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IIIK TOL'IUSTS STORY
0 I never lorn a
f J I tald th retired
tourlat-prlnter to
company of ad-
mlrlDi friend In a
Chicago printing-
(hop the other day.
Lord but how the
tret ot them
compi" did bulge
at the sssertlou. A
tourist-printer In their tuldst who had
r.e ver tranagrested veracltyl It almott
Soi.k their breath away.
I hire often been a:rused o( unre-
ttementa. and perhaps will be
anln. but that cuti no let with m.
This story la Just true a tht gos-
pel book and tome of you know bow
true tbat la. It happened back In 1SS3.
I wit making my way from Denver to
I.rolt. I guett you all know where
l vtrolt la. Ifa a square town and
whoa a fellow dropt In there be la al-
wayt taken care of by the boya
Home hav been "on the bog" them
selves and know bow It It. I guru
!ui'i why they help out tht tourltta.
"Hut to return to my atory. I had
crowed the Vlmlsalppl and was doing
the Alum to Chlcsgo when all of
euJdcn the train banda on the freight
Rave me the marble heart. They aciu
ally t'.arked up the train to throw me
eft. When I landed on mother earth
I was many miles from any habitation
and aa hungry at a wol'. It bad Just
tome daylight and I wkt Jellghtrl to
find in Te If In clott proximity to l
email lake.
"I had beard that a bath would re.
Here hunger and I waa quid: id afford
mystlf of the opportunity now present
d. While performing my ablution I
noticed that the lake waa well atocked
with Ash of various kinds. Under any
other circumstances tba discovery
would hart delighted me. Lord but
the tight of them fish whetted my
hunger: my appetite suddenly In
creased about 100 per cent At
dressed I tank under my own weight ai
a remit of weakness.
"The flrat farm bout waa several
ttillea away and I knew It waa no uta
trying to reach It Dealdet tbt women
along that lint were not too generout
with handouts. I fe'.t myaelt growing
weaker and weaker. 1 knew that my
last hour bad coma. Bo I struggled
to my knee and raising my eyes up to
heaven I began to p
"What art you laughing at? Boys
It's no lit that ! am telling you
"At I told you I started to pray to
tivt my life and If not that to save
my ful. My whole lift cam befon
me like a vlilon. It looked pretty
black for mt on every tide and that
no lit. Lord but bow I did pray.
"AH of a sudden something hap-
pened that almost took my breath
away and I'll never forget It no never
till my dying day
"I beard a splash In tht water sli
feet from where I knelt. Something
Jumped out of tht lake and landed right
In front of mt on the ground. At
drat t thought It was 'his royal nib
coming to takt mt alive. Closer ob-
servstlon however told mt that
waa a mrmber of the finny tribe a
plump a pike at I ever aaw even In
my fishiest days. Lord but bow I did
make far It. I got It. too.
-Tt-
. mi
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HELD THEM AT DAT. "
It must have weighed at least
four pounds. I wouldn't have
traded It for Its weight la gold no
slree and that's no lie."
Py this t'me the features of tht lis-
teners were pretty thoroughly distort-
ed. Tbe narrator went on'
"Now for a match. I looked In every
pocket but didn't have oi.e. A bakej
fish breakfast began to fade from my
vision and I took up the thread of my
prayer again lue sua was now Burn-
ing hot. It suddenly occurred to me
tbat I might utilise Its heat So I
pulled out my magnifying glau that I
used to use when a holding a proof-
room sit 1 held It up to the sun and
got tha rays focused on a piece ot pa-
per. I kept on praying and Just at I
told. 'Lord deliver me' the pP
lighted and I soon bad a raging Or
and a bot Ch breakfast.
"You may smile ss much at you
please boya but I kuew I was saved
by prt)lng.
