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The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

a Unique Power Plant Location.
depends in large mea:ure. on the 10
cation of the electric station that il
to be operated. The form of such .
station. its cost. and the type Of gene
rating apparatus to be employed are
much Influenced by the site selected.
removed from. the point where the
water used is diverted from its nat.
ural course.
A unique example Of a location of
the former kind is to be found near
Burlington. VT. where the electric
ing built entirely across the natural
bed of one arm of the WinOOski river
at 4 point where an island divides the
stream. The river at this point has
cut its way down through solid rock,
leaving perpendicular walls ON either
side. Up from the ledge that forms
the bed of the stream. and into the
rocky walls. the power station. about
10 feet long. is built The upstream
wall of this station is built after the
fashion Of dam. and is reinforced by
the downstream wall. and the water
flows directly through the power sta
tiOn by way Of the water wheels A
construction of this sort is all that
could be attained in the way Of econo-
my. there being neither canal nor long
penstOcks. and only one wall of the
pOwer-hOuse apart from the dam. On
the other hand. the location of q sta
tiOn directly across the bed Of a river
in this way makes it impossible To
protect the machinery ii the dam.
should ever give way. Again the Pc
cu!iar natural conditions favorable
to such a construction are seldom
found
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
,neombustibIe ceIIuloid.

A valuable addition to the materials
suited for use in manufacturing cleo
,rical appliances is thought tn have
been patented. To a solution of ce''u-
Erenchmen of an incOmbustible cellu-
ioid. for which the process has just
been patented. To a solution of cellu-
lOid is added mixture Of ether and
alcohol. containing iron salts A clear
LIQUID of the consistency Of sirup re-
suits, and when from this the solvents
are driven OF an incombustible nonin.
aammable material remains. The ma
terial can be worked as easily As ordi-
nary cellulOid. and is suited to the
many uses of that material while doing
away with its greatest danger.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

Moor and cylinder should be some
what as shown in the drawing. Any
ordinary refrigerator with space over
head can be made over according to
this plan The top o: the cylinder
should be two feet or more above the
ceiling Of the refrigerator. in order rc
create a current Of the warmer All
from the top Of the refrigerator uu
through the space between cylinder
and wall. as shown by the arrows
and down through the space sur
rounding the cylinder. thence out To
the refrigerator AT the door line A
fairly good circulation can be Oh
,ainec by this means. o! cold. dry air.
The ice for the cylinders should be
broken up into pieces varying in size
from half a pound down 10 powder.
and with each shovelfuI Of ice pus
into the cylinder a sprinkling Of salt
should be added. A number Ut cylin-
ders in row along the side Of the
wall would be necessary. the number
depending upon the size Of the re-
friseratOr and the temperature re-
quired. This cannot be specified
here. Outside Of the row Of cylinders
thin partition is constructed six
inches below the ceiling Of the re-
frigeratOr- These are shown in the
plan. Below the row VI cylinders a
trough slOpinE in one direction
should be placed for the purpose Of
carrying OF the meltaGe This trough
may connect with an iron pipe lead
ing through the outside wall An
ordinary trap in this pipe. constructed
as C-shaped bend. would prevent
the air from the outside from enter
ing
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Good for Young Artists.

An invention by means Cf which
perfect drawings in perspective can
be made by All operator ignorant Or
drawing is the result nf the work Of a
Swiss inventor 4 telescope with
crossed bairlines is connected by
means of levers of the pantOgraph
IrIncipic with a crayOn holder. The
machine having been turned In a Civ
On direction, the pape. is clamped in
position and the operator. by SO NOV
ing the telescope that the crossed
hairs follow the outline Of natural oh
jects in the field Of view, makes the
crayOn draw true and correct per
specfive outline uDOn the paper.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Grown and Corn.

MIR. John Fixter. foreman at the
Experimental; Farm. Ottawa. reports
that he has discovered a very simple
and effective means Of protecting
Young corn plants from the ravages Of
Crows The plan Is to scatter about
the corn field dozen or two Of hens
eggs. each containing q small quanti-
~ Of strychnine. The poison is In
serted through = small hole punched
in the shell. Crows are very fond Of
eggs. and those which come for the
corn will devOur the eggs first. The
birds which get q taste Of the eggs
will not leave the field but will be left
lying ON the ground. In very short
time the flock will vacate the field
and. warned by the fate of their COM
paniOns. give Il . wide berth in ftl.
tuFe.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Treatment tor AaoIdy Combs.

