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THE DAILY PICAYUNE NEW ORLEANS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1896. 10 I 1 1 1 Absolutely Pure. cream mt tartar baking powder. Highest If In leavening streng th. Xafe't toitod States Government Food Report.

ROYAL BAKfKO POWDH 3TW Tork. NEW TEAINS. The Queen and Crescent Installs Its Cincinnati riyer, Wattle tlie Suiet Limited. Will Bealn Its Season This Horning. About this thne every year there are change In the passenger schedules of nearly all the leading line entering this city.

The Queen and Crescent began theirs yesterday, the new twenty-four hour schedule going into effect with the departure of train which, left at 7:10, instead of 3:30 p. as heretofore. This train will be a dally one hereafter, until further notice, and will carry a New '-York car known as the New York express. No. 2, the' Cincinnati express, arrives la Cincinnati this evening at 7:10, If It make the schedule time as napped out for it.

The New York express will arrive In New York city at 1:20 to-inorrow evening, making the run through in forty-one hours, Returning, the new number southbound Cincinnati train, will arrive it 8:30 a. instead of at 11:30 a. as heretofore. wbHe the local trains will be little affected. Colonel Garratt says that the ron to Nash ville will also ue: maae in iwenry-iour hours toy this new Yesterday, when the first train under the new schedule left, there were several of the officials present to see it off.

This morning at 10 the Sunset Limited, the famous train of the South ern Pacific, will leave on its first trip of season tor San Francisco, xtus train will be run as it was last season. arriving at San Francisco every Thursday and Sunday a little after noon. Thia train will be fitted out -as handsomely as ever, and from the advices Teceived by the passenger people, will have a large patronage from the eastern and western sections of the -country. The train returning here leaves San Francisco Saturdays and Tuesdays and arrives here at 7:30 on the followed Wednesdays and saruraays. The Queen and Crescent wilt have hand Home, new Pullman cars.

Instead of tue Mann 'cars, on its fast trains, and the Louisville and Nashville will also have an improved car service. beginning soon. This is the season of the year when all linss begin to prepare for hauling more people southward, and every effort ef all roads entering the city will be more pronounced this season than ever in tms work. Twentj-fonr Hoars to CincinnntL Leave New Orleans daily on the Oueen and Crescent Limited, at 7:10 p. and arrive in Cincinnati tuu p.

m. next day. ONLY 24 HOURS. THROUGH PULLMAN BUFFET ai.jitifjEU WITHOUT CHANGE. DOG'S DOHGS.

How the Educated Canines Are Cared for and How They Are Exercised and Fed. Feeding 150 dogs would seem to he quite a task to a person who suddenly found himself assigned to such a position of catering; however, the men who have chatge of Prof, Gentry's valuable ca nines do it every day in the year, and don't seem to mind it much, either. There are exactly 143 dogs la Prof. Gentry's re-xnarkable collection, all of which, of course, receive the very best of care Nine men are employed in looking out for the welfare of. these aristocratic bow The gentleman who has charse of them Cave a description yesterday of what might be termed a dogs' day.

He said the dogs are 'called promptly at 6 o'clock in toe morning ana taken out lor two boars they are what Is called "sranir- lroke," and are all trained to follow one man. This make it easy to handle them on the street. "I take them down to some vacant lot or secluded street where no wagons are passing," said the master, "and one of tne otner attendants coes two diocks fur ther down the street; he calls the dogs and they run down to him; when they are an mere can tnem.oacK again, ana tn tms way we are aoie to give them a ten-mile run without walking very far- our selves. After their morning's exercise the dogs are given their bath, dried in the run and their hair thoroughly combed As ninety-seven of the dogs are snow-white, tills part of the performance Is quite a task. At the conclusion of the toilet It is time ior tne street parade, in which they all participate.

Returning from that, they are alijwed to sleep until o'clock in tne afternoon, wneu they are taken out ror anotner constitutional. "After this comes the evening perform nee. at the-conclusion of which comes the most important event ot the day, so the dogs probably think. They are re turned to tne staoie, put in tne and nreoaratlons are made for the even ing meal. One and one-half barrels of meat la required to feed them.

This we procure by contract with, the large hotels and restaurants. Tbe food has been care fully sorted over to see that no fish bones or any poison is in it- ine iooa is 3 iimoed out in a lone row noon the iloor. probably some 50 feet in length, the door or tne dog apartment is opened, ana They rush out like wild beasts. That Is what yon would suppose. On the contrary, they ilo nothing of the sort.

The attendant opens tne door, cans the little dotrs first. then the laiger ones, and so on unci' the whole- company is eating. They rarely fight during and their table etl-qnitte is very good. They are allowed to eat all they want, in fact, until they walk away from tbe food. At the conclu sion or the meal they are given fifteen mlnrtr- exercise, and are Dot back In th apartment for the remainder of the Some time during the night, arid usual lv about 3 'o'clock, I suddenly open the till door and cry "everybody." which la the signal for the dogs to flee for their lives.

