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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1001.
Tetor Cooper Hewitt of New York has
perfected a new systsra of electric light
designed to supersede the arc and Incan
descent now In common ubo. The now
method has been discussed by New York
electricians, but thn details of the prin
ciple ofthe Invention have been withheld
pending tlio Issue of patents applied for.
These were granted recently, and the In
ventor has revealed his secrot. tn an Inter
view In the New York Tribune Mr. Hewitt
gives an extended account of his Inven
tion. Whet he undertakes to do Is to ren
der luminous by electricity a varpor or
gas confined In a glaso tube. In several
ways his lamp differs from the familiar
Gcisslcr or Crookes tube. For Instance,
he finds that ho can uso an ordinary direct
current of low voltage, llko that which
operates the Edison lamp, to produce tho
desired effect, whereas tho X-ray tubo re
quires an alternating (or at least an Inter
mittent) current Of very high ' voltage.
Again, Mr. Hewitt succeeds In producing
a light of great Intensity, which Is Impos
sible with tho apparatus with vhlch his
lamp Is here compared.
The great merit which this system of
lighting possesses Is Its economy. The
ordinary arc light gives a candlo powor
for every wait and n half of clectrlo energy
consumed. Tho Incandescent lamp takes
from threo and n half to four watts for
each candlo power. Mr. Hewitt's morcury
vapor lamp does not appear to need nioru
than half a watt for each candle cower,
and the Inventor last winter thought that
he succeeded with a third. Hence tho
mercury system Is three or four times as
economical as the arc light, and ten or
twelve times as economical as tho Incan
descent lamp. With nltrogon the advan
tage Is not so conspicuous.
Mr. Howltt thinks that his lamps will be
ulted to both Indoor and outdoor service
A U-shapod tubo about twenty Inches
high which ho exhibited last week
had nn estimated brilliancy of 1,200
candle power, but It Is possible to mako
much smallor ones, which would be adnpten
to household and office use.
Although the researches which have
homo this fruit have oxtended through n
period of four or five years, Mr. Hewitt
docs not regard them as finished. Hla
lamps might be Introduced at an early day,
but ho Is likely to glvo further study both
to tho suitability of the various vapors nnd
gases which It 1b posslblo thus to utilize,
and to certain mechanical details of the
lamp construction. Tho Inventor speaks In
n modest tone of his work, nnd seems to
have been animated quite as much by the
Intellectual delight which ho has derived
from his Investigations as by the practical
results and reputation which he was likely
to achieve. Dut disinterested experts speak
of his labors In terms of enthusiastic praise.
Trollr- Sleeping-; Cnr.
The experiment of running sleeping cars
on the trolley lino from Detroit to Cleve
land, says tho St. Louis Globe Democrat,
will be watched with Interest by our sub
urban residents, and If It Is successful
route effort will bo made to have, our subur-lmn-olectrlolne
similarly equipped. Thee
trolley sleepers will be found particularly
convenient In tho cold winter nights when
the "power falls" and the car stands
"dead" for Hours miles, ,from any human
habitation. Or when tho car Is snowbound,
In the same tjltuatlon, and tho supply of
fuel( for tho stove Is soon exhausted, the
passengers need not bo under the necessity
of foraging In tho woods for dry sticks and
risk losing tbemtelvcs and freezing to
death, they can rent a berth and go to bed,
where plenty of cover will keep them warm.
These "slooperB" would be useful, too, not
alone In tho capacity Indicated by the name.
They would all be "through1' cars, and
could only ho boarded by residents living
beyond "fifty hundred." " In the night, Jour
neys all citizens who live beyond that
boundary Invariably go to sleep anyway,
because they are accustomed to go to bed
at 8 o'clock, and they expect the conductor
to see that they get off at tho right street.
By providing sleeping cars the companies
get abmo return for this service, which la
now given gratis, and the suburbanite haVo
n more comfortable nap.
Telephones In IIIk Cities.
According to a recont Issue of tho Elcc
trtral World and Engineer San Francisco
leads all cities' of the United States In the
numbor of telephones to population. With
n population of only 342.782 It has 21.324 a
total only surpassed by Now York, Chicago
and Boston. It has a telephone for every
sixteen Inhabitants, whereas Philadelphia
Has only one for overy ninety-six.
