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can be sent twelve or thirteen miles.
In all dynamite guns now in use COM
pressed air is used to propel the pro1ec-
tile. and the guns on the Vesuvius are
operated by pneumatic force,
What do you claim for your 1nyen-
tom was asked of Mr. lsham, ana ne
said:
1T will supplant torpedoes and har-
Dor mines, for one of these shells fired
from an S-inch gun would be more de-
structive than the Whitehead torpedo.
The shell can be accurately aimed at
any desired mark, and on shipboard It's
range Of effectiveness is six or seven
miles, while the maximum range or the
torpedo is 500 yards.
For coast defenses it will make of
our mortars the most powerful de-
structive agents. Harbor mines can be
dispensed with, since the charge in the
shell is greater than that In the mines.
And instead of exploding in the air or
prematurely the shells can be made TO
hit vessel accurately.
1.-The shell can be fired from any field
piece-in fact, every cannon is dyna-
mite gun by this system. It's adapta-
ton requires no change in the mechan-
ism of the gun or in the powder charge.
The mechanism of the shell Is such
that 1t can be tested before and after
loading with dynamite SO as to abso-
lutelv prevent an explosion within the
bore of the gun. My mathematical
demonstration bears out this state
ment Moreover these shells can stand
three times the initial strain of the or
binary dynamite shell now In use
BY experiments in Mexico Mr. Isham
discovered that, with velocity of 1900
feet per second, a dynamite shell trav
els about six feet. after contact with a
LIGHT plate, before an explosion actually
OCCURS Hence one of these shells is
capable of penetrating five or six inches
of a vessels armor plate and then
bursting within.
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likely that the invention will be adopt
ed for naval service until some meth
Cd of safely storing dynamite on board
vessels for a year at least has been
found or until some other nation adopts
it. When this was mentioned to Mr..
Isham he said:
Dynamite is not as dangerous as is
commonly supposed. and it can be car
ried on vessels as safely as ordinary
black powder. 1t requires 700 degrees
Fahrenheit to ignite 1t, when it burns
like an ordinary candle, without an ex-
plosion. Black gunpowder spurts up
as it burns. and is more dangerous in
the mere burning of 1T. Dynamite in
a frozen state-that is, at forty-five de-
grees-is not capable of being detonat-
ed, and is just as safe as wet guncot-
ton. Now these shells when construct
ed can be loaded at some dynamite fac
tory and placed in refrigerator until
we'll frozen, when they can be packed
In Ice. They can then be carried on
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and get stiff price for it.
She pocketed a good round sum over
the deal, but had forgotten all about
the fish, when a friend of hers, a Rus
sian Prince, being at lunch at her
house, asked her. suddenly, How did
you like the sterlet?" "Oh," said Reich
emberg, 1T was simply delicious-and
fresh, in spite of it's long journey; as
fresh as if it had been caught an hour
before" THE gills were as red as your
lovely lips, were not they?" More so,
/ can tell you, for. you know. l am
gourmande, and always see about these
things myself" But is that all?"
ALE Pray, what do you mean?'' 81
mean" said the Prince, turning purple,
that the Grand Duke who sent the
sterlet to my house, with other things,
wrote and asked me to bring it myself
to you, for he had put in each gill an
emerald earring, which, I believe, he
had promised you. But I knew you al
ways superintendent these things in
person, and l thought I would let you
have little surprise"
Mile. Reichemberg dropped her
knife and fork and rushed down to the
cook But she never saw the beautiful
emeralds. The fish merchant had for
gotten to whom the sterlet had been
sold, and the Grand Dukes present Is
most likely somewhere in the hands of
a dishonest chef. The Russian Prince
did not keep the little story to himself.
and it is now circulating among the
good comrades of the petite doyenne,
to their intense delight.
