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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-26
TALK WITH HE HELlooRAPH.
How the System of Signaling Now in
 Use in South Africa Is Operated.

How the System of Signaling Now in
 Use in South Africa Is Operated.
 Heliographing is ssun writing" By the use of the heliogfaph the suns rays are flashed over long distances. The letters of the Morse telegraphie code are used, and communication IS comparatively easy on bright days. The instrument that Is now used to transmit heliograph messages is ex- ceedingly simple. It consists of tripod carrying horizontal rod at the top. On this rod is a mirror on one end and on the other small upright rod with a movable button. This mir TOT is usually four and half inches in diameter, and is so arranged that it can be rotated both on horizontal and on a vertical axis. In the middle is a small unsilvered spot. The mir TOT is sighted by means of this unsil- vered spot and the button on the rod in front, exactly as a rife would he aimed. If the button is raised so as to cover the destination of the Ines- sage, which can be found by compass if it cannot be seen, and the shadow  thrown by the unsilvered spot in the middle of the reflection covers the but ton, the instrument is in position. There is a contrivanee by which the shutter is operated, opening and clos ing over the mirror by means of key, which is pressed like the key of a telegraph instrument. A long flash stands for dash, a short one for a dot in the Morse system. The greatest distance ever overcome by the helio- graph was that operated over by the United States signal corps between Mount Uncompahgre, in Colorado, and Mount Ellen, in Utah. This was 183 miles. The flashes came and went as regularly as though the distance Lad been much shorter. Indianapolis prDSG
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SHYLOCK IN JAPANESE.
sg.snges in the Text of shalespcare's
 Great Play.

Two tragedies were given by the eaganese players at the Boston theater recently, and the author of both-Ka- wakami-played the leading part in each. Japanese playwrights are cer- tainly versatile, and when the amount of physical labor involved in these tra- geGies is considered, they cannot be said to be afraid of hard work, says the Boston Herald. The Japanese idea or 'The Merchant of Venice" which the author attempts to show in "Sairoku' and In which he plays the name part, proved hardly as entertaining as might be expected. It might be called weari- some in places, owing to the protracted dialogue and insufficient pantomime to clearly indicate what the people were talking about. The main features of the play are copied, with some changes. Thus the Jewish miser becomes a Ja. panese miserly fisherman, the pound of flesh is three square fnches," to be cut off nearest the heart of the lover or : miser's daughter, who has borrow c 5000 rio under the pledge of flesh
 
 C Portia who becomes the judge and S les the lovers life. The play ends .-~ppily in the repentance of Sirolku, though not before the tragic element is deyolved in the suicide of the young sr daughter. The shorter play that opened the bill ard is called Scarlet Snow" is based on events following the visit of Commodore Perry in Japan in 1853, and the tragic fate of Minister Tairo Ramon in consequence of his signing treaty in opposition to the wishes of the exclusion party. The hand-to-hand fighting that comprises almost the entire second act and that reddens the deep snow with blood gives the name to the play, and is a study of muscular realism on the stage. The play is aven entirely by the men, but in "Siroku" two ladies of the com pany, Sada Yaceo and Mikami, give de- Hghtful performances as the two daughters.
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 No Insult Intended.

Philadelphia Record: While his meaa vas being served on Saturday night to a West Walnut street exquisite, whom the excessive expenditures of Christ mas week had reduced to cheap res- taurant, lie showed displeasEre with the manner in which things were served. The constant rattle of dishes on the hard tables and the believing of the walters as they announced their orders to the cooks at the end of the room made him nervous. When the busy waiter deposited his order before him the young man began fasillade of reproaeh on the substantial but homely siands. Do you call that veal cut let?" he demanded of the waiter. Why, such outlet as that is an in- suit to every self-respeeting calf in Bucks county" The waiter hung his head for a moment, but on recovering himself, said, in tone of quiet apol- ogy: T really didn't intend to insxAt you. sir '
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GERMANS STRANGE TIMEprEck
Took Him 6 Years to Make His s4o,ooo
 Clock


