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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. JANUARY 15. 1888.-TWELVE PAGES. I IT TUP PITTTHIP4I 11t H 1.1 THE ELECTRICAL rILLI ) , Lighting Cars by Electricity Au Ex- ponslvo Joko. NEW AND NOVEL INVENTIONS. Illoctrlcnl KxproMMiiKC * I'liinn I'lnylnjr liy McniiH ol' I lie Fluid Lights Tor I'li-ciiicn l''lr l THcKrnph to HID WcHt Ilr'cvltlcH Cnrs by Kloctrlolty. What may bo called Iho "burning question" of how to light railway cars lends interest to the following from the Chronlquo Industiielle. The paseii- ger trains on the Stuttgart-Hallo line are lighted by the Bernstein system of incandescent lights and Khotlnsky ac cumulators. The accumulators are not connected by any electric source , al though a dynamo is carried in the bag gage ear. On account of this iion-coii- , ncction the lights are not subject to ptilMiUons. The dynamo during the run charges a battery of accumulators which can bo used in case any of the ( latteries supplying the light in any car Hhould lese its force or elllcioncy , in which case this extra battery could bo immediately attached to it. F.neh car lias two batteries of eight nccumulntor.s each , and each battery weighs 151) ) kilo grams. The accumulators of each car are separate and entirely independent of the batteries in other cars. . The lamps are H.\ed to the car ceilings. Third-class cars have three candle power lamps. First and second class cars have from live to sixteen candlepower - power lamps. IVtirtrinlwr ; ; . Enquirer : The Wurtomborg govern ment has in practical use on some of its railroads the following system of elec tric ear-lighting. The lights in each car are supplied from separate accumulators which are charged by a dynamo driven from the car-nxol. Ktich car is thus entirely in dependent. and is the train is stopped or the cars uncoupled the lights are not interfered with. The management of the apparatus is said to bo very simple. ICxcrchcenceH by Klectrlcity. Nashville American : A friend was tolling mo of hisown and his wife's experience - porienco in having moles and wens re moved by electricity. His wife had on her rightshouldor a blemish in the form of a largo molo. quite half an inch in diameter , which practically made it im possible for her to wear ball or evening dresses , which would reveal her other wise shapely shoulders. She accident ally heard of the electric operations , and , obtaining the address of the sur geon who performs them.sho went with out her husband's knowledge to his ollico , and submitted to the operation. It required about a week to heal the wound made by the needles with which the mole was perforated in every direction ; then the mole , which had boon burne * ! to a dry , black crisp , fell on" , leaving the shoul der perfectly white , and with only the slightest , indication to show whore the discoloration had been. A now skin formed ever it , and there is hardly a noticeable blemish there now. Success inspired her to insist on her husband's undergoing the same operation on a more delicate part of his person namely , his noso. lie thus tells his Htory : "t had on my nose nt birth , so I was told , a won , which grow with my years until I became a man , and for years it greatly disligurcd my connte"- nanco. It was about the size of a pea , and was on my loft nostril. It changed color from time to Uinoaiul would grow to bo a frightful sanguinary red whenever - over T indulged myself with wines and liquors of any sort. I came to regard it at times as a gin blossom , and an irrev erent reporter in describing mo once suggested that this object had evidently been ono of long and patient and costly culture. 1 went on my wife's ur gent entreaty to her surgeon and asked him if it could bo removed. Ho looked at it and slighted that it might bo if I would not look upon the wine when it was rod ; hut I told him I was bora so. Ho examined furl her , and at once pro ceeded to operate upon it. Ho bathed my nose , lirstof all , in co caine. It grow cold at llrst , then be came perfectly numb , ns though asleep from lack of circulation of the blood. It felt as if paralysed. Ho then applied an oloctrio needle to the wen , stick-ing it through and through , as near the root as possible. There was. no pain , though half an hour was consumed in the oper ation , Whenever ho increased the cur rent of electricity I saw billions of stais , and sparks seemed to Hash from my eyes , and the eyeballs seemed to crack with each spurk that apparently How from thorn. When the operation was completed the won was black , no longei red , and more unsightly than over. Ho put llosh colored court plaster ever il and kept it there for about a week. Then In washing it olT thomussiof bluck- onoil tlesh fell away. A nowbkin formed and you can barely see a small scat where the unsightly object once Kloutrioal Joke. Chicago Herald : A young man went to a Brooklyn theater , purchased a tea in the row next but one from the or chobtra , and was boon absorbed in the performance , which included the exhibition hibition of a contrivance called the electric organ. Suddenly ho felt i htrangu thrill pass through his body Ho struggled violently to raise himsol from his scat , but found that ho conk not move from the chair , and was en tirely unable to successfully exert nin muscular force whatever. Ho was ter ror stricken , and for a moment thought ho had been seized with a stroke o paralysis. The spasm lasted for a few moments , and then , ns it passed olT , the man sprang from the chair , rushed u | the aisle and out of the auditorium pursued by the laughter of the nudi- once which had witnessed his center tions. Ho soon discovered that ho hm" boon made the victim of a praetica joke , and that the chair in which In. had boon seated was cot'ucw iud with the electric or n. it was part of the ECiicmeto play this trick upon some ono occupying a chair near the stage , in full view of the audience. The victim couldn't BOO where the fun cmno , and brought suit against the theatrical man agers for $ : J5 , ( UO damages. F.leclrlcal ICxprcssagc. Baltimore Sun : There is under way in Baltimore a stupendous electrical en terprise that will , if mechanically suc cessful , as it promises to bo , revolutionIze - Izo the common carriage business of the entire world and bring about a now era that will stamp the present as an ago of electricity , if there bo any doubts , of that at present. The enterprise is nothing more or