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The Great Falls as a Generator. of Elec-
triclty.
' The first of the fivethousand horse-
power dynamos of the Niagara Power
company has been turned on and the
success of the great operation has been
satisfactorily demonstrated. The ex-
periment was made in the presence of
one hundred and fifty members of the
American Institute 'of Engineers.
As certain parts of the machinery
were not yet completed, says the Phila-
delphia Record, it was thought best
not to run the dynamo with the full
load of five thousand horse-power, but
upwards of three thousand horse-power
was develOped, and it was demonstrated
to the satisfaction of all the experts
that all that has been mapped out for
this mammoth enterprise will be ful-
filled to the letter.
After the test the electrical engineers
were enthusiastic over what they had
' seen.
Dr. Louis Duncan. president of the
American Institute of Electrical En-
. gineers, said:
“What we have seen here to-day sets
at rest any doubt that might hitherto'
have existed in the mind of any man as
to the success of this undertaking. It
is certainly the greatest feat of elec-
trical engineering in the world, and
the test to-day is a demonstration that
it will prove all that has been claimed
for it. The machinery worked mar-
velously well, better than any steam
machinery. ' In fact, there remains
nothing more to be done in the way Of
demonstrating the complete success of
the work except transmission. It is
only necessary now to increase the
dynamos and the power is ready. N iag-
ara has at last been harnessed, and is
new waiting to be hitched up.”
The question of the transmission of
the power has been thoroughly dis-
cussed here. It is the opinion of all
the engineers that the power will in
a short time be sent to all points within
a radius of twenty miles from the falls.
They sayr the question of transmission
has been demonstrated in other coun-
tries to be successful. It is the general
opinion that in a brief period power will
be sent from here to all the surrounding
towns for less money than it can be
produced locally by steam.
It is estimated that twenty thousand
horse-power can be sent to Buffalo,
twenty miles 'away; twenty thousand
volts pressure over three wires five-
eighths of an inch in diameter each.
An idea of the tremendous force may
be had when it is stated that, if prop-
erly applied, the power which passes
through these wires would snap eight
or ten of the cables used on the Broad
way cars as it they were made of spool
cotton. It is a power equal to that of
forty railroad locomotives, and a force
sufficient to turn all the wheels in the
city of Rochester, and when the plans
of the company are completed, which
comprise utilization of four hundred
thousand horse—power on the American
and Canadian sides, 'it is estimated that
there will be sufficient power to turn
every‘wheel, light every light and run
every trolley car within a radius of two
hundred miles of the falls in the United
States.
A POOR OPINION OF US.
An Egyptian Thinks Americans Live in a
Filthy Manner. I
i A communication received from Sheik
Dirdari, an Egyptian commissioner to
the recent United Presbyterian gen-
eral assembly, gives various views
formed/of Pittsburgh and of the assem-
bly, says the United Presbyterian. He
says Americans, and especially Pitts-
burghers, live in a filthy manner. Our
hands and faces are quite dirty, he
says, but this is'because the air is con-
taminated with a fine black dust.
The sheik found it difficult to keep
himself clean. He says: “The pave-
ments are very filthy, owing to the
habit all the people, men and women,
have of expectorating. I think most of
the people must be of a class about
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equal to the Berbers, used in Cairo and 1
Alexandria as doorkeepers and serv-
ants. I don’t knew, though, for many
of thesepeople seem to be very rich.”
Of the trolley cars, the sheik declares:
“It is 'very strange to see the people
riding about in wagons that look like
the railroad cars of Egypt, but they
run'without either steam or horses.
They run with a buzzing sound, and
I think must be possessed of demons.”
In the assembly sessions the sheik
says he saw commissioners at times
reverently bow their heads low. He
discovered a sort of vessel in front of
them on the floor, which they guarded
carefully with their feet. This twas
strange to Dirdari, but he found that
“the people regard these vessels with
the same reverence that the Italians
manifest toward the pictures of the
Virgin. I learned that this particular
idol, the like of which I never saw in
my travels, is called 'cuspidor,’ but my
limited knowledge of English has made
it difficult to learn,what peculiar tra-
ditions-are associated with him.”
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The sheik expressed thankfulness
that his people will never take intO' an
Egyptian church this “cuspidor god.”
