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Attention is called in the Technical
World to the fact that the Introduction
of the vacuum-tube light has brought
into existence a new trade-that of
glass plumbing" The glass tubes, in
which the light is produced by an eiec-
trio current flowing through gaseous
conductor, are an inch and three-qrar.
tiers in diameter, and are put up in
lengths of about eight and a half feet,
and Theoretically sealed in stu For
the purpose of this work a new set of
glass-blower's instruments has been
devised, including cutting tools, blow
ers and hand torches and experts per-
form the necessary operations with
surprising rapidity.
A new Norwegian sounding appara-
tus for the use Of ships consists of an
electrical device whereby a sound
wave is sent to the ea-bottom, in rel
atively shallow water, and upon being
reflected back to the vessel is received
by another part of the same appara-
tus. An automatic record is made of
the time elapsed between the deps TT
ure and the return. Thus the velocity
of sound in water being known, the
depth is at once ascertained. The ap-
paratus is designed to make a continu-
Gus record, and a correspondent Of the
Scientific American says that it may
be so constructed as to give an alarm
when the water shadows to a certain
depth.
Recent experiments in the Depart
ment Of Agriculture have shown that
the former idea that bacteria in gen.
eral are not harmed by freezing is I'M
tenable. On the other hand, the eff
feet of very low temperatures has been
greatly overestimated. Messrs. Smith
and Swingle have observed as destruc-
tive effects upon bacterial life from
the temperature Of salt and pounded
Ice as from that of liquid air. The
critical point appears to be somewhere
about the freezing point of water. An
organism which can pass this point in
safety may be proof even against abso-
lulG ZEIO ~ lew IlIu1N lQudl UdCtGIld
in every culture tried were able to en-
dure unframed the temperature of
liquid air. This is believed to be due
to the absence of water in the cells.
Where the Great Northern railway
skirts the shore of Puget Sound, in
the State Of Washington, traffic is
sometimes interrupted by slides from
steep sand and gravel banks, which
cover the tracks. Formerly these acct
dents caused vexatious delays while
gangs of men slowly shoveled off the
obstruction; but the principle of dy-
draulic mining, so well known in the
West, suggested a more expeditions
method of opening up the road. A
steam pump attached to heavy hose
now takes the place Of the shovelers
when a slide is to be removed, and
the skilfully directed stream of water
rapidly washes off the sand and earth,
and leaves the track free. OF course
care must be taken not to undermine
the roadbed, but this difficulty seems
to have been avoided.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
COMING TOWER CHANGES.
Delicate Machinery to Have a Cen.
trail Nest Near Battleships.

