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ROBERT B GOOD - KniTOit a PltoP
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NEBRASKA
It Isnt always natural for a woman
to look out for number one A widow
never does It
According to all the evidence the
Chicago negro who has been sentenced
to 100 years Imprisonment for bur
glary deserves to live out his full term
If Nevada only follows up the ad
rantage she has gained we sea no rea
son why that State yhouid not cap
ture the fly-by-night divorc industry
also
A Buffalo crank thinks he can go
over Niagara Falls and come out alive
Better let him do it right away Other
wise he will murder somebody with a
gun that isnt loaded some of these
days
An Eastern contemporary prints a
tciy that a dude who was run over
lya street car recently in New York
fcas been provided by the surgeons with
celluloid skull in pan We dont
fceiieve there is anything in it
An English scientist announces thai
common whitewash destroys the ty
phoid fever germ which is easily dis
tinguished by Its grayish color The
proper course of action is plain if you
ee anything that is grayish in color
running about the house cateli It and
give it a coat of whitewash
The women do not possess full sur
f rage in Kansas but they secured more
public offices in the last election than
did the women of Utah or Colorado
twenty county superintendences of
public instruction and all the offices
ifroni Mayor to Chief of Police in two
cities
Judge Ewing of Chicago the other
day in sentencing a burglar who stood
convicted on five counts imposed a
penalty of twenty years imprisonment
on each of them and directed that as
soon as the prisoner had completed one
term he should- begin another The
tmrglar whose crimes were peculiarly
desperate and atrocious will doubt
less agree that there is a great deal
of vitality In Chicago justice after all
The rast crop of corn is perplexing
the Nebraska farmers because it is
difficult to take care of so much of even
good thing But with the cribbing
and the shipping it is keeping all hands
employed now and when the returns
come in there will be compensa
tion in the feasting and frolic which
properly follow an abundant harvest
The -corn crop is a great boon because
4t gives employment to a vast army of
willing hands in harvesting and ship
ping The year just closed was a- good
one for Nebraska but the coming on
xiromises even hotter tesuitsr
The statistics of crime in 1896 do -not
improve the reputation of the past jean
-as a rather dark period in our history
though the record is not altogether un
favorable by comparison with previous
years There were 122 legal execu
tions during the year and 131 lyaich
ings which is a rather startling com
mentary on the methods by which the
law is executed and defied in this coun
try That neither lynchings nor legal
executions serve to check the crime
of murder is shown by the statement
that there were no less than 10652
murders committed during the year
This is a shocking exhibit
A token of world wide esteem should
be presented to the man who it is al
leged has invented a device for open
ing soft boiled eggs in such a way
that the contents can be transferred to
-a cup without the previous burning of
the fingers and the dropping of the
shell with its contents A soft boiled
egg is always too hot to handle with
out breaking several scriptural man
dates and it always insists on escap
ing f rom the fingers at the critical mo
ment when its fall means a liberal ap
plication of egs on the outside of the
-shell The only way known to open
one of these eggs successfully up to
the present has been to have some one
else do it and if any man has an in
vention that will obviate the diffieul
ties he deserves a large reward
A model for an electric vessel ror
Avhich a really marvelous speed is
promised toy the inventor has been con
structed at Providence R I It is a
distinct novelty in very many respects
and if as successful as its promoters
confidently expect will scarcely fail
to play some havoc with modern ship
building methods Its promoters are
planning to build a vessel 200 feet long
which is to have fourteen propellers
eix placed forward to draw it through
the water and eight astern as pushers
the arrangement of course being
even on aeh side A speed of forty
knots an hour is designed for passenger
traffic in Xarragausett Bay ostensibly
butitsrealpurpose is a practical demon
stration of a system which the projec
tors hope to see applied to naval ves
uels in the near future
The remarkable increase of cancer in
Great Britain is attracting the atten
