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ml TELE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 8. lS86 TWELYfl 11 THE "IITEBAK EXECUTOR , " "What Eosnlled from tlio Too Great Haste of General Adim Badcau , ' < > GRANT'S DYING DENUNCIATION. Undenu's ClnltiiH Intllcuntitly IIU- putcd by .Monitlcr * of tbo Onint Knmlly A Death- ' Hnil Mt'cnc. Philadelphia Times : Among the clos ing events of General ( irant's life Is a sick-room scene , in which General Adam liadeau , nt one time military secretary ' the general , was the principal figure. Grout surprise is expressed by friends vyho were close lo General Grant in his last moments that this occurrence has not been made public long before this and that liadeau has been permitted so > lu'ng'lb continue to pose in the war lit erature of thu country us the friend and literary legatee of the departed com mander , liadeau , who is n New Yorker by birth , turned up in April , 1HW ( , as an ulde-tic-cainp on the stair of General Sherman. On the stall'of General Grant - asi chief topographical engineer , was James 11. Wilson , a native of Illinois and a graduate of West Point in 1800. Wilson had been assigned to do duty in that capacity with General Grant m the flank movement on Vicksburg in thu direction of Oxford , Mississippi , in November and December , 1802. Subsequently ho attended the movements of the army of the Tennessee against Vicksburg , and as topographical engineer accompanied General Grant in Iho preliminary movements of the armies of the military division of the Mississippi. Jt was through General Wil.son that liadeau became connected with General Grant. It appeals that \\il.sou know liadeau , or thought he did , and intro duced and recommended him for a place on Hie .stall' . WiKon's .skill as a topographical graphical engineer had attracted the at tention of the commanding general , which fact gave weight to his etibrts in beball of Badeau. About January , 1801 , wo tiud liadeau installed at headquarters of the army as part of General Grant's military family. From March , 18V ( > , to May , 18(111 ( , ho was colonel and aid-de camp to the general of the army , when ho was plaeed on the retired list. HAll'\r AII1IOA1) ) . After General Grant became president liadeau persuaded him to appoint him secretary of legation at London and to the consul generalship at London. This consular post , with Paris and Liverpool , had always been regarded as among the most desirable places in the gift ot the government. Pecuniarily they were bet tor than a diplomatiu mission. These ollice.s were , therefore , considered as the legitimate rewards of important services. The appointment of liadeau to the pick of the consular service , there fore did not meet with a very cordial re ception from the press ami amnog the do/.en or more war governors , ex-sena tors and ( itliors who had been relegated to private life , and thought thai they had u pre-emption right to such fat places. Ho was nominated and confirmed never theless , ami during President Grant's term did very much i\i ho pleased. When General Hayes bccaina president , one of the earliest fiubjoets brought to his atten tion was liadeau and his performances at London. His removal was determined upon "for cause , " but vyas withheld through the personal solicitation of ex- President Grant. Three times that administralion had decided lo get rid of him , but through General Grant's influence receded. THi : MKi : Ol' GRANT. i'f.Vir . i , Kinnlly the oflieial axe did drop , and General Adam Badeau found himself fuiietu.s otlicio , civilly speaking. When ho returned to New York ho sought his benefactor. Grant , as the world knows , was loug-sufl'orimr toward those whom be had trusted , lie was apt to.ovcrlook many things in them which he mteht re gard as reprehensible in others , liadeau had early conceived the idea of turning his attention to the preparation of a mili tary lifo of'Genoral ' Grant. At that time the general had no idea of writing his own recollections and for that reason acquic.sccd in according facilities to Ba deau. The general gave him access to certain papers and other opportunities to 150 on svitb bis labors properly and intel ligently. Ho had nothing , however , to do with tlio preparation or the work , liadoau was the responsible author , and whatever returns came out of the enter prise were to go to him. The first vol ume of Badeau's work was published in 1807 , and when he went to London ho Was said to have carried with him a quantity of documents that ought not to have left Washington. The succeeding volumes , however , were not prepared until after his return to Now York. The work from divers