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Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04

Cplpsnins bar inipireret BAN til at
"gaa paa". Jor ba bi bauoe bantef
bans gror % bar pei toinrnet tilba9e
til bort Sontur, Tom Sim % meg IND
til Susoassen % fprte paa os sjennem
giuouet. San bdpbe ct Gep9r, men
iistebe iaa beit, at inscn Of os blep
trnffet, % ban unr uoe al Sgne, lGnse
l6r III fpm til 9Brer.
On ct gar Gage ifal pi saa paa
Sa9t. gi ital inuie BAN op o9 bjens
iDse BAN. 8i ifal plntfe Creme al bam
% ipitre Dem OPP paa aOntorberen Opr.
SAB BAN merle iis bet ipm ct Gr(i9t
8arIto ON, bpab ban fan pente Jig.
Smenb ban life rammebe no9en al %
meo fine Sjorteba9l iaa rpitebe ben
io~rimabelise Stpcuins meb Seniist at
orGbe ps iaalcoes bore Nerper, at hi
niadtte 9aa tlltgis, ilteoetfor al pRre
oppe u9 itriue Manuitript.
GnOnu poerlisere 5orflarins: 6or
en- tire Tigers 5ib lioen Tom Der iro /
Dor Sp en- pilosiet, tptbubet 5isur al
en 6pr. San Tom labbenbe inb paa
2anbeueien, biemioste os i bort Sanc.
tlm o9 BAD Jig ielo "iiobe neo". San
talbte Jig s. Melpile Graham, os iuor
paa, at fbaH bbaeee leeefet bnabc Sitbett-
40 os llbenao til be fleite Nelu gorfer
Ipllerne | De iioite ii @ar. 9a ban
tilboo fig at arbeioe for fire Dollars
ON u9en, %, ba ban lupebe at fjgbe
fine Crackers og i'm DIT / Dor Sutif,
laa eraminerte pi bam life laa nsie,
lom oi eaers pilbe BABE sjurt. San
bapoe netop arbeioet TO Gage, ba bi
blep @iaaret, os bpab anbet lfilloe ben
5Daefanten sjgre, emo gaa ben Us briffe
li8 nib, os iaa lGs9e Jig neO Der, bopr
Sbcrit Sauens sGielorift oilbe lpbe
uper bum paa geien til SanDinsslteoet.
San blep naturligois albeles nebtrams
/ Sanoet, iaa oi upenpaa ale bore @jen
p%oroigbeoer maatte befoIte BAN fgrlt
uo9rapet for at faa bam p~rbentlis neo.
grapet. Men, bpis ban bapbe penbt
NGIen geiret, ifulbe pi uo9ioet ct belt
Slao og icnbt bet no / ret Eio. Si fit
bam trilet bort til ct Sjprne al DOR
prioate 8egraoeliespiabs, os ri Ital
IGtte ct 0tGrfe paa bans @rap, men
pi iBr9er life.
MerliOite SOrflnrin9: 8eripm pore
2Giere life er i%urnpiet nteo p~penitaaenbe
SOrflarin9er, ian bar oi enouu Ell an
Den at file / Dem. Iaa GrunS al Dor
iaareoe Saanb funoc hi ielofplselis life
9ipre ct eneIte Tenneltrg9. 9ittere
tinoe Ri aai9cpel, % berfor bprte pi
nt9e Sia @Qis, SON al gamle Sfurfe=
@Qis, iOm bar Imamueniis. 8i bapoe
bifteret omtrent en- balo Spalte, ba ban
tiilltOo Jig at babe en- anben Wenili9 END
pi ON S~tapninsen at cordial, Der eIter
bans Iaaitanb ituloe itapes "corjul",
p9 belle. emo at ie bet ensellte Spros
%raobraffet, i~pretraf Ri at ie Bin, o9
oerfor falteoe ri baru no. Saa sap hi
en- sammel Setter Tramp $40, for at
faa 8laoet ub. os berfOr fOmmer hi
Zig, pi er, os beber ON 29iernes Sill
gipelie. Heite rlse baaber hi at bore
openpaa isien Os, ba ital Ri lobe benz
en- ubsape at Kicker'en, Der lfal faa
Sanbet til at flppe / femti 3etninser.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
scturab OHtniIiss SiOIe' 1iitritt

bar fisbt en- for Cicntset i1rosles
bclois gicntpm, nemlis Mira. Snlannnb
gailc0s. lier oY til Stulsbniet. Zen
Nerpaa HItaaenSc @psnins aetes iplst %
b]crthpttct, % BET tore areal ltal al
aipe ocaeplabs for Stotens GIsucr !
beres 6riinuber; / inn Seuiecnbs bar
set ! ben ieucrr 9io p9ret ultior fnapt,
"a oerIpr er Senue Sronins bpilt beti'
melig.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
2anO | Wlinmeiota. morri.


