THE OMAHA DAILY 33EE ; SUNDAYS MAY 13 * 18 8-SlXTEEN PAGES.
FROM ANOTHER CENTURY ,
Bomo Human Holies of the Good Old
Days.
ANECDOTES OF THEIR LIVES.
A. CctitcnunrlnnVlio Could Not llcnd
Duo Print Wllliout Glosses , and
Ono Who Smoked fern Hundred
Years-Davy Crocket's Chum.
XJo AVnsDnry Crocicrt's Chntn In 112. _
The Fulton ( Ky. ) correspondent of'
the St. Louis Glebe Bays : The oldest
Inhabitant of this section and probably
the oldest man in Kentucky , is Mr.
James McMullon of Ballard county , who
% vng born at noon on the 12th day of Oc
tober , 1770 , in LJototourt county , Vir
ginia. At the ngo of seventeen ho
joined a colony for cast Tennessee and
op the journey wns engaged in n num
ber of battles with hostile Indians. At
the ORO of thirty ho enlisted in the war
of 1812 , in which ho served until the
end. Mr. McMullin wasfor many years
n companion of the celebrated Davy
Crockett. In reply to the question if
lie had any recollection as to the cause
of this formation of Rcolfoot lake , ho
plied :
"It occurred on the 8th day of Octo
ber. 1811. I was loaning against n small
poplar tree at the time ; about twenty
yards from the log cabin. The earth
began to tremble so violently that I
could scarcely keep my foot. The shock
was so great that the roof of my cabin
foil ofT and the dobbin fell out between
the logs. That wns a frightful time
nnd the folks in our settlement wore
wild with excitement. The mon scorned
to have lost their sonscsand the women
wore running aimlessly about in their
night clothes , some with their babies in
their arms , I wns badly frightened ,
nnd suppose the ilrat shock , which was
the heaviest , lasted fully two minutes ,
which was followed by lighter shocks ,
lasting about eight minutes in all. The
water flowed into the sunken ground ,
now known as Rcolfoot lake , from the
Mississippi rivoa , at a very rapid rate ,
nnd in a few minutes , what before had
boon a high body of land , was sub
merged , under water. "
For seven years Mr. McCullin has
lived with his son-in-law in Ballard
county , but previous to that time ho
had resided near Delta , Miss. , whore ho
lived on ono place for fifty-five years.
ho walked from his
Recently son-in-
law's place to Bardwcll , a distance of
Blx miles. Ho says that a year ago ho
could walk twelve miles and not fool
fatigued. Dis eye-sight is failing him ,
but his stop is as light as that of the
majority of mon at eighty years of age.
Gubrlol Nau-wnu-Kyali Gone at 125.
Sacred Heart Mission , I. T. , corres
pondence of the Olobo Democrat : Ga-
bripl Nan-wog-gyah , of the Pottawatt-
omios , died hero Sunday , April 22 , at
the ngo of about 125 years Those fig
ures are not authentic , but they arc not
more than a couple of years oil cither
way. The old members of the tribe now
living , however , think that Gabriel
was more advanced in years , for they
remember when they were children ho
had a grown-up family. Jin-jaw , Nan-
wog-gyah's youngest son by his second
wife , is now a man of sixty-five. In the
dawn of the revolution Gabriel was old
enough , when going out with the hunt
ers , to carry u , coon , and when a boy is
nblo to accomplish that feat , the In
dians consider him to bo about twelve.
He was n married man when the chiefs
of his tribe wont to meet St. Clair , the
first authorized commissioner sent out
by tlio United States government to ef
fect a treaty of peaco. Ho well remem
bered nnd used often to toll of the days
when the Pottawattomies owned n portion
tion of Ohio , all of Indiana , Illinois and
much of the country bordering on Lake
Michigan from Chicago to Green Bay ,
Wis. Ho remembered every treaty
made by his tribe with the government.
Ho wa& a big-hearted , wholo-soulod
man , and was well liked by all who
know him. His death was rather sud
den , ho having been in good health nnd
quite strong until a very short time be
fore he died.
HUH His Co III ti Selected.
Recently the centennial celebration
of the birth of H. Comton was celebrated
at the board of trade with a reunion
and banquet , says the St. Joseph Gu-
y.otto. In the reunion n number of the
oldest .settlors participated. Mr. Com
ton , who resides near Dughill , still pre-
eorvos his health and mental faculties ,
and looks ns if he was destined to enjoy
many years more of good health. Ho
is without doubt the oldest surviving
Bottler of Buchanan county , if not of
northwest Missouri. Ho was born in
Now Jersey May 1 , 1788 , his father
being a Hollander of thrifty Dutch hab
its , and his mother , Elizabeth Osborno ,
nn American of honorable lineage. In
1792 the older Comton moved with his
family to Muysvillo , Ky. , then a small
town opposite Cincinnati , and it is
rather remarkable that Mr. Comton's
centennial celebration will bo nearly
coincident with that of CincinaUi. His
childhood nnd early youth wore spent
in'Kentucky , and hero ho obtained
what education ho received. Ho re-
mallipd in Mason county until lS07whcn
hg removed to the FnlU of Ohio , in Jof-
furbffri county of the snmo state.
