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The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-06
ELECTRICITg
FOR SUBURBAN
RAILWAYS.

More than a year ago. the Illinois
Central company appointed commit
tee TO investigate the subject of
electricity as a motive power in the
suburban service out of Chicago. 1t
consisted of the chief engineer, the
superintendent and superintendent Of
machinery. They made Il preliminary
investigation and reported year ago
that electricity could be substituted
adyantageously for steam. AT that time
President Stuyvesant Fish wrote TO me,
in answer to an inquiry, that electricity
would be used by the road.
But no system had been adopted.
The committee had still to determine
which was the best. Before all of them
could be investigated a new power
appeared in the field-compressed air.
The Illinois Central people were predis-
posed to favor compressed air, because
they had got good results from using IL
in their shops. So the committee while
studying the electric systems. investi
gated compressed air. Their report has
not been made, but | can forecast it.
1t will be against compressed airs.
Compressed air cannot go the
distance" 1t has very valuable uses
as a motor, as w. l.. EllSins, one of the
controllers of the patents, said to me
here not long ago. 1t can be used to
great advantage on the short crosstoWn
lines in New York city. But the eX-
New York made with ii was not an
entire success and, though indications
once pointed very strongly to its
introduction there, | am satisfied THAI
ii will not be used on the L. unless it
is very much improved
Several months ago the Illinois Cen
aral committee saw some experiments
at the General Electric Works at
Schenectady. They We're made with a
light motor pulling a light car-not
service conditions. IT. under full serv-
ice conditions, the motors do all that
is claimed for them. the Westinghouse
system will probably be introduced
on the Illinois Central road before the
end of this year.
The Illinois Central has a remarkable
suburban service. 1t runs on four
tracks along the lake shore. Two of
these tracks are used by the local
service, stopping a every other street;
the other two by the express service,
which makes its first stop at Fifty
second street. The local trains run at
about 1914 miles an hour. The express
trains run at so miles an hour, and the
schedule has sometimes called for 81
miles. | rode on one of the express
trains a few days ago and il walked
right away from the fast mail trains OF
the Michigan Central road. which was
going at regular speed on parallel
| track. But the motion was so smooth
| that | would not nave known that we
were going at more than 25 miles an
| hour.
1t is not intended to put the electric
| motors on the express service, which
! carries about one-quarter of the
| suburban business and covers a. range
| of - miles. The motors are to be used
| ON the local trains, which run five miles
| making frequent stops, and carry about
| $4,000 passengers a day. These loca
trains run at Commute intervals dur
| ing the midday interval. and at D.
minute intervals morning and evening
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1t has been left to an Indiana police
justice to discover an ingenious use
for the whipping posi-. He utilizes It
to discipline small boys. and so far its
operations are declared TO have been
beneficial. Judge Ninfrey is the jurist
and Evansville. Ind. the place, For
some time the judge has been puzzled
TO decide what 10 do with the young
sters who We're brought before him for
oflenses that were not criminal in
themselves, but were in the nature of
disorderly conduct resulting from the
inability of parents 10 control the chill
dren.
Reprimands served no purpose unless
to make. the bad boys think that they
could easily escape punishment. and SO
the judge, after thinking Il over.
decided on this method Of enforcing the
law and parental discipline at the same
time.
The judge was often compelled to
make the best of the unpleasant
knowledge that the bad boys fines were
paid by the hardworking and sober
fathers. So he arranged 10 in1ict this
sentence upon refractory youngsters
that came before him: They should be
taken TO cell in the prison where they
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affixed to the end of the stick, consid-
cradle resistance will result. the
amount depending upon the size of the
disc.
In the case of this wave motor. the
stick is i'm reality long tube. having
at its upper extremity piston working
in cylinder attached to floating
buoy. The disc with tube attached is
50 constructed that when detached
from the buoy and placed in the water
it will Just float with a few feet of the
tube vertically out Of the water.
When the whole apparatus is placed
in the water the disc sinks TO it's nor
NAL position below the surface and the
buoy floats on the waves. As the waves
rise and fall the buoy follows suit, but
the resistance of the sunken disc is so
great that it practically remains sta
tionary. As consequence, the buoy
with the cylinder attached moves up
and down the piston attached to the
disc and the power thus obtained meas
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TEAROOMS IN HOTELS.
Latest Additions to the Big Hostelries
Are Becoming Popular.

