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TELEPHONING WITH SUNBEAM
Prof , Bell's ' Novel Invention Promises An
other Revolution.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSMITTING SOUND
Ihr Idiilliipliiiiie 11 Marvelous Itinlrii-
Jnent of ( ironI ( ( imiiiereliil Im
portance I'all of n Shadow
Mmlc .V ml Mile.
Prof Graham licit Is devoting his atten
tion this summer to the commercial develop
ment of a wonderful Invention ot his which
involves nothing less than telephoning by
means of a ray of light. A few weeks ago
I had an extended Interview with the In
ventor regarding this marvelous Instrument ,
the substance of which Is here given.
Perhaps not a single reader of this article-
is aware of the fact that nearly twenty jrors
ngo Prof Hell made the discovery ot a
method by which he might hear a slndow
fall. Ho found In following up the re
searches of Ir Werner Siemens that the
rare metal called selenium possesses the
peculiar quality of varying Its electrical
conductivity under the action ot light. That
Is to say , Its resistance to the passage of a
current of electricity differs widely when It
; was exposed to the light or hid In the dark.
It was from this discovery that the In
ventor devised an Instrument as simple as
its powers were astonishing. He found that
by connecting a cell made of this metal ,
eelenlum , with the ear , by means of an
ordinary telephone- , and then directing upon
this cell nn Interrupted beam of light that It
produced sound. It was at flint supposed
that this rare metal was the only ono which
possessed this quality of being bonorous ,
that Is to soy of giving out sounds , under
the action of light , but In n series of
beautiful experiments Prof. Hell found that
rll tubstanccs possess It more or less In the
name way when made up In the form of thin
discs or diaphragms In a word , the great
Inventor laid bare for the flrst time a new
principal of matter.
TALKING OVER A SUNIIKAM.
H was out of these researches that the
. wonderful Instrument upon which Prof.
LIOHT
LENS
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MECHANISM OF Tlin IlAUIOPHONn.
Hell Is now again .at work snrang. He
gave It originally tto ) name of the photo-
phone. Put In the broadest way It aimed to
substitute for the ordinary telegraph or
telephone wire a ray of light. Doubtless
thejp Is many a man who would question
the sa'iiltv'oT"any one who would claim to
bo able , to talk for a long distance over a
eunbeaui.And yet this Is exactly what Prof.
Hell has succeeded In doing. The mechanism
which he devised does not differ widely from
the telephone In Us general principles , save
In the fact Indicated that It substitutes a
ray of light for the usual copper wire. The
Illustration which accompanies this article
Kivcs a very fair Idea of its mechanical
lealures. , ,
There is first of all a transmitter , which
Is made up of a thin diaphragm of mica
or of some other substance , silvered at Its
back so as to make of It a reflecting mirror.
The diaphragm Is connected with an or
dinary speaking tube , Into which the op
erator talks Just as exactly as ho would
talk Into the transmitter of a telephone.
Against this thin disc or diaphragm is
projected a ray of light , preferably sunlight
The light Is caught by a mirror and directed
through a coacetratlng lens whose focus Is
the transmitting diaphragm The latter In
turn reflects the ray through a second Ions ,
which again makes the components of the
ray of light parallel , so that It may tiavel
nny distance without dispersion.
At the other station , where the iceelvlng
operator Is located , there Is a parbollc
reflector , at the end of which Is fixed u
Bclenlum cell. The latter In tuin Is con
nected tolephonlcnlly with the ear. Now
vvhen the ray of light Is reflected from the
transmitting diaphragm and the operator
epcaks Into the tube Joined with the latter ,
what ho sajs may bo clearly and distinctly
licard at the other end of the traveling ray
of light. And that , practically speaking ,
Is all there Is to this wonderful affair.
HOW IT WOHKS.
The theory upon which this Instrument
Is built Is that the ray of light may be
Impressed with the sound vibrations In ex
actly the same way that an electrically
charged wlro Is Impressed with the sound
vibrations from the telephone. When you
talk Into the latter , what takes place Is
Dimply this' The electrical circuit being
brought Into connection with the carbon
diaphragm , against which jour voice strikes ,
the wire or current Is tot In vlbtatlon , or
rather the sound vibrations or waves are
Impressed upon the electrical vibrations or
waves , Just as If jou vvero to start a series
of ripples In a pond and tnen add to these
a second series of u different character ,
which would follow In the same direction ,
but not the same line of vibration or wave
motion. This of course Is putting the matter
ciudcly , but It represents the notion of the
Bdctitlflc Idea which I have got Into my
on n mind , and which 1 hope U sulllclently
clear to the reader.
