THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , MONDAY , NOVEMBER 10 , 1890.
HIE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER.
A Boycott Instituted by Texas Drammers
Against a Railroad ,
THE MELANCHOLY DAYS OF THE YEAR ,
A Bngti * Knight of'tlio Grip Opcrnt-
lilK Jn the AVcsfr A. Clmptcr
on IntrodnctloiiH Trl-
flo Gossipy *
The boycott of the Texas Travelers' asso-
tf atlon agrilnst the San Antonio & Aransas
I'ass railway has pone Into effect. It was de
clared originally because tbo road refused to
sell rommcrclol travelers 2,003-mllo tickets at
cents u mile. The drummers say that the
Ban Antonio & i Aransa.i Pass Is the only
railway in the state of Texas which ha ? re
fused them this rato. The railways on their
part declare tli.it they Imvo given no such
Wtes ami never Intended to. It Is n question
of ueraclty between the drummers aud the
railways. Kecclver Yonlcum of the Arkansas
I'ass recently directed an ofllclal communica
tion to nil the general passenger agents of
U'cxas demanding a positive statement as to
whether they hnvo given the rate or not. It
U not Itnown that there Is n passenger pool In
that state , but the statute practically forma
one. It declares that no man or class shnll ho
given lower rates for personal transportation
than another class. Tints It other roads have
given the s cent rate to drummora ttioy will
ho compelled to plvo It to nny others who
Jpply or clso they will vlolnto the statute.
The Aransas I'ass proposes to stick to the
legal rate nf 3 cents per milo. Its managers
tnnounced their Intention to flght It out on
this lino.
Tlio Melancholy Days.
This Is the tlmo of year when the llfo of a
"traveling man becomes moro than ever un
pleasant. Ho will get out of a warm bed , go
down Into a Cold hotel olHco nnd await the
call for breakfast. This ho has to cat la a
cold dining room , because Mine Host has not
J'Ct thought to put up lib stoves for the com' '
fort of Ills guests. Perhaps ho thinks that
the absence of a steve may help to kill oft the
Supply of flics accumulated during the sum
tncr. M'liut of course Is a thing to bo thankful
Tor. From the cold dining roomho goes down
to the depot and nwults the departure of
the north hound train in a stovolcss wilting
room , and when ho stops Into the car ho ob
serves a Btovo In each end of It , but both
colder than ho Is himself. A heavy whlto
Irost covers the depot grounds nnd pralrlo
through which the tr.iln speeds , but the rail
road company bos to economize even nt the
expense of the traveling man's comfort aud
health. When , oh , when will hotel men and
rnllrond companies begin to study the com
forts of traveling men , us well as tlio problem
how to keep their rates at $3 a day or carry
the smallest amount of baggagoat the highest
tatc of mileage.
A. Hogus Drummer.
Through Investigations mode frominforma-
tlon scut Denver's municipal authorities a
aeries of swindles perpetrated in this state
find Kansas have been brought to the surface ,
( the cleviw perpetrator , soya the Denver
Republican , is operating under the assumed
tmino of 0. Harding , which is undoubtedly
Bn alins. The manner In which ho scores his
ucccsss U to represent that ho Is a traveling
salesmen for thoChicago Dry Goods companv
Of Denver. Ho sells goods by sample nnd
secures a cash , deposit on the order. The
tempting halt Is always spread In the .smaller
towns , and his victims are composed largelj
of stnld , respectable ladles desiring bargains
In dross goods. Ho places his prices nt
figures far below all competition , accepts a
deposit of $3 to $3 and makes a aozcn or more
Culls in n day. Then ho spreads out his
A'hlte wings and soars to other fields.
Ho Is reported to have successfully worked
Boulder und Fort Collins , Col.andSilvcrton ,
Ablleno , 1'orry , Hutolilnson , Dodge City ,
KIIS , , andmany other places , Many of his
Victims uro rotlcont , preferring not to allow
the public to know how they wore dupod.
No Introduction.
