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The weekly examiner., 1901-06-29
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KING GROWING LIBERAL.
Victor Emmanuel Astounds ItaIiaz Monarchists by Praising the
 Ideas of Socialists.

The young king of Italy is causing concern among the conserva tives, who arrogate to themselves the title of
 mainstay of the monarchy by his evident sympathy with the more ad1 vanced political sections. His predilec4 tlons, however, may revolutioniza Italian politics and save the country from the economic ruin toward whicH Italy, in the opinion of many observ-
 CTS, is steadily drifting.
 King Victor Emmanue1's frame oH mind may best be judged by a short conversation which he recently haH
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-29
Mexican Women.

The women of Mexico, as a rule. make edocile and trustworthy wives, deferring to the husband in matters which the American woman would set tie for herself. The women among the masses possess only the charm of extreme simplicity in dress, and the healthy, unrestrained beauty of fig ures that have never known corset. They are well developed, as a rule. Many of the faces are beautiful in youth, but they age earlier than their white sisters do, either becoming obese and coarse, or shriveling with the loss of the plumpness which once made them attractive. They might have stepped out of the pictures of Bible times, with their plainly made cotton gowns and their blue rebosos Qong, wide scarfs of cheap materiaD covering their heads. Women of higher class who have not accepted the innovation of hats wear black tapolo of fine wool or silk, instead of a reboso. They often go about the streets bareheaded, but not one among them ever enters a church without drawing up her reboso, as to do otherwise would be considered sac- legious.-National Magazine.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-29
KING VICTOR EMMANUEL.

KING VICTOR EMMANUEL. Qtalian Ruler Who Is Advocating Progres4
 sive Ideas.)
 with prominent conservative depS uty, for the accuracy of which tho Chicago American correspondent iu Rome is in a position to vouch.
 "I do not understand" said his maS jesty, ssthe sorrow which you conserv@ atives have for the extreme left. have read the speeches of the membera of that party; have studied their pos lfuical and social programmes, and q have arrived at the conclusion that if those men were intrusted with tha government they would do good worE for the country.
 'sIt is true that their programme cond tains an antimpnarchioal plank, bue that dnes not prevent me from appre4 ciatind the value of their econpmid and s hl policy If t1e social lisfa qI1d pose rQonarehFa it is hsSa x sa monarchical parties r6eaFd Tl79 sotzllQ ists as. ipso facto, enemies cf moderu society.
 "I am certain that at the bottom the socialists do not bother themselvea much about the form of government WHcIncT l6 Uc uuOHdfcuIcdl oI TCPuD1 ican. They would easily reconcile themselves to monarchical form if the constitutional parties would taka them by the hand and work together for social and economical reform"
 These remarks show true statesmand ship, and much broader view of mun5 dane things than the late King Hums bert ever displayed. The ranks of the extreme left in the Italian parliament contain statesmen and patriots whd might well be trusted with the des4 tinies of the country. Instead they are treated like political mad-dogs, and the young king has the courage and sagacity, apparently, to see this.
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- X { Scriptures are to be fulfilled in their is more of political scheme, under taken because they believe that if all Jews could unite and form an llls2e- pendent state, instead of being seat- tered through the Gentle nations, they could command the respect of the world and escape being stunned and persecuted as they so often are now. These latter are delighted with the news that the sultan of Turkey has received Dr. Herzl in Constanti- nople with high honors, and has given him an audience of two hours and a half. Dr. Herzl is the founder of the Zionist movement, and his plans are warmly supported by Emperor Will liam of Germany, who, it is expected, will become the principal surety for the sum of money Dr. Herzl has of fered the sultan in order to secure definite possession and practical gov erning rights for Jews in southern Palestine. The intention is to begin ! the Jewish development of Palestine by rebuilding Jaffa harbor and estab- fishing extensive irrigation works in 4d1 OcWlSu 1dOOE VIII be employed, and, as houses are built rural Jews from Roumania, Russia and Galicia will be gradually settled on the land. An Aninternational congress will be held soon to support the plans.