 Clock
 4 remarkable clock 1s to be placed on exhibition here in the near future It has taken 16 years fol the inventor, Carl JHlials Speath, a native Of Baden, Germany, to build it. Not until 1884 did he start to build this clock. It is what the inventor calls an astro- nomical art clock. All parts of it were made by Speath himself out of raw material. The smaller parts are plated with gold or silver, the larger parts are of nickel. The case is feet high, feet wide. and 2 feet deep, and is made out of oak wood, waxed and pol ished. On the top. at the left hand, stands a rooster, which crows three times, just before the clock strikes F. The cocks crow immediately brings out a cuckoo, which chirps if the seq son picture beneath the roof shows spring; a quail appears and shrieks if it is summer, in autumn a bull jumps out and bellows, and in winteT q lion rushes forth and roars. At the SSP3 03t tAlS 14SuL 4Id14l, 6CdA1sS tlt angel Gabriel, who blows his horn after the striking Of each hour. h the gaIlefT beneath the roof stand the four eyangeljsts. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Two statues stand in another apartment and strike the quarter hours. Near the first quarter-heu stroke stands child, near the second a young man, near the third man fully developed, and near the fourth an old man. These figures are sup, posed to illustrate the four stages Of human existence. In the center of the gallery is the Savior, seated upon the clouds, holding book and cross ana showing his wounds. The astronomical part of the clock is very elaborate. The eclipses of the sun and moon are shown distinctly and predicted aecu- rately. The position of the stars and their movements are also shown very beautifully. The milky way, equator, zodiac, and meridians are painted on globe. At the lower right-hand cor. ner is en extra indication of the date. weekday, and month, with the illus trations after which the weekdays are named. The whole clock weighs only 335 pounds, but it's appraised value In Germany is 40,00o.-NeW York Jour- qaI.
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Old Hudson Bay Receipls.

Among some curious records of the Hudson Bay company are receipts which read as follows. Received per Lapwing, Jane Goody, as per invoice, in good condition" Received per Os- prey, Matilda Timbins. Returned per Lapwing, as not being in accordance with description contained in invoice. , These belong to pioneer times, when white men who settled in new parts Of the country were either obliged to re- main bachelors, marry squaws or send east for wives, trusting to the judg~ ment of the company to select them and send them out.
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GREAT SALT LAKE.
No Living Thing in Il and No Danger
 Of Being Drowned.

The water of the Great Salt lake. Utah, is clear and transparent, with 8 bottom of fine white sand and mar gin of incrnsted salt. It is one of the purest and most concentrated primes in the wf,ule world. Its waters give sus. tenance to no living thing; there is not the smallest insect or worm ts frighten the most timid bather, and the bathing is the most perfect sea bathing in the whole of North Aneri' co or in Europe. No human body can sink in it. One may actually walk the water, no mater how deep it is. Your body will persisitently rise up. the shoulders above the surface, or you may even sit down in it. It's wonder ful buoyancy must be experienced to he realized. No knowledge of swim
 nizg is necessary; one may enter the lake without the slightest fear; all you have to do is to lie down and float. But to swim in it, that is an- other thing! When your hands are put under the water to take a stroke, your feet, like Banquo's ghost, will not go down. It is impossible to keep more than one end of your body under water at a time. You cannot swim, but if you are man you can float on your back, with your arms crossed under yolr head, and smoke your pipe or cigar with as much ease as if in Your own room. The water is so salt Lat it cannot be swallowed without great danger of strangulation; small drop in the eye. too, gives much pain, But, in spite of all the dangers, bath ing in the Great Salt lake is refreshing and invigorating, notwithstanding that the body must be rebathed in fresh water afterward to remove the im- mense quantity of salt which adheres to the skin. It is hard work to make any headWay, against the smallest waves. Nearly half million people bathe in the Great Salt lake every year; they come from all over the world, and tourists are beginning to realize that Salt Lake City and the magnificent surroundings present the greatest scope of novelty, and is des- tined to be leading watering place.
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Lady Churchill's Wit.

