The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1900 Page: 2 of 8
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CAMPAIGNS
Ur|Mt W trh Miulr.
There is now in course of construc-
tion the largest watch that the world
hits ever held. So enormous will thia
timepiece be that room will be found
within it for spacious gallerlea where-
iu a number of people will b able to
perambulate at ease, and It 1b further
stated that a small restaurant, equip
ped with walters, cooks, and other
paraphernalia, will form one of the at-
I tactions of the watch's Interior.
The diameter of this gigantic article
will be nearly seventy-five feet, while
Us height will exceed forty feet. Tiny
staircases will be scattered through-
out the watch and the wheels will be
so protected that uo person can be in-
jured thereby or even sustain damage
or soil his clothing. The wheel known
as the "balance wheel" will actually
weigh a ton, while the so-called "hair
spring" will be considerably thicker
I hau a rolling pin. Approximately two
minutes will be consumed by the
swinging backward and forward of the
wheel aforementioned, which will be
pivoted on two huge agate blocks.
heedless to say, the mainspring of
this extraordinary watch will be en-
ormous. Three hundred feet will hard-
ly cover its length and It will be made
of ten spring steel bands, two inches
thick, bound together, as It would be
impossible to roll so large a piece,
either in thickness or length.
Finally, it may be said that the
watch when concluded will recline on
its back and will possess a polished
metal case similar to ordinary
watches of smaller dimensions. Peo-
ple will be able to walk between the
moving wheels and thus enjoy an en-
tirely novel sensation. This attrac-
tion. certainly unique in the world's
history, will form one of the principal
Hide shows at the forthcoming St.
Louis exhibition In 1903.
To Move ii 58,000-Ton llull«lln(f.
An interesting engineering problem
Is being discutsed in Pittsburg, Pa.. '
where it is proposed to move the Car- j
negie library, a structure weighing
about 68,000 tons, a distance of 1,000 1
ieet. The library is a steel and slonv ■
building, IJ92 feet in length by lis !
feet in width, and three stories i i
height. The director of public works
of the city of Pittsburg believes thai it
could be raised ou jams and placed
on car-trucks which would run on
rails, in the trip to the new site a
ravine 100 feet in depth and 200 fe^t
in width must be crossed, and this
would either have to be tilled or a tim-
ber falsework erected. Improvement j
being made about the present location,
at the entrance to Scheuley park, will
take away from the appearance of the
building, so its removal to a new loca-
tion is being considered.
HANDY PACKAGE CARRIER.
Here Is an arrangement which will
be much appreciated by errand boys
who are provided with bicycles, as It
enables the rider to detach his carrier
at will, leaving the machine free for
pleasure purposes when desired. The
carrier is composed of a light frame,
mounted on two wheels and provided
with a box or basket to receive the
packages. To attach the carrier to a
bicycle a leather or rubber collar Is
provided, which is wrapped around
the seat post or frame, and a metallic
damp grips the collar in place, the
clamp being provided with an eyelet
through which the tongue of the car-
rier is inserted. The collar is used to
prevent the clamp from marring the
trame of the bicycle, and the method
of attachment Is so simple that it takes
wires by substituting for them the
Marconi electric impulses. In the ex-
periments made near Weymouth, a
model torpedo, four feet long, was em-
ployed In a swimming bath, and the
Marconi apparatus was set up at the
ends of the bath, which Is 300 feet
long. The model also carried a pro-
jecting wire to receive the electric
waves. It was steered In every direc-
tion successfully.
KEEPS TABS ON THE DRINKS.
The registering saucer for drinks,
shown below, haa Just been patented In
this country by a Cferman, Wllhelm
Hoffman, of Brarasche, Germany. The
device servos as a checking system to
register the number of the customer's
bill. The dial In the center covers the
registering mechanism, and a felt pad
around the dial absorbs the liquid
which drips from the glass. Below the
dial Is a ratchet wheel, provided with
(Chicago Letter.)
The respective national headquar-
ters of the two great political parties
la Chicago are pretty busy places these
days. Both were opened on Aug. I,
which Is a month earlier than usual In
presidential campaigns. It la said
that much more money will be spent
than In 1896. This Is especially vrue
of the Democrats. Their treasury is
fatter by far tnan It was In 1896. With
each succeeding election It has be-
come easier and easier for the man-
agers on both slues to use money
bounteously. This does not mean that
there Is to be a wholesale debauchery
of voters. All kinds of politicians
agree that the two national commit-
tees had at least $5,000,000 to spend
In the light four years ago, and the
same authorities are unanimous in de-
claring at the two committees will
have fully as much this year. For
every dollar that the national com-
mittees spend it is a conservative es-
timate that the state committees of
the two parties will spend four, and
this will make up the total of $25,000,-
000 that the election will cost.
