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The sign in the Indiana Oas Field.

The sign in the Indiana Oat Fields.
The appearance Of a lcgible b on
the Cat blades in Indiana has alarmed
the superstitious. The crop, thanks tn
abundant rains, Is coming on finely, but
the cryptOgraph causes uneasineas. To
the oldest inhabitants it signifies calam-
ity. Of many baleiul reports we quote
the following from Muncie:
AMONG the many farmers IN Delaware county
who have noticed the letter D on oats leaves
Is RAH lANRERr Of near GAston. Ne has been
showing many leaves Of cats utth the strange
slEn on them. Nearly eli the leaves In some
nclds are - marked. Old residents say that it
Is an N omen. that IN IseO Just before the out
hrrak Of the ciyu war. . similar ssgn was upon
the oats and that the letter presAged the blood
shsd that followed
There are other coniecturss about
this sign. among them one relating tO the
Return from Elba. which may b. dis
missed a. unworthy Of consideration.
because the winter wheat in France in
March, lsla, bore no CrypiOgraph at all.
the blades being perfectly smooth % the
eve Tho story Of the y on the Indiana
oa' stalks presents no problem n us.
There IS NJ gich letter 10 be ssen, we feel
sure The whole thing Is the shrcWd
advertising device Of a political manager.
Indiana has many cat fields. Il is In
fact one vast farm When r. have been
reported everywhere. on Duck and Pipe
cfcel,s as well a. in the valleys Of the
Wabash and the White, and everybody
Is suc sing what the cahali-tic letter
mean, th" ultimate and conclusive
an-we- wi,l be announced lust before
c.ccton dav B means BEvERIDGE.
the GrlnG Young Man Our advice to
THOMAS rAGGART u To find X on the
corn stalks.
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gerous character, and when Il fell 10
HAsKINs TO bring him in for stabbing
the mill superintendent a posse Of ive
citizens was raised to aid in making the
arrest
HAsKINs had TO force an entrance into
the lonely frame house on Kingsley KIN.
near the crossroads to Florida Noun
tain, where SILAs PHELPS lived with
his wife and ak children. Standing at
the foot Of the only flight Of stairs in the
house the deputy sheriff. looking into
the eyes Of the desperate who was
handling a shotgun at the top, called
up TO him Quit your b!ufiing. CY, and
come down CY blazed away with
his shotgun. He's got me. boys, cried
the officer Of the law, fell, was dragged
out 10 the porch and there died. One
Of the posse attempted TO parley with
the murderer. who warned the assistant
policemen that II they were not OF the
premises in three minutes he would
open fire on them According to a re-
port Of the affair they left. With a
rife, shotgun and a supply Of ammuni-
ton SILAs PHELPS took To the noun
tain. Twenty giardsmen Of Company
l., Second Regiment, were called out
and secured the woods, but failed 10
dislOdge him Hunger afterward forced
him TO surrender to a humble game
warden.
Il occurs 10 us that these crimes Of
violence which -darken the annals Of
the New England hill towns. especially
those Of Massachusetts,. which reaches a
high degree Of culture in Boston and
falls 10 what for better name IL called
-decadence' in the Berkshires and the
Taconios. cannot fairly be laid at the
door Of a solitary society. In remote
rural England, say among the Cornish or
Welsh hills, and in Brittany or Auvergnc
in France, society is crude and thrown
very much on It's own resources, but
killing officers Of the law, or anybody
else for that matter. is comparatively
rare in fact in these latter days is
almost unheard Of. In the Canadian
Northwest, with its vast spaces and
lonely settlers cabins. there il very sell ,
dom indeed -our latest back town muir
der TO afford a theme for the mOralist /
on the lookout for copy.
We venture 10 remark that the New !
England hill country has always been I
without real police protection and very /
much az the mercy Of its local outlaws
In this day OF the telephone and a rural
mail delivery. that brings the newspa-
per to every farmers door. It is hardly f,
logical, il il was ever 40. to attribute |
shocking crimes Of violence 70 a state I
Of society shut Of from the world and
prey to ignorance and mOrbidity. The I
back towns have their murderers and I
desperate characters because there has .
always been a want Of police protection +
and the state of society is therefore .
lawless II Massachusetts, had
mounted constabulary IN patrol the .
Hill towns. every nook and corner Of
them and in numbers Il need not be
strong there would seldom rc mu--
der or a constable killing q tempt the
10 speculate he,plessiy about
the decadence of the countryside. 4
would prove a good IN
vestincnt, we believe, IN all parts Of
unpOliced America
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MtNUSCRTPT OF SHERIDAN
PLAY