sourec.s of information was not made a pecuniary success , owing to Uudcnu'd own conduct. It scorns that this literary e lib it gave him the "big head" to such rn extent that ho insisted on terms with thu publishers which do privcd them of any Interest in pushing it- Tliey accordingly permitted the enter , prise practically logo by default. The volumes hail a restricted sale , and when it became known that General Grant would himself prepare the memoirs of ills military lifo , the autobiographical work superseded the work of the biogra pher.THI THI : I > IIMATURC : ANXOUNCKJIKNT. In the early months of 1885 , during those days and weeks of suspense when the whom country and the world were momentarily expecting thu announce ment of the mortal dissolution of the great captain of the ago , Badeau was nn occupant of General Grant's residence. He had a room there and his books and papers wore thcro. Ho might have been sahl to have been one of the family. The crisis In thu general's illness had been reached. In breathless anxiety Mrs. Grant , his idolized daughter Nellie , his sons and the physician stood by the couch of thu dying hero. For a moment it was thought that ho had passed away. It had boon whispered , "Ho is gone. " WlthJnUecorous haste , without stopping to verify the lirst announcement that death bad come at lust , General liadoau , who was iu the house , hastened down stairs. Rushing excitedly out upon the front steps ho hailed the vigils of the presswho had long hold watch upon the means of egress from the mansion. In a state of great agitation ho announced that d'l'Jierul Grant had just died , and * that lnj hud mttdo him his "literary oxee- utor. " An tlm .world Knows , General Grant did uo'tdio , , nt that time , lnt : rallied sufllciout- iy tp meet many of his friends and re- culvq.many Jotters of congratulation upon ins Improvement , . , , , , , . , c THI : r.NT.u.\L's WKvrii , A very short time alter this rally Gen eral Grant asked for thu newspapers. One having been handed him ho opened it and began to read. Ills eyes rested upon the accounts of his supposed fatal ( \tack ( % His attention was specially at tracted by the statement that General Grant , before his death , had named General - oral liadoau as his "literary executor , " This thu general pronounced a falsehood in every respect. Ho was greatly irritated ami uxritod , but calmml himself until ho could ascertain whether liadeau had really .made the statement himself or ir.h.otcr | | it , was simply an Inference drawn from hi.s hasty nppuarancn and premature announcement of the gen eral's death to tha reporters ut the front stops. A friend of tlm general was dep utized to make the Investigation , The reporters present all agreed in the fact thtit General Uadcau hud himself dcclixr- > . "V WITHIN HALF A BLOCK OF Now is your time to buy a lot in this popular addition. The ground is as level as a table and ready for buildings. Several good houses al ready built make the location very homelike and attractive. You should see Can Get on Easv Term : IBEX Stilt leads the procession. Mouses rapidly in tliis addition , Want to buy acre property , almiija buy the nearest and be l. I'oit ivill ait because a lot that costs only fltul it is the cheapest and tncreaacti in raJtic the fattiest. We are nownell- 1O room house in Jfannconi TO IT'S itiy the best located , nearest acre lot * ever sold at , I'lacc ; steam he tctc. , uooil barn lf to ! iO damn , balance -month , is bought for $ > $ $5 to IPS a and corner tot all $0000 $ > 30O .A.3ST JLOPLE. ; . for } on very easy terms. Come and ace them ; they will unit you , if yon want to buy. Yon can 2 KAST KllONT LOTS ' ' Jn Dwiijht tV Lymun's add.cach lSnccaUy when the groand is sit ttatcd as bcantifally as JHUsdale. fs now'bny'tlic reserve lots in . O. $4 > besidca bclnu surrounded by such an excellent class of li nscs and A r O foot lot on Leafcnworth ncifflibws. Ab lots , remember , can be found as near to the llelt l/ne ( , st. , south front for $1,45O , and with such prospects of a rapid increase in ralnc , as ACRE. In West Omaha for $ ; tOOO. And notliiny cheaper for the money In the way of acre property can bo iMtn intlarcntlont'atali > a I'lacc Money is made by such investments , and money is sai'cd by such terms found. MelrotiB JUll , Jlan.icom I'lace , as yon can yet. Anicftl'lacc,1)ellonc'n add , , Itcd- ick's Groi'e,7"i'a'l-t2 Good house 1507 Farnam street. Convent st. $7,000. 