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The Progress., 1893-06-24

AS a compiler of statistics and stu
dent of social conditions have recently
made some studies that may be interest
ing" said L. +. Croydon. 1T is in refer
encc to the effect that the time or easy
payment credit system has upon the peo-
pie throughout the land. have studied
this phase of the social problem in three
of the largest cities in the country and
find the system To b. an evil influence at
work among the poor classes. To do
this have been compelled to be Il col
lector and visit daily certain number
of persons where payments fell duo
weekly or monthly. The goods on which
the payments were made were of de
cidedly small valuc-artiCleS being sold
for s. and so and being paid for at %
cents week or 81 u month Now, all
these goods were sold III the small homes
where the parties could not pay cash, ,
but had craving for fine furnishings,
which they satisfied with n cheap sem
blance of luxury.
This was one of tho evil results. \
second was that this little payment sys-
TEN taught them to shirk their duty Of
promptly paying it. 1t taught them to
put off the bill week after week until the
whole was due and then TO avoid pay
ment by all sorts of excuses and subter-
fuges. the practice of which is degrad-
ing \ continued period of this kind Of
buying makes of this people what the
dealers term bad cases. - s.. Louis
GIobe-Democrat.
The Progress., 1893-06-24
A view of the Modern Dinner Party.

The dinner party has been viewed from
the ethical point by Lady Magnus in a
recent article. She says that 1.-The ideal
dinner party. the one constructed OIL
ethical principles. gives due thought IL
its dinner and due thought to its party.
and she brands as vulgar and pretentiouI
the habit of hiring persons to entertain
guests.
The Progress., 1893-06-24

Overheard at n Chicago reception.
Say, who is the tail wOmanY"
That's Kate Marslen.~
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ton to the vote of one man, Populist
and neighbor of his at Los Angeles. It
would seem that he owes his election
chiefly to his remarkable ability as a
jurist. His decisions as judge were mod
els of legal precision and clearness of
statement and were almost invariably
accepted by the higher courts, and as a
corporation attorney he has large prac-
tice. Though born and partially reared
in San Francisco, he has long been iden-
titled with the interests Of the so called
"citrus belt, ''or southern California, from
which came a majority of the Populist
members of the legislature.
During the last campaign Judge
White showed unexpected qualities as
an orator. canvassed the state for the
Democratic ticket and engaged in siN
joint debates with Hon. M. M. Estee.
the Republican leader Of national fame
AS California has already developed a
new school of literature as exemplifed
in Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller and
others and many new industries, so the
Indications now are that it is developing
q an1roo1 re o1i+;ooL c..o+~..s- D.
that as it may, the first election of o
native to the United States senate is an
event Of national interest.
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The secretary of state has received
from Mr.. William e. Curtis, director,
the annual report of the bureau of the
American republics for the year 1892
During the year the bureau has pub
lished fourteen bulletins, including hand
books to Costa Rica, Guatemala and Co.
lombia, a Spanish translation of the
Handbook of the American Republics %
"Mines and Mining Laws Of Latin Amer
ica,' Commercial Information Concern
ing the American Republics and Colo
nies," 'Breadstuffs in Latin America" +"
several bulletins giving import duties and
commercial directories, the last publica-
tion being the Newspaper Directory Of
Latin America" Forty-four bulletins
have already been published. There is
now in the hands Of the printer copy for
ten additional including Handbook Of
the American Republics, No.3, and hand
books to Nicaragua, Bolivia and Ecua-
dor, one on the Immigration and Land
Laws Of Latin America" and five trans
lations of tariff laws of Uruguay, Ar
sentine Republic, Hayti, Peru and Chill.
The bureau has in course of preparation
handbooks to Santo Domingo, Para
quay, Honduras, Salvador, Peru, Ur1-
quay, Hayti and the Argentine Repub-
lie, Commercial Information and the
Revised Import Duties of Cuba and
Porto Rica."
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M1AIIioS CANiNoN. L pnS, LelG-
phones, express lines and pretty much
everything else the public can lay it's
hands on. The Nicaragua canal is one
of his hobbies, but he believes that it
should be constructed, owned and oper-
ated by the government.
