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The Wingham Advance, 1905-06-15, Page 5444-4.4-es4eeessesseas+++++414-•44-.44-e-e-e-aesesese4eassass44areasaa+++4. venturesome corresponaent was stosped Publicity and Crime, . The Reputable Newspaper as the Protector of. Society. . le -e-.+4414-0. ss-sle.-1,4s-•-•-•-•-•-.44-9-*-. A gentleman of this city, "globe -trots ter".By literession, says that in all the earth there is no contrast so strong as Oa between the native city and the foreign settlement at Shanghai. The two are separated only by a wall, but in the latter the streets are broad, the pave - somas wide, kept scrupulously clean, trees afford shade by ilay (luring the summer, the houses are handsome and a modern coostrection, and, elsove all, there is, front dark until dawn, an abundance of light from thousands of gas lamps and electric globes. Pees into Shanghai through the wall by any one of the many gates, and the contrast is instantly apparent. The streets aro narrow, sides welks are altogether lacking, a gutter in the %intro is usually filled with foul :water from the houses, all sorts of ani- mal and. vegetable refuse litter the pave- ments, anil after the sun has gone down every street and alley is in total darks nesse Robbery, house -breaking and mur- der are of nightly occurrence; he who stirs abroad alone takes his life in his hands; those compelled to go from one part of the city to another either slip quietly along, trusting to escape the notice of the foodpads, or go in parties escorted by torch -bearers and attended ty guards with drawn swords. The difference between the two cities, the native and the foreign, is a matter principally of light. Streets well lighted are sate; dark, narrow thoroughfares are simply an encouragement to crime. What light is to. the foreign settlement at Shanghai publicity is to any city or community desirous of maintaining a proper standard of public and private morality. Criminals of the lowest class shun the light just as criminals of a higher type shun publicity. For there are grades in criminals. The thieves who waylay peaceable citizens and beat them Into insensibilty were turning their pock- ets inside out are not to be classified with the gentlemanly, well-dressed, pol- itely -spoken scoundrels, who, under pre- tence of safeguarding the money of the public in financial institutions, take ad- vantage of the confidence reposed to en- rich themselves at the expense of their dupes. Some think the footpads are better thee; the gentlemanly defaulters because more 'straightforward and direct in their methods; but that is another question; the main point is that both the ,as footpad and the defaulter are deterred by light and publicity. Keep the streets well lighted. and highway robbery is re- duced to the minimum; turn the search- light of publicity. on suspiciou.s financial operations, and those who are manipu- lating for their own benefit money en- trusted to tbesti for safe -keeping at once shrink from enterprises which will not bear the scrutiny of criticism. Thugs, burglars, sneak thieves, pick- pockets care nothing for the opinions of their fellowanen. They are not deterred by newspaper notoriety. Some of them glory in it. The "king of the footpads," in his prison cell, is eager to read what the newspapers say of his exploit which placed him in jail; in the haunts of crime, law -breakers read with gusto the misdeeds of themselves and their asso- ciates. They erect their own standards. The criminal who resists arrest, kills an officer, then dies "game," is the hero of the thieves' lodging house, and while ether desperadoes may submit to hand- cuffs rather than run the risk of being shot by an officer of the law, they none the less admire the brute courage which prefers death to conviction and. penstee- tiary stripes. The wouldsbe criminal, however, who has associated with honest men and has enjoyed a measure of their 'ales respect and esteem, has rialorror of the r publicity that would result from an ex- posure by the newspapers. He dreads the • mention of his name by the journals that revel in sensation; he sees in imagination the headlines hi. huge type withsehieh the yellow .press advertise their thrilling news; he knows that however guarded his peculation, discoveryis at any time a possibility, and ultimately becomes a cer- tainty. 'The violations of fiduciary trust are unfortunately too common as it is, but who shall say how much more fre- quent they would be were it not for the fact that newspapers of a high class, managed by men of unquestioned integ- rity, continually mount guard over the. public welfare, and refuse to be cajoled or coerced into silence when the interests Nervous Women Their Sufferings Are Usually Due to Uterine Disorders Perhaps Unsuspected A 'MEDICINE THAT CURES Can we dispute 'IS the well s known fact that Canadian women are ner- vous? How often do we hear the expres- sion, "I am so ner- vous, it seems as if I should fly; " or, "Don't speak to me." Little things annoy you and make you irritable; you can't sleep, you are unable to quietly and calmly perform your daily tasks or care for your children. The relation of the nerves and gen- erative organs in women is so close that ninestenths of the nervous pros- tration, nervous debility, the b ues, sleeplessness and nervous irritability arise from some derangement of the organism which makes her a woman, Fits of depression or restlessness and -4\ that one minute slie laughe, the next irritability, Spirits easily affected, SO minute weeps. Pain in the ovaries and between the shdulders. Loss of voice; nervous dyspepsia. A tendency to