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WJHMSffli" 4 ;Wj)inril)WilT ))flpiiipijaiii lp) ini 1 1 ii miiii iwiiwwwfeWjWiiiJn,jiii)Wiri i ' CITY CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1889. i 1 p I. V m 1 . ' i rWwWHHMlII JAST MAIL ROUTE ! 2 DAILY TRAINS 2 -TO- AtchUon, Leavenworth, St. Joseph, Kansas City, St. LouU ami all Point South, Ent-t and Went, The direct line to Ft. Scott, Parsons, Wichita, Hutchinson nnd nil piinclpnl points In Kannnn. The only road to the Great Hot Spring of Arknnm. Pullman Sleeper mm Free Reclining Chair Cant on nil trains. H. G, HANNA, R. P. R. MILLAR, City Ticket Agt. Cicn'l Agent. -Cor. O nnd 12th Street. ON SALE TO AT1T1 PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH AT 1044 O STREET. 7 Wats? WLWAum gmuL !& Owns nnd operate 5.500 miles of thoroughly Quipped road In IlllnoU, Wisconsin, lown, Mlsrourl, Minnesota una lkkotn. It Is tho Host Direct ttouto botwoen nil the Prfuclpal Points In the Northwest, Bouthwert nd Far Went. Kor innin, tlmo tnllc, rate of passage nnd freight, etc., npply to nearest stntfon agent ol ClilCAOO, MILWAUKKK A BT. PAUJ. 1UIL way, or to any Itnllroml Agent nnywtiere ! the world. K.MILLEIt, A.V.H.OAItrENTER, G-ncrul l'g'r. Oen'l Pass. AT'kt Agt. F. TUCKER, GEO. H. IIEAFKOUD, Vn".Ocn Mgr. Ast. a. 1 A T. Agt. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. M"Fo; Information In reference to I-ands ami Towns owned by tlio Chicago, Milwau kee A Bt. Paul Railway Compnny.wrte to II. O. ilAUOAK.Lnnd Comiule;loner,MlUwnikeo Wlscouiin. Fremont, Elkhorn& Mo. Valley HTOperates nnd con trols ltt own service between , H'BirX'w'VL m Titois n LINCOLN, NEB., and OMAHA, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, SIOUX CITY MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL. IsF Through Ticket and Baggage Checked to nil point In United States and Canada. Vestibule Sleepers, Palatial Dining Can and Union Depots. CITY TICKET OFFICE : 115 South Wtu street . - . IJncoln GEO. N. F0UE8MAN, Agent. 0. H. BlTKT, J, R. Ol'CHANAM, Ueneral M'ger, Gen'l I'm. Ag't OMAHA, NED. PASSENGER ELEVATORS. RE8ULT OF A TRIP THROUGH THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Waller Wvlliimu Thinks Van May trudge of n Tropin liyTliclr KtrTfttnr, cir"Mri," n. thn Itngllah Delight to Denonilimle Tlipin Amt-rlrnu I'lerntor In the Ind. Hecll Correspondence. Wasiiinoton, Atijr. 23. On tlio top floor of tlio United States patent ofllco I cniuo tiK)ii n largo glnns caso flllocl with iiickIoIh or passenger clovators. I thought nt ouco of tlio entertaining ncconntfl of tlio English nnd Kuropcnn olovntor or "lift" which Murat Halatcad linn lieon writing. At n glanco 0110 would sny Bonio of tlio olovntors In this caso pro ecntod tlio plans 011 which tho foreign "lifts" woro built cluinsy, complicated, Mow, hut strong nnd safe Somehow or other tho thought nnttirnlly follows that you enn toll n peoplo by their olovntors. Tho elovator has becotno such nn Im portant fenturo of our civilisation thnt it partaken of tlio characteristics of tho peoplo who mako nnd uso it, nnd when ono goes to 11 city or country tlio Inhab it anta can bo pretty well judged by tho manner in which thoy carry you vor- yu A TYPICAL CABE. tlcnlly,nud by tho sort of machltio which they uso In doing It. Mr. Ilnlsteod boa told us what tho English olovator Is Uko just what you would expect It to bo Uko strung, slow, clumsy, patience try ing, but reliable Thnt is tho national elovator of Great Britain, and probably tho typo is llttlo varied in different cities. Ilut in America tho elovator in which you rldo in Now York is not Uko tlio ele vator used by tlio Philadclphlans, nor yet Uko that in which Chicagoans travel from basement to roof. It is a very odd fact, pointed out to mo on oxcellcnt authority, that tho elovator has really had its greatest dovclopmout in tho west. Tlio lrroprcsstblo mnn of statistics comes to our aid with tho fig ures to show that Chicago uses a greater number of