L THE oarAnA DAILY BEE ; SATURDAY , 22 , isno. r
m Today , absolutely last day of Today's the last
( be sale of wet , LY CLOSE cliancc to buy
KEH'S FURNISHING GOODS HOYS' ' TO CLOTHING
ir
From the Oehm Department Store stock or Men's Furnishing Goods and tha V. H. Rothschild Boy's Clothing Stock.
100 dozen fOO dozen
' line Kid e.xtiii high
Driving II , W. Goriur Kid
Gloves 16tliand Douglas , Gloves
lc nuil colors , nil
Slightly duinngod , oraa. anil ntylu. * ,
\\ortli u dollar , lit 2oc.
BOYS' ' CLOTHING MEN'S FURNISHINGS : NEW STYLES OF SHOES : BARGAINS JN BASEMENT ,
All the All the Hoys' All the Hoys' riNi All tlio : ODD MEN'S 1503 Pairs MKN'S Over 1000 dozen 1000 do/on MEN'S All the MEN'S ' - Special Notice We guarantee -
' IRTAINS
BOYS' SUITS ODD VESTS OVERALLS MEN'S Laundered Colored tee every pair of shoes we sell und IRTAINST
Plo 4 In M ycnrs , Hlluhtly wet. Linen Collars will replace any pair , free of charge $
fllKlitly wet , ( I to H ycura. ) Size 8 to l.'i yoari , with and without allslrcs-latm styles WORKING SHIRTS PERCALE SHIRTS that does not give proper satisfaction T \ >
bibs , mid hluo
( hlouaosjutupcrs ) , dark timl light colors , worth up to ndollar , tion , for the money invested , and
29 8c we will also sew up any scam that
c should rip no matter how long1 the WASH GOODS
All stylus shoe has been worn.
15 ' 1000 pnirs line
OVER i.ooo Linen Wen's TODAY we will sell all the Infants' , Lace Curtains
Cuffs
' ' Worth up to $4.00 ,
' Misses' and Children's ( Diinmgcil ) ,
All Wool
Boys' 750 DOZEN ' .
MEN'S Go ntoc ctiuh.
Knee Pant Suits ifl Laundered PeoleSBs SHOES Extra hnavy strictly nil wool EACH. ffe G
Sizes 4 to 14 years. Ingrain Carpet U
vd
Those ere absolutely sound und perfect , .
und highest grade Worth f > r > o.
thoroughly well mnda , good colors and
styles. It will pay you to buy your ISD From the Bunting stock worth up to $2.50 Throe ply half wool
spring suit uow. i a pair go at Ingrain Carpet 10
' In over 100 diiToront stylos. This is absolutely "Worth COo yd
BOYS' SUITS $ THE GREATEST SHIRT BARGAIN 25c 39c 49c 59c 69c 75c 2Jc n yard G
MvS"vo over offered Not a shirt In the lot worth , , , , > ,
STRICTLY ALL WOOL i.l' ' ' less thun 81.2o. Cottou Ingrain 16
IMPORTED C&SS1MERE ALL THE Carpet
'
All the MEN'S All the MEN'S
In this lot nro the finest milts In the on tire BRUSSELS P
Uolim stock. Somu.salil us hlcli us $1200 , ' ,
Tnko your chulcn toduy for SiOO. Medium Heavy Ribbed Weiglit & Men's Calf Shoes CARPET
' FROM THE SOUTH OMAHA STOCK , Worth 0 : o
GOO 1'AIKS
' that became wet in nny UNDERWEAR TAKE YOUR CIIOICK ,
L Young Men's Salts , Yonng Men's ' Pants way will ho closed out All sound and ( NO MATTER HOW MUCH T1IKY COST 1 } yards lonjr GAll
, today ut porlcct FORM Kill , Y ) TODAY Brussels 59
Coats , I'utits and Vet. BrusselsRugs
19 . Suits made These are lone pants for boys from 13 ALL THE ( worth up to 13.00) ) Rugs
Sizes 13 to years. ' '
, years . CASS1MKHI3 AND WORSTED to 18 years of ago , worth up to $5.00 a Woo !
