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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06

ELLswoRTm, Kan. July 3i.-Arthur
Redman. son Of wealthy farmer liv.
ing eleven milcs west Of here, while
Flowing in . Geld. was struck by
Itghtniog yesterday afternoon and
htmsslf add team instantly killed
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06

LITTLE Rock. Ark. Aug. l.-Comr
missioner w. G. vineenhellsr Of T.
state agricultural bureau est,maAaa
that the cotton crop Of Arlsanaas ~
been cut fully Afty per cent sheet .
the drought
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06
A Fatal Mishap Causes = Death.

A Fatal Mishap Causes = Death.
SHAWNEE. Okla. Aug. 3.-David
Kelly was fatally injured by a falling
shaft while putting up cotton gin.
and was carried to his home. When
his cousin, Mrs. Will Kelly. saw him
she fell dead Kelly's wife is not ex-
pected to live.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06

The Tudor Iron works Of East St.
Louis have closed down indefinitely
and 1000 men are ont Of work. Tho
president Of the company says the
oliver agitatioa 10 the cause Of the
6hut down.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06
A v,r~,.i. c.piealssCs ssieid&

A Vlrgiala CsDltaltscs Sosesd&
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. a-Edwsrd f
Barney. president Of th" Virgins
Navigation Company, sho: himse.s
this morning and died soon sfserwar6
No cause Is assigned
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06
a wom.. Pre.cher Married.

PIrrsBURe, Kan, Aug. 3.-Miss
Edith Hill, q Baptist woman preacher
and evangelist Of note, was united in
marriage last night to J. c. Booker OK
this city. The ceremony took place
in the Methodist church here and WAS
performed by the Rev. W. S. Webb OF
Girard and the Rev. A. H. Scott OF this
eitv
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06
Ohio Gold Democrats Confer.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Au2. About nj
teen gold Democrats from various
parts Of Ohio are in executive session
At the Neil house rs to the course to
nurxue on a national ticket
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06

Another New York Oxlahoma Divorce
PERRY. Ok, Aug. a-Louis p. Els
mer. New York city stockman, Sc
cured divorce to-day from his wife,
Mamie. He charged her with i'm.
proper conduct with other men and
Mrs Eismcr made sensational counter.
chargeSl
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18

Peculiarities of the Skin,

The skin is the only part of the hu.
man body that is not hardened by age
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18

seams, of mild steel. These cylinders
are called "Mannesmann bottles" and
can withstand enormous pressures.
The air stored in these cases passes
through reducing valves into pipes
which pass through hot-water tank.
The heat expands the air so that less
of it is used to obtain a given result.
The air pipes lead ito the platform
where the motorman is stationed, and
where the controlling valves are
placed.
The engine is connected with all of
the four wheels, and occupies less
space than an electrical motor of the
same horsepower. The motor is rapid
in action, but is under perfect control,
and the air is so elastic that there is
no jolt or jerk to the car when the
car is started. There is no danger
from an explosion, for even if the stor-
age cylinders should burst the steel
shell would simply peel off, the air
would escape and nothing but dust
would be raised. The storage tanks
or cylinders contain enough air for
round trip, and they can be recharged
in a minute or two. If the motor car
hauls trailer" storage tanks can be
placed in it, and a double supply of
the power" is ready for use.
Compressed-air men claim that in
every respect compressed air is SUI
perior to electricity for traction pur-
poses. They say there is no danger
from overhead wires, no armatures TO
be burned out, no trolley poles to OBJ
struct the street and no stopping of an
entire line because a single wire
breaks down. In Australia large num-
bers of sheep are sheared by com
pressed air. That is, the air operates
the devices which clip the wool. This
machine in the hands of one man does
the work of three men, and does it
cleaner, better and with less injury to
the sheep.
Recently stone carving or dressing
device operated by compressed air was
introduced. The chisel or cutting tool
works in and out at high rate of
speed after the fashion of the COM
pressed-air calkers used in boiler shops,
and, like that tool can be regulated at
will.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18

