r 14 , THE OMAHA DAItY BEEj DECEMBER 18. .1887-8IXTEEN PAGES. 1 Union Sewing Machine , . 1609 HOWARD STREET. The Best Machine that Money Can Buy. . ' 1609 Howard Street. * ! IV Tlir * .IM TVTniP I I P1TM I\ IN THE ELECTRICAL HELD , i , A Novel Alarm Apparatus Now Attracting Attention. AN ELECTRICAL STRATAGEM. A Pilot Engine Railway Entcriirivc-- Rrdiictlnn in Telegraph RntCH ail Over the Country A Talk on Tramways. Novel Alarm Apparatus. Electrical World : Among the novel ties lately designed is tin electvic door spring. A brasstubofitsintoonoondand projects from the barrel three-eighths of an inch. The tube is made with closed ends , the sides being longitudinally slotted , forming springs which bear elastic-ally against the inner sides of the barrel. A brass bcrc',7 with beveled hunil on its under side rests nominally against a correspondingly tapered bottom tom in the tube. The screw passes through a threaded opening in an insu lated plug of hard rubber , which is bcrowod into the opposite end of the barrel. A spiral spring of phosphor- ji bronxo surrounds but does not touch the 5 screw , but fits the barrel , abutting ut | one Oiitl ri ; ; iiist. the insulating plug and ( ut the other against a washer of vulcon- l VM'l fibi-e. 0e : : o ! the buttery wires is secured beneath the linn go , connected i to the barrel , the other wire 1& fastened between the two nuts on the screw , limiting tin electric contact with it. When the door is closed it pushes the tube into the barrel , which moves the bottom of the tube away from the head of the screw , thus breaking the elec tric circuit. When a door is opened the spiral spring pushes the tube outward until its end meets the head of the screw , thereby closing the connection. " "Tho tube in its movement rubsagainst the barrel and thus always maintains a good contact with the latter. The construction of the electric floor push is substantially the same as the push just described , except that the sliding tube is reversed so that contact is made with the screw head when the tube is pushed in or dawn , and the cir cuit is broken when the tube is pushed up. A washer of vulcanized fibre is lo cated between the end of the plug and end of the tube , so ns to prevent the ad mission of dust when tno plug is re moved. The door push is placed in connection with a burglar alarm , but in order to obtain a continuouy ringing when the door is opened and then closed , 'the au tomatic drop is employed. This is con structed so that the magnates within the ease cause the ball , normally hold in n vertical position , to full. This cuts out the magnates and allows the current to How directly over the line into the boll , which continues to ring until the bull is ruibcd again. An Electrical Strntnuem. According to the Electrical Review , when the electric telegraph was first introduced into Chili , n stratagem was resorted to in order to guard the posts and wires against damage on the part of the Arnncanian Indians and maintain the connection between the strongholds on the frontier. There were ut the time between forty and fifty captive In dians in the Chilian cam ] ) . General Pinto called them together , and , point ing to the telegraph wires , he wild : "Do you see those wires ? " "Yes , general. " "Very good. I want you to , remember not to go near nor touch them ; for if you do your hands will bo held , and you will bo unable to get tiway. " The Indi- UIIH smiled incredulously. Then the general made them each in succession take hold of the wires at both ends of nn electric battery in full operation. After which he exclaimed : "I command 8 Magnificent Line OF 8 Photo and 8 Autograph | ' 8 ALBUMS ' 18 8 8 8 8 pn Leather , Plush < Board Covers. i . ELEGANT SCRAP ALBUMS 8 8 8 Dairies for 1888. H.HJS.W.MBS you to lot go the wire1 ! "I can't ; my hands are benumbed , ' ' said the Indian' . The battery was then stopped , and the man released. Not long afterwards the general restored them to liberty , giv ing them strict injunctions to keep the secret , and not to betray it to their countrymen on any account. This had the desired effect , for , as might bo ex pected , the experiment was related in the "strictest confidence" to every man ' of the tribe , and the telegraph hu's ever since remained unmolested. An Hlcctricitl Pilot-Engine. Electrician : An Austrian lieutenant named Giesslcof Brunnis said to have developed an idea which is , perhaps , more strikingly original than practically useful. He proposes that every railway train should bo preceded by an avant- courier in the shape of an electrical pilot-engine attached , we presume , by wires to the advii' : : : ' . : ! # latin. Wo do not doubt that this can bo done , but we shall be astonished if railway engineers will bo at all thankful forthe'suggestion. Electric Itailtvny Enterprises. Electrical World : So well pleased is Serunton with its electric road that an other is being added , while all through Pennsylvania the success and economy of the road have set on foot dozens of electric railway enterprises , many of which will soon be carried out. Down south a number of elcgtric railway plans are maturing , and out west there are