TITE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 10, 190G. Events in Field of Electricity 2 5'. Fighting for Telephone Monopoly. w I I telephone competition la going on a I In -Maw - Vnrk C.tv Thi York Telephone company now control the field and In putting VP the fight of its existence to maintain Its monopoly. Seeking entrance to the city Is the Atlantic Telephone company, a con solidation of Independent oomnanlea oper ating telephone systems In the nearby towns. This company Is strongly barked and Is giving the Bell company a warm run for the business. Doth companies are bombarding the public through the adver tising pages of the papers. It Is the skirm ish In Omaha last year developed Into a battle royal In Greater New York. The New York company has heretofore charged "all tie traffic will bear" and has successfully resisted efforts for relief through legislative enactment. Conse quently the company Is In decidedly bad odor. It has scarcely a disinterested friend In the present contest. Public splflt as reflected by the newspapers Is de-. cldedly against tie aompany and Also gainst a dual telephone system. There l, however, a distinct determination to admit competition unless the existing com. pany makes a radical reduction of rates. An unsatisfactory response to that senti ment la made by the company, effective July 17. The old rate la 10 cents per mes sage for 000 or less messages a year, grad ually declining to EH cents per message for J.000 messages a year. The new scale rung from S eenta to 4H cents per mea aag. la corresponding" numbers, an aver age of 7 cents a call. TTle Atlantic company has not been able to secure a franchlxe from the city and la now seeking through the courts to utilise a franchise granted twenty yeara ago for a messenger service. The rates the new com pany offer; ranget; from S cents per mes sage for 10 to 8H cents per message for 4.800 or more per year. The flat rata leased on calls range from 30 for tWO calls, to 1135 for 4,600 oalls per year. A Jfw Kleotrle Lamp. An Austrian chemist. Dr. Hans KuxeL has, after many years' hard work, suc ceeded In constructing a new electric lamp, which he calls the Syrlus lamp. As Is well known, incandescent gaslight Is cheaper than electric light because the filament wires of the latter are Very ex pensive and the glass bulbs soon wear out. Dr. Kusel has now invented a new substitute for the glow-thread by form-' lng out of common and cheap metals and metalloids colloids In a plastic ma, which can be handled like clay and which, when dry, becomes hard as stone. Out of this mass Very thin wire threads are then shaped, which are of uniform thickness and of great homogeneity. These two characteristics are of great value In tho technlca of Incandescent lamps. The Kuzcl or Syrlu. lamp hardly needs ont Qnflrter of the electric current which th oidlnary electric lamp with a filament wire requires. Experiment. It Is asserted, have' shown that th. lamp can burn for J. BOO hours at ta stretch. Another ad vantage la that the Intensity of the light of the new lamp always remains the same, the lamp bulbs never becoming blackened, as Is now the case. The new lamp. It la said, will be put on the market next au Aa Electrical Tea Party. The clubdom of .New York women was electrified recently. It waa not an election. It waa an electrical tea given by Dr. Trances Wallach Mnnell, who Invited 8 members of the clubs to which she belongs to take tea with her at her home, 2JJ West One Hundred and Seventh street, with everything In the way of refreshments cooked by electricity. All the 800 came. The dining room was turned Into an elec trical kitchen. There was a delightful lit tle silver tea urn with electrical connec tion; the big coffee machine sent the cof fee bubbling up through the coffee grains when the electricity was turned on; the chocolate simmered on small electrical atoves, and the rakes were cooked In an electrical oven. There was even an appa ratus where the guests were told they could enjoy an electrical Turkish bath. It was even said that there was electricity In the punch, but no one could see that there were exciting results from It. The house was decorated with electricity, and the ferns which hung from the mirrors and chandeliers blossomed with tiny bulbs of It. Eleotrle and Steam Loeometlves, "One advantage of the electric locomo tive which may be overlooked," says Th Western Electrician, "relates to the ma' ter of layovers In the roundhouse after the completion of a run. Steam locomo tives, after a run of 100 mllas or more, must lay over to enable attendants