Mr. Comton followed his trade , that
of cooper , at the Falls of Ohio , Suit
Licks and at Louisville.
Iii 18"80 Mr. Comton packed his house
hold belongings , and moved into Adams
county , 111. , four miles from Quincy.
? Mr. Comton was married in 1824 to
Miss Nilncy Moddon , of Crawford , Ind. ,
the result of the union being nine chil
dren , who grew to maturity , but throe
of 'whom are dend.
, Mr , Comton some time ago solccte'd
tho1 collln in which ho wns to bo buried ,
and gat-e for his reason in so doing that
in'tho ? rush often attending n funeral
the undertaker asks two prices for a
coflln.
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.Saw Kmiiiiit Ilelieaded.
Ayqodhind ( Cnl. ) Democrat : In the
county hospital there is a very old lady ,
whp relates a romarknblo circumstance.
SI was born in Ireland over a century
ngo , and witnessed tlio execution of
Robert ISmmot. Her description is
clear , and goes even into childish de
tails. She describes the soldiery and
excitement , and docs not forgot tlio
sound whipping she received that day
for running oft with another girl to
witness the execution. She climbed an
old brick wall , and from that ppint of
view saw tlio buhoadlng and hoard the
executioner exclaim : "Behold the hcuul
of a traitor ! " Tlio head was then laid
in n wagon. That night when her
father came homo and she told him ol
the whipping she had received , lie said
toher mother'You : should not have
flono that , for she has scon something
eho will remember the longest day she
lives. " Robert Emmet was beheaded
September 20 , 1803 , and according to
her recollection she was then sixteen
years old. During her recital of this
Lit of history a Democrat reporter
noticed a little boy paying particular
attention to the strange story. Should
this little- follow live to bo eighty years
old , lie will bo able to fiay , 163 years
after the event , that ho hoard an eyeWitness -
Witness describe the execution of Hob-
ert Emmet. The recollection of this
old lady extends back five years before
hat timo. She has a daughter living
vho is uow in her eighty-first year.
Dlcdnt 100.
Oshkosh ( \Vis. ) Correspondence Chicago
cage Tribnno : The 20th day of last
month Mrs. Ellen Lucy celebrated , at
ho homo of her son , Police Officer John
Xiucy , on Morrilt strcotr , the 109tb anni
versary of her birth. Mrs. Lucy came
, o this city live years ngo from Houlton ,
A roostqok county , Me , traveling the
listanco alono. During her residence
n Maine she made her homo with a
married daughter , nnd after her re-
noval bore , her son , to satisfy incrodu-
ous paoplo that she was as old ns
claimed , wrote to the parish priest in
bounty Cdrk , Ireland , where she was
jorn , nnd where the records of her
jlrth and baptism wore found nnd for
warded to Mr. Lucy. Mrs. Lucy came
'rom ' Ireland to America , September.
1851 , settling in Now Brunswick , and
afterwards removing to Maine. She is
short in stature , thin and wrinkled.
When she first cmo to Osbkoshshowns
spry , although she had previ
ously suffered from nn ac
cident which partially destroyed
the use "of her right hand. She
soon learned to use tlio loft , however ,
and until two years ngo did a great deal
of sowing. Several handsome patch
work quilts , which she made three
years ago , arc treasured by the family.
Just before she gave up sowing , or
rather when compelled to do BO by her
son on account of the exhaustion it
caused , she made quite a number of
useful articles. She has never used
glasses , and her sight even now is ro-
narkablo. Her hearing has been af-
Iccted for some time , but she can bo
jaslly understood , ns she talks in a
loud piping voice and rapidly.
Mrs. Lucy has had ton children , three
daughters nnd two sons of whom sur
vive. Ono daughter lives in England ,
ono in Iloulton. Mo. , and two sons and
i daughter in this city. The youngest
of her family , Police Officer Lucy , is
Ifty-flvo years old. Ho was born when
iis mother was fifty-four , and , there
joing seven years' difference between
iiis ngo nnd that of the previous child ,
Mrs. Lucy calls him her "stray ono. "
Twenty years ago Mrs. Lucy prepared
borsolf for the emergency of death by
making her shroud , and she has kept it
licely folded up over since and under
.ock and key , for fear that robbers
would take it. She brought it with her
irom the cast , and it is still a prized
treasure of hers.
