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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1898)
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Ho is a good Bort. at fellow. ffed likely arrange matters so that you&t be able to ziy. " Not he. I-Ic bates us , as his father be- fare him bated my father , though , heaven knowe , there was never any rent rea.on for It. ft all started years ago , when father ontl Peter Simpson were runnIng for sherlit of the county-but you know that out . . Btory. "flut. I tell yoii , ' Insisted Farmer Par- Sons. 'that John Is dIfferent from his father. He Ia blunt. but ho has a good heart. It's tIme that old quarrel was forgotten , and you two ware friends. Just go to him and- " p7 ; . - -A-1' , clu ( - c. - - - - : . F- I p x. _ _ _ _ _ _ I PUQtUD TO TtKI MY BOY3 TO THE CIRCUS. somonotes for a cousin who had since tiled Insolvent. These noteS bad changed buntia anti were now In the po8sesslou of John lmpson. a man whom ho had always regarded - garded as blo enemy. flitter as It would be to lose his home , ho felt that. it was utterly Impossible for him to follow Hiram Parsoas advice nd appeal to Stmp8ou for time to pay. II. James Weut Into the houBo to prepare for his trip to town. feeling hImself a badly used boy. Thu circus was the yearly event of im- portancu In the community next to the ceunty fair. He and the other boys of his age In thu neighborhood bad been looking forward to it this year with unusual mi- patience , fur the menagerie wus said to be door than ordinary. So for a by of I , mia8ing It was a real trouble. J'mes mat-IC a littitu change in his dresa and hurried over to the llelluvtlIu tatlou. and reached there just. In time for the 1. oclock train. Thu distance to Hampton was not. great. . He arrhretl there In time to see the people streaming to the circus. % s he pasied up the main street of the village. at the anti of u. cro street he saw the touts In a large empty lot. tratas from the band came to him , too. The sight anti sound lti- creased his feelings of dleappolntment. 11 * , found 3ir Hawkins just leaving his oiflce. He read very hastily the nthe which James handed him. "Tell your father I'll send him an answer by mail this evening , " he said , "But father wants a reply as soon as posaibip , " saul Jam's. "O , there's no hurry , He'll et it in the morning. That will be Boon enough. 1vj promised to take my boys to thu circus , They are waiting for me. I'm latu now. " and the lawyer hurried off , leaving James iii a state of thorough disgust. Everybody was going to the cIrcus. IL was a shame that ho must miss it. lie hati worked bard all spring , and his father knew that ho had been looking forward to it. 'When he reached the street at the end of which the circus tents could be seen ho patiseti irresolutely , Why should not be go. after all ? There was no reply to take to his father. Ills father had not Ihought of such a contin- gency. or he would , no doubt , have giren him permission to go in such a case. He had money enough-yes , hut would go. What difference could It make whether ho - - , / /A\/ Is1EV \ /j / r JJR I Vj\J. . \ : _ _ _ _ _ - , . 4'd , .ss. J 1 'p - , 7 - : 2' . . HELP 31E LIFT. " CRIED JAMES. "Never ! " interrupted his companion , em- phatienily. The two men walked I1ently to th road where Hiram Parsons horse stood , hitched to a tree. His owner untied him. and , mounting , rode away , with a parting injunction - junction to his friend to- "Take my advice , Joel. " Tue latter walked slowly In the direction of his home , As he neared the barn his son James , a sturdy , bright-faced boy , was crossing the barnyard. "James , " said his father , "I want you to be ready and take the first train to town. You must carry a note to Lawyer Hawkins. " flut , father. " began James. "But what ? " _ _ _ _ "This is the day of the circus. You said I conid go. Won't it do If I take the letter to Mr. Hawkins after it is over ? " "No , " returned his father , "you might Lt raise him , Besides , I want his answer as ' soon as possible. If you catch him in his niflee when you go , you can come back on the next train. You're been to circuses be- 'ore. Get ready at once. You'll find the 'tier in the drawer of my , Icsk , " and Mr. arton went into the barn. If his mind had not been so engrossed by his financial troubles he would no doubt have observed his son's intense disappoInt- moot , anI would have altered his decision about. taking the letter at once. But J00i Harton wail