The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1902, Page 6

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C ‘WS STANDS: 31 Union Square; N some quarters criticism is heard because United l States forces are guarding the Panama Railroad and keeping it open during the present revolution in that country. An doing this we are simply dis- charging our treaty obligations. The Panama Rail- road was built by American capital, not to supply a | ence to the Government of Colombia nor to rebels against i conve of all nations whose trade uses that method of transportation across the It happens, in the frequent revolutions which af- nd disturb that country and retard its progress, neutrality of the railway is resented by the Governmer purpose hmus. that the covers that its use would strengthen their military operations The road was not bu press it That Central American pastime must be ed on foot and not in the cars, for the United State by treaty, unob: 1se © ted the road, and proposes to dis- charge that trust P, no matter who protests. Even without the treaty obligation we are clearly r international rights in protecting the road and its termini as an American interest, and we would do so without in any way interfering with the Government or rebels against its authority in using all domestic facilities against each other. We have no de to interfere with the innocent amusement revoluticn. It is the Latin-American y be induiged to any extent, provided it th proper respect for the rights of neutrals ope ns. habit is done wi and the One draw to the construction of the isthmian has been this revc little States periectly pery are gations ard responsibilities, and when forced to make on for humiliating outrages upon foreigners, or for spoliation of their property, they protest that their national dignity ic afironted. The day is past in which they can do as they * please with rights and alien interests. The strong nations, whose power and dignity are of concurrent measure, have long since accorded respect and protection to each | other’s nationals. When the flighty and headstrong countries south of us learn to do this by being compelled to do it, they will have learned something of great advantage to themselves. They must be taught this from the out- side, for they seem incapable of learning it themselves. ey are even unmoved by the honorable example of Mexico, which, under the highly enlightened govern- ment of Diaz, has recovered from the chronic itch revolution, has instituted a system of jurispru- d relate stability of government and protection of life and property to national progress and prosperity. What Diaz has done ir. Mexico wise men can do in | the governments south of her, Unfortunately their simply to attain power usually for misuse, and not for the establishment of I principle, nior to lay the foundation of civil irequent revolutions are stability. The Colombian Government is protesting because cvery passenger and freight train on the Panama Railway is guarded by United States bluejackets, equipped with rapid-fire guns. Let that Government ccase to protest and learn the lesson taught by the bluejackets. They are there ag an expression of the power of the United States to perform its treéty ob- ligation. he source of that power is stability of govern t is the dream of Simon Bolivar real- ized. That soldier and statesman sought to concrete all the warring and jarring nations of Central Amer- ica into united states, under a federal system like ours. He said that with this accomplished he would disarm the soldiers and dig an-isthmian canal. Had the United States of Central America been: formed sixty yezrs ago, and the canal built, the isthmus and the northern part of South America would to-day be one great mation, abreast of the world in the arts of peace and strong enough to compel peace at home 2nd command respect abroad. t. e ———— St. Louis appears 1o have found her boodlers “out” in more ways than one. None of them were at home when called for, and ir looks as if it will be impossible to find them even by advertising for them. The Boxers seem determined to let the world know that China will never be christianized by missionaries unless the missionaries have Gatling guns, authority, but for the commercial | and by the rebels; in turn, as each dis- | But neither has the right to compiain. | It to aid rebellion nor to sup- | the trustee of neutral right to the | i lutionary habit in those pep- | They have imperfectly learned or | indifferent to their international obli- | neutral | ice and taken her place among the nations which | THE SAN HENDERSON AND THE PARTY. HOSE who exgpected that the retirement of T Speaker Henderson would injuriously affeet the Republican party at the November election are foredoomed to disappointment. When certain Southern Democratic Congressmen and Chairman Jones of the National Committee of that party rushed into print with an exultant air the people saw at once that if the event disturbed or overthrew Repub- lican supremacy it meant entire free trade and 1893 over again, Immediately it became apparent that the revived industries of the South are not prepared to back that programme. The Southern Democracy has been at great pains to eliminate the negro vote and has ex- pended much ingenuity to that end. Now they are blinking at the discovery that they have