The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1896, Page 26

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1896. W ORLEANS Tuesday was | successfully test d alocomotive of & type entirely different from any- thing ever before constructed. The engine is not propelied by steam, electricity or oil but by air—com- pressed air, and on account of it many ad- vantages is destined to come into general ) use where light power engines free from | smoke and fire are required. i There are but three of these locomotives | now in use. One is doing service in the | mines of the Susquehanna Coal Company near Pittsburg and the other two are in service at the terminal of the New Orleans and Western Railway at Port Chalmette, and are used in handling cars loaded with cotton and other freight. z The new style locomotive will result in a great savinz of cost in handling freight nd in complete immunity against fire| ks from locomoiives would be s in the neighbornood of intlam- le materia | e their advantages for mine use | lows: Their shape, as is seen | illustration, presents no pro- | which would obstrnct the | the locomotive into a| The locomotive, being 1 be run anywhere that | S ades and sharp | Further, the work- | A pockets with the necessary instruments and drugs. THE NEW SCIENCE. It Reads the Character of People by Examining the Teeth. What, another! Yes; palmistry has a new rival. Phrenology is way back, physiognomical research proves too unre- - QCIENE Mg o EIEITE RAT AND AR‘IT URE__ pliance can thus be strung from an ordi- nary derrick or crane, and when used | on shipboard it is not mounted until it is about to be used, being secured on deck until wante The ends of the spar are stayed to fixed points, and when all is hauled taut the transporter is quite rigid. One of these transporters erected on a wharf at Woolwich has a spar eighty-five feet long which can be traversed along its | beam a distance of forty feet, so that a large | area may be commanded by the bucket. | The rail on which the traveler runs is | made out of a channel iron and is fitted with stops at intervals of five feet. All the stops, save the one at the lower end | of the spar, are under control, and the | bucket may be stopved at any one of | them which the engineer or fireman may direct. Suspended from the traveler hed is the latching and locking mechanism, which appears to be quite elaborate and somewhat difficult to explain without the aid of a series of diagrams. In operation he bucket isrun out to the end of the spar, where the traveler locks itself, there being a specially deep stop there. liable, but here 1s a method tbat is de- clared to be unerring, infallible, and then 50 blessedly innocent. Teeth-reading is the latest, the very lat- est, means of investigating character. Open your mouth! For the horse-dealer’s judgment is now to be applied to the world at large, but, instead of ‘‘age,’” it is temperament, disposition, all the attendantgvirtues and vices that | the knowing seer Will be able to read in those ivories ch nature—not art, let it be added—has fixed there asso many sign- boards. This science is the result of a necessity for something new and startling, and it will Ye admitted by possessors of a dental complement that there is some- thing in it. Professors affirm there are two or three deep-rooted asous for believing that teeth are the index of a man's nature. all events, teeth that are long and nar- row indicate a grasping disposition; small, white, separate molars mark his treach! LOCOMOTIVE TO RUN BY COMPRE: arts are few in number and the result | the engines are simple, easy of :ration and durable. Their low cost of | and operation is also an impor- | tant advantage, while the absence of cin- | ders, sparks, etc., is desirable in almost . Tne supply of fresh air whic off by these engines is specially | n mine service. dimens the locomotive are as follows: is 17 feet 63{ inches feet 2 inches wide and 5 feet hi ilustration showing gives an idea of ti valuable The this locomotive. | unds. The cylinders inches, ana a working pressure of 600 pounds per square inch of air in the tanks is As s seen from the side v e four drivers 24 inches in di i two air tank whose total ¢ 130 cubic fe An auxilia rvoir is provided and ng valve for delivering the air to anc iable instantly heads are conve cumferential seams of double riveted, with manholes in the front Leads, as is clearly seen from the illustra- tion showing a front view. The horizon- tal seams are treble riveted. The tanks were pressure per square inch tested at 900 pounds before using. 