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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1898)
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It. had thirteen stripes , red nod white , a blue fleI with the St. Antirew's cross ( white ) and the St. George's cross ( red ) , Paul Jones made the first public use of the present national flag. Ho ran it up to the masthead of the Ranger at l'ortsmoutli and put to sea at once to prove himself a ¶ terror to English merchnntmen. -Tho _ flag was first raised on land during 17 ? 17 _ _ v.o. } I . : ! T. &EOIG APIr * I 777 ' I OC ) J ,3.TApc T-ANo8E\4 CT\O , ) ( _ . Th VOLVTION ' )3TIIP ) . - , ' - % . FLM- ' ; . ' r , r1 - - - - . , _ _ ) , : : . :1 : t , . - : _ ' ' ' ' ; _ - r ic , . - ' - , , , r- - I _ ' # ' , : ' YL ; ,1 T - ; : ' j'it. . . _ , -E $ . . ! ' ( SIB : . i . 7 I ( . _ _ ILLJSTRATION FORTIIE STARS LND STJVI'ES. - - - - - - - - - - - - - jib campaign resulting in the capture of Fhlladelphla by howe. : The flag was first saluted by a foreign power at Qulberon bay , France , Fcbruary . 14. 1778 : the salute was given by Atliniral : La Motte , representing the Fruncli govern- inent , ind the flag was anoard the Ranger , , . Iaul Jones , cuptaili. Our hag was first diEplayedi in British ports eu the ship L3edford of Massachusetts , Captain Moore , . In the Downs , February 3 , 1783. 1783.The The Stars and Stripes were first hoisted In New York City on the day of the evacua- tirni of the Briticli , In November , 1783. The blue flag with white stars is the I Union Jack ; when it is hoisted at the bow of one of our men-of-war In port It is a sign that the vessel Is In ship-shape. Betty Itoss , who made the flag which was desined \s'nshington , chose the five. pointed star , because she was too patriotic to use the six-pointed one which is dis. played ! in Eiigiish heraldry ; the sixpointed star is been on our coins. Beckoning trout the date of its birth , .June 14 , 1777 , our national colors are in their 122d xear. 'Flia obeervance of the anniversary of the origin of the American flag began In ISS'h nd originated in Bostoa By an old law of congrcs the star.of . a' flew state can only be added to the flag on the Fourth of July followIng Its admis- slur , . The regulation government flag , which flies from every government building in the nation , every war ship and military post , . Is five feet six Inches long by four feet four Inches wide ; the field Is two feet six Inches long by two sect four Inches vIde. Mi the flags used by the United States . navy are nianuractured at the Brooklyn navy yard. The flagmakers are now so busy that work is going iilglit and day wIth double forces of workers. In times of pence , the measuring room Is used aa a hail . , yoom by the olilcors of the Brooklyn navy yard. The best quality of bunting for flags Is niado of alpaca wool , the thread of which Is Tory long , and makes in coasruonco , a very strong thread in weaving , which is not easily frayed by the wind , , Formerly all the flag was made by hand , but now the long stripes are sowed to- getlter on a machine ; nil tide stars are put on by hand and a certain number of stitches . ro useit for each point , and the star. stitcher must hot vary , from tills mathematIcal - Ical accuracy , There is no right or wrong IWo to a flag , therefore every flag needs ninety-two stara-torty.six for each aide , Thirty stars arc cut out at a time with a cold chisel and a big Iron-bound mallet. For many years Ben Butier manufactured very floe bunting at Lowell , Mass. lie did not make Old Glory , but jie made the bunt. lag for It and the manufacturers used to I I'i i say : "lititler shows ho's a patriot by his btinting-it never tilts , " There are three ways of making flags : 'Fliey are woveno printet on fast presses like a newspaper or. sewed , The cliapest flag is made of muslin , 2 by 3 inches , and costs only 14 cents a gross , The most epcnsive hag is made ot silk about 40 by GO feet nrni costa $100 , A number of flags cost $1&0 and 200ltnd