made it not | only possible, but creditable, for Southern men to vote the Republican ticket, and that they propose to do it to prevent a return to the woe and want and beggary of hard times. They have been receiving the industrial benefit of Republican policies since 1897. In 1900 they gave money to the Republican National Committee to beat Bryan, though the negro ques- | tion compelled them to support him in their own States. This unnatural condition has been ended by the Democratic destruction of the negro franchise. In Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina there are enough close districts, close under the old | order of things, whea the negro vote was kept dor- | mant by violence and the issue was between white Democrats and white Republicans, to control the | next House. The South is experiencing her first enjoyment of prosperity since the Civil War. Her staple crops of rice, cotton, tobacco and sugar all find their profit in protection. The mineral interests along the Ap- palachian Range, with their extraordinary facilities for exportation, have been enlivened by the same pol- icy. Call it materialism, if one will, the South needed it. She kuew the most extraordinary privations ever i endured by a people in the years ensuing upon the Civil War, and the Democracy had no policy to offer for her help but free trade and unsound mioney. The Republican party has given her protection and the gold standard, and for the first time in her his- tory that section is enjoying general and genuine prosperity. The business capacity and keenness shown by the South have surprised even thrifty New England, and the signs multiply that she does not in- i tend to go from plenty back to a crust for the sake | of a party that never cffered her anything but husks jand a seat below the salt at the table where the na- }tional resources were spread. Her seaports have i been developed, ler railroads extended, her products | protected by the Republican party. Her use of credit flas been cheapened and eased by sound money, and | Southern men are neither unaware of the catse of all this betterment nor inclined to snub that cause to | further the ambition of a few useless, unproductive and impracticable politicians. The next House is safe, anyway, but were it ob- | viously in danger the community of interests between the industries of the North and the South would save it for the party that has protected them. The same motives are rife among the workingmen of the | North. The Examiner in this city is flinging the | Caesars and Roman bhistory at the labor unions. It | omitted to notice that in the great parade on Labor | day, a few weeks ago, hard-handed and clear-headed workingmen bore banners inscribed, “Protection to American industries.” What has that paper to offer in exchange for the great policy that takes all labor | within its protecting sweep? It stands for free trade, | for a return of the trials that beset and beggared | labor from 1803 to 1897. | No; Chairman Jones and Democratic Congress- | men exulted prematurely. The party of protection j and sound money will still guard the interests of in- dustry and will itself correct whatever evils have grown out of a prosperity of which the world has seen no equal. The present strain upon the finances of the country to handle the big crcps emphasizes the need of an lastic currency, and it requires no great amount of rubbering to perceive the fact. S —————— THE FIGHT IN THE FIRST. ON. J. N. GILLETTE, Republican nominee H for Congress in the First District, opened his campaign with a speech at Truckee that will erve to rally to his support every voter who has an | intelligent conception of the issues of the day and | their relation to the welfare of California. The place | of the oration was far from his Humboldt home, but Mr. Gillette will be in Congress a representative of the mining interests of Nevada as well as of the lum- }ber interests of his own county, and it was a graceful | compliment to his constituents to begin his cam- | paign among those who live most remote from his | own neighborhood. The issues of the day are the maintenance of pros- perity and the advancement of the welfare of the workingmen of the country. With both subjects Mr. Gillette dealt clearly and forcibly. “To the present tariff law,” he said, “this nation is largely in- debted for its great prosperity. From the very mo- ment the Dingley bill became a law the tide turned. Confidence was at once restored, capital became ac- tive, labor was sought for, mills that had been idle | were once again busy scenes of life and activity, | new enterprises grew up on every side.” There is | nothing rew in that statement. Its value lies in the fact that it serves to recall to the voters of the First District facts that are of household knowledge throughout California, and to remind them of the | danger that would surely result from Democratic supremacy in the House of Representatives and a renewed agitation for free trade. This issue of maintaining the legislation that has protected American enterprise and American labor is the dominant one of the time for the people of the United States. It is to be regretted that it should be a partisan issue, for the benefits of protection flow to all; they reach the pockets of every worker and enter every home. Democracy in California has de- nounced the