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Gossip and Stories
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Prominent People
United Stales Ambosjodor to Court ol St. James
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Dtalrl M'fkitrr and the Brandy. '
IK. wEUHiGH g loyaness tor oranay
gave one or nis important clients
a very had twenty-lour hours,
lie ii called to Philadelphia to
Afend the Goodvear rubber Det
ents, and the head of the firm met him
at the station, relates Harper's WAkly.
When they had entered the carriage, hs
at once turned to Mr. Webster and re
ferred to one feature of the evidence to
be presented lrrvtlie trial the following
day.
"T speak of It Mr. Webster," he said,
."as it has a peculiarly Important bearing
on the case, and I thought yovl might not
have understood Its significance."
Mr. Webster, who was looking dreamily
out of ths carriage window, was recalled
to a consciousness of his client's presence,
lie yawned, and. settling back against tho
cushions, remarked:
"I've always hoped I might soma day
come to Philadelphia, because I've been
to'.y that there Is no place in the United
States where they serve finer brandy.
When I came away from Boston, I said
to some of my friends. 'Boys, I'm going
to find out about that Philadelphia brandy,
and If I find that It really Is the best, I
shall have mads a useful trip.' "
Several times Mr. Goodyear tried to draw
his distinguished attorney's attention to
the particular point at Issue, but he nsver
seemed to take the slightest interest in It.
The brandy of Philadelphia was apparently
tho only topic which Interested him, and he
always recurred to It.
Mr. . Goodyear left him somewhat
brusquely at his hotel. When he returnod
to his office his story was anything but
Inspiriting.' "We've got a man who is sup
posed to be the greatest lawyer In the
United States, and tho only subject la
which ho takes any Interest Is Philadelphia
brandy!"
That night, though, Mr. Webster worked
In his room until after t o'clock, occaslon
ally walking tho floor and marshalling bis
case into battle array. His plea the next
day was one of his most Impressive utter
ances In its power and logic, and tho case.
Involving hundreds of thousands of dol
lars, was given to the Goodyears.
Artistic Ltos.
Phil May, tho English artist, who died
not long ago, had flta of laxlness and
when suffering from this ailment found It
very difficult to work.' On one occasion ho
had promised a colored design for. tho
Christmas number of a weekly. Tho day
fixed for Its delivery passed by, but no
design was forthcoming. Tho publisher
went hunUng for him at a seasldo hotel
enjoying a tlmo of absolute lnacUon. With
out going to seo Mr. May, ho hired six
sandwich men to porado up and down be
fore tho artist's window with boards bear
ing different legends. This was their tenon
What about our Christmas cover?" "Wo
are waiting for that cover." It wa a de
lightful reminder and in a tew days tho
publishers received one of tho most bril
liant designs May had over executed.
A Senatcr"nnaHls Gam.
tt.iii nt.t.a nenator William A. Clark
of Montana, Washington and Now York
had an exciting encounter with a penny-ln-the-slot
chewing gum machtno a few days
go in the Fourteenth Street station of tho
subway, and won after spending 1250 worth
of time.
Tho senator entered tho station, at
o'clock and stood waiting for a train on
the uptown side. Presently his eyo caught
the chewing gum machine and lie ap
proached It with dignified confidence, which
received "an Immediate setback. Ho tried
persistently to slip a nickel Into tho slot,
but tho coin would not do tho trick de
spite tho efforts put forth by tho senator.
Tho station master became interested In
what was going on and strolled over to
observe closer.
"Hey," ho said, by way of breaking tho
social led, "you can't work a nlcksl on that
machine. Got coppers for It."
Tho senator looked confused for a min
ute, gased at tho 8-cent coin, then at tho
machine, then at his adviser.
"Ah," ho said, meditatively, as ho fished
In his pockets, but failed to produce a 1
cent piece. Accordingly he went to tho
window of tho ticket seller for change,
pausing on tho way to explain hi errand
to tbo chopper.
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Boss of tho Russian Capital.
When Governor General Trepoff of St.