His chief claim to distinction, how
ever, is that he rose suddenly to be
portentous political power, organized
his forces in a way that completely cir
cumvented the old politicians of both
parties, and, in the language of his ad-
mirers, s'just everlastingly smashed an
artistic gerrymander." The Sixth dis
trict contains six counties squir1ning
along the coast for over 300 miles like II
discontented angleworm. Every county
in it, according to all previous expert
ence, was safely Republican, and tho
aggregate Republican majority was
about 5000. Marion Cannon was put
forward by the Populists to buck the
center of the Republican rush line at
this point. The Democrats backed him
He spoke &c times and made house
to house canvass in some sections. Tho
Southern Pacific railroad fought him
energetically, and startling charges are
made as to the amount of money spent
in the district. He was elected by $500
majority-a change Of about / 1 900 votes
and the district divided its representa-
ton in the state legislature nearly equal
ly. He is now eager to get to work in
congress, and his first Job there, he
the mortgages on the Pacific railroads.
He was born in 1885 in what is now
West Virginia, and gained but a measer
education at the country schools, but has
always been great reader. Soon after
the first gold discoveries his family went
to California. Marion driving an OK team,
At that time southern California was
merely a wilderness Of sheep and cattle
ranges, inhabited almost exclusively by
tbs 5 sRanh Spsah5Rs 5saa saaysS TIE Asr 's
mining regions Nh. Cannon settled in
Nevada county, where he soon became a
"leading citizen" It was there that he
held his first and only public ofIice-that
Of county recorder. Eventually no saw
the agricultural possibilities of the south
and transplanted his vine and tf, tree to
Ventura county, where they have since
fourished on u profitable ranch.
In 1890 he first became prominent in
politics and thereafter was leader in
the Farmers Alliance. That year he be-
came the head of the state alliance and
soon after was temporary president of
the national convention by which the
Peoples party was created. The next
year he organized suballiances so indus
triously that all existing political ar
rangements were completely broken up,
and in the campaign Of 1892 the Oldest
calculator in California had no idea how
any district was going. In short, Mr..
Cannon's friends think he has shown
talents that mark him for leader of the
Populists in the next struggle.
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character possessed by water. 1t is an elastic
fluid encompassing the earth as vast ocean
with tides and streams In q storm it is lashed
into high billOWs, sometimes sweeping from
the surface of the earth the most substantial
works of man. 1t Is the medium through
which q train of cars must travel. 1t may be
necessary to call attention to the fact that at
mospheric resistance is the same when q disk
or surface is forced through the air at given
velocity as if that same disk was stationary
and withstood moving air at all equal velocity.
In other words, a train moving GO miles per
hour in perfectly still air has to overcome the
force of a 60-1nile gale. Did you ever face q GO
mile gale? Did you ever stand on the top Of a
passenger ira making mile minute? Like
a mighty giant the invisible forces of the air
beat against you, or rather you are thrust
against them. There are no spiteful gusts of
short duration, but rather a steady, unceasng,
obstructive pressure. What a remarkable sight
1t would be If the air currents formed by the
moving train could be made visiblel What q
whirling, seething, boiling mass Of air is slashed
into fury by the innumerable opposing sur
faces, projections and angles which make up
the modern passenger train! Place such q
construction under water and propel it at a
velocity of even 10 miles an hour and observe
the waste of motive power. Yet the pressure
of the air at 60 miles an hour is nearly equal to
that of water at 10 miles an hour.
In startling contrast to the blindness dis
played by railroad Economists" are the wisdom
and engineering skill exhibited by the builders
OF steamships. The naval architect has been
studying the lines along the hull of his boat,
seeking to discover how a pound of resistance
can he saved by changing its contour the frac-
ton of an inch. Had he followed the policy of
the railroad engineer he would fave con-
structed boat with fiat. square bows, like
scow, and made frequent indentations along
the sides, ending with a square stern. Below
the water line he would have thrown out all
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VOL. "a, NO. 30.
Written for the NEW NORTHWEST.
A MEMORY,

Our path declining toward the sunset lands,
Led us along the richly bordered lanes;
Before us. reapers bronZed and full of health,
Guided with laugh and song, their laden wains.
