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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-01-13

IOriEinal.1

lOrlElnat.I
Frank Brayton was one of those char
acters that in the wild and woolly west
are considered semirespectable but in
the east soon land in state prison l.
is a question whether the western man
who lives by his wits, his cards and his
revolver is painted better or the east
ern man who lives by his Jimmy. his
drills and his nitroglycerin is painted
worse than the originals. Be this as
it may, Brayton was pretty bad. lie
never came up before Judge Lynch.
for he was not horse stealer or
common murderer, yet he had taken
many peoples money as card sharper
and killed many more in disputes
One evening Brayton, who had at the
time come to be Il middle aged man,
rode into hamlet in South Dakota and
noticed young girl standing in the
door Of a cabin. There was something
In her face that arrested his attention,
something that reminded him of the
wife he had loved twenty years before,
when he was an honest and Industrious
young man, and whom he had later de-
serted. Though a hardened sinner
pang shot through him as a ray of sun
light will penetrate some dark and
musty corner. and desire came to him,
a desire that vaguely united his wife
with this girl. Could he through the
one atone for his cruelty to the other?
Little GAL" he said, refining In his
"a A..
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Amount of water Per Well.

Wells constructed in gravels similar 10
those in the South Platte and Arkansas
valleys will furnish at least one-quarter
Of a gallon Of water per minute for eacn
square foot OF strainer surface in the well.
when the water in the we'll Is lowered one
foot by pumping. II the water In the well
is lowered ten feet by pumping, the amount
of water recovered should amount to at
least ten times as much, or two and half
gallons per minute per square foot OF
strainer II hfteen-inch we'll is drilled
in good water bearing gravel to a depth
of forty feet the lower thirty feet of which
is strainer surface, and II the pump lowers
the water in the we'll ten feet, the amount
of water supplied by the well should
amount TO at least 300 gallons per minute
A careful test OF the water works at
North Platte Neb., showed that the strain
ers in the wells were furnishing three
tenthsso of a gallon of water per minute per
square foot of strainer surface when the
water in the wells was lowered one foot
by pumping. The average OF eleven pump
Ing plants in the Arkansas valley was one
third of a gallon of water per minute for
each square foot of strainer surface, under
one foot head.
For small pumping plants a single well
OF the depth indicated above would prob
ably be sufficient, but " good water bear
ing gravels do not extend to the requisite
depth 1t would be necessary to increase
| the number of wells and connect several OF
| them to the pump.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Medicated Eggs.

Senator Butt of the Arkansas senate had
just finished one of his drell stories about
feeding morphine to a pointer pup and
watching him as he INDUCED in the ensuing
pipe dream occasional by the opium, when
Representative De Rossit, known as one
OF the most veracious men in the state,
said:
hen. Needing quinine one day, as we often
do in the bottom, I mixed UP an ounce OF
the drug with molasses and rolled It out
into pills, Leaving the stuff to dry on the
front porch, I went into the house.
Returning, 1 saw the last of my pills
swallowed by my hen.
"of course, 1 thought her silly head
would burst wide open. She simply COM
menced cackling, and has been laying two
eggs day ever since. And do you know
senator, those eggs are the best chill tonic
on the market. One Of them taken internally
will knock the spots from any case OF
malaria in the state. and shaking ague
can't stand before 'em an hour after they
are eaten. keep that hen dosed; I do
Memphis Commerclal-Appeal.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Method of Printing Pumps.

A large number of pumping plants are
Installed with foot valves at the bottom
Of the suction pipe. When these are pro-
vided a centrifugal pump is always ready
to start after 1t is once primed. The foot
valves usually interfere very materially
with the flow of water into the pipe and it
b undoubtedly more economical to omit
them and place a flap valve at the upper
end OF the discharge pipe which can be low
cred when It is desired to start the pump.
An ordinary cast iron house pump con-
nected at the top of the casing OF the CEN
trifugal pump can be used to prime the
pump with water before starting.
The suction pipe installed by those who
construct pumping plants is not only
Usually too small for the best results. but
the elbow and tees used are ordinarily
very poorly adapted to the purpose in
tended. 1t is common practice to use steam
fittings for this purpose. In consequence
the water is required to turn at sharp
angles at the tees and elbows, and the
best results cannot be obtained In order
to avoid this difficulty long sweep" fit
tings should be purchased These are
standard trade goods and can be obtained
from any of the large dealers in pipe
fittings
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