1507 Farnam street , cd to them that ho had been named Gen. Grant's "literary executor. " This information mation was conveyed to General Grant. Having it from undoubted sources , ho sent for liadoau and without prelimina ries asked him by what authority he had been announced as his "literary execu tor. " liadeau , nonplussed by the sud denness of this unexpected interroga tory , tried to wave the m.ittcr off as one of the unauthorized statements of the press. The general asked him whether ho had not convoyed the intelligence of his supposed death lo the members of the press nn the street , liadeau endeavored to evade that , but upon being narrowed down to a direct reply admitted that bo had given out the premature information of his death. ' 'And , " julded the general , " 1 nave satisfactory proof that you an nounced yourself as my literary execu tor , whicli was falsa in .every . particular and a breach of faith. 1 command you to leave my house , never to enter it again. " General Badeau , overwhelmed by this withering rebuke , left the house. His books and papers were packed by servants and sent to his address. GIIA.NT'3 VAl'URS. After'0 tUc ! exit of Badeau Genera Grant's feeling of indignation over this affair seems to have known no bounds. It rankled in his mind. For days in the midst of his sufferings lie brooded over it , making notes meanwhile of the tolerance ho had shown liadeau ; how ho had tried to make a man of him ; how he had re proved him in hopes of making man of him. These memoratla were written out by the general himself , and addressed to liadeau in the form of an cplbolarv reprimand. The original of this letter is preserved. A copy was sent to General liadeau. It is claimed by General liadoau that ho has many of General Grant's papers from which he will work up literary ma terial. His future operations will de termine with the family of General Grant whether to take legal stops to recover them. General liadeau jiart of the time was simply nn employe in the service of General" Grant and when preparing his military lifo was merely permitted to ox- amlna the general's papers to guide him in his work. If any papers wore ab stracted or copied for other use the dis covery of the fact will bo likely to load to legal prosecution. When Grant allowed him the use of certain papers ho never expected such violation ot confidence , liadeau claims to liuvo the original of General Grant's announcement of General Leo's surrender. This is correct , and came about in this manner : After the sur render of the confederate forces by Gen eral Leo , on April 0 , General Grant started back on horseback , accompanied by some of his staff and a small escort , for liurkvillu , about thirty miles distant , where ho intended to take the cars for City Point , Having ridden some distance it suddenly occurred to the general that ho had not formally announced the sur render of General Lee and his nrmy. Keining his horse , ho dismounted and , asking ono ot his staff for some paper , sat down ami wrote a telegram officially in forming the government and country of the event. The wires ot tlio Hold tele graph were stretched along the roadside. The dispatch was sent and soon the coun try know of the crowning act of the cam paign In Virginia. Uadcnii asked permission of the gen eral to make a copy of the dispatch , al lowing him to retain tlio original and wire the copy. It is presumed that G en oral Grant gave assent to this. If General oral liadeau has copies of any other papers , unless he can show authority for their possession , ho has them in violation , it is charged , ot thu confidence of his former chief. He has had no access to any documents nor to the family since about April , 1895. It was assorted that liadeau had a contract with General Grunt in regard to certain literary work. General Grunt noycr admitted any such arrangement , The family hnvti never been able to see the contract , and none b believed to exist. Judicial proceedings will elicit that fact it the allegation Is re newed. It was observed that nt the funeral ceremonies at Mount McGregor and at New York that General Hadeau wa ? not among those who nud been near to the departed chieftain in his military and civil lifo and wcro his mourners with his family around the catafalque and the grave. RANDOLPH. Fronted or tlio An English boy , 14 years old , who has been working for George Watt , Mountain City , Canada , was strucu by lightning July Bth and instrntly killed. His boots wore torn off and found live feet from his body. During a severe storm near Macunglc , Loliigh county , Pa. . July 27th , Amauuus Dofcnderlor , a farmer , was struck by lightning and _ instantly killed while work ing in his Held. Five or six farm hands who wcro working with him wcro ren dered unconscious for several hours. Gtorgo L. Pringle , a wealthy farmer living about eight miles from Shickshin- ny , Pa. , was instantly