Nebraska Newspapers

    W THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Uie of Sleil ind Aluminum in Elte.rio
Wi: Conitrnctiu.
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH CORPS IN PEKIN
i;ioctnc riiennmena an Monnlaln
Top- Steam mid Cnmprrna.nl
Air 5aprmplfil lr i:iec
Irtcllr In Mining-.
Thero bis been some talk In financial
and raining circle Indicating a rear that
recent Improvement In telephony would
iiijr irmen lne demand for copper as a
metal for lino construction. Such a fear
me jjosion Transcript pronounces utterly
uuiuunoea. as u is Jikely that the adop
tion Of Dr. I'UOln'K TnnthnH (if Imnrnrln.
long-distance lines will tend to Increase
greatiy tne number and distribution of
such clrculta. Tho only rivals of copper
for electrical uses are steel and aluminum.
i-naer certain conditions, steel, of which
from six to eight times the weight of the
equivalent copper Is required for the same
effective conductivity, may be used, espe
cially as a conductor for heavy currents
na in situations whero Its we kht would
cause no Inconvenience. For example, It
is iiKeiy mat for distributing feeders from
the sub-station on tho elevated railways In
etr iorK city, when these are equipped
for electric traction, steel -n. Ill nmr m-
chaapest material. Aluminum Is cheaper
man mo equivalent copper, and conslder
ftbly lighter, but about 60 per cent bulkier.
It has found much use already for lines
wncra Dare wire can bo used, as power
transmission circuits, for examnie. Mnv
Indications point to the Increasing use of
laim motai as an electrical conductor,
though much has still
It and the question of Its weather-resisting
luauues is sun unsettled. It Is almost ccr
lain to bo made for a lower price In the
near future. It being already possible to
manufacture It at a figure to corapcto with
viwrr at n cents, or about 60 per cent
u us present price.
l-'lrt Wire In 1'eLln.
According tO thO Kl.TtHral U'nrl.l
Engineer, tho assertion that tho Japanese
'"-' "rai to enter renin with, their tel
egraph line on tho occasion of the relief ex
pcdltlon Is not correct. It thn,
honor belongs to tho United States signal,
"''im ivp-jriH as ioiiows tnrough the
coiet signal omcer: "Tho conditions under
wLlch these operations were conducted In
tho field were most trvlnir. Th..v .ntnii...i
not only marching as fast as tho army aud
mu construction or n telegraph line equal
In length to the ilallv mnrehea l...t .,.,
establishment of telegraph stations at
"sui. tneir uismantllng In the morning.
m uispatcu ot telegrams durlnc a con
slderablo part of tho nlehr. Tho .iihimIh,-
were greatly enhanced by the fact that for
uajs at a time tho detachment was obliged
to work without escort or any protection
other than reliance on Its own members.
Most unfortunately this labor, exhausting
at the bcM.Avai done under most unfavor
able climatic conditions, thn heat hfnv an
exceeslvo as to frequently disable for hours
mo most energetic men of the signal corps
Many ot the Chinese labor rn worn nrni,
tratrd, and In one day two of them dropped
dead from heat and over-cxertlon. In view
of the trying aud unfavorable conditions re
cited, it is a source of gratification that the
signal corps detachment Justified the confi
dence placed In it by General Chaffee and
U7 mo cmei signni officer. Through the
labors of Lieutenant Stamford' men tho
American army carried the first telegraphic
viraivuBtxtKin, vrnero 'the'illrst MHnrraph
office was Installed In the hot!. nf Mlnlata
Conger. Fortunately, this action permitted
General Chafloo In l'ekin to extend courte
sies In the way of transmitting telegrams to
officials of the Urltish, Russian, French.
German, Italian, and even Chinese govern
ments, ana iiKcwise to the press. So stren
uoub wero the labors of the enlisted signal
corps men, both beforo and nfter their ar
rival at Pckln, that It was with difficulty
that telegraphic work was maintained at
i emn, owing to the large number of opera
tors Incapacitated by sickness."
.ovrl Klectro-.Mnttnctlo llrnLp.
