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I was at work in my little den at The Evening Appeal office. Tbe paper had fnat gene to prese, but 1 was hurrying to finish before going home a “special” for the next day 's issue. Through my open door I conld see tbe dingy desks of the so called edi torial room, most of them vacated now, and from the farthest corner came the Arone of a proofreader.’ Glancing at this familiar scene, I stopped my writ ing a moment as my eyes rested on his copyholder. Instead of the rongh yonng hobbledehoy who nsnally filled that place, there sat the most yonng girllike of yonng girls, making sunshine in the grimy place. She had soft light hrawn hair drawn smoothly back into jthedecentest of little knots. She turned toward me the neatest of little profiles, i and she devoted herself fo her copy with j the gentlest liend of her small bead. | Jnst as I was idly recalling Jd^.faot that old Martin, the proofreader,.had once confided to me his desire to gft this position for a daughter of his, Bentley, the “star” rejtorter of The Appeal, came striding in and toward me. “Spare me a minute from the tariff T" he questioned, standing in my door way, pushing his silk hat U) the back of his red bead with one hand and rest ing the other, which held a lighted jcigar, against the door frame. When t had declared my willingness to lay aside for a time those political labors with which it pleased Mr. Bent ley to imagine me always occujded, he off bis hat and laid it with his on tbe steam heater outside, came and seated himself astride my vacant and for a' moment stared at ms silence over tho back of It * I When bespoke, he said: “I’m going to ask a favor of yon. Miss Addington, and I wish by. a large majority that it was yon going to ask one of me. Oh. yes, I know, you’re a mighty nice, pleasant, accommodating little girl— that's aside from my wanting some thing out of yon jnst now —but you don’t have it any too soft down here, anyhow, and now I'm going to ask yon —I'm ashamed of myself. But—well, let mu open with tbe curtain music, aad work np to tbe last farewell by de- gn«ea The Uginning is”—be stopped, waited an instant, got np and turned his chair around, sat down properly and took np his sentence again as if he had never dropped it—“that I'm in love with and want to marry that little nimini pimini, white faced girl of old Martin's out there’’—then relaxing a little from tbe nnconimon seriousness with which this was said—“and I’d give $100 to be able, without arotiaing suspicion, to get hold of that seat that Calvert has there by her. That ain’t sentiment, ‘I would I were a glove upon ' that hand' kind of bosiuess; it's pure science. That d<*sk is the strategic key to tho whole campaign I'm not in with Calvert, we’ve been hating each other too long for me to be able to work np an intimacy with him now just pre vious to asking him to give me hi* desk, and it would be too thin, anyhow There is no way to get that desk—here comes the climax’’—Bentley stopped and looked at me deprecat ingly, appeal ingly. I was amused to see that he could command such an expression— “unless”—he stopped again, scowled and drew a lung breath in bnrleaqne of Ibis own discomfort and his resolution, jand, as ho would have said, took tbe ’ let him comelrr brre.—UsV twn WWOt- jing to do that this long time, not alto [gather because of his secret desire to be ' [near yon, but he thinks it would be [nice to be in here away from the lower jordeis, and convenient to tb6 encyclo- [pedias that he gets his little pieces oat bf.” Tbe Appeal’s limited library was in jtbe room I occupied. Expression of my willingness to share my seclusion with {Mr. Calvert did not still Bentley’s de sire further to explain and justify him self. “You see,” be went on, “I’ve got the campaign all planned out, though I can’t explain it in a word. I’m perfect ly willing to explain it, however. I’m even willing to admit that it wonld be a pleasure to me to do so. I’m too old and tough to talk about this kind of thing to a man, bnt there’s a sensible diminution of a dangerous pressure in letting off to yon a little. ” I shall utterly fail in giving any idea of Bentley unless I am able to convey an impression of the personal uncon sciousness that characterized his con versation. He expressed himself in the way that was easiest to him—that is to say, as mnch as