killed by lightning March 19. Ho was overtaken by a storm and was struck by the fatal bolt while in the act of crossing a stone wall. The deadly Hash was tfio only ono that oc curred dtirinp the day , and was all the more surprising on account of tlio cold ness of the weather. In Attleborough , Mass. , July 29 , a tene ment house owned by Fred Fogg was wrecked. The lightningstruck the chim ney , running down to the roof , tearing iho ridgoboard and shingles up , and en tered the building in its downward course , lionnio Packard , aged 23 years , a hack-driver , was instantly killed. Ho was found lying against tlio door. The shoo on his right foot was torn into pieces , his underclothing and outside garments torn from him , and ho was nearly nude. The 18-year-old daughter of James .Beau , a farmer living near Copley , Pa. , was to have been married Saturday even ing , July 17. She had a favorite 'Jersey cow which she called Daisy , and which she always milked herself. Durin ' the afternoon the girl took her milk pan and started for the barn , "i am going to milk Daisy for the last time , " she said to her mother , as she went out the door. \ \ bile Miss liean was m the barn milking lightning struck the building , and the bolt killed both the girl and the cow. During a terrible thunderstorm on the night of July 25 , ni the vicinity of Ot tawa , Canada , a fearful tragedy was enacted - acted in the cottage of Joseph Godorau. The lattor's aunt , who had died thu day previous , was being waked up by some neighbors anil relatives , when n oolt of lightning descended the chimney , and striking the coffin , which was near the fireplace , shattered it to pieces. Two young men who sat near the corpse were instantly killed , and si.v others who were in different parts of the room were seri ously affected. While crossing the Iron hill , Colorado , July 4 , George Edwards was struck by lightning. It was considered fatal , but ho is now recovering slowly. His case ' js a most remiirkably'onc , ami is attract ing considerable atlontion from scientific men. Edwards after the flash , remained unconscious for fully fifteen minutes before - fore receiving assistance. The lightning struck him on the loft cheek , knocking out a number of his leotli. It then passed diagonally aeross his breast to the right side , thence to the feet , coming out of the right foot , having passed entirely through the foot , leaving a hole very sim ilar to ono made by a bfillot. His cloth ing was torn into fragments , particles being found a distance of 200 feet from the spot , and ono of tlio boots , both of whlnh we.ro torn into shreds , was found sixty foot away. Immediately underneath - noath where Edwards was standing the ground was torn up for a considerable distance. The lightning's course along the body was shown by a blaok streak ono and a half inches wide. The worst result Is the injury It the lung , the iuimo. din to effect being a severn hemorrhage , by which a quart of blood was lost. In addition to these Injuries the surface of the body was almost completely covered with blisters , tlio result of the severe burns. This , it Is said , is the lirst au thentic instance of n person being in jured by a stroke of lightning nt an altitude - titudo of over.10,000 foot , and where per sons affected internally , as Mr , Edwards was , are not instantly killed. BORROWED PLUMAGE. Hired Finery at Seaside nurt Moun tain Klaliorato Toilets nt S nuil I Cost. Philadelphla'Record : There is a curi ous brokerage business carried on in n Mtite of Weil-furnished rooms in a. prom inent oflicp 'building ' on Walnut street. There isn'ho' ' < sign out and no display made , bu't'thJro is a frequent coming and gom" ; " of _ well-dressed ladies , and o cry indication of a nourishing bust- ness. A1 briijk little man , with an off hand manllbr'.aud a profusion of jewelry , is the manager ot the establishment. His assistants are all women , for the place is the ? agency of a Now York house which makes a business of hiring out costly drcarse.4 for summer , seaside or mountain wear , and even to parties who are makiilg n trip to Europe. The busi ness of hiririn ; out gentlemen's dress suits for1' balls and parties has for years boeh"'au evory-day thing , and a fair prdnortion of the. claw-hammer coats scon at mixed gatherings are hired from the costumur. The renters of those garments drive a very profitable trade , often in less than amontligottingtho full price of a Ilrst-class broadcloth suit from its hire , and the garments are very llttlo the worse for wear. A well-known Ninth street costumer has now in his possession a favorite suit , which is yet good for a year's hiring , for whioh ho paid $33 , and which in less than ten months has net ted him | 93. Equally as common a thing is the renting from evening to evening of ball-loom costumes for ladies who can't afford to buy expensive dresses for ono or two occasions. They can hire a ball room dress , shoos , stockings and lace shawl , which would cost $200 , for from if.1) to ? 