Tearooms are features of several of
the big dry goods stores, and of late
they are being introduced at a few OF
the fashionable hotels. In New York
particularly some of the big hotels have
seen the remunerative possibilities of
tearoom policy. and have let it be
known that between certain hours GER
tain apartments are dedicated to the
cup. Chocolate, light ices and dainty
cakes are also to be had, and already
the scheme has prospered amazingly.
Smart women were not slow to per-
ceive its advantages, while for the wo
man who would like to be smart II was
equally attractive. Young girls in twos
and threes. and with escorts, are often
to be seen, the place for some reason or
other being one OF the few where II Is
not considered out of the way for an
unchaperoned girl To be seen with
man. 1t is a charming way to entertain
ones friends when one wishes to do so
neither elaborately nor extensively, for,
although only the smartest hotels have
adopted the scheme. an afternoons out
lay all told is very light. 1t is a de-
lightful place to take ones out-of-toWn
friends and relatives. as they have got
the impression that they are being treat
ed much more pretentiously than they
actually are. Like ii good many other
things. the tearoom seems to have had
no stability on it's own account, but at
tached To something else it has thrived
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ing 10 thescarcity of the white owl
There are cheaper feather shades.
made from dyed feathers, put together
in stereotyped patterns. and there ara
rare and delicate shades contrived o.
rich-tinted birds of paradise feathers.
and the blended hues that hint of the
peafowPs plumage. The sober grays
and pale browns and shaded wood tints
OF the hawk and the heron are most
sought for. but the bright eolored feafh-
ers make an effective shade Tor draw
ing room lamp or for one used In =
room requiring gay colors. Tiny candle
shades scarcely larger than sea shelf
and prettily curved are also made OF
feathers. and the effect i novel an1
pretty. In all cases the hack ~ tlas
feather shade i covered With silk %
neutral tint. !
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0ElE REAL ODD AND INTEREST ING FACTS FROM EVE IRE

The express trains run at Commute
intervals between the local trains.
To tell you what the Illinois Central
people propose 10 do with their electric
motors is to illustrate to YOU what
these practical railroad men believe is
the use of electricity in railroading.
1t is not they say. 10 take the place
of the locomotive in long distance
travelling They do not agree at all
with President Clark. of the New
Haven road. who has said that all the
locomotives before long will go into the
scrap heap. They think there is no
economy promised for long distance
travelling by electricity. But on a
short-lne handling heavy traffic. with
trains at brief intervals, they propose
TO run single cars or at most two cars
together in place of five cars; to run
these ears under minute headway
in the less busy hours and under two
or three minute headway morning and
evening, to make more frequent stops.
and To increase the speed from 1914
miles an hour to "a or 20 miles.
The experiment will be watched with
a great deal of interest by railroad men
all over the country, and by the
hundreds of thousands of suburbanites.
New York has an enormous suburban
traffic running up into the state, and
out into New Jersey. Philadelphia rail-
roads have an immense suburban busi-
ness. which increases greatly in the
summer Washington has a little army
of people who live as far away as
Baltimore. Chicago. st. Louis and
many other Western cities are building
up residence suburbs rapidly To all
these men and women and children the
coming of the electric motor means
cleanly. quick service in place of Il
dirty, comparatively slow one. If the
Illinois Central can do what il plans.
there viii be joy in the heart of the
much abused commuter.
What railroad men Will ask very
promptly is where there is any
economy in the change. The Illinois
Central people figure that there is
economy if the business can be in
creased The power of hauling 10000
persons can be had about as cheaply as
the power for hauling S0,00a. With
steam the power-cost doubles when you
double the traffic. The Illinois Central
will make money if ii can increase its
traffic.
Whether one car or two cars Will he
used to a train is not determined,
because ii is not known whether the
aXles of one car will hold the 0-horse-
power motor which is to be used. Ii
the motor has to be distributed over the
axles of two cars, they will be coupled
and run from one end-the forward end
of the forward car. 1t is planned to use
a motor car and not an Independent
motor.
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm.
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ured by the resistance Of the disc may
be utilized at will.
There are, of course, several details
such as pipes and valves into the uses
of which 1t is unnecessary To enter.
There are innumerable ways in which
such a motor may be employed. such
as in supplying the motive power for
electric lighting. in seaport towns,
pumping sea water into tanks for
street watering. and the continuous
blowing of siren whistles or fog horns
on dangerous parts of the coast.
The wave motor idea has been once
or twice brought To the experime
stage in this country. The nearest APP
proach to success was made by eN-
Mayor Adolph Sutro in san Francisco,
who had a wave motor that really ac-
complished something. No one seemed
To care To buy il. however neither did
Mr. Sutro give evidence Of being able
to utilize IL, and SO 1t practically passed
into oblivion.
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OLDEST CHURCH
SOUTH OF
DIXON S LINE.

