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if if"t - jy ! _ r- ' . " - , -5TT 12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEESUNDAY. . SEPTEMBER 25. l&tt.-V.TVVELVE PAGES. TBE REALM OF ELECTRICITY , , Xeview of the Latest De volopmcnts and Inventions. RAILWAY ELECTRIC LIGHTS. ; Electric lighting Tor Private Ilosl- dcnoes Mechanism for Walloons Klcctrlo Unllwny In Canada A Uraln Tenter. Train flighting on thn Continent. Electrical Worhl : From recent ac counts , ( Jcrman nnd French , wo nrcablo to giro Bomo description of two systems aow in use on the continent In which the dynamo Is carried on the train and power taken from an axlo. Lighting trains by an electric current supplied by a dynamo carried on the train has been tried for xome time in England , on the London , Brighton & South Coast , and there are now on that road four trains provided with thin means of lighting. For over two years there nave also been important experiments made in this direction in Germany , and in consequence quence of the favorable results of the experiments In the eleetrlral works In Cannxtatt In the spring of 188G , a passen ger train on the route between Stuttgart and Hall , on the Hoyal Wurtemberg railroad , has been lighted In this way. Since May of this year 11 passenger train on the Maln-Kcckar road , between Frnnkfort-on-tho-Main and Heidelberg , has been lighted by the same s.yttem. The following conditions wore im posed : 1. The lighting should be independent of the ruto of speed and direction of the train , and particularly the stopping of the train must have no inllucnco upon it. 2. The lighting must bo independent of the locomotive , and the movement of the dynamo must also have no connection with It. 3. It must be possible to separate the cars without affecting the light. 4. It must bo possible , when necessary , to change cars belonging to an electric ally lighted tram for others , provided , of 'course , with electric lamps , but not charged for immediate use , and have them BO arranged that they can bo lighted at once. In the same way it must also be possible in case of emergency to add to a connected train extra cars to a certain extent without detriment to its lighting power. 6. The arrangement for the lighting miifit not require un electrician to attend to it , but bo manageable by the employes of the road. The general disposition of the ap paratus on the two trains ulrcadv men tioned is as follows : In the baggage car are the- dynamo and regulating ap paratus. The dynamo is driven from the nearest axle , and the current generated charges accumulators. Every car has two accumulator batteries , each of eight accumulators ( KhotinsKy's system ) , onn of which serves to supply the lamps , and the other is in reserve , By this moans the lighting is made independent of the movement or velocity of the train , and fluctuation of the lights is avoided. In the earlier experiments the current passed from the dynamo directly to the lamps , and only when 1) ) certain speed was reached were reserve batteries in serted. This always caused fluctuations in the light. By the present arrangement of the accumulators , if the current is diminished in consequence of exhaustion , so that a diminution of the light is no ticeable , the second charged battery can bs nttaCiisU ts ths lamps , and tha empty one bn connected with the dynamo. As the charging of the accumulators is suffi cient for live hours , iho train employe , after this , requires only a turn of the hand to make this connection. As the dynamo follows the direction of the train , running first right , then left , a simple automatic contrivance brings the contact brushes to the right position , and at the same time controls the direction of the current. Other automatic regulators prevent a return current to the dynamo from the reserve batteries when running at low speeds , and also cquali/.e the cur rent from the dynamo to the batteries , \ making it independent of the nnmber of revolutions of the dynamo. For the lighting , lamps arc used of the | Bernstein system , which are attached to the coiling of the cars and protected by lass bolls. In the third-class cars two ! ' j lamps ! are used , each of three-candle I ; power. In the first and second-class cars , I three lamps of fivo-candia power each aroused. In the first nud second-class oars arrangements nro also made to hade the light in an artistic manner. The connection between the cars is made by a cubic , with contact surfaces. The coupling resembles that of the Westinghouse brake. On the trains running between Stutt gart and Halle , the weight of each stoiago battery is nbout JJiJO pounds , or 000 pounds to the cnr. . As to the cost of this manner of lightIng - Ing , a well-known electric fnctory gives the following figures : For fitting up near oar , from f 100 to f340 : for fitting up the baggage car with dynamo , etc. , from | 8Tto $ CO. The working cost , which cannot yet bo estimated from actual ex perience , as the the time of trial is still o short'can bo calculated by supposing tbe life of the lamps to bo GOO hours , and that of the accumulators throe years , and charging 10 per cent per annum ot the I other expenses of fitting , which would mount to tlirco-qunrters of nccnt per | jllamp per hour , while the cost of equivn- lent gas lighting may bo reckoned at [ H from .84 to 1.15 cents. I1 Private Electric Lighting. Providence Journal : A system of clco- . .trie lighting for private residences hu.s up gto the present time boon sought for by ! electrical engineers without obtaining JrenulW either practical or economical. A 1 Journal reporter yesterday saw nn inter esting exhibition of n method that will do this and give the private houses light of a quality that largo establishments hitherto alone have been nblo to afford economically. A lltllu Hewer - er dynamo furnishes the cur rent , and is run by u small Ship- nan engine of two horso-powcr. The