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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1885-08-20

AptHNtDHItI III NuIIWtH.
Die WaridrOute mar in glnbstradt
ber briidenoen Shniile cine siemIih
anItrengenoe unb Der g9es ben Berg
binauf sum Srbins eliff elm Teller, 70
6ab bic 9uetbsiInsbmer in S9ipsib &C.
J baost pbsn anIaneten, Die @ereins
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bur6 WlaIaria, mic IcfItn mir ber furGitartH
an0tduns snietbfns Das N bic 6rass. mel
de bic 8tpobnn etr Shittflfttergtetnbrn
an Iid lftlIsn. Die aniport fenimt ppn frii-
bsrtu patitnisn, ptldt SABRE lang ben 9sim.
fuhunatn her psricpii6tu pIass bur6 ben
ldhstnhtn Ginilub von 8 cltttter's R a.
aenbttterfm sntsanstn iiHt. Mtnn bic
Ncitwsnbigftit fir bic Mnpsnbune Bon Dor.
bfuaunasmaensflu fintritt, stbrautf man To-
fort oitIes Ynbhtunasmitisl. 60 rsguliri bic
gebtr, srIeihtet bic Btrbauung unb merit I'm
ftinbtitsn. tptnn iis i'm 0rsanismus verbanem
linb, turh 8tf5rpTuus ssiunbr 9bdtieitii
Der Tarme une tr Yifrtn aus. WlaH ibuf
bsi 3siien basu. Sn allen @fesnhfH NO
miasmaiif6e Diiniie srautbtit rseustn, mub
man unbteiust NIT elmer S&ubrtbr pfrifbtn
ftin, uHo bies Gilt aud bann, pfnn man iih
an fcIhm Sritn nur furat 3eit auhubdlttu
ttnFt. Nitmanb tann unbsf6doist AUD uur
fit cine furas 3rt Sumpfuft eInuibmsn.
Das BiiitTe ii Gin ppriasIidts Gietnmiiifl &C.
aeu Rbsumatiemue, Gnifr1ftuue unb gltrrfn-
f9w6&s. Ran baItt fs in Snsitl&aft.
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tpur6e 9lbenbs elm Ball in Der HationaI
SaIe eeeeben, Der 3iemlid gut befu9i
mar uno bis gum Wlcreen bauerte.
g @lue-atfsrbt.
Der Iebte Sag beS SdnssrfeiteS bers
bieb prahtboaes Wetter unb Der Yors
mittae ipurbe bauptidhIid Der 8ummes
| lei unb benz Mbfdiebnsbmen bon alten
unb neueepomenen 6reunoen eeirios
met. Die 9bfabrt Der Scrantoner ipar
auf baIb 3 1br fefgeiebt, bic Der anbes
rem Sereine fanb cine Stunbe fpdter
itatt. Sopeit uns befannt, ipar bic
Seimfabrt bon feinem 1lnfalIe besleitei,
bod litten 8iele an elmer empfinbli6en
GrfdItung infoIge bes Nabiperbens am
Donnerita8 9ladmittag. gDir slauben
iagen 3u birfen, bab baS SonesoaIe
SdnserfeIt iih in ieber Siniiht ben
fribsren berartisen Soften ipiirOis aur
Seite iteIlen bari unb i'm gunfte Der
@emiitblidfeit bic meilten iibertraf, benn
ba fein Preisiinsen mar. 70 bIieb jeber
glnIaB 3ur @ebdiiiafeit auSeeihIoifen.
Der g8iItesbarrs SdnserbunO eeoentt,
