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12 THE OMAHA DAILY BW1N FJIIDAY. APRIL 8. 1808.
MICHIGAN'S UNCOMMON PAIR
Eemarkably Oloto Resemblance of Sparta's
Twin Brothers.
ONE OF NATURE'S ' STRANGEST PRANKS
\l \
Carton * and Comlenl Mistaken flrow-
Inc Ont of Their Llkene * * to Kncb
Other Starr of William
and Jnmea Hley. .
There arc living In Michigan today two
men so alike In form and feature that their
.wives and children have great difficulty In
telling them apart. For tills reason their
lives have been filled with Incidents that It
If tfao privilege of. very few persons In the
world to have experienced , and every daj
adds to the queer happenings. These men
are William lllscy of Sparta , Mliti , , and
James Illscy of Yale , Mich. Each Is In the
willing business , and , oddly enough , each
lias achieved the eamo degree of success in
life.
life.It
It la often the case where nature plays so
queer a prank as to make children exactly
alike that as the years como to them and
environment differs the faces of ( do two bc-
como dissimilar to such an extent an to
render It comparatively easy to distinguish
one from the other. In the case of the
Illaeys , however , the lines of their llveri have
fallen In almost similar places , and , their
tasted being largely the came , their char
acters have developed In much the same
fashlcn. The result of alt this Is that the
resemblance of childhood U Just as strongly
evident In the years of maturity.
The following narratives , written by the
twins , are unvarnished statements of fact.
They arc given Just as the writers penned
them. The flrat Is that of William Illsey of
Bparta.
WILLIAM HISEY'S STOKY.
"My twin brother and I look so much alike
I changed place * . When the dentUt came
out again , and etarted to fix the tooth you
ran Imagine hl intonfefiment to find no
hollow tooth there at all.
"tloth my brother and myself are afflicted
with rheumatlim In our feet , kneta , hands
and shouldersIn. . the winter of 1892 wo
went to Itot Spring * , Ark. , for treatment.
The doctors there'made many mistakes In
making examinations ami even the colored
attendant * In the bath houses would often
declare , when one of us asked attention ,
that ho had already been attended to. A
curlouo fact about this rheumatism Is that
while wo are two of a family of twelve chil
dren , wo are the only ones afflicted with this
trouble. Our mother tits It , anl my brother
and I think It mutt be a joint Inheritance
from her.
"A few weeks ago my brother paid mo a
visit hero at Sparta , and whenever he went
uptown people would stop him and ask him
questions about my business and other per
sonal matters , people who never saw blm
before. When wo are talking and my wife
Is In an adjoining room , she has to come
Into the room where wo are to know which
of us It la talking , so near alike are our
voices. A null of clothes made for one of us
will exactly fit the other. .Doth of us are
turning gray exactly alike. Doth of us
walk exactly alike , and even today our older
sisters can hardly tell us apart , sometimes
utterly falling to do so.
"Tho only thing that we differ In Is poli
tics. I have always voted the straight re
publican ticket , whllo my brother Is a strong
democrat. I think I could write a book on
our lives and all the fun wo have had. "
WHAT JAMES HISKY SAYS.
In the matter of his experiences James
Hlsey tells much that his brother has al
ready related. In the course of his nanu-
tlve. however , he enys :
' "When wo were born the nurse tied a
string on one of us In order to tell which
was born first. They fay William was born
first , but wo da not know much about that
ourselves. I have been told that Instances
of such close resemblance ate rare , even with
babied. There was a time when our parents
could hardly tell un apart , and when one of
us was guilty of any mischief both were
whipped In order that'tho guilty one might
not escape. , .
"In school our teachers could never tell
uo apart , ' and the only way they could dis
tinguish uy at all WES to have us sit In
'VIlLlAftHISEY
that not ono person out of a thousand can '
tell us apart. Wo were Corn near Stouff-
vlllo , Canada , on a farm. We weco always
together , both at homo and at school , always
averaged the eamo In our studies , alwaya
dreeeed alike and weighed the name. We
were exactly the same delght , our voices were
precisely alike , and , to make the resemblance -
semblance moro perfect so far as other
people were concerned , wo each had a
peculiar cougti.
"When wo were pays our ambition was to
learn the miller's trade , and wo have both
gratified It . * , Vb remained at home until
1873 , v hen wa went to the town of Ingorcoll ,
Ontario , to learn the mlllcr'a trade. Wo be
gan work the same day , but In different
mills , and thcro was not a soul in the town
who could tell us apart. Farmers would go
to ono mill and then to the older and would
bo puzzled to find what seemed to be the
same miller In two different placce , each of
whom told them lie had been there at the
eamo time.
"When wo went out In the evening In
company wo bad more fun than I can tell
you. Even our most intimate friends in
Ingersoll could not tell us apart. It would
often happen that each would take a young
woman to a party. After we were all in
ono room , neither of the girls could tell
wtilch ono of us ebo had come with. Often
wo would make eomo excuse and leave the
.women wo were with for a moment and
change partners. The girls would not know
it , and cue of Idem would talk on a subject
to mo which I know nothing about , as It
was something she dad been dlscueslng with
my brother. I would carry on the conversa
tion as best I could and then I would let
the girl bo as cwcct to mo as she wanted to.