The British Wcsttnghouse company, says
the Scientific American, has recently ac
quired the patents ot a novel electro-mag-netlc
brake, Invented by Mr. Newell, for
utllliatlon on street tram-cars. It con
slats of a horseshoe electro-magnet, sus
pended on spiral springs, bo that the poles
hang directly above the rails. When the
magnet Is excited. It forces down these
polc, so that the shoes grip tho rail In a
similar manner to the ordinary track brake.
But there Is a wide difference between the
effects of the application of tho Newell
brake and thoso of the conventional track
brake. In the case of the latter, the brak.
lng effect Is obtained at the expense of the
weight of the car; that Is, by reducing the
grip of the car wheels on the rails, and
therefore nullifying to a considerable extent
the effect of tho wbeel-rlm hand-brake.
In the case of the Newell brake, however,
by means of a simple arrangement of levers
connecting tho clcctro-raagne t with the
shoes of the wheel-rlm hand-brake, the re.
action of the shoes on the track results
In an Increased thrust or pressure on the
shoes of tho wheel-rlm hand-brake. By
this means an Increased braking effect on
the wheel rims Is caused, and the effective
weight of the car on Its wheels Is not
changed by tho application of the track
brake. Another Important feature of this
brake Is that It Is not actuated by tho cur
rent supplied by the conduit mains, but by
power produced by the loading of the car
motors as generators. The momentum of
the cars, after the supply circuit has been
Interupted, drives tho motors as generat
ors, and It is the resulting current which
furnishes tho power for the electro-mag-netlc
brake.
Tercentenary or Electricity.
At the London Institution the other day
rrof. Sllvanus P. Thompson gave a lecture
on the "Tercentenary ot the Science of
Electricity." This tercentenary, he said,
was to bo dated from 1600. because In that
year appeared Glbcrt's treatlso "Do Mag
ncte." In which It was shown that the at
traction of the lodestono for Iron was not
the same as that exerted by amber for
small particles of chaff, feathers, etc., and
that this property of amber was shared by
many other substances. in the century
1601-1700 Guerlcke constructed the first
electrical machine, using a ball ot sulphur,
but very little more was discovered, in tho
next century there was a galaxy of names
Illustrious as contributors to the progress
of the science ot electricity; still the real
beginning of Us useful applications dated
only from the earliest part of the' nine
teenth century. Volta, In U0O, gave an ac
count of the voltaic coll. and In 1S02 Sir
Humphrey Davy, experimenting at the
Hojal Institution with a large battery ot
cells, produced the electric arc for the first
time. About 1836 Daniel! constructed a cell
whoto current was constant, though not
ery strong, and a few years later Grovo In
vented his more powerful xinc-platlnum
cell, showing in 18U, In the theater ot the
London Institution, that a battery of 100 ot
these cells could yield an electric arc four
Inches long. So Impressed were the mau
agers with this achievement that they made
Orove a professor of the Institution, where
for somo years he carried on researches
on his cell and also on the gas battery.
On the occasion of one ot his lectures he
Illuminated the theater with electric light
produced by Incandescent lamp with plati
num filaments. In 1830 Oersted dticovered
the connection between electricity and mag-
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; FRIDAY, MAHCII 212, 1901.
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netl-m, and In 1S2S William Sturgeon, to
whose name sufficient honor was not paid,
described what was literally the foundation
of electrical engineering the electro-mag-net.
This was applied to the purposes ef
telegraphy In America by Morse and In
England by Wheatstone and Cooke. Finally,
taraciay, arguing that, If electricity could
produce magnetism, the converse should be
true and magnetism should produce elcc-
trldtr. invented the flrit meehanlnil
method of generating electrical currents by
rotating a coil ot wire In such a way that
it cut the lines of force proceeding from a
magnet; the magneto-machine thus made
was improved by Wilde. Gramme and
others Into the dynamo of today. The lec
ture was Illustrated with einerlmenta ami
with a number of lantern pictures both of
men and apparatus.
