10 OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , * SEPTEMBER 18. 1887.-TWELYE PAGES.
BEWJJLEGIRICAl INVENTIONS
The Use of Electricity Extending in Every
j Direction ,
ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN ALL SHAPES
liloctrlc Automatic Grain Scales
Tlio I'cyrtiNson Storage Dattcry
Electric lighting In
a Bca l-'og.
if
( That Can Fie Done With Electricity.
Now York Post : A year ago last
spring Mr. K. II. Johnson , the president
of the Edison Klcctrlc Light company ,
bought a tract of land about two miles
back from the water ntUrconwIch.Conn. ,
including n knoll , said to bo thu highest
slto so near the coast from Florida to
Mitino , It is 340 feet above the water.
From the old farmhotiso whicli stood on
the knoll when Mr. Johnson bought ,
could bo seen Long Island sound from
Fort Schtiylor to Bridgeport , a distance
of forty miles. The old house was torn
down to make way for the present struc
ture , which is in colonial style , about
' fifty feet square , and three stories high.
1 The sides of the building are shingled
' with unpalntod shingles left to obtain
the silvery gray which only years can
give. Within the last few months Mr.
Johnson's place has been the object of
much curiosity to people who live on
high spots along the sound from New
Ilochcllc to Norwalk , owing to the brill
iant appearance it present ? at night.
Electric lights put to every conceivable
use and in wonderfnl profusion are of
course the chief electrical feature of the
place , but by no moans the only one.
Electricity has boon put at work in a
dozen different ways. It pumps the water
from six wells upon the place , it opens
the gates , it sends signals of various
kinds through the house and grounds , it
works an organ , it regulates the temper
ature of the house in winter aud summer ,
it currycombs the horses , it runs and
lights up a fountain , il makes tea , etc.
Thu llgntiug is , however , the wonder of
the place. Five hundred incandescent
lumps are used about half in the house
nnd half outside. The hall , which is fin
ished in dark oak , is chlully lighted from
the top by eight lights so concealed by
stained glass that it is hard to say where
the subdued glow really comes from.
The dining room has six chandeliers , the
parlor four and the library four. All
the lights in these rooms are controlled
from a small switch board in each room ,
which permits any number of lamps or
nil to bo turned on at will. The lireplaces
nre fitted up tttth stained glass imita
tions of livocoali lighted up by electri
city. In connection with the burglar
nlnffn Is a switch which lights ono lamp
in every room in the house and a few m
the grounds. On the tennis ground the
lights are placed in iron boxes sunk to
the leVel of the ground so that the light is
thrtiwn upward and not in the eyes of
the players. In the ntablo each stall is
provided with an electric lamp.
The electricity used is drawn at will
from dynamite driven by a forty horse
power engine , or from a secondary bat
tery of 120 cells giving ten-horse power
of current for ten hours. Two No. 10
Edison dynamos are used. The switches
nro so arranged that whether ono or all
the lamps are in use the power is lust
Bulliciont. Next to the dynamo nnd bat-
tury , which is a building connected with
the barn , in the boiler rooms , which also
contains a fan driven by n Sprague elec
tric motor and used to send cool air into
thn house whenever the thcrmostasts
placed throughout the rooms indicate by
ringing a bell that the temperature has
risen above 70 degrees. Every apparatus
an the building is fitted up with self-reg
istering instruments , which show upon a
switchboard in the house the exact work
done by each , the amount of current
, usr < l upon the different circuits , the
steam-power work , dynamo work , bat
tery work , etc.
Clectrlclty Applied to the Arts.
The Sedgwick Mainspring Co. , of
Chicago , has now in operation a very in
teresting application of electricity to the
nrts. It consists of tempering watch
Springs by means of the electric current.
'Sho current is obtained from a one-light
dynamo , the conductors from which loud
to an ordinary oil tempering bath. Ouo
of the conductors connects with
n. point within the oil bath , and the other
to a pojnt without The piece of flat
ntcel wire that is to bo tempered to tbo
blue color is fed under the contact pom !
on the outside of the bath first and then
under the ono on the inside. Whoa il
reaches the latter the circuit is complete ,
nnd the wire immediately and uniformly
becomes heated. Several advantages are
claimed for this process of tempering.
tTho chief ono is that the steel does not
have time to oxidize after it has been
licated to the proper color before it is
under cover of the oil , and consequently
that the steel wire is of the same thicKness -
ness when it is tempered as it was before
it entered the process. The heating is
uniform throughout the length of the
spring , and , and there is less liability o :
defective spots. The process is a rapk
one , the springs being heated and passcc
into the bath ut the rate of four inches a
Eccond.
Klectrlc Antomntlo Grain Scales.
St. Louts Globe Democrat : A paten
lias just been issued to Professor Ben R
Foster of this city , for automatic grain
ecalcs , moved by electricity. The objec
of the invention is to weigh grain am
record the number of bushels whils it is
continuously running through chutes
thus doing away with the assistance of a
weigher , and rendering the weighing
perfectly accurate.
