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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1896)
•tltfklk***##*#*********-:;****'-'**********'*1#* * A ONE-RAIL RAPID TRANSIT ROAD. * m m M. W. WA M * * * ** * * IfrStWJif KlllWIUlvniUWIWIvn r A railroad system that on a singlo rail with single cars, combining en gine, passenger coach and baggage car rier, will travel with the swiftness of trie wind, is the curious invention of n man In Wyoming. it Is no mere theory planned on paper simply to cre ate wonder and be of no practical use. William T. Shaffer has patented his biVa and has a model road In full work ing order near his home. This ”ery unique railway is designed to carry passengers, mall and express matter between populous points, particularly In crowded cities, taking the place of the present elevated railroad and at taining a speed heretofore unequalled by any railway train, * 0+7/ * V ' V~*.r nr r 'm-r--. «■*-, 4- r• Ing wheels are double-flanged, the space between the flanges being some what wider than the face of the rail. Underneath the car on each side are two guide wheels, which stand ut right angles with the upper wheels and run upon the two lower guide rails, the purpose being to steady the side mo tion of the car. These guide wheels press firmly upon their respective rails, but are provided with short, strong springs In their boxes, so as to allow them to yield slightly In round ing curves. In this device the hori zontal wheels underneath the body of the car, running on the guide rails, cary the load around a curve with scarcely any friction except that of fastened to yokes, and they ride all the time a short distance above the rail. In ease of any settling the shoe would contact with the rail, and. In addition to supporting the car in Its proper po sition. would serve as an automatic brake to “slow up” the motion of the car. Electricity is the motive power of this single truck car. the rotary en gine and motor being just above the single rail and between the two eldes of the car. The wheels of this combin ation car can be made three times as large as the ordinary engine wheels, and consequently the same number of revolutions which carry the present engine at the rate of fifty miles an hour will tarry thjs car 150 miles an hour The car is used on a single rail, ele vated upon poets, which are connected near their fops by beams, or stringers, and are braced with truss rods. On each side of this row of posts is placed a guide rail, the hearing surface of which is placed at right, angles with the face of the top rail. For passengers the car has one row of double seats next to the windows, and the aisle, or passageway, Is next to the inner wall. The car Is practi cally two cars, one of which travels on either side of the rail. They are Joined by a bridge, or cupola, at the center. The trucks, with two wheels each, are placed one before the other behind the bridge. These main cuiry / / smooth, oiled journals. If It should 1st found that head winds prevent a high rale of speed the square end of the car can be narrowed to a point, so as to ufford as little wind resistance as possible. The axles are all short, 'he longest not exceeding twenty four Inches in length. The sweep of a large wheel does not pound any un even place on the rail with that force that a small wheel does, and, as It cov ers a broader space, is not so apt to break a frosty rail. In case a wheel or axle should break, which would have a tendency to let the cars fall, there are arranged a series of shoes, grooved on the Inner side, to center on the rails. These shoes arc / Steam power can be used on roads of (his description if It Is desired, but it Is especially designed for electricity as a motive power. In cities It is pro posed to elevate the road to a sufficient height to clear all vehicles and leave a free roadway beneath. In the country, however, it will only be necessary to elevate the road to a sufficient height lo clear the ground, and at crossings, where the elevation can be made diffi dent to allow teams to pass beneath the rail. The first cost of such a road will be somewhat greater than the or dinary road, hut the Inventor says It will be cheaper In the end. as there will be no constant repairs for roadbed or keeping the track clear. WHY IT DIDN'T OCCUR. TIi* HrlUe Not h Cltlin *" N" veil** C’oirlvl Ho III* * l-'ranklin M. Kdinger, a grocer £.! 114Htreet, southwest, was headed straight for the realms of matrimonial bliss one day recently and making reor ord time until he reached the city hall and applied for a license, says the )Va»hington Post. There lie took a sud den header into an abyss of despair Slid 18-year-old Lena Jobst was shed ding tears that night. These young people had talked the matter over and arranged for a quiet little wedding, to which their friends were to be invited. The prospective bridegroom's face wore a radiant smile as he bounded into the clerk's office. It was all right—he was 28 and Lena was .8; he was quite sure she was 18 and would be 19 In Decem ber. He was a citizen of the '.Tilted States, he told the clerk, and then the cifi k said: ‘Us Lena a citizen, too'.’’’ j T hat atruck the applicant as rather n good joke, and he laughed and said he w&uld tell Lena when he w'ent home, but the clerk ttnully convinced Fran it ljn that lie was thoroughly in earnest; that it wus necessary to sweur Lena was a citizen. Well, the man who was trying to become a benedict said he did not know. Lena had been brought to rtie fulled States by her parents when she was 2 years old. Was her father naturalized? Didn’t know that, either; tit* father was dead aud they could not 40 him. *^We|l, that settles It.” the clerk ob (bfvrd. "I am afraid we can’t do any thing for you. The law, enacted by the lent magma, says: |»- So license for any marriage shall bei< after Ih Issued M> which any eltl dp of a foreign reunify shall be a pgi iv until a minister or a consul r«*p i a tiling such foreign country In the I filed Stales shall certify that the , on nitons to the validity of the tuat i n|i- laws of such country shall have tieeu compiled with ’ " Ami that Is why a ret tain wedding tnnounced to lake place in South Washington society has been declared oH It would, uo doubt pouts a tot ,gw , minister or a consul to Hod out (■•liter less Jobst lomidtvd fully Spin ail the marriage laws of tier many •ill lived Up IS (Hem strictly to the time she waa S years aid. sa there Is natty noth tag left for ibis ••up is iu ip tint gel married ms where el e It mm some lime before the rlerh could make Fieri kiln believe Ural Ihv law «a«M la aav way pr»y*ai Ms marry - lag Leas, tun whea he thoroughly grasped (he tliwaltoa he sspressed an aplaton td the whole tae a*siring paaer la language slaves! si rung enough Ut % hangs ihs matt lag* rego lattoas althout the taterveatma sf >«a Plhgiy __ g * it* *••• likrswr *e*»«ee. A as rally ig the etteaausa of the telephone, Introduced In San Francis co, may b<* railed a kitchen telephone service. For fifty cents per month the local company will supply an Instru ment by which orders may be given to the butcher, grocer or other tradesmen, but through which no return answer can ho received. A further concession is to allow communication with one other subscriber, but any other com munication must be at the rate of five cents per call. The limit upon the service makes it improbable that any more than twocalls a day will be mude, anil these can be provided at the low rate. It is Inferred that the service is Introduced for the purpose of edu cating the householder as to the ad vantage and convenience of the tele phone, with the expectation that the trial will lead to a demand for the un limited service at the higher rate.— Boston Transcript. Two Novel l**r*cliut*s. An Italian aeronaut, named Capazza, has invented two balloon attachments, which are said to have fully realized the expectations formed of them. The one is an enormous parachute stretch ed over a balloon, and the other a fold ed, Inverted parachute, which immedi ately acts as a huge air brake and ef fectually retards progress. On the other hand should the ulr ves sel explode through expansion, fire or any other cause, the top parachute comes Into action and a descent may he made without the slightest itt'on venleuco. A I r*9. The weeping tree of the f'anury { Islands Is one of the wonders of plant | life. It Is of the laurel family, i.nd rains down a copious shower of water 1 drops from Its tufted foliage This j water la often collected at the foot of I the tree and forma a hind of pood, j (ruin which the Inhabitants of the neighbor hood can auply Ihctnselvr* • with a beverage that la absolutely Ireah and pure. The water comew mil | of the tree Itself through Innumerable little poten situated at the margin of ! the leaves. It tsaueo ftom the plant aa vapor during Ihe daytime wh*w th* beat ta aw Ac teat l» great to pieserve It ia that condition but In the evening, •hen the temper*!*'* b*« towered very much, a ronvtderghle guagttty of tt Is exuded In the form of Ihtutd drop* .ha' 1 rjiiwt aeni i he edge a.>f the leave* t nttl i these member* an bend down under their tncienntng weight ns to pa**, for ■ them, th* limit of the *agt* of repo** when the tear* tumble si on the ground below in n ter liable ahonor lesndon Matt. Isvdiag etestrwtaa* dtlw that th* new vacuum tubs igkt «tit tie three ' time* an brilliant *# the prwwvnt light and IU vest only on* 'bird ** net DINNER CARDS ll»w lo Hoke the Kits of I’uliliniril I'rovoke Mrrr nieut. These dainty bits of pasteboard can be charmingly quaint and original, or else (as we often see) absolutely with out ornamentation, or. what is worse, decorated in the poorest manner, says the Philadelphia Press. There is no reason why the Ingenuity and art ex pended on all the other details of the table should not be extended to these cards. Many a time one sees a little scene or flower in water-colors which has all the appearance of being cribbed from a Christmas card. Pen-and-ink ■ketches are seldom noticed and yet there one has scope for originality. Some little bit taken from a funny p»v