Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 23, 1908, HALF-TONE SECTION, Page 4, Image 22

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    HIGH GRADE
Cotton Dress Goods
AND FINE WASH GOODS DEPT.
Here will be found the largest stocki
the finest selections, the product of all
the leadincr mills, and greatly under-
priced. Come in and examine.
New Fall Flannelettes, worm jzvxc 7C
New Fall Flannelettes, worth 15c IOC
New Fall Flannelettes, worth 18c 12
New Fall Outing Flannels, worth 10c....JHr
New Fall Outing Flannels, worth 124c...7H
New Fall Outing Flannels, worth 15c 10
New Fall Bengallnes, all evening shades, soils
everywhere at 35c. . .' 25 C
New Fall Wrapper Cloth, yard wide, worth Hoc,
at 12Kr
New Fall Bath Robe Cloth, regular price 59c,
our price 39
New Fall French Tercales, 84 cord, finest made,
all colors and side bands, dark and light 12 H
Percales.. .10i 12H In this department.
LINIXGS.
Heatherblooms, Lustrals, Opera Sateens,
Herringbone stripes, Satin and everything In
first cIbbs linings at low prices.
IVasft (foods
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In Our Famous Domestic Room
We challenge any other house to
give the following goods at these
prices:
12 He Flannelette 7
16c Flannelettes 8
18c Flannelettes .' 10
10c Outing Flannels, Amoskeag 6H
12c Outing Flannels, Amoskeag 7H
10c dark Outing Flannels 5?
10c Comfort cloth, fast colore 5
12c Comfort cloth, fast clors 7H
15c WaBh Goods, to close 5
12c and 10c Wash Goods 3H
Good Wash Goods, fast colors 2M
15c India Linon, long fold
12 Mc 40-inch Long Cloth 3c
25c Plaids for school dresses 12 Mf
19c Plaids for school dresses 7
Indigo Blue Prints 5
Good Prints i 3
Fifteen other specials for all day.
Mall orders filled as long as goods last.
THE RELIABLE STORE.
The Leading Dress Goods House West
The Urgent, the best selected, the highest grade, at the lowest prices.
THREK DRESS GOOI'S DEPARTMENTS.
High Grade from fi.OO to $7.riO Yard
Iopn1ar Grade from 23c to fl.OO Yard
Job Department in Domestic Room from 10c to BOc Yard
In order to Introduce our fine line of high grade DresB Goods we will
make the following prices fr Monday only:
All $1.00 blacks, plains
or novelties . ...75
All $1.25 blacks, plains
or novelties .9S
All $1.50 blacks, plains
or novelties. .81.15
All $6.00 blacks, plains or novelties
at $4.85
All $1.75 blacks, plains
or novelties. .81.30
All $1.98 blacks, plain
or novelties. .81.40
All $2.50 blacks, plains
of novelties. .81.85
All $3.00 blacks, plains
or novelties. -82.25
AH $4.60 blacks, plains
or novelties. -83.10
All $5.00 blacks, plains
or novelties. .S4."15
All $7.50 blacks, plains or novelties
at 85.75
Everything marked in plain figures and exactly as advertised.
Mail orders filled until Thursday. ,
EXTRA SPECIALS IN
SheetslPillow Slips
In Our High Grade Linen Department
Utica Bleached Sheets, 81x90, ea 75f
Whitethorn Bleached Sheets. 81x90, ea.75
Defender Bleached Sheets, 81x90, ea. . -C9f
Mohak Bleached Sheets. 81x90, ea....G5
Standard Bleached Sheets. 81x90, ea. . . .59
Utlca Bleached Sheets, 72x90, ea G5
Mohawk Bleached Sheets 72x90, ea. '. . .59C
Standard Bleached Sheets, 72x90, ea...55
Linen finish Bleached Sheets' 72x90, ea.4Qt
White Wing Bleached Sheets, 72x90, ea.39
75 Imported Marseilles Bedspreads, full sis'?,
fringed and cut corners, come in white,
pink and blue, good values at $5.00 each;
Monday at 83.50
75 hemmed Bedspreads, full size, Marseilles
patterns, $2.00 quality, each 89
All mall orders filled exactly as advertised.
