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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , FETmUATlY 10 , 181)0 ) ,
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Advance of Electric Power on Street Railway
Systems.
PUNS FOR A SINGLE RML HIGHWAY
An KIcclrUlnii'Arm > - of nmnilnniin
l-irorlflt : ( - '
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A-Hnj * In Wnr Oilier
The Street Hallway Journal for February
publishes statlstlcH showing the progress of
Krect railway building during 1835 The
mileage of electric roads far exceeds all
others. Figures ( or the last two JCAM are
n a follows :
1537 1S9 ?
iicttrlc : rnllu.iy < . 13T 5 15,673
Cable ntlhvuy.i . 5JO ISO
ltor rnllwnya . 917
Miscellaneous . IC7 505
Total . 13,718 17.IJ1
The mileage and rolling stock In the larg
est states arc :
Miles of trnck. Cars.
J ew York . 2I9J 1J. '
Pennsylvania . 1.C9J i SIS
Massachusetts . . . 1,611 5G-,0
Illinois . 1.4SI 6,613
Ohio . 1390 3.7U
California Is the only other atato that ap-
preaches 1,000 miles of track , being credited
with 89S.
Estimated on the census of 1SDO , Xew York
has ona mile ot street railway tiark for
every 2.C11 Inhabitants , Pennsylvania one
for every 3,105 , Massachusetts one for every
1,361 , Illinois one for every 2,579 and Ohio
nno for every 2,043. From this It appear *
that In the Inatter of street mileage MAISII-
chusetts is almost twice as well suppllcl
as any other of the states named
I'cnnsyhanla Is the only state of tbo
five named In which the street car milcago
Is less than In 1&9S than it was in 1S37.
ThU was duo to a decrease In cable and
horse car tracks
SliiKlc Ilnll Hlrctrlc Honil.
The proposed single-track railroad system
fcetwcim Liverpool and Manchester will dif
fer from the ordinary two-rail1 track In
that It will consist of a single rail cle-
vated about four feet from the ground and
supported on "A"-shaped steel trestles.
The coachea Intended for the line will be
fitted with wheels In the center and these
will run on the elevated rail. The position
of the coach on the. rail may bo likened to
the saddle packs whlh hang down on each
eld of the camel's back. The triangular
supports will be placed about three feet
three inches apart , and at each side there
will be fixed laterally two rails , one about
eighteen inches above the other. These are
called guide rails and thIr object Is to In
crease the stability of the system and to
engage , the thirty-two horizontal gukle
wheels with which the car is fltted. The
inotlvo power win bo electricity , and the
cars , each of which contains four electric
motors , will pick up thi- current from an
electrical conductor F. B. Behr , In ad
dressing the Liverpool Chamber of Com
merce , FaU that the minimum speed of
the new line- would be ninety miles an hour
nd promised that the Journey from Liver
pool to Manchester a. distance ot some
thirty miles should not take more than
twenty minutes at the outside ,
Many years ago Mr. Dchr's attention was
attracted by the Lartlgue single-rail sys
tem. which was in use for the carrying of
agricultural produce In special cases In the
deep , sandy districts ot Algeria. Here the
motive power was by means of mules or
other animal power and he devoted his nt-
ten lon to develop the system to the car
rying of pissengers and goods by locomo
tive traction. In 1SS6 he built a trial line
at Westminster , for which he designed
the first passenger carriages and locomo
tive that were ever Used on a single-rail
railway. Encouraged by the success of this
experiment , Mr. Behr in 1888 built a one-
rail railway In Ireland , between Llstowel
and Balfybunlon. This line has now been
working nearly eleven years most satisfac
torily , and one of Its principal features Vs
Its absolute safety and the- Impossibility
for a train to derail. Similar lines , all
worked by steam locomotive power , have
been built in other parts of the
world. Mr. Behr said that the
gradients between Liverpool and Man
chester wore especially suitable for at
taining a very hVjh speed with a moderate
expenditure of electricity : he Is of the opin
ion that when once he has built this line
the railway companies will come to see the
advantage of the one-rail system for ex
press passenger truffle at 100 to 150 miles
that single-rail ttnes
an hour. He proposes
should bfr built alongside the- great trunk
lines and that these should bo kept exclu
sively for express trains. The ordinary lines
would then be used for slow trains and
goods service.
1'urlfjlntt n Dump.