ipie mir b6ren, 9lniprud auf bic 9lbs
baltuns beS nd6ften SdneerfeiteS su
MAIDEN.
- Die Scrantcner 8ereine iparen
ipie foIst einquartiert: Sdnserruns
be, i'm Sitter Suus; 2ieberfran3,
8eber's SOtel; Wldnnerdor, q. s.
O'8risn. Die 9ereine bon g9ilfes.
barre batten fOIgenbe Nuartiere Sdns
serbuno, 8. 5drtb eoncOroia, ". s.
8oiet; 2ie6ertafel, $. Sdpeieer.
Der SaipIep Mdnnerdpr iuar bel @ott.
Iieb 4mmer einquartiert.
- 9as alsemeine Sauptauartier
mar bic Yiational SalIe.
-8on ben in SonesoaIe berfammeIs
ten 8anbs ipar bic ytinseoIo bon
SCRANTON unitreitis bic bette.
Oas ,,Seranton g9ohenblatt"
mar in SonesoaIe bur9 Srib @aener
reprdfentirt Der Democrat. gBd9s
ter" bon @iIfesbarre burb Srn. GoOlf
8aur.
gine aneenebme 1leberraidunS
biIbeten bic in YampbIetform erf4ies
nsnen SeftIieber bes gYiIfssbarre San.
serbunO, bic eissntli6 fur ben GOmmers
beItimmt iparen, aber 5u ipdt famen.
s Die SGneerrunoe maribirte am
Sreitas Worsen nit Der 8inssolb 8ano
la6 Der 8rauerei bon g. Sranb uno
bra6te bemielben Elm Stdnoaen.
0rdnb rebanoirte iib oI6n,eno.
= Der 8eporter beS ,Wodenblatt"
1T fir peridieoene @efdaistsiten su
Dante perpIIi9tet Sen Ssrren 81. S.
8oist, SEQ. Sdrtb, 9. 8ranb, Satob
SmItb (@enuns Sil) in SOnesbale,
uno Srn. Moolf 8aur unb BEN Yfdlser,
frib BON Der Soncorbia in 98iIfesbarre.
= 9lm Nittipo6 9lbenb mar in ben
beHeren Sotels Der Stabt fein 2osis
msbr frei.
= Der Sorrang in Sinsen ipirS alIs
gemein ben beiben Scrantoner 8ereinen,
2ieberfrans unb Sdnserrunbe, suses
seItanben nnb Der lebteren tnaro bic
gbre su Tbeil, berbOrserufen su ipers
ben. 9lu6 bic Goncprbia, bon 99ilfess
barre, muBte Elm speites 2ieo iineen.
Die 8inssolo 8anb mar bic bette Su'
itrumental= Organization.
= Cine mitternadtIi9e, eemiitbIide
8neiperei auf pffener Strabe ecbBrt ses
tpiB Su ben SeItenbeiten, aber in 9oness
bale bat mans fertis ssbradt. 9en
Serren fparb's in 8oist's 2OfaI su bsib
un6 elm S5erantoner itellte ben Intras
sur Sertoguns per Sibuns auf bic
Strabe. SIN 9lu iparen 3if6, StlbIe
unb anbere 3utbaten i'm Sreien uno bic
8neiperei i9IOb erit um 2 llbr Sreitue
Wlorsen.
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tDurbe 9Ibenbs elm Ball in Der glaiionaI
SaIIe eeeeben, Der siemIid gut befu9t
mar uno biS gum Wlorsen bauerte.
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Die feinften @eine, Gbampasner
uno 2iqueuren.
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aafsrn su ieser Tasssseit.

