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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
NQ|ke| Reports.
LOCAL MARKET.

There was nothing doing in the cotton
market yesterday, and there is no change
to note in quotations. Cottonseed oil
products are firm at quotations with an
active demand for seed.
The spring trade in dry goods is open
ing up very satisfactorily, and merchants
have every reason to look for vast i'm
provement within the next few weeks.
They are displaying some wondrously
beautiful fabrics this year, and, to look
at them is to marvel at the skill of the
weavers "'
The wholesale trade is fairly active,
and staple articles are steady at figures
given below
The grain and hay market is quiet at
quotations.
Good butter, eggs and chickens are in
demand at prices quoted.
All quotations are wholesale:
Axle Grease-GOlden, 60td7Oc per 'oz-
en-; Apex, 75c; Aileton, Toe; castor oil,
" 1-2d65c.
Ammunition-Pow per keg, $500;
blasting powder, S1.60 per keg, agents
price; drop shot, per sack, $1.25@1. 80;
buck, $1.50G1 SO.
Bacon-ShOrt clear, 5 3-4@6c;
breakfast, 3-4N1Sc: dry salt. 5M5 1-Sc;
salt bellies, 3-4c; smoked bellies, 6 1-2G
6 3-4c. Hams, 10 1-2c.
Lard-Refined tierces, SdS 1-2c; leaf,
Sc; so lb cans, lac higher than tierces
lob cans, 3-4c higher; 5-lb cans, T-Sc
higher; 3-lb cans, 1c higher.
Baking Powder-Bon-Bon, 20 ounces,
Soc; 10 ounces SOC; u ounces. 33c; DIR.
Prices, $4.75 per dozen: Royal, $4.75
per dozen.
Canned Fruit-Pcr dozen: Stra wber-
ries $1.00M1.10: pineapples, standard,
$1.50@1 .65; eyeless and coreless, S1.S5
M2.00; seconds, 90G95c; pears, standard,
9Oca$1 90; Clipper, Bartlett pears, 2
pound, $1.0OM1 .05; 3-pound, S1.60@1 .65;
peaches, standard, 2-pound, $4,000; sec.
onds, 2-pound, 75c; 3-pound, standard
$1.25@16 80; 3-pound pie peaches, Toe;
black6erries, 65@7Oc; 3-pound, standard
apples, 756S0c.
California Canned Understanding
goods, 2 1-2-pound cans: Peaches, ST. C
CLIO per dozen; apricots; $1.S5M ;45
Pfag green ssges, eES PSm neetsrnss
S1.35G1 so; grapes. $135011 As; white
cherries, $2.50G2.GO black cherries
So. 25@2.35.
Candy-Plain stick, 666 lie; wrap
ped, 7@7 IL; fancy mixed in pals,
Canned Vegetables-Ma rrowfat peas
90cG$1 90; Lima beans, 90c@$1 90
| string beans, G5@75c; corn, 60c@$1 %
tomatoes, 2-pound, 70G75c: 3-pound. 81
M95c; red kidney beans, 2-pound, 500
S5c.
Coffee-Rio and Cordova. fair, 13 l.
@14c; prime, II 1-2G15c; choice, $50
10 1-2c; Peaberry, 19@21c; cast
ed coffee, coffee, apex basis, 100
pound cases. $3.50; Arbuckles's, 100
pound cases, $3.50; in 3-pound cases
$3.50; Mocha and Java blend, &c.
Flour-High patent. per barrel, S5.2
@5.35; half patent, $5.1OI5.25; straight
| family. $490G5.00.
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OPERA FESTIVAL.

st. Louis, Feb. 23.-The Damroseh
opera festival under the auspices of the
st. Louis Musical Club, opened last night
with flawless performance of Wagner's
"Diewalkuere." 1t was in every way the
most successful first night grand opera
held in ST. Louis for many a long day.
Every seat in the immense hall of the eX-
position building and galleries were pack
ed.
Tonight Lohengrin will be sung, with
the new German tenor, Kraus, in the
title role. Calve has definitely declined
to join the Damrosch forces for Carmen.
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graduated, 3 7-S@4c; whites, 3 5-SM
3 13-16c.
Molasses-C Centrifugal, 50l16c.
LIVERPOOL.

