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Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

a new wireless apparatus for the trans
mission OF military orders during. battle
from one body OF troops TO another has
been invented by Major Beddington of the
British army, who has devised and made
the necessary easily portable plant,
which can be carried on horseback and ac-
company any cavalry or infantry force. II
does not require half day 10 erect, nor
even half an hour, and messages can be
sent FOR scores Of miles-more or less-by
the apparatus. The whole arrangement
seems TO be ideal. and the very thing
needed, particularly for cavalry operating
in the field or for detached outposts.
II links up and makes vertebrate and
sentient a leaders whole strength in the
field for offence or defence. The new wire
less apparatus for the use OF troops in the
field Is carried on horseback and can be
set up In the course OF a few minutes
The materials employed consist Of an
ordinary two horsepower motorcycle en-
CINE. which drives a dynamo 10 produce
the electric discharges. These impulses are
sent through 100 yards OF double copper
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

President Taft is trying TO reduce his
weight. Every morning when most per-
sons on vacations are sleeping peacefully
Mr.. Taft rolls reluctantly out OF bed, gets
into trunks and running shirt and hastens
toward the gymnasium. This is at 7
o'clock, and as II the hour were not enough
to keep the curious, away, the secret service
guards double their vigilance at this time
The presidents gymnasium is a large
room at one corner of the cottage, far re-
moved from the family sleeping apartments
1t is equipped with chest weights rings
bars and other athletic appurtenances.
There is also a wrestling mat and two sets
Of boxing gloves.
Mr. Taft started In last week to take off
twenty-five pounds When he left Beverly
last summer he weighed 265 pounds, which
was fighting weight for him. During the
winter he has been so busy that his exer-
else has been omitted. and he has accumu-
lated large quantity of additional tissue
Or. Charles e. Baker, President Taft's
trainer, has three months in which 10 get
this fat Off, aud he started right in the day
Mr.. TAFT arrived In Beverly. The presidents
weight is about 2S5 pounds, his height six
feet one inch, and his reach about seventy
three inches Barker weighs about 40
pounds, is about five feet nine inches tall
and has reach OF about sixty-six inches
Yet Barker stands up against the prealdent
every morning and bangs away at him
with boxing gloves while he receives the
blows Of the chief executive on his arms.
The president moves rather slowly and
about the only damage he docs Is TO the at
mosphere but this helps him take off
weight.
After the boxing ordeal the president
walks over TO the wrestling mat DIT.
Barker wrestles as we'll as he boxes and
contrives to be on top most OF the time
After Mr.. Taft has boxed and wrestied
and worked at the chest weights for an
hour and had shower bath and a rub
down he Is ready for breakfasL-Nsw York
Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
why He was Excluded.

A friend Of James Whitcomb Riley tells
OF an occasion when the humorisl, wno
usually dlsIkes social functions, was In
ouced to attend a "ii,ctary" dinner in Ia
uianapohs gwen in honor OF one of the
o,eiists who live there. Mir Riley mad
been ,oid TO taRe in to dinner sister Of
the nost an excellent woman, but no, lit
erary.
The conversation touched upon tae beau
ties OF Chaucer about whom a certain set
Of the city Nas then cuiuVat.ng a lad. 4
spirited discussion ensucd curing which
tne bewiIdered sister caught from tme To
time only the name "CAaucer." At last
she whispered 10 Mi Riley:
Who is this Mir, Chaucer they're talking
80 muen about? Is ne very popular in So
clety?"
Madam" soicmny responded Riley.
that man did Something that forever
shuts him out Of society"
Mercy" exclaimed the worthy woman.
What was ity"
lie died several hundred years ago,
said Riley.-lndianapolis News.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
The Telephone Current.

