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Show 1 A UliKAT REMARKABLE IDF A OF A PENNSYLVANIA GENIUS.' Otm; cf IMMMt Rm M1m Haw ImUm toUmt Tnht ta Work WfcUc ' Thm la stage. It baa been Uor- - j 0I)D COltNEJ At .Bellefonte... Onu was oughljtetd " . A Central of tbs placed on the scales Railroad of Pennsylvania at Mill Kali, QUEER AND CURIOUS .THIN AND EVENTS. with the recorder ta the office of Assistant Superintendent John J. Walah In Bellefonte, a dlrtance .of twenty-nin- e tntagw Saluli cf.tkc Dm miles, and highly eatlsfactorjtee-sul- t Lows. Sm Tigers, were obtained, the practicability M a m u Ciu, it and merlta of the system being fully were made demonstrated. The tests with moving cars, and it waa shown v x p that less than one second of time were centuries Uslnd as. Tou closed until ciriuit the after elapsed But you hustled, little man. the ribbon and reed responded to the And n dozen yeais may find ua proper rate. From this and other pracBuying patents from Japan. tical tests It h been plainly demonYoud a handicap tremendous. strated that the feat of weighing a But you're gaming every lap. train moving even at regular transit And. we Uks tbe goods yousend as. speed over any properly constructed And their markers, Mr. Jap.- scales, and of simultaneously recording I cars, successive the of the weight Men have hailed us with derision, within the capabilities of this system. Called us sharpers yts, and wots. The illustrations accompanying this But they llewho say our vision - j article give a correct Idea of the else Never goes beyond our purae. of the aparatua. the hands of a man And the heir of Nelsons glories," being shown In one picture. And of those who conquered Kip The Invention bss already attracted Love to hear the gallant stories-O- f the attention of large railroad and your valor, Mr. Jap. , manufacturing com pan lea. Who are an slops to gl vt It a thorough teat. Adding ever to your glory. Bellefonte, however, recognises tb Every day fresh prates yon wig merits of the apparatus, and because of Till you finished oft the story L company b this With tbe capture of Pekin, been organized. We who fought beside, behind ytu, Mr. McGsrvey Is only twenty-fou- r d sw you fill each years of age, but bss deaonetrstsd his ftp We just take you as w find you-yo- ure ability as an Inventive genius. a white mao, Mr, Jap, B. Fletcher Roblnspn, In London IRONY OF fate- Express. Wk as IN THE experimental INVENTION. Will Watch Among tbe remarksbls Intention thin year is sn electrical ap- psustsd paratus tor weighing moving railroad trains bf oie.tns of harmonic vibraattention on the part tion, and of prominent electrician and mechanical scientist h4 the invention already attracted that It gives promise of ranking among the great things of the pear, vTh Inventor U a Bellefonte (fa.J Jonng man. Mr. Edward eo confldent are MeOarvey. and those wha have closely Investigated the claim of" the Invention, that a so m pan r of prominent BeDetentora ha been organised for the farther anjl devplopqieat. a well as to arrange for the manufacture, not only af the weighing apparatus, but also of h per-fectl- -- v , . blood-staine- rum Arttoto. mat Ital, ArP vaMtlan. of the In an. article on "The-Ar- t Age in Pearsons there is an inter- esting reference to tbe early struggles J. F. Millet, the Of famous artists. great French painter of peasant life, for Instance, only reached a moderate amount of comfort toward the end of his life. 81ncc his death hi pleturet have old for enormous sums, LAn-gelbeing bought by his country for Can we account for thlaf Mil$75,000. let ws an artist consistently true' to himself, never turning aside to do what ha considered was below standard he had set for himself. It that men of not strong 'personality produce work not understood by the average man, and as he Is the largest buyer of pictures. It follows that the artist Is left to eat bis heart out or starve, as Millet did tor years, because be works outside accepted conventions. Recently aa exhibition was held In London of the works of the Frnchromsnctst His career was a remarkable oae, for from poverty and obscurity his pictures suddenly became , the vogue, and for a while be lived