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1t is easy 10 guess that this wonderful
little ra flroad is the one in the tunnel which
connects the magnificent Capitol with the
golden-domed Library, its new neighbor
of granite and marble. -
Byran, Dante, Homer, Hobbies, Milton,
Adam Smith, Herbert Spencer, Machia-
velli, Sherman, Madison, Calhoun, Burke,
Longfellow, Emerson, the Congressional
Record (which is usually very dead and
all the great dead and few living great
historians finanCiers, and Political econC-
miSts are TO tie the privileged class on these
underground cable cars.
Even Gen. Casey must foot il to the
Capitol or ride in his magnificent private
carriage; to say nothing OF the inventor,
If he ever has a desire nowadays to lock in
on the bald heads of the Senate, or the
young men with the buttcrmilk mus
taches of the renaissance period in the
House. 3"
DESCRIPTION OF THE TUNN Ell.
Speaking by the official card, The tunnel
runs about three TO five feet below the
surface of tie park ard payen!ents, i'll
straight line from the main entrance of the
Library building TO point OF tie Capitol
Immediately south of the central COlonnadc
on the cast front, where il enters the sub
basement, where The carrying apparatus
will extend vertically 10 a small storeroom
on the main floor of the Capitol, which
is in rear of tie loom now occupied by the
House Committee on Enrolled Bills.
The other terminal viii be in the basement
story of tie Library building, Immediately
under the main reading ICON and close by
the delivery apparatus.
This tunnel-rcferring 10 the brick work
Is four feet wide ard six feet high. with
the apparatus in place there is only room
enough for one man to pass through it.
The vertical section shown i'll the accom-
panying cut indicates this The heavy
grades are at the Capitol and Library,
where the cables rise TO meet the ener-
gcncy, as it were. In the last stages of the
tube there is an almost perpendicular
climb, like that OF the line uf Mount Vc-
Buvius.
As to the apparatus: The line is called
a tunnel conveyor, and consists OF
small endless wire cable, carrying book
holders. These bookholders are shown
in the vertical section herein reproduced.
The distinction between this double
track and that of the ordinary cable
tracks is that one line is above the other.
This is also shown in The vertical section.
ELECTRICITY THE POWER.
The cable is TO be kept running by an
electric motor at the rate of about
mile in eight minutes, it requiring there
fore about two minutes for book to
travel from the Library to the Capitol
Congress has recognized its own laws
against stringing overhead wires by put
ting its telephone between the Library and
the Capitol in this tunnel. The railway
line is further equipped with pneumatic
tube SO that IL is evident that more me-
chanical devices and modern Improvements
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ity of both projecting and bursting charges.
IL Is insensitiye to shocks, blows or fire,
yet as an explosive is much more powerful
than itro-glycerine. When used in the
gra INFLATED form for projecting charge IL
produces no smoke, nor does it foul IN e piece.
with a goodly store OF emineGsite and
jnveiie neither the British ileet in the
/ yelling Canal nor recruits stationed south
: at Nassau need to strike our patriotic hearts
! with terror.
: There has fortunately been little oppor-
. tunity for really testing the destructive
effects Of high explosives by use i'll war,
but many experiments have been made in
blowing up condemned vessels, and thus
= some idea can be obtained of their relative
strength.
One OF these experiments was made
under my supervision at the torpedo sta
t..lH5 N-E.rsrt. August Is, 1854, when the
schooner Joseph Henry. condemned yes
sci belonging TO the Treasury Department,
was blown up by a torpedo.
BLOWN UP BY A TORPEDO.
This torpedo was one OF the kind known
as contact torpedo the carved arms which
protrude being movable and so fixed that
II touched by an object they will be pressed
down so as TO complete the electric cur
rent. and thus fire the torpedo. Itcontained
firty-:hree pounds of gun cotton, there
being four dry disks in the central can, the
remainder being wet.
The Joseph Henry. which was so feet
long. 20 feet beam, and feet druught was
anchored in the harbor, and the torpedo
was attached TO the end of a spar rigged
out on the bow of n steam launch, the
latter being electrically controlled from
the shore.