tween the belt and the pulley and the
efficiency Of the pump is greatly decreased.
or course. Il il necessary 20 secure proper
proportion between the sizes of driving
and driven puleys but both should be
larger than are usually furnished with
pumps and engines.
Fourth-The suction pipe on the pump and
the discharge pipe should be large. A No.
4 centrifugal pump that draws water from
a single we'll should have at least a six
inch suction pipe. ana the discharge pipe
should gradually increase from four inches
at the discharge opening of the pump ia
eight inches three feet above the discharge
opening and continue this size until the
fiume or discharge conduit is reached. The
discharge pipe can be made Of riveted gal
vanized iron and the suction pipe can be
made either Of standard pipe or good well
casing.
Fifth-A centrifugal pump loses its eff
fciency at once II there is an air leak
around the stufing box or at any place
IN the suction pipe. Many centrifugal
Dumps are now provided with a water sea-
around the stuffing gland that insures the
absence of leaks at this point.
A good centrifugal pump with enclosed
runner should show an efficiency of about
stage centrifugal pumps, constructed with
bronze runners made in two pieces so that
the interior could be machned and
smoothed, have shown an efficiency OF
about 50 per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
The Kind of Pump.

Probably the most satisfactory pump for
use in irrigation Is the centrifugal pump.
However, there are many kinds of small
centrifugal pumps. 1t does not pay to pur-
chase any but the very best machinery for
the pumping OF water, as poorly de-
signed machinery soon proves too ex-
pensive. The various kinds of pumps
differ greatly in this respect The cen
trifugal pump used by the irrigator should
be Of the enclosed runner type, provided
with self-oiling bearings of the oil ring
type. There are several excellent makes of
centrifugal pumps on the market, and any
OF them will do good work IL the size and
design OF the pump ut the conditions under
which II must work. The maker of the
pump should have fun information Of all
the conditions under which the pump Is
to be installed. These conditions include
the distance that the pump must discharge
the water above its outlet, also the amount
OF suction or the distance the water must
be lifted below the pump inlet. The fol-
lowing points are important to those ABOUT
to install pumping plants:
First-The efficiency of the centrifugal
pump under actual working conditions Is
higher for the large size pumps than for
the small size Pumps having less than
three-inch diameter discharge pipe will
show low efficiency.
SecOnd-A centrifugal pump will work
better and be more efficient II the suction
pipe is as short as possible relative TO
the length of the discharge pipe. on this
account the pump should be placed as near
the level OF the water as the securing OF a
good foundation will permit
Third-If the pump Is to be driven by
means Of belt II should be provided with
a large pulley. The pulley. usually sup
Piled with the pumps Is so small that a
great amount Of slipping takes place be-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

II 1t is necessary to construct several
wells In order to secure the amount of
water required for an irrigation plant, 1t
becomes important to consider the best
and most economical arrangement Of the
wells. Two different methods will be found
available for this purpose. If the amount
of water required is not greatly in excess
of that which can be supplied by a single
tubular we'll, it is often found practicable
TO construct large dug well, six to ten
feet in diameter, to a depth of FIVE to
ten feet below the water level, inserting In
the bottom of the dug well several feeders
of perforated galvanized iron, as described
above. This method has the ADVANTAGE
OF permitting the pump that is to recover
the water to be submerged in the water
of the well. A well OF this sort is shown
in figure 2.
In order to sink a dug well the proper
distance below the water level, II is neces-
sary to construct a wooden brick or con-
crete crib that will sink as the material
is removed, from it's interior. The crib of
the we'll shown in figure is made of
wood and is made larger at the lower than
at the upper end to facilitate sinking.
Another method of recovering q large
quantity Of water is to sink a battery of
Wells anu CONNECT Inem Dy suction pipe
to the pump. This method is adapted to
secure larger supply than the method
Just mentioned. Three or four or more
wells can be arranged in a straight line
twenty or thirty feet apart. and connected
to pump placed near the center of the
row OF wells. In the diagram Cigure a
viii be found an arrangement suitable for
battery OF eight to twelve wells. These
wells are arranged In pairs, close together
each pair Of wells being forty to sixty
feet from the next pair on the same sue.
ton line. The object OF placing the wells
| close together In pairs is for the PURPOSE
| OF removing a large amount of the fine
sand from the water bearing gravel Thi.
can be done in gravels like those found IN
the western. valleys by pumping vigorously
from one Of the pair Of wells and at the
same time running clear water into the
neighboring well. BY this means it should
| be possible to clear out all the fine ma.
terials between the two wells. II the water
| bearing gravels are of the kind usually
/ found In the river valleys of the western
prairies, pumping plant can be con.
structed sufficiently large to supply from
| 1900 to $500 gallons of water per minute
without lowering the water more than ter
feet. Pumping plants of greater capacity
than this will usually not be profitable. A
large number OF moderate sized plants II
more desirable than few large ones.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

