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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1893)
10 THE OMAHA DAILY 1JKI& SUNDAY , MAUdl 12 , ISOa-SlXTBEiV PAGES , ABOUT SHADOWING SHADOWS How Well Trained Detectives Do Their Strange Work , WORKING ON A BIG DIAMOND STEAL flnporlntriKlont llyrnrn on C'rlmo nml tlio Method * ninplojoil hy Scli-lit Iftc fillet Ciilcliom Tlio ln unit Out * of u Ii-trcUti' ' I.Iff. [ Copyright , 1803. ) The telephone l ell Jingles. The chief of the detective bureau takes up the car- trumpet , nnd , listening a moment , turns and writes something on a bit of ( taper , at the same time tapping a bell and summoning one of his aides. ' Harkaway , " he says and as ho speaks ho Is already thumbing the city directory for an address "Harkaway , some diamonds have been stolen at the big hotel up on Uroadway ; hurry up there with help ; learn all the details In the case ; then join your side-partner , Ualloy , at the Twenty-Third Street station of the Sixth Avenue Elevated railroad. Now skip 1 quick 1" Tills is the way a detective begins his day's work. It Is n case to attract wide spread interest. Hantaway is ono of the best men In New York. It will be Interest ing to follow him. him.A A lint Stiirtrr. Arriving at the hotel , the landlord is In waiting. To the detective the proprietor of the place says : "Mr. Harkaway , I have a case for you. It Involves the loss of , a $11,000 package of diamonds , left for security in our safe by ono of our guests. " "How long have the stones been lost ? " ' Two weeks. It is like this " The landlord then went on to say that a lady had deposited the gems for safe keep ing , and that they had mysteriously disap peared over night from the safe. Nobody was suspected. The clerk on watch at the time was one of the old and trusted em ployes of the house. "I must Interview the clerk , " said Harka- nwaj.ntonco. "Oh , certainly , certainly , " replied the pro prietor , tapping a bell. To the page who responded the landlord gave directions that Mr. Shepard should come at once to the private ofllce. Jack Shepard had been in the employ of the house for many years. Ho was one of the trusted agents of the llnu. Yearly thousands and thousands of dollars in cash nnd In property passed through his hands. Ills record was above reproach. Personally , Bhcpard was a man of line presence , grace ful in bearing , forceful in speech. Ho was a man of few words. His story of the robbery had all the elements of truth. Ho said , in response to Questions , that ho had put away tha package himself , given a receipt for it ; but that it wa stolen ovcinlght. That was nil ho know about the case. "I will shadow Jack Shepard. " These were the final words of the de tective. The proprietor expressed surprise , but wisely lefc the case to Harkaway. "Olipnitor .Vumlior Omi'n Itopurt. " From this time forth Harkaway was known at the hotel ns "Operator Number One. " Ho determined to find out at once in what style Shepard was living. Ho learned from the directory that the clerk had a flat in the upper part of the city. Ho resided hero with his handsome wife and child. Op- \crator \ Number One entered the cosy homo Several timesTlisgulscd as a dealer in small wares. Ho found everything pretty and un assuming. Mrs. Shepard were no excessive amount of Jewelry ; the clerk l clouged to ono humble club ; ho was a regular member of the church ; ho had , so far ns Operator Num- 'ber Ono could see , no expensive habits and no costly vicos. Operator Number Ono used to como into the hotel just about the hour ho know Shepard would bo relieved. Ho would "cover" his man that is. "shadow" him for hours there after , till the clerk was safe In his homo. Nothing unusual was developed for some days. During this time the detective was handing in daily reports to bis otllco of his doings. Ono read like this : "Took my man at hotel at 5 o'clock in the afternoon ; covered him right side Broadway to Fourteenth street , then west side to Tenth street , where ho went into saloon and played Billiards with dark man wearing whiskers ; then stayed there two hours ; then took him to East Tenth street , where went into res taurant $ sat down nlono and ate ; small sup per j then to Third Aveiiuo elevatedat Ninth street ; rode with him up to Ono Hundred , and Twenty-fifth street station ; went in " * , Ijouso No. aW : ; lady came to window and raised blinds ; then gave way to Operator Nunbor Two. Operator Number Two of course , stayed thcro all night , shadowing the man of the hotel next morning. " llrliiK "Dropped To. " After working on the case three weeks , and filing dally reports of progress with tlio detective bureau , something quite definite turned up one day. Opera tor Number Ono was sitting in the park near the hotel , thinking the matter over. Nothing had as yet como of all the investigations the bureau had made at the pawn shops. The diamonds had disappeared ns effectually as though the earth had opened and swallowed them up. OjKira'or Number Ono was convinced , in his own mind , that there was a woman In the case ; out the dlfllculty was to locate the prUo. That day his report said : "Took subject at usual hour and shadowed down Ilroadway to Fourteenth ; then down Fourteenth ; bowed to lady in black ; lifted his hat to two girls in blue and pink : ono girl tall and fair , the other short and dark ; then to saloon on Fourteenth near Sixth avenue , where ho ordered a cocktail nnd took a nip of the free lunch ; leaned over the bar and had a long chat with barkeoper. Then out and Sixth Avenue Klovatod to same house in Ono Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. Stayed insldo an hour , then out and took Third Avcnuo Elevated to Barclay street ; then on U o'clock ferry ofcNow York , Ontario & Western railroad , to Weehawkenj took him up lonely road : no ono else near us ; dlfUcult to follow without being dropped to ; Jlnnlly was dropped to ; had to quit at onco. " "What do you mean by being 'dropped to1 " suggested the landlord , as ho heard the story. "Dropi > ed to why , that means when the subject takes a tumble to a man , and realizes that ho is followed. In such Instances wo have to put another fellow on the case ; to morrow Operator Numccr Two will come for ward. Since the subject is onto mo\vo , ' will change men. " ' Ho thinks ho hns tricked you. " "They all think that. " That night the landlord tried to reason out why his faithful clerk would go to a place remote from his homealonoon a lonely road. Ho finally gave thu matter up in disgust. A Snc'iik In the -Night. Ono fine afternoon a man sauntered up to the desk and asked if Mr. Percy Ucrwick was stopping in that house. r Clerk ! : hepartl replied that ho had been there , but that ho was gone now. The man said that thu present address of Mr. Pcrcv Henwick would bo desired. The clerk said ho did not know what the afldress was , but would try to find out. For tlm pres ent no moro was said. About this time the landlord noticed that a good deal of mall came to the hotel for a cer tain Mr , Percy Kenwick , but that it had sud denly stopped ; there was no such name on the lodpers. To Clerk Shepard the proprie tor said : "Jack , who Is this man Henwick ? He scorns to get a lot of mall bore. " "Ho docs. Ho Is a friend of mine ; ho is a drummer ; but ho is out of Now York now. Ho asked mo to look after his mall while ho was gono. " That very night , after Shepard was gone. In came n boy with a letter addressed to Mr. Percy Hen wick. The night clerk signed for ' it , throw it aimlessly Into the common re ceiver , and wont on with his work. Half an hour later a gentleman called and asked for the liunwick letter. It was given him and ho at once departed. I Meantime Operator Number ' 1 wo was cov- cringShepard all around town. Hoslmdowed the clcr c in and out of saloons ; ho shadowed him to his hontoihohungiiround for hours , To bo u detective is to play awaiting gamo. Jt is worse than this. U is to expose your self to all the Inclemencies of wind and weather. To bo out all night watching a place Is a mere trifle. Sometimes the gumo - > vUlbecotuo hy and will not make u uu-vo for wcoka. It promt HO In thin caso. A week now pnssrd without n single Incident worthy of record Dally , however , the ro- iiortu of the nloii Operator NumberTwonnd his "side , " OiKimtor Number Thco wcro handed U ) the bureau. These told of shadow * liitf or of "covering1' the subject from the ho tel and back again. That night , very late Jack Khopard was n passenger on the forr ; . onat to Weohawkccn. Ho then took the stroi. ! car and rode a lorn ? ways to a lonely part of the outskirts It was nearly 11 o'clock. It was through a new country ; the street car line was ono of these Irregular suburban affairs. In the car was a iKior tailoring man , clad In blue Jeans , return- tnir with his dinner pall from his hard toll. Shepard loft the car after riding half an hour. Ho ent straight to n splendid villa not back in a small park beside thu broad highway. A knock on the frontdoor , and ho was admitted to the grand homo. A woman came to the door , nil glittering in silks and diamonds. These diamonds were the stolen property , , and this Woman was enjoying the ill-gotten wealth. / KoinutliliiK A limit Dctortlvrn. The day of disguises In the detective busi ness is gone by. All that ono roads of false whiskers , changes of costumes and all the rest , Is likely to be spun out of thu Imagina tion. " Your real detective is n very practical fel low. low.The The great Superintendent Hyrnes of Now York , before whose very name crooks In every land tremolo In their hiding , savs that thert ! is no romance about crime. Ho has t'ono ' all ho can , and that Is a great deal , to reduce thief-hunting to a scientific basis. If a man Is to bo "shadowed , " ho is simply shadowed , and that is all there Is to it. There Is none of the claptrap "disguising" of the Jlmo novelist and of the cheap circuit drama. Nor does your good detective need to bo spying around under thu very nose of his victim. Ho can remain a long way off. or ho can bo near at hand ; at any rate , ho never reveals his presence by grotesque ogling , passing and repasslng. us the cheap novelist would have you believe. Ho simply acts like any other sensible man would not a detective who might chance to bo told to "watch" a friend. Uetween the words "watch" and "shadow" there Is little difference , except that ono has a inorj mysterious sound than has the other. And your good detective