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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12

ROOM In addition its other dsagreeablc features,
has a steamppe about six inches in diameter run
ming through IL from end TO end just below the
ceiling and this contributes artificial heat pon III
summer and winter. and renders the place veri-
table "7x9 swea;box." as Mr. Durston aptly Styles
it, The new messroom will be heated by steam IN
cold weather but the pipes viii he so arranged
that they Will remain dead" In the summer sea-
49, - -,x,rr
The present chapel is divided into two parts. one
for Proiestants and one for Roman catholics.
Speaking rcverenty. the Roman tathoHc chapel
as II now exists would have been an amusing ieat-
ure at the Worlds Fair Art Gallery II IL cous"
have been on exhibition there. The room Is ABOUT
nc large as that occupied by the Protestants, ana
the altar il creitable in size and general appear
ance II happened. however. a rev years ago tii"'
one Of the convicts impressed the tnen WARDEN
with his alleged abilities as an artst' Inc prs
oncr was a Roman Catholic himself and he con-
ceivcd tho idea that the walls OF the chapel shoud
b. suppIied with stations OF the cross he was
directed TO outline his plans and proceed win 'he
nainiinr Of the pictures. The results OF his genius
and skil are now recognized in the adornment o.
the walls Of this chapel. II Is evident that ms
convict artist felt 1t incumbent upon him 10 make
clear that all the characters connected with the
life and crucfxion Of the Saviour were thor0usn-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12
THE CONDUCTOR WAS GLAD TO STOP THEN.

THE CONDUCTOR WAS GLAD TO STOP THEN'
A young woman who boarded a crowded cabie
car the other afternoon evidently was pehever
in womans rights. When the car was nearing nef
destination she began TO make irah''c EFFORTS !"
.,.., ~. ot,ention Of the conductor who was
then busily engaged in counting change. AS her
attempt 10 get conductor TO stop the car proved
IN surressf,ll she Jumped from her seat ana pulled
rho Nrs bell cord within her reach. When the con-
ductor heard the bell he took In the SITUATION ~
Glance and Immediately stopped the car to let the
woman on She had rung up fare for him.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28

MY first invention, he replied, when
asked about IL, was a vote recorder.
had witnessed the frauds that went on
at political meetings and thought IL |
be doing mankind a favor / went 10
work and invented a system by means OF
which each member of a legislative BODY
could, by moving a switch on his desk
20 right or left. register his name on n
The bsper in the machine woui Lays .,
course, be out OF reach but in full view
OF the audience. took IL 10 a convention
and to some politicians. Well. they would
not even look at II. and far from consid-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28

from, q perusal Of them, that every per
SON with a grievance, or an lHN'tt' w. n
ar = lad or an idea about anything at AZ
Gref asked Mr.. ElisOns opinion abu"I ~
hafora going ahead. Letters rom III
yeutors who want capital, letters rom IN
yentyrs who want uggesuonS, folPGIt,,.tiio,
motion crauks who have all bat one H'lre
ming" and want Mr. Edison 10 tell 1t ,,,g
Srbaf II is. letters from autograph hunters
and photograph hends; letters from IpI ~
UsbaW, they have one large PIE "H'..n -
deyStc1 10 nothing else but letters lloH i
rranks. IL is labeled Crank tug anu
il has had to be emptied several tIlrs.
This is the story Of Edison, ms iii' anu
tii ,,.o,ss the man whose individual e.
fnrts has done more 10 brighten me "yil'
man ucrhaps any other man oi MS .IiLl,,
lis rsa -.IesS activity has been more ul'I,
rrpv,uad with success ana HI7 7u,''.'
H. Inc greater iu that We may ~
n..r s1 much more from him ma me Iu-
turs INV fayOrite recreation ne SH' 7.
ia IN 40 more Of some otner hlul OF
work " The resource OF sl'H a man -
unlimited The length 10 when ne iIli@nt
co is infinite yet be- remains as 9IiI'l.' o.
y child. His creed is that there are sI'dl,
or possibilities iu what We may tAp'.t,IC
man Inn what we already kuo" ana iu!9 ~
wonderful when We Trims lnat ~ ,o,'''a
from A man who has adopted Mrd3eau .
nioito that. Nothing ls imp"ssIpie ~
The man who Will.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28