A few years ago Hiker's Island , opposite
Now York , which liad lor many months been
the dumping-ground of the city , became so
offensive under the- heat of the summer sun
that its taint caused the sickening of pas-
eengors on the steamers which passed the
island , and nauseated beyond endurance the
inhabltantB for miles around Summary
steps had to b taken to save the community
pf the district from an epidemic of typhoid
and the city authorities bethought themselves
- waterwhich ol-
selves of the clectrolyzedwater
ready had purtned the drinking water of
Now York , and Is still used to keep the
supply ot the Croton reservoir sweet and
wholesome. A rough electrolyzlng plant was
' consisting of en-
put up at Hiker's Island ,
sine. dynamo and tanks. The tanks were
filled with seaw.vtcr and through this a cur
rent of electricity passed constantly from
electrodes placed w Ithln the Unk. The pro
cess not frco chlorides and other disinfectant
chemicals , and then the liquid , transformed
by the simple proccsa Into one of the moat
effective purifiers and microbe-destroyers
known , was drawn off for use. Conducted
through pipes to a Jet It was thrown all
over the Island and In a few weeks the
whole thirteen acres of IU area was trans
formed from a seething mass of Tottennrea ,
elovcn feet thick , to a resort BO salubrious
that a party of scientists who -went to In
spect it left behind them not a scrap of a
vary plentiful open-air luncheon which had
beon" prepared for them. This method of
electrical sanitation 1 * now proposed for
the purification of that vast cesspool , Havana -
vana harbor. It la believed that with elec
trolysing stations In operation at various
points along the water front , from which
the disinfecting fluid for the streets ana
private vaults of tbo city could be supplied ,
tha work of cleansing Havana would be very
mwh simplified and hastened. After flushIng -
Ing 4ha streets tbo fluid would drain off into
the harbor , where IU purifying qualities
would still bo active , as one part of clec-
trolyied eawtcr Is sufficient to purify 1.000
parts of the worst germ-laden Quid , It may
take months or even years to carry out tha
ecbome of making the Cuban capital safely
tu'iltable , but no more scientific or prom-
lung ineans of doing it than electrical sn-
1 tat Ion could b adopted.
Bx-Govrriior Cornell' " Crnmliona ,
The oldest practical electrician who b t
ruado his mark in the field of telegraphy.
nays Lc llo' Weekly , Is probably ex-Gov
ernor Alonza B. Cornell of New York City.
He has b c for thirty-one yeari continu
ously a director of the Western Union com *
pany , a period extending thirteen year * be
yond -that of the veteran Russell Sige. and
even of 1'rtaldent EcKcrt himself Said the
ex-KOVomor the other day ; "I hive 30,000
grandsons running around tha streets of
New York " And then he explained. He said
that In 1ST : , f bwvlBjr how fire alarms were
sounderl from * lr t boxes , the thought
RugRested Itself thftt a similar device could
be utilized for calllnc district mwcnKerj ,
He organized this service' , called ft ' The >
American District T lcjraph company , " 'ind
employed twelve boys to carry memges.
There are now30COO district messenger
boys In the Gieater New York He made
a contract with * he Western Union company
for the free delivery of Its telegraph mes-
BXRCB and put in end to the fees that had
nlwayi been charged , graduated according
to the distance Involved , for the delivery
of the messages In feet , the ex-goveitior
believe * that his nyslem led to the free de
livery of telegraph mo ages downtown be
fore the government had established Its free
lettcr-dcllvcry system In 1S55 It cost M to
deliver a telegram at Washington Heights ,
in the suburbs of New York , and tlie rats.
scnRtr wai sent out to do the service with
a buggy. The foresight of the ex-governoj
established a new buelnees ona which helps
to support thousands ot families , not only
In this city , but In every other large city in
the country , and he has a right to feel proud
of his achievement.
I no uf A-Un ) 111 tile Snuilnn ,
The prc/ent position of the Boentgen raj-3
IU military surgery Is described by Major
J. Battersby , who was selected for sorUo
in charge of the Roentgen lay apparatus
In the Soudnn , where the temperature varlel
from 100 to 122 degrees Tahrenhlet In the
shade. After the tattle of Omdurman Ul
British wounded wera conveyed to the < urg-
leal hospital at Abadlch. Of that number
| there were twenty-one cases In which the
bullet could not be found , or Its absence
'
proved , by ordinary methods. In twenty
! out of these twenty-one cases an accurate
I
diagnosis was arrived at with tlic help ot
j the rays , the odd case , who was suffering
! ' from a severe bullet wound In the 1'jng ,
too 111 for examination at the tlmo
The ; senior medical ofllccr In charge ot the
hospital said1 "The Roentgen ra > s proved
of Invaluable assistance In lacrllzlug the
exact position ot bullets and In many CORCS
rendered probing of wounds unnecessary
In many cases the X-rajs preventol
much suffering to the patient , which would
have been caused by probing , the use of
the finger , or enlarging tbo wound In Ibe
ordinary search for the bullets , as the skia
graph at once Indicated the exact position
of the bullet. In other more complicated
cases the Mackenzie-Davidson method local
ized tha exact position ot the bullet , so that
the surgeon was able to como to the con
clusion If operative Interference was Judi
cious or otherwise. If considered advisable
the removal of the bullet was much facili
tated by the diagram prevlotsjy Indicating
exactly where the projectile was to ba
found " With regard to apparatus , the most
serious dlfllculty at present Is the best
method of generating the prlraarj electrical
current for charging the storage ba'ttertes.
or working the cell direct. Primary bat
teries , for many reasons , are unsuitabln nnd
not to be recommended. In the Soudan a
small dynamo , driven by means ot a tan
dem bicycle , answered admirably and was
readily transported by rail and liver to
Abadleh ; but as at present constrdctud it
Is unsuitable for mule , camel or human
transportation. An Ideal apparatus would
consist In a sattlcal or friction machine ,
some modiQcatlon for Instance of Mr. Wln-
shurst's , by which the focus tube could be
excited direct In such a design many
ph > slcal difficulties will occur , but they are
not Insurmountable. If It Is achieved It
will enable the present apparatus to be re
duced very considerably by dispensing with
primary and storage batteries , dynamos , bi
cycles and Induction.
