THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
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AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
timely Mention of the Doing of the Na
tional ConereM, Departmental ami Ex
root Wo Offlclnt Action, nnd Mo?uienlf
of Army anil Naty.
Thtirnriay, August 17.
Sarah M. Cotton, assistant matron
It the Santa Fc Indian school, new
Mexico, has been transferred to bo
matron of thcSantce school, Nebraska.
Admiral Dewey, who has been suf
fering from fever, Is now better, and
this morning he remained on the deck
of the Olympln. It is believed the ad
miral will give an ofllclal reception be
fore leaving Leghorn for Florence.
The appalling conditions existing in
l'orto ltico were made more fully
known to the war department yester
day by General Davis in a dispatch
which says the deaths In tho island
will reach 8,1)00, while many are dying
dally from injuries nnd privations.
Assistant Secretary Taylor of Uie
treasury department "has Special Agent
McDowell's report on the inspection of
kites at lllair. Neb., but he will not
take anynetlon on it for .some time.
Senator Thurston has requested that
no selection be made until he is heard
from, and the matter will be held in
abeyance until some information Is re
ceived from him.
Orders have been Issued by Acting
Secretary Allen to Captain Kobloy I).
Kvnns, who commanded the battleship
Iowa during the war with Spain, di
recting him to confer with tho Dewey
reception committee of New York nnd
with Rear Admiral Sampson, respect
ing the navy's participation in the
ceremonies incidental to the home
coming of Admlr.il Dewey.
The navy department has issued a
general order, awarding u medal of
honor to Corporal McNeill of the ma
rine corps for gallantry aboard the
Hrooklyn during the fight with Ccr
vera's fleet. Corporal MeNeal climbed
out on a six pound gun under the fore
castle ami cleared it of a jammed slieii.
This feat was performed during the
heaviest part of theactlon.
Friday, AiiffiMit IS.
The first annual encampment of the
Spanish-American war volunteers wll.
be held in Washington, D. C, Septem
ber 8 nnd 0.
It wis hinted at the war department
that the general In command of the
troops In Lnzon, whoever he may be,
will have sixty tlisand men In his army
by the first of December.
"I cannot yet say anything as to the
number of olflcers to be commissioned
from Nebraska, nor can any of them
be named," said Asslstp-t Secretary
Melkeljohn this afternoon. "I have
communicated with (lovernor Pointer,
asking for recommendations."
A order has been issued directing
that ten Additional regiments, Infan
try volunteers, be organized for service
in the Philippines. The regiment will
be numbered from thirty-eight to forty-seven,
and -will be organized at the
following places in the order named:
Ft. Snclluyjr, Ft. Crook, Neb.; Ft.
Riley, Kns. Camp Meade, Pa.; Ft.
Kthan Allen, Vt.; Ft Leavenworth,
Has.; Jefferson Uarraeks, Mo.; .South
Fnrmmingliam, Mass.
fiatarday, Auguit 10.
Relief for the Porto Weans left des
titute by the hurricane was dispatched
from New York on the steamship
Krclyn, which sailed for Ponce to-day.
The shipment consisted largely of
clothing and medicine.
Surgeon General Wyman has been
notified by Surgeon Carson, stationed
at Port Limon, Costa Rica, of the ap
pearance of a case of yellow fever at
that place. This is olio of the eight
American ports at which tho marine
hospital service has an official sta
tioned to report promptly on the ap
pearance of jellow fever. This is the
first that has been reported at any of
the fruit ports this season.
Tho marine battalion at Havana,
which has been ordered north account
of the appearance of a case of yellow
fever among the men, will leave on
Ward line steamer for New York. They
will neither stores nor baggage with
them. Tho men will bo inspected, and
if ideemed necessary on their arrival at
New York, to prevent the possibility
of introducing the infection into this
country.
Sunday, Augutt 20.
The call for gold certificates in ex
change for gold coin, according to the
last reports, amounts to 820,821,000.
The estimated amount of additional
withdrawls.not yet reported is $2,000,
J00. The Portuguese legation has commu
nicated to the state department a state
ment from the foreign office of Portu
gal to tho effect that a few casca of
bubonic plague havenppeared at Oporto
and that the most energetic measures
were immediately taken to prevent
tho scourge from spreading.