~ancs, the proposes In puncn vi
perhaps dozen or twenty. The por-
poises separate in pursuit as though
they had divided the school off and al
lotted it among themselves. The sal
mon is fine swimmer, the porpoise a
better one, and much bigger. The salmon
in their endeavors to escape crowd
upon one another and that impedes
their progress. The porpoises in pur-
suit sometimes jump so high and so far
that they tumble over, but they rush
on again when they strike the water,
and when they get among the fleeing,
struggling salmon they bite in all d.
rections. A single porpoise may kill
dozen salmon from a school.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18
UNDER THE WATER.
English Experiments with q Submarine
Torpedo Boat.

What is described as a very success
full series of experiments was made in
London the other day with a working
model of new submarine torpedo boat,
which will be about 90 feet long, with
proportionate depth and beam. The
model, of course, has the usual water
tight compartments and false keel, to
be detached in case of an emergency,
such as the sudden need of additional
buoyancy. The propelling power is cleo
tricity, supplied from storage cells
specially designed for submarine serv-
ice-the propeller being a single screw.
The cells are packed on each side of the
hull, leaving the central part free for the
service of the crew and the working of
the ship. The air supply has been the
special subject of investigation by the
inventor, who has devised a means by
which it can be purified, and the loss of
oxygen so made good that the crew will
be able to stay under water, according
to his calculations, for week. The
vessel has two coming towers. In the
foremost all the gear is mounted for
steering, putting the machinery in or
out of action, supplying the air, turning
on the lights, causing the vessel to de-
scend or ascend, or discharging her tor
pedoes, the tubes for which are on each
side of the bow. The after coming
tower enables any of the crew to get
out of the vessel when under water for
repairing or other purposes. The model,
brightly illuminated by incandescents,
dived into the water, remained sub
merged at two, three or four feet, as
cended and descended slowly or rapidly,
and depressed either her bow or stern
at will. 1t was evident that great care
and ingenuity had been exercised in
working out details and the spectators
present expressed the opinion that an
advance had been made towards the
realization of a project that has fasci-
mated inventors for centuries.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18
A RESPONSIVE POWER.
Compressed Air Is a Dangerous
Rival Of Electricity.
1t Runs Street Cars, Shears Sheep and
Caryes Stone-Used in Place of Belts
and Shsfting in Many Ma
chine Shops.

Compressed air as power is coming
to the front so rapidly that electricians
regard it as a dangerous rival. The
men who make the machinery for COM
pressing, storing, transmitting and ap-
plying air have made wonderful i'm
provements within the last few years,
and to-day they succeed in retaining
fully 80 per cent. of the initial energy.
Ten years ago compressed-air drill
that was able to utilize 50 per cent. of
the power which compressed the air
was regarded as a first-class tool, but
drills are working to-day which devel-
op 90 per cent. of the prime" power.
During the past two years, says the
Chicago Record, the clean, safe, fleX-
ible elastic and responsive power has
developed so largely that it has be-
come popular, and runs street cars and
locomotives, raises sunken vessels and
does many other useful things. 1t
paints buildings and steers ships. 1t
shears sheep and duSts carpets. 1t
mines coal, iron and precious metals,
and lifts water out of wells. 1t carves
stone and cleans castings. 1t mixes
chemicals and explosives and runs
clocks. 1t has thrown out belts and
shafting in many machine-shops, and it
operates sewing machines in private
houses. 1t carries mail and operates
block signals. 1t acts as refrigerator
and propels fish torpedoes, and it does
a thousand and one other things as
well.
Just at present compassionate mo-
tors for street cars are exciting consid-
cradle attention, and it is predicted by
mechanical engineers that within few
years compressed air will displace troll
ley cars ON many street car roads.
The compressed air men are SO con-
fdent that their favorite power will
take the place of electricity in many
things that they are talking of using
the current from the Niagara falls cleo
trio plant to operate compressors al
distant points and using the compressed
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18

