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':20 (OMICR 20. 1910.
PAILº EVENTS
liah official count is finished; the
lt' .4m' have come in and the next
aws)~oi the legislature of Montana
WlI` haire a democratic majority on
joint h ri Plhe early days "of the
S settled that and the state spen
tae .tter part of the week adjusting
ill e to the conditions which mean
an eww tineup for the winter game at
S-ieea. The official count was nec
*ary In tfour counties before the out
,chwcas knows, so close was the
ts -:'A:A-week :ago this morning, The
s soutja- ventured a prediction' ,a
t* the .,makeup of the legislature; tile
offi.ial figures changed' this 'attfmte
Oi t otly goi ,point-the senator ' for
'ne oo who was classed as
`doubtful, Will be on the dedioqratjt
ie of the upir ...house. LThis minph
ti.' official count determined; it
nowed, further, -that in hardly .a
dounty in the state was there a
straght ticket successful at the polls;
liever' in a Montana election were
4~ere so many scratched. The elec
' tih wras a cut-up all over the state,
~ot all of the counties were sure, yes
="- day, who will be their officers, so
;I .ed t I. the tangle. But the leg
:#tre complexion was made cer
,,.i {it arg the week and there's no
slot . about .that.
.VOTING MACHINES--While we
e .'r1t'atting for the count .in Missoula
" -* i .d wee had to walt a very short time
cd with some of the counties
.tbb4.rWmfriequent suggestions as to
Sthe', 4aV'tii14t of getti*i voting ma
cbixie"s larger precincts here.
,~ tie e waiting for the returns
.we' ,. buitalastlc over the propo
itI.b.·.:n'we ake on record in favor
or it until. we learn the result; then
we foti'et about it until we are wait
i. Jagail"-'-two years later-for the
retrns.V When the subject comes up
Sb.et.e.n times, .we don't get interest
ao the.' expense seems too great or
ethi lIke that and 'we let it go
bytief ult. t.:t seems to us that the
Uim.to _get busy in this regard is
now`; the county is large enough to
require the machines for ,the. larger
precincts; accuracy and promptness
will be assured; the testimony of
Sthose who, have had experience, with
-;the: ting 'machbines 'is that they are
the :best .means of getting the vote
that can be obtained. There was a
little comalglpt from Butte this year,
btit the inialestlmony from Sll
ver Bow. liet t the voting machines
th~~ e e. ae am.. naible for fewer mis
tk'es than used to be made under
the old syatstem of voting. Missoula
coPnty should be provided with ma
chines before another general elec
tion.
T -HE,1 AMENQMENT-Voting ma
chines and all other devices for facil
itgtig the work of election will not,
hoieMer, give us the 'turns if the
election officers fall to" turn them in.
E;B n .ath the count made in every
county in the state, it is practically
ripossiblte to get the complete figures
upon the amendment vote. Enough
of the details of the vote have been
"received. to. make It certain that the
amendment was adopted by the voters
,'{ .estaep; there are some counties
4t-rec4O1. O140 strongly in support of
a i ma' ajority of the whole vote
S..ur~gd*i' It is strange that there
'so '.uoh indifference on the part
oft .the' tedges in reporting this im
tet 1i Ini the election; perhaps
iUppstnCq =did not appeal so
as it did to as here
Scertain it is that
far received,
t ia tact
it@si- of
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"Tt DEMOCR ATIC vIcek
The wmOke of battle has now lifted
saitflehtly~ to enable the thoughtful
obsetver of even4s to gain an unob
strueted view of the recent field of
political battle.
There is no question about the re
suits.
On every hand the dead and wound
ed lie in heaps. The carnage was
terrific. Old time republican leaders
in neatly every state east of the Mis
sissippi air reported "dead and miss
ing."
The national house of representa
tives that will convefie on the as.
sembling of the Sixty-second congress
will have a democratic majority of
about sixty.
Democratic governors have been
elected in Maine, Massachusetts, Con
necticut, New York, New Jersey and
Ohio.
What is the meaning of it and what
were the causes that produced such
dire results?
Some say, "the unpopularitjy of the
Taft administration;" some people al
lege It was "a rebuke to the Interfer
ence of Roosevelt:" some say "the
tariff;" others "the high cost of liv
ing," and so on ad inftlnitum.