docs not use the word "shadow" cither. Ho prefers the vaguer expression "took. " This is to prevent suspicion. There are hundreds of men In responsible positions in New York who are weekly subjected to close watch. All their out-goings and In comings are re ported to the head of the firm. If i fellow is going wroiig , ten to one the sort of life ho is leading will show it. Therefore all the largo corporations spend plenty of money in the "shadowing" business yearly. Thus the senior partners know at a glauco just where their young men have been thu night baforo , The information comes to them in the form of the reports , given as in the .Shepard caso. These reports are often very exact as to detail. Your good detective will photograph the doings of his subject with almost microscopic fidelity. Ho will include the drinks the chap took in public , thu people ho bowed to on the street , the ladles ho chatted with , whether they wcro stylishly dressed or the contrary , their personal charms ; also the very shop windows dews the subject lingered before on his way up or down town. For safety the detective callsi himself "Operator Number One" " or "Oper ator Number Two. " When the llrst detective is weary by long hours his "side" comes up nnd relieves him. Then the lirst man comes back again , and so on. If the subject leaves town on the train for IJoston or lltiflalo , the detective is fol lowing still , as silent as the grave , as con stant as the shadow to the sun , telegraphing to his partner to follow at once , keeping him informed by repeated telegrams Just where to meet him ; by and by the second man catches up again , and so it goes. All this is the work of the "shadowcr. " \Vomon Gltu the .Most Trouliln. Detectives have more trouble shadowing women than they have with men. The rea son for this Is obvious. A man can go any place his subject can enter ; but ho cannot follows woman wherever she may go. A woman , lor illustration , can go into a big bazaar , with ten or moro doors , and give the shadow the slip with the greatest of caso. A man could never do-this. Then , again , if a woman "drops" to the detective she can load him a long and fruitless journey , all over time , miles and miles , Just merely to "make sport" of him. This is a thoroughly feminine trick , so the best detectives say. CuuKlit In n Drag. Whbn Jack Shepard came down to work that next day he said to his brother clerk , whom ho was relieving : "Were thcro any letters for mo while I was gene ? " ' There were not. " Ten minutes later ho was summoned to the ofllco of the ( iroprictor. Two strange men were there. Ono of these men was Harkaway , the other the cleric had never seen boforo. The proprietor , In a cold voice , said : "Shopard , you will consider yourself under arrest I" The man started backward , and with a low cry of surprise. "What's that ? " ho gasped , looking from ono face to the other. "Shepard , " said the manager , in a quiet way , "did you over know a man named Percy Henwick ? " "Ho is my friend , the Chicago drummer. " "I thought so. "llemember " , this is a matter of llfo and death ; answer at your peril. Did you , or did you not , over know a man named Percy Henwick ? " "Never only as I say. " "You lie 1" ' What does this mean ? " said the clerk , flaruig up. "It means , " said Harkaway , coming for ward , "that you are hereuiwm formally ar rested for the diamond robbery three months ago. It means , too , that Percy Henwick and Jack Shepard are one and the same per sonage. Under tlio former name you have been getting mail at this hotel ; these letters were written to you by the woman to whom you gave the diamonds and for whom you must now spend twenty i oars in Sing Sing. Your time has como 1" With this the detective slipped the irons on the tlilnf's wrists And to this day. ru-i he sits in his lonely cell in Slug Sing , bo noes not know how it was that his lo\er's country villa , far down that lonely road , back in that splendid little private park , where he visited only under cover of midnight , was unearthed. Ho thinks about lc often and often in the silent watches of the night , llko many another convict thinks of the points in the great game wherjin ho failed and for which ho now gives up his life. But the poor old laboring man who sat in the street car with hia pall mlsrht throw some light on the matter if he chose. Ho was none other than "Operator Number Two , " doing a neat bit of detective work for his bureau. Thus was Jack Shepard shadowed to his doom. JOHN HITKBHT GUEUSUL. /.ir. Cliriftme Qrlfflu ( u Jtitlyc , . With downcast eyes and HIM devout rilm knunls to pray across the alslo ; Yet I. poor sinner. c.m ; hut look And nonderon hurclmrnm the whllo Thu sunlight ( alls upon her ficu. : Kli heeds It not , her inlndV Intent On Kravo responses , and she dreams Of tasting days wins cake.s and croalus , Mn > ' keeping Lent. llel lie ! 'Tivas nut a we.uk aw \\u diinci-d thu wholelon evenln through , And , by tlio Uods ! Terpsichore. Had mil fetich grace dlviuu as you. Hut while 1 dream of pleasures vain llur thuuithlH aru on ( lie. xurinoii hunt ; She duos nut know that 1 am lioi-o. 31y bulnt Is .sad und yet aiutcru .Slie'.i Keeping Lent. Oh. saintly O'ie. tmvu you forgot ThatKhiidony nook whom faint porfurao Of hothoiisu llowers came lUi-itliiK In And Kavu your cheek an added bloom ? Ilavu you forsot thu way I guvo Tlio loiigtn ; : of my heart frl-o voi And loin-lieu It , too ? Ah , me ! 