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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03
TIE SCIENTIFIC WORLD.
Latest Discoveries and Inventions Considered Of
Importance

An improvement Of the Goldschmidt
process Of Welding and casting metals
adapts It to- the unskilled workman.
The crucible is Of iron, with a refrac-
tory lining. and the bottom is closed
By one or more small iron plates, the
top having an iron cover. with a fuse
hole In the center. A substantial tri-
pod IS used as support The crucible
is charged With Hermit mixture,
which consists Of powdered aluminium
and oxide Of iron. or other metal, and
for each pound of it's weight may
yield nearly half a pound Of molten
metal, and on this is placed a kindliug
material connected with the fuse.
Within a few seconds after the fuse Is
lighted, the contents Of the crucible
become fluid from the heat Of the OK
idizing aluminium. The reduced iron
from the oxide melts the supporting
iron plates and passes through the
bottom into a refractory mold, the
special advantage of the new method
being the holding back of the corun-
dunn Stag floating on top. In welding,
the clay mold is made to clasp tight
ly the rails or broken shaft, with the
opening over the ends to be joined.
The appliances are simple and not
least Of the claims for the improved
process is its convenience for repairs
on shipboard.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03
HOW OBLIGATION IS SHOWN.

Prof. Butter Gives Certain Character
4 tics By which to Judge a Man.
Any one a tell a gentleman by
looking at his back, but it takes close
observation to discover by cursory ex-
animation whether a man is educated
or not. BY education we do not mean
merely the fact that a man has gone
through a high school or a college and
made the motion Of receiving an edu-
cation. But we refer to that training
Of the mind which receives and grasps
facts and understands them in the light
Of past wisdom.
Professor Nicholas Murray Butler Of
Columbia University, New York, has
given I'VE rules by which any one may
tell an educated man.
First, is the correctness with which
he uses his mother tongue and the pre-
cision OF his idiom. The educated man
moves easily among the words of Sax
on, Roman and Greek origin as among
old friends.
Second, is the mans Not
the that may be put or or Off
as occasion serves, but the genuine
habit of the man himself.
Third, is the power of reflection.
Given an idea, the educated man Will
throw upon the subject the light of a
number of correlated facts that are COM
pletely beyond the power and ability of
the u%neducated.
Fourth, is the power to grow. TN
educated minds cease to develop at a
certain point. They become non-re-
ceptive.
Fifth, is the ability to do. Retire
ment from the world and contempla-
ton are no longer signs of education
and enlightenment. The modern mar
Of education must accomplish things.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

One hundred and seventy-two mem
beers of parliament have notified their
approval OF the compulsory adoption
Of the metric system of weights and
measures throughout Great Britain.
The Decimal Association points out in
a circular that in the interests of trade
the reform should be made at once.
The metric system is already Der
missive and legal in Great Britain and
in the United States. Any manufacture
err or merchant who wishes to increase
his foreign trade is entirely at liberty
to make his goods with metric dimen-
sions and to invoice them in metric
measures. How trade is to be ,in-
creased by forcing him to do SO is a
mystery not yet explained by the busy
advocates OF the Decimal Association.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

The primary object of the invention
Illustrated below is to produce a light
ing device which occupies such a small
space that it can be easily carried
about and readily adjusted to a book
or other object, thus enabling the
user to read without discomfort in
places where ordinarily a poor light
or no light at all can be had, particu-
larly out of doors on summer nights
or in warn climates, on ship deck at
night, in the sickroom or in porly
lighted trains or waiting rooms. In
the case Of our illustration It is at
tached to a pulpit to afford the
preacher plenty of light for reading
without injuring the eyes of the con-
gregation by the glaring ray Of an
ordinary light. With the improved
storage batteries recently introduced
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

sound. The trouble is hat in trans
hitting messages to himself he knows
what letters to expect and hence reads
by memory instead OF sound. To pro-
vide a transmitter with which a learn
err can transmit to himself a series OF
unknown letters. words or messages.
which he cannot translate except as
the ear detects them, is the object Of
Charles S. Comins of Quincy, Mass,
in designing the instrument which is
shown here. 1t consists Of a feed
roller attached to a crank. with a me-
tallic tongue resting normally against
the surface of the roller. There is also
a pressure roller to keep the endless
ribbon aligned. This ribbon is per-
forated to correspond with the vari-
GUS letters of the telegraph alphabet,
and when placed upon the feed roller
and revolved by the crank it alternate.
ly lifts the metallic tongue and eturns
it to the roller underneath the paper,
which makes and breaks the current
at the proper intervals, thus transmit
ting the massage to the receiving ap-
paratus to be transcribed by the stu
dent. The makes and breaks are thus
of accurate duration, and by speeding
the machine as the operator becomes
proficient the practice is as thorough
for the expert as for the beginner. A
large number of ribbons can be pro-
vided to give variety in the work.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

