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Hereafter we fill send the paper to all re-ponslMe perons who order It, Untut thej lie j not vo l the mrnie;, wttb tt nnoerttuBd tng tua are Isn, $ L25 a year, iu ea tfcej ick the aubaerintloa aneoutit ran- iJ -month. la order 'httihcrt imt re otrtaD.!iif, we will keep this notice sUcding at uM place ifl ice pi-r. . . ' s , CIRCULATION (SWORN) OER 4CQ0 THE MOTHER ACT OTHER WO MEN. An Idwa court has declared unoonsti tutlonal a law passed by the last Ley islature authorizing the taking; of chll dren from Incompetent mothers and placing: them in better, homes. The law was enacted at the. Instance of so- . called advanced ' sociologists whose hearts were in the right place, though the court finds that their "heads are deficient In the' qualities which law makers should possess. The principal defect In the law Is found in the pro-' vision which gives the mayor of a city summary Jurisdiction in cases submit ted to hlim The mother charged of in competency is denied the right of tidal by jury. The -case : which the coul passed upon was that of a working wo man with a. baby less than a year old It does not appear that the woman did not do the bestrshe could under; the hard conditions of her life, but her best dld.jiOt meet the requirements of cer tain club -women who had imposed upon themselves the duty of seeing that the children of the poor are properly cared for. This particular child was seised .while the mother swas absent ffrom lwme, and was placed In the custody . of the police. . The mother appealed to the court to secure the recovery of her child, with the result above opted. There are doubtless cases of neglect . of children whlch justify the Jnterven tiort or law. Therej are ? other caser wnere tne conditions of child life are not what they should be, in. which. 'the intervention- of law does more harm than good. If .the parent does the best It can, the purport of the law should be to improve the" conditions underfwhich the parent has failed, rather than de Btroy the incentive to well-doing -by leprving them of their children.) The fact should -always be bourne in mind that the child of poor '.: parents is as dear to. them a the child of the rich' parents!; There is no lovelike -parental love, and any society that substitutes finer surroundings for parental f love incurs a grave reSpohsibltlty. In -; the comparatively few cass In -which the child is esrKised to vic ioua example, the right of the state' to act cannot be QU.es'Uuned.S(F.. Bulletin. v ' ' The writer is not acqualntexl with the ' Iowa Constitution. Pro"bahly the law would have been 'constitutional had '.Jit contained a provision" allowing the wo- " man or'any parent the right of a jury trial:;' -V. V; i-K.I . But such a law, in a modified form, is on the statute books of all or nearly all - of te States. " The raisins; f and training of all children Is the concern of the whole people-of (he state, i And the - etate has the- right, and ought ta exercise it, of dermlnlng the fitness, ,or rather the "anfltness. of parents or guafdlans. Every: child has the right, or ought to have, to an "Education and proper training. The children will soon be the men and Women .'of the Nation, and the men and, women, in a republic, determine the character of the Nation, for good or-III, for strength pr, vreak ness, and for leadership or contempt of the family of nations. Probably an in iuwtice was done fo the Iowa woman. But this, is no cause-for the . flippant manner In which our able contempor ary treats the subject 1C discusses. r It Is a-grave and Important subject. ' LATEST FROM THE SKIES. 