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Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
Concerning Celiuloid.

LOOK Out!"
The New York Mail and Express re-
porter lodged back as if he had mad
vertetnly touched an electric coil.
"Great heavens, mani Do you want
to burn your fngers?" continued the
merchant, eXcitedly.
whats the matter?"
"Matter enough. Those eyeglasses
Of yours are framed in ~celluloid, and if
you keep twirling them around your
fingers too ear the gas jet you will
have an explosion"
The reporter placed the dangerous
contrivance astride his nose, and the
merchant, who is one OF the largest
dealers in c~elluloid goods in the city,
continued his conversation where this
incident had interrupted It,.
"Most celluloid is made in France.
Would you like to know how? Then
listen: A roll of paper is slowly I'M
wound, and at the same time is satur-
ated with n mixture of five parIs of sui
phuric acid and two parts OF nitric acid,
which falls upon the paper in a fine
white spray. This changes the cellu-
lose of the paper into pyroXyline (gun
cotton). The excess of the acid having
been expelled by pressure, the paper is
washed with plenty Of water until all
traces Of acid have been removed. 1t
il then reduced to a pulp, and passes
on to the bleaching trough. 1t is this
gun cotton which gives 1T its explosive
nature.
"Most of tho water having been got
rid of by mean Of a ~strainer, the pulp
is mixed with from 20 to 40 per cent Of
its weight of camphor, and the mixture
thoroughly triturated under millstones.
The necessary coloring having been
added in the form Of powder, a second
mixing and grinding follows. This pulp
is spread out in thin slabs, which are
squeezed in a hydraulic press until they
are dry as chips. Then they are rolled
in heated rollers and come out in elias
tic sheets. They are from hat point
worked up into every conceiva-
bic form. You can get cellu-
loid collars, cuffs, hairpins, shirt
fronts, cravats, penholders, brushes and
combs, inkstands, knife handles, jew
elry and everything else, almost, that
| YOU can imagine. | have seen in Paris
a room almost completely furnished in
~celluloid. The curtains, the furniture,
the doorknobs. and even the mating
were made OF this material. You may
be sure no matches were ever carried
there. Indeed, the room was never
used. 1t was only a curiosity, and the
man who owned it owned the factory
| where it was made. These rooms will
never be popular. Few men, even in
this rapid age, care about being blown
into the kingdom come in small frag-
ments; seorched and scattered, and
that would be the fate of the man who
| let a lighted match fall in such a room
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
Thompson,
Bc|den &C.,.
1878 Farnam ST.,
We buy for Cash
and sell for Cash.

This enables US to make 10 over prices than
houses doing a credit business, for bad debta
cannot be avoided, and the cash purchaser Is the
should be carefully considered by cash buyers.
We have bargains in every department., the fol-
lowing are a few of them.
8T!75; Sl2.O to $3.50; si5.OO to $1,000; $500 to si2.
Ladies' ready made white and colored Wrap
pers ranging In prices from $l.5O to 800. These
ufacturing Co of Auborn, N Y, and every gar
ment Is guaranteed to be u perfect ut;
pr las,S ss.S %h a,s Gepsa $780, m sslso. f ss!ss. It s ~ fs sis'ss,
1880, sl5.5G, sis. 10, $3.50.
Ladies' Wool Suits For summer wear at 800.
s2s!D0, $1,000 and EGO. A great deal of trouble
and expense can be saved by buying ready mado
dresses. Examine our stock.
Figured Bcngaline silks guaranteed to wear
and wash % inches wide at lib; they come In
all the new shades.
American Sateens at l0c, 10y, l5c and CSC.
Imported Sateens at 3}11c, these are the best
goods made and are RECALLED In this city at 35c.
Ladies' Gaanze Vests with and without sleeves
high and low necks, "5c:
ladies' I.isle Jersey Ribbed Vests Soc each.
This Is the best value IN the city, look at them
Ladies' line Silk jersey Vests $3.50.
Ladies faucy striped. regular made Hose Rhe
q pair. regular price 25c.
thildren,s fancy Hose all sizes 8 TO az. at &c q
pair, would bs cheap at 15c.
Children's extra Quality Cause Vests, long
BIC, &c, 3sc; they are cheap and good.
Tinsel Macrame Cord DC "a ball, worth l0c.
Don't pay l0c and Ic 2 dozen for Hal Pear,
we are also sole agents in this city for Smith
and sds I ANGELS Y Black stoehingsj they ,Ss are Jss, sa = nnt
found as represented, return them and your
money will DO refunded. This dye being vegeta-
said OF any other fast black, for they are miner
al dyed.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
A ProyidcntiaI Dispensation.

