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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
A BIC TRANSITION 1.-THE FASTEST ROAD
Description of German Line Which
Has Proved So Speedy.
Rondbed Specially Prepared, and the
Cars Driven by Three-Pbase
Alternating Current of
1880 Volts.

The very recent record made on the
Marienfelde-Zossen road in Germany
of over 125 miles per hour has renewed
the interest in the high-speed electric
traction experiments being carried on
there, and makes a fuller description of
the roadbed, over which the car ran
and the car which was driven at such
terrific speed, of especial value and in
terest at this time.
The road, which runs between Marien-
felde and Zossen, and which is part of
the Prussian railway, is 1929 miles in
length, and is a nearly level track. The
69-pOund rails which were used in the
first experiments in 1901 were found to
be too light and for later experiments
S6.1-pound rails were laid upon heavy
spruce ties % inches from center to
center and heavily ballasted with broken
basalt The rails were set on each tie
in a steel chair, strongly bolted down,
and were joined perpendicularly by bev-
eled joints seven inches in length, held
firmly together by bolts passing hori-
zOntally through the fish plates, so that
the effectiveness OF continuous rail-
is practically secured. The old light rails
were laid down fiat as guard rails, rest
ing horizontally on special cast-iron
chairs in such a way that the fiat bot
tom flange of the rail stands vertically
along the inside line of each heavy rail
and about two inches distant from the
inner edge of its face. With the eXcep-
ton of one curve of 1000 yards in ra-
dius near its southern extremity the
line is perfectly straight.
The motor car used is 72.18 feet in
length and weighs 100 tons. Of this
weight considerably over half is taken
up in the body of the car and the run
ming gear, and the rest is made up by
the motors, transformers and other de-
tails of the electrical equipment Each
end of the car rests on a six-wheeled
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03

religious leadership IS caliph of the
Mohammedans as of more importance
than his imperial position as sultan.
The Turk, declares Gen. Sweeney, has
hatred of everything Christian. and
there will never be peace in the near
East until he is driven out of Europe.
Gen. Sweeney comes of a noted fam
lily. His father and his grandfather
were preachers before him. They early
Joined the ranks of those who aban-
doned human creeds in the great rent
that occurred when the Disciples of
Christ began their separate history in
1909. Two of his brothers, toe, chose
the pulpit as their life work. For a
quarter of a century he himself was
pastor of the Christian church at Co.
lumbus, Ind, but now divides his time
between special preaching and lecture
work and looking after the game and
fish of Indiana, the commissionership
Of which he holds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
LOVES HIS FRLLOWMBN.
Missionary Society Has Had
Unique Career.

Hon. 2. T. Sweeney, of Columbus.
Ind, who has just mounted one more
step in the ladder of fame by his cleo
ton as president of the American
Christian Missionary society by the re-
cent Disciples of Christ convention al
Detroit, is a man Of many parts. For
many years he was a noted preacher;
then he took to the lecture platform
and is now one of the speakers most in
demand. President Harrison appointed
Mr.. Sweeney United States consul at
ConstantinOple, where the sultan con-
ferred upon him distinctions seldom
granted to any foreigner and made
him, upon his return to this country,
imperial Ottoman commissioner to the
Chicago Worlds Fair. Despite these
honors Gen. Sweeney is no admirer of
the sultan, who, he says, regards his
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
ROBERTS WILL RESIGN.
King Edward Determined to Make
His Brother Chief Commander
of British Army.

There is report at the London mill
tary clubs that Lord Roberts has ten
dered his resignation as commander
in-chief of the British army. Lord
Roberts had an interview with the
king during the week, and it is re-
ported he discussed his resignation
with his majesty and the condition of
the affairs of the war office. Lord
Roberts is anxious to resign for, it is
said, he realizes he is too old to I'M
dertake the task Of introducing and
administering the many reforms pro-
posed in the war office.
After his retirement he will visit
the United States While he is a gal
liant soldier he has been a failure as
military executive. The army de-
spairs Of seeing the needed reforms in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03

There. are few ways of earning an
honest penny more strange than that
in which an old couple in the North of
England exc out scanty income. Their
little cottage is situated near large
mine, and every morning the GOLFERS
before descending to their work leave
their pipes and tobacco boxes in the
hands of the old folk. The pipes are
cleaned and filled ready for lighting,
and the miners can come up at the dinner
hour and enjoy good smoke without
having to expend time in charging their
pipes. They are again left to be in read
mess for the evening. The small week.
ly charge per pipe mounts into respec-
table number of shillings at the weeks
end.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
Wake Island in the Pacific and Its
Interesting History.
Unclaimed Five Years Ago, 1t Is Now
Owned by the Greatest Nation
on Earth and UphOIds the
Great Pacific Cable.