As Prof. Gentry has lost severs' dogs Dy devised-this scheme, so that In case of the building catching fire where they are; they would probably all be saved. As the dogs rush ortt of the building the attendant follows them and orders them to fall in. They are then returned to the stalls, the roll is called and they rest undisturbed until morning. An attendant swings a hammock in the apartment and watches them through the night: Although the dogs are fed but once a day.

they are in the beat of health and re fat and seem thoroughly contented with their professional Hie." The attendant remarked that it was vmlte a task to find suitable names-for the new arrivals now. He said: -r- "When, we see a Pullman car I Jot the rnme down and shortly, christen some dog with it. This city has furnished as with great many suitable names for tbe dogs. We have some named Baronne, Caroude-let. Calliope, Tchonpitonlas, Carroliton.

end various other names of streets in this itv. "When the dogs are out for exercise ey pny no attention whatever to the -r-et dogs, and seem to look down upon as being beneath them." lifldrcn Cry for GERMAN LUTHERAN ORPHAN ASYLUM. Tha Handsome New Building to Shield the ratberless Formally Dedicated Yesterday With Appropriate Ceremonies. A Model Institution, With Every Mod- era Improrementy Erected by -the Generous Lutheran Congregations of, Louisiana aad Alabama. AwK-r down Where toses and fmnrnniiA.

trees and ample gardens be token the beginning of the sweet country which lies Just io. (Hi Peters the stars and stripes1 flut-orwi mtW in the afternoon breeze yes terday. Beneath It were the: tri-colora of the American republic, and.atretched across the path- leading up to the ample homelike looking new structure, there stretched a rope to i which the national emblems were attached in profusion. The banners, the ample flower garden rich In the colors and tints, of Innumerable flow ers, shining in the bright snnugnr, tne ran ir of well-dreBsed gentlefolk in front of the building, the splendid music of German masters sung by large and weu-tramea cnoirs, com-MnoH tn mnVrt the snot unusually attrac tive. There was withal aboot the place, too, the sweet calm or nome.

it was tne THE NEW LUTHERAN last place on earth that one would apply the name of orphan asylumto, in a eense of loneliness, and to many a itu -urari. In the throng It was Indeed the only home by it possessed; the only home in many Instances ever learned to be 5 Above the Droad front of the bolldlng were the words, "Deutches Kv. Luth. ed means the "German Branp UcaJ rtmhani' Home." That was the place. -The occasion wa the opening and dedication of an ample, well-con-atructed, well-ventllated new honie for the little tots whose orphanage ttere made to Test so lightly upon the little be- reu waTtn occasion of coarterable pride with the members of the congregations of that denomination of the Craj-cent city, who have succeeded in ac-qllring such a noble made a very pretty event, in which fine words of thanksgiving, splendid JM, concluded with cold lunca and reffj-ments, accompanied the opening and dedication of the new building.

There were, perhhns a thousand people, men, women and children, present. The ceremonies were begun at ing, where the people congregated and Rev G. J. Wegener -opened the-exercises wltt trayerAf ter this the people formed in procession and marched around to ihe front of the new building, where the door was opened by the builder, Mr. Lugenbuhl.

There was a prayer-by the Drelwent of the board of directors. Rev. both before and after the building. He then blessed and dedicated the building to Its use. At the Conclusion of these ceremonies, the throng fepalred to the side of the building? where a pulpit, had been tem-Dorlsed.

and wherej Rev- C. J. Cramer and Pastor F. J. Lankenau preached sermons of thanksgiving in German and English, respectively.

The evening 'm pro-aramme was Interspersed with music fen de red by St. John'e. male quartette, Paul's choir. St. John's choir-and an IngUsh sacred song by the choir of the First English Lutheran church.

At the conclnon of this ceremony, there was benediction and the; people were invited nartake of coffee nd a cpld lunch in the spacious schoolroom of the ewtab- "TnTbonie Is erected on ta" old colonial reeldence. The and tbe grounds Deiongius "7 property of the association for iho nait elKht years. During that time It haa had in iverageof about twenty-five fittle one to care for. There have been i many as thirty-five at some times, anL The demands' Yncreaslng Ik haA been found to be necessary to increaae the caSScltles of the It was for this reason that the new structure was built. The old home was removed from where it stood.

in Tthe middle of the epaclous irounds, to one side, end the new structure erected in It stead. De Pi i the architect, and he has succeeded in planning "tructurewhich lsnot on. pleasing to the eye. but e. full of sunshine and fresh air.

and arranged with the; utmost modern cpn-vlnice. In the course of Its erection he succeeded in nuking ar dro lna for the churches in a somewhat unusual manner. Seelnthat a Portion -of a Knnu to be removed would serve as portion of the new bulld-fng, he elevated It. and ltow.erf as the second atory. or.

a part of it. in the new The new building is two stories high, with attic. On the left as one enters i the room of the superinte ndent. Anton Ebmann. In the rear of this rooms for dormitories or The houe is traversed from front to the hack with an ample hall, and on the rlKht of the hall are companion rooms to those on the left; to bo asedaa reception In the rear of tblsare of bath rooms, exeeiieiinj sp---.

furnished with flowing hot fnd cold wateft and on -the opposite side la the washroom of the Uttle tots, where each la provided -with hU; own baeln; nM -ha hoaf hrrienic: Dlan. Taking up the entire, rear of the first tloor is the schoolroom, a cheerful. Dig room, full of light, which streams in entirely from one aide, so as to pour over the backs of the little ones as they sit at their desks. There i a continuous chain of blackboards all around the room. It.

in splendidly ventilated, looking out upon the garden and ample grounds in the' rear. H--1 r- II. L. BYants showed the Picayune representative through the entire building yesterday. Spacious stairwaya climb, from the floor.

Just described to tbe second tory. An hallway divides this floor, which is taken, up with dormitories. The hallway ends In little porch gul-lery, which gives the from the front a very artistic appearance. From this balcony one commands a -view of the majestic- sweep: of the -river roiling gulf ward In front and the old colonial homes on tbe opposite bank. It is a magnificent prospect, and the air la redolent of the odor of the flowers teeming in the garden in front.

