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The Monte Vista journal., 1899-09-09
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT hoTes OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
asads Street Car Trasssers-rhinbi.
That Cuts ThrsaA-Nsw Man -stoppiue
Buliet-Ths Value 81 Vaccination
lnprovsnsnts to the Kinetoscop>,
rh. y.la. of yaeclp.,Ion.


Tho fierce attack recently made ~
Alfred Russel Wallace In his able book.
the Wonderful Century" on vaccina-
tion. has called out opinions held by
other scientists In different parts of the
world on the subject. One OF the lat
est to appear as an advocate OF vac
cination Is DR.. Bixxosero of Rome, who
has lectured In that city In a manner,
says 4 correspondent Of the London
Lancet. to make q deep impression. He
passed over his own country. Italy thus
leaving his foreign readers in ignor-
ance Of how the case stands there; but
Germany. he said. 10 alone in doing Its
entire duty by its people in respect to
vaccination. That great empire. in
consequence OF the calamitons small
pox epidemic OF 1901, enacted the
law OF 1874, which makes vaccination
obligatory at the tenth year. What
was the result? With q population Of
60. 900. 900 having In 1871 lost las, 900
lives by smallpox, she found by her
law Of 1874 the mortality diminished so
rapidly that today the disease numbers
only llS victims q year. These cases.
moreover, occur almost exclusively on
her frontier. II 1t were true, Professor
Bizzozero went on to say. tnat a good
vaccination does not protect from cpl
denies, We ought to md in smallpox
epidemics that the disease diffuses IT.
self In the well vaccinated no less than
In the non-vaccinated countries. But
1t Is not so. In 1901, during tae
Franco-Prussian war. tho two peoples
interpenerated each other. the German
having its civil population vaccinated
optionally. but It's army completely re-
vaccinated. while the French (popula-
ton and army alike) were vaccinated
perfunctorily. Both were attacked by
smallpox: but the French army num-
bered $4,000 deaths by 1t. while the
German army had only rs; and in
the same tent. breathing the same air
the French wounded were heavily Wis
tied by the disease, while the German
wounded. having been vaccinated, had
not a single case.
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Improvement. to the K,nc,oaeop-.

Il have Just succeeded in getting per-
feet photographs for the kaleidoscope.
that will be four by Ave inches in size" +"
said Mr.. Edison. This means that
when they are thrown on n screen they
will be perfect reproduction. As
things are row, a mans head is no big
ger than a pin point in the ordinary
photograph for the kinetoscopc. But
with my improved apparatus We can
color the fixtures and show things Just
as you see them In nature. The ad-
vantage Of this will be apparent when
I tell you that We propose 20 photo
graph n grand opera performance and
reproduce II with the assistance of my
latest improved phonograph. have
Just succeeded In making cylinders that
will reproduce the tones Of the human
ume that could be desired. Indeed, II
would take an experienced ear to de-
tect the difference between the singer
and the singing instrument or the
talker and the talking machine. The
only necessary concomitants for a
grand opera performance are q drop
curtain my own phonograph and kinet-
oscope and two men. This may seem
like . fairy tale. but 1t 10 fact. The
bigger you make the cylinders for the
phonograph the more perfect is the re-
production. And II you have a series
OF them. say like n steamers funnel,
you can easily reproduce the vocal par,
Of an opera performance. Just think
how cheap the outfit would be! A cur
tain would be all the stage scenery
necessary and two men could work the
machine from behind. Why. the ad-
mission fee would not be over a quar-
ter At most, and the poor could hear
Melba. Nordica. Eamcs. the de Resxkes
or other Erca, singers for a mere song.'
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rences, and could nearly always b
avoided by the exercise Of = little care.
1t 10 only occasionally that We hear Of
an escape Of gas being due to some ig-
norant person blowing out the hame
instead Of turning of the gas at the
tap. for. except in q few remote places,
gas and Its ways are familiar to all. It
ID this familiarity which breeds the
proverbial carelessneas and callousnesa
which prompts people to seek. an es-
cape Of gas with light. In nine cases
out Of ten the escape Is due to the tele-
scopic htting Of q sasalier becoming
dry. This is obviated by the addition
to the water with which the htting u
charged Of a few drops of sweet oil or
coal oil. which forms layer on the
surface and stops evaporation. II this
precaution were commonly adopted the
number OF gas explosions would be
sensIbly decreased.
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CARNIVAL NEWS.
4 NuabeS Of Features Added to Former
Prog rA mS