The launch started from the shore and
Immediately on touching the schooner the
torpedo exploded and blew so large a hole
into the vessel that she sank immediately
About two years ago DR.. Newman served
as an expert for the special commission to
report TO congress on means of improving
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II the hellhoffIte splintered the block into

OF the hellhoffIte splintered the block into
minute nbers.
"Bcllite is the name OF the Swedish
ammunition, and It has some pretensionz
to perfection. On comparing the eff
cheney OF beIlite with that of gun n-cotton,
under exactly the same conditions, the for.
mer shows superiority OF 10.4 per cent
at distance OF seventeen feet six inches,
and l 5.2 per cent at a distance OF twelve
feet and six inches. The firing of twenty
five millimeter machine gun ammunition
and steel bullets against mines loaded with
bellite, had not the least effect upon the
explosive, thus proving it to possess in
th's respect great advantage over all other
explosives.
BELLITE's COMING IMP PORTANCE.
sit is the opinion OF those who have the
best opportunity OF knowing that beliite
bids fair to become of great importance.
1T is equally suited for mining and for
military purposes, and it is not liable to
be used for the undesirable purposes that
many powerful explosives serve.
"England uses lyddite, and size has done
some deadly work with shells loaded with
this substance. But as we are now meas
uring our strength with hers. it is crafty
ing to know that, chemically considered and
practically demonstrated, our ma tional de-
lenses, Joyeite and emmensite, are mu ch su-
perior to hyddite.
''Shells loaded with joveite travel at the
rate or 2, $50 feet per second, and this is
the greatest known artificial velocity.
One hundred pound siX-inch breech-load-
ing guns send bullets at the rate OF 2,460
feet per second.
''Emniciisite possesses the double quail
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MICROBES IN ICE.
Dangers Which Lie Hidden I'm the
Pores of ConpenIed Water

DdHSeES w men Lie Hidden In the
Pores of Congealed Water.
The dangers incident 10 the consumption
of ice obtained from polluted sources, as
lakes sr ponds receiving sewage. have been
much insisted on, and not only have actual
instances of The communication of cnteric
fever in this manner been quoted, but the
meteorological examination of different
samples of melted ice have been adduced to
show that the process of freezing has no
influence on the number or vitality OF the
microbes. Ice water, for example from the
Spree, has been found to contain 1,7OO to
the c. sm., and from the Lake of Geneva
219, while melted hailstOnes yielded ~,
says the British Medical Journal.
Blttherecent experiments ofProf Christo-
manor of Athens go some way toward
justifying the old aud popular belief in the
purifying action of ccngeiatfun, which, as
he shows. effects n partial separati tion OF
all impurities, concentrating them in the
inner rportionof ofthemass- Examining blocks
of artificial ice from factory supplied by
well, and others OF water from a aaueiuct
OF Hadrian, he observes in all a central core
forming about one-fourth part OF the entire
granular appearance. contrasting strongly
with the perfect and coloriesS transparency
OF the surrounding ice.
While the original water from the auue-
duct contained thirty milligrammes of .'or-
gaDic matter" solids lost in ignition? in
the liter, that from the clear ice showed only
2.S, while the turbid central portion gave
1858; so with the water from the well;
the sixty-four millisrammes in which were
divided the ice into 5.5 ard zoe miIli
grammes per liter respectively.
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members even the etrouble Of walking across
the esplanade for what they want to copy
from the best aushoD as uDquoted Inserts
In their speeches
IL VIII work like q charm. For Instance,
one OF these fine days when Peffer, like
MARX Antony. viii get up and speak about
Saesarss suDeral "a fayoritesubject withhtm,
Pefferl Senator Harris win get tired.
He wihfouch his electric button. A page
appears Your Uncle Isham gives the lit
Tie Mercury slip OF paper on which is
written: Librarian: Old Testament Har-
ris." The page sends AWAY down the cor
ridor tosihe west terminus Of Maj. Green's
railroad.
He hssrswisted>thes clip of Senator Harris
INTO transmissible shape by the time he
feaches the- uehvery room and it is fired
thrQugh the tunnel. Col. Ainsworth Spof-
ford reads the n8te.~ He is soreIy puzzled,
but he ~bands the delivery clerk The Old
Testament, and, in less than six minutes,
Senator Harris has II.