The machine is quite simple , although
the inventor has been working on it forever
over ten years. It consists of a box will
inclined partitions placed on an ordinary
eoalo. Within this box is a revolver pan
supported on a rocking lever. Attaehec
to the lever is an upright upon which
rests a vibrating valve for the purpose o.
cutting oft' the main flow of the grain
Tluiro is another supplemental valve
controlled by an electro magnet from the
ecalo beam. Extending down from thi. '
valve is a rod that disturbs the equili
brium of the grain when the pan is f ul
tint } causes it to discharge Itself.
There is said to be a great need ant
demand for a machine of this kind ii
elevators , Hour nulls , splco mills , etc.
where a fixed weight in desired , and i
will undoubtedly provo valuable and in
dispensable in all such establishments.
Renting tiy Electricity.
Scientific American : Though it i.
claimed as ono of the advantages o
electricity that It does not raise the tem
perature of the atmosphere when used
( or lighting , it is nevertheless , says La
Katnro , capable muter curtain condition.
of evolving heat. This property is abou.
to bo turned to prolitablo account by the
Hoeiotctdcs Uslnes Klectricqtica of Itorlin
who have announced that in future , ii
nddition to light , they will bo preparot
to furnish a supply of electricity for
heating purposes. The appliances whicl
the society offer to their customers have
been constructed in view of the use to
which they are to bo put. For instance
tor boiling water they have contrived a
vessel having two cases , between whicl
Is placed n resistance coil. It is statei
that with this appliance about ono am
n half pints of water can bo raised to
boiling point with four amperes 100 volts
In certain theaters oloptricstoves are cm
J > loycd.for heating the curling tongs , tin
uae of gas Jots nnd spirit lamps being
rigorously forbidden.
Cooking by Electricity.
Electric Reviews Resistance coils of
> latlnum or German silver wire hare
iccn used for cxporimental cooking ,
L'ho currents used have been of constant
direction and the cells traversed by the
currents muct needs be in or in close
> roximity to the substance to bo cooked ,
further , the surface exposed by a coil
aklng up considerable room is small and
ho amount of heat radiated and con-
dieted from the wire if not nearly red
lot will not bo largo. Cooking by olnc-
ricity has not como into use as yet ; use
of the alternating currents oflors a solu-
ion to the problem. A largo electro
magnet of great self-induction is con
stantly in circuit. The loss of current
.hrotigh this cell as lone as metal is not
wrought near it is too small to bo meas
ured. It being desired to cook flapjacks ,
an iron spider is placed over the poles of
the electro-magnet. Two rapid reversals
of current in the coil induce currents on
.lie iron spider , which is thereby heated ,
b'or heating liquids a copper vessel Is
preferred when It can be used , on ac
count of it3 greater conductivity. The
uct.il in which or on which the cooking
s done need not touch the magnet. In
deed , a lessoned heating effect is obtained
jy separating the dish from the electro
magnet.
Canal for Electric I'owor.
DETIIOIT , Mich. , Sept. 0. The Edison
Power and Light company to-day let a
contract for the building of a water
power canal along the rapids of St.
Mary's river at Siuilt Sto. Mann , and
1,000 men who have been working for
for the Duluth , South Shore & Atlantic
railway will bo put on the job at once ,
and the work completed in sixty days.
The canal will be about 2.000 feet long
nnd iifty feet wide , and will be situated
between the ship canal and the rapids.
Its object will bo to furnish , by the use
of immense water power , electric power
with which to run elevators , mills , and
an endless .variety of other machinery
and an electric right plant.
The PcyrtiBson Storage Battery.
In a patent recently issued to M , Antoine -
toino Edouard Peyrusson , of Limoges ,
Franco , the latter describes a form of
battery having a number of novel points.
M. Peyrussonuas found that the action
of the battery , whatever may be its former
or arrangement , is considerably in
creased if the electrolytic liquid contains
cadmium or tin in solution , owing to the
fact that in charging the accumulator
these metals are deposited upon the elec
trode at the negative pole , and Curing
the discharge yield a better result than
lead or other metals. Cobalt , nickel or
bismuth may also bo similarly employed ,
but with less advantage than cadmium
or tin , which tire more electro-positive
than lead and deposit more readily than
acid solutions. Those metals may bo em
ployed in different forms , but the best
results have been obtained with the fol
lowing solutions , in which tnoso metals
are contained : Water , 000 : sulphuric
acid. 100 ; sulphate of tin , 300.Vatcr,050 ;
sulphuric acid , GO ; sulphate of cad
mium , BOO. With these solutions
the mental deposits readily. It is barely
attacked when the circuit is open , but ft
is attacked with great uniformity when
the circuit is closed. The addition of a
bisulphato of mercury to the above men
tioned liquids renders the action still
more regular. As the action of the elec
trodes at the negative polo is derived
mainly from the tin or cadmium which is
deposited in charging , these electrodes
may consist simply of conductive plates
of carbon , lead , copper , tin or cadmium ,
cither pure or alloyed with other and less
oxidizablo metals.
To increase the duration of the elec
trodes at the positive polo , a part of the
conducting surface of the electrodes is
protected by drawing with an insulating
varnish vertical and horizontal lines two
or three millimetres wide and about two
millimetres apart. Those Hues form a
reticulated network , which is protected
from oxidation during a certain time ,
and which is said to increase the dura
bility of the electrodes. For this purpose
a varnish made of bitumen : gutta porcha
or other insulating material is used , or a
solution of platinum oholrido m essence
of lavenderIn the latter case , the network -
work having boon traced as above described
scribed , the metal is dried and the plati
num reduced by submitting the electrode
to the positive pole of a battery , ihe re
duced platinum preserves the metal bo-
neuth from oxidation and increases the
life of the electrodes.