Intenalf } Injr Telephone VlhrntlonM.
M. Dussaud has studied the best means
ot Intensifying the sound transmitted by a
microphone to a telephone receiver , says
the Electrician. Ho produced a steady
sound by means of an electrically drlvVt
tuning fork placed In front of an extremely
sensitive microphone At the receiver end
the circuit divided into four branches , each
actuating a separate telephone membrane.
M Dussaud tried various combinations of
the four receivers and found that the more
numerous they were the louder was the
sound. It was also found advantageous to
collect the vibrations from both sides of
the membranes. He employed n set of col
lecting tubes , all leading Into a resonator
of the shape and size of a human mouth.
He thus was enabled to reproduce the sound
of wind Instruments and the human voice
In a large hall
accommodating
1,000 persons
nnd with such loudness that they could be
heard In every part of the hall. On the
State telephone sjstem of Geneva communi
cation was established between two sub
scribers In such a manner that ordinary
speech could be heard In every part of the
room. As only two Leclanche batteries were
used the Increased efficiency was solely due
to the new arrangement for transmission.
Hebliul Hie Tim en.
Scotland Yard , the police headquarters of
London , still maintains nn attitude of un
bending opposition to the adoption of the
telephone , notwithstanding the overwhelm
ing proof which has been adduced in its fa.
vor. On December 5 the
Dally Mall , in a
leading article on the subject , offered to pay
the entire expense of putting all the London
police stations on tbe
telephone for one year.
So far the offer has not been accepted Nor
has the subsequent offer of the Telephone
Construction company met with any better
success. This consisted of an undertaking
to fit up the various stations with the com
'
pany's automatic Instruments and if at the
end of six months
they
were found not to
glvo satisfaction to remove them free of
cost. Not only did the company make
known Its proposal In the columns of the
Dally Mall , but It sought an Interview
with the chief commissioner. An appoint
ment was made , and Mr. Vaughan , one of
the company's representatives , attended at
Scotland Yard and eaw not the chief com
missioner but one of the principal officials
A model of the instrument was produced
its working waa fully explained and the '
pos-
slblllty of absolute secrecy being maintained
when speaking over the wires was guaran ,
teed , but the department refused to order
one put in.
Klcctrlc Hrlc-n-Ilrm- .
One of the oddest
things In
a private col-
eetlon of electrical
brlc-n-brae Is
an elec-
trlcal dice table. Its present owner says
it must have been n gold mine to the man
who ran it , for no more "de d sure" com
plement to the equipment of the professional
gambler eouM be imagined The green
cloth which once covered the top IH now
worn to tatters and discloses a steel plate
set in the center. Under this la an Interior
space containing a borseshoa magnet within
a wire cell , connected with an armature.
Close examination shows an Insulated wire
running down one of the legs to a small
knob or button protruding on the outside.
When the top Is in place the steel plate
rests directly over the magnet. When the
device was In working order a battery was
connected to the magnet and then the knob
on the leg was pressed , ( he current was
turned on and the steel plate became mag
netic. Tbe dice had email metal disks on
one face and as long as the current was
on they naturally fell that side down.
Gibraltar Ilrlulileiiril ,
The town of Gibraltar , which possesses
the world-renowned fort that commands the
entrance to the Mediterranean , has been
lighted by electricity. Uoth the harbor and
the principal road * are equipped with la-
candescent lamps. For thla use ot Incan
descent lights Instead of arcs It Is said that
while the ml.itary authorities have no aes
thetic objection to the brilliant Illumination
of the town , they think that It might be
Inconveniently attractive to hostile fire In
case of war , The electric light works are
well protected under heavy ramparts. While
making this Installation the- electrical engi
neer has also made provision for o > ercom-
' ing thi difficulty tthkh xlats at QlbralUr
nt til seasons ot the year ot obUlnlng
fresh water Some of the barracks quarters
have been covered with enormous ruin tnnks
and arrangements have been made by which
nectssary sea water can be condensed for
ute If detlred
llt-A'S IAST CAM 131. .
Went to 1'eril Inillnnn After n I.onit
nnil IliiiHirnlilr Cnroer.
The last wild camel In America w killed
ami eaten by the Indlini In Yunu a few
dsys fgo The venerable beast , reports the
Denver Hcpubllcnn , was one of the herd of
atncls brought from Asia Minor many years
ago to carry ore from the Comrtock mines
So ends the greatest attempt at acclimating
foreign animals ever made In the United
States. It SCVTOB Kid that the noble beast ,
the last of his tribe , should have such an
Inglorious end. And yet * omo sympathy
must be given the poor Indian. lor they
must have been very hungry to be able to
masticate the tough. 75-year'Wld camel Be
sides , the poor camel would most likely
have died of slow starvation In a short time ,
for when last seen allvo by nhlto men It
was very' feeble
Just who the man was who thought ot
bringing camels to this country seems to be
a matter ot some doubt Several men are
credited with bavltvg done so , tut even the
old-timers themselves seem to be a. little
tangled up on thla bVt of western history
"r T Barton of Prescott , A T. , who was In
the Coma lock at the time , said he was posi
tive that the late Adolph Siitro was largely
Instrumental In bringing the camels here
This , however , has been strenuously denied.
