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MISSISSIPPI KITCHEN. -

up. Oysters in all styles. Open day aud
night. Private rooms for ladies'. j. NJ
GATTMANN. Prop. Cap. Tel. 23l.
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CHANGED HANDS

THE NEW YORK KITCHEN. AS X, /:
now conducted by DE COSTA * CON
TENT Meals 15c and up. First-class IL
all respects.
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MANSION FATJRF

NJ y I-5NJIN T y Z X Z.
RESTAURANT DE FRANCE. 427 L
street formerly near Golden Eagle Ho-
ted. Family Orders. BanquetS and We'd
ding Parties q specially.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-10
BRAINS ANDKlDNEYS
ABUSING ONE BRINGS ON DIS
EASES AFFECTING
BOTH.
why Men Die of Bright's Disease
This Disease, as Well ms Any
Other Kidney Aflment, May BE
Cured by DOdd's Kidney Pills.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 9.-Men who
use their brains are prone to BrightS
Disease. No class of brain workers
more than editors and newspaper men.
The intense activity compelled by their
calling consumes great quantities Of
their vital energies. They get little
rest. They are constantly ION the
60" physically as well as mentally.
They eat irregularly, and, like most
other people, eat food that is not good
for them
But none knows better than they how
prevalent is Bright's Disease. The dis
patches are full of obituaries of men
cut down in the prime of life by Kidney
rnaladies. One of the brainest editors
this country has KNOWN. 3. McCul-
laugh, of the ST. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat, actually killed himself because
he found he was dying of Bright's Dis
ease. He suicided by dashing his brains
out. leaping from his window to the
pavement beneath.
No doubt his life could have been
saved by the recent discovery Of a med
icine that is a true and efficacious
remedy in all cases of Bright's or other
Kidney iseases-DODD'S KIDNEY
PILLS. Many a life has been saved
by it. Incalculable suffering has been
allayed by it.
Here in St Paul, a printer and bar
Der on Newspaper Row testify to cures
of Kidney complaint.
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became apparent that the Turbinia was not
making the speed she ought to. A great loss
of power was taking place at the screw.
Screws of various patterns were tried but
without benefit. Then it was remembered
that at the recent trials of the fast torpedo
boat Daring, with her screw running at a
speed of about 400 revolutions a minute. it
had been noted that loss OF mower began
to occur because Of the inability Of the water
to flow into place as fast as the screw drove
it backward. This formed a vacuum cavity
ahead of the screw, and gave il nothing to
work upon, so that little or increased
speed came to the vessel from increasing the
speed of the screw. ITO investigate the ques-
ton thoroughly" said Mr.. Parsons, "a spring
torsonal dynamometer was constructed and
fitted between the engine and screw shaft,
measuring the actua. torcue transmitted
The measurements conclusively proved that
the cause of failure lay entirely in the screws,
and, with the object of further investigating
the character of this waste of power, Sc
ries of experiments were made with model
wo-bladed screws of two-inch diameter. re-
volved in bath of water heated to within a
few degrees of the boiling point, and in order
that the model screw should produce analo-
gous results to the real screw, 1t was ar
ranged that the temperature of the water
and the head of water above the propeller
as we'll as the speed CT revolution, should be
such as to closely resemble the actual condi-
tons and forces at work in the real screw,
the object in heating the water being to OBJ
tain an increased vapor pressure from the
conditions with a more moderate and conve-
nient speed of revolution than would other
wise have been necessary.
1.-The screw was Illuminated by light from
an arc lamp reflected from revolving mir
ror attached to the screw shaft, w ich fell on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-10
REVENUE RECEIPTS

Washington Post.
The internal revenue receipts of the
United States government for the last
fiscal year show an increase of about
1 per cent in the income from the tax
on spirits, whereas the revenue raised
by the tax on malt and other ferment-
ed liquors increased no less than per
cent. The rates of taxation were not
changed. so that the incre ase in receipts
corresponds with the expansion of the
market for the liquors taxed.