ION SO. iisger I Gentret at Staten,
fun 90 Mtie fra WtnneapoliS %
ct. RAM. Gpuntpi9ee or &tftIe
Saas pso MisEsHppihooen, bpor
oct fforife @anofaIo WoroOeffeu
iinoes, oa bpor CT ifor NabrifbD
Doioer paa at bore op. ser bill
ret runot. Worriion 80. giens
rlemIi9res .af Sernbnmer ! ale
netntnger, 90 port btai9s Sfpps
lamb liager ianas &C pi9tigite Sts
nier, mar yittle Saus, oe megct al
oct iige ino til nDc Stafioner.
Gette vii brinse Sanoet til at iti9e
burtiat | WGroi. Sorobnnocn bcs
iiaar al fort Wul0 paa scrbuno
90 rcgnes bianot ocn beoifc Stas
ten. 5alriee Spriuas 90 Srecfs
hnoes paa bper Scetion OF oco at
9rape Is a 20 Rob fan man Hnoe
crtra soot Vnn0 operalt. Sfopcn
CT her % Der afbrmot al itorre %
mimore Mabninger meo frooi9c
@rGSganSe % 4ehaattcr, bpilfct
pil iettc Hponin9sarbeioet betpocs
iig FAINT irttc Wpicttlcren iitano
til lige ira YcgDnoclicn al at bpIs
&c 1%reaturer. Sfopem bctalcr gans
Oct tulotmo, naar man Lager ut
9rocioe til. Oct CT met "Naros
pooS'', broraf CT tor Tel @eiss
"a, Der or oct beSitc Matcriaie for
~. u. 5icS. ct. Yaut 90 Wins
teapolts ta9er MT nGitcn al I'm
Veo ira Norriion Gountp. Gn
Yapirmoae mco 5~r9liberi, iom
CT nnoer Spforelie Xittlc ValS,
90 iom bill beifiGftiae 300 Nrbei.
oerc, pil blipe en- hffer 3iobcr at
9lip, Yoppel 90 anocn Soapeo, Der
or soSt ififfet til Yapirmasie.
Sanoets Yris er nte9ct lap, 90 bcs
itctnmcs otter Scligecbcecn %
SornbnnSen. Yetattng Spilfaare,
nc lcnpes eiter &jobcrcns Smit9ns
%oi9beocr. SGnoet iGiacs burtiet,
90 for at iaa fort Storing til Sfas
tion Dor Sanoirscrcn fomnte ITO
90 ie paa Sauoet itrdr. Sper 500
fan oinaoiife Tamilier bar aacres
&c paiat zig npc Siem | ~ orriion
50. Dor Sanoagent &r. -. Sans
oabl, CT oa8Ii9 at trGHe ! Xittie
Vaas 90 oil piie GnbUer ON paa
@anoet frit FAINT biftaa meS at OPS
aaa 0rGnbicltnicrnc.
Sor nGrmerc Splpsnin8er bens
penSc man 10 til
u. g.. SoDmiom & Co.,
General Land & Emigration Agents,
Cor. Bro & Sibles Ctr. St.Yaul, Dtinm.
80 1G-4
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
Sloebran0

OpOa9eSes ST. Z 5snOas SOrmibbaa
! Sasbpsninsen uf SUpt's Saropare
Store. Den er besDnot oppe / 2bem
Gtass, bOOr S~littenilussr gertfebet er,
% bar Serirn fcrpluntet fig nebab.
SranOmnnoitabet Tom itrur tilitebe, men
life iaa liOeu StuOs nnretteoes uaiaeuel.
Slosn 1T ristisnOt iHsen anlebnina til
at berls inOs ! 8utifen, men Der bibrua
Snnoet ma Slanserne til at sisre ct
li99t Seroert. 9s prasti9e Dune us
QUE andre 5ernuarer Itaar MI berfur Der
o9tteos mso ct Gag &uit.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
NurgesreiIenoe.