Secretary of War Root made public
a plan for systematically taking caro
of the supplies contributed for tho re
lief of tho destitute Porto Ricans. It
provides for a central committee of
representative citizens of tho country
to which all local committees are tore
port. This committee is to havo chargo
of distributing the supplies, which is
to bo done in a manner to secure the
best possible results. Tho work of dis
tributing in Porto Rico will continue
under the direction of Military Govern
or General Davs,iand tho actual trans
portation of supplies -will take place
under the actual supervision of tho
quartermaster's department of tho
army, which will furnish or procure
all tho vessels required.
Yearly execution. In China.
At Ganton the average number of ex
ecutions la about 300 per year, but in
1885 60,000 rebels wero beheaded. The
headsman formerly received 1Gb. a
head, but tho supply and competition
' havo reduced tho wngo' to 2s. apiece.
Most of the criminals who aro bohead
cd are water pirates or land bandits.
ICclltlnit in Servla.
Tho llfo of an editor in Servla is not
n delightful one. Within two years
'one weekly paper had sixteen editors.
Fifteen of them are in Jail for com
menting upon government flairs,
Among tlic contributions for tho
l'orto Rico storm suffers received fit
the war department were from Prosl
dent MoKlnloy, S2.10; Vice President
llobart, S2.V); Secretnry Hoot, S250;
Wlllinm Harbour, New York, S250; Au
gust Hehnont, New York, S.IOO. A let
tor has been received from tlio mer
chants' association of New York say
lnr that 810,000 has been collected for
Porto Rico.
Monriny, AiiKtmt 21.
Colonel Frost of the South Dakota
volunteers has caused the arrest of
Surgeon nnd Major Warner of that
regiment, for having called him a "low,
contemptible cur."
The transports Slam, with 3.10 mules,
and Garonne, with 400 horses, have
sailed from San Francisco and Seattle
respectively, for Manila. The animals
are for use In the military service in
the Philippines.
Orders have been received at Piatt s
burg, N. Y., for the Twenty sixth regi
ment to prepare for to leave for Manila
within a week. The regiment will be
reviewed today by General Wesley
Mcrrltt and Governor Roosevelt.
Five hundred tons of supplies for
the l'orto Itican sufferers were placed
on board the Panther at Philadelphia.
It Is expected that 300 additional tons
will arrive ut the dock in which event
Lieutenant Commander Aaron Ward
says the transport will be ready to sail
today.
A San Francisco special says: The
Southern Pacific company and ladies
of the Red Cross society have about
come to terms on tho matter of rates
for returning soldiers from San Fran
cisco to Missouri river points. The
railroads have encouraged tho ladies
to U'lieve that the old rate of 825, with
certain restrictions, will be restored.
Tueadny, Auguitt 33.
Secretary Root Is holding a long
consultation with thu president on the
situation in the Philippines.
Governor Tanner took n turn for the
better this afternoon, and was consid
erably Improved. There was no fever.
Two hundred Indians nrc making
trouble at Navajo Springs anil troops
from Wingato have been ordered to
subdue them.
General .11111111111, who was nrrcsted
at Santiago, claims ho is no more a
subject for arrest than was President
MeKinley, when going from Canton to
Washington to be inaugurated.
Amos Allen, Sneaker Thomas 15.
Reed's private secretary, said today
that Mr. Reed's resignation would be
sent to the governor of Maine this
week, to take ciiect October 4.
Secretary Root has signed tho order
for the Cuban census. The order ap
points Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P.
Sanger director of the census nnd Vic
tor II. Olmstead, assistant director.
The census Is to be completed by or be
fore November 30.
Following is the issue of Nebraska
pensions: Original Thomas Coppmger,
Raymond, 812; Richard Keycs, llrcws
ter, 88. Increase George II. Mendellj;
Superior, 88 to 812. Original widows,
etc. Lucy Street McClosky, Winne
bago, 88; Arabella Rickcr, Calloway, 88
Colonel Culver had six members of
Company M, Fifth Infantry, I. N., ar
rested for having raided saloons nnd
chjar shops at Ucardstown Saturday on
their way to Springfield, and stealing
mirrors, lamps, and cigars. At dress
parade an order was read before the
regiment dishonorably discharging the
delinquents from tho military service
of the state.
