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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-16
Washington City ropn'ists for Bryan.

's~9bAtb wa &AAst cttS 40 Sk'dtscte >
OF the District OF Columbia. at a called
meeting tonight. elected delegates TO the
convention at st. Louis on July - as fol-
lows: Carl Browne. Alexander Kent. H.
8. Doyle and j. Fl. Turner. Carl Browne
became we'll knewn In connection with
the Coxey movement. The resolutions
adopted declare. among other things. that
Hon. William ]. Bryan, OF Nebraska. has
at all times been a consistent advocate
and defender of the most vital issues. and
the delegates ara instructed for Bryan and
SeWall
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-16

wzzhfngtsa CITY. Iagy 3k-owsEw 20 THE
s4cs ta&s shs anaasgnt - silver dollars "a
tlss treasury available fer the resumption
cf treasury uoses n&s h~.eosse Feszaced %
s.a6ss.s SO and wSlg .ps further reduced ay
redemption during tss TuuaIA. The coinage
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vote in favor Of Bryan be mad. unanimous.

vote In favor Of Bryan be made unanimous.
bat IL failed 10 carry
senator Allen and Gov. Hoscorah were
chosen delegates AZ large by 2oeiamatioa-
TIE resolutions adopted declare free ssl-
Yer 70 be the paramount isste in the cam
paagn. and that the time has eore when
one OF TIE great cardinal principles OF the
party should be erystallized into ieStsla-
taon BY a union of reform forces. ara de-
clare it fhs sense OF this convention that
the delegates 10 81 Louis use ali honor
efle means 10 secure Bryan's Endorsement.
Gov. Holconh. Senator Allen and W. L.
Green addressed the convention
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-16
Annlnh sntrn fnr BRYAN.

San Francisco, July is.-Mayor .utro
made a political speech al the meeting ef
the election commissioners today. and
came out boldly for Bryan for president.
Sutro is a Populist. but he says every
friend of the people viii vote for Bryan
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UNDER FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

no at I.awren Bros, Tacora
In sswhee
Tacom Wash.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-16

Huron. e. D., July I5.-The Popuifst state
convention, after discussion for two hours.
voted 10 10 indorse Bryan.
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II Yon Will Drink

16ore lemonade and Jess ice water.
4 x Vii be better for you--parsicular-
= when yon can buy choice Lem
- at Is cents per dozen from Us.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-16
Washing Machines,

n ever q woman needs a washing
esarh!re it's during this warm
veasher. II your hubby refuses 70
buy oss for you. tell him 10 do the
~xsniug himself, and you'5I get a
wasising machine pretty quick. Try
thta next wash day.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-16

4sx cents per pound. They're a
erlee higher than they were. bat
q this price they are stiIl very rea-
eonable.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

that caravansary large part of her time
ana attracts great deal of attention from
the guests. Kodaks are plentiful about
the hotel and nearly every body who owns
one wants picture of Nellie. As result
the little dog has become so used to having
her picture taken that she wants it done
all the time.
The little boy who owns Nellie is proud
OF her achievements and says that she
learned to sit up by herself. When her
picture was taken for the first time she did
not seem to like it and would not stay still
for moment. But in short time she
grew so that she rather enjoyed it, and as
the people for whom she posed were sure.
to give her something nice to eat there was
a double inducement.
At present Nellie don't want ANYTHING
better than to have her picture taken. If
she sees anybody walking along the streets
with q camera she will! run in front of
them and stand on her hind feet, making
every effort to look her prettiest. If her
request is complied with she has several
poses" that she will gladly take in sue
cesslon for the purpose of having them
snapped" She knows when the exposure
has been made, and always jumps around
as soon as she hears the shutter click. If
the person happens to be q stranger and
she fails to make herself understood she
shows evident signs of disappointment.
Nellie is only a little over years old,
but her beautiful silky coat has been
photographed hundreds of times. Most of
the people who have "taken" her have
been tourists, and the chances are that her
picture can be found in nearly every large
city in the Union.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
An Electrical Aerial Tornado