Two magnificent old magnolia trees rear their evergreen tops about on a level with this floor. From the right-band side the little ones can view the entire city, and from the left one sees through the windows miles of country. The front and rear rooms or PItchcr'o Ccctcrln. nam CT1 rrri irri IITI II 1 1 11 1 I IJT lfn fTl TT VT in im ill ti 1 1 mi ii i ii 1 1 Hfti in l. i wy, ixi iim- i dormitories are separated by the rooms.

of the mitToca. The third floor, which Is an attic flocr. Is taken up with one big room intended for visiting teachers and It 1 well ventilated and full of light. The grounds belonging to the home are very ample. They extend from North Peters street back an entire blocs to the street running parallel with North Peters, and from Andry barf a block down iu the dlrectl of Flood.

The flower garden represents the growth of perhaps half a cntury, and Is rich In shrubbery and flowers, and of recent years has received excellent care. In the rear of the building is a. truck garden capable of furnishing vegetables for an Institution much larger than tho home. There Is an abundance of room on all sides, and the Dauphins street car -line and the barracks Are hoth accessible to the place, passing right In front 't and around it througn Andry street. The old coionlal borne has been moved back to the right rear of the new structure, and is etm available at any time when more room is required.

The home has recently been the benen-clary of a number of bequesta. Malinda Delafleld gave it two properties, one located on St. Charles avenue, whicn yields the borne a revenue of $50 per mouta. Martlne- a member of St. John's Lutheran choroh.

gave the home $3000. and Richard Richard conferred a eiJiilsir amount upon It. Its latest lene-factor was Georie Grunewald, who gave -tTM'mv building cost In the neighborhood of flO.000. It is the outgrowth of years of patitnl labor and of growth. 186 the late Rev.

O. Moedlnger, pastur of the Lutheran St. Paul congregation. Port and Burgundy streets, organised an Absociatlon for the purpose of providing a home for the orphans of the denomination. This association was enabled soon after, ty the generosity of Its membership, to purchase a bnlldig on Einura street, between Royal and Chartres, at a cost of about $7000.

ThU popcttv was incumbered, however, and it was impossible for the sssociaUon to retsin possession of It. For a time the orphans which -bad been cared for by It had to be taifn into private families of the congregation. The association continied to ccl.ect funds Tor a new building, however, and in 1881. augmented by the membership of other Lutheran churches of the city, organized a Joint association, which made such rapid headway that two years later, -in 1883, they prrchased the property at the corner of Andry and North Peters. On July 8 of that M'nr this building waa consecrated to 4 ORPHANS HOME.

this new service. A substantial brick kitchen was added to the property as it tlen stood. -and iu -1. was also a dining-room. The association's membership was sab fluently augmented by the congregations of Mobile and Cullman.

and tbe number of children consigned to lr care consraxtiy increasing, it was found necessary to set on foot the enterprise which was yesterday opened for use. The building n.m'ttee which has had charge of this construction was composed of II. it. Frnt.tx. cht'rman; Kev.

G. J. Weg-ner, ex-officio; P. Thormahlen. J.

H. Scboenbartt, A. F. Leonhardt. H.

Thoele, P. Waldmann. Alb. Rleger, E. W.

Gaus, H. Bummel. A. Beeskow. Aug- Huge.

Chans- -of Time. In effect on and after Nov. 8, the Queen and Crescent Limited train will leave New Orleans dally at 7:10 p. making the rnn to Cincinnati in the fastest time ever made. 24 through sleeper.

New York 'sleeper also carried on this train via Shenandoah Valley making the to Washington. I. in 35 hours, and to New iork in 41 hours. THE CZAR'3 NEW YACHT. A Veritable Floatlns Palaee For tbe Baler of the Rnaslns.

The new Russian Imperial yacht, the Standart, In which the Russian emperor went to Is, says tbe. Loudon Times, the third large vessel, of this class built for the exclusive use- of the emperor and his family during the last fifteen years, tbe other two being the Derjava and the Polar Star, not to mention the Llvadla, which was a failure beforo she reached the Black sea from the builders. sea power, such magnificent and ample ac-commodatloii for head of tho state. The Standarf, which was built at Copenhagen, is 425 feet In extreme length, 370 feet along the water-line. 50 feet 40 feet deep to the base of the keei.

She -has- three masts of steel, the main most being 180 feet in height, and carries li.uw square leet 01 canvas. There are two engines of 15.000 total horee-power; each working' its own screw. 24. French boilers from Belleville, and hydraulic rudder machinery from The yacht' has two-funnels, and coal capacity for 000 tons, which is snffi-elent fuel for five to' ten days, according to the rate of speed. The maximum speed is calculated at 21 knots, but on the trial trip only 10: were made.

The vessel Is lighted throughout with 1100 electric lamps. Her crew comprises 3uO sailors, with 20 officers, and the armament consists of eight guns ot 47mm. caliber. There are also four steam -launches and eight other boats supplied from Russia. A peculiarity -in the con-traction is that in order to give plenty of room for the Imperial cabins, the engines have been put much more forward than usual, and are not in the center of the vessel.

The -emperor, the two empresses, and the heir- apparent nave each a cabin of three rooms a sitting-room -and- study combined, and bed and The cabins for the grand- dukes and grand duchesses have only two rooms, each. In the midst of them is a family dining-room of carved cok. with leather-covered furniture. On one of the walls is an allegorical representation of the four seas of Russia the Baltic, the Black, the White seas, and the Caspian: In the emperor's principal room tbe chief articles of furniture are a large writing table and a divan, the back of which Ii made for the reception-of books. From the imperial cabins two staircases lead up to the state dining saloon In the after part -of the vessel, which has a double row-of windows and five crystal and measures 80 feet in length, about 20 feet in width, and over 13 feet in height.

