Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1902)
21 RAILWAY TIME CARD. IRION TATIO.1 lOTH A.D MARC T. Illinois Central. Irave. Arrive. OilMfo Express.. J.W) am a 1:10 pre Chlcasn. MInneaDolla A St. Paul Limit' a 7:60 pra a, 1:04 am Minneapolis Bt Paul Kicmi b 7:30 am bin S im Chicago Express alO:tt pre Cklearo. Hock laland Pacta, , EAST. Des Molnea and Lav- nport Local a 7:S am a :!J pm Chicago Express bll:li am a 6:0 pm 'Dee Molnea Local a 4:W) pm bll do am 'Chicago Kant Express. .a 4:3i pm a 1:26 pm Xm Molnea, KocK la land and Chirac a 7:40 pm a 1:25 am w e.a i, Lincoln, Colo. Springs, Drnvir. Puablo and Went a 1:20 pm a 4:14 pm Colorado, Oklahoma at Texas Flyer a 5:t0 pm a 9.50 am talon Paotflo. Overlsnd Limited a 40 am Fast Mall a 8M am California Express a 4:15 pm paclflo Expresa all :30pm Eastern Expreaa a 7:30 pm a : pm a 4:SS pm Atlantic fc.xprese a 7:00 am Llnroln-Btromsburg Ex.b 4:05 pm bl2:30 pm urano ixianq Local o :au pm d am Chlcaaro Kortbwealern. "Tht Northweatern Line." Chicago Special a 7:10 am alii pm Chicago Passenger a 4:16 pm a 11:00 am Eastern Expreaa al0:5a am a 4:06 pm Eastern Special a 4 63 pm a 4:06 pm Fut Mall a 1:14 pin a 1:40 pm Omaha-Chicago L t d... 1:4a pm 1 1:10 im Feet Mall a :S0 am Cedar Rapids Pasa a 6:30 pm Twin City Express a 7:06 am al0:25 pm Twin City Limited a 7:5a pm a 1:40 am Bloua Clt Local a f :U am a S:ao pm Cfclcaaa. Milwaukee A St. Paal. Chicago Limited a 4:00 pm a 8:06 am Chicago k Omaha Ex...b 7:1a am b 1:40 pm Missouri 1'aclflc. Bt Loula Express alO:00'am 4:25 pm K. C. Si. L. Expreaa,. aloO pin a 6.14 am Wakaak. St. Louis "Cannon Ball" Express a 6:15 pm a 8:20 am St. Lui.ia Local, Council Bluffs ...al0:00 am alO.JO pm WEBSTER DEI'U'I 16TI1 A WEBITER Fremont, El U horn A Mlaaoarl Valley. Leave. Arrive. Clack Hills. Dead wood. Hot Sprlnga a 3:00 a 6:00 pm Wyoming, Caaper and Douglas d 3:00 pm a 6:00 pm Hasting", York, David City, Superior, Geneva, Exeter and Reward. ...b 3:00 pm b 6:00 pm Norfolk. Lincoln and Fremont b 7:30 am bl0:25am Frsmont Local o 7:30 am Mlaaoarl Pacific. Nebraska Local. Via Weeping Water b 4:10 pm al0: am Ckltaau, i. Pnnl, Minneapolis . Oaiska, , Twin City Passenger. ...a 8:30 am a 9:00 pm Bloux City Passenger.... a pm ll:2am Emerson Local b 6:40 pin b :46 am a Dally, b Dally except Sunday, c Sun flay only, d Daily except Saturday. Daily except irfonday. B Villain' UTVK BTA'l iO. lOTII BIASOX Ckleaao, BarllaajtoM ft Qnluey. Leave. Arrive. Chicago Special a 7:ou am al0:20 pm Chicago Veatlbuled Ex. a 4:vo pm a 7:43 am Chicago Local a :30 am a 4:u6 pm Chicago Limited., fast Mail .a 7ux pui a 7:46 am al:40pm slarlliiajtnn A Mlaaoarl Htver. Wyraore, Beatrice and Lincoln a 8:40 am bll:56 am Nebraska Expreaa a S:4o am a 7:36 pm Denver Limited a :& pm a S:ou pm Black Hills and Puget Hound Expreaa a :00 pm a :4S am Lincoln Faal Mall b 3:00 pm a 0:1 am Fort Crook and Platte- mouth b 3:20 pm bll:06 am Bellevue J Paclflo Jet.. a 7:40 pra a lui am Halle vue 4k Paclflo Jot.. a 3:00 am Kansaa City, kt. Joseyk 4t Council BIoKa. Kanaaa City Day Ex. ...a 9:20 am a 4:06 pm St. Louis Flyer a 6:10 pm all: 16 am Kanaaa City Night Ex.alOUW pm a 6:16 am D O O D b INSURE 8UCCES8 by patronising an office that doea not have failure. Den tistry In all lta branchea la thoroughly understood and skillfully practiced. We make a specialty of doing all work well. b Bailey ths Dentist, 3114 Pilluu liiutk, 14th and Farnam at a. Lady attendant. Phone 104a, b d G fcJ D HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE New Yoik-Rotterdam, via Boulogne, a. M lew Twin-Screw a. a. of l&uuu tons register. Steamer AMSTERDAM.... Apr. li. 10 a, Itt. Steamer w Statandam Apr. 19, 4:30 a, m Via Plymouth and Boulogne, 8. M. Steamer Potsdam- Apr. 28, 10 A. M. Apply to Harry Moores, 1416 Farnam street; J. S. McNally, Ul Farnam street; 11. feV Jones, loU3 Farnam street: Louis Iieese, First National Bank. Omaha. mm FOUR SEPARATE AND DISTIKCT SERVICES. Fast Twin-Screw Passenger Steamers sailing weekly from Boston, Portland and Montreal to Liverpool, also Boston to Mediterranean ports. Send for booklet, "Mediterranean Illustrated.' For rates, etc, apply to local agent or company's office, Dearborn .. Chicago, . TUB DOCTOR'S FIRST CALL. Waited tlx Months for (he Job and Met Disappointment. Dr. Boone, whose rem'nlscences of the lost cauae Interest many listeners at severul PJew York clubs, where he is a frequent visitor, told a good one about his first pa tient, reports the New York 8un. His ?hlngle had been a target for the elements or six months. "It wae not because the town of Fayette, Mo., waa ao rllatreaslngly healthy," he eald. "All my pi of rsalonal brethren were doing rell while I walteU. "My office waa on the second floor of a shop, and I could hear what was going on below. One night a man Kalloix-d his horo In front of the house and ha'looed to ihs shopman. When the shopman answered, the man on horseback saked hl-n If he thought "Doc floone' waa in his office. "Tho ahonman assured h'm thai I waa Upstairs The hors?mn dismounted and ' hitched the neg. 