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L. = n. n. u.

Train.
Southern Limited ................
Fast MAil-Evansville. Nash-
VILE. Birmingham. Mont
fomery, Chattanooga. Attain
IA. Mobile, New Orleans and
. Jaciksct Vile Fla 80. .....-.
Southern Express to Evaas-
. vile. Nashville. Birmingham.
Mobile, New Orleans. Thom-
esvilte. JGekscnvflle, PAlaf>
q, OcalS and - P0teesbuf1,
n ..ss s;s...ssssSs.sss.sssss.s
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IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.

Teas Fast Mall. to Little ''s
Rock. Texarkana, Dallss.
Fort Worth and Abilene s3:0s am s7:w nm,
Delta, Columbus and Cairo
Fast ray Express Dallas, s10
Fort Worth, Austin. San AM
torio, Houston and Gal
Texas Mexico and California SAAA
Special-Dallas, Fort Worth,
Ell Paso. Los Angelica Gal.
weston. San Antonio and La
redo ..::;.;;;.: SIS pm s7:zs am
rSS i5is4 "a r. sv e G.
De Soto and Bismarck Accom-
r.cGation .,.............,.... $50 nm sa.as am
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Chicago Stocks.
received daily by q. H. Walker q Co.. No. 80

BOND SALES AT NEW YORK.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York July 1l.-Sales Of bonds were mad
here to-day as follows:
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BIG FOUR.

BIG FOUR.
LAKE SHORE. NEW YORK CENTRAL AND
HUDSON RIVER, BOSTON AND ALBANY
AND CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.
Train. Depart. Arrive.
Indianapolis Express ....... N:2z am $50 pm
new York and Boston Linn
............... S's" Sua Wv ~.
Anickerhocker Special - New
York. Boston, WASHINGTON
baltimore and Philadelphia. 1z:oo am SO pm
dstion anu Alton Aeeommo. tan pm $50 pm
Boston. New York Cincinnati.
Warrington Baltimore and
philadelphia .......... ........ sos pm 0asn
.Aiton-Leaves s10:3o a. M. ss:l5 .. m. AnirvSss
IS:00 q. H. Il AZ D. m Saturday only leaves A'ss
D. M, arrived 40 o. m
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
ST. LOUIS-LOUISvIILEL LINES.

Iouiaviile Express = centr.lia.
Mount Vernon Mount Car.
mel Princeton. Louisville.
Washington, Philadelphia
and New York .........:..:... .J:g! an 49,
Mount Vernon Accommodation fS:oa pm fs1A 9
Florida Limited to Louisville.
Lexington, Knoxville and
Asheyille N. c.; Chatta-
rooEa. Atlanta and Jackson
VILE Florida ................. ,iv.W pm - ~ :
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New York STOCK Qaotations.

st. Louis. Thursday. July II. 1901.
The following shows the opening highest, low
est and closing quotations on the New York
Stock Exchange to-day. Corrected daily for The
Republic by D. n. Francis, Bro. & Co., bonds
and stocks. ia North Fourth street:
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TOLEDO, ST. LOUIS AND WESTERN
Glover Leaf Route.)
'The Commercial Tfaveler'- ss'
indianapolis. Toleoo Hui1aio
and New York.::..;.... s7:5e pm 9:1 am
Ramsey Accommodation 49,. $500 pm sa:M ~,
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Foreign Exchanre.

Foreign Exchange.
There was an unusually light demand for for.
eiEn exchange and the market was very weak.
D: r. Francis. Bro. Co. report closing rates
Prime sterling. cables 4s7S04s7x: checks
4STx04s73.: 50 days .s4xG4. S4M.
Commercial bankers checks ls7k64.S7x: 90
days $4,000. s4ss: 30 days 1854
Grain bills 3 S4x Q4s4N. Cotton bills A.si.
Bankers Paris cables 5.15S@5. Is 1-6; checks
S.1sAG5 ls 1-1s65 1873: 60 days 51sh@5.1s 1-160
Commercial French francs, checks 61sN0
SIS Lie: 80 days 5.lsx as. IS Lis
Swiss checks 5.1SM: 60 days 5.2eA
Bankers reichsmarks cables IS 11-16: checks
9Sa1Qla5 SIS: 60 days 81 15-l6Qi95
Commercial reichemarks. check. 40 7-1s: 60 days
"a 1916; 80 days ~ 9-l6.
Bankers Dutch guilders checks 40 7-1s: 60 days
Commercial checks 10 5.ls: 60 days 4o1-ls
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b. Z O. s.W. r.