'The Astronomische Nachrlchten, No. 3S0, of July, which has just reached this country from ' Germany, contains the obstftvationa of the Satellites J. of Saturn and Uranus, made byfProfessor See with the 26-inch Qlescope of the X'nited States Naval Cbservatoryj dur Uj 3 the year 1301.., The aeries ot ob?r jvatlons is a longoneand will doubll ba of great value in dettrminimj SJti othlt of the satellites and in computing the masses' of the planets, j : " Enquiry at " the observatory - elicits the Information that, the scrtes of ob K'Tvatlons In progress this season 'lg 'cn mora extensive than that of last year, although1 the satellite work dom tf ere last year was more extensive rtian that of. any observatory In" the u orld. IVofessor Sec Is conrrocUng all put ts of the 7"Saturnlan system by elaborate measures following the rhetta xl employed by Professor Hermann S truve In his famous researches , ' on satellitea recently carried out at : the Itu.laa National Observatory at Pout kuva. It is said that these obftcrva Hons will be extemlt'd over at least ani o'thtr Jrear, and the accumulated ma terial, when 'fully 'digested. willfurniPh 'valuable Index, to the changes wh eh have taken place In "the system of iSat urn. . t?lnce about Mi Saturn has ben fo far south that itj cannot be success fully observed in the more northern UUiudes of Kurup and the Naval Observatory as theJouthernrmst larpe Government -obhcrvatory has therefore -rumcd the task of Iwkinjr after the ire to i-.iuiu j ful.ir c-itlts. as fct-tn fi-c.i tie c-irth. After the present a?i ett c.:..t: jes It will be more t'.an forty yers teforo the jilanet-will asain ari'car . under - the vime aspect. . , . . -The announcement of Professor De landre, Xthe Paris Observatory, that he'has been able to prove by spectro scopic observations that Uranus ro utes In the -'fame direction In which .he satellites revolve, is 6t much inter .at to astronomers generally. The ro Uition of Uranus has hitherto been a book sealed with seven seals. THE CHOCTAW NATION. Seventiwo years ago the United jtates Government conveyed in fee imple ' to the Choctaw Indians, then ocated In Mississippi, 9,000,000 acres of and in what Is now Indian Territory, ."his was the outcome of a movement naugurated by " ihe Choctaws them- elves. A early as 1S03 over 600 faml ies of Choctaws emigrated beyond the Mississippi, and their report and the ! nfavorable conditions' In Mississippi ed. In f820. to a concession of a jart of ' he lands held by the Indians, they re-'-elying, lands In Indian Territory, in 830 they ceded their remaining lands a Mississippi and removed In a body o Indian Terrlfory," the United States lovernment guaranteeing that no part f their new lands in the West should ver be embraced In any territorr oi late, and promising ' a'so to secure .hem against laws not passed in their ,wn councils. In 1834 the territory for the Indian as established, the Choctaws const; .uting one of the five Nations, ana xor i quarter ot a-century i the Indians Ived under governments framed in iccordance with the Impulse that car ied them westward. In 1860 the Choc taws numbered 22,000 . and held ;6i030 laves. The majority of them joined .'ortunes with the Southern Confeder acy; and at the close of the war the tribe numbered only 17,000, and, having forfeited their rights under the old treaty, re-prganlzed under thef' treaty f 1868. Since then they have made en ourahg progress, and In 1S58 accept ed. y popular, vote, the Curtis ict. a-ith some modifications. This law f Congress contemplates he breaking Up of conditions recogniz ed In the treaty of 1830 and the law of 834.- The Choctaw nation Is no longer to be regarded as an independent state. be tribal governments are to"Hjaban- doned, ands are to be held in severalty. mdthe InGians are to Ae treated as arc ther citizens. ' - , , , 1 t When thV'maln body of the Choctaws remove from Mississippi to J nauin Territory,. in-830r 2,000 or more of the tribe elected to remain, in Mississippi tnd adapt themeelves to the customs it the whites. They were carried on the jessus rolls as Indians', but .they 'paid taxes and entered into the life- "about them as Individuals. "Npwy after living apart for seventy years, the two branches of the Choctaws are to be re