THE Electrical Review an
1SIY article on the history of the tele-
n8H phone thus describes the minute
CO.. electric current required in
HdlM&6H transmitting speech THE pc
SzsSH&@ab cuiiar electric telephone current
a. s.....,s the quickest, reeblest and most
elusive force in the world. 1t is SO amazing
a thing that any description Of it seems
irrational. 1t Is as gentle as the touch of
a baby sunbeam and as swift as the light
ming flash 1t is so small that the electric
current of a single incandescent lamp is
greater-5OO, 100000 times. Cool a spoonful of
hot water just ! degree, and the energy
set free by the cooling will operate tele-
phone for 10000 years. Catch the falling
tear drop of child and there viii be suf-
flcient water power TO carry a spoken mes
sage from one city to another
such is the tiny genie of the wire that
had to be protected and trained into
obedience"
The appearance Of these particles at first
suggested the idea that they were particles
OF dust. but 1t was proved by many expert
ments that they are something very diff
ferent On careful examination, similar
particles were observed to accumulate at
the cathode, where they formed fine
dfDOrescenl CRYSTALS winch must De re-
garded as products of electrolysis The
strongest argument however against the
dust hypoth, sis is furnished by the fact that
the particles do not disappear gradually,
as would be the case with dust. but that,
on the contrary they steadily Increase in
number during the flow of the current.
When the liquid is placed in magnetic
field the lines of force of which are per-
pendicular to the direction of the currents
the paths Of the moving particles are al
tered In accordance with Ampere's laws.
Hence. says the Scientific American 1t is
inferred that these bright points bear some
close relation to the flow OF electricity, and
that they are probably the carriers of cleo
uicity-i. e., the ions. This view Is con-
frmed by the discovery that the velocity
Of the bright points is approximately
equal TO the velocity Of ions, as measured
by Kohlirausch.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
How the Electrical World is Advancing

sence Of inspiring weight. The total
weight of the vehicle.A complete and ready
for running is $500 pounds, the regula-
tions allowing 1000 pounds.
Electricity In Murine Work.
The Electrician contains a supplement OF
160 pages devoted to the applications OF
electricity in marine work Already q
large proportion OF the auxiliary power
required on modern liner or battleship
is supplied by electricity. but the electrical
engineer looks forward to the near future
when electricity viii play an important
part in the propulsion OF vessels, Three
possible systems of electro-mechsnical
propulsion are described in this supplement.
In each the prime mover is coupled direct
to one or more dynamos, which in turn
drive motors on the screw shafts. The
great flexibility of the electrical method
of transmission makes It possible to vary.
the speed of the vessel between wide limits
without running the machinery at low
efficiency. The question of the prime
mover of the future is obviously an i'm
portant one, and several OF the writer's
Of the articles expect the oil engine to dis
place the turbine or rather is displacing
the reciprocatlng steam engine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

Some years ago In a southern state, a
small boy had some puppies in basket
and ne was trying TO persuade man to
purchase one OF them.
Wouldn't you like to buy puppy, sirT'
he asked
What are your puppies, my hoy the
man questioned. ARE they republicans or
are they democrats?'
They are republicans" the boy answered
quickly and with conviction.
Much pleased the gentleman bought one
of them. Two weeks later the boy met
the same man and tried TO sell him another
puppy
Well" asked the man, what kind OF
puppies have you todayT' He glanced into
the basket and saw that they were from the
same lot as that OF his recent purchase.
Democrats" the little fellow responded
promptly.
"Ah." the man exclaimed, but two weeks
ago / had one from the same family and
YOU said that they were republican puppies.
HOY do you account for that?"
"oh! on Mister you see they have their
eyes open now."-Nounan e. Mack's
National Monthly.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
The Cools,a Wedding Guests.

More than five hundred dogs and cats in
the Bide-a- Wee home at 2i4 East Sixty-fifth
street. New Hor, were guests when their
old friend and cook Frederick d. Planer,
married Miss Carrie Schmidt one day last
week.
After the Wedding the cats We're fed by
the bride while her husband who is cook
no longer, looked out for the dogs.
About year ago the couple met in
Frankfort, Germany. when about to jour
ney TO America. They became good friends
ION the ship, and when each settled Ia
New York city the acquaintance ripened
by frequent meeting. soon they became
engaged Fred got job in the Blde-a-
Wee home and soon was cook there,
The Bide-a-Wee managers furnished a
home for the couple on the top floor OF the
house, and when Carrie became Mrs.
Planer she took part in feeding the eats
OF the home. for her Fred has been pro-
NOTED TO the proud rank Of head man
over the dogs. Mrs. KibDle, president OF
the Bide-a-Wee home, saw nt 10 in
crease the couples happiness by that adj
Vancement.
Part OF the roof garden has been de-
voted to the comfort OF the cat boarders.
They even have hammocks. which certain
~ are not known 10 the street cats.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

