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TITE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. April C3, Recent Events in the Field of Electricity 2 "Sta-sief1 T Hew Elevtrle) Ucommrc, fltt first of twenty-five electric lwo mollvti built by th Westinghouse company at Pittsburg for the New York, New Haven A Hartford railroad, has given satisfactory re- - tn trial teti. Aa la customary wi.en a new type la produced, this locomo tive la regarded by experts aa a doom-sealer for steam locomotives. It la different from existing atylea of electrlo locomotlvee la that It is operated by the alternating cur rent alngle phase system. Weighing ev en t -eight tona. It la calculated to draw a train of 2M tona at an average apeed of erenty milee per hour. The locomotive la equipped with devices for oollectlng both alternating and direct current, for the latter there are eight collecting ahoee, four on each aide of the locomotive, arranged in palra of two each. There are, of course, two palra on each aide, one at each end. for the purpoae of bridging auch gapa as are necessary in the third-rail system. There must be shoes on each side as the locomotive must be able to make tontact with the third-rail when turned end about. These direct-current contact shoes must also be able.to work on two forms of third-rail, one In which the shoe runs under the rail and the other where the shoe rnns on top of the tall. The locomotive is provided with a pantagraph low-tension overhead direct-current trolley to conform with certain New York Central requirements. Tor collecting alternating current the lo comotive Is provided with two pantagraph type high tension bow trolleys. Each trolley has a capacity to carry the total line cur rent under average conditions, but two are provided to insure reserve capacity. The mechanical construction of the lo comotive presents many novel and Inter esting features which deserve special con sideration. The running gear consists of two trucka, eaoh mounted on four sixty-two-Inch driving wheels. The length of the wheel base is eight feet. The side frames are of forged steel and to them are bolted and riveted the pressed steel bolster carry ing the center plate. The weight on the journal boxes Is carried by seml-elllptlo springs with auxiliary colled springs under the ends of the equalizer bars to assist In restoring equilibrium. The bolsters are thirty inches wide at the center plate and are widened, where bolted to the side frames, to nearly double this amount, thus giving a very strong construction Without cxoesslve weight. The center plate which transmits the tractive effort to the frame to eighteen Inches In diameter and will be lubricated to permit a perfectly free mo tion in curving. The truck centers are fourteen feet six Inches apart. Owing to the fact that the entire space between the wheels Is occupied by the motors It was Impossible to transmit the drawbar pull through the center line of the locomotive In the usual way. Instead of this strong plate girders heavily cross braced are carried outside of the wheels and the entire strain of the drawbar Is carried to these through strong box girders having top and bottom plates forty-two inches wide. Directly underneath the gir der at each end la a Westinghouse friction draft gear to which the drawbar is at tached. The entire design lends Itself to a very strong construction without great weight The cab Is built up of sheet steel on a framework of Z bars. The apparatus Inside the cab la carried on a framework of structural steel which Is built Into the oab and firmly anchored to floor and cell ing. Over each motor Is a large trap door which permits easy access to motor bear . Inga, brushes, etc The motors are four In number, each of 260 horsepower nominal capacity, but with a continuous capacity of over 200 horsepower each or over 800 horsepower total. The motors are of the gearless type and are wound for a normal full load speed of about Ji6 revolutions per minute. They are connected permanently In pairs and require CO volts at the terminals on alternating current and 660 to 6C0 volts on direct current. Telephone Rates In Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Telephone company claims to be doing business at a loaa and has petitioned the city for a new fran chise to forty years from next July, coupled with the right to Increase rates. The com pany wants to be allowed to charge $54 a year. Instead of H0, for business telephones, and 122 a year, instead of 24, for house teleohor.es. It further asks that It be al lowed to charge $2 a year for each tele phone. In addition to the above rata, for