 Four years ago there was congress at Basic, Switzerland, for the purpose of discussing the same scheme, and at that time it was stated in the Nine teenth Century by MT. Herbert Bent wich, an enthusiastic advocate of pr. Herzl, that the work had already progressed enough so that there were 80 distinct colonies of Jews in Pales- tine, numbering about 10000 souls in all. Many prominent Jews, however the novelist Zangwill among the mum ber-believe that the vast bulk of the brethren are so well content with the civic rights they have fought for and painfully won in various countries, that it will be impossible for them ever to unite wholly and make this dream a reality.
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 can HouSehold.) the positions in the service of the pontifcal family.
 Before 1870 the major domo of the pope was also the prefect of the apostolica palaces, and thus united in himself all administrative and ju- dietary power over the household. The events of September 20 caused many changes in this jurisdiction, and notifications were carried out which restricted the powers of the major domo.
 Of all the rights once exercised by that functionary he now retains only that of always accompanying the pope, and succeeds eventually to the governorship of the conclave. He is the chief of the singers of the papal chapel, and has the direction of re- IigiOuS ceremonies,
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The initial soreness soon left the girls eyes, and the powers of sigbt grew full and strong. The neighbors called in and wondered at the phenom- enon.
 The doctors who attended the child wondered at the marvel. They could give no explanation, save that it was a visitation of the Divine power.
 Those among them who had given the child up as hopeless case said that no mortal power could have wrought the cure.
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(.-A1ma. If Your Mother Is Happy Now. | You Will See Again.',) at the altar were made. There seemed no answering call
 The neighbors scoffed bit at her faith. Alma's future was fixed, they said. She would always be blind and helpless.
 The cold weather drought sickness to the mother.
 During her illness she prayed .con- stantly for Alma. That the girl might be well, happy and able to use her then sightiess eyes was her prayer.
 Her last day on earth was passed in constant prayer for her afflicted daughter.
 Surrounded by her family, blind Alma among them, she gave them her benediction. Stretching her hands toward Alma in her dying hour she made a final supplication to God. With the words on her lips she died.
 As her mother passed away, Alma threw herself on the bed, sobbing bit terly. A neighbor came i'm to prepare Mrs. Provencher for burial. She knew of the mothers prayers for Alma and her closing supplication-
 She picked the girl up from the bed and held her by her mothers side. Taking up the dead woman's hand she passed it over Alma's eyes, repeating the prayer she often heard the m ther use. Then she said: Alma, if your mother is happy now you will see again.
 Immediately the child felt tingling in her eyes. They seemed to smart and burn beneath the bandage she wore. She cried out that she wanted to take off the bandage, that she be- 1ieved she could see.
 Her old grandmother refused to let her. She had but little faith in any thing save the doctors medicines. The child went sobbing to bed that night. In the morning her first thought was of her eyes. She deter mined to get rid of the bandase. to test her hopes.
 Tearing off the bandage, a glimmer, then gleam of light pierced her eyes. She cried out in joy. A hurried glance showed that she could distinguish ob- iects in her room.
 Rushing into her grandmother's room she shouted: Grandma. can see! I can see!" The old lady peered into the child's eyes, and held up diff ferent objects until she was sure.
 Then she hugged and kissed the girl, both crying in ecstasy of joy. ..
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the mind will do under certain con- ditions in certain people, and how, in other people, it will do something -diametrically opposed to it's action in still other people.
 Ut is a study of morbidity, of suggestion, of reception, of impress sion, of determination. It is also a study of various conditions of life. A man living in one state of exist ence would kill himself if compelled to endure what man in another state accepts as his lot in life.
 Suicide increases with the in- crease of civilization. That is a re- markable commentary upon civiliza- tion, but it is just one.
 There are far more suicides in a large community than in a small one. This is not due to the fact that there are more people there-that is, not because there are more there to kill themselves-but because intercom- munication increases suicide.
 Tt offers more suggestion to those inclined to self-destruction. And suggestion is one of the most potent factors in suicide. It is suggestion that makes man turn to his re- volver, a woman to the phial of car bol1c acid. She has just read of some unfortunate woman escaping the cares and ills of life by swallowing few pence worth of acid. This woman's case was something like hers. That is the suggestion, and the weak woman avails herself of it. ergo, another suicide.