Seventy-five persons can dine comfortably in this room. Tbe walla and furniture are of light-colored wood, the chairs being covered with bluish-gray There is no gilding about the Interior of the yacht, but a very handsome effect is produced by the different varieties of wood used in the paneling, i GUIDE "BOOK TO NEW ORLEANS. PUBLISHED BY THE PICAYUNE. PRICE 5 CENTS AT NRWS STANDS. PRICE 7 CENTS BY MAIL.

IT IS A 44-PAGE PAMPHLET, WITH MAP AND 21 ILLUSTRATIONS. EVERT 7STRANGER SHOULD SECURE ONE. The Caraot was to have been named or-lainally Lazare, 4 ont of repect for tTO late president, who was assassinated Just before the launch, the name was changed to she now bearsu She one of the taritest (nd ngllest) vessels in the French navy, her displacement being 12.000 tons. Her peed 'was to be seventeen knots witla natural dranrht and eightfea aith forced draught. Unlike most of the French vessels, she has a strength stem above water, hot a ram beneath, and her sides hare a most exaggerated "tamWf Her armor belt, which ezteada from stem to stem, is 17 3-4 Inches thick, and sb surmounting this, an armored deck 2 3-4 Inches thick.

The armor on her four big turrets arranged lozenge-wise is 14 1-2 Inches thick. -and hec upper works are protected by 4-inch plating-. She was to carry two 12-lnch. two 10-tnch amns. sod eight S-6-inca qalck-flring rnn and twenty-fonr rapid fire small guns far tops, etc, besides six torpedo ejectors, STORAGE BATTERIES WORKING WONDERS.

The System of Electricity Applied to One Branch In Which the Power Is Used With 'Great Success. Its Institution, in Large Western Union Will be Folloired by a Broader ApplicationThe Besnlts Obtained Here. The 'Improvements In electrical appliances are so rapid In this age that It takes a very Important thing to call for or command The control of the nndefinable power Is almost like magic and- yet from time to time changes and Improvements and new appliances are announced which tfhow its ever increasing possibilities. The election resulta aeventy-flve years ago were not known for months after the contest. tt required so- much time to find out -who had 4een elected that the fathers of.

the country separated the day of election from the day of inauguration 1 four -months, If the government had been' founded ten years -ago, it is not likely, that more than thirty days would nave been allowed, and that time would' have- been necessary to make all arrangements for ceremonies, etc. The Western Union Telegraph Company on the night of the "election flashed the news- over the continent, and it was almost positively known that McKinley wa elected before JB o'clock the evening. The local service was par excellence and Manager West and Chief Operator Davta vgot through with the rush without sacrificing any of the. commercial, business or shutting ont a single outside special. In fact, their force of: seventy-five, men, with fifteen out-alde extra wires working, kept the tables and at 4 in the morning following election there waa no more for the operators to do than If It bad been but an ordinary run of business.

This is attributed In a measure to the efficiency of the men and management, and Is due also to- extensive improvements which the- telegraph company has made in its local office. Last August It was decided to renovate the oullding which the Western Union occupies, put in new appliances and change the- gravity battery system for that- of the storage battery which has been found to be much superior and to give better New tables were put in, with mahogany finish, and places for. typewriters, as most operators are now the machine to receive messages. The latest pattern of table was adopted. It furnishes places for six men, and the instruments are separated by a glass partition, so that the soundings of adjacent instruments do not con fuse the operator.

To the outsider who la not familiar with dot and dashes it all sounds like a horrible Jumble. But tbe operator dlstinguishea the click of nls own sounder above the noise of the others, end the glass partition, which rises about 14 inches on the table, make hia own instrument more distinct to nia ears. In addition to the improvements In furniture and minor apparatus, the Western Union Company has adopted tbe storage battery system, and last August decided to place that kind of battery in operation here. In northern cities there are elinllar. systems la vogue, and the company is now preparing to establish them elsewhere throughout tbe country.

Memphla is the next city, to receive attention. Yesterday a Teporter of the Picayune dropped in on Chief Operator K. J. Davis, who Is recognized as one of the most expert men In the service of the Western Union Company in the south. He has been identified with the Western Union for twenty-eight years.

Mr. Davla explalred the storage system. He said that under the gravity plan, which has been in use for yeara, and practically since telegraphy was Invented, the local office was obliged to keep t-'JO Jars charged with the necessary ingredients which generate electricity. It required two men In constant attendance upou them, day. and night, to -keep them in order, and sometimes in a rush a crossed wire or defective jar- would mean an hour's delay at some particular key.

Now the storage plan requires the use of 600 Jars. While tbe batteries of tbe old style lasted required refilling, the new ones are good for two years and a half each. One man is not kept busy looking after them, and keep-tD them in order. Three of the new stor age batteries are equal In power to 200 of tbe old gravity batteries. Tbe composition in a storage battery is sulphuric add with lead and copper, which in creases tta intensity, water also usea.

in tne gravity catteries Dine stone was naed-with Conner and zinc The current was created xy the action of tbe blue stone vn lue cuppt-r nuu iiuc. iu iuc beginning of electrical telegraphy the com position or a Dattery or jar was nitric ana sulphuric acid. The nitric acid was then placed in a porous cup inside the Jar and was allowed to gradually oose out. The blue stone jars wasted a great aeai ana after five or: six weeks new and copper bad to be replaced in them. The storage battery la a square Jar containing a gallon of matter.

It is cleaner and lasts longer, as stated above: An ac-. cretion of sulphate of sine on the out side of the gravity battery rendered it a nuisance. When there was leakage the multiplex system could not be' reached. Now experts have ways and mean of insulation and Mr. Davis says that all defects have been removed and there is no lonrer any difficulty on this score.

