The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 16, 1899, Page 20

/ SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 16 __ ver'sAN YHANOISOO CALL SUNDAY. APRD. e . Nikola Tesla, THE SAN MATEO HUNT. (Continued from page 17.) they do th a hunt-ba scarlet coat it will be inaugu to m out 2o O saturated , | may be your commander to-morro e Famous Electrician. | sure that this time at last he will find Mr. Fox and hale him forth to his l-merited fate. ——— e “The Fortune of War."” A very plain, apt and excellent illustra- ¢ the popular expression, “The for- tune of wa the singular fact that M jor Ger onard Wood, the present military ( nor of Santiago province, mmand of his former com- . w in g « tle more tha od n two yvears ago was surgeon of the Fifth with the rank of ca eft the service to ashing- 1 the ho was fona »otball and wrest- opening of the war he was appointed colonel of t Riders, and for gallant and effic es re dered he earned his present rank and ap- During the entire war the Fifth was the regular, {nfantry regiment that did not have a chance to see s , but after the protocol had been signed and the g trcops were being sent home the was detailed to do guard duty at ntiago under General Wood ens that General Wood's s under his command, as are cers who used to rank him a captain. the world moves up and rily. there is much truth in the saying that “He who takes your orders to-day R e R R R S S e R o R e o Jb SR SR P SR S EpY > + - + Standing Armies of the World * R R R R S R TR e The Czar's proposal crease of armame 2 mere p out a sub to elgn of univers ounded b bound to recognize the rope i of their energies preparations f o ns there are someth millions of its m inhabita; under arms as soldlers or sz time of peace, and when mind that all these have to ba maintained in non-productive work and supplied with the mest costly appliances, some idea may | be formed of the giga The fol- lowl compiled by 8t. Pa en. the leading natio g tabl . will © one to compare the armaments of s Country— Pop R Hungary . 4 .t Britain.. A still more convincing method of esti- mating the burden of military service i the Jus countries will be found in the following table: No. of Sol- diers t ria-Hungary re appalling for the Con- especially for France both of which, suffer ter- quence of the memories of 1870-71 - late Lord Randolph Church- ill once put the cost of this blood tax “Out of the life of every German, every Frepehman, every Itallan, every Austrian 1res d every Russlan the respective govern- ments of those countries take three years for compulsory military service." —_— e Tuna, w mile At | will make him suddenly and independent- ly wealth 0 much has been said of Miller's wild | venture that of late years he has been subject of more or less public ridi- e, and the sub t of Mr. Miller's well |1s not at all a pleasant one to Mrs. Mil- ler. In fact, Mrs. Miller has seen 8o many hard-carned dollars sink out of sight, as it were, that mention of the well a sore subjec | The farmer's well is now down about | 3400 feet, ana drilling is still going on. | Most of the work has been done by Mil- |ler himself. assisted by a hired man. Re- cently he disposed of a part of his farm | for oil purposes and the money thus ac- | quired explains the resumption of opera- | tions. The well is now in a black sand { a showing of oil, which s of peculiar color, almost a purple, jerstood that Miller has decided to drill a little further, and, after shoot- ing the well, put it to pumping. If it proves a ing producer It has been suggested t the peculiar formation be called the Miller sand. What makes Miller more determined than ever to go on with his boring un- til he strikes ofl is the fact that only recently Dr. . A. Van Scoy has com- | pleted a well that started off at the rate of twenty-five barrels a day. This so encouraged the farmer that directly he heard of the doctor's find he rushed oft and obtained a mortgage on his farm. Since that time pumping operations have been in progress day and night and lit- tle {s the time that Miller has since de- voted to slumber below Bradford, | a well that has been drilling for n years. It is owned by an ec- centric individual by the name of Mike Miller and has already cost a small for- tune. Miller is in reality farmer, but a large 1 of his time is oceupied in gether a few more dollars to | punch his “ofl well” deeper into the bowels of the earth. During these many rs he has spent all earnings in ng this deep well with the idea of somewhere