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dashes and dots of the Morse alphabet. Every movement counts from the first position, which is the holding of the flag upright in front of the operator
 It Is either a movement to the right or left or an up and down movement, a rapid movement or a slow movement
 The heliograph is simply mirror swung so as to be able to catch the suns rays at a certain angle. By nov ing the mirror one way or another these rays are flashed or cut off entirely. By combining the flashes the letters of the alphabet are formed. This instrument Is fitted with the finest kind of sights, so that it can be accurately aimed at the station 1t is desired to communicate with. Should the message be for sta- tion still further along 1t is sent ahead before 1t is all received Where sta- tions are very far apart lookouts are constantly peering through telescopes to catch a flash as soon as the operators make it. At long distances the flash cannot be plainly seen by the naked eye. When the message is to go on to another station the man w6o re- ceives 1t through the telescope Galls off the letters as fast as they are made to the man at tl7s telegraph, who in turn
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Y T Is. now possible to "wig-wag" a
 message from Bar Harbor, Maine. to
 Galveston, Tex.
 x This feat must be looked upon as
 ono of the most wonderful. achieve ments brought about by the present war, because it is the first time in his- tory that a message has been sent such a distance In the same time by any thing but the telegraph. Even the .tele- phone has not yet been able to success fully transmit messages between two points so far apart.
 Of course the "wig-wagging' is done principally by the heliograph, and the system is.in charge of the United States Signal Corps. This Is under the direc- ton of the Navy Department, as at present 1t is most desirable to keep track of what is going on just off our Atlantic seacaast.
 Several weeks have been consumed by the Navy Department in perfecting the system from Maine to Texas. This stretches along the entire 'AtlGntic and Gulf coasts, and has been tried within the last week and found to work per
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when l heard quiet laugh behind me, and on turning I found 1t was my in structor, who held up his right hand and the two men disappeared, the stick resuming its place on the veranda, and to crown all there was not the slight est sign of any water having been brought in. I excitedly appealed to him for an explanation. He said that he had been present all the time, hay ing willed that he should be invisible to me, and that I should imagine my self to see and to do what I had thought had taken place. In order to prove it he asked me to step out into the compound and directed my atten- tion to a large cavern which I knew was not there before. As l entered a number of huge elephants and camels issued from it in a continual stream, yet I could not touch one of them. They apparently passed me as though I did not exist. He again raised his hand and the cavern and animals dis appeared, and there was no indication
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sends them on to the next station in- stantly. A message of twenty words has been sent through ten stations and at the end the receiving station was only a few letters behind the transmit ter.
 With the exception of. the heliograph signaling by visible signs is done. in much the same manner as It was in the days of the ancients. The .semaphore. which is still in use, was one of the instruments used by the Romans. In. the early days of San Francisco, before the telegraph, the semaphore was of the greatest importance. Everybody.. wished to know when ship was com ing in, as that meant mail and nner- chandise from the States. .En order to gain this information the merchants of this city had signal service between Telegraph Hill and Pigeon Point. Thera was a semaphore at Pigeon Point. ane other on hill in San Mateo County another on Twin Peaks and the last on Telegraph Hill. When the weather was clear the people of this city knew of the arrival of Q steamer many hours before she reached port. Under fayorable: conditions for the semaphore no better service exists to-day
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so hot, in fact, that you cannot hold your hand in it. and. finally, it will boil. Professor Ames of Johns Hopkins an nually illustrates some of the rhenom- ena of heat by having one of his stu dents perform the trick in front of his class It is a tiresome job but 1t Is perfectly feasible
 The point which Professor Ames wishes to illustrate is what is known as the mechanical equivalent of heat. It requires just so many foot pounds of work to develop a given quantity of heat. By turning the paddle in the water at regular speed it is possible to find out just how much work Is re- Quired to raise the temperature of water one degree. The best measure ment so far made, and in fact the one which is accepted as the standard of the world, is that which was measured in Johns Hopkins College.
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TRICKS OF THE INDIgN JUGGLERS

A correspondent writing from India regarding the theory by will power" /" says: During the course of the h. dian mutiny made the acquaintance of one of these gentlemen of. India, who tried to instruct me how to perform these tricks. He said it was all imag- mary on the part of the spectators. as he simply willed that they should see these things. Yet I, in common with Western natioris, was too animalized, sensual and materialized by flesh eat ing and consumption. of alcohol to re- tain or. accept any deep spiritual teach ing.
 "trhe more exciting: performance that he gaIe for my amusement. was the converting of a bamboo stick into na- tive servant, who waited at table and supplied our wants, Afteyward-in his
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BOILING WqTER WITHOUT FIRE