Yripat,immsr fir 9amen unS Sami.
lien i'm sipeifen Stodtperte.
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@elbert'S
Gcntral Warf ,6efeI.

Dem ptrtbrttu pubIiInm be antfios boa
Id Bon G3strdnitn ber prrf@itetnlien glri uur
bas Stfs sSrratbis baIis uHb G.ils prompt
tshteut pfreen.
Cine asseIbabH lftht tur 9effaauua ntsiut.
Safe. 3n inbIrtidtm 8giudbt labst rim
~ epas p. @sIbsft,
SsosH eOnntas warmtF euuf@.
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ScramtUm Nsarft=8 eridbt.

@Sdeutlid, torrisirt bon 3. 8. @iomaper,
$50 Qadnmauua Muguue.
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9ntt's NaNrs GartnnNsmL!Eel.

GfaHes q itf, cter Hefis6ear euta tsrs su,lle
uprtieatirn bieSee 0ar5smittfls In Giarisasss
edHarl reg1rantelt. C6 p.gil ani Ter zlfAe, ene
naiaTli6e fjdr6e pettetbent. ef. Apeiteisg1 70
hatsn, cher eestn Qnriana roH " res Gspsil re-
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09

Carved hall and library screens, now adj
ded to the furnishings Of good houses, offer
new work for the chisels Of Swiss and home
artisans. A screen with hunting figures
surrounded by a wide border OF oak and
vine leaves in open work Of dark walnut il
handsome for the wide hall Of q country
house. Hinged gates Of open wood work.
with light curtains Of Chinese silk above.
screen the double doorways Of country
houses, allowing free draught Of air with
entire fuency. Another use for the dex-
ferrous chisels Of art students Is carving the
mall dover chests to stand under the win
dows in my lady's room. Apretty speci-
men Of natural or Of light renaissance design
can be got. The top is cushioned with scar
let or blue pillows, ncased in Turkish mus
lin scarfs with embroidered ends, andmakes
a pretty lounging seat by a latticed window.
with blue china beaupots OF walilower
euphorbia and carnation on the broad ledge
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09


Instantaneous photography has developed
some interesting facts in regard to the flight
Of, birds.
The first ilway telegraph line in America
was constructed to run under ground. II
was built along the line Of the Baltimore
and Ohio road.
Pro essor William II, Brewer, Of Yale
college, believes that in course Of time a
trotting horse viii be evolved that will 60
its mile in two minutes.
Opinion inclines to the view that physicians
have a right to administer opiates and
anasthetics to produce painless death in
cases where death is certain and attended
with torturing physical suffering.
The population of Europe has increased in
a century from 145, 0O0, 600 to $50, 900, 600.
Eng1ishmen have multiplied fvefoId, the
Russians fourfold, and the Germans less
than threefold, while Frenchmen and Span.
iards have added only about fifty per cent
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
MIss Nevada,s Weddinp.

PARIS, Sept. 30 Misses Morris,
johnson, Everst and Tiff, of America,
will be Miss Nevada's bridesmaids.
Nine Nilsson has sent a telegram
regretting her inability to attend the
ceremony, owing to the recent tragedy
at Stockholm.
A brilliant gathering is expected.
The bride and bridegroom will sail for
America Oh October 10. The wedding
presents arc splendid.
The trosseau caused wonder and
delight and is the talk of the hour. 1t
is being inspected by large crowds.
The wedding cake has arrived. 1t is
two yards high and weighs $50 pounds.
1t cost $500. The bride will hereafter
be styled Nine Palmer Nevada.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09

The preceding picture showed how the
wire was paid out from an iron drum and
let down through the man-hole. Fig. 8 gives
the process inside the sewer. The men lay
ing the cables stand upon ladders or else
where along the sides, lift up the wires and
lay them upon the hooks. The man in the
picture stands upon a water pipe. You will
notice two large pipes in the sewer. Both
are for water. That in one is for sprinhipe
the streets. etc. in the other, for drinking
and culinary purposes. There are yet two
smaller pipes, the larger of which is a pneu-
matte tube. OF the two groups of cables,
mi is the bundle of telegraph, the other of
telephone wires.
These simple Illustrations give a better
idea Of what the famous Paris sewers are
like than a page Of description could. 1t
will interest the reader to know that the in
side view was photographed by electric
light by the French operator, Nadar. The
most practicable way to settle the question
Of pipes, gas and others, under a street win
be to construct a great hollow brick-work
tube under the whole length, and put all the
pipes together into 1t.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09

WE have been so crowded recently
in a way that we like it by u adver-
Using patrons, that we have not been
able to print as much news matter as
we wish. We have been forced
temporarily to take out the State and
County ticket, but we have ordered
larger paper, and when it is received
we will give our readers a better paper
than aver before and keep the only
ticket worthy of their support at the
head Of our columns.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
They Preferred Dancing.