Certainly there was no trend toward
the democratic party, as a political
party, in the public mind. The coun
try has only used the democratic
party as an Instrument of chastise
ment for mistakes either fancied or
real, of the republican party.
There is nothing in the democratic
organization, either in Montana or the
nation, to attract sober thinking vot
ers who earnestly desire better condl
tions of government.
But above all the wreckage of party
lines and political hopes, one thing
stands out pre-eminent as the sure
result of the recent democratic vic
tory.
And that is. that the old conserva
tive Cleveland "gold wing" of the
democratic paty' is again in the sad
die for the first time since 1896, and
the radical "Bryan wing" of the. party
is in the discard.
The great corporate and special in
terests in the eastern states, In.hldk
Ing all the great. specially controlled
daily newspapers of the eastern cities,
undoubtedly supported and voted thel
democratic ticket,
They had evidently become alarmed
at' ,the : overwhelming '"'Progressive"
trend of the republican party and in
sheer desperation moved over, bag and
baggage into the democratic camp
and took possession of the works.
The following news dispatch tells a
story that cannot be refuted kwith
campaign rhetoric or editorial com
ment as to "why the cmocrats won,"
The story was not carried in the As
sociated Press dispatches, but its
truthfulness was vouched for by 'inde
In behalf of the "yes" side of the
question. Missoula's vote was better
than four to one in favor. On the
other end of the list, as far as re
ceived, is Valley county, with 533
votes against the amendment and only
69 favorable. When the state canvass
is made, we shall have the entire
vote; then we shall prepare the roll of
honor.
THE SENATOR-Even those who
were most reluctant to admit the fact,
have finally accepted the returns that
affect the legislature and they admit
that Montana will not send a rel.gh.
lican senator to Washington next
year. The admission of this fact, how
ever, applies to the face of the re
turns; it is the belief of many that
"something will happen" and that
there will be an upsetting of condi
tions that will change the totals; this
does not seem likely and it is a note
worthy fact that this talk has all
come from democratic newspapers in
the state and they have coupled with
it, the old cry of "stop thief." It iIt'
joke--this sort of talk, but the Butte
Miner and some of its echoes keep
it up. More interesting is the talk
of what the democrats are going to
do with their majority. It is a cinch
that they do not know themselves.
Helena says W. A. Clark does not
want the place and that he couldn't
get it without republican votes, if he
did want it. W. G. Conrad counts
thirty-five (35-count them-35)
pledges In the list of democratic
members; that d.eans control of the
caucus if there lse caucus; there was
one other year when Mr. Conrad had
caucus control but couldn't get a
caucus. together. But if Mr. Conrad
has thirty-five he has a good start.
O'er tn Helena, the talk is that Mr.
Walsh-brightest light of them all and
lmst worlker ' a . th cause--hasn't a
pendent newspapers in the east whose
standing Is not questioned. Re*4 it:
Roekefellere Directed Their Under-.
linge to Vete Demeerioel,,
Tarrytown, N. Y., Dispatch, 9th.
Even if John D. Rockefeller and his
son did not vote yesterday, they w9ýe
well represented at the polt. by 80'
employes, moqt of them Itallans .and
negroes, who had specific instrtiattqip
so it was publicly said, to vote for
John A. lix for governor.
So interested were Mr. Rockefeller
and his .brother, William, in the elec
tion that they received the returns at
their.ca.tlet untlt;a late. hous. and as
early at...y 'clook they were intormed
by the political ieadquarters that Dlx
was elected .by more than 60,000. Will
Ham 'Rockefeller also called up the
local headquarters to get information.
about Westchesteri county.
The Rookefeller Vote is always a
power in the town of Mount Pleatant.
and it was strongly democratic yes
terday.
Every democratic paper in the east
that 'bolted Bryan In 1896, is now
claiming that the recent democratic
victories mearns the utter "elimination
of Bryan and his radical polities".
from the democratic organisation,
Harmon of Ohio. a member of
Cleveland's cabinet and who failed to
support Bryan afterwards, has been
elected governor of that state, and has
been and will be groomed by the great
conservative corporate interests as :the
democratlc nominee for president two
years hence.
'Baldwin of ConnectiCut, Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey, Dix of New
York, are each and every one opposed
to Bryan and Bryaniin, and for the
"re-organization of the democratic
party along conservative lines."