High Grade Linen Section
50 unhommotl pattern taMo cloths. ;ure
German linen, 1M j yards 'otiij, $".0rt val
ues; special Monday, each JjJl.OS
10 pieces liifth prado Scotch table dam
ask, warranted pure linen, good value
nt floe, a yard, Monday, yard 48c
50 hemstitched table cloths, full bleached,
12 yards long, Herman make, well xorth
$,2.00;"Monday, each 9Sc
25 dozen pure Irish linen dinner napkins;
never sold less than $12.50 a dozen; spec
ial, Monday, six for. 75o
25 dozen high grade oriental Turkish
towels, large size, 25c grade, at. . .1 ic
75 centerpieces, throws and scarfs, hem
stitched, fringed and scalloped, some
$1.00 values, each . . . , 39c
50 dozen hemmed huck towels, extra size;
never sold less thau $1.35 doz., each, 9c
Wide Embroideries
49c and 59c Values at, yard, 29c
v. Handsome Flcuncings, Corset
Covers, Fronting, etc.; match
less values in Monday's sale.
15c Embroideries, Yd., 5c Med
ium and narrow width, odes
and insertings in cambric, nain
sooks and Swiss; values to 15c
a yard, at 5c
20c and 25c Embroideries 9c
Matched sets, in nainsook aud
Swiss embroideries, . beautiful
new designs, wonderful bar
gains. 35c Ribbons, Monday 12 Vic
Another opportunity Mouday
to secure those splendid all silk,
5-in. Taffeta Ribbons, all staud
ard colors, less than half real
value, yard 13'.4c
25 Discount on All Ham
mocks Monday. Great clearance
of entire stock.
Order by mall. You'll find it both
profitable and convenient.
Special Furnishing Bargains
9 HFfc
Men's Silk Ties, worth up to
50c, hundreds of dozens to
select from, at 10c, 25c
Men's Summer Underwear
Shirts or drawers, all sizes
and colors, 50c values, 25c
Men's $1.00 Union Suits 49c
Ladies' Sample Hose Values
to 75c; black, tans and fancy
colors, in embroidered, allover
lace, lace boot and plain silk
lisles; on sale iu two. Jots Mou
dav at. . . .". . .iric and 25c
yajBi Shirt Bargains New lots
a vua - s .v . -. w pii v vvs
purchase; the best of the lot
brought forward for Monday's
selling; soft or pleated bosoms,
soft collars or collar bands,
cuffs attached or detached,
coat style if you wish it, $2.50
values .... ;.. .69c
Sample Corsets; newest mod
els, best makes, broken sizes
values to $3, choice, 98c
Batiste Corsets; worth 75c,
medium or long hip models,
hose supporters attached;
on sale at 49c
Many other Special Monday Bargains. All mail orders
promptly filled. Satisfaction guaranteed.
M
onday Values Are Exceptional
Even at Hayden's
High Class Tailor Suits Panamas, serges, cheviots and fine
broadcloths, early fall styles, in all colors, regular $25.00
values; sale price $14,95
Lingerie Dresses that sold to $10.00; lace and insertion trim
med, all colors; on sale at, choice 2.98
Fine Silk Braided Jackets, butterfly style, in all colors that
sold regularly up to $20.00; Monday at $8.95
$6.00 Silk Underskirts, all colors .$3.45
Dainty Lingerie Dresses, all colors; values up to $7.50. choice
Monday $1 .OS
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Fine Panama Skirts, worth regularly from $5.0p to $7.50, all Ir
colors, latest styles, at $2.95
Silk and Net Waists, white, ecru and colors; that sold up to
"uu) tuui jpi.io
$1.50 Long Kimonos at... ...... I.,... 59c
Women's $1.00 Lawn Wrappers 39c
Women's Sateen Underskirts, that sold up to
$1.50; on sale at 69c
Infants' Long Slips, 50o and 75c values. .19c
The new Fall Tailor Suits are a revelation
in beauty of design and assortment of style.
