Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 4, 1893, Page 13

FRIAN WAR FORCE eangth of Emperor William's Army Dur* ing Times of Peacs. RTIFICATIONS Of THE FATHERLAND xp Showing How Well it is Protected at All Vulnerable Points, MILITARY SYSTEM OF GREAT POWER iw the Touton Soldiers Diffor from Those of France and Russia. TISTICS THAT WILL PROVE INTERESTING ne of the Reasons Why the Proposed 111 for an Ineronse Has Encountored Ko Muoh Popular Disapproval in the Empire. 0 advocates of the German army bill err avously if they think that by their Ficious arguments they can persuade tho k and file of their countrymen that there 3ts at present, or is likely to exist in tho Fie futuro, any necessity for svrengthening B German army. Statistics aro indis- Pablo, and thero is an abundance of stati » to show that Germany was never ongor from a military point of view than by is at presont, and was never better pre- ‘od to defend her own territory and at- bk the territory of a hostilo neighbor. The I'p which is published in Tz Bee today ws where Germany's forces are sta- 20d, and ono noed not be much of a geo- pher or military expert to seo that on all (@ r vulnerable points the Fatherland is 2ply protected against foreign assaults, S ch being the case, then, what need is ! should be strengthened still further. DoFt. An excaption ia also made in the oase of graduates from teachers’ seminaries, After receiving Instruction in the use of arms for & period of six weoks they may be allowed to Join the reserve forco. The rea- son why this privilege is granted is obvious. Such graduates aro always men of high at inmonts, ana the gov considors that they will their country better as teac soldiers, Again, 1t must that not all of 'those who three years active arms for that time ers than as be remembered ro enrollnd for rvice are kept under he government is not slow to roward proficiency and the result is th a select number of the young soldiers are discharged during the second year of scrvice at the close of the fall manauvres Becausn tho peaco strength of ( n constantly -German w army - bill inc of the a army After nco-(ierman war the peace strength of Germany was placed up to Decomber 31, 1881, at 401 sioned oftic aad men, not including officers and one year vol- unteers, and this number was intreased after April 1, 1881, tn 427, after April 1, 18 ober 1, 1801, to dd 23,000 offi- tho Fi to this number we urgeons and bureau officia rs we have a total strength . The number of Krenchmen kept constantly undoer arms is in ex- cess of this by over 30,000, but only the most bigotea champions of $he army bill maintain that this is a valid reason why the peace strength of Germany shall be still further increased. If there is ample evidence that Germany is able to protect herself at all vulnerable points—and the map published in Tie Bek today purports to be conclusive on that point—what reason is therc for still further strengthening the army and making still heavier the burden of taxation, which hl already too oppressive on the German peo- plet Ready tor Emergencios, The German land forces consist of twenty army corps, of which Bavaria furnishos two and Wurtemburg and Saxony one each, while tho other sixteen arc drawn from Prussia and tho remaining states. For mili- tary purposes the territory of the empire is divided into ninetcen corps districts, the Prussian Guard corps recruiting through the wholo kingdom ef Prussin. By ihe law of 1870 all parts of Gerumany except Bavuria are formed into a federation so_far as military action_ is concerned. The Bavarian troops, too, though not stbject to this law, are pledged to render In war time implicit ory of his (the king's) nncestors resting in God and of such highly merited men as stood by their side in peace and in war and by their distinguished services ncquired just claims to a gratoful remombrance by King and fatherland " A few regiments also bear the names of such noble familios as have contributed a large number of members to the arm *h branch of the a nized can easily be seen. Of infantr, 38 battalions, of which 510 are comprised in 173 regiments, while 10 form independent jager battal The regiments, though bearing difforent names, alike 1 armament and training, this uniformity extending even to the rifles.” The Prussian rifie battalions are mainly com- posed of professional rangers and fores who usually engago for eight years act service, their aim being to eventually obtain pyment in the government forestry In order to enter ths infantry a soldier must be muscular and healthy ani at least 618 inches in height, Each battalion the power to draw from 200 to 230 re- cruits anuually for active service under arms The German cavalry consists of ninoty- three regiments, or 465 squadrons, and it rthy