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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-03
A STRANGE SIGHT.
Description Of an Everyday Scene on the
Chicago Board of Trade,

Description Of an Everyday Scene on the
Chicago Board of Trade.
"But what is going on herep" the
visitor asks. Gathered In circles "
hurrying across the floor in all direc-
tons he beholds hundreds of men
eagerly intent upon the pursuit of some
individual yet common object. The
different groups are closely huddled to-
gether, like sheep in an Enclosure. and
each man is shouting to his associates
at the top of his voice, and accompany
ing his words with frantic gestic,ila-
tons and flushed, excited features. as
this veritable 'Bedlam let loose p"
the visitor queries in amazement, land
are all these men crazyp" Very far
from it. The cause of this excitement
and OF these rapid movements is the
simple fact that thousands of dollars
are here changing hands every minute.
The incessant click of q hundred
Geographic instruments is conveying
the knowledge of these hurried tran
sactions to all parts of the commercial
world. The East and the West, the
North and the South are alike inter-
ested in the information thus impair ted.
while grave and solid grain and
provision merchants in Liver
pool, London. Antwerp and Paris,
eagerly scan the report of each
days doings. And thus the harnessed
lightning of two continents is kept
busy scattering abroad the facts and fig
ures produced in this apparently insane
hubbub. On either side of the hall,
and without the line of trading-pits,
are rows of handicapped tables, on
which are deposited sample bags OF
grain, and around these cluster buyers
and sellers, shippers and exporters, ex-
aiming the goods and determining up
on the price of exchange. Market
quotations from all the large trade
centers of America and Europe are re-
ceived during the trading hours, and are
at once posted upon cOnveniently-ar-
ranged blackboards. The wheat-pit
usually attracts the largest crowd. the
prOvision-pit comes next, and the corn
and oat traders bring up the rear, ex-
cept in times of special activity, when
this regular order of things is liable to
be reversed. In the four corners of the
hall are small separate rooms for
special purposes, and on two sides are
galleries, from which astonished
spectators look down with feelings of
wonderment upon the turbulent and
noisy scene below. As a whole, the
sight is truly q strange and significant
one, and the casual visitor usually
turns away from it with brain and
heart tossed by conflicting and un-
wonted emotions and reflections.
p. Bates, in Current.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-03
A GREAT INVENTION.
Te legraphing from Moving Railway
Train to . Roadside Station.

Te legraphtng from Moving Railway
Train to . Roadside Station.
The system of transmitting and re-
ceiving telegraph messages from trains
in motion was successfully demonstrate
ed by the Railroad Telegraph and Tel
ephone Company at Clifton. Staten
Island, the other day. Inside the car
at small table a telegraph operator
sat sending and receiving messages to
and from the outside world while the
train was in motion. The operator
differed from Others in having tele.
phone sounding-plates over his ears,
held in place by rubber band passing
over his head. In front of the operator
on the table was an ordinary Morse
key, by which he sent the messages to
an operator at Clifton, who received
them through telephone sounding
plates fastened on his ears. 3EI
Mr.. Edison, who was present, ex-
planned that in the Clifton office there
was a condenser made of layers of tin
foil separated by air, but that at the
car q condenser was formed by the
Unity DdlUlAuOLc " OulO WlEcS oITctCIlcu
along the track, by the tin roofs of the
cars, which were all connected by cop
per wires and by the air between the
wires and the tin roofs. Under the
table of the operator in the car was a
local battery.
The current used may be conceived
as passing first from the battery in the
Clifton Station and leaving through the
condenser to the telegraph wires, then
passing along those wires without in
terrupting ordinary messages until it
gets opposite the car, when it jumps
across the tin roofs and passes down
through wire to an electro magnet on
the operators table. Thence it re-
turns through the axles and wheels Of
the car, and through tho ground to the
Clifton Station. The Morse current,
without the aid of the electromagnetic,
can not pass through the condenser so
as to make a continuous musical note
1t passes through, but its waves are so
much slower that no distinct sounds
are formed. .... ILL.,.
Many messages were sent to and
from the moving car. This invention,
it is asserted, will be especially useful
to train dispatchers, who may by its
use communicate with q train at any
point on the road.--M Y. Dispatch.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-03
JAMES 3. EADS.
ihe Early Experiments at the Famou
American EnglnoOr.

