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    14 TELE OMAHA. DAILY BEE : SUM DAY -JUNE 3 , 18SS.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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The following caiei nren few out of the many
lint have been RUcecMfully treatul by Dr. Smith
dlnco ho came to Omahn.
Mrs. 1) , nwed 47 years' ( lurk hnlr nnd cyci ;
applied to Dr. HinUh .May 10 ; cnmplnlnrd ot tno
Following symptoms ; 1'elt weak ami languid ;
vomited imicnni mingled with dark masses
Blmllnr to coffee Krotmdi. On maklnu n clo o
examination , two hard knots were discovered
near this lilt of Urn stomach. She romplalncd
of much thirst , nnd for several months had voni.
Itcdlmmodlntely niter entltiK or drinking. Skin
yellow nnd dry ; body very much pmnrlated.
IMnKiiosIs , cnnccr of the stomach. Treatment
wns commenced on .May 111. three dnys Inter the
vomiting hnd entirely censed nnd It h is not re
turned , 1'ntletit hns been Improving from the
first nnd will recover.
John K . 14 yenrn old ; dark hnlr.fjrny eyes ;
llnd suffered from constipation since n child ;
stools dry , sometimes bloody nnd oftentlineH
they were In round , hard ball ! dry hard stool.
toolnrKe. For the pnst four ycnrs hnd suffered
from lilies ; complained of n dull hendnchc , Irri-
tnblo. sleepy alter fitting , did not sleep well nt
nlRht ; dyspeptic. This boy applied to Dr. Smith
nml wns cured.
illss I'lnnt AKd 19 years , hns suffered forthe
pnst three yenrs from chlorosis ; she wns piilo
nnd bloodlesw ; hnd no color In her lips or curs ;
Avns nlwnys cold , no matter how wnrm the
weather might be ; nho wns always tired nnd
jAiiguld ; she would get up In the moinlng fee ) .
Ing worse thiin when she went to bed the nlnlit
before : she hnd n bad taste luher mouth ; felt
better In the open air ; could not benr to bo In
iv wnrm room ; her appetite wns capricious ;
longed tor slate pencils and ehnlk ; ihii wns be
coming ( Iroptlcal ; her face nnd hnnds were
nwollenln Ihomornlng ; hermeiiKtrnnl functions
were Irregulnr ; suffered from noso-lilcul period-
lenity. Missl'lnnt applied to Dr. Smith when
ho llrst cnmo to Umnhn , nnd Is now convales
cent.
The Doctor Is performing ninny very remnrk-
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LEGENDS OF DUBLIN CASTLE
Built on the Llffoy Oonturlos Ago By
Olnf the
'THE STRONG RATH OF STONE. '
Its Ungraceful Aspect Tlio StlrrliiR
Scone * It Ilns AVIttics9c l Sonic ol'
the'Jrnjjcillrs KnactcdVltliln
Its AVnlls Its Decline.
Dublin CnMle.
Onhlph f round In the most storied part of
Dublin , stands the frowning. Irregular pile
known ns Dublin Castle , with Us tail rotund
Hirminghnm tower , Its smaller towers , rambling
walls nnd . Ungraceful
bling , Ill-looking quadrangles.
graceful ntul ungracious of nspect , with
neither beauty or grandeur to Impress the
Imagination , no noble or gentle traditions of
the relations between rulers and peoplosoftcn
its rude outlines , or relieve the sinister scowl
lurking In Its shadows. Its unlovliness is
shunned even by thu families of the viceroys
wtionro supposed to make It theirheadquart
ers In Ireland , but who llnd nothing lllto n
lionto In Its neglected , Ill-repaired chambers ,
Since the Norman nreli bishop of Dublin ,
Henry do Londrcs , completed the original cas
tie ( long since rebuilt ) of which only a small
part of the Hlrmlngham tower remains In
the present pile , it has been kept In n prov
erbially dilapidated and Ill-appointed state.
First used ns a fortress , of which the Hir-
niinghatn tower was the prison where rack
and torture were applied , and which was
often crowned with rows of ghastly heads ,
it was not until Elbnbcth's ' time that the cus
tlo of Dublin was clioscn ns a residence for
chief governors , nnd that an order was sent
to enlarge and repair it for this purpose. Sir
Henry Sidney In liWW llrst made some at
tempt to carry out this order , but from Staf
ford's letters wo llnd that the buildings were
still in a dilapidated state In 1031. Lord Clar
endon In KiSO describes the castle as "the
worst lodging a gentleman ever lay in , " and
It Is not much bolter at the present day ,
Judging from an account given to the present
writer by n member of the family of a
viceroy of our own times , who , while
residing in the castle , described him
self as being often obliged to conm
out of the room , stand on the "staircase , and
shout for what he wanted , through lack of a
bell.
bell.Rented
Rented Dublin bowing in the Presence
chamber , or dancing In St. Patrick's hall ,
scarcely cares to know that our city was orig
inally a Scandinavian kingdom , nnd that
once upon a time wo were all Norsemen.
Few remember that when Olaf tlio Viking
sailed up the LifTey in n fleet of sixty ships ,
nnd landing on n convenient spot , built a
'strong rath of stone , " the very lirst foun
dations of Dublin castle were laid while the
Danes ravaged nnd plundered Ireland , were
converted to Christianity by the Irish , were
allied and inter-married with them , strove
for tlio mastery in the country , and gained
and lost it again and again the castle of
Dublin was their stronghold. Mounted on
its walls as they then stood , the Danes , look
ing acioss the Hat , marshy lands covered now
with our streets , saw the b.ittlc of Clontarf
ragn , and some of the most striking of our
Norse legends sing of tlio fortunes of that
day.From
From Dublin Castle the Danes saw the de
feat of their hosts , and also thi ) Irish in the
hour of victory bearing away the body of
their king. Urinn , and these of his son Mur-
rotigh , and grandson Turlotigh the monarch
to Swords , on the way to Interment at Ar
magh ; the two others , together with many
distinguished slain , across the country to the
monastery of Kilinulnhain.