elevators than Now York, and St. Paul and Minneapolis together a greater number than Philadelphia or Boston. This can bo easily explained. It is not thnt tho peoplo of tho east are moro fond of walking up stairs than their friends of tho west, but that tlio cities of tho latter region had their growth chiefly after tho elovator had assumed Its present importonco as a la bor nnd tlmo saver. Now buildings in tho west and theso western cltlos nro largely composed of now buildings aro arranged for ono or moro olovntors just as they aio provided with roofB and drainage. No longer Is tho elovator looked upon as n luxury it Is n neces sity. It was not so when tho vast ma jority of structures in tho older cities woro built, and theso anciont houses wait and wait in vain for tho day when tlio proprietors will seo it to their advan tage to tear them down and rcplaco them with modern structures, olovators and all. Tlio fastest elovator In tlio world is tho Chicago elevator. This is conceded by all authorities, and nobody denies that it Is in keeping with tho characteristics of tho place, Chicago is a rapid town. Tho olovator expert of tlio patent ofllco say tlio avcrogo speed of Chicago "lifts" is about 400 feet cr mlnuto, nearly all of tho clovutora in tho largo blocks run ning 500 feet n mlnuto or moro. In tho great ofllco buildings of that city thcro Is no littlo rivalry in elevator speed, each now builder trying to outdo thoso who havo preceded him To peo plo from tho country it is a somowlint novel cxpcricnco to bo shot up to tho roof of a tall building, past floor after floor In such rapid succession as to mako ono almost dizzy, But tho coming doyn Is mora unpleasant than tho going up. for tlio sudden stops jar and shako many passengers into something akin to ver tigo. Thousands of Chicago peoplt will not rldo on tho rapid running olovators, and In ono largo ofllco building of that city, whero thero aro six elevators, two of thorn aro run nt a slow speed for tho especial accommodation of passengers with weak nerves or susccptiblo stom achs. On tho wlro network which sur rounds most olovntors I remember hav ing seen In n Chicago building a placard, telling peoplo who wcro afraid of .rapid traveling to tako tho stairs. It is need less to say, however, that tho avorago Chlcagoan likes his elevators, as every thing else, about as fast as it is possiblo for it to go. Tlio other extrcmo is reached in tho sity of Washington, whero thero are very fow elevators except thoso In the government buildings. Nearly all of theso aro as slow as mules. They creep lazily up and down, tho doors aro opened in a leisurely way by tho attendants and nobody seems to bo in a hurry. This is In striking contrast to tho methods used In western cities, whero doors aro opened and closed with a snap nnd a bang irri tating to tho nerves of timid passengers. In tho government offices tho elevator at bt fVlll'aBlll aro large, roomy concerns, two or thrco times ns largo as thero Is any necessity for, Half tho eoplo who go from ono floor to another walk, anyway, antl tlio olovator conductor really has n sleepy tlmo of It. It Is not very uncommon to seo n conductor, particularly If it Is a warm afternoon nnd ho Is a colored man, taking cat naps between floors. Now York and Philadelphia strlko n happy medium between Chicago mid Washington. Their olovntors aro run neither nt breakneck sced nor nt ho slow n pneo as to try ono'a patience. In Now York it Is said thero nro now nbout 0,500 clovntors, nnd in Chicago nearly 4,000. Of tho "lifts" in Now York moro than 125 run to exceed 100 feet, tho long est distance traveled being to tho tower or tho Produce Excliango 233 feet. In Chicago tho, tallest shaft in which nu elovator runs is that lending to tho tower of tho now Auditorium building nbout 250 feet. Tlio highest elovator in tho country Is in tho Washington inonu mont, and that runs 600 feet. It travels nt n rato of n llttlo less than n hundred feet n minute, which