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MAY BE CANADIAN RULER
Whnt to do with tho duko of Connaught,
brother of King Edward VII., Is ono of Great
Britain's over-recurrent probloma. Tho latest of
tho rumors affecting him connects his name with
tho govcrnor-Kcnernlshlp of Canada.
Tho reported intention of Karl Grey to retlro
early this year has given occasion for' conjectural
selections for his placo. None, It Is said, would
meet with moro gcnoral approval throughout the
empire than tlto designation of ths duke. For
ono thing, by reason of Connaught's relationship
to tho king, it would consolidate that "Imperial
partnership" which it is felt would mako for
the closer union of Great Britain with her domin
ions over tho sea. Canadians, it is thought,
would welcome tho choice. Tho fact, that ho
would have far higher rank than any formor In
cumbent of tho vice-regal post would presumably in itself bo not unpleaslng
to tho pcoplo of tho dominion.
Only last February tho duko's appointment to tho lord lleutonancy of
Ireland was tnlkcd of. His peculiar fltncsB for tho ofllco was urged on tho
ground of his acquaintance with Ireland nnd Irish affairs, acquired wlillo he
was coirimnmler-ln-chlof there. Ills popularity and that of his daughter, Pa
tricia, current discussion had It, would havo assured him a warm welcomo
from the Irish landlords nnd their families, with undoubted boncllt to Irish
trade.
Tho consideration of his name In that connection was said at the time
to have grown out of his known dlsllko of tho honorary post at Malta, where
he boro tho title of Held marshal commander-in-chief of tho Mediterranean
forces and high commissioner of tlto Mediterranean. To this post, following
a resignation which Is said greatly to have displeased tho king, Lord Kitch
ener succeeded him.
MAKES SURGERY PAINLESS
If you want to and of course you don't you
can havo your legs or arms cut off without feel
ing any pain and without being unconscious
Prof. Thomas Jonnesco of Bucharest, Roumanla,
has mado this possible through his discovery of
stovalno.
Recently Dr. Jonnosco has been demonstrat
ing tho use of stovalnc In Chicago, New York and
othor largo cltlos and tho surgeons who have
scon tho operatlonos performed havo pronounced
it a great success.
Even tho treatment of heart dlscaso is not
beyond tho powers of benzolothyldlmcthylamlno-
propanol hydrochloride which la Dr. Jonnesco'a
solution and he confidently believes it will su
porscdo tho ubo of other, chloroform and other
anesthetics now In use. Stovalno proper was In
jected chiefly at tho baso of tho spinal cord and was useful only for opera
tions below tho waist lino, but tho professor claims his discovery enables
.him to opcrato on a patlont from head to feet without pain and with con
sclousness preserved. By tho Jonnesco system injections nro mado nearer
the nock.
Dr. Jonnosco is many times u millionaire, coming from a family of land
barons. Ho was graduated as a bachelor at law, when ho formed a dostro
to study surgery. Ho was prosector of anatomy of tho Medical School of
Paris whon stovalno was dlscovored six years ago.
' It was found nn idoal anesthetic for tho lower limbs, but was too power
ful tb bo used whore its potency might reach tho heart. .In 100G Dr. Jonnesco
devoted almost hla entlro time to oxperimcnts with stovalno and lato in tho
next year discovered that strychnlno dispelled tho dangerous effects of stova
ino, but did not affect its ancsthotlc powors.
Ho wob elected an honorary mombor of tho Royal Society of Surgery of
England,' tho samo socioty which was bitter in denouncing him In his oarly
experiments.
Ho is dean of tho Unlvorslty of Bucharest and a director of tho Bucha
rest Institute of Experimental Surgory, has been ro-eloctcd honorary presl
'dent of tho international congress of gynecology and surgery and Is a mem
ber of tho International Commission of Surgery.
lUBLIC and private inter-
P csts in mo unueu aiaies
I nro noW working oncrget
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fruits of thoso two twen
tieth century innovations
wireless telegraphy and
practical sky craft. It
goes without saying that
If airships and balloons
nnd kites can bo success
fully mado to servo as
portablo stations for wireless .teleg
raphy tho valuo of such aerial ve
hicles for tho arts of both peaccT and
wnr will bo immeasurably increased.
