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bt PRI ST ST THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, APRIL 15 1888 —SIXTEEN PAGES. A SELF-CONSTITUTED DEITY. A Orank Who Poses and Dresses to Impersonate Christ. OF THE Benighted Condition of a Denscly 1g norant Class—Continued Divine Revelation ith Cure Didn't Work. MECCA FANATICS SALT LAKE Crry, April 11 respondence of the Bik.]—"1 saw Christ as Ogden to-day,” was the startling as- sertion of o prominent member of the Utah bar, in a recent conversation with your correspondent. Interrogation con- cerning this sceming sacrilego devel- oped the information that in Ogden there dwells a crank religionist who imagines himself to be Christ, and as- sumos a bearing consistent with his de- ified condition. Solit and tactiturn, he hold himself aloof from the common herd, seldom deigning to converse with ordinary mortals. The most pertina- cious quizzing fails to elicit more than monosyllabic answers from this self- constituted deit; As befits his cel tial degree, he is robed at all seasons of the yearin a distinctive uniform of white, and with his surplice-like rai- ment and flowing beard, worn precisely after the fashion of the alleged pic- tures of Christ, he looks not unlike some medwevial prophet, condemned against his will to live out a term of existerce amid the uncongenial ele- ments of the nineteenth century. Part of his erced consists in daily im- mersions. Summer or winter his habit is to plunge into the river. He may be seen any morning on the streets of Ogden, with a towel under his arm and his clothes dripping small rivulets on the pavement. Sometimes he will wander into a hotel, glance overa news- aper, and proceed on his silent way. tis related of him that at ove time bodily discomfort so far subdued his zeal that the river was abandoned, and an ordinary tub substituted, which he consecrated to his daily use. His land- lady one day utilized it for household when the owner appeared and holding his sacred tub ar uses of the falmily wash. s afterwards deigned to ap- prouch the contaminated vessel, which goes to show the oddness and sincerity of his delusio Such instances of im- becility ave common in thi MECCA OF FANAT! though elsewhere so rare that the most conscientiously correct pen picture of the erratic combinations of ignorance and _ogotism overywhere cncountered in Mormondom, would seem to the dwellers in froe and c ed localities like the fanciful and daring invention ‘aof a writer willing to sacrifice fact to sensationalism. Such, however, is the class of people imported into Utah through the effortsof Mormon emisar- ies, who know that in the ignorance of its adherents lies the safeguard of the Mormon church, Wholes: educers -and procurers are deputed to countri which are scoured by scavengers for converts who are lured by golden promises and fair stories of a land flowing with milk and honey. Tho result is that Utah is settled with the refuse of Norway, Sweden and Britain—ofTal fashioned after the lik ness of men and women, but possessing only brute instinct and endowed scarce: 1y with brute intelligence. These be- ings are well content to find themselves in a fertile and beautiful valley, where the earth readily yields subsistence.and where the hardships of their own ri orous countries are unknown. The work of conversion meets with no ob- stacle, and shiploads of human souls are periodically launched into the MORMON & Such is the benighted condition of this densely ignorant class, that they are readily taught to believe that this is the greatest country in the universe, and that Salt Lake is unapproached by any other city in the world. One Mor- mon settler recently i dent officinl if Salt Lake eatost city in the world. hment was boundless on that New York has many Bg ulation of the entire terri ji Islanders were never more in need of missionary workers than this aiien spot of the United States, and greater results might be realized in arousing the dormant faculties of these emigrant sgottlers, than ave ever achieved by sub- seriptions to obscure charities. 