An instrument of warfare, termed an
'aerial torpedo" has been designed TO he
used in the siege OF cities or to scatter
large bodies of troops while at rest. The
torpedo consists OF a small-sized gas-filIed
balloon capable of sustaining for anv
length OF time from thirty to forty hounds
at an elevation of from SEQ to 1oO0 foot
above the earth. Inside of the lower or
small end OF the balloon is placed a metal
cylinder which contains an electrical de.
vice, the purpose of which is to ignite the
gas in the balloon at any stated ner;od
Under the balloon is suspended a car or
basket containing high explosives sim;lar
to dynamite, which will explode with ter.
rife force when striking hard substance
like the earth or walled embankments.
To use the aerial torpedo effectively, which
requires only corporal's quart. ali that
is necessary Is 10 approach as near as nos
sible the locality where the torpedo is de-
sired to take effect and to ascertain tho d;-
rection of the lower air current ana the ve-
locity of the same per hour. The length
of time il would take for the air current to
carry the torpedo over the objective point
can thus be ascertained and the electric
time-exploding apparatus set to the proper
hour or minute. As soon as the time has
expired an electric spark ignltes the gas i'm
the balloon, causing it to explode and the
torpedo will drop to the earth The ex-
plosive striking the earth will cause seri-
Gus damage in that locality. The torpedo
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
Electric Light Sanitary Factor.

The subject of electric lighting of hos
pitfalls is receiving considerable attention
abroad. The superior healthiness, cleanli-
ness ana convenience of the electric light,
as compared to other forms of lighting,
together with the fact that it does not cost
more than an equal illumination by gas,
render it an ideal illuminant for hos
pitfalls. A hospital requires a light that
can be localized by means of more or less
portable lamps, and with this in the elec-
trio light we have com bined safety and
freedom from vitiaton of the atmosphere.
One disadvantage was, until recently, that
1t was impossible to vary the intensity of
the light of an incandescent lamp, but this
mas been overcome by several devices now
on the market, so that one is enabled to
obtain any desired degree of illumination
from mere glow to the full light of the
lamp by simply turning a key. In this
connection some interesting statistics are
reported by large firm at Norwich, Eng
land, which three years ago adopted cleo
trio lighting in Its factories. In connec-
tion with the firm there is a benefit fund
and during the last few years preceding
the adoption OF electricity benefits were
received by employees on account of sickness
amounting to IL per cent of the people
employed, but since the introduction of
the electric light the number receiving
benefits were only per cent of this num-
her,
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

hasty and incomplete lines. That some
scheme of curtailment has been mooted is
evident from the recent action OF the
Clarendon Press delegates who have
offered q few suggestions to the
workers. Their recommendations point
to the need of more concise treat
ment in all the departments; as, for in
stance, the elimination of much of the
genealogical matter usually inserted, in
some cases as much as one-half the uuan-
tity being regarded as unnecessary. The
definitions, too, they would have in much
less profusion; and when we notice the
immense amount of subdivision in the
treatment of the commoner words Of the
Language (the word end alone has thirteen
main and seven subordinate senses) there
does appear a possibility OF pulling in.
The greatest parG of the space in the die
tionary is taken up by the quotations; /;
these the delegates would lessen consider
ably, suggesting that the word modern
should be used in place of many citations
of later date; recent illegitimate extern
sions OF meaning they would omit alto
gether.
A few other suggestions for special kinds
of words have also been made, and it re-
mains to be seen whether the editors will
be able to fall in Herewith. That this will
be found extremely difficult will be felt by
any one who has had experience of die
tionary-making or any other form of com
pilation in which close attention to detail
is necessary. In the case of the new Eng
lish dictionary the difficulty Is height
ened almost to impossibllIty, by very rea-
son of the fifteen years WORK already per-
formed in one method.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
Diphtheria Anti-Toxfnes es.