''sCAo0i for scaRsal'' sald a. OFiElnal \
I1Sndsn Said % Ne q Copy.
To rHK EDITOR OP TINS sUS-sS: On
June ~ there was sold in ths roOms Of he
Messrs. Sotheby a Co. In LoRdOn what pur.
ports 10 be the original manuscript oi
Sheridan's famous school for scandal
Il Was described at length in the printed
catalogue. and prominently displayed Il ths
foliowing statement:
Tse AS. h The property Of a private gsntlenas
IN whose possession and that OF his iamny n ~
besh for many years.
II Il further described as being Of quartz
sire and bound In russia blind t0Oled urs
t1e Chctwynd arms on the front and ba,k
covers. While In the hands Of fairbum
the hOokbinder 10 whom Il was sntrusts
for binding In 1884 by Sir George Chstwyn4
the Ms narrowly escaped DESTRUCTION by
are. some Of the pages are slightly
sCorched at the edges. but they have bssa
repaired and protested
A. matter ~ fact this identical manu-.
script was sold by the American Art A.ao.
citation az ths executors sale OF AuRuslr
Daly's library In iSo0 AZ the sale noted
brought tl.Ts0 and wAs purchased by
MI. " NNNHhlNAN wv lAh uNlAlH " IlN
buyer can he obtained. Ten years have 10.
come many" years. More serious j. tss
attempt 70 deceive buyers by the assertioa
that this j. the original manuscript fFns
N Nus % described In the DAILY catal0aus
ihastbly complied and full Of errors, bui as
was pointed out In various New York ness
papers a. the time there 10 not the slightest
Justification for such q statement The
manuscript Is a fair COPY In the hand of 40
amsnuensis with some corrections said y
be by sheridan. and Of this iattef some
doubt was expressed. The concluding
para graph of the disingenuOus English De-
E,Tipti0n does not tally with the prom.
neatly displayed first statement The caia-
loEuo AVS that a. there L. not Z fragment
of the authors written sketch Of the comedy
known 20 exist, this, therefore is ths nesrtd
lthe Italics are Sotheby'sl 10 his own pre-
sumably rough and ready draft and may
he fairly described a. original
So a Ecrihea Transcript n the ortginal
manuscript. and that which vas soId q
New York within ten years has been iof
many years In the possession of q rFivaa
gentleman and hls family! A. JB
NEW lORG. June ~.
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It Is TO bs hoped that tho illness OF
Kaiser WILHRLM IL. Is not serious. The
disappearance Of his brilliant. active, en-
ergctiC personality would be regretted
everywhere. wholly apart from the high
office he fills. Whatever NAV have been
thought Of the many unusual things he
has done, they have all had some touch
that aroused interest and excited sym
pathy, an evident desire to get at tho
truth, the eagerness to see for himself.
the attempt TO give reality TO a poetic
fancy. He has tried TO understand all
things and many men. With all his
activity and ambition he has had tho
strength 10 restrain himself in important
matters and has shown his earnest de-
sire 10 preserve the peace OF Europe.
Anxiety both in Germany and in
Europe Is lessened by the fact that tho
Crown Prince hns had Of late years the
opportunity TO show what manner Of
man he Is. He seems 10 have the ster-
ling 'mOstentatious qualities that belong
10 the German character, which ap-
peared in his grandfather Emperor
FREDERICK III. in the long period when
he was Crown Prince. He has shown
dignity and sense in public, and h cred
tied with unusual firmness in the pri-
vate settlement Of some unpleasant
matters, even against tho influence Of
his fathers personal friends. He IL
likely too To be more ready TO accept
the political changes in Germany than
his autOCratic father is. All must wish
for the speedy recovery Of wnHEIM II.
but in any event Germany will be in safe
hands.
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U,osrvnrs hunuur lrlp ihs mos, 'amols on
rH-h-f HI rU1fr NuH

