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Evening journal., 1906-12-24
Underground Electricity.

Underground Electricity.
TIE distribution Of electrical energy
throughout Southern France ,s ,ro
eeeding with rapidly, and the 49,
now built or building hava co,,,,.,,.,
'ne French Parliament TO consider the
best methods Of controlling a new sstus-
ton. ~" S''u--
Americans will be struck first Of all. per-
haps' by the refusal Of the large Frenc,
cities to permit the erection OF unsipb4,,,
poles and overhead wires. Two companies
are preparing to deliver electricity
throughout the city OF Marseilles AT this
moment, and neither has been permitted
TO raise single pole. On the other hand.
great progress has been made in the man
ufacture Of underground cables. which ara
carefully insulated and rendered inner.
meable, so that they may be laid in or
binary trenches exactly like gas pipes. A.
rule, when the trench is prepared a
layer Of crushed limestone is spread on
the bottom, and after the cable is put in
place it Is covered by thin bricks. so as
to minimize the destruction by humidity.
The methods adopted are comparatively
cheap and are said to involve no dan.
ger to Life or property or commercial dis
| advantages. As the location or breaks can
be determined before a pick IS placed in
the earth. just as flaws in ocean cables
can be located, the construction OF eXpen-
sive permanent underground conduit
may be dispensed with.
The action of Parliament above referred
to is expressed in a law promulgated June
] Is. No pretence is made of fixing any hard
/ and fast rules which might hold electrical
development in check, but a few general
principles are set forth, and the practical
/ questions arising from each specific de-
mand for the right to transmit energy 10
| turned over to a committee
It is clearly set forth IN the law that by
administrative regulation the security OF
the public will be provided for, and that
| companies securing concessions win be re-
quired to compensate the State, the de-
partment and the communes for the occu-
j patton of the public domain according to
n an appropriate tariff.
! Instructions will be issued by the au-
j thorities. acting under advice from the
, committee of electricity, in regard to the
{ technical conditions I'm which distribution
Of electrical energy may be undertaken.
. these instructions bearing upon the Sc
= curity Of persons, and OF the interested
! public services and the protection OF the
landscape. These conditions will be sub
: jected to annual revision, whereby the
3 government win be enabled to keep pace
with progress in electrical engineering.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24
Firearms in Belgium.

TIE British Consul General at Antwerp
gives some interesting facts about the
I manufacture of firearms at lAege, In
Belgium. The large majority of the
worSmen IN the trade carry ON their work
at home. having private FORCES and work
shops and are engaged in one special
branch Of the trade at which they become
extremely slIlful and which they bring TO
the highest point OF perfection. These
worl0men carry on their trade for years
initiating the members OF their families
into their own particular branch. always
endOavoring TO give perfect finish 10
thcr manufactures and to discover and
carry out new theories. The maker OF
barrels for instance is frequently engaged
in manufacturing barrels for different fac
tories at the same time, and tho better the
work and the higher the finish of the ar
tcles he produces the moro probability
there is of his obtaining regular ana lucra-
tive employment Thus the major part OF
the workers ia the Ldeso arms industry
arc practically their own masters the re-
Enumeration that they resolve for their
work depending entirely upon their intclli-
gence ability and application.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

feet below the surface. groves OF naked pine
trees could be seen standing on the bottom
Of the lake. presenting a strange and weird
appearance. Perhaps ages ago when the
lake was formed by an earthquake up
heaval which threw the mountains from
the plains Of Colorado. those trees we're a
part Of the upland forests When covered
with water. the trees died. the bark fell
off, and to-day the tall straight pines 80
wonderfully stand preserved as clear and
clean as the mast of a ship and exactly the
same bright yellow color.
Years later some genius built a lot OF
fat boats with plate glass bottoms. When
ladies took seats on the cushions and
looked down over the toes of their little
number three shoes into the lake, excla-
nations and shrieks expressed their aston
ishment at the scene. Were they to slip
off the cushions 81 seemed as II they would
fan through the boat, down into the tops
OF those trees hundred feet below.
Tho little pleasure craft down in the
water at Lakewood makes a fine picture
for New Jersey. and II the lake were deep
enough It might compete with that Green
Lake nesting in the heart OF the Rockies.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24
India Coarse Cotton Goods.