Petersburg was chief of police In Moscow,
before tho establishment of tho state liquor
monopoly, ho was told from the highest
Quarters to suppress tho orgies at popular
resorts in tho town. A few days later tho
police raided tho principal restaurants after
midnight, and the next morning General
Trepoff asked f his august master direc
tions for tho prosecution of one member
of tho Imperial family, two Judges of tho
high court, a mayor and deputy mayor,
several generals and many women well
known In Moscow society, who. among
ethers, had been arrested In tho "cabinets
partloulleres" of tho groat restaurants of
the town. Tho matter ended there.
Artist iu m Race.
Tho late Adolf Menxel did not care much
for women and ho was apt to treat them
with scant courtesy, no matter what their
rank. When ho was making his picture of
the Konlgaberg coronation the Empress
Augusta cams to tho conclusion that the
women In It had not been sufficiently con
sidered, so she sent Field Marshal Wrangel
to tell him scv Tho artist took tho criti
cism very 111 and bluntly told tho marshal
that he had Hotter mind his military affairs
and leave art to artists. After a violent
altercation Mensel pointed to tbo door,
and Wrangel, red with rage, retired, with
tho words: "You are a nauseous toad I"
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Freaks of Gealas.
Tho duty of deciding whether tho lato
Sheriff Thomas of Edinburgh. Scotland,
was a humorist or a lunatic was the diffi
cult task Imposed on Lord Justice Clark
and a Jury In tho court of sessions recently.
Tho sheriff left an estate f 100.000 and his
will Is contested on tho ground that ho was
weak-mlndod and unduly undecjhe control
of lils valet, Andrew Melrose. He had a
mirror on tho top of his bod. so that bo
could see himself when sleeping, a stata
' iiumt by counsel that occasioned much
laughter. He planted three pieces cf sweet
William In his garden and told three maid
servants these would take tho place of
sweethearts to them. He possessed a
laughing waistcoat and also a flirtation
waistcoat. He carried about with hint a
quantity of camphor, which he described
as an antidote against matrimonial infec
tion. He had the Idea that women's hearts
got cracked, and always carried small rolls
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of guttapercha for ths purpose of mending
them. The most practical idea underlying
these whlmo ewma to have been the
"laughing waistcoat," a garment built with
elnstlo sides that expandpd easily when he
was "bursting with laughter."
Co a rage at the Csar.
A woman who has seen a good deal of the
home life of the czar tells the British
Weekly that she does not believe that his
falluro to meet his people face to face was
due to cowardice. At the time of the Serv
ian murders it was rumored In the palace
at St. Petersburg that one of the ministers
had been so overwhelmed with terror that
he ran away and hid himself In a aresslng
room. The czar spoke with contempt of
the Servian's supposed timidity. " I can
not understand." he said, "how any one
who fills a public post could hide himself
from fear of death. I should not go as far
aa the next room to escape death."
A FiKhtlng liSwrer.
Francis .1. Heney, the special United
Slates district attorney who brought Sena
tor Mitchell and the others to Indictment
in Oregon, is a San Francisco man, who
was sent to Oregon by Attorney General
Moody because he fears nothing and has a
record for absoluto Integrity. Heney Is now
In Washington reporting on his work in
Oregon.
In his early days he practiced law In
Arizona, relates the New York World. One
day a woman came Into his office and said
she wanted a divorce.
"What for?" asked Heney.
"My husband beats me," she replied. "Hs
lashes me with a blacksnake whip."
"I can get you p. divorce for that," said
Heney, and he made out the bill and com
plaint. ,
Before the woman left tho office she said:
"I want to be fair with you. . My husband
ays he will kill any lawyer who helps mo
In getting a divorce from olm."
"Oh," Heney replied, "that Is a matter
that comes afterward. It has no bearing
now that I can see."
He went ahead and got the divorce for
his client. A few days after the decree had
been handed 'down Heney met the woman'
former husband In the street. Heney
waited until tho man had pulled out a pis
tol In order that there might be no mis
take about his Intentions. Then Heney,
being somewhat of a gun artist himself,
pulled his own pistol and shot tho man
dead before he had time to get bis pistol
Into action.