After a while I would tell her ot the change.
"In 1S77 I left Ingcreoll and settled down
at Memphis , Mich. I eoon got acquainted
with the young people , and after being there
moro than a year became engaged to a young
lady. A few weeks before the wedding my
brother paid me a visit , and for tbo life of
her my sweetheart could not tell us opart
at all , nor could her people. When she
wanted to,1 talk over the arrangements for
the wedding , she would talk with my brother
almost < u often as she did with me. She
used to try to make mo > promise not to let
her make such mistakes , and in some way
lot her know which was which , nut it waa
too mucb fun for us. The evening of our
wedding day wo had a Jargo company , as
our guests , and my wife was in perfect
misery because she did &ot know which was
her hubby when she tuw him.
DILEMMA OP THE CHILDREN.
"We have had three children. Our little
boy was 7 years old when ho died , and ho
would often make mistakes when my brother
and I went together , for since wo have been
incru we have drcescdi alike , just as we did
tvbcn we were boys. My llttlo girl was 6
years old before she could tell which ot us
was her papa when we were together. Each
ot us would eay , 'Como to papa , ' and she
would have to look and etudy to find out
which was really papa , and then would eomo
times make a mistake.
"My wlfo bad an aunt living near u , who
bad known mo for four or flvo years. My
brother came to visit us , and wo all went
over to see the aunt. My brother went into
the house ( lest , and introduced mo as the
stranger. My aunt inquired bow I liked
It In Michigan , and about things la general ,
end did not know the trutn at all. At the
eamo time I had a bad. tooth , and went to a
dentist to get it filled. After be had ex
amined the tooth be went Into on adjoining
room to get something , when my brother anc
FREE BOOK
WEAK MEN.
My llttlo book. "Three Classes of Men , '
cm to men only It tells of my SO years
experience aa a specialist In all nervou
disorders resulting from youthful Indlscre
tlous Lame Uack , etc , and tells why
ELECTRICITY
cures With my Invention , the Dr , SancJen
Electric licit , known and uced the iworl
over , I restored ! last year 5,000 men , young
and old Ueware of cheap imitations Abov
book explalna flll ; ent sealed Write today
Dr. A < R. Sandeti.
, . \ No. 1SS 8. Clark St. , Chicago. IU.
different parts of the room , and they never
were sure whether \\e were in our
right seats. QIany times we have danced In
the same set nnd changed partners and back
again without the fact over becoming known.
Often wo would go Into a room together.
'
Ono ot'ua would leave the room and none
could tell which of us had gone out. When
the missing one came back all 'that could be
done was to guess which had been away.
"It was not long after my brother's mar
riage that I decided to. follow his example ,
and when it came tlmo for the ceremony the
situation was funny. Although the minis
ter had never seen my brother until the wed
ding day and ho knew mo well , ho could
not for the life of him tell which It was he
waa to marry. My brother was my best
man , and It Is an actual fact that the min
ster could not commence the ceremony until
10 was told which waa James Hlsey. He
aid he did not dare to for fear of making a
mistake.
"My brother and myself have the same
astes , and in everything but polities think
like. Our dispositions , actions and voices
re the oame. I ithlnk we are Just as much
illko today aa we were the day wo were
"
born.
Good Bnouitli to Take.
The flneat quality of loaf sugar to used In
ho manufacture of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and the roots used in Its preparation
; lvo it a flavor similar to maple syrup , mak-
ng It very pleasant to take. As a medicine
or the cure of coughs , colds , Influenza , croup
nd whooping cough , It Is far superior to
ny other. It always cures , and cures
quickly.
AN EQUIM3 1NEI1IUA.TE.
Story of n Home' thnt Wo * Too Fond
of IVliUky.
Several men In a Washington hotel , relates
.he Washington Star , were discussing a pie-
ure In , a New York Sunday paper of a norse
drinking a dram of whteky or other Intoxi
cant , and'a majority at once voted that it
was only a delirium of yellow Journalism ,
without foundation in fact.
"Perhaps , " put In an Internal revenue man
with a large experience , "and then , again ,
perhaps not. I am ready to ewear that when
[ was riding through the mountains of West
Virginia and Kentucky in quest of mooiv
Bhlnevs and my dally bread , I had 01 horse
that .would drink his dram as regularly as
anybody. You know , or would if you tried It
i while , that the business of mountain riding
is about the banket work on. earth , not only
on the man , but on the beast under him.
Moonshine-liquor is about as vile a-drink as
a man can get outsldo of , ( but many'e the
tlmo that I have teen so dead tired when I
got off my horse In the evening that moon
shine actually was nectar to me , for the re
viving effect of any kind of whisky la re
markable. Knowing about the good It did
mI tried It ono diy on a 'new horse thai
I had Just brought up from the blue grass.