possible by estab lished formulas intelligently applied, sometimes slang, sometimes quotations that became clang in his month—bnt, though he often felt the hnmor of his own ideas, his verbal clothing of them rarely enough attracted his attention. Be turned a look at once grave and quizzical through the door and upon tbe copy holder. - - * “Nothing’s going to change me abont (ranting that little piece of propriety ont there hot getting her,” he re marked. “No, not altogether quite an sadden yoa might think,’’ he said when I expressed, my interest in the speed with which be b*d discovered his intentions. “She was bore last month for • weak, when yon were off doing the woman’s convention. I haven’t ever got her ont tiT'my hea3T since It was’ sudden enough, and I’m bit'bard enough. I’m going to pot my system to work now for all it’s worth. ” He turned back to me, hitched hia chair half aronnd, so that the distracting picture in the other room was ont of hia range of vision, and went on: “You’ve beard that there is a right a wrong way of doing everything. jZUgn is the.pne right way of going courting—when you’re court ing h woman, that is. I’m aorry it’s not fitted to be more use to yon. I’ve got faith in it. or I’d be’’— He shook his head slowly in a manner significant of a most uncertain frame of mind. “Yon can see with half an eye,” he continued in a moment, “that that lit tle thing there hasn’t been put through any mill that wonld make her think— put her on th» lookont to get married. She isn’t that kind anyhow. That’s why—one why—I want her, and of course that’s the very reason I ain’t likely to get her. Thij world’s run that way. ” * 1 * * * Bentley gazed far out of the window, his upright red hair looking even more .astonished than usual as the counte- DHuce it Hurmounteil t<xik on an uncom monly grim expression. Then, withont moving his head„ he brought his eyes back to mine, looking aT me sidewise with u return of something of hia nanal twinkle, a twinkle in eclipse, and de clared ✓ / ^ ^ “It’s the aystem I’m asking yon to pay tribute to. I’m free to > confess, Miss Addington’’—here a faint, incred ible slthde of embarrassment seemed to cross Bentley’s countenance—“that I never truly loved before, bnt yet”— Bentley lifted and knitted his brows as he scralchi-d bis bead with one finger and looked silently at me. 1 was constrained to say, “Why, yes, Mr. Bentley, ‘but yet’ "Egg zactly,” he answered heartily. “Yon are the sort of person 1 like to talk to. Well, now, my system is appli cable in dealing with any yonng lady whoso g<Hid will yon wish to gain— who**- good will yon wish to gain.’’ Bentley repeated, brightening with en- jovim’Wl of the felicity of this phrase. “I’ve had it in shape pretty nearly ever since my coming ont sociable at Cranberry Center. Not with unvarying sum-** I don’t say that, bnt it’a done its part, it’s done it well It isn’t as if a professional beauty were nsing It ex actly. 1 know that. I have faith in it. I always have bad—that ia, bnt now the sight of that white loodse oat there takes all tbe starch ont of me. Curious, isn’t it, though I don’t suppose”— “I think. Mr. Bentley,” 1 interrupt ed, “that yon are talking against tims to put off telling mu what your system ia.” "Get there every time, don’t yoaT” said Bentley, admiringly. Then fixing a (juror look upon me, in which again ap|>eared that amazing suggestion of sbyneMA, he said slowly: “Hang aronnd and aay nothing Hang aronnd indnstrionaly”—panae— “and aay nothing, till more or less ur gently invited to. Yon preaa tbe button and wu do the rent. These directions are capable of 60 different adjnatmenta to suit' the inoat complicated caae.” Bentley was speaking these last sen tences haIfhabstractedly and watching my face anxionsly. As the inystic significance of this formula jienctrated my brain I was moved to mirth—mirth that Mp not lessened by tbe fact that I wawTisited by a sudden illuminated vision of the ■yaleiii’* |MMsible workings in practice —a vuiou which at once convinced me of its value. I wiped my eyes And gave my hand to libntloy, assuring him that I believed be was master of a great secret. ' "Yon do really T“ he broke forth eagerly and seriously. “Say, Miss Ad dington. yon wouldn’t guy a fellow in * ojs’ning (TTffm campaign, bnt that's tbe great critical period, don’t yon think? That's the merit of the system. It attacks the