in great trouble of minti at the prospective loss of hia farm. i3ome tow years before ha had thdorsed went home now or a couple of hours later ? The peopl0 were stilt hurrying past. There was still Lime enough to get there for the grand entrance , and he did so like that ! He would go , and he turned in the direction - tion 0 ! the tents. But James had been brought up to pay strict obedience to his parents' commands ; his father's last words to him had been , "Come home at once. " These words rang in his ear now , After a struggle he turned back and walked quIckly to the station. He had to wait a half hour for a train , More than once he felt tempted to go back after all. Ho was almost relieved when the train came and ho was steaming homeward. Still , It was exasperating that he should have missed the circus so needlessly. After a while his thoughts ceased to dwell upon his disappointment. anti be began to notice the other passengers in the car. This was a source of entertainment to James whenever liti was on the cars. Today there were not many , two or three men in front of him , one behind him , anti another just across the aisle from him. The latter he recognized as Mr. John SImpson , James knew something of his father's money troubles , and that it was Mr. Simpson - son who held the notes which had to be paid within a tow weeks. Mr. Simpson was a kind-hearted looking man , James thought. It was a pity that ho and his father were not friends , Surely be Wouilil not CflUS4I his father to lose his farm. Ho was so rich , he could wait easily. There was a crash , and then a second quickiy following it. The car rocked from side to SIde , There was a confusion of sounds-shrieks , cries , James started from his seat , then knew nothing more. III. When the boy came to himself strong arms were lifting him from beneath something - thing that was lying heavily over hIm. Then the same arms carried him off and laid him on the soft grass. . .I believe you're all right. sonny. " said his deliverer. "V.'hat's the matter ? " gasped James , strugglLng to his feet. "Yes , you seem to be all right. Let's foul this aria , No bones broken. Thu weStbound - bound train ran into us around that curve. Just some blamed carelessness , " James turned and saw the car which he bati been in badly smashed across the rails. A. number of people were running to the scene , for the accident baut happened just a few rods from the llelluville station , "Our car was thu only one that was wrecked. No one was kiiled , anti no one is badly injured , I believe. I was sitting jutet. behInd you , by the door- Thu man walked away , and James , be- iinuin to feel less tiuzetl. went over to the car. The passengers seemed to be all out. Glancing around the different groups , James noticed that Mr. Simpson was not to be Seen. Seen.Had Had he not gotten out ? "I don't see the man who was sitting across the aisle from me , " be observed to one of the traInmen who stood near , anti he went nearer the car and peered in. "ICoep beck ! The car is on tire , " was shouted to him , sod indeed flames ware shooting from a window at the far saul of the car. "I'm going to see If be Is there , " said James , anti he ciambered over the crushed car seats and wIndow frames of the wreck. The trainmen sprang after him to puli him back. But James kept on. Yes-this was the seat , and , yes , there was a band sticking out , He stooped down anti saw Mr. SImpson under the overturned seat. James grasped bitt band and tried to pull him out , but he was too iihtly wedged in , The suet must be lifted , The tiames from the other end of the car seemei to be creepIng towards him , "Are you crazy" asked the trainman , who had now reached him , and was roughly grasping the boy by Lhe arm. "Get out of this" But James. who was too much excited to speak , pointed to the nartly re- viusleil form of Mr. Simpson and began tugging at the seat. The flames warn romlog toward them very fast. The crowd outtaltle shouted to them to come Out. James continued pulling ftantlcally at the Spat. The trainman looked about belpie5ly. "If I had an axhe said. "Help me llft' trIed Jflmes. "I moved it a little just then. " His companion stooped and together they made a desperate citort-anottier , the sent yieitled , anti Mr. Simpsoa was uncovered. They stooped anti lIfted him ; a great Iiout went up from the crowd as they staggered out with their burden. A doctor 'who had just arriveil at the wreck came forward as the Inanimate form wan lniti on the gruss. "tIe is oat ilead , " said the physician after a few mInutes' examination anti proceeded to administer restoratives. When these had taken elTeat nntl Mr. SImpson was able to speak , and the doctor hati said that hIs injuries were but slight. James turned away. He would get borne , he thought , before his parents sbouitl hear of the nccidrnt anti be needlessly alarmed. He hail not gone very far down the road when ho was overtaken by the trainmaa who had assisted in getting Mr. SImpson out , of the car. "You've got to come baclt , " ho cried. all out of breath Irma running. 