Special to Clnclnnau Enquirer.
NASHVILLE, TENN. Sept. 30.-Jack-
son is torn up with a big church sensa-
ton. Rev. Guilford Jones, one of the
most able and popular pastors In West
Tennessee, pastor of the Methodist
Church at Jackson, preached two ser
mons on dancing, in which he roundly
scored the members of his flock who
were much given to attending the
fashionable germans there in vogue,
he said plainly that they must quit
dancing or quit the church, The con-
gregation have taken almost united
action, and nearly the whole member
ship given him notice to erase their
names from the church books.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09

MARY Wager Fisher, in Rural New YorkerI
l became considerably interested il a
school girl from San Francisco, who had
been north for her health with her father on
a seal-catching expedition Her father
owned the schooner; they had left home in
March and we're now on their return. She
had greatly improved in health, and a.
though she had been greatly panied by the
brutalities connected with sealing, she was
ready for a cruise next year. She said the
Indians often cut open the seals before they
were dead, and her father said be had seen
them, alter being skinned, hold up their
heads and try to walk. The seal Is
usually stunned by a blow on the head;
then skinned in a minute and a half
the skin sometimes being taken Off whole
soft q vital part is not FIRST pierced, the AMI
NAL may awaken from its swoon to suffer
untold torture for a brief moment before
death. The moaning Of the seals when
robbed Of their young Is touching and pitt
full in the extreme-but what is 50 hard as
the heart and hand Of mani The fur Of the
seal becomes white with age, and its gray
hairs protect it from slaughter. The fur Of
the ''pups'-the young seals-is considered
very handsome when made up undyed and
unplucked. Skins which a few years ago
sold in the salt for $50, now bring but from
81 to IS, and the girls father said that two
years hence seal skin would be cheap enough
for servant girlsi
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
A Bold Robbery.

Natchez Democrat.
Our friend Mr.. Christian Schwartz
on Wednesday night received a visit
from some of the li~ght-fngered gentry,
who relieved him Of about $3.50 in
cash end a valuable diamond stud.
The thieves are supposed to have
effected an entrance by climbing up
the posts of the portico and getting
through a window that had been left
open. The whole second floor Of Mr.
Schwarts's elegant residence was ran
sacked by the thieves, but nothing is
missed except what was taken out of
Mr.. SIS wearing apparel. There is no
clue whatever to who perpetrated the
robbery, but the police have the matter
in hand and will endeavor to feret out
the thieves.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09

SAW French goods last Saturday in
Fourteenth street marked lower than
they sell at this moment in France. l
called the attention of a French mer-
chant to the matter and he said: "You
forget that there are great many kinds
Of goods cheaper in America now than
in Europe. Cotton goods especially
undersell in this country. Cheap goods
in France are hardly eve durable, and
when you buy the higher grades of
goods there, you are not very far be-
hind American prices. For instance,
they will make a creton in imitation
of the French and put it lower than
the same article is to behad in France,
but when you come to some of the
heavy mixed goods with gold inter
mixings, like stuff curtains, they are
cheaper in France"
l asked this merchants wife what
difference she observed between the
leading dry goods stores of New York
and the largest in Paris. She said
"The main difference is in manufac-
tured dresses. There is so much artis-
tic learning in France and so little
relative machinery that you never see
two persons dressed exactly alike over
there, whereas in America the passion
seems to be to dress exactly alike.
They will get in the United States n
dress from France and sell fifty just
like it. But in France when you buy
a dress of a particular cut, adornment
or nature, you may be sure that you
have the only one. In other words, they
make a dress as if it were an individual
thing. We make a dress as if it were a
style OF fashion" GATH.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
Ribbons Around the NoeIT.

