THE OMAHA DAITjY BEE : MONDAY. NOVEMBETL 14. 1898.
BIS NEW FIELD OF LABOR
President Pahls of Groightcn TJniveraity Goes
to Chicago ,
VACANT PLACE FILLED BY REV , DOWLING
Mmlr In Accordance with
KMtnbllKliiMl llulen of the
IiiNtltMtlniiM of
the Country.
Today Crelghton university has at Its
head a now prcalddnt. Hev. M. P. Do A ling
occupies the chair that for almost four years
has been filled by Uev. John I'ahls. There
was mtlo ceremony about the transfer and
little delay. Ilcv. Mr. Dowllug arrived In
the city last Saturday , barely In time to
take up the reins today. Ilev. Mr. I'ahls
leaves tha city this afternoon for his new
field of labor In Chicago , where he becomes
president of St. Ignatius college of that
place. What would be an event of consider
able moment In almost every university of
any other denomination occasions hardly a
rlpplo In this Jesuit Institution.
"We are all spiritual soldiers , " explains
Father Pahls.'e nro given orders to go
hero or there , and we pack up and go ,
whether we llko It or not. Wo are as strictly
ruled as are the soldiers ot General Miles
or General Shatter , and we must obey orders
as Implicitly. "
That statement explains the change In the
presidency of Crelghton university. The
commander-ln-cblefs of the Jesuits believe
in frequent shifting In the cncurabcnts ot
positions of prominence. Thus , ns a rule ,
the presidents of Jesuit colleges nro changed
every three years. Ilev. Mr. I'ahls has been
allowed to remain In ono pface even longci
than that limit , for he has served as presi
dent of the local Catholic unlvers'ty ' very
nearly four years.
Scope of University.
During the presidency of Father Pahls
Crclgnton university has witnessed some
Momentous changes. The moat ia'portant
has been the erection and occupauo ) of the
magnificent Crelghton Medical college , which
is already resulting In a vast Increase In
the attendance of students In this depart
ment of the university. Another Important
change has been the promotion ot St. John's
church from a collegiate chapel to a pastor
ate , giving It many , moro privileges. In
both these Important changes Father I'ahH
has had considerable to do. His work has
rso resulted In raising the standard of the
students. Since his arrival the require
ments for admission into the university ,
especially the collegiate department , have
been considerably raised , and the consequence
quence Is that the class of students Is ot
a higher grade , although this progression
has nccessarlfy worked against nn increase
In tbo size of the student body. Yet the
attendance la Just about the * ni < 5 aa It
was when Father Pallia became pt sdeu ! .
Aa has been utatcd , Father Pahls goes to
Chicago to assume the presidency of St.
Ignatius' college of that city. This In
stitution Is much larger than Crelgntou uni
versity and therefore Rev. Pahls' new posi
tion is a more responsible one. He will
take up Its duties Immediately upon arrival
In Chicago. He will leave Omaha with con
siderable regret this evening.
"But , as I have told you , wo are soldiers , "
he said to a Bee representative. "Wo know
that our positions are not permanent and
therefore are ready to leave when wo are
ordered to do so. I have made man ;
pleasant acquaintances in this city and will
bo sorry to leave them behind. I have been '
in Omaha during the hard times , Its days ot
adversity , and I am glad that > the darkness
seems to have passed and that I leave It
with every prospect of a bright and prosper
ous future before It. "
Rev. Dowllng is not unknown In Omaha
and Crelghton university. Ho was president
of the Institution some ten years ago , leav
ing In 1889. He .was president of a Jesuit
college In Detroit after that and later was
pastor. of the Holy Family church of Chi
cago. Recently bo has been pastor ot tbo
Church ot Oesu ot Milwaukee and came to
Omaha from that city.
A-Ctlvlty of Vemivln * .
Much anxiety has been caused In Naples by
the renewed activity of Mount Vesuvius. An
overwhelming danger of this description pro
duces universal terror. Aa a matter of fact ,
there Is llttlo likelihood that Mount Vesuvius
will do any serious damage. On the other
hand , thousands dlo dally from stomach and
digestive disorders who might have survived
had they resorted to Hosteller's Stomach
Bitters. It Is the grealest of known Ionics
for atomnch and dlgesllve organs. It cures
kidney , liver and blood disorders.
BEIIT-PAYING IS A GIIEAT VIRTUE.
? Ir. KHpntrlck'M Kind Word * In Hc-
luilf of Mr. Stnnclilll.
OMAHA , Nov. 13. To the Editor of The
Bee : In a recent Issue of The Bee ap
peared a very nlco article from Thomas Kll-
patrlck , commenting upon the honorable
act.of Mr. Stonchlll In paying the balance
ot a debt for which he already held a re
ceipt in full. Now this was Indeed very
honest and upright on the part of Mr. Stonc-
hin , but the most remarkable feature of
this whole case Is the broad gauged , noble
disposition demonstrated by Mr. Kllpatrlck
In giving the payment of this debt the pub
licity It so richly deserved. It will make
many men who read It feel like taking on
a new lease ot life. It Is too often the capo
that when one pays a debt long post due
he Is met 'With ' a sneer and a rehearsal of
that often times Insulting phrase of "It's
better late than never. " So many of us
are ever ready to parade before the public
the debts that are owed us , but how very
few are equally ready to ecatter broadcast
the news of the payment of those debts.