'That man- Simpson's his name , be says. wants to see you. He was just a gain' on thanhin' me for eavin' his life-some one told him about our gettin' him out-and I told him it was alt owln' to you-It was you that thought to go in to look for him , It it hadn't been for you he'd been burned up. Come on back. He wants you , " Iltit James resolutely refuseti to go. "There's nothing to make a flies about. " lie saul. "It would have been murder not to try to save him. No. I won't go. See here. Just tell him I am Joel Ilartons son. It be wants to sum me then , he'll know where to find me. " Anti so it came about that the old enmity between Joel Harton anti John Simpson was wiped out , and the latter could not do enough to show his gratitude to James. "And If I hadn't misseti the circus and been on that train , " said James many tUnes to himself , "how different things would perhaps have been. No danger of losing the farm now ! " p.Y1 ? ; TELLEIV LAMENT. hoW He Reuilsthe Stninp Act to fliotns CnitanierM. "Another week ot this , " moaned the paying - ing teller through his grated window , speaking to a New York Sun man , "anti I shalt be a lit subject for a paddeul cell in some private asylum. " "Why ? " queried the reporter. 'Goou1 heavens ! man , don't say that word. My head won't stand the strain. It's been 'why's this' and 'why's that ? ' until I begin to thibk there never was even a first cause in creation. "It's the women and those infernal , ater- nai stamps. They simply won't under- stand. You'd suppose , after a week and more. some of 'em wcuht remember ? Well , you'd suppose wrong , then. Pardon me a moment , sir. " A check iluttered through the grated win- dow. "Have yeti a stamp , madam ? " "Stamp ? " murmured a soft voice : "oh , no ; I'm not sending it. as'ay. I want the money myaeif. " "Certainly , and It you want it now you must put a stamp on the check. It's a tax , you know. It's the law. " There was a single exclamation of dismay 'from the feminine customer. Then she rat- lied. lied."But "But they never did that at my husband'a bank. " "Have you been there this week ? " "No , to be sure I've not. But why do you say I have to be taxed ? One of these war taxes ? Oh. yes ; I remember now. My bus- band did say something about what I had to tb to cash the check , but I thought it was only the same old rigmarole. He always explains every time he gives mo a check. He thinks I don't understand business prin- ciples. But I always manage to get. the money. May I have my money now if you please ? " "There'll be two cents charge for the stamp , madam. " 'Oh , very well ; but. I should think you ought to pay that. The bank makes all the profit. I don't get interest on the money. I didn't want war in the first place. But I'm not. a peace-at-any-price woman-oh , dear , no ! Really , there's very little we can do for the cause here at home , isn't there ? " "We can pay the taxes , ma'am. " "So we can. I hadn't thought of it in that lIght Here's 2 cents. No , I'll take half a dozen ; or do they come by the yard ? If I buy a qtiantity you'll have to send them , for they'd all stick together if I carrieti them about in such warm , moist weather. You don't have delivery wagons ? Very well , I'll take one at a time. That's alt now , isn't it ? " 'You merely have to affix the stamp , madam , and then cancel it. " "But this is canceled. It says 'I. H. ' Is that like 'Georgius IL' and Victoria It. ' on the big seals in England ? I didn't know that imperialism in this country meant that. You want my initials and the date ? \Vell , I'll date it , but I mustn't Indorse It. My husband says that is very dangerous , " "Madam , every cheek must have. a stamp and it must be canceled with the date and your initials. That's the law. " "I sUppose I don't quite understand. But I have to have the money today. I can't wait to ask. Do I have to lick the stamp ? How pt'rectly burrid ! I should think