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HE MXRNING OBEGONIAlsT, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1900. B NEWWHEATATTIDEWATER PORTLAKD RECEIVES THE FIRST OAR OP THE 1000 CROP. Prospects Favorable for a Record- Brealclnsr Season's Business The iost Caradoc Marine Notes. O. R. & N. freight car No. 4S20, loaded to the roof with choice (50-pound bluostem of the 1900 crop, rolled Into the Albina yards Sunday moraine, July 8, breaking all existing .records for early receipts of new-crop wheat at tide water, and also serving notice that the bumper crop of which we have been hearing so much is pretty close at hand. This car was con signed to the Pacific Coast Elevator Co. and was received at their warehouse at Whitman, "Wash., June 30. One carload of wheat ordinarily does not cut much of a figure with a port that ships more wheat and flour than any other port on the Pacific Coast, but when it comes along a month earlier than usual, and finds over a million bushels of old-crop wheat piled, up on the docks,, and trainloads still pour ing in, it certainly is entitled to more than passing mention. The 1899-1S00 season ended about 10 days ago, with remarkably heavy shipments for June, and the 1300-01 season is starting in at a rate that promises to eclipse all former seasons in the volume of business handled. The first ship of the fleet has already sailed and three others, the Lizzie Bell, Fifeshlre and Marechal Villlers, will finish loading this week. The Harlech Castle and the RIckmer Rickmers are still discharging ballast, but as soon as it is all out, they will commence loading wheat. OVERDUE FROM THE ORIENT. Frankistan Is Matin tr a Loner Pas sageThe Coradoc'i Fate. The British ship Frankistan is out 55 days from Nagasaki for Portland. Longer passages than this have frequently been made by ships coming ovor from the Oriental ports, but in view of the numer ous disasters of the past three years, the Frankistan has been out long enough al ready to begin causing some uneasiness for the underwriters. Within the past three years, three staunch ships have dis appeared while making the run across the Pacific, the Midas and Laurelbank, for Portland, and the Caradoc, for Pugct Sound. During the same period, the Do minion, from Honolulu, for Puget Sound, was lost, and the Hllston, from the same port, has probably followed "her. The lat ter vessel was a comparatively new ves sel of 1998 tons net register which sailed from Honolulu for Port Townsend, April 18, and has not since been heard from. An insufficiency of ballast is given as the reason for these mysterious disappear ances and an investigation by the Wreck Inquiry Court of London has Just been completed. The findings of the court, which are quite interesting at this time, are as follows: "The Caradoc, which carried SO men, left Kobe for the Royal Roads on Octo ber 5, 1E9S, and neither ship nor crew had been heard of since. The Caradoc was rigged as a bark, but with four masts. She had two decks; gross tonnage, 2531 tons. She was built of steel. In 1S92, and owned by the Caradoc Ship Company. Mr. Frank Newson. a partner In the firm of Messrs. Brown, Jenklnson & Co., the managing owners, gave evidence. The Caradoc left Hull on December 25, 1S97; for Philadelphia, with 1200 tons of chalk; and a crew of 33 hands all told. From Philadelphia she took case oil to Hlogo, arriving there In August, 1S38. The master was then Instructed to proceed to Royal Roads for orders. She took on board 1200 tons of sand ballast. "The Inspector Is of opinion that the , Caradoc was In good and seaworthy con dition. The evidence did not enable him tg state definitely whether she was prop- 'erlymanned. ."He is of opinion that there was'not a sufficient quantity of ballast on' board. With regard to the distribution of the weight there was an absence of defi nite information, but. accepting the pilot's figures and putting the probable construc tion upon them, the Inspector was of opin ion that the ship was 17 inches by the stern, a trim altogether Improper and un safe. From the quantity of the ballast and the trim, the vessel was but ill-flttid to cope with bad weather. She left the coast of Japan in the hurricane season, and we knew from the declaration of Mr. Richard Edwards, of the ship Montgom eryshire, that he encountered a typhoon about 270 miles to the southward and eastward of Yokohama, 10 days before the Caradoc sailed: and as the typhoon was traveling to the northeastward, it was by r.o means Improbable that it over took And overwhelmed the Caradoc It was stated that if the vessel had been afloat now she would have been worth between 19,000 and 20,000. She was in sured, as to hull and material, for 18,000, and the freight for 6000." Liverpool Doclc Fire. LIVERPOOL, July 9. An alarming fire broke out today-at the sheds of Elder, Dempster & Co., at the Liverpool docks. Large quantities of petroleum caught fire and blazed fiercely. The flames spread to the company's steamers Benulla, Bonny and Oron, which, however, were towed to places of safety and the flames on board of them were extinguished. Marine Notes. The steamer Columbia arrived in early yesterday morning, but was delayed by a big freight at Astoria, which prevented her getting away until afternoon. Dodwell & Co.'s big liner. Braemar. Is due from the Orient next Saturday. She has a large Inward cargo, and will return to the Orient, as usual, loaded to her fullest capacity. Tho Oregon City boats handled big crowds on Sunday. There Is no prettier or mdre Interesting short river trip in the country than that to the falls of the Willamette, and it is yearly growing in popularity. