TELEGRAPHING
WITHOUT WIRES.
Tesla nyi: "Wireless telegraphy Is
a system of flashing signals by means
of light that la Invisible, similar to
the X-ray.. Clrclea of this unseen
royaterloua light may be sped Instantly
to any distance, even to Mars and
Jupiter. If receiving terminals could
b erected there the message could be
Intlllgently and faithfully transmitted.
"To flash 2.000 or 3.000 worda per mtn
ute to any part of the earth by the
highly sensitized terminals I have per
facted will be a common thin. It Is
nothing. Jt la Inevitable. Distance no
longer Intimidates the electrician. 1
have demonstrated this week that mes
sages may be sent with equal facility
through the earth as by induction thro'
the air. Neither distance nor the dens
ity of Intervening objects will affect
the speed of accuracy of the transmis
sion of messages.
"The people of New York can have
their private wireless communication
with friends and acquaintances In vari
ous parts of the globe. It will be no
rreater wonder to have a cable tower on
your roof than it Is now to have a
telephone In your house."
There were two great Jevelopments In
wireless telegraphy last week.
On Tuesday Marconi, the young Ital
ian Inventor, whose exploits in tele
graphing bo successfully between Eng
land and France across the English
channel had excited world-wide inter
est. admitted that the limit of his sys
tern had been reached.
Experiments made on the French dis
patch boat Ibis that day had shown
that the distances that could be cov
ered by his system were limited to the
height of poles that could be set up as
terminals.
This would seem to show that Mar
coni's tastem is available firmly for
short distances In signaling between
hips and shore.
Before the cable had brought thl
discouraging news of an Invention that
to much had been expected from In
the way of talking across continents
and oceans without wires. Nikola Tesla,
perfected a discovery that he claims
overcomes all the defects of the Mar
coni system.
By his new device he says he can
tart electrical waves that will travel
across the ocean and completely around
the world and bear messages with the
wlftneis of light.
To do this he will use Instruments so
similar to the ordinary telegraphic sen
ders and receivers that the average
person could not tell the difference be
tween them.
The war he will make or start the
electric waves to do this will bt by
meant of his powerful oscillator.
This Is a great, round Instrument,
Into which an ordinary current of elec-j
trlclty is turned from any dynamo. The
oscillator Instantly transforms it by a
erles of colls into an tloctro-motlve
force, vibrating at the rate of two to
our million times a tecond. This starts
electric waves through the air and the
earth, which vibrate almost as fast as
the waves that produce light, and trav
el with the same rpeed.
But they are more like X-ray than
ordinary light, for they paes through
dense things, like earth, ftone and
water, as easily as through ihe air and
ether of space.
Mr. Nikola Tesla, who, next to Thos.
Edison, Is the foremost electrician In
America, made this discovery six years
go. He has been at work perfecting
It ever since. To make this of use In
arlroleai telranhv. one thing was
needed. Last Tuesday Mr. Tesla ex
claimed triumphantly that he had sup
rvlled the last link ncceisary for this
purpose.
Nothing, Mr. Tesla says, can now ob
struct or divert messages sent by this
marvellous device. Words in Incredible
r.nMiiv will be flatbed acrose the
r-"
broadest oceans and the widest contl
nentt. In fact, there is. according to
the statements of the celebrated elec
trlclan. nothing to prevent the trans
mission of messages directly through
the earth.
The construction of the wireless sjs
tern Is so simple and will be so Inexpen
iv that commercial firms and the
great newspapers will have their own
exclusive cable service.
"The people of New York." ays Mr
Teela. "can have their private wireless
communication with friends and ac
n..ininra in various parts of the
globs.
"jt win be no trir wonder to
have a cable tower on your roof lhan
It Is now to have a telephone in your
bouse.
"You will be able to send a 2,000-word
dispatch from New York to London,
Paris, Vienna. Constantinople, Bombay,
Singapore. Toklo or Manila Is lest time
than it takes now to ring up 'central.'
"From a tower In Manila to a tower
In New York city a message by wire
less telegraphy could be sent at no ex
pense at all, in eomrerl0" wlln present
cable rates, and without the danger of
a moment's delay."
At hit laboratory In East Houston
treet, surrounded by wires and motors
and generators, Nikola Tesla wss found
by a representative of the New York
Journal. The Inventor was deep In
the evolution of his great project.