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the pressure on the lower orders,
wherein machinery displaces the mere
hand laborer. 1t is obvious all along
the line that a new cycle of employ
ments which luxury and creature
comforts may draw into it the laborers
of the lower class as fast as they can
be dispensed with below. Suppose that
an extreme limit is reached and that
one person out of each hundred of the
population is able to supply with the
aid of machinery all the raw material
that is needed. Suppose again that one
person out of each hundred Of the peo-
pie engaged in manufacturing, when
aided by machinery, is equal to tile
task of producing all the articles of ne
cessity Suppose the same in the
sphere of transportation and COM
merce. When once the labor was re-
adjusted 1t would be found that the
ninety laborers out of each hundred
could be profitably employed In provid-
ing a better quality of clothing, more
commodious dwelling, more comforta-
BILE furniture, better transportation ia
cilities and more healthful mills and
working places for the laborer. The
entire surplus of laborers could be
taken up into this higher order of oc-
equations that increase the means of
luxury and comfort for the people.
This reimbursement of vocations may
be accomplished we'll enough, provided
the laborers are generally intelligent.
But this Is a very important proviso.
The populace must be educated in the
common schools and have that supe-
rior intelligence which comes from
knowledge of the misunderstanding,
writing, arithmetic, geography, indus
trial drawing, etc. And with education
the laborer becomes able to ascend from
mere handwork to the supervision and
direction of machinery. and to those
employments requiring greater skill.
which furnish the articles of luxury
and creature comfort.-William T. Har-
RE u, A r,1.il Iror11r,a
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missed his music and theaters.
What was to be done? All
manner of things were sug-
gested. The photograph was
tried but not found to be sat
isfactory. Performers. of
course, could come to his room.
but even this was not at all
times desirable.
AS usual, necessity produced
the man. This was a young
fellow who knew all about tel
ephones, and he easily rugged
up an apparatus connecting
the Princes apartments with
Albert Hall. The result was
most gratifying, and His
Royal Highness lay back on
his pillows and enjoyed the
music to the utmost. He
heard 1t as plainly as If he
were in the hall.
Being able TO crafty every
want that can be gratffied, the
Prince naturally was not sat
isfied with only the perform
ance in Albert Hall. He cried
for more, and it was not long
before the sickroom was con-
nected with all the principal
houses of amusement in Lon
don, as well as with number
of churches for their Sunday
sermons.
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T ONDON, Aug. 11.-Just
at present we who are
compelled to remain in
the city are greatly ex-
cited over the latest
feat of science. This is
a continuance that brings
opera houses, lecture halls,
theaters and churches into
our very rooms. No going out
on a rainy night to hear a
favorite prima donna. We
simply sit in our coy parlors,
call up central and have the
music turned on for us. And
1t all sounds almost as well as
if we were right in the opera
house.
And whom have we to thank
for this great beneficence?
Why, the Prince of Wales.
II his Royal Highness had
not accidentally broken his
kneecap some time ago 1t Is
not likely that this great
achievement would have be-
come common for long while
yet. OF course it was bound
to come in time, for didn't
Bellamy in his Looking Back
ward" foretell it?
When the Prince of Wales
was first laid up as a result of
inturing knee he sadly
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AS soon as the plan had
proved a success the telephone
company naturally began TO
make arrangements to let the
public enjoy 1t as well as the
Prince. This was not a diff
cult matter, as the apparatus
is very simple, the only es-
sential being that those desir-
ing the music and sermons
had to be subscribers to the
regular telephone service.
As for cost. that is within
the reach of people of moder-
ate means. The regular teie-
phone service costs about 500
a year. The music and ser
mons also cost $50 a year,
making a total of 500. Not
very much when the amount
of pleasure and convenience Is
considered.
For want of a better name
this apparatus has been chris
tened the "electrophone. 1t
is a very simple device, and
does not interfere with the
regular IelepIlOlS SCI VICE
cept when one or both lines
are busy" OF course those
who want a special wire for
theaters only can get 1t at a
little extra cost.
The wires used are the tele-
phone wires. In the theater,
church or concert hall trans
mitters are placed In suitable
positions and connected with
central by a heavy wire.
These transmitters are sim
ply large cones for collecting
the sound waves with the
usual telephone diaphragm
transmitter in the end.
In the theaters and opera
houses the transmitters are
placed on the footlights in the
most advantage Gus p sitions.
In the churches it is neces-
sary to have several. One is
placed in the pulpit, another
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made possible by PROCESS IN
vented by Willard S. Isham OF
the City Of Mexico, by which
shells charged with dynamite may be
safely discharged from gun by means
of gunpowder. the shell bursting by i'm
pact or by time fuse.
