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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1896)
, T 3o xr1a ( Th1A114 DIt1LY T3EE : SUNDAY , MATt0U 189G. , FOUR SCORE YEARS AND ONE Anniversary of the Birth of United Gor- many's Grand Old Man , A ' 'MADCAP' ' ' ' WHO TURNED STATESMAN It , lea of iiisntnrcic'M Cnreer 113 One . vhn iIIIM 1Iet iltu-Ill. St'onW IteilglniiM I'ecIIti 111111 iIIM YenrM of Itetirculeut. ( Cepyright , 16x , by L R. McClure , I.Imlte1. ) On Wcdn0rday next , lire 1st day of April , the fnmlly , friends , tenants , nelghhars , coil , Indeed , tire whole of Germany , well ceie brato the eightyOrst birthday of Prince Otto von Blsmarclr , the unlfler of the Ender. land. This grizzled veteran of slatestuan- s hln , diplomacy and war , though forced Into retirement six years ago by a head' strong soverclgn , whose very throne waa In a great measure of I3I uarek's making , continues to be , and will continue to be , eo long as ho Bves , the moat interesting figure In Germany. For that matter , be Is the most powerful and interesting figure in German history , notwithstanding the in- w . 7' tx . 1 , , ' t 1 , ' 4 r' 1l 1 l ' , BISMARCIC IN 1851 , 5 tervening , kings and emperors , since Frederick - erick the cheat. So large have been the achievements of this man that the interest in him is not confined to Germany alone , oven in this time of his old age and retirement - tirement , In America this Interest Is particularly - ? ticularly keen by reason of our great Oar- loan population and on account of ills- : merck's services to us in our limo of civil strife , and his warm friendship for several eminent Americans. As a 1'rut'alau , Bismarck was anything but n republican , since he believed with unwavering - ing firmness In the dlvino right bt the 110- heozohlerns to rule in that land ; but he acknowledged - knowledged that a censtltutlonal maid limited 1 monarchy , where the sovereign was but ac the cupola of the house , was the best gov- eminent for England , and that a pure democracy - racy was tire best kind of governmenr for tire United Stales. When , therefore , chest of f the nobles and royalties were anxiously hop' ing for the overthrow of limo American republic public Bismarck exerted , quietly but powerfully - fully , hill great influence In favor of nonIntervention - Intervention , tv meet ( was in effect a declaration - tion in favor pt the union , Even European statesmen of high posl- tlon thirty-five years age had but a limited understanding of the nature of our govern mentaf d of its suitableness for the American - ican people. But Bismarck had had the advantage - vantage of a close intercourse and warm friendship with one of the most accomplished men this country has . 'y produced. It was at the univer- ally of Gottingen that Otto vet Bls- maick and John Lothrop Motley met , and tlteo as youths they contracted a friendship whieh lasted through life. From Motley's letters wo get some of the most intimate gihnpsoa of Hismmrck's ' domestic life ; R was from him , too , no doubt , that Blsmarclr had introduction to American literature. This introduction - troduction made the great German acquainted with two wrlters who have always remained lavorltc.a with hear-Whittler and Holmes. Ile liked Whillier's war peens ; he enjoyed thu "Autocrat' of the Breakfast Table , " and esteemed it a masterpiece of humor and kindly wisdom. 1115 hIKING FOR WHITTIER'S POEMS. It will- strike most persons , no doubt , a3 curious that this unbending man of "blood and Iron" should care so much for the gentle - tle Whittier , and I am unable to "account for it , save on the hypothesis that in his religion Bismarck is afire nearly a Quaker than any- - tliing else , and in the summons to arms by another Quaker he found solace for an apparent - parent inconsiUency. Bismarck hiss always boon a religious man of deep feelings , and this idea that his theological theories ap- ' p1 t butrpti nacx tpr , a he - pr ssed by those who have studied his life very closely and have examined hla expressions - pressions of faith with minute care , It Is undoubtedly true , however , that in kilo moments - ments of depression , which have now and again come on this robust man , moments In which hatred of his enemies appeared exaggerated - gerated In importancq and when the suffer. : inga caused by the wars for the uniflcatlon and preservation of Germany seemed to outweigh - weigh the good that they secured , lie has read the patriotic poems of the gentle Amer. ] can Quaker to much advantage and has found in them a grateful consolation , } Vhen Bismarck developed this religious bent it Is not hard to see. In hits youth he was so wild and reckless that lie ho- came known 1n the army where ho served ss the "Mad Bismarck ; and ho kept up 1 II / 11 , ii' DISMAItCK - IN 1860 , I thle reputatior when ha had returned to hle ancestral homo at Schoenhaueon to ho. earge a country 'squire and