Dingley tariff as unjust and as an im- position upon the people. It would be interesting to have the candidates of that party questioned as to specific instances of the alleged injustice. Is it un- jusg to protect California industries? Should our producers of fruit, lumber, wines, sugar and hops and our raisers of cattle and sheep have no protec- tion in the home market? They ‘pay taxes to stipport the Government. ' Should the Government do noth- ing for them? i i Upon whom has the tariff been'an imposition? It has imposed prosperity upon Democrats as well as Republicans. It has imposed fair profits upon Dem- ocratic business men as well as upon Republican business men, and it has imposed good wages upon Democratic workingmen as well as upon their col- leagues who vote the Republican, ticket, but wé know | I i and | of no other imposition effected by the tariff uponany class of the American people. Mr. Gillette was especially impressive in those parts of his speech ir which he discussed the con- trast between the dealings of the two parties with the labor problems of the country. Rapidly reviewing national legislation on the subject he said: “In 1862 coolie trade was prohibited; in 1886 the alien con- tract bill was passed, as was also the bill prohibiting the contract system of the labor of United States convicts, all votes against both bills being Demo- cratic. In 1888 a Department of Labor was estab- lished; the bill creating boards of arbitration was passed in 1886, while the laws for the better protec- tion of seamen are the result of Republican legisla- tion. Under the Republican rule wages have always been higher and employment more plentiful. Thou- sands of laborers that from 1890 to 1897 went to the souphouses with their empty paiis now leave home in the morning with full dinner pail to their day’s work. There is plenty in the land; there is peace in the land; there is prosperity in the land; and on the morning of November 4 when the workingmen of this State go forth to their daily toil in one hand they will carry a full dinner pail and in the other a ballot to protect it.” The historical part of that statement is indis- putable, and we believe the prediction with which it closes will be realized. What can it profit any man in the First District to vote at this time against | the party of work and wages and for the party of free trade and calamity? Mining men and lumber- men, farmers, manufacturers and merchants, have a | mutual interest in the maintenance of the protective | system, while to the wage-earners the issue is impera- | tive. The people of the First District are to be con- gratulated upon having an opportunity to elect so able a champion of their interests to Congress. . Mr. Gillette is not an unknown man in California poli- tics. He has served in the State Senate with idis-' tinction, and his record there is a guarantee of faith- ful and efficient service at Washington. At the na- tional capital he will be something more than a dis- trict representative. He will be among the members of the House who rank as national statesmen, and his constituents will have occasion to be proud of his career. e ——— One of the curiosities of trade is that New York has been importing large quantities of venisor from- Europe. It would seem that at present prices Ameri- can beef would be dear meat enough for them. H is one of the members of the present Repub- lican administration of California whom the people honor for service in war as well as in peace. His_patriotic loyalty and his courage were tested by the arduous experience of a soldier during the Civil War as thoroughly as his fidelity and business sagacity have been tested in private and public life through the years of peace that have fol[o“jcd that strife. Having been deservedly renominated by the Republican party, he once more appears before the people for their suffrages and may just]y‘ ask them on the double record he kas made in peace and in war. The life of Truman Reeves needs no elaboration to make it attractive to those who honor sterling Amer- HON. TRUMAN REEVES. ON. TRUMAN REEVES, State Treasurer, ican manhood. His career has been not dissimilar to | that of thousands of Americans of his generation who faced the dangers of 1860 and, after risking life itself to free the slave and save the Union, have borne up against the handicap of wounds and loss of limbs | in the competition of industrial life and maintained an honored place in the esteem of all them. Born August 17, 1840, at Chardon, Ohio, Mr. Reeves spent his early youth on a farm, where he did all the usual odds and ends of work commonly left for the “boy” to do, going to school six months in who - know | the year and- pegging along with farmwork the other | SIX. He received the common echool education preva- lent at that time, and at 18 years of age started out for himself to make his way in the world. He be- came an apprentice 1o a firm of watchmakers and jewelers of Warren, Ohio, and was with them at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. He was one of the first to answer the call for troops, and left his bench to go to the front as a private in the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and remained in this branch of the service all through the war, taking. part in most of the actions in which the Army of the Poto- mac was engaged, and