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, July 0. Arrived At S A. M. and left up at 12:20 P. M., steamer Co lumbia, from San Francisco. Arrived Steamer W. H. Harrison, from Tilla mook. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind north: weather clear. San Francisco. July 9. Arrived Steam er Homer, Dutch Harbor; steamer Em pire, Coos Bay; steamer Washtenaw, Ta coma. Nome Arrived June 26, steamers Ohio and Santa Ana for Quarantine. Seattle Arrived July 8, steamer Centen nial and steamer Charles Nelson, from Dutch Harbor; steamer Rosalie, from Skagway. Sailed Steamer Aberdeen, steamer Senator, for Nome; steamer Humboldt, for Skagway. Dutch Harbor Sailed July 1, steamer Lakme, for Seattle. Honolulu Sailed June 23, ship Standard, for Port Townsend. Arrived, June 26, barkentlne Katie Fllckinger, from Taco ma. Melbourne Arrived July 6, bark Fres no, from Port Gamble. Gibraltar, July 9. Arrived Aller, New York. Auckland, July 9. Sailed Alameda, San Francisco. Cherbourg Sailed July 8, Friederich der Qrosse, New York. Naples Sailed July 8, Ems, New York. New York, July 9. Arrived Laurentlan, Glasgow; Mesaba, London. Glasgow, July 9. Arrived Steamers Li vonia, from Philadelphia: Norwegian, from Boston; Pomeraln, from Montreal. Liverpool, July 9. Arrived Tunisian, from Montreal. Bremen, July 9. Arrived Grosser Kur furst, from New York, via Cherbourg. Southampton, July 9. Arrived Kaiser WJlhelm der Grosse, from New York, for Bremen. Gibraltar. July 9. Sailed Ems, from Genoa, for New York. "Yokohama, 'July & Sailed Empress of India, from Hong Kong and Shanghai, for Vancouver, B. C. GROWTH OF LAND VALUES. Bearing; on Social Reform and the, General Election. Thomas Burke in the July Forum. The growth of land values is one xtt the most wonderful phenomena of the age. Every Inch of land between King Will iam's statue and Trinity Square, London, cost 30 10s., or at the rate of n91.OCO.000 per acre beyond all doubt the highest price ever paid in England for land. The Southeastern Railway Company was asked at the rate of JS5.000.000 per acre for a piece of ground in Bermondsey. which had a depth of 16 feet only. The demand was so exorbitant that even a railway company had to pause, finally declining to purchase. In the year 1SS0 land In Cannon street was sold for $30 a square foot, and sir years later the price of land in this identical street went up to 575 a square fooP-an increase typical of the growth of land values In London, even in such a short period of time as elapsed between 1SS0 and 1SS6. In 1672, the rental of the corporation property in Liverpool reached the small sum of $G5; today It is worth ;2,60?.0Co. Last year, in the principal street of the city, the high-water mark of land value was reached in the purchase by the stock exchange, at the rate of $1130 per square yard of some land necessary for the ex tension of its buildings. This sale "has 1 done more to bring home to the people of ihe city the necessity of taxing land at its full annual value than could have bean achieved by years of agitation. In Glas gow land has changed hands at the rate of $390 per sduaro yard; and one could go on giving instances of such Increased val ues that the recital would read more like a tale from the Arabian Nights than a. conservative statement of undeniable facts. The development of our largo towns has naturally increased tho site value; and as this increased value is brought about colely by the development of the cities, their industries, etc, and as not one farthing is paid by the owners toward local expenses, the strongth of the movement to tax this unearned incre ment lies chiefly In the large towns, though It Is rapidly spreading in the smaller ones. In a well-known portion of Liverpool the Earl of Sefton is the ground landlord. On one estate rates were paid on an as sessment of $200 only. Twenty years 6go he sold the estate for ?5X 00, and he still receives an annual Income of $59 000 from the same In tho shape of ground rents. This princely income is due to no effort of the noble owner, and he does not contrib ute one penny to the. local exchequer. The development of trade with the United States has given more than a king's ran som to the Earl of Derby for whit was a few years ago a huge sand heap. To accommodate the new steamers which the shipbuilders were turning out to crors the Atlantic in 10 days, a period since short ened considerably, the Mersey dooks and harbor board bought the rand heap for a huge sum, in order to construct the new docks so familiar to American travelers. A great town has sprung up around these docks, with the result that tho land all belonging to the same owner went up in price; and as he sells on short leases only he has not merely tho onormous sums paid for possession for building pur poses, but an annual Income, said by com petent authorities to exceed $5"Q,0M per annum, together with the sums received for renewing leases, when he feels in clined to do so, or the valuss of the bul d lngs erected on the land, which in Eng land fall to the owner of the ground on the expiration of a lease. It is a curious circumstance that the present Mayor of the town is the first single-tax Mayor elected In the United Kingdom. BUSINESS CENTER FOR COUNTY Grass" Valley Lays Claim to Honbr In Sherninn X3ounty. GRASS VALLEY, Or., July 8. Grass Valley is one of the competitors, among Sherman County towns, for the lead as a business center and shipping point, on the Cblumbla Southern Railroad. It claims to be backed by the largest area of good farming country. The wheat crop was never better, and the season for harvesting is favorable. Two large -warehouses are under construction, and will