loss than the construc tion of an elevated framework , the main features of which are two narrow rails , upon which shall run a vessel or cartildgo , capable of holding express or mail matter , newspapers ; , baggage or ' freight of any kind. Above those mils nnd cqui-dlstnnt from them is to run n lilrd mil or copper comlnctltffr. cable , through which the olcctrlclty will pass ind iiropel the vuhiflo. It Is Muted thtit ho irolifht cartridge , flllcd with nows- ; iiporHin HnltlmorVi would Itind them n Now York in u little over nn hour ind a quarter. Thus the papers o press nt ! l o'clock in thu m wntihl bo in New York shortly uftcr M I'elook. Tlio electric carriage , It in stated , will IIy nlonjr at an unheard ) f velocity , and the invention providuH 'or l.ubricatton as the autoniatio express train speeds ujion its way. The gentlemen who are engaged in the 011- .orprico are exceedingly reticent. f'iv- , i\K \ names of neither inventor , patentees - enteos or Hlockholdors , and callinj ! ; the concern only by the name of the Klce- rlcal Dicpatch company. It is certain , "low'ovor. that the drawings of the ma- hinery have boon made , nnd that a avcat has been Hied in the Patent of- llce. Thin piinriintecs t-ecrecy until the novuinent s-hull have taken such a shape .hut lettor.s patent will bo'tnkcn out. The inventor is a Baltimorean , as are the stockholders , and becrecy will be maintained until a syndicate of wealthy 'iporators is formed and the patents are 'ranted in the principal patent olllces of .ho world , it being the intention to pat ent the invention all over the globe. Steps are already being taken to tectire mlentsin England , Franco , Prussia and Uubsia. An experimental road nine nilcs long will be built near Haltlmoro it some future time to demonstrate tlio Feasibility of the Mhcmeand it is prob able that'the first inter-town line will bo run between Baltimore and Wash ington , bliould the stockholding interest lesiro that route. In this case "Wash ington people could stand with u telephone - phone in hand and purchnxo dry goods or any other commodity , and have their samples Hhowti them with almost the bamo facility that -.hopper could bad ger n clerk to-day , I'lnno IMtiyhiff by Hlrutrlelty. Now York Dispatch to thu Cilolm- Dcmocrnt : One of the foremojt of our linns of piano forte makers has recently become interested in an electrical de vice which may become quite an im portant addition to the ordinary piano , or if it docs not displace the _ pianist for all ports of music. The devieo in ques tion is the invention of a young tele grapher of this cit.\ named Joseph Web ber , who has been at work upon bis idea for the last year , and has carried it far that there is now no trouble about obtaining every facility for test ing the experiment upon a largo beale. For every note in the piano is provided a piece of soft iron , bound with wire in the usual fashion and capable of becom- ing-amagnet when inlluonced by an elec tric current. Uacli magnet attracts a lover attached to a piano key , so _ that when a current passes to a particular magnet the key corresponding to this magnet is acted upon , add the hammer strikes tlul string more or less forcibly , according to the strength of the mag netic attraction. The wires running from the magnets attached each key center around a small cylinder provided with metallic pins , somewhat Mice the cylinder of a music box. except that tlio piiib , instead of projecting from the sur face of the cylinder , are perfectly Hat. It is easy to understand how tno cur rent can be made to pass to a particular note only when a eortaiu metallic point on the surface of the cylinder comes in connection with a comb , each metal tooth of which corresponds to a note on the piano. The chief dilliculty to be met with was the problem ot giving notes different dynamic values ,0110 note being soft and the next note loud. This has been accomplished by introducing resistance coils into the circuits accord ing to the power of the note wantedand the tone can be graduated in a sulll- cieutly accurate manner to allow homo surprising ollects. Iiloutrlc Ijllits ( for Firemen. New York Telegram : The IIro com missioners have tried various devices to supersede the ancient lantern to be car ried by firemen when carrying their pipes into subterranean corners or dark rooms above ground , ] > ut nothing has been satisfactory so far. A small oloc trio lantern used in some parts of Lon don , aud approved by C'hief Shaw of this city , was tried , but it was not satis factory. The latest invention is a broad bolt to bo worn by the firemen , in which are set ou the front about a do/en electric lights arranged in metallic cells , which resemble largo si/o rillo cartridges. The fireman on entering a dark room or collar has only to turn on a screw and ' the electric 1'ights Hash out in front of him. The contrivance has not been tested as yet , and until it has boon Pres ident Purroy and Assistant ( . 'hief Bonnor will not express an opinion as to its merits. Tlio Firm Telojirupb to tin * West. Now York Sun : The talk of a now telegraph line between New York and San Francisco has aroused the old timers hero to lively reminiscences ol the building of the first line .across the plains. Ono polo , ono hundred miles west of Lnramio. was sot up four times and each time hacked down by Indian tomahawks. . Knch time there was a bloody hkirmish with the redskins foi temporary possession of the stump. At last the polo was given to a young man who M now high up in the management of the Western Union. Ho laid a mine in the hole , setup the now pole , trailed the fuse to an ambush of rocks close by and waited with two armed friends. Then a band of eight Sioux came along and hold a war dance around the polo. When the mine was lircd all but three \\oro killed and these three carried olT Minio balls with them. The powdei blew up the polo again , but it cleaned the hole out nicely for a now ono , which was thereafter lot alone. This i-tor.