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THE OMAHA DAILY FT? I PAT, DEC KM HER 21, 1J100. IN THEF1ELD OF ELECTRICITY ProspectWe Change from Steam to Electricity on Snrburban Bailroadi, NEW DEVICE FOR WIRELESS TELEGRAPH l'roRrria tit the lloi eminent Trie rnih System In l-orto llli-ii X-ltn)N In Detrellvr Work. The recent action of the directory of the Illinois Central railroad company recom mending to shareholders uu Increase of capital stock of the company from JC0.000, COO to 180,000,000 Is taken to mean the early substitution of electricity for steam as a motive power on Its suburban service in Chicago, Tho Chronlclo says a part of the proceeds of tho sale of tho new stock will ho devoted to this purpose. Oltl cers of the rond have been working for several years attempting to devise u prac tlcal electrical system for tho suburban service, Tho overhead trolley was deemed impracticable by reason of tho Immense trafllc and tho third rail unprotected was considered dangerous. It Is said that olco trlclans havo now devised a plan for using a third rail and protecting it. TIiIh Is to be dono by covering the rail, connection "nil uie train being obtained through n slot similar to tho cable and underground electric systems. Qrcat benefits would accrue to the Cen tral by changing to tho electric system. Jt would effect, It Is said, n saving of 7G per cent in operating expenses, would cnabln faster tlmo and would forever do away with practically all of tho smoko nuisance on tho lako front of Chicago. Tho transition from steam to electricity on suburban trafllc Is one of tho great tirob lems confronting managers of steam roads In tb cast. These linos picscnt with their crowdod trafllc of short-haul passengers their frequent trains and their many stop ping places conditions that aro at onco easy for the electric motor train and very difficult for the steam locomotive. Al ready much of tho profitable business that was onco enjoyed by steam railways In tho transportation of suburban passengers has gona to tho trolley car and many managers of railroads having largd suburban systems realize that they must, In effect, adopt tho trolley car on their lines or lose tho best part of this business. I'orkrt WlrrlcnN T-lrrnpb. If In tho future un electric bell concealed bout tho person of a mun In tho street Is heard to ring and lie draws from his pocket a small caso, listens to It and then hur ties off, It must not hastily bo assumed that ho Is mad, says tho London Tele graph. Tho probability will bo thut ho has Just received u mcBsugo by wireless tel egraphy. In wireless telegraphy there aro several Itlchmonds In tho Held. Ilcst known Is, of course, Marconi's system. Hut Sir William 1'reccc described to tho HrltiHh association n system which ho claims to bo both earlier and simpler and which may be used for telephony ns well as tele graphy. At the Cafo Chantnnt of tho Crys tat I'll lac o recently there was an exhibi tion of Mr. Rosenberg's system. Tho chief point of dlfferenco between, this and .Mar cent's method Is in u slight but important alteration In the construction of tho co herer, which arrests, ns they travel through tho air, tho Hertzian waves on which all wlroless telcgruphy depends. Otherwise the apparatus la much tho same. Mr. Itoscnbcrg uses an Induction coll, sup plied with electricity from an accumulator A Morso keyboard Is llttcd to enable him to make, or break tho current, at will und the message is sent aH usual by means of nil oscillator. It Is taken nt tho re quired spot by nn instrument containing tho coherer, a small brass tube filled with nlcKcl tilings and a recolver, from which , the mestngo may bo printed on a tnpo In tho usual way. Mr. Kenonberg further clalniH that ho has provided a practical nyfitcm which is clear of Marconi's patentH ami which can bo mudo much cheaper. Tho apparatus iiBcd has no vertical poles and ho main tains that ho can telegraph two miles. With poles ho can send messages forty miles and Is engaged In nn nutomatle re peating, dovlco which Bhall onublc them to be sent on Indefinitely. Hut In tho courso