Narrow colored ribbons round the neck
are a very pretty caprice Of fashion. and
worn to low bodices, Or with a high waist
The ribbons should be about th-ree-ouarters
of a yard long and half an inch broad ma
put on above the high collar, not upon n
but direct on the neck; then tied in a taste.
FIJI bow, which can be turned either to the
side or front, The collar itself forbids any
broad ruching as further edge, but . 81
beads or a thick gold Or steel cord makes an
excellent finish. The sleeves must have =
trimming to match.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09

WE have good reason to believe that
Beck intends to begin at at early day
sending his strikers all over the coun-
ty. The bar'l is to be knocked "plum
open" to use the elegant language of
n of the strikers, and the "niggers'
are to be bought up by the dozen
The country people should see to it,
that this fearful crime is not accom-
plished. No mans citizenship is worth
any more than what Beck pays for one
'nigger's VOTE" if his strikers are per-
mitted to thus violate the law.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
no I'll LABORING MEN.

How a laboriDg man can voteagains
the shops, is more than we can under
stand. No matter what he laboFs at
the shops will benefit him, while th'
tax will cost him nothing. 1t is be
yond question, that the shops will
benefit property owners Of all kinds
but some of them may think different
ly and vote against them, because they
think it will increase their taxes. We
firmly believe it will reduce taxes, but
if it should slightly increase them, il
cannot possibly affect the labcrers,
The very belief that the shops
would be located here has made
the year a good one for all kinds Of
laborers, from the common day labor
or to the skilled mason and mechanic.
The sound Of the saw and the ring Of
the trowel is heard on every street on
new buildings.
There never was so much work in
Vicksburg as now. Recently when
the Vicksburg Fair Association ad-
vertised for bids for a good paying job
Of plain work, it got no desirable bids
the first time, because all the mills,
factories and mechanics in the city
had so much work, tn ey
were Indifferent about contracting for
more. On advertising the second
time, the Association succeeded in
letting out the work to bridge builders,
their bid being lower than any other.
We refer to these facts, merely 10
convince every laborer that he is
directly interested in securing the
Keep up the present boom and
there will be labor in this city for
many years to come, for all willing to
work. The day laborers, the dray
drivers, the hack drivers, the hod car
the masons, the carpenters, the
painters, the architects, the engineers,
The dirt cont actors, and all who live
by daily toll, will find plenty to do at
fair prices, II this question is settled
mutually advantageous to the railroad
and the city.
There are some few whom we could
name, who think they will have to pay
little more tax, or who want every
hing their own way or not at all, who
never did and never will display any
enterprise, and who don't care
whether there is plenty Of work or not,
who will oppose the shops. The
majority Of them don't care a cent
whether the city prospers or not, for
hey have a "good thing" already.
No laboring man, white or colored,
listen to their advice, for it is
against the interest of the
nan who earns his living ''in the
iweat of his brow"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09

THIS journal, in advising Southern
men to avoid merchants who advertise
in that ~sEanderous, bitter sheet, the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette, greatly aid
ed the Democrats in Ohio. Our articles
were reproduced again and again in the
Cincinnati Enquirer, and now the
Radical leaders are sorry they ever re-
newed their assaults on the Southern
people.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
Death Of aWell--KnoWn Newspaper
Man.

CINCINNATI, Oct. ga cable dis.
patch received by Col. L. Markbreet,
assistant United States treasurer here
announces that Hon. F. Hassawiek
died in Paris, France, at / o'clock this
morning. Mr.. Hassawiek has been
for a long time principal owner and
editor Of Cincinnati Volksblat. He
served as United States minister in
South America by appointment of
President Lincoln. Upon his return
he published a novel entitled 1.-THE
Heart Of the Andes" which has a wide
circulation. Mr.. Hassawiek has been in
Europe for the past two or three years,
in the hope of restoring declining
health.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09