the government wouilut have that done for us. Couldn't the Board of Health interfere ? Anti do I indorse the stamp on the back of the check ? Front of the stamp ? Of the check ? Oh , dear , it is very perplexing. Why. I'm keeping such a lot of people walt- lug. Well , that's done , Yes , ten-twenty- twenty.flve dollars , Thank you. so much. I'll be sure to remember all about it. next time , " After an Interval of active business , the perspiring teller again had seventeen see- ends of leisure. He leaned wearily upon the glass counter before blat ? "That's a fair sample of the way it goes , " be said , "Men ought to know better , but they don't. Some of our olilest customers made the most trouble. Apparently they hadn't read the newspapers. " \\'hy don't I have a wet sponge for the stamps ? That's part of what I call my kindergarten - dergarton metho'l , If the public licks the stamps , the public is going to remember the new law , After our regular customers show that they have got used to the novelty , I always put the stamps on for them. But it.'s work. It means about flo an hour to the government for the checks that go over this counter of mine , That's ; O a day , and it invoiven the handling of 2,500 stamps , I was pretty near crazy at first , but if the public Is disposed to tin Its share I shalt soon become accustomed to the work. The questions and the arguments are what I can't stand , Good morning , sir" New 1SlLlokeieN. i'flwier Cuupuny , CLEVELAND , Aug. 4-W. E. Irish , H. II. Anderson anti B. Davenport of this city have incorporated a company In V'ee Vir- giutu for the manufacture of 5nIokeit powder. The capital stork Is 0OO0O , with the privilege at increasing It. to $ I,000oIIo. Thu company has socuretl contracts to fur- nieb large quantities of smokeless powder fat' the government , It will deliver 1O,00U pounds each week , The plant will be In the vicinity of Cleveland. StudyiliMDurrnnt'a Character. SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 4.-It has been laurnett that the National Bureau of Educa- lion 18 making an exhaustive Inquiry into the life of Theodore Durrant , under the di- tecttoo of speclalista to criminology. TilE FIELD OF ELECTRICiTY Battle tot' Reduced Telephone Bttes in the District of Golnmba , PIOGRESS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Desiipiiet ro tine of tlt. 'aitie 'it Elec- trli'iti Devi.e' . on 'i'ar Shipe-lit- feet , , t thr itsns listtttie 'i'el- eplione on ilnilrun.l 'rriivel. The Clieeapenkt' and Potomac Telephone company , which tInes buainess in the District - trict of Columbia , is engageil in extellaivo litigation which Is of great importance to itself and has an interest for the whole country. In tint bill making appropriations for the District of Coinmha ! this year the pnragral)11 providing money to pay the ren- taUt of the instruments utseti by the Dla- trict gorurnnient was amended by the ad- dltlon of a declaration that hereafter. in the dIstrict , O a year should be the maximum - mum price to be collected by the company for the use of a telephone. Under a bill passetl by congress it was assumed by many telephone users that It would not be legal , after the act became effective , to , lt'manil more than O a year for the scr'ro of a telephone instrument anti its connections in WashIngton , Acting upon that assumption several persons who desired to gain the advantage - vantage of the reduced rate offered advance payments at ( ) a your. The telephone company declining to furnish the service. and proceeding to remove its instruments , the pending suits were brought to restrain that action. In answering the compiaint of the patrons of thu company , the attorney for the corporatIon running the telephone busi- nose says that congress thu not ifitenti to confer a public benefit. but merely to say what maximum price the district govern- meat shoniti pay. In addition to asserting that congress iid not intend to make tale- phunes come generally lower , the company says that at the rate prescrlbeti by congress the teleihunp company cannot afford - ford to do business and will nut be able to reap any profit from it it the low prices are Insisted upon. On the other hand , the at- torney' for the users of the telephones sug- gesteti to the judge who heard the case that it was preposterous to assert that congress would have made an exhaustive investigation - tion , as it did , just to secure lower rates to the district government. There does not appear to be any disposition to