in opulence; then they sensed to sell, and he became little better than a vagrant, tramping from place to place, eventu-all- y dying In Marseille a pauper. H resemble- - In this respect Morland, . vhf wokaoraMW, eoJteshkmsMw and fetch long prices. He was content to work for a drink or n lodging , His contemporary, Richard Wilson, whose classical landscapes now command thousands, could not sell them and livI ed all kia days In penury. t t v us MR. EDWARD MQARVET.. several other similar inventions which will embrace the fundamental principle, hut Applicable In various other ' ; , dually important way. The principle of the invention is ntlrely original, it being the first of Itg kind ever presented to the patent authorities. 'A full technical descrlp tloa of the machine would occupy too much space, hut a brief review to Interesting. The apparatus to composed of two small machines, the ribbon case and tha recorder. They ran be attached to any pair of scales, railroad or wagon. The principle la harmonic vibration from electrical attachments, and tb work of the apparatus Is entirely automatic. The working consists la the attaching of n metallic ribbon to the scale lever. or beam. Jhe other end to a fixed object ! When a weight 1 pieced on the scale the tn-- i tiatKm amt tt rat if Jnerea-o- s a tb weight becomes heavier. The electrical attachments cause the ribbon to vibrate, and the number or rate of vibration varies according to tbe strain on the ribbon from tbe scale beam. These vibrations are very rapid, hardly perceptible to tb naked eye. yet they open and clou an electrical cirmanner another cuit; and in the metallic ribbon laade to vibrate that 1g placed on the same circuit' IUr-taonvibration is next applied, i ilt I a well-knoprinciple that musical reeds and strings will vibrate In walsoa wbe their particular tone are produced neaf them,' In the recording machine there to n set . of musical reda The different weights cause ffrent reeds to vibrate. A heavy load on the scales cause a high tension, and a blt ate of vibration of the ttletal ribbon, and the result Is a corresponding rate of vibration In the reeda. The reeda are like the teeth of a comb. Starting from the low point, as weight is generally applied to the scale, the reeda commence to vibrate from the. lower to tb highest tones as the load Increases, f A continuous sheet of paper passee under them and aa each reed vibrates ft makes a record on the chemically prepared paper. Aa each reed repre-- . unto sv certain weight the weight of the load la thna automatically and recorded. The arrangement of circuits la the apparatus Is tuch that the recording mechanism may be removed a dlstaac from the scale and placed, for instance, in a railroad's general office, the regular telegraph 11ns being need to conduct Jlh - Impulses. Tbe recorder will Interfere In HO way with tbe regular business on the line, nor will tbe operation Of tbe regular Instruments affect the accuracy ; Of the 'records. Though the apparatus la aa yet In the - si te cor-Cec- tly Mon-tecel- lL . , fMb BImm 1m Eag'MI VatroM. Englishman wastes, according to hla means, mere money on a pleasure .trip than thro dozen .foreigners. The Englishman to not a goodi and even if he knew n language grammatically his words in fling They refuse .to come out in procession, ns George Eliot wrote. As g consequence he to fleeced and sub-ml- ts cheerfully to too fleering Not o the German, - the - Austrian, the Spaniard and tb Iulian. They all know Freneh. and even If their accent should betrdy their foreign origin they are safe, for the French shopkeeper and trader only goes uellberate-l- y for the "Angllsh." The Angllsh" have kept away, and now there U walling and gnashing of teeth. Lon. ' don Newa. On lln-guL- at. grip yak tlhwo1 Vast CliM Many of the popular misconception about the physiological and psychological makeup of the Chinaman nr to be traced to a general impression that the Chinee are a tropical people. Of course, when we deliberately set out to consider the matter we realise at once that only a small part of China Ucs within the tropics, and that a great part of the empire enjoys a winter at least a severe a that of Those who have