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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-18
A History of Japanese Literature.

By W G. ASTON. G. N c., D. Lit, late japanese
Secretary to n NJ e.atlon, Toxic. A new volume
IN The iieratures OF the World Series. l2mo
Cloth 81 So
The author begins by defining individual character
sfcs Of the japanese which have persisted In their ea
smile Il Chinese CIVILIZATION ana
Of buddhism. His historical treatment opens wv, ,h
SONGS and Shnt0 ritual II the archaic period from ue
the eighth century u has he' an etsrntal pa"
of authors p.1n include very large huh'l oI
foundations II and illustrations OF me-
u.sior various eu1chs. tendencies and genres
While Fitzgerald has made omar hhsyyaH ui UNI
known tho Tauka OF mo In praise ot sake ~nch IS
safe that Inc book AZ "hui'
viii introduce the majority Of readers to pi
hi. theme is informing and discriminating Throughout
RicrOft of WithenS.
A Romance BY HNLWElL SuTcLlFFf, author OF =
Man OF the Moors' No. 25s, APplcton's Town
and Country Library. l2mo. Cloth, Sl.OO; paper,
80 cents
"A picture Of the strong lusty hard-llvng man OF the
Yorkshire mocrs. and the author has gone back 70
l745 for plot vices and virtues gam IN
naturaness from their setting In rder age ne ,fs
also invented capital story. Also, ne mas an eye lD
character. and ms s crowded with energetic anu
fndivdualized percentages NJ. Sucne has me insight
into character AMI independent outlook ne makes d
folk and he has the art Of narration -Lohnon
Academy
hes. hooks are for sale by all ooksellerr or they
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TRAVELLING IN EUROPE

only sleeper from Geneva TO the RIVIERA.
if, however, the Geneva passenger bound
for Nice or any other point on the Riviera
wants a berth in this sleeper, he must
either reserve it and pay for it all the
way from Basic, or else take his chance
of finding a vacant berth when the car
reaches Geneva. The hardship of this
will be appreciated when 1t is stated
that the fare is 50 more from Basic than
from Geneva: But there are even harder
rules than this. DIXON, for example, is
1875 miles from Paris on the great through
line to Marseilles and the Riviera. If
Dijon passenger going to the Riviera
should wish to reserve a sleeping-car
berth on the through express-from DIXON
to Nice, for instance-not only do the
rules require him to pay for the vacant
berth from Paris to Dion, but, in order
to reserve the berth, he would also have
to buy a first-class railway ticket from
Paris to DIXON, at an additional expense
of 81. In other words the reservat ton of
space at intermediate points is permitted
only upon paying full railway and Sleep
ing-car fare from the starting point
From Paris to Calais the charge for a
fauteuillit or reclining seat, five-hour
ride. is $3.50; with this the passenger has
neither soap. towels nor bedding.
Compare this with the reclining chair
cars running for instance, on the Burling-
ton to Chicago, with all toilet convent
ences and porter in attendance, all
with no extra charge above the ticket
fare) ~
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Gen. Tracy's First Cigar.

Philadelphia Post: Gen. Benjamin F.
Tracy, former secretary Of the navy, and
who is at present an associate of Gen.
Benjamin Harrison in representing this
government in the matter of the Vene-
zuelan boundary dispute, finds the keen
est enjoyment in smoking. During his
recent voyage to Paris, where he is to
present his argument in this international
dispute, he passed a good deal of his
time in the smoking room of the steamer.
But the general was nearly fifty years old
before he acquired the taste for tobacco.
Previous to that time smoking made him
III. During the early '7Os he was engaged
as counsel in a celebrated case, and was
compelled to devote not only the day, but
the greater part of the night to his task.
Once, when he was thoroughly tagged
out, an associate suggested that a cigar
with his coffee might have a soothing
effect. Gen. Tracy succumbed to the
temptation, and before he was aware Of
it he had finished his third cigar. They
seemed to quiet his nerves, and he was
able to work over his papers the whole
of that night. Since that time, perhaps
|out of gratitude for the effect Of those
three cigars, Gen. Tracy has been a
smoker ~ r.. - fs.aFs! ri ~. =.
q 90 he
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-29
TESTING BALLOONS.
How Long Can They Stay Up. to BE
Determined. t>s5y IN,