25 a night. If they are known they arc not required toleavo n depositother ; wise the price of the outfit is left with the costumer , to bo returned when the _ dross comes back. "Such outfits , " said a man who has been in the business in this city for tun years , "aro often hired by brides ami bridesmaids , and for a consideration wo often make .special costumes of the most costly character tor such occasions. By this means at half cost a bride may bo rigged up as line us though she wcro an heiress. Wo take the dresses back and use them to hire out to other parties who ore not particular about absolutely now costumed , and thus make a fair profit , " One coslumor In the city , who does a very large business in a quiet way for the fashionable people , has in his possession 125,000 worth of dresses , robes , shawls and other female finery which lias come to him in various ways. Mony rich people ple , ho says , sell their ball-room dresses at the end of a season. They will not use them a second season , and get back n part of the cost in this way. These dresses are lured out to less particular people , who are thus on special occas ions able 10 appear in finery as elaborate and rich as that of the most elegant ladies of Woijt Walnut street. This sort of second-hand dressing1 has been common for years post , but thu business of furnishing Mich costumes tins grown rapidly within a short timo. The Walnut street broker's businessto which reference has boon made , is , however , good deal in advance of this. Ho hired out his stock for months , anil will furnish a female tourist or an Idler at the shore with a complete wardrobe of dinner dresses , afternoon toilets and ball-room dresses , which she takes away with her in the big Saratoga , and returns when the tour or the season is over. "How dp you manage it ? " the dapper little broker was asked , "Very easily. We have in Now York hundreds of 'dresses which r.re practic ally new. Spmo of them nro entirely now. A Judy customer who wants to spend twomonths ; at the seaside conies in anil tolls us wjmt she wants. Perhaps it is four line dresses. Ordinary walking and lounging dresses she has. Wo don't ' hire such It would not pay. We take her measure , and if wo can n't her , even by altering tlio dresses we have on hand , wo Us , her up with one or two elaborate ball-room outfits , n dinner dress anil so on , as she may desire. If.aho should attempt to pur chase such an outfit as wo could furnish her , it would cost her not less than SI,500. Wo charge her ? 500. She don't wear the dresses often cnouph to do them any so- sious injury , and : lt the end of two months she lias had her full of the finery , and would not wear them a second sea son if she owned , while we have our ifOOO and our outfit damaged probably if200 worth. She has saved $1,000 ; wo have had a profit of $250. Ain't that right ? Our New York house has unlimited capi tal , and branches hero and other cities. Now hero is another instance which act ually oeeui red in Philadelphia not long ago : A lady who has a very fair fortune was about to take a trip to Europe. She proposed to travel on the continent , and lo do it in good style , but as cheaply im possible. But the cost of a wardrobe of line dresses , which she thought neces sary , made her hesitate. The outfit sliu desired would cost her , in addition to the every day dresses needed , about $8,000. The upshot of the matter was that we furnished her the out- lit , now , made to her order , charged her $3,200 for the use of them fourteen weeks , and got the dresses back almost as good as new. Since then those dresses netted us more than they cost , and wo sold thorn to a customer recently for $500. Ho will use them for ono night ball room 'rents,1 or for the making up of fancy dresses. No ono knows nowa days in the society of a richly dressed woman whether slio _ bo rich or not , whether her splendid toilet is her own or has been hired. The sea side resorts , and especially Long Branch , Saratoga and such places , uro crowded with ladies who are sporting hired lincry , and the diamonds and jewels which flash from their bosoms and arms are paid for at so much n week for the season. ' Do you rent out jewels also ? " "No , wo leave that to the fashionable jewellers. There is not a jeweller in this city , probably , who