ihe Early Experiments al the Famous
American Enslaesr.
When about ten years old. his father
fitted for him . small workshop, and
there he constructed models Of saw
mills. fire-engines, steamboats,, steam
engines, electrical and other machines
One of the pastimes of his childhood was
to take in pieces and put together again
the family clock, and at twelve years he
was able to do the same with q patent
lever watch, with no tools but his
pocket-knife. When thirteen. misfor-
tune overlook his father, and he had to
withdraw from school and work his
own way. His parents went to St,
Louis in 1888, and he went with them.
The steamer was burned in the night on
the way there, and he landed barefooted
and coatless. on the very spot now COW
cred by the abutment Of the
great steel bridge which he de-
signed and built. The only open
ing in the way Of business that offered
was to sell apples on the street. and by
this means, for . few months, he sus-
tanned himself and assisted in support
ing his mother and sisters. In time he
obtained situation with q mercantile
firm, where he remained for five years.
One of the heads of the house having an
excellent library, gave him access to it,
and he used his opportunity well to
study subjects bearing upon mechanics.
machinery, civil engineering and physi-
cal science. In 1889 he obtained en-
ployment as clerk or purser on Mis-
sissippi river steamer. He again made
the best use of his opportunity to &C
guire that complete knowledge of the
great river which he was afterward able
to turn to such good account in the
noble enterprises he so fortunately car
ried into effect. In 1912 he constructed
diving-bell boat to recover the cargoes
of sunken steamers. This was followed
with boat of larger tonnage, pro-
vided with machinery for pumping out
the sand and water and lifting the
entire hull and cargo of the vessel.
A company was formed to operate
! this device, and it soon had q bust
ness that covered the entire Missis-
sippi river, from Balize to Galena,
and even branched into some of its
tributaries. BY his methods, q great
many valuable steamers were set
afloat and restored to usefulness which
it would not previously have been posi-
BILE to save, as they would have been
buried very soon beneath the river
sands. 1t was while engaged in this
business that he gained thorough
knowledge of the laws which control
the flow of silt-bearing rivers, and Of
the Mississippi he was able to say years
afterward that there was not a stretch
in its bed fifty miles long, between St.
Louis and New Orleans, in which he
had not stood upon the bottom of the
stream beneath the shelter Of the div
ing-bell. Popular Science Month";
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-03
POWER OF COAL.
The Enormous Results Accomplished BY
Trlfling Bit Of Coal.

The Enormous Results Accomplished BY
Trl1ing Bit of Coal.
Some idea of the latent power in a
single pound or ounce Of hard coal can
be gathered from the following simple
illustration: In the village of Evanston,
twelve miles north of Chicago, the water
supply is drawn in through pipes rum
ming out into Lake Michigan, by steam
pumps, which drive it with great force
through other pipes extending over the
town. From these it escapes with We.
locity enough to be thrown through
hose pipes over the tops of tall build.
ings, and thus does away with any ne
cessity for fire engines. Many other
villages and cities have the same ar.
rangement. The point OF interest is in
the report Of the engineer, stating that
during December is, 4l2, 400 gallons, OF
1S1. 299,200 lbs, of water were thus
drawn and forced through the pipes,
and that to do this tride over rs tons,
or so, 2Sz lbs, of coal were burned. This
shows that every pound of coal
in burning expanded water into
steam with a sufficiency of power
to force 2,611 lbs, or over IA tons OF
water, through the pipes at the high
pressure described. Besides this, there
was the friction of the machinery and
of the water along the sides of the
pipes. According to this, a bit of coal
the size of pea, or about one-eighth OF
an ounce, supplies power enough to
force a pailful, or 20 pounds of water
through mile or two of pipes, and
shoot it out as high as church steeple.
What enormous power there must be
stored in the quiet black deposits of any
single coal mine, however small!
Another familiar illustration is that Of
the locomotive. A little heap of coal
in the tender develops power enough
to draw 40 loaded freight cars, aver.
aging perhaps 20 tons each with the
loading, or 800 tons, faster than a horse
can run, and for a distance of forty
miles or more, and up grade of say lf
feet to the mile-this is equivalent ia
lifting the whole train straight up in the
air $40 feet, or one-eigth Of mile-be.
sides giving it the rapid forward motion
and overcoming the friction of thu
wheels and other running gear. -Rrairi,
Farmer. 'a."
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-03