be completed in time to store the grain. The hay crop is also good. In many in stances, it is claimed that wheat will go for above 20 bushels to the acre, and hay more than two tons to the acre. The town of Grass Valley has a popu lation of about 250, and has gone through all the preliminaries of Incorporation. There are two general stores in the town, one drug store, two saloons, one news paper, three blacksmith shops, two lum ber yards, two largo warehouses, under construction, one meat market one bar ber shop, one lawyer, two physicians, three hotels, one restaurant, two livery stables, one hardware and implement es tablishment, ono Implement dealer, two confectionery establishment, one bowl ing alley, ono photograph gallery, two woodwork shops, one millinery establish ment, an architect and contractor and builder, telegraph, telophone and ex press offices, one church Baptist. The town has a good hall. The Middle Ore gon Baptist Academy is located here. There Is also a good public school, em ploying two i aehers. A large gristmill is planned, and will be constructed at an early day. The fire protection is a hand engine, purchased by private subscription, and the water supply is from large wells dug at convenient points in the town. Colonel Wntterson's Attitude. SANDY. Or., July 6. (To the Editor.) From Mr. Watterson's comments on the Republican convention and his la mentation on account of the gloomy pros pects for the Democratic party, it is plain that he is but a Democrat for the sako of his party; 1. ., he places party fidelity above patriotism. In 1SS6 he de clined to support .the Chicago platform because it was plain to him that no President could be elected on such plat form; to support It would be treachery to his party. He says that all who left the Democratic party are rogues; and J that Instead of these rogues, who all Joined the Republican party, his party took in all the fools of the former; so that the Republican party is now made up of rogues, and the Democratic party of fools and of a very few wise loyal ists. Mr. Watterson, apparently, does not perceive (or Is non-concerned in) what a terrible calamity there would come over our country should the Nation al Government be intrusted at this time to the Democratic party. He is not be wailing his party's unworthlness, but its impossibility to be intrusted with the Government. Despairingly he perceives that the country has become too pros perous and too roguish to be persuaded to 'try a Bryan-Democratic change. If his object is to uphold the Jeffersonlan state-supremacy doctrine, his success In keeping alive the Democratic party is not to he wished. T. H. ANDERSON. An Old Industry in India. Chicago Chronicle. Paper-making is a very old industry in India. In the year 1S73 the attention of the English Government was called to the remarkable quality of the paper mado in the State of Nepaul. The fiber of this paper was so tough that a sheet doubled on Itself could scarcely be torn with the fingers. The paper was so pliable and durable that it did not wear at the folds during 20 years, whereas English paper, especially when 8 or 10 sheets were folded up In one packet, could not stand keep ing in this state uninjured more than four or five years. A copy of a Sanskrit work, though 150 years old. was in perfect pres ervation, having all that time withstood the ravages of insects and the wear and I tear of use. BROKE ELEVEN RECORDS REMARKABLE RTDIXG BY JTOHN XELSOX AT CHARLES RIVER. Terrific Pace In a Ttvo Hours Race National League Scores Other Sporting: News. BOSTON, July 9. Eleven world's rec ords were broken by John Nelson, of Chicago, at Charles River Park tonight. Nelson covered 66 miles and 30 feet dur ing the two hours' riding. Four men started, the other three being Charles R. Miller, of Chicago; Burns W. Pierce, of Nova Scotia, and W. C. Stinson, of Cambridge. Bobblo Walthour, of Atlan ta, was also entered for the race, but was unable to ride. Nelson's pace was terrific throughout the entire two hours, and he was over a mile ahead of Stinson at the end of the 30th mile. Pierce made 63 miles lap. Miller GO miles 23 lap, and Stinson 57 miles lap. The records made by Nelson were: 26 miles.. ..0:43:29 2-3)41 miles.... .1:10:36 2-6 27 miles.. ..0:45:15 3-&142 mlles.....l:12:23 4-o 29 miles.. .. 8:47:37 4-S miles.. ...1:14.16 4-5 SO mllos.. .. 0:50:42 2-5J44 miles 1:16:03 2-5 31 miles.. .. 0:52:26 2-5J45 miles 1:17:53 3-5 40 miles.... 1:03:46 3-oi The men were well bunched at the GALLERY OF OREGON NEWSPAPER MEN-NO. 6 R. H. MITCHELL, OF TITE ST. HELENS NEWS. , 6T. HELBNS, Or.. July 0. R. H. Mitchell waa born in Marshall County, Illinois, In 1834, ana lived in the central part of that state until he became of age. He received. a common school edacatkm, and after five years' apprentice at the Iron moulders' trade taught school. He took up the printer's trade at Great Bend, Kan., taught school and ran country newspa pers la Kansas until 1S70, when a cyclone swept away the DI?hton (Kan.) (Eagle. Ho was a delegate to the Republican convention in Kansas, and helped to nominate John P-, St. John for Governor. He moved with his family to Johnson County, Nebraska, . and engaged In newspaper work at Crab Orchard until 18SS, and then removed to Cornelius, Or. After teach ing school for a short time he took editorial charge, oi.the Hllisboro In3opendent,.,Qwned by Dr. S. T. Llnklater. Later he started the Hllisboro Argus. Alter selling the Argus he re moved to Veznonla, and for a short time ran the Kehalem Journal and tho Sentinel. Two years ago he took editorial charge of the Columbia County News. , start, but Nelson soon began to draw away, keeping up a fierce pace all through the race. In the 32th mile Miller lost his pace, but caught it again without much loss. In the 12th Kelson passed Stinson and led all of the men by one lip. Ho passed Miller again in the ISth, mak ing two laps on the latter. After this Nelson had everything his own way, pil ing up lap after lap until In the 25th his time was 41:46 2-S, while Stinson, the next man, had ridden 24 miles and 1 lap. Pierce 23 miles and 2 laps, and Miller 23. In the first hour Nelson did 35 miles and 22 yards. Stinson was practically out of It after the 25th mile. Nelson and Pierce leading and Miller plodding away In third place. Stinson, ho had nearly dropped out from fatigue, picked up toward the end of the two hours and was Just holding his own when the gong sounded. