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"THE BEST OF EVERYTHING"
0 to 25 and 29 to 31, iiicl., and Jan
good returning to january 7, to all stations on the
North-western system and many points beyond
Dec. 20 to 22, incl., Good 30 Days, to Far Eastern Points, including Buffalo,
Toronto, Pittsburg and Wheeling
THE ONLY DOUBLE TRACK LINE TO CHICAGO
North-Western Line Ticket Offices, 14014403 Farnam St
Union Station and Webster Street Depot
Passing Events in the Field of Electricity
Klectrlc Motnra at Railroad Terminals
ilIE New York Central company
has substituted electric motor
for locomotives on passenger
trains In and out of ths New
York City terminal. The chance
was Inaugurated on December 10 and the
result appears to be satisfactory. Though
anticipated for some time, the change Is
hailed as the beginning of the end of loco
motive smoke clouds and gases which have
been a chronic nuisance to people living
near the right-of-way over which enor
mous traffic; passes day and night. The
revolution makes for a cleaner city and
Increased comfort for passengers. It means
much more In a general sense. It furnishes
an example which other cities will follow.
The commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia have notified the railroads Inter
ested that stosm locomotives must be dis
pensed with In Washington and will not
be allowed to enter the new Union station
when ready for business next year. Chi
cago takes courage from these examples
and hopes soma day to see Its beautiful
lake front unsmudged by puffing locomo
tives. "Plans for a more beautiful Chicago."
says the Tribune, "should Include provision
for the banishment of all steam locomo
tives from the city limits. The dally list
of offenders against the anti-smoke ordl
ance usually contains the. names of several
of the railroads, Individual engines being
reported by watchful public agents. These
oconslonal citations do not begin to tug
frest the great nuisance which is main
talncd bv every railroad which enters th
city. People whose homes are near the
tracks long since gave up the Idea of keep
lng things clean. They have tried to ao-
ciiHtom themselves to the noise or hava
become reconciled to It. Hundreds of com
muters every day In the year are forced
to endure tha smoke and the cinders.
Many of the suburban stations are so ar
ranged that a passenger coming up the
stairs or going down them gets the full
benefit of the belohlngs of the engines. A
clean platform is a rarity.
"These conditions have been accepted In
the past as necessary. But that day has
gone now, for the successful employment
of electric motors has pointed a better
way. The evidence of the elevated rail
roads Is visible to all. In some cases the
third rail has been laid upon the surface,
tlr.g photographs over the telegraph wires, the Berlin telephones has given rise to
He has succeeded in sending photographs much Justifiable complaint owing to In-
and sketches six or seven Inches square terruptlona In communications, partly me-
from Munich to Nuremberg, a distance of
100 miles. In from ten to fifteen minutes.
Precisely the same results, says Prof.
Korn, would be obtained if the photo
graphs were transmitted by a telegraph
line of any length. The photograph Is
placed on a transparent glass cylinder,
which revolves slowly and at the same
time moves right and left. A ray of light
Is thrown on the cylinder by means of an
electrlo lamp and lens, and when the ray
reaches the Interior -of the cylinder It is
brighter or darker, according to the color
ing of that particular part of photograph
through which It passes. Inside the cylin
der Is some selenium, which transmits the
electrical current In proportion to the In
tensity of the light brought to bear on It.
The receiving apparatus consists of an
electrical Xernst lamp placed inside a glass
cylinder covered with sensitised paper, on
which Is reproduced the photograph In its
exact shades, provided that the cylinders
at each end of the wire revolve at ex
actly the same speed. It is hoped to make
such Improvements In the apparatus as
will enable pictures to be photographed In
two minutes.
Berlin Telephone Improvements.
For many years past the working of
chanical and partly electrical In their
the exchange withdraws the plugs from
the board and completes the work.
Under this Improved system the No. VI.
exchange was put Into operation In Berlin
In June of the present year. The new ex
change, which Is probably one of the larg
est of Its kind yet erected, has a capacity
for M.000 customers and 200 Junctions. The
Tersely Told Tales Both Grim and Gay
Retort Conciliatory.
nature. The system about to De introduced conductors are almost entirely laid under
there entirely avoids the use of handles ground as double wires in 250-pair cables,
for calls and connections and does away arut , taken into the basement of the
tried for stealing a sheep; he had been said the tramp, submissively, shambling
HE late General Shafter was ac- discovered taking tne aeaa animai nome, one witn a nana ciuicnmg ni uuum.
customed to tell of a neat retort an0- wnen ne was arrestee, mere was evi- ine. nearest corner a uruuier iimi oii
made bv a volunteer soldier to dence that the sheep had already fur- him. "Did It work, Bill?' he asked
an officer durlna- the Cuban cam- nished several meals for the family. He perfection. Bluffer.