Dozens ot similar etorles are told about
other prominent Callfornlans , but little cre
dence can bo given to any of them
But the fact remains that the camels were
brought here. On all the points connected
with this part of the story the old-timers
agree
It was In the old days , when the Comstock
was In Its glory , the days before the rail
road , when Virginia City was almost as im
portant a town as San Francisco. It so hap
pened that a certain group of mines , about
twenty-flxe or thirty miles out of Virginia
City , was panning out piles of rkh ore. It
was Impossible to put up a mill close to the
mines on account of lack of water.
Mules were put 10 work and during the
winter months Old fairly well , although to
feed and care for them was a terrorizing
expense. It must be understood that as dry , |
rocky and barren a desert as there is on the
face of the earth lay between Virginia. City
and the mines To use a vehicle ot any Kind
was out of the question , and so the ore was
carted In bags slung over the backs ot the
animals.
From the first It was apparent that the
mule plan was not a success. In the sum
mer It took about two mules to carry water
for the one that carried ore. And all the-
while the animals kept dying. The Intense
heat and dry , sandy air were too much for
them and they fell by the wayside so fast
{ hat a new band was required almost weekly.
But the ore had to be carried to the mill ,
for there was "millions In Vt. "
At this juncture some genius suggested
that the miners buy camels for the work.
So the camels were bought at great expense.
Some of them were obtained from the vet
eran showman , P. T. Barnum , and about
twenty came direct from Asia Minor , under
the care of an agent dispatched from Vir
ginia City.
From the first the camels did all Uiat was
expected of them. Each morning they would
cat a meager breakfast of any old weed that
happened in their way. drink a few gallons
of water and were ready for business. Two
bags of ore , each containing between 200
and 300 pounds , were strapped to the back
over the hump of each , camel
When the train was ready all started oft
at once , striking a good swinging gait that
was kept up until the mill was reached. The
drivers had nothing to do but follow the
train. No stopping for , water , no urging , no
beatings. The faithful beasts did their work
willingly.
LMQl'B V\l.EIJICTOnV.
A TennenMee Governor'M 1'nrewcll to
Public Olllc.- .
Governor "Bob" Taylor's valedictory ad
dress upon retiring from the chief execu
tive office of Tennessee was a unique produc
tion. He said.
"I am about to shuffle off this mortal
cell of politics and fly away to the heaven
ot my native mountains , where I may think
and dream in peace , safe frctn the sickening
sting of unjust criticism , safe from the
talons ot some old political vulture ; safe
from the slimy kiss and the keen dagger of
Ingratitude
"I do not mean to say that all politicians
are vultures or that they are all hypocrites
or assassins , for the great majority of our
public men are upright and honest and
worthy of the confidence reposed in them
by the people , yet there are black wings in
the political firmament , and reptiles crawl
and hiss In every capital But , thank God ,
the live thunders of eternal truth always
clear the. atmosphere , and the heel of Jus
tice will surely bruise the serpent's head
"I do not retire from this office with the
rankling ot disappointment and chagrin in
my bosom , but rather as one who retires
from labor to rest , from war to peace ;
from trouble to happiness.
'I do not retire the somnambulist of a
shattered dream , but with all the buda of
hope bursting Into bloom and all the bowers
of the future ringing with melody. I am
contented with my lot In life. Three times
I have worn the laurel wreath of honor ,
twined by the people of my native state ,
and that Is glory enough for me.
" \Vblle I believe < that the good of poli
tics outweighs the bad , yet bow thorny Is
the path , and bow unhappy the pilgrimage
to him who dares to do his duty ! There
are no flowers except a few bouquets
snatched from the graves ot fallen foes ,
there Is no happiness except the transient
thrill of cruel triumph , which passes like
a shadow acrces the heart.
"Every honest man who runs for office
is a candidate for trouble , for the fruits
of political victory turn to ashes on the
llp .
"To me there is nothing in this world
so pathetic as a candidateHe Is like a
mariner without a compass , drifting on the
tcmpesttottsed > waves of uncertainty , be
tween tbo smiling cliffs of hope and the
frowning crags of fear He Is a walking
petition and a living prayer , ho is the packhorse -
horse of public sentiment ; he is the
dromedary of politics. And even If tit
reaches the gouT of his ambition he will
soon feel the bcnk of ifhe vulture In hlo
heart and the fang of the serpent in bis
soul.
soul."I'm
"I'm no Icoger a candidate. Never OKI In
will I bo inaugurated Into public office
The ark of my humble public career now
rests on Uie Ararat of private life , and I
etcmd on its peaceful summit acid look
down 01 the receding flocd of politics.