united In Indian Territory, each hea4i if a family ' among, the. Mississippi Choctaws to receive 320 acres of land n the new. home. Re-enforced by their Mississippi brethren, the Choctaws of pure- blood will number 21,000, and will enter upon a -phase of Indian life not regarded as "among the possibilities in IS30. . : ; '.v y".t .' : -'J b " The tendency toward - autocratic f ornr of Government has Wen less pro nounced among the Choctaws of Indian Territory than among the! civilized tribes. The Choctaws were among the Arst to consider propositions looking to the abandonment , of tribal relations. and among the first to accept govern ment supervision of their actions. The Infusion of new Choctaw blood ' froin Mississippi will strengthen the tenden cy toward Individual citizenship, and may do much to make the Choctaws formative influence in the new order ot things In Indian Territory. THE CONFEDERATE HOME. The circular letter sent out by Com- rnander-IrtChlef Torrance, of the Grand Army of the Republic, recommending that aid' be extended to the Alabama Home forr Confederate veterans, and the reception accorded iC" so far as heard from In G. A It. circles, was emi nently credltabhr to the good feeling now existing between those men who once stood opposite to each other on the battlefield. .- r NOw comes the Confederate army if the Tenns8ee with. " a resolution rs-. ferriog to General Torrance's pro posi tion In the kindest terms and fully rec- onlzin? tha generous and fraternal feeling which prompted It, and express ing tha most heartfelt gratitude, ; but declaring that It Is the duty.uf the South alone to" provide for Confederate veterans; that there are certain duties which a high-minded " people cannot permit others to perform, of which this s one. - ' . - . i The declination Is as honorable to the South as was the proposition to the North. Each party will the more re spect the other for ' this episode. No doubt it will also have" a good 'effect upon the interests ot the Confederate Home In stimulating the effort to pro-1 ide it with the facilities whlcit mlsht have leen secured with Northern gen- nlty. . . - - 1 Haiti is in such a horrible state tha.t- the compassionate declare It'our bul- esa to annex the inland, Tliat is. upon SKIH, TORTURES And all Forms of Itching . SceJr Humours Instantly V Relieved and Speedily ; ; " CURED BY CUTIGUHi Complete Treatment ($1), consists of CrmcrRA- SoAP. to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuticle, - Ccticttu. Oijct- MEXT. ; to InBtantly ; auar itchinz. Irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and Ccticuea IIe- the blood. A Single Set Is often. euiHclent to cure the most torturing. disfiguring, itching, burning, bleed ing, scaly, crusteo, ana pinipiy Hu mours, when all else fails. MILLIONS USE CUTICURA SOAP, aaaistod bjrCtrriciraA otXTMCST for beautify-' lag the skin, for eleaaalnir the scalp, nil etop ptnx of falling hair, for softening' and whiten. log the band, for baby Itchings ana raitcs. In baths f or annoying irritations a nd chafi n t-or too free or offensive perspiration, for many BSnatlro, satisepUO; purposes - wbtr.n OKgeet tliomelTc to women, iift'l for all the pnrposea of the toilet, bath, and nursery, r CrmccBa iBEsotvExr Pills (Chocolate ; Coatel) are a new, tasteless, odorless, et-o- rtomical sabxtitute for the celebrated lirul4 CrnctiEA KKol.VE!T,aiwellanforallMiire - t)lxxl noriflera anl ni monr cures, in screw- cap vials, containing CO doses, price 2ic - SoU thftiorlwmt tit wirkL Soar. IV!., Oitmt, We. Vua.. xM. BHttoS LManti a n. CksrtrfHm ). iMdw. French Dvpoii fRaa la Fats, Tana. L.S.A. Dua aa Caajt. Cuar Soto 1 the assumption that the corporation called the United States has a soul and Is morally bound to save the people of Haiti from ruin. The action of ' the United States in freeing Cuba from Spanish despotism has given some of our people tho idea that we .are In the V ttt--r I.il.lMn. Ma, H.x .nil., h .V.In. bu