Tho sale of Sioux City's magnificent
union passenger station, which cost
8300,000 and the mile and a half ter
minal, valued at 81,000,000, will bo
held under a decree of foreclosure.
The sale will bo conducted by War
wick Hough of St. Louis, special mas
ter in chancery, appointed by Judge
Shlras of the United States court. It
seems likely that there will be several
bidders for the property.
Wednesday, August 33.
The Dewey fund has reached 810,128.
The transport Indiana arrived from
San Francisco August 10 at (Honolulu
and sailed for Manila August 11.
Gen. Hale, U. S. A., at San Francisco,
says he has never criticised Gen. Otis,
and is at a loss to know how the report
ever became qnxrent.
The national encampment of Union
Veterans at Dcs Moines, In., has made
a strong complaint against delays in
the pension department.
The official report of tho mineral
production shows an Increase of 8300,-319,000-in
1897 to 8097, 880,000 in 1808.
Nearly u ninety per cent increase.
Postoffice departtnant officials have
received word that tho stage running
from Salmon to Red Lodge, Mont., was
hold up Monday, but the malls were
not iriolcstcd.
Among the checks signed at the de
partment at Washington are some
queer Indian names, there being Old
Horn, Little Star, lhill-in-thc-Wntcr,
Slt-in-the-Middlo, Old-Rag, Tin-Horn,
etc
Nebraska patents issued Tuesday:
William F. Kuhlmnn, Hebron, railway
signal; Sylvester Rouse, Nelson, plat
er; John 11. Welch, Lincoln, threshing
machine; John M. White, Tobias,
weighing apparatus.
Warrants havo been sworn out by
tho district attorney at Credo, Colo.,
against J. D. Maben, president, and R.
G. l'cnnlston, cashier, of tho defunct
Mines bank, ou tho chargo of wreck
ing and accepting deposits when the
bank was insolvent.
Acting Secretary Meiklojohn has np
ponted James A. Spalding of Wash
ington, D. 0., David C, licit of Iowa,
R. 0. Lappln of Washington, D. 0.,
and W, JL Spalding of New York,
rlerks at 81, BOO a year to assist in tak
ing the census of tho people of Cuba.
They have been ordered to SanU
Clara.
ralca of llolllng Mod.
Near Grobognna, Java, tbore Is a
lako of boiling mud about two miles
In circumference. Immense volumes
of steaming mud aro constantly as
.cendlng and descending, and on the
western edge the gigantic bubbles arc
continually forming and exploding at
the rate of three a mlnuto.
Door Opened Out.
Greek And Roman doors Invariably
opened outward. A person passing out
of the house was therefore obliged to
knock on the door before opening It,
to avoid rllllalnn with o ixaur.br
WIDE WORLD NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF VITAL
TEREST.
IN-
A Ilrlef Summary of Event In Which
I'eople are Deeply Interetted Short
Sentence Coiiieylng a World of In
formation to Our Header.
Thtiradny, Augut 17.
The Mexican government has prac
tically squelched the Yaqul Indian up
rising. F.nglaud Is in a position to send u
reserve force of 30,000 men to the
Transvaal.
The democrats and populists ot Iowa
yesterday nominated lred O. White
for governor. White was tho fusion
nominee two years ago.
Four boys, ranging In age from 10 to
19, were arrested yesterday at Cleve
land on the chargo of blowing up a
Rig Consolidated street car with dyna
mite. The bolting Kentucky democrats
met yesterday nnd nominated a full
state, ticket in opposition to the Gocbel
ticket. 11 is headed by John Young
llrown.
John R. Gentry maintained his title
of pacing klngyesterdny In a race with
Joe Patchen atfd Searchlight at Roch
ester, N. Y. Tho track was very fast.
Gentry took tho first and second heats
In 2:03; aiuU'iOPf.
