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OMAIIA
SUNDAY
APRIL 26.
Record-BrealtinQ Value Giving Monday
In Oar High-Grade Linen Department
50 unhemmed, pattern table cloths, pure linen, German sil
ver bleached, size 2 yards, regular $3.50 quality, Mon
day, each $1.93
50 high grade Belfast dew bleached, 2V yard pattern table
cloths, heavy double damask, well worth $5.00 each, Mon
day, each .. . , .$2.08
60 full bleached hemstitched tatie
cloths, m yards long, never
gold less than $2.25 each; Mon
day, each $1.25
100 dozen washed Devonshire
hemmed hack towels, large size,
heavy and absorbent, usually
sold at 17c .; Monday, ea.lOc
75 dozen mercerized satin dam
ask napkins, 20 Inches square,
well worth $2.25 dozen; Mon
day, dozen We
60 dozen Oriental Turkish bath
towels, heavy twisted thread,
bleached and unbleached, our
regular lie grade; Monday,
each .... 10
In this department always can
be found nothing but high grade
sheets, pillow slips and bedspreads
at prices lower than Inferior
goods.
Bleached Sheet.
Ontario sheets, size 84x90
each .
Defender sheets, size 81x90
each .... , o
Atlantic sheets, size 81x90
each .... ;.
Whitethorn sheets, size 81x90
each 1 75
Tioga cases, 42x36, each. ...8 Wo
Pullman cases, hemstitched, 42x
36, each 12Mo
T. A. S. cases, 46x38, each. 11c
High-Grade VJhite Goods Department
I All our St. Gall Swisses, " Scotch Swisses, Domestic
Swisses and Mercerized Fancies will go at exactly HALF
MARKED PRICE.
39c Checked Lawn 25
26c Checked Lawn 15
19c Checked Lawn 12 tt
86o and 26c Checked and Striped
Dimities, at '25c and lf)
26c 40-in. Lawn 19
19c 40-in. Lawn 1262
16c 40-in. Lawn 10
2 6c English Long Cloth.... 19t
18c English Long Cloth.. 12 Vc
16c Long Cloth lOt
80c 40-in. Nainsook 23g
-lie 40-in. Nainsook 19i
19c Nainsook 12V
$1.00 48-ln. French Lawn. . .75
7&o 48-ln. French Lawn. . ... .58g
40c 48-ln. French Lawn . . . . J5g
69c 45-ln. Persian Lawn...5
89o 45-ln. Persian Lawn .... 25
26o Persian Lawn
India Llnon, at a yard, 25c, 19c,
15c, 12 hie and 101
Notion Sqe
lost completed mr maw
We hava
Vnftlon &nd
and will opan Monday with the great
est bargain sale staple aottoas af
ths season. Prices about natt.
Warren's Silk Featherbone, per
yard 74 1
600 yards Basting Qotton, per
spool ...3
8 pkgs. Brass Pins, fer......5y
Klelnert's Dress Shields, all kinds,
pair .52
Campbell's DreBs Shields, all
x kinds, pair .5
6 yards Manhattan Skirt Braids,
at 12
Best Hump Hooks and Eyes,
at 3s
Crawley, 's Gold Eyes Needles,
package .'. ....... 3g
lEc Corset Steels, at pair. .4
10c Horn Combs, each... . .4g
16c Horn Combs, each 7 4
25c Needle Books, containing 4
packages needles, 14 darning
needles, 6 hat and veil pins and
80 pins, on sale .......... QWc
10c Feather Stitched Braids,
at
10c Giant Tack Pullers.... .3 V4
Pearl Buttons, per dozen... ..X
And scores of other equally
good bargains.
Bring this list with you Monday.
Portieres
Persian ordered Curtains,
on heavy rep, with edge
turned, complete to hang,
at, pair $3.98
Ileavy fringed Curtains, in
red or green, at, pr., $4.98
Rope Portieres, in all the new
effects, for full size, doors,
at, pair $4.50
Silk Festoon Drapes, in any
colorings to blend with in
terior, at... $5.00, $7.50
REAL LACE CURTAINS
Imported Princess Lace Cur
tains at $25.00 and $17.50
Duchess Points, in two tone
effects, at, per pair, $18.00,
$15.00, $12.50 and $8.50
Cluny Curtains, (he most
popular curtain, in white or
Arabian, at $15.00, $12.50,
$10.00, $8.50 and... $4.98
Everything new in yard
goods..