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. Cincinnati Bent Philadelphia In a Lnng-Drawn-Ont Game. CINCINNATI, O., July 9. Crawford's single and McBride's triple put an end to today's game in the 11th Inning. It was a long-drawn-out affair. In which much time was spent wrangling with the um pire. Attendance, 1500. Score: Cincinnati ....5 7 Philadelphia ..4 S 2 Batteries Newton and Peltz; Trazer and McFarland. Umpire Terry. St. Louis Bent Boston. ST. LOUIS, July 9. Willis was battod at will today, Lewjs talcing his-place in the fifth. Boston's errors did net figure much In the run-gottlng. Attendance, 1590. Score: RHEJ HHE St. Louis ....10 13 lJBoston 5 7 7 Batteries Powell and Criger; Lewis, Willis and Clarke. Umpire Emslle. Chlcnjco Beet Neiv York. CHICAGO, July 9. With men on bases, Mercer was both effective and lucky to day, 11 hits producing only three runs, the locals hittjng into four fast double plays. An error, a gift, a sacrifice and a single gave New York their two runs. At tendance, 2809. Score: RHEI RHE Chicago 3 11 3New York 2 3 2 Batteries Taylor and Donahue; Mercer and Boworman. Umpire O'Day. The American Leasrue. At Detroit Detroit 3, Kansas City 0. At Cleveland Cleveland 2, Milwaukee 4. An Indianapolis Indianapolis 5, Minne apolis 4. National League Standing. Won. Lost. Per ct. Brooklyn 41 20 672 Pittsburg 36 27 571 Philadelphia 31 23 o Chicago 32 31 50S Boston 2S S3 459 St. Louis ., 27 33 450 Cincinnati .....26 36 419 New York 24 38 3S7 THE DAY'S RACES. Yesterday's Winners at Washington Park and Other Tracks. CHICAGO, July 9. Results at Washing ton Park today were: One mile Florizar won, Livadla second, Anthracite third; time, 1:4L - Five furlongs Vlttcllus won, Ella Dern bam second, Shut-Up third; time. 1:02. Six furlongs Headwater won, Modrine second, John Yorkcs third; time, 1:13H. One mile Wax won, Erwln second, Norford third; time, 1:41. One mile, selling Castake won. Lime light second. Patroon third; time 1:41. Mile and a quarter Russell R. "won, Limerick second. The Bobby third; time, 2:08. Raaes at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, July 9. Results: ' Five furlongs Obla won Golden Har vest second; Money Moss third; time, 1:02. Mile and an eighth, selling Muskalonge (barred) won, Llbby second, Brldgeton third, Iron Chancellor .fourth; time, 1:554. Selling, sir furlongs Graves won, Mound Clly second. Dlggs third; time, 1:154. Selling, mile and a sixteenth Cross Mo lina won. Sir Rolla second. Forget Not third; time, 1:48. ' Handicap, six furlongSpDave Waldo won. High. Kollar second Winter third; time, 1:14. ,' Six and a half furlongs-Theory won. Dollle Welthoff second, Tom Gllmore third; time, l:21i. Races at Brighton. rarw YORK. July & Results at Brighton: One mile Water Cure woh Commander Miller second, Harry McCoun third; time, 1:11. Five and a half furlongs Malster won. j Janice second. The Rhymer third; tim. 1:07 2-5. Mile and a sixteenth Brigadier won. Plucky second. Queen of Song third; time, 1:45 3-5. v Five furongs Albula won,. Scurry sec one. Himself third: time, 1:01 5-5. Mile and an eighth Rare' Perfume won, Bangor second, Llndula third; time, 1:53 2-5. Six furlongs Hellobas won, Fire Arm second, Maribert third; time, 1:12 2-5. THE 3IATCH l OFF. r Jeffries Will Not FIjrht Rnhlin Lat ter May Meet Fltz. NEW YORK. July 9. James J. Jeffries will not fight Gus Ruhlln. This decision was reached today at a meeting at which the managers were present. No satisfac tory agreement could be made. Ruhlln Is anxious to fight. Madden and Ruhlln turned their attention to making a match with the next bost man. Bob' Fltzslm mons. Fltzslmmons wanted a fight and would rather meet Ruhlln than anybody else. He was ready to talk business at once, and tomorrow the "men will meet and arrange the details of the fight. The club offering the biggest1 purse or the greatest percentage of the gate receipts will get the Ruhlln-Fltz3lmmons fight. English Rifle Shoot. LONDON, July 9. The. prospects for the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, at BIsley, which opened this morning with fine weather, are not of the brightest. The absence in South Af rica of many of the keenest shots and i the vexatious rules forced on the com petitors by the council of the National Rifle Association combined to cause a diminution in the number of entries, amounting to nearly CO per cent. Canada is the only British dependency rep resented. Cricket in Enlnnd. LONDON, July 9. In th$ cricket match between elevens representing Marlbor ough College and Haverford College, the former in their first innings scored 222 runs. At the close of play, today the Haverford cricketers in . their first in nings had scored 140 runs for three wick ets down. Reiratta at the Harlem. NEW YORK, July 9. At a meeting of the Harlem River Rowing Club tonight, arrangements were completed, for the regatta of the National