The cities having D.000 telephones or over
re as follows:
Telephones Population
Lec. isi, per
1900. telephone.
new lorK 70.S70 is
Chicago .., 27,731 Kl
Hoston 23,78') "4
Han Francisco 21,824 rt
Cleveland 14,1)70 M
Philadelphia i 13.451 H
Detroit 10.1M vk
Cincinnati 9,142 :cs
Pittsburg ,129 ;g
Nlkfttit Tenia's Plmit.
One of the mcst Important undertakings
ever enterod upon on Long Island Is tho
establishment of tho powor and signal sta
tlon of Nikola Tesla. tho Austrian electrical
wliard. of world-wide. fame. Mr. Tesln
has purchased about 1,600 acres of land
near Warden Cllffo, comprising a largo
stretch of hills and valloyB. wooded bluff
ana fine beach, where he proposes to estab
llsh hit great works, from which ho will
place himself In communication with the
most distant parts of tho clvlllied world
Ho has Just finished his first building, n
one-story brick nnd Iron structure, ninety
four feet square. A laboratory and other
buildings are alio being erected nnd much
of tho plan Is to bo comploted this month
Two flftccn-horse-power bailors nnd a 200-
horsc-power cnglno are now being Instnllcd
and the largest dynamo over made, a ma
chlno of his own design. Tho current gen
erated will be forced Into receptacles of
the Inventor's own designing and thence
Into the earth.
Mr. Tetla proposes, through the earth as
a eonductor, to send mossage to nil parts
of the world. Dosldes putting Into offect
his systom of wlrolcosa telegraphy, the In
ventor hopes soon to glvo the world a com
mercial commodity, a new system of
Illumination by diffused light.
Novel Auxiliary Ilattrrr.
A novel auxiliary uso for an electric
automobllo wns discovered by one of the
proprietors of tho Scientific American the
othtr night at Stratford. Conn. Going to
evening service at the local Congregational
church, he found tho assembled brethren
"phased" by the sudden withdrawal of the
electric current, owing to a breakdown of
the source of public supply, thus leaving
the churqh In darkness. Tho owner of tho
electric vehicle at or.co ran It under a win
Uow. la-the rear of tho church, near whoro
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Klery, Ohio, April 33, 1901.
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Murphy Bavou. Miss., June 30, 1901.
I was suffor ng with femalo weakness, but
after taking Wlno of Cardul and Thedford's
Black-Draught I have no troublo at all. I sin
oerely bellcvo It Is the best raedlclnel ever used.
LIVINIA QUAY.
Olive, S. C, Juno IS, 1001.
I have been taking Wlno of Cardul and I think
wc'.'S.'sS"1 mert,clne MATv
Selma, Ala., June IS, 1901.
I have taken Wine of Cardul and Thedford's
Black-Draught nd they have done muoh good.
U U th. b. .nedlolne fever togk.
Dothan, Oa., April 7, 1901.
I have used Wine of Cardul wi th succcessand
csnnot say too much for It. It Is worth its
wolght In gold torus. I only used It six days,
but I would not be without It at nil.
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Chicago, III.. March 2. 1901.
I have used Wine of Cardul and Thedford's
Black-Draught and hare found great relief.
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Lafourche Crotiln?, La., June It. 1901.
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Black-Draught and I am now well.
ELLA V. NELSON.
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Cunningham, Wash.. March 21, 1901,
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Mrs. It. Q. TEAOUB.
WakeOeld, Kan., March 37, 1001.
Wine of Cardul has helped me. Thcmcnthly
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of Cardul and one package of Thedford's Black-
Draught. Ml
Irs. ALBERT LUTIII.
Dillon, Colo.. Feb., 33, 1901.
Wine of Cardnl made me fool Ilka u new
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Cardnl and one packago of Thedford's Black
Draught. Mrs. ANN SUTTON.
Elma, Iowa, May 1, 1901.
I taks pleasure In recommending Wine of
Cardul and Thedford's Black-Draught. I have
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great relief. Miss NELLIE HILLIARD.
, Wllmot. Ark., May 20 1001.