Rug Specials f"8 c,tu Goods Priced si
Crcafy Lest Tbtn Elsewhere "
915 Tapestry Brussels Bugs the
9x12 Blze, sale price. . .$11.08
fl8.no Tapestry Brussels Rugs
9x11 size, sale price. .$12.50
$18 Tapestry Brussels Bugs 9x12
size, sale price $14. OS
$20 10-wire. Seamless llrussel
Bugs 9x18 slse, special
at 916.50
$15 Scotch Body Brussels Rug
9x12 size, special $10.98
$13.50 Kashmir Bogs 9x12 size.
fast colors, specials $9.48
$12.75 Kashmir Hogs x size
fast colors, special
$8.00 Kashmir Bogs 6x9 fiTze,
, fast colors, special $5.75
$50 Royal Wlltoa Rugs 9x12.
size, sale price. ...... .$35.00
$30 Axminttter Bags best quality,
9x12 size, at $21.98
$25 Axmtnster Bogs best quality,
8-3x10-6 Blze, at $18.50
$35 Body Brussels Bugs 9x12
size, special, at $25.00
$75 French Wlltoa Rus 8x12
sise, special, at $50.00
$5.00 Axminster Bugs 36x72
size, sale price .$3.49
&2.00 Velvet Bugs 27x54 size.
sale price -f 2S
$1.50 Smyrna Bogs 30x62 size.
special, at ....... ...... .g9
7 foot Window Shades best water
celor, price 25
exclusive Omaha Agents tor
"Brealln," the new window shade
material, will not crack or wrinkle.
Let us measure your windows for
shades.
Send us
your mail
orders
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Mail orders
given
prompt
attention
THE nCUACLQ OTOHG.
IMPORTANT SALE OF SILKS
Imported to us on account of the opportunity it affords us of increasing the already great pop
ularity of our silk department. Impertant to you on account of the marvelous saving chance it
affords to secure high class spring silks at less price than other houses pay for them. Never before
have we been, and probably will not soon again be, in a position to offer such well known high class'
silks at these prices. MONDAY IS THE DAY TO BUY.
Mandarin, one of the fashionable new silks; Mirage, the favored one of all by 5th Ave modistes,
both sold in our city at $1.35 and $1.50 a yard. Our price for Monday less than manufac- Qfif
nrora' rrscf oil tVia vinTioat TtTC rrlnrin Co nt n xrorrl tr f d
V MA V A hJ ". k . , (UA WiW AVUVW W I . I J ...............
$1.75 Quality C. 3. Bonnet's Black
Dress Taffeta, 86 Inches wide; Mon
day enly, at, per yard. ...... .$1.00
$2.50 Black Pean .de Bole, double
faced, 86 Inches wide, at, yard,. $129
$125 Black Dress and Shirting Taf
fetas, 86 Inches wide, yard 70c
86-lnch Slack Millinery TaffetA. . .49c
Black and White Jap Silks, 27 Inches
wide, also white China silks; Mon
day, yard . .88c
Plain and Novelty .Silks, of all
descriptions, beautiful new weaves
and colorings, over 5,000 yards; reg
ular values to $1.00 yard divided
- into two big lots for Monday
at 40c and 35c
Hew Dress Trimmings
A splendid line Including plain and
fancy plaids In great assortment
1st lot, yards for 50
2d lot, 7 He yard, worth. . ... . . .15
8d lot, 15c yard, worth 25
4th lot, 25c yard, worth 50
lion City Laces
The only selling agents for these
beautiful wash laces in Omaha.
The best on the market, and save
you the 60 per cent duty on this
line.
A Special 25 Per Cent Discount
From Beguhtr Prices, Monday.
Grand Ribbon Sale
A line of plain and fancy Silk Rib
bons ei.tra width, splendid assortments,
on sale Monday, regular
50c Ribbons, U yard . . . 151
The greatest ribbon snap of the sea
son. Come early Monday.
