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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-19
American Mission Attacked.

London September 15.-The Shanghai cor
responGeut of The Daily News says reports
have been received there of serious rloting
at Ho-Ch The American and trench
missions have been attacked and the latter
burned
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Commissioner Peck in Paris.

Paris, Scntombcr f9-Ford' nand w.
Peck the United States commissioner 10
the Paris exposition of 1890. with Us family
and staff, has taken up quarters at the
Continental hotel until he can find suitable
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-19
Rupture Cured.

Satisfaction guaranteed; knife; will
have to see patient once week. Dr.
Tucker, 16 Broad street. Atlanta, Ga.
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A new company with a capital of So 100000
has been formed in London to put 1000
cabs in the streets at half shilling
short ride in place of the present shilling.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-19
epzar,y MORPHINE and WHISKY

Habits cured in ten to twenty days. No pay
till cured Book of particulars Free Address
DIR. j. l.. stephens, Bept. Il, Lebanon, ONO.
Mention The Atlanta Constitution.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-19
The Protocol Adopted.
PROTOCOL is ADOPTED.

The senate ~ todtys session definitely
iopt.l I'll" ilispuuo-Amcr,can protocol
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-19
CORTES is PROROGuED.
Body Was Becoming obstreperous ana
Threatened Trouble.

Madrid September M.-The premier
senior Sagasta. has obtained the queen re-
cents signature to Il decree prorogulnS '"e
cortcs. and with it ended the stormy ScS~
sion OF the senate.
General Primo de Rivera demanded an
;pouIrv into his administration OF the 1hil-
n,,,ine islands. and in 50 doing he sald the
attac1ye OF Count Almcnas were only III
for the mouth of a miserable slandcfcr'
Count Almonas was endeaV"r!hG TO re-
p},, when Senior SaEasta read the decree
proroguing the cortcs.
Count Almcuas and General Rivera, Srpa-
ratc1y. approached the president III a nos
tile manner. and 4 duet is expected.
Premier Sagasta afterwards read the ue-
cree IN the chamber of deputies.
1t is expected that the spanish peace
commissioners will be appointed without
delay
A painful impression mas been caused
here bv a statement made by The Pa!5'
saring the United States intends to ""-
n.and S20.0J0000 indemnity in hchall OF
American citizens who have suffered
through fhe insurrcction In Cuba. me
Spanish peace commissioners will strong
" oppose this. il is claimed. but fears pre-
vail that the United States win become
p.tilcys and press its advantage to the Ut
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
DOCTORS TALK OF MARRIAGE.
They All Auree THAI 1t Is Not Only the
Happiext but Also the
Healthiest State.

Two men reasoning from entirely Differ
ent standpoints agree in an article IN a
New York paper that marriage Is not only
the happiest but most healthfui state OF
existence. Justice Ephraim keigwin, OF
Jeffersonville. Ind, who has married o,on
couples in thirty years, says:
Marry young. is my advice. II you can
not marry young, marry as young as you
possibly can. and. above all, marry: Most
matter of give and take. and as a whoif
1t is better for a man and a woman to be
married. even if they do quarrel OCCASION
ally. than 1t is to remain single / believe
that married life makes people better. 1t
has more restraining influence. which -
found in no other relation. 1t throws a
responsibility on men and women which Jew
shirk wholly. There is more genuine, saw
ing religion in the marriage ceremony than
in any other ceremony performed by men,
Cupid has found another strong cham
pion in the person of DIR. Edward B.Foote
OF New York. This physician gives facts and
figures to show that 90 per cent of the in
mates OF our insane asylums would not
at all, or if their parents had been mar
ried at the proper time. DR.. Foote thinks
that a law should be passed making it
compulsory for all young people to marry
between the ages of 10 and %. Speaking Of
his views. DR.. Foote said:
W have no means of getting at the
exact figures OF insanity in the United
States at the present time. but we have a
good criterion in the figures compiled on
the same subject for Great Britain. This
report shows that at every age from 10 up
to 65, and even upward. tie chances of a
single man becoming insane are six times
greater than the chances of a married man
going mad. Between the ages of 20 and "a
the odds against the single man are some
thing like seventy-seven to ten, although
they become slightly smaller as the ages
increase"
DR.. Foote said from his experience in
having charge of an insane asylum he be-
lieved these figures equally applicable to
the United States.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
HANDsoMEsT IN AMERICA.
Altar Dedicated at Brooklyn by Dig
nitaries of the Catholic
Church.