The oldest and most famous church
Providence Baptist in Clark county.
Ky. seven miles south Of Winchester.
1T was organized at a different place
from where the congregation now meets
and in those days great distance
away
Virginia was the church's birthplace,
hut previous To 1889 it moved To Ken
lucky Daniel Boone being included
among the congregation. 1t has in its
history occupied three buildings, one
of log. one of stone, and the present
one, a modern frame.
Not only is this the oldest church in
organization in the state. and is part
of the very interesting unpublished
history of Kentucky. The pastor of the
church, Robert Elkins. has held his
position for 40 years. The present clerk
has filled his own place for AZ years.
As stated, a log house was first BUILT
before 1880 but a few years later a
solid stone structure was erected by
the pioneer Baptists. This early day
sanctuary has stood the test of time,
the masonry showing not crack to-
day. having stood as firm as the church
organization itself. The buiIdlng is
over 100 years old.
Near by this church is the more
modern and commodious house of wor-
ship built by the present congregation
No services are held i'll the old stone
structure, but 1t stands a monument To
the thoroughnssS and careful work OF
Kentucky's early Baptists.
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able. and as the front wheels are much
nearer together than the rear wheels
the wagon acts to quite a degree as
road roller. one of the advantages OF
In the country has no terrors for it. The
width of its wheels and the way they
are adjusted make 1t possible for it to
even ride over ploughed ground in safe
~, and without that very disagreeable
jar that a rough road generally causes.
The trolley itself is adapted To run
either on two or three wires. Every
one who has seen "a trolley ear has no.
ticed the little wheel that runs along
on the wire. This is called the locking
wheel and its movements. which have
heretofore been on "A vertical plane, is
changed i'm this instance TO operate on q
horizontal plane. thus changing COM
plication to simplicity and reducing the
cost and weight of the wheel.
The inventor of this Xehicle helieXeS
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AT the vegetarian jubilee in London re-
Gently some remarkable exhibits were
made. one was ii vegetarian cat, a sleek
and handsome pussy. who, having been
brought up in a vegetarian family. had
not only learned to love vegetable food.
but had forgotten the feline taste for
mouse flesh. Mice of the plumpest and
most tempting appearance could run
across the floor with perfect impunity III
the presence of this vegetarian tabby.
She just winked seepily at them and
gave a contemptuous curl of her anti
oarnivorous tail A new race of cats is
thus brought into sight-the reformed fe-
line who will not eat meat nor kill mice.
But the new vegetarian breed of cats will
never become popular with the ladies'
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OF many animals produces hydrophobia.
As a result, the Indians have suffered
greatly from this maiady, and / really
cannot imagine what they would have
done without the secret OF the shrub.
My attention was first called TO the
shrub during a journey through the
mountains in search of vegetable spe-
eies containing medical qualities. have
spent the greater portion OF the last four
years in the mountains and on the plains
OF New Mexico and Arizona and in the
states OF Chihuahua and Sonora, all the
time seeking the truth about this shrub.
In connection with this il is interest
Ing 10 know that in Chihuahua and So
nora there are any quantity OF herbs of
superior medicinal qualities, many OF
which have been in use by the Indian
tribes IN u crude fashion for : yeFy
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The very latest vehicle 10 transport
people about Is called the trolley wagon.
The accompanying illustration il from
a photograph of the first Of these wag-
ons ever built. which journeys about
the roads of Reno. Nev.
This interesting contrivance Is really
happy medium between the trolley
car and the ordinary vehicle. We have
had auto-cars and motor cars. but the
trolley wagon is neither. It is an in
vention all by itself and its source Of
power is the one thing that enables the
trolley car TO call 1t "A first cousin.
The motor Of the wagon is connected
to the rear wheel by suitable gearing.
1t is about 15-horse power. 1t is pow
erful affair. for its two rear wheels are
eight feet in diameter. The two front
wheels are four feet i'm diameter. The
frame supporting the motor is supend
ed from the wagon frame.
The width of the wheels is consider
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the pipe stands complete as faras the
first stage Of casting is concerned
Then the newly pipe is rolled
into the shop where the sand on the
outer surface is removed and the rough
edges trimmed off. The polishers now
try their hands ON the pipe, and after
their work is complete the giant is
heated again after which it Is given d
bath of coal tar. This done. it is pulled
out of the tar, dried and tested by a
machine hich forces water into ii at
a pressure from 100 pounds to 500
pounds to the square inch. If it stands
this test. the task is AT an end.
All this is what happened to the
biggest iron pipe that was ever cast.
and in spite of it great size it is de-
clared to be without a flaw
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IN rms OLD CAR JoIV wAcnsTAHL aIENDs SHOES.
lpanion in any Of the company's YES

