THE OMAHA' DAILY MAlt JNO JSMKEH 20, 1001.
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S John and the Ghosts S
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By A. T. Qti.tIcrCouch '()."
(Copyright, mi. by A. T. QuIUer-Couch.)
tn the kingdom of Illyrla ther lived nol
long ago a poor woodcutter with three ions,
wfco In Mm went forth to seek their for
time. At th nd of three year they re
turned by agreement to compare their pro
ftett Id th world. The eldeit had become
a lawyer and the second merchant, and
each of these had won riches and frlendi,
but John, the youngest, who had entitled
In the army, could only show a cork leg and
medal.
"You have made a had business of It. "
Mid his brother. "Your medal Is worthless,
except to a collector of such things, and
four leg la a positive disadvantage. For
tunately we have Influence and since you
ire our brother we must see what wo can
to for rou."
Now, the king of Illyrla lived at that time
In his capital, In a brick palace at the end
f the great park. He kept this park open
to all and allowed no one to build In It. But
the richest nltltens, who wore to fond of
their ruler that they could not live out of
bit eight, had their houses just boyond the
park, In the rear of the palace, on a piece
of ground which they called Palace Oar
dens. The name was a little misleading,
for the true gardens lay In front of the
palace, where children of all clauses played
among the trees and flower beds and arti
ficial ponds, and the king eat and watched
them, because the sight of them cheered his
only daughter, who had fallen Into a deep
melancholy. But the rich citizens clung to
It, for It gave, a pleasant, neighborly air to
(heir roadway and showed what friendliness
that was between the monarch of Illyrla
tod his people.
At either end you entered the roadway
(If you were allowed) by an Iron gate. And
each gate had a sentry box beside It nmi
tall teadle and a notice board to save him
ma trouble of explanation. The nolle rant
"Private. The Beadle has orders to refuse
admittance to all Wagons, Tradesmen's
Carts, Hackney Coaches. Donkeys. n.
gars, DUorderly Characters or Persons Car
rying Burdens." A aedentary life had told
o severely upon one of tho two beadles that
oe couiq not longer eoter bis box with dig
nity or to read bis newspaper there with
any comfort. Ho resigned and John nht.in..t
the post by his brothers' Interest, In spite
ui mm com leg.
Ha bad now a bright green suit with
carlet pipings, a gold-laced hat. a fash
ionable address and very little to do. But
tha army had taught him to be active and
for lack of anything better he fell Into deep
vu.uniug. lnis came near to bring hluj
into trouble. One evening ha looked out
of bis sentry box and saw a'mlld and some
what sad-featured old gontleman approach.
tng the gate.
"No admittance," said John.
"Tut, tut," said the old gentleman. "I'm
tht king."
John looked at theface on his medal
and aura enough there was a resemblance.
'But all tha tame your majesty carrlea a
burden"-here he pointed to the notice-board-"and
the folka along this road are
mighty particular."
The king smiled, and then sighed heavily.
lit about the princess, my daughter,"
year " "h h 001 ttaUti for a who1
.'.'!!!! w"rrnt rd hw." said John.
Ill warrant you could not," said the
king. "She will never smile again ' until
sha la married' mf
'Thenantwered JoTjnrpeaking in a
humble way aa becomes me, why the dlck
n alive don't you marry her up and get
dona with It?"
Tha king shook bit head. There's a con
dition attached." said he. "Maybe you
have heard of the famous Haunted House
In Punslnby square T"
"I've alwaya gone by the spelling and
pronounced It Ponsonby," said John.
"Wall, the condition It that every suitor
for my daughter's hand must spend a night
aloae In that house; and If he survives and
la leady to persevere with his wooing ho
mutt return a year later with his bride
and spend the night of his marriage there."
'And very handy." eatd John, "for there's
a wedding cake shop at the corner."
The king tlghed again. "Unhappily nono
urvlve. One hundred and fifty-five have
undertaken tha adventure and not a man
of them but hat either lost his wits or run
for It."