be alarmed at what congress will ilo. The corn- puny has shown figures to support its con- teation that the Belt company , anti vast expenses that have to be paid out of the charges. eat up all but the I or 5 per cent uhivitiend squeezed out of the income for stockholtittrs , and that the Bell company is rsoived that if Washington wishes to use telephones it must pay that rich corporation roundly. Electrical Ineiineil Elevator , Among recent applications of electric motors is one to an inclined elevator. which has been installed in a New York department store. Thu Inclined elevator is a compromise between a common stairway anti a vertical elevator. It con'ists practically of a mow- log band. to which are attached a number of hardwood slats , ridged with robber. These give a comfortable footing for the passengers who step on the moving band at the bottom of the staircase antI are carried up to the landing. On arriving at this point the stepping - ping oft is pprfectly easy and absolutely safe. When fully loaded the elevator carries thirty-seven persons Lu one minute , or 2,200 In one flour. 'flue anna rail moves along at the same rate as thu chain on which the passenger stands , andas _ the ranchinery runs quite noiselessly it.has been found necessary to call attention to the fact by molding into the face of the rubber rail large , round , white disks. 'This elevator takes up very little space and can be located adjacent to a wail ; it fulfills the fire department regulations as to a stairway , and thus does away with the stairs needed in adtiition to an ordinary elevator. It is safe and noiseless ; it requires no attention to run it ; it may be started or stopped at either end by pressing a button. it is always ready for use , and consumes power only in proportion to the number of passengers elevated. It is further claimed that the passenger on the Inclined elevator cannot possibly bare the unpleasant and die- tressiog experience to which many people are prone when sudiienlv ascending or descending - scending in a rapidly moving vertical ele- vator. Vrtgrees ( if Eletutrienl Entiut'erin. In a recent address Dr. A. B , Kenneily brought out some instructive facts hearing on the progress of electrical engineering , which came into existence only with the introduction of the electric telegraph some sixty years ago. By far the greater proper. tion of electricol development has come within the last decade and a halt. In lS8 , when the international electrical exhibition was held at Philadelphia , it Ia doubtful it , outaide of telegraphy and telephony , there was in the United States a total investment of $1,000,000 in eiectrlcal applications. Today - day the capitalization in electrical applica- tlons in this country s estimated at about $1tioo,000.000. In 1884 a flfty-kilountt dynamo was considered a large machine and thu price of dynamos was about 20 cents per watt of output ; at the present time the largest size of generator built is of nearly 5,000-watt capacity and dynnatbe in corn- parntiveiy snt.ali sizes , without switchboards , now coat about 2 cents per watt. Even thirteen years ago the eiilciency of thu dynamo was gooil and the improvement in these machines has been mainly in their reduced - duced cost and greater power. In 1854 the cost of generating a kilowatt-hour of electric energy from steam for lighting purpoec's was about 7.5 cents ; now Niagara power is sold to constulners in IliltYalo at rates varying according - cording to the amounts delivered train 2 cents to slightly less than two-thirds of I cent per kilowatt.huur delivered , Sixteen years ago the price of a sixteen-candle power incandescent lamp was about $1 and arc light carbons cost about 0 cents apiece. It is estimated that about $000,000,000 has been invested in electric ligiting stution and plants iii the United States , 'te storage battery , at one time an .ipparently hopeless factor in electrical work , baa shown remarkable advancement in ef. ficiency and power. One installation now In active operation baa 166 celia , weighs 500 tone and has an enormous output at cur- rent. In the ten years since the first coin- mercial trolley cars were run electric Inca. motives of 1,500 horse power have made their appearance even on steel railroad tracks. There are today in the United States OboUt 14,000 miles of electric railroad - road , with a nominal capital of about $1,000- 000,000 , and employing about 170,000 men. Dr. ICenoelly holds that the principal engi. neering value