N000cT OF Features Added to Former
Programs.
The board of directors OF the Fest.
val Of Mountain and Plain. which takes
place In Denver. September 25th to
3Oth has added to the varied and en-
tertaining list OF features what is likely
to be one OF the most attractive feat
nres Of the entire week namely, tire
volunteer firemens tournament. The
Colorado towns boast OF the most eilic-
lent volunteer fire forces In the coun-
try, ana an opportunity will he given
them to test their relative merits. As
suranccs nre already received that the
most prominent hose companies In the
state will enter for the competition.
| Valuable prizes will be awarded and
q stirring contest Is expected.
Another new feature will be the pres
ence of band of Indians, either San
tn Claras, Moluis, Apaches or Utcs.
and possibly few from all these
tribes. They will pitch their tcpccs in
City Park and will, no doubt, attract
large crowds. This action Of the board
IL In direct response 10 a popular de-
mand, the red m,'n being always IN
object Of interest and curiosity.
Everything goes To show that this
festival will be the most elaborate and
entertaining of any yet given. In all
its features the managers have aimed
Mt originality. II has been their desire
to furnish the thousands of visitors
from Colorado and other states. n week
Of unRlloyed pleasure and to this end
neither time nor expense has been
| spared.
| The exposition and street fair Is
! growing In proportions. Booth space
along the streets assigned Tor this feat
ure Is rapidly being taken up and 1t
looks as though more room would be
required. The military parade. also,
will form one of the striking sand in
terestlng spectaclcs of the week The
Colorado volunteers. those brave boys
who battlcd for their cuuntryS honor
in the far-oif tropics, win occupy the
central figure, and all other orraniza-
tions will act as au escort.
The parade OF the Slaves Of the SIl
yer Serpent on Tuesday night, tho band
contest on "Wednesday. for which the
most prominent bands In the state are
entered, the great masquerade parade
III the afternoon and mask ball in the
evening OF Thursday. and finally the
horse show the last two days uf the
week, furnish an aggregation Of feat
ures that cannot hC surpassed. Every
thing has been arranged on a scale Of
magnliicencc never before attempted.
The week will bc fairly nll"d with
amusing. entertaining and attractive
features. and from all parts Of the state
come assurances that Dcuy"r'S capnr.
ity will bc taxed tu entertain lor Nis-
itors.
Railroad fares from all portions Of
the state have been reduced. 50 that
opportunity will be- afforded To- every
one to come to Denver
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was disappointed. The porter In at
tendance. finding that had no partic-
ular business with him, Immediate
suspected me Of designs upon the prop
erty under his charge. and told me that
! must not stay In the cloakroom.
tried bribery. but the action only con-
nTmed his suspicious. and he roughly
ordered me to go about my business or
he would have me arrested. Just then
Scoble spied me.
why. here you are. after all!' he
exclaimed. Where on earth have you
been!'
The niece had returned, and was
standing looking In bewildermcnt. hrst
At me. and then At her uncle. Sudden
~ she took In the full meaning Of the
situation. and after saying to me. Is
this Mr.. Johnsion! burst into Incon-
troliable laughter.
There never was anything no con-
tasious and Irresistible as that lau,h,
since the world began. and the hasa Of
tho girls misehievous eyes would have
made ,'oha Calvin smile even In the act
~ VAs 1so8 = AttVhS. Noulu NSIn
II, but In another moment found my
self joining In the girls laughter. while
Scoble stood and sased At us with an
almost frightened expression.
"The niece was the nrst to speak.
Uncle. she said. there has been 4 mis-
take that would have been perfectly
awful II Mr.. Johnston had not been
real humorist and seen the funny sldc
Of Il. Auntie has driven home. for shs
could not walt any longer. and we will
all three walk home together, and you
shall know all about IT,
II heaitated for second and then
said TO myself that would meet hf,y
aunts sooner than say sood.by to tho
niece before I had convinced her that
! vas not always stupid. aad that I
cosid sometimes BE- other than . nuis.
ancs. ] not only walked home with
her and faced the dismaysd and n.
peataat aunt. but staid my fail week
at 0resncroft. when I came away I
vas engaged to b. married. and had
already began to call Mrs.. Scobls
aunt. partly TO show her that ! bore
no malice and partly BY way Of en-.
pAssisins the triumph that the maa
whom she had called stupid had wos."
Pail Mall.
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JOHNsTON's
ADVENTURE.