1 hand-screw brake is pro- ; each of the four driving wheels. The axle, crank pins, rods, cross- heads, gmdes and links areali of steel, and hardened removable bushings and pins are provided throughout for all valve gear. Sand boxes are provided to sand all wheels both w. All operating levers, valves, etc, are within easy reach of the The locomotive is designed 1t to secure the best e.nciency for uninterrupted work for long hou der severe conditions, and the des is suck as to make repairs easy The engines were built at Pittsbnrg. THE DOCTOR’S ULSTER. Inside Pockets for Carrying Surgical Instruments and Medicines. By means of a coat recently planned a doctor may now load himself up com- pletely with surgical instruments and the public wiil he none the wiser, says the New York Worla. And he can do away with his gig, too, if he wants to. The c is known as the “‘doctor’s ulster,” and in addition to providing warmth and a water- proof covering, it is calculated to contain | all the instruments wnich physicians are | usually called upon to usein emergency | cases, The coat is represented in the picture | turned inside out. On the right side | of the coat are a number of pockets, ar- | ranged to hold threedifferent instruments. | On the other side therc is room for a medi- | cine-case, a hypodermic-case and a stetho- | scope. This coat is a very great conven- | ience to physicians who are called up at | all hours to uttend cases of pressing neces- sity. Formerly the doctor was obliged to load upa valise with instruments and medi- cines and carty itoutin all sorts of weather. Now, in case of rain, he need only slip on | his ulster, having previously supplied the | | New York new ery; inconsistency is revealed by over- lapp teeth, and where they are widely parted he is sure to tell all he knows. hus saith the believer in the new science, Mr. Roosevelt's fine teeth have been the subject of considerable comment by the apers ever since he was made Police Commissioner, but nobody has as vet applied to_them this theory of character reading. Why not try it on now? Would it not bea laudable experiment to apply this same method to all sorts of persons, beginning, of course, very early in life, before the dentisis have upset nature’s handiwork with their artifices and made “imorovements” on_that good lady’s crudeand early efforts. People wh wear false ones would be out of th running, but surely everybody else must be charmed to try teeth-reading. Bven if Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes did ay men mare their own mouths, outside | of a dental coilege they are not responsible ! for the shape of their teeth. If. asa race, | we Americans are not of the Mr. Carker | order, and haven’t handsome white teeth, | let alone good and mo: not be laid up against us. However, if there must be as many new sciences as there are new fashions, this infant one is as well as another, and may yet grow to diznified proportions, though itis feared it will be some time before it is self-sup- porting.—Boston Herald. A COAL TRANSPORTER. teeth, it should An Ingenious Apparatus for Use in Sup- plying Steamships at Sea. So far as is known to the writer no especial apparatus for this purpose has been designed or constructed in this country; possibly the idea of coaling war | vessels in a seaway is of too recent adop- tion here for such development. have been made with coaling off sound- | ingsfrom a tender by American war vessels, if it shall to be pr and able to be receive desir- fuel seem pared to at sea in this manner there is little doubt | | each more advertisements than all the | that the genius of American mechanics will evolve an apparatus which shall be at once simple and efficient. In all prob- ability the only principles to be applied | to this undertaking are those in daily use on the traveling cableway, the coal stor- age mechanisms and some of the exten- sive apparatus which is used for the re- moval of spait from the great cut of the Chicago drainage channel. The appliance consists essentially of a beam or spar which can be hoisted and supported from a suitable hook. A trav- | eler runs on a rail attached to this spar and carries a bucket. This traveler may be stopped at any one of a number of fixed points in this rail and the bucket lowered or raised. When the load is be- ing lowered the traveler is rigidly locked te its ways, and when it is veling the load is locked so that it cannot be low- ered. The whole of the various motions of lowering and traveling are controlled by a single wire rope passing over a pul- ley at the end of thespar. The spar is stayed at frequent intervals by wire rope stays, which at their upper ends are connected to a single ring. The whole ap- THE NEW DOC TOR’S ULSTER. with | At | It will | be remembered that some experiments | | The bucket is then lowered and filled | and hoisted until a ball unlocks the trav- | elerand locks the load. | It is then tr: | versed up the beam and past the desired | stop and allowed to back into it, when | the traveler locks itself and the load may | be lowered. On raising the bucket again | the traveler is unlocked, moved sligntly | up the beam and allowed to run down | again to the lower end, where the former cycle of operations is repeated. It is said | that one of these machines has dispensed with the services of eight men formerly employved to accomplish the same amount of work, and that the transporter has been extensively sold both i1n Englaud and abroad.