st. Augustine's church. Brooklyn. was re-
Gently the scene of imposing ceremonies in
connection with the dedication Of what is
regarded as the handsomest altar in the
United States. Mgr. Martinelli. apostolic
delegate. celebrated high mass, many high
dignitaries of the church also taking part.
The altar compares In beauty of design
and elegance of workmanship with many
of the famous affairs of Europe and it Is
said to Surpass anything of the kind ever
attempted in this country. 1t covers the
gether seventy feet in length. 1t Is of
three parts, consisting of the main affairs
and two side affairs, which are placed in
the transepts. The side affairs were con-
secrated separately Saturday morning with
out special services.
design and give the effect at the entrance
of the church of being one. The material
used is white Italian and Vermont marble.
Onyx is used In the shafts of the columns
dividing the altar INTO sections and separat-
ing the reliefs representing Biblical scenes.
tending the width of the sanctuary. is d.
vided into four inches. TIL central niche. a
minaret of elaborate carving, rises thirty
three feet from the floor. In the center,
supporting the exposition throne. are two
a~rchangels. This minaret has four copies
the four inches are ~life-size statues of st.
Paul, St. Augustine. st. Monica and st.
Ambrose, of white marble. High relief pan
els adorn the reredos.
The four scenes are eXcellently sculptured
and portray Christ Raising the Widows
and Goliath and The CanaanitiSh Won
an Touching Christ's Garments" The main
panel is a group of ten figures. showing
Christ welcoming the afflicted.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
SHE COULDN'T BE A MATE.
Tho Wife of Captain Strachnn's Re-
quest for Examination
Refused.


Lady Ernestine BrudeneIl-Bruce. whose
application to the British board of trade to
be for a yacht masters certificate
was recently refused. is not the only one OF
her sex who thinks she has good cause to
complain of the selfish conduct which char
acterizes the dealings of tyrant man, con-
cludes the London Daily Mail. Mrs. John
Strachan. a Tasmanian lady has a like
grievance, with claims. IL ANYTHING, strong
er than those of her sister mariner.
This lady is the wife of Captain Strachan,
well known in the Australian colonies as an
small ketch the Envy, a vessel of not more
than eighty tons burden. he navigates the
Eastern seas. sailing round the Australian
continent. up through the Java seas to the
Malay Peninsula, and round by the Sula
Islands and distant New Guinea With d
miscellaneous cargo of British wares he
barters these for the produce and spices of
Islands far remote from the track of
traders. and with the wild, uncivilized races
seen the face of any other white man.
1t was while returning from one of these
the captain and four of a crew of Kanakas.
and the sole management of the ship de-
volved upon Mrs. Strachan, who took the
wheel. and. unassisted. after many weary
days and stormy nights. guided the vessel
in safety into Sidney harbor. gaining for
herself from the colonial press the name of
Mrs. Strachan has been for many years a
mate in a double sense TO her adventurous
husband, who on one occasion WIS sent IN
charge Of an expedition to New Guinea.
where he discovered what is recognized on
the admiralty charts as Strachan island.
His later efforts have been TO stimulate his
countrymen to purchase the Island of fimor
Deli from the Portuguese. who, although
unable to cope will a rebellion of the
natives. refuse to part with this interesting
relic of their former colonial possessions.
A year or two ago thisl lady asked for per-
ono officer. but her request was refused.
though it is admitted that she probably had
q better knowledge of nautical matters than
three-fourths of the candidates VINO were
allowed to present themselves.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
A WAVE-P0WER MOTOR.
Dine of the Latest Novel Applications
of the Sources of Power
I'm Nature.