Tho Suow-Churcn Company $ weekly r.
view ~ trade says: Ola. ,b.
The same situation OF "dt'"5 .2t ,'
da,.Iopmrut OF retail trade continue
JIirine last week, ana on all SIDES " t'o',-
sale dealers and manufacturers dI' "
tatlug and in many instance
inc or Withdrawing orders, Hllt 90
Llisiuo,,s shows some indication pl "IaI
-. IL is To fake WHAT all hdulo are
Daitint for is some tangible, some "u'
pIla,e assurance that the IAN dIt ".'I
trade IS destined 70 move lIt ''a -,
course with something near tH' ~ TO-
sum total OF sales and orders anu o.
r.asouable amount OF prOuJ 10 mus I'm
blr,liug their money In stocks ia . ct
trade auprlaches expectation, I"''0
he a renewal Of orders upon J-''.' 10 ..,.'.,1
viii in turn find II necessary 10 '''' 49,
he manufacturers % rcpieu Su -"''t
etn,ls This Will acCeutudte tar dtli.'...'
for raw material result In bet-L t'.',.a,
larger profits, and an iuccdscd on , t,,,I,'
of money. upon Whlch IL prosperous
condition 50 vitality depends. cha.
During the week lower prizes ~. ,,''.,
o-r.at farm staples were sun d I'"''''n
gaaUira. wn h. lower wages Ih SOM
tabiishments, EQUIPPED Win poHl'l'' ~
certainty, ali contributed 70 nav -
tar,Iigg influence. Lars- imports VI .
cbandisa and unusually small tApOi -
In~rfher with inadequate employ IhrHt l'i
money here combined 10 RAISE w
of foreign exchange, so thdI posS'DIl',
of gold exports have SOM eitelt o' ~
stock market As we nave DtLoie IA ~.
mated in our report the sVEe' tii's,.,
crnn repOrts are not greatly lIu"l -
though they nevertheless nave an ~. ~. -,
once and as a matter or thcJ tAaEbeI q 'c
~ tsndencv toward lower prices, be
cause they are supposed to put all the
crops too low. -..t.o ore,
corn mas been stronger, for receipts are
hardly a quarter. and exports barely an
.ighfk OF last years ngures, and II Is
pTsstioned whether the actual ylell, II
ahova the Government estimate, may not
love hover than has been supposed. The
Cotton returns are still somewhat con-
n ctrng but the nearest possible estimate
of the correct average OF returns, points
IN "a WELD so far above that Indicated by
the Government statement that a sun
further decline has ensued
Although, as above stared, ana as De-
tore cbr0nicled by us, the extremely low
mics fo1. cotton and wheat are holding
down retail purchases Ia the south ana
VVest there is nevertheless a gradual gain,
as Indicated By full reports from the lead
inc polnts In those sections.
From the South, the reports on the
WHOLE indicate a quiet feeling or coiIl-
dencc with steady business and slow gains
In a good many quarters. Baltimore, to-
gether with Richmond. reports much
better feeling among wholesale dealers
and tohbcrs. though not as much improve
TnruT over last week as was expected.
Atlanta reports retail trade as active in
dry goods clothing, and groceries, which
Is the kind OF news we like TO hear Al
the present time IL cannot be too fuliy
APPRECIATED how much depends upon the
development of the retail trade.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28
osrArrsr PROBLEM oY ALL.

1.-The discovery OF way of converting
coal directly into electricity. will be the
turning point OF all our methods OF pro-
pulsion. Naturally stean will be entirely
superseded by the current. There will
externals which go with steam engines.
We are rapidly approaching the time Of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28

He is unaffected 10y the theories Wnlch
have come from France regarding New
York states system of "Electrocution.
D'ATsenVal. the French scientist, thinks,
or intimates. that men are not killed by
high currents such as are used at Sing
sing Ellison the American scientist,
thinks they are killed. d ARSENAL
speaks Of men who have been resuscitat-
ca after being heavily shocked by the
current Edison points TO the list OF
men who have been killed by IL through
accident The list IS long now and the
precedent established is strong. How
ever, he says that the way for the
Frenchmen 10 prove their theories is for
them 10 take the man who Is first shock
ed. 10 a hospital, and make q test Of re
prove their point. As TO the statement
that the "clcctrocuted" men may really
have been killed by the post norton
knife and not by the current, he thinks
il absurd. This ought 10 comfort those
physicians who have performed autOp-
sizes on the elcctrOcuted men.
There are enough young doctors hang
ing around the hospitals 10 make a thor
ough test of it," said he. Nearly all
he men who have been killed by cleo
tricity have received the current through
their hands. All the marks on them
after the current has passed through
have been "A little white spot on each
cuted l advised them TO put electrodes
on the hands and feet ley had all the
experience they needed from the acct
dents that had occurred. But no, they
must put them on the back Of the neck
because cluster of nerves centered In
that region. They burnt the men and
now | see they have come down TO
adopting the suggestion | made. Pract-
cal experience is better than theory every
time"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28

