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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26
HER SIMPLE FPITaPH.
4 LITTLE Sermon Preached in stone in
Kentucky Graveyard.

II saw rude. ro'Igh lv-hewn stone ah-v.
the grave or m Eastern Kentucky hill
SIDE 4 few weeks since" said NJ Walter
Wade a state insurance solicitor "that
was placed there before uonur1ar. max
e~s sourishsH ~ that part of Kentucky
There were but NO graves in me little
unfanced snat. ana they we're in the center
% 8 s4ssaFras thieket.
Thls oil stone. over which +Nn fx-v had
crept veU nigh Mating ~. TIE ins~r5p-
ticn bore these words. which seemed 10
have been chlse,ei hv a t~e-uh1inr--nrs-aS
novice. 'Jare Laier. 6ed Agux. 1874 She
wuz si'uS kline "a svrvhu3si4' 7 thought
as stood there - the wsesf-~resred
mound q what a world ot meaning there
wss IN those few siu1rle words. She WIZ
s'luS kline 20 evTyhuGfje' When I shah
have composed nv weary limbs for the
laSt s'een 7 would ask 10 rrcaser h1,,
than tHz- such g compliment might truth
flI1w ~ placed or the comb above my 81.
ls~t form L was 50 5'-erenf from arv
- re ~ selsH pIstitu8ss oae SEES IN large
cemeteries I wondered wha. loving heart
could have irs0tryd .. art stopped 20 ask
about the woman whose gentle life could
merit 50 tender tribute
Nobody On either ths Kentucky o. VIZ
efnga side % the mountains knew much
a. thA LAWYER family. but ore cid noun
,afne@~ said - had been tols that the
woman was the wife 90 an Ga woodsrnan
who lived ana hunted On Mount EIkhorn
n the first half % the present century
The palsiea hard cs ths Iovtng HUSBAND
doubtless traced ihe last testimonial os
reverence"
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Farming the current On these plates. PROF.
aFowhsidge secured Photographs, which.
Whsa developed. showed various curious
e-sctr7c4l effects which are invisible ID
he eyes These Photographic expert
men1s opened up still another .ire 81 in
Xss<isaEion 20 Prof. Trowbridxe ard
showed him that ~ the careful study OF
such powerful discharges turned On photo
graphic plates * would be possible -
bring 70 light many wonderful things in
connection with the mysterious action 81
electricity IN passing through the air snd
81 the rartrled spaces that exlS. between
US and tire sun. which are ordinarily
called a vacuum ana have lsaeen supposed
70 he = nen-ccnductor Of electricity.
The machine constructed by Prof. Trow-
bridge for the working CUT q these won
ders hiss been exhibited 10 4 select few az
Harvard college and viii Ia time, when
Prof Trowhyldge has completed the series
% experiments unon which he is now
working, lie exhibited 20 she scientiglc
word As a matter Of fact. the apparatus
IS a very great extension of = fern devised
more than twenty years ago by plaptc.
who invented the storage battery. There
were many defects about the machine oS
Plaute. however. which had TO be RENE
died before a perfect apparatus. such a.
was necessary 10 aid Prof, Trowbridre IN
his plans. coali he constructed Pro-.
Trowblisge made up his mind on what
lines 20 work IN constructing mis- electrical
machine and then gave the plans into tho
hands q Mr.. George Thompson. the me-
chantcl8n af the Jeffe-son Physical Lab
oTatory Mr.. Thompson devoted all his
energies 70 the construction OF the appar-
atus. and. with frequent consultations be-
tween himself and Prof. Trewhridge. ths
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machine gradually grew TO completion.
1t consists essentially of sixty plates of
glass, coated on each side with tin foil.
These plates of glass are charged with
electricity by means OF lo.ocQ storage cells.
The mos ingenious part OF the whole
scheme is the manner in which these cells
are discharged. After many failures
mechanical contriyance was constructed
that enabled the cells 10 be discharged
one after the other. tbus disrupting the
atmosphere with cumulative force Of
electricity that pierced throgh all resist
Ing forces. The great efficiency OF this
apparatus. and its superiority over those
hitherto used for N-ray experiments IS
shown by the fact that the vacuum glasses
have been pierced by the flash from the
Tr0wbridge machine, after resisting the
discharge OF the electric spark from other
apparatus for so long az to convince
scientists that vacuum 81 the path OF m
electric spark would compel 10 10 turn
aside from It's course.
BY means OF this apparatus two or three
horsepower can produce effects which
would require thirty or forty horsepower
to produce by Transformers for no cola
or iron cones are used in the Trowbridse
mechanism. and no energy Is therefore
lost in magnetizing such iron cones or I'm
overcoming the resistance OF wire coils.
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college. which Is unquestionably the
greatest electrical machine in the world.
1t was constructed by Prof. Trowbridge
especially for the study OF electrical dis
charge in the air. and Is the result OF an
extended study OF the subject by the
scientific designer. BY means Of this ap-
paratus many problems In relation TO
electromotive forces that have hitherto re-
manned unsolved will be investigated.
II has been known that the lightning
coming from the clouds 10 the earth
flashed through mile OF atmosphere on
its course. and Travelled at a marvellous
rate of speed. But II has never been
known how great the force must be that
produces discharges of electrical fluid one
mile in length in an inhnitesimal space OF
time With the assistance Of his wonder
full rev machine Pref. Trowbridge has
solved the problem.
His apparatus Is a lightning generator
on a larger scale than any that has here
tofore been constructed. BY Il electrical
discharges of great body and strength
can be produced and made to fash out
for a distance of four feet and even more
Having made Il possible TO produce A
fash OF lightning for feet In length.
Prof. Trowbridge found II an easy matter
to ascertain the force necessary TO bring
about this result, and from that basis 70
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THE DEATH Of CAPT. CROSBY.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MEANS. USED
TO OBTAIN LETTERS.
Crittendcn Marriott Receives the Sad
News of the Death of His brother
Correspondent and Comrade, Cros-
by-KiIIed I'm Cuban Charge.