Electrical Brerltlea.
Electricity was used at Hartford to
drop the distance flag. The dictance
judge touched a button anil both flags
fell simultaneously. With one exception
the new plan worked satisfactorily.
The electric motor gains ground so
rapidly that it is bard to keep pace with
all the new applications. One of the
motors of recant commercial inlroduc
tion is already in use in over 120 Indus
tries.
Prof. Thompson says that when the
means of utilizing the power of creating
quick heating by electricity shall be bet
ter understood ft will be used in every
workshop for welding , forging and other
purposes.
The prize of $10,000 offered by the
French government for the most valuable
discovery relating to the utilization ol
electricity , is to bo awarded next De
cember. It is for any use or application
of electricity , namely : as a source of
heat , of light , or of chemical action , as
a moans of transmission of mechanical
power , or of verbal communication in
any form , or , finally , as a curative agent
The Mansfield , O. , Electric Street
Hallway company writes that it has now
had its Daft road in operation for two or
three weeks , and that it is having ox-
collcnt success , mechanical and financial.
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African Cannibals.
Among recent discoveries in Africa
none is more interesting than the newfound -
found facts relating to the prevalence o !
cannibalism in regions where its exist
ence has not hitherto been suspected. It
was not known , for instance , until Mr.
Lust returned from his travels in East
Africa a few weeks ago , says the Now
York Sun , that at least ouo of the tribes
between Lnko Nyassa nnd the Indian
ocean are as great cannibals as many ol
the people of the Congo basin. Mr. Last
is the explorer who was scut out by the
Royal Geographical society of London
to solve several geographical problems in
the region east of Lake Nyassa.
Just a little south of Livingstone's
roulo to Lake Nyassa Mr. Last found that
cannibalism is practiced among the prin
cipal tribes of the great Yao tribe. Thi !
is perhaps the largest tribe cast o :
Nyassa. The practice of eating human
flesh is carried on only in secret , and the
leading men in the tribe alone partake o :
thcso banquets. Mr. Last was told , as an
excellent joke on the Mohammedans
thut a tow of them from tho. coast ha <
been inveigled into taking part in ono or
two of these horrid feasts m the belie ;
that they wcro partaking of goat's flesh
of which the coast people are fond.
Farther east , on the banks of the
Lukugu river , Mr. Last found the Maua
tribe , who openly practice cannibalism
Tliny kill slaves for food , and also cat the
bodies of the enemies they slay iu war
Oftentimes ono of the villages privately
determine to kill a certain person. Thoj
invite the victim to a public beer drink
ing , nnd as soon as ho is fur gone will
intoxication the chief gives the signal to
the executioners and they at oneu seize
the poor wretch and hurry him into the
bush , where ho is speared. Then the
feast is prepared and the entire village
partakes of it.
A drunken chief of this tribe told Mr
Last ho would like to have his skull for t
THE CHILDHOOD OF A DIVA ,
Early Teari of Adolina Fatti. the World's
Greatest Singer ,
HER BABY TRILLS AND CADENZAS
ItoralnUcencea or The Singer's Yomth
as Given hjr Herself Albani' *
Friendship Kor Her
A Grand Woman.
San Francisco Chronicle : The his
tory of Adolina Patti's career , public nnd
irivato , sinca first she appeared before
.he . world in the year 1859 as a primii
donna ot sixteen summers , in nil her
race , freshness nnd bloom , Is ns well
< nown to her admirers in the old conn-
: ry as in the now , but it has been given
to very few to hear the reminiscences of
icr childhood's days from the charming
singer's own lips. Adclina is not always
willing to talk about the dear old times
when her much-beloved father and
mother wcro still at her side to counsel
nnd caress her , the favonto child , ns
she seems to have boon from the first
hour her great dark eyes saw the light of
day."I
"I was born , you know a very few
liours after my mamma ( she pronounces
the word with a soft , lingering Italian
accent ) had performed in the opera of
'Gcmmo do Lu/.lano , ' nnd not in 'Norma , '
as is usually told , much to the surprise of
everyone , " recounts the prinm donna.
"It scorns I was a droll little thing from
the very outset. I didn't cry liito other
mortals. No ; 1 cried in time in the most
knowing manner. And when I was only
a few weeks oldwhen I saw my mamma
taking her supper I absolutely refused to
bo pacified until she gave mo a sip of her
claret and n crumb or two of the little
cakes which wcro always served with
wino in thee days. Long before I could
speak plainly , I would hum in baby fash
ion all the airs I had learned at her knee ,
and would try to imitate the song of
every bird which chirped in our garden. "
From her cradle the prlma donna
passed her life amid stage surroundings ,
and her paronts.who were both singers of
some reputation , would never go to ful
fil their evening's engagement without
taking their little one with them , and
among her very earliest recollections are
of being wrapped up in n shawl , aml
propped up bemud a "wing" peeping
through a hole in the canvas scenery to
watch the performance. The artists
made a great pet of the little dark-eyed
fairy and brought her apples and sweet
meats , which she discussed meanwhile.