We, of the west, know full well
what that means.
Under the first full flush of victory
there seems to be a general acqul
esence among democratic leaders of
the antl-Bryan school, that Harmon
will be the democratic nominee for
presldent in 1912.
As far as political prognostication
can now go, that ,eeis to be the
probable result.
Md Harmon's life has been spent
chiefly as counsel for the great rail
road interests. That he is a great
lawyer, no one will deny. That he
belongs to the ultra conservative wing
of'the dentderatlc party is known to
all men. That he will be the demo
cratle nominee In 1912, now looks like
a foregone conclusion,' and that, he
will be powerfully supported by the
great monied inter;ests of .thp east;'
Irrespective of former political affilla
'tions, now seems equally certain.
The, much talked of "realignment of
parties" .is taking place. The recent
elections have demonstrated it. In
certalii locglitles there undoubtedly
were exceptions to the rule, owing to
the personality and affiliations, of
local candidates, but taking the na
tion as a whole and the whole power
of the great corporate Interests was
given to the election of the demo
cratic candidates,
What will Bryan do? Unless he
proves false to his every past.. word
and deed, he will certainly refuge: to
support the new leaders of a. re-or
ganised democratic party as that
these same leaders refused to support
him in 1896 and in 1000.
lookl-n. At the capital, whezo they
spend most .of their time figuring out
these things, they say that the Mis
soula county. democratic members
have their money on a dead card. The
tip that comes strongest and that is
getting stronger every day Is that
cGovewnor Norris will be the chopice of
the democrats after they have fussed
awhile, and that, the gover or *ll
accept, The Hartman boom has not
made its appearance. Bpt th.ie are
about six weeks yet before .'p lesgi
lature meets and thqt th~re' is an
other week befqge the ballot for sen
ator; the talk now. tIslargely interest
ing as, being entertaining.
!DRECT PRIMARY LAW-.The
prospect of direct-primary legislation
has been 'talked about a good deal for
a week or so; there was' more, or less
of this 'talk during the campaign,
though the dust that was kicked up
about the senatorial fight obscured
•the s.git of those who .,trled to see
thia topic in the limelight. B.it it' is
working Its way into eight npw and
will become more and more a plomi
nent feature of. the program of the
legislative session. It is not easy to
I see how the politicians can avoL g!i
ing the state a primary-electiln law
this time; there has been a dispodition
to place the blame on one set pt
shoulders for the failure to pass such
a law two years ago; but it does not
belong anywhere; it belongs every
where. In the legislature which
meets in January, 1911, there are
members enough pledged to a prl(mary
election law to insure the enactment
of such a statute. There are enough,
that Is, it they are in earnest. There
should be an early start made with
the Jrepaeatton of the law so that if
there are differences as to the desir
able form of the measure, thgy may
be ugdjtateG SDll.tht;E i PPLtai`.G
I ts not tdi on account, pet y
i ferre"te ins etasi. che stake ne dse
the law;: the best friends o{ the state
are 'in eqrnest in their desire' that' the
law shall come from the next. lEgis
latvle ession. The man who goes
on record this time as opposed to a
primary law or who wins the rep*'
ration of blocking the passage of a.
primary law, will have a hard time
explalning. The one best btt le that
there will be a direct-primary law
enacted 'at Helenai next session.
SRAPPORTIONMENT - As to
whether or not there -will be a reap
prrtlonment law passed by the ap
proaching session of the legislature-
that is not quite as safe a bet. It is
certain that the reapportionment law
Is as much needed as is 'tie primary
law and that make* it about as nec
essary a' breakfast when you're hun
gry. But if we are to have a reap
pqrtionment by this legislature, there
will have to be some good team work
by:the counties that are now gettil-y
the worst of' the apportionment degi;
the weohitieq whleh, by reason of the
unjust allotthent of repr'sentatiop
now in force, hold the balance of
power int the legisleure will be un
willpng to accept any..change that will
take from them the power which does
not belong .to them tHiu which they
hold by reason of their erstwhile
prestige,-now gone.. The farmers will
have tb rally; the agricultural dis
tricts of, the state are the sections
from which the needed adjustment
must come ift it comes at all 'and they
are the ones rmost affected. It 'is ~b
to them to get together :and' to get
into the game. early and stay late.
