THE CM AH At'DAILY ' BEEt WEDNESDAY , MARCH 30 , 1808.
CORNELL'S ' MAN-OF-WAR TANK
Interesting Scientific Experiment * with
Propeller * on Caynga Lake.
MAKING AND TESTING SHIP'S MODELS
a Device * for Determining
the ItenlHtmnce of Vrmiclii anil
Their Propeller * Until * of
.Mnrlne EiiKlneerlnir.
Civil engineers all over the world have
been expectantly watching the completion
ot the new marine testing tank In the
hydraulic laboratory In Cornell university ,
fcccausa through It they expect to find out
ome of the engineering secrets which the
United States and other governments have
equipment , * o that a 9cicrlptlon of It * ap
paratus will coverthat of all. The tank
In Ithaca has a trolley car structure extend *
Ing aero * * It , whtct Is capable of being
electrically propelled from one end of the
tank to the other at any ipted. Tola U
for the purpose of teatlnr the speed , thruit
and area of propeller * . It Is used also in
connection with the determination of the
shape ot vessel * ' hulls. Thle structure la the
most Interesting part of the tank equip
ment. It la supplied with delicate , testing
instrument and Is In Its way a moving
laboratory. The operator rides upon It aa
It moves along the tack , dragging after It
the model of a , man-of-war In the water , or
* special apparatus carrying various small
propellers. The operator can work the struc
ture by means of switches In circuit with
the electric motors. If the model of a boat
Is being tested It Is placed In the water
under the trolley structure and drawn for
ward by a vertical metal rod , which extends
up through the structure ntvl Is attached
by a pivot. The Upper end of the rod Im
pinges upon a recording mechanism. When
the water In resisting the forward motion
of the boat causes the latter to sag back
ward , the upper or free end ot the rod leans
CARVING A MODEL WAR VESSK L OUT OF A BLOCK OF PARAFFIN.
been hoarding up for several years past.
Ths various governments have been car
rying on a series of experiments on war vert-
eels In their model testing tanks , and , it li
said , much Invaluable data has been secured.
'But the Information so obtained has been
sealously guarded. If a new fact Is dis
covered It Is put under the seal of the strong
box. and is not to be used except In urgent
need , as , for Instance , In case of war ; each
government thus expecting to bo Just so far
ahead of Its neighbors at the critical mo
ment. This Is one reason why a war be
tween the United States and Spain Is of
euch Interest to the naval engineers of neu
tral nations. But this now tank at Cornell
will change the condition of affairs some
what. Inasmuch as every fact ascertained
will bo" given at once to the world at largo
to be used for what It Is worth.
_ COVEKNMBNT TESTING TANKS.
In theno government testing tanks models
of war-vessels are operated with Intricate
machinery and experiments are made to de
termine means for Increasing the speed ; to
discover ways of reducing water resistance ;
determine power using capacity ; to find out
bow to Increase coaling capacity and other
thlncs of a like nature , which , In case ot
war ; might have great Importance. The
United States tank IB about completed ; It
will bo the largest In the world. There are
two In great Britain ; ono belonging to the
British government In Portsmouth , and ono
belonging to a shipbuilding firm In Balbar-
ton , Scotland. Italy owns a tank and so
doe * nutnta. The French and Germans , how
ever , have carried on their operations In
flooded "dry docks , " though the findings
therein have been kept secret just the same.
Generally speaking , these tanks are all nllko
In construction , and the same kind of ap
paratus Is employed on all ot them. They
ranso In size from 350 to EDO feet long , by
twenty to fifty feet In width , and ton to four
teen feet In depth. The United State * tank Is
600 feet long by fifty feet wide. It Is four
teen feet deep. The Cornell tank Is 350 feet
long , sixteen feet wide and ten feet deep.
iWater ot various depths may bo had In
these tanks , and It can bo calm or made to
run rapidly through them at the will of the
operator.
ECONOMICAL VALUE.