opjiosing sex (opposing sex -not bad, is itT) through their cari osity. See? And they quit being bo all fired opposing early. Generally yon can-count on'’em to become helpful pretty. soonhelpfnl in some degree. Then’s the time for the next move. I’m not much at explaining these psycho logical phenomena, bat the system’s all right ‘This conviction is arrived at through a priori reasoning and is con firmed by sn bsequeut ■ observation. r ’ Bentley stood up as be delivered this last sentence and looked down upon me with u pleasant combination of sad ap peal and hnmorons patronage. He was quoting from my maiden editorial, a document that had filled him with mys terious mirth. , I begun to arrange my, papers fo; de parture, assuring him in the meanwhile of my good will ttllfard his enterprise. That deemed the right word for it He apologized fur taking so mnch of my time and yet further explained htf needs and plana—as, for instance: hia “scheme” for letting Calvert*know that the way was clear for him to change his desk while he was standing feeling for a match and I was patting on my hat and coat;/ - “Yon see,” he said finally, barring my way a moment kt the open door, “it is hopeless for me to try td'hahg aronnd in Hoboken. That’9 where old Martin lives. I don’t aayT^n sorry. Anything but Hdbokep. Bnt thermit is. It is perfectly clear that, however I might walk in |be letter: I’d blow the whole spirit of the system the minnte I stepped piy foot into the parental fiat Ife too late to do tbe Damon and Pythias act with old Martin, nm forced to abuse your generosity. Thank yon, thank you! It’s been a boon to talk to you. It has indeed. I’ll work the racket with Calvert a little slow. May be a day or two before 1 get it aronnd to him courteous, gratefni little nod of fjus- -WcID \ Olil Martin’s little girl still bent her pretty head studiously over her copy without a hairbreadth’s variation of attitnda Calvert had jnst comet in and seated himself in scowling introspective preoc- enpation at his desk. That was the last I saw of the office for . three months. On the way home, throngh the -untimely movement of a car, I sjirained my ankle, and for a weary while was confined to the house. In a few days, however, I began work again, writing as I lay on a sofa and depending,on messenger boys and visits of mingled business and condo lence from other members of the staff to keep me in tgach with tbe office. I had been at home perhaps a month when one day Mr. Maloney, a gentle man who had filled by turns many dif ferent positions in The Appeal office, each, as a rule, being less important; than tho last, was ushered in. The joy of gossip lighted up his bleary blue eyes. “And how are you, Miss Addington 1!” be began. He had a charming toneb of brogue. “And indeed it’s enough to make the old one himself sorry for you to see what a g(*)d time yon get ont of the worst of occasions. That is a bit of a paradox, yon are saying, and so is every other true thing that ever was remarked in this topsy tnrvy world, and yon are the- one that’s got the philo sophical bead on your shoulders to find that out long ago without waiting for an observan't old blind mole like me. to tell you. Yes, I’m nn'illustration—al low me.” Maloney shakily stooped to pick np my pen. “I can serve us an il lustration when you write your cele brated treatise on the paradoxical And now don't interrupt mo for the space of a minute. You’re a sad chatterbox, Miss Addihgton. ” „ He stopi>ed and laid an nmnauicured forefinger against his grizzled temple. “I'm preparing the way to a graceful transition. 1 would be telling yon **fme- thiug that is for your amusement. I am an obaervant old mole, I was say ing. and now 1 can't la- giving you one particle of useful information as to whether or no tb« ls»ss is going to sell tbe pajM-r ont to tbe KopuhlicaUH next week nor as to what will lircome of yon and me if be does, though I dare aay there are other blind moles that have discovered all that, but I’m about to tell yon that that big brute Bentley is in love with that hM proofreader's little girl, and none in the office knows it lnit me and him, and it’s ten to one I know it best I Yes, sure, I thought you’d be grateful to me for a little di-. version like tbaP It's not every day yon can see or even hear what a brass monkey’s like when it's in love. Its ex perieuce much.more resembles that of