"Well," said John. "I've beon afraid of
a great many men"
"That'a a poor confession for a soldier,"
put In the king.
"when they all happened to come at me
together. But I've never yet met tha ghost
that could frighten me and It your majesty
will give me. tha latchkey I'll try my luck
this very night"
It could not ha done In this free-and-aiy
way, but at 8 o'clock, after John had
vlalted the palace and taken an oath In
tha princess' pretence (which waa his first
sight of her) he was driven down to the
bquae betide tha lord chamberlain, who
admitted him to the black front hall, and,
tlammlng the door upon him, scuttled out
of the poroh aa quickly aa nosslbla and intn
hit brougham.
John struck a match, and, as he did so,
heard the carriage roll away. The walls
were bare and the floor and great atalrcase
ahead of him carpetless. As the match
flickered out he caught a glimpse of a pair
of feet moving up the stairs; that waa
all-only feot. "I'll catch up with the
calvea on the landing, maybe," said he.
and striking another match he followed
them up.,
The feet turned aside on the landing
and led him Into a room on the right. He
pauted on the threshold, drew a candle
from hit pocket, lit It and stared about
him. Tho room was of great size, bare
and dusty, with crimson hangings, gilt
panels and one huge gilt chandelier, from
which, and from the celling and cornlco
long cobwebs trailed down like creeping
plants. Beneath the chandelier n dark
smear ran along tho boards. The feet
crossed It toward tbo fireplace, and as they
did so, John saw them stained with blood.
They reached the fireplace and vanished.
Scarcely bad this happened before the
end of the room opposite the window began
to glow with an unearthly light. Johu.
whose poverty had taught him to be
economical, promptly blew out his candle.
A moment later two men entered, bearing
a coffin between them. They rested It upon
the floor, and, seating themselves upon
It, began to cast dice. "Your soul," "My
soul,!' they kept saying In hollow tones
according as they won or lost. At length
, ana of them a tall man In a powdered wig.
with a face extraordinarily pale flung a
' hand to bla brow, rose and staggered from
the room. The other sal waiting and twirl
ing hit black mustache, with an evil smile.
John, who by this time had found a teat
In a far corner, thought blm the most
poisonous looking villain he had ever seen,
but a the mfnutes passed and nothing'
htppeged, he turned his back to the light
and pulled out a Penny Dreadful. His lit
erary taste was shocking and when It came
in romance he liked the Incidents to follow
one another with great .rapidity.
He waa Interrupted by a blood. curdling
groan, and the first ruffian broke Into the
ronro, draggliifi by Its gray locks the body
of an old .r,an, A young girl tallowed
weeping and protesting, with disheveled
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hair, and behind her entered a nrlest with
brailer full of glowing .charcoal. The girl
cast herself forward on the old man's body,
but the two scoundrels dragged her from It
by force. "The money!" demanded the
dark one; and she drew from her bosom a
small key and cast It at his feet. "My
promise!" demanded the other, nnd seized
her by the wrist, as the priest stepped for
ward. "Quick over this coffin man and
wife!" She wrenched her hand away and
thriiSt him backward. Thn nrlret rntrantffrt
to the brazier and drew out a red-hot Iron. !
John thought It about time to interfere.
I beg j our pardon," said he, stepping for
ward, "but I suppose you really are
ghosts?"
"We Kre unhallowed souls," answered the
dark man Impressively, "who return to
blight the living with the spectacle of, our
awful crimes." ' I
THE GIRL CAST HERSELF FORWARD
SCOUNDRELS DRAGGED HER FROM
"Meaning me7" asked John.
"Ay, air; and to destroy you tonight It
you contract not upon your soul to return
with your bride and meet us here a twelve
month henct."
"H'm," said John to himself, "they are
three to one, and, after nil, It's what I
came for." "1 suppose," he added aloud,
"some form of document is usual In these
cases?"