New Lots T Great Manufacturers' Stock Purchase
A display of spring garment bargains unparalleled in Omaha. Four new shipments added to
our already immense showing. A wealth of the latest garment style ideas in all the best fabrics and
richest colorings, never surpassed equaled at the special prices only by last week's magnificent
values. Here and now is the opportunity, place and time to buy your spring suit, waist or skirt. A
SAVING Or ALMOST HALF IS ASSURED TO THOSE WHO HAVE WAITED TILL NOW.
two
Tailor Suits, worth regularly f A Qa
$30.00 and $35.00, sale price ASeSlj
Tailor Suits, that would sell in a regu
lar way at $25.00, in
Monday's Bale at. ... .
100 Handsome Silk Suits, in both Prin
cess and shirt waist styles, including
stripe and fancy weaves, f f fr
values to $25.00; choice. &3U
Women's $2.00 Lawn Waists, splendid
assortment of new styles ; on Qr
sale at
Women's $5.00 Silk Under
skirts, best values ever, at.
Big sale of Infants' Wear Monday.
Splendid savings in all lines every
thing for the child from one day old to
six years.
2.95
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$10.00 Covert Jackets $6.95 Hand
some new styles, the most attractive
lot of bargains we have yet offered.
You can't afford to pass " AC
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them at. . . .
Silk Braided Jackets Regular $18.00
12.50
values, just 50 in the lot,
in Monday's sale at .': . . .
km
Fine Voile and Panama Skirts Manu
factured to sell at $12.50; handsome
new styles, matchless values
Cravenette or Tourist CoatsValues
up to $15.00. Good assortment of
styles, on sale Monday at
choice
5.95
Another great lot of Silk Suits on
sale Wednesday. See windows. Watch
Wednesday night papers. v
Special April Furniture Bargains
Several recent cash transactions- with manufac
turers hard up for ready money permits us to
offer you values never before equaled in Omaha. No question of low price, you'll readily recog
nize that. No question of high quality, when you examine the offerings. ,
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Womb Wire Bad Springs A big purohaaa
Ki tooui nau price, regular fi.ou vajuos,
at
.B50
$130 Dining Chairs Woo4 seat, bnrd
back, each BSo
IF
1
dill)!
Canltarr SJtaal Oonohas Worth 4.60.
inrw carioaas securea ai a
great bargain; on aaia .
Monday at ;
14.6
2.95
largs Xltohen Cablnats Strongly made
and well ftnlBhad, has two flour bins,
two small drawers and two . ) OC
hn.rri. M ,.1.
(2.25 Folding Oo-Carts, can be com
pactly folded, has steel gear and rub
ber tired wheels; sale price. . .$1.75
A 'full line of laws and Porch
Furniture.
$37.00 Dining Tablei
pedestal
Large quarter saw-
tables, with claw feet.
ed oak Dude
patent lock, handaomely fin- 1 7 CI)
Uhed; ale price. ll'JV
Grocery Prices That Cannot Be Duplicated Z'Xfcl!,
I 10 bars beat brands Laundry 8oap....bo
S 10-lb. aacKa best granulated Cornmeal.l6a
1 41-lb. sacks beax Fancy Ulgh Patent
5i , "jj Flour , $1.15
; Qiaker Oats Company Toasted Wbeat
Flakes, packaga 6o
I Ilarmann's Pur Malt Vinegar, bottle.. 6c
I Welch's Grape Juice, bottle lOo
' Oil or Mustard Bardtnee, can... SVae
t- t- I-lb. can soli packed Tomatoes for..!1,!!
f '. 1 4 Cttnk fancy Sweet Bugar Corn for....io
f I 4 cans fancy Wu, Green or Umi Keans
, -i X for , 25c
: 1 6 lbs. choice Japan Rice.,,.. lio
: m The best crisp Preuels, lb to
. . .60
In
package best Domestlo Macaroni
Tha beat crisp Ginger Snaps, lb.
j ne Dest boaa Crackers, lb...
1-10.
'r ..ataO
The best Tea Elf tings, lb 1B0
The beat Golden Bauios Coffee, lb.,...16o
TSXIK TXaETAXXJI PmZCEM TOM
KOHDAT.
Fresh Pplnach, per peck .....lOo
Frwh Asparagus, three bunches ....... lOo
Fresh Peas, per quart is
Fresh Wax or String Beans, quart.... 10o
Four Bunches fresh Radishes to
Two Heada freh Laf Ijettuo 60
Freeh Beets ar Carrots, bunch to
Large Cucumbers, each ..5c
Fancy Ripe Tomatoes, peun 7 Ho
Twe bunches fresh Celery v 00
Blx bunches fresh Oniens no
Four bunches Pie Plant ......50
B.lghlnt ITaTel ran.T Baia Oranges
have advanced over tOo per case, but we
are still selling them, per dosen 12c.
