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THE MORNING OBECfoyiAK. TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1903. 6 LEADING FIGURES, IN THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS, ONE OF- THE SEVENTY MEMBERS OF WHICH WILL SUCCEED THE POPE Cardinal Sattoll, Formerly Papal Lcsate In lhc United Statca. Cardinal Svanipa, Archbishop of. Bo lognn. ' Cardinal Agllardl, .Archbihop of Cacsnrca. Cardinal Richard, Archbishop of Paris. Cardinal- VIncenro Vanntelll, Arcb blsbop of Sardis. Cardinal Sernflno Vanntelll, Prefect of the Sacred College of Bishops. CURE FOR CONSUMPTION? INTERESTING DISCOVERY PORTED AT BERLIN. RE. Fames of Eucalyptus, Sulphur nnd ' Charcoal Arrest the Tuber cular Disease. A new treatment for tuberculosis has been presented before the Medical So ciety of Berlin by Dr. Danellus and Professor Theodor Sommerfield. The treatment consists of Inhalation, or rather fumigation, with the combined fumes of eucalyptus, sulphur and char coal. Frank H. Mason, United States Consul-General p.t Berlin speaks of tho .uu..ict aa juuuwa an ms consular re- "These experiments have been a "sub ject of keen and sustained Interest among the foremost men of Berlin during the past six months. The high authority of the tests which have been made, the encouraging nature of the results re ported, and the fact that these results may constitute an Important step toward the scientific mastery of a disease .which has become one of the most widespread and fatal scourges of the human race, give to the proceedings of last night a popular interest which transcends all the ordinary limits of pathological discus sion. Concisely stated, the history and nature of the new method are the,, fol lowing: "During his extensive travels In Aus tralia Mr. Robert Schneider, a German merchant, with a practical knowledge of chemistry, noticed that the natives In the northwestern part of Australia used a decoction made by boiling leaves and roots of tho eucalyptus tree as a remedy for consumption, which is a prevalent tlsease in many sections of that country. He further observed that the natives Jiving In districts where the eucalyptus tree grew abundantly -were generally im mune from the disease, and that natives . Buffering from tuberculosis frequently came from other regions to live in the eucalyptus district, and with generally favorable results. From all that he could observe and learn by Inquiry, Herr Schneider concluded that the effective remedial agent was the eucalyptus, which Is known In materia mcdica as a germi cide and antiseptic of recognized effi ciency. "With the aid Of a Tlhvslnlntrlrni 1st, he prepared a combination of flow ers of sulphur, powdered charcoal, and the pulvorized eucalyptus loaves, impreg nated with essential oil of eucalyptus. This mixture has been named "sanosln,," &nd Is the material which has been used In the recent experiments, Since the time of Galen the fumes of sulphur have been known to exert a curative effect upon sufferers from phthisis, and it appears that the combination of sulphurous acid -with eucalyptus and carbon has a pe culiarly effective potency in attacking the bacillus of tuberculosis. On account of its extreme volatility, sanosln Is put tip In sealed glass tubes, each containing a dose of about 2 grams (31 grains), in which condition jt is to be sold, like other medicines, through authorized druggists. When used, the tube Is broken and its contents poured on an" earthenware plate heated by a spirit lamp; the volatile eucalyptus quickly evaporates, and, In combination with the small quantity of sulphurous-acid fumes generated, medi cates with an aromatic, penetrating odor the air of a closed room, in which the tuberculous patient lives and Inhales the curative influence in an easy, natural way. "The new remedy was brought to Ber lin In September of last year, -where, after due consideration. It was taken In hand for elaborate scientific test and practical experiment. Professor Theo dor Sommerfeld, of the Universlt y of Berlin a leadlnc authorltv In miimnnnnr disease and Dr. Danelius. also n. Tunc' specialist, took charce of th prnHmimta cpened for that purpose in the Moablt quarter. Other physicians were as signed the various details of the work. One made regular and frequent examina tions of the sputa of the patients under treatment, keeping careful record of the changes In each case from day to day; another made daily inspections of their general condition, temperature, pulse, appetite, etc., so that the collective rec ord in each indlvldaul case is the work of several different expert physicians. The patients were taken from the poorest class of sufferers, many of whom live at Berlin in damp, unsanitary dwellings, and throng the public hospitals at all seasons of the year. So prevalent and fatal is tubercular disease among this class that notwithstanding all that science has hitherto done to restrain its