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The state herald., 1900-11-02
PNEUMATIC TUBE.
Suggestion That Fast Travel Problem Is
About Solved.

Suggestion That Fast Travel Problem Is
About Solved.
II is difIicult to keep pace with the
~marvels wrought by modern ingenui-
ly. The suggestion has often been
made jokingly that people might travel
over country with almost the speed
Of lightning II they could be shot
through a pneumatic tube. II has re
mained for daring man to make such
trip. thus opening up startling pos
sibilities in the way OF future travel.
Z. X. lands thus describes his trip
In the Ledger: Not long ago | was
riding on the top OF an omnibus in Ok
ford street. London. Looking down,
| saw n sign reading. Pneumatic tube
transit for packages to Euston Station.
three miles away" Immediately
alighted and made inquiry. l found
that the tube was three feet In dia-
meter. and that II would be perfectly
safe to make n trip through It In the
sliding receptacle In which packages
were carried. I asked II II would be
allowed. The clerk replied that he
thought II would. but that he would
have first to get the consent OF the
superintendent. and that must be on
hand the next morning at eleven
o'clock
Tint evening was at dinner par
ty, and mentioned my engagement for
The next morning All present ex-
pressed themselves ms shocked, but two
sentlemen-one belonging to the Royal
asked me II | wanted company. said
Yes" The next morning we were all
IN hand. We were laid nat In the tube.
hey at the bottom. and !. being the
lightest. on top. The word was given.
time was kept by their watches. and
we arrived In a few seconds. When
released, I saw seven or eight OF the
directors OF the company waiting. One
stepped forward and asked. How did
you enjoy your ride. Mr.. Landis?"
Very much" ! replied. II suppose you
,aye all taken IT." NO." he said,
you are the first" How long"
,sked. would II take TO come TO Lon
don from Edinburgh" Less than an
hour" he replied. and his answer sug-
gcsted marvellous possibilities. One
could 20 from Washington to New
York In twenty minutes. Going across
Bchring Strait. from Alaska. one
could be In ST. Petersburg the next
day. and could get from there to Paris
or London In very short space OF
time.
During the transit we had plenty OF
air. From behind there was no per-
ecptiblc motion: no noise. excepting
slight whcexc. and We were through.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
VIII !. Find the Rcd E.r.s

An Oskaloosa, Iowa, man is said to
have perfected corn husking machine
that has been tried and pronounced an
unqualified success. Those who have
seen the working of the machine say
that will do for corn harvesting what
the self-binder has done in the harvest
ing of small grain. In operation, a
pair Of long rollers widely separated at
the bottom and rising ut an angle Of
forty-tive degrees, straddle the rows of
corn. These rollers work inward, pluck
the ear of corn, which is given to an
other pair Of rollers, and is husked
and run up an inclined plane and
dumped into the wagon. The machine
is comparatively cheap and can be op-
Grated by two hands.
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A IA,h.rr.nh i.nr.a Him.

A boomers llthograph OF tho town
OF Sumner. Kas., showing Meet OF
river boats In front Of ieyee Of three
and four.siofy buildings brought Joe n
!. ingalls, 10 Kansas In 1855. lie came
TO Sumner with ltH 1000 Inhabitants
and year or two satisfied him that
A,cbIson, the town below. was 10 be
his home, lie was - years old. the
eldest OF nine children and In his home
at Middleton. Essss county. Mass. he
was described as Shy and dlnid,nt. &"
10th his father and hiH mother were
typical New Enrlsndcrs The eafll-
cat American ancestor ~ the senator
was Edmund fnsallA. who settled In
Lynn, Mass, IN 1880, Theodore In.
sslls, grandfather Of the senator, wa
one OF eight sous whose combined
weight when Theodore became n was
an even ton kans,s city Star,
The state herald., 1900-11-02
A Curious DID Sfb.reh.