These figures seem to prove that the
consumption of spirits is not increasing
in the United States as fast as the
population. 1t is evident that the rate
of growth in the last fiscal year was
not much more than half as much as
the rate of gain in the number of in
habitants.
On the other hand, the revenue from
the tax on beer and similar liquors in
dicates that the use of such alcoholic
beverages is fast outrunning the in
crease of the population. 1t is not
probable that the number of inhabi-
tants of the United States is growing
at the rate of more than 2 per cent a
year, and if that is so, the consumption
of beer showed an increase last year
about three times as great, in proper
ton. as the growth of the country.
This means that we are becoming
more like the continental countries OF
Europe, as nation, in the use Of st1mu-
lants and there ought to be much less
drunkenness in proportion to the NUM-
Der of drinkers than there used to be
when whisky was the great American
tipple.
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which are remarkable and 1t is not at all
beyond the possibilities that these expert
ments may lead the way to great revolu-
ton in marine engines. II nothing more
were promised than a reduction in the
weight Of the engines of ships, this alone
would be a great thing, and within a few
years marine engines have been SO improved
that instead Of using 500 or 600 pounds Of ma
chinery to produce a horsepower they are
now able to produce about seventeen ind
Gated horsepower for each ton of ma
chinery, but with the demand for high
speeds it still takes enormous weights OF
engines to supply the 10000 or 10000 horse
power which ocean greyhounds use. II the
turbine engine can be substituted 1t woulo
apparently save three-quarters OF this part
of the vessels burden.
Another extremely important result was
obtained. The turbine, being perfectly
balanced rotary engine, it has no tendency
to produce vibrations, destructive alike &c
ship and engines, which have virtually
placed a limit upon the speed OF ordinary
engines of about / 600 feet minute for the
piston motion. Mr.. Parsons declared tha'
the Turbnia Travelled at all speeds with an
almost complete absence of vibrations, ano
this was confiremd by Mr.. SWinton, VINO
had made several trips in her.
Mr.. Thorneycroft admitted that the con
sumption of steam was nearly as small as
the smallest record with which he was ac-
quainted The experiments with the Tur-
binia are to be continued, and marine en3l,
neers will look forward to the next report
which Mr.. Parsons may make with mucn
interest
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-10
A HIGH ROLLER.
What a GiIded Chicago Youth Paid
to Look at the Elephant.

There are some "high-rollirg" records
that the gilt-edged youth of Chicago
are in the habit of speaking of in aWed
whispers. but all of these, or nearly
all, were broken last week, l under
stand, by fierce and beardless rounder
of tWenty-one, who had resolved to
celebrate the attainment of his ma
jority in a manner BETTING his wealth
and station, says the Chicago Dispatch.
Having been kept in leading-strings
heretofore by a fond but not oVer-1ndul-
gent mamma-indeed, it is said that
his weekly allowance very little more
than equaled his expenditures for car
fare-it was not strange that the young
man, on finding himself twenty-one
and the possessor of fortune of half
a million on the same day, should start
out on his new career with rush. His
first act was to visit the family bank
and draw So 600 in hundred dollar bills,
and his next to find a boon companion
to assist him in spending the money.
The efforts of this happy pair to see
just how fast they could make the cash
fly were both picturesque and beautiful.
After three or four hours battling with
bottles, they brought up at popular
resort where some scraps of their con-
versation were overheard by an agent
of a so-called club that bears the
name of an English duke. A visit to
the Club followed and resulted i'll
about 3d. coo of the s. ,000 finding it's way
into it's Golfers in about forty-five min
utes. This, however, was a trifie. Moth
ing daunted kid Croesus." as he has
since been christened by his admiring
friends, drove over to the Union club
with his companion, and proceeded to
transform that dignified abiding place
of the North side male aristocracy into
a cross between a beer garden and the
Midway Plaisance. This boy has a
winning way with him, and decorum
and the proprieties were relaxed in his
favor. Even the walters were remen-
bcred in the offering to Bacchus, and
the wobbly-footed menials who were
kept busy until midnight sending in
ambulance calls for the even more
wobbly-footed jewellers stood on the
sidewalk in body, 1 believe, after the
last dead one" had been borne away
and cheered the kid to the echo The
family lawyer so I am told, volunteered
to make the club wi h the ducal name
disgorge when he heard of it's share in
the days proceedings, but this the gay
spendtl1rift promptly forbade under any
circumstances. 81 had my fun" he
blithely declared, "and I'm willing to
pay for it." A laudable sentiment
enough. no doubt, but how long will the
half-million last at such a pace?