Beforo I used Wlno of Cardul 1 had pains
every month, but I como without pains this
month for tho first time In mv life.
ZlLl'lIA JOItNSOK.
Belra. Okla., March 23. 1901.
I have used Wlno of Cnrdul and Thedford's
Black-Draught for the past year and they have
cured me or tlioso terrible hradacboi that I
used to suiter with. Mrs. MILUEBIIANDT.
1723 Missouri Ave., St. Louli, Mo., Mar. IS, 1901.
I wish to thank you with a heart full of g at
ltude for the help I havo received from tho use
of Wine of Cardul And Thedford's Black
Draught. MINNIE WILLIAMS.
McDonald, Tenn., May 2, 1901.
Wlno of Cnrdul hai done mo more good in
two months thuu three doctors did in seven
years. Mrs. IDA BAKER.
Vlllard, Minn., March SO, 1901.
After my baby was born I was not strong. I
did not fed like doing my work. After taking
Wlno of Cardul I am now In better health than!
was for a long time. Mrs. EMMA SCHLIEF.
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according to the directions nnd I
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Mrs. C. OVEIU1ULS.
Qulncy, Fla., April 19, 1901.
I am miro than grateful to you
tor thn benefit 1 nave received from
your Wine or cardul.
Mrs. C. F. CHANCE.
Oarretts Bend, W. Vs., April 22, 1901.
I have been troubled with "whltes'lnnd Irreg
ular menstruation for tour years and ono bottio
of Wlno of Cardul and one package of Thed
ford's Black-Draught havodono me moro good
than all the doctors. LIZZIE DUNLAP.
Amboy, Ind., May 12, 1901.
I have tried many different kinds of modlclne, but
have found nothing to compare with Wlno of Cardul. ,
Miss CLAUIE T1IOEN.
Tlndall. Va., May Id, 1901.
I tell my friends what Wlno of Cnrdul has done for
me. I feel sure if it wera not for that mcdlclnn I
would have been under tho sod. Mrs. D. 1IAWLEY.
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the swltchbox Is located, nnd, after throw
ing off tho main supply switch, connected
the feed wires to tho storage battery In
tho carriage. As tho several switches In
the panel-box were turned on the church
was well lighted up and remained so dur
ing the service. At ltd conclusion the
wires were disconnected and tho family nnd
minister taken home In the automobile.
Many In tho congregation took It for
granted that tho lighting occurred from
the regular source and wcro much sur
prised upon learning of the method of sup
plying tho electric current that was
actually used.
TnienrlntlnK Te'.enrnpli.
Tho Baudot multiplex t)poprlntiug tele
graph la said to be operating very success
fully on the Berlin-Paris telegraph lino.
Tho whole telegraph business between Ber
lin and Paris, which heretofore required flvo
telegraph lines, can now bo easllv done over
one by means of tho Baudot system. Tho
operation In said to bo uninfluenced' bv
minor Interruptions of the conduit. The
work for tho operators Is not more arduous
than with the Hughes apparatus. Says Con
sul General Ouenther of Frankfort. Ger
many: "The new successes in quick and
multiplex telegraphy will create a neoultar
situation for the administration of tho tele
graphic service. It tho Baudot svstem bo
Introduced all over Germany, nnd, In addi
tion, If the quick telegraph of Pollak and
Vlrag be utilized for nowspapor telegrams.
and it Prof. Slaby succeeds In applying ht
discoveries concerning multiplex-spark te
legraphy to ordinary wlros, then It will bo
only a question of a short time when tho
existing telegraph business will hardlv keen
all tha lines busy."
Klectrlo Activity In the South.
The activity In suburban , railroad con
struction In the south Is Indicated bv the
reporta received by tho Manufacturers' Rec
ord of Baltimore. A company has been or-
ganltcd to build another extensive svstem
In the suburbs of Baltimore which Includes
Philadelphia and Baltimore parties.
Work Is In progress upon a line wnicn will
connect August' and Aiken, S. C and will
bo fifteen mites long.
The electric lino between Fort Worth and
Dallas, Tex., being built by a Cleveland,
O., syndicate; will bo completed by April 1
It Is thirty-two miles long. A part of the
electric line to connect Lexington and
Georgetown, Ky., haa been completed and
all of tho contracts let.
