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LAKEPoRT is ALARMED.

The Lakeport Bee in it's issue of the I'd inst
has this to say of the project to utilize the
waters of Clear Lake:
"The most important topic that concerns the
people of Lake County, or should concern them,
is the proposition of the San Francisco corpo-
ration that contemplates lowering the lake
eight feet below its present level.
"Their avowed object is to use the water to
generate electricity, but their true object, so
we are informed, is to use the water to irrigate
their land i'll Capay Valley, which would be
worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to them
and which would ruin our lake.
"Without Clear Lake Lake County would lose
it's greatest attraction, and anything that
would mar its beauty or turn it into slough
should not be tolerated. 1t is of inestimable
value to our people, as it is our greatest
heritage.
"wednesday c. NJ. Hammond took a party of
interested people out in his launch and took
soundings every thirty seconds. The starting
point was Atherton's wharf and the course
straight out from the shore. The water is 5
feet 3 inches deep at the boathouse, and the
last measurement, which was over mile from
shore, was IA feet inches. The lake is now
three feet above Captain Floyd's low-water
mark, and the City of Lakeport cannot turn
around, but has to back out on her outward
trip and plow her way through the mud to
come in.
"If this corporation lowers the lake eight
feet below the present level it means that
boats drawing four feet of water must anchor
mile from the present shore line; that the
land between here and the new shore line
would be swamp, breeding malaria, and an
eyesore 10 the people. The upper part of the
lake would be overgrown with tules and ii
would ruin the Collier, Hammond and Ed
mand places, which are among the handsomest
in the county.
'The time OF the year when this corporation
would want the water is the very time when
we need it most. They would not want the
surplus water in the winter season, but in the
dry season after the surplus had run off; for
their purpose, as we have said before Is to irri-
gate Capay Valley.
NOW, II they want to dam up Cache Greek
III several places and catch the surplus water,
nobody has any objections, but the people of
Lake county cannot allow them to draw off
as much water as they want at that season
of the year,
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locked the entire apparatus, even making it
impossible to throw out the gears and steer by
direct power.
PERSONAL.

E. E. Bush, Hanford capitalist, is at the
Lick.
H. Steele, Pescadero mining man, is at the
Russ
T. C. Lusk, a Chico lawyer, is a guest at the
Palace.
Rev. W. H. Story of Marysville is at the occi-
dental.
Sol Lazar, MADEIRA merchant, is at the Lick
House.
D. T. Elmore, mining man of Amador, is at
the Grand.
A. l.. Hart, an attorney from Sacramento, is
at the Grand.
A. P. Johnson, Riverside capitalist, is a
guest at the Palace.
E. Ergnace, one of the merchants OF Half
moon Bay is at the Lick.
S. A. Knapp, borax king OF Hawthorne,
New, is at the Occidental.
T. McRae, railroad contractor from Han
ford, is at the Lick House.
George Rowland Jr. son of the Los Angeles
politician, is at the Palace.
o. E. Wood and Newton E. Wood, U. s. A,
are guests at the Occidental.
Judge j. H. Craddock of Marysville Is in the
City and at the Grand Hotel.
DR.. George B. Little, a physician of Burling-
ton, Iowa, is at the Grand Hotel.
NJ. A. Delano, mining man from French
Gulch, is at the California Hotel.
R. NJ. Green, druggist and mining man of
Oroyille, is stopping at the Grand.
D. R. Cameron of Hanford is housed at the
Lick. Mr.. Cameron is capitalist.
o. T. Johnson, owner of the Westminster
Hotel, Los Angeles, is stopping at the Palace.
Horace A. and Maurice D. Crazy, prominent
coal-mine owners from Sheffield Pa, are at the
California Hotel.
Mrs. T. Berringer, wife of the wine merchant
OF St. Helena, Napa County is at the Lick. She
is accompanied by her daughter.
II. D. Mcdonald, al one time a prominent
candidate for Governor of Texas, but at present
a lawyer of Paris Tex, is at the Palace Hotel.
r. Kahler, wine man OF MERGED, is at the
Grand Hotel with his bride. The couple are
spending their honeymoon in San Francisco.
]. n. Z. Wilson, ex-District Attorney of San
Francisco, but now resident of Mexico, where
he is engaged in mining, is in the City on a
visit.
Rev. John Krantz, pastor of Trinity NJ. E.
Church of Jersey City, N. j., is at the Grand
Hotel. The reverend gentleman will visit
Yosemite Valley while on this coast.
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son the use of his eyes he became deeply in
terested in what friends read to him of the
struggle in Louisiana to rid that State of the
lottery curse. He co-operated with the man
ayers of the original anti-lottery campaign;
but when that was ended by the exclusion OF
all lottery matter from the mails he discovered
that 1t would be necessary TO close other ave-
nues of advertisement and correspondence
also. Accordingly in the early days OF 1894 he
organized the movement which ended only at
five minutes before noon on the 4th of last
March. 1t was fine example of what can be
accomplished in the face OF appalling odds by
one determined and tireless agitator Profess
sor Woodbridge trusted nothing to other hands
which his own could do; and the last night of
the last session of the Fifty-third Congress he
passed in the Senate gallery, encouraging by his
presence the twelve hours siege which Senator
Hoar, in spite of Ill health and exhaustion
from overwork, was conducting on the floor.
After the close of the session Professor Wood
bridge was called in to examine the defective
ventilating appliances in the halls of Congress
and to report plans for their permanent i'm
provement. He is still engaged in this work
Harpers Weekly.
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to be formed from portions of San Joaquin,
Alameda and Stanislaus counties The new
county would include the Corral Hollow coal
mines and the towns of Tracy, Newman and
Altamont-Kern City Standard.
why don't the ''sound money" people take
their good dollars to Mexico, where they can
get two for one, and buy up everything the
Mexfeons have. That's what they tell US
Mexico and other countries will do to US if we
open our minis to the free coinage of silver
just come in and buy everything we have and
carry 1t off.-Phcenix (Ariz.) Republican.
This point, made by the San Francisco CALL,
is well taken: "He is a hardy citizen who is
willing to brave the prevalent spirit OF indiffer-
ence and make a fight for people careless of
its own interests" Tacoma (Wash.) Union,
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WHO KILLED THE LOTTERY