'At last!' I mused, as mo it any youn- doctor would have done under the circumstances. "Then I began thinking of all the aliment, which heman flesh ta heir to, and aa ench recurred to me I thourht of wht I wo ild prescribe for It. I never thought so rapidly aa I did between the time of thnt man'e dismount and hia knock at my door. As soon as he came in I recognized him. " 'Hello. Doc!" waa his salutation. The abbreviation was common In those daya. 'All aloneT' he asked. " 'Obstetrics,' I raid to myaelf. I said to tilns that . I had ben alone until ha ap peared. " 'I wae Juet on my way to a dance down the road,' he went on to expliln. -and lust before I got here I discovered that I had changed my trousers. Loan me a dol lar, Doc' "And that waa the reeult of a six months' wall (or my nrst patient! My vialona van ished. "Well, t had a dollar, and I let him have It. I didn't see him for several montha. The neat time he rhowed up he had a load of wood to eeil. I bought it. After the fuel was delivered I asked him what I qwJ him. - ; " Oh.' he replied, 'Juat call It even, Doc. on that duller you loaned me.' "I congratulated myaelf until I found that the wood waa green elm. and if you know anything about wood you might aa well try to fire asbestos as to fire green elm. Oh, jree. I remember my first call" Porto Rico rlgarraakers have gained II Kore per l.OuO without a strike. The brick yere. carpenters a id painters of the Island have orgenl4 UurUig the last month, COLOR RIOT IN WALL PAPER Householders Fascinated by the Beaut and Variety of the Spring Crop. FLOWERY AND ARTISTIC TO A DEGREE tanning; Designs for Parlora, Dlnlngc Roonas, KlU'kena and Smoking; Rooms Wonderful Work in Perspective. There Is a sort of wall paper riot going on among thoae women who are having a certain amount of renovation done on their country cottages. Thla is due to the ex ceeding and astonlching charm of the lateat issue of pa pen that can beat be described PAPER DESIGNED as bold and flowery and bowery and ar tistic to the last degree. The manufac turers have succeeded in creating a species of mural decoration which, while remark ably expensive, la none the lesa wholly unique and ahould take rank as of first Importance among the modern art products. The new output of papers supplies covering and appropriate ornamentation for every room in the modern home. There are even the moat stunning kitchen wall papers, and a peep Into the boot or duet closet ought to reveal a little nook of true sweet ness and light instead of the former black lair of confusion. To say that the women have taken kindly to thla new order of things Is to describe the situation In terms of restraint. One snthusiaatlc woman bxs gone so far aa to put a pretty and not a wholly unnatural looking paper on the walls of her alee, dry cellar and another, with considerable common sense, has declared her Intention of having the bedrooms in her home repa pered every spring Just for the artlstio charm of the thing. Dellcloue Coloring;. One of the very prlmest causes of this warmth of feeling over wall paper la that those of the new design represent some thing snd are full of bold and delicious TKELLIS AND ROSE VINE 1'Afh.K FOR THE BEDROOM. coloring. Furthermore, when you drop' In at the decorators and ask to see papers he Intelligently asks. "For any special room or In any special period, madams?" It Is the shoppers duty then to say whether It's a bedroom, a ball, a bathroom or servant's room that requires covering sn4 that the furniture and general coloring of the rcom Is pompadour snd rose or plain painted iron and blue. Thla Identlfl-1 !n A t 1 Jk it!) IP iftl Aquariums at Home With a little trouble and alight expense, miniature aquariums can be set up la homes, becoming sources of great interest. Ths secret of It all lies in making what Is called a balanced aquarium; that la, one in which the water la aerated by placing in it growing aquatic pianla. The light striking on them produces oxygen, which purities the water and supplies the animal life with air to breathe. If the possessor of such an aquarium will take the truuble to collect with bis own hands ths animals and plants used la stocking It, the benefit to him of course is greater. The officials of ths New York aquarium tell in ths New York Tribune Just how to start and maintain an aquarium in a house. L B. Spencer baa experimented to some extent In this direction with most satis factory results, snd this is tho advice he gives: "I would advise Inexperienced persons to begin with a fresh water aquarium, as it Is easier to maintain. Glass Jars, from ons to twenty gallons, are made expressly for thla purpose. Those with perpendicular aidea are the beat, as they are easier to keep clean. Place enough 'bird gravel' in the bottom of the Jar or tank to cover the roots of ths plants which are to be placed therein, and. If you choose, add a couple of plecea of rock for artistic effect. Aquatle plants suitable for aquariums can be se cured ia many of the streams and ponds on ths outskirts, of the city, or they can be