tion of the physicians of that country
According to the last issued report of
the Registrar General the death rate
from tfeis source has exceeded everv
previous record and the proportional
mortality at present is four times
greater tibnn it was fifty years ago
in 1S40 there were but 27SG deaths
from cancer in England or about 1 in
flG of the ioial population Jn 1S94
tlm ii worn niry 22000 dwilhs from
the same cause or 1 out of 1403 of
the population and 1 out of 23 of the
mortality In the investigations on
this subject the curious discovery was
made that the decline in the death rate
from consumption and other tubercu
lous diseases coincided with the in
crease in the mortality from cancer
The theory is advanced that a large
proportion of those who recover from
tuberculous complaints eventually per-
ish from cancer or insanity The matr
ter is receiving careful Investigation
The press of Bolivia Is much exciteu
over the reports that Peru is making
formidable efforts in the ways of arm
ing and urge3 the Bolivian Govern
ment to bestir itself and get ready
for possible war This seems to be
an unnecessary expense at this time
These South American wars do not
call for the formalities that are com
mon in European contests If Peru is
bent on war with Bolivia it can go
ahead and hold Its war and not bother
Bolivia with the project especially if
Bolivia doesnt happen to feel like in-
dulging in a war now Bolivia need
not know anything about It if the press
will only keep quiet until the war is all
over and not even then unless it
es to go to the trouble to ascertain the
details Peru could enjoy its war for
the customary period of about a week
and then wait until Bolivia Is given a
chance at its leisure to hold a war to
even things up The mere detail of
arming for the fray Is superfluous
for it Isnt that kind of a fray No
body is ever injured in these wars
which are like our national holidays
only more frequent
It is overpoweringly depressing to
hear that Gibraltar Is no longer in
vincible if not practically defenseless
iThe Governor of the rock Sir Rob
ert Biddulph says that the garrison
could be shelled out of it with ease
now by the Spaniards and a special
commission has been appointed to hear
his report and devise means for reforti
fying within a year By the aid of
the modern long range guns and pro
jectiles of great penetration with which
Spain has been equipping her batteries
at Algeciras six miles away across
Gibraltar Bay the once unapproach
able has been brought within reach
and the impregnable has been made
vulnerable England can refortify
and of course will but the peculiar
strength of this historic spot has dis
appeared and it is on the same basis
of defense as other exposed eminences
The world would little mourn if En
gland should be dislodged from this
vantage even by her rival robber
Spain but fancy would repine at the
shattering of Its immemorial idol and
language would sustain a severe loss
in the destruction of the term impreg
nable as Gibraltar
The experience of Tames McKay
pious stonecutter with the New York
police is another conspicuous illustra
tion showing how the most exemplary
motives are sometimes subject to gross
misconstruction Mr McKay was the
tfcmocent possessor of a slip of paper
containing the words morning and
evening with rows of figures tinker
each By some unhappy chance a po
liceman saw the paper and straighr
way hustled McKay off to the station
where he was charged with indulging
In the proscribed game of policy In
technical language McKay cred
ited with having purchased a gig
which is a violent infraction of The
law McKay protested in vain and
finally when confronted with the evi
dence of his guilt made the obvious ex
plantion that the numbers on the slip
of paper referred to hymns tit were
to be played respectively at the morn
ing and evening services of a certain
church and that he McKay was the
organist who played them This in
stance of a policemans inanity seems
to reach the limit of possible error
The name of the policeman is Hannon
and it should be placed in a conspic
uous position in every New York po
lice station as a reminder of the ec
centricities of human asininity
Prof G Stanley Hall of Clark Uni
versity has been collecting facts con
cerning the fears of children The fears
of children he says are generally cre
ated by parents Prof Hall found that
1701 children had G45G fears the lead
ing ones being the fear of lightning
and thunder reptiles strangers the
dark death domestic animals disease
wild animals water ghosts insects