Here is the loaf,
To
and
paign.
Near Biboney, one right after a march,
with the magneto arrangement. It Is de- terminal station in sets of fifty-pair cables, It chanced a few of the "boys" of a Tennes-
vised for calling up the exchange auto
matically by means of double terminal sig
nals and central battery working. For
calling on and off recourse Is had to Incan
descent lamps. As soon a the subscriber
removes his telephone from the hook a
lamp is lighted at the exchange. The oper-
whlch then rise In a shaft to the main
distribution frame In the entresol of the
building. The main distribution frame
serves to connect all the lines with the
various positions of the multiple board.
From the main distribution frame the
wires ascend by twenty-one-pair cables to cer, angrily
'Who are you?" asked one of the "boys,
see company had pitched their tents in
close proximity to the tent of an officer
of another company. The "boys" were
somewhat noisy, as taps had not been
sounded.
'81'. ut up, over there!" shouted the offl-
ator signifies attention by placing the plug two iwtch rooms on the upper floor. The
attached to a two-way cord In the Jack switchboards are constructed as tables,
and asks for the number required; If an- ani for the local Intercommunication there
other exchange Is needed she depresses a ar6 forty-two tables each with six posl-
button which puts her on the call wire. tlong Three additional tables are used for
After receiving the Junction line number junction calls.
she then places the other plug attached to The current for operating the whole of
was asked If he had anything to say be
fore sentence was passed upon him. "I
killed the sheep, your honor, but I did
it in self-defense.'
" 'Self-defpnse?' said the Indignant
judge. 'Killed a sheep In self-defense?
What do you mean by such a statement?'
To which the man replied: 'No damned
sheep bites me and lives.' "Harper's
Weekly.
A Tramp's Trick.
A tramp went Into a baker's shop a short
time ago. The weather was warm, yet he
"I'll soon show you If I come out there."
was the response.
The boys, however, continued their racket
to such an extent that the irrltuted officer
soon appeared upon the scene and read shivered and trembled. "A loaf of bread.
them a terrible lecture, winding up with please, mum," he stammered, putting
the cord In the Junction Jack. This causes tna microphones Is provided by a battery tne threat to report the men to their colo- lpence on the counter and keeping
the signal lamp of the second exchange to 0f accumulators with a total capacity of
De switched on. Only When the person !0n iTinnerA-hniirit- It rnmnrl.i.i four enn-
called is reached that Is to say, when the
second subscriber has lifted his micro
phone from the hook Is the lamp put out.
So that as long as It continues to burn
It is an Indication that through communi
cation has not yet been established. When,
at the end of their conversation, the two
rate batteries each at 12 volts, for the
charging of which a direct current trans
former station of 200 amperes and 24 volts
Is installed. The original station was
fitted up for 18,000 subscribers. For this
purpose about SOO.OoO metres of cable (XB,
090) yards were needed, with a total of
suoscnoers nang tneir microphones on the about 12,600,000 metres of wires (say 13,-
respective hooks, two small signal lamps 78i,000 yards). In the multiple panels there
are illuminated on the keyboard, termed are 40.000 strips of Jacks, with 800,000 single
the end lamps, on which the operator at Jacks.
his
wl. "Don't you men know enough to obey hand dangerously near It. The girl lifted
the loaf from the shelf, wrapped It in pa
per and handed It to him. As he took it
he looked at her with an agonized expres
sion. "Would you please tell me, mum,
where the nearest hospital Is?" he gasped.
"Why, are you 111?" queried the girl, com
passionately. "I believe I am. They have
been having the diphtheria where I live
and I must be getting It." "(Jet out of
this place!" shrieked the frightened girl.
"How dare you come In here? Here, take
your dirty money!" "All right, mum,"
a superior officer?" demanded he. testily.
