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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1898)
aFSBEDB AT THE FINISH A VoBMm Gocwpondtmt Ammg the ( it TRIP FROM SiBONEY TO THE FRONT > t \ rvy llinirti > r WiirU.-.I D < Mit" mi HIM KHl.nvi u lint FinViirilili * S < M'i mill Cam ii Iiii'lili-iitM. Juot prlar tn the openlnt ? of hmtilltica with Spuln tfea nawpap n revnmped many i lirtlllnir story of the ilwls ot woman \ttlj tSB armies of the north ami south , -junta wont In intUKnillnu garb for adventure or to b n * r their soldier a-.vwthtmrts. Mhors rtchievwl tama n spies , and by far UIH larger number became the annelB of ttm uflloteil in camp anil hospital. Tlia abject of the staritm ww to Illustrate how reaUtly omen adapt thumiralves tn thu business at ili'stnictlon , roRnnlml aa man'i exeitioiva right. In the late war. though ton brief fnr much adventure , wnmen dlatlnKUiHhed thmn- sulvet in carini ? for slcfc anil wnunded at aunUaia. aaell aa at thu several initruc- lon oarnp * . No woman soldier hau yst tf n dlBoavared. Thare waa a woman corre- irmndunt at the front , and Unit unlcjuu dla- nuctlon belong to Mine El la Rewwner of Oraahn. TUo atory af her experionce. told in the St Loula Gluhe-Demourat , la aa fol lows : I wantetl to RO to war. There -vaa nolh- tnu unuHUnl about that. It would be aafa o sar that nlnu-tentha of the American qirls did. Of course. I received no encour agement. Naturally my fricmla collud me foolhardy and rcckleaa. Perhaps they wera rtglit , but they did not couvlnuo "me. I went to Maw YorH. bought a camera , a small wardrobe for thu tropics , a return ticket to Kingston. Jamaica , by a llnu ot passenger steamers and ai-t out. Wo landed at Kings ton on July 1. I hud no dllDculty In reach ing the railway station and taltim ; thu train tor Port Antonio. Thu Journey over thu mountains that form thu bnckbnnu of Ja maica waa moat interesting. We whirled around threatening lodges , throu h plc- turegtiuu tropical scenery , crawlml over awe- gorges , dodged Into tunnels , up the aides ot thu mountaina and then allpptxl down to thu quiet llttlu city which looked toward Cuba. XVnrliiir tinI'riiiniMiMl Limil. My welcome at Port Antonio waa kindly Nothing could bu less auijgestivo of war than thu scenes which met mu hare. Thu hotel had a wldu veranda looking out to sea , and hero thu "women folks" sat and rocked , and read , and knitted , and gos siped. Sunday evening wu all Joined in a tu-rvlcu ot gospul hymna. Tet Santiaeo waa only 100 miles away. JJewspuaer boats wera arriving hourly to send their diaDiUches , Port Antonio being thu nearest oablu oiflou to thu scene of con flict. Thu very day of my arrival thu American troops had made that gallant chargu UD Sun Juan hill , and when thu atory of it reached us I wna more than ever anxious to be in the thick of thu fray. Then cnmu thu thrilling atory at thu great sea Hcht , and with it my impatience knew no bounds. One day thu Red Cross boat , the State of Texaa , steamed into thu har bor. I had letters of Introduction to Miss CJara Barton , and when the boat put oil on Its return trip I waa aboard , an invited guest. W Righted thu Cuban coast on thu morning ot July 8. Directly before us. high on thu clllt overhanging the narrow en trance to Santiago harbor , were thu ruins of thu yet stately Morro uastlo. Great breach appeared In thu walls which had restated the attacks ot uenturiea. The broken flagstaff stood there to testify to thu marvelous accuracy of American marka- mauthip. Thu earthworks below were torn and scattered , wlitlit from thu water be neath protruded" the smokestacks and upper works ot thu Spanish oruiaer Relna. iler- cctlea. Just beyond , and hidden from view by thu projecting headland , lay thu Murrl- mao. Looking westward aa far aa thi < oy could reach were thu acattered wrecks of thu Spanish lleet. which had been destroyed less than threu daya before. As wo turned toward Slbonry , where the Red Croaa hospitals were located , and which was our destination , wo threaded our way through maases of wrerkago. Dozens of Dltiful , broken bodies of Spaniah sailors floatad paat , now tossed high on the break- era , now sucked Uercely under by a. hungry current. SIlitiiK-y anil Siinttaif" . Thu scenu about Slbouuy aa wo approached preached early In thu morning waa very picturesque. Tan miles aaat from Santiago in the pretty llttlu bay. where mountaina riau high and ocean breakers sweep a sand ? biKich , nestled in thi- shadow of thu paako aa though sucuro m their protection , waa tha villago. On the ahoro weru ragged re- aoncantradna , ohi-ary soldiura , lemon-eyed refugees , stalwart ni'groes , Hud Cross nurses , rfaunt Cuban regulars and a number of nmvipuper correspondents. Many of thu latter acquitted themselves aa worthily aa the bravest of our soldiers. Indeed , thn danger they faced waa at times greater , for they had no commanding oiflcers to direct their movements or to guard thtilr safety. Unarmed