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Safety pevjce for Elevators

MANY lives have been lost from the ab.
sence of proper system of elevator super
vision and handling. Attention was re-
Gently drawn to the danger of this haphaz-
ard method by an incident that occurred in
a large music hall where it obtained. One
of the walters, carrying tray of refresh
ments, had to wait for the elevator, and
looked into the shaft to ascertain the posi-
tion of she car. 1t happened to be coming
down, and before he could withdraw his
head the car struck him and he was fright
fully injured. Another and commoner class
of accidents are due to persons falling down
the shaft through doors which have been
carelessly left open, and this danger has
never until now been thoroughly guarded
against
Electricity, however, as usual, has stepped
in and supplied exactly what was needed.
This device operates in preventing the
starting of the elevator car until all the
doors or entrances at the different floors are
properly closed and secured, and by Its use
the risk to the public of the employment Of
the careless or incompetent conductors that
the managers of some buildings seem to
think it economical to engage is greatly neu-
tralized The invention consists of a quad
rant, with projections placed on the wheel
of the starting machinery, together with an
electrical arraD cement by which the door Of
the elevator shaft on each floor is connected
with pair of magnets controlling lever.
which prevents the starting wheel from
moving unless every door to the shaft is
closed and locked. On-opening the door the
current is broken and the armature lever IL
released. The machinery cannot be started
until the door is closed again and the arma-
ture lever is Withdrawn.
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A CONFESSION ALBUM
II ID New Fad In English Drawing-Rooms
and Resembles q Diary.

It ID . New Fad in English Drawins-Rooms
and Resembles q Diary.
The English drawing-room has new fad,
says writer in the St. Louis Post Dispdtch
which is as unique as it is interesting. On
q table in the drawing-room or the reception
hall is kept a handsomely bound volume
with the word confessions" running in
large, gilt letters over the handsome bind
ing
In it are contained all the gossipy or SEN
timental thoughts of the members of the
family or intimate friends, which they in
scribe from day to day. Here and there one
finds line quoted from some more or less
noted poet to indicate the sentiment that
swayed the writer's heart and commune
Gated itself to his pen at the time he made
the inscription, or some sad or joyful hap
pening has caused hfmsto leave behind the
imprint Of his state of mind by purloining
phrase from familiar author. The name
of the writer is signed to each inscription,
and weeks afterward this quaint volume
furnishes food for the amusement of the in
itiated by its curious contents.
1t is not only In manv cases an index to
the character Of those who are permitted to
write in 1t, but it reflects their temperament
as well, like diary in which are entered
the events of space Of ones life.
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THE PARIsIAN PRESA
J. W. Scott, OF Chicago, Gives an Interest
ing Description OF tho Figaro.

J. W. Scott, Of Chicago, Gives an Interest
ing Description OF tho Figaro.
james w. Scott, of Chicago, who has
Just returned from Paris, and is an expert,
says:
1.-THE Paris Figaro is a remarkable morn
ing paper with an immense circulation, but
very different from what is regarded as q
great paper in Chicago. 1t has only four
pages, one of these being standing adver-
tisements and is set in bourgeois The
force OF the compositors numbers only %,
yet this paper makes profit of $500, 900 .
year.
"Its writers are men of great ability and
reputation. For example, its dramatic
writer is man so well known and SO highly
esteemed for his ability that the circula-
tion of Figaro is 5000 copies more on a
day when one of his crieiques appears than
on other days. The opening of the Salon
is an event of such importance in Paris
that the entire front page of Figaro is
usually given up to an account of 1t by
celebrated writers, while what we would
consider sensational murder, and treat as
such, is disposed of in few lines
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F,ec.r,c,,yi in Powder Mills