One of the remarkable transitions
which has resulted from the progress
and development of the United States
during the past few years has been the
elevation of lonely little coral reef and
sand patch in the midst of the great Pa
cific to the dignity of cable station.
Wake island has long been known to
navigators of the southern Pacific as
lowlying coral reef island not discernible
more than five miles away in the day
time and not at all at night, and hence
proving a serious menace to ships.
When the United States came into con-
troll of the Philippines the need of cable
to the new possessions was realized. Gen.
Greene. while en- route to Manila in 1898,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
TAKING SALICYLIC ACID.
Department of Agriculture Resumes
Experiments with Food
Personalities

The tests that will be continued dur
Ing the next eight months at the bu-
reau of chemistry of the department
of agriculture to determine the rela-
tive qualities of food under different
conditions of artificial preservation
began few days ago, says a Wash
ington report. Twelve young men vol
unteered for the course Of free food
and poison" under the watchful eve
of Dr. Wiley, the chief of the bureau,
under whose supervision the expert
ments are being conducted, and each
was supplied with an eye-opener con-
sisting of a small capsule containing
salicylic acid. This preventative will
be one of three that are to be tested
curing the coming year.
1t has been intimated that the ex-
periments in this special drug may
have to be discontinued within a few
weeks owing to its character 1t pre-
vents digestion when taken in large
doses, and it is this that las caused
it to be selected for trial Meats are
preserved with it, and its effect upon
the human system will be carefully
noted during its use at the depart
ment table.
AS was done in the case of the
boraX experiments last year. the drugs
given the boarders will be in the same
proportions as are found in preserved
food of the same kind. The drugs are
always administered in capsules, and
every ounce Of food is weighed before
being sent to the table. The most
accurate record is kept of every phase
of the experiments and the whole ar.
ranged for eventual publication. In
the case of the borax experiments last
year the records are nearly ready for
publication, when the results of the
course will be known to the world
and foods the adulteration of which
was found to be detrimental to the
health of the consumers will be for.
hidden by law from sale in or i'm,
portation into the United States OF
its possessions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03

visited Wake island and, finding 1t unin-
habited planted a record of possession
and raised the flag of the United States.
Realizing the value of the island as a
landing place for the Pacific cable which
was under consideration at that time,
formal possession was taken of it the fol-
lowing year. 1t is from nine to 20 miles
in circumference, according to wind and
tide. The larger part of it is lagoon.
Vegetation is scarce, there is no fresh
water, and the only food to be found con-
sists of few birds and plenty of fish.
1t would be hard to imagine a more
desolate region than this island. The
finishing touch to the weirdness and for
saken loneliness of the place is given by
the group of rough wooden crosses placed
by shipwrecked sailors over the graves
of shipmates. One of the crosses marks
the grave of the captain of the ship
wrecked on the reef about 80 years ago.
The crew, all but the captain and one
man, went to explore Bird island, which
is inclosed by the same reef, and on their
return found their captain murdered and
the departure of the men from the island
1t was decided to leave the murderer be-
hind, and in spite of his entreaties this
was done. He was eventually rescued
in an insane condition by passing YES
sci. The other graves are those of part
of the crew Of an American bark who
died of scurvy after being shipwrecked
on the island.
The laying Of the cable upon the island
was accomplished in manner similar
to that which marked the work at Guam,
which is the next cable landing station
towards Manila. The great cable was
coiled upon pontoons and brought into
shore as closely as possible. The cable
was then floated ashore by means of bar
rels. A party of American blue jackets
assisted the cable hands in the hard work
of getting the cable into position. This
cable station will be lonely post, and
yet the throb Of life of the outside world
will be felt Hawaii, on the west and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03