in the American Magazine. Mark Twain
dropped into New York, where there was
already gathered a congenial group to meet
and greet him. This radiated from Frank
lin Square. where Joseph w. Harper
Joe Brooklyn" we called him-reigned in
place of his uncle, Fletcher Harper the
man of genius among the original four
Harper brothers, to the Lotus club, then
in Irving place and Delmonico's, at the
corner of Fifth avenue and Fourteenth
street, with Southerland's in Liberty street,
for downtown place Of luncheon resort,
not to forget Dorlons, In Fulton market.
The Harper contingent, beside the chief,
embraced Tom Mast and Colonel Seaver,
whom John Russell Young named Papa
Pendennis" and described as "a man Of
letters among men of the world and
man of the world among men of letters"
very apt portrayal, albeit appropriated from
Doctor Johnson, and Major Constable,
giant who looked like a Dragon, and not
a bookman yet had known Sir Walter
Scott and was sprung from the family Of
Edinburgh publishers. Bret Iarte had
newly arrived from California. Whitelaw
Reid, though still subordinate to Greeley
was beginning to make himself felt in
journalism. John Hay played high priest
to the revels. Halstead and l used to
make periodical pilgrlmages to the delight
full shrine.
Truth TO say. 1t emulated rather the gods
than the graces-though all of us had lit
erary aspirations of one sort and another
especially late at night--and Sam Bowles
would come over from Springfield to meet
us. Often we had Joseph jefferson, then
in the heyday Of his great career with,
once in a while Edwin Booth, who could
not quite trust himself to go our gait The
good fellows we caught from over sea were
innumerable, from the elder Sothern and
Sala and Yates TO Lord Dufferin and Lord
Houghton Times went very well those
days, and whilst some looked on askance
NOTABLY Curtis, and. rather oddly, Sted.
man-and thought we were wasting time
and convivializing more than was good FOR
US. we were mostly young and hearty
ranging from 30 to Is years of age witt
amazing capacities both for work and play
and l cannot recall that any harm 10 any
OF us came of it,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
studying the Law.

In the old days when oral examinations
were still the thing, an examining board
was pumn.ealng an applicant witch questions
from Bia.ls,one, kent and other famous
legal lights.
II dion't study anything about those fell
lows" complained the applicant.
what did you study" asked one Of the
judges.
4 studied the statutes of the state" he
replied. a studieu tnem hard. Ask me
4 question about them and IN show you,
chat is where l got ali my legal knowi-
edge"
My young friend" said one austere
judge on the examining BOARD, you had
better be very careful, for some day the
legislature might meet ana repeal every
thing you know."-Kansas City Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
Petrol and Electric Motors.

In a new petrol-electric motor omnibus.
constructed by the Daimler company, two
powerful units are fitted, one at oacn side
OF the frame under the seat line each
capable of developing Y horsepower The
engines are of the new Daimler type, with
crank shafts and frames extended for
the dynamotors by which term Is meant
an ordinary QOntinuous-curTent dynamo
which Is used as a motor. Each dynamotor
is normally rated at three klowaus, but
have a give-and-t take capacity OF three or
four times this rating. IL is stated that
on ordinary greasy roads il is found al
most impossible TO cause this new omnibus
to skid or sde-shp TO any apprecable
degree and nothing in the nature OF a
dangerous sideslip has been experienced
In 5,0cO miles Of driving. This Immunity
is attributed TO the following factors; the
extreme fexibility OF the double unit
system; the better weight distribution OBJ
tainable by the construction adopted the
distribution OF braking over the front and
rear wheels and the improved methods OF
brakins employed the improved co-axial
pivot steering, and the comparative alb
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
Choice Samples from the Story TeIers' Pack

They put me in the lawyer class"
THE lawyer clasp said the reporter.
puzzled
Yes said Mr.. Parr, the lawyer class
The Junior and senior partner of a law
firm you know, once put their heads to-
gether to draN clients bill.
We've won the will contest for him.
said the junior partner, rubbing his hands.
suppose we charge him $2O0,O0O?'
But the senior partner frowned.
Go on! he said. He's worth more
than that Detroit Free Press
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

of congress the whole reservation was
thrown open to settlement. The buildings
were moved away, and nothing but the
trees planted by the soldiers remained.
Later the piece of ground where the build
ings and corrals were located was home
steaded by John DUNCAN Mr.. DUNCAN has
lived there for nearly thirty-five years, and
he has kept uppermost in his mind the
preservation of the grounds. a knoll of
bare ground here represents tthe sEot
where the powder magazine was located
A large, open place, surrounded by rows
of large cottonwood trees. is the old pa
rade grounds. Out in pasture can be seen
the almost invisible earthworks thrown up
around the garrison. Aside from this, there
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