Association of Oarsmen to be held at Harlem July 19, 20 and 21. STEAMER FROM NOME. BrnnsiTlck Reports the Santa Ana Released From Quarantine, SEATTLE, July 9. The 'steamer Bruns wick arrived from Nome tonight and re ports the steamer Santa, Ana released from the smallpox quarantine, and Tin loading at Nome June 2S. The Stand ard Theater Company has" abandoned the. Idea of constructing a theater' and will show In a tent. The following vessels were noted in Nome Harbor as the Brunswick sailed: Ohio, Garonne, Charles D. Lane, Faral lon, Santa Ana, Mercup. Skookum, Thurston, Spokane. Gasco, and Theobald. At Dutch Harbor July 2:. Signal, Rich ard Holyoke, St. Paul, Albatross, Rush and McCulloch. Tho St. Paul sailed on'- that date for San Francisco,. The steamers Ohio, Lane and Garonne had"' about finished loading when the Brunswick sailed from "Nome. Dally Treasury Statement. WASmNGTON, July 9. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances In the general fund, exclusive of 5150000,003 gold reserve in the Division of Redemption, shows: - Available cash balances ., $154,155,755 Gold . 50,657.657 SIH'or :.' 1. 16.0o2.4S) United States notes ........,.; 21,764,296 ELECTRICITY AT PARIS RECEXTv PROGRESS REOORDED BY THE EXPOSITION. American Exhibits and Service to the World Yankees Have ?fo Occasion for Shame. Paris Correspondent N. Y. Tribune. Withln'slx weeks from the official open ing of. the exposition of 1500 from 93 to SS per cent of the exhibits are in place. The situation Is rather more backward in. the building devoted to electricity than in any other perhaps, but another fortnight-will doubtless show everything in place In tins important department. The American who has been taught and correctly, too that, the United States leads the world In electrical science to day experiences a little disappointment when he first carefully Inspects his coun try's representation here. On the main floor, which Is devoted almost exclusively to the generation of current, alternating and direct, - and where from 35,000 to 40.000 horse-power Is, or will be, devel oped, the visitor discovers a score of dynamos, each of which has a capacity of from 1000 2500 horsepower. But the monster generators, like the engines that drive them, all bear foreign names. Ono Is English, three are German, one Is Italian, one Is Austrian, one is Hun garian, three are Belgian and eight are French. Whatever be the true explanation of this fact, it is certainly not duo to the In ability of the United States to make an even better show than one sees here. For instance. America originated the trolley system 11 years ago. Since then she has taught the world a new method of progression. She has practically dis placed the horse from street-car service at home, and Is now busily engaged In supplying foreign cities, notably London, with equipment for electric roads like her own. In what happens for the mo ment to- the biggest and latest station for the generation of electricity for trac tion purposes that of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company In New York there aro half a dozen engines and dyna mos, each having a capacity of 65C0 horse-power, and only half the plant is yet installed. And It may be noted that before the furnaces of that power-house one sees no piles of coal as he does in front of the boilers of the exposition. Automatic stoking has made that Im possible. But right hero at the exposition the United States makes a far better show ing than one might imagine. In the first place, there Is an electric road, two mlls long, which encircles the huge' quadran gle that lies between the chief centers of Interest, the Esplanade des Invalldes and the Champ de Mars. This road Is op erated by Americans and with American machinery. A substation takes from some source of power out In the city, a mile away, nearly or quite 2000 horse power. In the form of an alternating current, and converts It Into a direct current. Westlnghouce apparatus Is used for this purpose, and Wcstlnghouse mo tors are used on the cars. Incidentally. It may be remarked that the third rail system Is employed. There are three cars to a train, one being equipped with a motor, and the other two belng "trail ers." The cars are provided with air brakes of the latest American design. Some of the grades on the line remind ono of a Coney Island roller toboggan, but no accidents have happened. And the way that the trains travel up hill and down Is a marvel to those who pat ronize the road for the first time. Parallel with the electric road, but run ning In the opposite direction, is the moving sidewalk. This Is twofold, ono part moving two and a half miles an hour and the other half five miles an hour. This Institution Is also American It was seen at Chicago seven years ago on a small scale. Each sidewalk Is com posed of an endless chain of light car trucks planked over on top and running on a regular railway underneath. These walks are kept in operation by electric motors, over 230 in number, and mounted not on the moving trucks, but on the frame work that supports the whole af fair. The motrs are American, and the current comes from the same substation which operates tho electric road. Both sidewalks and railroad are under one management. ' Then .there is the Chateau d'Eau, or water palace, which, while not represent ing any advance In electrical science, 13 likely to prove the most striking feature of the exposition In a purely spectacular sense, when, as will probably be the case by the middle of June, It Is In oper ation. As one stands near the Eiffel tow er, with his, back to the Seine, and faces down the Champ de Mars, he sees on hl3 right the