An English writer says : "No competitor o :
mine ever introduced mo , or over shull. I pre
fer to introduce myself , in my own way unc
time. " There Is .matter for thought in this
j paragraph. Occasionally a man in the sami
line will , throngh the best of motives , proffci
to present you to tradft In a now town , nnd in
doing so may state In the most cloquen
terms nil that can truthfully be said in favoi
of both you and the firm you represent ; ye
if his praises nro fulsome they havotho cffoc
Of weighting you down with an undu
Amount of importance In the estimation of thi
buyer , who candidly accepts them as th
real sentiment of the frlond offeriui
them , while to the credulous the ;
Imvo a tendency to kindly kill you oft bofon
& trial of your Individual merits has been ac
corded you , thus prejudicing your interests
cofore they have been presented. If , on the
Other hand , his introduction Is of the 1dm
hat merely "breaks the lee , " it will bo likely
o strike the merchant as n warning ratho
.ban an introduction. You draw your salar ;
or speaking your own ptceo : speak It. The
Jront divider says : "A biz ties transuckshun
r a duel. Tak no unaro ad von tap , but u
nwl the skill tu win that nnchowcr undslauco
kav given yu ; uthorwiz yu air a chump. A
tlinblo sixpence will beet a slow dollur every
f mo. Heed the stori of the hair and the tor-
tois and thou get a move on yu. "
A Trifle Gossipy.
Said a gentleman from tbo east , whoso
business [ 3 such that ho spends almost a < i
much time In this city as bo does iu his hemet
t New York City : "I don't see why the
custom of smoking a pipe on the streets has
sot been adopted hero. It was brought from
, England by Now Yorlc City a number of
* f > Joars ago , and since then has been a fixture
in the fumigations of gentle folk. From Now
Vork It spread with a rapidity which has
only been equaled since by the inlluonza.
In most cities of the country , pipe-
'UokIiiKly publicly Is permissible , and in
s number of cities it is customary. Hut
Omaha has dune tenaciously to cigar and
Cigarette. Why , I can't toll. A great many
have nn idea n plpo Is vulgar when
Fooplo lu the street. There ere pipes which
ere especially built for street work. The
more cultivated somkors of the cost have
mom Ing pipes , evening pipes , night pipes ,
end pipes of every occasion. There are
eomo arguments in favor of pipes. You
Imcnv what you arc smoking ; in u cigar you
don't know till after you are through. After
all the plpo has moro arguments to recom
mend It than the cigar. " The speaker was a
pipe drummer ,
Drummers ami Railways.
Rook Stowell , Charles Crulkshnnk and
lovenil other vsoll known commercial trav
elers were talking about mon killed in rail
way accidents when the safety of railroads
was brought up. U.'bo Philadelphia drummer
romnrkoj that the late Heading disaster was
the ilrst ono in the history of the road whore
& passenger had boon killed except through
11s own carlossnoss. The statement created
lomo surprise , but its truth is vouched for y.
in accident Insurance company's .agent. Mr.
Stowell said the Erlo used to kill a great
many men. ana ho has leapt tabs on Jim
Stewart , who has a record of twenty-one.
"I once asked him at tlio station in HoruolLs-
VlHe."sald Rook , "and tears tilled his eyes
tnd no turned away without answering me. II
1'ho D. & II. aha 1ms a remarkable record IIfl
but there was a tlmo whoa the engineer fl
the Albany "flyer" used to stop his train flit fld
walk across the bridge * and let his llremun
mill her ovor. Charles Cruilrahonk thought
the Ontario and Western was 5 skittish road
RS the trestle over Lima crock , 200 foot high 4fc
used to swuy and oscillate like a hammock
Ivhen a passenger train passed over It. The
trio , Chicago & Northern had been remark 0c
able free from railway disasters , alt ough cn
peed many men had been killed by getting on
. the , truck in tbo way of th trains. The
& Southern Central used to bo a great road for
WH trains crashing through bridges , but the tros-
ties and bridges wore better now. ThoSodus
pay road from Btanloy used to make a man's
balr stand on end , but U la in better shop *
now , The drummers related a great many
hnlr-brcndth escape * they had experienced
during a score of years' ' traveling , and the re
porter thought ho had a sufficient load of
stories on hand and bid the Interesting group
adieu , but not until Cantaln Munson had
spoken of the * Hochcstor electric railway.
"No danger of an accident on that road , " In
terpolated the captain. "Whyl" asked the
drummers. "Because the road lin't built
yet. "
Hlftht Syllables.
A commercial traveler , yclept la days gene
by a drummer , oped his mouth ycster'ccn
and thus hoipako : "Tncro are a good many
things which will throw a trade out when
you nro Just about to take the onlor down In
your book , but I bcllovo the most fatal Is the
mispronouncing of your desired cuitomcr's
name. At least that has been tbo caw -with
mo. Some names nro not pronounced as boy
are spoiled on the sign In front of the store.
