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zane date issi year. lard ranged stN.sDsrS
ana close 4 a a. e0-a decline 81 2Sc. from yes
ferday. PORK remained steady O, Nff2faN1to,
Nav closing 81 gil36. shori-riDs were SLOW az
4. GOas7 65Hc aud closed Of G.oo--a drcilne o.
10. Batter demand erlsisd for other meats aod
tho sales showed fair decrease.
ST. LOUIS
sr. LOUIS, February ii.-F!sur Unbalanced
Wheat duh, without feature: No. red Gasp.
snr.; May, sias&iIe. dosing AZ So .orn
closed &c above YESTERDAY: cash. ossYE
Nav. 45i.al7kc. 0at nrn. cash, H,lc Way,
29A a2aIc. whiskey. si.0s. Provisions dun
WILMINGTON
WILMINGTON. February il.-Tprpeniins Grin
AZ Sc ROsin frm: strained. No. gop
stra ned, sy, Ter sfm 81 si-iA Crude tur-
pentne nTm; hard. sl.i0. yelior-dip aha fHs'ns
s2io.
LOUISVILLE. XIV, February ii.--Grain and pro"
visions quieI aud unchanged.
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES
NgwYoRk. February Ii.--Ceiios receipts.
I,0S8 bales; gross receipts, eS0s bales. Futures
closed frm sales. $500 bales; February,
$40 5sas1O.5q; Marrh. si0sgssi0s5; April. NO. %
sidu; May. sl0.1basl078; Junr. t0dssl0S5;
July. si0sasi0si August, fi0Sasl0s; sep
tember sl0.pail039: october. tio0stlNof'
November ana December. sa.s2sss.8: January.
t19Sas9ga
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET
Reported for the Dispaich.l
FEBRUARY u.-NarEot quieI with sales OF
several hundred hays o. prime and snelled.
Orders continue good a. t2s factories Prime.
Be- extrR. &c. common. iha2.: shcllcd. "a
2Sc.; spanish, exc. factory hsnd-pickei, ~ afc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
RICHMOND TOBACCO MkRKvr.

ItbhNAHI IT, NJ.
There is no new feature In our market to-day.
The week closes hrmer. with fewer sales and
more confidence in the future.
The following are further comparative sales Of
tobacco:
On February 10, 1857. 1880 pounds Of loose
was sold at shockos warehouse for sl,9JQ55, Or
az average OF 1896 par per 100
On February 10, 1888, $4,000 pounds Of loose
sold for 81, 6jSil, or an average OF SD
These are figures for the planter % consider
whether tho cultivation OF a big area TO big
common crop at Inevitable low prices pays bot
ter than n small area and good small crop
We are trying TO prove thsso facts by figures Of
the pre.eRt aud past
Loose sales this week we're 1906 pounds
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
ROweIrs Walking Record Beaten.


NEW YORK, February 1.-The six
day walking match ended tonight with
out any OF the usual scenes of disorder
and rowdyism that have prevailed on
previous occasions. Albert has broken
the record, and is now champion of
the world. Eight Of the competitors
completed 525 miles; that entitled
them to a share in the gate re-
ceipss. The score of these eight at 10
o'clock was as follows Albert, 62l miles.
4 laps Herty, $50 miles; Guerrero, 564
miles; Hart, 546 miles Golden, 53s
miles Moore 53l miles Strokel. 526
miles Noremsc, 525 miles. A rough
estimste OF the gate money to be re-
ceived by the men who had covered 525
miles and over is as follows: Albert,
"a, 500; Herty, $1,000 Guerrero, 81, 900 /;
Hart, $3.50 Golden, S720 Moore, $3.50 !;
Strokel, $3.50 and Noremac, S240-in
all 81 $50.
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starved HIS WIFE and Hanged
Himself.