a white man than yon wonld ever imag ihe, and that's the trnth. No, he's not trying, as be would say biwseff—worse Inck to. him—he's not just trying to mash her; he's in love, I'm telling yon, and his feelings are.not dissimilar to those depicted by Tout Mobte and other |nlets that the halting ignoramus never beard of, and th«r« is the paradoxical for yon. Me bald spot was bigger than a trade dollar before I conld have be lieved such a contradiction possible, so think what an inexplicable surprise it mast be to him, that has no more power of- ratiocination than me blackthorn there. I have been industriously gath ering the evident* for days, till me con viction was complete, before I'd come to tell yoa. “Well, now, tbe first 1 noticed was the way he went white and red when she came to sjienk to him abont bis copy one day. It fills me with rage to think of that; it does indeed^JSo'tbink of him having tbe additional hupndence to ex hibit a capacity fur changing color like ■ Kir 11 ” • Maloney staid an hoar and I am sure mimed an assignment, telling me with infinite relish of' detail all the ins and outs of Bentley’s maneuversk “11c used to write exceptionally clear copy, yon know,” said he. “He has no more education than me pet cat, bat he can write like a grocer’s clerk, and jj. he makes sneb big money. W ben obi Sheffield wa*-managing, be used to call on me to help him ont when he was incapacitated with drink % He said —bnt H siio matter what he said;'his betters have said more. But I’ve edited Bentley's copy when it was clear us print, and now. if you’ll believe me. 4t looks little-better than your own, beg ging yonr pardon. That makes business now and again with tbe proofreader, yon understand, and somehow he's hocus poensed things till it seems as if Martin read nearly all his stuff, but I’ve not found ont how be manages that" Maloney added the last sentence in a tone ol apologetic regret “Does the little girl notice all this, do you think?” I asked. “Indeed and I wish yon were down there to set yonrself. How can I tell? The little white still ones like that— 1 the old one himself can make ont noth ing about theiu And Bentley's sly, wonderful sly, all around. I don’t un derstand him, thongb. How should ever an Irishman comprehend the way of the likes of him with his brass and bis slyness? Why doesn’t he go at it like a man and display to all tbe world that he’s in love np to-bis eyes and he’s prond of it? That's what a woman likes, be she old or be she young. ” . Overweighted as I was with Bent ley’s secret, I was tempted to edge upon it by discussing this point, and I said that undoubtedly a woman was apt to like that kind of tribute, but 1 was not sure that r it always followed that it made her' like the man equally. “And if be can give her what she likes, ought hot be fo be satisfied, 1 say, and if she does not like him so ar dently isn’t there the less chance ttfat he’ll marry her, to the sorrow of both of -'em-?’-’ . - — — ~ I told Maloney that lie made my head ache, and he went away, pledging me to secrecy abont Bentley. Nev.erthelesa I was not wholly surprised when the next visitor frojn the office quoted Ma- thal should lie labeled intellectual, or, n her own phrase, to tie aocjable and improve herself with literary' people, literary people being, in her opinion, any who earned a living by the use or abuse of the written symbols of lah- guage. ^ - “Mr. Maloney says that Mr. Bentley ia—that totWre* abont her, “she said tentatively^ sitfing uncomfortably on the edge of her chair. I conquered the inevitable throb of resentment that 1 felt at the discovery, faintly expected though it was, that Maloney was just as confidential with the typewriter as With me. As I had felt myself rarely grkeions in appreciat ing Mahoney’s out at elbows charm and had credited him with a becoming sense of my kindness, this'required ar^’in stant’s communion with my higher self, and then 1 was rewarded by a’de lighted perception of how utterly like Maloney it Was to lapse Tnto intimate conversation with any petticoated ob ject within his orbit. The appeal that these storied garments would always make to him Was bow re-enforced, too, by that false sense of masculine dignity which makes men slow to .gossip of familiar personalities with one another. Eveji Maloney felt constrained fur a time to give. Ins really interesting and curious news