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The Progress., 1893-11-04

2I6 BLOCKS or land. IN 10 are miles ef
b. lutiful drives aud walks Its sttraa-
tions are the result of years Of labor
and thousands upon thousands of
dollars. 1t has splendid con-
servatory and children's play
ground in which is located pretty
stone building. Here and there are
statues Spanning the driveways are
bridges. Among the main buildings
are the Lodge, the Casino and the
cosy Observation building on the
shore of the Pacific ocean. Among
the MANY features of the reservation
are the Deer glen, Buffalo park and
Aviary.
The highest point in the reservation
is Strawberry hill, on whose crest is
an observatory. Below it an artificial
waterfall dashes down seventy feet
into the lake, which covers six res.
There are two main d ives to the
ocean and leading from them is the
speed track, mile long. No more
picturesque setting for an exposition
could e desired and every natural ad-
vantage will be made use of for the
Fair site.
One of the principal features of the
Exposition will be the great allegori-
cal fountain, forming an apotheosis of
the architectural, sculptural and
aquatic. Opposite it will be erected
the Manufactures building.
This is the main building of the EN-
position, and is $50 feet long and 200
feet wide. Its front is its longest
part and it has gallery 30 feet long
hree entrances are provided, one in
the center of the front facade and
one at each end of the build
ing. In addition to that there are a
number of small doors for employees.
The style of the building is Moorish;
its material wood oraamented with
staff. ! he height of the facade from
the ground to the roof is forty feet
and from the top of he foundation to
the caves about fifty feet. The roof is
partially covered by sKylights.
AT the right corner south of this
will be the inc Art building. On the
north is the Administration building.
On the diagonal will BE- Machinery
hall and on the opposite diagonal the
Agricultural and Horticultul al build
ings. All of these structures are SO
arranged as to allow the eye method
ical point of view, bat the mathemat-
zeal stitfne will be completely de-
stroyed by the landscape effects which
will beautify the grounds.
Near the entrance inside the Expo
sition grounds will be esta blished q
subterranean place out of which Ill
extend beautiful grottos. In The
cavern the operations of gold and sn-
yer mining will be shown At the
end of the underground cave will be
The Progress., 1893-11-04
Nut-TapDing Machine.

A nut-tapping machine has been
,ontrived by Rhode Island inventor
which automatically presents in sue
cession a NUM- ber OF nuts to the tap,
releases them from the holding jaws
after tapping and pushes them on to
the shank of the tap and, when the
desired number of nuts has been
tapped, the machine is automatically
stopped. The apparatus is described
as having a longitudinal rotata BILE
tap and means for driving the same,
the combination with the table, NOV
ably supported by frame in front of
the tap, and having an arm, spring
secured to the arm and a stud on the
forward end of the frame. There is a
feed box secured to the central for
ward portion of the table and a
jaw block is secured in the slot
in the table below the box, the spring
operated bar carrying fingers sup
ported in slide ON the lower surface
of the table; this is operated against
the spring pressure by a rod plvoted to
the bar and to a depending arm on the
table, being adapted to be engaged by
a stop and rack secured to the under
side of the table. A lever is pivoted
b,tween studs below the table and
having a semicircular pinion engaging
with the rack and rod connects the
lower end of the lever with that of the
pivoted lever.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
MANUFACTURES BUILDING.


an aquarium well stocked with fish Of
all kinds. The material used in the
construction of the buildings will con-
sist of all the different geological rudi-
ments of the country itself.
Behind the Agricultural building
will be large field reserved for ex-
perimental work for wind mills and
kindred appliances.
Scattered here and there in the Expo
sition grounds will be more than thirty
small buildings, each containing .
special attraction for which conces-
SONS will be given.
Two pretty rustic bridges will allow
visitors to walk over the Midway Plai-
sance without leaving the grounds of
the Exposition.
One advantage of this Midwinter
Fair should not be overlooked and that
is its probable usefulness in greatly
increasing Pacific coast trade with
South American countries. AS it is
well known, these are as rule far
from friendly to the United States in q
business way, though the recent Pan
American congress did mucn to cor
rect this unsatisfactory state of affairs.
The hundreds of foreign exhibitors,
however with whom business men of
those countries now do most of their
trade, will attract them in large num-
bers and this will doubtless rebound
to the great benefit of the Pacific coast
and the entire United States.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
Lost Through His Love fo- Fun.

