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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31

so swiftly that observations of an en-
dropped where the greatest damage
would result and the ship be speedily
back at headquarters for further or
ders. Travel will probably be rendered
plcasanter and more swift than by land
and, as the cost of building and operat-
ing will be comparatively small, aero
dromes may be of great use in convey
ing the fast mails and for numberless
other purposes.
The discoveries of Prof. r. W. Wood,
of the University of Wisconsin, indicate
that although still in a crude state of
development, practicable method has
been found for obtaining photographs
in the colors of nature. He begins, as
have many others who have been con
dncting experiments along these lines,
in taking three separate negatives of
a subject, each through screens of diff
ferent colored glass, the shades Of
which are carefully selected.
The first negative, obtained by in
sorting a red glass before the plate
in the camera. registers only the parts
of the original which are red, with an
integrity corresponding to the vivid
ness of tint displayed in the subject.
\ similar process is followed with a
blue and with a green glass, each neg
ative showing only the parts represent
ed by its Own color. Hence, the black
shadows on the three plates are all
different in place and density. The pos
itives taken from these negatives re-
verse the position of the clouds, being
opaque black where the negatives were
transparent and showing clear where
they were clouded.
From this point Prof. Woods process
differs radically from any heretofore
employed. He uses "a "ditfraction
grating" which is transparent glass
plate where parallel lines are engraved
so closely together that they act as
does a prism placed before a white
light and viewed through a small hole
when blaze of colored light may be
seen. When one grating is substituted
for another, with its lines differently
spaced, different color appears at the
peephole. Each grating makes a COM
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31

not believe much about it until 1 got
to be ten or eleven years old, for l was
just as bad as any other little niger,
but when [ commenced to get big and
commenced to notice knew that l was
inspired, and the Word of the Lord
came to me like a flash.
For 60 years 1 have been a minister,
and l reckon have brought thousands
of souls from perdition. If haven't it
amt my fault. have worked hard
enough"
The text of Jasper's famous sermon
is Exodus, chapter Is, verse 3, The
Lord is Man of war. The Lord is His
name" The theories advanced are:
The earth is square and immovable.
The sun rises in the east and moves to-
ward the west and there sets. The
world is fiat.
1.-The Bible says the sun stood STILL"
he announces dogmatically. rs any
body going to say the sun was standing
still before Jasher told it to stand still?
Do you think Jasher would have asked
thC PAA'ilCSC ~ sup IiC sun II sic hou
not been moving? This morning when
the sun rose it was over there pointing
to the east). How, in the name of God,
could the sun get from that side of the
house over to this pointing to the
west unless it moved.
Now, Solomon was certainly a
scholar. Do you know he was the man
who said: The sun ariseth and goeth
down and hasteneth back to the place
he moved from 1t is nonsense to say
the sun does not move. The man who
says the sun does not move he does not
read the Bible"
He fortities himself in the same man
ner in his belief that the earth is square
and, fiat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31
MANILA NOT DEADLY.
A Chicngonn Writes that Americans
Can Live There in COmfOrtIf
They Have Means.

The private soldiers lot in the Phil
ippines may not be Il bed Of roses, but
reports from civilians connected with
expeditions make Manila out a very de-
cent sort of place. a Chicago boy,
whose connection with the government
gives him pull writes that life is
far from unpleasant in our new pos
sessions.
He and two other Americans are
keeping house. They have Il Chinese
cook, who does all the marketing.
They pay him $40 a month, which is
equal to about 500 in American money,
and he feeds them well and makes his
profit out of this sum. Each of the
Americans had a black boy" to whom
he pays $3.50 a month. These boys do
pretty much everything, except eat
and sleep and breathe, for their mas
tiers. Before the Americans arrived
their wages were $3.50, but prices have
risen. Everything is bought fresh in
the morning and eaten the same day,
in order not to attract flies and ants.
Frozen meat was delivered at eight
cents a pound.
The weather is not terrific. at least at
certain seasons. In May. for instance,
at six p. m. the mercury always stood
close to Sc. During the night it went
down to IS. At noon it was from 81 to
%, and something like 11j to 120 in the
sun. Americans have to be careful
about exposure in the middle of the
day, but the writer said he had been out
with camera without injurious effects.
Any indulgence in alcoholic drinks,
notwithstanding the prevalence of the
whisky and soda habit, is dangerous.
Good water is hard to get, however.
The city water is boiled and filtered,
and even then is used only in coffee and
for cooking. Dependence is placed al
most entirely on bottled waters
AS to dress, all sorts of costumes are
III evidence. Three white suits a dav
is the regular allowance. An ordinary,
common American boiled shirt" with
a stiff bosom, can be worn outside lh.,
trousers. n collar is necessary, but no
necktie. Hats and shoes are white.
Mosquito nettings are vitality impor-
tant in every establishment.
The conclusions of the writer seem
to be that the American can live in
comfort III Manila, provided he has
means aid takes care of himself Chi-
cagO sntSr Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

