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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06
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of January. 1897. was 7091.244, as
against 3. 3.430, $3.50 In 1858. The increas-
ing number OF immigrants has prob
ably now brought the total popula-
ton up to over s.00o00o. Tie densest
parts. comparatively speaking are the
governments of Tomsk and Tobolsk.
The average distribution is 0.5s per
square verst. Males predominate as
regards numbers, the proportion OF
women varying according to the prov
ince from 81 to 102 per 100 men. COM
ing to a total average OF SO per 100
Of the stronger sex Among the larg-
er towns, two of which exceed 10000
Inhabitants, are Tomsk and lrkutch.
with 52.430 and 51.434. respectively.
followed by Omsk with over 10000.
Barnoul, Blagoviestchensk and Thu
men with 10000 each. Krasnoyarsk
with 26 900, and Petropavlosk and To-
boIsk with about 10000 each. The
inhabitants OF the towns form but
per cent of the general population. n
small proportion, speaking little for
the Industrial activity OF Siberia gem
orally Dealing with vast expanse
OF territory exceeding In area the
whole OF Europe and some forty times
the size of the British Isles. 1t would
require a bulky volume to give. any
adequate Idea of the diverslties OF the
country and climate. Its peoples and
customs. its old and new land routes
and immeasurable waterways. or In
general to describe the resources and
possibilities included in the term 81
IBERIA. What 1t Is. and at the same
time what 1t might be. even when duly
considering its extensive polar wastes.
is seen from the fact that the total
population of this Greater Russia has
but lately begun to exceed that of Lon
don. II will be to Russia's increasing
millions what British dependencies
have been to the United Kingdom. The
railroad now approaching completion
will give the desired impetus to col
onization and development. aud by
making the whole country vast
tranist route between east and west
open II out to the whole world.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06
In the Armies OF
PrQUd Europe Are
Described.

one OF those courts OF honor which
settle matters of TINT kind In the Aus
tro-Hungarian and the German armies.
The points raised are nice. THE quar-
rel Is very pretty one as It stands"
and It would be pity to disturb II
by non-professional advice. Prince
Franz Joseph is n scion OF that branch
OF the house of Braganza which ruled
over Portugal before the present
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

The deaf mutes Of Chicago held q
rally recently which was the most
unique political meeting in the city's
history. Each speaker presented his
argument and exhortation much as he
would have done before any audience.
He waxed eloquent, he displayed scorn,
he spouted vituperation, he reasoned
closely. he appealed with heat and pas
sion. The only difference was that he
spoke each word distinctly, and that
he was careful to give each much the
same stress, whether 1t was merely an
article or conjunction or an important
noun or verb. A woman stood beside
him. and as the words dropped from
his lips She translated them into the
sign and symbol language of deaf
mutes. Her arms played like wind
mills. her fingers interlaced and twist
ed, crooked and doubled, and all this
necessarily and without pause
throughout an hour or more that each
orator poured forth his plea. She
would frown at times. at times show
her teeth. The audience appreciated
all the points. Some asked questions
With their hands, interrupting the
speaker - an sudience might do.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06
CHARMING
CUSTOMS

Army circles In Continental Europe
are much Interested Just now in the
case of Colonel Aulich OF the Thirty
seventh regiment OF the Austria line.
In the course OF the recent maneu-
vers In Hungary, Colonel Aulich was
seated, after the days work was done.
with his fellow officers In tho dining
room of an inn. They had just had
supper and were having n merry time
over their liquor, when a young lieu
tenant. Prince Franz Joseph Of Bra
ganza, serving In the regiment. en-
tered. He was without his sword and
kept his cap on his head while looking
about as II in search OF some one. See
ing this, the colonel addressed him:
Royal Highness. you are an ofiicer.
and as such ought to know that you
must remove your cap. since you wear
no sword. on entering the presence
was about to leave the room. turned,
doffed his cap and said. II am aware
of the fact, Colonel"
A few minutes later two Hussar Of
ficers came to demand satisfaction
from the Colonel on the part OF the
Prince. but were met with refusal.
the former observing he had merely
given a reprimand according to mill
tary directions. At the same time he
reported the occurrence to the corps
commander. The Prince Is said to
have written an account Of the Incl
dent to the Emperor at Ischil. The
matter. will. of course. be referred to
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06
HUNTING DEVIL.