In one of the oldest castles of north
ern England visitors are shown two
rooms which are connected with
each other by singular mechanism.
Each room is adjoined by an alcove,
used as a sleeping apartment, and
the floors of the adjoining alcoves
turn on a pivot in the center of the
partition wall This ingenious de-
vice was the invention of one of the
ancestors of the present proprietor,
who was somewhat of q wag and
found great pleasure in frightening
and my stifying his guests. When one
had gone to bed in the green room
and the other in the blue room the
floors were turned on their pivots,
and on wakening the visitor found
himself in strange quarters, with
clothes that were not his own 1t is
said that this fun-loving lord lost a
rich inheritance by thus disturbing
the restful moments of a wealthy
aunt, who never forgave the trick
her nephew played upon her.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
TrappiuC the steam.

a Manchester firm is introducing a
new steam trap of great simplicity.
AS dess ribed by Industries and
Iron," ~ consists of box OF the
ordinary construction provided with
inlet and outlet Orifces. The inlet
can be closed, by means of a conical
valve. VIII, III when pressed into the
orifice ana against its edge forms an
effeotual seal. The valve is fastened
into bar, extending longitudinaily
of the box and sufficiently long as
practically 20 fill it. being secured at
each end. The bar when subjected
to the steam which enters the
trap expands, and being bound
longitudinolly naturally buckles or
bends. 1t Is prevented from bending
in one direction by a stop, and must
therefore 1o so in the direction Of
the inlet The result is that the
valve is pressed into the latter, and
closes it. As soon as water collects
the heat acting on the bar diminishes,
and contracts, thus Withdrawing the
valve and permitting water to pass.
This action goes on automatically.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
An Electrical Binding Post.

An improved binding post for inser-
ton in gas fixtures, for making con-
nections between the house wires and
the burning wires is shown in the en-
craving. Fig. l shows the improve
ment applied to an electrical gas
lighter, Figs 9 and being trans
verse sections of double and single
binding posts the former being used
where the return current is conveyed
by a wire instead of the fixture itself.
The body of the post is of hard rub
ber or other insulating material, bored
axially to receive the wires, the end TO
be inserted in the gas fixture having
an external thread, while the other
end has an internal thread to receive
the contact screw. The latter is
threaded, and upon it is placed a me-
tallic nut, between which and the
binding post body the house wire is
clamped, the wire leading to the cleo
trical gas lighter being similarly
The Progress., 1893-11-04
rus FRESH YOUNG NAN.
A story of . Visit to tho Dentist Re
minded the Young Lady.

The fresh young man had been
talking for two hours. The young
woman on whom he was calling had
listened until she was tired to death,
and still the fresh young man worked
his laws and talked and talked and
talked.
Something was said about personal
courage and will-pOwer and that sort
of thing, and the fresh young man
took his cue. al was down 10
dentists the other day." he said.
land | fatter myself that l proved
nv courage and will-power perfectly.
I've got both. You see it was this
way: | met friend on the street
one morning who was suffering from
a terrible toothache. His face was
all swelled up and he told me that
he was on his way to a dentist :.
Now, had nothing to do and l de-
termined to 60 along with my friend
and have my teeth fixed. too. We
htlnted up a man and went in. My
friends courage all oozed out at his
finger-tips as soon as we entered tho
door, and | must confess that felt a
little bit nervous myself. My friend
sat down in the chair and. as soon as
the dentist began prying around In
his mouth, he began to yell murder
and he kept it up until ! was ashamed
to think of him as a friend. Finally
the dentist got through with the
man who had little nerve and |
stepped into his chair, firm in the
determination that | would not utter
a sound. no matter how much the
dentist hurt me.
He took out one of his instru-
ments of torture and pried around in
my mouth for time. Then he an
nounced that it would be necessary to
kill the nerve in the tooth which he
had located. and he said that he
would do it then and there. He did
it. He hurt me as no mortal was
ever hurt before He jabbed that
elongated crochet-needle of his clear
up to the top of my head and twisted
it around as roughly as if he were
digging a post-hole. All this time
my friend sat and watched me roll
around in the chair, but he didn't
hear me say word. l never opened
my mouth. 1t took courage and it
took will-power, and for half al hour
l sat there with the tears running
down my face and suffered untold
agonies. But | didn't give up /
didn't whimper and, would you bs-
lieve it, when got down out of that
chair could not speak a word. My
voice had lost its full rich tone and
all l could do was whisper unintel-
ligibly. took it that I bit so hard
on the doctors instrument that the
strain, combined with the great ex-
ertion of will-powr. sort of par
alyzed the vocal apparatus. /"
"Oh, Mr.. Fresshe." broke in the
young woman, ''why don't you get
y mr teeth fixed every day?"
And he never stopped to say good
night.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
Honestly Ungratefu'.