Train.
Cincinnati. LouisvilI. WASH
fngton. Baltimore, Phiiadei-
phia and New York Express
Cipcinnntf. Louisville. Pitts
burg. Washington, Baltimore.
philadelphia and New York
Fast Mail ...............
Cincinnati Accommodation. 49,.
Cincinnati. louisville. Pitts
burg. washington. Baltimore.
philadelphia and New York
Royal Blue Limited ..........
Flora Accommodation ..........
Flora Accommodation .......
West Baden and French Lick
Springs. via Monon Route.
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The West was again q seller at the openinr.
and sold at Intervals during the day, but not
of the week Large houses here with Chicas 70
and St Louis connections were very bearisii IA
their talk and many of the smaller conIfnissior
houses advlsed liquidation This talk inducsd =
good deal OF the same. There was rood deai
srof Of Union Pacific and Northern Pacific Sys-5
tens. The point was made that the sharpest
closing q 8 ooufsrsncs betwsen thaes inters ~
Io-day The stAtsmsnt was mada D. al ~ n.
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90 pm 1:ls am
......... I'll 90 am
daily; S:H o. M.
D. m. Saturday
day and Sunday:
p. M. daily:5:N
LIS p. m. Bum
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ST. LoUIs-PEoRIA LINE
(See c.. p. 4 81. La
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
NOrthefA Lines.

Train. Deo.re Avsv.
Northern Illinois Express-
springfield. Freeport and Du-
buque 1890. .............. s7:s2 an go nm
Fsor1a ana SpT1ngneld: .........T2:5o pm 1865 pm
Springfield Accommodation.... 90, s4:0 pm s1e:Te IN
ChicaRo Diamond Special. ...... $50 prn. s7:1 A
SOufheFn Linen. -
Train. n.>
Paducah Mail and Expr,.,- D. Av@
Murphysboro; Casbondaie and
New Orleans Fast Haii-.cairo :" ~ %
Memphis. Jackson. Tenn and
TexaG Express: NsshviIie ~.
lanta and Jacksonyijle . sS.A an ~9.sa
81. Louis 5pecial-Cairo Mem - -
phis and New OrIeaus. .... ss.1s An sg.sa -
Accommodation - Nurphvs6oro 80 -
Marion. Cairo. Sparta and
Chester ;.................. "a nm III N =.
Accommodates = Murphrs6orn -. A1.ss -
Marion and Creal Sprines... s1:So nm ~ N -
New Orleans Hmited-CSRu.
>. Memphis: Dixie T1yof Nash.
vile, Atlanta and Jack1oAr
1alA ...s ...ss s.............. Mn - o:ooaQ
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THE LOCAL MONEY MARKET.
Very Good Days Business Transacted
by Local Financial Instituti0ns.

In q general way the local financial market
was active and the business transacted by the
banks and trust companies was on large scale
and very satisfactory, the extremely torrid
weather apparently having but little effect upon
business: There was very good demand re-
ported for money, which was In large supply.
and loans were made at the old rates Of to z
Ter cent in the extreme on call and time paper.
ing and depositing keeping well up to the aver
age OF previous days. and a very satisfactory
day was reported with country banks.
The local clearings yesterday amounted to
$ss45, 12S, and the balances to S769. 66S.
Domestic Exchange.
Whitaker & Co.. bond. stock. commercial paper
and exchange brokers. No. 800 North Fourth
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First Call.