No stronger evidence Of the safety Of
electric lighting installations can be afforded
than the fact that great many explosives
factories are now being lit by electricity.
While electricity increases the safety Of
this branch of industry in one way 1t les
sens it in another. There is q great deal Of
free electricity thrown off in various stages
of the manufacture, and the disposition Of
this, so that it can be removed out of
harms way, is a serious question. The
charge of a powder cake press with ebonite
plates may practically be considered as an
electric pile, and large amount OF friction
or electric influence from outside may cause
a sufficient electric charge to give of sparks
Several undisputed cases of this kind have
been known, and the following instance oc-
Cured at a large European factory.
The workman, having just finished charg-
ing. opened the valve for the hydraulic
pressure when he became aware of an ap-
proaching thunder storm. According to his
instructions he left the building, returning
after be thought the storm had passed. But
when he resumed work and began to dis
charge the press it exploded. The man
died, but stated Just before death that in
undoing the cakes spark of four inches in
length came on his finger. Another source
of danger from friction occurs during the
glazing, rounding and sieving gofgunpowder.
The powder is subjected to constant rub
bling of its particles against each other, and
during the glazing especially there is danger
of electricity aecumulating. Therefore pre-
cautions should be taken in order to convey
away any charge that may accumulate In
the glazing barrels
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WANT TO Be ANNEXED
People of the Hawaiian Group
Anxious to Get Under
Uncle Sans Wing.
VALUABLE FOR ITS TRADE
And of Great Service as a Station in
the Event of Naval War.
THE NATIVES FAST DYING OUT.
Picturesque Scenery and a Climate Un-
equaled in the World.
PEN PICTURES OF QUEEN AND PEOPLE.
VALUABLE FOR ITS TRADE
THE NATIVES FAST DYING. OUT.
Picturesque Scenery and a Climate Un.
equaled in the World.
PEN PICTURES OF QUEEN AND PEOPLE.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE p1spArcH.l

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE pIsPATcH.l
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, June 12-The
United States will in a few months be called
upon either to accept or reject free gift of
a new Territory and possible State, COM
prising what is now known as the Sand
wich Islands, or by their official tltle-the
Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian Legislature, which will
convene in few weeks, was elected on the
annexation issue, and the result at the polls
showed the annexation sentiment to be
overwhelmingly popular among the DOM
inent class. The coming session will un-
doubtedly be largely occupied in the discus
sion of the terms of the proposition it is
about TO make.
All realize that something of this nature
must be done, and, for obvious reasons, COM
plete union, commercial and political, is
desired with the United States Failing in
that England is second choice. There is a
small but active party of ex-Britons to
whom their native land is naturally first
choice. The British party derives its
strength from the fact that England is anx-
ious for the acquisition of the islands, while
the United States is apparently Indifferent
This indifference arises largely from lack of
info rmation Of the general public concern
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.PoISONS OF SEWAGE
Nay be Gotten Rid Of Easily by
Treating With Electricity.
THE CURRENT IN POWDER MILLS
Appliance to Keep People From Getting
Bumped BY Elevators
FRESH BITS OF EVERY DAY SCIENCE
rwRrrrEx roR THE DIsPArcH.I

iWRrrTEN F0R THE DfsPArCH.I
The injury done to the public by the dis
charge of waste products of factories Is one
which will. sooner or later, have to be seri-
ously considered. 1t has been suggested
that the evil can be readily remedied by
the electrical publication of the products.
In illustration of the possibilities In this
direction is cited the successful treatment
by electricity of the sewage in English and
German cities The sewage js ordinarily
taken miles away to the sewage farm and
treated. and the effiuent from the farm Is
expected to be practically pure water, free
from all contamination. During its passage
from the sewage carriers to the ef1uent, the
water has undergone process of filtration
through the soil into the drains and another
process of oxidation.
This process is duplicated, with q great
saving in time, by electricity. Electrodes
are put into the liquid sewage, and large
quantities of oxygen are generated. The
oxidizable matter is thus brought into con-
tact with free nascent oxygen in q very
short space Of time, whereas nature might
take days, or even weeks, in the process.
The operation is none the worse for being
hurried, and the result is exceedingly satis-
factory. 1t is now asked why this process
cannot be applied to the waste liquid prod
ucts of factories before these waste
products are allowed to enter the
sewers If so, instead of passing the
waste liquid into the sewers, and thus
adding to the contamination Of the nearest
watercourse, it would doubtless be possible
to pass the purified liquid through surface
drains, and this would considerably assist
the drainage system of towns The only
objection to any scheme of the kind is that
manufacturers who hitherto have had no
charge for publication of waste would be
subjected to such a charge.
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Filling an Elephants Tooth.