Russian Superstition Leads to an Act
of Ficndish Atrooitv.
A crime which brings one back to
the middle ages In its barbaric super
stition has occurred at village called
Lepeshy, about two miles from Ko-
brina A few days ago fire broke out
in the village, which. rapidly spread
ing along the thatched houses. con-
sumed eight or them instantly and de-
stroyed many sheds and barns. A re-
port soon spread that 1t was the work
of the devil and the villagers set to
work to find his human representa-
tives- A man was soon spotted, an
old resident, in whose house some
mysterious goings-on were alleged to
have taken place. and he was brought
forth, his eyes burned out with a red
hot iron and his body scorched, and,
although crowd of yokels arrived on
the scene, no one interfered. Sudden
ly more brutal peasant came up and,
selling chopper, hacked the poor
victims head on. A strict inquiry by
the authorities is now proceeding
Cincinnati Enquirer.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06
AN IRISH MOUSE.
ireland Sole Possessor of Creature o
Geological Interest.

ireland SOLE Possessor of Creature OF
geological interest
Ireland has recently discovered it.
self to be the proud possessor OF an
animal which is exclusively Irish.
Only mouse. It Is true. but then tho
smallest creatures have often the
largest geological interest. II appears
that on the North Bull Sandbank, In
Dublin bay. an islet about two and
q half miles long which began TO np-
pear above water during the last quar-
ter OF the eighteenth century. there
dwells In large numbers q mouse SO
much paler In color than the common
house mouse as to be n distinct varl-
ETY. with legitimate hopes OF one day
being recognized as sub-species.
These mice nre the descendants 1t Is
supposed of castaways and have in
about a century thus adapted their
coats In color to their sandy surround
ings for protection against the owls
and hawks which hunt over the island.
The North Bull Sandbank mice are
not all equally pale In color, and the
geological interest of tho discovery
lies In the opportunity afforded sci.
ence to ascertain in how many gener-
ations complete change OF color for
protective purposes Is evolved. a long
bridge connects the sand bank with
the mainland. but as this Is an open
woodwork structure is is very unlike
ly that ordinary mice will intrude to
disturb the progress Of this natural
experiment.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06
SOUTH AFRICA
Has Few Manufacturers, All Her Wants
Being Supplied from Abroad.

Has Few Msnufactursrs, All Hsr Wants
Being Supplied from Abroad.
Focal manufacturers In South Afri-
~s are almost entirely unknown, all
the wants of the population in this
line being supplied by importations
from the United States and Eng
land. 1t seems hardly credible, but
between Cape Town and johannesburg
there does not exist today single
factory producing anything for gem
eral consumption. There is not pin.
needle. thread. paper. or knitting fac
tory in the country. All cooking uten-
sils and nearly all household furnish
iugs are imported. Overalls and wear
ing apparel, especially OF tho coarser
kinds, come from the United States
and England, while Of the finer fab
RIGS used for dress goods every yard
Is bought abroad. There are, In
Cape Colony. a few band loom mills.
where the coarser kinds OF cotton
goods are manufactured, but they ali
are compelled to import wound bob
bins, and turn out very inferior quail
ity of goods. SO far as the heavier
lines of manufacturing are concerned
-Idrmlu6 lupieheulS, iuihinB anu ~
comotive machinery; water and rain
pipes, and such tools and machinery
as are used in ordinary mechanical
branches, there Is absolutely nothing
to suggest that any one ever thought
of such an undertaking. But such
concitions are not the most remark
able to be found there. All the fresh
eggs consumed in the cities and larg-
or towns are shipped from New York.
while 90 per cent Of tho meat con-
sumed Is supplied by Chicago packers.
Then. too. all the particular kind OF
Job printing is done abroad. most OF
the work OF printing letter heads.
cards. etc.. being done in New York.
In all OF South Africa thers 70 only
one match factory and there they
only do the dipping. all the stock
coming prepared from the United
States.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06
DELICATE PROCESS.
Taking Pictures of sound n Highly scIen-
tito Operation.