in the hidden depths discover- ing a’'lake of the oleaginous fluld which Jube Holding TJesla Spectal to The Sunday Call. HE promise made by Nikola Tesla to the world some two vears ago that he wouid soon give it a means of lighting its homes, its offices and its streets at night time by “artificial daylight” has been fulfilled. The invention has been entirely completed for several weeks. A day or two ago the authoritative an- nouncement was made that contracts have already been signed with several New York business houses to equip their business places with the new light at once. The promoters of the company which is pushing the new in- vention are so certain of its great practical utility that they predict that it must soon supplant the arc lamp. “Vacuum tube lighting by high frequency currents” is what Tesla himself calls it. The name, though clums sufficiently descriptive. The essential parts are tube, and a special current of high frequenc by pecial dynamo, of Tesla's invemtion. “The Mr. esia explains, “have had all the air pumped out, but, of course, are full of ether. The passage of this spe current sets the ether in metian, (orming light waves The light differs from arc illumination in that it has no particular center. The whole tube glows and sheds nce like daylight all around.” tubes, of course, sealed ght at both ends A wire is made fast to one end, but there is no wire inside. The tubes at present in use are about a foot long. T special purposes, such as studio {llumination, street light- ing and so on, they can be made any size up to a yard. The glory and the beauty of themn is that their light goes 1 over the place to be illumined—is as rong in the corners of 2 room as directly under the tube. Hence the truth of its name, artificial daylight. A lhghted tube in a m has exactly the effect of daylight fiooding the windows, otwithstanding the tube itself is not trying to the eyes. You may look steadily at it, with no evil effects whatever. In incandescent lighting 97 per cent of the elect cur- rent to making the filament hot, leaving but 3 per LROROLOKRO PORONSROR O L T BE ; OF EIOLORC HORIRORORORONORORORORINORIRIRONO RO = e e e TS E,.._. = - TN v OHOL New Artificial Ligit cent for 1llumination. advantage of the vacuum tube. may touch the glass an hour after the light is turned on And this brings us to a second long It never grows hot. You and find it as cool as when first lighted. An electric bulb in like case is hot enough to scorch, not to mention giving headaches to the luckless mortals who happen to sit di- rectly underneath or beside it. The tubes can be attached to the electric light fixtures in common use, but cannot be illumined by the ordinary current. Or rather they can be made to glow with it, but the process is too costly. That was one thing that made the wise men doubtful in the beginning. A few of them thought Tesia might probably perfect his light process, but were firm in the belief that it would remain too costly for commercial use. Tesla’s new dyramo has changed all that. Contracts now signed insure that several important structures in New York city will be equipped with the new light. There can be no doubt that it wiil repidly supplant other methods of [llumination as soon as moneyed men build and operate high frequency current stations. The first cost of wires, tubes, etc., is about the same as for incandescent lighting, but the tubes have the very great virtue of not burning out after the manner of incandescent globes or carbon pencils, hence the cost of operation will be very much Jes: When it comes to use there is simply no comparison possible. Tt is just the same as having a day twenty-four hours lonz. Everywhere, for every purpose, artificial day- light equals th= real thing. Witness this picture of the inventor’s hand. The pho- tograph for it was made at midnight, in his lahoratory, with a two-secord exposure. It was not only taken, but printed by the artificial daylight, vet it will be seen that it shows clearly the line#® of the palm and the texture of cuff and sleeve Nothing remains now but to equip the world with prover wires, dynamos, and so on. Men with money know a good thing when they see it, even without artificial daylight, so it is very likely that in a matter of twelve months the ill b~ practically no night in any con- siderable ¢ of the world. CHAUNCEY MONTGOMERY McGOVERN. ROt OLONC THE., FRANCE - = = April 10.