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MARCONT'S SYSTEM TESTED.
A Series of Experiences Conducted Between
the New York and Massachusetts,.

Over % miles of the Atlantic ocean,
over house tops, church spires, tower
ing office buildings, the Marconi cleo
trical ripples successfully carried and
dropped messages between two moving
warships yesterday. The naval test
at sea proved that within a radius of
Il miles messages can be transmitted
by wireless telegraphy with all the ac-
suracy and precision of an ordinary
land line. Il also proved that hills.
high buildings, wires and wind cur
rents do not break the force Of the cleo
trical waves and do not interfere with
the transmission Of messages.
By Encouragement operations on
board the New York were conducted
by Marconi himself One of his as
sistants named Bradfeld, operated the
instrument from the Massachusetts
while the telegrapher, Bowden, an
ether Mareoni expert, was stationed in
the lighthouse on the highlands of
Navesink. From the Marconi trans
mitter on the lower floor of the light
house annex the wire was carried
through the window up to the tall
Flagstaff and up sort Of topmast, max
ing its total height above the ground
about $50 feet. Through the hatchways
OF the two warships the wires were
extended to the same height
The message which the New York as
she passed down the North river sent
to the Massachusetts, lying at her an
Choir at Thirty-ifth street was read
plainly in dots and dashes at Nave
sink, IS miles away. 1t was: Follow
US down at 1 p. M" This message was
the overture to the telegraph testing
programme, which included about IS
messages, all Of which had been pre-
pared by the naval board and were es-
pecially difficult.
Every five minutes during her
course down the river the New York
telegraphed ever the constantly increas-
ing distance to the Massachusetts,, and
the battleship replied to the flagship
without break. All the messages in
the correspondence were caught at
Navesink, and careful record of them
was kept by Lieut. Blish. the naval rep
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resentative of the lighthouse. 1t was
during the voyage down the river that
an official test for interference was
made. Without any warning to Mar
conf the operator at Navesink, at the
direction of Lieut. Blish, sent several
messages in quick succession to the
flagship. The result was message
from the Massachusetts to the New
York: "Navesink has successfully in
terfered." But a few minutes later the
lighthouse caught Marconi's explana-
ton that one Of the ground wires on the
New York had not been secured prop
erly, which allowed the stray message
to break in on the conversation be-
tween the two warships.
1t was a long time after the tele-
graphing began before either Of the
warships was visible from the light
house. Without wire, without any
apparent connection, messages kept
dropping Oub VI SpdOC d IA oO4tS S~PNt
natural power were hurting them down
from the clouds.
The New York came in sight about II
o'clock and, although messages from
the Massachusetts continued to rain
down as fast as the receiving instru-
ment could reel of. it was fully two
hours before she could be made out
through the spy glass, creeping slowly
toward the flagship. Then the New
York wired the Massachusetts: Put
out to sea in a straight line. keeping
careful account Of your distances. "
The black smoke of the Massachusetts,
few minutes later trailing back to-
ward the Highlands, showed that she
was obeying The telegraphing con-
tinued for more than an hour with
just as much accuracy as that with
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A Message 10 MothePS.

There is place in the pilgrimage Of life where
the fondest husband must unclasp his wifes hand
and let her go alone to tread the VALLEY of the
shadow Of death" Presently, perhaps she comes
back tc him, white and wan, babe at her breast
and new light in her eyes, the light of the dawn
of motherhood. And sometimes the husband
gropes through binding tears to white, cold bed,
to look upon white, cold face, which cannot feel
the kiss which falls upon it.
Motherhood is the supreme glory of woman.
And, spite of pain and peril in endless generations
she treads that VALLEY of the shadow happy to
come back again to life and light with the mag
nihcat of Mary upon her lips
No share either the mysteries or miseries
Of motherhood. Only a mother, who has tasted
the cup of blended sweet and bitter can SYM
pathize with mother. Only mother can htlv
have message for other mothers. And this mes
sage for mothers comes from those who speak by
right of suffering
The greatest and grandest message that any
mother could hear would be this Motherhood is
robbed of its pangs and pers. 1t is possible to be
the Joyful mother of children" without the pre-
natal anxiety and depression, the post-natal weak
and suffering generally
ciated with maternity. That is the rTr77T7-r-
substance of this message of mothers btlllllm
to mothers. EIl1liH-
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DOOLEY ON
POL YGAMY.
BY F. r. dunno.