Treatment tor heoIdy Combs.
A. X. M-What is the best way tn
treat old combs in frames. some Of
which are musty?
These combs. il not too badly mold.
ed. can be used again by the bees. a.
they will clean them up Just AS good
as new Ii they are in very bad cor
ditiOn ! would advise rendering them
into wax and using full sheets u
foundation in their place. The bees
will ,Iean up combs that are In quite
bad condition from mold. Care should
be exercised in giving them To the
bees, especially young swarms. ~
they are likely to leave snch combs.
I always hive the swarm ON q single
frame of clean comb or foundation.
and give the bees the balance Of their
combs Just at nightfall. and by morn
ing they are cleaned and the bees
prepared to accept them. YOu can
give an old colony two or three dirty
combs at any time. and II they have
bees to cover them they will at once
clean them without difficulty. BY fol
lowing either plan yOu can get rid Of
your old combs without danger Vi
losing bees by abscOndinS.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Foundation for MACHINERY.

Making the foundations for ma
minery elastic SD as To minimize or
prevent the vibration present when il
is operated is a subject which has at
tracted considerable attention Of late.
A felt is now being used in many
PARTS of Germany for this purpose.
This felt comes in sheets of ranging
tr.cknesses-from u inch To ~
inches-and is impresnated with min
eral fat to make il moisture proof 10
was intended for insertion beneath
rails. girders and machine beds, but
its use has been extended To steam
hammers. railway cars. stationary en-
sines. and il has even found place
on shipbOard to separate the machine
~ from the decks and bulkheads.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Fads OF Society Leaders.

Eastern society leaders have their
fads and superstitions. Mrs. George
Gould defies the old saying that
pearls typify tears and wears . col
lection that outdoes royalty. Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish's luck omen is .
small gold locket with her initials in
never without . certain bracelet of
Turkish manufacture. Mrs. Tommy
Hitchcock wears horseshoe diamond
brooches. Mrs. Payne Whitney's anu
let is a necklace composed of every
translucent precious stone known to
lapidary art.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
cosTLINEss OF MODERN WAR.
combatants Already Are Spending
100000 Every Day.

combatants Already Are Spending
100000 Every Day.
1t comes pretty high for nations to
quarrel these days when Implements
Of warfare have such tremendous DOW.
ers of destruction and so much deli
cate machinery plays such an import
ant part In the game
Military experts have figured out
that the war In the Far East Is now
costing the belligerents Just about
$S.OOO.OOO day. OF this sum II IL es-
ttmated that the cost to Russia is
$l.SCO.OOO and to Japan 81. 200. 900.
That the war is proving more expen-
sfve to the Russians than to the Japa-
nese is due to the fact that 1t is being
fought SO far away from the main
tase.
II Great Britain should happen to
become involved in the struggle the
experts think 1t would mean the
waste Of $5.OOO.OOO day. SIS. 5.0OO, 900
for every week the struggle lasted.
AMI these figures take no account of
the initial cost of fitting out the
armies and fleets.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Hero Saved Fifteen Lives.

James Shay. engineer at the Blue
Ridge colliery. near Peckville. Pa.
with flames ali about him and a hose
company playing q stream of water on
him to keep his clothing from taking
fre. stood at the lever in the fiercely
burning engine house and safely
hoisted fifteen men to the surface
A moment after he staggered out
OF the building. with his face and
hends badly blistered, the roof Of the
building fell In.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Scores the "Scorchers."

Wayne MacVeagh. ex-attOrney gen.
eral Of the United States. has taken
up cudgels against automobile scorch.
ers in his neighborhood in Pennsyl-
vania. He wants them punished as
severely as the state law will permit
and declares that many Of the drivers
of these machines are simply speed
crazy and seem to get no pleasure out
of them at a moderate gait. II is
along the country roads tnat most
harm is done Mr.. MacVeagn voices
a sentiment that is widespread and
rapidly intensifying.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Automobile Fire ESCAPE.

The most important thing for a fire.
man to do in case of an alarm is to
get his apparatus on the ground and
working just as soon as he can. No
matter whether he has chemical ex-
ti:guisher. a hose cart. steamer. water
tower or hook and ladder. his par
ticular apparatus may come into play
just as soon as it can be got into
service. In the case Of the hook and
ladder truck IL may be that even in
the incipiency Of the blaze some per-
sons have been cut off from escape
and unless the apparatus arrives
early they are forced TO jump from
the building or are suffOcated in the
smoke and flames The illustration
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
The Life of Machinery.

