The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1900, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, ADVERTISEMENTS. JUST RECEIVED. styles and colorings. Special Bargains. 4 200 LADIES' WHITE DUCK SKIRTS, will be offered 8. ...ccoccoecc cosaroccocnss 50 dozen LADIES® SHIRT WAISTS, special purchase, value for $1.50, will be offered at. .. 20 LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS, value for $10, will be offered at......cccovvveenens 30 LADIES’ TAILOR-MADE SUITS, latest styles, shade sllver gray, value for $17.50, will be offered at. .. 100 APPLIQUE SKIRTS, value for $7.50, will be SHOIOR Y. .- o ochonosnrinivnbesbpin 100 dozen GLOVES, value for $1.50, will be offered at.. PR | ) I ¥ I T 5 I 3 - 4 I 1 1146 MARKET STREET. ring Styles Garments, consisting of LADIES' TAILOR-MADE 500 SUITS, LADIES’ APPLIQUE SKIRTS, JACKETS, CAPES, SILK WAISTS, SILK SKIRTS, SUMMER SKIRTS. These will be found in the very latest $1.00 75¢c $5.00 $12.50 $5.00 SLI5 J. O'BRIEN & Co. ALL THE CRITICS. PLAY IN YEARS “On ih_e Suwanee River” | PRAISED 3Y rges prepaid. e you the benefit of the mi ides you are guaranteed Nothing on case to indicate conten Money refunded if not satisfactory. agenc I 18 Montgomery street, E>Twice the price could buy no be Ager > H rewski APRIL F PROGRAMME. ON SALE JOE POHEIN, THE TAILOR, Market st., omery street. COLLIER [\ff ROYAL PHONE MAIN 522, T BOTTLES $4.80. de for Medicinal or Family " PURE WHISKEY. Reference, any business firm and commercial F. EPHRAIM & CO., San Francisco, Cal Corner Fourth and Market, S. F. Try our Speclal ~Brew -‘nm_ln:i Lager, IN HX;‘A;;‘:E NEW i.llu?.: "‘c’it‘d {:.n.d MR. ~ AMUSEMENTS. > SMO2%N GRAND ¥ THE SEASC , ? HOUSE LAST FOUR NIGHTS OF THE SEASON. ‘TheBEGGARSTUDENT ATURDAY AFTERNOON, Commencing R Wa! A NEW BILL OF HIGH-CLASS | NOVELTIES ! ; HARRIS; HARRY 4 MAY ARLEA; and SHEPHERD CARRIE BEHR; H and MELROSE; HASKELL; W. L. GUILLE CHARLES SWEET. Good Reserved Seat in Orchestra Ma s 2 EXTRA! Y AFTERNOON and EVENING C. FIEL} at the California Theater. USUAL POPULAR PRICES. at Al Branch Ticket Office—Emporium. NEXT, Magnificent Production of Palmer Cox's BROWNIES IN FAIRYLAND. Cast and Specialties as Recently Given Saturday and Sunday GRS TO-NIGHT | 5555 ¢ avars. Massive Production “OU0 VADIS!” 80 PEOPLE O THE STAGE. | oy it 8 GREAT SCENES-8 i '“THE BOHEMIAN PRICES—15¢, 25¢, 85¢, 50¢. | April 16th—Magnificent Production RDAY AND SUNPAY. | * EVE NING. e Merry, Don't Miss the Topical Songs, See the Hear the Popular Prices. - .. .25 and 50 MATINEE SATU! Musical Extravaganza, MANILA BOUND Duets, “HOOT MON GOLF_ BALLET,” GREAT PATRIOTIC FINALE" | “THE WIZARD OF THE N. VOLI* RDAY. ete. Cents GIRL” of LE, 00— CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB-1900 ! AKCH 26 to APRIL 1, INCLUSIVE. AKLAND RACE TRACK. - | CONCERT HOUSE - Tuesday, e Y, urs- ’ i 122-124 O'FARRELL ST. TR o L. SN . GEORGE MOOSER .. The Handsomest Music TO-NIGHT! RACING! RACING! RACING! FI Baturday 2:15 p. m. sbarp. | ve San Francisco at 12 m. add | 2:80 and 3 p. m.. conmecting ping "at the entrance to th we cars on train reserved for la- eir escorts: no smoking. Buy your 10 Shell Mound. Al trains via le connect with San Pablo avenue at Seventh and Broadway, Omk- COME WHEN YOU PLEASE. all traine via Alameds mole con $:00, August Hinrichs’ superb orchestra; 8§:27, San Pablo avenue cars at Fe ith | Senor Vargas: 5:45, Signorina Pollegini; ¥:12, an adway, land. These electric cars | Signorina Barducci; 9:15, Signor Napoleon IN ALL-STAR CAST. 10 the track in ffteen minutes. | Fturning—Trains leave the arack at 4:15 and 4 p m. end immediately after the last race. THOMAS H_WILLIAMS JR., President. R B, MILROY, Secretary. 