Amended.
, The annotations which the late tsar
was in the habit of jotting down on the
margin of documents sent to him
for inspection must sometimes have
brought despair into the hearts of the
V Officials. The Westminster
Gazette reports a case in which the
tsar saw fit to change his written
opinion. or rather the form of its ex-
pression. Alter reading a very long
report from a certain high functionary,
the tsar seized his pencil and wrote:
“What a fool!” The official, on having
the document returner] tohim. was
sick at heart.- The report would have
.to be placed in the archives, and his
majesty's opinion would probably fol-
low him into history. He therefOre re-
solved to petition the tsar to be merci-
ful enough to revise his somewhat
rigorous “appreciation" of his servant.
Alexander‘ III. had a hearty laugh on
reading the petition. Then, seizing
the report, he effaced the offending
words, and, instead, wrote underneath:
“What a philosopher!”
WILD PRANKS OF LIGHTNING.
Ilussmn
Followed a. Piece of Timber from One
' ' Tree to Another.
While the thunderstorm was at its
height on a recent Sunday the light-
ning played a peculiar prank out at
Lynwood, says the Minneapolis Trib-
une. In front of A. li-ichorn’s cottage
stand two enormous oak trees, each
something like one hundred feet high
and from two and one-half to three
feet in diameter. The trees stand
about twelve or fifteen feet apart and
are connected, as it were. forty feet
from the ground by a piece of timber
four inches square, which has been
placed in a fork of each for the pur-
pose Of furnishing the children of the
neighborhood a swing' of unusual
capacity for making aerial trips.
While the storm was raging lightning
struck the top of one of the oaks, the
electrical fluid passing down the tree
and tearing several limbs from the
trunk on its course.
On reaching the timber supporting
the swing the bolt shot across it as
though it had been a metal conductor
provided especially for the occasion
and tore down the trunk of the second
oak, finally spending its force in the
earth, leaving a large hole to mark the
spot. The force of the electrical cur-
rent was so great that in its passage
down the trunk of the second tree
struck it rended off pieces of timber
six feet long and as large through as
the body of an ordinary sized man.
Smaller pieces were hurled through the
air a distance of three hundred feet.
Mr. Eichorn, with his family, was sit-
ting on the porch at the time the shaft
did its work, and all were badly fright-
ened by seeing a stick as large asa
good-sized piece of cordwood come
whizzing through space in their direc-
tion. It struck on the roof of the porch
above their heads, however, and did no
more serious damage than to tear ofii a
patch of shingles.
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TOOTH ' OF A S'AURIAN.
Remarkable Specimen Found In a Mary-
land Iron llllne Recently.
Charles E. Comp, of Muirkirk, Md.,
has lately placed at the disposal of the
W oman‘s College museum for study and
description, in connection with other
collections from the same region, a re-
markable saurian tooth, recently ex-
umed from his iron mines in Prince.
George county. It measures three
inches in length, and the herbivorous
dinosaur to which it belonged was not
less than twenty-five feet in length.
The dentine of the tooth, with its
beautiful polish and characteristic
transverse markings, is almost perfectly
preserved, and the delicate serrations
of its edges are as sharply defined as
when the reptile was imbedded in the
lignitic clays of the Potomac forma-
tions.
The mine from which the tooth was
excavated, says the Baltimore Ameri-
can, is the same as that from which
Prof. O. C. Marsh, of Yale, several years
ago, obtained a considerable collection.
These remains were so highly prized
by this distinguished investigator that
several men and an engineer were em-
- ployed for a number of weeks in mak-
ing excavations for the same.
Though the Maryland dinosaurs were
huge animals in comparison with rep-
tiles now living,they are but dwarfs be-
side some of the gigantic species'which
‘ inhabited the western North America in
jurassic time. During a recent visit to
the Woman’s college, Prof. Marsh re-
marked that one of the fossil species he
discovered in the west could stand .on
the lawn in front of Goucher hall and
eat with comfort from the roof. This
“terrible lizard” was one hundred feet
long, and the largest animal ever known
to inhabit the earth.
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HAMILTON palace, in Lanarkshire,
cost the late duke‘s grandfather $1,500,-
000 to build; the duke’s executors are
directed by his will to dismantle the
mansion and take down or remove the
building or allow it to fall into disuse,
as they think fit.