The electric line between Richmond and
Petersburg, Va., Is nearly completed. In
addition to these roads the Manufacturers'
Record reports plans to build street rail
ways In Jackson, Go., Oklahoma City, Cle
burne, Tex., nnd Shroveport, Ia.
MIlenKe of Teirffraiili Lines.
A comparison of the mileage of telegraph
lines and wlro In operation In the United
States and Europe Is Interesting, snys the
Western Electrician. Tho Western Union
Telegraph company baa 193,705 mile of lino
and 933,163 miles of wire; tho Postal Tele
graph-Cable company has 29,882 miles of
lino and 184,933 miles of wire In the United
States. This makes a total of 222,687 mites
of lino and 1,118,086 miles of wire. Accord
tng to the lntest statistic of the Interna
ttonal bureau of Berne, Switzerland, thetu
Is In all Europo 425,600 miles of lino and
1,685,27 miles of wire. Tho United Staten
therefore, possesses over ono-half as much
line as nil Europe and over two-thirds as
much wire la comparing tho mileage of
wire to population, America has ono mile
of wire to eviry soventy-sevon persons
Great Britain and Ireland has ono mile to
overy 130 persons; Belgium, ono ratio to
every 321 persons, and Switzerland has one
mile to overy 222 pcreons,
Carreiit Xitc.
The Cuiindlnn Niagara Power company,
whlrh will build a Inrge electric power plant
on tho Canndlun Hide at N'lagara Falls, has
nWurdrd the contract tor the tunnel and the
work Is to be comnletcd bv January 1. lfrjd.
The tunnel will be 2.20O feet In length and
19x21 feet In diameter. It will bo bricked
throughout tho same us the tunnel on tho
American side. The shaft has been sunk
the rennlrcd depth nnd tho contractor will
immeuiaieiy commence uo worn or vxen
vatlnu the tunnel.
American electrical encliteers hnve scored
another victory In England. The firm of J.
O, White & Co. hns bcon nwurdtfd n con
tract to build tho corporation tnunwnvo of
iiourueniouin at a cost or xu.'.ouu (,w,uwj.
Lbneclut IntureHt uttArhAA tn fhtv ttrminuftil
lines for tho reason that they will be tho
llrat ever constructed In nri.nt Tlrllnln rnm
ulnlng conduit and overhead trolley sec
num. ii xne system proves sniisiaciory it
will be adopted by n number of British mu.
illegalities. Tho Bournemouth lines will bo
constructed by nn English company or-
kuiiizvu o)' nmencniiH.
An electrical device that may revolu
tlOllIZO tirosnprtlnir In tn lu trl,t In II. mln
IllK ennuis near HnnWnne Wnsh. Th Men
Is snld to be feuslbln nnd based on scientific
principles, hrnest Dale Owen, an attorney
of Chicago, who Is president of the com
pany back of tho device, said recently;
"Our Invention Is an electrical apparatus
for locating mlnernl In the earth and for
lndleatinf the nuuntltv of jhe metal and Its
depth below the surface. It Is Impossible
to glvo a description of tho principle In a
.few worux, but putting It in alt short n
form us possible It is this; A streak of
metal In the enrth haa moro contnctlvlty
than the earth cm each side, nnd vn havo n
sytttem by which wo enn measure that con
tnctlvlty as compared to the enrth."
Electricity Is fast coming to tne nld of
the overworked typewriter, snyn a writer In
Success. Typewriting has become such nn
Importi.nt mutter In all largo commercial
houses, In nlmost overy country In tho
world, except Turkoy where the machines
wcro excluded by the sultan because they
wcro manufactured In tho United States
that the application of motive power, for
the purpose of Increasing efficiency, will be
welcomed. In tho new electrical device the
physical force Is supplied by an electric
current, acting through a magnet. The
operator works with more rapidity, for tho
keys fall to one-third the depth, with one
tenth tho pressure required on the modern
machine. It is claimed that the electricity
will secure uniformity of the writing nnd
that tho light action will make it possible
for the manipulator to uso all his lingers.