160, 17 H d 200
BtrrTEB us crsrxxsTa pmioBa ros
M91TBAT.
Choice Country Butter, per lb 18c
fancy Country Butter, per lb 21c
Fancy Creamery Butter, per lb 2 So
Fancy Full Cream Cheese, per lb lbo
Hayden's for Hardware and Paints
It you want the best Refrigerator on
earth, get the Celdwave, white en
ameled, all puts removable, looks
like an empty room when parts are
removed. No dirt can lodge in it,
no rust, no grease, the uamel is
like a, bath tub, only H2.1t
Coldwave Ice Chests, 15.86, $7.2$, $9.86
Tomorrow we give you free the best
Hose Reel made with every hose.
Guaranteed rubber hose, all coupled
up, &'c. llHc, Wric and lie
Good Garden Hose, (Vto, 70, S0
It pay to get the best always.
Heavy galvanized Poultry Wire, per
ft. fa. In lull rolls 600
In full rolls, cut, only 2a
Bell Steel Garden Hoes or Rakes, at
each loo, 19c and 29o
Union Made Parlor Brooms.... 12c
6c Willow Clothes Buskels 5ic
Large size, medium and small heavy
ialvanixed Wuh Tubs, on sale to
morrow, each (toe, bUc and 4vo
If 'gallon Galvanised Garbage Cans,
tomorrow, only $1.23
Bteel Roller Skates. $2.60 quality, ftKc
With every Lawn Mower tomorrow,
we give away free the best grass
catcher made; guaranteed Lawn
Mowers, $3.76. 13.75, $4.98. $6.60.
It's your own fait of you fall to get
a lawn inower Monday,
i, 4 and 6 ft. strong Stepladders, at
-esnou jo j uo )o pus ogt a$g
cleaning.
High Grade Wash Goods Dept.
JUST RECUVLD . ,
Over 75 cases of the finest, new and up-to-date spring
wash goods from the, Arnold mills, the Pacific, the Coecheco
and the Amoskeag mills, will be on sale Monday all over the
three middle sections of the store 25 salespeople.
GINGHAM SECTION.
Anderson's Scotch, 25c Ginghams,
t 15
Parkhlll's 25c Ginghams. . . .150
Toll du Nord, 16c Ginghams. 100
Amoskeag Dress Ginghams. .
Amoskeag Apron Checks.... 5
SILK WARP WASH GOODS
SECTION.
Arnold's 60c Silk Warp Organdies,
39
Gaily & Lord's Silk Warp Ging
hams 39
Arnold's Silk Warp Tissue, 39c
grade 18
Highland. Silk Embroidered .250
Arnold's Silk Warp Tissue, 19c
grade 18
Arnold's Silk Dotted Muslins. 150
Sole Radlent, 26o grade. .. .150
Arnold's Applique Side Bands,
at 200
Pacific 16c Batiste Side Bands
at 110
Berineo Poulards finest styles,
69c values, at a yard 390
Silk Warp Tissue Silk, 69c grade,
washes well , 290
Pacific Batiste, best quality
at 12H
16c Percales, 84 count, best
make 12 H0
12 Vie Percales 1Q0
The Leading Dress Goods House & Vest
Everything new and up-to-date for Spring 1908.
For Monday and Tuesday only, everything in our lew Spring Dress
Goods (except LanBdown), will go at Exactly Half Price.
All Priestley's Blacks, Lupin's Blacks, all Black and Colored
Broadcloths, Foreign and Domestic, all New Fancies, all at Exactly
Half the Market Price. No part pays No C. O. D.'s o nthls sal.
Mall Orders Filled Until Friday.
Wash Goods Spec-
ials in our Famous
Irish Crochet Laces
The first house In Omaha to Import these goods direct, the line w
show is the best made in Ireland, and we guarantee you a saving of
S3 (s to BO per cent over prices asked elsewhere for the same. See our
goods and get our prices before paying exorbitant profits. Our margins
on hand made laces are Just the same as on machine made gooda.