near it's pectoral fin. The shark had
doubtless attacked the ray, received
thrust of its sting and this had stuck
in the wound. Some of the rays which
have stings are called sting-rays, or
stingarees.
Those which have long slender tails
are called whip-rays, or whipparees.
What use there is for such tail is hard
to guess. The eyes of our whip-ray are
at the sides of the head and do not show
we'll. The dark spots at the back of the
head are two large holes, or spiracles,
which open into the back of the mouth.
The gill openings, the mouth and the
nostrils are on the under side of the
head. The teeth are very remarkable.
Between the lower jaw there is broad,
fiat plate, made up of many smaller
plates, which run from each side for
ward and meet at an angle. The tip of
this plate projects slightly out of the
mouth. In the roof of the mouth is a
similar fat plate. The two plates form
pair of millstones, between which the
food is crushed. The food is made up of
small shell-bearing animals, crabs and
dead fishes. The movements of this
creature through the water are interest
ing, Having no broad tail, like an or
binary fish, to propel it, it depends on
it's broad fins. These it flaps slowly up
and down, and so the animal goes fly
ing through the water as a bird does
through the air. But they skim along
quite rapidly, and when alarmed they
quickly disappear. Standing recently
on a pier at a town in Florida saw a
number of these rays swimming about
Some of them were secured by throwing
harpoon into them. They are beanti-
fully colored, being blue black or brown
above, with numerous round pearly
spots.
These rays do not lay eggs, but pro-
duce living young, and the newly-born
young are of considerable size, foot
or more broad.
Some of the relatives of this ray reach
a large size. Out in the gulf one may
now and then see ray perhaps five or
more feet wide, leaping from the water
and Tapping his fins like great bird
| One species attains width of Is or &c
feet, or even more, and is one of the ami
mails that have been honored with the
\ title of "devil fish"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18
MICA FIELDS.
Principal Source of United States supply
IL In North Carolina.

Principal Source of United States supply
Il In North Carolina.
The wild and apparently worthless
mountain region around Bakersville, N.
C., is the main source Of mica for the
United States. Mica mining is one of
the greatest industries in North Caro-
lima and has yielded fortunes to those
engaged in it. Mica is found in ali
sorts of blocks of various thickness and
shapes, and can be split up and resplit
until it becomes the thin transparent,
flexible wafer of commerce. The ma
terial Is by nature imbedded in or scat
tered through the feldspar in masses
large and small, close together or far
apart, and is blasted from the rocks by
means of dynamite, the purer veins be
ing found between walls of slate. The
average size is about four by six inches,
although rare sheets of "a by 20 inches
are sometimes found The electrical in
dustries are large consumers of mica,
IL being invariably used as an insulat-
ing material on all high voltage arma-
lures and for various other purposes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18
PUZZLES BIOLOGISTS.
A Marine Curiosity with Decided
ly Peculiar Features.
1t Is Called the Whip Ray, and Looks
Like Butterhy-It Does Not Lay
Eggs, But Produces Living Its
Newly-Born.