An Increased current will print a dozen
manifold copies with equal ease.
SIAIIVMLOL'S MBCIvLACK.
Tircnlr-I'Mvr Years lint ill reel In Col
lect the Ponrln.
Around the neck of Mrs. William F.
Drcer, the wlfo of n prominent merchant of
Philadelphia, is clasped, this summer, a
necklace which oven Cleopatra would re
frain from drinking down. It 1h made of
pearls thirty-sevon tiny spheres of radiant,
nocreous bentity such as no woman In tho
world has over beforo worn. Botwcen the
pearls white diamonds glitter, their blazing
Iridescence reflected In Innumerable gleams
of light, color and dazzling lire, from the
glistening surface of the Jowols whose
humblo foils they are.
To Egypt, and to tho Imperial Cleo
patra, nature gave only tho dull 'gray pearl
whose value was Its rarity. The pearls In
Mrs. Drcer's necklace arc the pearls of
tho new world, sought after with Indefntlg
ublc Industry tho country over for a
quarter of a century, until nt last enough
wcro found to mako this marvelous neck
lace. ,
It Is the history or expositions tlmt they
niter tastes nnd broaden Industries, Ono
of the consequences of tho centennial of
1876 was that the American pearl revealed
Its splendid charms to the wealthy of tho
lands on, either sldo of tbo Atlantic. Its
Innumerable varieties of tint, tho perfec
tion of Its form and Its rarity nppeuled to
Jewelers as the discovery of an eighth color
would appeal to tho artist. Tiffany, In
NowYork, sought nnd obtained many spccl
men nnd they were set with all tho ex
quisite taste the goldsmith's art could com
mand. A Philadelphia jeweler, who was
the truo lapidary, with tho instinct lor n
That Reminds Me
.Character Sketches Framed
in Current Stories.
Ileve there Is any Immediate danger of
abolishing the tree pass system now In
vogue among the railroads. Mr. Deoew
Is something of a railroad man himself
and entertains considerable regard tpr tho
pasteboard at a persuader.
Two years ago the New York Central rail
road announced that It would grant no
passes to the legislature. A few davs after
this announcement was made the Messrs
for the switchman, who then cltd-as ho wus
told.
Walter B. Slovens, the secretary of tho
Louisiana PurchaBO exposition, for which
St. Louis' Is making great preparations, was
for many years connected with tho Globe
Democrat nnd was an especial favorlto of
Senator Cbauncey M. Depew does not be- length, after, a particularly lovoly view had Ice Is ever without. It was sufficient proof
been passed, one of tbo guests at the driv
er's left hand remarked:
"You don't seem to take much Interest
In tho scenery. No doubt It's an old story
to you."
Tho driver fchook his head. "No, that's
not It," ho answered; "I Just don't care."
Then ho leaned n little closer and whis
pered: "But I knows Just how you folks Joe McCullagh, Its chief editor. Slnco l8bJ
must feel. You all come from a long dls- Mr. Stevens has been a Washington corro-
Vanderbllt discovered that because of the tanc0 jllsL t0 aeo thjngs, and you'ro bound spondent and was recognized ns ono of the
absorption of tho Wagner Pnlaco Car com- ,0 cni0y it anyhow, so ns to get your best of the corps. On ono occasion when
cany by tho' Pullman company they would .,, wnrih n,,rt nnt fool nu thnmrh vou Mr. Stevens was In St. Louis Mr. Mc-
hnvo to renow the licenses for several hun- was che,ftUn. yourselves. Oh," said thli Cullagh was entertaining somo visitors
dred Wagner cars which had forfeited their drlvor n n gUpcrIor tono, "I don't mind It In his olMec, when tho conversation turned
license oy reason oi i-uuuku "i u"t';' when I upderstand how 'tis." upon tho difference between men oi equal
Senator Depow nnd several other officials Intelligence In tho matter of seelug more
went up to Albany to see If thev could tot A old dftrl!y hnd hs falth bndly tnan appeared on tho surface of common
get a bill lhro,ufhn shaken not long ago, reports the Memphis things.
the company of these extra payments. Whan SMmltnr ,., fnl. ,vh rh.lrrh ..Whv. I have a man in this office." Mr.