Determined. ~
New York Press: A balloon ENTERPRISE il
being arranged in Berlin, the main purpose of
which Is to discover experimentally how long
balloon may remain in the air before coming to
the ground.
Herr Zekeli Is to carry out this experiment,
which will be made in August IL the weather
Is favorable. The balloon which will be used
has already seen service as a captive balloon in
the Berlin Industrial exhibition three years
ago. Its cubic capacity is greater than, the
Andree airship by about 1 200 cubic metres az
$50 cubic feet) while the car will accommodate
100 hundred weight. The difficulty of supply
Ing the hydrogen gas required for this enor-
nous balloon has been. overcome by the United
Chemical works at Leopoldshall.
Only Germans will take part in the voyage,
which is expected to beat the worlds record,
held by France. AS the prevailing winds In
Europe are westerly, 1t Is thought that the bal
loon may be carried across Russia, though
VOYAGE to China is not intended. #5
d. Won Berold, director of the royal Prus-
sian Meteorological Institute Of Berlin. says
that Herr Andree had been recommended by
the Berlin authorities to make some such ex-
pertinent before starting on his fateful voyage
The advice was not accepted. Had it been the
5Andree story might have run differently.
In recent interview Herr Zekeli said: 1.-THE
Undertaking which have in hand will try Sim
ply to solve the important scientific problem of
how long time the up-to-date balloon, fully
equipped with all modern appointments, and of
great carrying capacity. can be sustained in
the air. My Journey in the balloon will be
taken under the influence of g westerly or
snorthwesterly wind, for which I shall wait.
The proposed trip is expected to embrace fas
miliar countries only and at the most to ex-
tend into Asia. shall use the international
formula for transmitting messages to be car
ried by the pigeons from all principal points
Over which we shall pass -
Besides the necessary scientific Instruments.
photographic apparatus, carrier pigeons and
provisions, the balloon will he loaded with from
about sixty to sixty-fve hundred weight Of bal
last. The balloon will have room not only for
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-29
A il|ij ITERATION Of FLOUR.
A SHAMEFUL raIEV1NG INDUSTRY
How Authorizations Arc Detected
Where the PROFIT Comes In-Enect
= OF Adultcration With Corn.

Minnesota produces more fcrT. aid o.
better quality than any Other state
In the Union. Hence the interests of its
people are vitality concerned in projecting
their product from the llcavis:, co-apets-
ton Of adulte-ated flour: and the s. ate
has naturally been faTamost in logs g.
ton to check tho eS .ssss.But a Good many
people outside Of they ranks oe wleas-
growers and miilcrs Snte Interested In.
bread from the standpolnts OF food and
health. AS Says the Washington Star:
AdG!terat!on In food produces 10 an Of
Tense, or, If you desire a stronger term.
a crime, which is being fought by .:;ir' 'cl-
palities, by states and by MELONS with
"a f1ercer determination than ever before
to bring the battle to "a finish.
Leaving out Of consideration tho occa-
sionaE use Of various kinds Of finely pow
dered earths, ETC., it Is, worth w!l.lo con-
sidering the kind of adu!tera.ioa now
pract!ced in tho manufa cture of -four.
from which the American laboring man
gets his staff Of life.
No doubt the men who adulterate their
wheat -four with corn starch console
their consciences with some such reassur-,
Ing thought that the adulteration is not
only not poisonous, but uninjurious in its
elements, and yet they are guilty Of the
most despicable, piece OF robbery known
since meanness began, and those who
eat it to the extent that. the labor!nG men
of tho United States eat bread simply
enter upon certain. and not SO very
prolonged, period Of starvation.
But first, a word or two as to this aGul-
ITERATION and how the scientific mon are
d:senra,Inn it-hav thcv ara Wc-.-cc to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-29
HERE IS A BUSINESS DIPLOMAT.
Extraordinary COmplime emit to Amer.
lean Minister to Argentina.


