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l hr r V A- A r -x Wireless Telegraph Plant Operated by Boys In Newport It I aro two wireless telegraph plants owned and oper ated by boys which are nerhans the most complete amateur plants In the country They belong to Lloyd Man uel who has his plant at his home on Third street and Henry Itooney Whose apparatus Ib situated on Mt iVernon street Both boys receive and send mes sages but aro particularly busy in re jcelving the many messages that aro sent to the wireless station at the torpedo station At times the Caval perators at the torpedo station talk Kvith the boy operators at Newport t mt 3 S adjustable The length of the wavo is regulated with this apparatus by moving the chips In either an upward or downward direction After ascer taining precisely the right position for a certain station it Is an easy matter to keep this in mind and no further trouble is experienced Though other stations than the one they aro calk Ing may receive the message it is heard most distinctly by Uie station to which the apparatus Is adjusted The greatest improvement over the earlier instrument is In the wave de tector Two pieces of carbon with an ordinary needle placed across them Wtiwm I IP The House Used in Wireless Experiments and the navy men both enlisted men and officers are much interested in the work of the amateurs Last winter Charles Fielding a mes senger boy employed by the Postal telegraph company constructed a wireless station and sent and received messages So interested did Com mander Albert Gleaves of the torpedo station become in the apparatus and work of the messenger boy that he visited the Improvised station at Fieldings home with the result that Filding was enlisted in the navy though two years under the age limit This last act was waived as the navy was anxious to have the services of the young expert Commander Gleaves made a full report of Field ings apparatus to the navy depart ment Fielding is now an electrician in the navy and is stationed at the Brooklyn navy yard Manuel and Rooney spend prac tically all their spare time working and experimenting with their outfits and have made several improvements and additions to their first rather crude apparatus In the part of the apparatus which is used for sending messages a con denser and a tunning coil are used This is a brass wire connected with the aerial and to the instrument itself by means of leads or chips which are CANNON BALL Measuring Its Velocity by Aid of Elec trically Charged Screens Measuring the velocity of a cannon ball may seem to be a difficult matter Tut it is really one of the simplest of MM 1 r MH min The Cannon and Targets scientific problems The accompany ing diagram shows the whole thing plainly Somewhere in the path of the pro jectile are placed two wire screens marked C and D each formed of a simple frame across which a wire runs back and forth forming part of an electric battery circuit in which an accurate timepiece T is also inter posed As the projectile on being fired from tile gun passes through the screen C the circuit of which it is a part is broken and the clockwork is started the index originally pointing io zero On passing through the other screen D the projectile interrupts the second circuit with the effect of in stantly bringing the clock mechanism to a stop Knowing then the exact distance between the two screens usually sev eral hundred feet it follows that by di viding it by the number of seconds or fractions of a second marked on the -clock dial representing the time that has elapsed during the passage of the projectile from screen C to screen D we obtain the number of feet per sec ond that the projectile was traveling When a man of evil stock tries to do jright he is fighting all his forbears at once was the way in which the first de tector was made Now the boys use an electro lytic receiver This con sists of a hair like platinum wire which is partly contained in a recep tacle containing acid to which it is fastened by means of a screw ad justment Another tunning coil is used similar to the one used in send ing but in this coil there are many more turns of wire A sliding con tact is employed and in this manner any part of the coil can be used A receiver attached to the head similar to the ones used by telephone operators is used The sliding con tact is then moved up and down un til the apparatus responds The general aim of all experiment ers in the field of wireless telegraphy at the present time is to discover a selective system of transmitting mes sages This is a system whereby it will be possible to transmit messages from one point to another without outside stations being able to inter fere or butt in This latter is now the greatest de fect in wireless telegraphing as other stations than the one intended get the mesrage Of course these may not understand the message if It is sent in a code but they are able to bother the sender and receiver to a greater or less extent BEHIND HIS BACK A Trick That Will Amuse an Evening Company Immensely Public entertainers of all kinds are always anxious to get on good terms with their audiences One of the sur est methods of attaining this is to dec ceive the spectators with some appar ently genuine trick and to then as it were allow them to discover that the feat is really a bogus one A good example of this is afforded by a conjurer who putting a plate on top of pedestal places a billiard ball upon it Facing the audience he steps in front of the pedestal then steps aside again and lo and behold the billiard ball has disappeared The performer searches for the ball and soon pretending to see it dropping from the clouds he catches it and holds it aloft in his right hand for all to see In reality the performers left arm fixed in front of him is from elbow downwards a dummy one and it is with his real left hand that he picks up the billiard ball behind his back Soon in the search the