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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1899)
Tins OMAHA r > ATi/r KTTSPAY , JUNE 11 , iaon. 1 ! ) MODERN PRINTING PRESSES Pacts About tha Construction of the First High Spsetl Printing Machine , R , HOE TELLS THE STORY OF PROGRESS "Wonderful Development In tlie Me- clinnlcnl 'SrrrMiltlen of .Modern Joiirnnllittii ( iciiFMlii of ( he I in on I Ion. Were It not for the hlh fpeed perfecting prcfls this newspaper could not be. printed find placed before you In Its preient form ; certainty not at Its present cost. The modern newspaper , with Us wonderful fcrv- leo In ( spreading Information and moldlns opinion , I * perhaps the greatest chlllzlng nd controlling force of the time. The rapid printing -prow , by making the news- l > apcr possible , deserves to rank as ono of the great achievements In an age of me chanical Invention. Certainly thcro Is no other machine of such power and complexity that pcoJoncfi at the same time such ac curacy and dclloaey , handling , printing and folding sheets of paper that can be torn be tween the fingers without an effort. Consider for n moment the work done l > y ono of tie great presses Known to print ers an "octuple" machines. To begin with , it In composed of about 10,000 separate lilecc1 * , and rcqulrco eighteen months for Its construction In the largest manufactory in the country. It Is more complicated than a locomotive or a watch , or airy of the forms of mechanism to which wo or- illnarlly refer as remarkable for their In tricacy or nicety. Thin press Is fed from three continuous rolls of paper , each more than five feet OCTUPLE STEREOTYPE PERFECTING PRESS AN D FOLDER. ulde , and all reeling oft the paper as fast as It will run without tearing. At Its highest speed the press will use up over twu miles of this paper In an .hour , or fifty miles of paper of the width of nn ordinary newspaper rage. In terms more readily grasped , this in dicates a capacity of 98,000 four , sit or clght-pago papers per hour. Not only are these papers printed at this astounding rate , but they are also cut. fclded and counted. In other words , the press per forms every operation connected with the t > aper from the time the rolls , are put Into position until the finished product emerges ready to bo put on sale. Ninety thousand papers per hour means 1,500 per minute , or twenty-five copies for every second ticked off on your watch. 'Most ' cf the larger newspapers have In their ordinary Issues ten or twelve pages. | Of thcuo the press will turn out 72,000 In nn hour , 1,200 to the minute , or twenty every eccond. The machlno weighs over sixty tons and is massive In its proportions. Yet Its touch Is ns deft as that of human fingers. It i handles the papers accurately , cuts them j . precisely nnd folds them up evenly , all j with speed 'that Is well-nigh Incredible. Its operation Is easy and resistless. A ] mnn throws back a fever ; the many shafts and cylinders begin 'to revolve , going faster and faster until thn streams of white paper ore pouring Into the machlno too rapidly for the eye to measure. On the other side the printed sheets rain out so fast that ono sees cnly tlio corrtlnual flash of the steel flugers that seize and forward every sheet. The operation of the press at its highest that e'ach receives ruto of speed means paper ceives Its Impression In less than one-fifth of a second. How n permanent Imprint can bo made In that space of time is a marvel difficult to comprehend. Yet it is done. The Ink docs not smut nor rub oft and oven thi ? most delicate lines of an illustra tion ar accurately reproduced. ( ieiu-NlH of ( liu lnriitlon. . It Is easy to understand tha-t such a ma chine as this , performing BO many dlfferen operations , represents a series of achieve nients rather than a single one. It la i gradual and natural development from thiN TUB SHOT THAT TELLS. Do you know what happens t I when one of our i ' big thirtcen-inch shells strikes n N 1 fortification ? It is fairly lifted ofT its foundations. This is the modem - / /em way of doing / / things : concentra- ply aiinlhihitcs " . ! . * * * * opposition. Thin > * - is the method that means success. / It is just the same in the warfare - fare against dis- \case. While all borts of halfway - way compro. ' raising medi cines in the haudsof only > partially ex perienced doctors make n feeble , "small , calibre" sort of resistance to the enemy. Dr. 1'ierce's matruiCcent "Golden Medical Discovery , " with its splendid blood purify lag , liver-toning : , strength-creating power , hurls the fortress of disease from its very foundations , and searches and drives out the lurlciu ? symptoms of weakness and de bility from every secret hiding place in the entire physical system of mankind. The work of this Brand "Discovery" is thorough ; it gives the health that is all wealth ; the strength that is solid nnd sub- * Untial and lasting ; not flabby fat , not false stimulus ; but genuine , complete , renewed vitality and life-force , " I had beeu a sufferer for fifteen vears nearly all the time , " ays Mr * . Sarah K Taylor , or Hureka. Greenwood Co.Kans. , iu a friendlylcttcr lo Dr. Pierce. " In AURUit. 