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BRAINY YOUNG MAN.
Marconi, the Inventor of Telegraph
Mng Without Wires.
"Will Vtntt the United Stnte". Vcry'Sooi
" Succtm of u New Hot Atr
Treatment for Acute
IlllCUlltUtlHIll.
Special Correspondence.
Now that it is known tliut the .younp
Italian electrician, Slg. (luglielmo
Marconi, is to he a visitor in this
country considerable interest is be
ing shown iii regard to his per
sonal history. Although now u thor
oughly identified with his work in
connection with the development of
wireless telegraphy, he received very
little- attention from the public, even
nftcr having proved the practicability
of transmitting messages -without
wires, until aboitt two ycurs hjo, when,
becoming a resident of tgland, his
mother'; birthplace, he found himself
Associated with other workers along his
lilies in that country, lie was born in
Rologna about 20 years ago and hn.v,
since his extreme youth, lieen much
interested in various experiments and
iuventious.
The unsatisfactory results attained
by those attempting to signal without
wires caused his earnest endeavors to
turn in that direction, and inning dem
onstrated the possibility of utilizing
the Hertzian waves for that jmrpo.se, he
left Italy and found financial and sci
entific backers in England. There ho
HOT AIR TUEATMENT
lias been aided not only in every ma
terial way possible, but also by kindly
encouragement and recognition, and,
on the part of the head of the Uritish
postal service, Mr. l'reeee, u generosity
unsurpassed. The latter gentleman,
recognizing the superior points of Mar
coni's methods over any of his own,
with which lie had been experimenting
for many years, helped him in every
way possible to develop his new ,ys
tem. Its practicability was shown be
fore the close of 1K9T by experiments
made in crowded city districts as well
as in the open country. IVtvreen
Itourncmouth, on the mainland, and
Alum Hay, on the Isle of Wight, a dis
tance of IS miles, regular service has
been established.
During the convalescence of the
prince of Wales last year communica
tion was maintained without dilHeuItv
between Osborne house, the queen's
residence on the Isle of Wight, and the
yacht in which the prince was lying, at
a distance varying from two to sewn
miles from the shore. One hundred and
fifty messages were sent. Regular serv
ice between the K(ist Goodwin Sands
lightship and the South Foreland land
station, seven miles distant, hits been
established r i- about nine months.
Last March t ic first messages between
JEnglnud and France were Hashed
across the English channel, the distance
covered being estimated at from US to
iI2 miles. The complete success of the
system employed by Marconi requires
the use of vertical wires at the trans
mitting and receiving stations, the
height of the wires varying according
to the distance to be covered, also de
pending to some extent on the induc
tion coil of the telegraphic apparatus.
For the channel scnicea wire 150 feet
high is used, w Idle with the others men
tioned above SO to 90 feet has been found
to be u sufficient elevation.
It Is not to be expected Unit we shall
treat Marconi with the veneration
which our democratic uaturts allow us
to accord to the Jurdt, duUes, etc.,
who are sometimes loaned to us for a
season by our mother country that we
may help them to recuperate their men
tal and moral stiiniiin, as well us till
their pockets, but there are numbers
of our countrymen prepared to recog
nize the vvorth of the young man's dis
coveries, and it is s'afc to say that he
.will not be neglected by the nation
which is always ready q do homage to
real merit.
During the last few years a great
many kinds of hot-air 'treatments for
rheumatism hate been invented, tried
and discarded, but at last one has been
found which, while there seems to be
n great chance of killing, tlni put lent,
may, if he ewnpes nine, be expected to
cure him. Numbers of successful ex
periments' Have been made, noialilyj
korue of recent dnte lu the Cook coutuy
W7 r ar,
hospital, of Chicago. About a year ago
Warden Graham nnfl Dr. Thoren, of
that institution, were in New York,
and there aw a hot-air machine in
vented by Mr. A. V. M. Spraguc, of
that city, whoe wife was a sufferer
from rheumatism. It had been found
to work satisfactorily, and Mr. Sprague
offered to present his visitors with a
similar machine. Uyncnns of tills ap
paratus h person may be exposed to a
temperature of 100 degrees, or nearly
twice as hot as boiling water, without
serious Inconvenience, becauhe the hot
air is rendered entirely free from
moisture Four hundred degrees of
heat will melt several kinds of metals,
if oiie drop of moisture were to gain
entrance and be diffused over the body
of an occupant, the whole skin would
be esealdcd ami the patient would die.
