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i THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 10, 1007. Curious Adventures of John, Mary and Beauty it sswAiB Tomruio. 3 y , I, ,,,.. ... , ..,, . .., ,,,,,. ,....,..,.,. t , I, , .., . . , ,..,...,.,.,..,. . ... .,..1 . I. Ill I J "" " ' Im mm,m, ,i i-j. mm v.. Mwnuu .. - mnmmm . i . ci -tr.i. - ., nt .,, hti,. i .. n-i .1 n,. . 11 11 in - 11 ,.,...iir .-.mirinT r .iwl k. .timtn 1 m 11 ... ill ill N THE morning; when the ron- 01 teslants In the archery tourna I ment and their friends were o set ok me ooroer jonn wu wakened by a rattling of peb bles against bla bedroom win dow. Jumping out of bod and running to the window, he raw Gobemouche dancing about on the lawn In a great atata of ex citement. , "My word!" exclaimed John, throwing up the window. "What In ever la the matter with you?" "Tournament ta off!'' exclaimed Gob mouchc. "Hurry down, for you muat ar raoge to meet the crisis." "What have t got to do with it?" de manded John, who rather wanted to get back' into hla warm bed. He waa not found of archery. "You arn a healthy old minister for finance," exclaimed Gobemouche. "All the sandwiches In tho country have been or dered for today and the price for 'em Is booming. "I want you to sell 'em short on our advance Information. We'll make more money that we can stuff In our pockets. "You do the selling, I'll bust the market, and we'll divide tho profits. Come, come! Oet action. Sir John." Thera waa something about Gobemouche's rattling way of talking which communi cated excitement and John dressed In us much of a hurry as ever he could and ruBhed out to meet Gobemouche, who was trying ,to modify his Impatience by throw ing gravel from the path at a cat in a tree which wan making faces at him. "Well" what's the tournament off for?" John asked when lie joined the Man In the Street. "Snakes In the grass," whiHnered Gobe mouche. "A follow who was down at tho border with the targets told me. Grans full of snakes. Anyway, he says he's pretty sure he saw one." "What of It?" asked John In surprise. "What of It?" repeated Gobemouche In dignantly. "Do you suppose we want to' endanger the lives of our soldiers? Half of "em will bo barefoot and the other half wear knlcks. Nice time they'd have with millions and millions of poisonous reptiles waiting to bite their precious shins. "What you want to do Is to run about to all the delicatessen stores, which are plum out of their heads because they can't fill their orders for sandwiches and sell 'em short. '"Then I'll come out with my Snake Extra and well. say. what will we do with all the money we'll make? "Hush! Here comes Princess and Lady Mary. Don't let them know until we'vo sold the market down to the last crost." John flatly refused to go Into the specu lation, and Gobemouche, telling him that he was a fool not to take advantage of his advance tip, himself rushed off to sell the sandwich market short. "Good morning, Sir John," said Princess, who waa very amiable for so early In the morning, though she had refused to wash her face, ond that helps the temper some. "I have concluded," Beauty went on, "to call off that archery business and give a' sandwich party In the park Instead. I tried some of the sample sandwiches yes terday and they are simply heavenly. "Archery's no fun anyway, and, as Lady Mary was Just saying, the wholo end and aim of any expedition Is to go somewhere, eat what you'Ve got to rat and come home again. .Why not cut out the going and coming and Just keep In the eating? "That's pretty good sense. If Lady Mary did suggest It." "Beside," said Mary, "all the ladles of the court are going to wear new frocks, so what's the use of taking a horrid nice long walk and getting the starch all out of our skirts? "The hired girls scold enough as It la about the washing what are, you laughing at, John, you silly." John tried his best to explain Gobe mouche's market operations and how the Increased demand for sandwiches would certainly take his lust penny out of his pockets. But they could' not understand. Suddenly the wholo city sounded with the raucous cries of "Extra!" and John bought one of each kind. Gobemouche had the snake In the grass story played up In every color of Ink and Illustrated with pictures of the most fearsome looking ser pents swallowing anguished little boys. The rival paper announced the chunge of plan made by her Serenity from archery on the frontier to lunch In the park and hinted at tho financial embarrassment of an Importaut pool which had backed a recklos plunger iu selling the sandwich market short. Within no time thankful multitudes were saying that the snakes hud been discovered by the Princess herself and a public cal amity averted by her marvelous foresight and wisdom. Goubemouche didn't look very down hearted when John met him at the park. "I didn't lose a penny by the smash of tho bear pool," he whispered to John. "When you wouldn't rig tho murket for ifle I Bot , lot of fellows who are no good anyway to form that bear pool. "They wore chumps and