"Uut Uitt's not all. I was awak
.....i fmm m afer-breskfait bid bv
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tbt sound of an approaching train. It '::"nJ nJ 'slmllcd Colliers draft
proved to bt an express with the engine of the letter-no human being but
snd one passenger car. and teemed to I ever seen the orlginal-eettles th
be running at elow iped. Im.tlnt j dbt and aliowt the whole thing. to
my feelings when I saw It come to a bave len a deliberate Invention. In
dead stop right In front of whert t waa : what a strange condition must the
Uut that It nothing to the way I frit j mind of a scholar be who deliberately
when four stalwart men. arml with ! forges historical evidence to give t st
Winchesters slighted and came J or color to a dull raaange of the chron-
straight toward ma. They pointed Icle! It Is scarcely roewlble to com-
their guns straight at me and told me j prchend It In a tsne man. It Is like
to hold up my hands. I waa almost la cheating yourself when you are playing
a daae but managed to obey. Then 1 patience. Hut It Is possible that John
tht leader came up to me and placing I'arne Collier whose contributions to
hit bsnd on my shoulders said: 'You I tht bibliography of English literature
art my prisoner. Come sboj rd tht i aere more ronslderabla than Is some-
train and make no resistance under tmpt allowed had a streak of Insan-
pain of death.' ty In bis nature.
"I knew tnat there waa soms mis
take but saw tbat the oeeasloi was
not one for parley so I mecklv sub-
mitted and In an hour we wert In
Teorla. 1 tueas you all know where
that la. If you don I you OUglH lo.
Ther make the very worst aina or
'boote' there. Lord but tbe tnou.;at oi
rrla "tanglefoot" tele rue dlxiy.
Kiit to return to my s'ory. Oa the
vr;y to f'-.rU I learnl tbat I was un-
r rtrd ot a atcrlff't ft n1 thit
i' s cr.ar; erln! me wat mnrdir.
ti b" murJareJ by
tramp the prevlour night ard he hi 4
gone In the direction that I waa found.
The train came to a sudden atop a mils
or so from town. The engineer no
ticed a mob a little way ahead. It
proved to be a lynching party wppar-
ntly waiting for tht train. Now t
knew that I was In for It. There waa
ust one chance for me. Would tbn
conductor back the train ln tht direc
tion ot where I waa taken aboard? In
stantly I saw my fate decided. Tbt
train pulled ahead. Lord but how I
did pray. When I thought It was
about time to be at the place whert tht
mob was congregated I looked out of
tht window snd . saw at least 2.000
people surrounding a big barn on a side
track. They had found the real mur-
derer and were about to dispatch him.
Ont of my guards puahed through tht
crowd and Into tht barn whert they
were holding a sort of trial. Tbt pris
oner wst Identified at the person seen
the previous night In tht vicinity of tht
place whert tht murder waa commit
ted. Of course I was released and
then I wat made a member of the sher
Iff't posse. They wsnted to save the
murderer and glvt him a fair trial.
As t left the car they were dragging
him to a near-by tree. The rope waa
already around hla neck. Tbey were
throwing it over a limb at we reached
tht tpot. Our tank waa a hazardous
one but I felt not a particle of fear.
My own ;r bad been laved by a mir-
acle and now I wat willing to risk It
In behalf of law ard order. I grap-
pled with the leader and felled him.
The posne. now numbering a dozen or
more faced the mob with their weep-
ona and held them at bay. W got
tht prlaoner to Jail safely and I waa
kept aa a wltnesa. I lived on tht fat
of th land for three months and when
the trial waa over tht peoplt made up
a purse of $;ofl for me. Lord but 1 did
have a rousing tlmt on them two hun-
dred plunkert.
"Did I go to Detroit? Naw. what
do you take me for? I've been In Chi-
cago ever since."
Tbt listeners silently took their de-
parture and tht narrator wondered
why they were ao solemn.
AN OLD LIFE-SAVER.
Blraag Swanarllaa or tha a Who Llvo
oa a Loaeljr IstaBd.
Peter W. Green. 'he governor of a
group of three tiny Island of vol-
canic origin off the Afrlcau rojst. In
tbe South Atlantic und c njtraplil-
cally known aa Tristan d'Acunha. It
one of the most remarkable llfe-savrn
In the world aaji the N-w York Jour
nal. For alxty yeirs and more he bai
made llfe-aavlng from ahlpwn-ck hi.
liiidness having little elne to do. aa h
expressed himself to a recent vUltor
tbe captain of the EriKllth malllxiat
which touches at the Islands once a
year. Mr. Green It a native of Eng-
land and now In hit 9th year. At tht
age of 30 when tailing bef ire tbe mast
on a British vessel he was wrecked
near Tristan and he and several com-
panions were saved by the eiertlont
of the natives. Ills friends some time
later were taken on board a passInK
ablp but Green remained there and In
the following year waa nominated gov-
ernor of the lalanda because of hlj
wisdom and the esteem In which h
waa held. That ofHce he baa l:c! I eve!
aliu-e (oniMnlng with It the dutlea ol
a cleromun and doctor. Gnvn ha.
alwaya bern on the lookout fur per
sens and s!il. In dlatrcs ami he I.ai
aaved many bundpd lives from rer
tain death on the nx ky coa.t the res-
rued ot.ei being of all nntlonalltles.