1696 , wa taken with KTCre crumping pain in ray stomach. The doctor - tor here fcala It wai due to galUtonej. He re- Hcved me for a short time , aud Uen there was a hard lump about theelieof a gooe egg formed lu my right side U became ore I coula scarcely walk about the house , nud I had no ap petite I consulted the be t doctors iu towu und they said iimticluc would do me no bv * " * . I f c vc up all hope of ever getting welt again. "YouadvUeUiaetotaUeyour'Goldeu Medical Discovery' ud Tlcasant relicts , ' which I did according to directions. I began to feel better , and my appetite came back. Now it U a little over year since I began to do tuy own work. I m uougcr than I lia > c been for fix e j ear * . " . pfi > used hv OnttcnMrK bark In the middle ( f the nfiem-h rcnturj Dut while there I * no hftM tvl fast line jejunum * the new from the old or the perfect from the primitive In the history of printing there rt > certain dates that are mnrked by notable nrtvtncM nd Improve ments In the art. One Important change took place In H06. when a Saxon named Frederick KoenlR do- vlied ft form of press In which the paper was carried on a cylinder and received It * Impression from a form of type carried backward and forward on n flat bed. The flrt of these cylinder presses was little more rapid than the earlier hand and lever formr , becauee the cylinder hud to stop three times that Is , had tlirco separate motions to each Impression. Hut In 1S14 KoenlR Improved on this by ft continuously revolving cylinder press which attained the rate of SOO sheets per hour. The advance from 250 sheets per hour , the record of tha old hand presses , to SOO fliects , was a de cided advance. Moreover , It Introduced n new principle which has been of the first Imp'ortatico In developing the modern high speed nrcfs. t Many Improvements In the method of handling the paper were devised after Koe- nlR's proas came Into use nnd thousands cf presses constructed upon this plan arc In uio today. An American Improvement on tills fityle of press , known as Iho double cylinder , attained a speed of 4,000 per hour. Those presses answered the requirements of the newspapers when they were small In Blzo and circulation. Dut with the advent of the dally , with Its circulation running up to many thousands , they proved Inadequate. There was a demand for something better , for greater speed. Klrftt llnplil I'rlntliiK Pri-NX. In 184.-I the firm of II. Hoe & Co. , which had already been for many years engaged lu the manufacture of printing presses , attacked this problem. A number of experimental i machines were erected , and finally It oc curred to the experimenters that by placing the typo Instead of the paper on the cylinder greater bpeed could bo obtained. The re sult was th construction of a press known as the "Hoe typo revolving machine , " em bodying patents taken out by Richard M. Hoc. Ttie first ono of these was placed In the Ledger olUco In Philadelphia In 1S4C. The basis of these Inventions consisted in an apparatus for becurcly fastening the forms of typo on a central cylinder placed In a horizontal position. This was accom plished by the construction of cast Iron beds , ono for each page ot the newspaper. The column rules were made "V" shaped , 1 c. , tapering toward the feet cf the type. It wai found ttiat , with proper arrangement for locking up or securing the type upon these bcJs , It could be held firmly In posi tion , the surface forming a true circle , and the cylinder revolved at any speed required , without danger of the typo falling out. The first of these presses had only four impression cylinders , necessitating four boys to feed In the shcots. The running speed obtained was about 2,000 sheets to each feeder per hour , thus giving , with what was called a "four-feeder , " or "four-cjlln- dor" machine , a lunnlng capacity of about 8,000 papers per hour printed upon one Bide. As the demands of the newspapers increased A PRIMITIVE PRINTING PRESS. FOUR CYLINDEH TYPE REVOLVING. more Impression cylinders ere aided , until these machines were made with as many as ten grouped