1f meas- ures were adopted for the more general establishment of missions for the pur- ro»u of undermining the barrier of norance that shuts out daylight from this people, Utah might be emancipated from the Mormon yoke more speedily and effectually than by any other pro- cess. Thus far her vitalities has been smothered and her facility suppressed bylthe craft offMormon monopolists,who dread the exposure of their chicaneries with the advent into the territory of eulture and enterprise. They feel that with intellectual advancement —musy eomo moral enlightenment, and that either would eventually result in the overthrow of their sovereignty, and a cessation of the revenue that supersti- tion has enabled them to filch from the laboring hordes, who are kept in a state of serfdom by the heavy taxations of the ehurch, The law of tithing requires the sur- Eluu property of members coming to ion, to be paid into the church, and after that one-tenth of their annual earnings. No itemized account is made of these funds, which are supposed to 0 to the Lord. The only visible show= g is in MONUMENTS TO MORMONISM in the way of costly tabernacles and gemples, and imposing residences for their bishops. The dignitaries of the Mormon churches find that the most cffective method of gaining ascendancy over their subjects, is by working on their superstitions. A popular doctrine is that of “continued divine revelation,” by which the imspired are armed for soy dilemma in which they may find themselves. The most ingenious and far-sighted was the pioncer prophet, Joseph Smith, He turned the credulity of his people to profitable account, and whenever God revealed his will for the building of houscs or guthering of rds, ‘‘my servant Joseph” was always berally remembered in the contract. 1 history has it that Smith inheri- his vivid imagination and inex- haustible fund of invention from his mother, who in addition to going out ., washing and pilfering clothes lines, ed an occasional penny by fortune hog, She determined that one of sons was predestined to be a pro- ot, and selected Joseph as the one fitted to sustain the honor. From e {ldhood up he was imbued with all qualifications for a successful im- v.and in alllhis schemes of duplicity eroft in later years, he depended his mother as an infallible prime ister, o doctrine of revelation did not y with tho first prophet, but given over to His aston- being told times_the has thriven and gained strength with successive generations of impostors, and to-day enthrals as many shadowed souls in the earlier annalsof the creed. The protense of healing by the laying on of hands 1s lextensively praticed. A Mormon family living in one of the ad- jacent villages lately lost two children through dispensing with a physician, and trusting to the efficacy of the elders palms, The death of the children was attributed to the divine will. Tho mass of Mormons are as personally un clean morally defiled, and the odor of sanctity pervading the tabernacle, is at times vulgarly suggestive of a zoological garden, The 8 know how to make use of their co sser humun na ions of celestial rewards wgonder zeal in their tollowers, and comp for the tith- ing sacrifices of their present condition. In d of the theory of *‘no marrying nor giv marriage in b ' part of the bliss Mormon _here is to consist in of the polygamous state, which s of the promises held out to them by the leaders, In fact, with the boldness of blasphe characteri. oven stri hrow divinity, and main tainthat Christ was a polygamist, that he is espoused to Mary and Martha and many others, with whom he 18 even now begetting an oternal race of goddess The ovi stiality among Mor: mons are the v to mnumerabl existence of h, is too great a horror to admit. Instances are frequent where not even the laws of consanguinity are regarded. Nothing is incredible among people with whom it is an every day occur- rence fora man to marry a whole family. Most. of the women are sodden creatures, thedupes of their religion and the slaves of the men. Taught to believe that the more children they bear the greater their glory in the future life, they degenerate into mere cattle, absolutely without decency, com- monly attending to maternal duties in the street cars and on the side walks, The baby crop indicates in what direction Mormon in- dustry tends, and in its wild exuberance, often” grives to the impression among tourists, that acolony of Methodist ministe must have been imported to people the fer tory,and proves that the natives lag not in re- plenishing the carth even though they fail to cultivate it. PLAYING POSSUM fitly describes the present political attitude of the Mormons. In a short time they pro- fess n great change of heart. But a few months have elapsed since they preached polyg and disloyalty with all the old: tim 2and taught the followers of the faith to be firm in their violations of the anti polyzamy law. Having lately again turned their eyes toward the goal of statehood, they A more obedient front, and