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~ A REMARKABLE CASE. ‘The following case was printed originally in The Monitor, a newspaper published at Meadford, Ontario. Doubts wereraised as to its truthfulness, consequent#y a close watch was kept on the case for two years and the original statement has now been completely verified. Mr. Petch had been a hopeless paralytic for five years. His case has had wide at. tention. He was confined to his bed, was bloated almost beyond recognition, and could not take solid food. Doctors called the disease spinal sclerosis, and all said he could not live. The Canadian Mutual Life Association, after a thorough examination, paid him his total disability claim of $1,650, regarding him as forever incurable. For three years he lingered in this condi- tion. After taking some of Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills for Pale People there [papas a slight change, a ten- dency to sweat freely. Next came a little feeling in his limbs. 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In place of the tail the kite carried two lines, one of which was retained on board the Daring, the instructional torpedo boat destroyer, from which the experiments were conducted. With the wind between the two lines re- ferred to it was found that the kite was so easily managed that it was no trick at ail to drop letters or even a hawser into another ship, and in this way establish communication. 2 COL CUT Following this experiment came one with a wire. The end of the wire which the kite bore away from the ship was dropped upomthe deck of H. M. S. Dauntless, where it was secured by the electrician of the ship and at- tached to a telephone apparatus in waiting. The other end, which had remained aboard the Daring, was also attached to a telephone, and as soon as the task was completed the two ships were in perfect communication. The kite remained suspended, secured by two lines, for more than gour hours, during which the communication be- tween the Daring and the Dauntless was uninterrupted. siderable height than one which may float at the top of the mainmast, or be waved from the summit of a hill. add to these facts this latest development, the kite as a telephone wire carrier, and the indications of a limitless fu- ture are plain. Experiments with kites at Governor’s island in New York harbor have con- elusively proven that it is possible to send up a camera from inside the iines of one army—the camera being at- tached to a kite—and take an accurate photograph of the intrenchments or po- sition of the enemy thereby, and to learn in fairly accurate fashion of their number. On several occasions this year in New York photographs have been taken of parades in this fashion, and with the very best possible re- sults. To suggest that this could be done fifteen months ago would have provoked derision. There is just as much reason for not regarding the telephonic kite flying experiment with credulity as there would have been for decrying the other. The results of the English experiment, even though they have just become known, have already created no little talk in United States naval circles. Smokeless Fires. The Berlin correspondent of the London Times has given some partic- ulars of a new invention by one Carl Wegener, which has for its object the elimination of smoke from a furnace, accompanied by a notable saving in the consumption of coal. The success of the system depends upon feeding the furnace with powdered coal, in- stead of the “well-screened” lumps which hitherto have been regarded as the most advantageous form of such SRD ame \ Ap A > TELEPHONING BY MEANS OF KITES BETWEEN SHIPS. The achievement is only evidence of what electricians of the navy, of both England and the United States, have long held to be possible. They have declared that there was no reason wny comnmunication of this sort should not be established between shins a few hundred feet apart, if the weather were at all nleasant. Of course, in a gale it would be impracticable. The experiment that was made by the officers of the Daring and the Dauntless had another valuable result. It showed that it is possible to ar- range fora new system of signals from one ship to another that would be greatly superior to any flag system which could be conceived. If the tele- phone wire can be arranged in this manner, there is no reason why tele- graphic communication can nat be made in a similar fashion. In this case an operator aboard the flagship could carry on a conversation with bis fellow-operator aboard one of the fleet without difficulty. The admiral’s or- ders could be easily transmitted from time to time, and often avoid what is now considered necessary boat service. It might be thought that the flying of a kite under these circumstances would be a matter of extreme difficulty, but kite fiying under the latest metnods has become a science. What used to be a schoolboy’s sport has now become a subject of study by professional mer, and it seems quite likely that before long even greater results will be ob- taine dthan has ever been the case at Portsmouth. As a means of signaling, the kite is firmly believed, not only by naval offi- cers, but those of the army, to be fraught with great importance when the future is considered. It is, of course, very much easier for a signal to be seen that is elevated to a con- fuel. The cual dust is fed into the fire from a container in front by means of a tube whith terminates in a revolv- ing sieve. This sieve is kept im mo- tion by the @raught, and has the ef- fect of scattering the fuel over the fur- nace in such a way that it is at once inflamed without smoke and with very little ash. Coal of comparatively low quality can be economically used in this powdered form, and the only drawback to the process seems to be the necessity for using a separate ma- chine for the grinding of the cwal to powder. On the other hand, the slack or dust which forms a necessary by- product of the coal industry will find here a field for employment which will be much appreciated by owners of mines and merchants generally. More Days to Come. In Spain the people take no note of time, not even from its loss, Every- thing