Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 3, 1889, Page 12

b C. J. WEBER [Closing Sale, To Continue. Greater Bargains Than Ever at C.J. WEBER'S — MISFORTUNES SOMETIMES are BLESSINGS in DISGUISE THE OMAHA DAILY BEE C. J. WEBER Will Stay K Few Days Longer An Accident:-Prevented Mr.G.J. Weber Coming to Omaha on March 1, to close up his DRY GOODS STORE, As he intended doing. This unfortunate circumstance will be a bless- AS THE GREAT SALE OF DRY GOODS, ing to many of the citizens of Omaha. Will Be Continued for a Few Days Longer. During this Sale there will be Absolutely no reserve. Domestics, Linens, White Goods. Notions, Black Goods, in fact everything in the store will be sold for about 50 Cents on the Dollar. Gas Fixtures, Safe, Counters, De‘sk?, and all other fixtures for sale at 114 South 15th Street, Next to the postoffice. Greatest Sacrifice Sale of the Season (. J. WEBER'S BTANDEVEN A SALAMANDER. Rartaric Exposure in the Work of Inspecting Boilers. PISCOVERING CRACKED SHELLS, fmportance of the Work, the Opwo- sition Encountered—Engineers’ Certificates, and the Use of the Same Abroad. A Day at a Boiler. Boiler Inspector Swandeven kindly dunvited a roporter of Tk BEEto ac- oompany him on one of his officiul in- #pection tours a day or two since, the objective point being the Omaha & Grant smelting works, which, by the way, is next to the largest plant of the kind in the world. In the machinery necessary to sep- Arate the precious and baser metals from their carthy surroundings in that es- tablishment eight immense boilers are mocessary, all of which ave kept con- stantly in uso except when undergoing dnspection. On arriving at the worlks, the inspec- tor stripped himself of his outer gar- ments. ““This is no dude’s job,” he remarked, moticing the veporter’s surprise, **I can mssure you, as you will see ina few minutes, and [ huve to attive mysel! ac- cordingly.” He then commenced to envelop him- self in o swange-looking garment of coarse cloth, similar 1n pattern to the suit worn by Puul Boynton in his aqua- tic exploits. It consisted of pantaloons, acket and hood all in one garment. hus costumed as the inspector termed it, Mr. Standeven stepped be- fore one of the boilers under which the five hud been extinguished only a few hours, The fivst object to engage his atten- tion was the tube in front of the boiler koown asthe water colump, which he examined carefully and decided to be in proper condition, ~ The reporter looked at it also but was at a loss to know how the inspector could tell whether it was right or wrong and turned to ask a question concerning it. But lo! the official had vanished as though by magic, A pair of boots was scen protruding from the furnace and a mulled voice about six foet inside revealed their owner aud the whereabouts of the im- dividual, After several raps on the surfaco of the hoiler above him the muflled voice said; **Here's a check that will bring me ®ack inside of three months,” ‘I'ne examination of the mud drum followed. *“This appendage,” says the inspector, *‘is to catoh all the sedimont from the boiler. If it is not properly cared for, it will rust out and give away and a disastrous explosion will follow." **What are the variouscuauses of boiler explosions?” Fusked the reporter. “Thereare four things that will cause an_explosion,” said Mr. Standeven, “iiret, n weak and defective boiler may explode from overpressure; second, the ll}uly valve ofton becomes corroded nnd refuses to work when maximum pres- sure is ralsed, und should the steam ge be defective at the same time, y could raise an overpressure and that would burst the boiler; third, if water should be run in the boiler when she water falls below the flues or crown- shoet sod the Lubes or crown-sheet are ovorbeated, su explosion is iueviiable; fourth, if the mud drum should become defective, tnen look out for an explo- sion, but the blowing up of a mud drum is not near as disastrous as thav of the boiler proper.” The inspector then ascended a steep stairway leading to the top of the boilers and lifting the safety valve sai “The engineer must lift this eve day to keep it from corroding. If he does not, and it is found out, he will have his license revoked immediately. “Here's our next place,” and he stepped on top of one of the boilers, which only afew hours before had been alive with beat. The covering to the manhole had been removed and a bl; of arr as hot as though it were fr from Tartarus came rushing ou. thermometer held in iv registered 145=. A moment later, to the astonishment of the reporter, Mr. Standeven was lower- ing himself into the cavity. ( beads of sweat commenced to gathe his brow, but he pursued his investi tions, rnestly looking for the slight- est defect which. by being overlooked, might entail a frightful loss of life and pl'()imrt)u “[ow do you stand it in such an iu ¢ hot place?” asked. 