MR. CAIRNS, a well known cotton
vi manufacturer in Lancashire. England,
| Irecenly returned from a tour in india,
made for the purpose of inspecting
the cotton industry in that country. He
reports it as being in a particularly -four
ishing condition, with operatives employed
day and night. The India mills run
twenty-four hours a day, with two shifts
Mr.. earns says that fine weaving is an
absolute failure and that two or three
firms who experimental with Egyptian
and American cotton did not achieve
success. Hand looms are largely used. and
In the province Of Bengal alone, populated
by SO0o0,o00 people, there are no fewer
than 100000 of these looms-all of very
antiquatei style. Mr.. earns says that
English manufacturers should make finer
goods for india, as 1t is no use to compete
In the coarser class Of goods, because OF
the low wages paid in India What Mr..
earns says for the benefit Of the British
manufacturers would also apply to Ameri-
can producers.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24
Melting rire clay with sun,s Rays

THERE is an apparatus which concern
trates the rays of the sun from more
than six thousand small mirrors on a
spot about seven inches in diameter.
The heat generated is about 1000 degrees
Fahrenheit. Iron can be melted in less
than a minute and fireelay fused Ia about
three minutes by this machine Magnesia,
one of the hardest things to melt, requir-
ing a heat Of about 6,400 degrees Fahren-
heit. can be reduced to a molten state in
twenty minutes.
For the benefit Of those VINO wish to for
get the name of this instrument It has
heen chrstened the pyrheliophor.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24
Grape Juice or "Must."

TIE British Chancellor Of the Excheq-
uer. in his budget statement regard
ing the manufacture Of what is known
as basis wine"-so called because il
IS of a neutral character and can be used
to cheaper foreign descriptions-wanted a
duty imposed. asserting that there was a
large loss of revenue.
The Wine and Spirit Association has
taken I'D the matter and asserts that Brit
ish wines containing very often about
twenty-five per cent OF proof spirit are eX-
empt from duty while light wines from
foreign countries and the colonies, which
contain much less alcohol, pay thirty-one
cents per gallon duty This has resulted In
Ian extensive production OF wine In Great
Britain. Large quantities of scientifically
treated grape must (unfermented grape
juice paying no duty are imported for the
purpose of being converted into foreign
wine" In 1905 the quantity OF grape juice
imported into Great Britain was $4,000
gallons, of which a large proportion was
fermented and made into wine without
paying duty. OF that quantity no less
than 1S7 PSI gallons were entered as "con-
densed must" This amount was undoubt-
edly imported, the Wine and Spirit Assoc
citation asserts. for the purpose Of being
made into wine, and when mixed with
water and fermented could be converted
into about ten times the amount OF wine,
which at the regular rate of duty would
have TO pay nearly $4,000 in duties.
The merchants who import foreign wines
claim to be at "A great disadvantage, ana
for that reason want a duty imposed on
this imported must"
Evening journal., 1906-12-24
Candles in Syria.

ANDLES used Ia Syria are both manu-
factured locally and Imported. Those
= OF domestic production are hand-madc|
ans Of poor finish. The materials used
In making them are paraiin and stearin
Limitation hees' wax, and in some iu-
stances real wax Is used Most Of the for
eign candles consumed in syria are of
French make They are imported through
commission houses ana are sold to Syrian
wholesale dealers; q credit OF three or four
months is usually given. Practically an
the business Of Syria is Ca the hands Of
commission merchants.
Inasmuch as statistics are not available
In Turkey. Sc Is impo isihie 20 state the
exact amount % the candle importations;
Ii Is known. however. that tho consump-
ton s very lnrgc Candles are used 90
every home and hut 90 city and country.
They arc usci lu the houses of the wealthy
natives as well as Toe the tents OF the
nomad tribes Large quantities are fur
n.shed to the hotels and churches. They
are an important feature OF all religious
ceremonies. During the celebration OF
mar ages the guests hold long lighted
candles which they carry away 70 theif
homes when they depart Persons de-
slrous OF bringing good fortune TO relatives
and friends, or hoping TO aw the bless
lnss OF heaven upon themselves, fr6puent-
" Keep from one 10 five oandles constantly
burning upon tho church affairs. The Mo-
hammcdsns also use them IA their places
Of worship.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

-afs is a photograph OF the only Swiss
guides in America. living az Glacier,
-. C. They were brought over by "a
Canadian railroad to assist mountain
climbers IN scaling the peaks Of the
American Switzerland,' as the Canadian
Rockies are called. peep into the note
hook Of Edward Feuz, Sr.. and his two
sens. all guides IS Interesting They keep
a detailed fecord OF an climbs and incl
dents connected Herewith.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24
A1p1NE o11MprRs I'M AMERIcA.