Perspiration is burned up before it
can bpread over the body.
The Sprague Machine fs a double
cylandtfr, the Inside of copper, the out
sWc of steel. An asbestos, blanket la
between the two. Through the inner
licing, which is pierced with holes, the
hcat penetrates like a shower bath,
Tiny jets, strike the body simultane-
wusly, but with far different results
tihan from an unbroken blast. An ar-
rangeincnv between tno two cylinders .
icxtracts moisture from the inner at
inospherc and it passes off through two
escape pipes at the top.
Several gas bunlcrs underneath the
joutslde plate furnish heat. Strips ol in the business, us u general proposi
cork, an inch and a half thick, line the tion it may he said that the hackmen
Inside of the cylinder. Patients are arc dishonest uud dishonorable. As
placed inside the machine on a mat-
tress of abestos and magnesia, the
head being left outside. While the tem
perature of this machine may be raised
FOIt RHEUMATISM.
to 400 degrees, in a Turkish bath no
one can stand more than 1C0 degrees,
because of the moisture. Some -1U0 pa
tients have thus far been treated by
this method in c the hospital named.
Some were said to have bun literally
twisted into knots by rheumatism. One
man was so doubled up that his arms
and legs seemed to have changed places.
He was finally straightened out, but
not entirely cured, although, to his
great joy, he is now able to dance a jig.
The theory is that the hot air draw 3
the poison Irom the system. One case
of chronic lumbago and sciatica of
1C years' standing, which had been
treated by noted physicians in Ital.,
Germany, and at different springs in
America, was kept in the machine for
two hours. The patient was then told
to get out. He thought it impossible
for him to make the necessary move
ments. When he found that he could
work himself out without much pain,
and Could then walk, Ids gratification
was btyond description. After five or
aIx treatments he was well. Several
eases of locomotor ataxia have bem
much benefited.
If it can be made certain that the
macliinescan be always depended upon
to exhaust the moisture from the hot
air and can always be in charge of
skilled attendants, they bid fair to rank
among the important discoveries of the
century.
The 'destruction to crops from hall-
stones is such a cause of dread jn farm
ing districts, especially in those conn-'""" 1R'W'1 scc'n uu" mtl? ll,u "acumen
tries where the vineyards furnish the ,lc) "o1 ,u'h,tal to " he said:
chief means of subsistence to (he peo- ' 'Vt,Vn' l '" U,c "'ie Ww' Tin lady
pie, that for many years efforts have ri,P,",,,! ' thought ho, aiul that'a tin
been made to discover some method of rc,Ih0U ' ,lu l l J-'
preventing their falling. Chief among
these lias been the use of the mortar.
A .special form is now used, set in a
wooden base and having a sheet-Iron
cone (')'.. feet high fixed to its mouth.
The mortar Is clmri'cd wlili iimw!.i
well tamped down, the cone placed and
the piece fired. Owing (o the vibra.
tlons of the cone. cm,vwln.-..,l,i,. ,uu.
turbance is producrd in the air. If this
kind of mortar is fired near a fn.mi,,,,
hailstorm, the stones cannot form, and
a heavy shower of rain falli. Manv
Italian provinces- are adopting this
method of protection. In Styria and
Carniohi. where these mortars were
first used, the vineyards thus .defended
have, remained uninjured, for three
yeans." .'One mortar protects a space
of from -1, COO to J!,5(Jf) feet in diameter.
Hence, tliey should be placed from
two-thirds to one mile apart. These
mortars iu brnne cost alvnut $30. If
made of. cast' iron, the price, would be
less. ' EDWARD JULIAN.
Clin niiiuKiic In New Vnrlf, 1 -.
New York's eunsumptio'h' of 1. chain"
pngne during the year was the gi cutest
evur known. ? "' "
THICKS OF HACKMEN.
Many of Wnshingtoas Cabbies Heed
Constant Watching.
When ArrcHtctl for Any 4l(Tebn nnd
llroiiKlit llcfore n Judge Tliry
lienor! to Old Wellcr'N Undue
nuil l'ruvt . AlltiL.
Spoclnl WaaUlnKton Letter.)