purchased Ufta deelera la suck things. TOE OMAHA ration, does away with a lot of nonsense, because, while there are paper manufac- lured for every room In a house, those for bedroom are aa wide apart from thoae printed for parlora aa Marseilles apreads are different from Turkey ruga. The bedroom papera are ene and all to be classed under the term gorgeous. They are really most beautiful studies In floral color and arrangement, with the flowers aa a rule eight times larger than nature makes them, but disposed la absolutely rational and natural manner. A stunning rose paper for a red room was printed to represent when hung a complete rose bower. From the wash or mop board of the room atout green wlree ran up at In tervals of three feet end met in the center of the celling. Up these wires wreathed a thick follaged vine that broke at Inter vals Into clusters, showers and sprays of crimson rambler blossoms. The) back ground of thla glorious spread of red and green was deep cream paper and where a . - IVSV , sVri sMhsI FOR COLONIAL ROOMS FURNISHED WITH MAHOGANY. similar bower effect was secured with a white rambler rose the ground work was a soft sky blue shading to white. An Optical Delusion. Another popular flower scheme Is carried out in daisies, the green and white and yellow in the rolls being so stamped on with sn effect of perspective that when the paper is hung the walls seem to widen out Into rolling daisy-grown meadowa, while the celling above is covered with an opal escent sort of blue and white paper that can be readily accepted aa the sky. It is these perspective papers that more than any other device yet tried have solved the problem of bow to make a small room look large and a big, badly lighted one look at once cheerful and airy and sunshiny. The proper sort of trellis wistaria paper put on a dark, short, low-celled passageway will convert It at once into a long, lofty, light corridor, from the celling of which huge grape-like clusters of purple wistaria seem actually hanging and waving in the air. The daisy meadow wall paper Is but ons of the many perspective effects in growing flowers that havs become so popular this season. Stunning hollyhock, poppy, iris snd lily designs have proved aa welcome to the public The flowers sre printed In natural colors, but from three to Ave times their natural height of stalk and size of blossom. These are used extravagantly for second-story hallways and nurseries. The water plants naturally go Into ths bath rooms, though the most charming design there Is done in ferns and vine patterns. New Mural Ideaa. Ths clerk at the wall paper dealer's can show two new mural Ideas for downstairs living rooms. For the den, devoted to the pipe and seclusion of the head of the house, Is a truly fasctnating sporting print paper. It Is printed in a lacy green foliage pat tern to represent an ideal road winding through a country where It la always springtime. On this road at intervale ap pears s four-ln-hand. a motor carriage that looks able to beat any record, a leisurely fisherman whipping a stream from an old gray bridge and a golfer taking refreshment outaide a very inviting Inn. A deep and brilliant friers for thla ahows the English Inn in all ths stsges of hospitable enter tainment. The clerk tbkt displays these flowery rolls to the householder who Is locking for up stairs papers brings forward snother tvoe of goods when the living rooms sra urder consideration. This season he has a nov elty to show, which is no more or less than a bas-relief paper, which, when rightly applied, gives sny room the pleasing as pect of rich oak, mahogany or cheatnut paneling. You ean panel in Flemish. En glish, Irlab or American wood, of black, brown or golden lust-r. in the mode of King James or George Washington, as h gh as your hesd or higher, snd do it all with a material that ts called paper, and that glvea an effect as pleasing aa though the real wood was used. The paneling Is usually arranged to run up from four to six feet scd then a sultabln cartridge, bur laps of tapestry paper runs up as a frlexe to the eelling. In msny of the newly built country cot tages the doors sre flnahed with flat eur- faces to enable the decorator to paper th?m The plants should be wound above the roots with narrow strips of sheet lead to keep them from floating. One of the most useful plants is saglttarta, which in creases rspidly snd will grow sll the year. It resembles 'eel grass' in appearance. With the plants in plsce, ene is ready to fill ths aquarium with water, which should be al lowed to stand for a day or two before any animal Ufa Is placed in it. "In the selection of animals, choose small ones, certainly of fishes. Goldfish thr ve and live longest, and sfter them come the short-eared sunflrh, or 'punkln sefd,' snd the black banded sunfish. Small catfish and mud minnows also do very well. Thj flvs-splned sticklebsck ars nest builders, and will furnish much amusement. Of amphibians, ths cuts little newt is ths most Interesting. Snails ars useful tor scavengers, snd for crustaceans I would