THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. OCTOBER 3 , 1887. I WELCOMING TOE GOVERNOR , Arrangements Halting For a Cordial Bo * ception to Thnyor. COMMITTEES AND PROGRAMME. Preparation * Ilelng Made For the Coming Ilcpnbllaan State Con * Tenllon Other Items About tlio Capital City. TUB HUB'S M.VCOf.tf Governor Thaycr will arrive home to day nthigh noon and ho will bo given a cordial reception by the state officers and citizens generally. * or the past two days committees have been at work ar ranging the details and it is probable that the event will bo of A great deal of inter est. Upon the arrival of the train from the east the governor will be received by the reception committee , which , us an nounced , comprises the following state officers and citizens : Judge Maxwell , Judge Reese , Lieutenant GotornorShodd , Secretary Laws. Judge O. P. Mason , Stnto btipcrintcndcnt Lane , Judge Pound , Mavor A. J. Sawyer , Councilmen llilli ngsly , Frass , Dailey , Urock , Cooper , Graham , llurks , Dean , Ensign , Hriscoo , Pace , liovoy , County Judge Parker , Treasurer Kocho , Sheriff Melick , County Ulcrk Hell. Kd K. Slzer , G. M. Lambert- Ron , Join H. Ames , U. D. Stearns. T. M. Mnrquetto , A. C. Ricketts , K. K. Drown , K. P. Uoggoti , Allen Field , W. E. Stow- art. Domiinck G. Courtnay , J. L. Culd- well , C. H. Gore. W. H. Woodard . . . . , J. U. Calhoun , Patrick Eagan , John U. C1u.k ( C. T. Boggs , Colonel liydc , K. C. Out- calt , J. Ml Irwin , H. C. ImhofT. E. OutM. . Lewis. A. E. Hnrg'reiivcs , H. T. Clarke. Austin Humphrey , J. D. Kleutsch , Kli Plunner , C. F. Crclghton , Huv. E. li , Curtis , Lewis Gregory , Huv. Father Ken nedy , Kev. E. H. Chapin , Kov. A. Allen , Chancellor Manatt , Dr. Lane , Dr. Hurt , Dr. Paine , Dr. Carter , J. C. McBride , A. J. Cropsy. Lcgrand Baldwin and E. H. Andrtis. These are the names of the desig nated committee on reception , but it is evident that the committee on arrange- l\ \ monts desire as many other citizens ns fi can to bo present and co-operate with this reception committee. The friends of Governor Thayer , whoso names have not been published in the programme for the reoepsion , will know without luttbor mention that Governor Thivyor will re ceive their welcome just as cordially us that from any designated committee , and there will undoubtedly bo many of these taking an nctive part in the exorcises. Uoon the arrival of thj train the bands and committees will form in procession. The cadet band from the university will march at the head , followed by the cadets , tbo local company of state militia , governor and staff , state ofllcers , committees societies and citi zens in carriages. The line of march will be east ou Q street to Eleventh , south on Eleventh to O. east on O to Fourteenth , south on fourteenth to the capitol. Arriving there the reception meeting will bo hold in the senate cham ber , which is handsomely decorated for the occasion. Muvor Sawyer will deliver an address , the governor will respond mitt a genera ! good time will be onjqyed. \ telegram from the governor to Private # ecreti r ; ; Hill , announced that lie will riiach the city on the morning train from the east via Platumuiuh. THE COMIKO CONVKimON. The coming state convention is already attracting attention in the uity in the line of preparation and the hotels are prepnr- ing to receive nnd care for a largo num ber of guests. The convention , it is ex pected DV the war horses in the capital oily , will bo one of the largest attended and most interesting hold for some time owing to the efforts that the railroads are nicking to defeat Judge Maxwell and the prominent part it is expected ttie convention will take on matters regarding freight rates. All these matters will bring a largo number of on-lookera and swell the orowds that will pack the hotel lobbies. The hour for the assembling of the convention is llxed at 8 p. in. Wednesday evening- , and tlio prospect thus far In advance is that it will be an an all-night session of contest nnd eloquence. At 4 p. m. of the same day the convention for the Second judicial district will meet at the district court room to nominate two judgesof the district court. Judge Chapman will bo renorainatcd by acclamation , and Allen Field , of this city , will probably gather in tbo succession to Judge Pound , BUIEF irr.MS. The Lincoln branch of the Irish Na- .t'-nnl league hold Its regular fortnightv ! mectiug yesterday at Fitzgerald hall , which was characterized by the usual largo attendance. Mr. Thomas Uarry was the speaker of the day. The Pleasant Hour club , the leading so cial aggregation of dancers , is called to meet to-night at the ofllco of liurr & Hie- Ron to elect a president and prepare for the winter campaign. Harry Newton , the young man burned Saturday by an explosion of gasoline , was doing well yesterday. Saturday's election for water bonds resulted in a very light vote cast and no ono seemed to know thut an election was in progress. The total vote was mi for bonds and It ) against , the amount of bonds being flO.OJO. The democratic county convention that met Saturday adjourn d wl'lnuit nomi nating a candidate ft r county clerk or for clerk of the courts. The untorritled evidently huvo little hope and tew men who want to be candidates in name only. The forthcoming grand lodge of Knights ot Pvthias at Omaha is awaken ing the order over the state. General Dayton Will the coming week institute uniform divisions at Falls City , Fremont nnd Kearney. The telephone company in Lincoln has entirely outgrown its former limited qtwtcrs and has moved the central ollico to the fourth lloor in the Richards block , nnd service from the new central com menced vesterdav. If State Senator Vandomark , of Saunders , 11 Sundaycd in Lincoln yesterday. Deputy Oil Inspector Ptilno is homo from St. Louis nnd the Grand Army en campment. Representative Randallof Clay county , was ii sojourncr in Lincoln between trains yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Riggs departed for a visit to St , Louis and the exposition yesterday. For fear of losing a day's work , many persons put off takii.g physic until Sat urday. The better plan is not to delay > but take it as soon as needed , it may save you a hard spell of sickness. If you want the most bone lit from ttin least amount of physio without causing you any incon venience , loss of appetite or rest , take St. Patrick's Pills. Their action on the liver and bowels are thorough , they give a freshness , tone and vigor to .the whole ystem ami act in harruany with nature. I' HarberA Organize M Union. I' ' Sixty-four of the journeymen barbers of this city have organized as tv division of the National Barbers1 union , and to night they will bo initiated. They have already | 3G5 in their treasury , and their prospects for the future nro bright. Their object for organizing is simply for protection and for the purpose of aiding each other in sickness , or when out of employment. I't. free nnd easy expectoration is pro duced by a few doses of Dr. J. II. Mc Lean's lar Wine Lung Halm in all oases of hoarseness , sour throat or dilllciilly of breaming.