DR.. Cartwright Wood gave recently, be
fore the Royal Society, some interesting
particulars on his method for rapidly pro-
ducing diphtheria anti-toxines. by which
he claims that an animal can be rendered
immune toward large quantities of diph-
liberia poison, and also that such animals
can be made to produce powerful diph-
liberia anti.toxines. The distinctive fea-
ture of the method consists in the use of
the products produced by the growth of
the diphtheria bacillus in albuminous
fluids made by the addition OF serum to
ordinary peptone broth. The fluid is al
lowed to grow for three or four weeks at
temperature of 81 degrees c., and after
filtration heated for an hour at IS degrees
G. The experiments have been carried
out on horses and the immunity produced
is most striking. 1t is claimed for this
method that powerful diphtheria anti
toxines can be easily produced in a shorter
space of time than has hitherto been pos
sible, and that as consequence the
amount of serum necessary to be injected
is greatly reduced. Its greater strength
will permit of the patient receiving at the
beginning of treatment a sufficient guam
tity of the serum at one injection, by
which experience has shown that curative
action is eXerted in the most marked
manner.-London Chronicle.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

made use of the principle of the convey
oTs that are used IN -four mills all over the
world. In the case of -four mills the re-
voiving screw and tube being stationary,
it follows that the wheat is conveyed
through the tube. In the Carlson broth
ers' invention they have simply reversed
things. The water is stationary and it
fol ows as a matter of course, that the
tube and screw must travel through il,
provided sufficient motive power is ap-
piled in the proper place.
y study of the accompanying drawing
shows that the invention consists of
cylindrical tube on the inside of which
screw propeller is made to revolve. The
tube is of course open at both ends.
Between the cylinder and the keel proper
is large air space. The ballast is placed
at the bottom of the keel and the
machinery TO drive the propeller is placed
in the space between the cylinder and the
outside sides of the keel, the latter being
slightly tapered at both ends. The propel-
ling screw is of uniform size from one end
to the other, and only makes one and a
half spiral coils around its axis, which will
increase the speed. Another fact not to be
overlooked is that it does away with all
suction from behind, which always reduces
the speed of any propeller. Also the
screw being inclosed in the cylinder
always works on in solid water and il will
make the vessel move quietly and steadily.
Almost any speed should be obtained
without large expense. Should the vessel
strike a sandbar it will be plainly seen that
the propeller would not come in contact
with il
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

their large collection of wooden models
for all sorts OF marine craft. When we
reached the Atlantic liners / remarked
how much handsomer the models would
be in metal.
"fYes.' said Mr.. Swazey. but it can't be
done. You couldn't get the proper curves
on the keel. If you tried to make 1t in
pieces and then weld them in place you
would have nothing but botchwork re-
suit. 1t can't be DONE"
Then followed controversy on what
could and could not be done with metals
between the American amateur and the
British expert. 1t ended in a wager of
$1,000 between them, DIR. Brandow under
taking to construct an all-metal perfect
model OF the Paris, with parts brazed to-
gether, nothing being cast, and TO accom-
plish this feat by simply following a photo
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
How Flv-wheeIs Break.

The causes of fly-wheel accidents were
explained by Professor G. II. Benjamin of
the Case School of Applied Science, Cleve-
land, IN a recent lecture in that city. We
quote a few paragraphs from an abstract in
the Scientific Machinist March 15). Says
the Professor:
Fly-wkeel accidents may be attributed to
several causes, viz: ~ poor castings or
internal strains, (2l faulty construction
and design, 81 sudden shocGs or stops, (4)
miscellaneous external causes such as the
breaking of belts or shaft, (5) excessive
speed. The strain of throwing a heavy
load on and off suddenly will eventually
break any ordinary fly-whea. 1t
used to be rule that the
speed of rim of hy-wheel
should not exceed 5000 feet per minute,
but this had gradually increased until
double that speed was common. There
are thousands of belts running that fast
and many faster. Excessive speed, how
ever, is the cause of the majority of acci-
dents.
The tendency of f1y-wheel arms to break
at the hub has been known only about
three years. The centrifugal tension on
the rim of a hy-wheel is equal on every
square inch. There is some expansion in
the metal of the rims and arms, but it fol-
lows that the parts most firmly bound to
the hub will spring or bend outward under
this strain the least Midway between the
arms the rim will bend outward the great
est, and if one will make a wheel with a
rubber rim this will be very plainly no.
ticed under high speed. For this reason
joints should be placed at the spokes. It
is a mistake tn place them between the
spokes.
Castiron is treacherous material to use
in flywheels. The use of wood in flywheel
construction is a recent tendency in the
East. While wood is, in certain ways,
stronger than castiron ii. e., in proportion
to its weight wooden wheel Is probably
no better than an iron wheel, for the rea-
son that the glued joints are liable to give
way. Their strength can only be a mat
ter of conjecture. If one is TO be killed by
wrecked flywheel it makes little differ
enoe whether wood or iron is the instru-
ment
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
A UNICORN RABBIT.
STRANGE ONE-EARED QUADRUPED
CAUGHT NEAR ToCALoMA.