we may be sure that Spain could have been as despotic as she p.eased In Cuba, as elsewhere, : and the United States cotild have had" no word to say unless It could be shown that the des- j potism proaucea results that were detrimental ; to American commercial interests. And so we; may say ot any interference with the affairs of . Haiti. If , Haiti and the revolutions going on in that island do not concern us com mercially, we have, no part t play. The destiny of the island Is in the hands of the inhabitants thereof. If thcy4o no want to be peaceful, and civilized that is their affair, not ours. ; : We are not called upon to act as guardian and In structor. Much less are we expected to take possession of the island and con vert the inhabitants Into American citi zens. We have a sufQciencv of mixed population.: Especially of negro popu lation. ; v ' ' Hop picking in a number of yards it finished. In others the work win be over ' today. ; In he northern end ot Marion county few hops will be left td plckfbn Tuesday" next. But in the L4vesley yard, of 110 acres,, about four miles above Salem, two weeks more will be required to- get through. The crop in that yard Is a very heavy one. 1 is likely that he. other yard In tne val ley will be Later in getting through. V Mrs, Kate Chopin's book, called "The Awakening,". has been excluded from the MercanUle Library of St. Louis. Never heard f the book before. Bound j to read it'now. That will be the gen eral verdict. Mrs.( Chopin. Is said to be in no wise disturbed by t the action taken. &, We should say not. She should thank the library ' for the advertise mcnt. ' ' Tl game laws bf Wisconsin, Mlclv- lgan and Minnesota enact a license tax! from all persons whe . de? Ire to hunt. Residents are charged -a nominal rate and non-reeldcnts a; higher one. - A Madison, Wl, paper saya SO.OOtt hunt ers' licenses have been Issued in 'that stato for the deer seatoti, wblth Is about to pen. " " -. At the Ir lends General Conference In Ashbury ParkMonday, "the entire As sembly was sked to remove hats. So Quakers need not be known by tlielr hats any louger and there ought to be n- decreased area of baldness among them; an1 so people get to be more and more alike every year.New York Sun.. : ! . Sai-1 the Portland Evening Telegram of yesterday: 'Today a train starts for he East that If ' it could be? noted by l-istern peoiile generally would bo sotnethlrtg of a advertise rm-nt of one of Oregon ' resources. It contains Sal cars." carrying 1,22,000 . pounds of Co- lumUia river salmon.' ' Marion county houH have a tax on bicycles. to create, a fund for bityclsi paths,,, Iet Iht Marion cunty .delega tion -se "to this next winter. Ia rz there is failurt or neslecl In this par- - f ter frur.i IUns -iolomon s teaua roun taJn" seven miles south of tha city. The water Is conveyed partly through 'modern Iron pipes, buC partly by the old aciueduct known as Solomon's Ac rjucduct. " : . The opening of the State. Fair martcs the beginning of the busy business season for Salem. : Our merchants are better prepared with complete stocks of goods for the heavy fall trade than ever before in the hUtory of the Capi tal c:tyv .; ' - . ' - - As President Dial willnever qutfc I job until death leads hllm away, it is suggested that the Mexican politicians who are already selecting his successor should be searched for dynamite. When you fee the stock' exhibits at the State-Fair, remember that you arc locking at the finest display or the kind,, and the most complete, ever seen west of th"e"Missouri river. It was the biggest first day in every respects in ' the history of the State j Fair. It' is the greatest State Fair n the - history of Oregon. - : The smoke cleared away for the ac commodation of the State Fair visitors, and it was a perfect' day in point of weather. ' ', - -, . . ; If you live in Salem. IT IS TOUR DUTY to attend the State Fair, and to ask your friends to dothe same. .Moet of the hop' pickers will be through with their work In time to at- tehd the State Fair. We will forget about that smoke pretty soon, and be complaining about the rain., . - I , : MERITED SUCCESS Achieved By. Dr. Darrin in . a .Difficult 'r Profession in a Short Tims. . : -m . r-. . : .' - Our representative a few, days ago paid a brief 'call on Jr. Darrin at bis office in . the Willamette Hotel, ; lie found the .parlor, filled with .patients, but after a, short wait the doctor man aged to spare a few moments from his business for a brief chat. ; His private offlce.