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    THE OMAHA DAILY. BEE : SUNDAY JANUARY 20. 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES. . 15
Bucoosa and Failures of the Various
Systems.
STORAGE BATTERYTHEFAVORITE
Objections to the Overheat ! Wire
Tlio Conduit I'lnn and Its Ad-
tnRps lloads Operated l r
Vni'ions Uinianlr.s.
nicctrlo Ilnllxvnys.
Engineers'and Builders'Record : The
development of electrical street rail
ways during the past year has been re-
markablo. While some surprising
feats of electrical engineering in over
coming dilHciillics have marked the
progress of this mode of street-car pro
pulsion , much has been done in con-
Btruclion of lines where building and
operation have boon surrounded by
rather favorable circumstances. The
result has been to place electricity ap
parently ahead of horse-power in
cheapness of operation mid next to it
in cost of equipment. These fnola have
produced a widespread demand for a
better and cleaner mode of transporta
tion than by horse-power , and several
motor companies have during the past
few months largely profited by the re-
units of their investments of time and
ingenuity.
The problems of motor construction
may bo said to bo solved. The opera
tion of the Sprague motors at Richmond
mend , Vn. , has , after numerous failures ,
been at last successful , and seems to far
liui'pass tlio sanguine expectations of
Ihe builders. This is equally true of
other prominent railroad motors. All
nppear to stand inlinitelv more abuse
tind rough treatment than a few years
ngo , oven a few months ago , would Have
Ijoon considered sulllcient to eomnlotoly
destroy any piece of electrical appara
tus. In this particular this year
marks an _ era of wonderful pro
gress in electrical construction.
Central stations for generating
light for i power have reached
lilso such u uegreo of perfection and
cheapness that they no longer offer en
gineering dlllloultiobof importance. In
nil these respects the general features
of all tno commercial systems are alike ,
nnd their weakest points are shown in
the devices to got the current to the
jnotor from the source of power. The
host way to do this is doubtless to use
utorago batteries , making each car com
plete in itsi-lf and independent of the
location of the power station. This has
been tricil experimentally a number 6f
'
time ? , but the great weig'ht of the bat
teries , the trouble required to handle
them , and the necessity of skilled labor
to manipulate tliem is a dilliculty that
delays their introduction. In addition
their great cost and somewhat uncer
tain life lias iloubtlcss hindered their
extensive introduction. If sufficient
battery power be supplied any desirable
rate of speed can bo obtained with no
unsightly obstruction of the streets by
poles nnd wires. For this reason the
use of storage batteries will bo preferred
by the public.
Tho.lulicn company is now running
n few curs in Kew York on Fourth ave
nue , and gradually expect to have more
in operation. Tlio scale of operation is
ut present lee snmll-to predict much as
to cost. Experiments of a similar na
ture have been made in Philadelphia ,
Rochester and Baltimore , nnd ns some
of the best talent in the country is en
gaged in endeavoring to improve the
battery nnd decrease its weight , wo
in ay before long hoar of its introduc
tion to street car work on a much larger
scale.
The underground or conduit system
of supplying current to the motor will
meet with less objection from the general -
oral public than the overhead supply ,
and with the exception of the battery
system , is the onlv ono that can bo con
sidered practicable for large cities. Tlio
excavation of streets in construction is
u very small matter in the estimation
of a public unfamiliar with electrical
matters , compared with erection and
maintenance of a pole line of bare wire
and the possible dangers therefrom.
The Uently-Knight company is now
engaged in laying three miles of con
duits and conductors in Boston for the
West End Street railwaycompany , and ,
with the Sprague and Thomsoif-IIous-
ton companies , is to furnish motor cars.
The former company Is to furnish each
car with the necessary connections for
the conduit section of the lino. The
latter company furnishes cars for use
with olovntcd conductors only. The
conduit consists of an elliptical cast-
iron box strengthened at intervals with
a heavy T-rib on the outside. The
only opening except forjlrainago is on
top , nearly level with the street , and is
partly covered with steel plates which
form the edges of the slit. The con
ductors are supported on porcelain in-
Bulutors at the sides of the conduit. The
whole subway \ sot in a bed of con
crete. All parts are accessible with
out digging or disturbing the street.
