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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22

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Dimensions and velocities like these charac-
terlze the largest tornado tubes and. together
with the fall Of internal pressure by the
amount Of three or four inches. readily ek-
plain destructive efforts such as those OBJ
served at Louisville and st. Louis recently.
LUMINOUS MUSHROOMS
Mr.. MacAlpine has printed a research
on luminous mushrooms. of which he enum-
crates twenty-one different species. Eleven
Of these belong 10 the genus Pleurotus and
five of them are found only In Australia
The luminosity Is not due to the presence
Of phosphorescent bacteria, but is due 10 a
process OF combustion, which depends on
ture. II is not affected by humidity. II is
probably useful in attracting the insects that
the spores.
HYDROGEN A soN~-coNDUCToB OF BLEcTBIcITY.
Prof. Tro wbridge of Harvard University
prints In the Phiios 80 phicai Mdon Fine researches
which lead him to the conclusion that pure
hydrogen is a non-cOnductor of electricity.
An electric discharge cannot penetrate an
atmosphere or pure hydrogen, nor. in fact.
any gas, lp ordinary cases the spark is
transmitted by the IONS, resulting from the
decomposition OF water. Schumann has
shown that pure ydro gen at atmospheric
pressure transmits ultraviolet rays as freely
hi. 's sss. W Sy %a seTafiif's t iasSqg,"i must hf be =
non-conductor Prof Dewar has also sho wn
eIperimentally that liquid hydro gen is a
non-conduCtor
MECHANICAL THEoRy OIL VISION.
Mr.. A. Pizon proposes TO substitute a me-
chanical theory Of vision for the chemical
theory. which leaves many phenomena I'M
explained. He has shown that in the visual
organs OF all the vertebrates and inverte-
brates. simple or complex. the Elementary
granuies that the visual calls
are. without exception. in rapid motion like
that Of micrococCi.
The presence of these granules In immed-
late contact with the visual cells and the
constancy OF their motions lead naturally
TO the conclusion that they serve a. inter
mediaries Ia tn" eNcItHtiou of the cells. The
granules acquire their energy from the light
rctina with which they are In contact. and
from them II travels along the optic nerve.
culties in the theory OF vision and changes
the received notions of the importance of
the purple OF the retina. &c.
rHE PFRsEID METEoRs or 1901
Al the observatory OF Athens the meteors
whose radiant is in Perseus were well OBJ
served aud the following conclusions were
drawn.
1. The Perseids were more numerous in
1901 than In lsoo
= The. radiant points we're not widely
dispersed.
s The maximum occurred Aug II, 1901
III The radiant point OF the swarm was
s The greater part 81 the meteors we're
faint and yellow OF reddish yellow 10 color
q Beside the Perse d. other neteors we're
constellation
COLOR oT TuE HAIR ANp rRoN N rHE LIVER
oF NAL
NJ Floresco has communicated 20 the
Academy 81 Science, ~ Paris proofs that
there Is a HNcd relation b'tSesu the quantity
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22
POLITICAL r

Manhattan borough IS paying II per cent ~
city taxes TINS year Brookly u 20l1. Bronx queens
> and Richmond "a.
Nrlt years appropriation for the Cyh SenI?
Commission. municipal branch. = $4,000 The
state chpeuds for the SAM purposc i4O.Oco. ~
which g. 40 is for printing and iu0O for postage.
The apul.rauon ~ Arizona 'i admission I'D,
the uxuts u statehood I, bb-.d less upon IT. gruW 10
in population than 10 wealth aui manufactHrrs
o.. tut ,tu,u, ~ I'" 't' Investment ~ MAI
f,,..r.. La A,..r. $50, Hut SISOgD In I.I
ID uas ,.io.su u 49, SIaoss' and lAsl ycafs
IsluU 400 ,rH.ruau. ls's, Increase 90 ''
tDt.I q .ssUu Ir.rv,ruts the capital iuNrstu,
boa ,ulgtr stIpE u IalrIAd car shops io,1.
lu Ausuua ru.s IH. prnod ~ the laAi ctnsu.. HT
,Ytus. F. fu. ..u|us the other local iudls.
81 Ar..t. u,us lrs spaD'r puutlus snd toe us..
,,,I ..srs appropriation fui .ur ma.ul,lsu .
,r.. .... .... ..' Harlem lutsf ,ouEsiIut H..
..... Hr.u, tls numusr on hi.t tr.T.s
. .,..I. lu,r,assd b. i@l0S tu
nam. Hf trugrs asI.ss tns nfHrt &c.
pol. ..It.pr afsd fuf lhuss a,iuss Etvt,.
.... H4lsl amount iufthr MANITOBA,
~ .rIsas Ia sussIs. tsIsu aHa .uI o. .r
I..IuHult a. Isfr aH ffs ..s 70
iur vbuar 'srDslau nI n.
NUif tH Iu Df.aisf .ra 5000 ffH
|. .uu Uar.r 900 UUls- tu
H|I'FHI' .t .al.Ia .a .u .' -
.
90 uaars ,". n...,t ,sr 90 r#r
.. %. u 300 $3.50 NarH o. H...
" tau'Ii a a ,ah.u~I HaHsIs.
Ia. HtsH a isHasal &C.. usII.I .r..
L "#si 40 haluFf sHH tf IaHH. |
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22

