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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-28

slightly moved backward and forward,
the angle of reflection would change,
as would also the places of intersection
of the lines on the plates, and the
consequence would be that the dots on
the wall would go dancing up and down
and about in all directions within a
small area.
An arrangement of mirrors, similar
IN principle to the above, is made to
receive the images which are to be
transmitted by wire In one side of
the transmitter case is narrow :hori-
zontal slit. Directly back of this slit
or opening is a mirror with lines cut
on It as in the first mirror described
above. Just above this mirror is an
other, mirror, the lines on which are
crosswisel to the lines on No. H. Nv
means OF magnets and springs these
mirrors are kept constantly oscillating.
or moving, in all directions. The plane
OF reflection, in short, is being RAPIDLY
and constantly changed. If a man were
to stand in front Of the opening in the;
box, the mirror behind the. slit, as it
danced up and down, would, SO to
speak, reflect him successively from
head to foot and from foot to head.
and crosswise and obliquely. and in
every other direction possible. as the
glass turned or oscillated about. The
constantly changing reflection OF the
man would be passed on to the other
mirror, which hangs just above The
I'll first. This second mirror is also kept
1 moving moving about, or changing the plane
OF its reflection. The moving reflection
OF the man in the first mirror was, as
has been stated, broken up into lines.
and when it struck the crosslines of the
second mirror it necessarily became
dots, SO that. a constantly Changing se-
ries Of dots of light, showing the re-
Election of the man outside, is now pro-
jected into the upper part OF the box Or Or
transmitte OF course, all the colors,
of his costume are reflected, !, as WelI as
the shape Of his body
Insthe top OF the box, behind a small
partition, is resistance cell or plate,
made Of seleniQm. Selenium Is yerys
sensitive slbstance. If current Of
electricity is sent through It, ii will
resist the passage OF the current, and
cut it down. according to the tempera-
ture and the light ii which it may hap
pen to be. For instance, If an electric
current is passing through a piece of
selenium viii a red Light is shining on
4, the quality Of the current I'd ich. will
finally get through will be very differ
ent from what It would be Ii the se-.
lenium were to be placed il blue light.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-28
~ 4
That Hot Bed.

Cne OF the questions of the; season
for: all suburbanites is: Z Have you
prepared your hot bed and cold
frames ?" II not, why. not? There is
money in them, as. well as health and
satisfaction. It is a pleasure to grow
great solid. heads of lettuce, crisp, ear
" radishes and tomato plants, that are
almost ready to blossom before the
garden beds are ready for them. A
frst-class hot bed with lumber al, east
ern prices costs about $40 for 6x12, If
the owner builds it himself. This.is a
permanent Investment, provided it is
properly built. The glass should be in
four sashes each 3x6' feet. Corner
posts 4x4 inches are most desirable,
and any inexpensive boards one inch
thick will make good siding. If you
do not thoroll lghlyf understand making
the hot bed, and getting the earth
ready for r8Ithe seeds, ask your neigh
boris gardener to help you. Better pay
him a, trifie and have everything right
You will only need tos be instructed.
once. Tuckaa few flower rsseeds snugly
into one corner OF the place, and don't
.forgetfthe cabbage and caulifo
plants IS leave a. space to. transplant
your lettuce; those few luscious early.
heads that make ySon forget spring fe-
yer, and ;eVens aaSle syoursef ef to be-
lieve thai, after all, life ID be worth
living. Such little conYenfences cost.
but little, and bring very large
s, af Iy,I,.vs i, i, sy,, ii, dnod
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YOUNG HOPES BLrGHTED.