 Education, many authoritative in- vestigators contend, is another strong agent in the increased num- Der of suicides.
 "There is no doubt that this is in great measure true. Education re- veals to the lower and the poorer classes the superior condition of those more favored with the goods of this world, and it breeds despond- ency. dejection, bitterness and hope 1essness.
 "Heredity is accountable for a large percentage of suicides. The tendency is not always manifested in the generation immediately following that of the suicide. It frequently shps 3 generation" ,...-.
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cabinet-that is, for secretary of com. merce and industry-is as scholarly gentleman as one could find in g months walk. He. is the president O, the J. B. Stetson. Hat company. and knows that line of industry thorough ly. But he is also familiar in a genera way with every fact of importance concerning the industrial growth oi the nation, present and past. He has strong views on national policy, ano he shapes his opinions only after he has exhausted every means of widen
 ing his knowledge on the subject in hand. The suggestion of giving hin
 the new portfolioin case it be ere 1t ezl ar epap Ss -is rag ca in Wash. afet6n as a pecs1li forf unafe one This entirely part fsom the fact that MT. Sea1Gh is an intimate and sympa- ithetic friend of the president
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Qtalian Composer Who Is About to
 Visit This Country.)
 the conservatory at Milan. There he fought with his masters and turned his back upon them. Then he travelled with cheap opera company and wrote the merest nothings in music. In 1888, Milanese manager offered a prize for an opera. Mascagni wrote "Caval- leria' and sent it in. The jury at once awarded him the prize, and his for tune and reputation were made at one stroke. In 1896 he became the director of the conservatory at Pesaro.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-29
THEODORE c. SEARCH.
May Be Called Upon to Become the First "Secretary of Commerce
 and Industry.o

Theodore c. Search, the president of the National Association of Manu- facturers, who is being, pushed for the possible ninth place in the presidents
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-29
New Cure for wrinkIea.

A physician in Germany has discov. cred a method of obliterating wrin- kles in the human face. He injects paraffine under the skin, and there it remains, puffng out the wrinkles.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-29
PROMOTED BY POPE.
Mgr. de Ayezedo, Chapab berIain in the | PapaI Household, Appointed Ma II jor Domo of the Vatican.

Mgr. Ottavio .Cagiano de Avezedo, the present chamberlain in the pope's household, wilIibe the successor of Cardinal Della Volpe in the post of major domo-the most important of
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sistance" to the passage of the electric
current. Apparatus has been devised
for measuring the amount of this re-
sistance. The unit of resistance is call
ed an Ohm. after the great German
physicist who discovered and expound-
ed the laws of electric current. The
exact resistance per nautical mile of the
conductor of any given cable is known
to the electrician in charge. Resistance
practically ceases at the point where
the conductor makes considerable con-
tact with the water Therefore, sup
posing the known resistance per mile to
be two Ohms, and the measuring ap-
paratus indicates total resistance of
500 Ohms. the position of the break viii
be 400 miles from shore, or from the
cable ship, as the case may be.
With this information the captain of
the steamer is able to determine by his
charts the course of the cable, the lati-
tude and longitude in which the break
has occurred, and can proceed with GER
tainty to effect the repair.
Being satisfied that the ship is at the
right place, conical fiat bottomed buoy
is dropped from which to carry on
operations. The ship leaves the buoy
and steams away to a convenient dis
tance from the supposed broken end Of
the cable. A heavy graphing hook is
lowered and the ship steams back al
right angles to the line of the cable
until the dynamometer gives notice
that something has been seized If the
strain be erratic the grapnel Is probably
only engaging the projections of an un-
even bottom, but if the strain steadily
increases, the cable has been caught
This is an interesting process. especial
ly in water over three miles deep.
The ship is then stopped and the haul
ing in machinery set in motion. In due
course the grapnel holding the cable
appears. Men are lowered to 1t who Sc
cure the cable by chains on each side OF
the blight, which is then cut in two
The ends are hauled on board and con-
nected with the testing room. One OF
the ends will be surely that of the Sec
tions which is now a means of com
munication with the shore. The other
end VIII be the short piece from the shiI
to the point of fracture.
