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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1899)
r THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , JTJX33 2 , 1809. THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY large Orop of Claimant * for the Invention of Wireless Telegraphy , ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN RtnrtMnK Effect of Electricity on nn Anntrlnii Ncaro CoMt of Electric K Telephone * for Pnrmcrii Ono of the first fruits of the announce ment of over/ Apparently now discovery Is a jnonr or less abundant crop of claimants for priority of Invention. To this rule the Marconrnyntem of wlrcleas telegraphy has proved to bo no exception , and several European Inventors question the originality of the clever young Italian's work. From a letter ju t published , however , It would ap pear that the credit of having performed the first experiments In electric wlrclcta signal- ins belongs to Prof. D. E. Ilughca , an American electrician , held In high repute In linglnml , where he has long resided. Prof. Ilughra , who Is nlso the Inventor of thu microphone and the Induction balance , has been Induced to tell how the thins came about. In 1S79 , while engaged In experi mentation with his microphone and Induc tion balance , ho noticed the Characteristic propertied ot what ho called "electric aerial waves. " He eventually net himself two problems to solve : (1) ( ) What was the true nature of these electric aerial wavre , which ecemed , whllo not visible , to spurn all idea of Insulation and to permeate all space to a distance undetermined. (2) ( ) To discover the bc t receiver that could act upon a tele phone or telegraph Instrument , BO as to bo able to utilize ( when required ) thcso waves ( or the transmission ot messages. The first problem him puzzled jimny men since 1879 ; the second was more easily solved. Prof , llughcs found that the microphone bad ftlono the power of rendering these Invisible waves evident , cither In a telephone or galvano meter , and even up to the present time he knows ot nothing approaching the sensitive- nees ot a mlcrophonlc joint as a receiver. Ilranly's tube , now used by Mnrconl , was described In Prof. Hughes' paper to the Royal Bcclety ( May 8 , 1878) ) , as the micro phone tube , filled with loose filings of zinc and silver , and Prof. Lodge's coherer Is an ordinary steel microphone , used for a dif ferent purpose from that for which Prof. Hughes described It. Klectrlclty In Japan. Prof. F. B. Crocker , who has boon taking note ot the electrical features of Japan dur- J ( i ing a tour through the country , remarks " \ . P" * bal , Chough American electrical supplies r ore constantly met with , there is abundant room for more. The Japanese have already /brought / telegraphy , telephony and electric lighting to a fairly advanced state and arc making excellent progress In electric rail roads , electrical manufacturing and electric education. Doth the telegraph and the tele phone ore operated by the government. The telegraph lines extend the length and breadth of the empire , connecting all the larger and most of the smaller towns. The distances arc very considerable. For instance , the straight line from Nagasaki , near the southwestern ( extremity of the Island ct Kyushu , to the most northern point of the Island of Yeso Is about 1,200 miles. But the lines arc too small for the traffic , which Is Increasing at the rate of about 20 per cent per annum , and the Jap anese Parliament Is to bo asked to spend $15,000,000 to expand the service. To Amer icans the cost of a message seems absurdly low. " , A message of ten kana ( characters ) can be sent between any two stations In the empire for 15 sen ( TA cents ) . The address is not charged for , and delivery to any point within , two and four-tenths miles of the .elation is also free. The rate for local" tele grams IB even a greater source of wonder. Ono ifa'n send a ten kana message , includ ing delivery , for 2V& cents. In the many cases when.lt is only desired to send a few words the Japanese rates are not more than a quarter as much as In America add there is the additional fact to consider that ithe same charge applies to distances of 500 miles or more. The system has to bo op erated cheaply to make the 33V& per cent profit which Is expected from It at such low rates. The secret Is cheap labor. Operators receive' 15 to 20 cents a day and the salaries of the higher officers , as well as the wages of linemen and other employes , are In the KALDAH , OF NEW YORK , Clairvoyant and Trance Medium GlvoM Pnyclilc Demonstrations Hint the Most Skeptical He Him Arrived la Oinnlin. 4. So . .extraordinary are tils marvelous t ktk of the , wondere j > nd powers of clalrvoyancy thatlthpy must bo witnessed to be believed. NO MATTER WHAT TROUBLE you may have with yourself or others , come and he will guide you. He advises you with a Btrongu certainty , with a higher than human power. Hetells you every wish , fear and ambition of your life. KALDAH IS RECOGNIZED by the press , medical faculties and scientists generally as the foremost medium of modern times , and should not bo classed with cheap pretenders and frauds who have visited the city ; call on him and bo convinced of bis superiority over all others. He calls you by name , tells you names of your friends and relatives , tells you what you called for , tells It your friends are falsa or true , tells bow to gain and retain one's affections , how to succeed In business , in fact , EVERYTHING. It marriage , sickness , deaths , changes , travels , divorces , separation ? , law suits , business transactions , wills , deeds , mort gages , lent or absent friends Interest you , if you desire to bo more successful , If you desire to have your domestic troubles re moved , your lost love returned , your enemies v converted Into staunch frtendt , In a word , whatever may bo your troubles , suspicions or desires , call on this wonderfully gifted man and bo will send you away happier , wlae ? , iand > bblder than before. Satisfaction guaranteed or no fee taken , A11 'business strictly confidential. KALDAH'S Parlors at 111 South 17th St. , between Dodge and Douglas , are secured vlth that Vlow to privacy so frequently desired by those who are foreign to tbo knowledge of the wonderful results of tht'ie psychic con sultations and advice , Hours from 0 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 6 p. m. ; Sunday from 10 to 4 p. TO. Do. not'call oUt of hours mentioned cr you' > \ 111 bo disappointed. same proportion. Many of the supplies wire , Insulators , poles , tools , Instruments , etc. are from America , so no saving can bo made on them. Prof. Crotktr says that many of the keys , switchboards , etc. , which are ot European make , are so clumsy that they carry him back to his earliest electrical studies and the pictures In an old-fashioned "Natural Phlrosophy. " The levers ot the keys and sounders look as If they were made for a bear trap. Telegraphic transmission IB moro rapid by the Japanese than by the English code ; that Is to say , a greater amount ot Information or verbal material can be conveyed in the same time. This is explained by the fact that each kana Is equivalent to about two English letters , Moreover , the Japanese operators employ no punctuation and this gives a further slight saving in time. Prof. Crocker traces the development of the Japanese telegraph code from the picture writing ot the very an cient Chinese , thousands of years before the Christian era. In course of time these pic torial representations were modified to make them more adaptable for ordinary use , and thus the various Chinese characters were born. Then the Japanese kana were de rived from Chinese characters correspond ing more or less to similar sounds Id the two languages. Finally these kana were translated Into the Morse telegraphic code , and , strange to say , are found to lend them selves to it better than the English and other European alphabets. ° \Vhltcnnir ! n Negro ! > > Electricity. The Frc-mdtnblatt of Vienna reports the coao of a "whlto negro" resident of th Austrian capital , whoso singular transformation mation from a. colored into a white , or , rather , whitened person , has created a sen- nation among the ipubllc ot the old Kalscr- stadt , and la 'being ' studied with Increasing Interest by the scientists of Its university. The question seems to be whether this ex traordinary phenomenon Is merely a | 'frcok or naturo" or may furnish the basis fo'r fur ther experiments In "whlto-washlng , " as It were , black-skinned Individuals by an elec tric treatment , whoso boundless applicabil ity bids fair to afford hopes for the gradual whitening ofwhole peoples , like our colored natives and colonial fellow citizens , Filipinos pines , Hawalhtns , not to mention Samoans , etc. All that Is necessary would 'bo ' the establishment ot electrical plants ot suffi cient capacity and power to provide whole negro communttlce with the needed electric baths. Wo refrain from expatiating on the anthropological and political vistas thus opened by the accidental discovery of a Viennese phyalcla'n ' , but hasten to state the recorded "miracle , " for such It appears to be , according to the Frcmdenblatt. Two years ago an Austrian merchant , who had been on a business trip to Africa , brought back with him from Egypt Ibual Lacho , a Soudanese negro , aged 19 years. Speedily acclimated , the 'Waclc ' Immigrant soon learned the German dialect of the VIenncso and surprised them by his clever manners and the elegant dress ho displayed In the and upon the "promenade. " During last autumn ho became affected by nervous troubles , which a famous neuropathist ot Vienna subjected to electrical treatment. Ibual Lacho's condition began to Improve from day to day and , strange to relate , In. the same proportion as the disease seemed to leave him there disappeared the black dye of his ekln. Paler and paler he grew until , through the stages ot Peruvian and Egyptian mummy coloration and the pallid tinge of embalmed beef , he blanched into gaining the true Caucasslan complexion. Ibual's doctor explains the discoloration ot his patient from a process by which the black pigment In his skin was disintegrated and finally eliminated through electricity. This chief coloring matter , melanin , or plg- mentum nlgrurn , found In the eye , the aJr and the skin , contains iron , and strongly re acts upon electric application. The hope Is expressed that the Unttod States govern ment , which , together with the most suc cessful tyhltewashlng Institutions It already possesses , boasts ot the largest negro con stituency among all civilized nations on the globe , .will not delay giving Its attention and further exploitation to the Viennese physi cian's miraculous experiment. It might solve the race problem , stop lynching and secure for another generation the negro's vote. Cent ot Electric Lighting ? . About four years ago , relates the Western Laborer , Springfield , 111. , was. paying $137 per light. The financial condition