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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
SALTWATER NEWS.
Capt. Whelan Talks for the Cause
of TemDePance.

Capt. Whelan and Grand Secretary
Bray, of the l. o. G. T. arrived Satur-
day and the first gospel temperance
meeting was held last evening at the
First Presbyterian church. which was
oVercroWded by an audience deeply i'm
pressed by the speakers original and
powerful methods and delivery. No
such work for gospel temperance has
ever been done in Saltwater as is
promised by these meetings which will
continue during the week. The power
OF Capt. Whelan's address was in part
evidenced by the large number who
signed the pledge at the close OF the
meeting.
Mayor and Mrs. f. W. Durant were
called to Racine Saturday evening by
the death at that place of Mrs. Durant's
brother, Edward w. Pease. The de-
ceased was resident of Saltwater dur
ing his teens. and at his death was pro-
prietor of the Pease Manufacturing
company. The widow of the deceased
is daughter of the late Senator Doc
little, OF Wisconsin.
Ten days at least will be required in
which to fully arrange matters and OBJ
tain legal possession of the Sawyer
house furniture before the hotel can be
opened to the public.
A well-known character always
spoken of as ''Old Fritz" died at the
Farmers Home hotel Saturday night.
He has been a resident of the city for
many years, has no relatives. so far as
known, and is said to have left hand
some fortune.
Mrs. A. B. Darrah, of Pine street. one
of the best known and oldest residents
OF the valley, is suffering from partial
paralysis, consequent on valvular di-
seaSe of the heart, and but slight hopes
OF recovery are entertained.
Capt. S. l.. Cowan's mother, who is
ninety years of age, is seriously i'll.
Dan Mason in "a Clean Sweep APP
pears at the opera house tonight.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
Undisputed Merit

THE great of the Royal Baking Powder due to the extreme
exercised by its manufacturers entirely pure uniform
quality, and of the highest leavenng power
All the scientific knowledge and skill attained by twenty-five
years practical experience by present contributed
toward this end and pharmaceutical preparation be dispensed
with greater accuracy, precision and exactness.
Every article used absolutely pure chemists
poed to test the strength of each Ingredient that
and effect combination with its congrents definitely known
Nothing trusted to chance and person employed prepa-
ration of the materials used the manufacture powder who
expert in his particular branch of the business.
As consequence the Royal Baking Powder of the highest grade
of excellence always pure wholesome and uniform in quality Each
box exactly like every other and will retain power and produce
the and the highest avenng effect climate any
The Government Chemists after having analysed all the principal
brands the market their reports placed the Royal Baking Powder
at the head of the list for strength purity and whoomene and thou
sands of all the country have further demonstrated the fact
that its qualities are, in every respect, unryaed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
The Sewage of Cities.

In a paper read to the London So
ciety of Arts on "London Sewerage
and Sewage" Sir Robert Rawlinson
stated that the entire volume of the
London sewage is now valued at IS. 49,
600 per annum. Land is not corrupted
by sewage irrigation, but is improved,
as the solids out of 100 tons spread
over one acre of land would not give
surface deposit of 1-l00th of an inch in
thickness. In the discussion which fol-
lowed the paper, DR.. Charles Drsydaie
said that all European nations
were looking to England for a
solution of the sewage question,
and many of them had sent engineers
over there to study what had been done.
Paris had now very successful sewage
farm of 1,500 acres which produced most
magnificent crops. and the effluent was
so pure that anyone could drink it, as
he had done himself. In Berlin, also,
where the authorities had sent engineers
to study English sewage farming, they
had about 11,0O0 acres on the north and
south, and not a particle of sewage was
now sent into the river. So far as the
disposal of sewage went, every possible
plan had been tried. and it was we'll
known now, said DR.. Drysdale, that the
only possible way of purifying sewage
was by passing it through fitting soils.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
Electrified Steam.