cultivate the estate be had inherited from Ida father , lbo'retired , , captain of dragoons , ills mad rghks wee tteta In r + uch r le etee b r Pis ! gore that. ho was not tIl uggl t 't be atsar'o nlcll for Fraulien Von Putt- Icauso 1 when in 1847 to sought her to be Ile f , 'Tho eoualry 'squiro , by ule.tliods pUmi j jg tli,4so fit the chancellor of a quar- tar pf'a century later , beat down the op. positdoa and married the lady , of whom , ! n (1878 , lie sald t5 the Italian premier , 6lgnor Cribi l : 1'You ' little know what this wouignbas ; done for me. Obi of the tbluQs she did was to awaken ! n bin3 his dorlnaat religious feehI ngs , and we find hlni writing to her In 1851 , that u It Were upt far his faith in God , his love for her and the thoughts of lhA chll dren at home he would give up all Idcaa of public duty and return to his home and Ids farming. The idea through the whole of Bismarck's life seems to have been that Iq serving his king ho was serving God and his country. In his mind the king was the anointed one , and the people had but one duty , and that duty was to obey. IL was In 1851 , by the way , that His- marck's public career in any largo sense began , thought previous to that he had been a member of the Prussian Diet , and 1al championed the rights of the throne as against those of the people. In that year he went to rrankfort as the Prut'eian menl6tif of the German Diet , which managed limoforeign relations of the kingdom , the variouu principalities nail the free cities. lie was then 30 years old , and nacre was much wonder that sa important a post ahlould have been given to so untried a man , a man tvho had only one decoration , that given to him for ssvlng the life of lila soldier servant when lie war a lieutenant in Ole army , Even the ptnce of I'rusala , af- lrraard Emperor l1'hlliani i , by the grace of Bismarck'n genlus anti resolution , ex , prep3ed surprlso nail , felt butch doubt. HISMARCK 'toLD TILE TRUTH. Rut lliamarck soon justified himself anti Introduced the ofd world diplomate to tactics they were a long time in comprehending , He told them the plain truth whenever ho spoke at all , and ho was always rernarkahle rather for candor than reticence-and they were entirely baffled , Ills reports to ida minister in Ilerllu during the eight years lee remained in h'rankforl hero complete and graphic Iila- toriea of all the happenings , The idea of German unity as at this time advocated at the instance of Austria lie did not consider to the interests of the Pruatlan throne , and he opposed It with all lila might. It even teemed at thin time that he was opposed to any kind of unity , but that was not so ; his idea was that Prueta should form and ho the center of that talon , artd his foresight enabled him to see , even then , how that could be brought about. In one of Motley's letters there is a little picture of Blantn3cloalc hpmo life at ids home bi Frankfort , "Ife safir : ' Thn Ulamarcks are as kind as ever. IL is one of those houses where every one (1005 what he likes. The show apartments , where they receive formal company , are on the front of the hours. Their living rooms , however , are a salon and dining room at the back , opening upon the garden , hero there are young and old , grandparents and children artd dogs all at once ; eating , drinking , smoking , pisno playing - ing and plntol firing ( in the garden ) , all going on at the canto time. It is one of those cstabllMhments where every earthly thing that can ho eaten or drunk is offered flu-porter , coda water , small beer , champagne - pagne , burgundy or claret-are about nil the title , anti everybody is smoking the best Havana cigars every minute , " PItEPARATIONS FOR GERMAN UNITY. Tills 15 the kind of life Blsmarclr has lived up to this time , and even in his old age he has continued to be as much of a trencherman - man as his phyalclan will permit. lie ucad to say : "If I men to work well , I must be well fed ; and most healthy amid eiislbo people will heartily say amen to such a doctrine - trine , Bismarck stayed In Frankfort till 1850 , when he was sent to St. Petersburg as minlaler. To use his own expression , ho was "put on ice. " He was a great favorite of the czar acid became a personal friend of the famous and powerful Gortchakeff. When Iing William , lu 1S61 succeeded his brother i 3 , OPYpIGHT _ - y r ( j l I i ' D yPhotugraphfsclte , , , Gel ellseh + ; 13 rPc rmi ss io n o I' ' , I q li li 6erhn Photo. C I , il I' I = , . I ' r _ r I fIU 1 J II Ii , , t 9- L1111 / 1 nta / ly. ' II t I I r4 " . p . ' 7l 7 r kt 0 q , ' 1 , U Lbw 1 t II BISMARCK IN 1804. 