—London Engineering. 1 JOURNALISM I | | FRANCE. The Rank and File Find Life a Hard Struggle. §peaking generally, journalism in France is not a remunerative profession. With a few notable exceptions, both jour- | nals and journalists have a struggle to getting more gloomy. A well-known edi- tor has lately given expression to the fol- lowing facts. Dealing first with journalists, he says that the exceptions are Francisque Sarcey, something like $20,000 a year by writing articles, and editors like Fr. Magnard (Le { Figaro). H. Rochefort (L'Intransigeant), P. de Cassagnac (L' Autorite) and E. Dru- mont (Libre Parole, the anti-Semitic news- | paper), who make a respectable income. But all these men have to work far harder in proportion to their earnings than their confreres in gland and America. Francisque Sarcey is probably the most popular journalist in the world; it is a fair estimate to say that his articles in different papers are read by 2,000,000 of people every week, without counting his work for the American monthly, “The Cosmopolitan.” There is a sharp contrast between the earnings of such men and those of even the cleverest of the ordinary run of French | journalists. An income of £180 per an- | num is considered very good indeed; the | majority earn from £120 to £160. The journalists who earn such salaries are | generally resular members of the staff of | a newspaper. A large number of men live almost from hand to mouth, unable o obtain a regular engagement; and un- | fortunately the regular sitnations are be- | coming more and more scarce. The num- ber of men absolutely out of work is rela- tively greater than inany other profession ; the two professional associations have nearly one-third of their members with- out occupation. Itis much the same with the newspapers; { some pay well, but the majority of those which keep alive do not yield 2 good re- turn. Although the total number of jour- nals increases, the absolute number of readers remains the same—that is, the cir- | culation obtained by a newcomer. or the increase in the circulation of an estab- lished journal, simply means that so many subscribers have deserted other papers. The two most widely circulated papers in Franceare Le Petit Journal and Le Petit Parisien, both halfpenny dailies. The former, which has acirculation of over 1,000,000, is able truthfully to boast of the ‘“largest circulation in the world.” The Petit Parisien is rapidly overtaking its French rival. Newspapers in France live by theirsales, which, of course, do not give them a chance to pay handsome salaries. [n other coun- tries, except those inhabited by Latin races, newspapers live by their advertise- men The advertisements of all kinds in the | three principal German papers are enor- mous; even the Russian journals Novoe Vremya, Novosti and Viedomasti have | Parisian papers put together. The Times, | [imbs and skirts of the person on the for- | | with a circulation probably not exceeding | ward seat and afford such a balancing of | 30000, spends more money than a small | the weight as will prevent undue torsional | German' state, whereas a_ French paper | with six times'the circulation can only jog | along decentlv. And_there is probably a | worse time coming. Not only are adver- tisements becoming fewer, but the number of people in all parts of the world who speak French is constantly diminishing. A NEW THING IN FICTION. The Grotesque Figure Introduced by Herr Nordau, | sity extension, any number of new-fangled i and portentous things are fast becoming | the material of fiction, but Herr Nordau, | whois rich in surprises, offers one more | novelty to his readers which casts even | the kinetoscope into the shade. A certain | professor, in one of his novels, receives a | packet from his inamorata. ‘“She in- | closed a lock of her magnificent golden hair. * * * The habit of minute ob- scrvation, inseparable from the naturalist, |led him to.discover, on examining the charming offering, that each sin:le hair still retained its root bulb. The lock had not been cut from the head, but was com- posed of combings which she had saved up with prudent calculation.” This. it may be safely averred, is beyond the most painstaking Tealist to be found in the same hemisphere with Herr Nordau. He puts a long distance between himself and all competitors. For “actuality” he must be given the palm over the most de- | generate author he has ever scored for | senseless absorption in material details. For 1f this discovery of the professor in the novel is not senseless we would like to know how it might better be characterized. The wiles of the sorceress have been put to naught ingeniously by many novelists, but it is doubtful if any one of them, having the dignity of his work in consideration, could ever admit this end-of-the-century expedient of Herr Nordau. The inquis- itive professor, pottering over his lady love’s hair with a microscope and a ‘‘nat- uralist’s” enthusiasm, maxes one of the most grotesque figures that even this time of hysterical fiction has produced. He goes to the root of the matter with a vengeance.