Ho waa a good one. but the unusual work
had nearly broken him down. He refused It ,
of course , but I held up his head and poured
a pint down him , and In flvo minutes hi
showed algns of improvement , and tbo las .
flvo mllea I rode him ho was almost frisky.
The next day , along In the afternoon , when
ho began to fag , I poured some more Intt
htm , with the same result as on the day be >
foro. and it wasn't half so difficult to ge
him to take It. The third day ho took 1
very easily , and after that he took his jorum
of liquor , red or white , with as much facility
as I did , I had always curried a bottle to
civ ewe use , and after the Ihorso got th
habit I carried a larger bottle for him , an
he would take a filarsful with the greatcsi
relish and good effect in tbo latter part o.
the day , when the work began to tell on htm
I suppose ho would have got drunk If ht
bad had tbo chance , for I have seen him
when it was all I could do to stay on hi :
back , and that , too when an hour before 1.
was all ho could do to stay on his feet from
weariness.
"Whatever became of him I do not know
but I suppose he Is a confirmed toper b
thla time. If ho is etlll alive , for I turne
him over to a deputy flvo years ago who liked
a horse well enough to give him champagn
three tlnua a day It ho asked for It. " '
Hoard Keepo Open' Good Friday.
CHICAGO. April 7. The Board of Trad
directors today voted to hold a regular ses
slon tomorrow , following the example of th
New York stock exchange. This will bi
the first time In several years that la.
markets have been kept open on Good Krl
day. The uncertainty In regard to tVii
Cuban situation Influenced the directors o
the Chicago board In the decision to wav
the custom.
Smallpox Amnnir Imniltrmnta.
NEW YORK. April 7. The steame :
Knrlsru'ne , Captain Bruns , arrived today
from Bremen and la detained < U Quarantln
owing to a case ot smallpox among iti
steerage passengers. All the steerage pas
sengers will b vaccinated anil the ateamei
disinfected before belnt ; permitted to proceei
to Its dock. The Karlsruhe brought thirty
three cabin and CIS steerage passenger * .
n ni' i < i nr"i'iii/ii i'ir
MHIPI 01 * LLEClKlUhm
Definition of ths Bights of Patrons bUte
the Hotel 'Phone.
SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT
DcMtrncdnm Wronnlit liy n. Ilrokcn
iWlrc Illniiilnntltifc ( lie I' > rn-
mliU Electric Fire
-Flywheel Dynnmu.
The question of the right ot any ono not
the lessor ot a telephone to use the Instru-
mcnt has Just been raised In one ot Ua
pboses in a Maryland court. The proprietor
of a Washington hotel pel-milled his palrona
to use his 'telephone free of charge. The
telephone company iwarned him to desist
from the practice under penalty of having
the Instrument taken out. Ho told the com
pany they could not remove the telephone ,
and when they started to do BD , he obtained
a temporary Injunction restraining them
from Interference with his service. When
the case was heard in court the Judge made
the Injunction permanent , ( but required that
the telephone should bo used strictly for
hotel business and for the private business of
the proprietor. "It may bo used , " the order
stated , "for the benefit and accommodation
of boarders , such as sending for a wagon to
call for bagg'ige ' , but It may not bo used by
them for other purposes , such as calling fbr
stock reports or the ordering ot theater tick
ets. When the subscriber allows others to
use his telephone It Is an abuse of the tlmo
of the telephone ) operator. It Is also an In
fringement on the rights of the telephone
company , which receives a royalty from the
defendant. Furthermore , It is an Infringe
ment on the rights of other subscribers. It
la very annoying for a subscriber to call for
a cerLiln number arid ( bo told that the con
nection ho wants Is busy , that being due to
the fact that a non-suLscrlbcr Is using , free
of charge , the telephone with which connec
tion Is desired. " There Is ono man In a
small western town , who , although hitherto
known as most obliging In placing his tele
phone at 'tho disposal of the public , will
never more , allow the privilege of .uging It tea
a stranger. Ono day an unknown but well
drcEsed person stepped "into his office and
very politely asked whether ho might bo
permitted to use the telephone for a mo
ment. Permission -was readily given. The
visitor remained some little tlmo In the telephone -
phone booth and presently left , with effusive
thanks for the favor. A few days afterward
the lessor of the Instrument received a bill
for $10.50 for long distance talk on the day
he was visited by the courteous stranger ,
wiho , he la now convinced , was on emissary
of the telephone compJny.
