The Jerome Chronicle, 1895-04-06

Mt. I jus.- w igAi Yft "THE BELL," AT BERKELEY HEATH. of the picturesque coach. When the railroad came in the coach went out. and for many' years the cozy inns with their glittering bars and comfortable larders were in desuetude. Many of them were deserted 'or changed into houses or cheap "pules." But most of them were continued as inns by the descendants of the crigiw.l proprietors, with less profit, however. A few years ago, when cycling waxed in popular favor, there sprang up n new demand for the country inn. and the face of the host or hostess brightened with the improvement in trade. "The Angel'' at Ditton has enriched its proprietors during the last ten years, and to feed 530 tourists of a Sunday is now 'no uncommon affair .for the "missus" and her daughters. One of the most interewtiny of the old coaching - no. cycling - - inns is "The Bell'' at Berkeley Heath on the road be between - tween between Gloucester mid Bristol. "The Bell" is of special concern to lovers of Dickons, for it was here that Bob Saw Sawyer - yer Sawyer prevailed, in hurricane fashidn, on Mr. Pickwick to pay the score. Here is the passage: " 'You may' say that/ rejoined Ben Allen: in proof of Bob Sawyer being one of the funniest fellows alive, he proceeded to entertain Mr. Pickwick with a long and circumstantial account, how that gentleman once drunk him himself - self himself into a fever and got his head shaved; the relation of which pleasant and agreeable history was only slopped by the stoppage of the chaise at 'Theßell/ of Berkeley Heath, to cha ge horses. "'I say! we're going to dine here, aren't we? said Bob, ooking in at the window. Mr. Pickwick, we have only come nineteen piles, and have eighty-seven and one-half to go!' " 'Just the reason why we should take something to enable us to bear up vgainst the fatigue!' remonstrated Bob Sawyer. "'Ob! H's quite impossible to dine at half-pact elevon o'clock in the day/ re replied - plied replied Mr. Pickwick, looking at his watch. " 'So it is,' rejoined Bob. 'Lunch is the very thing. Hallo, you. sir! Lunch for three directly, and keep the horses back for a quarter of an hour. Tell them to put everything they have cold upon the table, and some bottled ale, and let us taste your very best Madeira.' "Issuing these orders with monstrous importance and bustle. Bob Sawyer at once hm-rHd into the horse to superin superintend - tend superintend t>2e arrangements; in less than five minutes he ret timed and declared them to be excellent." "The Bell" io-day has many a cycling Bob Sawyer on its list. Mexico tip Have an Exposition. The bureau, of the American repub republics - lics republics learn:., that- Viscount Comely has succeeded in organizing in the city of San Franciscri a, company with a capital of *1,009,000 for the purpose of an expo exposition - sition exposition in the/ City of Mexico. This ex exposition. - position. exposition. although of a national charac character. - ter. character. will wave also a foreign depart department. - ment. department. ThC compi.nv is incorporated a . -rdii: : t 'u-kw-1 of CaiifernuL

ing massive cast-iron pole pieces. The ring constituting the field magnet is supported by a six-armed cast-steel spider keyed to a vertical axis. The field magnets act also as a fly-wheel. The shaft rests on two bearings sup supported - ported supported by four arms projecting from the inner adjustable cast-iron cylinder. The bushings of the bearings are made of bronze provided with zig-zag grooves, in which oil constantly circu circulates. - lates. circulates. On the outer side of the bushing there are also grooves into which cold water may be pumped if required. The armature conductors are rect rectangular - angular rectangular copper bars 32 by 8 milli millimeters, - meters, millimeters, and each of the 187 holes of the armature contains two of these bars, surrounded with mica. The upper and under sides of the armature are con connected - nected connected by means of V-shaped copper bars, riveted to the ends of the bars, which project out behind the ends of the armature. The connections are made so as to give two independent circuits, a pair of cables connecting each circuit with the switchboard. The magnet winding is also composed of bent copper bars, air-insulated, in inclosed - closed inclosed in brass boxes, two of which are fastened to each pole piece. Contin Continuous - uous Continuous current for exciting the field mag magnets - nets magnets is obtained from a rotary trans transformer. - former. transformer. The current is conducted to the field coils by means of a pair of brushes and two copper rings fixed at the top of the shaft of the genexitor. At a speed of 250 revolutions a minute the machine produces two alternating currents, dif differing - fering differing in phase 90 degrees from ea eh other, each of 775 amperes and 2.259 vol us pressure. The alternations arc 50 per second. The height from base of bed plate to top of machine is nearly 13; feet. A Sensible Swiss taw. In Switzerland there is a law by which railway and steamboat companies, factory establishments, etc., arc liable to indemnify their employes in case of accidents, or their widow or children in case of their death. Hardships In Australia. In the barren country of West Aus Australia, - tralia, Australia, where men are madly flocking in search of gold, the temperature is said to be one hundred and twenty in the shade and no adequate water sup supply. - ply. supply. There is such a boom in the price of claims that only rich men can buy them, and numerous rich men are there enduring all the hardships with the hope of growing richer. The Csarina an English Girl. The former teacher of the present czarina says that she was brought up almost entirely as an English girl, de despite - spite despite her German birth. It was not un until - til until after her confirmation that she was allowed to go to the theater or balls, make formal visits and sit at the table when Queen Victoria visited Darm Darmstadt. - stadt. Darmstadt. - - -