Regard for the safety OF those who
helped ne forbids MY explaining too cef-
,r,tely how | sent my letters TO Key West.
The following facts are for the most part
well known in Havana, or are OF no value
10 the Spanish authorities:
There were two steamers each week
from Havana TO Key West and Tampa.
having Havana On Wednesdays and Sat
ur6av.. Very few people were allowed an
these ships outside Of the passengers. and
nAwspsper men were noL comprised III
these few Nevertheless we soon worked
up a secret method Of getting cur dis
matches on board. Here they were taken
charge Of by special agent, who carried
them 10 Key West. ~ EeTe odr papers aIi
had representatives. who forwarded them
hv wire 10 their destination Each Of ne
seven correspondents paid SO each steam
or for this service so that oVT agent vas
Getting rich rapidly. OF eorrse he took
the chances II arrest and exposure
T,tst before the steamer reached Key
West tnese letters ware al placed In q
,s~ hoy on the lower deck. When the ship
was a1cnrstde the pier a negro boy, whose
du,ies made hsm the first 20 come aboard.
nv-riea up the Eang-plsrk, secured the
Iatters and took them out 70 the CORE
s,nrsarts xho were waiting or the dock
Then there would - race TO the tele-
cranh office - file the dispatches,
-T-h. competition n doing this WAS very
charm There was but one wire from Key
West AID often there were Ggso words
"a BE- sent over II after o'clock al nisht-
THE man VINO fled his c!spa tches last y -
very an; 20 have them reach MS paper too
lsta =, Be printed the next morning.
TRANQUIL White. who ably represented
INV paver at Key West. was much wor-
risa by being beaten once or twice early
IA the game. lie determined 10 change
this. If Il were possible After Little tn
ves,sgatioa BE decided % Interview the
negro boy who distributed the dispatches
Jim" be said. how much ef tA2s sIs
do you Eete
II dosr,. get ron~ ~ II. Mister While.
an tain fair. No. II a4n l.
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Prof. Trowbridge's Lightning Machine.