It is possible to make a pail of water boil without putting it on the fire and In any way. In fact, you can make a pail of water boil by simply stirring it with a wooden paddle. The feat was recently performed in the physical lab- oratory of Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore Md, and any one may do it with a little trouble and persever- ance. All you have to do Is to place your water in pail-it may be ice water if necessary-and stir it with a wooden paddle. If you keep at it long enough 1t will certainly boil. Five hours of constant and rapid stirring are sufficient to perform the feat suc- cessfully. The water will, after time. grow warm, and then it will grow hot.
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presence-I tried it on, and to my sur prise the same man was before me ask ing fer instructions. l directed him to fill the chatties on the veranda with water from the well In the compound This he proceeded to do. When he had filled them all aO overflowing I re- quested him to stop. He. however took TO notice of me. and went on stol- idly bringing in water, until, in my excited imagination, it seemed that the bungalow would be washed away. Finding that I could not stop or ar rest his movements, he passed through me as though I did not exist. I drew my sword and lay in wait for him. Making a slash I apparently cut him in twain, when, loi there were two men bringing in water, neither of whom could 1 restrain or prevent from doing so.
 T was completely out of my donth
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This military-looking man was to the windward of the boy with the pea nuts and he began to sniff hungrily, as l noticed, as he looked at the urchin beside him. He watched the boy munching his peanuts until the ferry boat was half way across the East River. Then he held out the open palms of both of his hands to the lad, saying: For heaYens sake, boy, give me some peanuts, quick
 ''The boy, who knew his gait all right, grinned and dumped half the contents of his bag of peanuts into the elderly mans hands. The latter ate those peanuts voraciously for the re- mainder of the trip across, and when he disembarked he led the newsboy up to a peanut stand and bought him a whole armful of 'em. The elderly, mili- tary-looking man was Major General Wesley Merritt, who's now going out, see, to help George Dewey run that new acquisition of ours, the Philippine Islands"
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ROME, Sa turday.-The osservatore Romano publishes from Turin an account of the photo graphing of the holy shroud recently exposed by King Humbert, who is the guardian of the relic and authorized the photograph, which, when de- veoped, is said to have displayed in perfect out line the holy features, hands and limbs of Christ.
 
 HES URIN this week has been the of great pilgrimage to pay reverence to the Holy Wind ing Sheet of Our Lord, which is being presented to the veneration of the public for the time in thirty years. The exposition will last for
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visible in the precious relic at Turin, with the wounds in the hands feet and side the marks of the crown of thorns the outlines of the beard and hair of our Savior. The impression is little feet 81s inches long, and member of the body is in exact proportion.
 The ceremonies at Turin the 18th, when the position of the Holy Winding Sheet inaugurated were of the most imposing character
 Five -rchbishops and Bishops assisted at the func- tons in the of the Princes and Princesses of the house of Savoy among these being the Princess Cotilda who thirty years ago sewed 1t r. the red damask cloth from which it removed last Wednesday.
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MGR. PAMPIRlO. Archbishop of Vercelli.

'68 v o75, 0Oc1y W D, twelve days, and 1t is calculated that more than a million persons will visit 1t during this time.
 For the first thirteen centuries the Christian era this, the greatest of all relics, venerated the East. the Freeman's Journal Toward the middle of the fourteenth century 1t brought from Cyprus to the West by Godfrey, Count of Charny, in Bour- gogne, who deposited it in his castle of Srey, near Troye and founded a canonical chapter to guard it. At Sirey remained until 141S when Champagne being harassed by and the precious relic in danger proclamation, the canons requested Humbert della Rocca, Vassa of Anedes VIII, the first Duke Savoy take into his custody in his Monrort in Bourgogne, together with other relics.
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Victor Emmanuel and his son, the present King Hum bert.
 The winding sheet in which Our Lords body enveoped at His burial is mentioned by the four evangelists
 Among the Jewish rites for the dead it tomary, after closing the and the mouth to bind them with strips of cloth, comb the har wash the body anoint it with unguents and wrap 1t in sheet This sheet does not correspond exactly with what call winding sheet, being rather piece of linen which covered the body, back and front with the extremties meeting at the feet, in such that double impression of the figure would be left if stained with blood ointnlents.
 This double impression of Lords body is clearly
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Thirty-four years afterward Humbert's widow be- slowed 1t on the House of Savoy In 1532 the Holy Winding Sheet miracuously saved from being burned in conf1agraton which destroyed the church in which it placed.
 During this time it twice exposed for veneraton at Pinoio Q470 and Vercei (1494), both cities of Piedmont. In 1855 it again carried VercelIi from Chambery and remained there until 157S, when 1t taken to Turin where it has been ever since. During the present century the Holy Winding Sheet has been publicly venerated five times-in 1874, Victor Emmanuel reentered his States; 1S15 when Plus VII in Turin on his return from exile In 1922 at the inauguration of the reign of Carlo Feice of Savoy, and in 1S42 and 1868, the marriages of
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GOVERN0R-GENERHL
 MERRITT'S GREET
 PEYNUT TPPETITE.