Liverpool, Feb. 23.-Wheat-Spot,
quiet demand moderate; No. 2. red,
spring, Is 3 I'D; No. I, California, Is
I'd; futures closed steady, 1-4d3-4d low
err: February, 6s 3 sd; March, Is
3 Bad; May, 6s cd; July, Us Bid. g
Corn-Spot, dull; American mixed, new.
2s q 3-4d; futures closed easy, 1-4011 I'd
lower; February March, Is 6 gid; April,
Is I'd; May, Is Sd; June, Is 8 Sd: July,
2s9 lad.
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COTTON.
NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans, Feb. 23.-Cotton- Yer.
firm: middling, 6 1916; low middling,
6 lie; good ordinary, 6 Lac.
Net receipts, two days, 1924 bales:
gross, 1880 bales: exports to coast.
2O5O bales; sales, 27OO bales; stock. 37i.-
81 bales.
Cotton-Futurcs. steady; sales, 60.300
bales; February. 6.66c: March. $3.50
6.69c; April. 6.74d6 76c: May 6.S1M
6.S2c; June. 6.S6dI6.S7c: July. 6.91M6a3c:
August, 6S1M6.S3c: September, 6.iIM
case: October, 6.43MG.45c; November.
g. 456i6 Ale
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NEW YORK.

New York, Feb. 23.--Wheat, receipts.
96, 200 bushels; exports, 62,0GO bushels:
spot, weaker; No. l, hard, SSc. Options
closed weak at 3-SGI5-Sc net decline: No.
2, red, February, SO 1-2c: May, SIC.
Hides and leather-Firm.
Wool-Quiet.
Pig iron---Dull; southern, $40. 25dl2UO;
northern, $10.50@12.50.
Copper-Easier; lake brokers, $500;
exchange, $500.
,Tin-Dull; straights, $13.45G13.aJ;
plates, quiet.
Lead-Strong; brokers. $3.O5; exchange,
1927 1-2M3.50. ir'
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FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK FINANCES.

New York, Feb. 23.-Clearings, $780,
POS. 800; balances, $4,233, $40.
Money on call easy at 1-2@1 "a per
cent; last loan 1 1-2 per cent, closed Of
fered at IL per cent. Prime mercan-
tile paper, Sol per cent. Sterling ex-
change firm, with actual business in
bankers bills at $4.S7 1-2 for demand
and $4.S5@4.S5 IA for sixty days.
Posted rates, Sass 1-2G4.S6 and $4.SS.
Commercial bills, $4.S4. Silver certif-
Gates, GA 7-S665c. Bar silver, 81 5-Sc.
Mexican dollars, so 3-4c.
dull; railway bonds, firm.
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COEEEE.

New York, Feb. 23.-Coffee Options
opened steady, 3 points higher to 8
points lower; closed quiet unchanged TO
5 points lower; sales, 1850 bags. Spot
quiet; No. Rio, invoice, 8 5-Sc; No. Z
Rio jobbing, 10 -; mild quiet; COrdova,
Is 1-2c.
Coffee-Santos steady; good average
Santos, 1000 refs per 100 kilos; receipts
5000 bags: stock, 100, 900 bags.
Hamburg, IA pig, lower; sales, 5000
bags.
Rio-Firm;. No. Rio. 10000 refs per
100 kilos. Exchange. I'D. Receipts
two days, $1,000 bags; cleared for the
United States. $4,000 bags: for Europe
1000 bags stock. 23S,00O bags.
Havre closed 1-2f net decline; sales,
10000 bags.
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LIVERPOOL

Liverpool. Feb 23.-Cotton- Spot fair
demand. prices higher American mid
ding fair, 4 SD; COOL middlng. 4 l-l6r.
American middlinG. 3 15-16d: low mid
ding. 3 3-4d: good ordinary, 3 o-Sd; or
binary, 3 7-16d.
Futures opened quiet but steady. closed
Mt the advance. American middiins'
l. m. C.: February. 3.56d February
March. 356d; March April. 3.56d: Aprl-
May, 356d: May-June, 3j6d3-oId;
.June-July. 3.5Gd3.57d; July August.
3.57d: August-Scptcmbcr Bold: Sep
tember-October, 8. i0d; Octobcr- Noyen-
Der, 3.44d.
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VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY.