Domestics, Sheetings, Linens
and White Goods In Per
Famous Domestic Room
, n
Here are the prices that count.
No "off Brands." No "Just as
good." No "little better," simply
the genuine brand.
From 8 to 9 a. m.
Lonsdale, Fruit of the Loom, mil's
or Edward's from the bolt, 10
yards to customer, at a yd. . .50
Frem 9 to 10 a. m.
9-4 Pepperal or 9-4 Lockwood
l bleached 10 yards limit, at
yard '-150
From 10 to 11 a. m.
Peppered R., the finest brown yard
wide Muslin made, 10 yards
limit, at, yard 50
$2.00 Corsets Monday, 98c
A special purchase of fins Corsets
from a prominent manufacturer
whose name we are not at liberty
to mention. They oome In fine
colored batiste, delicate pinks and
blues hose supporters to match
splendid long hip meaels regular
12 values to close (juiciuy
Monnay, at,
choice
roa irrotTT rioxrjaxs
The W. B. Keanae fills a long-felt
nd. cemblmng comfort wtLa. ele
gance, hygenlc principles, with
beauty ef eutllne. narked Im
provement In figure, wit absolutely
no discomfort. Let s ff?7
hew you the new spring "Jj j
models, at
Domestic Room
Silk warp Organdies, 39c grade,
at 10c
25c Imported Dotted Swiss, fast
colors 10c
2 5c Woven Summer Voiles . . . 10c
15c Percales, dark colors, 36
Inches wide 7Hc
12 He Percales, 32 Inches wide,
the fine kind 5c
19c ValdHRays, 18c Organdie
Carroveux, 16c Batiste 10c
10c Batiste, fine goods, 2 to JO
yards .... ' 3 He
12c Batiste fine goods, 2 to 12
yards Rc
Amoskeag Apron Ginghams. . .5c
.Amoskeag Dress Ginghams, . .10c
12 Wic Scotch Zephyrettes. . . . .5c
15c India Llnon 7ttcJ
12 He Lyon Brand Long uiotn oc
7c Apron Checks &Hc
8 He Apren Check, fast colors,
at .....
Scotch Lawns, 7 He grade... a Ho
100 bargains too numerous ,to
mention in this room.
98c
Muslin Underwear at Half
IN MANY CASES LESS THAN HALF RETAIL VALCT5.
An Immense purchase of over $35,000 worth of
undemuslins at 60c on the dollar, now on sale;
the most delightful bargains ever offered.
$3.60 Underskirts at (1.60 All have dep knee
flounces of hundsome wide lac, erabrolslery and
Inserting, finished with wash ribbons, not a sar
ment In the lot worth less than nA f Crt
13.00, on sale in two lots, at e uu
Corset Covers and Brewers, In Immense assortment,
daintily trimmed with laoes and embroideries.
It !?ff ??. f.1.'.0.'. ?? . 19c-29c-39c-49c
Children's Bklrts and Drawers, with' tucked f j).
ruine, at
800 Oewns at Mo A line of styles and auallty sur
passing any ever offered In the city at our sale
prices, handsome designed yoke of twla embroid
ery ana lace ana insertion tnreaaea wna
wash ribbons, great, at, ,
f 1.50 Quality Cheaalsea, gjg .
Children's Brewers, trimmed In lace, insertion and
SM:.'!!! A0. 15c-c-25c
ROUSING EXTRA SPECIALS EVERY HOUR MONDAY.
There never was a sale in which such values were obtainable,
can't afford to miss one ef these specials. .
I 1 . ,1" I
mai
Too
Trom 8 Till t A. X- Corset Covers
and Drawers, worth to 60o, lace
and embroidery trimmed. fC
at, choice
Trom t Till 10 A. XL Cambric Gowns
lace and embroidery trimmed, high
or low neck, out long and CO-
full, values to $2.00, choice....
rrom 10 T1U 11 A. af. Petticoats
worth to lil.OO, very few wortli less,
deep flounces of lace or embrlcl-
ery, spienaia assorimeni, 6'Jf
chol on.
Men's Mad- i Trom 5
at, choice
From 11 A. M. T1U lfl
rtiH Ishlrts, all sizes, newext pal'
terns, every shirt perfect. 60c ond
75o values, in one lot, at, 91
, v
oholoe.