Copyrighted, 1899, by Robert Howard
Russeil.)
How NANNY wives has this here
man Roberts that's thryin' to break in
to Congress?'' Mr. Dooley asked.
Il dinnaw," said Mr.. Hennessy;"
nivver heerd iv him."
Il think it's three" said Mr.. Dooley.
mo wondher he needs wurruk an is
fghtin' hard FIR tn job. I'm with him,
too be hivens. Not that I'm be taste
or inclination a margin man, Hinnis-
sy. They may get me to tn altar some
| day. TIL best iv us falls, like Cousin
George, an there ARE designin' wo-
| men in this very block that l have me
own throubles in dodgin'. But amy
time we hear iv me bein' dhrawn fr m
tn quiet miseries an exclusive discom-
forts iv single life we may know that
they have caught me asleep an CHOIR
oformed me. It's thrue. But f'r thin
that likes it, it's all fright, an If a
mans done something in his youth
that he has to do pinance f'r an tn
stations iv tn cross amt sthrong
enough, lave him, says /, marry as
| nanny women as he wants an live
with thin an die con-tint. TIL Nor
| mons thinks they ARE commanded be
the Lord f'r to marry all tn inelige-
able Swede women. Now, | don't be-
lieve tn Lord liver commanded even a
Mormon FIR to do anything so foolish,
an if he did he wudden't lave tn COM
mand written on pie-plate an bur-
rid out there at Nauvoo, in Hancock
county, Illinye. Ye can bet on that
Hinnissy.
But if amy wan believes twas done,
I say, lave him believe it an lave him
| clasp to his bosom as nanny blossoms
asll have him. Sure in tn prisint
state iv tn mathrimonyal market, as
Hogan calls it, whin he goes down to
coort, tn rich Widow O'Brien, tn la-ad
that vans to engage in Enterprises iv
| that sort ought to have a frind IN
| ivrywan but tn men that keeps imploy-
mint agencies.
"But no. TIL minyit a Mormon
thries to break into political job, a
obligation rises an says they: What!
they says, permit this polluted mon
sther f'r to invade tn chaste atmos-
| phere,' they says, iv tn house iv ripri-
sintatives,' they says, Permit him FIR
to parade his family down Pinnsyl-
| vania avanoo an block thrafic,' they
says. Permit him mebbe to sit in tn
chair wanst occupied be tn laminted
Breckenridge they says. An they pro-
coed FIR to hunt tn poor, crowded man.
An he takes a day off to kiss his wife
firm house to house, an holds a
| meetin' iv his childer to bid thin good
by an r-runs to hide in cave till tn
obligation ray-mimbers that they have
husbands iv their own an goes home
| to cook tn supper.
"a Mormon, Hinnissy, is man tSst
has tn bad taste an tn rellijion to do
what a good NANNY other men ARE
restrained firm dom be conscientious
scruples an tn polls. l don't want
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LcayenwOrth. Still, they Work no cru
elites, and the prisoner who behaves
well, takes his medicine, as it were,
unfinchingly, is treated as well as ne
could rightly expect. He can write to
his friends and receive their letters; he
may subscribe for any reputable news
paper or magazine, and may have books
from the prison library.
Every Saturday afternoon Carter will
be compelled not only to give himself
cold water bath with common brown
soap accompaniment, but he will be
forced to wash and scrub his cell.
Every Sunday morning the effects OF
the prisoners are carefully inspected,
and woe betide the offender whose kit
shows uncleanliness or carelessness.
Sunday aftrnoon is the one breathing
time of the week when Carter and his
fellow criminals will be allowed the
freedom of the prison yard for two
hours. Then the prisoners may talk to
each other, but throughout the long,
dreary week, at work and at meals,
strict silence is the unalterable rule.
Armed guards are everywhere, and
an attempt to escape means quick
death to the offender. "Shoot at the
first move" is the standing order to
the prison guards who will for the next
four years watch over Carter.
Carter may escape the stone, quarries
and yet miss one of the easy convict
clerkships. In that event he will work
ten long, hard hours every day as a
brickmaker or stone mason or gar
den truck farmer. The men who will
work beside him under the eye of
armed guards are the off-scourings of
the nation-criminals of every degree,
representing almost every offense in
the calendar of villainy. A sinister
company, in vivid contrast to the gild-
ed circle with which Carter has been
so long surrounded. There will be a.
horror for the degraded officer in every
instant of contact with his prison
mates-mere numbers, not men, in the
eyes of offended justice.
AWFUL ROUTINE.
He will sleep in the regulation prison
cell behind a. steal-barred door,
watched by a guard armed with a shot
gun. 1t is needless to say that the
rare carpets and priceless tapestries
which have contributed to his comfort
UP to this time will not figure in his
Fort Leavenworth cell.
His daily routine will be as follows:
o'clock a. m.-Get up.
$50 a. m.-Breakfast (beef stew and
bread).
Ia INTO work in rock quarry.
II m.-Dinner (pork and beans, bread
and coffee
1890 p. INTO work in rock quarry
p. m.-Supper (stewed prunes,
bread and teal.
9 p. MIN bed; lights out.
This bill of fare is subject to slight
changes, sausages occasionally taking
the place of beef stew and pork and
beans sometimes giving way to cod
fish
Captain Carter was courtmartialed
November 20, 1897.
On May u, 1898, the trial was ended,
the captain found guilty of four charges
and the following sentence passed:
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WITH CARTER INTRE lLITARY PRISON
ine Very Strict Life Which Uncle Sans Employees
Must Lead If They Have Violated His Rules.

