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mental markers that were designed to de-
note the location of the Fifteenth and Six
teenth regiments during the engagements.
1t was contended by the Iowa commission
that the national commission wanted the
monuments at a spot and so inscribed that
the regiments would be made to appear
as participating in the battle after it was
all over. or the fifteen regiments in the
field from this state in the spring of 1862
eleven participated in the engagement at
Shiloh. Whatever the merits of the con-
troversy between the state and the national
commission, the question was finally set
tied to suit the ideas of the Iowa commits
sion and the monuments have been erected
and properly inscribed, and will be dedi-
Gated next November though the question
had to be carried to President Roosevelt
before final adjustment could be secured,
and for time there were threats of the
Iowa commission not to erect the monu-
ments at all.
There have been two Shiloh commissions
One was for the pu!@ose of locating on the
battlefield the location of the regiments
during the engagement. 1t was appointed
by Governor Frank d. Jackson. The Leg
'isiature next, appropriated $4,000 for the
monuments and Governor Shaw appointed
a commission of one from each regiment
to erect the monuments. OF the appropria-
ton the commission expended $4,000 for
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and Charlottenburg prove that with tung-
stem two or three times as much light
can be had from given amount OF current
as is emitted by the carbon lamp. A few
years ago II was not feasible to run more
than about a dozen 16-candlepower lamps
with one horsepower. Fifteen to the horse
power is now a common ratio, and II the
filaments are coated with graphite by q
special process, nineteen can be used, but
no more without sacrifice of brightness.
1t seems to be beyond question that at least
thirty eight tungsten lamps, of the same
degree of brilliancy, can be operated by
the same draft upon the engine room.
Something besides economy in current
consumption must, of course, be considered.
In respect to the durability of the tungsten
filament much Is yet to be learned. but it
seems to have shown its superiority to both
carbon and tantalum. On the other hand.
nothing Is yet known about the price at
which the tungsten lamp will be sold, and
this must be determined before anybody
can tell whether he will save money by
making change. Moreover. the expert
ments which have been reported thus far
have been made up with lamps of forty to
sixty candlepower. In order to adapt the
tungsten flament to lamps OF the bright
ness most commonly demanded it will be
necessary to make fresh trials. Indeed.
II is possible that a modification OF the
central station equipment may be deemed
expedient. Hence the immediate substitute
ton of the new lamp for the Edison lamp
is out of the question. The arc light will
probably be the first one to feel the effect
of competition. Nevertheless, the Electrical
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itself remains mystery. Some investiga-
tors, though not the medical world, say
electricity is the essence of life But it's
definition has not been found nor have it's
limitations for intimate usefulness 1t
reaches over mountains to distribute power,
operates mines that would otherwise entail
loss swiftly loads and unloads great car
goes, has sent a car 100 miles an hour,
sheds over cities a blaze of illumination,
and is In general a handspring of modern
existence.
Can the image of objects be transmitted
usually by electricity? Several times 1t
has been claimed that the feat has been
accomplished, but no satisfactory demon
stration has ever reached the public. In
ventors In this line try to combine vibra-
tory action with the properties OF silenium,
the nonmetallic form of sulphur. whose
electrical resistance varies according to the
intensity of light. A Virginia experimental
thinks he has a Photographic device thi I
will, when perfected, enable a person at tn >
telephone to see the face and figure Of III |.
person with whom he is conversdng. Al
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Surprise for Gay New Jersey Lothario

and taking her to a room upstairs. Return
ing to the reception room, Miss MacDon-
AIDS friends found her a few minutes later
arrayed In her wedding gown of white silk.
She was weeping.
inquired. and Mrs. Macdonald replied that
- Minister" repeated one of the guests
inquiringy. II thought priest was to per-
form the marriage ceremony"
1.-THE plans have been changed somewhat"
explained Mrs. Macdonald. "The Rev. H
C, A. Meyer of st. Jacobs Lutheran
church at Fourth avenue and Forty-slxth
street will officiate. -
do you feel nervous. Mary?" inquired
another guest, turning to Miss Macdonald.
NO" was the answer 1--WE been school
ing myself for the ordeal I must pass
through"
Out in the parlor Mr.. Thober was laugh
ing and Joking with a group of men. Miss
MacDonalds brother-in-law, Griffin. stepped
up to him and whispered something.