Opie z. Read, in u recent edition Of
the Texas Siftings, says: When the re-
cent disastrous run was made on the
Hot Springs (Ark.) bank an old fellow,
who had come to town with q sack OF
fish, stopped on the sidewalk and, in as
constituent. viewed the excited crowd
"What is the matter with all these
folksp" he asked of q ~bystander.
"Why, the bank is about to break and
they want to draw out as much of the
money as possible"
'If that's the case, I'm in with 'em;
been looking for something of this sort
for some time, " and dropping his sack
of fish. he crowded into the bank, fought
his way TO the cashiers window and said:
Here, cap'n, hand her out"
"Hand what out?"
money. Give me my share"
"What is the amount of your deposit?
Where's your cheeky
The old fellow did not understand, and
the cashier continued:
"How much money did you put in
here?"
Didn't put zone in. What do you
take me fur? Thought it was u sorter
free fight"
stand aside, old man."
"Hold on. If the governments busted
why don't you divide upp Say, gimme
80 an I'll call it ~squar'."
He was thrust aside, and finding HIM
self near the door he thought OF his fish
and hurried to the place where he had
left them. The sack was gone.
"Whar's dem fish," he exclaimed,
turning to u cripple, who, with q
CHASTITY expression, leaned on his
crutches.
81 don't know"
Eyes, you do know. Bet you ran
away with EN-"
Il look like running away With any
thing" sighed the poor fellow.
"Wall, it amt your fault if you don't,
an if you wasn't q cripple I'd whale
you. Anybody seed a sack o. fish," he
cried, and rushing into the street he
accused nearly every IL he met. The
circuit court Judge was upbraided, the
county clerk was called a thief, and the
leading minister of the town was rudely
ierked to one side and toid that If he
did not immediately surrender the sack
Of fisii.s the air would be full Of his tat
tered wardrobe.
In a tumble down cabin, at the,end of
a s~quallid alley, sat an old negro, con-
templating with the steady eye of salts
iuSubou " ISuih'i "'A' "f p'
sun fish and goggle-oyed perch.
"Lawd! Nelson, wizard yer git all
dem fish, asked a woman who entered
and put down u bundle of clothes.
"De Sabier sent'em honey fur de Lawd
hab dun had His eye on my appertite
and longin' fur some time. De Lawd
made a white man go an koch 'em,
chile, and fetcn 'em ter town. When de
white man met me he put down de fish
an %schrouged into de bank airter
money; an L have every reason to be-
liebe dat when he come back de fish
wuz gone. Dis heah transacshun wu2
intended by de Lawd fur ter sarve two
purposes: One purpose wuz to satisfy
an ole servants appetite an de udder
wuz ter show er white man dc vanity
of leabin' what de Lawd had gin him
and runnin' airter de gains O. dis heah
! world. Fix 6e cookin' intentials. Daim
| ef dis amt Il monstrous fine pike. Uh,
huh! Fish want tended fur white folks
no how. Hurry up dar. l a IS tel
heah dat greace sputter."
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
In THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.
Discussions of the Day on Light
ening Subject.
EUROPEAN TRAIN LIGHTING
Electricity Taking the Place of Lamps
How b Measure Electric Cur
rents-The Electric Street
Car scrvico-Flashcs.
,.~proteoti5n From Liabtnine.r

In a recent lecture before the Society
of Arts on "Protection From Light
ning," by Prof. Oliver J.. Lodge, the
lecturer began by giving a slight his
torical sketch of the subject, and called
attention to the outstanding questions,
difficulties, and points Of controversy in
connection with lightning conductors. .
He described the methods usually
adopted, and showed that the reasons
given for failure we're often quite in.
sufficient to account for it. An inter-
estiug experiment showed the effect of
a minute quantity of electricity; and
explained the reason of the large size
of the raiu-drops in thunder showers.
AS soon as a stick of sealing-wax rubbed
on the coat-sleeve was presented in the
neighborbood of the jet of q tiny foun-
tain, the drops previously falling in
spray were collected, and fell in an al
most continuous stream. In conclusion,
the lecturer referred to the futility of
ordinary galvanometer tests for light
ming rods,and argued that the behavior
of a feeble battery current afforded no
analogy whatever by which to estimate
the effect of the explosive and shatter-
ing Lightning discharge.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
Public Healing
OF THE SICK
FREE ofCHARGE
ut Mac Meyer Do Bros. Music Hal
Commencing Thursday Morn
ifI1, Mdy 10th.