of notice that this branch of the has not been increased since the Franco-German war. Even thus, however, ermany has forty-five squadrons more than France, and, indced, has more cavalry than any other Kuropean power except Russia. Tte various regiments are divided into light, medium and heavy cavalry, but are uniform | as far as drili, tactics and” employment are concerned. In each regiment there are five squadrons, of which, however, only four take the fiold, the fifth remaining at liomo to form the depot. The regiment altogether contains twenty-five ofticers, 667 men and 702 horses. As training schools for the cav- alry must be mentioned the military riding academies at Hanover and Munich and the Bquitation institute at Dresden. The Royal Veterinary school at Berlin provides instruc tion for veterinary surgeons and similar training schools have also been established for the benefit of farriers. Jerman army is The Artillery S Tn timo of peace dealers furnish horses for the cavalry, the animals belng bought in Prussia by commissions composed of army ofticers. After purchase they aro sent to the recruiting depots for a yoar and are then forwarded to the regiments, where they are carefully trained. The men selected for the cavalry are thoss who are in robust heaith and accustomed to horses. The limit of weight for the light cavalry is about 146 rvice. priation in the fm 1 tudget of 18001801 amounted to 887,000,000 marks for rogular ex- penses and 206,500, ’"i:‘f for contingent oxpenses. During thefdfthwing year the Reichstag was asked tonfkease the amount for rogular exponses by 200,000 to reduce the amount i ntin penses by 225,000,000 mitks. Thoso figures scem large, but the chhdpions of militar ism_olaim that thoy ¢annot bo reduced as Gefmany, owing to her geoeraphic posi tion, is liablo to bo forcdd 'into war at any time. In reply it may bosaid that at all her vulnerable points Gormany is thoroughly guarded against hostyb forces today. and, while it might fiprdeticable just at present to appreciably. réduce the poaco strength, there is,in thg gpinion of many Ger- mans who are qualified’ to Speak, no shadow of an excuse for strebikthening the arm, and thus increasing the burden of popu taxation. France and Russia may be able to put more men in the fiold i casc of war. but in these days, when militay science 1s mak ing esuch \gigantic strides, mere numerical strength is not necessarily an advantage, and as long as Germany is practically a na. ion of soldi who are true patriots and exceptionally intelligent, there is no re: why in these “piping times of peuce larger number of men should be under arms than is absolutely If the growing youth of neighbors wore as’ intelligent as hors the case might be different. Stauistics, how over, show that whilo the percentago of re- cruits who have littloe or no schooling is in- finitely small in Germany, it amounted “rance in 1888 to 0.8 and in Russia in 1880 to 70 per cent. “Moreover,” says an authority “the military efficiency of & country is in- fluenced by the strength of her population, and especially by the number of young men hable to service, and consus statistics show that the pobulation of Germany during the five years beginning December 1, 1885, i creased 5.7 per cent, which i not surp by any other country. ' in was 4 per cent, in Austrin-Hungary 2.5 cent, and in France onty 1.6 per cent.” In 'view of all these facts the opposition of the German radicals and of a large portion of the German people to tho proposed army bill is not surprising, They know that the country'is amply fortified against invade that in caseof necessity the wholo notion would rise as one man and do battle withthe foo, and they insist, therefore, that any further aggrandizement of tho military powe! entirely uncallel for. The young emp thinks otherwise, and, as he isa resolute man, who soems bent on having his own way, 1t is hard to say how the matter will end. To attempt to force a measure of a kept CH O @ GRAND SALE OF WASH GOODS Our manager, now in New York, closed out an importer's stock of French.Ginghams, White and Fancy Organdies, Colored and White Embroidery Mulls, several new styles and novelties in Summer Dress Goods that will be sold at mugh less than the cost to import them, Also several cases of Domestic Ginghams and Wash Goods that are in this same log and will be placed on sale Monday morning at a great cut price from the cost to manufacture, An Importer's Stock of Towels at 33 1-3 per cent of the cost to import. At these prices they take like ducks to water. ONL LOT— In this lot are towels that are worth as high as 20c. MILL white goods. mako prico to ciose 15¢c a yard. 1240 | REMNANTS—MIll remnants of They aro goods that cost us high as 40 cents a yard, to SECOND LOT— In this Ict aro towels that were imported to sell for 50c. 86-inch brown shooting, vory fine, and would bo considored good value at 9o por yard, for 6% LOC Sile 150 i 82-inch Scotch ginghams. 