The value of tho' tanks U almost Incal
culable. Had the United States government
' possessed one yearn ago It might have saved
thousands of dollars in the construction ot
Ita crack cruisers and battleships. Probably
$3,000,000 was spent In premiums by the
government during the early days of the
- present navy. As Prof. Durand of Cornell
points out , the commercial value ot the ex
penditure as an Incentive to builders Is not
to be denied , but much money might have
been saved and the great results already
achieved might hove been much Improved
If a tank had been operated in those days.
'After < ho Italian war vessels Dulllo and
Dindolo were built and placed In com
mission , It was found that very slight changes
ot model would have allowed the battleship *
-to have attained the same speed with an
expenditure of very much less power , the
difference testing more Italian money than
would fcavo equipped an entlro experimental
station. The bead of a leading shipbuilding
Arm eays that bo was able to guarantee a
peed of i'0.5 knots ( oue knot In excess of
that already attained ) tlmply became of
rome model tank experiment ! . The rwiels
ran between Dover and Ostend , and went
ahead of the expectations of their builder
by making twenty-one knoti an hour. Ho
stated that ho could bave allowed the boati
( o maintain the old speed ot 19.5 knoti by
MVlng nearly 1,000 hone-power. It U Information -
formation of tali nature that has been as-
ccrtataed la the varloua tank * , and that la
expect * } ta "be Itwreod'TOM ikt/Comll
forward and records the resistance down
below.
The Kcncral slope of the hulls ot vcsoels
la due to the theories ot shipbuilders , who
have been heretofore compelled to prove the
truth of thclr-assumptlons by buildlr.3 large
shlrxs and Diving the matter commercial
testa. Qufcjj bjUlder tried to equip himself
beforehand by arranging a small tank
through \ > hlch the water was caused to run
very rapidlyIn the tank he placed the
model of a vessel which was secured to the
upstream'end of the tank by a small cpring
( linamomoter. The rushing water caused the
email boat to pull hard on the recording
Instrument. The builder chipped away on
the hull of that model boat until he had re
duced the strain In every possible way ,
When ho had reduced U to a minimum be
TESTJNO A PROPELLER ON LAKE CAYUGA , N. Y.
nroceeded to build a full-sized craft on the
eame lines which the model had finally as
sumed , and the result really justified his
trouble , for the new veesel was very fast.
MAKttTO A MAN-OF-WAR MODEL.
The Cornell method of snapkig and testIng -
Ing models Is a great Improvement on the
above. Tbo newly drawn "lines" ot the
proposed boat are laid down on paper , which
Is secured In an especially constructed ap
paratus made somewhat like an elaborate
pantograph. A huge block of parafflne la pre
pared , as near the shape of the proposed
model a * It Is poselblo to get It. , This block
Is placed on the bed of the model-forming
machtae. The block move * forward and
backward under rapidly revolving cutter * .
The cutter * are connected with a pointer.
The designer move * the pointer along the
lines he ha * 111 down on hi * plan , ted the
cutter * below cut a corresponding iwath out
ot the block ot wax below. In thl * man
ner the various water line * are accurately
< na < ] * > B the block , ana after the Mock bu
t - - A. , - fmuuttiffi i ,
which rum along the tank. K It It found
that the newly planned boat offers too much
resistance to the water In any ot Its part *
the offending part Is reshaped uotll the re-
itatanco is reduced. This , can to very caallr
done by means of cutting tools. Thus It will
be seen that an almost Infinite number of
eipcrlmenta can bo made at a very slight
cost , and In a very short time , whereas It
the model were made of wood , much time
would be lost and much expense would be
Incurred In reshaping them. It Is probable
that this method of constructing models and
determining their various characteristics
will result In the building ot some very fast
pleasure yachts and other veaseto of a more
commercial nature.
EXPERIMENTS ON PROPELLERS.
The trolley structure to bo used on thte
tank will enable Its operators to make some
very valuable experiments upon the ahape
and the action of screw propellers. There
seems to bo a dearth of Information In the
line of propeller performance. Several
private firms have made experiments con-
cernlng the ahape and olze of propellers , but
the data obtained has not been sufficiently
specialized to result In any radical Im
provement over heretofore existing styles.