It follovvs from the * process hero described
that If speaking against the rarbon trans
mitter will set up such an agitation In an
electrically charged wlro a mechanism which
nlmll Just riiveise the action of the trans
mitter will reproduce a similar set of vibra
tions upon a dlapluagm at the > other end of
tlin line and thus reproduce your speech.
As the reader Is doubtless aware , alUthc
trend of modern physical science Is toward
establishing the close relationship of the
different forms of molecular motion , which
lor the purpose uf distinction are variously
called light , heat , 1'lrdrlclty anil sound. So
rlOBO indeed U this relationship that the
late Prof , Tjndall , the very hlglust au-
thoilty on the subject , wished to abolUh
tome of these phrases , notably that of
"light , " as simply tonfusini ; . And the
further science has gone the more It has
CPmo to see that the only difference be
tween thesH varying modes of motion , the
only difference between light and heat and
electricity and bound , Is the difference of
form and rapidity. It 1ms found that It It
not very dllllcult to convert tli one Into
the other. The conversion of heat or elec
tricity Into light Is no familial and com
monplace a piocrss that wo da
not wonder at It at all. Hut
wlirn Prof , lit'11 went a step faithcr and
demonstrated the possibility of converting
Hfilit into Kound , or at leant of causing
a wave of light tn produce a wove of sound ,
which U practically tantamount to the same
thing , ho entered Into a now field and
welded a new link In the chain of relation
ship and interdependence. You will see that
it was but a elep farther than this to bis
practical miracle of telephoning by light ,
niscovunno MY ACCIDENT.
Hut to say that thin U "telephoning by
nicaiu of a sunbeam" U really a very crude
Mid Inaccurate description of what actually
take ! place. Thlir was what Prof , Del ) dis
covered by accident one day In the courio ot
kit experiment ! . It chanced that he thtust
iu the path of ( lie ray * disc of India
rubber and lie found that communication
was cot interrupted In the least , If you or
bad bjen th ro we should Lave beta both
surprised and myttlflcd. nut the accident
told Prof. Dell that he had made a yet
further step In his rcscarchen , that he had
opened a new gulp to further knowledge
of the subject. lie had discovered that the
process of telephoning was not conducted by
the visible rays ot the sunbeam at all , but
by the Invisible rays , of which we know
only by Inference.
If > ou split up a sunbeam by means of
a prism on each side of the spectrum
there will bo found to bo certain rnjs which
arc not visible , but which still have the
property , some of them of developing heat
and others ot affecting a galvonomcter.
Some of these are called actinic rays , and
then again there Is another class of which
the world has hoard n great deal of late ,
the so-called X-rajs which Prof Uocntgen
made use of In seeing the bones of the
human body.
, The peculiar quality of these Invisible
rays Is that they will pass through sub
stances which the visible ra > s ot light will
not pass through , and this Is Just what hap
pened when Plot. Hell thnitt this piece
of India rubber Into the sunbeam's path
In hit experiment. The phenomenon showed
that It was these Invisible rays which
really took up the sound vibrations and
rarrlcd them along. And so from this
Put Hell was led tn change the name of
his device * from a photophone to n radiophone -
phone , lly this now phrase the Inventor
was able to glvo a clearer and more nc-
curatcl } descriptive name to his Invention.
PUOPRKTII2S OF SHUJNIUM.
Hut Prof Hell's researches were only
begun. As I have already Indicated , the
Invention of the radiophone was due to
his dlscovtry of the peculiar properties pos
sessed by selenium The latter is an ex
ceedingly rare metal , so closely resembling
tclurlum that the man who found It flrst
gave It a naniti which would indicate Its
relationship ; as tclurlum comes from tellus ,
the earth , lie took Its name from sclcnc ,
the moon It Is as expensive as It Is rare ,
and In his laboratory Inst spring Prof Hell
showed me a little glass jar which con
tains probably the largest amount of
selenium In the world , rurthermoic , aside
from Its expense It was n troublesome metal
to deal with and many a long night did
Piof. Hell spend all his work Is done at
night over \va > s and means for Its practical
use.
use.It happened ono day when Prof. Bell
wished to make some experiments that the
selenium was all gene , and just by way of
hazard' number of other substani.es were
tried , to see It they would act in anything
like the same way. H was Just from this
chance experiment that It was found that
there arc a great many substances that will
do almostas , well. One qf these- was ordi
nary black wool. And just to show you how
largo a part mere chance plays even In
' matters of pure science , Prof , Dell goes o
to tell of how one day he was , out of blac
wool , as well as selenium. There was whit
wool , however , and nothing daunted , the In
vtntor proceeded to bedaub this with ordl
nary lamp black. .And . .thin worked bettc
than ever. It v\as only little further ste
tn experiment with lamp black Itself , am
finally with just plain soot. And the las
it was found was the best of all.