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TO CHEAPEN OWING POWER OF DYNAMOS A Jiumnrknhto ntrrrnut ( it tlm Mlrntles hum to Ito Wrought In .M.iny Do- of llfi > by Menus of r.lptilrlclty. recent Isiuo of the Now York InJo- presents n remarkable paper by Mr. i'ark JTcnjamln on ttio future of electricity. He says : Any useful Invention or discovery Is the proauct of two factors , the limn who orlgl- nntcs It ti'ul the tlinqs In which ho lives. Uoth are essential tmd both must co-act. Thcro has boon no period In the world's Ills- tory wlicn every slun pointed moro markedly to the imminence of great and marvelous discoveries than the present. Initially , thcro has been no tlmo when moro men cautious , skillful , patient investigators have been at work under strictly Bclcntillo methods to tntiko nature reveal the secrets the cxlstenco of which can now , for the first time , bo dimly discerned. And in all the Holds of human endavor there is none in which the promise and potency of future achievement is greater than In the develop ment of that wonderful form of energy which wo know as "electricity. " In this field progress is advancing in two paths ; the ono leading to the production of the force cheaper than by known moans , timl the other toward uov devices and ways for applying it to the practical needs of man kind. Tlio llrst path is the least attractive , but It loads to by far the most momentous discoveries as affecting our o very-day life. The current which now supplies our lamps and motors is obtained by revolving a coil of wire in the Hold of u magnet. The steam engine does this just as it turns a cnfTeo mill , or a churn , or a lathe. Therefore , coal is burned under the boiler to produce steam , and steam drives the euglno , the engine turns the dynamo , the dynamo delivers its current on the wires which lead to the lamps. Hence the cfUolcncy of the whole system de pends mainly upon the cfllcieniiy of the engine - gino and boiler which furnish the power. Tlio best engine and boiler do not utilize moro than 10 per cent of the energy locked up In the fuolj and this is duo , not to faulty construction or bad management , but chlelly be cause of natural laws mainly dependent upon the temperature in which wo live. To improve - provo the dynamo or the lamps simply means greater economy in the utilization ot the ob tained 10 per cent. It does not affect the problem of how to pot moro than 10 per cent , and that is the great discoory of the future so great , that the man who llmls the way to convert , not 80 or HO , but oven -0 per cent of the stored energy in fuel into elec tricity will do moro for human civilization than all the inventors of all the marvelous applications of that force put together have done since electricity was discovered. Present indications point to the voltaic coll'as the probable means of attaining tills result. Not to a cell consuming zinc , of course ; for electricity thus produced is about twenty-live times dearer than that obtained from tlio steam engine and dynamo ; but to a cell directly consuming carbonnot by hot com bustion , but by cool , chemical combination with the boundless store of oxygen in the air. Carbon Is cheap , and air is cheaper ; and if they can bo made to combine at low temperature by moans no moro costly than the grate or furnace in which wo make them unite at high temperature , then we shall got very much moro than 10 par cent of the avail able energy. It is not necessary to seek any further reason for the end of the reign of steam. When people can got a machine which wastes even ? 8 , or ? ? , or $0 out of $10 , they will no longer use an apparatus which w.istes JO. Of course , wo nan cheapen electricity now by driving our present dynamos by wind power or by the natural fall of water when circumstances permit ; arid , in frict , wo have already set the Hercules of Niagara to spinning the electrical distaff ; but what wo most want to lei iv is how to consume car bon directly In the coll. . Not iityessarily hard carbon , but any form of that universal material. Wo are turning into the rivers Irom this great city , for example , millions of tons of sewage rich in hydrocarbons and or ganic substances. Theoretically that refuse , which is not only waste , but pernicious , can bo burned in ttio cell to make the electric current , nud tho. electric current therefrom can bo accumulated and used for any purpose. Who will find the way to do It ? All along the frontier of the science open innumerable paths with endless vistas fas cinating in their Invitations to the student and to the inventor. Even in the oldest of our electrical marvels ( the telegraph ) the possibili ties are still wonderful. A pen , guided in. Chicago , will now wrlto in Now York the autograph of the operator , so that a bank might safely pay the check to which it is ap pended. Wo are multiplying the number of dispatches which can bo sentsimultancously ; and wo are rapidly approaching the time when unlimited messages can bo transmitted at perceptibly the sumo