Of ALT WOOL. Men's and Sweaters
STED , worth up to $10.00. BO nt pair , co at Boys' , BOW UNO YOUTHS' ' SHOES All Wool
BOYS' All Wool Mon's extra heavy Men's extra heavy ' i Men's very fine Bug Fringe
WO01 all wool ' ' j Imported worsted
. , .
FROM THE XnWIIAI.I FACTORY.
$3.98 $ 1000 yards finest Q
French Gingh'mO
. Worth $1.7-5 , An Entire
| G "Retail One big table finest GAll
THE ALL , THE 2.000 PAIRS Stock BLACK HENRIETTA SATEEN 15
Men's Pants Men's Pants BOYS' ' KNES PANTS Worth 40c , go at
cassl- In cassimere , worsted
cnBslmare , In fine Imported
from In the heavy Oehm stock. nierc the Oehm and stock worsted , , from II and yearn. cheviot , sizes 4 to BOYS' WAISTS AND BLOUSES. AT Fancy Dark Colored C
' 25c Sateen2yd
200 down hoys' 500 dozen now >
newest style
BOYS' ' LAUNDERED All the Ladies' SI.5O Button Shoes , 89c- New Lot
PERCALE AND.FLANNEL
All the Ladles' S3.5O Button Shoes , S2-OO. Remnants ic
WAISTS AND BLOUSES PERCALE WAISTS : All the Ladles' S4.5O Shoes ( button or lace ) , S2-5O Dimity
All the $5 and $6 Shoes , turn and welt , $3-00 and S3 5O- Worth 15e.
a " " ' " ' lc Each Ho.ivy notcl Goblets , Tin Coffee I'ots Broken Mocha und Java 12c Woodhury's Facial Snap 17c C ulic
! 9c
TINWARE rthso ! ? ? .1 ! . ! . . ! ! ? worth flc wortli 15o TEA ' 2-quart Fountain Syrlnjro ( > Sc
'Da , at 73c
" " Decorated Dinner 1'latoi C-plcco Toilet Sola e > 1 QQ Heavy rctlmicd Dlsli 1'jiu 3-quart Fountain Syrlngo
/ D ( ) ( * l { F" R V English 7C worth $2.50 vpl.OO worth 3Dc | POFFFF - - - . High grade Mocha and Java , 3i pounds for $1.00 | ioi cr Cent Coupons with every puiclmso.
. THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Ulectrio Pumps as Auxiliaries to Municipal
Water Works.
ELECTRIC LINES AND LOCOMOTIVES
"WUnrd EcltHon GOCM n > pntfrrn One
Uettrr SlBiui 111 tlie Sky
the Spread ot
fflio suggestions recently offered by City
Electrician John P. Barrett of Chicago re
garding the use of auxiliary electrical pumps
as a means of Improving the city water sup
ply have received the sanction of Mayor
Swift and the commissioner of public works.
The vast area covered by ths city renders
the water pressure Inadequate in many dis
tricts. How best to remedy this condition
las been a perplexing problem , owing to de
creased city revenue which virtually pro
hibited tlio erection of costly steam pumps.
Prof. IJarrett's plan obviates the financial
part ot the problem , as a station can be
equipped with electric pumps at a cost ot
? 5,000. The plan for operating iho pressure
stations is not expensive. Prof. Barrett , In
Ills report , suggests that arrangements can
be made with any one of the electric street
railway and electric lighting companies for
the necessary supply ot power. Ho also
suggests that the municipal lighting plant
can bo used in that part of the city where
It Is located. In any case the expense for
power Mill not bo groat.
When Prof. Barrett llrst made his rec
ommendation the objection offered by all
engineers was that the pressure would not |
bo Increased without robbing the water mains
behind the electric pumps. Thin objection
Is overcome by an Ingenious arrangement
by which It Is proposed to force the water
ahead without drawing It out of the nvilns
behind. It Is proposed to allow It to flow
Into a small reservoir naturally and from
this to force It on through the pipes at a
high pressure.
FORTY-MILE ELECTRIC LINE.
The construction and operation of an elec
tric railroad connecting Washington and Bal
timore appears to be definitely settled. A
contract has just been awarded the Westinghouse -
house company for the electrical equipment.