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Grim and Gladsome
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Woman's Unmor.
RS. MARY E. WILKINS-FRF.E-MAN
was discussing at her homo
In Metuchen the popunir fallacy
that woman has no sense of humor.
"Woman," said this powerful writer, "has
a keen sense of humor, and of this fact
I am continually hearing snu excellent
proofs. Often it Is sad and bitter humor.
But I do not like It less on that account.
"From A friend In Exeter I heard a good
specimen of woman's humor tho other
day.
"An old bachelor of Exeter had adver
tised for a moid of all work. A robust
woman of middle age answered his adver
tisement. Ho told her that hur ap
pearance, her look of strength, pleased him,
and then he prooeeded .to enumerate the
duties that would be required of a maid
- of all work in his house.
" To suit me,' he said, 'a mold will have
to do the cooking, the washing and Iron
ing, the sweeping, the cleaning and tha
marketing. She will have to tend to tho
garden. She will have to look after my
clothes, pressinK my trousers once a week,
sewing on buttons, mending my shirts,
darning my stockings, and so on. Sho must
pay all the bills, and sho must keep an
account book to show where" the money
goes. Sho must'
"But the woman of middle age held up
her hand to Interrupt the old bachelor, and
his flow of talk ceased.
" 'Well?' ho asked.
" 'You,' said tho woman, 'don't want a
hired girl. You want a wife.'
"And with a grim smile the smile, may
be, of a widow who knew whereof she
spoke sho walked away." Kansas City
Journal.
Another Specimen..
A woman, while going down stairs to
dinner, hod the misfortune to step slightly
on the drqss of the woman In front of her.
Tha man on whose arm the former was
leaning rudely said aloud, so that tha
couple In front might hear him:
"Always getting in the way, like Balaam's
ass."
Upon which tbo woman whose gown had
been trodden on, turning round, replied
with a sweet smile:
"Pardon me. It was the angel who stood
In the way and the ass who spoke."
Bnttlasr In.
Champ Clark of Missouri was addressing
the house of representatives on one occa-
Recent Progress Made in the Field of
Electricity
Strnrsfle for Niagara Water rower,
Tl"m annual struggle between com
' I ' I mercjolism and those who would
a I nrAJtrv Vlatmr. Tra 1 1 ti Vi
great scenic wonder of the world
Is on in the New York legislature.
Companies seeking some of tho power of
the falls are battling for charters, press
ing their demands with the vigor and en
ergy a great prize inspires. 'Against them
are the unselfish and patriotic people who
Insist that greed shall not destroy the
great cataract. Last year the legislature
granted a charter to one company to divert
water above the falls, but the governor's
veto killed the measure. A number of sim
ilar bills are now pending and the pressure
is so great that legislators have appealed
to the Washington government urging the
negotiation of a treaty with Great Britain
prohibiting further grants to oleutrlo com
panies. Alton D. Adams makes this statement on
the subject In Cassler's Magazine: "Niag
ara Falls are doomed. Children already
born may yet walk dryahod from the main
land of the 'New York State reservation to
Goat Island across the present bed of tho
Niagara river."
Commenting on this statement, tho New
York Sun says: "Experts estimate the
normal discharge of the Niagara river as
220,000 oubio feet of water per second, with
Lake Erie as Its mean level. At low water
In the lake this volume sinks to 105,840
cublo feet. ' The - diversion created by the
power houses already In operation and lrf
process of construction Is nearly 60,000
cublo feet per second, or a little less than
one-third of tho total volume of water run
ning over the falls at low water, and 23
per cent of the current at its mean level.
This Is exclusive of the considerable Intake
of the Welland canal, which. In addition
to the water used for ship transportation,
also furnishes water for factories and elec
tric systems.
"Approximately one-quarter of tho water
which normally flows over tho falls la now,
or soon will be, diverted from lis natural
bed and sent through tunnels to turn ma
chinery. The effort to convert the Pali
sades Into concrete is rivalled by tho con
version of our world famous) falls into
clectrlo lights and street car power.