and unorganized , they faced the hot Bre of thi " enemy aid by side w ith the troopa , but forbidden even that sennit ot t arourity which a rifle gives to a man. They helped to land provlsioua and to dig rifle pita ; thuy aided artillerymen in hauling their heavy KUHB into position , thi-y atu with thu soldlera when ta ro wna food ; starved with thnm when there wna none ; lay with them in the tranches , 'nenth th broiling sun and drizzling rain , shared all the privations and dangers , and more , for whan the ba l waa over they mum go out along thu lines , malting up a. list of dead and wounded , get a horse if thuy could , vslk If they could sot , and through the blncJc nlKht plod the wtwry miles back to thn OOIUK. write a story of the day'a doings and Hie thu matter for cabling to the home oince. They ware sick , they were wounded , but when tat- roll of fanw la made up to oomraiiinnrate this nnr thuir names will not apuwr. They will receive no pension far their wound * . They will not aven b ac- oordtr.l ' "bonorablB mention" for their bravery , but no bu r , truer representa tive * of our nation were detnllml tor duty than that plucky Ilttlu army of reporters. And hitw 'illicitly thuy detected u man w li a trnea ot oowardlce. and how they a ornl him ! One man. a giant inatatare. appeared with thu movt remarkable outttt. and tn mcwt extraordinary eoatume. Ha wens an Immaculate dunk auit of gorgwiua yelluw , with tup boots and a. wide sombrero. Aotntt hia waiat waa strapped a heavy art- rklga B lt and two threatening revolvers An Iniprwwtve Beld glaaa waa swung ovsi hta * huiilil r and hla Impedimenta tnoludetl a great wrirty of blankew and saddles anil waanfltm. Hla beard waa out a U Boitlanger and altogether he wa * a dlwlnct menaat to thu Spaniards. HU manner was a * ira- m hi aabtumti ; but dU oanwi brurf. awl not JltOKether glorloua. it alsht at the tront. He waa aurtgneil j 'tltb uihar aewapuper men. aear tht llan. H arranged hla paraphernallc with amt oar * and lay Jown ta n icl much Headed FMt agakaet the oammg mar- . At mdnHiK ( Uie alleaoe WM uadenli bmkm by a fnw atwy hou. ( tetlieriju , * . , hta > * il ( tor th emergency , lie Burriwdl ly ] OTA . .UwBl hie y ilt v uit , puUtui OB kia w i f bMM. atnpBml aia cartrtdH * b U aaA r f 71 vaiven abeut hie walet and aillwued hit Held Rlaiw. HU eonfrerea a * l at bin aOmirauon. Then ha listened : ir'nmnpp ip , , , f ! , ( .1 > n , nn li * -run Urdu. . , , , , , , t 1m irahr-n nil almirv mo h T H onn ' 'onnlsnt 'o lmv the oarnp. WurUlnic ti * < ! ii.in. lent Thorn I mt , . . , . - , sntumo before tbw fonaal en- ot our 'mop * . e > n nil 31 > n - but jut"r" forl"da"IK * * admlMWtro of ( ItHintwI. hoivwar , this young man made hl I SIl.11"1 Mtart * cc < wt" * r First h , aoBUrt , up , t Mm > tabie and < lllnpld t { Cutmn. Fortimauly a w s a good 4paoth MhiilBr. .ind in an hour the two were Ant meads. Ha traded one-half a , pineapple for .1 iagxi. dirty milt ot blue and white palama * . and another half for a limp Span ish sombrero. Re smeared his face with dirt and mussed his hair. He borrow * ! a binl cn e with a parrot and a negro baby ! Then he coolly removnd his shoes and with i Knife indicted an ugly fle lt wound an hla foot. 3houlderlnt { his duskr charge and with hU refuge * * friend at his side and tha vociferous parrot In hla hand. b passed the searching inspection of the guards , looked stupid. spok no English , muttered "Cari muba" and limped his wny. barefooted anil bleeding. Into Santiago. Then ha made his way quickly to the anblu alfloe. and In an hour hnd established ralntlons with tha manager and flled a column atory of the morning scenes. It was not until some days Inter that thu commanding otflcer learned of thu clever trick , and then nu enjoyed It aa much aa any one. The troubles of the news gatherer did not end with thu gettlni ? of thu news. Thura waa the censor , who might refuse to paw a line of It or might mangle-it beyond recogni tion. Hut aver and above all. tht * things which most tried hla weary and broken soul i ware thu telegraph operators. At Port An- ' tonlo they were native Jamaican girls , whoe Ignorance was aubllmu. That there waa any- j thing especially important about the bulle- Una from thu front they never seemed to understand. It was amuMng to see a re porter intent upon a "beat" rush breathless into the llttlu olDce. A young wamau behind the window In a rocking chair , with a bit of sewing , looks up In oolite surprise , sur veys thu newcomer and languidly calls "Miss Clara : Miss Clara ! " who is a fellow- employe. Then , having thus acquitted her- sult ot all responsibilities , ahu would uncon cernedly resumu her gossip. "May t send this telegram' " ' asks the exasperated patron , and "Miss Clara" leisurely appears. Shu reads thu telegram with studied indifference. "It ! this place Utah east af thu Mlss'ss'pi river ? " shu queries , and murmurs fnlnt sur prise that It i not. Then the stamps must ba put an "lust ao" and numerous rules com piled with before thu harmless cablegram IB formally accepted. "I'd have you under- stan' , air , " sold onu of thuso girls to her impatient victim , 'that I am a British sub ject. " "You're a British object ! " hu exploded wrathfully , for thu "British" red tape had besn especially Irritating that day. Tin- Land Crali. N'oxt to "my lady" the Jamaican telo- sraph operator , with her vexatious "dawd ling , " her ignorance and hur exasperating fidelity to the most absurd codu of rules , which seemed to have no purpoeo other than to Insura delay at a critical moment when apeed waa all desirable next to this crea ture , T think that most feared by the re porter was the Cuban land crab. Did you aver see onu particularly at aighf It ia a sight you could never forget. Big and awk ward and ugly , with strange "adjustable" eyes that protrude for an inch , and atriko terror to thu timid heart. They are a dirty gray , three fc t across the back from claw to claw , and their bodies are covered with a sort of. tuzz. which gleams with a pale , phosphorescent glow at night. And thu most. awful thing about them is that you never know whether thuy are "coming or going. ' Onu ot thusu great , gray , srewsome things is a sight to make ihu hair of a brave aol- dler stand on end. "Thu tlrst time I ever saw a land crab , " laid one correspondent. "I was lying in my tent , tired out and ready for a. sound sleep. The llaps were pinned back and just out- sldu was a brush tire. I beard a rustling and a rasping , and. rolling over. I saw the mont hldeoua thing I ever looked on. I raised up on my elbow and nibbed my eyes and looked again. I thought I bad 'oin sura. Then the bfoat rolled a fearful pair of eyea at mu and scudded back a foot or mo. I felt a cold sweat break out. I pinched' myself , but that monster waa no dream , then I drew my feet up till I could hug my knees , and weakly. Inanely shook my canteen at him. I bad just strength enough left tu say 'sliau ! ' In a feeble voice. To my surprise , ittvaa enough , and ho executed his own peculiar ealtu walk backward out of the tent. When I waa beginning to breathe again I heard a quaint voice drawl out Why hello , BUI , ole pard' Comu right in and sleep with us1' Then out stumbled a long , rawboned westerner from the next tent. Hu waa gingerly holding 'Bill' up by onu claw , at arm's length. But I was struck dumb , for after stirring up thu flre hu held the squirm ing crab over It till it waa well roasted , anil then calmly proceeded to eat it with evident relish. " .1 Sorry Lilt. Thu reconcentradoa wera a sorry lot. The children were naked and half starved when we tlrst saw them , but two days after Mlas Barton's ship landed every little yellow re- ooncentmdo on thu beach was strutting can- tpntedly about , bin llttlu stomach protrud ing like an oatmeal bowl from hta emaciated llttlu frame , "wadded" so full of Red Cross supplies that he couldn't add another bite. "The older ones had their share , too , and setth-d It-isurMy down to enjoy the luxurv of "regular meala" anco mare. ar. rather , I should say , bettor meals In all probability than they had ever eaten. They < * ere a shiftless cjmvd , judged from the tankwj standpoint , and our soldlera looked rather in disgust on the horde of dirty , aleupy-eyed pimp I o who languidly refused to work , even ta help land the provisions intended for tliuir own use aa well aa for that of thu boys in blue. The luxury of a bath waa unknown and their sanitary con dition was indescribable. "Halt. Cubana ! " anils a sentry one night to a wandering re porter who wore a sombrero. "D a Cubana. was thu forciblu reply "Pass ! " resounded instantly , with a chuckle which told they nere of one mind. Doubtless the Cubans appeared to disad vantage because their habits were naturally jontrasted with thu neat and orderly anm at thu soldlern. and the American soldlor ta a wonder child when it camtw to h UH- Keeping. An improvised brash broom and a elwan dirt Hoar were almost universal. At onu side of a typical tent thu blanket was neatly rolled. Outside hung a row of freshly laundered undttrcioihes and handkerchiefs. A haversack , knapsack and cantern hung along the side , and in another oornrr stood the trusty rille. At the back of the tent stood a little wooden bos and on It waa a bright tin washbasin , a raaor. a oomb and a bit of soap. Above it hung a tiny looking- glafia and Just twlnw this was tacked a buttered photograph , the face of a smiling young girl. A ana looking fallow in a brown duck suit stood by "And who in this * " I a k d. qululcally. pointing ro thu pluture. His reply * ardent , but un grammatical. "Can't you guww * " laughing and with a world of pride and joy. m hia sy a. 