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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , SBPTEMBEB 15 , 1S89-SIXTEEN PAGES.
CUTTINGTMODGIl THE RIDGE
onmrkablo Elgin oorlujr of the D. &
M.'s Northwestern Extonolon.
HEAVIEST WORK IN THE STATE.
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Description oftlic HlR TiinnclVtilcli
Jinn noon Mndo Through tlio
Holld lilmcHlnno nf 1'lno
Camp.
Tlio H. & 31.-H Ijlno lo Iho HIM" .
Pisrf Hums CAMP , Neb. , Sept. IB.
( Special to Tun HER. ] This plnco Is located
on the I'lnorlilBC.which surrounds the Utnck
Hills , and Issomo ton miles In width. Its
height nbovo the son Is 4,600 feet. Five
mllci to tlio northwest Is tlio Crow Unite ,
which Is the highest pcnk of 1'lno rid go.
Iho old Sidney and Ulncl : IlilU road pnascd
alonR here , and Its broad niul deep ruts tire
still visible , though It la no longer traveled.
Iho country Is very picturesque. Its hills ,
which nro two or thrco hundred foot hU'h ,
nro constantly cut through by canyons ono or
two hundred feet In depth , nlong which the
young plno timber grows thickly , affording n
scene constuntly changing and always plo-
turcsquo. Tlicro nro * some ten
naw mills In operation around hero
which supply the settlers with the
lumber which thc.v need. The 13. ft , M. rail
road company has cut 80,000 tics on ihcso
hills , and all the heavy timber used in the
tunnel , about half a million feet , was ob
tained hero. Now Unit the laud Is In the
hands of settlers , the timber will bo pro-
nerved and will bo suDlcioutfor nil the wants
of the Inhabitants.
For twenty miles throuch Pine Eldo , and
nmironcliInR It , the heaviest railroad work in
Nebraska Is soon , and ut this point for two
or thrco miles It compares with that along
the Pennsylvania ami Erie roads , The tun
nel which piorccs through the rid go eighty
feet below ttio surface ut this point , Is a
largo , expensive and handsome pitco of
work. It is 094 feet in length , ! U feet wldo
und 14 tool hitrh lu tlio cloar. It was cut
through the solid limestone. It
is covered with layers of stone ,
and Is neatlv timbered throughout In the
form of a pentagon ( llvo equal angles ) the
pines being 0110 foot xquarc. On the south
side It is approached through a cut In the
limestone rock , whoso walls rlso to a height
of seventy feet , and which extends continu
ously lor half a mile. On the north s'do a
similar cut extends for 400 feet , which Is
Bcvcnty-llvo foot deep and twenty-two feet
wido. Beyond this Is u big till fifty fcot in
height which extends for two milesand then
another cut Is sien , whoso walla rlso through
the solid rock 102 feot. Fur twelve miles
through the rldgo , to within thrco mlles of
Crawford , a constant succession of dcop cuts
through the rock are encountered , Inter
spersed with lofty lllls. The road curves to
the right and loft Incessantly , and the
outlook la every direction Is far-reaching ,
picturesque , and altogether charming. Dur
ing the last ten months work with a very
largo force of men has boon In constant
progress on this interesting portion of the
lino. Work on the tunnel began at the north
end on July 8. und on the south end or > July
11) ) , since which dates to August 37 , 8J > 2 foot
* have been cut from tbo north and 1112 foot
from tha south end.
The completion of the track through the
tunnel has enabled the company to begin
track-laying northward toward Crawford ,
which will bo completed to that place by the
time this appears in prlrt. On reaching
Crawford track-laving will bo increased
from ono and one-half to two nud one-half
miles u day. It is expected that the
entlro line will bo completed to Its proposed
present terminus west of the black Hills in
Wyoming , about 160 miles from hero , by No
vember.
Among work incidental to the construc
tion of the road , trie most important Is tno
lay.up of Iron pipes to scent e and protect the
drainage. Of this there will be on the llrst
eighty miles west of hero , the enormous
amount of 80,0(10 ( tons of Iron pipe laid , vary
ing from twelve to forvy-six inches in
diameter , which will afford egress to the
water , and prevent all damage from floods
and washouts.
. The Ktlpatrlck brothers , whoso camp has
been , located hero for the past ton months ,
are now removing their entire stores and
machinery to the western end of the line.
The site of tho'camp so long occupied
on the hills , near tbo tunnel , is a
picturesque ono. To the northwest
it couiinands an illimitable scene , embracing
the thouands ot bills of tbo Pine ridge , in
which Crow , Hod Cloud and other poults are
the prominent objects , with the vast stretch
of open country beyond. On a clear day the
chief peaks of the JJluo hills , some seventy
miles away , nro visible.
This whole Pine ridge , contrary to my ex
pectation , is well settled. I am told , and
can well believe from what I have seen , that
there nro but few quarter sections of broken
country which nro not taken and occupied.
Everywhere , in riding through the country ,
ono sots nestled among the hills and ravines
the comfortable ana often the attractive
homes of the farmnrs , who generally possess
u tow head of slock , and In whoso Holds und
yards stacks of wheat , outs and hav are cv-
erywhero seen. On the Hunnlng Water ( or
Niobrura , as it is known further down ) to
tlio southeast are good sized stock ranches ,
but as a rule throughout the
hills ot the Pine ridge , the ground Is occu
pied by small stockmen and thrifty farmers.
These lulls of the Pine rldgo , which nro
separated from the Ulack Hills , are an ex
tension nf the rungo which lies to the north
ofLuramio. They nro separated thoiofrom
only by the vnlloy of the North Platte rlvor.
That sticain , after taking its rise in northern
Colorado , flows duo north ; Is crossed by tbo
line of the Union Pacillo road nt Fort SUolo ! ;
'Stretches around the Laramlo hills eastward
to Fort Fottermuii , and from thence runs
Boutheastoi l.y to u junction with the southern
branch nt North Pluttc , Nob.