VDosTyur's hununE trip the most famous on
Trr,-i HI rurfr .,uH
Tut. tut There have bssn mum 'rOus
others africa IL a very Old hunting
ground. and the killers Of elephants.
rhinos, hippos, dix -diks. &c. have been
legion. Mr. ROosEvEIr's hunt was famous
baCaus. the eV-Presidcnt Of the United
STATES pulled the trigger, and an indiTer-
ent shot he is In this time Of ours = more
remarkable invasion was that Of JAWS
RICALroS II Maplewood. y j., the pho
tograph.r u the RUssO-Japaness war.
who walked from Cape Town 20 Cairo
without an army of porters or any letters
u Introduction. hunted as he went, and
on one day shot three rhinos Mr. RIcAL-
rON vas 90 years Of age.
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To rHE EDTron oF THE SuN-l4r. In an srtir,.
In THE SON dealing with the career Of Herman
vetin he Vas spoken Of a. an -underusuay Of
Irving In tho Opinion of cultured people VsEin
far 0uwanked Irving a. en- interpreter Of shake
apaargs master chaFactsra. When lrving's vuios
gave out ~ ne Time Of NE pgoductian Of Mac
beth Ne asked Vein 70 take hls place. H.d
Edwin ho0th been theFs % Ne Zine lrviae mirht
havr called upon that great wagedi1n. but that
would not have made Booth Me undsrstady.
Nww YOEM. June ia Arr
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To rHE EDTToR o. tbs SUS-sir' ne Letter
PRINTED In TINS SrN Of June "a aboui ne aiara
OF nrs IN the Old Winter Garden Ia he early W
Is correfL u was 81 = performance Of -Iuhl,
CnSs-- Iiven By The three Booths. ! was prssehI
Nith two Of my classmates, one Of Ehon sun
has q letter Of the time referring 70 it
Many years later I mentioned ne nciash'
70 Mr. Edwin BOoth and be then told me nat %
remembered the hrs alarm very well and 'hh
II wns one Of the only two tiEnes that ihsrs :"
nny alarm Of aFe IN . theatre vhile he was scuas
during his entire career. The hre was On "
neA; hlock. The passing nre eagines ard Wv
average idiot In me lobby did the rest
BHTHLEHEn. n. ~. June "a. Z A.
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On the PensIsn LAST


From ne I0ulfrale Ttlfa
Colonel ". P HrOwni0W. secreiarY H
National Soldiers Home. said AZ dinao u
Brownbyiile. Tenn.
They are great uags, ne old soldier. IN ~.
Johnson city home. heard one Of hen ds''l..
ne othrr day . very neree and iamols s,
Two hundred men had hecn pitied asa'7'. w
hundred. and after lhe nghtlng only A'N o'l''
fellows thirty on each ode -rruinine1 a's
-The oid soldier paused soismnly.
--Of that Ex1y. boys be sald. lnsis oD"
survive 70 day
-Overusma. he bisW his nose Violently
There only survive today. By hc'AA 20
,istloA az
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ing and to show scenes from 'Sinbad
the Sailor, Aladdin and the Wonder
hl Lamp and other wonder stories
from the Arabian Nights'l Tho com
bina,iOn Of the gentle art Of entertain
ment and instruction should make for
peaceful solution Of warliks problems.
The sun., 1910-06-19