1t is not every dentist on whom the task
devolves of Illuminating the cavernous
mouth of an elephant in the discharge OF
his professional duties. A large show was
on exhibition in a town in Michigan, but
the showman's elephant, which was tower
of strength to the performances, was sud-
denly seized with the toothache, and the
whole caravan was demoralized. 1t was
found that the trouble arose from decayed
tooth. None of the local practitioners fam
cied the Job of filling the cavity, and the
proprietor of the show telegraphed to q
New York dentist. The New Yorker went
on by the first train and tackled the case
in very practical and businesslike wsy:.
First chloroforming the elephant, he braced
open the brute's mouth with two crossed
hickory sticks, and from these he suspended
an electric lamp. This gave light that en-
abled the filling of the tooth to be salts
factorily and easily accomplished, and in an
hours time the show was in full blast and
the dentist, with fat fee in his pocket, was
on the way back to New York
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WHRN MEN GET PANIcKY.
Why Do Prospective BrideErooms Repen
on the Eve Of Their Marriages?

Why Do Prospective BrideErooms Repent
on the Eve Of Their Marriages?
New York world.l 4, -.,...- -t-
The case of the Illinois physician who
went mad on the morning Of his wedding
day is an illustration of the tendency of
impending matrimony to unbalance the
masculine mind. 1t happens not commonly
but often enough to be easily remarked that
prospective bridegrooms lay violent hands
on themselves or run away, without any ap-
parent reason, on the eve of their mar
riages Such phenomena are probably
due less to real impedim ents or strong
aversion to marriage than to demoralized
state of the intellectuals brought about by
too anxious consideration Of the serious
ness of the proposed change. As the
chance of backing out gets less the happy
man gets panicky, until suddenly his wits
20 back on him and he runs, just as green
troops often do when they are drawn up
with nothing to do but await the approach
of the enemy.
Curiously enough it doesn't often happen
that way with brides, the reason being per-
haps that they are too much occupied with
their trousssaux and wedding plans to worry
unduly as to whether marriage will suit
them or not
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turs, giving the rssalt Of The story told In
the large picture.
TIE American public always want to
know the result Of the incident represented
In the cartoon, so that If the cartoonist has
drawn on his Imagination for an incident
and embodied it in his picture he has to
draw further on his imagination for the
result of the incident and embody that in
the picture also. Compared to work of this
kind the work of the European artist is
sinecure. D.
Drawing Pictures Ahead OF Time.
"Another reason for the extraordinary
strain on the nerves Of the cartoonist is that
as general thing he Is forced to draw his
pictures 80 far ahead of the occurrence that
Is to be carieatufed that be frequently has
to make guess at the result cannot tell
you how many slespless nights and what
amount Of nerve-destroying anxiety have
to 90 through in studying the political sit
uation and making deductions and calcula-
tions 50 that my cartoon shall agree with
the issue of events that are transpiring at
the time the picture is drawn.
when I first began to draw cartoons I
worked for all that I was worth and for
seven years managed to keep going. Then
collapsed all at once and had to go away
for several months got 50 nervous that
the men we're afraid OF me. If man crossed