A tierce fight between Americans
and Filipinos occurred at Angeles yes
terday, the Americans succeeding in
driving out the enemy nnd occupying
tho town. The Insurgents were hard
to overcome. The Amerlcon loss wns
two killed and a dozen wounded. The
Filipino loss 200.
The Dreyfus trial was full of sensa
tions yesterday. Tho prisoner recalled
the horrors of Devil Island, nnd wept
in court. The crowd was sympathet
ic. M. Labor! is yet unable to appear,
and Dreyfus has asked Maitre Mornnnd,
his wife's advocate, to replace Laborl
during the lntter'sconvnlosoncc.
Friday, Augiint 1H.
Walter Wellman's Artie expedition
ins arrived at Tromsoe, Norway, after
a successful exploration of Franz Josef
lnnd. The party found no trace of the
missing aeronaut, Professor Andrce.
At a, Modern Woodman pieniu at
Oregon, 111., two hundred persons wers
poisoned by lemonade. It is believed
that tho trouble was due to citric acid
in tho lemonade sold at one of the
stands. No fatuities resulted, but the
victims were very sick.
Forest fires in the northern portion
of New York, including the counties
of Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis,
have already done thousandsof dollars'
worth of damage to valuable timber
land and threaten more serious dam
age unless quenched by a heavy rain.
Thousands of farmers are fighting the
flames.
Toduy was a better day for Dreyfus.
General Rogct, who so scatchlngly de
nounced the prisoner yesterday, giving
damaging testimony against him, was
not so confident and assertive. Under
tho questions of Lawyer Dcmange he
became confused and was unable to
concenl his annoyance. M. Itcrtullus,
examining magistrate, who received
Lieut. Colonel Henry's confession of
forgery, testified in behalf of Dreyfus,
and his evidence was telling. Colonel
Picqunrt was also on the stnnd, gave
his evidence favorable to the prisoner
In a few hours' talk, without notes.
His evidence created n profound Im
pression. Saturday, Augnit 10.
At Montgomery, Ala., Charles Ray
tvas fatally wounded and J. G. Reason
cr badly hurt in a street duel.
Maitre Labor! was not so well yes
terday. His wound Is no worse but he
Is suffering from nervousness.
Tho Lcvco street wnrehouse of R. L.
Cooke at Vicksburg, Miss., was des
troyed by fire, entailing a loss of 8200,
000. It is expected that Emperor William
of Germany will attend and play tennis
nt the international tournament at
Hamburg, Germany.
An explosion of oil In a five-story
brick building at Chicago, which was
filled with paints and oils, caused a
fire which gave the department a hard
fight. Loss, 8300,000.
General Jlmlncz was nrrcsted at
Cclnfuegos, Cuba, as he was about to
leave on tho steamer Mandcz. The
general will bo held until further
orders, Ho expected to go to San Do
mingo. The man who attempted to kill M.
Labor!, leading counsel for Captain
Dreyfus, has been arrested at Dol, de
partment of Rcnnes. Tho man's nnme
is Glorot. His arrest followed an ex
clamation, "I am tho man who shot
Laborl." Tho police doubt his con
fession, believing it tho expression of a
lunatic or drunkard nnd mado to at
tract attention.
Sunday, Auguit 20.
Santo Domingo troops wero whipped
oy revolutionists.
A Paris paper states that Dreyfus or
the army will have to go.
No special incident marked tho
Dreyfus trial yesterday,
John A. Logan, jr., was appointed a
major In tho United States army.
The German diet turned down tho
Kaiser's pet scheme, the canal bill.
It is said Secretary of Colonics
Joseph Chamberlain has issued an ulti
matum to President Kruger.
Governor Tanner.oiHlflois Buffered
a chill, and for.a.iJie"jlils condition
was dangerous. Hois better.
Nino enllhtejl 6aJdersof the Twenty
fourth infantry wprfe) drowned by the
capsizing of a raft on the Mlriquiha
river, near Manila.
A riot between the union and non
union men at Evanvllle, Intl., came
near winding up in tho lynching of a
negro who fired at tho union men.