Manhattan borough IS paying II per cent ~
city take, this year Brooklyu 2ol1' Bronx Z queens
y and Richmond ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22

Dimensions and velocities like these charRc-
terize the largest tornado tubes and. together
with the fall OF internal pressure by the
amo unit Of three or four inches. readily eK-
plain destructive efforts such as those OBJ
served at Louisville and ST. IOui recently.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22
QUESTIONS AND W

During the late naval Investigation a washing:
ton Admiral Sohley as Q wltness testined that ~
their meeting he assured Admiral Sampson OF hh
Loyalty 70 hun. Can you tell me what had occurred
previous TO this TO make any such assurance nee
eesSAryf j. N. S.
Schley had been Jumped BY SIMPSONS promo
ton TO the rank OF Rear Admiral, commanding In
chief; and be simply assured him that he would be
aloyai subordinate oricer. The assurance was not
necessary. but was natural.
Stamped on the works of o Grandfather clock"
In my possession Is osborne Mandatory, BIT
mlnghsm." II possible. kindly state the dates
this nm was In existence-probably the latter
part OF the eighteenth or early In the nineteenth cen
tury. Though the clock Is OF English make. Chas.
~. Brandt. Philadelphia leyidently an agent, Is
painted on the dial. 10, W.
Buttons Old Watches and Clocks and Their
Makers" says that william Osborn mo e was ad-
mitted q member OF the clock company In Birminz-
ham In 100: his nm must have been well estab-
lkhed by that time. There is no mention OF tho
date when II went GU, of existence; 1t may be going
yet, but undoubtedly william Osborn died during
the eighteenth century.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

Louis Southwestern Railroad has been
modernized. AS it passes through
one of the largest cotton producing
regions of the United States it is very
appropriate.
Because a little road up in Nova
Scotia, with the ponderous title of
the Dominion and Atlantic, reached
the land made famous in Longfellow's
poem tourists have given it the title
Of the Evangeline Road, and perhaps
this is more appropriate than the
other 1t is certainly more pictur-
esque.
A change which must have shocked
the directors was in the case Of the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and
st. Louis. This was altogether too
much for its patrons and the railway
men, and some one thought Of the size
of the cities named and called it the
Big -Four.
Down in Texas and the neighboring
states they have habit Of handling
the railroads without gloves when IL
comes to giving names. A favorite
plan is to take the principal initials
Of road and spell them out. Only
q native of the Southwestern ranches
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

would know Pee Gee stands for the
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Rail
road. Another Texas road, the Kan
sas City, Beaumont and Gulf is mere
ly called Kaysee, cutting off the last
part of it. sap is short and sweet. 1t
has been contracted from S. A. p,
meaning San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass, one of the principal lines in
Texas. The New York capitalists who
built another road thought that Mis-.
souri,, Kansas and Texas would be a
suitable name, but the Texas people
reduced it to Katy.
Including nicknames, the shortest
name Of any railroad in the United
States is the Sap, which has already
been referred to. 1t is 637 miles In
length. A little road in Mississippi,
the Chester, Perryville, Sainte Gene.
We've and Pennington, has the longest
title Of any in America. This contains
no fewer than AZ letters, but two other
lines are close to It, the Richmond
Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville
and the Southwestern Arkansas and
Indian Territory. The Chester line is
only q miles long.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
GERMANY's- NEW OIL ENGINE.
1t Operates Without the Use of Boil
eers. Furnaces or Chimneys.