instant in opposite directions over a single wire. Wo have con trived systems of communicating time which will possibly enable 1,000 clocks at once , dis tributed all along the continent , and perhaps from ono end of the world to the other , to work In synchronism and with a current less than Is required for ordinary telegraphing. Whether this will result In the establish ment of absolute time throughout the world and the llnal deposition of tha sun as a timepiece - piece remains to bo seen. Wo have found sub stances which arc so sensitive to light that they will modify an electric current in ac cordance with the Intensity of the light ray which strikes them and there is the germ of the picturo-tclcgraph. Ueforo the next century expires tha grandsons of the present generation will see one another across the Atlantic , and the great ceremonial events of the world , ns ttioy pass before the eye of the camera , will bo enacted at the sumo instant before all mankind. The use of the high- frecpjency electrical current , with possibly screens from outside Inductive inlluencos. Is believed by many to offer at last it solution to the ilifllculties which prevent telephoning over long submarine entiles. If this bo real ized , and with the transmission of images und possibly of colors over the wires like wise achieved , then tha nations of the earth will indeed stand face to faca und speech to speech. Meanwhile , not only will the clcctrlo motor supplant the Iron horse , but also the .patient stead of llesh nnd blood : und our descendants , whirling in their electric carriages , over per fectly built speed ways ntumilo a minutemay wonder at the slowness of that nncinnt gen eration which was content to crawl behind the leisurely trotter. Electricity will reduce our metals from the ores ana melt thorn at fur higher heats than wo now got in our fur naces. What chemical affinities it may un lock , what now substances it may bring to light , no one can Imagine. Wo shall have , tireless dwellings , for the electric current will cook the dinner and warm the houses. It will steer our vessels , it will propel thorn , and it may render possible not only commun ication between them , but communication from the land to any vessel , no matter where she is on the broad ocean , It will light the unmarked roads of the sea so that a ship may iind her way as c.-ydly from port to port us u carriage threads its path along the avenue of u city. Of the eloctrlo light , even ns wo now know it , the possibilities are by no means exhausted. Lust summer an tire light on the summit of Mount Washington flashed signals over moro than 100 miles , und this far from the most powerful form > Q/ the ap paratus ; for tha now French rojlector is twice us largo und has a luminosity of UJ7OOU- ( 000 candles. Such n light as this can project illuminated letters , for example , upon the clouds , which can bo road pver an Immense expanse of territory. It has already been suggested that the inhabitants of Murs are tryin ? to communicate with us by triangular signals of presumably electric light ; uiU It is estimated that n blazing signal sit miles In length on the earth's surface would bo clcurlv visible to the Martini people. If this bo the fact a row of powerful search llvrhts , extending along same plateau where the air Is clear , intermittently extinguished nnd lighted till at once nnd at detlnitu intervals ( chosen perhaps in some mathematical rolu- lion ono to thu other , which would of itself attract attention ) might establish the lonsr sought communication with our sister world , Meanwhile , us Dr. Gilbert tainted out UOO years ago , "tho cartli is u huge magnet.1 Jt has its Held of force or maguotiu atmosphere and lU tilcctrliXtnUmo phoro whuroln magnetic netic- and electric utonnn rage. On Its sur face are thoso-fctllfkl "eiul-potontial | planes" between which jLuaoarth current * flow ; and the lime Li nit > t .fivr distant when wo shall utilize those tuititr.il current * wnlch now merely act to disturb teliwuphli' cornnuinl. cation. Hut wiJru strange than all Is that which U now tdW told. Every p.irt of s > aeo U filled with a fluid called "other" l/ulnllely thin and Infinitely elastic. Iti It thriurtlcli < s of what wo know as "matter" nwi In constant motion , ceaselessly hanhfiilHng ono upon the other , and i keeping up an eternal bombardment In every direction. ' 'hero l' ° n ° forces known J to us equal to Uipnf with vthlch these lull- nitcly Hinall maiwus pauml and strike ; but their energy Is iCciii'tcd in all directions , the force of t''e p.JrlWbs moving In ono way neutralizing that of others moving in a differ ent way. and therefore our scnsesdo not per ceive tlio result of this tremendous work. If. however , wo cannot direct these particles to move In the r.amu direction ( not generating any now force , bi < It observed , nor evolving unknown powers , ICocly-motorfashlon , otitof nothing ) , but merely changing tlio direction of the force produced by the movement nf . these particles In other words , ' 'it wo can guide the other-storm" then , as him well been said , "wo shall hook our miichliiory to the machinery of nature , " and haiidio forces BO vast that the mind now < | uitls before the effort to conceivothem. Years