'Why that IB her' " CiiiilliilnnliiuiT til PiirU KllliiHltiun. CLBVKLAND. O. . Au . U. PrMldwtt Me- [ Onlay this afternoon appointed C. D. Waad- vani aa one af the oommUteionws ta re0- iwMat thi * jov ram t at ( fee Paris exooa4- tion. Tbe title U tkut f aeatMMt owBnatti- iMooMr general and the position , is one oi tnut and requiting tirwt executive ability Mr Woodward la a profeMor at Columbia university and J well known in an and lit erature. THE OK AHA DAILY BEE : THTRi-DAY , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1SOS. THE FIELD OF ElECTRICIFY ? IM ftr Checking * e Boawb f j | BOON j FOR AGITATED CORPORATIONS * * * Kxju'Hi'm'i" , nt fitlili * OpiTtitort nt Mu1 nllu mi 3\ny Dny 'nrri'tit1 * lit tlm liiiniaii nmlrottililu Bu- ( l.Twriiiiiiil Ciiuiliiit.i. A short tJma o water and gM com- ' panleg became alarmvd over the Inroads of electricity ' on their service pipes. The leak- a * of electricity from trolley lines found lodgement ' In thu underground pipes and procenlftd ' to root into them at an amaclng rate. ' § o threatening was the disease known aa electrolysis that a war of words enaurd between ' thu corporations and after proceed- i ini i ? to the fighting point. w u taken up by the ' lawyers and transferred to tha courts. But < little more was heard of it and tha ' publ'c I naturally concluded that some specific for I olectrolyal * was found , or that the gna j 1 i and : water companit-a auoke from their pipe dream more scared than hurt. I I Interest in electrolysis la now aroused by ' , thu 1 claim of a Britisher , Henry Warren , who | i comes , from Liverpool to prescribe for and cure the Hid of the underground pipes. Warren claims to have a bran now way of impnaoninu i electricity. Hla idea , as TB- vealed to a reporter for the St. Louis Globe- Democrat : , is to neutralize the electricity that i escapes from thu wires Into the ground. ElectrolvsiB. " aaid Mr Warren , .a the de composition i of various auhatances caused by an , electric current. Xow , no person living can , , I believe , flnd any way to entirely prevent ] the escape of the electric thud from trolley wires. It is against thu laws of nature , , and there never was any humna be ing ahrewd enough to escnpa those , or escape punishment for attempting evasion. Therefore , the thing to do waa to flnd out aomu way to prevent the electric Uuld doing iarm after it escaped. That ia exactly what loa been done. TinTViix to DII It. "In thu flrst place , it ia necessary to analyze the elements of electricity and flnd out exactly what other elements would provo an antidote for any evil effects that in combination they might bring about. After all thia had been gone Into , it seemed to mu that thu solution of the whole problem lay in .1 genurator. Therefore , along that line I bent my energies , my boron carbon gen erator being thu result Thia generator ! s a sort of cell , and belongs to that claaa known , aa thu double fluid type , compriaing an inner and also an outer solution , this solution consisting of diluted vitriol , in closed in a poroua diaphragm. By double fluid typo I mean the glass of this cell ia In three divisions. In two of these divisions are thu solutions of which I spoke. In the third are two roda. ono of amalgamated zinc , which constitute the negative element of the cell , and the other conaista of apeclally prepared carbon plates attached to a copper or metal ring which aurrounds the porous diaphragm. "It took mo aeveral years of unremitting study to flnd the right way to prepare the carbons , upon which I thought then and know now that the entirn success of the plan of which thu cell waa sides and center de pended. Boron is an oliva green powder ex tracted by a chemical process from oxide ot borax. A vary tiny quantity thereof when Introduced into graphite by a process known only to mu serves to convey a trsmendoua energy to the corresponding graphite. "Thu pattern of the present generator ia nothing lllto what It was when I Brat bu- gan to experiment in the direction that finally led to success. I found that It is Impossible to lay down any fixed rula for any length of timu for the detail in the movement of an aluetric current. Thu elec tric current la strictly a victim of circum stances , and thus I found it necessary to contrive a generator which would.provo thor- aughlv cfflcipnt under various conditions. That is exactly what the boron carbon gen erator Is. "My flrst cell * vas on what wo call a flat system. It comprised t-wo graphite plates , and between these woa a flat porous dia phragm containing thp zinc that Is always in an electric generating pell. From time to time , aa I aaid. however. I have changed the cell until it ia In general of a circular form. Xow it contains sovpral amall sheets of lead , which wo call lead negatives. These plates are scnaitizpd by the use of oxide of lead. This oxide is mndo by heating lead moderately In a current of air. this air Con taining a certain amount of a substance called pnladlum. which when resolved into Its own form is a whiteish steel gray elastic , metallic element af thu platinum group. "In connection with this cell Is used a series of metallic coils or small pipes charged with