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AN IDEAL CONSTANT REMINDER No Other Device Answers Its Purpose. Used by thousands of wide-awake business men all over the U. S. A practical system for memoranda. Takes care of all appointments and duties automatically. Invaluable to all who would be prompt, systematic or successful. Order now and get the rest of this year free. Outfits include rest of 1904 and all of 1905. SMALL Real Seal Leather Case, Quar. Oak Tray $3.00 $4.00 Russia Leather Case, Plain Oak Tray 2.50 3.25 Cow Seal Leather Case. Ash Tray 2.00 2.75 Sunday cards, 35c, 50c. Dated cards, per year 1.00 1.25

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ized in 1902, for the purpose of developing water power for use in Seattle and Tacoma. It was planned to develop the power on the Puyallup river, beginning with 20,000 horse-power and increasing this finally to 40,000. The water is car

ried by means of a flume ten miles to a

reservoir, thence discharging by means of steel pipes against wheels in the power house under a head of 872 feet. A current will be transmitted at a pressure of 55,000 volts, a maximum distance of 48 miles.

Considerable space is devoted to the International Electrical Congress; and reviews are given of different papers and discussions, such as that of Philip Dawson on "Electric Traction on British Railways," the addresses of B. J. Arnold, C. P. Steinmetz, etc.

An interesting description of Power Station Equipment for the World's Fair is given. It is noted that the total capacity of this station is 14,000 horsepower, the same as that of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893; but in the earlier case the generators were of 750 to 1,000 horse-power capacity, while at St. Louis the four 3,500-horse-power units are considered as of only moderate size.

The discussions on Telegraphy and Telephony at the International Congress are reviewed in an interesting manner.

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Cassier's Magazine (October)-New York

IN AN ARTICLE entitled "The Auxiliaries of a War Fleet," by Archibald S. Hurd, it is shown that, besides the mere possession of ships, men, and guns, it is necessary to have an extensive organization between the headquarters of the fleet and the local depots; also auxiliary vessels to send to the men-of-war in case they are far from their base of supplies. Great Britain leads in the number of coaling and supply stations.

Considerable space is devoted to the article, "Fuel Gas for Gas Engines," by J. R. Bibbins, consisting of notes upon the generation of gas and its uses. Among the requisites for an ideal power gas are cheapness of generation, simplic

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The Whole Story

HE famous illustrator and cartoonist JOHN T. MCCUTCHEON preaches a whole sermon in these companion pictures which we reproduce from the CHICAGO TRIBUNE of August 21st.

It is the story of nine out of ten successful men.

Any young man or boy can make his income two times, three times and ten times what it would otherwise be, and have shorter hours-if he will devote a few hours

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"Here am I, slaving along at $15 a week, and there is Baxter, working only half as hard as I do, and getting ten times the salary I get. I wish I had a snap like his."

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AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CORRESPONDENCE At Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, U. S. A.

GOOD ENGLISH

PAYS

Do you know that Marshall Field & Co. pay their em-
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System is essential to business success. And so is SYSTEM, the magazine. It tells every month all the new business tricks that save time- all the little office wrinkles that save worry. Through SYSTEM you can learn all that any one can possibly tell you about system and business methods. Ninetysix or more pages monthly cramful of business ideas for YOU. The regular reading of SYSTEM will solve your business perplexities - but if it does not, SYSTEM has a staff of experts-practical business men who will answer your questions free. Subscriptions $2.00 per year.

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ity of operation, and continuity of generation.

"Building a Battleship in Twelve Months," by Joseph R. Oldham, N. A., consists of a criticism of American methods in respect to both length of time and amount of money required in construction of battleships.

The subject of wireless telegraphy is a popular one, and the description of the Wireless Telegraph Apparatus at the St. Louis Fair, by Clovd Marshall, is interesting. It is stated that the wireless telegraph stations are the highest structures on the grounds, and form excellent observation points for the entire Exposition. The power supply for sending messages is 60-cycle alternating current from the Machinery Building, from which 100volt current is used for the wireless telegraph transmitter. This is raised to 20,000 volts. The speed of transmission compares favorably with that obtained on the ordinary metallic circuit.

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Other articles are:

New Grinding Machinery, by Charles S. Gingrich, M. E.

Water Supply of Modern City Buildings, by William Paul Gerhard.

Condensing Plant, by W. H. Booth.

CATALOGUES

The Globe-Wernicke Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Filing Cabinets. Pages 92. Paper, 6 by 9 inches.

CATALOGUE with illustrations, descriptions, and price lists of all kinds of filing cabinets. These cabinets are especially useful as well as ornamental. They are made of quarter-sawed figured oak and genuine mahogany with three grades of finish. Some of the uses these cabinets may be put to, are for letters, checks, bills, card catalogues, etc.

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Sluice Coffin Valve Company, Boston, Mass. Valves. Bulletin No. 6. Pages 82. Paper, 6 by 9 inches.

CATALOGUE illustrating and describing valves and devices, their general construction and practical application, with tables giving the principal dimensions

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Each issue of THE RED BOOK contains eighteen Studies in cabinet size similar to the one we are now advertising.

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