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and can be navigated by vessels draw ing twenty-stx feet of water. Twenty one miles of the canal are made up of small lakes, through which vessels can pass at a speed of seven or eight knots, the maximum speed in the canal proper being limited to six knots.
 The tolls are determined by the ton. For passenger steamer or war vessel the rate Is about $1 so per ton and 50 cents for each passenger. Vessels in ballast have a reduced rate. Admiral Camara was required to pay $160, 900 as toll before his vessels were allowed to enter the canal.
 The canal is at all times neutral and war vessels of any nation are permit ted to pass through it, no matter on what footing the country to which they belong may be in respect to other na- tions. Great Britain is a large owner in the Suez canal, having acquired in 1875 all the stock belonging to the Khe- dive of Egypt-177 shares out of 400- at a cost of $20,00 900.
 Port Said is a town of about 10000 in- habitants, while Suez, at the other ex- tremity of the canal, contains about 16, 900 people.
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RECEIVING PRESIDENT McKIhLEYs PORTRAIT BY WIRE

With ,Hummel's machine it Is possi ble to send an outline drawing but not an actual photograph. A signature or a diagram can be sent, but the least bit of shading will appear as mass of the same tone as the rest of the pie ture.
 In general appearance the work of the machine looks like a picture made of a series of lines all running in one direction. Of course this is flat and there is a lack of detail most notice able. However, we'll trained artists can supply all of this so that the finished picture is all that can be desired.
 MT. Hummel is young manufactur- ing jeweler in St. Paul, and his inven- tion is the result of numerous experi- ments thought out and carried out during all his spare moments for the last two years. He believes the instru- ment will be especially valuable in helping to catch criminals fleeing from justice by scattering their photographs over the country with the speed of electricity instead of by the compara- lively slow medium of the mails. This, however, Is only on incidental use for the invention. In scores of ways the device can be put to practical use.
 The Hummel invention takes up about the same space as a typewriter and its table, or a sewing machine Its principal features, of course, are the transmitter and receiver Each of these is operated by diminutive electric mo- tor. hardly as large as the case of iC rather complicated system of clock work which controls the movements as part of the machine.
 The transmitter and receiver each has moving carriage, operated by the electric motor. In these carriages are fixed the pencils which are used in copying the pictures to be sent The carriage of the transmitter has a pro- jecting arm with a vulcanized rubber extremity, in which is fitted. sharp platinum point.
 By an ingenious device the clock work moves this platinum point very minute distance from the line in which it moved before. A screw and triple series of ratchets are provided by which the width between the lines car be regulated.
 When a picture Is to be sent over the wire it Is first traced through a carbon paper upon a metal plate. Then tho lines on the plate are brought out by 2 solution of shellac, which is a non-con- ductor of electricity
 After the machine is connected with the electric circuit and the platinum point is set in motion each time 1t en- counters a strip of shellac the circuit is broken. This break in the circuit throws down against the receiving pa per in the complementary part of the
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TO BUSY TO
 TAKE MONEY

A lawyer had come all the way from California to pay a $10,0OO legacy over to Uncle Jerry Hopefield, who had lived all his life in a little town in Ohio, and after breakfast two or three of us were invited to go along and witness the transfer When we reached the house Uncle Jerry was tightening up the hoops on the rain barrel, while his wife had gone to see a sick neighbor They had been fully identified the day before as the proper parties, and how the lawyer said:
 Well, Uncle Jerry, want to hand you that money and get a receipt and be off this morning."
 I'm kinder busy, just now said the old man, as he stopped hammering for moment.
 "Yes, but I have $1O,O0o here for you. I don't believe there's a man in the world who wouldn't stop work long enough to sign a receipt for such a for tune"
 "Mebbe not, but 1t looks like rain, and I want to git this bar'l fixed right away Can't you come over in about an hour?"
 Look here, man, but did you ever see S10, GOO in all your life?'' asked the lawyer, as he opened the .satchel and displayed a big package of new green backs
 