6. s. Cannes, Mitfel 8p(lano %
SObn Spsnion, ale fra Seiprr, bar be,
giuet zig paa en- 5Ornpieliestur til
Norse. Den 5prite bar ppbolot iie
Der | 2anoet / "a Iar % ben 3ib life
u1ret bjemme. SIN bill ban ie FIN 90.
aarise Mpcer, icm enbnu nDber en- goo
SelbreS. Oct er beres Seniist at till
brinse 8 elIcr A Waaneber / 6jemlan,
BET.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04

eigtorne % bunions Tan i%iernes peb
at lfape benz nep uoen at Iaa Slpb frem,
bplO benz berpaa / parmt Sano, inbtil
De blir blpoe ps anpenb Chamberlain
Pain Balm 10 @unse ON Sasen, suib
DEM lt9rft ! 10 Minntsr eiter bper Gin
penoelie. ct cornplaster burbs brlses
ct gar 9ase Tor at beIfptte benz MOB
Stoene. Pain Balm er bet bebite Ore
oicin for 5Orurioninser, Strammer,
aambeo % &beumatisme. (Suni).
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
Girfe'5air.

sorOa0 ben Zoe SUM bolOer Deco.
rob Msnisbeos auinbefureuina en- airte.
6uir ! satittp8rinscn OsO SiSeu al
Games 5esOitore. @ibOus, gupser,
anfe, Sage, See Cream, Surobar oIO.
ier0erss. Gn bcI Del fancy SuanOar.
beibs irlges.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
glabem aorreiponoanee

n. g NihIauo ipsrsrr: Sar ie9 ION 'sot
lIelRuotua gcp til at beiie min Stations Stag
pueri; paa Ell 5iasiianG eler rfaa bet nneri'
faniie Stag barre paa soppen elsr Deb
Chen.
Spar: Snauiot pi peo, er oct life
ueo 9on paabuot, al Oct ameritarlfe
Stag ifal pers paa 3oppen, bpis en-
lloI1noins beiier fit 5Sbrlnnbs Stag
Deb bsitioelige anleoninser; men bos
spoe Nmeritauerc oil bet p9fte Wtis
nsie, % oct meo Istte, at ie III Stag
lorneoret.
5il &nsmus @eterien 6. Guibins,
9olt 60, @is.
aifalia cIIer, iom oct c9iaa fables,
enSerne, peier 60 Euno pr. Snlbel.
iii en- acre tages omtrent 5 gnnS 5rs.
Gliulia bar BEN GBenitub, at &ooen
gaar neoab, til ben inner BRpe, inotil
Here SOB, og Street ntaa berfor iaaes !
iaubis Serb. 8 9erbuno caer Stenz
buuo nptter BET life at iaa ben Sla9s
6ras. 5rp fan erbOloes hos y. $.
Goams, 9ecprab, Soma, fpr Is Gents
pr. 8unb, eler $3.50 pr. Suibel.
9oltpprto pr. 8uno er 16 Cts. men
transporter oil rnturli9ois fomme
biaisere, nanr man tuser ct ltprre auanz
tirt, % oa pr. Grpres.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04

Mine Gnnoer bar bru9t Chamber
lains Cough Remedy / ilere 9lar %
oil life baue nosct anbet, ioroi man Tan
altib itple paa oct; oct oirter burtia "a
tilireositiaenee. Or. 81. g, 81. Subn,
Soulauo, wo. (Suni).
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04

0tHaI9S. so acres auot 9aub
- IA Weil, 40 Gcres IL Mdi ira Mpp,,
Gate, binist tilialgs. Nj be so qcres or 40
gcres inealeroet % 8 gcres iuoiaoet meS
8ippcr % Simotbi. 6or nrrmere Giterrrt.
ninger henpenoer man ia til Gieren Ghr;;,
Sablt Wocie Saie, Carlton Go, Miun.
31rl62
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04

81 benleeer bore aaicres Op.
mariiombcN paO 70. 9. Scues's garm
iilialss. 9ette or en- uomarict Slnltb.
ming Tor ru rorli GARNER.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
liinolpIts grsps Seo 9eeorab g. Q.