Profting by the lessons Of The naval
battles between Russia and Japan, the
Bureau of Construction of the Navy
Department, Washington, has deter
mined upon a departure in battleship
construction that is even more radical
than the proposed installation of the
turbine engine and that is the aboH.
ton Of the coming tower on y srships
of all classes and the substitution
therefor of an armored nest nearer
the vitals of the ship, and worked 5y
a new system OF reflection by mirrors.
It may not be a complete abolition.
but it will be enough Of a change to
revolutionize the general method Of
directing a warship in actien, which
up to this time, in all navies of the
world. has been from the main con
ming tower, which in merchant
ste- mship would be the pilot house.
and fron an elevated tower anlidships
which is equipped with electrical sig
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west Two weeks before General
Blackmar, whose home is in Boston,
broke down and was ordered to his
bed at his summer home in bingham.
He improved rapidly, however, and de
cided to continue his trip in the West,
which he had begun early in the year.
Upon reaching Idaho he again failed
rapidly to the end.
General Rlackmar was born in Brls-
toll, Pa, July %, 1841 While a boy
the family moved to Boston. st the
outbrnak Of the Civil War he enlisted
as private in the Fifteenth Pennsyl-
vania Cavalry, and with his regiment
was at Antietam. Stone River. Chat
tanooga, Chickamauga, Lookout Noun
tain and Missionary Ridge. He was
promoted until as a lieutenant he was
transferred to the First West Virginia
Veteran Cavalry, one of Clusters IA
nous regiments. 1t was while holding
this position, and while only "a years
of age, that he performed the act
which made him known as a gallant
soldier the country over. Near Five
Forks, April /, 1865, he was ordered to
form new line at a critical stage Of
action, while the men were being
pressed back. He carried out this in
struction and then, without orders,
advanced the line, calling upon tho
color bearer to follow. The call was
repeated, the lire advanced, the charge
was made and the enemy routed. This
audacious and brave action was Wit
messed by Custer who promoted him
on the field to a captaincy.
General Blackmar remained at ths
front until the close of the war and
was present at the surrender Of Gen
eral Lee at Appomattox. After the
close Of the war he returned to Bos-
ton ara later graduated from Harvas1
Collag4. Ba6 cen years he was adys-
cate c-.--1aI of MASSACHUSETTS. lie
was the first commander of Post 113,
G. A. r., of Boston. and was q proui-
nent member of the Loyal Legion.
Gen. Blackmar was elected Commando
cr-in-chief of the G. A. r. at the last
National Encampment held in Boston
in August, 1904.
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thought she would have missed him so.
And now, perha s, he was going to
die.
us Captain Br, ughton badly hurt|'
she asked the young man at her side,
il, a voice she tried to keep steady.
There was a little catch in her voice,
which for the life of her she could not
help. The young fellow glanced quick
ly at her.
Il don't know, Miss Brierley; he
may have only wrenched some sinews
you can never tell. He simply went
at a place, as hard as he could, where
there was absolutely no foothold for a
horse; he has been going like mad
man the last few weeks, 1 can't think
what has come to him"
Maude talked hard and fast about
the Merediths' dance, talked the sub
iect to death. Discussed floors, and
how to make them slippery; she com
planned that the music had been too
far away, and then said she liked it
far away; said Mrs. Meredith was the
best hostess in the world, and then
found herself agreeing heartily with
her neighbor when she said she never
introduced a soul; in fact, her CONVEX
sation was so odd that the young man
told the other young man that he
thought she was rather "dotty."
Next morning her father went IN e
inquire for Broughton. He was not
gonig to die. His collar bone was brok-
en-, and he was one big bruise, but a
few weeks of laying up would, the
doctor said, put everything right.
By that evenings post the poor fell
low, who had been eating his brave
heart out in silence for so many weeks
past, received little note which put
him in a state of foolish delight.
"As soon as the doctor allows you"
it ran, you must ask two of us to
tea with you; think perhaps I would
recommend Lucy as being the most
restful, but I'm going to be one of
themr'-Windsor Magazine.
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nails to keep the officer who is in com.
mand of the ship informed as to the
position of the enemy, the roll of the
ship and all the other technical de-
tails vitality necessary for successful
gunnery
The experts in the Bureau of Con-
structon, who keeps themselves in
formed of the most minute details
in target practice by the navies of the
Old World, and of results in actual
warfare when they get the opportun-
ity, have learned that in the battle of
Port Arthur and in the battle of the
Sea of Japan the Japanese gunners,
under orders, of course, adopted an
entirely new and, as events proved. a
most effective form of attack, in train.
ing their 4-inch and 6-inch guns on the
coming towers of the enemy's fleet.
This did not interfere with the fire
of the larger guns intended to disable
the enemy by throwing projectiles
against the parts of the hull where
the impact would shock or disable the
engines or steering gear.
The Japanese were keen enough to
realize that if the brains of the ships,
which must be in the coming tower,
were paralyZed, the vessel would be
helpless. This was learned after a
shell, accidentally, it is certain, de-
stroyed the coming tower of the
Czarevitch. She was out of action
from that moment.
The Japs kept the secret to them
selves, but thereafter their gunners
made special efforts, and in the battle
of the Sea of Japan the disabling Of
these armored nests, which were in
effect the headquarters of the direct
i've officers, were attacked with merci-
less persistency. The Russians never
discovered what their antagonists had
accomplished until the whole fleet
was annihilated or made useless.
If the Japs fooled the Russians,
they did not fool the keen-witted oh.
servers in Uncle Sans Navy Depart
ment, and that is why the new battle
ships which have been projected will
appear without the familiar coming
tower and the war vessels already in
commission will be altered to conform
to the innovation.
The Kearsarge, the illinois, the
Wisconsin, thei Maine, the Missouri
and the Kentucky will be changed, it
is said, as rapidly as the new plans
can be put into operation.
1t is not desirable, an official ex-
planned, to change the position of
the coming tower itself. 1t is neces-
sary that this be retained at the
bridge, where it affords an excellent
lookout for the captain and the man
at the wheel. But it is the extensive
apparatus which it contains and which
performs such an important function
in the management, control and eff
cheney of the ship, that is being con-
sidered and which it is suggested
should have more complete protec-
ton than is now afforded.-New York
Press. =, III
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How to Fool Them.