 as he pounded away
 Did you ever have thousand Gol- lars of your own?"
 Lands, mol"
 Never had hundred all at once, did you?"
 Never. Durn that hoop, but it don't want to go on''
 T must ask you to get this business over as soon as possible" continued the lawyer, as the old man kept at his work.
 But it's going to rain"
 "Yes, but here's your money"
 And I've got to get this bar'l fixed"
 Tt won't take over ten minutes to fix up cur business Run along and fetch your wife
 See here,' said Uncle Jerry, as he laid down his hammer and wiped the back of his neck, Marian has gone over to BIodgett's to be gone an hour. Before she went she said must tinker I'D this rain bar'l'
 But can't you stop your tinkering to handle $10,000 in cold cashn' exclaimed the lawyer In. indignant tones.
 "Yes, yes, kin stop work; bIt what about Marian 2
 Well, what about her."
 Why, she'd come home expectin' this barl to be all tinkered up, and if she found it wasn't them $10,000 wouldn't hold her no more'n tow string would hold hoss. She'd just shove me clean down among the cab- bages and jump on the bari with both feet and squash it all to squash, and fur the next week I'd hev to walk around on tiptoe and eat my meals in the woodshed. Washington Star.
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But our medical service Is thoroughly up-to-date to meet all these new emer- gencies. There never was such a hos pltal service as that of the United States, on land in the field or at sea. I have had occasion to become very familiar with the facts regarding this subject and to know the two gentlemen who have them in charge for the Gov ernment. l want to say that + Is my sincere belief that there is not an in- competent medical man in the service to-day. Every man selected to fill a volunteer appointment in the medical corps has been picked from his fellows because his training has fitted him for the position. Do you realize that in New York city the hospitals receive every day more men suffering from wounds than the record shows United States soldiers have fallen in battle with the Spaniards? The man who has had a hospital training in a great city, if he is bright and capable, is well fitted for a medical position in the army or navy.
 In addition to all this is the aid and comfort the Red Cross Society will give to the wounded. The moment a man is wounded he becomes a neutral, a non combatant. He is out of the fight, and in accordance with the international agreement to the results of the Geneva
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longs would have given him.
 The surgeon aboard the hospital ship Solace, the most splendid aid to the sick and wounded ever afloat, wrote me the other day that they expected an engagement soon, and when that happened and the wounded came aboard he would send me a detailed &C., count of the injuries inflicted by the modern bullets and projectiles. That Is subject of the deepest interest. It is just that study that will make the medical man more of an aid to his sol diers, and yet God help the soldiers who are waiting for those wounds. Waiting for them, say, just as man unconsciously waits for death. Wait ing for sorrow and suffering, martyrs to the cause of their fellow men. The whole medical world is awaiting the report of the result of those wounds yet to be inflicted.
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PRESIDENT McKlNLEYS PORTRAIT AS DRAWN ON THE ORIGINAL PLATE IN SHELLAC READY FOR SENDING.

platinum point while on the shellac in- sulation. When the platinum point has passed over the shellac and the circuit is again closed the needle poi- Is lifted.
 It goes without saying that the har- monious working of the delicate instru- ments requires the most careful adjust ment of the clock work which controls the velocity of the machine. This ad- justment MT. Hummel reaches by sev- eral whirling fans, somewhat like the governors of a steam engine, but with
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here again we find the injury Is by modern surgical methods confined sim ply to the hurt made by the bullet, and not the result of some after develop ment. I think a man is more likely to lose a leg or an arm than during our last war for the very reason I have stated-the increased shattering of bone and tissue.
 "The change in the injuries inflicted in past and present wars is caused by the difference in the projectile and in the material used. The shell breaks in a different way. It Is 50 different in every way that the effect seems to be much greater, meaning by that that the injury inflicted is more severe. believe that the statement regarding the bullet, that there are but two all ternatives, death and recovery, when a soldier is stricken-meaning instant death-holds good in the case of the shell, and I think that the statistics of the wars killed and wounded will prove this satisfactorily
 "The wound inflicted by a splinter of wood will be infinitely more danger ous than that resulting from a bit of shell I regard the wood splinter wound, taken altogether, as fright full if not the most frightful injury that can be received in battle in that it
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 | IBizert in Tunis
 