use the so-called water shrimp. "Caution should bs used never to crowd ths aquarium nith animal life, and to use planta plentifully. If the weather should be cloudy for several successive days, you can aerite the aquar um two cr three tlmei each day by dipping up some of ths watsr. raising the dipper several lnchss ab;ve the surface, then pouring it back, not so rapidly as to disturb the planta. The stream passing through the air carries ths oxygea Into ths aquarium with 1L Ths aquarium will aeed a thorough cleansing once a year, and cars muat bs taken from DAILY HEEt SUNDAY, j In accordance with the room a Into which they ahut. In a panel papered room this I necessary, and In a flower papered one It 1 pretty. Then the same decorator who doea the walls and doora of your bedroom with climbing rosea advises you to let him hang white Holland shades St the window and cover them with wall paper. He will make the lamp abades In each room to match the walla, and on a light bamboo frame covered with unbleached cot ton he will mount wall paper and thus contrive a charming screen that Is prettier than anything the shops can afford and that can be changed to match the room each time It ia repapered. 4JIAIST FEATtRES OF LIFE. A farmer In Pennsylvania has started a crow hatchery. He expects to make money from the birds he will raise by selling their beads to milliners for 60 cents each and their wings for 25 cents a pair. That will a make the value of a crow $1. If he is suc cessful perhaps somebody will try to culti vate the weevil or the grasshopper or some other farm pest for commercial purposes. Rev. William H. Walker, paator of the First Congregational church of Wllmette, 111., Is about to leave that pulpit, snd one of the reasons assigned for his depsrture is that the women of his congregation do not like his personsl sppearance. Tho brushing of his hair in pompadour style SPORTING PAPER FOR Is the straw that broke the camel's back, according to tho minister's statement of the case. "A few months ago, to please my mother-in-law, I began to comb my hair in pompa dour style," Dr. Walker said recently. "Then my audience began to grow small and membera of my congregation went to hear Dr. Wlllett and others at Evanston. I preached the same kind of sermons that were preached in Evanaton, but the women of the congregation preferred to hear a better looking man than I. I know of no other reaaon for their attending other churches." Ths train wss leaving Lancaster, when a Fresh and Salt Water Sorts Easy to Maintain. time to time to renew the water, evaporatea slowly. . which "The principle of a salt water balanced aquarium is practically the same aa for one of fresh water. It is well to procure water at or near high tide if it la taken in a bay near the shore, or a river situated like the Hudson. The water at, auch a time will have greater density and less foreign mat ter. Coarser gravel may be used and pieces of rock are necessary for the sea anemones, which will attach themselves to ths smooth places. It Is necessary to remove all dead matter every day, as In the esse of the fresh water aquarium. There la consider able variety of animal life to chooae from. The sea anemone, or 'flowers of tbs sea,' of which several species ars found in ths im mediate vicinity of this city, is first of all. Living coral can be procured on Long Island. The cunning little lebia is the prettiest of fishes. About the only marine plant that la always trustworthy for aera tion la aea lettuce (ulva latlsstma), which growa in sheets snd Is found in tide pools snd nesr shore in shallow water. Inatead of placing this plant on the bottom of the aquarium, uss pieces of cork snd float a portion of ssch sheet, allowing the re mainder to hang down near the bottom to ward ths resr side. This will give a clear view of the animal life and furnish a beau tiful background. A little sunlight for a salt water aquarium is not injurious, but It must sot be used too often, and only tor a short time. If proper csrs Is tskea ths balance caa bs maintained for years." ATOIL G, 1002. young woman In the rear of the car bega to cry violently, relates the Fbiladelphl Times. So loud were her lamentation that a young man who sat opposite wen over and tried to comfort her. "Tou seem te be In greet grief, madam said he. "Is there anything I ean do for you?" "N-no," replied she between her sobs "I've Just got my husband crsmsted." On hesring this an elderly lady In ths nets seat also began to ery violently. The young man went from the young to the elder woman and aaked if there was anything that he could do for her. She straightened out and replied In a haughty tone: "No, there Is nothing. I'm 10 years old and never hsd a husband. Now, please do something for this poor woman who has them to burn." Rufus Jauman, a Clover Leaf engineer, caught in a wreck near Kokomo, Ind., a year ago, is wearing a new face, as the result of a marvelous test in skin grafting. In the wreck ths engineer had both ears burned off close to the head, his chin and noss were torn off. his