The governor bat received ilcror.itioiit
au J medult from almoHt every mon-
arch In the world In rrrurultlun of hi
humane efforts. The I'ulted St.itia
government presented him with a
handsome gold chronometer and
chain. Ilia own sovereign Queen Vic-
toria sent him recently a mot ap-
propriate present namely a llfe-sav-lug
tKiat with apparatus of the newest
models. The Inlands which he gov-
erns contain only from fifty-five to sla-
ty inhabitants poor nntlves. whom
Gov Green has eduratrd to be like
himself Samaritan of the ta.
A LITERARY FORGERY.
Illiberal f haallug of Joha l'ayaa Col-
lier I'rtneU.
That active and acute Devonshire
antiquary Dr. Urushfleld of Hudleigb
Sultcrton. who baa done so much fol
the history ot bis county haa com-
municated to the transactions of a lo-
cal society an Important discovery saya
the London Saturday Hevlcw. No
scrap of Elliabctban gossip la U'tter
known than tbe atory which Collier
printed In 1S11 from "A Letter of
lT.O:" telling bow Sir Walter Kalelgh
j nath icon too nwirj ih. one of her
I majesty's maids I fear to tay wbc
but If you should guess at E. T. you
may not lie far wrong." On this lettei
the successive biographers of Kalelgh
have built an edifice of conjecture. I'n-
fortunately the story which Involve
the disgrace of Sir Walter and a pre-
mature Imprisonment In the tower. If
ns difficult aa It It picturesque. Mr.
Gosse. In bit "Life ot Kalelgh." Ir
1SS6. waa the first to suggest that tht
whole letter might be a forgery bul
Mr. Htebblng and others who hsvt fob
lowed blm have relied upon Its sc
! ruracy
Hut Dr. Urushfleld. who bu
A Very Ohaervlog Mas
"My mother says" tbe young woman
observed to her fiance "that she due
not approve ji j"ui umui tiriui
a gin riin-nnc j.. ut-iuiv uivj
are marrWHl.
"That's very unreasonable."
"1 don't se why."
T.ocaufe xi far as I run learn from
observation after marriage the doalre
to give expenalve preaenrs beoomot
touilr txtlact" Waahlurun Star.
TWO MILKS A M1NUTK.
AMAZING SPEED PREDICTED
BY AN INVENTOR.
No lx-nmnllT to Train Powerful Klee-
Irle Motor on I lie Ail of Torpedo
Shaped Sharp I'nlnted Tars LalMl
Rapid Trenail In rent Ion.
ES! Another man
bat got It! Neit
year we will travel
across tht contin-
ent at tht amai-
Ing burst of speed
of one hundred and
twenty miles an
hour and this may
be exceeded by a
few odd miles. We
are to ride aa soft
ly and as comfortably as a baby rocked
to sleep In Its snug and downy cradle
says a writer In the New York H.-rald.
The last Inventor who believes that
bis device Is the only practical means
of traveling safely at very high rates
or six-ed la Colonel Ilrott of Wash
ington. D. C. Ills patent claims have
all been filed la the patent office and
ho la earnestly endmvorlng to secure
co-operation with a railroad company
which has recently teen granted a
charter by the atate of Maryland un-
der tin name of the Washington An-
napolla and Chesapeake Kallrund Com
pany lie dodres them to Introduce
his novel system of track building snd
rnr construction but whether be will
succeed Is still a matter held iu abey
ance.
Some of our highest authorities In
tteam engineering rcrognUe that the
mechanical limitation to rapid travel
over eteel rails btt nearly been reached
by the type of reciprocating locomo-
tive now In use with IU ponderous
weight. Its narrow and Inadciuate grate
area Itt clumsy fort and -it action
snd the highly dangerous counterbal
ancing of massive driving shafts and
they are cudgelling their wits to orig-
inate some novel and practical mitaoj
by which these dlfT)c u!tl-s may be ob-
viated. Most of the Inventions are
drifting toward the common renter of
rotary engines and electric motors di-
rectly coupkd to a number of different
Tv.:sc
A N.nnOV G.U'CE
axles thus
dlKtrlbntlng
the driving
weight ond gaining the maximum
amount of traction on the. rail.
