Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-02-01
On Various Topics.

Talk OF sending Goals to Newcastle
America is shipping cabbages to Ger
many for sauerkraut!
During the past century 400 human
lives, $125.OOOOOO and 200 ships have
been lost in fruitless> efforts to find the
north pole.
In his article in the North American
Review Dr. Seamon. who has studied
the subject, asserts that each OF our
soldiers in the Philippines costs Us
$1,000 year.
The Shah of Persia has been travel
ing through his dominions upon an
automobile. The Ahkoond of Swat
is next" and then 1t will be up to the
Grand Llama of Thibet.
American bridges are 10 be built on
the Uganda Railroad. thus supplying
the central link of the chain of which
this country has already constructed
both ends. Ultimately IL will be
"From Cape to Cairo. via road made
in America"
The National Zeitung, of Berlin, de-
voted it's first page the other day to
carefully prepared editorial dealing
with the United States as world
power. After pointing out the enorm-
Gus progress, economically and politi-
cally. of America in the worlds affairs,
the editorial states that in both re-
spects the United States is arrayed
against Europe.
Speaking of the obscure origins of
some fires an English periodical says
that in one instance. where some waste
which had been used with mineral oil
had been thrown into a safe place. a1
insect crawled through it, and then,
carrying some pieces Of the oily fibre
sticking to its body, made its way to
the gas jet. The cotton fibres which
adhered to the insect caught fire, and
it dropped blazing to the floor, setting
the building on fire.
According to dispatch in the Phila-
delphia Record the bald poll of a Cleve-
land engineer is releaving luxuriantly
as consequence of working under an
electric belt. "The hair" said the
mans physician, has been sprounted
by electricity" What wonders will
not electricity perform? Doubtless it
will do much for the smooth cheek o.
for the smooth head; and the wild
craving of ingenious youth for beards
may be satisfied by means of Cmnipo-
tent electricity.
The tendency to equip London trac-
tion lines with electricity will probably
prove a good thing FOR American man
ufacturers No nation is SO far ad
vanced as this one in practical cleo
trical appliances. A recent expert
ment in Paris showed that the best ma
chinery is made in this 'cauntry by
American workmen One of the French
lines which has been equipped with
electrical appliances made in France
after American designs is to be re-
equipped with machinery made in the
United States.
Methodical and scientific instruction,
persisted in until it has produced hab-
itual manual dexterity in specific direc-
tions, cannot fail to be an economizer
of precious time and strength for
those who attempt to master any
branch of practical production. The
time has passed when apprentices
should be expected to spend a large
portion of their first years Of appren-
ticeship in polishing up the handle Of
the big front door," or in doing
some other menial work about as per-
tlnent to the purpose OF their appren- |
as counting the figures on
their bedroom wall paper.
There are signs that the long-dis-
tance telephone will supDlant the tele.
graph in many places where the latter
is now exclusively used, but it is doubt
full whether a telephone system will
prove anything but supplemental in