Could each man'In financial trouble know
that ho would roelvo the philanthropic
treatment that woa accorded to Mr. Stone-
bill , how much easier he could bear up
under and eventually rise superior to the
unfortunate crises of Bfo that BO oflen over-
lakes the best of us. If In Addition to thai
priceless boon a clear conscience could be
One thing is certains
Ayer's
HairVigor
makes hair grow. *
added the confidence that when our financial
embarrassments have been honorably met
the world will bo made lo know U , how
much Btrongor the Incentive would bo to
slrugglo on to reach the goal which moat
men love to attain , where will bo enjoyed
the admiration , Ihe confidence and esteem
of our fellow mon. JOHN T. DILLON.
SOUTH OMAHA NEWS.
With the near approach of winter the
packing houses and other corporations here
using largo quantities ot Ice nro beginning
to make preparations for thr winter's har-
vest. Last year the Armour company
erected Immense Ice houses near Ashland ,
flmt building an artificial lake. During the
summer the Ice houses and the hotels for
the men were completed nnd placed In
( Hut-class condition nnd everything Is now
ready for cold weather.
Considerable work has been done by the
Cudahya at Seymour lake and It Is under
stood that the capacity for storing Ice nt
this poinl la lo be Increased. One of Ihe In-
novallons at Seymour lake la a machine to
cut the weeds. Everyone who has visited
Ibis liltlo sheet of water knows thai weeds
S'ow In grcal abundance and In jcars pasl
llils growlh had inlerfcred greatly wllh Ihe
cultlng of Ice. This trouble has now been
done away with by the use of a llllle weed-
cultlng craft which looks R great deal like
a miniature river steamer. A big paddlewheel -
wheel has been adjusted to the stern of the
craft and on each paddle blades have been
fixed BO that when the wheel revolves It
euls Iho weeds growing In theater much
Iho same as a lawn mouer operates. The
scheme Is working well nnd U Is thought
that there will bo lllllo difficulty in keeping
Iho lake clear of weeds this full.
On account of Ihe Increased business al
Iho packing plants a much larger quantity
of Ice than usual will have to bo harvested
and preparations to this cud are being made
by all of the packers.
Slocli Yard * Finn re * .
Tabulated statements of the receipts and
shipments of live stock are now being pre
pared by the Union Stock Yards company.
Thcso figures will bo printed In the annual
statement which will be Issued on January
1. Commencing this year the fiscal year
of the Union Stock Yards company will
commence and end with the calendar year
Instead of on December 1 as heretofore.
This change makes a great deal ot work
In rearranging the figures showing receipts
and shipments for past years. All other
stock yards commence and end tlielr fiscal
year with the calendar year and ofler lookIng -
Ing Into the matter Manager Kenyon do-
cldcd to make the change at the yards here.
The book this year will beat the record In
receipts and the amount of business trans
acted.
City
The fire department was called to Cudahy's
yeslcrday by a false alarm.
There will bo a meeting of Ihe Board of
Bducallon Wednesday night.
Mr. Moor conducted services at St. Clem
ents' mission last evening.
"Seeking Christ" was Ilev. Walter S. How
ard's topic at the Episcopal church last
night.
Contractor Flnley worked n gang of men
all day yesterday on the new city hall
building.
Rev. Hprbert P. Espy delivered an In-
foresting address to young men at the Y.
M. C. A. yesterday aftnrnoon.
The new Joslln block on Twenly-fourlh
street Is nearly ready for the roof. Bur-
ness & Parka. Iho conlractors , nre rushing
the work whllo the good weather lasts.
There was a fighl at the music hall on
N street late Saturday night and William
Hughe1 , Tom White and Jim Ford were
arrested for taking principal parts In the
affair. These men were arrested by Officers
Allle , Morrison and Montague nnd are
charged with disturbing Iho peace and fight-
James O'Brien , 12 years of age , was taken
In charge by the police yesterday nnd Is
being held to await the arrival of relatives.
According to advices received by the police
the lad ran away from his home at Colum
bus a day or two ago. It was upon a de
scription furnished by Ihe boy's parenls lhat
Ihe arrest was made.
Tonlghl Iwenty members of the local Y.
M. C. A. will meet at the association rooms
lo devise ways and rm < ans of Increasing Ihe
membership roll lo 500. A Ihorough can
vass of Iho city will bo made and it is ex-
peeled thai a great many newcomers will
avail themselves of the opportunity offered
and Join the association. This committee of .
twenty will have charge of the canvass and
reports of the progress of the work will
bo made from tlmo to time.
Francis , Ihe 5-year-old daughlcr of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Krlllenbrlnk , Twenly-
elghlh and E streets , died yesterday fore
noon. The child had been slightly ill fern
n day or two , but nothing serious was
looked for. A physician was called Saturday
night nnd the pulse found to be very weak.