HOT END "OF A CflUCUIT"
An electrical journal , over the title "There
Was a Hot Tlmo on the Old Line , " has
published a picture' which graphically tells
Its story. The picture represents the head ot
a bird , seared and almost denuded of flesh ,
four legs two of them with talons tightly
gripping a wire and a piece of vitrified
quartz. That Is all that remains of two
eagles that ventured to alight on a high-
potential transmission line of the San Joa-
quln 'Electric company of Fresno , Cal. , which
makes a 10,000-volt circuit. It seems that
one day last fall , when the transmission
plant was running with Its usual serenity ,
ono of the transmission circuits developed a
"dead short circuit" and there was "trouble"
along the line and a cessation of service In
Fresno. When the lineman who were sent
out to ascertain the cause of the inter
ruption had gone over nearly thirty miles of
line they came to the break , the explana
tion of which lay before them. This con
sisted of the scant relics of two grey eagles
merely ono skull and four feet and parts
of legs. Two of the talons clutched the
line wires and were burned to a crisp , but
the other two feet and pairs of legs were
frco from the marks of roasting. Not a
vestige of the .bodies or feathers ot cither
bird , nor the bead of one ot them , could
bo found. Another Interesting proof of the
terrific heat of the electric arc which they
had evidently been Instrumental In causing
was picked up and afterward found a place
In the photograph. The soli along the pole
line where the tragedy .took place .consists
ot pure granitic sand , which , wherever the
wire touched the ground , had become melted
Into glass and even a piece of quartz bad
been fused and run together with the glass.
It is supposed that the two ' eagles alighted
on different legs of the 'transmission cir
cuit and so close to each other that they
actually came Into contact , and In so doing
formed a short circuit , which not only dis
sipated them for the most part In blue
smoke , but threw the wire's * Into "short cir
cuit and burned them. off. _
SCRUBBING BY ELECTRICITY.
The electric floor-scrubbing machine , which
not long ago was only a promising experi
ment , la now a recognized part of the Jani
torial equipment ot many government , state
and large office buildings , hotels , hospitals ,
department stores , armories and other places
where there are large , expanses of floor space.
The machine will clean a floor in about one-
quarter of the tlmo ordinarily occupied In
the process. In a Cleveland building , where
it baa been used for more than twelve
months , It Is said to save $75 a month , doing
the scrubbing of eight floors"in two hours
and a half , against ten and one-halt hours
of hand labor formerly required. The ma
chine Is operated by an electric motor , the
current for which may be supplied by a lamp
cord attached to any convenient incandescent
lamp socket. The frame carries three , brushes ,
which are held against the floor by spring
pressure , and , geared with the motor , are
revolved at about 400 revolutions a minute.
The frame rests on rubber-tired wheels and
tbo whole apparatus can with ease be pushed
along the floor like a lawn mower. Tbo ma
chine is very tractable and can be guided
without difficulty In any direction. Water
Is thrown on the floor , the machine follows
and the work Is done. Sandpaper pads or
blocks of stone may be substituted for the
scrubbing brushes and thusthe , machine may
bo made available for the 'dressing down of
wood floors , the decks ot vessels or mosaic
tiling.
i SAFETY DEVICES.
Much has been done to mitigate the dan
gers of accidental fires by the Introduction
of various electrical devices into the interior
of bulldlnes. Tbo latest ot these Is radical
In character , but admirably simple and effective -
ivo in action. It Is practically a wire which
gives its own alarm of fire or burglary as
eoon os it is Interfered with , cither by ab
normal heat or by the cutting tool of the
burglar. The wire Is a solid copper conduc
tor , coated with a metal which fuses at the
low temperature of 374 degrees. This metal ,
in turn , is overlaid with proper insulating
material. On the outer side of the Insu
lation a second , third and fourth conductor
are so placed as to bo Insulated from each
other by similar Insulating material. All
then are protected by a heavy outer covering
ot Insulation , which , while ornamented ,
waterproof or damp-proof , Is sufficiently
strong to withstand considerable mechanical
Injury. Should any part ot the conductor be
subjected to the flame of an ordinary matcher
or dangerous heat , the alarm immediately
will be sounded , the precise location of the
flre being simultaneously announced on an
indicator or on several indicators In differ
ent parts of the building. The problem
solved In this Invention \ the making of all
electric wires employed In every Interior
electrical Installation and for whatever pur
pose , capable ot discovering Incipient flre
from any point of their length and giving
warning thereof , locally or centrally. In
other words , every inch of the conductor be
comes a sensitive thermostat , and an auto
matic notifying station ; it serves as an omni
present watchman , always alert and prompt
In action , for no excessive heat can exist In
Its vicinity for more than a few seconds with
out sending In an alarm. If a burglar should
tamper with the window or door alarms or
other safety devices , as ho cuts the wire tbo
disturbance Is recorded on the dial. The
wire can be run -within the cornice , above
the shelves of a store or In any direction.
In coal bunkers or the hold ot a ship where
it la Intended for giving warning of spon
taneous combustion , the conductor Is laid
in pipe * , which protect It from rough usage ,
but leaven U subject to the action ot heat.
ELECTRIC FIRE ENGINES.
If "the invention ot Cdlef. Barrett ot the
IndUnapolta flxe department , tod. Cbief En- .