New York, Feb. 23.-The visible spply
of grain Saturday, February 20, as com
piled by the New York Produce Ex-
change was as follows:
Wheat, 45,245,000 butEels; decrease,
1,443,000 bushels. Corn. D, 413,OGO
bushels; increase, 2.0l3,000 bushels
Oats, 1866, 900 bushels increase, H.
600 bushels. Rye, 3,S77,000 bushels: de-
crease, 24,000 bushels. Barley. 1885,
600 bushels; increase, 1900 bushels.
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SUGAR AND MOLASSES.

Molasses--Centrifugal fair, 16@17c;
prime, 23a25c; choice, open kettle, p
@29c.
STANDARDIZATION are for small lots,
special prices given on carload orders;
standard, graduated, 3-4@4 7-Sc; Ger.
man graduated, in sacks, 4 5-Sc; cubes,
5@5 1-Sc; powdered, 5@5 1-2c; yellow
clarified, fancy, 4 3-Sd4 lie; choice,
4 Lac.
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pated IN by Cyclone" Davis, * Congress
man Weller Of Iowa. and others,
Mr.. Moody's resolutions were hid on
the table, and the convention adjourned
until 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
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Following are the receipts and ship
ments of the principal articles today:

On the Produce Exchange today the
butter market was weak creamery, IL
M1S12c dairy, 9M17c.
Cheese. steady; 9Kd10Hc.
Eggs, firm; fresh, 16c.
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POSTS CABLEGRAM.

New York, Feb. 23-The Evening
Posts London financial cablegram
The reported armistice in the east
caused a further sharp recovery today
in the leading stocks. Americans were
steady and closed firm.
The Paris bourse was firm early, but
closed weaker.
The Berlin market was firm.
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NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans, Feb. 23.-Hog products
Firm.
Pork-Old, $7.S7 IL; new, SS.75.
Lard-Befined fierce, $3.75.
Boxed meats-Dry salt shoulders, S4.50;
sides, S4.25.
Bacon-Clear rib sides, $5.25.
Hams-Choice sugar cured, y lie.
Coffee-Rio, ordinary to low fair, II IA
ola lie.
F'lour-Quiet: extra fancy, $.0OM4.3O;
patents, $4.J00i4.S0.
Corn meal-Steady at S1.50.
Bran-Firm at G2 1-2G,ts3c.
Corn--No. =. sacked, white, 33c mixed,
SOC; yellow, 31M32c.
Oats-No. 2, sacked, % 1-2M24c.
Rice-S Steady; ordinary to good, 3 3-S
"A 1-2c.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES.
New Orleans. Feb. 3.-Sngar-Open
kettle, 2d2 15-16c; centrifugal, firm;
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WIRE ANn NAILS

Barbed Wire-Glidden, GAL, $40 per
feet, $3.50
Wire Nails-Rate. $2.25 per key; ad-
vances. 1Od, I'D and 16d, sc; Sd and Cd,
10c; I'd and I'd, zoe; I'D and Sd, 3Oc; Sd,
45c; I'd, Toe.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Ricc-Extra fancy head, G 1-2M7c;
MANILA, GAG lac; cotton, 10M1O 1-2c.
Salt-Liverpool, coarse. 00cd$1. co. fine
S1.00M1 10; barrels, 2S-10s, 1928; COOS,
$3.50; 1O0-3s, $3.50: 70-4s, $2.45.
Starch-Standard goods: Pearl, in 40
ID boxes, 8 1-2c; Royal Gloss, bulk,
3 34c; Nickel. 100 packages per box,
S2.75; cornstarch, 4 34@Gc per II, 20 and
40 ID boxes.
Soda-Per h., GAG 1-4c
Oatmeal-Scotch oats. per case, 1925;
Quaker, per case, 500.
CATTLE AND HOGS.
Beef and Hogs-Beeves, corn fed, per
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WOMEN WOODMEN TO sECEDE

Denver Col, Feb. 23.-The Wood
mans Circle, the womans branch of the
order of Woodmen OF the World in the
west. is contemplating withdrawal from
the Omaha management which exercises
supreme control over the order in the
western States, and if possible forming n
Pacific jurisdiction which will place them
on an equal footing with the Woodmen.
A convention has been called which will
meet in Salt Lake City March 3 to dis
cuss plans for the new jurisdiction and to
decide upon the best means for carrying
out their plans. The cause of the break
is said to be general dissatisfaction with
the Omaha management which has so
far kept the woman's branch from in
creasing and growing in proportion to SIM
liar orders.
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pound, gross, 262 lie; cows. in good
1 1-2Q2c; calves, 1-2@2c.
Hogs-Fat. per pound, gross. 3@S lie.
Muttons-In good condition, . 1-2@3c.
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CAJ,VESTON

Galveston. Feb. 23.-Spot cotton. Lice
higher: middling. To- Sales. 7170 bales:
receipts. $3.50 bales; exports. Do bales;
stock. 100,023 bales.
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MRS. SALvINI IN NEW YORK.
Relict of the Great Actor Talks of the
Fatal Illness of Her Husband.