A Greenfield q. H. telegram says I:
On the country road to Wilton, mile or
more from here, lived Clarence s. ID.
Bowen, his wife Ida, and their four chill
dren. the eldest six years Of age. Bowen
is said to have been shiftless fellow,
who spent most of his time in drinking
places while his children begged Tor
bread. On Monday night the children
called in the neishbors, who found that
Mrs Bowen had aied OF hunger and ex-
posure. II is surmi,ed that she tried to
kill herself on sunday and again ON
Monday. The husband was brought
home, aud on learning OF his wife's
death went into another room and hang
ed himself.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK. pALrInoRy. AND Rich
MosD sTocK ExczAsGsa
Grain, Provisions, Gotten, Tobacco. Tur-
psntias resin. Tar. and
Peanut Nsrketa
rBy telegraph 70 the Dispstch.I


NEw Y0sK, February 1.-The stock market
this morning was intensely dull througheut ne
session, aud fluctuations correspendlhgly mar
row. having little or no sgni1cauon. The
amount OF business done was the snslle slnce
the Saturday half holiday was established. Thlle
dealings we're tue tsmest seen In many months
Chicago had selling orders In Changers, but no
other interests seemed % hsvs any interest 10
the market whatever. though pools had placed
some supporting orders In specialtiss- Lack OF
support, however. was noticeable, and the bears
we're encouraged TO put out few limited
short lines. which gave transactions q
sagcing tendency, but outside OF Man
haitian, which declined y per cent and
afterwards rogsined the loss. and Mil
Waukee, Lass ShsFe, and Western preferred,
which declined ~ per cent on very limited ousi-
ness. there was no feature Whatever. The fret
sales were made At small concessions, generally
nom last evenings closing prices, and iursher
slight losses were sustaieed. but the movement
was entirely issigniacanL and The market closed
steady al close 10 the opening figures. The days
trading amounted 90 emily 1900 shares. Every
thing IA q shade lower. ard Milwaukee Lake
Shore, and Western preferred lost ~ per csat
BANK STATEMENT.
NEW YORK, February 1.-THE weekly bank
statement shows the following changes: deserve.
decrease. t9,45i. 900: leans, increase, s5s).7oO;
specie, decrease. sl.$f7,s00; legsltcnfer-. in
crease, Ni1,AO; deposits, increase, N,ll3.SOO ;
circulation. decrease. 81 800.
The banks now held s20,ii8,290 In excess OF the
Is ID cent rula
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
Used "Rough on Rats,

IHy telegraph 70 The DIspaIchI
Macon, Ga, February 11.-Ruth
Woodall, a negro woman living in Jones
county about ton miles from hsre, mixed
some " Rough on Rats" and made her
two daughters, aged seven and five re-
spectively, drink OF it. She then drank
what was left. The mother and eldest
daughter are dead, but the the child was
saved by physician.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
Miners, Demand for More Paw.

SCRANTON, Pa, February IA for
NAL demand for 10 per cent advance in
miners wages has been made by the Ex-
ecutive Board OF DIstrict Assembly 10,
Knights of Labor, and forwarded by NJ.
T. Burke, the Carbonate member of the
board, to all operators in the Lacka-
wanna and Wyoming valleys.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
AaFiuvanua Nan kilied on the Rail.
fSnecial feIaerarn 10 thu DisnafchI

LowMooR, Va, February IA. j.
Harlow, of Fluyanna county, employed
10y the LowmoOr Iron Company, was
struck by the No. passenger train at
$40 tonight Although only a short
distance from the station no one knew
of the accident until the fireman report
ed the fact, having seen hiA pass in front
OF the engine. Medical aid was at hand,
and all possible assistance was rendered,
but he died in about an hour.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
Chicago Wants Badly.

CHICAGO, February ll.-At a meeting
OF the LEGAL Finance Committee to-day
the chairman said that S23, 900 had been
subscribed by Chicago citizens TO detay
the expenses of the Democratic J National
Convention, provided it comes o Chi
cago, and the sum will be incrf ased to
$50, 900 If necessary. The work. lg com
mittees decided to so to Washington
Saturday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
England Preparing for Mobilization.