has a largo stock and capital enough , who dons not , as a com mon practice , rent out jewelry by the day , by the week or by the month. Of course it is an expensive luxury , this hir ing of jewels. But it is done by the rich and oflon by Iho poor. A young lady who is about togctmarrind , or has an in vitation to a swell ball , if her parents are known to bo responsible , will go to a jeweler and hire a diamond necklace or u diamond charm , or something of that sort which she cannot afford to own , and for a few dollars can look , for 0110 night at lou&t , as resplendent as an empress. If she has not the credit she ma.y , for in stance , got 4100 worth of diamonds by depositing that amount for the security of the stores , pay a rental of $3 or $5 , and the next day got back the $100 de posited. This is done every day , and jew ellers are , of eour.so , glad to get trade of that sort. They run no I-ISK and the profit is great , The whole business Is i\ good deal like borrowing money from a pawnbroker at an enormous per cent , a month , and It is getting to bo almost as common. In Pans and London the prac tice is such a matter of fact that no great 'bones'aro ' made of it , and very little so- crooy observed. The nobility arc espec ially guilty of the practice , and old fam ily jewels which have boon said foi years are regularly hired upon great occasions and worn to disguise the unhappy state to which the family exchequer has been reduced. Getting Hid of n Hook Agent. Santa liosa ( Cal. ) Democrat : A lady in lids city , who has a reputation of liking her jokes , perpetrated one on a book agent on a recent day that ho will long remember. About 10 o'clock ono morn ing the agent , n young man of perhaps twenty-four years , approached the afore said lady's residence , on Third street , and ringing the bell , waited patiently for thu summons to be answered. Little did ho know what was in store for him ; if ho had ho would have given that house u wide berth , Soon the door was opened by our lady friend , who , upon noticing the book ( family Bible ) , already opened in the agent's hands , while the face above it was wreathed iu a sanctimonious smile , assumed an artlitia expression of counte nance , and , squinting her eyes behind her steel-ribbed spectacles , screeched asked ' 'What'll ' " rather than , you huyof" The agent said : "Madam , would you not like to have a nice family Bible for your parlor _ table ? " "No , sir : parlor table , indeed ! Think that's the place for : i Bible , hey ? " The agent was somewhat startled , but being a sharp fellow , discovered that ho had made a mistake , and adopted other tactics. Ho asked her if she would not like ono to read , if not for ornamental purposes. Then came the startler. "Young man , " she said , "I have got a bible that I have used for 200 years , and I know every word of it by heart , from begining to end. " This statement was accompanied by robust gesticulations and awful grim aces of countenance. The young man began backing off. and when the baa concluded remarked that if .she had a bible ho , of course , could not sell her an other. At the foot of the steps ho paused and turning around asked the huly if she was sure she had road her bible for 200 years. The result of this question more than startled him. She to whom it was directed started toward him , almost screeching out her former statement , and aoncludeiFby asking him if ho doubted her veracity. Ho 01 the bible bolted for the front gacpn ( tjip keen jump , giving ono backwaid glance after getting on the outside. He called next door and told his experience , concluded by asking how old "that woman" was. The neighbor appreciated the joke , and soon after called on her friend. They have not got through laughing over the disconsolate book agent yet. This is a fact. A Iluincd Wall Street Mnn. Now York Correspondence Brooklyn Union : It is remarkable how men pop up in Wall street , and then disappear. They generally disappear , 1 may remark , in ruin. They are fcoon forgotten. To name the men who have gone down with a crash would make too long a list. Ono year ago Henry N. Smith was a great liguro in Wall street. Now he is never heard of uor thought of. He is ruined beyond the possibility of recovery , it is believed , because ho owes'so much that ho never can pay up. Yet ho haunts thu street. There is the old fascination to lure him to the ticker. It has been said that the man who had once dabbled in stocks could never leave the ticker until ho was driven from it , but ho could not exist out of its clatter. It was not sur prising to see him walking up Wall the other afternoon , but it was like meet ing a stranger. Ho had