The dove of my destiny has b-ouprht me an
olive branch fiom happier fields , and I go
hence to labor and to love
"I take wtUi me a. heart lull of gratitude
and H < out full of precious mi-merles ,
gratitude to the people for their unwaver
ing confidence In me. precious memories
of my friends who have been kind and
Drue.
Drue."The
"The record that I have made Is an open
book to all. 1 am wlllnlg < to live by that
record , I am willing to die .by It , For
whatever mistaken I may Uave committed.
I have Kept steadily in view the honor of I
the state and the happlncts of the people.
"As I have already presented my views
on public qiKatlons in my recent messagt.
to the general assembly , 1 deem It un
necessary to further dlscurs them en this
bappy occasion , happy to our new ovi.nor ,
happy to you , happy to me , happy to us all.
"H only remains for me to bid you all
an affectionate and llnal farewell , and to
express the prayer that the Christ who
died for love and mercy's ealte will guldo
our chief executive and all who shall fol
low him In ( he paths of peace and love ,
and baptize them with the spirit ot mercy.
Farewell , farewell , "
Crunt rumr * Altcirrii.
ALGIEKS , Feb. 9 The United States
transport Grant , which sailed from New
York on January 10 , bound for Manila ,
passed here today.
TAYLOR ALWAYS ONTO HIS JOB
Works tha R il E Ut Owners' Association
for Its Surplus Panda.
REFUSES AS TREASURER TO HONOR ORD RS
All irTnrt tit the Member * mill Di
rector * to Hot the AN
Hut of 1IU
I'rovc Hunt nlltnit *
Another transaction of Cadet Taj lor , who
has been nominated ( or survejor o ( cut-
lams , that will not bcir the IVght ot In
vestigation Is his connection ns treasurer
with the Heal Estate Owners' exchange ot
Omaha. The organization began Its career
about ten jcars aeo Its chief purposes
wort to promote new manufactories and
other business enterprises In the ell ) , to
advertise Omaha seas to attract foreign
capital and to secure an cqulUbfe and Just
distribution ot taxes.
No trouble was experienced until the
rlatte canal project was brought up. The
association then > oted $350 to help the
scheme. Only after a long struggle was
the order on the treasurer paid , Taylor
claiming that the money could not be used
for such a purpose , while the directors held
the -voting of the money legitimate as tend
ing to secure more manufactories for Omaha
In case the canal was a success.
In July , 1S93 , the state fair was located at
Omahi. The Omaha Fair anil Speed as-
eoclatlon , In charge ot the arrangements ,
found Itself hard pushed for money
and to help It In this difficulty the Heal
Estate Owners' association voted 4300.
This order , too , Taylor refused to pay until
bewas guaranteed In Its re-payment by the
board of directors. The bond being given
the order was paid.
Ilntigi Onto the Cnnli.
Previous to these two orders there bad
teen a balance In favor of the association of
$1,037.10 , so that after their payment there
remained In Tajlor's "hands $387.10 of the
association's money. In April , 1SB6 , Tay
lor made a statement of the financial condi
tion of the association and with It asked
that ho bo allowed n reasonable salary.
This amount he placed at $200 , leaving a
balance of $157.10. There being nothing In
the by-Jaws of the organization allowing the
treasurer a salary and nothing In the records
that the directors had ever agreed to any
such proposition , the bill was not nllowed.
About this time fear -was expressed among
the members that the money was not safe
and an attempt was made to get It out ot
Cadet Taylor's hands. With the organiza
tion of the Commercial club and the Real
Estate exchange the usefulness of the as
sociation had decreased and It was proposed
that the remaining money In the treasury
be turned over to the Nebraska club , an
organization then existing for the purpose
ot advertising Nebraska , with the express
condition that the money be used to ad
vertise Omaha Fearing that It on order
for the whole amount were presented Taylor
would refuse to honor It a resolution was
passed voting the club $30 , the Intention
being to appropriate the money in slices ot
from J30 to $100 each. This order Taylor
boldly refused to honor and has never paid.
The association never made any further at
tempt to collect it and Taylor is still In
debted to It for the amount of Us balance ,
$3S7.10.
DWARFS IN TIIC rOHUST.
. lever llmcrKC from Grent Solitude lu
Which Ilo > rt round Them.
The English traveler , Alfred B. Lloyd , who
has made the journey from Victoria Nyania
to the mouth of the Congo in three months ,
the quickest time on record , using- the Congo
steamboat service and railroad for two-
thirds ot itho way , trav'eled through the great
equatorial forest of which Stanley gave BO
vivid a description. His route was a little
to tha south of Staclej'3 road , and he saw
much of the dwarfs who Inhabit the forest
region.
"I "was " three weeks crossing the great for
est , " he said. "Often the darkness , even
at midday , Is remarkable. Sometimes I was
unable to read At neon , when , as you know ,
the'sun near the equator Is almost directly
overhead. One day I tried to photograph
my tent , but failed on account of the dim
ness ot the light. I walked throughout the
forest Journey , though I ted a saddle mule
HU me I could not. use him without con
stantly exposing myself to the danger of
being unsaddled by the vines that bung
over the path. We sometimes narrowly es
caped being killed by tbo fall of enormojs
trees , Bomo of whoso trunks measured over
twenty feet In circumference. The silence
of death reigns In this forest unless broken
by animals or the fall < , l trees. "
Mr Lloyd found game In abundance.