DIR. Smith the celebrated magnetic physician,
of New York, has engaged Music Hall, at the
corner of 18th and Farnam streets, and viii
morning fnom 10 TO II o'clock, commencing
Thursday morning May 10th DIR. Smith Is the
only thoroughly educated physician and sur
the magnetic gift of healing to that degree
which enables him TO go upon the stage and
publicly heal the sick, by simply applying his
hand to the affected parts. One year ago this
pie, in the city of Boston, and publicly healed
over one thousand sick people, During the fall
and winter the doctor has been engaged heal
ing the sick in San francisco. Cal, and at Den
has so long enjoyed in the east. II is almost
impossible TO describe the strange and mvStert-
Gus magnetic power which he possesses. People
go upon the stage who have been helpless in
cruciating pain, and after, receiving
three or four magnetic treatments are entirely
relieved and permanently cured: Men go upon
the stage on crutches, so stiff and lame that they
the Doctor makes u few passes over them they
throw away their crutches and walk as nimble
as boys. II will astonish the most skeptical to
see how quickly the doctor cures disease.
painful diseases are almost always and instantly
cured. All that the Doctor does Is 10 lay his
hands on the affected parts for a few noments,
then make a few gentle passes over the patient,
TO Meyers Hall. and witness DIR. Smiths. won
derful cures. His lectures are exceedingly in
teresting as wen as instructing, DIR, smith has
opened an Office in iruenig Block, on 18th st. ad-
Joining the Willard House, where those who are
able and willing TO pay, may go from y q. m. tlll
D y. M. daily, except Sundays. Everybody Cor
daily invited 70 go. TO Music Hall next Thurs
day morning at 10 O'Clock. Admission free. Con
18th street, next TO Willard Hotel. Letters or
inquiry must contain postage, q.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
A LEADING PSYCHOLOGIST
Advances Hts Theory OF Catarrh and
Consumption-His ADVICE o m the
2uhtect

One of the best learned physicians OF modern
times. IN an article on catarrh and consumption
says: ''The treatment OF consumption has made
great advances by the introduction of new rem.
edies, and has enabled the close student and
specialist to establish indications for remedies
long In use. so that by their methodical applicR-
ton better results are attained than were for.
merly gained at a time when consumption and
cancer We're regarded as equally incurable. and
were somewhat similarly treateu.
''rhe treatment of demands a
careful avoidance to all agents calculated to
cause hyperemia of the lungs and bronchial ca
tarrh. Persons in whom q tendency to con-
sumption Is suspected should be treated with
the greatest care and attention.
{ ''Finally, whenever there is the slightest sus.
picion of a p~redisposition TO consumption. every
catarrh. no matter how slight, should be treated
with the utmost care, which must not be relaxed
until the catarrh Is entirety well. This rule, SO
obvious from our point Of view. is very fire.
Quently violated
MANY patients fall n victim to the deeply
rooted prejudice that q neglected catarrh never
leads to consumption.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06

We would be pleased to know of a man
or woman who has never had headache
or been subject to constipation. As'these
seem to be universal troubles a little ad-
vice may seem in order. Why should
persons cram their stomachs with a
seating purgative pills, ETC., which sick
en- and debilitate when such a pleasant
and sterling remedy as Prickly Ash
Bitters will act mildly and effectively
On the liver, kidney stomach and bow
els, and at the same time tone up and
strengthen the whole system; causing
headache, constipation and all such dis
tressing evils to quickly disappear.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
kcralnOgraDhy

Is the name of that branch of photo
graphic art or Photographic principle
which impresses pictures upon the hu-
man lest by lightning. Instances have
been frequently noted where the i'm
prints of flowers, OF figures and various
images and pictures have been i'm
printed upon the human body by a flash
of lightning. The writer's upon this
subject have carefully estimated the We e.
24O, 900 miles q second. Therefore, if
this force ever comes to be used as a
merciful mean of executing criminals,
it will traverse the length of a six-foot
man in one Observation-Disclosures
part of a second!
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
CurrentGossiD.