only to the patronized sex, though, to do' the staff of The Appeal justice, the time soon came when tbe 'artificial ice w-as Iroken and Bentley s hopes, fears and' prospects seemed to . “Spa re nu a ml nutt f ro m the ta rlJTt'' ha qm sfloncii. Occupy them night and day. to the manifest gain in odor, vivacity and value iif their conversation (TO HE CO.VTIXCKD.I , < older than ‘ Why let all your n efg h - bors and friends ; think you i mULSt b.fc t w e n't y 'years you are? Yet it’s impossible to look young with .the color of 70 yearb in the hairl It’s sad to see young persons look prematurely old in this way. Sad be cause it’s all unneces sary; for gray hair may always be re stored to its n a t - u r a 1 color -yisori mn HMrl For over half a cen tury this has been the standard hair prepara tion. It is an elegaftt dressing; stops tail ing of the hair; makes the hair grow; and cleanses the scalp from dandruff. $1.00 a bottl*. All druggists. “ I have been niing Ajer'i Hair Yiifiir for over 20 years and I can heartljy rermumepd it to the |Miblk- aa the beet hair tunic tn existence '' Mr« U. L. ALlinsos, April 24, lew. Ectur.Tex. If yno lid net obtain all the bensdu vi,u expected from the Vlpor, write lbs UucUm abutit H Addrese, — - Da J. C. AVER. Dowell, that the coast ia clear. Then I'll have , 88 anthority for the newp that Mr. Bentley “was making —that is, he j wae paying attention, mV exactly pay- ! ing attention, bnt Mr. Maloney thought be was going to pay attention to that Miss Martin. ” j This vitdtor was the managing od- itor’a typewriter, an elderly yonng" wo- : man, not had looking, bqt with a con 7 ■trained manner, grayish hair and a deep lying desire for human intercourse to wait upon occasion for a good excuse to jump down there and take bis place.’ If. the office gets on to me, there’s no telling what’ll be to pay. Good day. good day 1 I’d jnmp at the chance to help yon get married.” Bentley picked np his bat and his cigar, pnt the one on the back of his head and tbe other in his mouth, jnst as be gave me what was in spirit a — An o!d nrgro living in Chapel Hill, N..C., says Abe Baltimore New*, boasts that In bis youth be used to earn not s little iront-y by permitting the students si tht University of North Carolina to that town to break boards on his thick skull. Among the students who so amised themselves were James K. I’olk, in -lsur days ('resident of the United S'nte* and Wiitiam It. K*ng.. Who »as Vice Presidcnt tn'ttie admin istration of I'rrsidcnt fierce. —Mrs. Capron. the widow of Capt. Ciipron of the I tough It der*. one of tbe fir*t to fall ia Cuba, will leave for tge Philippine* in a few davs to servo tn tbe army as a 1 tod Cross nurse, stioce the death of her husband, Mrs. Capron has Interested herself in the welfare of tbe discharged and disabled soldiers, and is helplrg to secure as appropriation from Congress for a monument in Arlington to those who felt in Cuba. — Historical romance tiods access into schools where "novois” would find it imiMissth'e to enter. “To Have and To Hold ” has been adopted in tbc reuding courses of a number of young ladles' seminaries, where the cha-acler ol tbe reading matter is strictly scru liiiized by tbose in charge. One young ladies' school, at Dobb's Ferry, New York, recently Ordered copies ol Miss Johnston’s successful romance. — An explosion in tbe Cuban customs service, which promises revelations as sensational as the disclosures in conuec- th a with tbe postnl service is expected. Custom house officials give’t e Infor- mat-on that tbo -oustow hqo?o_ corruption, and the employes laterest- rt are- trembling in fear of an investi- gat on. Tbe South Chicago street railway comiuiny has introduced into its cars win>k brooms and clothes brushes. Tuesi utuful articles are placed In a small cabinet in the forward end of the car, within ea-y reach of the pas- s-ngers, with an announcement be neath notifying travelers that the brushes are at their disjiosal. WE CAN TALK WITH MAKS.” Nikola Tesla, whoslraies with Edi son the high priesthood of nature in ber electrical manifestations, has made a new revelation in the June number of the Century Magazine, which de votes pages and a number of start ling illustraUoua to the suDject. If all bis ideas therein disclosed were capable of being put into practical use, the re sult of hi* discoveries might lie revol utionary, but -when