And we were weary, for we too had toied,
Though to the harvest home had brought no
sheaves;
Our hands were bleeding, torn by cruel thorns-
Our arms were laden, but with only leaves.
Nothing but leaves! Cypress and yew, and one
Rosemary for remembrance that was ALL
And as you watched the golden sheaves descend
saw the tears Of disappointment fall.
Come let us throw away our leaves, I said
And CLEAN along the hedgeroWs, here are grains
Star shaped and perfect, let us make a crown
To recompense us for our loss and palms.
We threw away our leaves and gathered grains,
Which multiplied to more than we could hold
And in your hands, and on your brow beloved,
They changed to radiant palms and crown Of
gold.
And then our paths divided; yours led down
Beside river where a boatman pale,
Silent and sad awaited: you embarked
And to the land Of dreams saw you sail.
Dear friend, whose life all too brief for fame
But not too brief for sorrow, on the Shore
Among the falling shadows. await
And think Of days that can return no more
And wonder ii in some mysterious land,
In your eternal youth you wait for me,
And watch the farther shore for these white sails
To come and watt me where the soul is free.
j. 4. B.
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A Song of Liberty.
Across the land from strand to strand
Loud ring the bugle notes,
And Freedoms smile, from isle to isle,
Like freedoms banner, floats.
The velvet wales sing Liberty"
To answering skies serene;
The mountains sloping to the sea
Wave all their flags of green
The rivers dashing to the deep IL.
Still echo loud and long,
And all their waves in glory leap A..
To one immortal songl i
One song of liberty and life =.
That was anu Is TO De
Till tyrant flags are trampled rags
And all the world is freel
One song--the nations hail the notes
From sounding sea to sea
And answer from their thrilling throats
That song of liberty
They answer, and echo comes
From chained and troubled isles
And roars like oceans thunder drums
Where glad Columbia smiles.
Where, crowned and great, she sits In state
Beneath her flag of stars,
Her heros blood the sacred flood
That crimsoned all it's barsl
Hail to our countryl Strong she stands
Nor fears the war drums beat;
The sword of freedom in her hands,
The tyrant at her feetl
Frank l.. Stanton.
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W W |'' 1soN'oaH"hAn' when ATminiuSs
fought the Romans under Varus IN the
forest Of Teutoburg in the ninth year off
the Christian era down to the period off3
the renaissance; there will be Ger1nans
cooking of the best kind, and in the en-
tire department German will be the Ian
guage spoken.
The plan Of the village was devised by
DR.. Ulrich jain of Berlin, and the banks
Of that city organized a company, with
capital Of 81 100000, to carry it out. OF
that company G. B. Schmidt, formerly
immigration commissioner of the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe road, is man
ager. All the timbers were prepared in
Germany and shipped to Chicago ready
to go into the various buildings, and 23
German workmen were sent to this
country to put the buildings up. Other
workmen were employed, but the prin-
cipal labor at. the fair grounds is being
done by the German 1aborers. @ ~
The greatest attraction is the castle,
now nearly completed, which is in the
style Of the fifteenth century and is
called the Wasserburg in allusion to the
moat around it. But the attraction to
most people will be the music, which
will probably surpass any German music
heretofore rendered in America Two
concerts will be given daily, and for this
purpose two bands have been organized
in Germany. The members of these
bands are all men who have been III the
military service as musicians, and they
will wear the regulation military mi
form. One band of 4s pieces will be.
uniformed as regiment of guards on
foot and will be led by Eduard Rusche.
weyh, who was royal Prussian musical
director, and until 1885 band leader of
the Third Grenadier regiment of the
guard Queen Elizabeth), and since then
director Of the Tivoi concerts at Berlin,
This eminent musician began his ca
reer in 1858, and of the many decorations
he is entitled to wear several We're con
ferred for bravery in battle. Efe saw
hard service at the head of his regiment
band during the campaigns Of 1866
against the Austrians and in 1870 and,
1871 in France, where he participated irl
the battles of St. Privat, Sedan, lie
Bourget and others. The Iron cross was
conferred upon him for heroic conduct
at the storming Of LIE Bourget. F
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Hibernating in Captivity.