Likowiso will wireless telegraphy bo
enabled to add further advantages to
its already numerous points of supe
riority over all othor forms of com
munication.
Tho United States government,
through ono or another of its
branches, has taken up wireless teleg
raphy experiments via both kilos nnd
war balloons, but tho greatsst inter
est naturally attaches to tho work
with balloons. So far as Is known,
tho United States signal corps is in
advanco of all foreign military bodies
in its invasion of this significant
llcltf.
Whllo tho American army officers
early realized
tho i mm on so
advantage that
would accruo if
war balloons
could bo uti
lized as wire
less stations,
thero woro, sev
eral obstacles
to be overcome
ero practical
u x p orlmonts
along this lino
could bo en
tered upon.
Foremost
among theso
was tho weight
of tho standard
wireless appa-
tus of sufficient
power for tho
exchanges of
messages be-
t w o o n tho-
ground and a
balloon at a
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PINCHOT KEEPS UP FIGHT
Gifford Plnchot, chief of tho forestry division
of tho department of agriculture, is about the
only mombor of tho Roosevelt regime who is bo-
lug pointed out to strangers on tho streets ot
Washington theso days. "Thoro goes the man
who Is lighting Balllngor," Is a common expres
sion whenever Mr. Plnchot appears on tho avenue
Tho Plnchot-Balllnger row began laBt sum
mer and shortly boforo tho president started on
his long tour there was talk that Mr. Plnchot
would bo forced out of his position. Later came
reports that Mr, Balllngor would resign as secre
tary of tho interior, but both are still at work
and tho fight Is going morrlly on.
Rccontly In a New York speech Mr. Plnchot
declared tho peoplo of the United States have
boon the complacont victims of u Bystem of plun
der of tho public forests crimes often perpetrated by men of high station In
commercial and social llfo.
' i Condemning tho methods of theso "rich criminals," he said:
i" ''But they have suffered from a serious moral perversion by which it bo-
cotses praiseworthy to do for u corporation things which they would refuso
With the loftiest scorn to do for themselves. Fortunately for us nil, that
delusion is passing rapidly away."
This statement, coming on tho hools of Mr. Bullluger's denial of chnrges
that had been mada against him, cast fuel into tho Haines and President Tatt
jwao sorely dlsploascd. Now tho president has put tho muttor up to congress
and thoro Is to bo an Investigation. Tho outcome moans tho olllclnl .scalp of
Balllnger or Plnchot, according to tho opinion of many well advised persons
in Washington, It is not bollevod that Plnchot will quit under lire and Mr.
Balllngor is known bb a lighter, so thero 1b likelihood that tho war will bo
carried on to tho blttor ond. Plnchot Is wealthy and doesn't need tho salary
attached to tho Job, but ho lovoa tho trees and outdoor llfo and that is ono
reason why ho Is ouch a good friend of Thcodoro Roosovclt.
DEVILED
wires, each 150 feet
Id length, suspended
fiom a cross-arm at
tached beneath tho
keel or car of tho bal
loon. It will bo un
derstood that theso
wires dangle below
the cloud clipper nnd
thus Incoming mes-
.AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS 3AJJ,lrfG
IN HCW DIRIGIBLE .BAILOON
of raising kites to great altitudes and
telegraphing between them. Ho
claimed to have transmitted messages
a dlstanco of more than -400 miles,
and such was tho interest In his work
at tho time that congress passed a
special bill authorizing tho incorpora
tion of a company to continue and ex
tend tho experiments. However, tho
project came to grief in tho panic of
1873.
Latterly, when tho development ot
wireless telegraphy again turned at
tention to tho possibilities ot the uso
of kites as ending nnd receiving sta
tions it has been demonstrated that
tho kites havo exceptional qualifica
tions for such functions. When n
klto Is flown at a great altltudo a
strong curront of electricity is gen
erated, especially when tho kite is
flown by wiro instead of by cord. At
Mount Weather, where piano wiro is
used, so strong a current Is brought
down from tho clouds that it has been
to insulate the reel on which tho wiro
This presence of the magic current in
forco Is manifest even on clear days, whon there is
no suggestion of an electrical storm. Now, experi
ments nre in progress with a view to using this
captured current for wireless telegraphy. Tele
graph instruments are cut In on tho kite circuits
nnd ere long a test is to bo mado as to the possi
bility of communicating between two kites, flown
at points located CO miles apart.
necessary
Is wound.