Vassar girls tell good one on an
ancient and venerable instructor OF
paleontology at that institution OF
learning. From time immemorial II
had been his custom at recitations to
call on the young ladies in alphabetical
order, beginning at the beginning OF
the alphabet each new term, and call.
ing on three pupils each day. 1t did
not take the girls very long to figure
out just when their turn would come,
and neglect or prepare the lesson &C.
cordingly. After many years of this
system the professor was shocked and
grieved to find out how the young Por-
tias were taking advantage of him.
He spoke to the girls severely of the
wickedness and folly of such conduct
as had come to his ears.
"Since you are not to be trusted"
he added solemly, Il shall fool you by
abolishing the old method Hereafter
l shall begin at the end of the alpha
bet and go backward. Philadelphia
Ledger.
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QOQe. GEN. hOSB1.
Mosby had been a student in the
University of Virginia, where he shot
and seriously wounded a FELLOWSHIP
dent who had insulted him For this
be was Imprisoned and fined. The
Legislature RENTED his fine and the
Governor released him. Mosby's graf.
itude to the State of Virginia for this
was almost fantastic. 1t was charac.
istic of him that he never forgot a
favor.
Mosby aided General Joseph Johns
ton upon the Manassas operations in
the Shenandoah. At the expiration of
the twelve months enlistment Mosby
was one of the two men, the only men
in the army, who were willing to re-
enlist without a furlough
At the close of the war Grant ex-
tended a pardon to Mosby's men.
When Grant ran for the presidency
his most ardent partisan was Mosby.
He incurred the dislike of the South
because of his attempts to aid Grant
in his measures toward the South But
Mosby would accept no favors from
the Northern government He fought
for what he had thought right, and not
for reward.
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O'Brien at this period was engaged in
business in Cork. He was already ap-
preaching his fortieth year, and
seemed the last man in the world to
be called upon to head a body of
armed men. But when the forces that
were called out to meet at the tryst-
ing place there was no leader Of those
who had been expected to take COM
mand, and O'Brien spontaneously and
promptly took up the vacant place,
and put himself at the head Of the
headless force. Then they started out
some police barracks in the neighbor-
hood. There was a brisk skirmiSh at
one Of these barracks and ultimately
the police agreed to surrender, and
O'Brien himself brought the ladder to
the wall of the barrack for the pris
oners to come forth. The humanity
with which he treated the conquered
policemen was remembered in
O'Brien's favor afterwards. His tri-
umhp was short-lived; the soldiers
Cdiue up, anu " DIlGn was dIIGSlcu
and transmitted to gaoi. In due time
came a series of State trials, and
O'Brien was convicted of treason and
sentenced to be hanged, drawn and
quartered. The sentence was, how
ever coH.....ed n ore CT penal servi-
-de for lie, ard lie spent several
years in the convict gaols of England
When an amnesty came he was re-
leased and returned to business, and
likewise to revolutionary propaganda.
He was a member of the governing
body of the Fenian organization. Sub
sequently, when Parnell started the
Land League, Mr.. O'Brien's views I'M
derwent some modification, and in
1885, when the reduction of the fran
chlse in Ireland gave Mr.. Parnell his
first chance of electing a large party,
O'Brien stood for a division of Mayo
and was elected. At a later date he
became a bitter opponent Of the Par
nell faction of the Irish party
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15


The railroadng which public
its daring problems
that
THE
construction which
been in operation between St Augustine and Miami 54 miles
isl
West The
The will
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which
the limbs
Then the road will strike considerable
gnable
The construction will Of the durable
and everything will
Sable found
miles
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oton
along what be called the line OF
this o
OF keys islands and nets and SMALL will make like
wonderland line will
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drawbridge
which the fisheries
being
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
The ZoIa Leqend.