of the city was such that the electric light com panies were able to dictate their own terms. After persuasion had failed the business men devised a plan that 1 now known as the "Springfield method. " Sixty "business " men signed Joint notes for a total of $60,000 of $1,000 each. The local banks promptly accepted these notes and advanced the money. These sixty men organized and chartered an electric light company. This company contracted with the Standard Electric company for a plant to furnish 300 arc lights and to operate the same. The Standard company contracted to furnish lights for five years at $60 per lamp and to pay the Interedt on the notes for $60,000 , leaving the business men's company free from liability from operation. The busl1- ness men's company went to the city and agreed to furnish the city with arc lights for five years at a rate of $113.33 per year , and at the expiration of the time turn over to the city the plant in first-class condition and tree from all Indebtedness. This plant originally cost : Building J D.371.62 Machinery , 16,484.B ( Construction 39,000.00 Total .7(14,836.27 ( Beginning with 300 arc-Lights , the plant now furnishes 333 arc and S,6TiO incandescent lights The municipal plant has cost to date $91,900.37 , and the Incandescent $21- 315.17 , a total of $113,254,54. There has been paid between $85,000 , and $90,000 on this total cost , so that It Is certain the plant will bo paid for within five ycara. In Jan uary , 1898 , the demands were so heavy that the company put In a plant for 8,000 In candescent lamps , at a cost of $11,000. This addition will also be given to the city at the expiration of the five yeara , provided the Etato gives the city the right to do com mercial lighting , The rate to consumers U a fiat rate ot 15 cents a month. The secre tary of the business men's company Is Ed win A. Wilson. He says they have been unable to find out what It crsta the Standard company per lamp to operate the plant , but j is assured by the contract price of $60 , less the Interest charge , that the Standard com pany Is doing the work for from $42 to $13 per lamp. Ho thinks the city , with coal costing about $350 per month , can operate the plant for about $1,000 a month , Every month the Indebtedness Is reduced by a cer tain amount , and the Interest promptly paid. In addition to the total amount paid over $7,000 worth of city lighting WUB furnished trod. Uy reason of the business men taking hold of the matter Springfield for five years Is getting lights $23.66 cheaper per year than under private ownership , and at the same time Is acquiring a fine plant trco of cost to the business men. It ! the difference - once between the city paying for u plant by electric light appropriation * and not ownIng - Ing it , and paying for a plant and getting a plant. Telephone * for Pnrnirra. There will soon be few districts In which the Isolation which has so frequently been a drawback to the llfo of a farmer need longer exist , Even where "better roads have not brought the farms nearer to the popu lated centers , the running of telephone lines has been much simplified. In many states the entire farming class can now communl- ! rate with each other without being influ enced by the condition ot the roads or prres ot work. In one section of New York state ten farmers got together and constructed a line for Intercommunication , They fur nished the tools and did the work them selves , the expense for wire , Instruments and other necessaries , which was equally I divided among them , -being only about $14 ! a share. Lines even cheaper than this are now being Installed by using the ordinary barbed wire already on the farm fences , A good sample ot this system , which Is run by a California land company , Is about ten mlles long. Telephone Instruments ot the best quality ore used , and care Is taken that no wire shall have a ground connec tion. In crossing roads ami gates , where possible , high posts carry the wire clear overhead , but in other cases three-elght-lnch water pipes arc laid under the gates or roads and a well-Insulated wire Is run through them to connect the 'barbed ' wire on cither sldo. The ends of the pipe are bent up at the sides of the gates or roads and filled In with putty to keep out water. Such lines will work , In good weather , up to 100 miles. The objection to them , how ever , is that -when it Is raining the current has n tendency to run to ground. So In rainy districts Interruptions of the service may happen any day. Ventilation nf Ship * . The application ot electricity to ventila tion of ships has greatly reduced the risk of hold fires , So convincingly has this been proved In recent practice that many lines arc equipping all their ships with pow erful tans for the maintenance ot n constant stream of pure air below decks. In some tests made on a Laird line steamer all the open ings In the hold were closed and two heaps ot refuse Ignited for the purpose ot filling the space with smoke. In a short time the air was so dense as to entirety obscure the electric lights at a distance of twenty feet. The fan was then set in motion and In less than thrco minutes the air In the heM was perfectly sweet and clear. In another test a steamer was making a voyngo of sixteen hours with a cargo ot cattle. The capacity of 'tho ' hold was 110 head , and although the full number was carried throughout the passage - sago the thermometer never registered more than 60 degrees. At times the electric fans wcro put on at only half speed. Even then the