Not long ago I visited a now town to mo as
far as trade acquaintance goes. I called on a
big house , the head man of which
had fifteen feet of nnmo In frout of
the store. His name was a nucor combina
tion of vowels and consonants , but with ray
usual ncrvo I grappled with it , and after roll
ing It around on my tongue twice , followed
bv a moment's roit , I entered the snro. I
called for the buyer , and my pronunciation
of. the nutnoVM fdontlflcd by n dark. I
culled the proprietor by mme and told htm
my object. I talked so eloquently and con
tinually of my wares that for n tlmo I had no
occasion to name my listener. I was gaining
ground , I saw that. Inn burst of fiery but
Indiscreet oratory I called out ! 'Oh , Mr.
Kight-Syllablcs , you will never have such
a chnnco again. ' A shade thou
pasted over his countcannco and thcro was n
far-away look In his oyos. Ho didn't ' think
ho needed anything today. I talked some
more , gradually getting him In the notion. I
was Just about to write n big order down In
boot when I said 'Let's ' Mr.
my , : sec , Eight-
Syllables , how \vlll you hnvo them sent } Ho
didn't tell mo , and hasn't yet. There wai no
need of It. I bad spoiled It all. 1 advlso all
young drummers to bo sure and learn their
customers' names before they pronounce , or
rather inUpwnounco thorn. "
Mlllllpluf * .
Mr. A. J. Bolster , manager of Llnlngor &
Mctcalf company's ' branch house at York ,
was in the city yesterday. Ho says that ho
recently naldn ulilt-to Dradshaw , which last
Juno -was was all but wlpod out of oxlsten co
by a cyclone , and that ho found the energetic
citizens of that little town had entirely re
built It and that It now presents a better ap-
pcnranco than it overdid before.
Mr. J. J. Blodgott , who Is managing a
brunch house at Graham for the Ltnlnger &
Mctcalf Co. of this city , spent yesterday
in Omaha. Mr. Blodgott is a rustier in his
line , but ho says owing to the election trade
has been very quiet in his section of tlio
state.
Our local politicians nro making active ar
rangements for ttfo next campaign. They
ordered a box of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup ,
and feel confident and happy. Price for a
bottle , only 25 cents.
"A perfect success" Is what dealers say
about Salvation Oil , the great pain-euro. 5
cents.
Death of Fred Walter. '
Fred Walter , the local agent of the An
heuser-Busch Brewing association , dioil at
5 o'clock yesterday morning nt bis residence ,
1017 WIrt street , after a short Illness. The
deceased was thirty-four years of ago , and
leaves a wife and four children. Ho was a
shrewd business man , and a genial , whole-
souled and popular citizen. Ho had boon in
business In tliU city for about four years , and
in that tlmo bad made many warm friends.
The data of the funeral will bo announced
later. .
Bad dralnaco causes much sickness , and
bad blood and Improper notion of the liver and
kidneys Is bad drainage to the human system
which Burdock Blood Bitters remedy.
A.utl-I'rolillltlon Jubilee ,
Aids to grand marshal and mars rials of the
different wards and from towns and cities
outsldoof Omaha , as published in Sunday's
issue of THE BHK , are earnestly requested to
meet Monday evening at 7 o'clock sharp at
the Barker hotel , to complete arrangements
for the parado. JJouis HEIJIUOD ,
Grand Marshal.
The Women of France.
The French woman docs not enter a beauty
contest with a fair field and no favor , says
the Piltsburg Leader's Paris letter. She Is
a slender , colorless little thing , without a
drop of honest red blood In her veins , at hn
ago when tbo English girl is at her freshest ,
because , by her physical , and mental training ,
her development U retarded. She eats sweet
meats and walks out decorously behind a
veil. Theoretically , when she marries aao is
still a child , but a child that has not been al
lowed to run. In tbo ilrst year or two of
married Itfo tnoroconies n sudden blossoming ,
but the Ualllo nature , with Its emotional tem
perament , its vivacity , Its sensitiveness ,
ploughs lines very quickly In tbo faces of Its
\vomon , who nro not brought up to have the
Saxon stamina. The Parislcnno is apt to bo
sallow , well dressed and wit ty , the repartee
and the toilets often provlrj ? moro effective
than a better complexion.
Girl Brides at Twelve.