an~4f
W 49,. ...-lN4
:. o'M Mex Z con IS %
a., ~. 330saA
3l24
1000 Mex I con =
a., @hqsen
N.@ ID X T LIST As
91b
-. s. -; ;lo7s
A.w ~ Z Z Il 3
1000 n Y Gas &
Eiec - ....... 96'7
a., = ......1os
e4.@ N + gen IS a,.,,
49, zhT12%
., ~, con 9 4. 0s = .; g.. =:
"'.w & q = nv Sc.,
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Train. ..-.
JEFFERSON City. Columbia. Boon
vile. Sedalia. Fort Scott.
Indian Territory and Texas
Express ............ ............
THE Katy Flyer for Dali
las. Fort Worth. Houston.
Galveston, San Antonio.
MEXICO City and intermedi-
ate points ..................
jefferson City, Columbia.
Boonyille. SedAlia. Kansas,
Indian Territory and Texas
Missouri. Kansas. indian Ter
ritory and Oklahoma Flyer.
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5000 Atch. adj. 50
20, 200 Atch. adj.
stamp =. .94l95
5000 Atch gen IS. 1924
LOCO Am Hide IS .S5
5000 B & o 3Iss. 95x
1890 b & o Is
5000 B q O 1s S "
div 3,ss. .ssassH
5000 B U FL LIST. ..l02
5000 Can 8 LIST. .105h
10000 Cent Of Ga
con s. ........1N
5000 Cent OF Ga
I'd inc. 30
10. Cent OF Ga
Sd inc .......:: II
1000 Cent Of N J
gen 6s reg. 100
10000 C P gtd Is. .102k
10, 600 Cent r r &
Banking Co
Of Ga col IS. .101k
10000 G & o con IS
$4,000 c r I & p
gen A.. .106N
5000 Col s. LIST IS
ssK 9ssk
5000 D R g imp
6s ...... ......1l1M
8. 900 D & 8 gen IS s.
10000 Erie LIST con
- $500. 5000. W
5000 Erie LIST gen
4s ............ 86k
5000 FIT. W & D @
LIST SIS. SSH
1900 H v LIST 4hs.107iL
1000 I G N "a 5s. 100
10000 X c s IS. 50
5000 L 8 & II 8
3l1s ...... .106x
1000 L I gen As. .102
10. Met st gen
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. 80 I'm ~ an
1000 pm sE3 am
-
Depart. AfYlv&
1900 am '10:0 pun
IT'S am $50 pm
Sc e s s% II: pm pm
.i is:1s s s% to- ia an
ave Union station
urday and Sunday
N. Leaves Tower
nday at 1870 p. N.
Station at $50 ..
! $3.50 p. n. -.
Station at H:O q
200 .. No., except
n. and fS:& p. n.
L f11:30 .. n.
day only. sU1. =
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MOBILE 4 OHIO.

Southern Special ssae am 80; 49,:
81 Louis and Florida Limited
81 Louis and Florida Limited. III pun in y"
Murphypboro, Sparta. Chester
end Percy Accommodation. 's:W pm ,1A'ss eas
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CHICAGO, ALTON AND ST. LOUIS 4

Train.
Alton Limited for Chicago. /.
Peoria-Alton Limited .........,
Chicago Palace Express. 1890.
Chicago Midnight Special.
Chicago Prairie State Express.
Alton Accommodation .........
Kansas City Limited ..........
Kansas City Missouri State
Express ...... ........ ........
The Capital City Flyer"
Springfield Accommodation. :.
Springfield Lcca. .......
jacksonville Accommodation. >.
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New York Mi.i.r stoclk..
Government Bonds.

New York Curb Steck..
Receiyed daily BY g. Il. walker & Co. No nm
North Fourth street: 80 49, 'sAv
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wall street Gossip.