GOT $T5O,00O XMAS GIFT
Probably the most costly and beuutlful Christ-
nlas gift that any woman in tho world received
was n ropo of magnificent pearls, said to huvo
coBt J7C0.000, which Goorgo D. WIdonor of Phila
delphia presented to his wlfo, who was Miss
Eleanor Elklns, daughter of tho late William L.
Elklns, tho traction magnate, It Is tho moot
costly string of poarls In tho world,
It Is said that Mr. WIdonor Intended tho
goma, somo of which nro noarly as largo ns pig
eon eggs, and sufllclont for a king's ransom, as
a Biirprlso for his wife, but news of tho gift that
a princess might won envy leaked out,
It lu iirnhnhlA flint nnplfftv will tin
portunlty to ndmlro nt first hand what is said
to bo tho finest collection of pearls, gem for gem,
that any woman In this country haB boon prlvl-
leged to wear. Mrs. WIdonor is to glvo a ball nt tho Bollovuo-Stratford In
Philadelphia this month and It is prosumcd that oho will wear tho pearls on
that occasion. If sho docs nnd oho should wear nt her throat tho otrlng of
pearls which alio has previously worn and which has beon so much admired,
tho total valuo of her poarl adornments will bo n round million, of dollars
.Tho strand sho now wears is valued at $250,000, tho center titono alone being
.worth' $65,000.
Mrs. Wldencr is known as ono of tho beautiful women in the Boclety of
(Philadelphia, Now York and tho fashionable New England coast resorts, she
'is of the brunette typo, tal)( and noted for the beauty of her gowns and the
grace with which sho wears them.
lofty height. This handicap has been met In a
portablo wireless set which has recently been de
signed by signal corps experts and the first ex
ample of which has lately been completed at tho
signal corps shops In Washington under the direc
tion of Electrical Assistant H. B. Do Groot
Not only docs this compact llttlo wireless
equipment conform to tho requlslto of minimum
weight but It affords n solution of tho chief prob
lem presented In this new Held namely, tho pro
vision ot safeguards against a spark from tho tel
egraphic apparatus igniting tho oxploslvo gas
which through accident or design might cscnpo
from tho bag of tho balloon. Thorn Is consider
able difference of opinion among electricians as
to what danger of explosion would exist under
normal conditions. Some experts contond that,
considering tho nlr currents crcntcd by a balloon
In motion thoro would bo practically no danger,
but tho United Stntes army aeronauts, cognizant
of tho tragic consequences that would assuredly
follow any such explosion nt a high altltudo, havo
naturnlly been loath to tako any chnnco and havo
had precautionary measures taken In tho con
struction of tho apparatus designed for their ex
perimental work.
This wonderful new aerial wireless sot, which
weighs, all told, only about 70 pounds, occupies or
rests upon n wooden frame of special design
which measures 30 Inches In length, 17 Inches In
width nnd 1G inches In holght. Tho olectrlcal
energy for this cloud-climbing telegraph station
Is supplied from nn ordinary eight-volt sparking
battery, such as Is used In automobiles. Thin
part of tho cqulpmont weighs but 22 pounds, as
compared with n weight ot CO pounds In tho cor
responding section of tho lightest portablo wiro
less set that would havo been available for this
work, had not tho nrmy experts ovolved this spe
cial apparatus. By way ot gunrdlng against ex
plosions, ns abovo explained, tho spark gap has
been covorcd so as to exclude all fins and thero Is
similar protection for tho Interrupter contact.
For all that, this latter essential Is housed In it
always within view of tho operator by means ot
a small mica window in tho side of tho enso and
with tho vlow ot tho contnat thus available any
nccossnry adjustments can bo made without open
ing tho case
This now wireless set for military work aloft,
which, by tho way, cost about $300, has tho same
typo ot key and tolophono rccclvor found in tho
portablo wireless sots which havo lately mudo
their appenrauco in tho commercial Held. A
thoroughly unlqno foaturo, however, is tho
"aerial" from which tho Bound waves aro sont on
their long Journoy. Tho aerial devised for wire
less telegraphy via sky scouts couslsts of throo
mm
sages, instead of being caught abovo the station,
ns in all earthly Installations, will bo caught be
low tho station. In lieu of a ground wire tho
aerial telegraphers will make uso of tho wiro net
ting which braces the balloon car.
