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ameter. II Is made up Of twenty-four
sections Joined with the aid of bolts.
These sections. when all mounted, will
rest upon a cast iron base supported by
stone columns. 1t is arranged so as to
Slide to take up the expansion and con-
traction. The tube plays no part In the
formation of the images. nor does IL serve
for supporting the detectives in the eye
piece. but IL prevents dust from intro
ducing itself between the essential parts
of the apparatus.
one of the detectives is designed for
visual observation, and the other for
Photographic work. Both are mounted
upon carriage made 20 roll upon rails
so that either OF them may be easily
placed In position before the tube. The
weight OF either of these detectives with
out its mounting is about !. SO pounds,
and with the mounting l..so pounds.
Each OF the crown glasses is carried by
rollers. so that IL may be separated from
the flint glass In order to render the
cleaning OF each disk easy. The lenses
will cost sl2o,oeo.
The disks were cast by Mantois. Of
Paris Great attention was paid TO the
casting OF the glass. Specimens Of the
glass were constantly taken out during
the heating and examined with a lens I'M
der different conditions OF illumination
In order to judge OF the degree of purity
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TAXATION OF GREAT ESTATES.
Prospective Revenue From the VAN
derbfn Millions

Great Britain and the United States
have both. wise or unwlseiy. adopted the
principle of taxing estates that pass by
death. and when fortune Ike tina. Of
Cornelius Vanderbilt estimated at SIfp0-
orc 90. comes to the probate court IL sug-
eests comparison IN the burdens exactei
!n both countries
II the Vanderbilt legacies are over 81
90 no they wil pay On the legaciez 20
SONS and daughters Federal TAX Of IA
per cent. and state tax ~ ! per cent
or IA per cent I'm all FsAgacies 20 ne
phews and nIeces Will pay ID per cent
Federal and per cent. state OF sas per
cent in all LeRAciss 81 this arnoun. fo
persons who are not blood relatives will
pay p Federal tax % Is per cent. and n
state tax ST ; PR cent or ~ per cent In
all This IL the maximum sum which can
be ievie<i whore si.tssl9ss PASSES. The state
tax Is rs; cumulative, bu; the Federal tax
rises from 81 81 / per cent on direct
legactes Of ylapn 10 sss.s go by grades TO
, IA per cent on NuERs over 81 $50 ssss
In England an estate duty - per cent
Ia levied on every fortune Of over 81. ss3 90
This IL paid even by husband and wife
when one suceeeas the other. and Is IN.
same whsther inheritance c@ near or re-
mote. 4 sec or daughter IN England paws
this per cent and per cent. more. or
- per cent. IN al. collateral heirs through
the parents ard PR cent. u per
cent ;n ali. collateral heirs through the
grandparents s and : sser cent or - per
cent altogether. ard In others aad o
is.r cent or Il Per cent Isl alt
For large estates the English taxes are
at soyue ptints heavier ftha tax lsga-
.ies to children being thrice as heavy and
az other points lighter than the Federal
and N@w York tAxsa together. with this
difference ftast the highest Federal tax
So only 81 suF9s over E.ass.ssa. while the
English PER cent estate duty falls on
III parts af eE estate 81 over 6 sS
xith a sliding legaeY duty added for III
rect and collateral heirs English estates
.aay over Ese IN value 7 hs Federal leg
aey tax begins as SI99e and state legacy
taxes az various points higher than that
Of EngiaEt.-PhiiAdssrhia Press.
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mother. who was a tall. powerful woman
sprang I'D. seized the sfiletso by the blade
snd struggled with The man Ry this time
my father had got ous his watch and purse
and handed them over. eoolIy telling the
man IN Italian that he would be found
out by means Of the watch. Among other
coins in his purse there was a double
napoleon
The hriganas fel. our fee, 10 discover
II we had any shoe buckles. and our ears
Tor earrings. but In vain We had a dave;
covered with black silk and shey took
that Harriet was waving her hanaksr-
chief frsntically. crying cut. s'N.ente al
psu. Nlen;e q! piu." whereupon they took
that also scruple 90 conscience came
over ME as l remembered that had on
watch which my eldest brother had
given me just before We lef, England.
and which valued very much The man
felt me all over and | thought he must
have discovered Il. bat the carefully
pinned shawl defeated him. We made no
resistance and did nos cry out excspt
Harrie,'s first warning shrek But dur
ing this time all sorts OF thoughts crowd
ed into our minds At last ths ertSanas
said we might 60. The ccachman ard the
laquais de place sprang into their places,
and we set off at fun gallop as hard a.