Colonel Ilroll lnlst that high ts-eed
xnd safety go with narrow gauge track
and cylindrical sharp pointed cars
and hla applications call for a track
only twmty-four Inches wide. It makes
one a trifle nervous to think ot hum-
ming over the ground at a mile In a
half-minute gait with such a miserably
meagre underpinning but It la all
right for the carriage I braced on tho
sides to prevent any reprehensible aide
wobble from upsetting tbe whole af-
fair. The new road will require a rail hav.
ing the ordinary width across the top.
but It will be nlno nnd one-half Inches
deep or hlKh. and will weigh one hun-
dred and twenty pounds to the ya'l
(the very heaviest rail used on the New
York Central la 110 pound). They are
laid two feet apart and tied or bolted
together by heavy steel brace and It
Is expected that the unusual depth of
rail will give a solidity In coutruc
tlon never Ixfore sttalnrd.
Colonel 1'rott point out as a tact
that where rails have emnller depths
and are only spiked to wooden rros
ties perfect vertical and horliontal
alignment can never 1 attained In
consequence will ever be productive
ot grave accidents. It should be stated
however that our beat equipped broad
gauge gilt edge railroads have road-
beds that come pretty near perfection
and accidents arc a rarity though no
such wonderful filghta have ever been
attained as the Inventor contemplates.
Perfect alignment la the thing engin
eers strive for. and flattened places or
bt rails particularly on straight and
level stretches may cnuae a train to
fly tbe track through synchronise ver-
tical oscillation and these mechanical
Imperfections may be to some extent
reduce.! by narrow gauge tracks snd
deep firmly tied rslla.
It Is also said that sharper curves
can be hurtled around on this propec-
tlve narrowest of nsrrow gauges thsn
on normally wide tracks without
flanges trying to creep over the edge
causing the whol train to wander off
at a tangent through jreen pastures
tnd pleasant waters.
On the outside of each main rail
ind six Inches fiom It Use heavy up-
rlghta two feet In height supporting
on their upper ends angle Iron girders
forming a flat continuous auxiliary
railing upon whlrh cushion any top-
pling tendencies of the cara. This rail
alo servos as a fence to prevent re-
calcitrant bovlnea and deaf and demb
Idiots from using the roadbed at a tray
to heaven.
Motive power for the wad la to be
electricity furnished from po""
tlont along the route. In place of an
overhead trolley the construction of
the road and IU fenced In condition
admirably admit of ths use of a third
rail trolley. In paa.lrtf through townt
tad cities the trolley would be carried
In a conduit or subway and. In fact
the track which rlncs considerably
above the ground outside would bave
to be built flush with the city streets
unless It raryon overhead trestleways.
It Is est ated that this railway
built entlre! of steel and angle Iron
will cost flft.in thousand dollars for
every mile though It may be construct-
ed for a figure a third lower by using
uprights and stringer of wood. While
this amount Is nearly double the cost
of everyday straightaway broad gauge
roads lightly ballasted. It is claimed
that the double speed to be attained
over It would offset this track outlay
by necessitating but half ths rolling
stock to accomplish the same traffic.
The car snd train of the Inventor's
creation are unique tike his roadway.
The body of each car Is to be nearly
cylindrical having only the flattened
area made by the floor. The Inside
height or head room will be about
nine feet. In place of the usual twelve
feet thus reducing to tho lowest limits
the reKlHtatice of sir presmre sgalutt
tho outer surface. Tbe width will be
the same as adopted by wider gaugo
ronds. The forward ends of the rare
will be approximately rone ahnped giv-
ing to the train the appiaranrc of a
series of huge naval torpediHS coupled
up In a row. The sliurp nose of the
forward enr Is provided with curved
offsets or pilot boxes from which the
coming engineer nervously acan
the dizzy whirling scenery ahead.
