THE OMAHA. DAILY .BEE * SATURDAY , 1TJBD11UAUY 15 , 1806. IT THE' ' FIELD OF ELECTRICITY * ' i Invasion of the Domain of Steam in Suburban Roads. f DEMAND FOR ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES nl Iliinif * nnil Alironil Cur 'fiilljVVntiliril nirrtrlr Mftht- In IMInlinrttli Other rlopiiiL-nlH. . The Norwalk , Conn. , city council recently granted the Norwalk Tramway company per mission to extend Ita trolley line to West- port , a distance of about three miles. When that line U completed there will bo only a gap of about four miles between the Nor walk Tramway company's system and the system of the Bridgeport Traction company , now reaching to Southport , and with that gip eliminated the New Haven Steam com pany's main system will be paralleled by trolley road * for a dlaance ! of about twelve miles bntween .Bridgeport and Norwalk and South Norwalk. This Is an Important part of the New Haven company's line fpr local travel. Figures preocnted. by the latter cer- poratlon to the state legislature at the last session showed , for example , that between Bridgeport and Southport during six months the local paspenger traffic has Increased by 5,131 passengers , or about 25 per cent , ao compared with the year 1894 , when no electric co'mpctlpn existed. Between Bridge port and Palrflcldr-somewhat nearer Bridge port than Southport the traffic during throe test months of the amo porlod fell off on the Now Haven road CO per cent , owing to the opening of the trolley line. The only chanca probably of blocking the new lines Is an appeal by the steam company to the superior court , which , under the general Btrcot railway law of the state , can rule that a parallel line Is not demanded by pub- llo necessity or convenience. An examination of the whole trolley sys tem of Connecticut shows that the steam rallroadt of the state are now paralleled by trolleys for a distance of about 101 miles , and that about one-thlrd of all the trolley roads parallel steam roads moro or le.'s di rectly. The New Haven'Steam road Is par- ollelel about sixty miles ; the Now England road ( controlled by the New Haven corpora tion ) abaut twenty-eight miles , and the Philadelphia. Reading & New England about thirteen miles. Trolley * roads almost certain soon to bo built or actually in construc tion now will add about thirty-four miles , of which sixteen mile * will parallel the Now Haven road , six miles the New England and twelve miles the Now London North ern. On the basis pf last year's official fig ures of the results of competition on pa - songer traffic , the Indications arc , however , that the total loss of the steam companies by electric rivalry does not now exccecl $100.000 a year , as compared with the period before any trolleys had been built. In such a comparison It must bo remembered that a largo proportion of the trolley parallels represent merely the substitution of elec tricity for horse power on old , street rallroaUs paralleling steam lines. ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES. Further evidence of the steady Invasion of traction by electric the domain of steam power tric motors Is further shown by the demand for the latter. A representative of the Baldwin and'WcstlnBhouso companies , speak ing of the demand to a correspondent of the Globe-Democrat , said : "Tho Westlnghouso and Baldwin companies have become convinced that the demand for electric locomotives will grow rapidly In the near future. The steam locomotive which the Baldwin company has been making for Mlxty years Is not IP Le laid pn the shelf right away , but that company has come to believe , I think , that It will gradually , but surely , bo displaced by Its electric imcccMor , and has grasped the opportunity to take ad vantage of the coming change by joining forces with ono of the two great electric IfHH , motor companies which control the supply of ouch motors In the United States. The alliance Is an exhibition of the foresight of both compinlej with respect to coming changes of very great Importance , as well as an attempt to avPld the waste of energy by a division of labor and unnecessary dupli cation , for It would scarcely be practicable for the B-ildwIn company to set up and use an effective motor plant of Its own. Exist ing patents would stand in the way. "Tho allied companies propose to perfect and offer to the steam railroads electric locomotives which they will buy and use. The resources of both concerns , the eloc- trlo Inventions , devices and experts of the the expert locomotive and one ; the methods , running gear machinist of the other , are being taxed In the effort to produce a mo tor which the steam companies ran use to advantaso for any kind of service , but es pecially for the rapid and safe transportation of passenger trains running more frequently than fleam trains nt the presant time. "Tho demand first to be satisfied Is for electric Ipcpmotlvcs to draw passenger trains on the suburban roads of the trunk lines. Thfdemand already exlst-lii fact , all the custom steam companies have P1" " ' ' " ordcis. This has been caused by the compe- of the suburban trolley reads which are extensipns of railways In city struts I had a successful Only a few months ago bu-fness Interview with two of the great romnanlcs having terminals In Chicago , and hlUetP doing a largo and.Profitable bus - ness to tile suburbs on their . main llnoj. The Burlington company's suburban bus ness threatened by a Is In and out of Chicago new" CPrporatlpn. which has undertaken to View trolley roads from the city ton extend ' lines , and doTen tovsns on that company's this n paying business will bo fought for to Ul ° WEUS OF THE MAGNET. 