Professor S. H. Woodbridge of the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology, to whom per-
maps more than to any other one person the
lottery business owes its death blow, was born
In Perth Amboy, New Jersey, on December 70,
lo4S. He is descendant of the Rev. John
woodbridge, a Puritan preacher, who came to
this country in 1880 and became the first min
lister In Newbury, now Newburyport, Massa-
chusetts. At Williams College, where he re-
ce1yed his academic education, Professor Wood
bridge exhibited traits of leadership and an
ability for organization and an aggressive
enort which made him a young man OF marx.
He was identified throughout his student life
with all the religious and moral activities OF
the college, at one time being chiefly lnstru-
mental in quelling rebellion among the
undergraduates, and at another raising from
the alumni enough money to build parson-
age for the resident minister in the noted
White Oaks missionary parish.
On leaving college it was Professor Wood
bridges purpose to become general teacher
OF physics, but an accident turned his stten-
ton to the subjects of heating and ventilation,
and his reputation as an expert presently won
for him chair in the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology as an instructor in these
branches. Falling i'll and and losing for sea-
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THE INVENTIVE FACULTY.

One of the most notable magazine ar
ticles of the month is a paper in the
Engineering Magazine by w. H. Smyth of
this City, in which the question, "Is the
Inventive Faculty a Myth ?" is discussed
and answered in the affirmative with con-
siderable force of argument. Mr.. Smyth
maintains that the so-called inventive
faculty" is nothing more than combina-
ton of the faculties of observation, memory
and reason which every intelligent human
being possesses. Invention, therefore, is
not the creative act of some wizard among
men, but an art which may be acquired by
almost any one.
The establishment of the new theory, as
pointed out by Mr.. Smyth, would have
practical results in the domain of patent
laws and OF mechanical education. At the
present time the word invention, as it
occurs in our laws, is construed by the
courts to have a meaning extremely vague
and metaphysical One of the Judges of
the Supreme Court of the United States is
quoted as saying: "The truth is, the word
cannot be defined in such a manner as to
afford any substantial aid in determining
whether particular device involves an
exercise of the inventive faculty or not"
Mr.. Smyth claims that by putting an end
to this idea of invention the construction
of the law would be simplified and the
courts, instead of having to determine the
ever-recurring question whether a given
device involves that undefnable some
thing which the law says is the indis-
pensable requisite to patentability, would
restrict the whole scope of the inquiry to
the comparatively SIMPLE questions of
novelty and utility.
More important than the change in the
law would be the change which the new
theory would bring about in the domain of
education by the Inauguration of a science
of invention which could be taught like
any other science in our schools and col
leges. Mr.. Smyth says that while we call
this 'the age of invention" it is really an
age of pure empiricism in mechanics and
bears to the future and real age of inyen-
ton much the same relation that the last
century bears to this in respect to theoret-
ical and applied science.
The portions of the essay relating to the
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SAID IN REPARTEE.