At the last meeting of the Physical
society, of London, Eng, much interest
was created by some very beautiful ex-
periments by Shelford Bidwell, F. r. S.
In one of these experiments powerful
electric light cast a shadow of steam
jet upon screen, but the shadow was
barely visible, nor did the jet appear
very brilliant under the illumination.
A needle point was then held near the
jet and electrified by being connected
with Wimshurst machine. Instantly
the shadow became conspicuous, and of
dark brown color, while the
jet Itself became far more lumin-
Gus and occasionally colored
The effect of the electrifi
cation is apparently Instantaneous. 1t
is probable that the explanation may be
closely connected with Lord Raleigh's
well-known experiment of electrifying
jet of water, which then ceases to
scatter and falls in small drops. but IN
stead draws itself together and falls in
large, faltering drops. As Lord Raj
eigh's experiments explain the large
drops associated with thunder storm,
so Mr.. BidwelI's seems to throw some
light upon the cause of the extraordin-
airy blackness of the thunder clouds
and the lurid lights so often seen In the
sky before storm.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
EVERYDAY SCIENCE.
Relative Value Of Different Paving Ma.
terials for Cities.
UTILIZING NIAGARA FALLS.
Effect of a Diet Consisting Entirely of
Meat and Water.--Scientific aud
Industrial Notes.

Some interesting facts concerning
pavements in regard to their compare
tive safety for traffic have recently been
made by the Horse Accident Prevention
Society of London, Eng. After fifty
days observation it was proved beyond
doubt that before meeting with an acci-
dent horse would travel a far greater
distance on wood than he could either
on asphalt or on stone. 1t was found
that when the surface of the pavement
was dry horse before meeting with an
accident would travel GAG miles on
wood, 223 on asphast and 70 on granite.
The damp weather figures were rs
miles for asphalt. 1853 for granite and
1913 for wood. When the weather was
thoroughly wet horse would travel on
asphalt 1872 miles before meeting with
an accident. 1872 on wood and 53T on
granite.
The statistics collated appear to show
that: First-ASphalt was most slippery
when merely damp. and safest when
perfectly dry, and that horse might be
expected to travel on the asphalt with
out an accident nearly twice>the dis
lance when the pavement was dry that
il could do when damp. Second-That
SfdIlGo WAS nOSG Slppery Wn6n Qry
and safest when wet; that a horse
might be expected to travel on granite
without accident nearly seven times the
distance when the pavement was wet
that it would when the pavement was
dry, and that the granite was about
twice as safe when merely damp as
when dry. Third-That wood was most
slippery when damp and safest when
dry; that horse might be expected to
travel on the wood more than three
times the distance when the pavement
was dry than when damp, and that the
wood was more than twice as safe when
wet as when damp. 1t will thus be seen
that only under single condition, and
that the least persistent, is granite safer
than wood and asphalt, and that wood
is safer than asphalt under all circum-
stances. As in this country under nor
NAL conditions dry weather greatly
preponderates, it would appear that
granite Is far behind asphalt as pre-
ventlve to slipperiness. While the fore
going figures are most instructive, their
value as pointers in the matter of the
adoption of any particular class of pave
ment in this country, is materially less
ened by the fact that the number of
horses in our streets will, in all proba-
biliry, rapidly decrease with the gen-
eral adoption of electricity as motive
power. not only for street cars, but for
all kinds of vehicles.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
CLIFTON's CARD.
Schedule of Races to Be Run in
the Snow on Monday.

Schedule of Races to Be Run in
the Snow on Monday.
CLIFTON, N. j., Jan. 26.-Following
are the entries and weights for Mon
days races:
First race, five furlongs, selling-Mirabean,
49, Playfair, 100; LomaX. $50, Manhattan,
1870: Banburg, 100: Ariel, 100; Lorris 1870;
Pocahontas, l20; Alveda, us; Gypsy. Ill;
Teddy Foley. Ill: Darling, III; Grand Mis-
take, 80; Upper Ten, 104: Navilis. SO.
Second race six and half furlongs-Ster-
ling, 100; Bottle Beer, LOO; Insight, 100;
King Hazen, 100; Cliffwood, 70: Ripley,
100; Ban Lassie, 100; Spaniard, loo; Rafter,
100; Watterson, 100; Mabel Glenn. 100;
Isaquena filly, 100.
Third race, mile and sixteenth, selling
": Daley Jr; 1l1 l., Gallaiin, l04: Jen mi
Mcfarland, lOl; Theora, SO; Arthur W, go;
Ban Adonis, o.
Fourth race. mile, handicap-Brait, Ill:
Autocrat, l09: Phillip D, log: Glory, LOG;
John Atkins, l02; Golden Reel, 100; Telie
Doe, 80; Puzzle, 95; Fannie ii, 80.
Fifth race. seven and one-half furlongs-
Sanford, 122: Goneaway. ll9; Mary Murray
(gelding), 1i9; Ayala, 119; Ban Dance, III;
Remembrance, 100; Queen Hattie. 100; LIN
quist, lI2; Roger. IO4; Hairspring. 1902.
Sixth race three-fourths of a mile.-Tena-
fly, 122; Guardsman, 122; Romance, 1872;
Barnum, 122; Monte Cristo, 1872; Umpire,
122; Serenader. 1872; Crispin, 119; Cap
104; Florita. 80: Miss Rhode, 90: Lilly NJ,
90; Mamie B, 80.
These May Win: First race, Lomax and
NaviliS; second race. Ban Lassie ana Issa.
oueno tiliy; third race, Jennie Mcfarland
and Ban Adonis; fourth race. Golden Reel
and Glory; fifth race, Goneaway and Re.
membranes; sixth race, Kosciusko Kay and
Mamie r
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27