- cents a bottle. t. u : The Union Holrtlnr. Colonel Robert ( > . Ingorsoll at an Ind ianapolis reunion : The past rises before tno like n drnatn. Again wo arti In the great struggle for nation hfo. We hoar the sound of preparation , the music of the boisterous drums , the silver voices of heroic bugles. Wo see thousands of as semblages , nnd hear the appeal * of orators tors ; wo see the pale cheeks of vorucn. and the Hushed faces of men ; and in those assemblages wo see all the dead whose dust wo have covered with llowcra. \Vo losn sight of them no more. Wo nro with them when thny en list In the great army of freedom. We BCO them part from those they love. Some arc walking for the last time in quiet , woody places , with the maidens they adore. Wo hoar the whisperings , and the sweet vows of eternal love as they lingcrlngly part forever. Others are bonding over cradles , kissing babies that nro asleep. Some are receiving the bless ings of old men , Sornn nro parting .with tho.se who hold them and press them to their hearts again and again , nnd say nothing , and some are talking with wives , and endeavoring with bravo words spoken in the old tones to drive from their hearts the awful fear. Wo see thnm part. Wo see the wife standing in the .door , with the babe in her arms standing in the sun light sobbing nt the turn of the road a hand waves she answers by holding high in her loving hands the child , He in gone , and forever. Wo see them all as they march proudly away under the Haunting flags , keeping time to tlio wild , grand musio of war marching down the streets of the great cities through the towns nnd across the prairies down to the liclds of glory to do and to din for the eternal right. Wo go with them ono and all. Wo are by their side on all the gory Holds In all the hospitals of pain on all the weary marches. We stand guard with them in the wild storrn anil under the quiet stars. Wo nro with them in ra vines running with blood in the fur rows of old Holds. Wo are with them between contending hosts , unable to move , wild with thirst , the life ebbing slowly away , among the withered leaves. Wo see them pierced by balls and torn with shells in the tienchcs by forts , nnd in the whirl wind of the charge , where men become iron , with nerves of steel. Wo are with them in the prisons of hatred and famine ; but human speech can never tell what they endured. Wo arc at homo when the news comes that they are dead. We HCO the maiden in the shadow of "her first sorrow. Wo see the silvered head ot the old man bowed with the last grief. The past rises before us and we see 4,000,000 of human beings governed by the lash ; wo see them hound hand and foot ; we hear the strokes of cruel whips , wo hear the hounds tracking women through tlio tangled swamp ; wo see babes sold from the breasts of mothers. Cruelty uuspeakablo ! Outrage Infinite I Four million bodies in chains ! Four million souls in fetters ! All the sacred relations of wife , mother , father end child trampled beneath the brutal foot of might. Anil nil this was done under our own beautiful banner of the free. Tlio past rises before us. We hear the roar nnd shriek of the bursting shell. The broken fetters fall. These heroes died. We look. Instead of slaves wo see mrn and women and children. The wand of progress touches the auction-block , the slave pen , the whipping post , and we see homes and firesides , and school houses , and books , and where all was want and crime , and cruelty , and fetterswo seethe faces of the free. These heroes nro dead. They died for liberty they died for us They nro at rest. They sleep In the land they made free , under the m\g they rendered .stain less , under the solemn pines , the sad hemlocks , thu tearful willows , anil tlio embracing vines. They sloop beneath thu shadows of the clouds , careless alike of the sunshine or of storm , each in the windowluss palace of rust. Earth may run red with other wars they are at peace. In the midst of battle , in the roar of conflict they found the serenity of death. [ A voice "Glory. " ] I have one sentiment for the soldiers living and dead cheers for the'living and tears for the dead. To Buffttrrm From Weak Spine. Persona suffering from weak back will take comfort in rending thu following letter from Mr. A. W. Harrctt , of Oswego , N. Y. : Ton j'ears ago I was afflicted with a lame back. Tlio pain was so severu that I could hardly walk or got about. Hear ing much said about ALLCOCK'S Poitous PI.ASTEHS , I applied two to the lower part of my ( mine. In a week I was very much better. I put on fresh piasters at tlio cud of tun days , nnd two weeks after wards found mvself entirely well. If I gut a very severe cold , 1 .sometimes liavo a rot urn of this wuukucrf , but ALI.COCK'S Pi.AbTiits : cure mu in three or four days. llaso Hull Yell P. Chicago Times : It is curious to uolo the dillurunci ! in the waj base ball crowds in the league citius express their delight or displuiisure. In Chicago cracking good play is greeted with a chorus of prolonged whoops , clear-cut , penetrat ing , like the note of a high pitched but not shrill steam engine. It is not un musical. A poor winy , like an expensive orror. is met by an explosive "O ! " ns if of pain ; and a palpably unjust ( Incision of thu umpire by a combination of hisses , cries of "O ! O 1" prolongud , while a volley of "What t ? " Is fired nl the umpire from' all parts of the ground. . In Phil ndolphia the good plays of the homo team are recoguizdd by a deafening phorns of "Hoy , liny ! " with hero and there a shrill veil ; poor plays nnd unsatisfactory decisions by hoots , "Oo , Do , " and groans. In New lork pleasure and satisfaction are expressed by yelling "Hot" in a clear , hard tone , and accompanying this with vigorous stamping and pounding of umbrellas , and canes. Displeasure is manifested by cries of "Murderl" and short , sharp yells of "O ! OIM while disgusted "Aws" stream up from all over the audience. Here in Boston the applause is a combi nation of college yells , in which the ex plosive "Uah ! rah ! rah ! " predominates , with an accompaniment of staccato "Ili- yi yi yi " strung together like sev eral yards of linked sausage , and vigor ous clapping of hands. Nowhere in the east has there been mot any one in n crowd who can begin to yell like that chap in the smokers' suction in Chicago. His leonine roar of "Ol" after everybody else is through is peculiar to the Garden In another column of this issue wtllbo found an entirely now and novel speci men of attractive advertising. It Is ono of the neatest over placed in our paper , and wo think our readers will bo well re paid for examining the SUPPOSED dis may letters in the advertisement of PiicklyAsh Oitters. DUadvantacei of Uolnc a Giant. London Truth : I .should not like to bo as tall nnd bulky a-s the cmpcrar ot Rus sia and ailllctod with rheumatism. It's very well to bo n giant when young , but if tno mass of bones , flesh and muscle gets inert through the weight of years or disease the big body becomes u fearful dead weight to the spirit which has to desert it. I do not know anything more wonderful than the longevity of the Ger man emperor , who is a vorv lull man. M. Chevreuil Is under thu middle height and spare. Turgenicn" was as tall as the present czar , but of a less burly lizure. Ho found as ho advanced in life , his oullc a fearful load and envied litUo men their small stature. . Mnlarla. Fred Brown's Jamaica Ginger will ro- llevo any sudden attack of malaria. Never go to a malarious district with out it. ELECTRICAL COMBINATIONS , The Various "Now Invention ! and Dlsm coveries. THE PROTECTION OF DYNAMOS ; Similarity or Mngnctlu nntl Kloclrlo Currents The llntz lloat Iteirti- Inter Automatic Ilullrorut Protection Dynamite Oun. Flcctrle and Magnetic Current * . Elcctrichl World : Ono of the most remarkable features of tlio present con dition of the science of dynamo ron- Btructlon is the transition which bus taken phicu in our method of treatment of the magnetic problems Involved. The continued application of analysis has demonstrated a remarkable analogy be tween the electric and the magnetic circuits , each of which is subjected to well ( ( ( Mined laws , in the one case fairly established and in the other sulllclontly BO oven to-day to predicate safe results from their application. Indeed , so far has the similarity of treatment of these two "circuits'1 advanced that one must In the future be explicit in expression seas as to avoid confusion. Protection or Dynnino * . Elmer A. Sperry in Electrical World : Owing to the extensive use of dynamo- electric machine ; at the present time , their protection from the olVccts of Hirht- ning is a subject of great importance. The subject is especially interesting , inasmuch as it involves the mysterious movements of atmospheric electricity. In connection with this subject it will not bo out of place to consider the action and cllocts of atmospheric electricity. When a cloud become * charged either from the direct energy of the wind , change in the temperature , or from any cause , the charge is gradual , though it is of great absolute potential. The earth and all bodies connected with it are , through induction , of opposite polarity , or require an oppoiite potential , in the same manner that the coatings of a Loydon jar becomes oppositely charged when pnu coating ouly Is connected with the prime conductor of a so-called static machine. When a discharge takes place , there is an instantaneous change of potential through an imincmsu rango. After the discharge the potential of the surfaces , which wore sustained at great difference , is found to be equal or nearly so. On the earth , at the moment of a discharge from a cloud , there are doubt less largo tidal currents of electricity of momentary duration , which attend the distribution of this change of potential , whereby the entire surface or mass is equalized as to absolute potential. The disruptive discharges between the earth and the cloud by means of which the difFerencO of potential is satislied take place sometimes in one direction , that is from the cloud to the earth , and some ' times'in the other direction , thus Hash issuing upwards from the unrth. The methods of preventing damage arising from these currents are numer ous. Upon aerial grounded lines the lightning arrester , as it is cailed. is often matte by placing two .surfaces close to each other , and separated by very thin mica , one surface being connected with the line and the other with the ground , a large dlfl'urenco of potential operating to discharge through the mica , and generally - ally burning and fusing the surfaces into contact. Another form is that of two rows of small tectli set opposite each other , each forming an edge ot the two plates , connected as above , and the po tential jumping across the small inter vening space between thu teeth , forming an arc through which the discharge takes place. In arc-light circuits the same devices have been resorted to with a considerable degree of success. The diflieulty , however , arising from their use is that the arc established between the surfaces operates to short circuit thu dynamo upon which they are used , tor the reason that a pair of these surfaces are used , one being upon each limb of the circuit. This dillicultj has been overcome to snme extent by using fuses upon the ground circuit , which is de signed to melt at a current not much exceeding the normal current of a dynamo. When .so used the ftiMi is not very long , and oven then there is danger of tire ri'Milting from the arc produced in each limb near the dynamo Fuses upon the main line arc better adapted to incandescent than to arc syntcms , for the reason thai after the main circuit lias boon severed by the fusing of these strips , the remaining potential mayero- ate currents which will escape to the ground by other means , Mich a-i through the supporting fixtures of lamp ; , or through the wimkeat insulation in the line , doing damage in some cases more dilllcult to repair than if the poten tial wore allowed to dissipate itself f through the large area alVonled b.v thu l