vapor given off by the cattle was re moved as quickly as produced and It was possible to ueo from ono end ot the range ot stalls to the other the whole ot the time. The temperature before the cattle were taken on board was GO degrees. It Is said that cattle stand long voyages and rough weather Infinitely better where electric venr Ulatlon has been Introduced. Klcctrlc Note * , Preparations for the Introduction ot the cloctrlo light Into Calcutta are going on apace. Mains are being laid , and the cen tral station , where 15,000 horse power will be employed in generating the current , is approaching completion , The dynamos will shortly be running and the current available for < ho supply of private houses ; so that electric fans driven by the current will soon replace the coughing , slumbering punkah coolie. The engines which are being set up will bo entirely devoted to the produc tion of tlio electric light and the driving of electric fans , a further Installation being contemplated for the trams When these come to bo driven by electricity. The task of reaching Incandescent electric lights placed high In public buildings , rail road stations , art galleries , etc. , when the bulbs had to bo cleaned or renewed has been simplified by the discovery of the "manipulator , " by means of which a man can stand on the floor and renew or clean lamps at any height up to sixty feet. Two nippers , lined with rubber , are attached to the end of a polo made In sections. The nippers will fit any standard make of In candescent lamp , and arc operated by a small wheel at the bottom of the pole , by which the lamp tender opens and closes them. When a burned out or broken bulb has to be renewed the tender raises the polo and slips the nippers over the bulb. As soon as the grip Is firmly adjusted tbo polo Is twisted and the lamp is unscrewed. There is an arrangement for manipulating lights situated at an angle or In an alcove. When the lamp has been cleaned or a now lamp has to be put In the operation Is re versed. The center of attraction at a recent dinner in "New Yo.rk was an American modification of an electric fountain for a dinner table. The water , rising from a bed of moss and ferns , assumed the form of a pyramid. The Jot changed from time to time from an ap parently homogeneous mass of liquid to a fine mist , which was tinted with ever- changing colored light. The > pyramidal form of the water was produced by forcing It through a perforated glass globe , and the various color effects were obtained 'by ' re volving a multi-colored disc beneath the Jet. To Illumine the fountain the rays ot an ordinary thirty-two candle-power electric lamp were projected through the glebe upon the spray. 'An ' electric pump made * the fountain entirely self-contained , and as the same water was used continuously no connection with an outside water system was required. The fountain , which has been patented in the United States , can easily bo adapted to any dining table. It consists of a cast-Iron basin , In the center of which Is a hemispherical globe of clear glass. The water enters between this globe and a flat glass plate- . Beneath this are the colored discs , which are rotated by a. small overshot wheel to which motion Is given by the overflowing liquid. Minor Puller Mutter * . Charles Edwards , alias "D. C. " Is In Jail on the charge of stealing a fur collarette and a silk dress. These were pawned and Edwards sent word to a woman to meet him near a Ninth street saloon with the under standing that they would leave the city. Ofllcer Ryan saw them and arrested Ed wards. Ralph Paxton was arrested on suspicion of having stolen a sword from Colonel Nich olas. The weapon was recovered and Paxton will be prosecuted. He was discharged 10- cently , as the testimony was not deemed strong enough to convict him of stealing a Tot of paints from King Phillips , for whom he was working. John Panuska was discharged by Judge Gordon after all the evidence against him hud been heard. Panuska was charged by the Modern Woodmen of Nebraska camp , of which he was treasurer , with the embezzle ment of $198. Ho claimed the money was stolen from his house and he should not be hold responsible , John Carver , living under the viaduct at Sixteenth and Maton streets , called upon the city prosecutor for the purpose of com plaining against a lot ot boys , who , as ho claimed , are In the habit of tearing off boards and throwing them down on his roof. He said ho did not complain as long as they confined the bombardment to stones , but sixteen-foot boards make such a racket when dropped on his roof that It Is dangerous Pfay. Edward Kirk entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of shooting at A. P. Trow- brldge with Intent to wound on Decoration day. His trial will occur later , Tbo other men arrested with him wcro not Included in the complaint , as they seem to have had nothing to do with the shooting. Kirk had some trouble with II , Friedman , 1520 Dodge street , shortly before he shot Trowbrldge. He passed Friedman's place with Moore and attempted to draw Friedman Into an alter cation. In this ho was unsuccessful and finally passed on to meet and shoot Trow- brldgc , Ainilo TII lev * the CiiHli , While on his way to the Webster street depot yesterday afternoon Chris Christian- son of River Sioux , la. , slopped to see An nie Brown , near the corner of Fifteenth and Webster streets. When ho arrived nt the depot ho discovered that he had been robbed of $50 In cash. Ho returned to the house and told the woman of his loss. She finally acknowledged that she had taken his money and returned htm two $20 bills. He filed a compfatnt against her and eho was arrested , Ho also was locked up and charged with drunkenness. Christiansen has been working on the Northwestern road as a grader and was on his way home , The Brown \\omau Is "the innocent colored girl" who was discharged In a higher court recently because the Judge believed the po lice were persecuting her. Kodol Dyspepsia Cuio completely digests food within the stomach and intestines and renders all classes of food capable of being assimilated and converted Into strength glv- lue and tissue building substances. READY TO CHANCE HIS MIND John MoNamara Willing to Admit Having Made OountctftitOoin. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY A STRANGER Nebraska Knrnter llnrhnrn n ( Jiicut "Who Tenches Him Lessons that Hermit In Him ItelliR Landed in Jnll. John MoNamara , charged with counter feiting , and Indicted by the recent United SUtes grand Jury , was arraigned botoro Judge Munger and entered a pica of not guilty. Later , however , he will change his plea and admit th 'commission of the crime with which ho elands charged. MoNamara is a farmer , residing not for from Junlatt , this state. Last December a stranger stopped at Ms house. This stranger was out ot money and wanted to enjoy MoN'atnara's hospitality for a couple ot days , owing tothe fact that a blltiard waa raging over that portion of Nebraska. In the goodness of hla heart McNamara took the innn In , and during his stay the guest intimated to his host that there was an easier way ot getting a living than by digging In the soil , McN'atnara was look- lag for something of this kind and the stranger unfolded his plan , Ho said that ho could maka money that would defy de tection and for all Intents and purposes it would be an good aa the best , The upshot ot the whole matter was that bcfora the stranger left the premises he had taught McNamara how to make counterfeit dimes , quarters and halt dollars. Alter the departure of the stranger Mc Namara made a few of the spurious coins , but Was arrested by nn oflicer ot the United States before he succeeded in floating any large quantity ot the stuff. He admits his guilt , but Is prepared' to declare before the court that ho will never commit another crime. SUIT AGAINST WATUIl COMPANY. Gcorjtln K. Thornton , Victim of 1'iit- tcrsnii llloelc Fire , III Court. Another damage suit for a largo amount has been filed against the Omaha Water company on account of the Patterson block fire. The plaintiff In the most recent case Is Georgia F. Thornton , whose ground of action Is similar to that on which the pre vious suits were based , She alleges that the fire was the result ot the careloea UEO of matches by a meter Inspector for tha water company and that the company Is therefore responsible for her Injuries. These consisted ot severe burns about the head and face , which left a bald spot on her head and a deep disfiguring ear on one side of her nose. Thc e , together with the con sequent injury to her nervous system , ebo considers worth $25,000. Hartley Do ml CIIMC. There is after all a prospect that the Bartley bond case will yet be tried at the present term of district court. Thursday afternoon Attorney General Smyth ap peared before Judge Powell with another urgent request that the case should be transferred to another docket , and the court stated that ho was willing that the change should bo made. la explanation Judge I'onoll stated that when ho refused a simi lar application earlier In the day he had a plan In mind by which ho would himself 'bo ' able to reach the case this torm. But since then he had decided that this was Impassible and he had accordingly asked Judge Keysor to take the case\ The formal entry has not been made on the docket , but Judge Keysor has practically given assurance that ho will take the case as a matter of accommodation 'to ' the state and to Judge Powell , and there Is little doubt that the case yill go on bis docket. Whether the attorney general will bo able to force a trial even then Is not so clear. General Cowln , who is practically the only counsel for the defense , Is in the cast and will not return before June 10. It Is ex pected that the dofcnso will make a show- Ing in support of a motion for a continu ance on this account. Minor Matter * In Court. The only slander case on the docket of the May term Is now on trial before Judge Scott. The plaintiff Is Lena Peterson , who sues Charles J. Helm for $5,000 damages on account of certain statements that ho Is alleged to have made which reflected on Miss Peterson's character. Julia D. Russell , Walter G. Clark and a number of other property owners have be gun suit to invalidate the special tax as sessed to pay for grading , curbing and pav ing Twenty-ninth , from Hickory to Martha streets. The usual grounds of Irregularity In the proceedings of the city council and the Board of Equalization are alleged. The damage suit of Anna Meyer against the city of South Omaha was dismissed at the suggestion of Judge Scott. The court In formed the attorneys for the plaintiff that they neglected to prove that the washout that caused the Injury had been brought to the notice of the city authorities. The plain tiff was permitted to withdraw the suit without prejudice. The Rosa Bynum shooting case Is still on the bill In criminal court , where Rosa Is now trying to prove that she shot at John Tynam In self defense. Her defense Is that Tynam entered her room