The contract provides that the machinery
furnished shall send the express trains be
tween Washington and Baltimore at a speed
of sixty miles an hour. Trains , will be run
every half hour.
The equipment Is to comprise eight 700-
Icllo watt generators , switchboards and pan
els. The first generator In each power house
Is to be ready for operation by May 1C. The
"booster" system has been adopted for the
operation of the plants. With the excep
tion of a comparatively small portion of the
roail , the route lies through a level country ,
and It Is expected the trains Mill make phe
nomenal speed. No railroad grade crossings
are made on any part of the line. The single
trolley with feed wires will bo employed ,
but a new method of suspension will bo
used for the purpose of lessening the dan
ger of the trolley wheel jumping off the
wire.
wire.ny
ny Juno 1 the road will. It Is expected ,
be In operation between Baltimore and Bill-
cott City , and two months later between
Washington and Baltimore.
The road Is destined to play an Important
part In the contest between steam and elec
tricity , and will provoke a sharp railroad
war with existing steam lines' , the Pennsyl-
vanla and Baltimore & Ohio companies.
NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE.
The Baldwin Locomotive works of Phila
delphia' have just completed their flrit elec
tric engine upon the model of the W 1 Ing-
house system , which. It Is claimed , will
revolutionize the running speed of railroad
trains. It has boon forwarded to the works
of the Westlnghouse company In IMttsburg
and as soon as the electrical apuautUa hat
been adjusted a test will bo made of its
drawing capacity. At regular intervals * be
tween the rails over which the locomotive Ute
to run contact buttons < are placed. A slide
rail under the locomotive touch.s th a but
tons , one after the other , thus keeping up ,
wHlo the engine Is run , a constant current
of electricity , which truvula from the rail
through the car to the slide . ) . ! nr.a tlu < ice
to the buttons. After the engine line parsed
the buttons they are left unconnected , to
that there Is no danger then from contact.
Tlio locomotive Is the size of an ordinary box
car , about thirty feet long and mounted upim
two four-wheel trucks. Completed , It will
wegh ! sixty tons.
H Is geared for 800-horse power , -which
will pull a loaded freight train forty mlloa
an hour. By a single change ot the nenrlnj
this engine can bo run up to l.GOO-norrxs
power , and can pull a train eighty mllas an
hour. This locomotive Is intended for
f i eight. The passenger ones will attain a far
higher speed. The wheels flro forty-two
Inches In diameter. Only a ppace eight feet
square Is needed In the locomotive for the
electric motor.
One man will operate the locomotive by
moans of a controller similar to that on a
common trolley car , only much larger and
stronger. The locomotive Is built to be op
erated by either overhead or underground
trolley wires. It carries no coal , firebox ,
smokestack or water tank. In front Is a
powerful electric searchlight , for use at
night to light the track. The co t of the
now electric locomotive Is about equal to
that of a steam locomotive $10,000.
WRITING ON THE SKY.
The virtues of an electric monogram sig
nal have already been referred to In those
columns , rays the Electrical Review. The
device 18 a sort of typewriter delivering Us
message , letter by letter , in mld-alr , or at
nny distant point , In gigantic characters of
light. The observers may be miles away
and yet read the message with ease. The
keyboard Is manipulated exactly as In an or
dinary typewriter and its function Is to
switch In or direct the current through a
series of distributing -wires , which are car
ried In a cable to the monogram or display
frame. According to a predetermined
scheme the keys exercise a selective func
tion , and each one switches In the leading
wires only , which connect with the members
of the monogram constituting the letter of
the alphabet which that particular key repre
sents.
By reference to the monogram one may
easily trace any letter of the alphabet In
form BO nearly conventional as to bo readily
understood. Thus , If on the keyboard the
A button Is pressed the lamps ot all the
members of the monogram entering Into that
letter shine out simultaneously , while all
other lamps upon the display frame remain
dead. And so on for every letter. The ob
server has only to follow the letters an they
flash out one after another to spell out the
words of the message. It will bo seen that
PEN PICTURES PLEASANTLY AND POINTEDLY PUT.