Trom Tin 9 T. M Men's, 'Women's
and Children's Hoae, In tana and
blacks, all sixes, values up fir.
to 15c. on sale, S ales far C
Trom. a Till . e. Ladles' Night
Clowns, neatly trimmed, generously
proportioned, all sixes and worth
regularly to Bso. en sale, .
choice t
Trom 4 T1U 5 T. Mv Ladles' Gowns,
Corset Covers and Drawers, well
made, neatly trimmed garments In
mo lot, worm to fl.DU,
BSE
Painted Screen Poors, extra heavy 98o
Two gallon sine Rose Sprinklers, worth
6!c, for f 21K3
BSc S-foot Ceiling Dusters, each.. 19c
Hoc extra- heavy Carpet Beaters 12'
Children's 2uc Garden Sets, only., to
11 quart, 10 quart and 14 quart heavy
29c
TUl 6 r. BaV Men's T,ll
Union Suits, ecru, white, pink or
blue, all sixes, made to sell at 1 60,
greatest snap ever offered, sa.
at, garment.,.. ...i'
Qalvanlsed Water Palls, on sale tomor
row, at ISo, lSc and 30o
Boys' Tricycles, tomorrow, large, me
dium and small size, each (L26, LM
and $l.7S
$3.00 strong wooden Coaster Wagons,
nly fZtt
In the Field of Electricity
A
Grewlaf 1 Plaata l.r EletrlelT.
K1CW system Introduced by H.
B. ThwaJt, Uotrieei engineer,
Wblch undertakes te supply all
the necessities of ths living
plant. Is described la The World
Today for A pell. From a alngl
- -iri p, ecns"td wltn - otrl'yj -paratua.
It U possible te obtain artificial
tight, carbonic add gas. ieat and saerglxlng
current to stimulate the growth of both the
pippcr and lower portions ef the plant
It la a simple point, but In those xpert
nonts It has beea found to be a very im
mrtant one, to have the electric aro eon
inuouely oa the move. This la arranged
y affixing tha lamp to a small motor
viiioh runs up "and 3on the bouseton rails.
A moment's thought will show the purpose
f tbls device. Owing to the apparent
suoveioects of the sun, the rays from the
ftolar oj-b are never stationary for a single
ulnute oa any part of vegetation. Anether
eoclU fatux la the Ucing tit a water
screen se that the eleetrlo rays passing
through this medium axe robbed it moat
of their heat. Very much the same process
goes on in the case of tha sun and our
world. The rays of light as Uey reacn us
have been toned down from muon ef their
fierceness because they have passed
through that which la wrantlcaiiy water
screen, composed, of countless myriads ef
moisture particles which go to make up our
atmo&phere. (
If there' la eae direction more than an
other la wtUoh the use of electric light
might b advantageously taken up by the
' gardeners, it Is In the growing of green
stuff for salads, etc. The great secret
In the production of this particular class
of material la to encourage a speedy de
velopment; not only that the stuff may be
out of the way quickly, but because It Is
more sweet and tender. Such plants as
mustard and press, lettuce and other salads,
respond In a tnaglcal way to electiii rays.
The crops arejready la about hail tUk usual
period, and an Immense saving of time Is
the result.
Electrical tsaleera.
That the eWcU'lca. engineer would teach
the world how to live, that be is today
solving the greatest problems of the hu
man race and that in tha future electnoal
engineering would be -foremost In making
belter the lot of man, were a few of the
important points mad by Prof. Charles P.
