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CANAL LOCK OPERATIONS
Electricity rrelerrEl—Eccause It “’lll Nut
Freeze Up.
The gates and gate valves of the
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at Sault St. Marie, cpnnecting Lakes
Superior and Huron, are operated by
electric power. The lock is built of
masonry, is nine hundred feet long,
sixty feet wide, and has a depth of
water of over twenty feet. General
electric apparatus is used, and the
power generators and lighting dynamos
are driven by turbines. The reasons
which led to the adoption of electric
power on the Canadian lock are stated
by J. B. Spence, chief draftsman of the
department of railways and canals, in
the Canadian Electrical NeWS as fol-
lows: .
“As regards economy, I think the
difl’erence between electric and by-
draulic power will be very trifling. and
here the point of economy was not
taken into consideration. One of the
main objects of using electricity was to
overcome the great trouble caused by
frost when hydraulic machinery is
used. During the closing weeks of
navigation the cold is so great that oil
has to be used in the hydraulic engines
placed on the lock walls, and even then
the cold causes the oil to thicken and
makes the action of the engines slow
and tedious. Of course, frost would
not have interfered with hydraulic
valve engines placed at the bottom of
the lock, but in this case eight engines
. have been required, while only four
screw power machines are needed with
.the machinery as designed. These
considerations seemed to make it ad-
visable to use electric power through—
out, and I have every reason to think
that everything will operate success-
fully when we open for navigation.”
REBUlLT BY THE opCTORs.
Very Little of the Original Left of a
Minnesota Man.
An odd character of Winona, Minn,
is George Burns, who has good reason
for his eccentricity. He has papers,
says the Minneapolis Tribune, which
show that he was head engineer on
the steamer City of Savannah, which
was wrecked off the coast of Massa-
chusetts on January 18, 1884, while on
route from Boston to Florida. He was
reversing the levers when the steamer
struck the rocks, and he was thrown
into the machinery, receiving injuries
which crippled him for life. There
were one hundred and eighteen lives
lost in the accident, and Burns is one
of the thirty-seven survivors. For a
long while he lay on a cot in the death
row of Bellevue hospital, New York.
Dr. Hayes Agnew attended his case and
removed five ribs from his left side and
trephined his skull, using six ounces of
silver sheeting for this purpose. He
vas compelled to wear a plaster paris
jacket for four years after the accident.
A portion of the lower end of his spine
and both elbow joints are gone. One
knee cap, is on the back of the leg, and
his heart is on the extreme right side
of his body. He is now sixty-four years
of age and walks very well anl has a
cheerful disposition. lie is a member
of the Grand Army of the Republic and
served during the war on the gunboat,
Essex, which was stationed at Cairo
during the early days of the rebellion.
DON’T WRAP UP THE LAMP.
Disastrous Attempt to Regulate an In-
candescent Lamp.
Several hotel men were standing in a
group in an uptown hotel recently,
chatting. The conversation turned
upon the eccentricities of guests. The
many odd ways in which different peo-
ple handle electric lights came up, says
the New York Tribune, and one hotel
man said:
“Nearly everyone now knows how
the incandescent lamp is operated. but
still we meet with some ~funny'in-
stances of ignorance. Last week we
nearly had our hotel'set on fire on ac-
count of .a piece of stupidity on the
part of a guest. The building being
fireproof alone prevented a confiagra-
tion. A woman came to the house who
was in the habitof sleeping with a dim
light in the room, and the electric
lamp bothered her.
She either had to let it burn brightly
or else turn it off altogether. Finally
she hit upon the idea of wrapping a
towel around it. Then she began to
question whether the towel would
catch fire. Then she adopted the happy
expedient of wetting the towel. That
was the worst thing that she could do.
She soon dropped asleep, and, of
course. the towel soon began to burn.
A blazing piece dropped on the cur-
tains, and soon the whol room was
afire.
course, the contents of the room were
ruined.
Too Much All at Once. .
Whatever may be the truth or the
falsity of the stories that are told of
‘ the scarcity of the funds in a country
editor’s pocket or the scarcity of food in
his stemach, the stories are always told,
She was badly scared, and, of.
and neither the progress of education
nor the growth and development of the
press seems to have any effect upon the
crop. (me of- the latest comes from
Kentucky, where the mountain editor,
at least. rarely develops into a Croesus
or an Apicius, and this one is concern-
ing a. mountain editor. A subscriber
had remembered him very kindly and
a day or. two later a visitor called at
his Office. “Can I see the editor?” he
inquired of the grimy little “devil”
roosting on a high stool. “No, sir;” re-
plied the youth on the stool. “He’s
sick.” “\Vhat’s the matter with him?”