1 it was thought that ho would ask Bismarck to be minister , but ho was irresolute , while Bismarck was indifferent When , however , In 1862 , the ling found himself in trouble with hits Parliament , he. asked Blsmarclc to be parliament tourer and accept the pres. hdrncy of the ministry. But Bimnarek declined - clined , pleading bad health. However , ho accepted the mission to France. While at this post lie event to the international exhl- bltlon in London , and it has been related that in a company , of which Dlsraeil was one , Iimnarck said : "I shall shortly be compelled to undertake - take the presto } ncy , 1 the Prussian govern- ment. My flratt catd whl bb to reorganize the army wllh or without the help of the diet With time army place ] in position to enforce respect 1 shall seize upon the first pretext to declare war agablst Austrlu , breaking up the German federation , subjecting - jecting the minor atatee , and giving Germany - many national unity under Prusela's guid- anee , I have come hero to tell limo queen's mnieters ! , " D h'raell , it is satin , remarked : "Take taro cf that man , ho means what he says , " AN INTERVIEW WITII BISMARCK , I have no doubt that Hlsmarck did say this or something like it , It sounds like hips. Then I have aomc perponal testimony on , this point , in 1878 , after time congress of Berlin , I was a verdant journalist look- hig about Europe for Fomethtng to write about , Wlty not Interview Diamarek ? I asked myself , No sooner asked than done , for I hastened to Berlin and did interview lima great German chancellor at hits house in the Wilhelrnstfpsse , 110w.I secured an audlenco was told long ago , so I may skip that , though I am quite sure that eighteen years later and with a better furnished mind I could never have done what I then so gaily set about , At any rate , I saw him and he treated me most khndly , amused , no doubt , at my unconscious presumption 1n seqdng ( an audience. Ile answered my quea- tlons when lid- thought them smitllclontly sensible and put time others by with a frank courtesy and a smile that hail no apparent sarcasm ' , t it , Among other thluga I asked him if he had made this announcement of his intentions as to Austria in 1802 , To this lie declined to reply directly , but remarked , as by way of parenthesis , that about great movements ] hero wore always legend ] ; , , morn or less true wjitcniI2Q ( 1)tttleLgol. ) t ° ll ti rii very s mllar rend8rk to t de was mad a the gentleman who aslced-him wjether , it were true or not that he had eiipprrseod a part of the dispatch mhlcit told'pf tliarefusal of the Pructsisn icing 1o r ee tbo Fs4 CJ at Ems , This re usal , it s4fj pttfpyIador was rearded ( ; by the liregch as an tusult to the nation , and so s p as the dispatch was published In Parts tie cry' , wad beard on every side "On td erlla , " WUen I saw Bismarck he was 63 years 'old r hd was a splendidly preserved , ' ell propo tioned giant , lie ] vas at the very height of his power and seemed to hold the destlptebt Europe in fi Y the hollow of his hand , At the congress of Berlin he had had his own way and bed succeeded - ceeded in pleasing the representatives of the other powers-sending , for instance , Disraeli and Salisbury homo to Englaail , empty handed , but half tickled to ( ] Oath that they had brought back "peace with honor , " And so he continued for twelve years longer and until the prcvent emperor dismissed him from omco with as scant courtesy as an angry parvenu would show to an oaending butler , DEDT OF TIlE BOIIENZOLLERNS TO 111SMA11C1 { , In recalling this sad episode it is well also to ronenibor what the Ito. henzollern houao owes to I1lsmarcie , When lliamarck returned from his Paris embassy in 1862 to take the ministry under William I , that monarch wax in what seemed to 111111 11moxtricabio trouble , The Chamber had refused - fused to provide money for tito nrnly , ant without the army , the king thought there would surely be anarchy , When Ilismarek went to him lie found that the king had written anti signed his abdication , feeling that the only safety to time throne was in Ictviug it. Bismarck enured time monarch that he was willing to manage matters wflltout a budget , and the abdlcatloq was destroyed , It was about this time that Bismarck won time tillo of "The nian of blood and iron. " To the bmlget committee of time chamber lie said that the great questions of the time were not determined by speeches or parliamentary - mentary majorities , "but by blood and iron , " IIo brought about limo reorganizalibn of the fully without n budget , and when opportunity - tunity arose four years later , ct111 without a budget , lee sasv this army huutblo Austria at the battle of Snrlowa , This battle won popularity for Bismarck for the first time , timid thereafter the Prussian chamber gave him the budget for the army , King William was utcst unwilling to go into this war with Austria , a war which absolutely thrust glory upon him anti lils house. When the king and Blemarek returned - turned to Berlin the joy bells that greeted them alsa rang the death knell of Louis Napoleon. I need not tell , even to a now generation of readers of the war with France and of the crowning of William as Emperor at Versailles. We