The conduit hud in Boston differs from
the general construction in that it is
laid boiwcon the two tracks instead of
between the rails of each track. This
tilan wan adopted in order that the
heavy traffic on the present trucks
tihould not be interrupted. The long-
doferrud construction of the North and
Ktist River railway company's line on
Kultnn street , Now York' has been
begun by the Bentloy-Kiiiirht company ,
urnl will bo quite similar to the work in
Boston. Both of these lines will have
a practical experience this winter.
The difficulties in the way of making
cuuli biibways woatlior-proof and not
liable to Injury from heavy trucks are
iiorioiis. In view of tliu experience of
electrical companies in endeavoring to
liuuluto their wires in hot , moist earth
filled with cacnping steam from under
ground pines , the insulation of the con
ductors in the Fulton street conduit will
bo watched with interest. Tlio question
of providing drainage is ono of vital
importance , and particularly difficult
considering the amount of wet snow
and water likely to enter the conduit
ami liable any moment to freeze. The
openings and cut-basins connected with
the sewers may also at any time admit
fumes , the action ol which on the con
ductors cannot at present bo foreseen.
Twelve months ngo the Van Dopcolo
company mid the Daft company had
Uulf a dozen roads in operation , and
the Sprague company nono. At present
UioSpruguo company has about thirty
roads to its credit , and the Thomson-
Uouston , formerly the Van Do- .
PpQlo company about the same ,
the Daft company has about a do/on.
Thosorpadg are ouoratod almost 111-
rariuhly by an overhead method , and
each has n peculiar advantage , The
Bpraguo company uses ono wire over
head and ono of the rails as the return
conductor. Thls.of course , simplifies
the construction , but 1ms a ilibadvnnt-
ago in case of u kid cotuuct between the
car wheels and the track. The track
may bo dirty and in such a condition as
o actually break the circuit l-olwcon it
tnd the motor , An accident of this
Iiul , besides stopping the car , may bo
a means of injuring the motor. With
care , howcx-or , trouble from this source
can bo avoided. A trolley or wheel is
provided on a long arm above the car ,
to take the current from the wire above.
There is ono feature of this overhead
system that is worthy of mention. In
stead of placing a conductor nbovo the
street heavy enough to carry current
for the entire line , n very small wire is
used , which is fed at short intervals
from a heavy wire curried on poles on
the sidewalk. The advantage and con
venience of this ladder llko construc
tion is obvious. The hard drawn bronze
wire which is used over the street is so
small as to be inconspicuous , and being of
greater tenacity than copper , is not as
difficult to support. This reduces the
street disfigurement and prevents n
complete stoppage of the line by 'a
break in the conductor. Sections of
such a line can be cut out at will , with
out interrupting other portions.
The Daft company employs a return
wire overhead in addition to thn sup
ply wire and provide a trolley to run on
both with a flexible cable to connect it
to the car. As the overhead work must
exactly follow the track below , consid
erable Ingenuity is required in thjj pro
vision of turnouts and switches , and
the overhead worlc assumes a more cum
brous form. This system is not liable
to trouble from poor contact as In the
return-rail method , but has many more
complications overhead , as tlio two
wires must bo secured and insulated a
certain distance from each other to pre
vent the trolley from catoliing or run
ning on" the track.
The four methods of street-car pro
pulsion , described to illustrate the cen-
oral principles involved , are used in
slightly different forms by several com
panies beside these mentioned , and nro
to bo found on dilToront roads in various
parts of the country.
The trouble from s'.oot storms this
winter may domonstrito to a largo ex
tent what can bo expected in the future
from over-head systems , and at tlio sumo
time show how much ice and snow may
be necessary to materially interfere with
the trolleys or stop the road. This sub
ject is one of great interest both to
builders and capitalists , and a practical
demonstration as to which is the best
over-head system will bo eagerly looked
for this winter.
rEl'1'KUM.lNT DKOPS.
No man Js n hero to his wallet.
Electric : sugar lias loft a big taste in tlio
mouths of Its bondholders.
The colder tlio weather the warmer the
greeting of your plumber.
People who "draw ft mild" have quit inon-
IcoyiiiK with the thermometer.
The signal service hns n haul time in get
ing straight tips on the weather.
Murderers sentenced to death in New York
after to-day will go ohm to dynamo.
" dear wife " murmured
"My , paterfamilias
as lie looked at the dressmaker's bill.