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PRESIDENT McKlNLEYS PORTRAIT AS DEPICTED ON THE RECEIVING PLATE AT THE OTHER END OF THE WIRE.

disks instead of spheres.
 The inventor does not regard his de- vice as beyond the stage of improve ment, but is now building a machine which he expects to work still better than the one in use, and to do it's work in less time. It now takes about twenty minutes to transmit a complete photo- graph. As will be seen by the repro-- ductions, the portraits now sent by wire are distinct enough to be easily recog- nized, but Mr. Hummel is confident his next machine will bring out the lines still more sharply and well defined.
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lodges and penetrates the flesh in jag ged ways that make recovery well nigh an impossibiity. This fact is entirely realized by the men at the head of the
 medical department of our army and navy It is to avoid wounds of this sort that every bit of woodwork pos- sible is thrown from a ship when she goes into action. Stripping for action is what the naval men call 1t. but 1t Is in reality stripping to prevent wounds.
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co oo ccoo Q eo oc ce Q oeec oc oo o

in 1869. It saves the trip around the Cape of Good Hope and reduces the sailing distance therefore about 41o0 miles. The canal is eighty-seven miles in length. Port Said is at the eastern end, on the Mediterranean, and Suez Is the southern terminus, on the Red Sea- There are no locks In the canal;
 it is lighted throughout by electricity
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convention he is no longer any ones enemy but a man to be aided and
 cured if possible The Red Cross has at it's command every facility that it is possible to obtain It seems to me that the soldier should be able to go into conflict with twice the courage when he can think that whether any one knows him or not, if he is wounded he will receive the same care the high est officer in the army to which he be-
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THE SUEZ CANAL.

T HE recent troubles which Admiral Camara experienced with his fleet
 upon entering the Suez canal have made this waterway a point
 of special interest in the eyes of he world. The canal was first opened
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VA q - @N
 Of Those Who Suddenly Become Prominent.

A seems that
 ~ the problem 1 \ of sending
 pictures or diagrams by tele- graph has been solved. As proof of this it is only necessary to say that 1t has been done.
 In this instance the sending of pic lures by telegraph does not apply to reproducing a wis ual" image on a screen many miles distant from the actual scene, but to producing a me chanical" image of certain lines and dots.
 The instrument that has accom- plished this wonder Is the invention of Ernest A. Hummel of. St. Paul, Minn. For some weeks past he has been showing it to a number of interest ed people in differ ent cities of the. East, and in every instance it has per formed all that was expected of 1t.
 There is the same difference between the work of Hum mel's machine and one that sends vis- ual ina ges as there is between a paint ing and an engrav- ing. In the former the. effect. of form is produced by color and light and shade. In the lat ter it is produced by black lines and dots of different sizes and shapes and with more or less white between them as the case may require.
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machine sharp needle point. which etches into the surface a line corre- spending to the course taken by the
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IA I AR to-day Is a slaughter by
 n job lots. Modern methods HH have largely eliminated the " V element of personal bravery.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Getting Friendly

Portsmouth, N. H., july 2o,-l was
learned today that a remarkable demon
.,rot;on occurred Saturday evening on
scavev' S island by the Spanish prisoners
As the gunboat Frolic passed on hel
was to Cuba the prisoners greeted 'he
,os,e, with cheers and waving OF hands
The ovations took the Americans oy
surprise and was regarded as a result
of fine rood treatment the Sp'n'''r'S
have received.
They took this method of showing
their gratitude.
The health condition amotnS the pf'S
oners is improvln@'
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
A Chance For Peace.

Madrid. July 25.---A correspondent
If thc Associated Press has had con-
versation with a person of high pos''lon
with the Queen Regent and is intimate
with her. lie says that the Queen ne
gent desires honorable peace >one ;S
fully aware of the state OF P"o'''
or;n;on The official mentioned says
the present government Will no' i',''' ,
ncace but will modify the cabinet he"',
ed by Senior Gamazo' the minister VI
public instruction. citation.
They will conclude the negotiations
and then retire, after which "e''ei''
po,avicia. with the combination 'nc'o"
ing Senior silvela and Gen" campus " i
reorcanize the country
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
MORE TROUBLE COMING.
PETITION BEING CIRCULATED TO ENJOIN
CITY FROM BUILDING CITY HALL.