At the theatre she felt in her element and
was never quite so happy olsowhere.
After returning homo and having been
put to bed , she would creep out again ,
and when no sound was to bo hoard in
the house , by the faint flicker of a candle
which she had secrotcd she would enact
all the scones she had been watching
so intently , doubling the roles of actress
and audience , dancing and singing and
clapping her hands and crying "Braval"
the next , and showering bouquets and
wreathes she had manufactured out of
old newspapers at her miniature feet.
Now she was Norma , stern and terri
ble ( Pattl always declares she proforod
tragio characters ) , now A ram a , now
Hosina , but whatever role she assumed
she always donned the same costume
an old red cloak of her mother's and a
hat of her father's.
Her innate musical talent was extra-
ordinary.and never did she have to learn
to execute any of the wonderful shakes ,
runs and stacatti which have so of ton
electrified us all , for singing came as
naturally to her as the birds of the air.
Her sister Carlotta taught her to plav on
the piano an accomplishment m which
she very soon bccamo proficient , and the
theory of music she studied assiduously
from her earliest days ; but her warbling ,
as I have said , was as spontaneous as the
trilling of a lark.
As a child , she has been described tome
mo as charmingly pretty and quaint
looking.notwithstandmg that the gamins
of Now York nicknamed her "Tho Little
Chinee , " because of her big black eyes
and brunette skin. She was always very
tiny for her ago , but slight and straight ,
with thick black hair , when unbraided ,
falling in curls about her neck ; her eyes
bright and eagerwhilst her broad brows ,
little pointed , nose and full round chin
each in turn emphasized the expressions
which crossed her baby face. Ono of
little Adclma's great accomplishments
was the bowling of her hoop up and
down Broadway , a tour do force , which
I am told she executed with surprising
chio , handling her small stick with the
same dexterity she now manipulates the
billiard cue. She was also very clover
with her needle , another art which she
still cultivates with success , as visitors at
Craig-y-Nos can well assort when they
remember the dainty embroideries with
which she has embellished anti-macassars ,
table cloths , serviettes and what not.
Patti was sent to school when only flvo
or six years old , and rapidly become a
great favorite with her school-fellows ,
whom she much amused with her elfish
ways and the "scones" she was always
ready to enact. Ono of her playmates ,
now the mother of a largo family , is very
fond of relating bow she once acted
Edgardo to Adehna's Lucia in the class
room when the teacher's back was turned ,
and how the little heroine implored her
"to be sure and die well. "
When the child had just about passed
her seventh birthday the opera company
organized by her parents came to an un
timely end , and , to aid them out of their
dillicultios , it occurred to the gifted fairy
herself to turn her talents to good ac
count , and ono day , after having seen her
mother with tears in her oycs , declaring
that their last dollar was spent , she con
ceived what proved to be a very happy
thought. Well she remembers timidly
saying to her father : "Papa , dear , your
beautiful pin which you always wore has
gouo uwiiv. Uul I get it back , if you
will only let mo give a concert. " How
her parents lauirhed at her temerity may
be imagined , but finding her so persistent
and confident tho.y at last agreed on tbo
venture. Her voice , though of course
not strong , was strangely sweet and me
lodious , and although she had often
warbled songs out of the operas in which
she had hoard her mother with marvel
lous imitation of her effect , many doubu
were expressed as to whether so 3'oung a
child would have full command of her
powers when in presence of a largo audi
ence. A concert was announced , how
ever , with Adellna as prima donna , nnd
as rumors of her talents had become
widespread , the tickets , priced at a few
cents sold well , and a full house as
sembled to do honor to the debut of the
infant prodigy. The prima donna laugh
ingly recalls to this day the many inci
dents which attended her first appearance
in public , how carefully her long black
hair was braided for the occasion ; how
her mother powdered her little brown
face until she became "beautiful in pal
lor , " and how no gorgeous costume she
has since worn has scorned to her as
altogether perfect as the plaid skirt ,
Oarabaldi iacket and bright rod shoes
procured for the great day by heranxiou ?
parents.
With her "favorite doll , " Hcnriotto , In
her arras , she was lifted on a table , sr
that tbo audlenco might see her us wol
M hoar her , and intent only on doing her
very best , sno began her favorite "Uasta
Diva " from "Norraa "
, , So precocious
were her emphasis nnd gestures that
many among her audience could scarcely
foreuaro smiling. I think that some ol
the mothers present who smiled must
have bad tears , too , trembling on tbo
brink ; and when she reached the florid
niovomcnt and like a thrush , piped and
trilled away , ns if in happy irrepressible
song , clutching her dear doll in nor arm *
til the time , and , finally , at the close of
bar aria , put her tiny hand on her tiny
lieart and courtoslcd with Ineffable 1m-
poatanco nnd gravity , a long burst ot ap
plause and laughter greeted her ,
and. triumphant , she flow into her
mother's eager embrace. From that hour
her name and fortune were made , and
her concerts bccamo the rage of the
town. The songs shn gave were mostly
those wo nro accustomed to hear from
her lips now , in the year of craco 1837 ,
such as "Una Vooe Poco Fa. " Shtibort's
serenade , "Homo , Sweet Homo , " and
"Comin * Thro'tho Uyo. " Her musical
Instinct was so keen that she could not
refrain from correcting any mistakes
that she hoard , and on ono occasion
when n certain great prima donna ap
peared at the Academy of Music , Now
York , when Adolina was among the
audience , nnd delivered her principal
cnvatina , Introducing n not quite ini-
maculate trill , thf > child , on being taken
to sec her the following day , looked into
her face very earnestly , and said : "You
sing well all except your trill , and that
is bad. You rest too long ou the first
note. Now , listen to me and try to do it
as I do. "
A tour was undertaken through the
West Indies when she was accompanied
by Ole Bull , the famous violinist , aud
Gottschalk , the pianist. Everywhere she
was enthusiastically welcomed , pelted
with flowers and laden with gifts of toys
and jewelry , not ono of which' however ,
did she value ns her faithful Honrictto ,
who always squeaked "papa" and
"mamma" so plaintively when she was
pinched with authority. An incident atone
ono of her tirst concerts created a furor.