cry at the least provOcation. All thM points to nervous prostration. Nothing will relieve this distressing condition and prevent Months of pros- tration and suffering se surely as Lydia E, Pinkham's 'Vegetable Compound. Mitre Lelah Stowell, of 177 Welling- ton St., Kingston, Ont., writes: Dear Mrs. Phikhain is- " Your medicine is indeed a Godsend to suf- fering women ; and I only wish that t•hey all know *bat it cen de for thein and there would be no need of their tlraggirig out sideerable lived in agony. .1 suffered for years with hearing -down Dallis, extrense nerv- osisnese and exeraciating headathes, but a OM Wee of your Vegetable Compound nusdelife look new and promising tomo. ara light and happy and I do notiniow what sickness: is, And I have enjoyed the beet of heel* hove' for over four years. Lydia E. Pinicbsdn't Vegetables Corespound has meet gulp ebb* into thousands of homes and hearts," ! Will net the volustee of lettere front *Olean Made Strong by Lydia E. Pinks intSn's Vegetable Compoulid. teetiVitlets all women of its virtues? Surely you earlaset erieh to remain sick had weak and diecouraged, exhaubted each day, whose you east be aaaily cakd 1113 ru totinig_wointi* /14i.r.s L towel!, •-•-.4.0-10"! I ; ; oe-ese-•-•-eseese-e+. ees of the community or of any considerable portion are imperiled. In. fulfilling the mission of giving to the world day by day the history of the preceding twentysfour hours, the rept!, , table daily newspaper often °inns many items which among certain class's , might add to that spice which is the vas ' riety of news as ef life, but the respon- sible editor never forgets that ue has a responsibility of no small weight, anit. therefore refrains from publishing not a few pieces of intelligence shnply from the fact that absolute confirmation may not at the moment be obtaivable, aed , he prefere to retain a name for reliabil- ity. and accuracy rather than cultivate ; a questionable reputation for enterprise. This fact, however, of self-restraint in holding bis peace when he might, even without straining a point, eater to the curiosity and inquisitiveness of his read- ers, is of itself greatly in his favor when ! he does speak, for then his utterance is 1 of one with authority and the readers of his journal recognize the fact that whatever he prints has been carefully considered, passed upon with delibera- tion by critical minds and is therefore prepared to stand the test of the keen- est scrutiny. Several notable instances have recent- ly been furnished of the value of legiti- mate newspaper enterprise in exposieg to the public view the methods by which rich corporations, no matter of what character, are enabled to accumulate wealth greater than the dreams of avar- ice could imagine. In every case of investigation it has appeared that the money was made by methods which the directors and managers were anxious to keep secret. It is impossible to believe that the vast fortunes accumulated by the managers of trust operations, could be honestly acquired and the general im- pression of dishonesty is strengthened by every fresh revelation. Herculean efforts at concealment are of little avail however, against the enterprise and in- dustry of an honest press, endeavoring to get the truth, for In one way or an- other the facts are extracted from even the most reluctant trust magnate, and when they are the panic among evil- doers of high station is just as pronounc- ed as when a journal of low degree ex- poses the shortcomings of petty officials or divulges the hiding place of a gang of housebreakers. There is, however, as any one ean rend, ily observe, a marked difference in the methods of handling what xnay be call- ed sensational news, just as there is in selecting what matter shall be ,printed. "He may run that readeth" the head- lines of the yellow journal when it treats its readers to a sensation or when it endeavors to make a sensation out of an occurrence of trivial importance, whereas the reputable paper treats the same affair with due regard, not only to its relative value, but also to its his- toric importance when compared with other ocenrences chronicled in the same issue. The yellow journalist has no per- spective of vision; he is like the short- sighted miser, to whom a dime held rase to the eye obscures a dollar a yard away. A social scandal, involving two or three people of local social import- ance to the sensation mongers of the press than the ,isue of a battle destined to turn the courses of history and to be remembered in song and story for thousands of years. It is true that the social scandal inay for the moment in- terest the readers of the low newspaper more than the story of the 'battle, but this fact only proves how large is the class whose views of life and the doings , of the world are circumscribed by neigh- borhood limes. Publicity prevents crime. The maxim is true in a general applica- tion, but the kind of publicity afforded by the sensational journal and the novel- ist who reveals in stories of criminals and their ways, is far more likely to foster than to hinder the perpetuation of criminal acts. When a train. robber becomes a "bandit king," boys and young men of criminal tendencies will aspire to noteriety as train robbers. tiow many boys and young men have thus been deliberately and carefully educated as professional criminals is difficult to say, but the process is still going on and thus is the criminal class increased. In the affairs of nations and of gov- ernments, as of individuals and of cor- porations, the fear of publicity is a most powerful deterrent to evildoers. At the close of a Cabinet meeting