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Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28
SECRETARY ]. w. SKINNER.

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE IN
SURANCE COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, June
%, 1S96-Edward Rosewater Esq, Omaha,
Neb.-Dear Sir: 1t was my intention to
promptly acknowledge the receipt of an in
vitation to attend the celebration of the
twenty-ffth anniversary of The Omaha Bee
and express my regret because of inability
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28
PRESIDENT THOMAS ECKERT

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO,
PRESIDENTS OFFICE, NEW YORK, June
~. lS96.-Edward Rosewater. sq.-My Dear
Sir | am in receipt of your kind invitation to
participate in the celebration of the twenty
fifth anniversary of The Omaha Bee Dis
tance of course prevents my presence on
the occasion, but | desire to add my per-
sonal congratulations and fluctuations to
the numberess others which you must have
received on the interesting event. Yours
very truly,
THOMAS D. ECKERT Prnsilnnt.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

Chicago has the advantage over st.
Louis in experience in handling big con
ventions. The Chicago convention ought
therefore to be more smoothly managed
so far rs accommodating visitors il con
cerned than the St Louis gathering
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28
EDITOR BOSTON GLOBE.

THE BOSTON GLOBE. BOSTON, June 20,
1S96.-Dear Sir: Both General Taylor and
regret that we could not accept your kind
invitation for Friday, June 10. We are glad
to see that you are prospering, and extend
our best wishes for many years of success
to come. Yours sincerely,
CHARLES J. TAYLOR, Jr.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

The bicycle baggage question has got
ton into the courts. The danger is that
It will not get finally out of the courts
until the next invention is about to
supplant the bicycle.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28
CONGRESSMAN d. n. HENDERSON.

DUBUQUE, la, June %, iS96.-My Dear
Mr.. Roscwater: | regret exceedingly that
my engagements here prevented mo coming
to the celebration Of the twenty fifth ami
versary of The Omaha Bee. May its useful
ness in the future be progressively in keep
ing with its past record Very truly yours,
ID. b. HENDERSON,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

The efficiency of Il newspaper cor
respondent in Cuba must be measured
by the rapidty with which he is eX-
PEELED from the country by the Spanish
authorities
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

Our friends, the democrats, need not
worry about the future of Speaker Reed
Mr.. Reed is quite big enough to take
care of himself
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

With the boat races over the
enthusiastic college student can find
employment devising some new and ear
splitting up-to-date campaign yells.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

The car of Russia is said to be SUI
fering from the iaundice. The jaunhicc
ought speedily to become the fashionable
disease throughout the entire Russian
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

Parties going out Of the city for the
summer may have The Bee sent to their
address by leaving an order at the
business Office of the Bee. Telephone 23S.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

The mortality from the Japanese earth
quake and tidal wave is now estimated at
10000, Compared with such a calamity
the ST, Louis catastrophe sinks into insig-
nidcance. Disaster In the orient seems to
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

CHICAGO. June 20. 1S96.-ion. Edward
Rosewatcr-My Dear Sir: Returning home
today after a weeks absence, | find the
invitation to the twenty-ffth anniversary
of The Bee, and | thank you for the cour-
tesy. Hoping you may continue to prosper,
| remain, yours truly,
GEORGE B. HARRIS.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

President Clevcland'S alleged Cuban
coup seems to have gone the way of his
third term boom.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28
GENERALIZATION ron THE nee.

The letters OF congratulation on occasion
OF The Bees twenty-Rfth anniversary are
still coming with every mail. While all
OF them are greatly appreciated II is pos
sible TO print only a few of those that
seem to be OF moro than ordinary interest,"
to the public. a few OF the letters re-
ceivcd from prominent people are there
fore here given:
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28
TWO VIEWS.

Frand KapIds UemOCrnt.
Dear woman since this world began,
Has searched for an ideal man;
Nor ever dreamed-So foolish she
That such one could never be.
But man-who has wiser streak
Ideal woman does not seek
He knows and wants 1t understood
The good old kind is much too good.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

be on a scale commensurate with the density
Of the population. and is 80 terrible that II
cannot be appreciated or comprehended In
a land like ours.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28
EX. PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON.