TAFT AND THE. CANAL-Presi
dent Taft has seen the catlkl and .has
liked it. That wll mean a great deaf
to .·Iople Inr the United. States,' "foe
the! opinion of the president carriesq
weight. The Taft mind is a careful,
painstaking one, reveling in 'Investi
gatlon ah'd detall..' ,lrter' his last' trip,
it was said that Mr. Taft's inipections.
are the most thorough ever given 'to
the great cut that is to' unite two
oceans. He believes that the canal
is all right, which means that he
knows that it is. Also, Mr. Taft his,
done a little to salve the. national
disposition' of, 'aIpa which; coun
try seems to have been latiring unm
der the impression that anhlexation
by the' United Stat.. was, inimlneipt
and not to be' asol -He hai de
niej"this for the b t.at o the people
of the little cou tii as.:woen their
frl(lship by it,. ' fuspired- the
workers,jn the. ca ` atild he has
een 'what thpy 'npished,
Mr. Taft's trip ';'*h&,i'.'brlef, was
surely very nitch worth i while.
NEIWSPAPER M The dorre
spondents assigned t~eover", the. ill
ness of Count Toletdi seem to have
been. onpelled te' tihe best of
things. "A erowd pt i ress corre
spondents occi.les the platform of the
raliway. statlilt at Astapova"', says a'
dispatch. It is not #o b. supposed that
a Russian railway Utation platform is
any more comfortalie than the cor
responding institutioinin ths coun
try, or that- its heating fac ltles on
a cold November night are', properly
looked after. It is easy to picture'
the correspondents shivering on the
platform of the Astapova depot, after
the telegraph operator has swept out'
and set the light for No.-3 and has
twinkled down the track with' his lan
tern, leaving the dogr looked sand the
newspaper men out in the ,cold. It is
to be supposed that it's !as cold in
Russia as anywhere else-}-at least
Just now, with, pronably,. an actdd
sephyr from: the neighboring a ....
To add to the misery o.thet corre
spOndeats' came the ,delloacy of the
count's lon.lition, *ltt the teoegraph
operator gone home, after the fashion
of -telegraph operators, to; whom, as a
clapg, labor doer not seem to ap
peal. Honestly; it isn't much fun to
be a reporter in Rusila.
SORANIZED BASEBALL,- The
baseball. ghost seems to be more
Banquo-like than usual in this year
of grace. The Union league appears
to be the most substantial of :the pan
nual mirages of organised b4. 1Fer
haps, there may be pomethili to thb
proposition. A .number of lotal en
thusiasts are hovering or, the verge
of putting real money into the' base
ball busieses--bupIness, for ' that's ea
-actly what organized ball is. It will
be well for these enthusiasts tin ina
•sider the past performances fof the
cities that will make up the Union
league before taking any , step that
cannot be retraced. On the othbr
hand, it will be well for them .to co*
sider that Missoula or Montana knows
nothing of real organised ball. The
imitations-sans salary limit, national
projection and business acumen--ba'
been ggqieous only in their failurez.
The UIloop league,: it conducted by a
set of competent ;oficialk , 'might',be
able , to overcome all handicatpi at
distance and idiatierence, )issoula,
with an ase rt ' mgpger of ripe :irn
erpeiee, might Rpi4trt a team,.. t
isp 'betp tried, but tbb past sholti
not . gutireli the i b 4h #ik !
every detail shoild ed Ot
carrifuy. before the city bues a berth
in the propobed orglanisaion. Yap, the
ghost of 1910--11 is- not to banished
as easily as is coqpma n. It may be.
that it will materi.l.ze.. .
IN MIEXICO-3exico is i a state
of ferment. Anything may be espect
ed from the country to the south now..
The recent demonstrations against
Americans in Mexican cities are to
be taken as minor thantfettations of
the great internal fire, that gives
promise, of breaking out at any tinte
Mexico is the land or procrastinations
and laziness. 'Therefore, the upriitng
of its people is not to be takeh as
seriously as would a estilse act n4
the part of men with les, slujgish
blood in their veins. it- seems 'ui be
lievable that Mexico can reveit against
the iron rule of the presideltt-pleti
nial, Dia4, and ddegose h!m. AOtto
matichlly the troop-igarded' poeils're$
turn him to the presideut's a chair; .long
has this been going on. The troubtlk
at Puebla, where rioting has' been lb -
rioUs, and the declarations of Fran
cisco I. Madero, leader of the anti
re-electlorists, show that MeIleo is In
for a lively time, 'but the white-haired
dictator is most likely to emerge with
the smile of victory. His "rnachine"
comprises the Metican army. It it is
loyal, 'tilrevolution can be nothing
better tha a rebellion.