In the midst ot one of her- long Italian
areas , it was evident that the thoughts of
this prima donna of seven summers were
wandorjug , and suddenly she exclaimed ,
on seeing a little school-fellow in the
concert room , "Oh ! Nellie ! do como just
right away. I've got another now doll I
want to show youl"
Sonntag. the good nnd charming
Countess Uosso , was the first eminent
singer whom Patti ever heard , and whoso
voice she describes "like that of angel , "
purer and rnoro thrilling than any she
has since known. AdclTna's fame had
reached Sonntag as Sonntag's had
reached Adelina , nnd when the prima
donnu paid a visit to Now York , she
asked for tbo child to bo brought to her.
Without any timidity at her request , the
baby cantratrice warbled through her
best songs , ono after another. Sonntag
kissed aud thanked her , and as n reward ,
gave her the beautiful rod fan she were
at her girdle. Nevertheless she expressed
an opinion that the "Wunderkind's" voice
had been tried too early , and that there
was no future before hor. Albani , the
nover-to-bo-forgottcn queen of contralto-
who hoard her at the tsamo t'.mo , prog1
nostigatcd very difl'erontly , declaring that
the bambina had all the making of a
great artist , and would become the diva
of her day.
It is now twenty-six years since Adel
ina Patti made her first appearance in
London , nnd Albani was among the
many celebrities present at that wonder
ful debut when the young Italian girl re
ceived without a hand as she bounded on
the stage , before the end of her first aria
had won evor.y heart and every ear , and
was greeted with frantic applause when
she came forward to know her final ver
dict. Albani's delight at her success
knew no bounds , and she never failed to
treat her protege with the utmost consid
eration and kindness throughout her ca
reer. Her affection is fully returned by
Patti , and if ever she has bcon in doubt
how to interpret a passage in an opora.it
has been to Albani and no other to whom
she has applied for counsel. There is a
passage m the air in "Somlramide"
which she warbled through many a time
with her dear friend , o'er venturing to
deliver it before n critical audienco. At
Kossini's grave , the two createst singers
the nineteenth century has known , sang
the master's inspiredv"Quis cst Homo"
together. ' '
In Pans at about the same period Patti
nnd Nilsson had omo slicrht differences.
It seems that Nilsson was jealous that her
rival should bava been chosen to sing the
"Quis est Homo , " and behaved not alto
gether amiably when the news reached
hor. "Never mind , " said'Adeline Putti ,
"what does it matter to you ? You have
only to be heard to bo admired. When
you sing Nilsson has to put on her
Swedish nightcari" . '
As a child Patti had always entertained
a secret hero worship for Marie and
Grisi , so that when she hoard that the
' 'king and queen of song" had been en-
aged for a series of representations in
S [ cw York her excitement know no
bounds. For many weeks before their
arrival she thought of nothing but thn de
light of hearing them for the first time ,
nnd saved all her pocket money to buy a
bunch of white camellias to present to
Urlsi on the grand occasion. On the
night of their debut , after the perform
ance was over , shy almost for the first
time in her life , clinging to her mother's
skirts , she ran behind the scenes , and as
she advanced toward the prima dona
hold out her pretty posy with a childish
gesture of entreaty. But Grisi
must have been vexed or weary ,
for , with a waive of the hand
eho motioned her away , saying , "No
just now , little girl ; another timo. "
With tears welling in her eyes and
wounded to the quick , the child turned
away ; but Marie , standing near , caught
her in her arms , and kissing away the
tears , promised "her to keep tlio camellias
forever for her sweet sake. "
Adelina Patti's admiration for Grlsi's
talents was very genuine , although she
takes some exception to thn nasal quality
of her voice when comparing her to the
incomparable Sonntag. Jenny Lind.too ,
she heard in Now York , and appreciated
her many gifts , natural and acquired.
Mmo. Uosio also won her regard , but ns
I have said , no voice she over heard ap
pealed to her like that of Sonntag.
Many of her cherished treasures arc to
bo found at Craig-y-Nos castle among
others , the friend and companion of her
youth , the doll Henrietto , dressed in
snowy white muslin and laces and ready
to "Mamma" and " "
as ever squeak "Papa"
when pressure is brought to bear upon
her.
A nnomnrangfnr Hilton.