"In 1893," said the Inventor, "I pre
dicted that messages would be sent
throughout the world without wires. In
an address delivered befor th Frank
lin Institute, Philadelphia, In that year,
I said a few words on this subject,
which even then constantly filled my
thoughts. It wss not a new Idea this
wireless communication by signals. The
demoostrstioni today In Europs by
Marconi and others, and these triumphs
la mr laboratory bad tbelr crude gen
esis In the signal systems In vogue at
early as the middle ages.
"Wireless telegraphy, to speak In un
scientific terms, is a system of flashing
Hgnals, but by means of a light that it
invisible, similar to the X-rays. Circlet
of this unseen, mysterious light may
be sped instantly to any distance even
to Mars and Jupiter, and if receiving
terminals could be erected there, the
message could be Intelligently and faitb
fully transmitted.
To flash 2,000 or 3,000 words per min.
ute to any part of the earth by the
highly sensitised terminals I have per
fected will be a common thin. It Is
nothing, it Is Inevitable. Distance Is
no longer an Intimidation to the elec
trician. I have demonstrated this week
that messages may be sent with equal
acillty through the earth as by Induc
tion through the air. The delicate and
sensitive receiving device registers ac
curately every vibration of the trans
mitter. Neither distance nor the dens
ity of intervening objects will affect the
speed or accuracy of the transmission
of messages.
"Accuracy and the avoidance of de
lay Is secured by adjusting the receiv
Ing and transmitting contrivance to a
common electric multiple. Then only
the receiver prearranged and pre-ad-Justed,
will record the message Intend
ed for It.
"By an understanding between oper
ators in distant parts of the planet,
code cipher messages will be sent with
accuracy and with far greater speed
than at present.
"Understand that I am not using sci
entific language People generally mis
understand the system of wireless tel
graphy, and I use ordinary expressions
to make my meanlg clear
In more technical terms Mr Tesla
explained his rapid transmission
words by wireless telegraphy, and tol
how it could be put in operation be
tween New York and London.
Two terminal stations should be es
tabllshed one at New York and one a
London. These may be captive balloon
held by wire cables sent up to a heigh
or 6,000 feet. 1 his Is necessary to rear
the upper strata of rarlfied air, throug
which electrical waves travel most eas
Ily. These balloon cables may be an
chored to steel towers. Just below each
balloon should hang a disc of large
surface. The oscillators should be
placed at the top of the towers,
When the electrical movement Is set
up In the oscillators on the towers, the
current will rush upward to the term!
nal discs under the balloons, where it
will flash out starting vibrations tha
travel across the Atlantic ocean. Cur
rents will alBO go downward from the
towers into the earth by ground wires
and start similar vibrators to those In
the upper air
These electrical disturbances, or vl
brators. according to the systems be
ng perfected by European electricians
diminish with the distance, ar.d the dls
tance at which the effect will be per
ceptlble will depend on the quantity of
electricity set in motion.
Not so with my system, says Mr
Tesla. "At least, not appreciably so
One-horse power will operate a current
between New York and London. In
1SK0 a French scientist combined a me
talllc dust that would register electric
waves. This Is used by all the other
experimenters in wireless telegraphy,
My discovery Is Infinitely more sensl
tlvt and receptive. That Is the secre
I l-m not quite ready to exploit, as 1
sltf ill first patent it
' In 1893. as I have already said, 1
declared It was certainly practicable to
Impress an electric vibration, at leas
of a certain low period, upon the earth
by means of proper machinery. At
what distance such a vibration might
be made perceptible I then could only
conjecture, but I said then that I be
lleved It could not require a great
amount of energy 10 produce a disturb
ance perceptible as a great distance, or
even all over the surface of the earth
"We have progressed much since then
and these propheclc's considered tlx
years ago to be vain dreams are now
becoming realities.
Mr. Tesla then raid that the basic
principle of wireless telegraphy, given
out by himself six years ago without
being patented now makes It a free field
for inventors and capitalists to enter.
"What effect will the general estab
tlahlng of wireless telegraph stations
throughout the world have?" Mr. Tesla
was asked.
"The effect will be as pronounced, if
not more so, than that produced by
th Introduction of ordinary telegraphy.