Prof. Durand and hla assistants la Cornell
college have been carrying on a oerles of
experiments with propellers en Cayuga lake.
They rigged up a steam launch with a false
bow which was designed to- carry a email
propeller down In tne water ahead of the
boaf. As the boat steamed forward the
little propeller ahead ot It was forced to re
volve. As It was connected , with delicate
measuring Instruments the character of Its
performance could bo determined accurately
by those en board the boat. Attached to this
small propeller was a belt-rope which con
nected with an Instrument known as a
tachometer which measured Its revolutions.
A clock with a second's b'rcak Indicated the
speed of the apparatus forward through the
water. The apparatus was tried over a
course 1,000 feet long. . The course was
divided into ten parts ot 100 , feet each.
Various kinds of propellers were tried , come
having long and narrow blades , some having
short and thick blades , some with four
blades , and other. } with three/ These ex
periments are still being carried on and thb
general results when plotted will bo very
valuable to marine engineers.
WORKING THB TROLLEY TRUCK.
But after all , these efforfs are In a measure
crude , bccaueo the medium which carried
the propellers through the water was Itoclf
somewhat Influenced by the resistance of
the water and also by the resistance of the
propeller la front. But the trolley truck ,
proceeding along the newly-made tank , will
not bo Influenced In the least by the per
formance of the apparatus beneath It.
Furthermore , some experiments will now bo
possible which were not possible with the
boat. For Inbtaucc , Itiero la alwajs a
certain amount of Interaction between a ship
and her propeller , and the resistance of thla
combination Is quite different from the
simple resistance that Is generated by the
forward motlcn of the boat through the
water. This interaction will be studied by
means of propellers Inserted in the water
Ju t behind the model , .but unconnected
directly therewith. For determining the re
sistance of a model beat end her propeller
there will bo a special trolley truck capable
of carrying forward the model and provider
with meano for running the propeller steadily
at soy speed. Thin truck will also bo
provided with means for measuring the
thrust developed by the propeller as well
as the power required to run it. These
facts will recorded on a drum , so that c
reccrd may be made of the performance o ;
the propeller as well as the resistance of the
ship. The models are usually tried at
various cpeeds end at various depths of Im
mersion which Is varied by adding or sub
tracting ballast. They are also tried at two
or more sets of trims , or sldewlse Inclina
tions , such as would naturally be assumed
TESTING A MODEL WAH VES SEL IN THB CORNELL TANK.
by a vessel when pitching * aod colling through
heavy waves.
It Is t.ho dralro of the Cornell professorf
to make experiments which will be mor
In the line ot pure science than In the lln
of commercial science. The Idea is to estab
llsh a ret of general rules or lans"whlch car
bo used by constructors whose efforts ar
entirely commercial. Their Idea Is to poln
out exactly what every kind of propelle
will do , what every shape of boat will d
under varying conditions , how much powc
would bo needej to propel certain boats a
certain speeds and the limitations whlc
would govern these performances. Thes
facto are to be ascertained merely for th
benefit ef science ; then If the various gov
ernmcnts or shipbuilders desire to take ad
vantage of them and so construct very fas
vessels or vciucls using minimum amount
of power with maximum freighting capacity
they may do so. The remarks of Pro
Durand on this subject explain the condl
tlon of marine engineering problems. H
eays :
ENGINEERING PROBLEMS.
"Our Idea is that marine engineering , Ilk
all other branches of engineering , must hav
a scientific basis. There has been In thl
country very little work In th's line of
scientific character ; that is , disassociate
with the solution ot a commercial problem
For instance. In the design of a propose
ship , there Is. underlying It all , a funda
mental field of problems In which the condl
tlons relate not to one problem but to th
whole field. My work has not been devote
to the design of any ono propeller or t
any commercial problem , but to ascertain
certain facts and then furnish them to th
profession at large , and leave It tothe prac
tlclne engineer to exercise his own judg
ment from experience In the use of sue !
