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THE LARGEST DYNAMO.
A. Monster g on to Be Installed in
 Brooklyn.
wiil stand sixty Feet High and win Produce Electricity at Higher Voltage Than Any Other 6scn~
 orator fn Existence.
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 The largest d5namo fn the world, iaa point of mere size. is soon 10 be in- stalled in the new station of the Brook lyn Edison Illuminating company. 1t will stand 60 feetiu height from crown ta base, and will produce electricity at a higher pressure, or voltage. than any other generator now in existence.
 The ground for this new station was bought from |. N. Bliss. the proiectiIe manufacturer more than year ago. It is situated at Bay Ridge, at the be ginning of the Narrows of New York bay oB tic E.ssiiafge Island side Hence the coal for heating the boilers can be brought conveniently by water from Philadelphia, New York, Newport News and other coal ports along fhe coast, and by one operation can be trans ferred from the vessels to the coal feed ing bunkers above tne furnaces
 When Coney Island and other outIy- Ing parts of Kings county were an nexed to Brooklyn, the Edison TIlumi- mating company began 10 prepare for distributing the electrical current Through it's territory. containing 75 square miles. There were two ways in which this might De done. One was to erect small central stations wherever convenient, to supply the surrounding area within a radius of one or two miles. The other plan, which was the one finally adopted, was to build d very large central station at tidewater. and distribute the current from it at high pressure to substations. where it could be reduced to the low voltage suitable for the Edison system Of arc and in- eandeseent lighting. This latter plan had the obvious advantages of requfrz ing smaller number of men, of q more economical production of current
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from large dynamos and of great saving in the cost of transportation for coal.
 The new dynamo, which is now al most completed at the works of the General Electric company, at Sehenee- fady, is only the first of several of sim liar size which are to be constructed. It's capacity may be judged from the fact that it's output of current would be sufficient 10 keep 19,o0o incandes- cent lamps burning at the same time. The pressure of the electricity, as it leaves the dynamo, will be 6.600 volts, or three times that of the great gener- ators at Niagara Falls.
 Nearly everyone is now aware that q dynamo consists of two essential parts-the armature and the field magnets The armature is made up of coils of iron, surrounded by other coils of insulated copper wire. When q loop of copper wire is moved near a magnet, an electrical current is set up in it. When current of electricity is passed around a piece of iron it be comes q magnet for the time being. Ia ordinary dynamos the armature is re volved on q spindle, while the teh magnets are fixed. Sometimes the ar mature is ring shaped, and made to re volve around the field magnets in the center. But as the essential thing IS that the field magnets and the arma- ture should be constantly changing their positions with respect to one am other. it is possible to make the arma- ture fixed and cause the field magnets to revolve.
 This is what has been done in the case of the Brooklyn dynamo On the rim of the fly wheel, 50 feet in ddame- ter. are placed 40 magnetic poles, each pole being rectangular in shape and wound with insulated copper wire like bobbin Of course these poles are firmly boIted, to the rim of the fly wheel. On the inner surface of the big guard, which completely surrounds the rim of this fly wheel, is placed the armature fn 40 triple segments, and these are all also firmly boited to their frame. To make the iron masses in the poles mag netic it is necessary that they should have some of the current derived from the armature constantly passing through their soils. This is furnished by copper conductors, which touch cop per rings on the axle of the moving 1y wheel, whence the current is dis tributed by insulated wires to each of the 40 poles.
 The. great advantage whfch this ar engagement of armafnre and poles has over the ordinary form of dynamo. is that all the current, except the small amount necessary to magnetize the poles, can be drawn off without any moving contacts, such as may be seen in the brushes and commutator of the ordinary constant-current dynamo.
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SOLDIERS IN ALASKA.
Desertions Will Greatly Diminish
 AnN Enrce sent There

Any Force sent There.
 The government found it almost im- possible in 184o to maintain military station within reach of the rich mining districts in California by reason of daily casualties caused by assertions. Exaggerated reports of the wealth of the mining districts and the ease with which a competence could be obtained in day turned the head of many poor soldier and induced him to forget his oath of service and become fugitive for fife.
 The same experience awaits the es- tablishment ofa military station on the Yukon, especially so if a small force consisting of one or two companies is sent. < battalion should be the small est force thought of in this connection, and a regiment is none too strong for the work to be encountered.
 It will be unfortunate if officers who have expressed q desire to go are select ed. The impression will obtain, what ever the facts may be. that those who have volunteered their services either desire adventure or an opportunity to profit by mining operations.
 The army will doubtless be much bet ter pleased and the country better served if a regiment of infantry, se- lected for it's fitness for the work in view, is sent to take station on the Yu- kon
 The probabilities are that hundreds of men made desperate by priyations. and others. vicious from idleness and bad habits. will gather about the military station which may be established in the mining regions, begging shelter and de- manding food from the government stores. \ company or two of soldiers will not be sufficiently strong to deal with the situation that may, and prob ably will, present itself for months at a time during the winter. in this re mote and barren eountry.-Military Ga. zette, Chicago.
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NEW RHEUMATIC CURE.
Russian Doctor Exposes Patients to
 Electric Are Light.