Although the rapid improvement in
electrical devices makes apparatus ap-
iarently out Of date in a very short
time. a good deal of electrical ma
chinery is still in use and giving a
good account Of itself after prolonged
years of operation. Some of the early
Edison dynamOs are still doing good
work. and the material of the origi-
nal Siemens-Halske electrical road is
still used for trolley line near Chill
lOL. Switzerland. though il was de-
vised twenty-three years ago
On the other hand. a great deal Of
old machinery has been worked over.
The managers Of a steel plant at
Hamilton. Ontario. say that they have
worked over into steel the iron OF the
original Niagara suspension bridge.
that of the Victoria bridge at Mon
treal. the hull Of the Once-famOns At
!antic steamship City of Rome and
the framework of the Great Eastern.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Mighty sas Of Bio Game.

1t is often said that the day of the
big game hunter in Africa is over.
now that the continent has been par
celled out by white nations. scanned
with railroad. and more or less civil
lized. But there is still good. sport
there. judging by the experience of
Mr.. A. C. Butler. a young Scotchman,
who recently returned to his home
after . hunting trip in Abyssinia.
According to Scottish newspaper,
he brought with him the skins, tusks,
or skulls of thirty-nine lions. eleven
elephants. twenty-five rhinoceroses,
four leopards. and forty-two antelopes.
He shot every one Of these 11s ami.
mails himself.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
New idea in Ocean Rats.

The Pacific coast. noted for the
enormous scale Of all lis undertakings
now successfully applies machinery TO
the handling of huge hogs into RATS
which well merit the term gigantic.
Building a cradle in th" form Of the
hull of a big ocean liner. the tall tim
hers are fiOated alongside and lifted
in by means Of steam derrick. Wher
thc raft has reached the dimensiOn:
of a whaleback in length and depth
upwards Of 100 tons of chain are bOund
around it. the removable side Of the
cradle fioa,ed away. and it is ready
for towing to sea for shipment.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Gen. Won Troth.

Gen. Won Trotha. commander of
the Sixteenth Infantry division of the
German army. who recently sailed
for German South Africa to take
charge Of the campaign against the
kaiser's rebellious subjects. the He
reros. is nfty-six years old. From
1894 to. 1897 he commanded the
kafsers colonial forces in East Africa
and in 1900 he accompanied Count
Won Waldersee to China. with the
rank of majOr-general.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

Premier BalfOur has his pleasant
sallies with members of parliament
now and then. John Morley took him
to task some weeks ago for lax At
tendance in the house of commons.
Mr.. BalfOur denied that there was any
disinclination on his part to attend
the sittings or to listen to the debates.
On the contrary. he declared, some of
the moments of greatest repose that
he could snatch from . somewhat
strenuous and lab0ri0us Official career
were those spent ON the treasury
friends.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
sPEcULATEs IN QUIET WA.
Oldest Wall Street Man Not Mem
Der Of the Stock Exchange.

OU0e0S W9SJ street Man NOT q Mem.
Der Of the Stock Exchange.
Five days a week Edward B. Wes-
ley goes to Wall street For a man
who has lived ninety-three years he is
wonderfully sturdy. He is a million
aire many times over. but. although
he is the oldest speculatOr in Wall
street. il not in the world. he never
has been a member Of the stock ex-
change The whirl. the rush and the
roar Of the board" bother him. He
loves to play his part in the great
strife from outside the lines With
the tape in his hand he sits in his
favorite chair in a commission house
at Wall street. and there feels the
pulse of the market and gives his Or
ders to buy or SELL The old man is
proud of the fact that he has been a
speculatOr all his life. and he conf
IDENTIFY predicts he will live to be one
hundred and that he will be in the
speculative harness then. He has TO
thought of retiring Old and feeble as
Is Russell Sage. Mr. Wesley Is older
and has been in Wall street twenty
five years lOnger.-New York Cores
pOndence Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
AMERICA IN THE LEAD.
Educational Institutions Of This coun.
try the Best.

