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I FHLIKKI IIST IMEI IOIF IT TIE UIIL HIKItiT MINUS. II. DEVICE OF COMMANDRK W. V. H AI~SKY, T1GAL DRILLS IN WINTER. ' UK AO Of DEPARTMENT OF SEAMANSHIP, FOR GIVING PRAC PHOTOORAPIIS SHOW SAILS RKEFKO AND SPREAD. is; Modern :: Torpedo OMMEXTIXU (lnrlng the c late Spanish War upon the efficiency of the torpedo, we Hahl: "Although tor pedo warfare hns not an jot achieved results at all proportion ate to the amount of thought and Hkill that have been devoted to It, the fail ure has prohubly been due tnore to a lack of opportunity or of efficient handling than to any deficiency in the torpedo itself." The startling events thjit marked the opening of the Itus ?o-Japau War have established the truth of that statement, for in the hands of .au alert, intelligent and dar: log people this deadly weapon. In the first half hour of hostilities, sank two of the Attest battleships and one of the best cruisers of the ltussiau Nuvy. and Incidentally struck a blow at the na val prestige of Itussla from which that country will take many years to re cover. At the same time, the Port Arthur torpedo attack must he Judged at its true value, and. therefore, we propeller at tbo extreme |?oliit of the torpedo Is part of an Ingenious safety device for preventing premature ex plosion In handling. When not in Ufie the llrlng pin Is held In check by a sleeve; but as soon as the torpedo strikes the water, the rotation of the little propellers relesses the sleeve and leaves the firing pin ready to strike the detonating primer the moment the torpedo meets sn obstruction. The "secret chamber" Is the most Ingeulous part of this most Ingenious piece of mechunisiii. Its piston, pen* duluin. and springs perform the im portant. Work of regulating the hori zontal rudders which keep the torpe do at the proper depth. Immediately in front of the secret chamber is a narrow compartment perforated on lis walls to allow the outside water to enter. The front wall of the secret chamber carries a piston, which can move in the direction of the axis of the torpedo. The pressure of the wa ter Is resisted by three coiled springs. At a certain predetermined depth, ac cording to the tension on the springs, the springs und water pressure will be In equilibrium; below that depth the piston will be driven in by the wa ter pressure, and above it the springs will push forward the piston. To pre vent too sudden oscillation In this ac tion, the piston is connected to the rod of a swinging pendulum. The mo tion of the piston is <t>iumuulcated by rods, which pass through the hol low stay rods of the air chamber to the ing the propellers to rotate In op posite directions. The after propeller Is keyed to the main shaft; the forward propeller Is keyed to a sleeve which rotates freely upon the main shaft, and the motion is reversed by means of two bevel-wheel gears which turn on a spindle at right angles to the main shaft. The "tail" consists of a stock with vertical vanes, which act as the vertical rudder, and two frames which carry the horizontal rudders. The torpedo Is (Ired from a launching tube by the explosion of a small churge of gunpowder behind It. This compresses the uir which surrounds the rear half of the torpedo and thrusts It out of the tube without any serious Jar. The range and speed of the torpe does vary with the size. The weapon here shown Is fourteen inches In diam eter, fifteen feet in length, carries ninety pounds of guncottdu. and has n speed of twenty-eight knots for a range o( 800 yards. Tlie elghteen-lnch Whitehead torpedo is sixteen feet seven and one-half inches in length, carries a charge of 2*J0 pounds of gun cot Ion. and bus a speed of thirty-one knots for 1000 yards.? Sclent Iflc American. King Kighl Years Old. The youngest king in the world it Daudi Chua. king of Uganda, who Is now alKMit eight. He holds his court seated on a scarlet throne, with a leopard skin mat under his feet, and bearing in bis band a toy gun. The British exercise a protectorate over the young king and his kingdom and have established for liiui a sort of parliament which he opens regularly with much pomp. Little Daudi Chua speaks English and gives state dinners, at which there is curious mixture of African and European foods and cus toms, though the royal table is sup plied with tine linen, cut glass au silver brought