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A MTTI,K STORY A1J0UT FLOUR.
Jnpancoo natutoncsfl linn been no
moro strikingly HliiBtrntcd than In the
Htory told by Chnrles Edward KubbcII
In Evorybody'ft Magazine, of tliclr ob
taining nn Independent and unlimited
source of wheat Bttpply. ".Inpan rnlBCB
Homo wheat," sayB Mr Russell, "but
not enough, and for years she has Im
ported heavily of American flour,
which Is our article of prlnclpnl ex
port to the Pacific. Years ago Russia
leased from China a certain ample ter
ritory In Manchuria, not tapped by the
Rusfllan railroad. This territory con
talnn some of tho best wheat land In
tho world undeveloped. Tho Rus
sians quickly perceived the wheat poo
nihilities of this region nnd had begun
to get It Into order and to establish
mills and warehouses when tho war
cnniu on. Tho silent little brown men,
Mho nation of Imitators,' crumpled up
the great Russian power like so much
burned paper, and among tho spoils of
I heir victory was the southern half of
Hint leased Manchurlau territory, tho
choice wheat laud, tuid the ralhoad
that ran through It.
"That territory can grow wheat
onoiigh to supply all of the present
Western I'aclllc Hour trade.
"Tho Japanese government Is now
engaged In spotting that region with
Hour mills and developing tho growing
of wheat. In a year or two It will be
ready to produce flour. No hurry.
Thu Japanese arc never hurried. Qui
etly they plan and achemo; with won
drous skill they build tho trnp and
prepare the tools, and when thu Prop
er time comes go forth with certainty
to skin tho prey,"
The operation of a modern railroad,
with Itn numerous trains running at
high speeds, Is made poBslblo by tho
use of what nppears to be a very com
plex series of signals. Ono glance at
tho network of tracks at tho entrance
to n great rallrond terminal mazes the
uninitiated. Every track Is corelnted
to another, winding and curling now
from this side, now to that, like u mass
of writhing, glistening serpents. Yet
over tills apparently heterogeneous col
lection of rails trains are constantly
running, seemingly by somo occult gift
picking out their way and avoiding one
another.
Tho block signal system Is a plan
devised to prevent two trains going In
the samo direction from running to
gether. A block consists of n section
of track usually about two miles long.
When the signal Is set against a train,
It must not enter tho block until tho
proiter signal Is given. In this way
tho exact location of every train Is
kept at the various offices of the train
dispatchers.
The semaphore, which Is the usual
type of signal used on roads In the
East, Is a very old design. Tho first
telegraph system was semaphorlc, and
It has been found to havo advantages
over most other types, although tho
disk system Is used on some roads, and
some western roads aro operated on
what In known as tho staff system, a
block system more extensively used In
England than In this country. All of
these systems havo tho samo underly
ing Idea that of advancing a train
block by block or of being able to halt
It before It enters a block alrendv or-
cupled. Tho difference Is to bo found
In the type of signal and tho method of
oj.cmtlng It.
About -10,000 miles of railroad In this
country are operated by some one of
tho threo systems mentioned. The
semaphore type Is used generally In the
East. In Installing this system the the semaphore arm to the safety posl-
Ksts or arches sustaining the Renin
phores are placed at each division
point or at each block terminal, the
dlstanco apart depending on the length
of tho block. Where trafllc Is Infre
quent tho blocks may bo several miles
long, but at tho entrnnco to a great
train shed, such as Union Station, Hos
ton, whero tho shortest blocks In tho
world may bo seen, tho distance be
tween blocks Is only a few hundred
feet.
Travelers havo noticed that at some
points threo seuinphore arms arc set
on ono post To the average rider two
of theso appear to be superfluous. On
tho contrary, the threo arms carry a
very legible signal to the engine driver.
Tho top semaphore represents the nnr
t block : tho next the one ahead and
the last tho block beyond that "Where
tho locomotive Is running at tho rat
of fifty miles an hour," says Day Allen
Wllley, In Cassler's Magazine. In which
he thoroughly explains th workings
of the "nerves of a railway," "the
three signal post Is essential to the
safety of a short block system, since
considerable track room Is needed to
bring tbe train to a full stop, especial
ly on a level. or, down trade."
Tbe block signal may be controlled
from a station at tho end of each track
division. As the train enters tho oper
ator by pulling a lover throws his sig
nal to tho danger position, tho lever tw
ins; connected with tho semaphore by
heavy wlro passing over pulleys at tho
curves. It Is ustnl to supplement th
manual block syMem by the ue of tele
graph or toieptoii,
Where tralllc Is heavy the automatic
block system has found much favor.