Electric Are Light
 In Russia Dr. Kozlovsli a St. Peters burg physician, has been very success- ful in the treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism by exposure to electric arc light. His consulting rooms are fitted with an electric plant including pow erful arc lamp with a reflector The patient is placed at a distance of five feet from the light, protected by blue speetaeles and by a screen of card board containing small aperture through which the light falls on the ae~ fected part of the body for some three quarters of a minute to two minutes A slight sensation of heatis felt, although the temperature never rises above four degrees Fahrenheit where the light shines on the skin. Six or eight hours afterward the skin itches, tingles, and becomes red and in 4s hours begins peeling. This lasts for two or three days. Dr. Kozlovsli treated 3S patients, whose ages varied from 13 to 70 years. by this method. There were eight cases of sciatica, all of which recovered, four of neuritis, two of which recov- cred, IS of chronic rheumatism, II of which recovered, and three of lumbago, which all recovered. Three or four sit- tings lessened the pain. The total num- Der never exceeded a dozen. They were given at intervals of three or four days, according to cbtaneous irritation. Re- suits are similar to those produced by use of incandescent light in this coun- try. It is said to act as tonic as we'll as sedative and Chicago In- ter Ocean.
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he was feeding was ptaln 70 all, and all had good look at him. l had him un- der my glass, and was wondering over q curious scar just back of his left eye. when 1 saw the water around him sud- denly darken and begin to bubble and boiI Little jets leaped up here and there, as if from fountains, but at the end of minute they all emerged into one big jet, which was the stem of q waterspout This stem cireled round and round, lifting up the surface of the sea, and the men with their naked eyes could see the water being sucked np- wards and forming a curious cloud in the air above.
 There goes a wateFspout, and it's caught the whale!' shouted half 3 dog en men in chorus, and so it proved. The whale might have escaped at first by diving, but perhaps he didn t realize the danger. At any rate he was sucked into that stem and lifted up bodily until he stood on his head. Under the glass he appeared to be within 20 feet of me. He was whirled round and round cIashing his great jaws together and making gigantic efforts to escape; but while the spout couldn't lift his head above the surface 1t had such q tail hold on him that he couldn't get away. He was carried three times around circle, which was growing larger and larger, and then the waterspout set of toward the east. We hoped to see t disappear, but it halted, circled twice around, and then came back on us. It held such q straight course for the bark entine that we were dumb with terror but when the stem was not over halfa cables length away something turned 5 it so that it passed the stern by about 30 feet. It seemed as if we could reach out our hands and toueh the E whale. At 500 feet from us the spout E burst, and the mass of water fell win < such q crash as few men have ever heard. A few seconds later our decks were flooded three feet deep, and the craft rolling and pitching as if typhoons had been blowing for se days. It was all of 20 minutes be' fore the ocean settled down, and the only relic of the affair was dead whale floating on the surface"
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harvest home" celebrations-is the fact that the whole community is in- terested in them Before they can be made a success there must be 8 prep aration that includes the people of the entire city or town. Committees are appointed that enlist pretty nearly everybody. and all are expected to take part in the work. Such things make a community better. and leave an im- press that is felt in higher view of life and its duties toward one another.
 C. M LARGER
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-12