nits and mice robbers high winds etc
A few of these fears are rational In
New Jersey no children were found to
be afraid of high winds but in the
West that fear naturally leads all oth
ers At Trenton however sixty two
children were found who dreaded the
end of the world a fear created entire
ly by adult teaching The table shows
what education can do in this respect
No child was found to be afraid of the
deviL Two hundred years ago and less
that fear would have led all the rest
Few were found who were afraid of
ghosts a fear which would have stood
high on the list not long ago At Cam
bridge Mass only 155 out of 00 boys
were afraid of thunderstorms and only
230 out of 500 girls The fear of rob
bers and of wild animals is a survival
though robbers have not disappeared
as completely as the wild animals Forty-six
New Jersey children were afraid
of being buried alive a monstrous
thing to inculcate in the child mind
Fear will always be one of the strong
est influences in human life but at
least it is possible by teaching what
real danger consists of to eradicate
groundless fears
BInks The doctor advises short
quick runs several times a day
but lie says the exercise will do
me no good unless it has an object
Jinks Buy a straw hat youll have
plenty ofshort quick runs then Spare
Moments
SEED IS EE ELECTED
AGAIN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
Congress Meets to Modify the Tariff
Openinjj Ceremonies Are Compara
tively Tame Many New Faces on
the Floor of the Popular Branch
Kxtra Session Is Opened
Congress is again in session The or
ganization of the House was effected Mon
day by the re election of Speaker Reed
and the choice of the same old list of gen
eral officers and the Senate got itself in
working order without any trouble what
ever The vote for Speaker in the House
was as follows
Reed 199
Bailey Dem of Texas lid
Bell Pop of Colorado 21
Newlands Silverite of Nevada 1
The election of Mr Reed to his old posi
tion was a formality that occupied less
than half an hour including the nomina
tion and his speech of acknowledgment of
the honor There was nothing strikingly
picturesque or suggestive in the remarks
of Gen Grosvenor putting Mr Reed ii
nomination or in the Speakers acceptance
The latter merely said that he would en
deavor to discharge the duties of his officH
Wm Iff 11
SPEAKER REED
impartially and well that he could not
hope to please all members in all things
at all times but that lie would do the best
he could and would endeavor to administer
the duties in a spirit of absolutefairness
Galleries Crowded
As is usually the case at the opening of
a Congress the galleries of both House
and Senate were crowded to -their utmost
capacity and hundreds and thousands
who neglected to provide themselves with
tickets or were unable to secure one of
the coveted pastboards were turned away
by the doorkeepers whose instructions
were ironclad to admit only those who
were entitled to seats For an hour be
fore Clerk McDowell called the House to
order the floor was crowded with visitors
The wives and daughters of the members
and especially favored visitors were mass
ed in the aisles and open spaces The gen
eral public had small opportunity to4 view
the proceedings
The most striking feature of thel scene
on the floor was the number of new faces
Old familiar figures conspicuous in the
shock of many a parliamentary battle
had disappeared and in the new lists were
new and untried knights The change in
the personnel was very great By 11
oclock the reserved galleries with the ex
ception of those for the diplomatic corps
and the executive were walled in tier on
tier The bright costumes of the ladies
gave lighter color to the animated scene
As the hands of the clock pointed to 12
Major McDowell the clerk of the House
rapped the House to order Rev Mr
Couden the blind chaplain then delivered
the invocation appealing to the throne for
Gods blessing on the work of the new
Congress and the new administration The
clerk of the House then read the Presi
dents proclamation convening Congress
after which the roll was called
There was an abundance of flowers on
the desks of Senators when promptly at
12 oclock Vice President Hobart called
the Senate to order There was an excep
tionally full attendance of Senators The
public galleries were packed and the re
served galleries were wdl filled The
chaplains opening prayer invoked divine
grace and blessing on the Senators and
members about to take up the work of the
extraordinary session and on the Presi
dent and Vice President The roll call
disclosed the presence of sixty eight Sen