10y AnglO-Anorlcan cable 10 the UlspaIch.I
LONDON, February 1.-The British
War Office has issued an order directing
that statement be prepared at each
military centre detailing the facilities for
summoning reserves and strengthening
battalions from depots within forty eight
hours in the event of a mobilization OF
the army becoming necessary. The or
der is a precautionary step to enable the
new mobilization scheme to work well if
it should be necessary to put it in force.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
NORFOLK PEANUT NARKgT.
WEST VIRGINIA.
A Reau,s,tion-Natnrai Gas struck.

Special telegram a the Dispaich.l
CHARLESTON, W. VA. February IL
Governor Wilson to-day issued a requisi-
ton upon the Governor Of Kentucky for
the twenty heptuckians implicated
in the killing OF William Dempsey in
Logan county January 18th.
The Pittsburgh kanswha Company,
who have been boring for gas. struck an
abundance OF the article at depth OF
thirteen hundred feet at place in the
corpor0te limits OF the city this morning.
Henry Flagg and Calvin Brown were
lodged in jail to-day. charged with bur-
glarizing the steamer City OF Charleston.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
Probable Ministerial Crisis in Itaiy

10y ANgI0-AIHtII-au -a0I5 70 NC DI5VaI1 NJ
RoME, February 1.-THE Senate to-
day adopted by vote of 60 to 80 the
bill requiring the Government to re-
organize the Central administration.
Signor Crispi having announced that he
would accept the passage OF this bill as a
vote Of want of confidence, the Ministry
is axnected 10 resign.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
q serious slide.
Especial telegram to tho Dispatch

Especial telegram 20 tho Dispafch.l
AsuEvILLR, y. C., February Ives
terday slide occurred At the Swannoa
tunnel. How extensive II is cannot be
found out. IL is not known how long t
VIII be before trains can pass through
the tunnel Passengers yesterday we're
transferred across the Blue Ridge.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
Requi.itiou ON Governor Buekner.

CHARLESTON. W. Va. February IL
Governor Wilson to-day issued a re1ulsi-
ton on Governor Buckuer. OF Kentucky,
for tWenty-eight men who we're charged
with having participated ~ the killing OF
William Dempsey IN Logan county, IN
that State, on the 18th Of last month IN a
fight between the Hat6elds and McCoys.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
Rad Weather inLynehburw.

LYScHBURo, VA, February 1.-THE
weather iAterrible to-day, with a heavy
storm OF sleet and snow. Owing TO the
situation OF the city business is almost
paralyzed, it being impossible to get
vehicles up and down the hills.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
suing for Dam ages.
Try telegraph TO tho Dispatch.

CHICAGO, February 1l.-Andrew j..
Carberry, the Pullman car conductor
who was tried in the Criminal Court last
week and acquitted on the charge OF
stealing the company's fares on his run
between New Orleans and Chicago,
brought suits for $50 and damages to-day
in the Circuit Court against the Pullman
Car Company and the American Surety
Company, bis prosecutors
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
EASTERN SHORE.
maprfaEe-Axsinst nigh License
Hog.CbOteFa.
Especial telegram TO tho Disps'ch.J

ONAScocE, VA, February ll.-Mr
Henry Rhodes and Miss Cora Mears,
two popular young folks OF Wseha-
prague, were married there several days
ago on license issued last September.
which was not used at that time because
the young lady changed her mind on the
day the marriage was 10 take place. The
marriage was attended by the most pro-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
Condition orthe Crown Prince.

fBy Anglo-Amsrican cable TO tho Dispatch.l
san RENO, February 1.-THE Crown
Prince of Germany is doing quite as well
as can be expected after undergoing an
operation OF tracheotomy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
LEcrgaEs.

r ECTURE. By REV. d. W. GwIN,
IL IL d, a. Leige-s,Tees Baptist snsEgh.
TUESDAY NioHf- subject .CfsasS" Tue
siss &c Gene. isusAs ssd sssw ia 3 nA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

seg- SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
corner Main and sixth ssrsessl.-Rss. W. w.
LAspKrx, D. D.. pastor. viii preach ~ II A. n
snd "a Pm
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. FEsRuAEr II, 1855.
lBy ielsgrspg.l