See our display of new fall styles.
Laces Monday
About i-3 Regular Prices
Three Big Lots to Select From.
The Season's Best Bargains.
LOT 1 Includes fine Vals., lin
en torchons; big assortment, at,
yard . . ... 3Vic
LOT 2 Includes Vals., linen
torchons and a beautiful line of
Point de Paris laces; values to
15c a yard, at 5c
LOT 3 Choice French and Ger
man Vals., Mechlins and Mal
tese laces; regular values to 25c
a yard, at 7Vc
OTHER SFECIAXS
50c and, $1.00 Silk Elastic Belts,
Monday at 25c and 49c
50c and $1.00 Ribbon Combs; on
sale Monday at 25c and 50c
50c Hair Nets, each..... ..25c
20c best Pearl Buttons, doz. JOc
75c Princess Chio Supporters,
each ...... .39c
15c Side Supporters at. . . .7C
Mall Orders rilled except in omo of
lour aalea or otherwlao mentioned.
The Best in Furniture
AT LESS THAN YOU'LL FIND IT PRICED
ELSEWHERE.
Our new fall lines are a delight to the home
furnisher. Never before '
were assortments so
complete or values so
attractive.
. THREE EXTRA
SPECIALS FOR MON
DAY'S SELLING:
$16.50 China Cabinet
Guaranteed oak frame,
highly polished, bent
glass ends and large
glass doors; a beauty,
at $12.50
1vM
Kitchen I'abiuit
(Uke cut) Two
large bins, two
drawers, two
bread boards
maple top; no
hom,e complete
without one
price . ...$3.45
Dining
Table, $6.50
value, all
oak, 6 foot
extension,
nicely fin
ished; on
sale at
$4.65
Monday's Hardware Sale
Large Willow Clothes Baskets only. 505
Large Enameled Dish Pans 15t
Mrs. Pott's Sad Irons, five pieces...
Quart Fruit Cans, per doien 15
Large sire Western Washer, worth ?5, only.. .$2.9
Largest alze Galvanized Tubs 55t
75c Decorated Bread BoxeB 49
$1.00 Flour Cans, fancy decorated 75
Ten rolls Toilet Paper 25
15c Dust Pans only 5C
Heavy Linen Mops, 35c quality. -..lO
Union Made Parlor Brooms 15
98c Step Ladder, atx foot 49
This is a snap. We are closing out these ladderB be
low cost.
China Department
Decorated Dinner Plates, each J
Decorated Soup Coupes, each 5
Decorated Cups and Saucers, each 343
Decorated Vegetable Dishes, each 10
Decorated Cover Dishes, each 12 H
Fine, fancy decorated Sugars and Creams, set. . .250
Something New Bath Room Incadescent Gas Burners,
complete with mantel and gas chimney, automatic
regulator j 450
Underglazed blended colored Jardinieres, for this sale
only 250 and 350
Admantlne flint blown Tumblers, guaranteed to stand
hot water, each 50
Plain and fancy Water Glasses, 8 for 100
Stove Department
Large No. 8 4-hole Cook. Stove, with reservoir and
large 18-lnch oven, draw hearth and pouch feed, the
biggest bargain ever offered $13.95
Gas Ranges, two tap burner and oven. .. .... .$7.50
Gas Ranges, three tap burner and oven $8.50
Gas Ranges, four tap burner and oven $9.50
Made of sheet steel and cast taps, nickel plated.
C-hole Steel Ranges, with top closet, 20-inch square
oven, fitted with base, asbestos lined, all hand riv
eted $24.98
The universal price of such a range Is from $40 to $50.
Round Oak Stoves, 13-inch fire pot $8.95
Round Qak Stoves, 15-Inch fire pot $7.95
Round Oak Stoves, 17-inch fire pot $8.95
All highly nickeled or ringed.
We carry the Universal and Economy line of Base-
burners at greatly reduced prices. Baseburner from
$15.00 up.