TO rnn Eu5ron o. Tus sUN-sir' char.'s =
southmayd 0f ths csisbraied aW arm Of tsai-
ssuIhmagd a choats bocaae . member o' ~
YaFk Law iusututein ISM To b. eiigibie ae ~ y.
have hean q lawyer. Hence he hes beea h " ~
bar Cor aHty years a. iRasa and very proo,a"
b JAa dnan oi tna gFelelIian. x y "
wHw TouM. guns ia
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Frozt NJ W1ahfngiol Sar.
Mortal man N an hla dcalIaga
hy di4hl llngs q deeply stirred:
How cur pesaluiisuc letiInga
VANISH AZ . Single world
An i9fNeltinH and i1rgiViug.
We tlanliNa ne fluhh1Tn storm
Aad Ne teeul1 u0Il worth thq nrlnH
When the WealhaT ma1 says -Wn8Rs
Winigrn dinuOutEnt hn4 wAnl1haf
Even thou1h across ne say
Ciqp1A I'VE fnrly tFnltoTa h1ul1hg1
Lister ere M any Gncd hV
NrN ne uullit 4nuua hgtnre ut
Tvs On grA e Fll1fm.
verify Of q w9IfTulirE chnr1a
When gns wel1hnr mlau alva VAIN
The sun., 1910-06-19

Paris once. as Rue Louis le Grand The daily and
Sunday cdiuohs are sale az Kiosqus -. near the
Grand Hotel kiosaue y, B0uleS ard des Capucines.
roFner Place de ropera. and kiOsque 10. Boulevard
dcs ltaiiens. corner Rue Louis e Grand.
The sun., 1910-06-19

GFsui Frsm ths ProVidsaee Piaasatlsas.
orHn EDroR 90 ruK sUs-sag' A. q reader
Of Tnn suN since ire days when Juius Cesar au
Booth saw OaynoS ! reauosi . lew lines Of Your
suaas - lniorm New Y0rkers how the Neg Haven
road n treating its passenger on ths limited
trains 10 ho1ton tAis summer.
p1rters are forbidden N op1D mors nan half
ths uiators az any lime. an paFiog car VIA.
dovs are plugged. same ula heavy piush chairl
o. Ia Nlntsr are 10 anA r.. ~
IuOytDENcniR. l.. June ~.
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Mr. jaws ! IEvVHIEs. mourning over
the chsrS, n front of Governor GrLLkrr
of california. sly-
DO t1s, .a1 lt rslvio- ~ allow a man 10 Hsk
fis every pelny np q business prUnOsiuon only
I8 s-aH o., game ht thc eie, enth hour
They call II businr 80. not religion
Religion had failed IN prevent the priH,-
tight In san Francisco.
The sun., 1910-06-19

London ofnos Emngham House, Arundel street.
Suand. The daily and sunday SUS are on sale In
London 81 the American ana Colonial 1rhange.
Carlton street. Regrnt street. and naw : steamship
Agency n Green street. ChAring Gross Road.
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TO rAH FuTroR 90 THR sUs-sir ssverd
thousand members Of ths Get Away Club hiked
out Of town a. aaybrcak to-day.
BRoOKLYN. June ~. TEE AnlrfANi.
The sun., 1910-06-19

On leaving The city for the summer you may
have THE SuN sent TO you b. mail a. the regular
subscription rates. addresses bcing changed -
Often a. desired. Orders may be sent through
any neusdealcT or 10 the puhllcatiOn once.
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To rHR EDrrOR oF rHE suN-stT' whsa ~
epitAPh Is written don't forget 70 put IA Ne
faced the West west Of Broadway. ell day. Iuss
"a. 1910. and would have crossed the river n h
could ONR WHo VOrED Foa HIN
NV YoHM. June "a
The sun., 1910-06-19