data as to putting It Into application. He I
the one who must Judge how far this mat
ter Is applicable to his particular use. Bu
In order to treat any of theaa problems In
telllgcatly , he must bave a certain numbe
of facts. Wo have supplied In a small way
Dome facts In propeller designs , to which
bave been devoting the last year. 'The pro
peller ot the present time Is designed In
very large measure upon mathematical and
accidental methods , and tbo result Is In large
measure that It 1s not ae It ought to be
But wo don't know how to be sure to obtain
the highest efficiency. This whole line o
work U for the purpose ot cutting down the
margin of uncertainty. There are also large
numbers of other problems which are rising
regarding the conditions In the. phenomena
ot engineering parts in torpedo boats , fas
yachts , etc. New conditions were found to
exist when the screw propeller wa couplet
up with the turbine In England , Otbe
problems are to be taken up ot which we
have very little scientific data ,
WORK FOR SCIENTIFIC ENGINEERS.
"In order to roeelro Juit treatment a
the handi of the mlneer , they must firs
receive coulderable amount ot atudr at thi
Jatote ( th iKlflBtlao * ngln f , wkaa * but !
I MM < it to to auk * particular an * * } * C tM
* * . H-- * * * ( " - -Tt" BAsssssss V VA >
wilt enable the practicing engineer to know
what will be the mult ot any uae be mar
make of the facts deduced from them. U
i not 10 much to design , a propeller , for In-
tance.but to furnish the data which will
nable the cngtaeer to eo with some degree
> t assurance that , If he.adapts certain pro-
lortloca , the result will be so and tq. It 1s
oft to hla judgment The government tanka
and nearly all private tanks , are for the
most part occupied with commercial prob-
ems. They study problems having eome-
hlng to do with certain Immediate solutions
or a particular ship , a particular propeller ,
etc. The Information gained at all these
anks Is locked up , and the- public never
sees It. It Is tor the benefit of government
design , and not for the-Hdvanceroent of gen
eral engineering.Bctonce , It costs largo
amounts of money for the eolutlons ot them
problems , and , wren * the private Institutions
rould not afford to : immediately give forth
the data for the" benefit of their rivals.
Therefore , the jatvtitc engineer la often at
a losj when contrbntarf with any great prob-
em , and heretofore ho has had no one to
turn to for assistance out of bis difficulty.
It Is this asfllstaucf denied to him by gov
ernments that wohope to supply. "
Doubtless manan oB the problems alluded
to by Prof. DurtmU have been solved by
the several governments possessing experi
mental tanks. This. * quite within the limit
of possibility ; but ; natever facts have been
obtained , probablywHl not be exploited until
: lie looked-for oritUal moment Is at hand.
In fact , it all these oecrets are really as Im
portant as they ajei.reported to be , we may
expect to eeo sooio wonderful accomplish
ments alike by the rwar ship ? and the mer
chant vceeels ot thefi&ear future.
THEODORE WATERS.
OX A COWCATC1IEH.
IIclA IIU IMncp for n Ten-Mile Run
nml .Them Scooted for Timber
Not long * ago as a railroad train was pass
ing through Wllder's Cut , near Olcut Run ,
Pa. , the , engineer was astonished to coo a
black bear coming around a sharp curve.
The cut to eo narrow that there Is hardly
room for a man to stand aside and allow an
caglno to pass without striking him. Bruin
was more amazed than the engineer. In
etcad of stepping aside , ho reared on his
haunches ord awaited events. The loco ,
motive was running less than twenty miles
an hour , fc-r the place Is a dangerous one.
Upon seeing the bear the engineer shut oft
steam and applied the brakes , but the
lance waef too short to escape an accident ,
The cowcatcher slid under the hind legs ol
the brute and lifted him oft the ground.
Thinking all trouble was over , the en
glneer put on steam once more , whllo the
firemen climbed out of the cab window am !
stele along the guard rail to find out what
linil become of the bear. Ho waa there ,
clasping the cowcatcher , the lower part of hi ;
body Just grazing the ground and ht head
almost reaching the bottom of the headlight ,
EIo seemed to undcrctnnd that the only thing
ho could do was to hold fast , and ho did so
during the run to the next .station , ten tulle ,
distant. The station agent was standing al
the depot door as the train approached. The
sight of a full-grown bear on the cowcatcher
fairly took away hla breath.