Mayor Jones of Toledo, Ohio, has an
nounced that ho is a candidate for gov
ernor, and will not wait for nomination
by the Democrats or any other party.
Tho Transvaal government Jus
handed its reply to tho llrltish agent
at Pretoria. Kruger refuses to submit
and it is now said tho trouble must
como to a head.
Kspeelnl honors wero, shown Admlrt' I
Dewey at Leghorn, the Inhabitant
giving a great fete In his honor. ,
A Sunday special from Paris soys l
Is rumored that orders will be given t
withdraw the case against Dreyfus, l
having been proven that the tlocu
incuts relied upon to establish lib
guilt ore forgeries. The dispatch als
stateil that General Mcrcler was to lw
arrested.
Monday, AiiRtint 31.
A severe windstorm at Decorah, la.,
tore up trees and unroofed a numbei
of houses.
Colonel .11 in Inez, arrested
fuogos. declares his mission
Domingo was a peaceful one.
The colonial officials deny
at
to
Coin.
SanU
that tht
secretary of state for the colonies
Joseph Chamberlain, hns sent nn ulti
matum to the government of the South
African republic with respect to the
demands of tho t'ltlnndors, as was as
serted by Ti.'i People
Stllf-llHIU t-tfltl' l-.'Clllt tllff It,
ninm
ImiltKii lu.n.lu 1 mi fntnltlix. nnd II .
big property instruction oeeuied In
Paris as thu outcome of a manifesto (
published In the Jonrnnl de l'ouplc .
and Petit l'o Ropubllquo. The out-1
break is regarded as u pro-Drcyfm
demonstration. y
Prince Henry of Prussln. who com
mands the German squadron in the
Pacific, will visit San Francisco ac
cording to tho Merlin correspondent ol
tho London Daily Mall, ou board lilt
flagship after he leaves China. It it
possible, according to tho same au
thority, that be will abo go to Wash
ington to see President McKlnlly, who
hns sent him an Invitation.
ine summon ami gun- i nqui ii.-i
from Modnno to Torln has now reached
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have commenced their passage 'to the
Fltny and Rncnta. The main body of
tho warriors are reported to be In the
vicinity of llaeum, while the remainder
of them are scattered throughout the
woods as far down tho river as Medium
In small bands numbering from five to
fty.
Tuenduy, AiikukI 33.
The number of enlistments for tht
Philippines now totals 41,913.
The National encampment of the
Union Veterans Union Is In tesslon at
Dcs Moines, lown.
The cruiser Now Orleans has returned
to Santo Domingo nnd the Mnehlas has
arrived at San .hum,
Fire has utterly destroyed the busi
ness portion of Victoria, Colo., causing
a loss estimated at 82,000,000.
Russell II. Harrison, who was tnken
down recently with yellow fever nt
Santiago de Cuba, Is rejiorted much
better.
Subscriptions received by the Porto
Rican relief committee of the mer
chant's association of New York now
amount to 815,105.
It is stated that 2,.r00 victims of the
recent hnrrlenne near Porto Rico have
been burled, that 1,000 were injured,
nnd that 2,000 aro missing. The ruins
at Yabuca will be burned.
The yellow fever situation at Hamp
ton, Va., soldiers' home continues to
improve, There havo been no new
cas!fl since the 7th instant, nnd only
twenty patients aro now in the bos
pltnl.
Labor!, attorney for Dreyfus, who
wns recently shot, was ablo to attend
court Monday. The presiding Judge
was hissed for speaking cross to Drey
fus. One witness testified to Dreyfus
being nn immoral man, and nn another
that the prisoner was constantly pry
ing into matters pertaining to the
frontier.
WedneadaT, Augut 3U.
Rev. F. W. Williams was drowned at
Dcs Moines, la., whllo bathing in the
river with some friends.
Tho fire at Victor, Col., burned BOO
business houses, equalling fourteen
blocks in the business part of the city.
A boiler exploded at the A. JI. Wick
ert planning mill at Anpleton, Wis.,
killing two men and seriously injured
eight others.