Educational Institutions Of This coUn.
try the Best.
United States Consul Dfedrich at
Bremen, Germany, has been making a
close study of German universities as
compared with those of the United
States. Mr. Diedrich. who was long
a college professor in this country. de-
clares most emphatically that in his
judgment the United States offer to-
day facilities for collegiate. academi-
cal and postgraduate studies equa! in
quantity and quality to those offered
by any country in the old world"
American attendance at German uni
versities is growing smaller cOntinu-
ally. There is less potency to-day
than there used to be in the express
sion He was educated abroad"
American students have learned to ap-
preciate the advantages offered by
American educational institutions.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

The current campaign il q sort Of
rouge ct noir affair a. far as the color
of the leaders hair Is concerned. In
red the Democrats have it BY . large
majority. Judge Parker has red hair;
SO also have Mr.. Littleton of Brook
lyn. who nominated him: BILLY" Shee-
han of New York. Gov. Montague Of
Virginia. John Sharp Williams of Mis-.
s:ssippi and Senator Carmack Of Ten
nessee. The Republicans are mostly
black from Roosevelt down, save
where time has silvered the locks of
the grave and reverend seniors.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Students From Africa and India.

Columbia University's summe:
school is clearly ahead Of ali its II
walls. 50 Ia. as the names Of two OF
its students are concerned. One liz a
full.blooded African from the gold
coast. named James Euman kOdwO
Mensa Ostiwadu Humanpunsam kwes'
yir-Agerey. The other. Srirangan
Desikachar Sheshadry Iyrngar. is an
East Indian. Both are said to be good
students. The former will be the first
negro to receive the Pm. ID. degree
from Columbia.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
MADE THE AUDIENCE GASP.
Paper Favoring viviseetion Read ee
fore Its Opponents.

Paper Favoring viv'seetaon Heao Be-
fore lts Opponents.
The British Anti-VivisectiOn society
was thrown into spasms at its recent
annual meeting through the indiscre-
tion of Lord LiangattOck. a member.
who asked permission to read an in
teresting letter from a military officer
whose name he did not give. In the
course of the communication the writ.
er said: My views as regards anti
vivisection are these; that all the ami
mails in Gods creation should suffer
the excruciating torture of hell for
millions of years. provided that by do
ing this they saved humanity from a
pain in it's little finger for five min
utes." The paper was excluded from
the society's report and Lord Liangat-
took was politely requested to famil-
iarize himself with his correspondence
in future before laying It before the
august body.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

Extends Vertically to the Windows
shows a new use for the automobile
as applied to the fire service. trans
porting an extensible fire escape
thl Ough the streets to the scene of
The fire. This apparatus is designed
to be elevated to considerable
height and brought into contact with
the windows to permit persons in
the threatened building to step on
any of the platforms and make their
way in safety to the ground. At each
corner of the carriage is bracing
post, which is dropped to the ground
rs soon as the truck is in position
to prevent the apparatus from weav-
ing about on the spring trucks.
Victor Jetley of London. England.
as the designer of this apparatus.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
1M WEEKLY
PANORAMA
HAS CANCELLED ALL TREATIES,

Colombia Sewers Diplomatic Relations
with United states.
The Colombian congress has sew
cred all diplomatic relations with the
United States after canceling all ex-
listing treaties and Withdrawing all
diplomatic and consular exeQuaturs.
The action created the greatest ex-
element in Colombia. but has the gen
eral support Of the pOpulace. which is
exceedingly bitter toward the United
States
Colombia has not been represented
automatically at Washington for more
than q year. Minister COcha. who
took up the original canal Eegotia-
tons. was forced to retire from Wash
ingt0n because Of his demands for q
personal consideration as pre-
requisite to any treaty. DIR. Herran.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Will Cut Cardinals Incomes.

Plus X. is introducing many econO-
mics in the church administration. 1t
comes largely from his ideaS based on
Lii; personal experience when he was
q cardinal. At that time. in Venice,
he lived on $500 a month and had
free use of a house and q gondOla.
He now proposes to reduce the in.
comes of all the cardinals in Rome,
allowing them by way of compensa-
ton free residerce in papal palaces.
The cardinals do not take kindly to
the suggestion.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

secretary of the legation. concluded
the canal treaty which the congress
Of Colombia repudiated
Then came the revolution of Nov. ).
by which Panama declared its indie
pendence. Even Dr. Herran retired
from business then, and since that
time Colombia has never been regu-
larly represented in this country. al
though Minister COncha has never
presented his recall.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Writes Daily Letter to Brother,