boyle truck of the American type, and
the motors are four in number, one at
tached to the front and rear axle Of
each truck, the middle pair of wheels in
each group running free. The wheels
are 40 inches in diameter and are
equipped with pneumatic brakes of the
standard type. The transformers, which
are hung beneath the middle section of
the car, weigh IL tons, besides which
storage battery Of 631 pounds weight
supplies the currents for lighting pur-
poses. The interior of the car is pro-
vided with upholstered seats lengthwise
along the sides, and an open railing en-
closes at each end the space occupied by
the driver, who, standing behind a
curved front of plate glass within easy
touch of volt and ampere meters, gauges
which show the resistance of the air
and a dial that indicates and registers
the speed, controls its movements by
turning a pilot wheel.
The trolley poles were set along the
side of the track 100 feet apart, and
the steel bows extending over the track
sustained three parallel lines of heavy
copper trolley wire. This three-phase
alternating current supplied voltage of
1880 volts and this was reduced by
transformers carried under the floor OF
the car to an average pressure of 1 SOC
volts, and in that condition turned into
the motors, of which the car carried
four, two at either end, with an aggre-
gate energy of 900 horse power.
During the tremendous speed attained
over two miles minute-the swaying
movement of the car was scarcely per-
ceptible, and according to those who
have made trips in the car during the
| trial trips no discomfort from vibration.
wind pressure or other cause was ex-
perienced in greater degree than on an
ordinary express train of the D class in
| Germany.
Careful examination since the trials
has failed to detect any sign of failure
or deterioration in track, car or trans
mission system, so that it is hardly too
much to assume that the technical prob
| lem of characterization speed up to 100
miles and more per hour is successfully
solved for all localities where straight
and reasonably level and well-guarded
railway lines can be provided.
FRANK H MASON
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
Woe of n WigIess Man.

81 am going to buy a wig, said a bald
headed man, as he ruefully rubbed the
bare spot on the top of his head. mo;
it isn't out of pride. l do not object to
the appearance of my shining pate. But
the flies nearly drive me frantic. They
never light on the head of a man who
has plenty of hair. For time l Guilt
waited what l used to call bluff let
the hair on the side of my head grow
about six inches long, and then combed
it over the bald space. This kept the
flies off for two or three years; but now
1t is so thin that the flies are not bluffed
at all That is why l am going to buy
a Wig."-N. Y. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03

GRAVES OF SAILORS ON WAKE ISLAND.
Guam on the east will be able to speak
across the waters because Wake island
will be the faithful link between the two.
Again we say: What transition.
Heretofore ownerless, now owned by
the greatest nation upon the earth. Here
tofore only a barren lonely spot now the
connecting link between San Francisco
on the west and Manila on the east, and
the place which will daily feel the throb
Of life Of the twentieth century. Hereto
fore a menace to navigation, now a re-
sponsible agent in the commercial and
political activities of the world. Wake
island hence forth is more than a gave
yard for shipwrecked sailors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
INGENIOUS LAZINESS.
Midshipman Worked Up Record ON
PedOmeter, But He Didn't
Walk.