reaNew England son to pay uomu attention to Chines affairs bear constantly In mind the tact that the climatic discipline of the Chinaman - has 1 been that of the Frenchman, tb German, the Austrian, tha American and the Briton. ' j Itnap Scs Im)s the oxidation of animal fat and baa apparently no waste, being actually light without heat In the case of the laetern-fi- y cf South America, it renders luminous the large hollow head of tha insect tbe head be'ag made of a thin and paperlike tissue, through which shines the light from within, rays the Saturday Evening Poet Really interesting examples of phosphorescent light produce s. however, are to be found In the ocean, maiy of whose inhabitants utilize their own means of Illumination. At tlmrs the surface of the ne U fairly aglow, so-erll-ed Fa XK Wkm Ha Wm I U i m m From the Cleveland Leader: A Of course It was only fair ewa ara party of young men were taking din- be quite trank with tbe Boer. ner a few nights ago at a fashionable You are become a mere fly ta Qm rate, when one of them, who Is some ointment w protested, severely. hat of a jester, called the waiter and Certainly not a becoming part lar said: brave men!" . John, ge and call Mala If a "Oh, we think we are at lean a woman answers It will be my wife. June bug m the ointment!" replied Tell her tout 1 instructed you to say the Afrikander, with characlawtotM that I am In the polite station for a few hours and wlU not be at home for To be sure, the fittest would survtvw dinner. Bay to bar that tha poaaibltt- - no 'matter bow cramped and laade-flua- u tie are that 1 shall not be at home totb facilities. Detroit Journal night Understand me, sir?' John wuiked a couple of times In a HE DIDN'T MIND. knowing way, bowed deferentially, and suggested: I ' wave having actually flame. This appear-an- c Is due to tbe presence in tbe water Of Inconceivable multitudes of extremely small animals, eaih of which holds up Us tiny torch, ap to speak, to contribute to tbe general brightness. The minute pelagic crustaceans ar mostly llghtmakers, and some of the Jellyfishes at nlfcht look like veritable halts of Ifr. Recent investigators hags expressed the opinion that in the depth of the sea, to which go ry af unllght reacbes there Is a considerable Illumination by various animals Inhabiting those abyssal- - regions., If thifwre not so. why should the large crabs and other crustacean raked up from the nether deep be found to wear uch, scarlet and yellow colors? Why. too, should many of the fishes of the depths posies such enormous eyes? that many pf thf Uhe j Of(h themselves gre there is no doubt, the equipment for this .put- - ' pass possessed by seme of them being ! n elaborate, while one, species' to believed to have power to turn its light on or off at wllL Boms of the .deep-se- a crustaceans are brilliantly phosphorescent and it is probable that they often use their light to illuminate their surroundings and to reveal tbeir prey. Certain cephalopoda related to the common cuttlefish have an apparatus to throw the light down-war- d to the bottom over which they pass, as if they were provided with re- - j fleeting lanterns. Come of tbe abyssal I flakes have luminous plates oq, their heads, while others hsv llgbt-em- i ting spots along their sides, and still others are rendered luminous over tbe whole of their bodies by a phosphorescent slime. ' One fish carries on tb en of its nose whst looks like an electric very breaking the aspect of a self-estee- i Buppoein' 1 ! fc ligbt-produec- ra i well-kaow- Sailors never worry themselves much about natural history; so wten Hawkins and h:s menbfirat etpiond the Falkland islands, nad found A beach In tbe possession of n colony of maned seals they ; promptly hug dubbed them sea lion.' and the nans ha stuck to Cmua ever since. TO? big barred sbai ks off the Gulf of lco are called sea tigers The nase, however, la not given frem any leaded resemblance to the great Indian beast of pray, but on account ottk savage greed they display la, sekSig and rending to pieces such food.' is . lbeir way Another- s. smaller and spotted, but equally to known as tha sea lopiri Around the British coast tbs fish font bated and dreaded by flshermeii