The day before her present sickness ,
is if apprehensive of death , she mndo
lior will , or rather gaVe to each mem
ber of the household some article to
keep in roinombranc'o of hor.
Gnvo Up Smoking at 1OO.
Shelby vlllo , 111. , Correspondence of
the Globe-Democrat : Mrs. Margaret
Dulton died April , ' ! 0 , nt her homo four
teen miles south of here , at the ngo of
102 years. Mrs. Dutton has boon living
in Illinois over fifty years and enjoyed
excellent health up to within a few days
of her death. She was addicted to the
use of tobacco and cave up smoking on
her ono hundredth birthday' , as she
feared it would injure her health.
Several children , grandchildren , great
grandchildren , and ono great-great
grandchild , survive her. She weighed
lily pounds at the time of her death.
A Splendid Iiady of 1O1 Summers.
A late special oispatch from Lexing
ton , Ky. , tb to the St. Louis Democrat
says : Perhaps the oldest white woman
in Kentucky to-day is Mrs. Catharine
Chinn , of this city , who lives with her
husband. Dr. Joseph G. Chinn , at 220
East Maxwell street. Tonlay was the
101st anniversary of her birthday and
the parlors of the doctor's comfortable
residence were thronged with friends
and relatives of the old lady this after
noon to pay their respects and wish
this centenarian and , her ninety-one
year old husband many happy returns
of the day.
Mrs. Ghinn , whoso maiden nnmci was
Catherine May , was born in Virginia ,
May 1 , 1787 , and came to Kentucky
about 1800. Her parents located in this
city , whore she has lived over since. In
youth she was a noted belle , and widely
known for her vivacity and line quali
ties of mind. When quite young she
married David Lawson , a wealthy far-
mot' and hemp manufacturer of this
county , with whom she lived until his
death , in 1805. Ten years later she
was married to her present husband ,
the ceremony taking place in the Main
Street Christian church , this city , in
the presence of the largest crowd that
over assembled hero on any similar oc
casion. This venerable lady is in very
good health at present , although she
had quito a spell of sickness durincr the
month of March. Her physicians say
she is good for several years moro of
lifo , barring accidents. She has a most
retentive memory , and can and does ro-
pcat the versos slio learned when a
child , and sings the songs of her youth.
An Aijed Traveler.
Mrs , Anna Boyco , nn aged lady
ninety-eight yoardof ago passed through
Omaha Tuesday from San Diego , Cnl. ,
on route for , Clarence , la. , whore she
will live with her youngest son , a man
of sixty-eight. Tlio old woman is very
feeble but retains her mental faculties ,
and stated that faho is tlio mother of
seven children , the oldest of which is
sovonty-nino years old. All are living.
She has fourteen grandchildren and six
great grandchildren. Her husband
died in San Diego bomo thirteen years
ngo. She has resided thcro since until
feeling that her end was approaching ,
she decided to go to Iowa nnd die among
her friends.
Old ASO NotoB.
Mrs , Margaret Fosse of New Orleans
recently celebrated her hundredth
birthday by cooking her breakfast and
walking to church. 'Sho is the widow
of Louis Fosse , who borved under Nu-
poloon at Moscow ,
Mrs. Margaret Dulton , aged 102 ,
passed away nt Shelby villo , III.
Rosetla Washington , of Loulsvillo ,
claims to bo 121 years old , She says her
mother was half Iiulmn and liar father
a native of G uinca.
A remarkable case of longevity has
been dibcovorod at Grufton , Pa. , in the
person of John Fosdick , aged 102 years.
Romaricablo , because John cnnt't ' road
line print without spectacles ; indeed , his
eyesight is to poor that ho can't read
any kind of print. IIo is the first con-
tennarian discovered who could not
"read fine print without glasses. "
Mrs , Sallie McCoy of Monteaglo ,
Tonn. , celebrated her 102d birthday
April 15. Her husband , who died three
years ago , waa twelve years her senior
having lived to the ngo of 112. "Aunt
Snllio" is still cheery and talkative ,
though almost blind and doaf.
David Games , of Linn county , Oregon ,
in 101 years old. During the past winter -
tor ho split three thousand fence rails.
Ho was born in Washington county ,
Pennsylvania.
Gottlcib Jung , an aged Gorman , who
has boon an inmate of the county almshouse -
house at Snake Hill , N. J. , for three
years , has just fallen heir to 35,000 by
the death of his sitter-in-law iu Switzer
land.
land.Three
Three of Kentucky's women pioneers ,
whoso ngea ngg-rogulo 250 years , died
upon the eamo day , April 24 , at liar-
rodsbutg , in that suite ,
AMONG THE ELECTRICIANS.