machine. Another method has boon used in connection with the incandescent 1t system. It consists ot stringing a grounded line on the top of the poles immediately over the system of wn ing st which independent wire is supplied with numerous points. In practice the wire , consists of a piece of barb-wire fencing. When there is an instantaneous change of potential of great magnitude between the system of wiring and the earth , tins method i no' , found to bo nnt i iit , inas 3i much as the line is not thereby i istnntlv relieved. The line is pioicctcU from a direct di.sehargo by the ground wire which oilers a more direct path. The Hutz Heat Regulator. Electrical World : While the dictates of hygiene have for a long time been maintained in hospitals and occasionally in public buildings , thu sumo precautions have until recently been practically completely ignored in private dwellings. This has been the case especially m the matter of ventilation and heat regula tion , two closely allied factors in domes tic hygiene. In our climate the severe winters , togct'-er with the rapid changes in temperature , make some device isc isy which a uniform temperature can be maintained within doors of thu greatest importance , and electricity is eminently adapted to perform the ollico of heat regulation. For this purpose the ther itr mostat can bo brought into play , to ri gether with other devices which operate ; to efl'cct the regulation according to its indications. lu a system of this nature , recently devised by Mr. Blitz , a simple apparatus maintains a constant tempera fo.o ture by regulating the supply \ > f air to the furnace in accordance with the tem perature of the rooms. ' The entire apparatus for this purpose consists of only two pieces , one a ther mostat , which operates in accordance with the change of temperature , and a small spring motor , the movement o which is controlled by the thermostatf and which operates the dampers of the furnace or other source of heat. Automatic Railroad Protection. Philadelphia Record : Successful expcr iments have been made with an electric gate which has for its object the auto matic protection of railroad crossings by the cars which run over the tracks. As the expense of attending to a railroad crossing gate under the present system is said to be about fUOO per per annum , while by the electric gate the same work , it is claimed , can bo better and morn safely done for f 30 per annum , it is possi ble that the railroad companies may adopt the now plan. The Dynamite Gun. Electrical World : ' Some very success ful experiments made in New Voric bay last week by Lieutenant Zalitiskic with the dynhinito gun. whoso charge is ex ploded by H. small electric cell , go to show that the prevalent ideas of shore defense may have to'be ' greatly modified. Although ( ho minimum charge of tifiy- five pounds of dynamlto was ItBCd , two shots served to blow the target ship to atoms , and it was avldcnt that no man- of-war would be of use. after being simi larly struck. The firing range is already two miles , so that a battery of these guns established near thcicntranco to the bay might keep the largest licet of invading men-of-war at n very respectful dis tance. This gun , by the way , will proba bly have a direct bearing ou the warship of the future. Klcctrlclty on Wheel * . New York Times : 'They tried an elec tric car on Fourth avenue yesterday. It created an amount 6f surprise nnd con sternation from Thlrty second street to One Hundred and Seventeenth that was somewhat like that caused b.v the first steamboat on the Hudson. Small boys yelled "Uynamitel" and "Uatsl" and made similar appreciative remarks until they were hoarse. Newly appointed policemen debated arresting it , but went no further. The car horses which were met on the other track kicked without exception , as was natural , over an inven tion which threatens to relegate them tea a sausairo factory. A teamster at Forty- third street , seeing no horses , surmised that its forward end was the rear end of an ordinary oar going the other way and mixed things up somewhat. Ho stared at it as it went away with an amazement that probably still continues. Out in the suburbs Shuntytown putted its pipe and made all the comments lying between "Uegorral" and "Uogobl" The car going at full horse-oar speed , without any horses or visible means of locomotion , created very general cuno , ity and sur prise. Under the seats in the car arc storage batteries from which the elec tricity is conducted to an armature underneath. This armature's revolutions turn an axle which , by means of cog wheels , turns the axles of the car wheels. A big liant-wood box on either ditHh- ooard has a sliding bar by which the amount of electricity used isfrndimtod and ttin car stopped by cutting oil' the current. The trial was eminently satis factory as far as locomotion went , tlio car being under perfect control and going up some rather sharp grades with ease. Soir-lieclsterltitt Target * . Washington Dispatch : Home very in teresting trials have been recently made at thu arsenal of the new Ullman electric annunciator target. It Is n time and money saving ; device for rillo practice. The target can bo miulo for rilles of any calibre and range , and the value and location of caoli shot striking it as accu rately registered ou the annunciator , which is located at the firing stand and connected by seven wires with the target. Its face conforming in every respect to regulation targets , this target is made of a solid metal plain , or of solid rings , or with the latter divided into segments. Electrical contacts are made by the mo- tiou communicated to pendulums through lius by the force of the bullet in striking. An Hlrciric Scarr-Crnw. Boston Herald : A resident of Plymouth protects his grapevine-s from fruit thieves in a novel manner. The supports am of wood , but the cross pieces are of wires insulated from the ground and connected with an induction coil. ' capable of dcliv- ering n heavy spark ( through an inch of air. The other pole of the coil is con nected to the ground. ' Six good-sized bichromate of potash cell furnish electro-motive force "for the coil. Short wires hanging among the vines are secured to the largo" " wires , and when anyone monkeys with the grapevines while the battery is connected the neigh borhood is apt to hdar from him. it works every time , and'ho one comes for a second dose. An ICIectrlo Fraud