muckers who didn't like me, but, oh! how they did bite at the sandwich proposition! , "Tou see, I'm a philosopher, I am. Sir John, and so I ciphered It out that if the pout wou I'd enjoy cutting them apart from ROSY COMPLEXION WITMUT COiMETICS I some Prescription for Hi rin i T im.i1 to Work Wonder ) ) on vn Complexioa, A good complexion Is essential to fa cial beauty, and If It cannot be attained naturally, then artificial ineana must be resorted to. But all ladles regret tha necessity or using Imitation beauty and would gladly possess the natural rosy glow with which some of their slsttra are so bountifully favored. Here Is a prescription that comes across the ocean from France, the home of the many beauty secrets, and It Is said to be the most effective preparation known to science for rejuvenating the skin and restoring the bloom of youth as well us promoting the growth in undeveloped or ehrunken parts. Obtain from your druggist: two ouucea of Itoae Water; one ounce Spirits of Co logne; four ounces Crystalized Sartolu (skin food). Put the Sartoln Into a r'nt of hot water (not boiling) and after It Is dissolved and cooled strain It through a fine cloth and add the Rose Water and Cologne tiplrlts. Put It In bottle or fruit Jar and keep well corked when not In us. This wash is to be applied twice a day or oftener, and massaged well Into the akin. It la an Inexpensive mixture, the Ingredients being obtainable at any good drug store au4 Im well worth the trial my share In the whackup; If they lost, why I'd enjoy seeing 'em squirm. "And squirm! Why they squirmed like snakes! Oh, by the way, the snake the target man saw was only a make believe one I planted there to base my Ex tra story on. "But I'm out of the newspaper business. The editor was suro of the bear pool, and he says I'm too funny to be wasted on a red Ink Issue. "I'm going to be a second promoter. Want to help?" "What's the rood of that?" asked John, who, however, was rather taken with the Idea. "Nothing but good!" declared Gobe mouche. "Tou always get your name In among; those present; you get Ice cream nearly every day, and If you pull off a good piece of work you get your commission. "I know tho Job, perfectly, but I need a title to help out. You'll do. There's a chap htre from over the border. He's a count. "lie was chased out of his country for breaking all the laws, not paying his debts and throwing peppers In his grandmother's eyes so's he could steal her watch. Now ho has promised me the watch If I get him a few good Introductions where he can pick up a living In the way of Jewelry, sil verware or anything the families do not lock up. "If you'll give me'a start by asking the count to play mumblethopeg with you I'll soon get him going strong as a friend of my friend, Sir John." "I'll give him a good swift kick If you bring him near me!" exclaimed John hotly. "I'm ashamed of you. Gobemouche." "It's being ashamed of yourself that hurts," replied the other lightly. "Some one is sure to get that watch, so why not I? It winds with a key. Ever see ono? 60 long. Here comes the count." Oobemouche was a resourceful person. Not having John to help him, he piloted the Count near a table where a family of great wealth were eating the very highest priced sandwiches and drinking champagne out of tin cups. "Now, my dear Count!" exclaimed Gobe mouche In a voice those at the tablo must overhear. "You must be careful who you meet. A man of your wealth and title really must be careful. "First, you must know, my dear friend. Sir John, minister of finance, you know. But bo careful. Lit us now seek u table where we may order some refreshments." The very wealthy man's wife had kicked her husband's logs under the table, made signs and faces and at last even made him understand. "Gentlemen," he exclaimed. Jumping up and addressing Gobemouche and the count, "there seems to bo no empty tables, but I have room here. Pleased to have you Join us." They made haste to take the seats In dicated by the very wealthy person. "Not nrach to offer you," he continued. "Only these sandwiches, bought at the very top of tne market, and this wine nothing higher priced to ho had." Tho count proved to be a very amusing fellow, full of playful tricks. He borrowed all the watches and rings the family wore and they were many and said he could make them disappear In a most amusing way if they would excuse hlin from the tuble for a few minutes to prepare the trick. John had kept an eye on Gobemouche and Uie count, and, suspecting the end of the trick, ran up and began to denounce the count as a swindler. He was Joined by many, end each of them, taking hold of the count's shoulders, began shaking him vigor ously. All the watches and Jewelry he had placed In his pocket began to rattle: "Jigglety-JlKKerty-JInk. Jlggerty-Jiggerty-JInk. ' "But this Is the station where your father said you were to bo put off." John and Mary both thought this an odd remark for the count to make. But It turned out to bo the conductor, and so they were not so surprised. "Anyway," said Mary sleepily, as they followed the porter and their handbags to the station. "I'm glad Beauty came to life for a while." "Poor Gobemouche," said John. 