Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 27, 1888, Page 15

» THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: & UNDAY MAY 927 1888 —SIXTEEN PAGES. THE KINNDOM OF ANIMALS. Interesting Stories Concerning Al Kinde of Qaudrupeds. A CAT'S TASTE FOR MUSIC. Horse Hair Snakes—A Dog That Whipped a Bird—-A Qucer Fight With an Alli- gator. % Horsehair Snakes. Golden Argosy: Heve any of our readers ever thrown a horsehair into a basin of water and waited patiently for it to turn into a snake? This seeming absurdity is thus explained by a writer in the Hartwell Sun: “Our friend asked us if we didn’t want 1o see a horsehair that had turned into a snake. We did, and he drew a hottle from his pocket filled with water, in which was what appeared to be a di- minutive snake, five or six inches long, writhing and twisting, as if anxious to escape from the bottle, When put in the bottle it was nothing more than a hair from u horse’s tail, “‘It was then explained that the hair does not undergo change, but that in- visible animalcules that generate in the water collect on the hair and make it twist and squirm after the manner of a snake or worm. It is held by good au- thority that many of the so-called ani- malcules have been shown to be plants, having locomotive powers something like animals: the motion, however, is not supposed to be \munuu-y But tho horsehair makes a first-class snake all the same. A Peculiar Cat. A farmer by the name of Thomas,who lives near Wakenda, Mo., has a moth- erly old cat that just now, in addition to raising a large family of kittens, is tenderly nursing a young squirrel and a mink. “The latter two ‘wero captured this spring by some of Mr. Thomas’ boys and brought home. They were por- mitted to run free around the house, and in the course of their travels ran against the old cat. The latter took kindly to the two motherless little ani- mals and conducted them to her nest of young ones, where she has since uarded them with great care. The amily got along very well. Fight With an Alligator. Lazaretto Creek, a short distance from Tybee, Ga., was the scenerecently of a fearful combat between three fish- ermen and a monster alligator. The fishermen had been down the creek fishing, and were on their way back to the city. They drew their boat to the place of lmxdin% and as they did they Wwere confronted by an alligator meas- uring hine feet in'length. As the boat landed within three feet of the saurian he lashed the sides and edges of it fiercely with bis tail, and was only pre- vented from cnpsulng it by the prompt- ness of the fishermen in seiz their oars and beating him over the head and body. The contest lasted fully a half hour before the animal was captured. Mr. M. C. Russeil, who was one of the party, secured a lasso, and in the struggle succeeded in fastening it around the alligator’s upper jaw. struggled to escape at fi b finally subdued, and the fish ried him to a hotel and put him on ex- hibition. During the combat he nnu{)» ped one of the men on the leg, severely wouuding him. A Cat With a Taste for Music. A young girl at Mercer, Pa., has a cat with decided mus taste and diserim- ination. Sh ens to the practice of her young mistress with much enjoy- ment, but to one piece puss has cided aversion. ’th is the “I Nun,” and anyone who has heard its dolorous notes will credit puss with good sense. Sometimes she lies on the rug fast asleep when her mistress be- rins the despised airv, immediately she ifts her head, listens a moment, then, rising, walks to the performer and be- gins a most positive remonstrance. She reaches up. takes her mistress by the arm and with mouth and paws tries to pull her from tho piano. Failing in this, she next mounts the piano and walks on the keys. tomiug young mistress siill finally despairs and bea the door is oven; if not, she beg piteous mews to be let out. beon tried aguin and again, but never will she allow that piece to be played without decided remonstrance, The Bird Whipped the Dog. There was a big time 1n a Ridge aye- nue ear rec rently, says the Philadelphia a dog, a crane, the conductor, two mén, three women, a broom and a boy participated. William Jones, a news-agent on the Readi railroad, got on the car at Twent street in vnm{mn. with a huge crane about three and one-half feet tall and with three stripes down its breast, The cranoe had a light chain attached to its rvight leg, and when Jones sat down he fastenod the chain to a buttonholo of his coat, The crane stood up in the contre of the aisle