djnamo itself is but little larger than nn . .ordinary waste basket , nnd the engine joccupies nn insignificant corner of the room , running automatically hour after hour without attention , maintaining .the SIM pressure and speed. This little- plaal runs fifteen incandescent lamps of uxleen candle-power ouch , of unusual steadiness , and the results prove that electric lighting in private houses is an accomplished possibility. In the same room , and operated by the same engine. ia a Imilnr dynamo , the Watertiouso , of little larger size , that astonishes many electricians who hive visited it by fur- nUhlng with two horse-power four are light * of 3,000 candlo-powor each , for It ha * always been accepted as n fact that n Ingle arc light required one horse-power. The same dynamo is also seen running thirteen incandescent lamps of sixteen easdle-powcr. two ot twenty-live candlepower - power , two of thirty , ono of 105 , and one arc light , while It operates n sowing machine from n small electric motor with almost fierce rapidity. This ilynaiuc is self-adjusting , and as thn lights on the circuit are successfully turned off the 'remaining onus are not affected in bril- laucy or steadiness. The especial inter et In these two electric systems centre- in the fact that they allonl n practical Utlon of the problem of lighting pri ' houses cheaply nud practically. 'Klectrlcal ' Mechanism for Balloons. Electrical World : It is announced thai 2a taln Konard , chief of the military 9n service nt the camp of Chalons franco , has invented n mechanism foi on steering and propelling. Thi K * * . 1 V t \ . elor.tric balloon made by him two years ago could not make headway against n current of the velocity of raoro than flvo jiictcra a second ; that I ? to say , against a light wind. It is alllrmcd that with his Invention the balloon will bo able to re sist a current of double ; the strength. If it is true , it is a step forward which may render balloons really useful in' times of war. Captain Knnard Is so confident of the success of his now propelling mechanism that , in' order to prevent the secret being discovered , ho Is having each piece of the machine made in a different establishment mid In various parts of France. When they are all finished they will bo sunt to him , and ho himself will put them together. It Is said that tlio macnlno will bo completed by about the end of September , when the Invention will bo put to n test without delay. Klcctrlo Railway In Canada. Mr. J. H. Kllley , of Hamilton , Ont. , writes to the Ottawa Evening Journal , advocating the use of the great water power of the Ottawa to generate cur rent for electric lights and the street railways. Steps have in fact been taken in this direction. He adds : "An electric railway is now being equipped between St. Catharines , Ont. , ftnd Thorold. It is six miles In length , The dynamo will bn run by water power from the Welland canal. An electric railway IB also under construction at Niagara Falls , Ont. It will bo near the water level in the gorge from the suspension bridge to the falls. There will als.o bo two electric double elevators and electric lights in cars and along the line of the railway , the writer having to superintend Us construction , etc. The motive power to run the generators - orators will bo steam. " Why not water power in this case also ? Klcntrlo Drain Tester. New York World : Wall street was treated to a new thrill the other dav , compared with which the sensations caused by the recent startling occur rences In that speculative centre were as water to ardent spirits. It was whispered about that Dr. William A. Hammond had been examining Jay Gould's head , and that he had made the examination with au instrument whiim faithfully re ported everything that was going on inside , together with numerous valuable facts respecting the inter-cranial con struction. The instrument Is the invention of Dr. J. S. Lombard , formerly of Harvard col lege , now of Leamington , England , where hu has gone to live , and is a won derfully delicate thermometer , whereon the heat is recorded by changing it into electricity , and by this means are most delicate differences of temperature indi cated. Dr. Hammond explained the operation familiarly by s.iying that in till properly constituted right-handed men the right suit ) of the head is the hotter. If the thermo-electric poles are applied to the two sides of the head , and this fact is not made clear , there is some improper accumulation of blood which brings about a ditlorent result. Similarly , the forehead in all healthy people is hotter than the back part of tlio head. If the calorimeter should indicate something different from this , then again there would bo something wrong. Repeated experiments and observations will ordi narily show what the matter is. Varia tions from the standard temperature will reveal the presence of incipient paralysis nnd other diseases of the brain. Protecting Battery Wires. A correspondent writimr to the Elec trical World asks : "I should like to inquire what causes the wires connected to the binding posts of a Lecif.iiche bat * tcry to turn green nnd cat ojf when the battery is hermetically sealed , so that there is no chance for a creeping up of the liquid ? Is there a possibility that the .gas fumes escape and attack the copper wire ? If so , what is the best wire to use for such connections , and what besides parallino can bo applied to the wire to protect it ? " ANSWEK Where the salt itself docs not creep it is usually the ammonia gas escaping from the cell which attacks the wires and binding posts , especially when the cells are in a damp situation. Besides parufllno , shellac or asphalt varnish applied to the bare copper will protect from corrosion. A Now Uontal Mallet. Electrical World : In the operation of filling teeth , dentists are much incon venienced by the dilliculty of obtaining a sufficiently hard blow , and at