Thorber paled and moved toward the
door. Grimm smiled.
There is no chance of escape" he said.
taking Thober by the arm: face the music.
Miss Macdonald is to be bridesmaid not
bride, tonight"
And / am to be the best man." chimad
in George Casey. a friend OF the MaeDon-
aid family. "The bride will be Miss Viola
Glover OF Newark, the girl you deserted
several months ago She is here with her
mother"
The cutains were brushed aside and Miss
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Glover stepped forward. 1t was like q
scene from Henry Arthur Jones new play,
THE Hypocrites." now at the Hudson
theater. The finger OF scorn was pointed
In the right direction. Miss Macdonald
occupied the center OF the stage. With
her arm about the waist of the New Jersey
girl, the Brooklyn girl stepped forward and
said calmly:
she wants your name!
Some of the guests wept. Others famed
themselves vigorously. All crowded about
Thober. He stood open-mouthed. staring
into space. Brother-in-law Griffin called
in the minister. who had just arrived. The
Rev. Mr. Meyer was robed in black. Tho
Der glanced at Miss Mcdonald and then at
Miss Glover.
He sighed and said. "An right" when
the minister asked him IL he was prepared
TO marry Miss Glover. The ceremony
lasted but a minute or two.
Mrs. Glover. mother Of the bride, shook
hands with Miss Macdonald and thanked
her for the service she had rendered Tho
bridesmaid led the bride into the dining
room, where the wedding feast had been
prepared, the bridegroom following sheep
ishly.
But he was not permitted to partake of
the wedding feast Mr.. Grimm handed him
his hat and pointed to the street door.
Mrs. Macdonald opened the door.
Go" she said. "and go quickly"
Thober went so rapidly that he has not
been seen since At the wedding feast the
story was told.-New York Times.
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Pearls Are Growing Scarce

Customs officers say that the Importation
at New York OF pearls in the larger, finer
and more costly grades has greatly in
creased Even with the increase in the I'M
portations OF pearls. the dealers say, the
gems OF superior size and luster are scarce,
so greatly has the demand increased and
the prices are higher than ever before:
When he was asked about the unusual ac-
. tivity In the pearl trade, a New York
dealer said:
"All kinds Of fine gems are scarce and
prices are advancing. Ten years ago 1
predicted that pearls as well as diamonds
would go up and continue their upward
movement. Many were then incredulous,
but the market In these gems has been
getting stronger ever since I am as GER
tain now as I was then that the prices
must tend upward.
THE yield Of new pearls has been getting
less and less. The pearl oyster beds OF
Ceylon. Australia, the Persian gulf and
other parts OF the world have been
searched In recent times so thoroughly
that each year the finding OF gems becomes
more dificult.
THE prices OF choice gems have at last
got to point that 10 tempting eastern po-
tentates 10 part with necklaces and strings
which have been heirlooms and treasured
family possessions for years, sometimes
for hundreds OF years.
"A large part OF the supplies now reach
ing New York comes in this way from per-
sons OF power in the oriental world. But
the time wal come when even the Indian
rajahs and the Chinese mandarins will
have no moro pearls to offer.''-New York
Iimea
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Quarantine on his return from Europe and
valued at s6S,cdo. At that time there was
some curiosity as to whether or not Judge
Gary had begun to make a collection for a
necklace.
In the last week a gem dealer who is
buying for him, according to a report in
the jewelry district OF New York, visited
several houses which make a speciality OF
dealing in pearls At Fifth avenue store
he paid $4,000 for three pearls. to be used.
he explained, in making a necklace.
1t is learned from jewelers. that since the
Citroen necklace was bought In Paris some
weeks ago, for price approximatlng s225,-
900. by William b. Leeds, as a present for
his wife, there has been considerable en-
ulation OF his example on the part of other
wealthy men. The more prominent Jewell
ers are all making specialtles of pearl col
lections, and in several salesrooms are
necklaces valued at from $4,000 to $4,000
These strings are not displayed in the
Showcases. but are kept in safes and only
taken out and shown TO visitors whose
circumstances indicate possible customer
These costly necklaces are In the soft,
cream-eolored pearls. In the pink character
istic Of some OF the Red sea fisheries, and
also I'm the silver sheen and other delicate
tints that are admired. In sizes they vary
from that Of a pea UP 20 the of birds
egg The round shape is used almost en-
tirely for necklaces. and pear-shaped gems
are much used for pendants
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generation. will also deliver an address.