been keeping in seclusion , lie did not look much as ho iiSid to. Ho was in his prosperous day onu of the best dressed men in the .street. Ho always cut a rather ridiculous figure , to bo euro , with his pudgy body and bow leg * , but his garments were of the most expensive cloth and the most stylish cut ; his shoes were polished until they Khouo like a mirror , and bis hat , usually a tall one. was without a speck in summer , and in winter ns glossy as if from tlio hatter's ham's ' His linen was Immaculate , and ho was in every way Iho pink of perfec tion. tion.His His famous fifty pairs of trousers gave him a change a day for nearly two niontlH. Ho had about us many coats and vests , and ho never were a suit two days in succession , nor even a whole day through , for ho was euro lo make a change before dinner. Except in tlio summer , when ho was usually at Long Branch , ho appeared at the Windsor hotel in the evening , strutting up and down the tiled floor and swlugln/'a / natty cano. When I passed him the past week ho was clad in n suit that was poor in lit , ugly in color , and nothing extra in qual ity. His hat was n sort of distorted billy cock iu shape , and a cross between n paviiig-stono and u soft-shell crab in color. He , of eour o , is able to live com fortably on the properly standing in his wife's name , but he has lost his siilrit , and it was not easy to rccognixc him In his unbecoming utlire. Ho was alone , and as ho walked up the street no ono paid any attention to him , Only a short year Ijoforo half the men in Wall street hung mi hii words and regarded him almost with awe , In times past he lias made and lost millions on the figures jetted down on the tape , but now ho can only look at them and { juuss which way the market is going without being able to gamble on the figures. A NEW ELECTRICAL FORCE , The Phonoporo nr.il tbo Kenwrfcablo Re-J suits of Ia ( Worfeiug , I AN ENGLISHMAN'S ' DISCOVERY , Solving tlio Problem of anil Telephony on nn Open Circuit. It ha ? long been known , snys the Lon tlon Timesthat if a telephone bo inserted in a wire situated near lo a Hue of graph Wires every passing telegraph cur rent will produce noises in tlie telephone , although the telephone wire is perfectly insulated from tlio telegraph wires. These noises are termed "Induction noises , " and they constitute one of the greatest obslables iu the way of long distance tele phony , l-'ngngcd In investigating the plu-nomeiia of iiitlucllortJ'M'ith ' the view to ( lulling measures Of obviating its ef fects in telephones , U. Lungdon Davies has had occasion to examine It under a great variety of conditions , both nt home and abroad. On a very long telegraph wire per ; haps one of the longest direct wires in the world from Aniscrdjfui ( to JJorlla , very sirong curruritsl whro used , nrodue- ing so powerful an efl'oct on a neighbor ? Ing telephone as to lead Mr. Davies to the hypothesis that the .so-called""InductloM'f was caused by some form of electrical force which migjil be separated from our * rents , and which would pass Iroely through In.sulatori Imnnssablo by cur rents , ami further , that if this wcro o it new series of Instruments might bo con structed for the employment of thlfl force , and which , moreover , could be put In action In company with currant in * strumonts on the same wire. The line of research thus indicated has been per- .sovorlngly followed by Mr. Davies , and has. after long and patient research , led to the completion by him of a variety of instruments of apparently great practi cal utility , as was recently demonstrated tons by Mr. Davlcsatlris office in Ion ? don. don.Those Those remarkable results they pro ; duet' speak for themselves' . . The reasoli why they are produced constitute ncWJ problem.- mathematical physics whicli have not yet been solved , The only , form of electrical force which ( iritis free passage through them appears to bo always capable of being associated wltli sound. The name "phonoporic impulse * } has heretofore been given to the force ! and that of "phonoporo" to the inslru * me nl. ' , The first phonoporo constructed , of which those subsequently made are mod ifications , may bo described as a repro duction of a line of telegraph wires un der eondilions favorable to the transmis sion of phonnporic impulses. A num ber of wires , .separately insulated , were bound together into a kind of oablo RTK | reeled upon u bobbin. It was found that the phonoporio impulses passed freely through the insulation from wire to wire , ' while currents could not pass at all : Another fact was ascertained by MrJ Davies , and this is of great importance/ / because it solves tlio problem of