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas,
November 9.-The sentence and degra-
dation Of former Captain Oberlin M.
Carter, of the engineering corps, Q. S.
A., and the horror of the naval expert,
brilliant scholar, man of the world and
butterfly when he was informed of the
details of his Imprisonment, can serve
as warming to all those in positions
of governmental trust
Let no man in the employ OF Uncle
Sam think that he can offend his en-
ployer without suffering for his offense.
The military prisons of the United
States are the most severe in the coun-
try, and though no cruelties are prac-
ticed there is the strictest discipline
enforced; and man, from the time ne
enters the gates until his service ex-
pires, is made to realize each minute
of the day and every hour of the night,
when the dismal calls of the guards
waken him, that he is a prisoner!
When he looks up, the gloomy pile
Bisltes MS eye; looking around, he sees
a dull group of buildings, from which
there is no hope of escape; looking
down at himself he beholds dishon-
ored uniform, branded in way which
is as humiliating as it is prominent.
He is dressed in a suit of coarse gray,
and upon this suit his number is brand
ed; and thus he passes out OF sight.
From the time a man enters Fort
Leavenworth his name is lost; he is
ticketed with a number upon the prison
books, and he becomes number to
the guards. To distinguish him this
number is stenciled upon the broad of
his back and upon his right thigh. 1t
is also marked upon the calf of each
leg; and thus, branded like cattle, the
former trusted servants of Uncle Sam
say to each other and to their keepers:
Behold me! I who was trusted, am
untrustworthy! Look at me. am
no longer a man, but number"
HIS NEW LIFE.
And so Carter, who was the Beau
Brummel of the army and who has
been found guilty of embezzling and
provements.
The cry, An American Dreyfus," is
heard. But the majority of persons
who have followed the case, shake
their heads obviously and say mol"
The work which falls to the share Of
almost all new arrivals is with the pick
and blasting drill in the quarries two
miles from the prison. The stone is
for use in the construction of the new
penitentiary. Carter will come in for
this back-breaking, d-blistering ex-
perience unless influence or luck shall
come to his assistance
In that event the criminal NAV get
something easy-a clerkship in the
prison hospital, for example, where his
soft hands will be safe from the harder
forms of labor.
Fort Leavenworth prison has a set
Of very severe rules, all rigidly en-
forced. Should Carter grow diso5e-
dent, his prison allowance of tobacco
will be shut off. he will be denied the
privilege of writing or receiving letters,
his diet may be restricted to bread and
water and in the event of persistent
misconduct he would be handcuffed day
and night to the bars OF his cell.
They stand no nonsense at Fort
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a GRATEFUL MOTHER,