The plans for the dedication of the An
Jacksonville monument have been nearly
completed. Captain Brewer, chairman of
the commission, will on behalf of the COM
mission turn the monument over to the
state, and it will be received on behalf of
the state by Governor Cummins. Governor
Cummins will present 1t on behalf of the
state to the government and it will be re-
ceived by General e. A Carmen, an official
of the national commission.
The plans for the dedication of the other
monuments have not been arranged in de-
tail, nor the details of the Shiloh and An
Jacksonville dedication completed. Unless
the plans should be changed, the start from
Chicago will be made on November 49, The
Vicksburg dedication will be made on the
18th and 18th, the Andersonville dedication
the 10th. the Lookout Mountain and Mis-
sionary Ridge dedications the 18th and
goth. and the Shiloh dedication the ed and
cath.
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some extent in the middle west and SOUTH
but no exact information is available.
Metallic Filament Lamps.
Many efforts have been made in the last
FIVE or ten years successfully to replace
the carbon thread of an incandescent cleo
trio lamp with one of material or an oxide
OF metal, reports the New York Tribune.
The basis of one rather notable venture was
magnesia, which emitted a brilliant light,
but which could be made available only
with the aid of more complicated mechan-
ism than Edison required. Something has
been done too, with osmium and tantalum,
both are rare metals, exhibiting qualities
that afforded encouragement to the in
ventors. In order to tantalum to ad-
vantage 1t has been found necessary to
spin 1t out to filament of extraordinary
slenderness and to wind this on tiny fingers
into a sort OF cats cradle. The latest ex-
periments to attract attention are those
made with tungsten. an element which is
cheaper than tantalum, and which when
added in the proper quantities to steel I'M
parts TO the latter exceptional hardness.
From an extended account of the work
done with tungsten. contained in a recent
issue OF the Electrical World, It appears
that a considerable variety OF processes has
been employed in the production of fla
ment OF that material. Such details are OF
value chiefly to those who care for the
technicalties OF electric lighting. other
facts are presented, however. of great gen.
eral interest, for the success which has
been attained hints at a revolution in popu-
lar practice. Laboratory tests in Vienna
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of air is passed through a chamber contain
ing long, high voltage, continuous cur
rent arc and this air is then used for
treating flour in an agitator The result
of this treatment is that the -four energies
from the ag1tator with considerably
whittier color.
With the largest size about thirty sacks
OF -four can can be treated per hour. A
double acting pump draws air through a
chamber In which there is an electric arc.
AS the air flows through. the upper cleo
trode rises, gradually frightening the arc
until II goes out, when the operation Is
repeated. The bleaching action is thus ex-
planned:
AS to the rationale of this process It is
70 be remarked that in this case arc dis
charges are employed so that probably
compounds OF nitrogen and oxygen are
formed in the air and the bleaching effect
is due to these compounds. Essentially
different from this method are those pro-
oesses proposed by others) In which
ozone Is used as bleaching agent and is
produced by the silent electric discharge
through air. 8. Letham claims that the
best results are obtained by treating the
air successfully first by the silent electric
discharge and then by an arc discharge.
Methods of this kind for whitening -four
are reported to be in commercial use to
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DimcuIties Overcome.


Difficulties of different nature attended
the erection of the three monuments at
Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.
Those at Lookout Mountain and Sherman
Heights are about fifty feet high and the
shafts are solid pieces OF granite eighteen
feet and three feet thick. These two were
erected without accident. The monument
at Rossvill Gap is seventy-two feet high
and the main shaft is thirty feet long by
four feet four inches wide. 1t weighed
forty tons, and three successive accidents
resulted in the breaking of the derricks
and the fall of the shaft with considerable
injury to It, and twice It broke beyond use.
third shaft was secured from Barre, VT,
in January of this year and 1t was success
fully raised and put in place and the mon
ument accepted March Is.
The erection of the other monuments has
not been attended with accident diff
ficulty All are now completed and await
the dedication in November. Each monu-
ment is properly inscribed and quotations
from the great men of the state fitting for
such a. purpose have been carved on the
monuments.