know this story is true, for John
stoA told It to me himself. and he has
not Imagination enough to invent an
uatfuth.
He told me that II you should at
tempt to enter into conversation with
= fellow-passenger In q Chicago train
he probably would present you with
the card In question - . delicate hint
that he wanted to be left In peace.
"I an going down to Warwickshire
tomorrow I said"-continued John
ston-" to spend . few days with sco-
bic. and III take this card with me. II
some one insists on talking to me when
I'm reading my paper I'll try what
handing him the card will do
Il took the train at Euston, travelling
second class.
NY fellow-passenser was a fne-
looking woman Of about 80. The heat
Of the day and the excitement Of catch
Ing the train had given her q Aorid
color. and could see that the desire OF
eondemning the weather and exposins
the wickedness Of cabman was strons
within her.
Presently the woman caught my eye
and said. I beg your pardon, but will
you tell mo the exact time! Ny cab
man.
But here handed the woman the
Chicago card had received the day
before.
She read It and then said. oh, in.
deed! So sorry. Pray excuse me- and
then lapsed In silence. while resumed
my newspaper and congratulated my.
SELF on the efncacy OF the American
plan Of dealing with railway bores.
1T Is true that my conscience did
give me an occasional twinge. for the
distinction between telling . lie and
handing person . ready-made lie
printed on . card was not very per.
ceptible. I asked myself whether In
giving the woman . card with the
words. I am deaf and dumb had NO,
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been guilty Of lying As certainly as
should have been II I had told her the
same thing In so many words.
AT Willesden Junction another pas.
senser got In. This time II was q
young lady who was evidently expected
by the elder lady.
by and BY my attention was aroused
IN spite Of myself BY hearing the elder
lady mention ny name. You see. she
said. I had % come down today be-
cause John has asked that tiresoms
Johnston to spend . week with US. and
OF course u wouldn't do for me to be
away
But, auntie.' said the other. how
do you know that he ls tiresome II you
have never seen himf'
- know II. for one thing. because
Johns friends always are tiresome. II
does seem ~ n he deliberately selected
the most stupid men be could ind and
asked them down to 0reencroft. Just 10
make life burden to me. And then.
my dear. for another thing. ! tried to
read this detsctabls Johnston'x books.
Anything more stupid and silly you
can't possibly imagine
80 ! vas actually travelling In the
ssms carriage with Seoble's wife and
niece. and the former was dreading my
arrival at her house and looking upon
me ~ . tirssoms nuisance.
THE two ladies talked on, bu, hap.
PLY seemed TO forget the existence Of
the unfortunAts Johnston. Once Mrs.
seobls came 10 the window where ! vas
sittjns. 70 point out something 10 her
nises. aAd the swayins Of the carriage
nearly throw her on my lap.
Just then the elder lady began one
Of thoss nervous and hurried searches
for her purss which women when trav.
sliss are 70 prose 70 make.
III 10 eonsf she exclaimed. and !
an sure that fellow II the corner
picked ~ pocket whea ! waA looking
sss oe bis wis1ov.'
'Hs eoaiA Dot have doas that 70.
piled the niees. tor { was looking at
hin ct he u0s. aad b asvss once
took Ais hasds or bic eyes away spou
Ais sswsSaSsf.'
"'My 1sas ehlidi Do you suppose
yos srs euiek ssoash "a watch the NO.
ttons of . proesssioasi p!ckpockst
that naa has ~ paFss. Al perfectly
sure os Il: asA ! shall give hin In
sAasos The moment ws sst 70 Rusby.'
TT was clear that ! must bolt from
tAs carriage tAe lnstast the trails
rssehsl Rugby platform. and before .
policeman could b. called. The tsain
was already slowias and hastily eath.
seel ~ ~ rSg anl unbssiia aal Pre-.
DAssl y nove toward tAs door.
me. you 1oa't. ~ 0aa.' sail Mrs.
sssbls. fisiaS asl tstias pssssasios oe
~ 1eee b. tie siopis proeses u
thsustinS half os her aoDis psssos
ohsooGA ~ wto1ev.
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Hold. street Car Transfer.

Something new In railroad street
car punches is magazine transfer
punch. especially suitable for small
roads. The instrument. which Is =
tiny affair. as shown by the illustra-
tion. ia loaded (this one holding ESQ
transfers) at the station and locked.
To issue transfer the conductor sets
a pointer. which is on the end Of the
small cylinder opposite the time dial,
to indicate the route for which the
transfer is intended and then turns the
time dial through one revolution, when
q transfer ticket bearing the date.
time, place of issue and destination IL
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II saw at ono. that til. gam. va,