in Washing- ton a statement is usually issued to the representatives of the press concerning the subjects under discussion and the eonclusion armed at. True, this rule is not invariable, for there are times when the public inetrests require that a veil of privacy shall be drawn around the official discussions and aces of those high in authority. Such privacy is eaeognized as legitimate. When one of the Houses of Congress wishes to consider subjects on which information may be had from documents in the possession of the execu- tive departments, the request for the papers is limited by the condition of its consistency with public policy. Generally the documents are furnished; sometimes they are withheld on the plea that the government's policy might be embarrass- ed :by their publication. To all practical purposes, however, the deliberations of the Cabinet and of the Senate, even in executive session, are public. This is as it should be in a free cou•ntry with a rep- resentative form of government. But svho can say what was discussed or what determined by the last commit tut Tsars th ekoe-Selo, or at e la,st conference of the Sultan with his Ministers? If the Russian people could gain an idea. of the deliberations •of their rulers, it is pos- t sihle that the number of revolutionists nisght intreased threefold isi a day; if the Moslems only knew what was done in the recesses of the Yildiz Kiosk, it is not unlikely that, as formerly, they miglet be treated to the spectacle of the heed of a grand vizier thrown over the palace gate. Seereey of method and action is the method by which the bureaucrat of Ilus, sits aiid the tyrant of Oosietentinople Maintain their power. A few menthe ago the householders on both sides of a lead- ing thoroughfare in Moscow were ordered on certain evening to remain, indoors; to eatieguish their lights, close their shutters and draw down their blinds. Ere midniglit the street wee lined with a double line of soldiers. Sentinels in the cross streets ordered nway all persons who appeered. The eoreespondent of an 2nglisis newspaper, anxious to aseertaia what might be the reason of this remark- able demand, peeped through a closed ehutter, and in the moonlight, brightly reflected from thegr snow, beheld a ew- Mime procession. Many tarts, driven by reoldiere, went past, each Velriolo hearing two coffine. In all, he -counted eighty-six coffias. The proeessiot wended its way from the gates of the Krernlie through the street out, of the city. The next clay the correspondent undertook to trace the route of the coffin•laden earts, with their 'squadron of escorting Coe:seeks. Two sniles from' the eity the traeke left the highwaV. turning. towerd a forest at aome diettshed Irma the Maineroad, The and ordered. hack to Moscow b eol iers, who 'were guarding all a,pproae es to the forest. Two or three months later, and after the merle hati been withdrawn, lie strolled through the forest and found trenches man the trees, where the cof- fins and their contents had been burlea. MC* were the men secretly put to death in ,the Kremlin dungeons, secretly buried in the heart of a forest, the world will probably never know, just as it will never know who ordered the murder or by whose hands the unfortunates per - Lilted. Yet this Is but one of the Imsny stupendous crimes perpetreted in a peun- tlyatilbere newspaper publicity is un- ki'lowThree years ego, a French tramp steamer anchored not far from Seraglio point in tho harbor of Constantinople, After the es hrtd been discharged, prc. parations to depart began, but when the anchor was drawn up, it brought with it the bodies of two 01011, tiea back to back, their arms and legs securely bound and a heavy weight, attached to their feet. They were young men, dressed in Turk- ish costume. 'rhe young Turkish move- ment was then in full swing in Constan- tinople, but the people of Constantinople were cognizant of the fact that when- ever a "young Turk" became prominent in polities, he mysteriously disappeared and. was heard of no more. The French captain, fearing trouble with the author- ities, let his anchor drop, cut the chain and departed as quickly as postale. About that thne hundreds of "young , Turks" disappeared. What became of them is a question that has not yet been answered, but. in Constantinople there I is a belief that if the seraglio guards I were to tell what they knew or the eddy near the point were dredged, the secret of their disappearance woald speedily be made dear. Soch things are possible only in countries where there is no freedom of the press and vintually no publicity given to the acts of those in official life. The peeulations which •hare become the dis- groom of the Russian aristocracy, the bribery which is the commonest of mei- dents in the official circles, not only of • Rues% but of Turkey of Persia and of China., might not, indeed be entirely sup- pressed by publicity, for even in our own country there have been public plunder- ers who dared the risk of exposure, but in the countries named the ttaevish grand duke, the bribe -taking vizier, the peculating official, of every rank could not fail to be deterred when the electric light is turned upon him and his meth - cads. RHEUM- I ). PAINS Driven Out of the System by Dr. Williams Pink Pills 'My life was absolutely made mist - arable by rheumatism," says Mr. Geo. F. Hilpert, of West River, Sheet Har- bor, N. S. "I am employed every spring as a river driver and in consequence am exposed to all sorts of weather and exposure in the cold water. A few yeare ago while engaged at my work I was seized with the most acute pains in my back and joints, I