sers, Furnaces or Chimneys.
Great things are expected of the
Diesel engine, the latest thing in Ger
man engineering, the first working
of which in England was at Guide
bridge, near Manchester, recently.
Economy in fuel and space is the
chief merit of the Diesel commend
ing it to makers Of automobiles and
small marine craft as an engine with
a future. Its claim to originality lies
in the fact that it works with crude
oil, without smell or dirt, perfectly
consuming all the products Of COM
bustion. Unlike other oil engines, it
requires - ignition point. Com
presGc ar from cylinders starts the
Diesel u, and air are then admitted
to the cylinder, when the compress
sion of the air by the return stroke so
raises the temperature that tne oil
flashes and the forward stroke is de-
livered.
The exhaust is perfectly clean and
free from odor. Thus the claim made
for the Diesel is that no boilers, fur
naces or chimneys are required. Great
economy of space and fuel ls effected,
as it can be used with any kind of
liquid fuel or furnace gas-the waste
product of blast furnaces. Hopes
are entertained that the Diesel will be
used on very large scale, those who
are introducing it to England claim
ing for it the ability to run a vessel
as large as the Oceanic. Already an
order has been placed by the French
government for an engine of this type,
to be used in a submarine boat.
If the Diesel frees the streets from
the smell of the motor car and yacht
decks and ladies' dresses from the
cinders of a steamer funnel, the
German inventor will have claim on
the gratitude of mankind. If, as
seems likely, it will encourage the
establishment of small plants in rural
districts, where gas is not obtainable
and coal dear, it may do much more
than this for Industrial England
London Express.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
Better Than "Christian Science. ~

Jetmore, Kans., July 1st.-Mrs. Anna
Jones Freeman, daughter of Mr. G. G..
Jones of Burdett, and one of the most
popular ladies in Hodgeman County has
been martyr to headache for years. 1t
has made her life continual misery to
her. She suffered pains in the small Of
the back, and had every symptom Of
Kidney and Urinary Trouble.
To-day she is well as any lady in the
state
This remarkable change was due en-
tirely to a remedy recently introduced
here. 1t is called Dodd's Kidney Pills,
and many people claim it to be an in
fallible cure for Kidney Diseases,
Rheumatism and Heart Trouble.
Mrs. Freeman heard of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, and almost with the first
DOSE she grew better. In week, her
head aches and other pains had gone,
and she had left behind her all her i'll
ness and days of misery.
A medicine that can do for any one
what Dodd's Kidney Pills have done
for this lady is very soon to be univer--
sally used, and already the demand for
these pills has increased wonderfully
In Pawnee and Hodgeman Counties,
where the particulars of Mrs. Free
mans case and its cure are known.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
PONY EXPRESS lETTERs.
Why These Missives Were Always
Written on Tissue Paper.

In looking over some old papers
the other day. said wholesale mer-
chant, Il ran across a very singular
document. 1t was letter of instrnc
ton sent 40 years ago by one of my
uncles, then in st. Louis, To his agent
In San Francisco. 1t related to the
disposal OF lot of goods which had
been shipped by way Of the Horn,
and, although it contained over $4,000
words and a copy OF a good sized in
voice, it was written on lust two
sheets of paper. The paper itself was
sort OF tough, opaque tissue, very
thin and light, and when folded the
letter slipped easily into an envelope
about three inches wide.
why it was got up in such pc
culiar style was explained by the
stamp in the corner, which was one
OF the old pony express series of
Wells, Fargo & Co. and was embel-
iished with picture of a man on
horseback, squirting at dead gallop
across the plains. l know of course
that the Pacific mail of the period was
carried by relay express riders, but
| never before realized what great
pains were taken to reduce the weight
to the lowest possible point. am told
that the letters were stored in little
fiat pouches under the flaps of the
saddle and that they were always writ
ten on a specially prepared tissue.
The one have described must
have occupied an expert clerk several
days, for the penmanship, while
microscopic, is beautifully executed
and as clear and as legible as print.
The stamp was of the denomination of
so cents, and taken altogether it would
be hard to find a more striking re-
hinder of the astonishing progress
than has been made in this country
in trifle over one generation. Every
thing about the little brown letter.
its lightness, its compac tness and the
cost of its carriage of dan
gers, difficulties and rude, primitive
coalitions. 1t is difficult to realize
li.at the route it travelled is now the
great highway of thousands of rush
ing trains bearing the transcontinen-
tai commerce of the nation
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
Not an Ideal Resort