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It is therefore of interest to compare, from a common basis, the properties of aluminum with those of copper from the point of view of the electrical engineer who has to choose between the two metals for his aerial cables or wires. For most purposes, says the Uoston Transcript, the mechanical strength of the metul would be a minor considera tion, but with long upans of t0u feet to 1.000 foot for cross-country lines the sustaining power of tensile strength of the metal Is of great Importance to withstand the united effects of tho weight of the wire, high wind pressure, and the weight of an Ice routing; on the wire which must be anticipated in our northern climates. As for the electrical properties of the two metals, we find that. If the conductivity of copper wire Is represented by unity, that for aluminum wires of the same degree of hardness would be CM. To convey a given current with the same drop In potential the cross section of the aluminum cable must therefore be 1.72 times that of the copper, correspond'ng to diameter some 31 per cent greater. As the weight of copper is 3 4 times that of aluminum, It will be seen that, for a given weight of metal, almost twice as much carrying capacity is obtain able from aluminum; In other words, for equ'tl conducting power the weight of alum inum required Is about one-half that of copper. So far as weight of metal Is con cerned, therefore, the transmission of power can be effected with the same loss over a given distance by one-half the weight of aluminum as would be possible If the conductois were of copper, and If the price of aluminum .wire by weight were twice that of copper the capital cost would be the same. In a paper presented to the International Congress of Klertrlciun at BL Louis In l'.W, Mr. F. O. lilaokwell gave the results of tension experiments made upon wires of both metals. Tho figures cover a wide range owing to the different degrees of rolling and drawing of tho wire during the process of manufacture. Soft, semi-hard, and hurd wires were made the subject of experiment, but in general the tensile strength of aluminum suitable for sus pended cables proved to be greater than thut of copper for cual weight, and It Is aluo more elastic, the ratio of the moduli for aluminum to copper being as 7.5 to U hard-drawn cable wire. Tho elastic limit for aluminum Is taken at M.GuO pounds per square Inch, and for copper at 40,000 pounds per square Inch. The Increased diameter of aluminum cables offered a greater broadside to gale, also an increased weight of Ice coating upon which the wind acts to produce stress In addition to the weight of Ice covering the wire. With the customary assumed wind pressure of forty pounds per square foot upon a plane surface, due to a gale, a pres sure of twenty pounds per square foot may be taken to act upon the curved surface of wire or Ice, Tho resultant of such( lateral pressure, combined with dead weight of wire and coating, produces enormous stresses In long spans of tightly strung, wires, but for wires of equal con ductivity aluminum is quite as strong ,a copper, the lower tensile strength being compensated for by greate ' cross-section and less stress due to decreased weight. Quite apart from the foregoing, there are other considera tions affecting the choice of the engineer, but as far as mechanical strength Is con cerned with efficiency 'as a conductor of electricity, aluminum and copper may bo placed In the same scale. Cheapness In manufacture might entirely alter the pres ent relative place of the two metals In the schemes of the electrical engineers. Growth of A ireless Btatlosia. O the 1.6i0 wireless telegraph stations now In existence HI. or 41 per rent, are equipped with appartus of the (German) fcuby-Arco a.vkUm. Theae 641 stations are scattered over tho territory or vessels of thirty-one different countries. Of these, some 174 are situated on land. .They usu ally command a radius of 125 miles, but, lu several cases this is extended to 310 miles, 4a5 miles, or even greater distances. In Germany there aro thirty-six stations, mostly located on the coasts of the Baltic and the North seas, Including a great ex perimental station at Nauen, which com mands a radius of 3.S00 miles. In the United States are twenty stations, including Fire Island, Washington, New Orleans, San Francisco and tan Juan. Russia has seven teen station.'