\ was told with great eclat at Dolmon- ico's , and was the signal for more bottles tles and moro stories. It is curious what enthusiastic storytellers are to bo found among New Yorkers who have scon life in the Rockies. IJoltinijTrottci * Cured by Klroti-iolty New York World : An interesting am very satisfactory experiment was trier several days ago at the Harvard Veter inary school. A valuable trotting homo was brought to the school for the treatment mont of a fractured jaw , which hadljuar the result of attempts tr , > rmmngo him. Ho had a li bit oi taking the hit under Ilia tongue , thus making himself master of the situation , and being a horse of high spirit , ho would proceed to bolt or do as ho oho > e. He is a trotter with a record of 22 : , having at ono time gone by the name of Gray Kaglo , and later by that of Walter 11. , but was practically valueless on account of his habit of break ing and bolting. Prof. U. H. Harrison took the matter in hand , resolving to make an attempt to save the animal. Ho procured a galvano-Faradic battery of small size which ho placed in a wagon. From this extended two blight wires along the reins to the bit of tlio bridle. By nn arrangement of buttons on the battery it was a very easy matter to "shock" the horso. The instrument wns applied to Gray Knglo , and nt thosamo time the utmost euro was taken to use it only with the words , "whoa" and "steady , " the first meaning to stop him in a short dis tance if trotting or to stop short if ho were walking , the second to get on hi * feet if ho were breaking. The , animal after a , few experiments ccnmo docile and his bolting took Us ilaco among the lost arts. The other Homing ho wns given a final trial under 'rof. Harrison V supervision and came o a halt from a:40 : clip or a walk with qtml docility on hearing , Jhc word , whoa , "and gave ever his breaking vhen the order "steady" was given , lie vas tried under circumstances calcu- ated to excite him and the experiment irovcd eminently satisfactory. Huoyn by Kleotrlclt.v. Klectrlcal World : The only lighted ) uoys in the waters of the United States iro" two in number , nnd thcso are ightcd with gas , in Charleston harbor. Vs the buoys in our northern harbors ire subject to submersion and rough landling by ice Hews , gas lamps would lot answer on them , and the light- board has recently decided to try electricity. For the experiment a spar buoy thir- y-llvofoot long , two feet at its greatest liometer , and tapering to about ten nehes at each end , has been secured to i hall spherical sinker weighing H.IMM ) rounds , and has been fitted up to take , ho place of the present bell buoy oil Jobbins1 reef in New York harbor. Plio Kdison company is preparing a ifty cnndle-imwcr I a nip to bo attached .o thu top of the buoy , and a gulta .jcri'hu company has completed a two conductor submarine cable to connect , vth ! the lamp. Kumnvay Caught I'.V Klcctricity. Haverliill Ga/.ette : Last Saturday evening about 8 o'clock a horse owned > ytLoula Plonf , attached to a buggy and Irivon by bis son , sturtcd into a furious run ( in upper Main street and came Jashing down the hill at a startling 'ait. The young man got down upon lis knees and used all his strength to cheek the animal , but without success , yet succeeded in directing him' ever the iridgo , and everybody hurried out of Lhe. .street to give the plunging johu a wide berth. Ira 1C. Messor immedi- itoly telephoned to 15. G. Perry in Brad ford o ( the approaching team and on its arrival in front of his store the animal was stopped before any damage was dono. Kloctrioity was too speedy for liorio motion that time and Is entitled U > duo credit. The young man was thoroughly frightened and say.ho doesn't want another Christmas drive of that sort. Mlrotrlo llrcvltlcs. Frank Briggs , twelve yo'irs old. was drowned Tuesday. January I ! , alVin - condon , and the body was found Wed nesday evening by the use of an elec tric light , which was put under the water on a polo. Au inventor of Diillas , Tex. , is mak ing olTorts at Nashville , Toiiu. , to or ganize a company with a capital stock if $100,001) ) to manufacture his electric faro boxes and registers for street cars. The Electrical Ueviow says that the usolessiies.1 of the lightning rod is be coming so generally understood that the agents Hnd their vocation a trying one. Fewer and fewer rods are manu factured each year , and "the day will come when a lightning rod on a house will bo regarded in the same light as a horse-shoe over a man's door. " A new thing out is a clock with ordi nary works , that will run for a year without attention. An electric battery concealed in the case winds up the cloclf from day today , or week to week , as the need may be. Once in a great while the battery must be renewed , but that is all the care the clock calls for. Berlin will soon be the most brilliant ly illuminated city in F.uropo. The electric light is being fitted all along the Unterden Linder.and the Leip/dger strasse , which i upward of a milo in length , is already illuminated through out by electricity , which is to be intro duced into all the princip.il streets and squares. The NowF.nglund Hloctric mail com pany , of Boston , had on exhibition in the Main hall its electric mail box , a most convenient and useful invention. This is similar in appearance to tlio or dinary boxes which are placed at the entrances of business buildings , apart ment houses and private residences. It ( lifters , however , in detail in being con nected by means of wires with a small mech'inism , which is inclosed either in the lower part of a clock or in a small \\ooden eaio with a glass front. This case is placed on the wall in any room of tlio building. The box , which con tains a small electrical contrivance , is so constructed that when any mail matter - tor is dropped into it the occupant of the room is immediately notilled by the striking of a bell , and by the dropping of a white disc inside , which remains in view until the mail is removed. KDUCATIONAfj. The now Hall of Science at Hamline , Minn. , was dedicated last week wifh Impressive - sivo ceremonies. President Cleveland has been invited to attend the twentieth unuual commencement of Cornell university. The next meeting of the Lancaster county , Nebraska , teachers' association will bo held on tho'JSth at Raymond. The Albany Journal is concerned because ) most of tht ) economic text-books used in Ameiicnn colleges iiro written by foreigners. During the past year Dr. A. O , Huvgood , Kent-nil iigont , distributed , 510,000 of the income - como from thi ) Slater fund , foity-two schools receiving aid. Wheeling Gaunt , a wealthy colored man of Yellow Springs , O. , has bequeathed his prop erty , mnimntlug to $40,000 or WO OOO , toS'il - borforco university. The school population of Dakota multiplied thirteen times during the period from 1S75 nnd nt the same time the number of schools multiplied twenty times. The