—Alcohol is about corn that he often impossible to French law decrees for all industrial al- | sersede petroleum, not only it sell?” The conclusio this expert is cohols. The carburant, unhappily, does e, ‘but in all Burope. It As i that sooner or:later United St not remove the disgusting odor which the | not only to supersede petroleum, must fall in line with the ropean present excise regulations also prescribe. | but it promises to take the place legislation. This, however, is a minor matter, as | of coal itself. nce, a country utterly without petro- methylene, to which the infect smell is R e A S nd importing coal enormously due, has now but a short course to run as | engines are to be dr by alcohol. nothing less than her agricultural s a “denaturizer.” | for alcohol lighting it already an tion in the new use of alcohol. D! It is claimed for Dusart's carburant | complished fact. The Emperor of they have been seeking in vain for that it is 35 per cent cheaper than alcohol many has had the palace at Potsds “national light” and the “national fuel.” itself. In this case carburated alcohol the Thiergarten at Berlin supplied with For vears, on the other hand, the farm- will ¥s be cheaper than other. While 1 cohol lamps, while the new ers have been struggling sullenly against there is none of this compound substance . is lighting up the internal revenue laws. From beet- as vet on the market, it is promised to be | ard of e with these root. from potatoes and from divers other retailed within a month at 33 centimes the | same extraordinary novelties of the hour. products they have sought to gain a profit liter, in Paris itself, a trifle less than 11 Both the agricultural and industrial which they think ought to be theirs. All cents the quart. In Paris headlight ofl worlds are in excitement. Chambers of France may be compared to a great (petrole de luxe), a rather inferior prod- | Commerce and Farmers' clubs are hear- moonshine whisky district, watched at uct, not properly refined, retails at 12| ing lectures on the new discoveries. immense expense, where frauds and un- cents and 14 cents the quart. | Never, perhaps, has such important fis- derstandings take the place of violent re- The Dusart lamps resemble ordinary | 1l legislation been accomplished in both sistance of authority. | France and Germany In so short a time knows all about alcohol. He wants to be neys. The carbirated alcohol does not | taking off the last tax and obstruction his own distiller. He wants to make a burn by generating gas and there is no | [as that — almost accomplished — which double profit on his products, to have danger of explosion. Were it not for the | | is taking off the last tax and obstruction winter work for his sons, his daughters softness and brillizncy of the light you | from the free manufacturc and sale of and his hired help. For long vears the might ima burning head- industrial or denaturized alcohols. The result has been a gradual letting down light oil. There is no sweating, no smoke distiller is at last to work for the good of of barrlers agalnst alcoholic drinks in or odor either during or after comb | humenity. His friend, the farmer, is at France, until to-day in Parls you can ton, and the lighting is instantaneou | 1ast to get a share of the good things of have a satisfying slug of absinthe for 2 'he Wicks never burn, so they need no e i trimming. 1 was presént at some of M. : Arachequesne’s experiments with the ph | The significance of this new movement Naturally the secretary general of tometre. when exact comparisons . were | to the world at large is concealed, so to the Assoclation Pour I'Emplol In- made between petroleum and Dusart |8 k, in the peculiar legislation which dustriel de 1'Alcool is proud of l_nml'_s ofl(mualhm‘\"‘x; With a slender [here applied to aicohol. All the his mission. = To st once satisty SLN(CT! [P chifney, the Dusart jamp s and inventions imaginable the farmers and the distillers and give to S¢ge St 20 ;3 carcel at an cxpense must lie helpless untll the iron heel of France her long-sought national light and hour, and with & chimney. hellled aoted | the internal revenue tax is removed from fuel—all In removing a great stumbling the flame a light of 1.32 carcel at an ex- this peculiar product. Alcohol is not dear block of morality and hygiene—is a task pense of 81 grammes. The petroleum lamp, | in itself. M. G. Arachequesne, secretary to be proud of. “Let Frenchmen make ¢l with the most expensive head-light general of the new oclation pour alcohol as they never made it before,” M. O Bave & light of 1.2 carcel at an ex- mploi Industriel de