re-enlisting in 1864 for the re- mainder of the war. In June, 1864, at Cold Harbor, he lost his left arm in action and was retired from the service with the rank of sccond lieutenant by brevet, returning from the front to his home in Or- well, Ohio. With indomitable courage he returned to his workman’s bench, and in the face of apparently in- superable obstacles prepared to again make his live- lihood at his chosen trade of watchmaker and jew- eler. Handicapped as he was by the loss of an arm, his' inventive genius enabled him to conquer fate, He invented and perfected an appliance to serve in lieu of the lost member, and with its aid soon ranked among the most proficient in his craft and became | widely known as “the one-armed watchmaker.” In 1875 Mr. Reeves removed to San Bernardino, where he continued his vocation of watchmaker and jeweler urtil 18050. He was prominently identified with many of the early movements for the better- ment of the State through modern methods of irriga- tion, and was ever a leading citizen and a power in the advancement of the interests of the common- wealth. In 1800 he was clected Treasurer of San Bernar- dino County and served in that capacity with honor and credit until 1808, when he was elected State Treasurer by a large majority. His administration of this latter office has been miarked by a close per- sonal supervision of the affairs of the office, a busi- ness-like execution of all the duties thereof and a pleasant and courteous treatment of the public, coupled with an absolute and irreproachable accuracy in discharging his trust. Such is the record of the man whom the Republi- cans present once more as their candidate for State Treasurer. They ask for him not only the support of all Republicans but of all independent voters as well. Mr. Reeves has been tested in office and found to be the right man in the right place. Let him be re- ¢lected by an increased majorit Russia’s announced intention to see that Manchuria is evacuated appears to have meant a determination that the evacuation shall be done by everybody ex- cept the Russians. P Society jourtals are advising the girls in the East to get engaged this fall, as the price of coal will be too high to admit of courting. next -winter. | come a citizen of the United States. FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1902. 'GOSSIP FROM LONDON WORLD " OF LETTERS The past season, with its few new is- sues and great sale of sixpenny editions of the more popular works, is beginning, it would seem, to create great perturba- tion among the retail book sellers. The immense changes in the price of books and the spread of free libraries, together with the preparations, even this season, for further big sixpenny editions,-are so affecting the retail sellers, particularly in the provinces, that they are being forced to add other trades to that of book sell- ing to keep their heads above water. ‘While all her friends are interested nat- urally in the Duchess of Sutherland’s lat- est. production, “The Wings of _ the World,” the reviewers are not quite kind. A few years ago, when a novel published by the Duchess, called *“One Hour and the Next,” failed to attract any great no- tice, many of the best judges of litera- ture were surprised, for it was declared that the literarv talent displayed by the authoress was very striking. It iIs admitted that the seven stories narrated in her new volume, ‘‘The Wings of the World,” are fresh and original in conception and full of dramatic incident, | but the Duchess has not improved her { style—in fact, the reviewer for the Pall Mall Gazette draws attention to blem- | ishes and faults in grammar which were ! quite absent in the first volume. “Many of the sentences,” says this writer, rendered obscure by slovenliress o struction.” How details of royal orders to shop- keepers leak out s, of course, a mystery, but they certainly at times give an in- teresting indication as to certain roval tastes. A well known West End book seller received a few days ago a royal order for a large consignment of novels, ag erder which included much fiction of the lighter sort, of which her Majesty the Queen is sald to be very fond. Books dealing with political and diplomatic plots and problem novels have no fascination for her. She dislikes heavy philosophy or too subtle analysis. To judge from this order her Majesty is disposédl to dip into the new class of American fiction that latterly has been put in the English mar- ket—the fiction of what, in default of a better description, has been called, “‘the American kailyard school.” A new novel by Robert Hitchens is to appear before very long through Messrs. Heinemann with the title “Felix.” It is a study of an impressionable youth just | entering upon the turmoil of life. Its ac- tion covers about three years. When it | ends it leaves him still on the threshold of manhood. He is bereft of many illu- slons, subjected to a great sorrow, saved from cynicism by the influence of one whose intellect he had been inclined to’ despise. Miss Mary Cholmondeley, the authoress of “Red Pottage,” has completed a new novel, which she has christened ‘‘Moth { and Rust,” and which, after appearing serially, will be published by John Mur- | ray. Publishers seem to be almost falling over each other in their eagerness to give Maxim Gorky's writings to English read- ers. One