Kxpctsed. New York Letter- Johnny Norton , who a few years ago \ \ : ' . - < pretty well known all over the country as Uunnell'fi "Klectne Hey , " U now working in this city as a compositor. In reply to the query of a reporter as to what hail be come of his electricity , he said : "That was ono'of tlio best 'fakes' of the time , and there was lots of money in it , too. When I wa.s on exhibition 1 was enclosed u an oblong stall , about seven or eight reet long , the front of which was like a narrow counter. Opposite the counter was a rail which onlyallowed thu visitors o pass in' single lile. A long strip of cocoa matting served a a cover for the passageway , and also as a cover for a sheet of.inc which extended beneath it , running the length of the stall. My box was similarly invested with /.inc and matting. Attached to the shouts of metal , hut hidden from view , wore the two poles of a galvanic battery , one under my fcnt and tlio other in tlio passageway. Now anyone passing over the zinc and touching me behind the counter completed the circuit and re ceived a shock. So did I. The matting , of course , hail to bo kept damp , water being the conductor. It was surprising what intelligent people were duped by ' ' this tiick. 'Why ! I'was kept shaking hands and being lingered from moining until night. Maoy's the two-dollar note I received from doctors and others for a couple of drops of my blood for analysis. In fact my arms wore covered with scars made by scientilic dupes boring for my electric gore. One evening three or four young students oamu in to unmask me. One of them made a wager that ho would electrify the audience the BUHIO way if ho was in the bo.x. I immediately invited him in and hu accepted the chaf- so I pressed a hidden 'button that cut oil my who. He , of course , failed , nml igiiomiiiiiiusly retreated after bo'mg euycd unmercifully by tin so present. This proved mo genuine to UK * f atKf.u tion of everyone in that town an i uu- came famous. There was lots of fun in the business , but I had to give it up , ' the constant strain caused bv the battefy was too uiiioli for me. " The First Liightnini ; Uoil. If we are to believe . an . Austrian . pnnur * " * savs La Lumiure Kloctriquc , the lirsi lightning roil was not constructed I ) } Franklin , but by a monk of rieuf ten burg in Bohemia , named Prohop Diwisch , who installed an apparatus the I5tli of Juno 1754 , in the garden of the curate o ProndiU ( Movaria ) . Thu a'pparatus was composed of a polo surmounted by at iron rod .supporting , twelve curveit ti | branches , and terminating in as man ; metallic Ur > xc filled 'With iron ore am closed by a boxwood 'ciivcr ' , traversed b' ' twenty-seven sharp iron points , whicl plunged at their base in the oro. All the system was united to the earth l > y a largt chain. The enemies of Dlwisch , iealou of his success at the court of Vienna excited thu peasants' ' of the localit ; against him , and under the pretest thi his lightning rod was the cause of tin great drought , they made him takodowi the lightning rod which ho had utilize ! tor six years. What Ts. most curious i the form of this linst , lightning rod which was of multiple points like tin one which M. Molseu afterward imented A Sensitive Telephone. Says a Mllford ( Mass. ) dispatch to tin Boston Journal : By invitation of W. A Haywurd. manager of the Pulsion Tele phone company , the Associated Pros agent and other newspaper men insncotct their private wire this afternoon. The transmitter contains a most sensitiv vibrator , fully covered by patents , nm uses no electricity. Two transmitter were placed in the attics of two differen buildings and connected by 1,000 feet o bale copper wire. The party stood in tin orchard and Mr. Pfince went to one o the attics. Conversation wus carried 01 by simply standing near and talking toward thu limb of the tree that the wire w s attached to. The lowest whispe and the ticking of a watch were dis tinctly heard by nlacing ono end of i biooiU-haudle or a stick against the troi nd the other end to the oar. A hat old against the wire , find the Associated 'rosa ngout walked sixty feet by actual uoiisuroiUent from the hat nnd yet tils- Incily hoard all the conversation. Thu laying of n harmonica and singing were card n dlntanco of seventy-five foot rom the hat. The party then went to ho attic ot the house whore onu trans * tnlttor was stationed , while Mr. Prince omalnod nt the other end , nearly half a nilc away. The lowest conversation was. lonrd In any part of thu house , nlso whispering , singing , etc. The party then went out of the house downstairs , nnd ' card Mr. Prince sing nud talk. Mr. 'rlnce ' then went downstairs in thu homo vhuro his transmitter was located , and alked lu nn entry away from the trans mitter and wlro , nud could be plainly icard by parties at the other ond. Klrctrlc Urcivltlc * . Mr. T. A. Edison is busy carrying out a Inn that has been the dream of his life , n tlio erection of five large laboratories U Llowollyn Park , Orange , N. J. , near ils residence. The American Manufacturing nnd Sup- jly company , Now York , have just put in the market n handsome line of self winding mnntul clocks , which nro wound uitomatically by electricity nnd require 10 attention for at least n year. In a recent divorce case nt Lafayette , nil. , ono witness , by agreement , was worn nnd gave his testimony by tele- mono , being too busy to attend court in > c r son. Mr. H. W. Grady , editor ot the Atlanta Constitution , has become interested with Jthor gentlemen in the Georgia mngnotio well. Ilus well is n shaft in the ground , which is Bald to have cicctro-thorapoutic iroportit'S , so that a person sitting thoru vilh rheumatism or other ailment willie io charged electrically and otirud. The well is full every day of people who say hat thuy experience bo no lit and pcrnin- iciit relief. It is said that tlio' telephone service in Ccw York city will soon bo done by mo- nllic circuits. If this bo the case , u great mnrovumout will bo effected. All tlio arrangements have now been closed for the electric railway' at the Dallas , Tex. , exposition , to begin Octo ber 20. In contemplating the improvements tnd progress made in tlio more modern departments of applied electricity in which huavy currents are employed , wo arc apt to lose sight of the fact that the "ast few years have also scon remnrkablo mprovemonts in telegraphy. What was considered ns