In a Fayette county town, and ono after
noon, ua ho was In front, sweeping tho
pavement, a strong wind arose, tearing a
piece of tho cornice off and taking a few
bricks out of tho wall. Realizing that a
crond run wns better than u bad stand, the
old man sought shelter In tho station got to .havo something to fill about a column
hn. nn ih. nnnn.iiu nf tho Rtrfnt. and n auarter In tomorrow's paper. I wish
Several minutes Inter a mombcr of thu you would go out Into the stcot and wrlto
church of which Undo Uham Is sexton up the first thing you como across. Don t
camo by nnd, noticing him In his retreat, stay more than thirty minutes. I need vou
rmsrUed that hn thnueht the station house for another assignment after you nro
During the battle of Shlloh. relates tho Grange place for a man of faith to ocek through ' h ... h wa,ke(,
eveland Leader, an officer-hurriedly rodo shelter In a storm, when a house of worship At th stroke of tho half hour n walked
elevens wun a uuilu im iumj " umi...
the matter was broached to one of tho most
Influential mombers of the house ho said
very frankly:
"Senator, this bill will never pass."
"What is the roason7" asked 8enator De
pew.
"There are exactly 200 reasons," said the
assemblyman. '
Tho noxt day th Now York Central re
scinded Its order prohibiting the Issuance of
passes to the 200 members of the leclsla
tu re,
McCullnuh declared, "who can bent tne
world at such a game. I'll show you what
he can do,"
Ho called through a spooking tubo and
Mr. Stevens responded In person.
Mr. Stevens," said the editor. "I have
Cleveland Leader, an ofllcer'hurrlcdly rodo
up to an nldo and Inquired for. Grant.
"That's the man, with the field glass,"
said the aide.
Wheeling his horse about, the stranger
rodo furiously at the general, and, touching
his cap, addressed him thus: ,
"Shcneral, 1 wants to make one rebort;
Schwartz' pnttory Is took."
"Ah," said the general; "how was that?"
"Well, you see, shcneral, ler shecesslon
Ists flanked us, and der shecetsldnlata camo
In dcr rear of ua, und den Schwartz' pat
ter was took."
"Well, sir, you of
cuns."
was near.
"Dat's so, but whul's a man gwlnc' ter
do when de Lord begins to frow bricks at
lm?"
Hero Is a story told by President Roose
velt of au Inllan guldo who had ii natural
power of clmrmlng snaken, The party, of
which Colonol Roosevelt wns ono, struck :i
llttlo frontier town where a strolling show
wns In progress. "We went In," said tho
colonel, "and found a performer challeng-
haven't qulto finished that article."
ho remarked, "but It will take mo but a
little while more."
"Oh, very well," said Mr. Mr.Ciillach.
winking slyly at his guests, "but be as
quick as you can about It."
It was not very long beforo Str.vcns re
turned, luld tho finished manuscript on his
chief's desk, took hla further orders and
retired, whereupon Mr, McCullagh and his
friends oxamlncd what be had written.
Mr. Stevens, It soems, had walked ns far
Ing the audience to bundle his snakes. Thu as the nearest corner, whero u now build-
course spiked the Ruld t once accepted tho challenge and ing was In process of erection. Apparently
having convinced every one of tho perfect there was nothing to be Been moro than ono
"Vot?" exclaimed the German In aston- narmusonesa of tho .reptiles, produced a cpuid seo in any ununisiien uunciing. lie
lahmont. "Schplke. dom guns! Schplke lieui number of rattlers from a. basket ho had was probably tho only passerby who stopped
now guns' V'y It would spoil dom!" vylll nln' Tll perforraorMucontluently fled! and watched proceedings, nnd ho talked
"Well "'said tho aener'al shnrnly "what Tne mc guldo wns a most nrdont believer with the contractor on tho curbstone about
did Vou do V I" t' "dskln tradition that It Is an un- tho llttlo dummy which was running uo
"Do? Vy tarn, vo took dem back again!" J8naoi crlmo to Kill a rittlefinnlto, au it uw" ..