of conversation ho mentioned nn Interest ing fact. When ho leaves his olllco to lunch In a restaurant 200 yards off he takes with him tho little box containing the re ceiving nppnratus. This ho sets on tho table beside him and !f tho bell rings ho knows that ho Is wanted at tho onloe, oven though his clerks might not bo nwaro whero he was, and ho can reeclvo a mes eogo from them. Whether this Introduces a now boon or a new terror to llfo cannot bo hastily decided. It Is not too much to suppose that before long tho receiving ap paratus might bo Improved and reduced In sue, so ,that a man could eiiBlly carry It In Ms pocket, and tho rango of tho mcssago may bo Increased up to say lialf n dozen miles. Then tho business man may enrry his receiver about with him and bo In touch with his offlce all day. Again, tho systom would bo very useful for Issuing Instructions to employes and others away from headquarters. Telrfirnpli HImii In Porto lllcn. Ill a report sent recently to Senator Fornkor of tho committee on 1'acllle Islands and Porto Itlco, by (5 cue nil A. W. (Ireuly. chief signal oillcor of tho army, tho matter of tho Porto Itlco telephone and telegraph Is taken up, and it is upon this report that the next congress will be asked to take action looking towards Its Improve ment. General Creely In his report gives a brief outline of tho history of both Indus trios on tho Island, showing that whllo tho first steps towards tho Installation of a telegraph lino were taken In 1SC0. no con struction was done until 1872, mid It wns not until two years later that San Juan was connected with tho soven different de partments of tho Island, and about S0O miles of wire wero in use. It was these wires which were found on the Island when Spain evacuated the plsce after the war and the Spanlih operators were ousted and s.gnal corps nen put In their place. These men aro now operating tho lines and they do It without pay other than ther regular salaries. Bven at that, however, the service Is too' expensive owing to the small amount of commercial business and the cxrense of replacing wires which havo been blown down by cyclones. In speaking of tho lines from a practical standpoint General Orcoly says that If the military advantages of tho wires arc con sidered as offset by the pay, subsistence, etc., of tho men of the signal corps, the normal receipts of the lines when under military control will amount to about (12,000 annually and this will Increase within a year or two to about $18,000, an amount entirely Inadequate for the main tenance and operation of tho lines by a paid civilian force. In regard to tho ulti mate disposition of tho telegraph lines, General Orccly says that three courses are open: First, to ope rate tho lines by the United States postofilco in tho manner dono by Spain; second, to transfer tho lines to the Insular government, with a view to their operation and maintenance nt tho expenso of I'orto Itlco; nnd, third, tho operation and maintenance an nt present ns military tele graph Hues. In tho flrBt Instance. General Grcoly says, It would mean a largo outlay for tho United Statos every year, as It would requlro a new department, with largo personnel, nnd has nothing in Its favor except tho Idea that telegraphing Is a governmental function. Ills objections to tho second plan nro that It would forco a largo monetary burden upon tho pcoplo of Porto Itlco, and that nono of tho Inhabi tants of tho Island would bo belieDtcd except tho old forco of telegraph opcrutors, numbering about 180. In regard to the third plan, General Greely reports us fol lows: "Tho third plan seems to the chief slgnnl otllcer of tho army the easiest and most natural solution or tho question. I'orto Itlco must necessarily bo fortified and garrlsonol by troops of the regular army; and, as It Is a detached Island, liable In tlmo of war to certain InviihIoii, It Is of tho utmost mllltnry Importance that tho different garrisons should be In either tele phonic or telegraphic communication, thus Insuring tho greatest possible mllltnry ein ci'eucy of tho defending forces. If this sug