Nikols Tesla. the inventor whose cleo
trical apparatus is used in the transmits
sion of power fror7 Niagara falls is a
strikingly handsors man Of 49-tall, dark
and typically Greek in features. He pos
sesses strength OF will to a remarka BILE
degree and In proof of the forcefulness
OF his nature the following story is -told:
When a lad OF between Q and 10 his father
a priest Of the Greek church, one day en-
tertained Nikola and his sister with the
story of how a martyr held his right hand
I'm the fire and unflinchingly watched 1t I'M
til It was consumed. The priest was full
OF admiration for the bishops courageous
act, but his son appeared unable TO see
anything particularly wonderful in such a
performance. His father laughed good
humoredly. whereupon the boy ran out Of
the room and returned with a small lamp.
This he lighted and then holding his in
dex finger in the fame kept 1t there until
the flesh began 10 burn. His audience
begged him 20 desist, but Il was not untll
the finger was almost charred that he with
drew Il and blew out the light
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Source of Power for Pumping.

A popular source of power for small
pumping plants is the gasoline engine.
Where the price of gasoline is high it is
very easy to make the cost OF water pro-
hibitive by the use OF such power. Whether
or not 1t pays TO pump water by gaso-
line is a matter which depends very largely
upon the distance the water must be
lifted and also upon the kind of crop that is
to be irrigated. Gasoline, even at high
price, is usually a cheaper fuel than coal
in an ordinary steam engine OF small horse
power. such as a common traction engine.
For plants requiring from twenty to thirty
horsepower producer gas generators can
be installed which will keep the cost of
pumping down to a minimum. A sue
ton gas producer, using anthracite pea
coal for fuel. should furnish power at the
rate Of one horsepower per hour for each
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Tersely Told Tales Both Grim and Gay

them worth cent. The so-called "toney"
advocates, conscious from the start of their
numerical weakness. were conciliatory and
persuasive, in the hope of thus winning
to their standard sufficient of the opposi-
ton to carry the day. These hopes were
dashed, however, when a veteran farmer
the nestor of the guild got the floor and
shouted in foghorn tones:
What do we want of skuehouses. any
way? This dedication talk is raisin the
old Harry with the boys on the farm!
There's that Danny webster-'s likely a
young man s ever raised in these ere
parts! Got this dedication idee into his
head-left the farm-never's heard Of after
ward"'-Boston Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
stntesmanship and stenosraphy.

The late Robert r. Hit. the noted ILL.,
nois congressman, had a knowledge Of
stenography which was of great value to
him In debate. He has been known to rise
with his hand full of shorthand notes of
a speech just delivered TO which he was
about TO reply, and woe to the man who
accused MI Hit of misquoting him. He
was the patron saint of the stenogra piers
of the house Not long ago political in
fiuence was about to displace from the line
of promotion a young expert writer of
shorthand from Michigan whose work Mr..
Hit had occasion TO aGrAire. Mr.. Hit
went TO Speaker Cannon. ''Tnis will never
do. joe" said the shorthand authority of
the house I'VE can't do without this
man. The house must hays him." IAN
right, Hit" replied Speaker Cannon. ''If
anybody knows the sort of s'snographers
this house ought to have you Sse the man. I"
That settled 1t and the Michigan stenogra-
pher held his place.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