Where this Is used the train service Is
literally controlled by tho passage of
the trains. For ex n in pit, when one
train enters n block It sets the slgunl
behind It at danger, and the one In the
rear of this h cautionary, lowering
tlon as It leaves the block. One of the
automatic Hock systems most exten
sively employed Is tho Westlnghouse
clcctro-pfioumntlc.
In this system tho essential fcaturo
Is an electric current flowing through
the track rails. When the circuit Is
closed, which la the raso when tho sec
tion Is not occuplod by wheels at any
point, an electro magnet at the signal
holds tho signal In a "why clear" posi
tion. The? entrnnco of a train short
circuits the current, de-energlzing the
mngnet and tho signal by force of grav
ity assume the danger position, thin
warning tbe next train not to enter the
block. .As tho rain 'passes out of the
block the magnets aro again energized
and tho clear way Is signaled.
The power for moving tho scmaphoro
arm to tbo downward or all-clear posi
tion Is comprcwd nlr, of about sev
enty pounds pressure per square 'Inch,
acting through a cylinder fixed In an
Iron box at tbo foot of the signal post
Pneumatic pressure Is conveyed from
a compressor to the signals along tbo
line for a distance of ten to twenty
miles by means of underground pipes.
An accidental failure of air pressure
would simply release the signal arm
and Its counter-weight would bj grav
ity force It to the stop io"Mlon. Tho
i-rm Is held at all-clear by means of
pressure, which overcomes Its natural
tendency to Ho at a horizontal or stop
position.
It Is only wlthtn a few years that
the three-position signal has found fa
vor. With this arrangomt.it It serves
both as home or distant posltlvo signal
nnd also nn a distant c cautionary.
Placed horizontally, tho scmaphoro In
dicates stop; when hanging nt an an
gle of -15 degrees from tho horlzontnl
It Indicates all clear for that section,
but means also (the same ns u distant
signal) "bo prepared to stop at next
signal."
ROBERT A. PRESTON
PRESCRIPTION DRUOaiST
Cor. 23d and Thurman Sts.
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Atnbnaaador nnd Mra. Raid Had
That Dlatlnsralahed Honor.
Mr. Whltclnw Held, wlfo of our am
bassador to the court of Bt. James, Is
witnout doubt ono of tho most charm
ing as well as ono of tho most success
ful luistesscs In all London. Tho social
llfo at the embassy Is noted for Its
splendor and perfection In every detail.
Heccntly tho ambassador and his era
clous wlfo entertained tho King and of
course this was one of tho greatest o
clal events of tho London season. There
was a reception followed by it muslcale,
at which Mine. Emma Karnes sang. To
sing before tho King Is nn honor to
which few people attain nnd ono which
was greatly appreciated by tbe gifted
singer.
Dorchester House, whero tho musl
calo and reception was held, Is by all
oililn tho handsomest of tho American
ombahsles In Kurnpe, nnd Is tbo most
sumptuous resldcnco In Park lano, or
Millionaires' row, as It Is called. Iiuck
lugham Palace, tho London homo of
his Mnjesty himself, cannot comparo
PEBPLEXING QUESTION.
Thero would ho no necessity, or
oven n desire, on tho pnrt of working
men to strlko If nil corporations were
managed by men such na nro In con
trol of tho Portland Railway, Light &
Power Co. Tho men who worked up
this ugltnllon nnd brought about tho
recent labor t roubles wcro not ac.
qtiiilutcd with local conditions, nnd
planned their campaign along lines
found to work cuccessfully elsewhere,
but hero thero wan no general discon
tent among tho carmen; thoy were at
nil times given every consideration
that nn employe could reasonably nk
of an em ploy or, and, above all, they
enjoyed the respect and coulldenco of
tho managorH of tho comp'iuy, which
fact In Itself made an effective strike
Impossible,
Thero Is no room In Portland for tho
professional labor agitator, for thero
tiro no dissatisfied workmen, and there
will bo none If all lnrgo employers of
labor seek to gain nu'd rotnln tho
friendship and coulldenco of their em
ployes. In tho prompt and effective settle
ment of this troublo tho public Is
highly gratified, as u tie-up of tho. va
rious linos uud possibly tho closing
down of tho other enterprises oper
nted by tho company would havo dono
serious Injury to tho buslnesa of tho
city us well as brought much lncon
venlenco to tho public generally.