So , one chance experiment after another ,
it finally fell out that Prof. Bell devise
a talking machine , literally , out of a sun
beam and a small plilal ot soot. At firs
all the experiments -were conducted In th
laboratory between one room and another.
Ono clay Prof. Bell's co-worker , Sumne
Talntcr , climbed up with a radiophone trans
mltter , Into the cupola of a school house a
considerable distance away. Prof. Bell wa
at the receiver by one of the laboratory
windows , wondering , just like Ukrlus Green
"whether the fool thing would work. " Inti
the transmitter Mr Talntcr cried :
"Prof Hell ! Prof. Helir It > ou hear wha
I Hay come to the window and wave you :
hat ! "
Prof. Hell did not wait for hls.hat. Wltl :
all the enthusiasm of a school boy hi
jumped to the window and waved hU arm
as frantically as he knew how. It dli
work !
Latterly experiments wcie conducted o
talking through a distance of a mile and a
half. And here the progress of the Inven
tlon stopped. There weio other thing'
to engage the attention of the Inventor'i
busy and restless brain , and not until tin
announcement of the wonderful things
which Prof. Roentgen was able to do with
his X rays did the instrument receive
further attention.
POSSIBIUTIKS OF THE RADIOPHONE
Now , however , with the rapid progress
which Investigators have made In this
direction. Prof. Hell has again taken up the
work , with a view to making the radiophone
a practical and commercial Invention. If
would never do of course to have an In >
striiment which has to depend entirely upon
sunlight for Its workability , and for a long
time It looked as though the radiophone
would bo of no use to anyone save men of
science.
But It Is possible that with the advance
of electric lighting , and means ot generating
the X rays , a simple and practicable way-
will be found to produce a light that will
rival the sunbeam , at least for this purpose ,
The conditions aie that It shall bo suf
ficiently powerful , and at the same time
steady. If it docs not possess the latter
quality , In trying to talk over a ray of light
you would experience the same sort of con
fusion as when you tried to telephone over
a. wlro that Is vibrating at the eamo time
from Eomo other EOUICO.
I asked Prof Doll what would bo tt.o limit
as to distance through which the radiophone
might operate , and If by this means It would
bo possible to talk any further than you may
now signal with a heliograph. He replied
that he saw no reason why If the right sort
of a light weio found It would not be pea
slblo to establish a series of reflecting mlr-
rois at convenient distances apart ami reflect
the ray In any dealrt-d dlicctlon Provided
the louses employed are perfectly accurate ,
the light would not lone Its power , nor would
the Bound vllnntjons bo disturbed by any
number of surh deflections.
Theoretically It U entirely conceivable that
If a series of minors vvurq net up at regular
Intervals , sufilclent to ovirnnu < the curraturo
of the earth , it would bo possible to talk
clear acioss tliu continent or for that matter
were th way clear , all uround the \vorld ,
with ( tils single original beam of light. The
only condition would be that there should bo
nothing In the way of nn obstruction to
cross the beam In Its travels ,
As to the practical use of the radiophone , a
It IE easy to KBO that with It8 simple con
struction it could be cheaply built mil
might be > employed for long distances where
the cost of copper wlro would bo prohibitive.
It Is likewise easy to see Its utility In times
of war , when It would be Impossible to string
a wire , or when a wlro might be cut by the
enemy. Hy this means free communication
could be established between armies con
siderably distant from each other or from a
lookout to the headquarters.
CAIU * SNYUnit.