Boston church. In Lincolnshire. Eng.
land. the tower OF which Is better
known as Boston Stump. has some very
peculiar features There are 3G5 steps
In the tower corresponding 10 the num-
Der OF days In the year. The church
itself possesses twelve pillars. nfty-two
windows. and seven doors. the analogy
Of which Ii obvious. Further symbols
OF time are to be found In the western
porch. whore. leading TO the library.
there are twenty -four steps. represent.
Ing the hours constituting n day.
whilst In the choir are two lots OF
steps. each numbering sixty. by means
OF which the roof may be reached, and.
Of course. representing minutes and
seconds. Tho foundation stone was
laid about six hundred ycarp ago, and
tho work OF erection occupied nearly a
century.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
,,.,. spartan Courage.

Altoona tpaJ correspondence PhllA'
dclphla lteoord. flflsen-year-old VII.
llam Van Altman. while picking bef.
fiep went Of the city. was nlpped by a
rattloHnake. which he failed to observe
under bush. Tho fanra OF the rep.
tile caught ono Of tho boys fingers
near the end. First killing the snake,
the lad drew hlH ppckctknlia, and, With
Spartan courage. cut on tho Injured
finger at tho second Joint Ne bound
the wound with hia handkerchief aud
bastcnod 10 Altoona where the injury
was dressed The physicians say hs "
IN no danger,
The state herald., 1900-11-02
MOVING yill.r.. ia . n.l,,o.a.

Village moving is an order OF things
In South Dakota now. Work on the
moving OF tho villages Of Old Platte.
Old sslby. Castillo. Bloomington aud
Edgerton 10 points on the line nov be-.
lnr built by tho Chicago. Milwaukee a
81. Paul company between Platte and
Nnpa. distance Of olEhty-thrco miles.
" being carried on. Two or three OF
the villages are four or nyo miles from
tho now line The houses are placed
on sklda and hauled over 10 tho rail.
road by traction engines
The state herald., 1900-11-02
INSIDE YOUR WATCH.
Hundreds of Year. of study ON tho Bai-
.ucn VVI,.ct

Hundreds of Years of study on tho Bsi-
snce wheel.
II you own a watch open 1t and look
at the little wheels. springs and screws.
each an Indispensable part Of the whole
wonderful machine. The busy little
balance wheel alone is the result of
hundreds of years of study and expert
ment. The watch / have before me Is
composed of 9S pieces. and its manufac-
ture embraces more than 1000 dis
tinct and separate operations. Some OF
the smallest screws are so minute that
the unaided eye cannot distinguish
them from the steel filings or specks
OF dirt. Under powerful magnifying
glass u perfect screw Is revealed. The
slit in the head Is two one-thousandths
of an inch wide. II takes 3OS.000 OF
these screws to weigh n pound, and a
pound is worth $1.5S5. The hairspring
is strip of the finest steel about 9h
inches long. hundredth part Of an
inch wide and twenty-seven ten-thou-
sandths of an inch thick. 1t is coiled
up in spiral form and finely tempered.
The process OF tempering was long
held secret by few fortunate ones
possessing it, and even now Is not gen.
orally known. Their manufacture re-
quires great skill and care. The strip
is gauged to twenty one-thousandths
of an inch. but no measuring instru-
ment has yet been devised capable of
fine enough gauging to determine be-
forehand by the size Of the strip what
the strength of the finished spring will
be. A twenty -thousandth part of an
inch difference in the thickness of the
strip makes difference in the running
of a watch of about six minutes per
hour. The value of these springs when
finished and placed in watches is cnor-
nous in proportion to the material
from which they are made. A compar-
ison will give n good idea. A ton OF
gold is worth s627.9l5. A ton OF steel
made up into hairsprings when in
watches is worth s7.SS2, ,290-more than
twelve and one-half times the value
of pure gold. Hairspring wire weighs
one-twentieth of grain to the inch.
/ chS ihAic VI Wllt WtiEhs ltoo thuh hhii
pound. The balance gives five vi
brations every second. 800 every min
ute, $4,000 every hour. $4,000 every
day and l57GSO. 900 every year. At each
vibration 1t rotates about one and n
quarter times, which makes 1877 100, 900
revolutions every year. In order that
we may better understand the stupen-
dous amount OF labor performed by
these tiny works let us make few
comparisons. Take, for illustration, a
locomotive with six-fot driving
wheels. Let its wheels be run till they
shall have given the same number Of
revolutions that a watch gives In one
year and they will have covered dis
tance equal to twenty-oight complete
circuits of the earth. All this a watch
does without other attention than
winding once every twenty-four hours.
When we compare this with the fire.
quent repairs an engine receives we
certainly ought to be willing to have
our watches cleaned once year.
Chicago News.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
Cyclone. OF West Indi...

