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EUGENE CITY ....OREGON.
tlobion leemi to ho nliarp as a ralior.
Wo mill I natal thai it should ba 1 1- i
tbo "Yankee Npniikoo" war.
Win n Jtudynrd Kipling fired bli Iftt-
cst poem bo evidently wag loaded for
beor."
It In' I exnclly for Hm land value Hint
England wants upper Africa, it art"
dcntly Iiiih mi ml onoiieli.
Tlio Downgcr Duchon of Rulhor
land'i diamonds havo been itolen, but
the inline of her iluy has Uot yet boon
announced.
Tol. Waring wnH n iiiorlflee to id
oinc Imt ho died n lioro Just an truly
ii s any man who foil at El Cunoy or
Kau .In. in.
That Now York follow who Ii shown
to hnvo fifty vlvc la In a position to
Understand UM full force of the mother
In law Juke.
Klin Wheeler WIlcOl has publlibed
nn Interesting artlcla on "Bow to He
Lovable Though Old." Wbal doe Kiln
know nliout that?
Teun now eonaa t the front
with a iilMHlntr cashier who i- graphic
ally daaeribad as "6 foot i! Inchon tall
ami about f 1-1,000 ihort."
A Colorado editor who translates the
Dallooal motto, H plnrlboa unum "out
of inoliey, one," evidently shoots miK'b
nearer the mark than ho Imagine!.
"WnH the war a complete failure?"
asks the BOO tOll Advertiser. Consider
lug the fact that It Increased the price
of beans It must be admitted that It
waa.
The Cznr'i disarmament proposition
might with profit be tried first on Hud
yard K I pi I tig. What Is the use of going
aboad if Bodyard will not lay down bin
gun?
American game may bo getting loss
In some sections, but that It'l kccplnit
up In oilier directions Is shown by the
announcement that 7,Mi),ixmj pack of
etrda are sold yearly.
Speaking of the golf champion, Itent
rlx lloyt, the Huston Herald says: "Hhe
bus a man's arm and a man's clear
eye." Well, she probably will got the
rest uf him sooner or Inter,
The Austrian authorities would not
allow Mark Twain's remarks nt the
Vienna peace conference to be publish
ed. Those suspicious foreigner! evi
dently are afraid that American humor
U loaded.
it tea mi that several eminent pbjral
clans have come to the conclusion Ibat
fatigue Is II disease. That Is well. Now
If they will discover the bacillus of fa
tigue and then perfect a system of Inoo
nlatlon agalnal it what a gay old world
It will be.
Thai man Anthony "ho. when blOWD
upon the Maine, saluted Captain Slgs
bee and said, "Sir, I have to report that
the ship lias been blow D up and Is link
Ug," evidently Is totally devoid of fear
III the face of peril, lie was married the
otber day.
Street sweepings to the estimated
amount of three million tons are col
hK ted every year In the cities of tbo
Dnlted Stales. Most of this material
is either used for "filling" or throwd
away! but the Department "' Agricul
ture learns that In some places farm
ers secure the wetpiuga for fertilising
pnrpoaea, and that the farmers In such
CaSee, wllh few exceptions, report c
cell. 'i.i results. Since the disposition of
such refuse Is sometimes n serious
problem, the fact seems to bo worth
consideration on the part of town and
country alike. One of our worst faults,
as a people, Is a persistent disregard
of the truth that to prevent waste In
all such ways is to luereaae wealth.
The civil war Came to nn end In
April, lSiiu, but the national debt In
creased more than two hundred million
dollar! befON the end of August, when
It reached Its highest point, In spite of
tbo most extensive and all-embracing
tax system the world has ever known.
The war with Spain has been much less
costly, but It is a conservative estimate
that less than one half the total el
ponaa was incurred before the terms of
pence were offered to Spain, If that be
so, the war cost, directly, two hundred
millions. Indirectly, the larger army
needed to occupy new possessions will
cause a large permanent charge on the
revenue, and wa may assume that the
war taxes have come to stay.
The Orleans family In Trance has al
ways been famous lor II small econ
omlcs. King I. mils Fhlllppo was sneer
ed at In Ills time as n man "who counted
bin pontiles." Ills descendant! also
have the reputation of being penurious
in the use of their ample wealth. The
head of the house Is the DUO d'Oiiean.
who would tic king if the monarchy
were restored. Ills recent manifesto
rea pec ting tin Dreyfua affair confirm
the popular view of the family falling.