-The storage batteries cenerate a cer tain amount of electricity, but are charged principally oy tne isatson Electric plant. In addition to these new batteries, a system has been established preventing the- telegraph company from suffering in case of fire. AH circuits are protected by a-fuse. When the power becomes, short circuited or burns out there la a cross in the wires, the fuse blows out and opens the otner circuits, it serves a's -a protection In case of a storm when telegraph wires are struck by lightning. The fuse would burn out and thus mve the instruments from damage.

If fire on one side of Gravier street should destroy an Edison circuit upon which the Western Union depended. It la a very simple matter to cut that circuit off and throw on another. The Western Union pays a tolls ge for Fiower Just as gas -Is paid for, and there a a eyatem of measuring it out. which is part the. storage battery Improvements.

A circuit can be discharged as well as changed, and In case of a fire I was a sufferer for eight years from Eczema, bnt now am entirely eared. The palm of my bands Ten covered and bmdly inflamed; little -white lis tors appeared, then woo Id peel off, leaving a red, smooth surface, which would burn like firs and itch. On the inslda of the upper part of my limb, great red bio tehee would appear, and aa aoon aa I becamo warm, the barolDK and yioa won Id begiD. Night after night I would lie awake and scratch, sod almost go wild. I got a box of a bottle ot Ctrricxraa Kb.

solvent, and after a few applications I noticed the redness and Inflammation disappear; btfore 1 had wed out box thrro tea mot a tirn. oeem left. I can truthfully aaeertthat t2.00 worth of CUTXCCa BJ6snies cured ma. JOHN D.rORTE, Pittsburg, Pa, SrvicT Cr TaziTwitvT. Wrm bath with C-mccA 8or.

nelle rplietioB ClTicr4 (oie-nmt). aad ooaw ot CuTicuaa JUaoLTaaT.gnateal aamor curM, Sold throortoat the world. Trlee. Oncra. Wte-i Sor.

-o-t hivM-niT. end SI. fomi Sana ai Ci Cp Roie Prop bova. tj" i-e i I AAtM 't-j urt jt jean," mtZ 2 frts. or crossed wire there is a resistance lamp made like the ordinary incandescent, which flashes tip and indicates which wire running Into the ofiice la affected.

A bell will ring also- to attract the attention of the expert on duty. There are gauges for measuring volts, amperes and ohms. A volt is a unit of force, an ampere a unit of current and an ohm a unit of resistance. -These Indicators tell how much power is being used, how much is necessary when it is desired to atop the supply, bow much to cut All these improvements are new and render the service much better than before. All the mental worry and dangers and annoyances to which operators were placed under the old system are eliminated.

It is more economical for the company and Is better in every way. Another improvement which Mr. Davis explained, is the switch board recently put in. is constructed in accordance with the storage battery plan. The switch board has resistance lamps measuring from 46 to 140 ohms.

Should the wires become short-circuited or grauaded. thus shortening the electrical for--e nd confining it. the lamps immediately become -lighted and the mau hi thatte cf the board is warned of th danger. Tbe lamps enable the chief operator to instantly locate crossed wire. Undtr the old system all wires would have to be tested where they ran parallel.

Another change in the cfHce ia from a pole-changer which belongs to the multiplex system. With the storage battery, what is known as the walking beam is used. The two poles of the battery are at each end instead of the old four-point spring changers, which were a source of great annoyance and which required tbe most precise adjustment- Xn-. der the new arrangement the batteries lead directly to the multiplex circuits and are under complete control of tbe operator working hfs circuit. This device is a donble switch of long and short ends, together --with the ground plate, which is connected to a slate -base.

When a wire Is not in use batteries can be cnt off at the switch on each table, thus preventing a waste of power. Since the storage system was introduced another device has been applied which enables the operator to switch two wires together. This can be done in less than twa seconds, each multiple table being, provided with a small switch. When not in use these ewltches are tcrned to the rinht. When used thev are turned' to the left, thus making comoVefe a donble circuit.

Another feature of. the new system Mr. Davis mentioned. Is the absence of complaints about weak locals, or. in other words, a loss of current which works the sounders.

Three ceils of atorege battery now work all the locals (instruments in the building), whereas under the gravity system 475 cells or Jars were necessaryv Mr. Davis stated that more satisfaction could be had from three storage battery ceils than from 475 gravity cells. une new system was pat in aurmg the last three months without necessitating a stoppage of tbe work In the Western Union office. Colonel J. E.

Fenn. electrl-clan of the southern division of the Western Union Telegrr Company, and his assistant. L. B. directed tbe wore, -uauaxer w.

u. west is aeugnted with the improvements, and declares there is no comparison between the new storage system and the old gravity plan. Mr. Davis says It works well and has given perfect satisfaction. He and hl assistants are F- ew Orleans boys, and tney nave stud.

-d out the complex vh.Ui would puzzle tbe most expert Chinese grammarian, until they uuw Blasters vi it. Do not allow your svatevn to a-et and debilitated. It is easy to. keep well and strong by taking Hood's Sarsiparilla. INDIAN MOUNDS.

Some Interesting Prehistorie Antlqnl-- ties In Central America. Monnds Visited by Dr. Wallea li 1 Costn, Rlcn. Dr. L.

A. Walles, who recently visited Costa Rica as a medical officer representing the Louisiana sUte board ot health, at Port Llmoa, writes entertainingly for the Picayune concerning Indian graves he visited la his travels.1 He Having read with ranch interest in the Picayune tne recent articles ot i'tOL. Beyer, of Xulane. kItIdjc account of hk visit aud re-searcuea niuu toe moonda ot and having had Uie rare opp-jrta-uiy recently ox eiigatrinx la slmikir xeaearcnes in a purely amateurish way, perhaps aome account of my excursions and invetitioos will not wltii-out intereac to aouie ot your reaaers. It is doubueaa well knowa to those ot your reauera who are interested in arcnaeoloxical studies, that Central America is ricn la evlueaces of a prehistoric race, or races, and having la the course of my employment daring the past six months been brought into near proximity to a ncn field of discoveries, and prompted by innate.

