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Show T7' r , f MLRT IS ANDREE YET A L I V E ? 3,300 fioa;i g away from the sight of his frienus. and yet if su. h vVere the fait It wpufd seem strargi that after hi It is Probable that He Perished Soon After Departure For the Pole. : - FO l'R 'BAyS. : not icme ludlsputal e evidence - T But It is not ro .i . g ego discov.red. A tdf 0 crow the oeean in four draught, and will displace about 40,000 nilJter , bciange that no evidence of the disas- dnys, tons Engines of 110 000 horse power In length, ter has been discovered, as would be would be required aiul even If triple i over oi 110,000, with tot4 Andrei's burvival after ail tlnse years ,,1P r.o of hirtv knots screws weic ust d. it would be necesnow agile iu the polar igmn An n hoot- Think d t Sut h a ship sary to develop 37 000 horse power on men of biieuie ami meteorological obem h shaft a task that would stagger ..i foriign builders It Is now t.. servation me going ove. the known is eooOntid jurs and f ur- gallon. But Sivtl lost his h.e sum the best of the woilds engiue build- v the months since 8 A. Aini.ei t poo c o Saidand prao-inward la the accident to the ballot n facts and so lot g after the almost ier-tai- Regaldfl6 i'o.rbU-ende- d ers of tdlav Tortv lab aeronaut, in his btlloun ruse m Zenith The project lay in ahtyatne JI h i i oi tlcabllfif he an ab.e s itlsfactorilv g' a) hound Siotih boili.s wimll be leuuned latastroi to ftlr Ou Auisterilaiu island ,ind confuntil tSdli when It was taken up again to themselves to est ililish that Andrei the 3d'fic An i :Ul the steam and dining ea h supply fm t!un .rib poc idently bet out To by two Parisians Hernute and Bsan-- i was ignoM lit or is uLm h.an.l, the big"TO drlT hours 1,710 d'reganltul of days run of twenty-fou- r Itlm was attiait I at om tin- - hopttui on who submitted a plan that was con ..oils and that he gest afloat at thti tv would knots tons of coal, lost'ng $7,7oti, and the anxious nnlu of t th itie ar fully and si h ntiflrally thought out ws more foidtiaidv than any of his would fnQOlre abo.,; m ii horse have to be fed Into the 332 furnaces. pow scientific and the in And this ap ry to the minutest detail, but the means piudiitSao s had lit ell country H was the mo-- t wonjer' iily muld not be raised to i..rrv the plan piars to he true enough. For what w Mr daring attempt eer concmed of in even into experimental effect ,ria..t had ndree to eonciude that aeronautics and it absolutely e. lip.se J Anilree, however, latefully examine the favoring lueeze dirietion at Amall previous enterprises conducted in it and compared his own with it and sterdam island was continuous and ships and looking to the disiocery of studied the design the north pole Mr. Andre had b en for the ha lh on known as an aeronaut for twmtj that was not Du It years, but he was something moie Definite news was expected to he received of Antlree cm foie he had be 11 many days out. for, as has liteu slated he was prepai "d ; v,-- 1 af-th- e f.t-r- ; ' with by carrying up tha side .plating to the promenade deck, which is placed one deck higher than in the Deutschland, and by doubling the plating at the bilges and at the promenade tdick, as show! Jn the midship section of the ship. "In conclusion, it is safe to say thal as this will never b such a ves.-e-l built. We shall tfosa the Atlantic It four days, but not with a vessel o) this type The higher speed will attained, not by multiplying engine ther strengthened 1 siippu-e,l!- reli ihle minis of c o m m u nlcatlig vv.th the low.i but davs world, no and passed A came. lows and month t lap-is no news of him out of wai'-mui h could be made. d 1 anything Then Andre es frinpJi and the PROF ANDREE. He was a theoretical me- than that chanic, whose theories were bel evi d to be more sound than any other mans In Swedens. He was indeed more than a theorist he had accurate of the practical arts and tBvefittefm ef his time, - So- - well, wars his knowledge and abilities known that the Swedish government appointed him chief engineer of the patent of- sci- - and entists the public began to ' great anxiety Six weeks elapsed and as nothing was heard of the naut that oould be i credited ah EXPEKTS CONSIDER AN ACCIDENT'LTKE tion was sent out THE ONE DEPICTED WAS ENCOUNTERED. by the Swedish GeWWWVWWWVlAWWWWVAWSAAWWlA ographical and Anfice. woula tnus continue tor several days? thropological society In search of These facts, being generally in posThis expedition reached the Six hundred and session of the world public, strongly neighborhood of the Lena delta, where We do know that there is a limit predisposed a large part of that pub- a most perilous portion of the Journey to the uplifting capacity of any gas lic to believe that he would be suc- lay before them. There they built a And that through the closest silk there cessful in surpassing aeronautic unboat and In the necessarily frail craft Is still leakage. If the Andree party came down In dertaking. He was no mere visionary, crossed the open sea to the mouth of d nor adventurer; so much the Olenck and