preliminary programme of the state tcachets' association meeting at Fremont , Fob. , in March will bo sent out to the teach ers of the stuto in u few days. Dr. William II. Hyder , pastor of the Con gregntioual church , Ann Albor , Mich. , hfis been called to the associate professorship of sacred literature In the Andover theological seminary , Andover , Mass. Statistics of the women graduates of twelve American colleges show that two. thuds of these who have passed the ago n , which girls generally marry are still unmar ried. Hutgors colleire , ut New Hiunswick. N. J. , is to huvo u school of electricity and an im proved scientific department , having rocs'red f lf,000 under the recent act o Congress foi experimental stations , At the list mooting of the trustees of Am- l.crst colic-go the trcnsurer announced that a person whose name is to bo unknown for the present , mid tfivcn * . " > 0,000 for the general ex penses of thu college , A largo class of students at Washburn col lege , Topeka , ICan. , has been organized hi Prof. Phulps for the inductive study of the Old 'JVstament , according to the plan laid out by Prof. Harper , of Now Haven. Mr. Frederick H. Kludge. , of Los Angelesj Cal. , formerly of Cambridge , Mass. , hai added u city hull and an industrial school for boys to his gift of n library to the latter city making the total of his benefactions the sun of $500,000. , Tlw corporation of Harvard unlvorsltj have voted to build a now dormitory to cos fioO.OOO. The plans for the new building which will be known us Hastings hall , are now being prepared , and it Is expected thiv" it will bo ready for occupancy lu October Plans for the now Victoria college In To ronto have been prepared. Tlio govcrnmen has offered a splendid site of four and a hal acres at a norai-iul rent of $1 a year. The buildings will bo among the finest in the Do million. Onc.half of the H',000 required to carry out the schema of confederation has been pledged. French flannels are now Imported in dottci and Persian ngured patterns in place of the old checked and pUildcd designs. N NEIGHBORING ISLES , Cuba ns n Resort for Americans Some Rare Sights , AN INTERESTING PEOPLE. ; iitei-lnj * n Ctili.ni Ilarlior During n Norther' The Harbors of the Northern Shore * Havana's Domes and Mliinrcts. HAVANA , Cuba. .Tun. ' . . [ Corrospon- Icnce of . . the . Bui : Copyrighted. ] It vould be ditllcult to tlnd any other in- cresting foreign land , when its acces- iblllty is considered , so worthy the at- cation of American travelers , as Cuba. I'o the average thought of ono who haslet lot visited it. It seems far , repellant , jarbarous. It is none of these. The real Ward steamers take you from the \morican to the Cuban metropolis in ust three days. In that brief time ono las hardly an opportunity for study of ompaiiions , and no chance whatever or ordinary ocean misery , for yon are otihtantly reaching summer seas and skies ; and there are now such hosts of gay and cheery groups making Cuba heir winter homo , that the trip to the West Indies has positive delights. Nor an there anywhere be found such in- ercsting and hospitable people as these > f this Antilles pearl. The genuine Vmerican is welcome and made glad in , 'uba in a way he can know in no other and. By and by when it is properly a > art of our own country , it will becomei ho vast winter pleasure ground of a continent. So , too , there is win'omc interest in ) tber than one's immediate siirround- ng3 in this brief --en voynsro to tlio ropics. There is tranquili/.ing con- -eiousne-s in every mile's added dis- anco from the growl and grip of our lortheru winter. Life's asperities are , ovoror when the roll-title * " ) elemental 'oives , like a horde of desperate ma- auders , come out of polar lairs for on slaught. As the sun grows higher at mid-day , and the north-star sinks clo-sor lo the hori'/on at midnight , there steals , ipon the sense vague pulsing.- wel- jomo languor , innmnerablo seemings of MKithing presences , and consciousness of blessed rest. Nor can one tire of these personal , nner roali/ations in repeated goings 'rom northern to southern seas. There ire ever and again these new-old de- iglits. They come to you like sudden , sunny smiles on old friends'faces ; and , is when you take these old filends by .ho hand you look and feel and know joyond the hand , the face , or the pres ence , to the intangible roalitof , hnlf- 'orgotteu good , so your heart lays hold n simple alVection upon the old. half- een sights , half-hoard sounds and half- viiown eompa sings of coast and sea and sky , in wondrous awakened zeal. jt is not altogether through an o'er- .uickened impressibility and seeming 'bat , as in these winter hours wo sweep 'rom biting to balmy airs , there are tiourly such changes as entice the at- lontivo and enthrall the contemplative mind. All tlio long way is the friendly ncarncc of coast. Hero , behind the ilcnk shores lie the Holds in wintry fal low , and ono alircst hears the bleating of barn-yard Hocks or the chimes of ' country 'side bolls. A bit further are ' iho w'ide , wind-swept tractof never- winter lands , whore in the deepest valleys the warmth of summer never quite departs./ / Following this are the vast areas where winter is everbrown , leafless summer a-chill. And then come the reaches where we If now the -Tny swamps darken from the lordly lialmetto's -.hlide , and the still water.- , ileop in shnllowrtof eternal green , while Itoyond , in a mimic tropic land within our own , the red-bird ceaseless sings and the odorous orange blooms. Jiu- iieath , in till1 wake of our speeding toamer , the white plume , spuming and broadening rearward , grows whiter and whiter by day , and moro sparkling and iridtscent by night , as if in keeping with TUB MATCHUP VISION'S of firniiiinentH no eyes behold in north ern latitudes ; for nearer and nearer come the stars , until the mighty con stellations pulse and glow with marvel ous colorings and fires , lu bird , fish , wave , horizon , sky and tremulous zephyrs , there is constant and witching change ; until , having swept past the balmy Bahamas , wo plunge into the green waters of the Mexican gulf , and before half settled in a loving contem plation and enjoyment of it all. the weird , mountainous coast lines of Cuba suddenly rise above the far horixon's edge , like a dream in winey purple uion a bed of misty , evanescent blue. As luck would have il wo came upon Cuba with thu most furious of "north