Mr.. Isham recently placed his inven-
ton before the Army and Navy Ord
nance bureaus, asking permission to
give tests at the Government proving
grounds. At first the ordnance ex-
perts were rather skeptical, but after
a thorough examination of the process
Captain O'Neil. chief OF the Ordnance
bureau, said that he believed it would
work successfully. All the ordnance
experts agree that Isham has accom-
plishec something that no one else has
done
a test Of the invention viii be made
at Sandy Hook as soon as possible, and
If successful may be adopted by the
Government. Two successful tests were
made in Mexico. and, in a letter to
Secretary Alger. United States Minister
General Powell Clayton writes:
MIR. Isham. under the auspices Of the
War Department here, has made two
tests of his invention. the latter of
which was witnessed by President
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IS THERE WORK
ENOUGH FOR ALL?

UMAN wants and desires have
/ come to demand more than the
mere necessities for living. Be-
i Il fore a complete supply of such
necessities is reached society de-
mands creature comforts and means of
luxury. 1t accordingly sends out its
demand for laborers who have greater
skill of manipulation and greater power
of invention and invites them 20 ascend
to better paid industries. These in
clude manufactures that arc adapted
to luxury and creature comforts and
which REQUIRE a high order of educa-
ton. technical skill. This culling out
of the higher class of laborers relieves
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the chancel rail. In this in
stance some ingenuity was
necessary in order to conceal
the transmitters. In the Holy
Trinity Church this was ac-
complished by putting the
transmitter into a box shaped
and decorated to look like a
Bible. OF course it is advan-
tageous to get the transmit
ter as close to the preacher as
possible.
At the receiving end Of the
wire is the private dwelling.
There is practically no change
in the instrument. A cap,
which is the terminating
point for two or more rubber
tubes, is screwed on to the
usual hand receiver. This Is
then placed in a suitable
stand and the rubber tubes,
each of which has one ear
piece, are placed in the ears.
All sound that strikes the
transmitter is distinctly heard
by everybody who has a pair
of the ear tubes. Similar ear
tubes are used in the street
nickel-in-t he-slot p n o n =
graphs.
When person desires to
hear the music at a certain
theater central is called up
in the usual way and the con-
nection made with the trans
mitter on the stage, the same
as when number is called.
And it is done just as quick
ly. BY the time the receiver
is arranged the performance
is ready to begin. AS many
people can hear the dialogue
as there are pairs of tubes,
and this is limited only by
the size of the plate that
screws on to the end Of the
receiver.
The electrophone manager
says he notices a largely in
creased demand for bedside
installations, as opposed TO
installations in dining rooms
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Canon w. Barker,
Marylebone.
Canon ]. Fleming,
St. Mic h a e s,
Chester Square.
&c Canon Sh ut { ] e.
worth, St. Nicho-
las, Cole Abbey.
Chief Rabbi H.
Adler, CT. Syna-
gogue.
The Rev. T. H.
A c h c son, All
Souls, Langham
Place.
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st should think 1t Is. One
feature is the demand for
hymns. Many a client will
ask to be put on t three or
four different churches or
chapels during one service"
do you find any difficulty
in persuading ministers to al
low the placing of transmit
ters?"
None, I think. True, we
have at present no connection
with ST. Paul's and the Abb
hey; but here are the lists of
places of worship and play
houses both"
They are so interesting Gas
a sign of the times) that we
give them both:
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THE Rev. ]. II.
CardweIl, St.
I Anne's, Soho.
THE Rev. J. w.
Dawson, High
( bury Congrega-
tional.
THE Rev. ]. F.
Kite, ST. Mar
tins in the
Fields.
The Rev. H. r.
II a W e i s, St.
! James, West
| moreland Street.
THE Rev. H. Price
II u z h e s. st.
James Hall.
THE Rev. G.. T.
Pentecost, Pres
byterian Church
of England.
THE Rev. A. ].
Robinson. Holy
| Trinity, Maryle-
bone.
The Rev. C. voy-
sey, TIL Ell S tic
Church, Picca-
dilly.
THE Rev. Alex
ander Macrae,
Scotch National
Church.