Mild restoratives were administered , but in
splto of all thai could be done death came
shortly after sunrise. Dr. Slabaugh , who
attended the girl , gave heart disease as the
cause of death.
The city council la billed for a meeting
tonight and possibly some matters of Im
portance will come up for disposal. Aside
from routine business the council will most
likely allow the pay of the members of the
Board of Registration. The Second ward
flro hall matter will be disposed of ono way
or another. In case the mayor vetoes the
resolution ordering the purchase of a lot
on Twentieth street the question will bp
reopened , but If the mayor allows the meet
ingto go by without any action the resolu-
llon will stand.
On Tuesday evening a musical and liter
ary entertainment will be given at the Bap-
llsl church , when the following program will
bo rendered : Vocal solo , "When the Heart
Is Young. " Miss Louise Blanke ; reading ,
selected , Mrs. R. Roudebush ; Dclsarte move
ment with piano accompaniment , Mrs. Jes-
slo Brown Dorwnrd ; recltallon , selected ,
Ruth Shlnrock ; vocal solo , "A Red , Red
Rose , " Miss I.oulse Blanke ; reading , "The
Honor of the Woods , " Mrs. Dorward ; vocal
solo , "Gaily Chant Iho S.ummer Birds , "
Louise Blanke. Mrs. Keck will play -the
accompaniment on the piano.
Overcome evil with cood. Overcome your
coughs nnd colds with One Minute Cough
Cure. U is so coed chllldren cry for It.
It cures croup , bronchitis , pneumonia , grlppo
and all throal and lung diseases.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
W. A. Northrop of New York Is at Iho Her
Grand.
George E. Boyltrton of Chicago Is al the
Her Grand.
Mr. J. P. Wrlghl of Chicago Is stopping
at the Her Grand.
N. J. Lawrence of New York is a guest
of the Her Grand.
P. T. Craft ; of Belle Fourche. S. D. . ar
rived in the clly last evening.
H. L. Cook , an attorney and active re
publican at St. Paul , Neb. , Is a visitor In
Omaha.
W. O. Comstock and Bartlelt Richards , a
pair of Cbadron's business men. are la
Omaha.
W. J. Thornby of Deadwood U In the city
on his way homo after a long spell of sick
ness in New York.
William Blnlsdell and wife and Miss
Louise C. Morrison , of the Evil Eye com
pany , are at the Her Grand.
Nebraskans at tha hotels : William Parkin- '
eon. M dlson ; C. E. Burnbam , Tllden ; M. J. [
Abbott. Hayes Center ; W. S. Bowuie ,
Beatrice.
Ky. John Alnley of Dcodwcod , who walked
Into the Black Hills twenty-one years ago ,
Is vlsltlug iu Omaha and enjoying life as
only a well preserved old-timer of the Hills
can.
Captain Seth Bullock , late of Grlggsby's
Rough Riders. Is Iu Omaha on his way east
He baa a big railroad deal In connection
with Deadwood ud the Hay Creek coal
fields on band.
TRANSPORTATION FIGURES
Hailroada of the United States Employ
850,000 , Pfirtons.
MILEAGE OFTWO THOUSAND CORPORATIONS
.
Array of Knc > tn Alinut
Triiiiiiportntloii MyntrniN Com-
lilted by Doty , 11 Pullman
The following statcmenls based upon Ihc
latest official reports and brought dawn to
September 1 , 1898 , by means of ratios and
by computations carefully made by Duan
Doty of the Pullman company , cannot but
be of Interest lo all men engaged in trans
portation. An Instantaneous photograph
of any domain of human activity , says
Mr. Doty , constitutes nn Instructive
study nnd especially so when It Includes
our own field of effort. From twenty-two
miles of railroad In IS30 , and in less tlmo
lhan the biblical span of Ihrcc score years
and len allollcd lo Ihe life of man , our
railroads have reached Ihelr present mag
nitude , though still In the morning tlmo of
their evolution. Had our country today , ex
clusive of Alaska , ns many miles of rail
road proportionately as the state of III ) ,
nols. It would have 000,000 miles of such
roads , or considerably more than three
times Its picscnl mileage , or , really , a
greater mileage lhan lhat of all the exist
ing railroads of the world. A good laborer
able to earn $2 a day , working as a carrier
of freight does In Africa , could iransporl
one Ion , say of Isad , one mile by working
hard for four days. In other words $ S would
bo a fair pi Ice far the work that would
have to be done. But our railroads now
carry ono ton of freight one mile for eight-
tenths of a cent , or for one one-thousandth
of the cost of doing that amount of work
by muscular effort alone.
1'oiiiiliitloii ami MllcnKC.