Though the dcfi-ated Danes still kept their
place and possessed their stronghold , yet
probably primitive. Dublin Custlo was in a
considerably b.ittered condition by the time
the Anglq-Norinons got it into their hands.
In V'O'i King John of England ( javo an order
to Moyloy Fitzhenry , lord justice of Ireland ,
to begin the building of the fortress
of Dublin , and what is called the
original castle was commenced , to be linishcd
later by Henry do Londrcs. It was besieged
in Henry Vlll.'s time by Silken Thomas
Fit/gcrald , Earl of OfTaly , a young man of
twenty-one , who , acting as vice-deputy in
Ireland , learned that his father , then in the
tower of London , was about to bo beheaded.
Attended by one hundred and forty gallow-
glasscs in coats of mail and with silken
fringes to their helmets ( hence the name of
Silken Thomas ) , the young deputy rode to
St Mary's Abbey , where the council sat ,
seated himself at the head of the board , ami
in a stirring speech renounced his allegiance
to the king. ' 'I am none of Henrie his Depu-
tie , ' lie said , "I am his fo. I have moro mind
to conquer than to govern , to meet him in the
Hold than to servo him in ofllee. "
Lord Chancellor Allen besought him not to
bo rash , but Fit7gcr.ild's harper , fearing his
master was wavering , begun to sing so sweet
n poem of liberty , and of the courage of Fitz
gerald's ancestors , that the young lord ex
claimed , "I will rather choose to die with
valiantni'sso and liberty , than to live under
King Hcnrio In bondage und villaino. "
Ho then throw down the sword of state nnd
rushed from the hull , followed by his adher
ents. English power was at n low ebb , and
Dublin Castle alone held out for the king of
England. In the struggle treachery was em
ployed by the English , who , pretending to
embrace the Irish cause , added their arrows
to tlio showers of weapons that a sailed the
I'astlo walls headless arrows , liowevr , to
which were often attached messages of
warning and information. The story of the
rebellion of Silken Thomas , from tlio'patlictie
impulse which gave rise to it till its close ,
is full of interest ; and the saddest part
of the tale seems the death of his father ,
whose danger In a tyrant's hands Initiated tlio
trugotly , for we llnd that this distinguished
father , who had been deputy in Ireland , and
had attended King Henry to the Held of the
Cloth of Cold , died in the tower , not of be
heading , but of grief for the rashness of his
affectionate son.
A lurid scene of barbarism Is recorded of
the year 1KH , when a trial by single combat
took pluco within tlio castle walls between
two ehleftans of the name of O'Connor , who
were legally allowed thus to settle their
quarrel respecting the killing of some of tlio
followers of ono of the combatants by the
other. Sword and
target were solemnly as-
mimed by the duellers in the presence of I ho
lords Justices , judges and councillors , and u
great cnncowho of military olllccrs , and the
two enemies Inu-ked each other ferociously ,
until Teig O'Connor , managing to loosen his
opponent's holinit , cut off his hwid mid pre
sented it on his fiword-point to the lords
Justices , who instantly decided In favor of
the. victor.
Many nro the thrilling stories of escapes of
prisoners from the stroncholil of tliu Jilrm-
inglium tower , as that of young Hugh Hoe ,
thu son of Hugh , the chieftain of TyiTonnell.
At sixteen the lad resolved to assert and
maintain the independence cherished by bis
ancestors , and , as ho was admired nnd beloved -
loved for his generous heart and manly
beauty , his power In his own territory prom
ised to bo dangerous , His fame alarmed
Dublin castle , and treachery was iniulo use
of to gel him locked up in the Hirmingham
tower. A ship freighted with wino put into
one of the harbors of Donegal , and by strata
gem the young prince of the country was In
duced to comt. ' on board with other merry
youths to taste the merchandise of the sup
posed Spanish murchunt. While Hugh Hoe
tasted the wmu the hutches were shut down ,
the youths overpowered and disarmed , and
the vessel was on Its way to Dublin.
After mere than thrco weary years , n
faithful servant of Red Hugh convoyed him
n rope , by means of which the young chief
utul sonio of his impiisoncd followers do-
eo.'nded the steep wall and made their wu.y
to the \Viiklow mountains , whcro ho sought
the protection of 1'helim O'Toole xvlio had
for a time shared his imprisonment only to
be betrayed , however , r.nd sent back in irons
to the Tower.
The trusty servant coming a second time to
the rcscuo , Hugh made his way "down a
sewer funnel" into , the little Uvcr which
supplied the water to the castle mout , and so
got once more into the hills nf Wicklow. this
lima making his way into the lonely fast-
nesscss where dwelt Fcagh Mcllugh O'Hy rue
in Ulcnmuluru. A hurricane of snow was
raging , und some of the companions who
had escaped with young O'Donnell were
fro7cn to death before Turlough , the faithful
servant , returned from Glfnmalurct ,
whither they had sent him to
ask hospitality of the O'Hyrnp.
The young chief of Tyrconnell hlmsrU was
frost-bitten and almost insensible by t ho time
1'cagli Mcliut'li O'Uyrno arrived with cr <
vnntp , clothing nnd provisions for the fugi
tives. As soon as Hugh Hoc was able to ride
ho nnd his servant managed to ford the LllTey
nnd Were ferried across the Hoyno by a fish
erman , who afterwards drove their horses
along the toad as cattle he meant to sell at n
fair In the north country , till ho reached the
.secret place where their owners awaited
them.
