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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-04
EiffeI Tower Is Breathing.

Science now tells us that the great
| Eiffel Tower Of Paris breathes. 1t is not
| after the fashion of a human being, but
| 1t certainly moves. for Colonel Gull
| laume Basseurot, a government engi-
neer. formally deputed by the authori-
| ties of France, has made a careful eX-
animation ana 50 decided.
| It seems odd enough to think of the
great steel structure more than 1000
feet high being accused Of anything
saVoring of the human, but as it bends
and sWays, the simile does not seem 50
far fetched. after all.
The engineer tells US that there is not
a moment during the "A hours that 90
TO make up The day that the mass of
metal is not in motion. At first the
discovery created great alarm. ana
those who knew of it were cautioned to
say nothing. That is why the story
has only just been revealed. After the
engineer had made the most minute
sort Of an examination he discovered.
So he now tells us. that instead of the
tower being weakened by its motion. ii
was really guarantee of its safety.
The motion. too, is rhythmic, and not
a steady settling, first one inch, then
two inches and 50 on. but the tower
jingles and jumps Just as if it enjoyed
the realization Of its power Of motion
ana wanted others 10 know and appre-
ciate the tact At first the people who
did not know what made the queer
sounds in the tower took the supersti-
tious view, and said the noises We're the
voices of the ghosts Of the suicides Of
Paris, those unfortunate Wraiths who
are forced to stand sponsor tor all the
uncanny things that the Partisan
thinks he discovers.
The cause of this breathing Of the
tower is that the great metallic mass
contracts and expands, just as does the
chest of human being. Hence the
statement that the metal breathes. and
tin absolute proving of the fact that
at least perpetual motion has heen dis
covered in the form Of huge tower.
Perhaps it may be thought in the ma
ture of a jest to call this perpetual mo-
ton but who is there that has ever
constructed anything which more near
ly approaches it than this great mass
of metal!
The fact that the engineer whose
duty it was to examine and report as
tothe safety Of the structure has decid-
cd that the motion is an additional
proof Of the structures s0idity is con-
firmatlon of the decision Of the experts
regarding the great sky-scrapers of the
United States. which are really built
upon giant skeletons of iron and steel
1t was noticed a long time ago That
some of these BUILDINGS often shook
ard shivered, like Il person with the
ague. The experts examined them and
safety lay. If their was no vibration,
then every shock would weaken the big
building so constructed that it would
never bend. but break So our sky
scrapers are safe after all-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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Tagged Goldfish.

An experiment which is being viewed
With the keenest interest by the fisher
men along the Atlantic coast is now
being carried on at the United States
fish Matching station at Woods Holl,
under the supervision of Commission
er J. j. Brce.
For years and ever since the estab-
lishment of a fish Matching station al
Woods Holl continuous observations
have been made through the year in
reference to the habits, abundance,
and movements of the important fishes
of the New England coast. AT this sta
ton, as al all others, the product has
been from time to time seriously af-
fected by the presence of parasitic ami
mails and diseases peculiar to the finny
tribes. OF the food fish, the cod have
perhaps suffered as much from the
parasite animals as any food fish pro-
pagated at this station.
The cases have been given careful
study by scientists, and Investigations
carried on on an extensive scale. The
/results of the Investigations have been
most gratifying TO all concerned, and
it is evidently the intention of the gov
eminent TO make this station the most
important one on the Atlantic coast
utilizing the excellent facilities here
offered to the fullest extent While
the habits of all kinds of food fish have
been given careful study by the scien-
lists, that of the COO is now receiving
| special attention.
| With a view to securing more DEFINITE
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he real disease from which the nation
vas suffering was insdiously STRENGTH
eninS. and when the Cuban trouble
named Up three years ago Spain was
discovered to the world weaker than
ever With ali her splendid energy of
race still existing, administrative ca
paclty seemed to have deserted her.
me more desperately she struggled. the
more she seemed to founder heIplessly
IN qua&mire Of executive and military
incompetence.