-a large, pleasant room, presents a strange sight to the eyes of the un initiated. It is filled with medical. surgical and electrical apparatus, some of ; the most complicated, nature," and embodying the very latest triumphs of surgical genius and. Invention. Al though hlstime was -precious, the doc tor took a few minutes to satisfy cu riosity by explaining some of the uses of ; he various apparatus. - It Is not within the scope of this article to de scribe all the wonderful devices. Dr- Darrin's methods of practice are radically different from those of other physicians. Examination and consul ts lion, with him are absolutely free.. If you are sick. and don't know what ails j yoWT be will,' without one cent " of cost, hnbrougWy examine you, dfagnose your ui'jie ttiiu. icit you exttciiy woai aus you Then If you wish him to" treat you he will do so, and will do it at a reason able cost, - but ; after diagnosing you r case, he will leave It entirely to your Judgment whether you will be treated. Dr. Darrin has certainly achieved re markable success since he has been in Salem, and his practice IsJapidly in creasing. Not, only do his patients come from this city, but: from all over the states ,; all over the Northwest. Testimonials of cures are read from day to day, from a class of patients who are not suspected of .falsehood or ca pable of being deceived in the matter of their testimony. . -That multitude accept these overwhelmlnx r evidences of cures Is evident from the throngs daily pressing to consult this most sue eessful and eminent physician. ' September .10th, Mrs. Job Richards visited the city and placed her little daughter under Dr.; Darrin's treatment for an aggravated case of catarrh. Her faith In Dr. Darrin's cure Is unbounded, having seen the effects on other mem bers of the- family, Ber oldest daughter having been cured of a loathsome xae of discharging ears' and catarrh.. Mrs. Richards was also cured of deafness by the doctor. : . . The doctor makes a speciaMy of all diseases of v the eye, v ear, nose and throat, catarrh ' deafness, . bronchitis. lagrippe, dyspepsia, heart, liver, blad der and kidney diseases. , He perma nently cures female troubles,ulcera- tion, displacements, painful menstru ation. 'Irfregularlties, etc also genito urinary and Skin -diseases. In either ix, such as blood taints, seminal weaknees and lost vlsror, varicocele and stricture. AH curable chronic male and female diseases, treated at 5 a week, 20 a month, or In that prorortion of time, as the case- may require. No case pub Thed, except by permission of the pa tient. All business relations with Dr. Darrlft. strictly' con fldentlaL Letters of inquiry ; s nswered. Circulars and question Watiks sent free. Eyes test ed ana glasses fitted, v Dr. Ds,rrins of are at the Willamette Hotel. Sa lem, unil November 1st only. .. f ii ji -si i j -ii 1 . -ii ii .i ir - v SENATOR BARD JJYINCJ. LOS ANGELES. CaU S'Pt. 15 Uhlted stales grnator Thomas R. Bard is lying dangerously 111 at the Van Nuys hotd: in thW city. JAt a. late hour to nltcht Dr. Tajrsart -cave tne opinion that th Senator would not live throuRh th night.: He la suffering from pneu monia, complfcated with symptoms of typhoid, and has a very weak heart ac tion. . ' V; M IN ERS IMPRISONED. NORFOLK, W. Va-Sept. IS. A gas and powder explosion octirred here to- Jay, at the mine Of the ATgoma CVal & Coke f. "Jams LestCTY'an