9:30, Saivimi; 4.3, norite Pueres us i :wl.,"l?u:n." e M n Preparation—*"La Bohs MISSION SCHER’ Signor Badaracco; 10:00, Sig: 10:35, duet, Salvini and Varg: S Prop anager “Hall in America. TO-NIGHT! THIRD ACT FROM ‘*FAUST” e e e e B B B e e B o S e e e e B B B B B T e B O O L I S 0 S o S S 0 AT B e @i v eebeseied as stated. broken. PRSP S S I S S S S S S SO S g kR e e e o o o S STEAMER CLEVELAND RETURNING FROM HER LAST TRIP TO THE PHILIPPINES. Private advices received by the China yesterday makes the position of the disabled steamer Cleveland much more se- cure than it appeared on first blush. The stout old vessel has been in many a tight place, but in every instance has ¢ come out of scrapes which would have sent half the vessels sailing in and out of San Francisco to the bottom. The hull of the Cleveland is as good to-day almost as when she was launched, and that Is saying a great deal when the splendid material put into the hull Is considered. Captain Klitgaard of the disabled steamer writes that she was to the northeast of Maui and not to the northwest, The thrust shaft is cracked and there is nothing the matter with the main shaft, which was sald to be The steamer Claudine has gone out to tow the Cleveland into Honolulu, and it is expected that repalrs will be made there and the vessel and her cargo will get here in due time. . 6 Several captains who have commanded the Cleveland were talking about her yesterday, and they one and all pro- nounced her a serviceable and seaworthy ship and anything but a “hoodoo.” ) 1900. 4! be| . L { 3 ® * * 1l g | P eb e et et et e et e @ BANASI HID INDORE WERE I HARD LUCK 0 | | One Sprung a Leak and the Other Lost Some Spars and Sails. —_— | Three Men From Sealing Schooner | | Geneva Rescued by the Noyo. Strike on the Front—Car- penters Robbed. | SRR Two British ships made port yesterday | rd both had more or less h v} “flathur‘ uring the voyage The Or ja from Hamburg was twice aground In the river Slbe #nd after rou hg the Horn sprang “ k and the crew was compelled to man | the pumps every day. The Indore had! heavy weather from the start and a| | ale off the Horn carried away her bow- | sprit and a r of sails. One of her crew aloft early in March and from which he died when in sight of land. b ie the run from the | English coast in 13 days, while the Indore w days coming from Liverpool. | | Leaving Hamburg on November 7 behind | a tug the Oranasia went ashore in the river the same day. She was got off on th xt tid but 1in _grounded on a bank twelve hours 1. Over 300 tons of cargo had to be discharged into light- | and on November § the ship reached | where the igr of her cargo put aboard. ember 16 tite tug > ship off Beachy Head and then all 1, when a heavy st ‘was run into. | amage and the | s making the run ic to 50 de- sbruary 2 the leak and ever since she two inches of water a | rem s are that the bumping | got In the riv pe started a rivet heavy weather off the Horn made - and started the leak. fa brings over 40000 tons of a general cargo. A considerable portion of it is cement and the remainder is mer- chandise that would not spoil in the Had the agents. of the vessel that she would make the voyage from Beachy Head they could,| :d a_pretty penny on the cargo cement. The Harbor Commissioners asked for bids for cement to build the new cvlinder pier at Howard-street wharf No. agents made a very low offer stipulating that they deliver the cement s soon as the ship arrived. The Commis- | sioners wanted the cement within a few weeks and dare not take any chances on | the probable arrival of a sailing vessel. { In consequence the next lowest bidder got | { the contract. As matters have turned out, | however, the Ora would | have been in time for the job. | The Indore left Liverpool 158 days ago. | | On January 20 she ran into a heavy west- | | erly gale that carried away the bowsprit. | | The decks were full of water nearly ali | | the time and the cabin, galley and fore- | | castle were gutted. The ship labored | heavily and quite a number of sails were blown away. She had another succession | | of gales for fifteen days off the Horn, and | the crew was almost completely worn out making and taking in sail. On March 19 when the worst of the voyage was over | John Beaumont fell from the footrope of | the main topgallant staysail to the deck. The unfortunate fellow was terribly in- jured but managed to hold on to life un- | til March 3. A few bours after the Far- allones had been sighted he breathed his jast and was buried at sea. He was a na- | tive of England, 49 years of age. | | “Arthur _Griffin, Charles Thorne and | “Scotty”” Campbell, seal hunters from the | schooner Geneva were brought into port | | on the steamer Noyo vesterday. They left | | the sealer on March 30 when she was | about forty miles