around the central cylinder , giving an aggregate speed of about 20,000 papers per hour printed upon ono side. A revolution In npwspaper printing took place. Journals which 'before ' had been limited In their circulation by their inability to furnish the papers rapidly Increased their Issue , and many new ones were started. The new presses were adopted not only throughout the United States , but also In Great Urftam. The type-revolving machlno marked -a grcftt advance In rapid -printing. It was be lieve * ! that the problem , had been settled , at least for a long time to come. It was scarcely conceivable that any paper would want to print more than 20,000 copies per j hour. The type-revolving presses had scarcely been put Into general operation In this coun try and Europe before the constant growth in circulation figures demanded still further Improvements. I'Mi-hl Cm-n-il SliTt-ot > ] > IMiili-H. Various experiments had demonstrated j the possibility of casting stereotypa plates on a curve. The proccfs was brought to perfcctlo by the use of llexible paper mn- irlccf. upon which the metal was cast In | curved moulds to any circle deilrcd. These | plates were placed upon the type-revolvim ; | machines Instead of the type forms. The newepapcr publishers were thus enabled to duplicate the forms and to run several ma- chlnra at the same time , with a view to turning out the papers with greater rapidity. In Eome of the largo London and Now York offices as many as five of these machines were kept In constant operation. The diniculty In obtaining high epeds with these machines was not In printing f.vt enough , but In getting the sheets to the machine rapidly and In disposing of them quickly after they had passed through the press. The demand was for n press which would print from a continuous rcll of paper , leaving the sheets to bo cut and folded after they had passed through the machine. It wiu necessary , too , to Insure satisfactory results , that the machlno should perform all these operations Itself. It was found that human hands ceuld net work fast enough to keep up with the requirements of the modern newspaper. In 1871 U. Hoe & t'a. set to work to t-tudy thU problem in a comprehensive man ner and to solve the dlfllcultles in the way cf attaining much higher speed than had ever before teen attempted. t Expert mechanicians were set to work on nt r/hws of IV proVcm. Time , rtionry and effort nc-ro rxpe-i t d wlthr.ut r > int in the study of PXlsiln ? mrnlrls , in erecting experimental machines and trying 11 manner of devices augnested to meet the requirements of the situation. > CM- Ink nnil \ MV I'IIIIIT. The difficulties were not wholly of a me-- rrhsnlcal nature. One IMW In the set-oft of the first side of the sheet printed. This was avoided by the co-operation of the Ink- makers , who were Induced to devise special rapid-drying Inks. Another drawback was lu obtaining paper In the roll of uniform perfection and strength. The paper-makers were led to make a study of producing largo rolls of paper meeting these requirements. They solved the problem of finding a strong and chep paper , such as couM be afforded by the dally press. While theee Improvements were being wrought out the press manufacturers were working on the problem of n rapid sever ance ot the Hhee > ts after printing and the reliable nnd accurate delivery of Iho prlnled papers , The .most Important device relating to this matter was the potent of Stephen D. Tucker , n member of the firm of R. Hoe & Co. It was called ft "gathering and deliver ing cylinder , " and was able to handle the papers as fast ns they were printed. It Is the mechanism on which the great speed of the modern press depends. Without It ono of the great machine" would block n press room with papers before It had been In operation fifteen minutes. Thus It 'Will be seen the rapid-working web press Is n composite for which no ono man deserves the entire credit. It Is one of the most notable examples of a really wonderful mechanism constructed In re sponse to a specific demand. The expert mechanlMai.s engaged In the manufacture of presses knew what they wanted. They sat dawn nnd figured to these results Just is experts In other Delds might solve prob lems in mathematics or military tactics. It Is a concrete illustration of the saying that no matter what 'the ' demand is , if it Is strong enough It will bo satisfied. The press which was constructed In 1871 , as a result of these Investigations , was fed from a roll or web of paper over cylinders carrying stereotyped plates which printed it on both sides. The sheets were not entirely severe * ! by the cutters , but