At Thr Colsouni. |
Dcsplto the unfavorable weather there was
another Rrand crowd at the Coliseum last
if evening , and the prospects are for-a vcrlta-
bio Jam to-night. Tlio exposition has boon
an unqualified success , and the management
is to bo congratulated. The affair closes to-
ulght with a grand sacred concert , the pro-
prammo of which is ns follows :
Uraud Murcli , "ThoCalvary" Uunod
( From the Hcacmptlon. )
Selection , "Offonbacldnna".Arr. Hoottgor
Trombone Solo , "Hoimuico" Uonnct
Mr. C. II. Salisbury.
Spanish Fantasia , "Thu Pearl of Madrid"
, Hachmtin
Sacred Songs , "Hernia Angels" Hoyor
Iuot for Cornets , "Mollio's Answer" , . . . ,
, , . . , Guntcrman
Messrs. O. Fritz and II. Lotz.
Overture , "Fra Diavolo" Aubor
Potpourl , "A Night In Uorlln" Hartman
( solo for every Instrument. )
Vulcuu ( wth | anvil effects ) , . . . .Heaves
Clarinet Solo , "Serenade" Hlllor
Mr , A , Hcnhiut ,
Selection , "Huguenots" Meyerbeer
K' . Liuvrouco Sims
( Solo for Clarinets und Trombones. )
Tlio 1 . 13. O.
The A. N , chapter of the P. E. O , mot In
secret conclave at the homo of Miss Fitch , at
2420 dt. Mary's , yesterday afternoon. Noth-
lug could b"o learned of the mysterious dcllb
crutlons of that august body of foimnincs ,
except that a motion was miulo and carried
to purchase a now aulo saddlu lor the initia
tion gnat. An Inquisitive roporior who honed
to get u glluipso of the members In council
wan quickly banished , but l\o \ learned that
the organization Is composed of a number of
' .cuchers and other ladles of thn city who met
for the purpose of mutual Intellectual im
provement. The society Is a scion of tlio col
lege norosis of the name iiamo , and the local
-haptor was organized by ladies who were
-a cm bora of the organization while at school.
Any lady who moots the approval of all the
J3 embers Is eligible to membership.
Kluhlti Want Hupubllcwn Clnli.
A meeting of the Klglith ward republican
lub will bo hold at Scliroodor's ball , outh-
; c t corner of Cuintncr and Twenty-fourth
streets , Friday evening , September 20 , at 8
o'clock , for the nlcctlou of oftlcer& and tbo
transaction of other Important business ,
Siruouu a , WII.COT ,
U , )3. lUi.cminn , President.
Secretary ,
MOTOR MOVEMENTS.
Six Additional Trnlnn The South
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Oinnlm Extension.
The Motor company has completed the
work of stringing the overhead wlro on the
Sixteenth street line ns far south as Vlnton
street , and intends to put on nt least six
trains to-morrow morning. The trains will
run from Sixteenth and Vlnton streets north
to Loavcnworth , cast to Fifteenth , to
Howard , to Fourteenth. At Fourteenth and
Howard streets they will strike the loop ,
and , Instead of running1 around it in the
same dlrccslon ns the Council Bluffs , Wal
nut Hill and other lines , they will tnko the
other track and go around the loop In the op-
poslto direction back to the corner of Four
teenth nnd Howard , where they branch off
on Howard and back to Slxtcrnth in the
sumo direction ns nbovo indicated.
The company has fifty-two cars on liana
nt present , and expects a consignment of
twcnty-llvo m n short timo. For the present
the cars will bo stored In the car house at
the corner of Commorclal and Twenty-
second streets , where they have the lurncst
frame bmldlnp In the city , It being 00x200
fcot , with n hcluhb of twenty-four foot to
the llrst Joists.
The Sixteenth street line will bo extended
to South Oinnhn As soon as the graders com
plete their work on tha streets which are to
bo occupied. The line will bo extended from
the corner of Sixteenth and Vlnton via the
following route ; West on Vlnton to Twenty-
fourth , south to Q , west to Thlrtv-slxth , to
N , to Twenty-seventh , stopping In front of
the depot. All the poles and other material
arc on the ground , and will bo put in plaro
ns rapidly as possible. It is expected to have
the car IIOUBO ut South Omaha completed
within a short timo.
HKCOND
Selected nnd the Heclsirix-
tlon Iiaw Tlinroniilily DIsaiiHsed.
The Second Ward Republican club mot in
Knspar's hall last lilght with William Olstoad
nthocnnir. The proceedings opened with
n discussion rotative to tha location of the
headquarters of the club , and It was decide. !
to meet at the above plnco and in Shell's ' hall ,
on Twentieth and Pierce streets , on alternate
Satnrddy ultrhtD.
A communication was received from tbo
State Republican league requesting the club
to send two representatives to the staio con
vention of republican clubs , which meets nt
Hastings October 0 , and accordingly. Alder
man ICaspornnu George Strykor were elected
to represent the ward on that occasion. The
following were selected , the same to bd *
recommended to tha mayor for appointment
on tlio registration board ; First precinct ,
K. W. Barto and William Olstoad ; second
precinct , D.wid O'Connoll nnd A. Swigert.
A resolution by William Olstcad was sub
mitted nnd adopted In which the club recom
mended the nomination of D.ivld O'Connoll ,
the secretary of the club , for Justice of the
peace , nnd pladged its undivided support to
him. The secretary submitted a communica
tion relative to the numerical standing of the
club , showing the membership to bo sixty-
three. John McCaffrey , H. T. Ulacic , M. C.