There are in New York city about
100000 who are exempt by law or cir
cumstances from jury service.
The champion sneezer is John Spine,
of Ionkers, n. Y. During a sneezing
fit he sneezed so violently that he dis
located his right shoulder.
The value of human life is not very
high in Connecticut. A jury in that
state awarded ten dollars to the rela-
tives of man who had been killed on
a railroad
An Indian elephant can carry from
500 TO 1000 pounds, march eight to ten
hours day, and do with five or six
hours sleep. He needs 600 pounds of
green feed daily. besides grain.
The Bank of England destroys about
$4,000 of its notes every week to replace
them with freshly-printed ones. One
evening in each week is set apart for the
making of this expensive bonfire.
Forty-fve thousand goats have been
placed on a ranch at Lowney Junction,
n. NJ. 1t is the largest goat ranch in
the world. The intention is to produce
goat skins for the tanneries in Boston
and Philadelphia.
Smokeless powder was thought to be
just the thing. The enemy could not
tell where the shot came from, but here
comes an inventor with a machine that
will locate the gun by the atmospheric
disturbance it creates.
The Connecticut IpUiSlat1rp has
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31
NEW FLYING MACHINE
Great Things Are Expected of Prof.
Langley's Aerodrome.
How the Machine Is Constructed
Arranged and Operated - Prof.
Woods New System of Pho
Biography in COIors,
Especial Correspondence

Until May, 1898, when the discovery
OF coronium was announced, hydrogen
had been considered the Iightest known
gas. The knowledge that coronium has
nearly five times the lifting power of
hydrogen has enabled Prof. S. p. Lang
ley to bring his airsnip to high state
Of perfection and render America fore
most among nations in solving the
problem of aerial navigation.
The first machine to actually fy
was launched in 1896. 1t was called an
aerodrome, and its successors have re-
tanned the name in the family. 1t en-
abled Prof. Langley to prove that a
body weighing many times the air
which it displaces may be sustained in
mdair by power generated within
itself. The task still remained of Sc
curing power which would furnish a
considerably larger carrying capacity
shan that necessary for maintaining
the machine in the air. Another bad
point was that it depended upon its mo-
mentum for support. The perfected
aerodrome is built largely of alumni
ium, and the car, which tapers at both
ends, is about 25 feet long, six feet wide
and eight feet high. 1t has a number
Of windows. On either side of the for
ward end of the car is doorway lead
.ng into the main room. This room may
De fitted with all the necessities for a
long voyage. Back of this room is an
other where liquetied air is developed.
which furnishes power for the engines
and reduces the buoyant gases that give
initial lifting power to the machine
20 liquid. At all times it supplies the
ear with fresh air, and refrigerates
meat and other necessary articles of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31

outbreaks of the commune. In the
same year he was sent to Africa, and
took charge of the expedition in FL
Goliah. When the army was reorgan-
lied he was appointed to command the
Third brigade of infantry. In 1875 he
was promoted to the rank of general
OF division, and has since held many
military appointments. In 1891 his con-
duct of the French autumn maneuvers
was so brilliant that he was appointed
member of the conseil SUPERIOR of war.
In 1894 he again conducted the autumn
maneuyers and then retired. He holds
the cross Of the Legion of Honor, and
has an European reputation as an au-
thority on cavalry maneuvers.
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tor the place, and in