Manager-Have you phenomenal range?
appear before any kind of seats, from rs cents
to $5.-Puck.
Lea-Great heavens! old man, l have suffered
three days and nights of sleepless agony from
this raging toothachel
Perrins-Why don't you get it pulled2
Puck.
Observation-Disclosures, what do you do for a
living?
Bunko man (from Boston)-Your Honor will
pardon me if take undue liberties, but your
Honor's grammar is much at fault. "What''
can never be a synonym for "whom. "-Phila-
delphia Record.
GAS there will be nothing to conceal after we
are married. dearest, may as well tell you that
/ smoke cigarettes, play poker, drink, and am
rarely home before o'clock in the morning.
81 am glad to hear you say so. I was afraid
we wouldn't be perfect companions."-Life.
First Tramp-what would you do If you had
$1O0,O0O7
Second Tramp-In that case think I'd feel
it absolutely necessary TO go 70 work to make
it million.-Roxbury Gazette
Husband-I really think you might have had
that ball dress made a little bit higher in the
neck-to say nothing of the back.
Wife-Ill have it changed if you wish, but
this stuff costs f2 yard.
Husband-Um-well, never mind.-London
TitBits.
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OUT-OE-TOWN PERSONALS.

Auburn, Cal, Aug. 6.-More people have
left town this season than in any previous
season for the higher attitudes in Upper
Placer. Among those away are: Mr. and Mrs.
D. w. Lubbock, at Sunny Sides. on Lake Tahoe
DR.. Rooney at Echo Lake; Attorney Wallace,
L. C. Gaylord, Dan Bott0, Mr.. and Mrs. E. 0.
Smith, Mrs. Graham, Misses Norton, Dickson
Tahoe; Mr.. and Mrs. A. E, Coates. Soda
Springs. Judge Prewett and party returned
last week from Yosemite Hon. j. FL. Neff
leaves this week for Boston TO attend the
Knights Templar conclave. Attorney Tabor
returned last week from business trip TO
New York. Great Sachem o. F. Seavey. f.
Babler, F. Holman, A. K. Robinson and J. G.
Stafford are attending the Great Council of Red
Men at Redwood City.
Capitola, Cal, Aug. 6.-The arrivals at the
Hotel Capitola were: C. S. Liquid and s. R.
Flemming, San Jose; DR.. A. II. Bailey Santa
Cruz; C. L. Adams and Mrs. DIR. Winsor and
family, San Jose; John j. Maloney and j. NJ,
Kennedy, Sacramento: Ansel Smith, wife and
child Stock ton; Miss Cope Oakland; Mr.. and
T. Cope and Mrs d. Seamster, Santa Cruz; Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Gillespie, T. K. Ledyard and J.
s. Layndor, San Jose; NJ. C. Harris, DR.. r. Nc
Cargion, E. Burgingnon and 4. Z. Burgingnon,
San Francisco.
Santa Rosa, Cal, Aug. 6.-Vergie Moore, who
has been to Alaska, returned to Santa Rosa to-
day, and is visiting his father, Judge A. P.
Moore Mrs. II. H. Thompson and Miss Brey-
man OF Salem, Or, who have been the guests
of Misses OMeara, left to-day for their home.
Dan P. Carter of San Francisco, but still
this week. Mrs. Peter Rickliff has returned
from a visit to Boston. Professor F. l.. Burk
has returned from visit to Capitola. r. NJ.
Sims principal OF the Sonoma High School,
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ted along the shaft NJ to the geared wheel d ;
this transmits it to the pinion c, which travels
several times as fast as ID, according to the
ratio of the number of gears on EACH From
the force is transmitted to B, which travels
at the same rate; and from B it passes to A,
where there is still another increase in speed.
A communicates directly with by means OF
the sleeve S, and is in gear with the quadrant
wheel of the rudder.
When direct steering is desired a clutch not
shown in the drawing moves the sleeve on
the shaft M so as to disenGage the pinion A
from its geer wheel B, and so to throw out the
back gears and c. At the same time another
clutch disengages the pinion P from the sleeve
and engages it with the main shaft M. The
power is then transmitted directly from the
shaft NJ to the rudder by means of the PIN
ion P.
1t will be seen by any one familiar with ma
chinery that the back gears and are not
geared as in power lathe, but in reverse man-
ner. There is, therefore, no gain of power; but
on the contrary, considerable loss of it, as
the power exerted at the steering wheels is
largely converted by the gearing into speed
This gives the steering wheels an extraordin-
airy delicacy, as very slight turn OF them
causes several revolutions of the pinion P,
which is directly geared to the rudder quad
rant. In addition to this the resistance OF the
ruuuer, Whlcn passes tnrougn the gearing IN
the opposite direction. is increased to a con-
siderable extent. On this account ste ering
wheel is placed at each end of the shaft in
order that double the ordinary force may be
exerted if necessary by placing two or four
men at each wheel. For the same reason the
arrangement for throwing out the gears is pro-
vided, SO that the new device could be dis
pensed with If 1t became unmanageable.
The weak part of the arrangement is obvi-
ously the sleeve s. Not only does it travel
faster than any other portion OF the device,
thus being most liable to generate dangerous
| amount of heat by friction, but it also has
very large surface exposed to friction.
In the run on Tuesday the heavy sea and the
high speed of the Defender caused heavy
strain on the steering gear, and these two por-
lions were in constant motion. They became
heated by the friction, and the shaft expanded
and filed the sleeve. This prevented any
motion between the two and efectually
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VACATIONS GREATEST PLEASURE