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ton to spend Sunday, probably at Atlanta,
and then proceed to Chattanooga for the
dedication there. From Chattanooga the
special train will proceed to Pittsburg
Landing stopping the train either above
or below the landing and proceeding up the
Tennessee river to the point where the
monuments are located by boat, and back
again by boat to the train. From there
the party will come home by the special
train by the shortest route.
About 1000 old soldiers are expected to
attend the dedication. A cheap rate has
been extended by the railroads, which is
about cent mile for the trip. The
steamboat fare for the round trip from
Shiloh park to Vicksburg, including meals
and berth. is SO. Fully 5000 people at
tended the Indiana dedication, including a
number of southerners, who took part.
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REs MONIES, Ia, Sept 2L-(spe-
th cial Correspondence Of The Bee)
Next November the state of
tEsSt&M Iowa will properly and fittingly
s1-S do honor to those of its citizens
VINO gave their lives for the preservation
OF the union ON southern battlehelds by
dedicating on those battlefelds monuments
that in the aggregate have cost the state
Of Iowa nearly half million of dollars.
The dedication Of the monuments was
deemed OF such Importance that the legtsla-
ture last winter set aside $4,000 for the
purpose OF running a special train from
this state to each Of the battlefields in turn
20 carry Governor Cummins and his staff
and the members of the monument COM
missions. The plans for the special train
are now practically complete. The monu-
ments that will be dedicated are:
At shiloh--A large shaft monument SUR
mounted by a globe and eagle. as the state
monument, and eleven regimental fmonu-
ments. enc for each of the regiments that
participated in the battle. The regiments
were the Second, Third. Sixth. Seventh,
Eighth. Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth.
Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth The
total appropriation for all the monuments
at Shiloh was $4,000.
Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
Three monuments are erected on this bat
t1edeld. One IS on Lookout mountain. near
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Mary Macdonald at her mothers home. $40
Frfty-ninth street. Brooklyn. and that ReY.
William T. McGuirl OF St. Richaels church
In Brooklyn would perform the ceremony.
The florist engaged to decorate the parlors
OF the Macdonald home brought a wagon
load Of potted plants early Saturday morn
ing.
Then messengers were sent out TO notify
the guets to be on hand day earlier
''Come Saturday" they were told. Young
Thober. who is in the diemaking business.
was hurriedy summoned from Trenton. and
reached Brooklyn soon before dusk satur-
day.
He was in a happy mood and greeted
Miss Macdonald cordially She ushered
him into the parior. There many guests
had already gathered. Each time a new
guest arrived Thober was introduced. Miss
MRcDoneld's brother-in-law, B. II. Grimm,
who lives at s67 East Thirty-ffth street,
did the introducing.
In fact, Mr.. Grimm was there as master
OF ceremonies, 90 when he stepped TO the
door to greet pale-faced girl no one took
any particular notice OF it, The girl was
accompanied by a yelled woman In black.
They were ushered into rear room. where
Miss Macdonald sat chatting with some
girl friends.
we II all TO me-" said Mrs. MacDon-
s--u-~-Aaking hands with the pale-faced girl
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30
Progressive Happening in the Field OF Electricity

rail ends, machine porings. fats. sheets.
and in fact, almost any form of iron or
steel which affords a surface sufficiently
large for the magnet to act upon. When
the material has beer carried to the place
where it is to be deposited the current is
turned off and the magnet at once releases
the load. Scrap tin has always been an
ugly form OF material to handle satisfac-
torily, but by the use of this device 1t may
be disposed of as rapidly and as easily az
heavier stock.
An Electric Mountain Locomotive.
trolley line has been projected to the
top of Mt. Blanc, whose altitude is 1850
feet, which it is proposed to reach by an
electric locomotive drawing two four-ton
cars. The climb would take four hours,
as greater speed would expose passengers
to unpleasant sensations This is no vision
airy scheme, for part Of the contracts have
been awarded. The ten miles of road VIII
cost $2,000.o00, and the outfit 100000. Such
a scenic railway will attract a steady
stream of visitors professor in Finland
announces that he has nearly doubled GER
tain root crops by currents from statical
electrical machine distributed in the soil
by means of copper and zinc plates con-
nected by insulated wires over the foliage.
