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AMERICAN POPULAR IN CHINA"
trust than Dr. Ferguson. During his career in China Dr. Ferguson has
been sent on some very important missions by the Chinese government; In
1301 he was sent on a special mission to investigate the commercial schools
of the United States and Europe. In 1902 he was chosen secretary of the
Chinese ministry of commerce and since 1903 be has been chief secretary to the
imperial Chinese railway administration. He has also filled the important
office of foreign adviser to Chinese viceroys. Several times Dr. Ferguson was
sent as special representative from China to the United States.
] WU FAVORS REVOLUTIONISTS -
Dr. Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese
minister to the United States, has ac
oepted the post of secretary of foreign
affairs in the new Chinese cabinet,
throwing the weight of his vast expe
rience in statecraft to the revolution
ary cause. Wen Tsung Yao, another
prominent Chinese, has joined the
rebel cause. News of the action of
these statesmen caused a sensation
in Washington.
The weight of Minister Wu’s im
mense influence thrown to the revo
lutionary movement has staftled the
Pekin government. It means to a
great extent the' Americanization of
China.
While representing his country in
America he took a vital interest in all
things American. He was a close stu
dent of the United States republican
form of government and its institu
tions and was thoroughly imbued with
American ideas. The Chinese are de
manding a republican government
with every chance of success. Under the leadership of Mr. Wu his American
training is bound to have a tremendous influence on the new Chinese institu
toins. It spells progress for China, for Mr. Wu’s ideals are far in advance of
the vast majority in his own country.
Mr. Wu traveled all over the United States, interrogating every one, even
ftiis interviewers, about the country, picking up a vast amount of information.
He undoubtedly is the best known Chinaman in America and came closest to
the hearts of the people there through his remarkable wit and wisdom. His
action has stirred the United States to a keen interest in the success of the
revolutionists.
LEISHMAN DONS A UNIFORM~|
Ambassador Reid at London makes his appearance at co-urt functions clad
in knee breeches and silk stockings, with the regulation full dress coat,
and Ambassador Reid occupies a post where fastidious dress is required.
Mr. Leishman was formerly minister to Turkey, and later ambassador to
Italy. While he was in Turkey he received a good deal of publicity on a
charge made by Mrs. William Warkentin of Kansas, who accused him of
lethargy for not taking an active hand in obtaining the punishment of the
man who murdered her husband.
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YOUTHFUL SHAH OF PERSIA~|
The 13-year-old shah of Persia, Sul
tan Ahmed, has a troubled time since
his accession in July, 1909. His fa
ther, Shah Muhammad Ali, had grant
ed his people a parliament to avert
threatening symptoms of rebellion. It
was, however, endowed with only
nominal powers and the shah soon
had another uprising on his hands. He
had almost crushed it when the pow
erful Bakhtiari tribe, practically inde
pendent brigands of southern Persia,
helped the revolutionists to snatch vic
tory out of defeat and force the mon
shah’s abdication. Since that time the
ex-shah has been constantly intriguing
to regain his throne, but was complete
ly routed last month and his principal
general was executed bv the Persian
government.
The youthful sultan is a pathetic
figure, powerless in the Lands of his
advisers and unable to gratify his nat
ural affection for his father, for
whom he cried bitterly at their forced
separation. Judging from his manly appearance he would be more at home it |
an American playground romping with companions of his own age than la the
seclusion of the lonely splendor of the “King of Kings.”
On account of present conditions
and also for the sake of broadening
his education the infant Emperor of
China, Pu Yi, may be sent to America.
In the event of this happening the im
portant mission of caring for the royal
babe may be entrusted to Dr. John C.
Ferguson, the eminent American, who
is adviser to the Chinese board of
communication. Mr. Ferguson, al
though an American, is one of the
most trusted officials of the Chinese
government and enjoys the special
favor of the royal family.
For years Dr. Ferguson has studied
China—its problems and its people.
He has spent the best years of his
life among them and has gained great
prestige in the land of the celestials.
