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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1898)
- - - . - - - - . - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - . - - . . - - - - . . - - - - . - - _ . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : : = z = z-- - : = - I1 I- 1 -i---- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TItE OMAIIA DATLTE1' VU1DAY , AtGt - 'T 1" , IS'S. ) 9 PICIiETT'S ' FAIOUS ChAliCE ' ; ; : , One of the Most Thrilling Episodes of the ' Battle of Gettysburg. j ANNUAL REUNION OF THE SURVIVORS The " 11)TIOrtI IIoje of lii. , ( nnfcul- VF8C ) . nn,1 ( lie iftt 4Intightrr It 1ntnhI,1-.t % ni-ConiIntnnti Stur of the Clanrgc. ; The reunion of the survt'or of Pleketts 4 charge at Gettytburg , now beIng heI1 at I'hlladelphla , recalls one of the most daring ' and deadly exhibitlona of valor recorded In - American history. The atory of Pirkett's charge Ia familiar to all atudent of hiatory It waa the forlorn hope of the fateful field . of Gettysburg. It did not need atIeces to inaure it a foremoat ilace In the annala of the civil war. The story is well worth another recital. Here It Is , told by ( ho Count of l'arls in bla perzonal blatory of the ciVIl war. fter I reciting the movementa of the two armies In the first to days of the battle , he tells : of the determination of Lee to attack the . federal llnc and spend his all in one gb. rbous , final effort. lie then proceeds as fob. \ lows : Lee hail designated Pickett and his gal. ¶ loot Virgintana to sustain the principal charge. but had not yet settled the order In which the rest of the army as to take part in the combat. lIe seems to have relied at .t fIrst upon blood's and MeLaws' dIvisions to sustain I'icketta , but no order was given to llills troops. which alone could accomplish this task. In order that Hood and McLaws might be able to co.operate in this attack they would be obliged to abandon the post- ' . ( ion conquered with so much difficulty on the right. and leave the ground free to the cx- - . - - trrmP ift of th fdra1 nrmv "Thesoundsof thebattlein which Itob. . crison and Anderson are engaged near the Ernmettsburg road reach Lea ears to remind - mind him of the danger 'which menaces him on that side. Finally , Longatreet has since asserted that the two divisions led by him the day before bad suffered too much g to again undertake a decisive eftort. They might. at all events , have assigned to them . , I a very useful and less perilous task than ' the assault on ZIegler's grove by causing a s portion of these two divisions to make strong demonstrations against the left wing I of tha enemy. The nature of the ground . - E .P.- would have enabled troops relatively few inS number to draw Mead&s attention wIthout compromising themselves. and thus to turn aside a portion of his forces from the point designated to Pickett. l'rtpnriiig for 1Iti Attiwi. . "MI the troops of the Third corps destined - tined to participate In the attack are placed under Longstreets command , and the latter I f authorized , if he deems it necessary , to push Perry'a and Wright's brigades for- ward. lie directs Pickett to designate to each oiflcer the exact place that baa been assigned to him. This concentration no doubt weakens , but does not entirely scrip , the defensive lipe which the general-in- chief is obliged to preserve In ease of a reverse ; the positions which Pickett and Wilcox are about to abandon are covered with a powerful artillery. Anderson , drawn P in line of battle behind Heth , and the two brigades of Trlmble , is ready to fill the space which the latter will leave. This line has. from one wing to the other , a development - ment of at least fire miles ; it is. therefore. weak at nil points , and if the projected assault - sault does not succeed there is no reserve left to prevent a counter attack. "Longatreet learns at. last that everything - thing is ready ; his orders are awaited to $ . open the fire which is to precede the as- ' , sault. lie has p'aced Colonel Alexander at the entrance of the wood near Warfield's to watch the effects of the cannonade and to : i apprise Pickett when the moment for mak- I ing the charge arrives ; but , having no faith in the success of the attack , be writes to Alexander. advisIng him not to give the order unless the enemy is driven from his position , or unless he deems the latter suffi- clently disorganizedto secure the success of the attack. "Two cannon shots fired on the right by V the Washington artillery at intervals of one minute suddenly break the silence which prevails over the battlefield. It means Been on your guard ! ' which is sceli understood by both armies. The solitary smoke of these shots has not yet been dispersed when the whole confederate line is one blaze. To . the seventy-five pieces of cannon of the , First corps are added sixty-three of the V A Third corps , which 11111 has placed in line V and which , with the exception of Poagues V battery , ranged within the line of the for- V mer , are posted along the prolongation of Seminary 11111 at a distance of about 1.300 yards from the