Had the whole population of , the globe
tilt ? same amount of railroad mileage pro
portionately that we have In the United
States , the world's railroad mileage would
be 4,500,000 Instead of one-icnth of that
amount , as now. Our periods of existence
may well be looked upon as the childhood
of the race. A retrospective review of our
railroads , a glance at their present condi
tion and glimpses afforded of their proba
bilities and possibilities fully Illustrate the
truth that we arc only in the dawn of our
material development. The habitable portions
tions of the earth's surface , comprising
only about two-fifths of Its land masses ,
even with our present very Imperfect agri
culture , can easily support four times the
present population of the world , or G.GOO-
000,000 human beings , and this number will
bo reached 250 years hence , or by the year
2150 A. D.
Length of roads now owned by 2,000
corporations , 186,500 miles ; double , triple ,
quadruple ct and yard tracks , sidings and
turnouts t , B8.000 miles ; total of all tracks
In the United States today , 244,500 miles.
The average value of our railroads Is usu
ally placed at $60,000 a mile , though It Is a
little moro than that ; at this rate 186,500
miles of road Is worth $11,101,000,000. The
Investments In these roads , including capital
stock , funded , unfunded and current debts ,
can safely bo placed at $11,500,000,000. Our
population la now 73,000,000. If the wealth
of our country has increased in the last eight
years proportionately with the Increase be
tween 18SO and 1890 the wealth of the whole
country today Is $84,000,000,000 , or $1,150 for
avery man , woman and child of the popula
tion. The average wealth in 1850 was only.
$308 per capita , the Increase being nearly
four-fold since then. The wealth of our coun
try Is now Increasing at the rate of $6,000,000
a day. One-seventh of our wealth la in rail
roads , or $160 for every member of our pop
ulation.
Employe * and Pay.
Tha railroads of the United States now
employ 850,000 persons and the average an
nual pay of each Is $565. A few officials re
ceive largo salaries , but the 80,000 station
men and track repairers and the 70,000
switchmen , flagmen and watchmen all get
small wages , though their pay Is sure and
their employment Is , as a rule , uninter
rupted. There are now 450 employes to every
100 miles of road , or four and one-half to
every mile.
Exclusive of sleeping cars our railroads
now have 1,323,000 earn of all kinds , or
thirty-seven care to every locomotive , or
seven cars to every mile of road. Inclusive
of sleeping cars there arc now 38,000 pas
senger , mall and express cars In use. Con
sidering the llfo of a freight car twelve
years and Its earnings after that length of
service will barely keep it in repair , it is
clear that about 100,000 of these cars now
annually go Into scrap. In other words , 100-
000 new freight cars are needed every year
to replace those which are worn out , to say
nothing of the additional cars required for
new roads and for the natural Increase of
freight buslneso. The following tabular
statement is full of Interest as well as of
significance to car builders. It Is a record
of the freight cars built in the United States
for the years Indicated :
] S90 103,000 1891 18,000
1S91 6,000 1835 38,000
189. ! yj.OOO lb G 5.,000
1S93 52,000 1S9T 45.000
It Is Intcro3tii'g to note In this connection
that nearly 40 per cent of the total freight
cars constructed In 1S97 were for the Balti
more & Ohio railroad.
Invrcimo la Kuulpmciit.
For the years preceding the World's fair
we built the normal number of cars needed ,
but slnco 1892 , through the years of business
dcprcsslou , or for the five years en'dlng 1897 ,
wo built on the average only 41,000 freight
cars a year. There are Indications that the
year 1S98 win show much greater activity
In this line. The railroads of the country
could use to advantage 200,000 moro freight
cars than they now have. It Is clear that
renewed activity In freight car building
must continue for eomo years.
There are now 36,000 locomotives In use ,
10,000 of them being In passenger service.
All these passenger engines are fitted with
train brakes and over halt of them with
automatic couplers. Each passenger englno
bandied'upon an average over 50,000 passen
gers during the year and ran nearly 1,250-
000 miles. Each freight locomotive on an
average draw 30,000 tons of freight.
Our freight trains for the year ending Sep
tember 1 carried 7fiO.000.000 tons of freight
and every ton was carried on an average
125 mlle3 , making In all 95,000,000,000 tons
of freight carried one mile. While the average -
ago coat of carrying a ton of freight one
mile was eight-tenths of a cent it was only
six-tenths of a cent in some of the states.
The cost of carrying freight has steadily
fallen from 2 cents a mile per ton In 1867 to
its present low rate. Our railroads last year
had to carry a ton ot freight , 1,530 miles to
make | 1 and the freight work done was
equivalent to carrying one Ion 1,300 miles
for every man , woman and child ot the
population. Over three-fourths ot the re
ceipts of our railroads are for freight.
Our railroads , wth | their 10,000 passenger
engines and 38,000 cars for passenger trains ,
carried 550,000,000 passengers during the
year ending September 1 and received for
( his 9 > rvlce $275,000,000. The roads had to
carry a passenger COO miles In order to make
$1. The net earnings of the roads for the
year were a little more than * 1,000,000 a
day.
Thief Drouuhl Hack to Jn.llce.
Francis Henry , alias Silvers , who broke
Into Proctor's photograph gallery the even
ing of October 28 and stole goodi to the
value of $150 , has been diligently sought for
by the police ever since. Saturday de
tectives who have been hunting for Henry
found him at Crescent Cl\Y. \ la.i and Officers
Keyeor and Sullivan , worp sent to take him
Into custody. He was urrcstrd and brought
It Council Bluffs n.id hs ho refused to leave
the state without rcdulsltlon papers the oin-
III had him lockeirnrrnt that place until
the ! necessary pa pet * " 'tbuld bo procured.