eyelids cut off and his entire scalp wss torn away, not a hair being left on hla head. After a year's treatment he waa released from ths hospital this week. For nearly 200 consecutive days Jaumsn wss on ths opersting table, where long strips of skin were cut from his legs and applied to the face. An oculist re paired the eyelids, msklng them ss good ss new. By degrees a new chin and nose were grown. The ears and hair could not be re stored, but a wig waa given him, the long, flowing locks of which concealed the spot where the ears formerly were. The engi neer is now in good health and experiences little Inconvenience from his misfortune, Ons day soon after Agulnaldo's capture and arrival at Manila, relates the New York Tribune, General MacArthur decided to go to see him and find if he was being rightly treated. At the close of the visit the gen eral asked Aguinaldo If there was anything he would like to have, whether papers, magaslnes, clothes, cigars or other articles. But the prisoner shook his head. He said that thers was nothing at all that he wanted. Juet as the general was about to close the door Agulnaldo's face suddenly brightened, and the look in his eyes showed that he was trying to remember some name. "What Is it?" said General MacArthur. "There la Just one thing In the world I want," said Aguinaldo, "if you can only get It for me. I have had It but once in my life, and that was at Hong Kong. They said It was an American thing, and that all Americana had it. It Is Ice cream!" be said with great enthusiasm. A United States soldier, on his return to Manila from Batangas, contributed the fol lowing to the Manila American: Backward, turn backward, oh time In your night. And let me go home again, Just for to night. I am so weary of sole leather ateak, I tiuJ SMOKING ROOM. And petrified hardtack a sledge cannot break; Tomatoes and beans In hot water bath, And bacon aa strong as Goliath of Oath; Weary of starving on what I can't eat, And chewing up rubber and calling It beef, backward, turn backward, weary I am, And give me a whack at dear mother's Jam; And let me drink milk that has never been skimmed, Let me eat butter whose hair has been trimmed. Give me onre more an old-fashioned pie. And then I'll be ready to go south and die, RELIU'Ol 8. Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell Is the dean of the women lecturers of the 1'ntted Etatea. She made her first appearance on the platform in 1848. The historic oak under which John Wes ley, the first Methodist In America, preached, haa been sacrificed to make room for a trolley car track at Savannah. Oa Rev. Arthur Chllaon, one of the promi nent ministers of the Friends denomination of Iowa, has just started for Kaat Africa, where he will establish a mlsnlon for the Friends' church of the state of Iowa. The Catholic bishop and clergy of the archdiocese of Boston are preparing to celebrate In an elaborate and fitting man ner the 80th anniversary of the birth of Archbishop John J. Williams. The date of his birth waa April 27. Mrs. Leland Stanford haa selected Rev. Dr. Heber Newton of thla city to conduct the opening services in the Memorial church attached to the Stanford university at Palo .Alto. Cel. Hla discourse ia to be a tribute to the late United Statea Senator Iceland Stanford, aa a memorial to whom the building haa been erected. Rev. George Chaifant, paator of Grace Presbyterian church in St. Louis, preached hla farewell sermon last Sunday. He will be succeeded In the pastorate by hla son, Rev. C. L Chaifant, who for the past six yeara haa been pastor of the First Presby terian church in Ashtabula, O., and previ ously waa for five years pastor of Madlain Avenue Presbyterian church in Cleve land, O. A few days sgo a deputation of French nuna waa admitted to an audience with Leo XIII. Overjoyed at being able to offer in person their congratulations on the oc casion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his pontificate, the mother suneriorem in chartfu of the deputation said: "Holy 'ather, we have been praying dally that you snouia reacn tne age or ivo. j "A hun- Uredl rejoined Leo XIII. "Now. why should you vet a limit for divine nn.vl. denoe?" At the Philadelphia conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, bishop Cran ston lmpred these forcible "dou'ta" on the young parsons: I'on't work for a reputation. Don't be the clay pipe in a soap bubble business. lion t be a specialist. Don't be too familiar with your church members. Don t be proud. lon't be slovenly In your drees or ad dress, and, by all mesne, be cleanly. Don't hold yourself at a fixed salary or out a Axed valuation oo your own eervlces. IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY Decorative Possibilities of Electrio Light in Modern Homes. WIRELESS TELEPHONY NEXT ON THE LIST ample Instance of t'o-Operntlve Tele phone Service Inventors De viates; Electrical Signals for Railroads. Ths very general Introduction of elec tricity in city and country homes has caused the wholesale elimination of the objection able brass sod Iron