TAKES A FIRM HOLD
Engineer Stevens Improves Con
ditions on the Isthmus.
WING IS GOING ON RAPIDLY
Shonta Says Commission Hat Erectod
HoJiei, Docks and Railroad
Shops- Health Good.
'mI j i tij; t on , Oct. 1t. CliHiiraiii
"honts, (if the 1st Ionian canal commis
sion, untile tlin following statement of
1 1 i M observation Oil till- IhIIiIIIIIH of I'll I -
11 1 1 1 it during 1 i h recent. vihiI :
"The immhI encouraging feature of
n ff Hi th on tint isthmus, observed by
every person during the hint nix or
eight months wlm Inn! been there pre
V I m m I y , miu I hit feeling among the
Mien. Chief Kugiiieer Ftevcns' incth
hIh niiil personal it y arc mak ing a nt rung
i 1 1 1 1 I -H H l ill mill creating ciilillilclict 111
tl M measures.
"I fiiuiiil tluil substantial progres
luiil been made in tin- repairing and
COllSl riK'l Hill llf llllNIH'N, ovit L'ui) of till'
old French houses 1 1 v i r i k li''ii repaired
during tlii I tint two months. A large
dis k at Chrtslohal, w hii h has 2H f t-t
of witter, will li ready fur h 1 1 i m in a
very few week. Itapid progress is be
l i i Kr made on iIm k 14, ulso hI Cristobal.
" WIh-ii these disk am all accepted
urn! III operation, n shall lilt iililn to
handle all llu 'i mi in ihHinii mnt r i h 1 and
a large utrt hi tint Panama commercial
freight frniii these 1 1 h k h , leaving tlx'
old dock Li r n I y fur tint use of m ) i i n of
other line. Wit ant also putting in
shop and terminal yard nt Cristobal
and have planned yards for La Boca
mid tint end of tint lino. The bridges
of the 111111111111 ruilrond have heen
1 lengthened no a t) cairy the hriivier
locomotives now arriving on the iet h-
lllll.
"icnerl heullli condition lire illus-
Irated hy the fact that notwithstanding
we have increased the laboring force to
nearly 4 ,IH0 men during the litHt fur
months, the IiuiiiImt of iatientH ill All
run ImspiUI wim lower than lor many
rHVioiiH month.
CUBA FEARS COMPETITION.
Probable Reduction of Tariff on Phil
ippines Alarm People.
Havana, Oct. It). The fear that the
I'nited Stats will lower the tariff on
riiiliiine products wait one of the
factor that led to the united movement
of tli He veil commercial, iiiduatrial and
agricultural organizations of Cuba in
favor of a new treaty with the United
Hit tea.
The director of the joint movement
begun here Tuesday night viitel Pre
iilent I'alma this evening and outlined
to In m their urHne oi securing a gen
eral treaty of commerce and naviKittion
with the I'nited State to supersede the
pracsent reciprocity treaty between the
two countrie. The committee said it
desired to inform I'reHideut I'alma defi
nitely of the project that had been (in
dertaken, in order that it might bo a
mi reel that the Cuban government fav
orcd it.
MONOPOLY CHARGE FAILS.
Boef Packers Will Be Tried, How
ever, for Conspiracy.
Chicago, Oct. lit. Federal Judge J
Otis Humphrey today gave a decision
tin the demurrer of the meat packers
charged with illegal connpiracv. He
overruled the portion of the demurrer
in which the pucker attacked the odd
numbered count, charging monopoly,
wan sustained.
Following the decision, counsel for
the packer asked leave to extend hi
demurrer to the third count of the in
diftinent to the first count, to which he
prcvioutdy announced he would enter a
plea of not guilty. The court allowed
this and then overruled the demurrer
to the lirHt count.
Judge Humphrey gave the defendant
until Monday next to enter special
pleas in the case.
Popular Farewell to Wright.
Manila. Oct. III. Arrangements are
being made for a popular farewell ditm
onstration upon the departure of Gov
'rnor I.uke K. Wright for America. It
will take the form of a banquet, public
reception and a water pageant. Gov
ernor Wright lias vetoed the proposi
tion to give him a valuable present,
subscribed for by the public, as it
might bo construed a indicating hi
intention not to return to the islands.
The foreign residents of this city are
enthusiastic over the proposition to give
iovernor Wright a farewell.