saw at once that the game was
up.
"'That man has picked my pocket
said Mrs. Scoble. a. soon ~ the police
man opened the door. Search him
and you'll ind my purse in his posses
sion. It u marked "A. D. g. and has
four hvs-pound notes. two sovereigns.
and some change in 1t. besides my
ticket
"'What do you say to thisf the po-
liceman asked me. evidently impressed
with the certainty OF my guilt.
"'simply that 1t isn't true replied.
I know nothing Of the lady's purse.
and can easily convince you that
am . respectable person
"'My goodness!' exclaimed my ac-
cuser. Why. the fellow Isn't deaf and
dumb after all! Constable. he pre-
tended to be deaf and dumb. That
shows what = scoundrel he Isl
II rose up to follow the policeman.
and my foot struck against something
that was lying on the door of the car
riage. stopped and picked 1t up. 1t
was the missing purse.
"'ls that your purse. madam
asked, a. held It up. You must have
dropped 1t when you were looking out
Of my window
"'I wouldn't advise him to play that
game any more said the policeman.
severely. Let me tell You sir. that II
you travel under false pretenses you
needn't be surprised II you md your
self in trouble. You'll have to give me
your name and address, In case any
thing more comes Of this
Il gave him my address as soon as
could get away from the carriage. and
At the same time gave him a surrep-
titious hve shIllings and asked him not
to give my name to Mrs. Scoble.
II saw scoblc on the platform as the
train drew up at Greencroft. but he did
not see me. for l had concealed myself
behind the curtains OF the carriage.
watched him until his back was turned
and then sprang out and bolted into
the cloak room. which was close a,
hand. ! had hoped to remain there
until Scoble had left the station. but
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A BIG MOLE AT WORK.
rvNNEL,No MACHINE IN SEWER.
WsaAsssai AeAssvs.sats It New In.
vsatssa which WIN aaspaisy Tie csa-
s6seassa - sshvays

Last night the electric lights were
turned on in the Lawrence avenue in.
terceptlng sewer and John Ennis' big
mechanical mole began burrowins Z
tWenty-foot hole toward Lake Michi.
gan, says the Chicago Record. This
new tunneling machine, which lust
now b the focus Of interest for engin-
eers whose speciality IL subterranean
work. has been tested. and. It 10 said,
found to be q marvel In the way OF
tunneling blue clay. 1t has bored q
twenty-foot hole thirty feet below the
street level At the rate Of 1O6 lineal feet
IN twenty-f0 hours. It did all this
without . single hand touching the ex.
cavated material from the time Il was
cut and scooped from the face Of the
work until It wr dumped ON the
Farley L Green, the contractors on
tie work. spent nearly $4,000 on the
plant, OF which the Ennis tunne3ins
machine 10 the Important part. Un-
IKE other tunneling machines, the one
which 10 to bore out the Lawrence ay.
enue sewer tunnel has q cutting shield,
which 10 made up Of steel "I" beams.
These beams, which number 2s4 in
the great circle. are grouped In sec.
lions, yet each beam has an individual
acuon. Each Is an enormous ctisel,
wnicn - forced into the earth BY the
actSon OF large master gear" 4 sew
enteen-ton wheel, which reyolyes In.
side the shield.
This master gear wheel, by means OF
"doGs," chains and cog wheelA shoyes
the cutters ahead. 40 that each reyo.
tuition drives twelve Of the steel beams
TOUR inches into the face of the work.
The master wheel shoves ahead each
r. beam in succession. until all have
bitten intO the clay. This makes a
steel cylinder. which holds back the
encompassinR earth while great
knife. sweeping around from the cen.
ter, cuts clay shavings from the face,
F0llowinG the knife are two scoop.
buckets. which peel the clay shavings
from the earth and automatically de
posit the material In hopper. From
this hopper the excavated material Is
carried back to n CANVAS conveyor belt
10 the elevator, on which a dunn car
stands. The earth IL dumped automat.
'cnliy into the car. which then IL hoist.
I'd to the surface.
All this work and more Ia done by an
engine OF only 100 horsepower. run.
Ming at half speed. and using only
t"ay pounds OF steam. Other tun.
neang machines require hydraulic
Jacks to shove the shield ahead, md
some OF them must have a pressure OF
100 tons on the shield.
Bob Green. who has charge Of the
night work In the tunnel. said yester-
day that the machine could work no
much faster than the brIcklayers thnt
IL would have to walt OH them. He
lint ratt
eight hours each the brick masons
could lay forty feet Of fivc-ring wall n
day. II this speed Is maintained, Far
ey 4 Green will be able to build forty
Feet Of the Lawrence avenue intercept.
ing sewer each twenty four hours, n
record never approached. 1t is said
Commissioner Of Public Works Nc.
Gnnn IL Interested In the machine. He
said II the device did one-hnIf what
was expected the subway problem In
Chicago would bc solved.
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General Manager Underwood Of The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. has . plau
10 uaify and simplify tie titiis Of Of
Acials. Several Of the o0cers have
duties to perform which are not shown
by their ofllcial designation. and on
July lst the following changes will b.
made: Harvey Middleton. now gen
eral superintendent Of motive power
Will be mechanical superintendent In
charge OF all shops. and the construc-
tion Of and repairs to locomotives and
ears. David Lee, engineer mainte-
nance OF way. lines west OF Ohio river
will be superintendent maintenance OF
way. trans-Ohio division. and d. A.
Williams will be superintendent o!
afOfoa
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Recent Inventions