Mountain Throw Holt- at Karla Other
Prof. Ellsworth lluntlncton savi that dur
ing a geological trip through an almost
unvlslted part of the Taurus mountains in
Turkey he heard of a peculiar electrical
phenomenon. One of the natives told him
that one mountain near bis village fought
with another mountain on the other side of
tho Euphrates river. The weapons were
balls of light, which th mountains threw
at each other. Prof. Huntington thought
at first, as the region was one of vnlcsnlc
activity In comparatively recent times, and
as not springs and extint craters are still
to tie seen, that this must bo a traditional
account of a volcanic eruntlnn. If tvn
however, convinced subsequently that the
story bad its origin In a meteorological
phenomenon. Tho atorr as detailed tn him
by ten or twelve men whom ho saw at five
aitxerent places within an area of forty
mnes was as follows; a ball of fire would
start from one mountain and go like a flash
to another. At the same time there Is a
lound like thunder. This occur hv nlchf
or by day, although by day no light Is seen.
11 always occurs when the sky Is clear and
never when It Is cloudy. It sometimes hap
pens two or three times a year, and then
again Is not seen for several venrn. F.ir
tho last two years It has not been seen.
it nardly ever happens except In tho fall,
at the tnd of the lone dry season of three
months. One of the mountains which he
islted was composed of metamorphic
cblstose shalo ot cretaceous age. Its
iclght Is 7,350 feet, and tho too Is cnmnari
lively flat. According to one account the
Dan or lire was at first small, hut tr
larger as It passed over, and then crew
smaller again. Prof. IIuntln?tnn he.
llcvcd that in this case the observer was
standing between the two mountains.
Whllo metcoroloelsts have not heen remlv
with explanations of these mysterious light-
nings. It Is mentioned that there are nrn Ic
on the Rocky mountains on which almost
continuous electric dlscharcea have heen
observed, but they pass off Into the air
quietly, like St. Elmo's fire, never In great
nasnca irom peaK to peak. It Is also known
that a cloud or a mass of electrified air that
has not nulte attained the clouriv ennriltlnn
may He between two peaks and flashes may
proceed from it simultaneously tn thn in
peaks in such a way as to lead a careless
ODservcr to say that one peak discharged
over to tho other. If this should be the
annroxlmatp exnlanntlnn nf ih l?ttnhria
phenomenon, then It will happen only when
me wina is in certain directions, such as to
causo the formation of an inclnlent elniiil
and thunderstorm between the two peaks,
and tnis wind direction will depend upon
the relation of the peaks to the course of
tho river valley below. So that If tho phe
nomenon Is attributable to this source It Is
not so very rnre. On the other hand. If It Is
myth, based upon sorao historical event
or some1 misinterpretation of ancient
names, the explanation will at all events be
most interesting to students of history and
pnuoiogy.
KlcctrloUy In Mluliiff,
' Electricity Is ranidlr renlarlnr
compressed air In mines all over the rotin.
try. One after the other Is taking ud that
Kind Ot rower and It seems n If u-lihln
short space of time most of tho underground
work would be carried on by elentrln tnrm
Thero Is no doubt of Its cheapness for drills
as compared wun tno other kinds of power
and it certainly Is much more rnnvi.nl.ni
To bring steam or compressed air to tho
ncaning 01 tunnels, sometimes many hun
dred feet under ground, It has been neces
sary to build long Dine lines and tn meat
with delays through broken Jointfl and many
oiner accidents wnicn are likely to happen
to pipe lines. On tho other hand, the
electric nower wires are flexlhle. rin nnt re
quire to be laid in any particular way and
arc always ready for use.
Ono of the objections to thn use nf eie.
trlclty Instead of compressed air might be
overcome without much trouble. In using
tho high explosives In tho heading of a long
tunnel whero thero Is no means nf vmtlto.
tlon tho pipe which furnishes the air for the
drills is left open and the gases from the
oxploslon arc quickly driven out of the
tunnel, so that tho men can get to work
again In a short space of time. This has
'always been one of the great advantages of
this method ot drilling. This result rn h.
reached as well with electricity by building
a Dig cxnaust blower at the mouth of the
tunnel, using the olectrlclty to drive It, and
clearing the tunnel or the noxious gases In
even less time. Thus there would be a
gain In time usually lost whllo waiting for
the air to clear, as well ns lu ernnnmv in
running the drills.