Spingfiold Republican : The famous
edict of Judge Hilton against the Jews ,
proclaimed a few years ngo at Saratoga ,
has had the results so familiar to stu
dents of history. The Jews have multi
plied at Saratoga at an astonishing
rate. Over half of the hotel population
this summer at that resort are Jews , an
increase certainly of 100 per cent einco
tlio edict. Several of the hotels are now
owned by Jews , which Is an innovation ,
and tlttiro is a rumor that a Jewish syn
dicate is waiting to buy in Hilton's
own hotel , the Grand Union , when il
goes under the hammer next year with
other'property of the Stowurt estate. A
battle in the auction room between Hil
ton and a son of Israel would bu a fructi
fying epcctaclo , and if Hilton should re-
coivp notice to quit the promises but the
subject is too painful to contemplate.
They Had Mot In thn West.
New York Sun : First Stranger Youi
face is strangely familiar to mo , sir.
Have you a strawberry mark on your
loft arm ?
Second Stranger No , sir ; but I have a
rope mark on my neck.
First Stranger I knew 1 had scon that
face before ! i mot you in Dakota.
Sick headache , .wind on the slomrtch
biliousness , naujQii , uro promptly uni
agreoftbly banished by Dr. J. II. Mc
Lean'a Little Live.1 and Kidney rille(3. (
35o. u vial. '
SERENE SMILES OF AUTUMN
Snlliritn Balutamnii The Old Linen
Duster She.
THE MEETING IN THE ARBOR.
Boston Trlclci or All Trade * Huih
Money A I'oetlcnl Explana
tion The Itisk Too ( Jroat
nits of Fun.
Snlllran Bnlutnmun.
Hymn prepared for the recent John L.
Sullivan testimonial in Uoston Theatre ,
but rejected by the literary committee in
tavor of an original Greek ode :
[ n Hindoo nnd Snnscript and Persian ,
In Latin and Homeric Greek ,
Wo salute thco , ercnt monarch of sluggers ,
Uroat sultan of brawn and physique I
\ \ a exultantly wave oar ore-classes ,
And applaud In Athenian Greek.
Our satrcs from Concord salute thco ,
Our Ill-owning clubs hall thee with glee ,
And our theosontilcnl pundits
Address thco in Jlimlonstnnee ,
In the tongues of Confucius and Buddha ,
In Hebrew and llliuloostanool
Go forth with the Icnrnlng of Boston ,
Like Prometheus bearing the light ;
In the name of our polyglot wisdom
Defy the whole earth to a li.'lif
b'or , backed by the culture of lioston.
You can lick the whole earth In a light I
S. IV. KOJS.
The McotlnK In the Grape Arbor.
Merchant Traveler : The sun had set ,
and it was evening , when they stood be
neath the grape arbor. It is a somewhat
remarkable fact that evenings and sunsets
and grape arbor meetings should occur
with such unvarying slmultaneousncss.
"Algernon , " she whisperedand u picco
of chewing gum turned the whisper into
a sibilant sizzle , "you are hero ou sched
ule time. "
"You bet. " ho murmured in reply.
"But hark , I hear a , footstep. "
She harked , as requested , andsuddenly
grasping his wrist , she said , in a terrified
whisper : "It is father ! Fly I fly I"
"Gertrude , I have a bunion , and I
know , alas , too well , that were I to at
tempt to fly I would make a iizzlo of it.
I must stand my ground. "
The old man strode into the grape
arbor , straight to where Algernon stood.
"Ha , " ho said , "so it's you young man ,
is it ? Well how are you ? Glad to sec
you. How's your folks ? "
"They're- well , " caspo.l Algernon.
"That's good. Well , I'll leave you.but
if you and Gertie take my advice you'll
go right up into the parlor. You're likely
to catch your death of cold out here. "
The young man fell to the ground
motionless , lie wrote funny sketches for
the newspapers.
The Old Jjlncti Duster.
How dear to my heart Is the old linen duster
The old linen duster that covers my back ,
It never did lit me , 'twas made for a buster ,
A buster much bigger than 1 am , alack I
Yet still In the summer , when than Hades
'tis hotter.
That old linen duster 1 never would swap ,
For a new overcoat made of sealskin and
otter ,
With agraffes of pure gold set with diamonds
mends on top ,
That voluminous duster ,
That old linen duster ,
That buster of a duster that covers ray back.
She.
The more we study She the more wo
don't uudcrstand how it is She is able to
twist us around her little finger whenever
She feels like it. lint she is.
For whom is it that in childhood's
ippy days wo fight with a boy three
sizes larger than ourselves , and get so
severely punished that we can't sit up
for u week ? Why , She and She only
lauchs at us for our pains.
Who is it that devours all our spare
change in the shape of caramels , and
calls for more and gets them , too ? She.
For whom do we linger at slago doors
with $10 bouquets , to purchase which we
have to endure a fortnight's martyrdom
at free-lunch counters ? Sho.
Who is it that at the railroad restaurant
deals out the soul-destroying sandwich
and the death-dealing douchnut ? "Tis
She every time. If it wcro Ho wo would
slay him on the Sot | and glory in the
deed.
deed.Who
Who accepts our hard-earned gold on
the pretense of being u first-class cook ,
and then broils our steak iu a frying-pan
nnd boils our coffee an hour ? She.