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AS
USUAL
Our Wash Goods department has
a host of attractions. But what we
want now is to tell you of them
Wash Dress Goods.
You have often heard the expres-
sion “ If I could only find something
in black.” Now you can; and at no
advance in price: Black and White
Cambric, at 5, 6 and 8c. a yard.
Percales, at 10 and 12%c. French
Cambric, 15 and 19c. Ginghams,
10 and 12.}c. -' '
Lawns, for 12}, 17 and 25c.
Sateens, 12%, 15 and 25c. Organ-
dies, 15, 19, 25 and 400. 'Dim-
ities. 1271;, 15, 25 aqd 350. Duck
Suitings, 1 .1,— and 19c. Cheviot
Suitings, 12% and 25c.
Plain black in Prints, Lawns, Pique,
Duck, Cambric, Batiste, Morie, Per-
cale, Sateen, Dimity, Cashmerine
and Organdie.
Brocaded Sateens and Open-work
Lawns.
Ladies like Pocketbooks. to wear'
when wheeling.
Choice Cottage Draperies: Silk
Stripes, 25, 29 and 50c. a yard.
Royaline Crepe Cloth, 15 and 17c. a
yard.
Touraine, 12.1, to 17c. a yard.
Beautiful Silkines, 10 to 15¢. a
yard. Large variety Figured Denims,
20 to 35c. a yard. Extra quality
Cretonnes. 25c. a yard.
And then there's a very large as—
sortment of‘ inexpensive goods for
mantel drapery, sofa pillows, etc.;
fringes and cord to match.
. Fabric Bicycle Gloves, Kid Bicycle
Gloves and Gauntlet Gloves.
Jackets, Capes, Separate Skirts——
choicest win the city. Fashionable
garments from the most stylish gar—
ment makers in the country. Unus-
ually handsome this season.
Carpets, in a wider variety than
usual. Coming and going allthe'
time. Some of the prettiest choos-
ings that have been offered in along
time. Some of the best qualities at
low prices.
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Men’s goods, such as Shirts, Neck-
‘Mear, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Hose,
Umbrellas—all at a saving from ordi-
nary prices. One of the biggest and
best stocks to be found anywhere.
Plaincolors in Art Crepe and .-
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'WI-LL BENEFIT INSURGBNTS. I
Yellow Fever Has Broken Out, and Small-
rcx 13' Increasing.
. WAFHINGTON, Aprll 20.—Reports to the
United States marine hospital service from
its agents in Cuba indicate that the yel-
low fever scourge, which is relied upon to
aid their war of independence, promises to ,
be exceptionally malignant this year
among the unacclimated Spanish soldiers.
Dr. Caminero, the United States sani-
tary inspector. ”announces 40 deaths at
Santiago de Guba for the week ending
April 11. He says that the reports are not
very encouraging in ’other cities. In Santa
Clara, for example, several native Cubans
have died from it, and the cases of two
negroes who took the fever and died have
aroused the attention of all the physicians,
as it has hitherto been maintained that
the Degrees in Cuba enjoyed a complete
immunity from this disease. Smallpox
continues to increase, and there are 25
cases confined in the smallpox hospital.
while there are many cases in the town
which the physicians hear nothing about,
as they are treated by quacks and spiritu-
alists, of whom there a large number in
the city. Vaccination is still spasmodical—
1y practiced, but there are no means of
procuring vaccine except from Havana
once or twice a week. "
An Alleged Swindlor Captured.
PITTSBURG, April law—Intelligence has
been received here of the capture in Guate-
mala of John L. Cowan of this city, who
disappeared last February, leaving, It is
alleged, his friends, relatives, creditors and
victims about $200,000 short.
'Cowan was in the lumbcrbusincss, and
his victims are said to be scattered over
the lumber regions of Pennsylvania, Wis-
consin, Michigan and Canada. Forgery,
note raising and other forms of swindling
are charged against him.
Dunraven’s “Me Too” Resigns.