The following synopsis Of the gossip In regard
Was received by D. Il. Francis, Bro. & Co.:
New York. July n-Early London cables re-
ported sharp declines. the result Of Continued
heavy selling from Berlin. Arbitraee brokers
were sellers from the opening until LONG after
tions were busy all day, and the market cables
transmitted were probably the largest number on
record. On the decline IN Atchison london
bought more than It sold: The sales exceeded
the purchases ip all by fully loo shares. and
were heaviest ID Union Pacific, Eries, Southern
Pacific and United States Steel
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Third Call.
Pittsbur. storrs

Received daily by D. r, Francis Bro. 4 c.
IA North Fourth street.
WESTINGHOUSE Air Brake 1877 asked.
Pittsburg Plate Glasa 171ls bid. l7s asked.
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ST. LOUIS TIME.

Valley PARK Accommodates.
Valley Park Recommendations. l
Valley Park Accommodation, /
1exas and Kansas Mail for
eartnage. Joplin. Wichita.
Arkansas City. Oklahoma,
Dallas. Gainesville and Fort
Worth go. .
Pacific Accommodation .....,,. 1
Valley Park Accommodation :. !
! valley Park Accommodation.
PacInc Accommodation Z
Valley Park Accommodation.
TeSas Limited fvestibule). for
eureka Springs. Fort Smith.
Paris. Dallas. Greenville,
Ennis. Corsicana. Houston.
Galveston. Austin and San
Western Express for Vinita,
Denison.. Sherman, Oklaho-
ma. Carthage. Joplin. wich-
tia. Burton and tho West. 81
MISSOURI PACIFIC r
Train.
Fast Mail .......................
Day Express Kansas City.
Pueblo. Denver. Salt Lake
City and San Francisco. .....
Washington Accommodation :.
81. Joseph, Joplin. Wichita and
Kansas Limited. daily........
Kansas and Colorado Express. q
Creve Occur Lake trains lea,
at s6:00 a. m. s9:15 a. M, Satu
1:3o D. M. t5:s5 p. m. 1850 ..
Grove Station Saturday and SUM
Oak Hill trains leave Union 8
m; flo:1o a. M, $500 .. n: and
M. TOO D. m. Saturday only
Saturday nnd Sunday 4:1y .. m.
Leave Tower Grove station at
sDaily. Except Sunday. tSund
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STOCKS AND BONDS IN BOSTON.
Call loan. 4es: time loans 4o4x

Boston. Mass. July u.-FollowinT arc ouota
lions on money. stocks. bonds and mining
shares:
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s7:8 am N:0 Dun
s7:N am IN pm
T:@ am It's pm
81, an .s.ts pm
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The Ranka.


New York. July 11.-Close-Money on call
exchange weak, with actual business in bankers
bills at A.S7N for demand and 4S&X a. .S47t for
sixty days; posted rates a. sGH al s6ix; CONNER
cial bills A.Sl94.S4k. Mexican dollars 46Xc
Government bonds weak State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds irregular. Exchanges s297. s37 as:
balances, S14. 786. 204.
Boston. July, 1i--Exchanses. ses.7ss. 1o1: ball
7s sssnsss 81 u MONEY cent,
Chicago. July n;-c7earinss $a, IL, s13: bal
ances, $2lss.e ss. Posted exchange 81 So; sixty
days A. ssh on demand. New York exchange 15o
Cincinnati. O.. July u-c,ear,nss ss,1n, 500.
New York exchange at par. Money 3h@s Per
cent.
Treasury Statement.
Washington. July u.-To-day's statement Of
the Treasury balances in the general fund ex-.
elusive of the s5o 600 600 gold reserve In the ai-
ace siso co.: gold sIoa yss sasn n "a
United States notes u40o6 SS2; Treasury notes oil
1880 Sl1z 2os national bank notes 81 $50 1: total
receipts this day s. 1s2 1885, total recsipts this
month $s <2S 9l2 total expenditures this sisv ~
g SSo; total sxpenaiiures this month.
deposits in national banks iSssss soi
ton $3.50 80; Government recefuts frnna internsl
revenue 81 700; customs 3925i1. Iijsceianeous
$10z 80: expenditures N,sl5 100. a '--,E
TfeaSuref,o Bead Purehaaes
Warrington, July u.-Tbe Secretary Of. The
Trsasury to-day purchased shoff-term tonts N
foll0ws: S1psoo s. at $40 o1 N eoo r. af Seo M
1nd S59160 Z at &il3ss0 =. 80 = s1s,'-.ss
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800 am s:ss pm
's:os pm s:is pm
II: rs B B% -: pm pm
s7:M pun iIs:9 am
.s:11 pun Tao am
e:n pm ll7:lo am
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KATY =.
Dsps.s. A,s,,.
s:u an 80 -
E.tci
sn p. ra@
mss p. sae..
an pm TN -
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RAILROAD Timetable.
FRISCO LINE.