Fisher nnd Charles Ilyan were enrolled ns
members. During the selection of a regis
tration board several persons took advantage
of the opportunity to express their opinion on
the constitutionality of the registration
law , Mr. Swigarl stated that
ho did not bollovo that n citizen. In good
standing , who was legally entitled to vote ,
could bo disfranchised simply bacauso ho
failed to register , und added that ho. him
self , would vote a republican ticket this fall
whether ho registered or not , nnd no mortal
uower could prevent him. Jerry O'Lcary
arose in his usual dignilled manner , and in
formed the club that ho hud conversed with
a member of tha legislature a day prior , and
that the legislator had said that ' 'one of the
Judges of the sumcmo court had as good as
told him that the supreme tribunal'would
declare the rocistratio'i law constitutional. "
Councilman Kasuor rotortoil. saving that ho
had but little confidence In the decision of a
Judge handed down on the street. The meet
ing wound up with the opinion prevailing
that ovcryono should register.
Next Saturday night the club will meet in
its new quarters on Twentieth and Piorco.
streets. x
Funeral or Miss IVorttiincton.
The funeral service of tha Into Miss
Worthmgton , sister of the bishop of this
dioccsn of the Episcopal church , took place
at Trinity cathedral last evening at 5 o'clock.
The auditorium of the church was filled with
friends and mourners. The casket rested at
the foot of the altar and was almost covered
with beautiful flowers. There was a great
piofuslon of flowers everywhere. They
were baiuted against the roredos and almost
completely filled the sanctuary.
The services were conducted by the Very
Uov. Dean Gardner , assisted by Dr. Doherty.
The following ministers wcro also within
the chancel : Dr. Zahner , Dr. John Will-
lams , Dr. Pearson , Dr. Wltherspoon. Dr.
Brady , Dr. Krum , all of Omaha , and Dr.
MtCrnckon , of Fremont.
Music was rendered by the full choir. The
burial anthem was most impressive and \vis
executed in a masterly manner. The ca
thedral quartette , consisting of Mesdames
Cotton and Moellor , and Messrs. U'ilKlns
and Lombard , rendered the anthem "O
Saviour of the World , " and the "Do Pro-
lundls. "
After the services the vested choir es
corted the mourners from the church , this
completing ono of the most beautiful burial
services over held in this partof the country.
Thu remains laid In state In the cathedral
until 7:80 : p , in. , when they were talcen.to the
Union Pacillo depot and placed oil the train.
Interment will take place in Batavia , N. Y. ,
the birthplace of the deceased.
The pall bearers wera George and Joseph
Barker , Herman Kountzo , R. U. Rlngwalt ,
J. M. Woalworth , H. W. Yates , G. F. Lo-
bau'li and S. D. Uarknlow.
The casket was of red cedar , covered with
royal purple plush , with heavy silver trim
mings. On the top was a plate bearing tbo
woids "At Rest. "
I'orsonnl
II. H. Barnes , of Indlanola , is ut the Mil-
lurd.
lurd.L.
L. H. Jowott , of Broken Bow , is at the
Arcade.
J. L. Robson , of Cbappoll , is at tbo
Arcade.
K. O. Millar , of Murchiston , Is ut Ino
Mlllard.
E. T. Stringer , of Grand Island , Is at tbo
Mlllard.
E. A. Brown , of Nebraska City , is at the
Paxton.
J. L , Baker , of West Point , is nt the
Murray ,
A. W. Field , C. T , Hoggs and C. A. Atkin
son , of Lincoln , are registered at the
Murray ,
W. H. B. Stout , of Lincoln , is at tbo
Murray ,
li P , Chlldo and wife , of Lincoln , nro
registered at , the Paxton.
Hon. Church Howe und son , Herbert It , of
Auburn , are at tbo Puxton.
D. 1 * . Waters , a special correspondent of
tlio Boston Globe , is at tbo Murray over
Sunday ,
Mr , William C. Swoesy , formerly n strug
gling yound Oimihu lud , but who within the
past few ycnm tins accumulated nearly a
quarter of a million o ( dollars in Cleveland ,
has just been elected a member of thu city
council of that aity. Ho Is BO popular that
there was no opposition candidate run.
The following Omaha boys leave this week
to attend school at ICeutper bull , Davenport ,
la , Wllkio Edwards. David II. Touzalin !
Nutnan tihelton , Charlie Wilbur , Will and
Paul Hoiiglaiul , Hlclmrd Gray , Will Bur-
rough , Alf. Donahue , Arthur Putnam , Lionel
and Louis Marouy and a sou of CV. . Hayes.
A. County Salary Grab.
A recent opinion by Attorney General
Lceso regarding the new law governing
county supervisory to the effect that tuote
holding the oftlco mentioned uro entitled to a
salary from thu time the law went Into effect ,
has started a breeze among the members of
tha Douglas county board. Loading attor
neys furnish the cheerful Information that
thccattornoy general's opinion applies to the
bill passed two jours ago last winter , pro
viding a salary of , f 1U ! ) u month for commis
sioners , Instead of M a day and mileage
when actively engaged. Under this ruling
Mount expects to draw $900 , O'Kceffo 1540
and Timuie f ISO.
RAILWAYS AND ELECTRICITY
Rapid Growth of the Now. Motor In
Popular Favor.
DANGER OF OVERHEAD WIRhS.
An Addition to tlio IMinnnernnli Whlcli
AVI11 Itoproducn Gestures i2lco-
trtolty Instead ofSnnd A Mcx-
lonn Invention Sprxrlcs.
Klrotrln Itnllwnyt.
The application of electricity to street
railways has bean BO rapid that wo nrc
liable to lese sight ot many vnlunblo
points In our herculean efforts to supply
tlio demand. Those who are engaged
In it know that they lot ninny oppor
tunities slip by. They cannot help it.
The more generally the points nro
known , the quicker will bo the reward
to some directly , and to thorn Indi
rectly.
The application of electricity during
the past decade has been astonishing.