Who is it that accepts our theater tick
ets , our | 8 suppers , our bouquets and
our devotion , and then goes off and mar
ries another follow ? She and for this wo
ought to forgive her a good deal.
Who , we ask.is it that when we employ
her as typewriter spells summer with one
m and February with only one r , and yet
escapes without censure ? It is Sho. Ah ,
yesl It is Sho.
Boston.
Buffalo Commercial.
Enow ve the land where the eyeglasses glitter ,
The Browning Club grows and the faith
cure Is taught ;
Where the barefooted small boys.tho maidens
who titter.
Are at homo In the foggy abysms of
thought ?
Know yo the land where the wildly loved
pumpkin
Ills rarest perfection and flavor attains ;
Where the foreign born guest and the visit-
lug bumpkin
Can eat or the beans and enliven their
brains I
Where the fox hunter gallops , with hounds
on the trail.
Ana winds up the chnso by roposlnc In jail ;
Where the love of the turtle , the hunger for
pie
Keep the restaurants busy , tho' the prices are
high.
Where the sons of the Puritan richly ar
rayed ,
Take unbounded delight In St. Patrick's pa
rade I *
Tls the land of the northeast , where Ben
butler hides ,
And Kelley. the Holder , In splendor abides.
Where the hearts ot the virgins that ten
derly glow
Are as bin as the tracks that they Icavo In the
snow !
Where spring is a season or unmeltcd Ice ,
And senators scorn to bo lowest In price ;
lint sweut as the joys of which lovers par
take
Are the pies they cook and the clams they
bake.
Trick * of all Trades.
Detroit Free Press. A citizen who sat
in the oflico of real estate dealer for an
hour the other day heard him Bay to a
roan who came in to place a house and
lot in his hands :
"I'll put it on my list at Su.OOO , but I
frankly toll you that is $1,500 too high.
If you get ! ? :5,500 : you are selling to good
advantage. "
"Well , do your best , " was the reply.
In about a hour a party caino in and
said ho was looking for a house and lot
worth about f 1,000 , and the dealer turned
to the ouo ho had last listed and said :
"I haven't any as cheap as that , but
hero is something for fO.OOO. which I
think will suit you , and I give you my
word it is ono of the greatest bargains in
Detroit. Owner is going to Knnsas and
must sell. I'd like to see you make $2,000
ns well as any ono I know Jt. "
Hush Money ,
Texas Sittings : "I expect those rich
men are very often blackmailed ? "
"Indeed they are. Why , it was only
last week that Jay Gould was obliged to
pay hush money. "
"You don't say so. I'm surprised that
it Is not in the paper * . So ho had to pay
hush monny. How much was ho bled ? "
"Ho onlv had to shell out S3 cents. It
was for a bottlci of paregoric or soothing
sirup fur that hnby. It squalls so that it
scares the cats oil the roof. "
Mtitti'-iriotlonlly Correct.
"How does It happen that there are so
mau" old maids uuion the school touch-
* rt ? " asked a reporter of n teacher the
other day.
"Iccauso ! school teachers are , as a rule ,
women of sense ; and no woman will
give up n fOO position for a $10 man , "
was the reply.
A Poetical Kxplanntlon.
A young man having been twitted with
the fact that his sweetheart squinted , re
plied thus in verso :
I know thorn's a cross nboutXorah's blue eye ,
Hut that fact my love cannot smotnrr ;
For her eyes are so pretty ; no wonder they try
To bo gazing round Into each other.
Certain Queries.
Oh I where did the "postaeo stamp ? "
And what did the "cotton honk ? "
Oh 1 win-re did the "sugar camp ? "
And what did the "pastry cook ? "
For whom did the "paper weight ? "
And why did the "HiundprclaiiV"
Oh I whrro did tlio "roller skate ? "
And where did the "ginger snap ? "
The Itlnlc Was Too Great.
Now York Sun : Chinaman ( in tele
phone pay station } Can I spcako
thloiigh tclnllono to flicnd ou Mottstlcet ,
allo sameo I pay you ?
Man in ChargeNo , John. I've just
got the machine fixed up In good shape ,
and I don't want to take tiny chances.
More Vcxatlnu * Than DnnReroit * .
Now York Sun : The story is told that
recently Mr. John Shornun was crossing
Brooklyn bridge when the car in which
ho was seated lost its grip on the cable.
An old lady opposite showed signs of
alarm.
"Don't bo rfightonod , madam , " said
the great Ohio financier ; "tho car has
simply lost Its grip. "
"Isn't it dangerous ? " she inquired.
"No , madam , " ho reassured her ,
"there is nothing dangerous about losing
n grip , but its exasperating. "
The All-Imnortant Question.
Will the coming man do this or that ?
Will ho wear a cap or a tall hat ?
Will ho bo bravo or will ho shrink ?
Will ho abstain or will ho drink ?
Will ho prate of "put" and "call ? "
Will ho ulay at famed base ball ?
Those great questions nil the mind ,
And tliu talk of Hunt mankind.
Hut the maiden , all forlorn ,
hooks on thesH with perfect scorn.
As she honrs his well known ring
At the door go "tlng-a-llng , "
This question tu her face full shows :
"Will the coming man propose ? "
HOME DECORATION.
An Expert Gives Some Hints Worth
Heeding Iu Fall Innovations.