A government agent reports to the Indian
bureau that the roost formidable obstacle to
the education of the Navalo girls is the prac
tice of early marriage. The practice is held
in all Indian tribes , but moro especially in tbo
southern tribes. Whllo all life , animal as well
as vegetable , ' matures moro rapldlv thero.stlll
maturity nf lifo among the Indian girls is
forced to the extreme. Marriages often occur
at twelve or fourteen years of ago. All the
traditions and usages of the Indian.1) favor
early marriages , and If a girl is not married
before fifteen it is a noticeable circumstance.
.Many girls would prefer remaining in school ,
but the unwritten laws of the -
raceso poten
tial , are against such conduct. Some prefer
an early marriage , because an unmarried
woman has no power , while the old woman
has a very strong Influence , aud girls who are
mothers at twelve or fourtcca are old a
thirty.
A Llnc TIirowlnc Gun.
The necessity of haying a reliable
method o effecting communication bo-
twcon the shore and n shipin distress or
between oao vessel and another has al
ways been recognized , and to this end
various llno-throwlup appliances have
boon brought forward from tlmo to time ,
says Public Opinion. The latest ot these
Is the shoulder lino-throwing gun In
vented by Captain D'Aroy-IrvIno , R. N.
This apparatus , which is not nn oxpon-
slvo iitralr , consists of a shoulder gun
having the cop , or cell ot line , sus
pended in a case curried under the
breach of the gun. ' A rod
is Inserted in the barrel , the fore end of
the rod bolng connected with the end of
the line , which is in the center of the
cop. The line is 144 yards long ; , nnd the
charge of pawdor used Is two drains.
"Upon the gun being fired at a high olo-
vatlon the rod la projected upward nnd
forward carrying1 tlio line trailing mvny
nflor it. The object Is , of course , to land
the line oror the ship or other object ,
the rod dropping beyond it. By this
menus a rope ctin bo made fast to tlio
tail end of the line by the succoring ;
. party and bo hauled on board by these ill
distress ,
A Frog Clilia.
A child was born in Birmingham ,
England , September 20 , which boars J
strong resemblance to a frog. Its skin
is warty nnd cold , nnd clammy to the
touch ; when it cries it mnkos an un
earthly croaking nolso. There are three
llugoru on oaoli hand nnd { our tees on
each foot , Besides the points above
enumerated , it 1ms many other charac
teristics of a frog , even to hugo , knotty- 3f
looking , lldlcss oyos. The parents are
almost dislractoa over the occurrence !
nnd hourly prny fdr It to dio. There uro
two other "frog-child" cases on record ,
ouo the offspring of a Pluto squaw in
Nevada , which was born about ton years
uliico , the other a monstrosity whloh
first saw the light of divy at Goshen ,
lad. , In January , 1889.
'
MAKING THE OCEAN CABLE
An Interesting Process which Requires a
Great Deal of Skill.
THE WORLD'S ' TELEGRAPH SYSTEM ,
I'rospocU of nn Eloctrlo Klovntod
Road In Now York City Kleotrlety
In Mining A "Wonderful
Clcotrio Hond Sparks.
According to the latest report of the Inter
national bureau of telegraph administration
the submarine telegraph system of the world
consists ot 120,070 nautical miles of cable ,
says Herbert L. Webb in Scrlbner's Maga
zine. Government administrations own
13,024 miles , while 107,510 are the property of
private companies. The total cost of those
cables Is In the neighborhood of $200,000,000.
The largest owner of submarine cables is the
Eastern telegraph company , whoso system
covers the ground from Kncrland to India , and
comprises 21bfiO miles ot cable. The Eastern
extension , which exploits the far cast , has
13,953 miles more.
Early In lost year the system of West
African cables , \vhtcji started from Cadiz
only six years ago , was completed In Capo
Town , so that the dark continent is now
completely encircled by submarine telegraph ,
touching at numerous points along the coast.
Moro than 17,000 miles of cable have boon re
quired to do this , and several companieswith
moro or loss aid from the British , French ,
Spanish and Portuguese governments have
participated in carrying out the work.
The North Atlantic is spanned by no less
than cloven cables , all laid since 1870 , though
I think not nil are working nt the present
tlmo ; flvo companies nro engaged in for
warding telegrams between North America
and Europe , nnd the total length of tno ca
bles owned bythom , Including coast connec
tions , is over 80,000 nautical miles.
