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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1893)
AN INTRICATE DEVICE A SYSTEM OF SECRET TELEGRAPH CALL FOR RAILROADS. An Invention That I mure* a Certain Amount of Secrecy Along the Line or ■ Railroad Where There Are Many Sta tion* With Operator* at Each. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com pany has adopted an ingenious contriv ance for use in the telegraph depart ment, and workmen under the direction of Superintendent Charles Seldon have put in a little plant in the basement of Camden station, where the men employed at headquarters can become familiar with its use. There are along the various lines of the great Baltimore and Ohio system scores of offices where the agent ia also the telegraph operator. His du ties as agent frequently call him so far away from his instrument that it is im possible under the present system to make him hear this call when it is de sired to communicate with him. The new device is so arranged that in all offices where these circumstances ex ist a bell will be placed, and the operator at terminal or division headquarters can call the operator wanted without in forming any other office on the line, no matter how many offices there may be which have these hells in them. As tel egraph lines are operated at present, if, for example, the Baltimore office desires to call the Wheeling office, nearly 400 miles away, the call passes through every intermediate office, but under the new system the turning of a switch will cut off all the offices except the one wanted The system will also be applied to those offices where the amount of busi ness done at night is not sufficient to jus tify the employment of a night operator, and where the day operator resides in the depot building, there being instances when it is desirable from various causes to communicate with the operator after the close of the regular business hours. The invention is the result of over 20 years of experimenting, and the combi nation of more than 20 patent;. The contrivance is the New York elec tric secret service system. The trans mitter at the central point is operated by an ordinary telegraph key. This trans mitter can send out any combination of dots, dashes and spaces. At each station there are instruments so arranged that they will respond only to the particular combination for which they are ar ranged. w nen tne operator at tne central sta tion desires to call up a station along the line, he places the key where it will make the necessary combination that cnts out all other stations bat the one he wants. This causes a bell at the station he wants to ring, and at the same time operates a magnet which causes an answering sig nal to sound in the central station. He thus knows that his call was audible at the station he desires to communicate with. The bell at this station will con tinue to ring until the operator answers, and if no answer is made the bell will ring all day. The system may be likened in some re spects to the system of the combination lock. For instance, if to unlock a door having a combination lock it be neces sary to turn three points in one direction, two points in the opposite direction and one point in the first direction certain holts must fall in certain positions. If these turns be made on another lock hav ing a different combination, they will have no effect. In like manner, when a certain combi nation is made at the central station that corresponds with the combination of a certain station along the line, the obstruc tions fall and the electric current is closed between that station and the cen tral station, while the obstruction to the closing of the circuit with all the other stations still remains. The transmitter is composed of a rub ber tube about the size of an ordinary lead pencil, which serves as an axis for 20 or 30 small metallic wheels which are fastened to it. A metal finger projects over each wheel. Each wheel is provided with teeth, but no two wheels have the same number of teeth. When it is de sired to call a certain station, the key is placed at the proper point, which causes the axis to turn and the metal finger to fall upon the wheel which has the num ber of teeth corresponding with the num ber of dots in the combination of the sta tion. As the wheel revolves its teeth strike at given times the metal finger. This causes the making of the combination, and the two stations are in communica tion. The station can be called and the return signal received in 10 seconds. This system can be used to great advan tage in the railroad signal service, in the telephone service and in the lighting and putting out of electric lights.—Balti more American. Professional Jealousy. Brignoli was intensely jealous of all other tenors, never admitting for an in stant that any one of them could sing even passably well. When the hand some, talented Tom Karl burst upon the New York stage, Brignoli turned up his nose. “What do you think of Tom Karl?” Tagiiapietra asked him one night. “Oh, he is a very nice little boy,” he replied, with a shrug. “I like him very much, but he has missed his vocation. I think he was born to be a policeman.” Karl was tall and of fine proportions and was singing at the time with Titiens in “La Favorita.”