the same time striking the exact spot under treat ment. To accomplish the purpose sev eral forms of dental "pluggors" operated by electricity have been devised. In some of these the entire working apparatus has been placed within tlio handlu of Iho instrument , thus making it somewhat bulky. In order to avoid this , Mr. Philip llelmur , of Clinton. Iowa , has recently devised an apparatus in which the circuit breaker is entirely separated from the plugger , and the construction of the latter gives increased power to the blow. Kloctrlolty Through Oases. Electrical World : In the number of the Proceedings of the Hoyal society which has just appeared , there will bo found a paper by Processor Schuster , F. 11. S. , containing an important contribution to our knowledge of the phenomena of the discharge of electricity through gases. The principal result established by those researches , says the London Electrician , is the following : "A steady current of electricity can be obtained in air from electrodes at thn ordinary temperature winch are at n ditforonco of potential of one-quarter of a volt only ( and probably Jess ) ; provided that un independent cur rent is maintained in the same closed vessel. " In other words , while n con tinuous discharge is passing through a vacuum tube the gas acquires the prop erty of conducting crossways under an E. M. F. , which , says the author , "I Jpe- liovu to bo indefinitely small , but which tlio sensitiveness of the galvanometer I was using has prevented mo from tracinp with certainty oelow u quarter of n volt. ' Ho then shows that this leads to the im portant conclusion that "there cannot bo a finite thil'erouco of potential between r gas and a metal in contact greater that . " This conclusion has that amount. gen erally been tacitly assumed in discussions of contact potential , and it is therefore the more satisfactory to obtain au experi mental proof of its correctness. Pro fessor Schuster accounts for the observed facts upon the following theory : "If the two atoms of a gas making up the mole cule are charged by opposite electricities , but are hold together in addition by molecular forces , a finite force is required to overcome the latter. But as soon as that force is obtained mul the atoms themselves arc set frco to diffuse aWl con stitute a current , these atoms will bo nblo to follow any electromotive force which wo may apply. If. then , wo have aux iliary electrodes , these electrodes will establish their elcctrio field , which wo can never screen off completely from any other part of the vessel except by closed surfaces. The atoms , with their positive and negative charges , will diffuse across to the auxiliary electrodes and give.oft"thiiir electricity to them , No Unite dilfereuco of potential is required In the auxiliary electrodes , because oven if there is work done in making an atom interchange its .positive for negative electricity , that work is undone again at the other polo , whore atoms of ft similar kind interchange negative for positive electricity. " Nearly Killed l > y Electricity. Now York Tribune : A Email steam engine , in tlio rear of the National , theatre in the .Bowery , used to run an electric machine , and has been in charge ot William.Hart , a competent engineer , , Ueforo the time for the tnr.atro to open r last evening. Hart noticed that ona of I the electric light above the boiler had been burned out , and ho climbed on the boiler to place n uow glebe on the olcc- . trio wire.1 Ho used n pair of pliers to disconnect the ulobo. At that time the engine was going at full speed. The in sulating cover of the wire had been cut through , and as the pliora closed on the wire Hart received a'chargo of electric ity that knocked him senseless. Ho fell backward on the boiler , and lay there writhing in convulsion ! ) , until a small boy Who happened to be iu the engine room called in men from ElbaDcth street. ' Thov dragged him olf- the hot boiler nud Policeman Heller ran to the Mulberry street police station to summon an ambulance. The surgeon from St. Vincent hospital worked over Hart for nearly an hour be fore the engineer became conscious. Before that it required the strength of several men to hold him at times , so violent lent wore the convulsions that racked his body. When Hart was able to talk ho said ho felt as if a million needles were sticking into him at the moment of get ting tlio shock. Ho refused to go to the hospital , but after the ambulance went away ho was attacked again bv convul sions that lasted over an hour. Hart hajl been "shocked" , less violently on three previous occasions , and ho said last night that the unpleasant sensations wore off in a day or two. The Rleotrlo Search liamp Under Flr Some interesting experiments , accord ing to the London Electrician , were re cently made at ijydd camp with the electric search light. It was dofircd to work the light under the fire of the rllles nnd the Gardner guns of an enemy. The engine and apparatus which worked the light were placed under n casemate about 200 yards from wnore the light was actually seen. The light was so arranged as to bo under cover nnd to throw the rays on to a reflector on the top of a par apet , by moans of which tlio country round was scoured under a shower ot bullets fired nt it. The rollecting disk had n diameter of twentv-six niches , nud it wns found that , although it was struck by bullets several times , the damage - , age was practically nil , the reflecting power being only diminished by the nrca of bullet holes. The reflector was worked by four temporary guy ropes , divided equally round Us surface , two to give depression or elevation and the other twofer for lateral direction , all these move ments being worked from the'casemate. The difficulty in shooting nt this bright light was found to bo very great indeed. Aim could only bo taken through n dark piece of oiled paper placed over the fore sight. Ten marksmen