It a sort of dogfish which hunts In pfda, and from this and its ferocity it is liberally known as the sea wolf. (But there are aea representatives of ttitr leu savaas creatures. The sea 'fypM for instance, which, though his inking would be harmless, as he legs and to only about six Inches yet ha a head most curiously a In abase to- tbe animal he to h after. We have, too, the sea which was once common enough 1 . brackish estuaries of Florida and Ce-trAmerica.. Its real name to UOr-oa- d It looks about as lit. lluT a cow as any creature could It . In fact, one of the seal family, at only resembles tha cow fa Its plac l disposition. Its devotion to In cal and It habit of peacefully grazug along tha meadows of let gram which line tha bottom of the broad, shallow waters. A sea cow, which was nearly four times as big is her toad namesake, used to Inhabit the Islands of the Behring sea;, hut Ua beef was to excellent, that It was killed off and to now extinct Another creators of the same family, which lnhhiif tht Antarctic, to known is the sea elephant, from its quaint.trunk-hapenose. The sea cat to not true to tame, for she would scorn to take the ilight-e- st notice of n sea mouse, which Is merely a. sort of gray, fluffy uaelld. Indeed, why the catfish was called sn is a mystery to Inquirers, tor to to a heavy, ugly creature, with a huge mouth and a row of poisonous ipines on hla back. Sea chickens are ot so profitable aa their namesakes if the farmyard. Indeed, they art birds Of evil omen, as their other tomes. Mother Careys chickens, or stormy petrels, will indicate. The sea hen to quite a different specie of bird from the sea chicken. It is far big?, 1 found In southern waters,-- - an to known by sailors as the Molley. Terns are the sea swallows so ofte and a kind of small plover b railed the sea lark. Like the se cat, ths sea fox does not feed on his lateral prey. Instead of sneaking Into ocean poultry yards for sea tori of any description, the sea fox ttucks gam much larger than himsrit For 11-- Ice-clou- - al i , te d bulb, and in all probablity this serve as a "bait for attracting finny victims. Falling Ppward. Ordinarily things tall downward. Within tha depths of the ocean this rule to reversed. . Deep sea fishes are peculiarly liable to thin curious form of aceldent If, in chasing their prey, or tor any other reason, they rise to any eonglderabla distance above tbe floor of tbe ocean be gases In their bodies : become very much expanded, nnd their specific gravity very greatly reduced. Up ta certain limit the muscle of their bodies can counteract the tendency to float upward, and enable ths fish to regain Its proper ephera of life at the bottom, but beyond that limit the muscles are ' not , strong enough to drive the body downward, and the unfortunate fish, becoming more and' more distended as It goes, la gradually filled on its long and Involuntary journey to tha eurfaca of the sea. Balloon, which theoretically should rise in the air. often fall sud7o ex-p- la denly for immense distances this, aeronauts hold that there exist In tb earths atmosphere at certain places, and under certain conditions, veritable holes or pits of vast depth. Into which. If a balloon unwittingly sails, it drops llks a piece of lead.' Ou On occasion M. Tlasandier happened on one of these aerial craters, and fell a distance of over a m le with such rapidity that the sandbags thrown out by them were left behind and disappeared above them, and the earth seemed ta ba rushing up at them through space with the speed of a comet. Luckily, when within a few hundred feet of tbe ground a denser stratum of air was encountered, with the result that the balloons down- ward rush was checked almost aa sud- - i denly and quite as effectually aa would be that of a falling life atriklng upon York pneumatic cushion. New Herald. - i i Cilia oao Waddlnw Cwtoma. With the Chinese there are a great many ceremonies connected with a wedding. When the marriage contract have been exchanged, the future lets la gold W ,UTff position of the family. the bane and terror of whSk or5I2'158t rrrrrT vfif "Supposing nothing. ir If she asks who Is talking tell her it the turnkey at the central station, and