Thus , after five years of absence , you tip
Tyrconnell returned to the mountains of
Ulster , held so well In early days by the hero
Cuchuilin , and was received as one risen
from the dead by the Dark Inn ( Qucon Dhir ) ,
his beautiful mother , nnd by his aged father ,
who resigned the goveinment of his princi
palities in the young man's favor , giving him
power to keep and hold tiio mountain terri
tory. This Hugh H6o O'Donnell thoroughly
did for long , In spite of Elizabeth's ablest
generals , carrying his incursions right nnd
left through Ireland , and making himself the
scourge nnd terror of the English govern
ment.
It Is needless to say that in these days , nnd
for many afterward , no Catholic dared eros
Lho threshold of Dublin castle except to en
ter the prison or torture chamber , of which
the motto of the dauntless , "Como rnck.como
rope , " was the "open sesame. " Hut It must
not bo supposed that no scenes save those of
Itloom and terror ever took place within the
uvil-looking walls which still crown the sum
mit of Cork Hill. Wo arc assured that the
splendor of Straffords court was scarcely ex
celled In all Europe , and , hideous as was the
savagery of Cromwell's ' court In Ireland , the
lirotcctor's family surrounded themselves In
like manner with more than regal mngnltl-
ccncc. Of the disci editable revels held by
Ihe grim Puritans , when "gentlemen on fes
tival da.vs went down to the castle cellars tote
to broach such casks as they would nnd
drink their till" ( Prcndcrg.ist ) , wo wish to
draw no picture , out must deplore the slur
cast on the gallant Fitzgernlds by that Lord
Klhlare who carried the sword before Henry
Cromwell , the day Duukerke was takenand
that same night In the cellar drank confusion
to the family of the Stuarts. In the duke of
Ormonde's lime peculiarly brilliant festivities
lit up the frowning apartments under
shadow of the grim prison and torture-
tower ; and , peering through the shadows so
thickly crowded with long lines of blood
thirsty visages nnd war-llko faces , wo nro
glad to nlight upon the face of a lovely nnd
sprightly lady as centre of n scene of the
hospitality shown to royalty by vice-royalty.
The beautiful Frances Jennings , Lady Tyr-
con'ioll ( a Talbot. not of the kindred of Hcd
Hugh ) , Is described by Do Grammont ns
giving the idea of Aurora , or the goddess of
spring ; and history shows her to us , stand
ing nt the top of the ponderous castle stair
case , her bright eyes newly relieved from
tears of agonized suspense , and her "beaute
ous llaxcn hair" making a spot of light In the
gloom , to receive King James on the evening
after the battle of LJoyno. James was in no
good humor and could not llnd a word of
politeness even for so charming a hostess.
"Madam , " he said , as he ascended the
staircase , "your countrymen know well how
to rim. "
"Not quite so well , however , ns your ma
jesty , " was the smiling retort , "since it is
evident you have outstripped them in the
race. "
As n matter of fact this spirited and lovely
creature was not an Irishwoman , but she
knew how to bear the name of Tyrconnell.
As In time gaieties and amenities became
more and more a part of the regime of Dub
lin castle , so in proportion insult nnd social
disgrace took the place of the rack of torture
as punishment of those who were displeasing
to our rulers. We hear of Lord Germans-
town and Uichard Harneweh arraigned at
Meath assizes , for wearing the swords car
ried by all rentlemen when going to pay
their icspccts to the judges and gentlemen
of the county at the assi/cs , and of the pub
lic effacing of the armorial bearings from
Lord Kennmre's carriage in the courtyard of
Dublin castle , these noblemen and gentle
men daring to 'remain Papists. Lord Ches
terfield , who exercised much hospitality and
apparent conciliation , has made famous
another beautiful lady , Miss Ambrose , one of
the many , both English and Irish , whose
names are associated with the castle of Dub
lin. Tills charming girl , daughter of a rich
brewer in Dublin , was so greatly admired by
Lord Chesterfield that when questioned by
George II. In London ns to the dreadful
character of the Irish papists , he answered
that the only dangerous papist ho knew of in
Ireland was Miss Ambrose.
Innumerable arc the beautiful faces , mem
ories of which haunt these walls , and among
them nro the lovely Gunnings , whoso lir.t
appearance in the fashionable world was
made in the ball room of our castle. Their
homo was an old house still standing upon
low-lying , marshyt boggy lands of the county
Gulwny ; and their mother , a daughter of
Viscount Mayo , married to n country squire ,
deplored that her lovely daughters of seven
teen and liftcon should for lack of means bo
doomed to hide their extraordinary beauty in
the wilderness. With or without means she
resolved to take them boldly to Dublin ,
where , in a hired house in Hritain street ,
she was one evening heard to lament and
weep because money failed her cud the bail
iff's were within her door. Mrs. Hollamy ,
the famous actress , tolls how , in passing this
house ono evening , she ventured in to inquire
the cause of the sounds of grief which had
fallen on her ear ; and so well did she stand
the friend of the mother whose acquaintance
she thus made , that the bailiffs were dis
missed , and the lovely girls , for whoso sake
such diflicultics had been dared , were Intro
duced to the castle and their future fortunes
as duchess of Argyle aud countess of
Coventry , dressed out in borrowed plumes
lent them by another charming actress , the
Kind-hearted Margaret Wellington.
It is not supposed that the good fairies of
the stage accompanied their protegees to the
state ball at which the Gunnings captivated
all hearts , but had they done so they would
have made no foil to the young beauties they
had taken such pains to display. It is re
lated by O'Kccfe , the dramatist , that Mrs.