GEess diameter. extending into the wa
ter bearing gravels thirty to sixty feet,
according TO the thickness OF the gravels
at the place where the well Is drilled.
Strainers for these wells can be made Of
slotted galvanized iron. The perforated
metal should be placed opposite all the
coarse gravels, or at a depth Of ten feet
below the surface Of the water. These
strainers can be made by any mechanic by
punching xxi inch slots into heavy GAL
vanized iron and then riveting the sheets
into cylinders of the proper diameter. The
cylinders should be rolled in such way
that the burr made by punching the slots
will come on the outside of the finished
casing and so that the slots will be vertical.
A much better strainer can be made by
purchasing the metal in sheets already
perforated. For this purpose steel sheets
4sx12O inches in dimensions, perforated with
hit and miss slots, 3-16x1 inch, and gal
vanized after the perforatlons are made,
will made ideal strainers. When rolled into
cylinders these sheets form n casing about
fifteen inches in diameter. In constructing
the well the perforated sections should be
put in place. one above another, TO within
about ten feet of the water level; from
this depth upward the casing should not
be perforated.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Not So Darned Funny.

Colonel Armory Knox of Texas Strings
and border range fame was the first man
ager OF the daily newspaper that ex-Gov-
ernor Douglas established in Brockton.
Just before the paper was launched Mr..
Douglas introduced the colonel to the dem
ocrats of Brockton at a banquet. Colonel
Knox made little speech, in which he
said that he would furnish the brains for
the paper, while Mr.. Douglas would fur
nish the money. Then he told very good
story. thus:
"Old Uncle Dave went from the little viii
lage TO Boston to hear Mark Twain lecture
at Music halE, BY mistake he got into
fremont temple and heard discourse
by the Rev Joseph Cook.
when he got home and was seated in
the grocery store among his cronies, one
Of them asked: We'll. Uncle Dave, was
that there Mark Twain funny
why, yes, drawled the old man, he
were funny. but musingly, he weren't so
burned funny Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

peroration in which he spoke Of 'all ranks,
from the queen sitting on her throne to the
cottager sitting on his cottage"
my client acted boldly" said the coun-
sellor. HE saw the storm brewing In the
distance, but he was not dismayed. He
took the bull by the horns and had him
indicted for perjury"
A Hindu journalist, commenting on a
political disturbance. said: I'VE cannot,
from a distance, realize the intensity of the
crisis. but it is certain thing that many
crowned heads must be trembling in their
Shoes
An old negro woman whose needs were
supplied by friends never failed to express
her gratitude in original language ''You is
powerful good TO pore ole oman like me,
wild one foot in de grade an der oder
a-cryin' out, Lawd, how long, how long?' "
Christian Register.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
One Hundred Years Ago.

General zebulon Pike was discovering the
peak that bears his name
THE reason why ! know I'm the first
white man that ever saw it," he said, us
that It hasn't got any patent medicine
signs on It,"
Regretting that he couldn't spare the time
to stop and discover the gold that lay hid
den all around him. he took parting look
at the snowy summit of the peak and re-
sumed his toilsome march.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
The CoIoneIs Mosquitoes.

The Rev. b. p. Fullerton OF St. Louis, in
addressing a Presbyterian meeting in Phila-
delphia the other evening, told the following
story by way of illustrating how diverse
schools OF thought were coming together
nowadays: "A northern visitor was spend
ing the night with the colonel, who lived on
the lower swampy reaches of the Missis-
sippi. The stranger suffered severely be-
cause there were no mosquito nettings over
his bed. and the next morning asked Sam,
the colored bodyguard OF the master Of the
house, how 1t was that the latter could
manage to exist amid the penicious
activity of these small augers of the air.
It's des LAX dis. boss answered Sambo! In
de TO part Nv de night de colonels so
drunk dat he don't pay no 'tsntion to de
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

A statesman. in an argument, had turned
the tables rather neatly on his opponent.
Senator Dolliver, in congratulation, said:
You remind me of a Fort Dodge doctor,
DIR. x. This gentleman once had a
grave dug for patient, supposed TO be
dying, who afterwards recovered, and over
this error OF judgment the doctor was joked
for many years.
Once he attended, in consultation with
three confreres, another patient. This pa
tient really died. After death, as the
physicians discussed the case together, one
of them said:
Since quick burial is necessary. we
might enter the body temporarily under
stand our brother here has a vacant grave
on hand
DIR X smiled.
Yes, he said. 4 believe / am the only
physician present whose graves are not all
filed. "-Harper's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
won suit for 1intiInted Venus.