The late Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen,
who as boy was schoolmate with Gen.
Grant in Ohio and who was appointed
to the naval academy on the same day
that young Grant was appointed an
army cadet, was known among his fell
lows in the service as the interchangeable
student of science" He invented many
improvements of more or less value to
the service. He also attained as much
prominence as any man whose name
has been connected with the trans
lsthmlan canal question, for he was
commander of one of the naval sur
Vey1ng expeditions i'll 1866, and person.
ally plotted the course for the pro-
posed canal from Greytown to Lake
Nicaragua. He also designed the Ka-
tahdln, known as the Ammen ram,
but which has not shown her value as
war vessel, says the New York Trib-
une.
An amusing story is told of him in
connection with one of his fads of
Keeping record with a pedometer OF
the distance he would traverse, whe-
ther on duty on board ship or on
shore for exercise While only a lieu
tenant and a watch officer on one of
the wooden ships of the early days he
mad young midshipsman, George Big
Glow, as junior watch officer, whose
duty was to look after the forward
part of the ship. His slack attention
to duty caused young Ammen to sus-
pect him of going to sleep on watch
or sitting down on the gun carriage
instead of keeping his eye on the crew
on deck and below.
SO one night Ammen said to the
mildly" as he displayed the pedo-
meter: Did you ever try one of these
Instruments"
Bigelow had not only never tried
one, but he had never before seen a
pedometer, which fact he admitted.
Then Ammen continued:
1T is an instrument that notes the
number of movements of the ship,
either rolling or pitching, in a given
time. Put it in your pocket and test
it."
At the end Of the four-hour watch
Ammen asked for the pedometer, and
as he looked at it he savagely re-
marked:
Mr.. Bigelow, you are not an eff
Client officer, sir; you've neglected your
duties, sir, for l find that you've not
walked as much as a half mile. You
should not have spent so much time
sitting down on the gun carriage, sir.
I've mind to report you to the cap
tain, sir, but I'll be lenient with you
this time, sir"
The next time the two officers were
on watch together Ammen gave Bige-
low the pedOmeter for another test.
But Bigelow was determined not to
be fooled again, so he went forward
took a seat under the forecastle and
then, with the little teIl-tale instru-
ment in his hand, he waved it quickly
back and forth after the motion of
walking, but at a swifter pace At
the end of four hours he reported to-
Ammen, and as the latter took the
pedometer in his hand and glanced at
it he said, in most serious tone:
Il see you are improving, you're i'm
proving, sir; you've walked just "a miles
and 10 feet, most remarkable distance
in four hours on the deck of ship with
turn at less than so feet each time"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
Find Another Man.

between the North Wind and the Sun
which the stronger of the Seeing traveller his way,
they agreed try which could the his cloak off him. The
Wind began and furious blast which, the
y the cloak from its faenngs but the traveller Selling the
with firm grip held round his body tightly that Boreas
his remaining force The Sum- dspeg clouds that
had gathered then darted his uy beams the travellers head
Growing with the the flung aside his cloak
for protection to the shade
s o
10
he it a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
Cause of His DISLIKE.

Dodgers-Let's cross over. There
comes man l don't care to meet.
Rodgers-What's he ever done to
you?
ooh, nothing, except he stuck knife
into me once, about two years ago"
"Whew! And didn't you ever get
even with him?"
''Never did; that's the trouble. 1t was
a surgical operation and the bill is still
unpaid. kansas City Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
Another Odd Thing.

"And there is another strange thing
| have observed" remarked the aged
philosopher. stroking his long white
beard.
There is?" asked the interested lis
tener. What is it?"
THAT the coming man is always one
who has got there Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03

the war Office instituted until Lord
Kitchener takes charge.
1t is generally believed that the king
will try to force his brother, the Duke
of Connaught, on the country as
commander-in-chief when Lord Rob
erts retires. Such action will be I'M
popular but the king has recently
shown many signs of being willing
and able to use the mailed fist to at
tain his ends.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
A Real PHILOSOPHER,

Didn't growl when his house burned
DOWN."
mot him"
Nor when the earthquake swallowed
his land?"
Not him!"
well, didn't he say anything at all?"
"Oh, yes! Hunted up the sheriff and
congratulated him that he wouldn't have
TO make the journey to levy on him any
moCe!"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
Spanish Americans.

Though there are only 100000 peo-
pie in Spain, there are nevertheless 35,-
100000 in America speaking her
tongue. There are 10 Spanish-Ameri-
can writer's and poets, all born outside
Spain
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03

"There goes Tom Rakeoff. He used
to drink whisky, smoke strong cigars
and talk horse"
did his wife reform MIMI"
mo- he's worse than ever. Now he
drinks highballs, smokes cigarettes and
talks p1lf "-Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03

Their divorce was rather unusual and
unexpected, wasn't it,"
Yes, indeed. l do not believe either
of them had any notion of whom they
would marry next."-N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03

"Why did Larkin call Smith lob
ster? Because he is so red?"
mo. Because he is so unread. Chi
agO Record Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03

'Ernie-Helen has such a slow young
man.
Ida-Yes, indeed! Why, when he goes
away she has to muss her own hair to
make believe he kissed her.-Chicago
News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
Not Her Weapon,

ais your wife club woman?"
"Narry the likes O thot, sor; she uses
q flatiron, sor."-Dctroit Free Press.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-18

COOK.-German: competent IN all branches
American cooking also baking; small
family preferred: So 20 $50: city or coun-
try; references. Call personally: no cards.
223 East 4Oth-st-. first floor.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-18
RECORDED MORTGAGES.