ace a current of electricity directed Into a partially exhausted glass receiver caused the few gas molecules which were left In the vessel to move in streams in the same direction , to bombard surfaces of carbon or platinum and to produce beautiful effects of radiance. The electrical discharge of today , In the hands of Nikola Tcshi , has baen made to alternate ( swing to and fro ) at the rate of hundreds or thousands of vibration * per second , producing in the other not a storm , by a hurricane ; such blasts that partly exhausted tubes brought Into their path glowed without apparent cause. Ixmg wires stretcho'd across the room bla/.od , and from the terminals of the apparatus burst forth great white , ghostlike streams true Hamcs , yet without heat , and in which noth ing was burned. Standing in this electrical pandemonium the experimenter received charges which would bo certain death did not their own rapidity of change neutralize their effects too soon to let j them kill ; the electrical lamp connected to but ono wire , and with no return con ductor or circuit , flashed into brilliancy in his j naked hands. The mysterious flame within a partly exhausted bulb recognized his presence and moved from him as if to escape ; and not merely this , but disappeared at the clinching of his fist , or followed the motion of his linger. This is not claptrap "wizardlsm" of the stockjobbing order , but the result of a long and skillful questioning of nature which at last is beginning to reveal to us "Ariel and all his quality. " And what moro is it leading to ? What is this marvelous atmosphere of ouergy in which we are immersed , in which we live , ami which , if not allied tp life , at least con trols life ? How far is this already an un known medium of communication of that silent language of the lower created things ? How far may it bo made a medium of com munication between ourselves by merely producing electrical disturbances in it. which in turn may bo recognized at far-distant points , so that thus waves of regulated intelligence may be set flowing throughout the world ) If vibrations can bo transmitted to this ether from ono source , why not frtitn another ! And so , why may not the inolwular vibrations of the brain , "tho ihaiUlcning mechanism of thought , " set , throMgh the other , a second brain into corresponding vibration ? Does then thu ether convey thought , or can elec trical vibrations1fietho means of making it do so ? If light'vibrations can travel from star to star thioiiHhout ; the universe , will thought vibrations do the same ? Again , there li a preat deal to bo learned concerning the physical effects of these cur rents of enormcfas 'pressure which change with such incoukalyablo rapidity. At ono moment the Oodii ; is. exposed to a discharge that would producQ.lnstant death wore it not for the fact that the bolt is no sooner hurled than It is thrown' ' buck again. But suppose that the bolt is littt hurled back , and sup pose , furthermore , that it bo projected ay still higherjiittiiifcstatiojis Of energy than these which we have been able so far ; o dlrcct-J-thcn Mlint i Conceive the possi bility of creating mi Invisible Held in which every human structure entering would meet with destruction and every living thing , death. Conceive how utterly puny ld become man's present armament should hi learn thus to handle the invisible weapons of nature. But this is merely specula tlvc , and per- liaps , for many tastes , a little too much so. Tlio transmission of intelligence between [ oints not very far distant without wires ind by the aid of the high-frequency current Is much nearer the realms of possibility , and perhaps will bo realized before long. So also are now developments in electrical illumination. .Light is merely an ether vibration of a definite rate per second and electricity , likewise an ether vibration , is closely akin to light. When wo can elec trically produce other vibrations of the same frequency as light , then wo shall make light ; for when such vibrations strike our retinas wo shall see. Nor Is this all. The Hat of thu Almighty was "Let there bo light. " When we are able to sot the molecules of matter quiver ing and vibrating at the speed which thoj assumed in the beginning in answer to that command , when that pure , cold radiance blazes forth under our hands ( as some day it will do ) , then wo shall know that of His in finite wisdom wo have attained not quite as much as has the glowworm which wo tread upon. Klcctrlcul Kotos. Germany has 03,850 miles of telegraph. Half of Massachusetts' railways are elec tric. Electricity forces the growth of vegeta bles. bles.Tho The French government has approved a proposition to lay a cable between Now Cale donia and Australia. At Cherbourg , franco , an electrical canoe is in successful operation. It will run twelve hours at the rate of nearly eight knots an hour. Cairo , in the land of the Pnaraohs , is soon to bo illuminated by the electric light. The second electric cable made in Franco is now bolug laid between Marseilles and Tunis , a distance of about 700 miles. A Now England man has invented a rail way car brake , operated by electricity , which U claimed to bn as effective as the air brake. A