Instead of sending It to the hciuhiuar
tell of his party In I'arls by a fcjoatot
gei empowered to have It printed as a
poster and placarded w here every one
could nee It, he put It In an ordinary en
velope and posted It by mall nt the ex
pense of live cents without warning his
agents by telegraph of his lutoutlons.
In conactpictice of bin had management
the manifesto was only placarded In a
few places, and was laughed nt wher
ever It was read, lie was ridiculed by
the boulevard wit as a Pretender, who
could not afford to spend more than a
live-cent stamp even when a throne wi
In sight. There wu the same kind of
wit In Loula Philippe', lime, The blind
beggar, Into whose bat the mini lost
French coin was thrown by a bystand
er, exclaimed: "That must have been
an Orleans prince!" All I'arls waa tlr
red with merriment when the tory wa
told lu print.
food, tome Interesting fart! can bo
gleaned. In Frame chestnut largely:
take tbo place that Indian corn occu
pies as a cheap (gad In this eoiinlry.
Especially Is this true In the central
districts of France, whore largo planta
tions of chestnut trees supply a cheap
and nutritious food for the peasantry,
who often make two meals a day upon
chestnut!. These mils are eaten boiled,
rousted, steamed and In a Wirloty of
ways constitute a dally artic le of food.
In Italy the slopes of Aetna are esti
mated to produce annually eighty to n
hundred tons of chestnuts, though In
ferior In quality to the tine, large nuts
of Calabria. Here, as In Franco, chest
nuts during the fall nnd winter season
furnish a considerable pint of the food
of the poorer clause and are cooked In
a variety of ways, (iround they are
made Into a kind of cake by the peai
mils of the Apennines, but the result,
at least to American taste, s not encour
aging. Walnuts are also grown nil over
Franco as an article of food, for the
purpose of making oil, anil to adulterate
butter. The peasant! oat them with
bread robbed with garlic and they are
considered to bo nn excellent substitute
for meat. Koth In Franco and lu Italy
almonds are grown largely, though not
mod for food as extensively na chest
nut! nud walnuts. In Italy there are
extensive almond orchards. Filbert!,
or hazel nuts, pistachios, pine nut!, etc.,
are all oaten more or less In all these
countries, ns they are In the I'nlted
States, not aa n main food supply, but
a! relishes and dessert!. The common
ami cheap peanuts of the Dnlted Slates
are not available In Europe and prices
are no high as lu make them a luxury.
When wo smile nt the exocsilve con
servatism of the English In refusing to
adopt a decimal system of money, and
!tlcklng to their Inconvenient reckon
ing In pounds, shilling mid pence, are
we sure that we are uut throwing
stonei through our own glass house'
How many ounce! are there lu a
pound? Twelve of one kind lu one !ort
of n pound, sixteen of another kind In
another sort. Three feet to n yard! tlvo
and n half yard! to n rod. Thirty-two
ipiarl! lu a bushel. An acre cannot bo
made Into n perfect square, but Is a
piece of ground Ion by sixteen rods,
making forty-three thousand, live hun
dred nnd sixty square feet. A ruble
yard contains nine cubic feet. These II
lustriilloiis show whM a waste of time
and energy there Is In converting our
own weight! nnd measure! from one
unit to another. It Is nil needles!
waste, as we know from the ease with
which we deal with our money unit
our renders will perhaps bo tired of be
ing told that lu all the civilized world,
England. Itussla ami the l ulled State!
are the only count lies which do not use
tbo metric system for u II purposes. If
vve are asked why we do not use It we
cannot reply that our method Is better.
We can give no bettor excuse than that
wo aro too conservative, that tbo
change Is "loo much hither," that wo
are too lazy to conform to a system
which Is as far superior to that we em
ploy as the dollars and cents of our
ney are mora convenient than the
Hrltlsh pounds, shillings and pence. It
would not bo n bad Idea for the young
people of the land to organize them
selves Into a metric league, to urge on
the change w hich must come sooner or
Inter. Perhaps the present generation
of statesmen la too "old fogy lab" to
bring about the reform. Let the school
boys and schoolgirls f.-inilllarl.e them
selves with the metric system, employ
It In their games, and make their opin
ion of It know n by monster petitions to
the powers that bo.