New York, Feb. 23.--Mrs. Alcxan.
der Salvini, widow Of the romantic actor
who died in Florence in December last,
arrived here on an American liner and il
now ut the Hoffman house.
Mrs. Salvini was Miss Maud Dixon
before her marriage. The death of Sal
vini has upset all her plans and she will
planned an elaborate production of "Ro-
meo and Juliet" THE Outlaw" and other
romantic plays in America this season.
She was to have played Juliet and they
were busy with the scenery and were en-
thusastic over the prospects when the i'll
ness of Salvini set in, doubtless hurried by
overwork and worry became serious and
all work was abandoned in the hope that
complete rest might restore his shattered
health.
To the adverse criticism with which his
Hamlet and Othello met in Chicago, Mrs.
Salvini attributes much of the worry and
overwork which precipitatcd the break
ing down of her husbands health.
He was so anxious to please" she said,
land so much more anxious to be true to
his art and to himself, he gave his fathers
Interpretation of Othcilo in Chicago,
thinking it was the greatest. The criti-
cisms-some of them-.were adverse in
the extreme, well, he said to me, if l.
had given my own Interpretation of it In
stead of my fathers, they would have
blamed me for my presumption in not CIV
ing his. Next year l shall give them
mine
He was not over sensitive to just crti-
cism.
ut may seem strange that should say
such n thing, but where is there one to
take his place? His death has left big
gap. His illness really began in Mon
treal n year ago in October, where the
doctors said he had typhoid fever He
began work again too soon and played
Othello nightly. His father would not
here so much is demanded of an artist.
I'VE left here on June & last. He
complained in London that he was very
tired. We went to Paris. There he
| grew worse. We consulted specialists and
found he had tuberculosis. He went to
Florence to his fathers villa. A spe-
| cialist then ordered INN to the mountains.
They are very different from the physi-
clans here. They talked much of let
| ting nature take its course.
well, he sank rapidly in the mountains
| and we returned to Florence again. They
did not tell him he had tuberculosis. He
was confident of recovery. think he
might have been cured. To the last he
spoke hopefully of his future and it may
be that had he been here and in the hands
of physicians here, MS hopes would have
been realized.
HE did not know how i'll he was, mol
did l. His voice was strong and deep tC
the last and those who associated tuber
culosis with disease of the lungs thought
his condition by no means hopeless. He
died without arranging his affairs ant
| they are very complicated. Some time
must eapse before they can be arranged
1t will be long before ! shall have reco,v
last few months"
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GRAIN AND HAY.

BTan-IUWIOC.
Chonned Corn-75c per 100 pounds.
Corn-3Sd40c sacked.
Oats-White, DC.
Hay-Prairie, $10.O0M12.OO per ton;
tom, $1G.00M1S.00 per ton.
Cotton Seed Meal-Per ton, $500.
Sorghum Seed-S0c per bushel.
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ST IOUIS.

St. Louis. Feb. 23.-Cattlc-Rcccipts
5000 head; shipments, 300 head. Market
steady mt Mondays advance. Native ship
ping steers, $3.50M5. 10; dressed beef and
butchers steers. $3.50td4.7 10; stockers and
feeders. S2.10T3.S0; cows and mixed,
SO. SOFAS. 60; light steers. S2.65G4.23; Tex
as and Indian steers, $2.60M4.10; cows.
50 OOd2.S5.
mcnts. 5000 head. Market slower. Bulk
Of sales. $340M350; mixed, $3.2On3.50;
heavy. $3.10M3.55.
Sheep-Receipts, 400 head; shipments.
none. Market steady. Muttons. $3.O0M
4.25; culls, $2.00M3.00; lambs, $3.oOM
4.2j.
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HIDES AND SKINS.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Hides-Dry flint, 5 1-9a6c; green, IL
@3c.
Sheep Skins-Each. 10@15c.
Goat Skins-Each 10@15c.
AngOra Goat Skins-15ctG$1.0O
Deer Skins-Per pound. zoe.
OPossum and Coon Skins-Each,
Base .'- --
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TAYLOR TOPICS.