I'nn-aliil
Cincinnati Enquirer : ' 'My sou , " said the
gray beard , "you are about to go forth to da
battle with the world"
"Yes , father , " answered the youug man ,
"One of the first things you fihould learn ,
my boy , " the old man continued , "it to learn
to say 'no , ' "
"I think I understand. "
"I duuuo whether you do or not. The to
point I am trying 'to get at U that the habit
of faying 'iiaw' and 'nit' was all right while a
you were la college , but It alu't ( Up correct 7
tbto for a busings oiau1 d
COOLING OF A RED HOT TOWN
Cripple Greek as it Appears Rising from
Its Ashes.
THE EARLY FLAVOR GONE FOREVER
ft ! tin | i not of Avtlip mid Indolent
I.lfi' In I lie I'ntiiotiN Ciiinii The
.lien AVIuiVorU mill the
I'lon ( InUP Population.
( Copj right , Uofl , 8. 8 McClure Co )
CRIPPLE CHDEK , Sept. 3 The new
Crlpplo Cree' ' < Is a swdrilling , shapeless ,
Inchoate mass of bricks and mortar. Last
April the old town was swtpt nwny and tlic
principal street Is just now being rebuilt
In brick. The residence portion of the new
town has moved toward the west , and like
the old town , Is made up of Urn same hlj-
bledy mixture of small wooden shnnlltb ,
slab huts , tents , cabins of papple-trces and
firs and wagon covers.
The new buildings of the business strcnts
ore of brick and very * olld and substantial ,
but > hc grpu miss ol rcslii-nts ll\e In
temporaltentllko structures scattered
over the gray-green slopes of the hills with
out form or grace. Seen from Its divide the
f v n stems like n handful of toy blockb
flung on the smooth grass.
The whole carni- seems to me to have
lost flavor some way. It la rapidly becoming
commonplace. It is filled Just now with
ordinary workmen fiom the states masona
and hod carriers , and carpenters , and the
gambler and the cowboy are hardly In
ev Idence.
On the hills cowbells tinkle , mules bray ,
( logs bark. The sound of hammers Is In
cessant down on the main street , and men
swarm among the stacks of brick and
lumber thick as Mies around sugar lumps
Notwithstanding the crazj prices for leal
estate and Die charges for rooms and houses ,
It appears to me that the most of the people
In Cripple Creek are only tourists or ad-
vrnturcig "staying" In town a few days
They hardly seem to oneto be decided about
living there. Many of those who are set
tled appear to lack the money to get away
1 ean't make myself believe the town Is a
permanent one.
TEMPTATION'S FOR THD IDLE.
Kach day bVings swarms of wild-voiced
and Innocent-eyed joung farmers and work
men from the cast with $6 In their pockets
They stay a few dajs trying for work , then
tuin face to the east again and others take
their places. The gambling dens and saloons
were chiiacterlstlcally the first structures
to get finished , and they have been running
full time for some weeks. The betting Is
not very exciting , being mainly In small
sums. Here , also , the young man from the
states who wants to be "a little bad" In
Cripple Creek has had a strong Influence.
It Is possible to gamble In nickels now.
Everything Is being scaled down In price
except rent of rooms and that will drop
soon. "The towh Is over advertised. " many
of the workmen say. "The talk about re-
bulldln' has brought men swormln' In hero
Everj thing Is overdone. Tell men to keep
away. There's no work here. "
Ono of the flrst places I revisited was the
placer up above town to the north. If I
were ever tempted to hunt gold It would be
In placer mining. For there you are able
to "clean up" and find out just where jou
stand at any moment , and suspense Is
shoit lived. There Is a dramatic Interest
In the panning out of pay dirt. As the
wily water slips away from the black sand
and shining grains and small lumps of gold
begin to appear It quickens the blood even
of one not given to gambling.
Last jear I wandered about on the Mesa
talking with the miners and watching each
man as he cleaned out his little "rocker"
and washed away the sand watched him
till ho pcured on his small phial of mer
cury , "qufck" they call It , to" gather-up
metal fine batted
the all'but-lnvlslble as
flour.
I found Just as many -working there this
year but not one of all the many who
wcro working there In IS'JS. They come
and go restlessly.
DOCS NOT PAY.
They were a little less hopeful than last
jear. "The pay-streaks are all worked out
3 , sometimes a foliar hits it an' then agin
he don't. Ofter.er he don't. It's good luck
Lo make $1 a day , and we pay 25 cents out
of every dollar as royalty to the cuss that
says be owns the ground. Still It's better
than doing nothing an' bummln' your way. "
This was practically the word of all. It
paid barely enough to buy meat and Hour ,
ind yet "It beats bummln' the streets lookln'
'or a free lunch counter. The town's ben
well advertised by the flre and all , and
t swarms with men out o' work. "
"This is no camp for a poor man any-
.vay , " said another. "Hit's Jlst thls-a-way
You're bleegcd to have money to defend
jour claim In the first place. These shysters
who make a business of flllu' contests agin
ye air plum sure to pile onto ych seven
leep purvldln' ycr claim Is worth anything.