The desirability of having more
boiler capacity than is required to meet
the immediate needs of the engine is
well illustrated by the recent mishap at
Reading, Pa. Shortly after 7 o'clock
one evening a number of electric lights
went out, and others became dim. This
was caused by the giving out OF one of
the boilers at the central station. 1t
leaked SO badly that the fires had to be
drawn, and the two remaining boilers
could not generate sufficient steam to
run the plant properly. After "a delay
Of about two hours and a half steam
was raised in another boiler, and the
lights resumed their usual brilliancy.
The extra boiler does not cost much to
maintain, when it is not in use, and in
this case it saved a great deal of incon-
venience to those dependent upon it for
a light.
DR.. Renk, of Munich, has been exper-
imenting Of the utility of electric light,
from a sanitary standpoint, in the Ma
tional theatre of Munich. He found
that the electric light had hardly any
influence on the deterioration of the
air, whereas the gas-light raised the
temperature OF the room, deprived the
air of it's oxygen, and rendered it in
furious by increasing the carbonlc acid,
especially in the higher regions,
At a recent meeting OF the Lane
Medicel college at San Francisco, DR..
o. Hirshfelder delivered a very inter
esting lecture on the subject of ''Elec-
tricity in Medicine in which he
pointed TO the use of electricity as n
OF the most striking evidences of the
great advance made in modern medical
science. He concluded by saying, I'm
electricity we have a remedy whose
variety of operation and whose efficacy
stand second to none with which science
is familiar.
A special dispatch from Detroit says:
While Ameron Kratz was recently per-
forming his duties on a high tower as
trimmer for the Brush Electric Light
company he received a shock from what
he had been told was a dead wire,"
which shattered his nervous system so
that he is unable 10 work. He brought
suit for S25 900 damages against the
company, which asserted that Kratz was
negligent. To substantiate this they in
troduced as evidence in court a minia-
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
n He Dreamt.
Lippincott Magazine

l dreamedI sat in my chamber
And watched the dancing light
OF the blaze upon my hearthstone
And the red bands glowing bright.
listened to the rustic
OF the flames that ros and fell,
And | dreamed l heard a whisper,
A voice l knew full well.
The no more was lonely,
A presence stern was there;
And I knew my wife had heard me
AS l sneaked up the stair.
Hcr angry voice she lifted,
Her hard hand smote me sore.
- Alas how my poor head does ache;
I'll 90 to lodge no more.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06

ties were formed, those days and no more.
AT a recent meeting of the police committee
a petition of citizens for the passage of such
an ordinance as will e~ffectually suppress
gambling whether IL be called "faron
ahokey-pokey," "stud-horse poker, I" "rogue
ct noir.,i .'roulette,r or ''clook game,T as
well as betting in turf exchanges, was taken
up for consideration. District Attorney
Stonehill addressed the committee on the
subject and dilated upon the pernicious eff
feet Of gambling. The probabilities are that
before the summer ends the gentlemen of
the green cloth will all have disappeared.
FRANK WILSON.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06

ture electric light tower, with which
they tried to show that a careful man
could not be injured as Kratz was. The
latter asserted that it was not a tair test
of the shock received by him, because
electricity loses its severity when re-
ceived by u person standing on Il dry
floor instead of the earth or an iron foot
ing. The jury gave Kraft $40 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
Silvey Dynamos.

The Lima, O., Gazette says: The Sill
vey Electric company have a thirty-five
light machine completed for Ada and are
waiting for the putting in of their en-
CINE to test the machine before sending
it out. They are getting out a plant TO
go to the Cincinnati exposition and are
building a 100 900 candle-power light to
go with it. But N light of this size
has ever been constructed. That was
by the Brush company, for the British
navy. One light of this size is equal to
fifty lights the size that are used in
LIGHTING the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06

mounted on a shaft, supported in the
bearings, attached to suitable brackets,
mounted on the bed-plate, and a worm
wheel segment, attached ~ the upper
,csSSrC of the framework. BY this means
the cutter bar can be moved along by
the attendant as the coal is being cut,
and the proper feed given thereto.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
Located.
CATARRH CURED.