After spending the ( light In Council Blurts
Henry i decided to conic to Omaha without
further delnv. He Is u son of old John
Henry , a character Wfll known to the police ,
who Is now serving a term In the peniten
tiary at Sioux Kails , S. D. , for making ana
phasing countcrft-lt money. Most all of the
goods which Henry took- from 1'roctor's gal
lery have been recovwedJ
The sooner a cough or cold Is cured with-
jut harm to the sufferer the better. One
illnute Couijh Cure quickly cures. Why suf-
fe when such a cough cure la within reach ?
It Is pleasant to the taste.
_
OK THE I.OCOMOTIVC.
I'ccnllnr ToolltiK of WhlntlpN Utiilor-
ntooil l y ItHllronil OprrntlrfN ,
Nearly every man In this country has felt
. personal grievance and annoyance when
g omc | noisy locomotive has whistled sharply
near htm. He has frowned In disgust and
asked the oft-repeated question , "Now , why
did that fellow do that ? " He feels that
noises distressful and unpleasant abound
which he must endure without having the
shrill shriek of the engine dinned Into his
cars. Yet the engineer never pulls the
ivhlstlo lever without good reason for so
doing.
Locomotive Whistles can be nuisances. In
several states , relates the Chicago Chronicle ,
hey have been tested In courts and held to
be objectionable , In spite of the protests of
he companies. In Indiana one Judge who
Ived In the country near a railroad track
took "Judicial notice" of a custom on the
part of engineers to emit prolonged whistles
when making a crossing near the Judicial
home. This Knox county Judge decided the
whistling was a nuisance and disturbing to
his morning slumbers , so ho Issued his In
unction. The case "was appealed , but the
supreme court sustained the court below to
the extent of restricting the duration of the
whistle , although It was shown that the
shriek was a legal and physical necessity.
The engineer must whistle the crossing , but
must do It In the shortest possible time.
Out In Leavenworth , Kan. , the First Meth
odist church has brought suit against the
Chicago Great Western railroad because the
whistle of the engines passing the church
disturbed divine worship. The trains pass
close to the church , which Is located In a
thickly settled portion of the city. It Is Just
far enough away from the station to make It
a good point to blow the Incoming signal.
The rules require nil engineers to whistle
all stations whether the trans stops or
dashes through. The church people declared
the whistling at this particular spot was a
nuisance and , not having an Injunction
Judge , laid damages , with good prospects of
winning the suit. ,
Yet , In splto of these Instances , the using
of the whistle In mpderatlon is a public ne
cessity. The signals used nlso form a very
Interesting and Intricate code. If the gen
eral public were moro familiar with the
meaning of the tooting of the engine whistle
Ihe general public in all probability would
cease reviling the pmqke and grease be
grimed engineer or Jlreman for doing as ho
does. He cannot help himself , for he Is un
der orders. The law , makes It his duty , and
ho never toots a toot without some definite
and Important meaning being concealed In
the noise. The man , whose attention Is thus
directed to the train knows what It means ,
and the public safety is.thereby secured.
Every schoolboy almost knows the meanIng -
Ing of the signals to stop , go ahead and back
up. Many ofithemican tell what Is meant
when the whistle sounds merrily two long
and two short blasts. They can even tell the
difference between the brake signal In the
switch yards and the , slow-down signal as
the train approaches a station on the main
line. But there are many signals by bell and
whistle which are known only to railroad
men. Some codes are known only to en
gineers and firemen.
For instance , If the engineer gets the con
ductor's hand or light signal to proceed , he
cuts loose with two sharp , short toots. It no
for any reason wants to stop he emits a
long-drawn out wall In one note. If ho sees
danger and wonts the brakes In a hurry on
a freight train ho sounds a fierce , short sig
nal blast which fairly lift- * the brakemento |
the decks of the cars. Ho repeats this once
or twice , according to the Imminence of the
peril. In the yards the short-stopping sig
nal Is used as distinguished from the one
used before reaching a station. Three toots
means that the englno Is about to reverse Its
usual method of procedure.
Every engineer and every fireman has his
own private signal. He can be recognized
by hla mates even If his cab flashes past too
rapidly for anyone to make out his features.
Ho may bo hidden under the hood , yet every
man on the road knows he Is at the throttle
or scoop. Scraps of conversation of this
kind can frequently be heard in a group of
road men :
"There goes the twenty-five. Bill HIgglns
Is on her. "
"Yes , that's Bill's toot. Wonder when ho
got her ? He used to run the thirty-seven. "
To the layman the sound emitted by the
escaping steam conveyed no Intelligence. It
was not ono ot the regular code.signals , was
distinct ana peculiar , a sound made by no
other engineer on the fine. Every one ot
Higglns' mates knew he was on the englno ,
recognized the voice of the big machine and
without looking at It could tell the number
and who was In charge.