Cara Griiteuion- Saasen 9 Gjipre-So.
iefine Sn%luorion-2 Saliep-Saitno O Car
iou3tna Stnei-Dg Ebornson - Singer
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04

Goinbelise Siraooere bar lise til
be alerfiole War p9rst eneberlfenbe paa
Sslamb, isrit nplis bar be iaaet en-
manblia @enfnrrent.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04

Ggrl ,asFole / SnuooetirteH isrli'oH''
menoe 9rioa1 ST. Q 6prmihoa9
SpiuSeiorentas hos &s SegerleH spn
ROC Gi,ermioeds.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
Neyublifam,f Caucus

for Springfield 5ownibip aiboloes i Siole.
buffet ueo Roroneis 5rebas Den Ste SUM- III.
A gftermiooag. Scpnibip Gomite.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
wnsstiemeasr.

@psstirueIe / Tccrrab %suishess str,s
OF tOIs meN Wltcradaa GsternoHaNhniei'
Seif ys,saa ST. 5 / @irtelS SaicuieHt.
SaRoaaSfipis SIS.
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
Ieseaarsans
Votitie.

Se resillare Rasiaserer Cart,
tsres o. be reoueere6e 5ortcr y ,t5 9l,aiaA.
Doe Sum- 1890 UTILITIES b.,
=. u. Epft.r
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04
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Cpiororino

De, Der har iu%bltriberet Rem.
Ierelle a Sntber college, aumpoes Sltg's
ON at inobetale lin SnbIfrjpfipn pcnhsl
gets &asierer O. 6. RuItao. VI GOas
ooIN Sattr. SarSen, W,,s>
Decorah-posten., 1890-06-04

Sotal. .$1680.30
O. 8. &uitao, &asierer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
Test of ouickness in Fencing.

A very interesting method OF testing the
quickness OF sword thrust consists in
interchangeable measurement. The
movement of the foil-point is too quick to
be measured by the eye, but by the aid of
the interchangeable apparatus it can
be plainly shown. The fencer is dressed in
white, placed in front of black back
ground, the foil is chaIked, and metallic
spangle is fastened to the tip by wax. The
interchangeable machine being set in
rotation, the trajectory OF the tip of the foil
during the movement of the fencer is shown
by series OF dots As two successive i'm
ages are one-fIteenth OF, second apart in
time, it follows that by counting these
images the entire time occupied from the
beginning to the end Of the movement can
be determined. In a recent test it was found
that the stroke occupied little less than
four-tenths of second. By this means two
swordsmen can be compared, and their rela-
tive quickness easily and exactly deter
mined.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
Electricity in Mining.

E. F. Browne, speaking of electricity in
mining, says that miners were quickly alive
to the advantages offered by the telephone.
Most mines are, to certain extent, in diff
fcult positions on precipitous mountains.
The telephone enabled the manager to be in
close communication with his mine at all
hours, both night and day. When difficult
ground or heavy flows OF water were en-
countered arrangements could be made to
control the situation at once without the
loss OF hours in communicating the neces-
sity.
The electric bell and annunciator now
tell the story of what is wanted and what is
going on below in deep shafts or inclines.
The touch of the button tells the top
men and engineers if ore waste,
tools or men are coming up, and
what level they are coming from.
Another signal tells il timber, wedges, tools,
or the foreman is required below. Formerly
when a bell rope from 500 to 1000 feet i'll
length was used, it was so heavily counter
weighted or held by such a counter spring
that it took an able bodied man with a six
foot run to sound the gong above. Wants
were only known by tickets attached to the
bucket or skip, or after the toilsome climb.
ing of messengers to the surface. Now the
tool "nippers" and tine ''powder-monk.y'
are the only travelling men in the ground
below. The remainder of the shift stays al
the level until relieved. When the fact
that the human voice cannot be heard over
100 feet under ground is considered, the ad.
vantages of electric communication fol
mining purposes become manifest.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
Municipal Control of Electric Plants,

