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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1899)
OMAHA ILLrSTKATKI ) I ? 1513. JUNE 18 , IS'.ii ! Remains oi Colonel Stotsenberg in State in Capitol at Lincoln , May 28 , ' 99. Photo lowiiMind TIIH (51 ( \ RDKI8KET ( Eminent Living Englishmen. Sir Waller HNHII | . To l > u nmilu a knight , of thu rc.ilin anil c'vor thereafter to see "Sir" written lioforo hlH zmim > , as befell Will tun Hosnnt , thu novel ist , on the qiiL'un's 'birthday ' In IS'.IS , would lie pleasing to any llrlton , as It undoubtedly was to Hosant. Yut In his eyre Hint honor watt nf far less account thnn thu realization In ntonu and mortar soinu tlmu previously of the Pooplo'H imlacu , an liiHtltutlon which IIrat llvt'il In IIH ! Imagination anil was de scribed in his hook , "All Sorlu anil Condl- tlons of Mun. " Though not considered his most murl- torlous work hy thu critics , thin is far and .iway the best known of Husant'H writings. It was thu drat production of his pun after thu virtual dissolution of his writing part nership with James Hlcu. Its pint and wupo worn discussed and approved hy Hlcu , hut lie fell 111 hefoiu It was busuii and dluil before It WIIH llnlsliud. In the story the 1'eoplu'K jmlncu was Iho luca of a woman who had learned much about thu life of London's working folk by dwelling among them for a lime , during which she < lli- c'ovurud one of thulr greatest lauKs to ho thu inuans of hualthfiil amusement. Tlic Instltutlnn shu duvlsud to supply tills lack wan HtiecoFflful In Desant's llctlon , and so has * boon its dnpllcatu In real life. It was opened , in person by Queen Victoria moro than twelve years ago and similar Institu tions have Hlnro been established In heveral of the world's cities , InelMdlng some in America. Walter llesant Is now til His father wlshud him to bucomo a clergyman and thu young man \\as educated with that career In view , but escaped it by taking the pro fessorship of niathomntlcH In the Itoyal col legi } at .Mauritius , that strange islnnid , washed by the Indian ocean , on which the K'ono of Pierre's famous btory , "Paul and Virginia , " Is laid llesant met Hlcu In 1873 and they woiked together nearly ten years. They made an admirable team , tint the novels written hy Itusant since HI e's death have shown m > f.illlnig oil In Intele. < t llampstead. a suburb of London , is Wal ter llt'hiinl'g abiding place. There ho has an Ideal homo and there his house shelters a eol.Vction of 1) ) okb sucond to fuw private libraries In all London. Tin1 housu is an unassuming semi-detached villa. The author's study is on thu ground lloor and opens upom a long and pleasant garden. Ills collection of books Is carefully classified , one of the shulves bolng devoted to volumes treating of ulghtuunth century topics , another to masterpieces of French llturatuie and ciltlcalorKs thereon , a third to local guide hi okb and histories of London , and so on. Hut , not withstanding \\orkshop-tlku ap pearance , Sir Waller's slurry is furnished with duo lug.inl for the worker's comfort , and HO , Indeed , Is the entire house. Sir Walter Is the head and fiont of the In corporated Society of Authors , will-h has no duplicate in Amurlca , and he devotes two days a week to Its alfalrs at Its olllces In Lincoln's inn Next to Andrew Lang he Is the most voluminous English writer of tddny. Ho has visited the United Status twice , the seconid time lu IV.tll. He then doclaiod himself especially Impressed by the cities of Chicago and Hnltalo. Sir Wllllnm Ci-ooUi-N. Sir Wliriam Orookes , the English scien tist , whoso success in producing something Sill \LTEH IlESANT IX HIS LIIIHVHY tikin to an absolute vacuum In the course of his uxporinietits In radlomotry years ago ronderud the Incandescent cluctrlc light a possibility , is almost as alert and active at 07 as ho was at III He began herlons scientific study when only a boy , the then renowned chemist , Dr. llofman , bolng his Instructor Thu young man's earliest Investigations were along photographic lines , but his first noteworthy achievement was the discovery of a now metal , thallium , which ho found In 1S61 when only 29. This led. In 1SGL' , to membership In the celebrated Hoyal so ciety , and placed his name on the roll of successful scientists. A little later ho de- votud much attention to thu spectroscope , anil still later to rare earths. Ills eclipse observations , his experiments with disinfectants and his study of the radiometer followed. The radiometer is a gfass tube containing a delicately-balanced spindle , to which are attached four arms terminating In disks. The tube being virtually ex hauslcd of air , the arms and spindle arc made to luvnlvu under the action of light An ordinary Incandescent electric light bulb might bo used in radlomotric experiments by disconnecting it from the wires and sub btitutlng thu spindle and mms for the car lion filament. The vacuum In the Gelssler tubes , used In producing the Hoentgen ray is pobslblo only through Crookus' method of exhausting the tubes of air. Soon after bis work with the radiometer Crookcs became interested In electrical Illumination and his house In Kensington park gardens was the first to bo lighted with Incandescent lamps in all London. Prof Crookes laid the wires for those lamps himself in 1SS1 and they gave forth practle