became almost a crip- ple and could scarcely move about. I had medical aid, but it did not help inc. Then I began taking a remedy alleg- ed to be a cure for rheumatism, and 'I used ten dollars worth, but derived absolutely' no benefits The constana puttering I was in began to tell on my hitherto' strong constitution and I be- came so badly run down that I despaired of ever being in good health again. Then a friend called ray attention to Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, and although some- • what skeptical I decided to try them. I had only used a few boxes when I be- gan to feel better, and after I had used something over a dozen boxes I was again in good health. Every twang° of the trouble had left me, and although I have been subject to much exposure since, I have not had a twinge of the old pain. I can honestly say that -Dr. William's Pink Pills cured me after oth- er expensive treatment had failed." Rheumatism was rooted in Mr. Hil- peet's blood. The cold, and the wet and the expoeure only started the pain going. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured because they drove the poison- ous uric acid out of the blood and filled the veins with that new rich blood seat no disen-se can resist. These pills aetuelly make new blood, and that is why they cure common ailments like rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, anaemia, indigestion; headaches and backaches, kidney and liv- er troubles and nervous troubles sueh as neuralgia, St. Vitus danceanid paxalysis. And it is this same way that thy cure the irregularities and secret troubles of women and growing girls. No other'med- icine con do this, and ailing people will save money and speedily get good health by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at once. But you must get the genuine with the •full name, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, on the wrapper around each box. Sold by EVERY INFUSION is a Luxury 111 Ceylon Tea is used in millions of teapots daily. Are you using it? Seta only in sealed lead packets, By all grocers, Highest Award, St, LOWS, 1904, investigate. Put tradition and the unan- imous assertions of the people among awbhloesn..• he luta always lived made the etatements as to his age extremely prob- This question of longevity depends lit- tle on one's personal habits, Millions live with even temperament and regular habits and yet rarely reach 70. Others of 'stormy lives and habits pass far be- yond three -score tied ten with no snore 'warrant or reason than in the case of the appearance of ts stupendous genius like Shakespeare, born of humble an- eestry in an obscure provincial town. It is a mysterious. question of n certain quality of vitality beyond the common, an aggregation of chemical elements combining in certain striected individuals at long intervals, Brain scents to have nothing to do with developing it any more than a genius, for longevity has to do with developing brain, The greatest minds, the phenomenal, meteor -lige gen- ius, very rarely passes the meridian of life, while the man with phenomenal vitality, like Thomas Parr, is noted only for his physical vitality. Our modern 1 scientists and ethical* philosophers have Inot yet reached the mystic secret of great longevity. The most they can do , is to hold out the hope that all who are I born of woman May reath three -score and ten by means of sanitation and sumptuary laws. . I3ut that will not be in our day. ELECTRIC BULBS. Them for Lighting Purposes. -- . Eighty Operations Needed to Complete Unscrew an incandescent larnp from its socket and glance over it. It appears to be of the simplest construction—an ordinary glass bulb with a fine ^wire inside—and It seems Incredible that such a trifling little article should have passed through eighty different operations before it reaches your Ihands. No less than forty tests and examinations are made during the process of manu- facture, aud a list is shown of 117 Possible faults to be found in a lamp, which is a vivid indication of tho care and attention required to produce a good one. Almost all of the bulbs used by the different lamp manufacturers aro supplied by one of the best-known makers of cut glass, the diffi- culties attending their manufacture having proved an effectual barrier to nearly all • makers. Although there are lamp factoriea which priduces from SCOW to 100,000 com- plete lamps a day, there is not now in the United States one factory which wakes • its own glass. One firm tried tire experi- ment several years ago, but gave It up after . sinking 550,000. 'These bulbs come to the larapmaker in ' shape quite different from that of the fin- ' !shed aeticie, a large piece of tube being entersbIt 00 where thebrass the 1 socket, and the operation they undergo Is the attachment of still another short piece of very tine glass tube to the bottom of the tube, this being, for the purpose of exhaust- ing the air when all the other operations are complete. The little curled wire inside, the heating of 'which by the eleetric current causes the incandescence and light, is called the filament, and it was this tiny thread that gave a most striking illustration of the splendid determination and perseverance of Thomas Edison in his experhnental inves- tigations. After trying several huuured dif- ferent materials without satisfactory re- sults, he sent letters to United States Uml- auts in all parts of the world, requesting samples of bamboos, reeds, and oth,er vege- table fibres, and he followed this up by dis- patching several explorers to search Wild and uncivilized countries. Between 3,000 and 4,000 sam,ples were the