Let us first sco what a submarine cable is ,
and how It Is mado. To do this a visit must
bo made to the enormous factory on the
baulcs of the Thames , a few mlles below Lou
don. Hero the birth of thocablo may bo
traced through shop nftor shop , machine
after machine. The loundattoa of all Is the
conductor , a strand of seven fine copper
wires. This slender copper cord is first
hauled through a mas3 ot sticky , bla ck com-
poupd.whlch causes the thin , coating of gutta
porcha applied by the next machine to ad
here to It perfectly , nnd prevents the reten
tion of any bubbles of nlr in the Interstices
between tno strands , or between the conduc
tor and the gutta-percha envelope.
One envelope is not suOlciont , however , but
the full thickness of Insulating material haste
to bo nttulncd by four more alternate coatings
of sticky compound and plastic gutta-percha.
The conductor Is now insulated , end has de
veloped Into "core. " Before going nny fur
ther the core is celled into tanks filled with
water , and tested to ascertain whether It is
electrically perfect , I. o. , that there Is no un
der leakage of electricity through tbo gutta
porcha insulating envelope.
The tests are nfndo from the testing-room ,
replete with beautiful mid elaborate appar
atus , by which measurements finer and moro
accurate than these even of the most dollcato
chemical balance may bo mado. Every foot
of core Is tested with these instruments , both
bolero and after being made Into cable , and
careful records are preserved of tbo results.
After tbo core has all boon tested and
passed , the manufacture of the cable ROOS on.
The core travels through another sot of ma
chines , which flrst wrap It with a thick serv
ing of tarred ] ute , and then with a compact
armoring of iron or steel wires ot varying
thickness , according to the depth of the
water In which the oublo is Intended to bo
laid. Above the armoring , in order to sayo
the Iron from rust as long as possible , Is up
piled a covering of stout canvas tape thor
ouirhly imnrecnated with pltch-llko
a - com'
pound , and someties the Iron wires composing
the armor are separately covered with Rus
sian -hemp as an additional preservative
against corrosion.
In 1837 the first practical telegraph wnc.
worked In England , after a crude attempt
made hi 1835 , on a line of thirteen miles bo-
twccn Paddington and Drayton , says Iron.
In 1814 a telegraph line was opened between
Washington and Baltimore. In 1850 a cop
per wire Insulated In gutta porcha was submerged \
merged between Dover and Calais , and the
first submarine telegraph was laid by the
late T. It Crampton.
There are now 013 submarine cables , ex
clusive ot the seven Atlantic cables , -with nn
ngtrrcgato of 112,740 nautical miles. The
overland telegraph Is already a world-wide
Institution , In wnlch there is a total of
1,050,1)00 ) mlles of wire , enough of the attenu
ated metal to go around the equatorial belt ot
the globe just thirty times. The number of
words transmitted , the miles traveled , aud
tbo cash changing hands would tax the
enumeration table.
The United States has 770,500 mlles of
wire , and .in 18S9 no less than 50,000 mes
sages wore sent through the country. .Franco
has 220,890 miles of wire , on which in 1889
wore transmitted 80,050,000 dispatches.
Great Britain has 180,000 miles of mota'
line and In 1880 sent 50,000,000 messages.
Hussla bos spun out 170iOO ! miles , and
In 1839 gave the operators 10,250,780 mes
sages to dispatch. Australia has strung no
fewer than 103,200 miles of wire across its
surface , and transmitted in one vear 12,000-
000 messages. Italy has 10.500 miles , nnd has
made nn annual record ot about seven million
electric messages. Canada has 58,500 miles
of wire , and did a business In 1880 of 4,037,581
dispatches. Egypt has S,500 miles , aud is In
connection with India nnd England by sub
marine cables on which last year 1,000,205
communications were carried from ono end
of the world to the other. China has 5,500
miles of wire across Mongolia , and Japan
owns no less than 10,500 miles , over which
5,000,000 messages wore sent In ono year. New
Zealand has strung Itself with 11,075 mlles of
metal cord nnd dispatched S.'l.'i.y'jl messages ,
Tasmania has 3,500 milesof telegraph wires ,
Portia claims , in partnership with European
wires , about 11,124 miles. South Africa has n
credit of 4U10 miles , and even St. Helena , the
island prison of the creat Corsican , nus thir
teen miles of the universal wire cobwcbhiug
its rocks. , ,
The telegraph systems of the world hav
unrolled the wire reel without stint , and I
wo add to the 1,088,000 miles used for tele
graph purposes , tbo wholesale appropriation
by the telephone system the sum total \voul"
bo enormous.