81 hope you are suitably thankful,
brother" said Elder Keepalong, as he
walked into Deacon Ironside's work
shop and sat down on trestle. that
the fire that burned down so many
houses on your street last night
spared your house.
Thankful" exclaimed the old
deacon. Thankful that it spared
my big house and burned the Widder
Pearsall's little cottage right across
the alley from mine? Not much !
amt! l could have stood it and she
CANT"
And Deacon Ironside, with a most
unthankful look on his rugged old
face, began filing a saw.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
An Interesting Problem.

There was once a wise king who was
awful curious He was possessed of a
desire to know everything, and was
continually asking questions. Indeed,
his thirst for knowledge carried him
so far that he wanted to know the age
of every person he met But, being a
king, he was exceedingly polite, and
would resort to strategy to gain his
ends
One day there came to the court q
gray-haired professor, who amused
the king greatly. He told the mon
arch a number of things that he never
knew before, and the king was de-
lighted. But finally it came to the
point when the ruler wanted to know
the age of the professor, SO he thought
of a mathematical problem.
"Ahem" said the king. 81 have an
interesting sum for you; it is trial
in mental arithmetic. Think of the
number of the month of your birth "
Now the professor was 60 years old,
and had been born two days before
Christmas, so he thought of II, Decem'
ber being the twelfth month.
"Yes," said the professor.
Multiply it by g." continued the
king.
Yes"
"Add s."
"Yes," answered the professor, do.
ing so.
Now multiply that by So"
"Yes."
Add your age"
"Yes."
Subtract 365."
Eyes"
add 49,"
"Yes."
"And now," said the king, might
ask what the result is"
Twelve hundred and sixty" replied
the professor wonderingly.
Thank you," was the kings re-
sponse, $50 you were born in Decem-
Der, sixty years ago"
why, how in the world do you
know" cried the professor.
"Why," retorted the king, ''from
your answer-l26O. The month oil
your birth is the twelfth and the las.
two figures give your age"
The Progress., 1893-11-04

The site selected for the exposition
is Golden Gate park, one of the most
beautiful pleasure reservations in the
world, which has the additional ad-
vantage of being but two miles from
the heart of the city. The grounds
and buildings as projected will cover
an area of about one hundred acres.
Golden Gate park, the site of the ex-
position, extends from Baker street
west to the ocean, and is three miles
long and one-half mile wide. Its
panhandle" or entrance h eight
blocks long. In all the park contains
The Progress., 1893-11-04
Steam Engineering.

According to writer in Power, en-
gin ers should apply the steam engine
Indicator at least once a week, and
some rig for reducing the motion of
the piston should be availa BILE VIII ch
will admit of easy attachment with
out stopping the engine. A unique
arrangement of this kind has been in
troduced, which consists of light
brass wheel which has two diameters,
the larger diameter beicg of such di-
mensions that the circumference will
be one-half the stroke of the engine,
and the smaller having a circumfer-
enoe One-half the length of the dia-
gram. A cord wound two or three
times around the large wheel is at
tached to the cross-head, and cord
from the wheel of smaller diameter
leads 10 the barrel of the indicator
when in operation, or is hooked to an
idler cord which passes over a leading
pulley to a weight, while the indica-
tor is at rest. A clock spring attached
to the side of the wheel causes the re-
turn motion after the cord has been
drawn out by the moving cross head.
This rig, as permanent attachment
to the front head of an engine, has
proved satisfactory.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
CATTLE STALL.

the lower edge of each CT which IL
hinged crib cover, are secured upon
rotable transverse shaft. on the
outer end of which is a transverse
handle bar A cord extending upward
from the outer edge of each crib cover
connects with transverse cord pass
ing over a grooved pulley at the side,
the covers being raised and folded
against the gates by pulling upon the
cord, when both the covers and the
gates may be raised, as indicated in
dotted lines in the outline figure, by
rotating the handle bar, thus afford
ing a clear opening from each stall
into the crib opposite it. A latch
piece is adapted to be swung across
the path OF the handle bar to hold the
gate locked in elevated position.
The Progress., 1893-11-04