And the Old Fire Captain Did So De-
- 30 liberately. ~.- r. q
There are immature inventions that
look we'll on paper, inventions of beau
tiful proportions and exquisite artistic
detail that are utterly valueless whsn
subjected to a. practical test. That's
what a bright young Clevelander dis
covered some time ago, says the Plain
Dealer Cf, that city. He happened at
a fire one day and was close by when
a section Ct hose burst. The water
gushed out in fountain, and of course
the steamer, was Immediately helpless.
It took some time to replace the
this set the young man to thinking.
The result was that he went hack to
his Office and after a few hours plan
ming evolved a ready repairer that
seemed to him to fill the bill admirably
It consisted Ct heavy fold Of soft
rubber with wire attachments, AID the
thccry upon, which he particu a1ly
based his belief in it's utility was the
rrc=umab-e force CT suc.icn vhi~h the
rush of water ccmticed with the Gel
lapsing hose would exert. When the
coatrivacce was completed he showed
it to several fr.erds, and they all pro-
! rounced i: rerc-a ka IL invention. The
day after he had finished it capitalist
called upon him and offered to put
money, into its manufacture. He pre-
ferred, however, to handle it alone: OF
course he showed it to one Of the of. Of
! ! GERS of the firee department, and athe
omcial ~ as II ghs leased with it
1 t.Gcod thing, Ee Sc id.s E, very .hore;
/ nan should lave one Of & / Z coa riv:
ancls hanging at his BeltsxsSingulal
nobody ever thought Of this before. II
seems so simple and yet So spparln.lJ
effective. Say" he added, "the next
time the steamer from the St. Clai1
Street house gees to a fire I'll telephone
to you and we'll give. the thing a prac-
tical test The young inventor walk
cd away delighted. He saw his device
a great success, ccining money in every
direction. Well, the very next day he
was called ever to the engine house
and waited there until the steamer re-
turned. When it rumbled back the
assistant chief stationed it in Academy
street and had the boys stretch the hose
down that thorcughfare with a busted
section near the nozzle end. Then
the inventor carefully clamped his con-
trivance over the gaping % orifce and
said that all was ready eco aheadn
the chief shouted to the engineer, and
the latter went ahead with a vengeance
Something small and dark and .wiry
aa-c-e en- a perfect gey-er Of water and
! ! s@::~csrnec.-?d e. csger TIE engine house: i
wGs the ~.c-d~r.ul hose HeTailer. This
sEction was all the wrong way. And
the poor invent-r, soaked to the bone
J gazed after the marvellous flight with
despairing eyes. The chief signaled
the. engineer, gave, a contemptuou:
/ glance upTard,, and. muttering some
/ thing that sounded like an artistic mix
ture of sarcasm and profanity stalked
into the house And 4 the; inventor
walked back'to his Office: a wiser and a
wetter ran. 5s' .E'G -'@s,: = fsts' {: r
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APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING PIC
TJRES BY WIRE. f
for scene. And the second part of the
proposition seems to contain the germ
sof an idea for photo phing Iii colors.
The process appears To be very COM
plicated ct first glance, hut II Isl, after
all quite simpl The inventor in or
der I'd nrepare his ina asasdpr tralnismis-
sion, found It necessary to split, Or
break them upssinto series of dots. He
accomplishes this in peculiar man
ner. He procured small mirror and
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81 Some Chicago men purchase poor
horses, feed them on fattening foods
for 9 few months and sell them for an
advance great enough TO pay good
=profit on the operation
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-03
Tho System blamed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUE-Sir: Tho deplora-
BILE neglect of our sick and wounded heroes in Cuba
and Porto Rico. and the return Of relief ships from
those islands laden with supplies which were sent
out to the army. but which never reached it. and are
still in the holds of tho relief ships. is q scandal
which may find vent in courts-martial and investiga-
tons. but which it is safe to say will not DO rene
died without q change Of system in our method of
accounts. The books Of tho United States Govern
ment are not kept by double entry. but by single
count, no account Of profit and loss. Supplies are
them; they do not appear In any general account,
and are thus lost TO both sight and memory. Nobody
can DO rightfully blamed. The system is at fault; not
Gen. AlRer. nor Gen. Miles. nor any other official.
This system we copied from the British Government
more than n century ago. Tho British Government
has since reformed its system; we have not.
While l was Director OF the Bureau of Statistics,
some thirty years ago. ! called attention TO this sys-
tenn In several Of my oficial reports. Afterward I
supplied Senators Thurman, Davis and others with
material enabling them to bring the subject before
nothing came of 1t. That the system would end
precisely as It has ended. namely, in some national
calamity. was inevitable. There is but one thing to
do: Reform the system OF accounts. When such re-
form In undertaken you will see some very surprH-
ing results. especially in the War Department.
ALEXANDER DEL MAJ.
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moro apparent is that the officers who are
thus passed over have also missed honors,
and perhaps rewards, which their more fortu-
nate brothers received. There were some
very capable officers who, from one aus or
another. did not take part In the battle OF Ma
Mia Bay or Santiago and yet no one doubts
that, II they had had tho good luck to DO
there, they would have done as well as those
who were present and would have been
duly advanced. The men who did not
chance to have ships, being assigned
to shore duties, or who were for
com reason out Of the fighting, were
unfortunate. Besides, under the prize-money
system OF the navy, there have been rich
pecuniary rewards for many OF the officers,
who are also jumped ahead. While money,
glory and pleasurable remembrances are
for them, many Of tho officers who are
passed over will be condemned to explain
ing, for the rest OF their lives, how It hap
pened that n war was carried on while they
had no part in the fighting.
1t may be said that, while the law allows
an advancement of thirty numbers, in no
case during the present war has it extended
to more than ten, and in some cases only
three. But the principle is the same as II
the advancement were greater, and the re-
suit also is the same for those passed over.
The substitutes thus far suggested for the
present system have been i%nscribing names
on a roll Of honor, giving rewards in a lump
sum Of money or in apercentage increase Of
pay, and providing swords and medals Of
honor. Any Of these would avoid doing in
iustice TO other oflcera in rewardinp the
successful. The best plan seems to us that
of the medal Of honor for the battle, with
swords Of honor in exceptional cases.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-03
The Policy OF Disarmament.