Taking Pictures of sound n Highly scien-
tiHo Operation.
Very much has been done In the
way Of obtaining Photographic records
OF sound, but perhaps the most i'm
portant memoir on the practical side
Of this question is an article by Ben
jamin F. Sharpe. When an unmixed
tone Is received in a Helmholtz re-
senator, In the wall OF which Is In
serted very thin glass plate. tho
natural pitch of which is not too DIFF
ferent from the tone. the plate vibrates
to the tone with an amplitude having
an ultimate relation to the energy OF
the one. Measurement OF this amplitude
becomes easy II the vibrating plate is
made to bear a tiny mirror, which
mirror forms one element of a system
OF mirrors constituting a Michelson's
refractometer So delicate is this
means OF indication that n shifting of
the mirror half wave length of light
will cause such a shifting to one side
Of the interference bands that each
dark band will take the position pre-
yiously occupied by the next dark
band. With a telescope and micrometer
each band may with proper adjust
ment bo subdivdied into 100 parts,
giving a means Of recording a shift
equal to as little as one two-hundredth
OF wave length. 1t need scarcely be
said that the rapid shifts thus pro-
duced by a tone can only be observed
by some such device as compromising
the motion with another at right an
gles when comuarisou with a Tuning
fork and the making OF Photographic
records becomes possible. but for de-
tails and for some two dozen Of the
records thus obtained we must refer
our readers to Nature. The records
show fork tones. tones Of musical In
struments. noises and vocal sounds.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06
The Submarine Terror.

in the submerged position, motors.
driven by a series of powerful batteries
in which electricity is stored. are
used. Fresh air is supplied to the crew
from TASKS stored to pressure of
1000 pounds to the square inch. This
is let into the boat at reduced pres
sure, obtained through a system Oh
valves. Air is used in operating the
diving and steering engines. by which
the vessel is guided in both the hori-
zontal and vertical planes. and also
to discharge the torpedoes from the
tube in the bow.
When the Holland moves to an at
tack. after getting the range of the
vessel to be destroyed, she is placed
in the "awash" position. This is done
by allowing sufficient volume OF
water to enter the system tanks in
the bottom of the boat The valves
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

A capacity for taking pains in busi-
ness plans and products is more and
more a condition of success. Aus
ualian butter-packing may serve as
an example. Shipments are secured
against deterioration by placing the
butter in boxes made Of plates of
window glass, the edges being closed
by applying gummed paper. The boxes
are covered with layers of plaster of
Paris, and then wrapped in specially
prepared waterproof packing paper.
Such methods help to raise the aver
age Of attention to details. The re-
luctance of human beings to eat un-
appetizing things increases. 1t pays
to make food offered for sale attractive
in form as well as substance. The
high standard is money in the pocket
of the dealer and health for the con-
sumner. The converse is true. This
country has lost once-promising
trade in exporting cheese. Those who
ruined the trade know how they did
it, but they should be too much
ashamed of themselves to tell the
world how it was done.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

tain the man operating the diving
engine turns the wheel until the
horizontal rudders are In position
to carry the craft below tho surface.
She is kept on even keeI' through a
system OF trimming tanks" and also
by use OF the rudders. While sub
merged the vessel is kept on the de-
sired course by means OF a compass
which is fitted in the coming tower.
from which place the movements are
controlled by the captain system
of telephones and telegraphs to the
several sections is also installed in the
coming tower In all. five men oper-
ate the vessel, being stationed, respec-
lively, at the engine, at the diving ap-
paratus, at the tanks, at the torpedo
tube and in the coming tower.
When Sin service" the vessels Of
the Holland type. carry five Of the
smaller type of whitehead torpedoes.
When ready for action. word is passed
from the captain to the men forward
to place the torpedo. The cap over
the forward end OF the tube is closed
and the breech opened. The torpedo
is then placed in the tube. and the
breech is closed. The gauge is then
set, and at the word of command the
missile Is sent on its mission of de-
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