As soon as the engine came to a stand
still bruin slipped from his perch and made
a break for freedom. This took him straight
toward the agent , who dashed through the
door , slammed it shut , leaped through the
rear Ooor and went up the street at a furious
rate , calling out : "Bear ! Dear ! Somebody gc
a gun ! "
Soon the town was In a turmoil , a yelling
crowd following In hot pureult of the bear
some of the boys pelting him with stones
Suddenly a big ihepherd dog bounced out of a
yarJ and dashed after the bear. Bruit
paused but < i minute or two , but when he
passed on the rash dog had no future In
tercst In the proceedings.
At the stceet corner a lawyer carrying a
double-barrelled gun came face to face with
the bear , but the- latter turned down the
nearest alley. The crowd Increased and encircled
circled the frightened animal , making oscapi
Impossible. Finding himself at bay , bruin
backed up against a barn , rearing on hla
haunchea. The lawyer sent two bullets Into
the bear , whereupon the wounded anlma
charged the crowd. One urchin fell , wa
trcmplcd upcn'andchnd a leg .broken. Tb
lawyer 'slipped another bullet Into his gun
and dent the shot through bruin's head am
finished him. Byithks time the engineer am
fireman 'recalled the fact that a tralnload o
passengers were waiting at the station , am
hurried bask and resumed their official duties
after a bear hunt of about twenty minutes.
STATCHKl OF A3HMIICAXS.
Snrfteott In tlie i United SlnteM Army
Snyn the tVveraR * * IK 417 Indie * .
In a paper read by .Major Henry S. Kll-
bourne , surgeon of itho United States army
before the Association of Military Surgeons
of the United States , , says the Boston Trans
cript , ho advocated ! the theory that the
physical power of a Tace of people , and con
sequently their capacity for work. Is meas
ured by their average stature. 'For ' every
Inch ot height between five and six feet the
extremeibreathtngr capacity Is Increabed
eight cubic inches ; the vital capacity being
at Its maximum at 35 years. A table ol
measurement * of 190,621 native white Amor
leans , accepted for the military service o :
the United States , shows that the number o
men below sixty-three Inches In height Is
but little greater than that of tbo clasa above
seventy-three Inches. The most numerous
class Is Included between sixty-seven arx
sixty-nine Inches , and this standard class
would have a greater chest girth than the
average.
The mean height of 125 United States
naval cadets above the age of 23 years was
67.80 Inches. As these men are drawn from
all parts and classes of the United States
they represent very nearly the typical phya
leal development of the American people o
25 years of age.
Major Kllbourne concludes that the com
mingling strains of Celtic , Danish , Nor
weglan and German blood among our people
have thus far worked no deterioration o
physical quality. "Not so the swarthy , low
brewed and stunted people now Bwarmln.y to
our shores. Absorbed Into the body of th
people , these multitudes must Inevitably
evolve an Inferiority of type. To realize the
result of such a contingency , let It be con
stdered that the loss ot an Inch in stature
might bring in Its train the loss of natloru
ascendency. Let us take care then that th
state shall suffer no Injury. "
IIAIUJ CIDER KUGMOG.