were simply perforated after the printing. They 'were drawn by ac celerating tapes , which completely sepa rated them , Into a gathering cylinder eo con structed that six or any desired number of perfect papers could be gathered one over the other. These , by means ot a switch , were , at the proper moment , turned off onto sheet flyers , which deposited them on the receiving board. This press for the first time did away completely -v\ith hand labor In the process of printing. It 'was ' , therefore , the begin ning of rapid printing as that term Is under stood today. The only duties men were re quired to perform In connection with It were the starting of the press , watching to sco that Its work was performed properly and taking away the papers after they were piled flat on the receiving board. Klrxt tin-lit I'over I'rrsn. The first press of this pattern was set up in the olllro of the New York Tribune in 1871. Of course It had been thoroughly tested beforehand and Its makers were con fident that it would do all that they claimed for it. Nevertheless considerable excite ment attended its first practical operation. When the lever was thrown back and the cylinders began to revolve the paper reeled oft the -web In perfect form without inter ruption nnd delay , while , at the other end ot the press , the papers were laid out in a per fectly even pile , ready to bo folded for de livery. The new press delighted all who saw Its operation , and earned the encomium of "a mechanism of almost human intelligence and more than human accuracy. " When the first of these web perfecting prcEscs was put into successful operation It was claimed that there was no limit to Its speed except the ability of the paper to etand the strain of passing through the press. This claim seemed to bo justified by the fact that 13,000 nn hour were printed frcm a single feodboard. This was , however , the maximum speed obtained by this press. In most offices 12,000 per hour was the actual running speed. One feituro of the later Improvement of the web press Illustrates the way In which demand has acted to stimulate Invention In tblti field. The first press did not fold the 1-ippN , but delivered them fiat. They were given to the carriers in rolls nnd It was left to these who sold them to fold them. Here was n chance and a demand for a time-saving mechanical device. The news men wanted the folding done in the olllccs. At length a fcMer was devised nnd put In operation. It wan found Immediately that men hurrying to tltctr olllccs or trains would purchase the folded papers In prefer ence to the others. Of courzo , such an ad vantage of competition could not be allowed to remain In the hands of a single pub lisher. All the olllces had to put in folders. The advantage ot combining this operation with the others perf-rmed by the press was clearly apparent. AnJ soone more func tion was addtd to the already complex duties of the printing machine. So It has been with every advance. The enlargement cf papers by the addition of supplement * cr odd pages brought about the Mccsslty of pasting rr stitching theo pages Into the main body of the papor. A prces had to bo devised to < ln tills work. Today the COO.OOO copies of Tld Hits and other I/omloii tt eklt are printed , cover and all , folded , cut and vtltcnod into a complete pamphlet on a single machine at the rate of 48.000 rer hour. Tha lattia innovations have been in con- niviion with cMor printing. Rhl h has re quired the addition of more nev pars to the mechanism rf the marhlne A singe color prem built latt year for one of t.e largest datlle.i In the country contained be tween 60,000 and 90,000 Individual parts. It eeems a * Uiough this WAX carrying the prs * slbilltlM of one mnchlne to Its utmost limits , but It Is by no means certain that | still further additions may not be made. Such machines as this cannot be con structed without great expense. The price ot the most Improved style uf quadruple machine Is J35.000 , of a sextuple MK.OOO , and"so on , the price mounting wltti the com plexity of the press Itself , nnd the Increase In the work It Is Intended lo do. In the best equipped newspaper oillce In the coun try the value of ihe machinery employed falls Illtle short of $1,000.000. I'rom the web press of 1S71 to the latest Improved form described nt the beginning ot this article , with Its speed of 96.000 per hour' there hns been no radical change of style or form. The Improvements have been In matters of detail nnd In the direction of tin Increased size and capacity. Even at the present time no thoughtful man would ven ture to say that the limit of speed has been reached. In the future