line of magnificent buildings consecrated'to liberal arts, transportation and chemical industry. On his left aro those devoted to mines and metallurgy. textile fabrics and machinery. Acrpss the gap between tho two. at the further end of the park, stretches the electricity building. With its back to the latter, and fronting the observer. Is a pulplt-like structure that reminds one of the stage and proscenium of a theater. From a lofty source In this edifice will Issue a flood of water, falling in widening cas cades. A series of low dams, concentric with the footlights, affords nearly a doz en changes of level before the principal basin is reached. These basins represent a fall of about 100 feet. The larger and lowermost basins are provided with scores of water Jets, the majority of them vertical, but not a few horizontal. When the preliminary arrangements are com plete, these fountains will be Illuminated from below and from the sides with pow erful electric lights, various and ever changing in color. Here again is an American idea. It was tried at the World's Fair, in 1893 And since that time Brooklyn and one or two other American cltle3 have had similar fountains. After all, the United States Is helping her sister republic this year in no shabby fashion. It is in other directions, however, that one must look for indications of electrical progress during the last few years. Take telegraphy, to begin with, and observe. If you please, that the land of Henry and Morse is still contributing to the service of mankind. Professor Rowland's "oc tuplex." which will probably be seen here ALTHY ME S. b. 5. is the only remedy that reacnes aeep-seaiea Diooa irouDies iikc scxoiuja, veneer, xneuma tisra, Eczema, Tetter, etc It purifies and restores the blood to a healthy, normal condition, and makes it impossible for any poisonous waste materials to accumulate. If you have an obi running sore or an obstinate ulcer thatrcf uses to heal, or are troubled with boils and carbuncles, try S. S. S At never lulls IO Ciasc 4 juat&. uu jremwucui luic ui im-ov. ibjw. j jruui djr.avk.u the need Or a tonic, o. o. o. wiu strengtnen ana neip yon as nuasipanyouicreio a S. S. S. cared Mr. K. Borden of Sanmsrllle, V of a ewe of Eczema of thlrtyfie years' stA wlinc, after the best physicians in the surrounding conntry had failed. This was srrca years ago, and there has been do return 01 the disease. If you are in doubt about your disease, and will send us a statement of your case, our physidan will give you any information or advice wanted, for which we make no charge. Book on Blood and Skin Diseases sent to any desiring it. Address Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. S S. Sr IS THE WEAL TQNSG AMD .BLOOD PURIFIER FOR OLO PEOPLE. In tho near future, and which was de scribed in the Tribune a year ago, is a rather costly device, but its practicabil ity seems to have been established. It is capable of sending eight messages of 350 words each a minute over a single wire and printing them in a form that is suited to immediate use in the editorial room. It calls for no chemical process, like the development of Pollak's and Virags photographic strip, and it Is more rapid than Edison's "quad," which must be manipulated by hand. Crehore and Squler, two other Americans, have also been identified with a system of teleg raphy within the last five years, but thus far only in an experimental way. One naturally looks here for Marconi's apparatus. As yet it i3 not visible," but there Is a chance of Its appearing in some of tho vacant space reserved for England In the electricity building. The Pollak "Vlrag system will be shown in the Aus trian section. A number of countries show telephonic apparatus. The Western Electric Com pany, of the United States, Is preparing to equip a small exchange, and have the usual pretty girl to answer -calls. Im pro'ements In telephony of late years have been mostly confined to the switch board. Tho transmitter and receiver arc practically perfect. The form of trans mitter seen here in Paris is of Swedish design. It Is hidden away in a box, un der a thin slice of white wood, so that when one uses the instrument for the first time he is puzzled to direct his voice properly. In principle, however, It is like the transmitters seen and used in America. It has carbon contacts. Tele phone booths for practical uses are scat tered all over the exposition grounds. One of the most remarkable industrial developments of the last 10 years Is the wholesale conversion of the energy of waterfalls Into electricty, and the trans mission of the later over lines ranging from two to 100 miles in length, for lighting, the operation of railways and other forms of service. The Niagara plant was a pioneer in this department of human enterprise. There are dozens of others, however, In the United States, the majority of them on the Pacific Coast. In Italy, Sweden and along the Rhone. In France, this practice has been followed successfully. But In no country on this side of the Atlantic, apparently, has so much been accomplished as In Switzer land. One of the most striking exhibits at the exposition is a chart of the Alps, showing the position and extent of the different electric transmission lines In that region. Fifteen of these reveal a conspicuous ramification and mileage, and there are at least 60 more on the map. Switzerland abounds in majestic scenery, picturesque costumes and splendid dairies; sho has taught the world something about liberty and watchmaking; but she Is now becoming famous for the utilization of electricity and the production of electri cal machinery and appliances. Mention of power transmission natural