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4 Substitute for Horses.

A new engine for propelling street
cars is described as being on the prin-
clple of the English compound engine
III use on ocean steamers. 1t has two
cylinders, and drives the car by direct
crank connection, without any iRterme-
date mechanism. 1t is SO compactly
made az to occupy no more space than
an ordinary base burning parlor stove
OF the larger size, and does not intrude
upon one foot of passenger room. By
an arrangement of the several parts,
economy of fuel IS accomplished the
smoke is consumed, and noise and SCOT
are avoided. The power employed
IS that of five horses, and the cars,
which are of the usual dimensions,
can be controlled, as to stoppage
and propulsion, quite as handily as
though drawn by horses The power
can be increased at pleasure up to the
capacity of twenty-five horsepower
engine, thus enabling it to ascend
grades of four or five hundred feet to
the mile. The engineer can "slow up
in the space of thirty-two feet, when
the cars are going at the rate of twelve
miles an hour. The engine is so
placed upon the rear platform, so that
the windows can be left open in pleas
ant weather, without the annoyance of
smoke or cinders, as there is none of
either, while any dust that might be
raised is left behind, thus comforting a
vast amount of pleasure and comfort
upon the passenger. The tests made
thus far have been most satisfactory.
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Tho Nnrihcrn I.irittS.

Aurora boteals have been very con
splcuous lately. On the 25th of August
one was seen at Thurso and at Herno-
sand, in the gulf of Bothnia, and feebly
also at Lisbon; on the Goth at Sevres,
and also at Stockholm; on September
., at Sevres, Paris, Hernosand and
Rome; on the 4th, at Sevres, Paris,
London, and ArchanGel: on the 9Th, at
Sevres and Paris; on the 9th, at Her
nosand. So that there has been in Eu-
rope, dtring the period from the ID to
the 9th of September, All almost con
tinuous succession OF aurora visible in
England, France, Scandinavia, Russia,
and once III Italy.
A white aurora borealis was observed
at Beaumette, near Anglers, on the Sth
of August, by NJ. A. Cheux, who thus
describes it About 10 o'clock the sky
was lit up in the north northwest by q
white light and at successive inter
walls white rays were shot out, mostly
toward the North or Northwest. At
about 1920 a magnificent white ray
shaped like fan, and 22o in height,
occupied the northern part of the sky
This gradually faded, and by 11:30 the
sky had resumed its natural color.
This is the fourth aurora borealis OBJ
served in the last four months, the
others having been seen on the 9th OF
May, the 9th of June, the 10th of July,
and this on the Sth of August. The
coincidence in these monthly dates is
something remarkable Nature.
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The following is a statement of the
actual losses of Philadelphia compa-
MES by the Boston fire:
Report of the Secretary of War.

The report of the Secretary of War
this year is quite brief. He compli-
ments Congress for such completeness
in last years legislation that quite
room is left for legislation; recon-
mends the establishment of military
prisons in place of the present system
of sending army convicts to state
penitentiaries; also tie enactment of
"a code Of specific punishment
for army offences Desertiohs are re.
ported as greatly falling off in the past
year. He renews the recommendation
that the extra to each regiment be
dispensed with as vacancies occur, and
thus save one hundred and sixty thou
and dollars annually. He advises rails
ing the intellectual standard of admis-
sion at West Point, also the sale of
large numbers of now useless arsenals
i'll the south and elsewhere; the
establishment of Il general arsenal of
construction OH the Atlantic slope, and
another on the Pacific. These arseuais,
with that already at Rock Island, in
the Mississippi valley, would efficiently
meet the wants of the service The
progressive experiments with improved
navy ordnance and with breech-loading
small arms is slow. He consid-
ers channel instructions ard torpedoea
protected by heavy batteries, as val
liable for harbor defenses. Expert
ments with torpedoes have been sue
cessful in determining the kind to be
used, and the Secretary recommends
the storage of torpedoes for the de-
fence of New York and other har-
bors. The new system Of in,
speeding and discussing officers ac-
counts is in full operation. He con-
cludes by reeretting that one sixth of
the army is still detained in the South
ern states east of the Mississippi River,
and hopes that an improvment of the
social condition will soon relieve that
force for frontier duty. He says mill
tary expenditures are on a descending
scale
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Aeuuittat of = Supposed Borgia.