per, or, if clever enough, out of otu’<% own head, has all the attraction of no* eity. Cupids, flowers, love letters and slippers for women: pipes, horses and dogs for the men. A clever idea is to sketch in fund fill letters the words: "Who the (then draw a devil) sits here?” if the hostess desires to touch up the little vanities and weaknesses for her guests here is her opportunity. I’pon the author's card may be drawn a figure writing in the book of fame, for the musician, a muse playing on tile lyre; for the mau who talks too much, a parrot, shrieking: “Words! Words! Words!" and for tho college gill, Cupid, In cap uud gown, etc. An other source of I • mi fort to be derived from the artistic cards would be the Anal death of that most awkward pause when the women are removing their gloves and the weather and the opera have not yet become the sub ject* of disinterested conversation With these merry bits of pasteboaid at each piste hi occasion for laughter and jest would be given, % Twttfc • llmi V Norrldgewoa k vVI* i farmer enter tained loo friends Ike other day. the tilde for the eullaliun being set uniter i willow tree which bos on tnieroaiina story. The day after president l.ln coin aao assassinated tbo farmer chanced lo bo three miles tiom hows, and, to assist him la bis walk a< rom lots, tut a otltwo limb, which he used for a cane As ho climbed thy tract into hu yard he etuek the .ago iaU the ground. lop end doe a li took uwi sad grew, as willows often dtg gad fas ts Is a large tree, eovrrtng • sps>< •tty two t»*t la diameter Sea Yurt Tribune V Vie t IrrSmr Kdleoa's aew telephone g tsmpie o, ski. ti he bad ••veo lu 1.1 tluag I'tteag du*s awa* With the tteenrr. sad per rods a bustaeoe man ta carry *• a tan ! or siius at a dietse** uf a few f*« (rum the testrwment. ahteh is phase* - sgatast the wail ef a room, wttboo | l-HISI bts desk 0| ItHK king the in ! stismsat which works awloasathatiy EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN. SistUtlr* Xot KrquireU to Pro** tin t hang*. In the city of New York. In what may be railed the office-building district, below Chambers street, where the population of a good-sized town is gathered tier on tier with'n the ground area of u common city lot, young women swarm, save the Forum, Morn ing and evening the streets are crowded with them. Farther uptown, for at least a couple of miles, at the same hours, a large proportion of the crowds that strcuin along the streets Is young women also; these mostly of what Is known aa the shop-girl cluss. These are now common sights of city life, but a man need not he very old- at feast, I hope not to remember when the sight of a half dozen young women In the neighborhood of Wall street wus a novel und exciting event and when In the uptown stores, even In those devoted to the sale of the most esoteric constituents of women’s nt tiie, women were found ss customers only, and were waited upon, more or less skillfully, by persons of the su perior sex. .Statistics, as 1 have .aid, are not required to prove the< change. They are, however, useful to measure Its extent. Take the figures of the census of 1890, with reference to the number of those engaged In what are classified us gainful occupations. The total is 22,735,461; It was I7.392.089 In 1880, an advance of 30.72 per cent. The increase In the number of males <n gaged In gainful occupations was 27.61 per cent, but the Increase in the number of females was 47.68 per cent. As the Increase In total population for the same period was a trifle under 25 per cent, It will be seen how very marked was the Influx of women In the Income earning occupations. If now we turn to the einnloviinuils as classified In the census reports we find the following ratios of Increase prevail: Professional services, men 48.53 per cent, women 75.84 per cent; domestic and personal service, men 15.97 per cent, women 11.15 per cent; manufacturing and me chanical Industries, men 46.01 per cent, women 63.87 per cent: trade and transportation, men 71.75 per cent, chunle.ul industries, men 40.01 per centages would, of course, he mislead ing if the totals were disregarded, but they indicate clearly enough the direc tion In which thp change has been going on and the lines on which l» has been most marked, while the totals show that women are now a little more than 17 per cent of those engaged in gainful occupations, whereas In I860 they were a little less than 15 per cent ANOTHER SEA SERPENT. sialitatl Off Borneo uml Was a Won ilar. Capt. Peabody of the big Portland packet Tam o' Bbanter brings to port the latest tale of the sea serpent, which was sighted off Borneo, and, accord ing to the estimate of that officer, was about 190 feet long, says thr New York Tribune. It appeared in the midst of a Held of snakes covering an extent of about fifty miles, through which the packet made Us way like the ship of the ancient mariner amid the serpents of the silent, mysterious sea of which the poet's lefjr-rlntlon !s not more lurid than that which Capt. Pc.'body applies to the water* off Borneo. The rest of the