In me course Of tao speeches ~ the worlds
missionary conference WILLIAM J. hRHAy aaid
me world q only yellow peril vas the lust Tor sold
- -EiiHburgh dsspiirA N ysafrddBs srN
Mr.. BRYAN's own lust for gold is
only equal to his lust for speech. and he
seems insatiabls Of both.
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n esS frtsads uho faFoT ~ rth HsaRsscripis for
puAieaoa rita 10 h1Fs sJscisd articles nrurasd fAst
mAf, ~ al sasss sfHd s'amps 'o' fhg' ptrposs.
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conversation with thros or four Of his
colleagues, gestiOulating and pointing
toward No a. he talks.
Ths upahOt Of this Ia Fhat he comes with
a pint bottle q champagne and staFts 10
open 70. A hand upon the cork and q
shake Of the head notify him that ~ Do
not want ID opened. He nods under
ataRdinGly and brings a pail flllod with
ioe, In which be buries the bottle. Thea
be brings the ICES and the oonfsctiOns,
and when Ws again ask for apOllinaFis
he brings that also. After he opens the
apollinaris he makes another effort 10
open tho champagne, but again o restrain
Ina hand n laid upon bis arm. His ex-
prs--Sh becomes suspicious; again he
Ruos 10 consult with his colleagues. Ali
We understand He thinks We are In
dnlging In false prutenoea. that 40 We do
not intend 10 have the champagne openod
We are going 20 try 70 gss away without
paying for Il. This auspiciOus0ess fingers
until tho full bisl Ia paid. champaGne and
all. Then a napkin IA laid upon the table.
tho champagne wrappod up In it and a
motion made a. though TO tic Il with a
string He comprahends. takes the bottle
and returns with it neatly wrapped in
paper. Il II placed in an OveroOat pocket
and goes with us a. We sally forth from
Maxim's. AZ the hotel. whom should
We meet first Of all but our director In
chioi and mentor IN general We tell him
the story and make him a present Of tho
bottle We bid each other adiou in the
proud satisfaction over our fist night
In Paris.
The opera houss In Paris Is quite az
magnificent a. tho pictures show Il 10 be.
But the foyers and the corridors predom-
mate; the auditorium 10 not more impress
sive than that Of the Metropolitan Opera
House in New York. The half dozen front
rows Of tho orchestra are reserved for
men. They stand during the intsrmissiOns
and stare through opera glasses at the Oo-
oupants Of the other ssats and the boxes.
Az the hOtsl people were saying Aren't
yougoing 10 the opera tonight Mary Gar
den sings.' II Was Romeo ct Juliette';
tho singing. orchestration and staging |
were not nearly 10 good as that Of an
average performances in New York. We
were told that the season had not begun. |
that tho audiences were mainly Of re-
turning tourists. and any sort Of opera |
was considered good enough for them.
Perhaps the same reason accounted for /
the kind Of production Of light opera.
Keen anticipation aroused by the pros
psct Of hearing Carmen In the house Of
In premiere was blasted. The perform
Anos was a hasco. am not sure but that
the stage settings and tho choristers were
the same ~ at the initial performance
thiFty-hve years ago. The girls from the
tobacco factory stood stifiy in a line on
one aide Of the stage. and the soldiers like
country pumpkins in a line on the other
side. There was no flirting. no animation.
Every one knows with what stir and fire
a real Escamili0 comes on and how ne
ia&hes into the tOreador song. On this
evening an elderly gentleman sauntered in,
vas perfunctorily greeted by the assem-
bly,. Somebody offered him a drink. He
Look II, and then in a husky vOics Of hollow
lone sang about the pFanoing. flashing
bull.
The sun., 1910-06-19

Published hy the sun Printing and Publishing
sssSriaiioa a. 10 Nassau street In ihe borough
OF Manhattan. New YORK President Of the Asso
riauon. Edward y Mitchell. 10 Nassau street.
Treasurer Of toe Association, n. B. Ladan, 10
Nassau street secretary Of the Associa u0n. ID. ".
quinn. 10 Nassau street
The sun., 1910-06-19

To rHE EDTroH oF Tvs SUN-SH Nsv i1
Gods sake give us peace. G T.
NEw NOFA June "a
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KnickcT-iu hla houas moTiragedi
nochur-Up 10 ne autn,
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SIDELIGHTS IN EURORR.
RArla.