The late Congressman David B. Hender-
son OF Dubuque some years ago addressed
the Dubuque people at a May day festi-
val.
The ex-speaker, apropos Of ignorance,
said:
The worst case of ignorance / can tell
you of occurred in go in a remote section
of.our country.
There was a man who suddenly became
rich and built an enormous house. He de-
cided TO adorn the house with some statu-
airy and so he wrote to Italy for copy Of
the Venus de Milo
THE copy in due time arrived. 1t was
executed in Carrara marble very beauti-
fully.
But no sooner did he receive 1t than
the millionaire sued the railroad for $1,000
for mutilation. and what's more, he won
the suit."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
4 Case of Tact.

Thomas F. Kelly, the noted Irish weight
thrower, had been told that the Irish were
very popular in America.
Il can readily believe that" Mr.. Kelly re-
piled. THE Irish are popular everywhere.
The secret of their popularity is tact
IAN Irishman sat at home with his wife
one evening, he reading the newspaper, she
doing various household Jobs
Finally the lady rang for the maid
and said:
Here, Anna, take this postcard and put
1t in the letter box outside
Surely, my love, you can't think of
making this poor girl run down three flights
of stairs and up again for the sake OF
one postcard. Just give her a quarter and
let her fetch me two bottles of beer and
three cigars at the same time New
York Times
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Lost Through Education.

In the early 4Os. on a certain town meet
In day in one Of the small farming COM
munities of the Granite state, there was
more than the usual interest and excite
ment Some audacious Philistine had Sc
cured the insertion In the warrant OF an
article ITO see II the town will appropriate
500 for a new school house"
The sturdy yeomanry were out in force
to Tight down this proposition. The SYM
pathetic moderator didn't moderate
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Mixed Their Metaphors.

MINISTER said to his congrega
ton: Brethren, the muddy poo
of politics was the rock on whicl
! split"
An orator is credited with
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Ross & Walkers sursDIspspsla Cure

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Indigestion. natuleney. nervousness. constipation.
eatarrh Of the stomach and bOweE diArrhOOa. head
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blood. regulates and tones up the eatire system.
The formula Il the production Of the most smlnsnf
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

skeeters an in de las part of the night de
shelters fs so drunk dat dey don't pay no
'tention TO de colonel Buffalo CONNER
cial
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

pound and a half Of coal consumed. At S
per ton the cost of coal should be equiva-
lent to gasoline at to 6 per gallon.
In large plants, requiring from nifty to
100 horsepower or more, a condensing Cor
Ilss engine is sufficiently economical where
the cost Of coal does not exceed $50 to 81
per ton.
1t is very unlikely that It will pay TO
pump water, under present conditions in
the valleys of the western plains, to
total height of more than thirty feet in
Guiding the suction lift Of the pump II
the pump lowers the water in the wells
ten feet, and IL the distance to water
be ten feet below the ground, and the dis
charge pipe be brought into reservoir
or fiume five feet above the surface of the
ground, the total lift will be thirty feet.
II five feet he added to cover the loss OF
head due to friction in suction and dis
charge pipe.
In order to irrigate economically from
pumping plants II is usually desirable to
pump the water into a reservoir having a
capacity equal to the amount OF water the
plant can furnish in six to eight hours.
Such a reservoir is absolutely necessary for
best results with small pumping plants. II
the supply of water exceeds 500 gallons per
minute It is possible to dispense with the
reservoir, especially If the supply greatly
exceeds this amount. Plants furnishing
over 1000 gallons per minute can usually
be best operated without the use of a
reservoir.