MONDAY, MAUCn 17, 1002.
This Dato In History Maroli 16,
453 Tho Roman Empe
ror Valentlnian ussas
slnateil. 12SS Alexander III. of
Scotland died; born
1241,' king 1249.
1750 Caroline Lucretla
Herschel, astronomer,
born; died ISIS.
1751 James M nd i s o n,
fourth president, born
In Port Conway, Va.;
Napoleon IV.
died 1SSG.
JS32 .Walter Qulnton Oresham, soldier and
Jijrlst, born near Lancavllte, Warren
county, lnd.; died May 2S. 1SS3.
ISou 'Napoleon Eugene I.ouls Jean Joseph,
son of Napoleon III., born In Paris;
killed in Zululand June 1, 1S79. This im
perial prince, after tho fa'll of his fa
ther, resided in England. He asked
leave to accompany tint army to Zulu
land. He was killed while out on a
reconnoissance.
1SSS Senator l,uzaro Illppolyto Carnot,
French statesman, died in Paris; born
1S01.
IS93 Uev. Dr. John V. Ilroadus. president
of the llaptlst Theological seminary at
Louisville, died in that city; born 1S14.
1900-General Sir William S. A. I,ockhart.
commander of the British forces In
India, died at Calcutta; born l&ll.
This Date In History March 17.
ISO Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, last of
the "live good emperors' of Rome,
died; born 121; ,'mperor 161.
1640 Philip Masslnger, dramatic poet, died
In London; born 1534.
1777 Roger Brooke Taney, long chief jus
tice of the United States, born lu Cal
vert county, Md.; died ISfil.
1S91 Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul
Jerome Bonaparte died In Rome; born
1S22; sop of ex-King Jerome. Prince
Jerome was one of tho ablest of the
second generation of Bonapartes. He
closely resembled Napoleon I.
1S93 Jules Francois Cnmllle Ferry, French
statesman, died in Paris;. born 1531.
155S Blanche K. Bruce, one of the most
distinguished colored men of the na
tion, died in Washington; born 1SU.
UP TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
W. J. Bryan, in the last issuo of
.his paper, "The Commoner," sug
gests that it is within the power of
President Roosevelt to assist in se
curing the election of senators by di
rect vote of the people. Mr. Bryan
pointedly says that he has a right to
urge, by a message to congress, the
enactment of any .measure which he
regards as important. The house of
representatives a republican house
has without opposition passed a
resolution submitting a constitutional
amendment providing for the election
of senators by direct vote of the pec
pie. This is the second time that a
republican house has passed such a
resolution, and two democratic
houses have done the same.
There is no doubt that the resolu
tion represents an almost unanimous
demand on the part of the people.
Does the president sympathize with
this demand? If so, he has it in his
power to aid in securing the reform.
Will he do so? If he will send ft. mes
sage to the senate setting forth the
reasons and they are many for the
election of United States senators by
popular vote, ho will so focus atten
tion upon the subject as to insure
immediate consideration of the reso
tion, and consideration means pas
sage, for even those senators who
look to the corporations to secure
their re-election will -not stand out
against an overwhelming sentiment.
Tho, president has given thought
and attention to questions of
far less importance; will he remain
silent on this great issue when ho has
such a splendid opportunity to give
.approval to a righteous demand?
Possibly a fow postal cards written
to tho president, urging him to recom
mend tho submission of such an
nmendment would have a helpful in
fluence. It is quite surprising that Presl
dentVltoosevelt does not grasp tho op
portunity to carry out tho peoples'
will In this connection. In neglecting
, to do this he is ranging himself on tiie
Bide of tho dull and stupid senate
that hesitates to put Its fato in tho
hands of tho people.
The question is not only up to the
United States senate, but it is up to
President Roosevelt, and If he does'
not act upon Mr. Bryan's suggestion
and write a message that will wake
tip tho senato to Its duty ho deserves
to bo put In tho samo category with
It, as antagonistic to tho idea of elect
lng sonntors by direct vote. Mr.
Roosevelt surely does not wish to bo
no classed.
THE COST OF LIVING.