In the face oan industry n Imlf century
old , and of enormous wealth and power
it has won the lending position. In
every direction that honest effort has
been inado , it has succeeded. Commer
cial barriers have boon broken down
and physical obstacles swept aside.
When once the reusability was demon
strated the end could not be predicted.
For the transportation of the people
in the streets of our towns and cities
the demonstration has boon witnessed ,
the application muuo and n wonderful
luxuriant growth started , says George
W. Mansfield in the Eloctro-Mcclianio.
There is no industry so fur-reucliing in
character , so vital to a community's in
terests , nnd yet ono so little known ns
the street railroad business. Neither
the scientific world , the commercial
world nor the people themselves have
realized its vast importance. Eliminate
the horbo car from every city or town
in the union and forecast the result.
In 1828 the now great Baltimore &
Ohio railroad started and horses wcro
used to draw the cars. This mijjht bo
called the llrst horse car line in the
United States. In 1830 there were
12,850,020 persons ii tlio United States ,
and not a mile of street railroad , nor
scarcely of steam road. As n rule the
New York & Harlem railroad , incor
porated in 18I1 ! , is spoken of as the lirst
street railroad in th'o country. Tlio llrst
car was run in November , 18i2 ! , from
Pi inco street to Harlem bridge. In
18,57 It temporarily suecumbea to steam
cars , but resumed n 1815.
The census of 18oO gives our country
a population of 23,191,870 , and pub
lished history but one street railroad.
The child had boon born , however , and
in ton .years the street railroad was in
almost every city of any magnitude
in this country. To what has this
child grown ? In 1880 our population
was 50,103,783. Estimating on nn ii-
crease of 33J per cent in 1890 , or six
months bonce , the peculation will bo
0(1,874,854. ( For the transportation of
this number of people in the street cars
of our cities nnd towns , the , most accu
rate figures it is possible to obtain show
perating
The capital estimated is variously esti
mated from. $175,000,000 to $200,000,000.
The number of paosongors carried is
so enormous that it is impossible to ob
tain figures of any great- degree of ac
curacy. As a result of moat careful
and estimates it 'is ' '
compilations , rba-
sonably sure that at least 1,500,000,000
passengers are transported.
Still more striking is the importance
of the street railroad business when
compared with the magnituho and ex
tent of the steam railroads of the
United States. The figures of 1887
show a tabulation of 147.098.CO miles
of railroad and 10,582 passenger
cars , and passengers carried but
428,225,513. With nearly an equal
number of cars and forty-two times
as much road , only one-fourth as many
passengers wcro carried. Behold the
yet more amazing figures. The horse
cars of the city of New York earry 109- ,
401,735 passengers , almost half as many
as are carried by all the steam roads in
the United States. If to this number
nro added to those carried by the ele
vated roads , wo have the total of 371-
021,524 , or almost as many passengers
are carried in Now York city alone as
as nro annually by all the steam roads
in the whole United Slates. The street
railroads of the state of Massachusetts
carry 44,000,000 more people than the
steam roads in that stato. Ono road
alone , the West End of Boston , carries
nearly 10,000,000 more than all the steam
roads combined.
KJeosrlolty In Powder Mills.
The Gorman technical journals re
cently published some instructions as
to the precautions which ought to bo
observed in powder mills to avoid explosions -
plosions from electrical causes. The
necessity for some such precautions is
clearly shown by recent explosions , sev
eral of which arc attributable to elec
tricity. In a largo powder mill in Ger
many , nn explosion occurred in the
press room. A workman engaged in
pressing powder into cakes between
shoots of ebonite , loft his worlc
during a thunder storm. When
the storm was over ho loosened
the urcss , and on putting out his
hand to remove the powder , a spark
four inches long wont to earth through
his body , igniting the powder and kill-
inc : the man. The employment of in
sulating unbalances. mich as guta poreha ,
ebonite , etc. , is therefore considered
likely to lend to accidents. In the pow
der mill of Uurr W. Gutlur the sulphur
crushing machines are all put to earth ,
and since this precaution has boon taken
thnrohas boon no trouble from mysteri
ous explosions which had previously
proven so troublesome.
Electric
An electrical writer has calculated
that the tiring ot u small pistol sots free
about COO pounds of energy , while a
watch consumes about ono fifty-fourth
millionth of ahorse power , the energy
of the bullet being Bulliciont to keep
the time for two years. An Edison tele
phone transmitter requires about a
thousandth of the energy in n watch ;
it would therefore bo worked for 2,000
years on the energy exerted in the pis
tol. A lightning Hash of 3,500,000
volts nnd 1 1,000,000 amperes lasting one
twenty-thousandth of a second would
run a 100-liorso power engine for ten
hours.
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An Kleolrlo Klinnl Indicator ,
An electric shoal water indicator has
been devised by two Mexican inventors.
It consists of a strong cylinder filled
with shot , so thai when hung from a
huge cable from a ship it will remain
perfectly upright in the water , Em
bedded in its center is n glass or vul
canite tube half full of mercury , the
two ends being closed by metallic
plates , which are in communication , by
insulated wires carried by the cable ,
with nn electric battery and hell on the
deck of the ship. The notion of the ap
paratus la as follows : When the vessel
approaches shallow water the cylinder
drags on the ground below , und in con
sequently no longer upright , but is
thrown over on its ellloT1 This causes
the mercury in the tuku to touch both
tlio metallic plates ntUibnqd to the tube
ns nbovo explained the electric circuit
thus becomes complete- , and the warn
ing boll on tlio ship in Uy tly rings.
-n > ?
Kloctrlu Hondsjn Hostnn.
Boston appears to Ijo , on the whole ,
very well satisfied witT 'Ulo ' outlook for
papid transit presented by the adoption
of electricity on the West End roans , in
Bpito of the fact that the service is to
bo given by means of | pvprhcad wires.