We say now that time and space have
been annihilated on this globe, but they
have not been. They have been some
what overcome. The complexity ol
transmission, the scarcity of wires In
times of great happenings, congests the
tjttem. The tells are excessive, abso
lutely prohibitive to millions of people
Under the titem I have perfected
companies mil be able to send a mes
sage from New York to San Francisco,
or London, or even to far polits like
Zanzibar or Cape Town, for little mori
than we now pay for letter postage."
The Introduction of wireless tele
graphy on the scale contemplated by
Mr. Tesla will be a great boon to th
struggling country paper, but It will
rob the big metropolitan papers of the
glory of their fabulous cable bills
When It requires only the salary of
two telegraph operators to secure newi
from Central Siberia or Northern China
or from the remotest frontiers of all
the earth, and when these far-sent mes.
sages flash Into the oltlce at the rate
of 2,000 or 8.000 words per minute, the,
day of displaying achievements by ca
ble shall have parsed.
One operator In a tower above th
Journal office could. In a few minutes,
call up the principal cities of the world
and learn of the day's doings of th
race. To get news from Europe would
be less of an undertaking than it Is now
to get a story by telephone from the
nearest suburb.
Mr. Tesla thinks that many newspa
pers will enlarge their business undei
this system by furnishing news tlckeri
to be placed In the towers of prlvatt
houses. A family could thus read th
telegraphic news and cables as fast ai
they ticked Into the telegraph edltor'i
room. What a convenience at electloni
and times of wars In different parts ol
the world!
Already the common telegraph has
done much to prevent wars, making It
possible for men to live In London
rarls. Berlin or New York and oper
ate In every commercial capital. It hat
made many kinds of business Interna-
llonal that were formerly confined t
single nation or city.
"Every city, every empire, will be
nothing mors than the suburb of thi
city In which you live," said Its Inven
tor.
Mr. Tesla tsys he Is now ready to pui
his wireless telegraphy system Into op
ration between New York and Londoi
as soon as the practical details el th
undertaking can be arranged.
PHILIPPINE WOODS.
A Creater Variety Produced Than
In Any Other Country.
The Philippine Islands produce a
greater variety of woods than any omer
country in the world, and yet her for
ests have scarcely been invaded by the
agents of commerce. A limited amount
of dye woods Is taken, and the natives
cut for their own use, but the most val
uable woods of the country are scarcely
known ebyond the China coast No
less than fifty varieties of hard woods
that could speedily win a place In art
and commerce thrive throughout the
Islands, but very few of them hare ever
been offered In the markets of the
world. China and Japan are the only
heavy buyers, and If samples of the
wood worked up have found their way
to Europe or America their Identity as
a product of the Philippines has, as a
rule, been lost. There are several firms
engaged In the trade, and the amount
of local business Is quite large, but the
trade does not seem to have been work,
ed up on the large scale that the merit
of the woods demands.
The chief drawback seems to have
been Inaccessibility, for the best of the
hardwood forests are In the less civil
ized localities, and first costs made It
difficult to compete with the other wood
producers of the east. Still, it is very
strange that the manifest superiority
of the finer woods of the islands has not
won them recognition even when allow
ance Is made for the difficulties of op
erating and the expense of transporta
tion. The fifty odd varieties run the scale ot
color from the Jet black ebony to the
lighter shades of cedar, and many of
them offer as much resistance to the
elements as steel. Dozens of them
withstand the Teredo, so troublesome
In Pacific coast waters, and several ot
them are Impervious to the attacks of
the famous white ants of the east.
White ants are viciously destructive,
and but few substances besides metal
are capable of withstanding their at
tacks.
The best known of the Philippine
woods Is molave. It Is a heavy brown
wood almost as hard as steel. The te
redo and white ant respect It and the
trying dampness and burning heat of
Its native country do not affect It. It
has come into general use and In Manila
you may see It in use as a railway
sleeper, In a panel In some drawing
room, as the keel of a ship, or fash
loned Into the figure of a saint In some
church. It possesses Immense strength,
and enters very largely Into the heavier
building operations, but It seems al
most unfortunate that It cannot be pre
served for more artistic purposes. The
Interior of the Jesuit church of Manila
Is finished In Molave, and there are few
prettier pieces of woodwork In the
world. The carvings are by master
hands and are of surpassing beauty.