Taylor Tex, Feb. 23.-(Special.)-
Let it be said to the credit of William
son county that out of total number of
twenty-one prisoners convicted at the re-
cent term of the district court and sent
to the state penitentiary to serve vary
ing terms, there were only three white
men in the entire gang. There were two
Mexicans in the gang, one negro woman,
and the balance were negro men.
w. C. Hayslip, an aged Texas veteran,
living few miles north of Taylor, at
Circleville. has invented and patented a
pillow which promises to revolutionize the
farming industry. 1t is claimed that this
plow will do the work of three ordinary
plows in the same length of time.
A call has been issued for a meeting
at Taylor of Albert Sidney Johnston
camp of Confederate Veterans on Tues
day, March 2, for the election of officers
and delegates to the grand reunion and
transaction of other important business
of interest to the camp.
Mr. and Mrs. J. IT. Jackson of this city
have just celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary of their marriage. having enjoyed a
half century of welded life, and both are
hale and hearty and comparatively
healthy at the age of 10 years. Uncle
Hickory" as he is Familiarity called, will
he 20 years of age in few weeks. and
his good wife is only three months
younger.
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PRODUCE.

Beans-California small white . 1-20
2 3-4c per pound Bayou, pink, 2@3c;
Lima, 3M3 Lie; black-eyed peas, 2 3-4
63c.
Butter-creamery, 23@24c; country
butter, S<d20c.
Cabbage-Texas, $2OOG2.5O per crate.
Cheese-New York full cream, 14Ml5c;
western, 12c.
Eggs-Per dozen. 9@10c.
Onions-California, $1.50@1.I5 per
bushel.
Onions Sets-$3.O0 per bushel. n
Pepper-Chile, 1Sd19c per pound
Potatoes-Choice Colorado and Calfor-
mia, 65d70c; Missouri. 6Jc; sweet po-
tatoes, 75@lSOc per bushel.
Seed PotatOes-Tcnncssee Triumph,
$3.50 per barrel; New York varieties,
$275M3.0O per 11-peck barrel.
POultry-Chickens, per dozen, hens,
So. 4Odd2.50 large fryers, $2.50d3OO;
brolers. $2.25d2.50, according to size;
turkey hens, $5.OOM6.O0; turkey gobblers,
$9.OOM11.0O; ducks, $2.5OM3.OO; geese,
S400NI4.5O.
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NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
Chicago, Feb. 23-While twelve
men under Superintendent McPhail were
working in the wafer tunnel extending
beneath Lake Michigan from the front of
SiXty-sixth street q portion of the tunnel
caved in. The ~ were forced to run
a distance of 160vfeet to reach the car
which drew them up to safety, and al
though the water rose rapidly in the tun-
mel and it was a very close call for them,
they managed to reach place of safety.
McPhail, after getting his men out, re-
turned for mule that had been used in
the tunnel and nearly lost his life in try
ing to save it, being, however, unsuccess-
full.
1t is probable that the tunnel will be
Abandoned. nc 1t has caved in on several
previous occasions.
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DRIED FRJIJTS.


Apples-Fancy sliced, in boxes, LA
4 3-4c; choice evaporated, 5 lie; fancy,
1-2c.
Citron-14c per pound.
Figs-Turkish layer, 12M15c. 3.
Currants-In barrels, &c; cleaned cur
rants, in boxes, &c; in 1-pound cartons,
7 1-2c.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 76Sc.
Peaches-Evaporated, unpeeled, s@
8 1-2c.
Pears-Evaporated. 6 1-2@7c.
Apricots-10610 1-2c.
Raisins-Californa L. l.. boxes, new,
$1.65G1.15; IA box l.. l.. raisins, GOc;
2-crown L. NJ. raisins, so ID boxes, Sc;
3-crown L. NJ, 80 ID boxes, &c.
Prunes-Crop of 1896 California
prunes. 9O-1O6s, 5I5 1-4c; SO-9Os. 53-4
ate: 70-SOs, 6 LAC 1-2c; 6O-7Os, 7c;
50-60s, Sc; 40-50s, Dc: silver prunes,
lac; ruby prunes, s lie.
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FRUITS AND NUTS.