without permission and threw himself on the bed with the declared Intention of staying there as rong as he pleased. She says she warned him several times to go , but ho refused and she finally shot at him. Judge Powell has now completed the can vass of the ballots of the First ward In the county attorney contest and the count of the Second ward vote Is in progress. Tbo pro portion of apparently Simon pure demo cratic votes for Shields remains about the same , and It appears doubtful that the re sult of the canvass will sustain his conten tion that he received enough democratic votes to elect him without counting the pop ulist and silver republican ballots. M\t - Mile Hour. \ > * an . A steam motor car , designed for use on the railroads , recently made a trial trip , going at the rate ot sixty miles an hour. This will probably be as much of a record beater ns nas Hosteller's Stomach Bitters , the quickest known road to health , There Is no quicker way for sufferers from all stomach ach Ills to reach strength nml happiness than by this great remedy. It cures Indiges tion , constipation , ncrousness , liver and kidney trouble , and belt of all the user stays cured , A Tribute to Colonel StutNiriilierfr. Captain Percy Jensen , who has Just reached home from the Philippines on sick leave , states that ha was amazed at the feeling that had boon aroused In the city against Colonel Stotsenberg last winter. He said : "With the exception of one company , Colo. ne1 Stotsonberg was very much liked by the regiment. Of course there were a few In every company that thought him overbearing and despotic , being unabli to realize that what he did was for their own good , and that his sanitary measures he would gladly have rescinded had It not been absolutely necessary that they continue In force. When the Insurgent war broke out the troops soon realized that his disciplinary regulations had made them one of the best regiments In the service , and before the month was out he was universally beloved in the regiment. When ho was killed on that fatal charge many of the boys , after the entrenchments were taken , dropped their guns and wept In their sorrow. They had no heart for further fighting for some days. Personally , I always liked Colonel Stotsenberg and never had any difficulty with him. A braver soldier or a more perfect gentleman never wore a uni form. " Appropriation fur Kxii The request of the Douglas County Agri cultural society for an appropriation of the amount that remains In the exposition bond fund , the entire appropriation for 1899 and the appropriation for 1S9S , as a fund for the use of the society In constructing an exhibit at the Greater America Exposition , is still pending before the Board of County Com missioners. A conference on the matter was fchcduled during : this week , but the mem bers have not bctn able to set togsthtr. The opinion Is Informally expressed that the board win not consider the proposition favorably , and that the moit it can legally appropriate will bo the regular appropriation for the current year. This will probably amount to about $3,000. THU iir/rmuD nt'iuji-.ui. DOOM ft Mnn n Good Tnrn , tint (5ct No Pnvor Himself , "Going along the halt In the second story of a house ono night , " says the retired burglar In the New York Sun , " 1 stepped In something wot. But it wasn't blood , indi cating some terrible murder or suicide , or something ot that sort : it was Just plain , simple , common , ordinary water , and when I throned my lamp on It and followed It up why I saw that it was coming out Into the bail over the doorsllt ot a room that I knew must , be the bathroom , and so It * as. "The floor of the bathroom was afloat and the water was Just flowing silently In a very 'thin ' sheet over the edge ot the overflowing tub. Somebody had left the plug In < ho > bottom tom and then turned on the water and gone an ay , this being , I have no doubt , exactly the reverse ot what the person that did It had Intended to do. Ever hear a guard on the elevated road hero In this city , when the train was leaving a station , call as the next station the ono back ot the one the train had Just left Instead ot the ono ahead ? I havo. The mental machinery seems to turn backward sometimes when jou start It In stead of going ahead and whenever I hear that on the cle\atcJ It always makes mo think of the man In this house that had plugged the bathtub and started the water Instead of pulling the plug and stopping It. "But I stopped it. I pulled the pJug first and then I stopped the water , and In just no time the water In the tub dropped below the level ot the rim ami stopped running over ; so whatever damage the water might have done It wouldn't do any more I'd stopped that ; but I didn't wake anybody up to ask 'em to thank mo ; what I'd done was just simply what anybody'd have done , an ordinary duty. But I looked around the house and gathered In what I could flnd , which was pooty slim. 1 suppose I might have got together there Bluff that cost $50 , but 1 didn't got five for It ; and that's about the usual proportion ot profit on the run of stuff that you pick up around. You read In the papers that the house of Mr. So-and-so was entered last night by burglars who car ried oft goods to the value of $350. Maybe the owner of 'cm did value the things at $350 , and maybe ithcy cost him that , but don't for ono minute let yourself think that the man that took 'em ever got that for 'em ; If ho got $30 ho did well. The fact Is , as I think I must have said to you beu'oro , that