strive to he people of the United States into the belief that they are a loyal sect. Toa resident their hypocrisy is most rent. In ent Mormon statehood convention they lves, if admitted to the union, 1o pass and obey laws against polyzamy, and declared allegiance to the government. Be fore the ceho of their pledges y they were refusing by dozens, when jurors in the United States courts, onth that they would obey the auti-poly law of cong Reliable information show that polygamy is as generally practiced now as at any time in the history” of the church, but trickery and perjury having beeome par of th ajority o successfully eiud Mo hate the United St their impo tence precludes them from claiming this an absolute mon: v, Ttis not likely that gress will place in the handsgof foe the dangerous powers of st administered by this so-called church, which has been defiant from its infanc, powered to legislate and govern, poly: and church rule would flourish with the r luxuriance of a noxious w Indications, however, point to a better future. Her natural superiority is such t] with a few gigantic stiides Utah can recover all that has so long been denied h w nature can give she has been abundantly en- dowed with. With large deposits of most of the metals, and gold and silver mines, which, though scarcely developed, have been an im- portant factor in the precious metal produ of the Pacific coast. Already the yield amounted to one hundred millions of doll with possibilities yet to be estimated. deposits of iron in many localitic boundless. Close by are i thousands of tons being for railroad and domestic pur experiments show that here mater for the munuf many chemicals struction for th | of white or gray granite or best ¢ marble with which to build hims a palac One thousand xd to_eastern points this yea and oil springsare among recent discoveries, and pther adjuncts to prosperity, too numerous’ to ment In ryer regions the water question has been solved by the artesian wetl system, an abun- dant flow being obtained by boring two hun- dred feet. Many of the wells will project a stream fifty feet'in the air. In short, once freed from the oppression which has thus far retarded development, Utah will take her proper rank among the rising empires of the west Mixyie Rata WiNs. FASHIONS FOR MEN ONLY. l The nt bound the tur brown sandstone, ara New York Commercial Advertiser, tiny gold revolver, with a pearl handle appears among new scarf pins. The very nowest shirt front of white plaue, with tiny dots of a color sprinkled over it. Tweed is the thing for loun though alpaca will be admissi comes on. The four-in-hand grows in favor, also, und threatens 4 revival of the of the regency. For evening wear white gloves are par donable, but pale primrose or paler lavender is par and away botter style. No good dresser now wears tight glov by consequence, is the smallest size kept by some very tony houses. In Paris we are told there isa strenuous offort to revive kneebreeches, silk stockings, low shoes and paste buckl es. High authority asseverates that many American men, so called, now wear corsets, and that the practice is increasing. For athle caps of printed cotton, with gray or navy or indigo blue grounds, with polka dots of contrasting color, and cuff enas are hopelessly passe and square ones to achieve the heighth of style must be artistically turned down Very choice and new silk handkerchies have centers of solid neutral English twill with bright or figured borders two inches wide. Mauny percale shirts are rainbow hued yet quiet, and modestly elegant ones can’ be found for thoss who™ will not bow down to the glaring Baal For rough weather and hard usage nothing equals the reai donegal homespun—a coat of which will turn aside the most drenchiag storm of spring. English flaunels for tennis wear o©ol in inch square plaids of bla with white, red, brown, old gold or_orauge and are made up with eapo to mateh, Spring neckwear, 100, approaches the florid gothic—embracing, as it does, all light, shit and staring' tones of color, with pro- e, not to say loud patterns. cotton hose have rainbow ankle on a tun ground with ribs and fe of darker shade, while Lisle thread show wal tese crosses mode or black grounds. Flannel shirts will bo more worn than ever, and the favorite stuff for them is the fine English twill—white ground with polka dot of red, black, brown or blue. New linen handkerchiefs have eight inch hems either of solid colors or strived or cross bar red, or elsa the border is two inches wide, with embroidered dots at the