The dark man drew out pen and parch
ment. "Hold forth your hand," ho com
manded; and, aa John held It out, thinking
ho meant to shako It over tho bargain, the
fellow drove tho pen Into his wrist until
tbo blood spurted. "Now sign!"
"Sign!" said the other villain.
"Sign!" said tho lady.
"Oh. very well, miss; If you re In the
swindle, too, my mind Is easier," said
John, and signed bis name with a flourish.
"But a bargain is a bargain, and what so
curlty have I for your part In It?"
"Our signature!" said. the priest terribly,
at the same moment pressing his branding
Iron Into John's ankle. A smell of burnt
cork arose as John stooped and clapped
his hand over the scorched stocking.
When be looked up again his visitors had
vanished, nnd a moment later the strange
light, too, died away.
But the coffin remained for evidence that
he had not been dreaming. John lit a
candle and examined It. "Just the thing
for me," he exclaimed, finding It to be
mere shell of pine boards, loosely nailed
together and painted black; "I was begin
nlug to shiver." He knocked the" coffin to
pieces, crammed them Into the fireplace
and very soon had a grand Are blazing, be
fore which be sat and finished his Penny
Dreadful, and so dropped off Into a sound
sleep.
The lord chamberlain arrived early In
the morning and, finding him stretched
there, at flffst broke Into lamentations over
the fate of yet another personable young
man, but soon changed his tune when John
sat up and, rubbing his eyes, demanded tu
be told tho time,
"But you aro really alive? We must
drlvo back nnd tell his majesty at once!"
"Stay a moment," said John. "There's
a brother of mine, a lawyer, In the city.
He will be arriving at his pfllce about this
time and you must drive roe there, for t
have a document here of a soil and must
bavn It stamped to be on the safo side."
So Into the city he was driven betide the
lord chamberlain and there had his leg
stamped and filed for referenco and, ha
lng purchased another, was conveyed to the
palace, where the king received him with
open arms.
He waa now a favored' gues.t at court, nnd
had frequent, opportunities of seeing ,and
conversing with the princess, with whom
he aoon fell deeply In love. But as the
montht passed and the- time drew near for
their marriage he grew silent and thought
ful, for he feared to expose her, even in
his company, to tho sights he had wit
nessed In the haunted house.
He thought and thought, until one flue
afternoon he snapped his Augers suddenly
and after that went abroad whistling, A
fortnight before the day fixed (or the wed.
ding lie drove Into the city again, but this
time to the office of his other brother, tho
merchant.
"I want," he said, "the loan of 1,000,"
"Nothing easier," said his brother. "Here
are 850. Of the remainder I shall keep
50 as Interest for the first year at 0 per
cent and the odd 100 should purchase a
premium of Insurance for 3,000 which I
will retain at security against acc'dints,"
This seemed not only fair, but hrotherlv,
John pocketed his f)59, shook his creditor
affectionately by the hand and hurrlol
v-estward.
The marriage was celebrated with great
pomp, and In the evening the kins, who Ml
been shedding tears at Intervals through-
!
out the ceremonies, accompanied his daugh
ter to the haunted house The princess
wns pale. John, on the contrary, who sat
facing her father In tho state coach, smiled
with a cheerfulness which, under the tlr
tumitances, seemed a trifle Ill-bred. The
wedding guests followed In twenty-four
chariots. Their cards of Invitation had
said "2 to 5:30 p. tn.," nnd It was now 8
o'clock, but they could not resist the tltnp
1 tntlon to sec the last of "the poor dear
, thing" ss they agreed to call the bride.
The king sat silent during the drive; he
. as preparing his farewell speech, which he
I meant to deliver In tho porch, nut arriv
ing and perceiving a crowd about It, and
als6 (to his vast astonishment) a red baize
iarpet on tho perron nnd a butler bowing
In tho doorway with two footmen behind
him, he coughed down his exordium and
j'led his daughter Into the hall, amid show
ere of rice and confetti. The brldegrosm
1 fnltnt.'A.t I - .11.1 1 I. .....111 . . -
uiw,..i, uuu nu (Jill lue nvuillilK KllLam,
,ncc no one opposed them.