THIS HOY'S DOM.AIt-
Don't go any farther than any other boy's
dollar but It buys the best American boys'
shoo on this continent , just tlie mine ft
shoo that we've always sold for $1.70 all
sizes wo cau fit any boy we've got lots ot
them at dollar , Having just what wo ad-
vortlso has made tula bale one grand ouc-
CO&3 ,
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1419 Farnatti
HI : coi'i.n.VT ' MI :
Neither can wo wo got those colored
shirts no apologies to make this time but
we were never so esthotlcally glad In our
lives. The samples we bought from told
us to expect something nice , but such par
excellence affairs as thew words fall us
leak at the window such a lot of shirts
never existed before lots of now designs
uvery color Jl.OO.
Albert Calm ,
Agent ( or Dr. JutKer's Sanitary Wool Underwear ,
Exclusive Mou'n J-'uruUUI ss for Cash.
1322 Fariiam.
-\OT MAIITIIA WASIII.NT.TOX
Nor any lady from that time to this has
been able to find a piano that aa nearly filled
all requirements as the eastern made In
strument that we ore selling for $17B $15
down and JS a month. It costs twice as
much olsowhere. U Is full size , beautifully
cased , ivory keyed , continuous hinged , three
pedaled , Iron framed , three stringed unl-
souod and guaranteed for J175.
A. Hospe , Jr.
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas St
this a sort of a visual telegraph , and that
It may be made to talk In almost any lan
guage spoken by man. It Is also service
able for cipher writing according to any pre
arranged code. The monogram frame is
five feet high by three and one-half feet wide
and is equipped with IC-candle power lamps.
Signals flashed from this frame are vlribla
to the naked eye for distances of from one
to three miles , depending on the weather.
With a glass the signals may be easily read
up to ten miles. Some frames are made
much larger and can bo seen further.
EDISON'S PHOTOGRAPHIC FEAT.
Thomas A. Edison made a discovery dur
ing last week which he thinks Is second In
Importance cnly to the discovery of Prof.
Roentgen himself. The "Wizard of Menlo
Park" obtained with a Crookes tube of his
own manufacture a light which penetrates
steel. That , so far as is known , has not
been accomplished before. The steel pene
trated was one-eighth of an Inch thick , and
the light , which was what Mr. Edison de
scribed as "a pure blue florescence. " pene
trated to such an extent as to leave the neg
ative upon which the photograph was made
perfectly black. Just how this more perfect
force works , Mr. Edison does not know yet.
The fact is , ho encountered a series of phe
nomena In his experiments , and he and his
men are busy running down things whluh
they discovered.
Edison , In relating It , said ho did not
knsw just what degree of vacuum It was
produced the blue florescence. He did not
measure It.
The vacuum produced eliminated the cath
ode rays , of which BO much has been said ,
altogether. That was the result they were
after Mr. Edison said , because the cathode
rays are not to be relied upon.
During the- course of his experiments Edi
son found that one of the photographic
plates was darkened all over Us surface.
That was something he could not understand
at the time. Not only did UIB light penetrate
the substance which It was desired to photo
graph , but it passed through everything else
as well.
"We thought at first. " he said , "that In
some way the light from outside hod pene
trated to the plate , and wo tried It again ,
taking care that no light got in from the
outside. The result was the same , We tried
a third time , with the same vacuum and the
same current , and the result was as before.
Now , I do not understand that. It Is BOIII--
thlng new , and we are going to run It down. "
That wan one otuh'n ! phenomena referred
to above. The light pldrced the one-eighth
Inch thickness ot steel' so readily that Edi
son ordered ills men it& make more tub's.
Then ho put pieces of steel one-fourth of mi
inch thick up hefoioi a , plate to be photo
graphed. He will try that as soon us the
tubes are ready. | „ ,
"What we have bsen trying to do , " he
said , "Is simply to supply a few Crooltes
tubes. There Is a eort pf famine In Cr okei
tubes just now. and theP have been so high
In prlco that they eouta'not \ > s used freely. "
The crookes tub Is nothing but an arc
light In an Incandescent bulb. U 'lilt 73
from the ordinary arc light in that the points
of the arc arc widely' ' separated. The arc of
light Is thus compelled to travel through
the vacuum , and it whirls all about the in
terior cf the globe.i E
TO PREVENT EIJECTnOLYSIS.