to ex amine and clean the boiler. This loss of time means a considerable loss of earn ing power of the equipment, especially In short runs, for the time required for the layover after a short run Is about aa long as after a long run. If the water of the district Is poor the boiler must be washed, taking time for cooling and for retiring. If the boiler Is fired by oil the delay. Is longer than otherwise on account of the heavy lining of firebrick In the firebox, which holds Its heat for several hours. With the electric locomotive, it is needless to say, loss of time for boiler cleaning Is done away with. This means that tho capacity for earning dividends is ln ' creased" Practical Wireless Telegraphy. Many an anxious reader In days past has read with Joy a line which' stated that a particular steamer had "passed the Llx ard." says the Chicago Tribune. That was sure evidence of the early completion of the long voyage across the Atlantic. Even that record represented the triumph of human Ingenuity, for the information was sent from the Lizard to he cabled under the sea to America, thus giving tidings of a vessel much ahead of the time of actual completion of the ocean trip. But bow the dispatch reads, "Usard ft earner Phila delphia from New York reported HO miles west of this place at 1:30 a. m.; probably will reach Flymouth about 4:80 p. m." Now, when th Llxard gets Into commu nication with a vessel 240 miles to tha west, and Slasconset, M.tss., Is able to re port that a steamer waa 100 miles east of Nantucket lightship at t:40 a. m., and would probably reach Its dock at 7 o'clock the next morning. It la evident that the ocean Is steadily shrinking and that, with the vessels getting larger and faster each year, and the two continents actually joined In communication through a steamer 1.600 miles from any land, the traveler need not be out of touch with the happening- of the world for more than one day at moat Instead of the six or more of the past. This new development of meana of com munication may result In reducing the benefits of ocean travel, among which has always been counted the possibility of get ting entirely away from the newspaper and their record of the world's doings, and so of having the mind entirely free from the anxious strain which attends a lively connection with the activities of existence. But, on the other hand. It may tend to stimulate desire to travel by relieving the fears of many who have dreaded to get out of touch with their own even for the short space of a week. The Improvement In transmission of news which the wireless telegraphy, when perfected, may make will be but another step In the steady progress of science toward the reduction of the size of the earth until every man may touch elbows almost with his neighbor half way round the globe. Hallo by Electricity. Now an Invention has been wrought out that proves that electricity la capable of producing not reproducing, but producing music of rare beauty and parity. A visit to a shop In Holyoke, Mass., shows a ma chine that Is really manufacturing music, relate the World's Work. Dr. Tl.addeus Cahlll, the Inventor, de clares that it is as easy to create music at the other end of fifty miles of wire aa to send a telegraphic message. At a key board of his device a performer or there may be two lightly presses flown the keys, and at receivers, perhapa many miles dis tant, music pours forth. In pressing the keys the performer throws upon a wire a vibration or a set of vibrations which turns Into aerial vibrations or audible mu sic, when they reach the diaphragm of a telephone receiver. The vibrations stand for notes and tones and they scurry along to do their work the Instant they are re leased. The performer Is conscious only of the music he produces. He does not necessarily hear It. He need know nothing of the mechanical process he sets In action by the pressure of his fingers on the keys. Yet under his fingers the electrical vibra tions act tractably and instantaneously. .At will he turns an exhaustlcss supply of different kinds of vibrations to produce at a distance Just the Bounds he desires. Soda Fountain Drinks Are largely composed of chemical concoctions (colored with coal-tar dyes) and often work havoc with the human stomach, causing dyspepsia, heart burn, and "drying Up Ol the blood, whereas a rich natural barley brew like (Sund's PeeiPleSS Beer Acts as a tonic and aids digestion, enriches the blood wonderfully and promotes the health and longevity of men and women. Peerless is really a temperance drink, because it never contains more than3 