Then It takes high-priced machinery and
so It goes. A poor man ain't In it knee
high to a yaller dog. "
Most of these men arc Mlssourlans and
all of them have had vast experience. One
lad washed gold In California in the CD's
and In Montana later. Hero In the lilack
illls In the 70's.
"I tried farmln' a while In eastern Colorado
rado and now I'm a-thlnkm' of tryln' the
lahee's Peak country. " He said In con
clusion : "Always hoping to strike it some- It
vhcrc. "
Another had been everywhere the last
1peakcr had been and also In South Amcr-
ca , One man had the form of a gladiator
and a soft , mild , slow voice , which made mo
"orget what ho was saying , so full of grace
and gravity vvaa hit ) tone.
In a low "drift" a couple of boys were
working , drawing the pay-dirt out of the
lolc in a big , broad pan with a wire for a di
mndle. Ono of them was from Pennsylvania
and the other was a native of Colorado ,
Doth were plump , hearty and profane , and
hey ate tobacco like veterans of the war of
1812.
1812.Onri
Onri called the other "Uncle" and as they
gravely put heads together over their pan
their Intentness was comic. They had only
been at work four dajs , but.bad made three
dollars apiece for three of the dajs , Thej
felt no need of economizing on tobacco. < l
They will finally drift awuy like all the rest
and others will take their place. of
PLACERS PLAYUD OUT. Jj
The city is building out over the placer
and the washing for gold will soon be done ,
the land will bo sold for building lots. All
around the tellers were set their wagon
covers and tents and little shanties , and at
times their wives and children came out to
peer eagerly Into the pans , ready to join In in
the joy of a good showing or to comfort the
teller If luck were bad.
The men dig silently , for the most part ,
with little communication of any sort. They
plcice down through the rich loam of the
uward till the bed-rock Is laid bare , then n
they "drift" out along the line of any/pay [
streuk they may strike. Once in a while
they strike a small nugget but not often.
They hack away at their little machines
without enthusiasm , and with just enough fu
of hope to keep them working. In point
of fact Cripple Creek la settling dovvn nto
rich mining camp where the minespie
concentrated Into few hands It offcrb Its *
and less chance every day for the man with
small means It types the great outside
world In thin. "The big fellers eat ot the
the little fellers. " Also there are many
mines "developed to the point of produc
ing , " but not being worked Mlners used
to gull the eastern capltaljbts by shrewd
managers. The tdicmes whereby the east
ern tenderfoot in raped into uujlng a hole
In the ground arc exquisite and marrelouv
pieces of verbal mechanUm. The figure
gat a little mixed , but the truth remains.
UNLOADINO MINK STOCK.
"Why , " said one promoter , "I tell jou ,
jou can sell 'tin an > thing back there , Dos-
ton now , why I sold $38,000 worth In three
dayii man stopped me on the itrect to
buy. "
"You don't say ! "
"Vesser. I cleaned out every sbaro I had
with mo In them three towns , Nuw York ,
Itoilon aud Philadelphia You don't want
make 'producers' out of your milieu.
Develop 'em till > er reach a fine allowing
v > bolo lot In night , then sell jer stock.
he thing may pltich out on yer or It may
Klop a coute t. ' ' In these beautiful
schemes there la IlUledchanco for the poor
miner. The nealthi of the earth should
go to the common rpinhf In n larger degree
than It docs. Probtjjly he Is not a strong
man , but ho can't Jjrlp that ; ho does the
best ho can and shpillil be rewarded ,
I should like to cc plm "strike II rich"
Bomowhtrc some lonely spot where no
smart law j or or grc t tundlcate could come
"between him and his. Raining sand.
There Is only one ( place where that coulil
conceivably happen.and that Is In heaven ,
lint If there Is n ullscount upon Cripple
Creek If It Is losing Interest and destruc
tion of wickedness nnrt crowing humdrum
there Is no discount on Cripple Creek's
scenery The day was \\kc \ \ April the wind
cool , fresh , the pro trio prass set with wild
flowers , the sky radlnnt , pure as a maiden's
eyes and the mighty' ranges to the west
and south majestic as ever and more allur
ing than ever , for they arc beginning to
have the further charm of familiarity
P. S Some local poet In Victor "rubs It
Into" Crlpplo Creek In the following fashIon -
Ion Victor , It may be explained , Is a rival
town some five or sK miles over the hills.