Alpine huts appear at convenient inter-
walls, and above the tree line. whore
snow and ice are dangerous, the guide
chops steps for the traveller with ice picks
and axes, which he carries on his back
with the rations All are provided with
traditional alpenstocks.
Edward Feuz, Jr., climbed the Schrek-
hour. considered wonderful, as IL is one
OF the most dangerous peaks In swltzor-
land. Recently the guides have taken the
Evening journal., 1906-12-24
A Wonderful Wasp Tree.

THE siingins tree of Australia some
what resembles a gigantic notue It
he's an unpleasant odor. and the ma
tives and native animals arc careful TO
avoid ~.
When man is stung by the tree. or 20
put it more pyosaically, prickcd by the
treas thorn. the little wound s.vos at
nrst no pain whatevor But ia "a fcw nlin-
utes o. maddcning pain IS set up and tho
Victim shriaks and rolls on the ground
For months aftcrward whom water touches
Ono stuns part sroat agony ensucs.
Dogs. when stung, rush about with pitt
eous whinCs biting pieces OF flesh from
the place that has boon affected.
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Evening journal., 1906-12-24
EXPRESS SERVICE IN THE CANADIAN w11Ds

4 a the Canadian woods ~ q traveller
/ takes his trunks thc above S. The only
] Kind O. vehicle to be had. AS VIII be
seen from the picture t is simply a sude
siodse. the heavy parts mado of neutral
sllpod roots, strong ana we'll seasoned.
Outside the small -ieai1e shown the roads
lra Moro narrow trails. at Che most not
over four feet vide, and strcwn with
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

both players was so nearly the Same that
ion.
At-t-eA-eAN
italy "a not q good field FOR the sale o.
American acotylene gas generators or
cheese color'ngs, reports Consul j. h. Dun.
ni1g OF Milan. In the latter article tho
Italian trade is perfectly satisfied with
slnrOn.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

Advices from sydney. Australia, are 20
Che effect that che existing federal tar.n
VIII remain untouched until the end OF i9u"
as the report Of tho Federal customs
will not be ready In time for
cons doration hy the present Common
wealth Parliament
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

rocks and stones which would quickly
break Up an ordinary wagon
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An increase IN the sollng price OF COOL
at Moj japan. SIS reported by the Aus-
talian representative there. writes Consul
Godng. OF Newcastle. First quality IS
now S5.G per tom. second quality A3 and
third quality A.25.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24
New Cholera Facts.

Z ONE years ago a French savant dur
ing an investigation OF cholera con-
- ditions In tho East, made the state
ment that he could swallow "a mouth
'ul Of the germs without taking the disease
itself," a playful boast which. In the opin-
ION of an Official OF tho Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service at Washington.
Indicates the advance since made IA the
knowledge of germ diseases Under cer-
tain conditions no harm whatever need bel
feared from swallowing cholera scrms.
The idea that germs are parasitical
creatures, which roam throueh the body.
seeking to devour and destroy, is entirely
false.
In the first place, germs are not "ani-
mails" but vegetable bodies. starting at
minute point and by degrees branching
out over a larger area.
or course. It Is eventually possible that
by occupying the place of healthy sub
stance IN a certain organ such germs may
|ohstruct and even prevent the natural
working of the organ; but Il is not from
this fact alone that we are IN danger. Nor
IS Il because these minute particles OF
vegetable matter are necessarily poison
Gus when taken into the system through
the air or with food. Were this true the
great numbers which continually ind en-
trance into the body would soon prove
overwhelming, no matter how great the
power OF lN1letdNNN NA Aiie es0tNth hitoNt
be.
In their growth. however, certain germs
manufacture and oNcrete substance
which is a direct poison 10 living animal
matter. IL Is possible 10 extract and
isolate this substance as effectually as
we extract morphine from opium, by in
/ iectlng Il into the veins OF an animal, TO
cause the peculiar forms Of disturbances
known as diphtheria or scarlet fever
The Same process takes place 10 the
original habitaton OF tho germ is in a
human body A suitable thriving place
having been found. this point becomes al
once not only n breeding place for the
lgorms themselves. hut a manuiactorl
which is continually sending out into the
system a greater or smaller supply OF
Ideally poison. 10 viii be apparent now
what an advantage has heen afforded ms
IN combating affections that arise from
such sources.
The successful manner IN which diph-
iberia has OF iate wears been treated IS
due not so much 90 the fact that the germ
Of that disease has been found capable az
Isolation as that We have learned the true
inaturs az thc disturbance in an disorders
Of this kind and have been fortunate 'u
coming upon tho particular substance that
WIN neutralize the poison which has been
secretcd.
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Evening journal., 1906-12-24
IERE is genuine photography with no 4
freak features about it. It represents