He is looked up to and admired
throughout the country and in this in
stance, when the safety and welfare
of the most sacred person in their
empire is at stake the Chinese seem
to know no one whom they can better
The American colony in Berlin
has been mildly excited over Am
bassador Leishman’s revival of the
custom of wearing a uniform when
appearing before the kaiser. This cus
tom was introduced by Ambassador
Tower, who wore a uniform with the
permission of President Roosevelt. It
was discontinued by Ambassador Hill,
who considered it undemocratic. Mr.
Leishman has provided uniforms for
all the members of the embassy staff
who may appear before the emperor.
Inquiry is being made everywhere to
find out if Mr Leishman enjoys a mil
itary or naval title which would war
rant him in departing so far from the
custom prevailing among American
diplomats for many years. It is re
called that Charles Page Bryan, erst
while minister to Brazil and Portugal,
and now minister to Japan, was once
a colonel on the staff of the governor
of Illinois and appeared at court func
tions in a colonel’s full dress uniform.
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ORGAN BLOWER IS NOISELESS
One of Interesting Applications of
Electric Motors Is Fan for Use
in Church and House.
One of the interesting applications
of electric motors is the use of this
, power for church, concert and house
organ blowing. It has long been recog
nized by organists and builders that
for organ blowing a centrifugal fan is
far superior to feeders operated -by
any other method, because of the ab
solutely steady pressure developed,
which greatly enhances the quality
and purity of tone of old and modern
organs.
Until recent years this type of ma
chine could not be used because of the
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An Improved Organ Blower.
excessive poise of the ordinary trade
fan blower, which formerly was the
only machine of this character on tue
market
The Kinetic blower has been de
signed expressly for organ blowing,
and has effectually overcome this dif
ficulty, says the Popular Electricity.
The machine consists of several fans
mounted on one shaft, by the rotation
of which the required air pressure is
generated, each fan adding the pres
sure developed by itself to that of the
preceding fan. These fans are en
closed in a case and the whole mount
ed on the I-beam base and direct con
nected or belted to an electric motor;
motors in all cases being unenclosed.
It can be run equally well by either
direct or alternating current motors.
No care is required by either blower
or motor other than filling the oil cups
every few weeks.
STREET LAMP-POST CARRIER
Novel Feature of Arc-Lamp Device
Shown in Illustration Is Central
Harp Hung Over. Standard.
The novel feature of the arc-lamp
carrier shown in the sketch is the cen
tral harp wdiich permits the lamp to
be hung vertically over the standard
and to be swung to one side so that
it may be lowered to the ground for
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trimming and cleaning, says tl/e Popu
lar Mechanics. A weather hood pro
tects the lamp to some extent from
rain and snow.
Silica Glass.
Such extensive use has been made
during the last few years 'of silica
glass for chemical apparatus that it
was found necessary to devise a
method whereby this glass might be
produced in the electric furnace in
stead of with oxy-hydrogen blowpipe.
To produce perfectly transparent
silica glass from melted quartz an
artifice is required, because on reach
ing the temperature of 600 degrees
Centigrade, the quartz splits, and
minute bubles of air fill the mass.
This can be prevented by first rais
ing the temperature of the quartz to
a point little under 600 degrees and
then surrounding it with liquid silica
at a temperature of 2,000 degrees Cen
tigrade. The liquid silica acts as a
shield to prevent the entrance of air
when the quartz splits up, and thus
the formation of bubbles is avoided. —
London Globe.
Electric Lighting in China.
The electric lighting of Foochow,
China, was begun amid much opposi
tion. Now the yamen and chief
streets of the city boast of electric
lighting, with prospect of extension in
the streets and private residences.
Fans In Manholes.
During the warm summer weatheh
In Muskogee, Okla., electric fans were
operated in the hot manholes of the
telephone and telegraph company
while employes were busy splicing ca
ble and making other repairs. .
Sew Coffee Bags.