Rill ot the Mttrm city's water works ,
prove * a auccew , the keaty and clumsy itcam
flre engine will soon M a thing of.tbo past ,
nays a dispatch. These gentlemen have In
vented and will applycfo * paienta on an elec
tric pumping machine- take the place
ol the flre engine , on4 nay ID * the near
future Introduce the uavf trachlne Into eerv-
Ice In their own city. Everyone knows tbo
disadvantages of th * heavy rolling steam
flifli engine , whltti In alow to arrive at a
flim and Is sometime * vtry arbitrary In the
matter of raising a eiimctcnt pressure ot
stiam In the very hort whllo that means
thousands : of dollars In a conflagration
which might have been nipped In Its bud ,
The electric engine conalsta ot an annular
reservoir mounted on wheels , and from
which may bo thrown a * Jilgti as ten streams
ww
with sufficient force to carry over a ten-story
building. A rotary putnp forces water Into
the reservoir at a high pressure. Attached
directly to the pump U the powerful electric
motor. Arriving at the flre connection Is
made by lengths ot wire to electric light cir
cuits , trolley wires or stations for the pur
pose , near each waterplug , the latter being
the idea In perfecting the scheme. The whole
affair Is very light and Is one of the most
practicable Ideas that can. . be Imagined for
doing away with the puffing steam englnea ,
with their flying sparks and deafening noise.
NEW INCANDESCENT FILAMENT.
The use of carbon for the filaments of Incandescent -
candescent lamps greatly Interferes with
their efficiency , and for some time scientists
have been endeavoring to secure a material
that when incandescent would emit a greater
number of light-rays. Prof. Ncrnst , who has
been engaged with experiments on this sub
ject for several years , has discarded entirely
the carbon and uses chalk , magnesia and
kaolin , substances whose resistance , whlfo
quite high at ordinary temperatures , rapidly
fnlls when the temperature is raised , If
thcso substances are heated to a high tem
perature they radiate a large number of rays
of visible light , a fact that has been made
use of in the calcium light and the Welsbach
lights. Prof. Nernst employs the electric
current to heat these materials , and using
as a conductor small staffs of magnesia and
also other materials , found that , raised to a
high temperature on the passage of the cur
rent , they emitted light with great efficiency.
An alternating current was employed to
avoid electrolytic action , and In an experi
ment In which the consumption of energy
amounted to twenty-seven watts , the In
tensity of the light amounted to .96 candlepower -
power per watt , whereas an ordinary Incan
descent lamp would require from 2.C to 3.5
watts for each candle-power. In this ex
periment an alternating current ot .23 am
peres at 118 volts was used and a hollow
cylinder of magnesia 7mm. long and 1.5mm.
thick radiated , the light. The difficulty that
this system seems to Involve Is a practical
and economical way of heating the material
to Incandescence. If this can bo done satis
factorily by the action of the current It
would seem as if the cost of incandescent
lighting could bo reduced considerably.
FLY WH5EL DYNAMO.
In some of the large central-station plants
which have recently been Installed lr > Lon
don , the electric generators have been built
directly connected to the engines which drive
them. In all these cases , however , the
armature was built as an Integral part of
the engine , forming , In fact , a powerful fly
wheel , revolving Inside stationary field colls.
Several Fro.icli Installations have recently
been made , In which the armature Is sta
tionary and the field cells are made to re
volve . , the latter being built directly Into
the ; circumference of the fly-wheel proper.
The large size and peculiar construction of
this dynamo la the result of a de-sign , which
has for Its object the utilization of the
high efficiency of slow speed Corliss en
gines , making from sixty to 120 revolutions
per minute. The high total efficiency of the
plant la further maintained by generating
high tension alternating currents and subse
quently reducing these by transformers to
the working pressure of 200 volts. The three
essential parts of the dynamo shown ta the
illustration are : 1. The fly-wheel , which car
ries the field magnets ot the dynamo. 2.
The armature , fixed , but capable of being
slid out of the magnetic field by a lateral
movement , thus permitting the cells to bo
renewed or repaired when necessary. 3. The
exciting generator to supply the exciting
current for the field colls.
The revolving magnetic fields is formed
ot two pieces , aa Inner and an outer ring ,
or double line ot magnetic poles between
which the armature remains motionless.
Each polo piece , which is necessarily of a
soft iron , is cast Into the circumference
of the fly-wheel , the number depending or ,
the electromotive force and capacity ot the
machine for any given speed of rotation. The
Inuer and outer rings ot magnets are bolted
together by a number ot radial arms. The
armature cells are made of flat , thin , copper
tape and lie all around the fly-wheel in the
narrow space at the ends of the bobbins. The
armature is supported by a massive pillar ol
cast iron , through the center of which the
driving shaft passes. With this construction
an efficiency of 96 per cent has been ob
tained at ninety-six revolutions per minute ,
the necessary exciting current being included
in the calculations of this efficiency. This
current is supplied by a belt-driven con
stant current , generated as shown in the
foreground and drlvea from the same shaft ,
that which carries the moving field cells ,
ILLUMINATING THE PYRAMIDS.
The ancient institutions of Egypt ere rapIdly -
Idly giving way to the newi order of things.
For centuries old methods of transportation
have been In vogue , unaffected by the rapid
strides In other parts of the globe , the camel
being the only means of conveyance of
freight and passengers and crude agricul
tural implements of biblical times have only
recently been laid eslde for newer machines.
Idle waterfalls have been reccnly made to
turn mill wheels and where no falls existed
the Nile's waters are being impounded for
power purposes aa well as for Irrigation.