CYCLING IN EGKUaE* Growing in Favor with tho Roy Royalty - alty Royalty and Nobility. King Leopold Determined to Congaer a Wheel - Areclent Inn. Are One of the Churtua of Winter Riding in Old Englands Cycle riding is growing in favor with the royalty and nobility of Europe.. Al Almost - most Almost every royal family is represented, inclusive of England and Russia. The most enthusiastic king over there is Leopold of Belgium. He is a great patron of cycle racing and king's purse" is t'ne most coveted prize, both in point of glory and profit, at the an annual - nual annual race meet in Brussels. King Leo Leopold - pold Leopold has determined not to be discour discouraged - aged discouraged in his attempts to master the wheel and has evidently concluded to forget the disaster that attended his efforts in that direction seme months ago, when he first bestrode hl; wheel. Since the day that he made intimate acquaintance with a thorny shrub in the gardens of his palace at Laecken, into which he flew head foremost from his saddle, the bicycle had stood in quiet and disuse in the carriage house. Yielding to the entreaties of his nephew. young Prince Albert, who besought hhn to try again, the king has been practicing in the large ball ballroom, - room, ballroom, and when spring clears away the snow and the air is again balmy his Belgian majesty will be seen scorching around the beautiful gardens and through the park ssroundiag his coun country - try country seat near Brussels.. The king's wheel is geared to SGJ4. has 30-inch wheels, the fram«- being inches and indhes higher than any American bicycle, which is due to the fact that his majesty is blessed with probably the longest pair of legs in Belgium. His nephew, Prince Albert, who is at the same time the heir to his throne, is an enthusiastic wheelman- Cycling in England has many ad advantages - vantages advantages not enjoyed by those who fol follow - low follow the pastime in this country. In the first place, the climate there per permits - mits permits of riding throughout tho whole year. The winters are mild compared with ours. In the second place, the roads give infinitely better footing and the winter scenery is delightful. But perhaps the most fascinating feature of cycling in England is to bo found in those rare old country inns which have been bequeathed to the modern cyclist by the dead and gone passenger traffic

Something About the Electric Plant at the Falls. What In Expected to Re Accomplished in furnishing Power to Distaut Points - Description of One of the Big Dynamos. It is expected that the wheels of the great electric plant at Niagara Falls will soon lie set in motion, and that what may be considered one of the greatest engineering works in the world shall have become an accom accomplished - plished accomplished fact. The plans for carrying the power to Buffalo, eight<<' miles distant, are complete. In a month or two factories may be in full operation; in a year Bus-1 falo may be supplied and, "in two I years," says Prof. George Forbes, "the I company will be working the Canadian i side of the falls, and in ten years (shall ' we say?) thp whole of the 103,000 horse - power which can be supplied by the existing hydraulic works will be giving power to smokeless manufacturing towns." One of the three big dynamos with i which the Cataract General Electric company proposes to distribute its power has already been placed in posi position, - tion, position, and the shafting and hydraulic connections are*ready to be put in mo motion. - tion. motion. The unique machine, which in many ways represents the height of electrical ingenuity, was constructed by the Westinghouse company at Pitts Pittsburgh. - burgh. Pittsburgh. A description of one of the dynamos has been obtained by the Electrical Engineer, which in substance is as follows: To a circular foundation is bolted a vertical cast-iron cylinder, provided with a flange, on which the stationary armature rests. The inner part of the cylinder is bored to the shape of an«iu-; verted cone, and serves as a bearing for . another conical piece of east iron, sup- ! parting the shaft bearings. The j armature cone is made of thin, oxidized i iron plates, held together by eight J nickel-steel bolts. In the outer edge of the plates are one hundred and eighty-! seven rectangular holes to receive the ; armature winding. The outer rotating field magnet con-. sists of a wrought-steel ring, to which are bolted the twelve inwardly project- I | Ltpy Lil NIAGARA 5,000 II I>. TWO-PHASE ALTEB- NATOR.