indications of great activity In the same line ofyork. . California 'is a par ticularly inviting field , and promises soon to have moro electric roads than any Oilier state. Coining nearer home wo find BrooUiy ; : v.'ith electric road , six miles long , just gone into operation , and with plans made , or agitation going on , for half a do/en 'more. Altogether the outlook in this department is very bright. Electricity UN an Amulet. The electricity lunatic is abroad and dropped in at the office of the Boston Traveler to remark that "a good way for a person to secure sleep is to dip a line linen handkerchief in witch ha zel" ( the hn/.ol , by the way , of the true divining .rod ) "and bind it tightly over the eyes with a white silk handkerchief. The silk is an electric an insulating quality that renders it all important. " What amulets are to Arabs , that is electricity to many Americans. New Holder for Telegraph Wires. Mining Journal : A new and rapid method of soldering these wires has re cently beeji introduced and is now to bo generally-adopted ifi Russia. Its prin cipal advantage consists in the saving of time required for the work , and in the avoidance of any "scraping , " which would to some extent reduce the strength of the wire. The two ends of the wire already embraced by the binding wire are dipped into a vessel holding a considerable quantity of melted solder , on the top of which there is sufficient powdered sal ammoniac to leave a thick layer of liquid suit. The ends of the wire pressed into this vessel are quickly joined , however dirty they may bo. Reduction in Rates. The Western Union Telegraph com pany has announced the following re ductions in telegraph rates , taking effect December 1. First : The maxi mum rate east of and including Man- tana , Utah , New Mexico and Texas re duced from $1 to 75 cents. Second : Within the section cast of the Missis sippi river and north of Tennessee and North Carolina the maximum rate re duced from 75 cents to 50 cents. Third : Within the section south and including Virginia and Tennessee and east of the Mississippi river tljo maximum rate re duced from CO cents to 50 cents. A New Cnrhoit Telephone Button. Electrical World : Wo have had oui attention called to a now microphone button. It is said to bo the result of r considerable number of oxporimonfc UNtON. Union Sewing Machine , . 1609 HOWARD STREET. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. Easy Weekly & Month ly Payments. . UNION. 1609 Howard Street. aiming to produce an article superior to that ordjnnrily used in transmitters. The cascntial qualities of the carbon are its extre'mo nnrdness , which is suf ficient to scratch glass , its homogene ity , its smoothness of surface , and its imperviousncbS to atmospheric inllu- < * hces. The carbon button is fastened to its support by , electroplating , as it need never be removed since the surface is so hard that the platinum has no effect upon it. It is claimed that this form of button is far superior to the ono ordin arily in use , especially for long telephone - phone lines. A Tnlk on Tramways. Electrical World : At the meeting of the Now York Elccrical society , hold on November HO , Mr. Holroyil Bmith. of London , gnvo a 'Talk on Tramways , " in which he treated the subject of street railroads , first in a general way and then with special reference to the elec trical method. In beginning his ad dress Mr. Smith said that too much at tention cannot bo given to the fact that in oleerical railroading the electrician occupies the second place to the engin eer , and that the past failures in elec trical railroading have been duo to the fact that electricians , pure and simple , have gone into the domain of engineer ing without suHicicnt knowledge to guide thorn. In other words , the elec trician must not expect to succeed in working tramways unless he studies the engineering problems us well. Mr. Smith , in taking u ] > the subject gen erally , drew attention to the fact that American railroads or tramroads , were the necessary outcome of the generally jad ordinary roads , .vheieas in England the roads are uniformly good. In dis cussing the question from the olecrical stand point , Mr. Smith drew attention to three essential points that have to bo considered : 1. Safety to the public. 2. Etlleiency. J { . Economy. Taking up the storage battery first , Mr. Smith held the position that oven if the battery could bo successfully worked , it would cost one-third more to equip and run a line on this system than to wit down u conduit , and especially would this be the case where traffic is very heavy. Mr. Smith was of the opinion that of the various systems the overhead system was the best , taking all into consideration ; but the great dut the great danger in its use lay in the tendency to do slipshod work. The difficulties mot with at crossings and switches in railway work where con ductors of opposite polarity mot in a horizontal piano are overcome by placing the conductors in u vertical plane , so that even if contact does occur it can only happen between two positive or two negative conductors. Mr. Smith finally described a now method-of his