NEW YORK, April 29.—H. Maitland
Kersey, who has generally aped Lord Dun-
raven in everything possible, has decided
to fellow the British yachtsman’s steps
and leave the l'ew York Yacht club. The
secretary of the latter organization Is said
to have received Mr. Kersey’s resignation.
some weeks ago. The club will act on the
matter May 21. -
Egbert and His Victims Buried.
ROCKVILLE. 'Ind.. April 29.——The funer-
al of Sheriff Mull was attended by people
from all parts or the country. Deputy
William Sweens Was buried in the fore-
noon. Egbert, who killed them, was bur-
led yesterday. The three members of the
Hescheke family will be buried tomorrow.
A Deputy Postmaster Dismissed.
GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., April 29.—Post~
master Henry Ross has removed his dep-
uty, A. W. Locklin. The cause assigned
for the act is that Locklin publicly stated
that Secretary Carlislo was bribed .by a
gift of a cabinet position to change his at~
titudc on the silver question.
The X Bay a Germicide.
CHICAGO, April 29.-—-An X my will kill
the bacteria of diphtheria. The electrical
department of the University of Missouri,
at Columbia, announces that after exten-
sive experiments diphtheria germs had
been killed by the Roentgen light.
Big Blaze In Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, April 29.—The large ware-
house of the Atlantic Refining company,
together with two settling tanks and a
number of receiving tanks, containing oil,
Was destroyed by fire early today, entail-_
ing a loss of about $100,000.
The Spanish Senate.
MADRID, April ESL—Tho final results
of the election for the senate are as fol-
lows: Ministerialists, 113; Liberals, 41;
Independents, 17; Republicans, 4; Dis-
senticut Conservatives, 3; Carlists, 2.
Ono Day’s Government Receipts.
WASHINGTON, April 29.—-National bank
notes received for redemption today, $316,-
228; government receipts from internal
revenue, $244,888; customs, $238,884;
miscellaneous, $464.203.
Big Gristmill Burned.
DANVERS, Mass, April 29,—J. V. Han-
son’s gristmill at Danversport was de-
stroyed by fire today. The loss is estimated
at $35,000; insurance. $25,000.
VTube “’orks Burned. .
TOLEDO, April 20.—The Toledo. Tube
works and the Smead foundry were dam-
aged by fire to the extent of $55,000, with
$34,000 insurance. _
The \Veather.
Fair; warmer; southerly winds.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
NEW YORK, April :18.—-Money on call easy at
2%, per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 4%@5}é
per cent. Sterling exchange firm. with actual
business in bankers’ bills at $4.88%@4.89 for
demand and $4.87%@4.88 for 60 days. Posted
rates, 34.8816, and $4.89. Commercial bills,
$4.£6%@4.87. Silver certificates, 68%@68%; no
sales. Bar silver. 68%. Mexican dollars. 54.
Government bonds inactive. State bonds firm.
Railroad bonds firm.
Closing prices:
Atchison.......... 14%
Bur. & Quincy.. .. 81%
New England..... 48
N. J. Central. . .. ..109
0., C.. C. & St. L. . 35 North Amerlcan.. 5%
Chesapeake& 0.. 17% Northern Pacific" 1%
Do. pref........... 1%
N. Y. Central...” 98%
0maha............ 4
Ontario & West . . 15%
Pacific Mall....... 27%
Reading........... 12%
Rock Island . ..... 73%
Silver Bullion..... 67%
St. PamOOOIIOIIIIC 79
Sugar Refining. . .1296
Texas Pacific. . . .. 8
Union Pacific.. .. 8%
Wabash pref...... 18%
Western Union... 85%
Chicago Gas...... 69%
5%
Cotton Oil 16%
Del. & Hudson . . .128
Distillers’ Trust.. 19%
Erie... ........ 15%.
General Electric. . 3756‘
Hocking Valley. . . 18
Lackawanna. . . . . .159%
Lake Shore ........ 15056
Lead.... ......... 27%
Louisville & Nash 52
Missouri Pacific.. 281/4
Northwestern . . . .106%
General Markets.
NEW' YORK. Apr1128.—FLOU‘R—State and
western weaker to sell; city 111le patents.
[email protected]: winter patents, 33.90@4; city mills
clears. $4.15a4.20: winter straights. [email protected].
WHEAT—No. 2 red dull and easier on fine
winter wheat news and lower cables; May. 70%;
@70%c.: J uly. 70 5-l6@70%c.