I IERE is genuine photography with no
II freak features about it. It represents
! Miss Paula Pagelow, daughter of Mr..
Alfred Pagelow, boating on Carasaljo
Lake, at Lakewood. The photograph
shows a wonderful reflection OF the boat
ana occupants, so clearly that the little
bark seems ahoat in midair Turn the
picture upside down and the girl and man
are still in the boat. apparently, and the
bridge seems all right, and lot Of trees
and the water, too.
At Lake George the water is SO clear
that you can see FISH and pebbles at a
depth of from fifteen to twenty feet. out
in the heart of the Rocky Mountains
among the peaks of the Snowy Range Is
the famous Green Lake. It's waters are
absolutely clear In the early days when
tourists were rowed across the lake 1t
seemed as II they were sailing in a balloon.
In fact one could not distinguish the water
until the boat or breeze rippled it. With
the boat at rest, in the middle of the lake,
you had to reach over the side and paddle
with your hands 10 be convinced thai
there was any water around YOU
Down in the depths, a hundred or more
-
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

THE newspapers not long ago told OF
an eighteen-year-old girl in Wisconsin
J who brought down a deer at three hum
dred yards and had established a repu-
tation as a hunter OF big game. No doubt
there are many other girls in various parts
OF the country who can slilfullY handle
rifle and not be afflicted with DICK fever
when face to face with the quarry. It
remains, however, for India TO produce the
youngest Of all Dianas. She is only four
teen years old and a princess with a line
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Evening journal., 1906-12-24
Spain wants Gas Engines.

II foautss has heru mldc nrough Con-
sui Benjamin D. Chase by business
I amen ni Clian.a, Spain, inr American
made cas power engines i1r operating
with "p1nF1n gas. or poor sass as q
power AZ. Chase writes.-
rhis form ol gas power rs being cN-
tcnsNelN used in Sicily owing e. the
scarcity ol good petfi power and he high
price oi coal. and is rapidly supcrscains
fhc steam power. af D. Isl much cheaper 'h
operation. ono macargni factory recently
dcsiroycl hY FIRE s being reauilt and o
fo1-horse power engine with the poWson
ras power i. being installed go supolscde
the steam power formerly used. Tho Same
concern also now have an inquiry for two
l5o-horse power Dowsou gas motors
.'Thcse Dowson power engines are nsci
n dour mills. foundNcs and u all places
Nherc power Is needed I am told that
one concern placed more Than $4,000 worth
az this new form ot motor power engines
and h1tures in Catania Province alone
saet year. other concerns handle largo
amounts and the demand IS rapidly sroN-
ina.
"Tho above named firm wont also saso.
1cnc or Kerosene motors ot nom onc-nalt
90 Q or 3 horse power and large motors oi
Dowson gus power FROM lO-horse power
np. Casoiene and Kerosene are too esq
pcnsive 20 use for motors ot more inan
f-horsc power. Au engine usne steam nr
other sas and having i7-horsc power hls
10-dorso power with tho powson eis, and
fho proportion oi thc difference in power
lessons as nighcr power is frc1cacd ih0
new sas power as Indicated on Che cif-
cuiar. requires but one pound of aninrA-
cite coal on ONE aud ouo-hNi pounds Oh
eas coke. for horse power
Tho ltolian tariff GOVERNS engines IS
ton lire Cifa. 1913 ccntD per ouintal uf
e.oi6 pounds FOR the iron aud twelve lie
for brass fixtures From what I sm told
] believe an American firm making thls
particular form OF power and motors could
build up a large trade in Sicily
No-<N&>~%
Some OF the British shipbuilders declare
fhst cargo steamers can now be purchased
Cop less money than they can be built Yet
during the month OF May there was added
tatar British registry q total OF 30 vessels,
arcsteating 1912 tons, chiefly large steel
steamers.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