A MARTYRED ISRDMAN-.Ralph
Johnstifie, holder of the atitu4idJ rec
ord for birdmen, is the latestman `to
give his life f4r the scietce of fly
tng. True, he was befigi pd: tfoi. dar
ing death in his aeroplane, but, nev
ertheless, he was workln$ for the ad-'
vapcement bf a branch of knowledge
that mniust be plaborated.. ,It is a long
and honored list to which the name of
.Johnstone is most.recently added.
Wave men are they who have fallen
from the clouds to ttheir dest*Uttion,
and Johnstone, uncrowiled king of the
air, fOthht hand-to-hang with death
as he fell with his dizzy, toppling
throne. Not a minute did he.give up;
he entered eternity with the honest
fighting face! of thr hero.,
While we would like to see-a good
'baseball league in which M isso1a .(t
an aietie member, we 'would like to
inquire, if there is'. any obligation resit,
ing upon Moitana or this particular.
part of ototin., to furnish a living
for either McC.dscey 0 o Lucas.
Those who are alarmed over the
election of a. socialist` to congress
should eemember that one swallow.
does siot' ititke a summer' and also
shdutld' 2ecall titit congress survived_
when' Montana democrats 'sent Cdld.
well Edwards to Washington.
When you hear anybody say that
there is a dull year Aahead fo'r Mi
'soula,. tell him to smoke up; there' is
,a bitter 'year ahead than. Missoula' has
ever Seen. We have the:documents
to prove it. -'
More than ever, Ue mycr*- be-"'
gin t9 ;realise -t at' they werre used" to
.rake insurgent cheistinhts out of. the
fire, ald that they live nothing bhlt
burned findera to Show" for it.
The man who 4enthusialtically `sub
scribes to a beseball list in November. ,
frequsFentlY goes fishing 'Ip jt'Jrl-ths
fact, demonstre4tqd by e~p* #tte, is
suggested fO. the conslderation of
present-{day enthuiliasts. . . '
While iyou' are'ladthlaig at the Lop- U
dqh police, 'top at~d .ik yoursetlf
what the Missoula pollee force...would
do if it were attaceCdd by a gotlble of t
hundrel aegry women. -
November 9I0ters on re vation
lands are ftlig dll esir.b.~i h 'd
plenty of thehi; and we W.rt'w o tit,
the good land ,Wrs all tal$.p" .
If all the good-ro$5 talk be,
directed at the coquny ci omniJ pry `
this weet there -wOUhld be, sstCt. t l.tl.
doing in highway pgnatr~uptiot. - .
The -man whO rleaves 'lis hbo -e e
posed to the storm shqid ,Ite.e -'.c l
pelled to chabisn places -with- titel ahi
nali for awhile: .
There, isno short-road to per'tei.ptI
iwunicipl iinprovebient but theiip 'I
rto need to make the ;iay :tngi. thp.sn
is necespary.
In 1900 Missqula's enu'netfitfiQ
owed about 400.. We have a.t4iW
.e prielce and 'we know'" het : Geat
Is feels now. 1
Ikewise, Governor aUpeltof iOkla
,a will enjoy Thanlkq-ivitM ss ,one
wh is: in the gulty-lbut-notl-;· ven'
is cls .,
lp , Colonel. IRoosevelt lmea.t#o}ls
no. .s when he says "the, ainhts;
belo to\ cats," IP isn't zicesssae'pt
he sl Id.
It is\ with amaen ept tpbt thi)e
Wvoolty w t contemplates the t.un
of sout t t camrpaignn n dint.lid
ntgland.
ow; y btase bits in Novetber
league oto coialdpW
frw. Cor4 twitl lis 3*-lede sit:
iato the Lie t With Zls . ggest ' tk
on the
There wa.t h'. Id for C lpuel
..o*evelI In. Wasll n.s eag th4 is
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IV.-Electrlcity.
Sw ayird J. 14a'in..