"Yes, sir," respectfully answered one of
the men. "We should have obeyed you at
once If you'd had shoulder straps on your
voice." New York Times.
In Heir-Defense.
An eminent Judge of northern Vermont
was fond of telling the following story:
"At a session of the criminal court, over
which he was presiding, a man was being
I Keeping
A" GRAN rasslin' match Is goln' on
In Ivery corner Iv th' clvylyzed
I globe," says Mr. Dooley in the
American Magaxine, "an' we're
' 1 11 1 ' all in a tangle, fightin', quarrelln'.
robbln", plundhrln", or murUhrin", aceordln'
to our tastes. It's what Hogan calls th'
Christmas Continuously in the Heart
and shake hands, pretliidln' it was all fun.
Th' kid have come In."
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permit ting rap.a .ran-.,. - tnjc) observea Decernber a 190ri lhe mcn
nnd smoke and noise. The presence of womn of th- wjrM ulM ,o ,1(.w
warning signs. "Danger! Look out for th- and tne quarrellng? wouldn't
the live third ralll" at crossings or at fe mor- thin wonh the m.m( ,f aftef
r,thr places slong the line points to an kMplng. chrl8tma In the form, by Ailing
element of new difficulty, but the advan- the chnaren., gtocklngs on Christmas eve
tages far outweigh the dangers. The New and ging aif anJ Bautatlons with
York Central lines are being electrified for j, Wl Christmas day. we kept Christ
forty miles or more from the central sta- ma ,n the hart for ,he balance of tne
tlon, and the patrons are looking forward yearT
to an early elimination of the smoke 0n wrltef gav, ug a hlllt when he siM
nuisance and a marked reduction In the that the itimjnp,, anil g0O(1 cheer generally
amount of noise. prevalent during Christmas season repie-
"What is being done elsewhere ought to Knta tne normal condition of society when
be done here In Chicago. If all locomo- lt ahall reacn that perfection possible
tlves were stopped at the city limits and am0118- human brings. And there are those
none but electric engines permitted within wno brieve that In spite of wars and
those bounds the gain would be wonderful. rumcrs of wars between nations, In the
The dangers will be minimised on tha ele- face 0f oppression and greed among lndl-
vated tracks and proper precautions on vidualsi moving to that very con-
suifice lines will lessen the likelihood of dition where keeping Christmas In the
"keeping Christmas In the heart?" Cer
tainly not by hanging up the stockings
every evening of the year; nor by con
tinual exchange of gifts; nor by making
perpetual the strain and labors of the
Christmas season as we now observe lt.
But rather by toning down sums of the
struggle f r existence, an' It'll always go madness or. if you prefer to call It, the
on while there's a dollar In the wurruld. a enthusiasm of that season, so that In our
woman, or a ribbon to wear In our coats, efforts to make a showing for ourselves
But on the three hundred and slxtyflfth and immediate friends we put no undue
day suddeuly we hear a voice: 'Glntlemen, strain upon the pockutbook of our bread-
gtntlemen. not before th' chlldher.' An' winner, and Impose no undue burden upon
we get up an' brush th' dust off our clothes the poorly-paid shop tdrl. She thorn: h we
sometimes forget lt Is the child of some
other parents who are Just as anxious that
their child be comfortable and free from
vexatious burdens as we are that our child
be surfeited with Chrixtmas gifts.
It is by the use of a little leaven that
Alonson the Brave was the name of the
knight
The maiden's the Fair Imogene.
The manly lad with the first touch of
down on his lip knows what love Is when,
turning to the sweetheart of his youth,
he says:
If you become a nun, dear,
The bishop Ive will be;
Th cupiils every one, dear.
Will chant "We trust In thee!"
One poet tells us "love Is madness, love
is sadness;" another that lt Is "the sweet
est Joy, the wildest woe." One grown
crusty In bachelorhood calls it "a delusion
and a snare" and a hopeless one declares
"love Is the tyrant of the heart; It darkens
reason, confounds discretion; deaf to coun-
pasllme It will not be necessary "when the
children come in" for us to "brush th' dust
off our clothes an' shake hands pretindin'
it was all fun." Then "the children's sea
son" will last the year 'round; then the air
will be full of music; the world will be full
of flowers; life will be full of hope because
the hearts of men are full of love.