hydrogen gas. The cell and coils form the apparatus bv meana of which the molecules in the electricity are robbed of the power to do Jamagp should they es cape from their proper place. In order to raaki ) them harmlesa. I found it was necessary to destroy the poiario force , this i being the forriof the electric current from polo to pole. To thoroughly understand this you must remember that in order for an electrical current to operate successfully there must alwuya be two poles or extremes , one of which la called the pasitivo and the other thu nogatlvo. and thu Current moves between these two poles , although It may take a roundabout Tay of so doing. Dumiiifc Prt'ViMiteil. "Whatever degree of force this , eurrnnt may have is called the polaric force. And ao I made it my study to flnd out the beat way to remove this force from the electric cur rent as quick aa It left its proper channel , and thus prevent it from either doing dam age ar being utilized to the lose af the com pany which waa furnishing the power. The intensity of this neutralizing force differs according to circumstances. When tbo ten dency to electrolysia ia auch that very ener getic action is required. I use for the solu tions in the cells the solution af a chemical called potawium permanganeae. When a still more powerful volution is required. I use Hither chromic arid or potassium lictromatu. "Chromic acd la a red crystalline com pound which is derived from chromium , a grayish white metallic element. Potassium i itctrama&o is merely one variety of potas sium , a bluish white metallic element , which is considered one of the moat important at rli chemical agenta. It ia practically with these t-vo chemicals that I have managed 10 neutralize the effect of tha electricity so that when the wandering current tinda its way to water and sewer pipe and other aub- stances which are pronu to be affected by the current it will b harmless. "Whiln 't ' is true that tn my estimation nothing can be invented which will entirely prevent the escape of a small amount of electricity aa the main current passes from ami point ta another , my cell will reduce that escape ta tbe minimum , and in that way save a tremendous amount of money to an electrical company In tbe uonnkj of my investigations I have learned sufficient fuels regarding the average waste at electricity ta know that at least aue-fltth at Uut total amount of alectricity generated for practical purpaaeB is absolutely loot. I have alsa learned that this lost electricity , or it leaat 7S Dr cent of it. creates damages live Uma M greater to , amount than the loan-nf the alec- tricltytselt aggravates. " A llatuli or l'luiky T ! i > iriiDher . The telegraph aervici * ban never b M abort of httrow. The erroneous " " mym It a Router telegram an 'be flght at Manila. that during Dewey 3 bombardment IK 'Tm mi i' > n * ia ti'T-ti" I 'in ir * "t "n u no'at on t'liia a n ae ' ntst if HM 'nr's .wvaH 'Jl l o < vn acir 'v * tius be n llaproved n .1 letter fmm Manila. which puts & telegraphers .n an entirely 'MKerent Ugftt , It trams that during tbe ! wboie of tbe Action of May 1. when Cavlte i wa * bombarded by the American squadron , t the * ( T af the aaMe company from the an- | perlntendent downward , wvre at their posts. although their olUce U situated only Jmi ynrrta from a Spanish buttery , which several' ' times 1 opened on thn American ships. Form- | nately. : however , the latter .lid aot reply ' Having completed the destruction of 'hu Spanish fleet and Cavite arsenal , tha vmen can commodore lined his ships up in front of Manila with their guns trained on every ' shore battery , with , the avldent intention of commencing ' a bombardment should a single shot ' be dred an his squadron from any of the batteries. The aperatora of thuable company ! were all this time in 'heir jifli-i * . transmitting the telegrams which worn , handed to them , aa if nothing unusual * raa happening. On the evening of May - 'he Hong Kong cable became Interrupted. Two of the servants of the company Immediately , proceeded to the cable houae on thn bt > afh. which is within a. stone's throw af a battery then threatened by thu American guna , and. { having set up a tntlng apparatus , found that the cable was broken about ten milea from ahore. From that Mmu to 'he present ' , the telegraphers have been atandlng bv 'heir office day ami night , although thu building has been repeatedly atruck and plerrcd by bullets from the insurgent forces. < > ho have been maintaining a determined attack on 'hu Spanish Intrenchmenta in thu neighbor hood. Although they have bpen given bvhe directors permission to retire ro a place of safety , they have never left their posts. Elfutrluul Coileu Pot. In many aiflces 5 o'clock tea. brewed by i electricity , la now taking the place of the ] "pick-me-up , " with which many men are in the habit of refreshing themselves at tha close of their working day. Pots < apeclally constructed for thia purpose are