About IS per cent of the West indlcs
cyclones occur In August. September
and October Fortunately most Of
them are not very destructive In char
acier. Tho records In the island OF 81.
Thomas. for example. show that In tho
century and a half preceding 1897 that
Island suffered from devastating cy-
clones only seven times though II Ia
the northern and eastern islands, such
rs ST. Thomas. Porto Rico. Cuba and
the Bahamas. that arc most frequently
in tho pathway OF tho severest cy.
clones.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

Tho readers of this paper will be pleased 10
learn thAt there IL at least one dreaded disease
that science Inns been abln TO cure IA all ia
stages. and that IL ,Atafrh Halls ca,affh
Cure is the only positive cure now known 10 tho
medical fraternity, ,atarfh being u ronstitu.
tionAl disease requires u constitutional trrAt-
fares OF tho system thereby destroying the
foundation ~ the disease. and giving the patient
Atr'nrth by building up the constitution and
prfctors have 70 much faith In lts curative
po~ers that they offer one Hundred Dollars Tor
any ease that II falls 10 cure Send for llst "
Addrrss v > orEsEY & co. Toledo. o
Sold by druggists Tac
Halls Family Pills Arc tho best
The state herald., 1900-11-02
cAsToRiA coUNTERFEITERs.
Their Factory uprarthsd and the Man
ufacturers Arrcsted-A Warn

Ing to Imitators.
The Centaur Company OF New York
city, manufacturers OF Castorla. re-
Gently learned that their well known
preparation was being counterfeited In
St Louis. Mo. and that worthless I'M
itatlons were being sold.
After careful Investigation by
Chas. II. Fletcher. president OF the
company. 1t was learned that prepa-
ration in imitation OF Fletcher's goods
was being prepared by the Palestine
Drug Company OF No. i07 South Sec
ond street. and sold by a few drug
gists. Warrants were sworn out for
the imltators. Yesterday John Bick.
president OF the offending company,
and Benjamin Chlreaun. chemist for
the concern, were arrested. but later
were released on bond.
The cases will be tried before Judge
Clark OF the Court OF Criminal Cor
rectlon. The Centaur Company has
determined to protect the public from
worthless limitations Of their goods
s. Louis tMoJ Republic. Sept 80.
1860
The state herald., 1900-11-02
Musical Dogs.

There is church bell on the east
side, says the Salt Lake City Tribune,
that seems to have Il peculiar attrac-
tlon for the dogs in the vicinity. Each
Sabbath morning, as soon us the bell
begins its noise, many of the CANNES
in the neighborhood prick UP their ears
and start In single file for the church.
Arriving there they array themselves
In front and start in on n yowling oh
ligato. This beautiful vocal effort Is
persevered in as long as the bell keeps
going, and when 1t stops the dogs feel
that their duty has been done, and
dropping their ears and voices, start
home again.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
(Former Premier of England Is to
Publish a Book on Napoleonl