The meat of the Invention U to I
found In the trucks. Wheel five feet
high carrying on each axle a specially
designed one hundred borne power clcc-
thlng to develop the fast gait. The
trie motor are considered the proper
wheels are so high that they pnrs up
through tbe floor over a foot and the
teats are arranged lnlde the car so
sa to be located between them. Each
double truck of four wheel carries two
motors thus providing every car with
four hundred horse power.
Tbe train Ii given no startling slack
or lost motion between tbe cars but
Is coupled rigidly together from end to
end; this Is made possible In that
every axle haa Its own supply of driv-
ing power.
The danger of the narrow tread Is
nearly obviated by the position which
the powerful and heavy motors occupy
hanging as they do Ijw down on the
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RAILROAD OVER WHICH GREAT
axle. and bringing the comer of grav
ity nose io tnc ran inn position
give great stability to the moving
train but should It swing from aide
to able more than an Inch or two large
flat sprlnga aupiiled with automatic
hdf-oller. come In contact with the
higher auxiliary rail and break up the
oxcUlatlona. The place of ronUct un-
der the car. of thl spring I such as to
preclude any possibility of an upset
aa It virtually act as a lever with an
exceedingly short fulcrum above.
The weight of ench car. with the pro-
pelling motors. I not to exceed thirty
thousand pounds this being far lighfr
than the present heavy and massive
coachet but the resistance offered to
crushing ttralna. It la said will be
greater because of the peculiar con-
struction. I'nraaialle Tire sad Ordinary Wheel.
In a paper presented lately by A. J.
Xtb-hclln to the French Society of Civil
Engineers the author gives a sugges-
tive awn nt of hit experiment with
the pneumatic tire and the ordinary
wheel. The first experiment wat
made on three daye that Is when the
ground waa covered with two Inches ot
snow also when the snow was melting
and then when the ground waa muddy.
The results showed tbat when the
empty carriage moved at a walk
through the anow the draft or pull re-
quired to move It waa J5 t pound with
lrn wheels tnd only lij pound with
pneumatic wheelt; while moving at a
trot with a lood of (CO pound the pull
waa C t pound and 39. S pound re-
spectively; ln the mud. under the same
conditions of load and ped the pulls
were 33 I snd SO. 7 pounds tor the Iron
wheel and 13 1 and !1 2 for the pneu-
matic tire. Other tests consisted of
pulls of varying speeds over macadam
paved and ordinary roads. In all of
those the pneumatic tire showing a
saving in pulling power of from thirty
to nearly fifty per cent The main
feature of Interest In Mlchclln'g ex-
periments conslstd of course. In the
fact that the actual amount of power
required to pull a carriage equipped
with pneumatic tire wat so much less
than when the ordinary wheels were
used.
Cload Over rtraa.
During a large fire In Charlestown
last December Mr. Ward of Harvard
t'nlverslty found an uncommonly good
opportunity to observe tbe formation
ot clouds In the atmosphere above the
fire Whenever there was an especially
active ascent of the amoke a large
cumulus cloud formed over It. This
recalls other observations of such
rtouds becoming dense enough to pro-
duce a shower of rain.
The Thin IjmI.
"3he looks Ilka a xi 'ture."
"ii minds me r I . of a
Indlantpoilt Jour I
fmrni."
TO ATTAIN BEAUTY.
A I" llluts on taring for Ih Com-
pletion Anybody can lie beautiful who hat
time says the New York Herald. Cul-
tivate regularity of feature above all
ihinea li I much belter to have a
straight noe than one which Is turn-
ed up. Iiy being regular In your fea-
tures for a few months you will attain
results wlitch will surprise you.
Freckles sr a hindrance to beauty ot
complexion and should be carefully
avoided. Tbe akin should be firm and
free from wrinkles. Do not on sny ac-
count permit the accumulation of con-
volutions undor tht eyes aa they give
an appearance of age and do not en-
hance the phylscal appearance. Worry
Is perhaps aa destructive to good looks
aa trip hammers to watch cryatala. It
Induces frowning a habit not to be
too severely condemned. On retiring
st night tie a ribbon very tightly
across the forehead. Fbould you lie
worried during the night the rlbln
will prevent the corrugation of the
brow Incident to worry and thus pre-
vent the formation cf wrinkles. The
face should be anointed every night
with a mixture composed of stearlne.
oleomargarine acetic add and chloride
of lime. It certainly run do no more
harm than the wanho and comellc
In dally ue. Hathe the face as little
as possible. Avoid bot water. Tepid
water mingled with some Scotch
whisky taken a! frequent Interval
will enhance the complexion and Im-
part to It a characteristic brilliancy.