on the mar- | ' ket. but it ia poasiblo for any ana who has a alight acquaintance with thu principles of electricity to extemporise one for himself. Aa altictrician tella how It la June. His bustI I ness comp filed thu locating of hia office in a part of a city whera restaurants -vero scarce- and ho had to set up a llttla cooking plant of hla own. Hu took an ordinary two- quart agatu eoffea pot and fastened a piecu af asbestos paper around It for about flvo inchua from thu bottom. For the reslstant-o lie got about forty feet of German Iron wtro and began to wind It on from the lower part of the pot. the convolutions being kppt about half an inch apart. Then thu wire waa held very tight and aomu hot asphalt wis daubed an. Over this another piece of asbes tos paper was put in plnco and the winding waa continued until all the wire was an. Then another coating af asphalt and another layer of paper flnlahed thu pot. It boiled water in thirty minutes. But there was no means af cooking solids , so a "cooking mat" waa davlbed. Thu aami quantity of wtro as hod been necessary for the coffee pot waa weaved into a mat by passing it back and forth across a surface six inches long. When completed thu mat waa about ton Inches long. Thu wires were flxed by placing short pieces of asbestos rwlno between them. Thu wholu was painted with asphaltum and then stitched in a sowing machine , a number at seams being run about onu inch apart across the body of the mat which , before being put through the machine , was covered top and bottom with a sheet of asbestos cloth. By placing a dish flat on thia coil cooking could bo done very quickly. If the coffee pot was needed In a hurry it was put on this mat and in a very few minutes It waa boiling. Current.lu tlx : lliumm Un.ly. Dr. Adrian Gucblinrd of St. Vallier-de- Thiey has published a number of papers dealing with the- supposed photographic rep- i resentatiun of currents emanating from thu j human body , concerning which much ap pears to have been said in Franco a few months auoshen thu subject waa brought intn prominence uv the announced discov eries of Dr Bnraduc and the late Dr. Luys. Briefly told , when a slightly fogged photo graphic plate is developed in n shallow bath , and thu experimenter presses lua ttngera on the plate during the process , streaks are observed to radiate from the parts touched. So far from the effect being duo to "animal magnetism , " ar any of the other occult Influences with which spiritual ists are wont to deal. Dr. Guebhard shows that the lines are simply caused by convection currents produced by thu warmth of the operator's anger. If for the latter there be substituted a small India rubber ball fllled with warm water , exactly the same impres sions era produced. Similar results are ob tained with a body cooled below the tem perature of the developer and m each case their intensity is greater the greater the difference of temperature. In some of Dr. Guebhard's flgures Oio lines closely resemble the lines of flow due to sources and sinka. or thu lines assumed by iron flllnga in thu presence at magnets ; as representations of thn line of flow uf convection currents , thuso figures may interest the physicist. \ntalilf GiiiltsrKriininl Comlnlt.i. Close observers of traction developments have long seen that thu cable system is doomed. If proof weru wanting of ita utter inability to maintain its once formidable rivalry with electricity , it oould be found m the present conditions in N'nw York City. | ! Broadway , which from its constant and , heavy presa at trafflc bos been for many ' years aa Ideal embodiment of many of the J 1 ' leading problems nn which thu street rail way engineer is want to axprad hia mgenu- ity ia throwing taable . plant and sub- j | 'hu underground conduit. It is cal- i tutng I We Toot Our Own Horn- But not half as loud aa the satistied shoe buyers that have takun advantage of our great misses' shoo aalo lines that have become broltan by the sum mer's soiling not all sizes In each llnu but nearly all sizes In all Unus ahaus that have buen easy sollurs at $1.51) and S1.73 great , big valuus at that prtoo but bigger value yet at thia great sale Every pair now going at SJ.OO os blood and ( liiric chocohito tans This is thu BT atest shoe snap of all our mm- mw'i offerings. Drexel Shoe Co. , ' SliuB Hunan. Oiiiulin'i Cn-to-iliite 1119 t'AR.NA.H STREET Yas , WB Sell Cutlery And we txiiiove our showing af gaaJtei i-utlery is The largest In Omaha and we , are sure our pnces are rht lowest op | eiiual grades you Isnow thure Is a. dlf- fureui'u in ! inive we don't care wUflt the price you puy here you can bo sure if getting the bust your money will buy The Omaha agents for the famotJH Straneky granite wave will \v ar Cn > ever nowums to break and l Nl&-a new Invoice jiint received and we e&a supply ail duuiandx. A. C. RAYMER , WE IMZLrVZR. YOCU PURCHASE. 