Steamship Guyando,to, Kelley, New YORK. and
sailed for New York. merchAadise.
steamship KSnaHba. sears, New York. ana
sailed for New loTg, coal
steamship Lord Warwick, Prout, Philadelphia,
20 coal
schooner J. B. Ogfss. Tols, New YORK. 70 load
coal.
SAILED.
steamship Netiy Aboey, VIVIAN, Bremen via
Norfolk. lumber.
schooners 1. Campbell, Vail. New York. coal;
n. W. Craig, Pesrce, Boston, coal
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
ssy- sEvENTH.sTREET CHRIS

TIAN caURCg-Regular services, conducted
BY the pastor. Rev. r. c. CAVE, At II A. NJ. and
sP. NJ. Sunday school At si3 A. NJ. Prayer
meeting WEDNESDAY ats P. NJ. A cordial insi-
,ation and welcome extended 10 all 70
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

NEW YohK, February il.-C0ttOn quiet up-
lands, l0hc. Orleans. i0i,c.; net receipts az sll
ports, 1854 bales; eSpOrts-tO Great Britain,
1898 bales; 10 the Continent 100 bales; stock.
~ 40 bales. southern nOu- quiet aud steady.
Wheat closed arm; speculation rather tame
spot quiet and held hrmly: No. , red. s. q
IS g.. May, d. s9i &c, closing at Sc. Corn 4
trins batter but very guief. closing firm No. p
February. 5sisc. May. 5gH $3.50. closing AT
5shc. oats saAc nlgher; No. ,, February and
March. nominal at3i4c: May, - ass &C., closing
at 3Sisc. No. ?, SPOT. 33ls s39hc.: mixed west
ern. 37silc. Hops steady. COnes-fslr kiO quiet
at i6c.; options opened 10 points higher and
closed weak, with the advance lost: No. Rio,
February. tlAl0abi325: March, tl2S5aSl2 d
May. tl225ssi245. Sugar duh and nominal
rennea dull. Aoiss.sS steady. Rice firm. Cot
tOnsssd oil, s6a57c. for crude; 40a4lc. for refined
Rosin steady AZ Sl.l04sl.la Turpentine duh Al
89a ai0c Hides stesdy and quiet Wool nrm
eomsstic aeece, s2e51c. pulled. l5a33c. Texas,
8a29c PORK sIeady Beef dull Beef ham.
steady. Iierced beet quiet Cut-meats QUOT
and unchanged. Middles dur Lard without
change Of importance. rullng steady aud quiet
June, taN. Freights dull.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
LAVE WEATHER REPORT.

by telegraph 90 the Dispatch.l
+ WAsHfVaT0N. February IA 4. "
49,, For Virginia. light rain or snow, fol-
| KAHN lowed nv lair weather, slight rise in
| Temperature. lght northery winds,
f---rhiitiug 10 tasfsriy.
Fcr North Carolina. loral raius. fol-
lowed by fair weather. slightly warmer In tho
northeast portion. stationary temperature In
the southwest portion. Hight 20 fresh variable
winds
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
MARINE ISrELLIeENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. FEBkuAEY
LRRIYEp.

steamer Ashland. -, Philadelphia. mer-
cbaudise and passengers. J. w. AcCarrick,
agent.
Steamer Ariel, Deyo. Norfolk. Unitsi stata,
mail, merchandise. and passengers, L. b. TstanL
agent
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

RICHMOND, tcOruAry II, 1874
OFFERINGS.
WHAT 2i2 bushels
CORS.--l 500 bushels.
OArA-4 ,eOD bushei%
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY
WHEAT. Mixed. 1000 bushels very good n
private terms. SnOrfberry, 1000 bushels very
good on private terms. go bushels common A.
&c. II bushels common 40 bJc. Total salcs Of
wkaAt. 2.sla busnsls.
CoEN.-White, IA bushels very good an 6lr.
OATs.--R hits, 1000 bushels vecy good on pri-
Tats terms. Mixed, 1909 bushels very good %
private terms.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