when you come to itako Into account the personal risk Involved ; the difficulties ot the work ; the Irregular hours , and the general Inconvenience of the work in every way ; tho'often small returns from danger ous work and the necessity of taking what you can get for stuff that you do get ; the time lost , now and 'then ' , amounting , maybe , to years at a Stretch , and so greatly reduc ing the actual amount of tlmo devoted to labor , why , bless us ! burglary Is a mis erable business ; a man can't earn docent - cent wages at It. There's a fascination about the work , of course , sarao as there Is In any strange or unusual pursuit ; just as there Is to you In newspaper work , for Instance ; something different and stranger and unexpected all the time. But , my ! I'm out of It now , but If I had my llfo to live over again I nevcr'd go Into the bur glary business. But I guess I'm kind o' wandering off , ain't I , and repeating what I've told you before ? Let's got back to that house with the overflowing bathtub. "You know. In stopping that water and saving 'em maybe from hundreds of dollars of damage I did only the simplest sort of duty , as I told you , what ono man owes to another ; but in this CRSO I ihnd given them much greater actual value than I had got myself , and while I ncver'd n dreamed , of course , of asking those folks to thank mo , even , I think I must have sort of felt that they owed mo something after all , and that I had a right to collect It when I could , because I always kind o' felt that that was a reserve that I could draw on when 1 wanted to. And the next time I was In that town I went to the house expecting to walk right in with perfect case. I'd been there before and I knew the way , but do you know they had a burglar alarm on every door and window ? They did for a fact , and I couldn't got within a rod of 'cm any where , and that always seemed to mo to be kind o' ungrateful. " A TAL.U OP WOE. Tearful Plnlnt of n Woman Horn 1'iiiler n Contrary Stnr. Somebody absolutely must listen to my "tale of woe. " My husband won't ; he's a tyrant. My children won't or don't or If they do , they pay no heed because they hear It so often. Now , you see , the trouble Is Just this ; I'm a misunderstood creature ; one of thcwc unfortunates born under a contrary star. I learned all about It In a book called "Solar Biology , " and It's a scientific fact that I've got to go through life belug misunder stood. To begin with , I had to apologize to my father when I was born , for not being a boy. He already had quite a stock of boys of all ages , sizes and dispositions , but ho felt Insulted that Providence should dare to thrust a girl upon him. I soou fcund out that my father did not love mo ; I WHS to him as naught because I could not carry In the coal and split the kindling : , and the boys had all grown up and run away. Then I went to school , and I was neither brilliant nor bold. If I snld , "four times four Is sixteen , " the teacher thought I said , "four and four are sixteen , " and she ac- | rused mo of trying to bo smart , Then lefct j I should never know what the word "smart" really meant , she laid the ruler across my shoulders to give me a forcible Illustration of the word. Then I had a boy sweetheart who gave me a bend ring , I took It In my fingers and smiled ecstatically at It. I was persuaded It was the most beautiful thing that had ever come from the bargain counler of a clear ance salp , but my sweetheart thought I was laughing at his gift , and he angrily snatched H away and gave It to Mollle Morris the ugliest girl In the school. I had another sweetheart or thought I had. Ho hung around mo constantly , and he flattered me until I began to think the Quceu of Sheba couldn't have been PO favored a mortal as 7 , for she had never seen ny ) Tommy. What was Solomon In all his glory compared to Tommy In his red necktie and ox-blood , bull-dog shoes , The misunderstanding between Tommy and me won mutual , I thought Tommy was in love with me , and ho thought I would glvo him my amethyst ring , That was all ho wanted ; for this ho warmed over all bis old compliments ; to obtain my ring b learned to walk with bis toes turned out , i.iA-xv. Full . of . . , inipTlmiipark . . . . . . | j tool , r . n = - " --i.i. . ; LViiia'cUTto'KtVtrh. last ftfe U' " TlDf It cooli and r' tb i > lngKl < h lilood , " ' " VfinpVfonea "C Vm'i . "j ? | HI RES Rootbeer IVIII for U < ' " boolltl "Mirrf /of Tltnti Ttmli " THE UURI.IS t. MlKll tO. , rklU4 > lpkU , fm , U k > r > < rlllrilCou < ICDU4 Milk Business men find that the profuse quick lather of Ivory Soap readily removes the dust and grime of the office. Ivory Soap is so pure that it can be used as often as necessary , without causing chapping or roughness. IT FLOATS. COFYIII4HT KM IV TNI rHOOtlR 011111 CO. CINCINNATI and pasted down his hair with diluted mucilage. When Tommy found that I wouldn't glvo him the ring , hp said I had n pug nose and rod hair , but I haven't , and I can prove It. Finally I had a really , truly , sura enough lover. Wo got along eplcndldly for about six months ; then he actually , actually jilted me because ho thought I was. too pious to make a good , practical wife. I'm sura I never tried to glvo him this Impression , and I don't know what ever made him think I was to devout unlcte ho came around soroo tlmo when I didn't know It , and heard mo say something when I was. mad. I sup pose ho thought 1 was saying my praycns In broad daylight. Well , I finally got married , and that was simply through