A Plttsburjf jeweler regard * it strange that
a nnilo's mainspring is in his hind feet.
Tno right-hand thumb of a hotel-waiter is
most unfortunate. It is frequently In the
soup.
' You're too frosh"said the brine to the
beef. "J. acknowledge the corn , " replied the
beef , humbly.
The butcher who had Ills whole stoclc at
tached complained that there was too much
lieu on his meat.
The young Indies of Ho.ston have become
so familiar with "Uobert Elsmcre" that they
now call him "Hob. "
Electric Sugar Company : To our patrons :
Wo arc out of refined sugar just now , but we
can fill unlimited orders for soup.
If time is money , those hasoballists who
have hoen stealing seconds all .summer ought
to ho pretty well lixod for the winter.
They have got down ns far as Stove Elltins
for the cabinet. This looks as if the list
were getting pretty nearly exhausted.
A gentleman bearing the appropriate name
of Gum has opened a factory for the manu
facture of chewing tobacco at Frankfort.
It requires hut little faith for a man to
believe lie is made of dust after ho has asked
for credit and foundthat h is name is mud.
BfCaptain Anson ( coaching his players in a
game of ball at the base of the great Egyp
tian pyramid } Forty centuries are looking
down on you , Williamson ! Bang the stufling
out of 'crl
A sot of false tooth was found on the floor
of a Now York theater just after the per
formance of u "roaring" farcical comedy.
Are tlicro any foreign actors funny enough
to make a man laugh his false teeth outt
"Dramati/o 'Robert ElsmcrJl" said Sig.
Grizzly Hum , the eminent Missouri trage
dian ; "It'll never pay in the world ! There
ain't a train robbery or a steamboat explosion
in the story from beginning to onil. "
A Pennsylvania farmer raised a turkey
last year that weighed thirty-eight pounds ,
nnd sold it a few weeks ago for 8(1.08. ( Again
wo venture in the most respectful manner to
call Mr. Cleveland's attention to the profits
of the poultry business.
Chicago husband I was Hurprisod.darling ,
to read your application for divorce in the
morning Howler ; you didn't know I was
long on pork and it had gone up. Chicago
wife O , yes , I did , pot. and withdrew the
application in the noon edition.
IBll'IKTIKS.
"If in the bible thov will glance.
For they nil read the scripture ,
They cannot find against the dance
Tliero is a single stricture. "
"God Shave the Queen , " Is the heading
western papers put over tlio queen of Portu
gal mustache story.
The worst kind of n church member is
that one who is always out of sorts with his
pastor. A small hornet can spoil a good-
sized campsuiuntiiigand a disgruntled church
member can overthrow the worKof a church.
They tried a now experiment nt n church
in Kockland , Mo. , on n recent Sabbath , bv
sending four young ladies around with con
tribution boxes. It is said Unit not n young
man in the congregation neglected to chip in.
The church was beautifully decorated with
sweet llowors and the air was heavy with
their fragrance. As tlio service was about
to begin , small Kitty pulled her mother's
sleeve and whispered : "Mammadon't ' It
smell solemn J"
Kov. Ur. T. Do WlttTalmago preached n
ncrmon last Sunday on "Does liollgion Pay ) "
talcing strong grounds in the nfllrmatlvo. If
his rhetorical arguments failed to convince )
the audience ) Ur , Talmago might have shown
thorn his pocket hook.
Philadelphia Hecord : Chicago resident
( to Ills minister ) Uou't ' you know , sir , that
you cannot resurrect the Sabbath of Moses
and Aaron ) Chicago preacher My iloar
Blr , I'm not trying to. I merely desire to
transplant the Sabbath of Philadelphia and
New York to Cliic-igo ,
First deacon ( after the contribution boxes
had been puR ed ) You missed that well-
dressed stranger in the front pew , Second
deacon ( a tailor ) Ho is a customer of mlno.
and if ho has any money I'd rather ho'd
bring It to my store and pay me something
on account. I think the Lord can afford to
wait better thun I can.
For-slRa-Horn Citizens or
Chicago Globe : The foreign popula
tion of Chicago is at this time less than
30 per cent of the total population.
The proportion of the foreign popula
tion of Chicago is actually loss than
that of most of the largo western cities ,
nnd probably less than that of Now
York city. It is loss than that of St.