lie talks of eliminat ing m»ti from warfare and doing the fighting with machines without blood shed, the imagination refuses to follow him. > One of the [inquisitions is the Old jest of “setting the river on lire,’’ seriously stated as a practical pro|ioai- lion. By the use of an electric curn*nl lie claims to have decomposed water, separating the hydrogen in order that he may use jl as fuel to smelt iron. In this way-he calculates that one hone- power will produce JO tons of iron a year. , Another proposition is JU> cheapen the ft*si supply of the world by cheap- ing the principal fertilizer.. Nitiogen is the moat'expensive and must largely used fertilizer and Tesla proposes to gel it from I he air by burning it out witli electricity.- In the pro&faf of combustion, the nitrogen forms new combinations from whiclril can be ex tracted and applied to the sod as plant foal. 1‘ractical farmers will probably call Mr. Tesla's attention to the fact that Batiuv vidad mexpeuaive ■ ap- BACKED UP by Hr. Pierce's Favorite Preserqrtion. any womaie is enabled to face the kaVfkT with its iluffes and pleas ures without tear of sulTcnug. This medicine is'not a cure all, hut a specific for the chrouic/iiseases peculiar to wom en Tlies<- ilwavs it perfeelfy controls ami absolutely cures Tens of thousands of women have testified that “Favorite Prescrip tion “ makes Weak Women Strong and Sick Women WelL the air and putting it into the sod. Legulniuous plants do that with an ex pense so small that it can hardly be counted. They attract bacteria, which attach themselves to the roots, accumu 1 latiug nitrogen there. The plants that rto Ibis havp tops, which are valuable as food, and the Southern, held pea is a familiar example. After the pea vine has done Us work for the soil, through the accumulation of nitrogen 'on its roots, the top of the plaht is cut ahd cured, and sells feaddy at $15 per ton. There-is a profit 4n this hay without taking account of the deposit of nit rogen which is left in the soil. It may reasonably,be doubted wheth er* Mr. Tesla’s apparatus, using an electrical o«cill&tor giving twelve mil lion volts with 100,000 oscillations per second, can extract nitrogen from the a'r as cheaply as nature’s apparatus— the leguminous plants. He will have to try again for a mel.hoil of .cheapening ( the food supply of the world, Mr. Tesla might employ his talents for this purpose to good advantage by turning his attention to nature’s ap paratus and doing what he* can to specialize the function of leguminous plants by stimulating the activity of the - bacteria which collect Ithe uitrogfen on their roots. Scientists have so increas ed the sugar iu the beet that it has be come a formidable rival of cane in the commerce of tbe world, largely in creasing the food supply. The article is entitled, “The pro blem of increasing ^ human energy .’J. The author considers humanity eu masse as a physical bo<ly, whose effectiveness or total energy may be computed by the physieal-^fortmda at at one-half the product of the mass by ho- square of thie velocity* a Mr. Tesla says there are three ways of increasing the sum of humau energy. ! The first is to increase its “mass” the 1 second is to reduce the retarding force ' or friction, and the third is to increase the vmpelhog force. Taking up the first of these heads, he says: There qre two ways of increasing the mass of mankind; first by aiding and maintaining those forces and con ditions which tefids.lo increase it, and reducing those which tend to diminish gularity of habits, by the promotion of marriage, by conscientious attention to tbe childien, and generally stated by - the ol>servance of all the many pre cepts of religion and hygiene. “Everything against the teachings of religion and hygiene tends to de crease the mats. Whisky, wine, tpa, coffee, tobacco, and such stimulants are responsible for shortening the lives of many ^nd ought to be used with moderation. But I do not think that rigorous measures of suppression of habits followed through many geu- eratious are commendable. It is wiser to preach moderation than abstinence. We have become accustomed to these stimulants, and if such reforms are to be effected, they must be slow and gradual. Those who are devoting their energies to sycb ends could make themselves far more useful by turning their efforts toward providing pure water. , “For every person who perishes from the use of a stimulant, at least a thousand die from tbe consequences of drinking impure water. The germs of deslructiou it conveys are all the more terrible as they perform their fatal work ucpeiceived. .They seal our doom while we live and enjoy. The majority of people, are so careless in drinking water and the consequences so disastrous, that a philanthropist can scarce!