The Elbert County tribune., 1899-03-30


washington. 5000 at New York, 2,oo0
each mt Philadelphia and Chicago, ana
a smaller number Of sets at other post
offices. with instructions that not more
than one set should be sold to a single
customer. The sale commenced on
February 18th, and SO far as returns
have been received was a great sue
cess. The entire stock Is exhausted.
and after paying all expenses the gov
ernment is enjoying a prift OF SAB
97b. There are million or SO stamp
collectors In the United States, and the
eagerness with which these stamps
were purchased makes Assistant Post
master General Merritt regret that he
did not charge $40 a set for them, ana
realize a half of million instead OF n
quarter OF a million dollars BY their
sale.
hfr. Triples has obtained patent
for producing liquefied air by Intense
cold. 1t is a grayish-looking huid, and
each gallon represents 500 cubic feet OF
ordinary air. so that its expansive pow
er is tremendous. There is, however,
no danger in handling 1t and 1t can
be easily confined in jars or cans of
iron or steel. A Mr.. Stearne of Zurich
has obtained patent for reducing car
bonic acid gas to liquid form, and he
proposes to sell 1t in little steel cap
sules, small enough TO be carried In
| the vest pocket. BY this Invention ev
ery man can have n soda fountain with
him wherever he goes. for by unscrew-
| ing the capsule and dropping its con-
tents into n pitcher or bottle of water
the LIQUID dissolves into gas again and
charges the water like apollinaris or
soda in fountain or siphon. A conf
pany Is being formed for the purpose of
making capsules and charging them
with the liquid gas. 1t Is proposed to
mt them up in little boxes to. be sup
piled to the public through druggists
and grocers and furnish them to hospi-
tnls. steamships, armies and navies In
quantity.
Congress provided for an Increase of
about 1000 clerks for postoffices, scat
| tered through the various grades. II
will be the policy OF the department TO
reward efficient and faithful clerks
now in the service by advancing some
of them to the new positions, and the
| 900 new appointments will be made
from the eligible lists Of the evil serv-
ice commission to the lowest grade.
The new clerks VIII come in at the foot
of the ladder. and will not be advanced
over the heads OF old and tried clerks.
The postmaster general has also been
| furnished with $4,000 to be used in
the employment of substitutes to act
while the regular clerks are on vaca-
tion A similar amount has been
placed in his hands for the employ
ment Of temporary clerks at summer
and winter resorts and for holiday and
election service. The act making ap-
preparation for the next fiscal year spe-
tlanr M n G tpt
general shall not maintain a civil pen
sion roll or an honorable service roll
and shall not use any of the funds as
compensation OF any persons .permn-
nently incapacitated for performing
their official duties.
Edward Tripler. the New York man
who discovered n new motive power In
frozen air. will make the first public
demonstration of his discovery before
the National Geographic society here In
a few days. He reduces air to liquid
form by compression and cold and
keeps 1t at d temperature of 212 de
grees below zero. One cubic foot of
frozen air is equivalent to 800 cubic
feet of ordinary air and Mr.. Tripler
proposes to use II as a motive power in
place of coal, oil and electricity by
allowing 1t to expand. Tie first supply
must be produced by the use of ordin-
ary fuel. but after that It can repro
duce itself. Two gallons of the liquid
will furnish power sufficient to pro-
duce ten gallons. Therefore. 1t costs
nothing except for labor and machin-
cry. and steamship with the proper
apparatus would be able to manufact-
ure its own fuel while In motion. A
locomotive on a railroad could do the
ta-ft, rtt.I.
well to every factory In which power
may be used. Mr.. Tripler promises to
revolutionize the manufacturing indus
tries and transportation facilities OF
this country, and great interest Is felt
among scientific men here in the sub
ject.
The correspondent of the Chicago
Record writes his paper as follows:
The recent promise of Ambassador
Choate that the United States and
Great Britain would maintain friend
ly rivalry in the worlds commerce sug-
gests an inquiry that is not so consol-
ing to our British cousins as 1t is to us:
for the statistics show that we have
not only been rapidly gaining upon their
export trade. but surpassed 1t last year
by more than hundred million of dol
lars. In 1868 the United States export
ed S260, 1886. 200 worth of domestic mer-
chandise and Great Britain $S9S, $780,
0G0. In 1898 our total amounted to ST.
233. .584 ,S2S and Great Britain's to ST.
l31, ,944. .331; that is. in thirty years we
have gained 1854, 152, ,62S in our export
trade. while Great Britain gained only
$233, ,555,2T1 Putting 1t another way.
our gain has been 1853 per cent. and
hers has been only % per cent. She
has not even been able to keen pace
with the growth OF population In her
own colonies. In 1890 we bid fair to
surpass the record. Our exports in the
eight months ending with February last
were SS29. .335. .141, while those from the
United Kingdom were S79S, ,96O. .427.
The year 1898 was the first year in
which our eypxorts exceeded those of
Great Britain. Only twice have they
been more than billion Of dollars.
while those of Great Britain have ex-
ceeded a billion of dollars annually for
more than twenty years. There is even
more striking significance In our trade
with the mother country. In 1879 we
sold her $346. .4S5, ,SS1 worth of merchan-
disc. In 1893 we sold her S534. .39S. 300.
and increse of "a per cent, while our
general export trade increased go per
cent. The exports from Great Britain
to the United States have stood still
for quarter OF century. They were
almost the same in 1898 as they were
In 1878. being S10S,945,1 ,1S5 in the for
mer and S10s.53s,s12 in the latter year.
which shows that although Great Bri-
tain continues to be dependent upon us
we are making our own goods.