Louis , than that of Kansas City , than
that ( probably ) of Cincinnati , and a
great deal loss than that of Milwaukee
ami many smaller cities of the north
west. The prevalent Iowa notion men
tioned by thg gentleman of Ottumwa is
erroneous. Another erroneous notion
concerning the foreign population of
Chicago which provalls fu some parts
of the country makes it a turbulent
and social factor. This aUo is errone
ous. The bulk of the foreign section
of thin population is coraiHiscil of indus
trious , hard-working , orderly nnd law-
abiding people ,
POINTED THE ROAD TO HELL
The OgroLsh Slcrn Attn.ob.od tc
"Stormy" Jordon's Saloon.
A QUEER OLD IOWA CHARACTER
Ills Bar Mottoes Were Not Inviting
Ilo Called Water Ills Best Drink
mid Labelled Whiskey
'Stoiuncli Kot. "
No Deception Tliero.
"Stormy" Jordan , of Ottutnwa , Iowa ,
whoso rctlroraont from tlio liquor busi
ness was announced In TUB Bun's dispatches -
patches , was a unique character. There
never was a saloonkeeper like him. Ho
is well nnmotl , Possessed of a violent
temper , whenever it is crossed the sur
rounding air is instantly charged with
sulphur , and if strong language could
annihilate , the person unlucky enough
to stir up old "Stormy" would stand in
danger of being wiped out of existence
in shorter time than the story could bo
told. But his anger is always short
lived , and while ho has seemed to court
a roputatutton for being the wickedest
man in the state , those who know him
best loll some things about him which
go to show that after all ho possesses
fionio good qualities.
OFor over a quarter of n century ho
has been engaged in the saloon busi
ness in Ottumvva. A score of years ago
ho opened his "Road to Holl" under
the Union depot. Travellers who had
OCC.IBIOII to stop at Ottumwa have been
considerably astonished to see over the
stairway leading down into the base
ment in big letters a hand pointing
the way a sign something like the fol
lowing :
o 111:1,1 : , . :
It was the guideboard to "Stormy
Jordan's' place of business. But the
frankness of the proprietor did not ex
haust itself on the exterior. The thirs
ty person who felt like taking the risk
after reading the startling warning on
the outside was confronted when ho
came to the bar with other equally
unique- and uninviting mottoes , sus
pended just behind the barkeeper. One
of them read :
Another , advertising a particular
brand of liquor , indorsed its qualities
in these words :
WAHHANTKD TO HOT AMY STOMACH
IN Till ! WOIIM ) If CONSTANTLY USED.
Those are but samples of probably u
dozen placards which greeted the eye
"Stormy" olllciated behind his own bat"
for a number of years , and became well
known for his eccentricities. Ilo was
never bocinblo and scorned to shun the
friendship of all. ITopoatodly the ef
fort has boon made to probe into his
past , and all kinds of fanciful stories
have been woven about tins strange
character. Some romancers have made
the old man the prey of remorse for
uast misdeeds , but their theories were
founded only in their own imagination.
' ' " himself taciturn
'Stormy" was always too
turn to yield up anything concerning
his early life , and cut short all attempts
to pump him on this point.
But his eccentricities often took a dif
ferent turn from his seeming glory in
the fact that ho dispensed the enemy
which steels away man's brains , as his
signs and mottoes would indicate.
Sometimes some of the young bloods of
Ottunuvn , engaged in painting the land
scape in crimson , would venture down
the "Road to Holl. " The party would
line up to the bar , and the spokesman
would sing out :
"Here , 'Stormy ! ' Give us the best in
the housol1 ,
Tlio old man's face would become
Hushed with anger in a moment. Six-
ing up the party , ho would place upon
the counter the requisite number of
glus&es , each filled with water. Then
the explosion would come :
"There ! " with a stream of profanity
broader than the Dos Moines river
which flowed only a few yards away
' 'there is my best drink , and it's the
only kind you young snips will got here.
Now drink it and jntt"
Cursing and fairly foaming at the
mouth , old "Stormy" was such a tcrror-
nspiring object that the bloods always
fled , and never came a second time.