Kansas City cattle records were brok
en Tuesday when the receipts were
18,300 head, 205 head more than tho
best previous record,
A train on tho Cincinnati & Musk
ingum Valley road was wrecked near
Circlevllle, O., and five persons were
seriously injured and twenty others
badly cut and bruised.
T. R. nowery, a pntlcnt in tho in
sane asylum at St. Joseph, Mo., struck
John Rutcher, another patient, a blow
on tho point of the jaw, killing Rutch
er Instantly.
Kid Parker of Denver and Frank
llnrtley of Chicago havo been matched
for tho lightweight championship of
the west. Tho tight will take place at
Denver August 29.
Whllo delirious from Illness Daniel
Montgomery, a wealthy farmer near
Milan, Mo., attempted to kill his wife
and little boy with a hntchut and then
cut his throat with a razor. The wife
is in a critical condition.
Two hundred nnd fifty firo chiefs,
representing cities in every part of tho
country nnd Canada arc In attendance
at the twenty-seventh annual conven
of the international fire chiefs' associa
tion, now in session at Syracuse, N. Y,
M. Guerln, president of the Anti,
Slmitc league at Purls, who is barricu
dcd,nt ulu,)cadquartcrB, has bnturatcd
his surroundings with petroleum',
which it Is supposed ho will set on firo
If tho police try to break the barrjeade.
'Tramps shot Jack K. Wilson and
Counle ''.Mathews, brakemen on a
(reiKht tran on the Great Western
near iMafsballtown, In., then thriw
them Hrider tho wheels. .The brake
men were not missed until 'the tnfcin
reached Melbourne. v It is suppoltfd
thCybrakeincn were trying to pnl "the
tramp off.
,Ai Webb City, Mo., Frank Howell,
aged seventy-three years, committed
tulcido after murderlng'his igca wlf
Ho left a note stating ho committed
tnelfflced on account of their physical
sufferings. They recently camo from
New York.
In tho Dreyfus trial Maitre Laborl
pinned down tho state's witness-is
General Mcrcler was shown to have had
possession of state documents after ho
was disconnected with the army. THo
Impression was left that Lajoux, who
is u fugitive in South Africa, was still
In tho way of tho state, and that
leaves of Dreyfus' journal were torn
out by the war department,
fJCIMTllflC TOPICS.
IT
CURRENT NOTES OK DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
A Norel Klretrlo Contrivance An Klec
trie llleycla That Will Travel Bitty
Five Mile an Hour Sanitary Marher
ChairNew Tuberculoid Treatment.
Mrntcrlnu Elcclrold.
Francis Hychnowsk., a mcchanhnl
engineer, of Lcmbcrg. Austria, hn3
discovered a strnngo and very subtle
mutter, which ho has called "clcctrtild"
, becaiiBo of certain affinity with elec
tricity. Klectrold, produced uy a spe
cial apparatus built by the Inventor, Is
obtained by tho dissolution of certain
' matters under tho Influence of tho ol.'c-
trie current. It makes twine and at tho
I anmn tin, a n PAfrAfftilnr. cntnt lltlll P.M1I
"" " -... n "- -
brcCZO aro OXporlollCCd. Tills dlHCOVC
ry Induced Mr. Rychnowskl to make a
machlno cnpnblo of refreshing the air
to such a degrco thnt thoso present
i,,..ni, nvnnrlinnnt. hud thn feel
ing that the window wns open, al
though this was not tho case. Klcc
trold Is n very subtle matter, but It
seems to be a lluld, and It can bo gath
ered and preserved; whllo falling on n
plato It reflects In tho shape of shin
ing shenvefl. Tho commission appoint
ed by tho Austrian government to In
vestigate this discovery reported that,
under tho Influence of olertrold, plants
i' rnu- fnnlrlK- nml tlin Inula nt flowers
"- ' " -.-.. -
uncloso whUo one Is looking at them
. ,, ,,.,. ,,,,, ,
i.tttuuni lllllllllllMll.a llliv-l uii.o,
nnd
thus preserves organic matter. Theso
nro physiological Influences of elec
troltl. Among mechanical phenomena
tho commission reported that tho In
fluence, ot clcctrold Is not stopped
even by a brick wall and glnssj thnt
It attracts solid bodies and makes
them shlno llko moonlight It makes
them movo and attract other bodies;
finally that It acts on photographic
plates and produces shnrp nnd distinct
outlines, such ns wero formerly posBl
blo only with a very powerful lens.