Tho army's first experiments with wireless
telegraphy via aerial craft were mado with an
ordinary spherical balloon, but the new wireless
sot was designed primarily for uso with the war
department's lately acquired dirigible No. 1 and
when In service tho wooden platform carrying
tho electrical apparatus rests across tho keel or
skeleton framework of tho balloon, being sup
ported upon two horizontal rods ot tho keel. The
dirigible which Is destined to serve ns Undo
Sam's llrst portable aerial wireless station is 120
fcot in length and tho car or keol which carries
tho wireless apparatus Is mado of spruce.
While the electrical division ot the United
States signal corpa has been busy with plans for
Wireless work via freo balloons that would prove
ot lmmcnso valuo In tlmo ot wnr, other branches
of tho federal government havo been looking Into
tho possibilities of mld-alr telegraph stations de
signed to servo tho pursuits of pcaco. Chief
Willis Moore and his associates of tho United
States weathor bureau havo long tnkon an espe
cially keen interest In this subject and Interest
ing experiments covering high-air work with both
balloons ami kites havo beon in progress for somo
timo past at Mount Weathor that Virginia
mountain penk where the weather bureau lms
assembled such marvelous equipment for tho ex
ploration of tho uppor nlr. Prof. Mooro's primary
Interest in wlrelcsB telegraphy Is as a means ot
transmitting storm warnings and weather fore
casts, particularly the Intorchango between ships
and shoro stations.
It may Burprlso many persons to learn that
wireless telegraphy via kites preceded by many
years wireless telegraphy as wo know it to-day.
Forty years ago, long before either Marconi or
tho Hertzian wnves wcro over heard of, a resi
dent ot tho national capital, Mahlon Loomls by
name, announced thnt he had solved tho problem
of transmission without wires by the expedient
Pror. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the
telephone who has been engrossed for several
years past in experiments with kites formed from
tetrnhedral cells nnd who has latterly designed
a man-lifting klto thnt has mado somo wonderful
performances, has included wireless telegraphy as
ono branch of his klto investigations. For this
telegraphic work ho has employed a klto of com
paratively modest size, preceded by n small pilot
klto, and these havo usually been llown at a height
of uboiit 2,000 feet. Tho kites carry aloft tele
graphic equipment In the form of ordinary green
electrlc-llght cord, to the uppor end or receiving
terminal of which la, attached 400 feet of antennae
wire. The telegraph operator Is stationed closo by
tho reel of piano wire the point from which the
klto Is sent up.
Dr. Bell has had the co-operation in these ex
periments of Mr. Do Forest, inventor ot iho wire
less telegraphy system which bears his name, as
well as tho aid ot other wireless telegraphy exports.
Tho original klto messages via the artificial birds
sont nloft by Dr. Boll were transmitted a dlstanco
of only six miles, but gradually this was Increased
until tho transmission attalnod hundreds ot miles
and Included tho exchnjigo of aerograms with
steamers moro than 100 miles nt soa. In ono ex
periment tho telegraph operator caught tho mes
sages after passage through tho bodies of two men
who stood at tho side of tho receiving Instrument,
Tho men clasped hands and one grasped the telo
graph wiro from tho klto with his freo hand, while
tho othor held In his tho receiving Instru ment.
How 8he Identified Twins,
Tho Beverly twins, Fred and Frank, wero
such exact counterparts of each othor that
nono of tho neighbors could toll them apart
nnd ovon their mother somotlmos had her
doubts. Tho resemblance Is accentuated by tho
fact that they aro dressed exactly nllko,
"How in tho world can you yoursolf tell whloh
Is which, Mrs. Beverly?" asked a caller ono day,
"To toll tho truth," sho answered, "l can't al
ways; but If I hear a nolso in tho pantry und
I call out, 'Fred, Is that you?' and ho says, 'Yes
mamma, 1 know it's Frank, and that he's In
some kind of mischief." Youth's Companion.