Hcllainy was very beautiful "blue eyes and
very fair. I often saw her splendid state
sedan chair , with superb hico liveries , wait
ing for her at the door of LilTey street Catho
lic chapel , She had a house in Kildaro
street. She was remarkable in London nnd
Dublin for her charity and human
ity. " Of Mistress Wellington's charms
it is needless to speak , nor
of the many pretty stories on record besides
that of her sweetness to the Gunnings , which
go to provo that her heart was us goods ns
her eyes.
Among graceful talcs of fair excellencies
who reigned at Dublin castle , we must men
tion that of the almost peerless duchess of
Uutland , who , having learned that the wife
of a silk and poplin merchant named Dillon ,
living in Francis street , was handsomer
than herself , set out ono day to sea and Judge
of the truth of the report. Making her way
Into the parlor where Mrs. Dillon sat , be
hind her husband's shop , the duchess was
received with gentle dignity by a woman so
stately and exquisite that her grace was
struck dumb with amazement.
"I am Mrs. Dillon , " said the silk mer
chant's wife modestly , wondering what the
duchess , whoso coach-and-slx waited with
out , could wont with her.
"I could swear it ! I could swear ill" re
turned the duchess. "There has been no ex
aggeration. You are the most beautiful
woman in the thrco kingdoms. "
The Dublin ensile of the present is a thing
of small importance. , and of such ill-rcputo
that there is little or nothing to bo said about
it. Its day is over , and the very thoroughfare -
faro turns awjy from it as if to leave it for
gotten on its gloomy eminence. The new
street , Lord Edward street , with its Hiig-
gcstlvo name dear to the wayfarer who need
no longer pass under the walls of the custlo
yard to reach the moro ancient part of Dub
lin , carries our feet further every day from
the ill omened gateways and quadrangles.
Ono last sketch horn the past is suggested
by the mention of Lord Edward sheet.
It was on this very spot , "passing tno
Hoynl Exrlmngo" ( now the city hull , a build
ing ut right angles with the old ensile and
the now Lord Edward street ) , that Andruw
O'Hciily , for many years Times correspond
ent in Paris , makes mention of having , when
a little boy , seen by chance Lord Edward
Fitzgerald and his wife Pamela walking to
gether along the slduway.
"Lord and Lady Edward , " ho says , "wero
each below the. middle. sUe ; both good-
looking. Ho lively and animated , she mild ,
but not serious of aspect. Fearless , though
some danger attended it , he were n green
coat and a green-und-wliito cravat. She was
dressed , I think , in u cloth walking-dress of
dark green , and a green neckerchief , for it
Was winter , " Kob.v Mfuiou.AXu.
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THE DISCIPLES OfflANKLIN ,
Modern Electric Discoveries nnd
luvontlono.
ELECTRICITY AND GALVANISM.
Tlio American Telegrapher An In
vestigation Needed VmlcrRfountl
AVI res A Karnirrs'jiTci-
Tlio American Tel c'rnpli.
The London Electrician , contained
recently n very interesting article from
Mr. P. B. Dolany , being a contribution
to the synchronous multiplex contro
versy. It is well worth rdmllng for the
light thrown on the amusing little tilt
that Mr. Delany hns Avith M. LaCourin
regard to the ability of the American
telegrapher. M. La Cour remarks :
"Tho Americans whom wo hat ! engaged ,
nnd who were supposed lo bo such emi
nent men , are possessed of considerably
less theoretical knowledge than an or
dinary telegraph operator in Scandi
navia , " to which Mr. Delany replies :
The American telegrapher needs no
defense nt my hands. lie may not have
ns much theory us his Scandinavian
brother , but ho knows n practical tclo-
grnnh system when ho sees it , and it is
well known that ho can send moro into
and got moro out of a telegraph wire
than any other telegrapher in the
world. " After all , what is required
of a telegrapher is practice and
not theory , though n thorough acquaint
ance with the latter is desirable. Are
wo to attribute to the European's proll-
cioncy in theory the fact that ho docs so
little to distinguish himself not simply
in practice , but in something that dis
plays the highest quality of mind in
vention ? Tlio ranks of European tele
graphers contain , wo know from per
sonal acquaintance , many accomplished
men , but whore are the European Edi-
sons , Delanys , Popes , Hamiltons , Gilli-
lands , Dockwoods ; or the European
Morrisons , Metzgers , Johnsons , who not
only invent but conduct great organiza
tions and enterprises ? There must bo
something to account for these and
many other instances of advancement
among telegraphers on this side of the
Atlantic , and for what appears to be the
great rareness of such instances on the
other side. What is the repressive
influence in the old world ? It is too
much theory or too litile ambition ? Is
it too much governmental control or too
little individuality ?
An Investigation Needed.
A paper recently presented by Mr. P.
thrown out which ought not to bepawed
by unheeded. The causes of' death by
electricity , its nature nnd limitations a's
well as the probable means fqr its pre
vention , are of sullicient'practical im
portance to warrant earnest investiga
tion. "Wo would suggesttherefore , the
advisability of the appointment by the
institute qf a committee' tu investigate
and report upon the subject , ! The in
vestigations which have tlifis far been
undertaken in this direction have for
the IT10.-4 part been isolated and limited
in their scope , and there is thus left for
the institute a clear field for work , the
result of which will redound to its
credit. We hope that this subject will
meet with the attention it merits , and
that light will bo shed upon a btill ob
scure subject.
Underground AVIrcs.