federals. One hundred and , thirty-eight pieces of cannon , therefore. j obey Longstreeta signal. I Peilerniu l'reparcd. t "The federals are not at all surprised at. l * this abrupt prelude. They have bad time to recover from the shock of the previous day , and hare made good use of it. 3ieade , assisted by Hancock and his several corps commanders , has spent all the mornIng in rectifying the line ; the general disposition is not changed , but the whole portion of the front which the enemy seems to be menac- lag Is occupied by a stronger force. Gen- crab Hunt is examining and rectifying with untiring zeal the position of his batteries. Those of the reserve. engaged somewhat at random , have been consolidated. Those army ccrps which have left the largest per- tion of their supply traIns in the rear find their guns short of ammunition ; the reserve - servo artillery supplies this deficiency. At the extreme left two batteries of the Fifth corps crown the Steep ridge of Littie Round Top. McGilvery , with his eight reserve bat. teries , occupies the position in vhich he rendered such vaiuahle servIces the day be- fore. Four batteries of the Second corps , placed by Major Ilazzard In the rear of the infantry , are along the rocky line which gradually trends northward ; one of theta is placed half way on the left , the other three. under Arnold , Cusbing and Brown , are located on the high ridge. Woodrufi's regular battery occupies Ziegler's grove. Finally , to the right of the front exposed to the enemy's fire , a regular battery , and eight others belonging to the First and Eleventh corps , form under 1ajor Osborne an irregular line turning northwestward and northward. "More than 200 guns are thus engaged in this artillery combat , the most terrible the new world lies ever witnessed. The confederates - federates lire volleys from all time batteries at once , who5e shots , directed toward ( be same point , produce more effect than sue. cessire firing. On the previous day their projectiles passed over the enemy ; they hare rectified the elevation of their pieces and readily obtain a precision of aim unusual to them. In every direction may be seen men seeking shelter behind the slightest ebevitloas of time ground. A still larger crowd of stragglers , wounded and non- V combatants , than that of the day before is again making for the Baltimore turnpike P with rapid haste. "Meanwblle the federal infantry. motion. M less under this lire , stands the trial with p remarkable t.omposure. The artillerista are sustained by the excitement of the eon- filet. but they are also the most exposed. The men who are serving the guns must be relieved. and presently the guns themselves - selves are successively dismounted. The reserve batteries come to take their places , silencing the guns of the enemy , ho is ad- rancing too boldly upon Gettysburg for the p'irpose of takIng Cemetery 11111 by en- filade. "Nature eema inclined to favor the con- fe1erate , for a slight brtie from the northeast , driving the smoke over their positions , covers with a thick veil their b'tterles and the valleys through which they are advancing to the assault. This as- eauit , as e have stated , Is directed against the salient point oerupled by hancock , It is against this point , therefore , that the eontedirates should concentrate theIr fire , but , on the contrary , they scatter it along the whole extent of the enemy's line. ijiti I mionu 4iIt'mie. 'Colonel Alexander , hoping speedily to silence the union guns , intends to give Pickett the signal of attack after a. quarter of an hour's cannonade. It is near 2 o'clock , hoever , when Alexander writes to Pickett , saying that It he wishes to eherge the moment has arrived. The federal artillery - tillery appears to be silenced from the lack of ammunition. The opportunity so long waited for has. therefore. at last arrived-a mistake which the ass4ilants will soon find out to their sqerow. In fact. about a quarter - ter past 2 o'clock , Meade. believing that enough ammunition has been expended. and wishing to provoke the attack of the enemy , orders the firing to cease ; hunt , who is watching the battlefield in another direction , issues the seme order at the same moment and causes two fresh batteries , taken from the reserve in the rear of lisa- cock's line , to advance. F'or awhile the voice of the confederate cannon Is alone heard. "BUt new actors are preparing to appear on the scene. I'ickett has caused the object of the charge they are about to execute to be explained to his soldiers , , % s the ranks are reforming many of them can no longer rise , but nil able-bodied men are at their posts , and an affecting scene soon elicits a Cr ) ' of admiration both from enemies and friends. Full of ardor , as ifiit were rush- bog to time assault of the Washington capi- tel itself , and yet marching with measured steps. so as not to break its alignment , h'bcketts division moves forward solidly and quietly in magnificent order. "it moves onward full of confidence. con- vlnced that a single effort will pierce this ii' . . , .4I..h I , , lrnlv wsvprIn. and