from f?ndon. TO MAKE MEAI' TENDER it must have been a conscience stricken Itoarding-house keeper who was the other day granted a patent for a machine to render meat tender. Doubtless she had tired of hearing the complaints and the pointless Jokes of her boarders concerning Iter Steaks. and probably she had lost her star hoarder, who. having broken all bis front teeth In efforts to masticate the incut set be fore him. left her in sheer despair to join for all time the patrons of the ? Copyright by Frank 11. Cbild. TOltl'KlH) l'ltACTICK AT NIOWl'OKT, U. 1.? LAUNCH INC! A WII1TK IIKAD TOKI'UIK) I'MtOM TI1K TOttPKDO BOAT MOKUIS. must not lose sight of tin* fact that Information Is tluding its wny to the public ear which makes it pretty evi dent tluit the Ituashiu ships were not looking for. anil were totally unpre pared, to receive, a torpedo attack. If this Is the case, what has been proved Is that if the torpedo boat can got un molested within easy range, t lie tor . pedo is fairly sure of its murk? nnd this we nil knew well enough before the war began. The Whitehead torpedo Is undergo ing constant development, the latest Improvement being the introduction of the gyroscope for the purpose of keeping the torpedo more accurately upon its true course. The latest pat terns Include this device and are gen erally of larger diameter and greater length than the earlier types. The torpedo here shown consists of a cigar-shaped body of phosphor bronze or steel, divided Into six separ ate compartments, as follows: 1, the magazine; 2. the secret chamber; 3, the reservoir; 4, the engine compart ? ment; 5, the buoyancy compartment; '6, the bevel-gear chamber. The magazine contains the explosive charge, which consists of a series of horizontal or diving rudders. If the I torpedo goes too deep, the piston moveg hack, tin? pendulum swiugs forward, and the rudder* are elevated, the re verse movements taking place If the immersion is not sufficient. When a torpedo dives into the water the llrst part of its run is made on a wave line which crosses and recrosses the de sired niul ultimate level of .immersion, the piston and the pendulum gradual ly bringing the torpedo to a true course. Tile reservoir forms the cen tral body of the "fish." It Is made of forged cast steel and Is tested up to seventy atmospheres. A tuyere at Its after end feeds the ulr to the engine. The torpedo Is driven by a three-cyl inder engine, with cylinders 120 de grees apart, acting on a common crank. The engine is started by means of a valve which Is opened by u lever striking a projecting lug on the luunching tube, when the torpedo Is tired. The buoyancy chamber Is an air tight compurtmeut, the purpose of which Is to afford the proper buoyan cy to the torpedo; It carries a piece of lead ballast, by shifting which the I trim ran be controlled. The tubes carry THK MPAT-TRNDP.KRR. dairy lunch rooms, where hot soups are procurable, unit do not necessitate tbe use of tbe moltirs. At auy rute, such u patent was grant- I ed, and tbe accompanying picture shows not only Its extreme simplicity. | but, also, seems to Indicate that It can , and will do Its work well. Tootbcd wheel*, carried In u handle, are mo backward and forth over the toughest meat until It has been brought to such a state that it can be reudlly mistaken for tbe most tender utid the most tooth some venison. SIDE VIEW OF A 14-INCH TOIIPEDO. disks of wet gun cotton packed togetb. sr. The foremost of tb# six cylinder* ??ote as a detonating primer consisting ?f fulminate of mercury. The small the connecting rod* for controlling the horizontal diving rudders. Neit comes the bevel gear chamber, where Is located the gear for caus Rain fall* more frequently betweet 3 o'clock and 8 o'clock in the morning than at any other time during tb* twenty-four hours. ptock* XJWVentare. flue ?samples of discipline in disaster st sea. and both th?r amy and the navy share la the credit of them. Most persons remember the NGLUHI null show many A DI80IPUNE TEST. magnificent courage and coolness dis played by the men of the Ill-fated Vic toria. which was rammed toy the Cam perdown in 1898. Many remember, too. how the model of the vessel at the .World's Fair In Chicago was draped with black when the news came, and how for long afterwards the great crowds of Americans that filed by talked little and gaaed gravely, the women often