1 ° THE OMATTA DAII/Y KIBE : tflUDAY , NOVEMBlfiK 2 . 1807
$ CREEDS AND CROCUSES.
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THi ; STOKY OF A KKCTOIt AND A GARDEN ,
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v. Wotherby Smites was rector of St
JJamci and occupied a rose-embowered cut-
4ago not far from the church. The cottage ,
with Its attendant surd on , was a dainty ,
pretty spot , which looked ae though wo-
"run's bind had planned and cared for It.
Iliit no woman had anything to do with
4he rectory , llev. Smiles' only servant was
a doddering old man ; the rector prepared
Jila own meals except when ho was Invited
to tea by some old lady who pitied bla
lonely , lndlge tlon-brcedlng existence.
Not that Ilcv. Wclhorby Smltca was a
woman hater , but Mr. Smiles was very high
church indeed. Unfortunately , St. James and
the ixirlsh and the people were ex
tremely low. The good people liked
Ilcv. Smiles ar.d tried to follow his
( suggestions upon high church usages.
Hut there are people , you know , whom
you couldn't make high church with a Jack-
ecrow. The communicants of St. James
were montly farmers and small trades
men.
men.Tho rector felt that the clergy , to bo able
to give their whole time and thought to
their work , should live lives of celibacy.
He bad felt at times a Ptiong drawing to
ward some ecclesiastical order In which
such vows would lo necessary. Then he
could wear some outward sign of his vows
cn.l the young women of his pariah would
not fall In love with him. The rector woa
young nnd good-looking ; he had been In his
] > rcsoat pat-tnrate six months , and ho had
elr-.dy had an experience.
Tin' young ii-ctor lived with his ( books , oc-
CBS.anally taking u little ucreation In the
Kir en. The rcacs dlsapptari'd. the leaves
fell and left the clinging vims bare and the
enow covered the prim little beds In the
rectory garden. Thun a year of his pastor
ate closed iiud the spring drew near.
Tim llev. Wcthcrby Smiles , from his study
windowcould look across his garden plot
nnd see the brown earth warming In the
Bprliig sunshine and the trera and bushes
slowly bursting Into leaf. Nature IB always
moat attractive In the spring , and nature
In a thousand ways , with hud. and leaf , and
warming earth , and wh'tllecked ' sky , and
sweet air voued him from his books.
He looked ncrraa his garden , I say. And
ncross the garden , bejond the low hedge ,
Vas another garden which , In summer , was
full of color. He had noticed the brilliant- !
liuel hrds the year before ; but now the 1
only bit of color was a palo blue morning j
robe that flitted about the enclosure.
To tell the truth the- rector had seldom
noticed that morning gown , or the little
woman Inside of It before , ilut It pleased
Ills fancy now to look ncross the hedge ami
watch his neighbor. Ho recalled that his
old major dome had told him the cottage
next the parsonage was occupied by a wid
owed lady a Icnely creature who had taken
up her abode then' shortly before Hov.
Smiles 'vas settled nt St. James Ho remem
bered the little figure In black In one of the
ship PI > WH , holnted out to him by the clerk
as "Mrs. t-corrltch , " and probably had not
Klven her a thought or a glance afterward.
Howovw. ho saw so much of the palo blue
Kowr. that flrst warm week In fn-imr that
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Interest In creeds , however , was not en.
tlrcly uatlafylng. On Sunday , after ve.i-
pern , lio-overtook on hla way home a llttlo
figure In a fawn-colored gown ,
"You must see my crocuses , Mr. Smiles , "
she cald , "Tho buds will bo open before
Sunday. "
The rector glanced gloomily at the darken
ing sky and thought that probably there
would bo a frost that night. Uut he could
not long think of frost and other unpleasant
possibilities under Iho skillful manipulation
of his cjurnjIiiK Iltllo.rjelgbbor. . The era-
cusco wcro flourishing finely ; the weeds took
a tack scat Indeed , A very unobtrusive scat
In the rector's memory. *
Ills Interest In/the crocus continued thit
evening to so , late an hour that his old
servitor really thought ho was not coming
to supper and cleared o.way the repast.
"Never mind , " said the rector , kindly.
"I am not hungry , " and when the old man
had doddered off to bid bo eat down before
the opt i Wthdow of his chamber and stared
out Into the still night.
Ho sat there for an hour. A light burned
behind , the curtain of one of tile neighbor's
window R. ( That -was her light , ho knew.
Klnaliyif-dlsappearcd , bul bo sat on , his
arms folded _ _ upon the sill , his eyes glaring
fixedly Inlo Iho darkness. Creed was nwk-
'tiga strong llghj for life.
It grow rapidly colder , and suddenly Rev.