BABY'S EDISON'S CRADLE.
COURAGE.
B--c!ui I hold it sinful to despond.
And will not lot the bitterness of ilfe
Blind me with burning tear!, but look
beyond
lla tumult mid strife;
Benito I lift my head nbove the mist,
Ulore the sun shines and the breed
breezea blow,
By every my and every raindrop kissed
That God's love dot h bestow;
Think you I find no bitterness at all:
No burden to lie boruo, like Christian'!
pick?
Think you there are no ready tear! to fa 11.
Because I keep them hack?
Why should-1 hug life1! ills with rold re-
eorvo,
To rurse myself ami all who love me?
Nay!
A thousand times more good than 1 de
serve Cod gives me every duy.
And In each one of these rebellious tear!
Kept bravely buck he makes a rainbow
shine;
Grateful I take his slightest gift; no fears
Nor any doubts are mine.
Ilark skies must clear, and when the
clouds are pnst,
fine golden day redeems a weary year;
Patient I listen, sure that sweet at lust
Will sound His voice of cheer.
IN THE K LEVATOR.
Idlann'n Assistants I'rrtrntrd lino
mill Till Aiitom iftla Tender,
When Thomas A. Edison's second
daughter was born his technical assist
ants In the laboratory at Orange pre
sented him with plans for a cradle In
tended to save Mrs. Edison much of the
worry and trouble usually experienced
by mother!. Several other Ideas were
submitted to the committee, but the
thought of the wizard ambling up nud
down the room in the dead of night, oc
casionally stepping on -i semi submerg
ed tack, was too much for them, so the
Cnidle was decided on. It was called
the "automatic electric baby tender."
It was an ordinary cradle with ingeni
ous devices for the child's comfort nt
Inched. Immediately above the spot
where the baby's head would lie was a
diaphragm, somew hat like a telephone
receiver. If the Infant should start cry
ing at the very Urn wall communica
tion wus established between the dill
phriigm and an electric clock. At tbo
Mm( time the cradle was sot rocking
by means of n small motor. If the re
monstrance continued beyond n certain
lime the clock released a lever and an
arm attached to the side of the cradle
(operated by wbal is called a ball crank
lever), carrying a nursing buttle, was
swung over the baby's mouth. If bun
gar was not the trouble and the walls
continued another arm on the opposite
side sw ung over the child's mouth with
paregoric. At the same time the elec
tric current was turned Into a set of
From advance sheet of consular re
ports from Fratiee, Italy and Syria aa to
tu extent to which uut are iucU ai
8aal
IIAHV KIUSO.V Il.FllTIU. CUAOI.K.
magnet! placed around (be cradle, and
any pin which might be musing th
trouble would be at once removed. If
the yella continued the "thirty-third de
gree" wai applied. Two arma. lyini
flat lu the cradle under tbe baby, were
lowly railed and the child turned 01 Bf
Then in electric spinkcr fnitoiied to
(be footboard proceeded to do It work
With neatness and dispatch.
However, Mr. Edison persists In re
ganllug the baby cradle aa a Joke
AMI'EIITON stopped
at tbe hotel desk long
enough to rend the
letter which wna
handed to him with
bla key; then bo itnrt
ed for hla roomi to
dress for hla club dlu
uer. Hut the club dinner
was no longer In bis
mind. The contents of
that letter angroaOOd
bla thought! to the ex
clusion of everything else.
1 1 w as from hi! late traveling com
panion. Birch, whom he bad left In Par
la a month ngo, nnd who now wrote
from London to tell him that the Klugs
leyi bad quit tbe Continent nnd weru
Intending to sail for America nl once.
"So the conat la clear, old man, and
you can come back," declared t tie writ
er, persuasively. "You wore nn Idiot
ever to run nwny B! you did. Join me
bore In n fortnight and we'll lie lu time
for tbnt Mediterranean trip."
Camperton'l Jawi were let nnd bla
browa contracted aa be atepped luto tbe
elevator.
He knew that the Klngshy!, In re
turning to America at thla time, were
curtailing (heir original European pro
griim by nt len!t !lx months. And It
wns easy to gnOB the reason.
They were coining home to prepare
for their daughter's nuirrlage to her
tilled suitor. Tbe Count himself, no
doubt, would follow lu a abort time to
claim bis bride.