companion in any Of the company's YES
sells.
When the agreement was closed she
sold her furniture and went on board
the first outgoing ship belonging 10 the
packet company. For years that wise
spinster lived nearly all the time upon
one ship or another, frequently accom-
panied by a companion. according
to the agreement. This was al
ways person who otherwise wouid
have been a regular passenger but who
purchased her ticket al reduced rates
by paying the splnstsr instead Of the
packet company. The company offered
her more than twice the value Of the
land il she would give up her priEI-
reply was: You got the land cheap.
and like sailing; So We ought both TO
be satisfied.
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and penates grouped around him in
very handy fashion.
The equipment of the shops forms the
shoemakel's lares and penates for the
reason that here is his household. BY
means OF am ingenious contrivance at
the end Of the ear directly opposite the
entrance AZ one side, q comfortable bed
lets down from the side of the car, and
il is ia this that John seeks the society
IF the sandman. Neither chick nor
child has he. and yet he is as merry as
the day Is long. whistling and singing
and keeping time with his music to the
clatter of his hammer.
Many people are attracted by this
stfangest of all shoe shops, and the re-
suit is John. being a good workman,
has an excellent trade and a balance in
the bank. This car was left here by
accident enc day" said he. and as
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Here IS The gieeest Ever Cost.

There has just been cast at Birming-
ham, Ala. an iron pipe so huge in size
that man six feet tall can stand
upright in it. 1t is the biggest pipe ever
cast in the world, and the accompany
ing illustration shows just how small
a man appears in it.
This leviathan of pipes it ~ inches
in diameter on the inside, 1914 inches
in diameter outside measurement, and
l. feet 6 inches long over ALL The
metal composing it weighs 10000
pounds. 1t was cast for the New
Orleans & Northern railroad and will
form part of a big culvert of that line.
The task of casting a pipe of this
size is a delicate as well as a very
interesting one. The pipe is nodded on
end. In the beginning a great shell
cast or mold is made of iron, coated
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happened to pass this way I saw it. I
had been intending to start in business
for myself for quite a little While, and
the old car gave me a chance to make
a little money by starting a shoe shop
in a queer place.
SO | took to the car ana the car took
to me, and we have been faithful
friends ever since ! make a good liV-
ing and people treat me nicely in the
way of custom. The car is as comfor-
table as it can be. You see, | have got
a chimney" pointing to the pipe which
made it's exit through the roof, the
other end finding lodgment in tiny
stove. and on this stove / can cook all
| need. Sometimes if ! want a big dim
ner | go to some place and eat one, but
most always this is good enough for
me- -
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and placed in the shell previously de-
scribed.
This done. the mold is complete.
Now all is ready for the metal. and
this is gradually poured inside the mold
by means of what is known as a. ladle.
When the necessary amount of molten
metal has been poured into the mold.
the whole is let stand for II hours so
that it may become thoroughly cooled.
The cooling process complete, it now
becomes evident why the hay rope was
used. The molten metal charred this
rope without penetrating it, and the
result is that, protected from adhesion
by the buffer of hay, the core can be
easily removed. At this point the great
iron mold, which is made in halves and
fastened together, is unclasped. The
coating of sand has prevented the mol
ten metal adhering to the shell and so
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there are wonderful prospects in store
for il. He sees no reason why it may
not be utilized in many section OF the
country. particularly where street cars