The Rev. Father
Ignatius, Port
man Rooms.
5 The Rev. H. r.
Wakefield, st.
( Mary S, Bryan
ston Square.
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. VERY piece of artillery in serv-
l ice can be made a dynamite gun.
n This astounding proposition is
i made possible by q PROCESS. in
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USu, anu lIltn lie anu l1SlSii "
song and music, which. as l
think l have mentioned, is
conveyed to their brain CEN
tiers by the simple indiarub-
Der tubing, ending in a pair
of ear caps, which fit neatly,
and need not be held up. This
luxurious application Of sci
ence is not. 1 trust, for Sab
baths. Or is 1t? If so, does 1t
not portend increased absence
from church? 1t really does
sound comfortable, the idea of
having breakfast in bed and
then being switched on to Mr..
Haweis, Mr.. Price Hughes,
Mr.. Macrae, Mr.. Adler, at
moments notice. Then mark.
If you do not like a sermon
you cannot we'll walk out.
But in this churchgoing by
electrophone you have only to
ring up if you are being bored
or nettled or abused beyond
bearing, to be switched on to
a gentler monitor. I am not
at all sure that, as Thomas
Ingoldsby's monks said of the
wicked Jackdaw, the devil is
not in this electrophone.
What If the preachers (who
are only human, after alD-
what If they succumbed to It's
Satanic wiles, and took to dis
coursing from their reverend
bedsides, Suppose sermons
from bedside to bedside be-
came the fashion! And all be-
cause a Prince broke his
kneecapi
I asked If it would be posi-
BILE for an outsider to listen to
a debate in the House of
Commons. The answer was
that no less than four hun
dred members had fallen in
with the suggestion.
And do you find your Sun
day service is much used 2"
l asked the manager of the
company.
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LOCAL RELIGIOUS NEWS.

a. Pastors will please send in their
religious notices not later than Tuesday
of each week.
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ANo5LE CHARITY.

The annual bazaar for the benefit Of
All Souls Hospital will be held in Nc
Alpin hall, on Wednesday and Thursday,
December I and 8. open both afternoon
and evening. An unusually handsome
display of fancy articles is promised and
there win also be tables for the sale Of
flowers and plants. confectionery. fruit,
cake, toys and many other articles.
There will be special attractions for
children and some exciting prize con-
tests are expected. The upper floor will
be reserved for supper room and fine
supper win be served at moderate cost.
The ladies in charge are sparing no pains
to make the entertainment in all respects
q delightful one and worthy Of this
noble charity.
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TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
County Organization to Meet in Morris
town Two Days Next Week.

County Organization to Meet in Morris
town Two Days Next Week.
Next Thursday and Friday will be
holidays for the children who attend the
public schools in Morris county. On
these days the Teachers Institute will
meet in the Morristown High School
chapel in annual session. Every teacher
in the county is required to attend, and
considerable Importance attaches to the
occasion. AS none of the local teachers
have received a program of the meeting
it is not known whether or not lecture
will be delivered ON the evening of the
first day, as has been the custom.
The Teachers Institute is under the
direction or supervision of the State
Superintendent of Schools, but the
County Superintendent issues the calls
for the annual session held in the latter
province. There are thirty. three teach
ers in the Morristown school alone, and
the coming meeting of the Institute
promises to bring together many persons
interested in educational work in the
public schools.
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MORE SPECIALS.

A full size Bpdbury Upright
dition Another exchange, P4Oo
A Gabler Uprigt in ebony
case. A fine specimen OF Q17E
this world-famous maker, ~
Another Weser Upright, in G1 OK
red mahogany case.
A Standard Upright A fine
instrument, by the FAM W1 OK
GUS Hardman makers. VAOO
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FIRsT PREsBYTnRIAN oHURoH.

religious notices not later than Tuesday
of each week.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Morning service. communion of the Lords
Supper. 10 sea. M; afternoon service at four
O'Clock. Sermon, IAN Incident of the Gross. y
Preparatory service this Friday afternoon at
$50 O'Clock.
SOUTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Saturday. $3.50 D. m. preparatory lecture.