feeling certain that thIs effort will be sustained by the rest of the army. Taking its loss Into consideration. it numbers no more than 4,00 men at the utmost , hut the auxiliary forces of l'ettigrew , Trimble and Wilcox raise the number of assailants to 14,000. If they are all put in motion in time and 'well led against a particular point of the federal line their effort may triumph over every obstacle - stacle and decide the fate of the battle. Marching in the direction of the salient po- sitlon occupied by Hancock , which Lee has given him as the objective point. Pickott , after passing beyond the front of Wilcox , causes each of his brigades to make a half wheel to the left. This maneuver , although - though well executed , is attended wIth serious - rious diiflculties , for the division , drawn up en echelon across the Ecnmettsburg road. presents its right flank to the federals to such an extent that the latter mistake the three echelons for three successIve lines. "The moment has arrived for the federal artillery to commence firing. McGilvery concentrates the lire of his forty pieces against the assailants. If the thirty-tour pieces of Ilazzard bearing upon the salient position could follow McGibvery's example this artillery , which Pickett thought to be paralyzed , would autfice to crush him. But , by order of his immediate chief. Itazzard has fired oftener and in quicker succession than Hunt had directed and at the decisive moment he has nothing left in his caissons but canister. He is therefore compelled to Vait until the enemy is within short range. Fearful Cannonading. "Pickett. encouraged by hIs silence. crossei several fields enclosed by strong fences , which his skirmishers had not been able to reach before the cannonade ; then , having raised the base of ( he elevation he is to attack. he once more changes his direction - rection by a half wheel to the right , halting to rectify the line. The confederate artillery - lery Is endeavoring to support him , but. is counting its shots , for it is obliged to be sparing of Its ammunition ; the seven light pieces intended to accompany the infantry , being wanted elsewhere , tail to appear at the very moment when they should push forward and no other battery with sumcient supplies can be found to take theIr place. "But what is still more serious. orders do not seem to have been clearly given to the troops that are to sustain Pickett. Pickett therefore finds himself alone with his three brigades. Far from hesitating , his soldiers rush forward at a double-quick. A fire of musketry breaks out along the entIre front of Gibbon's division. The confederate ranks are thinning as tar as the eye can reach. Garnett , whose brigade has kept a lIttle in advance and who. although sick , has de- dined to leave the post of honor , falls dead within 100 yards of the federal line ; for an instant his troops come to a halt. They are immediately joined by Kemper , who at a distance of sixty yards in the rear has al- bowed their right to corer his left , The two brigades form a somewhat unsteady line. which opens fire upon the enemy. "Gibbon , seeing the enemy advancing with such determination , tries tostop his progress by a countercharge , but his voice is not heard ; his soldiers fire in haste , without leaving their ranks ; the confederates rush upon them , Unfortunately for the assailants - sailants , their right not being proeeted by \Vilcoz , their flank Is exposed to the little wood which stretches beyond the federal line. Stannard's soldiers , concealed by the foliage , have suffered but little from the bombardment ; Hancock , always ready to seize a favorable opportunity , causes theta to form en potence along the edge of the wood in order to take the enemy's line in flank. Two regiments from Armistead's right thus receive a murderous fire which almost decImates and disorganizes them. The remainder of the brigade throws itself in the rear of the center of Pickett's line , which , following this movement , momenta. rily inclines toward Hays in order to attack the federals at close quarters , Armistead , urging hIs men forward , has reached the trout rank between Kecnper and Garnett- if it be yet possible to dtstinguish the regi- menta and brigades in this compact mass of human beings , which , all covered with blood , seems to be driven by an irresistible fotce superior to the individual will of those composing it-and throws himself like a solid body upon the union line. Shock . .f lialtls- , "The shock is terrific ; it falls at first upon the brigades of hall and Harrow , then concentrates - centrates itself upon that of Webb , against which the assailants are oscillating right and left. The latter general in the midst of his soldiers encourages them by his exam- pIe ; he is presentiy wounded. The struggle is waged at close quarters ; the confederates pierce the first line of the federals , but the latter , dislodged from the wail , fall back upon the second line , formed of small earthworka erected upon the ridge in the vIcinity of their guns. The troons nngtpt on the right and left hasten toward