me In any way it required all my self-con.
troll TO keep from knocking him down.
This experience have had at intervals
ever since, and it forces me to 60 right
away from the work or should break down
completely. This is particularly trying
time for the cartoonist, as the Presidential
race Is getting interesting and the political
cartoons are studied with sharpened inter-
est As consequence the cartoons are ex-
pected to contain an unusual amount of
bright and original ideas"
II, D. JONES'
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enterprise have never been equaled outside
comic opera
Hawaiian royalty costs the people about
$3.50, 600 per year, and its lack of ability is
a source of expense to the United States,
for it is deemed advisable to keep war;
ship in Honolulu harbor constantly. This
Government desires dominating influence
there. The first move looking to that end
was in 1876, when = reciprocity treaty was
established. In 1889 Secretary Blaine pro-
posed to make the treaty permanent and to
create absolute free trade between the two
countries to make the cession of the naval
station permanent and to pledge to Hawaii
full participation In bounties granted Amer
ican producers of sugar. Commercially
Hawaii was to become one with the United
States. There were other provisions look
ing to the exclusion of other nations, and
establishing sort of mild protectorate over
the islands At this time the Attorney
General was q Canadian named Ashford,
who, adroitly using the local political situa-
tion, succeeded at the instigation of tho
Dominion Government and the Canadian
Pacific Railway in defeating this treaty,
promising better terms with Canada, which
have not since marerialized.
Permanency of Naval Station.
The United States stands without perma-
nent guarantee of its limited rights. Pearl
Harbor is useless for naval station with
out certain Improvements. These, of
course, have not been made, as the length
of the treaty would not warrant the con-
struction of wharves and coaling station
machinery, which would in few years re-
vert to the Hawaiian Government
The opponents of annexation to the
United States are naturally the court cir
Gle, composed of few wealthy whites, and
q number of prominent half-casts and Ha-
waiians who hold Office under the crown.
This is a small and impotent minority.
Then there is the so-called revolutionary
party, the leaders of which. 20 in number,
are now In Jail on a charge of treason. The
mass of natives do not know what they
want, and are divided in their councils.
The intelligence and wealth of the islands
are a unit for union with the States
On the night of the revolution party,
which has been conspiring under the name
of the Hawaiian Protective Association,
since last October, to seize the Government
when the inevitable collapse of royalty
shall come, INDUCED in public demonstra-
tion, denouncing the Queen and clamoring
for republic. The next morning score Of
ring leaders were arrested. Had they
possessed real power it would have been the
occasion of an uprising, but the instigators
of this movement are moneyless and have
no standing. though some have held i'm
portant offices in times past V. V. Ash
ford and Wilcox and Bush, the two latter
half casts, are professional agitators who
have forfeited the confidence they once had
with the court faction and who never had
any with the rest of the community. The
fasco of last month probably settled the
party desiring Hawaiian republic.
CLARENCE A. WEBSTER.
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1URoPE's HEAVIEST EATERS.
Russia's Gar and England's Own Albert
Said to Be the Greatest Feasters.