' "Stormy" hated hypocrncy , as has
been shown , but ho was often brought
face to face With it. A congressman
tolls u story on General Weaver which
is well worth relating. Politicians fre
quented the "Road to Hell" from its
earliest history , and this congressman
says that one day ho was in the buloon
with some friends. Weaver was then n
power in Iowa politics , and this con
gressman was his warm personal ad
mirer , and in the course of the conver
sation took occasion to speak in the
highest terms of the general. As a
rule Jordan did not pay much attention
to the conversation of his customersbut
he listened for a time in silence to the
praises of the wily Weaver. Finally
his temperance record was exploited
Weaver being a rank prohibitionist in
those days. Jordan couldn't stand it
any longer. Said lie :
"You see that back doorV Well , your
temperance friend comes down hero by
that door and gets his little nip just
like the rest of you. "
"And I have since found out that this
was the case , " added the congressman
who tolls the story.
But as the devil is not so black PS ho
in painted , so it is alleged Unit oven
Stormy had some good points aside from
his penchant for "sotting up" water as
as his best beverage. It in said to bo a
fact that ho would never sell u drink tea
a confirmed drunkard or to n working-
mun who ho know needed all of his
money for his family , Likewise it is
stated that the old man frequently
sought out and relieved the families of
men who ho believed had contracted
the habit of drinking to 0x003 in Ills
saloon. Then his charities , while un
ostentatious , are said to have been num
erous , and many u poor person who has
had his wants relieved from an un
known source can thank "Old Stormy. "
But now ho has ImU to give up the
fight. He has battled against prohi
bition tooth and nail. Fines and jail
sentences have not dismayed him until
of lato. Governor Larraboo has suc
cessfully negotiated with the stubborn
old saloonkeeper , and ho has signed the
pledge outlined above , and Iowa will
lese ono of hoc most unique characters.
Do Not Think For if Moment.
That catarrh will In tiino wear out.
The theory is false. Men try lobelie vo
it because It would bo pleasant if true ,
but it is not , as all know. Do not lot an
acute attack of eold in the head remain
unsubdued. It is liable to develop into
catarrh. You can rid yourself of the
cold and avoid all ohanco of catarrh by
using Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy. If
already alllictcd rid yourself of this
troublesome disease speedily by tlio
same means. At all druggists ,
ING P KING & COMPANY
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iif -i- .1 r i ! 1 - C r J / 1 t ! J ! YIF II
m M * * - - .H K of Fine in .
Largest Manufacturers and Retailers Clothing the World.
Have had such great success with their Pant Sale , that they have concluded to
INAUGURATE A SPECIAL SUIT SALE ,
This Means Business
On SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 19 , this Suit Sale will commence.
$12
$20.00
SUITS
$25.00
SUIT $6.00 SUIT
$10,00.
,
§ 12,60
$15.00
$18.00
SUIT
UIT
$7.50 and $8.
$9.00 ,
These suits will be placed in our 15th street window Thursday , where they may be seoii. "
Also the Same Cut Prices in Children's Department ,
No Old Stock. All Fresh , New Goods.
Remember , our Motto ; " Money cheerfully refunded if goods do not suit. " One Price , and that
the LOWEST.
IStli and Sts Omaha
Ill W , Cor , Douglas , ,
. SHORT STORIES.
Old Treasure in a Tree Trunk.
Parties laying at Anna Station , a few
miles fromDelphos / , O. , on the Pitts-
burg railroad , are greatly excited over
the finding" a rare treasure a re-
markabjlo collection of old coins.
CluirlcsjMunning while chopping down
a hollow beech tree , which was appar
ently one hundred and fifty years old ,
had his attention drawn to a peculiar
looking , ear.then jar which was well
sunken jiij 'the hollow of the butt. A
few blows < ft the axe liberated it from
its confined position , and alter .securing
it it wjm opened and found lilled to tlio
brim with' ' iilvor coin. They wore all
Spanislnnintago with a few exceptions ,
and tliby were coins issued by the Por-
tugojsqUmd Italian govern men ts. Some
of these coins were over lhrco hundred
years old , but all the Spanish silver
piecos'wpro about two hundred years
old. Tlfy face value of the coin is $500 ,
but as much of It is very rare it will
bring 81,000 readily.
\ njimlnrer's Dinry.