ravages, the death rate In Berlin alone from that disease averages ten per day. Each patient, before being admitted to the new treatment, -was required to pres ent a certificate from the Royal Hospital showing that he or she had been treated there and -was suffering from progressive tuberculosis; many when admitted had reached a stage at which hope of relief byordinary means had been practically abandoned. Thus far 120 patients have been treated, of whom it is stated more than "50 per cent have been discharged as cured. Some have been enabled, while under treatment and sleeping In the hospital at night, to spend portions of the day engaged at their usual occupa tions. The purpose of the meeting last evening was. first, to listen to formal theses prepared and read by Dr. Danellus and Professor Sommerfeld, describing the process of treatment and giving the detailed records of a number of typical cases, and, secondly, to present In per son, for examination by the assembled physicians, several of the patients who had been previously treated for tubercu lar disease by one or more of the physi cians present, had received certificates from them on entering the eucalyptus clinic, and were now presented for ex amination as cured. "It is not within the province or pur pose of this report to venture any opinio, as to the effectiveness or permanent valuo of this new remedy. So many sensational cures have been announced In recent years for phthisis, cancer, and other widespread human disease's that the average laynan is constrained to re ceive the announcement of further dls 'coverles in the same 'field with a certain Incredulity. At the same time It must be conceded that, in view of the domin ating importance of the subject, the record of what sanosin has thus far ac complished is entitled to a more than mere passing recognition. The period of experiment Is of course too brief to form the basis of, any definite conclusion. There is a general unwillingness among physicians to accept the arrest of tub ercular disease for so "short a period as six months as proof of a permanent cure. Others doubt whether any process of inhalation ajone can reach the ulti mate seat of the disease. It will prob ably be safe to accept for the present the" conservative but positive statement of Dr. Engel, the expert charged during the recent experiments with the examination of the sputum, In which he had had a long experience under other forms of treatment. This statement is that under no other treatment has he seen the character of the sputum change so rap Idly and uniformly, through the diminu tion and disappearance bf bacilli and the elastic fibers peculiar to tubercular dis ease, as under the treatment with sano sln. ' "To -which may be added the deliberate testimony of Dr. Danellus and Professor Sommerfeld that "The Inhalations act with great cer tainty in removing the catarrh which accompanies pulmonary phthisis than any other medical or physical measures directed to the same end. This Is shown especially by the fact that the expectora tion on the one hand decreases or dis appears entirely, or, on the other hand in acute cases changes its character. The fact that the patient generally Is quickly relieved from the troublesome and irritating cough is of the greatest Importance, especially as the sleep which is absolutely requisite for a recovery from fundamental disease can then be obtained. The appetite in almost every case increases under the influence of the inhaled vapors, and through an Increased consumption of food the second prelim inary conditions for the cure is furnished." BULGARIA MOVES FOR WAR Twenty Thousand Reserves Called Oat, and Men Sent to Frontier. BERLIN, July 7. A Sofia dispatch to the Lokal Anzelger says the Bulgarian War Office has called out 20,000 reserves, ostensibly for three weeks' maneuvers, i and that two battalions of pioneers have been ordered to the Turkish frontier. The Frankfurter Zeltung states that the Turkish government has decided to im mediately order 10G quick-firing guns from the Krupp works. WESLEY'S LOVE AFFAIRS Bulgarians Plot Against Powers. LONDON, July 7. The Morning Adver tiser publishes a dispatch from Constanti nople saying the police there have dis covered in the Bulgarian quarter a large quantity of dynamite concealed in the cellar. The owners escaped, but a Greek was found in the cellar stabbed to the heart. It is rumored, adds the dispatch, that the Bulgarian committee intended to blow up the residence of one of the foreign ; Ambassadors, in order to bring about an international complication. Sentence of Ensign Is Reduced. i BERLIN, July 6. The appeal was heard before a court-martial today of Ensign . Heussner from the sentence of four years' I imprisonment and degradation imposed on him May 26 for killing his old friend. I Artilleryman Hartmann, because the lat- ter did not salute hm promptly. The court, on the ground of the extreme youth