The Boston experiment fl an interest
ing ono , nnd will , without doubt , bo
carried through successfully , says the
Electrical World. But hero in Now
York wo have other qorjdjUens which
may ho improved , but cannot ho disre
garded or abolished. In short , wo have
to consider the rapid transit problem
with respect to the elevated roads ,
whoso service with steam has been iv
great boon but remains very unsatisfac
tory. It is now assorted and believed
by many that the substitution of elec
tricity "for steam will "moot nearly nil
the existing dilllculttos ; and the trials
that have taken place on the elevated
road go to prove that electricity should
bo employed.
Kcjirodiiclng dentures nnd Spoccti.
At a recent meeting of the French
Academy M. Llppmann presented a
note by M. U. Guoroult , in which it is
suggested that by the combined use of
a phonograph and an apparatus for In
stantaneous photography and reproduc
tion of the pictures obtained it would'bo
possible to reproduce at any future time
not only the speech of a person , but
also bring before thoaUdiencoa vivid
picture of the person's gestures and
facial expression ,
The procedure would bo somewhat ns
follows ; A person speaking or singing
into the phonograph would bo photo
graphed by an automatic apparatus
geared with the barrel of the phone
graph. The pictures would bo instan
taneous , and taken at the rate of , bay ,
ten pictures per second. They would
then bo developed and arranged In a
special lantern for reproduction on a
screen isoohronously with the phonograph
graph , when the latter is reproducing
the spjoch. An audience might thus
bo enabled not only to hear the utter
ances of , say , a famous actor , but also
BOO himself and his actions represented
on a screen. About a year and it half
ago M. A. Bandscpt , of Brussels , expe
rimented with a similar apparatus.
KloctHcity Instcad of Sand.
A series of experiments with a now
electrical appliance for increasing tho.
tractive power of locomotive engines
has just been successfully concluded by
Ellis E. Rics , ot Baltimore , an the Phil
adelphia & Rending railroad west of
of this citysays a Reading , Pa. , dis
patch to the Now York Times. The
trials were made on the Frnckvillo
grade , ono of the steepest on the Read
ing system , \\oroprdnounced emi
nently'1 Satisfactory in otfory respect1.
The apparatus consists of a small
dynamo and engine mounted upon the
locomotive and furnishing an electric
current , which is passed forward to the
roar driving wheels , through that portion
tion of the track rails lying between
them. ' ' '
The passage of the current into the
wheels and back causes un increased
friction between the wheels and the
rails , which is claimed to bo far supe
rior to that obtained by sanding the
tracks , and onuDlos thoilocomotive to
draw a much hcavioritrain , without re
gard to the condition ] of the track ,
than is at present possible. The
Frackvillo grade averages 185 foot
toth&i" milo , and ' with the dyn- '
nmo running and " 'a train of
forty-five ears attached to the locomo
tive' the ascent was made in twenty-
eight minutes , while without the cur
rent a trip over the same ground with
the same train behind required fifty-
live mines. The current used iswh at
is termed a low-tension current , and
the increased traction obtained is under
complete control by the engineer. The
invention is regarded as an important
one bylailroad men hero. '
Sparks.
Cincinnati people came within a
hair's breadth of a fearful accident the
other day through the insecure stop of
the electric railway. The car stopped
a little short of the propper point , and
the gripman undertook to move it
ahead a trillo , but ho gave the motor a
little too much power. The block was
broken and the car pitched through
the iron gateway , and down a distance
of ten or fifteen feet , where it stood on
its head and rested. Two boys and the
gripmnn , who wore the only persons
on board , were but slightly injured.
The business men who are members
of the Jersey City Athletic club , and
whoso only opportunity to make a pleas
urable use of the club grounds are after
the Close of business hours * in the city ,
have succeeded in getting the govern
ing committee to arrange for lighting
up the grounds with electric lamps.
The work will bo started at once and
rapidly pushed to completion.
A novel use is made of the electric
light on the St. Lawrence river , near
the Thousand Island resorts. Ono of
the lights has been placed at the end of
a yardarm on the steamer St. Law
rence , which has a dynamo aboard. The
light stands in front of a powerful re
flector , and as the boat steams about nt
night among the islands the search
i ght is cast upon them , revealing with
startlinir distinctness their beauty , and
the beauty of the landscape.
The Chicago telephone companv has
discontinued the ordinary service to
Milwaukee. Hereafter the service will
bo given through the Long Distance
telephone company's line , which will ,
of course , bo a decided improvement on
the former eorvlco. The Long Dist
ance telephone company has completed
its line to Milwaukee , and has live me
tallic circuits in operation. The poles
of this company are cupabjo of carrying
forty wires. n
The Prince of Wales ran up the river
a few days ago in Messrs. ImraiBch < fc
CO.'B electric launch , the Viscountess
Bury. Starting at Kow bridge for Sun-
bury , a visit WHS paid. to.Plait's . Eyot ,
where the above mentioned firm has a
charging station. An eloctrio torpedo
boat in course of completion attracted
some attention , and atcr > a trip in sev
eral of the smaller launches , tlu > party
proceeded down the river , landing at
( Jhelsoa.
At a recent sitting of the Paris Mu
nicipal council it was stUtod that the
electric lighting now being tried on
the boulevards , was onl.v'partially sat
isfactory. From the long discussion
which took plnco before the council ,
Biiysu Parisian contemporary , it ap
pears that the concessionary companies
have done next to nothing.
According to the Portland Orogoninn ,
the fact that the western people are not
blow in taking advantage of modern
improvements Is shown by the state
ment that one company alone during
the last four months has put in nearly
ton thousand electric lights in Oregon
and Washington.
English electricians claim they nro
ahead of Americans in their knowledge
of the scion o of eleotrotechnicH , but
behind in the practical applications of
electricity.
A STUDIED CRIMR
Translated from the French ot Lor-
mi n a , by E. C. Wnggcnor : I have suc
ceeded moreover , it was very onsy to
succeed.