'iTosla Is working on an Ideajn the shape know our company has and you motor , of a " the n"t call upon anything that comes from his fertile brain , that I believe will about locomotive win the success ullv equip a Sow or ilo"lrc.l. . This motor U entirely or g- nal and 'tiuly ma.velous. The. . secret lies 1 turning the Inert and seemingly lifeless force of inapnetUMn Into an active force moro powortul than steam or a current from " " ° take mi ordinary magnet or a piece Ibrougu which a magnetic current U nf Iron Mulmr and hold It clo o to little pieces ' It will attract them and f iron' and steel , liold them mptlonlws. This Is practically all that bo world has ever known of magne Ic force Now It seems to Toala that this In- ' tbo confine * of wltliln vUlbl'e force , pent up theTagneVmlKlH perhaps , b | * .voloped . or In sucn utilized transmitted , or changed , or I iunnor that U would bccomo active and quick vyliero It has always lain passive. . Upon this theory he worked for years , and Its twe- * ccHHful development In Jho Tc la motor 1 * only n question of small details. i "Tho ptlnclp'.es of the motor , concisely put. are thi'so : An electric current Is passed thrctiKli i * circular magnet , In appearance resembling a llfo preserver. It conplstc BluiPly of a ring of Iron with copper wlro bound around It. The elactrlc current gen- crates a strong magnetic current which flashes around and around the rlrcular magr net at a terrlllo pfcd. Now , If ono holds a nail clew to an ordinary electric maguot It will bo rasslyn In the hand until It Is brought cloe enough for the magnetic foj.c-- to Rflza It , when It will fly out of the hand Btralsht to , tbo mnsnct. But If ono holJs. n nail rloso to the circular mignet nf Tenls'i1 It will bgln to revolve In the hand ; that" U If the nail Is held by the head and the point ' allowed to hang over the hollo' * center of the magnet , the point will move nroiind In a clrcU' , ulowly at first , then faslt-r anil fiutrr , v until , 1C It IE > droppud upon tha table In the center of the ) iollo\v , It will spin aiound so ivpldly that tlin eye caunot follow Us wo- lion * . i , "Bovnral explanations rc given of the phenomenon , one tl.at there are several magI - I node currents In I lie Iron rlnr , and they re cliaclnfr one * another around In a tuilotif- , ; ac , but the mystery U at profound ay vvsr. "AnotM-r Interfiling expurlmmt U the balancing cl an Iron vyhccl or. a nail , or let tlio wlicql revolve upon Hie flngor , utlng the linger is tbo axle , and holding It clew to | b9 inftgnet , U will lly nround at rate tfezt will take one's brta.th n-.vay. H U uot QCCMtuy to touch tl'O magnet .U all. All 0119 neqO * to ito U to hold a piece of iron or steel In the hand ind bring It wltliln a fo.-t of jUe jpmgupti untl then lie will fel a queer , euvatlou , M of autno luvffil'lo Icrc trying to draw the pleca of , metal out of his hind , and , falling In this , trying to twist It around In a circle. "Such Is the principle of the coming Tet.1 * motor. In Its application as a motive pivre- on the railroad , the construction , of course , differs frpm that of the experimental mag net , but the Idea l the same , A TEST OF THE NEW FORCE. "In equipping tha new locometlvcs Ihe circular magnet Is attached to the bottom ef the engine , and the axle upon which the wheels revolve passes through the center of the magnet without touching It. Wnen the current Is turned on , the mai < neUc foico whirling around In the h liow of the mis- net catches the axle and turns It. The power for generating this magnetic current can bo Uansmlttcd by underground wires for almost any distance , and there Is prac tically no waste of pawor 6r energy. "Wo tcted two of our motora recently on the Nantasket Beach railroad , and while Iho experiments were successful , they ( lid not completely satisfy us In nil the working details. It's the little things In electricity , an In life , that cause trouble. "A two-motor car was first tested with a load of nine cars , with a combined weight of C02 tons. As this load was too heavy , the cars were dropped off , one at a time , until only flvo remained , which were drawn fairly well. Then the four-motor engine was ballasted with 5,000 pounds of Iron and at tached to seven loaded cars , weighing 243 tens. It drew the load easily , and there seemed to bo no great effort when the load was Increased to nine Cars and 303 tons. The two motor engines wcro then coupled tc- gether and attached to various loads up to thirty cars , weighing 934 tons. whlch > were successfully hauled. While making this test wmethlnK gave out on the four-motor en gine , and the less powerful engine handled the entire load , giving us another electric mystery to tolvo. "Our company Is also keeping a strict watch on the Hellman electric locomotive , now In operation over In France , on n trunk line loading out of Paris. It Is said to bo a great succcs ? , and Its admirers predict that It will supplant all competitors. Willie our locomotives are supplied with plectrlclty from overhead or underground , the Hellman electric locomotive carries a triple expan sion steam engine , -which generates the elec tricity required * Steam power produced in the ordinary way drives a dynamo carried on the tender. The motors are placed on the trucks. This arrangement Is said to glvo a saving of 20 per cent In fuel over thoelmplo steam locomotive. At first slgnt such a result feems Incredible , and no ono was more surprised at the claims set forth than your humble servant. "It might be conceded that a locomotive generating Its own "electricity by the nso of Ptcam would bo moro economical than our electric locomotive , since It dispenses with costly overhead copper wire conduc tors and Is exempt from the waste of cur rent Incident , to the use of long wires , butte to suggest that It Is moro economical In fuel than the ordinary steam locomotive sounds Itko a Joke. "The explanation Is that Hellman ge'.B more ppwor out of a given weight of coal by using a triple-expansion engine. Ordinary locomo tives are extremely wasteful of steam. By using the same steam thrice Instead of once enough power is saved. It Is claimed , to make up for what Is lost In convert ng or dinary power Into electricity. If this be practicable , the Hellman locomotive has for most purposes decided advantages over other electric locomotlycs , since It can i ; used on prdlnary tracks wltliput special prepirat en. Trolley wires and poles are dispensed witn , * 'UiMs suggested , however , by the Hellman Inver.tlen that , .If It bo a practical thing , a further development of the steam locomotive Is possible , which would give it a new lease of life and make , electric constructors hump themselves to keep up with the procession. For use In long 'tunnels ' , however , our loco motive remains the bast , since It produces no smoke , as the Hellman engine does. ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN EDINBURGH. Prof A. B. W. Kennedy , electrical ad viser to the Edinburgh Town Council , has recently had occasion to make an exceedingly pleasant report with regard to the progress of the electric lighting station in that city , says the Electric World. Ho advised the town council to lay down a plant to supply 40000 eight candle-power lamps connected , and led them"to expect that this figure would bo reached within two or three years , and that the works' costs ( Including all offlcu ex penses ) would , when the output reached 300,000 unlt > per annum , be about 3 pence per unit sold. Prof. iKennedy new finds that after only sevbn and a half months' working the lamp connection has reached an equiv alent of 45,000 eight candle-power lamps , and that the works' , costs ( although the output In the thlrty-four-weeks has only been 285,000 , and the greater part of this thirty-four weeks has been summer time ) , averaged 1,60 ponce per unit sold. iWHh this data to go on , he now. prophesies that by April next , which will 'bo ' the end.of the first year of operation of this station , 800,000 units will have been sold , and that the average for works' costs will be about 1V4 pence. The total Income earned will then be 16,000 , and the town council will possess a balance of between f2,000iand 3,000 , after paying every thing , Including Interest and sinking fund. It In needless to say that one outcome of this favorable result will be the imme diate extension , of the plant. Prof. Kennedy also suggests that the voltage between the outer and middle wire pf the three-wire system should be raised at an early date to 200 or 250 volts. With regard to the consumers' lamps , he sug gests that the town council should Issue a notice tp the effect that on and after May , 18DC , the standard voltage will be 220 in respect to consumers connected after that date , and that on and after August , 1897 , the now voltage will bo standard for the whole system , and finally that at any time between these dates , the town council will bo ready IP supply any existing custpmer with new 220-volt lamps at Cd each ; the old lamps becoming the property of the coun cil. The effect of this last clause , Prof. Kennedy thinks , will be that each customer ' will run his existing set'of lamps as long as possible and tlfen buy a new set cheaply from the town council , He estimates that the loss will be about 8d per lamp , and as the present lamp connection Is equivalent to about 40,000 8-cp lamps , and means prob ably about 20,000 actual lamps , the cost of tha total operation will bo under 700 , and the carrying capacity means ( for the same percentage drop ) will have been quadrupled ; an operation which would have cost about CO,000 had It not been necessary to quad ruple the capacity by laying extra copper. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS IN ENGLAND. The slow progress of electric traction In Great Britain Is a matter not easily com prehended In the United States. A recent KngllpU writer states that tha lotal mile age of electric roads In that country does not much exceed fcrty ; and that , while U was expected that the opening of the City & South' London and the Liverpool elevated railways would have a powerful Influence In favor of electricity , It IB doubtful It twelve miles of electric road have been opened In the three years these lines have been working. This seems to tuvo been chiefly due to the widespread opposition ten overhead wires. As Eng lish streets are not remarkable for beauty , the objection to the wires can hardly been on esthetic grounds , but It probably results from a vague fear that the safety of the public might bo endangered a fear much Increased by the garbled reports of accidents In America. Accumulators' , steam and pe troleum , have been tiled on certain tram ways with no very encouraging results. A change of sentiment' now appears to be In progress , AS several new electric llns are nearly completed , and the opening of HIP I nun line at Bristol a few wreks ago may bo taken oa the beginning pf electric traction la EngUnd. The side trolley , orlg. Inatcd on the South BtuffonUhlie line and alto u cd at Urlstol , Is raid to have mel with very favorable reception , as It makes cross wires unnccrimry , IMPROVKP nLECTW' ; OAKDU : IIOUICK. A Jic-v elmjlrfc csiirtlo lioUer hat ) bron Jsiltu' : ) willed It * likely to popuUrlro n alylo of clerrlc | lighting tint has n'waye been attractive fur .drawing roorr , s-ilon and gr.llery Illumination , the Imitation of a caudle fl-imq In cloujej or tinted glaks. Tills method of lighting hqi hitherto been xome- vhat ni-KK'otfil , ty reason at the dlfilcultlek oxpoilencoil In * d ; < p\ng \ | candles nt varying lengths. The uuu ; titling U arrjnxcvl to holJ candle- tubes of. , ayy Ipugth within a range of from , about llirw kill three-fourths to lx anI one-half Uiches. . ! ! ; rtalk being tdo- acopic , and tilted will ) all tl.u needful aO- juitlng device * . . Ono Minute Cough Cure louci'cs tl.b right ipot. It also louche * U at the right tlrju If i you take It then you have n cougn cr cold. I Sea th point ; TUoo don't cougli. 