In Our Famous Domestic Room
Muslins, Sheetings, Linens, Shirtings, Skirtings, Ginghams,
etc. We defy all competition in these lines.
One of the best 25c 9-4 Sheetings made
full bleached. 10 yds limit 17 H0
One of the best 9-4 Unbleached, sells
for 23c, 10 yds. limit, at 15
Lonsdale, for all day. 630
Fruit of the Loom, for all day. . . .7
Pride of the Farm 594?
19c Bath Towels.extra heavy.. 12 W0
15c Bath Towels, very heavy. . . .100
12 c Bath Towels, very heavy.. 7 $4 0
19c Linen Towels, very fine.. 120
15c Linen Towels, very fine.... 100
12o Linen Towels, very fine.... 70
Towels, 10c, 7c, 5c, 3Mc and 2-c
39c Mercerized Damask 250
50c Mercerized Damask 350
75c Mercrelzed Damask 480
$1.00 Mercerized Damask B90
Turkey Red Damask, 50c, 89c, 25c,
10c, 15c and 12 H0
Mall orders filled until Thursday.
Grocery, Butter, Cheese, Crackers, Fresh
Vegetables, & Fruit prices that have no equal
BIG FLOUR SALE MONDAY.
Flour market is much stronger and wo look for another advance at any time,
but we always give the people the benefit of our purchasing power. Mou
day we will sell 48-pound sacks of the highest patent Flour made for, per
sack $1.25
The best pure cane Granulated Sugar at
less than Jobbers' cost.
10 bars best brands Laundry Soap B9o
The best White or Yellow Cornmeal, per
rack -So
Dr. Price's Breakfast Food, per pktf..hio
Wheat Berries, per pkg 60
Quaker Oats Company Toasted Wheat
Flakes, per pkg; So
011 or Mustard Sardines', per can 0
The best Domestic Macaroni, per pkg.8liO
The best Pearl Tapioca or Sago, per !b.6o
Fresh, crisp Potato Chips, per lb SOo
1-lb. pkg. Corn Starch o
Bromangelon. Jpllycon or Jell-O, pkg., 74o
Fancy Gulden Santos Coffee, per lb... ISO
Fancy Maracalbo Blend Coffee, per lb. .180
Fancy Porto Rico Blend Coffee, per lb.SOo
Fancy Ankola Blend Coffee, per lb.... SOo
The best Tea Siftlngs, per lb X80
Fancy Basket Fired Japan, Oolong, Ceylon
or Gunpowder Tea, per lb 38o
BT7TTEB AND CHEESE FBICES.
Fancy Dairy Butter, per lb
Choice Country Butter, per lb
Good Creamery Butter, per lb
Fancy No. 1 Creamt ry Butler, lb..
Fancy Full Cream Cheese, lb
Fancy Full Cream Brick Cheese, lb
Neufchatel Cheese, eacl
rSESH TIOETABLB
FBICES.
New Apples, per peck
Fresh Beets, per bunch....
Fresh Carrots, per bunch. . .
New Turnips, per ib
Fancy Wax or Green B'ans,
Two large heads Cabbage..
Fresh Parsley, per buncn..
Six Green Peppers fnr
New Jersey Sweet Potatoes, per lb 60
Large, Juicy Lemons-, dnzpn 13o
Fresh Roasted Peanuts, quart 60
lb.
.310
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When there are a multi
tude of women's shoes try
ing to be sold, and one shoe
far surpasses all others in
volume of sales, there must
be a reason for it. That
one shoe is "Queen Qual
ity. One pair will tell you
why. Sold only here.
' iVeiv Fali Rugs at Bargain Prices
Montluy we open the season with the biggot display ind best bar
gains in high grade Fall Rugs ever known here or elsewhere in Omaha.
All goda absolutely perfect. All newest Fall patterns.