Menace to the Flag,
Worcester, Mass., Oct. lit. At the
meeting of the American Missionary
association today Uev. Mr. Pore mil 8
Hcudder, of Honolulu, pleaded for the
establishment of Christianity us the re
ligion of the islands, pointing out that
the Japanese living there maintain
nome 50 schools to teach their children
Buddhism, the Japanese language, and
loyalty, not, he asserted, to the Stars
and Htripes primarily, but to the em
peror of Japan.
Jerry Simpson Hat Quiet Day.
Wichita, Kan., Oct. lO. At 10
o'clock last night ex-Congressman Jerry
Miinpsou was sleeping soundly. -He
passed H quiet day. Ills son, Lester
Simpson, and family arrived yeateiday
morning from Iioawell, N. M.
RUSSIA IN NEvV FEHMENT.
Strikes Break Out In the Big Manu
facturing Cities.
HI. Petersburg, Oct. IH. The strike
at Moscow hit given an impetus to the
new wave of strike and disorders
w hich i sweeping over the country
and which promise a repetition of the
period of stress that prevailed in Janu
ary and February, though, it is hoped,
on a les serious scale. Ileides the
tumult in HI. Petersburg and Moscow,
strike and disorder inspired by the
events in the hitler place are reported
from Haraloff, Kieff, Kar.an, Kharkoff
and other cities, while the strike move
ment has again broken out in Moscow.
Dispatch from Kkiiterinnslav, Ku
ban mid Till is report trouble in the
Caucus!), which, however, have no
connection with the KiiHsian move
ment. A lare pitrt of the working people
senui to be inspired by a spirit of un
rest. The movement is liirgely politi
cal, and is engineered by the Social
I lemociiit and Hocial Revolutionaries,
many of the leader of whom deplore
the outbreak at this t ime, as it will
inlet feie with tint perfected campaign
of th parties during the election ot
the doiiuia. They say, however, that
it wits necessary to take advantage of
the out break at Moscow, even though
lliey were not lull y prepared lor the
movement.
PAY DUTY ON PRESENF8.
President Orders Daughter 1 rested
Like All Other Citizens.
Chicago, Oct. IH. A dispatch to the
Kecord-llerald from Washington say
Secretary Shaw and Collector Stratton,
of the port of San Francisco, have had
a load of trouble for several wetks
about which the public ha known
nothing, and it was lifted yesterday
when the secretary was told by Presi
dent Roosevelt to collect the legal duty
on all dutiable articles brought back to
this country by Miss Alice Itoosevcl'..
The total duty is expected to reach
nearly fM), 000.
The daughter of the president ha re
ceiveil during lier trip to the riiilm
pines, i lima, Japan and l una mauv
pretty sod some uite valuable pres
ents. nome ol llie customs olucers
suggested Miss Uooscvcll ought to be
allowed to bring the valuable: in duty
free, inasmuch as she was treated with
all the honor of a princess and did
much to cement friendship between the
United State and foreign c mntrie.
The belonging of crowned heads, of
royalty and of diplomats are always ad
m it ted free of duty into the I'nited
State. Secretary Shaw received sug
gestion until he was almost sick. The
presents are worth probably $100,000,
and if the usual rate of duty was im
tiosed II would coet .Miss Konsevell or
her father upwards cf tiO per cent or
ou.uuo. tenner Miss Koosevell nor
her father is rich, although the young
woman is understood to have a modest
fortune in her own right.
WILL DEFEND CANAL.
United States Government Decides to
Fortify the Terminals.
Washington, Oct. 18. Fo.tiflcation
of the terminals of the Panama canal is
one of the subjects to be considered by
Secretary Taft, when he makes hi visit
to the isthmus, and for this purpose he
will be accompanied by members of the
first committee of the Fortifications
board. This committee consists of
Major J. P. Storey, ex-chief of artil
lery, retired; lirigadier General Alex
McKenzie, chief of engineers; W. M.
(.'rosier, chief of ordnance; Samuel M.
Mill, chief of artillery; Captain
Charles Sperry, of the navy, and Major
George Gocthals, corps of engineers.
All the memliers of this committee will
not accompany the secretaiy and until
definite orders are received it is prob
able that General Storey, Captain Sper
ry and Major Gocthals will he the
members w ho w ill go to Panama.
Fortification of the canai was forbid
den by the first Hay-Pauncefote treaty,
but this treaty was amended by the
senate. The canal treaty which was
llnally adopted and is now in force,
and which superseded the Clay-Rulwar
treaty has no mention of fortifications,
but does allow the United States to use
such military force as may be necessary
to police and protect the canal.