with dim eyes. In tribute to the tragic and noble page newly written in the history of the mother race. Lord Wolseley. in his recent au tobigraphy. tells how he once came near sharing such a fate with his men on board the Transit, bound for India, when she struck a rock in a dead calm. He was a young lieutenant then, but his vivid recollection oPthe event has not waned in nearly half a century. "The bugles sounded our regimental call, and we all ran down to our men. wbo were still below, cleaning up after their breakfast. All the troops were carried on the main deck except one company, which was on the deck be low and situated well forward. It was a horrible quarter, below the water level, and lit only by one solitary can dle astern. Bach company took it for a week In turn, and It was my com pany's luck to be the unfortunate oc cupants when the ship struck. Upon reaching that dreadful lower region. I formed the men. half on one side, half on the opposite side of the deck. "There we stood In deadly silence, and I know not for how long. The abominable candle In the lantern splut tered and went out. We were in al most absolute darkness, our only glim mer of light coming through a small hatchway which was reached by a narrow ladder. The ship began to sink by the stern, so it was evident to all that we hung on a rock forward. The angle of our deck with the sea level became gradually greater until at last we bad to bold on to the sides of our dark submarine prison. My predomin ant feeling was of horrid repugnance to the possibility, which became .the probability, of being drowned in the dark, like n rat in a trap. I should have liked to have a swim for my life at the last, the supreme moment; but that would be impossible, if the abom inable ship should slip off the rock. ?"If Greece must perish, I Thy will obey. But let me perish in the face of day.* "The only aperture to the main deck was very small, and most eyes were kept riveted upon it. I am sure every man now alive who was there must shudder as he thinks of what seemed to us the intermediate time we were in that pit. Every minute seemed an hour: but at last a face appeared at the aperture, and we were ordered on deck." All found refuge on a coral island, whence in due time another vessel carried them to their destination: and the future field marshal proceeded with h lighter kit, but the richer for a precious experience in the value of dis cipline. SAVED BY INSUBORDINATION. Reuben Pinkham. a native of Nan hiokct. made his first trip as third lieu tenant on the ship Potomac, which crossed the North Pacific. a region little known to navnl vessels in th? early thirties. Pinkham had been on several whaling vessels, and was familiar with those waters. The author of "The 1st and of Nantucket" says that one day. near sunset, he had the watch, while the commodore was pacing up and down the deck. 9 Suddenly Pinkham gave the order. "Man the weather braces!" "What's that for?" asked the com modore. "We shall have wind in a moment." The commodore went to the lee rail rild scanned the sea and sk3'. "I see no signs- of wind." he returned. "Let the men leave the braces.** The crew dropped the ropes. "Keep hold of the braces, every man of you!" called out Pinkham. and th>? men resumed their grasp. The com modore flushed with anger artd ex claimed in peremptory tones: "Let the men leave the braces!" and n?ain the braces were dropped. "Don't any of you dare to drop the j ropes!" shouted fMn'kham. shaking his trunioet at the cre.v. who once more took hold. Just then the wind dropped entirely: not a breath stirred. "Taut, taut! Haul, all of you!" called Pinkham. and the ponderous yards swung to reversed position. The wind came out of the opposite quarter and struck llie ship like a sledge-hammer. The vessel staggered, shook the spray from her bows and dashed ahead. The commodore disappeared Into his cabin without saying n word. Presently he sent the first lieutenant fo relieve Pinkham. requesting to see the latter immediately. When Pink limn entered the cabin the commodore said: "1 consider that I am indebted to you for all our lives; but I will tell you frankly. If that wind hadn't come I should have put you in irons in two minutes." THE VALOR OP BOYS. I The Confederate "Boy Company." most members of which were so young as to require the permission of their purents in order