result of this systematie search, and of all these only At tho or three were found to be of any use, the present time most of the filament ased is clean, raw cotton, dissolved in hot concentrated zine chloride. At the consist- ency of molasses, this is run through eless dies of the shape and size of the required filament, dried in vlush-covered rollers, and then wound an a form of gra.phite to give the desired curVe and twist. A tiny plati- num clip is fastened on each end of the fil- ament, which then goes through a process otcocparpberoniwziinregi, are next soldered to the the bulb, the end of which is then molted by a blow pipe and closed up securely , around the wires. e alt' is thcn exhauted ' through tho alert tube on the lower Ipart. of the bulb, which in its turn is melt- ed together, and the bulb thus hermetically , sealed. Next comes the mounting in the I brass cap, the attaching of two little brass ' contacts and the plaster of pads filling. 1 Incandescent lamps are made in great platinum clips, and the film is inserted In variety of shapes and strength. There is the tiny bulb used by jewelLer, 111•9-. , a ongurcaortitgius-nosearipins and stronger than aa vrrgor- ous firefly. Lamps of from one-half i can- dle power up to 150 candle power are made, and on eingenlous form contains two fila- ments, one of normal size, the other very moll, so that by tutning a &wit& either sixteen candle power or two candle pawer is obtained from •the same lamp all medicine dealers or sent by mail . at 50 cents a box or six boxes for There has been strong mp $2.50 by writiug the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont. , - is— NOTABLE CASES OF OLD AGE. Won manufacturers, which has resulted 10 the tovention of most remarkable ma- chines and appliances for doing the work. On an article—requiring eighty different operations, and which sells from 11 to 14 cents finished, the •slightest saving in cost at any cam point imams much to the manufacturer. /n the early days of lamp -making, the amount of 'platinum wire used cost more than a finished lamp now sells for, and although tho demand for platinum has in- creased so enormeusly as to place Its value above that et gold, the changes in tho ,le' signs of the lamas and methods of making theln have been so great as to reduce the quantity of platinum required to a Value of about 1 cent. Nine -tenths of the work is performed by girls, and is aimed entirely of a clean, light, and interesting nature. The factor- ies are necessarily well arranged, well .i lighted, and well ordered, an all this is reflected la the bright, heart appearance of these wen -dressed end mostly good-look- ing women, whose handiwork Is oontrIbuting perhaps mom than any other line of manUfacture to the luxury, pleasure and comfort of up-to-date Ilving.—Chicago Ohm - tele. Thomas Parr, One of the Most Remark- able in Modern Thnes. "Old Parr" and his family, all things considered, is the most remarkable au- thentic extunple of lougevity on record. Themes Parr, "the old, old, very old man of Wilmington, in the parish of Alder - bury, in Shropshire," was born- in the reign of Edward IV. in the year 1483. He lived 152 years and 9 'months, and died at Westminster Nov. 15, 1035. It may be generally assumed that when an individua has lived hi one community a lifetime ancl obtained the reputation for great age there is a substantial basis of truth in such A reputation, especially when there are strong corroborative facts hs fearer of it, In the case of "Old Parr, among other such incidental facts, the following may be quoted: "Such was the fame of this eentenarian for extreme' age that Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey and earl marshal of England, pro- posed to hini a journey to London as e curiosity, provided him With a litter and horses and entertained hini there free of cost until his death soon after. Crowds of people thronged the roads to see the old man pees. Again, it is of record that he inecle three successive leases of twenty-one years each for a dwelling, or sixty-three years, asul then renewedthe lease for life. The last lease terminated after inore theft -fifty yenta showing 05 eon - United °employ of the same house, after he reached nusturity, or more Oulu 113 years. This longevity was hereditary in the family of "Old Parr." His son lived to the age of 113, his grandson to 109, and his great-grandson to 124. There le sio substantial reason to doubt these facts, which mewled in s ivilized issid Intel holt country. T myself have mei and talked with a Greek meek on the hand of Scio who was 130 years old. Ile spoke with some vivacity and described well-known Plante 110 bad witneesed move than a eentury earlier. Of his great age there Was no questien. As to whether be WAR pre - 'Meeks 186 'ears old had no woe to ei-eleaseee-4-0-••••••44,-*-1.-11-41-+-4.-}+44. 