So far, at least, as Paris is con-
cerned the lola legend has gone the
way of most others. 1t may now be
written down as dead. This is clearly
proved by the results of the sales of
his furniture and personal belongings,
which is usually the enthusiasts OPP
portunity Though working for his
literary effects in social strata not con-
genial to many, NJ. lola had his own
notions of artistic and refined environ
ment, which found expression in his
home 1t is just these personal re-
Elections of the late novelist's mind.
drawn from the house where many
of his books were written, that have
been offered to the public. To say
that the result was disappointing
would scarcely reflect the facts.
Things costly and even handsome of
themselves have been going for the
proyerbial "old song. London Globe.
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An EpIcure.

The very yagabonds of Paris have
the patriarchal instinct and the most
hoary and hardened reprobate of their
body is their Father" They call him
"Pere Lajoie." This venerable person
has just been arrested for vagrancy
for the fifty-eighth time. in the course
of raid which swept twenty-eight
other good-for-nothings besides him
self into the police net. "Pe1e Lajofep
would seem to have some traces Of the
lightness Of spirit suggested By his
name. He would rather 60 to prison
thar to the French equivalent for a
workhouse. In the prison, he explain
ed, they know how to cook haricot
beans; in the Dauper establishment
they do not-London Globe.
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appointed attache to the Japanese le-
CATION in Washington, becoming sec
rotary Of that legation in 1881. Two
years later he was appointed secre-
tary of the Foreign office. Later, he
held a number of important posts, in
Guiding those of charge d'affaires ii
Corea l1885l, consul general at New
York 189D, minister resident to Hol-
land 1892, minister to Italy $500,
minister to Austria (1S96), vice minis
ter for foreign affairs 1880 and vice
minister to the United States 1900.
The Japanese minister is a man Of
middle age, of a strong, well-built
frame, but broken somewhat from his
experience of last winter. when ne was
operated on for appendicitis. Tact
full and diplomatic, dignified diplo-
mat through and through, Mr. Taxa
hira has creditably represented Jap
anese interests throughout the presenE
difficult period Of the war; He has
only courageous expressions of appre-
citation for the admirable qualities Of
the Russian people, whom he under
stands thoroughly. He does not look
for peace in the near future, but says
that japan is quite ready and pre-
pared to continue the conflict as long
as may be necessary. AS to the pos
sibility which has been suggested of a
Russo-Japanese alliance after peace
has been concluded, Mr.. Takahira de-
clares this can never be. The Japan
csc people, he points out, have been
educated, politically, along Anglo-Sax-
on lines, and it would be very difficult
to change this national bent. A Fran
co-Russian alliance might be possible,
but q RnsSo-Iananese alliance npvar-
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A SONG OF CHEER

sing me song from the noon of the day,
wake refrain from its glory;
Brlng me the fow'rets that bloom on the
way;
Make life beautiful story;
swell the sweet anthems that ring with
hope
Born not of earth and it's sorrow;
Iell me OF gates that are waiting to ope
For us on the perfect tomorrow
sing to me never of night, or of gloom
Life holds enough of such sadness
Chill and decay let US hide IN the tomb;
Death gives no echo of gladness.
Cast not shadow; encourage no strife;
Time to its close is fast speeding;
Harvest the Joy and the sunshine of
Life
And follow where conscience is lead
ing.
-Donahoe's Magazine.
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SOCIETY PALS.