ators Senator Hoar and Senator Coek
rell were named a committee to wait on
the President and inform him that Con
gress was in session and ready to receive
any communication from him The Sen
ate then at 1230 took a recess until 2
oclock
A True Ghost Story
The truth of the following storv
r i
is
vouched for by a Loudon paper
A young lady arrived late at night
on a visit to a friend She awoke in
the darkness to find a white figure at
the foot of the bed While she watch
ed the bedclothes were suddenly
whisked off and the apparition van
ished
After an anxious not to say chilly
night the visitor went down to break
fast At the table she was introduced
to a gentleman a very old friend of
the family who had she learned also
been sleeping in the house He com
plained of the cold
1 hope you will excuse me he said
to the hostess but 1 found it so cold
during the night that knowing the
room next mine was unoccupied I took
the liberty of going in and carrying off
the bedclothes to supplement my own
The room as it happened was not
unoccupied but he never learned his
mistake
Dumas in Marble
A French sculptor is making a mar
ble figure for the tomb of the younger
Alexander Dumas The novelist will
recline at full length in the robe he
wore at work with his as
was his custom while writing It was
the opinion of Duinas that a man looks
best engaged in what he can do best
Japan now possesses 100 iron and
steel steamships registered for foreign
trade with a gross tonnage of 231139
ons
WOEK OP CONGRESS
THE WEEKS DOINGS IN SENATE
AND HOUSE
A Comprehensive Digest of the Pro
ceedings in the Legislative Cham
bers at Washington Matters that
Concern the People
Lawmakers at Labor
The Senate went into executive session
promptly upon the receipt of the Cabinet
nominations and as soon as the announce
ment was malle of the appointment of
Senator Sherman whose name headed
the list he was confirmed It is the prac
tice to refer all nominations to committee
but it was the desire of Mr Shemans
friends to signalize their regard for him
by immediate action There was more
form than reality in the reference of the
other nominations to committee Not one
of the committees held a formal meeting
they being polled on the floor of the Sen
ate in every instance No objection was
made in committee to confirmation While
the Senate wasin legislative session the
credentials of Mr Hanna as Senator from
Ohio to succeed Mr Sherman were pre
sented by Mr Foraker and he wassworn
in by Vice President Hobart Mr Davis
was also designated acting chairman of
the Committee on Fpreign Relations to
succeed Mr Sherman Beyond the usual
notification to the President nothing fur
ther was done
Most of the new Senators were on the
floor whin Vice President Hobart called
the Senate to order at noon Monday The
other Senators were not so prompt in
making tlieir appearance The galleries
save that reserved for the diplomatic
corps were thronged with curious visitors
As soon as the blind chaplain had de
livered his invocation Mr Pruden the
Presidents executive clerk appeared
with the nomination of Oscar A Janes of
Michigan as pension agent at Detroit
which was afterward confirmed The last
communication of ex Secretary Lamont
transmitting certain papers called for by
a resolution of inquiry was laid before
the Senate The Vice President submit
ted some resolutions of the New York
Chamber of Commerce praying for the
early ratification and passage of the ar
bitration treaty At 1212 p m on mo
tion of Mr Burrows Rep of Michigan
the Senate went into executive session
The remainder of the session was de
voted to executive business and at 105
p in the Senate adjourned until Wednesday-
There was an unusually large attend
ance of Senators when Vice President
Hobart called the Senate to order at
noon Wednesday The first business was
the reading of a letter from Gov Brad
ley of Kentucky
announcing the ap
pointment of Andrew T Wood as Sena
tor to succeed Mr Blackburn Air Hoar
moved that the Senator elect be sworn in
Mr Gorman moved that the credentials
of Mr Wood be referred to the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections Mr
Hoar did not object and the
ueuuais were reterred Then Mr
Hoar presented written notice of two
proposed amendments to the rules of the
Senate of a radical nature The most
important was according to Mr Hoars
written notice to enable the Senate to
act on legislation when it desires after
reasonable debate It provided that
when any bill or resolution had been un
der consideration more than one day any
Senator could demand that the debate be