}In his Iviirsions into the realms of a
piysled selence the inventdi hasj 01
found electricity to' be abobt/the moet
siiatie thn in n existence. It is so
lbysterloui in its properties that fhe
physiclet admits the accuracy of the ti
definition of the school gikl who said: cl
'"It la-a force'iknowh-only bylits .man- a
lfretation.". And yet, so, undfrstanda
ble 'is It to the inventor that ihe has
ieen able , to do .hun reds of widely '
varying things. 4e- his made it toubh. t
the life,of the average urban dwelle '
at nearly eveiy step. In the morsnlg "
he, reads his paper, -the. newsof i li t
has been gathered from aUl pacit of
the world and'tranb.hittedby the 41te
tri. telegraph; :-he rides vih a.car 'in It
twich. all t vee fornt, of energy ate
upttbled'-sir*. heat arls light; be as- tl
Ser.', to hise Wfle..'- an electric ele- b
`:ytfr;'ac11ihsl ate aep'Mher by ahn
Mlectri toh, tal.. '.t his ellents tl
iovet ai ý ijotflc telephoik -jplet his o
'Watch by tn elqctrically-operated time
ail;: watehesithe stoc* market'at an
etlctrlc tipger; antd iqp l~ngymerable '
ways eites use ' of. the' q btle fluid b
abidu.t -.Ibh man knows so, much and
yat so little. P
While many lmportant electtlral dins
rcoverles were made drlor to his time, A
It 're alned for" an .Adlerlean, Benji- of
min Franklin, first to' hMiineLs " the
thunderbolt foi thee usesf .t Ian. When
he stood In his little shed .an d-sent his a
lite up int the clkouds to catchl a por. It
tlohnof a lightning dischtargi mian as. r
o iiti bt for thi first time In hlI- p
tdoy, that the'litlltlng_ of the heavens a
anid the elceti.lnta of the eprth ate oite u
and the same thing. f its lightning rodes
Were the fizsit invpentions looking to, a h
practical use of 'iman's knowledge con- i
cernlng-things-electric. . Fater Joseph a
Henry, 'another Amierica,.la. ide ·qi- ,
periments which ultimately led to the .
~Iventlor 'of the tealegabh, the tdle- d
'phdoe and the d-d o. ,
Althoug>j the s'.sil_ telf .all civil
,sations were atw' ' ": yjears trying 'of
to .discover a m i'tchin. eec- ']
tric curreit to th 6ery and vh-. w
hicle of the' word.d' asned, for a tl
careless wdrlkm ana'ti ike the die
covery' which ilt.- . to.. .theiperfection
of the electric n i6 'id aits use :in L
transpotatio al alk birnvture. In n
S (.3 amme, tie is'+1dtm.of the dyn- i
amno, was ei*hbiting some ,f his 1pa- ti
chines at . .n exposltioni iin Vienna. ti
While coinectilig the wifeS lietwieen p
the various dynamosn a workntman, .. t
mljstlti, attched `them :entrary to In. Ii
structions. Mach.to'his shirrlse, =When p
the clnnection .was completed. 6ne. r
IY h m A 'im beqrii to revolve i n- 4pqiiq
I site direction to the other. "e 're- a
A.rted. this |Iptereating diesovery .to *
'ramimne and at ,toon was realised that a
his mistake had laid btre tlie seriet of n
the electric motqr. 'Silnce, .that" .time
Aericans as well as, Zui'lpeass in. i
vntofs have aptilled the 'princples a
discovered by carelessness 'to almost i
e.ery o-onueevaple line, of 'dustry,, avid I
they q.clare that the ent p.n saare r 1e
than when they begai . i
SElebtricity was first appiledto trans. a
portatlion In' tfie'·nitdl Sgatus. l.em j
the early eightles down to the present e
tie th'United States :has led the 1
iwholepwQrld in the'widespread adapta
ti.n d"I electricityr as a. motive power;
'IfItis sad "that America now has 'more d
electircally.operatd .cars and' trains. t
than' all the. rest of'q. tfeworld together, '
atin that if they ;e placd end' to
ndn they w'ounl . y a string of, cars t
reabmlhg, snearly neltpi.r4d of the wag
across the contlaent.:
SThe woild ordinrrlyi thinks of elec-a
tricity as a pa ime 6ov.er,. but this is i
fir from the , trut;, It .is. ,only a'a
medium for thei fratvstlsi6n of power.,i
Just as a belt tranfers power from op;
shaft to anotier so electricity trI.eg
fmers it froi one poibt to. another.