from Greenwood in the search of seals and got 1ost in the fog. On | April 1 at 5:15 p. m the Noyo picked them up when four miles from the beach, and | brought them on to San Francisco. The men had not suffered much as they had provisions and_water in the boat. The carpenters’ strike has extended to | the water front, and I;estrrday the men engaged on the new Postoffice building walked out. The men employed by the State on the front get $3 50 a day and the outsiders who work for contractors who have State work to do think they should | get the same pay. The chances are that the contractors and the men will settle the matter m-daz;; Trieves broke mto the tool boxes of the | |3 and the s cement and also those of the Southern Pacific_yesterday. In conse- quence some half dozen carpenters had not even a hammer left with which to drive a nail. The police are at work on the case. The Mail steamer China was released from quarantine yesterday and the cabin passengers came ashore about 4 p. m. The transport Sheridan is still held, and it will probably be Thursday before' she is re- leased. A new chart of the harbor of San Luls de Apra, Guam, has just been received by the Branch Hydrographic office. It was compiled last year by the officers of the United States steamer Yosemite. PERSONAL MENTION. State Controller C. P. Colgan is at the Lick. -Judge I. F. Poston of Selma is at the Lick. T. L. Reed, a land owner of Reedley, is at the Grand. Warren Green, a merchant of Preston, s at the Lick. Fulton, a railroad man of Reno, e Lick. Dr. W. H. Cope and wife of Pleasanton are at the Lick, State emploves H. P. Andrews. an attorney of Red Bluff, Is at the Grand. Archibald Yell, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is at the Palace. Harrison Dibblee, a capitalist of Lom- poe, 1s at the California. William McDermott, a mining man of Salt Lake, is at the Grand. Railroad Commissioner N. Blackstock of Ventura is at the Grand. H. T. Lee, a business man of Los An- geles, is at the Occidental. Herbert A. Kidder. the Sacramento im- presario, 1s at the California. Dr. Willlam Bailey and wife of Louis- ville, Ky., are at the Occidental. George W. Peltier, a cattle King of Ne- ind his wife, are at the Palace. Henry, a prominent banker of Mo- desto, and wife, are at the Oceidental. Lieutenant Commander J. A Norris and wife of Washington are at the Palace. J. F. Thompson, editor and proprietor of the Standard, at Eureka, is in the ci 1. C. Terry, a banker of Portland, is at the California, accompanied by his wife. J. Marion Bro an attorney of this o M | city, who has been for some time in Ma- nila, is at the Grand. Captain James Carroll of Seattle, widely known navigator of Alaskan wa- ters, is at the Grand. Carrol Hutchins, an excursion agent of. Boston, who has been around the world | | many times, is at the Palace. F. H. A. Lyle, manager of the English syndicate that owns and controls Glen- wood Springs, Colo., is In the city. James McCudden, a wealthy contractor of Vallejo, is at the Grand, companied by his daughter and his niece, Miss Ed- son. Rev. A. C. Hirst, formerly a noted di- vine of th! at the Palace. He came to California to dedicate a church in Los Angeles and is now on his way home. Stanley Jackson, Special Deputy Col- lector of Customs, is confined to his room seriously 11l with an attack of brain fever superinduced by the grip. His condition was so alarming on Sunday that his father, Colonel J. P. Jackson, sat up with him all of Sunday night. Yesterday after- noon a change came for the better. —_————————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, April 2—M. H. Heyne- man of San Francisco is at the Arlingtos Mrs. George B. Strickland of San Fian- cisco is at the Raleigh. ——————————— A first-class family hotel, The Bradbury. Ex- cellent cuisine. 