1514 Farnrim St % J , I , Brandeis N , W. Cor , 16th and aod Sees , Douglas Stst Proprietors , Qmalia , IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN 1 THIS EXTRAORDINARY GLEAN SWEEP SALE OF MS AND SOY'S GLOTHIHfi Daily crowding of our store points out conclusively that every judge of values < iaiekly recognizes the marvploua Money-Saving Chance embodied in each , of the grand offers prevailing today and all thL-j v elc. * t , # $5 , 56 , $7 ' ' ' MEN'S Suits for BOYS' AMD GUILD'S SUITS SUITS Entire stock is $10 and 312s" You can dress up divided into three Suits for any boy between 3 lots all sold and i9 years of age , away below cost. in any material , Col We must have the oring or style at the really $15 , $1S , S20 surj. rising outlay of space they now Suits at occupy for New Winter Goods tyJn 1125 Wfl ) ODD JF JLJU arriving on every train , Second Floor Hat Department - > oc Especially grand selection. About 100 Linen WaaL. most dr by Tarn | jfa of Pants for boy ? from ap O'Slianters. for I % i Winter Overcoats . ' } to 8 years. :2oo : * | f * children , at alg ? now ready for inspection. value at lal $ J BOSTON STORE , OMAHA. BOSTON STORE. OMAHA. BOSTON STORE. OMAHA. ; ulatod "hat 'IluUanije Till enable i aav- njj to bu miulu jf aomtuams more nan 1 perent per -ar mile. This saving s almost wholly in thu increased speed of electric traction. Tao speed of travel under tJiu old | system \vaa about sis miles an aour. It is believed tliat Uiu mtTfaso in apeed will b from J5 to 30 per cent over this rate. At thu present time there ia not much actual dif- j ferencu in thu cost of working thu calilu and thu electric conduit respectively on a. typi cal main thoroughfare of a largo city. Tak ing ' everything , thu coal consumption , labor and manual operation , and cost of mainte nance of machinery and rolllni ; stock , thu j advantage IB only aliihtly in favor at elec tric power. But aincu thu street car com panies of Minneapolis , sorau few yeara aijo , condemned to thu scrap heap a now cablu plant which had cost J4UO.OUO. tn order to maito room for electric traction , every new installation of cable system haa been regarded - garded : by esperta aa but thu forerunner o thu electric conduit system , which is so easily and simply adapted to ita lines. PENSIONS FIHl WESTERN VETERANS. Survivors at Latt * War ni'iiieniln-rt'il liT tilt * < ; < MHTI ! ( Jovi-rnjiifiif. WASHINGTON. Auif. 31. t Special. ) Pensions have been issued to the following : Issuu of August 1 ! ) Nebraska. Original Flavins Marcous , Dellevue. 1 J10. Reissue Charles Robine , Plattsmuuth.4. i . Iowa Additional Edn-Jn Prlndlu. Kazle- ton , JO to $8 ; James C . Fletcher , Soldlera' Homu. Marshall. SB to $ S. Increase ( Sp - clal , August iO ) Huron R. Sherman. Vinton , $7.50 to Jlu. Wyoming : Original Berahard A. Deet- knn , Nuwcastle , $8. Colorado. Original George Green. Grand Junction. JO. Reissuu and Increase John W Gllmore. Denver , JO to 8. South Dakota Restoration and Reissue Andruw O. Westcott ( deceased ) . Aurora. JT4. Original wldowa. etc. Arvlila. H. Hooker , Aurora. J8. ii'i V.rnIIMI Salve. THE BEST SALVE in the world for Cuts. Bruises. Sores , Clcen , Salt Rheum. Fever Sores. Tetter , Chapped Hands. Chilblains. Corns and all Skin Eruptions , and positively cures Piles , ar no puy required. It is guar anteed to sivo perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per bos. For aale by Kuhn & Co. Ini-lti' tin * ( Jriiy to Piirtli'ltmti * . PHILADELPHIA. Vug 31 The execu tive council of thu National Association of Naval Veterans of thu United Statea. through the commander of thu association. Daniel F Kelly has Issued an Invitation to thu survivors of the confederate army and navy to fraternize and parade * ith the Na- tional Association of Naval Veterans in Clu- cinrutS on September ' 3. DOCTORS OF DENTAL SURGERY Second Day'a Session ilokes Soma Changes In Schedule of Meenntrs. COMMITTEES AND SECTIONS REPORT Matter of Olllolul Orxan Di-fi-rrcil An other Year D.MltuI DcrtnltiiiiiH to DI : InipHlIi-il anil ClaMiItli-il < lu < * * itloiiH of 1'rat'tiue. ' i There waa a good attendance of thu memj j I bera at ' .hu second day's aesalun of thu Na- I Dental association , but there waa ' great uneasiness and restlessness among them owing to thu uncomfortable tempera ture , and it waa difficult to hear what waa being said. A special committee on the feasibility of establishing a journal to represent thu so ciety reported in favor of thu project , estl- ' matins that it would cost $3i)00 ) a year for I thu flrst two j'eara , and that thure would be i a deficiency which the society would have to meet. Thu committee waa continued for another yjnr to make turtliur investigations into the subject. Thu order of exorcises was changed by a vote of thn aasociation to bring the election of olBcera from Friday to this morn ing at 11 o'clock , when It was to bu math ) a special ordur. The session scheduled for last evening was moved up to yesterday afternoon that thu evening might be devoted to receiving thu hokpitalltles