. That of Vladlvostock Is tho most prominent; commanding as it does a range of 620 miles. Austria-Hungary has ten stations. Denmark and Spain seven each. Holland six ft hut of Schereningen reaches 435 miles), and Norway and Sweden five each. In non-Huropean countries the systems has four stations iu Argentina, six In Brazil, five in China, eight lu Cuba (that of Havana commanding KiO miles), six in Mexico, two In the Philippines and one In the Sandwich Islands (ut Honolulu). The majority of these land stations are government property, and are under the control of the postal, naval or lighthouse services. Most of the installations are on ocean vessels. Of these twenty-two are on Dutch and German steamers, while are on warships. They Include vessels of the following nationalities: Germun, 140; Rus sian, IM; American, forty-three; Swedish, nineteen; Austrian, seventeen; Dutch, ten; Norwegian, eight; Argentina, six; Brazilian, five; Danish, five; Greek, three and Ind an. two. Some tifty-four mobiU military sta tions have been installed in various coun tries. In France, Great Brltlan and Italy the German system is unable to meet the competition of systems under local con trol. V ( Etttetciiey of lierelvlaa; Matloua. Mr. Charles A. Culver of the University of Pennsylvania has undertaken a study of the relative efficiencies of the various types of receiving systems In use In wireless tel. graphy, and the Physical Review for September contains an account of the first Pi.rt of his investigations. Of the types tested, those consisting of one or more vertical wires are the luvst efficient, and it seems Immaterial whether the component parts aro connected together at the lower, upper or both ends. Partial screening of the aerial produces little effect, while the resistance of the earth between the sending und receiving stations Is of prime Impor tance. From a consideration of his own results and those of others Mr. Culver con eludes thut the. theory of propagation of tho waves through the surface of the earth accounts for more of tho .observed facts than the free ether-wave theory, although It does not ut present account for several phenomena encountered In practical work. An account, with several Illustrations, of the lofty tower erected at Nauen, near Potsdam, is given in La Nature for Sep tember a. This sloel tower, which Is tri angular In section and 3J8 Teet in height, carries ilfty-iour groups of three cables, or 1C cables In all, In tho form of a vast um brella, covering an nrea of about fifteen acres. The lower or mast is held in posi tion by three powerful guy ropes, which am anchored at the base to massive blocks of concrete. At their upper end, where they oro attached to tho tower, they pass for several feet through an oil bath. A battery of 3ft) Leydni Juis of largo size dis posed In three groups ef UO flusk each, with a total capacity of 40o,uuu amperes, Is situated at the base of the tower. ttngar by Klrrlro-t be luteal Process. An electio-chcniict.1 process by which wood and water uie actually converted Into the purest and sweetest suijar is bc itig demonstrated in a western city, says tiio Chicago magazine, Popular Mechanic's. The .machine, which costs only l,0o0, Is composed of a water boiler, a furnace for heating steam until It turns Into hydrogen and oxygen, a retort in whl.li the charcoal Is reduced to a gu and mixed lth hydrogen und oxygen, a water tank In which the combination of gases U cooled, an air compressor und a set of highly charged electrodes.. To operate tho plant the Inventor took an armful of pine ood, eucalyptus, corn cobs, a piece of an old buggy and a barrel hoop and piK'd them Into un oven where they were mado Into charcoal. The charcoal r ;ady, lio put thirty-two pounds of It Into the retort and started the fire under his water boiler. Twenty minutes later, when thing were getting hot, he started the air compre3or and a set of highly charged electrodes. The water, converted Into steam, passed through a heater, where it was dissoci ated Into hydrogen and oxygen at a tem perature of 3,000 degrees. The mixture of gases was then compressed upon the carbon heated to u. like temperature. Then he let the compressed gas How past the electrodes and a lino spray of powdered sugar burst from the end of the pipe. Thirty minutes later It ceased. The en tire output waa about seventy pounds of sugar. It is clulmed sugar can be pro duced commercially at a cost of only I cent per pound. A Chicago chemist. Dr. James Law no, adds these comments: The synthetical process of building up sugar and alcohol has long been a dream of commercial chemists. Some of the lower sugars have actually been made In this manner, out only on a small scale and at great ex pense. The Idea Itself Is feasible, and as sugar contains the elements carbon, nydro gen and oxygen, In the proportions CIS, H-l', Oil, In which the hydrogen and oxygen bear the same relationship as they do in water, namely, two parts of hydro gen to one of oxygen, thus the Invention baa all the starting material necessaiy, at practically no cost. The only problem, of course, was the combining of this mu- I terlal in the desired proportions of 1J parts of carbon to 11 of water. As to whether he has actually accomplished this matter as In the way jtated, you ' will have to rely upon the accuracy of thu report. The chemical men who read it will probably scoff at it, whether it Is true or not. As It Is such a far-reaching ' Invention, personally I, like the others, j would have to be shown. 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