Miss Lewis and Mrs. Canqace wheeler
have built a handsome block OF women's
dwellings In New York. IL sill a"cOm-
MEDIATE 800 women in single rooms or
In suits. according to their incomes. For
those who wish TO keep house there Will
be unfurnished apartments with kitchens,
TO be- leased By the year The manage
ment will be first rate. and there Will
be no needless rules.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28
CrRE roR INsOMNIA.

Il had a man come out TO the Orange
laboratory once. who said he was a great
sufferer from Insomnia. He wanted me %
cure him and agreed 10 DO just as told
MN II / would only make MN Slfsp'
Well, ! put him 10 work Watching
mercury pumD which was eNhduSthS the
air from some incandesceht lamps. !
started him 10 work in the morning ana
all that day he regulated the pump. MI
night long he watched but with no signs
o. feeling OF drOwsinvss. The second day
was Ike the first. No desire Tor steep
But the second night we tOund hlm' the
pump neglected and in ruins and he iaSt
asleep in his chair. Why a canon-baH
wouldn't have walked him. In the popu-
lauon Of New York, l do not believe that
one man in ten averages more thdn TOUR
hours sleep per day.
Mr. EIisou's home life is spent at Lie
Wellyn Park, where his pretty villa stands
within five minutes walk OF his laboratory.
Like most men of his class he Is retlcent
concerning this part Of his existence. lie
has been married and how impregnated Is
his whole being with the spirit OF his
researches was apparent When ne called
his Children girl and boy-"Dot'
and "pasG.' OF course his house shows
the evidence Of his profession though he
tries tO exclude IL as much as possible
as being too much In the line OF the
shop. Ills library even hnds It's home
outside his house. IL Is located IN the
Orange laboratory and IL is very complete
You may enter the laboratory by way OF
the library which is equipped In the. most
luxurious manner. From the handsome
clock above the fire place 10 the marble
statue representing the Genius OF Light
everything bespeaks refinement and taste.
The figure Is by an Italian artist. IL Is
cupid, with wings open, astride a broken
gaslamp and holding aloft brilliant In
candescent lamp. There are 1000 vol
umes OF reference In the room. Here also
Is the splendid Tiffany collection Of min
erals ard gems which Mr. Edison bought
In Paris. Around the room are hung in
teresting portraits, drawings. etc.
Mr.. EiisOn's immense correspondence
Is another phrase " his attitude before
the public. lie Is literally swamped with
letters, and naturally he has not time to
look them all over. His correspondence
Is handled by a secretary and MIR Edison
does not probably see more than two let
tiers IN every ten. 1t would distract him II
he saw more than this. for IL would seem
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28

Cigar manufacturers say II is mys-
terry how cigars as good as Ell TRI-
UMPHO and FLOR DE MARSHALL can
be sold here for tive and ten cents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28