Some Now Faota Gonoorntnff the
Unseen Foroo.
SOME OF THE LATE DISCOVERIES.
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The Wonderful Stntld Electricity
The Telephone iti lndln AVomler-
ftil Development of tlio SctotlcO
Current Gossip and Notes.
The Copper Voltameter.
An accurate mcansof determining the
strength of the current irt olodtrjcal
testing is undoubtedly a great dosidora-
ium in n variety of worKj but il la rarely
Lhat workers are able to obtain instru
ments whoso accuracy can bo depended
upon , and whoso manipulation Is easy.
Tlio electrolytic method of determining
current has long been employed in suoh
work , but it has remained unemployed
for general use on account of the scorn
ing difficulty of obtaining reliable re
sults. The article in another column ,
liowovor , shows that with Ordinary pre
cautions tho. result obtained are reliable
to a high dogrco , nnd that the sulphatq
of copper , fco eminently adapted for tbo
imrposo , may roplnco the more oxpqn-
slvo nltrato of silver usually employed
In the laboratory.
Klccti ical Courses. *
The announcement < , hat nn electrical
training bchool is to bo established at
Frankfort , Germany , suggests the prac
ticability of similar institutions in this
couutry. At present some of the gen
eral technical schools have special
courses in electricity , mo.ro or less thor
ough : but it Is probable that with the
rapid growth 01 the various electrical
industries , special schools , as for min
ing , civil engineering , agriculturototc. ,
will in time spring up { in which scien
tific training in electricity will bo tbo
leading feature , and not bo made sub
sidiary to the other branches of tech
nology. _
JjonR Distance Talk.
The Boston News Bureau says : Boll
Lolophono people are considering their
iong-distanco plans , and tlio talk of
woh-informod telephone mon is a
scheme of "rights' ' to Bell telophonb
stockholders to subscribe annually at
60 for the next five years to Long Dis
tance Telephone company bonds , guar
anteed by Boll Telephone company and
convertible into Long Distance Telephone -
phone company stock , which slock , it is
claimed , will bo worth. $150 pdr share.
How much money per annum will bo
needed has now to bo determined , but it
may bo said that the cost of long dis
tance telephone construction is not far
from $3,000 per mile.
Ocean
In ocean telegraphy the current be
comes so diminished in intensity during
its passage along 3,000 miles Of cables
that an ordinary receiver fails to re
cord the message. lsho receiving in
struments consists of a minute magnet
which carries a tiny mirror , and is so
suspended that the slightest impulse
causes it to yield ono way ot the other ,
according to tbo action of the sending
instrument. A ray of light fails upon
this mirror and is rotlectcd upon a
screen some foot distant. As the mag
net turns ono way or tbo other , the mir
ror moves with it and the spot of lighten
on the screen indicates to the operator
the signals of the Morse alphabet , thus
enabling him to spell out the words.
Velocity
Now York Sun : According to Prof.
Gould's investigations , it appear that
aerial telegraph wires on poles transmit
electricity at the rate of from 14,000 to
10,000 miles per second , and that the
velocity of speed increases With the dis
tance between the wires and the earth ,
or , in other words , with tho1 height of
suspenbion , and that subterranean
wires , like submarine cables , transmit
with reduced rapidity. Again , while
wires suspended at a feeble height are
known to transmit signals at a velocity
of some 12,000"miles per se'con'd , those
that are suspended higher give a vel
ocity of from 10,000 to 21,000 miles.
Whbatbtono's claim of 288,000 , milcsl in
his experiments , appear never to have
been confirmed.
The Wonderful Static Electricity.
On the evening of April 27 last , Al
fred M. Mayor delivered a lecture at
the Stevens Institute of Technology
before a large gathering of thp Now
York Electrical society , in which he
demonstrated by some novel and simple
apparatus the laws of static electricity
and kindred subjects. Those embraced
first the measurement of the attractive
and repulsive force exerted between
charged bodies and the demonstration
of the law of inverse squares as devel
oped therefrom. The apparatus , em
ployed for the purpose was in the form
of a pendulum arrangement , gravity
being employed as the opposing force
instead of torsion , as employed by
Coulomb in the torsion balance. The
same apparatus can bo employed to de
monstrate the law of the dispersion of
electricity.