of alcohol not enough to hurt anyone. Dr. I. M. P. Southwick, La Grange N. Cn says: "I do not think the moderate use of good beer injurious to the health of adults. I believe it to be a great benefit to some people both as a beverage and bv aiding digestion and assimilation. I think beer lS Of fOOd Value to the human organism. Peerless is brewed from choicest barley malt and the very finest hops, by the celebrated GlUld Natural Process. This process retains and develops the strength of the grain and the fragrance of the aromatic hops in a most wonderful way. Peerless is bottled at the brewery only. Delivered anywhere in cases. Sold at all high-grade bars, restaurants and dining cars. A splendid home beer. Telephone a trial order. You never tasted a more delicious brew. Sparkling, wholesome, pleasant and pure. John Gund Brewing Co., La crosse, wis. W. 0. HEYDEN, Manager, 1320-22-24 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Neb. Telephone, Douglas 2344. BARNHART & KLEIN, Wholesale Distributors, 162 West Broad way, Council Bluffs, Iowa. FT? Stories and Tales for the Little. Folks I Road Grading and Ditching Revolutionized aa. Evergreen Mttle Girls. COmnf real little village,' fiaysie aamirtngiy. cried lust ECSBCEJBKKSJ "Yes, and aren't they ..lovfly cottages?" added Jean, ''-jjjf ' ' stepping back 'to get a better view. i There were six small girls, and they were all standing by the cedar bushes, looking tt three little play houses they had just finished building. . Each house wi covered' over with evergreen boughs, and looked dellKhtfully pleasant and cool. "I think we shrould call It "Evergreen Hill,' " suggested Maggie. And nil six- clapped their hands; so the we. village waa named. All that summer tfi little girls had Much good times, playing at fixing tip their houses, having doll's tea parties or going visiting; and only once was there even the beginning of a quarrel. That was whon Vncle Harold came down for an afternoon rail, and each little girl wanted hint to stay with her for tea. He obligingly offered to eat three teas, but "No! that was worso than tramps," thry assured him, Then six little frowns appeared on six little faces, at which uncle said: "Oh, well! of course Bvergreen' little girls are always just aa cheerful and pleas ant when they do not get their own way as when they do," and uncle smiled nt each little housekeeper as he spoke. "They wouldn't be Ilk. tha evergreen at all If they weren't, you see, because It always seems just as green and pleasant In cloudy, cold, dlsngreeable weather aa It does In nice, sunshiny times." Th. six little girls of "EJvergreen Hill" looked at each other and smiled. Then they said cheerfully: "We'd like you to go to Maudle's tea party today because she is th. smallest, but be sure and come bark to see the rest of us some other day. Wo know you'll hav. a good time with Maudi.." "Thank you," said uncle. "I won't for get, because 'Evergreen' little girls who are always ready to be pleasant nnil cheer ful, even when they hav. to give up their own way, or wherl things seem to go wrong, are just the kind I like to visit;" and they all waved goodbye-to Uncle Har old until he was out 6f sight. Iaobel E. Nlcol, la Jewels. A Setter. This that follows la really funny. It Is told by a Oeorgla "gentleman of th. old school," who Is noted for his rare humor: "I heard a good story th. other day about a horse, and must tell It to the children. A man had a horse who would sit down whenever he waa touched In the flank. Ha would just squat on his hind quarters Ilka , a dog. The man tried to break him of it, but he couldn't, and nobody would buy him. One day a sportsman came along and made his acquaintance, and they took a ride together to hunt partridges. When they found a covey the man touched his heels to hia horse'a flank and he sat down. What makes your horse do that?" said the sportsman. 'Why, he's a setter," -said the man. 