thence proceeded to the great Siberian tundra with Its was evident, and. considering that he the new Siberian islands, where. It hundreds of mUes of that almost had the encouragement of the most was bellgygd, traces of the Andree ex- knee deep wet moss, so well described famous aeronauts, the pecuniary as- - pedition might be found. But no traces by George Kennan as a terror to tr..v-e- l, to say nothing of the most exasperating warfare that would be waged by the illimitable mosquito pest, there would have been scarcely one chanca in 1,000 of their ever reaching clvill- cation. These m?n were nottfainetl tic athletics as was Nansen" and on ex what a slender thread hung that-plorera succor and that of his comrade after they left the Fram and made the foot journey over the lea. The northern pact of North America and Greenland would have presented but little better chances for novices in perilous situations. Would they make a voluntary descent with a view of rising again? It is hard to see why. They could do so only on land, and with 4es of gas and great risk, and why, unless they safely reached the pole and descended to observe and explore, should they do so, all of which is most unlikely In the light of common meteorology? The fate of these men has long The since undoubtedly been sealed. preponderating chances are that disaster came soon after leaving Amsier-daisland. The chance of a long period of erratic sailing is most remite No one knows. We can do no moie than to present hypotheses, as sell conceived by strict analogy as we t an construct them to aid us In deiv.ng Into the unknown. We may think of .these men in the pathos of tender regret, but in this matter It is impossible to accord to them the possession of theaelLeYldent sanity Gf. cQmmon sense. i that An-dyc- e. light-heade- er, two and a BOW If Scotch holl- ( ars and alow revolving engines were provided In the design of a It would be lmpos- ijbu m put into her shell mwe tlan of the necessary amount of one-kal- f power. Evidently to secure thirty knots a larger boat would be required, and A larger boat means increased power, however, would not be directly proportional to the increase in the displacement, the longer ship being Ion for ton easier to drive, because of tha refinement of her lines due to her greater length. Nevertheless, by the time we have designed t boat large enough to parry the power corresponding to a speed of thirty knots, we shall have upon paper the mammoth ship represented In our drawings She will be 930 feet over -- d, all, - 87 feet t t;i Xipovfetoe T In beam, and TOW 30 j feet In been made tcousl-larJkJiiiLl,hs- 4 only one that seems to have any prob-ability Is that Mr. James has come to prefer darkness rather than light It seems impossible to believe that a man of such keenness and vigor of mind should have allowed himself to become the slave of a noxious literary influence. But whatever the explanation, the fact can not be gainsaid. Whereas It used to be s pleasure to read Mr. James, It is now a painful and perplexing task. Indianapolis News. fLANa FA,R - of Will Be Two Hemisphere Held la iOS. Bovtoa Is to have a world's fair. The $ogpltallty of ancient New England to to be extended to the universe. Even Chicago, with its breezy boastfulness If having presented the world well-defin- ed by-tfc i ; j ANDREES BALLOON AS IT APPEARED JUST AFTER ITS ASCENT SPITSBERGEN JULY 11, 1897, AT 2:15 P. M. TEN MINUTES LATER IT WAS LOST TO SIGHT FOREVER. Ilstance of sound business men and of King Oscar, the eager sanction Ihere did not seem to be substantial grounds for the belief of some In every rountry that Mr. Andrees giant balloon would convey him In safety to the place where he wished to be the place i ts yet undiscovered. Nor was the idea of crossing the pole j In a balloon a new one. It was of French origin and first conceived by Blrel, who in 1873 laid hi project .he- -, fore the French 8ociety of Aerial Navl- j were found and the searchers made way back to Sweden aa best they could. Since then the search has in various ways been continued, but all without avail. Imagined or faked reports of An- dree's safety and exact whereabouts have from time to time been sent over the world, whose effect has been to keep alive in many people the hope that he may yet be found alive. But the opinion of the .most Is that he was lost but a few hours or possibly a day their It auiie time to serve the sorbet it was At a little dinner the other evening found in the center of an exquisite n pink orchld. The stem of the orchid In Boston, given by a was coiled to form the standard, and novelties woman of fashlon.many wie Introduced which other hostesses will the curled petals of the flower Itself renbe glad to copy. " Terrapin was served were of shaded pink wax! In the with filled case was little ter a paper to each guest ia a miniature chafing sorbet As this was a pink dinner, tbs dish perfect 4n every detail Throughwas kept orchids carried out the color scheme, out the course the little lamp hut they can be bought in a variety of The dish. each chafing under" burning