the point menaced. "The regiments become mixed ; the corn- mandera do not know bere their soldiers are to be found , but they are all pressing each other In a compact mass , forming at random a living and solid bulwark more than four ranks deep. A clump of trees , In the neighborhood of which Cuehing has posted his guns , commanding the whole plateau , is the objective point that the confederates - federates keep in view. Arnmistead on toot. his hat Perched on ( be point of his sword , rushes forward to attack the battery. With ISO men determined to follow him unto death he pierces the mass of combatants , passes beyond the earthworks , and reaches the line of guns , which can no longer fire for ( car of killing friends and fpes india- crlUsinatel'V hut at the sanme moment , by the side of Cushing , his young aqd gallant adversary , he falls pierced with balls. Timey . - - - - - - both lie itt the foot of the clump of trees which marks the extreme point reached by the confederates in U Is supreme effort. Tue UIt.t p. "If the federals have seen a large number of their chieftains fall and their artillery left itbout ammunition , the effort of the assailants , on the other band , is exhausted. On the right Wilcox baa started in great baste to cover Pickett'a flank , but the diree- tion be is following leads him to the low grounds interspersed with bushes , whence Pium Run derives its source , separating him from this dIvision , to hich he can no longer afford assistance. Pettigrew , on the left , does his best to support him. Ills own brigade and that of Archer have reached Hays' line , but have failed to effect a breach. Trimble , who is following them closely , sus- talas them rigorously. Lane has already penetrated the first line of the federals. drawn tip. as it is elsewhere , at the foot of the acclivity. sad beginning to scale it. be draws near the alt which stands at this point about half ay from the summit. Archer and Scales. covered on their right by the movement of l'icketL who has paaed the came wall at the point where it skirts the plain , have preceded Lane by a few mInutes. But Pettigrew's two brigades of the left. having remained in the rear. cannot - not or will not arrive in time to support them. After a qomsat at short range-very brief. but extremely murderous , in which Trimnble is seriously wounded-his troops and those of l'ettigrew retire. even before the two brigades under Thomas and Perrin have reached their position , and while l'ick- ett is still flgiting on the right. "The regular fire of hays' impregnable' ' line delves the assailants from that point in the greatest disorder as soon as they have taken one step in retreat. The four brigades of the Third confederate corps that have thus been repulsed leave 2,000 prisoners - oners and fifteen stands of colors in the hands of the enemy. A few regiments of Archer's and Scales' brigades. which outflank - flank hays on the left , throw themselves on the right and unite with l'ickett's soldiers , who are still contending with Gibbon. This reinforcement Is , however , quite sutficient for the confederates. who thus find themselves - selves isolated , without support and without - out reserves , in the midst of the federal line. " 1emper is wounded in his turn. Out of the eighteen field ofilcers and four sea- erals Pickett and one lieutenant colonel nbonc remain unharmed. There is hardly any one left around theta and it is a miracle to see them yet safe and sound in the midst of such carnage. The division does not fall back ; it Is annihilated. The flags which a while ago were bravely floating upon the enemy's parapets fall successively to the ground , only to be picked up by the conquerors. A number of soldiers. not dar- bag to pass a second time the ground over which the federals cross their fire , throw down their arms. Among those wbo are trying to gain the southern lines many vie- tims are stricken down by cannon bails. The conflict Is at an end. Out of 4.S00 men who hare folbowd Pickett scarcely 1.200 to 1,300 are to be found in the rear of Aiexanders guns. Three thousand fire hundred have been sacrificed and twelve stands of colors lost in this fatal charge. " SOME AV.tL tYS'FHltlES. WasVes..els . of the tuited Slates that Since Disappeared Completely. Curious disappearances and accidents to our war ships characterized the early history - tory of our navy , and in spite of nIt the efforts - forts of the Nary deportment to explain the cause of the disasters , many of them are as absolute mysteries today as when they hap. pened. \\'hen the government built ten new gunboats - boats to prosecute the ar against Tripoli in 1805 , relates Leslie's Weekly. they were sent out as soon as they were finished and before they were named. Each one was given a number and dispatched to the scene of the war. No. 7 sailed from New York June 20. 