My object was this : To commit a
crime , to profit by it , and to remain un
punished , a clear nnd concise pro
gramme which I have carried out in
every particular.
HowV Well , I am going to toll you ,
for I bollovo , with nil duo modesty , that
I have displayed some ingenuity.
1. The crime ; behold it. I wna
young nnd I was married , the husband
of a beautiful but pure girl , nnd only a
simple employe , on a salary of 2,200
francs a year. Not nn exalted position ,
but ono with which I was reasonably
content , for I had always possessed
modest tastes. My wife was an orphan ,
with one sister. Marie and Blanche ,
both pretty girls and pretty names , I
had married Marie , and Blanche lived
with us. Everything wont well with
us ilrst n son , then a daughter , and
then they raised my salary to it.OOOf n
year. I had nothing to complain of.
And then a notary wrote to mo. I
was greatlv astonished , for I had
had but little to do with
those honoriblo ministerial olll-
cors. My surprise increased when
this worthy Tabollion apprised mo that
a certain Calcutta merchant , brother to
my wife's and sister-in-law's father , had
died nnd left them heirs to millions.
That is to say , 50,000 francs to each.
TicnsI to my wife a whole half million 1
The succession was promptly regu
lated , and Iuis in receipt of 23,000
livros of income. I sent in my resigna
tion as promptly , nnd organiyed anew
my life. Five hundred thousand francs
was a goodly sum ; and my wife's sister
had its counterpart. It put the house
on an excellent footing with servants ,
horses , carriages , etc. Always fond of
art. I purchased some pictures of good
style , and had myself clothed for the
lirst time by a tailor of renown ,
Decidedly my stvlc was ns good as my
plct.iro's style , and with my well-shaped
feet , Himill hands and line hair , I was
what is generally termed a handsome
man. Only us time were on I began to
fool profoundly vexed that my wife's
sister had taken the full half of thu
million loft. I should have experi
enced a very real satisfaction in possess
ing the entire sum. Iliad expenses , n
wife nnd two children , nnd this old
maid , for Blanche had long since
"eoiffed Saint Catherine , " hud no one
but herself to think of.
It was then the idea cnmo to mo to
kill her ! My wife was her only heir ,
and if she , Blanche , were out of the
way , the million would remain intact ,
and I ' 'could make good use of it."This
Is what I told myself ono evoking while
talking with tlio two sistsrs. My crime ,
then , or rather my contemplated crime ,
as yet , was the assassination of
Blanche , and , as I was shrewd and in-
tollig'ent , I applied mybelf at once to
finding a way to commit this crime
without danger.
To this end I sought and studied all
the accounts of causes eelebres I could
lay my hands on , and very speedily ac
quired the convidtion that assassins
betrayed themselves by the very care
they look to dissimulate their criminal
intentions. So much learned was so
much gained.
Then L took to reading scientific
treatises hearing upon mental subjects
Boismont's "Manual of Hallucina
tions , " Morel's "La Folie and Mauds-
ley's "Crime ot Folio. " It was in the
latter work that I found the outline of
a plan well fitted for the present con
junction. It was wonderfully easy to
bo' criminal in deed when crim
inal in purpose : now , see you how
I went about it : A simple , , visit
to the house of a certain specialist Dr.
Lausedat , we will call him and the
the most eminent alionisto of modern
times. "I have come , " I said to him ,
"I have come , doctor , to make you a
terrible confession , il am uhappy _ man.
1 am neh , I adore my wife and children
and I have no cause for hate or anger
against a soul that lives ; nevertheless ,
at times I am in a frightful situation. "
In speaking thus I alTccted a dull , uneven - >
oven , tone , widened my eyes and per
mitted my lips to twitch and contract
spasmodically. I had not devoted my
self , you see , to medical lore without
conquering all the symptoms. The doe-
tor regarded me attentively.
"Continue , " ho said to mo.
I bowed my head sorrowfully and re
sumed.
"Yes , n frightful situation , a sudden
desire that seizes upon me , when alone
in the bosom of my family , to kill some
thing. A fearful combat goes on within
mo , and I fool yes , absolutely feel it
my hand invincibly drawn toward the
knife on the table beside mo.
"Whom do I wish to kin ? My wife ,
my children , my sister-in-lawr I do
not know. In that hideous nightmare I
have no choiceand I seem to remain in
it I know not how long fooling every
instant that they will road in jny eye's
the horrible secret that torments mo ,
The first time or times , physical move
ments , physical impressions , were suf
ficient lo dissipate the possession. A
dash of cold water upon the brow
brought back my calmness , the specter
disappeared and I returned to my family
ut ease agai n.
"Now , however , the trouble is be
coming more frequent , and 1 feel it , I
know it the resistance- my will and
reason weakens with every attack. I
begin to bo afraid that I shall throw
myself upon those I love and do them a
fatal harm. * *
"My confession is made , doctor ; I
fear myself. Can you save moV"
M , Laubsodat had listened with the
deepest attention , and now questioned
mo closely. What symptoms , if any ,
preceded these crises11" ! etc.