In faint green, with a touch colors. with of silver, made plated dishes were of violet at the edge, they are most a special ebony hand'.es.and gave artistic. When course. the to of novelty (ouch Odd Dinner Pnrty. well-know- Arrow. If a thirty-kno- t transatlantic steamer makes it appearance within the next few years, It is safe to say that It will be driven by the combination of water tube hollers, using hot, forced draft, with fast running re clprocattng engines, using superheated steam, or with turbines of the Par- sons type. So great will be the reduction of weights and saving of space achieved by thla change, that It- - will bs quite within the possibilities to produce oq a displacement, not much greater than that of tbs Deutschland ocean steamer that shall a thirty-knhave equal accommodations tor pas' sengers. i i rt. cpar. ek-eu- se ' ' , (A h , . ; i ot FAITH IN FiGUHLS- j , ths greatest exposition of modern times, will be taught an object lesson when Dame Boston throws open her hospitable gates and bids tbe multl-tu- d t come and tak e part In the magnificent symposium of Tatter "day ai- Cold Dom Not Kill SMUrl. vancement which she will prepare with It Is a common fallacy thaj Impure particular deference to the critically water becomes sterilized at a temperaThe summer of 1903, ture of 32 degrees. Onp of tbe most during the months of June, July, Au- curious facts about bacteria Is that gust, September and October, has been while a single ray of sunlight will exselected as the most opportune time tinguish the life of tbe innumerable for holding the exposition ot two hordes, and while a very moderate Inhemispheres, as the affair has been crease In the temperature around them appropriately titled. All features of will have the same effect, they are ab-s- ol the exposition are to be in place when u tel y uninjured by any degree of ths grsat exposition opens Its gats. cold. Boil a liquid containing bacIn the prospectus of the exposition asteria or bacteria gems and all are sociation, which waa made public re- - destroyed, though there may have e eently,-therappears a minions to every cubic centtmet- cries of arrangements, all of which er of the liquid. But freeze the liquid are calculated to insure the ultimate not one of them Is harmed. To snd success of the undertaking. That the follow out this Question to the furthest affair to to be the largest of Its kind have lately been ever htfd in the eastern section of tho limits, experiments conducted with liquid air as the refrig- country Is aptly demonstrated TeratTng agent. Tunes containing hse- several facts In -- relation to acreage, teria have been left for hours in con- bulldinp, forms of amusements, naval Only tin Oantwati, wKh ,1(iuld alr and tven lmmers-dlspla- y and military details. Briefly ed ln Of gunboats, built of iron or steel, jqUjd hydrogen, and at tbe end summing up the proepectus, there will of tfae ordea, they have bee reit0red the Greek navy has five of a practically uniform displacement of 420 tons. All bemore than 300 acres 6f ground covtQ UB temperature at which their of these boats have been built since ered by the. exposition, twenty-fiv- e thg reauU that th ,g UrQfti Industrial, )n M Baw tbey have prospered as the beginning of 1884, and could easily building adminigtratlve. education, mechanical and agricultural be transformed, by modifying their a tower of chimes nearly 1,000 feet batteries. Into pretty effective vessels. in height, and arrangements of an They cant boast, though, more than a ImutHi Wtorr. elaborate nature for the reception and speed of 10 knots. There are several A Blarney castle riocy involving a entertainment and naval of various the other gunboats, but they were built pretty little Irish gtrl Is being told in military deputations who are schedtoo many years ago to be counted posuled to take part In the general festiv- Dublin. Several visitors were explorsible contingents to even a half-wa- y ities. The exposition of two hemis- ing the famous castle, and onrreacblng modern navy. owpheres" la the outgrowth of the orig- the top beisme somewhat nprvous a Presently the to height. great inal In ing endeavor to an hold exposition ProtMtaot-Gatbolle Boa of Worship. Boston to 1809. young man appeared and, being a In the city of Heidelberg, Germany, stranger, asked to have the real Blarthere Is a church called the Church ot ney stone pointed out to him that he A BAD STYLE. the Holy Ghost, which is unique in IU might follow the ancient custom and way, being the only church In the b Braq kiss the ancient relb This process of U-- 1 No loo Slava a of um( world In which the Protestant and kissing the stone i a rather dangerous ararv IaflaaaMf Catholic services are held at the same woman. In her In one of the criticisms on a recent tone, and the", young time, a partition wall through the not caring to have the state, nervous story by Henry James the remark was center separating the two congregafeat attempted In her presence, k- -i made that lt was really worth transtions. claimed . "Oh, pleaee don't kisS the Into lating English. One