to enlist, bears a brave I record 4n the annals of the Civil War. At first, camp life seemed a new and I exciting game to the young fellows, who even found drilling enjoyable. Later, when their eyes went opened to the sternest side of war, their numbers were lessened af.d their strength weakened. they carried to the battlefield the same boyish enthusiasm, and fought for their losing cause with the sanlle courage and ardor that bad marked their entrance into the service. From the camp at Manassas, the night before their first battle, they seat a message to General Lee: "Tell Uncle Robert not to forget our , battalion to-morrow!" ? After the Battle of Sharpaburg Gen eral Lm reviewed the Boy Compuy. Its ranks were broken and wearied, and many namee were ninlng from the roll calL Since the bantering mes sage of Manassas the youthful soldiers had learned the meaning of war; they* had taken part In fierce bloodshed, and seen their friends and comrades fall beside them. They were tired from long marches ' and privations, and the General's eye moistened as he looked nt the slender -forms arrayed before him. I ?'Boy*.** he Mid. "jou are only boys, bnt today yon hare been where only men dare to go! Now every man of you who Is willing to return to the battlefield step two paces forward." Without a moment's hesitation snd aaif moved by one Impulse, the young ranks stepped forward. The Boy Com pany. no longer excited by the romance of war. but understanding well what it was taking upon Itself, had responded as a body to the General's cp!l.? Youth's Companion. BESIEGED BY RATS. A story which recalls Bishop Hatto and his round tower is told by a cor respondent of the New York Press. A Mr. Hardy had purchased an old slaughter house In a New Jersey town with the intention of converting it into a machine shop. He went to the place to make some repairs, and was there wheu a heavy storui arose. Busy with his work on the ground floor of the building he paid little heed to the storm. Presently he saw a big rat scurry across the th?or from a eel larway. This rat was followed by au other and another, and then they cam# in droves. Investigation revealed the fact that the flood waters were runiiing Into the cellar, and the rats were seek, ing safety. Suddenly the man realized that the room was alive with rats. They poured up the stairway, clambering over one another in their attempt tc escape from the water, and squealing noisily. Some attacked Mr. Haqdy ami bit his feet and ankles. He seized an iron shovel which lay on the floor, and began to lay about him. If he desisted the rats returned to the attack. Tired of his fight, he then tried to leave the house, but to his dismay found the water was deep around it. Witli difficulty he beat the rats away and leaped to a stairway leading to a top floor. When he reached the story above he found the rats were there be fore him. He killed a score or more and then stood at the head of the stair way and beat back the horde that tried to come up. "It was my life or theirs." said Mr. Hardy, "and I killed rats till uiy strength was exhausted." For several hours he was a prisoner. Then the flood receded somewhat with the tide, and he went down stairs, ran through the room where the rats were still scurrying about in great numbers, and got away through water up to his waist. SHE SLEW SAVAGE BEASTS. Wounded almost unto death by two ferocious mountain lions, which at* tacked her on a lonely road near Clay Run. twelve miles east of Connell* vllle. Pa.. Miss Mary Poherty, a so ciety young woman, of Margaretta street. Pittsburg, was found shortly after dark on a recent evening. By her side lay the carcasses of the two ani mals which she had riddled with bal lets before losing consciousness. Miss Poherty had left Clay Run Sunday morning to spend the day at the hoiue of a former schoolmate. While return ing. and but a half-mile from the vil fhge, she was startled by the wild beasts, which sprang from behind .1 rock on the hillside. Before sh? could recover from her fright the Hons were upon her. Drawing a small revolver from her bosom. Miss Doherly opened tire on the enraged animals, killing ? ?:;c and wounding the oilier. Over come by nervous strain the young woman then fell to the ground, hired h;g from numerous cuts about the neck, face and body. At the sight of ll-i almost senseless victim, the wound