1604 California st., cor. Polk. * e In the Divorce Court. Thurlow McMullin, a salesman in the firm of Tillman, Bendel & Co., was granted a divorce yesterday from his wife, Virginia McMullin, on the ground of will- ful desertion, by Judge Bahrs. Mr. and Mrs. McMullin married early in the seventies, but separated in 1877. A few | months ago Mr. McMullin filed suit for divorce, alleging desertion. Johanna Monson has been granted a divorce from Andrew Monson on the ground aof failure to provide. Suits for divorce have been filed by Josephine Zwaal against Schelte Zwaal, for intemperance, and Annie Erik- sen against Bertel Eriksen, for desertion. W. M. SMITH, Agent Kid or Suéede 200 Post Street city, but now of Chicago, is | MINISTERS ARE CRITICIZED BY A HURCH ELDER Claim Made That Some Have | Been Inmates of San Quentin. SELEL | Rev. John Ellis Assails the Position | Occupied by the Rev. B. Fay | Mills and Says Other Sharp Things. e “Some of the ministers, including | Presbyterian preachers, who have cc- | | cupied pulpits in San Francisco are a | disgrace to the civilization of the | | nineteenth century. A few of them | have had free board in the State | Prison and others ought to be sent there for a term of years.” The foregoing sensational views were expressed by Elder A. T. Robinson at the | weekly mceeting of the Presbyterian min- isters vesterday. The statement was made | | during a discussion of a g read by Rev. John Ellis on the “Passing of the {Old W " which was also sensational. | | A number of the leading Presbyterian | ministers of this city and vicinity con- | curred in what both gentlemen sald and | | added their opinions on the subject. Rev. "B, Fay Mills came in for his share of | eriticism, and other matters pertaining | | to the church were touched on without | gloves. In his paper Rev. John Ellis said |1 part: | The only commendable feature of the system | of Christianity s that of its adaptability to all | ages, climes and people. The closing decade of | tne nineteenth century has been fruitful of a | decided evidence of the passing of the old way | | and the coming il of other ways. Fast da. and feasts will not be sufficient to call a hait Ten years ago I sat at the side of a man in | the street cars on Market street who was his way to the largest hall In this city. Thou- sands were there waiting to hear him, compused | of the poor, sick and soul hungry, who hung | | upon his words as upon the woras of the oracie of God. Two months since I both saw and | | beard him in his own pulpit, where he ad- | dressed the select class of society people. On | his way to the Pavilion he clasped a Bible in his on | band, which he then said contained the very word of God. 1In his own pulplt there was not a Bible visible. ‘The lesson'for the morning was read from Milton. No text, not a quota- tion from the sacred law, prophets, gospei, let- ters or revelation, but reterence to the occult science. - No benediction, but a profuse praise of the Hindoo monk, whom he recommended to the people as a suitable teacher with whom they should sit and receive instruction in re- ligious thought. Within the past ten years B. Fay Mills, who | was one Gf us, saw the passing of the old | ways, and he knew that Othello’s vocation was gone, and so he went. Dwight L. Moody of | sacred_memory preceded and succeeded Evan- | Belist Mills. He, too, saw the passing of the Jrass, but Othelio's Vocation did not concern m. | Where are the people who once crowded our largest halls and listened to the appeals of danger and the remedy for sin, Who were | moved by tears, and when opportunity afforded | stood up for prayers, raised hands, signed cards | | and joined churches? Are they no more? Yes; they still live and muitiply. They are march ing to bands of music, singing and praying on the streets and on the public squares; are wor- shiping In side street store rooms, in tents and are increasing their ranks by thousands. Talk with these people Who have ceased to enter the uphalstered pew. They will tell you that they could not go there to worship; they will tell you that after they gave their last nickel that sometimes they did go and Jid not | have a penny to give, they felt they could not listen to urgent appeals and not respond. They ald they were outdressed, outelassed, out- pewed and consequently outcast. In times of churgh quietness we were but fillings and stuff- inge, and in times of activity we were, hewers of wood and drawers of water, and in the battle we were on the firing line, while the favorite class wore the chevron of the orderly and the epaulet of the general. So we took to the streets, halls and tents. ‘e growth of the church along secular