Wetherby Smilesawoke to the discomforts
of the outer man. IIo shivered and drew
away from the 'Window. There was no
breeze , and no clouds , bul an Increasing chill
made htm close the casement.
Then ho slipped , on a smoking jacket and
went to the door. There was a light haze
upon the river and a shimmer of trait ID
the air.
"A bad night for Iho farmers and fruit
growers , " ho thoughl. Then his mind re-
verled to thoflc crocuses. "They will be
blaok by morning , ' ' ho ssld. "Too bad ! and
the Iltllo woman thinks BO much of them. "
Ho hesitated a moment iml then went In
again , reappearing shortly with an old mack
intosh , '
"Just < { io thing to epread over the bed to
dfifcnd them from the frost , " ho muttered ,
and with leng- strides crossed the rectory
garden and leaped the hedge.
Feeling a good deal llko a night prowler
who hud no business in the place , he crept
through his little neighbor's garden and approached
preached the crocus bed near the porch.
He started at the slightest sound and glanced
about fearfully. Supposing anybody ) should
see him ono of his parishioners even his
major domeHo forgot the night was dark ;
"SUPPOSE SOMEBODY .SHOULD oK'StME ' NOW ! "
Jio looked for the little widow In her pew the
next Sabbath. She had laid aside her weeds ,
end was drcssoi In some soil clinging , fawn-
colored material , that made her look like a
vry demure little moth. And she had the
swcotcst face In the world at least the
sweetest face In llev. Wetherby Smiles'
world.
On 'Monday ' morning the clerical .black . ap
peared In the rectory garden alnicet as BJOII
us the pietty morning lobe appeared over
the hedge. The demure llttlo face dimpled
end smiled under Its garden , hat at the rec
tor's approach , and the widow nodded
.brightly.
"Yen urve early at your gardening this
spring , Mrs. Scorrltch , " he said.
"Ye./ ; but It Is so worm , " she replied In
Oefcnse. "I am expecting my crocuses to ap
pear any day now. "
"I am afraid we shall see some frost , yet ,
Mrs. Scorrltch , " aald the rwtor.
"Now , don't talk that way , I beg ! " cried
the little woman , clasping her hands , en- !
clo'.XJd In long-wristed and particularly wcll- '
flttlng gauntlets. "Just suppose my cro-
ciiBfo should como up and bo froat-blttcn ! O ,
the thought Is too awful. "
"I sincerely hope you will not be disap
pointed ; but this climate Is uncertain. "
Alter that the young'rector often found It
qulto accessary lor his health to work In his
garden while the blue gown ( flitting llko a
ibuttorlly from rose tree to vine , and from
vine to hedgerow ) was In evidence In the
jiolshr-orltiR yard. Ileally , after poring over
musty theological tomes all winter a man
must get some freshness In his soul and new
blood ID his heart , ,
The gardening went on apace and the ,
treacherous warm weather continued. Many
Worn the conferences hold across the hcdga I
rcga ding the proper pruning of rcsc trees , I
the pi' lUIng of hardy seeds , and the prepara
tion of the beds of earth. The rector had
never suspected there was so much detail
to tlio business of gardening , I
Ono morning , Just after u warm night rain , 1
Hov , Siiillra was called to the hcdgo by a
* ITttTo cry from his neighbor.
"They arc coming ! " she cried , In delight.
"See ! here Is the dearest llttlo blade of green
jiuahlng up through the mold ami thuro Is
( mother and another ! Just look at them ! "
The rector found It necessary to leap the
hedge ( ho had been something of an athlete
nt the university and certainly thin spring
weather was sending the blood coursing
through his veins quite llko old times ) and
look at Iho croeiiH bed near to ,
"They are such lovely ones ! " she said ,
earnestly , "I don't helluva you noticed them
at all last spring , " ( ho pronounced maledic
tion ] upon hlmtelf for having been so blind
KB to in lea o much beauty the previous sea-
eon ) , "but they will be even better this jear
If wo don't have that horrid frost you have
been prophesying , "
She looked up at him roguishly and It sud
denly crossed the young rector's mind that
scvcrjl yellowish-green points of crocus
blade , breaking the damp soil , made a far
prct'Ier picture than the finest rcso bush In
full bloom which ho had ever seen. It was
a ptrange fact , and ono ho had never discov
ered before.
Uut when he had returned to his own lonely
domain and entered his study , ho stopped and
thought perlously for a minute. Then ho cast
Ills rut-crowned , mlnUtcrlil hat upon the
floor with great emphasis and exclaimed :
"It's my creed , I tell you , that a man In
orders should not marry ! "
Now , there was no ono visible to argue
the qurotlon and > ct there seemed to bo
8rgumenf In lib own rulad for Itev. Weth
erby Smiles smote hto palm with his clenched
' fist angrily , and kicked Iho flat-crowned hat
'to the other end of the room.