o LINE. 4s
Depart. At.tvN
odat;on.. t7:l0 am 10 :3uam
1882 am 1878 am
dation.. 1850 am f1:1 pm
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Tre0aury Stnfe~eu+

Washington, July u.-Tbe Secretarv ~ N.
Treasury to-day purchased shoff tern honifa :,
followy: Ssoo s. At 500 o1: ~ eoo r. At ne IN
Evening star., 1901-09-07
Fund for Disabled Teachers.
T

Among all the noble and magnificent ben
wealth in recent years, we know of none
more wisely and worthily bestowed than
that of the late Lewis Elkin of Philadel-
phia, who left the bulk Of his fortune Of
s., 600, 900 in trust to create a fund for the
benefit of disabled women teachers who
have taught in the public schools of that
city for twenty-five years, and have no
means of support. The fund will provide
the beneficiaries with annuity Of about
800 each. The bequeSt is noteworthy be-
cause it Is almost without precedent. 1t
is an example, however, which other men
of large fortune might well follow. The
average income of teachers in all our
schools, public and private, from the low
est to the highest, is pitiably small. the
average not exceeding 500. Many of the
professors in our high institutions Of learn
many others not over half that amount or
a sum less than that earned by some un-
skilled workingmen. Considering the large
expense involved in preparation for teach
ing, an expense growing larger every year,
as the requirements and standards for ad-
mission to the profession are advanced, the
salaries paid are meager and wholly mad
equate. Cultured and refined men and wo-
men cannot secure the comforts, helps and
conveniences which their profession and it's
accompaniments demand that they shall
have such incomes. Far better and
more satisfactory than any benefactions
would be general and large advance in
the salaries paid to teachers, but in lieu Of
this gifts Of such proportion as that made
by the Philadelphia financier are to be well
coined and encouraged.
Evening star., 1901-09-07
Sex Selection Theory.

Berlin Correspondence LOpQOn CnrOnl.Ie.
At today's meeting of the geological con-
gress Prof. Schenk Of Vienna, had an op-
portunity afforded him for the first time Of
explaining In public his famous theory con-
cerning sex selection. He had a crowded
and interested audience, many ladies being
present; but the impression obtained was
that neither among the scientists present
nor among the general public had he any
adherents. In his address he brought for
ward nothing new. He told us Of his early
experiments with silk worms and other AMI
mails. He told us, too. Of scientific expert
ments in his own family and in the fami-
lies of his friends until at last he believed
he had fifteen successful cases. 1t was
then, he said, he first published his remark
able theory. He denied that he had been
consulted by q certain European court
where daughters preponderate He warmly
defended himself from the accusation that
he is actuated by any other motives than
undivided devotion to science. During the
discussion which followed the professor s
theory was sadly mangled by several emf-
nent physicians and biologists present. No
one spoke in defense of 1t. Various speak
ers, among them Prof. Poulton of Oxford
pronounced against Prof Schenk's theory,
and insisted upon the danger Of his sys-
tenn.
Evening star., 1901-09-07
JAM MAiCA'S LACE TREE
PRODUCTS OF THIS NATURAL WON
DER ARE UNIQUE.
Grows Thirty Feet High and Yards OF
FiImy Stuffs Are UnwOund
From It's Bark.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
We had been in this picturesque isle
OF springs several weeks, amused and in
terested by the curious habits and speech
of the native blacks. We had admired its
blue hills and wandered among its deep
winding valleys and rivers. Its giant silk
cotton trees had inspired US with awe.
Its banana, sugar cane. coffee and jimento
plantations had charmed us with their
strange loveliness. We had feasted on its
mangos, alligator pears. naseberries, star
apples and other delicious fruit At night
we had seen myriads Of fref1ies illumi-
mating the darkness like fairy lights. And
now before leaving 1t remained only for
us to see the famous lace-bark tree
Qagetta lintearia), which, as il conscious
OF its unique attributes, grows In the most
inaccessible places Of the island, on rocky
mountain heights.
One glorious morning we started on our
excursion. The air was pure and invig-
Grating We wore the broad brimmed
white straw hats made by the natives.
which protect one so perfectly from the
rays OF a tropical sun as to make an UNI
brella superfluous. Having no rainy day
skirts, we initiated the market women
and tied strings around us below the hips,
drew up the dress by this means as far
as the waist, and allowed 1t to gather and
pun around the waist. the result being
most ludicrous. A black boy carried our
rations in 'bancra" (baskeD poised on
his head
After cutting through fields where cows
and horses graxed In the tall guinea grass
and passing by mangos. cedars and al
monds innumerabie. stopping here and
there to admire the hibiscus hedges which
surround negro dwelling, we reached
spot where vegetation grew scarce. and
our climb began. A vigorous climb 1t was
over steep crays and huge boulders OF
limestone. We were nearing the habitat OF
the tree.
'.Coo deh. missis!' Cook there). ex-
claimed the boy. robbiuR us OF the pleaa-
Evening star., 1901-09-07