1S05 , under the command of Lieutenant - tenant Ogelvie , and after she cleared Sandy hook light she was never heard from again. She went down with all on board before she had even been named. A most extraordinary accident was that which happened to the corvette Monongahela at Santa Cruz , in 1S&T. While at anchor in the harbor a tremendous tidal wave lifted her upon its crest and carried her clean over the town of Fredericbstadt and hack again without injuring the town or the boat to any great extent. The receding wave landed her on the beach instead of in the deep waters of the harbor , and it cost our government $100,000 to float her again. Fully as strange was the fate of the sloop-of-war Wateree. She was anchored in the harbor of Arica , Peru , in 1S68 , when a huge tidal wave swept inland and flooded the whole city. The wave carried the sloop several miles iniand and finally landed her in the midst of a tropical forest. It was impossible to release her from such a peculiar position and the government sold her for a nominal sum. The purchasers turned the vessel into a hotel , and the remains of the once formidable - able war vessel loom up in the tropical forest today as a monument to the power of tidal waves. Among other cases of disaster , which are ntatrlbuted to the violence of the vaves or weather , there Is none more InterestIng than that of the strange fate of the Sara- toga. When she sailed from Philadelphia , in October , 17S0 , under the command of Captain James Young , there was no finer or handsomer war vessel afloat. That she was as formidable as she was attractIve abe soon demonstrated in a practical way. Aftrr cruising around a short time she captured - tured three British vessels in succession , and then with her prizes she started to return - turn to Philadelphia. But off the Delaware capes she encountered a British ship of line , As the Saratoga carried only eighteen guns and the Intrepid was a seventy-tour. gun ship , Captain Young considered it safer to run away. The enemy did not chase her far , but returned to protect and recapture the British prizes. The Sara. toga sailed away in the very teeth of a storm , and she was never heard from again. Did she founder at sea in a gale , or was she blown up by her own magazines ? There are some peculiar accidents to our naval vessels in the past that are accounted for. but while the mystery of their loss is removed and explained , the strangeness of their mishaps is no less Interesting. For instance. there is the sinking of the United States sloop-of-war Oneida In lSG. She was bound home from Yokohama , but when a short dIstance from port the British steamer Bombay ran into her and cut off her stern. The injury was so mortal that the Oneida immediately fired her guns of distress ; but in the darkness the Bombay crept away instead of returning to assist her. In a short time the sloop went to the bottom , carrying nib of her crew with her. \'hen the nevs reached Yokohama the cap- tam of the British steamer was mobbed by the indignant populace and be was die. missed from the service in disgrace. hurricanes have .been responsible for the wreckage of several of our naval vessels other than those at Samoa in 1S89. The brlg'of.war flalubridge was turned over by a hurricane off Cape Hatteras in 1S3 , anti everybody on board was lost except a cob- ored cook , who managed to cling to pieces of the wreck until picked up. Ninety-eight lives Were lost by the wrecking of the sloop-ot.war Huron in 1877. A small burn. cane blew her on the shore off Norfolk , anti she was pounded to pieces by the violent surf. The Saginaw was wrecked in the very middle of the Pacific in 1S70. All aides of the political questions are given In the Weekly lice , Sent until Jaau. ary 1 , 16 , for 5 cents , TIlE FIELD 01 ? ELECTRICITY Progrcsh'e Strides in the Hamoaing of ide Water Power , AMERICAN PUSH STIRRING OLD LONDON lticet rio ltonlq ( ) , mtfltted a itli .ttitt- lents ltulbing St.ek-Vrctsilm Hx- periiiteitt on the Capacity of 'l'elegrnplt 'iVit'eii. The harnessing ot water power to electrical - trical wheels has long since passed the ex- pcninsentai stage. Niagara was not the fore. runner of the new industrial power. It the most extensive and therefore centered the world's attention on the possibilities of water power converted into electricity. Sev- crab small Niagaras in the west have been harnessed with marked success. und other waterfalls are receiving attention from enterprising - terprising investors. The latest is a water- fail near Seattle. bearing the outlandish name of Snoqualmie. The fall is twenty- two miles front Seattle , has an unbroken vertical fall of 20 , or about 100 feet greater than Niagara , and is the only waterfall 'aest of the Cascade range of commercial value. The entire flow of Stioqualmie river. equal to 30.000-horsepower at low water. is controlled by the company , and the plan of installation is such that by a small nddi tional expense for dams and reservoich the entire drainage from the snow fields of the Snoqualnile water shed of 1OQ0 square miles will be available , tanking over 100.000-horse- power henever the business of the adjacent - cent cities may demand it. Capitalists are about to hitch this great power to generators of electricity and trans. mit it by wire to Seattle and vicinity. 