Late nippers and champagne have
an Influence upon the completion
which cannot be overestimated. Hy
all means have the face enameled
for enamel Is all that It la cracked up
to be. Dresden china when suitably
fired Is to be preferred although I
have eeea some really artistic effects
In lelfL Tbe coating may be removod
at will with a cold chisel tnd an or-
dinary carpenter't mallet. Io not use
an ad unless occasion demands It.
Tbe complexion mask It almost a
necessity. Some women should wear
them constantly. A Japanese screen
will also serv the same purpose. The
Use of either tacks or putty In the se-
curing of the mask to the face Is not
to lie encouriged except in case where
It is deemed advisable t.) retain tht
mask In lieu of the natural complexion.
V--" -3 J V
SPEED MAY rtn OI1TAINED.
A reithr.1 I rmr.
Travers Ii lare was a fid for
running off with old Craltre'a dauKh
ter. Keenan dli. I don't knj. Why'
Tmvers Crabtree would willingly
have paid all cx'ne to bave the
thing over and clinched. l't'.tsbQrg
ChronUie-Telegrnph.
DITS OF SCIENCE.
Charcoal thread used at filament for
Incsndes.eiit Umps Is worth flZ.uoO a
pound.
Dr. Koch the famou German bac
terlologlst. It on his way to South Af
rlca at Uie Instance of the Cape gov
ernment to make a study ot rlnder
pest the rattle disease that Is working
such havoc.
A haraelea alelgh la one of the lat
eat Invention. Gasoline furnishes ths
motive power and a sharp-toothed
wheel under the center of the tlelgh
appllet It to the froxen earth and
puahet the tlelgh alng.
A complete teriea ot photographs ot
the recent Chinese-Japanese war tak
en on the spot forms a feature of the
Internatlonl photographic exhibition
now being held at Ilerlln says Wll
son's Photographic Magailne. The col
lection has excited much Interest as the
most comprehensive photographic rC'
ord of war yet shown.
A prophecy of Mr. Edlaon It reported
to the effect that In three yean those ot
thj blind whose optic nerves are In
good condition will be able to see. Thl
faith Is gathered from experiments on
the blind with the new X-rays. In
several rases the blind persons sa
flashes of the tight snd were able tc
tell when It was turned on and off.
Pavementa made of granulated cork
mixed with asphalt havt proved suc
cessful sfter two years' wear la Lon
don and Vienna. They art never slip
pery are odorless and do not absort
moisture beside being clean elastic
tnd lasting. Near the Great Eaatcri
ttatlon In London the wear In t(
years amountt to about ouc-clghlh o;
in Inch.
An unknown ruined city covering
apace larger thin New York city witl
two templet and two great pyramldt
bat Just been discovered In the moun
tain In tht state ot Guerrero Mexico
by William Nlven tht well knowr
mineralogist ot New York. He bai
Just returned from a ten weeks' trtf
Into that country and brought bsct
more than 300 photographs ot tha ruins
So says a Mexico special.
A London cablegram to the New
York Evening Post saya the report o
Dr. Le Neve Foster the mineralogist
bring! England faee to face with tht
fact of possible coal exhaustion. 11
says tbat signs of decline will probabl)
become apparent within a lifetime
Prof. Jevons' estimate was that a cen
tury of the present rate of progresi
woulJ exhsiiM England s mines to
depth of 4.000 feet which Is 1.6C0 fee
deeper than the deepest mio.
SCIENTIFIC CORNER.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV-
ERY AND INVENTION.
Dinger la Clrealsttng Libraries cret
of I'relljf Htafe Trie a Sow Helot;
Shoo a la tarops A boa I toe Soa-
Oller.