corners. White collars and cuffs will again be worn with fancy shirts, and fine linen embroidery still prevails in full dress, though the com- mon grades are sent hopelessly to Coventry. A sliding suspender buckle warranten not to *‘wear, tear, rip, ravel, run down at the Leel nor cut in the eye,” eveu on the finest silk webbing, is among the latest supplics of long-folt warts Silver is as much in favor for canes, uni- brellus and parasols this season as lust, but instead of being & siwple overlay, or in oxi: dized effects, orament falrly runs riot upoc it in the latedt designs. M “straws show which way the winds blow, will have them this summer of all shapes tterus and colors, 8s never before was there 80 violent & copjunction of tints and stylos as in the straw hats uow hurled 058 s ULeflonding public. ng jackets, as summer in length choker” COMME mm—_—g——- o s s A SWEEPING CH A STRANGE NOVELTY, L DOMESTICATED BOL.. MRS. WM. DORES and her Huge Pet, that has been her constant companion for 29 years. 20 NEW SPECIALTIES ON WEITZMAN--The hero of Niagara Falls and London Bridge, will ING AN A Human Credulty. A SNAKE IN LOOE. Judd Webb, of Fremont, Nebraska, Taxes N MUSEE, Corner 11th and Farnam Streets. SUNDAY, APRIL 12th. T GE in all DEPARTMENTS READ THE HISTORY. Among tho many guests at the Millard yestorday was Judd Webh of Fremont. Tn speaking of the city where he resides he stated that it never boforo was 8o pros« perous as it is to-day many kinds are growing up, and busin and that the futur 53 of overy kind is increasing. before it is a brilliant onc Industriesof Webb is a very genial and bright conversationalist, such as are naturally found among hotel men and owing to his large amount of traveling in past good stories on hand. ful snake story. fact that M stern ittegrity and honor. but neverthe! ies inte of pecul he ) I1e said: s it is s truo as gospel. one that would hardly be believed by mat Webh is greatly estoemed and respected b 1 suppos I have seen and ta sted in it and, in fact, am personally acquainted with them. r devotion—the only case of the kind ever known. ears, he has a stock of a peculiar and wonder- vy if it were not for the all who know him, forhis 1 hardly be! 3 lked with all the part- It isa story The devotion is that told a reporte you wi of a boa constrictor thirty fect long, who seemingly has reasoning powers, under- stands language, slceps on the hearth rug of a home, keeps the house free from rats ond mice, and follows its ma pont is to-day the property of Re North Caroling, and some twent shortly beforcfloaving Afric to the kitchen' he was hor a young serpent. The two were care ter about_ the house like o dog. Goram Nail, now a resident of David county, yonrs ago a missionary in Africa. a he went into his house oné morning and stepping in- fied at findiug his little child fondling on the floor with sing cach other like lovers, The huge ser- 1t seems that There seemed t0'bo no harm in it, and he kept the serpent in family and it soon hecame domesti ated. crush an ox or, perhaps, an elephant. ne to this count that Appeatunces would suggest. and to-c A peculiar instance of i away from home on a thre pent recognized her at onee and ¢ on her back. she would leave the house again. separated. A few years ago the was married, one of the stipulation: ted from her huge pet. s visit. y with his family and brought the large serpent with him. has been fod on milk, gruel und rabbits, but does not have the It grew rapidly and to-day it is thirty feet in length, and has the power to Since it was taken into th shown a savage disposition in any way. family, it has Dr. Nail returned The boa avenous appetito In 1870 the Rev N As it grew older it became more domesticated, ay it is the slave and pet of the child who has grown to be a woman. devotion is told. A few yc } ago its mistress had hoen When she returned to the house, the ser- 1 awling to her shoulders he rested his ugly head She had hard work to dislodge it, and it s emed that he feared that This is the longest time that the two had been rents of th of the un Frank Buckland, of the London Zoologics young lady died, and last v she m being that she should not be sep- Garder tion, in writing of this ease states that it is the only one known—an affection between & human being and aserpent.” The above described novelty demands and receives $500 per week. AGROUP OF FIGI CANIBALS, SAVAGE, FLESH-EATING IDOLATORS. TWO STAGES ive a grand tree exhibiticn, crossing on a wire stretched from the top of the Musee building to the opposite side of