In a paper recently read by Professor
Plympton before the American Insti
tution of Electrical Engineers , ho has
come to the conclusion that there is no
difficulty in putting telegraph and tele
phone wires underground and maintain
ing them there in good condition for a
lengthened period of t imc. Some details -
tails of course still remain to bo settled ,
but much lias been gained in the knowl
edge of what hus to be avoided. The
question of putting incandescent light
wires underground has also been solved ,
and the test of several years'service
has shown that the system is an un
doubted success. But in regard to the
burial of the are light Wires Professor
Plympton lias his doubts as to the cer
tainty of success with any methods yet
tried , and he Rays to recognized that any
hasty and ill-advised enforcement of
the law controlling the burial of these
wires "would prove the surest way of
perpetuating the nuisance of overhead
wires and iwles in the street. " In
other words , he has come to the con
clusion that if put underground by any
method thus far tried tno result would
bo failure , and another resort would
have to be made to overhead wires ,
which would then stand all the moro
firmly against any attempt to enforce
their burial. Professor Plympton also
drew attention to the fact that such
alleged accidents ns a dentil caused by
the grasping of a naked wire close to an
arc lamp could not be prevented by any
system of burying wires , and that per
fect immmunity could only bo obtained by
burying both the wires and the lamps.
Regarding underground wires in
Europe , probably the best idea of the
extent to which the practice prevails
abroad was seen in the photographs
which Professor Plympton drew atten
tion to during the meeting , embracing
views taken in various cities visited by
him during his recent trip of investiga
tion. In some cases the network of
wires was almost , if not fully , equal to
the masses familiar to us hero , and , as
ihe speaker remarked , it was only in
exceptional cases that underground
work was found.
A Michigan Telegraph Ijlne ,
There hns grown up among the farm
ers of Lonawco county , in this state ,
hays the Grand Hapids ( Mich , ) Register ,
a telegraph system which1 is quite
unique in its character , nnd which
might bo profitably and gouerally ex
tended throughout the rural districts
ovorywhoro. The system began by two
formers connecting their house with a
wire for their own private convenience ,
and operating their line with the ordi
nary Morse instruments. Gradually
other farimTS extended the line into
their house , and after u time the wire
was run to the neighboring villiago of
Teeumsoh , Seven'years ago the com
bined farmers and u few village mer
chants organized themsolvi-Hinto
a com
pany , and it had since boon extended
until now it has sixty-five miles of wire
and ninety ollicos , two-thirds of the
hitter being in farmhouses , and nearly
nil the rest in stores where these farm
ers do their trading. One or two news
paper olllecti , as many moro railroad
freight olllces , the County Telephone
Exchange , and the larger post-
olllces are all connected. Every
farmer is his own operator , battery
man , and line repairer. Of course any
quantity of private communication is
kept up between the stockholders of
this independent system , and their con
nection with the village stores makes it.
easy to communicate their wishes as to
purchases. As it happened , one ftirm-
r's lifo was saved uj the wire. Hv
accident l.ie took a dose of poison , anil
no doctor was within"several le-
iu lebut
the wire was connected with the doc
tor sollk'o in Tecumseh , and the farm
er's daughter sprang to it and called up
the physician. Having ascertained the
kind of poison , the doctor telegraphed
back to fill the patient with sweet milk
until ho got there.
From ono of the freight st.xtions
standard time is transmitted dally at 11
'
o'clock. When a piece of Important
news is received by the station olllcors ,
nnd at the newspaper ofllco , some event
of great national or state importance , it
is sent over the farmers' lines , and by
this moans the farmers who arc re
garded as slow nnd behind the times ,
arc often several hours ahead of the
reputedly faster denizens of the cities
who are waiting for their afternoon
panel's to appear.
Klcotrlunt Notoi.
Sing Ship , N. Y. , 1 * to have a large electric
light sUtton forthwith.
Kloctrio motors nro to bo Ulvcn n trial on
tlio Hrooklyn City railroad.
A special dNpatch from Goshcn. N. Y. .
states that n farmer there has bought a snmli
dynamo , which Is to bo rim by water-power.
It Is to furnish light for carrying on farming
operations at night time.
Largo thefts of copper , electric light and
telephone wires have been discovered in
Pittsburgh Pa. , the perpetrators being dis
charged linemen , who replied to all ques
tioners that they were Ink Ing down the wire
for rclnsulntion.
Electric rlllci are the latest. Instead of
the ordinary percussion ilring device , a dry
chloride of silver battery and a primary cell
will , so it was lately stated before the Ameri
can Institute , lire the riilo 3o,000 times with
out recharging.
Mr. Frank J. Sprague will rend n paper be
fore the American Institute of electrical en
gineers on Juno 12 on "The Solution of the
Municipal Itapld Transit Problem. " This
paper , dealing with a great subject , will bo
one of the most important cvor presented before -
fore the institute. It will bo accompanied by
numerous illustrations , diagrams , etc.
A telephone transmitter by Mr. John M.
Graham , of Plttsburg , PH. , sayj the Scien
tific American , consists of two pairs of con
tact springs arranged to press opposite "mis
of electrodes , carried by springs bearing on
the diaphragm , ono contact spring of c.ich
pair being connected with ono terminal of
the Induction coll. the electrodes operated by
the dlapnragm being connected with the ter
minals of the local battery , whereby the cur
rent In the local circuit is reversed during
each vibration of the diaphragm.
P. H. Belancy , of New York , has devised
a pair of bracelets and u pair nf anklets con
nected by llexlblo cords to bo wora by Hue
men as protectors from electrical shoclts. It
is expected of this device that if the wearer
should close a high potential circuit through
his hands It Is hoped that a considerable part
of the current would bo switched off his body
away from his vital parts to expend itself bv
passing out through the skin or some part of
the body removed from the vitals. Electri
cians say , however , that there is a question
whether the current would not prefer to con
tinue in the man rather than leap out when it
should meet those bracelets , which would
offer somewhat higher resistance than the
human body. Of course , the inventor be
lieves that the fluid would prefer the matter
to the llcsli.