An electric machine has been made
Ao sew up the mouths of coffee bags.
\s fast as the bags are filled the
electric stitcher sews up the end and i
astens the thread with a knot.
USE OF THE REVOLVING FAN
Investigation Sfows These Appliances
Enormously Increase Bacterial
Content of Air.
That the use of revolving fans enor
mously increases the number of bac
teria in the air (though by what
means we are not told) is shown by
■ recent tests in France, according to
[ the Hospital (London). Says this pa
per;
F “The use of ventilators with revolv
ing fans has become very common in
large public buildings, especially res
taurants and shops. In most cases
. these ventilators communicate with
. the outside, and they are installed, of
I course, with the idea of ventilating
' and purifying the air within by in
, creasing the rate of exchange with the
' external atmosphere. But revolving
| fans are also frequently used, espe
cialfy in hot weather, simply to pro
duce a cooling effect by setting up a
’ current of air inside. Drs. A. Sartory
! and A. Filassier have examined the
bacteriological effect of these fans and
ventilators upon the atmosphere with
, in, and have communicated their re
sults to a recent meeting of the So
ciete de Biologie. They find that
these appliances enormously increase
the bacterial content of the air. Their
experiments were numerous and va
ried, but it will suffice to refer to one
or two. Thus in a restaurant of 400
cubic meters analysis of the air before
the fan was working showed 12.500
bacteria per cubic meter; after work
ing the fan for one hour, 23,000 bac
teria, and after two hours, 45,000 bac
teria. In another case of 600 cubic
meters the number of bacteria rose
from 12,000 to 39,000 after the fan
was working for one hour. In every
instance in fact, the number of bac
’ teria per cubic meter was doubled, or
! even quadrupled. As the authors
! point out, with these facts such ap
pliances cannot but be regarded as
dangerous and detrimental to the pub-
’ lie health.”
: SEE INTERIOR OF HIS SHOE
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. Electric Light and Mirror Arranged
So That Man Can See Into In-
, terior Without Trouble.
The illustration shows an electric
light and mirror arrangement by
means of which the shoemaker can
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Shoemaker’s Electric Light.
illuminate the interior of the shoe he
is working upon. It comprises a cas
ing containing an electric light bulb,
1 adapted to be inserted in the heel of
a boot or shoe, and a mirror carried
1 by the casing in front of the light.
The parts are so arranged that the
light rays pass below the mirror into
the toe, and the shoemaker can ex
amine this portion of the shoe by
looking into the mirror.
Viennese Electric Fountain.
The city of Vienna possesses what
is perhaps the most remarkable elec
tric, or electrically lighted, fountain
in existence. It is situated in the
Schwartzenbergplatz. Underneath the
fountain, in a huge cemented chamber,
are placed twenty-seven reflecting
lamps, capable of producing seventy
different luminous and colored effects.
The light is transmitted through the
waters of the fountain. The light pow
er of the plant is estimated as equal
to 900,000,000 candles,
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la NOTES Bi
There are at present IS recognized ■
systems of wireless telegraphy.
The telephone rate in Denmark out
side of the larger cities is about sll :
a year.
A new’ electrical office device will
seal, stamp and keep a record of 150 i
letters a minute.
During the last year 1,200,000 miles i
of telegraph wire were added to that I
already standing.
As early as 400 B. C. the ancients
had observed that iron rods had the [
power to avert lightning.
A machine has been invented with
w’hich the magnetic effect of the iron
and steel parts of a ship upon a com
pass needle can be measured.
It requires 2.000,000 horse power to
operate the textile mills of the Unit
ed States, of which 500.000 horse
pow'er is produced by electricity.
The Madrid telephone company, |
though the principal one in Spain. '
with statjons in nineteen leading |
cities, has only 3,795 subscribers.
Engineers declare that the water- |
falls of the Alps are capable of gen
erating enough electrical power to
run all the railroads of Switzerland.