' ' ,u .vwi e,,u .... . . 1 . . mnptnp tn thn mnnnna nn thn llnnrtr
-pinys rnir in giving wnrniug ucroro it
Mr. J. II. Btoddart. the veteran actor, who i"us. t repeatedly cxnintted too im
precious stone which n Cousin Pons had
for a masterpiece, beenmo enamored of
theso ntrungo nnd lovely pearls. Tholr
opalescent luster, hidden nnd lost among
mud-burled shells In American creeks,
glowed tenderly before his eyes, whether
he bundled ccrulfan turquoise or blood
worm ruby. Tho pangs of tho collector en
tered Into the being of the lapidary. He
felt that he, with his own hand, must hold,
somo time In his lite, baro and naked In
all their gcntlo radiance, n bevy of thofto
beauties that nature hnd perfected.
Ycnr after yonr he sought them. Year
after yonr word camo from some far state
from Wtsconoln to tho Carolina, that sonic
'rcfih upl. ndnr iiad been found nad was nt
his command. He cnllcd thorn to him, one
by one, with the Mingle of tho gold that was
to be their sotting.
This summer the longing of a quarter of
a century of time was repaid by the mo
ment's Joy that nttonded the completed col
lection In the lapidary's hand there lay
somo- thirty-Raven pearls, matched perfectly
In form.ic'ach rivaling tho other In dollcracv
qf huo, all putting to Hlinnit the grayhesH
of thoso that history and tho old world
know nnd were so proud of. Thoso pearls
had been bom beautiful, nnd nil thai n
Jeweler, who wns nn nrtlst In the soul of
him,' could bring1 lo theni' wbb revcrenfe.
Tho flaincs of diamonds glittered there; the
heat of opals glowed, and even tho soft
tints of delicate; moss roses came nnd went
and modified tho brllllanclco an thu Jeweler
moved his hand.
Mr. Ilrccr, who Ik n good American hus
band, came In ono day while thu lapidary
wns happy In his collection. The next day
Mrs1. Dreer, who Is the wise American wife,
camo Inquiring. The Inpldary, trom tho
connoisseur, descended to thu tradesman:
wedded his virginal pearls to commonplace
i diamonds, nnd became $3,000 richer zz n
Jeweler and thirty-seven globes of flru
poorer iim n connolHSour.
And Mrs. Ureer mm n new necklace.
Street ItnlUvny Ciiiuiiiinlen.
Plnlntlff was u pntwenger on ono of de
fendant's cars and secured u transfer In
,nnotho. lino of defendant, nnd was directed
by Iho conductor who Issued tho transfer -to'
tuUo n certain car, the conductor of
which Informed him tho transfer wns not
good, nnd urked plaintiff if ho wus not go
ing to gel off, and took him by the arm and
loughly pulled him nn to thd pavement,
lipid to JuwUfy n verdict for plnlntlff. ui
At. Hop. (N J.) 714.
Constipation Is the rock that wrecks m.itiV'
U'e; It poisons tho very lfo blood. Reg
ularity can be established '.hrough the v.ni
of 1'rlckly Anh Bitters. It Is mildly ca
thartic nnd strengthens tho stomach. liver
and kidneys.
Begins Publication Nov. 3, in
The Sunday Bee.
"No Other Way
HY-
Sir Walter Besant
The Last Work of This Gifted Writer.
Is starring In "Tho Bonnie Brlor Bush" nt mwUy of all adherents .to this creed by
tho Theater Renubllc. New York Cltv. Is a letting n rattler bite his hcoll" "What bo-
nnd mortar to the masons on tho uonor
floors.
His article was n light but thoughtful
esbay on "The Passing of tho Hod .Carrier."
Scotchman by birth, as is also Reuben Fax,
who plays the bibulous postman In Ian
Moclaren's book-play,
Mr. Fax was nbrend during tho summer
and visited relatives In Glasgow, Whllo
there ho heard a talo of two Scots, which he
related with much unction to the apprecia
tive Stoddart:
"It was after tho British had loudod a
force at Wei Hal Wcl, In China," said Mr.
Fax, "that two excellent Scota wero discuss
ing the war news In tho Broomlelaw quar
ter of Glusgow,
" 'I see, Sandy, raou, thct we ha' taken
Wcl Hal Wei," said Jock, peering over tho
odgo of his evening paper.