82-inch French ginghams. OUR VOTING GONTEST. R. C. Davis, Letter Carrier, Leads. D. W. Tillotson, Letter Carrier, Second. 17 1‘20 . J. Stone, o \\_nl]u‘m Owens, o 6 1-4¢ " Nov: W, 5. Iehabas, 12 1-2¢ 6 1-4c . Charlos Bloom, p 1 Robt Wheeler, m All our black organdies that are well worth 60c, for this sale, . Miss I. Streer, v M liss N. Powors, t Kleffnor, Fine organdies, colored flowers, that ase well worth 40c, at this sale ther Janctt, m . N. A. Lundberg, o Thin Tumblers [father Hellman, m AT THIN PRICES Bd Kelly, o . Mr. Drammy, p . Dean Gardner, m make fat business. 100 dozen fliint blown tumblers Monday, 480 dozen, worth 9So. One case of fine batiste, reg- UlAr 166 GOOUS . vvarensnrns One case of lace striped ginghams [EERRRrEE One case of 1.-R. C. Davlis, o Irish Lawn...... 2. D. W. Tillotson, o 8 Rev. T. J. Mackey, m 4. Alfred Clark, o 6. Roso Brady. t 6. Rov. F. M. Franklin, m 7. May Hogan, t 8. M. Coffey, ¢ 9. Rev. J. P. D. Loyd, m 10. Auna oos, t Rav. I. Crane, m Edw Hampshire, t M.iLehmer. t . P. J. Corcoran, o Miss E. A. Alexander, ¢ Mr. Anderson, ¢ Rev. T. E. Cramblett, m Ada Hopper, t . Julia Newcomb, t J. R. Stein, ¢ . Father McCarthy, m Rev. S. W. Butler, m . H. H. Reed, ¢ . J. Cook, ¢ Rev. J. Wiliiams, m Rev. Henning, m Rev. Turkle. m Thomas Croft, ¢ J. Woodruff, ¢ Mary Alter, t Rov. Murray, m . Clara Elder, t Rev. S. M. Ware, m E. L. Hoag, ¢ i1. Rev. P. Mathows, m 2 Rov. J. W. Wiison, m . 1id Fisher, o . Rev. Savage, m James Clark, o 36. John. Dailey, . Kate Hungerford, t Iiev. J. Willinms, m Rov. I\ Foster, m . Nora Lemon, t . Rov. H. Sharply, m W. J. Muher, ¢ . Rev. Father Fitzpatrick, m . Miss O. Tool, t . H. C. Cook, p . T. W. Schillington, o J. M. Stafford, o P, . Harvey, p . Bishon Worthington, m . Rev. J. 1" Ross, m Hattie Crano, t J. Michaelsen, o . Chief Galligan, f . Agnes McDonald, t 5. Rev. D.K. Tindal, m . Charles Bird, ( . Chas. Remillard, o Miss C. Mason, t Gordon, m . Garret, t lla Thorngate, t 2. Alice Fawcett, t . Miss B, Buraett, t Miss I Carney, t S. P. Pitman, t Miss I'. Butterfield, t Rev. I". M. Conway, m Emma Whitmore, t 9. Rev. Detweilor, m 100. Rev. T. J. Hillman, m 20,000 Japanese paper papkins, Monday at 89¢ per hundred. $6.49 Dinner Sets. Anothor large shipment received Saturday. You can't match it anywhere under 810.00. INFANTRY © CAVALRY DIVISIONY REGIMENT © TRAIN B BATTALON Q BATTALION, ® COMPANY. \ © COMPANY. A MARKSMEN % SHARPSHOOTERS,, FOOT ARTILLERY.) BATTALION. / REGIMENT. COMPANY. BATTALION, CAvALRY. | © COMPANY \ SPECIAL_FORMATIONS " I'red Jorgensen, ¢ ¥ RECRUITS BATTALION \ & . Rev. Paske, m WUARDS COMPANY, COLONEL) >, N. V! © GUARDS COM 2 w(v;"}“m Rev. C. N. Dawson, m 1B CORPS OF CAVALRY RIFLEMEN. Charles Nelson, o, . CONSTABULARY, Ild Bowies, ¢ {_MARINE FORCES ON LAND. Mr. Tracy, o 9 SAILORS DWISION, . C. Rose. ¢ REGIMENT.) PIONEERS we RAIL ROAD TROOPS) INAVAL BATTALION H. E. Gunner, o @ SQUADRON. “ PIE%E!R BATTALION o & WHARE DIVISION. Anna Witman, ¢ FIELD ARTILLI A PIONEER CDMPANV'\ & HIDSHIRMENS DIVISION, Rev. Duryes, m This is bound to be the grand- est sale on record. Send your mail orders to us for @ RECIMENT @ RAILROAD REGIMENT. |® SAILORS ARDLERY DIVIS) Miss L. M. Brunner, t prompt attention. ® DIVISION, ©_RAILROAD BATTALION, = TORPEDO DIVISION,” MAP SHOWING DISPOSIT ® BATTERY) ION OF GERMAN TROOPS. ere, ask the opponents of the bill, of such }drastic measure as the proposed army bill, e fnevitable result of which would be to btard the development of the country and inder military service distasteful to thou- nds of young Germans? It is argued that tho peace strength of prmany Is inferior to that both of Russia d France, and, if the number of men only taken into account, that is true. Accord- to & recent report Germany maintains ring poace 538 battalions of infantry, 405 uadrons of cavalry and 434 field batteries, hereas F'rancoe maintains 561 battalions of fatitry, 420 squadrons of cavalry and 480 pld batteries, and Russia on her part main- ins 1,020 battalions of infantry, 687 squad- pns of cavalry and 405 field batteries. On o other hand, it must be remembered that Ivery German 18 liable to military service, nd, as no substitute is allowed, the army is eally a people's army. By law all members £ roigning or of former sovereign houses are xempt from military service, but tho royal eutons disdain to avail themselves of this rerogative, and even the greatest of them ke part in military exerciscs, and deem hat no groater hbnor can befall them than o be called upon to lead their countrymen nto battle. A Natlon ot Soldlers, Fromitheir boyhood all Germans look for- ard to an army career. Some may be