“Dun’no,” said the boy. “One of our
subscribers give him a bag of flour and
a bushel of pertaters t’othcr day, and!
reckon he’s foupdered.”
A Model Village.
This place is said to exist at New
Gloucester, Me., which enjoys an excep-
tional freedom from the small vices
which often flourish with great vigor
in small places.
drink, swear, use tobacco or break the
Sabbath, and at the railway station for
two years’only two tickets for Sunday
excursions were sold in each year, and
in two later years but four simila-r~ticl:-
ets a year were purchased.
TREES, FLOWERS AND PLANTS.
THE “life true” of Jamaica is harder
to kill than any other species of woody
growth known to aboriculturists. It
continues to grow and thrives for
months after being uprooted and ex-
posed to the sun. ,
IT...is asserted that the leaves of a
plant are always of a tone of green
perfectly adapted to the color of the
blossoms; and there are, indeed, some
plants that seem as if nothing else but
their own foliage will accord with
them—daffodils, for instance.
THE rock or sugar maple is one of
the most beautiful and vigorous of our
forest trees. As a shade and ornamen-
tal tree it is unsurpassed. Its growth
is rather slow, but sure and strong. It
is cleanly, has a rich foliage and may
be easily raised from the seed. The
seed planted in the fall, just in the top
of the soil, will vegetate in the spring.
CHARCOAL is beneficial to potted
plants if broken in pieces the size of
small chestnuts and added to the soil in
the proportion of one part to twenty of
earth. The application of carbonic
acid-to roots gives luxuriant growth
above the soil; charcoal if kept moist
combines with oxygen and emits car-
bonic acid. The best of drainage for
the pots of the window garden is ‘two
inches deep of these bits of chorcoal.
Til}: Minnesota Horticulturist asserts
that there is no more desirable small
tree for too lawn in that region ban
the native choke cherry, I’runus Vir-
giniana. The foliage is peculiarly rich
and healthy; the leaves appear among
the earliest in spring. and not only
when covered with its fragrant white
blossoms, but when drooping under its
burden of shining red or dark crimson
fruit, it is a noticeable tree anywhere.
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.
.‘wl‘ns. E. M. WATSON has an apricot
ranch in California, managed entirely
by herself and employing three hun-
dred people; 'and Mrs. Harriet Strong
has an English walnut ranch three
hundred and twenty acres in extent.
T1113 Countess Cailia l’later-Zybeck,
one of the wealthiest women in Russia,
has been enrolled in the guild of master-
tuilors of Warsaw. She is at the head
of a cutters’ school in that city, and
does much to help the poor.
A WOMAN engineer in Tulare, Cal.,
has charge of the great engine in one
of the largest lumber mills near there.
She is not obliged to call upon a man
when the machine is out of order, as
she is fully able to repair it herself.
Miss MARION S. PARKER, the first
woman to graduate from the engineer-
ing department of Michigan university,
has entered the office of the resident
engineers and architects of the Astor
estate in New York city, upon precisely
the same basis that would have been
granted a young man.
MRS; MARION FOSTER VVASHBURNE,
who has begun a crusade against the
methods of a certain class of the fur-
niture dealers in Chicago who sell on
the installment plan, is said to be a
woman of great energy and force of
character. She is the daughter of a
physician and the wife of Dr. G. F.
Washburne. Mrs. Washburne is a
member of the Chicago Woman’s club
and is a good speaker.
GAY AND GIDDY PARIS.
A GABTEB show that has been well
patronized in Paris is to be transported
to London.
LAST September was the hottest in
one hundred and fifty years in Paris.
ABOUT one-third of the streets of Paris
are ornamented with trees.
‘ BEER taverns are driving out the
cafes in Paris. They have now invaded
the Boulevard des Italiens and the
Boulevard des Capucines.
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For lovers say, both man and miss,
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None of its officials .
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PLEASING
CARPET
THOUGHTS.
Newest patterns, colorings and de-
cidedly low prices. Conditions that
will prevent a shudder with the idea
of a new purchase.
Never was this department .in bet-
er shape to provide for the varied
wan-ts of many, to furnish the most
substantial values, than now. Every
sort. from velvets to ingrains. With
the choicest assortment of Mattings
to pick from where carpets will not be
needed. And we make and lay them
whenever you say the word—cheaper
than you can hire it done or do it
yourself.