win wish you had bought something else
and worn It. And the frets Of such Q life
will bring the crows feet to your temples
before they are due, and when you come
to die you will have miserable time.
Ny friends, We must appear in judgment
to ans ~er for what We have worn on
our bodies ~ well a. for what repentancss
We have excised with our souls. On that
day see coming in Beau Brummel of the
last century, without his cloak, like viii "a
all England got cloak; and without his
cane, like which all England got . cane;
without his snuff box, like which all En-.
gland got snufR -box-he, the fop Of enc
his morals; and Aaron Burr, with.
out the letters that down 10 Did age IL
showed in pride, to prove his early
wicked gallantries: and Absalom without
his hair; and March ioness Pompadour
without her titles; and Mrs. Arnold, sae
belle of Wall street, when that was the
center Of fashion, without her fripperiss
Of vesture. Eltt l
And in great haggardness they shall 20
away into eternal repatriation; while
among the queens Of Heavenly society
will be found vashti, who wore the mod.
est veil before the palatial bacchanalians;
/. and Hannah, who annually made little
coat for Samuel at the temple; and Grand.
| mother Lois. the ancestress of Timothy,
, who initiated her virtue; and Mary, who
/ gave Jesus Christ to the world; and
| many Of you, the wives and mothers and
sisters and daughters Of the present
! Christian Church who, through great
circulation, are entering into the kingdom
of God. Christ announced who would
make up the royal family of heaven, when
! he said: -uf i a- .iH %.
| whatsoever doeth the will Of God. the
same 10 my brother, my sistsr. my motnsr
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-06-19
A New An,,-Polygamy Bill.

Senator Cullom has introduced a
joint resolution proposing the follow
ing amendment to the Constitution.
Article XIV, section l. The only
institution or contract of marriage
within the United States or any place
subject To their jurisdiction shall be
that of union in marriage of one man
with one woman; anu 5igamy and
polygamy is forever prohibited, any
law. custom. form or religious Germ ny
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Section 9. No State shall pass any
law or allow any custom, form or
cermony of marriage except in obedi-
ence In an1 in conformity with the in.
Stitntion of marriage as hereinbefore
established; but otherwise the regnia-
tion within each State of marriage and
divorce. and civil and criminal juri.-
diction over these subjects, shall be-
long to the several Status as hereto.
fore.
Sect'on 3. Congress shall have pow :
or ~ nforco this article by appropri-
ate legislation.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-06-19
The Wisdom OF Economy.

Look most to your spending. No
matter what comes in, if more goes
out you will he poor always. The art
Is not IN making money, but in keep
ing 1t; little expenses, like mice IN a
barn, when they are many, make great
waste. Hair Gy hair the head gets
bald; straw by straw the thatch goes
of the cottage; drop by drop the rain
COMES into the chamber. A barrel is
soon enptied if tie tap leaks but a
drop u minute. When You mean TO
save begin with your mouth; there
are many thieves down the red lane
rne aiesjug is a great waste. IN all
other things keep within compass. In
c.othes clio Sc suitable and lasting
stuff, not tawdry hneries. To be
warm Is the main thing. never mind
the looks. Never stretch your legs
further than the blanket will reach. or
you will soon he cold. A fool may
make money, but it needs wise man
To spend 1t. Remember, it is easier
to build two chimncys than to keep
one going. II you give all to back
and board. there Is nothing left for
the savings bank. Fare hard, and
work White you are young, and you
will have chance of rest when you are
old.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-06-19
Ktnaat Work Arnin.