at' electricity today lies in Its adaptation to the transmission of power through mills or cities or train some locality where power is cheap to others w'ere it is dear. A steel rope by its bodily motion can transmit , with appreciable friction anti depreciation , a given amount of power to a distance of semi' thousands of feet. .t bare quiescent copper roil half an inch In diameter anti auplorted ) on poles can trans. unit possibly ten times the same power fur 100 miles at an inftnitesimai depreciation. A great Increase in the convenience anti elfectireness of the telephone has come with thu gnerai substitution of metallic circuits ( or ground-return circuits. People can now actually converse at a distance of 1,800 miles , and conversations at diatancss up to 1.500 miles are common , There are now about L000.000 telephones 'onnect00 with this rountrys telephone service , employing JOBBERS RND f4PNUcRCTURERS OF OMAHA. _ _ _ ART GOODS PL _ p icure M'oldings. MixTara , Frames , Backing and ArtiJ'.n Materials. I BOILERANO H2ITIRUN WORKS' ' Drake , & Wams ! nCor"eor's VIlsoiu .t ' , Drake' , Manuitactutrers hollers , emoite stacks and irceehingi' , pressure , renitering , sheep ititi , lard and water tanks , boiler tuthi's er'n- stantly on hand , ee'cond huilti boilers boiiizht nail sniti , Special niuil nrrnnnt t repairs in city or t'oulntry 12111 antI Pierce. - . _ BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS mera an Swe Sh Co i'frs Jobbcrs of Fool 'zr . wEsiznt .omcvsrnn The Joseph Bnnian Bubhor Co. CL Sprg & Rubbers and Nbickliitoehes. ( 'or. Eltve'nllt .k Irtirnatis Ste. . ( ) niitli , E't. KrkeiuaI & Co Bools , Sisoes and Rub6ers a1eirooma Ut1tt41DS 11am , ) ' Str.st. \AI. \ Morse Co5 Boots , Skoes , Rn6bers , AT WHOLESALE. Otfice anti Saicernom 111P-21-23 Howard St. BAGS Omh ag o Importers and Manuitactu&rcr BAGS 614-16-18 South ink S&eel CHICORY Th Amera ' Chc Oo Growers anti manufacturers of all forms of . . ' chicory Omaha-Fremont.O'Neti. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE M L t. ImporterandJobbeP Crockey. Chznti , Glassware , 11ver Plated Ware , Looking Glasses , Chan. deilera , Lamps , Chimneys. Cutlery , Etc. 1410 IARY.U1 ST. CREArIIERY SUPPLIES 1' he Sharps Ooma Creanzery Machinery and Supplies. oilers , Engines , Feei Cookers , Wood Put. layS , 2hattin , Belting , Butter Packages - ages of all kinds. 7.oo9 Jones St. = - DRY GOODS. E5 Sih & Co tmpottars anti Jobbers of Dry Goods , Fu'nisfiiizgGiods AND NQTIONS. a capitalization of about $100,000,000. 400.000 stations and about 900,000 miles of wire. Every day about 17,000 employee -make on an average more than ,000,000 connections. Nuvul L'MNIii , , Of tile "A'ur. Among the many lessons of the war already - ready apparent. as shown by a naval olficer at the front , thu electrician fintle much food for thought. While some of the electrical devices adopted on war ships have proved Invaluable , others have been founil vanting , confirming the fact that no nuttIer bow at- trac'ttve an invention may be in theory , only hard practice can determine its real value. It is hnrui to estimate tile great service rail- dered by the aearcttilgbt. Without tutu searchlIght tutu Atntti'ican ships could not have kept the Spaniards penned ui in Santiago - tiago harbor. It also has haul no little Influence - fluence In establlching the tact that torpedo boats have lost caste. Thu American ships lay for months outside' the harbor , oftefl within a mile of the entrance , and sevrat attempts u'ere made by thU two torpo.io boats inside to attack. Nooc of them i ver got out without being seen , anJ they were driven baclc. It svns shown that it a man-of- war is reatly at all times to uien up instantly - stantly an etflcient fire with rajild-firo guns that ship has little or nothing 'a ' ( ear grom torpetlo boats. Thu torpedo boats , ui1ii lutr "paper" sides , might as well sink httuseit before starting , so certain is abe of destrurn- tUrn. Thu searchlight , night after night. Illuminated the mouth of tbc harbor by swinging Its rays slowly from sitho to sid , ' , so that nothing could pass 'mcccii by the picket boats. Thu iight. too , was most use- Cal in indicating to the crews manning the guns just where to direct their fire. As it \.as an invariable rule nuvec to throw tile beam of the searchlight on a t'endly vessel , no doubt was ever left in the niirii , of the gun-pointer as to the hostile cbracter of the approaching craft. It ehlminattutl all the delay anti lIability of erroe' to