II there were no other proof that
the foreigner has been in China for
many years, 1t could be shown by the
cemeteries. which are in some in
stances almost as populous as the
quarters assigned to living foreign
residents.
The reverence Of the Chinese for
the graves OF their relatives and an
cestors is well known, and 1t is rea-
sonable assumption that they would
respect the sentiment in the foreign
ers that moves them to dedicate in
closed and beautifed sections to the
last resting places Of those who have
gone over to the great majority"
There are at least three different
places In China in which an American
might be reminded OF the home coun-
try-the legations and consulates. the
mission quarters and tho cemeteries.
the last named being carefully tended
and preserved so far as possible from
violation.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

The city council of Richmond. Va.
is At present very much divided over
3 contemplated curfew law. The ordi-
nance was introduced at the last ses-
sion Of the council and II caused the
most heated debate. The question Of
constitutionnlity wns finally raised,
and after a lengthy argument the or
dinnnco was finally referred to the city
attorney TO pass upon its legality. The
city attorney was instructed that II
the ordinance was not constitutional
to frame one that was to accomplish
the Same ends. The mothers and faith
ers and the children Of Richmond are
very much intersted In the proposed
law and nearly every one In tho city
has lined up for or against the os1i-
nancA
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

Japan is to have new military dec
oration of the nature Of the Victoria
cross of the British army. for personal
valor on the field of battle, which may
be conferred Immediately, without red
tape. As a companion to this intelli-
gence comes the praise of the nurses
OF the Japan Red Cross on the hospi-
tai ship Hakuai at Taku. They bear
these poetical names: O-Tak-San,
meaning the graceful bamboo; Ume-
san, the plum blossom; OHagi-san,
the modest meadow sweet; o-Yasu-
san, peace.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

So accustomed have Americans be
come to think of the United States as
new country that the statement OF
Mr.. Albion w. Tourgee that 1--WE are
one Of the Oldest of existing civilized
nations" seems to require an explana-
tion. Since the foundation of the gov
ernment, almost 112 years ago. there
has been no break in our Presidential
successor. During that period, accord
ing to Judge Tourgee. the form of gov
ernment in France has changed ten
times. Germany" he adds. 'is but
thirty years old. Austria. as nation.
is the outcome of the Hungarian re-
bellion. Italy is still later product Of
popular evolution"
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06
SGOING L

dangers the Holland has shown
her ability to crawl up to thu
larger ships. deliver her missile
OF destruction and then move
away to a.place of safety to
watch the result Of her work.
During the maneuvers OF the
fleets of Newport recently -
many attacks of different sorts
were tried for the purpose Of
developing the usefulness of the
several classes of vessels employed.
Night attacks on the forts and run
ming the blockade were the favored
maneuvers. Then came night attack
by the torpedo boat fleet upon the
blockading squadron. Most OF these
little vessels were picked up by the
powerful rays from the searchlights OF
the battleships and quickly put out OF
action. One after another these frail
craft fell victims to the guns of the
larger vessels. with the Holland It
was a different story. With less than
half the speed and equipment Of the
surface torpedo boats, this submarine
wonder moved from her position in
the inner harbor and. while running
on the surface, passed near enough to
three Of the hostile fleet to have ended
their careers. and returned to her sta
ton without having been seen.
The methods employed in operating
the Holland are entirely different from
those used in any other fighting vessel.
She lies SO low in the water while run
ming on the surface that little is ex-
pOsed fo the searrhIights and whau
the vessel is completely submerged
there is not even a ripple on the sur
face to indicate her whereabouts. She
Is less than half the length and dis
placement Of the surface torpedo boats
and. while her equipment is less, she
II better able to send her torpedoes
to their destination without fear of be-
Ing destroyed. as there is no way for
the attacked vessel to locate her.
While on the surface the motive
power used to operate the Holland is
generated by a gas engine. and when
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