ers. " ' A"northor"in Cuba is the nearly exnended deviltry of ono of those bli/- /.ards which ripen somewhere in the storm center of .lay Cooko'u original ' 'isotherm" up there in Dakota or Man- tob.i. and after waltzing all over the North American continent until people have got tired of its airs , comes down hero like au old adventurer to make these passionate veined people wish they were dead. You who know the blizzard in its healthy form , would sinilo at its weak ened pretentious hero. Though its real power is ; ; ono , Cubans rega.nl it witli oven moro'horror than we. The suffer ing hero on the part of these people under a "norther , " when you and I would bo quite comfortable ill our shirt- sloe ves , while laughable is still pitiable. The sun is shining , the flowers are blooming , the whole physical expression of i nit uro is ono of comfort and delight. To us it would be simply bright and genial April or Qatober woathor. But thowaythcso tropical natures collapse under even that , is something startling. As there is neither steve nor llro-nlaco uriywhorc in Cuba , they bimplv pile all sorts of clothing upon themselves , stay in doors , pray in the name of the saints for mascalor or more boatlet the coun try take care of itself , and , when the "norther" has passed on to take a feeble whirl at Haiti or Porto Rico , como out of tholr abodes delorotin eatarrhal objects that would cause a sensation in ' 'Before " Taking" advertisements And right hero is a suggestion for those illlibustors who have designs on Cuba. They should not make BO much fuss about it. All that is necessary is tin old "tramp" steamer" or two and a thousand men. Watch the United States AVeather reports along through December , January and February. When a regular suro-onough blizzard is loose up there in the glorious north west , make ready. It will surely wind up its debauch in a "norther" hero. It is then that the beauty and chivalry of the Spanish Jn Cuba are void of sub stance and virility. Observing olosoly these pro-requisites onlyany ordinarily lively American llllibuster could sail inhere hero AT MOIU > CASTTKKNTIIANCE unopposed , establish a responsible government - ornment , and reduce these cigarette- consuming people to willing servitude bcforo they could become thawed out for defense. But getting into Havana hurbor dur- liig a "norther' ' was attended by us with pome perplexity and trepidation , The north shore of Cuba has but three har bors of value Havana , Matanza * and 1j Cardinal. Bold , precipitous headlands jot j out from dreary cliffs from end to end of the island. These great heights are ! buttressed by ledges and hidden 1II reefs at their base which extend from an eighth to a half mile from land , Of these harbors , that of Havana , while 1I Incomparably 1 the finest and mo-4 spa- clous , is still most inaccessible during great storms and tempests. You could throw a stone across the navigable channel of Its entrance. With a strong sea behind a vessel , the slightest error in its course involves certain destruc tion. To the east the rock on which stands ? Mom castle , rises straight from the bottom of the channel hundreds of feet. But a few rods to the west is a sunken reef over which the breakers seethe and uptime to the low walls of La I'unta fort. Scylla and Charybdis are more than hero ; while that other more dangerous rock , the sodden and murderous stupidity of thu Spanish rule , threatens with the deadly peril of not permitting vessels to oven in storm un less Moro castle signals the fact that Havana's ln/.y pilots consent to emerge from their safe siestas , and set the of- iicial seal of their wholly unnecessary presence upon entrance. The yawning sea beneath ns and the howling gulf behind us made us glad enough , however , to regard all the frowning forts and the glorious unseen labor behind them with an utlor ab- faenco of criticism. Wo were being pounded squarely into port at the rate of twenty knots an hour. Wo saw no welcome signal from Moro. Even with our glasses wo could see no look-out. Along the whole savage coast there was naught i but the craigs. the pink nnd white citv , witli its strange. half-Moor ish i architecture , and the tremendous forts in front of us. with a rim of white spray where the great waves beat madlj upon the deadly ledges before , .lust there , between Moro castle and the low-lying La Punta fort opposite , was a steely.black line. That marked the nar row entrance not the hundred feet wide. The splendid bay was in there behind all this furj. But three other wind- whipped objects were in sight the gray gulls that circled and shrieked , the hateful Hag of yellow and rod above old More's tower , and a dismasted Span ish bark just astern of us , with her decks steve in , her hold water-logged , and her hull careening to leeward as \ though the very life were beaten out of her. ] Like a broken life going down where all who should give succor stand silent , in sight of her own Hag and in desperate peril , there was no sign of aid , from behind tho.se grim battlements where hundreds of craft wore safe and silent in peaceful waters underneath a glowing sun. Our captain was agitated , but ho swore he'd make that harbor. So our steamer's blistered old nose wont crack- ng and cutting through the boiling sea with increasing speed. Wo were barged right into Spanish authority ike a riotous ram. Moro castle loomed ligh and grand above ns. The surf at its feet and our side reminded ono of a swirling snow-storm. Opposite , La Punta , not a stone's throw away , was omplotoly hidden from sight by the waves which rose up and shook their crests like shrieking hags. Suddenly hero popped up out of the cauldron in 'rout of , and beneath us , a life-boat full ) f Cuban bnrquoros , and a pilot , wild with indignation at our temerity. Like the sea , the pilot fairly foamed. Though VIJLMXO AT I'hSAVAOKM" , wo could not hear his voice. But his gesticulations plainly ordered us to mt about and stand out to sea again. Jur captain responded in still more frantic tones and movements. High ibovo the fury of the elemental din his brave oaths rang out excuse , incentive , scorn , defiance. Wo nearly ran down : he boat which barely got under our .coward , its occupants the maddest Spaniards that ever escaped drowning ; ind thus as wo rounded Moro , we swept iwst all danger of the sea the pilot row and our captain testing their lungs and profanity to the utmost into one of the most beautiful harbors known