Another interesting subject treated
by Prof. Mayor was the ocular demon
strations of the different specific induc
tive capacity of various' bodies. This
was accomplished by inserting tbo vari
ous substances , such as glass , pnralllno ,
etc. , between two charged plates and
measuring the difference in distance
between the two necessary to bring
about equal attractions. Various other
laws wore demonstrated , and thp value
of the dyne was vividly brought before
the eyes of the audience. The evening
was a delightful and memorable ono.
A New Accumulator.
There will soon bo placed upon the
makot u new form of "ncccumululor"or
btoingo battery , that , by the mannor'in
which the load platoa holding the ox
ides are placed in the cell , prevents all
dungor from "buckling" or crumbling
nwny , or ' 'short circuiting. " A largo
amount of surface is exposed to the
action of the electric current , but this
surface is in a very compact form. It is
said to bo already comparatively dem
onstrated by tests that the 'plates will
remain intact and undisturbed from
their original position for at least two
years n great saving when used for
street railway service. A cell of the
same size as the others now in use is
said to bo ton pounds lighter , shows
very slight resistance in charging , and
can bo handled in n water puil if nocos-
Bury , A patent has been applied for
by Mr. Askew and Mr. Pumpelly of
Chicago. _
Mod OK ot Coiiurniiiioixtlpn.
The modes of communication be
tween deaf mutes have received a moat
imjmrtant advance from a method re
cently dovlsod , which consists in each
letter of the alphabet being represented
bv seine portion of the palm of the
hand. For instance , the eminence between -
tweon the first and second joints of the
index finger corresponds to W , the ono
between the second and third to M , and
so on. The hand thus alphabetically
divided is placed palm downward in n
mold , whoso bottom is perforated
with holes which correspond to the
lettered parts of the hand , Each ol
those holes permit of the passage of a
small hammer , which is prostcd upward
by the passage of an electric current.
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Anlsfiold Ed. , No. 809 S. 10th St.
Anthcs Goo. & Cof. No. 822 S. 10th St.
Anderson A. , No. 3213 Cumlng St.
Ask with W. S. , No. 1G03 Sauhdora St.
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Ball I. S. , No. 2703 Loavonworth.
Boll Ed. , No. 1807-Lako St.
Becht MnxCor. 16 h nnd Harnoy.
BonnbrH. J. , Cor. , 16th and Vinton St.
Brown A. , No. 2001 Cuming Sti
BonnottJ. S. , Cor. Clark and Suunders.
Bergen J. E. , No. 002 N. 10th St.
Bell B. O. & Co. , 13th and Jackson St.
Boatv Chas. , 13th and Lcavonworth St.
Brown N. H. , No.-1620 S. 10th St.
Brown & Cronk , No. Oil S. 13th St.
Chandler P. , No. 2920 Loavonworth St.
Cavnnaugh P. , No. 184 So ward St.
Conrad Max , 16bot. Douglas &Farn am.
Cummings & Murphy , S. 13th St.
Gates Bros. , 20th and Walnut.
Canorl A. , No. 001 Fierce St.
Cuninghnm P. , No. 107 S. 10th St.
Crum & ; Bishop , Cor. 24th and Lake Sts.
Dalzoll .T. A. , No. 115 N. 10th St.
Dygort C. A. & Co. , Cor. 30 & Corby St.
Engolman R. , No. 424 S. 15th St.
Grnncisco G. O. & Co. , No.2200 Farnam.
Frank M. J. , Cozzons House.
Floodmnu P. 13. & Co , , 10 < fc Davenport.
Fruehauf J. I. , No. 415 S. 15th St.
Fields C. C. , 20th and Cumings St.
Fccnnn M. J. , Park avc.
Fontsch F. H. , lOtli and Howard St.
Gentleman Win. , cor. Lake & Saundcrs.
Goodman Drug Co. , Farnam St.
Distributing Agents Max Meyer & Co. , Omaha , Neb. ; also Western Agents for the Seidenberg&
Co- Rosa Espanola and Thekla Havana Cigars.
Those various hammers are connected
with an apparatus similar to the key
board of the piano , each key represent
ing a letter , and being connected by
wires with the corresponding hammer
in the mold. A teacher can spoil out
the words on the key-board , when the
hammers fly up tlrrough the openings
in the bottom of th'ti.mold and spell tbo
words by touching the lettered emin
ences of the hand of a pupil. Any num
ber of molds may bo attached to the 111-
strumont , and a largo number of pupils
bo simultaneously instructdd.
Tlio Telephone In India.