A well-known lawyer of St. Louis has in
vented a street car motor to bo operated by
compressed air or steam , on which ho has
just obtained a patent. The apparatus con
sists of a number of stationary wheels , or
miniature rotary engines , placed under the
ground , beneath the middle of the truckwith
the periphery of the wheel projecting about
half nn inch above the level of the roadway.
An clogatcd shoe underneath the car comes
in contact wit the wheels , which propel the
car forward. The shoo is raised and lowered
by a lover , by which the driver starts or
stops the car. The compressed uiror steam
is supplied by a continuous pipe from the
power station , nnd the wheels are set in mo
tion automatically by the car as it passes.
Tno car is also provided with four wheels of
the ordinary pattern , which run on the track.
The inventor intends to orpani/o a company
for the purpose of giving the motor a test.
Is you suffer pricking pains on mov
ing the eyes , or cannot bear bright
light , and llnd your sight weak and
falling , you should promptly use Dr. J.
II. McLean's Strengthening Eye Ealve.
il-5 cents a box.
The McclmiilNiii ol' tlio Heart.
Medical World : lathe human subject
the average rapidity of the cardiac
pulsation of an adult male is about
.seventy beats per minute. These beats
are moro frequent as n rule in young
children and in women , and there are
variations within certain limits in par
ticular persons , owing to peculiarities
of organization. It would not necessarily
be an abnormal sight to find in some
particular individuals the habitual fre
quency of the heart's action from sixty to
sixty-live or seventy-five to eighty 'per
minute. As a rule the heart's ac
tion is slower nnd more powerful in
fully developed and muscular organiza
tions , and more rapid and feebler in
those of slighter form. In animals the
range is from twenty-live to forty-five
in the cold-blooded and fifty upward in
the warm-blooded animals , except in
the cose of a horse , which hns u very
slow heart-beat only forty strokes a
minute.
The pulsations of men and all animals
differ with the sea-level also. The
work of a healthy human heart has
bcon shown to equal the feat of raising
five tons , four hundred weight ono foot
per hour , or 1U5 tons in twenty-four
hours. The excess of this work under
alcohol in varying quantities is often
very great. A curious calculation has
been made by Dr. Itichardson , giving
the work of tlio heart in mileage. Pre
suming that the blood was thrown
out of the heart at each pulsation in
the proportion of sixty strokes per
minute , and at the nssnm'cd force of nine
feet , the mileage of the blood through
the body might ho taken at U07 yards
Ijor minute , seven miles per hour , 10S
miles per day , ( I1120 ! miles per year , or
6,1/50,880,000 miles in a lifetime of
eighty-four years1. The number of beats
of the heart in the same long life would
reach the grand total of i3.80i,77,0l)0. ) ( ! )
.
Life Is burdensome , nlika to the suf
ferer and all around him , while dyspep
sia and its attending evils hold sway.
Complaints of this nature can bo speed
ily cured by taking Prickly Ash Hitters
regularly. Thousands once thus
afllictcd bear cheerful testimony as to
its merits.
TDHOCf.AMATION AND NOTII'KOK IK'IIOOI.
' ' ' '
I , Wi'li'luin . ] . 'iiro.itcti , Muvor of the * City of
Omaha , by virtue of tliu authority visited In mo
UK Mich mayor , ami la compliance with the
Ntutntu In Niich case madu anil ] > rovl < lc < l , < lo
UMIIU this my prorlunuttlon. anil do licrcby ulve
pnlilic not leu that the uimunl e > clu > ol c-lui-tlo i of
tliu Hchonl district of Oiimlm , In tlu < county nf
Douglas , In thobtutu of Nuliriihlcu.wllllni lielil In
said city of Oinuhaon MOND.IV , the rnruril
ilnyof Jt'NK , IMHX , fortlie purpose of choOAintf
IIvi > members at laruo of Hie boml of eiliu iitlou
of the fluid bclioul district of Omaha , anil thrco
member * to M-ir during the irmalmler of the
unexpirtMlterms f T. W. Illnckhurn , II. .1. D.i.is
and , f. A. McClnre , ro-ilgneil ! ? aid clwtlun Miall
bu open at H o'clock In the moinlnirof * .dil
Joiitli duy of June , anil nhall mntliinu open
until f : o'clock In the uHurnoou of tlio naniH il.iv ,
ut therL'SpecUu ! votingl > U < u > following , to-wlt :
1'lrst w rd1'ucltlo school building. 1'jiclllc
btreet , between Ninth and Tenth ntrpeta.
Hei-ornt waid Iliutmun f-choul building ,
corner | i > tli and WlUluma utrectn.
Thlid ward Do Igo school bullillnb' , eortxer
Doilyo nnd I'.leventh afreets.
Fourth ward -High school building uii.ai ( < ltol
aemio
rilth uanl-l.uku ( .cliool bulUlliig , corner
Nineteenth and liki : ; ntlect- , .
Mith ward l.onu bchoul building , lornvr
Twenty idxth , uid I'V.ink'ln ' btievtu.
Seventh waid I'.irk t-chool building , corner
Twenty-ninth street nnd Woolworth .ivenue.
Ktiihtli wiircl-Iy.urd school bulldins , corner
Izaid and N'ni'tcentl ' , stifels.
Ninth wardI'.irmim si hoi.l building , coiner
Tweiity.nlnth and 1'nnium stivHu.