ed lion renewed his attack. Seizing her trusty weapon a second time. Miss Doherty tired. Her aim was true and tli" wounded lion fell dead by her ?dje. While returning from a driw to Ills home in Mill Run. Philip Coxe. a young farmer, almost drove over the form of tlie young woman, which was lying in t lie centre of the roadside. FOUGHT FOR 1,1 FK OX A ROOF. A desperate struggle look place upon ;!ie roof of the Agnews Insane Asylum, San .lost*. Cal., between Chnrles M. '? lardener. a pntipnt. and J. Spaulding. .in at'en.fanti For a time It looked as thought the men would roll to tho ji'ound, five stories below. To save himself from a frightful death, Spauld In? was obliged to knock Gardener un conscious. As the attendants caiuf? from dinner Gardener wns see:i stand* in? upon the roof of the asjv.un evi? dentl.v about to descend the Are escape. The patient had escaped from his room. Spaulding went tip to take Gardener down. (Jardener refused to descend ami grappled with Spaulding. The In sane man tried to throw Spaulding from the roof. When Spaulding saw ho could not handle the man and wa? abaut to fall he struck Gardener u blow over the eye, rendering him uncon scious. Ropes and pulleys were se cured nnd Gardener was lowered through a trapdoor In the roof to tho floor below. Gnrdeucr was formerly a deputy sheriff of the county and later served in the same capacity In the State of Washington. lie was one of the posse that ran down Tracy, the outlaw. Gardener is supposed to have tlr-d the shot which wounded the out law and which caused the latter to commit suicide. PLUCKY ALPINIST. The Frankfurt Alpinist, nu*o My lius, who made winter nticents last year of two of the most dangerous and difficult Swiss mountains --the Fins teraarhorn and the Juugfrau? succeed ed, a few weeks ago, in reaching the summit of Mont Blane (16.781 feet), with three guides, but at the eost of one of his feet and a finger. Up to an altitude of 14,170 feet skis were used; thence the ascent was on Ice, and so difficult that the parly had to stop to rest every two or three steps. The top was reached at 5 p. rn.. but It was so cold that the party remalaad only flftMA mlnntea. ?- ? - ? ? ? ? News of Interest AFRO-AMERICANS Will 8?lect a Bishop. At the apporachlng conference of the A. M. E. Church, which meet 4 in Chicago May 7. a Negro bishop it to be chosen. ? ? ? ? Proteat Against Separate Cars. At a large and. representative gath ering of colored citizens of Richmond. Va.. formal protest was made against the law providing for separation of the races on street cars, which was put Into effect April 20. and resolutions were adopted, the gist of which Is that the Negroes of the community will walk In future as evidence of iho reality of their protests. ? ? ? ? Reward Offered for Lynchers. Governor Jelks. of Alabama, has of fered a reward of $400 for the first ar rest and conviotlon of a person Im plicated in the lynching of Reuben Sims, a colored man of Baldwin coun ty. Rewards of $100 each were also offered for -the second and third per sons arrested and convicted of being implicated. Sims was lynched because of the assassination of Dr. C. D. Cole, i white citizen of Baldwin county ? ? ? ? Alton Caae Again Reversed. A dispatch from Springfield. III., says: The supreme court in the fam ous case of the mayor and city coun cil of Alton. III., against Scott Bibb^ colored, for a second time reversed the decision of the Madison county cir cult Court, which refused to issu.< an order on the mayor and council of A1 ton to admit Bibbs to the Washinct >n school, that being the nearest 3chool for him to attend. ? ? ? ? Died at Age of 115 Years. News has been received M the death of "Uncle Billy" Dawson. In the Ha ?hlra neighborhood. "Uncle Bi'ly* claimed to be lift years old and those who have known him for many years say that he was very close to that. Briggs LawHon. of Hahlra, has known "Uncle Billy" for sixty years aDd he says that he .was a very oi.l colored man when he first knew him The old man fell out of a chair re?ent ly and was unconscious to the time of his demise. Up to that time, he was comparatively active. ? ? ? ? No Excuse for Mob Violence. A dispatch from Austin Texas, savs: The Daughters of the American Revo lution in this city have adopted unan imously a set of resolutions condemn ing mob law and calling upon the members of the Texas