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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
Iron Cut with a Jet of Gas

Up to the present time there has been great
difficulty in cutting armor plate in the usual
manner, but there has been recently discovered
method by which this may be done quite read
lily, and simply. The method is also applicable
for ordinary commercial work. The cut is liter
ally made by jet of oxygen. The new method
is to use two pipes, moving along the mark to
be cut The first is an oxyhydric pipe, which
heats the metal red hot, and the second-the
point of which is slightly removed from the first
-emits jet of oxygen which literally burns the
IRON Under these circumstances the operations
are more quickly performed and the heat does
not have time to be dssipated and the metal does
not fuse In addition, the oxide is very fluid
and is easily expelled. The section is as clean as
that made by a saw and the width of the cut
is not much greater than that caused by the pas
sage of the saw.
Cutting iron with saw has been doubly dan
gerous proceeding for the reason that it fire.
ouently happens that the saw bursts or the work
is broken by the passage of the teeth through the
hard metal In either of these cases, the result
is disastrous to the workman, but another dan
ger which is equally great is the disease con-
tracted by the fine steel particles entering the
lungs, which in the course of short time is
deadly.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
Floor LeveIlnq Machine

In laying and finishing floor Of mosaic or
stone, great deal of the work must be done by
hand, which adds a great deal to the final cost
OF the floor. In the final process of finishing, is
this particularly true. The floor must be gone
over entirely and the little inaccuracies remedied
by two men moving huge stone back and forth
between them by means of rope ends affixed to
it. This is slow and tedious work, but up to re-
Gently there seemed to be no remedy for 1t. An
electrical machine has now been devised for the
purpose. 1t has number of grinding wheels sus-
pended in horizontal position under carriage
and as it is passed over the surface all protrud-
ing edges of the tiles or mosacs are pared down
and the floor left in perfect condition The
operator is seated on the machine and guides It
like an automobile The power is supplied
through flexible cord connection.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
The Worlds Rubber Production

According to Consul Halstead, of Birmingham,
an estimate by two French experts gives the to-
tai annual production of rubber throughout the
world as $1,000 tons. OF this total, 90 per cent
came from South America and Africa. The
French possessions on the west coast of Africa
produce 1000 tons, and the French Kongo 5000
tons, while the output of the Belgian Kongo does
not exceed 6000 tons. The consumption of rub
Der by the principal countries of the world in
1904 was as follows:-The United States, 49,
47O tons; Germany, 12,S00 tons; Great Britain
10000 tons; France, 4130 tons; Austria Hung
airy, 1920 tons; Holland, 1918 tons; Belgium
748 tons, and Italy, 5S8 tons.
Consul General Seeger at Rio de Janeiro also
has reported that the rubber shipments from
Brazil for the year 1905 were valued at $64,
5SS 4O6, the average price per long ton being
$2044 for the 81 900 tons exported. The rub
Der exports and per ton value have both been
steadily advancing since 1902, when they
amounted to $34, ,1s6,564 and S1,241, respec
lively
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
Giant Circular Saw

Sixty inches is the diameter of large saw
used in woodworking and the thickness of such
saw would be about onequarter of an inch. An
Indianapolis firm has recently built what is
thought to be the largest saw ever constructed
1t is designed for stone cutting It is eight feet
two inches in diameter and weighs HOO pounds
1t has 210 teeth, set with diamonds and welded
in the saw by means of electricity. Each of the
diamonds cost $50 in the rough and they enable
the saw to cut through Indiana stone as an or
dinary saw goes through wood. The cost of the
diamonds was about $4,000 and the saw
is threeeighths of an inch in thickness Five
men were required at one time during the manu-
facture of the saw to hammer it into shape. and
it required the combined work of dozen men
for several days to turn out the finished product.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
A New Electric Lamp

An Austrian chemist DR.. Hans Huzel has.
after many years hard work, succeeded in CON
structing new electric lamp. which he calls the
Syrus lamp, As is well known, incandeseent
easlight is cheaper than electric light \because
the flament wires of the latter are very expen-
sive and the glass bulbs soon wear out Dr.
Kuzel has now invented a new substitute for the
glowthread, by forming out of common and
cheap metals and metalloids oolloids in plastic
mass, which can be handled like clay and which.
when dry, becomes hard as stone. Out of th
mass very thin wire threads are then shaped.
which are Of Uniform thickness and OF great
homogeneity. These two characteristics are OF
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
AII-steeI PASSENGER Cars