which verbal orders are so liable. The l.tct of .u inuthoti of order transmission of c.qual eifctjvenes on board shill during action was on more than one occasion almus't productive of 'lie. ' aster. There was the greatest iiilfloulty in getting meesages to and train hut tlflft'ruiut parts of the ship. The telegrnpn tgneis and the telephones were of no use. the noiju anti concussion were tog great to allow of the employment of any kind of voice tube * , and mt'suiengers were slow and unreliable and in danger of being killed. It is said that on one ebip a serious error was made by the messenger. Thu messenger took an order to oae of the turrets that was meant I for the secondary battery ouiy 1-hid the arthur boon properly delivered the Colon ' I I might have been dIsposed of in shore order , DRUGS. rt CO 902-906 Jckso 5/ 7. C. RICILtRDSON. Preat. , n. ' , WELLER , V. Prest. T etu 005 xi'tn.4ae't I'hsr'nizittlctil rp"p.tsl- ClanS. . 'tperui Fnr'itliin i'rpt't'.I to Ortlcr. 'ai.t , , r ( 'etntvyue. Labcrator' . liii howard St. , Qmac ! , , c. . Driig is1s and Slatiirner3 , "Queen flee" Speci5ttC. ! Caarr , Wiam Moui Brandle. . Vnmr. ' : tm and Ilarary Strnts. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. rcaI Eic/ricr1 Sii5plies. Elt'ti'it'VIrtnn' i3'ilu and ( hue Litrilting C ; , v .roUNsTo. . " . Mgr 1MG howard St. Spy Co WUOI.E3ALZ AND RItTAIL ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES 1501 farnam t. FRUIT-PRODUCE. B & VUOLE5AL Commission Mdrchanth. 5 , w. Cox-aer ltti and Steward Ste. Aombeni of the National Leaginu of Connate. iton ,1urcbante of the Cnltet State. . GROCERIES. $ Co11 13th and Leavenworth St. State and Faicy Grocerier lEA ASO COffEE I1O4STEI1S , Ut. IVe & wito LIISALB FhVE GR 0 CERIES ¶ Teu , Spices , Tobacco and C2g..t I 1(03-1507 lThruey t3areaa. HARNESS-SADDLERY. J . e .1t'f'r. IIJRZ'flSS , SJDDlZf. .LW CJLLJR8 Jobber. , ofLeatltr'i' , Serhite'y ffaretivare , Eta We solicit your oeders , iIZi Boward St. HARDWARE. & Co Wholesale Hardware , Omaha. L awa Co Wholesale Hardware. .Bicycleti and 8portinjJoode. i1t3..Lt-2U Ilas. . instead of giving tht. .merican amps their long rhase to the westward. The grave problem thus suggested is well worthy the attention of electrical inventors. Probably the greatest disappointment to electricians at the failure of electrical dpvict'n is caused by the iliscovery that a practical battle range finder line yet to in , introduced , Tile authority aireatiy referred to state's that the range ftntit'ra in use are so delicate that they cannot withstniid the tllscliargo of the gurus. in action they get alit of order , so that the old nietliati of angling on the mast- beau height of the enemy has to be relied on. Even the raiigo indicators , simple as they apimrently art' . wore completely thrown out by tIle gitti blasts. anti every one , to a greater or less extent , had to use lila aura jutigment in giving the range. It seems possible that tIle old fork system at estij. lieliing the range has nut yet gone out for good. In all future calculations this tullect of the blasts from tile guns trill have to be more definitely reckoned with , In many casS the concussion would rip oil the I clothes at tha gunners , as if It hail been done with a knife , anti sorniu 01 tIle rapid- fire guns siitleretj so much from the blasts of the turret gnus that tile gun crews were actually blown gwa' from their stations. Ei't'trie&iI ' , , les. An odd volume hue ttet'rl uinearthuul In an alt ! hook store iti New York. Thu book is hound in metal , and has what appears to bit an attachment tar making an electrical connection on one slid , It is a copy of the Protestant - testant Episcopal Book of ( 'oranlon Prayer. translated into the language of tb North . 'tmeric'ui Indians to Dakota , anti liublleheil in 1883 , for the Indian coininisitioti of tile Protestant EpIscopal eliurcit , for imu In tile missionary jurisdiction of Niobrara. .ccoi-ti- log to the story told to the purchaser of the book. the work was used in its present forun by a missionary to tile IndIans In con- aection with an electric battery. While the unregenerate brave uu'hoee soul the missionary - ary dtniirud to cave held the prayerbook vtth his bonus on both covers , thus formiag an electrical circuit , the missionary would surreptitiously turn on a gentle current , which seat mild but appreulative ubtills through thu tcazne of tile savage , who be. linvuti theta to but the manifestatleie , of the nuus'iy-Xouruii religion. Go thu