The experiment of establishing the NUM-
cipal control of electric plants, which has
been tried in several cities in this country,
has in almost every case proved unsuccess-
full. This, nevertheless, does not appear to
have deferred the City Council of Chicago
from again attempting to solve the problem,
and a committee has just been appointed by
that body to take into consideration the
requirement of electric light plants by the
municipality. Whatever may be the
eventual result OF the agitation whicE is
is much to be said in favor of the posi- ion
taken by Prof. Barrett, the city electrician.
He has placed himself upon record as op-
posed to any scheme that will interfere with
franchises now held by local companies.
The fact that these companies have gone
into business, invested large sums of money
in the establishment of their plants and the
development OF their systems, should insure
for them recognition of their rights. Prof
Barrett saws:
eli the city should decide to engage in
commercial lighting, it should, in justice to
these local companies, buy the franchises
and plants now in their possession. Other
wise, the city should allow the companies to
continue without opposition until the ex-
piration of the terms of their franchises.
These men have invested their money in
good faith, and common decency demands
that their rights be respected" The issue
o; this question, which will shortly be de-
cided by the acceptance or rejection of bill
bearing on the subject by the Illinois Legis-
lature, will be watched with great interest
by electricians throughout the country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
st. Louis People Are Riding on the
Electric Lines to Get the Ben
eft of the Current.
THE FAD PAYS THE COMPANIES.
A New Photographic Printing Machine
That Will Give Ten Thousand In
pressions an Hour.
TANNING THE HIDE OF ELEPHANTS.
A Method Ct Measuring the sresd Fsncsr Gives to
the Tip Of His Fell
rrREpAREp FOR THE p1srIrcH.I

The ideas that people attach to the value
Of electricity and magnetism are often sadly
erroneous. That electricity in the hands of
the skilled medical practitioner may be OF
great benefit in the treatment of disease is
beyond doubt, but it is also true, unfortu-
Dately, that people very frequently do them
selves great injury by resorting to electrical
remedies without the advice OF a physician,
simply upon their own judgment or the
careless recommendation of a well inten-
toned, but ignorant, friend.
The superstitions that exist on this subject
are of the most absurd nature. People talk
of the curative effects of magnetism, while,
as Sir William Thomson has shown, the
biggest magnets do not exert the slightest
influence on any part of the human body.
If the electrical current is to be used, let the
family doctor be consulted first. 1t may be
mentioned that il some parts of the coun-
try people are IN the habit of picking up
the little bits of coppered arc light carbons
that lie about the streets like cigar stumps,
and of putting them in their pockets as a
safeguard against rheumatism.
This notion has its match at the present
time in ST. Louis, where, it is said, hun
the new electric cars to get rid of their lum-
bago and rheumatism, as we'll as other all
ments. The managers of the road when ap-
pealed to by the local reporters for light on
this mysterious subject have, of course, no
information to impart, ana meanwhile look
with gratitied composure on the development
OF a new class of travel. 1t is also said that
one or two electric light stations have been
steadily visited by valetudinarians who
wished to saturate themselves, SO TO speak,
in the reVivifying electric atmosphere of the
place, and to absorb some of the ozone
which, as a matter of fact, results from the
operation OF the dynamo electric machines.
There mas recently appeared reference in
the papers to the use OF small magnets in
hypnOtism. The experiments of DR.. Char
cot in Paris have been cited to prove the
magnets mesmeric value. Now, it is true
that this celebrated specialist did obtain
some striking results with a sensitive hyp-
motto subject under the influence of mag
net. But it happens to be equally the iact,
though by no means so well known, for the
reason, perhaps, that the credulous never
hurry TO accept or circulate that which de-
stroys their beliefs, that DIR. Charcot not
long after repeated the same experiments
with the same Subject" using, however, a
dummy magnet made OF painted wood in
stead OF the real one he had used before. He
obtained the same hypnotic results, showing
very clearly and positively that electricity
and magnetism had nothing to do with the
case"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14

many of the details of the line are carried
out with the perfection OF modern electrical
skill. there are some points in connection
with it which are so much behind modern
progress as to appear in a measure incon-
sistent with the enterprise which character
ICES the rest of the work. 1t appears that
the elevators leading to the underground
stations are operated by hydraulic power.
There is good deal o: dissatisfaction that
electricity has not been used for this pur-
pose, Nothing could be better adapted ior
working lifts than motors, and the saving
in expense would have been considerable.
Unless the elevators are balanced there is
plunger volume of high pressure water
wasted every time each hoist is used,
whereas if the motors were employed the
generator would need supply little more
than the power wasted in general friction.
Another fact which has been freely criti-
cised is the use of an air brake where elec-
trio power is available. 1t has been urged
that the block system arrangements, and the
cut of of the supply from moving train
in case OF necessity are objections to its use.
If these are obstacles they can be easily
overcome, and the special leads which sup
ply the carriage lamps could supply the mo-
tive power for the brakes. 1t is argued that
this combination in the same plant of
hydraulic distribution, compressed air and
electric traction is a somewhat anomalous
one.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
War Engines o { the Future.