To show where so much money
goes, a study of the cost of campaign
speeches alone is very instructive.
Each national committee spends at
least |500,000 for speeches, and the
state committees spend 10 times as
weeks. While the national commit-
tee of each party thus will have 5,500
speakers out, the various state com-
mittees will have 10 times as many
more on the stump. The salaries of
speakers engaged by the state com-
mittees may be less than those paid
by the national managers, but the
state committees have to pay the
rental of all the buildings in which
campaign meetings are held. This
Item adds tremendously to the total.
One of the most expensive items In
the campaign next to the speakers is
Siat of printing and stationery. For
this each national committee spends
at least foOO.OOO. The number and
size of documents sent out have in-
creased with each campaign, until this
year it is expected that the McKlnley
and the Bryan managers each will
send out no less than 100.000,000 docu-
ments. Before the Garfield-Hancock
campaign was half over the Republic-
ans and Democrats had sent out more
than 12,000,000 documents, and this
style of campaigning has become more
popular with each presidential con-
test. The bulk of this matter Is sent
by express to the chairmen of the
various state committees for distribu-
tion. A great deal of it goes free, be-
ing franked from Washington. Speech-
es delivered in congress by Republi-
cans and Democrats constitute a large
clubs they could not be more thorough
and systematic. The national chair-
man maps out the work and divides
great responsibilities among his Im-
mediate assistants. '1 hey In turn di-
vide their work so that a dozen or 20
or 100 men will look after the details.
These men In turn assign important
tasks to hundreds of party workers
under them. After the campaign is
well under way the minor workers re-
port to their superiors as a lieutenant
in the army reports to his captain.
The captain in turn reports to his ma-
jor, the major to his colonel, and the
colonel to Ills general, Senator Hanna
or Senator Jones, as the case may
be. When a situation arises down the
line that threatens trouble Senator
Hanna or Senator Jones hears of It
and devises some plan for diverting
the danger. He then directs bis sub-
ordinates to see that the plan is tried
and requires full explanations for
failure. While the national chairmen
are very busy devising plans for suc-
cess, they also find time to raise the
bulk of the campaign funds. They
delegate to others the task of select-
ing and sending out campaign litera-
ture, engaging and assigning speakers,
receiving callers and answering corre-
spondence and studying reports
conditions in the various states.
Speakers are told the subjects
show who of the voters are doubtful,
who are inclined to favor Bryan and
who lean toward McKlnley. The tak-
ing of this canvass costs a tremen-^ j
dous sum of money, but the part>J I
managers must have It In order <
gauge the outlook. They soon dlscov| /
er where their own lines are weakest^,
and where those of their adversaries V
are strongest. While steps are being X
taken to insure success at one point \
and to avert disaster at another, a sec- V
ond and final canvass is begun. This
usually is completed two weeks before
the election. By that time a large
proportion of the doubtful voters have
taken sides and can be Classified. The
result is a canvass which shows with
fair clearness the probable result of
the election. Once again the mana-
gers of the parties search for the im-
portant weak spots, deciding the
points at which to do the hardest
work In the closing days of the cam-
paign.
Some novel campaign methods will
be resorted to by the two parties this
year. The Republicans already have
adopted the plan of sending out a
large number of phonographs, which
will be UBed In small places. Elo-
quent party speakers, like representa-
tive Dolllver of Iowa and Representa-
tive Dalzell of Pennsylvania have been
making speeches into these machines.
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teeth to correspond with the numbers
on the dial, with a spindle actuated by
the knob at the side to rotate the
wheel one notch every time the knob
is depressed by the waiter. When the
hand reaches the highest number on
the dial it locks, and it is necessary
to reverse it with a key carried by the
waiter, which prevents the customer
from resetting the counter to show a
lower number of drinks than he has
actually had.
l.liliitil Air nt low rrenwurc.
By the new process invented by
Prof. Raoul Pictet of Geneva, air can
be liquefied in large quantities at a
pressure of only fifteen pounds to the
square inch. An initial supply of
liquid air, produced at a much higher
pressure, is required to put the appa-
ratus in action. Experimentally, the
process can be shown by means of a
Klass bulb containing air previously
liquefied, in which is immersed a
glass-worm, connected at one end with
j a rubber tube through which nir is
driven, and at the other end with a
[stop-cock. When air is forced through
! the worm it liquefies in consequence
of the Intense cold, and flows out in a
:-:treum when the stop-cock is opened.