gestion Is adopted, It may bo added that for tho execution of this plan no legislation la noccsjary, na the signal corps of tho nrmy Is now charged with tho operation and maintenance of these lines until action Is had thereon by tho congress of the United States. Tho some policy would bo followed with thoso military lines ns elsewhero, namely, tho grudual condemnation and snlu of lines no longer necessary In the public Interest and the maintenance of only those necessary for strictly mllltnry purposes. " .Y-Itn fur Detrellvr Work. Stgnor llrlgultl of tho Statn archives In Homo has discovered that the X-rays can bo used fcr copying manuscripts concealed beneath book covers when tho Ink of tho manuscript contains such chemicals as red lead, cinnabar, or ultramarine. This sug gcsU tho question. Can the X-ray be used for tho detection of forgot-leg? "In eortnln cases, yes," says an expert In X-rays, to whom tho question was propounded. have used tho rays both In connection with alleged old masters and wills thought to bo forged in both cases without material result. In the easn of tho old masters tried to llnd If thcro wero any signatures Old pictures nro varnished periodically to prescrvo them and tho signatures aro often obliterated, or rather covered up. I found no signatures. Jt Is doubtful, however, whether tho rays would havo revealed them, supposing them there, unless they wero very thickly painted. As to wills the rays might' detect If the parchment had been nindo thinner by erasure, but tho mleroscopo would probnbly show this still better. Tho visibility of n substance to the eye Is no criterion of Its visibility to tho t-rnys. Tho rays cannot sco through glass which Is transparent to tho oyo, whereas aluminum, which Is opaque to tho eye, H transparent to tho rays. Tho rays can sco a splinter of glass In the hand, but not a splinter of wood. Most Inks nro trans paront to tho X-ruys, Including printers Ink, hut somo ore opaque. Tho rnys can sco through n "Postofllce Directory," but If a paper with words written on it in opaquo Ink In put In tho middle of the dtrec tory tho rays will reveal thoso words and nothing behind them. It would appear, therefore, that tho rays can only detect, say, n forgery In a check, providing tho body of tho chock is written In transpar ent ink and tho forger is considerate enough to make his alteration In opaque Ink, or vlco versa. Itei'ui-tlliiK Telephonic MrtmiiKm. Hero Is n brief description of a now telegraphono for receiving and recording telephone messages: Tho steel band on which tho rocorda are made Is wound on four rollers arranged in u rectnngle and tho winding Is so arranged that the band Is continuous and for a reproduction of tho rfrord It Is not necessary to reverse the band and start it again, but simply to let It run on. Tho cores of both the recording nnd reproducing mugnets aro parallel to the breadth of the band and not perpendic ular to its surface. They aro mude to tourh it. For tho guidance of tho wires four brans combs nro mounted near tho rollers. Tho wholo apparatus is driven by a one-sixteenth horse-power electromotor, which imparts to tho band n velocity of threo metres per second, Tho durntton of speech Is two minutes. That Is not much for a phonograph, hut, of courso, It can bo Increased by Increasing tho number of rol lers or tho dlstanco between them. Sev eral hearing magnets can bo nrrnnged and If It should be necessary to repeat a short passage that can be done by mounting n hearing magnet on another part of tho wire and switching It on as required." NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES Ople Read Writes a Novel Eaied on the War j in Texas. OTHER RECENT VOLUMES IN FICTION Army of llolldny lltrrnlurr Krrp On OronhiK In Volume Hush .-Suit A limit ()y er lloiiketler litis) Iiik the 'I'm dr. 