in ctive service for only a year or so, but all ho are not criminals or fucavacliated by Physical intirmities must hold themselves in leadiness to defend their country at a pnomen notice. Herein lies oue great ecret of Germany’s success in warfare. All hor ohildren are soldiers, and, being soldiers, re animated by an esprit de corps and ove of country which isnot tobe found moug those who areonly soldiers by pro- ession, !l Germans are liablo to military service frowa the completion of their 17th year to thewr 45th vear—the time being dividea between servico in the ranks and in those reserves which are maintained for the de- feuse of the country. Service in the rauks geuorally begins with the 20th and ends with the B0th year, and this period is sub- divided into active service in the ranks and service In the Landwehr, and Ersatz re- serves. As a rule German soldiors serve three years in the ranks, four years in the reserve, after which thoy belong for tive {un to the firstlevy of the Landwehr, hence up to thelr 30th vear to the second levy of tho Landwenr, whence they are re moved to the Lanasturm, which is “specially organized for the defense of the country, and there they remain until their 4bth year. To this rule there is one notable ex- ception. The ulme of active serv- in the ranks is reduced one year In the case of young men of edncation and means on condition that they pass a certain examination and Pay all the costs of thelr equipment aud sup- obedience to the commander of the federa- tion and the Bavarian government is bound to spend for army purposes tho same amount, proportionally per capita 8s is appropri- ated for the remainder of the imperial arm, Of the entire army the emperor is the head, and he determines each year how many re- cruits are to be raised, being guided on this point by the demands made by the aifferent divisions of the army. ‘The training of the troops is thorough but not severe, The reserves have to take part in two fleld exercises of eight wecks dura- tion each, the Lundwehr men of the first levy taking part in two of two weeks each and the Ersatz reserves taking part in three exer- cises, covering altogether & period of twenty weeks. In regard to the one year volun- teers the charge has been ofton “made that the system is the result of class logislatlon, Thero is apparently, however, no ground for this charge, and disinterested persons must admit that in granting a privilege of this kind to men of culture and “scholarship the government shows that it has the best in- terests of the people at heart. The privilege of enlisting as one year vol- unteers is granted to young men who have cither passed o ntific examination or who have secured certificates from the speclally authorized educational institutions attesting ther ability to enter the upper classes in the high schools or colleges. The volunteers, at their option, may serve dur- ing this yoar either in the ranks of troops of their own choice or among the pharmacists of the sanitary corps. Medical students who desire to enter the sanitary corps are bound to serve six months under arms, and after this graduation six months more as noncom- missioned or under surgeons. They are sub- sequently elected military surgeons and muy then be passed into the reserve. All other one year volunteers are trained to become ofticers of the reserve or Landwehr. The ex- penses which one year volunteers incur are estimated at 1,500 marks in the infantry and f 800 to 2,000 marks in the cavalry and tho increased expense in the two latter branches of the anmy being caused by the maintenance of troop horses. Work in Time of Pence. The administration of the German army is in the hands of the war ministries at Berlin, Munich, Dresden and Stuttgart and of the chiefs of the various departments. In time of peace most of the general staff officers are employed at the great general staff of tho army at Berlin, which is divided into a department of fuilitary history, four depart- ments for the study of foreign armios and seats of war and the mailway division. With the great gencral staff are also connected the railway brigade, the survey of the empire and the war academy at Berlin. The sur- vey comprises the trigonometr graphical and cartographical div at the war academy officers of exceptional ability are carefully trained for three years in the military and auxiliary sciences, after which they usually obtain positions on the general staft as aldes-de-camp or teachers.Q The position of the various army corps be seen from the accompanying map. Prussian regimeuts and independent bat- talions are known by the nawe of the proy- vince from which they are recruited, and by order of the commander-in-chief several of them bear the names of princes and aistin- uished generals for the