Fun with the Bank OF England.
]. Pierpont Morgan is the hero of an
anecdote repeated at a recent meeting
in the headquarters of the steel trust,
and if not apocryphal, illustrates a bent
of humor hitherto unsupported in the
banker.
While in London he visited the Bank
Of England with a large currency note,
for which he wished to obtain gold.
The teller examined the note and hand
ed it back.
You have not Endorsed it," he said,
glad of an opportunity to occupy an at
titude.
rs this not payable on demand?"
asked Mr.. Morgan, Stimulating surprise.
Yes, if ndorsed'-haughtily.
The magnate frowned. Il am very
careful whose notes l indorse," he said,
with mock severity.
do you challenge the Bank of Eng
land?" gasped the clerk, gazing at the
visitor as upon a blasphemer.
If you are solvent, why do you want
my name on your paper?"
The glare of suspicion which accom-
panied the words was toe much for the
clerk; he stared speechlessly.
Very well" continued the magnate
with vigor, I'VE will let it go to pro-
test"
The petrihed clerk looked alarmed
about it, but could offer nothing in re-
ply except a mumbled and ridiculous
assurance that the bank was not in
distress. Then Mr.. Morgan smiled anc
Endorsed the note.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

The highest honor of the Royal So
.iety Of London is the Copley medal,
awarded this year to Prof. Willard
Gibbs of Yale University. He was the
first to apply the second law of Their
modynamics to the exhaustive discus
sion of the relations between chemical.
electrical and thermal energy and ca
pacity for external work. During
the last few years the recognition of
this law has led to a complete system
atization of our knowledge concerning
dissolution of solid substances. the
distribution of a solute between two
immiscible solvents and to the for
nation Of double salts and also of ra-
cemic, pseudo-racemic. non-racemiC
and externally compensated sub
stances. The phase rule has been ap-
piled with complete success to the Ca
PLANTATION of the formation of oceanic
salt deposits, and 1t is, in fact, appli-
cable to all cases of reversible chem
lcal interchange and consequently t
chemical change generally.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

before she could hope to reach the ISL
and she would be overwhelmed by It.
But the same hurried glance had
showed her the white hull Of a boat in
the distance. She knew that the only
white boat on the river was that Of
the Mitchell's, from the south shore.
Her thoughts flew across her mind like
frightened stormbirds, had Henry
Mitchell seen her struggling in The
tide. or had he come to rescue Mrs,
Smith? Would he reach them in time
to a v either? Could he beat the on
coming storm? Another glance told
her he could not. Before she could
look again there burst upon her the
storm in its great fury--a very tenn
pest Of wind and rain and seething
waves.
At the first onset the oars were torn
from her grasp and the boat was
swung from its course and carried in
great bounds from wave to wave with
the storm. Above the deaiening eoar
Of wind and river there cigule to her
the sound of breaking timbers. and she
knew that the house on the island had
been swept from its moorings. Soon,
too, she knew the cause. A wall Of
black water bore down upon her
Her boat met the wave and was borne
stanch boat. There was a great shock,
forward through the air upon its crest.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

Sir Norman Lockyer. in making
some comments upon recent observa-
tions of the nebula discovered sur
rounding Nova Persei, explains the.
rapid motions observed in parts of the
nebulosity by supposing a nebula to
be invaded by a. system of many
swarms of meteorites. The principal
collision might. he says, give rise to
the star. Minor collisions in various
parts of the original nebula might
cause feebler phenomena Of the same
general sort at the points Of impact.
A, B, G., d. etc. The effect at Amight
die out before that at B began, and so
On. Hence the observed successive.
changes of position of the bright
masses might not be due at all to the
actual interference of luminous mat
ter from place to place, but simply to
successive impacts whose effects die
out rapidly. These remarks are in
agreement with Sir Norman's meteor
itic hypothesis of new and variable
stars.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

An amusing incident occurred the
other afternoon in a gentlemen's outfit
ting shop in New street, Birmingham,
when a customer came in to purchase
a hat, says London Spare Moments. He
tried on several, and was evidently
hard to please, the counter becoming
covered with the rejected. At last the
salesman picked up q brown felt
bowler, brushed it round with his arm
and extended it admiringly.
"These are being very much worn
thia season, sir" he explained.
Are they?" said the customer,
thoughtfully surveying himself in the
mirror, with the hat on his head. do
you think It suits me2"
suits you to perfection. sir-if the
fits right"
Yes; it hts very well. So you think
I had better have it.
Il don't think you could do better.
sir"
mo, / don't think J. could; so l won't
have a new one.
The salesman had been pushing the
old hat.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