A cattleman , , ) . W. Cook , came to
Wichita , Kan. , from Indian Territory ,
a few days ago , and related the partic
ulars of the finding of an old book ho
showed. It was partly intelligible , and
appeared to bo a sort of diary. On ono
of the pages was given the full account
of the murder of Jacob Buughman , nn
old man living alone eleven miles
southwest of Zanosvillo , O. , in the fall
of 18G5. ! The deed \vas apparently done
by the writer and two accomplices for
81,000. Mr. Cook said the book was
found under some stones on the lloor of
a dugout on the bunk of the Canadian
river in Indian Territory , into which
ho and a company of men had pursued
two horsethieves. Rather than sur
render they had fought until ono was
killed and the other mortally wounded.
The latter died before it could oe dis
covered who was the owner of the book.
The circumstances wore related to .1" .
W. Baughnwn of Wichita , and ho Haid
the murdered man was his uncle , and
that the statements made in the diary
were corroborated by evidences discov
ered alter the crime. No ono has over
been punished for the murder , and this
is the first light over thrown upon it.
Ho intends using this newly discovered
evidence to avenge the murder of his
uncle , if the perpetrators of the crime
nre still alive. It is believed , however ,
that ono of them wus the horsetliief
killed.
Plowed up n Harrison Medal.
A few days ago Henry Oraham.living
just below Logan , O. , while plowing
turned up quite a relie. It is a Harri
son modal of 1310. On one side is a
woll-dollned profllo of General William
Henry Ilarrifaon , with his name around
the rim. On the other aide appears the
Bunker Hill monument , surrounded by
the fallowing : "Harrison Jubilee !
Bunker Hill , September 10 , 1840. " The
modal lsi ilittlo | larger than a silver
dollar,1 linfl us made of powtor. A. II.
Brookjirnlfltho Hemplo hoiiRo bought
the moflar , and will wear it at the in
auguration on March 4 next. ,
(1 ( m.
' 'Crazed by Grief.
John ljdmond , of Chicago , wlioso
mind was wrecked by brooding over the
nbductft'gr hislittlo daughter , Annie
Tossio , which occurred about two yours
ago , wjgTbqnt to the asylum at Knnka-
lieu. Since ho was adjudged insane
llodmonilgUiw been confined in Dr.
Gray'SjUrUfftto asylum at North LJvan-
ston. flis case is not regarded n $ a
liopolqsa one and Dr. Gray thinks the
treatment ho will receive ut the Kiui-
kakco institution will rogtoru his reason.
Hoiminllu Oeufli of a MOUHO.
A few o'voniiigssinco , as a young lady
of Bridgeport was dressing for u pni'ty ,
u rnou3oj > uf in an appeanincb , and ,
naturally 'enough , created considerable
con fusion ? "but finally disappeared.
After the lady hud returned fro in the
[ ) urtyr and while disrobing for ( lie
night , what was her astonishment to
Dnd the poor mouse In her bustle , | ) ut
the place of fancied security it hud
bought in , the excitement proved adcaU1
trap. At some lime during its presence
there it had been crushed to death.
The young lady's feelings ean better be
imagined than described.
Lived n Hundred and Twenty Years.
Aunt Caroline Harris , a colored
woman , who was buried in Quitmnn
county , Georgia , recently , was IliO
years' age. She never claimed to
have seen George Washington nor to
have been complimented by Lafayette ,
but was an humble slave in the Harris
family , to which she clung in its suc
cessive generations until death came to
her. In this way the record of her
ago is undoubted. She was blind for
many vears , but during the war she re
gained her sight. She had been so long
in the family that she exorcised ma
ternal authority in talking to the
youngsters of sixty and seventy years.
81NOUIJ < YIUT12S.
A Chinaman with seven arms Is ono of the
frcuUs in u Philadelphia ilitno museum.
A South Ciiroliiia cat swims a river every
morning and evouiiiff to go to its feeding
place.
"Che Muh , " the CHlncsa dw.irf , the small
est lilliputiuu on earth , aCl fifty years , is so
small that you can cover him with au ordi
nary plug hat.
Tlio Maltese cat in n Pouphkccpsio , N. V. ,
drup store , Riiddcnly developed an appetite
for leeches , and while the druggist's back
WHS turned ate thirty ot them.
A dog fluht under a baby carriajro In Mar-
shulltown almost scared the infant to death.
One of tlio peculiar evidences of this was
that the child's ' hairwhich had been a bright
red , turned to a glossy black.