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Herd shall consist of one bull and four 70

fuerd shall consist of one bull and four fe-
males. nd
Young herd (beef breed, under two years
old owned and females bred by exhibitor,
first, $50; second, $25; third, commenced;
Get of one bull, owned by exhibitor loeei
breed, four or more of any age or SEX hrs''
s5O. second S25; third commended.
Glass 35-Herd Sweepstakes, any Breed
Herd shall consist of one bull, in beef breed
only. any age, and four females OF grade9
ages.) Herds of graded ages are comprised
as follows
One bull Of any age.
One COW three years ola or over.
One COW two years old and under tnree'
One COW one year old ana under two'
One heifer under one year old.
Entrance fee, 10 per cent OF frst money.
Herd of cattle (beef breed, belonging to one
individual or firm. any breed s sls'' $-'o'
ond $50: third 500; fourth, sou
Glass 36-Beef Breeds, by Ages. Eh'i rance
fee, 10 per cent of first money.
Bull three years old or over, $Eo. .o-
Bull, two years old and under three go
Rul one year old and under two 40,
P',m ooif Under one wear old and over four
months, S25. COX
Cow, three years old or over, 40. cox
Heifer, two years old and under three 90 30
Heifer, one year old and under Two go.
four months $25. ,.a of
Rraaders' Stske-For the best beef hero OF
ga file six in number. any age VI
or sex. owned and bred by the eXhlp,eol
Conditions: 500 entrance fee and $l0o aadeu
by the society, the whole amount OF the stake
TO be divided follows;
To the bast lot 90 per cent of the STAKE.
To the second lot, % per cent OF the stake
To the third lot Is per cent of the stake.
To the fourth lot. 10 per cent OF the STAKE;
Grade Catte-(An importers OF pure ored
cattle barred)-Class 81. Beef Breeds
Cow. three years old over, first, Sl5; sec
ond. $40. eust
SO: second, $40. s.a+
Heifer, one year old and under two first
SIC: second, s.. so,,r
Heifer ca,f under one year ana over iour
months first. IS; second, 50.
Sweepstakes 49,
Best four females. any age, owned in the
state first $25; second $15 l4
Glass SS-Dairy, or Milk Breeds
Cow three years old or over first, SIS; sec
Heifer, two years old and under three first,
So: second, so. c..
Heifer. one year old and under two hrst'
$40: second S.. e,,,
Heifer calf, under one year ana over loui
months. first, IS; second, So
Sweepstakes . +,,o
Rest four females. anv age, owned in the
state. first, SIS; second, $40.
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it at one point only of the revolution, and by
this means the shape, form, and growth of
the cavities could be clearly seen and traced
as if stationary. 1t appeared that cavity
or blister first formed a little behind the
leading edge and near the tip of the blade;
then, as the speed of revolution was in
creased, it enlarged in all directions, until,
at a speed corresponding to that IN the Iur-
binia's propeller, it had grown so as to cover
a sector of the screw-disk of ninety degrees.
When the speed was still further increased the
screw. as a. whole revolved in cylindrical
cavity, from one end OF which tue places
sclaped eff layers of solid water, delivering
them on the other. In this ex rene c3se ne>r-
ly the whole energy of the screw was eX-
pended in maintaining this vacuouS space. 1t
also appeared that when the cavity had grown
to be little larger than the width ct the
blade the leading edge acted like wedge,
the forward side of the edge giving negative
thrust.