closed If a majority of the Senators so
decided there should be a vote without
further delay and no action should be
in order pending the vote but one to ad
journ or to take a recess The other
amendment proposed was to prevent the
interruption of the members of the Sen
ate and provided that when a Senator
made the point of no quorum there
should be a roll call and if the presence
of a quorum was disclosed business
should be proceeded with On motion of
Mr Aldrich Rep of Rhode Island the
Senate went into executive session at
121 At 1240 p m the special session
adjourned sine die
Told in a Few Lines
The making of paper flowers is one of
the Duchess of Albanys chief pleasures
The Arkansas Senate
passed a hill ap
propriating SCmOOO for the relief of the
drouth sufferers in Arkansas
James B Porter Seeretarv nf st t
from ISCl to 1857 died at Lansing Mich
of rheumatism of the heart He was born
in 1824
The Court of Appeals of Montreal has
maintained the right of trades unionists
to strike if the firm they work for refused
to discharge non union men v
Benjamin R Bacon an insurance agent
who a few years ajo was one of the
wealthiest and most prominent business
men in Kansas City Ido committed sui
cide Despondency following business re
verses is supposed to be the cause of sui
cide
The liner Spree reached her pier in Ho
boken afteri rough voyage Before reach
ing the Needles she ran into a dense fog
and had to anchor The seas pounded her
decks staving a lifeboat to pieces teap
ing out a section of rail and inflicting oth
er damage
Charles Burkman a Keokuk la bar
ber had just finished shaving a customer
when he went volently insane He still
had the razor in his hands and attempted
to assault several persons but was at last
overpowered and locked up He has a
wife and four children
Gen Obregon while reconnoitering near
Merceda between Candelaria and Loson
province of Pinar del Rio captured an im
portant insurgent depot containing all the
dynamite shells and explosive material
belonging to the forces formerly com
manded by Gen Antonio Maceo
A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro says
that a baud of fanatics led by ConselheiVo
have killed Col Moreira Caesar thro
officers and 200 soldiers in Bahia There
is much excitement in Rio Janeiro where
the populace has pillaged and burned the
offices of the monarchist papers Libertade
and Gazette Detarde
Gov Black of New York has declined to
interfere in the sentence of death of Ar
thur Mayhew who was convicted of mur
dering Stephen Powell at Hempstead
March 7 1896
Robert Price alias Red Pricey a
roustabout attached to McMahans show
which is wintering at Wichita Kan and
an accomplice held up Charles Wilklns
a well known business man and robbed
him of 350 Wilkins was knocked down
and stunned but on regaining conscious
ness he shot Price through the right lung
mortally wounding him The other rob
ber escaped
V
There is a great difference between
cheap jingoism and sound Americanism
New York Advertiser
A new whisky combination It cant
beat the old one with lemons sugar and
hot water Evening Worlds
The power of money and the lust for
power are now making cowards of all the
great nations of Europe Salt Lake
une
Its a great thing to be a sultan When
ever you get into trouble all the powers
of the earth get together to help you out
New York Press
Greece shows a king high flush and
there is a suspicion that the powers
havent got the necessary full hand to beat
it Chicago Tribune
The other wonders of modern surgery
pale into insignificance beside what has
been done to the broken backbone of win
ter Detroit News
The millennium is at hand All the Na
tional Baseball League magnates profess
satisfaction with the new playing sched
ule Boston Traveler
Of course if bachelors are to be taxed
the fellow who tries to get married and
cant should be entitled to a pension
Chicago Times Herald
A Kansas legislator has happened on
the ten commandments and likes them so
well he wants them incorporated in the
State law Chicago Tribune
The sale of a blooded hog for 4000
is reported from Iowa Some of the poli
ticians will welcome this news as an in
dication of their growing value Chicago
Tribune
The skeptical doctor in Washington who
offers one hundred dollars for a well-authenticated
case of hydrophobia can se
cure one cheaper by tackling the right
dog New York Advertiser
There are people temporarily in this
town who are firmly committed to the no
tion that there can be no material return
to prosperity until there is a general dis
tribution of offices Washington Post