Iady Randolph Churchill has inher- ated the wit of her father, Uncle Lar ry,' Jerome, as she demonstrated upon one occasion to an eminent British politician. He was somewhat annoyed at the campaign she had made, and said "sI really don't understand. ma- dam, why or how it is that American ladies refuse to enter political life in their own country, but overwhelm ua here in England" That is because you never travelled in the states. The men there are so intelligent and patriotic that they do not require the services of our sex as an educating force. The Argonaut.
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Don't { fIake Up Your Hind

that you can rot have pretty home because you haven't lots of money. You must not judge this store by the prices others charge, Don't think you must pay high prices tc get the best, Iii sn't always necessary. It isn't at all here just at present, We have lots of home-brightness for some ore.
 BI UFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-26
ASK FOR LESS MONEY
Board of Education Announce Their
Estimate Of Expenses for
the Coming Year.
NEW HEATING PLANT BOUGHT
The American Foundry and Furnace COM
pany, of Milwaukee, Will Place the
New Plant in Central School.

The Board OF Education met in ad-
journed session at the City Hall Tues
day evening and for the first time
since the election of the new Board a
small attendance was registered. The
meeting was most important one,
for the Board not only announced
the estimates of expenses for the
coming year, but also decided to
make complete change in the heating
plant at the Central building.
AS to the estimate for the coming
year, the people will be pleased to
know that the Board of Education
have come to the assistance of the City
Council and have reported reduced
estimate for the coming year, the re-
duction amounting to over six thousand
dollars when compared with the esti-
mate made at this time last year. The
Council will be called upon TO raise for
the coming year for school purposes
the sum of S21 ,095, while last year the
Council was forced to raise the sum OF
S27, 1899. 10. The reduction of the esti-
mate this year is found in the fact
that new building was built during
the last year which cost the Board
nearly $4,000. The estimate as pre-
sented is as follows:
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completion of the plant without the
connection of water and sewer. The
other bid was some three hundred dol
lars more. Mr.. Bogart was present at
the meeting and explained the plan
which is the one now used in the two
other buildings. He stated that with
the new system the large building
could be perfectly heated at all times
of the year and that the plant when re-
paired would be as good as an entirely
new plant. After a discussion of the
merits of the system it was decided by
a unanimous vote to award the con-
tract to Mr.. Bogart. The contract for
the work was signed this morning and
the work of installing the new plant
will begin at once. The new plant
will make the building much better
fitted for the use for which it was built
and it will also make room in the base
ment for the location of a physical
1abratory, which is one of the greatest
needs of the city schools at the present
time.
After the bids for the furnace work
had been opened and the contract let
the Board spent few minutes in re-
solving to build fence about the Gil
lett school and to curb the enthusiasm
of teachers in regard to renting pianos
and organs to be paid for by the Board,
and then adjourned until the time for
the next regular meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-26
OLD SETTLER DEAD.
John Dunneback Died Monday at his
Home in Somers.

Home in Somers.
John Dunneback, one Of the pioneer
settlers of this county, died at 7:45
Monday evening at his home in the
town of Son1ers. The deceased was
seventy-four years of age, and had
been resident in Somers for the last
twenty-three years.
John Dunneback was born in West
Fallen, Prussia, May d, 1926, and came
to this country and county in 1912.
He remained in Kenosha for a short
time and then went to Chicago, where
he worked for many years as fore
man in the Ely and Gray & Clark
tanneries. In 1877 he returned to Ke-
nosha county and purchased farm in
the town of Somers, where his death
occurred Monday evening.
Only short time ago the deceased
completed the erection of beautiful
new and modern home. During his
life in this county the deceased had
amassed quite little property in Ke-
nosha, most of it being situated on the
north side of the city.
A widow and eight children, three
sons and five daughters, survive.
The funeral will be held from ST.
Georges church on next Thursday
morning at $50 O'Clock. The remains
will be inferred in St. Georges ceme-
terry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-26
DEATH OF MRS. W. A. DICKSON
Former Resident of Pleasant Prairie Died
in Chicago Last Friday Evening