Nearly every animal that lives in the
sea is called, in common language, a
fish" And so we have close relative
of the whales, an animal which has a
bony skeleton, breathes by means of
lungs and suckles it's young, called a
"black fish," Animals like the oyster,
the clam, the mussel are called shell
fish," although, having no internal
skeleton, they are farther away from a
true fish than even man is. Then again
all have seen "star fishes" creatures
wholly unlike any fish that man has
taken on any hook. Swimming abund-
antly in the sea are other creatures,
transparent as glass; colored sometimes
with the hues of the rainbow and con-
sisting almost wholly of water. These
go by the name of Jelly fishes" So
far as true relationships are concerned,
the black fish is in the far away north,
the shell fish in the distant south, the
star fish in the remote east and the jelly
fish in the wide extended west.
The picture shows this ray, as it is
called, or, more specifically, this whip
y
like a great butterfly than fish, but
the great wing-like organs at the sides,
says the Chicago Times-Herald, are the
enormously developed PICTORIAL fins,
which reach backward nearly to the
root of the tail and forward to the eyes.
behind these fins is a pair of small ven
trail fins. The tail is most remarkable,
being very long and slender and flexible.
If the ray has width of two feet the
tail may have length of four feet.
Right at the foot of this tail, on the up
per side, is a sting, bony organ three
or four inches long, pointing backward,
with teeth on each side, which point for
ward. When the animal is attacked it
can, by movement of Its body, thrust
this sting, or spine, into the enemy and
infiict severe and very painful wound.
Recently on the coast of Florida, while
skinning large shark, I found one of
these spines down deep in the muscles
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18
II FEARS HIS coUNTRYMEN.
Going Via British Columbia because of
Threats of San francisco Cinnamon.

Going Via British Columbia because of
Threats of San francisco Cinnamon.
1t is well understood among the small
army of Cinnamon in British Columbia,
that Ii Hung Chang, viceroy of Pechil,
fears to return to the orient by way of
San Franisco, owing to the hostility
of his countrymen in the state of Cali
fornia. In British Columbia there may
be the same organized hostility to the
viceroy, but the ill-feeling towards Ii
is, nevertheless, universal among the
orientals here. One prominent agitator
makes a bold suggestion through the
local press that the great statesman
be seized and taken to the leper settle
ment on the Lonely Darcy island, B. c.,
as life prisoner.
1t is settled fact that Ii Hung Chang
will return to the orient by the Canadian
Pacific railroad and steamer via Vancou-
yer, but to avoid any possibility of a
hostile demonstration he will be
quietly conducted to the steamer in wait
ing with other passengers. No civic re-
ception will take place. Prominent
Cinnamon here give rs their reason for
this hostility that Ii has spent his life
making money out of his country and
people until he is the richest man in the
world and that at heart he cares moth
ing for the country or the down-trod-
den collie. whom he spurns under foot.
Subscribe for the Daily Light.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18
Docs the Earth NInxe2

One of the wonders of the coming
Paris exposition will be 36O-foottower,
in which the scientists win experiment
with pendulum to ascertain if it is
possible to detect or demonstrate the
motion of the earth. A similar expert
ment was once made by Foucault under
the cupola of the Pantheon, but the re-
suit was far from satisfactory. In the
coming experiment the pendulum will
be $50 feet in length, with a steel globe
weighing $50 pounds at its end.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18
BICYCLE CAUSES BLINDNESS.
Remarkable Case of Losing sight from
Riding a Wheel.

kemarh3ble case OF Losing sfSht from
Riding a Wheel
The doctors of Wilmington, Del, and
Philadelphia are puzzled over a case of
blindness in the former city which has
resulted from excessive and persistent
bicycle riding. The victim is Mrs.
Emien Hughes, q prominent siciety
woman.
Mrs. Hughes was an enthusiastic
cyclist. While learning, however, and
even after she had acquired the mastery
Of the wheel, she had a habit of keep
ing her eyes riveted constantly on the
front wheel in her efforts to guide it.
The habit grew until her eyes became
affected with what the doctors dag
nosed as bicycle stare" Her eyes
panied her severely, but she continued
to ride, refusing to accept the dag
nosis of her doctors.
About the list of April the first symp-
toms Of blindness developed, and it
was necessary to confne her in dark
room. During her confinement her eyes
bled profusely and her condition be
came so serious that, she was removed
to a private hospital in Philadelphia for
treatment. At the hospital the sur
geons were puzzled in their efforts to
diagnose the case. They administered
treatment to stop the hemorrhages, and
for time afforded temporary relief,
but her condition grew steadily worse
until in July she became totally blind.
Mrs. Hughes is now in critical con-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18
Few Roads In Brazil.