I had studied them well ; I had them
all ut my tongue's end , and ran them oil
with the glibness of a scholar not to bo
tripped in his lesson. "A weight in
tlio head at least it seemed so as if
the brain wore too heavy and rolled in
its bony box ; of late a constriction of
the breast , pressure upon tlio sides and
certain accidents "
"Enough ! " cried M. Laufisedivt. "I
know all about it ; the ease is curable
entirely HO. Simply pursue scrupulously
the treatment I direct and I'll ' an&wor
for the rest. "
And ho wrote it out , n long proscrip
tion , nnd accompanying regimen for
mo to follow , and J wont away smiling
hopefully ; not. however , for precisely
the reason the doct'ir supposed ,
Punctiliously and apparently , I fol
lowed the doctors instructions. My cab
inet was incumbored with boxes und
vials till my wife became uneasy , and
questioned mo as closely as the doctor
hud done. I responded always that I
was well , else evaded the questions ,
but bent upon her from time to time a
hollow regard , which I saw worried her
more than over. For three months I
thus played my role , Wion I returned
to tlio house of the doctor. "I is use
less , " I assured him , "useless and all in
"niii. Doctor , 1 am u victim of fatality ,
< .nd fur from being cured , am worse
than over a prey lo this possession
more nud more frequently. 1 am
actually forced to lly the house , to take
long nimblea through the city und wear
mybolf out with fatigue to regain con
trol of myself , it ia like a wave that
ovormountsnnd mounts. And , M. lo
Dootour , " I cried at last , "I am como to
demand n favor ot you- shut mo up ,
now , immediately , in your mahon do
santo. "
"Shut.vou up nowVenldhoastoundcd.
"But but to what ontlV"
"Because I know 1 know it , t toll you
that I am on the verge of n torrlblo
crisis , the symptoms I hnvo enumerated
to you are more violent than they have
over been ; to-morrow it may bo too late
1 may have brought about some torrl
blo misfortune ! Shut tno up. I beseech
you , cnro for mo by your methods ns n
specialist , the douche , tlio dunicontho
straight-jacket , anything , anything
on earth that will aid nnd save mol"
And I sobbed aloud.
The doctor was moved nnd deeply in
terested by so novel a physiological sub
ject I stipulated but , for one thing-
thai my family should not bo disquieted.
"No,111 said , "tho truth must not bo
told them , I wish them to bo ignorant
of the horrible extremity to which I
now resign myself , I shall pretext n
voyage on business for one , two , three
months , as necessity demands. I shall
disappear , in short , for that period of
timeand write to thorn only under your
direction. Thenwhen , the morbid state
of mind or body yields to treatment ,
onorgotio ns you choose , nnd I nin cured
then can I return to my own ( Irosido
with the certainty of no bloody tragedy
dogging my heels.
Stirred by such eloquence , the doctor
thumped , counted nnd listened to the
play of my organ , nnd finally declared
that I was right , though I had no
lesion ; that my case was simple , a ner
vous trouble , nnd absolutely curable.
Ho consented to lend himself lo the de
ceit I meditated merely upon the prin
ciple of humoring n patient. Ho would
place mo in his own establishment , and
n few weeks' care would completely re
habilitate my cerebral equilibrium.
My wife was equally easy to convince
of the necessity of the voyage. She had
herself noticed that I was not well. The
change would help mo.
The next day I entered the maison do
santo. a luxurious plneo , superbly ap
pointed , that would cost me a round sum.
No in the end I'd
mailer ; square ac
counts , for the road was open at last to
my crime. My crime ! winch , in the
fashion of all story-tellers , is a capital
heading for this Chapter I.
CJIArTKK II Till ! 11KSULT.
Aji equally clover bog inn ing for the
second installment ' of my story , pre
pared with tho'adroitncss of a profes
sional raconteur. But to continue :
I remained two months in tlio maison
do santo a week , perhaps , after my en
trance continuing the farce a simu
lated access of frenzy , in which I
nought to strangle my attendant , and
which necessitated a well applied
douche to quell it. Then I had n fairly
well-done convulsion , and after that be
gan , little by little , to return to my
normal slate. It is really very little
trouble lo enact the madman if you have
studied the part well.
Thev guarded mo carctlilly for six
weeks' time , and M. Lnussedat paid mo
a daily visit , daily finding in mo } as I
meant ho should , n , sensible modifica
tion of my symptoms , and daily felicita
ting mo upon strength of mind. Yo
godsl Strength of mind , when I was in
a lunatic asylum ! I showed myself ,
however a docile and exemplary patient ,
Ihoutrh I laughed in my sleeve when I
got a chance , so well did I know how
greatly the doctor was flattered. My
case , you see , tallied oxaclly with the
theories and fctatomonts BO many times
advanced by him in his dealings with
the deranged. Itiwas an exercise of
nerve and memory to keep the run of
these imaginary symptoms ; still 1 did
il , nnd did them well , particularly
those which proved my case progressive
and definite ; the disappearance , for in
stance , of cephalic trouble , restricted
respiration and the accompanying do-
rangmont of normal functions.
But when the day came , and the doc
tor announced mo cured and ready to
return lo my family , I objected. "Not
yet , " I urged ; "another month , doctor ,
if only for observation ; then only shall
I feel that I can go in peace. " A precaution -
caution to which tlio doctor assented ,
at the sumo time declaring it useless.
In short , when I did resume my lib-
ortv and my home , wife , sister-in-law
and friends positively feted mo ; for
had finally consented to write them that
1 was suffering a liltlo with lung trou
ble ; was under trealment , though rap
idly improving , and had not spoken of
it before leaving them , for fear of
alarming them. I was well now , an as
sertion with which my appearance
agreed , rppoao of mind , good living and
the certainty of coming success having
greatly fattened mo. Yes , I was really
very well.
WollV Exactly ; never was I bettor ,
and pveryono saw it , but four months
precisely from the day when I resumed
my place at the family table I plunged
Iho carving knife into my sister-in-law's
heart ns she sat beside mo in her ac
customed placo. Then I turned it in
ttio wound ( there should bo no mistake
if I could help it ) with frightful and
maddened howls , succeeded by maudlin
tears.
They arrested mo , of course. I had
counted upon that ; also upon the fact ,
and so timed it , that Dr. Laussedat was
out of town. In pursuance lo my plan ,
you sea , I desired , and il was necessary ,
that I should bo otHcially arrested. I
desired also to boofllciully investigated ,
and thai the investigation should pur
sue the usual lino. To call upon the
doctor too soon would inteifero with
tills. Bali I how well ono can calculate
upon the events that follow a crime , the
questions of the judge and the re
sponses , my responses avovo all : "That
I had acted without consciousness of Iho
act , and under the impulsion of a force
I could not control , " adding to the
statement , and as if bowed down by
shnmo , a passing , and as if by chance ,
reference to Dr. Laussodat. Tlio bait
look.