to seamen , finally coming to" anchor , ) vor against the Hcgla side of the har- bor.whero the quaint city , rising higher [ rom the wharves to the low-lying , for tified mountains behind , was spread be- Tore our view like some fantastic pic ture from half-Moslem old Spain. The noble harbor which made the gay capital of the West Indies possible , is named Havana Bay. "Tho Careening Place. " the child-like natives call it ; because hero came land and sea chiefs to attend to the "careening" and mend ing of their craft on the circling palm- shaded beeches of its shores. They also took counsel and rum hero. Lay your left hand on your table , back downward , with the lingers pointing south. Then imagine your thumb twice its size , and standing'out squarely to the east , and you will have a veryelover notion of the shape of Havana Bay , sayo that its en trance from your wrist joint would bo proportionally no larger than your wrist's least vein. The bay is nearly three miles long and quite as wide. As you outer , overhanging your very ves sel is the famous Moro castle , and to the right and opposite , not two hundred yards distant , is La Putna , a fort set low in the shore , its southern angel extending - tending to where the shipping is dense and the wharves swarming , and its western angle turning sharp from the narrow entrance back along the sea , terminating where the noted son drive , Calla Audio del Norto , begins. La Punta is so low it might almost bo described as a water battery. It bristles threateningly with cannon. Behind it are hospitals , morgues , arsenals and many buildings of ugly suggestivoncss ; a little park , Parque do la Puntawhoro the lovely C'abiuias Ilirt with the gay trumpoteors , and many a low-lifo trag edy is begun ; and still behind this is the collossal prison , which immense quadrangular structure will guard fl.OOO prisoners at ono time. Havana proper lies to the south and west of this spot. You may wander in led Nuromgurg and dream in older Granada , and you will find no more quaint and vagarous strnc tural composites than you will hero stumble upon in the narrow calks on every hand. HUT THKIIK I.IKs HAVANA , a rare study in Moorish , Saracen and Doric architecture , startling in its pink , yellow , red , lavender and blue colors and decorations , on the west of the gleaming bay , while ferries ply to the villages , estacions , steamer landings , and warehouse communities of the opposite posito side , where the close jaws of the harbor open a bit , and clambering up the mountain-side , where frown the landward outworks of Moro castle , is Casa Blanca , with its queer villas and structures , each ono standing out in this wonderful daylight of the tropics in such distinctness , and with such i : strange teeming of approaching aw growing proportions , that , in youi fancy , the nouses individually become great pillared temples. In and ovci and through this dreamful spot , away up the side of the mountain , threat and run such .indescribable wealth o vegetation that , as you look again and again , the clustered , shining homes scorn like great white grapes hurstini through a glorious wealth of vines ant leaves. Beyond Casa Blanca the bay debouches o the east. Hero Is n veritable valley ) f rest. Kvery half mile Is a llltlo clus- or of homes sot in a marvelous wealth of rose and bloom. Beyond this valley ire seen pretty villages , eah with its ijilf-rulncd church whoso only sug gestion of use or occupation is nnd in ho din of neucr-eeaslng chimes ; and till beyond these , are uplands which ilmost reach the digtilty of mountains , ipon whoso far and receding serrated lelght * * an occasional cocoa tree or oyal palm looms lonely us a ghostly sen- inol upon some medieval tower. Below and nearer , upon a little pcnin- Alia extending towards Havana into the bay is Tin : OI.OOMY ( jr.vu.VNrr.vi : . Farther to the south lies the great Senta Catallna warehouses where the accharlno source of Cuba's wealth is torcd In lingo hogsheads , or rests dark is lakes of pitch in tromomluous vats , ichiml tlios-o , in Hegla , the lessor lavaua , across the harbor , with its . hurdles' . its quaint old mar- sets , Its cock-pits , its ceasless andangoort and its bull-pen. Over beyond this , net like a gleaming nest in ho crest of the mountains , a glimpse is aught of Guanahacoa. full of villas , > cautiful gardens and fountains , and in hu olden times the then oldest Indian illago of which Cuban legends toll. loyond Hegla to the south , and upon ho shores of the bay , is the ferry and ailro.ul station , whence thousands each the outlying villas , or leave the apital for the various seaports of the lorthern coast ; and right hero , night ind day. is as busy and interesting a pot for the study of manner and charac- cr as may bo found in all Cuba. At his station is seen a famous statue o Edouard Fossor , founder of the luvium warehouse system. The entire louthorn portion of the bay where some lay the barren shTiro lino' will bo lined vith great warehouses and docks , is illetl with old hulls of sunken steamers ind ships , convoying the keenest sense > f desolation , and the shore hero rises o uplands bare as Sahara , until skirting o the right , tlio bold mountain , .lesu lei Monte is seen ; and then come the rent outlying forts extending far iround to the sea. Between jou and hpso if still aboard ship , you syc Ha-j ana's domes and minarois. and to all' ntontsou , are anchored in a scencful mrbor of old Spain. KiHiAii L. WAICIM.\X. : IMH'IMOUMIXT DKOPH. Oh , young Lochlnvar , who came out of the south , Vill ne'er again warble "Tit-Willow : " 'or he went to his bed uml got "down in the mouth , " Vheu ho swallowed a snide hotel pillow. A pointer ou pork A pig's noso. The man of brass is always ready to show lis mettle. Kd Lend me u dollar. Al Ccituinly ; got .hiingo for a V. Au old pedagogue sujs his business is in -ollur-aud - cult luie. These long winter evenings are well suited 0 pies-ting engagements. \ collide-oscope is about the sumo thing as 1 telescope in railroad parlance. There will bo few mourners when the tele graph and telephone wiies uro buried. Pocket books with bank note trimmings iml coupon linings are very fashionable. Poker plajers expect that 1SSS will bo u ) od year , us It contains tlneo of a kind. There is no charm like that of novelty. This is particularly true when applied to ggs. Don't go and become n glutton now , simply lecause this year Is ante-ecu hundred and ate he