The disarmament suggested to the Euro
pean States by the Russian Emperor has
been practically the policy Of this country
from It's foundation.
The army OF the Revolution soon returned
to civil pursuits. The Mexican war left us
with q very small army. For me in years
its total was 10000 only. Immediately
upon the close OF tho civil war the great ar
mics Of both North and South returned to
peaceful industry. The present war is not
concluded, but already the volunteer regi-
uients making up more than two-thirds Of
our service are being mustered out Of the
military service and becoming peaceful citi-
Eens. Only the regulars will remain, a
force insufficient even for the duties OF
military police which will be imposed on it.
In the sense Of the Russian Emperor's
manifesto, disarmament has been our
standing policy; only when the emer-
Rency arises for an army do we rush
ahead to create 1t, as, for instance, In
this war with Spain. Even the increase Of
the army up to a force OF 100000 men,
made requisite by our extended posses
nions because of this war, will still leave us
practically unarmed In the sense in which
Emperor NICHOLAS speaks Of disarmament.
'IE, 10 an expensive policy, as we have
found by experience. The cost of supply
ing the deficiency when war comes is ire
mendous, and waste Of life Is inevitable.
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Dootors Differing.
IL
r. O.

To THE EDfron OF TIE SUH-Sir: A correspond
ent sends you . communication urging that Q chip
load Of beef tea DO sent to the invalid soldiers at
Montauk Point.
The London Lancet. q leading London medical jour
nal. stated some time ago that beef tea was q myth.
having absolutely no nutritive value. The late DR..
Austin Flint made . test with animals. and as o re-
suit declared that thousands Of human beings had
been starved while being fed on animal extracts.
Burgess Physiological and Pathological Chemis-
try, Modern Medicine" and other late scientific
works all agree that beef tea. broths. and animal eI-
tracts should not be relied on as nutrients: they arc
at best only stimulants and Of very doubtful value.
The meat. like the white of an egg, coaRu-
lates at about 90 degrees below the boiling point.
In making beef tea the Albumen In all coaRulated
and thrown away. What remains under the name Of
beef tea has been frequently analysed and submitted
TO various tests, always with tho same results. No
one should depend upon 1t in severe sickness, for
with all the albumenr removed II contains nothing
which will sustain life. To conform to the latest
teachings of ARCHAEOLOGICAL chemistry, u meat prepare
ton should consist of tho albuminous commitments
in q form to be readily aesimilAted. Give the boys
plenty Of good steak. II necessary press out the
Juice and serve 1t below 1902 Fair. Il Is delicious
when poured over ice. A. SCANNING,
NEWARK, N j., Sept 1.
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Vinegar and Spice Called For in Porto Rico.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sfr: Letters from
soldiers in Porto Rico tell how the boys crave vine-
gar and the hot spices with their rations. This crav-
ing 10 natures cry for help. Tho failure to satisfy IL
brings dysentery and fever. In our craze for boil
ing the water" We neglect the equally important
matter Of diet. Our common sense should tell us
that If the digestive organs are kept up to their work
disease will bo generally warded of. In the tropics
nature supplies tho acids and pepper with which to
oounteract tho enervating influence Of the climate.
Almost all bowel troubles yield readily If treated on
thing Of the sort. The Suns celebrated cholera
mixture" Is hot with pepper. camphor and pepper
mint: These things ought 70 teach the spbsistence
with the lattons Of the soldiers in Porto Rico. Cuba
and Manila. and also in Southern camps. These
must be obtainable in tho local markets. II not. it
would cost less to send a %shipload of pepper sauce or
curry than to equip hospitals and buy collins.
This is not mere theory, The experience Of Euro
They find curry with its stimulating ingredients an
absolute necessity in counteracting the enervating
influence of the heat: the craving fori ceases as soon
as they reach the bracing air OF the foothills. British
o%bstinAcy cost the lives Of thousands before that
rations suited to the climate. England's experience
ought to sufice for us. /. A. 0.
YPBuANTI, Mich.
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A illogical Candidate"