of the East Surrey regiment and a Gardner gun were brought to bear upon the light. Several hundred rounds were fired at 1,000 yards nnd 600 ynrds. It wns found , after two hoars' sharp firing , that the reflector had been struck fifteen times without'boing' seriously damaged. The light was shown nt intervals of nbout a minute only. Electricity nnjl Cooon. . i St. Louis Globe-Democrat : The use of lectricity , cold ami e\orciso"are regarded * s tonics'by many. They all act in this ray. there can be no doubt , but whether 10"first one named has any spcclnl tonic ewer is still not proven to thesntisfnc- lon of everyone. Electricity undoubt- dly causes muscular contraction , but- it s not by reason of its being akin to or dcntical with nervous energy. It has he power of compelling a discharge of ervous force sometimes wheu it would ot otherwise bo developed. It is of mmcnso value In exercising paralyzed , uusclcs and preventing them from wast- ng ; away until the nervous system can ight itself and resume control of them. I'firough the Jr.isginatiou it , HffhU p ain ho spark of hope in the discouraged iuffcrcr , nnd occasionally enables the will to regain control of muscles"whoso use has been forgotten as in total loss of oico in certain hysterical cases. As lectricity is simply ono of the formH of brce , like heat and light , it can add milling to the constituents of the body , t may stir up matters and hasten vital hangcs , and in this way , liko'oxurcise , massage , cold baths , shampooing , etc. , it may indirectly net as u tonic , But the extravagant claims of some of its ad mirers are without foundation , in fact , ther than those just stated. Lightning in a Now Role. Electrical Heviow : The following nb- itract of n letter , addressed to Mr. Ch. D. Jcnney , of Indianapolis , contains n most interesting statement as to the effects of lightning on an electric light Dlant at Grcencostle , Ind. : "On a recent night wo were for over an iiour in the midbt of an electrical storm at this place. For half an hour of that line the arc light machine , feeding ! iirty lights , was run entirely by the itrrunts in the air. The lightning ar rester allowed for that time on arc of ; reon light , which was as steady as n .amp. Tlio regulator set the brushes over till they wore neutral , BO far that without the air current no lights would liavo shown. The lightning arrester on the aeries incandescent circuit showed a continuous line of light , but not so strong as the arc. The engineer said that ho had to let the lire go down low to keep steam "ow enough. After the storm the regu- atnr placed the brushes back in the field , and it required the usual power of the engine. The air was fairly ablaze with electricity from 0 to nearly 10:30 : p. m. " Electricity an a Domestic Servant. The New York Mail and Express has a cading article on the electric bootblack , nnd remarks : "If one may black his shoes by electricity , why not brush one's hair and teeth by the same over-ready agent ? The same machine , if the wire were made long enough , would do for all three. Of course , there would have to bu three different brushes , but that could bo easily arranged. A little fur ther extension of the same principle would give us an elcctrio broom to sweep our floors , and an clectrio duster. A slightly different attachment being used , ono might put on a watch-key to the revolving part of the machine and wind up his Wuturburyin nn almost incredibly short time. The snmo "twirler , " or whatever they call it , might bo made to run an egg-beater or stir u bowl of cake , while , by putting on a contrivance mod eled somewhat after the pattern of n liny-tedder , bread might bo kneaded as thoroughly as anybody micht choose without the expenditure of n single foot pound of muscular strength. " A Frightened Lahorer. St. Paul Pioneer Press : I have a friend at the capital who dearlyloves a jpko , 11(1 ho told mo with much gusto an inci dent which took place in n lower town grocery store. In the basement of the store is the apparatus with which the proprietor ponerates the electricity for his owji store lighting plant. A laboring man had occasion to go down stairs looking for something when my friend nnd the engineer were talking nbout the great drawing power of ono part of the magnetic instrument. The laboring man was walking near to this magnet , which Is of great power , when suddenly , ns ho moved around , his tin pail was snatched from his hand and drawn by the mys terious element whack up against the iron. With n yell like a Sioux Indian the frightened man turned , gave ono glance at that tin pail hugging the black iron nnd broke for the stairs on the dead run Electrical Brevities. The use of electric light on. public buildings at Washington has led to a great increase in the number of spiders' webs. The lights attract multitudes of insects , nnd these , in turn , attract the spiders. An electric light plant has been ordered for Kobe , Japan. Activity Is noticeable everywhere ju the department of applying electricity to street railway propulsion , nnd every In dication points to the earjy execution of some very licnvy and important work In this field. Preparations for tlio olectrlcnl exhibi tion of the Now York Elcclncnl society nro now going on on all ildcs , nnd before tlio month Is out n very creditable dis play will bo laid before the public of Now York , whore nothing of the kind has over been attempted before. ' ' Thn subject of train lighting by elec tricity continues to attract n largo share of public nttcntion , nnd .will be the moro pressing now that the davs grow shorter nnd the use of artificial illumination be comes moro necessary. Italy nnd England nro joining Franco in the movement for lighting nil the theatres bv electricity , nnd in Spain also the electric light is being , resorted to for securing greater safety in public halls , theatres , cafes , etc. Russell Sage is quoted assaying