0-11•104-+ +++++++ 111-(1,11-11. Fruit growers and box makers should bear in mind the amendment to the Act regulating the size of fruit packages re- cently passed, legalizing a minimum standard box. This box has a mintmum size of 10 xl1x20 inches inside measure. mesa. There is no specification as to the thickness of the material other then that it should be strong and seasoned wood. It is •reeommended, however, that the ends should be at least tive- eights of an inch thick and the sides at least three -eights of an inch thick, and there should be no objectionable odor to the wood, There are no specifications as to what grade of fruit shall be packed in boxes. The market reports, however, would dis- courage the shipment in boxes of any- thing but apples of the very highest grade; the rest of the fruit can be more economically shipped in barrels. Standard Apple Box A MOTHER'S PRAISE In every part of Canada you will find mothers who speak in the highest praise of Baby's Own tablets. Among these is Mrs, James Konkle, Beamsville, Ont., who says: "I have used Baby's Own Tab- lets for over three years, and I would not be without them. They have done more for my children than any medicine I have ever used.. My little girl ,now four years old, was always troubled with iudigestios and constipation, and al- though other medicines helped her tem- porarily, Baby's Own Tablets were the thing needed to cure her. 1 also gave the tablets to my baby from time to time since she was two days old, and they al- ways worked like a charm. She is now two years old, and. a more healthy Alla would be hard to find. The Tablets are certainly a life-saver." These tablets cure all Minor ailments of infants and young children. They contain no poisoning soothing stuff, and there is no danger of giving an overdose as there is with liquid medicine. Sold by all druggists or sent by mail at 25 cents a box by writ- ing The Dr. 'Williams Medicine Company, Brockville, Ont. - = ABOUT PRINTERS' ERRORS. Misprints—frinters' errors—make a subject that every writer loves to dis- cuss. Usually in the discussion the print- er is heavily blamed, but there is anoth- er side to the question—the printer's side—and this workman, could he get a hearing, would easily show that to one error that he snakes there are a thou- sand errors he corrects. The printer, though, has difficulty in being heard, for the writer always has the floor. At a literary club the other night it group of writers discussed print- ers' errors, and many and marvelous were the cases in point which they cited. "Longfellow," said one, "after he fin- ished. his translation of Dante, could hardly wait for the book to come out. When it did come ont his first copy reached him one morning while he was at breakfast. 'With a delighted laugh he opened the book, and the first thing lie eye fell on was it misprint. it is acid that at this Longfellow swore—it was one of the few occasions where the good man was known to use profanity." "Grimm tells us," said another, "of a Frenchman who revised the works of his rors is the ono called the 'blacksmith.' favorite author. When the first volume of the revision appeared it contained 300 errors and misprints. Grimm chains that the Frenchman died of the violent fit of rage which this caused him." "The printer who makes the most er- or 'machine' printer," a publisher said. "This fellow has too much self-confi- dence. lf he can't make out the word 'cosmic' he puts 'comic' instead, and lets it go at that. He will set up `plant' for 'planet,' bottle' for 'battle,' scared sol- dier' for scarred soldier,' and so on. lb was a machine printer who made 'No cross, no crown,' read 'No cows, no cream.' A number of famous misprints were then quoted. Among them was the phrase from Proctor's "epectroscopic Analysis" which should have read: "Lines, bands and aerie in the violetpart of spectra, but whichdid lead: lanks, bonds and stripes for violet kinds of spectres." Another was the tract title which should. have been Diunkenness is Folly," but which was "Drunkenness is Jolly." A third was the newspaper paragraph (it appeared at the height of a quarrel between England a,nq the ESI- erald Isle) which said that Sir Robert Peel and a few guests were shooting peasants in Ireland. Finally there was quoted it good specimen of the nonsense which misplaced commas create. 'Ilic specimen was this: "Ito entered on his heed, his helmet on his feet, his sandals on his brow, it cloud in his right hand, his sword in his eye, an angry glare. He sat down." Natural Flavor Ihe appetizing 114vor end stisfrina quality 0 LIBBY'S TOTTED AND DEVTLEO MEATS ii dee to tho skill of the Libby chefs and to the i writs, and strength of the ingredients egad. Libby1sott,r01.1 food Products. ) Pea Iltealciteat, Menet arid Slaboor. . orntsci Beef Ititaste Brisket nett nonolois Chinkon Veal Lord S0up5 Vienna. SaAtsa.go rho, 40. V4ttel, itiktetthi•-..Slotte Grotto, hal Meth Libby, MelYSill Si. Libby, Chicago ,e-ese-ese-leestaasseasesalease**4ea4-4-eses+4,4--aesseesesesee,a-eareseseee-eseasaes Oas to Drive Ocean Liners. Engine Builder* Working Out a New Mritine Motor to Displace Sternal, +4-041-•^4^.*+.+49-0-19-1.1,-.-4 ill•S-S-S-0.44-0-N-114+++++.1+11r. One of the leading questions ill mech. anical engineering of the present day is the extent to which the tame engine will be supplanted by the internal coins bustion motor, in which the explosive force of the gases produced by the va- porization or decomposition of the fuel is used instead of the expansive force of the steam produced by the beet of combustion acting on water. In motor or power boats and automas bile vehicles, where liquid fuel is avails able, the internal combustion engine hes obtained recognized supremacy, while the gee engine burning blast furnace gases or illuminating or fuel gas, or producer gas made in adjacent apparatus, shows under some conditions great econoniy an,d in certain favorable instances to - quires only half the amount of fuel des mended by steam to produce a given out put of power. Such success has been secured already with gas engines that it is now demon- strated, that it is far more economical to use it so-called producer plant to transform coal into gas and then uee the gas in a gas motor than to burn the fuel under the boiler of a steam engine. Accordingly, with the experience gained from. constructing large gas engines tor power plants on lane, it was