lines has been at the expense of the spiritual. There is no loglc by which you can harmonize the $5000 increase of the pulpit and the average $600 increase of the pew. Rev. F. Doane, Rev. H. N. Bovier, Rev. Dr. Mathena, Rev. Dr. Clark and Rev. H. H. Bell spoke to the subject, but their views were mild compared with those of Elder Robinson. He said it was very much more agreeable to be an optimist | than a pessimist. He also said there was a degeneracy in the pulpit, and it was evi- denced in the subjects selected for Sun- day sermons. He proved his assertion by | reading The Call's weekly church index. He quoted from the list “The Cleaning of Sewers,” which he said was a very commendable topi¢, but unsuited for a sermon. He concluded his remarks b delivering his eharge against the eloth which created a sensation. Miss Parmentier’s Condition. Blake Franklin, the stalwart stenog- rapher, charged with assault to do great bodily harm upon Louise Parmentier, 309 Jones street, and battery upon her mother Saturday night, appeared before Jud Cabaniss yesterday. Dr. Coleman told tfii | Judge that Miss Parmentier was In a pre- carjous condition from the shock. e Judge fixed his bonds in $2000 on the felony charge and $100 on the battery charge. The case was continued till April 10. —————— Registrar’s Clerks Appointed. The Election Commissioners yesterday appointed J. J. de Haven, R. Barrett, J. { Strand and Joseph Lynch clerks in the Registrar's office at $100 each per month for the purpose of preparing for the com- ing primary elections. Trunks, Trunks, Trunks. In the leather goods department at Sanborn, Vail & Co.’s store, 741 Market street, can be found a most complete assortment of trunks, va- lises, suit cases, etbooks, Mexican carved and burned leather goods. Come | and see us. . | | cet étag n changes in the plural to ux,” s: le cheval; the horse; — shuh-vahl. | Les chevaux shuh-vdh. | Ngfe—The articles for both the masculine and | femffhine gende e “les” in the plural, with- out any ex Memory Exercises. | Much Needed Words and Phrases. | 1. This gentleman; ce monsieur; suh — | 2. This cet homme; sett-tom. 3. This : cet ami; sett-tame: 4. This ette dame; sett-dahm. that “this” is ce, cet, cette ccording to tollowing _simple rules, ch he ought to bear in mind, especially forming sentences in writing and when carry- ing on comyersation. ce is used before any masculine noun beginning with a consonant, as: ce train; this train. o cet is used if a noun commences with a vowel, or h mute, as: cet hdtel; this hotel. this floc cetie Is used always before nouns, as cette rue; this street; befgre all plural nouns, as ces parc parks: and ces ; these ces—avenues; these avenue: 5. 1 go; je vais. | You go; vous—allez. 1 do not go: je ne vais pas. | You do not go; vous n'allez pas. | go? allez-vous? | t go? n'all sne; je suis—allé. You have gone; vous-&tes—allé 1 have not gone; je ne suis pas-allé. You have not gome; vous n'dtes allé. ou gone? tes-vous—allé? you not gone? n'dtes-vous alle? It is very warm. 1l fait trés chaud. Yesterday it was very hot. Hier il a fait—une chaleur excessive. vous pas? Have It is not raining. | Il ne pleut pas. 0. Is it not halling? Ne gréle-t-—il pas? ‘e shall have a storm. Nous_aurons — un— rage. . It is ralning. 11 pleut. . It has rained all day. 11 a plu toute la journée. The climate; le climat; — klee-mah. bove try to remember that student must, t 1t makes warm, it makes the Frenchm: 7 g ?|TWENTY LESSONS IN F ONS IN FRENCH CONVERSATION. ° Copyright, 1900, b y Seymour Eaton. : o 4 |, Note—These lessons have been prepared for | Day sham-peen-yon zah lah fee- & | The Call's Home Study Circle by Professor nog-see-yair. Benno Kirschbaum of Philadeiphia. They are | 3l Stufied tomatoes. 4 | intended primarily for Americans who purpose Des tomates farcies; — |attending the Paris exposition. The lessons | 3. atoes fried with onions. 3 | mil include () commen French words and - de terre & la lyonaise. ilx_:eh‘rues.dm 1) fasy conversation and @) simple ey & & lessons. R Foa ayonnaise dressing. ¢+ | LESSON NO. 7—SEPTIEME LECON. , i 0 1 R T, @ = 3 Anaina ol — vo-lyee, : A Few Useful Hints. th scullions. @ | 1. To form the plural of Frer —oignons. 