j of the prisoner, reduced his sentence to ; two years' and seven days' incarceration in a fortress. London Jews Denonncc Russia. LONDON, July 6. Six thousand Jews attended a memorial service for the vic tims of the Kishinef massacre in the As- 1 semby Hall at Mile End tonight. The j chief rabbi was the principal speaker. ; He denounced Russia, and said he trusted ! that the truth would finally reach the ear ; of the Czar through the efforts of out raged Christianity. Bulgaria Won't Listen to Powers. I vic.vixji, juiy o. -rt.i;ui uuiif iu nit Austria Foreign Office, semi-official re reports received here indicate that the situation between Bulgaria and Turkey has become more serious. Bulgaria ap pears unwilling to consider the admoni tions of the great powers to maintain peace. Root for President In 1808. Kansas City Star. Washington gossip concerning tho Presidential aspirations of ' Secretary Root Is interesting for the reason that Mr. Root Is what would be called mighty good timber. Of course, the Intimation that he may even aspire to the nomina tion next year at once lacks plausibility and Is unjust to Mr. Root, who Is enough of 6. politician to know that the nomina tion of President Roosevelt Is as nearly certain as anything in politics can be in advance of events. And even if Mr. Roosevelt did not have the assurance necessary to count confidently on the convention of 12W, Secretary Root would not oppose him! Mr. Root was appointed to the post of Secretary of War by Mc Kinley, but he is one of President Roose velt's closest friends and strongest ad mirers, and he would not contest with the Chief Executive the -well-earned right to succeed himself. , But that Secretary Root may leave the Cabinet In the course of time for the purpose of preparing the way for his candidacy in 190S is not improbable. He has made a most excellent record as a Cabinet officer, his clean-cut executive methods being especially noteworthy. He is strong with the whole country and has some of the qualities thai have counted most in President Roosevelt. Although it is too far ahead to dlseuss the 1S0S situation, the Republican party ought to take pride In the fact that jln Its fine collection of Presidential "possi bilities" it has a man of such conspicu ous ability and distinction "in line" for the ofilce as Secretary Root. HIS VACILLATION LOST FIRST LOVE THROUGH SOCIAL PREJUDICE. Charles' Objection to His ainrrylng Wedded Widow Who Tormented Him With Her Jealousy. Wesley's most serious love affair pre vious to his marriage 'was with Grace Murray, a young widow thirty-two years old, who won his heart while she tenderly nursed him through- a spell of sickness at Newcastle, says the Northwestern Chris tian Advocate. Mrs. Murray was born at Newcastle, but removed to London in young womauhood. There she married a sailor , who was born of a Scottish fam ily that had lost its estates during the rebellion of 1715. As a result of the death of her infant child, Mrs. Murray began to attend the Methodist meetings. Her husband bitterly opposed her association with the Methodists and her acceptance of their doctrines, but she afterward won him over. Mr. Wesley, in the first sermon she heard hlm preach, asked, "Is there any one here who desires to be saved?" "My heart replied," she said, " 'Yes, I do.' " And her answer to this question finally led to her conversion. Mr. Murray was drowned at sea In 1712, and his widow returned to Newcastle, where she became housekeeper at Mr. Wesley's orphan house. She was foremost In all Christian work. She met a band every day of the week, visited the neighboring villages to read and pray with the people and was leader of a clas3 of 100 members. She was also the nurse of Wesley's preachers, and one of them. John Bennet, whom she after ward married, was under her care for six months. Wesley, impressed with the strong char acter and fervent piety of Grace Mur ray, resolved to make her his wife, and in August, 174S. proposed marriage. She re plied: "This Is too great a blessing for me; I can't tell how to believe it. This is all I could have wished for under heaven." Wesley took Mrs. Murray with where he heard the news of Grace Mur- ray's marriage. -He there met Bennet, and, without uttering a word of upbraid ing, kissed him. The conduct of Mrs. Murray and Wes ley's disappointment In losing her were perhaps the greatest trial of his life. Re ferring to it; Wesley wrote as follows to Thomas Bigg, of Newcastle: Leeds, October 7, 1749. My Dear Brother: Since I was six years old I never met with, such a severe trial as for some days past. For ten years God has been preparing a fellow-laborer for me by a wonderful train of provi dences. Last year I was convinced of it; therefore I delayed not, but, as I thought, made all sure beyond a danger of disap pointment. But we were soon after torn asunder by a whirlwind. In a few months the storm was over. I then used more