O~~O~~~o-~~~~N~~-N-N
CO HEY were Society Pals il my
readers will tolerate such a
slang description of them.
He, Jim Broughton, was an officer in
8 battery of artillery stationed at Bray
bridge.
She, Maude Brierley, was the daugh-
ter OF the Vicar of St Botolph's, vii
lage three miles from Braybrie sc.
They had only known each other for
a few months, and without being actu-
ally in love, were conscious of a feel
ing of satisfaction when each caught
sight of the other In a drawing room,
In a ballroom, or at a meet of the
hounds.
'She's here, anyhow, so it won't be
so deadly" was more than once the
unspoken observation Of Jim Brough-
ton, as he found himself perhaps one
of three men, handing tea and coffee at
at o'clock "crumpet-worry," where fe-
males most do congregate.
Maude also had more than once said
to her sister as she drove into Bray
bridge for some entertainment or other:
Il hope Captain Broughton will be
there; ali these sort of things seem to
go off better when he is there"
But she would have utterly laughed
to scorn the idea that she was in love
with him.
But the man took a different view
of the friendship, He began to feel
so insufferably bored at any gathering
from which Maude was absent, and
she always appeared to him to be so
genuinely glad when she met him, that
he quite made up his mind that he had
only to put the important, If rather
trite and ancient question, to find him
self the accepted lover of the incest
girl in the neighborhood Yet Jim
Broughton was not a conceited man
IN fact. the reyerse-but he had. like
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new national life. ESr. Takahira is a
G.ie example of the diplomat and gen
tIeman of the Far East. His cul-
ture and training are many sided-he
is learned in Chinese philosophy and
literature, he is a thorough scholar
in the intricate literature of his own
country, and he speaks and writes
fuently in several European Ian
g1ages.
Mr.. Takahira is not Of the titled
ciass-he has risen from the ranks.
Entering the imperial diplomatic sery
ice in 1876, after a thorough educa-
tien at the japanese capital, he was
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Desiccated Funous

The visitor was being shown through
the great breakfast food factory.
This" explained his guide, lis the
Predigested Sawdustine room. And
here is the Oata-Grita room. On our
right is the Tasteless Wheat room
very interesting, Pm sure" said
the visitor. And now will you please
show me the big mush rooms l have
heard so much out?"-Cleveland
Leader.
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Rad Freak.

Spoonham-Miss Daisy, that beauti-
full ring you are wearing has a fash
and tint that reminds me of your
eyes.
Miss Dafsy-Indeed? This stone is
cat's-eye, Mr.. Spooner. Explain your
Cleveland Leader.
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the circumstance
that he was once
sentenced by the
British courts to
be hanged, drawn
q n d CHARTERED.
James S t e phi ems
had started that
vast conspiracy
known as Fenian-
ism, one Of the
m o s t formidable
,1.0A-,. A>Az - s-e4
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STANDARD OIL PIPE LINES.
The Cost of Building and Operating
10000 Miles of Its Carrying System.

The Cost of Building and Operating
10000 Miles of Its Carrying System.
Detailed information as to the cost
of building and operating pipe lines
is not now available, and no official
figures have ever been published show
ing the total mileage of existing pipe
lines-because it is the settled policy
of the Standard to keep these facts
securely locked against public scrut-
my. But the investigation Of 1899 de-
veloped two very significant admis-
sions In that year Mr.. Rockefeller
stated, under oath, that ito perfect the
pipe line system transportation re-
quired in the neighborhood of S50,000,-
90 of capital" In the two years inn
mediately following and 1901
the cash dividends declared and paid
by the Standard Oil Company amount
ed to $4,000, 0OO-nearly double the
sum needed to perfect the entire
pipe line system then in use, and with
in $4,000,000 of the entire capital of
the company, which is $100,000,000.
That clearly demonstrates the low
cost of pipe line construction, as re-
lated to the enormous profits of the
industry.
In the same year, 1899, Henry H.
Rogers testified as to the existing
mileage of the Standard pipe lines:
1--WE probably have $4,000 miles or
more scattered all over the country"
Since that time many additions and
extensions have been laid in every
oil field in the United States; the oil
regions of Kansas and Indian Terri
tory have been largely developed, and
a trunk line is building from the Kan
sas fields to Chicago. Thus we are
entirely safe in assuming that fully
10000 miles of pipe line are now en-
braced in the Standard oil system.
This means simply that the Stand
ard Oil Company is now in complete,
arbitrary and exclusive control of
more miles of transportation facilities
than three of the greatest railroad
systems of the world! Here are the
official figures, as reported in 1904:
Track
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and character OF
the newly acquired
territory. The
vagueness that en-
shrouded the west
made the value Of
the purchase I'M
certain. An expe-
dition into the I'M
known cou n try
was planned in or
der to ascertain the
points concerning
which there was
doubt. Lieutenant
Zebulon Montgom-
cry Pike was APP
nnintnd 70 nnnd,rnA
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history, says the
Review Of Be
views. In his early
youth he f g ! t
keenly and deeply
the ancient feuded
life of samurai and
shotgun, and when
Japan abandoned
the old order and
set her face to-
ward the new he
swung into and de-
vclODpd with the