engineer; Jt hn Rr ickle. a. rilnr, and firten col ored miners.re known to be imprison ed in the trinf. There In hardly a chance of the men beiing . recovered alive. T Xv. z- -Jt? 4- sTZ. ZZ A . -an ta S. ' A U t:.z 'J . I FARX AND WASHINGTON, PORTLAND, r.CCOn Tlie school v;hcre tliorouh work' i3 done; ' trhcre the, reason is. l'Vays siren; where confidence is developed; where bookkeeping is tao'-Et exactly & books are kept made ?a?y ; where penmanship tkkncTs ahvl stcnopher? life:, where thousands more will 3 A. P. AflMUTnOHG, Oar immense, carefully selected fall stock now being opened.. We purchased our goods from the best wholesale houses iir Araeiica, for sput cash, therefore wo are enabled to undersell See oar New Dress Goods direct from : New York. I'lafcrellas direct (rem tfcc factory. MlIHnery frcn , : the fatesr styles. v . great variety, sillc short jackets, r . skirts, nlQht dresses, etc, f.lflslia to. OO 7 x derwear, nicely trlamrd, good mnslln, OO low prices. All New Goods and Goad Values '-'i'-K - ' ....... GREENBAUM'S DRY GOODS STORE NEXT BOOR TO WIEI- ENDORSE ROOSEVELT New York ; States Republicans Hold important Meeting v A STATEMENT BY PLATT Postmaster General P ay n e - Visits the president at . Oyster Bay DEPARTMENTAL BUSINlSSr AND POLITICS ' ARE. DISCUSSED BRYAN HAS COMMENCED TALK ING IN THE OHIO CAMPAIGN TOM JOHNSON WAS THERE. ' -v ... - . - S y NEW YORK, Sept. 13 There was a conference' of - prominent ' New York state Republicans today and at its close Senator Piatt gave out" this statement: v It was decided to endorse Roosevelt and his administration, and as far as it is cur power to endorse him for 1904.- ; " Piatt said that no' other subject was discussed at the meeting. " j - ' Discussed Politics. Oyster Bay, Sept. 13. Postmaster General Payne discussed departmental affairs' with the President today. A fiumberj of decisions ; were - reached which fwiJt be announced from Wash ington. - The coming campaign and the general political questions " were - also talked over. Payne left in the after noon for New York. Everything Is in readiness for the reception to be tendeVed by the Presi dent to the people of Nashua county Monday afternoon. - ' Bryan In Ohio. ' Toledo, ?., Sept. 13. William J Bry an this afternoon addressed an audi ence of -1000 people. Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, candld.-ite for Secretary of SU.tc, and Mayor Tom Johnson, pre sided. 1 - THE GAMES ARE CLOSED SHERIFF COLBAT1I ORDERED ALL "6UUB THING" MUX TO STOP THEIR OPERATIONS.' With, nw less than tvnty-nve '"sure thing frames runnlnjr full blast ami wie open in dlfTerrnt saloons a bout the city last nigh". Salt-m certainly h id the appearance of a Monte Carlo ou.a small scale, and the roulette, plnwh-el, black Jack and ; furo operators were certainly reaping J a rich "and golden harvest, with no less than three to six cappers at each game. They were per mitted to run ln-this open fashion all day y-nterdy and last night, tl'jecinjr the unwlly indiscriminately until about elf ht o'clock last evening, when Sheriff R B. Colbath, .accompanied by Deputy Skipton, . made lite rounds and ciM?d them all Up tight with instruction'' not to open up their games again in Marion county under penalty of arresr and prosecution under the law of Oregon, which prescribe a pretty bitter pill for such infringements. , There Is aiso a city ordinance against I gambling games of all eiaspes and dej- spriptkms. Sheriff CJbath deserves much credit and commendation for his ro-onrpt. fearless and effectual action in the matter, and will certainly re vive the praise that Is due him by all wh' r opposed to the games. - Sheriff-Coibath ra.d last night that the operations of the games was a di rect violation of the law; and, so long as he Is sheriff of Marlon county and in pasmess ; wucrc sauiuxauu is is at its uest; uc.c v have been edncated for success ia be. Opea all the year. Catalogue free. LU U.a rttiiviri- Chlcego 2!I