The Democrats Of jefferson county, New
York, in choosing delegates to the Syracuse
convention have "come out" strongly in
favor Of the Hon. WILBUR f. PORTER as
their favorite for the nomination for Gov
ernor and in order that there may be no
mistakes about their position, or error as to
their preference, they have elected Mr..
PORTER as one Of the delegates In the First
Assembly district, convened in Watertown,
his home.
If in the sometimes mixed and always
~perplexing politics Of New York there is
such a being as n logical candidate" Mr..
PORTER, the joint nominee of the Demo-
cratic and Populist State conventions Of
1896 for Governor, is entitled to that dis
tinction. When, two years ago, all other
eligible or desirable candidates had with
drawn the consideration Of their names
from the Buffalo Convention, and after the
candidate TEACHER had withdrawn, Mr..
PORTER, or Commissioners PORTER as he Is
more frequently called, appeared as tho
Democratic candidate and took an active
part in the canvass, as nominee OF the
Democrats and OF tho Populists also. He
has not since recanted. He has not pro-
received $4,000 votes.
No wonder that his Democratic neiRhbors
In Watertown recommend Mr.. PORTER for
the Democratic nomination this year. If
the logical Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor is nominated, it will be WILBUR F.
PORTER.
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rs MANILA FOREIGN TERRITORY

Tho Customs Bureau So Considers 10 and
Asks the Appointment OF . Consul There.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2.-Many knotty points
OF administration are continually cropping out
in connection with the territory recently ac-
quired by the war with Spain. One Of these
came up to-day when the application Of for
mer Consul Williams at Manila was referred
by the Department OF State to the Treasury
Department for It's recommendations regard
ing the.customsslde Of the case. 30 far as the
State Department is concerned. Mr.. Williams
10 still Consul at Manila and presumably is still
drawing his salary Us such. He was appointed
to represent the United States at one OF the
ports Of Spain and only assumed the duties Of
office whom an e%xeouatur was granted him by
the Spanish authorities. This was forfeited
when he left Manila at the beginning Of the
war. A new exequatur cannot now be OBJ
tained from the Spanish officials. for the rea-
son that Manila is In possession Of the military
forces OF the United States. On the other hand
the customs officials consider Manila foreign
territory. despite the military occupation. and
as the customs regulations require that goods
imported from foreign countries shall bear
consular invoices. a United States Consul at
Manila would be very advantageous to them
in the entry OF goods from that port. The GUS
toms bureau has therefore recommended that
a consular officer be appointed at Manila. II
practicable. Meantime the State Department.
Is wrestling with the legal questions involved.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-03
nroUoR ~ nAK nrmnroM
shsntiss Put Up to Obtain . Certificate Are
Not Dwellings,.