—New York Tribune. Danger In Musgels. In some parts of Europe much more commonly than in this country mussels are used as food. They have been quite frequently noted as poisonous, and fatal cases have 'ieen reported from using them cooked as well as raw.—New York Mail and Express. Forgot to Ask. She—The jeweler says the diamond in my ring is not genuine. He—Urn—er—he told me the ring was real gold. I forgot to ask him about the stone.—New York Weekly. THE IM MORTAL SOUL. Yictor Hugo's Memorable Impromptu Ru> ply to the AtlieUti. At a dinner given to Victor Hugo in Paris some years ago ho delivered an impromptu address, in which he gave expression to his faith in the infinite and in the soul's immortality. His friend, Houesaye, who was present, says: “Hugo at that time was a man of steel, With no sign of old age about him, but with all the agility, the suppleness, the ease and grace of his best years.” He was contradicting the atheists, and his friend says “his face was bright with the heavenly halo, and his eyes shone like burning coals.” "There are no occult forces,” he said; “there are only luminous forces. Occult force is chaos; the luminous force is God. Man is an infinite little copy of God. This is glory enough for man. I am a man, an invisible atom, a drop in the ocean, a grain of sand on the shore. Little as I am, I feel the God in me, be cause I can also bring forth out of my chaos. I make books, which are crea tions. I feel in myself that future life. I am like a forest which has been more than once cut down; the new shoots are stronger and livelier than ever. “I am rising, I know, toward the sky. The sunshine is on my head. The earth gives me its generous sap, but heaven lights me with the reflection of unknown worlds. You say the soul is nothing but the result of bodily powers. Why, then, is my soul more luminous when my bod ily powers begin to fail? Winter is on my head, and eternal spring is in my heart. There I breathe at this hour the fragrance of the lilacs, the violets and the roses as at 20 years ago. The nearer I approach the end the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite me. “It is marvelous, yet simple. It is a fairy tale, and it is historic. For half a century I have been writing my thoughts in prose and verse, history, philosophy, drama, romance, tradition, satire, ode and song. I have tried all, but I feel I have not said a thousandth part of what is in me. When I go down to the grave, I can say, like many others, I have fin ished my day’s work, but I cannot say I have finished my life. My days will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley; it is a thor oughfare. It closes on the twilight to open on the dawn.”—L’Univers. France’s Great Canal System. Interior navigation has long held a prominent place in the traffic of France, and it is not surprising to learn that the length of navigable waterways in that country is 8,000 miles, of which 050 miles are returned as tidal, 2,100 miles naviga ble without works, 2,250 miles canalized rivers and 3,000 miles canals. The state looks out for all but 7 per cent of this network, which is therefore practically free from tolls. This system of inland navigation has cost about $300,000,000 for construction and purchase and $25, 000,000 for concessions. The annual cost of maintenance is about $2,600,000, or $325 a mile, which covers all expendi tures whatsoever. The number of ves sels employed on the waterways is be tween 15,000 and 16,000. About 26 per cent have a capacity of 800 tons or more, while more than half have a capacity ex ceeding 100 tons. Moreover, about 2,000 foreign boats use the French canals each year. The motive power is now almost entirely furnished by draft animals, although a few steam tugs are used on the Seine, the Oise and some other rivers, and steam cargo boats are occasionally met. Cable towing and tow locomotives are also used in a few places. The average cost of moving a ton of freight one mile is stated to be .064 cents on the rivers and 25 per cent less on the canals.—Paris Letter. The Pale White Light of Death. Those who have admired the phos phorescent glow of certain species of crustace will be interested to learn that a startling discovery respecting it has been made. Formerly it was supposed that such creatures emitted the light of their own accord, and that they used it in a variety of ways. It is now known that the light is a disease as deadly to the infected individuals as cobra poison ing is to the human species. M. Girard has traced phosphorescent light in tati trus and other crustaceans to exceed ingly minute bacteria in the muscles. On inoculating healthy specimens with glowing bacteria, the same luminous ap pearance was transmitted. He also notes that the disease runs a regular course, and that those infected die within four days, the phosphorescence lasting but a short while after death.