—New York Tribune. THE PORKE_l;‘s RUM BLOSSOM. He Likes Whisky and His Nose Bhows the Effect of His Indulgences. Just across the line from Lawrenceburg, Ky.,in Mercer County, there is a large distillery owned by one of that county’s most reputable and influential citizens. This man made a discovery a few days since, the like of which was never heard of before. He has for many years owned a white pig of the Berkshire variety, which was the pet of the entire family. The pig, in- stead of staying around the house, made live, and the prospects for both seem to be | H. Fouquier and H. Maret, who earn | | Smokeless powder. the bicycle, univer- | his home constantly in the large whisky warehouse near by, and was fed at this place, never leaving excent for a few | moments at a time. About three months ago the distiller noticed that the nose of i his pet was taking on a crimson hue. He | thought rather strangely of this, but didn’t | give the matter much attention, thinking t possibly the pig’s nose had been hurt me way. Last Sunday he had occasion to again | notice the pig, and discovered that its nose was now perfectly red and it seemed very drowsy, e at once came to the con- i clusion, which proved 10 be true, that the piz was a confirmed drunkard of the worst tyve. It was a castom at the distillery when a leak was found to place a tin bucket under the barrel and catch the | drovs as they fell until tme could be | found to stop the leakage. This whisky was given to the hands authe warehouse, | and they were never in a great hurry to | repair the barrel. Knowing that the pig | could get whisky no other way except ovt | of these buckets, he was watched ana was | seen 1o go to a bucket and drink at least a quart, after which he wou!d smack his jaws together and utter a satisfied grunt. | The distiller thinks the hog acquired the | whisky habit by drinking the distillery | slop, on which he was fed for a long time. No attempt will be made to break him from the habit.—Cincinnati Enquirer. A BICYCLE l:lLLION. | n | New Device Which Makes a Single Wheel Carry Double. The old custom of riding pillion may be | revived with a bieycle substituted for the Cuba to be turned into a crystal of ice beside the precipices of Spitzbergen. 1t may nave hovered over the streets of London and have formed a part of the murky fog and have glistened on the young grass blade of April in Irish fields. 1t Lias been hifted up to heaven and sailed in great wool-pack clouds across the s forming part of a cloud mountain echoing with thunder. It has hung in a fleecy veil many aniles above the earth at the close of long seasons of still weather. It has descended many timeso ver in showers to refresh the earth, and has sparkled and bubbled in mossy fountains in every country in Europe. And it has returned to its native skies, having accomplished its purpose, to be stored once again with electricity to give it new life-producing qualities and equip it as heaven'’s messenger to earth once more. —The Museum. SOME QUEER SEEDS. A Famous Bean Which Is More Deadly Than Strychnine. ‘Our North American Indians eat the seeds of many plants, parching them, then grinding them and making them into gruel. Their fondness for the seeds of some pines is well known,. these “pinons” being to them what sugar plums are to us. Seeds of many kinds have been found in the ruins of the homes of the ancient cliff- dwellers of Utah, who evidently used them for food. The cliff-dwellers ate the seed of the ordinary pigweed. Indians to this day consume the seeas of many grasses, which are ground into flour. The famous Calabar bean is said to be worse than strychnine. The natives use it for an ordeal. If a person be accused of a crime he is made to eat one, being judeed to be guilty in case of death, which is almost inevitable. An- other seed employed for a like purpose 13 that of the ordeal tree of Madagascar, said to be the most deadly of vegetable proa- ucts. One of these seeds about the size of an almond will kill twenty men. £ Another seed alleged to be poisonous is the common cockle, which, finding its way | horse, if the stamp of povular approval shall be put upon =z dgyice recently pa- | tented by Harry J. Getman of Traverse | | City, Mich. His patent consists of a car- | rier seat, w is fastened to the front | frame of the bicycle, overhanging the for- | | ward wheel. It consists of an elongated | | The Sccond Seat on the Bicycle. clip frame attachment, shown separately in the small view, and composed of two | varallel rods joined at the front by a block, | and connected to the rear by a bolt, the | front portions of the frame resting on' the collar of the bicycle frame. | curely attached to the iront of the clip | frame 1s a transversely hent rod extending into the wheat fields, poisons the bread made from the wheat. It is the bane of the farmer in the Northwest. It is popularly supposed that horse- chestnuts are very unwholesome, neverthe- less in Turkey they are roasted for coffee, fermented tor liquor and used for horse medicine. In India there is a seed called the retti which varies so little in weight that it is used as a standard of one grain. From its name is derived the name carat which we use. From Guatemala comes the candle nut used for lighting. The famous kola nut of Africa possesses wonderful properties asa stimulant, and the betel nut, a narcotic, is well known.