"And I must got away before they ar
rive," decided the young man. "I'll go
back to Europe by the next atonmer."
Through the mist of hla mental nb-
tractlon ba observed thai the elevator
bud an occupant beside! himself n
woman who bad aaated herself In a
Bbadowy corner of the car; but her
preaenoa did not change the current of
bis thought!.
The elevator came to n sudden stop
so sudden. Indeed, that Cainpertotl, not
being prepared tO chock his upward
course all ill once. Involuntarily rose to
bla tiptoes, waving his arms like n huge
bird about to take flight, and then
pirouetted gracefully toward tbe other
passenger lu the corner.
"There Is no danger, mudaiiie," tie bo
gnn, In hla most reassuring tone!.
"We're fast between two lloora and
must wait n while "
Ha slopped short ns he noted, with
surprise and alarm, the attitude of the
lady. She was still sitting In her corner
nnd wns holding n handkerchief over
her face, while little convulsive quivers
and shrugs of tbe shoulders Indicated
that she was weeping.
lu his contrition nud hi! desire to
soothe her harrowed fi clings he wns
about to sit down beside her. when a
sound that was strangely like a giggle
Gdme from behind the handkerchief.
Camperton started up, fluablng hotly,
"lo forgive me!" And the laughing
voice suddenly became coaxing. "I
know It Is rude of 1110 to laugh, but O,
Mr. Camperton, you can't Imagine how
funny you looked Just now, when you
went hopping and waltBlng about and
kneeling nt my feet for all the world
like a performing bear:"
Camperton did not hear. He was star
ing at her lu blank amazement. He
made several attempt! to speak before
the words would come.
"Miss Klngslcy," he managed to ar
ticulate at last. Ills heart had almost
Stopped at the moment of recognition,
but It was now beating furiously. "I
suppose this Is your astral body. It
Cannot be your real self."
"O. but It Is:" said the girl with ani
mation. "We came over In the Cam
pania, which arrived ibis morning, nnd
we are stopping at this hotel until our !
bouse Is put lu order."
"We?"
"Of course; papa nud I, Ton don't
suppose I would come alone?"
"1 I didn't know. I was not exactly
expecting you to come at all. Your
plans, ns I understand them, WOUld
have kept you abroad tbe rest of the
year."
Miss Klngslcy dropped her eyes.
"It Is always easy to change one't
plans, you know," she said, betraying
a slight confusion. "You did not honor
me with an explanation of why you left
Europe."
"But the note!" he exclaimed.
"The note. Mr. Camperton?"
"And my letter? Do you mean that
you did not read my Icticr through -the
one I sent to you at Hotel Continental
two day! before my departure?"
"I received no letter from you."
"Hut. Miss Klngslcy, you you an
I WOted It. You told me not to mention
:hc subject again, ami you IT annoyed
because I have Insisted on reminding
foil of that letter. Hut I only want to
txplain why I wrote It All I'arls was
Muuectlng your name with that of tbe
Count, and there were porslstcut ru
llon that you were to become hi! wife.
It waa common talk that your father
lad set bl heart on tbe match, nud no
tody teemed to question your w illing
lota to become a countess. Tbe rumors
tnd the gottlp had a tuott directing
affect upou me. I thluk 'on know, Mlaa j
vr, i -Ami mr own hopes were
had loved you fr I y. r. although
bad m " confession. I fOOld not
believed that you cared for the Count,
or that you would sacrli'.ce yourself M
a title, even to please yoUT father, Hut
the anxiety and suspense been M In
tolerable that I resolved to end the un
certainly nnd b arn my own fate Ow
ing to four father'! c ag I "
unable to Hud a portutilty to !X'
with you alone. Hoi wrote that letter,
confessing my love, begging the right
to put nn end to the rumors concerning
you nnd tbe Count, telling you bow
anxiously I should wl.it fr nn answer,
and assuring you that If '"' offer were
rejecle.l I would have Paris and Eu
rope and never annoy you again."
I never r Ived the letter," she aald.
toftly, without looking up.