struction. The weight Of the dis
charged torpedo is then taken up
through the "compensating tanks"
To bring the vessel to the surfac~
the water is forced out Of the tanks
by air. and the position of the diving
rudders is changed.
During the last session of congress
an appropriation to construct six
boats of the improved Holland type
was made. These vessels are now un-
der construction and all will be COM
pleted in about year. The new plans
have many improvements over the de-
vices in use in the present vessel. The
new plungers will be sixty-three feet
over all, with diameter (beam) of
IL feet. 9 inches. The cost OF each
will be about $4,000.
F. A. VERDI.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

Devotees of golf are fond of refer
ring to it as "the ancient and royal
game" 1t is probably more royal and
certainly far more ancient than most
of them have any idea of. At all
events pictured tablet was recently
unearthed at Carchemish, the old capi-
tai of the Hittites, whereon are depict
ed men and women engaged in a pas
time, which, if not exactly golf as
played at present. is something extra
ordinarily like it.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

In the Belleville quarter of Paris a
man named Wales recently died who's,
career was unique. He was proprie
tor of lodging houses, but made 1t al
invariable rule never to press tenan
or sell one up for rent. He has beer
known to give a tenant who was un
able to pay his rent money to covei
the expense of removal. and in his will
he ordered that every tenant was to b'
allowed a rebate of terms rent. HI,
tenants contributed towards a hug,
wreath for his grave.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

A terrible scene was witnessed in a
menagerie at a village near E'rivas,
France. A butcher made wager that
he would enter cage in which three
lions were enclosed, drink a bottle of
champagne, and play game OF cards
with the tanner. All went well until
the butcher was about to leave, when
he foolishly thrust a glass of cham
payne under lions nose. The beast
leaped furiously at the man and man
gled him terribly before he could be
released.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06
! G6NK
RevolatIoa in Automobiles

A new automobile has been invented
by Russian named Hutal Serky. He
has discovered a new system Of loco
motion based on tho use of a certain
kind of salt. the composition Of which
is as yet his secret Two pounds OF
this salt placed In the box Of the au-
tomobile and subjected to a certain
heat forms gas which puts cylinder
In movement Tho automobiles that
were tried In Moscow produced the
best results. The emperor OF Russia.
who takes great interest In this inven-
ton. intends to send Serky to Paris
to make known his secret. The Rus
sian press is of the opinion that it will
cause a great revolution in the trade.
20. Dio of Lisbon.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

Distinguished Greek consuls from
our western cities, as well as hundreds
of Greeks in eastern seaports, have
gathered the past two weeks to do
honor to the Navarchos Miaulis. the
first Greek warship to visit American
waters. Not only when Greek meets
Greek" has the occasion been nota-
BILE. but because Greece has taken this
opportunity to express to the world
her appreciation of the long and un-
broken friendliness of the United
States.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

The cotton crop of this country
amounted to only 100000 pounds in
1898, last year it was about 5,5000o0.-
of the entire crop of the world and val
ued at $3.50, 100000. 1t filled 9.500,000
bales, and the loss by waste incidental
to the process of taking samples was
not less than S7.000,000.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

1t 10 proposed by the friends Of the
late William l.. Wilson and the alumni
OF Washington and Lee university, Of
which he was president. to raise by
subscription fund Of at least 100000
to maintain q professorship In the
university. to be known az the Will
nc endowment
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

Count Boni de Castellane refers to
rich Americans as pig merchants,
whose highest ambition should be to
supply French aristocrats with
money"
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

Lady Colebrooke Is clever car
penter. Besides a perfect pillar box
which stood in the hall at Arlington
she has made many beautiful pieces of
furniture. She has large class of
women and girls each week from the
district surrounding Arlington to
whom she teaches needlework and car
pentering.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-12-06

Herbert Spencer has broken his long
silence by paper on the South African
question, which opposes British inter-
ference in the Boer states. For nearly
nifty years Mr.. Spencer has fought
British colonization.