fast speed in telegraphy ton years ago must to-day be lookeM upon as decidedly slow , nnd iiven within ho last three or four years the speed has icon increased 100 per cunt anil more , so that to-day it is possible to transmit 000 words per minute. Swift and chetp passenger transports .ion between St. Paul nnd Minneapolis fcpcms to be near at hand. A now project of the South St. Paul Rapid Transit coin- iany in announced. Thev declare their ntoution to build an elevated electric motor line between the cities very soon. Thuro is a new project for a Paris rail way. A. M. Herliur has offered to build within two years , and before the opening of thu exhibition , a metallic tube , in which trains may bo run from Porto Dauphine to thu bastilc and nil along the boulevards nnd Rue dc Rivoli. Trains arc to ba moved by electricity at n suecd of twenty kilometers pur hour. A dealer in musical instruments in a provincial town in England'was recently required to supply a piano which should 1)0 in tune with a certain organ. As the organ wax at it distance , and there was no time to lo e.thc dealer happily bethought him to try thu telephone ; nnd the result was that by getting the distant organ played the dealer was ablu to hoar its notes by telephone , and to select a piano suitable for it. Two men in the section house at Dawson - son , Ga. . occupied a bed , the headboard of which was cut into kindling wood by lightning. Other furniture of thn room was also knocked into fragment and dishes were hurled in every direction , yut neither man was even stunned. A farmer living between the south and middle Lou ] ) rivers , by the name of Bon- songburg , had his barn struck by light ning one dnv last week , and four horses , onu calf and fourteen head of hogs wore killed. A special dispatch from Baltimore saysTlio American Hell Telephone company majc a move in the United States circuit court hero to head oil Count Mitkiowicz and nip his Chinese telephone scheme in the bud. The sys- torn that Mitklowlc/ wishes to introduce into China is the one invented by \ \ illiam C' . Tiirnbull , of this city. The first of November Is fixed for the hearing. A Usnful Precaution. It is a useful precaution for the tourist , the commercial traveler , or tlio emigrant to the wo.st , to take along Hoslottor's Stomach Hitters. Invalids who travel by steamboat or rail should provide thorn- .selves with it , in onlor to prevent or remedy the niiusea which thejaning and vibration of vehicles in traimitu often causes thorn. Vastly proforrablo is it for this simple , but needful purpose , to tlio heady unmedicated stimulants ol commerce. On board ship , it not only remedies .sen sickness , but nuutralizes t the pernicious effects of water slightly brackish 1 , which , if unqualified , is apt to give rise to irregularities of the bowels , cramps In the abdominal region nnd dys pepsia. To thu aeriul poison of malaria it i is an ellicient antidote. Sick headache , heartburn , and wind upon the stomach , nru promptly banished by it. It health fully stimulates the kidneys and blad der and nullities the early symptoms ol rheumatism. JOLLY GENERAL SHERMAN. How the Veteran Spends His Time in the Metropolis. Pittsbnrg Times. : ( Jencral W. T. Slier man arrived in this city yesterday morn ing from Nuw York and went imino diatcly to thu resilience of his son-in-law Lieutenant Fitch , at Kdgewood. The general will spend-to-day there , and this evening leave on a special train ovtir the Wnbash for St. Louis to take part in the Grand Army demonstration tlioro. As the blunt old soldier sat on the veranda of the lieutenant's residence lust night , surrounded by a'group ol Iriouds who had called to pay their re spools , ho divided his caresses botueon i sturdy little grandson who clung abotn his knee nud nu equally sturdy cigar Although recently he has undergone the turmoil of a Grand Army reunion in Detroit , from whence ho hurried to Now York , and then came direct to Pitthburg the hero of Atlanta and thu "March to the Sen" looked the very embodiment o health nud seemed determined to cnjoj the dolce far nicnto of advancing years lie has so well earned in his own way. "I did not see the Philadelphia cclo bration. " the general remarked , "bu cause 1 was wilh my old comrades Ir Detroit , Now I nm on my way to men them ag-xin in St. Louis , my old homo 1" "Which you shamelessly abandoned general , for New York , " interjected n lady. "Well1 responded the grizzled vet eran , "St. Louis is not the place it was wbon the river was the great highway of commerce. I had many friends there , but most of them nro gone now. How ever , I shall always cherish thu kindlies feelings toward ! ) the old city. Yet I iniisl confess that she shows but little progress At ono time the people thought thuy would revive hur bv iron miurifactorici and built the Iron Mountain road , but i was no use. " "Oh , general , j'ou are becoming n reg ulnr Now Yorker , nnd think the world is hounded by Manhattan Island , " pleas antly replied the lady. "No , I haronlt , " responded Genera Uicrman , quickly enough to shpwthnt 10 did not relish oven a jesting iniputa- lon upon his Americanism. " 1 like New fork city it's n great place but after ill it's only a dot in this country , I enjoy Ifo there , ocean so I meet so many people know , mid I have reduced my existence here down to a fixed ana pleasant oiitino. " The theatres and pretty girls , " sug gested n gentleman who was evidently "amllinr with Tocumsuh's wonknessos. The general laughed merrily and re sponded. "Oh , I go to the theatres on an average wlco n week , nud I'm never ashamed to express my admiration of pretty girls ; on the contrary , I'm proud of It. Thoy'ro ' 'iod's most perfect handiwork. As n ulo , however , I llrst rend the papers in ho morning , nnd then look over the nail , You've no idea what a bulky ono get * Letters from every Grand Army post In the Unltml Stated , upon nearly very variety of subjects ; letters from old soldiers and letters from their wid ows and orphans. Thwo latter I generally - ally answer personally , but the rest I urn over to my sccrotnry. A drive , nnd hen I haunt the clubs particularly the Jnion League where I meet the nioit congenial companions , until evening.1' The liver and kidneys must bo kept in ; oed condition. Hood's Sarsaparilla is great remedy for regulating these organs. * THE OVERLANDPONY EXPRESS. The Alan Who Katabllstiocl It Still Strong nnd