Ko.- two doyi the rector ol St. Jamca'
rlsldly atUleil his Interest la crocuses ; his
anybody pissing along the road could sec
him the rector of St. James' prowling
about beneath a woman's window !
Suddenly , Just as ho spread the covering
over the crocus bed and was turning hastily
to flee , lie heard a sourU on the porth. He
started , and his eyes became fixed upon the
vision before him. ( A figure , all In white
and mollonless , stooj upon the lower step.
Hcv. Wetherby Smiles was startled , but he
was not superstitious. For some seconds ,
however , ho stared al the apparition before
ho recognized It. Then he stepped quickly
forward and began to make excuses In a
low voice.
"Mrs. Scorrltch Lydla I beg your pardon ,
but I thought "
Ho got no farther In ills faltering remarks.
With a shuddering llttlo cry the Ilgure tot
tered and would have fallen to the ground
had lu > not ( timing forward , und caugbt her
In his arms.
"Gcod Lord ! " muttered Hov. Smiles , the
pcrsplitttlon starting on his brow. "What
a eltuatlon ! Suppose anybody should see
mo now' . To think of me a clergyman In
a woman's garden at night , holding that
woman In my arms. "
Ho was luiupted to lay her down upon the
porch and rim nut lie looked down Into
the llttlo white face , revealed by tiio faint
starlls.it , The pale lids were drawn over
ihu great ojea which ho thought no glorious.
Tlio pouting lips had not entire ! } lost their
redness , but Iho cheeks wcro without color.
The loose-fitting wrapper which aho Jiad
clipped on over her night robe before coining
down ( evidently , like himself , wits the cro-
cuces In inlnj , for a iihect had slipped from
her hand as the fell ) , bul fallen away at
tho' neck , repealing tbo marblo-llko beauty
of her throat. . I
Ho looked upon her , nn.l tjion did not lay
her down and flee. Instead , he stooped
lower and lifted her 'more closely against
his breast' anil * carried his burden Into the
house. Tncru was a couch In' the reception
room. Ho laid her down and lighted the
f..e. She opened her eyes languidly and saw
him. '
"I have frightened you , Lydla , " ho said ,
stooping above iicr. "Ileally , I had no In
tention , you hribw. I only remembered the
crocuses "
"I I thought you wcro a burglar , " she ad
mitted. "And when I heard your voice "
"Did you recognize It ? " ho asked.
"You you had never spoken to me In jutt
that way before , and "
Ho 'Kent lower and took her hand. "I
was only thinking of the. metises , Lydla , "
ho said , which wus very Irue. Ho bad qulto
forgotten the "creed , "
wiiniti : uivoitoi ; is UMCMMV.V.
IH Hi'Kiirilcd nidi Horror hy I In1'co -
plc of Mlilillc (14-ornln.
In a government pamphlet on "Early Edu
cational Life In Middle Georgia , " Richard
Malcolm Johnston gives this picture of court
ship and marriage among that people :
"Among a people whoso educational oppor
tunities and -tbo periods of using them were
within such narrow limitations , early mar
riages must prevail. Two or thrvo years'
schooling , strung alcng as It usually was In
several Installments through live and six ,
wan. In general , the limit. After this boja
of 17 and 18 , and girls of 14 and 15 , went to
steady wo'k on their several lines. Ily the
tlmo the former reached legal majority they
\\eroinerrlej erne wee generally deeded , they
ought to bo before very long , Ily this time ,
often two or three years before , that matter ,
provided parents auscated , bad been settled.
Indeed , silent understandings to mate were
often had during school time between lads of
15 and lasses a little youneer. Every boy
and girl within a narrow circle knew every
girl aud boy thereto , and none bcaldca , aud so
belr mating , llko birds In the wood , began
rlth attainment of puberty nnd all. of what-
vcr property condition , must have public
_ olcmnlzatlon. None other than runaway
matches took place at other hour than candle
light. Cards of Invitation were never or
rarely over Issued. When the date was
agreed upon ( almost always a Tuesday or ft
Thursday ) , It became known to everybody In
.ho neighborhood In a day or two and the
irldo's father or mother , on occasions of
meeting such of their acquaintances as they
vlshcd to attend , gave verbal Invitations
hat often Included the whole family. From
he date of the engagement to this the In-
erval wao brief. The universal sentiment of
ho community favo-cd this. 'If you arc
; olng to marry , marry , ' were the words of
rlends and relations , even parents , with ad-
'
'Itlons such oo these : 'Don't bo dangling
.long until people get tired of talking about
ou , and you get tired of talking about your-
elves and each other. ' The bridegroom was
Iways for an early day. To the brldo It
ftcn seemed more delicate to have to bo
lorsuaded. With all of the romance , all , old
nd young , recognized the seriousness of the
uslncos part , for the couple no matter In
vhat condition born and reared , were cx-
cctcd after thirty-six hours , to go to work
Iko other people.