alyze prices. Tennessee breeders have
shown that PAGERS can be bred almost as
uniformly as trotterS, and opened a
register in which they have decided to
place the blood lines of the differ
ent families on record. There
fore, with both branches provided
for, there is no reason why any
horse or mare, no matter how prom
inent, should appear in either unless
his blood lines or performances made
him eligible under the rules. An initial
step was also taken in the matter of tin
cup records, but instead of striking
them off the list committee was ap-
pointed to confer with the American
and National Trotting associations.
This was scarcely necessary, as the
flood of stop-watch trotters do not per-
form, as rule, for the edi6caton of
race-going people, but to swell stall
lions list of $50 performers or bring a
few of his relatives. as well as himself,
within the boundaries of the standard,
and make their dams speed producers.
With such state of affairs Topped off
the old man with the scythe would. in
ninety-nine cases out of hundred.
have rest between heats, even at a
breeders meeting.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
Musical Gas Machine.

A musical gas machine. called the
pyrophOne, has been brought out in En-
gland. Its compass is three octaves,
and it has keyboard and is played in
the same manner as an organ. 1t has
thirty-seven glass tubes, in which like
number Of gas jets burn. These jets,
placed In a circle. contract and expand.
When the small burners separate. the
sound is produced; when they close to-
gether, the sound ceases. The tone de-
ponds upon the number of burners and
the size of the tubes in which they burn,
so that by careful arrangement and
selection all the notes of the mus ical
scale may be produced in several oc-
taves. Some of the glass tubes III which
the jets burn are nearly eleven feet long.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
AT THE b ALL.

She stands tonight as fair as any dream,
All in her sheen of snowy satin drest:
The thousand lamps upon her beauty CLEAN
And On the fragrant lilies at her breast.
My lilies that brought her hours ago
And begged that she should wear for my
sake,
And all my being burned with Joyous glow
To see her fairy hands my blossoms take.
The throng of SWANS abjectly crowd around
Aud sue for her regard with eager gaze;
And yet not one of them, trow, has found
The blessed prize for which he fondly
prays.
On speeds the dance; aud II stand apart
And watch my queen whose love my rivals
crave;
And, as feel it's who have her heart,
gloat upon the lilies thatI gave.
The dancers pause; start, In mad surprise,
A flush illumes her rounded cheek and
throat
She's pinning there, before my very eyes
One of my lilieson her partners cost
curse upon the maid who thus can strike
This blow in ;his, my happiest of hours
And curse the day ] squandered. gilly-like,
Ten dollars on that wretched bunch Of
fow'rsi
Chicago Times.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
Economical Freight Steamers.

The tendency in Atlantic steamers
has for long time been to sacrifice
economy to speed, but new departure
is indicated in one of the new boats of
the Hamburg-American line, the Sean
dia, which uses only fifty-eight tons of
coal a day. In very good weather she
can make AZ knots an hour. Allowing
f or an average of little less than IL
knots an hour, or say 800 knots day,
she can travel FIVE miles on one ton of
coal. and her cargo space enables her to
carry 1000 tons of freight; so that with
one pound of coal she can carry ton of
never been surpassed in point of econ
omy, aud still less equaled.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
A Diet of Lean A,ea, and Water.