A Vermont Dec-notion that Cnimei
U en th mill u I.nwMiilt ,
The Jury In the Wlndham county ( Ver
mont ) court returned a verdict recently In
the most Interesting case that has thus fa
como to trial at the present term of court
relates the Springfield Republican. Tbo Jury
found that Mrs. Grace L. Dlx of Whiting
ham was entitled to recover $5,000 from Al
bert Potter and Frank N. Mason for th
death of her husband , Clarence Dlx. Tb
unusual Interest in the case Is occoslonei
by the peculiar circumstances and by th
faqi ( that It Is the first case In the stat
to come up under the civil damages stat
ute , which makes the owner ot a building
In which Intoxicating liquor Is eold liable
with the seller for damages resulting from
euch sale. The case , briefly , Is as follows
Clarence Dlx , Clarence Plumb and Edga
Busby , July 20 , 1S97 , rowed In a boat from
the north end of Sod&wga pond In Whiting
ham to the Mason farm on the south end
which , It la claimed , was then held by lease
by the defendant. Potter. While- there Dlx
and hla companions became Intoxicated by
drinking eggnogg end about 8 o'clock a
night they started to row homo. Plumb
being dissatisfied with the manner In which
the boat waa managed , jumped Into the
water and swam oeboro. The boat was
overturned soon after and Dlx was drowned
The evidence onf the part of the plalntlf
tended to show Unit Potter , at the reques
of the three men , procured two gallons o
hard elder , some eggs and sugar , and mlxei
up about elx quart * ot eggnogg ; that they
all drank freely ot < the mixture , first out o
doors and afterwardtin the part ot the house
occupied by Potter under bid lease. It also
tended to show Uiat this was not the firs
time Potter had Mold liquor on the premises
and that Mason ba < knowledge that Potter
was using the houa * for that purpose. The
evidence on tbopart of Mason tended to
show thftt bo waacaware that Potter , on
one occasion , had procured hard elder , which
Potter and hU hlrtd-.man drank In the Held
but that he had mo knowledge that Potter
ever sold liquor Inl the bouse ; that before
July 26 , 1897 , Potttr had surrendered al
right * Bunder the I lease and that on July
M. W7 , Maaom wSJla UMaaehusetti. Btuby
' ' n wo acwwapanled Dlr to
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tor in the Mason house. He said that the
boat was overturned while bo and Dlx were
In'the act of changing scats. Ho testified
that they were all intoxicated , Dlx being
moro so than the others. Counsel for the
defense entered an appeal to the supreme
court upon receiving tbo verdict.
-FAVPASTIO TIMEPIECES.
Oia-Puililoned Wn cben Were Made lu
Mniiy Cnrloun Slinnc .
Since timepieces have come within the
reach of everybody and watches are made
largo enough for bicycle bars and small
enough for the lady's ring , It Is curiously
interesting to recall some of the old-fashioned
ones that served our ancestors so well genera ,
tlons ago. 'Even ' today some of us have
caught a glimpse ot the portly old gentleman
whom Dtcklns loved to picture , with hla
ornate seals , wide guard nad enormous watch
that filled to bursting the capacious fob that
was Us resting place , but like many other
cumbersome fashions these respectable time
pieces are Interesting now only as curios.
Lojig 'before our time or that of our grand
fathers iwatcbes were made In euch fantastic
fashion that It Is a marvel that their owners
managed to carry them about.
"No " one seems to know the exact date
of the first timepiece , but the middle of
the fifteenth century seems to have been
the period when "portable clocks" began
to appear. In the different collections of
antiquaries there are a few specimen * of
the 'Wuremburg 'Eggs ' , " or watches made
In oval ehapea and coming from the town
after which they were named.
In the possession of < Lady Fitzgerald of
England there was coo watch which was
shaped illke an eagle , -which had a small
boy on Its back. Thta odd ornament was
made to , hint at the story of Jupiter and
Ganymede. The breast of the bird opened
to show the dial beneath It , and the works
were not elaborately ornamented. When
the fair owner ot this treaauro did not with
to wear It on her girdle ahe could * Und U
oa her table.
Gold and llverMnithi * u to have let
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T" Mercer
Chemical Co.
Sbmdortl fhartnaoeultcal repara
tion * . HffMal formulae Prepared to
Order. NtnA for Catalogue.
lAborttorr. 1111 Howard 8t , Omaha.
.E. jjfruce & Co.
Druggists and Stationers
"Quetn Bee" Bp cUtle ) * .
Clears , Wln and Urandlts.
Ooratr 10th and Haraty Btr * ta >
ELECTRICAL" SUPPLIES.
\A/ostern Electrical
yv
Company.
Electrical Supplies.
Electric Mining Bells ami Gas Lighting
Q , W. JOHNSTON. MET. 1510 Howard St.
U/olf Electrical
vv Supply Co
WHOLESALE "AND RETAIL
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
1IM F s-n r - 81 ,
FRUIT-PRODUCE.