INDIANAPOLIS June 25, 1S96.-E Edward
Rosewater, Esq Omaha, Neb My Dear
Sir: | beg to thank you for the invitation
to attend the reception in celebration OF
the twenty nfth anniversary OF The Bee,
and to congratulate you upon the successful
! founding OF a great newspaper Very truly
yours, BENJAMIN HARRISON
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

It is TO be campaign of popular
education.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

as an educator, more to our people than
any sacrifice they may be called upon
to make for 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

Household Words: Harry-What girl was
that you had in tow last evening?
Willie dndignanty)-Wha you are
pleased to call tow is usually spoken of by
people of culture as blonde trcsses.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-28

Judge: Horatius Cthc good onc)-Pa says
If I'm real good hen take me to the circus.
Thomas Uhe bad onc)-Aw, rats. Yer
han't got no bruddcrs ner sistcrs-do ez
yer please. Yer de on'y excuse he's got.
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est taken in this for the pure love of sci
ence, there is a practical side to it all.''
PAID AN ODD WAGER.
Clad In Garments Of Childhood, They Pa
raded the streets.
(From the Family Call. }

About ten years ago boy and girl
were talking to each other about love
and marriage, and each was emphatic
In the assertion that the other would
marry first. So they decided to make a
wager, of which the terms were that the
one who should first wed should celebrate
the event by parading the streetsclad in
the garments they then wore.
This appeared very satisfactory to both,
as each was positive that the other would
be the first one to pay the penalty.
The wager, of course, was kept pro-
found secret outside the circle of init
mate friends.
Last Monday the pedestrians on Chest
nut street were greatly surprised and
amazed to behold tall man clad in q
very comical costume. He wore q pair
OF very tight trousers, which did not
reach his knees, and pair of black
stockings. which were equally wanting
In length, to cover his lower legs. His
jacket WAS SO small that it was bursting
all over with the strain of it's contents,
an d over all was round schonlboy's
cap, perched on the back of his head :.
To add to the mystery of the situation,
the obviously groomed man wa followed
by very pretty young woman, who
was similarly CARRIED in clothing that
must have belonged to some child of long
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ALONG THE LINE AT Low WATER.