our successors may smile nt the designation of a press which prints less than 100,000 papers per tiour and with cylinders revolving 200 times lo Iho minute as "rapid. " Nevertheless by our present standards It Is rapid and Its con struction deserves to rank among the great achievements of the century. R , HOE. HOSSIP AHOtT .NOT ! ' , ! ) I'nOIMjH. Prof. Albert A. Mlchelson , head Instructor of physics In the University of Chicago since 1S02 , who has just he-en elected an honorary member of the Royal Institution of Great Drltnln , was born In Strclna , Pol and , in 1S52. He has found time to Invent several Important Instruments for measur ing length by light waves. The Invention that 'brought ' him most tame Is nn Inter ferometer , which not only measures light waves , but counts the waves. His first nota ble Invention WUB nn instrument for measur ing the velocity ot light. He measured the standard meter at Paris last year. He Is alh ) the Inventor of n spectroscope that has a higher separating power than any other Instrument In use. "Ho was G years old , and engaged In chemical experiments , " says the Hartford Courant , In speaking of President-elect Hadlcy of Yale. "Lacking an Ingredient , lie appealexl to the heads of the household. ' .Mother , have wo any carbonate of sod.i In the house ? ' 'I don't know' ( Indifferently ) . 'Father , have we any carbonate of soda ? ' 'I don't know , my son' ( still more Indiffer ently ) . The young philosopher pondered the replies and then gave Judgment. 'I know the reason why neither mv father nor my mother can tell whether there Is any car bonate of soda In the house. Mother does not know what carbonate of soda Is , nnd father docs not know what is In the closst. ' " The story Is told of General William Lud- low , now military governor of Havana , that when ho was stationed at Detroit some years ago , in charge of river and harbor work , ho was visited by n contractor who wanted to do some government work. With his vis iting card by way. of further Introduction the contractor put down on the table a crisp $50 bill. Ludlow made no sign as to wheth er ho had noticed this or not , but saying they had better smoke while talking drew forth two cigars and gave the contractor one of thorn. Then turning to the table and not seeing a match , ho took the $50 note , twisted it into a lighter , set it aflame at the open grate fire , and lit his cigar with it slowly and carefully. Then he handed the burning stump of the bill to the contractor. The Boston Advertiser says : "Justlco Baldwin of the Connecticut supreme court , nlio has lately expressed himself so vigor ously in favor of the whipping-post. Is per sonally well known to a number of leading Boston lawyers. He was hero very often during the long proceedings before our supreme court , and the referee appointed * by the court ( ex-Governor Robinson ) , growing out of the Andover heresy hunt. Prof. Baldwin , ns ho was then called , on account of his connection with the Yale law school , Is exceptionally gentle in all his language nnd manners and appearance , about Iho last man In the world from whom ono would expect to hear a suggestion ot giving a criminal thirty lashes on the bare back , 'well laid on , " as the judge used to say in England In the good old days. " Ono ot the secrets of the success of Rob ert P. Porter , editor , tariff expert , superin tendent of the United States census of 1S90 , and recently United States diplomatic agent In the West Indies and afterward In Ger many , Is his wonderful memory for figures. He fairly revels In statistics. In his home in New York there are several rooms filled with volumes upon volumes of Industrial statistics. Many of these Mr. Porter can readily quote from memory. An illustra tion of tills occurred not long ago. A Chicago cage man was boasting of the rapid growth of his city. "Wo have 2,000,000 Inhabitants now. You gave us 1,100,000 In 1SOO , " he said. "Not ns much as that , " replied Mr. Per ter. "Tho exact figures were 1,090,850. Your school census of 1S02 gave 1,400,000. " The conversation then turned upon New- York City. "You underestimated that also. " "Yes. Wo gave Now York 1.C15.30I , and the state census of 1S92 gave 1,801,739. " "Where do you carry all these figures ? " asked ttio Chicago man. "I believe I can repeat from memory the best part of the important figures In my census , " returned Mr. Porter. "Can you tell me how many negroes thcro were In this country In 1S90 ? " asked the westerner with an nlr of triumph. "There were 7,170,040 , " replied the sta tistician without a second's hesitation ; "and there were 107,475 Chinese. " The visitor