CAUGHT NEAR ToCALoMA.
Miss Bertrand, daughter of the hotel.
keeper at Tocaloma, captured a most un-
usual quadruped few days ago. 1t is a
specimen of the ordinary cotton-tailed
rabbit, but differs from the rest of his
tribe by not having his just share of ears.
In fact he has only one, and that is fright
in the middle of his forehead"
Possibly this rabbit realized that he was
different from his fellows, for he was first
seen only few hundred yards from the
hotel. When he was chased, instead of
getting away as fast as possible, he ran
into clump of shrubbery and staid there
until he was picked up. And the strangest
thing is that he never seemed frightened
at any time, but allowed himself to be
handled just as if he was used to it all his
life.
The body of Miss Ber:rand's rabbit is
exactly like alhether rabbits. and so is the
shape of his head. His fur is the same
color and there appears to be no difference
in size from others of his species. But to
look at him is startling. Ard all on ac-
count OF that strange, uncanny ear. It
sticks up in the widest manner and makes
the little animal look about twice his real
size. 1t also gives him the ferocious ap-
pearance that Indians have when they put
a feather on their head and twist it into
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
An Ice Bicycle.

Augustus ]. Brace and Edwin Brown of
New York have come to the relief of
bicyclists of that section of the world bv
inventing machine that can be used In
the winter. The invention is really an
attachment for an ordinary bicycle so that
it will run over the surface of frozen
lake.
To the front fork of the machine there is
fastened a steel shoe that takes the place
of the wheel that has to be removed.
This is bent in the form of a graceful
curve and is very springy. The pneu-
matte tire of the rear wheel is removed
and in its stead steel band with calks is
put on. On either side of the rear wheel
there is runner, the front end of which
is secured to the frame and the rear por-
tion to the rear axle. The rider keeps his
balance by the movement of the handle
bars the same as If riding over an ordinary
road in the summer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
The Emperor as an Inventor.

The latest capacity in which the Ger.
man Emperor has chosen 10 reveal him
self is that of an inventor OF q new system
OF fastenings for water-tight doors in men,
Of war. says the New York Times. He
turned up in the harbor of Syracuse the
other day, in the HohenZollern, and the
officers of the. British cruiser Astrea,
which happened to be lying there, were
not little astonished soon afterward to
see him approaching their vessel in a
steam launch, attired in the panoply of a
British ADMIRAL. He inspected the Astrea
minutely and then carried off the captain
to the Hohenzollern. After entertaining
him royalty. he took him down into the
engine-room and there pointed out a
water-tight door in one of the bulkheads,
which, he said, he had invented himself
and expected to see initiated generally.
cally as clipped door"-that is, it is Sc
cured when shut by means of short lever
catches which are called "clips." In the
e. .glish service as many as dozen of
these clips are often used TO secure one
door.
The improvement claimed by the En-
peror is that instead of having to work the
clips singly, thus involving several opera-
tions, he can, by an arrangement of levers
work them all simultaneously in one
operation only. Provided the mechanism
is not too complicated and likely TO GET
out of order the invention seems to be one
of considerable practical value, the mani
fest objection being that if the lever han
pened 10 be out of order at a critical mo-
ment all the clips and the door would be
useless.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
The New English Dictionary.