This 355 volt current will then be passed through rotary converter, which wid change it into the ordinary constant current at a pressure of 220 volts Tbe high pressure distribution will be completely underground be- tween the power house and the sub stations, so that there will be no dan ger 10 life from any accidental break age or crossing of overhead wires. When the other similar dYnamos have been completed and put in place, it will be possible to light the whole west ern end. of Long Island from this one biz central station.
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ments remained of the big craft. Tenr of thousands of barrels of wate- Sen upon her from a height of half naig4. and she was literally torn fo pIeces. We lay a full mile away. aud yen the fau of that great body of water upon 1ha surface of the ocean kicked ID such sea that we had TO hang on for dear life. The edge of the spout Iusl niq us and we got rain in sheets and bueke1s- full. When a wave rolling D agalDst q hrea kwater will overturn a block of stone weighing IS or 20 tons, you get some slight idea of whal might han pen under the fall of whole lake from the sky in a body"
 l knew the captain had more in re- serve, and patiently waited for him to fill his pipe and continue:
 T think the crew of the barkentiDe White Squall saw more curious spectacle and had a closer shave from destruction than any other men sailing the deep. It was in the fall of 1869, and we were off the Keeling islands and bound up the Bay of Bengal At the Be- ginning of the first dog watch in the afternoon (from four to six o'eIock) we lost the breeze, which had been IightaH fhe afternoon. 1t wash F Y hat you might call waterspout weather, and yet [ began to feel aPprehensiye and or dered the ship made ready. The men started in amazement when gave the order to furt and clew down and doably= secure everything on deck. The sky was hard and blue and without cloud as big as your hand, and as the hands went aloft ! saw them wiuling at each other and guying me Had another ship been near she would have taken t that l was about to come to anchor in 5000 feetof water I trusted to nay in stiuet. however. and it was well that [ did. Five bells had been struck when a big whale suddenly broke water about half q mile to the west of us, and after thrashiag about for two or three min utes began to move around in a narrow circle with his jaws wide open. That
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ABOUT WATERSP0UTS.
Most Appalling of All the TerroTs
 of the Deep.
i Veteran Seaman sayv Twenty at 0nee-These Were Very small. BuH There Are Others-TaIes tO
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 "Cyclones. hurricanes and icehergs have sent many a good ship to her doom, and will send many more-but there's something to be dreaded worse. 7 So spoke veteran sea captain, from whom ! was trying to draw out some thing interesting on the subject of storms
 T can't imagine what it is, i said- though I had my guess
 Well, it's watersp0ut and the mariner may thank God they are not 10 be met with every week. l know men who have sailed for 90 years with ont sighting one, but it has happened faat they have come my way pretty often. saw one on my first voyage as cabin boy. and 1t wasn { over four weeks ago that one came mighty near doing the business for fhis old bark. Man and boy. I.fe followed the sea for over 10 years, and the peril most tobe feared is the one you are almost helpless to guard against You want te aear some stories2 After I've told the mate about getting up that new topsa1 H'ti spin Yof few.
 Ten minutes later we were ready, and he began:
 "EFerbody= knows that waterspout s formed by whirLWiud passing gatoag the surface of the water. On land it would suck up dust and grass and pa- per. and perhaps rip the roof off a house OF barn. There are lfttle Waterspouts and big ones. according to the strength of the wind. I've counted 20 little ones
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aAa You Say in Amerlca.n

"An American girl in London says that ..Mr. Bangley Coffin seemed v v mean well, but he had a great man phrases which did not in the least ua, derstand, and to which he invariaO1 added, as you say in America It VI ', never by any chance a thing we ~ say in America. but nothing could man MT. Bangley Coffin believe that 8--anD tarY GaZette. Chicago.
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playing around at once, and no great fear need be felt of=them. It.sthe big gnes-the old chaps holding water enough to float q ship over stone wall -that make your hair curl when 5hey come sweeping down Your way. h the China sea, 90 yeaps ago, as the clipper ship Champion was sailing along one day in a moderate breeze, l was sent aIoft on some job about the fore-top- mast. was working away when hap .pened to look into the northwest, and l beheld d curious sight. About three miles from the ship, which was headed the other way, was a patch of what looked to be black water. This patch was perhaps q quarter of q mile square, and 1t stood out on the greeu-white sea in strange contrast. It began 10 boil as I looked, and then the waters in that particular spot seemed to be racing round and round 4 minute later the center of the patch began to rise, and the next thing was a waterspout. The water was sucked up as by q pump, and when thousands and thousands of bar rels had been lifted the spout began 10 travel. The stem of it was about as big as 3 ships mast, but it writhed and twisted about ikea serpent. The spout did not come near us, but we were shak- ing with fear for q quarter of an hour
 Suppose that big waterspout should strike a ship-what then 2' Laslled.
 ..I can give you plain answer to that" replied Capt. Griggs. In 1878 I made a voyage from Liverpool to the Cape of Good Hope in the brig Stead fast. We had left St Helena about 400 miles to the north of us. when one morning there came a dead calm. About two miles to the south of us lay Rus sian merchantman-a big fellow with crew of at least 90 men. Up to noon there wasn't air enough to flare a can de. Then came a cat's-paw from every point of the compass, and after awhile a small waterspOut formed near the brig and travelled away to the east. We took alarm at that, and got ready It had just gone four bells (two o'clocl6) when the man who had been sent aHoft an hour before, hailed the deck in great excitement, and then came sliding down a back-stay. A waterspout which had formed to the south of us was coming down towards the two ships. It was an ugly sight. It had drawn up so much water that its top was q black cloud a mile in circumference, and as it came along the sea under it was boiling and leaping as if dozen great whales were at play. The Russian had q gun aboard and opened fire with solid shot, hoping to hit the stem or break it by coneus- sion. They tell me that has been done, but beg to doubt it.
 He fired three shots while the spout was dancing about in an uncertain way; then current of wind sent it fairly down upon him. We could hear the sailors shouting and see them running about, but all the ships on salt water could not have prevented what hap pened. Everyone of us had his eyes on the spout when it struck the ship. There was a smash and crash, and a saoment later only a.few hoaTing frag-
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sewed Up in His Bed.