The new cinnamon bear at Manhattan
Beach is out of sight. He was chained
firmly in cage built outside the animal
house, and when the keeper came on the
ground Wednesday morning the cage
was empty. On looking closer the keep
er saw some fresh earth at the end Of the
cage. He Investigated and found a big
hole under the animal house. which the
bear had dug during the night and
crawled into. He staid there all day
and is apparently asleep. He refuses to
come out under any provocation, and
will not eat. The keeper thinks he is
alternating, and will probably stay in
his hole until next summer.-Denver Re-
publican
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A Cold Weather Scheme.

On one Of the busy down town streets
there is dealer in secondhand books
whose stalls, outside of his door, are
surrounded by half dozen or more men
at nearly all hours Of the day looking for
readable matter When the cold weather
began this shrewd dealer saw that his
trade at the outside stalls was rapidly
falling off. The next day in passing his
place it was noticed that the stalls were
not outside as usual, but in the window
was great placard reading: Come in
side, boys. It is too cold to stand out
there and examine books. We have
them all nicely warmed for you to
HANDLE" The scheme is working like
charm, and all the other secondhand
book dealers on that thoroughfare won
der why they did not hit upon the idea
frst.-New York Times.
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candidate, but JAMES SMITH, Jl..
until quite recently he has been too busy
to take the lead in politics. @
He was born in 1851 in Newark, his
present home, obtained his early educa-
ton in the public schools of the city and
took full college course at Whining
ton, Del. Meanwhile his father had
gained good position among the dry
goods merchants of New York, and the
son went into business with him. but
soon discovered that that was not his
proper line and located in Newark as a
manufacturer of patent and enameled
leather. Today he is sole owner of one
of the largest concerns of that kind in
existence, and its products are shipped
to every part Of the world.
In 1883 he ran for councilman in 8 Re
publican ward and received more than
two-t thirds of the vote cast He has since
been rendered nominations for almost
every Office in the city, county and state,
but has declined them all except that Of
president of the Newark board Of public
works. He was selected by the Cleye-
land men of New York as their best
worker in New Jersey, and as such went
to the Chicago convention to work in.
unison with ex-Secretary Whitney Of
New York and Mr.. Harrity of Pennsyl-
vania. During his absence on business
trip to the west the Democrats of Essex
county almost unanimously nominated
him for senator, and by the time he
reached home it was plain that the state
was for him, and that Ex-Governor ABB
bett was beaten.
The new senator is rather stout in
build, ruddy and clean shaven, is very
wealthy and lives in a fine mansion in
Newark with his wife and nine children.
In the charities he is liberal and mos
tentatious. His friends are enthusiastic
over his future, regarding him as a nat
ural leader, to which must be added that
he is in perfect health and but 42 years
old
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possible distinctions ntl then c;ileti OH DuIic-
crs of marine engines to produce powerful
enough machines to reach speed Of 20 knots
an hour, when 10 would be the limit. This COM
parison may seem grotesque, but it is not I'M
Just.
Between two coupled cars is q space of seven
feet or more into which rushes maelstrom Of
air. The roof of the car is constructed with
Concave surfaces and convex surfaces and
with projecting coverings for platforms. Each
Of the 80 or more windows is recessed in the side
Of tic car from two to three inches. Many cars
have their sides ornamented with panels, the
holdings on which project fully three-quarteS
OF an inch. Designers of yachts discarded the
panel system below water line many years ngo.
Critically observe the conduct of passenger
train from the time it pulls out Of Il station un-
til it attains a maximum speed. The engineer
receives the signal to go ahead. He opens the
throttle. The locomotive has brief struggle
in overcoming the TRIMS inertia With barely
another effort the speed Is increased to 10
miles an hour. AT this point the engineer may
pull the throttle back notch, but it is easy
work up to 20 miles an hour Then it is that
some powerful retarding influence begins to be
felt. What is it? Assuming that the run is be-
ing made Oh straight and level track, there
are but three forms of resistance worthy of
consideration-wheel, axle and atmospheric
friction.