chandelier. The archi tecture of the best modern houses allows chandeliers only In particularly large and ststely reception rooms, drawing rooms snd ball rooms. The effect Is pretentious and ressonable; they Insist In less spsclous and ceremonious apartments where ths electric lamp ia all sufficient. These same sensible srchltects, sided by the house decorators have aet about enforcing their new rule by offering the householder types of electrio lamps that defy criticism. Electrio lamps have not only been msrvelously Improved but so beautified that they ars used on the desk and dining uble, where until recently. they were unanimously tsbooed. The In candescent burner gave too fierce a light for eyes or complexions to endure, but the white eye of that pitiless flame has lately been softened and in place of candles at a recent dinner party sn exquisite electrio lamp occupied the post of honor on ths center of the table. The pedestal and supporting column Is of silver gilt, about which are grouped the most charming French bisque nympba. The group of incandescent burners sbove these lovely girls are first covered with rose white glass globes and finally veiled by shades made of numberless strings of pearls. The pearls, all or the roae-whlte tint, and the electric light passing through these sub stances, emitted a radiance that made all parts of the table comfortably brilliant and yet reflected a softened glow on the young or elderly faces about the board. One lamp manufacturer of particular thoughtfulness, who keenly realizes that feminine favor ensures the popularity of any novelty, has brought out a lovely elled lamp for a reading table, or per haps It is to be especially recommended as desirable and becoming light near which to sit when reading or embroidering In the evening. The shade, frame, shaft and foot of the lamp are of exquisitely worked bronze In three colors, and while there Is an oil cistern and burner provided, the use of electricity Is advocated and ar ranged for. The electrio flame is captlvs under two globes, one of clear and the other of what la called reading glaas, snd finally the shade Is draped with a rosy gossamer made of silk and silver threads. A lamp draped with this material Is almost guaranteed to take ten years of lines and wrlnklea out of the face that Is near It. Unshaded candles, and ninety-five In number, and all of the finest wax, were burned not long since In the superb colonial dining and drawing room of a wealthy woman who was entertaining In her new home. The unshaded wax candles Is the rule when your rooms ars decorated and furnished In the Washington fashion. A good, unshaded wax taper burns with a steady and a golden light that is exceed- ngly agreeable, and one of the modes of the moment ia for one or two of the gentle men, who rise from the table as the women eave, to seixe eandelbra from the table or sideboard, and, holding back the . por tlerres, lift the flaming tapers high to light the fair ones on their way to the drawing room. Wireless Telephony. Now that wireless telegraphy has proven itself practicable, at least within certain distance limits, Inventors are at work en deavoring to perfect wireless telephony. Electricity reports that in England the system Invented by Messrs. Armstrong and Orllng la being serloualy considered. If the Invention does ail that la claimed for it. says a cable dispatch, there will be a revo lution in the existing system of telephony. which Is sadly needed in London, where the telephone system is said to bs growing mors unsatisfactory every day. It seems that the experiments In wireless telephony recently onducted In Manchester have so Impressed the local authorities that they are about to pply for Parliamentary powers to establish a telephonic service In competition with the National Telephone company. At Glasgow It Is claimed, where a municipal competi tion service has already been established, the corporation has placed its exchange at ths disposal of the inventors in order that the possibilities of the system may be thor oughly tested. For montha paat the in ventors have been working in a secluded part of Buckinghamshire, perfecting their In vention. Demonstrations have been held from time to time before representatives of British and foreign governments. Mr. Armstrong In a recent Interview is reported aa aaylng: "The system differs from Mr. Marconi's In essentiala. Mr. Marconi has created a force to overcome a resistance. We are utilizing ripples iq the electricity of earth or water, which can be created with as much certainty as ripples can be caused in pond by throwing a stone." When questioned ss to its cost Mr. Arm strong said that In sll probability a sub scriber would purchase outright an Instru ment costing from 125 to 'jO and would pay a royalty of $5, 110 or $25, fixed by the municipality or responsible suthorlty. It Is claimed that there is no possibility of read ing another person's messages. Each In strument is tuned to a corresponding In strument and those communicate. Another Inventor engaged In trying