'He sets birds Just Ilka a dog.' So the sportsman thought he was I roost Won derful horse, and he swapped for htm and gave $50 to hoot And he got on htm, and after a while they cam. to a creek that wag pretty deep, and aa th. sportsman held up his legs to keep them out of the water h. touched the horse In th. flank, and down h. sat In th. water. When he got him up and out and was all dripping wet he was as mad as a wet ben and said: "Well, sir, what made this horse do that way In the watert 'I forgot to tell ,you,' aald the man, 'that he sets fish just as well as be does birds.' " Why He Had Ciena Haads. "Now, Tommy," said the fond mother, "look at that little man over there.' H. doesn't go around playing with bad boys on the lots and lumber plies. Look how white and clean his hands are." Tommy looked at the soft, mushroom-like hands of the lad on th. corner, nnd then his brow contracted in a frown. "Aw," ho sneered, "that's on. of them klda that their mothers keep bom. and make them wash the dishes." . F BE Contractors Supplied With Rotary Disc Plowing Attachments tor Eleiatnlg 6nJ!ng Machines Om. third mora work accomplished la th. same time than with the old style plow attachment. Oar attachment works well la wet places where th. old style plow will not work. Onr rotary plow cats through any kind of .oil and rubbish, and roll, over rocks and other obstructions. Oar rotary Also la specially mad. for us, being heavy H-lnch thick. Onr patent roller and ball hearing, prevent friction and wiar. This patent attachment can only b. purchased from Th. Dlso Grader and Plow Co of Boater, K. D., or its authorised areata, rot circulars aad par ticulars, address. The Disc Grader and Plow Company, Hunter, INorth Dakota Canyon, Tnu, April I, 190s. To The DIM Orader Plow Co., Hunter, X. D. I hare bees using your attachment oa air Orator for the ; lost t oars and tblnk it tha beet tol I erer uaad. I voa Id act Chang baok to tha old plow tor twice IH eoac Youra reepecttullr, G. H. POTTER. Railroad Contractor. 1841 Bewira St., Omaha, Nab.. Rapt. 11, 106. Dtee O radar ft Plow Co., Hantar, M. D. Gentlemen: Hare baen .ualng your Rotary Dlao Plowing Attachment for tha past few days and On it a good tool. In places where another alow will not scour, toll will, and do It much Meter than any other plow and throw muck mora earth oa the elevator with leea labor oa the machine and etock. I do not think any oontraclor running grading machines ean afford to be without It. Toars truly, i. J. UtMORCAUX. Contractor. Bancroft. Nab.. No. I, IK. Tha Dice Cruder a Plow Co., Hunter, N. D. Oentlomen X recarrrd the raarant fnr the Rotary Dlao Plowing Attachment for Grading Machlnfa and In reply, can ks do fault. 1 have moved more dirt la the length of time than ever before and aia well pleaaed. Youra truly, J. E. OWEN. Railroad Contractor. Sketches About People Well Known in Public and Official Life Carl teknrs as av Pilot. E ALL realise that th. releaa. of Carl Bchurs Is a heavy loss to tha country; some of us realise 'y U that It la a heavy loss to us in 111 dlvldually and personally," writes w Mark Twain In Harper's Weekly. "As a rule I have had a sufficiency of confidence perhaps overconfldence In my ability to bunt out th. right and sure political chan nel for myself, and follow It to the de?p water beyond th. reef without getting ground; but there have been Umea, In th. last thirty years, when I lacked that confidence then I dropped Into Carl Bchurs's wake, saying to myself, 'he Is as safe aa Ben Thoroburgh.' When I was a young pilot on the Mississippi nearly half a century ago, the fellowship numbered among Its masters three Incomparables: Horace Blxby, Beck Jolly and Ben Thorn burgh. Where they were not afraid to venture with a steamboat, tha rest of tha guild wer. not afraid to follow. Tet there waa a difference: of the three, they pre ferred to follow Thornburgh; for sometimes th. other two depended on native genius and almost Inspirational water reading to pick out the lowest place on the reef, but that was not Ben Thornburgh'a way: If there were serious doubts he would stnD the steamer and man the sounding barge and go down and sound the several cross ings and lay buoys upon them. Nobody needed to search for the best water after Ben Thornburgh. If he could not find It, no one could. I felt that way about him; and so, more than one. I waited for him to find th. way, then dropped Into his steamer's wake and ran over the wrecks of his buoy on half steam until the leads man's welcome cry of 'mark twain' in formed me that I waa over the bar all right, and could draw a full breath again. "I had this same confidence in Carl Schurz as a political channel finder. I had the highest opinion of his inborn qual ifications for th. office: his blemlBhless honor, his unassailable patriotism, his high Intelligence, his penetration; I also had the highest opinion of his acquired qual ifications aa a channel finder. I believed h. could read the political surfaces as ac curately as lH by could read the faint and fleeting signs upon the Mississippi's "HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES" An Illustrated Booklet of valuable a,nd timely interest to all home makers. Brim full of PERTINENT SUGGESTIONS. HELPFUL HINTS and