the street. every day, commencing Mon- ; aily thereatter at 1:30 and 7 p. m. OR WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A BEAUTIFUL BOQUET OF WAX ELOWERS. e SCc and 10cCc 100 No improper characters admitted. : day. at 1:30 o’clock, ascension F RI DAY. APRIL 20, EVERY LADY VISI1 10O ADMITS Musee Open Eaily trom 1 to 10 p. m. T O &l.l.. - CHEHAXIRRSS, N THE ELECTRICAL FIELD. New Plans For Lighting Theaters in Europe. MORSE'S TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS. Government Aid of the Telegraph—Ligh 2 Havre afe- guard Against Electric Shocks—Conductors The First Theatre Lighting Abroad. A special caple dispatch states that the Spanish government has issued a deerce ordering that all theatres in Spain shall adopt the electric light within six months. It is probable that the recent sad disaster at Oporto v have led to this, though the Portugese themselves should have been first to learn the lesson. We are glad to see such preference given the electric light, not only in Spain but equally i France and throughout Europe generally; but it does seem to us that danger lurks in such a wholesale ediet. We doubt the possibility of finding men and material enough to carry out the work satis- factorily, in the time mentioned, even though countractors and th men should swarm into Spain from ey part of the world; and unless a theatre n be properly wired it had better stick to gas for'n while. Ship Lighting. An importaft addition to the fleet of transatlantic liners will shortly be made by the launch of two new steamers for the Inman steamship company. These wre 10 surpass :mf‘!lnng float in point of size, safety and luxury. The incandescent lighting will also be upon the largest scale hitherto attempted. No less than 1,000 lamps will be earried in each vessel and the whole of the engine and dynamo plant has been du- plicated. The work has been carried out by Messrs. King,Brown & Company, of Edinburgh, The largest installations at present afloat are, I believe, those of the Umbria and the Etruria, which are ench wirod for 800 lamps and carry en- gines and dynamos with a total eapacity for $1,200. ‘Anothership installation of some interest which has recently been completed is that of the S. S. Ocean, a ship built at Greenock, for carrying petroleum in bulk. This is & small ves- sel requiring only 50 lamps, but recent disastrous accidents in this countr Lave preved the necessity for elect lighting wherever inflammable oils are extensively handled. New York City Lighting Bids, At the last meeting of the gascom- mission, the following bids were pre sented and opened for public electr! lighting: Brush Electric Light com- pany, 881 lamps at 44 cents per night and 52 lamps at 89 cents per night; United States, 10 lamps at 42 cents, 88 Lamps at 44 conts, 18 lamps at 47 cents, and 339 lamps at 49 cents; Harlem, 207 lamps a cents, 20 lamps at 40 cents, 38 lamps at 41 cents, 124 lamps at 42 cents, 12 lamps at 45 cents, 19 lnm}va‘ at 50 cents, and 50 lamps at 60 cents; Mount Morris, 87 lamps at 32 cents, 143 lamps at 80 cents, and 80 lamps at 40 cent Last River, 162 lamps at 32 cents, lamps at 59 cents, and 212 lamps at 42} cents:Ball, 72 lamps at 50 cents on Broad- way end Sixth avenue from Twenty-third to Fifty-ninth streets; North New York, 870 lamps at 89 cents. Each light is to be of 2,000 candle-pow- or. The North New York eleetric light company further submitted the provi ional bid to furnish any required nym- ber of incandescent lamps at 7 cents per night. Mayor Hewitt asked why the l East River electri¢ light compasy Lad — failed to furnish the 1i for during the past year,and was in- formed that the board of electric con- trol had refused thecompany the priv- ilege of putting up the ne ary poles for stringing its wires. The company would dv r the week demonstr: the superintendent of lamps and gas ability to execute any contract it might hereafter enter into. No awards were made, but the bids were referred to Su- perintandent MeCormick, of the bureau of giis and lamps, to tabulate and report which were the lowest among them. First Government Aid of Telegraphs. I'rom a sketch of “*The American In- ventors of the Telegraph,” with special refercnces to the services of Alfred Vail in the April Century, profusely illustrated with portraits and diagrams we quote as follo “This was a period of discouragement and depression for the proprietors of the telegraph,searcely ved by a ray of light from an sourece. there seemed lit- tle hope ths s would ever grant the desired appropriation. The