Fantastic, 1t Will be said, but there Is
nothing like trying. When the old Greek
rubbed the piece of amber on his sleeve
$500 years ago he CHANGED upon the faint
suggestion of the greatest wonder of the
present century. He originated the first
electric word. Today the lexicon of cleo
trtcity contains 1900 words.
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The route and main features of the pro-
gram of the trip to the southern battle
fields for the purpose Of dedicating the
monuments of the Iowa soldiers who died
there has been outlined by Captain ]. F.
Merry of Manchester, chairman of the
Vicksburg commission and travelling pas
senger agent of the Illinois Central. The
legislature at the last session made an
appropriation for the purpose of taking
the governor, his staff. members Of the
commissions and those who will participate
in the dedicatory exercises to the scenes
of the monuments In a special train. The
expectation is that the monuments will be
dedicated some time In November. 1t is
the intention now that the special train be
made up at Des Moines with sleepers and
diners. From Des Moines II will go to
Chicago, and from there to Vicksburg,
where the memorial will be dedicated, and
then proceed to Andersonvile, where the
monument to those who died in the rebel
prison will be dedicated. Between Ander-
sonville and Chattanooga 1t is the inten-
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understanding Electric Currents.
A century ago, says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat, the world knew stlittle about
electric sparks and electrified conditions,
but the first electric message was not sent
until 1874. Now the telegraph interests
of the United States represents a capital
of $3.50, 100000 The first transatlantic cable
was opened in 1856, and at present S2, 400
miles of ocean cable are in operation. Later
came in telephones and electric railroads,
followed by wireless telegraphy. Electric
nerves run everywhere. ready for instan-
taneous use. The wire furnishes light. heat
and power. turns in alarms and carries on
endless conversation between distant places.
Though familiar in every phase of the
days duties and recreations. the current
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Controversy Won by Iowa.

Difficulties have attended the completion
of the various monuments, The Shiloh
monument, for instance, was marked by
a lengthy controversy between the Iowa
monument commission and the national
commission over the location of the regi-
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The program at Shiloh will consist Of ad-
dresses by the governor of Iowa. who will
formally turn the monuments over to the
Shiloh National Park commission The
response will be by c. c. Cadle, president
of the national commission. who will re-
ceive the dedicated tributes. General
James b. Weaver. on behalf Of the old SOL
diers. will deliver an address N. e. Ken
dali Of Abba, on behalf of the younger
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30
An ELECTRIC Derrick.


An application of electricity In the hand
ling Of iron and steel is now in operation
in Cleveland, o., in the way Of magnet
This form of a magnet consists of a large
iron disk supported by chains which may
be fastened to the hoop OF derrick or
crane block. To the top of the disk is APP
piled an electric plug device connected with
insulated wires, which by an ingenious
auxiliary pulley arrangement are led to a
controller at some convenient point at the
base of the derrick or in the operators cab
of the crane. The disk is lowered over the
material TO be lifted and the current turned
on, and In this way enormous loads Of ma
terial may be gathered together and held
by the magnet as long as the current re-
mains connected. Different forms of the
disk are made for handling pig iron, heavy
melting stock, such as crop ends, butts,
steel risers, small castings, tin scrap, rod
scrap, bolts. nuts, punches, rivet spikes,
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World, a periodical which is not given to
rash utterances, expresses the opinion that
"the tungsten lamp must ultimately pre-
vail" and silvanus p Thompson, leading
British authority. declares that the carbon
fllament is doomed by the coming metallic
filament."
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30

American physician in Paris is convinced
that he happened upon plan to see by
telephone. by waves of light he noticed
while listening to an opera by wire. A
Belgian engineer has tried to solve the
problem by motors at each end of the line
driven by the same generators. Prof. Bell,
inventor of the telephone. says that seeing
by telephone or telegraph may be possible.
but he believes that 1t has never been ac-
complished and Is not within the field of
the probable. But inventors will not give
It up, and their success would be no
stranger than other wonders of the cur
rent.
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bleaching Flour by ELECTRICITY.

FORM OF APPARATUS for
whitening -four by means Of prod
ucts OF the electrical discharge is
described in Electro Chemical and
MetallurRical Industry. A current