The hall and staircase were decorated
with palms and pot plants. 'tings and em
blems of Illyrla, and In the great drawing
room which they entered while John per
suaded the king to a seat they found many
rows of morocco-covered chairs, a mlnla
ture etage with a drop representing the play
scene In "Hamlet," a row of footlights, n
ON THE OLD MAN'S BODY, BUT THE TWO
IT BY FORCE.
boudoir grand piano and n man seated at
the keyboard, whom they recognized as a
performer u much demand nt suburban
dances.
The company had scarcely seated Itself
beforo a strange light began to Illuminate
that end of the room at which the stage
stood and Immediately the curtain rose to
the overture of M. Offenbach's "Orphec aux
Enfcrs," the pianist continuing with great
spirit until a round of npplauso greeted the
entrance of tho two spectral performers.
Its effect upon thorn wns in the highest
degree disconcerting. They set down tho
coffin, nnd, after a brief and hurried, con
ference In undertone, the black mustachioed
ghost advanced to tho footlights, and, with
a tcrrlblo hcow), demanded to know tho
reason of this extraordinary gathering.
"Come, come, my dear sir," answered
John. "Our contract, if you will study It,
allows me to Invite whom I choose; It
moroly insists that my bride and I must be
present, as you see wo nrc. Pray go on
with your past and assure yourself It la no
use to try the high horso with me."
The dark ghost looked at his partner, who
shuffled uneasily. "I told you," said ho,
"wo should have troublo with this fellow.
I had u presentiment of It when he camo to
spend the night here without bringing a
bulldog. That frightening of the bulldog
out of his wits has always been our moBt
effective bit of business."
Hereupon tho dark ghost took another
tone. "Our fair, but unfortunnto victim has
a soro throat tonight," he announced; "the
performance Is consequently postponed"
and he seated himself sulkily upon the
coffin, when tho limelight man from the
wings promptly bathed him lu a flood of
the most beautiful roso color. "Oh, this Is
Intolerable!" he exclaimed, atnrttng to his
feot.
"It Is not flrst-rato, I agree." said John,
"but such as It Is, we had hotter go through
with It. Should tho company doubt Its
gonulncncss I can go nround nfterward and
show the brand on tho cork." Here he
tapped the leg which ho had been careful
to bring with him.
Before (IiIb ovldenco of contract the
ghosts' reslstnnco collapsed. They seated
themselves on tho coffin and began the
casting of dlco; the performance proceeded,
but In n half-hearted and perfunctory man
ner, notwithstanding the vivacious 'efforls
of the l'mellght man.
The tall ghost struck his bro' nnd fled
from the! stage, There wero cries of "Call
him back!" but John explained that this
wns part of tho drama and no encores would
be allowed. Whereupon the audience fell
to hlfslng the villain, who now sat alono
with the most llfe-llko expression of ma
lignity. "O I bur It!" ho expostulated after a
while. "I nm doing this under protest,
and you need not make It worse for n fel
low. I draw the line at hissing."
"It's the usual thing," explained John
affr.bl;-.
But when the ghostly lady walked on,
and, Ih the art of falling on her futher's
body, aa Interrupted by the pianist, who,
handed up an Immense bouquet, the per
formers held nnother hurried colloquy.
"Look here." said the dark-browed vil
lain, stepping forward nnd addressing John,
"What will you take to call it quits?"
"I'll take," said John, "the key which
tho lady has Just handed you. And If tbo
treasure lx at all commensurate with the
fuss you havo been making about It, we'll
let bygone be bygones."