( Branch & Co ,
WHOLESALE
Commission Merchants *
S.V * . Corner Uth anil Howard Sts.
Mcrobcio of the National League ot Commit-
lion Merchant * ot the United State * .
GROCERIES.
cCord-Brady Co.
13th and Lcuvcmvorth St
Staple and Fancy Groceries ,
1C * AND COITEE KOXSURS. Etc.
Meyer & Raapke ,
T WHOLESALE
FINE GROCERIES
Teai , Sp'cef ' , Tobacco an& Clgra > ' " "
U03-1W7 Barney Bmii.
and
Paxton Gallagher Co
GAD COFFEE ROASTERS
AND JOOIIINO
Telephone I8J.
HARNESS-SADDLERY
IIAKNE3S , HADDLKtl-lfn COLZARB
Jobber * of Leather , Saddlery Hardware , Kte ,
Wo solicit yonrordorfe'v 1815 Howard St.
-
HARDWARE.
Pector & Wilhelmy Co
Wholesale Hardware ,
Omaha.
T eo-Glark Androosen
Hardware Co
Wholesale Hardware.
Bicycle * and Bportlng Goods. 1319.31-28 liar *
LIQUORS ,
iley Brothers ,
Wholesale
Liquors and Cig&rt
1118 Farnam Street.
of ducks , acorns , of cockleshells and of all
posslblo things made their appearance.
Moat of them struck the hour , and one
notable Invention flrcd a diminutive pistol
at certain Intervals.
When Llcnry. II , of Franco fell In love
with Diana ot Poitiers ( about 1517) ) she waa
a widow and wore mourning. Of course
that offered an opportunity to the extrava
gant courtiers of the day , and the result
was that all the ornaments at court were
fashioned after such gruesome Ideas that
the ridiculous was close upon the sublime ,
to say the least. Rings were formed like
skeletons , tiny cofllaa of gold were worn as
ornaments and they contained enameled
figures of death , but the most striking pro
ducts of the hour wore the watches , which
dangled from fair 'ladles' belts and which
represented grinning-skulls , the tops pf
which lifted to disclose the dial plate. Of
course the eyes were brilliant Jewels and
small fortunes wcrq spent Io the elaborate
ornamentation of these funeral trinkets.
But the watches , the trinkets and the people
who wore them have all .passed away ,
and since 1G20 , or thcreabuts , the flat oval
or round timepiece has been the general
favorite.
Time does not go so fantastically with
us as It did with these untutored geniuses
of earlier times , and perhaps our plain ,
substantial watches tell as much of our
character as did tboso bizarre Inventions
of earlier days about the men and women
who wore them.
TO CUHK COLD IM O.\K DAT
Take Laxative Oromo Quinine Tablet * . All
druggists rotund the money If It fall * to cure.
! 6c. The genulnn hax L. B. Q. on each tablet.
IIimiAL I'LACD OF 1'ATHICK HENRY.
Not la Illcliinond , lint in Charlotte ,
Where He Lived.
Kvery DOW and then , relates the Philadel
phia Prtii. We BCD la rome newspaper the
query , "Where 4 * Patrick Henry burled ? "
aad tourUt * -Richmond cooataotly ak to
be ehown hi * * e with theinUtaken idea
. . . . . t. gr .V. . - , - . . . - V. .
LIQUORS.
Walter Moist & Oo
WHOLESALE
LIQUORS.
Proprietors of AMKIUCAN riQAH AND OLAS *
J14-216 South 14th St.
| lor' tacit Bin -
East India Bitters
Ooldin Slwaf Pur * Hy and Bourbon Whlrtttrf
Willow Gprlnc * DUtllltry , llr * O * . , UJfl
Harnty Strttt.
Hick & Hirberh ,
Wholesale
Li git or Merchants
1001 Kurnaru Strcou
John Boekhoff ,
WHOLESALE
Wines , Liquors and Cigars *
4U4U . UtB Btrtrt.
LUMBER
Chicago Lumber Oo.
WHOLESALE
DUMBER . . .