Mrs. Lloyd, who was tried at Lees
burg, Va, on Friday, for poisoning her
children was acquitted. She was charg-
ed with giving them arsenic, but the evi-
dcnce showed that physician nad pre-
scribed bismuth for one child, while an
analysis of the latter dose produced ar
senc, showing that the bismuth con
tanned an amount of arsenic equal to
that which the mother of the child was
charged with giving as pure arsenic.
The evidence turned on this c..emicai
fact, and acquitted the mother, much to
the surprise of her prosecutors. Con-
siderable commotion is manifested by
druggists and physicians aud the PEG
pie generally at the discovery Of arsenic
in bismuth, which will probably do
away with its use IL medical practice
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TYNDALL.
A Few Words from ri Late Getfar..

a Few Words from ri Late Lecture.
Frolii the Saturday evening lecture
by Mr.. Tyndall in Boston. We make an
extract. Light, he says, may be po<
Iarized in variety of ways. Rehec-
ton IS 6ts 1T the ways. Here IS a
beautiful crystal Of Iceland spar. If
you look at dot through it, foH will
see two. 1t splits q ray of light into two
parts. On passing beam of light
through it, two circles of light appear
ed on The screen. On rejecting these
images to the ceiling and side of the
room, each one alternately disappear
ed, showing that polarization had beet
produced by the Iceland spar. The
tcnrmaline produced a green iflas6 III
one circle, and a black on the other.
While crossing the Atlantic, which ]
was happily enabled to do without
well, without disturbance to my health
I watched the a6eah waves. [ no
ticed that where they crossed each 9th
er the water was tossed up into pyra
midal heap, usually s1rmounted by a
crest of foam, and the wave reached an
almost double height. When crest
crossed hollow, they neutralized each
other This is called the principle of
interference, and its existence Iii waves
Of light was first established by that
great philosopher, Young. This was
illustrated by two tuning forks sound
ing in unison. On loading one slightly,
so as to change the tone little, sue
ccssion of beats was heard The waves
ut first combined, then interfered and
noutralized, then combined again, and
so produced tie beats. The same holds
good with light We may, on this
principle, produce color without color
ing matter. Several beautiful expert
ments illustrated this, showing that
colors were caused by passing light
through thin films. A tray of water
was placed in front of the electric
lamp. and the light reflected from its
surface to the screen. Waves were
seen passing across, and were reflected
from side to side. On dropping
through a pipette drop of oil of tur-
pentine upon the water, thin iilm was
produced, and most beautiful array
of colors appeared upon the screen.
Two pieces of glass clamped together
produced similar effect
Newton investigated the cause of
these eolors, and found that they de
pended upon the thickness of the film
of air, or other medium. He measur-
Ell the thickness of soap bubble 10y
it's relations to color.
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noon, presided over by Mayor CASTOR;
at which encouraging speeches were
made and energetic action urged III
order to alleviate the sufferings of the
needy, as well as the rebuilding of the
burnt district A numerous relief
committee was appointed, Of whish
VIM Gray was chairman. The committee
will hold daily sessions. A Bureau of
Relief was also organized, of which ex-
Mayor Norcross is treasurer.
THE NEW POST OFFICE
and Sdb- Treasury building was for Il
long time exposed TO fierce flames and
smoke, but was scarcely scOrched
This massive fire-proof structure saved
the Boston Morning Post building dI-
rectly opposite, and helped greatly in
preventing the fire from reaching State
street. The old South Church also es-
capped, though several times given up
for lost. The costly and beautiful
Transcript building, and Currier and
Trott's iewelry establishment on the
opposite corner of Milk street, were
burned. The Eastern Express office
was saved, though reported at one time
as burned.
THE BANBsi
destroyed are the National Bank of
North America, rs franklin; and the
National Revere Bank, "a Franklin
street.
The following is a statement of the
actual losses of Philadelphia compa-
MES by the Boston fire
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Lii Immense Snow PIOw-The Largest
in the World.
From the Omaha Bee, October q.