= his reproduction of the moon IN pias-
tor Is the largest over made and gives
o better idea OF the estimated surface
OF the satellite than all tho pictures
and charts ever printed. 10 was no small
task TO produce this globe. with all the
details as correct as modern science and
the science of astronomy could make them.
And 10 IS 10 the credit OF Chicago that the
thing Be done. Some dea of the size of 10
may be gained by a comparison with the
man that stands beside it.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

fish of Block island and who have
~ gazed up n the camera presentments
Of this Dark Continent dandy at once
dunoed him the human swordish.' The
tlsle Is not inapt, for placed beside the dem
izon OF tho sea this denizen OF the hush
would appear 90 be almost "a blood relative.
one loves water. the other doesn't. The
eoiored gentleman's name is Machu-Ku-
lumowe, and his hairdrossing is a triumph
Evening journal., 1906-12-24
Is Germany Nursery Of auaeks9

toTWITHSTAND that Germany
Nthas tho reputation Of being the ccn-
! Miro OF scientific moiiciuc, &c appears
that feet does not prevent quacks
tron prospering there, IS they 90 Ga other
less advanced countries. According 90 gc-
cent Berlin police reports nowhere in the
world have quacks and their nostrums
more support than IN Germany. In a GER
tain period OF time, while the city popu-
iasion OF Germany increased ffty-eieht
per cent and tho regular medical men sew
enty-siN per cent. tho Quacks increased
so per cent. OF the irregular rractitlon-
crs thirty per cont % the mon and fifteen
per cent OF The women quacks had been in
jail.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

oorkscrew appearance OF each particular
hair on the dog. II the animal had its
own way no doubt II would be covered
with beautiful coat OF glossy sealslxin,
dyed In London, with finishing touches
given In America 70 the skin.
The other animal, also deeply interested
IN the ball catchlnG process. does not look
lie q dog, but more Ike o shcsp-or a
lamb. such as Mary tpok 70 school one
day. It Is neither kind OF mutton. how
ever, but dog and friend OF man. The
eloquent story told by tho picture explains
r'la situation, and no doubt It wal meet
the dogs approval when he returns 10
earth from his sky high trip after the ball
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

X MoNG the sports OF Newport the fol-
Allowing picture gives one an idea OF
1.-THE perfection TO which the training
OF dogs has been reduced. They call
the wOlhsh looking animal seen in midair
8 play dog. Il is trying to catch a ball
which its master Is throwing on the beach.
The dog, st will be observed, has its mouth
open ana expects to catch the baA in its
teeth. Nota the earnest, eager, almost
human look In the dogs eye ana see the
benevolent smile on SIS face
The open mouth Is not that Of a hungry
dog. hUt Of one fen OF humor and good
nature They call this kind OF a dog a
wire haired fox terrier which explains the
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

age that goes back into dim antiquity. She
has six tigers 10 her record and is photo
graphed with one Of the fierce denizens OF
the jungle which fell before her AIM She
hunts with her father. is cool in the face
Of danger and can draw a bead" with
the cool elaboration of a seasoned hunter.
Bringing down a deer at three hundred
yards and potting a man eating tiger at
close range are two entirely different prop
ositions, as you will readily admit
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

TT REMARKABLE composite photo
[ Agraph Of two well known golf cham
Npons Is reproduced herewith The
negative Is the result Of a curious ac-
c'dent The photographer had carefully
1ocusscd and snapped Nj Smith and Mr..
Turnbul both wei known golfers on the
Van Cortlandt links. only TO md on de
Nclopnr thar both exposures had been
made on tho same plate Tho position OF
%4%s4e4eees 80
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Two OF the mon hssc climbed The jung
frau and Schrckhour. considered among
the most difficult ascerts I'm Eurona.
Thee guides wear sfor- suits o. home
spun cloth. knee bireches aud puttccs eN-
tending 10 tho ankle. Their heavy shoes
made IN Switzerland % waterproof 'eaih-
~. are thi1kiy studded with spikes.
The ropes used are made OF a peculiar
h1re found IN Switzerland, and have red
line running along The etrand. When the
Would-ss climber IS ready 70 start the
goise nsnes one end OF the rope 10 his
waist using = secret knot Which nere-
slips The other end OF the rope is fast
ened to the waist Of tho Swiss
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

0-R-9-N0 - = = - - 1888
A NEWPORT DOG BALLPLAYER.
Evening journal., 1906-12-24

Gross earnings OF all the railroads Of the
United states for June up to July l show
an Increase Of ten per cent over the corre-
spending time a year ago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-01-27
new PHONE LINES
Will CONNECT
SOUND CITIES

SEATTLE, Jan. 27.-The import
ant announcement was made to-
day by E. F. Webster, manager of
the Seattle Independent Telephone
company, to the effect that within
60 days construction is to be COM
menced on a new long distance line
between Tacoma and Seattle.
The line is to be constructed by
the Northwestern Long Distance
Telephone & Telegraph company
of California, through a special ar
rangement with the Independent
people.
The agreement also calls for the
completion of an entire network Of
long distance wires connecting
Portland with Tacoma, Seattle, Vic
toria and all other Puget Sound CT
ties within Is months.