"The destruction of Niagara falls would
be a most lamentable calamity. In consld-"
erlng the measure now before tho assembly
both people and legislators should bear
clearly In mind that electricity and me
chanical power can be created In various
ways, while man can do nothing to the
falls except to destroy them. Their reduc
tion to mere applied horsepower would bo
a crime."
hallway Storage Batteries.
A feature of the electrical equipment of
Its lines for which the New. York Central
is providing has not yet received tho notice
which It deserves. The New York Tribune
reports Uiat the company has placed an
order for storage batteries ' having an ag
gregate capacity of 00,000 horsepower. These
accumulators will be Installed on the Hud
son river and Harlem roads at eight strate
gic points, each of which will be the site
of a reservoir of between 7,000 and t,000
horsepower.
Soon after elect rio lighting became com
mon it was found for a few hours out
of tho twenty-four the demand for current
was excessive, and during the rest of the
day Very light. At first is was customary
to lusall steam, engines and generators
capable of meeting the maximum, consump
tion. Later It was found that less ma
' ohinery was needed. By putting into the
central station storage batteries of sufficient
capacity, the power plant could be propor
tioned to the average requirements of the
day, rather than the maximum. When the
"load" was light the dynamos could pump
their surplus Into tho accumulators, and
when the "load" was heavy the latter
would supplement the work of the gener
ators.. The service to which the New York
Central will put the equipment here referred
to will be of a different character, as
might bo surmised from the fact that tho
batteries will be outside of the central sta
tion Instead of inside. A reserve of power
will thus bo created and maintained, . to
tide over Irregularities In the activity of
the dynamos. Against tho possibility of de
lay in tho movement of trains or of .awk
ward interruptions 'In the lighting of them
a substantial guarantee will be afforded.
In London and some other foreign cities
a provision of this kind Is made compulsory.
That the New York Central adopts ths
idea voluntarily Is one of many evidences
which the publio is getting of tho progres
sive spirit which dominates that corpora
tion. I.ong Distance Transmlsstosi,
The noteworthy achievements of the last
ten years In long-distance transmission of
electrical energy have led many to believe
that almost anything Is possible ln this
field; and being possible, It will be profit
able. The conclusion, says the Electrical
Review, Is rar from being Justified. The
transmission engineer would have some
difficulty In setting limits to the possible,
but he would have no difficulty In drawing
a line to mark a region beyond which trans
mission certainly would not be profitable
under present conditions. Within this line
would be, first, a region of debatable
ground which would require careful study
to determine what parts of it should be de
veloped. Still nearer to the source of power
would lie the section offering profitable de
velopment, if any such section exist, a
question which also must be determined by
careful study. Should it be found to pay
to transmit a certain distance, it does not
necessarily follow that it would pay aa
well, or even pay at all, to transmit to all
points within that distance of tho source
' of power. A factory Immediately at the
power plant may Jlnd it can produce Its
own power at less expense than It can buy
It from the larger station. Tho cost of
. transporting or transmitting energy either
does not necessarily vary directly as tho
distance It is carried. It is true of a trans
mission project, as of any other undertak
ing, . that-the decision must . rest on Its
money-making probabilities, and not on Its
merits as & beautiful piece of engineering.
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In a recent lecture at tho Brooklyn Poly
technla Institute on ' "Tho Economics of
Transmission Probloms," tr. F. A. C. Per
rlne gave a highly Interesting presentation
of the problem of long-distance electrio
transmission a branch of electrical science
in which he Is recognized as an export. At
the outset ho took occasion to lay down
tho truth that . "electric transmission is a
problem of economics rather than of en
gineering." "Tho electrical transmission of energy,"'
he explained, "is only. a special case of
transmission and transportation; of trans
mission when the distance is short or
transportation when It Is long. For transmission-It
Is analogous to tho belt, for
transportation to the coal train or pipe line.