3 IN THE GHETTO OF CHICAGO Section Thronged wi h Russian and Polish Jews , THEIR FANATICISM AND THEIR SUFFERINGS firont Ilnrilnlilim niul Much 1'nvcrtr Kmlitrrd t'ncoiiiiilnlnliiKlr Ccrc- iii n u I n I Olixrriiincf * of the Jcirlnh .Siililinth , , . The Chicago Jewish Training school Is situated In the midst of a peculiar people , says the Chicago Tribune. A people pos sessed of a fanaticism so high , so fine , DO self abnegating that It enables them to en dure exile , poverty , and every deprivation .without a murmur. To tbo casual observer that locality bounded on the north by De Koven street , on the south by Fourteenth , on the west by Johnson street , and on the cast by Canal , Is simply a place Inhabited by poor Russian and Polish Jews , so crowded and packed together that many thousands of them llvp Ithln' tnta limited area. Passing up1nml'ilown the vary dirty streets In this vicinity one sees at every step men , cither seated or moving , vending all sorts of cheap things , and whole families boiling over , as It were , from the pota of the thronging tenement houses unto the side walk from which they open. They arc not buoyant , hearty , romping children , and well- fed , contented mothers that one find9 biding on the sidewalk , for many hours of the day , when the westher Is mild. In every part of this Olictto , but elfin children and acnemlc mothers , for they are a delicate , although a prolific , pcrslstont race. Indeed , how , could they bo otherwise than dellcatq , since they are slowly starving , not only 'for want of proper food , but for everything In life , for all they have Is hope , which , with them , Ir surely a thing deferred , but nourished by the religion for which they suffer. How It Is that they are a persistent people Is a problem which would ecem to have no logical solu tion. Perhaps It Is a matter of Inheritance : and from the old patriarchs from whom they are descended , they have tha peculiar , endur ing vitality which has enabled the people of their faith , through many centuries , to endure the untoward conditions which have annihi lated races not so endowed. Whatever the cause , certain H Is that here they are living , constantly companioned by poverty and sickness , and yet living and also multiplying , and through all holding firmly not only to the spirit , but to the letter of the Jewish religion as It was taught and prac ticed In the time of Abraham and Jacob. Strange as It may seem , In this Ohotto there are moro than 10,000 people -who have been for yeirs , and still are , suffering martyrdom for their religious faith. Prosperity wae tholra In their native lands if only they would renounce Judaism and accept the teaching of another faith , but with one ac cord they turned them from material pros perity , with all Its allurements , and accepted exile and the thrall of the Grimmest port of want for conscience sake. Although they find religious liberty here , theoo Jews of the old regime find little else for which they havn reason to be thankful. Of handicraft they know absolutely nothing , although with very few exceptions they are well , oven highly , educated. Many of them are fine accountants , and are quite familiar with the technicalities of business , and many of them could command a fair salary If they would work on our Saturday , their Sabbath. This they will not do. They will sacrifice themselves , their families , their future , but their religion never. This being true , there Is not much they can do but peddle. Thus It happens that the spectacle is seen of a man of fine acquirements , often the possessor of exhaustive , abstruse knowledge , going about every day In the week , save Saturday , with a pack on his back. In this settlement of venders who can.read and speak in many tongues , and arc so familiar with the Talmud that they can glvo whole pages of It without the addition or omission oJ a' word , tbo man who has a horse and wagon , however poor , Is an exception , and Is regarded as opulent. FRIDAY MIGHT CEREMONIES. It Is when the sun goes down on Friday night that a strange and dignifying trans formation , both.within and without , but es pecially within , takes place throughout the length and breadth of'this peculiar settle ment. Without the shutters are drawn , and every sign of occupation Is banished. Be fore the setting of the sun every peddler has returned ; every sidewalk vendor withdrawn his wares ; every child Is gone , and the streets , DO overthronged every other tlmo In the week , are deojrted and still. Just after sunset the sixth day In the week one may walk blocks In this section without being able to purchase anything , not oven food. Within the poor houses of these poor people , and here three rooms are n luxury , which Is by no means common , whatever the size of the family , the change Is greater than without. If there Is but one room , though It be dull and grimy and lighted by a single- window opening on to a court. It Is made as attractive as cleanliness and such little trifles as are kept stored for this ono night of the week can make It. A whlto cloth , often only a coarse bit of cotton , costing but a few' cents , but Im maculately clean , Is spread upon the table and a light set upon it. The * children are made as tidy as circumstances will per mit , and all evidence of poverty Is , as far as possible , banished. The best meal of the week , however poor It may be , has been prepared , and although the miserable home may have been without the cheer of warmth for the whole week , Is made comfortable by a freshly trimmed fire lighted before the going down of the sun ushers In the Jewish Sabbath , for after that no Jew here may light a fire until It ROW down again. Thus a house where squalid poverty very often reigns the rest of the week , on Fri day night Is made to assume an air cf comparative comfort. Leaving the children , excepting such boys as are over 13 years of ago , gathered about the whlto covered table , on which have been placed the Talmud and such other books as the family possesses , the father and mother and grandparents , If ( hero are any , proceed to the temple , for they know their place of worship , as have their fore fathers through all the centuries , as the "temple. " When the polemn service of the Mosaic dispensation | s finished , and they return to the abiding place they call licme , as they enter the door thecutldnm all rlso and