'I'llus done und proclaimed In the 'Ity of
( liuuh.i , tills I'tli day ot Muv. Iky- .
m " ' -d t & MIII W J. ( tlt'iA'I'CH. ' Mayor.
vft WLHri RG v ai " 'ff' " "F * ' < " " . . . ' ? fi
JB mwfjaiu I'f j uti.fi : r-
I tj ifB toll to" ' " ' ? * * ' ' " ' ' " ' , '
manhood . rtc I will unTtt t lual > li > di-Alln" * ! il
tantalum/ full | > * ittfUrii lof hc-mc ci t f" vr
thirf AMrt ,
PROF. F , C. FOWLER , MoCilft. Conn.
WHY LIVE IN FURNISHED ROOMS
When You Can Go to the
Ferguson Furniture Co.
Where you can furnish n home of your own by raying $5.00 lo ? 10.00 down
nntl from $5.00 to $10.00 a month.
Wo have Mie largest stock of GENERAL HOUSEHOLD GOODS o
nny house in Omahn. You will save 25 per cent by buying of us.
We nre agents for the CELEBRATED ICEUEltQ CHIEF REFHIG
ERATO US mid ICE CHESTS.
We arc-also ngeuts for the OLD RELIABLE GASOLINE STOVES
We have also a lar e stock of STORAGE GOODS that must bo sold to
pny charges. All goods marked in plain liguros.
A child can buy ns well as niinui. Give us an early call and convince
yourselves.
FERGUSON FUENITURB Co.
715 , 717 and 721 North I6f h Street.
Nebraska Furniture & Carpet Co
606 and 608 North. 16tli St.
Wo offer n. choice line of HARDWOOD CHAMBER , SUITS
nt $15 nml $110.
PARLOR SUITES , nt $3510200.
DRAPERIES , nt $3 to $25 per puir.
Full line of BRUSSELS AND INGRAIN CARPETS.
INSTALLMENTS
Anything Yon Want.
NEB , FURNITURE and CARPET CO. ,
606 and 608 North 16th Street. ' V
DEWEY & STONE ,
FURNITURE.
A magnificent display of everything useful and
ornamental in the furniture maker's art ,
at reasonable prices.
CHICHESTER'SENGUSHAPIAMOMD BRAND
JHE ORIGIN AL.THE ONUY' CtNUIMC
.BEWARE OF WORTHLESSlMITATIONS-
> ASK DRUGGIST TOR QlCHESTER'S ENGLISH
DIAMOND BRANDJAKEHOOTHEf , '
INDISPENSABLE.SOLD BYAll DRUSGISTS S&SjroR INCLOSE 4f ( STAMPS )
ASK FCH DIAMOND BRAND.CIIIChtSTtfrJtNSlllirWK/T . O n PARTICULARS
ANOTAKENOOTHCR SEE SI6NATUREON . EVERY BOX. . TWIN Ltmn OY RCTURM MAIL
ICHICKESTCHCHEMiW-CO StttPMf.HAOISOM S5PHILA.PA TstE SIBNATUBtOH CVCnV BOX
1
- - - - lUNSCUCITtD WRITTtN TtSTIUOHIALS AND OVtR rnOMLADIES WHO HAVE US D
WINDSOR
UMBRELLAS.
Most populir I'mln-cllus known. More than
OO.OOO hultl lu twelve months.
Nnno arc Klmil 0 without our I'ATKNTl'.D
Sl'Kl.VGS in the hticks and ties nmrcil ns above.
BELKNAP , JOHNSON & POWELL
New YoiU and IMiilatlctplila ,
A Wonderful Discovery !
DR. BAILEY ,
Wio is IVrnuiiiPiilly Located in ( lie I'axtnn
IIloclc , llooms ! t2 mill JtKI ,
Ilns recently discovered a nii'thod of extrartinc
teeth without pain and without the i e of
chloroform. Tor the hrnollt of the poor , lr )
llallny w III extract teeth by his ivw and pillules *
method , from 0 to 10 o'clock every morning tivo
of charge. Disoahud teeth , old roots und aching
teeth , Kavcd by hl' < new and ! ia1nlt" > s method of
tilling and crowning. Coiibultatlons and exami
nation fire. If yon or nny of your friends are
tootharhe , call on Dr. llalley.
To ( ila HV , Ik'lfasl , Dublin anil Lltcrnool
From New York Every Thursday ,
C'abln pussiiKe J-H and W , accoidliiK to loc-.itlou
of htate room , Kxcnrnion in to 4KI ,
Steerage to and from lluropo ut IjO'.vobt r.itoi
ATSTIN HAMMVJN .t CO , ,
( idi'l.\BfiitsKlllirudwiiy , New Vorlc.
JOHN HUXJIIN , Cien'l Wostein Agent.
101 KandolphHt. , C'hlcuijo.
IIAUUVi : MOOHI'.S , Ant'Ht. Omaha ,
liccliiced Cabin 1 fates to Gltts ow Kxhi-
bition.
I/O Jill Nnftcp.
1'ropOKHls toinci'lvu sealed bid" , for building n
Conit HoiiM1 at Uyiilnlla , NebiHsKa.
Notice Ishmuby ilven that M-.tli-d bids will bo
n-ielved at the nlllcc of tlm County t lerk at
< ) j..ilil.i : ! , Nub , , up 10 the hour of lu'm. , on .Inno
I ; . lw. tortile purpose of bnlldlnKii lonit hoiiho
ut OKamlla , Krlthf'onnty , Nub. I'liuis und pu-
cllliulions , tor tlm ronbtrmtlnn of said ( unit
hoiihit will bo tiled for Inipix tlun at thi'olliru of
tlm County Cli-rK at Ogahtlla Nub. , on and utter
tho"oth diiv of May.
Thu buaul leserveH the right to ivj < ! < t any and
allbldx.