(Former Premier of England Is "a
Publish Book on Napoleon)
articles have been preserved in book
form.
The earl. however. has marked liter
airy talent. and his friends predict a
success for his work on Napoleon on
Its own merits. Rosebery Is deep
student. He was an amateur actor OF
much ability and fine raconteur. Still
he is not sociable man In the usual
acceptance OF the term. On his great
estate at Mentmore he leads lonely
life, fond of receiving friends and ac-
quaintances at certain times. but usu-
ally quite content 10 sit alone with
his books. with his writings and his
plans. II is, indeed. n characteristic
fact OF his life that now and then he
runs up to London on Sunday. be-
cause London on Sunday Is often the
quietest and most deserted OF solitudes.
And the people he loves most to meet
are not politicisns-especially not pol
iticians In high places.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

when Richard La Gallienne "-rived
In New York from Europe week ago
he was 30 changed In appearance tina,
few familiar with his face knew him,
while In Europe he 30, the long. nov
Ing black hair, which has always dis.
tinguishsd him In the past aud most
deeply Impressed his face upon the
memory.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
The Lofc CbaricS Dudley War.

Charles Dudley Warner. who died In
Hartford. Conn. last week, was born
at Plainfield, Mass. on Sept. ~. 1929.
He was graduated from Hamilton Col
lege in 1851. While in college he con-
tributed to the. magazines. and at his
graduation received the prize in Eng
lish. In 1858 he was member of a
surveying party employed on the Mis-
souri, frontier. In 1854 he entered the
law department Of the University Of
Pennsylvania, was graduated in 1856,
and for four years practiced in Chi
cago. He accepted position as as
sistant editor OF the Hartford Press in
The state herald., 1900-11-02
"5 DROPS" is n preven.

tive as well as curative,
= for the following diseascs :
Rheumatism, Sciatica, Ncu-
ral9ia. Gout, Dyspepsia,
.ss Bschachc, Asthma, Hay
The state herald., 1900-11-02
Hes, for IN, I,ow.ls.

No matter what ails you. headache
to cancer. you will never get well
until your bowels are put right
CasCARETS help nature. cure you
without a grippe or pain. produce easy
natural movements. cost you Just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CAsCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine. put up In metal boxes. every
tablet has c. c. c. stamped on IT, De-
ware OF limitations.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

SAYINGS and DOIhdS
Zee. n1g1T for FeefbaM Play.r.

Face MuC for Football Ffoyers
Now that the football season Is ap-
preaching, parents will begin to worry
about broken noses and disfgured
faces and not without good cause. as
past experiences have proved. Perhaps
the nose and mouth guard illustrated
below will be the means of preventing
the breaking Of face or two. The
guard only touches the head at the
forehead and chin. and there 1t is pro-
vided with inflated rubber rings, which
would deaden the force Of any chance
blow or fall on the face. The attach
ment to the head is made by strong
elastic straps, which can be tightened
The state herald., 1900-11-02

George Francis Train lives In very
small room n, one OF tho Mills hotels
In New York. and has no, left the
building for months, lie gets on, Of
bed every morning between , and 3
and spends nearly nll his waking
hours In reading newspapers Abou,
q In the evening he IN ready to retire
for the night. The former millionaire
says that when the Trans.sibcrian
railroad IL eompleted he VIII belt
the world In thirty days"
The state herald., 1900-11-02

1860. and was
made its managing
editor the follow
Ing year, and in
1867. on the con-
solidation of the
Press with the
Courant, co-editor.
In 1884 he became
one OF the editors
Of Harper's Maga-
zine. He has trav-
eled widely in Eu-
The state herald., 1900-11-02
Roscbery as an Author.

Lord Rosebery is about to publish n
volume entitled "Napoleon-The Last
Phase" study of the emperor during
the closing years of his life at st. Hell
ena. This is the first time the former
premier of England has undertaken
such an ambitious task in the literary
line as the writing of a book, although
he has been contributor to newspa-
pers and magazines and some OF his
The state herald., 1900-11-02

Lieutenant Walter Il. Gherardi. who
Is known us one OF the brayest men In
the navy and has three gold medals
for saving lives. does not look much
like his father. the retired rear ad.
mirai. The latter is about the aver.
age height. but is made to look much
shorter by his grcnt breadth. The son
Is q feet 2 inches tall and built In sym.
mctricai proportion.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
stu More coupterrsltlnr.