It appears that the principle of the
telephone has bcenknown , in India and
Burmah for 2,000. years. Mr. Fred
Amesbury , of No\v , [ York , who has just
returned from a , two years' bojourn in
that country , says that the communica
tion is confined cn rcly to the temples ,
the natives believing it to bo the
"governing spioit , , " The wire wag
some kind of metal , but neither stool ,
copper or brass , ajtpough it closely re
sembled tbo latter. The transmitter
was of wood , and about the size of the
head of a flour barrel , and to establish
connection , instead of ringing a boll ,
the person wishing to attract attention
at the other end stood close to the cur
ious looking thing and shouted : "OooyI
oooy ! oooy ! " The sound is faint , but
distinct. The telephone which Mr.
Amesbury describes has boon in use
thirty years , nnd ho was shown worm-
eaten transmitters and conduits that
must have been 200 years old.
English Elcctrlcinns.
An English contemporary , Invention ,
has recently published a very fine cartoon
teen giving the portraits of nil the
loading English electricians and elec
trical engineers. The shoot is a largo
ono and the design , of emblematic
character , is cleverly conceived and
neatly worked out. Invention has pub
lished a long series of these "cartoons"
of mon distinguished in the arts and
sciences , and they have all bcon ex
cellent.
Prize Efisny oil Electro-Magneto.
A gold modal worth about $150 is
offered by the Italian Society for the
Advancement of Electrical Science for
the best paper on electro-magnets , con
sidered moro particularly with a view
to their application to dynamos. The
paper must bo written in either French
or Italian , and should reach the executive -
ocutivo committee before the 30th of
October of the present year , accom
panied by n device or motto , and a
healed envelope bearing the same do-
vlco , and containing the nuino and ad
dress of the author.
Current Gossip.
Augusta , Ga. , will probably have an
electric road in the National Exposition
grounds.
The electric light in cities is u very
great convenience , but drunken mo'n
find it a long distance between.
The Gilliland Electric company of
Adrian , Mich. , recently shipped over
00.000 telegraph pins to the American
Telephone company for Uhp in construct
ing the "long distance" line from Al
bany to Buffalo.
A Vienna engineer has just taken out a
patent for a now smoke-abating process.
By moans of electricity ho moans to condense
dense- the solid part of the smoke as it
arises from the coalj the carbon thus
formed falling Imeliunto the furnace.
Mr. James 13. Mi tyson , the well-known
author of the Mun pji shorthand system ,
has very nearly jfected j his machine
for fiotting and dm ibuting typo with
the aid of oloctricjy' . Mr. Munson ex
pects to have thingH-roady for an exhi
bition in about n lu plh.
Prof. W. Mattlou.-JVilHams offers as a
bettor oxphumtioriifcban tlio old ono of
the zigzag course pf lightning that ow
ing to variations io. ( _ moisture the con
ducting power of ( different portions of
air is variable , auid the oloctrio dis
charge follows the ; 0urfao of least resist-
unco. | y
Sir Morroll Mackenzie examined the
throat of the crown prince with an
electric lamp. Tire * lamp is appended
at the end of what looks like a long ,
Blonder pen-holder , and the proportion
ately small battery which supplies the
electricity is worn about the examin
ing surgeon's neck.
Prof. Strickler has recently accom
plished a difficult feat in photo-micro
graphy. Ublng the electric cell as a
means of illumination in microscopical
work , ho has succeeded in producing
excellent photographs of living bacte
ria and other moving cells , among them
being the white blood corpuscle of man.
The photographs of the last distinctly
show intricacies of structure whoso existence -
istenco has boon denied by many biolo
gists.Whon
When the first oloctrio telegraph was
established the snood or trantjinibsion
was from four to five words a minute
with tlio five noodle instrument. In
1849 the Coverage rate f6r newspaper
Glndfttono Bros. & Co. , Douglas St.
Grosfold E. . No. 1805 St. Mary's nvo.
Gontlelnon &Hunt , No. 501 N. 10th St.
Hughes & Evans. No. 1220 Saunders St.
Hammond & Co. . No. 121 N. 10th St.
HlvtrM. , No. 1020 S. 10th St.
Hnll , Edwards & Co.,2718Loavonworth.
Huntzingor J. F. , 1011 St. Mary's avo.
Hallauor F.No. 009 S. 10th St.
Hen soil & Klouso , 10th and Farnam.
"Hosa .T. G , Ub. 2801 Furnnm.
Hotzoll-fc Snss , 27th nnd Cuming St.
ICuhn & C6. , 15th and Douglas.
Klnslor J. T. , No , 1307 Farnam.
Kuhn Fred , No. 010 S. 10th St.
Kelly J. A. , No. 1510 Farnam ,
Lang A. , 13th and Jackson.
Lou ? Christ , No. 418 $ S. 10th. St.
Lipshitz J. , No. 709 S. 13lh.
Jjlnd fc ChristiansenClark k Saunclors.