FOREIGN medical
Journal hat been
publishing fact
about the dliteml-
natlon of disease
through book from
public libraries. It
It ot course Im-
possible for libra-
rians to ascertain
wbert books havt
been or to know
the conditions of families Into which
they go. A large number ot books
wert examined and were foiina to con-
tain the bacilli of pneumonia. dly
therla. and manv other sorts some oi
which acre harmless. Even new boons
freh from the publisher's bands were
fundi tn mntnln verm. There STS
very many persons who practice wet
ting the fingers lth the lips or tongue
ahen turning the pages of books. This
la an exceedingly dangerous thing to
do not only to the person who doe It
but to all other who may ue the uook
afterward especially If the perion to
doing bat any form of disease In the
ayiteni. Invalid of all kinds are use
ly to be prrat readers and the con
sumptive or those suffering with can
rer may unsltilncly deposit on the
Date of tha volume ther peruse the
deadly germ of their own malady. It
hat Uen iiiggrsted that library book
be tubjected to Intense heat at Inter-
vtlt frequent enougli to Inture their
imuiuulty as transmitters ot dlaiase
TraasMreal Dales.
It It often of imtiortance to hsve
plates or cards of transparent material.
These can eal!y be made of gelatine by
the follow lugj proves: "Place gelatine
In cold water for several hours until It
la thoroughly softened taking rare that
no more water remains than Is necea
ary to awell It completely. Prepare a
plute ot glass carefully clean It then
coat with the slightest possible film
of oil. Place around thl glas a rim
lust as high s the thl.kne of the
plate of gelatine i to be. Pour upun
the prepared g'as.t. which should be
hot the softened gelatine; then lay over
It a second glass healed aud oil
and pr. It gently down until It rest
evenly on tbe ton of the frame. Thl
make the thlcknes uniform and
care Is taken there alll be neither bub.
bles nor Irregularltlea. . When cool re
move tbe gelatine which may then be
cut or ahaped Into any delred form
Uy adding coloring matter any ahado
ran be acured. Anlllue la tbe best for
tinting."
The Aeartn( IjtAf.
From the Scientific American: Of the
many new illusions now urmg pre
sented In Europe an Ingenlou one la
that of the appearing lady the Inven
tlon of that clever Hungarian magi
clan. Duller de Kolta. On the stage I
en a plain round-top four-leg table
which the magician ha been using a
a rcsilng place tor part of the appa
ratua used in hla magic performance
Eventually the performer remove all
and lea from the table and cover I
lib a c!o!h that doe hot reach tb
floor. The flrt cut represents the table
lu thla condition. 0:i command the
cloth gradually rise from the rente
of the table aa though something were
pushing It up. lb a few moment It be
comes Very evlJeut tbat some
one or something Is on the
table coverej by the cloth. The ma
gl.'lan no remove tbe cloth and
lady la n-cn at..ndlng on the table aa
In the second Illustration. The secret
of this as lu all good lllusious. It very
simile a the third Illustration will
show. In the t.iKe ttare Is a trap door
over which la p.acc.l a fancy rug t'.iat
has a piece removed from It exactly
the same size a tb trap. b which th
piece I fas'ened. When Ihe trap I
close J tbe tug appears to be an otJI
mm
TAJJLK KKaDY IX) II THE APPEAR
A NCR.
nary one. The table la placed directly
over the trap. Ilelow the stage I a bot
open at tbe top with cloth sides snd
wood bottom. To this box are attach
ed four very fins wires that lead up
THE APPEARING LADY
through tht stage by means of small
holes where the trap and floor Join
over email pulleys lu frame of table and
down through table legs which are
hollow through the stage to a wind-
lass. In the table top la a trap that
divide In tht center and opens out-
ward. Tbe top of th table Is Inlaid In
of the trap. Tbe lady takes her place
In tbe box In a kneeling position tht
rich a manner as to conceal tht edge
assistant standi at th windlass and
all Is ready.
Tht magician takes a large table
cover and. standing at the rear of
tahle proceed to cover It by throwing
cloth over tabl. so that It res.rb.es th
Coor In front of the tajlc then slovly
I'll
Pi
Me
fan c.I
i1 in II IwilU'l'liai IB
raws It up ever tho table top. The
moment that the cloth tourhei the floor
In front of the table the trap la opened.
nd the box containing tbe lady I
drawn up under tbe table by mean ot
e windlass and the trap closed. TUl
I done very quickly during the mo-
ment's time In which ths magician ts
straightening out the cloth to draw It
back over the table. All tbat now re-
mains to be done Is for the lady to
open the trap In table and slowly take
ber place on top ot tbe table aud close
ths trap.