We could so. And then we began 10 be
very much afraid. fer We though, what
II We should encounter more Of these men
and have nothing 10 give them We had
10 stop at the inn at Ponte della NADIA
lena 10 water the horses.
The men were afterward caught and
theran who threatened Us was sentenced
TO Imprisonment for life. The watch and
the double napoleon were recovered: the
duve:. too. ali Slit UP. Some time after
ward. in some negotia tions between Eng
land and Sicily on the subject of sulphur
duties. the Neapolitan government desired
favorable consideration on the score OF It's
activity in bringing these brigands 10 JUS
International Review.
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SUN SPOTS, CROPS
AND THE ELECTIONS.
How Was Figured Out That the Republicans Generally Speak
ing Would Win at the Polls.

weather have been unusual wetness and
GOODNESS. while In the years wherein the
least number % sun spots has occurred he
characteristics Of the weather have been
Unusual warmth and dryne~s
In our temperate zone the cotton crop
and the grain crops except corn. require
warm weather and Il moderate allowance
OF moisture. while the corn crop requires
great deal Of moisture IN addition Ia
warmth. Accordingly season Ideally
adapted 20 corn is likely 80 be- a little too
wet FOR other grains and for cotton. while
a season BEST adapted "a wheat and cotton
~ rot wee enough fer the maximum pro-
duction q corn. bur. taking farm crops
all together, they are found 70 be- heavier
when the weather has been warm and
somewhat dry than when Ii has bean Good
and excessively wet. These two different
combinations % conditions are fo0nd 10 tie
ta0se tAa. fellow TIRE minimum a1}3 maxi
mun exhibitions - SUIT spots.
Early in fSse 4 minimum number 81 sun
spots was observed fh. weather that sea-
son Mas warm and sarae~ hat dry: Tire Yield
Of corn and wheat Was Unprecrderteily
large and The Republican party. thc1 IN
power. MAS continued ia power by the ciec-
sSon Of President tsaefel&
Late IN is>3 ard early In iS>i Appeared he
biggest sl1n Spots ever seen. cool ard wet
weather urefoguiusted in fN~s, 1neTv WAS a
great falling oT IN the wheat sr5 corn
crops aui the Republican atfni1iss ration
was overturned BY ;ae eleetion u Presiden,
Cleveland
In isS> yherc VAS = large number - sun
saatS fae weather Mss ceoi and wFt. we
hAA short crop q wheat ana an rNccp-
tiotatly large crop ~ cora, and Jhe nation
al administration VS. changed AY the Sc
feat a. President Cleveland ard tAe cleo
ton q President Harrison. @lta y cNansr
also in the complexion % she house o. rep
rs-Sy natives
lis 1SSs there wns again large number x
sun saols. the Weather wSs rather WEE @n&
rocl thAn warn and dry. there VAS a fail
IRIS go IL ths principal cereal crops. sSCer.
rarn though Fhe cstton crop vas iArEe ana
TIE rational RdEzia3Sfrs'i en was overferE2-
.! ~ the Sc feat Of s'r~sssept Harrison ar4
yhs els,e.tsn ~ President Clevelasss3.
In Ikea ana - Ag1 unusually large nGsn-
isr - san spots was noted. both years
were recorded rist~oreta +siC&l3y Is cecil ard
vet tu hesA pears the eeSs@i crops III Sts-
lsw the nrFuas3 a. crAse. kaA - thf second
YEAR sae cegG cr,s. nss s~Ar 1cAs&fAS stesaEf.
IN November ot that year gasrc ~2s An
s,xesa sa}gnsue change In ifsv nplextsg g
TIE hgsa=s IL rerEt SsHts dives. fas forrsgr
Democratic majority n stsag hsay lreasg -
vcrSxss ~ a EspUhisc8n akforlty ef isss.
IL il. many sun sgots were assd. ia
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o'clock In the afternoon. the time OF day
when the temperature does not change
perceptibly. The entire morning was de-
voted TO the cleaning of the machine, and
To the verihcation Of the paraileIlsn OF
the grinding plate with the surface Of the
mirror. an operation which was per-
formed with four scales which were ac-
curate TO one one-thousandth Of a MILL
meter
As the grinding proceeded finer and
finer emery was used and the closer the
grinding plate was brought to the surface
OF the glass. With the finest emery the
distance between the plate and the glass
WAS o.oos inch The grinding lasted eight
months. and was followed by the opera
ton of polishing. which required two
months The lower surface OF the polish
Ing plate was covered with sheet OF
albumenizea paper like that used In pho
Biography. but unsensitized. The work
men spread upon this paper a small guam
THY of the finest Venetian tripoii. and as
much possible was removed with a
soft brush. The distance between the
rubber and the surface of the glass
a0f2 Of an inch.