~ PARK.PI.ACE METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURcH.-rreachlns BY the pas
COR, Rev. W. I. EVANS. a. Ii A. NJ aud a. s p. NJ.
zss-mesting at SSQ p N. u
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

CINCINNATI. February u.-Flour easy. Wheat
quiet: %. 2 red, Sc. Corn steady; No 2mixed,
Sc Oats steady; No. . mixed, S3Ec Pork easy
a. Sl87J Lard quiet al s; 80. buls-meats quiet
aud unchanged. Bacon quiet Whiskey steady
at si.09. Hogs firm.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

Old newspapers for sale at this Office
price rs cents per hundred.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

CHICAGO, February il.--Ca-h quotations we're:
40. spring wheat 7j4c: No. 3 spring. 66c.
-. Mess-pOrk. $lLi0aslLl24. lard, SOS
Snortrih, SIDES QO0se SAX. Dry-salted
shoulders boxed, s6al605. ohort-clear side:
losxedi, fsaSS.o5.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

We quote: Fine, s2.j)as475. sIpor1nc, t27ja
1925 extra, sA5)4i&1j; family. siAfLj) patent
family, cOdu.ry, SL.Ja'j.Zi.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
RICHMOND STOCK YxCHANGv.

SATURDAY, February Il. 1854
sALEs-FIRsr BoARD.-l0 shares Petersburg
'ailrOad at 59N, 10 do. az S9k.
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vi AO.f hi+i ink
Market duh
QUOTAriOSA
MIDDLING. l0isc.
Low MtDDLING. 914c.
GOOD ORDINARY, b9-l6c.
, 1888-10-13
~Stanley's Expedition.

The death Of Prof. Jameson adds one
more to the calamitieS which have come
upon the humane but i'll starred expedition
Of Stanley for the relief of Emin Bey, and
also apparently puts an end to all hope of
following in Stanley'S track bv the use of
his W reserve force for that purpose. Mr..
j. s. Jameson was the naturalist of the
expedition, mentioned by Major Bartte-
lot as being his second in command.
Five white men were left by Stanley
in his reserve camp at pambuga, but
presumably only these two were available
70 take charge Of a. expedition, The
chances OF getting a prompt and Ineligible
account OF what went ON in Major Bartte-
lots march are perhaps also lesSened. 1t
Is possible that the reserve force of Stanley
will now be scattered, ald pc hIpS the
stores which had been collected will be-.
p,undered. The point were Jameson is
said to have died of fever, 8augalas, on the
Congo, proyokes the suspicion that he had
given up the project OF relieving Stanley
and was on his way down the river. 1T so,
the Inference as to rippoo Tbs treachery
would be greatly increased, and in that case
the whole region is now practically abau-
doned to him,
, 1888-10-13

country had been set on fire, and
"huge boulderS and stones were literally
raining everywhere Panic.strickeD men
had seized their only boat, and they had
to wait for several hours till help came
from one of the neighbouring islands. On
reviSiting his home, Mr.. Marian found
the whole neighbourhood strewn with
huge boulders, -one of them thirty feet in
diameter, and buried in the sand to the
depth of ten or eleven feet. 1t is difficult
to conceive anything more terrible than
these huge red-hot boulderS numbering
through the air, and crashing down in an
overwhelming storm of destruction upon
the ground below. Volcanic eruptions do
not kill like floods, but they affect the
imagination far more forcibly. They
strike a chord of horror in every sense.
, 1888-10-13
The AHeJe1 Dynamite C~onspirators Outline
Their Cases.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE cases
against he alleged dynamite con-
Spirators John Hronek, Frank
sapok, Rudolf Sevic, and Frank
Chlcboun, who are charged with a
plot to murder Judges Gary and
GrinneII, police Inspector B0nfeld
and others who were connected with
the trial Of August Spies and his
comrades, were called to-day. The
attorney for Hronek, in whose house
a box containing bombs and dyna.
mite was found, presented an
affidavit by his client, in which
Hronek declares that he had nothing
to do with the plot, and that the box
was left at his house by a man nam
ed Karatist. tie asked for a post
ponement Of his trial, in order that
he might procure evidence to prove
this fact.
The attorney for Sevic also pre-
scented an affidavit from his client,
a gunmaker and dealer in guns,
powder, &c. He declares his in
nocence of the charge against him
and says hal the dynamite found
in his pace was what was left of
a twenty-five pound package which
he purchased Of the Etna Powder
Company in the regular course of
business and disposed of in a legiti-
mate way. He gave the purposes
for which the explosive was wanted
in the various sales made by him.
He also asked for a continuance in
order to procure testimony. The
bail of Ilronek, who is still in jail,
was reduced from SIG, 900 to $1,000
and the hearings in the four cases
postponed till the October term of
court.-N 7. Y orLd, Is September.
, 1888-10-13
Great Britain's New African
Colony.
(6pectatOr, Is SEPTEMBER