Peffer is still talking on the subject of
cheap funerals ana iris selects that
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with the classics, and Mr.. Hoar will posi-
bly, not care TO get his favorite philosophers
by the underground railway. Senator
Vest is credited with being specially ia
niiliar with only two books, the Bible and
Shakespeare, and these he has at home.
Senator Chandler, before his term is
out, may find il necessary TO read up on
farm implements by the time Senator Till
man produces his pitchfork which he has
sworn 20 use on the Chief Executive when
occasion demand
Senator Stewart has use for only one set
OF books. his own and other peoples at
ratio OF 16 of his own TO / OF the other
peoples. Senator Morrill, depends on the
longest memory in the Senate. Senator
Frye hasn't read a book since he studied
the biography of Queen LiliuoSalani or Mrs
Dominis3 ay FUSED to call her. Senator
Sherman is writing 4 library of his own.
Senator Cray will probably confine him
self for years to come to English Spolia-
ton Ciaims,' :; copy of which he has in
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CLOTHES EXCHANGE.
The Phenomenal Sneoess- Of the Bus
ness in London.

ness in London.
Why does not somebody in our big cities
open, for the comfort and convenience of
feminine kind, clothes exchange, on the
plan of one which has proved so successful
| In London that its proprietor has had to
| enlarge her offices and saIesToom. The
clothes exchange is a place where private
wardrobes are bought and soid-where a
| woman thrown suddenly into mourning
can get price for her co,ored things, if
your husband or father has failed you can
| realize instantly Oh your wardrobe and
where should new gown no fits or prove
unbecoming. or fall out of style, or get
too hopelessly leose or fIghts an Instant
market for At can be fopnd------
I AT the cioth~sexcEAngea WcaHg, that's.
trunks, satchels, even false hair, are all
bought up and sold tU the thrifty women
| who know bargain when they see it,
Second hand clothes often go at the lowest
prices when the garments themselves are
almost fresh from the dressma ker's hands,
and princesSes, ladies OF proud title with
often well-filled purses patronize the
clothes exchange, buying and selling or
| leaving orders for the attendants to be on
The lookout for certain bargains they are
desirouS OF making Sometimes whole ward
robes never appear in the saiesrooms ut all,
but on the payment of a fee are shifted
from one owner to another, and women who
uic sOibs Ou NUyaReS or 70 spend q While
In some foreign country don't Hesitate TO
lay in all their supplies al the exchange.
Such an establishment would have been
regular boon to many of us atChristmas
when gifts We're often duplicated, even
three or four times. NobodS-wstts six
glove hooks or nine mouchoir cases. or four
pair OF bedroom slippers. bat Santa Claus,
IN the rush of business at this season fire.
quen,ly makes mistakes Just like that
The only resort left frugal-minded per-
sons was to lay the duplicate gifts aside
In tissue paper, and during the year at anni-
versaries and birthdays cautiously swap off
the extra bric-a-brac and toilet articles. Or
many heedful soul has already laid away
sufficient surplus supply OF presents from
the Christmas and New Year=of1S5 to
nearly Gerray the impending obligations of
December, SO. Now, if there was'as clothes
exchange round the corner, by the pay
ment of 25-cent fee, button hook could
be swapped for anything equal its value
in stock mouchoir case replaced by a
collar box. anu the profits in Christmas re-
ceipts made to equal ones output.
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No Powder Wasted by Beers.

A large part of the success Of the Beers
in their contests with British troops has
always been due to their craftsmanship.
They are a nation of marksmen. Most of
them are agriculturists, and hunting is
their great amusement. or course, the
large game OF Africa has to he hunted With
ball, and this requires the acquisition Of
a cool and steady aim. They have, in fact,
much of the character of American from
tiersmen in their use OF firearms, but they
differ in having an intense religious senti-
ment. When they feel that they are en-
gagged in a righteous cause, these qualities,
added to phlegEatic courage OF their Dutch
ancestors, make them almost invincible i'm
anything like an even fight-India napolis
Sentinel.