With a 500-horse power plant to fur-
nish the initial supply of liquid air.
Prof. Pictet claims that he can pro-
duce 1.000,000 cubic feet of oxygen and
2,000,000 of nitrogen, besides one short
ton of solid carbon dioxide, in twenty-
four hours. The chief object of the
process is tlie production of oxygen
and nitrogen-at a cheap rate for indus-
trial uses.
Nlnr* Tli.it Outshine tlie Sail.
Prof. Simon Newcomb, writing of
stars which are so distant that they
have no measurable parallax, remarks
that one of these, the brilliant Cano-
pus, can be said, with confidence, to
be thousands of times brighter than
the sun. "Whether we should say
20,000. 10,000 or 5,000, no one can de-
ride." The first magnitude stars, Ri-
gel and Splca. also are at an Immeas-
urable djstance, and must, in view of
their actual brtgntness, enormously
outshine the sun.
Important DUcovery.
At Grafton. N. H„ a crystal of beryl
has been round which weighs 2,900
pounds, and another from the same
locality measuring 45 by 24 inches
weighed by calculation about two and
one-half tons. In I'tah crystals of
gypsum over four feet long have been
found. A crystal of spoduniene—lith-
ium, aluminium silicate—thirty feet
long has been discovered in South
Dakota.
only a few minutes to rig up tin u-
rier for work or separate it in >.rder
that the wheel may be used for . as-
ure riding.
KlyliiK F«im.
This name is given to large, f. ait-
eating bats which were studied by Am-
erican naturalists during the recent
voyage of the fish commission steamer
Albatross among the South Pacific is-
lands. On the island of Tongatabu
was found a colony of 8,000 bats, in-
habiting a clump of large trees in a
village. The native chief carefully
protects the bats, apparently for some
superstitious reason. On Namuka is-
land the bats were found in the for-
ests. They also exist in the Fiji and
Samoan groups.
Kteortug l y Kleetrlelty.
The principle of wireless telegraphy
has been applied to the steering of tor-
pedoes, and tests made in England re-
cently appear to show that the system
is practicable. Starting with the fact
that torpedoes can be steered by elec-
tro-mugnets acting upon their helms
and connected by wire with the shore,
Mr. Vai'-tas, the inventor of the new
system, undertook to get rid of tbp
/f/i
Scott.
much more. This is one item of $1,-
000.000. The Republican national com-
mittee this year will send out 2,500
speakers from the New York head-
quarters and 3,000 speakers from the
headquarters in Chicago. The Demo-
crats will send out an equal number.
These speakers cost ou an average
$110 a week, that 3iim including sala-
ries to the spellbinders and an extra
allowance of $S a day. Some of the
campaign speakers receive salaries as
high as $250 a week, while others are
content with $25 a week and their ex-
penses. The average cost of the
speakers to the committee is $110 a
week, and they are on the stump eight
Gibba Hanna. Bliss.
A CONFERENCE OF LEADERS AT REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS.
Vc lent lllo .Jotting*.
Electricity is to be used to convey
passengers to the top of the 1 • arling-
ton monument. Washington, D. C.
Madras is the only city in India
where electricity is used as the power
for street service. The tramways of
Bombay are run by horse power, and
the streets are lighted by gas. Elec-
tricity is used only In a limited way.
India would seem to afford an excel-
lent opportunity for trade in electrical
machinery and appliances. An Ameri
can company is trying to get the priv-
ilege of converting the Bombay tram-
ways into an electrically operated sys-
tem.
The electric fan bids fair to super-
sede the punkah coolie3 of India. The
regular price for four coolies to divide
up the twenty-four hours is six cents
each. With electrical fan3 the work
can be done for one-third of the cost
and considerable Inconvenience may
be avoided. A writer in the Electrical
World states that the day shifts of
I coolies do reliable work, but the night
j gang is not so satisfactory. Their duty
! is to pull the punkah over the bed,
getting rid of mosquitoes and vermin,
i but the coolies attempt to get as much
sleep as possible and it Is rather dlffl-
I cult to create activity among them.
| The electric fan. on the contrary,
! would give a reliable all night service.
Serbia's Queen.
:
This is Queen Draga, formerly plaiw
Mme. Draga Maschin, though not
plain of face. She is also a woman of
beautiful figure. Young King Ferdi-
nand married her a short time ago
igainst the wishes of his royal par-
ents. Now the wives of diplomats at
his court at Belgrade give her the cut
direct, and behind her back say un-
pretty things about her.