ball is se- PLACED onTHC PLATE J jJ S2 5 V JLjl If l THt Z2 V -- JAIR T5vUThs TRICK Yfj 1 Ul I AND ITS IJW I explanation I The Trick illustrated cretly transferred to his right hand and the trick neatly finished A shout of laughter invariably arises as after bowing low the performer retires up the stage his left forearm and hand now of course showing plainly against his black cloth coat Power of Light The extraordinary resuscitating power of light recently received a curious illustration in the silver mines at Laurium A mine had been aban doned 2000 years when some poppy seed was found beneath the slag The slag being removed in a short time the entire space was covered with the most gorgeous show of poppies After their 20 centuries rest thev had bloomed as vigorously as if they had UCvU uuiuc ujr UUHCIS Ul yesteraay V- CARING FOR PETS PROPER TREATMENT IN HEALTH AND IN SICKNESS Characteristics of the Popular Pugs-Hand-Reared Kittens Salt Baths for Sick Goldfish Birds Need of Sunlight Pugs are very affectionate and good tempered dogs their great fault is greediness and this is all the more serious as they are naturally inclined to be fat and want less food than most dogs of their size and more ex ercise When a kitten has to be reared by hand the best thing to do is to bring it up on the bottle a miniature feed ing bottle such as is sold In toy shops will answer the purpose admirably The method is much superior to spoon feeding as the latter involves much handling and kittens should be han dled as little as possible until they are six weeks old The most common and fatal of the diseases which attack goldfish is a fungus growth which first appears as a tiny white speck on the tail fins head or body of the fish and which spreads with great rapidity unless it is treated at once The sick fish should bo placed in water containing a strong solution of salt It should then be taken out and wiped with a soft cloth so as to remove as much of the growth as possible after which it should be given a second salt-water bath This seems to enable the fish to throw off the disease sooner than anything If your canaries have laid eggs out of season it is safer not to allow them lo bo hatched but to take them away and either destroy them or blow them and put them on a string Tift reason of this is that the moulting season may be at hand and it is too great a strain on your birds consti tutions to bring up another family Plenty of sunlight greatly beautifies a birds plumage If it is daily placed where the suns rays can fall upon it the feathers will become far brighter and more richly hued than if it is always kept in the shade Take the precaution however to cover a tion of the cage so that the bird can retire out of the glare of the sun when it chooses Retrievers learn to fetch and carry more quickly than other dogs and may be made very useful in bringing ones slippers and other small arti cles and in carrying things in the street For the Hall or Den Mission furniture in dark oak adorns many halls better than mahog any If the hall is large mission chairs may be accompanied with a table and tabouret A settle of the same with a detached mirror having hooks for hats and coats is newer than the hat rack and seat combined An entrance hall may also contain an odd chair which may be a family heirloom A Chinese hour glass chair which is of willow is a favorite in the den or studio For comfort the chair should have loose cushions at the back and on the seat These should be covered in material of Oriental design Kidney and Tomato Pie Boil four ounces of macaroni till tender and cut it into inch lengths Skin and core a beef kidney boil it slowly in salted water for half an hour and cut it in slices Butter a pie dish put a layer of macaroni on it over that spread a layer of sliced kidney seasoned with pepper and salt and made mustard dredge lightly with flour Cover this with a layer of sliced raw tomatoes sprinkled with bread crumbs repeat the layers in the above order add some good rich gravy and let the top layer be of bread crumbs with small bits of but ter on the surface Bake steadily for an hour Chicken in Jelly Prepare a chicken as for boiling Place it in a saucepan with sufficient water to cover it cold add a sprig of thyme and a thick slice of lemon and salt to taste Cook gently till tender Meanwhile soak half an ounce of gelatine in suffi cient water to cover it When the chicken is done add the gelatine to the liquor in which the chicken was boiled and reduce Skin the chicken when cool and cut it up into neat joints Place in a round basin or shape if preferred and when the liquor is re duced enough strain over chicken and leave till set To Keep Clothes White In putting away white clothes from one season to another to keep them Irom yellowing take a bag made of an old sheet wash clean dip in strong blueing water and dry It should be very blue Then put clean ccthes in bag loosely and hang in a darc clnset Clothes will keep white tor -ears by this method Will Absorb Spilled Oil If kerosene is spilled on carpets bcoks or manuscripts try removing it by sprinkling corn meal thickly over the ai tifle immediately Renew frequently until the oil has been en tirely absorbed To Keep Laundry Irons Smooth Laundry irors often become from bits of starch baking on the jdges The very best way to keep hem snooth and clean is to wash hem thoroughly in soap suds Be aiire hat they are well dried or mst wJl gather Art of Boomerang Making THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVES ARE EXPERTS AT IT The Returning Boomerang Differs Widely From Those Used In Warfare How They Should Be Thrown The boomerang Is a weird and er ratic form of missle and though I have about 50 and have continually practised with them for many years I have not one that it may be said closely resembles another in its be havior It is impossble to reproduce with even approximate accuracy a good returning Australian boomerang