ly recalls Mr. Tesla. Francis E. Drake, the commissioner who is looking after American electrical interests, says that Mr. Tesla has talked about exhibiting his apparatus here, and up to the close of the year Mr. Drake expected that he would. Subsequently, however, the Inventor decided that it would betray his line of experiment, and interfere with his work too far, If he carried out his original purpose. He Is not directly rep resented, therefore, at the exposition. It is interesting to observe, however, that Mr. Tesla's "induction" motor, which is driven by an alternatlna- current and Is one of his most valuable Inventions, Is rendering service in the station which furnishes power to the moving sidewalk and electric read mentioned in this let ter. The relation between copper and elec tricity Is peculiarly close. The former Is the best available conductor for the latter, and the tremendous development of trolley, lighting and other electrical Industries of late years has created a corresponding demand for metal for transmission purposes and for construct ing certain parts of dynamos and mo tors. On the other hand, electricity has been able to facilitate In a wonderful manner the production of copper. At the present time America produces much more than half of tho world's supply of copper, and probably two-thirds of tho output of the United States, the contri butions of Arizona and Montana, are sep arated from the associated impurities by electrolysis. This process has greatly cheapened the metal and enlarged the product. A fine lot of electrolytic copper from Arizona is shown in the mines and metallurgy building here. The same general means are employed the world over In the production of alum inum. The Pittsburg Reduction Com pany, which has a monopoly of the busi ness In the United States, has specimens on exhibition here. The accidental dis covery In America of a cheap way to make calcium carbide, and hence acety lene, created a profound sensation about five years ago. The chemical combina tion of the constituents, lime and coke, is effected by means of an electrical fur nace, in which a particularly high tem perature can be obtained. At the pres ent time the Industry is carried on at only a few places, but the output is rap idly increasing. A number of hugo cylin ders of carbide all, apparently, of Euro pean production may be seen at the ex position. Still another distinctively American in vention, belonging to the last decade, is Mr. Edison's cinematograph. It has been Imitated by hl3 fellow-countrymen and by foreigners, and figures before the world under a number of aliases. Its chief use at present i3 for popular en tertainments, although it has also been employed in schools of surgery to illus trate difficult operations. Alarge part of Mr. Edison's space here is devoted to the latest form of his cinematograph and to his phonograph. The West Or ange genius has hoped that it might be practicable with these two devices to re produce in country towns the perform ances of grand opera in New York. Whether or not that dream is ever real ized, the phonograph has certainly im proved steadily in its ability to repro duce the characteristic qualities of or chestral sounds. Mutoscopes and phono graphs abound In Paris on the outskirts of the exposition. In electric lighting little progress can be reported. The Idea of putting an aro Inside of a double globe, to check com bustion and prolong the life of the car bons, is almost the only Important gain made in that form of light, although better carbons are made today than 10 01 The majority of persons upon reaching- middle age and past find their blood becomes weak and thin, and diseases that were easilv controlled in earlier life betnn to affect the constitution. Those predisposed to Scrofula, Cancer, Rheumatism,.Gout and other hereditary troubles may escape till then, but as they age the blood, so long tainted and weakened by accumulated waste matters, is no longer able to properly nourish the body, and it becomes an easy marlc for disease. At this critical period of life the blood must be re-enforced before it can perform its legitimate functions and rid the system of these poisons, and nothing so surely and effectually does this as S. S. S. S. S. S. strengthens and enriches the blood, improves the appetite, and builds up the general constitu tion. It is not only the best blood purifier, but the Dcst tonic for old people. It warms the blood, tones up the nerves, removes all taint from the blood, and prevents the development of disease. S. S. S. is the only purely vegetable blood medicine known. Not one particle of mercury, potash or other mineral poison can be found in it, and it may be taken for any length of time without barm. tw T 9 Ynli...... .? T1.rS . with a scvere'typeofrlietimatiain, and hart ned every remedy known and recotntneuded as a cure withont rrcrivinj any benefit. S.S.B promptly reached the sat of the disease and made a complete and permanent en re. years ago. The filaments of the Incan descent lamp are also far superior to those of! a few years ago. The applica tion of the incandescent principle "to a rod of magnesia was attempted by a German chemist, Nernst, not long ago, and it was announced that a number of his lamps would be shown at the expo sition. As yet they have not put in an appearance, but there is little room for doubt about their doing so In the near future. It is reported that they will oc cupy an especially honorable position in the German section. Dcutschland makes a magnificent showing in the department of olectriclty here. She is America's chief, competitor Just now. For several years Mr. Tesla, McFarlane