The Secret Service has unearthed an
other band of counterfeiters and Sc
cured quantity of bogus bills, which
are cleverly executed. Things of great
value are always selected for imitation,
notably Hostetter's Stomach Bltters
which has many imitators but no
equals for disorders like Indigestion,
dyspepsia and constipation.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

one who was con-
sidcrcd two years
ago to have n very
good chance OF
success. has Just
died. He was
Prince Bernard
Heinrich OF SAKE
weimar. He was
only twenty-five
years old. His
The state herald., 1900-11-02

rs To play hide nm 4
seek In and turn
10 n dozen bur.
nisheti 'in's a min
ute. and n round,
llsHome nsiire
make her pfesemi.
nent among her
sex Hut more than
ali. the magnetism
of vcies and man.
ner have brought
wunttu and men
The state herald., 1900-11-02

Thoughtful people hrc realizing more
ini fnotc the folly hnd danger ~ iHklhf
poisonous drunr and for this reason Oar
1eld Tch-whirl Ia mild but patent lnN.
alive composed entirely of llEitliNa ahhH
ihhen the highest place IN tho esteem ni
Tho medical prufsHqiun and rnnHUrthtlNn
nrnpio throughout The world, u w. pnHl
i've cure for constipation ana sick head
ache.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

Danlson wheelork n full blooded
oneida indian. has Joined the stan
of Green Hay, wis. paper ns re-.
porter he Ia graduate Of Carlisle
indian school. and while studying
there was leader Of the famous Carlisle
hand.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

to the right tension. and the cup-like
chin portion of the guard prevents any
side motion or accidental displacement.
AS the guard does not come in contact
with the mouth or nose it will not In
terfere with the breathing in the
least.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

For double berth in Pullman ordinary
sleeping car on train leaving Denver over
ing Kansas City 1895 following morning
Ticket Office 9f1 18th street. Denver.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
The New United States Senator from
Vermont

Miss Jennie c. Powers. who Is n
member OF the Presbyterian Sunday
school In Germantown. Pa. has been
presented gold medal by the congrr.
cation for what Is believed to be the
worlds record In regular attendance
She nrsi went To the school as q baby
In her mothers arms and has not
missed a single Sunday In twenty Ave
years.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

Colonel Marchand before leaving
Paris had remarkable landlord. He
hired a fiat near the war office for one
year at rental of $640. The landlord
steadfastly refused to take a penny
Of the money due him, stating that he
was recompensed sufficiently by the
honor of furnishing house to SO dis
tnguished a man. Colonel Marchand,
before he went to China, gave orders
that the sum refused by the landlord
should be distributed among the poor.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

Mrs. Wiggles-Iow much did your hus-
band pay for that new horse? Mrs. Wag-
gles-1 don't know what Isaiah paid for
him. but whatever 1t was 1t was more
than the horse Is worth.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

rhat hqs isg dlgllnrt tpnlea " ghicsEe
tiihrf Via omaha or VIA kansas NltN
and give you thu hrsi IN b. md N uuigh
lime. equipment HnI train service Tick
st once, ~ nth street, Denver
The state herald., 1900-11-02
p,.,sisa Woman IN rnsiaos.