purpose “‘of honor- ru and keeping alive for all time the mem- - pounds, and for the heavy cavalry about 157 pounds. Instruction in the use of artillery is given in two schools, which are maintained for the fleld and garrison artillery. During the past twenty years the strength of the artillery has boen greatly increased, but still it is somewhat inferior to that of the French army, which has in peace forty-six field batteries more than Germany. The German fleld artillery consists of forty-three regi- ments, which are formed into twenty brigades, and the total number of batteries since April 1, 1890, is 434, of which forty-six are horse batteries. The foot artillery con- sists of thirty-one battalions, of which Prussla furmishes twenty-four, Bavaris four, Saxony two and Wurtemburg one. The engincers ana pioneers of the German army are divided into four engincer and two pioneer inspections. Thero are twenty Dpioneer battalions, Prussia furnishing six- teen, Bavaria two and Saxony and Wurtem- berg one each, The railway troops consist of the Prussian railway brigade and the Bavarian railway battalion, their duty in war time being tho construction of new railroads, the repairing of lines destroved by the enemy and, wheu necessary, the de- struction of other lines, These troops are thoroughly trained and in time of peace the entire managementof a military railroad run- ning from Berlin to the rifle range at Kum- morsdorf—a distance of about thirty-three miles—is under their charge. Of train bat- talions th> German army has twenty-one, and to each of them a sanitary detachment is attached. Moreover, each battalion has a company composed entirely of bakars who aro employed in the lavge garrison depots to make bread for the noncommissioned oflicers and privates, Every army corps has its own train, which is divided into wagon columns, and each truin comprises at least 1,700 wagons and 6,000 horses. The medical and sanitary departments of the army are ad- mlublfi organized, and it is an indisputable fact that in time of peace the death rate of the German army is smaller than that of any other standing army. Av all times, too, &reat care is taken of the sick and woundad, and, as statistics show, with the most satis- factory results. 1n the armament of the German nrm{' no important change has peen made of late years. The infantry still carry the rifle model of 1835 and side arms, which can be attached to the rifle as a bayouet. Officers and sergeant majors also carry swords and revolvel The cavalry are armed with steel tube lances, carbines and swords, and the field artillery are armed with what are known as the heavy field guu and the fleld gun_proper, the former being used by fleld artillery and the latter by horse batteries. Noldiers Thoreuxhly Trained. One great oxcellence of the German army is that the soldiers are not regarded as more machines. Hence their training is not con- fined to the mere drill, the aim of the officers being to transform raw recruits into perfect men, who will quickly see that it is to their interest to render implicit obedience to their superiors. The object of this treatment is t0 establish a_thorough esprit de corps and to convince the soldiers that if they are wronged in any way they can readily obtain redress 1u the proper quarter. The expense of ma lum..m an army of this magnitude is necessarily great, us will ke seen from the fact that the army appro- this kind on an unwilling people seems cer- tainly an unwise policy. The Germans love their country and would do battle for it to the death, but patriotism has its limits, and a sure way to rendor a nation unpatriotic is by fostering militarism and thus hampering commerco and other aids to national pros- perity. ———— EDUCATIONAL. Commencement exercises at Princeton col- lege begin on the 10th inst. and close on the 14th, President Cloveland has accepted an invi- tation to attend tho celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Cornell univer- sity next October, That unique institution, the Teachers Rest, at Tompkins Cove, Rockland county, N. Y., willagain open its doors to invalid and overworked teachers with small means at their command about the middle of this month, There are now 764 students at Stanford university, Palo Alto, Cal.