"IJcforc sunset guests commenced to as-
emblc. .Ladles after alighting went Into
ho house , and Gomo busied themselves with
assisting the brldo to robe and the mother
"n preparing the supper table. The men ,
ftcr tying their horses to horseshoes , swlng-
ng limbs of trees and fence corners , asscm-
led In the front yard and discussed nclgh-
orhood topics and the prospects of the
xniplc. Lighting of candles was the signal
'ut the g cat c\cntful moment va ? approach.
UK. Outsiders hurried In without delay ,
ach .with aim to get as nigh the couple as
lossiblc , with special Intent to see how the
irlda was standing the 'racket. ' Of course
hey were sure the bridegroom was all right ,
and , as they often expressed It , 'bold as a
ihccp. ' The flrst to enter were two llttlo
girls bearing candles In candlesticks bur-
ilshcd to all possible brightness. These wcro
'or the preacher to read clearly the license
authorizing his part of the business. As
'hey approached they ecparatcd , turned and
ho arose and stood between them. The cere-
: nony was brief In the midst of solemnity as
rotomid as that at a funeral. At tlio close
ho preacher bestowed a few words of coun
sel , generally , If ho were not wholly without
liumor , ending about thus : 'There ara two
lines when a married woman ought to stay
at home ono Is when her husband Is away
from home. ' Waiting a moment or so for
licr to take this all In , ho added : 'The other
Is when her husband IB at home. ' Then rose
aughter from all mouths , for the Jeu d'esprlt ,
although old as the oldest , was over newer
or the many things It was meant to let go.
All , oldest and youngest , highest and hum
blest , nhook hands and spoke hearty con
gratulations. When these , over and over
again repeated , wcro passed then the supper.
Yoiu houses miles and miles around had
been borrowed knives and forks , glasses and
crockery , chairs and syllabub stands. It
'ables could groan , as some poet Imagined ,
the grief of those beneath old-time wedding
suppeis must have been wholly disconsolate
what time they were made to stand and en
dure. The strongest ( Indeed , If It could be
called strong ) drink was syllabub , a froth
: nado of sweet wine and whipped white of
eggs. With those experienced In grog and
wee-toned dram , It required tumblers on
umblcrs to help down the quantities on
quantities of good eatables. At furthest , by
10 o'clock guests were departed nnd In a
'ow minutes longer the family , with Its new
addition , retired.
"Yet In all this gay assemblage of country |
'oik usually , at least qulto often thcro was
ono whoso feeling It was touching to note ;
ono who not alwa.ys . , Indeed who rather sel-
ilom , appeared clsewhe-o than In the dining
room , and not always there unless there
ivero not another on whom with entire trust
she could devolve superlntpiidcncc. To her
the loud , merry chattlnts and laughter im
parted sadness whoso relief wss silent prayer
and tea's. Consent to the match , however
unreserved , hopes for the bride , however
abounding , her prospects , however bright In
the seeming , the addition of the bridegroom
however welcome , were not enough for the
mother In the beginning of that period of
cha.ngo and separation , It was Inevitable
yet upon Ihe goer and her new guide It , waa
a benediction.
"Next rtiy cnmo the Infaiv , dining . ( If no
t corvcnl'i t t'lstarces apsrt ) of both "ami I
together at the house of the bridegroom's
parents. It was pleasant to note the Ideno
of 'he complete coalescence of the riro young
persons united In one according to the laws
of the Creator and the state. That the union
was to continue throughout their joint life
none ever had a doubt , for this was regarded
as ono life , ever Insepa-able except by the
hand of Him who had ratified and consecrated
crated It. There Is yet hero and thcro living
n man or woman who remembeis the first
libel ( as the suit was named In the laws )
fodlviyco In the state , and the sentiment
of awe and repugnance with which Its publi
cation was mot hy nil classes. It was brought
In another portion of the state , and even to
this date has had few successors in middle
Georgia.
"After the Infaro the newly married couple
were expected to repair to the homo provided
for them. Henceforth the wife wore upon
her head a white cap , both abroad and at
homo. Almost without variation her domes
tic work WES inaugurated by cutting and
making , without assistance from any other ,
a shirt for her husband. "
A 1IIMIOXA1IIK'S K/IMCAK. /
The Founder of Monti * Carlo (
Olios anil Onur Only.