Stand by Uncle Sam.
Havana, Oct. 18. The seven com
mercial, industrial and agricultural
associations of Cuba, at a joint meeting
here today, unanimously passed a reso
lution that the great commercial need
of Cuba is a new, and, if possible, a
permanent, commercial treaty with the
I'nited States. The meeting elected a
committee to initiate a movement to
ward obtaining such a treaty. Louis
Galban, a leading importer and presi
dent of the Havana chamber of com
merce, was chosen president of the
joint movement.
Ships Scare Moors.
London, Oct. 18. The British For
eign ollice has sent instructions to its
minister to Morocco to take the most
energetic measures in regard to the
capture of the two o dicers of the royal
marine. Several British warships are
already off the Moorish coast in con
nection with the wreck of the repair
ship Assistance in Tetuan bay, so there
is plenty of force available to impress
the Moorish authorities with the ne
cessity for prompt redress.
Preparing Reserve Vessels.
Cherbourg, Oct. 18. Active work is
going on here in preparing reserve ves
sels for service in case of eventualities
in Venezuela. The arsenal and the
artillery depot are working at full pres
sure. The cruiser Ihjsaix, which left
yesterday, took a large store of ammu
nition for Fort du France, Island of
Martinique.
TO RECOVER LAND
Government Begins Six Suits In
Court at Tacoma.
TITLE WAS OBTAINED BY FRAUD
Bribery, Perjury, Subornation of Per
jury, Forgery, Fraudulent Affi
davits, Etc., Charged.
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 17. In the
Federal court today six cases were filed
by Attorney General Moody on behalf
of the I'nited State to recover to the
government the title to lands of the
public domain in Washington, Oregon
and California, oih of which" the Unit
ed State has been defrauded.
The complaint charge that Freder
ick A. Hyde, John A. Ilensijn, (3. W.
Clarke; tin; Willametlu Pulp & Paper
company, a corfioration existing under
the law of the state of Maine; Wil
liam G. Gosslin, Alfred Truxbiiry, W.
H. Sawyer and others, by fraudulent
echenir;B Mid practices, involving brib
ery, perjury, suixirntion of perjury,
forgery, fraudulent affidavits of person
not desiring or intending to purchase
lands, and alliduvits of fictitious per
sons, have, while pretending to comply
with the laws of the I'nited States re
garding the disposition of the public
lands and the granting of lieu lands,
divested the government of large tracts
in the Vancouver land district in this
state, and in California and Oregon.
It is further charged that the defend
ants employed one Henry P. IHmond,
a lawyer of San Francisco, to assist
them in their fraudulent procuring of
public lands by representing thern be
fore the department at Washington,
I). C.
It is also alleged that the defendants
employed Woodford I). Harlan and
William K. Valk, employes of the In
terior department, whose duties are to
investigate and report on cases of the
fraudulent entry and acquisition of
lands, to give them information con
cerning departmental affairs connected
with the public lands and otherwise
mipuse their trust to aid the defendants
in defrauding the government.
DYED BUTTER FOR NAVY.
Coal Tar Wat Used by Contractors
at League Island.
Washington, Oct. 17. That samples
of butter submitted as a portion ot a
large quantity supplied to the League
Island navy yard at Philadelphia prove
to be colored with coal tar dye is the
substance of a report which Chiet
Chemist Wiley, of the' department of
Agriculture, will submit tomorrow to
Secretary Wilson. Specimens were re
cently taken for analysis from the
League Island yards hospital kitchen
and barracks, from the United States
receiving ship lncaster and other na
val craft by representatives of the
Pennsylvania dairy and food commis
sioners, who are said to have obtained
similar samples from the men who sold
the produce.
Mr. Wilson will refer the report to
President Roosevelt, who will, in all
probability, call the attention of the
department of Justice to the matter.
KOMURA REACHES TOKIO.
Received Warmly by Mikado, Coldly
by Hit People.
Tokio, Oct. 17. Baron Komura, the
Foreign minister, who acted as chief
plenipotentiary for Japan, arrived here
today from Vancouver, H. C. His re
ception at the railway station was not
enthusiastic, those present being prin
cipally government dignitaries The
streets were strongly guarded by the
troops, police and gendarmes. The
baron drove to the palace in an impe
rial carriage.