snake* were of varying magnitude, but none of them came near the dimen sion* of the greater one, which outran all precedent, making the biggest of those described by Bishop Pontopid dlan seem small In comparison. Us diameter in the middle was apparently about ten feet, tapering off toward both end*, the head being of the size of a New Orleans mobtksea hogshead and the tail flattened Into an instrument of propulsion, giving It any rate of speed which occasion required. It was covered with large, thick scales and it* color above the water line was a mixture of yellow and green, blending underneath in a tint resembling that of a Long Island squash. It happened along just In time to witness a <on fllct between a gigantic Hiiark and an equally colossal alligator, which It brought, to a conclusion by seising the former and biting It entirely in two. swallowing the section which < on (u In in I tho i ullifvittftr closing a competitive dietary Incident which would have attracted attention anywhere. No such thrilling tale of tlila marvelous ophidian has been re hearsed within memory and the origin al Tani o' Shunter, whose name the discovering vessel hears, could not ll< his most rapt visionary mood have seen a bigger or more voracious one. Explorers of serpent lore ought to take ship for Horneo without delay If they think that the captain lias be< u telling i straight story. It is an ex citing one. ul any rate, and the hahitu.il ocean snake which appear* In our water Is a Bine worm In comparison h«Mt» OM .l»kt#r ninety'• Impecunious brother writes that he Is In hard tlnm now and that he deserves something better beespse for every hair In hi* head he Ha* don* some generous and expenslv* ad " lies the same cultivated reseal The fellow I* as bald aa a door knob * I OHM Imp one* meant a chttd rth»\*s peare speaking of the children tn the tower called them Imps Jeremy T»» lot in an- «M hts serm.Hi. speaks of "the beautiful imps that wag mvaunnai I is the da v tor In the tempt* " V.evltw* in** Mis* Kt l*rl» I *m »uity to tat Us* ! | should thluh you could read my re In sal In Ul» lace The Hejectsd I am unt >ifr expert at rewdlsg between the ttwew t.eadwn l td Mila | Jehoov." ashed hi# leocbso anal i tuuat Us do before our sins cab be lyt given *' "din roplbtd Johanv H*s> ton lieu- u* A Mini that Shaves Itself San Francisco Examiner. The lammergeyer, or bearded vul ture, fount! throughout the whole mountain chains of the Old World, act ually shaves himself. The expert bar ber who has for his customers crusty millionaires could not ply the keen edged instrument to the stubby beard of hia particular patron more deftly than the monarch of the mountain tops prunes his own bristly beard. The head of the vulture is clothed with feathers, and from the sides of the under mandible proceeds a row of black bristles. From this peculiar pro jection of feathers the bird derives its name. A layer of similar bristles be gins at the eye and covers the nostrils, forming a fleecy mustache. With his strong anil sharp claws which act as the razor, he trims his whiskers with great care and dexterity, lie does this with great regularity and soon the downy heurd and mustache give way to a full growth of bristly feathers. A llalzar Museum. From (lentlewoman At l.evallois-l’erret, very near Paris, there is a museum formed of souvenirs taken from llul/.ac's home, destroyed some years ago. It is with great diffi culty one obtains permission to visit this museum; but once there, an arch aeological student finds much of inter est. Among other treasures are su perb carvings, which were once orna ments above doors and window pieces. One of these represents a man holding his bead on his right liand; above arc engraved In stone the words. “Plus Despolr.” No one knows to whom the collection belongs, nor the reason for so much mystery. That Joyful Fsellng With the exhilarating sense of renewed health and strength and Internal clean liness, which follows the use of Hyrup of Figs, Is unknown to the few who have not progressed beyond the old-time medicines and the cheap substitutes sometimes offered hut never accepted by the well-informed. The important announcement is made that in the November number of the Atlantic Monthly will appear the lirst of a series of exceedingly interest ing reminiscences covering the last fifty years of the life of < ol. Thomas Wentworth Higgins, under the apt title of "Cheerful Yesterdays.” Col. Higginson's career us a writer, soldier, public servant and man of letters cov ers the last half century, and there is hardly a man or a movement of that time that he lias not come into inti mate relations with. These autobio graphical papers, in a cheerful tone, really cover much of the most impor tant history of this long period. We will forfeit ft,000 If any of our pub lished testimonials are proven to tie not genuine. Tits PlSO Co., Warren. Pa. The Festive Fly. Flies are despised, but if everyone was as persistent and as bard to dis courage as a iiy more people would succeed. 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