PRACTICAL INFORMATION 3 5nt FREB Od request to tha Chases Dirt Old Dutch Qeanser DcpL The ClIDAHY PACKING COMPANY. SOlTa MAIA. MX Ml face th. pretty dimple that hid a deadly rock, th. ostentatious wind reef that had nothing under It, the sleek and Inviting dead stretch that promised quarter-less-twain and couldn't furnish six feet. "I have held him In tho sincerest affeo tlon, esteem and admiration for more than a generation. I have not always sailed wltfi him politically, but whenever I have doubted my own competency to choose the right course. I have struck my two-taps-and one ('get out the port and starboard leads'), and followed him through without doubt or hesitancy." Cbanalnsr "amea. Champ Clark la going to support the amendment to the immigration bill Intro duced In the house by James Francis Burke, which allows an alien when he takes out naturalization papers to choose a name that his English speaking neigh bors will be able to pronounce. Thereby hangs a tale related by tha Pittsburg Dis patch. The MHsourlnn's real name Is James Beauchamp Clark. He never writes it that way at all, unless It Is In a matter of great solemnity. Champ Is the very best name In the country, he believes. - "You never have the newspapers snylng Representative Clark of Missouri when they want to sy something nice about me," observed the Mlssourlan "They say Champ Clark because It la eaay." How Clark came to shorten his name is Interesting. The first time he went nwny from horn, he realised that there were many J. B. Clarks In the country. Ho went to Lexington, Ky. All the letter h's girl wrote him were .pened by J me B. Clark that lived there and all were sent back endorsed, "Not for me," and algned by the other James B. Clark tried writing it merely Beauchamp. Ho knew that was a good and hon orable old French name. But he alio learned that "beautiful field" as said by th. Frenchman is wholly unlike th. iffort of the uneducated American, so he dropped the Beau and submitted to having the lat ter part of the name pronounced as if It were the first syllable of champion. Now he wouldn't trade with Mr. William Hohensollern, Mr. Edward Wettln, even with Mr. Frans Josef Hapaburg-Lorrslne. Champ Just suits htm. Mlalster. oa Horseback. Two new police chaplains in New York, Rev. Father Chtdwlck and Rev. Mr. Wade, are learning how to ride a bora, at an up town riding academy to enable them to make a showing in the police parade this year. Father Chldwlck served as chaplain In th. United States navy and was oa 'h. Mulue when It blew up. Th. first tun. h. aw hi. charger h. looked It over critically and then clambered aloft. When the lesson was over Mr. Wade asked his brother min ister how he liked It. "Well. Just between ourselves,'' was the guarded reply, "I think I would rather be back in the navy." Seeing- Discontent. Charles E. Hughes, a very effective after-dinner speaker, talks usually ' In serious vein, but h. Is never without a gocd story to point the morals he draws. The other night, speaking of profeaslonal agitators bofora the Manufacturers' asso ciation of New York, he told this one: "The howl about discontent and unrest -in this country," he said, "reminds me of the evening In the presidential campaign of 1836 when a party of gentlemen stood before the Hoffman house A man who Is very well known In New York said: Gentlemen, If William McKlnley Is elected president you will see the army of dis content and unrest, gathered from all parts of the country, encamped on th. Jersey height and threatening your capitalistic city. Mark my words!' "Judge," said a keen old lawyer in the party, "If you will go In and take another drink you will sea them there now.' " A Warm He-tort. Th. lata Senator Wolcott of Colorado, who wns an ardent republican campaigner, waa delivering a stump speech In a red hot democratic community of the south. He had a large audience, the white people occupying the "pit" and the negroes th. gallery. During his speech he became a little too ardent to suit his democratic hearers and after making an unusually telling point for tha republican side on. southern listener gave out an Impulsive "Rata!" Wolcott stopped short and quietly surveyed the sea of colored faces in the gallery as though looking for aid. Finally h. singled out one and beckoning him with his Anger he said: "Will the waiter please come down and take the Chinaman's or der?" Tha I'realdeat a. a Talker. "While In camp on th. Yellowstone." re lates John Burroughs In the Atlantic, "we always had a big fire at night In the open near th. tents, and around this we sat upon logs