1li'et ne ltiUIIM Iii l.intl.ii , Electricity has been more extensively em- ploycd for opera ing street rallways in % merlca ttman In turope. But tee Itlea 13 developing great popularity on the other side of the Atlantic , London , the largest city in the world , has evinced much interest in the subject in the last four or five years , lien first underground electric road. the City & South London. was opened for I trame nearly seven years ago. The scheme was experimentat. and the managers of other lines waited to see how it worked before following the example thus afforded. This road , by the way , passes under the Thames , and is a short one. The second underground electric road to go into operation will be the Waterloo & City , formally opened in July , four years after active ork was hegun upon it. The third enterprise of this class , the Central London , will not be finished for a year or two yet , but will then have the longest underground - derground road in the world that has been operated by electricity from the outset. Rapid progress is being made in construct- bag this seven-mile tunnel , and in many ways the achIevement will be a remarkable one from an engineering point of view. Still other underground electric roads have been projected in London , but up to date they hare been rather nebulous affairs. The Waterloo & City railway is a mile and a half long. It has two terminal stations - tions , one thirty-eight feet below the station of the London & Southwestern , a steam trunk line. and the other in the vicinity of the Mansion House. This road , like the City & South London , passes under the Thames , and that fact was turned to advantage - vantage while the tunnel was under con- struction. The removal of excavated earth and rock is always an important part of the work of tunneling. In the present instance - stance shafts were sunk at the river's edge. to intercept the tunnel , and through these were hoisted up the excavated material , which was then transferred to barges. The Waterloo & City line is a douhle- track road , and has a separate tunnel for each track. Hence there were about three miles of tunnel to construct. ( Fhe hole is twelve feet in diameter , and is circular. Most of the way the two tunnels lay side by side , but at one point it became necessary - sary to bring one up over theiother. In some places the lIne is fully sixty feet below the surface of the soil. At the Mansion I-louse terminus hydraulic elevators will carry passengers up and down , to and from the street. Most of the equipment for these roads is of American make. I'oi'taIIe Electric hoot ! , A system of portable or field electric railway - way has been brought out in Germany with complete success. As described by a correspondent - spondent of the Boston Transonipt the track consists of easily transported rail frames. made of two rails of the usual field railway - way profile and connected together by , say , five crossbars ; the middle crossbar extends a few inches beyond the rails on either side , and to its ends is bolted an iron yoke , or frame , in shape an inverted t. . the top of which is high enough to be vcIl clear of the cars. The overhead conductor is supported - ported at the center of the upper horizontal part of the yoke ; the yokes are placed closer together at curves , and at the sharpest - est curves it may be necessary to fit every roil frame with a yoke in order to keep the overhead conductor sufliciently near the cen. ter of the track. The generating station is fitted in the usual way with a dynamo , and two feeders are led from the station to one end of the track , one beIng connected to the end of the overhead conductor and the other to the rails. For running the trolley wire a special truck has been devIsed. On it are a pair of ladders , leaning toward each other , anti between them on the floor of the truck is a reel containing wire. and at the top , where their upper ends meet , is supported a guide pulley. By means of this truck a long field line , it Is found , can be run out in a surprisingly short space of time. . ' l'rciacli Tt'l&-grupls lxperimuo'it , Experiments are at present being con- dueled on the Paris-Bordeaux line with some very interesting machines. which the inventor - ventor , M. Mercadier , has been working on ( or many years. With these instruments , called duodecapbex. twelve Morse transmIt- tens ran work simultaneously on a single wire , each sending a signal to the proper receiver at the end of the line. This result is brought about by the use of alternating or , at any rate , interrupted currents. Each transmitter receives Its current through a tuning fork having a specIal note , its vi- hratioas being electrically maintained. These vibrations furnish a current of the proper period to cause resonance at each application in the proper receiving circuit. which has its self-induction and capacity adjusted for this result. This receiver is a telephone ( a monotelephone , as it is called by Mercadier ) . so constructed anti arranged - ranged that the acoustic resonance qualIties also help to damp out from the signals re- ceired everything not intended for it. These signals are read in the ordinary way by ear. aided by rubber tubes like those used on phonographs. The sifting out of the sig- nala. it seems. is very perfect. each re- ceirer giving no evidence of those signals not intended ( or It except a slight murmur- lug. ery Indefinite and not at all bother- some. Iissuiii'i' Tt'i.