Russia's Car and EnEland's Own Albert
Said to Be the Greatest Feasters.
According to the Marquise de Fontenoy,
two of the heaviest eaters in Europe at the
present moment are the Gar of Russia and
the Prince OF Wales. The number Of their
repasts and the amount of food consumed at
each of these are enough to startle ordinary
mortals.
The Prince of Wales, for instance, after
first light meal on arising, eats an enor-
nous breakfast, and an equally eopious
luncheon following at 2 o'clock. At or 6
o'clock there is Kind of tea; that is to say,
1t is tea only in name, and resembles far more
the Russian ''prashnick," for it includes
caviar and pate-de-foie gras, sandwiches,
smoked salmon and all sorts Of what are
falsely termed "appetizers. 1t is indeed
q square meal, washed down by drink
which is far stronger than tea Between 8
and o'clock there follows dinner, and
shortly after midnight the Prince is ready
once more tor very hearty supper.
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A NATION OF LEPER2

In One Section Of the o. s. Of Colombia
There Arc 100000 OF Them.
New Orleans Picayune.l
It is said that the United States of Co
lombia almost deserves the name of ma
tion of lepers This disease was unknown
to the aboriginal inhabitants Of the coun-
try, the first case on record being that OF q
Spanish priest in 1916.
Although many assert that the disease is
non-contagious, it has gradually spread
over the country, and in the last score of
years its progress has been SO rapid that
scarcely any populated locality is unin-
fected. 1t is said that one of every ten in
habitants of the Departments Of Santander
and Boyaca has the disease. The estimate
would place the total number of lepers in
that section of Colombia alone at 100, ,000
The most conservative estimate sets it at
10000
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practically disappear as race in about 80
years Except in the rural districts the ma
tives appear averse to raising families, and
physical degeneracy and dissi patton is do
ing the rest 1t is believed that 100 years
ago, when Captain Cook discovered the
islands, they supported a population of 400, :
600 souls. The islanders were then at the
height of their powers, physical and men,
tai. They were brave to an incredible de-
gree and generous to fault
But Cook after sailing away came back
arrogant beyond measure and abused the
hospitality of the natives, destroying the
superstitious alteration in which he had
been held. A rupture occurred over Cook 8
attempting to recover a boat stolen by some
of the Kanakas In the dispute one of his
men killed a native chief This in
furiated them and Cook himself shot q man
who hit him with a stone. In the struggle
he was heard to groan. This settled the
subject of his deityship. They exclaimed:
"He is no god," and killed him at the
waters edge as he was endeayoring to
but the downfall of the race commenced at
that time. Contagious diseases introduced
by Cooks sailors commenced the work OF
defamation with all the ferceness of an
epidemic From that time on the downfall
of the race went on apace.
The Introduction OF Liquor.
Succeeding traders introduced liquor, and
continuing the wretched work commenced
by Cook, added to the burden of evils
which only the missionaries have vainly
endeavored 10 check. Marital relations
were then held with little or no sanctity,
and there was no word in the Hawaiian
language signifying chastity. The native
Hawaiisns are very satisfactory as police
men, hack drivers, fremen and longshore-
men. As stevedores and deck hands, where
excitement and gin 60 with the work, their
equal does not exist on earth. As common
sailors, boatmen and cowboys they show
marvellous skill and endurance.
The native uncontaminated by foreign
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The passing of the horse as an element in
street car traction is beginning to assert its
influence in many ways. One of the first to
suffer by it is the horse brush manufacturer.
When it is borne in mind that 80, 600 horses
have been taken off city car lines to make
way for improved methods of traction dur
ing the past few months. the plaint OF
New Jersey horse brush manufacturer, who
has unburdened his mind on the subject,
can well be believed. He puts the decrease
in the horse brush trade generally In the
past few years at not less than 20 per cent,
and for this he gives two specific reasons
'Tn the first place" he says. not nearly 30
MANY people keep carriage horses as for
meriy. because they have rapid transit.
Then, again, horse car lines, which used to
make a big market for our brushes, have
been transformed into electric lines and our
trade is cut off
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Nav Orleans Picayune.l

New OfIe6ns f1cHy uHe'J
Each jeweled link we'll find some day
That's missing from the golden chain;
And drifting barks so long astray
Shall wander into port again.
The leaves from out ife's volume torn
Shall all be gently yet replaced;
And all the drawings blurred or torn
Shall by the master be retraced.
Tho broken, rusted Tyre forgot,
Rostrung again shall sweetly sing;
Tho door Of empty cage bar not.
Think useless all the pain we've felt.
The bitter tears that fell like rainf
Nay. friend, that knee has never kneit
Whose prayer quite has been in vain.
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Electric Piano Playing.

The latest thing in the way of mechanical
music is q selt-playing piano actuated by
electricity. An electric motor turns .
wheel at the back of the piano, which in
its turn sets in motion couple of rollers
underneath the instrument BY this means
notes are also set in motion. The system of
the herophon, viz. slits and holes cut in
pasteboard, is adopted. In the centre Of
the piano is an air apparatus worked by the
same agency. So soon as the opening
passes the key the air apparatus begins to
work, and draws down the one or more keys
which are necessary to the chord, and re-
leases the same at the proper time. The
piano plays just as long as there are notes
on tho rollers
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Fsds and Fancies Of Princes.

Abbas Pashs, the new Khedive, has q
fad, if We may believe the chroniciers Of
Vienna, like most rulerA The young
Khedive delights in the companionship of
gold fish, and once trained German carp
to come to the top of its tank at his call Of
"Chirra! chirral' The Car collects
postage stamps. The late Prince Albert
Victor, of Wales, had q room full Of cigar
ette boxes The young King of Spain
COLLECTS mischief, and the Prince Of Monaco
strands from the ropes with which gentle
men who do not beat the bank adjust them
selves to the trees of Monte Carlo.