session of 1849-40 was on the eve of the most exciting and disgraceful presidential unpuign that the country had over known, and as in later days the mem- bers were far too much interested in lezislation which would give them some imaginary advantage over their politi- cal opponents to pay attention to meas- ures affecting the real welfare of their constituents and of the country. In December, 1842, Morse was persunded to malke one more application to congress. The committee on commerce aguin recommended an appropriation of £30,000 in aid of the eunterprise, The bill pussed the house by u close vote, and on after a discussion, which, as ve- ported in the ‘Congressionai Globe,’ re- fleets scant credit upon the patriotism, tosay nothing of the intelligence, of some of the participants. In the last hour of the session, March 3, 1843, the bill passed the senate, and was signed by the president. Movie, writing toa friend in after yeers, says: “This was the turning point_in the history of the telegraph. My personal funds were reduced to the fraction of a dollar; and the passago of the bill faded from an. there would have been little prospects or an other attempt on my part to introduce to the world my new invention. “On March 4, Morse wrote to Vail the most hopeful letter penued in many pours: ¥y ou will bo glad to learn, doubtless, that my bill has passed the seyste without 'a di vision and witbout oy v the telegraphic entery 3 bright. 1 shall want to sce you in New York after my retnrn, which will probably be the latter part of next week. 1 have other let ters to write, so excuse the shortuess of this, which, 1f short, is sweet ‘at least. My kind rogards to your father, mother, brothers, sisters and wife. The whole delegation of your state, without exeeption, deserve the highest gratitude of us all. “On March 81 Morse tendered Vail anappointment as assistant and super- intendent of the machinery department of the telegraph to be constructed be- tween Washington ‘and Baltimore under the government appropriation, which was at once accepted, Vail im- mediately entering upon the duties with characteristic energy and industry. From this time forward the condition of the work is minutely detailed in his diary, and from this we gather much information of interest in respect to the subsequent progress of the work. On April 13 he suggested to Morse the trial of two or more circuits from one bat- tery. The experiment was successful, the result proved 1o be of the utmost importance when the telegraphic sys- tem became more widely extended. Contract Open for Lighting Havre- The municipal council of Havre has issued a eircular of which the following is a translation: *‘The municipality of Havre is prepared to authorize for a period of six years an electric lighting company to establish in the said town a central station, and tolay down in the public streets such - conductors, cables and wire: follow r'e neeess: to serve the i strects and s: Rue de ¢ de I’'Hotel- (as s the Rue mp de Foise), Rue Drapic Rue Royale. The conduits and cables are to be placed underground, and must be perfectly insulated. They will be subject to the regulations of the streets committee. The lighting Il comprise in _ the district named above, both private lighting, incandescent lamps, and pub- lic lighting, either ares or incande cents. The authorzation will confer no monopoly, and a fixed scale of charges must be agreed on. Under these eondi- tions the municipality is prepared to consider communications and proposi- tions from such companies, and would particularly direct their attention to the following points 1. At what rate will they be prepared to undertake pri- vate lighting? 2, Will they also under- take public lighting, und at what ratc (The tariff should be given both in terms of lamp-hours and by meter). 3. What annual royalty will they offer to pay to the municipality? Communications should be addressed to M, A. Respal a la Mairie du Hav Safeguards Against Electric Shocks. Sinco it is quite futile toshu t oure, to the danger of contact with wires car- vying high tension current, says the setrical world, the question of the best way of preventing or guarding against such accidents 1s important, No doubt intelligence on the part of those whose dul bring them into proximity to such wires, isa prime con- dition of immunity from dung but as this inteiligence does not always ex- ist and since fami breeds earelessness, som guard scems to be wanted. rious of these have already been suggested, though we believe never adopted in practice. The