Making every allowance for the en-
orinous difficulties in the way of cam
palgning in Cuba, the failure of the
Zoo,UOo soldiers sent there to subdue at
the most 10000 Insurgents is simply I'm.
pafalleled and colossal Authentic
stores OF WretChed equipment and in
adequate supplies and bad leadership
snow to what u depth of inefliciency
the service had fallen. Moreover, a
good deal of the military strength of
spain in Cuba was merely on paper.
she sent there, for the most part, only
conscripts, mere boys. Her very last
felhforcements, some 10000. sent to
cuba since the lst of January. are de
scubed by the correspondent of the
London Times as largely boys OF tif-
teen and sixteen years of age" Her
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BURlEIGA & FlYNT, Pubs Kennehec Journal

| information regarding some importart
| points concerning the cod the commits
! sion have begun to turn loose in the
waters of Vineyard Sound several hun
dred cod, which in weight vary from
six to twenty pounds. The fish were
procured from the fishermen in the vi
entity and stripped of their spawn at
this station. Before being released. a
numbered tag is fastened to each of the
fish. The tag is a small piece of COP
per or tin. and is securely fastened by
copper wire to the dorsal, anal or eau
dal fins
Commissioner Brice has issued circu-
lars and sent them to the fishermen
and dealers. urgently requesting them
when cod having such a tag comes
into their hands, to remove the tag and
forward it to the United States fish
commission, either at Washington or
at Woods Holl. The commission also
request that the following information
concerning the fish be sent to them:
Date when caught, on what grounds
taken. weight before being dressed, to-
tai length from end of nose to end of
tail. whether male or female and
whether eggs or milt We're ripe. large
but not ripe. or immature; also the
position of the tag.
This inquiry Wilt is expected. prove
of practical interest, by showing
among other things. the rate of growth
Of the cod, the frequency of its spawn
ing. and the extent to which the indi-
Vidual fish migrate, and the assistance
of the general public in fishing towns
iS ocI-o in, oyJo 10 la ar;
ment fully successful.
AS all the fish tagged and liberated
by the commissioners will be caught in
Vineyard Sound and the adjacent wa
tiers. it Will not be a difficult matter to
release them on their natural spawn
ing grounds. The fish which are tag
ged have to be handled very carefully
and Skilfully. both before and after
they are brought to the station. AS
Goldfish do not live for great length of
time after they are taken out of thei"
native element. it is only the nearby
fishermen who engage in the business
of catching them. Among the fish
thus far liberated are several that tip
ped the scales at over dozen pounds.
AS soon as they We're tagged they We're
put into a big tank and taken far out
into the sound and released.
The process of tagging these fish is
quite interesting and requires the ser
vices of two skilled operators. a small
hole is made through the dorsal, anal
or caudal fins, through which small
copper wire is passed. To this wire are
attached the tags, which are about
one inch in length. one-half inch in
length, one-half inch in width and
about the thickness of writing paper,
The numbers are stamped in the mid
die record of the fish released is
kept in book especially designed for
that purpose.
The work of liberating a sufficient
number of these large fish will not be
finished before next spring. as the
commissioners wish to give the expert
ment good trial. and. besides. it is
no easy matter to get just such fish as
are suitable for the purpose at this
time of the year.-Boston Globe.
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often acknowledged by Secretary Chase.
I VI fEe A33 members of the club in 1Se
put iifty are now living. Appropriately do
| the lines from Lincoln'S favorite poem an.
ply to this illustration of the ravages of
| time: "
SO the multitude goes like the flower a,
weed.
THAT withers away to let others succeed
20 me multitude comes even those We
behold "
| 10 repeat every tale that has often been
told.
one Of the most beneficial arrangements
rol promoting the welfare and the COM
lori OF their families WAS the "Allotmont
tomniSslnn. While the latter provided fol
me relief of wounded soldiers in actiy,
service and in hospitals. the former ar
ranged Tor securing the pay of the vol
un1eefs ana forwarding ii to the women
ana chlidren at home. The promptnesS
ana fdelity with which vast sums were
mus received and paid over to soldiers
iamlileS is one of the most satisfactory
features OF those troubled times 1t cost
Hiucil elIoIt To make IL understood through
the army that the Allotment Commission
Would attend without compensation to
TINS love service.
