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The Portland daily press., 1897-09-20
MEMS Undeywear.

One lot of medium
weight Jersey ribbed Bal
briggan Shirts, at 2oc to-
day; regular soc quality.
MEMS Hosiery Counter.
One lot of h eavy
Scotch wool Golf and
Bicycle Stockings, as
sorted colorings, at Csc.
Great ya1ue.
B0ys' Syeatezs.
One lot of heavy wool
Sweaters, navy, garnet,
with fancy striped collar,
at 75c, marked down
from 81.
Ladses' Mackamtoshes.
One lot navy blue
cloth Macintosh Gar
ments. extra long cape,
at $4.75, marked down
from $3.50. Gysat bar
gain.
Infants Outfits Counter.
One lot of white and
colored Short Dresses,
trimmed with Swiss en-
broidery; sizes one to
three years, at 3oc,
marked down from soc.
Also a lot Of Jersey rib
bed, open front Shirts,
at two for 25c. Great
vulue.
In same section, a lot
cashmere Bonnets, silk
ruched, for children six
months to two years, to
60 at 6oc to-day, marked
down from ST.
.SHsytaOaasks Counter.
One lot Of fancy ging-
ham Shirtwaists, plain
and striped. collars and
cuffs Numbered, at 75c,
marked down from $3.50.
CAalaysn's jackets.
An odd lot Of cloth
Refer Jackets, suitable
for school wear, for child
rem two to fourteen
years. at half price to-day.
Iea0elry Counter.
An assorted lot of
black and fancy plaid
silk Watch Guards, with
clasp, at Ioc, marked
down from 25c. For this
sale only.
Stationery Counter.
One hundred packages
of Hurd's fine Stationery
in boxes, at &c a box.
Toilet Goods.
One lot beveled French
plate glass Pocket Mir
rors, at sc, regular price
CSC. One lot "Savon-de-
la-rose" Toilet Soap. at &C
a cake. One lot of
Witch Hazel. in large
bottles, at 15c.
Ha6syaasAe,y.
One lot of genuine
silk Suspenders, fancy
colors, at acc.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-20
OWEN, MOORE& 60.

Yarns, slightly soiled on
ends of skeins, to go at
1oc to-day.
Leather Goods Counter.
lot of ooze leather
Purses, lined with white
kid, patent clasp. etc.,
tans and browns, at 1oc
Monday; other days CSC.
Fancy Goods Counter.
A lot of colored arto-
type Pictures, gilt frame
and gilt mat, at 4oc COM
plete, regular price 61c.
Nsekveay Counter, Womex's.
A lot of remnants,
neck lengths, of white,
black and colored Ruch-
ings, at SC each. At
same counter, a lot of
pure linen Cape Collars,
all sizes, at SC, were 15c.
Em6yolasvses Counter:
A lot of Antique Lace
Tides, medium sizes
only, at &C to-day. regular
price I6c.
Z0ees Counter.
A lot Of Oriental and
Point Venice Lace Ed.
ges, net top, champagne
color, assorted widths,
at CSC, were CSC, 48c and
\ soc.
Linens Counter.
A lot Of fine quality
pure linen damask Table
Cloths, seven different
designs, sizes 2x2 1.2
yards, to go at SI.7I
Monday, been Sa.25.
HanaksvSAsgts.
A lot of ladies' un.
Numbered, pure linen
Handkerchief, wit h
handsome needle-wrought
initial, at two for 25c.
Ribbons.
A lot of remnants,
good-sized pie es, of
fancy and plain taffeta
Ribbons, at 1ec a yard.
formerly 4Sc, soc and
SIC.
Dra6evzss Room.
A lot of rufhed edge,
Fis h n ct Curtains, at
$40 a pair, marked
down from $2.5o.
Baleony.
To-day we will cell a
lot of twenty-eight Etch--
ings, Photographers,
water-colors and colored
Prints, all appropriately
framed in oak or white
and gold frames, at half
the marked prices. Great
bargain.
Silks.
A lot of Cheney Bros.
wide Florentjne printed
C;Ikc oil differant nat
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-20

A lot of Cheney Bros.
wide Florentine printed
Silks, all different pat
terms, at 4oc, regular 75c
and ST quality.
Basement.
Thirty odd Plates, for
cake or fruit, at ACC.
marked down from CSC
and 75c. A lot of Dat
Meal Dishes, at &c each.
Fifty fancy Salad Bowls,
at $50 each. A lot of
plain crystal Tumblers.
at csc a dozen, regular
price 48c.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
Boynton Bicycle Railway.