The city of RlchmWml , Va. , the first to
adopt electric traction" , Is the- first also to
enact municipal legislation aiming to pre
vent electrolysis of gas and water pipes ,
gays Electricity. At a recent meeting of the
city council an ordinance was passed for
this purpose. ,
The ordinance provides that the rails of
ptrcet railways In that city shall either be
electrically welded , or If separate to be
bonded at each joint with copper bonds of
appropriate cioss ncton. ! The connection
of these bonds to ttie rails must be made In
accordance with the following specifications :
The holes through the rails shall be care
fully drilled and the copper wlro made to
carefully fit the hole ; a thread shall bo put
In the end of the ivlre and a copper nut , era
a copper washer with Iron nut , shall be
used , and the surface of the rail so smoothed
or dressed that when the nut U made tight
there itiall be thorough contact with the
rail. The contact of the wire with the rail
to be > made on bright surfaces , and thq end of
the copper wire to be enlarged so as to have
oat low than ton times the area of the
bonding wire in contact with the bright Bur-
faces on the sides and hole of the rail , and
with a close fit in the hole of the rail , so as
to inako a waterproof Joint. Immediately
after the bonds are put In as above specified ,
the whole shall bo thoroughly painted with
the best electrical Insulating paint.
It Is required that every third rail be
"cross-bonded , " and that n supplementary
ground wire shall bo run and connected to
the rails every 300 feet. In all cases the
ground or return circuit Is to be connected
to the negative bus bar in the power sta
tion. The ground by means of earth plates
or rods In close proximity to water pipes Is
prohibited. When it Is shown by test that
any current is escaping to water or gas
pipes , the street railway company shall bo
notified , and proper ateps shall be taken to
prevent a recurrence. For every day that
the company neglects or refuses to correct
the fault. It shall become liable to a fin a of
not less than J25 or more than $500 ; each
day's failure to bo a separate offense.
The efllcacy of the double-trolley system In
preventing lectrolysls Is recognized by the
provision of the ordinance which ctatcs that
"wherever and whenever any electric street
railway company adopts the double trolley
syutcm , or nny other pystom which does not
use the rails or the ground for the return
current to the power house , then In such n
capo the requirements as set forth In this
ordinance will not bo enforced. "
The street railway companies nro given
olx months within which to comply with the
terms of the ordinance.
SMALL PROFITS IN ELECTRICITY.
To the leaders In the so'enco It was as
well known In 1880 as today , Bays the En
gineering Magazine , that electric lighting
could jicver compete with gas on the score
of economy. Yet the literature given out
by one of the pioneer companion In Incan
descent lighting boldlv claimed that gas
lighting was doomed , and with the untruth
carried conviction so far that a general
panlo In gas atocks resulted , Upon tlicBe
flat misrepresentations and misconceptions
electric stocks were "boomed" to fabulous
prices , one stock In particular selling at
over $5,000 per chare on a par value of $100.
The public seemed ready to buy anything
In the form of electric securities. It had
been educated to believe that electricity won
a synonym for the touch of Midas , and the
education had bcon conducted by cxpertn.
Probably tbo fundamental cause of the
largo losses of capital with \\lileli the record
of the trade has been blackened was that
the commercial men who took control of
the larger companies , In Ignorance of the
fact * , pushed the business too rapidly. If
a few more years had been spent In de
veloping apparatus' before forcing It upon
the publ'o tlio results would have bean dif
ferent. One ot the earliest salesmen In the
trade recently said to the writer ? "Up to
1885 wo all knew that , when we had sold a
man a plant , ho had wasted his money ; wo
know tliat the apparatus was not commercial ,
but wo had hired to poll the goods , and we
Bold them. "
The stories of fabulous profits and quick
results attracted an army of adventurers and
speculators. Scores of men who hid never
made headway In any other undertnklng
thought they had fiund In the electrical bus
iness the long looked for opportunity of mak
ing money without honest labor. For years
this class was conspicuously In the fore
ground , while the honest and hard working
InveiitT found It more and more difficult to
secure legitimate reward for bis labor. Many
of these promoters and speculator * were of
small mental caliber , totally unfitted for tha
conduct of large enterprises. Gradually they
sank to their proper level , but meantime the
money of the misguided Investor was being
spent in extravagances and bad management ,
Notwithstanding the handicap cf Incompe
tent business management , the Inefficiency
of the- early apparatus and the discourage
ment of pioneer Investors , the business grew.