is just about tho speed nn nctlvo Iwy or man can mako running down tho stairway. Tho elevator has fairly revolutionized modern uiehitecturonud added millions upon millions of dollars to tho valuo of city real estate It is tho elovator which makes It os8lblo for tho owner of u val uablo piece of ground to rent ten floors to letter advnutago than ho could for merly rent four. It Is tho elovator that lion mndo It xsslblo to build tho great hives of humanity, a thousand work ers under 0110 roof, now so commonly found In tho largo cities. Tho elovator has evon invaded tho pri vate house, and a number of patents liavo been taken out within tho last year on machines particularly designed for uso In residences. In Now York thcro nro ft hundred houses with clovntors, and ninny In Chicago, Boston and other cities. In tlio residenco of Cyrus W. Fiold thcro aro two "lifts," both of them beautiful pieces of machinery, and orna mental nnd nttractlvons furniture. It is now tho iopular thing to havo n resi dence elovator, with carved woods in tho car, rich upholstering and nickel plated cylinders. Even tho Whlto IIouso has an elovator, though a very llttlo ono, just largo enough for two persons to squeeze in, nnd not two if they nro both as fat ns President Cleveland was. Mr. Cleveland, by tho way, is tho last man that used this elovator, as it has not been kept in running order siuco ho left the White House. Thero is not much uso for It at liest It was put in for the ac comodation of Grandma Garfield, who was too Infirm to walk upstairs, and then tho nssassln Gultcau camo along and spoiled Grandma's proposed visit to her son. Tho elevator has been an un lucky 0110 from tho start Two White House employes havo been hurt by it, and ono nearly lost his lifo. Tills caso of models In tho patent ofllcc, and tho hundreds of Inventions for which no models wcro furnished, aro strongly suggestive of tho Ingenuity, the re sources of man. Tho experts tell u all elevator machinery is very simplo, and yet hero nro nearly eight hun dred patents on olovators and parts thereof, bomoof them do not ap pear to bo so very simplo, cither. Tlio elovator is a growth of tho last twenty years, nnd thereforo nearly everything nbout it is still protected by patent. Tills explains why clo vntors cost from ono thousand to two thousand dol lars. All tho re Uablo safety valves, power ap pliances, etc., nro covered by pat ents, and tho ohiof examiner of tlio elovator FAN ATTACHMENT. division tells mo thero is oven a patent on a certain number of ropes that enter tho drawhead at tho top of tho car and sustain tho weight Ono of tho interesting elcator patcnto is Sasso's, by which tho motion of the car, upward or downward, actuates a ventilating fan over tlio heads of tho pas sengers In tho car. It ia a pity this do vico U not moro generally applied, for many elovator cabs aro uncomfortably hot It might also bo a good idea to at tach an automatic device to tho conduc tor, to make suro that ho kecp3 awake. Another novel Invention is that of a stair way olovator, to bo applied to any flight of stairs, tho car being drawn up tho in cline on a llttlo railwny. A number of patents cover do vices intended to tighten or release chains attached to weights, so that as passengers step off or on tho car may bo always in a balance. Ono of theso patents calls for no hoisting ma chinery, tho plan being for tho conductor to pull tho car up or down by grasping tlio rope. Another requires a passenger on entering tho car to tako therefrom a weight about equal to his own avoirdu pois and hang it upon a hook on tho outer wall provided for tho purposo; on leaving tho car ho must tako a weight from its hook nnd place it in tho cab to preserve the counterpoise. It is needless to ny that this invention lias not como into general use. Hundreds of patents havo been taken out on Bafety devices alone. Theso nro nutomtitlo catches, electric brakes, air cushions in which an elovator might fall