"Never received III Then how do you
explain the answer?" b demanded,
"I wrote that nolo -yes; but not In
nnswor to any communication from
you. It wna not Intended for '"u- 1
do not know how It came Into your po
telon. You will see that the upper
pnrt of the shoot has Ik-oii carefully cut
off. On the detached part Wai tbe
nnme of the person to whom It was ad
dressed." She raised her eyes, and he saw that
there were tears In them, but before he
could speak lb asked: "Did you send
your letter to me by post or by tnesaeu
ger?" Why, I !ent It by TomaMO, the llnle
Italian, whom I often employed lu that
way."
"And he brought you the nnswor V"
"Certainly."
"Ah! I think I understand It now," she
said, her expression showing the light
Of a sudden conviction. "Totnnsso, na
we afterward learned, was In the pay
of this Count, who employed him to spy
on the movements of people whom bo
desired to keep under surveillance. It
wns be, I am now lure, w ho Intercepted
your letter nnd sent back to you this
note, ills object wai to got you out of
tho way. The note wni originally nd
dreeaed to him In reply to hla third
propoial of tnnrrlnge-nnd he cut off
bli own name and aent It to you."
Camperton listened like one In a
trance. Then he cried out sharply:
"Do you mean to say you are not en
gaged to the Count?"
"Engaged! Why, I hate blml He Is a
wicked, designing man. l'npa himself
Ii convinced of tbnt now. It wai on
bli account to get rid of his persistent
attention! that I prevailed upon papa
to take me home before we had finished
our travels. O, Jack-Mr. Camperton!
how could you believe audi a thing of
me?"
Ten minutes Inter, when they were
released from their Imprisonment In
the elevator, they parted with the un
deratnndlng that they were to meet In
the Klngaleya pnrlor within nn hour.
And there was a vacant sent nt tbo club
dinner that nlgbt.-Wotuau's Home
Cuuipn Dion,
ELECTRICIAN TESLA DEVISES
A NLW POWER.
Antl loto Tor a Bold (Off,
They were nt the first matinee after
the return from tbe summer In different
plncea. They were exchanging confi
dence!. "What sort of n looking man Is be?"
nskisl one.
"Oh, tall and thin, hnudsome, smooth
face."
"Is ho, a swell?"
"Indeed, be is. He wears evening
dross every night, whether he's going
to a pnrty or not."
"Does he lay 'bean' or 'bin?'"
"Always inyi 'bean,' mul carrlei his
handkerchief In bin shove."
"How about his "a'sV "
"Why, he uses broad ones, and I
heard that he took a cold balh every
morning, whether the weather was hot
or freezing."
"Really, and you know him well?
Yon lucky girl! Be must be a regular
swell."
"And be wears his trousers turned up
whatever the weather la."
"You lucky girl! Can't you b Ing h'm
around to call on Sunday? I'd like
Chun to see Mm. She's so stuck up
about that sold er of Iiitr w ho nt ver
got any nearer the fighting than
Tampa."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
What American Hinpllctty Mean.
Baron Pierre de Ooubertln writes an
article for the Century on "Building Op
n World's Fair In France." Baron Oou
bertln says: Not long ago I read lu n
French newspaper that the Emperor
William, while studying In detail the
conduct of the Spanish American war,
bad Ihoii particularly Impressed by the
excellence of the citizen soldiery of the
Fulled States and by the efficient nld
which they rendered the regular troops.
This, however, was no surprise to nie,
for 1 havo long been of the opinion that,
even In the art of war, the thousand
and otic complication with which the
old world Is saddled arc In no wise In
dispensable, ami that, although it may
not be possible to Improvise soldiers,
there should be little difficulty In mak
ing good soldiers out of free citizens.
Iu short, wc see that though Europe,
through nil phases of national exist
ence, has remained complicated, Amer
ica has retained Its original simplicity,
which, Indeed, Is the chief characteris
tic of transatlantic civilization, and
gives It Just that plasticity, that possi
bility of progress, that rapidity of real
Itatlon, which makes It a Civilisation
superior In many points to ours.
Marble Points of Persia.
That beautiful transparent stone call,
ed Tabrli marble, much used q the
burial places of Fersln and In their
grandest edifices, consists of petrified
water of ponds In certain parts of the
country. This petrifaction may be
traced from its commencement to it
termination; In one part the water Is
clear. In a second It appcart thicker
and stagnant, In a third quite black,
and In Its last stage It Is white like
frost. When the operation Is complete
a ttone thrown on Its surface makes no
Impression, and one may walk over It
without wotting one's shoes. The sub
stance thus produced Is brittle and
transparent, and sometimes richly
Btrtped with red, green nnd copper col
or. So much It this marble, w hich may
be cut luto large slabs, looked upon as a
luxury that none but tbe king, his sou
and penOM specially privileged aro
permitted to take It.