which all air had been carefully excluded.
have heretofore been placed in the path
way of spark discharged from one of
the electrical machines used for this pur-
pose. ii has invariably been the case that
the spark avoided the vacuum and has
preferred TO pass around the glass rather
than through Il. Sparks OF even eight
inches In length have SHOWN this dispo-
sition to avoid q vacuum. But the powerful
discharges from the machine with which
Prof. Trowbridge is experimenting show
no such shyness and the vacuum seems 20
have no power 10 resist them. The dis
charge from the Trowbridge apparatus
through such so-cAlled vacuum tubes were
of dazzling X-ray nature. and the skele-
ton OF the hand could be plainly seen by
their aid. These results are destined to
change the scientific conception OF what
constitutes a vacuum and pro:ide on
tirely new field for research that will keep
scientific brains busy for long time to
come. and Will shed new light on the
mysteries OF nature.
Curious experiments have been made by
Prof. Trowbridge with Photographic phe-
nomena. Taking a set of photogra phic
plates. he placed them. carefully shielded
from the light by plate holders. at some
distance from the wires Of his apparatus
that carried the powerful discharges.
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AN ELECTRICAL WONDER
UPSETS MANY THEORIES.
Prof. Irowbridge, of Harvard, Constructs an
Apparatus Which Measures the
Lightning'S Force.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dee. w-Th,s
year has been . great one for the tear
ihs aside Of the veil tina. hides from
scientists the cause Of various natural
Phenomena and IL looks as IL the last
nentn We're 10 witness the greatest stride
OF all Science has tracked the lightning
20 IT'S lair and forced II 10 work fer the
comfort OF King Man instead OF tsrrEfy-
ING and occasionally killing him But
science has never beeen able to gauge TIRE
tremendous force behind the lightning
that sends Il 20 earth in SO short = spacA
OF time as 10 make the lightning nash
fayorite sirnile with those who wish 10
Illustrate happening Of fraction OF
seconds duration. 1t has been made pos
sioie 10 accomplish this by means of an
apparatus that has been especially cen
stracted by Prof. Trowbridge, OF the
Lawrence School OF Science at Harvard
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make calculation % the force required
10 send the electric fiuid from las lurktD =
place n the clouds 10 its ourrew IN ihe
earth.
Prof. TrowbriGge's electric spark four
fees long was produced ly means OF an
esecsroAet!ve force OF l.41g.0Es3 volts. and Il
was shown that the length OF the spark
varies directly with the force which Il
necessary TO produce it. Having proven
this concluslvely. Prof. Trowbri8se made
the calculation thar for ;he discharge %
"A fash OF lightning one mile long, IL Least
lesA,,sAllt s volts weuld be required. show
iry the imDense force shat nature has
stored away in her aerial workshop.
Another valuable scientific discovery
made by the aid of Pref. Trowhxldgs's
machine upscts a theory that has long
been undispGted regarding what consti-
tutes vacuum. When glass tubes. from
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We'll. we'll: that's too had We must
try 20 fix that better. You surely deserve
share. Now. I'll tell you what I'll do.
Every time get my letters before the
other men you shall have dollar"
Fore God, boss. Ise Gwine 10 earn dat
dollar"
So after that Jim would slip on board
through n portfolio. get my letter. clip out
by TIE same way deliver IL 70 White. and
then make an open rush for the gang
way. where all the waiting correspondents
could see him. He would swarm up II
ostentatiously get the other letters, bring
them our nj distribute them. The other
men would rush of TO the telegraph office
with them. Only TO find my dispatches
had already been filed.
White kept this ~ for two months.
Needless Of the wonder and profanity 81
the rest OF the crowd. who could not
understand It at all. II any Of them read
this article they viii know how the thing
was done
There were many funny incl9ents COS
rected with this mail service. Nr. Alvord.
or New York PAPER was the hero az one
Of them. He had received some exciting
news TOO late n send II cT 20 the ship by
the regular means. II related 10 Sylvester
Sc0vei. then in tail, and might have easily
been a matter Of life and death TO that
gentleman. Il had 20 be sent by some
EFtaEl% AtG E4S ASEAIetk 10 t&HE IL on Ly&I0
himself.
Out he vert 20 the ship and tried 10
hoard her. The police officer az the gang
way storpe! him. He tried TO force hts
way past but the policeman resisted. be-
coming angry. In the very nick ~ time
oIr agent happened along. He had newer
seen AlvoFd. hi. he saw the controversy
ard rushed forward. why. MY dear fel-
low lie exclaimed, where al you come
from. I'm awtgIIy glad 10 see yoa. Come
J right aboard"
This policeman won't let me- sad A.
word
The Ill Re won'tr exclaimed our
man Here. you - you. what
- you mean by stopping this gentleman.
Hes friend Ct mine. Get out Of his
way.
The policeman rnBttered a little but the
bluff went ard Alvord followed his new
found friend 90 hts cabin. when ths door
had been locked behind them. the agent
turned around. Nov who the III are
vou" he demanded. "acd what do you
WANT
Crosby Reported Killed.
On Sunday. March - received the fol-
lowing letter delayed IN transit. from the
insgrrent camp:
II regret 70 tell yea that Nj Crosby II
dead While watching cavalry caa' Ze
by Gen. Gomez a. the battle % Juan Cri-
clio he was struck by = bullet and killed.
He Vas watching w3th Eyeglasses when
struck I viii send details later
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26
REV. JOHN IRELAND. THE
ARCHBISHOP OF ST. PAUL.
HIS Wonderful Career--A Story of the Battle
OF C0rinth- How He Lost His Fortune,
and St. Paul a Cathedral.