uAbout two years ago I was
confined to my bed writes
Mrs. T. A. Raglan, of Norris,
Watauga Co., n. c. 81 could
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lie. About year ago when my
husband consulted you for me
I could not sleep, nor eat any
thing without great distress in
my stomach. I soon received
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take your medicine until baby born and he is healthy
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of ullness in nay stomach for which could not rest and
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Dismissal from army.
Imprisonment for I'VE years.
$4,000 fine.
Publication of his crime and disgrace
in the newspapers of his home town
for a period of one year.
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D0DH NOT ENCOURAGED E4gF 2HEE 522 s
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4 FOTHERIS SUFFERING.

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help A great many mothers like Mrs. Anderson,
in the following testimonial. have been great suffer
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10 100 pounds. When
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"a TRUE MOTHERS FREEMD. y

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cured me OF my
troubles, such as
sick headaches, from
which I suffered 6f-
teen years, and an
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and legs, coastipa-
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-18

BALLARD. June I7.-Mr. Arthur W.
Preston and Mrs. Cora Preston. Ar; AZ
thur w Parkhurst and Mrs cora I'LL
hurst celebrated their tin wedding lointax
At the residence o< Mr.. Preston on BaAAra
avenue tuesday evening. A spienuio pro-
Tramme was rendered at the close OF
which Mr.. and Mrs. Parkhurss and MT.
ma Mr.. Preston walked into the centes
os the room. where they were rsmArfseA
b. the Rev. Mr.. Brooks.
Misc Haxel. the little six-year-oad dAu&n.
ter OF Mr. and Mrs. BesS.x. entestAmeo
about twenty Of her young frtenos Iast
TUESDAY afternoon. All kinds o. eames
and amusements appropriate 20 their aScs
were INDUCED In and . apssndid lunch vas
served.
me entertainment given under the aus
psces OF the Epworth League AZ the An,
fetic han wednesday WAS an tnto!iectua!
treat and financial success Mrs. Euseeat
very kindly gave the use OF the hAH ire.
Mrs William /. Hooper entertained the
Ladies' Ala Society TaeedAy Anernoon ana
seryed q nee lunch. Those who attended
report Z very pleasant and prcntaoie meet
Ing. -..,
and Mrs Brooks are attending the w. e.
r. U. state couvtntton At Everett tpis
week.
visited the family OK A. w. Preston IauTs-
day evening.
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VANCOUVER. Wash. June u--ArA
Lottie Chappell. OF Goldendale. Is visiting
Mrs. ]. G. stevens. Of Seattle, was tho
guest OF Nr. and Mrs s. J. Miller ON
Thursday.
". H. Kennojer. OF Chehalis. visited
Vancouver friends on Wednesday.
Mrs.. Robert W. Elweli. OF Olympia. Is
visiting with her parents. Judge and MS
J. II. Elwel and John Husscn made a
trip to Seattle on "Wednesday ana Thurs
day.
Miss winnifred Losett. Of Astoria Is
visiting with Miss Belle Haven.
Judge and Mrs. Miller. DR. and Mrs. T.
r. Hixon. Mr.. and Mrs. James A. c. Brant
and Miss Minnie Eddinxs spen: the week
In Seattle, attending the Grand lodge Of
MAsona.
Miss Laura Kies and Miss HATTIE Fearee
left Tuesday for Los Angeles. Cal. On an
extended visit
Frank Gordon. Of Forest Grove, Or. Wis
tied friends here during fhe week.
n. II. Harris. OF Echo, Or. b visiting old
friends In this city.
The Misses Frances ad Fioy Brown len
Tuesday for wesirort. Wash, where they
will make . short visit With their sister.
Mrs e l.. Carpenter
Carlos w. Shane. a pioneer OF fS0, 10
spending the week in Portland. attending
the reunion OF pioneers.
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THE SEATTLE Observation-Disclosures SUNDAY. JUNE 10, 1895.

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