you can py $1,000 for one. mar Ida i'xas , who was worth 500,000 once topsed to have a flag made which abbuld 'takehalt , lila fortune , to show his rcsppt' for tliiors ? of tie country - try , where lid .hd ffluidprosperIty , Americans buy0,00O,00O itars rnd stripes each year and more dn ioo,5oOooo flags ore displayed on 'the Foifrtli ot .hily , Fully 1,000,000 ( lisappenr ovory. year. Nobody knows where they g t Like. Mr. Isnacs , they go Into the 'cofd , .clur night , " nod that is ali that anybo43r seems to know. Western cities buy more flags than eastern towns and Chicago neverthas enough to go , around. 'rIte largest collection of battle flags Is in the state house at Hartford , Coun. One of the largest flags ever hung to the breeze was unfurled Grant day , April 27 , lSfl7 , near the tomb. It is to remain until torn to tattes : by the elcnients , when a duplicate wIll take Its place. A New York flagmaker has recently sent two large lias to south AfrIca. They were ordered by Americans living there. The flag lockers of a cruiser , lIke the New York , contain a varied assortment of flags- more than 200 dlifercnt designs and seven different sIzes. rlie president of the United States , who Is at the head of the army and navy , is entitled to the first "ranking" flag In the country , The president's flag is a spread eagle- the national coat of arms-mounteil on a blue field. surmounted by a curved row of . thirteen stars. It is five feet six inches I long by four feet four incites wide. It Is made of tile finest quality of seamless silk and Is trimmed with yellow frInge. I In 1806 when the Ancient and honorable I Artillery of Boston , the oldest American , military body , visIted England , Colonel Bradley , the commander , , and the duke of Connaught were photographed together at Aldershot , beneath the stars and stripes- the only occasion whore an English royalty posed under "Old Glory. " In London at the Queen Diamond Jubilee , 1897 , from a thousand , taffe floated the stars ntl stripes , and the American shield was repeated regularly around the decorated - rated walls of St. Paul's andladeed everywhere - where through the city. Until wItitiii a few yars , the national col- ore at military hosts were pUlled down UnceremonIously - ceremonIously at sunset , immediately after the firing of the sunset sun , Now its descent - scent is inaked with dignity and decorum ; after the firing of the gun tlio banti flays tim "Star Spangled Banner" and the flag Is lowered slowly. It must not touch the ground until the last chord of the national anthem Is sounded , TQ make the scene more Impressive , everyone within hearIng distance stands while the band Is playing UUL1 the men tloff their hats , The flag lower- log ceremony is one of the most Impressive seen atVest Point , Thic American flag has passed through moro vicissitudes than the flag of any other nation. It lies gone through six almost mdi. cal changes from the day of Its creation , Irrespective - respective of the frequent addition of stars on tbo admission of new states. For every change In the national colors theme baa been a war-Itli Great Britain in 1776 , France In 1708 , , TripolI in 1803 , Great Brit- ala in 1812 , Algiers in iSifi , Mexico in 1846 and the civil war , The present war with Svain makes the seventh actual war , .vltli a foreign country In which the American : A _ _ _ _ The fragrant aroma from first-class S ' mit and hopsso pronounced in "iatz ? convinces you of Its purity and high qualityrThe moreyou drinkthe nioro you . are convinced. . .c .sc-1i . _ VAL.BLATZBDEWINGCO. , _ I _ _ _ MILWAUKLLI U.S.A. - , roley Bros. , Wholesite Dealers , of- I , . fLc Ddllon. Hotel , 24 N. Eour. llf ' I : tunt strct , omaiza , rct , . ; , . ; . . ! , . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - flag has been flown and ' , it hrsnyer seen defeat. . : , PItATTLI3 Ot' Tiilh oVNasTF.IIS. Clara , aged 6 , did not know the menitg of an encore and was very much disgusted with the audience at a reethi hiltlren' concert , in which she took part. 