Garfield law not give anything to get
elected, but, in case of election, agree to
donate the salary of the office, as it
comes due, to the purpose of sending
four students from each county to col
lege or university, giving them $500
each, or $3.50 a year, or, if any county
prefers, it may have two students at
5000 per year each.
eff it be true that a congressman
should pay for the honor why not do it
in this Straightforward and legitimate
way, and thereby render a great good
to the community, instead of prosti-
tuting our ideas of liberty and consti-
tutional government by buying votes?
Come on with your bids, now, gen
tlemen, and let us see whether the can
didates are really stingy or simply
stand on principle"
Mr.. Scott is at present up in Wiscon-
sin on a vacation, and it is not k1,own
whether his offer has been taken up by
his rivals for the nomination. He has
earned his wealth through many in
ventions. He is the inventor of the
peach and apple parer, the introduce
ton of which nearly caused a strike in
eastern canning factories and caused
a mob of excited girls to drive the in
ventor out of the cannery. He has a
number of patents on bicycles and au-
tomobiles, and invented the Pa huller,
which revolutionized pea hulling.
Mr.. Scott belongs to family of in
ventors, and altogether owns so re-
munerative patents. He wrote the first
book on BICYCLES.
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JASPER AT EIGHTY.
Still Insists Vehemently That "The
Sun Do Move"
Interesting Chat with RichmOnd'A
Celebrated Negro ClerSyman-He
Gives His Reasons for One
of His Theories.

In his humble cottage in africa"
the negro quarter III Richmond, a
quaint old clergyman, known the world
over for one idea persistently preached
for Is years, on the Fourth of July cele-
brated his eighty-seventh birthday.
Pastor of the Sixth Mount Zion church,
paid 5000 year by his 5000 parishion-
ers, Rev. John Jasper has made an in.
ternational reputation by propounding
the doctrine the sun do move"
Somewhat enfeebled by his great age,
the negro preacher spends most of his
time i'll meditation, a strikingly orig
inal and picturesque character. John
Jasper has a remarkable head. Ire
mendously high and prominent cheek
bones under kindly eyes strongly mark
a face of benevolence and good nature.
In the pulpit he wears large silver spec.
taclssNhat add TO his otherwise clerical
(look A bhTenologist would be puzzled
to decide where his intellectual bumps
lie, as his forehead commences with
protruding eyebrows and runs at an
angle of As degrees to the top of his
head, when his Uranium swells out, only
to end in an abrupt precipice.
Newspaper reporters have made him
out wholly illiterate and grotesque, and
biographers of his own race are prone
to picture him as a learned doctor of
divinity. Neither picture is correct,
says the New York Herald.
John Jasper does not speak in the
negro dialect, as he is often quoted, but
in his effort to talk proper" and in the
quaint originality of expression, no less
than his vehemence of gesture, the Wis
orlooking for amusement finds plenty
to interest him. Of his ministry JAS
per himself says:
Il was inspired before I was born,
My father told my mother so. She did
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plete rainbow, but it's position is diff
ferent for each grating. In one case
red color falls upon the aperture, in
another blue or green comes opposite.
One of Prof. Woods finished pictures
must be viewed through an apparatus
constructed on the above plan.
A great number of very fine lines are
printed on single plate, where 1000
parallel black lines to the inch project
to the eye through the aperture the
red part of their spectrum, 2,4OO the
green and $3.50 the blue. The plate
bears no trace of color. 1t requires
three separate printing operations to
produce this plate. Upon sensitive
film 2,000-ltne grating is laid and
the positive obtained from the red rays
placed on top. Through the two light
is allowed to shine. Whenever trans
parent spots appear in the positive,
lines of this rate of frequency are regis.
tered on the film. These transparent
places only appear where red occurred
in the subject to be reproduced. When
this grating and positive are removed
the 24-line grating and green ray posi-
tive are substituted, and 2,40O lines to
the inch are now printed where green
appeared in the original The same
process followed with the other graf
ing and positive causes 1850 lines to
the inch to appear where it is desired
to show blue.
The success of the printing depends
upon adjusting the positives so that
they occupy precisely the same posi-
ton. 1t can readily be seen that they
cannot deviate the smallest fraction of
an inch. a picture may, however,, be
copied any number of times after be-
ing made on one plate. For eXamina-
ton it is placed between the light and q
| frame in which is a square lens in an
upright position. The observer looks
through hole in black screen about
IS inches distant. None of the pictures
yet made in this manner will bear
much enlargement. although they NAV
be somewhat ma"nitied by magic lam
tern. This method of color photog-
raphy is the mc>t successful yet found.
The first really successful photo
graph of the interior of mans stom-
ach was made in Chicago recently.
After dieting for two days, Mr.. }. e.
Foster, of Cleveland, was placed upon
an operating table, where he swallowed
rubber bulb at the end of a tube.
The interior of the bulb was coated
Withphotographic emulsion and served
as sensitive plate. When inflated il
conformed to the walls of the stom-
ach. A Crooks tube placed over that
organ was allowed to remain eight
minutes. The bulb being now with
drawn, picture was developed on it's
interior, as i'll an ordinary N-ray pho
tograph. Mr.. Foster has taken this.
which shows large tumor in the som
ach, to Cleveland, where it will serve
us a guide to physicians who are to on-
crate upon him in a hospital of tina;
city. EDWARD LILLIAN
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tends "a feet from the side of the car,
and, including the latter, measures 5:
feet from tip to tip.
a double rudder is at the stern. One
part for steering to left or right and the
other for raising or lowering the ma
chine. A gas bag is mounted on the
center of the car. An air ship of this
size Will carry five or six people easily.
Two men compose the working crew.
one in the pilot-house and the other in
the engine room.
After the doors are carefully closed
on the occupants of the car the liquid
gas which has been stored with the re-
frigerating tanks, is vaporized ard the
engines started
When rising in the air, all the lift
ing power is required, but when mo-
mentum is gained the machine becomes
self-supporting and the best results are
obtained by throwing the greatest
weight of the machine on the FIXING
mechanism. ~ do this the ga, Is again
reduced to a liquid, and the balloon
drawn close to the car.
1t is believed that, by means of the
aerodrome, greater attitudes may be
reached than have ever before been at
tanned. BY increasing or diminishing
the amount of gas in the balloon the
machine can be brought to the ground
as lightly as a bird, for which it might
be mistaken when seen at a distance
overhead. SO far, about $4,000 have
been expended on the machine. AS an
engine of war, the possibilities of the
aerodrsme are incalculable. 1t travels
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31
BrOnchO Bits Denomination