Wo are glad to learn that there Is finally a
reasonable prospect of an electrical elevated
railway , not , unfortunately , In the metropo
lis which most needs rapid transit , but in
that specially enterprising electrical city ,
Boston , which has shown itself so very ready
to appreciate the advantage of modern con-
niencos , says the Electrical World. Th (
Massachusetts legislature , after a long an
bitter wrangle , passed a hill authorizing th
West End company to fill Boston with a net
work of elevated roads , but It proposes tc
use a single double truck road , running eve
a carefully selected route , to facillato rapit
transit to every fart of the city. The work
ing plans of the company are not yet mad
public if , indeed , they have bee
settled upon but ono thing 1
certain , that no such heavy an
unsightly structures as the Now York elo
vatca roads will bo erected in our neighbor
ing city. Thouso of small motive units ran
dom ! possible by the adoption of electricity
enables tbo superstructure to bo of a lighter
and moro airy character than has heretofore
boon attempted , without , however , docreas-
lap In the least _ the carrying power _ _ of the
road. The overhead supply system wlllprob-
ably ho abandoned as it should be in such a
case and current will bo supplied to motors
throunh a third rail. Transfer stations will
DO provided at convenient points so tbat fern
n siuplo ( are a passenger can bo transported
nnywhorq throughout a wide range of terri
tory , The line proposed is a trlllo less than
flvo mlles in length , and the route has been
laid out with special rcferenoo to the best
available combination tbat can bo made be
tween tbo elevated and surface roads. Of
the economy and general oftlclency of nn cleo-
trio elevated railroad there can bo little
doubt. The disadvantages of the
electric surface road "with the"over"
head construction , few as they are , will 1 > 8
almost entirely obviated when the roadbed is
removed from the pavement and placed iso
lated from the hindrances of truffle , above the
street. With tha lotyl po well distributed
over the structure. It Is practicable with fre
quent and light trams'tho ' weight and cost of
tno construction will bb vrfry much decreased
and nt the same tlmo-tho. Intorforouco with
the streets turough vlch ( ! It runs will bo
vastly less than on Notf York roads. Asldo
rom this , the dust and. dirt and smoke aud
noise , which has made the Manhattan system
) bnoxlous to everybody who comes in contact
vlth it , will bo absent , null there ought to bo
considerably leas difficulty in getting the con-
jcnt of the property owxuirs than on the road ,
jind may it bo the first of a longscrlcs'ot clcc.
trio elevated rends that shall bo destined to
give to American cltlesi the effective rapid
.ranslt which tholr enormous growth nnd In
creasing prosperity demands.
The largo scope prosouted for the applica
tion of electricity nnd magnetism in mining
nna metallurgical operation * is gradually ob
taining proper recognition , nnd no bettor in
dication of this can bo found than in the at
tention given to electricity at the meetings of
the British Iron and Steel Institute and the
Amoricn Institute of Mining Engineers held
in this city. The papers there read covered
a wide range of electrical subjects , nnd
showed how , from the very Ilrst step In gain-
ng the raw product in the mine , oveay stngo
n tbo operations leading to the lost prepara
tions lor the market can bo facilitated econo
mically by electricity , savs the Electrical En
gineer. Thus. Mr. H. C. SnauliHug's paper
jives nn excellent resume or what lias boon
iccompltshed in cleotrla mining work , Includ
ing drilling , underground hauling , hoisting ,
lighting , etc. It is interesting to note , also ,
that the demands of mining worK scorn
destined to call to renewed life a typo ot mn-
chtno that has been abandoned for n long
tlmo os nn electrlo motor , but which possesses
certain advantages , tbtot is. the clectrlu recto-
roeatlng odgino. For drilling operations it It
likely that thus wo shall soon BOO a revival of
this typo , nnd the descrsptlon by Mr. Van
Depoclo of his reciprocating drill shows In
what manner the now apparatus differs -from
the original types of this class , among which
the Page motor Is perhaps the most generally
knowu.
The progress made during the last few
years in magnetic ere separation was also
emphasized by the records presented In sov-
orai papers , and wo may look for a wldo ex
tension of this method of ere separation is
the future. It Is noticeable that In these ma-
cnlnos the tendency nt present Is In tuo appli
cation of alternate polarity in the magnets ,
and with good reason , as explained la the
description of the Monarch separator. Wtih
such a variety of electrical work confronting
the mining engineer , his course of study must
hereafter largely embrace electricity , a
Knowledge of which will , of necessity , bo as
valuable to him as cxpartncss in assaying ca
present.