'X just know we didn't make a single mistake , " she exclaimed , "yet the people in front got mad and made such a fuss that we had to do it all over ngain. ' , . , Out Channing avenue'St. , the btlier evening strode a youth In the ui4lform of his country's defenders. A Htfle boy at dinner saw him from the window. Forgetting - ting his appetite and cli else In. a passion of patriotism , the little fellow rushed from the house and out to the street shouting again and again , "hily country. 'tis of theel , My country , 'tis of theel" They wJio heard hiini were thrilled and strangely moved , The , future of the country will ho safe in the hands of those who so caiy learn to loVe her , fey , Mr. Chase of ltoclcland , Me. recently prepared an ndilress for his Sunday school scholars. lliii subject was 'A Wicked anti a Good Heart , " antI to make It more interesting - osting to the chIldren he haul dravn on a blackboard tWO figurce , of a hearL jofnetl together , One was merely an outline drawn With white chalk , the surface appearing black. This was to represent a bad heart. 'i ii" otlier figure , tIlled in with chalk , rep. resented a clean , white heart. "Now , " said Mr. Chase , pointing to the drawing , "can any of you chIldren tell me what it is ? " A little 5-year-old boy raised lila hand. The minister nodded encouragingly. "Speak up loud , " lie said , "and tell us what It Is. " Thu little fellow shouted out : "It's a termamterh" " \Vhy , Johnnie , " exclaimed the mother of a bright 5-year-old , "what arq you doing with your shoes anti stockings off this cold morning ? " "Studying my tesson" was the reply , 'This book wants to know hioy many four times five Is and I haven't got. enougi ! fingers , eo I've got to count my toes , too. " . A correspondent of the Washington Stjir tells this story : "My daughter , vlio teaches in a mission Sunday scliooi , tells mq of a Dewey experience she had wIth a youngster making his first appearance. She had put huh through is half an hour or more of instruction In the rudimentary principles , for ho was entirely lacking In inforpiation on that 1)oiIIt , and to test him was reviewing hem work with him , 'Now , ' she said , 'tell me again who made the world and all that is In it ? ' 'God did , ' meplied the boy , with commendable promptitude. 'God can do everything , can't he ? ' he aslc d again , The boy hesitated a moment. 'I don't believe lie could lick Dewey , ' he answered at. last , and his teacher sat silent between bum mc- ligion and her patriotism. It wasn't hem time to say anything , if siio didn't want to lose that boy forever and she had wit enough to let It go at that , " In a certain West End family , relates the Globe-Democrat , there is a youngster who has original ideas as to who should be the virtuai head of the family , The mother hue been talking about visiting the Omaha exposition - position and began discussing the subject Ia the family circle the other evening , With a knowing wink at bie wife ( which escaped the boy's notice ) the futber firmly said : "I don't see how we can afford to have you go , " Promptly entering upon the spirit of the play , the wife mesponthe "I've determined to go and I'm golngl" "You are not going , " aflimuned the hue. band , "I've made up my mind as to that , And when I act my foot down , that settles , ' ttl The discussion ended and the wife left the room , The boy hind been an interested witness , but had said nothing , When his mother had withdrawn lie alproachcd his father's chair , patted him on the back arni in patronizing tones said : "That's right , papal I'm glad to see you've got griti" CO Ii II I t I , I'I'I ics , Both hilTs , Nellie Grant Sartoris and General - oral Henry ICyd Douglass deny the story that they are soon to be married. Louie F' , Gottscbalk , the composer and teacher of music , was niarried in New York Saturday to Miss lulamic Millard , a comic opera singer and daughter of Harrison Mu- hard , the ballad writer , The Atchison Globe rises to remark ; "This town