-scoiic. One of the inventions to be shown at the Paris exposition in 1S00 and hieh iil doubtless attract much attention is the Dussaud telescope. devIsed by M. Iuessud , the inventor of lice microphonograph , which is usd with much advantage by the deaf and dumb. The apparalus consists of a photographic camera , at the back of which is placed a movable shutter containing a series of apertures in the form of a spiral and a peculiar arrangement of selenite plates. It is well known that the electnirai resistance of selenium depends upon the JOBBERS RHO I'4RNURCTURERS OF OMAHA. _ _ AlIT GOODS I\ . .P icture iWoldiitgs. MIrrorT , Frames , Backing and Arttat , Iateriala. BOILER AND SHEET IRON WORKS rakc , Wilson & WHliams Si1cetsor'Iltun , t. lrnkc. ) Manufacturers b. ilcr smokc' atirks nn'l ? 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The disk ira. parts Its motion to an opaque plate , which Is ruled with opaque lines. In front of this Is a similar , though stationary , plate. Through these two plates passes a beam of parallel light from an electric nrc , and the amount of light transmitted depends on their relative positions. If now a shutter similar and synchronous with the first in. tcrrupts the transmitted beam in precisely the same manner , a lens projects on the screen a series of images dhicb the persistence - sistence of the luminous impression blends into a continuous image , simIlar to the cinematograph. The shutters make ten revolutions - olutions per second , anti as the telephone device is capable of moving the glass plate with suffIcient rapidity and corresponding to the variations in current occasioned by the change iii resistance of the selenium plates , it seems possible that there is much in the new invention which should corn- mend it. Even If there is hut the gerta of the right idea It is possible that subsequent - quent experimentation will improve and Ingenious - genious mechanicians will be able to per- feet it. % 'JG.ttG1 ? ( iN A IiIST.tI'If.tNT , A lit I t'n tm 1,11 iseli run iii % 'ii I' r- ( ) ru t ri .tre ( d i'ii l.y Sliziitilw , The other day a man slipped into a Monroe - roe street lunch room , ordered medium boiled eggs and when lie had done so be ducked instinctively that the aiter'a voice might pass over his bead ; but it didn't. 'The % aiter snapped his fingers vigorously , looked across the room and then raise' ] his right hand with the thumb and foi'e- finger held to form a circle and the other thrve fingers in tIme air. Then lme turned to an urn to draw the coffee quietly and in good order. "Ain't you going to order my eggs ? " the man asked fearfully. "Eggs is ordered , sah-got 'em on the fire now , " replied the waiter. " 110w is that ? " asked the customer , sus- pie lously. " 1 ordered 'em as soon as you gave me the order " said the waiter. 'All I got to do is just that , " and again he wade the - DRUGS. i-i- Drug Co 902.906 Jackson SI. 7. 0. IUCIIARDSON , Preet. 0. P. WELLEI , V. I'rcet , ThD & Chcmc Jl'fr. . ? Mndar.t I'hari'icetlcai , Z'rpora- on3. . ! tfleft3t Fnruliie Prepared to . , , , , . . ( Jrb'r. 'eii fee Csfalop.ie. IIU 1toi&rd St. , Orna coI Dru , i.cts and S/a tionert , "Queen Bee" FpcisltIes. Clgari , Wine , kn.1 nran.iita , racs 12th .d lisracy 5trtl ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES , vIesrn Eectrca1 Thrnpa .e/c Inca ! Su/lics. Ec't'trit''IrIni ! T3olla and Gas Lighting 0 W. JOltSTO , .hgr. ItIS Howard St. AIoIf Ioria v SEW1f i& W1tO1.CSALE AND ItSTAIL ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES 1,1'OS 'arnam St. FRUIT-PRODUCE. B ch & Co9 WHOLErALI1 Commission Merchants. 5. 'Vt. Cora.r 1th an , ! howard St. . Uembers at the ) atIcnai Lagiie of Comtnts- rcn Ilerebant , Cf the Unitid State GROCERIES , 4CordaBav Oo , 13th and Leavenworth St. Staple and Fancy Groce-ies1 ItA AID corrtt RO&TtR , ( ic. I\/L DYer & Eaapke , WltOLESfr.LB FINE GR 0 CER I.E S I Teas , Spice. , TobaccO enA Cigars. V , lO3-14C7 Ilarney d.reet. . HARNESS-SADDLERY. I 1ay S .hI'f'rj IIAJNS5 , 8ADILL' .INI ) CO.L.1R Jobbers of Lather , Sadd2e'y JIarIieare , Etc. We solicIt your orders 1315 Howard St. HARDWARE. P\o2r & ! y o Wholesale Hardware , Omaha. L oeCIa aiedw Wholesale Hardware. BIcycles and Sporting Gocds. l210.2A.25 ear- ney gareet. cabalistic sign tith his thumb and forefinger - finger above his bead. The man was almost overcome by surprise - prise , reports the Chicago Tribune. At last he had found the place he had so long Sought , where he could eat in quietness. When lie had finished the eggs and coffee he sought out the manager of the house and said : 'Ivant to buy tt ticket to eat here the rest of my life. And I want to find out some things about this system of yours. " The manager took him aside and told him the secrets of the