complete sot of electric cooking appli ances is to bo placed on the new whalob.ick steamer Columbus , which will bo the first vessel to bo thus equipped. A chemical company has ordered a largo generator for use in the manufacture of bleaching powders , the anijinragu to bo equal to affording sulllcient heat to decompile common salt , from- which chlorine is ob tained. " ' ' I' An English Inventor has secured a patent for lighting traiiii vby electricity , In which the current la geivcra'cd' from 'tho axles of the cars , battorieJi'fijr storage being located in each coach. Successful oxpartml'nts ' have been made in Franco relative / ho introduction of tele phones for use in wjwaro. Iho telephonists are organized in &atj of two men , each set being provided wi > h I equipment for a mile line. " . Busy people have no time , and sonslblo pro pie have no InclluullQii to use pills that make thorn sick a day Am every dose they take. Thoyhavo leanmdiUiat the use of Do Witt's Little lOarly KIseiY'dpOi } ! not interfere with thoirhoalth by cj'uejJif ? nausea , p lin or grip- Ing. These llttloijiills uro perfect in action and results , reijn twins the stomach and bowels so that -headaches , dizziness iintl lassitude are pr'cVcnted. They cleanse the blood , clear the complexion and tone up the system. Lots of health in tlieso little fcl- | lows. ' M ay depend upon the way yo i treat 1 he warn. ines wnlcli nature Rives. A few bottles of S. S. S. taken at the proper time may insure good health for a year or tno. J'hereforeactatonce.iorit I ' IS IMPORTANT iliat nature I * assisted at the right time. ] nevr fails to relieve the system of impurities - | purities , and is an excellent tonic also. He Wants to Add His Name. K Permit me to add my name to your many other certificates in commendation of the Great curative Sper eVcSntainedI iniflUt' Spline ( H. H. S. ) It Is certainly ona of tha belt tonics I ver uieJ. ' -JOHN W. UANIKL , Andersonb.C.M Treatise oa blood and tkln dUeascs mai'-ed ree. 6WU-T SPIiCJl'-lO CO. . A'HataGa. t.trrr.K numm MJ LITTI.K oxns , An experienced mother said not long ngns 'Nurses make n grout mistake In not giving 'ho biibv ativthlng to drink. It * poor llltlo .hroat Is often us thirsty nnd p.uvlu-d as /ours , and when It crlei thN may In ) what It icods. Olive It n drink not too much , of course and you will ofttm find It will train- 'orm n cross baby Into n perfect. Bmlllng Ittlo nngcl. " A teacher wni explaining to n little girl low the trees dovslopeu their foliage In springtime. ' Ah , yes , " said the woo miss , "I under stand : they keep their summer clothes In tholr trunks. " "Unodness mp , Johnny I What nro you cry ing about nnxvf" " 'Catiso Tommy dreamed about cattn' plo ast night and I didn't. " * "Johnny , " said the young man's father , ' 'what ttniilo you shout 'amen' right in the nldst of the superintendent's speech f" "I thought maybe ho was trying to think of the word and couldn't. " * Little Hey What's tlio difference between High church and low rhuroh ? Little Girl Why , don't you know ? Oono says "Awmen" and the other says "Amen. " * Tompklns Tommy have you hoard that your little playmate , Charlie IJauks is dead ? Tommy Golly I is that so ! Ho won't git spanked for asklu' for a second piece o' angel "iko now , will ho ! A very funny incident happened the other ilay in the homo of u happy lamlly of three , rim guileless wife and mother know by in- Htinct and hints she had road in children's niagazinos that a baby with convulsions must bo put into n hot bath. The brown-eyed beauty of 4 mouths was taken with the dread ullmout a few days ago. The young mother w.ts terror-stricken , but had pres ence of mind enough to prepare a hot bath. Thcro was no waste of time or preliminary caution ; tlio bath was drawn and baby implied in. The dear little soul came out like a lobster cured , but howling in a healthy , vigorous ' manner. It was wrapped up , but cried' from 8 in the evening until break of day. When tlio doctor came ho said , gravely : "It's u wonder that the child is not ono big blister , madam , for you hud last night a boiled baby. " * "And now , chlldret ; ' said the superin tendent of the Sunday school , "if there are any topics upon which wo have not touched in reviewing the lesson or any points about which you have douots in jour own minds I shall bo glad to make thorn clear to you. " "Mr. Grlfscrips , " called out ono of the little boys , "what was Adam's other name ! " Young America Pa , pass the beans. Father What are j ou sayimr , son f Think now. "Pass the beans. " "Is that all you want to say , son ? " ' No , pass the vinegar , too. " Little Mabel Mtinitna , don't you think I can teach Fide to talk ! Mamma No , dear ; what made you think you could ! Little Mabel Well , when I gave" hi in his dinner ho growled just like you say papa docs when his meal doesn't plcabc him. In Vienna 15,000 young and old bachelors have formed a nonmarrylng club , h'ach member is bound by an oath that ho will never marry. If that club should come to the World's fair and sen our pretty Ameri can girls , there would be 1.1,000 oats smashed to smithereens in less than a week. The No. U Wheeler & Wilson with its ro tary movement , is the lightest running machine in the market , and is unequalled for speed , durability and quality of work. Sold by W. Lancaster & Co. , Ul I South Six- tehnt street. For clinical woik a Frenchman has devised - vised an exceedingly delicate and quick-read ing electric thermometer , capable of showing a variation in temperature of one-twentieth of a degree centigrade. Omaha and Chiougo Short Line of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul tty. , was opunud for freight and passen ger tralllc. It thcs3 ton short years the "Milwaukee" na it Ja affectionately termed , oy its p.Urons , has taken front rank ninonff.