ally the same quality of light as Edison's lamps. The vacuum in the bulbs was pro duced exactly ns ho had produced It In his radiometer , and the carbon filaments used were mode by dissolving cellulose In a strong solution of ammonium copper sul phate , drying the solution into shoots and then dissolving out the copper. The horn like residue served the Oeslred purpose ad mirably. At last accounts the Crookes filaments , produced in an entirely different way from Edison's , were still doing good service , but the Crookes electric lamps have never como Into general use. There were two reasons for their failure first , the Ilimiiclnl weakness ot the company formed to exploit them , and , second , the action of Mu > courts In passing adversely upon the patents Sir William Crookes has spent much of his life In the classroom ns nn Instructor , has written voluminously on widely diverse scientific subjects and has long been nn editor of technical periodicals. Sonio years ago ho made prolonged Investigations Into certain so-called spiritualistic phenomena produced In the presence of Anna Eva Fay and other mediums Ho seems to have ne- r-opted spirltulastlc theories with some de gree of seriousness and only last year he published a paper declaring his belief In Miought trnnsference. It wns ho who gave Mio nnmo "odlc force. " to the power mip- onsed to bo developed at "table tipping" seances About Noted People. Senator Stewart of Nevada never gambled but once It was In San Krnnclfico nearly fifty ycnrs ngo He wns In n noted resort of the dny and saw a minor winning heavily at roulette Stewnrt risked n qunrter and won. followed It up and finding himself $2 : > ahead , quit As ho left the loom ho heard an old gambler say "He'll bo back soon and lose his winnings. " Ttint remark re sulted In n resolve never to fight a game of . hanco again. \ friend of the Into ox-Governor Baxter o' Arkansas thus sums up his cnreor : "He THE FLORU , TIUHt'TES was driven trim his home and state , a noncombatant - combatant He was arrested bv his own friends as a traitor and the hangman's halter dangled In his face. He broke prison and stole away , to return as a ruler and master ; a non-party man , compelled to be a republican In politics , and , finally , as a re publican fated to load the democratic party to success and power. " ln _ May. ISlll , Robert E. Paulson , then gove'fnor of thu state of Pennsylvania , ap- pioved ttio legislative appropriation of $100- uoo for three statues to be erected on thu bnttlelteld of Gettysburg in memory of three heroes of the engagement thereGenerals Meade , Hancock and Reynolds On Juno f > . IsyG. the completed statues of Generals Meade and Hancock were dedicated and the off spent a ciuplo of years as a common la borer , tramping over the country , for the purpose of collecting sociological data. At present he Is assistant professor of political economy at Princeton , and before I met him I had forned a mental picture ot one of thoho bluff , good-natured , Intensely human men who can usually adapt themselves to all kinds of conditions. Such pictures are/ iM'tnlly ' incorrect , but I missed the mark so widely that I was startled half out of my w it" * . I found Prof. Wyckoff a scrupulously gloomed and very dainty gentleman , with somuw hat languid manners , and absolutely thu broadust English accent I ever heard on the lips of an American. How In the world ho ever managed to affiliate with plain , every _ " day workingmcn I can't conceive. His" friends say that his English accent Is not an affectation and comes natural to him , but the SIR WILLIAM CROOKES IX HIS STl'DV remaining memorial provided for In the ap propriation , that of General John Fulton Reynolds , will bo unveiled and dedicated on July 1 of this year. The Hoard of Com missioners of Gettysbuig Monuments will then return to the state $ r > , uoo , repnsenting an unexpended balance of the original ap propriation. Unveiling of tlio stntuo will bo by Master Charles P. Reynolds Evans , a giMiidnephow of the general. Colonel Henry S. IIuldcKupur of the 150th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry will deliver the oration and the transfer of the statue will bo made by General Gobln to Governor Stone. A ealuto will bo fired and there will bo prayer by Captain H. W. McKnlght. "I have met Prof. Walter A. Wyckoft a number of times , " says a member of the Now England Press league , "and I have never been able to reconcile his bearing and appearance with the adventures set forth In his book , 'The Workers. ' You know Wyck- moro fact that ho wasn't murdered during his pick and shovel experience convinces mo that ho can lay It aside If absolutely necessary. Still , It is only fair to say that lie has the reputation among those who know him Intimately of being a very nice , clover fellow , and not In the least a prig. I can only give you the Impression he produces on taHiial contact , which is emphasized , of course , by the knowledge of what ho has hi'cn through. Ho Is a very popular man In Princeton society , and the hero of all the pink teas In the town. " Demand for Aluminum. The Increasing demand for aluminum as a substitute for copper In conducting elec tricity Is a notable feature of the commer cial situation. The Northwestern Elevated road of Chicago has Just ordered 150,000 pounds of aluminum for feeders.