result of this is that two ver- sions of a book by him have appeared almost simultaneously. In one transla- tion the story is entitled “Three of Them,” and in the other, “Three Men."” 1 ANSWERS 1O QUERIES. TEA TAX—A. I, City. The war tax on tea will be discontinued on the 1st of January, 1903. CHINESE—O. O. T. B., Bouldin Island, Cal. The Chinese population of Califor- nia, according’ to the census of 1900, was 42,207 males and 3486 females. VERBAL PROMISE—W. H. K., City. A verbal promise of marriage, in the presence of witnesses, is as valld as one in writing. . INGERSOLL—S. E. C, City. Inger- soll's eulogy at the tomb of Napoleon is to be found in Ingersoll's works, which can be seen at the Free Public Library. WASHINGTON'S DEATH—Subscriber, | City. George Washington died at mid- night Saturday, December 31, 1799, which was the last hour of the last day of the last month of the last year of the 1700's. A native of China cannot be- The naturalization of Chinese is prohibited by the laws of 1882, section 14, chapter 126. SUCCESSION—Subscriber, City. 'If a man dies in this State and he does not leave a will, but leaves children and brothers and sisters, but no surviving wife, the entire estate that he may leave goes to the children. HE CAN VOTE—O. O. T. B., Bouldin Island, Cal. An individual born of Chi- nese parents in the United States can, on arriving of age, vote if he possesses the necessary qualifications as to resldence, and, in some States, ability to read ana.‘ write. KEFELLERS—J. P. W., Port c:s?nE (}:‘3? John D. Rockefeller resides at 4 West Fifty-fourth street, New York City, and William R. Rockefeller at 639 Fifth avenue, same city. This depart- ment has no Information that John D. Rockefeller “is a physical wreck.” THE BIG TREES—J. L., City. There is no certainty as to the age of the big trees of California, but the impression of those best versed in such matters is that they are about three thousand years old. In periodical literature and in Hutch- ings' history of the Yosemite there is to be found a great deal concerning the sev- eral groves of big trees in this State. TREATY OF QUERETARO—E. B, Mokelumne Hill, Cal. The treaty of Quer- etaro between the United States and Mex- ico, so far as it applies to citizenship, is that “‘Mexicans residing in the territory j ceded (California) are to have the right to be Amerlcan citizens of the United States or not, as they may desire.” The treaty does not confer citizenship on any other class. A MINOR'S WAGES—W. H. K., City. The law of California says that the father of a legitimate child is entitled to the cus- tody, services and earnings of such while a minor and in case of the death of the father then the mother is entitled to such. Further the law says: ‘“Tne wages of a minor emploved in service may be paid to him until the parent or guardian en- titled thereto gives the employer notice that he_ claims the same.” FENCES—F. F. L., Wells, Nev. The matter of fences and compelling a neigh- bor to pay one-half of the cost of a division fence is regulated by local laws. The question involved in the letter of in- quiry ought to be submitted to an at- torney. This department does not under- take to furpish legal advice. It will give the law, but will not either give corre- spondents advice as to what they should do under the law or give opinions or de- cisions, Island, Cal. PAWNBROKER'S SIGN—J. A, R., Ceres, Cal. The three balls so well known &s the pawnbroker's sign were originally the arms of the Medici family, the ear- liest and most important of the money lenders of Lombardy. The three balls were first used in England by the agent of that family, and were afterward copled by others. They represent three gilded pills and were used by the Medici in al- lugion to the profession of medicine, in which the family was eminent, and from which it derived its name. A8 yet | NOT CITIZENS—O. O. T. B., Bouldin | LEW WALLACE IS COMPLETING A NEW BOOK News comes from Crawfordsville, Ind.. the home of General Lew Wallace, that the author of “‘Ben-Hur"” will scon com- plete the new work he has been writing for the last three years. This probably will be the general's longest narrative end will be in the nature of an autobi- ography. Although the work will assume | this general characteristic it will, never- theless, abound in short accounts of a nature quite as thrilling as the chariot race excerpt from his ‘‘Ben-Hur.” In the general’'s autobiography thcre‘ will be a chapter devoted to an exhaus- tive description of the battle of Shiloh. It wiil be the last word written upon the great historic conflict by a commander ecngaged in the strife of that memorablel day. In speaking of this battle, which is so intimately connected with General Wallace's own career, no mention is made of the fact that an effort was put forth at the time to make him the scapegoat for the blunders of his superior officers. General Wallace considers himself exon- erated finally from the stigma that at- tached to his name in the days that fol- lowed the great civil conflict. His atti- tude in writing of the battle is calm, dig- pified, precise and eloquent. He views it from the historian’s standpoint and al- lows no personal prejudice whatever to creep into his descriptions. The battle. of Shiloh occurred about midway in the life of the famous author —midway as years count. During the