from a tenth story without hurting any of Its occupants, safety doors which pro ject over tho landing and mako it impos tJblo for tho car to movo cither up or down till tho doors uro closed, automatic doors which push laggard passengers out and in, and wedges which grip and tight ly hold tho car tho instant tho rope breaks. It is worth while mentioning, too, that tho elevator is an American institution. If not originally invented here, it is here that it bus had about all of its develop ment, hero it has been brought to iu 'ligh state of perfection. Walter Wci.lman. 1 ' ODDS AND ENDS. AtliutnccounUTOO ircii,, ird at work on tho Nlcningun rnnnL A pencil grower nt Mnrthnllvlllo, On., ob tnlnod'n clear profit of $1,000 on 0110 car load of poACbcs shipped to Now York. Tho cotton crop of Texas, tho first bnlo of which has tccn received nt Austin. Is esti mated nt 'J.000,000 bales. Tho "Heavenly Foot society" has been started In China by tho women, In rebellion nualnst tho venerated fashion thnt compresses their feat It Is reported thnt certain engineers In Switzerland nro dovlslng nn nerlnl rnllwny by which they proposo to connect two of tho pcAka of ML Pilattis with wlro ropo nbout 2,000 foot long, nnd to send tourists from summit to summit In cars running on tho wires. Llttlo Otis wns laughed nt bocnuso ho didn't go homo with nny ono, from a children's par ty. "Well," ho nuswered, "I should havo gono homo with tho llttlo girl that woro tho whlto dress nnd pink ribbons, but, you seo, thcro wouldn't havo kweat anybody to como back with mo." A hall storm In VUlnfrnncn, Piedmont, wns of such enormous stones thnt moru thnn 100 persons wcro badly hurt, nnd a boy nnd n girl had their skulls fractured. Tho weight of 60tno hailstones was estimated nt two xnimU Tho widow of John A. Llttlo, a commer cial traveler, of Sowlckloy, Pa., who perished In tho Johnstown disaster, has brought suit for tSO.000 ngnlnst tho South Fork Fishing club. Two ladles wcro sitting by an open window whllo tho choir was practicing In a neighbor ing church. "How loudly thoy sing to-nlghtl" said one, "Yes," returned tho other, think ing of tho crickets in tho gross; "and it U said thoy do It with their hind legs." It Is announced that tho volcano of Illlgl gnmatna Is responslhlo for tho recent earth quako near Japan. Even a casual glnnco nt this namo convoys tho Impression that It has nlrendy suffered several from mnllgnnnt at tacks of earthquake A singlo sharo of tho Now Itlvcr company (London water company), which wos origin ally sold nt tho par valuo of JE100, was dis posed of at auction on July 17 for the im mense sum of JC 122,80a This company supplies half of London with water and owns very valuable estates. Its financial growth Is something tremendous. Last year ltdo clnrcd a dividend of 3,010 on each slinro. According to custom, Premier Bismarck always romalns standing when tnlklng about afTnlni of stato to tho kaiser. As tho old chancellor suffers from rheumatism, this Is not nn easy sacrlQco to ceremony, but ho has such a deep rooted respect for royalty that ho refuses to glvo In to tho infirmities of ago 111 till llinttir. Tim Ifntuir linwi.vn. imtHi. remains seated when Illsmarck Is making his reports, A novel uso Is mado of tho eloctrlo light on tho SL Lawrence river, near tho Thousand Islands resorts. Ono of tho lights has been placed at tho end of a yard arm on tho steamer St Lawrence, which has a dynamo aboard. Tho light stands in front of a power ful reflector, and as tho boat steams about at night among tho Islands tho search light is cast upon them, revealing with dlrtlnctuess their beauty and tho beauty of tho landscape, A nuidsotno Adirondack Guide. Among theso Adirondack guides whose services cost I3.A0 nnd $4 a day thcro nro soveral of tbo finest examples of physical manhood that I havo over seen. I do not ox aggcrato when I say that ono young man In particular, whoso headquarters aro at Paul Smith's, is quite tho handsomest fellow that