and went to sleep. At Twentioth street three women got on nml awoke the bird with their laugh- 1 At Eighteenth et a small boy big brown terrier got on the car, 16 boy lookoc mnmullmrhml 1on he looked at the dog and said: ¢ him, ( ulu " Jones quickly un- sned th which held” the e, and ** Shake him, Bis- urek, The dog made a rush for the bire for aubout a minute nothing but flying Lair and two long, iegs which flashed in the air streaks of light, Then there was a yell, The dog went flying and howling down the aisle, followed by the bird, shaking with rage and uttering a shrill, piping noise, una dragging his owner, who held on to the chain, The conductor stopped the dog at the door, and as he came back, followed by the erane, the women jumped upon the seats, gathered up their skirts and sereamer The driver stopped the just as the bird caught the J at the rear door, and, making one snap at ham. ripped about six inches of hair from bLis back with its back with its bill and sent him yelping into the street. Then the crane hook itself and made a desperate at- tuck on a broom which laid beside the seats. It shook the broom up and was beginning on the conductor when its owner lassoep it with a piece of clothes line and throw it on the fo By the time Green street was reached Bismarck was taking another standing nap and made no resistance when his owner lifted. him off the Jones ealled the bird a “'mountain said it was caught in the woo Williamsport. He has been keeping it chained up in his back yard at Twenty- fifth street and Ridge aveaue, but it whipped his dog so budly last Saturday und gave him 50 much trouble on Suu- , when it bml“ logse and e hima s with & 0 he caught it, lhn( Lu decided to return it to its mountain howe. He was taking it to the depot for shipment when the fight oceurred. He Died of Grief, A correspendentof the St. Louis Globe- .and fore Demodrat, writing from Cadiz, Ohio, tells tho following dog story: A touching ineidentoccuraed a day or two ago at the residence of Mr. William Trambull, in Belmont county. His lit- tle daughter, Maud, has been for some time sick with typhoid fever. She was the possessor a fine Newfoundland dog, and a warm attachment sprang up between them, and in the little child’s rambles the dog was her sole compan- ion. Since Maud has been sick the dog refused to eat, and would wander from place to familiar spots to both dog girl—apparently in search of her, uttering low laintive wails. Day before yesterday Wednesday) the dog was admitted to the bedside of his little mistress, and its joy was unbounded. The animal walked around and around the bed, and rubbed its shnfigv head lovingly against the little hand of the sufferer resting on the outside of the covering. Time came for the dog to leave, which it at first refused to do, but finally yielded. It ‘was then offered food, which it re- fused. It wandered off tosome familiar haunt, where happy hours had been spent with little Maud, and_finally laid down by the nwh'wny leading to the little girl’s bedchamber, whinihg in a pitiful manner. No attention was paid 1o the dog for an hour or two. At last some one called it, but it did not move. An examinaticn was made and the brute was found dead. Died of pure grief at being parted from its friend. Rome’s Autique Roosters. The extreme antiquity of pedigree boasted by the domestic fowl hag gone far to excite the favorable regard of Boston people in m; behalf, says the St. Louis Globe. It is supposed to have originated in eastern Asia, whence are derived, even to the present, many of the finest breeds. The primitive bird of 5,000 years ago was, probably, some- thing like what is known to-day as the “Cochin”—a variety still common among the Chinese, who have always been great fanciers of poultry. The ancient Egyptians kept hens and are familiar with the principles. of artificial incubation, for which purpose they employd ovens, heated by lamps to an even temporature of 106 degrees. The old Greeks and Romans had famous strains of chickens. In their time cock fighting was much in vogue. Of the dantams they raised, Pli speaks, referring to them as ‘‘a dwarfi kind of hen that is extra little, and fruitful.” In Rome the poultry did not lack re- spect and consideration. No magistrate would open or close his doors before their pleasure was known, and upon their direction the imperial faces were advanced or contrariwise. Accounts extant, in languages long dead, of wooly hens, which are said to have formerly existed; of hairy hens also, and of wingless