Former Resident of Pleasant Prairie Died
in Chicago Last Friday Evening
Mrs. w. A Dickson, a former well
known resident of Truesde11, in the
town of Pleasant Prairie, met with
tragic death in Chicago on last Friday
evening. She was found on Saturday
morning lying dead in bed and an open
gas Jet told the secret of her death
It is evident that the death Of the
Kenosha. county woman was the result
of an accident as the appearance of the
room showed that she had been lying
in bed reading a magazine when she
had dropped asleep. Later a gust of
wind coming in through the open
window extingrished the gas and be-
fore the sleeping woman had awakened
the fumes of the gas had closed her
eyes in an eternal sleep. A husband
and two children survive. Mrs Dick
son was we'll known in Truesde11 and
has many friends in Kenosha, to whom
the announcement of the death will
come as a great surprise. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dickson lived at Truesde11 for
severa1 years and Mr.. Dickson was the
proprietor of the large creamery at
that place. About three years ago the
family removed to Chicago and had
been making their home in Hyde Park.
35 Mrs. Dickson and the two children
were staying with the parents of Mr..
Dickson in Milwaukee, and Mr.. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Dickson had planned to
come to Kenosha in a few days for an
extended visit,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-26
MYSTERY STOPS A FUNERAL.
Coroner Will Investigate the Death Of
Charles D. NeWberry.

OAd44S6 ~. NSWOS44y
There is so much mystery surround
ing the sudden death of Charles ID.
Newberry, an early resident of Keno
sha who died on Monday in Chicago,
that the coroner of Cook county has
decided to hold an inquest and has
ments for holding the funeral today
must be modified. It is probab bic that
the death certificate issued by DR.. H.
p. Merriam will be revoked. At first
it was said that Mr.. Newberry drowned
in his bathtub, but this report was de-
MED yesterday by the widow. The
latter had threatened toshoot deputy
make inquiries and her actions were so
singular that an investigation was
begun. DR.. Bennett, who was called
Monday afternoon to attend Mr.. New
berry, says that when he arrived his
prospective patient had been dead an
hour.
A son of the deceased is said to have
steps to have an investigation made.
Mr.. Newberry, who had been an inva-
lid for fifteen years, is said to have
carried O,OO01ife insurance. Neither
Mrs. New berry nor her son would say
last night what was the cause, in their
opinion, of Mr.. Newberry's death.
The deceased was born in Kenosha
about fifty years ago, and was well
known among the early settlers of the
city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-26

signature to both of them, so that
there is no longer any doubt of his
willingness to go the security for the
builders of the line. The attorneys
and the hackers of the road claim that
they will present all sorts of legal
opinion showing that the city has a
perfect right to accept the bond signed
by Mr.. Simmons as security, but the
city attorney has not as yet passed
upon the statements of these attor-
neys, and the meeting between the
attorneys this afternoon will probably
be prolonged one, and the matter
will be finally settled one way or the
other.
Simmons Denies Interest
In the light of the developments IN
the matter in the last few days the
pertinent question is now being asked,
''Is z. G. Simmons interested in the
construction of the liner" AS far. as
the general public knows he is not,
but the circumstances of the fling of
the check signed, not by either or both
of the promoters, but by the cashier of
the bank of which Mr.. Simmons is
president, has led some people to be-
1ieve that Mr.. Simmons is interested in
the project.
On account of this persistent rumor
a representative of this paper called at
Mr.. Simmons office this afternoon and
asked for al expression for publication
IN regard to the story. Mr.. Simmons
said
81 have not a shade or shadow of
interest in the proposed line nor have
any intention of having. ] do not
approve of the line or franchise on &C
count of the fact that it docs not give
the city enough.A A short time ago
these gentlemen asked me to furnish
them with bonds and decided that ]
would make an effort to do so. At the
time l thought that the bond could be
furnished by the Northwestern Loan and
Trust Co., but later when found that it
could not be furnished by this com
pany, it was suggested to me that |
furnish a private bond. This I con-
sented to do if the company would
give me proper security and on the
punishment of this security executed
the two bonds. II was wholly a bust
ness transaction as far as, I was con-
cerned and the story that have any
connection with the building of the
road is entirely false"
Mr.. Simmons had nothing to say in
regard to the action Of the Mayor on
the bonds presented, but simply stated
that the bonds ought to be perfectly
good, as he had more than property
enough in Kenosha to secure them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-26