The Boynton bicycle railway is again
before the public in Massachusetts, A
subcommittee of the Legislature has re-
ported bill Incorporating the Boston,
Quincy and Fall River Bicycle Railway
company to build railway from Quincy
to Fall River ON locations to be deter
mined by the local authorities of the
towns through which the railway will
pass. The incorporators include General
o. o. Howard, Albert II. Overman, f..
Moody Boynton and Edward o. Ber-
kins. The company is empowered to
carry passengers, but no freight; must
operate its road by electricity, and its
structure must be approved by the state
railroad commissioners.
A bicycle railway is also projected in
Amesbury, Mass, to run from the Bos-
ton and Maine railway station, in that
town, to the railway station in the
neighboring town of Exeter. about SO
miles. -Engineering News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
Firing Under Water.

In the harbor of Portsmouth, Eng
land, 10 pound gun was fired under
water with success. A solid plank plat
form weighted with granite was laid
on the bottom. At low tide some divers
placed the gun in position upon it. A
target of oak beams and planks 2 inch
es thick was placed 10 feet distant. Be
hind the target the hull of an old yes
sci, with sheets of boiler plate three
inches thick, riveted where the shell
would strike if il succeeded in passing
through the target and was not defect
ed by the water, was anchored. A diver
then loaded the gun and pointed it III
the proper direction. A wire connected
with the firing mechanism of the gun
and also with an electric battery on
shore in charge of the firing party. At
high tide current was sent TO the sub
merged gun. There was slight dis
turbance of the water over the gun,
and the vessel beyond the target was
seen to rock and sway and finally to
sink in the water.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15


trical process The peat is placed in
large retorts, which for the most part
resemble ordinary retorts except in that
they are provided with a spiral wire
which extends through the center of
them The wire comprises the electrical
feature of the retort. An electric cur
rent Of a strength sufficient to bring the
wire to white heat is sent through ii.
The retorts otherwise are lined with
asbestus In the oven thus formed the
drying out of the peat not only becomes
inevitable, but the conversion Of the
vegetable matter is fastened, and it be-
comes, in fact, coke. AS stated above, a
retort having a capacity of ! 300 liters
will produce that amount Of coke in 10
minutes, and inasmuch as its calorific
value is 1000 units its commercial val
ne becomes very great. Average air
dried peat has "a calorific value Of from
5000 to 8, 500 units. When freed from
water by heat of 100 degrees o.. and
with minimum of to per cent Of
ash the calorific value rises to about
5000 units, or from one. quarter to one
third more than that of an equal weight
of wood.
The natural formation of peat is an
interesting process. Two things are re-
quired-moisture and moss. The moss
grows on the edges of stagnant pools.
Gradually as it decays the dry matter
spreads itself over the surface and, be-
coming in measure interlaced, soon
forms sort of natural pontoon, on
which may rest all manner of decaying
and decayed vegetable matter. This,
with the years, becomes thick and grad
ually sinks, with the addition of other
layers, TO the bottom. The pool may fill
up or the process may temporarily stop
and layer of sand or other matter be
deposited on the decayed moss. After
awhile changes Of temperature and eli
mate may bring it back to its original
conditions and another layer be laid
down.
This accounts for the fact that peat is
often found in strata with other natural
substances intervening. IL, however,
the decomposition and deposition proc
ess is continuous, the peat becomes a
solid, wet, spongy mass. Physical
changes may carry away the original
stagnant pool, but the partly dried out
peat remains. In the course of time it
might entirely dry, according to its pc.
sition, and under certain conditions Of
heat and pressure turn to coal. 1t is this
latter process that electricity will has
ten. We, or rather the human race, will
not have to wait centuries for coal to
form The formation will be hastened
aud wealth of available fuel manufao-
tured for the benefit of humankind -
Cleveland Leader.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

A report of the state board of assess
ors giving figures about the electric and
street railroads in New Jersey for 1896
shows total receipts of 80, no. III,
against 50, O56, sos i'll 1895, an increase
of $7l3,573. The expenditures were
$3, $40, 1853. against 50, 431, 1881 in 1895,
an increase of $ll4, 236, and dividends
paid 1924, 220, against $l17,S20 in
1895, an increase of So, 900. The num-
Der of miles of track in the state is 6l3;
capital stock paid in, $3S, 235, 100;
funded debt, $50. 420, 493, and other
debts, 81, 279, 1896; total of capital and
funded and unfunded debt, SIS, 935, 039.
The total cost of railroads, including
the equipment and appurtenances, is
put at $50, oil, 500, an average of $3.50,
600 per mile Of track. Electrical En-.
gineer
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
The Greatest Reservoir.