According to Mulhall the vast terri
tory of Brazil is almost destitute Of pub
lie highways. Brazil Is somewhat
larger than the United States, having
an area of 3,2Oe,s7s square miles. There
are only 700 miles of public highway.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18
porpo,s., Among the salmon.

In Alaskan waters porpoises prey
upon the salmon that come in from
the sea to ascend the rivers in the
spawning season. The salmon may
be in a great school numbering thou
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-18

air for work at the place of consump-
ton, claiming that by this double ar
rangement more power can be devel-
oped.
1t is claimed that the greatest future
of compressed air lies in its applica-
ton to traction purposes. In Rome, N.
Y, the Hardie system of compressed
air street cars is in use.
The cars are about the size of the
summer cars used on the Clark street
cable system in Chicago, and the mo-
tor or propelling machinery is con-
cealed beneath the car. The motor
cars weigh about eight and one-half
tons each, and the compressed air is
stored in cylinders. made without
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-16
SENATOR GORMAN'S POSITION.

We published yesterday morning the
able argument from the New York
Journal in favor of the election of the
Democratic National ticket. 1t was
not only regarded as the best expo
sition of the Democratic platform in
this office, but finds warm commenda-
ton among all true Democrats. Yes
terday's New York Journal contained
the following ringing and strong let
ter from Senator German:
Being determined to stand by the
Democratic party as / always have
done, | am naturally delighted with
the editorial utteranees of the Journal.
The editorial that appeared in the pa
per this morning was one OF the
strongest articles that / ever read in
a daily newspaper. ] can best express
myself by relating the experience of
Stephen A. Douglas at his first meet
ing with General Jackson.
LAS every one will remember, Con-
gress passed resolutions condemning
General Jackson for his action at New
Orleans. Long after this a resolution
was offered and passed in the Senate
ordering that black border be placed
around the resolution of condemna-
ton, as it appeared in the journal of
the Senate. Of course this order was
carried out, and the black border still
remains.
Judge Douglas made one of his
great speeches in behalf of the resolu-
ton ordering the border placed in the
journal, and defended General Jack
sons course at New Orleans. Douglas
had never met Jackson at this time,
and the great Democrat sent for the
Illinois statesman to visit him at the
Hermitage. General Jackson's greet
ing was;
81 always believed that I was right,
but + never knew why / was right un-
til you told me in your speech.
so ! can say, in General Jackson
words, / believed that / was right in
remaining a Democrat, but now [
know why / was right, because ] have
read that grand editorial in this morn
| ings Journal"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-16
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

For Governor, CYRUS B. WATSON.
of Forsyth.
For Lieutenant Governor, THOMAS
". MASON, of Northampton.
For Secretary of State, CHARLES
NJ. COOKE, of Franklin.
For State Treasurer, Il. I. AYCOCK,
of Wayne.
For State AUDITOR Il. NJ. FURAIAN,
of Buncombe.
For superintendent of Public In
struetion. JOHN c. SCARBOROUGH,
of Johnston.
For Attorney General, f. /.
OSBORNE, of MeelIlenburg.
For Associate Justice Of the SUI
preme Court, A. G.. AVERY. Of Burke,
and GEORGE Fl. BROWN. of Beaufort.
For Judge of the Superior court of
the Fifth District, JAMES S. MAN
MING, of Durham.
For Electors at Large-LOCKE
CRAIG, of Buncombe, and w. G.
DOUGLASS, of Moore.
FOR CONGRESS.
Second District-F. A. WOODARD,
of Wilson.
Fourth District-EDWARD w. POU,
of Johnston.
Fifth District--W. w. KITCHIN, of
Person.
Sixth District. S. LOCKHART, of
Arson.
Ninth District. s. ADAMS, of
Buncombe.