Prom these experiments it would apnear
that in all screws, of whatever slip ratio,
there will be limiting speed of blade, de-
pending upon the slip ratio and the curry
allure of the back-in other words, on the slip
ratio and thickness of blade; beyond this
speed great loss of power will occur and
that should the speed of ships be still fur-
ther increased the adoption of somewhat larg-
er pitch ratios than those at present usual
will be found desirable. 1t is not prop osed
here to trace further the losses Of power by
cavitation, but, generally speaking, the ef-
feet is felt in the case OF the real ship. not
in the racing of the screw, but in loss OF pro-
pulsion effect.
In general practice it was found that the
cavitation began when the Pressure On the
propeller blades exceeded liz pounds. AS
the cavitation resulted from the sip CT the
screws it was determined to remedy 1t by
distributing the strain among three screws,
and the single engine WAS removed and re-
placed by three sepat&-c turbine engines,
and each taking the strain turn. The!
were graded in size as are the cylini'"s OF i"
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TTNh /ALH

to this is placed a stationary plate,
held in place by Tugs fitting into the
outer case; then another revolving
plate. and then a stationary plate, and
so on until the whole turbine is made
up. When this is completed and the
engine is at rest the passages for the
steam through the openings of the
rlates will be all open, but each set
presenting zigzag course. Now, II
steam be admitted, as it rushes
through these passages it has the same
tendency to Straignten out the pas
sages as would bar of metal driven
through them. This sets the plates
fast to the shaft revolving in cirec-
ton opposite to the slant of their orl-
estimated as equal for each plate to
So per cent of the expansive power OF
the steam. and a power for the Whole
of 81 per cent of the steam force.
.sMore recently" Mr.. Parsons said,
compound turbine engines have been
cCnstruc led up to 900 horsepower, both
cordensing and non -condeilSlng, ana
consumptions of steam as low as four
teen pounds per indicated horsepower
with saturated steam, and 100 pounds
boiler pressure, have been ascertadned
in engines of 200 horsepower, and still
lower consumptions in engines OF larger
size. Many OF the original engines are
stil1 doing good work; some, especially
the larger sizes of 500 horsepower and
1nwa I'd. are frequently kept at work
for several weeks without stopping
The returns of the Newcastle and DIS
trict Electric Lighting company show
yearly cost Of up-keep of 27s per
cent ner annun,j and the total horse
newer of the turbines now at work IN
England exceeds 10000 horsepower
an January, 1894, syndicate was
formed to test thoroughly the appllca-
t;on of the compound steam turbine to
marine propulsion. In view of the
large amount of alteration that would
nrobably be required before sat1sfac-
torv issue was reached and the large
arnount of time and expense neces-
e5rilv involved, it was decided to keep
Tho dimensions as small as possible,
h1,t not so small as to preclude the
possibility of reaching an unprecedent-
81 rate of speed should all the parts
work as satisfactorily as was antlcl-
pated.'' so
80 these trials is constructed of steel plate
VARYING in thickness from three slxteenths
IF an inch at the bottom to one-sixteenth OF
on inch at the sides near the stern; 100 feet
long over all nine feet beam, and weighing,
cnmplete without machinery or stores
f,fteen tons. AS originally fitted up tine
Turbinia had one engine and screw, which
were calculated to develop and use upward
Of zoe horse power with speed OF 2.oO0
revolutions a minute. Steam was supplied
by water tube boiler built to supply, steam
OF 225 pounds working pressure. and with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-10
WAS AHEAD ANYWAY
Could Afford to Get Turned DOW
hy the Ticket Taker.