took down the census report from ttio book shelf and found that Mr. Porter had not mada a single mistake. \\K Iron I'roiliict , The Carnegie company nlono produces nearly 2,000,000 tons of pig Iron per annum , which is almost as much as the total Joint output of Germany , Franco and Belgium thirty years ago. and more than the total output of the United States up to the year 1872. The same works produce annually about 1,000,000 tons of rails figures which exceed the annual output of all the works In Great Britain up to 1SSO and the same firm has lately made arrangements to pro duce at Homestead about 1,000,000 tons of open-hearth steel annually , which is more than the total open-hearth steel output of Trance , Belgium and Germany combined , and considerably more than the total output of this description of steel In the United States as a whole up to 1S01. This gigantic corporation does not stand alone. The Illi nois Steel company has also much larger resources of production than any concern In Europe , and to also'has the Tennessee Coal and Iron company lu another and not fess interesting region. IlHJV < Tll l ! 1 UOIIIMII , Another great discovery has been made , and tlmt , too , by a lady In this country. "Disease fastened Its clutches unon her and for eeven years she withstood Ha severest tests , but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed Imminent. Kor three months she coughed Incessantly and could not sleep. She finally discovered a way to recovery by purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. King's Now Dlscoveiy for Consumption , and wag so much relieved on taking first dose that she slept all night , and with two bottles has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther LutS. " Thus writes W. C. Hamnlck & Co. of Shelby. N. C. Trial bottles free at Kubn & Co.'s drug store. Regular r.lzo COc and } 1.00. Every bottle guaranteed , J S ? - ? > J- v ? v * - - i1 v * ORCHARD & . 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Extra size curtains for large windows and hotels , heavy button hole edge close woven Nottingham , full 4 yards long and SO Inches wide , \\e arc offering this cvccllcnl curtalo for $2.50 n pair. Another largo curtain , Irish Point pattern , closer mesh , same size , 60-Inch wide , 4 yards long , $3.16. Scotch Net , extra length curtains , full 4 yards long , 64 Inches wide , $4.13 per pair. A now Novelty Point de Paris , Venetian llorder , handsomely embroidered on fine bobblnet , convonliotlM design , $5.73 per pair. A real Hrusscls Lace , fine quality , novel design , $8.30 n pair. Very heavy and rich Arabian , lu the new coffee color , suitable for parlor , library and dining room , exquisite embroid ery , heavy cable not center , ununual value at $ S.OO. NOVELTY MUSLINS by the yard , la embroidered stripes In fancy weaves border on both sides , making a most nr- tlstle yet Inexpensive curtain for chamber use , price per yard , 22o. 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The best Davenport value ever offered. Seeing Is .believing , and to see ono of these sofas means that you camnot help but buy ono nt our price , and save about one-third price , only $17.50. IRON" BEDS A choice Iron Bed. nicely brass trimmed , full size or three quarter , height 54 Inches. The best of Iron bed value our prlco only $2.75. Solid select golden oak Chiffonier , G drawers , full SPRINGS Monday wo put on sale until they are all sold , a steel cell spring , regu- size , lock on each drawer far value $2.50 , but wo will sell 100 of these at , each , $1.00. and carved. nicely finished REFRIGERATORS We are solo agents for the famous North Star Refrigerator , It you are looking for a bargain made on scientific principles cork Insulation the best non-conductor of heat known gain here Is one. Our price only $4.00. to science. Entire Interior removable. Positively the best refrigerator made and guar anteed by us the most satisfactory. Prlco no more than the ordinary kind. 1454-56-88 Douglas Street. FOR SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION Most Important Expedition to Alaska Under E. H. Harriman's ' Auspices. CO-OPERATION OF ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AVIll Vlnlt Yukon Dlntrlet mill Study ToM.finii | liIciil Feul HI-CM , Timber , Fa n 11 n , Mint-nils ami Natives , for th llciit-llt ot Science. Since Vltus Hchrines set out iu 1725 , at Peter the Great's command , on his ar duous work of exploring the Siberian coast and waters , leading to the discovery of Alaska , there have been many expelitlons to the Land of the Midnight Sun , but none probably have 'been ' more novel or Import ant than