Inc effects were sanitary Tba Sol1inr
became more economical in avoiding need
less expense when he knew mar every
dollar saved would Immediately promote
the comfort of those at home The
commission s progress was often imncded
ny Wlntry weather and almost impasSahle
foadS. Nearly one hundred of the state
regiments were personally visited. in or
der to explain the law to the officers and
men, by addressing company after COM
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How Cuts Are Made.

Since in. probably. SO out of 100 of
our illustrated books the pictures are
either line-plates or ''halftones," 1t
may be we'll TO give an idea as to their
production.
Generally speaking the zinc plate can
be employed to reproduce any picture
III which the effect is produced by lines
or hy solid masses of black. a thin
sheet of fine zinc or copper is very
highly polished, and upon this smooth
surface is applied d sensitizins solu-
ton (bichromate of potash. distilled
water and the white of an egg), upon
which light acts chemically. A care
full negative is then maze OF the object
TO be reproduced. This glass negative.
white, of course. where the black lines
We're in the original is PLACED in a
frame with the sensitiZed zinc plate on
top of it, face down, and the whole Il
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exposed. to the suns RAYS for n few
moments. when the light acts upon
those portions covered by the white
INES OF the negative, and uuon tham
only The zine being removed and
rubbed up with greasy lithosrauhic
! INK, the latter adheres to those portions
OF the plate surface which have been
thus acted on, so that after \ WASH
ing with piece of wet cottonwood the
original drawing appears in black lines
OF INK on the fiat surface of the ulate
Upon this is sprinkled finely powdered
dragons blood Ca red resin). and the
whole is placed in an oven where tho
heat causes the powder TO combine
with the ink. The edge and back of
the plate are covered with asphalt
Varnish and it is placed in bath of
nitric acid, where the surface is eaten
away, except along the lines protected
by the ink and dragons blood. This
leaves a metal plate, with the picture
in relief. which can be blocked upon 4
piece Of wood or metal and printed
from.
AS stated above, the process cannot
be used for drawings with a brush or
Tor Notwithstanding in which
tliNie are Various tones ana shades
For these it is necessary to make the
negative through a glass screen upon
which there are very timely ruled lineS
or dots which break up and enable the
plate to hold the dark and light por-
tons of the picture. A moments ex-
animation will enable one todiscern the
nature of this screen in the gray back
ground of the ordinary half-tone and
even over the figures themselves
These, then, We're the substitutes fer
wood engraving which were suddenly
offered to the bOokmaker; and he was
not slow to discern their advantages
For. whereas an ordinary full-page
Woodcut by competent engraver re-
CURED several weeks in the execution
and cost anywhere from S75 to $500 Il
zinc plate or half-tOne the same size
could be rushed through on a pinch IL,
few hours and normally required
only couple of days while the former
would cost only a couple of dollars and
the halfItone from three to five times
as much. That is to say, for the same
expenditure, to leave out the time con
sderation, one could obtain about 20
times as many pictures, Photographic
ally reproduced and in no way depend
ent on the fancy of the engraver;" is it
any wonder that the business of illustTa-
tion developed so magically?-Henry
Wysham Lanier. in The Independent.
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would not keep it from taking one more
step in a decadence probably without
historical parallel. Glance only at a
map of the Western Hemisphere and
see the vast possessions which have
been sheared away from Spain within
a hundred years, and you Will begin to
understand her passionate ciinglng to
Cuba. the eVer-faithfui isle as Span
iards have delighted to call it. as the
last visible token of a vanished grand
eur Yet SPANS leaders cherish no il
lusionS as to the result of the conflict
upon which they are now entering to
retain Cuba. They know that they
will lose the island. that their lingering
prestige in Spanish America will disap-
pear in it's last Vestiges, and that
Spain will be plunged deeper than ever
i'm n,iseries No wonder that. even in
the same breath with their braVeSt de
fiance. they whisper Poor SPAIN
During the past twenty years. or
since the close of the last Cuban IN
surrection and the return of the Bour-
bons to the throne, Spain has had a
brcathing-spell. PERHAPS it might he
said that she was then given by fafe
her last opportunity She had peace
at home. after fifty years OF endless re-
volts and pronunciamentos ana dlcta-
torships and changes OF government
She increased rapidly in population and
in wealth. She even. under the lead OF
Sapasta and the Liberal party, accom-
pIisbcd many reforms in legislation
the suffrage was eNtended' iehsl""S
freedom established trial ny jury ob-
1ained. and so on. But all the While
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| is no way in which a case of lumpy Jaw
can always be positively diagnosed from
some other tumors by physical exam.