—New York Mail and Express. 40,000,000 BOOKS. Public Libraries of the World Contain That Enormous Nnmber. Exclusive of private libraries, the num- ber of books in the various libraries of the world is estimated at the present time to be no fewer than 40,000,000. In the last half-century the number of library books has as nearly as possible doubled, as the number in 1845 was only estimated at 20,000,000 One cause of this remarkable increase is the great cheapening of the cost of pub- lishing during that period, and another the spreaa of education among all classes. The biggest library in the world is the National Library at Paris, which has now to one side, on which is a seat, while bolted rigialy to the opposite side of the | clip frame isa skirt or leg support, com- | posed of the framework of metallic rods, | over which is secure wire gauze or netting. | 2,100,000 books. ~The library of the British Museum follows with at_least 1,260,000 books, and the Imperial Library at St. Petershurg with 1,000,000. The Munich Library has 810,000 books; the Royal Li- | | | | BICYCLE PILLION. This support extends rearwardly and out- wardly from the lefthand side of the ma- chine. and curves downwardly from the | | clip frame, to conveniently support tie strain ol the parts, and avoid liability of | breaking or bending. TO PRdTECT BANK CASHIERS. A New Device to Circumvent the Bold Bandit. ‘With bullet-proot cars for protection of mail and mail cler! and bullet-proof offices for bank cashiers, it would seem that the business of the country might be | transacted with a modicum of safety. | Napoleon B. Rees of Lincoln, Kans., hav- |ing the safety of cashier and funds at | heart, has patented (November 12, 1895) | a bullet-proof protector for bank offices, | which can be instantaneously dropped in { front of the change window by a shght { kickof the foot which uniatches the con- ; trivance. It is feared that if the inventor | keeps on the wary bandit will yet have to AN 7| 7 To Protect the Cashier. g0 to work for a living or depend on lon highway hold-ups. if the inventor now wrn his attention to devising a | safety “public protector” to attach to the back doors of banks to prevent the cashier irom leaving in that direction witi the funds, the pubiic will rest pretty easy. A DROP OF WATER. Its History Is Full of the Wonders of Romance. Water that is now in the ocean and in the river has been many times in the sky. The history of a single arop taken out of a glass of water is really a romantic one. No traveler has ever accomplished such distancesin hislife. That particle may have reflected the palm trees of coral islands and have caught the sun ray in the arch that spans a cloud ciearing away from the valleys of Cumberland or California. It may have been carried by the Gulf | Stream irom the shores of Florida or of brary, Berlin, 800,000 books, and the Dres- den Library 525,000 books. In the United States the Boston Public | Library has 587,000 books, and the Chicago University Library 380,000, while the Con- gressional Library at Washington contains 385,000 volumes and 150,000 pamphlets, its present rate of increase being 50,000 vol- umes and 5000 f“m"m"s vearly. The Vatican Library is one of the most valuable in the world on account of the number of rare and priceless books and | manuscripts. Census of Colieges. There are 3200 students at Harvard. Tt has an increase of only 69 in the freshmen class, in both its academic and scientific departments, over the freshmen class en- tering in 1881. In the academic department at Yale there are 1130 undereraduates, as compared with 1159 in 1894, and 505 are enrolled in the scientific department, as compared with 577 last year, but the total attendance at Yale will be 114 larger than last year. Michigan University has over 3000 stu- dents. The number of undergraduates at the | University of Pennsylvania is 2472, an in- crease of 74 over last year. The entering class” at Princeton will be smaller than the last entering class, but there will be a slight increase in the total attendance at the university. The University of Wisconsin has about 900 students; the University of Illinois, 950; the University of Indiana, 1000; the University