IT is again announced In a Washing
ton letter to the San Francisco Post
that the president is to marry. He was
recently earnestly advised to marry by
a lady visitor at one of his receptions.
Considering the large surplus female
population and the sufficient annoy
ances Of official applications, without
the added troubles of matrimonial
pressure, coming especially from the
forlorn female surplus of Massachu-
sets. Grover will probably save
trouble by hitching up.--Memphis
Avalanche.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09

locomotive weight yin nstl1 tons % ~,
engine e~xactly-not a hair more o. isa
When Il Is wanted to change the d1odtim
Of the road, that g no troubI8 at al 1851
done BY floating turntables" Thisfsnow.
with bis floating turntables, has found aut
something not at eli known TO mankind
heretofore. It d that the cost Of canal
transportation is I've times that Of carrying
by rail. What q thing 1t Is to be scientific.
Finally, this neat little railway. which shall
hfta 600-foot long iron steamer. laden b
her water line, into a cradle, and roll her
gently across the isthmus, IS not going 70
cost a cent over s75,OO0,O00, counting "a
accidents and all. It is the merest pinch Of
snuff. And all the other amiabls cranks
agreed with him.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
WIIl.be released from Jail

CHICAGO, Oct. 3.--The grand jury
last evening reconsidered the case OF
Jasper E. Sweet, who shot and killed
DR.. Thomas E. Waugh, September
18th, for intimacy with his wife and
for the second time refused to return
a bill against him. Sweet. who was
discharged from custody yesterday
morning was Immediately re-arrested,
will be released from jail to-day.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
SECTION og WIRES NJ sEwRR.

1t must be remembered that there IS
nothing offensive in the Paris sewers. They
are SO thoroughly disinfected, and their
contents SO treated by air and chemicals,
that they are used as a promenade by
strangers. A space for a walk is left along
the side. They are, in fact, practically
great tubular cellars under the Paris
streets Along these the bundles Of tele-
phone wires were placed. There was plenty
of room here for all that came, and to
spare. But there were some difficulties.
The distance between any two conductors
was SO slight that the ground could not be
used for a return circuit, as in the ordinary
telegraph. Messages sent over one wire
could be heard with perfect distinctness
over the one next to it, owing to convey
ance Of the escaping electricity by iniuc-
tion. So two wires had to be employed for
each line. These were put together and
loosely wrapper with cotton. Every pair
Of wires had its own color Of cotton to dis
tinguish the different ones. Seven pairs Of
wire were wrapped with tarred twine and
put into one leaden tuba.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
LOWERING Il GABLES.

The lengths of wire are 1900 feet. It is at
the end of these that the small, lead-covered
cables are soldered that serve each different
customer in his home. The lead keeps thu
other materials from corroding. The cost
Of the small wires that run to each house is
from one to three cents a foot.
The cables are let down through the man
holes Of the sewers. They are unwound
from a revolving iron drum, as needed.
In the upper part of the sewers the va
rious pipes are placed. Below the refuse
fluid runs in a stream. Travelling through
them is done either by car or boat. The car
wheels are run upon a track at each side,
as seen in the next illustration.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
Mhere the NOV Rills Wont.

In a manufacturing town an employer
paid his workmen 800 in crisp new bills,
that had been secretly marked. On Monday
S41O Of these identical bills we're deposited
in the bank BY the saloonkeepsrs. When
the fact was made known the workmen
were SO startled by it that they helped to
make the place a no-ieense town. And not
before it was time, one would think.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-09
SCIENCE


4NA
Paris has solved the problem OF putting
telegraph and telephone wires under grounl
The telephone service male this necessary
in the first place. The French are given to
CAB, and they all wanted to talk over wires
and to talk all at onca. First, experimenters
began by reducing the size Of telsphons
wires. They made them smaller and smaller,
TIL at last it was found that a mere copper
thread, no more than one-hftieth OF an inch
in diameter would serve for O call. Bat
the wires became more and more numerous
and annoying. There were hundreds Of
miles Of them over the h~ousetops. Some
thing had to be done. In 1880 the different
companies fused into one, the Societe Gen
erale des Telephones. The city OF Paris
then rented its sewers to the united tele-
phone organization. It rented for four
years aspace twelve inches wide by four
deep at the top Of the sewer arch. The COM
pany affixed a frame TO the archei brick
work. This bore thres hooks by which tbs
bundles Of wire were supported. The hooks,
with sections Of the cables, are seen in the
illustration.