—St. Louis Re public. Worries of Letter Writing. Of course yuu never had important letters ready to mail and went down town without them? Or did you take the letters and carry them around all day and hear them safely home with you at night? Did you ever i>ost a letter that you would have given almost anything to recall after it had passed out of your reach? You never delayed to seal your letter until you were outsid'' the house and then found that the en velope wouldn't stick or needed a stamp beyond anything, when there was none to be had?—Boston Commonwealth. The Effect of Early Training. Recently a young woman came to this city from a town about two hour’s ride from New York to study. In the exam ination that she was required to pass, she was told to name some of the prin cipal English authors. She did so, omit ting Shakespeare for the reason, as she stated to a friend, “that she might of fend the teachers by putting in the name of a man who had written plays for the aters.”—New York Sun. s A Persistent Dog. Mother—Horrors! Where did you get that dog? Young Hopeful—He followed me home. “Hum! Why did you coax him?” “I didn’t coax him. I threw things at him, but he would come anyhow.” “That’s strange. What did you throw?” “A lot of hard, ugly old bones the butcher gave me.”—Good News. DANBURY NEWS. 0. W. Bede is at Beaver City, this week. Shannon McKee was down from the Bluffs eating beans and listening to G. A. K. yams. Mrs. Sewell, our efficient post mis tress, is enjoying a visit from her mother Mrs. Sandnur, this week. J. W. Relph and wife of Banksville were present at the bean supper and camp fire, Saturday night. Frank Everist of Driftwood was with us in the flesh, last Saturday. His brut her Bert was with him. W. A. Minniear sold his quarter sec tion of land near Cedar Bluffs to Bert Everist. Consideration $2,100. A Surprise was given to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dolph at the Dolph house, last Saturday night, by a large party of their friends, the occasion being the 17th an niversary of their wedding day. A peasant time, in which feasting and fun took the lead, is reported. William Annis, our butcher, went over to Ludell, Kansas, last week, re turning on Friday. While there he disposed of his land and other interests and is now prepared to devote his whole attention to the meat business in which he has built up an enviable trade. The Ladies Relief Corps gave a bean supper to a large number of guests at their hall last Saturday evening, after which the G. A. R. hoys held one of their good old fashioned camp-fire meet ings, exchanging interesting remini scences and reciting thrilling incidents of the perilous days of ’61 to ’65. The meeting, which lasted till almost Sun day, was full of interst throughout. The speech making being intersposed with enlivening music by the martial band and glee club. The Sons of Veterans expect to organize a camp at this place. _X. X. X. Put your $ $ $ where they will do the most good, where they will secure the best and the most groceries for in stance. You will make no mistake if Noble’s is the place of deposit. He gives the limit in quantity, quality and value, and his stock cannot be duplicat ed in Western Nebraska. A state and national paper combined is The Semi-Weekly Journal. The Tribune is your best local paper. Subscribe for these and you are fixed for a year. Both for $2.50. S. M. Cochran & Co. have an im mense stock of farm implements on hand. See them before buying else where. Noble, the leading grocer, makes a specialty of fresh, clean family grocei ies. He will treat you right. Scale books, 500 weighs, at The Tribune stationery department. Dr. A. J. Thomas, Dentist, office in Union block, over Knipple. Wayson & Odell are putting out some handsome rigs these days. Buy your school supplies at Chen ery’s City Drug Store Buy the best Machine Oils at Chen ery’s City Drug Store. The famous Smith wagon at the Harris hardware. Predmore Bros, keep the best cylin der oil in McCook. McMillen is headquarters for all kinds of lamps. Paints and Oils, Chenery’s City Drug Store. Implements of all kinds at the Har ris hardware. For Lamps, Chenery’s City Drug Store. ' is stamped in the best watch cases made. It is the trade mark of the Keystone Watch Case Company, of Philadelphia, the oldest, largest and best known factory in the world— 1500 employees, capacity 2000 cases daily. Its products are sold by all jewelers. It makes the celebrated Jas. Boss Filled Watch Cases, now fitted with the only bow (ring) which can not be pulled off the case—the Ask your jewelerforpamphlet. Had to be Quick. “Kphura!" “Yethum!” “Com a-humpin’ heah to ye’ mammy. Wash dat face an’ take do curry comb an’ git dem kinks out’n yo ha’r. Den you go right to Mars Knights sto’ an’ git a pa’r dem pants, an’ go quick fo’ deys all gone. Dey done say Mr Knights almas' giben dem winter goods away. Now you jes’ git a move on yo’ sef an’ don't ston on de road to play wid any white trash.'’ He g>>t. Pony Mare for Sale. 1 have a tine puny mure for sale at a very reasonable price. Inquire at this office if you want a bargain and mean business. For Sale. One span of good mnles and a num ber of four and five year old horses; or will trade for cattle. J. B. Meserve. Land for Cattle. I have 40 acres of land, about one mile lrom McCook, to trade for cattle. Inquire at the (’ash Meat Market. Horses for Sale. Wayson & Odell keep horses for sale at their livery barn opposite the Cen tral hotel. IdEPGroceries at Nobles’. Bees in the bonnet never make honey. Machine oil of all kinds at Predmnre Bros. Baker barbed wire at the Harris hardware. Elegant Perfumes at Chenery’s City Drug Store. McMillen has a large assortment of lamps—cheap. S. M. Cochran & Co. can sell you a bicycle very cheap. See them. Pure drugs can always be found at Chenery’s City Drug Store. Noble carries a large and complete stock of the best brands of canned goods of all kinds. Wayson & Odell can fix you up com fortably and stylishly in any thing you may desire in the livery line. S. M. Cochran & Co. carry a large line of buggies in stock. See them if you want a good vehicle cheap. McMillen Bros, have a nice lot of Lap Robes they will sell at greatly reduced prices. Splendid bargains in these. Remember that S. M. Cochran & Co. now carry in stock a lull and complete stock of builders’ hardware supplies. Noble is the only exclusive grocer in the city. His stock is the largest and his prices correspond with the times. IN QUEENSWARE Noble carries the largest assortment and the richest designs of the season. His prices are reasonable. You get a Seaside Library free with a year’s subscription to The Semi Weekly Journal. The offer will not last long. A fine line of Plush Goods, Albums, Manicure Sets, Perfumes, Sponges, Toilet Articles, etc., at Chenery’s City Drug Store. Make Noble your family grocer and many other blessings will fall to your lot, besides having the best groceries on your table that the market affords. Beware of peddlers. Call and in spect the Household sewing machine sold by S. M. Cochran & Co. before buying a machine. There is no better on earth. Parties contemplating building this spring who need money can obtain same at reasonable terms from P. A. Wells. Office in 1st National bank. Rear rooms. McMillen Bros, carry the best and most complete stock of Harness ahd Saddlery in the city. Call to see them if you want a good article in their line at a reasonable price. |5P”Noble, Purveyor to the Great Common People, is now exhibiting about the handsomest and largest as sortment of plain and fancy lamps to be seen in Southwestern Nebraska. We are printing the date to which each subscriber has paid his subscrip tion to The Tribune along with the address. Watch the date and you will know if you are in arrears. If you are please come and see us. The burning question with house wives of all lands, all creeds, and all ages is: “Which is the best Cooking Stove?” S. M. Cocbran & Co. answer this question today by proclaiming the “Charter Oak Stoves” to be the best in every conceivable shape. INDIANOLA ITEMS. A. Grass is building an addition to his house. 11. H. Berry, Esq., visited our city, Thursday. Cleveland is president, and still the sun shines. O. Frost of the Bank of Bartley was up Monday. Miss Bastian has gone south to live, about as lar as Danbury. Miss Effic Shumaker returned from Colorado, Sunday evening. What ails the dear people? No mar riage license for eight days. C. A. Gentry is building a residence in the south part of the city. Joe Stephens, the rustling tree agent, was in our city on Thursday. Sam. Stockton has bought the place known as the Goben property. Messrs. Oman and Parsons of Dan bury were on our streets Monday. Geo. Brezee is building a dwelling in the north-west part of the city. Mr. Worel from Cass county is visit ing his sister Mrs. T. F. Welborn. W. A. McCool started, Tuesday, for a business trip through Iowa and Illi nois. A. G. Dole has purchased a dwelling on 6th avenue and has moved his fami ly in the same. The paint factory is running full time with several hands and is turning out a choice line of paints. Nathan Edwards of Frontier county was allowed to enter the mysteries of Odd Fellowship, Tuesday night. Eugene V olfe, a prominent farmer from-Alliance precinct, transacted busi ness at the court house, Thursday. Sanford Richards and wife, formerly of York, but recently of Denver, are making their home in the ochre city. Miss Cora Mann has opened up a dressmaking parlor in the room for merly occupied by the Petersen restau rant. J. T. Webber started for Chicago on Friday last where he expects to remain —he will return in six months. They all do. The M. E. church has been treated to a coat of white and green paint which improves the appearance very much. A home talent troop from Cambridge save a play at the opera house, last night, (Wednesday) and gave good sat faction. Minnesota Thresher Co. vs. G.T. and H. C. Plumb in the county court