ate. It Is true that the busiest man is the liap- .liest man , but ho often doesn't huvo time to culizo it. Men are not Judged by their deeds nowa- laysthoi ; uro Judged by their bonds and noitgages. The Christian railroad men held a conference - once the other day. No sleeping car porters weie present. To one distinguished African potentate wo nukeno compliment. The exception is the : iij-gei in the woodpile. Lo' the poor councilman , whoso untutored niud sues u Job in every ordinance and ex pects to raise the wind. Nothing is too small to escape the notice of the. editor not even the man who tries to get his paper for nothing , CJeorgoV. . Child- , has paid WOlK ( ) for clocks. For that money ho ought to have OHIO pretty good times. The trouble with most people who believe that charity begins ut home Is that they never go outdoors for exei ci.se. No , Josef Hofmunn , the little musical irodig.v , is not from Boston. Though ho creates u hub-bub , ho isn't one. The destiny that shapes u man's end does not make u good shape without some little as- [ stance on the part of the num. Sometimes there may bo found a trace of sugar on u fly's foot ; but us u rule there is not much to bo caught on the fly. Lot us have no moro of thcso press yarns about phenomenally aged law.ers. . . It makes it look a sit they uro afraid to die. In polite circles the word "drunk" or "in toxicated" is no longer used. "Overestimated his capacity" is the proper thing. If people themselves were only ns good as they think other people ought tu be , how much bettor this world would bo. Ono of the reiging dhno imisrtim attrac tions is "Colfey , the thiuest man alive. " His lirst name is probably Hoarding House. Nat uro seems to have made ono sony mis take in fixing things so that n people may grow lu wisdom as rapidly us in numbers. "What will you give mo for my horse , Deacon f" Why , jou'vo only got the frame up , John ; when bo's dona I'll look at him. " A correspondent says that milkweed is the proper thing to plant on u milkman's grave. JIu is wrong , though ; u water-lily Is the thing. A Belgian scientist says that salt is con ducive to longevity. This is a roundabout way of saying that fresh people- are soon killed off. Politicians do not amount to much thcso days. The really important people uro the Judges at turkey rallies and leaders of the german. Michigan makes moro shingles than other states in the union , but , curiously enough It has no moro than Hum usual percentage of good boys. The newspaper man hud heard that "tho proof of the pudding is in the eating , " and so when deslious of a second plate he called fur u "revise. " When a man becomes firmly convinced that ho Is a genius , It Is then that the fringe slowly begins to form on the bottom of his trousers leg. Ttis is the season of the year when tlio man who contrives to live on credit wishes they would put up in thu iwst-ofllce the sign "Post no bills. " It is alleged that the coloring mnttcr of greenbacks is u deadly poison , and yet there ui'o many men who do not reall/o the danger they escai > ed by being born poor. "What would civilization be , " usks Dr. Holmes , "without a piano , " Among other things , it would bo able to sleep on nights , besides being a thought less unhappy by day. day.Kuskln Kuskln says "Man should rcbemblo n river. " Wo do not know what ho means , but suppose the reason is that in order to amount to much in society ho should own'ii couple of banks. "Tho coining newspaper , " we are told , "will not print any advertisements.11 Wo were under the Impression that it is the going newspaxr | that docs not print any ad vertisemcnts , and that Unit i.s the reason why it Is goiug. Old plllboxesnro spread ovortho hind by the thousands after having been emptied by buffering humanity. What u mass of sickening , disgusting medicine - cine the poor stomach has to contend with. Too iniioh strong medicine. Prickly Ash Bitters is rapidly and Biircly taking the place of all this class of drugs , and in curing all the ills aris ing from a disordered condition of the liver , kidneys' utomuch and bowels. . * ' . . ' * jff ftl'l al. 1 in i t Hi - - t. TIMELY EARNING. llccd the Advice of Friends Who Jfitvc llecn Ihcrc , Shun the nvll Doer nnil Take Kindly to tlie Admonition Iloro Given by Some 1'rovluua SiifTorotfl. Among the numerous pntrons to tlio advertis ing cohuniH of this piper the ri-nilt-rs himnn doubt load HOIIIU or Ino iirtlolos of Ills. Mcy and Ili'nty , w lie olllrus iin > loniti'il In thu Kntiifro llulhllnu' , coiner Tith ninl Iliiiuoy tu > cta. It U not HIM iiiHlncfi nf Hits pnpcr to uphold imy In stitution orbuMut.Ht Him who mo not thorough * ly H'llulilo nnd livm-i * . thu liHilriitlon | of tlilsnrtl. do. llrs. Mcl'dViind Henry rnmn ( o this rlty luit MimmiT highly tvcomiiiouilt * < , l , nnil openril thi'lrulllroH ut tin1 iilioviMwnii'd locution , milk , lug j curly I'outr.icN with the. ni ) * .piiiH < rs ami leiiMiig thu looms for oiu- your with the pilvl * lego or n term of join's. Their .specliiltle.s coa- xhteil of treutlm ; Cntarrli unit l.ung Tioubliw. llu'.tiig hiul the erperleaoo of "ryvruloarslu the lending hoipltiiH of both America ami lluiopo , lioMdes being gnulimtes of the best meiltiiil oolle o < of this country , thuy huvo iiciiutiod the uDlltty mid 1110 welt kuowaas .skill. Hit urnl tollulilo phystelaas.lth them It Is not ovpcilmunt tint n selontltli' rour o of prnetl- nil treatment. While tlie-o eminent ttpoclnltstN aio In lui'-liii'Ht the H imo us any other buHluotw III in , to make money , they hu\o tieon ilolagox * rollout woik and huvo Horn week to < * .ook ml- \ortliod sumo of their ninny cnre * . They do not iuherl ( o nil the p.itlents they euro , but lieu they do publish testimonials thov l i < the full iiniuo anil uildioss that tlin person sn men- tlonoil inn ) ho visited by tlio-.it who doubt the tiutlifuhiess of the statements published utul make nil the noeessnry ImiUlrlos before consult ing llio doctois. SOME OK TIIK EVIW.M'K. The follow lug are nmoiig tlio many \\lio Imvu been treated with suet-e s by tlio doUorn : "Vos. sir , " snlilMr. lu\o IMeus In reply ton question t > v the reporter. "I hud been nltilcteil with fiiliinh for moro thnn fow.M > .irs uml tried dlllercut doctors , besides uslui ; vnilous kinds of patent medicines tluxt worn recommended to mo livtiiy Irknds , 1 used to haven fold nearly all the t time. My nose would Mop up , MO I could not lae.itho through It. My head wns contlu- uiilly 1I in hlng I had the night sweats MO that my night drc-s would look ns though 1 hnd been out , 111 the inln. 1 wn ulwiislmwkliigaiul tplt- Hug it i In n villa oiidemor to clear my thiont. In tlieiuoiulug I would gag mid fioiiueiitly would vomit. -.lilted I thu olllc-s of Dr-i. Mcl'oy nnd Unity ami liegati tieiitment. It was only n nhott time until 1 liog.iu to get hotter , nud Mowlam not tumbled \\itli my lormer s.