Sunday It tbe day when a man
pendi the morning In dodging his
wife's sweeping ami dusting, and the
afternoon in wlahtng be hadn't eaten
ao much.
Claims It Will Bender Ctelcat tbe
Nnvtet of the World Destroy a Ills
tome, and from a Halt in New York
Can Operate In Korope.
WHEN all thn world Is ring
ing with rumors of nn Im
pending colossal COBfltet
there eotnes from the laboratory of one
of the great magicians of iclctico tbo
announcement of tbe development of n
power w hich he believes Is destlmsl Im
mediately to usher In tbe era of uni
versal ponce by the demonstration of
Its ability to destroy, without the possi
bility of defense, the mightiest arma
ment! of nil the naval powers.
In the words of Nikola Tesla, the
electrician, "war will conae to be possi
ble when all the world know to-morrow
that the molt feeble of the uatloni
cun supply Itself Immediately with a
weapon which will render lis const se
cure and Its ports Impregnable to tbe
as, lulls of the united nrmndn of the
world. Itatileslilpi will cease to be built
nnd the mightiest nrmorclads nud the
mo!t tremendOttl nrtlllory alloat will bo
of no more use than 10 much icrap
Iron. And t Ills I real tibia power can bo
exerted at any dlatanc by an agency
of so dollrnte, o Impalpable a quality
that I feel tbnt I nm Jnstllled In pre
dicting that the time will come, Incred
ible a It may NOB, when It can be
called Into action by the mere exerclie
of tbe human will."
In brief, Mr. Tesla's latest nnd most
startling miracle conilsti lu an applica
tion of electricity whereby, without the
Interposition of any artificial medium
of communication, one man can control
and direct, with absolute exactitude,
the movement! of nny type of vessel,
balloon or land vehicle, nt nny distance
that may be desired. From a station
on shore, or from the deck of n vessel
under way, n torpedo boat equipped
with Mr. Tesla's controlling device
may be propelled either on or below
the surfnee, maneuvered at will In nny
direction, and Anally brought Into con
tact end exploded against the side of
a hostile vessel at nny point within tbe
range of the vision of the operator.
More than this, nssuming that It were
possible to accurately locate the posl
tlou of tbe vessel which It Is desired
to destroy, the torpedo boat could lie di
rected to It, even If the ship lay lu the
harbor of Southampton and the oper
ator were stationed nt Sandy Hook.
With such marvelous possibilities of
destruction, It Is hardly to be wondered
tbnt Mr. Tesla flrinly believes that the
days of the supremacy of sea power are
numbered.
Hitherto, says Mr. Tesla. the only
means of controlling the movements of
n vessel from n distance have been sup
plied through the moans of a flexible
conductor such as an electric cable, but
this system Is subject to obvious limi
tations, such as are Imposed by the
length, weight and strength of tbe con
ductor which can be practically used;
by the difficulty of maintaining, with
safety, tbe high speed of the vessel or
changing the direction of her move
ments with rapidity, by the necessity
of effecting the control from n point
which Is practically fixed, and from
many other drawbacks which lire In
separably connected with such a sys
tem. The plan which I have perfected In
volves none of these objections, for I
am enabled by the use of my Invention
to employ any means of propulsion, to
Impart to the moving body or vessel
the highest possible speed, to control
the operation of Its machinery and to
direct lis movements from cither a fix
ed point or from n body moving and
changing Its direction, however rapid
ly, and to maintain this control over
great distances, without any artllUial
connections between the vessel and the
apparatus governing Its movements,
nnd without such restrictions as these
must necessarily Impose.
Mr. Tesla then went on to give n
practical example of the workings of
the model which the correspondent de
scribes: Elevated on stocks on a table In the
center of Mr. Tesla's laboratory in New
Y'ork stood a model of a screw-propel-led
craft, about four feet long and
somewhat disproportionately wide and
deep. The deck was slightly arched
and surmounted by three slender slnnd
ards, the center one being considerably
higher than the other two, which car
ried small Incandescent bulbs, a third
bulb being tixed at the bow.