Monsieur Diane , the founder of the Caslnc
at Monte Carlo , which really means Mont
Carlo Itself , was very eccenlrlc. If ho had
ever been young there Is no record of Ihi
facl , for ho Is always described as a llltli
old gentleman , clad In a long coat , and wulk
Ing with the aid of a yellow cane , wlthou
which bo w2 never seen during bis waking
houra.
Though enormously wealthy , says Uio Lon
don Mall , ho was excessively thrifty In
trilling matters , and1 would haggle llko an
old clothes ) man to eave a franc on urtlcles
for his personal use , thougn ho though
nothing of expending hundreds of thousand :
of franca in beautifying the Casino and tin
miniature city.
Ho was never known to play at the tables ,
excepting on ono occasion , and then it was a
somewfcat cos'ly ' experience.
W.hllo on u visit to the Wiesbaden casln
with .Mine. Illanc , he was In Ihe habit of nc
companylnR her on iv morning Htroll eacl :
day. During ona of these walks madam
complained of tno heat of the sun , ar.J re
quested her husband to buy a piraeol. Ac
cordlngly the two entered the fhcp , when
madame eclocted u very pretty article wortl
eighty francs aboul 3 4 shillings which M
Diane , with a scowl and u muttered grumble
paid.When
When the casino opened at noon great wa
the astonishment of ( ho croupiers and th
visitors to rue M , Ulanc place two louln on
the red at ono of tbo irente et quaranto tables.
Tim attendants hastened to got him a ch > 1r ,
but -tills ho declined , saying ho wag cnly
going to remain a few minutes , When tin
cards were dealt ho wen , and , taking up 111
winnings , left the original stake on the table.
For a second time he won , and had now go
back Iho price of the umbrella , Hut no
content , ho ventured another two louls , which
this tlmo ha lost , Somewhat annyod a
thl ! ! , the founder of the place doubled Uu
stake and won , thus getting back the ccst o :
the umbrella again.
Determined , however , to rc&'In his tw
louls , ho staked them a pa In , only to so
them raked In by the bank. TCius he kep
on winning and Iwlng , but never able to re- j !
cover the two louls , till at last ho found |
himself 25 louls out , all the gold his pocketbook -
book contained. A thousand franc note hu
had WOE quickly , changed end swallowed up.
Then , becoming exasperated , ho oishcd his
check for a large sum , and , sitting down ,
commenced the battltHn tamest. Hour after
hour passed , but M. Diane , hU eyes fixed on
the treacherous pabtcboard , never budged
ftom his po.it. Ho kept on planking down
heavy stakes until Iho last deal was dcclaicd ,
when , oilmly rising , he seized Iila yellow
cano and made his way through the gaping
onlookers Into Iho open air.
On reaching homo ho found Mme , Diane
playing "patience" with a pack of cards , the
offending pareeol being on the table ,
"Madame , " w1d the old gentleman , "do
jou know wlint ICiat thing his cost mo ? "
Mais , oul , won ami. "U coal you SO
francs , '
"Madame , " rejoined he. "you arc "mis "
taken. I have just paid1 the bill 91,000
francs. "
Madamo'fi sunshade tad sj oo less tban
13,610.
THE FIELD ( OF ELECTRICITY
A cotter Great Water Power Dons an
Electric Harness.
MONTREAL EMULATES BUFFALO'S ' EXAMPLE
oril I'nxxllillKlvM ot Trolley Mnox
Ohcnp Triin tiurtiitl < in lit n Prult
nicctrlcnl
The Lachlne rapids on the St. Lawrence
'Ivcr are now being electrically harnessed
'or ' the benefit of tbo city of Montreal. The
k of construction began October 2 , 1803.
During tbo last two years the company
loured out money by hundreds of
housands of dollars In the acqulr-
ng of a site , In the purchase of
material and In the payment of labor. Today
'Is great power house and the hum o ! Its
masslvo machinery show that success has
irowncd Its labors. It now stands ready to
nipply power for hundreds of factories and
light for many thousands of homes. In the
construction of this vest works upward of
$1,000,000 has boon spent , and the company
ins still standing to its credit In the bank
about J20U.OOO. All of this' large capital Is
lanadlan money subscribed by citizens of
Montreal nnd Ottawa. Inside the power
liouso ono realizes the magnitude of the place.
Down tbo long central passageway one can
'ook to the very end. On each sldo of the
wheel sheds hro lines of massive shafting
ivlth equally massive wheels connecting with
ho perpendicular shaitn that at regular dls-
ances come up from the turbine wheels be-
ow. This shafting runs Into the dynamo
louses and drives the gigantic gcncrato's.
