THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, NOV. 20, 1000.
TURBINE
ENGI
I
Ona Being Constructed at Glax
gow Which May Revolutionize
Land Motive Power
TURBINE DRIVES THE DYNAMOS
Thesa Turn tho Whealo Wator In
Tanks la Vaporized and Condensed
In a Practically Cloood Circuit The
Question of Cost.
London, England. President Hugh
Held of tho Glasgow University En
gineering Society has announced that
a new locomotive Is under construc
tion which may lead to the applica
tion to the railway engines of tho
world of the turbine system, which
has revolutionized steam propulrlon
on the Atlantic. Mr. Reld describes
this engine as the first steam turbine
electric locomotive.
Various proposals had been made to
electrify the existing steam railways,
he said, but the anticipated cost of
conversion and of prospective and
subsequent maintenance had hitherto
prevented progress. Attempts had
been made to also introduce inde
pendent self-generating electric units
that might operate over the existing
railway systems without necessitating
any electrical equipment on the rail
ways themselves. The Hellmann
steam-electric locomotive which wae
built In 1894 was the most notable of
these attempts, but Mr. Reid asserts
that the new steam turbine electric
locomotive which is now being built
by the North British Locomotive Com
pany Is a much more practical devel
opment. The steam Is generated in a boiler
of the ordinary locomotive type,
which Is fitted with a superheater.
Tho steam from the boiler Is led to a
turbine of the impulse type, running
at a speed of 3,000 revolutions a min
ute, to which Is directly coupled a con
tinuous current, variable voltage dy
namo or generator. The dynamo sup
plies electrical energy of from 200 to
COO volts to four series of wound trac
tion motors, the armatures of which
are built on the four main or driving
axles of the locomotive.
The exhaust steam from the turbine
passes into an ejector-condenser, and
Is, together with the circulating and
condensing water, delivered eventu
ally to the hot well. As the steam
turbine unlike the reciprocating steam
engine, requires no internal lubrica
tion, the water of the condensation Is
free from oil and consequently is re
turned from the hot well direct to the
boiler by means of a feed pump. The
water evaporated by the boiler Is
therefore returned to the boiler again
and again and the supply of water car
. rled In the tanks is actually circulat
ing water for condensation purposes.
This condensing water Is circulated
within what la practically a closed cy
cle by means of small centrifugal
pumps driven by auxiliary steam tur
bines placed alongside the main tur
bine and dynamo.
Mr. Reld declares that the Idea Is
the outcome of much thought and ex
periment extending over a period of
several years, and Is being carried
out on a large scale. As the engine
under construction Is Intended for ex
press passenger work, Mr. Reld hopes
to obtain comparisons from its actual
working with the performances of re
ciprocating steam locomotives, especi
ally as regards the relative consump
tion of fuel and water, ana also as to
the efficiency of transforming the en
ergy of steam Into draw-bar or train
pull, and also relative to the rapidity
of acceleration under the old and new
systems.
Most of the component parts of this
steam turblno electric locomotive
have already proved themselves ef
fective and efficient In other applica
tions, and the novelty lies In the com
blnatlon of the different elements of
which the locomotive Is composed.
The expected results In this case
should not therefore, Mr. Reld be
lieves, be so problematical as In the
case of an invention wnere tne novel'
ty is in the details. It Is the question
of the cost of the locomotive which
most troubles the patentees or raises
any doubt as to its general adoption
BARS PRIEST8 FROM BIOQRAPH8
Pope Considers Many Showa Hostile
to Religion and Morals.
Rome, Italy. The Pope has issued
a decree forbidding the clergy to at
tend bioscope exhibitions of any kind
on the ground that many such exhibi
tions offend religion and morality.
It seems that the clergy, who loyal
ly obey tho well known prohibition
Against attending theatres, patronized
the cinematograph shows freely.
A Jealous Dog.
Montclair, N. J. Ted, a setter dog
belonging to A. J. Sweet at Montclair,
became Jealous of a new collar bought
tfor his companion, Gyp, and, after
snapping Oyp, was whipped.
Ted then slunk to the city pound,
closed for the wlntor, and, Jumping
the high fence, took possession of a
Jcennel. Tho owner had to get the
Town Clerk to release the animal.
Co-Eds Want Pool Tablet.