One ot the latest annllcallnnn nf !..
trlclty Is In the Cornucopia mines in Ore
gon. At present tho mines am wnrkeri hv
steam and the fuel Is wood. As the boilers
at tho mines require about fifteen cords of
wood a day. the timber In the nlhhn.Knnj
of tho mines is practically exhausted and
mo wooa used in tno ruture will have to be
hauled a long way. the Question nf -lee.
trlclty was taken un and It was rieeMeri n
erect a 600-horse power plant about two and
a half miles from the company's property
on Pine creek, where, by the uie ot a short
flume, 300 feet fall of water Is secured. The
necessary works are nearly completo and
wlrca are to be strung from the plant to the
mines In a few days, and It la h-tlve.i that
the cost as compared with the present steam
win oe out tr.ning. Although several wood
choppers will bo thrown out of work, they
will find employment on the extra drills
and tho ore breakers which will become
necessary through the Increased work prac
ticable because of the new power.
The Trolley IlliI It.
Tho Iron Age sees In the checked rate of
growth of American cities proof that
'forces are at work tending tn chock tho
progress toward centralization which wa
so strlkinelr Indicated In Drevlous e
ations." Till 1S90 the rural districts seemed
to be losing population rapidly, while the
cities gained. "The tendency to, urban
growth at the expense of the country,"
says the Age, "was recognized as the In
evitable result of tho fact that In the east-
ern states the mechanical Industries of
fered laraer returns tn lahnr than fnrmtnv
or the precarious and seasonable employ
ment ot the villages and rural districts.
Every city, large or small, seemed to exert
a magnetic attraction for a sreator nr lone
distance In all directions, drawing to Itself
tccso not tied to the land through the own
ership of menEerlv nrndlictlva ami nrnc.
tlcally unsalable farms. The young and
ambitious migrated to the towns and cities
so naturally that their going seemed to be
In obedience to thu Inevltahu
tlcnal development. The larger the city
tne raoro powerful Its attraction tor the
population of oullylng districts; hence,
W'hllo the small towns crew rolatlvslv
slowly at first, when they reached a cer
tain point their growth was rapid, and
often phenomenal. The most reasonable
and the most plausible explanation of the
ppareni cnecK to tnis tendency la that
mcn ouriuuirs u to tne trolley car and
iuc teicpnone.
NEW BOORS AND MAGAZINES
New Edition of an Earlj Novel by the Late
Me.ur.ce Thcmpton.
VALUABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORATORS
lllirr llntiLa .Inat I'nltl lalirtl nr
He I'nlillahril In the Noitr
F ii t ti r e . A n n o n n e e m e n t
uf SprltiK llonka.
tu
Following the death of Maurice Thompson
a reprint ot bis early books will probably
be made. The first to appear Is "Mllly; At
Love's Extremps." a antithprn rnmance. Thp
Rceno Is laid near Birmingham, Ala., and Is
somewhat conventional, In that It has Its
quota of southern beauties and manly
heroes. One. nnrl nprhnna thp phlpf. ph.nrac
ter of the book, at least the ono to whom
our sympathy clings and whose name gives
the book Its title, Is anything but on the
conventional order. A simple, unlettered,
childlike mountain girl, hardly grown to
young womanhood, she Is endowed with n
face and form that Is simply perfect. The
author himself thus Impersonates Mllly
"It would be Impossible to give In words
anv fair Idfa nf her hpaittv nr hpp lirnnr-
ance, to attempt either would nppear like
exaggeration, in so far as her vision could
go, she peered Into the paradise coveted by
ail Elrls and nreamml thn ilrrnma nf nnaplf-
isn love. wun such a character tho au
thor has done wonders and arrests and
hnlrla nil. avmnatht. tn h a .n.l T" K .. Ii...