OuG saw Tic AabC VI AANhAJ NhAANANA+
Then. suddenly, while it was sliding
back to the yawning trough that fol-
lowed, the BOAT shook from stem to
stern and stopped so instantly that the
iron-ribbed side of the bow was stove
in, and the girl thrown forward upon
her face.
There was an instant of silence
about her, during which Caroline
heard the lo gulf tidal wave that had
passed, go laundering onward to its
further work Of destruction. Control
ling her terror, she lifted her head to
look aboIt her when, with a start She
saw that her boat was caught in a
group of channel posts, and, left by
the height of the wave that had passed,
now hung between them, quite out Of
the water. To change her position
meant to be thrown out of the boat.
While she contemplated her peril she
saw through the curtain Of rain and
darkness. being borne down toward
her, a great, gray object. 1t rocked
and swayed in the swelling rolls like a
ship, but she could make out in it the
outlines of the floating Smith house. It
came fast, and swept by almost
within touch. With a mad impulse
to reach it the girl flung herself from
the boat. She fell into the water, but
clutched a projecting timber and cir
cled her arms about it. There she
chung In the gathering darkness, near
ly submerged at times, and again
raised almost from the water by the
swinging of the house. But such a
thing could not be for long, and, in
deed, it was not, for suddenly she felt
a grasp of iron about her waist and,
yielding to a stronger will, she loos-
ened her hold.
Above her she "a the face Of Henry
Mitchell, and then felt herself in his
arms. The marvellous skill learned
in stemming the ice foes Of the Lower
Yukon had enabled him to withstand
the first stress Of storm, and, carried
forward by the resistless force Of
things, he had neared the floating
house, had seer Caroline's leap into
the water, and had been able TO so far
guide his boat as to reach her. There
with the tempest rolling below ant
around them, and with the shadow Of
death darkening above them. the mar
forgot life itself, and, elasping The
ciinging form of the girl to his bocon
pressed her wet face to his and kissed
her until the love in her eyes bade hin
cease. Then, with the strength anC
energy of a giant, he bent to his worl
of guiding the boat to shore. Tit
drift of the stream told him that the!
were being driven across the current
and il his efforts prevailed they wouli
gain the inner bay-a harbor with it
headland Of shells. Rapidly but pain
fully they neared the safer waters 0
the inner bay.
Now, as they sped toward the shel
headland. there came once more t
their ear from mid-stream, the SCUM.
of the crashing and falling Of beam
and timbers; and, we'll knowing tina
the friend whom they had sought I
save was no more, a great heartburs
of grief coursed between them, III
eyes of each sought the others, and /
that moment OF sorrow their soul
we're linked together. The headlan
Of shells doomed beyond them.
The skill that had kept them aaea
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03
pssIrned for IndIrldual DC.

very little discomfort is occasioned in
carrying the entire apparatus to pro-
duce this light, the standard which
supports the lamp being flexible and
folding with the cord inside the case
which carries the battery. When need
ed for lighting purposes the support is
opened and clamped on the book or
paper, throwing the light just where
1t is most useful. The inventor is Bur
ton S. Philbrook of New York city.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03
wing. Of BUTTERFLIES.

The scales on the wings OF butterflies
and moths are generally considered to
be of only ornamental Importance. but
in a recent paper DR.. X. Gunther ex-
presses the opinion that they must
have to some extent a sensory function.
as their roots are sometimes in con
tact with processes emanating from
special cells of the %hypodermis into
which fine n-erye-endlngs pass.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

the point of the peninsula, that she
had gained a little downstream against
the tide. This came to her gradually
as she struggled in the spray, but
gradually also came to her the knowl-
edge that there was a darkness brood
ing over the river hat could not be
brought alone by the approach Of
night. Knowing her course well. even
n such a gale, she had not once
turned to look back, but now a
hurried glance told her that a terrific
storm OF rain was coming. and that
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

OF the wind now kept them atop or a
great wave. and the grounding Of the
boat far In upon the beach brought
them to safety. There by the side Of
the white boat they told to each other
the vows that we're soon to again make
the ~bay-country furnish its dancers,
and the little village Of Cypress Bayou
to record in It's annals another event.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

These buckets are preferably Of ths
form shown. with an outer and inner
chamber, the space between being filled
with a non-heat conducting packing,
which IT. to maintain the tempera-
ture at the lowest possible point. At
the base OF each bucket n end Of the
tubing Is attached, with a valve to con-
troll the now OF the liquid from one
bucket to the other.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

Chocolates Water Around the Body.
ture is to be reduced. The object OF
the invention is to provide a light,
portable stand for the recept2cles for
the water OF other liquid so that its
flow through the tubing may be adjust
ed as desired. A fitting beam is pivoted
ut the top Of a vertical post, with a
aemicircular metallic brace attached to
the beam and held In a clamp on the
post to lock the bear In any position.
Upon the ends OF the beam are sus-
pended buckets to contain the liquid.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03
WELL
A Letter That Gould Hardly Fail to
Reach It's Destination.