offered by Klnc Ak-oar-Ben. when the visitors will be Introduced into hia majesty's kingdom. A report from section 2 was made per taining to now bonks which have been issued during the year upon thu subject of dentistry Theru ara generally test books to bu used in colleges , and the section passed judgment upon their merits. It also re ported that three now dental Journals had made their appearance during the year. Thu section presented a paper by Dr. Walker of Mississippi , deiining the dis tinction between thu words "cast" and . "moilel" aa used In dentistry. Thu pur- pnbo of thu paper was to make clear thu distinction between thu wor < t3 that students might not be confused. In. thu 'iiscusiion the point waa inudo that simplicity is needed In thu terms of dentistry , and where to terms were so auar alike one only should 'on used. It was brought out in thu discussion that thu section has undertaken thu work of .ssuing a dictionary of dental I , No Matter What They Say- You arc jromg ta puy moro for your piano if you ilun't ptt our prices Wo save tliu buyur from SiJO to jflUO on tUo purrunse It's antsy to iind tills out by coming In anil scuing UB Bealdus tnis we give you tliu Inrgust awdc unii vortoty to ijulec-t from Our nuvv "Huspo" piano is proving a wnmlorful am-uoss Wo iwvo thoin mudo In plain < ! : iscs of wnl- nur oak tnaluitany and eir''iiBsian walnut whluli mulsos thorn cost about Slue loss than if olahnraroly cnrvod Y in trot the hcneilr uf rljat saving Have you nuen thu "AJmor.o ' " A. HQSPE , Music and Art. 1513 Douglas TiiQ "A-Yista" ! Camera- It makus u picturi * IsU ! inche think \vUat that muanH < : onn in and lut ua ihoiv you a piuture uf rhu "Court and Lagoon" raliun wtrii tlm lltriu wondur You ain't got rim ppripcctlve with any other tatini-ra it's ) only SxS zlU incliua and \veigliM only wo pounda and four ounuari We do duveloplng and prinring for tiio amateur We know ira a bold-up to huv ro pay Kic to ntw tin > dark room on the exposition groundK but iiurs la a fwIM nearer Come and UW ! It. TheAloe&PenfoldCo JLmatnar Pbatu So DP" " itm y raara Street. rt.M % tT % CaxiMlt * ? li ton HotaL U ill rill A forms. : T'IK cnt.rn < nihji-rt matter of the paper vas rnrorri1' ! tigi.lt 'o 'hu section tor I'ousidcratiun far .inuihur vear ( "oiiurrattilati * Or. lli'lvi'lliliin. Attention wa called to thn fact that thu. Jay markL'd the aovnntv-thinl birthday at1 the second oldest practitioner in thu as sociation , Dr McKullops of St. Louts , anil congratulations were extended him by tha members rising to their feet. Suction 3 reported a paper by Dr. Smith of Boston , which cited thu fact of thu dln- appeuranco of thu old theory thut fu dosing of a patient with medicines wnufc tend to curu all of hia Ills , and thi' argued against thu use of arsenical prepa rations In the removal of pulp from tli teeth. Thu doctor Held that in nenrl every cnso bad rpsulta follows ! aurh treatment mont at some time aa an Indirect result i the arsenic. He suggested a plan in t ! use of eocoalnu solution -vith elrctricity , thu fundamental principles. Thu pnp > produced a vigorous discussion , which wi probably be resumed thia afternoon. Thu flrst matter taken up at the afteraooj session was an .UlcHCU breach uf jwtifc sional ethica on the part of the Nmv Ji-rntr society. At its last meutlni ? , that thu duntts r of the state might be olllcially advised . / ' somu suitable duntifrico which they com I consistently recommend to their patrons , t had a committee osamlnu the dltfun-it preparations on the market. Thla was dam * and one of them waa recommended aa su. able for usu. Thu manufacturer of Uiis iinnt. . frlco. which is a patent rnmedy. imme < llatel took advnntago of thu reeoinmendatiu to which had been adopted by thu society ansu advertised it throughout thu nountry. I ifl s- WatJtlns. who was chairman of thu comm th tea which madetliu recommendation , > ider allowed yesterday to explain his canntM.-ucilni ; with the transaction , which was aa oiulin waa here , after which thu association piiased roholutlon of censure upon thu New jur8Qmi society and requested it to withdraw 7f"d endorsemont. d An amendment to the constitution waa * troduce < l providing that tha president of association shall bo chosen from thu dlvl. In which Uiu annual meeUns is to bu b.m. This amendment will lay over for onu yionr teA A formal amendment to the eonstiuillw. r- was madu providing that territorial 8clde-3B ties shall bo enUtled to representatioli , nup thu national body This point waa unintea- tionally omitted when the constitution - adapted a year ago. In Thu call of the sections was then for thu presentation of papers and upon the progress of thu work in thu dlirtr-'r- ent lines represented. Thu session planned for last evening -vumt } given up that thu visitors might so out , uid take part tn thu festivities at Alt-Sar-Qtatod den. on- dly an adud nut hia n. n.Qn Qn- thu mn- auilt was m a hat ' o. It's a one. M J . . * l