To add to the comfort OF bicycling a
spring attachment has been patented,
which Is inserted In the rear forks. with
a central rod In each fork engaging the
hub connection. the springs holding the
rods down and lcsscnlng the shock and
Jar to the rider.
Vegetables can be readily sliced or
mashed by n newly designed cutter.
having hopper resting over a set OF
mounted on one side o! the base. to
dcpross a plungcr In the hopper and
force the vegetable between the cut.
crs.
In newly patented system OF geu.
Ing for chainlcsS bicycles the cram,
shat, carries plain gear wheel which
drives smaller wheel, carried by a
shafc below the crank hanger. a pair
Of short cranks being mounted on the
second shaft to drive rods connecting
with cranks on the rear hub.
For use In cold weather. when tho
hands get numb u ncw driving mit,.n
has = metal bar pivotcd In the pain.
with . slotted guide covering the loose
end OF the bar 10 draw II close to the
palm when pushed toward the fingers.
causing II TO grip the rein with = can
action and allow the fingers TO relax
their hold.
An improved movable stairway has
been patented. which allows people to
descend ~ well ~ ascend on the same
aiEh'. an endless chain Of strips being
placed on guides running up an inclin.
ed plane. with = loop at either end
around which the stripes pass in =
vertical position. falling horizontally
~ they reach the plane.
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How They Managed IL.

And so you have finally succeeded
In getting your husband to take the
gold cure? thought he always
claimed that he could quit drinking
whenever he wanted TOT" "Yes, he did.
We have just convinced him that he
ought to take something to make him
want to."-Chicago Times Herald.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-09-09
N,.on,,. In pretoria,

rhe area of the Pretoria diamond
fields continues to be increased by
discoveries in almost every direction
and the yield from the extensive wash
is reported a. highly encouraging, tho
Weld from some OF the mines for the
first three months Of the year ranging
as high as 5000 carats.
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spssssas viii "sss.A"

Did y0v ever take cork. stick
through II . horseshoe nail. put on the
Top Of the cork two or three feathers
tis . long atrtns around the cork and
thea spsar for apples or potatoesf Just
Try Il soas tins. and ses how pso.
Aeisstiy ssA how straight yow cAa
learn 10 throw The bob Ii . short time
TAs cork kssps the horsesAos naii II
without siiDeias an1 ~ esatAsss sssve
y gui1s ths beb through tAs cir.
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Bl...iny. That Heightened.

Did you have amy luck In the klon
dkcf'
Yes" answered the p"r>piring citi-
zen. sadly. But didn't know luck
when saw II, ! found more irvb"rgs
and snow-cnppcd mountains than
could shake n picl, aud shovel at
Washington Star.
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succeeded Into Loyalty,

All" said the tourist who was yls-
iting the enterprising South American
republic, so you are the insurgents, l
presume?" NO, sir" replied the COM
mander; I'VE were insurgents last
week. We are the administration
now"
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a e.~,.s c.,..,.., s,.,,..,.

Astronomers are ALREADY looking for.
ward With keen interest 70 the expected
reappsArancs Of the celebrated i.coaid
nsssors nsxt November. These me.
ssorS. whose rsapp-arases q . srra,
storm occurs ~ intervals Of about 81
ysars. made spectacular display In 1883
and wers also very nu0erosa In 1889
aad 1851 Recent calculations show
that sincs the swarm ast the earth the
last time II has been psrturbed by ,hs
attractions Of Jupiter aad Saturn, and
that the middle Of the shower this year
Will occur on the morning Of Novsm.
esr 10. Instead of the ilth. Il viii b.
visabss II both curops and America
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-09-09

The microbes that cause chiils and
fever and malaria enter ihe system
through mucous membranes made
porous by catarrh, pc-ru-na heals
the mucous membranes and pre-
vents the entrance OF malarial
germs. thus preventing and curing
these affections.
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American L.,.-.,,,,. A,,,..-

The United States sent abroad dur.
Ing the ten months ending April 20.
1897. exactly 217 locomotives. In the
same months of 1898 1t exported ses:
for the same period for the current ns.
cal year the record has risen to @l4.