Lhomrh uneuitiruied. taste "ior sucn studies, I availed -myself ot. tne opportunity to Investigate iu a crude and onscleaahc way aome- of tne objects of lnteiest presented. Jiecoverinc: from a aevent to escape the malarious aunoa'peere of Lamon, I made a visit to Agoa calieute as its name Implies a' tnermal mineral spring situated auMut ninety miles' from he coast, near Cartugo, the old capital of Coutu Kicu. on the crest or the mountains, aoout 4J00 teet above sea level.

Here, pleasantly wiuu quiet, retired Knglisu famUy. Mlila. -who, through tnalr DroxLouty to the aurinss. have been Siide a convenience of us uie foreigners visuing the place, to avoid the mconveoiuuces nd uutcumXiKis ot tne ao-cauea avu viao have come to accept tne sltuauon, anu anbmir to che imposition. chant iuz sucn an luscnific-ant tai4n: as aimuat to ufcte one feel like a veritable "dead toeat." wuen tie cents tw settle hht bilL On my first visit to tbe spring, and tier- mj ath.

comlsg into uie situux-room, 1 noticed co a taaie a uw articles of ancient pottery sua stone. Luiagea, auu being somewhat of a collector, in a small way, it thev were tor stale, and was told tbavc tney belonged to a native, who had been engaged iu, covlectlna for the government iniiAdoi at San Jose and for sucn scientific tourists as happened in hUJocality; and having ueea Olrecteu to Uls nouse. alter aoiw uuu-cuity ina a walk of a mile or more, I waa fortunate to nnd JUtrenso. a very humble native of hue peon or Ignoring class, at home snEsiied In luresbinc his crou of irijoiea. Arter introducing myself and making known my mission, and convincing him tbat 1 was or aicent of any "escueio." but siinniy a private- indiTldual, auxioua to see; the beauties and curiosities oi his MMintrv.

1 ore vailed on him to produce sacu article aa ha had on hand, and after making some few purchases, set his Spanish tongur la wagging, and he Ihionned me tiurt he uad recently discovered some new aji-ave, and that if I desired he would taae me to them and opea them lor me. ai xoai wms mcuj must mat desired. I made aa enxaaemeat witn hiiu for -paaar-manana" tthe day arter tomorrow), wnea he waa to call early, aa be aid ri was "dos heraa de paslendo, arriba de Biantaoa" "two hours' walk up the mouu-tila' -with this- Dnaeratauding-, and not tor-jcettlna toe almost total unreliability of a Spaniard's promurs. 1 took, leave of him, little expectinit ever 10 see or hear of him again; but to my surprise, true to his word, on the appointed morning," he was on hand wa a a clock, tbe very first instance In tolerably extensive experience with tbe race in which I have ever known one to keep his promise to the exact letter. After coffee, which my accommodating hostess kindly hurried up for me.

a 'few minutes after we, that is or corps of peons three in number another guest of the house, srnd myself, were off on what proved to be a most fatiguing taunt for an' invalid scarcely a week out ot iZA and uninterrupted ascent, which required a more than "wining spirit" to org the "weak flesh" -the completion of turn Journey, which was- mpre than one oa th mint irivina- p. hut beimr from time to time encouraged Lorenao's sssuimnces "Solo rnienta ana milla mas and "meaia milla" "only one mile more" and "half mile more" then finally estimating his aistance in varas Spanish yardsI draggeu my weary limbs along, wondering all the whUe whether I would nave the strength left for the return Journey, even though it were a descent. But all roads come to an end. and soon rewarded by seeing tbe peons, who -were by this time aome MO yards ahead of me, stoo and throw down their shovels aad Dicks, and prepare for work. On coming up with them and takuvg a sr-yey-ot the situation there was positively no iudicatioa whatever that would have tod the we were on a tolerably level DUteau.

of conslderabla extent, almost on the very summit the mountain range in Iv.fc almost enUrely desti- tnte of rocks and boulders, which I have since learned Is usually tbe prominent feat ure of these ancient cemeienrs. nut uioro any evidenca new or in tbe past of any formation not even the silKbteat ele- vttion above tbe general coa'oor of tbe sur rounding plain, 'ine earvn was wwira wiin a dose, short, green turf, with, here and hr. nstches -and erovea of small trees and throbs of greater or less, extent. I was curious to know what were the indications Which led to me uiscovery, irat wua uxj limited fioanish vocabulary, and the entire ignorance-of the English oa the part of the nstlvea, our means ot communication, as might be supposed, was somewhat le-trlnto-d- However, after some difficulty, by means of the "combined method" Dot Its Torno's of sign and broken Spanish and with. I fear, a bad English brogue, having made Mm understand tiie drift of my inquiry, Lorenzo proceeded to show me the eUze of a slab ot Cat sandstone, partially ex -i BECAUSE WE SHOW iTHE LATEST NOVELTIES AND.

THE: GREATEST VARIETY isju'-; a MADBTOOnDER $1522 $1822 UPWARD PANTS 32: 116 ST.CHARLE5 ST c9 MoTaFrSa6m posed, and by means of a sort of rode homemade pick, fashioned somewhat after the pattern of a chisel and fastened to a heavy handle aome 6 feet In length, driving it into the earth some 12 or IS inches, tie a nf a. stone or stones. Taking from his sack a soiled paper, he showed me a rougn a Ingram ei locating qnite a number of graves, the presence of which he proceeded to show by the process already Indies ted. Then beginning work, the soil to tha depth of not more than 18 Inches was removed. exposing a sian or sandstone, not cnt or shaped hi any way, but in its crude, natural state.