all know that it war' Bismarck's work , But less than twenty years later the grandson of the first car pet-or old time wearer of limo crown 'Bismarck Kati bestowed , cast that veteran from him with an ingratitude which may be charac- teristlu of kings and at lire same time ahow that kttgo are not ggdto liuntan. BISMARCK SINCE lily DISMISSAL. After hls dismissal in 1800 Hlamarek retired - tired to Friedrichsruh , an estate given to the prince by the emperor after the war with France. This estate of something lure 20,000 acres is near to Hamburg and has continued to be the ex-ehancellor'e home. It has been described so often by American - can correspondents that I shall just now re- frain. lie has not left there often. Once lie went to Austria to the wedding of his son , llerbelt , and during that trip I have always tltought Bismarckc made of himself the only sorry spectacle in hla whole ca- reer. He quarreled with all existing things political and exhibited his sores to all who had the indelicacy to express sympathy. I am sure that at this time the strong man was weakened by illness and was not entirely - tirely responsible for the unwisdom of his utterances , whiled were In a way characteristic - teristic of trim , for they no doubt expressed but what ho felt at the time. Hut bluntness - ness of criticism and frankness of avowal are not the same in a fallen man , as they are in one in full power. Tito next year ha was very ill in IIssingen and all the work ] was prepared to hear of bin death , Illa llli'ess eppealed to the emperor , who made advances far a reconciliation. This was ffecled the next year , when Hlsmarck , for the first tlmo since ho left Berlin , in 1$00 , rimmed his uniform as a cuirassier and ( vent to visit the emperor. He was 'greeted to the streets of Berlin as a returned con' queror and was unaffectedlypleased by all that happened. At Friedrlchsruh he lives the life of a oouutry gentlemen , but has a great deal of company , lie is as hospitable at home now Is ho was when Motley valted ! hint in 1851 at Frankfort. A friend who vtalled 11111 this year auppltes me with this description of him : "Ile is still so erect that hue has lost none of his great height-0 feet 1 In Ills stockings. lie is careful Inhla : diet , 'which is controlled by Dr. Scltowimtiger , and leepa his weight below 200 pounds. If unrestrained it would quickly go to 230. Ills mustache and eyebrows are perfectly white , as also the fringe of hair which remains to h'rt : His shoulders are broad , and 'hla arias and chest look muscular. IIa ! carriage is still that of a sodler ! , In lda taco there -Is time loon of peace and content w9ilolu ennobles old age even without a career of distlncton ! behind it , Be has surely outlived the vexation - tion whlclm worried him for a year or so after his retirement. " On his birthdays l11lherto , and doubtless it will be so iii 1800 as well , he , has received presents from tuts admirers all over the world. There are also fesllvltes at Fr edrlchsruh and a gathering of hula family-a family which lmas ranked among the German nobility far 400 years , but which nvae never great till Otto , the madcap , turned statesman and regenerated and reunited the Fatherland , JOHN GILMEIt SPEED. --e--- VIhl % CH 'I'lhI 1' COMP , Written for The Omalta Sunday lice. Whence come the birds of car : spring , ? With rapturous choral song Whence come the clouds of feathered plume , Hurrylig the day along ? Whence come the breezes of the night , Luring the heart in love ? Whence come the stars of the vaulted deep , Budding ua look above ? Whence combs those dreams of fitful time , Launching time soul away ? Whence come those moments when the thoughts In s Jmcujtion play ? Whendo comp thi O notes of Siren's song , Whts lerlnQs so still , Borne by unknovn messengers The musing heart to tea ? From beings unbeknown they come , spirits o1 light are they. Preparing the muses' thoughts in rhyme , To store them in song away. w. BAIjNUB LOW31R OALt1L luarcb , 1606. . . . . - fl Ct FlCt LD UC D LECTIZICITY Domain of the Steam Locomotive Steadily Encroaohod Upon , UTILIZING POWER - OF ARTESIAN WELLS L'nrted and llnrt'elou. AUpllnnlionM of Llertririt ' in .111 Itrnuches of Iluuseieeenimtq-flv lc'M for Ilentlmm uudICoulclnK , There are evidences tof the catty adoption - tion of electric loctrmotives for elevated railroads and for longnrthlstance lines , At the Baldwin works in' I'li11adeipbla the boil- gel' of that city reports tltat the trucks for eight electric locomotives have been turned out for thoeLiko Street Elevated railroad in Chicago : tSla of these will ho sepplted withm elactrloniotors , and appliances by the General Etectrlcr company auth two by the Walker Electrlclconmpany. These locomotives - comotives will be of a class to supply the place of steam laeem.tlves , and will be capable of hauling eleVated railroad trains of four or five cars. The Baldwin works supply only the