ot the mountain maid Is, a fascinating man
ot tno world who makes tho mountain cabin
home his hermltago and ot course the simple-hearted
child could not fall to bestow
II Don him her Invn. After nprnnllni. hap .tu.
votlon. her hero coes back tn social life-.
falls In lovo with a young widow whose hus
band he Is supposed to have killed In a duel
several years before. His fondest hopes of
marrying the widow aro frustrated at tho
last moment by the return of the former
husband and, In despair, the recluse again
seeks the mountain cabin and fills with Joy
tho life of tho mountain sweetheart who
was there Dlnlnir his absence. While Mr.
Thompson has drawn with exquisite touches
me cnaractcr ot tne simple-hearted, un
tutored mountain slrl. he ha mailn thn hern
a fickle-minded, rather heartless specimen
ot mankind whom we can hardly admire, or
feel Very SOrrv for In hla rlUannnlntment.
There are beautiful descriptions throughout
the work and the character drawings arc
especially good. New Amsterdam Book
company. New York. Price, $1.50.
F. Frankfort Moore, whose novel, "The
Conscience Of Coralle." wait reviewed nt
length In these columns last fall, la nut
with a new story entitled. "Aeeonllnff tn
riato. TBls latest work of Mr. Moore's
Is a satire on London life, London letters
and l-omlon love. It Is somewhat enlernm
matlc In style, whllo tho story Itself Is
quito diverting. Mr. Moore has proven
himself quite a voluminous writer. Among
his other works which have heenmn nliltn
well known to the reading public might be
mentioned "The Jessamy Bride." "Phyllis
or rnnustia" and "The Fatal Gift." Dodd,
Mead & Co.. New York.
John P. Altseld has nubllahptl a inn
volume of slxty-fl VC naKes entitled "Orn
tory Its Requirements and Its Rewards."
which contains more good advice and posi
tive Instruction than is to hn found in nv
of the more voluminous works. Tho author
has the happy faculty of saying a great deal
In a verr few words and aavlnc- thpm an
directly and unequivocally that there la nn
RUch thine aa mlsundprKt.indlna- ihm
Within the brief space of this little volume.
printed in large tVDe. the author h pnm.
pacted practically all that it la nnihi rnr
nn experienced public speaker to tell the
ueginncr. Tne young man with the ambi
tion to become an orator ahnnM
himself of a copy of this book and follow
closely its Instructions and advice, nh.irlo.
II. Kerr & Co.. Chlcaen.
"Starboard Lights: Salt Water Tale. i,
rt. 11. iiawscr. Is a small vnlnmn of c.g
tales, many of which have already appeared
In tho New York Press. Tho stories them
selves might bo described as
yarns, such as the typical sailor Is popu
larly supposed to spin when surrounded hv
a croup, of landsmen. Thv or n ..
- - . mi . ;iy
funny and some of them decMpdi.
The reader Is forced to laugh at tho serious
tono which the author nmninn in t.iu
of tho most Improbable events. It Is Just
tne kind of a book to while ou-av nn i,n
hour or dispel an attack of the blues. Quail
& Warner. New York.
"The Passlnc of the Dracrnn hv v i-..
Ceagh, Is an attractive booklet, printed In
two colors and bound In paper covers. It
Is a prettily told sketch, or, as the preface
puts It. a shadow story about God'B love,
the devil's guile and the imairlnln
children. It Is written for grown-up people
only, though children tako part In the little
tableaux. Despondent over the death of his
wife, Sir Edward murmurs aloud, "There
Is no God." Bennett, the butler, overheara
and answers that It is true, or else why
should there be bo much Buffering nmnn
Innocent and Godly people. Sir Edward3
two little daughters, after saying their
prayers and being left in bed hv ih mm.