Buenos Ayres Standard: If we are ever
to have our commercial relations with the
United States placed on a workable foot
ing it should be done now, whilst we have
a United States representative here who
has gone to- the trouble of studying the
country and conditions branch and root
Foreign ministers as a rule are too
wrapped I'D In the study Of diplomatic ETH.
quette and f1nesse to pay much attention
to such sordid matters as oil and lumber,
wool and hides, but the Hon. w Buchan-
an, who: is nothing II not practical, has
been at the pains Of investigating our
trade troubles with his country to the
bottom in order, we presume, to tackle
the task of putting the difficulties straight.
He knows as much about the wool bust.
ness now as the hoariest exporter or most
veteran consignee; he has been to the
central market to see the wool sold, and
to the BARRACKS to see it skirted, pre- ssed
and baled. He has studied the trade sta
tistics at the expense OF midnight Oil, and
travelled the interior to gauge attentivey
the country's capabilities.
We are not exaggerating, therefore, the
breadth Of hair in dwelling, upon the
urgency Of the minister's services being
availed OF, whilst they are available, to
cement q policy Of mutual concession and
expansion. Unfortunately, we cannot
count upon him as a permanency here.
The nature OF the tenure of his post for.
bids such hopes, but it is most probable
that II timely advantage be taken of his
offered services the work can be done be-
fore he has bid good bye to the Plate
We may add that Mr.. Buchanan has Sig
nified in the usual formal way his willing
ness and even desire to breach the work
IN an exhaustive communication to the
foreign Office. There is, therefore, no i'm
pediment to the springs being set going to
promote the cordial trade relations which
should. but do not exist between the
United States of the North and the United
States of the South.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-29
BUsHMEN's MARVELoUs SIGHT.
Natives, Whose Eyes Are Like Tel
escOpes, Can See for Miles,

escapes, Can See for Miles.
Chums: It has often been remarked
that civilized people tend to become
short-sighted. This is because in towns
and cities their vision is mostly confined
to short distances. Savage races, on the
other hand, are generally gifted with re-
markably keen sight, and few tribes are
more noteworthy in this respect than the
African bushmen, whose eyes are verita-
bic telescopes. This power is no doubt
wise provision Of nature, for bushmen
are a. small race, and if they were not
able to see danger long way off they
would be exterminated by their various
or wild beasts. "
~ A traveller in South Africa relates that
while walking one day in company with
friendly bushman, the savage suddenly
stopped, and, gazing across the plain,
cried out that there was a lion ahead.
The traveller gazed long and earnestly in
the direction indicated by the bushman,
but could see nothing. Nonsense" he
said, there's nothing there And he
went forward again, with the bushman
following at his heels, trembling and
unwilling, and still asserting that he
could see lion.
Presently the native came to a dead
stop and refused to bulge another inch,
for this time, he declared, he could see a
lioness with a number of cubs, fact
which made the animal more dangerous
than ever. But the European, who could
see no lioness, much less its cubs, pushed
ahead. After walking a quarter of a
mile, however, he could dimly make out
an object moving across the horizon.
Still doubling that it could be the object
which the bushman said he had seen,
he continued to advance, and at last was
able to distinguish lioness, with her
cubs around her, walking leisurely to-
ward the woods
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WATCH THE NEW WAR SECRETARY ROOT FOR GEN 4

per cent more s1arrn INTO ms nour r1an
he ought to-, corn starch. The man, who
eats bread made from this adulterated
-four is robbed "of 40 per Fcent of the life
giving powers of the bread, for the incom-
ing starch drives out the gluten. Very
many Americans use, bread as the staple
of their diet. Prof. Snyder has demon-
strated, by experiments upon men in feed
ing them for days at a time certain lines
OF food, to arrive at what Is reasonable
must have. where he has but little meat
snc not many vegetables, at least two:
pounds of bread per day.. .=z. z *
This must be honest bread, made from
Z h.. very bestjof -four, containing not less
han 12E per cent. of g-uten..f In case any
ser cent of this gluten is driven out. to
lat extent the mans dietary is impaired.
Suppose you were living on largely a
bread diet, as so many American labor
RS are, they and their families. II sud-
denly, and without any knowledge OF the
factor the adulterated flour cannot be
told by Its appearance from the pure
your bread became from Is to 40 per cent,
or even In some cases 50 per cent impov-
erisned, how long before your strength
and the strength of your family would
show the effects? And whether you are
a laboring man or not, very large part
of your food is made up from bread or
other articles of diet in which -four is
used, and to the extent that this flour
IS adulterated with this corn starch, to
that extent you are robbed.
There is no theory here, it is plain fact;
any one who wants to test it can go from
a diet CT two pounds Of rich, nutritious
bread, made from honest flour, per diem,
with the few vegetables and the infre-
Quent meat OF good many laboring men,
to diet ON adulterated bread containing
onethird as much strengthening power.
and test it to his own satisfaction. If
you try 1t long enough you will not need
"a diagram or a diagnosis to show you
what is the mater with you. 5sls
Some months ago, when the price of
wheat was in the dollar region, com
plants about adulterated -four were made
from various 1arts of the Western and
Southwestern portions OF the country. So
persistent and frequent were these com
plants that congressional action at last.
was invoked Prot. Snyder, at the head
of the department Of chemistry in the
University OF Minnesota, has been called
upon to test many samples of these adul-
ste-ated fours. Here are three analyses,
one showing what a typical honest wheat
flour is composed OF, one showing what an
adultsrated flour is composed Of and one.
(0Ontinue1 On Second Pa4e,l
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-29
ANIMAL LIFE IN CUnA.
Troopers Tale About the BuzznFds
and Wild 5DOxs