precaution than before and fondly told myself that the day of evil would return no more. Rut it soon returned. The waves rose again since I came out of Lon don. I fasted and prayed and strove all I could, but the sdns of Zeralah were too hard for me. The whole world fought against me, but above all my own familiar friend. Then was the word fulfilled: "Son of man, behold, I take from thee the de sire of thine eyes at a stroke: yet shalt thou not lament, neither shall thy tears run down." The fatal. Irrevocable stroke was struck on Tuesday last. Yesterday I saw my friend (that was) and him to whom she is sacrificed. I believe you never saw such a scene. But "why should a living man complain a man for the punishment of his sins?" I am. yours affectionately, JOHN WESLEY. His experience with Mrs. Murray, how ever, did not remove from Wesley the j Impression that it was his duty to take unto himself a wife. On February IS or 19, 1751; he married Mrs. Vazellle. widow of Noah Vazellle. She had four children and possessed a fortune of $50,000. whicli Wes ley settled on herself and her children. When Wesley told his brother of his in tentions to marry, Charles was greatly troubled. "I was thunderstruck," he said, "and could only answer he had given me the first blow and his mnrrlaec would come like the coup dc grace. Trusty Ned Perronet followed and told me the person was Mrs. Vazellle; one of whom I had never had tho least suspicion. I refused his company to the chapel and retired" to mourn with my faithful Sally. I groaned all the day, and several following ones under my own and the people's burden. I letter was seasonable indeed. I was grow ing fnint in my mind. The being constant ly watched over for evil; the having every word I spoke, every action I did. small or creat, watched with no friendly eye; the hearing a thousand little tart, unkind reflections In return for the kindest words 1 cpuld devise. Like drops of eating water in the marble. At length have worn away my sinking spirits down. Yet I could not say: 'Take they plague away from me,' but only, 'let me be puri fied, not consumed.' " In January. 175S, Mrs. Wesley left her husband, vowing she would never return. Later, she seized Wesleys' papers and put them Into the hands of his enemies. She Interpolated words to make them bear a bad construction and published them in the papers. In her fits of Jealousy Mrs. Wesley woul.l order a chaise and drive 100 miles to see who was with her husband in his carriage when he entered a town. John Hampson, In his life of Wesjey eays: "I was once on the point of com mitting murder. I went Into a room, in the north of Ireland, where I found Mrs. Wesley, foaming with fury, her husband on the floor. She had been trailing him alon; by the hair of his head, and was still holding In her hand venerable locks which she had plucked up by the roots. I felt as though I could have knocked the soul out of her." Mrs. Wesley often left her husband, and then returned In answer to his entreaties. At last. In January, 1771, 8he left, purpos ing never to return. Mr. Wesley wrote in his Journal: "She Is gone to Newcastle, I know not for what reason, saying she would never see my face again. Non earn rellqul, non dlmlssl, non revocabo." (I did not forsake her, I did not dismiss her, I will not recall her.) Later, she 'seems to have desired a reunion, and Wesley wrote her under date of September 4, 1771: My Dear: I sincerely wish a reunion, if it could be on good terms. First, restore my papers; second, promise to take no more But, upon reflection. I see I was too hasty, for you have given copies of my papers and these you cannot recall. Likewise, you have spoken all manner of evil asainst me, particularly to my en emies. All you can do now, if you are never so willing. Is to unsay what you have said. For instance, you have said over and over that I have lived In adultery these twenty years. Do you believe this, or do you not? If you do. how can you SCENE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE VATICAN THE HOME OF THE POPE FOR 25 YEARS. Dewey Resigns as Head of Society. WASHINGTON, - July 6. Admiral Dewey has resigned as president of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association and Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles has been elected to succeed him. him upon his Journeys through Yorkshire and Derbyshire, where "she was unspeak ably useful both to him and to the so cieties." She remained, however, at Bol ton, in the circuit of which Bennet was preacher. Wesley and Bennet were rivals for the hand of Grace Murray, who seemed unable to decide which one she thought It was her duty to marry; and at one time she wrote Wesley saying that It seemed to be her duty to marry Bennet. She traveled .with Wesley for a number of months; yet, though they were so In timately associated, she continued her correspondence with. Bennet and, it is said, sent him many