that the Western Union is master of the tele graph situation , nnd 'will not pay moro than $3,000,000 , if that much , for the Bal timore & Ohio Telegraph company. It is stated that the electric light of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor ( s proving very attractive to largo numbers of small birds and bats. They fly against the thick glass , and being stuuncd by the shock fall to the ground below. The Boll telephone pcoplo know noth ing about tlio proposed Whnrton Baker 160,000,000 telephone and banking syndi cate of China. Telephone patents do not hold in China , nnd outside of small European nnd American colonies the telephone could not bo introduced into China. The government is secretly op posed to all foreign enterprises nnd underhanded in its methods of defeating them. No reliance can bo placed even on its concessions. The American Institute of Electrical Engineers held its first meeting and din ner for the present season on Tuesday evening , September SO-in New York. The title of the paper read was : "On Electric Street Cars , with Special Refer ence to Methods of Gearing. " The author was Mr. Anthony Rcckcnzaun , M. E. Mr. C. A. Brock , proprietor of the Electric Light Engraving company , of New York city , proposes to equip his gallery with actual 2.000 candle-power focussing lamps , and has ordered from tlio American Electric Manufacturing company n specially wound dynamo for this purpose , with the required focussing lamps , the whole to bo operated so as to produce a daylight effect by concentrat ing the light at a given point. This will result in a moro rapid means of photo graphing , irrespective of the condition of the weather. CONMUBIALirtES. , A.jnan named Day recently nmjrled Miss Week-ln Minneapolis. There are now two Days to the Week in that family. , A frontier agent of Urn government has married a Crce Indian maiden. These Indian agents Are a graceless lot. and more of them should be Cruo-matud. Prof. F. J. H. Merrill , of Columbia college , was married recently , the brldo being Miss Eik'erton , of Ulpon , Wisconsin , tbe first woman graduate of that Institution. Judge Wtilton , of Corslcana , Texas , has performed the marrlago ceroinony for 7HT > couples durlnf the last olghtaen months. Ills revenue from this source exceed * 80,000. A'rural bridal couple goKmarrled In Freeport - port the Other day and wenttto m restaurant for the wedding least , which consisted of pumpkin pie and two bottles of pop. Thn bride wore lung white veil , A young man and wouiaainuated all over the town of Reading a few vevenlngs since , -without llndln i a preacher .to join them to gether. U wns n' ' ' r "lldnlslit when sljg. compromised - promised on a justice of the peace. The/ / poker craze has hit Dakota very badly. T'ie ' other day Frank Moxieiwas to have been married , The brldo was there , and the parson anil friends , but the .hriilagroom wns uilnslng. The paraon went 'after the delin- qucQt.and found him playliR. a big game of poker , with some prospectors and winning all bofora him. lie did not ! chide him. but got Into the game , and there was no wedding that day. "itusliiess before pleasure , " they said , and stuck to the game. A young couple of Hardln county , Ken tucky , wanted so much to cet married in splto of parental opposition that they started .from home on a itcent Sunday afternoon , walked in the Drolling hot sun twenty miles across the country to Upton station , where thuy caught a train late at night for Louis ville. When thev arrived In Jeffersonvlllo they were so thickly coated with dust and coal soot that thov were thought to be ne groes , but they washed up and married. A young couple called at Judge White's house In Chicago one evening anil aslcd him to matry them. They looked like WOIRIIK' people. As he stepped to ono sidu to iiuiko some preparations the young man came un and whispered In Ins ear , " 1 say , Judge , 1 hain't got no stuff to-night , she's not the stiitl there in her bag , I'll bring It to you toner - row. but I don't think It would look well to begin on her In that way to-night , do vouV" The ceremony proceeded and next iniirnln ; the young man was on hand with the ttull. Koine time In.tune Henry Purls , a whole sale grocer of Chicago , began taking baths at the Rammolsburg , Ark. , hot springs , where ho has been a frequent bather until Monday. About live weeks ago Katie L. Edwards , a colored girl , came there for a few days as a substitute. Purls met her and lost his heart. Tuesday night no secured his license and \Vednesday night they were married by the Rov. W. 13. Carson , the pastor In charge of tin ) African Method 1st Episcopal church there tuking the train at once tor Chicago. Purls made his wife a wedding present of 810,000 cash and his check tor 85,000. Katie has been married and divorced from a negro bus- band. A couple who hadn't been married more than ten minutes , and who wore as oblivious to the world as tlio newly married usually are , furnished sport for passengers on an Arizona village horse-car. They were making their wedding journey , and the street railway was the line w.hlch they patronized. The bildo was clad in a blush and white dress , and usnd her back to conceal the groom's right arm , while she amused herself by play- lully trying on his gloves. The husbind had occasion to converse with Ins wife in n whisper , and every time ho whispered lie left a kiss on her neck. Finally the conductor became nervous , and stopped the car with a jerk. Somebody said "rats , " and all hands not off , that is , all except thn two who had beun made one. They wentto the end ot the route , gave another nickel , nnd rode back again. EDUOAT10NAU Mrs. Martha 11. Moore has bequeathed to Colby university S5.000 to b applied for the purchase of a library. Harvard opens Septembor-29. It Is ex pected that there will bo fully 'AOOO students in the various departments. The youngest daughter of Mr. Gladstone Is principal ot thn college for young women at Newnham , nor Cambridge. Wellesley college opened Thursday. Six hundred and fifteen student * registered , of whom 180 are members of tlie-frehsman class. Iowa Wesleyan unlverslty'reoelves 810,000 from the citizens ot Mount .Pleasant , which Insures the erection of a gr atly needed new building. A state university for colored people Is to bo built In Montgomery , Ala , The city has given 55,000 and three acres of land to the in stitution. President McCosh , of Prlnretou , has an nounced that applications for the degiees of Ph. U. , 1) . 