stand with bowed , heads , while the eld011 man of the household/ patri arch , the father usually. If , there Is no grandfather , stretches forth bis hands and pronounces the blessing with which Jacob blessed his grandchildren when on his death bed : "God bless > ou like Ephralih * and Manaueh. " Then the mother or grand mother pronounces the blessing : "God bless you like Rebecca , Rachel and Leah. " Despite pinching poverty and Its endless attending train of evils , , wlilcli Include all that externally bemeans and Ijellttler , there la about these people , in tkJr wretched houses , the night that tbo Jewish Sabbath Is ushered In , an Innate distinction and dignity which reminds ono of Emcrgou's assertion that a sanctified soul U always elegant. The solicitous , anxious Insistence of the street vendor falls away .from the fattier of the family , and. he becomes the patriarch , teach ing his family the fine poetlp truths voiced by the prophets pf old. And the mother , also just returned from the temple , Is at tblz time raised above lief mean surround ing * t > y a certain spiritual exaltation which U not of the ephemeral , emotional sort , but which liuplres her to bear without complaint her hard lot , and yet honor the law by greet ing cadi Sabbath wth | a clean house In as near holiday attire as gboUable to command. In some of these poor houses the strenuous effort to honor the cacred day Is , Indeed , touching. When the evening meal Is pvt-r the children gather about their parents end the father reUs to them , first of all , from the Talmud , and It Is upon euch literature as the * follow * Ing that the children here , wlio are , Indeed , a mgbty ! company tlio average Is ten In a family who have little to eat and less to near , are ir.urlelied : The olive then its oil will yield , When In the olive prcut : Bo from his Hltm Is Israel healed Through suffering and distress. Uod extends Ills imnd-of mercy' ' , iom beneath the angeU * wings , To receive , unseen by justice , Whomsae'er repentance brings. O let respect be dally shown To lilai that's old and , fptble' grown , Whose store of learning , nobly won , Now haplessly from him hns gone ! The sacred table ? , hewn of Ktone , Within tho-ntk lay not alone , Kor * lde by Hide with them we flm The broken tablets lay enshrined. Hod mnkffs thoio high who humbly go The self-exalted God brings low. It Is the custom for all the children of a ho'iichold to be at home , whether they live at homo or not , on Friday evening , and 1 Is an unwritten law among this people , whoso Jive's are In so many respects llko a strong strange current from remote antiquity , tha all differences , whether between parents ant children , or brothers and sisters , snail bo con sdcred ! as If they never had been , when the blessing of Jacob his been pronounced. This undoubtedly accounts , In part at least , for the strong and layil regard which Invariably exists between the different members of fam ilies among this1' people , and the unvarying considerate affection and respect with which children regard "theirparents. . It Is alsD a rule : fP6m which there peems to bo no deviation0 aMBng these strenuous re- llgtonlstEt , that WliiU'ever ' betide , the parents Instruct their cnlMrcn moil carefully In the tenets of thcW rbllglpn. At ono time , at the social settlement hcuse In this vicinity , classes were formcti' ' by some young ladles gogues , for the purposa of teaching the children hero In , regard to religious nutters. To the astonishment1 of tbesw refined , highly edcuatcd philanthropic young women they discovered that . . these poor , undernourished - nourished , raggdjl children knew more aboul the old testsmeru scriptures than they , and wcro constantly propounding questions which they were qultcnunable to answer. Parents are supposed | to be responsible for their children .Until they are 13 years of age , and It Is then expected that they have been so Instructed that they can answer for themselves Th& boys at this ago arc given a "tephllllm/ " which Is a small leath ern case containing four verses from the Pentateuch , which Is bound on the head. In accordance with the scriptural command , while the wearer , with his face turned to the cast , oiys his morning prayer. The girls are not so provided , neither are they , or the women , permitted to occupy the same part of the temple as the men , but have a place provided apart as In olden times. This separation of the sexes'is also carefully observed in the home. It matters not how small the room , how poor the occupants , same sort of a division Is managed , and the boys are separate from the girls of a family when they sleep. TRAITS OF THE PEOPLE. In studying the lives of this unique people plo In our midst , and yet no moro of us than are the people of the South Sea Islands , ono finds'some peculiar phases of human character and extraordinary facts In regard to how people are able to live. For In stance , ono day a teacher , who has among her pupils two little girls , the children of a Russian Jew , observed they did net gp home at noon. She Inquired the reason , and after some hesitation was told that they did not have any lunch for that day nor any fire. She investigated the matter and found that the father was an Invalid and was In the country , where he was barely able to earn his board , and that the family of three the mother and two children were and had been for a long time living on 12 cents a day , which the mother earned by finishIng - Ing clippers. When the work was not forth coming , as sometimes happened , even this small sum could not be expended , and then there was no lunch or fire. Yet this woman would not accept charity , declaring firmly that she was not a pauper. When later the eldest of the girls stated that she must leave the training school for two or three weeks until she could earn enough money for a jacket and was offered one that she might not leave the school and so lose her place In her classes her mother refused to let her accept the gar ment , saying she