In response to the request OF 0upt.
Mcdowell and Chairman Williams for
bids for the changing of the heating
plant at the Central building, but two
bids were received. One was from
Peter B. Bogart, who put in the heat
ing plants at the Deming and Gil1ett
schools, and one from the American
Warming and Venti1ating Company.
MIR. Bogart's bid was 81, 985 for the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-26
Makes:
Tie God
More
Healthful

and healthfulness Of its ingredients.
Royal Baking Powder leavens the
food perfectly by its own inherent
power without changing or imPairing
any of the elements of the -four.
Thus the hot-breads, hot-rolls
and mullins, and the delicious hot
griddle-cakes raised by the Royal
Baking Powder are wholesome and
digestible, and may be eaten without
distress, even by persons Of delicate
digestion.
Alum baking powders low priced as alum costs but
two pound but alum is corrosive poison and
renders the baking powder dangerous to use in ood
ROYAL BAKING POWDER co, 100 WILLIAM ST. NEW YORK.
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Royal Baking Pow
der possesses Pecu-
liar qualities not
found in other leav-
ening agents, which
arise from the supe-
rior fitness, purity
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-01
PECULIAR SAFE.
1t Was Made of Cork and Folded
Like a DresS-Suit Case.

1t Was Made of Cork and Folded
Like Dress-Suit Case.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Did you ever hear of cork safer
asked a drummer, who represents the
latest thing in chilled steel and burglar
battling time locks.
LAS far as | am aware he contin-
ued, when everybody had chorused a
negative, "only one of them was ever
built. Ii was made by an ingenious
Dutch mechanic for a one-time famous
confidence man named DR.. Baggs, who
operated in Denver, Salt Lake and
Frisco. The safe was a folding affair,
made of paper on backing of sheet
cork, and when 1t was opened up 1t was
six feet high, and looked exactly like the
real thing. AS it was always placed in
a corner, it had only two sides, but every
visible detail was complete- combination,
knob, hinges, lettering, bolt-heads and
all. When folded it could be carried in
an ordinary dress-sut case. Baggs used
the thing In fake lottery Office, which
was of itself marvel of trick furnishing.
When the victim entered the place 4,
locked like an ordinary business estab-
lishment, with desks, railing maps on
the walls, safe in the corner and several
clerks at>work on the books. The in
stant he left, rOll-top desk was opened
up into a bed The railing was folded
together and slipped into a closet, table
was transformer into a washstand, a
cabinet turned into a bureau. the safe
was put away ia its case. the curtains
were pulled down, and the room was to
all appearances q simple sleeping apart
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-01
DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.

Portsmouth-The japanese battleshtp
Asahi has run ashore off South Sea. The
tide was falling as she grounded and
anxiety Is expressed as to the extent Of
the damage she may sustain
GIadwin, Mich,-Aided. by high wind,
fire last night destroyed sixteen build
ings here, including the Methodist church,
Michigan Central depot, Brunswick hotel
and the city hose house, causing total
loss of $4,000.
Port Said-Two fatal cases of what IS
believed to be bubonic plague have heen
officially reported here: One death oc-
Cured today.
Washington-Unlted States Treasurer
gregating s2,126915, representing the In
bonds of the ., 4 and per cent loans.
shington-President Mckinley has
indicated his purpose to attends If posi-
BILE, the reunion OF the army of the Poto-
mac at Fredericksburg. on May %, and II
the public business will permit he also
will attend the Memorial day ceremonies
at Antietam battlefield on May 80.
Seoul. Korea-The Korean government
has refused an American concession for
100000 yen.
London-The subscriptions to the Man
sion House fund for the relief of suffer-
ers from the Ottawa fire have already
reached ST, 600.
Yokohama-The imperial naval review
was held at Kobe today in the presence
of Emperor Hitsu Mrai.