" 'Wo hne, hao wo?'
" 'Wo hae, aye, wo hae.
" 'Hoot mon!' exclaimed Jock, pocrlng at nil(1 wandered Into an out-of-the-wny switch
camo of him?" asked one of tho listeners.
"Well, ho tried to found a similar theory
about bears and It didn't work," Colonel
Rocsovclt replied significantly. "How so?"
"He wont In for a couplo of tame bears
and then I thought It was lima to part
from his traveling menagerie, no I got him
n Job on a ranch wo were passing. When I
rctumed I asked after him and they told
mo that when he went to show that ho was
Immune from bears one of his pets called '
him a liar and tho other fellow proved tha
truth of his mate's accusation. They kept
his moccasins as a memento."
A. J. CaeKatt, president of tho Pennsyl
vania railway, waa making n quiet tour over
one of tho branches of tho fcyatem rocently,
him suspiciously. 'I'm thlnkln'
Scot named tho toon.' '
It was a
Tho hotel coarh wao filled with a crowd
of happy, Jubilant visitors nnd the horsen
tolled splendidly up tha hills, relates Lea.
lie's Weekly. As each eminence was
reached and at every turn, tn tho road tho
crowd would burst forth Into r rles of won
der and delight at the magnificent scenes
which burst upon their vle.w. The moun
tain Jehu alone preserved a dignity and
silence which rather awed the others. At
yard, whore something one of tho yard men
was dclng did not meet with, his approba
tlon, Ho made uomo suggestion to the man,
who ( flicd;
"Who aro you that's trying to teach me
my business?"
"I am nn officer of the road," replied Mr,
Cncsatt.
"Lot's see your switch key, then," said
the man, icusplclously,
Mr. Cassatt pulled from his hip porkot
his key ring, to which was attached the
switch key, which no railroad man In scrv-
Speaking of cattle recalls the story of tho
sentimental man nnd hit practical wire,
relates the Courier-Journal, She looks llko
n dream, but eho Is right up to tbo murk In
business, One day, Just ns tho frost was
on the pumpkins, ho came In. "Ilnrllng,"
ho began, "I havo Just been thinking thU
Is a most memorable day In our lives. Bbtti
yours and mine. Do you know what It re
call?" "No," sho declared; she didn't think she
did. ,
"What! Not remember this particular
dnto?" he asked In horror nnd reproucb,
''Oh, surely you must."
Sbq said again that she didn't, though to
oblige him rhc would If she could, and ho
bowed bis head and looked sorrowfully out
of the window at tho swaying trees leaded
with red leaves,
"Don't aay It," he exclaimed. "Don't tell
me ycu bao no recollection of tho serious
Import of this day, Remember. It wns Just
this time In bygono days wb m.cdo tho dntn
memorable. Think! See how I am lniorcaad
by the recollection; surely you recall It,"
A dawning light spread over hrr face. "1
bellevo I do," shs cried Joyously. "Yes. (t
was Just this time wo klll'd hogs Us', fall."
He gave a hollow groan and left the room
of his too, too practical wife. It was their
wcddlns anniversary.
Powerful and Dramatic Story.
Unique in Plot.
IT is .fuuwlt'il on u iiiohI peculiar condition of the JinliHli penal
system and debtor's prison. The heroine, a beautiful youu;
wid,ow, in in imminent, danger of being thrown into a debtor's
cell when a crafty creditor sIiowk her how, by murrying a con
demned criminal, she can escape her de-btn, and as 'lie will soon
be executed, she will also escape the ignominy of this surrepti
tious marriage.
With this curious introduction into a plot unique in 'fiction,
Sir Walter Uosnnt enlists the sympathy of the reader and arouses
the' keenest' curiosity in the Until outconlo of tho strange al
liance. Contrary to expectations, the criminal dooy not die, and
the efforts of the heroine to escape her husband, together with
the ercunistant'es of a cliange of fortune which has come to her
gives a swing to the tale and a rapidity of action and develop
ment which ends only with tho last chapter of the 'story.
Begins Publication November 3, and
runs 16 weeks. Illustrated.