One Of the latest and most novel ap-
plications of the great sources of power
in nature has been successfully made by
3. Morley Fletcher, NJ. Inst. c. E., OF
Westminster. In an apparatus which he has
designed for utilizing the power of waves.
Many attempts have been made in this
direction before and there are endless rec
ords of the design of such machines, most
of which have not got beyond the paper
stage. Mr.. Fletcher has. however, over
come the principal difficulties and he has
now several machines actually working In
Dover bay with most satisfactory results.
TIL action of the machine is simplicity
Itself and may be explained as follows:
into the water. there is Very little resist
ance offered; II you fix a small disc of any
material to the end of the stick and then
push there will be considerable resistance.
the amount depending upon the size OF the
disc. Now. take such a disc, a long tube
having a piston representing the cane
working at its upper extremity in a cylinder
attached to a floating buoy. The disc with
tube attached is so constructed that when
water it will Just float with a few feet Of
the tube vertically out of the water. When
the whole apparatus is placed in the water
the disc sinks to its normal position below
waves. AS the waves rise and fall the
buoy does the same, but the resistance OF
remains stationary. The consequence Is
that the buoy. with the cylinder attached,
moves IN and down the piston rod at
tached TO the disc. and the power thus
obtained. measured by the resistance of the
disc. may be utilized at will. Such is the
general principle of the apparatus: and 1t
is unnecessary 10 describe the various de-
tails of pipes and valves, which. of course,
vary with the uses to which the machine
has 10 be put.
Taking an apparatus about twelve tons
in weight and placing ii in the water it
will throw an almost continuous stream
from a large pipe. This is done at Dover
bay. Another apparatus is there. blowing
a large fog horn. while n third is driving
a small dynamo and generating sufficient
electricity to keep a light constantly going.
NJ these machines are self-contained. per-
fectly automatic. and require very little
attention. The uses TO which this appar-
atus can be put are innumerable. The
power is collected from the motion of the
waves in The form of potential energy and
can be utilized for any purpose where
other power is now required. 1t would be
specially adapted for supplying electric
light to seaport towns. for pumping sea
water into tanks for street watering or
icals. the machinery for which might be on
icals. the machinery for which might be on
board n barge anchored near the motor.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
IMPORTANT CANAL IN RUSSIA.
One to De Built TO the
Black Sen and the Baltic
Sen.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Next spring work will be begun upon the
great canal through Southwestern Russia
that when finished will connect the Baltic
with the Black sea. The political signih-
canoe Of this work is evident, and II is OF
far greater Importance than the Industrial.
This great waterway will enable Russian
vessels to so from st. Petersburg TO Con-
s~tantinople without passing hostile forts
OF being In danger from the navies of other
nations. and IL will generally enlarge the
scope OF Russians maritime effectiveness
The work Of building the canal is a STU
pendous one. but il is not as great az one
would think on first consideration of the
length of the canal. which is to be 1.dS0
miles. The river Duna. flowing into the
Baltic, and the river Dnieper. emptying
in the Black sea. are not far apart at their
sources and only l20 miles of canal will
have to be dug outright. The rest of the
distance will be through canalized rivers.
The canal is TO he 2I fee, wide and PSI.
feet deep-so that the largest war vessels
can pass through with ease. The banks
will he strengthened. in order that a speed
OF six knots can be maintained. and the
tourney from one end to the other accom-
plished within a weeks time. The cost will
Sc about 100000 and it will require four
wears 10 finish the work. So far nothing
has been done toward the work except the
elaborate surveys and estimates. just COM
Melted.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
What He Missed.

A gentleman in business in Colombo, saws
the Homeward Mail. was recently asked
by his fond maternal parent If there was
any little thing he could not get in Ceylon
which she could send him. His answer was
amusing. What / miss most" he wrote.
ARE such things as English weather, En-
glish society. English streets. English shops,
English rivers. English roads, English
glish drink. English art, English refinement
and English morality. After this detailed
account of my needs, II you wish to send
me any little thing | cannot get here you
will know what TO send
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