own which was designed to overcome all the objections to both the overhead and underground circuits , and which , without the use of the storage battery , is arranged to supply the motor dn the car with electricity. This system , which was only hinted at by the speaker , will no doubt attract some attention in the future. Electric Brevities. The great opera house in Vienna had to bo closed recently because of a break down in the electric light apparatus , caused by the cracking of the plates in the boilers , which wore of Austrian mnnufncturc. A complete new plant of boilers , amounting to 750 horse power , has been ordered of the Glasgow house of the Babcock and WSicox company , and it is expected that they will be ready for service in two weeks from the date of the order , which , if accom plished will bo remarkably quick work. A neat idea in the application of electricity to warfare is found in the use of incandescent lamps of about one hundred candle power placed on pole * submerged to a depth of about twenty feet in tne sea , and carried by launches. These lights illuminate the sea within a radius of 150 feet , and thus help tc detect submarine mines , torpedo lines , etc. etc.Tho The official documentsof the proposed international exhibition at Brussels , to be given under the special patronage of King Ccopoldof Belgium in 1888 have just been issued. The exhibition is of a gcnenil nature , but special attention is to be paid to electricity. An apnetil is addressed to electricians to participate , and an elaborate classification is made of electrical apparatus to be included. A Swiss watchmaker has invented an electric illuminator for watch dials. A small electric lamp is fitted in the watch case , where it will light up the dial when , by touching the case with the charm , connection is made through the chain with u small battery curried in the waistcoat pocket. While a dancing party was in pro gress in Port Huron , Mich. , the janitor of the hall mounted a step-ladder with a poker in his hand and attempted to adjust an electric light. The poker came in contact with an exposed section of wire ami the shock throw him to the floor , injuring.him severely. At St. John's colliery , Normanton , England , a set of pumps is now being worked by nn electric motor of the Im- mish type , which receives its current from a dynamo on , the surface. The pumps deliver thirty-nine gallons per minute to a heat of 650 ! feet , that is , they exert a net power of 0.3 horses. Tne largest electvic light in the world s in the lighthoriso at Sydney. Aus- railia. It has the power of 180,000 can- illes , anfl can bo seen at sea fifty miles distant. America's largest light , 24,000 candle power , is at San Jose , Cnl. ilany c ! tlie electric light ofin.Vuils being put down in the streets of New York were the invention of David Brooks , now electrician of the Pennsyl vania railroad , who sold the patent to the Western Union Telegraph compiuiy 'or $90,000. The efforts of the telephone company of Austria to got the Bell patent can celled have at last been successful. The electric road at San Jose , to be operated under the Fisher system , will soon bo completed and in running order. Mr. M. M. Shelley has recently brought out in Now York city nn inven tion which is worked either by electri city or by hand , and which , in case of a firorings a boll in car stables , opens the doors , unhitches the horses , and , by squirting water in their faces , drive * them out of their stalls. The government of the colony of Vic toria , Australia , is to buy the local telephone - phone plant for 8200,000 , and operate it ns a branch of the public service. An English banking house cables that the London Stock exchange grants Mr. Gould leave to withdraw his application to have Western Union listed. Brnco'fl Balloon SlRnnls in Belgium. London Electrician : On the 20th ult. some trials of Mr. E. Bruce's system of transmitting military signals at night took place at Antwerp , before General Pontus , the Belgian war minister , nnd several distinguished officers of the Belgian army. This arrangement ( which has been adopted in the English army ) consists merely of putting some incandescent lamps inside a small bal loon which is allowed to float at a moderate height , and then flashing sig nals by means of a Morse key with car bon contacts. The system is so simple and practically certain in its operation that it scarcely needs any preliminary trial , and wo need hardly say that the rehearsal at Antwerp gave perfect satis faction to all concerned. The signals wore easily read at n distance of 3KM , ( metorsbut observers wore also stationed on the cathedral tower at Mechlin , ant oh the church at Wilrysch distuu about txvontv miles. Their reports hai not been published , but owing to the fact that the balloon only attained i height of 100 meters , it was not though probable that the signals could have been seen &o far. There is little doub that the arrangement will become com man in the European armies. WHERE IS WOMAN'S ' SPHERE ? s It in the Homo , or Before the Public. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX'S ANSWER Women Who IJOIIR for the I'laudltH of the World Stingy Huhliamls Often the Cause of Women ScckinBIMhllc * Life. . [ Written fur tlic BC j > r/cife / ; ? < l.l According to my creed a woman's place is wherever circumstances beyond icr control have situated her. If she feels a constant and nevcr-ccas- ng rebellion against her environments , ind craves a change of conditions , the change will come. We may .whine and complain at Fate all our lives , without ever accomplishing anything. But the oul that looks steadily in the face of ts desire , makes no complaint , recog- iics no ill-fortune , but demands from ifo the thing it craves , and believes it will be given that soul will obtain its wish so sure us the sun shines. There are no circumstances which can overthrow or circumvent the pas sionate resolve of a noble , earnest soul. I believe we1 are denied the things wo crave , in order to U'fct'.the strength of OUV desire. There arc DO accidents of of birth or fortune. A mighty Intelli gence directs it all , and grants to each soul its wish , if that soul never swerves 'rom the intensity of desire. The reason so few of us obtain what wo want is because so few of us arc per sistent and patient. If any woman is placed in a situation where she is deprived of the comforts ind the appreciation so necessary to our happiness , and hc longs ardently enough to better her condition , the way will be opened for her , and it will bo right and wise for her to walk therein. I cannot understand how a woman who has been accorded that greatest of all gifts .from heaven , a happy home , can desireany career which interferes with it. The result of my observation does not lead me to believe that women who are sheltered with love and pro tection and appreciation , do long for the plaudits of the world. A great deal is said and written of the young girl or worshipped wife who neg lects kind parents or a devoted husband to pursue a career. If you will take pains to investigate the unwritten his tory of such cases , you will find in almost every instance a skeleton whose rattling bones drove that daughter or wife from her home into public life. Men are given to making sarcastic remarks concerning the great horde of women lecturers , actors-readers , and performers of all kinds before the pub lic. Our daily papers teem with para graphs of ridicule or advice to women to stav at home and attend to their fam ilies. If every man who takes upon himself the voluntary obligations of matrjmony performed his whole duty as husband and father , there would bo fewer women before the public to-day. The girl or wife who has to tease , beg , or pout in order to obtain a few dollars for her own use , naturally lies awake nights plan ning some method of earning money. I knew the daughter of a man whoso riches were counted among the hun dreds of thousands , and yet she was obliged to resort to petty ruses and humiliating scenes to get a dollar of pin money. " She was allowed to run large bills , which her father scanned and anathomati/ed item by item each month , but ho did not consider the female members of .his household com petent to carry a purse. When the daughter ran away , and wont on the stage as a third-class actrc ? , the world was shocked that she should leave her elegunlhomo and devoted parents for the glare of the footlights. ' I overheard a well-dressed and line- looking man recently , in a railroad cn . scolding his wife for an extravagant purchase. She showed him the sample of a new dress she had purchased , and asked with a timid look if he thought it was pretty. < V'iIow much did you pay for it ? " ho ho asked , and her answer , given with a deprecating glance , brought forth such a growl anil sneer that the poor wife's pleasure in her purchase must have been instantly ruined. I am quite sure I should have put the dress up at auc tion , and present Sir. Growler with the proceeds of the sale , and then I would nave joined a circus or a minstrel troop , if I could find no better method of earn ing a dress for myself. Two women wlio are workincr outside of homes for a livelihood , told me re cently with tears in their eyes , that they would consider themselves the most blest of mortals to be shut within the walls of some humble cottage , where only faint echoes from the world could reach them. Both women were driven from their homes by the skele ton of poverty. And yet 1 have heard ono of these women commented on se verely as "a bold seeker after note riety. " ' She is simply doing what she is compelled to do to keep the wolf from the door. Thcro is occasionally born into the world a woman whose whole r.r.tr.vs rushes like the tidfj c-mighty ! ocean" towvril the shore of some special career. Rc&a Bonheur was ono of these , the first Mrs. Siddons was another , Anna Dick inson was another. In each of these women the force of her peculiar genius was so great that no perfection oMiomo life , no opulence of wealth could kept her from fulfilling her destiny. They did not choose a career , a career choose them. Many other names could bo added to the list , yet such richly and re markably dowered women nro the ex ception. The rule is , that the women who pur sue