1) . , 1J. Sc. and Lite D. would now be received. Charles U. Perkins , Ph. D. , late of Johns Hopkins university at lialtimoro , has been placed In chariro of the department of phy sic , recently added to the Uryn Mawr col lege.Lr. Lr. ) Coggswoll and his wife have given a million dollars for the establishment of a technlR school , where youths will be taught tbe mechanic arts gratuitously , In San Fran cisco , A Yale diploma 123 years old was recently picked up at an auction sale In Now York it belonged to the Rev. Klain O. Potter- who was graduated In 1705 , under President CUpp. The number of students enrolled nt the uni versity of Lelpslo for the summer semester Is 8o4 ; , of whom 1,440 are Saxons. Last win ter the whole number of students In atteir.1- UDCtt was 3,251. The theological seminary at Andnver opened a few days ago. Dr. Kgoert Smyth really in charge , although nominally uls- GREAT AUCTION SALE ! OF TOWN LOTS AT GRAND ISLAND , NEB , SEPT. 28TH , AT 2 O.CLOCK P. M. 160 LOTS WITHOUT RESERVE IN THE BEAUTIFUL ADDITION OF WEST VIEW ! Tins is beautifully located nnd view in nil directions fine. One dollnr invested here will return ten. Grand Island has n population of 12,000 , is the end of .n division of the U. P. railway nnd terminus of the St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad. The 0. & R. V. railroad stnrts-froin Grand Island , penetrating the North Loup .country. The B. & M. railroad passing through Grand Island toward the great agricultural , coal "and cattle country of the great northwest. This makes Grand Island the Gate City to the great northwest , n country rich in agricultural and mineral resources. The Union Pacific shops , of solid stone , the finest in the state , are located here , capable of employing 800 hands. The new brick canning factory , employing 150 hands , has just completed its first season's work. The Soldiers' Home , a chair factory , a number of .two and three story brick blocks , afour-story brick hotel ( cost ing $76,000) ) and many fine resiliences. The operation of three and one-half miles of new street railway , the completion of our new $80,000 gas works , making two gas and electric light companies ; the extension of our 145,000 system'of waterworks now in operation ; the erection of extensive stockyards by the U. P. railroad company , all evidence a steady and permanent growth which promise the doubling of our population in the next twelve months. Seven fine lots given away to purchasers and those present as the sale progresses. Railroad fare refunded to those purchasing one or more West View lots who come not to exceed 50 miles to the sale. Railroad fare refunded to those purchasing $200 or more worth of West View property who come not to exceed 100 miles to the salo. Railroad fare refunded to those purchasing f 100 or more worth of property who come not to exceed 200 miles to the sale. PAU & BHOADES , Lincoln , JUSTICE & PETERSON , Auctioneers. G-rand Island , Neb. , Managers. iosed. All tlio old students are back , save ast year's graduating class , and there are a arco number of new atfplleunts. The Ilich Normal scliooUt Tokly , Japan. ndertlio direct patronage of the emperor , . .is made a lltree-years' engagement with . .Irs. Straight , who wns for several years a : oacher 111 Colonel Parker's normal school at rorra d.l'ark , 111. New .Jersey appears to1 bo bailly off for educations JfncUmcs. Thirtv-elglit thousand ihildren , lietwcen seven and twelve years of , ge , do not attend school , chiefly for want oJ ! icliool accommodations , and nearly thlrty- ivo thousand attend less than twenty weeks n the year. Prof. E. C. Pickeriner , director of ilarvaid jbservatory , and Mr.V. . 11. Pickering , his issistaut , wlio has charge of the .special as- ronomlcal work now In process In Colorado , lave returned from that region , wln-ru tlioy iiive beenlnakinc investigations preliminary ; o the establishment of a mountain obscrva- iory there as au adjunct of the Cambridge nstttutlon. . Prof. E. L. 'NinhoN. ' who has taken the ; hair of phynlcs which Prof. Anthony re- _ Uncd , at Cornell , 1 himself a Cornell man , having graduated there In lt > 7. . lie then went to the University of Berlin , studying under llelmholz and Kirchhotf to obtain Ihc degree of Ph. ,1) . For a year he held a fel lowship at John Hopktns'universlty , and for a time he experimented in Mr. Edison's "aboratorvat Menlo Park. lionowiroes to Jornoll from thn University of Kansas , where his work In the department of physics , vas notably brilliant and successful. SINGULARITIES. A North'Dranch , Mich. , hotel dog takes a bell iu his mouth e.icli morning and rings at every door along the hall , and falling to get a response-bangs the bell against the door until ho does get It , An eight ounce male child , born five days ago In the family of Klngman White , of Wa- teiford , N. * . , died yesterday. Hundreds of people have soon tlie little specimen ot hu manity since its birth. An apple tree on the premises of Joseph F. Flummer , In Upper Swauipscntt , Mass. , has a rose grafted on it that blossomed beauti fully tins season. It was pure white and had the traurancu ot the apple. A cherry tree of the white oxhcart variety on the premises of John Capura , ot Orevllle , C.u. , boru this season U,8 < X > pounds ot fruit. It Is eighteen years old. is sixty feet