An electric motor with a number of
flexible reds mounted at right angles
to its shaft has been invented in Ger
many for beating and renovating furs
The polarity’ of electric batteries
may be tested by soaking blotting pa
per in potassium iodide and starch
the paper showing a blue stain next
the positive pole when placed between
the poles.
Few steam locomotives can hau’
trains over more than a two per cent
' grade, while many electric railroad?
| negotiate grades of nearly seven pet
I cent with ease.
I AN OLD FRENCH “CASTLE”
> Fort Niagara at the Mouth of the
Niagara River Has Interesting
History.
Buffalo, N. Y. —No place in America
- possesses more interesting history
t than old Fort Niagara at the mouth of
f the Niagara river. The story of the
> possession by the Indians, then the
- French, British and Americans each
in succession, and then by the BriWsh
- again and finally by the Americans,
1 is intensely Interesting. Many of the
-old buildings are still in an excellent
3 state of preservation and are in con
-1 stant use by the present occupants of
f Fort Niagara. The building shown in
; the illustration is the old French
- “mess” bouse or “castle,” as it is now
> called. It was begun by the French
; in 1725 and finished in 1726. It is
. said to be the oldest existing masonry
. work west of Albany. Its dimensions
t as planned by the French were 105x47
f feet. The brick used in laying the
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1 main floors was brought from France
' and much of the stone for the walls
from Frontenac.
1 It is the tradition that the “castle,"
3 which is a very strong building, was
erected by stratagem. A considerable,
3 though not powerful, body of French
troops had arrived at the point. Their
force was inferior to the surrounding
. Indians. The French obtained con
-1 sent of the Indians to build a wigwam,
and induced them with some of their
I own officers to engage in an extensive
hunt. The materials had been made
ready and while the Indians were ab
sent the French built the “castle.”
: When the bunting party returned at
' night the French bad advanced so
i far with the work as to cover their
faces and to defend themselves
against the savages in case of any
attack.
GRAPPLING A SAFETY PIN
Hew a Physician Removes One From
the Throat of a
Patient.
Chicago.—The modern physician is
! | not obliged to guess at what is the
‘ j matter with a Man’s stomach or his
' | bronchial tubes; if the proper instru
ments are at his disposal he can see
1 for himself what the trouble is quite
• as well as if it were on the outer
surface of the body. If his patient has
’ swallowed a button or a pin the prac
’ titioner can see just where it is with
a simple instrument, and can have it
under his eye while he is extracting it.
Devices by which the interior cav
ities of the body could be seen were
• i invented, if not actually used, over a ,
' | century ago, but none could be really
1 > successful before the introduction of
1 1 the electric light. Now improvements ;
1 \ that are really marvelous are in the I
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Removing a Safety Pin.
Interior of the esophagus and stom
ach are easily explored and doctored, j
The illustration shows the method of
taking an open safety pin from the |
throat of a patient. The ring is slid i
j past the pin, and the pin is then I
! closed for removal.
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Mother Dug Grave for Boys.
Argo, Colo. —Just as she finished
! digging a grave for her three boys,
Mrs. Anna Covie was taken iff charge
and sent to the County hospital. She
had borrowed a spade from a neighbor
and told him she was going to dig a
grave for her children and bury them
alive. He watched her until the grave
was ready, and then notified the po
lice. The woman had dressed the
boys for the occasion.
Lit Match in Powder Mill.
Kansas City, Mo.—Lighting a match
•fter he had crawled into a shed to
•Jeep, Harry Sutton was killed in an
■xpiosion of tons of powder. The
lace he had intended to inspect was
be wareroom of the Excelsior Pow
!<.r mills, near this city.
Prejudice Is a
Serious Menace
Prejudice is a hard thing to overcome,
but where health is at stake and the
opinion of thousands of reliable peopla
differs from yours, prejudice then be
comes your menace and you ought to
lay it aside. This is said in the inter
est of people suffering from chronic
constipation, and it is worthy of their
attention.