The wood takes a splendid polish. The
trees are nearly all defective, In that
they have heart cup, but that does not
affect the wood. '
Dungon Is the substitute for molave
when the latter cannot be obtained In
sufficient sizes for the purposes de
sired. It is a variety of the Herculla
amblformls, and is generally known as
Ironwood. It Is largely used for ship
building, although It Is said that It
does not resist the teredo, and Is also
used In building. It is rarely put to
finer uses.
Antlpolo, another of the woods that
are largely used, possesses the attrac
tion of being light and yet strong. It
Is almost as Impervious as molave, and
after being once well seasoned will not
warp, however much it Is exposed. Ba-
tltlnan, In addition to being strong and
tough, Is also elastic, and Is excellent
for furniture. It closely resembles
black walnut, and can be used for all
the purposes to which teak Is put. It
Is frequently asserted to be the superior
of teak. It requires seasoning to stand
the climate, and never withstands the
dampness of the earth.
Ebony has been found In quantities,
and it has become a matter of belief
that more thorough exploratory work
would lead to the discovery of larger
forest of It. The small amounts that
have been found are of excellent qual
ity. Perhaps the prettiest wood of the
Philippines Is narra. It Is used largely
In the manufacture of fine furniture. It
greatly varies In color, running from a
light straw to a deep red. It takes a
high polish, and Its strength and hard
ness make It capable of resisting the
ravages of time. The finest piece of It
In Manila is In a table In the Jesuit ob
servatory. The top Is one piece, 66
Inches wide and 24 feet long. That
piece must have come from a particu
larly large tree, for while ten feet more
In length Is often obtained, 26 Inches It
usually the greatest width. Narra has
found Its way to European and Amer
lean markets, but only In small quan
tities. Palo Marie de playa Is a knotty,
burly tree that grows Into , curious
crooks and curves. It Is strong, and
proves useful for shipbuilding. It Is
said that Iron bolts or nails will not
corrode In' It. Banaba and macasln J
are the woods that go largely Into the
houses, being useful for either exteriors
or Interiors.
Lanete another of the valuable woods,
Is especially adapted to the manufac
ture of musical Instruments, and Is
greatly prised on that account. It Is
sslly the equal of the other woods
put to that use. It turns well, has a
good color, )s strong, and Is also used
for line carving. Guljo la the wood of
the wheelwright and carriage maker.
It Is tough and elastic, and Is admirably
ulted to tha purposes to which It Is put.
It also makes excellent flooring, and
there la a large wharf at Hong Kong
that la planked with It
Lauan la as historical aa American
palmetto. Tha old galleon builders used
It (or outside planking because It would
not split when a bullet or cannon ball
was fired into it. It Is light, can be eas
ily worked r-H Is useful. Another use
ful snd valuable wood is ipll. It has
nearly all of the qualities of molave and
fully as much strength. It beats the
white ant, but will not resist the teredo
Mabolo and malatapay are two pretty
woods quite like each other. The for
mer Is black, streaked with yellow, and
the latter Is black, striped with red
Both are brittle and take a high polish
Calantls, or cedar, is found In large
quantities, and Its largest use is in the
manufacture of cigar boxes. It is alsr
used for finishing work. Bansalaque
or bullet tree, is still another wonderful
wood. It can be driven like a nail
and makes splendid tool handles. It If
close grained and turns easily. It
largely used for tree nails in ship
building. Yaral Is another wood that
resists white ants, and is valued foi
building purposes, and so it is througt
the list of over fifty hard woods which
offer a greater variety of colors anc
more qualities of merit than the woodc
of any other country.
To the natives the bamboos and rat
tans are the most useful woods, . ana
both enter largely Into his everyday
wants. The one makes the wall of hit
house and the other binds it together
Both thrive In every part of the lsl
ands and in almost every known varl
ety, and are put to every use that If
possible. The hardwood forests of Ma
nila seem to offer an excellent field foi
lnvestment.for the opening of the coun
try will remove many of the present
difficulties.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
A Number of Famous People Who
Were Obscure Then.
It is not necessary to look back many
years to find men whose names are
household words today and who have
achieved both fame and fortune, occu
pying obscure positions and giving nc
indication of the brilliant future that
was awaiting them, gays the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Fifteen years ago Dr. Conan Doyle
was Industriously working up a med
leal practice, with all the attendant
hard work and struggle, at Southsea
His pen was as yet untried, and he
seemed destined to live and die a coun
try doctor. It was four years latei
when he was tempted to try his 'pren
tlce hand at writing, with what result
the world and his bankers know.