There are Immense stretches of country , un
til recently unproductive , now covered -with
cotton plantations and their product has be
come ot the greatest importance to Egypt.
English capital Is now building a great stor
age reservoir near Assouan , in the Upper
Nile region , In which will be caught the
water of the river during the freshet season ,
to bo released in the dry times. This will
feed crsreat irrigation system , which , it la
hoped , will reclaim vast stretches of desert
land and what was once a barren waste of
sand will be transformed into blooming
plantations , growing wheat and cotton. Thus
will be restored to the ancient country its
old reputation and standing as the "granary
of Europe. "
This gigantic reservoir will contain the
enormous quantity of 6.027,007,373.000,000 gal
lons. The cost of the enterprise , amounting
to about $150,000,000 , will be paid for In In-
fltUllmonts by the Egyptian government In
thirty years. It has been calculated that Uio
profits of the enterprise accruing to the coun
try at large will exceed $20,000,000 annually
and that the government revenue will be lu-
creased by $4.000.000 onnually.
The latest and not the least novel of these
Innovations Is the illumination of the pyra
mids by electric light. Already the trolley
car has Invaded the/anclent preclncto and it
is possible to rldo to thcso old structures
from several point'by electric vehicles.
Wires will soon be laid from the Assouan
cataract , where a modern power plant will
bo constructed to thei pyramids and the In
terior rooms and passageways aa well as the
exterior will be ablaze with electric light.
Many timid persons hove heretofore been de
terred from making the trip because of the
gloomy Interior. The tour was formerly
made with the assistance of several natives ,
who acted as guldesiand toroh-toearers , their
flaming lights serving only to enhance the
darkness of the passageways ,
Equipment for a 25,000 horse-power plant
has been ordered , at la cost ot $400,000. The
power will be transmuted about 100 miles
through the cotton growing district and
power will be supplied to many Industrial es
tablishments and It la believed that the
cheap power which -will be afforded will In
vite Industrial Institutions of different kinds.
Thousands of sufferers from grippe have
been reatored to health by One Minute Cough
Cure. It quickly cures coughs , coldi , bron
chitis , pneumonia , grippe , asthma and all
throat and lung diseases.
I
Elrct Woman Mayor.
BOISE , Idaho , April 7. Miss Jessie E.
Parker has been elected mayor of Kendrlck ,
Idaho , after a spirited contest. Her
opponent was one or t'ne most popular men
In the city.
TO CURE COLD IS OJTE DAT
Tak Laxative Brome Quinine Tablet * . All
druggists refund the money If It fall * to cure.
XSc. The i n > jln ia L-B. Q. on each tablet.
HISTORY OP TIIK FMKMIKD TOW * .
9hnwntcln rn On - of ihr Oldest In the
SIMP of Illlnoln.
Shawneetown , partially wrecked by the
Ohio river flood a few days ago , Is ono of the
oldest towns In Illinois , atid derives Its name
from the Shawnco Indians. The town was laid
off In 1808 , and soon became one of the
largest and most Important in the territory.
By ISIS It contained COO Inhabitants , and bad
a bank and a land ofllce. In the eamo year
its flrat newspaper , the Illinois Emigrant ,
the second In the state , made Its appearance.
The first settler was Michael Sprinkle , and
the first brick iiouse , which became the Haw-
lings hotel , was built by John Marshall. Mrs.
Fatlma McClernand , mother ot the now vcn-
crablo General John A , McClernand , was
among the earliest Inhabitants. Ono ot the
most noted residents of territorial days was
the widow , "Peggy" Logsdon , a physician
and midwife. She practiced extensively in
Kentucky , her patrons calling her from the
opposite bank of the river. She crofsed In
a skiff , nhd ono dark night , her little craft
having been stolen , she boldly plunged In
and swam the river to relieve a sufferer.
Shawnectown for years was the first landIng -
Ing place for Illinois immigrants. It was a
typical pioneer village , Isolated almost en
tirely from civilization. "Among Its 200 or
300 inhabitants , " wrote a missionary ( Mr.
Ixjw ) , who visited the place in 1810 , "not a
single soul made any pretensions to religion.
Their shocking profaneness was enough to
make ono afraid to walk the streets ; aud
thcflo who on the Sabbath were not fight
ing and drinking at the taverns and gro ;
shops were either hunting In the woods
or trading behind their counters. A email
audience gathered to hear the missionary
preach , but a laborer might almost as soon
expect to hear the stones cry out as to
effect a revolution In Uio morals , ot the
place. "
The first bank In the territory , the Hank
ot Illinois , wan established at Shawnectown
In 181C. Its cashier , John O. Hives , every
night slept on a barrel containing Is ( avail
able curcrncy to prevent Its being stolen.
This la the same Hives , by the ay , who
afterward , in conjunction with Francis P.
Blair , sr. , founded the Congressional Globe.