^ use his efforts better than by endeavoring to enlighten those who are thus injuring themselves.” The retarding forces are war, ignor ance, insanity and imbecility. To re duce these is to increase the sum of human ' energy. Enlighteulhent is velocity, am^if the children born into the world are “of higher velocity” than theii parents, the energy of the race is increased, etc. There should be a qualification just here.. There are kinds of education that reduce energy. To increase energy itmust be practical. His remarks on war asa/elardiug force are striking, lion is the most uselul material of civilization. That used in war is about t'»0 per cent, of that used for all of the pur|»osei-. De duct it irom the effective force of iron in civilization and you have only 4u per cent. left. On the contrary, if ihe destructive Qi rplaydintf ffiK-e ntdllV ilOtt UfltlLuU warfare be turned to useful account and added to the effective inm of civil ization, the result will be au effective force of KiO per cent.—four umes that now enjoyed by the race at the same expense. • When it comes to the means of stop ping war, Mr. Tesla's ideas are fantas tic. He proposes to make machines that will act like automatons, whether driven through the air or undei the water. They are to be controlled by some kind of electrical impulse an alogous to sound waves and sent with out wires with the air as the medium of communication. He goes to the length of saying these machines cun * lie developed to a still higher type which will act for itself, directing its motions according to surrbundings—practically acting like a humau being when left.on duty with a certain amount of discretion. The . problem of increasing force start* with ifie sun—the source of all the forces in operation on earth. Un der this head Tesla pro|M>ses to sepa rate hydrogen from water and use it a* fuel to smelt iron. The headings will suffice to indicate the portions of the article uudertethis division of tbe subject. Due relates to the electric oscillator and the de velopment of a new principle by which the earth responds to man. With this tbe statement is made that interplane tary, communication is probable, The transmission of electrical energy to any distance without wires is said to be practicable as the best means of in creasing force. In regard to cbiumuiueatuus with other planets, Mr. Tesla says: “My measurcmeuls and calculations have shown that it is perfectly practi cable to produce 011 our globe au elec- trifal .aartaisiat OUR PARIS EXPOSITION LK1TKR. Paris, May 28.1!K)0. I have boon in Paris but two’aajs after a seven days tossing on tbe Atlantic and have had time only for. a glance at the Exposition?,, This glance Las impressed m4 with uotidog SO much its its utter Unprepar.-does*. Masonry, carpentry, painting, digging," carting, sweeping, dusting, sprinkling everywhere, with only bere and theie ah exhibit , complete and ready for business. The shops, restaurants and midway plalsance-iike shows arf of course ready and are doing a more or less thriving business, and *1 e same old features of Frenchmen, Dutchmen, Englishmen and Yankees ma<querad log Oriental garb, and selling useless oriental glmcraoks for twice the amount they can be had for in any city of the United States, are very promt-< nent. f The Exposition is doubtless, as the late Mr.^Bsmum would Vay, a mon strous aggregation ect, cot. It will when completed surpass all previous expositions in bigness and richness and wih be an admirable epitome of the past century’s transcendent progress. Why should it not excel all ethers? Tbe world at least In miaierlai things is moving fast, and what was .evolution made for, if each succeeding exposition shall apt outdo its predecespof ? Moreover Pari«, jrad I regret to say' it, seems to be but a poor fourth in tbe export trade of the world, with Eng land, our own country and Germany ahead of her. But she gets back at us every ten years or so oy making a great exposition, and with the piestige of her only; Paris levying tribute on all the wealth of the world. Tbe amount' of monejg we spend in Paris In one way aud another ■!