something from his coat pocket, pulled out
my watch and scratched on the glass the
word Feci in large, struggling, angular let
terS.
1.-The deuce you did," I said. Let me look.
Shade of Solomon! This can't be dia-
mond?'
You can't prove it to be anything else"
"An expert could perhaps"
AN expert couldn't. For one reason; 1t
happens to be a diamond-a gem like those
OF the mine and the shop. McHinnie,
neither more nor less. That's rhomble do
decacheron. morphologically and chemically
the same. as a diamond from Kimberley or
Brazil. Not counting experimental labor,
the actual manufacture of that crystal
cost me f9. On the market, as you see It
now. the stone is worth fully Il 300"
And this is what you've been pegging at
all these years."
Its what 1 have had in my mind all my
life. It's what I've worked for ever since
could read or reason It's been my one idea
Evening star., 1901-09-07

It is a remark past doubt that Conrad
Macdonald was a most wonderful chemist.
Myself, l know this, and that's why l
say it, His small knot Of acquaintances
are. with few exceptions, entirely ignorant
on the subject Even the Hatton garden
people who ought to know, have overlooked
this talent in their awe at one another of
the mans peculiar attributes.
Pedantically. Macdonald was Phi. d. OF
Leipsic and d. Sc. of London-which, or
course. does not go for much and he was
also B. A. of Cambridge first Glass Nat
Science Tripos, both parts). which natural
ly goes for nothing at all Honors men
are notorious fizzles in after life, and so
none of these things in the least prove
that he was usefully and practically clever
Even the post at BurtOn-on-Trent. from
which he derived living during some
Evening star., 1901-09-07
To Increase Oxygen.

A machine devised by M. Mazza. ar Ital-
ian engineer, for increasing the amount OF
oxygen in the air is described by LIE Genie
Civil. Paris. According to this account of
it. the apparatus Is essentially centrifugal
sepositor. On passing air into 1t the oxy-
gen molecules. being heavier than the nitro
gen ones. have a tendency to concentrate
at the periphery 5f the machine. Conse-
quently when air is drawn from this sur
face it is found to be richer in oxygen than
normal air-in fact. it is claimed that the
oxygen content can be brought up to 20 per
cent. common air containing 23.2 parts by
weight Of oxygen. The machine, however,
acts at the same time as blowing-fan by
which the oxygenated air Is delivered under
a slight pressure. while the impoverished
center. 1t requires a two-horse-power en-
gine to operate machine that will deliver
lS.00O cubic feet Of enriched air per hour