Ono of the memorable incidents In the
early history of the place was the visit ot
I/ifayette , May 14 , 1S20. As the boat ncared
the lending a salute ot twenty-four gunn
was fired. Calico was laid on the ground
all the way from the river to the Hawllnca
holed , and on this this great Frenchman ,
escorted by the officials and dignitaries of
tho. place , walked to the hostelry. In front
of the hotel there wm an address of welcome
and a response by Lafayette. U was a great
day for Shawncetown ,
From its earliest days Shawn < > ctown has
suffered from floods , Morris Ulrbcck , In
"Noted on a Journey In America , " wrote
In 1817 ! "This place t account a phenome
non , evincing the pertinacious adhesion of
the human animal to the spot where It has
nice fixed Itcclf , As the lava of Mount
Aetna cannot dislodge this strange being
from the cities which It has habitually rav
aged by its eruptions , so the Ohio , with its
annual overflow , Is unable to mash away
the Inhabitants of Shawncetown. "
Thomas Llpplncott , In January , 181S ,
found the houses , with ono exception , "set
upon pa ts several feet from the earth , " on
account of ( ho annual overflow. Water fre
quently rose to such a height that etcnm-
. boats navigated the streets. As the forests
. disappeared and the became
( country moro
| thoroughly and systematically drained the
height of the annual flood Increased. The
first disastrous flood was Ui 1832 , the next
in 1847 , another in 1853 , a still moro disas
trous ono In 185S , aud another In 1859. By
this tlmo the need ot protection from the
flood had become imperative , and a charter
was procured from the legislature with
newer to borrow money to build a levee.
The state granted aid equal to the state
taxes ot tbo city for twenty years , about
$108,000. The work was commenced and
proceeded slowly from year to year , until
1SC7. when the town waa once moro sub
merged , the water rising to the ridge poles
of the smaller houses. The work was then
vigorously prosecuted until finished , the
oxpcuso ( $70,000) ) being paid wholly by the
city , the aid granted by the ettto havlnf"
been Invalidated by a court dectolon. "Tb
old levee. " taya a local historian , writing
In 1S87 , "was built sufficiently blgh and
strong , It was thought , to keep out th '
water for all future time ; but on August
12 , 1875 , the levee broke and the town wa §
filled In four hours. The lovco waa after
wards repaired and served as a protection
until 1882 , when , on February 21 , the love *
broke at 6 o'clock In the morning and the
water came to a level at 4 p. m. At lt
highest stage at thla tlmo U was three an *
a half feet Insldo of E. F. Armstrong's hardware -
ware store. The next year , however , was to
witness a still higher flood. On tbo 16th ot
February the water rose over the lover
Icveo at 13 in. , came to a level ot 10 p. m. ,
continued to rlso until the 25th , rose to a
height of eight feet and two laches In Mr ,
Armstrong's store , filling the town to a
depth of about fifteen feet on the average , }
carried away 108 houses and doing Immense * * f
damage to the remainder. But In 18S4 the
water ro > * > still higher than In 1883. This
year the leveu broke on February 12 , at 8
p. in. ; the water came to a level at 10 p. in. ,
add continued to rise until February 28 , '
when It was eight feet tour and a halt
Inches deep In Mr ' ' -
, Armstrong's store. This
flood , the highest known , rose to a height
of something over sixty-two feet nbovo low.
water mark. "
Following th'o great flooj of 1884 , It woe
decided to ratso the height ot the Icveo ono
foot above the high water mark of that
year. This was done forthwith. The im
proved lovco was four nnl a half mllca
long , twelve feet wide on top , nnd contained
400.000 cubic feet of earth. The total cor t.
( Including the old levee , nas about $200,000 ;
It gains your favor instantane
ously by reason of its high merits
. and holds it with a firm grip.
VAL.BLATZ BREWING Co.
MILWAUKEE , U.S.A.
Foley Bros. , Wholesale Dealers , of
fice Dcllone Hotel , 124 N. Four
teenth Street , Omaha , Neb.
JOBBERS RND
RNDOR
OR OMAHA.
AGRICULTURA LIMPLEMENTS
Parlin , Orendorif
& Martin Co
Jobbers of Farm Machinery.
W * ons and Busclea - Cor. tth and Jones.
ART GOODS
Hospo
Picture Moldings.
Mirrors , Frames , Backing and Artls'V
.Materials.
BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS ,
n mcrican Hand
1 V Sewed Shoe Co
Wfrs 1 Jobbers of Foot Wear
WISIEHN AGENTS rcm
The Joseph Banigau Rubber Oo.
r H. Sprague & Co. ,
Rubbers and Mackintoshes.
1107 Howard St. , OMAHA
P.P. Kirkcndall & Co
Soots , Shoes and Rubbers
aleiroom * 1108-1104-UM Harney Strut.
T. Lindsey ,
RUBBER GOODS
f Chief Brand UacUatoalMr
. Morse Co.
Boots , Shoes , Rubbers ,
AT WHOLESALE.
Office and Salesroom 1119-21-23 Howard St.
BAGS
Rentls Omaha Bag Co
"
Importers and Manufacturers
BAGS
614-16-18 South nth Street
BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS.