is to be done manana, tomorrow. A wealthy Englishman, who had long lived in Spain, had a lawsuit. He pleaded his cause in person, and know- ing the customs of the country, won his case. The victory cost him three days of trouble and expense, so that when the judge congratulated him on his success, he replied: “Yes, that’s all right; but it has cost me three days, and time is money. I am a busy man, and these three days are lost forever.” “Oh, you English!” answered the judge; “you are always saying that time is money. How are you to get your three days back? I will tell you. Take them out of next week; surely there are plenty more days to come!” The University of Calcutta is said to be the largest educational corpora- tion in the world. It examires; more than 10,000 siuden‘s annuatlz. PRIVATEERING. If Spain, in her puny wrath, permits that unbusinesslike and unjust form of. warfare known as privateering, the consensus of opinion among the pow- ers is that she will get altogether the worst of the bargain. A first-class privateering equipment is rather an expensive affair in the first Place, and there are so many risks to be run and such danger of capture and demolition that the chances are as about fifty to one that the offender would be brought up with a round turn, stripped of the munitions and ensigns of warfare and popped into prison, there to ruminate on the vicissitudes of human affairs and the changes that have taken place since the days when Captain Kidd made his record and when thousands of bold and adventur- ous spirits manned ships, cracked skulls, cut off heads, meanwhile lustily shouting the old song, “Full many a year, a pirate bold, I’ve sailed the Span- ish main.” zl A Spanish privateer must be ex- tremely well posted in these days to successfully carry out his nefarious en- terprise. He will need not only a small arsenal at his belt, but a certified bill of lading to give him information as to the articles he seeks, and wheth- er they are American or belonging to some other tribe or nation. Of the enormous amount of foreign goods brought to this country but a mere trifie comes in American bottoms. For example: “In January, out of c total value of imports of $50,825,721, American bottoms carried only $8,711,- 593, and out of exports valued at $106,- 753,524, only $5,155,544 in value were taken out under the American flag. The figures for February tell the same story, for out of a total importation of $53,113,736, American ships brought only $9,270,058, and of exportations of $93,317,202, only $4,442,327 was under our flag. Of the exports in February carried in American bottoms only $1,- 029,066 were to Europe and Asia, and the imports so carried from those con- tinents were valued at $4.339.184. The European and Asiatic countries with whom the largest trade was carried on under the American flag are France, the United Kingdom, China and Brit- ish East Indies and Japan.” Our waters are full of foreign craft that find it to their advantage to bring in all sorts of wares to our shores and take back such articles as their trade demands. The trade with Cuba has been something enormous. Of course, this is largely cut off. In 1892, Cuban imports and exports Were valued at nearly $100,000,000. In 1896, the trade had dropped off about one-half; the present year’s business shows a still further reduction. This Cuban trade was largely done with American vessels. Of course, everything Amer- ican being now barred, recourse must be had to foreign handling for what- ever we may receive from Cuba during the continuance of the war. The best authorities are of the opin- ion that if Spain undertakes to sift out goods intended for the American trade, from the great bulk of commer- cial products, she will find that she has a greater job than she bargained for. Domestic trade, that is, the coasv trade, she cannot possibly interfere with. do so, all articles can be put upon the tailways. In January, 1898, merchan- dise actually handled by railroad cars and land vehicles amounted to nearly $6,000,000. The transportation by -wa- ter was something over $5,000,- 000. The shipments were made by land to Mexico and by way of* the Canadian Pacific railroad. It would be the work of a very short time in case privateering became annoying to transfer to foreign ship- ping whatever goods Americans de- sired to handle. It is, therefore, easy to see that Spain is reckoning with- out her host, and in the event ofher be- coming particularly insistent or saucy and interfering with foreign -vessels, she would be quite‘likely to receive a rebuke that would, to say the least. convey a lasting impression. Wireless Telegraphy. In the attempt to turn “wireless tel- egraphy”to practical account and make it a commercial success,Mr.W.Z. Clarke of New York has produced an ap- paratus for sending and receiving tel- egraphic signals without wires, which is to be placed upon the market. Where for any reason it is desired not to use Morse signals, a special receiver is provided, which is furnished either with a vibrating bell, or with an in: candescent lamp, the latter enabling the person who receives the message to read it visually. Inasmuch as Mar- coni’s experiments have shown that telegraphic signals can already be sent ten miles, or more, without wires, it is hoped that the new system will have a rapid development. Facts About Vaccination. A pamphlet entiled “Facts About Smallpox and Vaccination” has been issued by the council of the British Medical association, giving statistics as to the efficacy of vaccination and showing what the diminution of mor- tality has been since the time of Jen- jer. Facts are quoted from the statis- tics also of other countries, as, for in- stance, of Prussia, where rigidly en- forced and systematic vaccination has practically stamped out smallpox, the mortality being seven per 1,000,000, whereas in the adjoining country cf Austria, where vaccination is not ecm- pulscry, it is over 450. In the event of any attempt to | Four. Spotts—I might have won a couple of fifties from Hicks last night. Lotts—No; I had not the heart—need- ed one more to make the flush.—New York World. 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