It could not be prevented from growing. It
is a fair estimate that up to today $750.000.-
000 have been Invested In electric railway
and lighting plants.
Don't Invite disappointment by experiment-
leg. Depend upon On Minute Couttb Cure
and you have Immediate relief. It cures
croup. The only harmless remedy that pro *
ducea Immediate remits.
1IIIIUH AMI ANIMALS.
A. Iliitcli of Current Storied A Cnnlne
TlUef.
It Is somewhat singular that a man , by
keeping his eyes open , can see unexpectedly
many Interesting Incidents of city life every
day , but cannot see Incidents that ho ex
pects to see. If he travels up and down and
across town frequently , sys the New York
Times , he may expect to see fires , but the
chances are that ho will travel for weeks
without seeing a sign of flames , although the
record in the newspapers Indicates that eight
or ten fires a day arc not unusual. Like
wise , In regard to accidents In the streets.
If a cable car runs over a person , It Is re
ported that a great throng gathered at the
scene , but It Is evident that the number of
persons that could be summoned as witnesses
Is very email. Hardly an hour passes with
out something happening In Broadway and
attracting a crowd in a few minutes , but
hundreds on the outskirts are obliged to
ask , "What's the matter ? " Minor incidents
are sized up sooner , und Hometlmes they nro
as Interesting as the incidents one expects to
sue. That was exemplified at Broadway and
Fulton street ut noon recently.
One of the peddlers there had a box of
sponges on the curbstone. Being obliged to
be > on guard against the approach of a po
liceman , he did not observe a stub-tailed
dog until after It had seized a sponge with
Hi ) teeth and started to run across the
street. His features expressed amazement
and anger In quick succession as he exclaimed -
claimed , "You little cuss ! " and ran after
the dog. The dog became bewildered slightly
while trying to escape , and he glanced back
ward to see If ho had been pursued. The
peddler hesitated over leaving hlo box too
far out of sight , and on the crossing con
tented himself with whistling and snapping
his fingers at tha dog In a manner suggestive
of his desires to recover the sponge.
But the dog would not be Influenced
by a strange voice. Fifty persona
watched the performance , and , al
though a few sympathetic Individuals tried to
catch the dog , the majority laughed , Seeing
an opening under a wagon , the dog jumped
through and scampered up the street. It la
not unreasonable to believe that those who
saw the Incident Imagined that the dog had
been trained to steal , although Its master
did not reveal himself In the Immediate vi
cinity.
A CiooHi-'H ICupiiniiilr.
Geese have always been considered silly
creatures , OH not having tlie Intelligence of
other fowl , and though a Hock of them did
once upon a time give warning of the apT
preach of an enemy , even this was attributed
not to the natural Intelligence so much as
to their being made use of by some higher
power for that especial purpose , However ,
it has been demonstrated by a gooto owned
by Lawyer John E. Van ntten of Kingston ,
N , Y , , tint at least one of these species
Is Klttul with a mo''t remarkable Instinct
porlups It has bialns. as some naturalists
claim birds have for after having been trans
ported In a cloeecl coop nluo miles and al
lowed to go free , Its love of home and Its
Intelligence was such that It made Its way
back to the barnyard In which It was raisol.
Mr. Van Etton , who owns a farm In Mar-
bletown , raised a flock of geese. About a
week ago he selected three of the finebt of
his flock , brought them to Ills place on the
Koyout , In this city , and set them free.
Notwithstanding their weight , -which was
about sixteen pounds each , they flew In the
air to such a height that they almost went
out of sight. When they alighted two of
them were recovered , but the third took a
bee line for the Ksopug cretic , dropped some
where in HlKKlnsvllle , and escaped ,
Mr. Van lit ten gavu It up as a gone goose ,
but Christmas morning , whlla making a visit
to the barnyard of tlie farm , great was his
astonishment when be wan welcomed by a
lioarua cry from this veritable goose , < whlch
waa reidlly distinguished by Us markings ,
It looked as though U had experienced a
\ery tough time , and upon being weighed
It wan found that U had lost over eight
pounds In flesh.