she'll never know who told her the he The waiter shambled away kud wa presently seen to he having a good deal of tea with himself 1 he jester Inferred that it tuigul have something to do with his case and called him aver. "What's amusing you, Joh r? "Wquldnt like to tell you, sir at least, right hers. I guess these fellows understand let er go." -- 'Missus says to tell her husband she to glad be la so nicely located for the night-s- be knows where be is fur v'Sc' one. Knew atl May You may call on me, but pap alwars turns out tbe gas at- - : oclock. Dasher That's all right. FB be ure uot to come before that Lima. Abont Ovntns. From tbe Atlanta Constitution: "1 have just finished a sonnet, said tbe poet "Thank heaven! exclaimed the wife, thatll bdy a beefsteak and a sack flour!" And here is aa fair. ode for the of A Might Mias Goodnesa! Hen tanned you are! Youve been In ths aufi, haven't you? Miss PrcByse (of Boston) Moat asThere are uo meaua a suredly not. yet of transporting oneself to that I have beea merely sphere. bask.sg iu tbe t. ams which percolated through the circumambient atmosphere of Atlantic City. Philadelphia. Presa. state "How fortunate! Ham Is 15 cents a peund, and we haven't bad any In six weeks! "I have also written a love song which is as tender as an April rose." What a dear, sweet soul you are! 1 m sure that's good for a can of lard and a gallon of molasses! "Woman! said tbe poet, sternly, "do you know what grnlus la?" Yea," she said, thoughtfully. Sometimes Its telling the butcher to rail gain, shutting the door on the baker, hidin from tbe bouse rent man, and singing, w ben Sunday routes. I would not liv always; I ask not to stay! Clamiy Idlnt. "Woman, said the lecturer at th Informal meeting, In th east to only a domesticated animal Well," said the foolish man that wanted to make a complaint. . she lack a lot of being a domesticated animal here! Th ladles present In large number glared at him amaxedly. Indianapolis Bov1 W B Unfcappf, Well," aid to jovial citizen, its t beginning to get cooler." "Yea, answered Mr. Ely kina. "Are ye not pleased "In a measure. But I see no reason for matUfestlng surprise. Its got to begin to. get cooler some time or other so as to lead up to the blizzards and chUUdaias that make life a burden la the winter. Washington Star. Press.- - ' r Tlir Gee Whizz! topped again. CornttioB, Lakeside A ' Rrntlle TeapvnanL "Politics to a great sell," remarked the man who to always looking on tb dark side of things. Well," answered Senator 8orghuna., "your Impression on that point depend a great deal on whether youre delivering votes or hustling after them. Ia my operations politics has struck me as a colossal buy." Washington Star. DouZ Work. That blamed watch Is What an awful liar that Jeweler to." Whats the matter?" tllmttr Rt "I left the thing for him to fix. He "Well, Sambo, I see that you charged me 52 and said it would work still at your old occupation. . like a charm now." Well, he doubtless meant ebarm. Philadelphia Press. Oao m ti ra Me an de whitewash "Oh, yeestr. breah am still in pondnerahlp." "So I see. And how to business T la It looking up? "Dat perclsely what It am. aah. Ts kalsomlnln de cellin er de Baptist chueh." Boston Courier. Clark. He thrust the sealed letter through the window and put down 2 cents. Well, what do you want?" the stamp clerk gruffly. "An automobile, please," he replied sweetly. Philadelphia North American. Utt That. That Mr. Slopay baa. skipped.,out without paying his board. Mr. Starboard Well, that should be aellef to you. You've often declared be waa an elephant on your handa Bard ta Okvfi Mrs. Starvem I should say he wa Willie Oh, wowl ? I want desgert now. 1 dont want any old an elephant, for he's taken hla trunk with him. Philadelphia Presa meat an Father (sternly) Keep your mouth ahut and eat your dinner? PhiladelWhat He MlgSt Take, phia Press. "I see yer movin out, boss," remarked a very disreputable looking THEIR FIRST QUARREL. Weary WllUe, who had stopped ts watch the operation. Is dey anything you dont need at I might take?" "Yes," snapped the crusty suburbanite, tossing a bundle Into the van. j StahHMVd and Times. bath I Might Mrs. SUrvem hoo-hoo- 1 These a re