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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1889)
l > O THE ! OMAHA DAILY BE : SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1889.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. GAS MADE BY ELECTRICITY , A Promlnlnff. Field For Practical Solont flo Investigation. SENDING PICTURES BY WIRE. la Manufactured Mnlitnln r Diitlnbln ? A Ciirlnun Qursllon Ibr the CotiRlilcrntlon of Coimrcm Tivonly QucuMoiiB. "Klrotrlc-Gns. " In mi article on water yns and Its applications - plications , by Mnx Goltol , inibllshod In n recent nunibor of Gltxsscr'a Annulon , IB n abort historical notice on tlio de composition of wntor by means of elec tricity , which is hero condensed : When n palvunlc current is passed through wntor , hydrogen Is liberated tit the negative polo , and In the proportion tion of ono to two. This method of ob taining hydrogen , first tried by Nichol son and Carlisle , In the year 1800 , has been often attempted since , but without real success , by Gillard In 1819 , and II. M. Palno , of Worcester , Mass. , in 18-30. In 1600-01 the method of the Belgian Ablii Nolot for obtaining illuminating gas , based on the oloctrlcal decomposi tion of water , created quite a sensation in Paris , where It was brought forward "by ono Shopcard. The essential part of the process , winch was kept a secret , was said to consist of a certain preparation which was able to modify the water to bo de composed in such a manner thut the gns developed could bo non-oxplosivo. The gns was said , according to an analysis by Holmes , to. contain twelve parts oxygen and oighty-two parts hydrogen. Molgnowho , In his Cosmos , mentions a prospectus published by Shcppard In the Literary Gazette , remarked that the secret must simply bo that the sub stance is added to the water which 'seizes upon the oxygen as it Is released * by the action of the electric currrotit. "What Is produced is then h.vdrogon , which is combined with carbon and then burned. In tins gas there is a very small proportion of oxygen , one- seventh part by weight , ono ttnd ono hundred and twelve parts by volume , so that an explosion cannot take placo. Moigno found his conjectures verified when present at an exhibition of this BO-cullcd "electric gas , " and wrote about it as follows : "Tho facts are exactly as wo had con jectured. The apparatus is an electro magnetic machine provided with seven induction coils ; the water to bo decom posed IB contained in seven small glass ilnsks. in which the electrodes lead from those flasks ' , o a single tube through which the gas Hews , to bo col lected In a gasometer. The whole se cret consists in this , that there is added to the water a substance yet unknown , which absorbs ( to a great extent ) the oxygen us it is liberated , and at the eamo time facilitates the decomposition of water , so that the gasometer contains principally only hydrogen gas , which is carburrottod by a suitable hydro carbon. The old features of the exper iment consists in the fact ; that the power of a man can in a given time produce as much carbsr- rcttoa hydrogen gns ns is necessary lor supplying seven ordinary burners during the same space of time. This is certainly very interesting ; but to the supplanting of coal gas by the so-called 'electric gas * is an immense stride. " The matter came , moreover , to the notice of Emperor Napoleon III. , and experiments were made in his presence. Ono thousand cubic feet of this gas wore said to cost 12 cents ; the secret preparation cost per 1,000 cubic feet gas , 4 cents. But this "electric gas" was soon forgotten. .The article closes by stating that this extended notice of the production of hydrogen by electrolyses of water is given in the hope that scientists may BOO in it a means for the produtcion of light and heat , and that , with our great advance in the last few years in elec tric science , it may contain possibilities now oven undreamed of. Countlnn uy IS.cotriclty. Wo have on more than ono occasion published a note on the complicated electrical appliances which have boon manufactured to bo used in tauing the forthcoming census. Wo now give a brlof description of the process , says the Modern Light and Heat : The census collector will call with his printed blank , and answers to questions will bo written in the usual way. These shoots will then bo placed bofor < * a par son who operates a machine which may bo llKoneu to a typewriter , except that , instead of' the usual ink marks on paper , small round holes nro punched in card , The cards , ono for each person , are about six and a half innh in length by three inches In width , and the par ticular position of hole in n card indi cates an answer of the questions in the printed blank. As many as 250 Items of information can bo punched out upon a card , al though no ono card would over have more than ono-tonth part of" the whole number. For example , no ono person can be classed as both white and black , American and