211, it is similar to taking a Turk- ish bath every day, but [ find it very enervating, The worst thing is this hot water dripping on me, cach drap feels like a knife-thrust.’” “Well, why don’t you have the com- pany get the boiler cool enough for 1o work in comfortably?” hat would take too many hours and @ 1 too great a loss on them, They have use for the boilers every minute, day and night.” In the course of his investigation Mr. Standeven discovered the slightest crack, about one-eighth of an inch long, in the five sheet, extending from under the edge of a rivet, Any person would eusily have overlooked iv, and the in- spector would not ve found it had not the “hammer test” vovealed its pres- ence, He quietly relmarked that a new fire sheet was needed, and, without a word of expostulation, the engineer and his assistunt proceeded to remove the old on When questioned in regard to the delay this would entail,the engineer confidentially remarked ° that Mr. Standeven understood his business, and they were alwaysglad to have him in- spect their boilers, Later, the inspec- tor was asked if everybody showed such a readiness to listen to his suggestions, *“We have no trouble with anybody but the owners of heating plants,” said he. **Most of the men, who own tene- ment houses, are a lot of Shylocks, who do not care in what peril their tenants ure as long as they can wring a dollar from them. Many & person who lives in these houses would never sleep a wink if he or she knew of the danger so ngar them. We used to haye consider- able trouble with other small plants, but the leading shops never give us any trouble, in fact the proprietors are al- ways glad to see me come and often send for me.” low many licensed en there in the city?” There are about one hundred and Any man who runs a high pres- boiler, that is, over fifty pounds of steam, wust have a license, The bourd of engineors has also licensed sixty ex- perienced firemen. These firemen can conduct the heating apparatus in all public buildings, schools, churches, ete. The boilers used in heating private fumilies aro exempt from the law. Theve are aboui a dozen or fifteen low pressure boilers in the city and all are exempt,” “The inspection of boilers has been of incalculable benefit to the city. During the e fihwen months [ have been in office the uumber of boilers condemned eers aro and destroyed has averaged about one a month. All of these would have ex- ploded sooner or later, and it is har compute the terrific loss of life damage to property they would have caused *“I hayve had considerable trouble with inexperienced engineers, and since I me into office I have nhad the good fortune to ruu about one hundred of them out of the city. Asthere is no state inspection law, these fellows can 20 to other cities in the state and pass themselves off as first-class engineers. Many proprietors in neighboring cities feel the need of a state law and to a degree make up for it by refusing to hire an engineer unless he comes to Omzha and gets a certificate from us. arly all the leading plants in Coun- cil Bluffs are rur by engineers holding our certifie: and the same is true of South Omaha. In fact, it is hard for an engineer to get a position in the: places unless he holds one. M come here from Kremont, Blai even as fara lenwood, Ia.. to be amined for certificate: Many of them frame their certificates and hang them upin their boiler rooms. They are us proud of them as a college grid is of his sheepskin, and they have a right to be.” HONEY F — OR THE LADIES, The finest of spring mantles are lined with watered silk, Gauze edees to vory thick repped ribbons are new, and wonderfully pretty Wraps, whether mantle o: pelerine, will be very small, and immensoly varied An English mother sent ner small daugh- ter to a fancy ball us the Greek slave. Paris predicts a season of thin stuffs, among which silk wull is likely to be a favorite. Some of the handsomest of new th bounets are maae wholly of velvet flowers,in soft, frost-like shudes, Mourning mantles are big capes of fine,dull, black wool, with fur linings and deep bands of erape down the front, Accordion-pleated skirts are often bordei half yard deep with a contrasting color,w is also used for vest, cufls waist. ‘The newest black veil is of plain net, nemuwed at the bottom, with a faiut patter: of gold thread wrought on the hem and other lines of gilt above Black, brown or green wool, widely cross barred with green, or blue or red, is v much used for house and school gowns for girls from twelve to twenty. New jackets in all stuffs from velvet towaterproof will have long revers and inserted vests, usually of a color contrasting with the body of the garment. With empire gowns the length of the sleeve-puff depends on the height of the sash, as it is desirable that the puff should end just at the top edge of the girdle. Inthin summer stuffs