I The conclusion of tho commission wns
that Mr. Rychnowskl's discovery will
play n grcnt part If applied to Indus-
I try, as Is the case with tho discovery
ot his countryman, Jnn Szczpanlk.
Motor-Hauled Mnxlni flun.
Great Rrltnln has advanced n stop
beyond other nations In tho use ot tho
blcyclo as an adjunct to the military
service by tho introduction of tho mo
tor cyclo. It has been enlisted for tho
purpose of hauling a Maxim gun. Ono
ot theso motor-hauled Maxims was
shown at tho eastern manoeuvres of
tho Twenty-sixth Middlesex cyclists,
V. R. C, which took placo at Alder
shot. Tho cyclo on which tho gun, ono
of tho regulation pattern, was mount
ed, derived its power from n two-horso
power oil motor, which was built In tho
frame of tho machlno. It was fitted
with 2 1-2 Inch tires capable of with
standing the Inequalities ot tho worst
road imaginable without Imparting too
sevcro strain to tho mechanism or tho
machlno or the gun Itself, This twen
tieth century gun carriage during the
manoeuvres was accompanied by a
team of six men, mounted on single
wheels propollcd by themselves. Each
man carried 250 pounds ot ammuni
tion. Sanitary llarher Chair.
In theso days of advanced sanitary
science It Is not only necessary that
tho patrons of a barber shop should
have Individual soap and brush and
clean towels, but It Is now proposed to
' glvo each patron an Individual head
reat as ho reposes in tho chair.
I Chairs ordinarily employed by halr
j dressers and barbers in their business
' are provided with rests that are usu
ally adjustable and are designed to
support the head and neck of an occu
pant of the chair. Such head rests aro
wjeqiyweFtm
used for all customers and are not only
objectlonablo to any person of fastidi
ous tastes, who may give the matter f.
thought, but In somo Instances serve,
as Is confirmed by medical opinion, as
tho vehicle of communicating dlseaso
from ono occupant of the chair to an
other. Dy this Invention the cushion
of tho headrest ls displaced by ono
consisting of sheets pf,jpape or parch
ment super-imposed pnoover. the ph
er. and as each, person leaves tho chair,
the top sheet is torn away and, a fresh
one presented for tho neW comer,
A New Treatment for Tnberealod.
Dr. Karl vori Ruck has introduced a
new method of troatlng cases of pul
monary tuberculosis, paniely, that of
the injection ot a fluid extract of tu
bercle bacilli. In 78 cases thus treated
ho claims that 64.1 per cent wero cured
nnd 33.3 per cent Improved. Tho se
liim prepared by his method differs
'materially from that known as Koch's
Tuberculin R. If Von Ruck's treat
ment should provo to bo as serviceable
n the hnnds of others as It has proved
In thoso ot the author, the promoters
of the open air treatment of phthisis
ipfjftM
In this country will hnvo to rcconsldsr
their position. Rut n good doal of con
firmatory evidence will bo needful be
foro tho injection of a tuberculin as a
euro for pulmonary tuberculyJs will
b ablo to convince tho profession ot
this country of tho efficacy of tho meth
od, nnd until Von Ruck has fully nup
piled tho data In this regard It would
bo premature to speak with any on
thuslasm upon tho subject. Medical
Press,
A Novel I'.leotrln Contrlrane.
M, Camlllo Jonatzsy, a Ilelglan, hns
Invented an electric blcyclo that v.iil
travel, It Is claimed, slxty-ftvo miles an
hour. Ho calls his machlno "Jamais
Cnntcnle." Tho machlno Is pointed
foro nnd aft like a cigar, with polished
steel sides, and at tho top aro aper
tures through which tho heads ot tho
crew poke up as it rising from a cof
fin, Tho steel conn Is to protect ths
riders from the prrssuro ot tho air.
