The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-06

gate had "A Hercules, boaring n club. but
during the second term of President Jack
son this was taken down and head of
the hero of New Orleans put up instead
The name and fame of Captain Hall are
insoparaby linked with the Constitution.
lie was n Connecticut man and he was
only twenty five years Of age when he was
made first lieutenant of the frigate. In
1872 he was put in command of the ship,
and I'm July of that year occurred the re-
markable escape from a fleet of British
warships On August 10 Of the same year
the first battle of the second war with
England occurred and the story of IL will
endure while thore is n Union Jack in
existence. The Guerrierc was larger
ship than the Constitution, but the fight
lasted only thirty minutes. The British
lost seventy y-nine men, whereas the Amer
cans lost but fourteen. When Captain
Hull brought his ship into Boston Harbor
the whole nation united in proclaiming
him the hero of the day, and he was given
dinner at Faneuil hall, at which six
hundred people were present. The frigate
won two other notable engagements in
the war, one under Commodore Bainbridge
over the Java and the other under Com
modorc Stewart over the Levant. Her
famous commander, Isaac Hull, died i'm
Philadelphia, Feb. 3 1913 During the
War Of the Rebellion the Constitution
C lme very near being captured by the
rebels, but the same good fortune that had
attended her at al times was with her
then. During the past few years she has
ben in the Portsmouth yards covered
over and slowly rotting TO pieces. That
something IL 20 be- done to make her
n gain n soaworthy ship is glad news. The
anniversary will be notable as we'll as
stirring event.
Narconi, an Italian scientist, has been
studying for some years the practicability
of telegraphinR without wires and the
results obtained are so extraordinary that
but for the support o some of the aling
telcgraphic experts IN London their ac-
ceptance might have bcon delayed in
definitely.
Popularity speaking, an electric wavo in
the ether, though IL moves i'm all direc-
tions, progresses outward like wave
produced by dropping a stone In pond
The water wave can be seen An electric
wave Is, of course, invisible. Supposing a
cork Is floating on the surface of the
pond ut any distance from the place
where the stone was dropped This cork,
when the wave reaches it, will bob up
and down. Though electric waves can
not be seen, an arrangement has been de-
viscd which will indicate their presence
as the cork does This device, which
detects and records the passage of the
wave, consists of an electric radiator and
a receiver for the waves
DR. Chunder Bose a learned Hindoo.
who has like Marconi been working on
electric waves, placed his receiver i'm
room 80 feet distant from the radiator.
with three walls Of brick and mortar. Is
inches thick, between them The electric
wave projected penetrated the walls and
traverscd the distance with sufficient
energy, when 10 was concentrated bv "a
lens placed close 10 the radiator. % nre a
pistol and ring a bell. II would. of
course, have transmitted a telegraph mes
sage Last september Marconi nnde "A
notable discovery. He was sending
electric waves through the air and getting
signals at the distance of "a mile or there.
hbouts when be found that the wave
which went 90 his receiver through the
AIT was also affecting another receiver
which be bad set up on the other side of
TIE hill In other words. the WAVES were |
going either through or over the hill
l.nter experiments convinced Mnrconi that |
Ihe waves actually went through the hill |
which was three quarters ~ a mile i'm |
thickness This led 90 the conception and |
'ompletion ~ "a special apparatus. which |
y being tested in England under govern |
lneht supervision The details ~ the i'm. !
'ention are not yet given ~ the public, |