every 1,000 telephones ovtr 1V000 In use. Finally, the company asks an option to re new the contract. The company urges that It can not live and render proper service under present conditions; that the vastly greater business than it expected, and the increasing ratio of cost on that account make the present rates Inadequate.' Sam Wire for Two Instruments. The Mexican Central Railroad company has installed on Its lines the telegralex, an Invention which makes it possible to use two separate and distinct currents over the same telegraph wire. The device Is owned by a company of Cleveland, O., and at present la being used only by the Mexican Central and the Big Four rail roads. The telegraplex Is a device for providing an extra telegraph circuit In' addition to the regular one. , The instrument produces and responds to minute alternating cur rents and are not affected by currents of the regular telegraph circuit. The alternating currents, on the other hand, are so rapid that they produce no effect upon the ordinary telegraph Instru ments. Thus it Is possible to send two messages at the same time over one wire both In the same direction or in opposite. 'This gives the equivalent of an additional wire without the Investment in wire and fixtures, as well as the cost of buildlna; a new line. The currents are developed from batteries much smaller than those used In the regular service. At present the possibilities of the Inven tion have not been fully determined. The messages can be sent a distance of from 200 to 00 miles under ordinary conditions. From the success of the line installed by the Central It is believed that the Invention is one of the most promising Introduced In the telegraph departments for a long time. New Form of Transmitter. A new form of microphone transmitter has lately been Invented by the Italian en gineer, Qulntana Majorana, of the govern ment telegraph department. It differs en tirely from thi) ordinary carbon microphone which Is In common use, and is based upon the capillary contractions which the sound vibrations are made to produce upon it liquid Jet. The principle upon which this action Is based was observed by Chichester Belt some twenty years ago. The contrac tions of the liquid vein rise to correspond ing vlrbratlons in the electrical resistance of the circuit. Using an Induction coil, we are able to obtain telephonic currents which under favorable conditions may reach, for sounds whose vibration la too periods per second, an Intensity of 100 mllllamperea. This Is a much more powerful effect than can be produced In the telephone at pres ent. Beside the )oud-f peaking telephones, we may remark the Ballleux microphones which are used on the government lines In Italy, and give only a current of twenty or twenty-flve mllllamperea, which Is among the highest figures. In the, new In strument It is claimed that the sound Is clear and sharp. The construction Is not as simple as a carbon microphone, but there Is a great gain In power which will give It the advantage. Wireless Testa. Tests of the wireless telegraph systems are to be made by the Navy department to determine, if possible, the cause of the many failures to receive and to send mes sages at sunrise and sunset. Repeated tests have shown this to be the case, and It Is said that the navy operators were the first to make the discovery of this strange and Important phenomenon. Just why the power of the wireless appa ratus and the sound waves should be at the lowest ebb at sunset or at sunrise op erators may not be difficult to ascertain, for It has long been known that messages oan be sent by the system at night 40 per cent better than In the daytime, especially when the sun is shining. There la what is termed frlctlonal dissipation of energy in trans mission by day. It is also known that foggy weather is more favorable for send ing and receiving wireless messages than clear weather, ao naval officers familiar with electrical subjects believe they will soon be able to locate and remedy the al leged defect at sunrise and sunset. Commander Thomas W. Ryan and Lieu tenant Jackson, U. S. N., who are In charge of the wireless equipment at the Brooklyn navy yard, Intend to make tests at once. Gossip and Stories About People of Note o Itory of Sheridan's Tarents. NE of the sweetest and most pa thetic war stories about the Sheridans, father and mother of General Phil Sheridan, la related by Youth's Companion. Beauty r The old people were Hying at Somerset, O., when word came that General Sheridan had suffered a great defeat in the Shen andoah valley. They slept none that night, but In the morning the old gentleman said: "Mother, I have thought It all out. Phil wasn't there when the light began. That Is what the paper said. It would not be like our boy to remain away throughout the battle. As I make It out. Phil returned in time to save the day. I'll go to the store and wait until the paper comes, get the news and hurry back. I donH believe 'there's anything to worry about." "I hope you are right, father, but I'm afraid yesterday's news was correct. Phil has had so much good luck I'm afraid he's had bad luck In this battle." 