Madison, Wis. Somo of the co-eds
it the University of Wisconsin have
requested that pool tables be placed
In the Women's Hall, which is gen
erally known among the students as
"Bts's Half
RES
FOR RAILWAYS NEX
NOTEO SQUIRREL DEAD
Trollsymen's Pet Crushed aa He Tried
to Board Car.
Caldwell, N. J. Sandy, the gray
sqiilrrol which had its quarters near
tho loop whero the trolley cars turn
and head toward Newark, met an un
timely fate here when he was crush
ed under tho wheels of one of the
cars and killed. Sandy was well
known to all the motormen and con
ductors on tho Bloomfleld avenue
lino of the Public Service Corporation.
It was the squirrel's custom for tho
last two years to board the cars as
they made the run around tho loop
here, forage In the aisles and seats
for stray peanut and chestnut kernels,
and then disembark as the end of the
look was reached and scamper back
to his nest. The cars usually were
empty as they went around the loop
and Sandy never was molested.
The squirrel became so well known
to the trolley men and lost so much
of Its timidity that It would -eat nut
of their hands. On one occation San
dy made the return trip to Newark
perched on the controller of a car In
charge of a klndhearted motorman
who was a favorite of the animal.
Bandy, however, did not take kindly
to the experience and never again es
sayed tho trip. Shortly before noon
to-day the squirrel made a dash to
board one of the cars as it entered the
terminal. The animal missed the
open door of the pay-as-you-enter car
and landed under the wheels. Sandy
was crushed to death before the car
could be stopped.
DEATH IN DRY 8HAMPOO.
Consternation Caused In London by a
Society Woman's Tragic Fate.
London, England. The sudden
death of a society woman during the
process of having her hair dry clean
ed Is causing the greatest controv sy.
Hairdressers protest that this method
of hair cleaning Is absolutely safe, but
doctors Insist that the woman was
suffocated by the fumes of the chemi
cals applied to the hair. It is said
that the tetrachloride of carbon, which
forms the baslB of the cleanser used,
was far too dangerous to be handled
by hairdressers. It Is allied 'to benzine
but resembles chloroform in odor. It
produces death with an Intervening
period of anaesthesia.
It is likely that a law will be passed
forbidding its use, as the case of a
French actress, who was fatally burn
ed during the process, has been fol
lowed so quickly by the present case
of suffocation as to arouse much feel
ing regarding the dangers of the pro
cess. A $10 CALF COSTS $110,000.
Of. Latter Sum Taxpayers Will Be Let
In for $6,000.
Klamuth Falls, Ore. In a few min
utes a Jury found a verdict for the
defendant in the Kelley-Arant damage
suit, last of the cases resulting from
the criminal prosecution of Jay Arant,
who was Indicted for the larceny of
a calf more than two years ago. Arant
was twice tried on a charge of lar
ceny, the first trial resulting in a
disagreement, while the second ac
quitted him.
Three cases resulted over the own
ership of the calf.
The calf Involved In tho litigation
was 'worth approximately $10. Tho
money expended in litigation will ag
gregate close to 910,000, and of this
amount the taxpayers of the county
will be forced to pay not less than
$6,000.
"NO, SIR, THE THIRD,"
SAID YOUNG MAMMA.
Pastor Was Only Inquiring If It Was
the Ninth of the Month.
Flushing, L. I. A clergyman, pas
tor of a popular church here, received
as a caller at his parsonage a young
matron carrying In her arms a chubby
faced youngster.
"I want the baby christened," the
mother said.
After the ceremony the clergymau
started to write out the baptismal cer
tificate required by the Board of
Health.
Forgetting for the moment the date
M3f the month, he remarked to the
mother:
"This, is the 9th, isn't it?"
"No, indeed, sir," replied the young
matron indignantly, "It's only the
third."
PIN DE8TR0Y8 EYESIGHT.
Lodges In Pupil When Woman Shakes
Dust from Her Skirt.
Long Branch, N. J. Mrs. Wallace
Kittel of Qlendale has lost the sight
of her right eye through a pin that
pierced the pupil. Returning from a
visit to a niece in Millvllle she found
the skirt she had worn dusty, and
gave it a shaking. Suddenly there was
a piercing pain In her eye and, reach
ing up, she pulled out a pin that was
deeply Imbedded in the pupil.