The emperor showed exceptional
honor to Baron Komura by dispatching
to Yokohoma, where he landed from
the Empress of India, Colonel Inonye,
his majesty's aid-de-camp, who went
alongside the steamer in a dispatch
boat and brought Komura ashore.
Sweden D'tsolvet Union.
Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 17. The
union between Norway and Sweden ex
isting sincj 1814 has been dissolved,
both houses of the riksdag having pass
ed the government bill repealing the
act of union and recognizing Norway
as a state separate ' from the union
with Sweden." The lower house adopt
ed the bill without debate, but two or
three members of the senate expressed
the opinion that the dissolution was a
irreparable minsfortune and would be
regretted. Both houses subsequently
passed the new flag law.
Want Prohibition In Arizona.
Tucson, Arizona, Oct. 17. A Star
special from Piescott says that the Ari
zona Association of Congregational
Ministers has adopted a resolution urg
ing congress to incorporate in the Ari
zona statehood bill a prohibiten
against the licensing of gambling, lot
teries and the sale of intoxicating
liquors in the state of Arizona, claiming
protection to the Arizona Indians and
the citizenship of the state, as provided
by the Oklahoma bill.
Naturalization Frauds React.
Washington, Oct. 17. The license of
ten mates, pilots, masters and engin
eers at Ban Francisco were revoked to
day by United States steamboat in
spectors. The action in each case was
for the reason that their naturalization
papers were obtained by fraud.
TARIFF NOT TO BE TOUCHED.
8enator Aldrlr.h is Alto Opposed to
Railroad Rate Legislation.
Washington, Oct. 1 7. Senator Ald
rlch, of Khode Island, the general man
ager of the United States senate, is not
telling what the program is to be for
the corning session, but he lias allowed
sn intimation to leak out that there
will be no tariff legislation, and no
revenue legislation beyond some pro
vision for Panama canal bonds.
What Mr.Aldrich may say arid think
is not necessarily the plan to be fol
lowed, but it is pretty apt to be, and
when the Khode Island senator, who is
chairman of the finance committee,
says there is to be no tariff legislation,
the probabilities are strongly in favor
of such legislation being pigeonholed if
it ever cornes from the house.
Put Senator Aldricb is lielioved to be
equally as interested in suppressing
railroad rate legislation which would
be offensive to Ids good friends, the
railroads, and there again he is going
to have something to say later, though
he will not talk at the present time.
Senator A ldrich is a member of the
committee on interstate commerce, but
he did not attend the hearings given
by that committee last spring, after
congresn bad adjourned. His mind is
made up on that question. He knows
how he will vote; lie knows the kind
of bill ho favors; he understands what
his friends want, and when the time
comes for action, though he will say
little, he will get in a jtowerful lot of
effective work.
There is no discounting Senator Al-
drich's ability; he is one of the might
iest factors in congress, and it so hap
pens that he is chairman of the com
mittee which handles tariff legislation
and a memler of the committee that
must pass upon the railroad rate bill
after it passes the house. That is an
other reason why Aldrich is in a po
sition to speak with authority as to
legislative prospects at the coming ses
sion.
MAKE TIMBER DURABLE.
Forest Service Studies Methods, Also
Its Structural Strength.
Washington, Oct. 17. William L.
Hall, assistant forester in charge of the
ollice of forest products in the forest
service, has returned to Washington
after an extended trip in the West.
The study of the methods of seasoning
and treating Western timbers to derive
their greatest service when put to use,
to which Mr. Hall has given special at
tention on this trip, forms an import
ant part of the work of this office. And
the subject is considered of such vital
consequence by steam and electric rail
ways and telephone and telegraph com
panies in the West that a number of
these companies are co-operating with
the forest service in its consideration.
Their interest centers chiefly in timbers
for tie and pole purposes. Tests are
now under way for tamarack, hemlock
and cedar timber in Michigan and Wis
consin, and for red fir, western hemlock
and western tamarack in Idaho and
Washington.
Another important line of work in
the office of forest products is a series
of tests of strength of structural tim
bers. YAQUIS FIRE FROM AMBUSH.
Two Companies of Mexican Troops
Lose Heavily.
Hermosillo, Mex., Oct. 17. A com
pany of the Fifth regiment, Mexican
army, sent out a few days ago to sup
press the rebellious Yaquin in the
neighborhood of Ortiz, was almost
wiped out Friday from ambush. Lieu
tenant Ayalo, who commanded, and
five of his men were instantly killed.