This method Of treatment, notwith-
standing fits deiicaey. produces enough
heat To render the mirror slightly CON
vex and cause II 20 draw away more
strongly In the center, so that, upon
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n Y Observing closely the spots on the
u face Of the san, the results OF ma
III tieuai and state elections can be
- determined with fair accuracy
months before the ballots are east
4ais statement seemingly absurd. = no,
s9s-r2 In reality, Say It's believers. bat has
sealsd II Important scientific truths Of re
NC. discovery TIE sequence Of causes
~ effects IL this
w IAe appearance or nonapYetrance or
s.s srets largely determines the character
Ire Weather cn the earth months after
ssri
y TIE character % the weather largely
s'sTtnines the character 81 our harves,s-
sAstasr they shall 80 good or bad, ooun~
"a. or seant
W The character ~ eur harYests. in
sasssl WAY. is n powerful factor In de-
SHINING the Result 81 our elections.
hsnVe. ,sy observing tae sun spots
"a aosEns the effect upoa weather that
aA4afis FELLOWS their appearance or non
~stafSnce. We caa 1udgs ia advance -
IS ana hArl vsts. Asd in consequence,
- sleeslons
KS sasln az related circumstances all
separately. never before has been
aN2 of couySs 3hiS series % causes ana
sfHflttir. IT t3sA rs Ma p. = ftsttAsa-
-. - ~ ether iuftuercss. IN some instances
ssais % the extent - nvsstralizsng IN
sss iis Operations ard thus coth,ea, ing
80 car View the AVS 50 nature ana -
Il were rot sa. taeB thy efforts
ssf'ieal parties. platform Declarations
>.sssSssls - partisan workers and ne pop
ssF 81 asDeSs 80 candidates wal.ad ae
n Bringing At5at political results
- M accepted Sictum among aStTo~
ssss's- Ct followers SO What : known
New Ak{renan.y' Thai al Phys
y. Sc sna mo; "a oa eaFta ars. dtle 20
- ~s'se q ;1t. II The ETIstrr or leSs
= - N~sioe Z ine san. a. Indicated % IA
'se sr~Atev 80 less frequency 81 san
-. APPEARS Is - accompanied ~ ina
- sSsc;S uI~al ne ;uegeorolosy - the
- rs temperature Asr1ugusrfc frexs-
sssf'ss az rainfall II seems - 20
- es statistics t;1st crcaS are best ia
- Nash san assats Ae a9t apytsks. Or
ss'es siqe az IA >Tus1 numbers. a@4
aas II Is rNa~oee.. thas tnc sun spots.
sa.-ssr. the <aNess ~ frerra. have =
cva~ ~''' SIG Seasons ~" ''is
$50 A'exsnsvr i n i',ass}s q the
rasefs &t 0eeenNsch. EGxiau6
60 ifw mcnsEs sso. by a careful
"a $50 - recorded .sa;a s,sene,erng tx
a. sSss ~sts rae.s-.le.5 tata coacerrfns
ssatn~f s'nc. "a. sAa, - the wear.
- las creates s.ar.,l..- - s.s.. ~.s.,ss
'sei tie CHARACTERISTICS es saS
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The appearance of many sun spots pres
ages unfavorahle weather conditions for
crops: poor crops dishearten the farmer
cause depression generally and prompt a
desire for change Of administration, and
thus hurt the party in power. Hence il is
deduced that the appearance OF many sun
spots hurts the party in power.
Conversely: The nonappearance of sun
for crops. good crops or harvests delight
for crops, good crops or harvests delight
the farmers heart. and cause prosperity
In other lines as we'll, and tend to make
the voters conservative and averse 70
change az administration. Hence IL is de-
dueed that tire nonappearance OF sun spots
helps the party In power.
Just what causes sun spots IL not known
definitely. nor IL their nature or character
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weather was warm and wet: the wheat ard
cotton crops fell off In this country and
abroad. and In consequence rose In value.
while the corn crop was unpreceefentedly
iarge-ostimaied by the department OF
agriculture at 2.2Ss. SIS. i6.o bushel=-and the
Democratic party. then i'm power. was over
turned by the election OF President Mckin-
ley. Here was case az mixed clements
and resultant mixture Of consequences.