to solve the wireless telephony problem Is M. Louis Malche. For this purpose ths prince of Monaco baa placed hla domain at his disposal. M. Malche, who, according to the Electrical Review, London, is well known for his extensive resesrehes in the domain of telegraphy and telephony, made experi ments in ths transmission of words and signals on the Morse code by earth currents. Eleetrlcal Care for Consumption. A cable dispatch to the New York Herald from London states that a Dr. T. J. Boken ham, a Weat End surgeon, who has been experimenting for soms tlms with high fre quency electrical current aa a cure for con sumption, has succeeded in obtaining strik ing results. The patient ia laid in a re clining poaitton and a current at a pressure of 80,000 volts ia applied to bis or her chest by means of a brush held a few Inches from ths body. The application laata from ten to fifteen minutes and the patient under goes the treatment either dally or three or four times a week, depending on his condi tion. Regarding the results the dispatch says: "Dr. Boksnham'a experience is that In very bad cases of consumption the cough has been greatly reduced, nlgbt sweats have disappeared, ths sppetlte has Improved and there haa been a great gain In weight and general health. So that even if the consump tion bacilli have not been destroyed. It ia certain that their virulence baa been much decreased, that tbey have been brought un der control and that the patient has felt cured." Commenting on tbia, Electricity says thst there would seem to be a doubt among the specialists as to whether the treatment affords a permanent cure or only a, temporary exhilaration. In cases where the disease has not as yet obtained a firm grip It might cure, but from what the dis patch says, ths method ol treatment does not spparently differ from sevsrsl thst havs been tried In this country with questionable results so far ss lasting cures are con cerned. However, the Ixtndon surgeon Is spparently working In the right direction even though a permanent cure la not ef fected, for any discovery thst will alleviate the pain and suffering snd prolong a tuberculosis pstlent's life for a ressonsbls period should prove a blessing to humanity, ( o-0ierat I ve Telephone Service. The February Review of Reviews de scribes s striking co-operative telephone ex periment begun In 1S94 in the town of Grand Rapids, Wis. The telephone monopoly of that district was then operating in ths town and charging the usual ratea for small places Ms and 3(! for business snd residence connections respectively. The people petitioned, without success, for lower rates and then they organlred an Independ ent company. The euhscribers became the equal and only stockholders, each one hold ing a ."i0 share, which was sufficient for the Installation of one Instrument. The old company had operated about seventy Instru ments snd the new company started with eighty-three. The charges were fixed st 137 for business and $12 for residence connec tions, but so low was the cost of operation that even these rates were needlessly high and In tlms tbey were reduced to $11 and $3 respectively. Each subscriber also relin quished any dividends on his $50 share) of stock. Tbs enterprise was such a success that ths old company wss pushed to des perate expedients sod It finally offered 'phones "rent free for a period of threa years." Local patriotism, however, was aroused Instead of quieted by this offer and the final result wss that the old company was actually driven from the field four years sgo, leaving the independent com pany In sole possession. The letter now has about 800 instruments, or one to every seventeen Inhabitants; there are no "party" lines, the metallic circuit equipment Is everywhere installed and the stock hss been rslsed to $16,000. Several other ad jacent towns In the valley of the Wisconsin river have alao organized auch companies and a population of from 20,000 to 30,000 people is now served by co-operative local telephone service. The lack of long distance toll connections ts, of course, seri ous and ths lesson of these experiments Is not necessarily applicable everywhere. Kew Hallroad Slarnal. Inventors never were more active than st present to devise means to prevent train. wrecks and thla sort of activity Is by no means confined to Americs. The Loudon Chronicle describes a unique appartitus lately produced by Herr BartelmusV an Austrian electrician, and exhibited fcjf the first time in model form at a receotffueet Ing of Austrian railway officials. Tljr Bar- telmus device employs a single electric cur rent whereby signals may be transmitted from moving engines to statlona f r slgnsl boxes, and vloe versa. The signal In a locomotive Is placed close besl'tS' the en gineer and, normally, shows whitf. A white light, however, is meant not only to Indicate safely, but to show that the apparatus Is In working order. When one trait, approaches within a mile and a half of another on the same track tbs white light changes to green. which meaus that the engineer must pro ceed