"The hackmen of the national cap
ital are n hard lot aud iiiuny of them
lire criminals," says an old policeman.
"The hackmen have recently formed
an association, and have been granted
u charter for a lodge by the federation
of Labor: but 1 don't see what they
need a lodge for; surely they do not
need protection. On the contrary, the
general public needs protection from
the huckiucii.
"One irood thluir for the nubile is a
recent court decision authorizing po
licemen to unrest hackmen for soliclt-
lug trade. Heretofore they have been
permitted to drive onto people, and al-
most over them, in demanding patron-
ag0, 'i'he court has decided that such
bollcitiug Is unlawful, uud the hackmen
will therefore be restrained from sucd
disturbances of the peace.
"The" resort to all kinds of tricks.
and, although there are some good men
boon n a policeman's liaek is turned
thev will do something which they
know is not right. Moreover, they nil
btaud together-
"When one of thetn lu arrested nnd
taken into court, he has an attorney tit
Immediately arise uud abuse the po
lice force, for arresting 'the poor hack
man, who is trying so hard to niuke
u living for his suffering family.' That
cry has become un old one, and hn&
little etVoet in court; now, but it ia Still
raised every time a hackman in arrested
uud brought to trial.
"As an example oT how they defend
themselves 1 will tell you oT the ar
rest of one of the in who, had been in
the business for live years, lie violated
the regulation preventing liackmcn
from overcharging customers. When
he came into court he swore that lie
had only been in the hack business for
about two mouths, uud that he did not
know the regulations, lie hud five wit
nesses to swear that he was a new man
at hacking, and a man of good reputa
tion, flis plea did him no good, how
ever, "because every policeman who had
nerved iu the uptown hotel suction testi
fied that he hud been a hue.kman for
not less than five years, and that each
one of them had known him to be in
the business that long. He wan lisied,
of course, uud now he says that lie ha:
it in for the policeman who arrested
him. That means that he and his gang
will injure the policeman, if they can
get at him in the dark at any time.
"I once saw u lady get ahead of a
hnckniun in s very cute way. 1 saw
Kl
HACKMEN DO NOT HESnTATK TO LIE.
him following her dowu 1L street, uud
talking to her. That sort of solicitation
of business is exceedingly annoying tu
ludies.and is unlawful. When 1 came
near I heard the lady ay: 1 think
you arc the man that waited on nic
yesterday, are 3 011 not'."' The haekmau
I "One day last week a ladv rennrted
to me that she had given a hackman
it five-dollar bill iusUud if u iui-dol-lar
bill, by mistake. She had a one and
11 five-dollar bill iu her purse, and guve
the five, thinking 1hut she was hand
UxU 1,im t,", OIU''
hU"n I('''l,1 Il,e
ily her description
hackmun, and dc-
Muiicled t lie lour Hollars w Inch he had
r,,l,,u''1 the lady of, hut he denied hav-
"B t,,la'" " L'1'"1 mow titan one dollar
He admitted that he hud taken her
to un entertainment, but he declared
that she had c,ivcu him only one dol
lar, lie called five huckiucii, who u
once snid they were ready to tttear
that the culprit had conic back to the
btaud aud shown them :t one dollar bill,
saying tliat it was more than he had
expected to get. The fellow could not
be convicted, and so I did not urrest
him. The lady said she would 1 at her
lose the money than appear in court.
"That is one of the reasons that huuk
men thrive on dishonesty. Their peiiu
hitidus arc small, and they IcuOvv thai
respcctaljle people dread going to po-
I, lice court as" witnesses.; and so the
hackmen Jlio cha.nc.es on rubbing them
whenever they can. '
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tSS fflni
"Only n Tew days ago I noticed n dis
cussion between u hackman aud a
stranger near the Shorehain hotel, and
I sauntered over to see what was go
ing on. 1 heard the Etranger say:
'When I was here last spring I only
paid 75 cents an hour, and how is it
that you now want to charge me a dol
lar?' The hackman at once replied:
'Seventy-live cents Is the regular rate;
but you asked me to let down the buck
of the victoria, and in such cases we
charge a dollar.'
"That wos a point-blank falsehood,
nnd 1 so lu formed the stranger. 1 ad
vised him to hire somu other hackman,
and he did so.
"That hackman driving by in a sur
rey is an ex-convict, lie served a term
In Sing Sing penitentiary for burglary.