\ New YORK. Commercial Advertiser: A trooper
of the Eighth regular cavalry, who returned
ular menagerie. 1870
You oughtera see the buzzards, - he said:
eat any turkeys after you them. The
boys had lots Of fun shooting EN-, but we was
stopped that Then we took 3 hunk Of meat
and tied a string to it, and at the other end OF
the string we tied a can Of beef-we never ate
the canned beaf-and when the 0uzzard saw the
meat he'd run and swallow It, and the boys
would ahout, then up goes the old bird with the
string and the can.That:s s one ct tn. ways we
boys would put fish hooks in the meat, but
that was nosfun for as soon the bird felt the
strings and cans got caught in the trees and
the bpzzards would by flying around get all
tangled up.
through the woods with the captain ahead OF
US. The captain sat on his mare as straight as
If he were on parade suddin-like he got
down. Gee, but he was mad He turned on
the lieutenant and said: What the -- is
f fSs mater WIN YOU ~na' 0'o you mt me
81 didn't hit you. sir said the lieutenant. 4
Why, pardon me. said the. captain, 7
mo sooner did he saw it than he got another.
bang on the head. and. snatching in the air.
got hold of can of beef string. He
locked sup. and there buzzard with the
other end Of the string in its mouth. Getting
tain. he laughs then, and tells the boys they
car shoot all the buzzards they want to.
thew ever caught YOU IN the woods. good-bye!
They're thieves. too. We had little terrier
which we brought with us from Huntsville. We
called him Dewey and sNddin he disappeared.
nd lody knew where. Then we notices our
squartermaster's tent was being robbed when
the new rations came We thought it was the
wa, on guard the first night. an the second re-
lief We went on from u to 2 a. M About
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OF space for the passengers. alternately, to en-.