"A few weeks ago" said Washing ton man to Star reporter, T was crossing from New York to Brooklyn on the Fulton ferry. I stood on the forward deck of the ferryboat to get a breath of air. Standing alongside of me was a ragged newsboy industriously munching some hot peanuts that he had got at the ferry entrance. On the other side of the peanut-eating news boy was a fine-looking, elderly man of a decidedly military appearance.
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of any exodus of any nd."-Scottish Knights.
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h tcompe hemotccn extensive hit tsyf Thesyt 2a0Omntt O tucawH what tfounng along thwh Atlantic Coa
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PENNSYLVANIA

A bitter and highly sensa-
tional campaign has been made.
A canvas just completed by ene-
mics of Quay shows the election
Of Stone for Governor over
Swallow and jerks by a very
small majority. The Legislature
is the real issue and it is abso.
lutely impossible to forecast the
result intelligently. Quay is
said to have placated both
Martin and Magee by agreeing
to resign soon after being re-
elected to make room for Magee,
who is slated by Martin to sue
ceed Quay. If this deal has
been finally consumated the cleo
ton of a Quay Legislature is a
certainty. 1t rests with Martin
and Magee as to whether or not
the incoming Legislature will be
for or against Quay. Swallow
will probably poll $50, 900 votes.
jerks will be second. Stones
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NEW YORK CITY

$50. Central Park District, borough
of Manhattan, gives Roosevelt none, Van
Wyck s.
$50 p. m. Five election districts out
of seventeen in Queens, Roosevelt, 1872;
Van Wyck, GA.
7.lO. Brooklyn, 10 districts, Roose.
velt, lO,055. 20 districts out of SS3 for
Lieutenant Governor, Woodruff, 1852;
Danforth, 3,GS7.
100 election districts of SS3 in Man.
haitian and Bronx, Roosevelt, 1902;
Van Wyck. 46,425.
New York, II districts outside Greater
New York give Roosevelt, l,60s; Van
Wyck, S22.
Brooklyn, so districts, Roosevelt,
12,96l; Van Wyck, II, Jos.
Borough Richmond, election dis
tricts out Of 40, Roosevelt, 4S4; Van
Wyck, 954.
New York estimate based on returns
from so districts in city OF New York,
Roosevelt, 22,497; NanWyck, 1883.
New York, one-tenth of vote in Man
haitian and Bronx shows NanWyck ma
jorty $4,000.
Brooklyn, 100 districts, Roosevelt, 49,
740; VanWyck, 1871.
7.15p. m.-Chairman of Republican
County Committee claims Albany coun-
ty by 100.
7.30-One Election district out SIG,
Brooklyn, Roosevelt II, NanWyck 26
Twenty first Assembly district. Roose-
welt Is, VanWyck 1876, Hanford ".
Fifteenth Assembly district, Roosevelt
III, VanWyck 90, Hadford 5.
Twelfth Election district; ;Twenty.slxsh
Assembly district, Roosevelt ol, Van
Wyck l5S.
Twenty-second Election district;
Twenty.iirst Assembly, Roosevelt so,
VanWyck ll3.
Manhattan and Bronx Tenth Election
district, Roosevelt 956, VanWyck Ills.
20 districts, Queens county, Roosevelt
2703, VanWick 31l0.
Borough Richmond, 5 districts out 40,
Roosevelt 4S4, VanWick 95i.
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election seems to be ass ured.