The world Is not growing worse as some
of the disconsolate would have us believe.
It is growing better and there flows, at thjr
moment, from the hearts of men more o'
the milk of human kindness than at an)
other time In the history of the world
What if meanness and oppression ara
revealed? The very revelation shows tlm
power of public opinion; and shows, also.
sel. It runs a headlong course to desperate that the trend of men's thought is upwan'.
madness." What if doctrinaires complain tha
But the biliousness of the poets and the becoming Indifferent to the
is upwun j
nut men ar I
details o,(
leaveneth the whole lump; by a little cynicism of the despondent cannot affect creeds? That is because they are more de-
spreadlng out of the great pile of friendly
salutation, of generosity, of good cheer and
of kindly disposition that now characterize
the Christmas season; so thut without de
tracting from (he Joy of that period we
contribute to the continuing happiness of
men nnd to the permanent well-being of
the world. "Hut only Iv may lead love
In, to Anady, to Arcady."
One would be thought simple indeed er
the views of th man who has walked by
love's side; walked by love's side when he
gathered the myrtle with Mary; walkel
by love's side when he led to the altar
the girl of his choice; walked by love's
side at the cradle of the first born to that
holy union; walked by love's side and held
within his own trembling grasp love's firm
hand by the little grave in which was
centered that common Interest which binds
he to ask In this duy: "What is love?" to heuri rl.,er ihun nv muri...
There are, ready at hand, so many answers yet spoken by a priest.
to the question and most of them are e kow that when the maid and the lad.
plainly Illustrated In every day life. the mother and the father, and the friend
The mother bending o'er her first born have spoken they have told us of love and
tells us that is love and the love light that that is love, lndtd! But all these
the tracks where danger signs abound. au the year the Inspiration and exultation ,nttI al 'rum.
There would bs considerable Initial ex- they derive during the few hours of the The father, ready to sacrifice his all f or
pense of Instillation, but the beneficial re- designated season when they keep Christ- the future of his boy, tells us that Is love;
accident to the Individual who keeps off heart men and women will obtain during ,hat lleB "hin that mother's eyes tell us are but rt presentutlve of the real thing
the out-cropping In particular InJIvi ual
of that which was to affect all Intl.vid ju';
the triumph In p-thular quart?: of thut
which was to dominate In all quarters; th
hint strong and beautiful, but a mere hint
nevertheless of that great "truth ol
truths" which Disraeli described as "The
principle of xlstence and its only end."
Keeping Christmas In the heart as a rule
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suits would be so many as vo m i"
gutter of expense entirely secondary.
Sendlas Pnotoarapfca by Wire.
Great Improvements are said to have
mas In the form. And those who lndulg
In this bit of optimism tell us that love Is
leading the stay.
Well, Love knows the way; and the men
and women who follow her call will
teen effected by Prof. Korn of the Munich find t- '
university U fcla apparatus tar transmit- Aad lw ax ws to put in Its entire year
and we know that he speaks us one who
feels, and. feeling, knows.
The maiden knows thut love Is described
in thut picture wheie
A warrior so bold, and a virgin so brighl
Conversed as they sat nr. the green.
They gazed on tucli ut'ier with tenUerest
di-lighl
termlned than ever in their efforts to ge'
cloeer to God.
Dr. P. Hall, one of the best known ol
Nebraska bunkers, responding to the ques
tion: "Is the world getting worse?" re
plied, "No," and added: "There never wal
a generation In this country in which thu
moral hazard as a busls for credit entered
so largely as In this."
Practical men are turning to the better
things of life. They know thut love und th I
things it stands for are alone worth cu'
tlvating; they know that to cherish millce.
to lay traps for one's neighbor, to n
rouruge vanity and Indulge In bond ast Is
u Veritable wale of time. They fed with
the poet of old who wrote:
"The warrior for the True, the Riijhl.
KihU In l over nsim-;
The love thut lures th-e from that fl lit
Lure thee to tthatiie;
"That love which lifts the heart, yet leaves
The spirit free
Th.il love, or i.i ne, it 111 for one
.Mjn-sh.i(i like thee."
"Keeping Christmas in the heart" will
yet become the habit of men; and he who
"My bounty Is as boundless as the sea
My love as deep; the more 1 give to Thee
The more I have, for both are Infinite."