While the electrical problems may be iden
tical whether tho transmission be long or
short, the economical problems are totally
different; and the elements of greatest im
portance In short distance" transmission
are only Incidental advantages In tho long
distance problems. ' -
"The first method of locating the factory
at the point of supply represents the sys
tem in vogue when the American indus
tries were first developed during tho first
half of tho last century. Tho importance
of Lowell and Holyoke In Massachusetts,
of Paters6n In New Jersey, of Blddeford
In Maine, of Minneapolis In Minnesota, de
pends .upon the existence and continued
use of water power. During tho middle
port of that century the coal mine built up
the manufactories of Pennsylvania, while
during the latter half of the nineteenth
century transport of goods finished and un
finished overcame the importance of power
cost and such well located centers as Phila
delphia, New York and New Bedford re
ceived the benefits of their facilities for.
transportation. The century with us is al
ready feeling' the effect of the continued
Impoverishment of the coal and wood sup
ply, and in consequence has turned again
to the study of the water power and the
waste of the coal mine. In this study the
development of the electrical Industry is
aiding by reason, first, of Its possible gen
eration In large units and application In
small; and, secondly, by its ease of trans
port, permitting the use of the central en
ergy system with no loss of local advant
age of location. The Importance of tho
great possible size of, generating plant Is
apt to be lost on the young worker of the
present day. It Is hard to realize that In
1876 a steam engine of 1,000 horse-power
was the most remarkable exhibit at the
World's fair in Philadelphia and that but
fifteen years ago there wero no water
power developments of as much ns 3,000
horse-power in a single plant. .
"The character of the market determines
the possible revenue, and this In turn de
termines the limits of possible transmis
sions or accessibility. Great distance of
market has no terrors for the electrician,
perhaps, as he can plan the system at high
voltage and with economical construction
Some Courtship Curiosities and Romances
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Wireless WlsarsVa Bride.
ION. BEATRICE (j'BRIEN, who
Became the briae tit Hignor Mar
coni, the renowned Inventor, Is a
member of a distinguished Irish
family, being a sister of tho pres
ent baron cf Inohlquin. Tho Inchlquln fam
ily Is alleged to be descended from King
Brian Boru, through his son Dermot, who
was king of Munster In tho twelfth century
Miss O'Brien is described as being bright
and comely, but somewhat rustic-looking.
She first met Maroorrl a year ago at the
palatial residence of Lord Dunraven at
Adare, County Limerick. The bride's set
tlement Is said to be $4,000 a year.
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Postofllce Spooning Prohibited.
The postmistress of Glassport, Pa., Mrs.
R. M. Russell, wb- Is past tho "spooning'
age. Is not popular with the young men
and womeu of that town. A flood of let
ters has passed through her hands of late.
How the postmistress knew they were love
letters Is something the young people of
the town are determined to fathom.
When they reached the postorUce the
'other day they read a notice which said
that no more "love making" would be per
mitted In the postofllce, and that "all boys
and girls under U years of age must have
a written order from their parents before
mall la delivered." .
Mrs. Russell says the young people of
the neighborhood have been stimulating
their love affairs through the United
States mail, many tender missives being '
exchanged. She says the parenta com
plained, and to protect herself she posted
the notice. The young people declare they
will use their influence with the depart
ment to find out how the postmistress
knew love missives were being received.
Meanwhile McKeesport, three miles away,
shows an lncrcasa in mall, Ulassport young
people exchanging correspondence through
that office now.
Senator Weds His Ward
State Senator L. L. II. Austin of Toledo,
O., and, Us ward, Miss Nellie Hanley, wero
married at Monroe, Mich., March 12. . Miss
Hanley ' has been making - her home at
Senator Austin's house for the last two
year, he furnishing her with the means to
secure a musical education. She is a hand
some young woman and an accomplished
vocalist.
She spent some tlmo in Chicago recently
and made hrr homo at the Young Women's
Christian association boarding house. She
gained some notortoty- by causing the ar
rest of another girl boarder on a charge
of stealing an engagement ring given her
by Senator Austin, the girl being acquitted.
Later . Miss Hanley returned to Toledo and
resumed her study of music -She is the
daughter of Attorney Joseph P. Hanley
of Toledo, but there has .been an estrange
ment between the two for several years.