and tailless fowls; of horned roosters and other barnyard curiosities. Unfortunately, however, like the dodo and the great auk, these are all extinet. The Bloodthirsty Weasel. Youth’s Companion: The common weasel or ermine is oneof the most bloodthirsty of all animals, 1t h'\‘i‘huen known to kill forty well-grown fowls in a single night. ‘“Ever victorious,” says Dr. C. H. Merriam in his ‘“‘Mam- mals of the Adirondacks,” “*of vre-emi- nent assurance, this indomitable little animal is, in courage, ferocity and audacity almost without a parallel among the mammalla.” He deseribes a scene which seems to prove his state- ment. “I once put a very la»es rat into a square tin vith a v asel. The rat had been caught in a steel trap by the toes of one of his hind feet and was in no way injured “He was ver y ugly end bit fiercely at the trap and at the stick with which I assisted him'into the cage, but nosooner had he entered the cagoe than his whole manner and bearing changed. He im- mediately assumed an attitude of abject terror, trembied from head to foot and wled into the nearest corner. The weasel advanced toward him at once and as he did so the rat rose upon his hind le let his forepaws hang helplessly over his breast and squealed piteously. He showed neither disposi- tion to fight nor to defend himself when atvacked “The wensel did not sieze him at first, but cuffed him with his forepaws and drove him from one corner of the cage to another, glaring at him continuously. Then suddenly he sprang upon his vic: tim, already paralyzed with fear open the back of his head with a single bite, ate the brains and left the quiver- ing carcass untouched.” A Cat’s Dismay. Ina garden near this city, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, a young cat was prowling around yesterday, trying in her sweet natural way to look as much like u t as possible, when a “‘my yah” in a high key rull upon her e: She stoppad, held paw, opened her blinking e to the widest No other cat could she » in the den, nor in the adjacent orchard. looked at me, and I'm ¢ n she to herself something like 'hat man thinks he’s doing something smart, im- itating my voice! But [ had not taken such a with my -feline fricnd, stful youn tabby r old, by the way. The imi 1ius Wi a4 catbird, whom I could sec swinging on a slender branch weighted heavily with superb blossoms of white in the large cherry tree. The dingy with its muddy coat, was rejoicing in the suushine just as heartily the bluebird or the black and orange oriole piping near by among the fadin nolias and budding apple blosso show his joy he sang, and, as o knows, his song was like the or; recently weanad kitten who is sulfering from a severe cold, The eat passed underneath the cherry tree ultimately just as the cathird gave vent to a “mee-yah” of unusual clear- ness and piquancy: repeated the cat-like several times, in fact. The cat was intensely interested at once, and throw- ing up her head she examined the tree branch by branch, I could almost ses her wrestling with the problem of a cat’s voice coming from a tree where there was no cat. It was a terrible puz- zle for a young cat. But I was power- less to help her, Then the liberty bird again ouy defiantly: **Mee-yah! Mee- yah! Mee-yuh!" nd ° the cat smed for the first time to seo the bird, ugh hardly recognizing in the feaths ored thing a “talker of cat language. But the cat fastened her eyes on the bird and climbed a little way up the knotty trunk of the cherry troe as if to got a closer view. The finule was very funny. began its song again, and at the first sound the eat slid down the tree and ran into the house, tail high in the air aund fur bristling, as badly scared as she 18 likely to bo if ¥ho livas out all her nine liv She had heavd for the first time a bird sing with a cat’s voice. e sang The bird An Absolute Oure, The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT is only put up in large two ounce boxes, and i3 an absolute curo for old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands, and all skin erup: tious. Wil positively eure all kinds of pilos Asl for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT- MENT. Sold by Goodmau. Drug Co. at 35 per box—by wall 30 couts. ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENTS. A Visit to BEdison in His New Laboratories. HIS NEW TALKING MACHINE, What is Being Done by the Electri clans All. Over the World- Ex- periments and Discover- 108 ~Electric Notes. Another Edison Trium® h, Edison’s new laboratory and per- fected phonograph at Orange, N. J., says the New York Times, were thrown open to representatives of the press yes- terday. The plant is purely for experi- mental purposes, and is one of the largestin the world. An entire block of land is occupied, and there are five separate buildings of brick with hard- wood interiors. The main one is three stories high, 200 feet deep, and foet wide. There is a combination office and library in 1t, besides a lecture room, stock room, machine room, de- partment rooms, and power room. The structure is a model of its kind, and the equipment appears to be complete. The library and office is in the form of a hol- low square, with three galleries rising to the third floor. The cases contain 16,000 volumes of choice =cientifle works, but the capacity is 85,000 books. Four one-story buildings, each 100 by 80 feet, are used for ore milling, black- smithing, the manufacture of patterns, ete. There isa capacity of 320 horse power on the plant, and electricity is supplied for 650 lamps on the premises and in neighboring dwellings. Fdison entertained his visitors, among whom were a number of elec- tricians, with some astonishing experi- ments on his improved phonograph. The “‘talking machine” of adozen years ago has disappeared, but the prineipal remains and is now in the }Ol'lll of a practical commercial invention as well as a pleasing toy. There is amotor box about 11 inches square the avma- ture in itisonly a_horizontal ring of wheel of metal with 10 pole pieces at regular intervals on the. rim. The ‘eat-power” battory is ina separate nse underneath. The phonograph is a separato arrangement, attached to the motor box by two screws. There is a small shaft four inches long, with 100 threads to the inch, which feeds what looks like a pair of spectacles with a re- ceiver and transmitter in one ring. Then there is a recorder in the form of a steel knife fastened to the diaphragm. The receiver is a delicate meta noofilu, which operates a phonograph blank of white wax. This blank is hol- low and tapers inside so as to bind by friction in hot or cold weather ona metal drum. A second shaft has a coarse reverse thread, and is only used where 14 tion is desired. On the surface of the little wax blank, which looks like an_ivory dice-box, can be re- corded from 1,000 to 1,200 words, or sev- eral musical compositions. A wax blank can be automatically pared from fifteen to twenty times for unw record. When in motion the phonograph looks very like a turning lathe, on’s litepary and musical experi- ments with the invention yesterday were wonderful. Not only were words and sentences reproduced. but the vi of the readers were readily recognized. The piano, cornet, violin and clarionet were repeatedly tested, singl gether, with marvelous success phonograph has been so far perfected that next week the work of erec facto) on the Edison plant begun. The inventor expects within a month to have the machine on the m ket for commercial use Its possibili- ties are beyond caleulation. on Dynamo Efiiciency. Mr. R. W. Blackwell, in an a recent number of the Elect neer, of London, has tk d\mllxu) \-m ticle in Enii iich the is convi ched adeg fection unappreciated by Lhu~ ved in the business. 's ago the best (l)xmm wey of 75 per cent; ther an excessive heating of the wire coils, and of the journals, so that a machine could ravely be depended upon fora run of twelve to eighteen hours at a stretch, There were frequent burn- ings out of the armatu; commutator, and oth which caused uncertainty and e: pnu At present the best manufacturers their guaranteed efficiency of 90 pul’ cent., so that for every 100 horse-power of the steam eng 90 will appear on the line in_electrici nd S1 will ap- pear in the motor” in the form of mechani The latest series of tests ith railway motor demonstrated an efliciency of 80 per team engine to the car must be deducted, 1n 5 per cent. for the line vir :nt. for contingencies of all kinds, leaving 65 per cent. nctu- ally to be relied on. Therefore, from 100-horse power at the engine, 11 be delivered on the car axle,” power ted into > of per- HUL en- we an The Electric Laght and Gas, At a meeting of the Western Gas asso- ciation, held in Chicago recently, the president, Mr, Emerson MeMillin,made a remarkable address as to the manner in which the sentimentof gas enginec ed in regard to electricity. He said: **More than one-fourth of the compenies (responding toa civeular of inquiry) w loing electric lighting, and more than half believed h Both the arc nt