Tacoma to Dawson City to fifteen days.
The distance /; 1,6oo miles. The distance
by ST. Michaels and the Lower Yukon is
400 miles, and the tim fifty days when
the trip can be made without interruption,
which is possible for an average of only
days after leaving the sound passengers
are landed at Dyea. In twenty-four hours
thereafter they are at Lake Lindemann
from which point the remainder of the
trip must still be made by such means
as the gold hunters may themselves pro-
vide. If they start early. which most of
Ia advise. they will go by sleds over the
crusted snow or on the ice of the river,
If later. they float down the Yukon in
boats.
The railroad and tramway when COM
pleted Will have a capacity of 120 tons per
day. This will be sufficient to carry over
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

crossing at a point. $500 feet above the sea
level; At the end of the line the cars are
cable, by an automatic device, and are
again taken up when ready to be returned,
with equal ease.
The iron posts, or trussed towers, on
is carried. are thirteen feet high where the
ground is comparatively level and are set
at a minimum of 100 feet apart. Where the
country is mountainous and deep canons
are to be crossed. the spans are much
longer and the towers carrying them pro-
p~ortionately stronger. The longest span
on this route is 1.GG3 feet. In passing over
1t. and other spans crossing from peak to
reak in the rougher places. the cars some
times pass at a dizzy height. But as they
cannot leave the cable there is no danger.
Fifteen Days to Dawson.
This tramway will reduce the time from
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

A special to the New York World from
Tacoma says: No more toilSome journeys
of men bent double under the burden of
weighty packs in Chilkoot pass. no more
slaughters of wretched, exhausted pack
beasts, no more extortion by Indian pack
ers-that is, if the projectors of the aerial
cable do not fail in their promises. AL
ready w. n. Burkholder, of San Francisco,
is on his way to Dyea to erect a transmits
sion plant for the operation of the tramway
by electricity, and February l, it is said.
gold hunters and their stores will be shot
through the air over the craggy trail.
The aerial tramway is not a new thing
by any means. 1t has been in successful
operation in mountainous mining regions
for several years. Thousands of tons Of
valuable ores. both of gold. silver, copper
and iron, are annually brought out by it
easily and safely from mines that would
otherwise be inaccessible and worthless.
The Tramwny.
1t consists of a flve-eighth-inch steel wire
cable carried on cross arms supported by
iron posts or towers. The line going up the
mountain, or over il, is carried on one end
of these cross aSns, and that returning on
t boxes e'h large ie eeo Safs to are carry T,mp ohe t s5n0n off
average miners outfit and three to four
passengers.
frame carrying two grooved. wheels which
roll along the cable above described. They
are propelled by a smaller cable to which
they are easily attached and detached for
loading and unloading. and this power
cable Is driven by an engine centrally To-
Gated as in cable ALWAYS 1t is altogether
a very simple and safe affair. and was in
vented by a man named Bleichert. whose
name 1t bears.
The Two Sections.
The Dyea tramway will be operated in
two sections. one four. and the other near
~ four miles In length. The first section
begins eight miles from the new wharf at
Dyea. where passengers and goods are
landed from the From the wharf
to the mouth of the mountain canyon,
where the first section begins, goods are to
be conveyed by a narrow-gauge railway,
now building.
There they are transferred to the tram
way cars. by which they make their first
flight UP a gradual incline to Sheep
Camp. where the powerhouse. with its
fifty horsepower engine. Is located. There
they are transferred to the second section.
by which they are sent over the mountain.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
Lifting Power of the balloon.

As far as the lifting power was concerned
It was demonstrated hat the apparatus had
too great an ascending power for the light
load. 1t could have carried not only the
parts which were left off with such disas-
trous results. but also three or four passen-
gers instead of one, beside much more bal
last than was put upon it. The calcula-
tons of the inventor have proved perfectly
correct; and further it was demonstrated
that the ship could he filed by the SchwarZ
method. which many have declared i'm
possible, and finally it proved that the APP
paratus could be controlled. In spite of the
immense surface that it presented to the
wind it attained a high speed while the
motor was working at only one-half power.
Moreover it rose to a height of $50 feet
but this mount was Interrupted by the
slipping of the belt, and the ship was
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