The wooden passenger car will soon be dis
placed by that of pressed steel. In the hauling
OF freight, the economies and sturdy qualities of
the metal car have been efectually demonstrated
and they in almost general use for that
purpose
The use of steel cars in the passenger carrying
traffic is expected to minimize accidents and loss
OF life, as it is extremely difficult to effectuay
wreck one of these steel cars In fact it is claim
ed that they are accident proof. The frame is
so substantial that it cannot be collapsed bv
any kind of a collision. In case of a severe ex.
perience of this kind the car may be thrown off
the track and rolled over an embankment but
the injury to the passengers and damage to the
equipment cannot nearly approach the extent of
the same kind Of an accident in which the wood
en- cars are concerned.
The experiment of the steel passenger car has
been tried in the subway of New York and since
then steel trolley car has been in operation as
an experiment on the surface running along
Broadway These tests have demonstrated that
metal is the best thing for the construction of
passenger cars and result, it is announced
that orders have been taken and are being filed
for large number of vehicles. The first one for
real railroad service was recently delivered to
the Southern Railroad. 1t is IA feet 6 inches
long, weighs 10000 pounds, and has two sets
Of six-wheel trucks, each weighing 1890 pounds
The inside length is 66 feet and the width 8 feet
10 inches. The height from top of rail to top
OF body is IA feet . inches The car cannot be
telescoped or the ends smashed by collisions with
other cars. 1t is claimed the can be built at
no more cost than wooden car, and the weight
is but little more than the type of wooden equip
ment now in general use.
One of the companies engaged in the manufac-
IRE of pressed steel cars has received a contract
for forty to be built for the Rapid Transit
Company of Philadelphia and forty-fve for the
Boston Elevated line.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

@ROTHER GIOVANNI stood before th,
great unfinished canvas that was tC
E55f grace the wall above the high altar o.
ClkakA1 the monastery chapel His palette and
his brushes lay idle beside him while
he stared at the painting with eyes that did not
see it, being far beyond in visions of glory, Of
which he had caught but faint reflection. Yet
that reflection was very beautiful Here was set
out the crucihxion in a manner feeling enough Ia
convert both Turk and Saracen The good broth.
ers eyes wandered from the infinite tenderness
of the central figure to the two thieves crucifed
either hand thence to the group of weep
ing women about the foot of the cross; and then
TO few strongly drawn lines in charcoal in the
left-hand corner of the painting which showed
where the work was still incomplete.
Although but a humble monk, Giovanni was
held in high esteem both by the Abbot and the
brethren Of the little monastery of Santa Cas-
clone. These held it firm as an article of faith
that none other in all Italy could paint as he
could. II was useless to speak to them of FL
renze and Of Bottice; equally useless to talk Of
Rome and of Raphael. They were simple men
who had not seen these things Neither did they
wish to see them; for had they not Giovannis
works?-and it was beyond question that these
were beyond compare.
All things considered, Giovanni might have
been excused had he been puffed up with his
fame. 1t was the more merit to him, therefore,
that he showed no sign Of being He was ever
the same a simple, kindly, brown-eyed man.
somewhat inclined to stoutness through much
sitting at his work, of little in the practical
affairs of life, and so forgetful of his comfort
that at times it was necessary to drag him from
his canvas to the refectory for his frugal meals.
As his eye Travelled downward into the un-
finished corner of the picture his face took on
an expression of distress, and he awoke from his
lay dream with a murmur
"Alas! can never do i'll" he cried. "What
do know of such men, or whom can 1 take as
my model? Nay, but to find him I should have
to go forth into the world and into the abode
of thieves and murderers And how can do
that? The picture will never be finished, any
more than it will be finished when his Lordshp
comes to see it this afternoon"
His distress deep indeed; for only that
very morning the Abbot Paolo had called him
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
LARGE Vacuum LIuhtlnq rubs