The question What shall we do with
our ex Presidents need worry us no
longer Our ex Presidents have settled it
themselves They are devoting all their
leisure to the noble business of rearing
wives for future Presidents Cleveland
Leader
Concernintr Congress
President McKinley has a number of
tough things on his hands but the tough
est is the United States Senate Buffalo
Express
One pleasure we shall derive from read
ing the reports from the Fifty fifth Con
gress will be the absence of the name of
David B Hill St Louis Star
The United States Senate will do well
to take the advice of Vice President Ho
bart and decide to transact its business
in a business like way Baltimore Ameri
can
How horrified some of the old line Sen
ators must have been at Vice President
Hobarts audacity in hinting that the Sen
ate ought to have business rules Bos
ton Globe
Lives there a man with imagination so
vivid that he can place his hand on his
heart and say that one year ago he fore
saw Marcus A Hanna in the Senate
Cleveland Plain Dealer
More than 10000 bills were presented in
the House during the life of the Fifty
fourth Congress It is evident that the
members wished to busy themselves about
any old bill Buffalo News
The United States Senate is now drift
ing along in a Pefferless Briceless Black
buruless Irbyless Duboisless Palmerless
Cameronless Pughless Voorheesless
Gibsonless etc less condition Washing
ton Post
The notion that the gold Democrats will
not ask anything at the hands of the Mc
Kinley administration is a choice piece of
fiction Quite a number of them are on
hand and all are in a receptive mood
Washington Post
Change of Administration
The retiring administration has been a
clean one Boston Herald
The inspiring part of it all is that much
like the same thing will be done over again
four years hence Chicago Tribune
It doesnt seem quite right for Wash
ington to get all that money Why not
pass the inauguration around occasional
ly V Cleveland Plain Dealer
The man who seems to be least concern
ed about the departure of Grover Cleve
land from office is Grover Cleveland him
self Chicago Record
Notwithstanding the presence of a num
ber of Chicago aldermen in the city but
comparatively few cases of pocket picking
are reported Washington Post
The fact that Washington is still crowd
ed is probably explained by the further
fact that the original McKinley man has
remained over for a few days Baltimore
American
It might simplify matters were Mr Mc
Kinley to insist that the office seekers ar
range themselves in battalion formation
and make their attack in an organized
fashion Chicago Record
President Cleveland leaves the presi
dency incalculably richer than when he
first assumed it Who can estimate the
value of a queenly wife and a trio of
happy charming children Detroit Free
Press
It must astonish some of the Old World
people to learn that a dinner was given to
the incoming President by the retiring
President of the United States without
the services of a food taster St Louis
Republic
Sir G O Trevelyans retirement from
Parliament and political life bids fair to
fall out to the advantage of letters A
new edition of Lord Macaulays Life and
Works is announced by the Longmans
under his editorship
The appointment of Circuit Judge Mc
Kenna as Attorney General causes con
siderable gossip as to his successor It is
stated at Tacoma Wash that the ap
pointment has been tendered B S Gross
cup attorney for the Northern Pacific at
that place
W A Johnston who is now associate
justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
serving his third term once was a base
ball pitcher
Dr Nansen has refused an offer of
100000 marks for 100 lectures in Ger
many
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ART IN GOLD LETTERING
How the Sicn Painters Place
Work on Store Wmaows y
The sign Ietterer who is putting a
good sign on a window paints die let
ters upon the outside first -hut these
letters are only for a guide the gold Is
put upon the inside of the glass The
gold leaf is so thin and light that the
faintest breath would Ivs enough to
blow it away it is carried in the famil
iar little books
The Ietterer brushes the inner side of
the glass back of the lettering painted
upon the outside with a hrush dipped
in water containing a trace of mucilage
Then with a wide and very thin cam
els hair brush which he first brushes
lightly back and forth once or twice
tipon the back of his head or perhaps
upon his coat to dry it if it needs dry
ing and slightly to electrify it he lifts
from the book a section of gold leaf