I’Alcool—the great | league of distillers which in France is engineering the affair—has just been tell- ing me that a few years ago in Cuba he made alcohol out of refuse molasses at an expense of less than § francs the 100 | liters. As a liter is considerably more than a quart, this would amount to 6% cents a gallon. It was only done as an experiment, partly to find out what to do | with the waste molasses. The alcohol could not be exported in sufficlent quan- titles to other countries because of the xes. “It s the same in Louisiana,” sald M, Arachequesne, “where the refuse mo- lasses is dumped into the sea. And you can imagine something of the condition of France and Germany—two countries which have no petroleum of their own— | by casting a glance at the dilemma of the beet sugar agriculturists of Call- fornia, Nebraska and Utah, forced to burn their waste molasses, at an actual | expense. There is no other way to get | rid of a superfluity, which cannot be sim- ply thrown away for fear of creating a time has come. to burn.” give out a light of beauty. ger of explosion. nujsance. In all those States,” continued M. Arachequesne, ‘“‘where they have M. tried beet sugar ralsing, successfully or cret. unsuccessfully, California, Kansas, Min- nesota, Nebraska, Utah, Colorado and Virginia, it is a hardship to the farmer that he is not allowed to distill industrial alcohol from this waste material. But if this is a hardship, how much greater, in view of these new inventions and discov- erfes, must be the lot of the American A farmer with millions of bushels of Indian Arachequesne has cried to the breathless- ly interested Chamber of Deputies; “let France distill a hundred liters where she distills one to-day—but not to drink. The rance will have alcohol One of the chief factors in the new use of alcohol—and there are many—will un- doubtedly turn out to be the carburant of M. Dusart. In saying this I am not quot- ing M. Arachequesne, who in his delicate official capacity is not likely to favor one invention over another. knows, alcohol when burning disengages heat rather than light. It burns a dull blue. nothing less than a when mixed with it, induces alcohol to At the same time it has the precious quality of obviating every dan- It is this latter virtue that is to make carburated alcohol a safe, odorless, clean, economical and energetic fuel and motive power substance. the Dusart carburant is nobody knows. Dusart is at present keeping the se- All that can be sald at present 1s that when the carburant is added to the ordinary industrial or methylated alcohol it changes its color, which in France is green, to a.dark yellow. A light sediment is rapidly precipitated, leaving a limpid yellow mixture that is easily decanted. This sediment is imagined at present to be nothing more than a disengaging of the artificlal coloring matter which the The French farmer petroleum lamps, with wicks and chim- pense of 56 grammes of petroleum per hour. After making all corrections of density the results appear to be about equal, The experiment was nevertheless held to be unsatisfactory, in spite of the su- perlor softness and beauty of the alcohol lamp's light and_its advantages of clean- liness. With 95 degrees alcohol, which gives the Denayrouze incandescent lamps an extra_economy of 25 per cent, the bril- liance of the Dusart light would have been that much augmented. Unfortunate- ly the French excise regulations do not yet permit the use of 95 degrees alcohol. A new ‘‘de-naturante” also, something else than methylene, or woodspirits, will also have to be permitted, both for the sake of economy and lighting power. The methylene now mixed with alcohol, in or- der to prevent it being ‘revitalized” and rectified for drinking, is a great hindrance to the Dusart lamps, as is also the water used to bring all French mndustrial alco- hols down to 90 degrees. These are some of the last legislative and administrative barriers that are now being broken down in France. The Germaus, it is said, are far in advance. They have their own | carburant and lamps similar to those of | the Dusart system. Burning alcohol is | now retailed in Berlin at 7 cents per | quart, and carburated alcohol at 90 de- grees will soon be retailed at 6 cents per quart. Undoubtedly the domestic petrn- leum lamp is seeing its last days in Bu- rope. B Paris by far the greate: sensation has been made by the incandescent De. nayrouze lamps. with which M. Loubet {s now lighting up the courtyard of the Elysee. It is the