Never hang n picture so that it will be
necessary to mount n stopltuldor to view
It. Hang it so that the center will bo
about flvo feet and a half from the floor ,
a little below the line of vision of a per
son of average height.
Never select furniture whose "means
of support" do not appear adequate.
Chairs with spindln legs inclined too far
inward or outward have an apparent
tendency toward disruption nnd are con
stant terrors to callers. Straight , sub
stantial legs suggest strength and inspire
confidence.
Never treat a hallway as though it
were a dooryardand no part of the house
proper. A hall should bo inviting , nnd
hold out to the visitor a promise of the
beauty of the inner rooms.
Never put a piece of furniture into a
room merely because it is pretty and will
ill ! up. Every article should have its
real or apparent use ; as a general thing
the necessary pieces will occupv all the
space that should bo allotted to furniture
Never permit a white marble mantle to
disfigure tin otherwise tasteful room.
Cover it with a draped mantel board.
White marble has a suggestion of ceme
teries ubput it. It alwavs looks crude in
a drawing room , even in the form of the
finest sculpture.
Never forget that an open fire and ju
diciously selected pictures will make any
room cheerful.
Never put paper on the walls of a nur
sery , it is better to either paint or kalso-
mme. There is always danger of poison
in the coloring of the paper or of the
paste becoming sour.
Never have a drawing room so filled
with frail and delicate bric-a-brac
that the least movement is fraught with
danger of costly and wholesale breakage.
This docs not conduce to ease.
Never have dark carpet aud walls in n
room that is deficient in light. Only
apartments open to the outer light will
stand gloomy tones in decoration.
Never use an inordinately largo mirror
with si bulbous gilt frame , planned with
the evident purpose of getting rid of as
much gold leaf as possible. Small
bovolou glasses in sconces or framed in
rich plush of color harmonizing with that
of the wall paper are iu bettor taste.
Never hang a picture from one nail.
Aside from the more question of safety ,
the use of two nails , the cord stretched
across them so as to come down squarely
to the corners of the frame , has a sym
metrical effect and makes the walls look
very much more finished.
Never have a carpet patterned with
gigantic roses or actual flowers. They
Harmonize nothing. The colors in a oar-
pot should , in a great measure , complete
the color scheme adopted for the room.
Never place a picture or a bit of deco
ration where it does not serve some ar
tistic purpose. If a picture is intended
to bo seen in u strong light do not put it
in an obscure corner , and , on the other
hand , if it bo painted in a high color key ,
do not bring it within the direct influence
of brilliant sunburst.
Never imitate a rich material in a
cheaper ono. The use of glossy paper
laid oft' like squares of marble for hall
decoration has fortunately been done
away with , but the use of bogus stained
glass still continues to charm the taste
less.
DR. OTTERBOURG ,
Cor. lUth and Dodge Sib. , Omaha , Neh.
A Kc iilar Graduate In Medicine
nnd Npovlul Practitioner.
Authorized to trout all Chronic , Norvou nnd
" .Special Diseases. "
( Whether cniisud by lirprudonoo , I.TCPSS or
Contusion ) Seminal Wiialcnn * < i , ( nltht loisoM
Hoxuiil Debility , ( loss of sczuul power ) . Nerv
ous Debility , llfood Disorder * , etc. Cunitilocahes
Kiiurnnicod or money refunded. Ulinrgi1' low.
Thousands of cusus cured. Aif" nnil experience
are Important All medicines especially pio-
pared lor oacli Individual c > e ,
J\o liijiiriou * or rolHonoiii Com-
No time lost from business. Patients at n
dietanco treated by letter undoxprosH. Modk'luo
cut every wlieru fico from nu/u or brenUiiKO.
\o Delay In Filling Or < lv * .
Fort contain stamps , will mail i'mo , nil our
printed literature. , onibrneliitftt"HyDiptomI.l3l"
on which to ( iot u lull history of Minoaio , etu.
Btnto your eoso und tend lor ti-nni Al ! wo
nsklsatrial. Secrecy obsoned either In person -
son or by mull.
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LEMY WOFN6 ! ,
Tin or Iron , Uepaired.
And I'nlntud , nnd guurHntned tli-'ht for number
otjcrtrs. i'uluunurur blister.
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Manufactured and repaired. Fire I'roof I'nlnt
ttppllad 1 to ( bin nlun , 15 year * tupcrlnnco.
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Ladies' Kid Opera Slippers , $1 ,
OucThou&aud Pair Childrcns'Shoc,50c. '
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SVPHM8 A dlBoaso most horrible In Its result *
compldtely crudlcntod without the UBO of
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Who may bo sutlerliur troui the olTcotfl of youth
ful follies or imllscrmlons , will do well to nvull
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itud f nils to cure.
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nracuntlonsot the btiuldor , otlon acrompunloil
liy H HllKht smiirtlnif or bnrnhiK Bunsutlon unU
woakunltiK of the system In u iiintitier the pu-
tiunt cunnol nccount for. On uxummlnir tlio
urinary deposits n iopy lodlmont will of ton bo
louml.mirt t-omotlinos small piirtlclo uf nlbu-
nifen will appnar or the color b of u thin , milk-
Ish liuu , ataln clmiinin to n durK or torpid up-
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