Tho pointed front ot tho inachlnn
pierces tho ntmosphcrc ns docs a pro
jectile, from a ennnon, tho gradual
broadening ot Its width considerably
lessening tho wind resistance. Tho
electric motors nt Lie speed trial of
tho Invention sent tho machlno whizz
ing along at over a mile a minute.
MnnufiteturluE 1"K-
Among tho means of protecting frult(
trees against fiost, practiced in Call
fanln, Is the production ot fog by a
goncrntor In the form of a wagon, In
vented by Mr. George F. Dltzlcr. The
wagon carries n sheet Iron tank, tho
upper part of which Is filled with wet
sfaw, or similar material, kept moist
by the nutomatlc action of water from
n cask, while near tho bottom Is a
grato upon which tar Is burned, n
blast operated by a revolving fan serv
ing to maintain tho combustion. All
tho bent Is compelled to pass through
tho wot straw beforo reaching tho air,
and In consequence the wagon Is hurled
In a denso fog, and ns It passed bo
tween tho rows of low trees, It envel
opes them In a mist so thick thnt tho
driver Is frequently compelled to lead
th' horses.
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An Electric Cellar Torch.
An electric cellar torch has recently
been Invented in Great Britain, and if
admits ot many uses. Tho inveutof
was tho son of a physician, and qulckl
recognized that tho principal ot his fa-'
titer's laryngoscope might bo very well
applied to commercial purposes, nnd
hlg experiments based on this ltlr. re
sulted In tho production of n Clean,
odorless nnd reliable appllanco for tho
thorough examination of brewers'
casks and vats, cans, etc. It consists
of an electric lamp covered with a
long glass protector nnd it Is scoured
at tho end of a handle through which
tho Insulated wire Is carried, A small
mirror Is provided; this folds Inward
when it touches the side of tho cask or
Jar, and thus reflects tho Interior in
such a way that It may bo thoroughly
examined.
The rotter' War Agalntt I,ead.
For moro than a hundred years .the,
manufacturers of pottery havo been
trying to find n substitute for lead in
making glaze. The use ot lead for this
purposo dates back to the ancient As
syrians and Egyptians. Tho objection
to It Is that, unless strict precautions
are tnken, It poisons the workmen,
causing paralysis, blindness and even
death; but despite the efforts ot mod
ern science, stimulated by tho offer of
premiums and medals, no satisfactory
leadless glaze has yet been found. Re
cent advances, however, have led to
tho expression of the opinion before
tho Society of Arts In London that suc
cess Is at last within sight.
An Improved Electric I.amp.
A German Inventor, Herr Langbans,
has produced a filament of carbide of
silicon for use In Incandescent electric
lamps, which, it is asserted, can be
run at a higher efficiency than any
carbon fll.iment, and at tho samo t'lmu
docs not, like carbon, coat tho glasi
bulb with an obscuring doposlt.
Itrcent Intention.
Tho teeth of a new ant!-frlctlon gear
wheel for use with tt worm shaft aro
formed of steel spindles nrranged
around the periphery of tho wheel with
ball bearings for each spindle, which
allows them to revolve as thoy como
In contact with tho worm,
In a pneumatic saddle recently pat
ented by a Belgian a hfllptv chamber
or pocket Is pijo.vidqd, wjtjia long sir-
tight tube, which is colled" around In,
aide tqfjll up aUheppaae, oft,eihlch
the cover is laced on and the tube in
flated by an air pump.
Tq Dreyentjpfcrpns falling 'ctt.tk
streetycawsnijer whf.qhcfc.pjcMMii.
a Now Yoirc .mm.' Indium .pfJrujhtfji
pf, nn endless-toptbeft "lerwhli tfu
reyolved by a wheoljresjlng on he
track to catch the clothjgc aijipalL f he
porson to tho top of the'j'eaa.ejy r )(y
In a newly, designed bQtlh the egk
Is extended above the cork and. .is of
globular shape, being filled with,, ce
ment or ptherhard subsjan5efafteijB
cork Is inserted,, to prevent ft'rerna'T al
without hrenklnc off the unner portion
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A woman has few friends who doaot1
wonder, when her engagement Is an
nounced, If she used hypnotism.
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