Moore and other inventors have sought to produce a light that should waste no energy In the form of heat. As yet thia system has not been put on a commer cial basis. But in the Palace of Optics here there Is a remarkable collection of Gelssler and vacuum tubes, to illustrate cold electric light. They are not kept in a state of excitation for any consider able period of time, but It 13 doubtful If so many of these tubes were ever seen, together before. Several types of storage battery are ex hibited. Practically all are of European manufacture. The "chloride cell," well known In America, Is among them, how ever. In light and power stations, where there are great fluctuations In the demand for current during the 24 hours, accumu lators have of late been extensively em ployed to equalize the "load" on the dy namos and to maintain a uniform sup ply. So long as they remain stationary, as they do when performing such, work, accumulators afford highly satisfactory results. But for operating vehicles they are not so well adapted. A lighter and more durable cell Is mado today, for the same charge, than could be had a few years ago, but the device is still liable) to Injury when it Is Jolted about. It Is no longer used for street-car traction, therefore. The development of the auto mobile craze, however, opens a new field of usefulness to the accumulator, anft thus far It has met the requirements cf. the service fairly well. Lamps, switches, telephones, lnsulars, induction colls and an endless variety of other small objects are shown In the gallery of the electricity building. Here, for Instance, one sees the X-ray appa ratus, which is no less. useful to tha sur geon because Roentgen's discovery waa an accident than If It had been the fruit of deliberate Investigation. A. case con taining a number of Lord Kelvin's meas uring instruments is an object of much interest to those who are familiar wltH hln contributions to electric science. The General Electric and the Thomson Houston Companies are among tho few5 American exhibitors who have secured space on the main floor. The other notable features of the show downstairs aro colossal electric cranes, one shaped like the lower half of a capital "H," and the other like a "T." These are capable of picking up trifles of 25 tons and mov ing them about at the rate of 50 feet a minute. The first of tho two comes from Germany, and bears the name of Carl Flohr; the other is French, and is ex hibited by Jules le Blanc. About half of the current which It Is possible for the big generators to develop when they are all a-golng will be expend ed in furnishing light. But most of tho rest will run a large number of printing presses, inclined-plane elevators, looms, machine tools and other mechanical de vices which the exhibitors want to show In motion. At present only a small amount of machinery Is being driven, but eventually this will be greatly In creased. The dynamos then will be able to supply the requisite power. They are not ready to do so now. Each machine that Is to be operated by electricity has Its own little motor, and wires come in conduits under the floor to the right spot from the distant generators. The machin ery which will enjoy this service is scat tered through a number of buildings, and represents a variety of Industries. During the last year or two a good deal has been heard about a device invented by Szezepanik, nn Austrian or Bohemian, which was to serve the eyo as the tele phone does the ear. It was called the telectroscope, or the fernseher, and was said to present to the vision a perfect picture of a distant scene, even though the latter Included moving objects and a variety of color. It was announced that this article would prove one of the sen sations of the exposition. Diligent search has failed to discover the telectro scope on the Champs de Mars up to tho present time. The Deadly Tornado. " "" Ainslee's Magazine. Cyclones or general storms may be 1000 miles in diameter. Hurricanes operate on a path averaging 600 to SCO miles wide. Tornadoes aro very much smaller. They may be only a mile wide at the top, and but a few feet at the bottom, but they are much more dangerous than either a cyclone or a hurricane. They form in all parts of the temperate zone at sea they are water spouts, and on the desert" they are sand storms. Sometimes a whole family of tornadoes will be bonx at once from the same cloud. As many as fifteen tubes have been observed at one time. In Winter months they occur only in our Gulf states, but in Summer they occurr in the North, in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. The averaTge la 25 a year. t . Developed y Cultivation. "'"J-' Cincinnati Enquirer. All our garden vegetables are merely! types Improved by long cultivation of wild species. The wild cabbage is com mon enough In places by the sea, but is of no use for food id 'fl3T wild state. Indeed, it will take a botanist to tell that It was a cabbage at all. Scotland owes the cabbage to Cromwell's soldiers The cauliflower 13 but a cultivated im provement on the cabbage. It was brought to perfection In Cyprus, and was very little known until about a century ago. The parsnip is another native of this country. You may find it along al most any hedgerow, but It is small and intensely bitter In its wild state. i Garret A. Hohart's Estate. NEW YORK, July 9. The inventory oil the personal estate of the late Garret A. Hobart was filed with the Supreme Court at Paterson. N. J., today. It shows the late Vice-President's wealth at $12,800, 441. Mr. Hobart held bonds In 2S corpo rations, and stock in over 100. uw.ru ..v ju iuw nappy, ucanny 01a age. fm w f". (fitiA Ij1 4n