3IyDINe POST FOR ELECTRICAL CON-
NECTIONs.
clamped by the nut of the binding
post adjoining the burner In the
side of the post is binding screw, for
ciamping the wire, and the inner end
of the contact screw has an axial bore
in which is received the exposed end
Of the wire in the fixed end of the fix
ture. Two such binding posts are
necessary for completing the circuit
through gas fixture.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
Sweet Potato Flour.

4 ~. Louis woman has lately per
fected an invention for making s"ss
potato -four. The process inciuu.
ceiling the potato and drying lne "a IA
as IL food for live stock, drying a. a.
grinding the potato into three L., ."s.
OF nour, and also slicing into oara''s
CHRIS.
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Pressure per Square Foot.

1t has been ascertained by Prof.
Kernot of Melbourne university, Aus
ALA, that the usually assumed weight
of so to 100 pounds per square foot,
produced by dense crowd of persons.
may be largely exceeded. In an actual
trial a class of students averaging
1855 pounds each in weight were
crowded in lobby containing 1928
are feet, making an average floor
load of 134 pounds, room still being
left to place another man. which would
have brought up the loading to 1A3.
pounds. In another case fifty-eight
Irish laborers. averaging AS pounds
each, were placed in an empty ship
deck house measuring 81 square feet
floor area. and the load in this case
was about i47 pounds per square foot;
in another test, with seventy-three
la5ore-s crowded into hut feet by
feet s inches, load of lag pounds
was produced, with e>timated room
for two or three men additional.
The Progress., 1893-11-04

the throw off handle moves at the side
of the platen the finger may be at
tached to the handle. The device is
very simple, compact aud inexpensive.
can be readily attached to any job
press and the figures are always in
plain sight of the pressman, who can
at any time tell at a glance just how
many sheets have been printed
The Progress., 1893-11-04

Little Dot-They got women's de-
yAztments an everything at the
Worlds Fair. Why don't they have
childrcn's departments. too?
Aurty-What would they put in
them?
Little Dot-Why. boys and girls. of
course. SO foreigners could zee what
nice-that is, what nice, quiet, we'll
behaved girls we has guess msype
the boys better be left out
The Progress., 1893-11-04
Up and Down.

1t may seem psradoxical,
1t may not seem quite true;
II seems ridiculous 70 me,
IL may seem so to you.
Yet tits . fact none can dispute,
Be - wise man or clown;
You never can drink water up--
Unlsss you drink y dsvA
The Progress., 1893-11-04
A Nice Distinction.

Timmins-Can your daughter play
The piano?
Robbins, wearily-I don't know
whether she can or not. but she
dosA Chicago Record.
The Progress., 1893-11-04

referring to some of the more val
liable conclusions arrivei at by recent
Istr nomical research, an English
writer argues in favor of the theory
TT the stsrs, or many Of them, are
cry similar to our own sun, this
The Progress., 1893-11-04
To Run \ ast.

\ locomotive is being conslruo.
in England 10 run 100 miles as '.;rg n
+, is 2OJO horse power, the ori,rs Tss
wheels u feet in diareter' ~
three cylinders are 4C~4o an1 ,,cb
inches diameter with q thirty sna
stroke. The boiler pressure -
vounds.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
San Francisco Corr I'"ndence.1
MOTHER World S
LII I'LL - La1I

MOTHER World S
Fair will be held
in America close
the heels of
the Wor d S Colum-
b ia n Exposition.
1t i, to be called
the California Mid
winter | n t e r n a
tional Exposi ion
and is to be opened
in San Francisco
IN m i d W n t er,
The Progress., 1893-11-04
TEEMIDWINTERF FAIR
CALIFORNIA PREPARING FOR
HER GREAT EVENT.

en- tn ousznd Exhibitors From Chi
cseo VIII Contribute Toward the Sue
COS. of the Undertaking - Golden
Gate Park.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
Towing on the Seine.