Of space for the passengers. alternately, to en-
Joy a rest.
nesses in the upper two-thirds, and two in
the lower third. all vanished twice over in
side and out. Over all the seams are laid
protecting STRIPS and to doubly insure tight
ness these viii be vanished at the edges
with a special preparation, Just before the
start There are two valves about half way
up the balloon, nearly, but not quite opposite
each other, and there is third at the bottom.
The lower valve works automatically the
others are controlled by ropes attached to
them taaa,n or the inside and coming out Of the
THE balloon is incased In heavy netting
of hemp, ending below in suspension ropes,
to which is attached what is known as the
bearing ring. The ring is Of great import
ance; 1t is to the balloon much what a keel
is to a ship 1t ts about seven and half
yards IN circumference, is made of wood and
the car or basket is attached by ropes. These
rones are knitted into the, wall Of the car
and fastened securely at the bottom. Above
the, car they are encircled and braced by five
horizontal ropes, equi-distant from each other
which thus form an effective guard
About these, about six and half feet
is much shorter and draws the ssuspending
ropes In a circle about half the diameter Of
that made by the lower ones. The car is
cylindrical in form. made of wicker, woven
over frame Of wood. Iron and steel have
been avoided in its construction, lest they
might disturb the action of the magnetic in
strument with which the balloon Is equipped.
At one side on the lower edge, the car is
sheared or beveled away in order that on
landing it may strike more gently and not
be overturned. Well up in the wall Of the
car are several small windows CLOSED with
glass, and near the bottom are openings closed
with wood, while through the ROOF is a trap
door. The whole car is covered with tar
paulin. ass.
1.-The interior of the car is chiefly for rest
and retirement. The place for work and OBJ
servation Is the roof Here is erected a sort OF
swinging gallery, free at the bottom, 50 that
it may remain horizontal under the tip Of
the balloon, and shielded somewhat from the
weather by, curtain of tarpaulin. In this
gallery will be placed the scientific instru-
ments, Thermometers, barometers, cameras
and so on ~-..-
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render such adulteratfon as this In the
future practical impossibility.
The starch of the flour Of every wheat
berry and every corn kernel differs al
ways and essentially as they. come under
the microscope. Take q sample OF honest
flour, and you will find every tiny grain to
the last hundredth that comes into your
field OF. vision as you move the slide te-
low the lens roundish AN shape, every
one OF them, II cnt in twain. showing "a
series Of cpncent rcies.EE Ind ia trans
verse section indicating the general form
OF a pair Of dumbbells. 75. s. : sa '. AZ
Il When the corn starch. like the wheat
starch, has been washed clear ofaaal other
elements, every grain, to the farthest
millionth, instead Of being round, is angu-
lar, full Of corners. the flat body Of athe
grain usually showing from five to six
sharp angles In, the center of the grain
the lines are not circular, as in the wheat,
but straight, starting from ,well-def1ned
spot in the heart of the grain of starch
and radiating out in perfectly straight
lines. from three to five or six lines in
each grain. = s5fe $500! r
Each one Of these grains is inclosed In a
wall Of cellulose. The character OF the
starch on the interior Of each Is precisely
the same, whether of corn or of wheat.
e Ins the wheat -four, however, as nature
has given 1t to man in the wheat kernel,
&
starch for the needs Of the human sys.
tenn, mixed with other ingredients go to
give the system its strength.
When the men wha want to adulterate
their -four find that wheat costs 81 and
corn 25 cents bushel, it is q very nat
ural thing, following the bent of croo.z-
ed mind, to mix the corn starch with the
-four starch. The two are Of precisely the
same character as to appearances. etc:
But the adulterator knows his business
aided by that chief Of all detectives.
Mother Nature, the scientific chemist
takes the adulterated flour. washes II in
cold water SO that every part Ct the gluten
+ of the flour is cleared out, and then,
placing a tiny portion Of the flour. or, as
3 1t now stands, starch, I'M little tube. he.
puts it in solution, colors 1T with iodine
8 beautiful purple, puts drop between
the thin pieces of glass for his slide.
tucks 1t under the microscope. and there,
swimming together side by s. :, as purple
as a sunset I'm the land sOf the midnight
sun. are the two types Of starch grains.
hundreds of them, the one round, the
other angular, the one having ,concentric
rings on its int rior. the other with lines
as jagged as the greenish rad .fons-f rom!
e fractured pane Of glass 8 80
sg Il iss,,f = auAs4iar 81 fl,aas. la.,4 a
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very cold, hard fact. The scientific chem
list, especially the agricultural chemist,
such a one as Prof. Harry Snyder, Of the
state experiment station Of the college of
agriculture In the University Of Mime
sofa, doesn't have to depend upon any
theories. He takes a sample Of perfectly
pure wheat flour, tests it, finds the grains
of starch of the one type. He takes I.
sample of pure corn starch -four; the
grains are all of one type and wholly Diff
fere Mt He takes a sample OF -four adult.
terated with corn starch, and the two
types appear. There. is nothing left to
chance. -
Bre the adulteratcr knows his business
He has invented machinery which so rolls
and powders the corn starch that. in some
cases, the cell walls are broken down ana
the corn starch blends into tie wheat
-four starch. This would seem to be
blending beyond the power OF the detec.
tive. But it is not. Prof. SNYDER has sheen
carrying on exper m nts With show that
he WILL in the future-and, in fact has
already reached some decidedly satisfac.
tory results-be able to detect the fraud
even here for by an iodine test he can
tell the difference between a -four COM
posed of mixed corn and wheat starch
grains even after the cell walls of the
grains are broken down. BY far, the
greater proportion CT al the adulteration.
aowever, is quickly discernib,e by the
other test. =. b 90. -
A good. many people have asked this
question, but the answers have been, in
many cases, quite vague-just such in
definite answers as would be apt to suit
the man who is adulterating
There are three main elements in the
wheat flour which make it the staff Of
life when it becomes bread-ash, for the
formation of bone; starch, for the heat
Of the body; gluten, or, in another word
protein, for the production Of muscle. The
gluten is made up of two substances,
gluten and gliadin. The gliadin binds the
-four together and makes it dough, the
gluten prevents the dough from be-
coming soft and sticky. The gluten as
a whole is the life-giving part Of the
bread. Now, suppose the man who gets
his corn for. 25 cents a bushel puts 40