time that has since elapsed he has been engaged upon the story of the remainder of his life—a fact that will go far to show how thoroughly he has taken into consid- eration every detall of importance oc- curring within his long career. Possibly no chapter in the book will abound with more genuine romance than the narrative of the general’s adventures with the notorious Western bandit and outlaw, “Billy the Kid.” It was due to General Wallace's efforts and to his ad- ministration of affairs in the Southwest as Governor of New Mexico that “Billy the Kid" finally was hunted down and shot to death by Sheriff Patrick Garrett. All of the famous novelist's most im- portant and best literary work has been performed in his home. In the small Hoosler city, surrounded on every side by broad views of the low, rolling, wood- ed landscape, General Wallace wrote “Ben-Hur.” Since the appearance of the famous novel its birthplace has been the mecca of hundreds of literary lovers. It is very seldom, indeed, that a week goes by without bringing to the general's Geor a visitor who has sought the spot to view “Ben-Hur’s” birthplace for him- self. The general has become accustom- ed to these visits and offers no objection to a quiet pllgrimage through his private grounds and even through the rooms of his own home and of his study. PERSONAL MENTION. Fred J. Siebert of Tonopah is at the Palace. M. Genher of Berlin the California. Dr. D. J. Mercer of Mountain View is at the California. R. F. Johnson, Mayor of Monterey, is a guest at the Palace. F. J. Filz, a prominent merchant of Seattle, is a guest at the Lick. J. R. Foster, proprietor of the Western Hotel at Marysville, is at the Lick. D. 8. Rosenbaum, a banker and mer- chant of Stockton, is at the Palace. Congressman Newlands is here from Nevada and is registered at the Palace. E. K. Smart, a mining man of Grass Valley, is among the arrivals at the Grand. A. B. Brewster is here from. the Klon- dike and has made his headquarters at the Palace. E. C. Farnsworth, Democratic candi- date for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, {8 here from Visalia and is at tie Lick. is registered at Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—The following Californians have arrived: San Francisco —W. Kirkpatrick, J. C. Kirkpatrick, at the Holland; W. D. Lawton, at the St. Denis; H. J. Rogers and wife, at the Park Avenue; J. Blanchard, at the Hoffman; Mrs. R. M. Hamilton, at the Netherland; E. L. Kohlberg and wife, at the Savoy; J. Lanzenberg, at the Herald Square; | Mrs. T. H. Mead, at the Kensington. Los Angeles—L. T. Garnsey, at the Nor- mandie. —_————— “Don’t you think that a man ought to study political economy before he under- takes the responsibilities of 4 Government office?”” “Not before,” answered Senator Sorg- hum. “If he puts in his time that way somebody is going to steal a march on him sure. After he is elected he can put in his leisure studying political economy or playing golf, or doing anything eise | fornia street. CONSTRUCTS MACHINE THAT UTTERS VOWELS A remarkable triumph in mechanical in. venticns has just been achieved by Dr. Marage of London, who has succeeded in constructing a machine that can utter plainly and distinctly the five vowels—a, e i o u Althcugh many attempts have been made at this, it is only now that success has Leen attained, and before long we may expect to have a machine that can really talk. Of ccurse, the phonograph is not a talk- ing machine, because it merely gives off a record that has already been made upon a ecylinder by an actual human veice. Dr. Marage’s machine, however, creates the vowel sounds at first hand. This machine has been constructed so as to reproduce the interior of a person's mcuth while pronouncing the different vowels, using the plastic substance em- ployed by dentists. These false mouths, as it were, are made of plaster of paris, and are fitted to sirens giving the appropriate combin- ation of sounds. Dr. Marage then sets his machine in operation and the vowels are produced synthetically. Dr. Marage purposes to modify the steam sirens used on shipboard so that they will imitate the vowel sounds. Thus different phonetic syllables may be tained which may be used to form an ternational alphabet. Another important application of synthetic process can be made in the co struction of ear trumpets that will fatigue the deaf, because they will n modify the grouping oscillation ada; to the ear. Dr. Marage has also structed the “acouometer,” giving a typ- ical sound of the vowel “a,” for example, which may be used as a standard (, which certain other sounds may be re. ferred. Thus there are far greater possibilities for this self-talking machine than appear from a first glance at it. Now that it is possible to make exact mechanical re- productions of the human mouth with pliable lips, perfect teeth, and all the wonderful Inner mechaniem, it will be possible to use these mechanical word producers on a magnified scale on steam- ships at night and in fogs, and many dis- asters may thereby be averted. At present Dr. Marage is engaged in perfecting his invention and studying par- ticularly those words in the production of which the cheeks play a more or less important part, for in this direction he feels he has not yet achieved perfection. —— A CHANCE TO SMILE. 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