In the opinion of legions of reliable
American people the most stubborn
constipation imaginable can ba cured
by a brief use of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
Pepsin. You may not have heard of it
before, but do not doubt its merits on
that account, or because it has not been
blatantly advertised. It has sold very
successfully on word of moutii recom
mendation. arents are giving it to
their children today who were given it
by their parents, and it has been truth
fully said that more druggists use it
personally In their families than any
other laxative.
Letters recently received from Mr.
J. N. Catlett. Commerce, Ga., and Mrs.
Rose Garvin. Ridgeville. S. C., are but
a few' of thousands showing the es
teem in which Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
Pepsin is held. It is mild, gentle, non
griping—not violent, like salts or ca
thartics. It cures gradually and pleas
antly, so that in time nature again does
its own work without outsida aid. Con
stipated people owe it to themselves to
Use this grand bowel specific.
Anyone wishing to make a trial of this
remedy before buying it in the regular
way of a druggist at fifty cents or one
dollar a large bottle (family size) can
have a sample bottle sent to the home
free of charge by simply addressing Dr.
TV. B Caldwell, 201 Washington? St.,
Monticello. 111. Your name and address
on a postal card will do.
THE PESSIMIST.
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Policeman —That fellow is hunting
trouble.
Mr. Want-to-Know —-Why?
Policeman —He’s locking for th®
marriage license bureau.
A Hunting Story.
An old backwoodsman that Abra
ham Lincoln often told of had very
heavy, over-hanging eyebrows, and
wore big spectacles with brass rims.
One day he came rushing into his
cabin and seizing his rifle, aimed it
• carefully through a crack of the door
- at a great oak tree that stood near,
and fired.
“What is it?" whispered bis ■wife.
“A wildcat, Sairy,” he said, ex
citedly, “an’ I missed him!”
He hastily loaded and fired again,
and then again.
“Now, hold on, Joshua,” said his
good wife. “Let me look at you. Why,
| laws-a-daisy, it's nothin’ but a little
bug on one o’ your eyebrows'”—
Housekeeper.
His Honor Unimpaired.
“No,” said the old shoemaker,
sternly, “I will not do it. Never have
: I sold anything by false representa
tions. and I will not begin now."
For a moment he was silent, nnd
' the shopman who stood before him
could see that the better nature of
his employer was fighting strongly
for the right.
“No," said the old man again, “I
will not do it. It is an inferior grade
of shoe, and I will never pass it off
as anything better. So just mark it
‘A shoe fit for a queen,’ and put it in
the window. A queen, you knew, does
not have to do much walking.”
A BRAIN WORKER.
Must Have the Kind of Food That
Nourishes Brain.
“I am a literary man whose nervous
energy is a great part of my stock In
trade, and ordinarily I have little pa
tience with breakfast foods and the
extravagant claims made of them. But
I cannot withhold my acknowledg
ment of the debt that I owe to Grate-
Nuts food.
“I discovered long ago that the very
bulkiness of the ordinary diet was not
calculated to give one a clear head,
the power of sustained, accurate think
ing. I always felt heavy and sluggish
in mind as well as body after eating
the ordinary meal, which diverted the
blood from the brain to the digestive
apparatus.
"I tried foods easy of digestion, but
found them usually deficient in nutri
ment. I experimented with many break
fast foods and they, too, proved un
satisfactory, till I reached Grape-Nuts. I
And then the problem was solved.
“Grape-Nuts agreed with me per
fectly from the beginning, satisfying
my hunger and supplying the nutri
ment that so many other prepared
foods lack.
“I had not been using it very long
before I found that I was turning out
an unusual quantity and quality of
work. Vontinued use has demonstrat
ed to my entire satisfaction that
Grape-Nuts food contains the elements
needed by the brain and nervous sys
tem of the hard working public wri
ter.” Name given by Postum Co., Bat-
Ue Creek, Mich.
“There’s a reason.” and it is ex
plained in the little book, "The lioaCMj
to Wellville,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A ne J
one appears from time to time.
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