i 5 OO I Infants' Weer fcoods, Isng doaksv slips, long tzi short Corsets, Hosiery Under- , THE POSTOfflCE the courts uphold him, he. will-not tol erate It. and Intends to go to the Piilr Grounds' today and close up everything there In a like manner. : ODD FELLOWS MEET SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE IN SESSION THIS . WEEK WON- . V: ; DERFUt. GROWTH. DES MOINES. Ia., Sept. 15. With special trains arriving from all prirt- of the country and the attendance al ready' having reached 30.000. , the 7MU annual session of the Sovereign Grvnd Lodge of Odd Fellows was formally wnlcomed to' this city today by Gover nor Cummins and Mayor Brcnton In a "public session in thr new auditoilum. AtTdresiws were made by various pfT.ccrs of the order. The response whs made by Hon. A. Cable, of Covlnsn n. O., g)and pire. . Upon tha conclusion of the welt-omijiff exfr else -the. Sovereign Grand L i.e was formally called to order. The re port of the grand rlre; which was n;ib-, mltted at nonn, indicated " that th re' were- 127 grand Icxlgcs established, of which six were- In " foreign country, total number of subordinate lodges. I. 12,792, and subordinate' encampments 27X0. "- - - .' - . i . The entire membership of the order reaches the number of '1.002.272. Durlntr the yfr -there-were 99,333 initiations in' the subordinate lodjres, and including those Initiated in other branches the total reached 183.843. .The amount of relief disbursed was 33.339,735, an Increase of $203,903. 7 The financial statement shows: Rev enues from all branches, $10.826.79i5, in crease tC6,023; expenses, $8,796,195, in crease, $436,353; surplus revenues $2.0;., 775; Investedfunds,' $29,952,763, Incrpn&s $1,309,077. The report says. that since 1S30 th-re lias been 2,541.120 .members Initiated Into the subordinate lodges; 2.56.",, r-Q J members relieved; 236,606 widowed fam ilies relieved: "2.354 s members, de cwi Total " relief, $192,CG5,2I4; tctal revenue, $240,430,423: , - . - NO MORE PLAT WHEELS. Yet another nerve-racking device ef modern progress seems' doomed. We need no longer ride on pounding trolley c&rs; the flat wheel, which can, under proper auspices, exert such a pleasing concussion on the trolley rider's nerves as it goes thumping along. Is an an achronism, so. to speak! At the lasc meeting of tlm New York Chemical So ciety a representative, of the German Thermite Company gave an exhibit of one of the most Interesting discoveries, or rather processes, of recent yep rs. R ws elmply the enormous heating pow er of pwdered aluminum when burned r with some-substance rich i a .oxygen. it "I"nttae value lje In thf fact that this.- raeaj.s It is possible to obtain the highest tempera turrs yt rarhd by man, exeeedine. It seems, the tem peratur of the electric arc. The prac tical value of the Oold.sohmidf process lies In the f.ip-that It affrdj- a porta ble supply of- fntenst heat in any de sired quantity, and that, tnr eximple, a twy ran carry around a can of It and weld 'tramrsih or broken rteamer-' shaets or oth?r trifles In j4.-ce. . All tht is needed Is to packet th shn ft or rafl or whatsoever with the alumlnuii mixture and touch' I toft with, a match. So intense is the hat jrerteraiied' tht a hu-r steel -parting will mett lo.ruii like w?ter In a few eondK, and y'e rrort refractory are turned to a niul. ' The application .of the process to the wldinir of street rails Is. of course, but an incident, but it Is a loon. By this means rails may be welded together as cheaply n tnt legthr h e com mon tMl!y Joint. As the -wheels then have no yail ends to hammer on. the ordinary-Jar of running Is Immensely reduced, and flt . v heeli1!. becom mot'uikrvwn. This sywtem Is-already.' ruccessful In Berlin, Dresden, Ham burg and all the great German cities; it Is time that It should be -introduced , her, and it cannot rome too soon. We recommend the subject to every trol ley line manager In American Har per's Weekly. , , .'. ''.. .