"Joe" Baldwin was formerly an engineer
on a passenger run on the Kansas Pacific
the first section end. He lived with his
road. He ran from Kansas City to Warnono.
aged mother across the Kaw river In the
railroad shop town of Armstrong In Wyandotte -
dotte county , Kansas. Every day oti his
westward trip ho would sound a private sig
nal for his mother , as he passed their house
nestling on the side ot a hilt 200 yards from
the track. The mother would stand In the
doorway until she beard the welcome nolso
then she would go Into the cottage satisfied
that all was welf. The next day as the hugo
train thundered along the valley , Joo's toot
would greet his waiting mother's ears and
she would know her on would be In to sup
per In Just thirty minutes. She nlso knew
he was well and sent her his love In that
mysterious toot.
Baldwin , like most engineers , was exceed
ingly skillful In playing on that whlstfe. It
was one of the ordinary type with but one
orifice Instead of three , as the callope brand
now In quite general use has. His signal to
his mother was a prolonged blast varied by
aBccndlng and descending tones , gentle and
sweet. At other times ho would cut loose
with an ear-plcrclng blast and again make
tbo whistle toot like a fog siren ,
The language of the locomotive can be
well expressed by dashes and dots , much
like those used in telegraphy. For Instance ,
a long dash alone Indicates that the approaching
preaching train will stop at the station. If
a "flag" station , this U In reply to the order
to stop. All stations are signaled when the
train Is within hailing distance. Ono short
dot means set the brakes. It Is not In use
ns much as formerly , owing to the perfec"-
tlon of the air brake system. Still It is a
halting signal and will very likely survive
many moons yet. Two long dashes followed
at a short Interval 1iy two sharp dots means
that the train Is whistling down a stationer
or crossing and will not stop , but glide
through without sensible diminution of
speed. Four dots means the train will take
Hie siding. A short , sharp dot , Impatient
and attention compelling , means the engine
Is waiting for the safety signal at crossing
or turn. The tower man knows what Is
wanted and gets busy with his levers at
once. A wild shriek , short and sharp , means
danger. A signal also used to Indicate
danger Is a dot , dash and dot. The men on
the englno can generally be seen taking a
Jump after this signal.
Every road has private signals , used only
by Its employes. On ono which has a termi
nus In Chicago the men 'have ' established a
cede by means of which they communicate
with each other. One of these puts the boys
at a given station "wise , " as they say , to
th ? fact that the superintendent Is abroad.
A long dash , beginning low-toned and rising
to a shriek , then dropping down to a sorrowful
rowful wall , means "I've got the old man
aboard. " Then the station men get mighty
busy as that train thunders In and stops.
Half a dozen dots means that the engi
neer has a new boy at home. Flvo means
that the child Is a girl. One dash and two
dots tells them all that trouble Is brewing
and a strike may come at any time. Every
movement of every man on the line In the
secret is chronicled 'by ' the tooting of the en
gineer's whistle. He can tell a whole history
by means of his cord and he docs It , using
also the regular code sounds for official
business.
"MAJOR MAC" AND THE DOO.
MnKcot EnfclC of the Fourth Illlnol *
Taken a Rlile.
There was a howl of agony from a dog
In St. James Square recently , relates the
Savannah ( Oa. ) News. U tore around the
square , rushing between , the tents and
yelping as though in great distress. Astride
Its back was an eagle , one of the pure
American variety. Its claws were firmly
fixed In tie dog's back and its wicked look
ing talons were ready for a plunge Into its
flesh when a lieutenant came to the rescue
and grabbed the eagle as its canine prey
rushed by him. The dog's record ns a run
ner will never be surpassed. A Jock rabbit
never loped over a Texas prairie with
greater speed than the dog exhibited as It
toro out Barnard street toward the com
mons.
"Major Mac , " as the eagle Is known , Is
the special pet and mascot of Company I ,
Fourth Illinois , which Is camped on the
west side of the square In front of Odd Fel
lows' hall. The "Major" Is the finest speci
men of the American emblem that has been
seen In these parts. She , for the name Is a
misnomer as to sex , Is well groomed , strong
and active , and while not Inclined to be at
all vicious , has power enough to whip the
biggest and worst dog that invades her ter
ritory. "Mac , " as the boys of the company
prefer to call her , Is never chained.
A pole has been put In position about
four feet above the ground and tliere she
perches and plumes her feathers In the
warm sun , occasionally dropping to the
ground for a stroll over the grass. One
wing Is kept clipped close enough to permit
the bird to fly up to her perch , but no fur
ther. "Mac" has become the center ot at
traction for visitors to this miniature camp
of the provost guard and many a fair hant
has stroked her head during the few days
the company has been here. "Mac" Is like
a poll parrot In some things , and Is no
averse to the attentions of the ladles.