In art and literature th little child is
made the representative of Innocence for
obvious reasons. The Danish queen who
wrote, "Oh keep me Innocent, make others
great," voiced what Is today the wish of
rnany thoughtful parents with respect to
the future of their children, as it well
might bo the wish of thoughtful men with
'.spert to the future of their race. Men
f the past who were controlled by vanity
vhere they were not moved by greed, strug
gled under the embarrassments and handi
caps of those who would be "great;" let
'.he men of the future be touched with the
latlsfylng qualities of innocence and find
lliat contentment awaiting those who are
willing to seek it along the simple lines
where love will lead the way.
j For my own children I breathe this
Vhrlstmas prayer:
Give them knowledge; but hold them true.
Ripen their intellect; but ket p their hearts
of life rather than as a mere bol.d&y adopts thut habit will find
onriflr
Lead them to the heights where by
learning much from their teachers men
may give much to their ft Hows; but let
them retain to the end a practical trust in
the tenderness of men and a simple faith
in the goodness und the ullness of God.
It them be kind to every creature to
every mun grown wejry, to every woman
grown faint, to every child mude home,
less, to every bird In the air and to evsry
beast In tht field finding In all things
something to command their concern, and
in all beings something to stir their affec
tions. Keep Christnius within their hearts, work
day and play day alike, making each one
feel, during all the Journey through life,
that:
Whatever mine ears can hear,
hutever mine eyes can se.
In nature so bright with beauty and light,
lias a message of love for me.
RICHARD I METCALFB.
the sixpence Is right down here in my
pocket." Dundee Advertiser.
Poet Earns lint.
Barty Hilliard, who forty odd years ag
lived in a small town In northern Vermont,
was noted for his careless vagabond habits,
ready wit and remarkable facility for ex
tempore rhyming. While he was sitting
one day In the village Btore of what Is
now a part of Montpclier, among a group
of Idlers, the genial merchant asked hint
why he wore such a shocking bad hat,
Barty replied that he could not afford
better one.
"Come now." said the merchant, "make
me a rhyme on a bad hat and I will give
you the best I have In my store." In
stantly Barty threw the old one on the
floor and began:
Here lies my old hat,
And pray wnat of that?
It's as good as the rest of my raiment!
If I buy me a better
You'll make me your debtor
And send me to Jail for the payment.
The new hat was voted to be fairly won,
and Barty bore lt off In triumph, saying:
"It's a poor head that can't take care of
Itself." Boston Herald.
Proclaims Ills Good l.nrk,
One afternoon, some years ago, the lata
Governor Russell put out from Cedar Grove
lodge to enjoy a few hours' fishing on
Ponkapoag pond. Down at the other end
of the pond was a boat containing Willurd
O. Brown of Randolph and a party of
fishermen friends, who were unaware of his
excellency's presence.
Brown's party having been out all day
without getting a bite, someone suggested
a little gamp of "seven up." So they
seated themselves in the bottom of their
boat, which was a typical Ponkapoag craft,
built on the mud scow pattern, and tha
game was on.
After playing for some time they noticed
a strange boat approaching, and one of Its
occupants, who was leveling a field glas
nt them, was heard to exclaim: "Those
fellows must have struck a school. They'va
been cleaning fish ever since we cams out."
As soon as the boats were within hailing
distance Governor Russell Inquired, "What
luck?" to which Brown replied: "I Just
begged on the ace and deuce of trumps
and made high, low. Jack, gift, game, and
all the trimmings!" Boston Herald.
Pies In nisrharse of Doty.
Champ Clark relates the experience of a
western politician who was making a house
to-housn canvass some years ago.
This politician had come to a prosperous
looking furm house at a cross road, when
he observed a comely young woman stand
ing at the gate. Pulling up his horse the
candidate for the people's favor gracefully
lifted his hat in salute of the young
woman, and politely asked:
"No doubt, madam, your estimable hus
band Is ut home?"
eo. responded the woman.
"Might have the pleasure of seeing
him?" suavely Inquired the politician.
"H's down In the pasture a-buryln' the
dog," came from the individual at tha
gale.
"I am very Sorry, Indeed, to learn of
the death of your dog," came in sympa
thizing tone from the candidate. "What
killed It?"
"It wore Itself out a-barkln' at candi
dates," said th worn n. Rochester liax
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