SPECIAL BARGAIN IN HAND-
KERCHIEPS. 100 Doz. Ladies’
all pure linen, scolloped embroidered,
regular 25c. quality, for 13¢. each or
2 for 25 cents. One of the biggest
offers of the season. -
Don’t miss the free exhibition of
birds and insects in the Crockery de-
Everybody is charmed
it is a chance that happens
partment.
with it.
only once in a lifetime; some com— '
munities don‘t have the opportunity at
all.
Here’s a few inexpensive things in
draperies, goods that will brighten
matters wonderfully: Embroidered
Sash Muslins, 10, 16 and21c. a yard.
Fancy bordered Muslins, 12% and 15c.
21 yard. Beautiful Figured Muslins,
15 to 250. a yard. Large variety of
Fish Net Lace, 10 to 180. a yard.
Vestibule Laces, in Irish Point, Brus—'
sels, Oriental and Egyptian, 35c. to
$1 the yard. Beaming values at
smilingly low prices.
Children’s Reefers, that are selling
fast at 98. cents, $1.25 and $1.49 to
$5.00. Little Pique Coats, in blue
or white, $1.69, $2.25 and $2.50.
Pique Reefers at all prices.
Gingham Dresses, 50 cents.
Lawn, Percale and Dimity Dresses,
$1 to $3—cheaper, prettier and more
stylish looking than most folks are
aware—easierto buy readymade than
to make them. Glad to show them
whether you buy or not.
An assortment of Granite lronware
that no other stores carry ; things that
we know you need sometimes and so
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PITZ’S NARROW sculpt.
Hill Pet Lion, Nero, Cain-e Very Near
Causing the Pugilistii Death.
CLEVELAND. April 'l'S.—Robert Fitz-
slmmons, the prizefighter. came within
an inch of being electrocuted here. As it
was, his pet lion, Nero, was killed, and‘
Fitzsimmons was severely
quite sen: :1st burned.
On account of the extremely warm
Weather the lion was taken to the roof of
Rumsey’s gymnasium on Eric (street,
where he was chained up. Later Fitzslm-
mons, accompanied by Ernest Roeber. the
wrestler. and Lewis Robertson, an attache
of the gymnasium, Went upon the roof to
see the animal. On reaching the roof Fitz-
BOB FITZSIMMONS AND HIS LION.
Simmons called to the lion, which, upon
hearing his master's voice. sprang forward,
to the length of the chain and over some
electric light wires. A shower of sparks
quickly followed at the contact of the
chain with the wires. The lion received a
shock and again jumped toward Fitz—
simmons. who sprang back against the
wall of an adjoining building. The lion
sprang upon him. drawing the chain taut
across the pugilist’s thighs, while he
cringed under the severe shock. In his
agony the lion leaped over the edge of the
roof and hung by the'neck. Fitzsimmons
was pulled from under the chain and re-
moved to his hotel. There is a burn
across his thighs and a small burn on the
knuckles of the index finger of the right
hand. That is all the visible evidence of
the terrible ordeal, although Fitzsimmons
was in a dazed condition for over an hour.
When the lion was pulled up from the side
of the building where he had been sus-
pended, he was dead.
Frosts In California.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.—Severe
frosts during the last two nights have
caused much damage to fruit in the or-
chards in the central part of the state. A
dispatch from Fresno says that much
damage was done in the vineyards there,
and a short raisin crop will result. Two-
thirds of the grain crop in the vicinity of
Calistoga was destroyed and fruits of all
kinds suffered to some extent.
Tin Plato Agreement.
PITTSBURG, April l8.-The meeting of
tin plat-e manufacturers has adjourned.
No pool was effected, but an organization
was formed, and an agreement entered
lnto by which the price of I C common at
New York will be regulated by the price
of foreign plate. This will at present ad-
vance the price to $3.30. Every tluplate
firm in the country except two was repre-
sented. -
The Pope Ofi‘ers Mediation.
LONDON, April 18.-—A dispatch from
Rome says that Mgr. Cretonl, papal nuncic
to Madrid. has been instructed to propose
to the Spanish government that Spain ac-
cept the mediation of the pope, or failing
that, to endeavor to secure the acceptance
by Spain of the mediation of the United
States to the end of obtaining the pacifi-
cation of Cuba. .
Train Robbers Identified.