has lost a valuable young man , lie as chased out by a girl who wanted to marry him , " Why doesn't Atchison organize - ganize a committee of safety ? After having been married five times to Charles Reynolds , a New York art dealer , Mrs. Catherine Reynolds Is now suing for one first and complete divorce. The first marriage occurred in Camden , the second In Philadelphia , the third in New York , the fourth in Ruglaud and the fifth in Scotland - land , Unlike the majority of army and navy girls , Miss Olive Fammington Sampson , the eldest daughter of thq admiral , is going to marry a cIduian , henry harrison Scott of San Francisco , but1thiy depatture from the established precedent does not seem so iolont in view of theact. that Mr. Scott Is In the coal buslacasastld In charge of the largest coal compai1 in California. Miss 1the1 llarrytnorb , whose engagement to Mr. Lawrence 1rflngwas announced some months ago , is ftoWireiOrted aa being be- trothctl to Gerald I3uMaurior , aon of the r celebrated xuovellst While such amatomy I caprices are not untusuiti among members of the histrionic proft'tisldn , many a girl of 10 , without tha slightest pretension to dma- matlo ability , has bacn engaged two times or more. One marriage which cannot be attributed to the war is that oCaptain William Ami- tago Harper , son at thio late Joseph W. liar- per of the publishing house of Iliurper & hlrosto Miss Olive C. Chamberlain , daughter , . of the famous Washington hotel man. Thin 1 ceremony was performed February 12 , but It uas kept a secret till a day or two ago , when the geom announced it on tue eve of his departure to join General Merritt's arm ; . Miss Annette Rniiley , a popular Kentucky belle , was supposed by her parents to be in Cuba with the iteti Cross until they re- ceiveti a letter from her this week dated Mobile , Ala. , in which she said shic was the wife of Dr. C Stuart Elliott , a incinbur of thu Marine Hospital corps. The couple first tact at tIm flollevue hospital Training School for Nurscs , and when the doctor was orlerel to the front. were at once mar- ned , Tue giOom Is a young Englishniaui of good social iiosition. Miss Rtta Sands , a young wQmaul of Greenville , Miss. , took a soldiCr's word anti last Sunday went toJackson to inarry'Juiius Moyso of a Mississippi regiment , on his assurance - suranco that ho was a second iletiteflant with pay sufl1cint to support a wife , She found him only a private , anti her big brother , who caine Inter. could hot flint huitti . at all ; indeed , the girl was so nmrtiflcd ( lint it. tcok the iOhie several days to find her , but site was discovered at last hiding in a boarding house and was moro than willing 'to metura home. Si'IA' 'VlIi % VAItVA''li. . . Torrcy's Rough Ritlems could hardly fare worse with the Spantartis than they do on Lmericaii railroads. In the former case they could give eliot for shot. The regular marines , who were disposed to' scoff at the volunteers , now admit ( lint the amateurs are their equal in fightIng unit ataying qualIties. Thus does pride iunccdo a fall. In time opinion of an advanced jingo , we mtst % , , as the trustee of civilization , annex Lh.m . Philippines. lie declares time Spaniards iii. that region eat vegetables and gravy vIth their knives. Congress did the proper thing for hiob- son , but his mother's tribute is far more prcciou3. "To us , nearest and dearest to iuiiti , ' ' she 'rote to a friend , "It took no Santiago to proclalni hint a hero. " In time enlightened view of an etiltor in hittvana , the Spaniards cannot recognize our oidicrs as a regular army because we have hot recognized time belligerency of the Cu- humUs. however , whemi our soldiers send their cards to the hiavanese it s lIkely they \vlii recognize them CufiThlently to scoot for abehter , The sounds of revelry that drift front havana indicate a criotis conditIon of at- fairs. When TIm Gillooly's boisterous Intighters awoke time hungry troops at the siege of Sebastopol ho was prunmptiy imustleLl tt time guard hotise , Cahled