| iiiatlon alone. A microscOpical eXamina-
.ioii or a section of the tumor or Of tHS
! discharge from the tumor, if suppurating
| Is oIteh necessary in order to determine
| ne true nature of the tumor. In general
II there Is a gradual enlargement of the
| Jaw bone or slow-growing tumor about
the Jaw or throat without the history of
| an INJURY Of any kind there is a strong
| sis.
The disease is durable if not allowed
70 run until extensive changes or LESSONS
occur IN the jaw or organ affected of
such a nature that they are of themselves
lncnrable or will not heal after the death
OF the fungus. Th- specific remedy for
lumpy jaw is the iodide Of potash, which,
When properly administered quickly kills
the fungus, after which q speedy recov-
cry usually takes place with the gradual
absorption OF the tumor. The dose of the
iodlde is one to two dr2:ns Tor about one
ufam Tor each 400 pounds live weight, to
be given once daily and continued for a
week or ten days. Then omit for two or
thfee DAYS, ana repeat before until
cure is effected
A convenient method is TO dissolve one
ounce telght drams) of the iodide in q
straisht pint bottle of soft water. when
ii can be divided from the bottle with
sufficient accuracy, and given either as
a dreIch diluted in more water or poured
over q little dry bran or mill feed and fed
to the animal. The medicine is most
effective when administered in the morn
ing before feeding.
IF symptoms of iodism occur as will
be shown by loss of appetite weeping
eyes and a general catarrhal condition
OF the mucous membrane of the nose and
throat, the iodidc is being given to excess
and should be withheld for a few DAYS, or
the dose reduced. The bowels should be
kept moving freely by a laxative diet of
roots. bran maSheS, ensilage or other
succulent food, or by an occasional dose
of Glauber salts if found necessary
The meat is not injuriously affected by
moderate LESSONS of the jaw or about the
head when Suppuration has not taken
place and the general health of the ami
mai has not been affected. The dtseago
is rarely or never conveyed from one
animal to another or from cattle to man.
so that there is little or no danger to man
III the handling or the eating of the flesh
from an animal with actinomycoSiS if
otherwise i'll a healthy condition"
l.umpy jaw is fungoid disease due to
the Introduction and growth of ray fun
gus. The seed or spores of the fungus
usually gain access to the flesh or bone
through an artificial opening or sore, az
a diseased tooth or punctured wound |
Of the check, face or neck. In cattle the |
most common seat of the disease is in |
the jaw bones, where it causes an en- |
drgemtnt,
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Facts About Alcohol.

Scientific investigators in Germany and
Russia recently have been conducting an
inquiry respecting alcohol in its relation
to dietetics. They have obtained data
which seem to point to the very surpris-
ing conclusion that alcohol is actually Il
food. Notwithstanding the belief which
has long existed to the contrary. Both
men and women were employed in these
experiments. doses of alcohol sufficient
to induce slight intoxication being given
to them 1T is found that alcohol takes
the place of fat as fuel, furnishing heat
for the body. In small quantities it in
creaSes the appetite and helps digestion
But it overstimulates the action of the
heart, and decreases the power of the
man 10 do work. 1t diminishes the re-
quirement of food by lessening waste Of
tissue. These experiments We're tried
with brandy, claret, koumiss and kephir.
The last is a fcrmented beverage from
cows milk, prepared with a peculiar fer
ment called kephir yeast.
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pany. ANA obtaining signatures authoriz-
ing the commissioners to collect their
monthly pay.