-st its older compet itors , and to-day stands unrivaled for speed , comfort and safety. Hero is a map showing ita short line between - twoon Omaha , Council Bluffs and Chi- cajro , over which run-J the finest Equip pcd Electric Lighted Stonm Iloated Vestibuled Trains with Mngniflcent Dinlnjr Car service onrouto , P. A. Nash Is the General Agent and the Omaha City Ticket Ofllco is at No. 1601 Far- nan ) St. , Short Lived Are thoao ignorant protondora who , without any qualifications , any ability , nny oxporionoa , any skill , claim to possess the power to euro all the ills of the human raco. But their want of worth coon becomes apparent to tha if would-bo dupes , and thoao coiiscionco- losaquack ? ara ooan consigno.1 to the oblivion they so richly merit. 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Capita ! $109,000 ; "liability of Stockholders ; $209,000 PPT Ml4 Interest pild : on SIX MONTHS ! 4' ? osr O3nt onTIIKUE OC.IN I MONTIlB'Ourtllloitcsof Uopoilt , 4 per 03Ht Intorojt OD tiutik ncfounts. Just in Our Importation of KnoliHlvo Style i In Spring Wooloni. Pnx'on Hotel Uttlldlnrj. TKKATMKNT for nil Clironic , Narvoui , Private and Special Diseases. " " > years experience , DISEAStS OF WOMK.V Trontail lit Jv ( a month und idl medicines furiiUhoil All Oilier Troubles Treated tit Kuasonablu Charges. Call on or address ORNOiV > 1T\1 ! \ DOUGLAS BLOCK , - OMAHA , NEB Geisler's Bird Store" llocclvprt now follow IHK warrnntpil tlr't-clnM alnco- * Imported Ooiinnu Cannrlot , } I.IW ) .icli. . Knxilsh red Ciimtrlos , $ l , * > ,0 > ) n piilr , Ijlr/.ard C'unarluj , * 1.1.01 a pair , nnithsh t'limnon C.innrlei , iK'On ' pilr Iln-l Hhlolifrn ( > M OOorU'li ! llac-k lio.uleil Nl I'okliii Nulitln illos , Cfl.OO t'ai'li. To.xas Itcdblrds , M 60 o.ich. GEISLER'S ' BIRD ST011E , 401 N lull ? trot. OumSiv. Wo : iri ! In iioiit'on toiil ooilur.o iiinoiiiit of ni'Miuv on city anil firm liropcrtlos. Huiici il iittunlinn illvon in to.IMS on bushiest propurtlus mi. J. PAUL , 1605 Farnani , Ctty unit Uoiinty iirrinits puruli-.Mril , OUR EMPLOYMENT DEFT whllo costing tlio employer and employes nothing , hia otrihlcd us to nlvancu the tutor- cstsof both.aud also our own , by sucurliu bettor ro-iuUs with ttio inichlnu. Wyckoff , Seaman % Benstlisl TELKl'llUNK 17,51 1712 I'AUS'AM 3C _ ftlcCREW THE SPECIALIST. Is rnburimaiod in the treatment of nil PP'VATE ' DISEASES an. . .HWeaknMlii'rn' ' , nnd Dliordert ot MC.1 18 yours nzpcrionco. Write for circulars and ( itiottlon list froo. 14Hi nnd Karnnm Kti. , Oinaun. Not ) Omaha's Newast HotoJ COR. I2TH AN9 HOWARJ 5H , < PIioom nt f ! .V > pordif. (01 ( corns Btfl.JJ par iltr- tOltPOini willi Uatli ultl.J ) pjf I if ill Kooim with linth lUU.n ) to J1.3lp > r n . OPE1NBL ) AUGUST 18 b ! Motlcrii In Kverv Koiprut. il Thrc > iis ; ! 3Ut C. S. ERB. Prop. The only hotul In the o ty with hot and oo4 ? \vntor , an 1 stu mi lit ) a In avirr rum Tublo nnd cllnins IOJMI service unsurimiad. KATES $2.50 TO $4.00. ' Special ratoion iipiillc.itlon D. SILLOWAY , Prop. 1)11. C. OKJI WO , Ihu f.imoiK ' < ; iiliu".u physl- elan of Out ilii. : h aft mur I , UU > hi iit'incuts from L r 11 to f n i pit : - t ton Is wlioli.ivn Li-mi euroJ lif him. Oniali i Mnrn1 ! ; i , J 'l ! Dr. | tire Uo ; [ li. , vo lien u Kruui Millcier slnei ) a HIIMI 11 \hld ! with I'hron- e d.iirrlioi'ii.veiik ju-l ; > . hundnelie , mil crippled with h o n mutism r mil tried mill ! " orinri nml spent jrx.it do I of oil' y , lint nu relief - lief Xliiiiiliovtiii montli. , i--o I mard uf Or C OLOo. . rum- inoni'ii I Inking Irontinont nml 0.111 choorfn \ rcocinimond hi n for ha hiuouroU ti.oiin I in.iiitt aiiow man of mo KUAMC Gooi > u.t.S O n-ih pies By purchasing goods made at the folio.vi isy Nebraska Factories. If you cannot find what you want , communicate with the manufacturers as to what dealers handle their goods. AWNINQS. I JFURNITURE- ' Omaha Teat-Awning Cn'as , ' Sliiverick &Co COM I'A NY. Klnei , Mnmmooi' . Oil Furniture. Carpoti and ami llubbor Clothing. l/'raperloi curl tor caUIoxuB , , , . , - 190) Knrnam it DREWjBI. Fred"Krog Brewing Omaha Brewing Assn COMPANY. I Our lioitliul Cabinet Cuaranteed to cqnul liner ilcllTere.l to unr out > Ula traudv Vloim * port uf thu cltr. luuT , r.iport tlottlot llnsr. Jarkmin > t. ' l > ollrcrej to familial. " " ( Omaha Milling"Ico. , IC13-I5-I ; N. ICth.t. I OOlco auUMIIL L. U. lllaek WkuaJJr. | lilt N.llttU il worn. Paxton & Yierling IndiistriallronWorks 1IIOX WOKKS. Manufacturing nn I repairing Wrouvh * * and Ca t Iron pairing or all kin U of liulUlliig wor k , tinnlnut. machinery. Til rt. lltti brail work , etc. at. 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