"Mac" has been with the company , which
halls from Vandalla , since It was sworn
Into the service of the United States. The
bird is about 18 months old , It is believed
She was caught about a year ago and was
given to the company to carry Into battle
and shriek defiance to Spanish bullets or
Cuban machetes , If that should ever bo
necessary. Being well fed and well cared
for , "Mac" is perfectly contented with her
lot. Occasionally a dog comes along and
shows an Inclination to torment her. "Mac"
Men's $2,50 Welts-
A new shoe a genuine welt Hull dog
toe and full double sole In black only
to those looking for n good , durable lioo
and at the same time a good walking
shoe with no nails to hurt the feet all
at a small price can llnd It In this shoo
this Is the llrst time , that we have at
tempted to get a genuine welt to sell at
$2..r 0-but you can depend upon Its be
ing Just what weiclaim for It can have
half soles sewed 'hn Instead of milled
an every day aliofejitor the every day
man.
< iii d
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1.1 O' I
Omnha'v Up-to-date Shoe Uoaie.
1419 FAR STREET.
Our Line of Cutlsry-
Scissors , etc. , hnVT/eon / lately added to
until now It is inon3complete ? and varied
than ever before every man or boy
knows the value of a good knife every
woman or girl the Value of a good scis
sors ours are the kind that prove pntla-
factory knives as low as a nickel , but
of course these ain't much of a knltV ,
but the 23-ceut ones are crackerjacks
some elegantly finished nnd penrl-
handled knives at $ : i.OO We are show
ing a very desirable line of carvers stag
bone and pearl handle sets , the best of
bteel blades.
A. RAYMER ,
WE DELIVER YOl'U PUUOIIASE.
1514 FartiatnSt ,
t The Bee's Collection
OF. . . .
Photogravures
OF THE. . .
Exposition
New Complete
* c IYTY-FOUR handsome
$ photogravures covering
every feature of the ex
position bound in a hand
some cloth portfolio cover. J
At the Bee Office
t Twenty-five Cents extra for express
if sent out of town.
enjoys the fun more than the dog docs In
ho end. The soldiers have to keep a watch
o prevent children from worrying her , but
hat Is all the precaution that la necessary.
When night comes "Mac" leaves her
perch and walks over to a lieutenant's tent
lear by , creeps under his cot and makes
herself comfortable until morning. As far
as Is known she Is the only cagla In the
corps.
TRULY A MONSTER OUSf.
Great HrUnln' 110-Ton Gnu , the
I.nrKCNt Hull * , lint n Failure.
The big 13-Inch guns that arc mounted ,
two In a turret , on our battleships look Im
mense and call for our exclamation of sur
prise when wo are shown them , yet though
not lillputians by Great Britain's largest
gun , "Ths Royal Sovereign , " arc still most
noticeably smaller.
The Royal Sovereign was an experiment
and as Is so often the case a failure , as far
ns certain requisites In the duty of a gun
are concerned. Too large , and therefore too
heavy , this immense expenditure of time
and money lies in retreat at a naval arsenal
where. It can be seen only , its days of trial
having passed. One hundred and ten tons
ot steel , enough metal which , If converted
into railroad tracks , would reach out twenty
miles ; enough steel , If rolled out Into plates
of one-quarter of an Inch In thickness , to
cover the flooring of any two school rooms
In the counlry. Forty-four feet long ,
twenty-live Inches In diameter at tbo muz
zle , with thirty-one Inches In diameter at
the breech. To drag such a gun It would
require eighty-four horses ; to man and fire
It a crew of thirly men is required Irre
spective of the steam power that would be
necessary to sight , charge , and , In short ,
bring the gun In action.
Three thousand dollars to Ore a gun and
yet war Is deemed a useful expenditure ot
money by many of our sages. Eleven hun
dred pounds of powder to drive 112 pounds
of steel. What would our ancestors who
fought under Nelson , Perry or even of more
recent times and heroes say to such a gun ?
Now , as to distance , a shot leaving the
mouth of the Royal Sovereign would carry ,
It Is scarcely necessary to say , not as far as
ono sent from a gun of ! smaller caliber , the
laws of physics answering this question.
Still four miles Is a great distance to drop
112 pounds of steel , and U Is fair to presume
sumea farm house or barn struck by such
a weight would look nothing short of one
visited by a cyclone.
This Immense piece of steel was built , for
built Is a moro appropriate word than made
for the British navy , but , alas ! Us use
fulness died young. After n few trials II
was pronounced too expensive and too big
for service. Other data upon this monster
englno of war is as follows : Diameter oi
projectile , 16 Inches ; total muzzle energy
54 feet ; muzzle energy per ton of gun , 492
tons ; perforating power ( Iron taken as the
metal against which It was sent ) , al muzzle
37 Inches , al 1,000 yards , CO Inches , al 2,00i
yards , 28 Inches. In oilier words the pro
Jectllo of this gun would pierce thirty-seven
Inches of wrought Iron were It placed In front
of Its muzzle and twenty-eight Inches I
placed at a distance therefrom ot 0,000 feet
The Royal Sovereign was two years undc
construction and cost $200,030.
A -inli Story.
" 'Jim1 Fennessy , the well known the
atrical man , " says the Cincinnati Enquirer ,
'is an ardent lover of flshln'K. and the lake
on his Kentucky farm Is well stocked with
basa and other gome fish. Recently he ills- 4
covered a stranger fishing In the lake. 'Jim1
didn't know it , but the stranger had been
fishing all day and had caught nothing.