sufficient to cover a section of the letter
and places it on the glass He repeats
these operations until the glass back of
the letter painted on rhe front Is covered
witli the leaf It may require three or
four sections such as can be picked up
with the brush to cover the letter or per
haps more depending on its size and
shape When he has completed the ap
plication of the leaf to tne letter he
dampens the back of the next and pro
ceeds with that in the same manner
and soon until theletters are all backed
with the gold leaf
Thus applied the gold leaf overlaps
the letters more or less on all sides 16
Is bright in color like all gold but V
not shining it is burnished by rubbing
it gently on the back of course it can
not be rubbed on the face for that Is
against the glass with a soft cloth It
burnishes however on the face as well
as on the back Then the letters are
backed The exact shape of the letter
is painted over Che back of the g6ld leaf
to fix it and protect it and when the
back is dry the gold leaf projecting be
yond the outline of the letter is brushed
off it is not sought to save this pro
jecting leaf there is not enough of it to
pay for uhe labor that would be in
volved in gathering it together Then
the outside lettering which is done
with the paint that is but little more
than oil is rubbed off and the lustrous
gold lettering is revealed New York
Sun
Storage Battery Cars in Europe
American street companies-
cannot as n rule be accused of want
of enterprise and they have spent a
great deal of money in experimenting
or what is practically experimenting
on new systems of traction mostly
electrical Just now however in the
matter of the storage battery thej are
letting the other man do the experi
menting and are watching carefully
the outcome of the activity which is
going on in the installation of accumu
lator cars in Europe In Hanover where
a combination system of trolley and ac
cumulators is employed sixty cars have
been equipped with batteries and
eighty more are to be installed by next
spring The batteries are charged froffi v
the trolley line outside the city limits
sufficient to carry the cars without the
aid of the trolley within those limits
In Dresden thirty storage battery cars
are running and fifteen more are to be
put on shortly Here also the cars are
run by the trolley outside and by stor
age batten- inside the city In Copen
hagen eighteen accumulator cars were
to be put in operation in the beginning
of January The system employed Avili
be entirely storage battery In Hagen
eight cars n rhe same system are in
operation and ten more are to be add
ed In Paris rtiirty five storage battery
ears are to be equipped on rhe line
of the Compagnie du Nord In Berlin
the city government has decided to run
on all the lines of the city storage bat
ten rars of the mixed system the oth
er lines to be equipped with trolley
The underground conduit has been en
tirely relegated and it is expected that
Berlin will soon have in operation from
500 to 700 cars actuated by storage bat
teries
Chloroformed the Snake
The L A W Bulletin prints a pic
ture of a 14 foot snake and a letter
from Fostoria Ohio written by An
drew Emerine president of the Fos
toria Bicycle Club telling how the
snake was captured and photographed
The snake was traced by wheelmen
for seven miles the letter says over
hills a river the fair ground and a
race track It left a trail four inches
wide in dusty places and it was easily
followed When come up with he was
on the to bars of a fence gate stretch
ed along it and hanging down like a
clothes line where he wasnt resting
on the bar
The reptile was captured by soak
ing a sponge in chloroform and tying
the sponge on the end of a fish rod
The sponge was held against the
snakes nose and he soon grew drowsy
Then he was tied up in a hard knot
and wound about with ropes Thou
sands of persons saw the snake In the
city park at Fostoria and he is now in
the museum of the bicycle club He
measured 14 feet 0 inches long
Rieht This Time
Miss Hilltop I notice that you use
the expression a Avell groomed wom
an I do not like it It is a horsy ex
pression out of place in speak
ing of a lady
Miss Northside The expression is
correct this time The lady I allude to
has just been married and the groom
is a very wealthy man Pittsburg
Chronicle relegraph
Force of Habit
But why did you accept him when
you knew he was in earnest
Oh force of habit I imppose
Truth
If a man should be suddenly changed
into a woman he couldnt take his hair
down or get his clothes off
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