N DIcV VI Lean meat anu w lefs
Can life and health be sustained in
definitely upon diet of lean meat and
water without any farinaceous food at
all? Psychologists tell us it cannot; ex-
perience seems to negative their asSer-
ton. 1t is highly desirable that this
question should be cleared up and
finally set at rest, both from practical
and from purely scientific point Of
view. A diet of lean meat is now being
advocated for several purposes in prac-
teal medicine, and it is of the highest
importance that we should know Tor
certain for what period it should be
carried on without injury to the patient.
In this country it is being used chiefly
for the reduction of obesity, but in New
York several physicians are making an
extensive use of a diet consisting entirely
of lean meat and water, not only for
that purpose, but also in the treat
ment of dyspepsia, phthisis, ectasia of
the stomach, and in the absorption Of
new growthS; in the latter case it being
claimed that by increasing the metabOl-
ism of the body recently formed tubOrs
can be absorbed. In order TO procure
these results the use of diet, consist
ing entirely of lean meat and water, is
continued for period of at least sew
eral months, and the advocates of this
new school claim that the benefit to the
general health of the patient is marked
and absolute. On constellation of this
subject two conclusions inevitably pre-
sent themselves: Either the generally
received opinions on the subject of diet
as contained in works on physiology
are unreliable and should be revised, or
it is possible so to alter the meta
bolic mechanism Of the body by hered-
itary influence as to enable the individ-
ual to exist in defiance of all the ordina-
ry physiological laws of nature.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
An Official Ballot Essential

Indianapolis Sentinel.
Such law as Gov. Hill proposes
would doubtless be some improvement
upon the existing law, but we cannot
see how 1t would tend to discourage vote
buying. So long as unofficial agencies
are allowed to supply the ballots so
long will the traffic in "foaters"
flourish. If the ''trusted man
with the necessary funds' can
furnish the "fioater" with ticket, fol-
low him to the polls and watch him de-
post it. or can mark ticket for him in
such way that it can be identified, the
mere provision. of compartments for the
benefit of those who desire to cast a
secret ballot will count for little. An
exclusive official ballot is essential to
any efectual scheme of election reform.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
Growing Demand for Electric Mo-
tors.

The uses Of the electric motor Is null
tiplying daily, and one of the indica-
lions that its adaptability is recognized
by the public is that machines for both
constant potential and constant current
systems have been manufactured dur
ing the past year at the rate of upward
of $50 per week, and their rating will
exceed 700 horse power. In spite of
this great output of electrical apparatus,
every portion of which finds an i'm
mediate sale,and nearly all the factories
are behind IN their orders to such an ex-
tent that it is nearly impossible to fill
orders under sixty days. Motors have
been introduced for every conceivable
purpose to which power can be applied.
and small industries run by electrical
power have started up in many places
where steam power could not have
been utilized. The use OF the storage
battery is also growing rapidly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
American Coal in the West In
dies.

The import Of coal from the United
States to the port of Havana during 1888
is stated to have amounted to 97,547
tons, as against 1925 tons in 1887. and
that from Great Britain to 5O,S78, as
against 1888 tons. Thus. the Ameri-
can import exceeded the average of the
last ten years, which is calculated at
about $4,000 tons. while the import from
Great Britain fell far short of its aver
age of SO, 600 tons. That a further al
teration in the relative, proportions of
the coal imports from Great Britain and
the United States may take place is not
improbable. American Spectators are
arranging for large shipments of coal
from the Alabama mines to Cuba and
other West Indian islands. Should this
enterprise prove successful, the effect
on British trade would be most unfavOr-
able. as it would obviously be difficult
Tor British exporters to compete with
American in the matter of freIghts.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
NO FAVoRs FOR PAGERS.

National TrOtting Horse Breeders
Squelch a Rash Proposition.
When the executive committee of the
National Association of Trotting Horse
Breeders met In New York the advisa-
bility of admitting PAGERS to standard
rank on 2:25 basis was discussed, and
eventually thrown out. or in other
words left the lateral-gaited performers
as they have always been, outside the
pale of recognition unless they con-
formed with the present conditions.
The ruling Is one that should be COM
mended. as in addition to introducing
an endless amount of foreign blood on
a comparatively equal footing with that
of the purest trotting strains, it would
flood the market with an Inferior class
Of standard horses, ana in doing SO par
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
All Moonshine.