When Conan Doyle was dispensing
physic at Southsea, Mr. S. R. Crockett
could not exen claim the doubtful po
sltlon of "A Sticket Minister," for It
was only in 1886 that he entered the
Free Church of Scotland, In which he
served an apprenticeship of seven long
years before he found that his voca
tlon lay with his pen rather than the
pulpit.
, At this time, too, only fifteen yeari
ago, "Ian Maclaren" had won popular
ity as minister of Sefton Park church
Liverpool, but for a dozen more yeart
his pen was engaged In writing ser
mons before It turned to the pathos and
beautv of "Beside the Bonnie Briei
Bush."
Hall Caine, who can now rely or
making his own weight in gold out of a
single novel, was quite unknown flfteeo
years ago. After years of ill-paid Jour
nalism In Liverpool he had come tc
London to be Dante Rossetti's private
secretary and to find scope and insplra.
tlon for the gifts that were In him
The change of environment worked s
miracle, for In 1885 his powerful "Shad
ow of a Crime" Introduced a new
"prophet" to the world of readers.
Fifteen years ago Anthony Hope wat
a scholar of Balllol, and his only am
bition was to follow In the footsteps ol
his uncle, Sir Henry Hawkins, as he
then was. It was not until 1890 that he
proved himself "a man of mark" lr
quite another field of labor.
In 1884 Stanley Weyman, the glftec
auhor of so many historical novels, wai
writing for briefs In Doctor Johnson'i
buildings and did not even attempt t
solace his waiting hours by "trying
his hand" at fiction, of which he is now
such a master.
Rudyard Kipling, In the early elghtlei
was assistant editor of the Indian Plo
neere at many less rupees a month than
he now earns pounds a week. He wat
writing his "Departmental Ditties" lr
his few spare moments, and hoped some
day, as the height of his ambition, tc
Induce the world to read them in booV
form. Rider Haggard had alreadj
written one book, "Cctywayo and Hli
White Neighbors," and published It a'
a loss of 1250, and was on the verge o'
publishing "Dawn" at a net profit o'
$50 for his year's hard work.
Fifteen years ago Mme. Sarah Grant
was rambling the world over with hei
soldier-doctor husband, and only vague
ly mapping out a novel which the worle
now knows as "Ideala." Olive Schreln,
er was dreaming dreams In the solltudi
of the veldt and the "Story of an Af
rlcan Farm" was gradually assertlni
Its presence In her brain.
Mrs. Humprey Ward was too bus)
with domestic cares to recognize the
genius that was waking In her, and hat
been content to write only a slmpli
child's story; and Mrs. F. A. Stee
was an Indian "memsahlb," with nevet
a thought of pen or fame.
The same story may be told of scorei
of men now world-famous In othe
fields of effort
The present viceroy of India wai
reading for his B. A. degree at Oxford
In 1884, and was already looking for
ward to an apprenticeship to politics
which began In the following year ai
assistant private secretary to Lord Sal
Isbury, and Lord Kitchener wae a car
airy major In Egypt, after a pell o
obscure. If useful, survey work la Cy
press.
SOME OLD PEOPLE.
Robert Bell, the oldest resident of
Dubuque county, Iowa, was 100 by the
records when he died last winter.
Mrs. John Quark, 100 years old, died
a few days ago at her home near Ga
lena, III., where she had resided for
eigty-flve years.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., had a centenar
ian In the person of James McDonald,
who recently died In St. Joseph's hos
pital, 102 years old.
William Zlmmer of Clinton, la., has
Just celebrated his 100th birth anniver
sary. He Is still hale and hearty and
Is seen walking in the streets every
day.
Mra. Mary Stotler of Chllllcothe, Pe
oria county. III., by her own method of
computation, is 115 years old. She does
not remember the year In which she
was born.
Sarah Terry celebrated the 108th an
niversary of her birth by joining the
Daughters of the Revolution In Phila
delphia last November. She personally
knew George Washington and Lafay
ette. Jonathan McGee of Ann Arbor, Mich.,
a colored veteran of three wars, who
places his age at 110 years, was a short
time ago married to Mrs. Amelia Day
of Ypsllanti. The youthful bride was
still In her fifties.