that now nearing the Alaskan coast. Indubitable evidences have been coming from the territory purchased at 2 cents per acre from Russia , In 18S7 , and comprising an area of about 5,773.93-statute square miles , with a bea coast of 20,000 nles [ that it is a region covered with a network of virgin streams and mineral wealth practically unlimited. Long ago , men returning from that country told of its richness and ithclr anxiety to go back with the ncccatar : ' supplies to develop the min eral and other resources. They had only been prepared < to make the slightest inves- tlcatlon , and hence cnmo back poorer than they went. This of Itself was an argument against their theories on the subject , and , therefore , they were unable to enlist the needed help. There were those , however , who believed the stories , but they were not possessed of sufficient means to outfit the prospectors. I'lirimsi' of Iliirrlinnii i\iit-ilKI Here , however , Is n body of men not seek ing fortunes and untold wealth amid the snows and glaciers , the mountains and treacherous streams of the frozen north , but under-taklnsj an expedition for the pur pose of making researches nnd calnlng sci entific Information on the spot , "In far away Alaska. " Mr. Harriman has always taken a deep Interest In the sciences , and particularly scientific Investigations of comparatively unknown cnuntrlps ; and Tor many years has bsen ono of the most liberal patrons of these scientific researches. Lately his attention has 'been ' directed to ward Alaska , believing that that wonder ful and comparatively unknown territory had much to contribute to the cause of science could proper means bo afforded for opening nature's storehouses , always ex pensive ; so , In order to Interest the leading scientists of the country heartily In the matter ho called to his aid the celebrated scientists , Dr. C. Hart iMcrrlam , chief of the "biological " surrey , Department of Agriculture , Washington , D. ( * . ; Dr. Lewis It. Morris , one rf Now York City's fanioui physicians , and the Washington Academy of Sciences , Washington , D. C. , nnd provided the meant" to make the expedition a suc cess. In this way , Dr. Harriman became the patron of one of the most Important scientific expedition. ' ! it has ever ibeeu tha fortune of this cauntry to send out. The expedition in the cause of science , having thus been provided for , the Wash ington Academy of Sciences was Invited and at a meeting rt that institution May 2. the Invitation was unanimously accepted and the following preamble and resolutions were adopted : Whereas. Mr. Edward H. Harriman has provided fcr an expedition to Alaska , to be undertaken in the summer of IS9D , nnd has. with the co-oixjratlon of Dr. C. H ivt Merrlam of Washington , and D' . Lewis Rutherford Morris of New York , organ zed the same lu the interest of tclencv ; , md Whereas. Mr. Harriman luiu invited as his guests a number of prominent sMrntllic m < m of Washington , members of the Wash ington Academy of Sciences , offering them unusual opportunities for scientific research in the coast region of Alaska , therefore , it is Resolved. That the academy , in behalf of American science , hereby tenders Mr. liitr- riman Its appreciative thanks for his gen erous act , and requests his authority to designate the expedition as "The Harriman Alaska Expedition , " uudcr the patronage of E. II. Harriman. and with the co-operation of the Washington Academy of Sciences. In 'the ' make-up of the party , which con sists of fifty persons , the following are In cluded : Prof. William H. Brewer , John Burroughs , Westlcy R. Cca , Ph.D. , Leon J. Cole , Fred V. Covlllc , Edward S. Curtis , Dr. William H. Dall , Fred S. Dallenbaugh , W. n. Devercux , Miss Dorothea Draper , Daniel 0. El.'lot , Prof. B. K. Emerson , Prof. B. E. D. Fernow , Dr. A. K. Fisher , Henry Gannett , G. K. Gilbert , E. H. Harriman , Charles A. Keeler , T. Klncald , Dr. Charles Palache , Robert. Rldg-way , Prof. W. K' Eltter , Edwin C. Starks , Dr. William Trelease , etc. TrKiflliiK III Stjlc. On May 23 the persons selected to ac company Mr. Harriman Joined the party at New York , where special train was provided to convey them westward. This train consisted cf the Pullman composite buffet smoking nnd baggage car "Utopia , " the Pullman special dining car "Gllsey , " and two PuL'man compartment cars. Reach ing Chicago In the afternoon of May 24 , a line repast was given by Mr. Harriman to the party and fcome Invited guests at the Auditorium hotel , after which the Jourciey was continued over the Chicago ct North western to Omaha , the headquarters of the famous Overland Route , the