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H.GaylordWil-
HAVE WE PER-
shlr South-
PETUAL MOTION ? ° 1S a
Galiforuia Scien
tist , who recently issued a pamphlet en
titled , "Liquid Air Perpetual Motion
at Last , " which has not attracted much
attention , although it is somewhat sen
sational. When Charles Tripler of New
York announced that , having secured a
small quantity of liquid air , he could
use it to manufacture a large quantity ,
and so on indefinitely , the scientists pro
tested and said : "Impossible ! That
denies the conservation of energy it is
perpetual motion. " Mr. Wilshire says
Tripler has never answered this argu
ment that his facts are ahead of his
explanations. He states the matter
thus :
"There can be no answer if no ac
count be taken of extraneous aid being
furnished by an outside force. How
ever , there is an outside force mentioned
casually by Tripler in all his statements ,
but which is not dwelt upon by either
him or the 'scientists' as being capable
of furnishing the looked-for surplus. It
is the water used to cool the air heated
by compression in his condenser. Each
forty-two pounds of water that passes
through his condenser per minute , that
is raised one degree in temperature ,
represents 33,000 foot pounds per min
ute , or one horse power. Each forty-
two pounds of water that is heated thus
one degree per minute means that the
power evolved in the expansion of the
liquid air has been augmented one horse
power in the work of liquefying more
liquid air. "
The conclusion is stated as follows :
"Hence we can see that a perfect
liquid air engine developing five horse
power from the expansion of a given
volume of liquid air could by the aid of
a stream of cooling water produce more
liquid air , in quantity sufficient to de
velop fifteen horse power if again ex
panded. The cost of the water may be
passed by as inconsequential , as it could
be used over and over again if necessary ,
the cost of the power for circulating
being infinitesimal compared with the
power gained by cooling the compressed
air. "
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
Southwestern Nebraska is forging to
the front as one of the best agricultural
and stock countries in the Middle West.
In proof of this fact one has but to ride
through the beautiful Republican valley ,
which is traversed by the B. & M.'s
main line from Chicago to Denver.
From Oxford west to the state line an
observer will be surprised to see the
substantial improvements and evidences
of thrift which exist there on every
hand , as shown by the comfortable ,
tasty homes , commodious barns and
acre after acre of alfalfa , corn and
other cereals growing there with as
much promise of an abundant yield as
there is in any part of the state.
The alfalfa growing along the valley
and on the adjacent uplands excites the
admiration of all who see it and it is
one of the substantial means of lining
the pockets of the fortunate owner
thereof with the best money on earth.
The soil and climate of southwestern
Nebraska is especially adapted to the
successful growing of alfalfa and as a
forage for developing young stock , par
ticularly hogs , it has no equal. Four
heavy crops may bo cut in one season
from the valley lands and three from
the uplands , without irrigation.
In the culture of corn many of the
best farmers have adopted the soil cul
ture method , which is frequent , but
shallow , cultivation and it would seem
from present indications that they have
discovered the correct theory , as corn in
that locality will yield per acre equal to
any other section of the state.
One of the most potent reasons for the
transformation in this section of Ne
braska lies in the fact that many of the
first settlers who , as a rule , are worth
less , shiftless citizens , and men who
would not earn a living were they in
the Garden of Eden , with free silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1 thrown in , have ac
complished their mission there , which
was to secure title to a quarter section
of government laud , then mortgage it
and allow the mortgagee to take it ,
have left the country and their places
are being taken by a better class of cit
izens and men who have come to stay.
Not all of the first settlers were of the
shiftless class ; a number of them re
mained and are the substantial men of
the country , owning fine tracts of land ,
plenty of stock and a comfortable bank
account.
The soil of southwestern Nebraska is
a black , sandy loam , easy to cultivate
and very productive. Every acre is not
ich , but there is no acre EO poor or
sandy that it does not produce an abun
dance of grass. The winters are milder
than in the northern or eastern part of
the state and a cool breeze sweeps over
the country every night. Lands are
comparatively cheap and industrious
people who desire to own a comfortable
home would do well to investigate
southwestern Nebraska before locating
elsewhere.
! > . E. THOMPSON.
THOMPSON.who lives in Lin
coln , advanced twenty thousand dollars
to pay fare for Nebraska soldiers return
ing from the Philippine war. The
press , which without reason , denounced
him in the winter , praises him in the
summer of 1899.
Then Thompson was a candidate for
the republican nomination to the senate
of the United States. Now Thompson
is the one citizen who makes free
transportation possible to Nebraska sol
diers coming from San Francisco.
"Dootorsare
A COMMENTARY.
like parsons they
can't keep up with the times. The ago
is outgrowing them. Only the fakirs
in either profession get anything out of
it , nowadays. It's all mystery and
sleight-of-hand and the confidence
trick medicine is and if you haven't
got just the right twist of the wrist ,
you're not in it. "
This sentiment is taken from the last
published work of the novelist Harold
Frederic. Mr. Frederic is now dead , or
thinks he is. He was demonstrated
ove.1- , during the belief of a sickness
which shortly preceded his burial , by a
Christian Scientist.
PIONEER BAY. ,
latter part of Oc
tober the Greater America Exposition
at Omaha is to be honored , enlivened
and made interestingly educational by a
convocation of those pioneers who first
plowed and planted the prairies of
Nebraska.
THE CONSERVATIVE hopes that each of
the original counties of Nebraska terri
tory , especially those making the first
and second tier of counties west of and
parallel with the Missouri river , will be
fully represented.
Each delegation might bring some
product of field , orchard or vineyard
and make the occasion a pioneer harvest
homo. The argonauts who first sheared
golden grains from these plains are
themselves swiftly falling in the inex
orable swaths of Death. Reunions for
them will be few at the most and the
one proposed by Doctor Miller , president
of the Omaha exposition , ought to be ,
and no doubt can be made a triumph , a
solace and great comfort to old settlers.
Th °
APPLE BUYERS. .
tion of the
of THE CONSERVATIVE with the arbori
culture and horticulture of Nebraska
during more than forty years causes
correspondents to make all sorts of in
quiries and in great numbers. It is im
possible to answer each. Therefore all
inquiries from those wishing to buy
apples in Otoo County are answered
here.
The copious rains have much improved
the size and quality of the apple crop in
Otoe and adjacent counties. It is less
wormy than last year's crop. Many
orchards arc almost wholly exempt from
codling moth depredations.
Local buyers are paying for summer
and autumn apples from ten to thirty
cents a bushel. There are thousands of
bushels being sold.
Winter apples in Otoe County are de
veloping and maturing in splendid form
and coloring. There are no foreign
buyers hero yet. Winter apples of first
quality in large quantities for this kind
of an apple year await decently remun
erative prices.