but natural , that engineers should consider whether the same efficiency could not be secured in marine gas engines. If the conditions demanded in this class of machinery could be met the ad- vantages of the gas engine would be even more striking than on land. Thus the absence of smoke would be as valuable for a naval vessel as it would be agree- able for the passengers on a liner, while • the fact that a pound of fuel would car- ry a gas propelled steamer twice as far as one using steam would increase the !radius of action of it war vessel and , would result in substantial economies ! for the merchantman. I Furthermore, there would be no need ' of a force of stokers for the furnaces on i i the gas propelled ship, as the little hands' ' ling of fuel could be done largely with i machinery. Even more important would 1 i be the great saving in weight, since while ; the gas engine may be slightly heavier than a reciprocating steam engine, the i . producer weighs less than the boilers , and there as a great gain the the weight of water saved. ! There is also a saving in space, and this saving as well as that in weight and in fuel acts in two ways; either more space is released for cargo transportation, with a consequent in crease in earning capacity, or more fuel, bought at cheap- er markets, can be carried. , With the gas engine there is no greet- er amount of auxiliary machinery re - quired than with steam, and such as there is is far less complicated. ',Clie pumps are driven by electricity, and this same forni of energy is utilized for power and for illumination, in the ease of the pumps being much more economical than steam. 'That such considerations should. prove attractive to engineers is apparent at first glance, and accordingly it is not difficult to understand why in England and. Germany considerable attention re- cently has been paid to the designing of marine engines in which a producer plant and a gas motor take the place of boilers and reciprocating engines or tur- bines. In Germany the most important work in, this field, perhaps, has been dont by E. Capitaine, who has spent many years in the study of the gas engine and producer and has carried on a large num- ber of experiments of great practical value. He has prepared designs for several vessels of considerable size, and has actu- ally constructed launches and barges in which his engines have been tasted. His method is to use a number of single act- ing cylinders, as in gas engines Sr number of small units are more economical than a single cylinder and piston of large ,size. The principal advantage asserted for a gas engine built on this principle is , that it can be operated at a compare - 'Lively high rate of speed, while at. the same time the reciprocating parts and the flywheels are of smaller mass. Furs therrnore, such engines are more suscep- tible of regulation, and involve a smaller initial outlay. The individual parts of the motor are small, and are accessible for cleaning and repairs. The gas from the producer consists of carbon mon,oxid (24 per cent.), carbon dioxid (5 per cent.), hydrogen (17 per cent.), and nitrogen (54 per cent.). It can be made from anthracite coal or eoke in the smaller sizes, or from lump coal, and it is interesting to note that certain of the leaner coals that are defieient in steam producing properties can be em- ployed most advantageously in the gas producer, The action of the producer consists in raising to incandescence by means of an air blast the fuel at the bottom of the producer so that by combustion carbon dioxid results. This passes through the •heatecl coal and becomes carbon monexid, which is a combustible gas. Steam from a small boiler may be in- troduced at the grate, and this -on pase- ing through the coal becomes decompos- ed, its hydrogen going to enricii the car- bon monoxid, while its ovygen combines with the earbon and eventually forms earbon monoxid. The gas is washed, cooled and purified, ami after being mix- esl with air forms an explosive compound which is used in the cylinder. The effect of suction in the cylinder is to draw from the producer an even sup- ply of gas, and the successful use that has been made of the idea has increased largely the efficiency of the gas engine. The consumption of coal in a gas engine amounts to from one to two or more pounds per horse power per hour, and when it is realized that the same amount of power generatesi by steam requires from three to five and. a half pounds of coal, thessuperior quality of the gas en- gine ie apparent. Herr Capitrane has eonetructed a launch equipped with a 25 -horse -power gas engine, whieh is about 36 feet in length, with 7 -foot beam, while a vessel for steam engines for similar power would be at least 58 feet in length and of 1-0 feet beam. The steamboat Noise- quently yould have nearly four times the displacement and much greater re- sistame. As the gas engines are at present de- planed and eonstrueted it is thought that 1.0110 horse -power is the limit for the aitisfaceory working elf it marine gas motor. British engine builders have un- dertaken the emietruction of fourmylin- (ler nessine einduee of 000 horee-power and eix-cylieder marine engines of NO horse -power, so that within a short Wise n..ivisis;rsetailleil nclitiligtrt istitatith!gais i oi rlt,liropt4 eefifeii i "fils71t1litc!ait'i'ielcilnteliiilintli: ITerr Capitaine lute bernielitel out along a now hate reel hoe papered plans for a marine engiatt of from 11,000 to 2,500 horse.pown. instead of using the premise of thr• atmosphere • for the seams -stroke cif the pieton, he enipiqs air eornpressea to three atraos. pheres, and