trucks , The busluess arrangements - rangements between the Baldwin works and the Westinghouse Ei ctrtc company do not prevent thte former from supplying trucks tar electric locomotives to any other elcc- trlc company. The high speed electric railroad between Baltimore and Washington is now in process of construction , and work is being done in grading the roadbed on both ends of the line. It is expected that a speed of sixty miles nn hour will he made , The exact character of the equlpnmrnt has not yet been decided upon , but it is probable that the trains will be composed of a single motor car. The high speed at which these cars will rain introduces some conditions different from those obtaining of steam roads. For iii- stance , an obstruction on lhu track which would damage only the locomotive of n steam trahm might prove disastrous to the occupants of a single motor car. The tracks are to be built of the heaviest steal rails , and the runninggear is oxpeeled to be the equal of any steam equipment. Thu power plant has already been contracted - tracted for with the Westinghouse Electric company. There will be two power stations , one located about ten 1111125 Iron the Haltt- more terminal , and the other about the anise distance from the Washington terminal , The amount of power equipment' already cou- t acted for is equal to about 0,000-lmorca power , consisting of eight C00-kilowatt generators - erators , theeo 300-kilowatt "boosters , " and necessary switchboards and other electrical appllances. As the specifications for the cars have not yet been decided upon , it is not certain what commpany will supply tlteir electric - tric equipment or theirrunnhng gear. The success o : Sts road , about which there does not seem to be 001' doubt by its projectors , will be a great stimulus to the building of similar roads any of desired lengthbetween large cities for passenger traffic. It is expected - pected that , while it will , to some extent , cut Into the business of time-steam lines , a large proportion of time tragic will be new , and wall be developed by the greater frequency of the trains as well as by their high speed. Time trucks for the three locomotives for use at the Westinghouse works have been shipped to Plttsburg , and the first of the three Lae been equipped , and is now in daily service In the extensive yards of the works , Irauiing material and supplies. It runs on the "button" track of the Westinghouse company - pany , and has no overhead wire , but takes its current from the rails , which are energized - gized by the automatic connection of the rails to tlt feeders by the weight of the en- gne. ! No regular test has yet been made of the capacity of the iccomotive. A COMBINATION LOCOMOTIVE , The combination steam and electric locomotive - motive designed by L. E. Walkdns of Boston for the Ohio River , Madison d ; Central Electric - tric railway In Ohio , does not receive much , if any , more favorable criticism in the technical - nical paptrs4than did ] the famous 'iluhiniann locomotive , built inI France , which It resembles - sembles greatly. Then Ohio road itas yet to be built , as etas the locomotive for that matter - ter , and is to be a double-track line , running front Chlelnnatl to Mhdlson , Ind. The locomotive - motive ! s to restmblo a.baggage car in outward - ward appearance , exeeptrthat a cab for the engineer will be built atathe front end. The boiler is to be of locomotive type , and will furnish eeanl to a dirccbceanectcd Weating- ltouse engine , driving two 400-horse power electric dynamos. The ; current ( coin these dynamos is to be usedh by two motors of 350-horse power , connected with two pair of driving whecls ; six andione-half feet In dd- nmeter , and by a reserve motor of 200-horse power , used in case : of an etnerr ency to drlve tlte small wheels ref a trailing truck under time rear of the locomotive. Storage batteries svlll be carried in the engineer's cab to furnish current 11or a short run in case the main apparatus : breaks down , "We are sorry , " says Engineering News In com- mPuting on the Watkins engine , "that the French arc' ' not to have a monopoly of this Idea. The plan of combining in a single machine a boiler , engine , dyaono , storage battery and -electric motor , with the numerous - ous operating and controlling devices which each requires , and all for the purpose of propelling a car along 'a railway track , is ono which harmonizes better with the French mechanic's penchant for complication than with time American practice of choosing the ainiplest and most direct means of reaching a desired end. ARTESIAN WELL POWER. An interesting example of the persistence with which the installation of electric plants is now followed up under now conditions le afforded in 'the electric light plant at Chamberlain , S. : D wbleh Is operated by artesian well power. Chamberlain is situated - uated in the great subterranean water course