Indianapolis Sentinel.
The idea that the Australian system,
form adopted In Indiana. will operate to
disfranchise any legal voter, or that it
will work discrimination against the
illiterate, Is all moonshine. The new
Indiana law will insure to every
legal voter an opportunity to
get In his ballot, and that is
more than the old law did. 1t will
also protect llliterate electors. Hereto
fore they have been at the mercy of the
''slick citizens" who usually surrounded
the polls. Under the new law the illit-
crate elector will receive the required
information from sworn officers of the
law, who, If they mislead or deceive
him, will be liable to heavy penalties.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
A New street-Cleansing Machine

A New Street-CIeansing Machine.
A new street-cleansing machine has
just been tried very successfully in the
London streets. 1t is combination of
water cart and circular squeeze. The
water from a wrought iron tank is de-
livered by perforated tube, which di-
reefs it on to the roadway in fine jets,
the object of which is to combine with
the mud and loosen it. Behind the jets
is rotary brush, set at an angle to the
roadway, and formed of short pieces of
rubber arranged in screw-Iike manner.
These :ubber pieces brush or rub the
roadway and deliver the mud sideways
toward the gutter, leaving it quite
clean. The India rubber brushes are
claimed to do six months constant
work, and can be renewed at moderate
cost. This machine can in summer lay
and collect the dust into the cutters.
while in winter, by the use of salt
water, it can melt the snow and flush it
down the sewers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27

In the basin of the Mackenzie river is
believed to be the most extensive oil
region in the world, but it is about 400
miles north of the Canadian Pacific
railway. There is no doubt that when
the difficulties of transport have been
surmounted and cheaper oil is available
that it is destined to be formidable
rival of coal for many purposes, espe-
cially the firing of boilers, and for vari-
Gus metallurgical processes, for which
its freedom from sulphur, etc., renders
it particularly suitable.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
Electric Light in WOODWORKING.

The electric light is being more and
more used among the manufacturers Of
the woodworking class. 1t is practically
the only light in use at the present time
in saw mills, sash and door factories,
furniture factories, and all the wood
working establishments where super
abundance of infiammable material and,
more or less, dust is unavoidable. Man
ufacturers recognize that they cannot
afford to risk the lighting of their plants
with lamps or even gas, with the dam
ger from fire which these illuminants
entail. As rule, too. where motive
power is abundant and cheap, electric
ity, besides Offering the best and safest
light, is in the long run the cheapest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
Utilizing the Power of Niagara.

A device for utilizing the power of
Niagara falls, invented by Chicago en-
gineer, has been awarded the gold
medal offered by the Buffalo 1nterna-
tional fair for the best invention for this
purpose. The device consists of an
Overshot wheel, sixty feet in diameter,
to be mounted behind the falling sheet
of water, and moved by proper machin-
cry toward or away from the waterfall,
as the power is needed. This wheel is
to drive dynamos by friction clutch con-
nections, and the power will be trans
mitted by wire to any desired place.
There were over $50 competitors for the
prize.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
Prompt Egress for Theater Goers.

An admirable arrangement looking to
the quick and safe emptying of the
house has just been adopted at the Ire
mont theater in BOSTON, and is also in
use in one theater in New York city.
At any time, by simply touching a but
ton in any of eight handy places in diff
ferent parts of the theater, seventeen
sets of folding doors leading to as many
exits open simultaneously, actuated by
electrical apparatus. The expense Of
the improvements is said to have been
considerable, but it is safe TO say that
the public will appreciate the advant-
age of being able to take their pleasure
without any dread of fire or panic.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
Present and Future of Petroleu,

Some interesting figures have APP
peared in connection with the petroleum
industry. The present annual product
is about 1900, 100000 gallons, of which
about one-half is produced in the United
States. The Caspian region of Baku pro-
duces about 420,000,000 gallons. and
many of the wells have had to be
closed because the oil could not be
taken away. Gallicia produces about
$4,000; Oo0, Barmah about 100000 and
Canada 25,000,000 gallons. The resources
of Burmah and Canada are only just be-
ginning to be developed, and it is i'm
possible to tell what magnitude the
trade will amount to when improved
means of transport have been provided.