,There must be some other.farce Used
in its generatloq, and .more," pow is
required in making electriiety thaln it
yields to thei motor which' '.i idf ts .
'Under ideal .col'dtions '.;nd, lp a~ii i
mum loa. there:ls. a loss at .least- of
5.per dent of power in the dlyt.ano to
S~- point 'where It s- to be used.;: A
Slollar. op taces place in.the motor
fich troppfformes ,the curient Into
Spbwej ;ayi Whys it wilt be seen
'iat a least 15 I rS cejltOf thsiiowe r
t arsed -te.',r plng electdritity i lost ' in
its, ultimalte appli..lop.. psmn it tIs
remeinmered that- the l:*st etm piant
a utiljael. only 15- per- tce'ot o:ilt power
'of this, powt is utlilsed tne electClqZal
practice. It Will be seen howp asm ll a
proportion qott eoal's eqerr, is u'se.
_..iMae l scientists '. 4v concluded that
- some ,aetho4 I can. be tQeviseq to get,
eletriripty drect t from. the coal. Tipy
el.pelevlt all' t Steps frontm the tur
nae. to thp electrleic motorqQuld ..e
teell ated suce a grmat per cent o4
the lateit e'brw of the coal c':oUrl. be
,'-uat theaetlre fuql 'question
e e)d woald ebe revoleitlnalesl.
Ihep iv'- e atrea0y sueesed-' ip tlie
lsbor h 'e r iq secuiring .etectsCity di
Stisti ro'-omi" the ool ibutt al yet have
a~- di T a *a.j that mitLa itt
av:tiall t.tr 'theo altop. Itis t onp g
those thitgr whilqh 'is . ucl ntIflally
poidhtiP' aiGt 'not ifotviaeril l pradti
cable. It is ,epid thc l* .~ uiirs, A. Edl
'son is at Work :ty h o':.dlve this
',rbl~'na ; a-qd 'thatli 'bletie. suc
essefihI solti·-ti of ri wouli,;t~ i fi"
.Alpg:te"imaD ' to ,i.q arge.ras h Ln
Sventer' .. -
= 'Whem Mr. Eiglo1 perfectd b;a In
ithousadn of inaventtos .iai- tk& *
ýetetrtic to as ai tltuhmptiig,
sciegiie both are l lUýtT~pn1oi s'tq
the ciforti' Qt.o the Itl~9a4let! tQti I
Deer:. - ManY.. of the inveatn# of eleof
trllc-l!htgI4 apparatus ;4 Hapnpc ce,
belie ve t hin t gr tp strid; iP to be
'juinde ]u the fature, thanhive'. bees
made in the pat. ,bThe pRtilV tUg oal
'to wihcih aveateer are mianbig that
of, bicaht 'inliho* heat. Under prms
ent-dlaw " ceaftllem the- elqe*trIR 1u1f
Dplant le able toy utihi. lou. thanl ! per,
cent of the epeefu< 4, thbe wiaI it usee'l
Illumination a p fie patrons. _ A
Iti R :the fi of eeOtvo.cbeulsvri
and eleotro-metallurggl tat someOk thiI
osm ot wonderful properties of Sfr4-,dt
ity Is.#be94 50usd. The subtle fl1
never, has attained the ultimate lat'i
of the aishetnmt Who sou»ht to trapi~ -
mute, base Iron i 9to precious. gold,, but
it the che~micn l gt metallurgical
wbrld. it - .haa .ccoinpl.hed ,'oder
little removed from i..tt of transmut.
tion. With the "lectric furinace the
cle.nnist and, the metallurgist have been
able t6o produce a }hea aq much more
Intense than..-the hoitest coal-fire, as
ioh ie `i s.hotter than,, an lcicle.
havei lble' to probduce a
t ariethan 4,a00 degrees,
tr formtO hav 't.~ken 'place.