Consultation at office or by mail, 81, Once
hours, 9to IL a. m, 2 70 4 p. m, : TO p. m.
Sunday Hours, from o a. m, 40 1 o. m.
Correspondence receives prompt attention.
No letters answered unless accompanied by 4
cents in stamps.
Block, Omaha. Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
IN SIMPLE FORM
Popular Explanation OF a Matter
Usually Yelled in Technicalities.

In this connection there can hardly be a more
interesting subject than the ultimate effects of
catarrh upon the hearing. The processes of
this disease in poisoning the breath. rotting
away the delicate machinery of smell and taste,
poisoning the lungs and the blood, and passing
fountains of life. All this perhaps has been
very generally discussed. but the very frequent
eject of catarrh of the nose and throat upon the
hearing has not been touched upon as often as
the subject warrants.
reader that the junction of the back passage OF
the nose and the upper parts of tine throat Is
connected with the ear by a minute and delicate
passage known as the Eustachian tube. Along
producing congestion and Inflammation. by
the further extension OF this process to the
caused, in some cases. slight forms Of catarrh
of the middle-ear, and in this way partial or
complete deafness may IN IKE manner result
upon the mouth of the Eustachian tube.
Partial or complete deafness may also result
from catarrhal interference with the nasal
OF pure air or from me effects OF obstruction in
the nasal passages, causing undue ratification
or condensation OF the air IN the middle-ear.
which are often prescribed. prove comparative-
ly Ineffective. A cure can only be obtained by
skillful and scientific local treatment-aud let It
with more disastrous results than unskillful
local combined with constitutional
treatment and care for the disease which
brought about the trouble 10 the hearing,
Permanently Located.
DIR. J. Cresap Mccoy, late of Bellevue Hospi.
tai New York, and his associates, lately of the
ton. ID. O., have located permanently in the
Range Block, Omaha, Mob, where all durable
cases are treated skillfully;, Consumption,
Bright's Disease, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, and
all nervous diseases. An diseases peculiar to
sex q specially.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
Electrical Tests"

Prof. A. e. Dolbear writes to the
American Engineering Record as fol-
lows: II have had made nearly a hun
dred tests of the tensile strength of
electrically welded bars of iron, steel
and other metals. The results were of
such a character that l can state posi-
lively that with Thomson's welding
process it is possible to weld both
wrought iron and steel so that the weld
is as strong as the same cross-section in
another part of the bar, that the APP
pearance of the fracture is fibrous for
iron and generally granular for steel,
the strength of this granular steel being
on some Samples rs high as f25 900
pounds per square inch; that the process
is such that the welding is homogeneous
from necessity. 1 had a number of bars
welded by an expert blacksmith, and &C
number of similar ones by the cleo
trical process for comparison, with the
result that the electrically welded bars
were much stronger than those welded
by the ordinary process. The bars
were of various sizes, up to an inch and
a half for ironEand three-fourths of an
inch octagon steel"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
Electric Meters.

There seems at the present time to
be a general adoption OF the idea that
one OF the most desirable methods of OBJ
tanning the measure of a current pass
ing through a circuit, consists in the
application Of the principle of the heat
ing effect of the current. Not long
since we described Professor Forbes
ingenious meter, in which the heated
conductor generates currents of air
which set the in motion, con
nected with a registering train. In
this issue we describe the apparatus
desinged by Professor Thomson, in
which the anne principle is applied in
n different but equally skillful manner,
and in which the vaporization of a
volatile liquid is employed TO effect a
reciprocating motion, the rate of which
is determined by the strength of the
current, and hence serves as a means of
registering the same. We are evil
IDENTIFY just upon the beginning of
an era of special work in this field, and
the result will no doubt be a large
variety of this class of meters.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
A Bird.

Miss Almenda Taft, of Sadorus, ILL.,.
has q canary bird that snores. About
2 o'clock one night its snores became so
loud as to arouse the household. A
search about the premises failed to re-
veal the cause of the noise until the
sitting room door was opened, and it
was found TO emanate from the bird
cage. The bird being awakened, the
noise Instantly ceased. The owner of
the bird regards it now as a very
musical canary, and the neighbors all
declare they never heard the like of its
shores, which become more pronounced
with each succeeding day.