A St. l.ouis sportsman recently procured
in Oregon u trophy that Is ono of thoKreat-
cst ounnaitlcii of its kind in llio world. It
consists of a largo and perfect pair of cari
bou antlers , which tire entirely covered with
a fine , close growth of hair.
A plno tree on a mountain In Alpine county ,
California , was struck by liRhnlujr during a
thunderstorm. Tlio fluid followed the trunk
into tlio ground , am ! immediately there hurst
forth a hrilliant lire , which has continued to
burn over since. It is believed the lightning
ignited a bed of eo.il , which is now feeding
the tlamc.
L. K. and A. P. Self , of Dodge City , Tex. ,
killed seven hogs January 1. They were
about ten months old. Six of thorn weighed
about two hundred pounds each , nnd the
other 100 pounds. They were all fed and
fattened in the same lot , and for some un
known cause ono hog would not prow as the
others did. After being dressed his stomach
was found to contain forty-eight ten-penny
nails , thirty wire staples , a single handful of
screws , tlio glass of ono sanlT-bottlo , eleven
Hulphur balls the si/o of n man's thumb , the
handle of a brass spoon , and ono-lialf of a
plow clevis ono Inch thick and three incites
long. The acid of the hog's stomach had
eaten several of the nails , whllu the staples
wore as bright as new. The glass and sul
phur balls were coated over with u whlto
Mub.-itancu.
Sick honducho , wind on the stomach ,
biliousness , nausea , uro promptly and
agreeably banished by Dr. J. II. Mo-
Leun's Liver and Kidney Pillols. iioo a
vial.
lji/.y Cavalry.
Nicolay and Hay , in the February
Century : Stuart's cavalry crossed the
Potoimic , rode entirely around the
union army , recrosscd the river lower
down , and joined Lee again without
damage. McClollari booms to have felt
no mortillcatlon from this disgraceful
occurrence , which ho used merely as a
pretext for new complaints against the
government. lie seemed to think that
ho had profited a satisfactory excuse
for his ineillcioncy when ho reported to
Halluck that his cavalry hud ' 'marched
seventy-eight miles in twenty-four
hours , while Stuart's was marching
ninty. " Tie pretended Unit ho had at
the lime only a thousand
cavalry. Thislod to u remarkable corre-
Hpondonco between him and the gov
ernment , which shows the wixato and
destruction of military material under
McClellan. By the reports from the
quartermaster general's olllco. there
were sent to the Army of the Potomuo
during the six woc'ka ending the 1 ilh of
October , 10 , ' > 1 horses and a vorj largo
number of mules , "Tho cost of the
horsed ibsuod to the Army of the Poto-
rauo , " saya General Moles , "is probably
not losn than 91,200,000 , " Wo may well
ask , In the words used by the qtmrter-
master general in uuothur place : Is
there an Instance on record of such
u drain and destruction of homes
"m a country not a dcocrtV"
Day after day the tedious con
troversy went on. This frightful waste
of horses was turned by McClollan , as
ho turned everything , into a subject of
reproach ngainst the government. To
ono of his complaining dispatches the
president sent this sharp rejoinder :
' 'Will you pardon mo for asking what
the horses of your army have done
since the battle of Antiotam that fa
tigues anything' ? " And again : "Stuart's
cavalry outmarches ours , having cer
tainly done moro marked service on the
Peninsula , and everywhere since. "
These dispatches elicited only now
complaints , vindications , and explana
tions.
_
Use Angostura Bitters to stimulate
the appetite an.d keep the digestiuo or
gans in order. Dr. J. G. B. Siogort&
Sons , solo manufacturers.
Gold's Tremendous Fluctuations.