Farrell & Co. ,
SYRUPS ,
Uctauea , Borghum , etc. . Preserves and Jelllea ,
Alto tin can * and Japanned ware.
CHICORY
he American
I Chicory Co.
Oioweri and manufacturer * of all form * of
Chicory Omahe-Fremont-O'Ncll.
ROCKERYAND.GLASSWAR E
M H , Bliss ,
* L *
Iwperttrant f U f
Crockery. China , Glassware ,
trver Plated Ware , Looking Glasses , Chu
deller. . iamj > ii. Chlmnog Cutl.ry , Etc.
CREAMERY SUPPLIES
The Sharpies Company
Creamery Machinery
Boilers , Engine and * . Feed Supplier Cooker * . Wood Pul-
Ur , Shifting Beltinr. liutttr Pack-
tOT-JQt Jonea BL.JI > of _ . all . . Klnda . . * , -
DRY GOODS.
E , Smith & Go.
Importers and Jobbers of
Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods
AND NOTIONS.
DRUGS.
R ! ichardson Drug Co.
Jackson St.
J. O. RICHARDSON , Prest.
0. P. WELLBK , V. Prrst.
The Meroer
Chemical Co ,
U'fn Stamtanl Phannaoauttval I'rapara-
tlon . Special Formulae Prepared to
Order. Stitilfor Catalogue.
lAboratorr. 1112 Howard 8t , Omaha.
. Bruce & Co.
Druggists and Stationers ,
"Queen Bee" Specialties. ;
Ct ur , WlncB and Brandies ,
Corner 10th and Harney tretm >
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
U/estern Electrical
yv
Company
Electrical Supplies.
Electric Mining Bells ami Gns Lighting
G. W. JOHNSTON , Mgr. 1510 Howard St.
U/olf Electrical
vv Supply Co
WHOLESALES AND RETAIL
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
i im farnam 81 ,
FRUIT-PRODUCE.
,
WHOLESALE
Commission Merchants.
S. W. Corner lth and Howard St * .
Ifembera of the National League of Commls-
ton Merchant * of the United State * .
GROCERIES.
cCord-Brady Co ,
13th and Leuvcmvorth St
Staple and Fancy Groceries
( t A AND CWrCC ROISTERS , Etc.
eyer & Raapke ,
WHOLESALE
FINE GROCERIES
T a § , Bptcei , Tobacca an& Cltaim ,
" > * i | ' I H03-1407 Harn y BMMt.
and
Paxion Gallagher Go
-i " mronTEna. i
OA0 COFFEE HOASTKHS
AND JOOOI.10 QROCBR9.
T l phon M.
HARNESS-SADDLERY
J H.HaneytCo.
W a'rrf
, SADDLES AKD COLLARS
Jobber * of Leather , Saddlery llardivarv , fte ,
We solicit your order * . 1315 Howard Et
HARDWARE.
Ptcter t Wilhtlmy Co
Wholesale Hardware ,
HARDWARE.
L ce Clark Andreesen . ,
Hardware Co
Wholesale Hardware.
BIcyclei and Sporting Goods. 1210-31-28 Utf *
ney stre.pt. '
LIQUORS.
Walter Noise & Co
WHOLESALE
LIQUORS.
Proprietors or AUVItlCAN TIQAn AND
WAIIK CO.
:14-216 Boutli 14th St.
Piley Brothers ,
Wholesale
Liquors and Ci
1118 Fariiara Street.
tier's Eagle Gin
' -SJ
East India Bitters
detain Bhttf Pure Rr ana Bourbon WhlJt 7 i
Willow Springs . Dlitllterjr , lltr * Co. , 1111
Hartley Rtrcet. * '
rrick & Herbertz. -
Wholesale
Liquor Merchants ,
1001 Furnam Street-
John Boekhoff ,
WHOLESALE
Wines , Liquors and Cigars
Cl-411 . Uth BtlMt.
LUMBER
Chicago Lumber Oo.
WHOLESALE
DUMBER . . .
814 South 14th St.
OILS-PAINTS
jCtandardjil Co.
; . A. Mofltt , lit Vice Prta. L. J. Drake , den Ugf
Gato'.lnr , . , . .
Turpent.ne Axle Grenie. Etc.
Orrmhn Ilrnnch and Agenclei , John D. Ruth MT.
PAPEK-WOODENWARE.
Oirpenter Paper Co.
Printing Paper ,
Wrapping Paper , Stationery *
Corner llth and Howird atretU.
STEAM-WATER SUPPLIES.
Crane Churchll ! Go.
IOU-1OI6 Douglas Street.
Manufacturer ! and jobber * of Bteam. Oat an
Water Supplies of All Kinds.
United States
Supply Co . .
i/oS-irro Harney St.
Steam Pumps , Engines and Boilers , Plp b
Wind Mills , Bteam and Plumbing
Material , lldtlnc. Host. Etc.
TYPE FOUNDRIES
r rtat Wtsftrn
Typo Foundry
Bcip rlar Capper illxtd Trp * U th * keM
tk * muket.
CLECTROTTPB JTOUNDR ,7
Ull Kowara 8tf * 4. jf