Baum. Lena, 10 Lawyers Title Insurance Com
pauy; No 50 Chrystie-sr: years: yer cent
SAKE. Albert. 70 Washington Life Insurance Com
pany. Broadway. " cor 1Ith-st; due June /.
lso5; o per cent -
Bullard- Ralph Q 70 Russel s Johnson; Jacksou-
ave. " s. Gs-10 Il OF 163d-sr: prior mortgage,
$1,000: due April .. 1909: 6 per cent. ..-.:---.
Same 10 same; same property; due April g. 1904:
Weeks Francis NJ. 10 United States Savings
Bank; No IS West 26th-st: l year; 3 per cent. e
Weiustein. Julius. 10 William Fritzel Avenue {.
Sth-st; prior mortgages. S3s.50Oi year; per
Weeks, Francis NJ TO Bernice . Emerson: 18th
81 6 6. 325 II s Of 6th-ave; prior mortgage,
So 300; I year; 8 per cent---.----.-------
Burden. ! Townsend Andrew Carnegie; 9TH
Doctor. Emanuel, to State Realty and Mortgage
Company. 111th-stt z E, 212.6 Il " or ATnster-
daIl-ave; year: s per cent ..---.-...-.
Same 10 same. same property; prior mortgage,
81. COO: J year: per eTlt.
Fettretch. Emma F. 10 Albany County Savings
Sans to same, SSth-st, No 335 West l year
BrnadbeIt Geraldine, TO Olive c Burroughs,
137th-st No PAS West: 5 years; per cent.
Same 20 same, l34th-st, No 24l West; 3 years
8 peri cent
153 West: due May I, 1906; years -----
Same to Sarah NJ NygBtJ trustee, 1S7th-st, No
251 West. due May /, 1908: per cent
Same TO Jaursns r BOwden and another; ex-
ecutors and trustees, 157th-st, No 26l West;
due MAY l. 1906. per cent.
Field Frances p, 10 Robert " Taller, trustee.
35th-st. NO Il West: year; AZ per cent
Newmark Amelia, Moses NJ Valentine. Lud-
lowest. S s. 1925 Il 7 OF RivingJon-st: due
May 81. 1903. per cent .-....
New-York tribune., 1903-04-18
DEAL ESTATE NOTES.

There was lively bidding yesterday in the auo-
ton room, On the only Offering. No. ssS Aaolsoll
ave Starting az $500. no less than one huHoIeo
s,d tvye-tv-Hve bids were made before II "0S
a~-,oi,s 49, N Alfred snedeker for SS3.o25
G A Du Bots has leased the following o"eIllhe
houses. For John c Ten Eyck. No 4 81 NlcnoiaS
Place 70 Louis W Groat; for the estate OF ROD
en- n strebeigh. No. 457 West one-hunore 81 ~,
So. ..-.s-4L-s9 - Ms. Magness: for the LANG
.s-s.s N- e1s West -hundred-and-forty-e y-eignth-
St. 10 John D. wilkins; for Gustav Deisler. No Or
Wet One-hundred-snd-forty-s -seventh-st 70 '@lies IL
\ ,rrtrble: for the same owner. No 60 "es' O-7
hurdred-and-fo -forty-seyenth-st TO hichaLD
H. - r,,-aers r,eisler. No s0s West one-hun-
s-ss-a-s- -eor+,,-severth-st 70 J. Howard slegrls.
y tor jules E Schneider No 80 Morss est sor Rich
az = r-armen Nc ca West One-hunoIss 80 yS1S 49,
ffty-seconc-st 10 c. II Plant; Tor ESlc11
st 70 James II Marsh: for the same .. - hob
5zs West One-hundred and-eigh - :50 west
One e-hundred-and-eighty- -eighth-sf 10 fle44i'