latest, which we deseribo in another column, isa device which, while it can be casily applied, may leave doubt in the minds of some as to its practical utility. According to the arrangement of this device, immunity from danger is sought by providing a shunt fora cur- rent which has alveady penetrated into the body. In other words, a person having grasped the wires allows the current to pass into his body, and the dovice de [ is such that, in order to become operative, the e 't must pass out through the skin again at another point. It seems a question, however, whether the current having once entered the body, would prefor to pass out again at a point of compura- tively highoer r \ce or continuo on through the better conducting portions: that is, the muscles and nerves of the human body, But if, as is asserted, per cent, of the current is shunted arcangement, the chances are 1l what might have been a fatal shock would be converted into oune having no permanent effects, and if it only act as a mitigation of the evil, Mr. Delany’s invention is worthy of investigation and application, Lightning Conductors. Tt might have been supposed that at this late da ientific ideas upon the best methods of applying lightning con- , are well grounded on the ex- vience of many yeurs, but we are more brought face to face with ex- oriments and conelusions which are ametrically opposite to long cher- ished notions. We refer here to the latest results arrived at by Dr. Oliver J. Lodge, and presented to the world first time in a series of lectures before the society of arts. The full text of these lectures hasnot yet resched this country, but we are informed of enough in our English correspondence to make it evident that another light- ning roda conference. isa pressing ne cessing, to thoroughly discuss and verify . the conclusions = drawn by Dr. Lodge Among these we need only 10 mentios that he has shown shat within certain limits conductivity s not important, and may in some casse be detriment; that the presence of bad joints in a line is not a source of grent danger, and what will appear as most striking of all, t a bad earth con- nection, though to be avoided if possi- Dle, is usually as_good a *‘ground’ the electricity in its erratic course chooses for olf. T experiments mace to demonstrate these facts were of a not less remarkable character, being carried ont with Leyden jars and fr tional cleet machin When the diseqa sent through the best conductors, it was vivid and accompun- i v a large volume of sound. When, conductors were used, 10 a certain point, discharge w drawn out, as it we 1d its manifc tations were not ne y so vivid, The experiments showed the time elemont of discharge was an important one, and if by any means the time can be in- creased, the disduptive offect of the dis- charge is decroased. The oxperiments showed also the necessity of providing sufficient surface as well as sectional area for the lightning condu 8, A8 was pointed out by Hughes and Guil- lemin in their cxperiments. Anothor viking conclusion drawn from these ts is that galvanized iron is a better inl than copper for this pnrpose, | so for oxtremely rapid current ro such as probably take place 1na statie discharge, iron possesses asmalle coeflicient of self-induction. In, a note appearing in a recent issue, it was shown that according to Prof. B Thompson, iron was the most s uitable material for Lightning vods, leaving slf- induction out of consideration, and_ it is thus interesting to observe the conclu- sion substantinted in another important direction. An Electric Dog-Oart. Mr. Magnus Volk, the electrician the Brighton, England clectricrailway, has applicd electricity to propel a doi- art. The current is provided by six- teen P, T (Electrical Powe torage Compian accumulators cap- ablo of keeping up a supply for six hours. The aceumulators aro stowed under the seats in the body of the cart. The curcent works an Immisch electrie motor of one-hall horse-powor, which is supported by hangers under the body of the cart, and drives w count haft in front by asteel link chain, The right-hund wheel of the carthas a num- ber of blocks oun the inner side of its rim, and u second steel chain, pussin round these blocks from the countor shaft, turids the wheel and propels the The cart travels nine miles an hour on asphalte; and with a load of two persons a grade of one in thirty can be surmounted. - LDUCATIONAL. There are n hundred students in the me artment of the university of V of '8) university of the city of New has cstablished a