Authorities report that tho cost of
living at tho beginning of this year
.was greater by 40 per cent than It
was five years ago. it was 10 per
cent less than It was at tho close of
153
the Civil Wnr. Tho farmers have
pi oil ted most by tho increase, as
! farm products have risen 90 per cent
dairy and garden products 75 per cent
and meats 30 per cent. Wages have
also gono up so tho Increase Is not
felt much by the laboring class. It
has fallen heaviest on. the small busi
ness man and salaried classes, clerks
and tho like whose Income hasre
mained stationary.
In short, the burden of high prices
has struck those the most who are
tho least able to stand it. The profit
from the Increase in prices has large
ly gone into the pockets already well
filled. The higher capitalization of
everything is gradually pulling down
the great mass of consumers, who
will meet the extra burden by de
creasing consumption, thereby hav
ing effect on production. Industry
and enterprise can only for a time
pay returns upon the present capital
ization of all the forms and iniple
mpr,n '..i! trade and transportation.
The lower rates of interest of the
last three or four years have had
something to do with, extending tho
lSrni of prosperity and the increase
in the production of gold all over the
world, which has largely been turned
into a circulating medium, has had
further to do with it. But tho heavy
increase in capitalization values will
more than absorb the increased vol
ume of gold in tim and, when it does,
we may expect to witness a fall in
prices, now out of proportion to the
average wage scale.
The fact Is, the man who has a dol
lar now-a-days finds that it is not as
valuable, or as dear a dollar, as It was
live years ago, and that It will pur
chase of the necessaries about two
thirds only of what the same coin
would when times were considered
"tight." In truth, the gold dollar has
become "a cheap dollar" and labor,
al (forms of it, finds itself not par
ticularly benefited by the change.
MARCONI SYSTEM TELEGRAPH.
The scientific cynics have had their
lesson again! A few weeks ago
when Marconi's transatlantic triumph
was announced, at first they refused
to be! wve it; then tney conditione-i
a somewhat ungracious acceptance
of tiie fact upon Mr. Marconi's per
sonal reputation for veracity and
levelheadedness. After he sailed for
Europe they began to spread further
doubts and seemed glad to welcome
every suggestion that failure awaited
bin. .I'.ttv-ause he could not keep his
messages secret. In a leadhig scien
tific journal Professor W. S. Frank
lin printed this statement, whicu
may have seemed very formidable in
tho semi-darkness then prevailing,
but wh'ch looks extremely wan and
weak in the daylight which the ex
periments of Mr. Marconi during his
trip in the Philadelphia have just
poured upon the whole subject. This
is what Professor Franklin said:
"An attempt to substitute the Mar
coni system for existing cables would
lead to a state of affairs closely analo
gous to the confused din in the stock
exchange, where each person makes
more noise than the rest. This ana
logy enables one to appreciate the
limitation of wireless telegraphy. In
the one case we have the electrical
waves, in the other case sound waves,
spreading in all directions from each
sending station, and we must remem
ber tlut Marconi's receiver is far in
ferior to the human ear in its ability
to analyze a complicated system of
waves falling upon It, or, In other
words, to respond celectively to cer
tain types of waves."
The ink has been dr yupon this
statement of tho learned professor
only about a fortnight, and I asked
Mr. Marconi:
"How about conflict of waves?
Some of your critics say you cannot
have several instruments working
in the same field."
"If they were properly tuned to dif
ferent frequencies," he replied, 'two
instruments could work side by side
without Interference."
"And that applies to both senders
and receivers?"
"It does."
"Then there Is no confusion to be
feared?"
"No, nono whatever."
"Supposing there was an. overlap
ping of one Instrument's tuno upon
anoinerr
Then there would be Interference
and confusion."
"But not otherwise?"
"No."
,(-..! . . . . . .
aim yuu can, wun certainty, so
tuno your instruments that there is
no interference and overlapping?"
"Yes."
'is the secrecy just as great as In
a messago sent by wire?"
"Yes,"
Tho Marconi receiver is a very dif
ferent kind of an ear from that sup
posed by Professor Franklin. In
stead of possessing less selective ca
pacity, It Is endowed with a moro ex
clusive capacity of that kind. In fact
It hears only Us own note. Just as
we cannot hear sounds ns shrill as to
bo audible only to an insect,, so one
MnrconI receiver may bo utterly Ir
responsive to electric waves that sot
another recelvor setting beside- It,
Into instant sympathetic vibration.