. WANTED TO KNOW
A itrnngor from the dIMnnt oust
lUKrtim'd with truvol stnln
Ono ilny got off iu Cripple town
Prom nn cnrlj- morning train.
A near hotel ho quickly sought ,
Mli hunger to alliiy ,
And after breakfast caught the clerk.
And talked to him this way :
"I or works and months I've read nbout
The Indipondcnru mini1.
The wonders of Its treasure vaults
The wiills with Fold that shine.
I'm curious now to view It ,
And think I'll take n Htroll ;
Now. what direction shall I take
To roach that mineral hole ? "
The Hnil-cycd dork , with pit } Ing glnnce ,
Repressed a rising tear.
And answered , with r. faltering voice ,
"It's six miles east of here ;
Just take the next suburb in ,
That goes to Victor see ?
And you'll find the Independence
In that locality "
The stranger , disappointed ,
Was silent quite a while ;
lint broke the HtlllnoHS painful
With conundrums of this style :
"Well what about the Portland ?
That H hiTwiboiltH , I 'poso7
Ono of > our famous Crlpplo mines ,
As eveiybody known ;
I'll take a wall ! and look at Unit.
WhileI've nothing else to do ; "
Hut the clerk just faintly murmured ,
"That mine's at Vlctot , too "
The stranger paused n moment ,
Then gaveIt to him raw
" \ \ oil , Where's your Hattlo mountain ,
And the hill entitled Squaw * "
The flerk turned pile and gasped for breath ,
Keeled over on the floor ,
And the subsequent proceedings
Interested him no more
The stranger grabbed his gripsack
And hastened to the train
The chances are he'll not be caught
In Cripple Creek agnln.
-SIX-TO-PICA.
There Is Just as much truth as poetry li
this skit and Cripple Creek winces nt It : i
HAMLIN OAKLAND.
TIMI3 Sl'lJVl' IA MI V > INC. .
OUT JTOO DII.IN of a MIIII'H Life PIINMUI !
In a Ilurlior Shop.
People ns a rule admire a man who pos
sesses a face that shows the bright look ot
elcanllness and youthfulness that Is the re
sult of a good , clean shave No matter of
how good a quality a man's clothing may
bo or how late the style In which they are
made , he docs not possess that look of re
finement that naturally belongs to a man
If his face Is marred vvth ( n stubby beard
There Is nothing that will bring about this
refined effect so well aa a shave , sajs the
Plttsburg Chronicle. Yet how many people
who admire Oils brlnglpg out of the fea
tures In such a clear cut and pleasant
manner really know hqw much time and
trouble Is taken up In Acquiring the youthfulness -
fulness of " countenance ( hat they so much
admire.
Tew people have anything near the cor
rect Idea of the time Iqst by the ordinary
man In barber bhops , The business man
who looks so natty in correct and well-fit
ting clothes , with his smooth , clean face
gets sbaved on an average of about four
times a week. When ho goes to the barbers
the flrst time he may be lucky enough to
strike a time when thprd Is no customer
ahead of him , and .as airesult he Is shaved
and back to business again In almost half-
an hour. The next time ho goes ho Is not so
fortunate , and about thirty-five minutes aio
consumed. The third time may take even
longer , and the fourth time In the week ,
which Is usually on Saturday , he may find I
quite a number ahead of him , and veiy
often ho Is compelled to wait fully an hour '
before he is shaved. In this way the busi 'I
ness man spends on an average of two and
a half hours each week In a barber shop. 'II
It does not seem long for a week , but
when you calculate the time spent In this 'II I
way In a lifetime it Is enormous. At the 'II
above rate , which Is very low , the business
man , computing that he starts shaving I
wl-en he is 20 jcars of age and lives to be
GO , continuing shaving during the interim ,
will have spent nearly 217 days In a barber I
shop. If he gets shaved but three times a
week , as manv of them do , he will during '
the same length of time as In the above
mentioned Instance have spent nearly ICO 'I
days In a barber shop. 'II
The above Is only for the time lost and
does not Include the expense attached to 'II I
the operation. In the barber shops patron
ized by business men of any standing what
ever the price of a shave Is never less than I
15 cents. Usually , too , there Is a tip of at 'II
least a dime for the barber and a nickel
for the boy who brushes your hat and
clothes. This runs the cost of your shaving
up pretty high , especially when you take
Into consideration the fact that during an
ordinary lifetime a man who gets shaved
four times a week makes over 8,000 visits I
to tbo barber shop. As the cost of these
visits Is usually 25 cents or 30 cents each ,
can readily bo seen that the expense I
attached to the operation during a man's II
lifetime is no Inconsiderable or trifling
amount. II I
In the shops patronized by the working
classes the prices arc not so high , the ex
pense of the laboring classes in this line I
amounting on an average to about $1 per
month. Hven at this rate It costs the or
dinary laboring man a few hundred dollars
during his lifetime for his Indulgence In the
luxury of a clean-shaven face.
