Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-06

7VMETHoD OF discovering crime by
1 means OF hypnOtism was a favorlte
IL NDractice of the Egyptians four thou
sand years ago. But, according 70 q
Swiss engineer, who has been N the en-
ploy OF King Menelik, the same method Is
carried on in Abyssinia to-day. Some of
the stories concerning these lobashas, or
crime 'discoverers, are remarkable.
These lobashas are boys not more than
twelve years old, who are put into hyp-
motto state and during this trance discover
the perpetrators of the crime. The meth
DDS employed recently to discover a person
guilty OF incendiarism is a case In point.
The iobasha was called to the spot ana
given a cup OF milk IN which green pow
der had been dissolved, and was then mace
to smoke a pipe OF tobacco mixed with
black powder He was then hypnotized.
After a few minutes he jumped up ana
began running in the direction OF Harrar'
For sixteen hours he ran. and so swiftly
that the professional runners could not
keep up with him. Near Harrar the 10
basha left the road and ran Into neld'
where he touched the hand Of a man VINO
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To Harness the zambesi.
T- PROJECT not unlike that connected
\ wlth Niagara Falls and the Niagara
.HRiver is interesting South Africa d.
rectly and the entire earth indirectly.
Engineers propose to put the zamoesi
River, at points near Victoria Falls, at WORK
generating power that Is to be pushed Into
many parts Of South Africa, indeed ulti-
mately It is hoped. to points hundreds Of
miles away. American and Continental
electrical experts are on record IN favor
of the scheme All agree as TO its FEAST
bnity practicability and value. Professor
FORBES famous In connection with the
work AT Niagara was the first 20 point
,laa4hi1fffaa n the Zaamlhesi. 10
MIN more than 10 any other man south
Africa viii owe gratitude II the Efforts
- being made result in anything like
the success suggested.
nv ADVENT OF electricity gave 10 water
- : value. hitherto unpOssessed. A
tp'.'hI,a shaft. the turbine water wheel,
80 asnamo. miles OF WIRE with the water
80, SabInd AL. aad the possibilities Of
tal are infpite At times canals have
po% cnt and dams built In such cases
-. rower can become very costly
a.. a',st-isl commodity. Luckily on the
zannhesl. as on the Niagara, on many OF
- ,traams OF Italy and Norway. dams
ens oansls are not needed; the fan Is US
ai nS,,, e1-,srnendlcular and abrupt or nearly
ua4'' California, on the Yuba River, has
81 that rs sending power l4O miles, driv- |
- trains IN Oakland. Niagara sends
-. 10 buffalo. twenty-five miles. There
- W. ','s,,,sI generated at Lachine and Cham
bly fairs for Montreal. SIX ana seventeen
T,rss away respectively.
~. zanbssl, Il is believed, has posi-
,,1,tto. raadny available. reaching as high /
% 20 600 horse power At present the
pa which the projectors OF the present
none TO supply. uses $4,000 horse
.l-a- There Is an available head at pres
snt Al the Victoria Falls OF $50 feet. BY
c,t,ing a canal hfteen 10 twenty miles in
SN.s'th which may easily be done, a head
- = go feet win be obtainable. VIII Oh
.'o,,iS mean 10000 horse power. The
corstruetion OF such a canal would cost
,coTnarafively little. Moreover. the beauty
81 ne falls would not be marrsd To-day
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