Mostoollor & Scott , 15th nnd Vinton.
-Murphy J. A. , No. 120 N. 10th.
Mulligan T. F. , No. 1423 Saundors.
Molchor Agt. C. A. , South Omaha.
McDonald C. 0. , Snunders & Caldwoll.
McLcod E. , No. 1824 N. 10th.
McKoy C. , South Omaha.
NowM.No. GOOS. ! ) th ,
Owen .t Co. , No. 505 N. 10th.
Pryor W. A. , No. i301 Paris avo.
Powell M. B. , 13th and Jackson.
Parr M. , No. 423 S. 10th.
Prince J. S. , No. 214 N. 15th.
Postal D. C. , cor. Blonde and 26th St.
Rodlo Win. No. 1800 S. 13th.
Ross & O'Hcarno. No. 412 N. lOtb.
Routhor G. , South Omaha.
Kehllold & Co. , 13 , Farnam & Douglas.
Rubin & .Co. , No. 1805 St. Mary's avo.
Richard Henry , Farnam. bet. 10 & 11.
Sander A. H. , cor. Saunders & Cumings
Savillo J. J. , No. 1104 N. 24th.
Spaflord T. W. , 13th and Howard.
Spottman J. II. , No. 2812 Lcavonworth.
messages wns seventeen words a min
ute. The present pace of the electric
telegraph between tioudon and Dublin ,
wh'oro the Whoatstono instrument is
employed , roaches 402 words ; and thus
what was regarded as miraculous sixty
years ago has multiplied a hundredfold
in half a century.
A peculiar case is reported from
Biddoford , Me. An overseer in ono of
the millb there , in the course of his reg
ular duties , is exposed to a strong elec
trical current , generated by the largo
bolts in rapid motion near by. It scorns
that tlio electrical conditions are such
as to have caused his fine head of iron
gray to change to a beautiful bas. Some
of his friends express their doubts of
the cause of this singular change , but
these bebt qualified to judge the matter
account for it as above.
Tlio electric welding of Professor
Elihu Thompson is rapidly developing
into a great business. The practical
uses to which this invention can bo ap
plied nro very numerous. Besides its
value in factories for the repair of tools ,
shafts , die. , and in general "job-work"
among machinists , it is adaptable to
many forms of manufacturing. In
stoain and cus-fitting , or plumbing , em
ploying either copper , lead or cast-iron
pipe , ab well as in electrical fitting , it
will prove invaluable. _
Louis Lewis , of Sandhurst , Now Zea
land , who attained his ono hundred
and fourth year on the 2lth of Septem
ber last , is still , living , and enjoys good
health. H < ? is of Jewish faith , and his
father lived to the ago of ono hundred
and seven.
lias obtained a reputation wherever in
troduced for "CouuKC'i STYUC , " "PKU-
I'KCT FIT , " "COMFOKT AX ] ) Dl/UAllII.-
1TV. " They have no superiors in Hand
Turns , Hand Welts , Goodyear Welts ,
and Machine Sowed. Ladies , ask for the
' Lunr.ow" SIIOK. Try thorn , and you
will buy no other.
Cor , Dearborn and Lake Streets ,
CHICAGO.
TliU house has Just been thoroughly refilled
ntn cost of over $15,000 , making it rnr belter
than niiy hotel of the biimu iirlca In tlio Wost.
I'.Unutor , JJIectrlc l.U'hta , Jlutli Kooms , unil all
mo < li > ru Improvements.
UIU.-H , $2.00niul $2.50 porDny ,
Including juonls. Centrally located ; accessible )
to all railway stntloiiH , theaters ami business
houses. Street cais to nil jiolnts ottho city.
Ppeclnl rules to professional peoplu.
C.V. \ . DA.BB % C ) , fr opriotora.
BARNACLE & JOES ,
PLUMBERS ,
Special Attention Paid to Fine
Plumbing.
The most approved sanitary appliances always
on hand , bralnluylnt' n specialty. All work
done according to the strict rules of sanitation.
Estimates Furnished ,
For Plumbing , Steam and Gas
Fitting and Gas Fixtures.
Hose and Lawn Goods Always
on Hand ,
North 16th Street
Telephone 1OB1.
PROF. BYRON FIELD.
TOPEKA , KANSAS.
Schillo.t J. , 10th nnd Nicholas.
Schaefer Aup. , Shonnun tivo & Corby.
Swoonoy S. L < , South Om.ihn.
Sobotkor C. II. South Onwha.
Stevens Henry A.i 10th nnd Vinton.
Southmnycl & Runnoll , No. 1010 N. 10th.
Schubert II. , 810 N. 10th.
Smith fc Owens , South Omaha.