LITCHFIELD, 1115., April 18.—The en-
alneer and firemen of the St. Louis and
San Francisco railroad positively identified
the man shot here a week ago, together
with the two other men under arrest, as
the persons who successfully held up the
San Francisco train some time ago near
Lebanon, Mo., and secured several hun-
dred dollars.
The Bicycle Baggage Bill.
ALBANY, April 18.—Chauncey M. De- .
pew has written to Governor Morton ask-
ing tor a hearing on behalf of the New
York Central corporation on the bicycle
baggage bill. The governor has several
other requests and it is possible that he
may change his mind and, instead of
merely receiving briefs, give a hearing.
To Test Bicycle Rights.
ST. LOUIS, April 18.—-The Missouri di-
vision of the League of American Wheel-
men has instituted mandamus proceed-
ings in the circuit court against the Mis-
souri Pacific Railroad company with a
view to testing the baggage law in this
state and compelling the' roads to carry
bicycles free on a first class ticket.
Fatal Explosion at Peoria. ‘
PEORIA, 1113., April 18.—A converter at
the Works of the American Glucose com-
pany exploded. There were more than
100 men in the room. John Easy and a
man named Burns were killed outright.
John Dooley, John Wilson and M. A.
Connolly Were severely injured. Many
narrow escapes occurred.
The Armenian Troubles.
CoNs'rAN'rrNoan, April 18.——The for-
eign, ambassadors have protested against
the appointment of ‘Mahmud Pasha, a
Mussulman, as governor of Zeitun, con-
trary to the agreement between the ports
and the powers as a result of which the
surrender of the insurgents of Zeltun was
brought about. ' »
To Reply to Ballington Booth.
LONDON, April 18. —General Booth has
cabled to the Salvation Army headquar-
ters at New York instructing the officials
in charge there to publish the letters in
their possession in regard to the charges
made by Ballington Booth against the
general and his administration.
Korea Seeks a Russian Loan.
YOKOHAMA. April 18.—-The Korean en-
voy to Japan has gone 0 Russia under the
authority or the king of Korea to negoti-
ate a loan of $8,000,000, giving the Korean
province of Hanging as security.
Ex-King Milan Coming Over. '
LONDON, April 18.——The ”Standard an-
uounces that ex-King Milan of Servia will
start in May for a tour of the United
States, which may extend to San Fran-
aisco and around the world.
' ‘ Advertise ,in'the Gmrrn. ,
shocked and ‘
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A SERIOUS SUBJECT.
For‘ You, for Anybody. , NorwalK
has Taken it Up. Local Testlm
mony Speaks for itself.
Kidneys can’t talk, but if you don’t
treat them right-1y you will hear from
them.
They have a language of their own ;‘
this is how they tell you:
When vou work too hard what fol-
lows? You are tired aren’t you ? '
It’s just the same with the kidneys,
they get tired. they how so much to do.
You stoop over at sl-me occupation.
You strain yourself lifting.
You walk too far, ul‘ rule mo‘far.
You call this over-exertion. You can
not sleep when night Uumcfl. ' "
Your back aches. Your head aches
often you ache all over.
Oh, you say, it’s becuuse I’m all tired
out. ‘
.Now ibis isn’t right, it’s because your
kidneys are tned .
They can only do so much, and the
lifting, st00ping. straining or exerting
has retarded their action.
The heart has pumped the blood inio
them faster than they could filter it.
The filter is over-taxed and becomes
clogged.
They cry for aeslstance in
aches that follow. ‘
Nothing starts the kidneys working
so quickly as Dean’s Kidney Pills.
We say so and people right here ir-
Norwalk are endorsin it.
For instance take t c 0.156 of Mrs.
Jno. Grace who reeldes at No 32. Platte-
v111e avenue. Kidney disorders are
very prevlilent and ’tis a rare thing that
anWaged person is found who does not
euner mote or less from backache, it
was so With Mrs. Grace. She had a
bad back for years. The pains and
aches extended down into the limbs.
She says "I got a box of Dean’s Kid-
ney Pllls at Hale’s drug store and be-
gan taking them. I think the pills are
a. good thing, they cured me.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents per box, or six boxes for $2.50.
Sent by mail on receipt of price by
Foster—Millmrn 00., Buffalo, N. Y. sole
agents for the U. S. .
Eczema. in any part of the body is in-
stantly relieved and permanently cured
by Doan’s Ointment, the sovereign
remedy for all itchiness of the skin.
many
J. D. Jennings.
UNDERTAKER
4 Knight street. opposite
Street Railway Depot
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