~ hope you're pleased with us, SIR" said the
proprietor of the resort to the departing guest.
Perfectly, perfectly" heartily responded the
guest; delightful walks and drives, magnifi-
cent views, best bathing 1 ever had, COOL airy
rooms a table equal to the best in the city, and
charges reasonable. Why, never enjoyed a
vacation half as muchl
THANK you, sir, thank you'll" said the beam
ing host. 81 trust you will come again next
summer"
"No, sir" said the guest, emphatically; "not
muchP'
f'Why-why not?" asked the astonished host.
''Whats the use," demanded the guest, "of
spending your summer at resort, if you can
complain all winter of the discomforts you've
endured, and tell how much better off you'd
have been if you'd stayed at home?"-Alex R.,
in Truth,
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DEFENDERS UP-TO-DATE STEER.
ING GEAR,

The steering gear of the Defender which be-
came disabled on Tuesday during the run with
the New York Yacht Club fleet from Hunting
ton, l.. l., to New London, is new device
which was recently invented by Nat Heres
hoff and is in use on no other boat, says the
New York Sun.
The main object of the inventor is to secure
such speed of movements as is found in a tiller,
while at the same time to obtain power enough
to steer the boat easily should she be at ali
hard headed at any time. The object has ap-
parently been accomplished, as it is stated that
three-quarters of q turn of the wheel will
throw the rudder hard up or hard down. The
main feature of the device by which this is &C.
complished is pair of back gear wheels, such
as are used on power lathes.
The accompanying diagram shows the ar
rangement of the back gears. The force ex-
erted by the wheel w at either end is transmit
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.


Anton Lipp of Miskoltz, Hungary, who died
recently, was the last survivor of the battle of
Leipzig.
A new volume Of verse by Frederick Ten
nyson, Lord Tennyson's eldest brother, is to be
published in the autumn.
Dr. Buggraene, professor of medicine in the
University of Client, is only SO, but feels pretty
well. He drinks and smokes.
William Peplow, aged 102, recently sang sew
eral songs in a concert in Wellington, England,
besides conducting a chorus and playing q
piano.
Dean Allen, aged "a, of st. David's CATHEDRAL,
England, is in vigorous health, superintends
all the business of the cathedral and conducts
the daily service.
Mr.. Navroji, the Radical Hindoo, has been
defeated for Parliament in Finsbury, but
Manchergee Merwangee Bhowneggree, q Con-
sentative Parsee from Bombay, has been elected
in Bethnal Green.
John C. Hancock of Hancock, Nd, who has
only his left arm to shoot with. the right hay
ing been lost in carriage accident, has killed
this season with his shotgun 209 squirrels, 125
rabbits, 217 cartridges, 80 pheasants, % wild
turkeys and IS woodcock OF wild ducks he
has shot % mallards and redheads.
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of the grand Johore day that the Commission