J.axNoeil tlu > 'IVmlorroot. 1
Washington Star : "What we pride our 1I
selves mostly on Is our sasslety , " said the
landlord of the leading hctel In Waycrosu , I
Ariz. , to a guest from the cast , who told the
story to a Star reporter.
"You couldn't find moro refined sasslety
anywliar ' In this country than right hyar. My
darter plajs the planer sings and talks foui
languldges , not countln' Injun. She's full
: fun , but shu kin glvo any woman anyvvhar
cards and spades an' beat her belli' Indyllkc ,
It's her thet'u raised the tone of sasslety to
what you find it hyar"
At that moment 'there was a sound from
the utrt'c't as though a riot had started. Wo
lushed to the window , aud a crowd of excited
men , women and boyeiweru following a man
who was bound andl'liolng ' dilven along the
middle of the strevt ,
"What does It maHnl" I asked ,
"Nothln * much , but f you want to see
fun come along. My darter told mo they
was goln * to do It Uili ) mornln' You see ,
thero'ii bin a tenderfoot lijar fur three days ,
regular dude ; wan't no harm In the feller ,
s'pose , but things vr glttln' dull , BO .Mog-
made up that eWd jaBBO him and make
nut llko they was guin' to hung him , and I
aeo eho'a cotched dim. Thar's a heap of
run iu that gal. " (
WOMEN jinu WOUBN Ont-Tore moitcom.
pclcnt to fully ajiiireciutci the purllj ewtet.
DIM , aud delicacy of CUTICUIU Bur , and S
to Jliccner nuw u ci for It dully. To cleanse ,
purify , aud kvaullfy tbo Mu , to allay Itch ,
lot ; and Irrluilon , to heal cbjOn s , ncorla.
tiom , mid ulcerathu ivcjlnmc * . cotlilog to
pure , eo fct , o < p i dlly effective ti warm
bath * with CIITJCUJU Btur , folluned , when
Dcc-c iry , by mild upt > ! lcutloc of CUTICUIU
( olntmeat ) , the great ikln cure ?
Boll ihrouchout the world. Price. Cinccii. me i
fioir. Jio.i HiaiTi < fT , W , i\A II. VOIIM U tu
uCuru.Coif.Pc.ij I'repnilfri. UMlon.
- " Uaw fa froduci Luiwllot Jlili , " millid fit * .
THE HIGHEST QUALITY
. Better goods for less money than anywhere else-
this is the secret of our wondrous growth.
J <
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A Beautiful
Coinbinatioa
I i < ? " Wr" Hook Case
4L3
; tlial dour , ( cliini niillil i
-w ik * nnU , vi ort It
SHI.Ml ,
S-,00 Kllelien Tnlili-M
north $ l ! t ? C\/\ '
DIN m-ru \yxQ )
.IiiNt II < ! i iilTno Car
1 I.ouilN or Iron lli-ilH
I'lilH neeK u ti 7.OO lleil
for $3.15
out of n ri-plt'ce
( ivrr MutTcil
milt wortll JIO
wcrk.
lit * TW H.BOO Won-ii A\ Ire 1,45 ,
Siillil ThlH Ou'lc for $1.18
Ollji tO | > oi i < : it r.oo
TiihU-K ' f > , . * *
Worth '
north tflO.OO , for The response wo moot with from ? W * Solid
y for 75c our advertisements is evidence pre- rVfiU , Oak
$4.30 umiiieat that the public have long Center
since discovered THE PEOPLE'S Tables ,
FURNITURE & CARPET CO. , never
for
'indulges ' in sens ition.il advertising 1
with a view to mislead , but that
OUR STATEMENTS ARE GENUINE
AND ALWAYS HEAR THE IM
PRESS OF TRUTH.