Mrs. Catharine Watts of Sellersville,
Pa., celebrated her 108th anniversary
in October and told her friends that
she managed to keep happy and busy
doing a little housework and reading
without glasses.
In Franklin, Pa., the other day, two
centenarians skJipped blithely up to
the church altar and plighted their
troth in marriage. TVipy were John
Clews, a sprightly boy of 102, and
Sarah Jennings, who is getting well on
toward her 101st birthday.
Michael Mooney of Philadelphia Is 101
years old and almost rugged enough to
play football. His greatest trouble Is
that he often dreams of fights with
mad bulls, In which he occasionally has
pretty close shaves, but as he always
wins out eventually he doesn't mind
this so much.
Ohio has a resident who long ago
passed the century mark. The person
referred to Is "Aunt" Mlrah Davis, col
ored, who Is reputed to be 125 years old
and lives about four miles from Swiss
Elm, Highland county. She Is still spry
and does her share of housework. She
never indulges in stimulants, like Salrey
Gamp, but occasionally smokes a cob
pipe.
Mary McDonald, born In 1770, Is an in
mate of the Home for Aged and Infirm
Colored Persons In West Philadelphia.
She has a certificate attesting the date
of her birth and her picture has been
published In the papers as that of the
oldest woman In the world. Mary has
used tobacco all her life, and her pipe
s her chief solace, from which fact the
opponents of the week may take what
comfort they can get.
There seems to be some peculiar qual
Ity in the Hoosier air which is condu
cive to longevity. Alexander Fergu
son, aged 107 years, and his wife, aged
S3, are living near Muncie. One day in
March the old couple went to Muncie
nd together climbed three flights of
stairs In the court house unassisted, to
defend themselves against charges of
nsanity which had been made by a 75-
year-old daughter.
Grandmother" Medarls of the town
of Brooklyn, near Martinsville, Ind.,
celebrated the 100th anniversary of her
birth last June. At last reports in
March she was still in good health,
having recovered from the grip, and
there was good reason to believe that
she would succeed In her determination
to live a few years longer, so that she
would be able to say she had lived In
three centuries.
Should his life extend through the
year 1900 Walter Kerr, who has resided
on a farm In Dearborn county, near Au
rora, Ind., since 1816, will be entitled to
the distinction of having lived In three
centuries. He was born in North Caro-
na. April 22, 1790. His life has been
active as a flatboatman and farmer.
He married In early manhood and Is
the father of ten children, all living ex
cept one son, who was killed during the
lege of Vicksburg in 1863. His young.
est ion it 64 and his eldest daughter 78,
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
The production cf lead In Colorado
was 60 per cent more In 1898 than In
1897, and of copper nearly 40 per cent
more.
The wives, sisters and sweethearts of
Scranton, Pa., unionists have formed an
association to co-operate with the dif
ferent unions in a crusade against non
union and unfair stores of that city.
The French-Belgian company, with a
capital of $250,000, will build a modern
four-story brick mill for the manufac
ture of fine worsted yarns In Woon
socket, R. I. The city council voted
to exempt mill and mill machinery for
a term of ten years.
The Iowa board of control of state
Institutions has decided to establish a
factory In one ot the penitentiaries for
making binding twine. The board claims
It will produce a large part of the twine
used In Iowa and reduce the price from
26 to 33 per cent.
A syndicate of capitalists, headed by
James R. Wilson of Montreal, ha or
ganised with a preliminary capital of
$2,000,000, for erecting at some point
In Canada the largest ore refinery In the
world. Of the Immense output of lead
bullion with which Canada I credited
not a pound la refined In the Domin
ion, It all goes from the British Co
lumbla smelters to the American r fin
eries. Rev. Charlea A. Brlggs of Uhloa
Theological tmlnary la to be ordained
as a Protectant Episcopal clergyman
In H. Peter'a Episcopal church 1b West
chester, Pa.
IMPATIENT ONES.
An earnest little child with eyes of blue.
Bright with Impatience, opened won
der-wlde.
B, O - -, UUHlim
do.
Now coaxing, now Insisting not de
nied. "Your birthday la tomorrow, dear,.
a short delay."
"Mother, I cannot wait, I want my
toys today."
A slender maiden, slimly gowned la
white. Ruthlessly plucked the flowers neat
the gate.