4 | we have to add an to the s : & | le livre, the book; luh leevr. | lay lee-vr. aux pom- ¢ | 2. Butif a noun ends in * S © | does not « ge. in the plu melade aux ¢ | plural then is the same as the s! & | le bras, the arm; — brah; le 4| Note—There are many more exce above rules, of whi & | the most importan “:. | 8. If a noun ends in “au” or | ake “x” in the . as le ch: cure-dents; koor- ; — shap-oh. Les chapeaux; Le neveu; the nephew; luh box; la salidre, la i ; lay nuh-vuh. a noun ends in “al.’” this ter- | le; I'hutlier. 10; dix (diss). 20; vingt (vant). 3’ trente (traunt). #; quarante (ka-raunt). %: cinquante (san-kaunt). 60; Soixante (Swas-saunt). ; soixante-dix. 80) quatre-vingts. %: quatre-vingt-dix. cent (sau ; einq cen sang-saun). : mille (meel). ; dix mille (dee meel). to form from the cardinal the add “}m iéme, tw me, fiftiet add “cing™ ymes ¥, There are some numi is advised st remember m over and ble_and try The most A as pos to memory. vingt-et-unidme (21st). te (50); soixantéme (80th). Solxante-dix ), soixante-dixidme xante-et- soixante-douzidme Quatre-vingts (80); quatre-vingtidme (S0th). Quatre-vingt-un (81 quatre - vingt- Before ma text of the n than him: to familiarize m knowledg The follow! the last F (1) We in that of all snow, etc., as Is it not foggy this morning? e fait-—il pas un brouillard ce |} matin? i3 14. How is your wife? Comment va madame? 15. Does your daughter feel better to- day ? Mademoiselle votre fill2 —elle mieux aujourd’hui? Where is your husba O est monsieur? se porte- 16. 17. Can I see your son? P volr monsieur votre fils? 8. W to take a ride with your daughter. Nous désirons faire une promenade A cheval avec mademoiselle votre fille. Note—The French are very polite in address ing persons. If one is not familiar with a per s observe the polite form and shown above: How is Mrs. Miss your daughter? M. husband? — Mr. ctor? etc. In speaking of one's own family same form is used as in English—my son; my wife, e lay . Vegetables; les légumes; guum. Some green peas; puh-tee pwa. . Some string beans les verts; h-ree-koh-valr. Salad with mayonnaise dressing. | De la salade A la sauce mayonnaise. Creamed onio Des oignons-2 la créme. — on-ee-yon zah lah Krem. . Cauliflowers buttered. Des choux-fleurs—au beurre. Day shoo-floor o buhrr. Plain bofled potatoes. Des pommes de terre en purée. Day pum duh tairr — Fried potatoes. Des pommes de terre frites. Baked potatoes. Des pommes de (erre‘cunes. Mashed potatoes. Des pommes de terre en purée. d raw tomatoes dressed. | tomates crues blen-assalson- | nées. Mushrooms with white sauce. Des champignons— 2 la financiér des petits-pois; haricots Fake it aw and some o Read and translate into E (1) Les chevaux de la France Before taking up a new lesson the stu- dent is advised to rehe: he text of all | previous lessons, so that as he advances he will become thoroughly familiar with and | words, phra idioms aiready ed. —The English translation of this gxercise will be found in the following e on, which will be published next Tues- RECENT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. (Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton.) ‘Note—These papers on Practical Seience have been prepared for The Call's Home Study C cle by Professor. Willlam J. Hopkins of Drexel Institute. % II. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. (Concluded.) Marconi’s System. In this system as used for directed sig-| nals there is no vertical wire, and the transmitting spark gap and the coherer are each placed in the focus of a parabolic mirror. The coherer is here the receiver of the wave as well as the detector, and | its position is important. (In this case | the transmitter and the receiver must be | tuned to the synchronism by strips of | copper of carefully adjusted length.) As usually practiced, however, for undirect- ed signals, a vertical wire is used at each end, and the exact position of the trans- mitting spark gap or of the coherer be- | comes a matter of no great importance. | In this case the oscillator and its spark gap serve only to charge the vertical line | to the necessary potential. Trains of | waves are shut out from this vertical line throughout its length, although they are probably stronger near the earth. A plate* or ball at the top of the wire