" ' that this lake is
'Are you aware private
and that you nre. not permitted to catch fish
In it ? " asked Colonel Fcnnessy.
" 'I'm not catching your fish , ' said th
stranger. 'I'm feed In' 'em. ' "
COltllA ON HIS TIMHISKHH I.Hfi.
IlrHlnh Ofllccr SIM en III * 1,1 fe ' r
Keeping Perfectly Ntlll.
Dinner wns Just finished and sevoraf Rng-
ilsh officers were ( sitting around the table ,
relates the Scottish American. The conver
sation had not been animated and thera
catno a lull , as the night was too hot for
small talk. The major of the regiment , a
clean-cut man of 05 , turned toward his
next neighbor at the table , a young subal
tern , who was leaning back In his chair
with his hands clasped behind his head ,
staring through the cigar suioko at the
colling. The major was slowly looking the
man over , from his handsome face down ,
when , with sudden afertnr-39 and In a quiet ,
steady voice ho said : "Don't move , please ,
Mr. Carruthcrs , I want to try an experl-
menl with you. Don't move a muscle. " "All
right , major , " replied the subaltern , with
out even turning his eyes ; "hadn't the least
Idea of moving , assure you ! What's tha
; amc ? " By this tlmo nil the othera wera
listening In a lazily expectant way. "Do
you think , " continued the major and hi *
volco trembled Just a little "that you can
keep absolutely still for say two minutes
lo save your llfo ? " "Are you Joking ? "
"On the contrary , move a muscle and you
arc a dead man. Can you stand the strain ? "
The subaltern " * *
barely whispered "Yes ,
and his face paled allghtly. "Burke , " eatd
the major , addressing an officer across tha
table , "pour EOtne of that milk Into a saucer
and sot It on the floor here Just at Ibo back
of me. Gently , man ! Quiet ! " Not a word
was spoken as the officer quietly filled the
saucer , walked with It carcfulry around tha
table and set It down where the major had
indicated on the floor. Llko a marble elalua
sat the young subaltern in his white linen
clothes , while a cobra dl capcllo. which had
been crawling up the leg of his Irousci-n
slowly raised Ite head , then turned , do-
sceucd to the floor and glided toward tha
milk. Suddenly the silence was broken by
the report of the major's revolver and the
snake lay dead on the door. "Thank you ,
major , " said the eubaltern , as the Iwo men
shook hands warmly ; "you have saved my
life ! " "You're welcome , my boy , " replied
Iho senior , "but you did your share. "
A Gniiil KnouKli
The following conversation , reports tha
New York Press , occurred between n promoter
meter of large enterprises , a banker and a
capitalist :
The Promoter The capital stock will ba
$10.000.000.
The Capitalist Who Is behind the concern -
cern ? That's nil I want to know.
The Banker Well , there's John Morgan
for one , and Henry
The Capitalist ( Interrupting ) John Mor
gan ? Who la he ? I don1 ! know any John
Hcr ca. What Is his business ? Whore doe
ho live ?
The Banker Don't know John P. Morgant
I thought every man , woman and child la
the United States knew him.
The Piomoter Possibly he knows him aa
J. Plerpont Morgan.
The Capitalist J. Plerpont ? Why , cer
tainly. I've known him for years. Yes , yes ;
I see now ; his first name Is John , l It ? I
never knew It before. Well , well.
The Banker I went lo school with hint
and we called him John , mm o times Jack.
The parting on the tilde came In after years.
Illll'n IlrlllHh Columbia Railway.
SPOICANR. WHi. : , Nov. 13. A Nelson , U.
C. , dispatch says :
i James J. Hill Is to begin at once on his
new British Columbia railroad from Bon-
ners Ferry , Idaho , to Nelson. The contract
was let Saturday to Folllet & duthrie. Tha
line will be known an the Nelson & Bcdllng-
ton. It will be aboul sixty miles long.
1 Thl * will glvp Ihn r.rp.it Vorthern a , second
artery Into British Columbia.
We Do the Framing
We've always done the most of It have
a big factory on Ixard street that we
keep busy all the tlmo making picture
frames that's the reason why we do
framing M > choaj ) another reason Is that
we don't care to get rich from ono frame
our prices are about half fact Is , were
yon to buy lumber-yard moulding and
make them yomself you wouldn't be
able to save much and with UM you
have the choice of over a thousand dif
ferent mouldings that represent all the
new and desirable styles you are In
vited to look through our picture collec
tion.
A. HOSPE ,
MUSIC Old M M3 Douglas
When You Get Down
With the grip If you let UH proscribe
a remedy you won't stay down long
you will find anything In-our stock or
valuable spec-Illcs for grip Inlluenxa
pulmonary disease of all kinds and
throat troubles that If taken in time
will prevent the developing of danger
ous diseases our prescription comiioiiiid-
Ing department Is In charge of compe
tent registered pharmacists and we sup
ply them with only the pure and fresh
drugs no prescription too dllllcult for
us.
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