Four others were fatally wounded, and
died soon after, while a dozen escaped
with serious wounds.
A company reconnoitering near Are
nas was also ambushed by the Bavages
and their leader shot down almost be
fore they were aware of the presence of
the Indians. The survivors, after the
first onslaught, drove back the savages
with much slaughter. The Indians,
however, outnumbered them, and the
whole party would have been massa
cred had not a company from another
regiment, stationed at Arenas, come to
the rescue.
Diaz to Give Audience.
Mexico City, Oct. 17. The commit
tee having in charge the entertainment
of the General Passenger Agents of
America has completed elaborate ar
rangements for the care of the party
from the time of their arrival at the !
liorder until they reach this city, where
they w ill hold their convention. The
customs inspection of the baggage at
the border will be made as lenient as
possible.- The Mexican government
will participate in the entertainment
of the visitors. They will he granted
an audience by President Diaz. -
Sugar to Cross In Mexico.
Mazatlin, Mex., Oct. 17. Repre
sentatives of the American-Hawaiian
Steamship company, who stopped in
this port on their way from San Fran
cisco to Santa Cruz, sav their company
expects to ship at least 300,000 tons of
Hawaiian sugar annually across the
Mexican isthmus under the contract
recently entered into with the National
railroad of Tehuantepec pending the
completion of the Panama caual. Two
new steamers are being built.
Explosions Injure Firemen,
Chicago, Oct. 17. Five firemen were
slightly injured and property valued at
$180,000 was destroyed today by a fire
that demolished the five-story brick
building at 75 and 77 Lake street, oc
cupied by Podrasink, Klappenrich A
Co, wholseale dealers in paints and
wa 1 paper.
J BRITAIN TO HAVE
MIGHTIEST BATTLESHIP I
H. M. S. Dreadnought, 18,000
end Heaviest
-(S)
The British are about to begin the
construction of the largest heaviest.
most powerful and most costly battle
ship ever built, and Intend to have
the pennant flying from ner mast with
in sixteen months afler the date on
which the first keel plates are laid.
This Invincible and Invulnerable war
vessel la to be named Dreadnought,
and the British admiralty has designed
her to be capable of equaling her
name. She will mount more heavy
guns than any two battleships now
afloat; will be able to withstand an
attack from a submarine, and If she
happens to touch oft a floating mine
will be able to continue afloat until
a port Is reached. In addition to these
enviable virtues, the Dreadnought will
also have great speed, and. if she
wants to ' turn tall" her engines, de
veloping a speed of 21 knots an hour,
will enable her to outdistance any too
pressing foe. Even If overtaken, the
very thick armor plating will enable
her to stand unusual punishment, and
for dealing with torpedo boats she will
have a small battery of one pounders
and slx-pounders. She will also be
armed with torpedo tubes, but will be
unique in having no secondary bat
tery. No details of the armor to be placed
on the Dreadnought have been given,
but It is known that she will be the
most completely armored ship afloat
Her armor alone will weigh about 6,
000 tons. In gunpower the Dread
nought la designed to be the most for
midable warship ever seen. No bat
tleship In the world to-day carries
morv than four 12 Inch guns, but the
Dreadnough will mount no fewer than
ten, or two and a half times as many
as any ship afloat. This enormous bat
tery of 12-Inch rifles will have a com
bined muzzle energy of 4S0.000 foot
tons. Each of these big guns will
throw a shell weighing 850 pounds, the
combined battery being able to throw
over four tons of projectiles at one
discharge. The Dreadnought will be
able to throw this Immense weight of
metal a distance of five or six miles,
at which range the shells would pierce
the armor of practically any battleship
afloat
ProgreM in Battleship.
There has been a wonderful ad
vance In the development of battle
ships within the last ten years. In
1805 Great Britain had twenty-three
armored ships, each of more than 10,-
000 tons. To-day, If there are includ
ed the ships being built she has sixty.
In 1S95 the heaviest British battle
ship was the Royal Sovereign, of 14,
2G0 tons. There were eight ships of
opuIudrSienco
The hay fever serum or pollantlne
of Dr. Dunbar of Hamburg is shown
to have proven very effective. Having
first proven that hay fever is due to
the pollen poison from grasses, ce
reals and other plants, the investigator
sought a preventive by repeated vac
cination of animals with the poison of
pollen. The antitoxin thus produced
lu the blood serum neutralizes tho
poisonous effect of pollen In the eyes
and nose. The serum Is not Injected
under the skin, like others, but simply
applied to nose and eyes.