UNRELIABLE" | heard the woman IN
gray velvet say. Unreliable snu the
name tor what she is. She's as I'M.
trustworthy as the advertisement of a
winter resort"
mat makes me think of note I had
the other day from semi-invalid who
IS nghtlng brave fight for health
uowh at Ocean Springs, in Mississippi.
says a writer in the Washington Post
FROM time to time she has been send
Ing me wild white violets packed N
gray moss. She promised to send me
some for the birthday of a dear FRIEND
which fell on day of this week The
Vlolets didn't come. Instead there was
letter and it said:
am ever so sorry not to be able to
send the promised violets, but when
Went down to the bayou to look for
them this morning they were covered
with snow. For goodness sake. have
my fur coat sent down to me-"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
Curious Changes in Titles Brought
About by the Public.

The fashion of naming railroads has
changed considerably in the last quar-
ter of a century. The three and four
word titles have gone out OF style,
and one word names succeed them.
For instance, the Santa Fe is no
longer referred to as the Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe, although this is
the corporation title.
The old Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy has been contracted to simply
Burlington b. the public decree, and
the title Rock Island has replaced the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.
Many towns otherwise practically
unknown are kept before the public
because they had the luck to be work
ed into a railroad title. For instance,
who knows the real name of the
Monon Railway AS a matter of fact
it was organized as the Chicago, In
dianapolis and Louisville Road. The
little town of Monon, Ind, gave it its
popular name. The Wabash system
does not take its name from the river,
hut from a station of this name On the
line.
one of the most sensible railroad
names was selected for the combina-
! tion of railroads organized in the
south and now known as the Southern
Railway. The Southern is very fit
ting as it enters nearly every south
ern state. It is also an economical
name.
Another name that strikes You is
the Cotton Belt. This is how the 81
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

Your letters to me-" said his
affianced bride one day, ARE so cold
and formal
Surely my DEAR exclaimed the
literary celebrity, stung by her re-
proach, when they are published
after my death, they will be found to
be models of composition, breathing
the most exalted sentiments and
'couched in absolutely correct Eng
lish.'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE,
Address Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy, " Y.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

Mrs Clara s. Newberry of Sandusky,
Ohio, wife of Professor Newberry, who
recently began suit for alimony but
withdrew her petition,
has begun suit for absolute divorce,
charging her husband with unfaithful-
ness. Mrs. Newberry is the daughter
of Andrew D. White, ambassador to
Germany.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken
of as a cough cure. w. OBRIEN, 1872
Third Ave, n. Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6,
1900.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

John Aspinwall Hodge died at
Lincoln University, Chester county,
Pennsylvania
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

Senator James H. Kyle is seriously
III at Aberneen. S. d.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

Mrs. WinSiOw,s SOOTHING 81 RUP for children
teathing softens the gums, reduces Inflammation
alayS pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

"Oh, heard that story when l was
a child" sneered Miss Antike.
"No doubt. / confess it's very old. .
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

Fourteen people were killed in
werck in Indiana.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 70 cents.

Joseph Cook, preacher and author,
died at Ticonderoga, N. Y.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

OFInterest to Young Men and Women.
For only 1920 stamps will send new discovery
whereby any with S. capital to start can soon
make SINUS. sum This is a bona fids bargain Ad-
dress CHAS. CHESS MAN, London, Mich.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-02
Heaters Cotton Statement.