There is nothing to prove that the friction of
either wheel or axle increases with speed. But
at 20 miles all hour something Is drawing on
the capacity of the locomotive. AT 80 miles
this "something'' becomes more marked, at
10 miles the stokcr is n busy man, and at GO
miles an hour the ponderous locomotive has
exhausted every pound Of its power in over
coming the resistance Of this mysterious "so1ne-
thing" A hurricane is seemingly sweeping
past the train, tuggng with giants strength
against every projecting surface. The train is
held as in a wise. The slightest additional in
crease in speed is made at the cost of prodigious
effort. The atmospheric resistance is increas-
ing with the square of the velocity. This is the
solution of the problem.
The changes i'll construction suggested
by Mr.. Adams, while radical, involve no
revolution in existing methods. He
claims that modern passenger cars can
be remodeled SO as to avoid atmospheric
resistance at q paratively small ex-
pense. He proposes to construct the
locomotive with a wedge shaped front.
designed to cleave the atmosphere. All
square fronts are Systematically avoided.
The rear end of the tenderis constructed
with platform and in every way con-
forms to the contour Of the cars which
make up the train.
The tender is connected with the first
car by vestibule which extends entirely
around the space between them, and
which when thrown into position SO con-
meets the two that the lines are unbrollen
from the roof to false bottom which
clears the rails by a few inches. This
false bottom extends beneath the car it's
entire length and is supported from the
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nvul of u1lo uo4 L~ cuitable braces, The
lower edge of the wheels project through
the false bottom, which in other respects
is entirely 1lnbroken from end to end of
a train of connected cars.
The false bottom is connected with the
sides of the car by curtains, preferably
of sheet metal, mounted on spring roll
ers, which take up every side oscillation
of the car, and which the inventor claims
will have the effect Of materially lessen
ing the swaying of the train. These cur
tains are in sections Of four feet, and one
or all Of them can be let down SO as to
allow access to the trucks and other ma
chinery located beneath the floors. Slid
ing or folding doors cover the steps of
the platforms.
The vestibules are SO constructed as
to rapidly allow the turning Of any
curves and to adjust themselves to the
various positions assumed by two con-
Meeting cars on any kind of roadbed at
high speed. The windows of the car are
placed flush with the outside surface
and are permanent fixtures, hermetically
sealed and incapable of being opened or
closed. Mr.. Adams says that there is
never any necessity Of opening window
ON we'll ventilated train, and that it
would be unsafe to do so in trains run
ming at speeds exceeding 60 miles an
hour. This plan may not meet with the
approval Of the woman who always i'll
sists ON having a window open, but will
be hailed with delight by her victim, the
man who occupies the next seat in the
rear.
With the vestibules in position, the
platform door closed, the curtains con-
Meeting the false bottom with the sides
of the car raised, a train will present
the appearance of one immensely long
flexible car, with a perfect continuity
of lines from the front end of the ten
der to the rear end of the last car.
The PROV shaped locomotive will sus-
tain almost the entire atmospheric pres
sure, and the train will cleave the air
like a boat or an arrow.
With train thus constructed Mr.. Ad-
ans proposes to introduce system of
ventilation and heating which, if sue
cessful, will be gladly welcomed by the
travelling public.
The inventor asserts that the front end
of the tender is a point perfectly free
from atmospheric contamination Of any
kind, being above the dust line and be-
low the smoke line. When the train is
under motion, the air will rush in at this
point with pressure sufficient to force
it through the train. When the train is
at rest, fans located in the rear of the
tender can be set in motion and an
artificial circulation secured.
He also proposes to throw shell
around the highly heated portion of the
engine boiler and firebox and convey
the heat, which now escapes and is
wasted, into the central ventilating duct
of the train and utilize it for heating
purposes. Mr.. Adams contends that
under his system the train of the future
will have an atmosphere as fresh and
nealthful as the parlor of a country villa
on a bright spring morning.
Work will be begun on an expert
mental train at once. Under the super
vision of the inventor s or 10 cars will
be remodeled SO as to conform to the
plans as set forth in the patents
JOHN F. WMLoUGHBY.