From what could be learned this
morning by an Evening TELE GRAM re-
porter, there is more trouble in the air
for the city. 1t already has a number
of in junction cases on hand and num-
Der of persons have also threatened to
sue the city. Some one has remarked
that they are in hot water all the time.
AS near as could be learned a petition
is now being circulated to cnjoin the
city from continuing work on the new
city hall which is now under construc-
ton by Ward a. Douglass.
The promoters of this petition are said
to be north enders. Every one that
signs the petition is told to keep his
mouth shut and saw wood, but it has
leaked out. 1t is understood that there
are large number of signers and that
the reason for such action on the part OF
some citizens is that the city is to rent
rooms in the building to the government
for a post office.
1t is also understood that the purpose
of the petition is to ascertain the number
of hackers there would be to such a
movement.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Poor Queen

Paris July PA speclal'from M''
rid saws "poor Queen" is the eNcla"'-
t;on often heard of late as matters : 10"
,yorse and disasters repeat 'he''eo'' 20
and her own little King seems 10 W
slipping away from her
Each day they cling closer to '''''
bov to shield him from the o'''s'l'
closing about him with fatal force
Her worst enemies recognize III ''''
,,orsonal qualities worthy OF their h'sn-
est admiration. ,ou d;s
She has used every means at "ei VI: ;.
posal to prevent the war ever s''''
begun. . G,dtbe
Tier great paeoccupation is to i'n' 'ne u,
! Quickest way for the termination OF 'H'
war. A., Oucen
At many councils of late the 'S",v. ',,o.'
,a, hurst into tears begging all" "is
;nr tbe ministers to find some means u
prcycnt the crisis.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS.

Following out the plea by the Rev.
W. larkyn jackson yesterday for the
East Barre church Il committee was
appointed to solicit funds in the city
lhcy were as follows: Miss Kate Math-
cwson. Miss Broker, Miss Robinson
Miss Mann. Miss Belle Whitehead, Miss
Susie Cummings, Miss Winch, and Miss
Wheaton.
$4,000 has already been subscribed
and $3.50 more will be necessary l(
complete the auditorium of the churcl
carpet and plaster the room and pro
vide seats.
The members of the church have al
ready given three times their grand lis
and il is to be hoped that Barre CIl,
will do something TO help along TIT
roo! worF.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
NIGHT HAVE PROVED FATAL.
FOREMAN WALTER BODELL INJURED AT
THE WATER WORKS YESTERDAY.

There camc near being fatal acci-
dent at the water works Sunday after
noon. a gang of men were at work as
usual laying the water pipes from >4pl-
sters reservoir to the Martin Brook. A
portion of the gang came to ledge OF
rock and five holes were drilled Ill
which dynamite was placed. All five
fuses were lighted at the same time,
Four explosions were heard but the fifth
did not explode. Foreman Walter Bo-
dell walked near the place with another
employee, where they had blasted and
as he leaned over, the two sticks OF dy-
Mantle exploded a piece of stone as
large as his fist struck him on the right
breast, inilicting a severe wound, which
bled profusely. Another small stone
,od ged in his left check, which had to
be extracted by DR.. Dezlel.
Bodell was brought to this city where
the wounds were dressed, Another en-
ployee was hit in the neck with flying
stone.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Arrived at San Juan

Washington July % Major Gencr-
al Brooke commanding the First Army
Corps will sail today to join Miles al
Porto Rico on Saturday.
1t is expected that the remainder OF
the troops from ChickamauSa Will en-
bark from Hampton Roads by Wednes-
day.
The report just received hero OF the
boardino of German steamer off san
Juan by an American vessel confirms
tho belief at the war department '''''
Miles has arrived there.
It is believed that all the troops win
him will be ashore by the end OF inc
week.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
\ NARROW ESCAPE.