The largest water storage reservoir in
the world is now in process of construc-
ton by the city of Boston, its intended
capacity reaching the enormous figure
of SO, 600, 900, 600 of gallons, or enough
to supply that city for 31a years, and
four times as much as the capacity Of
all its existing waterworks reservoirs.
The vast capacity named is twice that
of the new Croton reservoir Of New
York, thrice that of the six reservoirs
of Birmingham in England, 80 times
that of the Cochituate of Boston, and
will hold more water than Boston's in
ner harbor The dam is located at Gin
ton, Mass, and the vast volume of wa
ter, covering over 1000 acres, will be
entrapped and retained by dam some
l, $50 feet long, 1877 feet high above the
ground and some 1853 feet high above
its rock foundation. No such immense
engineering work has ever before been
undertaken in New England
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
PLANTS FORCED TO BLOOM.
Remarkable Effects of Etherizstion-How
IL u Done.

Remarkable Effects of How
IL Is Done.
BY exposing the sleeping and tired
out hyacinth to the influence of ether
and chloroform science can make it
grow and blossom in just about one
third the time it takes nature to do it.
Immediately after the treatment with
ether the bulb begins to grow. The drug
has awakened il from its normal sleep,
which is due to regular stoppage Of
activity and which causes its growth to
stop. IL is on this cessation Of activity
that the ether has its effect. To force
2-year old baby to sprint 100 yard
dash naturally would retard its devel-
find out if the same condition does not
apply to the plants-whether they can
be awakened before their proper time
and still develop in a normal manner
and become strong and sturdy.
Mr. Johaunsen, German scientist,
first began the experiment on willow
plants and afterward with bulbs and
method on lilacs. AS result of these
experiments it was proved that the
etherizing of the bulbs had no effect be-
fore the formation of the roots. The
condition produced by the ether passed
before the growth of the roots had ad-
vanced sufficiently to cause budding.
Mr.. Johannsen also made some expert
t,,l
considerable, and the development of
the bud was in every way satisfactory.
The experiment was begun on Nov.
co. and Oh Dec. 10 part of the tulips
were not only fully matured, but strong
and healthy.
His experiments with ligneous plants
were interesting and important. Lilacs
grew splendidly when placed i'll an air
tight compartment and exposed As hours
to the effect of 500 or 900 cubic cent?
meters of ether and then placed in a
dollhouse. The most important point in
the process Is to make the plants shoots
at any time before the middle of De-
cember, even as early as September and
October.
MI. JOudDustD Has Ddu llldCs DlOOlu
ing on the 10th of September, but they
did not develop regularly. 1t has been
proved pretty conclusively that the
ether is not beneficial if applied before
the middle of November.
To etherize the plants, they are placed
in an air tight receptacle and exposed
from "a to SO hours generally As hours)
to the influence of the ether. Cylindrical
glasses are used for small plants and for
large plants an oil painted box, the in
terror of which is lined with tin foil,
feet high and long and 21a feet broad.
On the lid small hole is made, which
is closed with cork, and the ether is
conducted through this hole. As ether
is very infiammable, great care must be
taken not to bring candles or matches
near it,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

limited supply of Fuel.
A process for converting peat into
coal has just been perfected in Ger
many. To be explicit, by means OF an
electric current turf can be turned in
to coke having an efficiency equal to
the best coal. Ii is capable of attaining
white heat, and the product can be
manufactured and sold with good profit
at 10 cents the 100 pounds, or about
S2.2O "a ton. A retort holding H. 300
liters can be prepared in 10 minutes.
The amount of ash in this coke is only
per cent The caloritic value is 1000
units-that is, as much as coal. 1t is
easily lighted and contains but very lit
tie sulphur. Ii is in fact discovery the
importance of which cannot be over
estimated. Ireland, for instance, with
its great wealth of peat, would be con-
verted from a farming into fuel pro-
ducing region. So would Nantucket
and many parts Of the United States
and Canada. In short, since peat Is
found all over the world, and, as the
process of making peat in nature is
actively going on, this discovery might
seem to solve the great fuel question
now being actively discussed on account
of the perceptible elimination OF the
coal supply.
The feasibility of increasing the Gallo
rife value of peat has appealed to many
inventors, and many attempts have been
made to accomplish it, but until now
all have been failures. A necessary
part of such an operation has been the
drying out of the substance. Peat is
sponRy and highly impregnated with
moisture. 1t is, in fact, nothing more
or less than partly formed coal. 1t is
vegetable matter in semidecomposed
state, or, to be more exact, substance
intermediate between common vegeta-
BILE matter and bituminous Ignite. Left
to itself, peat would, under certain con-
ditions and after the lapse Of sufficient
time, become coal Following out the
theory of some scientists that coal Is
the result of partly combusted vegeta-
BILE matter, it will be seen that this new
electrical process is but the simple an.
ticipation of the work of nature.
Nothing could be more simple from
the producers standpoint than the cleo
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
Dangerous Metals.