of the grand Johore day that the Commission
ers were preparing for his Majesty.
at happened" said Mr.. Wildman in the
Palace Hotel yesterday morning, ''that was
commissioned to bring the Sultan to London
from Vienna and thence to Chicago, where the
Worlds Fair was in progress. He was to be
accompanied by his suite and $l0,O00,O00
worth OF diamonds, the second best collection
in the world"
"Who has the frst?" inquired a listener.
Queen Victoria. Well to continue. When
we came to London Victoria rendered the
Sultan a reception, and theater party was
made up as a conclusion to the state dinner.
Now, this is the psint in the story where the
Sultan got his back up and decided that the
Caucasian people were without honor and
without standing.
"When he reached the theater his abide
camp, an Englishman, invited a woman into
the box to meet his Highness. On the follow
ing day she informed him that if he did not
put up $50, 900 she would sue him for breach
of promise. The Sultan, being an old-time
sport, told her to get in and start the row as
soon as possible; that he wouldn't put up
cent on such proposition. She then threat
ened to drag him into the newspapers, and to
this he agreed also. Finally the case was taken
to the Home Secretary, Henry Asquith, who
decided that the sultanate, which by the way
had been in dispute for 100 years, was indie
pendent, having its own armies by land and
its own vessels by sea, and that the Sultan was
equal to the Car in the matter of doing as he
pleased The result was that the Sultan, al
though the decision was for him, put his foot
down on going any further west and de-
nounced the white people as blackmailers and
unciyilized bandits. He forthwith gathered
his people and his diamonds TO his bosom and
returned to India, refusing to take the advice
ic prir, nycfQ hn iSh pd tn
marry the English girl and ship her back to
Johore, where she would be the one hundred
and ffty-frst wife, and consequently of little
Importance
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possible establishment of course of in
struction in the science of invention are
worked out with considerable detail, and
give examples of how such instruction
could be made practicable. 1t would seem
that these suggestions might be adopted
with profit by all schools of technology
and manual training. In spite of Mr..
Smyth's argument, there may be such a
thing as an inventive faculty, but even in
that case it would be worth while to de-
velop it by education.
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has gone to that city after month, spent here.
IS at and We
here yesterday on a visit to Colonel w. H
Byington at the Occidental. Hon. ]. C. Sims,
who has been at Santa Cruz for two weeks, has
returned.
Ell Paso de Robes CAL, Aug. &C. A. Buck
Livermore, will spend few weeks at Paso
Robes. Sig Greenebaum and L. s. Greene
baum will spend a few weeks at Paso Robes.
Kelseyville, Lake County. Aug. 4. - Mrs.
Charles Woke, Miss Minnie Woke and Ray
mond Woke, who have been visiting Mrs. D. J
Lynch of Kelseyville, Lake County, have re-
turned to the City.
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CALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK.

New York, N. Y, Aug. 6.-Arrivals at hotels
to-day were: San Francisco-M. Seligman, F.
H. Ames, Hoffman; A H. Croker, Belvidere;
P. Greenberg, Broadway Central; C. HALEY, P.
Norman, Grand Union L. NJ. Pearham, Cole
man; L. o. Peck, Gerlach; ]. 0. Whitney, Gil
sey; NJ. R. Engel, St. Cloud Los Angeles.
Marschutsz, Warwick. Oakland-A. Jones,
Ralvidere
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OPINIONS OF EDITORS.

The Eastern papers are getting afraid that
San Francisco will get the next National con-
venuon. When the Eastern cities commence
TO hight it it shows that our prospects are good,
Tor II they were not, they would ignore u.s.
Independent Calistogian
The little town of Tracy is ambitious to be-
come the county seat of new county proposed
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Rounsevelle Wildman, ACKNOWLEDGMENT 10
India, ex-Consul to Germany, ex-Commlssloner
to the Worlds Fair, ex-sgent from the omi.h-
sonian Institute to Borneo and Siam, ex-ueie-
gate to Congress from Idaho, ex-ed1tor Oh inc
Idaho Statesman, member of the Royal Asiatic
Society, and present editor of the Overiahu
Monthly, has decided to tell the American
people why the Sultan of Johore refused To
come to the United States and take advantage
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.. Mrs. Winslow,s soothinr sxrnnn

Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth.
ers for their children while Teething with perfect
success 1t soothes the child, softens the gums
lays Pain, cures Wind Collie regulates the Bowels
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether
arising from teething or other causes For sale by
Druggists in every part of the world Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup 25c
bottle.