Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-12

The Story of Steel" illustrated
with some wonderful fash-light pho
%tographs taken in the interior of a
great steel mill, is the leader in The
Technical World Magazine for Feb
ruary. G. p. Blackiston, the author,
is a prominent iron and steel expert.
Without being technical, the article
gives a correct and graphic picture OF
the processes by which iron is trans
formed into steel. Few great indus
tries are so important or so little I'M
derstood.
A most fascinating and little
known part of the world is described
hy Fritz Morris in THE Water-For-
est of the Spree The illustrations
are from photographs which show the
quaint costumes and strange manner
of living of IA unique and picturesque
people.
1t will be news to the majority to
learn that tea can be successfully
grown in the United States and, par
ticularly, that in North Carolina a
private tea plantation has proved,
commercially, extremely profitable.
With pen and camera, Freeman Til
den tells the story of the pioneer tea
farm.
OF great possible value is the an
nouncement by Frank C. Perkins. the
electrical engineer, that Prof. G. Red
ard of Geneva, Switzerland, has sue
cessfully used a blue electric light as
49,. n--AaeIAftn 1inO CIIruIR1I nnhr4-
tons have been performed on
patients under the influence OF the
blue rays, without their suffering any
pain.
Rarely has the Romance OF the
Wild Beast Trade" been presented In
a more striking way than by VIM. u.
FitZ-Gerald. the famous traveller m
author, in this issue of the magazine
Mr.. Fitz-Gerald has been successful
i'm securing a number of a + and In
teresting animal photographs which
are used in illustrating his article.
George r. Metcalfe, NJ. E., writes
~entertainingly of the great work done
by engineers in bridging the vast falls
of the Zambesi river in h far in
terror of South Africa.
An important article is Wonder
Cities of Electricity" in which S.
! Morgan Bushnell, the electrical en-
gineer. paints a picture OF the a
velous development of hydro-electric
plants, from which all the industries
of a great city may be driven, with
an almost entire absence of smoke,
SCOT, dirt and noise.
Isaac y. Powell, chief clerk of the
Board of Election Commissioners,
Chicago, contributes the result of his
experience and observation on the
use of voting machines in municipal
and state elections and is firm in his
conviction that, o or later, the
paper ballot must be Abandoned
the sooner the better for the honesty
of elections.
Alton d. Adams points out the
vast opportunities for developing wa
ter power along certain parts of the
ST. Lawrence river-the total power
being much in excess of that furnish
ed by Niagara Falls.
4 novel and striking point of view
is that taken by Halls w. Field. who
writes on "Poison-Man's Best
Friend and who declares that the
presence of active poisons in the an
imal and vegetable Kingdoms have
forced the rapid development of
mans shrewdness. ingenuity and rea-
soning powers.
In more thar a score OF other ar
ticles. as many different subjects OF
current interest, from an engineering
and popular standpoint. are treated
by writers of reputation.
Published in Chicago; the Techni-
cal World Magazine is for sale every
where at ten cents the copy, $1.00 a
year