CORN—No. 2 quiet and steady on too much,
rain west. delaying farm work: May. 35 ll-ch.;
July. 36 7-16a3filéc.
OATS—No. 2 dull and featureless;
24 Life: track. white. state. 25@280-
PORK—Quiet: 91d to new mess. $93.10: famw
ily. 510.50.110.75. _
LARD—Dull: prime western steam. $5.0.)
- bid.
' - BUTTER—Steady: state dairy. loaldlém
state creamery. lid/Gallic.
CHEESE—Quiet: stale. large. 561.9%“ small.
4%@10c. -
EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania,
lllvécu western. 1071111430..
SUGAR~lLaw quiet. and szeady: fair renn-
imr. 3§$h35fic4 centrifugal. his test. 4 5-llic.:
refined stead y: crushed (3-30.: powdered; 5%c.
TURPENI‘INE—Steady at 29ldzflfiéc. ‘ _
MOLASSEb—Steudy: .\e.v Orleans, Zuiyisi’xa ‘
RICE—Firm: u.m..—.suc. 3%.wUC-z Japan. at”
@ixc. ,
—Advertise in the GAZETTE.
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AZ ET T E
May, I
nines Hour on. ‘
Like a Barnacle. Clings Closer
Than Ivy and Grasps L‘ke
an Octopus.
Whv so crawling through the world
suffering from backache. .
From Iumbago or imaginary rheu
matism. '
Strange how people willprocmslinate
prtflirt with an opportunity until too
a .e. ' '
It’s only liltle things that make up
every day existence.
But we frequently overlook them.
’I‘nke backache for eXumple.
It is. generally a little thing at first.
Sv-mt times arises from a cold or heavy
work. ' ‘
It willpass away you say to yourself.
I have only over taxed myself.
t Ypu get used to it—yes'actually used
01 . .
Until the mole bill becomes a. moun-
tain. 4 '
'1 ben you use linimenfs and plasters.
You consult a phvexcian.
You are dosed with salt petre, nitre
or buchu.
The little thing hangs to you like a
barnacle.
.. “'If 1 had only attended to it in time”
18 your constant refrain.
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure.
_ Mr. C. A. Owens, No. 190 Main street,
lea painter and paper banner by trade.
Like the majority of men who follow
this occupation he is troubled with dis-
ordered kldneys. , The requisites to his
calling, benezme, turpentine and other
dryer excite and inflame those organs
and late 1n the fall he found himself
suffering from a return of his old com-
plaint. Mrs. Owens, ever mindful of
her husbands welfare, procured for him
a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills at Hale’s
drug store and he used them. Mrs.
Owens says: “My husband has been
greatly benpfilted by the use of Dean’s
Kidney Pills. Constant working in
white lead and mixingpaint has brought
on kidnvy tr: able and a severe head-
ache. Reluf m any form is always
welcomr and we are pleased to recom-
mend Doan’s Kidney PI“ for what they
have done
Dean’s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. price 50 cents. Mailed bv
Foster—IIthurn 00., Buffalo, N. Y.
sole agents for the U. S.
Do you scratch and scratch, and won-
ment Will instantly relieve and perman-
ently cure auv itchy disease of the skin
no matter of how long standing.
DAVlD . w. RAYMOND
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Fllllllfil much" and Emlalmer.
39 Washiuzlcn Squf ’Soulh Norwalk
Residence Illam ckemo Hotel.
And you thoroughly realize that an I
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WORD 4
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THE
WISE
Merchants, _ Manuiactur-
ers, Lodges and Societies
will consult their. own inter-
ests by giving us a call.
RF. MEM BE R~lf you have
work to do, write to us.
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Reasons }
Why
Schleicher’s
Pianos
Lead.
IV.
V.
OLD
P‘IAIIOS
are employed.
I. Because none but first-class workmen
Because an experience of forty years
0
counts.
Because for years we have given
special attention to designing im-
proved features whlch none but our
pianos have.
Because they are low in price and
high in artistic beauty.
Because when Schleicher says it’s'
so, it’s so.
« Main Office
and
Factory,
mumsr.
The GAZETTE
PRINTING .,
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