1 Old Mr. Bheridan was sitting on the steps In front of the store when a man rode up and called out, "Good news from Sheridan!" Then one of the bystanders oaugbt up the morning paper and read the account of Sheridan's return to the army,1 of his turn ing the tide, of the president's message of thanks, of Sheridan's herolo conduct and (he complete route of the enemy. The paper said It was one of the greatest victories of. the war. That was enough for Mr. Sheridan. He started on a trot to tell Mrs. Sheridan the news about her son's greatest battle. She saw him coming and hurrlod to the gate to get the tidings from Cedar Creek. "Glory to God, mother, glory to God! Phil licked 'em! The president has sent him the country's thanks and , the paper says It was one of the greatest fights of the war. I knew Phil would get back In time to save the day." , The old couple hugged and kissed and kissed and hugged again and again. After they had gone into the house the old woman suddenly became very sober. "What's the matter, mother!" "Father, did the paper say anything about Johnr "No, but yotl know Phil would have sent a dispatch If anything had happened to John." John was another son, a private In Sher idan's army in the valley. "Is that soT" asked the father, much grat ified. "I didn't know whether he was really improving, or whether I was merely getting used to It. " Harper's Weekly. Fixed vp by the Lawyer. Not many persons are aware how greatly Indebted James Hasen Hyde is to one of his lawyers for the good Impression which he made before the Armstrong insurance committee. Mr. Hyde's sensible appear ance before that committee did more than anything else to dispel the popular preju dice against his eccentricities. The law yer practically dictated to Mr. Hyde what he should wear while on the stand. He made the young man discard his customary buttonhole bouquet; had him brush his hair down flat Instead of pompadour and ordered him to wear an old, simple-looking suit of clothes. Result: The cartoonists are won dering yet where they got the Ideas for the extravagant pictures they made of the young Insurance man. A Sporty Tip. Senator Tillman of South Carolina has gained a reputation as a race horse tipster and his 'one best bet" went through at Bennlng. The senator Is unconscious of having picked the winner of the third race, but he did. "I am tired of all this hocus pocus," the senator declared in a speech yesterday. "What we want Is action. This hoous-pocua has gone on long enough." "Hocus Pocusl That's the tip!" agreed the wise ones around the senate. A pool was made up among the pages and employes and a good slsed bet was sent to Bennlng and played on Hoous Pocus. Hocus Focus won at odds of to 1. What Father Thought. A New York teacher of Instrumental mu sic was one day telling the father of a pu pil, a lad of 10 years, of the progress mode by the boy In his studies. "I think he is improving a great deal," said the profes sor. "He will certainly learn to play the piano." Opportunities Oat West. "One of the best known and most pros perous men in Wyoming is a son of Erin by the name of Patrick Sullivan," said E. J. Fenny of Cheyenne to the Washing ton Post man. "Less than twenty yoara ago Sullivan landed In New York from the old Mod, aod a greener Immigrant never set cot on Manhattan island. Going to a rail road office he asked for a ticket to the west. 'Whereabouts in the westT' asked the clerk. 