A family heritage Of iovciincas
which seems TO have found It's apothc.
oals in one representative has won
Lady Helen Vincent the title OF the
handsomaat woman In Great Britain.
A complexion of marble whltcncns
with soft pcachblow In the cheeks. n
lusurianre Of hair that the Hln rcjolc.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

James Gordon Bennett, who Ia now
paying one of his scmi-occasional yis'
It's TO New York. Is somewhere In the
cos, but really looks ten years young
ct. One of his friends Ia quoted an
saying that Jim seems 10 have learn
ed the secret OF how 10 live on mil
lion a year. Nlne out Of ten men with
his income would hav. been dead long
ago, and Jim hasn't Travelled snail.
fashion at that"
The state herald., 1900-11-02

We shall breathe freer after the cleo
ton is over. The air will be better after
the campaign cigars are all burned.
The state herald., 1900-11-02


Hon. Myron II. McCord, Ex-Governor
Of New Mexico, In letter to DR.. Hart
man, from Washington, D. c., says:
Dear Sir-At the suggestion Of friend
Twas advised to use Peruna for catarrh,
and after using one bottle began to feel
better In every way. 1t helped me in
many respects. was troubled with
colds, coughs, sore throat, etc., but as
soon as l had taken your medicine l
began to improve and soon got well.
take pleasure in recommending your
great remedy to all who are affiicted
with catarrh.-M. H. McCord.
Thousands of cases Of chronic catarrh
have been cured by Peruna during the
past winter. There are no successful
substitutes for this remedy. Send to
DR.. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, for .
free catarrh book.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

= I " Z Y Antonio,
son Of the Due de
Montpensier, was
In Chicago with
her In 1893. but
attracted little at
tention. This cou
pie had two cons,
who remain in the
care Of the Prin-
cess. Princess Eu-
The state herald., 1900-11-02

'If walk backward down the cellar
stairs In the dark I'll see my future hus-
band" Nonsense: you'll be more likely
to see our family surgeon"
The state herald., 1900-11-02

ioPNs thN Vi iNhtptht
United States. Canada and Mexico. He
was an abolitionist previous to the
civil war. and was always a member
OF the Republican party. He always
took an active interest in prison re-
form and university extension.
He received the degree OF A. NJ.
usI2) from Harvard and from Dart
mouth us7D. He first appeared be-
fore the public as an author in 1870,
and his writings. which have been very
popular. have all been marked by
grace. subtle charm and great versa
tility. Among his best known works
are MY Summer In Garden" 1870:
Backlog Studies 1872: My Winter
on the Nile" 1876: Being Boy"
1877. and Our Italy" In 1873 he
wrote. in collaboration with Samuel
l.. Clemens. THE Gilded Age" hu-
morous story. that was afterward dra.
matized. His works displayed banter
and paradox. always handled with
active fancy that sometimes would rise
into Imagination or pathos. irony that
was never bitter and sarcasm that was
never savage.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
Union Pacific Hold. the Record

For quickest time TO Utah California
and the Northwest. Solid track. finest
equipment. Ticket Office. 9u 18th street.
Denver
The state herald., 1900-11-02

No man win ever attain great fame
and high position In life whose wife
goes with him To the rcady-mnde cloth,
ing store and picks out his clothes for
him.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
PUTNAM FADELEss DYES do no.
stain the hands or spot the kettle.
Ouly sI 40 Deuyer to Knn,n. C,,,.

Men who don't know enough to run n
one-horse plow can tell you how this gov
ernment ought to be run.
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alike to acknowledge her charm.
Sir Edgar Vincent Lady ileleB's
husband. is q diplomats, and nnancier
of note, Their Sunday teas at Esbef
Place. ssher. attract many diHtin.
gnished guests. Lady Helen IL an
ideal hostess,
The state herald., 1900-11-02

ialia was FOR many Princess Eulalia.
years only third in
the succession to the throne OF Spain.
She was popular at Madrid, and 1t was
openly said that she would have made
a better regent than her sister-in-, ,aw.
Christina. That. however was be-
fore the latter had been tried with
the experiences that have since en-
deared her to the Spanish populace.
The princess was married when she
was twenty-five. She is now on the
shady side of 40. For some time past
her home has been either In England
or France. With the political life Of
Spain she has had very little to do
since her own chances of ascending
the throne disappeared, As for Anto-
MO. he is called in Paris "a gay duck. "
and as having an eye for great man
things not approved by royalty or even
common people. When In Chicago he
appeared to be n devoted husband.