$23.00 Reversible Wool Smyrna
$25.00 Axminstcr Rtrgs, 9x12 size,
foral and Oriental patterns, 20
patterns for selection; choice,
at S10.9S
$30.00 Body Brussels Rugs, 9x12
size; sale price 8522.50
f 28.B0 Heamh'M Wilton V elvet
Rags, 9x12 size, big range of pat
terns, at 819.25
$20.00 Hrusscls Rugs, one seam,
9x12 size; special gl4.98
8-3x10-6 size 812.98
6x9 size SG.75
$21.50 Velvet Rugs, extra quality,
9x12 size, at 815.75
$12.50 Brussels Rugs, small de
signs. 9x12 size, at S7.98
7-foot Window Shades, best qual
ity oil opaque, at 39
Mail orders filled at these prices till Wednesday,
Fall Rug and Linoleum Catalogue it's FRKli.
Rugs, 9x12 size; special 316.98
$33.00 Oriental Rugs, beautiful
patterns, 9x12 size. at. 822.50
$5.00 Axminsti'r Rugs, 36x72,
"t 82.98
$2.50 Axminster Rugs, 2 7x64,
at 81.C9
$1.23 Mottled Smyrna Rugs, 3Uoa
size; gale price 69
Manufacturers' Carpet Sample
Rugs, IVi yard long. BOO to se
lect from, values to $3.00; on
sale at 08 75 and 50
80c China and Jap Mattings,
at 17H
40c Ingrain Carpets, i wool 29
50c Ingrain Carpets, V wool
75c Ingrain Carpet, all wool 5J
7-focrt Window Shades, best qual
ity water colors, at 22
Send for New
X-M I . X, JU ..... ;
pendent. In tuhetance It consists in au
thorizing the savings banks to Issue policies
of Insurance and of olil-ae annuities, under
th Inspection and nuldance of the stats
Insurance department.
The irjvcstmuiit of the funds Is, of course,
confined to a list fixed by law. No profit
acrrurs to the managers, and all returns
beyond necessary expenses go to the in
sured. Tlio annuities ars limited to S2bU.
the life Insurance to $500, In the casa nt any
otjo bank, tltough the same Individual can
Insure In different banks. No solicitors or
collectors are employed. All expert work
la dune by the state actuary. The stats
medical director regulates and supervises
the physical examinations. Blanks and
books are furnished by the state. Th tab's
given by Mr. Brandeis shows what Insur
ance and annuities will cost at various ages.
A depositor In the tank ugtd 25 for the
payment of 11 30 a month, or 115.60 a year,
carries lifu Insurance f'r I'M, and at the
age of 65. after forty years, during whloh
he has paid in J - I. has an annuity for the
remainder of hU llfo of 10U a year.
The savir-K t anks of Massachusetts are
strong, wcll-manaK'd. entirely trust con.
cerns. I.ust var their earnings were 4.73
per cent on deposits, and the total expense
of management was but one-quarter of 1
per cerA. There Is no doubt that they can
carry on the business of Insurance In the
manner provided by the new law with per
fect saffty aiil with the greatest possible
advantage to the Insured. Such advantage.
It will Lm '' !!, is In rjo sense demoralising
or pauperizing, but the exact contrary.
Thd dlnet influence of the system must be
to entourage and reward thrift and reason
able prudence, and, most Important of all,
to preserve and strengthen manly self.
, reliance, the very root of energy and chars
acler In a community. Nw Tork Tim so
Progress in the Field of Electricity
Dssgn Bbe.'oC Electricity.
HE havoo wrought by lightning
l . . ,,
.fwl every year is in nu iu.i
I I responsible for the natural fear
A I of electricity. The blinding
flashes of the etatlo discharges
anw the crashing reports of the
ominous thunder strike terror to the stout
est hearts, and the fear resulting from the
electrical storms contaminates everything
electrical. As a result people are afraid of
the lightning circuit, the telephone, the
trolloy wires and of everything which de
pends upon electricity as a source of powor.
The follow cf this la apparent to every
electrical engineer, but they take little
pains to educate the people to the fact that
electricity la just as safe as any other kind
of powor.