of Wesley's letters. Wesley at one time was convinced that she ought to marry Bennet, but when he wrote her to this effect she "ran to him In an agony of tears and begged him not to talk so unless he designed to kill her." She assured Wesley that "I love you a thousand times better than I ever loved John Bennet In my life, but" I am afraid If I do not marry him he will run mad." At one time she expressed her determina tion to live and die with Wesley, and urged him to marry her Immediately. Wes ley delayed, however, wishing to satisfy Bennet, to secure his brother's approval and to Inform the societies of his inten tion. The prospective marriage of Wesley and Mrs. Murray was bitterly opposed by Charles Wesley, who had married a lady of birth and position and could not bear the thought of his brother John marrying a woman who, before her marriage, had been a servant. Charles told his brother that their preachers would leave them and their societies would; be scattered If lie married a woman of so mean a birth. John replied that he -wished to marry her not for her birth but fpr her character and worth. Her neatness, her carefulness, her strong sense and her sterling piety had won his high esteem. She was "Indc fatlgnbly patient and Inexpressibly tender; quick, cleanly and skilful; of an engaging behavior and of a mild, sprightly, cheer ful and yet serious temper; "while her gifts for usefulness were such as he had not yet seen equaled." Tailing in hisk ef forts with his brother, Charles visited Mrs. Murray, and, after kissing her, said: "Grace Murray, you have broken my heart" She rode with Charles Wesley to Newcastle, "where she met Bennet, begged forgivness for using him so badly and within a week became his wife. On Invita tion of Whitfield Wesley went t Leeds, could eat no pleasant food nor preach nor rest, either by night or day." Wesley's marriage to Mrs. Vazellle was hastened tiy an accident which befell him on London Bridge. While going from the Foundry to Snowflelds, he slipped on the ice and fell with great force, injuring ! the bone of his ankle. Tho injury obliged him to give up his Journey to the north, j and he took up his quarters at Mrs. Va- j zellle's, winere he "spent the remainder of J the week partly in prayer, reading and conversation, partly in writing Hebrew , PTfimmnr nnil "I nonno fny rl.llftn IT. ! was married the following Monday or Tuesday. The Sunday previous-he was un able to set his foot to the ground and preached laieellng. Wesley seems at the time of his mar riage to have had for his wife, an ardent affection. In one of his letters early after his marriage he wrote: My Dear Molly: Oh. how can we praise God enough for making us helpmeets ror each other? Let not only our Hps, but our lives, show forth His praise. Let no business of any kind hinder the inter course between God and your soul, neither prevent you spending one hour at least each day In private reading, prayer and meditation. Dear love, adieu. Ever yours, WESLEY. Wesley stipulated that his marriage should not cause him to travel one less mile nor preach one less sermon. J'Were I to travel a thousand miles less," he said to her, "aB truly as I love you, I would never see your face again." T cannot understand," he says, "how a Methodist preacher can answer It to God to preach one sermon or travel one mile less In a married than In a single. state." ,Mrs. Wesley seems to have accepted these con ditions, but shortly after their marriage her demands became exacting and she tor mented Wesleywith her suspicious spirit. Within four months after the wedding Charles Wesley found his 6ister-in-law in tears and heard from her complaints of his brother's treatment. She traveled with her husband extensively during the first four years, but was never able to appre ciate his work or to sympathize with it. She was nervous, acrimonious, of a sor rowfui spirit and almost insanely Jealous. In 1753 she came across a package of Wes ley's letters to Charles Perronet. These she opened and when she found a few simple lines addrssed to Mrs. Lefevre she flew Into a passion. Referring to his wife's conduct, Wesley, Iri February, 1756, wrote to bis friend Sarah Ryan: "Your last live with such a monster? If you do not, give It me under your hand. Is not this the least that you can do? Mrs. Wesley remained with her daugh ter. Mrs. Smith, at Newcastle during the following year, when she returned with her husband to Bristol. She was still with him In 1774, but later they separated. Wesley records on October 14, 17S1: "I came to London and was Informed that my wife died on Monday. That evening she was buried, though I was not In formed of it until a day or two after ward." The stone erected over her grave describes her as a "woman of exemplary character, a tender parent and sincere friend." BOAT FLYING LIKE BIRD PROFESSOR BELL THIXKS HE HAS SOLVED THE AERIAL PROBLEM. Politics In Municipalities. Washington