Apples-Ben Davis and Baldwin, 1926
@3.OO per barrel; Wine Saps, S2.75d3.25.
Bananas-Per bunch, packed for ship
ment $1.5002.00.
Cocoanuts-$4.50 per 100.
Lemons-Messina and Palermo, choice,
S3O0d3.5O.
Nuts-Brazl, DC per pound; filberts,
Sicily, lie; Naples, 10 Ice: walnuts, ii
@12c; peanuts, 5M5 1-2c; almonds, Tara
gona, 12M13c per pound, in sacks; pecans,
1-2@S 1-2c.
Oranges-California navals, $2.25M
300; California seedlings, 1926 per box.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-30

pHotoSphere OF the sun. A disturb.
ance OF wave is Impressed on the
ether. 1t is propagated in straight
lines through space. 1t falls on Jupi
ter, Venus, the earth, and every other
planet met with in its course, and
any machine, human or mechanical, ca
pable OF responding to it's fluctuations,
indicates its presence. Thus the eye
supplies the sensation of light, the skin
is sensitive to heat, the galvanomete1
lhclcates electricity, the magnetometer
shows disturbances in the earth's mag
netic field. One Of the greatest scien.
tine achievements Of our generation is
the magr ifiCeDt generalization of
CIerk-MaXwell that all these disturb
ances are OF precisely the same kind
and that they differ only in degree
Light IS an electromagnetic phenom-
enon, and electricity in it's progress
through space follows the laws of Cd.
tics.
by the kindness OF Professor Sill
Fanus Thompson I am able to illus
trate wave transmission by very
beautiful apparatus devised by him.
AT one end we have the transmitter or
osc1llator, which is a heavy suspended
mass to which blow or impulse is
given, and which, in consequence. vi
brates given number of times Der
At the other end is the re-
ceIver, or resonator, timed to vfbrate
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cal reasons, I will 3asCIIbe to YOU first
IN 1884 messages sent through insulat
ed wires buried in ircn pipes in the
streets of London were read upon tel.
ephone circuits erected on poles above
the housetops, 80 feet away. Ordinary
telegraph circuits were found in 1885
to produce disturbances 1000 feet
away. District speech by telephone
was carried on through one-quarter of
a mile, distance that was increased to
IA mile at a later date. Careful ex,
periments were made in 1886 and 1887
to prove that these effects were due to
pure electromagnetic waves, and
were entirely free from any earth con-
duction. In 1892 distinct messages
were sent across a portion of the Brit
ISL channel between Penarth and Flat
Holm, distance of 33 miles.
Early in 1895 the cable between Oban
and the isle OF Null broke down. and
as no ship was available for repairing
ana restoring communication, com
mun1catlor was established by utiliz-
ing parallel wires on each side Of the
channel, and transmitting signals
across this space by these electro-mag-
netic waves. The apparatus connected
to each wire consists of: A. rheo-
tome or make and break wheel. caus-
ing about 260 undulations per second
II the primary wire; b. an ordinary
battery of about 100 Leclanche cells. of
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Gulgllelmo Marconi and His Transmitter

his invention is the eminent English
electrician, W. H. Preece, director of
the English postal system Mr..
Preece save recent, evening to a
lecture On Signalling Through Space
Without Wires, in which he devoted
his attention mainly to a description
OF the construction and operation of
the brilliant Italians system. Science,
he said, has conferred one great ben
eft on mankind. 1t has supplied us
with a new sense. We can now see
the invisible, hear the inaudible, and
feel the Intangible. We know that the
universe is filed with q homogeneous
continuous elastic medium which
transmits heat, light, electricity and
other forms of energy from one point
OF space to another without loss. The
discovery of the real existence of this
ether is one of the great scientific
events in the Victorian era. It's char
acter and mechanism are not vet
known by us. All attempts to in
vent perfect ether have proved be-
yond the mental powers of the high
est lntellects. We must be content
with knowledge of the fact that it
was created i'll the beginning for the
transmission of energy in all it's forms,
that it transmits these energies in
definite waves and with a known We
loclty, that it is perfect of it's kind, but
that it still remains as inscrutable as
gravity or life itself.
Any further disturbance of the ether
must originate with some disturbance
of matter. An explosion, cyclone or
vibratory motion may occur in the