would rather the should lost her place in the school than take the first step In dependence , for the first step taken the second would bo easy. This sort of moral fiber is quite consistent with the persistent tenacity 'n the matter of religious faith which brought these people exiles to our shores and 'keeps them steadfast In holding their Sabljath sacred , and while It cannot be gald to be general It is quite com mon among them , . Although ! the faith of their fathers Is carefully and consistently instilled In the minds of , their children , and. for the most part , successfully , hi * thesa most prthodox of Jews , still the 'children11 do'not escape the trend of tlio UmWfnj6r"f411 W 'ese that they must in part ' lelil to the customs of the country In whtcli tfiey live. At the training school they arc iKstracted In practical handi craft , which maK'esJthem capable of breadwinning - winning In any bne fof several different lines. When they havecdmpleted the course there they realize that1 there Is open to them In dependence , comfort , respectability on the one hand and poverty , dependence , depriva tion , and keeping thb Jewish Sabbath on the' other. They make'their ' choice , and n large Dumber of therri * tr're now supporting their families , for they are faithful to their faith In all but1 the Sabbath observance , and es pecially are they'loydl to that part of It which commands flllal"rdeotlon. The young men and women who"arfe taking this stand In dicate the changd .which , when the present genertton shall have passed away , will take place In this Ghetto. ? In the meantime It Is a strange anomaly that these people who like Paul , the chlelest of the apostles , are Pharisees , and , In a way , believe In a future life , still , when questioned , will affirm that an after life is something of which they cannot know , but ifor which they hope. It Is this hope that leads them on that they may cherish It ivvlth as much certainty as possible they forego everything which would enrich the present. You can't makp a new frm with Salvation Oil , but you can cure the : brulso with It. 25c. INDIVIDUAL POINTS OK VIEW. IIMV I'lTNidinl Intcri-Ntx Color Kxi > re - HloiiM of Opinion. A man absorbed In his own trade or pro fession often views all other subjects through a medium colored by It , Bays Youth's Com panion. A shrewd young New Yorker was In North Carolina when Fort Sumter was flred upon. His father excitedly telegraphed to him , "Civil war has begun. " "Then , " calmly said the youth , "turpentine will go up , " He spent all of his money In the purchase of turpentine , sent whit he bought north , kept It for two- years , and laid the foundation of a successful business cirojr , Beau Brummell Is said to have met the duke of Wellington just after that hero re turned victorious from Spain , the Idol of the English people , Brummell regarded him coolly and remarked , "There Is something lacking In a man. who can wear a coat llko that. " # An enthusiastic horticulturist , when ho heard of the massacre of the Engl'sh mis sionaries In China , wrote In his farm journal : "While we deplore bloodshed , It must be con fessed that the English and American mis sionaries are a selfleh lot , lacking In patriot ism. They never have sent a seed of the famous melons of Asia back to their own country. " A canny publisher In New York when the abor strikes pf two years ago began raid : "Hard times and trouble of all kinds are upon us. The public will want books to make them laugh. " Ho acted upon the Idea , and his books of gay romance and fun had a ready sale In spite of the scarcity of money , Perhaps no subject U tinged in our mind * so strongly with our own personal ( idiosyn- craclen as that of a future life. "Do I be- leve In Immortality ? " aald the great German JhyBlclan Knope. "Do you think I kliall not be here because a valve In my heart will not open ? " A faithful negro nurse traveling In Italy with her mUtresa' ' objected to tlp ( robes of the angels In a tamous picture by Corregglo. which time had lyeljpwed. "De saints , " she said , "Is de last fblklo put bad laundry work out ob dere han < UIn ; which she stumbled on a great truth. ' though in homely gulre. A great ccmeijjuH'wlioso } ! character has en deared him to many. iho care nothing for hli art. was once talking of the mystery of leath. . "The Great Mpnager Is right , " ho said reverently. "Whp would give any heed to he play If pe coud | ijee behlna the curtain ? " Not a few whp reail what Mr. Robert Howls. of Hollands , Va.ka's to wy below , will remember - member thejr own experience under 1 ke cir cumstances ; "Last owlntcr I had la grippe which left mo in a lw Plate of health. I tried numerous remedies , noneof which did ne any coed , uuJI } I was Induced to try a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The first bottle of ( o , far relieved me that I wai enabled to a , efld to my work , and the second bpttle effected a cur " For wlo at 25 and V ) c aU per bottle by druggletj. THE ARMY RIFLE A TERliii Phenomenal Dostrnctivo Powers Shown by Recent Tosts. THE FLIGHT OF ITS PROJECTILES Hour CrtinliltiK mill nxttloilvr I'liroc ' or < lit > Iliillftn-Ktrry Soldier Illn Ov\n .SnrK < M > n AII Aliiriu- t IMir Problem. A vcrr short time ago , when most of the nations of the earth were going about with chips on their shoulders , Imploring some one to knock them off , the medical men of the various countries began wondering whit would be the effect on the soldiers of the poralblc enemy should the arms now adopted by the various countries bo used In actual warfare. Those medical gentlemen , s.iys the New York Herald , made their reports to their governments , and , needless to say , the Ond- Ings of the scientists after their experiments Mere not made public. Tliero wore some thing ? . It was found , that In order to retain oven an ordinary degree of patriotism It was well to conceal from the possible sol di o'r. o'r.pno of ttio government ? which nmdo those Interesting Investigations sent Its report to the surgeon