is therefore | a help In most cases, as it makes the waves more uniform. The waves are radiated in all directions horizontaily, but the vertical radiation is probably weak. | The portion of the ether waves striking | the vertical wire at the receiving end is | absorbed by the wire, and if the potential fs high enocugh a discharge passes, caus- | ing the coherer to act. The potential of | this current is high because of the enor- | mously high rate of cutting, the waves sing with the speed of light. The co- Poter is here not the receiver but only a detector of the charge upon the vertical wire, and its position in the circuit does not matter. The first part of the osecil- lating discharge, because of its high amplitude, is much the most -effective, nd the tuning of the receiving circuit to any particular frequency Is therefore neither necessary nor useful. Functions of the Apparatus. the diagram of the receiving circuits e hown @ coll on each side of the coherer in the local circuit. These ecoils are inductive resistances, or ‘“choking colls,” in which the rapidly oscillating currént flows with great difficulty. They serve to prevent the waste of the enesgy 5% the ether waves which would oceur if the dischas could pass free’ljy in this cir- cuit, and my compel the discharge to pass wholly through the coherer. The acticn of the relay, the tapper and the recorder are probably sufficiently well understood from what has gone before. In each instrument the bre is shunted a non-inductive high resistance. A resistance incandescent lamp would anode this pur] found to be nee e. These shunts ary to were revent spark- ing and consequent disturbance of the coherer. The tapper and the recorder produce disturbances unless shunted, and prevent the coherer from returnin to its sensitive condition, and thus reduce the distance at which signals can be re- celved. Performances of the Marconi System. Communication has now been steadily maintained for two years over a distance of about elghteen miles, and Marconi states that in his opinion “thera is no kind of matter which can stop or seriously in- terfere with the working of such an in- stallation.” Messages were first sent across the English Channel about a year ago, a distance of thirty-two miles, and it is stated that the signals have been de- tected at ninety miles. The system has now been adopted by two lines of channel steamer The performance at our yacht race last October was not up to this standard, al- though it was successful for the purpose, Tests re afterward made on vessels of our navy. The trial board reported that the system was well adapted for use in squadron signaling, and the signals were unimpaired by rain, wind, fog and motion of the ships. The distance attained was sixteen to twenty-iwo miles. Between large ships, with masts of 14 feet, and torpedo boats, with masts of 4 feet, the signals can be read on the ships at eighty- five miles and on the torpedo boats at seven miles. The system is adapted for use om all vessels of the navy. including torpedo boats and dispatch boats, patrols and scouts, but is not practicable in a small boat. It was recommended that the sys- tem be given a trial in the navy. It is to be tried, also, as a method of signall between lightships and the shore, whl::‘g has been successfully practiced in Eng- land for more than a year. Suggestions as to Future Develop- ment. Professor Elfhu Thomson has suggest- ed that if two vertical wires were placed at a distance apart equal to half a wave length, without earth connection, they would enhance each other's effect. This arrangement would give, also. a partial control of direction, as the disturbance would travel principally in a line perpen- dicular to the plane passing through the two wires. Such a transmitter would be tuned to a definite frequency and the sig- nals would therefore be selective. The wave length used should not be too short. Flosenden is reported to have developed a receiver which is 2000 times as sensitive as the coherer now in use. By means of this detector, according to a newspaper interview, he hopes to send messages across the Atlantic. + U. S. Army Transport Officers go to Zinkand's as soon as they reach San Francisco. neymwmm*fl culsine are the best.