During the five Yeas of his career
as an actor, VIII had in one of his the
atrical companies Il westerner named
Broncho Bill. There were Indians in
the troupe, and a certain missionary
had joined the aggregation to look after
the morals of the Indians. Thinking
that Broncho Bill would bear little
locking after also, the good man Sc
cured seat by his side al the dinner
table and remarked. pleasantly:
This is Mr.. Broncho Bill. is it not? ."
"Yaas."
where were you born?"
Near Kit Billiards. mill. on Big
Pigeon"
Religious parents, I SUPPOSE"
''Naas."
What is your denomination?
My what?"
"Nour denomination"
"Oh-ah-yaas. Smith & Wesson."-
From THE Last of the Scouts" by
Helen Cody Wetnere.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31
GEN. DE GALLIFFET.
Is II Cavalry Leader of Euro
peGn Reputation.

Gen. Galliffet, the French minister of
war, was born in Paris in 1881, and
joined the army in 1S48. In 1867 he at
tanned colonePs rank. During the
Franco-German war he commanded the
Third regiment of the Chasseurs DAT
rique, and took part with the army of
the Rhine. a day or two before Sedan
he was appointed general of brigade.
He is chiefly distinguished Zone had al
most said notorious) for the terrible
severity with which he repressed the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31
The Oldest of the Popes.

Leo XIII. bids fair to be the oldest
of the popes. The scars of the operation
performed by DR.. Mazzoni on the aged
pontiff arr said to have thoroughly dis
appeared. TAree 9eeks ago, when the
physicians removed the last bandages,
the pope said jokingly to his doctor:
"Now, DR.. Mazzoni, how many years
of life can you promise me?' Il be-
lieve confidently" replied the physi-
clan, shat your holiness will live to be
over 10s." mo, no." answered the
pope, you are stretching my years a
little too far" The Roman correspond
emf of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt, how
ever, who reports this chat between pa
tent and doctor, thinks that the doctor
might prove true prophet, and Leo
XIII. exhibits signs of such eXtraordi-
nary mental vigor, and his memory
seems absolutely unimpaired.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31
DEFIES HIS RIVALS.
Congress and Surprises Poll
ticinns Everywhere.