—547 men and 227 women, Of these sixty-six are post-gradu- ates, 500 under-graduates and 198 pursuing special studies; Among the students who graduate this year at the Hartford Theological seminary is one from Persia and one from Turkey. ‘The laster, Haz Adadomian, will labor among the Armenians in Malden, Mass., befoce re- turning to his native land. President Cheney, who for thirty years has been president of Bates college, is about to retire from that position on account of impaired health Twenty-two public sc! Q%l buildings, rang- ing in cost from #5,000" to #40,000, are in course of constructioh' in* Chicago. will accommodate 15,000 ohildren, Ex-l’rclidfim Benjamin fIarrison isalready at work on his course of lectures on inter- vational law, which he deliver at the Stanford university in Ehiifornia next Octo. ber. When completed sand delivered the lectures will be prinwdc‘[{:s @ text book on They the subject of which they treat. Dr, J. M. Rice, the'dducational expert, who has recently investgated the public schools in thirty-six Awebican citics, prints in the June Korum a suwumary of his con- clusions, He shows ologrly the immense advantage of scientifiv(‘Wiition over the mechanical methodsy (igtill in vogue in so mauy largo schgoly, and indicates specific remedies. The gtm'uml seducational spirit of the country, Wé says finally, is progressive, but as each community conaucts its schools independently, one locality has little effect on another, The time is near at hand when the chil- dren will be released frof school and the stawpede to the country will take place. It is a timely suggestion of the New York Ledger that the fashionable watering places afford no place of rust or of genuine childish pleasure for the little ones. Get them out on the farm, where the pigs, the cows, the horses, the chickens, the ducks, the broad expanse iof green flelds and tlower-decked woods, with never ceasiug attractions, pure air, wholesome food, regular hours and healthy exercise, that comes as part of the leasure one enjoys, afford an ideal existenco or the child who has never enjoyed these rural blessiogs. . Send Your Mail Orders to Us for Prompt Attention. THE MORSE DRY GOODS COQ. carpets apd raperies, ELECTRICAL, NOTES, Sweden is buying its telephone lines, Uncle Sam has 552,720 telephones. =3 A New Haven electricroad, joint dofendant with the Westinghouse poo ple in an infringe- ment suits brought by the Thomson-Houston Blectric company, will plead that the trolley is nearly twenty-five years old, and was then used telegraphing from trains, A New York electrician is building an_air ship which he claims will solve tho problem of acrial navigation beyond a doubt. He is 80 sure of its success that ho has Already sclected a name for it, the pegassipede, The announcement that a way has been found to apply slectric lights to the interior of the living human body so as to make any part of it transparent suggests that el tricity may yet prove to be the ‘giftie" given us to sec ourselves as others see us, The telephone has lately been arranged for use of divers, A sheet of copper is used in place of one of the glasses in the helmet, and 10 this o telophone is fixed, so that the diver, when at the bottom of the sea, has only to slightly turn his head in order to report what {xu sees or recelve instructions from above, The manufacture of caustic soda and bleach is being carried on on a commercial scale in England. The plant consists of o 50-horse power engine and dynamo. The vats are of such a size that with a slight pressure of current the liquor gains 1 per- cent of caustic per day. Itis generally run off at 4 per cent The electric fan has come to be such an indispensable element of comfort, if not of cxistence, during the summer months, that new and improved forms are constantly making their appearance. One of these adds the very decided recommendation of extreme enonomy to that of eMiciency, Its first cost, with battery complete, is small, and the cost of operating it afterwards is put at 2){ cents an hour. An excellent testimony to the merit of the e 0f consuming the refuse of a ots is roported from Madras,where @ new eloctric raliway plant is about to be put into operation. There will be three or four snfll power stations, and at cach of these the boiler furnaces will be built on the destructor principle, with the idea of usiog the strect rubbish as fuel, It is expected that about €00 cart loads a day will be con- sumed, and thus clean streets and cheap electric light and power will be secured at the same time. ‘The applicability of electricity as the mo- tive power in canal pavigation is to be put 10 the test of practical demoustration early the coming month on the Erie canal. Sev- eral sections of the canal are to be furnished with overhead wires and electric motors and certain boats selected for the purpose and fitted up with all the requisite ma- chinery will bo used to demonstrate the su- poriority of this method of propulsion over the old animal power and towpath plan. Tho grentestest trouble usually found in the working of the electric trolloy on car roads is tho wearing out of the bushing in the wheels at_such a rato thata robushing has to be mado once o month, and the neces- sity of excessive daily attention and much oiling is entailed. An