foreign born , and if foreign born ho can only como from one country. These cards , when punched , are placed ono at a time in tv sort of press , and a lover operated by one hand Is brought down , when a series of pins nro brought against the card. When ever n hole has boon punched in a card , the corresponding pin passes through into a mercury cup beneath , completing an olootrlo circuit. Thesu circuits , one lor every hole , pass out to a largo num ber of counters which operate elec trically , and which add upon their dials all items of the same kind upon the eiimo dials , For instance , all white men nro counted upon iv dial marked "whlto males ; " all business or professional people , upon dials which indicate their particular business or profession. The cards , us they leave the press , are all Eortou by IUQIUIB of an electrical sort ing dovfeo , whereby they may bo sep arated into group pr states. Como to Omnlin. Several years ngo na electric railway was put in ut Denver , Col. , on the plans and system of u local inventor , and uftor EOIUO time spent In experiments , which were not entirely succefasful , the project was abandoned , During the time it was in operation or that thu current ivus on , to spouk moro properly , perhaps , Boverul accidents occurred , horses re ceived shocks and in other ways and quite naturally , the prejudice of Don- verites was aroused against this form ol street locomotion , says the Electric Re view. Hut this was years ago and it can only bo ignorunco which causes u Den ver pauor in n recent issue to say that "there may bo such u thing as UBUCCOSS- ful electric railway system , but it had bettor bo tried in the suburbs. " The Denver editor should take a trip east , nnd by coming so far iw Omaha ho will find Unit electric roads nro past the ex perimental sUigo , nntl while they are fully good enough for the suburbs , the suburbs nr6 not peed enough for them , but they keep right on Into the hearts of the largest cities nnd win highest praise on every huml. If ) Ktcolrtclty Dutl i1)to ? IB electricity ponorntcd In a foreign country n dutiable product ? The fact that It is propo cd to install n go no rut- ing plant on the Canadian side ut Nl- ngara fulls has given rise to the ques tion. A Inrgo proportion of the current would naUually bo utilized on Ameri can soil. Solicitor Hepburn , at Wash ington , to whom the question was ro- fcrrcd. said last week that ho would In form the gentlemen Interested in the proposed generating station that it was contrary to the practice of the treasury dopaitmcnt to answer hypothetical questions ot this kind. A Chicago at torney to whom the question was put , says the Western Electrician , replied that it would bo nrucBrnry to enact n special net to provide for the taxation of electricity. Inasmuch as the govern ment imposes duty on copper , etc. , ho believed that such an net might bo passed. An exchange says , In discussing the subject : "It would bo interesting to see a customs house olllcial trying to seize upon nn electric current of say 6,000 volts , which was trying to sneak Into this free nation without putting up Us cash for the privilege. " PiolnrcH by Telegraph. The fac-shnllo telegraph by which manuscript maps or pictures may be transmitted is a species of the automatic methods in which the receiver is nctu- ted synchronous'y ' with its transmitter. LJy Lonoir's method a picture or map is outlined with insulating ink upon the cylindrical .surfate of a rotating drum , which revolves under a point hiiving a ow movement along the axis of the cyl- ndor , and thus the conducting point goes over the cylindrical surface In a spiral path. The electric circuit' will " : io broken by every mark on the cylinder which Is in this path and thereby corresponding marks are made in a spiral line by s.m ink marker upon n drum ut the receiving end. To produce these outlines it IB only neces sary that the two ih'ums be rotated in unison. This system is of little utility , there being no apparent demand for 'ac-similo transmission , particularly at so great an expense of speed , for it will bo scon Unit initcnd of making n clyir- iicter of the alphabet by a few bopnrato pulses , nt is done by Morse , the number must bo greatly increased. Many dots become necessary to show the outlines of the more complex characters. The pantulcgraph is nn interesting typo of the fac-simllo method. In this form the movement of n pen in the writer's hand produce corresponding movements of the pen at the distance station und thereby n fnc-simile record. Klcctrlcul Execution. / ( oiifou Jttoletei : They placed the form of the murderer Upon the electric track , " And lived 1,700 volts Into his nuked back. He quivered un rtwful moment , Then quietly rulsed his head , And usUc'i thut his friends might take 'I ho corpus of the dead. But the cruel executioner Again discharged the bopts At leust a score or two of ohms And lull 3,000 volts. "Now this is simply shocking , " 'Iho murderer did say ; "Go net a rope and let