. Review of reviews and world's work. In 1892, when twenty-five years of age,he graduated from the Columbian Law School,third in a class of over one hundred, and wasadmitted to the bar in 1894, receiving six yearslater the degree of from the ColumbianUniversity. The thoroughness of his legal workdid not, however, in any degree lessen his en-thusiasm and application as to invention and thestudy of musical production ; and he was fortunate in enjoying in all his work the constantand generous encouragement of his father andbrothers. Although finding time to perfect anelectric typewriter, h
. Review of reviews and world's work. In 1892, when twenty-five years of age,he graduated from the Columbian Law School,third in a class of over one hundred, and wasadmitted to the bar in 1894, receiving six yearslater the degree of from the ColumbianUniversity. The thoroughness of his legal workdid not, however, in any degree lessen his en-thusiasm and application as to invention and thestudy of musical production ; and he was fortunate in enjoying in all his work the constantand generous encouragement of his father andbrothers. Although finding time to perfect anelectric typewriter, he directed his chief attention to the musical apparatus, and in 1902 had itin a sufficiently advanced state to give a demon-stration before Lord Kelvin wlien that distin-guished pliysicist was last in this country. In1903, Dr. Cahill removed his Washington lab-oratory to Holyoke, Mass., where he had al-ready established another plant, and thus NewEngland, so intimately associated with thecreation of the telephone, has witnessed the. THE TONE MIXER. (Through which the musical electrical waves pass on theirway to the receiving station.) development and perfection of a distinct newart that may well be spoken of as the tele-phones firstborn. A CHINAxMAN ON THE CHINESE SITUATION BY T. Y. CHANG. DURING the past few weeks much alarmingintelligence regarding the supposed com-ing trouble in China has been published by thenewspapers of this country, especially by tliosein San Francisco. Tliese news reports werelargely based upon rumors, or misstatements, orimaginary suppositions. The chief facts uponwhich the alarmmg reports were based are : (1)The large order for arms from Germany by tliePeking government, (2) the riots at Shanghai,and (3) the boycott against American goods. It seems quite proper to say that the ChineseGovernment has ordered some modern arms fromGermany, but it is financially impossible for thepresent China to order one million of arms, asreported in some newspaper. Any
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