Thia being pried and lifted off. disclosed a tpave or rude tomb, formed by font other similar slabs, set on edge, inclosing a space not more than 3 fee long by about half that width, evidently the grave of a very young child, This was filled with a loose, friable soli, with no vestige of human remains or other objects in view. After carefully removing and examining this, handful by handful, without making any discoveries, wa came to the bottom, a hard, toogh clay. Carefully picking this with the point of a machete, two small pieces of bone, evidently the petrous portions of the temporal booesw were found, and, in near proximity, some pieces ot uru.cu tery. Further investigation soon revealed several pots or yase-shaped vessels of very diminutive slse.

a until ladle or spoon and a ring of tha same pottery material. Did the babes of ancient times cut their teeth on rings? These weis all taken out in perfect condition, others, more or ie found, all of the same diminutive pattern, aa mail tnr in, use except as chil dren's toys, or, perhaps, fcric-a-brac for the ornamentation of some tasnionaoie uvnua vj. the forgotten age. Further developments, jhowever. would seem tn discredit thia last surmise, for upor con tinuing our digging wa mad the discovery that this small grave was dui a aiuimi-inybiui within lara-er crave, and tbe appearance of small particles of bone and ultimately an adult sknll la an apparently almost perfect condition was brought to view ni tint sn ra ail nonuu uwram u- nounced sagely, and, I think, with very good reason, "tumba de madre nino" tomb of mother and child.

Very carefully, with tha point of the machete, picking away the clay Irom arouna tne ssuii, so as i cumc free it from its bed. with both hands I at-temnted to take it uo. but it was In such a completely decajed and friable condition that It crumbled to pieces at tbe least possible pressure. I secured wnat tetn mere were, whirh sm rvldntlv tfaosa of a person well advanced in life, and which I have preserved for further study. A most thorougn examination of this grave failed to produce a single fragment of pottery or -other relic, and Lv renso, as he desisted In his work and get out of the grave, said in a moat commiserating tone of voice: "Pobre, poor, -muy pobre" "Poor, poor, very poor." So I infer that, being so poor as not even to possess a single pot or drinking vessel to take with her on her long Journey to tha realm ot Shades, she could scarcely have Indulged in ruch luxuries aa -bric-a-brac I I am thus forced to adhere to my first theory, that the little articles found In the child's grave were toys the east aside playthings, perhaps, of soma more fortunate child ef amuence.

After a more superficial and hasty exami nation of another grave, from which was secured a a few good specimens of pottery, as the morning waa well advanced, my companion aad myself left tha natives to con- time tneir work, ana sei oni on our ooioe-ward tramp, arriving with whetted appetites for a 12 m. breakfast, and. as far as myself was concerned, richly repaid for the fatigue ef the trip, Even if the prima -object of tho trip tad -proved disappointing, which was far from being the case, the magnificent beauty of the mountain scenery and the glorious. pure and Invigorating, atmosphere was enough to overwhelm, as it were, every vestige of malaria and pot new vigor into the circulation and further to so stimulate the desire for further investigation in this most Interesting field as to lead to two subsequent visits to some of 'the-rnlns with the images, idols, of the "stone an account of which may, if acceptable to your readers, be given in a later communication. VOX POPULI.

Correspondence "Winch Speaks for Itselt Correspondents are notified that communications Intended for thia column must be accompanied by the real names of writers. Anonymous letters will receive no attention. "A Correction" Orleans Levee Board. OELEANS, Nov. 8, 1S96V Editor Picayune: In your report of the proceedings of the levee board, you credit the New York Irredglng Company (contractors for the pumping, plant) as being the author of a communication calling the board's attention to the specific chtneea of their contract requiring their full compliance therewith and providing that the appliances necessary for the teat must be at their expense.

This Is slightly inconsistent with the effort now being made in their behalf to have this expenae borne by the levee board. Aa a matter of fact, the communication was a protest against the bare-faced attempt to violate specific contract obligations to the detriment of taxpayers and bona fide contractors. Please make the correction and note the signatures, which were "Consolidated Engineering Company. Limited," "Tole-dano Keutncb." "Mnlr Fromhera," contractors: "Zell Engineering Company, Limited." Refwctfnlly. P.

F. CHAXUTE, President Consolidated. Engineering Limited. -Tle Coming "L' We so often Tead now. "When will the problem of our overbprdened country be solved?" Miss Sophie Wright has propounded one of the most pertinent questions of the future, and that Is.

"What shall we do with our boys?" The question is full of Interest, and study, not only in a social point of view, but because the future welfare and morals of a country depend upon the intelligence, purity and the culture of the coming man. Her able article on the subject published In the Times-Democrat of Oct. 18 Is replete with wisdom and sympathy. She has raised, a standard around which all Christians and philanthropists ahould aid her In her cause. In dealing with her subject, her pen is a kind, sympathetic and moral sword, while her llpa are touched with the live coals from God's altar.

The ad viae of her -writing is, instead of spending money -to build houses of correction and prisons, the money should be invested in schoola, homes' and places for amusing Instruction and bodily exercises. Her brave, true- words bring action and courage to all 'good hearts and her devotion to her work of amelioration knows no discouragement nnd sees no obstacle. She says too truly, "That the morals of our boys are the morals of the coming man." When the mind Is young it needs a great deal of employment to Interest It activity, for the brain Is a storehouse wherein are stored all the recollections of ctiidliool aril food for tie tbousUts 3 V- BECAUSE THEYAREi THOSE 'QUOTED WI.I t. 77 rami vnunu of every day. If the food Is not of beat quality tbe morals of the co-man will be Imperfect and will ci crime, social revolution and unrest.

morals of the boys shape the country which Is to be govern tbe coming man. To work out oar country's great tr and resources we must look to Uie generation of the present boys. them the encouragement and pa thy to. walk the path of. right.

