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' : % VtIN JAMtS MISSED Tilt CIRCUS.
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F r'- : By Emily S Windsor.
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"WeU , 1t 1'4 the money , Joel , i'd
traIghtn thIn out for you.
"I know that , Hiram , anti 1m gratftIll to
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you.
.tnnl Horton anti fllram Paron' . rgb
bcrlng farmer , toocl on a hillside over-
1uokIn the former's prop'rty-a comfort-
ahie-lookiog frame farm hoIIM. anI barns.
tIrrounth(1 b ? garlen8. orchartln and corn
fit lila , I1 fri a flouriBhIug condition.
' 1've worked bard to get things In thIs
s1i1ipc , ' 'went On Joel liarton.
"Ye3. " a8sented hi companion. symn-
tLlztngly. "you hove that. But why not go
a.tI en John lmpson. 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
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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- "
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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
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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
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Materials. I
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lard and water tanks , boiler tuthi's er'n-
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boiiizht nail sniti , Special niuil nrrnnnt t
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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 ,
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Aombeni of the National Leaginu of Connate.
iton ,1urcbante of the Cnltet State. .
GROCERIES.
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State and Faicy Grocerier
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Jobber. , ofLeatltr'i' , Serhite'y ffaretivare , Eta
We solicit your oeders , iIZi Boward St.
HARDWARE.
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Wholesale Hardware ,
Omaha.
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Wholesale Hardware.
.Bicycleti and 8portinjJoode. i1t3..Lt-2U Ilas.
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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.
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Water Supplies of All Kinds.
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Steam Pumps. Engines and Boilers , Pp !
Wind Mills , Steam anti Plumbing
Material , Beting ! , Hose , Etc.
TYPE FOUNDRIES
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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 ,
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