legislat nr s to enact a law that will mete out speedy justice to all persons guilty of crimi nal assault, with a view of removing the excuse for mob violence. The res olutions request that the new law shall require that Identification or confeg slon shall be the only necessary e\l dence to Justify speedy legal capital punishment. * * ? ? Colored Witness Murdered. Levi Daniel, a colored man aged '>'> years, was called out from his home | in Webfcter county, f?a.. one night re | cently. and shot to death by unknown ; parties, his body being filled with buck I shot. A coroner's jury is invest Igat* | Ing the case. Some days ago Daniel testified In the United Slates commis sioner's court in Columbus in an illicit distilling case from Webster couiry. Preston parties stated that the dead Negro hao the reputation of be ing a professional "Informer" in *late as well cs federal courts and tli.V lie was obnoxious to the people of ills community. ? ? ? ? Ogden Party at Tuskegee. A party of educators, philanthropists, publicists and others from the north visited th*? Tuskegee InstWute at Tuskegee. Ala., the past week, as I guests of Robert C. Ogden, a member I of the Tuskegee Institute board of ! trustees. The party spent five hours j Inspecting the various departments of the Institution nnd in driving ove; Ms extensive farms. The annual exorcises of the agricultural nnd industrial de partmcnts were held In the chapvl fol lowing the visit to the farms an?I in dustrlal departments of the school. One hundred and three cert Ideates were awarded to as many students from the various divisions of the agri cultural and industrial departments'. Former Slaves Pall Bearers. At the funeral of Richard Bul1'?ck Seawell, who was Raleigh's oldest :ia tlve-born resident, thore was an .in usual sight. The pall bearers were six of his former slaves, and anions t.ie principal mourners was white-haired Harry Boykln, who was for many years his slave and for whom Mr. .Sea well called repeatedly during his last fines*. Though Harry Is over eli;i:iy fery feeble and lives some distance rom the Seawell home, he went there ?very day and when his old mas'.ei lied stood at the fcx.t of the bed w""p ng. Mr. Seawell was the son of lion. 4enry Seawell. who In his day was ?ne of the most distinguished of North Carolina's supreme court justices. ? ? ? ? Judge Feagin Honored. Ji.dge Feagin, of the inferior crlml lal court of Birmingham. Ala., ha* >een named a member of tho nat'ona! :hlld labor committee along wttb ^resident Cleveland snd others. The distinction came to Judge Fea (In by reason of the exceptional int??r ?st he has taken in the welfare of the fouttajTuI criminals of both races ap >earlng before him in the police court. He helped found the Boys' Head in* :iub. where white boys are entertain x! and Instructed and inaugurated a probation plan by which one hundred ittle colored boys are farmed out on :rlal pending good behavior. His ef 'orts In this line has resulted In the lonatlon of a farm of one hundred ?nd twenty -flvo acres near Tuacaiorsa kr 8ui Dai ley. colored, tbr farm W the nucleus of a mate Institution ? ? . ? ? Drinking Dives Reaated. At Atlanta. Ga.. a fight Is to be m U( mi the places In the city where colored women and men congregate for th? purpose of drinking. A number of *a loong have near them alleged reauu rants, where colored people meet and order drinks. As women are not allow ed to enter saloons, they can congre gate In these so-called restaurants and swill beer and whisky just as th?y would do If they were permitted to en ter bar rooms and drink with the m>>n. The flght on these dives Is to be started by the better element of col ored citizens who say that such dives are demoralising to the race. No fault is found with the pollc? ' >e ? cause there Is no law against drinks being served In restaurants. The cMy ordinances regulating the aale of Mq uor do not allow drinks to be served in rooms opening into saloons, but. if t-he rooms have a passageway Into a saloon drinks can be served, provided such rooms are run as restaurants What connection the saloons have with these Alleged restaurants cannot be known, but the fact that such placeH are located near to or adjoin ing bar rooms would seem to Indicate that the saloon men must look upon the dives as places of Considerable rev enue. ? ? ? ? 