incandescent system As everybody The carburant is substance which, great Intensity and What that is also used at Potsdam and in the Berlin Thiergarten. STERLING HEILIG. / TJesla's Hand. This photograph was taken by, himself with the new artificlal daylight after two seconds’ exposure. READING OF THE HAND. By Neergaard. ITH a hand so liberally endowed with all the essential qualiies, Tesla could not be less than famous. His phenomenally strong fate line would give promise of an exceptional career—one where the inventor not only wins honors, but can make a financlal success of his undertakings. His hand embodies all the salient points of the conlc or artistic type, with the scientific or inventive, as indicated by the breadth at the base of the hand and the well-defined lines on the Mount of Mercury. His tapering fingers lend artistic beauty to his inventive genius. His long third finger gives him enough of a speculative spirit to enable him to “launch out into the deep” and grasp the slightest straw which might develop into something tangible. Yet his head line, keeping a normal course and following his life line so closely, vould indicate his caution and his disposition to submit all things to reason. His head line, rising slightly under the Mount of the Sun, would point more clearly to great fame and, with the added triangle upon the line, to great distinc- tion and public honors, His head line, not drooping to the Mount of the Moon, would preserve him ffom the defect of most inventive geniuses—he would not be- come visionary. Everything must be practical to appeal to him. This is also borne out in his continuous Girdle of Venus, which gives inspiration and enthu- slasm. He is capable of rising to the greatest pitch of enthusiasm, yet the squares palm and level head line would never allow him to become a dreamer. He has, to be sure, a high appreclation of the fine arts; but after all it is the natural he desires and will have. He has enough commercial ability to protect his own in- ere: T e is changeable In moods, quick to take offense, and has a tendency to lapse into periods of gloom, because of his tendency to plan far beyond his power to execute. While he is developing or materalizing one invention he is pl ranging in his mind something entirely different from the worl vot he has the ability to keep all in order and never allows one plan to inter- fere with another. He has great powers of concentration and the long second phalanx of the thumb would cause him to submit all to a careful analysis and ar- at a logical conclusion before acting upon a matter of importance. He has :ful, energetic temperament, possessing all of the desirable qualities of an ure with tific and commercial abili a Latin thumb, which endows him with intellect and refinement. In the atta t of a desire or the carrying out of a plan he would use the stregth of Intellectual will as opposed to that of brute force. Yet he is a man who would brook no opposition and would be inclined to be aggressive when an important matter was under consideration. It would not be easy to manage or control such anning and ar- on hand. And rive a nature. He is generous and frank with those who win his confidence. He is Qadaptable to places and people and really prefers a bohemian existence, as shown by the position of the fourth finger. He has great diplomacy and tact in his management of people, using quiet but determined methods. He is one whose nature » highly organized that he cannot endure discord of any kind. He would 2 good deal for peace and the lines show plainly that his life has not been on~ uninterrunted harmonious tence. In his early career he met with some opposition; the influence of relatives played quite a part in his early life. One influence espacially (as indicated by the downward branch of the heart line) caused his IITOW. Tesla 1s a man of deep affection, loving more from the imagination than from the senses, and one who has been disappointed by his 1dol faillng far shoss of his estimate. He has the highest {ype of affection, the pride and worship of the heart’s ideal, and an equal ambition that the woman of his choice shall be great, noble and sincere. Heé has great determination, perseverance, patience and keen perception. He will start upon a new line of work at 45 and {nvent something which wil atartie the entire world. It will be five years before it will be fully matured, owing to period of iliness. which for a time will interfere with his progress. 