He is now under suspicion of associat
ing with n gang of thieves and is be
ing watched. He has committed several
Small peculations recently, but wc can
do nothing with him. That surrey Is
not his own. It belongs to another
man, who hires him as a driver.
Wouldn't he lie u nice Bort of a fel-
RUNNING THE MLOGKADE.
low for you to trust your wife or duuglr
tcr to, for n drive about the suburbs'.'
The police know him. and wc know
that he ought not to be allowed todriv'i
a public rig, but wc can't help it. If
it was his Own we could prevent him
from getting a license, lie is only one
of many criminals who hold similar po
sitions. Innocent strangers are liable
any day to employ him, or some other
fellow with criminal instincts, and suf
fer some depredation. Under these cir
cumstances it would lie well for peo
ple visiting Washington to be eilreful
whfttn they employ. It is generally
best for strangers to secure carriages
from the hotel clerks, because they are
careful to whose care they commit (heir
guests.
"One of these fellows was called by u
Indy on rcnusylvania avenue las
March, and he curried her to visit a
friend on Connecticut avenue. She
still wore her winter furs; but, lis the
day was growing warm, she left her
furs iu the carriage, while she entered
the home of her friend. No sooner had
the door closed, than the hackman
driire hastily down the avenue until he
met one of his kind, and gave the furs
to him. Then he drove back, and await
ed the icturii of the lady. She re
entered the carriage, and drove to her
hotel, without thinking of her fins un
til she alighted at tho hotel entrance.
She looked for them, asked for them,
and implored the driver to find them
, for her, saying that she valued them not
osily because they were costly, bui he
ciiiiff they were given to her :ih a
Christinas present by a very dear
friend. The driver Insisted that he
knew nothing of them, had not seen
them, had not turned around once lu his
seat, ami suggested that they might
have fallen out of flic carriage. lie
promised to drive immediately back
over the route to look for them. This
he did, and returned to inform the lady
that they could not be found.
"The hotel proprietor reported the
rase to police headquarters, and I had
no difficulty in locating the driver, lie
cause I know all of them, lie acknowl
edged having waited on the lady, and
he brought nine haeljmcn who swore
that (he,) had seen him driving rapidly
hack, looking for the furs, as he in
formed them at the imc. Two of the
hnckiucji testified that they accom
panied him in his diligent search for
the lost furs. Long after tin: lady had
feft Washington, I learned how the
trick had been performed, but could
never locate the furs, and hence there
him been no prosecution."
So much for the hnelurcn. These in
staiwes of their criminal practices
uhould he sufficient to warn all readers
against employing hiiekiucii here, with
out knowing riiucthiiig of them.
Now' as to the policemen. The force
In the national capital is in better con
dition than it has been for years. M11J.
Sjlv ester, the chief, has been 11 newspa
per inuri till his life, but has been also
employed at police headquarters for a
number of ycnr. Me was appointed (o
his present position less thnn two
,11-ars. ago, Jiv I'lesidcnt McKlnley. who
Jins personally known him for u long
time. He has' taken hold of his work
with vigor, vigilance and integrity.
He has paid especial attention to the
inspection of his force, aud has con
stant information concerning tin char
acter and work of every man. The po
I ice m. -in who neglects his duties now
cannot remain on the force, for hfs
derelictions will be discovered.
t 8MITII D. FltY.
Rising young men arc more appreci
ated in street carw than anywhere else.
RUGS AND RAG CARPETS.
Ujren Are Now ttned Inntenit of th
Old Htvle of Oiilllnur .Strltin
In Color.
Probably nil women who make rugs
are familiar with tho.se that are knitted
on large wooden needles, and also with,,
those that are braided, but perhaps all
do not know of the shirred nigs which
are woven like rag carpeting. Tho
rags for these are cut in bias strips and
then shirred lengthwise through tho
middle upon a needle threaded with n.
long thread. The rags are not sewed to
gether, but are pushed up close upon
this thread until it is filled. These
filled lengths are afterward woven Into
a rag of the size desired just as carpet
rags arc woven into strips.