the outfits of all the miners the company's
three steamers will be able to land at
will probably be constructed. If the rush
to the Yukon is as great as many now
suppose it will be-that is to say. if from
1000 0 to 100000 people go there in the year
1S9S-it is not at all unlikely that two or
three OF these aerial tramways will be
built as rapidly as there is need for them.
The Men Back of 1t.
The Washington and Alaska Steamship
line. organized for the uko trade by
George b. Dodwell, of Dodwell: Garlic &
CO.. steamship owners, Of Hong Kong;
Hugo C.. Wallace and capitalists, of Taco
ma and the Chilkoot Railroad and Trans
pcrtation Company, of which Mr.. Wallace is
president. are backing the enterprise. The
tramway is being built under contract by
Abram s. Hewitt is president.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
constructing the apparatus. they did away
with everything that seemed to them to

constructing the apparatus. they did away
with everything that seemed to them to
be at all superfiuous.
Unfortunately in this category were in
cluGed the arrangement employed by Herr
Schwarz for securing the driving belt for
the wind propellers. the device for regulate
ing the descent and the device for length
ening the four feet of the car to lessen
the shock in landing. 1t is a fact that the
the slipping of the driving belt and then
the courageous but inexperienced young
man who had been chosen because no bet
ter captain could then be found lost his
head and instead of operating this head
screw above and trusting himself to the
wind as one would do with a full balloon
he opened the valve wide. thus causing the
sudden descent. The absence of the device
for regulating the descent and the device
for throwing out the feet caused a great
shock when the airship struck the ground,
SO that II was completely wrecked.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
rhc Steam Engine in Buluwayo.

The ST. James Gazette tells this yarn:
some interesting remarks by the MatabeIe
ON the steam engine are recorded by Mr..
Francis Fox. one of the recent visitors to
Rulawayo. The locomotive was thus de-
scr.bed: 'It IS a huge animal belonging
10 the white man. II has only one eye fthe
head lamp. IL feeds or fire and hates
work. When the white man pumps ii to
make Il work II screams. It comes from
somewhere. but no one knows whence"
OF n steam traction engine. seen when
the driver was oiling II. the Matabele said
fha, .ft was a huge animal which had the
fever very badly. because the white man
poured In medicine at so many parts OF
It's body"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
The Inventor. wife.. undertnkinx.

Upon the sudden death of Herr Schwarz
1t seemed that his work had been in vain.
but his wife. inspired by an answering
to complete what he had begun. She OBJ
tanned permission from the minister of war
to have an ascension of the apparatus from
lection. and the officers of the department
afforded her most efficient aid; but she
could not overcome their doubt of the lift
ing power of the ship, and. therefore, in
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

A curious fact Is the tobacco plants
habit of erecting it's leaves at shutdown
and dropping them at sunrise. OF course
it is only possible while the plant Is imma-
tnre-while the upper leaves are not more
than two-thirds developed-but 1t is so
marked as to make n wide difference in the
looks of a field at evening and twelve hours
later. And the results are so beneficent as
to make it seem the result of reason. for
if the dewfaIl is heavy it all runs down
to the stalks. trickles down to the root.
and thus ~fortifies 1t against the blazing
sun; While, if the leaves remained in PEN
dulous spread. the moisture would either
drop from their points beyond reach or
else evaporate in the morning sun.
Prussian blue paint is made from the
ashes of the burnt hoofS of horses,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

England's effort to o~utstrip France In
Africa in the game of grab that the two
rave begun in the Hinterlands. Is being
consistently carried out in spite Of OBJ
stacles. The Soudanese expedition and
advance in the Upper Nile have had their
direct effect upon the problem. The de-
velopment of the colonies of Sierra Leone
and Lagos by building railroads through
them is progressing to a rapid compile
ton.
The difficulties which confront her in the
interiors of both of these provinces are
immense. One Of the most serious is the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

construction of eleven large viaducts over
the tremendous canons which the many
streams which break the interior make
necessary.
The most wonderful of them all. and the
one which has been nearly completed. is
the Wellington viaduct. While nearly half
Oh 1t is yet to be built. the difficulties have
been s~urmounted, and the rest is CON-
paratively plain sailing. When it Is fin
ished. it will be 4 monument that will ever
r.erpetuate the marvellous skill and dan
ger with which the campaign has been
conducted, Of which this is but one ex-
ample.