The election in Pennsylvania will be Of
a Governor, Lieutenant Governor. Secre-
tary Of Internal Affairs, two Judges Of
the Superior Court, One-half of the State
Senate. and the House. the Legislature
to have the choice Of United States
Senator to succeed NJ. $. Quay (Rep).
Seven tickets have been nominated-the
Republican, the Democratic, the Prohibi-
ZIONIST. the Populist, the Socialist, the
Peoples party and the Liberty party.
The Rev. s. G. Swallow, the Prohibition
nominee for Governor. whose platform Is
the eighth Commandment. is the candi-
party and the Liberty party.
1897 crreas).. .s72,44s 242,7si 11s,9eo "a:
1895 Pres). .720.98s 422,054 1924 11.000
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ST. predict the
election of Mr.. Stone by over 100000
majority" DAVID MARTIN.
Pittsburg, 5 p. m.-Jenks is running
ahead Of the ticket, and the reelection
Of Dalzell and Acheson is assured.
Graham will succeed stone.
Reading, $40 p. m.-This city will
poll the largest vote in its history. Swal-
low will get very light vote.
Bethlehem, 5. 10 p. m.-The Democra-
tic vote will be much reduced in this
section.
West Chester, $50 p. m. The anti
Quay people are very confident and
claim large majorities for their legisla-
tive candidates.
Easton. $50 p. m. Quiet here all day.
jerks will have the normal Democratic
majority.
Lancaster, $40 p. m. McClain, Re-
publican, will have an enormous major
ity for the Assembly.
Harrisburg, $50 p. m. Swallow is
polling a very heavy vote here, but it Is
doubted that he will equal his State
Treasurer record.
Wilkesbarre, 5.22 p. m. The only
fight here is on the Congressman. Swal-
low is getting no support.
Philadelphia, 5.45 p. m. RothemePs
election seems to be certainty. Careful
estimates from "a wards show majorities
equal to those accorded Warwick for
Mayor. Beck is running behind his
ticket in strong Democratic wards.
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UTAH

On a total vote of eighty thou
sand, the women voting, Bryan
carried Utah by a majority of
fifty thousand. The Democratic
candidate for Congress in 1896
received nineteen thousand five
hundred plurality. This year,
as in '9o, it is merely a question
of majorites, as the most SAN
guine Republican comedies the
election of the Democratic CAM
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NEW YORK

AS both Mr.. Plat and Mr.
Croker want Col. "Teddy"
Roosevelt defea ted there is little
or no doubt about the election of
Mr.. Agustus Van Wyck, Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor of
New York. The rest of the
ticket is attracting little attention
outside the State. 1t is reported
in hostile circles that Mr.. Croker
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RHODE ISLAND

While the vote to be cast in
the Congressional election in
Rhode Island this year is prob
lematical, the result is certain.
Never did the Republican party
have before it SO complete a.
walkover, for the Democrats have
offered no inducements nor ad-
vanced a single potent reason
why any chang. should be made
in the present Congressional
representation.
Pawtucket, 6.45 p. m.-Estimates re-
ceived from responsible sources assure
the return of congressman Capron and
Bull.
The sun., 1898-11-08

In South Dakota all of the State Off
GERS and Legislature will he chosen.
Only two tickets are in the field, that of
the Republicans and the fusion nominees
of the Democrats, the Populists and the
Silver Republicans.
Three important constitutional amend
ments are to be submitted. One is Il
woman suffrage proposition; another pro-
vides for State control of the liquor traf-
fc upon the lines of the South Carolina
dispensary system, and the third il Il
modified form of the Swiss initiative and
referendum, providing that when ) per
cent. of the voters of the State petition
for law on any subject the Legislature
shall frame such law and submit it to
the voters at the next election.
Rep. Dem. Pop. Pro.
1896 pres) ..... Al ,042 Al .225 ... 6S3
1894 Cow ....... 40, 4Ol $3.50 2G,5GS 1lOl
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means to succeed Senator Muir
ply in the Senate Of the United
States.