The introduction of electric lighten board
ships and especially on war vessels , with a
full equipment of generators , has naturally
afforded an opportunity for the Introduction
of other electrical devices , notably among
which are electrlo motors for ventilation , for
the training of guns , for the hoisting of shot ,
etc. , says the Electrical Engineer. But u
departure bos recently been taken in the ap
plication of electricity to warlike purposes In
the introduction of rangu Under * depending
upon a few principles , among which tbat of
the Wheatstoue bridge is prominent. The
public Is already familiar wltn some forms of
Lieutenant Fisk's ' range finders , which lie
has recently , however , simplified to n consid
erable extent , so much so , that tbo
readings can now bo taken direct from
n graduated dial. The description in
this issue of Lieutenant Fisko's now range
Under , shows it to bo a neat application of
the modified "SVhontstono brldgo principle ,
nnd not the least notable point in connection
with It is , that the errors duo to the varia
tion of the conditions from actual theory uro
compensated for by the very construction of
too apparatus. With all those refinements
nnd means placed nt the service of a modern
war vcssolit , is indeed problematical whether
the carrying on of warfare would bo a pleas
ant undertaking in tbo future , considering
the enhanced probability of a sbot taking
effect. The fact may also bo noted hero that
the United States ship'Baltimoro is probably
the first naval vessel hi which a tclephono
service has been established so far as to
enable the commander to communicate from
the coming tower with the various parts of
the ship.
L. A. Dixon of Sodtis has Just discovered a
wonderful ere called "eloctrlo' rook , " which
contains a hidden force that puzzles and
astonishes all who have scon it , and expert
electricians in particular , says a Syracuse ,
N. Y. , special to the Globe-Democrat. The
rook is of a dark slate color , and is somewhat
lighter in weight than sandstone. It Is com
posed of iron , aluminium , calcium and other
minerals , nnd particles of gold nro also found.
Mr. Dlxon says it will generate unlimited
power and give any desired amount of incan
descent light. For illumlnutlnor business
places nnd residences it would bo considera
bly cheaper than kerosene in fact , after a
building had been wired and the batteries
prepared the cost would bo merely nominal ,
and the light would be equal , if net superior
to that produced by manufactured electricity.
The making of a battery is very simple. The
rock In quantity and for whatever purpose
desired is placed In jars containing a solution ,
the chief ingredients of which nro salt and
water. The circuit Is then completed , and
the battery is ready for active business , and
the discoverer claims that ono charge of 400
pounds of rock will last and produce light or
power for at least ono year before losing its
force , and that it is perfectly harmless , mak
ing insulation entirely unnecessary. In Mr.
Dixon's ofilco a nine pound piece of the rock
has been ringing a bell since last November.
Apiece weighing half a pound was placed in
a pint tumbler and the wires attached to a
call-bell , which It caused to ring as loud as an
alarm clock. The test was made in tbo pres
ence of several gentlemen , who pronounced
it a wonderful discovery.
Sparks ,
A system has boon invented by which
stringed musical instruments can bo operated
by electricity. ,
Electricity has been introduced as Ugh
into the British museum , thus enabling that
institution for the first tlmo in Its existence
to bo kept open in the evening.
A new departure In cremation is reported.
A patent has been taken out in Franco for
an electric furnace for the rapid incineration
of human remains.
The international telegraphic rates on the
coniineut will conform .Tuly -with the sche
dule fixed by the recent international tolo-
graphlo conference in Paris. Between Oer-
many and adjoining countries the rate will bo
3f } cents per word ; between Germany and
Great Britain , Scandinavia or Italy 3W cents
per word , and between Germany and Hussla ,
Spain or the Balkans 5 cents per word.
Almost useful electrical street sign has
come into use In England. A light brass
framework is iltted with opaque glass bearing -
ing the signs desired , the nnmo of a firm , a
railway station , or a theatre , as the case maV
ho. Those tablets are visible by day as wol
as by night , and as the obstruction to light is
Inappreciable , they are becoming as popular
ns they are effective. .