The top and bottom of the bog by
means of which the lady Is placed un-
r the table are connected by means of
three strong elastic cords placed In-
Ide of the cloth covering. These elas
tics are for the purpose of keeping taa
bottom and top frame of the bog to-
gether except when distended by the
weight of the lady. Thanks to this ar
rangement of the box. It fold up as
ho lady leaves It fur ber position on
DETAILS OF ATPARATt'S.
the table top. and I concealed Inside of
the frame of the table after her weight
la removed from It.
The Rea-ottar.
Seat Otter at only found upon the
rocky (bore ot certain part of th
I. "'J
r
North Psiiflc Ocean especially th
Aleutian Inlands and Alaska extending
as far south on the American roast at
Origon; but. owing to the unremitting
persecution to which they are ubjectHl
for the take of their skins which rank
among the moil valuable known to tht
furrier their numUrs are greatly di
minishing. It Is said that a many as
five thousand of th half rlrlltiel na-
tives of Alaska are dependent upon
sea otter hunting a a mean of obtain-
ing their living. Sea otter do not fish
Ilk th tru otters but llv on clama.
mussels sea-urchins and crabs and
the female bring forth but a alngle
young one at a time apparently at no
particular season of the year. Tbey
are excessively ny ana wiry and all
attempt to rear the youni; uiu- In cap-
tivity have hl:hrro failed.
The fore fi-et of the set utter are
very small wlih five short wcMh-.I t.
and naked pal:a. the bind fee1 are al
together unlike those of th true ot-
ters but approaching tlioe of the
seal lull. large. Cat. pmated an I
furry on both tides. The otrer toe Is
the largest and 'Mnr't. the r-st grad
ually diminishing In tile t the first.
The tall I about one-fourth of lb
length of Ihe to It cylindrical and ob
tuse. The entire lng:h o' Ihe animal
from nose to the end of (all about
lour feet. The aktn Is peculiarly loose
and stretches when removed from tb
animal so as to give the Ilea ol a still
larger creature than It really Is. Th
fur Is remarkable for the preponder-
ance o f: he beautifully soft woolly un-
der fur. the longer iif?er hair being
very scanty. Tbe general color la a
deep liver-brown everywhere al'.vered
or froted with the hosry tip of the
longer tlff hslra. These are. however
removed when the aktn la dreueJ for
commercial purposes.
Taper Kalis.
Parr sails are coming Into nse In
place of those made of canvas. It Is
tUlnied that they are ss durable soft
and flexible at those made ot fabric.
The following la th me'hod of pre-
paring Ihe paper pulp ue. for these
aalla: "To the paper pulp Is added fat
a solution et alkali silicate glue alum
and potassium bichromate and from
this by means of a paper-making ma-
chine a fairly thick paper Is produced.
Two atrlpa of this are pasted together;
by passing these under ronalderwMe
pressure through rollers a very thin
and soft sheet of paper Is formed; this
Is passed through a weak solution of
sulphuric acid which bai the effect of
converting the upper turface Into a
ipeclci of parchment; washing with a
solution of sola drying snd glaxlng fn-
1 lowing. Care la taken to leave the
edges free when the strips of paper
are fastened together so that other
strips may be sdded at th side thin
forming a sufficient breadth of sails.
To fasten the si rip together a past
la use. which contains the same In-
gredients as those added to th paper
pulp while by Inserting cord on tht
aide tbe edging of the tall Is formed.'
I'nfortunately no a. v mint It vouch-
safed of the practical working of uch
"alla" when Utilise! fcr tner legl.
mate purpose.
Why Ike Caaitl tlaraa.
V are all familiar with the fact
that a randl burn. Hut perhaps ther
are many perion who hav never real-
Ited Juit why It burnt and tbat a car-
tain degree ot heat It necessary In on
tier to contum th cylinder of wag or
tallow of which the candl I mad. In
th Arctic region candle will not
burn satisfactorily at or below a tem-
perature of JS degreet C. The reason
for this Is that the surrounding atmos-
phere Is so cold that ths flam la Inef-
ficient to melt enough ot the material
for Its own subsistence. The fecblt
heat can do little more than melt out
a tubular space around the wick there-
fore the flam I small and weak and
sometime fall altogether. Tb light
enclosed ln a small glass vase wo'ki
better aa ths temperature Is someerbat
raise by te'.rg so eonaned and j ugi
wax mclu to supply th flam.
ai ii Mi aypna T
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