In the first placo the electricity of the
clouds la not the same kind aa turns the
wheels of the electrlo care or makes Incan
descent the filaments of the electrlo lamps.
Lightning Is atatlo electricity electricity
that la not In motion except when it leaps
from one overloaded objeot to another.
Whan thundercloud becomes overcharged
with atatlo electricity a discharge takes
place. The electricity used for heat, power
and light Is always In motion; U cannot be
kept quiet. It Is generated by magnetlo
machinery and differs materially from
atatlo electricity, which can be generated
by friction try rubbing glass with silk.
There) la no reason to be afraid of the
, erdloary Incandescent lighting circuit such
as la used In houaoa Illuminated with elec
tricity. Thla circuit raugea la voltage or
pressure from 110 to 118 volts. Incandescent
lighting current Is not at all dangerous. If
a person should pick up the naked wires of
such a circuit with his bare hands he would
get but a trifling shock, if his hands were
reasonably dry. If he should pick up the
same wires with wet hands and take a firm
hold he would get a Jolt, but nothing dan
gerous. The precautionary measures now
used In Installing electrlo lighting- systems
and the general Improvement In all lines of
electrical engineering make It practically
Impossible to get a shock from a lighting
circuit. The wires are heavily Insulated,
making them proof against sparking, and
when installed by competent electricians
the fire danger Is eliminated. For this rea
son it Is now quite impossible to mulct In
surance companies by blaming suspicious
fires upon electricity.
In electrical engineering circles any
voltage below Z0 volts Is called "low"
and anything above that figure "high volt
age." Broadly speaking, nothing below 700
volts Is dangerous.
The ordinary street car systems use elec
tricity at &00 volts, although there are a
very few In this country usUig more pres
sure than that.
Touch one side of a fcO-volt circuit lightly
Kith the finger, while making contact with
the other side, either through a ground or
by actually touching II; the sensation Is
miliar to receiving a violent blow in the
chest; a small burn that Is deep, but not
painful, will be found on the finger where
the contact was made.
Make a better contact, as by touching the
circuit with a piece of metal held firmly In
the hand, and the blow will be strong
enough to knock the experimenter down.
It is probable that no burn will result, as
the current has a large surface through
which to enter the hand; In rare cases
the person may become unconscious for a
short time.
Grasp the wire firmly In the hand, and
for a time at least It will be impossible to
release it. Serious burns are made where
the wire touches the hand, and unless the
victim succeeds In wrenching himself free
or help is quickly rendered, the result la
likely to prove fatal.
It Is well to remember in case of a falling
trolley that standing upon a dry board
will give full protection; that while slt
ting In a car there is no danger of shock
from a broken wire or other cause If one
does not touch metal or wet wood; rais
ing the feet from the floor, that may be
wet or dirty, will do as an additional pre
caution. If one wishes to remove a wire to avoid
hock or for other reasons, it may bo done
with safety while standing upon a dry,
clean board, or with several thicknesses
of dry paper (a newspaper), or. In case
of emergency, a bundle - of dry clothing.
As It Is difficult to get the latter' per-'
fectly dry. a shock may be-received when
thla Is attempted, but the resistance will
be so high that the shock will not be very
ever.
The "deadly third rail" aleo operate at
60 volts, and Is no more deadly than has
been already shown, except for the proba
bility of a person, who Is thrown down by
the aliock, falling acroea th rail and be
coming unconscious. This, of course, is
as serious a case as that of the man who
Is unable to let go of the wire.
Wires used for street arc lighting may
always be regarded with suspicion; they
are exceedingly likely to carry a current
of J.OiiO volts or. more. This will. In most
cakes, give a fatal current, and the pres
sure is so great that the precautions pre
viously described are not to be depended
upon. One would be reasonably safe, how
ever, if su..dlng upon a chair or stool with
perfectly dry wooden legs.
Persons rendered unconscious by a shock
may frequently be revived by Inducing
artificial respiration in the manner used
for reviving persons apparently drowned,
but, of course, without the attempt to expel
water from the lungs.