Cupid I'm the SchOOlrOOm.
Miss Bertha Kramer a young school
teacher, tells the following story of one
of her pupils who lives in Nazareth. Pa.
1t seems that this child asks more
questions than the average youngster and
rarely forgets what is said
One morning he went TO the teacher
Miss Bertha, does every pretty girl get
married?" he asked in a solemn tone.
why, Henry" replied Miss Kramer.
what makes you ask that? Most of the
pretty girls do, but sometimes they never
have the chance"
We'll we had an argument at home hast
night about that and said all pretty girls
got married. Why don't you get married
too-you are the prettiest teacher / know?'
II suppose It is because no one ever asked
me. Henry. You see couldn't very well,
anyhow"
'Oh. say Miss Bertha. you're only kiddin'.
There are lots Of fellows who'd have you
besides. between you and me, you'd have
better time lookin' after kids of your
own rather than other peoples kids!'-
Philadelphia Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
A story Tor Men.

Mrs. Frederic schoff at a meeting Of a
mothers club in Philadelphia talked OF
the training OF children.
Just as smallpox and yellow fever are
quite rare diseases" she said, so will bad
children be rare when proper attention is
given to the cause of badness.
Men" she went on, will not take any
part Ia correcting or training children,
though when the children turn out well
they are willing enough TO take the credit
She smiled.
They remind me in this said Mrs.
schoff, rof certain landlord. He called
on a tenant one day and said:
Jones, In: going to raise your rent
"'What forg Jones asked, anNiously.
Have your taxes gone upr
No, not at ALL the landlord answered,
but 1 see you've painted the house and
put in a new range and bathtub. That Of
course. ought TO make II bring more rent %
Philadelphia Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

An old Irish peasant was one Sunday sit
ting in front of his cottage putting away
furiously at his pipe.
Match after match he lighted, pulling
hard at the pipe the while until at last the
ground around his feet was strewed with
struck matches,
Come In TO your dinner, Patsy" at
length called out his wife.
Faith and OF win in a minute, Biddy''
said he "Moike Murooney has been
a-tenin me that II OF shmoked a bit av
ghllss ol cud see the shpots on the sun.
Oi don't know whether Moike's been a-fooi-
ing me or whether Orve got hold av the
wrong kind Of glass. Scraps.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
rwelNe NIlnute. savea.

Experience" said Mark Twain in the
smoking room OF he Bermudan, makes
Us wise, but 1t also makes us hard,
Consider the old, experienced man IN
the busy restaurant. lie took seat, looked
around him. and pointing to a well dressed
gentleman who had not yet been served,
he said TO the walter:
Waiter. how long has that gentleman
been waitingr
About twelve minutes. sir. the walter
answered,
WHATS his orderg
~Porterhouse and French fried. sir with
mince pie and coffee 10 come,
THE old man, hardened by experience,
slipped a quarter IN the walters hand,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

~ Hau pidytQ- an lllpOTLbni part the
settlement Of the west. Had the site not
fallen into the hands Of man who knew
and appreciated the traditions Of the old
fort 1t would now be impossible to find
even landmark. John DUNCAN the pres
ent owner Of the land where the fort
proper stood, knew each landmark and so
dearly loved the old parade grounds that
he would not allow single furrow turned.
Although he would have profited in dollars.
he refused to lei even shovel full of dirt
to be taken from the earthworks and for
Msears he guarded the old stump Of the flag
staff until at last he saw it dug up and
placed IN the hands of the state historical
society at Lincoln.
Fort Kearney was established by the
United States government in May, lS4S. In
August of the same year. Lieutenant Col
onel Powell made a treaty with the four
confederate tribes of the Pawnee Indians
and they relinquished to the government
for military purposes a tract ten miles
square. 1t also included a strip OF land
sixty miles long and about ten miles wide
extending from a point five miles west OF
the fort eastward to a point opposite the
village OF Chappell. in Hall county. In
width 1t took in practically the Platte val
ley, extending from the crest OF the hills
on the south to the crest on the north.
All OF the Thousand Islands in the
Platte were also relinqulshed by this treaty.
At this time the Mexican war had just
closed. The troops from Fort Des Moines
had been removed and Fort Kearney was
the most important post in the west. 1t
was located on and near a common meet
ing point of the old Oregon trail. Trails
coming up from st. Louis, Independence
and St Joseph met and Joined trails coming
from Bellevue and Florence in the immed-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
1t Is different Now.