This geese , when It left the Keyout and
flew In the air , it Is thought , like the carrier
plgcwi got its bearings from the farm at
Marblotowo , then made Its way to the Eio-
pus crock , and as best It could followed up
the stream without stopping to feed until It
reached the locality of the farm , when It
Joined Its flock. It appeared to be so happy
at reaching Its home that Mr. Van Etten
said it should remain there until it died of
old age.
Crowd
Crows In large numbers Imvo appeared
along the Now York and Pennsylvania bcrdcr.
This ia unusually early for those birds to bo
In this latitude , says the Now York Sun.
They have assembled In one Immense colony ,
and the weatherwlso say their appearance la
Indicative of an early spring. Whether that
Is true or not , there can be no doubt that this
great colony of crows to made up of a lot of
extremely hungry members ; and , according
to the reports , they are most annoylngly
bold and perolUont in their attempts to get
Homcthlng to eat. They flock In farm yards
and steal tlio food Intended for pigs , cows ,
sheep and chickens. They also steal chickens
and have made away with many plgoons , of
which nearly every farmer In that region
keeps a flock.
A man naineJ Glassmeyer took his gun tbs
other day and went out to shoot Into a flock
of crows that had been particularly destruc
tive In their raids about his place. Ho killed
a crow at the first fire , when the rest of the
flock , with deafening cries , attacked him
savagely. Ho tried to beat them off with his
nun , but they swooped down on him so
fiercely that lie was obliged to run for his
life. The crows followed him half a mile to
bis very door. Ho escaped Into tlio house ,
his face and his hando bleeding from wounds
which the crows had Inflicted with their
beaks and claws. Tlio flock nettled In tlio
trees about tlio house anil remained there un
til toward night , 'cawing and evidently waitIng -
Ing for Glassmeyer to come out , He did not
go out , nor did any of'his household until
tlio crows had departed for the general roost.
Ciilriitlu'H .Srliiiiil for MnnlcryN.
Tliore has just been founded at Calcutta
an Institution for the education of mankoyi ,
A young monkey In taken and before him Is
placed a sot of blocks on which are painted
In capitals the letters of tno alphabet. These
blocks are. In fact , exactly similar to those
which children play with In ovcry civilized
country In the world , and they are usfrd In
precisely the same way as If the monkey
wore a young specimen of the human race.
There Is one professor for each monkey ,
and the monkey la taught by meant )
of the blocks to spelt certain words. If tha
word Is "fruit , " for example , the monkey ,
after having been taught to arrange tha
blocks so as to spell the word quickly und
without error , received a bit of fruit na his
reward. The fame exercise Is repeated with
otl'er words and It Is hoped that In time tha
slm'ans ' will learn how to lead and xpoll
end understand English , If tlioy cannot
spsak It.
Only young animals are taken , for tliqy
learn more quickly than old ones , There
Is no danger of this queer school lacking
scholars , for tlicro are thousands of monkey : !
to bo found In that part of India whcro
Calcutta Is situated. An effort \slll also bo
made , It la said , to educate these beasts so
that they may become fairly efllclont
domestic servants. The school Is so young
ub yet , however , that wlat It will uccimplUh
Is entirely a matter of speculation. Its
"professors" are enthusiastic about their
novel work , and xeem to think tliat a new
field of usefulness will noon bo opened up for
these chattering llttlo beasta.
II Mil ) ' Do UM HI n nil for Von.
Mr. Kred Miller of Irving , III. , writes that
he had a severu kidney trouble for many
years , with severe pains in his back and alio
that his bladder was affected. Ho tried many
so called kidney cures , but without any goo.l
results. About a year ago he begun usa of
Electric Hitters and fount relief a OIICB.
Electilc Hitters Is espcclnlly adapted to euro
of all kidney and liver troubles and often
gives almost Instant relief , Ona ( rial will
prove our statement. I'rlco only COc , At
Kuhn & Cn' drug store.
Kx-fjovi-riior HoliliiNoii IN llettvr.
SPRINGFIELD , Mao. , Feb. St. Ex-Gov
ernor Robinson's physicians report a clunga
for the better lu hla condition tills uiorolna.