high , and In six foot In circumference. A Mrs. Johnson diol ; near Ithaca , Mich. , til i-o years ago. The household clock Sioppo 1 with her heart. It has been still as death till a day or two ago , when It struck and commenced going again iwlthout human agency. Ed lianlov , resldirig-near Burns , Ore. , in forms the Hamey Vallity Items that after harvesting his barley , which was n magnlli- ceut crop , the second growth from the roots 11 now two feut high , nicely headednnd bids fair to ripen and make a good crop. A Jackson. Mich. , justice of tha peace owns an intelligent spaniel that Is cunning. Whenever ho Is wandering abinad without his muz/lo and spies an oillccr he hies him self to the nearest allov and puts a tin can over his noso. keeping it there until the po liceman passes by and the danger Is over. The Grass Valley Tidings siy : At the pavilion Is placed on exhibition a curiosity in the shape of a segment of oak , In which Is encased a mono weighing at least live pounds. Tills was taken trom the heart of a tree eight feet In diameter , and the rings denote that the tree was over three hundred years old. The stone U In fragments , broken , no doubt , by pressure of tlio growing tree. tree.There There lives in Troy , Mo. , a little girl about eight years old. whoso head is almost an Iron gray , and It Is steadily and preceptlbly grower graver , and the present Indication are that long before .she reaches womanhood her once raven black hair will have become snow white. Some three years ago the child was frightened almost into convulsions by a lire which broke out In to town where she lived. The morning after the lire her mother noticed the change In the child's hair. A "madstono" taken from the stomach of a deer , has boon presented to ex-Governor Walker , of Tallahassee. The stone Is oblong In shape , being an Inch and a half In length and of a grayish color. One end tapers to a blunt point , while the other end Is fiat , with an apnrture from which may be seen that the stone. Is filled with a pithy substance. This end Is applied to the wound andits ; pithy cen ter Is said to absorb the poison. It Is said the stone will adhere to the wound as long as there Is a particle of the virus in the system. PEI'PKKMINT imoi'S. When Lo tbo Hravu in daubs of paint Most grimly doth appear , lie may be said to give us then A little Sioux-veneer. "A great title covers a multitude of sins. " History of the Indian war Ute. Unite. Shoot. Scoot. It is now time for the English sparrow to begin masquerading as a rued bird. ( amblers are said to frequent oceam steam ers because gulls are very thick at sea. If a crazy man Is called a maniac , why shouldn't a crazy girl bo called a girliac ? "Freight on coal is coming down but con sumers will not lind It out by their coal bills. " A stock broker cannot expect to feel bully when he has more trouble than ho can bear. "No , " remarked the tramp , " 1 don't think I'd like Kansas. I never could get along very well ID a dry ell mate. " You can't judge of a man's character by the clothes hu wears , but they might give you some idea of his credit DAsportman who can't bag anything also can bag his trousers by crawling on his hands and knees U'hlud fences. ( They have arrested a uau In Rqwnn county. Ky. , for carrying a concealed pistol. His mistake was In .concealing It. The game laws are very rigidly enforced a ] the west. If a man Is caught cheating at poker , liu Is shot across the table. There Is no doubt that the average- college Cloafes , Shawls , Suits and Jerseys As whiter is approaching it is time to commence thinking ' and looking for FALL AND WINTER CLOAKS AND SUITS We will give below a very meagre memorandum of the many bargains in this department : Lmllrs' Ncwmnrkets In plalil unii plain nt $4 , f 5 , Lmllcs' Jerseys at We , { 1 , $1.25 , $1.50. f 1.75 and $0. $7 , * 8 , ttf. if 10. $11 , $ U' , f 12.50 , $13 , flj , J1S 9f 0 uiul t'- ' . llc-nvor Shawls , nt SLOT , ? - ' , $2.50 , M , $3.50 , $4 , Ladles' llniflmuls In stripe nnd plaid' ; , $2" > & J''T. * % $ < ! . ? 7 , ? H , I'J , $10. f U' , * ! 5 , fill 1111,1 $18. billies' Plush Siidiues lit S3) ) , S33. ? JJ , COT , $40 , I'crslnn Shawls nt $ ' .50 , f3 , $4 , $5 , $5.50. $0fO.iO. ! HI , f J'J.f.Vi. $7 nnd $3. Ladles' 1'lush Short Wraps , * 18.-.W , tr > , 10 , $ 'B Illiick Cushmero Slmwls from $ ! ) to $13. M-rs f3T , $10Bncll5. Liidlo - * ' Astrnchai : nnd Douclo Short Wi a > " , $10. Ladles'Suits. V > , $8 , $10. $12 , ( l..ro , $13 , $15 , ? li ! , Sl ! > , f 1 . > ( ) , $32 and 2ri. f is. $20 , $22 , $24. ? - : > , $ ; s , ; ; nnd f.r , . 1-ullo ; . ' I'liibh Jackets at f 18.50 , I'M , ? - ! : . ' , $25 uud Lndlos' Illnck and Colored SlUc Suits $27 , 130 , $35 imd $40. A large and complete line of Childrens' and Misses' Cloaks and Jackets in all sizes arid qualities and at prices that .will please the closest buyers. Call and examine our goods and we will convince you that we sell good goods cheap. THOMPSON , BELDEN , & CO , , 1319 Farnam Street. freshman Is color blind. Otherwise ho couldn't help seeing how green ho Is. Young Napof Finance " 1 have just fnllrd Tor six millions but , my dear boy , lend mo : ive cents. I would purchase one little corner n pie. " When Sampson had his hair taken off lie lost his strength. What's the matter with trying this operation on the boarding-house butter. When you see a man trying in vain to up root u lamp post , you may bo sure of ono of two things : either the post is tight , or thn man Is. "tk're , bub , " cilcd dubbins , with ills faro purple with exeitlon , "which Is the quickest way for me to get to the railway station ? " Hun like the devil. " " 1 say.JIm , have you cot a dollar you don't want ? ' "VPS. liete's ono. " "Hut this is a counterfeit" "Of course ; and that's the reason I don't want It. " Now. how must I do with this wedding cake to dream on It' " ' asked a gushing dum- sel of a matter-of-fact young man. "Jubt