district known as the arteedan well basin of South Dakota. Throughout this region , which is said to embrace over 20,000 square miles In the cenlrpu portion of the state , a constant fiov : of 'water averaging about 1,000 gallons a minute can be obtained by boring into limo earth to a depth varying in different places ; but averaging about 1,000 feet , The value of such a source of water supply for irrigating purposes is seen in time fact that a well flowing 800 gallons per minute will cover a square mlle of land one inch deep every fifteen days , or rnoie than two feet deep inone year , The coil of this district is fertile , and a steady supply - ply of moisture Insures abundant crops. The thirty artesian wells already sunk In Hrulo county are estimated to give a flow of 70 , , 000,000 gallorla every twenty-four hours , IIardly less important than the , part the artesdaii well will play in time future prosperity - perity of South Dakotas in the fertilization of its soil is Its new application to limo al bhilthe plant Is time t first electrl installation country well is drivt76by feet deep well tower eight inches In diameter. The eutiro body of the ought-inch flow gory up twelve and one-half feet from the mouth of the well , whllo , if reduced to a two and ane- terup to ar height of aa 10 feet.tlTimevSlow is 4,430 gallons per minute at a pressure of 110 pounds to the square inch , and the effective - fective energy of time moving water Is estl- mated as equal to 100 horsepower constantly exerted. Regulation is easily effected. By simply lowering the nozzle which throws a thtee l11cli stream on the buckets of a Pcl- ton water wheel , the water will go entirely through the buckets , and run away through the waste pipe , At present only 500 lights are supplied front the dynamo , but it Is pro- posd to run other maaufacturlng plants with rho large amommt of power that Is now going to waste , Tbo location of Chamberlain on the edge of one of time greatest cattle and sheep ranges in time country emakes ILan oxcop- tloually favorable point for the establishment - ment of a creamery , a woolen mill or a tan' nary , as well as for mnay other industries. For a creamery ttmevwell power would be specially adapted on account of ( lie' stcadi Bess with which IIt. would rmi time eeparalors , and the business men of the etty Are already taking steps Ito develop the cream industry , It is said thatra guarantee of 1,000 cows can be secured'wtthout any dtfilculty In time vicially , and dubelations can be established - tablished across the Missouri river and in towns east of the citq as well as north and south. , .jTAr' , , LLCTRIO REATIAND COOKERY , The recent introduction of electric heat- lag at the } 'audevllleitheater In Lorjdon , in competition with load ( assure efeu rQ nOaf log , marks a decided advance in' limo praettce of heating by electrical methods. There are twelve heater. , each two tout long and one foot wlde , arranged around the walls , and twelve healers In the partition in front of the orchestra. There are in addition four largo portable heaters , with flexible attachments - ments , for use either in the center or around the Fldts of the theater , as necessity requires - quires , although it has been found that they are rarely required , The advantages of electrical - trical healing are especially marked in the case of thcatera , where pure warns air , wllir- out powerful currents or draughts , is desired. The cost of heating the theater for tour hours is found to ho about $2.88. In this country the largest Installations of electric heating applied to buildings are in Tito office building of the Cmtlaract Construction - struction company , at Niagara Falls , anti the Carmelite Monastery , also located at Nngara ! Falls , The simplicity of the means and time nppara- tea required for praduc'ng heat electrically , which conslats in the mere rasutige of a current of electricity through a wire of some htah resistance material , and i as Gcr man silvar , or iron , tcgcther wlllm its nutnl- feat advantages of requiring no more attar tlon than an ordinary incandescent lamp ; ( hat it can be instantly applied ; does not require several hours' previous heating , as in the case of healing bu Idings by hot water or steam ; freedom from odors , dirt and dust , are constantly enlarging its already exlemslvo splmere , Electrically propelled street cars all river the country are rapidly adopting electric heaters , Cvcn thought lrenthig in this ulan nor costs about four thorns as mucli as heat oblalned by bulrning coal or oil iii stoves. The cost of healing cars electrically In temperate - perate climates , , like our own , is nhout 2 ceulu per hour , or 40 cents per tiny of elghte0n hours , This increascl cost 'a ' compensated for by the gcaler cicanlinesa of the cars , the fact that electric lteatee do not occupy useful spmcO , and that the heat ii , store uulformly dlstrtbtltsd in the ear and