The Interior of each dynamo house Is square
and each contains four generators , there be
ing twelve In all. These nro known as phase
alternating current generators , each capable
of generating an electric current of 4,100
volts , nlncty-ulno amperes , with a speed of
175 revolutions per minute.
TROLLEY KHRIQHT ROAD.
The fruit region of Niagara county , New
York Is now penetrated by a trolley road
connecting with the New York Central rail
road , and It has been In successful operation
slnco August. A pccullailty of the road Is
that It runs through the farms forty rods
back from the highway , and so affords ample
room for freight shipments without Inter
fering with ordinary travel. In ouo day as
many as nineteen loaded cars of freight we e
shipped over this electric feeder , and during
August and September the average was nine
cars a day. The motor car draws seven
loaded freight cars with ease , and the sav
ing to fruit growers and farmers lu money
and tlmo Is considerable.
HUGE POWER PLANT.
At the present time , says the New York
Tribune , the Kent avenue power station1 of
the Brooklyn Heights railway ajetcm prob
ably contains the largest plant of Its kind
In this country. This may not continue to
be true after the temporary stations of 'the
Metropolitan Traction company In Man
hattan borough are fully equipped. Hut
for several years it hso eclipsed every other
power ' station In Chicago , Dcston end the
lesser New York.
It now contains four cross compound Al-
lls engines , each developing 2,500-horse
power , and two more are soon to be added
to that cumber. ( The maximum outfit at
present Is 10.000-horso power , but within a
year this will be lucreaocd by 50 per cent.
A "direct connection" exists between the
engines and the dynamos which they drive.
That Is to say , the revolving part of each
electric generator Is mounted on the same
shaft as the flywheel of the engine. This
Is a much more economical method of trans ,
milling power from one machine to another
than. Is the employment of belts or gear-
Ing.
Heavy cables- carried on poles and
emerging .from one corner of the power
houao , radiate In several directions and feed
about a dozen different car llaes. During
the "rush hours , " when all four engines
are In service , over 500 trc'lley ' cars arc
operated from this one power hotiw. This
represents about two-lhlrds of the Brook
lyn Heights system. The company has
another smaller station In South Brooklyn
to run Its remaining lines. The Nassau
company also has ono In the same dis
trict , which develops 4,000 or 5,000-horse
power.
power.TESLA
TESLA ON SPEED POSSIBILITIES.
The possibilities of high-speed electric
railroading are thus suggested by Mr. Tesl :
In an Interview with a New York Journa
reporter : "Tne projectors of the road to
be operated by means of the alternating
current evidently realize what a vast un
dertaking they are entering Into , as ! s In
dicated by tholr capitalization. First of all ,
It Is not only practicable , but ea&y of per
fection. The question of great ppeed will
ba greatly controlled by the quality of the
track and the running gear on the ears.
Properly constructed tracks , on level coun
try , will permit a late of speed as high as
150 miles an hour , and perhaps 200 , as Is
stated by the president of the company , bul
It Is certain that 100 miles an hour car
be made with safety. So far as any per
oonal discomfort Is concerned , It Is m ;
Impression that without curves and hcav ;
grades such as are found on surface roads ,
the flight of a train traveling 100 miles an
hour would not be any more uaplcasan
than ono traveling sixty. An air line roiu
built olght feet above the ground , with nc
obstructions , and perfected running gc.ir ani
heavy tracks , would cover the distance be
twefin hero and Chicago easily In nln
hourc. ' , and mall and light freight could even
travel at the 160-mile rate. The venture I
a big ono large enough. I should say , fo
the government to handle. It will revolu
lionize railroad travel and work grca
changes In commerce between cities wide
apart , "
In a paper on the enormous possibilities o
rapid electric travel. In the October Engi
neerliiR Magazine , Messrs. C. II. Davis am
P. Stuart Williamson dlocuss the engineering
problems Involved in the proposition to brln
Philadelphia within thl.ty-slx minutes o
New York harbor by means of an elcctrii
railroad. The article ends with this uta'e-
mcnt : "Our conclusion Is that It Is an engl
ncorlng probability that such a road couh
ba built and operated , without departing B
radically from present practlco as to make
the chance of success less than that o
failure. In the specific case discussed i
careful study and the nocofsary survey ;
would lead to many changes and modifications
that would tend to reduce not only the max )
mum power or speed required , but also th
cost of construction. This project 18 n
holder In conception than wuu the Suez canal ,
the Drookl > n bridge , or the Manchester ship
canal , so fur as the engineering posalbllltlei
a'o concerned. "
STUDY Of PRACTICAL RAILROADING
Ono. of the most valuable portions of tin
training of students In many colleges Is tha
undertaken during the summer vacation
when a oirefully prepared visiting plan , em
bracing factories , lallroads , electric 1 gut am
power stations of representative character , Li
followed , and the students , accompanied by
some of their tutors , are shown the detallu
of the various processes and operations It
tbo plants visited and iiuko copious notes
on them. On the ro'.urn of the students tr
college these uotra ire expanded and dla
cussed , and the 'Itcsons ' thu learned are
of Inestimable uvivlco In forming a basis of
practical engineering knowledge. Ily way o
extending this Idea to railway work and glv
Ing students an opportunity of fitting them
selves quickly for positions , It Is prop sei ;
that short Hteam and electric linen In tht
neighborhood of colleges uhall make sucli
arrangements with the col lego authorities ni
to enable a certain number of students to be
come educated In practical railroad work
The engineering profebsor of an eastern co | .