The Union Pacific Railroad is having
which, when finished, will be the largest
and most powerful in the world. 1t is
rapidly approaching completion, and in a
few days will be ready for business The
trucks on which it is built are very heavy
and strong, and were cast especially for
this plow. The platform on the trucks is
twenty-five feet long, and ten feet six
inches wide, and is composed of solid oak
rlmbcrs eight by sixteen inches. These
timbers arc held together By ton iron bolts
one and onc-fourth inch III diameter which
run crosswise This solid bed is fastened to
trahso,n lean by forty bolts, twenty
over each truck. The inclined slide, pac-
ed on a platform, is twenty-five feet long,
and slopes at an angle of thirty degrees,
and is held trmly to the bed by forty bolts
of an inch i'll diameter, and is supported
from behind by inclined posts, six feet
long, eight inches wide, and sixteen inches
thick. The entire length, from the rear of
The platform to the end of the slide, is 80
feet. The slide Is to be ironed, and an
immense pillow Of the ordinary shape, Il
feet long, II feet wide and five feet high,
and covered with iron $40 of an inch
thick, is to be securely placed upon it. On
the point OF this pillow there is to be an
iron plate, steel pointed, feet long and
four feet wide. This plate, ofcourse, runs
across the track and only one inch above
it.
The rear of the platform will he boxed
in, making a room twelve tcet high, | |
feet wide and 10 feet long, for the purpose
OF kec,ung the snow out. 1t will be fur
nishe1 with a door, SO that if necessary il
can b. loaded with iron.
The monster will weigh fifty tons, and
will be operated by three of the heaviest
engines kOn the road. The cost will be
over $4,000. The design was gotten UP
by Mr.. G. f. Stevens, Superintendent of
the car and building department, and Mr.
}. Ill. Congdon, general master mechanic
ofthe road, who must have made it study
since last winter. There will be but very
few snow drifts that this rlow won't clean
out; but if it ever jumps the track it will
be pretty hard job to get it on again.
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A Curious Story.

The Middleville Barry County, Mich. }
Republican tells curious story as to the
cause which led J. r. Van Velsor, the
abscondiDg Prosecuting Attorney of that
county, to the preparation of the mort
gage forgcries. On the forgeries being
detected Van Velsor, it is SAID, offered to
make restoration as far as possible by
deciding his victims all the property he
owned, and In accounting for the missing
money, stated that he had used it to help
his brother, DR.. Van Velsor, of Hastings,
out of serious difficulty into which he
had got himself in Minnesota, where he
formerly lived. His story is, in effect,
that sick man under the doctors charge
died very suddenly, between whose young
wife and the doctor there had been unusu.
al intimacy; that an examination had devel
cped strong suspicious ofpoison that they
had, as they supposed, procured tho re-
moval of the patients body to a place
where 1t could not be traced, but tho de-
tectiyes were too sharp for them, having
followed and taken the body from the
coffin while in transit, substituting for it
something else of about the same weight /:
that thereafter, a stranger calling himself
detective waited upon J. Il. Van Velsnr
and wanted $1,000, or the body of the
doct or; and that he paid the money de-
manded, and something more to settle the
matter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-11-30
WHY Printers Get Drunk.

A typo" being ,,sked why printers induls
cd occasionally in drink, indited the followin,
inipromptu reply:
When others stunned the murky sky,
Where fash on fash was frightening,
Great Franklin went to fly his kite
And bottle up the lightning.
And since his time, when cares opptess.
And the hard times are Tightening,
The printer seeks to drown his woes
In draughts of ''boitkd lightning"
When badly tattered-his wafsfs heart
A place for grief to rarkle in
Hc takes the lightning, flies his kite
And thinks himself Franklin.
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Changing the Subject,