. $4.85 : tree of thNo
Wood
CTIi fs"V
A\V hnic
tin-lit Seat
> * * = = . Variety
of Scri'ctiN Chairs ,
I ThlH one Worth ( i ( > e , for
II III build
II I On U , north ThlH I.online In Curilliroj
or IvalNOiI'liiNh
.
SMl \ , for
north SIII.OO
I thin ncek . $7.80
$1.25
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Thin , atf.
dN
ftlO T
Ilai < * > < > ii < * i < * r Ni-eii our
or ; Clilld'H Crllmf
ThlN iifi-U a ! ? ( ! . !
Ijdll.tKI for. . . . We nrt 01 i-r-
, s > Hdiel.eil oa
Black ing
Cases
ThlH $2 CIINC
for
; ThlH 'lIllK ' .Sel _
Thin Mantel INililliiK lleil .
rieniilne btiiK1 hail-
-
nlth illllcrciit HIJ le of CD O
lle . ' . l ( ) . fo i
, north l ! ( . . '
t-arv law , north ijilH.no , for tp 7.
XN xvrvrvxv v
The Commercial supremacy of
THE PEOPLE'S is not the outgrowth -
growth of a day , a weeic or a year , I'iiii-Ntr per | pair ) C'urlaliiN $2.25
but is attributable to the f.ict that
during years o business experience jii-i- pair . . . . . . . .i . . . .85c
we have carried the world's very
best merchandise , which has ALWAYS , nee Ciirtiilim . $1.25
li < * r tin I r .
WAYS HIEN AS REPRESENTED.
and every purchas-j in our -J.slalv . .iie | M-r imlr IrUli I'oliitN $2.10
lishnient carries with it the GUAR
ANTEE OF FULL VALUE. Wlniloii * .16c
MllKleH . . . .
ThiH i-e
_ .ff _ f _ fT
St ? 55'
Wash
board
for
r 5l r.COO ) Copper
llollom Ten
ltlll < -H for
27c
- r
Four NiT
Clfitlu-H
HornfN ,
A. Sft of thc-Ni * Trlplu I'lnle TVIIMIIOOIIH
nlllionl i-iiKrai InK , /3 f\ * THIS too-iMKci : IMNMII SIT _
. . , . oyc 48c
north Ifl.r.O '
In I't'iu'll , Itluo or ISrovvn dcenni
.No. s N srv H tlon , liniidi led waic , ami Kiinian
ThlH . L'oiii'r | | tui'il not to ciac'lile or craxeortli
Wilier bet , 1 Iliitloin ? 15.00-for
111 hlue ,
Holler ,
70c 65c \ LL1 .35
OUR EASY TERMS. This week we are
CARPETS. $ I ( ) . ( ) ( ) nurfli rtl.OO neeU ,
„ . if I.OO in on I h offering an Antique =
fi $ t
If 20.110 north # 1. 5 neel. , (
W. Half Wool Ingrains 37c If fi.OO in on Ih , Bed Room Suit , J8
9 ilO.IIO norlli--I.'O neel. , ' '
j All \Vool \ Ingrains.47c IK 11.00 iiioiilh. plate mirror , worth
$ .10.0(1 ( Tvorlh if . .OOneel. . ,
y. Tapestry Brussels..57c ; | If M.OM iiionlh. $22,00 , for
tf. 7.1.00 worth < --.1 vii-i-K.
Moquettes 95c if IO ( ) iiionlh.
r10I.OO ( rrnrlh . K'J.Hll viU , {
Velvets 89c iflo.OO inontli C
If'JOO.OO north ty.l.HM nri-l , , 1
FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. HM.OO inoillli ?
/ xsyO
f A CT ( V Woaso bear in mind that no nmttui vvhut m-Icus uthon , udvortifco you can TIM ? | ) | j > 0r | ) l\ (
LnJ I < /1 ulvvnvu 'ut numc oodw for lu s money or bott'jr gnoin ( foi baino money at ' HI1 MH IjiJ J
It pays
§ ) ) to trade
at the Inducements
) ) People's to Young
> Furniture
SJ ) and 1'ollw Goiii
Carpat Hoiiscliccping.
Co.