Suffering great pain, she was hur
ried to an eye specialist here, but he
gave her no hope of ever seeing with
the eye again.
One Hour Sentence Profitable.
Baton Rouge, La. After serving a
sentence of one hour In the penitenti
ary for Involuntary manslaughter, El
more Williams, a negro, was discharg
ed and given the usual allowance $5,
a new suit j)f clothes and a pair of
shoes. He had never made so much
In the same length of time in his life.
Violet Wisconsin's Flower.
Milwaukee, Wis. Returns from the
vote of Wisconsin school children on
the choice of a State flower are In
and the violet wins by a bla tnalorltr.
TO STOP f
HDS
Only a Beginning Made In
Customs Exposures.
CONFERENCES AT WASHINGTON
Collector Loeb Says Government
Will Get More From the Sugar
Trust Than the $2,237,000
Already Paid.
Washington, Nov. 23. Two confer
ences over the custom frauds In New
York were held here In the office of
the secretary of the treasury. They
were participated In by Secretary
MacVeagb, Attorney General Wicker
sham, William Loeb, Jr., collector of
customs at the port of New York, and
Henry A. Wise, United States attorney
for the southern district of New York.
The conference had to do with addi
tional prosecutions of the sugar trust
and grafting employees of the New
York custom house. They lasted more
than five hours. Afterwards Secretary
MacVeagb gave an Idea of what bad
taken place.
The government Intends to go the
limit In stopping the frauds against
the customs revenues, according to
Secretary MacVeagh. What has been
done at the New York custom bouse
Is only a beginning. Methods at cus-
torn houses at other principal ports
will undergo a searching Inquiry.
The conferences are expected to be
productive of Interesting results in the
way of an additional effort to make
the sugar trust pay to the government
some of the money which the govern
ment lost through short weighing of
sugar and other devices. Mr. Loeb
sold the government would get some
thing besides the $2,237,000 which the
sugar trust paid ufter the government
produced figures to show how much It
had lost.
Others well Informed of the govern
ment's purposes admitted that ar
rangements were under way to recov
er more money from the trust and that
tho chance for success was good. In
cidentally Collector Loeb had some
thing to say about the credit for ex
posing the sugar frauds.
The real beginning, he said, was
when Richard Parr was appointed a
special employee of the treasury de
partment and put to work In the New
York custom house under instructions
to run down the corruption which
was going on. Mr. Loeb said that Mr.
Parr owed his appointment to Mr.
Loeb when the latter was secretary to
President Roosevelt.
He went on to say that Mr. Roose
velt had appointed Henry L. Stlmson
special counsel for the government to
prosecute the sugar grafters and
thieves and that the first conviction
was obtained on the day after Mr.
Roosevelt left the White House. Mr.
Loeb added a good word for the pres
ent administration in Its effort to bring
those guilty 6f the frauds to Justice.
Wheu Secretary MncVeagh was ask
ed to tell what went on at his office
he said that while the New York sugar
frauds were discussed the conference
took n wider range. One thing, he
said, was that the frauds against the
customs through the smuggling of
"sleeper trunks" would amount to
more than $1,000,000 at New York
alone.
Secretary MacVeagh admitted that
another question under discussion was
that of the statute of limitations. He
said that the federal authorities were
fully aware that It would be necessary
to hasten matters in order to obtain
the Indictment of some of the guilty
before the Intervention of the statute
and that Attorney General Wicker
sham and United States Attorney
Wise were watching this matter close
ly with a view to keeping the cases
alive.
The secretary said that the govern
ment would take the necessary steps
to recover every dollar found to have
been lost to the treasury through cus
toms frauds.
There had been a popular misappre
hension of the circumstances surround
ing the acceptance by the government
of the $2,000,000 repaid by the sugar
trust, he asserted. "This sum," said
tho secretary, "was in full settlement
by tho sugar trust of all money found
to be due on account of the weighing
frauds. It does not comprise money
duo on account of other .frauds."
CONVULSIONS OF THE EAETH.
Five Craters Active In Teneriffe and
People Flee In Terror.
Madrid, Nov. 23. The flow of lava
following the eruption at Teneriffe is
increasing. Five craters are now pour
ing forth prodigious quantities of
lava. The main stream moves at a
rate of about fifty yards an hour.