lego Is understood to have made a definite
overture on these linen to the olllclata of a
promlnen * railroad. Ho desires to lea so a
short tUretch on ono of the b-anch lines , fo
the purpose of training his young men In tin
duties that many of them are likely to inaki
a living nut of. In his letter ho explain
that In his opinion there Is a wide Held foi
bright end energetic boys who could bo thor
oughly well grounded lu working railroading
provided they could be educated on a regulai
line of road. Hu bellows that with veteran
railroad men as teachers Uie boys can profit
ably spend two or three years as motormen
flreincu , engineers , switchmen , elation agents ,
.tc. lu this particular cose the Idea did not
'ccommend ' Itself to the railway company , aa
ho line was thought too Important to try
my ouch experiments on bul It U qulto
Ikcly that the Idea before long will bo ear-
led out elsewhere.
1 ELBCTRIC SOUNDING.
An apparatus known as tdo electric
oundcr has been Invented by John P. Huck-
cy , by moans of which captains may be able
0 ascertain the depth of water for 2,000 feel
head of tholr vessels. The Inventor ex.-
iccto that It will supersede the lead nnd lino.
NIr. Buckley Is confident that his apparatus
wilt do way with the present tedious man
| ner of making soundings , and that vessels
will no longer have to feel itlielr way Into
port when the air Is foggy.
Wltti this Invention , relates the New York
Icrald , the sounding Is done by means of u
bell circuit , which passes through u carrier
and thence to a non-conducting cylinder
filled with quicksilver. When Hie cylinder
striked bottom a circuit Is completed , which
rings a bell on board tbo vessel and gives
warning that the vessel Is In dangerously
hallow water.
The apparatus , to speak more In detail ,
consists of an alrgun , about 2,000 feet of *
ivlro , or , rather , of two wires bound around
: ach other , a hollow shell , which will float a
cylinder of quicksilver , and an electric bai-
cry. The air Is forced 'Into the chamber
of the alrgun by turning a wheel. The
cylinder with the wlro attached la loaded
nto the gun. The wlro lu plared up.ui a
eel and as much Is wound off us the force
of the projectile will take with It. The
cylinder is hurled { ( trough the air for nny-
where from flvo to 2,000 feet. The distance
depends upon the number of turns the
operator has given thu wheel by which Iho
alrgun Is loaded ,
The cylinder strikes the water and sinks.
The length of wlro which Intervenes be
tween the cylinder and the hollow floating
Uicll , or carrier , represents the depth of
water In which It would be safe for Iho ves
sel lo venture.
Most large ocean stolmers draw thirty feet.
When the wires enter the cylinder they are
scpatated. They run Into the cylinder sep
arately am ) terminate within only a- short
dlstanco cf the surface of the quicksilver.
If the water Is deep enough the cylinder
will 6'lmply hang to the ) end of the , lino. If
Uio water Is lee shallow , however , the cylin
der will tumblq over on the bottom , for the
end of It Is rounded. The mercury which
the cylinder contains will then rush about
the ends of the wires , complete a metallic
current und cause the ringing of a bell on
board ship , with which the wires are con
nected.
The cfllcacy of this Invention depends
upon the certainty with which the cylinder
will fall over .when U strikes the bottom of
the channel. Air. Buckley raid that he/ had
experimented with the dovlco for twelve
years and that he was sure thai II would
accomplish all that ho asserts that It will ,
"Tho weight of the cylinder and Its con
tents , " ho said , "to say nothing of the action
of the waves , will cause It to fall over at
cnco. Besides that , the end of It la rounded
like the bottom of a ginger ale bottle. I
tried a model of this device In Lake Pont-
chartraln. In all the experiments It worked
perfectly. "
Aa soon as the cylinder sinks the man In
charge of the upparatus proceeds to draw In
the line. If he hears no warning bell he
may be sure that the course Is entirely clear.