of Towa, 1107; the University of Nebraska, 1250, and the University of | Minnesota 2000 students. The 1increase at Cornell will be about 200, raising the total attendance at that university to over 2000. At Brown University, in Providence, the freshman class numbers almost 300, and the total number of students in attend- ance will be between 850 and 900. Chicago University has about 1100 un- dergraduates, and Columbia College, in New York, more than 2000. ‘Williams College has also the largest en- tering class on its records, and the same statement is made in respect to Amherst, Dartmouth has a fresuman class of 135, the largest in its history. After Trafalgar. That night the storm broke with vio- lence. Tt continued throughout the 23d, and three of the eleven vessels which had es- caped under Admiral Gravina were dashed to pieces on the shore; all but four of the English prizes were wrecked, and of Ville- neuve’s proud squadron only eight were left. He himself survived as a prisoner, and the following spring was released on varole. Early in April he landed at Morlaix, and, proceeding to Rennes, for- warded thence a letter asking for an oppor- tunity to plead his cause before the Em- eror. What the reply was is not known, ut on the 22d he was found dead in his room, stabbed in several places, the knife embedded in the last wound. The re- v oaches Napoleon had beaped upon him must have been in the main undeserved, Y, | most praiseworthy efforts.”—Punch’s Almanac. “UNRECORDED HISTORY.” “The constitutional inability of George Was : hope of some of his supporters that late in life this physical defect might be overcome was doomed to disappointment. A diplomatic hyperbole was the best he could ever do in spite of shington to tell a lie was proverbial, and the for he was never degraded; but they broke | his spirit and he doubtless committed suicide. 1t was long believed that he had been killed by one of his own officers—Magen- die, captain of the Bucentaure—lest he should make disclosures dis ‘raceful to the fleevand to the Emperor. Captain Wright, who commanded the English ship in which Georges Cadoudal, the Chouan, and other Bourbon conspirators had landed at | Biville, had been thrown on French shores | from a wreck and_taken prisoner. In Oc- | tober, 1805, he, like Pichegru, was found | dead in his cell. The circumstances were equally theatrical and damning. He was lying with his throat cut, and near at hand i was a razor and a copy of the Moniteur containing the news of Ulm. The Parisi- ans murmured under their breath that this Bonaparte indeed unfortunate, as | all his enemies d in his hands. Later, | however, the most convincinz testimony proved Magendie’s innocence, and there is little evidence that Foucbe or any of his agents were concerned in the deaths of Pichegru and Wright. It is, nevertheless, | vossible, and suspicion will never entirely disappear. for the coincidences are siart- ling.—Sloane’s ““Life of Napoleon''in the | Century. The Scientific Color of Sin. | The Methodist Ministerial Association, | in session at the Meridan-street Church, yesterday morning listened to an interest- ing lecture by the Rev. John W. Milam on | “The Color of Sin.” Mr. Milam made the assertion thatscientific developments have | developed that sin is scarlet. These ex- periments were made in the Smithsonian Institution. By means of a chemical process the perspiration of a person arouse 4 by sinful passion was subjected to a test that disclosed & pinkish color. Forty ex- periments were made, and in each test the results were the same. Some of the min- isters declined to accept Mr. Milam’s new theory, and one member of the association asked if it were meant that people could sweat out the evil in them. Mr. Milam replied that his assertions were baaed on scientific facts; that it was a convincing argument that the Bible and science are in accord, for the Bible speaks of the color of sin.—Indianapolis Journal. ELECTRIC FIREARMS, The Cartridge Discharged by the Cur- | rent's Action. The practice of firing big guns by elec- tricity is already well established, but hitherto no practical attempt has been made to explode the shells of small arms | electrically. An electric rifle has recently been designed by J. F. Blake of New | Haven, Conn., in which it is sought to carry out this principle, says the Phila- delphia Record. The source of the cnr- rent is a baitery (A), which is fitted into the stock either from the side or from the ends. The holes (B B) are connected to springs (C C), from which the wires (D D) run respectively to a spring (M), bolted at (T) to the lock plate and to the insulated hammer (H) fixed on the upver part of the trigeer (G). Q is the shell containing an insulated pin, the head of which (O) projects beyond the base of the shell. Ifnec- | essary two pinscan be placed parallel with each other and insulated until their points nearly meet. Between the base of tne cartridge and the hammer