The keel consisted of a massive cop
per plate, the propeller and rudder be
ing In tho usual position. Mr. Tesla
explained that the boat contained the
propelling machinery, consisting of an
electric motor actuated by a storage
battery In the hold, another motor to
actuate the rudder and the delicate
mechanism which performs the func
tion of receiving through the central
standard the electric Impulse sent
through tho atmosphere from the dis
tant operating station, which set In mo
tion the propelling and steering motors,
and through them light or extinguish
the electric bulbs and tiro the explod
ing charge In a chamber In the bow lu
response to signals sent by the oper
ator. "Now, watch." said (he Inventor; and
going to a table on the other side of the
room, on which lay a little switch
board about th e Inches square, he gave
tho lever a sharp turn. Instantly the
little bronze propeller began to revolve
nt n furious rate. "Now I will send the
boat to starboard." he said, nnd anoth
er quick movement of the lever sent tho
belm sharp over, and another move
ment turned It as rapidly back again.
At another signal the screw stopped
and reversed.
"During the day." continued Mr. Tes
la. his hand still on the lever, "we
should steer our course by keeping the
two standards In Hue, but at night we
should dopotul on the electric lights
Which would, of course, lie screened s.i
as uot to be vlilble to the enemy"
And at a ilgnal both the tiny bulbs
were Illuminated.
"Now we will assume that the boat
has arrived within striking d!fancc of
lul """" 1,1 oestroyed, nd the hull,
In the bow will servo to show thai the
explosion has taken place."
A be tpoke he touched the lever
again and the light flatbed and wa ex
Ungulaked. "wnnea
NIKOLA TESLA.
Whose Discovery, It la Clained, Will Abolish W,r and
af fiU-4l . V-1 if!- .1
SB
"Imagine, If you can," aald Mr. Tesla
as he went back to hla deik. "what au
Ireslatlble instrument of destruction wa
have III a torpedo boat thus controlled,
which we can operate day or night, on
the surface or below it, and from nny
distance that may be desired. A ship
thus assailed would luivu uo posilbll
Ity of escape.
"I can apply this ijitem of control
to any type uf vessel ami of nny size.
It is not oven necessary to make a close
approach to tbe vessel to he destroyed.
At the distance of 100 foot the explo
sion of 200 pounds of dynamite will
exertn shattering effect ou n battleship,
but there Ii no reason why we ibould
tiQt load ft vessel with "00 or 300 tons,
or even more, of dynamite, which, ex
ploded even a mile or so nwny, would
raise n wave that would overwhelm
the biggest ship ever built.
"But I have no desire that my fame
should rest on the Invention of a mere
ly destructive device, uo matter how
terrible. I prefer to be remembered ns
the Inventor who succeeded In abolish
ing war. That will lie my highest pride.
Hut there nre many ponceful uses to
which my Inveiitloti can be put, con-'
iplcnously that of rescuing the ship
wrecked.
"It will be perfectly feasible to equip
our life saving stations with life cars,
or life lwats, directed and controlled
from tbe shore, which will approach
stranded vessels and bring off the pas
sengers and crews without risking the
lives of the bravo fellows who nre now
forced to tight their wny to tbe rescue
through the raging surf. It may also
lie used for the propulsion of pilot
boats, for carrying letters or provisions
or Insrumeuts to Inaccessible regions,
for killing whales nnd for many otber
commercial or scientific purposes.
"In the operations of war the radius
of control would usually be limited by
the range of the vision of the operator,
whether afloat or ashore, but other
wise there Is no limit to the distance.
In order to give n practical illustration
of this It Is my Intention to exhibit a
model of a torpedo boat nt the Paris
Exposition nnd direct nil Its move
ments from my office In New York, pre
cisely ns I have shown you the working
of the model here, except that lu I'arls
I Intend to exhibit It alloat In n tank."
Mr. Tesla then stated that the elec
trical disturbances proceeding from tbo
center of tho control were of an Intlnl
tealmally feeble character, and be be
lieved that tbe time would come when
It would be possible to bring them Into
play by the mere exercise of the will.
TOLD BY FINGER NAILS.
THE MARCH AND EXPEDlTl
Anent the Territory In Du
tween Kruine um i:-,..