The vessel may then proceed for the distance
to which the line has been cast. If 2,000
fcot 'has ' been sent out the nurlner may
knew that his course Is clear for that dis
tance. He may then proceed. When the
vessel has gone ! hulf the course he may dis
charge another cylinder. When he has
1 cached the end of the course which the
fl.rsti-cyllnder has told him was safe he will
have determined the nature of the channel
for the next 2,000 feet.
THU uiiosr
niiHt * of the I'lirlslngr of 1MII ) a.s Told
Iiy Chief I.IKIe Wound.
"Indian logic has always been dlfllcult lo
ovcrcomo by the whltea who have to deal
with the governmenl wards , " said Dr. Mc-
Gllllcuddy , ex-ageat at Pine Rldgo agency , tea
a correspondent of the New York Sun , "but
tbo most embarrassing position I was ever
In was when wo representatives of the gov
ernment sought to treat with the Indians in
their religious uprising al I'Ino Illdgo In
ISOO. The story of the outbreak has never
been told with such clearness as at cue o
oui * conferences.
"There were assembled at Pine Uldgo
agency In December , 1S90 , a few days prior
to the Wounded Knee battle , several govern
ment officers and the Kiyaksa war chief , Lit
tic Wound , now leading chief of the Sioux
nation. Little Wound was asked If he blamed
the acent for the coming of the soldiers to
stop the chest dance. He answered no , and
then said :
" 'Mv friends , over sixty winters hav
oassed over my head ; I am tea old to dance
Now that you have asked me about this thing
I will tell you. The holy men have for many
vears been telling us thai ages and ages ago
vou white ncople became very wicked ; you
lose the right road and denied your Groa
olrlt. He finally took pity on you aud sen
His Son from the happy hunting grounds lo
save you cad bring you back and show you
Iho way lo live. He was called Ihe
Messiah. We are told that He lived with
you over thirty years and worked hard to
sivo you from your wickedness , but } ou had
lost your ears ; your brains were In a whirl
and you would not think right. You threw
Him away from you and finally nailed Hln
up on a great wooden cross , stuck a spear In
Ilia sldo and killed Him , and Ho returned to
the happy hunting grounds with a tired
heart. H was told at Ihe llmo that He woul
como again some time , and that when He
did come tbo heart of the people would bo
good. Thai would mean pleanty to eat am !
Ihere would be no more war.
" 'A few moons ago a young northern Chey
enne warrior came to us. Ho said ho hat !
como after many days' Journey from the far
west ; lhal near a greal UJco shore he ha
mcl the Messiah , a tall white man will :
golden hair and beard , blue eyes and a gooi
tongue. Ho said ho had again been so sen
by the Great Spirit ; thut all tlio people wouk
be happy now , for the Oroit Splrll had taker
pity on the world ; there would bo no more
war ; the buffalo would como back and we
would bo persecuted no more , but would
all live together , and when the green grasi
came In the spring llo would visit the differ
cnt tribes of men arid teach thorn how to
live , Dut Ho said that many people bad
denied Him , and at lest killed Him. Nov.
Ho had arranged certain signs and a dance
by which , when Ho should como to a tribe.
Ho would know whether they would receive
Him. These signs Ho taught to the Chcycnno
and told him to teach tlio people.
" 'Now , whether this old story of the holy
men and what the Cheyenne told us Is true
I do not know , but I got my young men together
gother and told them that If It wax n good
thing wo should have It , but if U was not
It would fall to the ground1 Itself , nnd
told thorn lo learn Iho danco. so lhal If Iho
Messiah docs como 'Ho 'Will ' not POHH us by
My friends , this Is nil wo know O'bout ' Iho
Messiah and Ihn ghost dance. '
"After a few momenta the old chief turned
to me and said :
" 'You lived with us many years. Wo tmsi
you , Will you tell mo if this that has beer
told us about the .Messiah Is true ; that He
will come , and by His coming will bring
back the buffalo , make us a strong people to
live on the lar'l the Great Spirit has given
us ? What Is the whlto man afraid of ? Why
has ho brought the soldiers hero to deprive
us of the dance ? After robbing us of our
gumo and' lands does ho now want to rob us
of our Orcal fplrlt and or rcl ghn ? '
"A few dus later eamo the botllo o
Wounded Knee , resulting In the death o
two ofllctrs and thlrly-flvo men of Iho regu
lar army ami 145 Indians. T o days suhsc-
quor.lly the Urulo Sioux , under the leaden
on > hlp of Llttlo Wound , surrounded Genera
Forsyth and the famous Seventh cavalry
In the canyon of White Clay and held them
until they wcro rescued by the Nlnlh cav
alry under Colonel Guy V Henry. The 'sec
end coming' was again deferred "
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