was heard March Sth. Verdict for plaintiff for $685 and costs of suit. John Stevens of W. S. Morlan’s office and a son of the noted John Stevens of Furnas, transacted business in the county court on Wednesday. On Monday last M. Y. Starbuck and and Mrs. E. May Starbuck were before the county court relative to settling the George Starbuck estate. We have received a copy of the In dependent Enterprise. Bro. Lindsay has quite a lengthy say in regard to his political flop. We wish the new “En terprise” success. We have been looking patiently fora copy of the “Independent,” but perhaps Bro. Bishop thinks two Independent papers too much for one week so has de cided to wait a little. Letters of Guardianship were granted on Monday to Mrs. Winnie Stoddard, widow of the late C. W. Stoddard, for the purpose of collecting and preserv ing interests in life insurance belonging to the minor children. F. A. Puckett met with quite a seri ous accident a few days ago. He was assisting unloading stock from a car and in hurrying around the car fell and struck his foot on the sharp corner of a hard wood tie, bruising his foot so he has to go on crutches. Luckily he carries a policy in the Modern Wood men accident association and will draw $12.50 per week while unable to work. No better, farm wagon on wheels than the Charter Oak sold by S. M. Cochran & Co. Wanted:—Two wide-awake young men apprentices at Smart s Gallery. If you want a well drilled in fine shape see McClain & Co. Leave or ders at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s. North Divide Gleanings Miss Mary Modrell has been on the Hick list. The Lytle brothers huve rented the Benson farm. Bert Reeves and Ben Johnson went * to Box Elder Wednesday evening to sec how the town was booming. Mr. Jack Lytle's younger child is p seriously ill with membraneous croup and scarlet fever. Mrs. Add Pinkerton of Box Elder was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Beeves, Tuesday. Miss Anna Irwin commenced a four month’s term of school in tho Reel district, Monday. We understand Geo. Mohler is going to work for the widow Smitn this com ing summer. The Ryan brothers are putting down a well on the Lowman place for Mr. Steltzer. Mrs. Schoonover is spending a few days with her friends before she and her son Joseph begin homesteading. Misses Anna Irvin, Mary Modrell and Eliza Johnson visited the McCook school last Thursday. Mrs. Ward has moved to her home stead, She will be greatly missed by her friends, especially the sick. Mr. I. N. Roberts of Coals county, III , visited at W. X. Johnson’s and other old time friends, last week. He seemed well pleased with Nebraska soil. - Joe. Ain’t it Funny? The people own and operate the post al system. The people own and operate the judi ciary system. The people own and operate the po lice system. $• The people own and operate the fire system. The people own and operate the army and navy. The people own and operate the streets, highways and bridges. The people own and operate the tax systems. The people own and operate the school systems. The people own and operate the pris on systems. The people own and operate the in sane systems. The people own and operate the elec tion systems. Hut the fool who suggests that the railroad, telegraph, coal and oil systems should be added is too crazy to be al lowed to run at large. Funny ain’t it? —Coming Crisis. The Call Leads the Procession. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of The Call in another column. Since its reduction in price The Call is the cheapest daily in Nebraska, and its spicy ana independent policy is too well known to need comment from us. In reduc ing the price of The Call so as to put it within the reach of everybody, the management have placed themselves a decided step in advance of all other publishers in the state. This is an era of popular prices for the newspaper, and The Call is, as usual, at the head of the procession. Of Interest to Farmers. If you want to renew a loan falling due and make a new one on your farm patronize the Nebraska Loan and Bank ing Co. of McCook, a home institution. Office in rear rooms of 1st National bank. Interest payable in McCook. For Sale or Trade. Two lots with improvements as fol lows: a house, kitchen, cellar, well, stable, fruit and forest trees. Will trade for a good team. Enquire at this office. 34-tf. The board of education is preparing to call a special election for the pur pose of voting on the proposition to is sue bonds of this school district for the purpose of securing funds with which to enlarge and equip the east ward building. Such bonds are urgently needed and will no doubt carry by a practically unanimous vote. Don’t build a fence around your property until you have seen and priced that woven wire fencing at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s. Nothing cheaper, neater or better. It is easy to inaugurate an era of good feeling on the part of a man who gets an office. We sell the Empire letter copying books. Also best grades of type writ ing paper.