Active at 73. A bright-eyed old man with n step as ight as n boy's nnd the general aspect of i well-preserved man of fifty is engaged n the common-place occupation of soap- making on West Ninth street. Ho will jo seventy-three years old the 4th of Oc- obcr , and his career Is a part of thu his- ory of the United States. His name is Alexander Majors , and he is the man that established the first pony-express Ino on the plains. Mr. Majors is n Kcntuckian , and the century was only fourteen years old when no was born. lie was brought to Missouri when two years old , nnd was roared about five miles east of Inde pendence , llta first experience with a joggago or express tram was in 1818 , when he took n caravan to Mexico. When ho established the pony express From Sacramento to St. Joseph thu shortest time In which San Francisco had communicated with New York was Lwonty-ono days. Majors' riders , rocoiv- "ng the dispatches at Sacramnnto and carrying them at n gallop to the tele graph ollico at St. Joe , shortened the time to ten days. Ono hundred nnd fifty riders and perhaps 000 ponies were in the service. The way sta tions were ton or twelve miles apart along the route. As the rider nearcd a station another pony was brought out , the foaming steed was drawn up with a jerk , the rider slid from his backthe saddle and dispatch pouches pouches were changed in n flash , and the courier was away on his journey , exactly as is done in Ituffalo Bill's Wild West show. A ruler usually traveled three lengths at a stretch , but there was ono man in the force who every day rode six lengths , about seventy miles , changing pomes live times. There was very little trouble from the Indians. The ponies cnturitig into the spirit of the occasion , sped along the trail so rapidly that the riders were in no dan ger excupt from ambush ; then , too , the Indians had a superstitious tear of the service , the objects and effects of which they could not compiuhuiid. Before thu Sacramento line was de signed by Mr. Majors , transcontinental communication was accomplished by wny of San Antonio. Tux. The now route shortened the distance consider ably. Thu ridurs covered about 200 miles n tiny. In 1858 , Majors and his partner , Rus sell , transported tlio government expedi tion , in command of Albert Sidney John son , front the Mississippi to Utah , Six teen million pounds of bnggagu were transported n distance of 1,250 miles , and it required 40,000 oxen nnd it,000 team * stcrs to accomplish the work. CREAM BAKING ItMUperlor excellence proven In mlllloiiH o. homos for more than a quarter of n century It U used by the United Stutos Covernmi'iit Kndoraod by the liondt of tbo Krcat iinlvnrsl tlos , us thu Stroiifftigt , Purest nnU Most Health ful. Dr. I'rlco's th only linking 1'owdur thirt does not contain AmmoniaLime or Alum. Sold only in cans. iJ PttlCK BAKING POWDEIl CO. , New York Chicago St. Iou Ak your retailer for the JAMES MEANS $4 SHOE or the JAMES MEANS $3 SHOE , ncc < mllntr to your iir ' l . CAUTION" ! Poiltlvch none genuineunleMour t'jmicaiut prlie anpfarpl.tlnlyi'iilho ' kales , home nm ! < r , In cider to make * laruir ] ir ni , n 111 rciommc ml Uif Inli riur ' ullh wliltli the market Ii < l. .IAMK.S.MKANSW4 1 hlior Is Hi-lit uiid ulillih. It Illi lIKra htorklitB unil UK- IJIMKKH NO " IIHKAK- IMI IN , " being inrlritly emvll.cfirst . Unit II li worn. II will All > fy the nioit laklkllmiiitilililn tirry iltitlrtiprrt equal to the liandiifd . . _ wlikh MI. n * jtr A A k forthe.Tamei . ' ' " " Jlenrul.'hlioctorlloys ft'iniyf ! bwnrf. tilllnl It $ TnrS. JAMES MKAN * . ' ! HIIOK li Iheoilirt- nil $ -1 Shoe.ainl In absolutely the only fthoo of IU prim which hni ftvrr leh placet ! exIfniUrl ) on lh < j market In which durability li conihlereil In fun- mere cmtn ant throughixit Ihn United SUilei , anil we nil ! nlacc thnm c.i'lly wlihln your reach In AIIV itator U'rrllor/ jou v ill icnil n , a poitul can ) , incntlonlni ; Dili paper. 4nmei Mean * Si Co. , 41 Lincoln Ml , Huston , Mail Full line ot tlionbovo Bliucn for sitlo In OMAHA by (1. W. Cook.l.lUA I'uriiuiiiBtruut ; U. 8. Mlllur , 6fa Nortli Ifith struct : iliivwiirilllron .4U7 South 1Mb stroot. In COUNCII. Ili.urrd by 8nr ent A T-Mlroadway. SCIENTIFIC ' 050 GMJCK & 5WILKINSON. . W UNDEVELOPED PARTS of tu todr enlarged and itreiytkrntJ. full partlo- nltrt ( Mil * ! ) ( ret. KIUK JUKD. CO. , llutt.lo. N , Y. J fQf"MANHOOD.V < mtlifnllinpi kVrO I udfin.c.ScrKi ) ) ' through errors and liaii iirnctloov CURED. HKAL CIO , ISl.ocusmt bl.Loula Tliti Trouble u St. I'uiil IlncUniatl llntl With I1U Wife. Ycms of Untold Misery nnd Pain Re lief a * Lai I---An Interesting Interview Other Itcnu , Etc. Tlio Mibject of this notice , Mrs. Kntlo flwan , nlfc or Iliickinan Kurri > no ijirnn , well and r - , ornlilT knonn in St. Piuil.wm found nt her liomo. No. 13 Kiist Ninth Mrect , 07 a report or , \\t\o \ wont thoio after an Horn , bnrinir boon told olio wnft mKToriiifr. untold misery from noinn cntiRO or other. The Ooor of tlio mansion npotii'd when the moth or ot Mrs , Swan tin- noiirod. In n iponso to tlio nttnry us to whether Mrs Kiiirene Birnn llretl.lnoro. the reporter wim very klndiy Invited Into tlio parlor , ami fontod. Mi * . S.rn.i lent fornnd upon arrival luiforllio ftatr at n ( tliuuio that oho did not look lkoa ยง If tdio wai n greAt sufferer. Upon bema naked In rotriird to the report she replied , "Yes. I have HUlTorod Intlio wont form. About n your ago 1 contracted n slight cold , It ( rot bet ter nnd I Ilioilftht well , Tlum I beiriin to dlt > ror pitltis over my eye and through my head. My oar Hclicd inn Hourly all the tlmn. There wan a ringing nolso In my head , nftor awhllo 1 found i rom.n HOT IIKAR In ono of mv cam. 1 loonmo alnrmed. Thou a nervous four overtook mo and I foil Tory liml , indncd 1 may * y tnUorablo : could nut sleep itf night : KtTIM 8\TAN. had no a ppot ( to ; wui dull and bad a constant tired foollnir : nevnr oecmodto Rot rested : was vorv restless HI night , and very seldom. It over , Kot to s. oop before morning- : was rapidly irrowliiff worpo all the tlmn. I tried to believe In every kind of pntout medicine tnat was reo- onimrndoit. Una physicians examine mo and trout tno. but obtained no bonellu Hoolnff Drs. McCoy & Ilimry's advertisement In tlio pnpers , nusband told mo to consult them , which I did , placing myself under their care at once , I ha- inn to Improve from the start und trained rap idly