Nicolay and Hay in February Cen
tury : Gold , having been driven from
circulation by the legal tender notes ,
became at once the favorite stock for
speculation in Wall street , and while
the premium upon it rose to a certain
extent in proportion to the increase of
volume of paper money , and was sub
ject to violent fluctuations in consequence
quence of military successes or disas
ters , there was no sucli method in the
course of its quotations as to render
them inexplicable by either of those in-
Iluences. It had become , so to spoalc , a
fancy stock , and there was no more rea
son for its wilder fluctuations than for
those of other securities which rise and
fall in obedience to the currents of
Wall street and without reference to
intrinsic values. Just before the passage -
sago of the legal-tender bill the pre
mium upon gold was -IS per cent , and
shortly after it became a law the prem
ium foil to li ; but it gradually rose
until in the middle of July it was 17 , in
the middle of October , liiij , and nt the
end of the year , iU. On the2otb of Feb
ruary , 18 < > lt , after the legal-tender law
had been in operation for a year , the
premium on gold had risen to 7"j ; the
brilliant successes of the national cause
at Gettysburg and Vickaburg reduced it
toiJiit ; ! ; ro o again in October to 6(51 ( ,
and rose no higher than that until the
following spring , when on the 14th of
April , IbOj , it was quoted at 88 , and on
tlio2d of Juno , ; IH the consequence
of an ill-advised bill pasted
by congrco to prevent speculation
in gold , the premium climbed at once
to tlio frightful altitude of WO , falling
the day afterwards to Ilo. On the 1st
day of .July it jumped to 18-r5 , on the HOC-
end it fell hade to l.'tl ) , and on the Oth
the unfortunate law , born of a short
sighted patriotism , was repealed. The
mibchiof. however , was not yet over ,
for live days later there was a rise to
IK" ) the highest figure attained during
the war followed by a sharp full , wliiuh
continued until gold was quoted on the
'JOth of September at 87 , thus falling
nearly 100 | > or cent in less than three
months. There was no warrant in the
financial or the military .condition of
the country for these wild lluctua-
tlons , They wore the offspring of
the desperate efforts of cupidity and en
terprise which found their prey
in the fears and apprehensions of more
timid speculators. The secretary of
the treiihury was authorized in March ,
1801 , to sell surplus gold for the purpouu
of chucking this speculation ; and In
April , the premium having rlbon to 75 ,
Mr , Clmfao wont in person to Now York
lo try the effect of the sale of "cash
gold'1 ' upon the trade in phantom gold ,
The day ho arrived the speculators do
lled him by running the premium to 88.
Ho sold in a few diiya about $11,000,1100 ,
reducing the premium to 03 , with con
vulsive fluctuations ; hut the moment
the pressure of the treasury was re
moved the price of gold mounted as be
fore. Tlio _ same experiment was fre
quently tried uftorwuvds , with moro or
Hull Uliouui
With its intense Itching , dry , hot bkin.
often broken into painful cracks , uiul
the little watery pimples , nfton causes
indescribable suffering , Hood's Kunui-
parlllu has \rondorful power over this
disease. It purillus the blood and expels -
pels the humor , and the skin heals
without a soar. Send for hook contain
ing many statements of cui'O.-i , to ( J. I.
Hood & Co , , Apothouurio * , Lowell ,
MttbS.
Hovr a Young Man Got Relief Prom
o Distressing Condition
FHBD WAWAT.
'Shall I tell you thu history of my ca o ? Well ,
it was a year or moro ago that It couimoneou.
I hart boon fueling more or less under the wea
ther , when I noticed my symptoms were becoiu-
Ing mnru or less troohlosomo. 1 had iinlto HQ-
vore pains In my chcso , often very painful on
taklnc a lone breath ; headaches catnu on and 1
had thorn nearly all the time , sometimes dull
and heavy , sometimes Hlmrp and shooting. I
would often et very dizzy HO that I would ixl-
moat blazer. It ueomud in if I had a cold In
my head continually : it was all Htopped up. My
throat was dry and uncomfortable , and roll as
If there was something lodged there that 1
could not remove. In thu morning I would hum
and M > ltn great deal. My appetite wan varia
ble , and my food often cnimutl dlatrens. I became -
came dojiro < ied and felt but little llko working ,
1 was advised to visit .he olllco of Dr. .Ionian ,
and the result is , I improved gradually but
surely , until now 1 can Hay that my troubles
have ceased ; the pains In my chest ara none ;
my headache has passed away ; my head feels
clear , my appotltOKoocl anil no distrust. 1 fool
bright and refreshed aflor rlHlnij In the morn-
ins , and HO to work with a ? .ost. I can enjoy
llfo , feel strong and well , and am pleased to
give this testimonial. "
Mr. 1'rcd Walway is employed ns n composi
tor rit Mr. V. ( ' . f'cstner'H printing establish
ment , 1.W7 Howard sticet.
J. CRESAP McCOY ,
( l.atoof Ilcllovii" ) Hospltal.Now Vork , )
Succeeded Ijy
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