Sims C. D. , Saumlors St.
Slobodisky L. , 608 N. 10th.
Thompson Goo. , cor. 10th & Mandorson.
Torbltt C. S. , 2208 Farnam.
Toco. ] ) . , 11201 Fnrnnin.
Van Krogo & Pahl , cor. 17th & Clarke.
Vangicon & Holln. iMOU Cumings.
Wilrot C. , 814 N. 10th.
Wolfor W. , cor , 26th and Docatur.
Wholun James , 1325 Saundors.
Whitohouso H. B. , cor. 10th & Webster.
Waller Ein.utv , 104 S. 13th.
West & Fritchor , 1222 Farnnm.
Wcstrando & Weber , 2609 Curalngs.
Wilson Clayton , 4101 S. 10th.
Ward W. J. & Co. , 001 N. 10th.
Wilko & Sautter , Cor. 20th nnd Piorco.
Worthy Win. , Cor. Corby and 16th.
WESTERN.
Abel E. , Denver , Col.
Bolinor G W. , Bradshaw , Nob.
Blrkon W. J. , Leigh , Nob.
BayrhofTor & Koissolbach , Shelby , Nob.
Brown E. R. , Fremont , Nob.
Bennett T. N. Sf Paul , Nob.
Craig A. J. , Minden , Nob.
Copolaud L. N. , Minden , Nob.
Cleveland Bros. , Ord , Nob.
Dahlstedt M. K. , Chapman , Nob.
Doyo & Dorr. Red Cloud , Neb.
Dresser C. W. , Chndron.'Nob.
Gilbert C. E , , Central City , Dak.
Galbrnlth J. E. , Albion , Nub.
Hopkins W. W. , Oakland , "Nob.
Harris & Gunnoll , Pnxton , Nob.
Irwln & Hockman , Dcndwood , Dak.
Judd L. P. , Cedar Rapids , Neb ,
Jepson , John , Mend , Nob.
Johnson A. B. , Mason , Nob.
Kinzol Bros , , Wisnor , Nob. *
ICrauss , Phillip , Plattsmouth , Nob.
Karkor , S. J. , Aurora , Nob.
Knowlton E. W. , Oxford , Nob.
Larson t Son , Brninard , Nob.
Lamhofor Ed.Sohyulor , Nob.
Lyons Drug Co. , Lyont , Nob. v
M'nylo , J.W. , Blair , Nob.
Mornn John , Olnx , Nob.
Morris & Co. , O'Neill , Nob.
McEvoy L. A. , North Pintle , Nob.
Odondnhl Bros. , LoupClty , Neb
Ovorllold J. E. , Neligh , Nob.
Pothlok Thos. M. , Silver Crook , Nob.
Robb J. 1) . , McCook , Nob.
Stevens W. II. , Ogden , Utah.
Showers & Co. . Lln\\ood , Nob.
Stuart & Ferris , Cedar Bluffs , Nob.
Shrock W. B. . Loulsvillo. Nob.
Soykorn 12. J. , North Bond , Nob.
Stein t Co. , Lincoln , Nob.
Scull E. B. , Boulder , Col.
Thomas J. R. , Tckamah , Nob.-
Travis & Samples , Iloldroge , Neb.
Wells W. E. , Burwoll , Nob.
Woods II I. , Stronisburg , Nob.
Wood W. J. &Co. , Buffalo Gap , Dak ,
Wlialoy , M. II. , Clarks , Nob.
Wolz Gco. , Fremont , Nob.
Wilson C. W. , Mead , Nob.
Wolf & Gillon , Mndibon , Nob.
Young J. P. , Plattsmouth , Neb.
WHY LIVE I FURNISHED
When You Can Go to the
Where you can furnish a home of your own by paying § 5.00 to § 10.00 dowu ,
and from $5.00 to $10.00 n mouth.
Wo have the largest stock o GENERAL HOUSEHOLD GOODS of
any house in Omaha. You will save 25 per cent by buying o us.
We are agents for the CELEBRATED ICEBERG CIIIEI ? REPRIG '
ERATORS and ICE CHESTS.
We are also agents for the OLD RELIABLE GASOLINE STOVES. .
We have also a large stock of STORAGE GOODS that must bo sold to
pay charges. All goods marked in plain figures.
A child can buy as well as a man. Give us an early call and convince
yourselves. f
FERGUSON FURNITURE Co.
EL & TOIG ,
and 1213 Farnam Street
Carpets , Stoves ,
WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PAY
MENTS ,
I f
DEWEY & STONE ,
FURNITURE.
A magnificent display of everything useful and
ornamental in the furniture maker's art ,
at reasonable prices.
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