In wolirlit , honlth luidptronstb. until to-day ) ou son mo robust and hearty , nnd I know that through Drs. McCoy & Honry'a treatment I Km entirely well. " Mm. Hwnn will fully corroborate evorrthliiir mentioned to thoae doubting It , and will nioit cheerfully endorse the doctors. CATARUI1 liJUIIiei : . Tlus SI/HI ; IOHIH Attending That ! > / * . ease ll'litch LendH to Con- munition. When catarrh bits existed In the bond nnd the upoer prut of the throat for any length of time Ire patient living In n district whore people nro subject to cnuirrbal direction- and the dla- VHRO has bocn loit unfilled , the catarrh Invari ably , sometimes slowly , oitrnds down tno windpipe and Into tbo bronchial tube * , which tubeioonvcy the air to the dlllurent pirUof the lung * . The tuboa boconio alTcctod from the swelllnif and the mucous arising from catarrh. and. In Honiuiiistniiroi , become pluirirod up. so tbuttho alrcunnnt got In ax frculyaslt Bhould. .Shortness of lironlli follow * , nnd the pntluiit brimthus with laborand dilllrulty. In oltbnrciiHO tnoro is n sound of criickhng and wluw.iiiLlnM < lo the chest. At this ntngo of the disease tliu brnuthlnirte usually more rapid than when In bciilth. Uho imtlont bus nlso hot dashes over Ills body. Tlio pain which accompanies this condition Is ol a dull character. felt In the client , behind ttie broust bone , or under the shoulder bhulo. The piiln may conronnd go Inst few days nnd thim bo absent for several others. The cough that occurs In the llfht utaecs of bronchliil ontiirrh It dry , comes on nt Intervals , bucking In chnrnc- tor , and IB usually most trcublosoinc In tno mot nlng on rifting , or going to bed at nkht nnd It may be In tlio first cyidonco of the dlscaso extending - tending Into the lungs. Homctlmos there are flls of coughing Induood by the tough mucus to violent as to ou USD vom iting , Later on the mucus that U raised , If found to contain small particles of yellow mat ter , which Indicates that thu imall tubes In the lungftaro now Hffcctod. With this thnro am oltoiihtrraks of blood mixed with the IIIUCIIH. In some case * the pntlcnt becomes v ry pale , has fever , and expoctorntps before niiy cough uppeui s. In Bomo cities sraal liniiH o . of cheesy sub stance are spit up , which , when pressed be tween the lingers , emit u bad odor. In other cases , particles of n hard , chalky nature are Rplt up. The raising of cheesy or chalky lumps Indicate serious tulshlof at work In the lungs. In some CH CS rntnrrh will cvtend into the lungs In a four weeks ; In other OIISOH It may ho months , nnd oven yours , lioloro the disease at tacks the luuvh Biiffirioutly toe-Huso serluiHln- turloronco with the gonorul Health. When the ( llsoisohns developed to such a point the pa tient Is f&M to tiuvo oatiirrhrl consumption. With bronchial catarrh there is moroorless fever which differs with Ilio dllToronl pinlH of the day slight In the moi nlng , higher In the afternoon nud ovonlnir. Soinotlmoa durlnv the day the patient has a creeping , ohllly S'insatlon , which may lust from half an hour to an hour , the suifucu of the body feeling dry and hot. During the night , near the mornlnu- , there may bo swouls. Much BwoatH are known ns night Hwenta. The puUo Is usually IIIQIO rapid than normal nnd the patient lopes llcgh and strength. A fresh cold Is all that Is needed at this point to develop nip Id consumption. In Homo Instances the patient loses strength and llosh slowly. Tlio mtisblcs gradually wnnlo nwnr. Then the patient gradually regains some ol Ills strength , only to lno it ugaln. A weak Htonmuh nnd a dUIIko for food , which aacmnto have lost its tHbto. causes the patient to think ho has n deHSo or ido stomach instead of the lungs. With tbesn diarrhoea usually no- curs , and tlicro | g som disturbance of thu kid neys. In bronchial catarrh the volco often become - come ? wcstk , husky and couifo. There Is a burning pain lu throat , with dlllloulty In swal lowing. C ATA KKII. What It Means , Ifow It Acts , and What It lit. You 8H007O when you get up In the morning , you try to sncezo your nose olT every tlmo you are exposed to the least draft of air. You have a fullness over the front of the lorolieiid , and the nose tools as If there was n plug In each nostril which you cannot dislodge. You blow your IIOKO until your oars cruuk , but It don't do any good , nnd the only result Is that you suc ceed in getting up a very ted nose , and you HO Irntato the lining membrane of that organ thatou are unable to urcatno through It nt ail. This Is a correct nnd not overdrawn plcluio of an acute attack of catarrh , or "Snoozluir Catarrh" ns It is called. Now , whatdoes this condition Indicate ? First , a cold that causes mucus lo bo poured out by the glands In the IIOHO ; then those dUoasod Klundi nro attacked by swarms ot little ( forms 1 - the CBtanh gurni that lloat In the air In n locality where ilia disease ls prevalent. These luilinalculue. In their elloitn to find a ladginont , Irritate the sensitive membrane lining the nose nnd nature undertaken to rid uersult of them by producing a tit of Htieo/.ing. WlKiii the nose becomes filled wltli thlckoned anil diseased miious the natural channels for the Introduction of nlrlnlo the lungs' IH Inter- lei od with , and the por.son fto offctml must li rent lie through the mouth , and by such means the throat becomes parched and dry. snoring Is produced , and then the catnrrhai disoiiHO gams ruady access to tlio throat and I u tigs. tigs.DOCTOR J , Cresap M'Coy Late of Belle vuo Hospital , N.Y AM ) DOCTOIt Columbus Henry JInvoOnic.es 310-311 RANGE BUILDING Cor. 15th and Harney Streets J. : Omaha , Neb. J.1 Where nil rurulilu CIIHCS nro troatol 'with stio- -1 cot ) . Modu'iil ( llnMikoH troutinl HKllfully. Con - sumption , llriKlifn Diaciittu , . DyHioHn | | | , Illicit. iniillMK. uiul nil NKIIVOIJS IH.SUAtim. All ( II- MJHHOI pi'cmiiirto tlio suxus a epuolitlty. OA- TAitllH CUIIHU , CONhUl/l'ATIoN nt olllcu or by iiuill $1. Ulllco nouiM : U lo 11 a.in. ; : ! to I p. MI. ; 7 to Op. ni. SundiiyH fnchuUxl. Corrciiimiiiiimue rouolves prompt attention. Many ellsnaws in o trcatO'l ' micceitafnlly liy lr MfUoy IhrouKh tlio mull * , anil It U tlitu | K > sii. bin for UiOhti mmlilnto uniku it lournuv lu oli- tuln Hiicccstlul IKHJI ml trmttinonl nl ttielr liotncfl. Nolrtcmfl nnswcreil unless Hccoiupa. tilwil by < o IMMUIIHU. AclilionKull letter * to Dra , McCoy & Hunry , Itooms ; il"Jimcl " ; ill