could bo mndo. Dy association with refined peoplo bo has acquired tho manners of a gen tleman, and his picturesque garb and hU abil ities as a hunterjind a guide mako of him a very romautlc and theatrical figure. He wears a largo cartwheel hat, with a bright silk handkerchief tied about it, a lcoso flan nel shirt and tight fitting top boots. Ho Is about tho samo flguro ns John L. Sullivan, but his bead Is remarknbly beautiful Ho has dark curly hair, his complexion Is a deep red and his eyes aro gray and gentle. Ho is known ns tho best oarsman and fighter In the woods. A clubman from Now York took tills handsonio follow down to Now York a fow seasons ngo, and wherover ho wont the crowd stopped to gazo at him. Ho was pho tographed In his rough costumo and moro than ono woman In Now York still treasures that picture, The best thing about this Adi rondack Adonis U that ho dislikes being an object of admiration, and somo tlmo ago ho declared that henceforth ho would guldo only mon and old ladies, as tho young girls mode him feel Uko a fool, and bo couldn't do his work with any effect Cor. Philadelphia Press. The Rattlesnake's Illte. I am often asked what I would do If bitten whllo far from help. If tho wound bo nt the tip of a Auger, I should Uko to got rid of tho part by somo such prompt auto-surgical moans as a knl f 0 or a possiblo hot iron affords. Falling these, or whllo seeking help, It Is wlso to quarantlno tbo poison by two ligatures drawn tight enough to stop all circulation, Tbo heart weakness Is mado worso by emo tion, and at this tlmo a man may need stimu lus to enablo him to walk homo. As soon as possiblo somo ono should thoroughly infiltrate tlio sent of tho blto with cnnanganato or other agents. By working nnd kneading tho tissues tho venom and tho antidote may bo mado to como Into contact, nud the former bo so far destroyed. At tbU tlmo It becomes needful to relax the Ugaturcs to cscapo gan grene. This relaxation of courso lots somo venom into the blood round, but In a fow momenta it Is possiblo again to tighten tbo ligatures, and again to Inject tho local anti dote If tho doso of vonom bo largo and tbo distance from bolp groat except the knife or cautery little Is to bo done that is of value. But it is well to bear in mind that In this country a blto In tho extremities rarely causes death, I havo known of ulno dogs having boon bitten by as many snakes and of these dogs but two died. In India thcro would nave been probably nlno dead dogs. Dr. Mitchell In Century. The Language for Diplomat. They say and of courso whut thoy say can always be dopendod upon thoy say that English Is to bo tho languago of future diplo matic conferences. This Is as It should be Theio Is no other language on earth of which a man can uso so much whllo saying so little Tlio English touguo Is the best one known for concealing the thoughts of men, nnd If this doesnt qualify It for court and diplomatic uses wo dou't know what would. Washing ton Pott Death of u llnckeye Centenarian. Zebedtah Leo died In Orango township, this county, today, aged 101 yoars, 2 months and 10 days. II) was born In Fauquier county, Va,, May 00, 1783, and had been married threo times, bis descendant reaching Into great-great-grandchildren, numbering nearly 3XJ. Uo had been a resldont of Ohio over three-quarter of a century, and nt his death wai without doubt the oldest person In the state. Findlay 1U.1 Cor. 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FINEST IN THE STATE. elite - Studio 226 S. 11th St. Wo mnko a spcclnlty of Kino Photogrnphls nud Crayon work. Only Ground Floor Studio in Lincoln- Call and See Dur Work. FINEST LIYERY RIGS In 'the City nil come from the Graham Brick Stables 1027 Q STREET, THE MURRAY Omaha's Leading Hotel. j Opened Sept. 1, 1SSS. Finest Hotel in the West TROM A STUDY OF THIS MAP OT ., uuBcuuno, , and Council Watortown na be. raw. to any Ticket JOHN SEBASTIAN, CHICAGO, ILL,. Oen'1 Ticket Pass. Ageet. New Burr Block. Ml . .