'How the dlvll do I knowr responded Sullivan, 'but anyhow, give me a ticket as far as my money will go,' and he counted out all the cash In his leather bag. He . was given a ticket to Rawlins, Wyo., and he landed without a 'sou.' But he was a strapping big fel low and got Instant employment as a sheep herder. In a little while he owned a small flock of his own; today he has sheep by the thousand grating on bis own brood acres. He has brought over from his native land other young Irish men, whrm he has started in bnsiness, but making them all begin as he did, at the lowest rung of the ladder. He - has been mayor of his town, and Is now a full fledged candidate for governor, with fair prospects of success." Bonrbe Cock ran la Action. After every speech he delivers Bourke Cockran is a sore man physically. Any one who has ever seen him In oratorical aotlon knows why he is sore. The old flagellant monks were not much more cruel to them selves than Cockran is to himself. His favorite gesture Is to slap his thighs and It is no love taps he gives them.. It's a good beating. Cockran la one of the old school, muscular, desk-poundlng school of orators. If he could not hammer his desk and thump his thighs he would probably think his powers falling. Anecdotes About the King of Circus Men Mmc. Yale's Almond Blossom Complexion. Cream GREATEST TOILET LUXURY MADE Cleanses, soften, purlflca, whiten and beautifies the skin. Sonp and water only cleanses superficially; s little Almond Blossom Complexion Cream should be applied every time the face and bands are washed. 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Ol'K SPECIAL PRICES, ana Ta aJ ' , DSCO DEPT. COSStXTATlOBJ FHEC LUe mar eaocK.lt Urn. Tale trm iktiv es all ru.r B.ruuakus l HILa ea4 Bu. MklK. HACK'S BOOKS ABB FHKK. tw mu shoals aM eae at Mat. Tata's koufca. ar aanlaia tb. moat rallaala taforia l:aa M BSaXTT Ct'LTlRn aMalaakl. Wiua far a enyf l aaoa. Tl.f ara rraa .Ureal aMt. at TILS. UU Nan lw CUf. -r tw t. HE death In Wew York last week of James A. Bailey, partner and successor of the only Barnum In the circus business, called forth many Interesting Incidents of a man whose name rivalled that of Barnum as a "household word." Bailey was born In Detroit In 1M7. He was one of four brothers who were left orphans as children. His father left an estate of (20,000, but the youngster had to go to work. He hired out to a farmer for W.2S a month. The farmer beat him every time he paid him off. so he got a job aa bellboy In a hotel at Pontile. One summer day a little ono-rlnr clroua owned by Robinson ft Lake came to Pon tlac. The lad went to see it. Like all boys he was csptlvated by the glamour of the thing. He saw the red and gilt wagon, the elephant, the clown, and what not, and decided then that his future would be In the circus. H went to see Fred Bailey, general manager of the show, who took a liking to ths boy and employed him. Shortly afterward Robinson died. James Cooper, another circus man, who had heard of Bailey, sent for him. It wasn't long before Bailey, then JX years, old. had an interest in the Cooper show and was Its practical manager. One day he said to Cooper; "Let's take the show to Austra lia." Why, man. you're craty," answered Cooper with a laugh. "No such thing." waa the reply; "they never saw anything like It In Australia, and we can make money." Cooper thought It over and Anally con sented. . Bailey superintended the trip, and cleared more than 11.000,000 for Cooper and himself. That was his first great cir cus oup. $ Baring Jamba. Ov da Bailey selected Joseph Lee Warner, a former mayor of Lansing, to go abroad and see what sort of attraction he could find. .He came back practically empty-handed. "What waa the biggest thing you saw over on the other aide?" asked Bailey. "Well," answered Warner after long thought, "I think the greatest thing I saw waa an elephant In the London Zoo." "Oo back and buy him," said Bailey. Warner went over and ciuni back with the elephant, which waa thereafter known all over the country as "Jumbo." Bailey advertised Jumbo. It was Jumbo this and Jumbo that until every man, woman and child In the country had heard of him. Ilia removal from London was mode an international incident. Jumbo had become one of the sights of the British capital, and they made a big fuss when he departed. Bailey paid 110,000 for him. The day In 11 that Jumbo walked up Broadway and then across ths Brooklyn bridge and back thousands of people turned out to see him. Everybody talked about Barnum's Jumbo. He was In reality Bailey's Jumbo, for Bailey had superintended the purchase. But he preferred to remain In the background. Bought a Whole Circus. Upon the death of Barnum in MSI Batlny purchased all the rights to the circus. Smce that time he reigned alone In his world. His greatest delight was the making of ob stacles so that he might have the pleasure of surmounting them. He invariably chose the most dlilicult routes for the circus that he could. After the route schedule for the season was corrupted he would carefully go over it and add dtttlcult Jumps, "Just to stow," as he was wont to say, "now clev erly we can make them." Bailey was action personified. After the death of Barnum he jumped out of bed In the dead of the night, called a meeting of the directors', whom he had likewise