Robert B. Scott, of Cadiz, o., startled
the voters of the Sixteenth congression-
al district of Ohio by suggesting that
the nomination for the congressional
seat, left vacant by the death of Capt.
Danford, be put up at public auction and
given to the highest bidder. Mr.. Scott,
whose proposition was brought out by
insinuations that his antagonism of
m -ney spending in campaigns was
actuated by stinginess, put his propo-
sition as follows:
81 will lead off with a bid of 1000
for the place, and in order to beat the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31

Stew three pints of tomatoes. Sea-
son highly with salt and pepper. add
ing grain of cayenne ana tiny bay
leaf. Have soaking half box of gel
atine. Strain the tomatoes, return to
fire and add beaten white of one egg to
clear it. Stir one minute, add gela-
tine and strain through flannel into
tiny molds. When chilled, turn out of
moldand serve on shredded lettuce with
II bit of mild cream salad dressing on
top.--Ladies World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31

duke of Albany, earl of Clarence and
baron Arklow, prince of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
duke of SaXony, prince of SaXe-Coburs
and Gotha, was born at Claremont or
July 10, 1884, succeeding his father, the
late Prince Leopold, as second duke al
his birth. The late Prince Leopold, her
majesty's fourth son, was created g
peer of the United Kingdom in May.
1851. He married in 1882 Princess
Helene Frederick Augusta, daughter OF
the late George Victor, reigning prince
of Waldeck and Pyrmont. The duke OF
Albany is at present at Elton, but will
complete his education in Germany.
He is said to be more amenable to the
idea Of the succession than was his
cousin, Prince Arthur, of Connaught.
This arrangement is, no doubt, the best
that could be made
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31
JOHN PAUL JONES.
No One Can Tell Where the Bones of
the Famous Naval Hero Are
Deposited.

Inquiry was recently made at the
state department in regard to the grave
Of John Paul Jones, the great naval
hero of revolutionary days, who died
in Paris July IS, 1892. He was buried
there with the highest honors by the
French government, but it appears that
the present location of his grave is not
known.
The secretary of state recently ad-
dressed a letter to Henry Vignaud, of
the United States embassy in Paris,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31

A perfectly-formed foot should, ac
rording to anatomists, be as long as
the bone in the forearm, which extends
from the elbow to the joint of the wrist.
This seems to be abnormally long in
tall person, but is the measurement
taken by artists. Of course, arms are
sometimes out of proportion, being far
100 short for the general height, but it
'sNrare that an arm is too :JuP for the
stature on a person
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31
THE DUKE OF ALBANY.
Young British Prince Who VIII Sue
coed to the DulSedOm of Sake
COburg-GOtha.

1t is now practically decided that his
royal highness the young duke of AL
bany will succeed to the dukedom Of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Prince Leo
pold Charles Edward George Albert,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31

Two Burmans, one of whom is a lad
of II, were sentenced to six months and
four months Of rigorous imprisonment
each by the myook of Hmawza for at
tempting to kiss a young Burmese girl.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31

"The Spanish war killed me deader
than "A door nail" remarked the Klon-
dixie joke, "but there's some consola-
ton in knowing that the war joke is
just as dead as l am now. IN. Y. jour,
nal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31

y writer in the German scientific pc.
riodical Globus denies that insanity Is
on the increase and that the recruiting
field exhibits larger amount of physi-
cal degeneracy than in former genera
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-31

THE WOOD SYSTEM EXPLAINED.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-15

the lives of these two men in your
hands,"
AS Judge Fall concluded there was
considera BILE applause in the court
room. When quiet had been restored
Judge Parker 8 id, cit is privilege
granite to the public to remain in the
court room and listen to the proceed
ings. but it will be expected that quiet
shall be maintained hereafter
A recess was taken until eight
D 'clock.
II. D. SLATER.