A lot of MnrconI transmitters und re
ceivers, working at the same time,
would, If I correctly understand! the
Inventor, resemble a roomful of
brokers whose voices were so pitch
ed and syntoned that each individual
would hear only tho words that were
spoken in his particular key and
Would be deaf to all others.
m m m
Another Interesting point concerns
the possibility of directing tho waves
by means of reflectors, as a parabolic
mirror directs a beam of light. This
can bo done, Mr. Marconi says, only
over distances so short that the curv
ature of the earth's surface does not
conceal one station from another.
As soon as the electric waves are
collected by the reflector and sent
away in a straight line thoy no long
er follow the curvature of the earth,
and If, In consequenro of the exist-!
enco of the latter, they arc brought
into contract with the earth's surface j
thoy will be reflected off into space.
In consequence of this fact for long
distances, like oceanic telegraphy,
Mr. Marconi allows the electric vibra
tions to spread in every direction
from the transmitting apparatus, and
depends upon tho proper tuning of tho
instrument to secure secrecy and
non-interference.
The reader will recall that during
the wonderful experiments on tho
voyage of the Philadelphia code
words were received and road on the
steamer sent from Poldhu In Eng
land up to a distance of 1,551 miles,
but that beyond that distance no com
plete words were received, but only
signs representing the letter "S," and
these continued to come until tho dis
tance of the receiving ship from tho
sending station was nlmost 2,100
miles. Then the delicate ticking
ceased to be audible.
I asked Mr. Marconi why the words
failed to carry as far as tho single
signals, and he replied that the sig
nal for the letter "S" was the easiest
of all to transmit, and constantly it
was heard after the energy employed
had ceased to be sufficient to trans
mit the signajs representing complete
words.
As to the exact amount of electric
energy needed tr s"id tho messages
2(Jv miles, Mr. Marconi did not care
to make any definite statement.
"Is it an amount within easy
reach?" I asked.
"Oh yes," ho replied.
"Then there would be no difficulty
in a ship any ship, a sailing vessel,
for instance carrying an apparatus
powerful enough to send messages
thousands of miles?"
"No, there would be no difficulty."
"As far as developing the necessary
energy is concerned there would be
no trougble in Captain Bernier's tak
ing, as I hear he proposes to do, a
wireless telegraph transmitter on his
proposed trip to tho north pole."
"No, the energy required could be
easily developed."
"How about land lines? I asked
him next. "When you have estab
lished your transatlantic system will
you attack the problem of sending
messages long distances over land?"
"Yes," ho replied.
"And you believe there is no In
superable dlfilculty?"
"I' believe there is no difficulty at
all. It only requires moro force for
the samo distance than over tho sea.
It is perfectly practicable."
"And the force required is easily
attainable?"
"I believe It is."
I asked Mr. Marconi about the
speed of transmission by wireless
telegraphy.
"Twenty-two words a minute," he
replied. "That,, of course, Is tho record-on
relatively short lines. But
I see no reason why we should not
send practically just as fast on ocean-1
1c lines. In the experiments on the ,
Philadelphia no attempt was made to
attain speed. That is not our object,
and no preparations for such a test
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were made. But there is no difficulty
about speed."
The experiments made during the
voyage which ended a fow days ago,
must rank in importance with those
conducted in Newfoundland, because
they have removed the doubt of the
practicability of transoceanic wire"
less telegraphy and cannot but con
vince even that type of scientific
mind which never recognized truth
by Intuition, because imagination
never lifts it high enough, but which
must always have its nose rubbed
against a fact before perceiving what
it means. Garrett P. Serviss, in New
lork Journal.
Marie and Her Red Raglan.
Marie wears a raglan, oh dear me!
Marie In. her raglan is a Bight to see!
For the Avay that Marie wears It and
tho way she twists and bends
Makes it hard to tell just where tho
raglan starts and Mnrio ends.
Marie wouldn't wear a coffee sack, of
that I am sure,
Marie likes to bo in style, and Marie
is demure,
Yet Marie doesn't hesitate to amble
up the street
Looking like a bale of hay that's
grow a pair of feet,
And sometimes when you see her you
take another peep,
She looks so much as if she were a-
walking in her sleep.
JOHNNY.
mi. uaENT MINDED MAN?
May if elect to notice vl rr hit HMm irn.
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