8ufTrage Case Dismissed. A Washington special says: The Virginia cases Involving the validity of the suffrage provision of the new Virginia state constitution have been llsmissed by the United States su preme court on the ground tnat no re lief was possible, the acts from which relief was sought having already been committed. There were two cases, one being a proceeding by Jones and others to se cure a writ of prohibition again*' she stale board of canvassers to prevrnf Its passing upon returns of the elw tlon held November 24. 1902. and ? !i.i other a proceeding in equity by Selden and others. Justice Brewer delivered the .?p'.n Ion of the court. He did not en er into the merits of the case, but con flned himself to the impracticability of the granting of relief. He said: "The prayer of the petitioners 3p.?c tally is to restrain the canvass of the returns of the election of Nocember I 1902. Kven tho general clause at i'e> close of the prayer is for such other and further orders In the premises shall and may make the praver ol your petitioners effectual. B >? ai shown by affidavit, and as indeed. mm might perhaps, take judicial notic *ty the presence in the house of repreo :tt atives of the individuals elected at that election from the various conur-'s sional districts of Virginia, the thin* sought to be prohibited is done in.? cannot be undone by any ord<v of court. The canvass has been mad" certificates of election have bi???*i is sued. the house of representatives, which is the sole judge of the qut.ifi cations of lis members, has admit red the parties holding the certificalo-t to seats in that body." and any adjm'ic.a tion which this court might ni ?k* would be only an Ineffectual deci.'iof of the question. Under these cin mi stances there is nothing but a m u>! case remaining and the mntion to dis* miss must be sustained. The eqtiitv case was disniise.l nt the same ground as the prohio:!; >n ease. WORN-OUT RUBBER MADE NEW. Modern Inventions Permit Rejuvena tion of Valuable Product. Worn-out rubber, like worn-out sil ver. is something that does not exist In these days. Kver rtlnce the advent of bicycles and automobiles, both of which draw heavily on the world'* rubber supply, ami ever since the hun dred and one uses to which rubber isi put in connection with electricity, the nta'erial has become more and morn scarce and valuable, so thai even tho old rubber shoe and the worn-out rub ber boot may throw out their chests in pride at. being worth really nomething. Nothing containing rubber is discard ed nowadays. The old rubber coat over which the spring tires of a motor ear may run on a country road to-day may r.ome day And a resting place in the soft tresses of a woman's hair af ter having been transformed into a handsome comb. Kven vulcanized rubber, which, nw ing to the sulphuric process to whiiA it was subjected, was formerly value less, is now subjected to a process which rejuvenates it and makes it fit to be worked up acaln for the put* pose; of the manufacturer. Immense quantities of this product, which for erly was assigned to a rubbish heap, ate now treated and admixed wllh a certain percentage of new gum. enough to cheapen tho price of most rubber goods turned out by the manufacture era to-day. Old rubber, however, can be used by itaelf without any addition of fresh gum, the process of treatmeut being a simple one. ? Answers. SURGERY ON A CHIMNEY. American Engineer Attained Fan; f)f Unique Feat. Jo?eph H. Gerhard rorontly r<v ;eived from Egypt a letter a .'king aim what method ho used In Htr;i';li' ?mng tho immense chimney <?f ? :** Vurragansett. Ilrewirg company In * fall. Mr. Gerhard In tho l'rovid"n? ?! ?nglneer who was called In to restore :ho loaning chimney to plumb. Th ?. Bxyptian government building insp ? lor wrote that a tower under cofl* itrtirtlon in Cairo was settling in nttrh the name way and It " wan' : t 'o know bow to aave It. The engineer explained that he h.vt tonstructel buge .??t?,:?| levers, with !on? rete foundation", on one aide of he chimney and iiad cut away a num of brinks on the oilier Hide. Then ie drove VDaeno-Hoakod weodeo sedges into the opening made by r+ novlng the bri"ks an. I set them aflr^ A'^lle tho wedges were burning ?h'* overs forre I the chimney back to its iriglnal upright position, and when It nd reached absolute plumb the tire was extinguished and the cavity wai lllod wltlt coucrtte.