near the floor , where warnttli is most agreeable. Electric heaters are now suppited inr cocking - ing purposee , for heating glue pda in large baokbinding establlaa nu tt + ; r ad lrons in Ilium factories , for the welding of spokes anti tires of wheels , the welding of cables , bars , propeller shafts , etc. ; pipe bemmding apparatus , for ice wedlug : of car tracks Into a contin mnua whnlo , titus doing away with bonding , and in many forms of electric furnaces employed in the industrial arts for the produc'i'm ' of carhorundum , eatrluni , carbide - bide , aluminium n alloys , and in many ether processes regtdit : , ; .r very great degree of heat. HOUSEKEEPING BY ELECTRICITY. A great electrician amid inventor was once Luovn to remark that before many years had passed electricity would constitute the backbone of industry. The time is nov almost ripe when the truth of this prophecy will become apparent to even the most unlearned in the attn. A casual glance through the voluminous records of the United States patent office , says a writer In the St Louis Republic , dlseloce5 the fact that our great inventors have not overlooked the trials and cares of the housekeeper in their researches , but have provided for her every want in their prefected elect 1c heat , light , and power pro- ducers. In a modern house equipped with only a very small number of these electric devices the usr of coal and gas is altogether obviated - viated , and time house is heated and lighted and the cookiug done by means of the mys terlouu electric fluid. In this house you see no apparent heating means , and yet there Is a dlffused warmth evenly dislrtbuted throughout all the rooms. This heat Is produced by the heavy electric carpets or rugs with which the rooms and hails are pro. vkled , Eachs of these carpets is made of ordinary material , but is provided on its under side with two bore layers of asbestos. A composition composed of powdered clay and ptunmbago is applied between the two layers of asbestos. Suitable cnmtact plates to whlclm wires of an electric circuit are connected are embedded in the composltioa at opposite ends of the carpet. The electric current in paring through the plumbage in the composition is resisted by the clay , and a gentle heat is thud generated over the entire area of the carpet , heating all parts of the room' equally. Each carpet is car nected to an independent circuit , so that the rooms may be heated' to different temperatures - peratures , as desired , and the degree of heat in each may be regulated by a simple rheostat connection. In auch rooms or places where it is not desirable to use the ruget , electric bracket heaters may be employed. Each of these heaters consists - sists of separated carbon bars That form one continuous zigzag circuit. These bars are encased in a simple ornamental open work bracket adapted to be hunt on the wall. The carbons are connected in cm- cult by hidden clrcult wires. Hot water is supplied for the whole house by a tubular electric boiler. Each water tube of thtis boiler la wound' with wire re- slstanco coils , and when time current is passed through the coils by the turning of a switch lime water very soon begins to boil because of the heat generated by do resist- mace to the electric fluid. Along one side of the room is arranged a polished wood bench , upon which the electric cooking stove and electric pots and pans are placed. Above this bench is arranged a smoke trap , provided with an electric fan for creating a suction to draw all the smoke from the roan and discharge it into limo chimney. ' The electric stove is heated by a plate of separated resistance bars. This plate can ho raised or lowered in the stove to or from the cooking article to give a greater or less ammount of heat. The top of the stove is provided with a windgw , and an mean- descent light illuminates the interior so that the cooking article 1s in plain sight at all thees , Time . stove is started and stopped by the simple turning of a switch. The degree of heat in the oven is regulated in the same manner as in the electric car- pet. pet.Next to the stove stands an electric broiler. This is composed of two hinged frames provided with hollow-spaced bars and a pan beneath the same to catch the drip. Electric resistance wires are passed thrommgh the hollow bars and connected to an electric circuit. When the current is turned through this device the bars become - come heated and tlmorougbly broil time meat between them. The electric trying pans , coffee pots , grldlrone and like cooking uten = stls cover the remainder of the bench and are each heated separately by electric resistance - sistance coils applied on their under sides. Thceo articles are all delachahly connected to the circuit wires llat pass along to the rear of the bench , so that they may be disconnected and curried about , There is no ansut or dirt about any of limo mlevlces or any part of the kitchen for