Btelnmeta before the Electrical Engineer
ing society of the UassaohaeotU Institute
oi Technology. Aoooroing to tfie Boston
Transcript's report. Prof. BtetnmeU said
that nearly all the great advances In en
gineering In recent years had bean through
electrical engineers. Tha development f
tha great hydraulic turbine was by an
eleotrloal engineer, the great steam tur
bines were developed by the electrical engi
neers. Parsons In England and Curtis In
America, and the same was true In other
lines of work. II attributed this partici
pation of electrical engineers In the ad
vance of the age to the great aocuraoy of
work necessary and possible In electrical
engineering. It seems a far cry from eioc
trical engineering to soduloglca! problems,
but Pref. fcleliimeU claimed fc tiisT elec
trical engineer, his plain, ordinary trolley
car and his great eleotrio locomotive, the
Solution of that great problem, the depop
ulation of the country and the mussing of
large numbers of people in the city. Al
ready, aald Prof. Statnmets. bag the tide
set back toward the soil, the people living
within ten and twenty miles radius of the
cities Instead of as a few years ago within
a two-mils radius. This was of great ad
vantage to the big cities, for in the former
case It was possible to have 15.0U0 workers
In a factory, as at Schenectady those
workers spread over a radius of seventeen
miles, with the city not a city, but the
country. To the electrical engineer the
world now turned, said Prof. BieinmoLs,
for the solution of the problem of suste
nance. The human raqe In Its career bad
laid barren the lands U had passed over
and bad now run to the limit. The set-king
for new lands had slopped and the
pdople could no longer draw on the capital
of nature. It was then the business of the
electrical engineer to harness all the great
water power going to waste, not on the
big streams, but on the smalt streams, and
to use this power Instead of the fast di
minishing coal and wood supply. Also the
elecU-Uml engineer will have to solve the
problem of reviving the soil, the making of
the nitrates te put back Into the soil as
they ' are taken out. This may lead the
engineers Into electro-chemistry, but ths
engineer of today must be ready for this
turn. He then gave a talk on the work he
has now taken up of finding the constants
for an equation which will cover everytning
that may happen in an electrical circuit,
the working out of which will revolutionize
many parts of modern electrical practice.
Telepkose Kates. ,
An ordinance Intended to give legal ef
fect to a settlement of disputes between
the Bell Telephone company and the au
thorities of Kansas City has been Intro
duced in the city council. It proposes an
Immediate reduction of telephone rates
from $y to tOO In the business district and
from, ttiO to M per year for Instruments In
residences. .
Accompanying this ordinance was an
other effecting a compromise between the
city and the Missouri and Kanpas Tele
phone company popularly known as. the
Bell system, whereby the city drops Its
pole and conduit scheme of taxation and
is to aocopt t per cent of the gross earn
ings of the company. In addition to the
right to use cue conduit and all pins oa Bell
poles for the carrying of police and fire
department wires. Further, the city is to
receive $18,333. M as a settlement of arrears
of disputed taxes and also to get a receipt
for something like $7,600' due the Bell com
pany for services already rendered.
Three trunk lines are- to be furnished
by the company and tree service on them.
A still, further demand on ths Bell Is that
It supply thirty free telephones to the city,
and while this agreement is to run till
January 1, litti, the city reserves the right
to further regulate" rates. The new orrti
nni. tf enacted, will put the Ball on the
same terms as the Home Telephone com
pany In tha matter of charges ta the pub
lic, as well as payment of dues te the city.
Eleetrte liamx Test.
A recent bulletin Issued by the engineer
ing experiment statloa of the University of
Illinois describes the results of a compara
tive test of carbon, metallized carbon and
tantalum filament lamps. The bulletin
gives a comparative study of the electrical
characteristics! life, candle power main
tenance and the cost of operation of the
three most widely used eleetrlo lamps un
der both good and poor conditions of opera
tion. It is based upon a series of tests In
which particular attention was paid te sb-
Lain exactly similar conditions for Ui
three types of lamps In order te give a fair
basis ef comparison between them. The
experiments hav shown that ths increase
In efficiency of the meta!"ed over that et
the, carbon filament Is due to higher fila
ment temperature and to selective radia
tlon, while for the tantalum filament It is
due almost wholly to higher temperatures.
Copies of ths bulletin may be obtained upon
application to the director, Engineering
Experiment Station, Urban a. 111.
Fright Tsrais His Ualr Gray.
A "dynamite" party wag held in ehe?
house at Wlnsted. Conn. A. H. Hubby, a
contractor, carried In ten sticks of ths
explosive. He took one of the sticks,
touched a match to It and emptied ths
place. He laughed and aald "dynamite
wouldn't explode In a fire."
When the party reassembled Henry
Stacker, who didn't dare to alt closer than
twenty feet to the dynamite, was informed
that if the atuff were dropped heavily on
the floor all would be blown to atoms.
Stacker started for the door, lil back was
turned when another In ths party threw
a heavy Ice pick on the floor at bis feci
Stacker jumped, screamed and thasi tainted.
That broke up ths party. Blacker has graj
hairs du t ths fright he received,
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