A Moore vacuum lamp, the largest lamp of the
type yet erected, is on exhibition in New York.
1t is 157 feet long and ~ inches in diameter.
the total candle-power being estimated at 2350-
fifteen candle-power to the foot Mr. Moore saws
he has discovered certain non-metallic, gaseous
conductors, derivable principally from vegetable
matter, which permit him to maintain the can
dle.power OF his lamps for an unlimited time,
and which also enable him to control the color
radiated He thus obtains a white light and
through the form of the lamp he can give very
desirable, even distribution throughout the room
in which it may be installed. The light from
other vacuum tube lights is not white
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

"He will know it," he murmured; ''he cannot
but recognize it,"
IL would be so easy to alter the face. A few
dabs of paint would at least obliterate the mole
Yet as poor Giovanni looked at his work he know
it was impossible.
Il will notl" he cried, raising his hands. "Thus
was Judas, and no otherwise I will not do itl'
In the afternoon the Lord Bishop came over
the nils with numerous retinue When he hod
washed and partalen of some slight rejection. he
expressed a wish to see the picture
Many OF the brethren, proud of Fra Giovan.
mis- skill, accompanied him Like bees thew
clustered about the canvas, leaving however. q
space wherein the good Abbot and his guest
might move.
The Lord Bishop of Per,gia looked long and
steadily at the picture. Then he turned his eyes
towards Giovanni, who stood beside it, sick with
fear. There could be no doubt now whom Judas
resembled Not one of the monks could miss the
likeness when the model stood before them. They
ien to whispering together, marveling that they
had not seen it before And ever as he looked
the Bishops scowl increased and with the scowl
the resemblance grew stronger
lhou hast wrought we'll" he said at last
turning towards Giovanni "Thou hast well en-
ployed the talent that hath been granted unto
thee. Indeed indeed he went on, punnine with
vicious pleasantly, chou hast not hidden It in
napkin. Therefore, as I did prophesy to thee
gold or silver, my brother, but in a manner lit.
ting to the work which you have accomplished
and the zeal with which you accomplished it.
Myself and your good Abbot will confer upon the
matter"
He turned and left the room, followed by the
Abbot and the whispering monks, and once more
Giovanni was left alone with his picture
That same evening in the chapter house Broth
er Giovanni received his reward, and in good
measure. couple of sturdy brethren stripped
him and, placing him face downwards upon the
floor, laid on to him Justify with raw cow-hide
until he beloved again. Nightly for month the
process was repeated; so that long afterwards the
peasantry of those parts, when they could hear
the wolves howl in the forests at night, would
laugh by their fresdes, and say
"Pish! It's but Brother Giovanni receiving the
reward of the talent that hath been granted to
him"
Moral: Even in the days before commercial
competition, Art for Arts sake did not always
pay.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
A Western Electric Plant

A gigantic power plant to cost million and
a half and to have capacity Of $4,000 horse
power is under way at Lafayette, Col, and it is
proposed to electrify the entire Northern Colo
RADIO and Southern Wyoming. The Colorado and
Southern Railroad has announced its intention to
change its motive power from steam to electricity
and will make use of power from the new plant
The large mining and milling plants of Gpin
county will also be operated by the current and
there are applications on file from number Of
large farmers who desire to equip their plants
with electrical machinery
The new company represents merging of the
business and personnel of several companies
which have been in the field for some time, but
the new capital for the extension is being sup
piled by Eastern persons mainly.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
A Biblical Argument

Dorothy Drew, Gladstones little granddaugh
ter, day positively refused to get up, and her
grandfather had to be called to overawe the rebel
"Why don't you get up, Dorothy?" he asked
Because the Bible doesn't approve of early ris
ing, grandfather" was the unexpected reply
"Really, Dorothy" said the astonished statesman
''you must be mistaken" "Oh, no, I'm not" she
persisted. Here it is" And she turned to the
second verse of the 127th Psalm: ''It is vain for
you to rise up early" The old parliamentarian
had nothing more to say. The argument foored
him.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
Facts and figures