The project originated with the author,
and arliamentary powers for its ext Gu
ton were obtained in 1898 The actual
work Of constructor was commenced a
year later, in June, 1894, the interval
having been occupied in securing the
necessary licenses from the Board of
Trade, the Crown, and the Corporation
of Brighton. The line commences at the
eastern end of the Brighton Electric
Railway Ind extends distance of three
miles, to the village Of Nottingham,
favorite summer resort. There small
ron pier has been erected for the cars to
run alongside-the pier being available
also for steamer traffic and promenading.
At the Brighton end of the lins an iron
jetty has been erected, and building
containing scommodious waiting rooms
and offices are built on it, The coast is
bold along practically the whole distance
with chalk cliffs varying from 60 to 100
feet in height, and as The rails are laid
considerable distance from the shore
fine view of the coast is obtained. The
rails rest on concrete blocks, made in
stu, about three feet apart, mortised
into the sound rock. the height of the
block varying with the Irregularities of
tho shore. A shifting sand of very mod.
crate depth covers the rock in places, but
the rails were laid sufficiently high to
prevent any trouble from accommodations
on them. Tbs steepest gradient Is / to
300 and the radius of curves 40 chains
(s.64o feet.)
Tbs line consists of four rails GA
pounds per yard) laid as two tracks of
feet 1-2 inches gauge, space IS feet be-
tween the outer rails, thus giving an
effective gauge Of IS feet, this being rom
dered necessary to give the required sta
bility to the cars. The rails are secured
by steel clips and bolts, the latter being
imbedded in concrete. Oak blocks,
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The accounts of Drury Lane theater were
kept by her with irreproachable care and
neatness, and SO long as she was able to
give her time to this task method and or
der prevailed and prosperity reigned.
Moreover, she relieved her husband Of the
irksome labor of reading the manuscripts
of unfiedged and presunptuous authors
She never courted or cared for celeb
rity, whether as maid or matron, the fam
lily hearth being always her favorite sphere
of influence. Yet there was nothing
morbid in her disposition or any un-
worthy shrinking from her duty in all cir
cunstances. On the contrary, she entered
the world of fashion with a grace whioh
was a second nature, and she shone in it
with beauty which was unrivaled and a
brilliancy nearly as remarkable. Her love
for her husband was akin to worship. He
was attached to her with all the romantic
jealousy and devotion Of loyer.-"S heri-
dan, Biography by W. Fraser Rae
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way and Finland, very likely near VarangeT
Fiord, at Vadso and Vardo in Finland. The
eclipse there will be shorter than at Yezo.
The chances for clear sky are about the
same at the several places.
The advance in photography and i'm
provments devised by Professor Todd in the
mechanism for photographing celestial phe-
nomena multiply the glimpse several hun
derd fold. Professor Todd has arranged a
mechanism by which he can connect as
many telescopes and cameras as he may
please, and can control their operations as
Photographic apparatus. He can load the
huge machine with hundreds of plates SO
placed in a revolving barrel that as fast as
! an exposure is made new plate comes into
the focus. He expects to operate thirty tel
escapes and to bring back 200 to 400, or pos
sibly more, photographs. file will make the
photographs of the corona and total eclipse
for pictorial purposes and to measure the
intensity of the corona and the light in eve
ry part.
Professor Todd took with him both reflect
ing and refra citing telescopes. The largest
is rejecting telescope with a twelve-inch
spectrum, which will form an image of the
sun, one and three-quarters inches in diam
The greatest interest in the expedition
centers in the photographs to he made of
the corona, the wonderfully beautiful halo
of silyery radiance which is wholly different
from what we call sunlight. and is only to
be seen when the sun is in eclipse. 1t is so
beautiful and impressive that the most ap-
preciative of astronomers has said that,
while perhaps only n astronomer could
understand the possibilities of its signifi-
canoe, only poet could describe its glory.
1t is a luminous appendage of the sun, a
Harmonious briliancy which, when the dark
| shadow of the moon completely obscures
the solar orb, bursts out in flashes and scin-
tillant waves beyond the darkened circle.
1t seems in some way to be connected with
the sun spots. The spots are most mum erous
about every eleven years and are ewest
about five years afterward.
When the spots are many the solar 80 roma
bursts out. strongest in curvlng ray at
each end of the lateral diameter of the 1u-
mar shadow, and there is little of the pecu-
liar radiance at the ends of the vertical dia-
meter. When the spots are fewest there is
more brillianoy above and below, and COM
paratively little at the sides of the shadow.
The moon has nothing to do with the corona
Before leaving New York Professor Todd
said .'We shall by means of the spectre
scope and polar scope, test and analyze the
radiance of the beautiful silvery light that
forms the corona and try to find out just
what it Is and whether 1t is due to the rad1-
alton OF solar energy. Aside from the inter
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The tops of the main legs are tlrmh
built into lattice girder WORK, carrying
the deck. and the whole structure is
hrmly secured by cross ties. 1t is of
great strength, although Offering but a
small surface to the force of the waves,
The main deck appurtennaoes and cree
tions are carried out exactly as If for
a steam yacht and measure 80 feet in
length and 20 feet in width. The rail
lngs round the deck are of iron, with q
wooden top rail and wire netting. An
ample supply of seats, with reversible
backs, is provided to enable passengers
to face the direction in which the car is
going. The centre space of the deck ID
occupied by the saloon, structure Il
feet wide by 25 long, provided with plate
glass windows all round, and large cen.
trial ottoman, fitted with box between
the backs in which are placed palms and
flowers. The centre of the ceiling il
occupied by stainedglass dome. and
the interior decorations are carried cut in
simple but effective manner. The roof
of the saloon is rallied round and forms
promenade deck, seats baing placed avel
the glass dome and over the tire OF tht
saloon. On the lower deck Is placed tbs
controlling apparatus for driving and
stopping the cars. The total accomme.
dation is for 100 to $50 passengers. AS
the journey is short and will be- under
taken more for the sea air than for
quickly making the trip, the speed ia
kept between six and eight miles an
hour.
The driving machinery consists of two
thirty horse power electric motors,
placed vertically Immediately over two
of the main legs, one on each side of the
car, the Skating being carried down
inside and communicating with toothed
gearing, which aotuates the wheels. The
brakes are worked by rods passing dewn
the remaining two legs. The current,
at 500 volts, is conveyed to the car by
means of c trolley pole and overhead
wire, tho latter being carried on hand
some steslapoles.
Mr.. ST. George Moore of Westmanster
was the engineer in conjunction with
the author, the work being carried cut
under the latter's supervision.
While at st. Malo, in France, there Is
structure which is pulled across the
harbor by means of q chain over a dis
tanoe of about ITO yards. the line here
consi Tered as essentially different in de-
sign and construction, and stands alone
as a sample of original railway engi-
neering. Owing to tidal difficulties, the
work had to BIO carried out in sections,
and most Of the material had to be
owered over the ia ce of the cliff.
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mechanics, get their apparatus in position
without <3i2aa,,14..