There is one habit that Henry G..
Davis. candidate of the democracy for
vice president. has contracted with
which he will not let even the distrac.
tions Of a campaign interfere. He has
a brother named Tom to whom he has
all his life made it . practice to write
a letter daily. They have never had
a disagreement. No matter how many
engagements he has with politicians.
Mr.. Davis goes to his room early. even
while in New York. to write his daily
letter to Tom.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Alum Found in Colorado,

Alum is one of the latest mineral
substances Of value to be added to the
list credited to Colorado. A blanket
deposit, four feet thick and Of great
width. has been discovered q few
miles east Of Floreace. and 1t is pro-
nounced to be Of high commercial
quality. This is the Arst discovery Of
alum In Colofado.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

DR.. Eugene Mayrand of Lowell.
Mass. fearing that he might be seized
with homicidal mania. placed himself
in charge Of physicians at one Of the
hospitals. He said he felt q desire to
kill somebody AID he feared he vas
!ecoming insane
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
is nine times king, twice grand
duke. once a grand prince. and the
multitude of the titles as count and
SO fourth is past enumeration. In
addition. Is King of Hungary, he
bears the title of most apostolic -
which is one of four honors bestowed
on him by the Pope.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Duchess Likes Fast TRAVELLING.

The duchess of Marlborough is con-
stantly in trouble over the rapid driv-
ing of her automobile. She is abeo-
lutely reckless about travelling at a
high speed, with the result that her
chaffeur is about half the time be-
fore some English magistrate on
charges. She will not have a driver
unless he can get the top speed out
OF the machine. The duchess con-
tends that motors were made to run,
not to crawl. When the duke is
along, however. she has the car kept
at q moderate speed.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

Peepeiees 9peil 8ardlas cateh.
Fpesh opeeatioos aGainst the por-
pelses. which are sDodliag the sardine
lah0ey On the cnA0t Of Brittany, are
% be undertakes By Q Freneh tor
80 hoot.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
CLEVER DEVICE OF HUSBAND.
Bouquets Of Parma violets Put End "a
Divorce, Proceedings.

0oOQOetS OF Parma vooueto Put End to
Divorce Proceedings.
NJ. POrel. husband of Nine. Rejane,
the noted French actress. Knew low
to touch the tender chord in his wife's
nature when she was trying recently
to secure q divorce from him. She
was playing in London. Every mOrr-
ing she received royal bouquet OF
Parma viOlets. Finally she became
curious and applied 20 the florist to
tell her whom her aonirer was. He
cabled to NJ. POrel in Paris and Sc
cured permission to tell. When she
learned the identity of the sender of
the viOlets Nine. Rejane exclaimed
that he was q dear and that 1t would
be wrong to discard so thoughtful q
man. Then she ordered her lawyer
to discontinue the suit, and the
estranged couple male up. Parma vio-
lets did the business. Foxy Porel.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

John Burroughs, after . careful
study covering many years. is Of the
opaniou that animals don't think. but
have . keen perception. and live en-
tirely and through their senses.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Author. coneeption Of Life.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has the
prize fighting conception of life. He
estimates man by his brute pluck. his
se-called sporting instincts and by the
acute cunning that he brings to the
Game.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

ed ruler of the Elks at the Cincinnati
conv ention is claimed as a victory for
the administration forces over the rad
icals In the order. The new ruler Is
prominent attorney in Maryland.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Head Of Christian Science Church.

Mother Eddy. the head OF the
Christian Science church. is ~ years
old. She showed herself in . carriage.
at the recent visitation in Concord.
looking like q woman of not more
than GO years. She dresses in white.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

Since 1896 the exports of German
toys have risen from $9.2sO,0O0 tc
Sl3, sec, 900 a year. The native con
sumption is estimated at $1e.6e0, 900 q
year.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
r.,.se,,. oploion Of spsnesr.

Tolstoi. in acknowledging the r.
CENT Of Herbert Spencer's sut0biog.
raphy. confessed that he did not like
Tie DhgiisA philosopher because he
had uttlo h0aIt.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03

The largest window in Britain 10
the east window In York cathedral.
II 10 seveatyave feet high and tAirsy.
two wide.
The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
Priests Nav Grow, s.,,d.

P1oose Nay Grow Boards.
It IL understood that the Pope is
to issue . regulation whereby all Ro-
man Catholic bishops and priests Who
20 desire may allow their boards to
grow.