Vlowed from the front, It measures
twenty-five feet high and Is about 700
yards wide. There are numerous oth
er streams of almost equal size.
An Immense area of cultivated land
in the most fertile portion of the Is
land has beet, completely ruined. Eng
lish fruit steamers are embarking
many refugees, who are fleeing in ter-
Too Late.
Bis Wife If a had my life to live
over again I would never marry.
Her Hnsband I'm sorry you didn't
tell me that when I proposed. New
fcotk .World.
CHEMICAL DYE8 IN RUGS.
Cheap Coloring Make Care Necessary
In Selecting Imported Goods.
W. F. Doty, United States Consul at
Tabriz, furnishes some interesting
facts on the extent to which chemical
dyestuffs are supplanting those of
vegetable origin in Persia.
"The large carpet importing
houses," he writes, "have done their
utmost to guard against coal tar prep
arations, and presumably most of
tbclr Oriental rugs are about what
they are represented to be. Naturally,
the price of such rugs Is above that
of the products in which chemical
dyes are employed. In Persia there
are some well established rug ex
porting firms that loudly cry, "Back
to the vegetablo dyes." It Is to them
tho credit is given that a royal edict
was Issued more than eight years ago
forbidding the Introduction of aniline
coloring materlaL This law, however,
Is not enforced.
Faith and Works.
The author of "Seventy Years
Young," Mrs. Emily P. Bishop, de
clares that It Is as easy to do as to
wish to do, and quotes this Incident In
illustration, says an exchange.
A little girl's brother set a trap to
catch birds. She knew It was wrong,
cruel, against the laws of kindness,
altogether inexcusable from her point
of view.
She wept at first; then a little later
her mother noticed that she had be
come cheerful once more, and inquired
as to the cause.
"What did you do?" asked the
mother.
"I prayed for my brother to be
made a better boy."
"What else?"
"I prayed that the trap would not
catch any little birds."
"What else?"
"Then I went out and kicked the
old trap all to pieces."
How Dickens Learned to Write.
When asked by one of thoso wise
acres who are convinced that in order
to write good English a man must
be taught to write bad Latin where
his son was educated, Mr. John Dick
ens replied with considerable aplomb
that, his son er well his son er
might be almost said, in a sense, to
have educated himself. The street,
the warehouse, Mr. Creaklo, an attor
ney's office, the reporters' gallery, and
postchaise such was the education
that equipped a young man of twenty-
four to preside at the banquet of lit
erature at an unprecedented age, to
make the best speeches in London, to
go into the best society, to set the
table In a roar, to lead every com
pany in which he mixed, to travel, ac
quire French and Italian with ease,
and write the most animated letters
known to the modern world. London
Times.
Singing Kettles.
The Japanese, who know so well
how to add little, unexpected attrac
tions to everyday life, manufacture, In
a great variety of forms, iron teaket
tles which break into song when tho
water bolls. The song may not be
very perfect melody, but It Is perhaps
as agreeable as the notes produced by
come of the insects which the Japan
ese also treasure for their music.
The harmonious sounds of the teaket
tles are produced by steam bubbles
escaping from beneath thin sheots of
Iron fastened close together, nearly
at the bottom of tho kettles. To pro
duce the best effects somo skill is
required in regulating the fire. The
character of the sound varies with
the form of the kettle. These curious
singing kettles have been used by the
people for many centuries.
An Unlucky Date for Royalty.
The number fourteen has come to
be looked upon as an unlucky one for
tho royal family. It was on what was
apparently a mild attack of typhoid
fever, and on tho anniversary of her
father's death, seventeen years after,
the Orand Duchess of Hesse, always
dearer to the English nation under
her name of Princess Alice, died a
victim to her motherly devotion. The
late Duke of Clarence's death took
place on January 14, and twice has
his present majesty been in danger of
his life on that date the first time
when as Prince of Wales he lay 111 of
typhoid fever, and the doctors all but
gave him up on December 14, 1871,
and again on Juno 14, 1902, when
down at Aldershot, in the middle of
the night, the first alarming symptoms
of the Illness that kept him hovering
for several days between life and
death first manifested themselves.
Biggest Chair In the World.