time obvious reason tltat there 1s no fire or coal to create ate tea sane. In one corner of the kitchen stands the electric' ' dishwasher. Retable shedvea are mounted in tills wnsher , and are adapted to receive the dislmes. Flexible stationary wipers are arranged over time shelves to wash time dishes as they are carried about by time rotating shelves. The shelves are rotated by a small electric motor , end hot water is supplied from time electric boiler , in the bedrooms electrically healed mattresses - tresses are used on , ali the beds , 'rheae each conspriee flexible resistance wires , embedded in asbestos covering , ryhich are placed in time mattress proper. These mattresses each diffuse a mild , gentle heat , which can be Instantly stopped when so desired by turning time electric current out of time mattress - tress by a suitable switch. The blankets are also healed in time same manner by electric , reaistosces. All time towels are also healed to a gentle w nrnth by flexible resistance wires embedded in them , and flexibly connected - nected to time electric circuit. The combs and brushes are also electrical , and are each provided with their own batteries for gen- crating the current. The bristles of time prush are of flexible metal , and are connected - nected alternately to the positive and ueg- alive elements forming the battery in the back of time brush. The use of this brush pvigorater the scalp and prevents falling of the imatr and like complaints. It the baby sllouhl carnplaln during time night it would only be necessary to put hilts in the electric cradle , which-is operated by a small electric motor. The movement of the cradle by the motor also operates a tan , so , hat on hot smmmner nights baby can be rocked to sleep and fanned at tine same time wPhout inconvenience to any one , All the rocklpg chairs throughout time house are operated by the small electric motors arranged - ranged under limo seats , Ira time dining room the center of the table is kept onsta tly revolvltrg by an electric motor arrange under the sale and tttuu the different dishe _ are b1811"gliit'tdCslvely ula Fr1Cl1 crtbii , $6 That Iie may help hiunsel tp what he likes. The front dqor of the house 1s provided with pn elgctrio lock , that may be operated to open the door from say of the rooms In the upper dtorlea. - -I ) iu ' , . . ti nYI n d ( r Should Get Your Order for 'EASTER GARMENTS TI'S s 1. . , ) Because : alw lnlh ; , Nicoll's assortment of " ' ' , 'o' Spring a n d Summer t Woolens is by far the " 1 largest under any roof in the city , ' BecaDlseoC. . . / , , a f , Nicole's ' arc within - in your Deans , We + 7 ' assure to ycu a saving > of from glo to SI on 1 suits-a saving of from $2 to r w on trousers , _ ' Because Ve guarantee perfect fitting garments--or your money i cheerfully refunded. ' . We pay close attention t o those small details of tailor ' ing-so much appreciated by careful dressers. Trousers 45t 67 - 8- 910. . ' t tt t Suits , $15-$2O-$25-$3O-$85 - Garments naade in one day it r eqaired , s Sam les riaailed a oft request , 4 r. , t . A 1 , 207 South 15th Street. i' , . ' ' I :1.t aI , : _ . - . , li ) ro -.l .li JMA Ea i I 1 ; 1 aiaDoyle ® r i , , . ' It : RODNEY STONE f + 3"e , i ° ' k A Reminisceuce of the Ring. , - e A. .I ' , .Id Autkorof "Tito Advoatures of Sherlock Ilolucs ; "The lYhitc Company , " etc. . .h , G ' 'x ' < o 'ri : ' T ® Ben V')1A rim and n Se v a . . ' .I ' + r To . , . I' ' rsr enteen Weeks. Y M Breezy , full of life and action and of snstnlned htterest from the ' ( opening senteuco , this ncly story by Dr. Doyle will fully sustai i i the ' i , nuthot s Prestflo ns uuc of the host sueccssftm1 cattrels to tho.demaud t + t t for good stm'fes , attractively told , that seems tp be ullivetsal in the t human heart , I ; "Rodney Stone" himself is supposed to be the nnvrntor of' the talc. Ho 1s n retired paval , officer , and he writes In 1850 , tvGen run old elan , of certniu events of which lie was persogally cggiilzant when n boy. Others 'than the narrator were far moro prominent in these events than Rodney Stone hhuselt. Ile Is but a "thin and colorless cord , ho tells t h e render , upon which his "would bo pearls , the luehlents ip the ' t story , are strung , and In adopting this method Dr. Doyle 1185 chosen the 1 , one that 'has been so successful with kiln ht many prQVlous atoriee. The opening scones of time story are laid at hrlue's Onif , a little village between T.ondou and I3rih'lltouand the time Is near the close , , , of the last century , r , y , r , afl ) ' W1LCOk CORIPOVIWIii L V ( 7'AN5Y.P1LL $ , II 11,1 + , Saf.and90Rn , Atwayarellabls. ( Alit ; k nOSULltitarb P'oraataby.lidrugguta 3.oo. LTI lorhIoemanY6afrouard , WILOY NEC I _ . , rusooru12IURTISa3..rlUf.AD1,1Y , - . --a _ NESS&H a19IS& DUAEDfula/.a 'i'J' oos , . , o ot. tb tarartalmaalL9lW / ' x0. alaprra anti , R . v0 r i ' n. 1fi TRADE-MARIE ® 611sra.drarlMlrrT.rt eaa/rwr90 . " N