Our Commerce toith Spain.
Spain has learned that it is better
to trade with Uncle Sam than to fight
him. Although It Is less than two
years since we concluded a treaty of
part of the campaign matter, and Re-
publicans and Democrats alike take
advantage of this opportunity to get
to the voters speeches favorable to
their side of the contest. Each na-
tional committee sends out 5,000,000
buttons and 5,000,000 lithographs, all
f which are distributed through the
:'tate chairmen of the two parties.
Senator Hanna and Senator Jones,
the respective cnalrmen of the two
great political parties, are organizing
machinery for the campaign of 1900 as
complete and substantial as though
they expected never to do anything
else but elect presidents. If they were
organizing hundred-year presidentia
peace with the Spaniards they conn
to our shores to buy anil sell to an
extent almost uuequaled In our previ-
ous intercourse. Spain has sold to the
United States nearly $ti.u00.000 worth
of goods and has bought from lit prod- |
lifts valued ''t #13.400,000.
He*). "Droti/n j\jiain.
The Rev. I'. O Browu. recently paa-
tor of the Green Street Congregational
Church, whose church trial and trou-
bles in San Fran-
cisco with Miss
Davidson in an al-
leged attempt at
blackmail, attract-
ed so much atten-
tion a few years
ago, is in Toledo.
0., accompanied by
Mrs. Brown No. 2.
The present Mrs.
Brown was Mrs.
Mallory. the pos-
sessor of large real
estate interests in Chicago.
The former Mrs. Brown vas granted
a decree of divorce about two months
ago. According to the Rev. Mr. Brown,
the petltiton filed by his former wife
was first known as "Mary Brown vs.
Charles Brown," and the grievance in-
cluded in the petition was cruelty. But
he alleges that at the last moment,
just before the close of court. In some
manner the petition wa3 amended to
read Mary Brown vs. Charles O.
Brown," while the pleadings were al-
tered.
Rev. Brown.
which they may talk, and they are di-
rected as to how they shall handle
their subjects. If It is found that a
certain line of argument is received
with disfavor in a certain state the
speakers in that state are warned to
shift their arguments in accordance
with new instructions.
No feature of the campaign is
watched by the national chairmen
more closely than the preliminary and
final canvass of the voters. Both par-
ties will soon have under way a can-
vass of f>ver> voting precinct. This
will show In a general way how many
of the voters favor Bryan and how
many favor McKlnley. It will also
This change, lie asserts, was without
the knowledge of himself or his attor-
neys, and lie savs that it also slipped
through the hands of the court reporter
without his discovering the change
that had bpen made.
Grotvlh of the "Button Industry.
The shell or button industry on the
upper Mississippi river is growing to
enormous proportions. The crew of
the Gen. Barnard,a Mississippi freight-
er, have had occasion to observe this.
They report that on a recent down
trip between La Crosse, Wis., and
Clarkesville, Mo., they counted 1.C27
men and women in the main channel
of the river engaged in getting out
shells from the stream. About a year
ago they counted only 716. Of course
there are a great many in the sloughs
behind the islands, etc.. that were not
counted. They estimate that no less
than 5,000 people earn a living gather-
ing shells. Just below Dubuque 120
were counted in one patch. Button
factories have been established in ev-
ery town along the river and in Mus-
catine there are twenty-two. Five or
six steamboats of 100 tons capacity do
nothing else but tow shells.
Few men of his age were so agile
and athletic os secretary Hay. He is
past 60, but still indulges in all sorts
of exercises, including a fast waik ev-
ery afternoon. Every morning at 7
o'clock he undergoes massage treat-
ment at the hands of a skilled Swed-
I ish operator.
Manlev.
The Democrats, on the other hand,
will make free use of stereopticons.
James K. McGnire, chairman of the
Democratic state committee of New
York, already lias arranged to give
Democratic stereoptlcon exhibitions
all over the state. He will send out
these shows on a schedule in every
respect similar to that made by a the-
atrical manager who puts a show "on
the road." The Republicans al?o will
use flags and maps in novel ways.
They will send out thousands of maps
of the world, showing the American
flHg floating over Hawaii, Philippines
and Porto Rico.
Commander of the German I>and
Forces in China.
William Wood Galllmore, who died
the other day in Trenton, N. J.. was
one of the best known modelers and
designers of pottery in the United
States. He was born in England,
where his father and grandfather werei
potters before him, the family beinj;
famous in the work in England in con-
nection with the Worcester works, of
which the Gallimores were the first
owners. Behind him he has left two
daughters, who already have note-
worthy skill in the work.
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