Little Mary had heard her father in
struct her older brothers and sisters
that when, in the course of CONVERSE
ton, subject came up that seemed to
be disagreeable to any one present, ETH
quette demanded that it should be
changed as quickly as possible. Some
days after her father said to her as he
left the house:
Mary, papa wants you to be very
careful, if you play in the garden to-
day, not to touch the hyacinthe. Will
you remember
OF course she would. int on papa S
return in the evening, he found his
hvacinths picked, and the marks of the
little feet in the garden bed.
Calling Mary up to him, he looked
very grave, and said;
MY dear, you remember that told
you particularly not to touch the
hyacinths, and now [ find them picked,
and no one has been in the garden but
you How is this 2"
Mary laughed, and said:
"Oh, papa, it was splendid in the
garden to-day saw beautiful little
birds nest, and there was a great big
Dutterny-
HWait, wait, child. [ am talking to
you about something else nov. Don't
you understand me2 ] am very Sc
riously displeased with you. told you
not to touch the hyacinths, and now
find them picked, and your footprints
all about"
Oh, yes, papa, did have the love
lest time in the garden to-day. Don't
you think it was beautiful day2'
Mary, how dare you answer me sc
impertinently l was talking to you
about your disobedience. Why do you
not attend to me ! shall have to make
you"
Rather sobered at this suggestion,
the little girls countenance fell, and
she faltered out
why, papa, You said that when Z
subject became unpleasant to any one,
the only way was to change it.
Papa saw the point, and the unpleas
ant subject was dropped for that time
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Twenty-one men and bows fell several hundred
feet to the bottom Of the shaft and We're
killed.
PosT, American Consul at Vienna, has re-
ceived under his protection thirty-fve Jewish
families who fed from persecution in Wal,a-
CHA. A subscription has been opened at the
Consulate to enable the exiles to emgrate to
the United States
De TEMP SAYS the French Government has
consented to reduce the rate of postage to
America to four centimes per 100 grammes.
with reciprocity of free transit
THE government issues orders fer the recall
of the expenditionery force which is now
marching on Khiva.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-11-30
A Funny Mistake.

A Dcs MONIES druggist sent his clerk
out to drum for sales of OIL He carried
the card of the proprietor and the picture
OF his girl in his side pocket lie called
upon tradesman at Newton, and tossed a
card upon the counter, saying that he re-
presented that establishment The trades
man picked it up, gave it steady look,
and said it was fine establishment, and
wa informed by the clerk that he had
represented it about three years, where
upon he remarked to the youth that he
supposed he would soon be a partner.
The youth said he would be pleased to
sell him some coal oil, and that his estab-
llshment handled more oil than any other
IN Des Moines. The tradesman took
another lock at the card, and asked the
boy If he wasn't mistaken He blushinely
guessed he was, as he returned his girls
picture TO his pocket.
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Immigration from GCrfmanY.

Information Is received by the De
partment of State that the statement
published III various newspapers in this
country, IN July last, that the German
Government was seeking to prevent
emigration to the United States. and
had adopted stringent measures for
that purpose, is denied by that Govern
ment, which disclaims to having issued
orders interfering with or discourage
ing the emigration of its citizens to
this country
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The Sea-SnaiiGw and the Fishermen.

hhs tStisiShHiiSH anu the fESHtTHltH.
An interesting association exists be
tween the sea-swallOws and the fisher
men of Lake Pallageri, in Lapland. In
the center Of this lake is an island, on
which the fishermen build their hats in
summer At early dawn the swallows
gather around these hnts, and their
cries admOnish the occupants that it is
time TO commence the days work. The
boats are hardly loosened from their
moorngs when the birds start out to
find a spot where the fish are ahund-
ant. The boatmen are governed en-.
tirely by the movements of the swal-
lows. When the birds stop and re
double thier cries, the fishermen know
| they have found spot where they will
be repaid for their labor. They hasten
forward, cast their nets, and soon have
the satisfaction of finding them well
filled. In accordance with the old
maxim, that the laborer il worthy OF
his hire, the swallows receive their
share Of the booty. Every fish that
the fishermen throw up in the air is
gracefully caught by the birds and, in
deed they are SO tame that sometimes
they come into the boats and help them.
selves out of the nets. If one spot be
comes reproductive, the birds lead
| the way to another. Toward even.
ing men and the birds return tc
the island, and the birds hasten to
clear the boats Of the share Ieft.behind
for them by the fishermen.
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A Puzzle III Arithmetic