systems of electric lighting were growing rapidly. But few cites or towns were now with- out are lights in the streets. While it was yet far from being the most economi- cal mode of lighting, it was rapidly sup- planting other modes in the denser parts of citet and towns, and the time was coming when the public would de- maud arc or other powerful lights on most of the public streets. Incan- descent lighting was making equa progress with are lighting. It was the most conventent, the most cleanly and the least objectionable, from a sanitary standpoint, of any light now in use. it would not dofor gas ma rs to longer expect to fight it off by proclaiming its y. It was more reliable to- ) was during periods of low temperature As to the electric motor, it was reported in 82 per cent of the replies that it had not replaced gas engines, while 6 per cent said it had. Another year will bring that 6 per cent toa much higher figu Me- Millin expressed his belief that gas would remain the light of the masses. The converse to the D light, be- ing that electricity isgetting the cream of the business. And yet we have heard of many instances in which the eleetrie light is in use in fifth-rate bar- ber saloons, cheap eating houses, out- side peanut stands and in modest lager beer saloons, where the ** " are seen and do cougregate. The New Phonograph. The introduction of the new phono- masses SEIDRENBERG & CO'S PFIGARO. 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Bennett T. N. St Paul, Neb. Craig A. J., Minden, Neb. Copeland L. N., Minden, Neb. Distributing Agents Max Meyer & Co., Omaha, Neb.; also Western Agents for the Seidenberg & Co. Rosa Espanola and Thekla Havana Cigars. graph to the public by means of the ex- hibition of it, accompanied by Mr. E, T. Gilliland’s paper, before the New York Electric club last Saturday evening,was a_ memorable occasion. The paper, which will be found in full in our col- umns, is not only an admirably succinet narrative of the manner in which Mr. Edison made his invention and of the nature of his exclusive elaims to it, but gives also an excellent idea of the va- riety of uses to which the phonograph will be put. Eleatricity on Shipboard. ‘While the question of the most com- pact form of engine.and dynamo to bo used on board slnp is one that npphusto all vessels, the application of nd the electric metor in particu- s especially convenient in war ves- sels, recent article appearing in the Armyand Navy Journal, Lieutenant Bradley A. Fiske “points out the great convenience of the electric motor and its eminent adaptability to replace the large number of small steam engines now employed on shipboard for a va- ricty of purposes. But in addition to this he points out thatanew use for the motor can be found, not only in the training of guns, but in elevating them for firing in a seaway. With an electric motor to aid him, the gunner can keep the piece on the target inde- pendent of the rolling of the the article referr Iiske mentions the one of the new ships, the * (ln the dynamo, which generates c for the lights and the electriec motor to be 4-nnx!u, d in traing one of the guns is placed above the water line and posed to the enemy’s projectiles. Why such an important part of the equip- ment of the ship should be placed above thé water line any more than the boil- ersand engines seem diffieult to under- stand, and we venture to hope that in future this oversight will be remedied. An Electric Woman. Pall Mall Gazett Dr. Iere, of the French society of biology has discovered an electric woman! The name and ad- dress of this phenomenon are not given, probubly to avoid ier boing got hold of some enterprising Barnum. It ap- hat both her hair and body emit ¢ spark: The electricity ismore ible when her hair is combed. The hair then stands on end. When she puts on her underclothing its contae with her skin fivst produces a crepi tion, then the clothes adhere as it were to the body, and finally her movements are partly paralyzed.” These phenom- v are particulirly observable during y weather. The electric tension also increases under the influence of emo- tions—such, for example, as the effect of music, which augments the crepitation, This extraording ereature, howev is not unique. Dr.” Legue mentioned the case of a woman who during an aurora bovealis was suddenly chavged with eleetricity, which manifested itself when she,passed her finger over the f of her brother; she remaine St Tl FFNESS: SillNoy S PnoM EafECTLY} #S0RETHROATS thgms CuTS, SWELLINGS upelyad