But considering the exceptional features Of
tina; campaign. its complex character and
the intricate counter currents that entered
into it. entirely aside from the matter OF
crops. causing a general shaking w and re-
alignment ~ parties the result was what
might have been expected, absiractiy and
in the main Il seems 10 have followed the
presidents noted in the foregoing para
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from minute 10 minute. Portions OF them
have been seen To hop about. and this Inn
Plies "A velocity Of az least ~ miles a
second. so that the phenomena themselves
may be called explosions on the surface
OF the sun.
Many astronomers hold that the planets
Jupiter. Saturn. Venus and Mars are the
remote causes of these disturbances, and
Bslfour Stewart and Warren de la Kuc
have shown that an exact correspondence
exists between the motions OF those plan
cts and the recurring ten or eleven year
periods Of maximum sun spots.
The elections recently FOLLOWED: the uni
form rue that seems % have held good in
past years. and sustained the Republican
party In a general way. Few sun spots
have been observed this year. the crops
have been enormous. and the remaining
corollary, 10 accord with the rule would
have 10 he Republican success all other
things being equal
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This plate revoives slowly around
vertical axis by gearing. the whole being
stepped In cone. Above there Is a sta
tionary circular bronze rubber. IA inches
In diameter. which Il given reciprocal
ing motion by slider. thus passing
across the face OF the mirror travelling in
q circle beneath H. The perfect revolu-
tion OF the plate and the accurate ad-
snssing OF the slides and their parallel
Ism resulted In the production Of s. per-
fsct mirror. Ii required three months 10
adjust the slides alone The grinding of
the mirror was done with a mixture OK
emery and water. During this operation
a workman always stood at a respectful
distance from the apparatus so as not TO
change the temperature Of IT. From time
10 time he Injected q mixture Of emery
and water by means of a syringe into a
channel running through the grinding
plate and ending at the center This work
was carried on generally from to 5
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atmosphere Of the sun or upon Its surface.
Sometimes the spots are so large that their
movement can he seen by the naked eye.
Frequently AT such periods fifty spots are
visible at once. On the other hand during
minimum periods of spots weeks have
passed without the appearance of single
ore.
II has been noticed from observations for
years that the sun spots are, In meas
ure, periodic, being at times vastly more
numerous than at others. with a roughly
regular recurrence every ten and "A half
years The next maximum period II due IN
1906 The last one developed in 1884. and in
the preceding period. that Of 1887. "a spot
seven times large as the earth Was seen
md photographed on October IA Of that
year Usually the sun spots that are seen
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and photographed appear daFect.F on rs
fsf.a az re san turned toward IA. opt
times the spots or efarti@ns aSe pho
,o9rarsss.ss on the limb. CT edge. o. sA~
suns disk. IN profile AsiToner'sTs ard
ssssxssscssss call these ~ the Indefinite rzfse
OF --gzuzn1nenees. Efst ~ SONS sc1eakisss
tsaey ara believe ~ - simply sAs regular
s8n spoEa taxing GA aIsgerent APPEARANCE
when aeen ey us 10 profile. They &ssarHe
al sorts q beautiful and fantastic snss1s
fiery ciopzs. SPIKES. pAss1ss Ard Aa1s0fltaS
flames ffIamsnts. ss7osess and cyclone feF-
rs.Asic1ss changing with Incredible sapse-sy
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understood fully. Bat the aStrophyslcai
observatory IN Washington. an adjunct II
the Smithsonian Institution. presided Gver
hy Prof. SafaGs. +. Langley tts secretary.
ard otAer similar establishments for sun
study n Germany France. Itsiy aEd Eng
land. are 4u@esrssa tsng the subject Ezaez4
- these Institutions Is essAan2e~4 With
special apparatus for observing sf3n spots.
called Ire ssdsrassaT. which throws an srn-
axe Of the sun or . screen. where the
Spots NAY - observed ant stuffed. By
concurrence arsoux scientists these sSsats
a<e conceded to Do gigantic storms In tia
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graphs.
LAST year. lsss, GIRLS rod rate nUnser ot
san sts7rs aev~ rote1 weather conditions
wsrs, ary ard warm. cotteu and corn crops
aus fva-tic..iArIy vaest ARD cats nAryesis.
acre large. ard the nateoaAl ~Gmsrisfra-
;ion was sustained ~ gee ess7etIan q an
othsr Republican essTgreas
Running ;hFougs7 ali these eases 1sR -
osss%ysess a relnsson between s5a spots and
yssasslC-As results operating vita cosnpaTs~
tive uniformity ard ccs'sfAEcS and aei'AT-
sr.aS assuming ina algnsgy ef nztersl hw.
waosa clements EzSy De summarized thus.