ering It a benefit to the country. they
said ii would become curse, Tor II
would take away the only power the
minority party would have in a meeting.
The majority would always rule. that
settled It, | made mp my NINA never 10
invent anything the public did not want
and / have held strictly 10 that rule ever
since"
a series of inventions followed an on
gagemcnt in New York which ne OBTAIN
ed some time ufterward and hhai,y III
the Centennial year Of the ktpunHc .S
established and withdrew 70 me "gIil
famous laboratory at Menlo PARK. lis
feats since that time have been the
worlds wonders The incandesccht lamp.
the dynamo, the photograph, tAe hiuSlo-
graph the score Of other lnEcH'IoHS
which make his name a household word
are rapidly growing into comWohpIdoes;
At the Paris Exposition he was Wcl''lhcl
as the real ruler Of the people, the great
est bencfactcr Of his race. ms crown
was the absolute homage OF Iduoh
that was celebrating the huudr"Ith an
uiycrsary OF the downfall OF MS mon
archy The establishment OF the orange
laboratory was another step III dHFd'l'V'
II Is the greatest laboratory, par tN'ei-
Iencc I'm the world "A temple Ut alchemy
where the magician turns an 10 so'd-
gold in its trUcr, wider, sense
HOW III LIv,s ANp WORKS.
His habit are simple. Though he Is
not ayerse TO any Of the luNurles or me-
vet he can for the sake Of his aims cur
tail this propensity for pleasure uutl ne
becomes almost an ascetic. lhcIe Is one
luxury he has generally denied himself
though not row 50 much as Formerly;
This As sleep. IL IS traditiOnally suppoSeu
that Mir Edison never goes 70 pea, f"r
years he allowed himself but tiNr hours
sleep a day. bur now he says he taxes a
varying but larger amount Napoleon
averaged but five hours sleep per day.
Edison is one OF the few people VINO 90
not AT times have 90 force sleep. lie eN-
plants this by saying that he can always
ind something to do, every moment ne
Is awake.
Il used 10 take less sleep than do now
but / am growing old and now take 10
easier. II runs In our family TO require
little sleep. Ny father seldom took more
than five hours even when ne gre" on
My grandfather never went 10 pea al
all. lie used 10 sit in chair ana sleep
for four or five hours every night. lie
lived To be one hundred and four years
old. | find that people can dccustou
themselves To almost any amount OF
sleep. If We are used 20 having ten hours
we will be- all broke up II We qont get
it but We can. as rule, DO with less: Try
TO stay up for all but i've hours Tor a
couple of nights and it VIII tire You out.
but after you are used 10 II II Is easy
enough.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28

FREE All tea purchaaers OF ono pound
IhLu' aud over xii receive beautful
Teal GRATIS. Re'ollcct our Green,
Black, and Mixed Teas at 40, 80. ,5e., aud
81 cannot DO equ,Iled. OF course W. coll
smaller quantities Department In Base.
mont
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-09-22
ANTIQUARIAN.
American Scientists DeIvlng
in ASSXrian Ruins,
New Directors for the Santa Fe Proposed
&C. s. GIeed Already in the Board
Heavy Shortage of Corn In
huences All Business.
Business About the Same.

New YORK. September 17.-R. G. Dun q
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Business has met no set back this week
and continues larger than earlier in August
and larger than year ago directly after the
panic. The country has now passed nearly
three weeks under the new tariff, and all ad-
NIT that changes have been of less impor-
tance as yet than was expected. If in some
branches business has materially increased, f,
it has gained a little or fallen off in others.
Loss in some directions is ex planned by
crop reports, for the most favorable estimate
of experts put the loss of corn at about 4OO,-
100000 bushels, whereas, the government
report is oy some interpreted as meaning a
loss of a billion bu .hels. The opinion of
the trade does not favor the official estimate
and the price has not risen at all during the
week, though receipts have been very small,
exports have practically ceased and all re-
alize the shrnkage of 400,000,0O0 bushels is
serious, if it proves to be no greater, since it
must affect prices of meats for year or
more.
Pork is unchanged but lard has risen 80
cents per 100 pounds. Nor official re-
ports encouraging as to wheat. Western
receipts in two weeks have been IL ,l84, ,687
bushels against 10.674,761 last year, and At
lantic exports only 2O74, ,790 against 5, ,106,5 ,562
last year, and the price IS 19c lower.
Shipments of shoes from Boston in two
weeks have been 168,915 cases, against 108,-
$50 last year, and in low priced goods the
market has not been as bare Tor years, while
purchases from stocks or for quick delivery
reflect depletion of stocks and consuming
demands.
Less activity is seen in dry goods, the
rush of postponed business having abated,
and there is more disposition to defer pur-
chases because of somewhat general ad-
vances in cotton goods aud because London
wool sales are expected to make the out
look clearer.
Strikes in cotton mills have not ceased
and stocks of print cloths shrink rapidly,
but some question whether recent advances
in prices can be maintained with important
additions to the present force. There is still
a fair business for speedy delivery in wool
ems and for cheaper grades of spring goods,
but scarcely anything is done in finer grades.
About half the usual business in the aggre-
gate has been done, but about three-quarters
in the cheaper grades. Sales of wool have
been 8,255, POO in two weeks against 5,467, 900
last year and 16, 6,428.800 in 1892. The mark
cts are easier and less active, all awaiting
the London sale.
Failures in the first week of September as
vet reported show liabilities of only 81 ,430,-
070, of which $415.120 we're of manufactur-
ing and S937. $50 of trading concerns. The
aggregate of liabilities reported for August
is $1O697 ,513. This week the failures have
been 207 in the United States, against 314
last year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-09-22
For the ANTIQUARIAN.