An account is given of some interest
ing experiments conducted by the
societe de Touage de la Basse Seine ct
de rOise upon the River Seine, which
have eliminated in the construction
of towboat of large dimensions,
whose towing apparatus has been pro-
vided with a number of magnetized
pulleys. In size the main towing pull
lev is but little over four feet in di-
ameter. it being simply a solenoid
whose soft iron coil is Hanged to form
the groove, the bottom of which is
bronze ring wi h rubber joints to pre-
vent the wire coil from getting wet;
the current is generated by small
dynamo. The whole const uctiOn is
stated to be simple and of very great
strength, and, besides the advantages
of having a small towing pulley. there
is the much greater one that the
proper amount of adhesion is obtained
with only three-quarters of turn. A
similar magnetized pulley acts as a
brake on the slack of the chain so that
it can be properly paid out.
The Progress., 1893-11-04
An Improved Stall for Milk Cattle.

An Improved Stall Tor MIX Cattle.
The stall she wn in the illustration
is designed to enhance the comfort
and conduce to the regular feeding of
the animal The improvement has
been patented. The stalls are prefer
ably built in pairs and have traverse
gutter at the rear of the stall flooring.
The feed cribs are of such height as
to readily permit the cattle haltered
thereto to feed over their top edges,
and at each wall of a crib are vertical
stanchions, from the base of which
short vertical partition wall is ex-
tended rea-wardly. The crib covers
are hinged on pendent gates, whereby
the cribs are not only closed at their
tops, but the space above each crib is
shut off from the stall. The gates. to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-01
PROSPEROUS IN 1892.
Railroads Centering in Chiea-
go Show Handsome Gains
in Earnings.
This Notwithstanding That
Rates Have Been Compa-
ratively Low.
Heavy Outlays Necessary to
Handle Traffic Of
1893.
It Is Said the President Will
Strike a Blow at Cana
dian Roads.

CHICA GO. Dec. 31.-The year just end
ing has been prosperous one for the
railroads centerng in Chicago. Every
one of them is able to show handsome
gains in both gross and net earnings,
Notwithstanding the fact that rates have
been comparatively low during the
greater part of the year. At no time
has there been such rush OF business
as to seriously embarrass any of the
roads. yet, taking the twelve months
together, the volume of freight and
passenger traffic has been enormous.
The amount of freight, exclusive
of 1--WE stock, brought into and taken
out of Chicago will, it is esti-
mated, reach a total of 10000, 900
tons. at the same time the managers
of the various lines say that it has been
a very expensive year for them on ac-
count of the heavy OUTLAWS necessary in
preparing to handle next years traffic.
A very large proportion OF their earn
ings has been set apart for this pur-
pose, and for this reason some OF the
companies are compelled to postpone
contemplated increases in dividends.
1t IS thought that S50,000,000 would
hardly cover the amounts appropriated
since April /, and now being expended
for improvements in terminal facilities,
new equipments and betterments gen.
orally, in anticipation of heavy in
crease of business during the worlds
fair year.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-01
CHARGES FRAUD.
Officers of the Minnesota 81 Da-
kota Stone Company Must Ex-
plain Their Acts.
1t Is Alleged That They Entered
Into q Conspiracy to Wreck
the Concern.

CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-SeriOus charges
of fraud are made in q bill filed III the
circuit court today by William Monroe,
alleging that s. p. POorbaugh, w. IL.
Conglenover and W.F.Reynods entered
into a conspiracy to wreck the Min
nesota Dakota e Stone company. 1t
is claimed that they arranged a plan to
appropriate to their own use property
consisting of some 200 acres of valuable
stone land, buildings and quarry equip
ments worth 100000. Further charges
are made that Poorbaugh and Conglen-
over dishonesty made pretended sales
of stock for their own gain. While act
ing as officers of the company, it is said
that they simply Speculated and juggled
with the stock. and appropriated the
proceeds to their own use.
Complainant further charges that t he
arrangement with the First National
bank at Pipestone, Mimi, to compel
the corporation to make all assignment
was with the full knowledge and con-
sent or Reynolds. 1t is said that there
was no necessity for the assignment,
and there were more than sufficient
cash aud assets to pay the liabilities.
When the property of the company was
sold it was bid in by ReynOlds.lt is said,
in behalf or himself and COnglenUver
and Poorbaugh, for S22, 900, or One-fifth
of its actual value. 1t is alleged that
they did not invest any money in the
plant upon the purchase, but simply