There were numerous elephants , leopards ,
buffaloes and antelopes in the forest. At
night he lit ftres ito keep animals away from
the camp He saw many more dwarfs than
Stanley met In the same region , and thus
described them to the London Dally News :
"I saw a great many of the pigmies , but ,
generally speaking , they kept out of the
way as much as possible. At one place in
tha middle of the forest , called Holengt , I
stayed at a village of a few huts occupied
by so-called Arabs. There I came upon a
great number of pigmies Tvho carao to see
me. They told me that unknown to myself
they had been watching me for live days ,
peering through the growth of the primeval
forest at our caravan. They appeared to be
very frightened , and even when speaking
covered their faces. I slept at this village
and In the morning I asked the chief to
allow mo to photograph the dwarfs. He
brought ten or tltteen of them together , and
I was enabled to secure a snapshot. 1
couldn't give a time exposure , ns the pig
mies would not stand still.
"Then with great difficulty I tried to
meabure them , and found not one of them
over four feet In height. All were fully
developed. The women were somewhat
Blighter than the men , but were equally
well formed.
"I was amazed at their sturdlness. Their
arms and cheats were splendidly developed ,
as much so as In a good specimen ot an
Englishman. Thete men have long beards
half way down the chest , which Imparts to
them a utrange appearance. They are very
timid , and cannot look a stranger In the
lace. Their eyes are constantly shifting , as
In the case of monkeys. They are fairly
Intelligent.
"I had a long talk with the chief , and he
converted Intelligently about 1be extent of
< ho forest and the number of his tribe. Ex-
These Cold Days
You won't want to go homo to lunch-
ron , nnd It will bo a good chance for you
to try our half-price luncheon Half-rate
In price only Service a tine ns ever.
Try tod.iy a
Domestic duck with apple sauce ,
Chocolate eclair.
And a cup of coffee ,
All for : > cents , and it IH the l > e t W
cents' worth jou ever had Special at
tention Klveu to the ladies , together with
a reelpo of how we make our luncheons
so good.
good.BALDUFF'S
BALDUFF'S ,
Uncfc-11.30 to 2:30. : Supp r-5:30 : to 839.
1520 Fnrnura St.
< ept for , tiny strip of bark cloth men and
women tire Quito nude They are sinned
with bowi and arrows 'the Utter tipped
Kith deadly poison and carry small upeart.
They are entirety norandlc , sheltering t
night In email huts Uo feel to thrr ftpt
In height. They never go outside the > forest.
During the thole tlmo 1 was with them they
* ere perfectly friendly
"In parts of thf forest 1 found a fairly
good track , p rhap a. couple of fet wide ,
overhung and crossed by boughs nnd enor
mous creepers , but generally speaking It
ivas easier to cut our * ay right through the
tropical growth. "
M\uum Tin : tn 111:11 M\V ,
The Suit ! fcllovr In ( lie Itncc ComCn
111 jM'LMlllll IICNt.
Walter Keating Is a stalwart , handsome
} oung man , with an unassuming air nnd a
merry llttlo tnlnklo In his eye , relates tie
Now York Times. He Is employed by tbe
Xew York end N'cv > Jersoj Telephone corn-
ptinv , and for some months has been llv lug
at Mrs. Anna Head's boarding house. 41
Hojt etreet , Brooklyn. Another boarder
vsaa Alfred Trench , who Is engaged In the
map business In Manhattan. Mrs. Read lifts
a daughter named Lillian , who la blue-eyed ,
fair and 23
The attractions of Miss Read .appealed to
both Mr French and Mr Keating Mr.
French l& vivacious , while Mr Keating , as
before mentioned , U unajeumlng It nas
soon evident how things were golntt , and
Keating accepted his fate without a mur
mur. Day after day he watched his sue-
eessful rival escorting Miss Head to. theaters ,
buying her chocolates and ( loners , nnd when
the announcement of their engagement was
formally made Mr. Keating bore It u Ith a
icanly fortitude that mudo even Mr. French's
friends say nlco things about him.
It had been predicted Ihat he would leave
the boarding house , ucnbleto bear the eight
of Mr. French's bliss , but be did not leive. .
Ho wiu as unaseumlng and retiring as ever ,
and thcro was the same merry little twinkle
In his eye.
The wedding was set for Thursday night
at 7 30 o'clock. The boarders were all In
vited , Keating included , and most ot them
presented wedding gifts to Miss lUid. Mr.
Keating did not tmy her any presents. The
boarders excused this lack : of courtesy on
his part by considering tha circumstances
With this exception ho really bore himself
very well.
Mr. French returned from business earlier
than usual , for he had to get Into venms
dress He went to bis room und remained
there until 7 o'clock , wrestling with lits
clothes and to Ing to make his tie stay tied
All men have had this experience. When
he had got tha tie so that It would rema'n '
In posltloli for a limited length uf time ho
went In quest of his bride.