There are firms now in every city
which have wide looms updii which rugtt
are woven entire, and carpets itiado
from the ordinary carpet rags may also
be woven upon such looms Instead of
being made up into strips. This docs,
away with the necessity of sewing, nnd
the carpet woven entire looks much
nicer than one in breadths. It hint
the appearance of a rug. Indeed n
very handsome rug may be inade of
carpet rags If they are well colored. In
stead of having every shade and color
imaginable iu the carpet, divide your
pieces into two, or perhaps three hits,
according-' to shades, and dye them.
Three good colors are a mofjs green, ti
rich red nnd a wood brown, or you
may us:e only two colors, Hie red anil
brown. Of course the different sIiiiiIch
lu the rags will produce dllTerentslutdca
in the dyed pieces) but IX the lightest
are taken for the green dye, the mc-i
diuui for the red, and the darkest for
the brown, then the different shade
will be harmonious, nnd vylll weave up
together well. After ihe rags arc col
ored aud torn, sew them lu hit-and-miss
style, and if you choose rcservo
enough of the red or the brown to farm
a deep bund across each end of the rug.
Hilt at least have the body liit-aild-
miss. Then have a rug woven lu 0110
breadth'-thc loojus will carry nine or
even 12 feet In breadth aud you will
have a rug which Is really artistic, niul
which will make a most ueceptubln
cover for the floor of any modest homtv
it will scarcely look like rag carpeting
the color efi'eet Ib so unusual.
The carpet of any room forms SI
background, and the colors in it should
be in harmony with the furnishings of
the room, or at least such as will throw
the furnishings into pleasing relief
Too often tiarpcts and rugs arc so
bright as to make, them conspicuous ob
jects of furnishing, n result which is;
always inartistic. Hy using dyes, tho
colors may be subdued uud brought
into a desirable harmony. Home Atug
aziue. THE NEWCOMER.
The Sin er lilrl Wiim Ctirlotl Until
.She I.riinii'il He tVuN n
llurlier.
It was 7:.10 in the evening of n cloud1
less summer day, and at "exactly 18
minutes after the whjstlu of the. incom
ing train had been heard, the hotel
stage, coming around a turn iu tho
road, was observed to contain a solitary
passenger. Immediately all was bustla
and confusion. For two Weeks now, iu.
all that vast aggregation of femalo
loveliness, no man had appeared to
break the dead level of monotony which
had hug over them like a pall. No
aimless yacht had cast anchor In thoso
eye-swept waters. No foreign prince,
duke or lord hud wandered into that
ISve-crowncd Hdcn of piazzas and board
walks, and, indeed, not .even the hum
blest American citizen Jind sjioucttcd
the saud-duned horizon. But at last
one hud come. As the stage speeded
ajoug the highway in a swift walk, nnd
tjic forpi of its solitary occupant be
came more clear, MM) hearts beat high,,
aud as it drew up to the porch and the
stranger got out, it was evident at last
that here was that perfect specimen tiT
manhood which the accumulated re
finement of centuries had focussed un
der one head. Tall, bn.md-shouhlercd
with a B'Misltlve jUoulh partly concealed'
by a drooping luusfnchc.iin jntrllectunl
yet 11 singularly intellectual face,
dressed faultlessly in the latest fash
ion here af a glance was one to sail,
the most fastidious.
Four minutes Inter one of w fair
guests, with that cureless assiitilptloia
of indifi'erence that goes with burning'
curiosdtv, appi cached the desk, where
the newcomer had failed to register,,
and sijj.jji.tjie clerk:
"Would you mind telling me who that
young man is?"
"Wh.v, certainly not." hahl the clerk,
with a slight smile; "that is the, new
barber." Harper's Hnznr.
I'rnelicM llnLt'd.
Hub cliiig-htoue pciu lies free from
down, fill.u deep hakliigdish two-thirds-full;
add one cup water; th(;;juicc of
one lemon,' arid' a .kjuiiII cup iit sugar
sprinkled over. CoveV and bake in n
slow oven for out hour. Menu a' por
tion of the sirup with each peach.
Home Miiga.lui1. . '
linked SijnttNli.
Moll, mash and let ge) cold; then lit
up light with one tabjet-poonful unAuil
butter, twd iuw eggs, thrcatnlilc.spoiiii
fuls milk, and pepper and salt a tnstc.
1'ut In buttered. bake djsh, sifr.drv
criimbsovcr tin topp, and bake in cpiiclc'
ovcu.-t-Cinciuuatl Enquirer. ' '