mechanics, get their apparatus in position
without difficulty.
To understand the character of the eclipse
imagine a small, circular, non-luminous
body intervening between larger luminous
globe and your eye, and near enough to the
eye to obscure the larger body, as penny
held near enough to.the eye will hide sill
yer dollar or an orange will shut off from
the eye the big glass globe around an arc
light.
Inc shadow of the orange will be cone
SNAPPED. large near the orange and narrow
ing down to point. So with the sun and
moon, and at the time of the August eclipse
the shadow, which begins at the near side
OF the moon with diameter equal to the
moon, will be truncated, just before it ha S
narrowed to point, by the earth, and will
1all upon the earth with breadth of about
100 miles. 1t will be as If the moon took a
monster paint brush, nodded it to a point,
and, applying little pressure, drew a mar
row black line around that part of the earth
which revolved within reach,
The black line, or band, or shadow, will
mark the earth from point west of Nor
way, In the ocean, across Norway, Sweden,
Finland, northern Russia and Siberia, the
racine Ocean and some of the northern
islands of Japan. Of these last it will fall
upon Soya and the north end of Yezo,
Mombetsu and Yubetsu. From Yupetsu it
will go on, falling upon mountains 5000 or
1000 feet high, and continue over the ocean
some hundreds of miles, and then vanish
ing.
Within this long, hundred mile wide belt
of darkness several observing parties will
take their stand at different points, but the
scientists cannot have as many points of
observation as they would like because OF
the vast inaccessible stretches of Siberia.
French, Germ an AMI Italian astronomers
will probably make observations from Nor
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occurred during the winter of 1885, no
damage whatever was done to the per.
manent way, SO the fact that it possesses
ample strength to resist the force Of the
sea has been demonstrated in sa5isfa c.
tory manner, and no accumulation Of sea
weed or other matter has taken place ut
any time. The car which was b uilt by
the Gloucester Railway Carriage Com
pany, is d structure on sixteen Wheels
each SO inches in diameter, carrying the
passengers at a height of "a feet above
the level of the rails. The four main le 70
are tubes Of drawn steel Ii inches i'll
diameter the bottom OF each leg is placed
bogie truck. having four wheels, the
outside OF the boyle being shaped like an
inverted double-ended boat to facilitate
it's pas sage through the water and also
to remove any obstruction from the rails.
The four bogies are firmly held togethsr
by steel tubular struts. The wheel base
is about % feet and, with the already
mentioned effective gauge of IS feet,
gives great stability.
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COSTLY sun GLIMPSES.
Scientists Travel 10000 Miles To See
an Eclipse.
THE VIEW OF 1T WILL LAST ONLY
TWO MINUTES.
Professor Todd Expects to Take 400 Pilot
ographs on a Far Away Japanese Is