Well, It was; and John, having counted It
out behind thn curtnln, came forward and
askfd I hi pianist to play "God Save fne
King," and so, having bowed hlR vsucsts to
tho door, took possession of the haunted
houif and lived In It many years with his
bride, in high rtnown and prosperity.
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IN THE FIELD 0FELECTR1UTI
, FrogreuWt Btr dti of Cmrfsnt Fowtr in tit
Demaia of Steam.
,C0:T. OF OPERAT.ON. AND PROFITS
j InetriU'tM i Hrvlt'tr of Itlvnl Potter
j ( SrrUlmr l.nrnl Traffic 1'tlllr.
IttK Water Povrrr Somr
liiilrnvinti(.
The problem of substttutlug electricity
for steam power on suburban lines It re
ceiving more earnest attention from rail
road managers than appears on the sur-
i face. In many notable Instances through
i out the country trolley lines have takcu
'from steam roads the bulk of suburban
1 traffic and are steadily reaching out (or the
remainder. The trolley people aro not tat.
I Isfled with that, but are extending their
lines, connecting nearby cities, and thus
depriving steam roads of profitable loca'l
business. In some Instances the trolley
lines connecting two or more cities or
towns arc reaching for freight traffic and
this competition for freight Is destined to
Increase as the trolley lines expand. Steam
roads are obliged In self-defense to meet
mpetltlon. The' problem Is how It
met na cheaply n the trolley line
it. It Is generally conceded that
m roads must meet the trolley lines
with liko power an'li facilities. But the
former cannot employ overhead wires to
convey power over present lines, owing
to the risk of Interfering with regular traf
fic. Other incana of conveying electric
power Is being sought, diligently. Last
weclj, .tho Fnrnhain "llrd rail plan waa
tested on the Burlington lines near Chi
cago. The feature of .this system Is that
the rail conveying the current Is "dea.t"
except at the point of contact with the shoe
of the car. The purpose of the test was
to determine whether1 contact would carry
the current to tho regular rails. Aa the
test was pronounced satisfactory It It pre
Gtimed tho Burlington Intends giving the
system n more extended trial with a view
to ultimate adoption of suburban electric
tralhs similar to those of the Chicago ele.
vateip roads.
Whnt Hlct'trlc ItoniU Are Doing.
United States Investor, a New York pub
lication', publishes an instructive study of
reports of electric lines and the rcmark-
,nblo activity prevailing In that branch of
constiuctlon. Investor says tho average
earnings per mile of steam roads In
America from passenger traffic for the past
year amounted to Jl,C7t, while -the average
earnings of tho Interurban electric roada
wero nearly two and a half times that
amount, being approximately $3,800 per
mile. The earnings of many roads, how
ever, run very much higher, as In the
case of tht Southwest Missouri Electric
company, which earns $4,735 per mile; the
Union Traction of Indiana, with earnings of
14,984 per mile, and the Northern Ohio
Traction, with $5,520 per mile. The earn
ings of the interurban are not so quickly
nor so severely affected.
The Michigan Central found that on Its
trains bound for Detroit such a large pro
portion of the passengers left the train nt
Ann Arbor and rode on Into Detroit ovqr
the electric line that It was necessary to
lighten considerably tha service between
these two cities. Tho reason for this Is
obvious; for the steam railroad fare from
Ann Arbor to Detroit is $1.20, while he
electric lino fare Is only SO cents, so that
pnsscngcrrt leaving the steam road at Ann
Arbor and continuing to- Detroit by tho
electric line make a saving of 70 cents.