rest, he should '.roo broken down un under - der under the < Jud: :- which his sov- creigr will no!-permit Gm to give up. Stri kro wii h paralysis at Osborne, Sir Henry -Ji net retire from the court to whic., lie ku: - jitaehed when he was a young - otue r of the guards, toward l><o. He was then made equerry : he prince consort, and lie was so much liked by the prlhcc that the queen besought him, in 1870, to be become - come become her private secretary. He ac accepted, - cepted, accepted, and for twenty-four years has been unceasing in his vigilance for the queen's interests. Being private secre secretary - tary secretary means managing the queen's estate and intimate affairs, and taking care of the immense number of boxes of documents, orders and warrants daily sent wherever the queen may be resid residing - ing residing for her signature. It means submit submitting - ting submitting to her the drafts of all papers of importance on foreign affairs before they are launched forth to the various ambassadors. It means occasional con conflicts - flicts conflicts with officials and long and care careful - ful careful correspondence with them. It means working all the afternoon and late into the night, getting rid of the business which the queen has heaped upon her secretary during the morn morning - ing morning hours. Sir Henry has a trained staff of con confidential - fidential confidential clerks which travels with him, when the queen moves from palace to palace. He has long been the arranger of family quarrels, the writer of let letters - ters letters which settle disputes between royal personages, and oiteu he has to exercise the function of censor. lie has also usually had to manage the negotiations with the statesmen who have been charged with the adminis administration - tration administration of the country, and has shown himself singularly'' successful in pre presenting - senting presenting the queen's views to succes successive - sive successive premiers without seeming to dic dictate - tate dictate at all. His small private office in Windsor castle is really one of the most important in the kingdom.

- SIRS. JOSEPH THOMPSON. leeted as the person best fitted by so social - cial social position and managerial ability for the difficult task of interesting the la ladies - dies ladies of Atlanta and of the south in the great enterprise. The wisdom of the choice was. so apparent that the ladies who became associated with Mrs. Thompson in the work elected her president without de debate. - bate. debate. Among the other prominent offi officers - cers officers are Mrs. W. C. Lanier, first vice president; Mrs. S. M. Inman, second vice president; Mrs. A. B. Steele, secre secretary; - tary; secretary; Mrs. A. E. Thornton, treasurer, and Mrs. W. H. Felton, chairman of the executive committee. Thjs com committee - mittee committee is a very strong body, and its. membership includes many of the most, capable women of the south- A reasonable portion of the exposi exposition's - tion's exposition's funds were allotted for a wom woman's - an's woman's building upon condition that the ladies should raise money for a proper exhibit. For such purpose a large sum was needed, but the ladies were un undaunted. - daunted. undaunted. Every fair attache of the woman's department immediately be began - gan began scheming, and many excellent plans for securing money have been and are being carried out. Ilie gay world of Atlanta has turned its entire attention to hoarding up the American dollar, and the proceeds of about every entertainment that is held are devoted to the woman's exhibit fund. As a re result, - sult, result, money is coming in ata rapid rate, and the success of the woman's depart department - ment department seems assured.

/M ~ w W C. P. VILLIERS, M. P. those far-off days -when he sat in a par parliament - liament parliament convened by King William the Fourth. Mr. Gladstone - who. by the way, is quite a boy compared with Mr. Villiers, being no less than eight years his junior - seems to lx? still as prone to awkward little, adventures as he was before his retirement. Uis heavy fell at Ils warden the other day might easily have been attended with very serious results; but the wonderful veteran seems specially fortunate in such es escapades. - capades. escapades. It is no doubt his mental ab absorption - sorption absorption that renders him so prone to come to physical grief, \then he was constantly walking about in town there was seldom a day in which he did not place himself in more or less serious danger of being run over, though only two or three of his narrower escapes found their way into the papers. Chinese Idea of Telegraphy. The Chinese believed when teleg telegraphy - raphy telegraphy was introduced in this country that foreigners cut out the tongues of children and suspended them on the insulators to transmit the message from pole to pole. Bairs from Mohammed*# Benrd. The treasure of treasures in the new mosque at Tripoli, Syria, is a magnifi magnificent - cent magnificent gold casket in which are placed three hairs from the I'rophet Meham Mehammed's - med's Mehammed's beard. - - -*

5 i f 1 1^*31^54 FAMOUS CANNON MAGNETS. together. A calculated force of 44,800 pound s was insufficient to tear off the .irmnture. the chain used being broken by Uie strain Five cannon bulls, of pounds vr ; su 'pended like a cicbo fiw;' i e im-vzF < f the gun. An 1 iron spike puu-vd jg bust the breast of a num su nc: g ; are; or four feet off, with his back to t . - gun, ,st»>d out - Imight. It rc;qt.ired the efforts of two isen with a wtii'ca jerk to pull away a a'. pound bar from the gun. The entire i. ; .s of iron, including guns, carriages,- a. etc., weighs ever 130.000 p.mm.- At a distance of 71 feet the may. < :. of the gun equaled that of the earth, a compass needle being de deflected - flected deflected 45 degrees; at a distance of 1400 feet it was deflected 3 degrees, i The Largest American Serpent. The largest snake that was ever killed on the American continent was that mentioned by Dr. Gardner in his book, "Travels in Mexico." The snake was dead when Dr. Gardner found it. and was lying in the forks of a tree with its body full of arrows, ju.it as it had been left by the Indians who dis dispatched - patched dispatched it. It was dragged into an. opening by the aid of four horses, and n as found to mw-..-uv 3* .Cvct in length.