.HE late Professor William p.
U~ Blake, whose encouraging min
eralogical reports induced the
United States to buy Alaska, be-
sMlNVMI lieved firmly in his country s
49, future.
Professor Blake. in Fourth Of July ad-
dress that Tucson stll remembers, pointed
out the forward strides that Arizona had
made.
Think of the ignorance and illteracy Of
the past. all vanished now" he said. Once,
while out on meteorological trip, I wan
dered into courthouse in an Arizona viii
lage.
THE case afoot concerned letter. The
prosecution wanted this letter admitted in
evidence but the defense wanted It barred
out Finally the Judge said reluctantly:
Inland the pesky thing up here and I'll
decide on 1T
so the letter was handed up to the
Judge and he put on his spectacles and
looked at It sideways and orosswise, and a
loud laugh went up from the spectators.
What are they laughing atT | asked
the man next 10 me.
"why, at the jedge's bluff, o. course
was the reply, The old fool can't read
readin'-writin'. let alone writin'- writin'.' -
New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
Ti0NEERs WHO ATTEND THE PE.UN1oNS

are few other landmarks. Now and then
an old cavalry horseshoe is found and
thousands of bullets and arrow heads have
been dug from the ground.
Three years ago a handful of old sol
diers held a picnic out under the cotton
wood trees at Fort Kearney. Remi-
niscences were related of the time when
some did service there 1t was here that
the idea was first conceived to make ole
Fort Kearney a national park and have
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

late vicinity OF Fort Kearney. There are
no official figures. but from various reports
II is estimated that about four thousand
wagons passed over this trail from March
to August of each year. Fort Kearney
was their stopping place in the earlier days
of the fort, and the troops stationed there
afforded protection to the emigrants and
to the few white settlers These soldiers
lived hard, fought hard and many died
hard, as there were at that time about
10000 Indians west of the Mississippi who
were warlke and cruel. A Mormon official
counted five hundred graves between Fort
Kearney and Laramie. and this does not
near number the dead. as at times a whole
emigrant train would be murdered by the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

Doctor cried little Bingle. over his tel
ephone, my wife has lost her voice What
the dickens shall dor
why" said the doctor, gravely, If !
were you ia remember the fact when
Thanksgiving day comes around and act
accordingly"
Whereupon the doctor chuckled as he
charged little Bingle - for professional
seryiees.-Harper's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

Richard Parr. the discoyerer OF the sugar
trust frauds. was talking In New York
about the generous reward granted him by
the government
Some folks thought l was going 10 get
a reward OF 100000 or 80" said Mr. Psrr
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

Indians and their bodies placed In one
grave. Fort Kearney troops would march
as far west as Laramie, Wyo., and con-
duct campaigns against the Indians. In
1865 General Harvey fought fierce battle
with the Indians at Ash Hollow, In Deuel.
county. This battle was decisive, and, save
for few sdrmishes, was the last inn
portant encounter with Indians that troops
from Fort kearney participated in.
In 1871 the old post was abandoned by
the major portion of the soldiers and Ser
gent Michael Cody was left in charge
Sergeant Cody remained at the post for
four years, disposing of a vast amount of
property, consisting of farming tools and
government goods Then by a special act
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

Wherever there can be found a soldier wh0<'
served at the old post, effo will be
made to have him attend the RI gnion. On I
the second day of the assembly a large@'
granite monument will be unveiled markings
the spot where the old trail crossed the@l
Platte. Each year hereafter another mon-a
ument will mark historic spot, untit&
even nature cannot wipe from the memory'.
OF man the traditions of the old military
post on the prairies of Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

Waiter, he said, I'm in a hurry.
Put on another porterhouse and bring me
his washington Star
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

1t set aside as such. Each. year since then
they have held three-day reunion and
they have formed what is known as the
Fort Kearney National Park association
General John Maxon of MindeD is presi-
dent of the association and the other Off
GERS consist of secretary, treasurer and
qrartermaster Last year the reunion had
reached the point where 1t was regarded as
a state affair. This year 1t is planned
to have speakers here from coast to coast.