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the vault facilities of the Treasury De-
partment. The commissioners of this inves.
ugation were Hons. Robert H. Thurston,
Theodore N.-Ely, and F. A Pratt
A series OF experiments was tried in
the vaults of the Treasury by DR.. Newman
and his assistant. Lieut.. Samuel Redman,
Jr., U. 8. A. They were to test the value
of the prevailing Illuminated system of safe
and vault construction as a security against
the use Of high explosives; also to deter
mine the value of the Corliss system of
vault and safe construction in the same
regard. To establish the first PROPOSE
tion the test specimen was a block of
wrought iron 6 by by IA 3-e inches, In
one face of which were two laminated
plates by 1-2 inches by 1-2 inch, and
let in flush with the surface, each being
fastened by 1-2 inch screws.
Two hundred grains Of explosive gela.
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Spofford. This anecdote ts only related to
show that the library will still be a necessity
as long as only "business men" are sent to
the literary center OF the nation.
THESE WILL APPRECIATE IT.
An industrious new Congressman ought
to be able to read four or five good books
a day, "by title" at least, like bills. dur
Ing any one of his busiest day Us in the
House, and thanks be to tie labor-saying
railroad, he will not even have to walk
to the library to read them.
But whether the underground cable car
line is much used or not, 1t stands out
uniquely as the distinct invention of the
age. 1t will not be in use until the books
have been moved to the new library.
There has been some absurd talk in one
of the yeracious newspapers Of Washing
ton about building an elevated tramway
on which to transport the immense piles
of literature from the Capitol to the new
library.
This was only a romance. A plain old
fashioned Kentucky mule, or mules, and
a cart, or carts, according to the appro.
pration, will be the only elevated tranway
to be used, with the exception. perhaps, or
an occasional wheelbarrow. 1t will be a
work OF some weeks, but 1t is not thing
of the near future, as the building viii not
be finished in all its details until about
next January. The little railway is, how
ever, complete, and could be put in opera
tion whenever required.
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PuIS WITH EXPLOSIVES
Dr. Charles Edward Munroe Tells
offTheir Qualities.
ORIGIN eFaNITRo-GLYCERINE
Its PractleaS Use Due to Alfred Nobel,
the ermans-Bellite Superior TO
Gun CottOn-Lyddite, JOveite and
Emmensite Three ePOwerfulAgents.

DR.. Charles Edward Munroe, the dis
tinguishcd chemist of the United States
Naval Torpedo Station and locally known in
connection with the Columbian University,
is most interesting man to converse with
Just at present. DR.. Munroe is, a thor
oughly well-versed chemist in every direc-
ton, but On, the subject Of high explosives
he is. according to Appleton's Biographical
Dictionary nnd several good German and
French encyclopedias, lone of the best au-
thoritics now living"
In view of7the mutterings OF war now
becoming alarmingiy frequent, there is no
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GOLD BURIED by THE INDIANS.
winding Hawk and His Treasure Lie
in the Grave.
Minneapolis Journal.

In the Grave.
Minnea polls Journal.
At Rosebud agency n secret expedition
is being planned to go out, under the
guidance OF some of the old braves, and
plumber the grave of an old Sioux chief,
who has laid buried since 1854. In his
grave is believed to be $50 o 90 in gold coin,
long supposed to be worthless trinkets.
When the Mormons were migrating to Utah
from Eauvoo they passed through an Indian
village OF about 5000 people, situated
where Fort Laramie now stands. During
the march COW that had become lame was
lost and was butchercd by the Indians.
The Mormons complained TO a lieutenant in
command of n squad Of twenty-Sevc men.
The Lieutenant was young and fresh. and
he promptly demanded that the Indians
should be turned over to him. This being
denied, he boldly charged the village, with
the usual result. He and his twenty-seven
comrades were buried in a single grave,
which is still cared for by the Government
at old Laramie.
Among the leading spirits in this mas.
sacre was n prominent Sioux chief called
Winding Hawk, who brooded ov' Lhe.
execution OF his comrades, and In re-
venge held up government annuity ani-
bulance. The coach contained about
amount in gold coin. The currency was
recognized as valuable by the half
breeds, who Immediately appropriated
it, and there is n balI-3reed family mt
Rosebud that is wealthy now in oonse-
quence OF that raid. The gold coins,
however, were looked upon as trinkets.
So far as the Indians knew they had
no money value and were appropriated
by Winding Hawk as his share. Later
they buried Winding Hawk, and with
him, according 10 their custom, they
buried his best bow ard arrows. his most
valuable furs and his new trinkets.