tacks them generally in company with th betrothal present, and they are Ms Matches KcerictL the swordfish, and. using bis powwfn! attached by a scarlet string. The wed-dlo- g tail as a flail, while the other I heard somebody today "Mamma, presents themselves are much it lance below, soon makes ttkldl were made in heaven; matches that ray end mors numerous. They often eonsLt, how about that?" of hla big cousin. Mermaids fimni the young fellow, of not be without sewing uteruilT I believe it is the fact, Willie. on the part for sea needles, the long and pointed rar-fla-h, a dozen elegant baskets, containing what in thunder do they want Well, are common enough. Nor should allkstnffa. embroidered materials, flowmatches there for If theres going to aJ their gardens be with out crop ft- -, ers, etc.' There to also substitute for be no night there? Yonkers SU the wedding cake In the shape of perhaps might seem peculiar to prepared dishes, of which the gardeners, consisting a they dockt.f friends are invited to partake before ly of sea encumbers and t& attar Trial young girl Neither of these are really tn. wedding day. The hla Flgg 1 caught my boy smoking husband at all th. termer being the wedding future her wnds . cigar, yesterday. name of a sort of sea slug, dress." On th eve of the marriage tha i Hies wire Make him throw H anfi th away? latter for stinging Jellyfish. Sea fm brides parent send th whole of her "I threw It away' myself. It was aad sea toads might be found outfit, and seen tb amount of her two-fera evidently Indlanapolto The lng between the beds of this Pres.-- . dowry, to their ) pleasure ground, but they woumZ! whole affair to picturesque and accomtalnly alarm the little mermaids. panied with, a great deal of, gayety, TO Etopfcaara Itaak bride-rreo- rn Mr. Youngwed I wish I could get few things exist in nature sgl! tor on that same evening the some bread like to used mother tie a bake sedan "FlloWiUIzehr6fthe bride sends hit chair, angler. Jungle." said t frog, and th spotted, the monkey! various as our Interacts ia embroidered crlmaon for me. . upholstered ' flsk. Mrs. Youngwed I wish I could get may be, eaZ w find some platform atlm The chair to accompanied by Each tom clothe like tathe; used to buy or which wfc may all stand?" ft musician and torch bearers. 1 That .right," put Id the elephant far me.- -. family ob that weeing gives a sepaLet ua denbunc menagerie. thfi which Mr, Langley, secretary of various Puck. rate dinner party. a( Bair Ionian Institute, rays 'fetch. shown. are : present GEOGRAPHICAL STRUCTURE TOR "1 guess our soldiers In China will 044 Frtcud U Vcw SulM. light, from sa economical sola - EXPOSITIONS, to furnished by ths eoos master ths Chines national air." a' "1 didnt see a many plumber as silent View, woman, always Respect firefly ' structure to provided at intervals along to th "How sot" other animals which exhibit I expected In the Labor da parade says a Chinese proverb; great ths railway with space to be let to aomenoa called are an trying to retch woman that holdeth bur "No. They Insisted oa riding la tbe "Why, of they wisdom phosphor,. exhibitors and amuaewest proprietor!. htad of tllumlnatioa is ths Tbs." Cleveland Plain Dealer. ante mobiles. ' , v tt NOVEL SCENIC RAILWAY, Herbert F. W. Lyons, of Boston, has designed the exhibition structure shown in the cut as an attraction for large expositions. It is a glob constructed of steel, with accommodations for a spiral "scenic railway, one, or more elevator and a variety af exhibition booths, the latter being located along the line of jtbe railway and utilised to display the prod- urti .of the several continents of the , globe. The designer suggests a diameter of 500 feet tor the globe, with the llllara occupying a ground space of 50 feet each way. The exterior to painted to represeat the continent and ocean, and ha a spiral line of windows running parallel with i tha railway Inside, thus affording a continuous view of the exposition and aur- rounding country as ths cars ascend and descend. In the center are ele-,'vators, which carry passengers dlrec the observation tower, and thq y.a, ,lrje t g , tee-ma- n. 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