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To sup port this six granite piers have been built Tdeso lire twenty-eight feet long and twelve feet wldo and twenty feet high, set on solid beils of concrete nvcrugltiK twenty feet In depth. On theuo roBts tlielfloor nf tho choir, which Is about thirty feet nbovo th level of Momlngsldo drive. Might mammoth monolithic pillars, next to the largest stones ever quarried, nro to surround three sides of - tho altar. The BtoiieH havo been taken from the quarry at Vlnalhaven, Kut-h stono Ih 61 feet fi Inches long, with nn avorngo diameter of 6 fen and a weight of more than lofl tons. The total cost of tho eight when finally In po sition will bo over J200.WW, Only ono structuiu lu the world contains slngbi Htoncs surpassing or even i-n.otelv auproachlng tlu-so In slzo nnd cost. Jt Is tho Cathedral of St. Isaac nt Ht Petors bnrg, the facade of which Is ipprted ly monoliths of feet In length ..rel 7 feet in diameter. Soma of the n - n .:m uts and windows In the cnthcdrul will ho among the tlnest of their kind In the world. London's now cathedral Is to be nt West minster. For Home years now It has been In course of erection and tho scuffoldlng still him rounds portions of the mighty eill llce. The cathedral Is somo 360 foot long and about 10) feet wide, nithur wider than thut at Canterbury. Tho stylo of archi tecture Is early Christian Hyznntlne. slml lar to that In which Ht. Hophla tit Con Htuiitlnoplx Ih built. Although tho shell of the building will first bo completed It will lie Homo time boforo tho llulshlng touches to tho edlllco nro mnde. The Interior of tho cathedral when completo will deserve the adjective "timgnltlcent." Tho wnlls of tho nav will pltorlally Illustrate the history of tho Itoman Catholic cdurcd In Hrltnlu from tho earliest times down to tho end of tho nineteenth century. Tlu llrst slto for the cathedral was purchased n jms ,y tho Into Cardinal Manning for $l"'J.ryX, but nfter n time the Bite was exchanged for that on which the present Htructuro stands, al though another Jli'i.OCo had to be raised In addition. Altogether, when the foundation Btono was laid in ISM. over $TTfi.(KV hnd been promised lu HuhHcrlptlotiH. but that llguro was by no means sulllclciit. It is t-Htlmuted tdat tdo new cathedral at Purls tho Church of the Hue-rod Heart, to give the edifice Its full tltle-by the tlmo It Ih finished will havo cost over $5,fJ0,0U0, It Iuih been so long lu building that It has been possible) to raise this huge sum gradu ally, though ii largo proportion of it wns given when the Idea nf lis erection wan lirsl mooted. When I'ronco wiih defeated by flermany there wen- many who nverri-d that It wiih due to the hIiih of the nation nnd It was HUggesled that u monster in thedral should lie put up as u token to succeeding generations that tho Fremh nn Hon repented of Its hIiih. When Hie project wiih llrHt mentioned it made a Htir in the world, but there are thoimands of people living today who do not know that the new cathedral of 1'iirlH Is In reality ii gorgeous penance. The cathedral at Purls Is u trllio larger than thut nt Wi-Htinliiktcr and tho Indica tions un- thul It will bo more beautiful Hut PnrlH Iuih a Htart of twenty years and by thut time London may outstrip Its rival Many churcbeH In Knghthd have been built mi the liib It HHiein Children and adults lire linked to pu three halfpence or two pence for ii brick i-ucli week and by that menus large sums have been rulHcd The Hiiuie plan has been adopted In I'urlH for rnlHlng the funilw :for the Church of the Haured Heart, only of course, stones were necessary liiHtcad of bricks. Dig subscrlp orn havo their nnmes or their Initials on tho stones which they havo subscribed. Fill- I ' fi i- li in o it 1 1. , Dr. C. J. Illshop. Agnew, Mloh., says: "I have used Foley's Honey and Tor In throe very severe aes of pneumonia with gm j results lo erry case." There Is n"'r-mg K,t good Dillon's drug store, South Omaha, Myers-lul'on Drug Co., Omaha. OUT TODAY Number Orv All Ncws.r.tnrtH Price. 10 Cents KVKICf BODY'S MAO AZ INI for Jrury contadna llw cond in.ta.tin.nt if tjojcelyn Chuhir" Th K.omnc H Revocation, by . nw i billllnnt wrIUf. Tho.. wndlnd ft dollur lor yf' uUcriptiort will itxflvo lh D c.mb.r number ronulnlng In llct f th lory, aiut tl tlv Uaviea to Jwnury. 1902 a '" km" . Ml v ... r"" ww iHfc JOHN WANAMAKER.