upon to cx- . plain his umisoldierhy conduct , he said : "Be hevens , captain , I laughed out. loud to me- lave the pain In me stomoch. " The hhavanese are troubled in thin same apot. One of the privates at Chiclamauga who looked ( tnti yearned In vaIn for time payma.s- ( or , unbumdcned his soul to a friend in this visc : "Thin civilian nvhmo has never known what it Is to ramble. around with less than a cduit in his pocket-something at least ( lint would jinle-.cannot realize how big $1.1 or $16 hooks to a man who has been in a condItion for weeks where lie would run four r.trccts to look at pictures in a colui catalogue. " During one of time sham battles at Chilclca- mauga Company F , Second Nebraska , cap- ( tired no less a distlnguishmed person than Colonel Fyffe , commantlcr of the Third Ten- nessee , who had ventured too far froni his line. He did not like it a bit and threw his swomd in a demonstrative manner , but lie die ) not use it. The boys rushed iiini within their lines so quickly that lie did not have time to explode a few swear words. Later on good feeling was restored and the captured colonel complimented the Nebraska boys. An OhIo private at Chlckamauga conceived thio Idea that the troops were not handled In an up-to-date military manner ; that the ollicers were incmclent and deficient In the rudiments of tactics. So thinking , lie put his thinks to papem and sent it to his home organ. it was printed , and when time paper appeared at the camp the otflcer concluded that ( ho private was troubled with brain fever. lie ns sent to time guard house for six nmonthe and fined $10 a month for that period. Colonel Edward Dufty of the Sixty-ninth New York has a particularly unruly private In his regiment. By way of iunishuhment lie at different times put him in the guard house , set him to digging ditches and had 1dm in heavy marching order for hours. This had no apparent effect , amid the colonel finally sent for the man. "Look here , private , " sahi ho , "if you don't behave yourself - self I'll have you sent home. " Since then the former unruly man has been ( ho meek- eat private in ( ho meglmont. C0IcFESSI0Ns OF' Ll'i"I'Liih % VILLIE , S. E. Kiser in Ciovelanth Leader. l'a says they ain't no spooks at all , Ni s'pose ho ought to know , 'Cause lie knosv nearly everything worth knowin' hero below ; lIe says 'at only fraidy calts believes they's ghosts around , For people Can't git back on earth when you lint 'Cifl under ground , I don't believe in spirits when the sun is shiinin' bright. And I can hear folks talk , or they's a hivin' timing in sight , If they is Jist a cut or dog around me I'm lwcimreii For anything 'at comes along , and ain't a bit a-scared , But sometimes I come home from chiool whmon ma'H a'ay , anti thien I go a-sneokin' up 'time stairs , and then sneak down again , Anti think I'll timid time doughnuts or the roislus or the jam- And thou I hear soniebody stop-or it door shuts with a slain. I know as well as I'm alive they ain't no- botly there , But shivers creep along my back , and I can feel my hair Raise right strmmighit lIP and stand as stiff as bristles on my heath- Arid I believe in ghosts in spite of all pa . over said. I dassont turn around and look , for I'm afraid I'll see Some big white timing without no head n.stnntlln' Uncle of me- But after while I whistle or else I sing , and then Go out and run around the yard and git braced up again. And when it's daic at night , and I wnke up and hay in bed , I can't keep ugly thoughts of ghosts from gIttln' in my head , And ( lion I hear pa mmnorin' , and my bleed gits froze , almost , For every snore sounds hike time groan of some jmoor iminner's ghost , Pa says they ain't no ghosts , tnd I taUt big , mmometimes , ittiti laugh At Eddie Gray , 'cause lie believes , and call him ( rnidy calf , But wlmeim I the imatI things and then nun nIl alone , by Jink , I know tlmey's gimommts a.snoopin' round , In suite of what pa timinkimi The navy and army blue serges , foulards , mnohaira anti light-weight