shirred corsages will be even more worn than they were last season, ‘Ihe trimming will take almost any shape that woman's fancy can devise. Silk-warp Heorietta cloth in cream and magnolia tints 18 one of the best stuffs for empire and directoire evening gowns, espe- cially for girls or very young women, ‘Widows under fifty have risen in rebellion against the regulation pearl gray gowns, and now when making a second matrimonial veu- ture array themselves in white velve The nccordeon-pleated skirt requires just ten breadths for its due aud proper construc- tion, equently it is heavier than any amount of drapery, or even kilt pleats. Inthe new brocaded ribbous the hand- somest patttern isa row of green laurel leaves running along one side of » very rich old rose ribbon, or else in white or gold on d ich and collar of the black. Lyous sends over an entirely new fabric— gauze, with @ pattern of woven silk braid running all overit. It comes in all colors, but gray, vellow-green, leather and bronze are accounted most stylish, The new India silks of mouse gray, with figures of doeper tone, are quietly elegant, but not so taking as those of old pink and dull biue combined or the biue and brown with big white palm patterns. Gowus of good black castimere, made with long, straight radingote and brightened with vests, ouffs, collar and_revers of gold braid mixed with black silik Hercules braid, ara as stylish as they are elegant and serviceable. nbroidered cotton gowns for next suni mer will be made with plain full skirts witn the embroidery all about the botiom, and waists with fitted polonaise bucks and loose jacket fronts widely boltod over a full inner plouse. ummer styles are plain sts will e long, t vles the sash will distinguish the s wiil_have jockey caps, or else aslashing at the outer scam through which another fabric will appear. Kor summer Paris seuds out fine embroidered in self-fones, with either small bouquets or all_manner of bug and caterpil- lars. There are also chino stuffs in siik and wool aud others with more stripes through the woollen grou nd rather agh in the himere — -t SINGULARITIES A wonderful ice cave, ac Bakima Herald, was near Trout lake, Klickitat cou is of great size, but cantot be explored on ac- couat of the intense cold, A 'Texas steer linted a carriage astreet and over a high fenc without the least damage. Indeed, the bab; cackled with delight over the performan and the vurse did not have to stop her flirta tion with a soldie A dog belonging to D. R. Dingwall, of Rair Iaven, Conn., aroused tho family about 11 o'clock one might recently by persistent barking, and then ran to 4 place about block away, came back, repeated the per- formance, and at last induced Mr. Dingwall t0 g0 out and investigate. Ho found a man who had fallen and hurt himself so that he could not rise On the 10th stack on the ording tothe discoverad recently Y, W. T. 1t nd baby off in Denve of December last a straw nof Witliam Howe. in Doug- las county, Ilinois, toppied over, burying number of sheop. ' His mou dug i out the sume day, but by sccident th looked one, a8 was vered this week, when the straw was renoved to the mow. “The buried sheep came forth after its con- finement withonv food or water in shape, and_on gaii off to join the focl u as if nothing had happened The Danbury (Cona.) News says: *Just twelve months ago . A, Mitchail, of Dan- bury, engincer on the passenger train that leaves here for the cast at 7:40 a. w, on the New York annd New ngland road, met with a singular acoident abou and a half this side Sandy Hook. When running at full speed the tire on the hind driving wheel broke, crusning through house and striking his right foot 8o severely as to lamne him for some time. Last Suturday just n year from that time—iwhen his train reached the scene of thy former accident, the tire on the same' wheel broke, crushing through the house’ 4vthe same place and again_ striking his right foot, injured him more severely than,before."! : How much brain & pig possesses is a_ques- tion which aroused &/ spirited disc in Freehold, N, J, Finally, it was decided to sacritice town o most intelipgent e in th and have its brain weighea, **“The adimal se- lected was the propérty of Carson J. Em- mons, who had long refrained from reducing itto bacon on aceount of its cleverness. Butcher T. C. Hutohinson slew it and looked for the source of understanding, 1t was a vain search, and the conviction siowly forced itself unon Mr. Hutchinson that the ‘pig was whoily brainiess. The cavity in which the brain should have been was extraordin- arily small, and was empty. Both doctors aud butchers were astounded and ‘silenced the clamor of debate’ in the presence of the queer fact that the wisest pigin F had no brain tissue at all. -— Properly Named. Ngw York World: Old Fr ven children, and call them Monda, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fri- day, Saturday