814 South 14th St.
Uamilton Bros. <
* >
PLANING MILL , - <
Manufacturers of doors , sash , blinds , offlcs. '
More nnJ ealnon fixtures. Ustlmites furnltliea
an any kind of mill work.
Tel. r.79. Mill SSth nna Dmenport St .
J
OILS-PAINTS
Klaticnal Oil
! > and Paint Co.
Air Floated Mineral Paint
And Paint * of All Kind * , Puttr. Eli
U1S and 1 1T JOMI 8t
gtandard Oil Co.
; . A. MofTet , lat Vice Free. L. J , Drake , den Mgf
. . . .OJLS. . . .
Onsollno , Turpcnt.ne , Axle Grenso. Etc.
Omnlm Brnncli nml Agencies , John n. Ruth Mgt.
PAPEK-WOODENWARE.
Oirpenter Paper Co. "
Printing Paper ,
Wrapping Paper , Stationery
Ooratr Utb aad Howtrd strMta.
STEAM-WATER SUPPLIES.
ranO"Churchill Co.
1014-1016 Douulns Street.
Muufacturera and jobbers of Stenm , Q s anj |
Water Supplies of All Kinds *
[ Tniled States * ,1
u Suppiy Co . . . Jg
noS-iiio Harnev St.
Stenm Pumps , Engines and Dollers , PlMk
Wind Mills , Steam and Plumbing 7
Material. Beltlne , Hose , Etc.
TYPE FOUNDRIES
r roat Western
0 Type Foundry
Superior Copper UUed Typ * Is lb
th m/.rket.
ELECTnOTYPE FOUNDRT , .
1111 Howard Strc t.
For an up-to-date
Western Newspaper
Head The Omaha , Bee
paratlvely , know that the man who acquired !
the title of "Tho Tongue of the Revolution' *
lle-s In a quiet sra\o on the estate In Charlotte - * "
lotto county where ho formerly lived. Over
him Is a marble filab Intcrlbed with the ccoj
line : "His Fame His Heat Epitaph. "
The estate lies on the Staimton river ,
thirty-eight mllet ) from the town of Lynchburg -
burg , near the border line which separate *
Charlotte and Campbell counties. It derived
Ita name of Red Hill train the peculiar color
of the soil In that vicinity. When Patrick
Henry bought the place It comprised about
3.500 acres. The Und Is rich there waa el
saylcig In the neighborhood that poor lank ,
and Henry could never bs mentioned to
gether corn grows there 0.1 high as a man )
on horseback ; there Is a general air of smtU
Jng fields and abundant prosperity. Ita situ *
atton In early times waa very remote. Neigh/
bora were few , cue of the nearest belag the
celebrated John Rciidolph of Roanoke , wna" .
lived In his chosen aolltudo fifteen miles'
away. , j
Red Hill Is now owned by Henry' * grand * 1
son , William Wlrt Henry , a clever , cultU \
vated gentleman of the "old school. " He hai
In bis posseestcn some moat Interesting relic * ]
of hla celebrated grandfather , lucludlng tha
desk ho alwajs used , which still contain * hi *
letters from Lafayette , Washington , Madlipnj
and other great mea of early days ; the Urge.
roundbacked chair In which Patrick HenrK
died , and a portrait of him by tbo eldei
Sully , under which hangs a yellowed Blip ol
paper signed by Chief Justice John Marshall
and several others of hla friends , testifying
to the faithfulness ot the Ilkenefs.
Gold EsiKUired for Import.
NHW YOIIK. March 29-Tho Produce Ex4
change bank ha * taken 1200,000 in gold for
Import. Additional gold engagement * havt | {
ofCtW hoyimnk0ofiri rflSh ' ?
, | ? Nott * i
America , $000,000 ; by Kuhn. Lotb & Co. . f 003
? MJ It F * - $1.125,000. and by HtldelbaclL ,
Ickelhelmer & Co. , 1500.000. *
Thlrty-lve year * make ageneration. Tha |
mtttt I * howtleng m A t & _ Adolph uli- KUber.gf _ _ ! . L * _ ZanMVlllrK .u * . . _ _ _ ,