tako it Into their childish heads to pray
iur me reiorraation or tne devil, concerning
whose personality they have very weird
notions. The little
act of the children, and Bennett, who. under
tno cioak ot outward good behavior, was
nn extremely bad man. confesses that ho
himself Is tho devil, and repents. It Is a
story that will unquestionably prove in
teresting to pciple of a religious turn ot
minu. Lassen & Co.. Limited. New Vr,.v
"Peter Schlemlhl and The Storv without
End" Is the title of the most recent addi
tion to Cassell's National llh
Schlemlhl," one of the pleasantest fancies
ot tno days wncn Germany delighted In ro
mance, was first published in 1SH, and was
especially naturalized In England by asso
ciation with tho aenlus of nunm rvniL-.
shank, who enriched a translation of It with
some or HIS Canniest Work as an lllnatratnr
Cassell & Co.. New York. Paper, 10c.
"Practical Oas-Flttlne." edited i.v p.,.i
N. Hasluck. gives in a form convenient rn-
every day use a comprehensive digest of In
formation, contributed by experienced writ
ers and published from time to time In the
columns of the Building World, a weekly
journal ot wnicn tne author Is editor. It
supplies concise Information nn thn an.i
principles and Dractice nf thn mhi-.t. ...
which It treats. Chapters on gas manufac
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for warming and cooklnc
...... - ...v.uuvu.
Within the space nf the isn nmn..
Ing this little volume may be found practi
cally everything connected with gas fitting.
The Building World Is a recognized author
Ity In Its special field and Its contributors
aro practical men who know whereof they
write, it would seem therefore that this
little volume ouaht to be in th. h.nj. n
every gas fitter desirous of keeping up to
qatc. uasseil t Co.. New York-.
A new novel by Maurice Thnmnmn ih.
first since "Alice of Old Vlnccnnes," ap
pears complete In the March "New"
Llpplncott Magazine. This la a delli-httni
stralghtforword love story tn Mr. Thomp
son s sweetest vein. As In "Alice ot Old
Vlncennrs." he selects hla nail .lain i
dlana, for a background, though some of the
most significant Incidents occur In pictur
esque .New Orleans and durlnc a trln nn tim
lovely, languid water of Bayou Tecne
Three vivid characters la the atory compel
more than a word In passing, while even'
the side llehts arc di'tin-tty original ;
Frederick Breyton. a young New York mil - '
lionalre. who yearns for "something differ
ent." makes a bicycle trip through the west
When he reaches the little town of Hawford
Ind., he finds whit fate had i.i s'ore for
him. No girl has yet made a lasting im-1
prcsslon on the fine young fellow, who fs
n bit of a poet, and when he meets Itosa
lynde Banderet his heart Is ready for the
germ of love. This Is unfortunate, be
cause the girl Is engaged to Alfred Raylc,
an Impoverished artlM, a cripple, whose
divine eyes and marvelous magnetism
make him a rival not to be tightly con
sidered. The author's skill In dealing with
the situation Is magnificent. He gives free
rein to his Imagination and the result Is an
Idyllic, delightful plot which must be read;
It cannot be guessed.
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In McCluro's Magazine for Mareh, and Is )
open until .May l.
"Battles and Leaders ot the Civil War."
written by distinguished participants on
both sides and edited by Robert Under
wood Johnton and Clarence Clough Bucl.
has Just reappeared In a new library edition
In four volumes, reduced in price to J15
In cloth and ?30 In half morocco. This Is
the so-called Century War Book, an out
growth of the war papers in the Century
Magazine, to which many additions were
made, forming a complete history ot the
civil war.
"A Sack of Shakings.'- by Frank T. Bul
len. F. R. G. a collection of essays nud
stories of sea life from the sailor's point ot
view. The term "shakings" on board ship
Is applied to the bits of rope, canvas and
miscellaneous wartc that accumulate dur
Ing a voyage and aro considered the per
qutsltcs of the first mate
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tlon relating to the history and antiquities
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no Buch encyclopedia ever having been
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In variety and value of contents Mc
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historical researches, analysis ot character,
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extreme ot skill in art-process.
Tho fiction announced' by Houghton,
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prisingly wide range ofirJnterest. Boston
appears in a humorous etory of the aerv-ant-glrl
problem, "The Successors of Mary
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