Elopers Can cut by . Phoi,
"I want to get a chance to shoot the man
who ran away wJth my daughter."
That was the message telephoned to the
county marshal at Kansas City by an angry
father in Clinton, Mo. The daughter, Lulu
McCowan, a girl of 14, sat in the office of
the Jail matron, weeping. When this word
was delivered to her from her father she
sobbed:
"Oh, why does paptt act this way? Oh,
he must not barm Emmett. I am going to
marry htm no matter who opposes It."
Miss McCowan and Emmett Builey;ooth
Of Clinton, wero arrested In the office of
the recorder of deeds In Kansas City,
where tey went to get a marriage license.
Walter McCowan, father of the girl, lives
on a farm sixteen, miles from Clinton.
His daughter, Lulu, ' lived with him. Her
mother died three years ago. Within
sight of the McCowan home is the farm of
Emmett Bailey. He Is !7 years old. Ha
fell In love with pretty LuluMcCowan and
asksd hsr hand in marriage. The father,
lonely yet from the loss of his wife, did
not wish to part with tho daughter.
"She's too young to marry," he told
Bailey. Then his daughter bugged him to
consent, but ho refused.
Lulu went to visit a relative near Clinton.
Bailey met her there and they drove to
the depot and went to Kansas City. The
father found It out and telephoned Al
Heslip, county marshal, to arrest her.
They were found at the recorder's office.
The father was notified by telephone and
he asked the marshal to bring his daughter
to Clinton and he would pay all expenses.
They left for Clinton at 1 o'clock. On
the same train was Emmett Bailey, de
termined to marry the girl if he had to fol
low her for a month.
"The old man won't shoot," said Bailey,
who is an honest looking farmer.. "He's a
little put out now because we defied him,
but he'll got over that when he sens that
he .can't prevent the marriage. Ills only
objection is that Lulu is too young."
Revenge of st Jilted Man.
Because of his failure to finish with John
Knoblock, treasurer of St. Joseph County
Saving's bank. South Bend, Ind., first In a
race for the hand of Mrs. Rebecca Baer,
a wealthy widow, Prof. William G. Sclira
der has filed suit against his former sweet
heart to collect an account. The bill of
particulars, which Is a purt of the com
plaint, and which is designuted "Rxhlbit
.A," has caused a sensation and lu sub
stance Is as follows:
"Services as accountant and bookkeeper
for defendant, t'MO; services as advisor In
the trouble over her former husband's
will. Including attorney's fees, 1300; ser
vices as agent In disposing of and buying
property for the defendant, $200; services
as an entertulner and singer for the de
fendant, t'XO; sen ices In performing mss
sages for defendant, -00; services as a
nurse snd attendant during illness of de
fendant, 1300; services In preparing and
administering hot drinks to the defendant,
20."
The marriage of Knoblock and Mrs. Baer
took place a few weeks ugo, much to the
surprlso of thrlr friends. Immediately
Schroder consulted sttornes with a vlt-w
of bringing suit for breach of promise.
He was notified that his case would not
be held guo4 la Indiana,
to permit delivery and satisfactory regula
tion, but, to the operating engineer an en
tirely different problem is presented by dis
tance. As distance Increases not only must
new questions of voltago Inductance, ca
pacity, switching and lighting protection be
Introduced, but every additional mile of
separation botweert points of generation
and distribution Increases tho difficulty of
supervision, and overy mile of lino In
creases the number of supports for the
line, which not, only, vastly Increases the
difficulty of inspection, but also Increases
the probability of accidental Interruption.
At the present time each kilowatt of en
ergy developed may be estimated conserva
tively as being equal to the use of twelve
tons of coal por annum, and on this basis
the water power compared with tho coal
mine. In making any such comparison It
must, however, be remembered that, while
the value of the coal mine is constantly de
creasing, as the coal Is mined, the value ol
the water power Is constantly Increasing
with the rising price of coal; and that,
when the coal supply of the country is en
tirely exhausted the water power will still
be in operation with but slightly dimin
ished volume. Its competition in constancy
is the heat of the sun Itself, which, as yet,
has never been satisfactorily harnessed, save
as he has indirectly used the stored sun's
energy, or as he takes advantage of the
power of the sun In lifting water from the
level ocean to the mountain top, descending
from which it makes the water power.