Lead is dangerous to all who use it
in their work, as house painters, gilders,
calico printers, type founders, potters
and braziers Mercury is also foe to
life. The makers of mirrors, barometers
thermometers, those who etch or color
wool OF felt, soon feel the effect of nj
trate of mercury in teeth, gums and it's
sues of the body. Silver often kills those
who handle it, and photographers,
makers of hair dye, inks and other
preparations turn gray and are often
overpowered by deadly weakness. Cop
per sometimes makes those who work
with il lose teeth, eyesight, and some
times life.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
AMPUTATION AVOIDED.
Dr. RecIus' New Method "a Great Advance
In Surgery.

Dr. RecIus' New Method "a Great Advance
In Surgery.
A new method due to DIR. Reclus was
recently ascribed before the French
congress of surgery, by which, it is
claimed, large proportion of limbs
now amputated can be saved. Whatever
the extent or gravity of the LESSONS, DIR.
Reclus does not amputate the injured
limb. but wraps it i'll antiseptic sub
stances by an embalming process. leav-
ing nature to separate the dead from
the living tissues. This method is less
fatal than surgical exaresis and pre-
serves for the patient, if not the entire
limb much larger part than amputa-
ton would have left.
After the skin has been washed and
cleansed from all fatty substances by
ether a jet of hot water 60 TO 90 degrees
e. GAO to "A degrees), but not higher,
is used to irrigate all the injured sur
faces and penetrate the hollows and de-
tached parts of the wound. This re-
moves clots and washes away foreign
bodies together with micro-o organisms.
At this temperature hot water is anti
septic. 1t is hemostatic (blood stanch-
ing) and helps to compensate for the
loss of heat from bleeding. Results OBJ
tanned are said to be remarkable.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
Carbonic Oxide.

Carbon monoxide, or carbonic oxide,
is the most dangerous of all the gases
given off from coal fires, and it is true
poison, and instead of destroying life by
suffocation or exclusion of oxygen it has
direct action on the blood, apparently
altering the character of the red corpus
cles. 1t, and not carbon dioxide or car
bonic acid, causes the headaches and
sense of oppression sometimes expert
enced in coal heated rooms, SO small a
proportion as % per cent in the air CO.
casionally giving rise to alarming symp-
toms
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
HARDIE coMPREssED AIR MOTOR.

varying lengths from 1877 to 81 feet.
The charging pressure is 1900 pounds
per square inch. The air is led from
these tanks through the reheater, in
which water is stored at an initial tenn
perature of 800 degrees F., and after
passing through three reducing valves
is admitted to the cylinders at pres
sure of 100 pounds. The working cylin-
ders are 1870 by 90 inches. The Ameri-
can Air Power company, which controls
the Hardie patents, has erected COM
pressing plant for charging at 100
Greenwich street 1t is expected that
this locomotive will haul five cars
and make "A run of 13 miles between
charges. Electrical Engineer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
A Long TurntabIe.

The longest turntable in the world
was completed recently at East Albany
for the New York Central. IL is intend
ed not only for locomotives, but for
sleeping and long private cars. Ii is 6SJo
feet in length and its construction re-
quired ABB yards Of concrete in the cen
ter of the table As evidence Of how
nicely it is adjusted a toy Of IA years Of
age turned one Of the company's heavi-
est locomotives on 1t with but little
effort
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

One Of the best remedies for heart
troubles, neuralgia, asthma and head
ache is nitrog ycerin, which is the only
explosive ingredient i'll dynamite The
dose is only one two-hundredth of a
grain, dissolved in spirits Of wine, OF
combined in gelatin tablets. Collodion,
a sirupy looking liquid that is used to
form false skin over abrasions of the
cuticle, is nothing but gun cotton dis
solved in alcohol. In its natural form
it is one of the most dangerous of ex-
plosives, and yet, as medicine, it has
no equal for the purpose for which il is
used. Popular Science News
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

Professor O. II. Benjamin of the Case
School of Applied Sciences at Cleveland
has given a detailed account of his re-
cent experiments in determining the
loss of power through friction in the
transmission by belts and shafting.
These were made in 10 different fac
tories. In bridge material factory so
per cent of the engines power was lost
In a planning mill the loss was per
cent, and in sewing machine factory
it was nearly 70 per cent. 1t was ~ per
cent in stamping mill and 90 per
cent in a boiler and machine works.
The average loss for heavy machine
shops was little over so per cent. The
average for light machine work was
about 90 per cent.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
COMPRESSED AIR MOTOR.
The Hardie Locomotive Tried ON the New
York Elevated Railway.