Tho Portland Hallway, Light & Pow-
ex Co. should adopt tbo motto, "It with tbe embassy In several respects for
pays to trout people, right," for It baa beauty. It contains ono of the best
, i.. collections of paintings In nil England,
given tho most conspicuous demon- ugmM fw xh). The grand
etratlou of lis virtue and value. marble etalrviue, said to have cost more
ttmii $R0,000, and a superb library,
Senator Chas. "W. Fulton, Oregon's containing many rare and curious tlrst
senior senator, who recently stated In . attractions of
' t , ,, , the mansion. It Is tho property of
nn Interview that Secretary Hitch- KUj, VAwAriVa reh w,erry, Captain
cock was In his dotage, has been in Uolford. lie Is a confirmed bachelor
return threatened with trouble of nnd seldom occupies more than two of
tbe many apartments his home num-
many nnd divers kinds by tbe gov- Mtw Mmo dnculty no wn8 ,.
eminent officials. Tho senator defies diuvd to rent tho palace to the Amer-
and reiterates, and Tho New Age bo- l- ambassador for the sum of S27.000
., , , , . a year. Just JO.oOO more than that dlplo-
lleves Mr. Fulton capable of taking offlcn, iaary u bu)U n Uje
euro of himself, notwithstanding ornate Italian style, and contains 2
Hitchcock, his secret service men et bedrooms and boudoirs, 12 sitting rooms
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and 0 Immense receptions rooms. The
reception rooms, by the way, are so
arnineoil that thiv can ha Miallv vin.
The piano manufacturers report a wteU ,to on- rt,,, wbin tn.
record-breaking business a fact wor quently more than 1,000 people are en
thy of recital. ,.,k, A ,Urtslutd. At the rear of Ue bouse
"Oldeit Hank In tho Bute of Waihlngton."
DEXTER, HORTOIN & CO.
Capital 1200,000 RAN KRPS Surplus and undivided
.Deposits 7,!0X) DVllVCrtO proMts, f Ko.COO
Afoounls of Northwot PmcIIIc Hanks solicited upon tormi which will (jrant to thorn tho
most liberal accomino.lHilon con-Intent with tholr laUnris and respoiiMMUtlrs. Vttn.M.
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stntiiPH and fountains In Riinkcn Italian
gardens mnke a veritable fairyland.
Here also Is stabling accommodation
for eighteen horses.
An Acrniupllaned .Mule,
The author of "Very Far West In
deed" has ninny amusing stories to tell
of his adventures on the Friifer Ktver
at tho ttmo of the gold excitement In
HrltUh Columbia, now nearly forty
years ngo. Ho was making his way
through tho mountains In company with
an irishman when this occurred;
Two or threo miles from the ferry wo
looked about for a suitable xpot on
which to camp for tho ulgbt ; nnd while
thus engaged, l'nt Kernau anil I, with
one of tho laden mules, fell behind. Tat
wns twenty or thirty yard ahead of
me, and I was urging on the Ingglng
mulo with gentle entreaties. Finding
these, unavailing, I adopted a more vio
lent expedient, and throw a stono at
him. The stono It was a good-sized
one mlbhcd tho mule, but bit l'nt In
the back.
With ninny exclamations of rage, Tat
descended from his perch, and proceed
ed to lick the mule. Hardly able to
keep from laughing aloud, I Inquired :
"What's the matter, Pat?"
"Mntther enough 1 Hero's this ould
black baste, not coutlnted wld thrying
to upslt mo Iv'ry intuit, has been and
trim n rock and bit me square In tho
mlddlo of me back."
Cold Storasro,
"Those are rabbits' eggs," said the
facetious waitress.
"I'll bet they are;' replied the board
er. "I've got too much respect for a hen
to think she'd be"gullfy of anything
that tastes like this I" Detroit Free
Press.
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Machine Worked Ir the Wnvee
A mo iik Itecent Device.
The typo of bell buoy which Is now
In such general uso depends upon the
action of tho waves to throw the clap
IH?r back and forth, nnd In this man
ner produce tho warning souud. This
nmkes tho self-acting bell available for
service only where thero Is consider
able limitation on tho surfuco of tho
water, pays tho Philadelphia North
American.
At other points It Is necessary to pro
vide n mechanical buoy, In which tho
boll Is rung through tho medium of a
simple engine driven by compressed air
from n tnnk. Such a buoy requires
moro or less constant cure aud atten
tion, which make) It too expensive for
use except where commerce la of suffi
cient Importance to warrant tho ex
petibo. For use In minor streams and water
ways, n Ml buoy operated by tho tldo
has been made available by tho recent
Invention of Thomas Weber, of Egg
Harbor, X. J. Tho device consists ot
a float, which Is fitted with a paddle
wheel. Tho latter Is partially sub
merged, and tho upper part entirely
boused In, so that only the lower part
of the wheel Is exposed to the action
of the water,
No matter how slow tho tide may be
ruunlng, the wheel Is turned, and the
paddles, In passing over and around,
come In contact with the extended end
of tbe bell clapper, which Is raised a
short distance aud released, whereupon
the Ml l given a sharp blow. Thl
makes a very effective and economical
means of marking a channel.
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