As Peter Bell, Il carpenter employed
on the Miles block, was standing near
the elevator shaft this forenoon, a brick
fell down the shaft from the top of the
building and elancing on "A board, struck
him ON the left shoulder. His shoulder
was badly bruised although no bones
were broken. Had the brick fallen di-
rcclly on Bell thc blow would undoubt-
rdlv been fatal.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Not Worried About That.

Her Father-Well, if you are deter
mined to iQarry my daughter, l shall
offer no objections, but before you take
this irrevocable step think it is only
right to let you know that | have de-
cidcd to leave all my money to educa-
tiol,al and charitable institutions.
Glib Suitor--Oh that's all right.
I've got proof that you bet on bicycle
road race once. It'll be easy enough to
show that you're of unsound mind. 80
Chicago News
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
BODY RECOVERED.

Alexander j. Stephens received a
telegram this noon from Portland Me-,
stating that the body of James L. Nc
aulcy who was drowned in Portland
harbor on July 9th, had been recovered.
The remains will be brought Eere
tomorrow and the funeral will probably
be held tomorrow afternoon.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon and Clan Gordon of which he
was an esteemed member will take part
in the services.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Danger In Fans.

A st. Louis physician says: 81 at
tribute many colds contracted III sum-
mor to the new hot weather luxury
electric fans. Artificial ventilation Is
seldom healthy. The swift draft of an
electric fan not infrequently closes the
pores of the skin, resulting i'll severe
colds "
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
American Dollars No Good

Washington, July 25.-Major Gen.
suffer of the army corps will sail from
Now York tomorrow for Santiago ac-
companied by three paymasters,
They will begin the payment OF troops
Immediately upon arrival and will then
proceed to Porto Rico.
Shaf,er wires that the tratcsmcn AT
S,n-;,ro refuses to ACCEPT American
silver dollars at par value, but treat
tbcm as Mexican dollars worth 90 cents.
He requests that gold an" paper
money be sent instead
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Must Not Enter Morocco

Madrid, July 25.-According to Il
despatch to the impartial from Tanslcrs
the foreign minister at Morocco decIar-
es that if the Americans should enter
the Moroccan ports they would be
notified to leave in 81 hours and il they
should receive Morocco will place
herself under the protection of the pow
crs.
rbo belief increases that the Ameri-
cans do not intend TO deprive Spain OF
ANYTHING but the Antil les.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Lightning Rods.

A lightning specialist maintains that
rods are no protection, and that most
precautions taken by people to keep out
of the path of Il possible electrical DIS
charge are useless. The recent wonder
ful discoveries in relation to the nature
of electrical force prove the worthless
ncss Of the lightning rod, but offer
nothing toward disarming the thunder
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Preparations Going On

New York. July 25.-Ihe transport
NIinnewaska the last of the seven 'rai'S-
ports purchased by the government 1or
"a o0O. 900. arrived today from London
She will be mmplaIcly lltl'd out iof
army work.
The mounting OF the guns abo'r" 'Pe
Chicago is all that remains to be done
to make that ship effective for active
service.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Readv For Business

San Francisco, July 25.-The trans
port st. Paul has come off the dry dock
and is now being prepared to receive
troops She will be ready to sail some
time this week. The Arizona and Ze-
landia will also be ready then.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Mob Fires On Gendarmes

Paris, July 25.-A private letter from
Madrid announces that during the re-
cent internal disorders in the province
of Condnue at Gari"a the mob fired
upon the gendarmos while the latter
were in the discharge of their duty.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Want More Delay

London, July 26.--It is announced in
a special despatch from Madrid that the
Spanish government has drawn up
message to be sent to the government at
Washington proposing an armistice for
the purpose OF discussing terms Of peace.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Sickness Increasing

San Francisco July 25,-lho sickness
,monost the soldiers here is Increasing
rapidly, there are 25o sick in the hos
pilal now and there are Il hundred more
in thc regiments.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
The St. Paul Starts.

New York. July 25.-The St, Paul
will probably sail this afternoon tor the
south. Everything is in shape. The
supplies have been placed on board and
also a large consignment Of me licine'
The rcliefis still lying off quarantine