The Big Four railroad, running from Mini
cle, Ind through Anderson to Indianapolis,
hnd the same experience In connection with
the Union Traction company and nt one
time almost entirely discontinued Its subur
ban service between those cities, but it is
now undertaking to regain the traffic In
competition with the electric line. In
stances of thl.H kind might be multiplied,
aa In the case of the St. Ixmls & San Fran
cisco rnilway, and the Missouri Pacific rail
way In their competition with the South
west Missouri electric line between
Carthago and Joplln, or of the Lake Shore
Michigan Southern with tho Toledo, Fre
mont & Norwnlk line In Ohio; but the re
sults have all been the same. In the last
case above mentioned the fare charged by
the steam railroad botween the termini of
the electric lino Is $1.60, while the faro
over the Interurban line Is only 00 cents,
. The Flint & Pero Marquette railroad
found that so many passengers left their
trains nt Northvlllo to ride on Into Detroit
over the Detroit & Northwestern Electric
road that their own eara ran into the city
nearly empty. . In order to 'stop this losi
of traffic they vut Norlhvllle out of their
schedules nnd ran their trains through the
town without stopping. The result, how
ever, was not what the steam road ex
pected, for tho community, forced to rely
on the electric line for Its passenger
service, transferred Its freight business to
It also and found the service so satisfactory
that all efforts' of the steam road to regain
the traftlp havo been unavailing.
Coat ii f Opcrntlmi
The averago ccst of operation of the steam
roSds of ihls country In 1900 Is reported by
the Interstate Commsrce commission to
have been 01. C per cent of their gross earn.
Inijs, while the average cost of operation of
Interurban lines jas only 54 per cent of
their grofs earnings, Tin re can hardly be
a question as to the future when parallel
lines show such a difference In cost of op
eration. The Union Traction company of
An
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Ths Union Pacific has recently reduced the already fast time of
"THE OVERLAND LIMITED" between Omaha and California making the
run several hours quicker than heretofore. This famous train is solid
vestibuled and leaves Omaha daily at 8:50 a. m. with through Palace
Sleepers, Dining Cars and Buffet Cars.
The union Pacific also j HE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS", LmH OiMka Daily at 4:25 p. m
teCriifiSS- ( "THE PACIFIC EXPRESS", Leaving Omaha Daily ai 11:20 p, n
ALL
Union
SSrorv
Indiana It operated for 51. 9 per cent of Ita
gross earnings, while the Hlg Four, which
It parallels, takes C9. 9 per cent of Its gross
earnings. The Southwestern Missouri Elec
tric railway la operated for 5C.S per cent,
while the Missouri Pacific, just alongside,
requires. 69.9 per cent. Tim Ioraln A Cleve
land was operated last year for 45 per cent
of Its gross receipts, while the Nickel Plate
and Lake Shoro, which parallel It, ore op
erated for "8 per cent and 64.6 per cent re
apectlvely. Another electric road handled a freight
and expreea business amounting to one-third
Its entire gross cnrnlngs nt a total eost of
only 21 per cent. Two other roads showod
a large volume of freight handled at n cost
varying but a fraction from 21 per cent of
their gross receipts tberetrom. Still an
other rond reported gross earnings from Its
freight and express business amounting to
one-quarter of Its total recolpts, whtla the
cost of operation was 26.16 per cent. Prom
this point the figures ranged upward, two
of the larger roads reporting a considerable
return from their freight nnd express busi
ness, which was handled at a cost of 10 per
ont of gross by cue and 44 per rent of grosi
by the other. In every instnuco the freight
and express business was handled at a lower
cott of operation than the passenger traffic,
and was therefore more profitable. Four
roads only reported the mileage of their
freight and express cars, i)ut the car mile
earnings shown thereby were mosl slgnlfl
cant, showing results as follow:
Grots earnings per car ml!n.. . , 13, " cents
Cost of operation per car mile,,,. M,L'ceus
Net earnings per car mile 31.0 cents
The remarkable character of this showing
will be appreciated when II i seen that the
average net earnings per car mile from their
passenger trafllc was only 12,3 cents. The
freight and express buslnwt done by the
roads reporting was, 'wlih tho exception of
four roads, entlroly local; while the entire
amount of through builness transferred by
the four roads to other roads for forwarding
amounted to only 1 per cent of the total,
A Tiirn-liiMvn l.tuiip,
For a number of years regulating sockets
for Incandescent lamps have been made,
although they are seldom tn be seen In
common use. Experience with them has
Indicated that except for exhibition pur
poses they are never tun In any but the
extreme posltlfns. either turned on full or
turned down as low ss possible. Reasoning
from the use of gss Jet, which sre also
found burning, either as high as they is 111
go or as low as It Is safe to Jeavn them, U
has, been concluded that there Is a field for
a lamp tn be run on sn ordinary lighting
circuit wblch could burn either at full
power or with a barely perceptible glow as
a night light or for similar uses. These re
quirements have bren met In tha "Hylo"
ft
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The Bad Boy's Bowel Blessing
Nature punishes every excess, not only of the bad boy, hut of ourselves as well.