general of the United Slates , with the warning that It was not Intended for the public. On the contrary , It was printed for the benefit of the surgeons of the army , and should be kept from the rank and flic , as the result of the promulgation of the facts mentioned lit the report might Inter- fcra seriously with the personnel of the array. SOME EXPERIMENTS WITH THE DUN. It IB rather singular that at Juyt about the same time , If not a little before this official Inquiry was made , Dr. John H , Qlrdner of Now York City began Rnme experiments on his onn account with the new rlflo adopted by the , Unlt d States army and now In the possession of the regular troops , with the gun factories bard at work turning out sufficient to supply an army of war strength. Dr. Qlrdner made his experiments and drew a number of deductions , which have been published In a noddy newspaper , but ; ! < ese rcmarks'of the experimenter merely sklmmpil the surface , and the complete results of tl.c surgeon's experiments will not bo known until he makes them public In a scientific periodical of repute. From the experiments made by experts not alone In firearms and dynamics , but by sur geons of renown , the weapon adopted by the United States army , the Krag-Jorgenssn rifle. Is pno of the most brutally effective weapons which has ever been Invented. It was re garded as humane , Inasmuch as the wounds It made would be clean and the passage of the projectile BO rapid that there would bo almost no splintering of the bone or tearing of tissues. Instead of this , except within a certain very limited , range , the effect of the bullet la explosive , and It not alone tears and mutilates In a terrible fashion , but It itsViPi the hone into a nuln and Increases the percentage of fatalities to a very ma terial extent. When the military arms having small cali ber and using a bullet of a diameter much less than the old rifles were adopted by the European armies , the representation made was that the change was In the Interest of humanity and that the small caliber bullet could not make so severe a wound as the heavy projectile of the old weapon. The ex periments were made at certain well doflned distances at which armies would be likely to do battle. But the effect of the missiles at other distances , especially up to 400 yards- and beyond. 1,500 yards , was not determined. Itwas presumed that If the wounds were clean and free from excessive laceration at the distances experimented with , they must bear , necessarily , the same general appear ances at other distances. IT AVAS HOPED TO DISABLE , NOT KILL. With this general result the examining boards were content and the public gener ally was Informed and thoroughly convinced that even though the now arms adopted were much more precise In action and had an enormously Increased carrying and pene trative ipower , they were adopted because the' chief object ofwarfare was not to kill an enemy but to disable him , and that the wounds Inflicted by the new -weapons would be of a character which could be treated successfully and that recovery from them would bo rap'd. ' The same condition of things which In duced the acceptance of the guns In Europe existed hero. This government had Us hu mane Inclinations played upon and the ex perimenters were shown how straight was the trajectory and how clean was the track of the projectile , until there seemed to be a decided demand for the gun because the person hit with Its missile might bo knocked over and made helpless for a time , but that lie could be fixed up with great promptitude and dispatch after the battlo. Dr Olrdner , In his article , describes the flight of the bullet as In three divisions. The first Is from the muzzle of the gun to the end of 400 yards , the second Is from 400 yards to 1 r.OO yards and the third is from 1.500 yards to the limit of flight two miles. The first of these may bo described as the destructive dlvlflon of the flight. Anything struck within this range Is splintered and torn as though by on pxploslon. The mark of the missile In an oak board Is Irregular , and the uffect of the projectile striking anything having the same resisting power as flesh Is explosive , the bullet tearing the mark to pieces. ENOnilOUS VELOCITY OF THE BULLET. It should bo remembered In considering the power of the flight of the bullet from this now -gun that the muzzle velocity Is 2.000 feet a second , and that Its course Is aimcst resistless. It Is not llko the Mlnlo boll of the civil war merely lead , which Is Itself flattened and torn In Its course but It Is conical , and the lead core Is first cov ered with steel and then plated with German silver. It was sent through sixty Inches of plno board without dlstuiblng the jacket of the bullet In the slightest. This was cal culated to have the effect In gunshot wounds of doing away with the never ? laceration Inevitable from the course of a missile die- charged from jono of the ola army rifles , when , the bullet spread at the point of Im pact. At the distance described , between 400 and l.GOO yards , the advantage Is very marked , and Is likely to make this limit known aa the humane limit. Her ? the wounds Inflicted by the rlflo are remarkably clean and the punctures of the bono appear as though they had been carefully drilled. The appearance < ff the floah wounds ID equally clean and without laceration , and If there was a certainty that every person shot and ript killed outright would be within : ho humane limits and would recover from ils Injuries the gun would seem to make warfare a sport rather than a hardship. Ah experiment was made In Germany with the prmy rifle with which our army Is equipped , and seven dead bodies weio placed n Indian flic to receive the bullets. The rifle wag d It charged at a distance of C50 yards and the missile passed through all of the subjects and was never found. This was at 550 yards. Had the bullet been discharged at ' 350 yards there would have been plenty o addi . Tlio conditions then may b lm. aglncd when an experiment recently