queer nmessagett which had passed from walter to head waiter and hack V to the kttchen. The distance is too great. for the waiter to salk back and transmit every order to the cooks and thun return to his customer , \'eurs ago two tviters aba should go down to fame for their servIce - Ice to dyspeptic and unhappy mankind devised - vised a system of signals for all the articles of the bill of fare. At first the system was quite simple nail the signs were few , call- lag only for time principal things on the card , but it .bas grown with time until now there are over 150 articles of food which can lie ordered by waves and motions of the hand .N 0 other restaurant in the country - try has a system like it. A head walter or his assistant stnnds in the center of the ilpor during time rush hours anti keeiis an eye 0cm the wattera behind - hind the iong counters , surrounded by "stool climbers. " I a customer orders roast beef meillum , the waiter snaps his fingers to attract the attention of tue head waiter. Then Ito makes a cut across his left hanil . with his right pad sticks up his right thumb. instantly the head waiter repeals the signal to a man in the back room , who transmits it to the cook and the roast beef is being prepared before the waiter who took the order could have gone five feet toward the kitchen and there is no noise or fuss about it. it a small steak is orderotl the waiter holds his right hand at the hsigttt of his head , palm out. flatters joined. If it Is to be medium. he ebtecimes his hand . qtlickl ) ' and lets his thumb project. If the ' customer wants It well done time open hand sign is followed by two quick blows of the I right flat on the left palm. The eye of the Interpreter must lie quick to catch the chauge In the sign , for a cer. lain move of ihe hand follosing another means something entirely different from what a certain move , means if Originally ds. j'laed. if an oyster aew is called for. in. stead of shouting "stew one" in strident tones. as ii the custom in many rsataursnts ' of the lower-price variety , the waiter snaps his fingers and ahen be baa caught the eye of the interpreter be exunds his lest arm 'with the flat CVlOutd and the thumb in the atr. It the order Is half a dozen fried oyz- LIQUORS , _ _ _ - \jJaIter \ oise & oo vlloi.ts.i.l ; LIQ UORS. I'rcpnletors of AMi11t.tt "lOAfl A'D OLASi % VAitt CO ! u-is South 14th St. - 11'/olesale Liqua's and Ci zr : , Ills Fummam Siret. ' East 1,1(11(2 Bitters 'V Qold n She t rune Itys and Bourbon WbtskI1 Willow Spreg. Distillery , list ci. , liii lharasy Street J f . _ , , , , ' , . . - . 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For ham and eggs the waiter places his right palm against his cheek , that being the signal fd'r fried ham , and then extends his arm with the palm of the band up and the fingers closed , whils means fried eggs. Some of the signals are continuous too- lions , indicative of some process through which the food must pass. Thus , an order for corned beef hash is transmitted by a shaking motion of both hands backward and fore-and , indicating how well shaken the in- gerdients of the hash are before being served. For baked beans the waiter holds up his right hand and beckons rapidly wi'h his four closed fIngers. For liver and bacon V the waiter scrapes his right index finger with the forefinger of his left hand , show- lug bow the bacon Is sliced , and then places a forefinger over his side about where he thinks his liver is located. Pork sausage , too , it a signal easily discernible. The waiter links his to little fingers together , indicating the links of sausage. Ii ( ) 'tV I'Alt (1. ' . i \ ItVi i' . ' , iliIt'i.'T. . h'rk' . ' Ii. Iii I , ' .k Iiieiiius for ts ii of I't . ' 's 'ieI..r. "Papa" Cobb , the old Harvard athlete. wimo returned from Dawson on the Bean- eke with a bmg bag of gold , told the Seattle I'ost the following story about patriotism for the Stars and Itripes at Daweon : "One ilay a man shoted up In camp with a single copy of a newspaper containing the first account of Iewey's victory at Manila. This cingle paper was the fIrst intimation o had of the great things our navy had been iioiog. anti it was sought after more eagerly tbau gold. An enterprising Yankee purchased it for * 10 and then hired Tamtnany hall for the evening. lie charged 0 cents anti packed the hall. his read the paper to the crowd , antI after every sentence there was a regu. Inc warwhoop. It made the walls of the brUldlug tremble. The success of the yen. lure was so pronounced that lie rented the bali for the next night and neemped another harvest. lie made $100 off that one newspaper - paper and sold it 10 U miner who was going into the diggings fur 5u. " i Washington Star : "S'hst " nonsense , cx- claimed the proud young father , as he Slung the book aside. "To what do you refer ? " asked the friend she welcomed any topic that did not lead to a description of phenomnenal children "This statement that au juan are born equsi. It's an utter fallacy. Why. my baby weighed ten pounds when it was born and Tackley's . , VeIgbed only seven and a bait , "