attompt has beon made to remedy this fault by designing a trolley, the bearigs of which aro mado of fibor graphite, and nence require no oil whatever, The bearings ure fastened on each side of the yoico and the pin or shaft is fastened to tho wheal, both revolving on the bearings in the yolte, This makes the trolley mechan- ically “correct and_avoids all wobbling of the wheel, which is compelled steady and true, A new tree insulator has been introduced which greatly simplifies the problem of at- taching wires to treq 80 that thoy may in no way come in contact with the branches. The insulator proper is on a shaft which works in a ball and socket joint, the cup of which is made fast to the tree. 1t matters not how much the tree may be swayed by the wind, for the line is kept by this incaus | in 1ts normal position, and is thus effleotually prevented from coming in_ contact with any part of the tree aud grounding the circuit. M. Trouve, the French eclectrician, has been turning his attention to the production of new storm effects in theaters, The old plan of making theatrical lightning was to flash lycopodium powder behind a zigzag line cut 1o the scener) M. Trouve's new method consists in moving a long bamboo rod up and down in a zigzag direction and flashing a small incanaescent lamp attached to the ond of the rod. hing s done by starting and stoppin rent with a commutator controlled by the foot. Very effootive lightning is ulso made by rubbing together an old fllo and a piece of carbon which are attached to the end of wires con- nected to the lighting eircuit. The sound of the wind in a storm ds imitated by means of & doubleaction pump and two sirens, and that of hail by throwing coarse sana against a screen of osiers. If the good results which have been achieved with a new system of electric road in Washiugton within the last two mouths are duplicated in the future experience of ! the company operating it, the cities which are now crying out against the trolley sys- tem and the overhead wire have in sight a cheap and agreeable substitute. Washing- ton is not the pioneer in the introduction of the underground electric system, but the only other road in the country which is suc- cessfully operated under the same patents was built experimentally, and it had many defects of construction which have been cor- rected in this new road. As o busiuess ven- ture the Washington road is the first o g | suiled for e o) demonstrate the fact that the undergound wire can be used successfully for streot raile ways. e IRERREE World's Falr Hotel Accommodations, Write for rates at tho new Rossmore hotol, Chicago, and receive beautiful map of World's fair buildings. Address Hauk & Lee, proprietors N UBIALITIES, The crop of June brides will be unusually large. An Indiana girl relinquished a bequest of §500,000 and declined a matrimonial alliance with a captain in the British army in order that sho might be free to marry the man of her choice. When a young woman is willing thata young man should exawmine all the treasures in her pocketbook, there is reason to batieyi that she does not regard him altogether with the feclings of a sistor. The Princess May's approaching marriage to the direct heir to the Fnglish throne, has led loyal shopkeepers to bripg out May blos- soms on everything—silk, prints, jewelry, and even chinaware, The Princess May ravorite flower, however, is the rose, th foyal emblem. The pohice of Baltimore are instructed that it Is their duty herecafter, whenover in the public parks they seea young man's arm around a young maid's waist or her head on his shoulder, to run said parties in for dis- orderly conduct. ILess tyraonical orders than these have begotten revolutions ere now. George Horton, the Chicago newspaper man appointed consul to Athens, Greece, was quictly married to Miss Catherine D! Bogart of Crown Point, Ind., lust week. Tho father of tho bride is a member of the Ci 0 Herald staff. Mr. and Mrs, Horton Jurope this week, and will reach Athiens about July 1. The marriago of Miss Maude Baxter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O, i. I, Baxter of Pueblo, Colo.. to Otis Willard Bruner, sec. retary of the Lake Streot Elevated Railway company, Chicago, took place in the latter city on the Zith ult. ‘Tho bride wore & gown of heavy white satin brocaded in designs of flour de lis; its tramn, thr 1d one-half length, fell in heavy folds from the in_Impire siy It was edged with heavy white silk cable cord, which also formed a finish for the cdge of the bodice, A deep bertha of point lace fell from the shoul. partly covering the huge Marie An- puffed sleeves. Narrow bands of rimming formed a fiuish for the neck aud wrists. ‘The veil was & Venice lace of exquisite pattern. A large bouquet of bride rascs were carried,