the hard path of a public career , % vhich deprives them of a quiet domes tic life , are women who have been driven into it by stern necessity. To be bueen of a happy home , loved and appreciated by a kind husband and little children , to live only for their ap probation and respect , surely this is the grandest and truest sdhcro possible fotr woman. It is the enVy genuine happi ness wlijch earth affords , all else is mere imitation. In no reform can woman do a work so beneficial to man kind us increasing the number of happy homes in the land. But this work is not given every woman to do. Good husbands , who will love , respect , appreciate , and sup port their wives and daughters , do not stand on every threshold ready to lead all women into this earthly Paradise. And therefore it is every woman's duty to bo prepared to meet the world single- handed. If I wore blessed with a daughter , I should teach her some method of self- support as religiously as I should teach her to love God. But my daily prayer would bo that she might never no forth from the shelter of the parental roof , save as the queen of a good husband's home. ELLA WIIKKMSU WJLCOX. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Singular Story of His Arrent On Sus picion of Trcasure-StcaliiiK. Anniston , ( Ala. ) Correspondence of the Globe-Democrat : Jefferson Davis has had a good many narrow escapes , but one of them has never been told in print , and the chief actor in the affair has never cared to talk about it. Someuho'o along in the 60s the No bles , an English family residing in Pennsylvania , decided to move south ward. They selected Ronui , . Ga. , as their objective point , and started on their journey , after making the neces- WE H-A TE THE- FINEST LINE OF ART BOOKS in the WEST AMONG THEM ARE Dante's Inferno , Purgatory & Paradise , The Wandering Jew , ( after Dore ) Idyls and Pastories , by Celia Thaxter & others. We are sole agents for Hudson's Shakespeare. Wecarrya l the best books published by Houghton , Mifflin & Co. , and Harper Brothers. ? l Dutton's Annual and Chatterbox. Famous Zig-Zag Stories ) ; ! : Our department of childrens' books is exceptionally com pete , containing all the newest and best of the older ones. Prang's Christmas Cards for 1887-8. 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Sharp o.yen wore on the watch , and the glitter of he contents of the chest attracted atten tion. tion.As a matter of precaution , the chest was contldcd to MihS Mary Noble , who hat in a secluded section of the car with licr back to tho'door. At Drnnchville , 3. C. . two gentlemen boarded the train. One was a young , wiry-looking man , and the other was tall and slender , past the meridan of life , and of distinguished ap pearance. When Augusta was reached the two strangers went on to Atlanta and the Nobles discovered that their precious chest was missing. The conductor was clamorously appealed to , and he in stantly gave it as his opinion that "tho one-eyed man had htolen it. " "He is a bad-looHing fellow , ' ' said the conductor. The chest had evidently been snatched' out of the rear window of the car , us the suspected man took his departure at a. moment \yhon Miss Noble's ntlojiU'Jli was llxed in some Cu'ner direction. Aitor h consultation it was decided that Miss Noble and Miss Mary should proceed to Atlanta and cause the arrest of the supposed thief while Mr. Noble and the others remained in Augusta awaiting not very confidently the result , BMrs. Noble succcded in tracing the two men to their stopping place in At lanta and identified them as soon us she saw them. At her request they word arrested aud carried to headquarters , ' where the astonishing discovery was made that the "one-eyed man" was President Pierco's secretary of war , Jellcrson Davis , and his private secre tary. tary.Mr. . Davis was in a good humor , and of course the two gentlemen were at once released with many apologies. But before leaving Mr. Davis told Mrs. Noble and her daughter that ho regretted their lo s , and ho tendered them n $20 gold piece as an evidence of his sympathy. Mrs. Noble declined to accept the gift , but Miss Mary spoke up and said ; "Yes. take it. That is some of our money that.tho old rascal took ! " Mr. Davis smiled and pressed the money upon Mrs. Noble , who finally took it , and carried to her husband in Augusta. BSuspician was then directed to the conductor , but his sudden death in the course of a few days stopped further in vestigation. After the election of Mr. Davis to the presidency of the Southern Confederacy Mr. Noble , then the prosperous con tractor , visited him at Montgomery , and talked with him about manufacturing cannon. Mr. Davis asked him several questions , and then re ferred to the loss of the chest. Ho then introduced Mr. Noble to Mrs. Davisund told the story of the arrest. Mrs. Davis laughed heartily over the incident , and , with her husband , took quite an interest in the Nobles from that time. Noblw wont to work and made hun dreds of cannon for the confederacy. Later , he founded and built up the nourishing city of Anniston , in Ala- bams. 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