cat It ; that's all , " was the reply. If the men who make tobacco signs had any originality they would dress tlmir Indian clligles In plug hats and government blank ets , and thus make them appear something like the modern brave. The man who Is down on his beam ends should remember that the shark has to turn on his back to bite , and that many a bull-dog sails to victory with his spinal column In the dust and another dog twlco his siie on top of him. him.A A cltuen of Cincinnati wont off to Europe and left four gas jets blazing away In hlu house for four months. He has ottered the gas company 800,000 to settle the bill , but they want an oven millionand he'll probably have to pay It. SEASON IN MONTANA. IJOBSCB of Stock Which the Hound-Up lie vnnlcil Helena's Prosperity. Montana Correspondence : Our glorj- ous summer is ended , wo houu not to bo followed by a winter of discontent such ns the last. The fact is that last winter's loss of stock wns the heaviest blow our territory ever received from any source. The magnitude of the loss wns not known even by our stock men until they under took as usual to round-up their stock and brand their calves. It then turned out that them was little stock to round-up and very few cnlves to brand. Wo have hcari conservative cnttlo men estimate the stock loss of Montana last winter ns high ns f 20- , 000,000. In some parts there was n con- sidornblo loss of sheep , but not near in the same proportion nnd in horses still less. Among the cattle the greatest fa tality wns among the heifers , cow.s nnd bulls nnd it falls in n shape to make re covery slow. Tlio probability is that rango-cattlo industry will nnver revive. There will bo moro cattle in Montana in a few years than ever before , but they will bo owned in small lots , bo choicer stock , and thoj will bo provided with shelter and food. Ranchmen will fence in lands , acquire government title if they can , raise grain and hay nnd not tnko the desperate chances of losing in ono year all that they have made in five years. The season has been n good ono for nil purposes in Montana. Rain has been so abundant nnd woll-timcd that very little irrigation has been foil ml necessary. Thuro never was n butter growth of grass the stock tf nil kinds is rolling fat. The dearth is of stock to eat the grass this sea son. Our territorial frir was held in this city last week. It was too early for agri cultural products , but was n success as n liorso race. Retting is a line tirt hern and and about $ 200,000 went into the pool box during fair week , and for the first time since its organization our fair association got out of debt. It would bo natural to expect after such heavy losses of stock that business of all kinds would be greatly depressed. Such an effect is not noticeable in this city. On the contrary , there has been a continuous boom throughout the season and real estate is full as high on our Main .street to-day as it is in bpringlield. It is our mines and railroads that are cre ating the boom for us. The greatest event of the season for Montana has boon the construction of the Manitoba railroad from the Dakota line , north of the Missouri river , uo Milk river valley by Fort Assiilfc- borne , then southwest almotst in a straight line to this city. Hero is a spaca of between 500 and COO miles , on nearly all of which not a shovel of dirt Imd boon moved when spring opened. Now the grading is all done uiul the laying of 200 miles more of track will bring the cars into Helena. No such feat of railroad construction has over been witnessed. In good weather it has averaged live miles per day by the week , and ono day when a special effort was made , over eight miles were laid. In about two month * morn the road will bo hero and the North * ern 1'aeilic will have n stonily competitor in the heart of the territory , in the very center of our mines. The North ern Pacific has not been idle in view of competition. It has been pushing work on at least six branch lines , four of which radiate from this city to mining centers. The Manitoba is constructing as many branches. By another year there will bo a do/.on linea centering in Helena. Our city valuation has increased probably three millions this yrur. A Boston com pany is putting a half-million into water works as a private investment. Water is still used to a limited extent as a bever age , and will be more so when we gut better wator. Our legislature is now in extra session In this city. Last winter this legislature unwarily oflbrud a bounty of live cents for ground squirrel skin.s and ten cents for pralrio dogs. In about six months these bounties run up to $50,000. It drained every dollar wo had and threat ened us with bankruptcy. Hence the extra session. Ground squirrels did it. Isn't it funny ? Mrs. Dotinelly'H Itchiikp. Ignatius Donnelly has a charming little wile , who Is very much attached to him and who is brilliant in social life. Mrn. Donnelly was at u northern lake rc.sort during tlio summer , and a week or ten day.s ago two gentlemen came in and occupied the fiamo table at breakfast. The Donnelly Shakespearean theory came up and ono of the ircntlemcn linked tlio other : "Who Is this man Donnelly ? " "O " the other " ' , returned carelessly , "hu'a a crank by profession ; hu wrote 'Atlan tis' and 'Uagnarock. ' The lady said nothing. That evening , however , in the parlor , the gentlemen who made the remark was introduced to Mrs , Donnelly , but her name escaped his oar. As an excuse for finding out the name ho brought the conversation round .so the question could bo nut KSto her Husband's occupation. The little lady's eyes spark * clod as she modestly answered : "Hu's ; i crunk by profession and wrote 'Atlantis' ami 'Hutrnarock. ' Tho-gentleman rec ognized the expression , nnd his feelings may bo butter imagined than described. Ho did not prolong the conversation any longer than ho could politely lead up to the remark : " ( Jood evening. "