Ho found tier attired in h r wedding
dress , and noticed with surprtsa that she
did not look as one who had had a hard
time getting Into it. He also noticed with
surprise that Mr. Keating was sitting with
her. In evening dress , and that IjU t'o was
correctly tied nnd was loo.llod properly Just
above his collar bone. Mr. Keating looked
calm and cool , as If he had been In evening
dress for some time. He was ax unassum
ing as ever , and had the same merry little
twlnklo In his cje.
Overcoming his surprise , Mr. French asked
Miss Read if she was ready to go" to church
with him. Casting her eyes sh > ly donn ,
she replied that she was not.
"Wh-why not ? " stuttered Mr. French ,
tonguo-tled with surprise.
"Because , " she coyly murmured , "my my
husband would not like It. "Wo have Just
returned from there , and "
Mr. French here
Interrupted with a num
ber of remarks and retired. Mr. nnd Mrs.
Keating had gone to the Church of Our
Lady of Mercy , on Debevolse Place , while
Mr. French was struggling with his tie. and
had there been married by Rev. Father
Foley.
They are on their wedding tour now , and
the presents of Mr. French's friends ape
boxed up In Mrs. Keatlng's room , awaiting
their return. Mr. French has a new boardIng -
Ing house , not on Hojt street.
HOW VOUGIIIOGIIC > V C 11 LIE 1C WON.
Earnt > nt and Hloiincnt A l\oonc > of n
> e v Member from Icniin > Ixttnin.
A new orator was discovered a few days
ago In the house , reports the Washington
Post. When the session began three or four
new men walked up to the bar and took the
oath of office. There was no evidence to
disparage their Intellectual powers and their
statesmanship , but It was noticed that all of
them , deluding Representatives Splght ot
MIsslssIppIandGrahamof Henneylvanla , were
lean and slender , inclined to stoop and not
altogether the men physically that one would
choose for what Champ Clark calls "a
parliamentary scrapping match. "
When thfl session was growing old ,
however. Representative Robbing of Penn
sylvania offered an amendment for the
siirv ey of the Youkhlogheny. It Is a tributary
of the Monongahela , of the creek species , and
some of the Penns ) Iranians want It surve&d
for a distance of twenty miles. In support
of this amendment Representative Graham ,
who Is Governor Stone's successor , secured
the floor.
The memory of his speech will linger with
the house for moons. At flrst the members
did not mind 1be little , lank man , vvltb black
busby beard , thin face and hallow eyes. But
he had his shrill voice pitched In a super
lative tone and It didn't take long to
ascertain that there was something novel In
him.
him.He
He started out In the superlative tone about
Plttsburg , and , having keyed himself up to
that grade , didn't care to come down for
fear of an anti-climax. So what be said In
eulogy of Plttsburg , accompanied by the
laughter and shouts of approval of both
sides of the house , would make Proctor
Knott and his eulogy f Dulutli as "tbe
zenith city of the uncalled sea" turn pale.
First. Mr. Graham bestowed his adulations
upon Plttsburg as the center of mammoth
steel manufactures , and It seemed all the
more comical when he turned to laud the
Smoky City's enterprise In the manu
facture of pickles. He Indulged In a
panegyric for Plttsburg's prowess In the
manufacture of window glaes and then
devoted himself to Its cork manufactory , tbo
largest In the world. He threw In a few
words also for Allegheny county , and then
the chairman put the vote on his amend
ment , A division was demanded and Rep
resentative Graham swung both his long
bony arms , "Friends of Allegheny county ,
stand up1" ho shouted , as though he were
rallying a throng of freemen at a ward meet
ing
The whole house stood up , or nearly so ,
for by 103 to 1 It was decided that
Voughlogheny creek should be surveyed ,
The bath can be made an exhilarating pleasure by
the use of Ivory Soap. It cleanses the pores of all
impurities , leaving the skin soft , smooth , ruddy and
healthy. Ivory Soap is made of pure vegetable oils.
The lather forms readily and abundantly ,
IT FLOATS ,
t rnccTin ko i eo CINCINNATI
DEATH LURKS IN THE DRINK
Several Men Sick aa a Result of Sampling
BernsUin's Whisky.
QUANTITY OF POISON FOUND IN THE JUG
Mciliun .Not Inclined to the Ilrllef
Ttmt Their Mont Intended to Do
Them An > llnriu Inv
tlon HcltiK Made.
The temporary Illness of several men who
bad been drinking whisky that was given
them has been occupying the attention of
the police for the last ten days. They found
upon analysis of the liquor that it was filled
with the poison of Jlmson weed seeds. One
man escaped fatal results only by a narrow
margin.
The flrst of the month two men , giving
their names a4 Joseph P. Alexander , 1441
South Fourteenth etreet , and C. J. Young ,
visited the police station and complained ot
being 111. They informed the captain that
they believed their illness was due to poi
soning , and handed him half a pint of
liquor , which they thought -was drugged
They said they had called upon J. Bernstein ,
1316 Pacific street. During the vlilt Mr.
Bernstein gavo'them a half pint of liquor
and they alco drank some at the house.