costume cloths are made into etylishi tailor costumes for traveing and general wear that hold their own against mdl the endless stuart and novel gowns which the present season has produced - duced , IAIES ( ITS IYSTERIES PLA1 Dr Kenn tly Talks of the AppUcatton of 1ootrioliy th Commercial Uos , CLEARS UP SOME SCIENTIFIC POINTS llcctroiyis , Trniisnsl.u.tou of I'oucr , rezeuihiiiim log nhmil ' 1'elernplmtng Si- iiiiittflhiC4)iINi' flHtl Tcsin't. NesT Light ( l , liluistrut liii. When nway for a few minutes from the intricate algebraic demomistratioti of mnul- tltuthimmous problems in alternatimig currents itnul theories of etandartiizatioui , the dielec- ( nc strength of air and othero of hike character - actor in the domain of electric science , Dr. A. E. iccnnehiy , tim partner of Rdwin 3. Iltiston of Plmilmudeiphmia auth presidemit of the American Institute of Electrical Ragineers , hiroves quito an intercstiimg talker about many subjects with which the public is more or less familiar , but on which also a little more light Is always welcome. The day the institute ndjourned ho had a brief intervutl of breathimig leisurely at tiio Millard before going over to see time I flCW dynamo innovatiomm of telegraphy dciii- onstrateth , and he conversetl freely ttbouit electrolysis , water power trananmission , Nikola Teem's. now electric light , time conduit - duit systcni anti simultaneous tehc'gmapiiltmg and telcpiionfmig over the same wire. Dr. Kennelly did iporo ( hum describe these mimam- vels of sciench.xe mimntle clear time reasons why. \'ith that'nasy coniposuro of the Englisim-breti gentlnmnmm ho gave the foi- lowing lucid explariaUon , bcgimmmmimmg with electrolysis : . . "You kimow ( lint in'olectro-phatlng you ptmt it pewter spoon into Limo soitmtion anti your sliver is commmnmunicdteth timrough time fiul'l ' and by electro cimemnlcalaction , covers the Rtmrfaco of the pewter spoon. Well , what time fluid Is to the spoon as a comnmunicaling vehicle , time ummoisture of thii ground is to I i'omi. pipes uimther ground within the reach of conthuctibihiy. Umiderstanth , it Is mint time grounh , but the vdtor iii the ground which serves as the conductor in electrolysis , the lieu of the PilC ) acting its an electrode. Now , I t the trolley system Is so constructetl that there is ho break or leakage at all iii time. circuit theme imecth not be aumy such thing as electrolysis occurring ; that is to say , If tIme rails are tlmorommgimhy bonded antI there is notimimmg ivroimg with time wires along the track time electric energy will be conducteil back to time - and none of it will escape. its lIffet IN Umeseia , "I3ondInF the rails Is done , as you are aware , by nmcans of smmmall pieces of copper placed between time onus of time rails whiere thmey sro joined together , making a contimm- uotis inetnilic conmmectioii. Of course , were time electrolytic effect upon time gas p11)05 and water pipes time same as in electro-plat- lag-evenly affecting the entire surface of time nietal-thme damage would be immcoumsid- crablo nimh it would take a long time for ammy appreciable injury to beeommmo apparent , but time trouble is that time moisture in tIme ground Is uneveim , sommmo soils containing more than others amid sonic portlotms being swammmiy while otimers are conmparativciy dry , but even in tIme driest ground there is ai- ways sonic moisture , and always vamialiug with time diversified character of time ground. TIme result is that time electrolysis occurs in places on the mimetul and in time holes by clcetro.clmcinical action are eaten into time substance. This Is what makes it so dreaded by water amid gas coimmpauics. . . . "Time reimmedy , you ask ? Olm. care ; that is all-care , as I said , to havi the current of electricity carried along the wires amid rails of tim trolley system without escape into time ground. "As to tIme conduit system , time only real objection to it is time diilhculty met with iii hmavimmg to dig bite time ground every time a repair has to be made , So long as time trolley