"The principal competition of the water
power Is. the coal mine. Unlike the water
power, we have not yet succeeded In utiliz
ing a large proportion of tho energy stored
in coal. Of the 10.000,000 foot pounds of
energy stored In each pound of coal we
have not as yet utilized more than 33,000
in our steam or gas engines, or about one
third of 1 per cent; and yet, strange as it
may seem, the steam engine and its boiler
are fairly efficient machines and today
leave but few steps to be taken that may
bo taken in the future.
"There are many locations In the country
where fuel Is obtainable which are not
readily connected with a manufacturing
market by satisfactory transportation
routes. In these locations are included not
only the undeveloped mines In remote
mountainous locations, but more particu
larly the mines which are surrounded or
those owned or operated by coal-carrying
roods themselves or by companies allied
to these roads. The present condition of
the Independent miner, particularly In the
anthracite coal field, la a noncompetitive
position. He Is only capable of mining for
a market In excess of that for which tho
companies controlling the territory wish to
mine from their own properties and his
only customer possible to him Is the coal
road or the coal company with which he is
supposed to be in competition. In conse
quence, he must either tako the price they
offer or leave his coal unmlned
and unsold. Electrical generation and
transmission is a means, under such cir
cumstances, of finding an Independent mar
ket for tho product of tlie mine, and when
such a plan Is carried out It Is tho equiva
lent for a miner of an Independent road of
his own. It may be objects that such a
miner Is not, even at his delivery point,
free from the same competition that he
finds about the mine itself, and, while this
Is apparently axiomatic. It is at the same
time true that at tho delivery point the
possible price of coal Is determined by
other circumstances than thorn which sur
round the mine and in dealing directly with
the customer for power the owner of the
mine will find many conditions In his favor
which are absent In the location from
which the coal, has been originally obtained.
This problem Is one for the Immediate fu
ture. No such undertakings have as yet
been attempted, but with the Increasing
use and advnntage of clwtrlcal application
the probability of such a plan being carried
out and the strong possibility of Its com
nvercial success Is every, da approaching
nearur and nearer,'
slon when a rash member Interrupted him
with some frivolous comment. Mr. Clark
fairly shriveled up tho man who had "but
ted In," winding up his scorillcation in this
way: "Mr. Chairman, there-was once a
tenderfoot who struck tho grizzly region
looking for Ihmix. Ho was all gotten up
In the finest hunlng garb and his weapons ,
were the newest that could bo found. Ho
had come to show tho west how to kill
grlzzlloa He went forth one morning
and never came back; and over his re
mains they raised a stone which bore this
epitaph: 'lie whistled for the grizzly, and
the grizzly came.' "
Catting Down Espenses.
I remember nn elderly Justice of the peace
In a beautiful New Hampshire village near
Lake Sunapco. I stayed thoro all night
with tkls fine, keen old man. Ho amused
me and impressed mo with his mordant
humor.
Tho unreasonableness of womnnklnd
came up for dlsoussion at one moment.
"h, woman is unreasonable, truly,'
said the JusUce. "There Is no living crea
ture so unreasonable as woman. My wife
and I talked over our affairs one day and
agreed that we must both economize.
" 'Yes, my dear, we must both economize,
both,' I said to my wife.
" 'All right, James,' she said to me. 'You
shave yourself and I'll cut your hair.' "
Suit Luke Tribune.
An Eccentric Verdict.
A most unusual verdict wns rendered In
a murder ense In which the lato E. J.
Phelps, formerly minister to tho court of
St. James, was Interested. A small farmer
in trie western part of New York state
was tho defendant, charged with accident
ally killing his wife.
