Jersey
Canal to the Delaware river, to the
Chesapeake by another canal, through
the Dismal swamp to the sounds of
the North Carolina coast, and thence
| to Fernandina, Fla.
There is an old project to utilize;
the St Mary's river for a portion of
a water highway across Florida and,
build a canal to the gulf from the
head of the St. Mary's. At the other
end of the gulf theorists have devised
a scheme for the ascent of the Colo
! rado river by war vessels of light
draught, utilization of the proposed
inland lakes, part of the irrigation
I system, the building of a canal to the
Gila river and thence gain access to
, the Gulf of Lower California.
Not the least of the advantages of
the proposed Cape Cod canal would
be its value to yachtsmen who are
chars to “going on the shoals’’ in
their light craft to make a trip from
New York to Massachusetts Bay for
yachting contests there,
i
SYSTEM IN PILOT SERVICE.
Every one, most, knows that the big
ocean steamers enter New York har
bor under the guiding hand of a pilot
! who is picked up in the outer harbor,
I but few know the system under which
j these men work, or of the long years
: of training through which they must
| pass before they are considered quall
! fled to command one of the great
j leviathans. It was not so very many
I years ago when every pilot was for
! himself and cruised as far east as
I Halifax in the eagerness to pick up a
I charge, and beat his rival. It was
then a case of the pilot with the swift
■ est schooner and the greatest daring
' who won the best berths, but now all
that has changed. All the pilots are
in one organization, they have their
own steamers to carry them out to
the place where they pick up the big
boats, and they take their turn in
piloting them through the narrows and
to their docks.
These boats of the pilots are named
the New York and the New Jersey
and are powerful, large steamers,
about 160 feet long, the former built
of steel, the latter of wood. The sys
tem under which they work is as fol
lows: The New York is known as
the station boat and her duty is to
take pilots off the outward bound
ships, while the duty of the New Jer
sey is to put them aboard the inward
bound steamships.
In the case of a pilot who leaves the
Jersey and guides a vessel up into the
harbor. As soon as she warps into
her pier he reports at the pilot office
at No. 17 State street. Here is a
great blackboard, with two long rows
of names, one marked “Outward” and
the other “Reserve.” The pilot who
has just brought in the ship is then
put down on the “outw’ard” list. The
clearances of ships is reported hour
ly from the custom house, and if It
should be the turn of the man just in,
he will be appointed to take that one
to sea. If he get to sea with her be
fore the men who come immediatetly
after him with their vessels Isome
:imes he might not, though, for various
reasons) his name is placed first on
the “reserve” list.
Pilots are put aboard at least 15
ihips a day; and the next morning the
T> --
New Jersey, having put so many men
on inward bound ships, has to draw
her supply from the reserve list of
men. There are still three of the old
sailboats in commission on what we
call the southern group watching for
vessels from South and Central Amer
ica and the West Indies.
In the Sandy Hook service there
are 140 pilots and 13 apprentices.
When the New York and New Jersey
pilots amalgamated some years ag«
and built the two steamboats there
was such a predominance of the for
mer in the business that a ratio of
expense and profits was agreed upon,
the stipulation being that seven parts
out of every ten in the profits, work
ing expenses, fixed charges and every
thing else should go to the New
Yorkers. The pilots paid for and owm
both their boats, the New York hav
ing been designed by A. Cary Smith
and built at a cost close to $90,000.
The New Jersey, being of wood.
Oldest of the apprentices, of which
there are six on one boat and seven
on the other, is always known as the
boatkeeper, with one boatkeeper on
each boat, lie acts as a sort of boat-’
sw-ain and also handles the donkey
when launching the yawl. A young
man must serve as an apprentice for
iive years. But before he Is even
permitted enrollment as such he must
serve a certain length of time on ap
probation, according to his lights, to
demonstrate whether or not he is fit
for the calling at all.
When he has made good and is ac
cepted, he serves for the five years,
doing the work of an ordinary fore
mast or deck hand, polishing brass,
pulling the yawl, steering, painting,
splicing and doing all such vTork
about the decks. And, most Impor
tant of all. he never ceases to ob
serve and stow away. At the end of
five years, if he is apt, he gets his
'"18-foot branch, which means that
he is now- fit to take in or out of the
harbor vessels drawing not more than
18 feet of water. At this he serves
for one year, when he acquires his
"22-foot branch," at which he also re
mains for one year, at the end of
which time he receives his “full
branch,” authorizing him to conduct
in and out the deepest vessels afloat.
Most Modern Salt Plant
—
I
Ready for the Table Without Ever Be
ing Touched by Human Hands.
Thirteen hundred barrels every 24 !
hours of hne salt—mined, purified and
crystallized, packed ready for the
table without the touch of a hand—
this is the last achievement ia salt
making, the fiual round in reduced j
tost of production, says the Technical ;
World.
In the city of Saginaw there has
just been completed and put in oper
ation the most modern salt plant in
America. The rock salt is mined and
brought to the surface in the form of
brine, through wells nearly 800 feet
deep. This brine is pumped into a
tank and filtered and run into settling
tanks. From there it is drawn off into
grainers, where the salt crystallization
begins.
This is a most interesting action.
Watching the steaming surface of the
brine, a pellicle of salt forms, which
soon breads and sinks down, to be fol
lowed by another, and the crystalliza
tion then proceeds rapidly. It is a
fact, that the estimated capacity ol
each grainer. of 100 barrels every 24
hours, is being greatly exceeded, and
more than 120 barrels are being made
“-Vo such fast salt making was ever
known before,” said Salt Maker
Mason. “It beats all how the crystals
form on the bottom and sides of the
grainer. I never saw anything like it.
and I have been making salt—and
good salt, too—for 25 years,.”
Dr. Lapponi’s Successor.
Dr. Ettore Marchiafava, who suc
ceeded the late Dr. Lapponi as private
physician to the pope, was born 52
years ago at Civita Veccha and was
principally educated in Rome, where
he is now professor of pathological
anatomy at the university. He is the
discoverer of the malarial parasite
and the originator of the scheme by
which the eternal city has been ren
dered free from Roman fever.