The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28

lsS. .Si2 persons who were entirely blind.
The whole Of the remainder of Europe
only has blind population numbering
lSS,Sl2. while the three Americas,
North, Central and South. with their
islaiNds, have less than %, 900 persons
who are totally bereft of sight.
A RECENT report issued by the State
Department in Washington gives a series
of letters from American consuls abroad
on the use of electricity as a power in the
propulsion Of farm machinery and inn
plements. Almost every one of these
states that the chsapness of labor is such
that most of the field work is done by
hand, even when there is available
machinery. Doubtless this is true
abroad. but in this country, where We
hire enormous farms, covering thousands
of acres, machinery propelled by cleo
tricity is almost emphatically great ad
vantage. What is wanted TO make cleo
tricity serviccsble 10 every one is an
economical way of storing it; or, If you
please, method by which IL can be bot
tied up, SO that it will be ready for use
when wanted.
Mrs. CRAWFORD has recently given
the readers of Truth an interesting ac-
count of the little Nosges village of
Saint Die, but curiously enough, says
the London sun, she omitted one fact in
connection with the place which renders
il of more than special note. liz was In
this quaint and out of-thc- world corner
OF France that was published in the year
1907 the little geographical treatise,
L.. al Il far In,
which the name of america" was first
suggested for the new Continent, then
recently discovered by Columbus. Curl
ously enough, it was not until 1887 that
Alexander Won Humboldt pointed out
this curious fact, which at once exon
Grated Amsrigo Ncspucci from the accu-
sation of having given his name TO the
New World discovered 10y his less for
tunatc compatriot.
In no other country OF the world is the
telephone in SO general use as IN Sweden,
and in no other is the service so cheap
and nj the same time SO perfect. IL is
under Government control, and the rates
are fixed by the Government. A few
weeks ago new line was opened be-
tween Stockholm and Christiania by
King Oscar, who took occasion TO eX-
press the hope in his first message to the
Norwegians that the line would tend to
draw the two countries into closer uni on
and aid in overcoming the desire of the
Norwegian Radicals To break up the ex-
isting relations. IL is now proposed, by
means OF submarine cable, to connect
the Norwegian and Swedish capitals
with Copenhagen.
SOME time ago General George Cullom
bcqueathed to the United States the sum
of $3.50, 900 for the purpose of erecting a
memorial hall at West Point. He was a
citizen of New York, and the bequest
was to be expended in New York, and
under the laws of that State all bcquests
are liable for tax. The question aris-
| ing whether this bcquest was taxable,
the Surrogate has ruled that as the
| United States is not charitable corpora
tion organized and existing under the
laws Of the State Of New York, its pro-
perty in that State is not exempt from
taxation, and that this tax must be paid
according to the law. The Court of
Appeals will be asked to pass upon the
correctness of his ruling.
The Secretary of the Navy has made
the discovery that under the rating cs-
tablished by law the United States Navy
has only third rate ships. The classiiica-
ton, which was made before the war,
provides that only vessels which carry
| forty or more guns shall be considered as
| first rate ships, those having between
twenty and forty ranking as second class
and all carrying less than twenty being
considered third class. There is not a
vessel in the navy to-day that carries as
many as twenty guns, and the Secretary
! has asked Congress TO establish new
rating for warships on the basis OF their
tonnage. A bill introduced in the Senate
| by Mr.. Mcpherson provides that vessels
I OF 9, 900 tons and over shall rank as first
GLASS. between 3, 600 and ZOO second
class, and under 3, 900 tons third class.
A SYSTEM of moistening the air Of a
! cotton factory--as rs required in some
! departments of a mill, before blowing IL
/ into the rooms--has been the sub ject OF
much experiment. 1t has been found
| that, il Jet OF steam or vapor is dis
! charged into the main duct, any degree
/ of humidity desired can be obtained, but
all the air is moistencd alike, being dis
! tributed TO the different rooms by the
rscrs leading thereto that, however,
which is best adapted for one depart
ment in cotton mill may not prove
equally favorable for another. Then,
too. tho introduction of moisture at this
point may work disastrously TO the walls
of the ducts and riscrs. 1t is now found
that this objection may be overcome, at
a small expense, by carrying steam pipe
down through each room, and putting
opposite each opening in the fue,
! through which the air enters the room,
an outlet with valves for regulating the
/ flow OF the steam; in this way the ex-
haust steam from the engine which
drives the blower flows into the room,
and, being caught up by the current OF
air passing from the flue, is thus dis
tributed throughout the room. Expert
ence with this plan through cold weather
has proved its peculiar value.
Ir seems that the cow is looming up as