A the continual blame which Is so heaped on. tbe natural propensity of man nature to do wrong. However, sometimes well -to detect wrong, beer it gives an opportunity to dictate i argue the right. There should be stationary and compulsory education firimary. and there should be thoro ngt ruction on social economy under i directfdn of competent teachers.

The shouU be made acquainted with the greatTproblema of finance) and the ts-Every boy is the head of a housebo, i prospective, and every household is influenced by the tariff. The profit tbe faJor and the profits ma factnrer are controlled by the tariff, the privations or comforts of home i TSe country depend upon it. The vn tain condition of our country and i inert Christian care of our boys ai: sway for that which has become apr ing and which eeems to be on tbe crease. Instead of education the study profligacy or are worn to by bard work. Education is the and moraliier -of youth, but look arc you and note many obstacles which vent the education of our boys.

who should be at school are employe -do the work of adults, and after the c. -toll la over the childish energies somewhat exhausted, and so it goes and on In dally routine year after until tne ooy Decomea a man. Borne are stronger and better than o'J: and even under the most adverse clrc stances will gain a certain amount of cation, but most boys, if left alone follow the evils surrounding them, not take educational advantages. ence is a mighty power, and that i ceeding from the establishment ct night school for boy of all classes i conditions la good and will prove of value in making our men better most anything that conld be mentio: Tha Ignorance of the uneducatel of the future will deprive labor dignity- self respect, intelligence i godliness which should be accord it by all mankind. Amelioration some source must come to our I all who wish well for onr cate.

I am sure, in their heart conditlona. Such will be the true no born on thrones, hut in tb Of the bumble and compassionate I appeal to the wealthy men and of New Orleans to listen to the of MIsa Sophie Wright for the tare our boys. I ask. who are more wore -your-care and esteem than- those will aome day fill -your places, and are more worthy of your help 1 those who are doing all In their powe help struggling humanity to live I estly, prosperously and happily? The boya who form the coming ret" tlon must be looked after, be cared -and rightly educated. All hall to birth of the thought which has Insr the motive.

My voice, pen and com; tlon are at the service of the noble ELiUl B. Biim.i. care of EagUih Method! Are Cutting Eo Mortality from tne Disease. Ths publication of recent vital statistic- I called general attention to a remarkab: i crease la the death rat from tabercnl'x'i Gnat Britain. This has been slow but sunt for many years, nnd has set cocjec.

at work to account for It. It Is conceded that it is la part due to improved sanitation of booses, better regimen and general elevation of the dltlons of life, but attention Is called to fact that there has not been a proportk decrease In cases and deaths in eouc: where there has been quit as great in these respects, and. general arre3 the greatest benefit la credited to the nition of the Infectious nature of the ease and the provision made against i- -ger. European countries are far la advance ef United States in this matter, and amoni all, Cugland stands pre-eminent. Tbe of special hospitals for patients ot thia began there more than a century z.

there are now eighteen of these, at public cost, with aa aggregate of beds. There are seven similar ins tit tr Fraace, a number in Germany and i scattered in varions other continental i tries. Wherever they have existed long to permit of intelligent deduction ta effect, says the Koc beater Demoemt -Chronicle, has been marked both la t-e ductioa of the death rate from this cause i the number of cases reported. Massachusetts recently appropriated -for the treatment of her consumptive It is now announced that the puulio i officers of Michigan, in connection i state board of health, have begun aa for the foonding of a state hospital 1- sumpUve patients, to have a large capacity to be freely open to all who cannot to pay for treatment. It is within comparatively few years tho very great importance of preveot.a spread of thia dreadful disease by tow has been realized.

It was long regarded a kind of dull fatalism as simply an i- ble malady, nsually hereditary, to te eepted as aa unavoidable visitation. Hereditary it Is. in many, and lucnrr the majority of eases, but It is muoicated to those who- are sound in lx without tuberculous family history, i create new sources of hereditary ti doom unborn generations -to death. Tha arguments -advanced ia favor c. system of special hospitals Is baea economical, not sentimental, consider.

PnbUcisU give human me a wwuw and resard its preventable loss as a waste. Viewed in this light, tb lc sented by the death rate from ths stands for an appalling sum. and It i that the maintenance of hospitals -tuberculous patient can be isolated t-" well is as important, as much a pn--1 and as clearly an economy as la we of police and fire While tbe prevention of dlseas ward as the first argument, all acr-there would result a large percentage c. In case where the disease ia taken in eeptlon. 1 GUIDE BOOK TO NEW OFJ.r 1 PUBLISHED BY Tlih PRICE 5 CENTS AT NEWS PBICE 7-CEXTS BY MAI IT IS A 44-PAGE PAMPHLET.

MAP AND 21 ILLUSTRATIONS STRANGER SHOULD SECU- A rival to tbe old lfdy wbo receot'T a gift from the tjneen for beinj of seven soldier has been found at gate. near London. Sb Mr-JH" six sons have all done good 'rTlc men. George ha been twenty-nine ye city force. Caleb twenty-aix yej twenty-tive years.

Ben twenty-five, -ty-four, aU la the metropol.un 1 John twenty-four yean in the rr stanrJery. Ben and Tom be 11 served in tbe army. Tbelr only perhaps, of seeming singular, wms .1 a policeman. The old lady bersca IL London Neirv II i 1.