is a pin (K) encircled by a spring and riveted into a cross plate (J) at one end, the other end being fitted into an insulated thimble (L), the point of which nearly touches the shell pin head (0). When the cartridge | has been inserted and the gun closed, the | spring (M) rests on the metal base of the cartridge. S As the trigger is pulled the hammer Electric Riffe. strikes the plate (J), forcing the voint of the thimble (L) into contact with the pro- jecting end (0) of the cartridge pin. An 4arc is established at (P 0), which explodes the contents of the cartridge. The point of the firing pin (P) can be placed anywhere within the explosive Powder of the cartridge, but by extending it near the bullet, as shown in the illustra- tion. a more effective explosion of the powder is secured. A News Woman’s Fortune. A woman selling newspapers in Paris inoneof the httle kiosks on the Boule- vard des Italiens had applied to the cit authorities for the occupancy of her kiul{ free of rent, pleading extreme poverty, and had been granted this privilege for s-veral vears. She suddenly died the other day, and when the kiosk was cleaned out it was found that she had hidden therein more than 100,000 francs in gold and notes. This fortune will fall to a son, a wagon-maker’s apprentice, 16 years old, who lives in abject poverty and did not know that his mother had any money atall. Cramp in the Leg. Many persons of both sexes are troubled with cramp in one or both of the legs. It usually comes on suddenly, and while it lasts the pain is acute. Most peopls jump aut of bed—the cramp nearly always comes on just after going to bed or while un- dressing—and eitber rub their lez or get me one to do it for them. Thereisnoth- g easier than to overcome the spasm, and the method suggested is as follows: Provide a good strong cord—a long garter will do if nothing else is handy. When the crainp comes on take the cord, wind it around the leg over the place in which the pain is felt and take one end in each hand, and give it a sharp pull, one that will hurt alittle. The cramp will cease instantly, and the sufferer can go to bed assured that | it will not come again that night.— Phila- delphia Record. —_— NEW TO-DA TREE OF CHARGE A Practical Test of the Matchless Chronie Disease Treatment. ¥ree to All Who Call in Person at the Offices of the Copeland Medical In- stitute, 916 Market Street. To enable all to obtain some definite under~ standing of their new system of chronic dis- ease treatment and to testits great practical advantages over all other methods Drs. Cope- land, Neal and Winn offer to all sufferers from Catarrh or other curable chronic maladies a trial treatment free. Remember, that ail who apply in person will now be cordially welcome to & careful examination, advice and treat- ment, upon their first visit, absolutely free of charge. POLYPI The Experience of Mrs. A. M. Rudolph of Oaklaund. PAINLESSLY REMOVED. Mrs. A. M. Rudolph, whose portrait i{s given below, and who lives at 1471 Fifth street, Oak= land, is & lady who is well and favorably She says: known in that city. Mgs. A. M. RupoLps, 1471 My trouble commenced some twelve years 8go. It began with catarrh, the resuit of neg- lected cold; this brought oh a polypus growth in my nostrils. My nostrils graduaily stopped up, and for years I could not breathe through them, compelling me to keep my mouth open all the time. I lost my appetite; could not sleep; ran down in flesh and strength, and was thoroughly miserable. 1 went to many doc- tors, but could not obtain relief. 1was afraia of their barbarous methods of removing the tumors. Ihad read so much of the Copeland Meaical Institute, and one day read of a case exactly like mine. I then went to them and placed my case in their cere: They removed {he tumors patniessly and without loss of blood; the relicf at once was worth a hundred times what it cost. I can now breathe through my nostrils freely and fee! better in every way. I want every one to kuow the great good Drs, Copeland, Neal and Winn have done for me, and am only 100 glad to add my testimony in their favor. THE MAIL TREATMENT. The following letter proves the mail treat. mentesuccesy: ok 2 £an Luis Obispo, Nov. 14, 1895, Dear Doctors—I will need ng more \reu(?fl’e’nt. asIam now satisfied that [ am cured. You ublish my statement to that effect. I k you very much for the interest vou have taken in my case, THEODORE THORP, $5 A MONTH, No fee larger than §5 a month ask disease. Our motto is: “A Low. Bee. ey Cure. Mild and Painless Treatment,” The Copeland Medical Tnstitats PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN THE COLUMBIAN BUILDING, SECOND FLOGR, 916 Market FIFTH ST, St rgm !uhg_aldwin Hotal, Over eamis| all_disenses of , Throat and Lungs, N kin Diseases, Chronic Diseaces OU° V% Office hours--9 A. 3. to 1 ». w, 2t05 P M, 7t08:30 P. M. Sunday—10 A. m. {02 p ot Catarrh {roubles and kindred diseases treatod y mail. send 4 i i cents in stamps