In 19O4-5, 200 bales of cotton, worth $780,,
600, were grown under the auspices of the Brit
ish Cotton Growing Association.
The number of strikes in England fell from
64S in 1900 to 354 in 1904.
India has now fourteen million acres artif
cially irrigated.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
has now 5000 associates. 1t requires that its
members shall not wear the feathers of birds not
killed for food, except the ostrich.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

great value in the technics of incandescent lamps.
The Kuzel or Syrius lamp hardly needs one-quar-
ter of the electric current which the ordinary
electric lamp with filament wire requires. Ex-
periments, it is asserted, have shown that the
lamp can burn for $500 hours at stretch. An
other advantage is that the intensity of the light
of the new lamp always remains the same, the
lamp bulbs never becoming blackened, as is now
the case. The new lamp, it is said, will be put
on the market next autumn.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
Telephony in New York

The telephone system of New York has con-
tinued to grow rapidly in the last few months
Since January 14,S07 new telephones have been
installed, making the total number in service and
under contract 256,962 This is two and half
times as many telephones as London has more
than FIVE times the number of telephones in
Paris, and nearly four times as many telephones
as Berlin has.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
Record Of Elevator Trips

In the equipment of elevators, where they are
used in numbers it has been found desirable to
keep a record of the distances Travelled by the
cars in order to see that each car and operator
is doing its share of the work and also for the
purpose of keeping tabs on the cost Of operation.
II has with the aid of these devices been ascer-
tanned that one elevator in a New York newspa'
per, which is worked as hard as any other IN the
eity. has Travelled forty two miles per day.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

- made to act lever and fulcrum and
I&EA4hI balance rod for this old Earth of ours,
while Professor Newcombe and a num-
Der of other wiseacres affx scales and
+icl off the tons as the globe draws down the
beam,
Small wonder that the moon and the stars and
the other planets are blinking with astonishment
and that even Mars stands aghast over the stu
nendous work soon to be undertaken by the
worlds scientists, led by Professor Newcombe of
our own land, sent forth by the Survey Depart
ment of our government to determine to just
what point the steeyards will be drawn by the
four mighty hemispheres, the oceans and seas
which surround them and all the islands, big
and little, which go to make up this earthly plan
ct. Briefly and startlngly, the world is to be
weighed just like any growing baby!
Mighty pendulums, fulcrunis and all the rest
of the tackle necessary to weigh the earth are
being carefully transported to Egypt and the
scientists who will assist Professor Newcombe
in holding the scales are travelling thither from
Berlin, London and st. Petersburg.
The Great Pyramid is to be the scene of this
marvellous scientific effort and. indeed will be
used as a guage from which the weight of the
earth from the centre all round to the sea y
will be reckoned.
II is rather difficult to give a perfectly clear
explanation of just how the world will be
weighed, which can be comprehended by the
mind not trained in such work, for it is such
mammoth task that the imagination almost
refuses to follow it to a conclusion It gives
one something like the same feeling as when
irving TO picture infinite space or all time
Robbed of its bewildering techncaties and
simply presented by one of the scientists inter
ested in the work, the explanation is: The weight
of the entire earth will be ascertained by the
rule of comparison and multiplication, and the
known weight of mountain will be used as a
basic principle from which all calculations viii
be made
The principle is that the weight of body il
proportionate to the attraction which it exerts
Bv the pull that the sun exerts over the eartl
as shown by the earth's motion, we estimate
that its attraction is 352, 2SO times as grea
as the earth's and, therefore, that the sum
mass is that many times greater than the mas
Of the earth Knowing the weight Of the earth
Il is easy TO estimate the weight of the SUI
by this method of comparison. In the same wa!
the weight Of Jupiter Saturn, Venus Neptune
or anv other planet NAV be aseertained by com
parson with the weight of the SUM- basing TIN
calculations on the amount of attraction tn
sun exercises over these planets. But first tn
earth's weight must be estimated to form basi
for the other calculations
PYRAMIDS AS A BASIS.
The same principle is applied in this opera
ton The pyramid will be used as a basi
for the first estimate; plumb bob will be swun
from the apex Of the pyramid, observation an,
calculation will determine the force of the al
A-.otsov Of fbA email hod,y narnal,, tho
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

Newcastle and by comparison of their move
ments, forward and back it was calculated how
heavy the entire earth was as compared with the
outermost shell, the thickness of the shell being
represented by the depth of the coal pit.
Since Airy's work geologists have been able
to estimate pretty fairly the weight of the sur
face shell of the world and after these figures
were obtained the rest as has been stated, was
mere matter Of multiplication.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
A Mouinn kltchen