strength of this story appliwutlon was made to the buatl. quarters in jfew Yotk of the society witiuk printed the work. it is stated that the ax- bibition of thu book , with its nlekeleti brass oovers , firmly fectened with strong rivets , elicited no explanation at the missioll house. although it was admitted that the metallic atiachniente were evidently for an electrical purpnae of some kind. It was in- slated , however , that no missionary of thu LIQUORS. . \Alalier \ Mse & o LJQ UORS. Proerfetora of A4'ltlC.lN " 10.111 AND UTJtSfl s'ulg Co. 2I.IlS tuutIt 14111 St. _ _ - l1/1OleSa1e Liq2wrs and Ci zr : . tliHParnaraSlrset. . _ _ Eas ! India. Bit/er : doiden Shea1re liv" anti Dourboa Wlutskt'1 Ca , , iU Willow t3pr'ege DistIllery , her itamey Street J . . . . WHOLESALE Vines , Liquors and Ctg-ars. W415 5. UUi Otrast. LUMBER WHOLESALE i.UMBER , . . 814 Soutji 14th St. OILS-PAINTS _ , o. : . A. toffet. lit Vice I'ree. I. . J. Drake , Gsa . . . . OILS. . . . Garoitne , Turpent.ne. .txle C.rease , gte. Ounnht Uranch anti .taenctes. John U. Ruth Mar , PAPER-W000ENWARE. _ Fa OL Prin/in Paper , Wrzbj5i : Pzjer , Sta/ioiztry. Carari' IUi . .nd Eowtzd etreete. STEAM-WATER SUPPLIES. C t014-tOt6 Dogglas Stroct. Manufacturer , and obbere of Steam. Ga. &n Water Supplies of All Kinds. UBth stt Spy o xro8-rzro ! izrney St. Steam Pumps. Engines and Boilers , Pp ! Wind Mills , Steam anti Plumbing Material , Beting ! , Hose , Etc. TYPE FOUNDRIES ( : rea ' ; # Type Foindry Enpertor COPS , . ? 2&ixed Pjp. is the best or the market. ELECTROTYPE FOUNDnT. n14 Iloward 'Jtrs.t , For uD-to-d.ate an - - . Western Tewspaper Read. The Omaha Bee society would he guilty of any urIi deceit or 'llicanery as that suggc'stetl toward the jlt'ople under tile spirituai care. During .t rec'eilt visit to the Isle of Wight Lord Kelvin b'camtt so much intoresteti in the apparatus there for wireless telegraphy tilrlt he sent off three messages. unit to Sir George Stokes , at Cainbritige ; a second to his own assistant at ( llasgnw , anti a third. to Lord Rayleigh and Mr. Preece , in Lou- iloui , These ss'ere transinitteti by thu Mar- cool system from thu inland to Buurne- motith , on tutu mainland , a distance of fit- teen milt' , anti then were repeated to their several ilt'stlnntiuns h3' wire . . tlthough the Marconi apparatus is biuing asciI only cx- perinlentaily , the distinguislic'tl scientist in- eisti'ti tfl paying for these messages at the Usual commercial rate. It is wilboilt question , says a reltablt , railway journal , that the long-distance tale- p11000. is ( iimiUtHllIIlg passengt'r travel. Onti vromlneut railranti official is quoted us say- intl that the business of one of the litnitwl trains between New York anti Chicago butt , been practically ruint'ti by thia lung-thiatancti telephone , ant , in hits own Otits , it has heca the matins of enahibng him to manage tilts affairs of tutu rotul tram his otfice to a very large tuxtt'tit , u'here formi'rly he spent two- thirds at tile tune traveling up anti down this line. : 'i'ti l.i .il.sigr to lIt , . Iiiil itinlues , Thee who have relatives anti trientiut in this several expeditions to the Pbillppinu islatnis trill be pleaseti to knouv that a gout supply of Chlamberiuta's Colic , Clloicra unit Diarrhoea Rerneily has been taken along and inure will be prnturett , from thi agency iii ilililt ; Kong as required , The great sun- CabS of this remedy in th trentmt'ilt of bowel complaints has made it stnnthu'd over the greate'r part of tIle civilized suorid. During the t'litti'inin of ehoItur in Honolulu it proveil more succt'esful than any other treatment. Fat' salts by Ldruggists. iiidiiiiis in jut t'siy' ilsl. ST. LOUIS , Atig. 1.-A special to the Post. Dispatch from 'raliltuqutib , I. T. , says : 'Fbi , Jndiutiu are iii sit ugly uiluoul over the open avowal at Chit' ! Mayo ii , his mitesago to thu Indian etiuincil. favoring allotments , trail bloothis are sttilt'n anti threaten th lives of progressive Itudiunit if they vats on a attune- lire fawiriiig tUtu uccssptalce or the t'urna bill. They my Lbtuy will leave the country apti bitters tjtng will give eiUsna't , of their opgosttUiui it ) the white people's invasion or their innil , 'I'w is Truf ii ItsIsers Cit lit U rul , WI' . LOUIS. Aug. 4.- special to the Post. Dispateli t7'Otfl Wiehit , iCan. . says Sam Smith and Tom Wian. 11w to men who rolihed the 'Yriaco train at Andover , inter bare. bare been captured at Nowata , I , T. , anti will be brought here ( or trial , - - - -