or camp stools, and listened to th. piasldoat's talk. What a stream of It be poured forth, and what a varied and pictur esque stream it was anecdote, history, science, politics, adventure, literature; bits of his experience as a rajichman, hunter, rough rider, legislator, civil aervloa com missioner, police commissioner! governor, president th. frankest confessions, th. moat telling criticisms, happy eharaotarla ationa of prominent political leader, or for eign rulers, or member, of hi. own cabinet, always surprising by his candor, astonishing by his memory and diverting by his humor. "His reading hal been very wide, and h. has that rar. typ it memory which re tains details as well as mass and gener alities. On. night something started him off on ancient history, and on. would hav. thought h. was Just fresh from his college course In history, th. dates and names and events cam. so readily. "Another tlm. h. discussed paleontology, and rapidly gave th. outlines of th. science and tha main faota as If he had been read ing up on th. subject that very day. 11. sees things aa wholes, and henc. th. rela tion of the parts come easy to him." Caaadlaa Cnptala of ladastry. Prom a mill hand to a millionaire; from a worker on railroads to a railway mag nate and lumber king such Is the history In outline of J. R. Booth, the possessor of about COCO square miles of Canadian timber wealth, and th. largest owner in his own right of railways In British North Amer ica, says the Technical World. Boeing Mr. Booth driving around th. city of Ottawa, Ont., in an old-fashioned buggy,, quietly dressed, after th. manner of a well-to-do fanner, one would scaroely Imagine, from uuulde appearances, that be was a prince of Industries. But attention one called to him th. observer cannot tail to meet the forceful, self-reliant and energetic countenance which looks from beneath the narrow-rimmed soft felt hat, covering a rich crop of hair, one. of a sandy color, but now of a silvery hue. ' Passed llini I'p. "Look lure, Senator Tillman," shouted an excited southerner as he burst Into the senator's room at th. Colonial hotel a few nights ago, "I hear that under this new rat. bill they hav. abolurlied 'Jim Crow' cars end that niggers can ride with us whit, folks In th. south." Senator Till man smiled and said nothing. "And I hear," the wrought-up visitor continued, "that they are going to put that old 'still' ex-Eenator Chandler at the head of the commission to enforce th. law. Is that of "1 don't know," aald Senator Tillman, "but this gentleman on my right Is Sena tor Chandler. You might ask him." Mot la HI. Lin. Bourk. Cockran took part In th. battle ship debate th. other day and olared soma mora or l.ss sarcastic arguments against th. proposed veaaal. Congrea maa "Charlie" Landl. reminded the New Yorker that the war of 1XL1 waa caused by England's attempt to Impress Ameri can seamen. "Doe th. g in tie man from Now York think." he aaked. "that Eng land would hav. dared attempt that If we had proportionately as strong a navy then as w. hav. now?" "X hav. never been on confidential relations with the British gov ernment." replied Cockran, who In year, gone by earned quit, a reputation for twisting th. lion's tall. H I. a Brlelc Th. Maharajah Oaekwar of Baroda ha. been voted a brick by 'he Gotham news paper men who hav. met him. There wer. mors than a doxen interviewers awaiting his highness when ha arrived at the Waldorf-Astoria, After, a short wait, out walked th. n;ahrajah, smiling pleasantly. II. had his hands in his trousers pocket In a boyish aort of way. He shook hands all round and then motioned his callers to' eata, after which he himself sat down. "It's a fin. day," he said by way of open ing th. conversation; and after that he waa never flagged. However, his highness produced a wonderful impression on hi. interviewers, may of whom had been in terviewing Oriental diplomats for yeara. L'nllk. LI Uung Chang and Count Wltta, he never askeJ a question. Not once did b. ask a reporter If h. was married, and If not why not. Ppinted Paragraphs It Is easy to expect others to set good examples. Sometimes money talks, but more often It stops talk. Any man who say. "I don't caro" 1. either a liar or a fool. At least th. toes of th. man who wait, are sur. to turn up. On. secret of success la th. ability t keep your own aeorets. CUT THIS OUT, AND SAVE IT. Mjiiianijl.l , i i, ii iii H.SBI itl) l si iminil 1 1 , ifiliai, m lc a , . . . .' . '- . - .. -" . . ' . : ' - - "'- ' ' 1 .'... ; , ' '' ' - '' , ' ; ' . v W' V ! 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