Union Pacific , in which road Mr. Harriman Is largely In terested. After surveying the chief objects of In terest in Omaha the Journey to Seattle on the Pacific coast commenced. President Burt tf the Union Pacific at tached his private car to the train and ac companied the distinguished personages over the Union Pacific to Granger. On the way to Portland n stop-over of ono day was arranged at Shoshone , enabling the visitors to get a view of Great Shoshone falls , which , except In point of thapo and volume of water , compare with Niagara. Niagara river falls 228 feet In twenty-three miles ; Shoshone - shone , 500 feet In live miles. Leaving Portland for Seattle the party sailed on the steamer George W. Elder May 31 , nnd from Victoria , B. C. , nt 11 a. in. , June 1 , tile steamer being specjally char tered by Mr. Harriman for this trip. AIonK tli % Xortlmi-wl Count. The projected tour Is along the archlpel- ngo fringing the northwest coast. The Coast range presents a bold front to the ocean from the Columbia river northward , and the Columbian nnd Alexander archipel agoes are half bubmergt-d peaks nnd ranges the veritable "Sea of Mountains. " Gla ciers stud all these Cordllleran slopes , nnd the tldo water glaciers at the head of Alas kan inlets are paralleled only In the ex treme polar regions. The scenery Is sub- llmo nnd a cruise along the northwest coast has well been termed a "monotony of mag nificence. " The mountains are covered with dense forests , the waters abound with countless varieties of fish , and the northern moors are the camping ground of great flocks of aquatic birds. The exploration of the vast Yukon dis trict would be Impossible In the limited time nt the disposal of the members of the expedition , but the Coast range mountains in southeastern Alaska , In which the great Yukon has its source , may furnish many new facts to the explorers. These ranges , with on aggregate width of about eighty miles , the whole of which Is close set with high mountains , constitute an Important orographlo feature In the entire region. In thso mountain chains granite rocks appear in greater cr lees force , the topographical features of which have been modified by the events of the glacial period. The timber line of the whole Interior of Alaska follows the coast , but at varying dis tances of from 100 to 150 miles from the beabc/ard , the trees being mcstly evergreen. It Is understood that In the Interests of forestry all varieties of timber will be care fully Investigated. The fauna of the region traversed by the explorers will furnish much Interesting data. Alaska yields fure of exceptionally high grade. It lias been stated that gold and furs are at i > rti > eut the only articles of SHEHlC&LGo Gentlemen : It' has now boon over ? ix years since being cured of a severe case oj ; piles , by your Magnet Pile Killer. J can also cite several other cases where the users have been permanently cured. I consider it of such value to humanity that 1 will gladly .answer any communications regarding it. Very respectfully , FRANK KELBLE. 1515 Farnam St. News D-'i los. . SKILL WON ALL GOB BATTLES AND MAGE US WORLD WIDE FAMOUS. Slcill is our motto in nil kinds of rupiiirini ; nnd { jives us a local fame that wo wo proud of. In cut , f'lu , s and fine art tfouils wo are spe cially prepared fjr Weddings and Graduations , 1520 DOUGLAS ST. SOI'TII OMAHA hTIIHIJ Ullli > fc M Sn. value derived frtm the great region known as the Yukon district. IIcoiKiiuriIniiiorliiniM * of AliiHkn , Of the economic Importance * of the AlasKan - Kan region It may b nall ; that the Informa tion which this expedition will obtain U Hufik'Ient to warrant u confident belief In Its great value. The country Is known to bo rich In furs , well supplied with timber and Is innerscd by a great length of navigable rlvora. It Is already yluldlntf a coneldurablo yearly pro duct in gold and presents every Indication of a country rldi as well In other metals , and in cenl. Its southern portion , cotnprln- Ing an area of not less than : ; ti'JOO rquaro miles , is suited for eventual agricultural population. The natives of Alaska are t.c most In ( cr eating study of ethnologists , and tlilw brunch of science will now bo Bure to receive an important contribution , and as all branches of scientific knowledge are well represented In thceo invcHtlgatloni ) . the Harriman expe dition will not only redound to the credit at Its promoter and patron , hut will leave a lastliiK Impress on the annals of scientific ! resuurcbrii. Four youiiK Indies , who earn their own living , will take vacations at The lice's ex pense. Help your friends by taring tou ou *