\miitoms and foi-1 lIKe n now man , " Mr. IMens resides on Tneiity-Nlxth htreot , South Omaha , nnd w 111 \ erlfy the above. A.NOTlll.ll C\sK. 11. I' , llrowu , ISsii , , n lormer lesldotit of < 'onn- ell Illutrs , tint now living In North ( Imiihn , nays : "you , slrl lr ) > ) . McCoy nud Ilinry cured my boy I'laiiKloof uitnirh , which ho had la a very hail lotm , after I hail him treated hy ( toninot best phj.siUaus hi Coloindo uml lown. I con sider those phj-dclaus of merit uml believe tlinia fiillyrnpabfoof t lent Ing nuccossfully any ulu > enso they may take hold of , " ( INK MOMK CASK. Mr. .lames White , n blacksmith 111 the IT. 1' . It. H. shotis , .s.iy.s : "Tluce iiOlithx ) ngo I hnd the calami In Its worst foini , and was tieated with ontlioNUcceHsby Drs. MeC'oynml Henryafter several unsuccessful attempts by other phVHl. ihuis nud lauumeniblu patent prvu.iratlous taut tilled. I am perfectly nutlsllod with the bi-ilo- lit 1 derived from their treatment. 'I liey did ull for mo that they promised and fnrmoio tliiiu 1 e.xpecto.l. " STIl.t. ANOTIIPII. . "Irs. McCoy nud Henry Hid all for mo they told me they would do. I went to their olllcu In a doiiloralilo condition , and aftoi Hiking tlulr meillcluo nud using their treatment for tlneo months. I run truthfully wty I ue\or felt bettor In my life , " remarked Mr. I'uiuk Dtihlstrotn , who it-sides ntil : | William ( .trout , and 1 cult ivc- ommeud thorn to these nllllcted. " A Fo\v SymptoniH of n DisonHn That Alny 1'rove S Tious to You. Do you hn\o frequent Ills or mental tlepres- Kioll ? Do jou experience ringing or buzzing noises lu your oar.s/ Do you fool as though you must sulfoc-ato when lying downy Are , \ou tumbled with a hacking cough alul gouuial debility/ A tu ) our e ) os enei ally weak aud watery , tnirt fieque'atiy lullauicd/ lines ) our \olio have n husky , thick miiud , nud a im-.nl soit of twang'/ In your In oath frequently olleuslvo fiom homo nnac countable c auso/ lime > oii u dull opi > rohil\ huailuiliu gener al ! located oor the oj os/ Dojou luiMi to hawk ami couuh frequently In thuelloit to clear ) our throut'/ AID you losing ) our . < oaio of Hmoll , and U your sense of tnsto In-coining dulled. Does ) our jiosu ulwinH lei'l stopped up , foro- .ng ) on to brenthe tlnough } oar mouthy fin you frequently tool itly , imitlculnily wlii-u stooping to pick an ) thing tilf the lloory Docs c-veiy lltllo draught of air nnd every ulluht cluiugo of tempoiatmo glvuoti u cold'/ Are ) ou mmoyed by a count ant di-slro to liuwk mil . > -plt out ua endlo.ss quiuillty of phlogm'/ Are ) on always tired and Indisposed to exer tion , w hether of buclue s , w ork or amusement'/ Is great t-lKirt lequlu-d to keep jour thoughts fixed upon nmttuiH that formerly wuro c-imlly | ioi formed. Do you i [ so f roM bed as Hied and weak ntt jou weio the night bofori ) , uml feel a a though jou wauled to lie there foiover/ IH your tliront tilled with phlegm In the morning , which era only IK.d I sou urged nftur \ iolout i oughiug , nnd haw Whig aud Hplttiiig/ Do ) ou occasionally wake from n tiouhlutl sleep w Uli n start and feel us If you had Just en- c.iped n liorrlbln dentil by choking'/ lliue you lost nil Interest In ) our cnlllnc or business or former pleasuies , all ambition gone , and do jou foellndllerpnt ) whethur to- luoriow llnils jou allvnorile.nl ? , Are you tiouhled with n dischnrgo from the head In the throat , somutlmes wale.-y and ex cessive , homutlmos mucous , thick Htleklugto whatever It touches , somHlmcfl bloody and nearly always putrid and otTuiiBlvi ) ? Tim abovn art- homo of Iho mnnyhymitoius of cntat rh and the beginning of lung troubles. Not ono casolu n hundred will have all of tlmm , but every ouo ellectcd will have u fuwor many of them. The greater or moro herlous your ttymp- toins. the moiu M-rlous your HynnitciniH , the moio HOI Ions ) our condition. Thu IUISH of dt- houses IH treated > ery nuceehsfullv by l > r. Mc- ( 'oy and his assoclatoM. The many CIIMB * report- ed'throuuh tint columns of Iho dully tiupen , piovo this , and each dlatemeut pnbllhlie In htantlnllythohnmonsuhenby the patient cur ed. Dr. McCoy , and his associate. Dr. Henry , usiino tfciet nest mm , but curndlaeuseHlij * their Hklllful combination of the best known remr- dlcit , applied In thomost appioved manner and liv usliiK tin * latest nnd mont highly recommend- ed-npplliiiices known to their profession. They tlniH jiioduct * results which xpcnk for thum- MVIH | In thi ) iiiimr iUtlints ) cured nnil we us- bine our lenders ( hat these umlac'iit phyHlclnnH have achieved nHiicct-sti lu ( tiring dlseahc which few or no other dotters can duplicate. Drs. McCoy nnd Henry have permanently lo cated In Dm ) ha , and huvo olllcu parlora lu thu Itumgo block w hero tin nnd bin lutxiiciutt * . Dr. lleiirj * . have treated within ( hut tlnit * ut leiibt LOW ) people , pulillshlng weekly testimoulalH of HOIIIU of their iiiany wonderful curex Consultation at otllco or an opinion by mall $1.1 HI. All letters Hhould brt accompanied by t cents lu stiunpa to lusuro u reply. DOCTOR J , CRESAP McCOY , r Late ( OellGvne Hospital , Now York , AN'l ) Dr. Columbus Henry ( I.ate of UntverHlty of I'oiiusylninlu ) HAVK OI'KICKS No.3inamiill : IN KA.MUK lilTIUMKU. Corner Fifteenth and Harnny htrt. , Omulm , Nub. whnre nil curable M-H neo treated with HUCTU.S.H. Modlcal illieasctH treated ttklllfully. tlou , llrluht'K illMMi.sc. Dynpepslii. Uhcuinatlxm , and all N KKVOKH DISI'AST.S , All ilUt-KHfK pe- Lidlar to the HC-XC-H a Hpvilnlty. C ATA lilt 11 CtlHIID. CONblll.TATION nt onico or by mall , tl. Ollli n hourtt-li to II a. m. , - tu 1 p. in , , 7 to 8 p , m. . HnndByH Imladud , ( Jorrespondeiice receives prompt attention. Many dlKuascs uro treated tmcccuNfiiliy bf Ir , > fcCoy antl Henry throiiKh the mulls , HIUI It l tlms possible for thosq nnablu to malct ) journey tu obtain successful hoapltul treutmea at their homes. No lettent uniwcre.il iniless nccumpunlfd bj AddresH ull letturs to Dnt. McCoy and llnnry Itoom * Ul ! ) and Ull Uiutjd buliaing , Omaki , Web. J ii i i u i