and Sunday, hey? But what if you have another? What would you call it? Father of the Crowd---What would [ call it? I'd call it “Overproduction.” MONARCHS OF THE - RAIL. How Thomas J. Poiter Treated Noewspaper Reporters, DICKINSON'S LARAMIE BONDS. How He Secured Nearly Half a Miil- lion of Them Within a Few Days —l1he Alpine nnel Two Miles Above the Sea. Pottsr and the Scribes. When the late Thomas J. Potter was called to the vice presidency of the Union Pacific, the membeurs of the jour- alistic fraternity of Chicago, who were assigned to the “railroad run’ flocked into his apurtments in the Burlington headquarters at that place, each bent on *'seoopi his al on the [ of the appointment. The great railroad man, as usual, received the reporters smilingly, but when he was questioned concerning the point at issue, he mum as the proverbial oyste 0 uin the facts, the seribes for two weelks, but without suc- . PFiually, on the day Mr. Potter retived from the Burlington and was preparing to go to Boston to comple te ar ments with the directo of the Union Pacific, he invited cach rc porter to the headquarters of the Bur lington road. Of course, cach scrib responded with the idea burning in his mind that b 1s about to be entrusted with a large consignment of exclusive new But such was not the case, be- cause when the hour of reception ar- rived newspaper in Chicago was represented. Mr, Potter then welcomed the gentlemen into his oftice and un- folded the much desired information concerning the proposed change. ures %% But My, Potter. unlike numerons ilroad officials, whose place of abode thouw: miles from Tk had always a kind word even if he did not havo When representa- iking thei y hendg r is not over B building for a reporte much news for him. tives of the press were duily rounds of the railw. ters. the door to his office open, and the news-gleaner had 1o oe- casion to car und a tape factory in order to have cortain vumors of impor- wnce substantiated or denied. Neither was be stopped by a self-important hiveling and su d to amicroscopic examination. *letthe hoys come in aud, if T have nothing for them, I will fling them out—quick,” was the instruc- tion he gave to his clerk when speak- ing of admitting reporters. This was the policy of Mr. Potter as regards the emissuries of the press, and, while his office was often frequented, theve is nothing mentioned upon the records of any reporter being “flung” to the outer world. When asked by a friend on a certain occasio now h s, Mr. Potte said porter is a gue specimen of humanity. I hav (ound best way to deal with him is to give him the deésived information and s go away satistied, because, if you don’t, +he will find it out anyway, and may find out some- thing ' more, and the ve thing that wost demands secre: Potter's theory was that when an effort was made 10 keep certain matters out of the press, it failed to accomplish the desired end and resulted in taxing the reporter’s ability to work so much harde . “Wha dare boi you've got o change dat are cahr uff you waht dis nig, shave white follis. Gosh, oft 1 keep dis sisem up fust ting dis nigea knows he will be gwine to de state prison. Got a fellah in de chair de odder day, de ole coudh she took a jump juz ai zi wuz scrapin de fellah’s neck, “yah! yah! and by gum I cum n cuttin’de white man’s froat. Y ss, ‘taint safe fur nigega to twist do any ni do razor on train.” The above is the opinion of Burber & tonsovial wate spec ngieton who presides over the ment of the Golden banuer train of the Uunion Pacific.. The toilet car contains a full-fledged barber shop, but if Sin- gleton’s version of the predicamecnt in which a patron of that institution is placed when he sits down to have h chin shaved is L it is thought the company will either have to discontin- ue the enterprise or couneet it with a life insurance agenc; Howe the genial son of Ham un exteusive patronage from the traveling public notwithstandiug the danger re- sulting from sudden jerking ov rocking of the coach. P Alpine tunncl, but it is the g st aititude of any railrond chanuel in North America, The Alpine tunnel is a point where the Denver, South Park & Pacific, a branch of the Union Pacilic system, crosses the main range of the Rockies. The tunnel is 18 miles west of Denver and its altitude is 11,596 feet above the level of tl The length of the tunnel is 1,845 feet, 418 feet of which is cut through solid rock. ‘I'he grade is 211 feetto the mile, which. aside from a three mile roud over the whi mountains, is the steep- est grade of any railrond in the world, [t is snid to have cost a mint of money and the sacrifice of soveral liv inits construction, on one occasion, & mun beng killed and seven wounded b, Tt is only the Soit. premature explosion of a powder zine, It hasbeen stated vhat Marshal pass, on the Denver & [Rio Grande was the highest