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PICIiETT'S ' FAIOUS ChAliCE
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, One of the Most Thrilling Episodes of the
' Battle of Gettysburg.
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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
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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
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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
.
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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.
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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
? 'reechings ' , pressure , rendering , sheep dip ,
lard and water tanks , boiler tubes eon-
stantly on hand. second hand leiiers
bought anti Fold Special nn1 lrolnut to
repairs lit city or country 11th and Pierce.
BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS ,
merIcan an
% Sewed Shoe Co
, tlJ'frs ' Jobbe's of Fool T1'car
.
wzs.rER AotNre Ton
The Joseph Banigan , Rubber Co.
C.HR Srgue & cI
Rubbers and MQckintoshes.
Cur. tIeventle A ; F'nriiniu St. . , Oiiinlin ,
, . _ & U
Boots , S/toes and Rzthbe's
Balesrooma U05.UOt1O5 lunacy Strt.t.
iV0v. Morse Co1
Booi's , S/zoos , Rubbers ,
AT WHOLESALE.
Office and Salesroom 1119-21-23 Howard St.
BAGS
cmis Om a ag Co
lmportcr5 sail Maufacturcra
BAGS
6z-z6-z8 Scieth zIth Street
CHICORY
The Drneriai
' Chicory Co
Growers anC manufacturers of nil foils , of
Chteorr Omaha-Fremont.O'Nefl.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE
A H1 gies ,
( L 'V ' e
Importsr an iTeS ep
Crockery. China , Glassware ,
Duver Plated Ware , Looking Glasses , Chan.
deliers. Lamps , Chimneys. Cutiery , tc.
1410 PAiLN& 3T.
CREAMERY SUPPLIES
I h ShrpIo Crny
Creamery . /Ltacliinery /
and Supp1ies
3oiIers , Engines , Feed Cookers. Wood Pul. .
ieyT , Shafting , Belting , Butter Pack-
bCS of all kindi.
sQ7.909 Jones St.
- - - DRY GOODS.
I1. E5 Smith &
tcpocter , and Jobbsr-s of
Dry Goods , Furnishing' G.'ods
AND NOTIONS.
amount of light It receives , and owing to
this property it has been employed In the
majority of attempts at visual transmission.
The person to be photographed forms an
imago on the selenium plates , interrupted ,
of course , by the rotary shutter. and as
the different illuminated parts of the image
are thrown on the selenium they produce
currents of varying intensity In the irimary
of any induction cotl. The inducted current
in the secondary flows by the line wire to
the receiving station , where the disk of an
appliance similar to a very ensltive telephone -
phone is caused to vibrate. 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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WHOLESALE
IfYttcs , Liquors ad Cqars.
511.415 8. 11th Otre.I.-
V
- -
LUMBER
hcaoLuabor 6o.
(
WHOLESALE
i..UMBEa , , . V
814 South 14th St.
OILS-PAINTS
Standardoil Co.
: . . IJoffet. tat \'iec Pres. L. .7. Zrake. Gsa Mgi
. . . . OiLS. . . .
Gacltr.e. Turpentae. Axle Greas. ute.
Omaha tiranch and . % gnie , . JV1fl U. Ruth Mgi' .
PAPER-WOODENWARE.
Paper
Prln/ing Paper ,
1'Vrabj5lz Paer , , Sfationey.
Ccrner 13t5 and ilcwtrd streets.
STEAM-WATER SUPPLtES.
CraoOhurciiU Co
1014-1016 Dangia , ; Street.
Manufacturers and 3obbers of Steam , Os. an4
Water Supplies of All Kinds.
Ulie Sts
Sippy o
iioS-iiro Harnei' St.
Steam Pumps , Engines and Boilers , Pipe ,
Wind Mills , Steam and Plumbing
Material , Belting , I-lose , Etc.
TYPE FOUNDRIES
( rnat Weser
z9 Ty2e Foury
Snpenier Copper Mixed Type I. this beat or
the mprket.
ELECTROTTPE FOUNBfl'
1.115 Iloirsjd Street.
For an up-to-aate
Western Newspaper
Read. The Omaha Bee
ters the right hand is thrust out with the
fingers spread far apart. 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 , "