Sunday morning services; communion of the
Lords Supper. Evening service preaching by
the pastor, Sabbath school at 8 p. m. Y. P.
s. @. E. at Gas p. m. Thursday, p. m.
mid week prayer meeting.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
General class meeting, $50 a. M; Com
munion and reception of members 1880 a. m;
Sunday School 2 As p. m. Epworth League
vesper service 80: preaching by the pastor at
80 p, m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening.
services will be held in North Water street
chapel rooms as follows: Sunday School 2.30
p. m. Gospel meeting Z. 80 p. m.
ST. PETERS CHURCH
Rev. Chas H. Hubbard, D. D.. rector; Rev.
VIM P. Taylor. curate. Second Sunday In
Automatically celebration, 30 a. M. morn
ing prayer, 9 45: litany, sermon and choral
celebration at 1880 am; evening prayer
p. M; catechizing 8 p. m. The rector on the
GuQuhy, uOfHluBS VI AuYeub lS presenting up
on aspects of the Judgment
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER.
The second Sunday in Advent, December 4.
morning prayer. sermon and Holy Commun-
ion, 10 80 a. M; Sunday School 3.45 D. M;
Evenin prayer and address to the Sunday
school 4 p. m. in the church. Mems Bible
Glass, AS p. m. Morning prayer, and litany
Wednesday 10 a. m.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The pulpit will be occupied both morning
and evening by Rev. 9. G. Collins of Newark.
Sunday School at 2. 45 and @. E. service at $50.
Thursday evening and other services as usual.
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION.
Masses at $50. $50 and O.3O .. M; sermon
at last mass. Benediction at p. m. Sunday
school at 2 D. m.
ST. MARGARET's CHAPEL.
Masses on Sunday at 7.3O and $50 a. M.
SWEDISH SERVICE.
Swedish service will be held every Wednes-
day evening at 8.l5 in the First Presbyterian
Chapel. Next Wednesday evening Rev. L.
Ackeson of Dover will preach. Good singing
and music will be rendered. All Scandina-
VANS are invited.
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We knowt The majority Piano
andif o
walk through we have easily five Pianos
anycom considerably
and
quality anything
the sweask o
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Rev. A. NJ. sherman's second Lecture.

The second of the Rev. A. Magoun
Sherman's series of four lectures was
given before large audience in Lyceum
Hall Tuesday evening. The War in
had it been prepared by Mr.. Sherman
and so Interestingly was the story told
by the lecturer that the close attention
of bis hearers was held from the first to
the concluding sentence. The views
with which the lecture was illustrated
we're quite as well selected and as admir-
bly, shown as were those of the first
lecture on 1.-THE War in Cuba" which
was conceded to have been one of the
most popular entertainments of the kind
seen in Morristown for a long time.
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AN EARLY SNOW STORM.
Inferfered with Business and Made Things
Unpleasant Generally.


Last Saturdays storm recalled men,
cries of the blizzard of 1883. Snow fell
to the depth of ten inches and the wind
blew gale, causing many big drifts.
The storm began at noon and the white
flakes fell steadily until past midnight.
Trains on the D., l. and W. were from
from one to two hours late in reaching
this city and the locomotives Of the early
morning trains had difficulty in pulling
through the drifts at some points of the
road.
Business on Saturday night, while not
at a stand still, was anything but lively.
Two workmen OF the Morris County
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A fair and bazaar viii be held in tn
Sunday school room by the Ladies' Aid
If the Methodist Church on next Tues
day afternoon and evening. Ten cents
admission will be charged and supper
win be served for twenty five cents.
Useful and fancy articles and refresh
m alats will he on sale.
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Electric Company were kept busy all
day Sunday repairing broken wires Of
the fire alarm system.
A high wind continued on Sunday and
interfered with the attendance at the
churches both morning and evening
On Monday Street Commissioner
Thomas Meskill put force Of twenty
men to work at cleaning the cutters Of
snow and shoveling way through the
streets where big drifts had formed.
Several bad places required attention on
Speedwell avenue and James and Nor
ris streets. Not since 1880 has so much
snow fallen SO early in the season
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New windows and a new roof are
being put on sae Farmers Hotel which
was recently visited By fire. It is prob
able the inside work viii not be begun
until spring.