Dated May 9. 1SSS
.1. M. Pmitin\N : Chm. , I
HoiuriU'oi.MNS , > Co. Pom.
W. O. .l.tMIMIV. )
Atttit1'lUMvl' ! . 1)11 ) Hl.lCiOV.
- . ' - fl.-rk
UM rtj--J3-IO-i ; Comity
Not lee to ISrliluc CimtrautorH.
pealed bids will be received nt the olllco of the
County Clerk of lo ) < l n ( Viuuty , Nebraska , until
13 o'ilock in. , of J un lull , iM-h , for the rebuildIng -
Ing of the euperntrnctlon of two nil foot span *
II Ivet wide draining beam combination bridge
to replace the two fpiuis In the IMattn ilvrr
brldgi : near Noith llond. Also for the ii'bn'ld-
Inn of the siipei hlrnctlon of heven W foot p.ins
In ft'ct wide HtiMlnliiK beam combination lnidgu
to leplaco fcovcn vpans In the J'latte river brldgu
near I'luinont. Nebraska.
Mid- , will uNo b recelvedfurall | Ulin ? . < apsand
Ice bleak * that may bo ncjrti'd m I nlMliu ! nnd
jvpall ing ualcl lu-lilgei to computed by the
thousand feet when complete I work Included.
All lumber ami timber to lie of oak ; the lloor
planu to bo z > i Inches thick ; piling to bu IU
Inches ut point and Ifi luclu at butt end , and to
bu driven not Itb * than 2 * fei-t
All hl'la to bu accompanied with a deposit of
lltty dollars , ( JVWKJ ) and to be lorfelted to the
County. In case Tliu bidder or hlddurv to whom
tlm contract or lontiacts aio awarded lulU
\\ltlilnflvodaystoi-ntcrlntotontract A. execute
a ijood and sullicient bond for the faithful per-
fi.tmHr.ru of tulil contract.
Thotiaar'linkervva the rlyht to reject any or
all bvu. Uy order of thr Hoard of Stippi'ViMim ,
of 0 < Mlm > ( 'aunty. NuWMtltii. , .
Attest : < H 1' . HHIVKI.y ,
Cuucty Ckrlr. '
O ( VI AH A
MEDICAL 9 SURGICAL ! NSTTUTE ! ,
N. W. Cor. 13th & Podgo 318.
BR.-A.OB3S ,
APPLIANCES FOR DEFORMITIES AND TRUtSES.
Best facilities , apparatus and remedies for hut ;
ccjsful treatment of every form of dihentc rcindr *
lug Medical or Surgical Treatment.
FIFTY ROOMS FOR PATIENTS.
Hoard nnd attendance ; best hospital accommo
dations In the west.
WKITK fOR CixcriAits on Deformities and
Ilrnrrs , Trusses , Club Feet , Curvnture of tli
Spine , Piles , Tumors , Cencer , Cntnrrh , Ilicr.cliitis ,
Inhalation , I'.lectrlcity , Faralyriii , Htiilfiisv. Kid.
ney , Illadder , Kye , Car , b'ltii ' ami Uloocl , ai'd ull
Surgical Operations.
Dlooaooo of Woman a Speolol'.y.
IlOOK ON DlBKACEB OFVOMEN KltFO.
ONLY EELIABLB MEDICAL IN3T1TUI3
HAXINU A Bl-XCIALTr OF
i
PRIVATE DISEASES.
All lllood UIscaicB nucceisfully treated. Syph
ilitic I'oitou removed from he Bytlem without
mercury. New restorative treatment far lo 4 ut
Vital Tower. 1'cisons unable to visit u may be
tu'iiteil at home by correspondence , All commu
nication * confidential McdlcincR or instrument !
sent by mail or express , securely packed , no
nmrks to Indicate contentH or * endcr One per-
.loiuil inteniew preferred , Call nml coMsult lit or
end hittory of your case , uud we will tend iu
pluin wrapper , our
BOOK TO MEN , FREE ;
t'pon ' rrlvHte. Special or Nervous Dferutr * , Iin >
V > tency , Syphilis. Olecl and Varicccele , with
birstlon list Address
( Jiniitia JUrillral unit Hnrillral Initltlitf.OT
DR. MeWJENAWSY ,
Cor , 13th anOodee Sts. . itfAHA. NED.
The LOOLOW
Ilubobtiitnuil a reputation r.horcvor in-
trotluc'cd for ( 'omtwi S'i \ . , " " : -
1'ICt T KIT , " ' ' ( 'O.MHIH'I A" I ) Ul'ltAHII.- '
1TV. " Tlu-y liiixi'no bupi-i lorn in Hand
Tin-he , Iltiml \ Vclthtiuoilji'iir Wolta ,
and Macliino Hewed. Lailics , UHk for I ho
"lvn\M\v" \ HIIMK. Try tliom , tiiul you
will buy no otlusr.
E
IHIOTEJIL. . ,
Cor , Dearborn and Lake Streets ,
CHICAGO.
TnU house hua Jutt been thoioiiiihly refltteit
at a > bt of over il.V'X ) , nmkinu It tar bvltir
than nny hotel of the Kainu prlioln tbo Writ.
Kli-vator. Dlcrtrlc I.U'bts , llatli itooms , anil ull
inoiKrnIinpro\rment .
Uiu < > i , $ U.IU ) anil $ 'J no per Dny ,
Inclndlni ; inealH. CrntrHlly locatnl ; arrrHKlbla
tuall railway htutlonu , thriitcru and hnxlnrrs
boiiM-s Slri'ct curs to nil points nt th rlty.
Special iat i ) to j > rofcit > Ional pei.jdr.
C 1 W. DAbl } & CO , J'roiJiictois.
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