Over-eating, over-drinking, under-sleeping result in bowel troubles liable to
become serious.
"Mr ehltdnn vlll.ttk Cttcartti toon.r thn
anjr otatrmedlelne."
-Mm. FrtBk Msmcrt. Princton, 111.
."I nm now ntlns CucareU In mr ftmllr nnd
th.j nt wondtrfalaninnf children.
I. O Thompion. Porttmaith, Va.
"Oar little girl wm troubled with eonittpttton
for nrr two roar, o.ir.r.t. cured her. Ther
r. lio th. be.t remedy for cold. w. ever uted."
-Mr. nd Ire Ralph Dutord, Oleyton, N. Y.
"I bar uied Caieareta and har found them a
malt eicollent remedy for both mraelf and mr
children. "-Mm. Bridget McCroMon.MS Il.'ad St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Every good, healthy, hearty boy is sometimes a bad boy bad to himself;
and. will do thingh in the green apple, mince pie or other over-eating line
that will twist his bowels. Men are only boys grown tall. In such a case
what is needed is not a violent physic that will rack the tender bowel
tissues, but Cascarets Candy Cathartic, gentle but sure to act nt once and
put things right. They are the roost perfect medicine in the world for
all forms of indigestion, dyspepsia and constipation.
lamp, which has been .on exhibition at the I
Pan-American exposition and which gives j
either one or slxteen-candla power. The
exhlbft was fitted 'with recording wall
meters which show the lamp's economy. A
ruby "Hylo" lamp for the photographic
room, made from natural-colored glnta and
giving the orange-ruby effect, was exhibited
This gives a dim light to load cameras and
start development nnd a bright light to fin
ish development when the plate Is less sen
sitive and when more light Is needed In
order to correctly gauge the work. This
lamp has two carbon Hire nils, one of the
usual slzo, giving either eight or sixteen
candle power, and a very small "baby"
filament giving one-candle power. A quar
ter revolution of tho lamp In Its socket,
turns out tho big filament and lights the
"baby." Tho mechanism which accom
plishes this comprises merely a flat sprint;'
on the lamp base which Is pressed against
a contact under it by the end-thrust of the
lamp. The combined life of the two fila
ments of this lamp is given as 4,000 hours.
Tho long life of this filament Is due to thn
fact that It Is orerated at a relatively low
temperature. Inasmuch as It gives light
enough for the average situation where a
turn-down lamp can be used, there Is no
objection to the low efficiency as measured
In terms of wstts per candle. The total
energy required by the "Hylo" lamp when
turned down la only ten watts. An Inci
dental advantage of this lamp Is the fact
that extreme variations In Voltage do not
harm .the baby filament, and as these
usually occur late at night, when tha lamp
would naturally be turned down, there Is a
tendency to protect the hlg filament from
the III effects of bad regulation,
Chrnii Power In Cnliroriiln.
Electricity generated by water seems to
be the destined cheap power In California
and for other portions of the arid ,west
where ccal Is scarce or too expensive for
profitable, use. The conditions In California
are particularly favorable for rapid advance
In this direction. They are briefly: First,
the high price of fuel, and, second, a for
tunate combination of favorable conditions
of climate, topography and water resources.