A French subaltern has invented sort of
kitchen on wheels, which can cook while it is on
the march ani thereby effect great saving OF
time and Of hungry waiting
Not many details are yet available but the in
yentor is a lieutenant OF artillery, Each "kitch-
en-" can dispose of the food for 400 men. When
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

needless to say, loss of time for boiler cleaning
is done away with. This means that the ca
pacity for earning dividends is increased"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

the marching trials made the men found
their meat and coffee cooked when the halt was
called
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
Weighing the World

)OK out, Old Sol; duck, Jupiter. You
stand in danger of being roped in and
made to act as lever and fulcrum and
balance rod for this old Earth of ours,
while Professor Newcombe and num-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
PYRAMIDS AS A BASIS.

The same principle is applied in this opera
ton. The pyramid will be used as a basis
for the first estimate; plumb-bob will be swung
from the apex Of the pyramid, observation and
calculation will determine the force of the at
traction of the small body, namely, the pyra-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

RoTHER GIOVANNI stood before the
great unfinished canvas that was to
grace the wall above the high altar of
the monastery chapel. His palette and
liz k....l... L.. Ill hcaiLn hi.. -rh.ln
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-01

limelight by a newspaper, which SIM
ply chronicled the event. The man
who thinks Bid Dubbs is being erlii-
cised too severely, says that Bid at
least tended strictly to his own bnsi-
ness, and that is more that his perse-
cutors are doing. He further states
that the investigation Is not sufficient
to warrant such TRADE. That Bld
might be n capitalist Of some note
is probable. That he might have just
recovered from serious illness is
another possibility. "And," he con
cludes, "Bid's whiting might have
been with purpose. He deserves
more credit, at least, than II he had
been sitting on the fence doing moth
ing"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-01

Of the republican county congressional
committee.
In the 2sth district, which compris.
es the second and third wards and pre-
cincts b and c of the fourth, j. IL
Johnston and Rev. 7. ii. Harper have
been mentioned. II Is known that Mr.
Johnston wants to 70 TO the constitu'
tional convention, and also wants "a
be named on the railroad commission
when the time comes. Rev. Harner is
a member of the city board Of educa'
tion.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-01
LEAVES A GRIP
HOLDING $4,000
THIEF STOLE SUIT CASE AND.
MISSED VALUABLE ONE.
ROBBERY IN CHAIR CAR
Suit Case Found Yesterday Morning
by Detective Giedon, Contents
Undisturbed by Robbers.
Special to the World.

Special to the World.
Oklahoma City, Okla, August 81
A grip containing $4,000 in cash, be-
longing to Carl Henry Stanton, of
Shawnee, was left by a negro sneak
thief, who entered the chair car of
west bound passenger train No. 7,
while standing in the local yards on
Wednesday evening, and got away
with suit case, also the property Of
Mr.. Stanton, which contained toilet
sets, shirts, collars, and some valu-
able papers.
The suit case was found yesterday
morning by special agent o. p. Gid
con, of the Rock Island system, in
the new warehouse building of the
Richards & Conover company, on the
Santa Fe right of way. Its contents
had been undisturbed, but the lock
had been broken off, showing that an
effort had been made to open it. 1t
is presumed that the thief became
frightened and dropping the case,
fed. ....-, . ,,.
The robbery was one Of the bold
est and most daring pulled off in this
city for many months, The thief en-
tered the chair car, passed down the
aisle, and while the owner of the
grips was engaged in conversation, he
lifted the suit case fro mbehind the
seat, marched down the aisle and dis
appeared in the darkness.
The discovery of the theft was
not made until the train was we'll on
its way toward FL Reno. At Ell Reno
Mr.. Stanton informed Special Agent
Smith, of Little Rock, who was
awaiting a train, and the latter i'm
mediately telegraphed Detective Gid
con.
A search for the negro and the suit
case was at once commenced and yes
terday morning, the grip was found.
The negro had made good his escape.
From the description given Detective
Gideon, it is believed that his arrest
is but the question of few hours.
Mr.. Stanton was EN- route from
Shawnee to Ell Reno, Texas, on a
business trip.