The tests and communication with the
shore indicating that the cable on thai
side is electrically perfect, the end is
sealed, attached to d buoy and dropped
overheard. The short piece to the frac-
ture is picked up and stored away
The steamer then proceeds to grapplt
for the other end, which is then turneC
over to the splicing gang, who lay
back the outer steel wire armor SO thai
when the core of both ends has beer
cut and Joined, the armor wires relaid
will overlap the joint some fifteen feet
The two ends of the conductor art
scarfed and firmly soldered together
When the other layer of wires and jut'
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percha is squeezed round the conductor
in a continuous envelope touching ii
throughout. The coil is then served
with jute yarns, which are laid spirally
round it, forming an elastic soft bed
ding for the sheathing wires. These
latter, as well as the outer serving and
compound, are put on in one machine.
The served coil, passes through a hoI-
low shaft of circular skeleton frame
work of iron, to large circular iron
tanks, in which it is kept under water.
The rate of manufacture is unusual
ly rapid. being for the deep-sea type
more than five nautical miles ca nauti-
cal mile, 2,029 yards) per machine in
twenty-four hours; and as the manu-
facture is carried on continuously day
and night with ten-cable machines in
operation ali at once it v i'll be seen that
from fifty to fffty-five nauti,al miles
can be turned out in every twenty-four
hours.
The last cable that was made for Mr..
Mackay several years ago, which
stretched across the Atlantic 2,201 nau-
tical miles in length, aggregated a total
of $3.50 tons in weight, made up of the
wire, 495 tons; gutta-percha, S15 tons;
jute yarn, SIS tons; steel wire, 5000 tons
and compound and tar, LOIS tons. over
three times as much material will be
required for the Pacific cable.
The cable ship itself is a vessel of
strange interior arrangement, specially
designed for the purpose. 1t is not 0uly
a huge storage department. but a big
floating workshop as well.
In the hold there are three immense
iron tanks, similar to the land tanks
at the manufactory, thirty-four feet in
diameter, for the storage of the capie.
each having .conical core for guiding
the cable when it is being paid out.
The space within these cores is utilized
20 hold fresh water. The capacity of its
tanks in the regular cable ship is about
1,4G0 tons of cable, this being the equiv
alent of about 100 miles of inshore cable
Weighing fourteen tons to the mile OF
700 miles of the deep-sea type. weighing
about two tons per mile.
The cable tanks are all connected by
ways or troughs, so that a transfer
may be made from one tank to another
or from any tank to either of the huge
paying out machines. Handling of the
cable made necessary by such transfer
is usually done by means OF a small
engine connected to a drum, AMI al
mounted on a truck by which 1t may
Ice moved about the deck
As the cable is brought from the tanl
it passes over an iron sheaye, fastened Il
the framework of the hatchway thence
around another larger deeply groovet
iron sheave, and the friction of tht
cable at this point acts as a tension. 1
then passes several times around III,
giant drums of the great dynamometer
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yarn and gutta-percha are put in place
the splice is complete and the cable is
again dropped overheard. once more in
perfect condition. The cable ship then
steans away over It's course, finds the
cable and once more proceeds across the
ocean.
On May 9Th. 1899. the United States
ship Nero began the survey to locate
route for cable from the United States
across the Pacific to the Philippines.
"a satisfactory route for an all
American cable for the purpose of con-
Meeting these points" says Rear Ad-
miral Bradford in. his report, has been
discovered. thoroughly explored. sur
veyed and mapped"
The report of the operation of the
Nero gives a great amount of data on
ocean currents prevailing winds and
tidal Influences in the parts Of the ocean
through which the route lies, In prose-
cution of the above mentioned work the
Nero steamed in all 25 233 knots. Her
duties consisted in measuring depths,
asceFtaining temperatures and obtain
ing the characteristics Of the bottom OF
the ocean at equidistant stations situat-
ed twenty knots apart. Beginning at
Honolulu the zlgzag route to the Philip
pines by the Midway islands and Guam
to the island of Luzon was thoroughly
covered. Along this route an obstacle
was encountered in the nature of a sub
marine abyss, the deepest yet known in
the world The abyss was named the
Nero Deep, and its depth makes it
necessary to defect the direct route
from the Midway islands to Guam. In
this low area the Nero. by means OF
an extraordinary long sounding wire,
was enabled to take two of the deepest
casts and also two deepest water tenn
peratures ever recorded. The depths
found were $3.50 fathoms and the other
5. 269 fathoms. The temperature at these
points registered 35.9 degrees f. and 36
degrees F. respectively.