Ily reason of these conditions California
has made an envltble name for Itself In
the last twelve years b) Its energy and
enterprise In the development and trans
mission of electric power, and still holds
a position among the foremost In this re
gsrd. The real used In southern fallfornla
comes from Alaska, nritlth Columbia, New
Mexico, and even Australia, arid snf coils
sell for from 16 to $10 per ton, This almost
prohibitive price for fuel, while It nss
made power very etpenslv and greatly
j retarded the manufacturing progress of the
11 i
ma
' Caieareta are tha eaiteit medicine to clr to
children I ever cam aerotr,"
-Mm. r F. Uelllr. Utl CaUln St., Plttibnrf . Pa.
"Vr lm hAvi fhltik neirerete are cendr. I
n.ier har to Inilit on their taking them.
loen with & hos of Cieereta under mv nillow.
Ho home ehould be without them."
mm. u. A. rretcott, wnirago, in.
"Caieareta are wonderfully good for children."
-Mri. Win. Roan, Catamount, N. Y,
We hare nifd Caecarete forthreear for tha
ra for th
uitwha
children a well a nunrtrea. Ther do J
they are recommended tn ilo.!'
-Mm. P. M. Kolllns,H Dock Ht Stenbm
anrllie.O.
Beat for the Bowel. All drugeltt. ioc, 15c, soc. Never aold In
bulk. The genuine tablet atamped C C C. Guaranteed to cure
or your money back. Sample and booklet free. Addren
Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York. tu
state, haR also given a strong tmpetus to
water nnd electrical advancement, The ad
vantages California lacks In coal deposit
and prices It possejsos In s marked degree
In other respects. It Includes within Its
boundaries high longitudinal mountain
ranges, which nro snow cupped throughout
the year, and from which (low numerous
streams of very heavy gradients, furnish
ing Ideal power for the operation of electri
cal machinery. Tho general cllmntn condi
tions of the slate arc also an nld tn thl
development. The average low rels'.'v
humidity of the atmospherp greatly aldi
In the transmission of the electric curren
by permitting a high order of Insulation
of the line. In this way power Is trans
mitted over long distances, considerably
.farther than elsewhere In this country. A
notable Instance of 1 1)1 s Is the power plant
on tho Yuba river, In Sierra Nevada moun
tains, whero electricity Is generated which
operates he street cars of Oakland, 110
miles awny. Power has also been naed over
tho samo line nt San Jose, n dlstanrn nl
IflO miles from the generating plant, This
Is said to be the longest lino of power
transmission In existence.
Thero are n number nf other Interesting
electric plants In California besides that
on the Yuba river. One on the north fork
of the San Joaquin river, In the eaCeentr.il
part of the state, supplies power for light
and general purposes to the city of Fresno
and surrounding towns dhtnnt about sev,
enty miles. On the different branches of
the Kern river there are several plants,
some of which are Intended to furnleli
power for the city of I.os Angeles, situated
10S miles away. To this Sin Antonio Mg!)
aud Power company, however, belongs the
credit of the erection of the first plant for
(he long distance transmission of electricity
In the United States. In 1802 current was
delivered over the linos of this company to
Hie cities of Pomona and San Hcrnardlno
a distance of eighteen and twenty-eight
miles respectively, at a lino voltage of
10,000 volts, nn achievement hitherto un
heard of. These and other plants are all
run by tho splendid water powers of th
state and the great posslbllltles'for further
development are limited only by economic
needs. ,
Much attention through a series of' year
has been given to n careful and rystematl''
study of tho streams of Ca!foritt, n se.
cure the data on whlrh depend their devel
opment for poer and Irrigation pm poses
Most of this work has been done by (he
United States geological survey n a iwi
of Its general InveMlgatlon, 6f iht valor
resources of the whole country.
Today take Foley's llonay and Tar. It
poilttvely prevents pneumonia, or other
erlous results from colds. It may bs tot
late tomorrow.