wires are strung along pohies 1mm the air they are easy to get at anti It is a elm- 1110 nmattor to ascertaimi whmat and where time trouble is , hut ilmen they are put under ground this facility ceases. However , the conduit system is pureiy a requirement. of time times. No other kind is possible ammy longer iii deimsely crowded thoroughfares of our large cities , ivitim so ninny thimmgs pro- eluding the construction of a trolley system at all , and the liability to fire beimg : such timat it is desirable to have free access at ammy time to buildings with fire apparatus. The general law of comnpcmisation , as time plmilosopimer would say , comes in imere and time extra expeimso and trouble of a conduit systcimm ate compensated for in the larger volume of patronage time cotmdtmit rnpld ( ran- sit brings to Its owners. 4ejsm , rat tcui tif Soui1 Vibrations , "So you think it strange that telephmon- lag and telegraphing could be done at time same tune over ( lie sanme wire ? Well , when you stop to commsider timat It is the shock of time vibration Umat is communicated over time wire and thou consider also that the ticks of a telegraphi transmitter are coin- jiamativciy few to the second , s'hiile ' time vibrations - brations of the human voice are ordinarily ninny hmundmed in time same period of time you see that it is time differemmco In vihmra- tiomt which Is noted by time ear anti that thus tIme two sounds can be commimnunicated simuiUtncously over time annie wire anti easily separated , "Now , as to time transmission of power , time achievement at time exposition at Frankfort , Germany , when power was transmitted from the Nccicnr river at Lauf- ten in 1893 as many as 200 miles distant provctl that there Is no real limit to the distance of tranemimission. Time percentage of power which reached Fmamkfort : was 75 , and it is belleveil that nearly nil of it could have been economized. Of course theme zimust ho some waste for various reasons as yet , but in this country experiments have becim made showing practically that there is actually no distance limit , though the percentage of power communicated may be moodiflcd. I'lants are being commstructed as far as 100 miles from cataract power. Time timno may come wbmen you can have power imero in Onmaima from time Niagara falls or soimmo other equally beneficent source , however , near or retmiote , of motive pressure in the shape of a catarumct torremit or river flow. Nikiii 'i'eshi" Now t.igitt. "Whim On the subject of economizing energy , Nikola Tesia's new electric light is reievant. What Is Mm , Tesla endeavoring to accomplish ? Simnimiy a more vroimortion- ate utilization of eiectric energy. We all ummerstand : that in nmaterial like coal timere Is a storeti Imp emmergy , It is estimateti timat time modern gas lamp utilizes only 2 per ccmmt of time coal emiergy that is ommiy 2 per edit gives hlgimt , the reummaining 08 per cent being wasted , comparatively speaking , in thmo fur- mmisimiiig of heat , supplyitmg of pressure amid numerous ways , SQ the main loss of eicc. tric energy is due to the necessity for sup. plying so much lmeat to imrothuco combustion anti light In time modern ineandescemt : humni. nant. Time incandescent light is certainly a vmry great Improvement over time gas light in time particular of ecoimonmizing cmi- ergy and yet only 5 per cent of time electric energy generated ever beconmes light , Why ? As I said , because the remaining 05 per cent is required for time hmemit and other wastes , Now , if by any process ( ho full voiunme of energy can be tea1ize is what Mr , Tesla is uimdertakimmg to do , At present time car- boa fiuiament or the thin piece of ( molly wire In the lamp bias to ho heated to a white heat before any light can be enjoyed , Mv , Teem's intention is to do away with any necessity for heat at all , possibly , or it ( hero must be some heat , then comparatively - tively little of it. lie is proceeding on time principle of hme fire fly , You know that the peculiar phosphorescent glow of the fire fly - - , - - - - - - - - [ . . . . . . , . , . . . . * . ( 2 Don't Put It Away : _ : on the Shelf. : . You are right in using Wool Soap for woolen9. Alt Z careful people intist (10 that. But you are wrong in putthig Wool Soap away until the next washing clay. You lose G flue-tenths . ' - of ita value. 