When three hishmen dug ditch 70,
which they were to receive four dol
lars, the trouble was how Ia divide
four among three, and have it Gq,eaI
One OF them remained quiet and the
other two at last deferred to his iudg
ment, as he had been to school, ana
knew 'rthmetlc, to make the division.
Tie did 1T at once, saying, It's ujsy
enough ! Shure, there's two Tor you
two, and two for me too > BE ger
Ia, said one of his 60 laborers. "wh 1t
a great thing it Is to have learning -
=" And, said the other, as he pocE eted
his single dollar, Z" and TO know 'rith-
metic too, It's the likes OF Us two d
never divided them four dollars
oqu0iiB.
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AbrGad:

tAEIrNAL LERrGI AMAT. Vice Chancellor Of
the Holy Roman Church. died in Nice, on
Thursday, aged 7G
lie festivities attending the celebration of
tie golden wedding Of the King aud Queen of
SaXony continues.
GENERALS ia1PupA and Menduina. com.
handing The military districts Of Holanln and
Bs-Famo. have received orders to return to
Spain
GES, GANENDE has been relieved of his
command a. Governor General of Catalonia.
span, and Gen Bal rieti appointed as ms sue
cssSar.
TnE Ir.s1 Government las rrohl ltctl the nm
potr5tion ct horses from the United States
\ BIoroys demonstration occurcd in Fxlter
England, On Fuesdav. CudeeIs and briekbats
were freely used. and many Of the rioters
we're hurt Seventeen men are IL hospital
suffering iIom injuries received during the
riot.
N mine q Narburc, near Charetroi, Bel.
um The lowering machine gave way as a
la1e 5. 1laeIs =e.e descend 10 work.
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&" HoBART PACHA," COMMANDMENTS
Chief Of the Turkish navy, was form
erlv known as Admiral Hobart, Of the
British service.
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An eplzootlc prevails among the deer
on the Michigan frontier, similar to
that affecting the horses at the East,
and large numbers are found dead and
dying IN the woods.
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CINCINNATI has secured a pledge of
$50, 600 from her wealthy citizens to the
guaranty fund for the Theodore
Thomas musical festival TO be held in
hat city next year,
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] am called the ViIlturc
| batter doors and walls.
Simon cast me, 1925.

The French Illustration, with the
laudable purpose of ridiculing the con-
querers of France, has published an
engraving of the celebrated cannon.
The artist, however, has succeeded in
ridlculing himself, inasmuch as he
translated the last line of the inscrip-
ton; ''Sin1on goes mich, 1923" as
E" Cast by Simon Gossmich, 1928
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THE TRADES WHICH SUFFER.

BosToN, November 10.-The confia-
grafton was got under control at about
one O'Clock, having in the space of tif-
teen hours DESTROYED hundreds of the
costliest and most substantial ware
houses in the country, and temporarily
paralyzing three OF the leading mer-
camille interests, the shoe and leather
wool, and dry goods trades. 1t is said
there is not one wholesale shoe and
leather establishment left in Boston.
The wool trade has suffered in an equal
degree, and the dry goods and iohbing
houses left are few and far between.
The Ninth Regiment, with detach-
ments from other regiments, amount
ing 10 1,200 men, are on duty for the
protection of property and preservation
of order
MEETING OF PROMINENT CITIZENS
was held in the City Hall this after
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A Monster Cannon of Ancient Times

In the sixteenth century, Richard of
Greiffenklan, Elector of Treves, had a
monster cannon cast for HIM. It was
Is feet long and $4,000 pounds in
weight. In 1899, the French took it
from Ehrenbreitstein and put it in the
arsenal of Metz. After the Hundred
Days, when SO much stolen property
was recovered, it seems to have been
forgotten. At any rate, it was left at
Metz, where the Germans of 1871 ex-
pected 10 recover it. In some mystic
rious way, however, the great gun was
smugsled away to Paris, where it is
now, in the Museum of Artillery. 1t
he's craven on 1t, in old Dutch, this in
scriptlon:
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NEWSPAPERS GONE,

The proprietors of the Transcript did
not remove any of their material. 1t
was packed, however, and lowered into
the cellar. and some of it may be saved
from destruction. The Post building
will be nearly destroyed, although the
walls may remain standing.