• regrettable. Hundreds of rich American families live here iu winter and In the south of France during the summer. So faraslknow the Only advantage gained Is In better household service. Servants In France are doubtless more efficient, intelligent and cheaper than in the United Stales. But in every Other comfort of living we surpass the French. At least this is my imprest! >n after a fourth visit to Paris and a residence off and on of several months. The re lorU that have been so ex tensively »pread about the crowded condition of the city, and the high cost of living, are misleading. 1 uo not find- the prict s at hotel* or pensions (ouard- log house*) m. c i higher than usual. They are 1 thins a tittle lower than at Ihe-Ex.p08itiun.of 1878.. Anyone, ac cording to bis la-U.-, purse and endur ance can gt 1 board and lodging from one dollar up. 1 am iooglug at Nu. 45 Kge de Uliciiy, about two in 1Un train tbe Exposition, *ln a pension with •team-beat, elevator and electric light*, at a cost of 15 francs ($3) per day. Tbe sane accomodations would cost as much in most American cities. Before I selected this place I Inquired tbe rates and looked at rooms lo many other localities. Some were higher, some lower, sod 1 speak from personal observation when I My there Is a bund ant room het« and at reasonable rates To say lhi.l the Americans directly la charge of American exhibit* are angry Is to draw it mild, in spite of the utmost rfforls they cannot get the French authorities to complete the buildings for their exhibits. There are lime, dust, mortar and rubbish everywhere, and only two or three French workmen whore there should be twenty. Meanwhile the Freacii authorities are urging the Americans to ojien up their displays. Thu Ameri cans say "N i, not until these buildings are com plat) d and cleaned. We will not subject cur fine a ares and delicate food stuffs to deterioration from dust and mud and lime.” After much prayer and Imprirston the American com missioners finally resorted to law with the result cf great acceleration on tbe part of tb< IViDcb. 7T*» buliuiug*. It Is expecte l, will now be completed iu two weeks There i« a sinister report that tbe American national building is insecure and unsafe, and that if Sours* hand should plsy there, it will he with peril to tbe assemblage. The American oasional building Is eclipsed by that of Italy, Koumanla and by other countries that havetaot one tithe our wealth, it wh- vanity and folly to build a national building anyhow. .It does no good, teaches nothing, brings nothing, li caunot fill the wandering American with pride when he sees it, for be is always over Tffar~wnir<7atTTnr effect will be perceptible on some of our nearer planets, as Venus aud Mara. • * • • • • “ That we can send a message lo a planet is certain, lhat we can get au answer is probable. Man is not thtr only being in tbe infinite gifted with a mind.” j* - —* Tesla considers big most important discovery the capability' of the atmos phere for conducting electric currents of immense power to great distances^ He says it will be practicable to trans fer the power of waterfalls to any part of tbe earth through the upper strata of the air, six ~oi seven miles high, and that it will be done better and more economically than over copper wire. Then the expoit of power from countries like the United States, Uanada, Central and South America, Switzerlahd aud Sweden will 1 be a source of great revenue The horse business throughout New England is in the best possible condi tion, aud the demand for good horses is better than it^has beei^for^vears. I*arge ocean-going vessels can go up the St. Lawrence river as far as Mon treal, over 1,000 miles from the Allan-* South America 5 , tic .ocean. .. .. : .. y ' like Vesuvius, we have a Niagara/ Falls that can put it out In five minutes. Just at present the American corn propaganda seems to afford our French friends some amusement. A kitchen bas been established to prepare corn bread, corn fritters, ect, as a In e luncti, and thus recommend the use of corn and increase tbe demand for it. At the exhibits of all tbe countries there Is a guard or soldier standing or walk ing in the uniform of his country. 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