Post. The plundering of cities by corrupt state machines is on abomination that cannot be abolished until municipal corporation elections arc absolutely divorced from politics. A city Is a corporation having a great variety of business affairs to be managed, by its officials. It differs from other corporations mainly In having much more varied nnd difficult duties to per form. But there Is not one of those duties, not a single department or branch of municipal business that has any logical connection with the party machine. And when the party machine gets control of a city, the object, or, at any rate, one ob ject. Is to strengthen the party, not so much or so often, by giving that city a good government, as by providing offices and. emoluments for men who can influ ence or have influenced voters. Washing ton Post. An Executive Reform. "Utlca Press. President Roosevelt evidently agrees with the declaration ' of the late Speaker Reed that "no gentleman weighs dver 200 pounds." In fact hi3 -own personal stand ard Is 1S3 pounds. He was very much dis turbed when on returning from his West ern tour he discovered that lie tipped the scales at 200 pounds. That he actually grew fat during a strenuous trip of nearly 14.000 miles, shaking hands, making speeches and eating dinners in twenty two different states seemed incredible, but it was true. At once " tho President in stituted measures of reform and will per sist In them until he Is able to restrain expansion within the limit defined in hi3 personal policy. Inventor of the Telephone Confident That His Flying Machine Will Soar Silken Wings. The Inventor of the telephone. Dr. Alex ander Graham Bell, has built a flying ma chine that will really fly. It is a structure composed of what might be termed a mul tiplicity of silken wings, upholding a sort of boat. But perhaps the strangest thing about It Is that the boat will fly by Itself, so great is Its buoyancy, sa3 the Boston Herald, when the supporting part of the apparatus has been taken away! The facts here presented are obtained from advance proof sheets of an article by Dr. Belf, which will appear in the forthcoming number of the. National Geo graphic Magazine. The machine, is, in effect, an artificial bird, constructed on the kite principle, but In accordance with an entirely new idea. It is a multiple kite, composed of a great number of triangular boxes of silk, held In shape by sticks. If It were not so hard a. .word, It would be better to call the box es "tetrahedrons," Inasmuch as each of them has four triangular sides. Put four triangles together to make a box, and you will sec the Idea. Then fasten a lot of such skeleton boxes together, corner to corner, and you will get a notion of Dr. Bell's arrangement. One side of each skeleton box is open to the air; the other sides are of silk, and in shape and position suggest the triangular wings of a bird In the act of flying. Thus the whole machine, being made up of such boxes. Is like a bird; or. more accurately speaking, like a flock of birds whose flight Is directed by a single Impulse. The so called "supporting part" of the apparatus Is a great "aeroplane," composed of these boxes, and the boat suspended beneath Is of similar construction, so that, as al ready stated. It will float by itself. "I have had the feeling," says Dr. Bell, in describing his Invention, "that a prop erly constructed flying machine should be capable of being flown as a kite; and. con versely, that a properly constructed kite should be capable of use as a flying ma chine when driven by its tswn propellers. "Given a kite so shaped as to be suit able for the body of a flying machine, and so efficient that it will fly well in a good breeze when loaded with a weight equivalent to that of a man and engine, then It 3eems to me that this same kite, provided with an actual engine and man f.i place of the load and driven by Its own propellers, ."hould be suspended In cnlm air as a flying machine. So far as- the pressure of the air Is concerned. It Is surely Immaterial whether the air moves against the kite or the kite against the air." To illustrate this point Dr. Bell flew his flying machine in a dead calm by attach ing the cord (a strong manlla rope) to a galloping horse. The horse furnished to the apparatus the power of propulsion equivalent to that which an engine might have given, and It rose and soared beauti fully. It was an application of the same principle as that employed by the small boy. who, when the breeze Is too light to raise his kite, runs with it along the ground. On one occasion an attempt, which came near to having a disastrous ending, was made to fly the machine In a good sailing breeze, when a squall came up and struck It, lifting Into the air the two men who held It. Of course, they let go Instantly, and the gigantic "bird" of silk and sticks, carrying the boat beneath it as an eagle bears Its prey upon its talons, "rose