Dr. LauBsedat. recalled in haste , tes
tified willingly in my favor. Ho told
everything , and most pathollcally ; Iho
frankness with which I appealed to
him , the tests to which I had submit *
ted myself , the struggle I had inndo to
control the evil , and my patient , Volun
tary soiolirn in the maison do santo.
The "homicidal mania" was plain to the
most skeptical minds , and well known
nnd repeatedly encountered by the
members of the faculty , nnd the two
great specialists , Eenuiros and Plnol ,
both recalled observations identical la
every particular with my case , oto.
Wliloh I knew as well as the doctor
himself know , since it was these identi
cal observations that had enabled me to
construct my plan ,
Briefly , thifigs wont as t wished and
had counted upon. I was too rich nnd
ton well known to have the matter
dropped with merely the preliminary
magisterial inmilry they feared to bo
accused of partiallly. Tlio court of ns-
sl/cs , therefore took mo in hand , nnd as
was bound to bo the case , unanimously
acquitted mo , only adding to the vindi
cation the condition that 1 should bo re
turned to tlio asylum for such n period
of time ns the doctors bbould deem es
sential , "For the very emotional ex
plosion of which I had boon guilty , " as
M. Laussedat assured the Tribunal ,
"permitted the strongest hopes of n
permanent euro. "
I am again in the mansion do Panto
for another torm. It is why I laugh ,
when unobserved , nnd say that I have
succeeded , and accomplished my end
to commit a crime , to profit by it , nnd
to remain unpunished ; for they will
kcop mo hero only a year ; possibly , ac
cording to 'my progress , loss than a
year.
One year , ut most , for 500,000 franca
in solid money. That frog of n doctor
would swallow anything.
Yes , I have undoubtedly succeeded ,
nnd ono your , twelve brief montbsllfty-
Iwo brief weeks , 805 brief dnvs , will go
fast enough with safety anil the certainty -
tainty of a million in current coin at
the end of Ihom.
_
Ho Iliitnnlnod ,
Detroit Free Press : At midnight the
other night a patrolman found n man
\ingonthegrass under u tree in the
Randolph street Ipark' and ho aroused
him with :
"Como , mister , no ono is allowed to
sleep hero. "
"But I have a good excuse , " replied
the man.
"What is it ? "
"See that house over there ? Well ,
please do mo the favor to go nnd ring
the bell and ask if William Dockoy is
nt homo. "
Tlio officer ascended the stops and
rang the boll. A head was thrust out
of an open chamber window and a fe
male voice demanded :
"Now , who is IhereV"
"Madam , " replied the ofilcor , "is
William Dockoy at homer1"
"No , sir , and I don't expect him until
daylight , " snapped the woman , nnd at
the same moment a bowlful of water descended - .
sconded on the officer's head and half
drowned him.
"Well , " bnid the man on the grass , na
the dripping officer .came up , "you see
how it is , don't you ? I'm Dockoy.
That's Mrs. Dockov. "
"I think I see , " replied the olllcor.
'You can remain right where you are. "
Bui : * Thar Ijiiu li nt II oat.
A few days ago Frank Woodward , of
Albany , N.'Y. , who was "isiting Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas B. Smith in Fair
Haven , reeoived a peculiar present
from California , says the Now Haven
Palladium. It was sent to him by Leland -
land Stanford , the millionaire senator ,
whoso wife is an aunt of Woodward ,
and also of Mrs. Smith. Mr. Woodward
opened the box and found three salam
anders packed in cotton. These bugs
are more often road about than gazed
upon. They were found in caverns by I
some of Mr. Stanford's employes , and
Mr. Stanford sent them oust. The
three bugs traveled the 8,000 miles
without "visible of ' "
means support' un-
lesss it was the cotton , but on arriving
they were frisky and evidently in good
spirits. They are chunky little fellows
about two inches long , and resemble
nothing as much as they do u piece of
steel. They look like raw steel and
ncl like it that is , they seem to bo
metallic und invulnerable. They are I
alike itibonsible to heat and cold nnd
can bo toasted on n rod-hot stove or
seated upon an ice cake without their t
composure being in the least disturbed.
A IVrJurpd Cover's Heavy Sentence.
Women sobbed and men wiped their !
eyes in court yesterday , savs a Somerville -
ville despatch , at Now Albany , Ind. , 1
when Joseph Henry Stultza prominent
young man about town , was sentenced
to ton years in the penitentiary for sub
ornation of perjury. Stultz-olopedfroin
this city to New Albany , Inn. , with
Carrie Ashby , a girl of fifteen years ,
whom Stult/ swore wes eighteen , and
thereby procured a license , nnd then
they were married. The girl's father
had his son-in-ldw arrested and prose
cuted for perjury , and the ton-year sen
tence is the result. This is the first
case of this kind over decided in south
ern Indiana. StulU's heart-broken wife
refuses to rolurn U ) her father's lionso ,
declaring thai she will earn her own
living a'nd palionlly wait till her hus
band is released from prison.
Tlio Slinh'H Bed.
Nossr-ed-Din never sleeps on any
other bedding than what lie takes about
with him ( and it is not voluminoussayu )
London Truth. The four-poster had a
denuded air , albeit covered with u
richly embroidered Persian quilt of
many colors. I saw it before the shnh
arrived. There was a squad of Persian
men-servants standing around it who
had como on before hitn with the bed
ding. The mattress was not much
thicker than u rug and smelt o aro-
inaticH. If an iiibcct disturbed the
slumbers of the shnh. disgrace and
other penalties await the bed-makers.
Their care in'brushing , shaking and
airing all that belongs to the couch is
scrupulous.
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