copyrighted. 1891. by Frank G. CARPENTER.
20. FAIL. ainn., Dec. 1-For this. the
sa ,a-sanday OF the Christmas holidays,
ae cay when ~. all stop for a few mo-
asen.s thought during the season OF love
e'oicang. l cannot give a better let
ter than the descrIE4ton ~ sr ,nta-v,ev
when 1 recently had here with the Rev
sonh ireland, the famous Catholic arch
.ishop OF st- Paul. Archbishop Ireland
one OF the most loved Of the public
men OF the United States. His face has 4
Hhn.le as sweet as that ~ Santa Claus.
a.iu there fs an honest Independence OF
nafaeser about him which charms all
VINO meet him. He Is the personsAcation
oil liberal Catholicism. He has preached
temperance from the pulpit, the lecture
platform and the press and has again and
again announced himself as against any
union OF church and state More than
any other eeclesiastic he has made him
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which are found IN such quarters He
founded a number OF such settlements
and several thriving little towns are due
10 his eScrts- Another great thing waich
he attempted. but in which, through thu
panic he failed, was the building OF
magn Accent cathedral here in ST. Paul and
IN connection with this q well endowed
scaooi. He expected to do this out OF
his own means. He was man or good
business ability. and his real estate In
vestments three years ago were sucn that
/ am told had he sold out at that time he
would have been worth something less
than g coo 90. The hard times, however,
made such a shrinkage IL real estate that
suburban properly dropped from the
value OF several thousand dollars an acre
To almost nothing. and the archbishop's
wealth faded away under the shadow Of
the depressed money market. He had
borrowed upon his holdings in real estate
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INs.s NEi
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TON. Dec.
the buildin
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ess sVa ara sending East Tor any friends
sss.,. See tho Northern Pacific agents
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Ana on The shortest notice.
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-06-11
EVEN CHILDREN SMOKED,
Period In English History When School
Boys Carried Their Pipes,

4 Period In English History When School
Boys Carried Their Pipes.
Everyone has read that Hawkins i'm
troduced tobacco and that James in
Weighed against it. Elizabeth liked to
sit on low stool and watch Sir Walter
Raleigh putting away. Once she bet
him that he could not tell the weight
81 the smoke in his pipe, but the phil
osopher won. In Anne's reign almost
everyone smoked. In Charles II.'s
reign children were sent to schoo.
with their pipes in their satchels, ana
the schoolmasters called halt in their
studies while they smoked"
In 1702, says the Westminster Review.
Jorevin spent an evening with his
brother at Garraway's coffee honse,
Leeds, and writes: 81 was surprised to
see his sickly child of eight years old
fill its pipe Of tobacco and smoke it as
audfarandly as a man of three score;
after that, second and third pipe
without the least concern, rs it is said
co have done above year ago"
There were about four hundred and
seventy coffee houses in London, be-
sides five chocolate houses, in Anne's
time. Smoking was general in them.
and intoxicants could be also obtained
as well as coffee. Bishop Trelawncy
was much hurt because Bishop Barnett
had accused him of getting drunk in
one Of them on the 3oth of January-a
day of grief to tories and all good
churchmen
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-06-11
HOW WoLlNs ARE "ANTIoUEp..
New and Green Instruments Made to Re.
semble Genuine estrada

Now and Green Instruments Made to Re.
semble Genuine estrada"
Experts in the old violin industry
tell how very young and green instru-
ments can be made to look like products
OF the skill of old Stradivarius at q
very moderate expense.
1t seems that by means of q little
vanishing, staining and scraping, and
by FASTING on an old label, worth about
one-half cent, that any kind of an old
violin may be converted into 'genu-
inc Strad" of almost priceless value.
Every effort is being made to prove
that the violin, of the theft of which Mr..
Flechter is accused by Mrs. Bott, was
such an instrument.
Oscar Schildbach, who works for Mr..
Flechter, said that the violin in dis
pute was turned over to him to be prop
erly "antiqued." The violin "antiquer"
testified that he took the violin. a
French instrument, made by Nicola,
and, under the direction of Mr.. Flechter.
stained over the name of the maker
and pasted on the place an imitation of
an old-time yellow label, which read:
"Antonius Stradivarius, Fecit, A. D.
1725." He also did little scraping and
treated it with some good antique"
varnish.
ibid you think that anybody would
believe that this one was a genuine
Stradivarius ?" he was asked.
MANY persons" said the witness,
gravely, Cannot distinguish between q
new and an old violin. There are many
fools."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-06-11
A Queer Arab Prejudice.

The Arabs in the deserts have con-
tracted a strange prejudice against run
ming water, and will only drink what
they find in some stagnant pool. So
much has this become a matter Of habit
with them that, while the most poison
Gus looking water agrees with them adj
mirably, pure running water will mako
them violently sick in the course of a
few hours. This prejudice is shared by
most of the lower animals, and is often
acquired W European travellers in
Africa. At first the stagnant water
produces nausea, and even fever, but
when once the system is Injured to 1t,
running water affects them in precisely
the same way it affects the Arabs.-Al-
bany Argus.