MOI DWelltng1s
ALBANY. Sept. 2.-Justice Clearwater has
handed down a decision upholdinG the proceed
ing instituted by State Commissions Of Excise
Lyman to revoke and cancel q liquor tax GER
tincate issued TO Nelson Garrison Of MARI
borough. Ulster county. In order to evade the
provisions OF the Liquor Tax law requiring the
consents OF the owners Of two-thirds Of the
dwellings within 200 feet OF his premises,
Garrison put up q small shanty OF rough
hemlock boards. without window or chimney.
and on the day he applied for q certificate
allowed q vaGrant to move in. At the same
time he domiched another vaRrant IN q small
shanty which had been used BY him az. Q wood
shed for several years. Neither building was
piete cost only $S5. In deciding whether these
buildings were dwellings, within the meaning
ofthe LiQuorT Tax law. Justice Clearwater says!
nThis law, like any other. should receive .
harshly as against the holder OF a certificate,
nor interpreted so loosely as to emasculate its
restrictive provisions and break down that pro-
lection which II gives to adjacent property
RRGOnnessFtii;y 'e eSm RTlies0 W SRS to all ne lts d sonditi gho
as against one who seeks to. .eyade
which a building is constructed. but the pur-
ling factor under this statute. kdweiling maj
domicile as a mansion. But to hold that build
inRs OF this character. tenanted for the first
time on the eve Of an application, for, q certia:
abode. are to be regarded as dwellings for the
purpose OF obtaining and holding q certificate
would be f%arcical. These buildlngs were not
dwellings within the provisions Of this statute,
The law
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-03
Naval Rewards for War Services.

The suggestion OF Commodore PHILIP
that the present method OF advancing off,
oers on the list is a poor way of rewarding
conspicuous naval service will meet with
very general approval. 1t comes with good
grace from him, because he has just been
advanced In that way, 80 that he is plead
ing the cause OF others less fortunate.
The objection to the present plan, which
has the sanction OF long usage, is that in
rewarding the officer who is advanced it
Furnishes all those over whose heads he is
Jumped. These latter must wait longer for
their promotions to the next grade, and
meanwhile have done nothing to deserve a
setback. Frequently an officer who has
been found by a court-martial guilty OF
some offence is punished by being put down
several numbers In his grade and thus the
practical result for officers who are passed
over under the advancement system is as II
they had been found guilty OF dereliction
In duty.
What makes the injustice of the system
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-03
Tho National Game.

Our esteemed associate in desire to res
cue the National game from the disgrace
from which the National League still fails
or refuses to rescue 1t, the Philadelphia
Sporting Life, spreads its criticism unwisely
when it jeers at the Leagues having de-
voted so much effort to the suppression Of
bad language. 1t is true that much OF the
energy which should have been centred
upon tho suppression Of disorder was ex-
pended on language but the Sporting Lfc
ought not to repeat the error.
Tho first necessity for decent baseball Is
the establishment Of an umpire whose word
shall be law, and the complete and absolute
abolition Of disputes against his decisions
on the part Of the players. On this point
our contemporary Is as sound as q dollar:
"As q matter Of fact. there have been as many, II
not more, scenes OF disorder on the field this year
than ever before. and that. too. despite the fact that
with the adoption OF the double umpire system.
there has been less excuse for the wrnngling which
inevitably incites the crowd to turbulence. II tho
magnates are on the level with themselves. and are
sincere in their desire to have the game as well con-
Quoted as is q modern prizehght, let them adopt
this rule:
In no case shall he decfiOns Of tAs u.pfres b qusr-
toned BY either side.
And adopting it, let them live mp to g."
The fact that what our contemporary says
Is called for shows that after a year Of
widespread protest against rowdy baseball,
and n great pretence on the part Of the
League OF a wish to suppress 1t, it is still
necessary to address the members Of the
League as II they were boys into whose
heads the first principles Of sport cannot be
hammered.
The King Rowdy Of the League is to-day
the King Of the League. This Is 30 first, be-
cause the League President, YOUNG, is a
farce rs a director Of umpires, and secondly,
because the League club Presidents are
openly or secretly or helplessly false to their
rules for discipline.
The season is almost over. II 1t closes
with the rowdy master Of 1.-THE field, as he Is to-
day, next season will be worse than this.
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To EDrTo1 OF TIE euN-SH7 I I'm
panied 10 zee indisoriminate criticism Of the
medical service in this war. for Of all The fear
less and elf-SaorihoinG devotion TO humanity
displayed. even in the Church itself. none en-
ceeds In its Splendor that Of the surgeons o.
tending the arm in this war. They have done
their work with the greatest skin and thor
oughnesS under circumstances Of ne most
embarrassing difficulty.
God bless them for iti They have sustained
sion.
Incidentally. I may say that the AOId dress
ings OF the wounds ct Santiago. % exhibited on
mon brought to our hospitals herr, have been
worthy Of all praise. The low death rate from
wounds 10 notable in this war. HUMANITY.
NEW YoRK, Sept. 2.