a mlqundoratandlug. The young man thought I was pining for love ot him. Whenever ho came to see mo I was saU and quiet , for Iwan always sleepy , therefore ho decided I was breaking my heart for him. Ho proposed and I accepted him Just to have a change. ( By the tvay , I don't have any moro change than I did before I was married. ) Now my latest trouble IB this : My hus band brought a friend of his to spend the evening with us. This gentleman , whom I will call Mr. Livingstone , although hla rea.1 name is only Smith , is a great politician. Ho 1 > elloves in expansion ; I don't. I don't want to sco any expansion unices it is In my husband's heart , or my own pocketbook. My husband alwaya tells me I don't under stand politics when my point of view does not cotncld6 with his. Mr. Livingstons grew -weary of -discussion between tint husband and myself ; we alwaya take thcsa occasions to have a discussion because it la a safer tlmorfor me , and an cosy way to entertain our friends. Mr. Livingstone said : "Iwish I knew all the Ins and outs of this business , tout just os I think I have mattered the subject a new difficulty arises , How do you understand it , Mr . C 7" I was flattered , of course , to think n man would consider my opinion worth consulting on a political question and I thought It was so good a chance to say something smart that I replied : ' 'According to my idea the whole ques tion in a nuUhell is this : Uncle Sam cracked a nut with Spain , and now he wants the Islands for a phllopena. " Now If any other woman had made that remark when wo were out visiting my hus band would have chuckled and laughed over It for weeks , and he would have eatd : "Mrs. n Is so brilliant. Wasn't that pun about the phllopena ( Filipino ) funny ? I think he Is a very brilliant woman , don't you , my dear" Then If I should say , "Yes , of course I do , " he would think I meant to be sarcastic ; and If I should say , "Oh , I don't know as that was so much , " ho would say ; "My dear , you are allowing yourself to become very slangy. I wish you would quit It. " There It Is. I don't 'Wftnt to be sarcastic and I don't want to be slangy , Although I must confess that I often flnd the classical language , of the street very expressive. Now I've heard of old maids dying and leaving tholr money to found an asylum for cats. Why couldn't som6 philanthropic soul found an asylum whera unappreciated genius oould bo sheltered from the cold world , whllo It airs Its opinions without fear of conflicting with the humdrum Ideas ot ordinary mortals ? If such an Institution Is to bo founded , according to my valuable- suggestion , please. too that flro escapes are put on the build ing. There Is no moro Inflammable material In the world than the smouldering flame ot misunderstood genius. A. C1TI2ENESS. AVonipn mill Window * , Never let a woman plan a house for you , cxclnlms the Louisville Times. Take lier klndlv by the hand and. say : "My , dear fflrl , I am colng to build n house and you Khali have full swing as regards arranging thn clostrts In it. You women always love to have convenient places In which to store thing * , and you shall therefore have closota to burn , tout after thlfthnnda off " . A mansion bulldctl after the suggestions of a bloomer Is a tearful and wonderful thlnp. It jrenerally looks -well on the outnlde , but the Interior gives you the headache. "What woman built thl" houaoV" < ald a. scornful friend as he went over a newly purchased residence with the owner. "What woman ? " ald the latter. "None that I know ol Itvn built ten years ago and I bought It from the lattt tenant. " "All the same , " reiterated the friend , " 1 can swear a woman planned It , for I never naw such a lot ot unelras windows and doom. If that woman ever die * imd h r heirs want to break the will , alleging In- Banlty , they would only have to bring1 the Jury to this house to get a verdict In tliclr favor. " It afterward developed that a woman did plan the residence ana was qulto proud of the Job. Cultivating The fig : growers of California complain at their trees resemble those mentioned in the parable toy our Savior , which bore no flsrH , nd on appeal has been made to the Department of AKTlculturo. A scientific in vestigation demonstrated that the failure oC Homo of t > h > c < California , orcharda to bear fruits wan due to the failure of the pollen to reach the female , flower. Artificial fertiliza tion was attempted and pol.cn was Intro duced Into the flowers by n. blowpipe t the proper period or growth. The trees so treated produced excellent fruit. Agents ot the California fig- growers who were sent to Smyrna , to Htudy the methods used In that country , whera the total and largest supply of ties comes from , found that the trees wcro fertilized by n Ourlous bfe , which , carried the pollen from fldwor to flower. The Smyrna llg growers would not sell any of these bees. The California agents obtained some pecrotly , however , but they died before reaching1 Los Ang lc-A. Vote a Bee coupon for the girls' summer vacations. Eyes are Accommodating They'll tee maybe quite well , through a pair of classes you pick from a basket but na ture beats a sheriff In forc ing n collection ot her debts and fitting one's self to glasses Is risky terribly risky the assurance that we give you of furnishing tbo proper glasses places you beyond all risk Free eye examination. THE ALOE & PENPOLD CO. , Lamlluir Solentlbo Optician * . 1408 Fnrnain. OMAHA. OPPOSITE PAXTON HOTEL. 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