In some hospital in Ijiirppo it Is customary
to allow visitors to convtrso on certain days
by means of a telopnono in a waiting room
with patients in the wards , and this arrange
ment has been found to. work admirably , as !
not infrequently happens that the nervous
state of the patient or t-ho the possibility of
infection of the visitor renders closer coin
municatlon inadvisable. It is now suggested
by a New York physician" that telephones bo
placed on the Islans in ( the bay used for in
footious diseases , so that the patients can bo
cheered by occasional ; oral communlcatloi.
with tholr friends. j . -
Of the novel applications of electricity there
is no ond. Bakers nro now uslnir the oloctrio
motor as a bread mlxcrlfnnd nro thus enable <
to do In four or flvo mlniitos on amount o :
work that would otherwise require hours o
hard labor. A writerftn , a modlcal paper
says ho has frequently pbtalncd much relie
from facial neuralgia by. , applying an incan
descent light to tbo part affected. Ho sug
gests that the lamp could also be used in
poulticing ndvantagely. It could bo laid ever
n flnxsoed or other form of poltlco , and con
stant heat could bo thus secured.
The verdict whloh was pronounced oitho
use of cloctrlo light in war , after the recent
night manoeuvres in England , has boon fully
continued iu France , where a series of tests
woru carticd out for ascertaining the value of
the electric light for discovering the advance
of nn enemy seeking to surprise n position by
night. Dyniimos were erected nnd search
lights wore placed In position , nnd n regiment
of the gurdo arrived on' tno spot to dig
trenches. These were attacked iu their work
by some companies of pioneers , who xvero
screened by n railway embankment. The at-
taclc , however , failed signally , for every
movement of the advancing party was dis
tinguished from a great distance.
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THE HEENAN-SAYEKS FIGHT.
Why the Big Aincclcnii Failed to Uo
Up tlio Englishman.
"in 1859 , " said Jack Havorly to a re
porter for the Kansas City Star , "I made
a pilgrimage to England to witness the
Cpht between Ileonan and Sayors. Of
course I wanted to BOO Ileonan win ; I
felt that ho had to win or I'd golilco
Diogonos and live in a tub. Ho had a
blanket thrown around him to keep off
the raw English nir na ho stepped into
the ring andwhon ho slipped it off , na
ho cumo to the center nt the call , ho was
the silkiest human being 1 ever laid oyea
on in iny life. I'vo seen all the
good mon strip for action from
Jem Mace to Sullivan , and I
never behold so splendid a man to such
a feather edge of condition as Hoonan
that English morning in 1859. When
Sayors faced him they seemed all out of
just proportion to each other. Heenan
ovorstood and overreached him to a do-
proo that mndo it appear very unequal.
The English sports at tlio ringaido
looked completely confident of Sayors.
Ho was tholr pot and boast , matchless ,
peerless. No ono had been found be
tween the four seas of Britain who could
como near him in th'o twontytfour-foot
circle. But in the contest with Hconan
Sayors was ns much outclassed and out
fought ns there was dift'oronco in his
weight nnd Hoonan's.
"Sayors was as giuno as a hornet.
Time nnd again ho was sent whirling
into his corner from some smash of the
terrific American , and onch time came
grimly back with that determination
to win or die which distinguishes a fight
er of the pure blood , written in his
dauntless oyos.
"Tho Englishman got the worst of It
from the 'go , ' and many vroro disposed
to tnko the light into their own hands ,
The idea of nn American invading
England und quelling their strongest
plnyor at their own game was intolera
ble.
" 'Kill the bloomin' Yankee , ' 'murder
the bloody Hatnorican , ' came from all
sides of tlio ringbut the mon fought on as
silent as bulldogs , paying no hood. A
knot of English sports who had some
money on Sayors stood next to
mo. Tiio appouranfio of Hoonan , with
his skin pure and smooth as gloaming
satin , showing his perfect fix , caused
them n doubt or two. As Saycrs wont
down before ono of his fearful wolts. ono
of thorn drew a deep breath and Bo.ld :
u'E's a big'urn , Jom. '
" 'Ay ' , ' responded Join , In a tone of
gloom , " 'o's a big 'un and a bloody good
'un , too. '
"Ileonan would have used up Sayors
early , if ho'd had a vicious heart , but ho
lacked the 'murder' element in his make
up. Ho was a prince for hi { 4i-bred
courage , stamina , and a willingness to
bo hurt , but ho couldn't 'kill. ' That's
all that saved Sayors that day. Iloonnn
said to Cuslck as the fight was going on ,
'lie's the gamiest man I ever saw , Jack.
I can't whip him unless I kill him , and I
can't ' do that.1"
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