Gardner, Mass., boasts of Its being
tho biggest chalrmaklng community In
the world, and Is known popularly as
"Chalrtown." Believing In advertising
its business, It has had set up near
the railroad station "the biggest chair
In the world," which stands on a con
crete base in the middle of the long
lawn alongside the Boston & Maine
station platform.
The chair weighs two hundred
pounds, and Is five and one-half feet
square at the base and Is twelve feet
high. To malm this bit of furniture
there was used six hundred feet of
lumber.
As a bit of town advertising, as
well as an Indication of what's going
on In the town, this chair Is a win
ner, and every one passing through
Gardner is sure to see It and to re
member It
One morning while at the black
board, hearing a great commotion be
hind her, the teacher turned around
and sternly demanded:
"Johnny, what are you doing!"
"Nothing," ha replied.
"Harry, what are you doing?"
"Ualntiur XottatuU
FOR A NEST EGG."
It's a nighty fine thing for any
one to havo a little cash lying In
tho bank. The young man or wo
man about to marry, the man who Is
suddenly taken sick or loses his posi
tion all will find their savings very
useful at somo time or other. Wo
pay you 3 per cent. Interest on your
monoy.
FARMERsTmECHANICS
BANK
Honesdale, Pa.
Tho Kind Ton Have Always
in uso for over SO years,
- and has been made under his por
flC, Bonssl supervision since its Infancy.
r-CCCCLiZi. Allrvnr no nnntn f!rrflvn von In this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castorla is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance Its ago is its guarantee.-. It destroys Worms
and allays Fcvcrishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Sears the
The KM You Hare Always BougM
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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How to Have Variety
In Meals
Sameness in foods grows1 monotonous. Polks want a frequent change.
And see how easy it is to have the variety all people crave.
There's a new kind of meal for your family every time you serve Beards
ley's Shredded Codfish in a different way.
It makes dozens of delicious dishes. Each one new in taste.
You can have it once a week the whole winter through and never serve it
twice alike.
TRADE
For Breakfast Or Lunch
Tempt the family with Shredded Cod
fish Balls ior tomorrow's breakfast or
lunch.
Or let them try It Creamed. Or with
Macaroni.
Or have a Shredded Codfish Omelet
Souffle Chops Croquettes Kedgeree.
Here are new things to eat which will
fairly melt in the mouth.
No Trouble
No matter how you serve Beardsley's
TOE PACKAGE WITH THE RED BAND
U.ed wltfc wax-paper. Wo prrMiratlT.
wfcaUT.r, un tk. nur.it ana flaws wi.lt.
JlIm ake4 la tin aad slaw.
Same of Our Other
Acme Sliced Bacon t Acme Sliced
The Era of New Mixed Paints !
This year opens wicn a deluge of new mixed paints. A con
dition brought about by our enterprising dealers to get some kind
of a mixed paint that would supplant OHILTON'S MIXED
PAINTS. Their compounds, being new and heavily advertised,
may find a Bale with tne unwary.
THE ONLY PliAOE IN HONESDALE
AUTHORIZED TO HANDLE
Is JADWIN'S PHARMACY.
There are reasons tfor the pre-eminence of OHILTON PAINTS?
Ist'No one can mix a better mixed paint.
2d The pointers declare that it works easily and has won
derful covering qualities.
8d Ohilton stands back of it, and will agree to repaint, at hia
owu expense, every surface painted with Ohilton Paint that
, proves defective.
) 4th Thoso who havo used it are perfectly satisfied with it,
and recommend its use to
Bought, and which has boon
has homo the signature of
Signature of
Shredded Codfish, it's no bother at all to
prepare. Mo more trouble than making
coffee.
It is ready to cook the minute you open
the package.
And no fish food in existence is half so
delightful in flavor.
For we use only the choicest fish the
finest that come out of the deep.
And we take only the best part of each
fish only the sweetest meat
Have It Tomorrow S
Order a package of Beardsley's
Shredded Codfish today. And tomorrow
you'll have the finest meal anyone ever
sat down to.
Please see that your grocer gives you
Beardsley's the package with the red
band. We want you to have the kind
you are sure to like. For Beardsley's is
the only Shredded Codfish. Our wonder,
i ul Shredding Process is patented.
Free Book of Recipes
Ask your grocer for our book oi new
and tempting recipes.
Or write us we will send you the book,
and with it a generous sample oi our
Shredded Codfish.
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474-478 Greenwich St., New York
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