'The |liness %06 tn the form of nervous exhaustion, as shown by Ihes large Aewirery Dranch from the line of life. He will recover, however, and win Chis oholrem laurels after that, as shown by the fate line doubling’ Itselt. From that time on he will have great wealth and the highest honors conferred upon him. He will end his life far from his native country. B R R e e e R R TR o S b S0 S0 S SRS UPUPEPN % + : Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo : ; broke the bank a onte Gario 3 + + B R i R e e e e e e e o S S e e o o ONDON, April T.—Charles Hills | London Truth exposed him. When he Wells, “the man who broke the | was examined in the Bow street Court his bank at Monte Carlo,” one of the | total stealings were estimated at $150,000. most accomplished swindlers in the | This included $90,000 from Miss Mary world, wa leased from Portland | Phillmore of London nd $45,000 from Conviet Prison in England the Hon. William French of Ireland. week. He w. entenced in 1833 to | His method was simple. He represent- years' penal servitude for obtaining $! ed that he had taken out valuable patents 000 on false pretenses. and invited inve t him In de- Eight years ago the whole world was | veloping them. On his trfal it was shown talking and singing songs about the luck | that for years he had been taking out of “The Man Who Broke the Bank of | provisional prot all kinds of Monte Carlo.” | absurd invention: ating anchors, Wells' phenomenal winning began in | Sunshades, fog horns and hot air motors 1891. In July of that year he is said to | for obtaining power from the heat con have won $160,000, and in the following | November $140,000 more. On one night in November he broke the bank five times alleged patents. He was so plausible in his methods and won $30,000. Casino frequenters gave | Promises that his vieti e many. him the name of “Bonne-Chance” Wells. | When his swindling was discovered he “Good Luck” Wells that means. fled on "'SUMWM- intending to land at Wells claimed to have an infallible Portugal. On his way he stopped at Havre to sell 300 tons of surplus coal. tem. To operate with it a capital of $30.~ | LA "0 P CH here, returned ty & 000 was required. Its chief point was to iy sl catch “runs” or “series” and then bet the | OnVicted and sentenced to the term of lnimistakcs oE Sl oty lropeonmeite which he has just con- i3 3 5l 2 cluded. maximum stakes of 12,000 francs. With € luck against him he bet the minimum stakes, 1In following this system on one occasion he took all the 100 and all the 1000 franc bank notes supplied to the trente et | /€5 ar 5 quarante table, and the croupiers had to | ;::;m‘: :g:“ Pill ng In England the pay one deal in small notes and gold | N:‘ tollEaipes t':m il;uny\\‘l..7 per cent in pieces until the cashier had brought an- to 1888 the ATt m‘m; 11. ;md from 1873 2 88 s and wo v other $20,000 to the table. | morriodtresa sesidotingr oD who He insured himself against the bank’s | oy 4o s 3 ang from %6 and odd chance or “refaft’” by setting aside a | . & G0 FC SHE “,l;‘““{‘[“‘{"j‘v"}l’rr- special fund of 1 per cent on his stakes. | 71 Tngland and Walcs shon oo =T This cost him $3000 a day. 10/1030.C sseriaigens 1o s oo It Wells lived in London, and every day | From 1s : pome At he sent his winnings to his Dandon bank- | Siates incre | | SeEmate S = | There are fewer marriages in tion to population than formerly lies are smaller; Y propor- fami- they are less coherent; 157 per cent, while ers. Whenever he encountered a period | population incre. Pt ".r,‘x:hxlh the of il luck he went home to England for a| One of the causes of ehanee is the season. g whole modern movement of liberation. At play he, was quick and cool. Win- otvsubm- s from sovereigns, slaves from i losing, he never lost his head. masters, wives from husbands and chil- RINg OF 108%HE, dren from parents. Anothor . At the helght of his success he bought | L0 JIOM BATGES. Another is the disap- a yacht of 2000 tons—the Palais Royal—{ marriage. al view of and fitted it out most luxuriously. Its ap-| A more speclal cause has been the pointments were superb. Four head | growth of large cities, which completely alter the environment of the organism rganism. Men become less dependent on womon for their home needs, and w. % All the time that Wells was winning at | roc, nel pome necds, wl\h‘:ntx)r)‘gnslg?r\\lfi play he was engaged in gigantic swind- | life of the country denies them.—. ling operations. Finally Labouchere of | ot Ethics. ; SmEournal stewards attended to the comforts of the gambler’'s guests.