post-graduate departn and forty candidates for advanced degrees are already corolled, Anna Wheeler was chosen & member of the Haverhill, Mass., school board at a re cent spocial election.” She is the first wowan 1o gerve in that city. The young women who left Adelbert col. lege upon the decision that no more girls should be admitted, have entered the seuior cluss at Boston university. Hon. A. E. Judevine, of Hardwick, Vt., has given by will one-fourth of his estate to'the university at Burlmgton. The, bequest is thought to be worth 200,000, Willlams college is to nd 2 pedition to the Buhamas this sum Similar work to that of biology of the university lst year. The library scientific ex 10 do of Peunsy vania f Professor von Kanke, the ved at New York by the Galile sists of 50,000 yolumes, which are to ‘be transferred to the library shelves of Syracuse university. The alumaiof Miuue universily have undertaken the commendable work of endowing university fellowships for the pur a state ble of higher education, unwittingly selected Miss E. 13, Pearson's cssa) best from a number submitted to him male collegiates for the Bowdoin prizo miling Mickey” Weleh, of the New York y accepted a position in the Hartford, Comn. of curved pitching, ws the principles as applied to baso ‘ who has always maintained that women ara ns the by colloge, the chai ling the coll mathematics He occupic and is te of higher ball. Miss Hattie Allen, M. D., the daughtor of H.D. Allen, a” banker at Waterloo, L., aocepted the assistant professorship of m icine in the Michigan state univer: Allen is the first lady who has position of this nature in a western univer« sity. At Cornell college, their last meeting n View of growth of the law school, ber of non-resident lecturers for next year. l\llllYIl the more prominent are Georga i'rancis Finch, of the court of appeals; Mar- shal D. Ewell, M. D. LL. M., the well known law text hook writer of Chicago; Albert H. Walker, of tec Hartford bar, and the author of the work on patent law, and ex-Governor Daniel H. Chamberlain, of New York city. An effort is being made to endow a chair of English and one of history at the University of the City of New York. The alumni asso- ciation has already sccurcd 10,000, and o id, who withholds his name, has pledged &3, a year for five pars to be used i this direction. This is a_welcome step, Tw more important branches of collegiate study could hardly be mentioned than these, nor two that in proportion to their merits receiye less attention. Washington is excited over the report thet Murs, E. B. Briggs, a newspaper correspon cnt who writes under the name of “Olivia, has donated about seventy thousand squar feet of land known as “Maple Square,” situ ated between South Carolina and Sixth, Seventh and D ste women’s university, to b Girard college, Philadelphin is worth about $200,000, - Tho prope wtion is to_be wholly under the women, The mstruction given will be in the form of lectures, so as o give the women a chanee to tulk The Johns Ho add another dopar that of medicine the board at \e unexpected appointed a num- nio ’ts, as n site f ins universivy will soon nent 1o its academic one, The hospital, which was indefinitely endowed by Johns Hopkins with three and one-halt millions of *dollurs, is now nearing completion, under the supervis. ion of Dr. Billings, librarian of the surgeon general's oftice in W iington, 1t is doubt. loss the fiuest und best equinped hospital in the world ral appointments have al ready b to the medical staff, and that” department will probably open next fall. The coursé will bo the most advanced and seientific in the United States, and will covor tiree y and be open only to grad uates of son tot qualifications, made loge or — - Scidenbe IMigaro, the town, a 10c eigar for Ma Co,, wholesale depot. - - Very new waist coats ar wool broken faintly by fine lines of red or blue. They are bound on the edge, without collars, have six buttons, and are meant, to tako the | »f the pique and linon horrors, whereby the ave luundress transforms the mildest-mannered man into a man in Buckram. BARNACLE & JONES, PLUMBERS, Attention Paid Plumbing of natural white Special o Fine 1 anitary ap laying a pec 10 the st v i ke t Estimates Furnished, For 108, Plumblng, Steam and G Fitting and Gas Fixture Hose and Lawn Good on Hand, Alweys pose of encouraging advavecd study and post-graduate work along speciul lines of iu. yestigation. Professor Torrey, of Harvard university 404 North 16th Street Telephone 1081,

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