enmnmnl y DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. MCHAS AVOGELER Co. BALTO, Mov THE . COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Cor, Dearhorn and Lake Streets, CHICAGO. This house has just been roughly refitted ata cost of ft far better ©in the West tooms, and all 1 of the same pr Glectrio Livhts, Bath modern (nprovements, fares, $2.00 and $2.50 per Day, lucluding meals. Centrally located; accessible toall rallway stations, theaters and business Strect cars to all points of the city Speclal rates to professional people. C.W.D \lili & CO., Proprietors. ereeeres orrersetisrerssrorererserees TAPE WORM PROF, BYRON F!ELD. TOPEKA, KANSAS. HERE ARE BARGAINS. JANSCOM Pinco Tots 81,750 to §3.750. NICE home; lot in_Tanscom Place, 50xIS3, onst front, 7 room house, city water and' cistern, barn and shed, $0,00. 50x150, now 8 room house, , laundry room, large closcts, nt; TLOTS in Amblor Place, 83000 #1000, N IGE four #1500, 813 o Towe's Add., Bouth ront, Jonas and I2th, (x152, tracknge facilities, on lot renting for 8 per month, 25,000, 20th near N. St., South Omua, §,000. outh Omaha, §,50. O on Tand 21st St., Soutts Omaha, $5. ASANT home In Hanscom Place, full lot, east front, very cheap §,20. T, 08 n Poppleton Park trom §1,50) to $1,60. 4 (G Our prices on 10th St. property. VERAL nice houses in Kountze Placeat low fig- aros. 0TS In Vandercook Terrace, $L59. 4 SNAPS In South Omaha, List your property for sale and houses for rent BOSWORTH & JOPLIN, Room 89. Barker Block. Real Estate, Loans, Fire Insurance. WINDSOR UMBRELLAS. Most popular Umbrellas known. More than 00,000 s0ld in twelve months. one are g o et BELKNAP, JOHNSON & PUWELI. Now Yor k and Philadelphin, Tte LUDLOW HOF Has obtained a reputation wherever in- troduced for *CORRE L, PET i YCOMFORT AND DURABIL- ¥.” They buve no superiors n. Ha Turns, Hand Welts, rodye: and Machine Sewed. Ladies, n~l: forthe CLUDLOW™ SH( Try them, and you will buy no other, Notige to Bridge Oontrattors, Sealed bids will be rec at the office of the County Clerk of Dodge County, Nebraska, until 12 o'clock m., of June. 1ith, 1878, for the rebuild- the superstruction of two 50 foot spans t wide straining beam combination briag place the two spans in the Platte riy North Pend, Also for the r ing of the superstruction of seven i foot spans 16 feet wide straining beam combination bridge oven Spans in the Platte river bridge bridg: 2,caps and g and 1 by the incladed. repairin §" Dildgea 10 B comp thousand when_completed w All lumber and thmber 10 be of oyk plank to bo 213 inch nches at point and 15 inel be driven n y ) s &t butt enc d, and to than 23 feet ccompanied with a deposit of #50.00) and to be forieited to the 2 case the bidder or bidders to whom the contract or contracts are awarded fails within five day s to enter into contract & execute & good und sufticlent bond for the faithful per- formance of d contract erves the right to reject any or ¥ of the Board of Supervisors, - Nebraska . H. P. SHIVELY, County Clérk, Attest: WHY LIVE IN FURNISHED ROOMS When You Can Go to the Fergusbn Furniture Go. Where you can furnish a home of your own by paying $5.00 to $10.00 down and from $5.00 to $10.00 a month. We have the largest stock of GENERAL HOUSEHOLD GOODS of any house in Omaha. You will save 25 per cent by buying of us. We are agents for the CELEBRATED ICEBERG CHIEF REFRIG ERATORS and ICE CHESTS. ‘We are also agents for the OLD RELTABLE GASOLINE STOVES. ‘We have also a large stock of STORAGE GOODS that must be sold to pay charges. All goods marked in plain figures. A child can buy as well as aman. Give us an early call and convince yourselves. FERGUSON FURNITURECO., 115, Ti7 and 721 North iGth Street. Nebraska Furniture & Carpet Co. 606 and 608 North 16th Street. and \Vc offer a choice line of HARDWOOD CHAMBER SUITES at 818 ’ARL()R SUITES, $35 to $200. DRAPERIES, $3 to 825 per pair. Full line of BRUSSELS AND INGRAIN CARPETS. INSTALLMENTS ANYTHING YOU WANT. Nebraska Furniture & Carpet Co., 606 & 608 N, 16th St HILL & YOUNG, 1241 and 1213 Farnam Strect (RMIURE Carpets, Stoves, fouse Fumnishing Goods, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PAY- HENTS, DEWEY & STONE, FURNITURE. A magnificent display of everything useful and ornamental in the furniture maker's art, at reasonable prices. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISHADIAMOND BRAND YU Soie AL o SV ICHESTER'S ENGLISH AF EALWAYS RELIAGLE. TO LADIE: A N D.TAKE NO OTHES: INDISPENSABLE.S0LD BY ALL DRUGISTSN ESTENS EN Rt e e, A 5000588 ERCEt i