egraphs on Far Away Japanese Is
land. Z
To obtain two-minute glimpse of the
sun while that orb is in eclipse few scient-
lists will have made journey of over 10000
miles and spent about $4,000. If it should
happen to be cloudy at the precise time that
the face Of the sun is obscured the scient-
lists will have made the journey, spent the
money and given years hard work for
nothing. Even the nerviest gambler would
hesitate to accept such desperate chances.
In the middle of the afternoon of Sunday,
Aug. o, next the sun will be in total eclipse.
This is a rare event among astronomers and
scientists in all parts Of the world have not
been slow in making arrangements to take
advantage of it. The worst of it is that the
eclipse will not be visible from any part of
North America, but that fact has not de-
tered Professor David p. Todd, of Amherst
College, from determination to see it, He
is now at Yezo, one of the most northern
islands of Japan, with thirty telescopes and
photographic paraphernalia, and if the
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sharp western Electioneering.

They are laughing over at the court
house about the way certain of the can
didates for sheriff are raising merry trib
ul ,tion. 1t is all because somebody told
them that one of the clerks in the pro-
pate office was working for rival oan-
didate. This somebody claims to have
overheard in dialogue which ran some
thing like this:
Candidates for marriage Ii oense, ap-
preaching window:
81 would like to get married.
AffaoIe clerk Certainly. Your
name?'
adolf Linkenhammer.
And age?''
"Thirty two"
"The lady's name and age?"
Mary Schwartzenroop twenty -four. +"
: Eyes. Are you a voter, Mr.. Liken-
hammer" ooh, yes. Six years now"
where do you liver"
Near jackson street."
'Pretty we'll acquainted up there?"
Yos, Isknow good many
Ever take any interest in politics?"
"Oh, sometimes. !"
"Well, here arc few of MIR. McCon.
nell's cards He's the man we want for
sheri #. Do what you can for him. I'll
have the license ready for you in half a
moment.
That's the story that makes the other
candidates froth at the mouth.
Rnt fba~ ofh,u cand III LOT ac do froth ut
the mouth SO east ly Detroit Journal.
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Re Signed willingly.

He had been telling what a meritorious
scheme he had, and as he finished he drew
piece of paper from his pocket.
1 have here he began.
:, Y not subscribe cent" interrupted
bhe business man. II don't believe in
your alleged charitable scheme, and I'll not
give you cent for it.
But 1 don't want any money from
you, protested the caller.
Then what do you WANT"
just want you TO sign a petition to
some one else to help it along. Your in
Ruence, you know"-
Oh, well IN do that, but I won't give
you any money for such swindle. Chi
cago Post
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NOVEL ELECTRIC RAILWAY
Self-propelling Car on a Road Sub
merged by the Sea.
BUILT AS A MEANS OF ATTRACT
ING VISITORS.

1t Affords Visitors to Brighton an Oppor-
tunity for Short Voyage without the
Discomforts of Seasickness-Thc Line is
Only Three Miles Long-Driving Ma
chinery Consists of Thirty-Horse Pow
er Electric Motors.
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through which the bolts pass, are placed
between the rails and the concrete blocks.
Tie RODS are also used every 10 feet on the
straight, and every 5 feet on the curves,
and heavy angle hshplates are used for
TIE rail joints, the rail being in th irty-
foot lengths.
The depth Of water over the rails at
high tide is l5 fees. Although the most
violen gales experienced for many years
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FIFTY CENTS.

The DAILY PRESS Is sent 10 any
address by mail for so CENTS A
MONTH. 1t is delivered by carriers
In Portland and vicinity atthe same
rate.
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a o. Not much could be seen, however,
OIL ...r costume, as she wore a long wrap.
The reader will readily guess the expla-
nation IF the strange exhibition.
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The idea of running self-propelling
car On railway submerged i'll the sea-
decidedlyaa unique one-has been carried
into practical effect at Brighton, Eng
land, where line opera ted in that man
ner has been built as means Of attracting
visitors to that resort of pure sea air and
practically short voyage without the
discomforts of seasickness, and also as a
means OF opening up the Views of the
bold sea coast there between the terminal
OF the line, says Magnus. Volk in Cassier d
Magazine for July.