General w. n. Hutchinson has published
o series of letters in which he shows that
balloons and submarine boats are likely to
become the war engines of the future. He
thinks that their power will so vastly ex-
coed that of all weapons, that the manu:a :ac-
ture of large ordnance and construction OF
iron clads, as we'll as expensive :ortifca-
tions, will ere long be discontinued. He
suggests not only that strenuous exertions
should be made to increase the efficiency of
the submarine boat, but that care 'ul ard
exhaustive tests should be made in order TO
determine the true mechanical and mathe-
matical principles upon which the construc-
tion of navigable balloons should be based.
One method suggested by General Hutch
inson for developing the efficiency OF SUBJ
marine boats in war is to offer a prize to
chemists for the best means of maintaining
the purity o. the air in such vessels during
q long period. He inclines to the opinion
that the development of submarine vessels
would be the means of abolishing armor
clads. With a view to encouraging iu-
ventors and Others he proposes that prizes
begiven for designs for propelling cylindri-
cal navicable balloons with the lightest
machinery, combined with the least COM
sumption of fuel or other driving agent. He
believes strongly In the advantage of large
as compared with small navigable balloons
and he prefers them to be made of a cylin-
drical form with taper points to enable them
to pass easily through the air. In time OF
war be thinks that the navigable balloons
might destroy ships at anchor and forts by
dropping shells containing high explosives
on them. General Hutchinson's view may
Be somewhat advanced, but there is no doubt
that the result of recent experiments both in
submarine navigation and in baIlooning en-
courage the belief that they are not beyond
the range Of possibility.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
A Safe Mode of Transit.

There are few instruments or pieces OF ap-
paratus more delicate and fragile than many
of the costly and Intricate productions of
mechanical skill in general use to-day by
electrical companies for the purposes of re-
fined electrical measurement and it can
easily be understood that the difficulty of
shipping these expensive and easily de-
ranged instruments from place to place
without risk OF damage from careless hand
ling in transit is perplexing question, both
to manufacturers and users. A famous
English electrician says that he early
adopted plan that proved so successful
that he has adhered to it ever since
Finding that.careful packing and conspic-
uous labels stating the contents 10 be "glass,
with great care" were not always sufficient
to prevent breakage and damage to delicate
parts. he hit on the idea of sending. out all
his instruments in beautifully polished
mahogany cases with brass handles and
mountings. The exquisite appearance OF
the cases appealed successfully even to the
callous natures OF porters and dock hands;
they positively had not the heart to scratch
the immaculate polish by rough handling,
and the freedom OF the instruments from
damage amply repaid the extra cost Of the
luxurious cases.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
The Elephants Hide.

The tanning of elephants hides is compa-
ratively new industry. The method en-
ployed is practically the same as in the tan
ming of COW hides, except that a stronger
combination of the tannic ingredients is re-
quired, and greater length of time, about
six months, is necessary to perform the
work. When the hide is taken out Of the
vat it is about one and one-half inches
thick. Articles made of elephants hide are
expensive luxuries. A small pocketbook
of elephant leather, without any silver or
gold ornamentation, costs about $40. A
small leather satchel made of the same ma
terial costs anywhere from $500 to S400.
Cigar cases, card cases and similar articles
vary from $25 to 500. Floor rugs are also
made out OF the leather. In finishing the
hide no attempt is made to glaz. or polish
it. Everything is done to preserve its nat
ural color and appearance. 1t is very en-
during leather, several years wear having
but little effect on it. The scarcity of ele-
plants and the great expense entailed in
the tanning of their hides precludes the pos
sibility of elephant leather ever becoming a
thing OF popular and general use.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14

essential advantage of this battery consists
itv from its peculiar construction. 1t has
16 plates mounted In flexible pockets, and
these elements are placed fat, one against
the other, and compressed between two end
plates of wood by means of rubber spring
bands.
This spring arrangement gives to the
active solid matter an artificial elasticity
which results in large specific power and
storing capacity. This is only one of the
many important Improvements which have
recently been effected in the storage battery,
and which are gradually bringing that mode
of utilizing electricity to a stage Of perfec-
tion which will lead to its general adoption
ior propulsive and other purposes.