stead ily Into the air until the rope snapped under the strain. Tremendous oscillations of a pitching character ensued, but the kite was at such an elevation when the accident happened, that the oscillations had time to die down before it reached the ground, when it landed safely upon an even keel in ad adjoining field. Dr. Bell states that the applicability of kito experiments to the flying machine problem has been for a long time the guiding thought In his researches. He says: "I have not cared to ascertain how high a kite might be flown. The point' I have had especially In mind Is that the equilib rium of the structure in the air should be perfect; that the kite should fly steadily, and not move above from side to side or dive suddenly when struck by a squall; and that, when released, It should drop slowly and gently to the ground. I be lieve that In the form of structure now attained the properties of strength, light ness and steady flight have been united In a remarkable degree." Dr. Bell's experiments were made during recent summers on his estate in Nova Scotia, and the kites employed assumed hundreds of different forms, though all of the recent ones have been composed of the "tetrahedral" skeleton boxes already de scribed. Such a box being recognized as the structural unit, as many of them as might be desired could be put together in all sorts of shapes. Up to date, however, the form that has proved most satisfac tory Is the aeroplane upholding a boat. "In Asia," says Dr. Bell, "kttc-flying has been for centuries an amusement of adults, and the Chinese. Japanese and Malays have developed tailless kites very much superior to any form of kite known to us until quite recently. It Is only wlthln the last few years that Improve ments In kite structure have been serious ly considered, and recent developments of the art have been largely due to the efforts of one man. Mr. Laurence Hargrave of Australia. Hargrave realized that the structure best adapted for a kite would also be suitable as a basis for the con struction of a flying machine." The simplest form of Hargrave kite, which has already become familiar to most American boys, consists of two rectangular boxes of muslin, with a wide space between, held rigid by sticks. Dr. Bell's first discovery was that a marked improvement could be effected by making the boxes triangular. Inside bracing was thereby rendered unnecessary, and the kite was stronger and lighter, while offering less head-resistance to the wind. The next step was to change the triangular "cell" Into a tetrahedron a box formed of four triangles. A pyramid with a triangle for Its base will represent the shape. The skeleton tetrahedron made of sticks is braced in three directions like a solid, and Is, therefore, very strong. "It Is astonishing." says Dr. Bell, "how sub stantial such a framework appears, even when composed of very light and fragile material." Hence it Is that the new contrivance de vised by the inventor of the telephone sur passes all previous efforts of human In genuity in this line by reason of Its ex traordinary lightness In proportion to its size and strength. It is the nearest ap proach thus far made to aerial locomo tion on the soaring principle (the advo cates of which discard balloons as hopei less for practical purposes), and the public will await with interest the result of Dr. Bell's first attempt to run his apparatus with an engine and man on board. He has at last secured, as he believes, a per fect kite, and the next step is to conver1 it to practical use as a flying machine. AN ILLINOIS LYNCHING. Condemn One Xcpro nnd Yon Include All the Race, i Chicago Chronicle. Wyatt was a negro. Does that ac count for the fact that the mob trampled the haw under foot and overpowered Its officers? We seem to have an answer In the statement that "every negro In the city has been warned to leave town or sufler the consequences." If this Is true the mob assumed not only to try, condemn and execute Wyatt without a hearing and to wreak savage fury upon his dead body, but also to try and con demn on the instant and without hear ing every negro in a t&wn of 15,000 in habitants. In states where for generations the ne gro was a. mere chattel over whom the master exercised the power of life or death and who had no right of trial by Jury or of any appeal to law there Is something, even though it Is very little, to be said in extenuation of the crime of lynching. It may be said that people who had always been accustomed to look upon the negro as being without human rights could not be expected to turn about all at once and treat him as a man entitled to the same protection of the law that they themselves enjoy. But this poor excuse will not serve a. mob In free Illi nois, even though Its constituent ele ments live not far from "Egypt" in one direction and a former slave state In an other. 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