The a,iviccs received concerning q e
eruption of Mount Etna give terrible
accounts of the devastation caused Dy
il. They say that it is the greatest
eruption known IN centuries, and that
it is increasing in intensity and vol
ume every day. The stream of lava
pouring down the mountains side,
has reached the town of Ncolosi, and
the inhabitants have fled in dsmay,
leaving their town and its contents To
the destructive flood At Bel Passo.
the lava stream is go feet wide, and
swallows everything by its great mass.
1t has completely covered the chest
nut woods on the slope ot the noun
tain. Constant shocks of earthquake
arc felt. and thunderous subterraneap
noises accompany the inccssant and
increasing shower and food of vol
canic matter. Many dwellings have
been totally destroyed and people
made homeless. Crowds are watch
ing the spectacle night and day. 1t
is described as n grand and tremend.
Gus sight. The authorities. both civil
and ecclesiastic. are active among the
people, and are doing their best to
calm them and tn prevent the panic
which SO terrible scene is likely to
occasion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-06-19
GENERAL NEWS.
Gathered and Condensed from Oar
Exchanges.


woman with whiskers ten inches
long is n curiosity al Union Point, Ga.
After hard dashrs of rain coarse
gold Is often times picked up in the
streets of Shasta. Cal
The furnaces OF the Richmond Com
pany at Eureka were hred up last
w1ek glvlas enploymsat To 81 msn
4 company has been organized with
5000 .OOO capital tn build railroad
from Prescott to Marieopa, Arizona.
One of Bu,tes society young men
and his giri are 50 sweet on each other
that they only order one plate OF ice
cream aud two spoons.
The white men Who have been en-
listed To light the Apaches in Arizona
are TO be paid $50 month aud ra-
tons.
Tie mosquitoes are 50 thick in
Alaska In Summer that they kill dogs.
aud even brown bear has been Killed
6y them.
Not Chinaman now lives in Lewis
county, W IL where there were 600
year ago. There arc said 10 bc only
55 nos remaining In Seattle.
The ordrr To Local Land Offices to
refuse homestead und pre- enptlon
filings has beeu revoked 10y the General
Land Office.
A Oh eago firm is building bicycle
for kentucklan, Who has sen; these
dimenslons with his orders: "My
height il D feet inches, my weight Is
44O pounds.
The Indian population in this
country is said tn he diminishing at
the rate of 5000 year. but the diinin-
ishing process appears tn have entirely
overlooked the Apaches.
Serious complaints are made of the
scarcity of sa. mon in the Sacramento
River. The Benieia cannery, which
started up some days ago, has been
forced to close down.
DAYTON Times: Matt Powell. of
Dayton, has record of shearing 200
sheep in day of ten hours, aud will
enter the contest for the slieep-shearer's
prize at the State Fair.
Abraham Lincoln has been dead
twenty-one years. aud the United
States Senate has now passed a bill ap-
propriating $50O,O00 for the erection
%; "A monument to his memory at
Washington.
On the best authority available. il
Is believed that the first water-works
in the United States were planned and
constructed by John Christopher
Christensen, at Bethlehem. Penn, in
1869.
A Chinaman has been arrested at
Spokane Falls for having removed the
figures go from a revenue stamp in
very skillful manner and pasted
them on 81 greenback in such
manner as to make it appear AS n $50
note. What is most singular is the
TACT that he succeeded in getting the
bill changed, carrying away for it $50
IN good money. lie was not arrested
until some days afterward.
Grass Valley Tidlngs: One day last
week, down near Rough and Ready.
Two COWS belonging to Sam Wicks fell
Int" an old prospect shaft 30 feet deep.
Ihe shaft WAS n round one, and four
iect IN diameter at the top. The cows
were missed by their owner, and
search WAS made for them. Both were
found standing up in the bottom of
,he SHAFT and they were safe, but
hungry, of c, ursc. They were taken
out and found to be not hurt. At the
mIt"m of the shaft widening
sufficient to accommodate tho cows had
oecn made by an old time caving.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-06-19

THE NEWS Ofhee Is supplied with every
facility for executing all kinds of Job
printing in q neat manner and ut living
rates. Any Job from a lady's visiting
card to a full-shset poster turned At short
notice. Oderr Solicited.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-06-19

The wool-growing industry in Mon
tana was never in more prosperous
condition than at the present time.
Particularly is it the case IN Fargus
county, the chiet wool-growing county
Ia that Territory. Every ranch is well
watered, provided with substantial
sheds aud an abundance of hay.
Wool growers contemplate the future
with pleasure, believing that they will
be able to realize better prices for this
seasons clip than last. The losses
du ing the past winter were triiing.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-06-19