aroused, and purchased all their stock in the circus on the spot. He did a similar thing two years ago when' the Forepaugh and Sells Brothers' circus, of which he was a part owner, was advertised for sale at auction in Columbus, O. This sale waa ordered after the death of Peter Bells, which left ths show without a manugerlal head. "How much am I bid for the circus aa a whole?" asked the auctioneer. "One hundred and fifty thousand dollars," said Bailey. There was no second bid. He got the en tire circus. His rivals were sorely vexed by his action and plainly told him to. "All right," said Bailey to them. "I'll sell you fellows a half interest." This he did. It was by Just such actions as this that Bailey brought peace into the warring cir cus sphere. He was at one and the same time a partner in Barnum A Bailey's cir cus, in Forepaugh & Sells Bros.' circus and in Buffalo Bill's wild west sh-jw. By thus mediating among them be was able to keep all animosity from asserting Itself. He thus, moreover, destroyed t ie lighting spirit and placed all circus affairs on a solid busi ness basis. Among Bal'.ey's personal maxims were these: "Every mim should be h s own Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal. " "Don't dock a man for being slok ha can't help it." "Canvar.nien have hearts and feelings just like men with millions." "Keep your guod attractions. In the cir cus ga.es there should be no such word as sale." "Don't t'peak in the future tenso say 'have done, nut 'ana going to do.' " "iswtariug duecn't put life Into the other ft. low and it takes it out of you." "A man can do anything if he really wants to do It." Bailey had so.ue remarkable rules for Hie guidance of a circus man, and to the strict observance .if thera he attributed his own rema.-kab.'e success. For In stance, when he waa striking a new town be Invariably filled his pockets with half dollars. These he would distribute on the slightest provocation. One of his friends remonstrated with htm at a time when ready cash was not so plentiful in the show business as It Is today. "Nonsense," salu Bailey, "this is a stiange town and you don't know what every man you meet may be able to do for the show. That fellow I gave a half dollar to may be a cab driver." The erratlo movements of the Barnum & Bailey circus were often a matter for disappointed speculation among the In habitants of a town which had been skipped by the show, although It might have been bigger than the last stand and only a few miles from it. Bailey was averse to giving his reason for doing a thing, but the question was put to him so often that he undertook to axplaln to a man from Maloue, N. Y. "Your town is a hop town," he said. "I'll visit your town when the hops are in and you've got money to spend." It was this remarkable knowledge of the country that brought a fortune to James A. Bailey. He knew the population of every city, town or hamlet in the United States; could tell what its prin clpal Industry was and when it had most money. He was a great student of crops and market reports, and very often the Itinerary of the clraus was suddenly changed when the Circus King had noticed a likelihood of an influx of money at a certain town. He never gambled and condemned speculation In stocks, and very few of his friends really knew why be so religiously scanned market reports. Bearded the TlsTer. Twenty yeais ago, In the days of the wagon show, the feature of the parade was a "murderous, mutilating, man-eating' tiger, which the "dauntless, daring, devil may-care" trainer held by a chain on the top of the cage. This sight filled beholders of the parade with awe and admiration, tor the tiger opened its Jaws and yawned in vitingly and tugged at the chain In the trainer's "iron hand." But one day the trainer fell sick aud there was no one else who dared take that tiger out of the cage "What!" aald Bailey. "Why, man. that's the whole show. We'll get only half an audienoe if it's left out. You've got to get that tiger on deck." But no one could be found to venture tt. They knew the tiger, and that tiger knew and re i pec ted no one but its trainer. Bailey laughed. "Well," said he, "before I see the show go to smash because you can't And a man to stand on the top cf a cage with the end of a chain in his hand, I'll do It myself." And he did. Clad in a leopard's skin and tights and with an ominous frown en his brow, James A. Bailey stood like Samson over that ferocious tiger. The sealous press agent let the "secret" get abroad, and when the parade passed through the town the people wept In sheer enthusiasm. 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