A Letter That Could Hardly = Fan to
Reach It's Destination.
A French barber recently opened a
shop in Duluth, and the first thing he
did was to write a letter to his par
ents in Canada, enclosing one of his
business cards. The printing was like
this: fJohn Jones. barber, No. -
West street. Everything clean.
Fresh towels to every customer"
The letter was written in the
French language, as that was the only
thing the old folks could read. In
answering the letter. the BARRIERS lit
tie sister was called upon to address
the envelope. While she could not
read English, she printed, the best
she could, the letters on the card, and
here is the way she did it:
JOHN JONES,
Barber, No. ~ West-street,
Everything clean. Fresh towels to
every customer.
Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

And now that Russia says she IL
pleased with the Anglo-Japanese alli-
ance we may go right on crowding
through the open door as though moth
ing out Of the ordinary mad occurred.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

A vessel especially designed for
catching fish by the use Of an electric
light, It Is reported, has been recently
built at Norfolk, Va. II is seventy
eight feet long. OF light draft, and large
beam for its length. An arc light OF
high power Is suspended over the bow.
not submerged. TO attract the ish,
which are caught in nets attached to
the vessel.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

The American drama has hgA an
other knockout blow. John L. sulli-
van u the disbandment Of
his Uncle Toms Cabin" company IA
the following touching words: my
awful thirst bust It,"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

At Fort Scott, Kas., the other day.
two men were let out of Jail to hll
3 gap in a football team. There Is
much depressed energy in prison which
might be probably aired in some Such
innocent manner as this.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

The invention illustrated herewith
has been designed by Charles H. Jones
of Emepe, Ariz., for the treatment OF
levers, cold water or other suitable
liquid being made to circulate through
coils Of rubber tubing placed around
the body Of the patient whose tempera-
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

Mr.. Carnegie has we'll said that nc
ton should be ut least a year old be-
fore public libraries buy It. In other
words. 1t should not be buried with in
decent haste, as so much immortal"
current fiction is.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

Emperor Francis Joseph OF Austria
is receiving credit for being a very
modest liver. His tridaily meal is a
plain one, but he tops it on with a T.
kreutzer cigar.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

There are still 119 miles of horse car
line in New York and only about lot
miles altogether elsewhere in the
United States. And yet New Workers
want people to call Gotham the me-
tropolis.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

A Philadelphia doctor a y every
mouthful Of food should be chewed
seventy-two times before II is swal-
lowed. He doesn't go so far, however,
, to insist that a cash register should
90 used in order to prevent mistakes.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

If wireless messages are going to get
hngled up as they did on the ocean
the other day It will readily be seen
that grave complications may arise
II one man should be trying Il MAKE
love and another trying to sell Goldfish
At the same time BY the wireless
nethod.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

An Ann Arbor scientist is said 10
have found "~benzozone" a new foe to
germs. The microbe may triumph for
a season, but sooner or later science
CLUBS 1t.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

France now claims sovereignty Of
the air over its domain, but merely for
the purpose of selling balloon fran
chises. Air for breathing purposes Is
not to be retailed st so much per cubic
foot.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

John L. Sullivan says he is going to
quit the stage and work on a farm.
One OF those Kentucky mountain
farms with a distillery attachment
would just about suit John.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

1t is to be observed that in discuss
ing international questions nowadays
European nations never fail to specu-
late on the probable attitude Of Uncle
Sam.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

OIL has been discovered in Russia 1t
q depth Of 5000 feet. They must have
struck an underground sehool Of spout
ing whales.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

Minister WI Ting Fang is 4 convert
to the belief that a private Pullman
car with an iron horse in front is a
great improvement on a Sedan chair
drawn by coolies.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

I A French committee has been sent
here to study the American hustle
spirit" but it is certain that they viii
not be able to catch 1t.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

A pottery trust has been formed out
west with a capital Of $500, 900. How
much capital would it take to start
a poetry trust?
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

Twelve handred American typewrit-
ers have 5een ordered by the Austrian
ministry Of justice. Machines, Of
course, not girls.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

Sig. Marconi understands all about
wireless telegraphy. but he seems to
have interpreted the signals in an At,
fair Of the heart.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

John L. sullivan's heart trouble car
be traced back to the date Of his unfor.
tunate match with Corbett.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

When a hen takes it into her head
to be stubborn she doesn't care a cent
for the law Of supply n demand.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

1t has been found that whisky will
not check smallpox. The disease is
spreading IN Kentucky.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

Having learned to waltz and been in
= railway wreck Minister WI may as
well apply for his papers.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

The charge that Frank James de-
manded a rake-on and was refused is
all wrong.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-04-03

Now that oil has been discovered at
Pixies Peak a good many people are
likely to bust there.