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An opsimisti~ circumstance.

rrreie Hayrtck--f tell We. the rumber Of
consumers In the xorsa Ia CROWN faster
than the number os producers. The sine'ii
come. an se may live ter see IL. when
Eais here o.s world won, perduce CROUCH
food ter support the people that I've on H.
Uncle Cszthsn-D Don't ye think III Don't
ya tniak h., Read the advertisements In
the pagers an YEN ind that there's been
enough breakfast foods invented within
the sa.s year ter DO In case OF p4nen fer
each at tire three meals Z day fer everys
body On 0agths-pUek.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
OF THE GREAT AIRSHlP.
Mammoth Balloon Of Count Won Zeppelin Nearly Completed Lake
Constance for the German Government.

-OR many months visitors to Lake
- Constance, on the German side.
have wondered AZ huge and curi-
ousiy shaped building which has
noated about one-half mile from
the shore OF Friedrichshsfsn. The siruc-
ture Is over SAsl feet long, Is feet wide and
ts feet high. In the front the queer build
ing comes 10 a sharp point like the
wedge-shaped ends Of the locomotives
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failed utterly 10 lind out what
was soing on In the mysterious
place. Tho only thing that could
h~ guessed was that some gov
eminent matter WAS concealed
in the floating house. Tor what
little communication there was
with the mainland was by means
Of government vessels.
A correspondent for the New
York Press has discovered what
has been under way In this
building. IL is the mammoth
dirigible airship OF Count Won
Zeppelin. which is being con-
strieted under the supervision
of the German government.
This Is the great balloon 10
which Mai. BADEN Powell. broth
er OF Col. Baden-poweil. the
British commander at Matching.
has just drawn his governments
attention a. the most important
Efforts OF recent years. He de-
seribes 1t graphically as saying
that IL resembles tha slender
skeleton or a huge battlsship
made OF aluminium. containing u
large number OF balloons
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Among the imports in the Leith CONNER
cial List for June. 1880, is an entry of i.Sao,-
coo goose quilts, brought by the Anne from
Riga for Messrs. Alexander Duncan & Son.
81 Ejinburgh.-Southey' The Doctor"
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that have been built recently 20 attain
high speeds by being formed 50 that there
shall be little resistance to the air.
The building has been guarded night
and day and none was allowed TO ap-
preach IL. Whenever the doors were open
for any length of time the entrances have
been covered with heavy curtains. so
that even the most curious OF the inhab-
itants OF the surrounding towns have
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-20
LABOR IN INDIA.

United States Consul Patterson at
Calcutta has supplied to the bureau of
foreign commerce of the State Depart
ment some statistics relative to the
cost and means of subsistence OF labor
ers in India that exhibit in a striking
manner the economy practiced by the
Indians His tables show that the
highest wages paid for skilled labor is
$3.50 per month for jute mill hands,
while $50 is the monthly wage of
ablebodied agricultural laborers. The
consul says that in northwestern India
wages are even much lower than the
figures quoted. The labOrers live al
together on grain, using about one and
one-half pounds per day each, costing
on an average from two and one-half
to three cents. Yet with this food they
do the hardest kind Of manual labor
and keep their muscles well developed,
their endurance in carrying heavy
loads being remarkable. 4 majority Of
the labOrers not only exist on these
small wages, but manage to keep fami-
lies and save money.
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LARGEST ICEBREAKER IN THE
WORLD.

The largest icabreaker in the world
has lust been launched by Sir w. G.
Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., Limit
ed. The Ermack is quite a remarkable
craft. and a unique specimen Of her
class. She is a big ship, measuring
3O5ft. long by Aft. Gin. beam, and has
a displacement of about 5000 tons, and
her forefoot is cut away so as to leave
a long overhanging stem, intended for
the purpose of breaking the ice and
protecting the forward propeller. Her
machinery is very powerful, and con-
Sists of four sets, one forward and
three aft. each driving its own propel-
lnr and representing a united horse
mower of 10000. The Ermack will car
nv cargo and passeng gers, for which she
has annie space, and has been design
ed specially for opening the icebound
norris of the Baltic in winter time, and
conveying merchant steamers thereto,
besides providing means for the winter
traffic of passengers and goods when
no other facilities are obtainable. The
Ermack is clearly a vessel with a mis-
sion. and next year we may hear OF
certain Baltic ports hitherto always
closed to navigation as open TO traffic
all the winter.