The precision of modern observa
tions brings to light unexpected facts.
At the Paris Observatory Jean Mas
cart has noticed that the surface of a
thin layer of mercury Is not plane, but
undulated like water disturbed by the
plunge of a stone, aud has also detect
ed another movement that proves to
be a true tide, due to the sun and
moon. The measurements have been
made repeatedly during the month
with the six microscopes of the Instru
ment The tidal motion is slight but
greater than the possible errors.
The "auxetophone" la an attachment
for reinforcing the sounds given forth
by phonographs and gramophones, in
vented by Mr. C. A. Parsons, the In
ventor of the steam turbine, and Mr.
Horace Short A small valve of pe
culiar coustructlou control the ad
Tons, U Planned to Be the Largest
Man-of-War Afloat.
this type, and they were regarded a
the finest afloat.
F'rance at that time had fourteen
battleships, each of over 10,000 tona
displacement, the largest being the
Bouvet, of 12,205 tons. There are
now twenty-six battleships, each of
more than 10,000 tons. In the French
navy, the heaviest being the Demo
cratic class, now building, ships of 14,
G35 tons. Italy. In 18f5, had ten bat
tleships ranking above the 10,000-ton
class, the heaviest being the Lepanto,
a 15,000-ton ship, built In 1883, and so
heavily armed and armored that she
almost found It difficult to get out of
her own way. She is now ranked as
a second-class battleship; but she l
not considered fit to stand even In
that line. The Italia, sister ship to
the Lepanto, was built In 1880, and
was for many years the largest bat
tleship afloat She represents an early
attempt to build a monster battle
ship, but apart from size, she haa
never been considered at all formida
ble. Italy now has fourteen battle
ships, each over 10,000 tons, the heavi
est being the Reglna Margherlta, 13.
124 tons.
In 1885 the United States and Ger
many were equal as to battleships of
over 10,000 tons. Each had four; the
United States had the heaviest ship
In the Iowa, of 11,340 tons. Germany's
four were uniformly 10,300 tons. Now
Germany has eighteen heavy battle
ship, and six building. The United
States has twelve, with thirteen build
ing and two projected. The heaviest
German battleships to-day are her 12,-997-tnn
class; the heaviest In the Uni
ted State la the Connecticut class,
10,000 tons.
The wars of the United States with
Spain and Japan with Russia have not
been without their lessons to the naval
powers, and the tendency Is to build
larger and heavier battleships, so that
they may carry more tremendous bat
teries. The determination to build
these enormous ships was arrived at
only after considerable discussion. It
was thought by some naval construc
tors that more units, each of consid
erable power, were to be desired above
a few battleships of the greatest
power.
It was thought that the Dreadnought
would be the last word in warship
construction for many years, but now
It appears that Japan Is to build three
battleships of 19,000 tons each. Ger
many Is reported to be considering a
20,000-ton warship, and France next
year is to lay down one of 20,500 tons.
Perhaps the contest will end In uni
versal peace, for there is a limit to
battleship construction, and If it la
not reached In the Dreadnought It at
least must be near.
mission Into the trumpet of com
pressed air supplied from a pump or
bellows. The action of the apparatua
Is compared In the Scientific American
to that of an air relay, whereby not
only are greater power anl volume Im
parted to the sounds, but tue full
ness and richness of tone are height
ened. It Is said that on a calm day
the auxetophone can be heard distinct
ly at a distance of two or three miles,
and that In speech every word may
be clearly distinguished as much aa
NX) yards away.
Everybody has noticed how friction
generates electricity, whether on the
hack of a petted cat or on a rubbed
glass or gutta-percha rod, or at the
fingers' ends of a person who has vig
orously shuffled his feet over a dry
carpet. Sparks can often be drawn
from swiftly moving belts on machin
ery, and in weaving and spinning
processes the fibers sometimes accum
ulate troublesome electric charges.
A method known as the Chapman proc
ess has been devised for neutralizing
the static electricity generated In cot
ton and paper mills, printing pre
rooms and other places. It consist
of a transformer stepping up an alter
nating current to 10,000 or 20,000 volta
and an Inductor composed of fine steel
wire encased in hard rubber, and ar
ranged with Its points placed above
the web or other object In which the
static electricity Is to be neutralized.
Charges passing from the points pro
duce the desired effect
A small boy'a idea of the board ot
health Is tlx meals dally.