this is used also Lo coMprese the explosive mixture of gaa Ana air be- im sgilition. The engine presents a, number of coin - Ilex teatimes ethich have been worked out systematically, and st is asserted, that in ts Steamer equipped with as en- gines of 20,000 horse -power, evbicli is approximately the power of the engines of the SI. Paul, the economy over tlie best turbine or reciprocating engines would be 50 per cent, or an annual saving in the cost of fuel if under steam for 2,500 hours of is year, of $00a, 000, not to mention the expenses Ana delays incidental to more frequent coal- ing, cost of operation, ete. In the ease of tin engine of 10,000 horse -power it Was computed that, with the eaving itt the initial cost, ev: ich is not inconsiderable, the saving incidental to the operation of a gas engine would amount in the first year to snore than $100,000, or 10 per cent, of the cost of the vessel. While the Ras engine far marine pur- poses is still in the experimental stage, yet from theoretical discussions and pre- liminary trials it seems to promise great results, and it is hardly unreasonable to expect that the development of ma- rine engines of the Internal combustion type of large size will -be as rapid and satisfactory when once it is begun as the development of the gasoline launch and motor boat. Fruit Crop Report. +++++++++++++++++++++++++i Dominion of Canada, Department of Ag- riculture, Fruit Division, sae, The general conditions, for fruit of all kinds are excellent, Th winter, though cold, has not resulted in exceptional dam- age to trees and vines. The only serious losses are from tree -girdling by mice, and the -mutilation lot trees by tho, heavy snowsfall in the Maritime Provinces. Minor losses by winter -killing in eastern Canada are reported in cases of trees in- jured but not killed outright by the win- ter of 1903-4, as well as in MYERS of trees that were overloaded. in 1904. Apples—Reports are almost unanimous that the show for bloom is excellent. It must not be forgotten that the critical period of "setting" is not yet reported over any large area. The weather has been very unfavorable for pollination le r the past two weeks in, western Ontario. It is also too early to report on. fungus andthe most destructive insects. Pears—Pear bloom is most abundant. Plums—The commercial plum sections all report the outlook favorable. The light ere) last year, as well as the good ,weather • conditions for growth, have placed the plum trees in excellent csondi- tion for a large crop this year if insects, frosts or fungus do not -intervene. It is not too early to make preparations for an exceptional crop and prevent a repeti- tion of the disastrous losses of 1003. Peaehes—The new plantings have scarcely balanced the ivinter-killing of 11a8r9g9:nd 1903, so that even with a favor- able outlook for this season on ileathy trees the aggregate crop will not be Other Frnits—Cherries and bush fruits are all in good condition. Strawberries are reported in fair condition but with some winter -killing. The spring frosts to date have not seriously hurt the crop except in very limited areas. Raspberries promise well, but no over -production. Spraying—The spraying demonstra- tions of the Departments of Agriculture, Dominion and Provincial, together with the teachings of the fruit growers' asso- ciations, are making an impression. Spraying is more general than ever be- fore. Power sprayers operated by pri- vate e speacrttiioenss .for hire are reported in sev- eralForeign Countries—The report of the apple crop in the United States would indicate a medium to good crop. The English plum crop is medium, with a prospect of being less than average. CURRENT'S GENERAL USE. India's Street Cars Are Nearly All Electrical. The self-opinioned American should he study the progress in electricity, as exhibited in practical applications abroad, would suffer many disillusion- ments. It would come as a shock of sur- prise, perhaps, to learn that in far-off India, a country famed neither for its railroads nor the progress in electricity, over 95 per cent. of the passenger cars are lighted by electricity, and that while the climate makes fans a necessity, these, too, are electrically operated. Go- ing over to Italy, where the mechanical arts are not supposed to have attained the degree of refinement that is ex- pected in Italian art, many developments in power plants and electric railroadimg are encountered that are in the front rank of progress. Electric locomotives on the Valtellina lines lima trains of ten coaches and are oecrated entirely by compressed air, that is to say, the throw- ing of switches, the raising and lowering of the trolley poles, the braking, ete., are all performed by this motive -power. The rheostat control is replaced by the use of small auxiliary motors, one on each axle, in addition to the high-ten- sion power motors, and these smaller motors add their combined power Muir* the starting of • the train and furnish all the leper during the periods of slow running; The line is 116 miles long, end power is supplied from a hydro- eleetric plant at 20,000 volts to sub -sta- tions, where it is stepped down to a working pressure of 3,000 volts. An ef- fective block system, which cuts off the current from the section ebead, is an interesting safeguard on this line, When electric power for any reason Is cut off the line, the air brakes are applied au- imnatiettily, bringing the train to a stop without any actin on the part of the motorman. These itre 0 few oi the developments that are to be found here and there abroad whieli do not find par - fillets in American practice.