As the Indians became more intimate
with the whites and more civilized they
came to know tie value OF the gold
coins, but, as the violation OF an Indian
grave brings, according to superstition~
fatally bad luck, there was no thought
of robbing old Winding Hawk, Until the
young braves of the present generation,
casting aside the red mans superstitions
as they acquired the white mans love
of gold, have persuaded their fathers
who helped to bury Winding Hawk 10 go
with them and show them the spot near
Fort Laramie, where Winding Hawk and
his gold treasure lie buried.
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firmly, and he touches the key again and
again, u t the same time glancing around the
room. There it is he says at last, point
ing to the glass globe around the gas jet;
there is the rattler,'' and the irritating
noise is silenced when he removes the glass
globe.
This is common experience OF piano
tuners. Certain notes in the piano vibrate
i'll harmony with a gas fixture, a picture
frame, china plaque hung against the wall,
or the bric-a-brac which commonly lltters
the top OF the sensitive instrument. and the
innocent piano is blamed for the discordant
iangle.
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State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County

State Of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County,
IS:
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner Of the firm of F. ]. Cheney
& Co.,doing business In the City OF Toledo.
county and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case Of
catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9Th day Of December, A. D.
1885. A. W. GLEASON,
(Seai) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is AIKEN internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold By Druggists, 75c.
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chapter in which Job says: ~ know that
my Redeemer liveth," and reads until ad-
Journment. This speed reduces the time
almost to u minimum in which any ponder
able matter could be ira nsmitted distance
or quarter of a mile with absolute safety
and care.
II is not to be assumed that by reason Of
this lightning process OF putting the million
books of the library under the noses and
spectacies of lawmakers there will be
any additional literary tone in the out
put OF such lawmakers in the Congressional
Record tt r4I-..,
Mr.. Lodge possibly will still make the
trip TO the library, where he will be at home
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his own right. Senator Peffcr has bought
the newest edition OF dust to Dust and
Ashes To Ashes below cost.
Senator Notwithstanding a work or
Illuminated Veilum entitled who Blew Out
the Washington Gas?" In fine, most of the
Senators already know everything, and are
now writing WHAT Other people dom t know.
The older members of the House are pretty
much swell equipped as the older Senators
in the matter Of heads that need no filling;
but there are others, and for these the under
ground railway will be boon and bless
ing.
None of the new members from the
rural districts has yet read"Dodo," or 1.-The
Bea renly Twins" or" "Iunucents A broad" !" or
East Lynne, or Ten Ia arrooms in a
Night" so that the new underground fast
flyer will bring>these gentfemen up TO date.
1t is of record this session that Senator
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Vest told an Alabama member from the
country that certain passage in the Levitt
ical law could be found in the Pentateuch.
The Aiabamian told Senator Vest that IL
he knew the author he would buy the book.
Senator Vest t0fd the member that the
latest edition was by Moses and was In the
Congressional Library.
1t is not known what happened when the
n. Q. related hisdtfficulty to Col. Ainsworth
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RATTLERS IN THE PIANO.
Facts Gathered From the Experience
of Tuners. -
Chicago Record.


Chicago Record.
Piano tuners sometimes are called upon
to tune gas fixtures as well as pianoS.
Frequently the owners of a fine upright
grand enters vigorous complaint be-
cause THAT piano rattles So" Then the
plano tuner packs his few tools and some
extra felt. glue and parts of the faction"
into his long, slender vaiise and proceeds
to feel the pulse, pound the chest, ex-
anime the tongues and overhaul the internal
economy of the offending piano. His ex-
pcrienced ear tells him that the piano is
all right. His intimate knowledge of the
mechanism and makeup of the piano as
siires him that nothing is the matterrwltlr
the instrument, and he says so.
But the piano does rattle" insists1YTt
owner. Now listen when l touch this
key" And. sure enough, a decided buzz
and Jingle are heard.
Its not in the piano." replies the tuner,
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have been buried in this tunnel than in any
other given space in the universe
The pneumatic tube is for "blowing
ever" short messages about books. The tele-
phone is to be one of the most perfect
made, as is everything else Ia this rather
exclusive official monopoly.
The whole cost of the road was $685.
900. One OF the obvious results Of the
scheme Will be 10 save the Senators aud