me die In the good old-fabhloned way. " The Minintnm Electric Itailw > i\v Ono of the most interesting achieve ments in modern engineering is the electric mountain railway recently opened to the public at the Burgen- stock , near Lucerne , s.iys the Levant Herald. The rails describe ono grand curve formed upon an angle of 112 de grees , and the system is such thut the journey is made as steadily and smooth ly as upon any of the straight funicular linos. The Burgonstook is almost'per- pendicular from the shore of Lake Lucerne the Burgenstock isl.i0 ! : ! foot , and is 2,800 feet above the level of the sea. The total length of the , line is ! I88 motors , and it commoncea with a gradi ent of 32 per cent , which is increased to 68 per cent after the first 400 meters , this being maintained for the rest of the journey. A single pair of rails is used throughout , and the motor power , electricity , i& generated by two dyna mos , each of twenty-live horse power. which are worked by u water wheel of nominally 123 horse power , erected upon the River Aar at its mouth at Buochs , three miles away , the electric current being conducted by means of insulated copper wires. The loss in transmission is estimated at 25 per cent. Brooklyn , N. Y. , is to have a now Ed ison central station of 60,000 lights capacity. Tno people of San Francisco expect to find themselves , ere long , at the end of an ocean cable , the other end of which will bo fastened at Hawaii. To lay the wire , which must bo 2,030 miles long , will cost , as estimated , $1,600,000 , and of this sum the Hawaiian govern ment and people will furnish a third. There are now in use in the United States , says the Sciontifie American , moro than 6,060 central olectrio stations for light nnd power. There are 210,000 are lights nnd 2,000,000 incandescent lamps. There were 69 olectrial rail ways in operation in Maruh last , and 80 roads in process of construction. The increase of capital In electrical in vestments during 1888 was nearly $70,000,000. These nro very signilicant figures , and they point unmistakably to the course ot future inventions and dis coveries. Electricity is going to revolutionize mining , ns it has already done tonio other' industries , and the time will come when It will bo the Bole force used foi bringing up gold and silver , says the St. Louis Globo-Domoorat : Even now you can have an oloctrio plan which will light up your tunnels , run your tramways , operate elevators in your shafts nnd work your drills. Ten raillu with drills operated with electricity can take out as much ore and tunnel as far us 100 men with picks , shovels and blasting material. The wages of ninety men would soon pay for an olectrio plant. Besides , you can light your building nnd save insurance mid oil. The remarkable results attained in the use of water at high pressure in combination with a water wheel de signed for such work suggests the thought that It might bo well for me chanical and electrical engineers in the eastern states tq investigate the merits of developing power in this way , says Electrical Power , It appears vary probable that many of the objections raised against water power , as ordinar ily understood , may bo removed by its use under different conditions. An Abmilulu Cure. ThoOKIGINALADIETINB OINTMBNT , la only put up in largo two ounce tin boxes , and U au absolute pure for old sores , burns , wounds , chapped bunds , and all skm erup. tlons. Will positively cure all kinds of piles- Ask for the OIUUINAL AlilUTINB OINT MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug company at 25 cents per box by mail 90 cents. NEBRASKA ! ELECTRIC COMP 1521 FAR-NAM STREET , OMAHA. / * * Contractors and Dealers in General Electrical Supplies and Novelties. Electric Motors. WESTERN AGENCY. " Wing's Disc Ventilating Fan's" ELECTRIC Automatic Heat Regulators. Pumpelly Storage Batteries , for . * * ' Street Railways. Sewing Machine Motors. ; HOUSE Ventilating Fan Motors. * ' * 'j Incandescent and Arc Lighting and Dental Motors. FURNISHING Power. Medical Batteries. Waring Electric Light and Tele Cautery Knives and Electrodes. AND phone Cables. House Annunciators. . Experimental Apparatus. Electric Call Bells , - , GENERAL Telegraph Instruments. Burglar Alarms of all . Electric Light and Railway Sup Electric Gas Lighting. ELECTRIC . . plies. Hotel Annunciators. . Bare Copper and Insulated Wires. Electroliers. REPAIRING Combination Fixtures. , , Incandescent Lamps and Sockets oil Glass Shades. t all makes , clear or colored. 