After they left bath began to fell ill nnd
went to the station. They did not blame
their host , because they said all were on the
best of terms
Captain Donohue sent Officers Heltfeldt
and Donohue to Mr. Bernstein's ' house aft-sr
the liquor. They brought up the jug from
which that In the half pint flask had been
taken. In the bottom of the jug Captain
Donohue found seeds and the liquor bore a
greenish tinge. The Jug and the bottle were
sent to the Crelghton Medical college for
analysis. When this was made the chemist
reported that the liquor contained a large
quantity of poison drawn from the seeds of
Jlmson weed pods , which had been placed
In the Jug.
Trip * < lie Stnff Attain.
In the meantime Mr. Alexander visited his
friend , Barnett Waxman , who lives on the
flrst floor at 1316 Pacific street. Alexander
had not recovered entirely from his firet
experience and asked his friend it he had
some whisky In the house , Mr. vYaxman
laid he could get some from his friend up
stairs and went up to flee Mr. Bernntem.
When be returned and Alexander drank the
liquor ho complained again of feeling tick.
Waxman drank some of the liquor and com
menced raving , the effect of the drug being
observed almost Immediately. Alexander
went home and called a physician who In
formed him that he vaa suffering from
some kind of poisoning.
Mr. Bernstein says he does not know ho ti
the seeds got into the jug , as he has po
enemies that he Is aware of. Tba liquor wan
given him by an uncle , who bought It from
a peddler. Ho thinks It was all right then ,
as the uncle took a pint out of it and the
family drank It up without noticing any
thing wrong. Mr. Bernstein took the jug to
his home and placed It In the pantry , only
visiting It to get something to drink for
himself or friends.
It was found that the yard back of Bern
stein's place is filled with Jlmson weeds , but
the otncers are at a loss to understand , aa
Is also Mr , Bernstein , how the seeds got
Into the jug. The feeling Let con his fam
ily and that of Mr. Waxman la most friendly
and Mr. Alexander Is also a good friend of
the family. Messrs Bernstein , Waxman and
Alexander arc all peddlers
DANGER IN THE IRON TRADE
Coimnlldntlon * mill CoiuMimtlons
llclnic Worked to the UnnKCr
1'ulnt In Some Linen ,
CLEVELAND , l"ob 9 , The Iron Trad
Review says. The Iron trade has moved
farther up In the last week and Is com-
inc close to tha line that In the minds ot
many of the leaders may not ba crossed with
safety. There Is not the same conservatism
in all quarters that has been shown In ad
vancing ore nnU coke and oven besaemer
pig Iron , and this fact , together with the
control ot Intermediate products , already
j exercised In some and aimed at by pending
, negotiations in others , preicnts some possi
bilities of complications later. The con
solidation of beeaemcr and open hearth steel
plates In the central west Is approaching
completion. The National Steel company Is
the corporate name and there will be 550-
400,660 each of preferred and common stock.
"Plated" demand continues out ot all proportion -
portion to the ability of the country's prea
ent capacity and prices arc determined by
the urgency of each individual want. Bridge
and shipyard work continues on an Immanss
scale. Structural mills arc probably In
better shape to malt * deliveries than those
In any other line. The cast Iron pipe con
solidation is practically completed , as Is
that of leading car works.
rrcnlilcnt Vlnlt * Home Market Club.
"WASHINGTON , Feb. 9 The presldftnt
will leave Washington nt 7 p. m , February
15 , on a epecial train for Boston , where he
will attend the banquet of the Home Market
club. He will not decide until he reaches
Boston whether ho will nddrcse the Massa
chusetts legislature. Mrs. McKlnlcy will
not make the trip. Several of the speakers
at the banquet will be of the presidential
party.
Tlie
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a crime In there days. Glasses can
be made that will take away these
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amination * free and can tell you If
glasses will help you All lenies
ground by a competent spectacle
man.
THE ALOE & PENfOLD CO. ,
Leading Scientific Optician * .
UOSFarnam. OMAHA.
OPPOSITE PAXTON HOTEL.
Drex L Shooman
Knows uioro about SHOCK tlian lie
legislators anil hoimtorx. Now take
nornon's hlioen , for lustiinco In
them he pnv.s particular attention to
the quality of the goods ami every hop
Is ooicctvd with the pica test ore And
every Hboe IH Inspected and approved be
fore being offered for nnle wlillo wo
tntiHt make n ptollt , we never allow
lirollt to enter Into the deal to nn extent
that Avould deprive the wearer of the
rljjht value at thi > rlplit price The lant
but not least IH the care we take In 11 1-
tlnj ; shoes All the comfoit and lialC the
wear b in the lit.
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1419 FARNAM STREET ,
A Hot Time at 21 Below-
You will not miss It nor regret a vlblt
to our music halls th'n ' week , for we will
sell not one make , but all the well known
jjew scale Klmbiill plunos , the celebrated
Knabo pianos , the matchless Kninlch
& Bucli pianos , the over-wearing Ilallet
ft David pianos , and the Hospe , itoyal ,
Howard , Whitney , Hlnr.e , nnd many
others. "We relebrato our 25th business
nnnlverfcary October 23 , ISiiO.
A. HOSPE ,
Music and irL 1513 Douglas.