of the most The stranger, while I am here. inexplicable things In modern litera- stone it is hinted, politely acceded to her re- la ture the Mr. A Kossloa Matrtmoolal detestable style that Latr. but not exactly In the way she A matrimonial lottery takes place Jamee has developed In recent year He used to write with the utmost clear- fouf times a year In 'Smolensk, Russia. A young maiden ts raffled for, ness and simplicity, and no one could uttia ctara siiwawi 6,000 tickets being issued at one rouble for a moment doubt that bis style was Little Clara was out with her each. The money ia given to the girl bis own. Now he Is more involved and as her dowry, and the holder of the oomplex than George Meredith and oho , mother, taking dinner at a neighbor's hardly resist the conclusion that house, apd the h os tees, In an attempt lucky ticket marries the girl. Someto be entertaining, asked her If she times, for a consideration, he assigns he deliberately act to work. to cultiher to another man. In case she de- vate the style that now afflicts him and liked kittens. The little miss shocked those gathered at the fable by looking clines to marry the man who has won, distresses the reader. There is no for this lapse Into English which suspiciously at the chicken pie, and her the money la equally divided behave rak. la not only ' tween them. obscure, but sometimes exclaiming, I'd rather positively bad. Many attempts bars Exchange. m FROM and boiler weights, but rather by multiplying pressures and speed, and utilizing every refinement in the way of economizers, superheaters and feed water heaters, as la being done by Mr, would require 7,300 tons of coni to arry the vessel to Plymouth and 8.55J tons to take her to Hamburg, the cost of the fuel alone being $30,000. The ship would have to etow 9,500 tons of coaTT"TieFT)unl(ers for a single across the Atlantic. To anyone who has watched the reverse bending strains to which a ship like the Deutschland is subjected when she la being driven acroes the Atlantic seat. It Is evident that we have come to a point where It will be necessary to give Increased longitudinal strength to any vessel that exceeds the present length of 700 feet. In liner this might he proa four-da- y vided tor by running a longitudinal stiffened bulkhead, extending from the keel to the promenade deck, through the vessel between the after engine room and the forward boiler room bulkheads. The vessel might be fur- - It quarter times as much possesses j r lent la t, tfoalahv a t kn of Miwlwit. Lord Kelvin, otherwise Professor William Thompson, Is a world-famuscientist, with fellowships and memberships In the learned societies of the civilised nations of the world. He is but little less than 80 years of age, but still retains the position that he has held for over twoscore years, of pro- -' feesor of natural philosophy , in the , University of Glasgow, the Institution where he himself was educated. As a professor he has some peculiarities, snd one of them is the habit of say- - -lng, when a doubting- question is put to him as to the absolute certainty of some proposition: Didn't I figure that out myself? The question is not put Irritably or egotistically, as a rule; It U merely the natural remark of a ' man who has been sn acknowledged leader of world-wid- e fame for so many years. One day, when lecturing on electricity, he told his class that, while a voltage of 3,000 or so would be fa- tal to a man, a voltage of say, soma 300,000 would be - perfect ty harmlees.- - 1 With a current of far more than br-- i dlnary voltage he was going to give them a practical Illustration of tbe fact himself, right there before them. The students could banl'y believe their ears, but as he stepped toward the elec- trleal transformer a cry of dissent and horror went up. Try It on the dog! Try It on an animal J" eame from all Lord Kelparts of he lecture-roovin turned in stiff dignity snd cast a look of reproach over the claan. These were his ,own pupils who were doubting him it was his beloved University of Glasgow. To doubt on some minor point would not bave hurt him, but to think that they could question the reliability of bis carefullv prepared figures on a matter of such moment was-- r rally painful. For a few moments he looked at them In idleace. Didn't 1 he said, at figure It out myself? length; and then there was only silence as he continued on his way to the apparatus snd safely turned ths tremendous voltage Into himself. Saturday Evening Port. Lord Kelvin, H. ts Frigid Hlannnrs la Fnglri that Lord Salisbury has ' never spoken to Mr. John Morley, ont of tha mosLproniincnt of the Liberal chiefs, and that he never saw Mr. Parnell at any rate until shortly befors the Irish leader's death, when Jh chances of their having met are exceedingly remote. The London Chronicle adds: "It would 1m incredible, II we had not been told by Mr. Gladstone himself that Mr. Gladstone nevei spoke to Lord Melbourne' whose contemporary he was for twelve years, and whom he considered a gieat gentleman.' 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