'EVe. comhton earbon has been itr.ns
torat .i.dnto ,dsita d, -aij.a4 il other
kinds of .preciouts stones',have been
hot jmintated, but reproducer~ .Up to.
the present tmlne* t ehenait has .notl
been able to produce them I, i such
size or at aurli"a cost -as wrllismke
the lautitacture of precious .satones
coneroiailly fesitle, put it is. in it
pi'obai le that in bthe years to' conme
some method of diamlond-manufacture
will be. evolved whichWIll: be prbfita
ble.
It was while aep rmentingt withthe
properties of carbon iq the hope of
nutufactueMlw diamond-s - at 1. - '.
Atchison of Chicago, discovered the grt
of In cabordn. This Is 4
subt rer thimn emery and Is
wid.l.p .4;, lieut of tlhe emerygwheel
aid -bte sandpaper. 'In electro-metai
lurgy electricity .s much used in the
redudtlop tf aluminum. t twas not
minny years ago that aluminum was
almost as much of a -uri.sity as "radi
utn is tdd.y. Mineraloiasts " itew it
etisted in vast quantities, but they
had no methode.by Which to extract
it.'. Now -there are many methods.
among them being: that .tf -placing
alimlia In vgas and. by- charging it
withk'ia low, voltaig of elecfr)city. in.
daiking the aluminum to settle at the
bottom.
.ol. -and sliver are frequently freed
of thelr impplities by the- use of. the
electric cuqrrent, anid hin ;many other
ways it has' lent itself. admirably to
the pdeids of those who worl' Ini metil
.production." In sOme'..ase liuE ejeb
Stro-nimifetes are po polated that ,as the
grortid ~are fillp through tle .qIr, the
metallic partlicles a rea =drwn ' away
tfrom tile , impurities and made to pass
through one chiJte while thei knpurl
ties ps' throughi another. 'his same.
piih!ipgio f the electro-m~ gnet ls now.
Wideliy': sed it 1, mandfacturbin, estab
iisah letit. Instead of fastening a
Ii'c of - machinery0 by chaiq'" and
ropes. and grappling-hoolks, to )be lifted
.Pd~. crane, a huge electro-magnet is
attached to the lifting chain, and .s. a
chil,. lIftsta 4. neep4le .WIth tt. amagnet,
so,,hte big. prape cmagnet will ,lift a
mattihihe weighlig dogens of tons.
some years ato "lt elemctrc, ,wetding
pachine was .iiiveftei by 4p Ameri
oan;. ,Ellhu Thompaimn. Witth su;i h a
.machine, a contiftuop rgil from wash
Itigtpn .'i, tirmope is p; de poesible
ti, th'e trasnsprtat4oi world. T*here
is f notiillg lnioie (da lsaing to rqlling
a tock- and roadbeda. tan loose- rail
joints, an~:tt it is probable.thatthe .7rav
eler of a .decade hence- wil not., an
noyed by the continuous, click, of.the
wheels -as they pass -over raill .joints.
E lectricity now-is -being, qued to, pro
duce artifilcial- sleeprand, it4U.belileved
'that-asnn. anaesthesia it Wfltl prove
'suipeior to any. now In ,use:. Ito ap
ptliatioh restilts in: no'idverse symp
'toms In the tiettlnet. It also is being
'Widely' used 4. theitltapeugtlal World
anld el.etro-therapenti is pi" mlgg
aft Imfioritnt' part of' the 'worlM : O
inelieal secleiee.: : ;t ''3ith-aall these
"div~re"'tises, the pposqiabltl s : Of eleo
trieity have.'not b D'twxh&tee d , and
1ch |athtortres EjJdison con ildw ntly
bdle i that tliee at deCde will 1Mn
albom4 'th' mostu artlimg results inm ipt
`applistj0 in 1Mediine, chemistry, and
in vi f e " wfhereMt has been
aiptlsO 'It. lso ithloght ,probable
Sthat ,etirely, new,- uses will be, found
fo .It. ;,-aln that it-' ll: prgae,,anoe
Woder~ful than .'s yen :dreamed of In
I .this enlightened day. .
Tomqrrow -Amerkian . ,Invonttoiw.
(V-Malnufactures.)"
India DOW ranki' next %to .tbe ,Vle
. States an a cotton' produci it ation.
Detroit iobfn1'is tQ be' furaIh4 with
electric, zveiw from ? ar $
Net rope mat*y 0 t mae-~fbiyýy~i
fo fheb. aRd. "it, ,uqA udn enough.
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