1 "it/- The Phonograph and a complete Electric Lighting Station will be among the many attractions offered by this' company at the , Coliseum. Exposition "Merchants' Week , " to which all are invited. Complimentary tickets furnished our patrons. THEY HAVE BECOME FAMOUS Some Omahana on Whom Fortune Has Smiled. A DESTINY SHAPED ThJEIR ENDS. Incident rf of Tln-ir Lives In This City- How rl hey Grow to Greatness Train nntl Stanley , this % Explorer. Omnliann Who Hnvn Grown Great. Though Boston may boast of the many cultured men , it would appear on inves tigation that Omaha has not been back ward In furnishing her quota of men who have won distinction in the world's arena. A BEU reporter has been able through different sources to clean the following incidents of eminent men who have made their residence hero for greater , or lesser , portions of time. Among those justly renowned are Wm. Pitt Kellogg. This gentleman first made his appearance here as judge of the district court in 1802 , and presided at the first murder trial that over took place in Omaha , that of Cyrus Tater , who was condemned and afterwards hanged. Kellogg subsequently occupied the position of governor of Louisana and also that of collector of customs for the j port of Now Orleans. This hist service | merging well into the troubulous times of the late unpleasantness. Still later on .ho was elected as senator of the same state and served the public welfare with distinction. The only thing that now attests the memory of this man's connection with Omaha is the lot situ ated on the northeast corner of Dodge and Fourteenth streets which ho owned for several years , but which has since passed Into other hands. George Francis Train has been so thoroughly criticized nnd praised through the press that any lengthy de scription of him here would be a moro travesty , and it will sullico to write up lightly some of his eccentricities on passe nt. Among the literary lore possessed by Mr. Rood is a copy of Train's newspaper run in bin own interest during the period of his wild attempt at the presi dency of the United States. It Is full of the "Hurrah Boyslll" typo of jour nalism and reckless prophesying which characterized all of Train's sayings and actions. It would seem rather peculiar of this man that ho took little stock in his own predictions as regards Omaha's future greatness. But such seems to have boon the fact. Shortly after the advent of the Union Pacific railroad in Omaha , ho purchased a tract of land in the southern section of the city , now embraced between Tenth street and Twentieth on the east and west , the railroad track on the north , and Vinton on thu south. A small sum was paid down to close the sale , but Train suddenly Joslng all faith in Omaha , the subsequent payments were not forthcoming , and thus ho lost property which is to-day valued at over live millions ot dollars. The invention of horse cars In cities does not seem to bo generally accred ited to him , but such is his duo , and it was through his efforts that they were first Introduced in London , The preju dice against them was so bitter at the tiiua that Train was placed in prison for a short time by the Londoners , who ob jected to haying their streets out up with trucks , on about the same ground that the people of Sherman avenue fought the motor men. They consid ered him a direct omissurv of his satanlo majesty , and were not slow in tolling him so. Tram has been connected with Omaha's prosperity , off and on , up to hU lectures at tuo Grand Opera house last fall. Ho now passes most of his j time playing with children and feeding the sparrows of Mudison * pqun.ro , New York , whore ho occmtiesii } seat almost daily. It seems ulmosf.ii desecration , that an intellect once bo brilliant should bo now employed in ari occupation so trilling. It is n fact wall .known among old set- , tiers that Alfred ConUling , the father of the great Roscoe , once lived and practiced law in Omaha in 18o9 , with the Hon. J. M. Woohvorth. It is re counted of him , that , having once done some legal work for the city council ho sent in u bill for $300. The council .made no objection to the. amount asked , but as their wealth then consisted , mostly of brilliant prospects , tney prevailed - vailed on Mr. Conkling , after much ar gument to accept in payment the lot on Howard and Fourteenth , now occupied by the new natatorium. He left word with Mr. Byron Reed that when ho could dispose of this realty at the fabu lous Biim of WUU , to do so. Mr. Reed subsequently sold the lot at a price con siderably above the ono specified , mid it is supposed Mr. Conkling quitted Omaha well pleased with this particular transaction. Henry M. Stanley , the great African explorer , us is well known , lived hero during the years of 1807 and ' 08. Ho was then employed as a correspondent for several Now York papers , on ono of which the New York Herald , ho sub sequently occupied a position as an edi torial writer. The Horuld in the mean time discovered his exploring abilities , I equipped and dispatched him in search | of the long lost Livingston. Thislastdo- I parturo was of a sensational character , and is what is culled in newspaper cir cles a "fako. " It is to Stanley's credit that ho in tide success out of a small beginning - ginning , and his right to be classed among the great explorers of the day is undisputed. Among people of more local celebrity is "William N , Byers , who resided hero several years prior to 1859 , when ho