Secretary Hes,e:'s Eeesiy statement
issued Fc;Gsy shows the amount into
sight for the setk ending Friday to be
225, ,933 against 3l4, l57 fer the seven
days ending Sept. 27 last year. This
brings the total Of Tie crop moved into
sight fo- the twenty. seven days Of the
new season to 585, ,Sl9 as against 757,-
4l3 last year. Receipts at all United
States ports since September l, were
365, 1856 against 5l1,O08 last year.
Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio
and Potomac rivers to northern mills
and Canada Is, l07 against 1892 last
year; interior stocks in excess Of Sep.
tember l, 1856 against 1913, ll5 last
year; southern mill takings 13O,OO
against 105, 1898. Foreign exports
since September l have been 234 1853
against 2O9,750 last year. The total
takings cf American mills, north and
south, and Canada thus far for the sea-
son have been 1S8. Gil against 134 507
last y,ar. lroluairg ameun:s left over
in stocks at ports and Interior towns
frem :he last crop and tie number Of
bales brought INFO sight thus far for
the neW crop the supply to date is 945,.
sos against 879, 9,947 for the same period
last year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-02
neayy ltoIn fat:5.

Exceptionally heavy rainfalls often
OCCUR. sometimes with disastrous ef-
fects. For periods of fve minutes rain
falls have occurred at Bismarck. n. D.,
ct the rate of nine inches per hour, at
Jacksonville, Fla, at the rate OF seven
inches. and at Galveston, Tex, at the
rate of 6h inches. In periods Of so
minutes rain has fallen'at these three
stations at the rate of over two inches
DER hour; at Galveston at the rate OF
pH inches. One inch of rainfall is equiv
alent to 27,154 gallons Of 220, 1000 pounds
on each and every acre of the wetted
area. Rainfall at the rate of nine
inches per hour represents a fall Of 49,
500 pounds, or 4.C73 gallons, per min
ute per acre. In five minutes, such 4
rainfall would cover each area of four
square miles with 100000 gallons-a
quantity much in excess of the daily
consumption OF the city Of Washing
ton.-Washinston StaC.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-02
Thirteen Perished.

News has just been recsive1 hero Of
q terrible disaster in Preside cou2:y,
near the Rio Gcsnde river, on tie 25:h
inst, l3 nep who were prospecting for
Cinnibar losing their lives in foods
caused BY WstsGspout or cloud burst.
The dead are: William Bolls, George
HoltoD, Henry Carter, Hernandez Cos
tello, Philip Humphrey, Peter Sceaf-
fer, Alfredo Montez, William Jeffar-
son, Thomas Frezzell, Algerncn Rhea,
Casper Dustschnsn. George Al1sch
and Gabriel CsrE. The men were in
two parties. camped one mile apart in
: dry ravine kcoEn as Alaminto creek,
in which there had been no water for
Is months On account Of the drough:.
Tie men were asleep at 9 o'clock Wher
there Vas cloud burst several miles
Nd tie ravine. 4 volume Of water e
feet high washed down the cEanrel Of
the ravine and swept over the men IN
The CAMPS before they wero aware Of
their danger. All we're drowned, and uE
to this time only six bodies have been
recovered. The Alaninto enp'ies IN
to the Rio GraDde river not Tar from
where the fatality occurred and 1t Is
mere than probable that tie other sew
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-02
This is q Good One.

We often hear big fish yarDs, but
here is hunting yarn that lays 81
most anything We have ever heard N
the shade. I.cones from Sabine, Tex
as, and is ss foi.ows: Several years
ago, when driving the mail and passea-
ger Stage between here a7d Galveston,
on his return horne one afternoon, Joe
Marty killed 262 ducks IN one of the
lskes alopg the route in two hours and
fifteen minutes from the time he began
shooting. A. H. Best, who is in the
hunting business here, last season
killed sixty. eight ducks in one hour
and twenty minutes, al! being wing
shots. Ben T. Johnson, county com.
missioner from this precinct, killed q
ike number at one discharge Of a dou-
ble- bsrrelled gun. Henry Townsend
killed sixty three naila1os that ne got
at the discharge Of double barrelled
gun" II any # our old stsgers can
beat this Texas ysrn, We would like
them to let ns hear from them at once.