owing to tne numerous twists and in dentations contained in its outlnes These curious twists and hollows rep resent the experience of generations of native boomerang artists There are two distinct kinds of Aus tralian boomerang the one used in warfare and the returning one As the latter is always more or less flat on one side it may be easily dis tinguished It will be noticed how slight is its curve Fig I If how ever we make one exactly similar as regards its size and curve it will make no attempt to return when thrown Fig II shows the boomerang edge ways and emphasises the lateral twists rather resemblng those of the propeller of a steamship which cause the weapon to return to the person who throws it The Australian war boomerang Fig III is nearly twice as large and heavy as the returning one has no twists and is rounded on both sides It does not return to the thrower This weapon will travel skimming low over the ground to a range of from 150 yards to 180 yards and the blow it gives a tree trunk at 100 yards is as if the latter were violently struck with a blunt and heavj sword As an instrument of savage warfare It would have a terrible effect on a 5cantily clad opponent Though the returning boomerang Church i 3ELBY ABBEY OF ENGLAND AND ITS HISTORY One of the Historic Edifices of Great Britain Recently Destroyed by Fire A World Calamity A fire which brought grief to the art lovers all over the Christain world was that which destroyed Selby Ab Dey in Yorkshire England The old abbey was a relic of the highest in terest both architecturally and his orically All Gothic it is hardly too much to say was epitomised in this building from rounded Norman arch to flam boyant window tracery of the later time Nor do many churches possess a history comparable in interest with that of Selby Abbey It was founded by the Conqueror in 10GS The tradi tion runs that Williams son Henry was born in the ancient town The early Benedictine settlement became in after time the only mitred abbey with a single exception north of the Trent Gradually the Abbots fav ored both by Pope and King grew wealthy as their lands and stock in creased In 1292 the income amount 2d to 832 a year equal to 16000 at the present day And this great wealth was available for a community whose members numbered no more han 30 At its zenith of wealth and beauty the Abbey was a magnificent pile 300 feet in length rich and splendid with the glories of Norman Early English and Decorated architecture But its choir separated from the aisles by seven pointed arches with clustered pillars rich with carvings and tra ceried windows and splendid with stained glass was the chief glory of the building before its decline As for the great east window with its Fig 1 was chiefly employed by na tives for killing as food birds flying in small numbers or in flocks it was also constantly used as an amusing plaything just as a sling for pebbles or a bow and arrow might be carried by a schoolboy All the best Austr Han boomerangs are closely notcbou on both surfaces The Australian gave his boomerang this rough surface so that it might bite the air in its flight For the same reason the outside or cover of a golf ball is Indented or pitted a when golf balls are made with a smooth china like surface as was formerly the case it was found they would not fly far or accurately There have been many diagrams in various periodicals describing the light of a boomerang none of which in my opinion has ever clearly indicated its career in the air I will endeavor to elucidate this subject in a manner that I consider is easier to understand than one conveyed in a series of con fusing lines and figures For exam ple take up your position facing the north and throw your boomerang northeast It should travel from right lo left the north being the far apex of its circular route and return from the northwest It should then pass close to you towards the southeast for a scoie of yards or more behind W N S Flight of a Boomerang The black center spot represents the thrower The small arrows indicate its flight and the large one points in the di rection the wind should blow -from Of course the position of the thrower will vary in accordance with the wind and he may be facintj S E or W instead of as here shown towards the north your back and returning again spin down to the ground within a yard or two of your feet In this case the most favorable wind would be from the northwest To put It shortly throw the boomerang to your right front or at an angle that is halfway between the point of your right should er and the direction you are facing standing so that the wind blows to wards your left front RALPH PAYNE GALLOWAT V9 Destroyed storied glass representng the Tree of Jesse restored by Mr William Liv ersidge some years ago it is con-side-ed the second finest of its kind in existence Fortunately this escaped disaster like most of the monuments and tombs which are very interesting But the flames have consumed the Lathom Chapel and north transept the chapel windows large and small have gone and the roofs also The magnificent choir was burnt out com pletely as well as the east end The inside of the tower was burned from base to roof clock belfry and bells falling in a shower of sparks The nave has gone and the great organ in course of erection at a cost of 1200 many a pillar is ruined and carving tracery and a thousand details of Gothic beauty with the lovliness of age upon them are destroyed Yet is hard not to fancy that his tory had been wiped out with this ancient building of which the main walls and Norman and Early English columns are the sole sound remains For it will be difficult to imagine in the newness of the restoration that here King John walked that here the two first Edwards stayed when the war with the Scots was raging or that here Qupeen Margaret wor shipped as we are told in histories The Selby fire brigade with its single engine could do little to check