The completion of the new English die
tionary on the elaborate scale hitherto
followed is by no means certainty, says
the London Chronicle. For several years
the work has been carried on at high pres.
sure, especially in the department under
DR.. Murray's personal control; yet, despite
this fact, the end of D has not been
reached, and though E has been completed
by Henry Bradley, F is not yet finished.
That is to say. since 1884 only four letters
of the alphabet and portions of two others
have been settled with. At this rate of
progress it is hard to see how we can ex-
pect the last number OF the dictionary
under quarter of a century hence.
Meanwhile, the great expense to the
Oxford University Press continues. and IL
is quite within the bounds of possibility
that stoppage may take place. Much as
this would be regretted it is doubtful
whether such course would not be prefer.
able to the continuance of the work on
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
Model of an Atlantic Liner.

DR.. Frank Brandow of Pittsfeld, Mass,
was in New York the other day with a
beautiful shining toy which he proudly
exhibited to friends, says the Herald. The
doctor is well known in the Berkshire
Hill region as the possessor of a complete
laboratory and most ingenious skill in
mechanics, which he follows as a pastime
during his leisure hours.
zone year ago." said he, "when I made
visit to England, met j. c. Swazey,
Superintendent of the British Model
Works at London, where he showed me
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
X-Ray Pictures without Photographic
Plate.

Righl describes in LElectricien, says
the Electrical Review, London, an appa-
ratus by which he obtains the Roentgen
pictures without the use of the photo
graphic plate, by a method similar to that
employed by Lichten berg and Kundt.
Under the Crookes tube is fixed a sheet of
black cardboard backed by a sheet of alu-
minum, which is connected to earth.
Below this is fixed a sheet of ebonite.
backed with tinfoil, which latter is connect
ed through an air-condenser 10 the cathode
of the tube. The anode of the tube is also
put to earth. II a hand is now laid on the
cardboard, and subjected for a sufficient
time to the action of the tube, it will be
found that an electrical picture of the
hand la Roentgen has been imprinted on
the sheet of ebonite. This can be made
visible bv the we'll known mixture of sui
phur and red lead, or by another mixture
of tale and dioxid and magnesium, which
gives the effect more closely resembling
photograph. The bones etc., are shown
in these electroeraphs just the same as in
the Roentgen photographs.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
An Old scalping Knife.

An Indian scalping knife was found in a
tree in Clearfield County, Pa, few DAYS
ago. The blade was embedded twenty
feet from the ground, and as
the tree counted It's rings from the point
OF the knife to its hilt, it would indi-
cate that the blade had been in the same
position for almost two centuries. The
stamp on the side of the knife consists of
the representation of a crown and bottle,
and it was no doubt imported from Eng
land in the early day sof the colonists and
was probably traded to the Indians
Hardware.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

make such parts of it as bear the load the
strongest, and at the same time not use
any metal where it is not needed.
1t will be seen in the accompanying cut
that the upper bar is entirely done away
with by joining the upper ends of the
front and rear wheel-posts at a common
center and connecting them with heavy
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
Incandescent Gasoline Lamp.

Siegfried Marcus of Vienna, Austria, is
the inventor of a lamp intended to burn
some of the hydro -carbons such as benzine
or gasoline. The method of making these
fluids Illuminating is the same as Is used
in the well-known Wellsbach burner viz. ::
a mantle of thin wire of iridium so
placed that il becomes heated to incandes-
cence by the flame OF The burning gas.
In the lamp invented by Mr.. Marcus
this result is obtained by burner that
consists of three tubes. The outer one
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

the other side, and the two become one
piece of flesh. The upper portion of the
ear is not unusual, except for the fact that
instead OF toward the Sides The single
ear is nearly twice the size of one in nor
NAL condition.
Notwithstanding his popularity, the
one-eared rabbit is as happy as can be.
He hops around his pen in the liyeliest
manner, and when he is picked up shows
signs of being pleased at the attention.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
Paris-an evidence of many things which
cannot be gainsaid.'
Basket Carrier for Bicycles.

An attachment for any ordinary bicycle
so that 1t can very easily carry heavy
load OF parcels has been invented by Lem
uel 5. Manning of Oakland The contriv-
ance really converts the machine into
tricycle. for the time being. 1t can be taken
OH ana replaced in few moments.
There really is not much to the inven
tion. The principal portion is an ordinary