cautiously. If he approaches within three-quarters of a mile pf the train ahead the green signal disappears and a red light, warning him to stop, taAes its place. And should he disregard tb red light and run within somewhat less Ahan one-third of a mile of the danger point the apparatus automatically applies the brakes and brings ths train to a standstill. When a train leaves a station a bs'll Is rung st the next two signal towers 6ut on the line, snd, in the case of a double-tracked or triple tracked road, a special apparatus Indicates which line the train ia traveling over; thereby ths men stationed at the various towers ars enabled to know the exact Iocs- ; tlon of approaching trains and also to warn other trains of imminent 4 danger. Aa a further precautionary measure an ingenious srrangement automatically locks the sig nals after they have been set, thus prevent-' Ing their being altered by unauthorized persons. Herr uartelmus claims mat nia Invention renders It absolutely Impossible tor trains to collide, whether tbey sre pro ceeding In the same direction or in opposite directions. And, he says, his system Is every bit as effective in the esse of a train standing at a station or at any point out on the road as It is whero two moving trains are involved, so thst rear-end collisions can not occur. The Inventor has published a pamphlet describing his apparatus minutely and he Invites all who may be skeptical concerning It to peruse the detailed account and to witness the operation of hla model. The report does not stats how the elec tricity Is conducted to the engine. While the efforts of genius to provide means for the safe running of trains sra Interesting and praiseworthy. It should not be forgotten that too much Intricacy In signals, with their consequent likelihood to become Impaired or for sny reason rendered Inoperative at a critical time, ts apt to lead to disaster. Simplicity In railroad signals ia one of the surest safeguards against accidents. LABOR AND lDt KTHY. The New York letter carriers' uniforms next summer are to bear the union label. The freight charges for hauling anthra-, cite coal from the Pennsylvania mines ag-' gtegatca $40,000,000 a year. The bollermakera and Iron shipbuilders have Increased In membership In the last tin years from 1,000 to lfi.OiiO. Tho master builders of Ht. Joseph, Mo., have asked the Building Trades council to dint. and. on the ground that It Is a trust. A strike Is threatened as the result of the demand. The Chicago Federation of Labor has ap pointed a special committee to Investigate the age limit problem among workmen, for the purpose of devising a plun to give old men employment. Erie officials have decided to pay conduc tors 3 cents a mile and brakemcn 2 cents a mile, Instead of paying- them by the hour. The decision affects all men between New York and Chicago. The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join ers of America has now members and something over l.Oun local unlorix. Next to the miners this Is the largest organiza tion in the country. A company of 284 men of the Prussian Railroad brigade was practiced in bridge, construction near Berlin recently, where they built a ratlrond bridge l&i feet long over a sand pit, fitting the piles and other timbers In three days and three nlKhts. The Peace-Dale Manufacturing company of Providence, it. 1.. following out Its co operative plun established In 1H7, last week paid to It employes 3 per cent upon the wane earned by those ( milled to the bonus under the terms of the oriKinsI plan. Since its adoption the company haa divided IJS.hjO. There are In New York 1.700 printing offices, representing a working capital of a good many million dollars and a working force of thouHanda of men and boys, women and glrla. On the lower Kast Hide alone, between Fourteenth street and Burling Blip, there are 8"0 printing offices where disciples of W.lllam Caxtun manage to niake a fair living. Senator Manna haa been selected to rep resent the striking machinists of thn Southern railway in arbitrating their dif ferences before President Spencer. An agreement for a peaceable solution of tbe riifllculty haa been encouraged by President Biieneer, who is S'nlii to have assumed au thority in the matter since the withdrawal of the duties of general manaxer frjui Third Vice President Cannon's olilce. Denmark Is one of the strongest centers of trade unlonlem among women. 'i'bu number of women organised In trade unions In that country Is f.iU, of whom &,24t live In Copenhagen. Their organisations embrace fourteen trades, and include, about a uuarter of the women wage-earners of that country They are heat organised In the bookbinding textile and tobacco trades. An International union, with 10. loo mem bers, has accepted a women aa a member for the first time. It may also be the last time. Miss Maud Dennlson of Chicago will be a made a member of the United Brotherhood of leather Workers and Horse Goods Employes. 8he Is an Al me- nanlc and can hold her own with any man In lbs country as a harness maker. cr' Li.