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Au. dress z8 Fifth tv.m. , N us' Yoric City. - - - MANHOOD RESTORER Tftk reatVegcullo - - Vlcaflzerthoprescrip. . 'u ( Ion ol a fsimmoui yrenclm pimysichitit , will qumcidy cLue emi of all nor. - or dIstinct of the generative , rgui. , , such ci ' Insomitis , l'gliuslzm time liitcktSc'mnlnI , jirnlsglmu , , , Ntrvtiig icbiilty - ' I'tmmiI , Unfitness 1.0 Marry , Exiuiuhstiui JraIiis , Viriets'ehm ail , - Cotisilnatlon. It 5(01)1 ) itli iossei by , lav or tuiglit , 1'te'e'tttm quirk- rices of dlsctisrg' , wiulcim if miotcieehcm , iratis to Mpermnz'torrIiu. , anti all the huorror , of Impotency , ( I15J JtE cleunsea Weliyer , ate 0 FO R C aND A FTER kfdnrys anti tim" urinary erect's ' of dmi& & Impurities. C5hI'XDYN' , ttrengthens amul restore3 stitch weak ci galls. 'rime ramon Iiin-rrM nrc not cureti by Jtttcdor , Is Iectttgo nInety per cent mire tronltu'tl 'ymitti J'ro.tatl I is , CUI'I nin : i in ( ut , oil y cnuwmt remttl y it , cure wimluoul 1,11 eprafloim , 10idJ , ii.tlrntuI- , 5:5. : A wriltMn gumaroTste glyru sitti mtttley rt'turneti if six btgn , , dot's not efloct a i'erim-uunl cure , .m.oo ti box , fur 5.0O , by mxiii. humid for vmticimclrcuittr titd , teslumuamilats , , tdthcas IIAVSL )1DtCZNE Eu , , 1' , 0. lies 'Jilt , Han l'raictsco , Ciii , Jrj Zi , 3i11itS-l)1i..ION 1)1(110 0th. , . Ii , Our 10(1. n"itl P'asrtimsimi , ( Jimzisft , is produced by vIbration , To the fly itself its light is doubtless all emmillcient as it hmas time quality of eye suited to time degree of vibration vmnductivo of the light , Mr. Tesha is proceeding on time timeory timot a degree - gree of vibration can ho produced that will be sufficient for our kind of eyes and lila light is , therefore , to ho a glow iigimt produced - duced by vibratiomi. Timere is another aye- tern of light sinmilar to this , ( ho Moore sys. tern ; in fact , sevemal attempts era being made to succeed with timis chmaracter of light amid some of them arc liavimmg some measure of success already , " 'l'iio Cii IIitt(1 Of time l'im II ipmtine , In regard to time ciimnzmto whmielt a fOreigner - eigner emicoumiters , says a wrIter iii Scrib- mmcm's , it is easy to exaggerate its discammi- forts ; although it is tropical , still even km summer ( be chimnate may be called healthy. Fromn December to March there are waritm days , with cool nights and little rain , Iur- lug ? tiarehmtimril antI May ( Ito ( lays are hot , dry and dusty , whiie the thmerumomneter rises to 11 degrees at mmoomm ; but lime ymighite rc not uneoimmtortable. In the latter part of May and June there are ttmtsnder storms every afternoon with a tremendous downpour - pour of rain. Time greatest heat occurs in timese montim , time timerimiomneter rising ftc- quently to 105 degrees Sn time simatho , July , August ammtl September nra time months of time great tyimhooIIs , mind while Manila escapes - capes time greatest fury of these , still eqough of their force rcmmmaimms to demoileb many houses. lurimm October anti Novemn- bar mmtormmma lessen In frequency and severity and the weather gradually settles immto ( be flue days of Deccmnber. COOK'S EXTRA ChAMPAGNE TMPERiAt DRY. - . - - . - - - - - . - - - . - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - -V Rr 2ou 6oIn East ? " U ou , , e lo.tlt , ( .r hip , t.y " , , o. ( JtIgiitid , 'I'ti to lw , qk , IilI. . . - d.ll. ) , ur l.Iut. , tt r&t.It 40 km. ; tL&U SU " t.k.1L. a LEHIGH VALLEY - , - uAmi.iOAD V. , . , fltT.k. fr 7i'i' . E.lI. ' . Tb. , t'.s I , tLru'Ii V'tCI. tf tUI ; ( JNR1VAIi.fli ) sciuiv I t..IdIog I.l.t.l , , Ti. ) . t..o Ut4dn ) t.lgit , yu.iin rdtr. iui , * , 11t. I. it. r't. f ( I' . 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