WASHINGTON, d. C., Septem ber 17.-An ac-
count of the scientific exploration of the
ruins of Niffer. near ancient Babylon, which
is being made by American scientists under
the auspices of the Babylonian exploration
fund, which was subscribed by Philadel-
phians, in 1888, has been furnished the state
department by Minister Terrell.
The work of excavating began in 1887, and
has been continued by DR.. Peters and DR..
Hilpricht, only the former being now en-
gagged From $50 to $50 Ara bs are constantly
employed In the number of inscribed tab
lets and bricks, vases and in the value of
cuniform texts found, the American enter
prise is SAID to rival the explorations of
Layard at Ninevah. DIR. Hilpricht, the dis
tinguished Assyrian scholar, of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. remains at the museum
at the request of the Turkish government to
translate the inscriptions and arrange the
tablets and other relics, dating back to 1000
B. G.. Many tons of tablets, sarcophagi and
the like have already arrived at the museum
at Constantinople, and the sultan in recog-
milton of the services of the American pro-
fessors, has promised that the University of
Pennsylvania shall receive one of all dupli-
cate antiques. Minister Terrell says that
this enterprise has revealed an antiquity of
the human race nearly ten centuries olGer
than science had knowledge of before. The
religion. government. habits of life and. to
a great extent. the customs of men who lived
1000 years before Christ was revealed by the
inscriptions which are now being translated
and arranged by Professor Hilpricht.
Thus far 10000 inscribed ia bets of clay
and stone have been discovered, bearing in
scriptions which include promises to pay
debts. deeds. contracts and records of inn
portant public and private events.
One tablet seen by Minister Terrell was
promise to pay borrowed money, with inter
est. in shekels, in the reign of Cambyses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-09-22

Henry Watterson was introduced to the
delegates of the Pittsburg National encamp-
ment of the Grand Army and in presenting
the claims of Louisville for the next en-
campment he said:
Il have come with message from your
countrymen who dwell on what was once
the other side of the line, but whose hearts
beat in ready response to your hearts and
who bid me to tell you that they want to
see you. Candor tells me to say that there
was time when they did not want to see
you. There was time when, without any
invitation whatever. either written or ver-
bal, without any intimation of hospitality
you insisted upon giving us the honor of
your company, and, as it turned out, when
we were ill-prepared to receive you. 1t were
a pity, now that we are prepared. now that
the lid is off the pot and that the latch string
hangs outside the door, you should refuse US
the happiness of entertaining you, net with
bloody hands, to hospitable graves but as
friends and brothers, as fellow citizens who
learned to value one another amid scenes
that left no time for equivocation and in
transactions applying to human virtues the
very highest test
When it came time to vote on selection
of the place to meet next, Louisville. KY,
was chosen by unani:-Ous rising vote.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-09-22

The address made by Commander in Chief
John B. Adams of the Grand Army of the
Republic, at the Pittsburg encampment,
closed with this:
1.-THE figures show that the G. A. r. has
reached the beginning of the end and each
succeeding year will show gradual decrease
in our mem bership.
During the year the Grand Army has not
forgotten the great work of charity and has
expended S203, ,780 10 for relief.
Referring to the Sons of Veterans he COM
mends the action of the young men IN that
organization, and says that sit will carry on
our work when we lay it down. do not be-
lieve they should become members of our
order in any way, ana am of the opinion
they do not ask or expect it.. l believe the
e. A. r. should cease to exist and live only
IN history when the last comrade is mustered
out but our principles must live forever.
The speaker replied to the message OF the
president. which stated that thousands of
neighborhoods had their we'll known pension
frauds" The pension department and the
order had hunted down ali reported cases.
Very few frauds were discovered, and when
found were not cases where soldiers had de-
frauded the government, but where some
dishonest agent had worked poor ignorant
widow, and put the money thus obtained
into his pockets
He complained of the policy of the pen
sion office. which he declared had, in viola
tion of intended liberalty of the act of June
27, 1890. rejected every clam about which
there was the slightest doubt, and many dis
abled veterans, though their claims had been
proved by reliable witness, had been de-
prived of the whole or part of what they are
justly entitled to receive.
by act of congress-, he said, ''the pen-
sion is now made a vested right. have
been doing my best to find out what that
does for the pensioner. As he is examined,
re-examined, reduced and dropped the same
before. | am unable to say what advan-
tage the act is