A northern Pennsylvania woman v. ' came indignant at her husbands .;I. 19 bling habits, and the other night WIZ. ,l. he lay on his bed in blissful, aleobss, Y. 5, repose, she sewed him in the bed cios,,. <, and beat him with whip. He naa ss x, arrested for assault and battery ou' S .ss judge dismissed the case and Pus z, fellow in jail for ten days.
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Couldn't Find Him.

''What was Diogenes looking for with that lantern?"
 "A man who would admit that any other make of wheel Is as good as the one he rides."-Chicago Record.
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Did He Catch fhe Point.

Lord Algernon-I really consider it my duty to marry some American girl. Ethel-A duty for revenue. is it nots Harlem Life
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-14

The successful contestants in the Miners
Journal prize contests were awarded theii
premiums last evening, followed by splen.
did collation. and entertainment at the rooms
of the Twenty Club, in Pottsville. The latter
won the $3.50 Baus piano, NJ. J. Murphy
telegraph operator at Wetherill Junction
captured the free scholarship at Wood
College, while Miss Sadie Golden, of Potts
vile, will ride the 500 bicycle. S. b. Ed
wards, Esq, made the presentation speecl
and W. J. WhitehOuse, Esq, accepted the
gift. Other speeches were made notably
that Of Major John F. Fnney, manager o
the Journal, who outlined the purpose of tn,
gathering and in an eloquent and brillian
speech told Of the contest from its inception
to the final count. 1t was a great night fo
the Journal and the successful contestants
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-14

Miss Robena Clifford celebrated her 21st
birthday anniversary on Tuesday and a
number of friends attended party held at
the residence Of the young lady's parents,
on East Centre street, in the evening. Dane
ing was the predominating feature of the
evening and refreshments were served.
Among those in attendance were: Misses
Sallie Greener, Laura and Hattie Morris,
Annie Leckie, Jennie Hall, Agnes Geiger,
Florence Shurz Emma Frantz, Maggie Davis
Mrs. Thomas Hall, Mrs. James Hood, Mrs
Charles Zimmerman, Mrs. Will Smith, Mr.
and Mrs Michael Farley, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Clifford and Messrs. William Webster,
Joseph Feist, Harry Reese, Thomas J. Evans,
Adam Leckie, Adam Campbell, ThOs. Hall,
James and Thomas Hood. William Smith,
William Butler, Samuel George and Mr..
n
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-14
OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
The County Commissioners and Controller
Charged with Many Grimes.

Another move on the part Of 6he Tax
payers Association resulted yesterday in
warrants being sworn out before Squire
Conrad at Pottsville, and served on County
Commissioners Rentz, Martin and Myers and
Controller Severn, charging them with mis-
demeanor in office. Another warrant was
issued against Commissioners Rentz and
Martin and ex-Commssioner Allen, the men,
bers Of the old board. Failing to respond to
hearing the defendants were all placed
under So, 600 bail each for each charge.
The news of the issuing Of the warrants
created much talk. The charges contain a
rehash Of all that has been previously gone
over in the almshouse and court house in
vestigations charging these officials for the
responsibility of the missing $4,000 bond
issue, and also charging that in many
instances contracts we're awarded to bidders
who had not submitted TO the lowest prices
The charges contain everything that has an
air of corruption, and consist Of sixty-one
typewritten pages.
The accused officials say there is no founda-
ton for the charges, and that there is nothing
by which they can be held.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-14
A RnssIan Exile.
Special to EvEN1Na HERALD.

Special TO EVENING HERALD.
MAHANoY PLANE, Oct. 14.-Information
has been received here by his late partners
in the firm of Bolinski & Co., from Russia,
to the effect that Joseph Jerocovis, who left
MahanOy Plane about two years ago to re-
turn to his native home in Russia, has been
exiled to Siberia. Jeroeovis, when he left
this place, had in his possession between $l5,-
900 and $50 900. 1t appears that when he
arrived in Russia he established newspaper
agency, and in some manner violated the
laws Of that country in the circulation OF
seditious literature. He was arrested and
taken before the imperial police tribunal and
sentenced to ten years hard labor in the
Siberian mines, and it will require IS months
under heavy guard, to make the trip
Jerocovis is A years old, and his physica
condition is such that his friends here hav,
grave doubts of him being able to serve ou
his sentence. Those Of his nationality her
express much sympathy for the unfortunate
man,