do not run, and the building Of street
car line would involve tremendous ex-
pense He thinks the trolley wires could
ne erected and then all that II needful
viii have been accomplished as the troll
ley wagon can run over any kind or a
road
The wagon referred 20 has made
speed on a road Of not overly good con-
structi0n of IL miles an hour without
great jar on accident The invention cell
tainly possesses the merit Of being
unique and is attracting no little interest
among those who are interested in the
future of the trolley.
Has Burned Twelve Centuries.
The sacred fires Of india have not all
been extinguished. The most ancfent
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FEATHER LAMP SHADES.
Pretty screens Can BE Made rom yarlouE
Kinds of Piumage.

Feather lamp shades make pretty and
effective decorations, and are neither
heavy In weight nor heavy to look at.
and are rather relief from the muffied
and bordered. gimped and ffuted paper
and silk lamp shades 50 much used. The
latest novelty Is made out of the soft,
smooth-lying under feathers taken from
the breast and head of large birds. Thes..
shades are not intended 10 screen the
entire flame. They are set on one side
of the glass globe and are about as big
as Ia very full moon, or an oval moon. is
thar shape is liked better. An owl shade
for a reading lamp is made OF the
gray owl, and is designed in the exact
likeness of the owls head. The short
curved beak, the prominent eyes, With
their trimmed circles. and the outstanding
ears are all reproduced. Such shada
costs So. One representing whfta
owls head is sold for so cents more. ow-
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QUEER PRESS LAW IN FRANCE.
Persons Referred to In Articles Have the
Privilege of Replying.


From the New York Tribune.
owing TO the existence of a peculiar
law in France. which exacts that "any
person named or referred to in any pc
riodica1 publication shall have the right
to reply in the next number in the same
place and in the same type. providing
the reply does not extend to more than
twice the length of the offending arti-
Gle" one OF the forthcoming numbers
OF the Revue des Deux Mondes, the
most important and influential month
ly review in France. will contain an
article OF unusual length and couched
in extravagant language. which win ap-
pear in its pages despite the opposition
of the editor. II will bear the sigma
ture OF a dramatic author who. infuri-
ated by the nature of the criticism
passed by the Revue on one Of his plays.
has invoked his rights under article 13
of the press laws. rights which were IN
vain contested by the editor
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long time A number of these are not
known To the medical world at all. as
near as I can learn, as specimens OF
them have been so difficult TO secure,
owing TO the great danger to which ex-
ploring parties have been exposed UP to-
the time of the signing of the peace
treaties by the Indians. / have been
fortunate enough to be of service to the
Indians on several occasions, and this
accounts for the protection afforded
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TROLLEY WAGON THAT RUNS ON ANY ROAD.

which still exists was consecrated II cerf-
turies ago In commemoration of the voy-
age made by the Parsees when they emf
grated from Persia to India The fire is
fed five times every "a hours with san
dalwood and other fragrant materials.
combined with very dry fuel. This fire. in
the village of Oodwada, near Bulsar is
visited by Parsees in large numbers dur
ing the months allotted to the presiding
genius of fire.
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From the Louisville Dispatch.
Nothing that promotes the general well
fare can he paternallsm, but everything
that bestows special favors upon special
interests or individuals at the public ex-
pense IL the rankest and most objectiona-
BILE form of this evil and II is this form
of paternalism which the alleged conser-
vatives, those who are so ready to cry so-
cialism and anarchy, so earnestly defend.