point traversed by a vail- voud in Novth America but this has been retracted since the height of the latter was found upon mes cment in 1885 to be several hundred feet lowe oy yde happened in - connec- tion with the construction of the Ch enne & Northern branch of the [Fnion PPacific which illustrates the ability and ingenuity of a certain indiviaual® con- neeted with the Union Pacitic at the vresent time, Lhere is a point on th road mentioned which was, and is now, known as the ‘fifty-mite post.” The Union Pacific bound itself by contract with the commissioners of Luaramie | county, Wyoming, to completesthe voud from Cheyenne to thut poiat by Decem- ber-31, 1856, and in doing so Laramic county was, 1n return, to give the Union Pacitic company $400,000 in bonds. The contract was let and worl but the contractors s0on o they had a jonah on their hand aftér sinking all their availuble funds rolinquished their job, and work was stopped, Then it was that a sk was found in the closet, ‘The roud must A little ¢ completed to the given point upon the date specified or the 400,000 would notbe forthcoming. Iid Dickinson was then assistunt neral superintendent of the Union Pacifie, and bis vecond at that time w: nviable as it is at present. Mr. Callawny was gencrul manager of the Union Pacifie, und he catled” Dickinson in from his western post and asked him if he thought e could complete the road s0 as to correspond with the existing agreement. dat | | nearly fifty miles of road. He at onca set to work with a large force of shov- elers, and, during the period that inter: vened between the date of commence- ment and completion, there was soma model shovel-wielding done, and on numerous oceasions hy Dickinson him- AIf. The days rolled by and it was evident that the odds on either sida could not be very large. On the night of December s Mr. Callaway was whilling a favorite ecigar in his palatial residence in Omaha, the door bell rang and, upon_opening the door, the wells known official was confronted with a messenger boy, who handed him a tele- aram. He tore open the envelope and his eyes traced the following: We have made a hard pull and are :d out, but we drove the last spike to-night. Cheyenue has goue wild, Will see you in a few days. “15. DICKINSON.” The above explains itself. The rond was completed, and on December 31 Dickinson took the county commission- over it. The bonds were signed, and two d Or ys later Dickinson started for id down o ] here, nnd the general man My, Callaway opened the packag and found that it contained the much desived $100.000 in bonds. - Aside from being handicapped by a shortness of time, Dickinson on several occasions wis almost driven from his post, to- gether with his men, by blinding snow- storms, n. arriyed ckage upon - EDUCATIONAT. Pifteen boys in the school have taken p cookin, e students ut We to have the present abolishec rs David Brown of Princeton has given Princeton college 25,000 in addition to thoe £0,000 which she gave'a few months ago. Prof, Richard Heath Dubney of the Stute University of Indiana has been appoin adjunct professor of history at the Unive sity of Vieginia, e Albert of Racine col Chicago, recently few duys’ duration, It is proposed to remove the University of the Pacitic 1 San Joso, cisco. President Hivst f the and suys an end: 1ent of 3500 000 is need. Preparations irc Pittsburg cooking o8 for efficiency in ley are ondeavoring yatem of examinutions Gray, D. D., late died at the T after an i rector ¢ nd botel, 2 of but u for the n course In electrical engincering at Coluu on of a professor and assisti Prof, ‘Irowbridge, tment ot of the Harvard Zoology directs at] arkublo growth of this de ol m of Comj, Lion to thie The recent Mu te partment of the unive under the dire tion of the present el r, Alexader Agas. siz, Ll D, Since Dr. Agassiz's appointment in 1574, the museum has been more rapidly enlarged than ever before he usou; wlogue of Smith college has just been issucd, It shows #l students i the regular colleginte dopartment, including students, d resident gridustes, 45 studonts in the music school, 81 ia the art school and 5 resident graduatis in these departments, @ students, The list ¢ o facully anes of professors, instructors and lect: Two new secrot socictios are s0on ta b started at Yalo—one, o University society, will take its members from ail depart nents s the other will be # local aradeniic soci-ty, confiued to the junior cluss, and co npeting with 1?0 U and Delta Kappi Epsizon wiich have recently limited their membership to twenty men. It 18 umored that | Alpha will be the L sobiety WHEN YOU BUY A CIGAR! ver Self-confident, Diekinsow responded in the affirmation, and, although the promised 1o be a difieult one to perform, on December 4, Dickinson started for 1d of labor, ing Lwenly-sove: in which to construct ® & SEETHAT THE ¢ ¢ “REDLABEL” 18 ON THE BOX. 3