York Elevated Railway.
The accompanying engraving, taken
from The Street Railway Review, shows
the Hardie locomotive, which will be
shortly put to work on the New York
elevated railway system. In general ap-
pearance this machine much resembles
the ordinary steam locomotive. The
space usually occupied by the boiler.
however, is taken up by the storage
tanks for the air and by the reheater.
On this locomotive the air is stored in
36 tubes of Mannesmann rolled steel.
They are inches in diameter and Of
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

"There can be no victories without
battles"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

b,R. 81 Michigan in summer" con
laps. views and descriptions OF N,cht-
9er Resorts, sent on application TO
@. l.. LOCKWOOD, G.. u. & II. a.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
MANY Think!

when the Creator SAID TO WOIHd1,
an sorrow shalt thou bring forth
children" that curse was pro-
nounced against the human race,
but the JOY felt by every Mother
when she first presses to her heart
her babe, proves the contrary.
Danger and suffering Turk in
the pathway of the Expectant
Mother, and should be avoided.
that she may reach the hour when
the hope of her heart is to be real
lied. i'm full vigor and strength.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
FUEi. OF THE FUTURE
PEAT MADE INTO COAL BY ELEC-
TRlCAL PROCESS.

An Important Invention Perfected In Ger
many-The Artificial Product Is Both
Efficient and Cheap and Insures AN Un-
limited supply of Fuel.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

Justice is the queen and sovereign
lady OF all virtues.-Cicero.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

,CAGO & WEST MICHIGAN.
q Rapids -. .....ll . p mi II oopm
70. -. ........... 9 so p mi 80 m
ssTER, GEO. DEHAVEN,
Agent, General Pass'r Agt.
| Bedding. Grand Rapids.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15
.OVT May %, 1897.
p. RAPIDS g. WESTERN r. r

fAl train leave Greenyille for Belding
D. Leave Bedding for Greenville at
HINAW & GRAND RAPIDS
at GOING EAST
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

"Mother's Friend" is the greatest remedy ever
put on the market, and all our customers praiseit
highly"-W. III. KING Il Co, Whitewright, Tex.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-15

BARD, Pres. A. N
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Rapids n Indiana X. *.

THE FISHING LINE"
, 1897-10-16
H TALE OF A ~"

Leo Teller, the affable manager OF
Weber and Fields Music hall, tells a
good joke on himself. He went down
to meet Vesta Tiiley at the dock when
she arrived from Europe the other day,
and just as he stepped forward to shake
hands with her he happened to look
down, and right there in the dirt, under
her feet, lay a five-dollar bill.
why" said Mr.. Teller, as he stopped
down Cor the money, and rendered 1t to
the little male impersonator, you're in
luck. Picking up money as soon as you
land. That must mean you're going to
make a lot OF it while you are here"
OH" protested Miss Tilley, "tha,
moneys not mine. I'll accept the omen
OF good luck, and l hope you'll share it
with me, but the $5-we'll give that I o
ONE poor man."
The IS accordingly went to make glad
the heart Of a dock laborer who hap.
pened to be passing just then.
A little while later Mr.. Teller had oc-
casion to pay some fees for Miss Tilley,
and in running over the money in his
pocketbook he noticed he was shy just
one hve-dollar bill.
by Jove" he exclaimed, Il dropped
that ~" myself."-New York Tele,
gram.
, 1897-10-16

One OF the members of the unoflciai
monetary commission, now sitting In
Warrington. speaking Of the objects OF
the commission, said: There Is sure
" some method OF doing away with this
thing Of having money command 9 and
10 Per cent interest in the southern and
western agricultural communities upon
paper that 10 perfectly sound, when 1t
will only command AZ and 5 per cent
upon paper OF equal %soundness in tho
northern seaboard states" II the COM
mission will ind that method and get
It pat into operation thousands, aye
millIons. will rise up and call It bless
ed.