made with a human skull Is rcUtoJ , SMASHED A SKULL TO PIECES. The experimenter secured a skull and filled ho Interior with potato , which has about ho tame consistency as tli ? brain m tit tor. One of the now United States army rifle * V38 discharged at the tkull at a distance of 00 yards and the skull was literally tmiasliuil by the force of tli ? Impact. TU contend vcre. strewn for half a dorcn jards about lad this been tried \\lthln the htimano Imlt the bullet would bavu patml through liu skull , leaving a tiny hole behind it. The aamo experimenter had occjslon to hoot a rabid dog while using lUe , trny rifle , and tliought that the use uf the weapon vould bo about as humane- mpt'iort of kill. HE the brute a could be devised. What w.is its astonUhmrnt when tlio bullet struck the unfortunate animal to see It practically burst ho fore part pf tlio tnii.k open , ijuito as hough tha anlmul had bsen Mllcd with an xploslve bullet. Till * woiilj > > o undoubtedly ho recullof a uouuJ In a human budy , lit cioo , Uio rAflge nan ultliln the limit which may bo doecr'bcd at bruUl , Tlio pliysIciaDB who bavo followed the ex periments jay tliat the cftixt uf tl-o bullet 'trlklng a thigh or au arm br/r.o would lm , unle * the perron was wlttilu tlio urea pf 401 0 1,500yards , ( a reduce the bono ultmittt to .u pulp. Setting or raving I lib llnili would > Q Impossible. The amputation would luv o be prompt and complete * . IK'itli wpuld > robaby ! rcfylt from uucb a wouii'l. There lips' b/ffii , of course , a crcnt deal of ca < Kialli 4 may occur. IJofoie ad- 19999999999999999 ( PAGES t TO 8. l9999t)99tC999999999599994 ! Quaker WIsUoi. * r FIVE OBINTS. "When the stomach is luir- A true saying , after a breakfast o OATS Sold only m 2-tb. Packages. 199999999999999999999999999999999999 Tell Yonr Wife that you have read that Santa Claus Soap is one of the greatest laborsaving - saving inven tions of the time. Tell her that it will save her strength , save her time , save her clothes. The merits of SANTA CLAUS SOAP appeal at once to every thoughtful woman. It's the best , purest , and most economical soap to be procured. Sold every where. Madcoulyby , The N. K. Fairbanh Company , - Chicago. | 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 curiosity cxpressod among scientific men to account for this phenomenon of shattering by a projectile traveling at such an enormous rate of speed as 2,009 feet a second. But none of the explanations seem to be as satis factory or as simple as the one offered by * Dr. Glrdner. Ho Instances a boy's humming top , and calls * attention to the fact that at the beginning of the flpln the toy whirls at an extreme point of Its * velocity and that It wabbles for a tlmo , for the rapidity of Its motion has not yet overcome the laws of gravitation. Then there la a period when the top appears to bo'perfectly still and yet Is revolving at an enormous rate. A third period ensues when the toy be comes uncertain again and again begins to wabble. These three stages of the spinning of a top explain , according to Dr. Glrdner , the three points of theflight of the projectile. Ho believes thai as the bullet leaves the muzzle of the rifle It 'Is given a twist which Improves Its accuracy , 'of course , but makes Its penetrative course decidedly unsteady. The quiver "which accompanies this early flight of the bullet Is the thing which docs to ( ! business withhuman flesh and bone. ' When the 400 yards mark Is reached the bul let's flight becomes steady , and Its penetra tive power Is of course concentrated. At the 1,500 yards limit the top begins to bo tired of spinning and the bullet shows Increasing Indications of unsteadiness until the end of Its flight. It Is during the periods when the course of the projectile Is not perfectly straight and true thai the great damage Is done by tlte bullet. SUROEOMS ARE COAIPJLJNG STATISTICS. The medical corps at the army Is com piling a scries of taolos Cased upon the medi cal reports of the casualties dm Ing the civil war , with the object of showing how destructive the present rifle will bo In actual warfare. From what is known at present concerning the results of these experi ments , they will show that because of the pi act leal absence of trajectory In the flight of the projectile pf the'new ' rifle the chance of escape while charging will be reduced to the minimum. There can be no longer any charges across country. The charging lorco would be wiped put before It reached Its enemy. The stralgitnes | of the flight of the bullet has entirely done away with the chance that the enemy will fire over your head. All he has to do is to hold his rifle straight and blaze away and kill some thing. Besides , there will be no longer any advantage In fighting In the woods from be hind trees and tliolike. . The experiments have shown that the bullet passes with the utmost readiness through trees three feet In diameter , and any pirson standing behind would be killed Inevitably. The absence of trajectory has Increased to an alarming de gree the area In a field of battle within vanccs could bo made over Intervening spaces with comparative immunity. Now , nothing Is safe within two miles of the gun. An exceedingly alarming problem Is can- fronting the authorities In regard to the safety of the sanitary corps or any person not combatants. They will be practically wiped out should they attempt to sitve the wounded on the field. They could scarcely avoid being wounded , nnd another corps would have to be employed to aid them , nnd 03 on ad liillnltum , Now It Is proposed to teach every soldier the principles pf first aid to the Injured , so that > tley | may drei > 3 their own and their comrades' ncumlp. They will bo taught especially how to stop hemorrhages and eaqh man wll bn provided with a little package of antUcptlcs soued to bin uniform and freed from nil pmslblo In fection. Then when tlioy receive wounds they may aid each other and no : aw all Ui ambulance corps. Raymond Jl'WKLKK. 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