the flames although it was quickly on the scene In fact notwithstanding the arrival afterwards of engines from Leeds and York the fire pretty well worked its will and only stopped when its fuel was all consumed The flames appear to have origi nated in the Lathom Chapel which contained the new organ This was blown by a Kinetic blower driven by a gas engine and something went wrong here The fire spread with astonishing rapidity from the Lathom Chapel fesaffifatjW3igtfto His Little Joke I never permit my hired man to go out night said the farmer And why have you made such a rule as that Oh just to keep my hand in Houston Post To the Point j Office Boy What can I do to get I a raise in salary sir The Boss Earn what youre getting 1 now Detroit Free Press His Explanation Young man said the stern parent did I hear you kissing my daughter in the parlor last night You did sir Why did you do it To be plain sir she was the only kissable thing about and I felt in the mood Milwaukee Sentinel Languages Spoken in India Seventeen distinct languages be sides English are spoken in India HVEBEB AILIffi THEIR PREVENTION AND CURE November is tho month of falling temperatures Over all tho temperato rtjdons tho hot weather has passed oad the first rigors of winter have ap peared As the great bulk of civilized nations is located In tho Temperato The Human System Must Adjust itself to Changing Tem peratures Zones tho offect of changing sea sons is a ques tion of the high est importance When the weath er begin 8 to change from warm to cold when cool nights succeed hot nights when clear cold days follow hot sultry days tho human body must adjust itself to this changed condition or perish Tho perspiration incident to warm weather has been checked This do tains within tho system poisonous materials which have heretofore found escape through the perspiration Most of the poisonous materials re tained in tho system by the checked perspiration find their way out of tho body If at all through tho kidnoys This throws upon tho kidneys extra labor They become charged and over loaded with tho poisonous excretory materials This has a tendency to In flame the kidneys producing function al diseases of tho kidneys and some times Brights Disease Peruna acts upon the skin by stimu lating the emunctory glands and ducts thus preventing the detention of pois onous materials which should pass out Peruna invigorates the kidneys and encourages them to fulfill their function in spite of the chills and dis couragements of cold weather Peruna is a combination o f well tried harm less remedies that have stood tho test of time Many of these is o World Renowned Rem edy For Climatic Diseases remedies have been used by doctors and by the people in Europe and America for a hundred years Peruna has been used by Dr Hart man in his private practice for many years with notable results Its efficacy has been proven by decades of use by thousands of people and has been substantiated over and over by many thousands of homes Disobedience Brought Death An Italian prince had strictly for bidden one of his daughters to smoke but so great a hold had the habit ob tained over her that she secretly en gaged in the practice at every oppor tunity One day she was indulging In a cigarette as she reclined on a bal cony attired in a dress of the lightest muslin Suddenly her father appeared on the scene In the hurry to hide the evidence of her disobedience the princess placed her hand with the burning cigarette behind her back The result was startling and tragic her frock was immediately in a blaze and she was fearfully burned from head to foot dying after suffering in tensely Conscientious people are like ideas They refuse to strike a man when he is down Smokers have to call for Lewis Single Binder cigar to Ret it Your dealer or Lewis Factory Peoria 111 he deepest love is that which pro fesses least RHEUMATISM STAYS CURED Mrs Cota Confined to Bed and in Constant Pain Cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills Rheumatism can be inherited and that fact proves it to be a disease of the blood It is necessary therefore to treat it through the blood if a permanent cure is expected External applications may give temporary relief from pain but a3 long as the poisonous acid is in the blood the pain will return perhaps in a new place but it will surely return Dr Wil liams Pink Pills cure rheumatism be cause they go directly to the seat of the disorder purifying and enriching the blood Mrs Henry Cota of West Cheshire Conn is the wife of the village ma chinist Several years ago she says I was laid up with rheumatism in my feet ankles and knees I was in con stant pain and sometimes the affected parts would swell so badly that I could not get about at all to attend to my household duties There was one period of three weeks during which I was con fined to the bed My sufferings were awful and the doctors medicine did not help me One day a neighbor told me about Dr Williams Pink Pills and I decided to try them After I had taken them a short time I was decidedly better and a few more boxes cured me What is better the cure was permanent Remember Dr Williams Pink Pills do not act on the bowels They make iipv blood and restore shattered nervos They toueup the stomach and restore impaired digestion bring healthful refreshing sleep give strength to the weak and make mi erable complaining people strong hungry and energetic Thpy are sold by all druggists or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price 50 cents per box pir boxes 250 by the Dr Williams Medi cine Co Schenectady NY THE BEST COUGH CURE In buying a cough medicine re member the best cough cure Kemps Balsam costs no more than any other kind Remember too the kind that cures is the only kind worth any thing Every year thousands are saved from a consumptives grave be taking Kemps Balsam in time Is it worth while to experiment with anything else Sold by all dealers at 25c and 50c