telegraphy - " graphy and .telephony on an open cur rent. Whoir one end of each wire wan insulated .so ' , that there was no current ; the attention of the phonoporio impulse * ) continued unaltered.The1 manner in which the phonoporo is applied to the , construction of telegraphic and telo-j phonic instruments is practically the same. Its exterior form is similar to' that of an induction coil. The impulses are generated in a primary circuit of.im > ' proved construction , and over it is wound in place of a secondary qirquit n phono- ! pore of two wires ; , ca6h insulated throughout its length and at ono end , tho7 other end being connected to the lino. \ When the instrument is attelegraph the number of phonoporic impulses generated in the transmitter per second is regulated by tlm vibrations of an organ roea placed in the primary circuit. Another reed , * tuned to the t-amo rate of vibration , is placed as a receiver at the distant station' in front of an eleclro-magnot. and tlui plionoporia impulses from * tlio trans- , milter cailSo it to vibrale. Two light hammers touch the receiver reed and complete a'local relay circuit when the' ' reed is still , but break it whenever the'1 reed vibrates , thereby Hotting in nctloa ! any required instrument in connection with any battery. When the phonoporo is used in constructing a telephone tWi organ reed in the primary circuit of the" transmitter is replaced by microphone ; contacts , and a telephone Is used for/ receiver. The series of phor.oporcs dV\ \ ready completed includes a variety ot other subsidiary instrument , both > ] R ! telegraphy and telephony , ns welliis Ira-1 provomonts in known processes and new ; forms of signaling instruments which ; constitute a long list. I Having described the basis of JlrJ Davios' ingenious invention and tho' nature of the instruments doviscd by bin ; for carrying it into effect , we will next } turn to the results of working as recently witnessed by us , and wiiich present ) some very remarkable features , T4w phonoporo telegraph transmitter le worked bv nn ordinary Morse key , mad its receiver wets in notion an ordinary , Morse sounder , printer , or other tele graph instrument , so that any telegraph * ist can use it at once. On a jiureJy , phonoporic line , or open circuit , it WM shown to work the Morse through R , stated resistance of 275,000 ohms with A ; line buttery of less than six volts , white' to enable tin ordinary telegraph to * > ver-j come this resistance n battery of thon.5 sands of volts would ho required. The phonoporo telephone transmitter was shown to bo equally powerful. On the open circuit , with a battery of two Lccluncho cells and used without the aid of a diaphragm , by simply speaking lethe the carbons we found it to transmit the voice full round , and clear through the same resistance whioh may bo said to bo equivalent to n wire round the earth. But the great importance iof. thu phono- pore lies in the fact that It cau bo worked simultaneously with the ordinary tolo- graphs. Knoh phonoporo inserted m a line Is connected to it by two terminal screws , and it breaks th t'onilncting-Jln ? circuit , The circuit can bo restored b.j connecting an ordinary telegraph instru ment to the mime torjniptil screws , when the two classes of instruments can bo put in action together , yet their respective signals will bo kept us'sopnrate as if they were working on , separate wiros. Kv pressed practically , this moans that l > y the phouoporo the government might have provided for the six-penny telegram system at the uxpoiiKo of something like onu-tenth of tlio cost of the new wires re quired Phon opores have been constructed lo modify the noises made by telegraphs in ? s telephones , BO that ordinary telegraphs ' have boon worked simultaneously with satisfactory phouoporo telephones on the same wiro. Thu telegraph iioUos nro so , various in their nature , and uro pro longed under such varying conditions , that the construction ol phonopores to deal with them all must nocesiarily l > o a work of time. Other phonoporo's aorvo to connect wires , so that phonoporio im pulse.- puss from wire to wire while the 1 ordinary curionU are retained in their , , ' proper channels. A now form of signal'1 is introduced in which sensitive or Blue ing flames am set in action by rythmio ' phonoporio impulses. The phonoporo I telegraph bcin # u Ji t'monica telegraph. the fiimultniioous working of ouch tele graphs on the sauui wire is u question of * detail in construction. Looking nt whnt 1 has boon done ami what it is ihiduclulo ' may bo done , the upphonlioiiHof the pho. * npppro system would scorn to be cau&bl " of almost indeuuito extension.