He had been able to got a Jury com
posed entirely of married men, and ha
then testified that the deceased, who was
a habitual' drunkard, had used tho most
Insulting language at the time of tho fatal
occurrence. This appeal come so com
pletely home to the business and the
bosoms of his auditors that it only took
the Jury a fow minutes to reach a verdict,
and when tho foreman announced It ha
said with great energy:
"Please, your honor, our verdict is;
'Served her right.' "New York Herald.
4)
r: ' In and Ont.
A prominent physician in Baltimore re
cently perpetrated a witticism at his own
expense. It was late at night. The doctor
had lost his night key; the door was locked;
he was cold from a long ride; and tho more
he rang the night boll tho more tho sus
picion grew In his, mind that some one had
chloroformed the entlro household. Finally,
however, his sister was aroused by a long
ring of the bell. Naturally she thought there
was some one at the door who wished to
see tho doctor; and that, as tho doctor was
out, she would herself have to answer tho
summons, else the caller would keep her
awake for a long time So, hastily throw
ing a loose gown over her nightdress, sho
hurried to the door. Opening the door the
least bit, in order not to present her dis
habille -to an Intruding eye, she shouted
through the crack, In a tone of sleepy Im
patience, "The doctor's out," and was
about to close door, whon the physician
thrust one foot through, at the same tlmo
exclaiming:
"Yes, I know the doctor's out; but ho
wants to get In!" Harper's Weekly.
One on the Speaker.
Speaker Cannon was sitting bolt upright
in his presiding office's chair yesterday.
Tho house wns In session, but some mem
ber was engaging him In earnest conversa
tion. Some other member, oft in another
part of the hall, began to clamor
"Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker."
So earnest was his conversation at the
desk that Mr. Cannon seemed to forget he
was in the house. He thought he was sit
ting In his private room and some one was
thumping on his door.
"Mr. Speaker, Jfr. Speaker," sold tho
voice afar off again.
"Come in, come In," ejaculated tho
speaker, Impatiently, although his voice
was not loud enough to be heard beyond
the desk. "Hang It, why don't you come
In?"
There was a titter among the employes
at the desk, which brought Mr. Cannon
back to earth. Washington Post.
Ran Over y the Cars.
The following story is told in Concord,
N. H., of ex-Senator Chandler, whose de
feat fdv re-olectlon was by reason of his
antagonism to the Boston' Sc. Maine Rail
road company, especially on the matter of
passes to legislators, not eloctrlo railway,
franchises.
His ron was defeated for alderman in
Concord last fall, after receiving. the re
publican nomination In a strong republican
district, by a democrat, who was a Bos
ton 6 Maine conductor. A friend, meeting;
tha ex-senator in the Eagle hotel soon
afterward, suld to him: "Sorry to hear
your son was snowed under the other day."
"You are misinformed," said the ex
senator. t "He was not snowed under; ho
was run over by tho cars." Boston Herald.
All Klnaht bat the Rlngi,
Yarnall Abbott of Philadelphia, who,
though an amateur, Is admitted to bo one
of the best photographers in America, col
lects with much cost stories about ths
camera. .
"A North Ninth street photographer," he
said tho other day, "told me this morning
that a young, woman brought back to him
a dozen cabinets that he had made of her
tho week before.
" 'What?' he exclaimed, in dismay.
'Bringing them all back? I thought they
were very successful.'
, "The young woman reassured him with
a smile.
" 'Yes,' she said, 'oh, yes. They are suc
cessful. I only want you to touch out the
ring. I've got a new young man." "New
York Tribune,
KotTroe to Nstnre,
"Mark Twain was visiting II. If. Rogers,"
said a New York editor. "Mr. Roger led
the humorist Into his library.
" "rehi re,' he sulil us he pointed to a bust
of while marble, 'what do you think of
thatr
"It was a bust of a young woman coiling
her hair, a very graceful examplo of mod
ern Italian sculpture.
"Mr. Clemens looked at It a moment, and
then l:a 'i!cl.
" 'It Isn't true to miture.'
" 'Why not?' Jlr. Rogers asked.
" 'Ulia ought to have her mouth full of
hairpins,' suld tho humorist." New. Yvrk
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