The British uliiii,.11UIn thl
ley and Great lirltalu', refuwlt,!
ius inimical snruincaDit o;.
aiareuaou expcintiuu brourla tt
Issue n iuestlun of two yean' mJ
WhenGroal I'.t ltaln, acting forSj
began the rcconquest of tbe Smuui
1800, France sent an expeditions,
French Congo into the Interior tonsg
the English and claim authority Ao,
Al n uo me .Oill eiilllll PXpedltai
consisted of six 1 reiich nnW. .i
tor, nnotber French civilian, itiaj
Interpreter, and four wrgeannv.
were to command the two conpia
of African troops. There were tttn
bonis which could be carried bjuit
sections, nnd throe aluminum bw
Ou April 13, 1S!I7. the mlssloi t
Rangl. and on June 17 the vionul
Teinperment and Ileulth Shown bjr the
Nails' Coloring and Form.
The temperament of a person nnd the
condition of health nre shown by the
coloring and form of the finger nails.
Long, oval nnlls show a reasonable and
gentle disposition; one who would yield
lu a controversy sooner than nrouse en
mity, even when his or her contention
Is right. The nails when very short nnd
broad Indicate nu obstinate nature. Lit
tle white flecks on the ualls ludlcatc a
nervous temperament
When the white moons nt the base of
the nails are large and the nails are of a
bright pink color, they Indicate vigorous
health. On the contrary, nails of a pale
bluish color, with little or no moons,
show an unhealthy condition of nerves
nnd want of recreation. Nnlls when
OVAL.
80,1 A RE. NO MOOX.
crnvsn.
FLVTSn.
FLAT.
very much curved show n tendency to
throat trouble. Nails which nre thin
mid turn out nt the end show weak
nerves. Fluted ualls show a liability to
blood poisoning.
A parrot owned by nn Arch street
physician gave signs of possessing "al
most human Intelligence" tbe otber
night. A party of young folks were on
the lawn and were spending an hour
in guessing riddles. Finally, a young
lady aakadt "Why does a dog turn
around twice before ha
I Betbre anylxnly could answer, tbe par-
roi croaketi: "one good turn deserve
snother'-Fhlladelpbla Call.
Every girl at tome time In her life
nieeta ome one who calls her a dresm.
fry SkfcinX 0
Dim
Tim mm: hkuhw.
reached Semlo, ou (he Mboniu, vkldl
uot fur distant from the Banr-EMs
el province of the souihwetaji
tributaries, nud of which FmIwJ
the capital. By March, lSHS, lUrcta
bad reached Mcslira El Kok. on o
the tributaries to the Nile, awl !
he reached Fashoda. As uwril w
Gen. Kitchener took OmiionM"
Sept. 2 and Immediately left '
oda with a large force on flvejuaW
This he took early In Septomo
established garrisons there im"
Sobnt Blver. Marchand had iwf"
a force to repel the Augl-Wl
but be claimed to bare mM
with the chiefs of the Shlltoeta"
Hint rules tbe Fashoda
recognized the protectorate or rj
Gen. Kitchener, however, den
nre nny such treaties, and tifW
fused to recognize Matcbud MjF
iincai racior ..
claims for Egypt an
which were formerly new
Khedive before the lusurrec
Mftbdl. These provinces InchJ
oda nnd the Nile almost to I pM
the southwcsterutrihutarlesof'
ns well, reaching over torJ
Congo.
.... . ma.
There Are Xo I no. " ;
Bet.jan.lt. Berdell, a J-
repairer, Is death on Hies- " ,
ago, when nt Bahway, J- f,
storm be wns picking
the tree was struck 2
dell received a '-'''' '
formed him Into an l"rlc ,
one who Ihake haiul! si
receive! a severe hocfc
(he blade of a k"irt
K'twif
itdi 1
thumb and linger duiiuK &
charges the metal ao
heavy weight! can be
flies alight upou b In. M?
When be l In im
flash from his flesh and .'i
like Incandescent In: U -
sturm approaches i
highly eharged - J
Is dangerous to tout n
that be feels uo llll0U' . V!
that he will not go near
comotlve for fear Jl
against l1
8he-"M7fa,';;;w1cvri
the Earl of BullybnJ , a
ed." He-"Twlce "rj
for? uidu't he pay w
for? Uldu
peV Bazar
Half the men aV
gavea their wnt-