Two singular cases of flight to Can
ada have recently occurred. George
II. Leonard of Chicago made the trip
pretending to be crazy, and he turns
QUIT have taken other peoples money
with him tn the amount of 100000.
Secretary Hnke Of Illinois fed declal-
ing himself defaulter, aud turns out
to be crazy. His accounts are entire
ly correct.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-06-19
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-06-19

Marked with the "s. T." BRAND, sff PEE
sons are cautioned against purchasing any. Of
said stock from any one except the under
signed -. = s Ii - q I'D
POUJADE q GARA0HAN
Ward, New, JAY 18th. lee0-
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-09-03

At the hour of going to press the
smoke has largely disappeared and a.
much needed rain is threatened.
This seasons wheat crop ofthe United
States will exceed that of last year by
100000 bushels. Our commercial ex-
changes all report more hopeful feeling
among merchants, with collections ma
teriaiiy improving at di fferent points.
Prices for cattle in the British markets
have lately fluctuated rather violently.
the latest quotations indicate 121c per
ID, as being the best price for american
steers.
Our friends NJ B. Jenkins, John Long,
Doug. Peterson and Meek arrived in
from Warrens last night to stay few
days In town. They bring good news
from camp which we will publish next
week.
Allen Green's youngest child died last
night, tIcs news reaching this office
simultaneously with the announcement
of the birth OF a daughter to ar. and Ms,
hovey. Smiles In one family, tears in
another. Thus runs the world away.
Leland Wayland and family left for
Lewiston during the week, where Mrs.
vs. Will TCSuul6 HbT occupation as teach.
er of the primary department of the
public schools of the Clearwater metrop-
oils.
DIR. Bibby lost the road to the Silver
wood ranch across Clearwater last
Tuesday night owing to the dense
smoke, and had to come to an anchor
and await the dawn before he reached
his destination.
Rev. j. d. Nc Conkey. rector of the
Episcopal church of the nativity, in
Lewiston, accompanied by BENZ. Booth
Esq, the gentleman who purchased the
Brearley ditch and mill in the metrop-
oils, are visiting the prairie. Mr.. Nc
Conkey preached at the Grange hall last
evening.
Hon. Geo. w. Norris, the new Indian
agent, arrived at Lewiston on Mondays
steamer and WAS met by large nuns
Der of Indians from kamiah and Lapwai
and given hearty receipt on. He pro-
ceeded Immediately to Lapwai and will
assume the duties oil the agency with
out delay.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-09-03

A SLIM CALFNDAR.-Up to date there
is only one case-a suit for divorce on
the calendar for the coming term of dis
trict court which convenes in this county
on third Wednesday in September. This
will be grand news for the Taxpayers,
although it presents poor outlook for
lawyers who may contemplate locating
here. There is less litigation in Idaho
county than in any other county in the
territory.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-09-03

ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AT
GRANGEvILLE PosT- OFFICE.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-09-03
GRANGEVILLE, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO TERRITOB
THE FREE PRESS.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 3, 1886.

NoTIcE.-The undersigned will pros
ecute to the full extent of the law all
persons found hunting upon my timber
culture claim two miles northwest of
town. A man that cannot tell TREES
from CHICKENS had better stay at
home. CHARLES RocHEpIERRE.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-09-03

LEoIsLATIvE.-Unde the new appor.
tionment Idaho county is entitled to
one councilman and one representative
in the Idaho legislature. Hon. s, s.
Fem appears to be the popular choice
for the council on the democratic ticket,
and the indications are that he will be
nominated. There is some talk on the
republican side of nominating DR..
Wade, of Cottonwood, for the council.
Whoever may be elected we hope will
do their level best to secure the repeal
of that odious and un-American test
oath bill which now disgraces our
statutes. The exercise of the franchise
is the democratic feature of our institu-
tions, and the people will do we'll to
resent any unjust and arbitrary rcstric.
tions imposed upon them by legislative
usurpations. Both county conventions
ought to declare for an unrestricted
suffrage.