ply i'll the Senate Of the United
States.
State officers will be elected in New
York and Legislature, which will
choose United States Senator to sue
ceed Edward Murphy, Jr. DEM. There
are five tickets in the tield-the Republi-
can, the Democratic, the PrOhibitionist,
the Citizens Union and the Socialist
Labor. A Silver Democratic ticket was
nominated, but it was refused place
on the official ballot because of de-
feet in the nominating petition.
Rep Dem. Pro- Dem.
1897 (Jge Ct. app. .493, ,791 b54,6s0 1868
1896 Pres.). .sl0,S 551 1863 16,052 1880
New York Nov. S.-"Colonel Roose-
velt's election and the election of his
associates on the State ticket is assured
beyond the shadow Of doubt. The Leg
islature will be Republican on joint
ballot by good majority, and great
delegation Of Republican Congressman is
to be sent to Washington from the State
Of New York to sit in the fity.sixth ses-
sion of the House of Representative.
Roosevelt will have 100000 plurality or
more.
THOMAS G. PLATr.
New YORK, Nov. So expect a plu-
rality of $1,000 for Roosevelt up the
State. This will give him plurality
over Mr.. Van Wyck of $4,000. be.
lieve the vote IN New York city will
disappoint the Democratic leaders.
Local district leaders reports indicate
strong tide for, Roosevelt. l do not
think the Democratic majority in this
city will be more than 55,000."
BENJAMIN B. ODELL,
Chairman New York State Republican
Committee.
New YORK, Nov. S.-"The Republican
ticket will go down to Spuyten Duyvil
creek with a majority not to exceed 40,-
600. This will be met by an overwhelm-
Democratic vote in Greater New York.
Tonight expect to hear that the Demo-
cratic ticket has been elected by ma
jority Of from $4,000 to 60,OOO."
EDWARD MURPHY,
United States Senator from New York.
New YORK, Nov. S.-The following
are the latest arrests at the poll by Nc
Cnlleugh's deputies.
Elwood Barry, of No. 1873 Bowery, ar
rested on complaint of Deputy George S.
sickler, at No. SO Chrystie street, third
election district OF sixth assemb dis
trict.
Robert J. Berry, of No. 1875 Bowery,
on complaint of Deputy George
A. Sachoes, at No. 93 Chrystie street,
third election district of sixth assembly
district.
William Sommer of No. 70 Bowery
arrested on complaint of Deputy Andrew
Biser at No. 03 Chrystie street, Third
Election District of Sixth Assembly
District
William Kelly of No. 70 Bowery ar
rested on complaint of Deputy Andrew
Biser at at No. SO Chrystie street, Third
Election District of Sixth Assembly Dis
trct.
The sun., 1898-11-08

Edidate. There are three ticket,
in the field, Democratic, Republi.
can and Populist, the latter party
having but a small following.
The Democratic candidate for
Congress, B, H. Roberts, is, Of
course, running on the Chicago
free silver platform.
Roberts is a polygamist, has
three wives, and one of them re-
Gently presented him with twins;
aud its upon the issue that he Is
a law breaker that his opponents
have conducted their campaign.
On the polygamy issue Roberts
will lose two or three thousand
gentle Democrat votes, which
will 60 to Foster, the Populist
candidate.
In the back counties, which
are almost solidly Mormon,
Roberts will run ahead of his
ticket because of the anti-Mor.
mon fight that is being made
against him. The Legislature
will be Democratic by two
thirds majority, and a straight
Democrat will be elected United
States Senator to succeed Senator
Cannon.
In Utah Judge of the Supreme Court
and a Legislature will be chosen, the
Legislature to elect United States Sen
atOr to succeed Frank J. Cannon (Silyer
Rep.). Nominations have been made by
the Democrats, the Republicans and the
Populists.
OF several pending constitutional
amendments the one Of more than local
interest would prohibit the Governor
from appointing to Office any one who,
at the previous session Of the Legisla-
ture, failed of confirma tion to that Office.
and would empower the Governor to gil
a vacancy in State Office or on the
bench resulting from death or resigna-
tion
Rep. Dem Pom
1895 Pres) .......... 13.491 64,8O7 -.
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In Illinois State Treasurer, a Super
intendent of Public Instruction, two
trustees of the State University, one
half of the Senate, and the House of
Representatives will be chosen. The
tickets are the Republican, Demo-
cratic-P -Populist-Fus and the prohibi-
ton.
Rep. Dem Pop. Nat D. Pro.
1896 Prcs.) .G07, 100 464,523 1,O9O $3.50 9,798
1894 Trcasl .i55, ,SSG 800 459 59793 -. '45.357
Both factions.
Chicago, 6.35 p. m. A very heavy
vote is being polled and all classes are
taking the deepest interest in the cam
paign The figures in many instances
are nearly equalling the last Presidential
vote. Fair weather prevailed as a rule
throughout the State. Interest outside
of Chicago is apparently centred ON the
Congressional elections. The heavy
early vote was looked upon us a favor
able sign by both Democratic and Re-
publican leaders,