Calm shone the moon, lovely the sum
mer night,
Impetuous was her voice, "I hate te
wait,"
"Forgive me, dear," her tardy lover
cried,
"Forbear your anger and become
my bride."
An en rpr vmith .aaVUo 4 - . ..
POUrri (111 f th. Inmnat l,.n.iin Kl.
vuv a...,wB biwsujw.cB u, a
heart
In vain attempt to trace his humble
nam3
Upon a corner of earth's mottled
chart.
The slow old world denied the hlgJs .
estate;
Broken, he fell. Alas, he couM not
wait
A yearning wife, yet to her country
true.
She saw her soldier husband sail,
away.
God speed his ship, safely to bring hlmi .
through
Hhat waste of waters to Manila's feay, .
The war's wild rumors came. What
was his fate?
Piteous her cry, "Dear Lord, how -
can I wait?"
A mother waits. Death's angel hovers) -near.
Above a couch It bends, her only child -Closer
it comes, dark falls the shadow
drear.
Anon she pleads, the while her heart :
beats wild.
Stay that dread hand, It cannot bet
too late.
"Father above. In mercy bid hut;.
. wait."
Far spent the day, the evening shad
ows long
Across the highway fall In wavering '
slant:
Soft on the stilly air the lark's last call
Bids us good night, before the day I
spent.
A careworn man, with slow, uneven -
gait,
Patiently plods his way, content te
wait.
Why should we reach with ever eager
hand.
To gather flowers that must soon dew
cay? Or why again, rebellious, take our
stand
Against the swelling tide we cannot
stay?
Unable we to make life's tanglav
straight,
One lesson we must learn to waft
Edith Darling Garloch.
EDITINQ UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
From the British Printer: One of the?;
best known papers in Molan, the Cor
tiere della Sera, gives a description of
the difficulties It had to encounter at
critical periods of the recent revolu
tionary disturbances.
At first nothing occurred to interfere
with the progress of the usual work of
publishing, but one venlng the greater
part of the printers, who lived in the
luburbs, were unable to return to worst
by reason of the barricades and the fu
rious street fighting. "Copy" became-
scarce, for the usual sources had runv
dry, and something was wanted at
once to fill up space.
Eventually the sub-editor remarked
that a long article on the "Reform ot
Architecture" had been prepared in ad
vance when the city was quiet and thla.
was eagerly seised upon. A large to
ttalment found Its way into the pa pen .
The incident was not closed, however..
A few hours after publication an ev-
clted reader appeared with a roll of "
manuscript and demand that his reply
to the article be Inserted the next day -
without fail. All In vain did the ed
itor endeavor to persuade him that the -time
was Inopportune, that when the
clty was in a state of ferment and all
the country anxiously awaiting new -
of the revolution it was useless to ex
pect a quiet consideration of tha "Re
form of Architecture."
Eventually the Corriere della Sera,'
deprived of all communication with th -
branches outside the city, was conv-
pelled to print less and less, and flnaltyr
reduced its space to two pages. Thw
few members of the printing staff re
maining then became the object of ag
itation by the printers employed on so
cialist sheets, who had abandoned tbelr -
work and tried to force their compan
ions to come out.
The office thus became the scene of
disputes and violent discussions, until
finally the companionship decided to
stay on and continue at work. Then
everybody endeavored to make up for
lost time and worked with a will until
the Corriere della Sera was ready for
press, when suddenly the gas suppltv
for the engines gave out.
It was off ten hours and when IT
eventually returned and the edition wae
worked oft the news sellers dare not
enter the streets to distribute it for
fear of the flying bullets.
But what they could not do was left
for the subscribers to do. From the
farthest suburbs, braving the fire of
the soldiery and the Insurgents, they
Kured Into the office of the Corriere- -lla
Sera to express their astonishment
and dissatisfaction at tha Irregularltp
wlth which they received their paper.
"If It occurs again I shal ldlscontlnae
my subscription," was the parting ei
of many aa they left the office n
remarkable outburst of sympathy wKhv ,
the paper had to be meekly borne aae)
merely taken aa "part of the fan" tsv
the journalist's lot.
During the month of March tha At
loan Federation of Labor chartered twev
national and thirty-nine looal nnlMsV
Mora charters have been lawwed by tW
AjDerteaa federation of Leber and aft
tlenal unions tans far In UN than
tag the wneta ef last year.