Al the railway station passengers.
p0rtsrs and trucks sssm TO BE- In a tumble
Over a cate aFe four signs reading -Exit. >
'Anagahg. 'Sortis, and tho fourth Il a
Russian hisrOglyphic that multipliea and
emphasizes the invitation. When a man
ls invited 10 50 out In four different Ian
gaages ho ought 10 20. and I take a tAxi-
cab. Two OF thFes minutes away at the
Place de h nastills We arr in tho midst
of a dreadful snarl In the street trallc:
automobiles. carriages and carts are
going every which way, An anRmio
gsndarms with two days growth Of beard
on his face. IN an unkempt uniform.
with the movement Of his arms impedsd
by tho cloak over his shoulders. holds
up silly Whlts stick. the kind Of a billy
those policeman uss. The only attention
tho chauffeur pays 10 this signal is 10
swSTvS 10 that he can keep rushing on
behind the gsndarme'a back. In New
York tho fellow would have bSon arrested
and deservedly lost his license; in Paris
10 seemingly expected an extra tip for
HIS alertness. Il has been announced
that tho municipal authorities have
introduced the New York rules for the
government Of the street trahiO. They
were needed. It is a tradition in Paris
that it h for pedestrians 10 keep out
Of the way of the vehicles. that the drivers
are not supposed 70 look out for them.
Certain IL is that tho vehicles tear along
apparently without regard for those on
foot who have TO protect themselves
BY running 20 the curb OF 10 'iales Of
refuge tho designation given 10 the
platfOrmlike elevations around the lamp
posts.
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subssFipsisas by Mail PssiPAla.
DAILY. Per MOuSh. 80 SO
DAILY. PER YeaF.......................... Q 90
SUNDAY. Per r..................... 90
DAILY AND SUNDAY Per Year .......... %
DAILY AND SUNDAY. PER Month ....... 20
PosiaSs 10 forriGh countries addei.
Ah chscks. money 0riefs, AC., 10 be made pal
ablr W rHt Sun.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-28
THE SOUTH POLE.

Several causes combine to give an
tarctic exploration an interest to Amer
leans that it has not received form
erly. The plan of the National Geo
graphic society and the Peary Arctic
club to fit out an expedition to race
against Capt. Scott, of England, for
the discovery of the south pole has
been met with a display of good feeling
from the other side of the Atlantic.
There is apparently no disposition to
regard the proposed American expedi-
ton as an intrusion upon a field of ex-
ploration that rightfully belongs to the
English, as some have maintained 1t
is recognized that the Americans, in
approaching the pole from the opposite
direction going from Cape Horn over a
route that is to a large extent untried
would be at disadvantage. If it could
gain the coveted point in advance of
the English expedition it would deserve
the triumph that would mark such an
achievement
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-28
WILL TEAR DOWN
OLD BAND STAND

Workmen have begun tearing down
the old bandstand in the southwest
corner of the court house yard. This
was decided on by the county COM
missioners sometime ago, and with it's
removal Walla Walla will lose an old
amusement spot, dear to the hearts
of many young people of Walla Walla,
who were wont in the old days to
congregate there once a week to listen
to musical programmes.
The reason of it's removal is that the
foundations are rotten and the whole
stand decaying and is practically I'M
fit for use, and now since the city
park is in good condition and there is
a good bandstand there, the commits
sioners thought that an artistic flower
garden in that corner would be more
beautiful and more useful than the
old unused bandstand.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-28
GYRoScOPE CLAIMS,

After a careful consideration of both
the advantages and the disadvantages
incidental to the use on a single-rail
line OF gyroscopic cars, The Scientific
American comes to the conclusion that,
ingenious and scientifically sound as
the system is, it's success as a substitute
for that by which freight and passen-
gers are now moved will probably be
at best limited one.
What the new cars, it says, would
save as to weight by decreased num-
Der of wheels they would lose by the
enforced carrying of the gyroscope it
self, and as the latter would have to
be extremely we'll made. the cost of the
cars would not be decreased. There
would be a saving by the elimination
of one line of rails, but the one re-
naming would probably be as expen-
sive as two are now, and it would
necessitate expensive changes in road
bed and bridges by the concentration
of train weight that it now divided. SO
| far as the passengers were concerned,
| their comfort, especially in going
around curves, would be much in
creased by the change to the gyroscope
| cars, but that present speeds could be
doubled with safety and economy, The
Scientific American much doubts. The
only immediate utility of the mono
rail, gyroscope railroad seen by this
authority is for pioneer lines through
undeveloped country, especially in
mountainous and hilly regions, where
many and sharp curves were neces-
sary.