Here is description of the route
beginning at Honolulu:
An ocean bed Of almost level soft mud
at a general depth of about ZOO
fathoms extends from Honolulu to the
Midway islands on a route a little to
the northward of the line of reefs run
ming about west-northwest from the
Hawaiian islands to a point beyond
Ocean island. This plan affords an
ideal route for a telegraphic submarine
cable.
Beyond the Midway islands toward
Guam is another great level plain at a
depth of about 3.20O fathoms.
The remainder Of the distance, how
ever, while In general fairly level is
interspersed with reefs and mountain
ranges that required much time to ex-
plore and avoid Eventually a short
distance to the eastward of the great
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~ De Idlu-anu DS d SdiIOT--
nian. The Commercial Pac-
Il - ftic Gable Company com.
posed of John w. Mackay.
Clarence H. Mackay, Edward C. Platt,
Albert Beck, George G. Ward, Albert
B. Chandler and William W. Cook, hay
ing been duly Incorporated, announces
that within nine months cable communi-
cation with Hawaii will be established.
and in two years from now we shall be
in electric touch with the Philippines.
The route will be from San Francisco
to Honolulu. thence to the Midway ISL
ands. to Guam and to the east coast Of
Luzon. The cable will be 6,912 miles
long, completing the telegraphic system
of the entire globe. and making a total
Of ,5S6 miles. all of which. excepting
1911 miles. is controlled by private in
dividuals
At the coming session of Congress
bill will be introduced to push through
the construction of the cable.
The estimate of cost by Rear Admiral
Bradford of the Naval Bureau of Equip
ment is $4,000, 900.
The special demands by the Govern
ment on this cable will be reduced rates
and absolute control over the line in
time of war.
The laying of a trans-oceanic cable is
a stupendous task and one full of thrill
ling and picturesque incident.
The cable itself consists, first, of core
which comprises the conductor made
of strand of copper wires and the in
sulating covering generally made of
gutta- -percha, but occasionally of india
rubber to prevent the escape of elec-
tricity.
Then comes layer of tanned jute
yarn laid over the gutta-percha TO pro-
tect it from the sheathing of steel wires
over which come again jute yarn and a
bituminous compound. The sheathine
varies in type with the depth of the
water in which it is laid. The deepsea
type has a sheathing of many small
steel wires; then through several in
lllSAlStAS y pes the SLlSelI1iilS SAASN
become gradually large until finally al
the shore end the deep sea sheathed
cable is again sheathed with strands
each made up Of three steel wires SET
triangularly. It will be noticed, how
ever, that the core is the same through
out
The copper wires for the conductor
are twisted up together OF stranded
They are then passed through the coy,
ering machine, by which the gutta,
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over several plleys on the' deck and out
over the sheave of the stern to its rest
ing place at the bottom of the sea.
The dynamometer indicates the
amount of strain to which the cable is
subjected at any moment and also en-
abtes the man in charge of the brake
wheel to regulate the strain put on by
the brake to suit the varying condi-
tions of laying. After leaving the dyna-
mometer it passes under and over sew
eral large retarding wheels before
vending its sinuous way into the sea.
When all the available cable has been
laid, the end is carefully sealed up and,
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having been attached to rope, is low
cred to the bed of the ocean. A buoy is
attached to the other end of the rope
and is left floating on the surface of
the water to mark the position of the
end of the cable, until the ship can re-
turn to port with new cargo.
Sometimes a break or fault will
develop in the laying and steps have
to be taken to locate the defect. Scien-
tiflc accomplishment, which in reality
Is nothing short of wonderful, has made
this a comparatively simple matter.
The conductor of the cable offers a
certain amount of obstruction or re