The night of PresiC ent Mckinley S
inaua,,raIion the theaters in Washing
ton were throrged with strangers, Who'
having been unable to ind accommoot-
lions at the hotels, sought refuge III
the temples of Thespis, says the Chl-
cago Times-Herald. At the Grano, al
ter the performance had been conclu-
ded the audience dispersed and the
theater darkened, /. there was seen TO
emerge from the interior OF the mousse
gripsack in hand, an old fellow, very
rural. and wearing WnlSk-pfooln
Whiskers He looked trif1e dazed ana
altogether sleepy. He went on his way,
however, without saying anything 10
the few attaches who were standing III
the lobby.
and as the people filed in the doorkeep-
or recognized the rural and belated
countryman Of the night before Inc
same valise was tightly gripped in ms
hand. and as he came TO a full stop ne
asked:
DO yer run this here shown
81 only take tickets at the door" was
the reply.
Wal, see here continued the rural
enc. yesterday I seen Mr.. Mckinney
swore in and l follered. that ere pur-
cession Ground till / were most ready
ter drap. Cum in last night and bought
a ticket for this here show. Soon as |
cot SGT cunlfer'ble, ] fell asleep ana
never woke up ontil man with Ian
tern shook me and made me git, SO
never seed nuthin'. Kin l go in now.
The applicant for free admission was
informed that he would have to pur-
chase another ticket.
But l didn't see nuthin' last night,
he protested.
The doorkeeper was obdurate and re-
fused to be shaken.
The old man was getting excited
Finally he broke out with:
This is one O. them bunko games
hearn Kasiah tell Nv, and l won't"
What he would not was never
learned, for, all of a sudden, he began
laughing. and between loud outlaws, as
he walked away he was heard to NUT
ter:
"Gol durn me eff I didn't do 'em up!
The ticket I bought fer the show cost
me half a dollar, and they wanted to
charge me 81 for a bed at the hotel
GOSH I had a good sleep. But if them
there fellers knowed that they'd claim
the other $3.50"
And with that he disappeared in the
street.
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of the proceedings of meeting OF the
Institution of Naval Architects, held in
London, was received. 1t contained a
paper read before the institution on
April s, by Carries Algernon Parsons,
inventor of the engines used in the
boat, and he gave detailed account
of the Turbinia and her performances.
Mr.. Parsons is an engineer OF high re-
pute and comes of an ancestor who dld
much in his time for science. Mr.. Par
sons is the youngest brother of the
Earl of Rose and a son of the third
Earl of Rosse, the builder of the great
est rejecting telescope that was ever
constructed
HOW ENGINE IS CONSTRUCTED.
There are three distinct styles Of the
engines now known to the market.
Two of them, the Parsons and Dow
turbines, are not unlike in principle OF
operation, while the third, the De La
val engine, is very different. All are
alike i'll that they are adapted to run
at enormously high speeds, such as are
not even attained practically by the
electric motor Mr.. Parsons first de-
scribed his engine in 1885, although it's
manufa cture was begun in 1885 for the
purpose Of driving dynamos. Up to
1892 the turbine consumed so much
steam in proportion to the power de-
Veloped that it was not considered
available for such purpose as driv-
ing boat, although it had proved OF
high value for very rapid work. IN
1892, Mr.. Parsons said, a compound
turbine adapted for condensing was
constructed by the Cambridge Electric
nd when. This
tested by Prof Ewing it developed
power at the rate of ore indicated horse
power for each ISL pounds Of steam
used per hour, with a boiler pressure
of 100 pounds to the inch and the steam
superheated to 1877. degrees Fair. above
the point of saturation. Mr.. Parsons
steam turbine engine, as made for or
binary stationary purposes, consists OF
two series of what are known as par
allel flow or journal turbines mounted
on either end of a common shaft, so
that when steam is admitted at the
inner ends Of the turbine series at the
center of the shafts length the pres
sure will be balanced and the shaft
will have no thrust either way.
Each complete turbine or series Of
turbines, as they are In fact, is made
up of alternate revolving and station
airy plate through which slanting per-
forations have been made in opposite
slants in each class of plates. These
plates are made of circular brass. turn
ed so that their outer edges fit into I,
circular casing and their faces fit
closely together and are perforated,
like the drawing shown. The plates,
which are to be stationary. are cut
into two parts for convenience in put
ting into place. The turbine is made
up by taking first a, revolving plate
and keying this fast to the shaft. Next