The sums collected and paid over to the
families and friends of volunteers reached
the large total of over $."M 0uo in a single
year, These are 4 few facts connected
with the allotment commission. the laborS
of which We're Facilitated by the aid of
Col George ifliSS. Jr.. thrn paNmaSter
in the scale of honor are tn" allotment
commissioners themselVes-the late Th"u-
dore Roosevelt. William +. Dodge. Jr..
and Theodore IL. Bronson. upon whom
deVolXed the principal labor.
Six thousand delegates from the Chris
tian commission Went to The front IL
renuer assistance to the sick ana Wound-
ed, and during the war millions Of Bibles
and religious papers We're distributed
among the soldiers. Such work had hcen
done nowhere else in the world and it
would be safe 10 say that lhese three
commissions combined. doubled the
efficiency of the army II Was one of the
new ideas evoked by the war,
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Wa, unstable unless heavily loaded
With coal: but there was no coal to be
had at Cadiz. the Reina Regente was
ordered to sea, ran into Il gale coming
back, incontinently upset and now lies
at the bottom of the sea with all her
crew.
This Spanish habit of trusting to Luce
and improvsinS everything at the last
moment has we believe, marked
SPANS preparations for war with the
United States. Although that war has
been pointed to unerringly for two
years past. it bursts upon her sadly un-
ready Her troops III Havana are 50
unsupplied that the correspondent of
the London Times writing from tla-
vana on March 26. said that Il blockade
would reduce the army to starvation IN
"a very few weeks" And there Is
reason to credit the reports that the
Spanish fleet and coaling stations are
grieNously short of coal. For year or
TWO now coal has been very expensive.
Ii takes hard cash to buy coal, and
Spain has been living from hand 20
mouth in both cash and coal. She can
now command cash, but finds herself,
on the verge Of 4 naval war without
adequate supplies OF coaf and with none
obtainabe in sight But hattleShips
without coal are helpless hulks. Tins
circumstance. together with her disaf-
Vanta@es ON the score of distance from
| the probable scene of the war, makes
! the odds against Spain simply fearful
| Travellers in Spain report that inlel-
liupnt middle class Standards viii adj
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which can be brought against The CON
duct of public affairs. Yes we have a
Wretched government. In any othe,
country somebody would he shot far
this" There is the hopeless. fatalistic
creed Of the Spanish bourgeois; the
government is detestable. and kiIlinu
somebody is the only remedy. 1t is
surely great mySterv-this creepinr
paralysis. this accelerated decaaence of
q noble race. None of the off hand ex
plantations offered really explain. A
clever writer in Biackwoods is thrown
back upon the conclusion that all you
can say is, that there is something
spanish i'll the Spaniard which causes
nm to behave in Spanish manner"
Whatever the cause, We are no doubt to
witness the final extinction of Spain MS
an American poWef.-New York Post.
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UNHAPPY SPAIN.
A Melancholy Ruin OF Departed Greatness

Pobre Espana. wrote unlucky Minis
ter De LONE, and "our poor Spain" Is
the common phrase on the lips of span
iards. officials and others. who speak Of
the thic1ening perils confronting their
country. Even in the Queen Regent 8
speech, With oil its fine display Of ma
tional pride and courage. there was au-
dble note of profound melancholy, as
of a nation conscious that its inspiring
past and its most desperate efforts
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Advice to Girls.-Loosen your stays.
and breathe deep and full and long and
slow. and get all the blood in your body
purified and turned bright crimson.
Keep it up always, and it will make
the greatest difference in your COM
plexion and digestion. OXygenatc your
bodies and illuminate your souls.
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The best color for school exercise
boards is stated. by authority, to be
cream white, with ordinary crayons of
Sky-blue. and extra colors of canary
yellow, and a clear. dark green. Black
is the worst of all for the eyes.
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II you live in the country outside our carrier limits
we VIII send 1t to you by mail prepaid at so cents per
month. ~
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we will deliver to your door the daily Journal for
cents per week providing you live i'll any town or city
where we have carrier boy
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The crusade against the splitting
nuisance has now been taken up by the
health associations of Germany.