started for Denver in a wagon overland , carrying with him the printing press that throw off the first copies of the Rocky Mountain News , of which ho was the founder. As this paper has since risen to a place of considerable prominence , as well as having been the first started in Colorado , his name de serves honorable mention in connection with its success. Leroy Tuttle , afterward treasurer of the United States , before Wynmn , re sided here during ho jpars of 1850-57 and 1858 , and was interested in many of the local enterprises then afloat. Among the military , generals of national fame that huvp jbcon stationed hero nt different times nro the names of General Crook , of Ii\4liui \ war fame ; General O. O. HowardGeneral : Augur , who was genorHl-in-chopf ] ( the defense of Washington during Aho rebellion , and General O. E. C. Orjl. Of lessor rank thorqJs Lieutenant Schwartsa. the celebrated Alaska ex plorer , ana L'outonanf/jGj-ooly , who was stationed hero in the s vgntiesand who is now of world-wide romitatjon as the the great Arctic ox'pl er , was well known by many Omaha , people. Ho is said to have been oAj slight , rather effeminate build , and.Jt/was a common joke among his associates that Groely would probably not stand over ono or two cavalry charges , but it has ijinco transpired that ho did stand what moat of thorn would have quailed at , and with that steadfast courage and bravery that betokens the man , David H. MolTutt , president of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad , Jn 1857 worked for Woodworth Brothers , who then kept n small book store on Far nam struct. Moffutt , then a young man , used to sweep out the store morn ing and sleep behind ono of the coun ters nt night. When the Pikes Peak excitement broke out in 1859 Moduli moved to Denver , where ho accumu lated the great fortune which has made his name famous in mining circles in the United States. George W. Pullman lived in Omaha a short time , and among the first slcop- intr cars invented by him were used on the Union Pacific railroad. A number of the facts here given were furnished by Byron Reed esa. , of this city. DBS. BETTS & BETTS 110J KAIIXAU STREET. OuXiiA , MID. ( Upposlto Paxton Hotel. ) Ofllco hours , 0 n. m , to 8 p. m. Sundays , 10 a. m. to 1 p. in. Sperliltsts in Chronic. Nervous Skin and Illood Diseases. lae Consultatton at office or by mail free. Medicines snnt by mull or express , securely Hacked , free from observation. Guarantees to euro quickly , safely and permanently. NERVOUS DEBILITY tesMffliBffi ; slons. Physical in cay. arising from luillsoro tton. Excess or Indulgence , producing Sleepless nesa. Despondency. I'lmp'ei on the fnce. aver sion to society , easily alscoumged. ta.cn. of conU donee , dull , until forstudy or business , andflnds life a burden. Safely , permanently and pri vately cured. Consult lira , llctta & Belts , lllW Farnam St.Omxha , Neb , Blooa aniS kin Disease results , completely eradicated without the ulcl of Mercury. Scrofula , Erysipelas. 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The original purchaser in Omaha of the formula for Dr. Stinaus' Loca Anrosthotio for the PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH. The ONLY METHOD whereby teeth nro extracted without pain or dauber , and without wains hloroform , gas , ether or electricity. The patient remains perfectly conscious of all that truiis- splres , ' bat feels no sensation of pain. No soreness of the gums after extracting , as Is the casn with so many so-called aniusthetlca. Many who have been sulTcrlnn from badly decayed and broken teeth and roots , have visited Dr Bailey and had them removed painlessly. After having used this nntesthetlc for two months for ncnily c\cry tooth oxtracteJ In this office , the FIRST PERSON Is to be found that Is not entirely sutisllul with Its merits. Some dentists may try to prejudice you against visiting us : do not allow them to do so. Make us a call whether you desire dental work or not ; we are always pleased to see any or nil who may choose to come. Special attention given to KILMNG teeth , thereby preserving thulr usefulness muuy years , DO NOT 1XSE TEKi'll THAT CAN HE 8AVKD. TEETH WITHOUT PLATES , Bridge Work , Gold and Porcelain faced Crowns , GOLD , ALUMINUM , SILVER , CONTINUOUS GUM and RUB BER PLATES at lowest rates. A Full Set of Teeth on Rubber for $5.00. $ DO NOT FORGET THE LOCATION , DR. BAILEY DENTIST , , Faxtoii Block , 16th and Farnam Streets. ( Entrance on 16th Street ) Cut this out , mentioning this paper. ' V JAMES MORTON < fc SON , Cutlery , Mechanics' Tools , Telephone 437 , One door west of Postoffice , 1511 Dodge St. , T. 311 South 10th St . Omahn , Nob. - SOLE AGENTS FOR - ST. LOUIS HYDRAULIC-PRESS BRICK. Terra Cotta work and Flra Praoflnif , Pecora Mortor colors , ( all shaded ) . Sweeny's OuwbWaltor. Hard Wood Kloon. Venetian nnd Hlldlnu ( Inaldol HllmlH. Contractor/ builder's upnllei nl uaclsua Hiuuplon , and net prices. 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