We can join in the chorus of ap-
proval which has hailed the grant
Of a Charter to the Imperial British
East Africa Company, but not with
out some reservations. That Charter
sanctions the annexation of fifty
thousand square miles of territory ia
East Africa. and makes of it a new
Dependency !; and most Of our con-
, 1888-10-13

screams filled the air the braves da nee
about the fire and the medicine men NUT
tered incantations.
The disease from which so many Of the
Moiave braves died is believed to be ma
lignant typhoid tever.-N. Y. World.
, 1888-10-13

Inc 11Ono OeCfcIdTy, Tic ponce, anu
society are all blamed, as usual; but all
seem innocent, there being absolutely
nothing to guide inquiry except hat the
miscreant or lunatic must have known
W~hitechapel well, and carried a long
knife.
Professor AyrtOn's address on the cleo
trical transmission of power, delivered on
Friday evening, September 7th, was one
of the most remarkable given during this
years meeting. The great deSideratum of
the age is an easy transmission Of motive
power from a centre to places at a dis
lance. Of these motors none are as
efficient as electricity. Electricity is not
only cleaneSt, cheapest, and most silent,
but far mere Obedient to the directing
Train. Lastly, electricity is a slave which,
when the days work is done, needs no
rest, but can IN u moment be converted
into light. In describing how the men OF
science are getting over the difficulties
connected with electricity as a motive
force, Professor AyrtOn said som very
curious Thugs. For instance, he told his
hearers that it is possible that the result
of certain experiments now being made
may be that the working power Of a ton
of coal will be increased to eight times its
present value,-the energy it contains
hpino converted dirpctIv into electric
energy. and without tbp intervention Of
a wastefnI be]at-engine. Equally maxwell.
ons was the account Of telnLrraGe-pIectric
locomotiou-vhicb viii pna6le distant
steam or wafer mower uto antomaticaIlv
transport Our goods, and in time, it may be,
even our people. over hills and valleys.
without roads or bridors. and without
Interfering with the rrons or the useS TO
which tine land may he nnt over which fine
~tpIphpr.trains nnrSnp tbpir snakp.Iike way
piyino Ms thn lnvnrv of baI!oonino without
lis dangers Evidently electricity is to
he the Iireless slave of fumre civilizations
the newer of wood and the drawer of
wafer. which viii do tha ,ouoh work Of
th4 world and laava IN man IiftIn mr. uo.
thing but to djrerr and c~outriye.
-
The RpYorr Of the commissioners sent
Inv the Canadian Government 70 examine
ito the resources and capacities of the
Great Mackenzie Basin-the region stretch.
ING from the SaSlatc evan TO the Arctic
shores. and from HndsoD's BAY TO the
Rocky Mountains. and containing over a
million square mileS - b,If AuStraIia-
5000 miles of coast and about 6 800 miles
of copt,nuous lake ANA river navioatiop
Of fine whole area 656 ono Sounre miles
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