Electricity In lighting for buildings is less
dangerous than gas or oil. It cannot ex
plode. It does not vitiate the air and the
chances of fires from Improper Installa
tions is even less than any other form of
artificial light In this day of engineering
skill and careful attention to Installations,
fcleotrk'ity as a fire bugaboo la no longer
considered and so far as personal danger
Is concerned It Is no more risky than a
thousand other things used every day with
out a tlfousht of accident or danger.
native Power by Wireless.
Running trains by wireless is the Idea of
Frederick II. Mlllener, who has perfected
and Improved an Invention for moving huge
bodies by elect. icily wlrelessly conducted,
says the Chicago Tribune. ', The apparatus
consists of a truck weighing nearly three
tons and having about tea horse-power.
Including Us own weight It hauls a load cf
more than twenty-tons. The wireless truck
carries IH feet of copper wire made into
one set on each side of th truck at a
height of about four feet from th ground.
The cylindrical shape is preferred by Pr.
Mlllener, as It permits the placing of the
antennau so .low as not to Interfere when
the cars pass through tunnels or under
bridges an Important consideration. Him
liar wings, built In the cylindrical form
and attuned to the electrical truck, swing
from a sixty-five foot flagpole at the cen
tral station, and from these antennae flow
the controlling power waves which move
with unfailing accuracy to the traveling
truck and control Its movements with un
failing perfection. Dr. Mlllener's Invention
may be applied to railroad signaling, which
Is now done by cumbersome levers and
wires, and therefore cannot be clone at any
great distance from the s'gnul towers.
With Dr. Millener's Invention any numbir
of signals can be thrown or lowered by
the mere touching of the sending device,
and it matter) not whether the signals be
fifty feet or fifty miUs away. The device
can be also applied to railroad telegraphy.
Dr. Mlllener fun ring a bell In a given one
of any number of stations and leave bells
In the other- undisturled. Torpedoes
equipped with Dr. Millener's "selective de
vice" can be steered through the water
with unfailing accuracy by having the con
trol of the rudder attuned so as to be con
trolled thereby. It Is thought that one man
can operate a number of trains on a rail
road system of several hundred miles In
length with the selective device attuned
to the locomotives of the several trains, s)
that a certain truck would affect only a
given locomotive; "and with a system of
electrlo registration lights to show where
each train Is and Its course of movement.
It Is not out of the range of the probable
and practical. When a train Is ready to
leave a given station the station agent
merely would have to send a wireless flaxh
to the oentral open ting station, whence
th locomotive would be atarted and run
to the next station." Dr. Mlllener thinks
that by his invention It will be possible
to telegraph from a moving automcrhlle.
Continuous Trains of Vacillations.
M. Thury of Geneva, has lately been ex
perimenting with continuous currents of
high frequency, in place of the alternating
ones in general use. He has succeeded, sjys
the Athenaeum, as Slgnur i allettl tells
us In a recent number of Electricity, In
thus utilising the current from a dynamo
giving 25,100 volts and 114 amperes, and
thereby producing a continuous train of os
cillations. In the last number of the Kevue
Generale dea Sciences, where the diagrams
of Slgnor Gallettl's article are reproduced.
It Is suggested that the train thus formed
might be adapted to wireless telegraphy
and telephony, with good results.
Irrigation by Klectrlclty.
The success of electrically driven pumps
for supplying water for inhratlon purposes
on lands lying along transmission lines of
suburban railways having bein demon
strated by the I'uget Sound Hallway and
Power company .between Seattle' and Ta
coma, the Irrigation in tiiat way of such
lands, where Irrlpation would be an Im
portant help to farming. Is being suggested
aa a new and profitable field for central
station managers to exploit for promoting
the sale of electrical energy in territory
tributary to their lines.
arlnajs Daaks Insurance.
The experiment In state socialism and old
age pensions now In process of aJopiion in
Kneiand gives special latereat to another
and much saner experiment under trial in
Massachusetts, largely as the result of the
advocacy of Louis D. Brandeis. who de
scribe It la a recent number of th lucls-