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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29

School, so he was sent to live with an
aunt at Cartstatt. Croatia. to finish his
studies. On the way to Cartstatt from
Gospic, which would be called way
back town in America. he saw steam
engine for the first time, and was over
whelmed with delight.
At Cartstatt he studied so hard that he
was able to finish the four-year course
IN three years, and was graduated in
1873, though only 10 years of age.
His first experiments in electricity were
made during this two years rest from
study. and his devotion and talents in
that direction were so apparent that his
father, who wanted him to become a
clergyman. consented to his SONS aban-
donment of the divinity career.
As soon as Father Tesla agreed to this,
the boy, who was now IS, was sent to
1ratz: IN Austria. to prepare for work as
a professor of mathematics and physics.
At Gratz he saw and operated Gramme
machine for the first time and from his
introduction to this continuance dates his
determination to devote his life to cleo
trical invention.
Once cut in the great world he got a
chance to work, which is what a
Servlan Graves. He began to be an
and day. He never wanted to go home,
and in the morning he was always at
MS post In spite of his faithfulness he
was not a great favorite with his en-
ployers, for he wasted so much material
IN experimenting that they were con-
stantlX obliged to call him down." as
the Edison superintendent remarked
fifteen years later
AT Budapest he was a telegraph
operator in the government engineering
department, and it was there that he
began to be noticed. One day he re-
ceived an invitation to a fete His
comrades pressed him to go, and he
rather craved the relaxation, but to
spare the money from his private ex-
periments, machines, etc, for u new suit
of clothes was not to his liking.
\ brilliant idea visited him. Why not
Seized by this inspiration he turned
his clothes inside out. ripped them apart,
and sat up all the night before, playing
tailor to himself.
He had always longed for America. 1t
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and to this day he has been honored
for that act. Grand Duke Michael was
the Cars lieutenant in the Caucasus
from 1862 to 1881, and it was during his
sway that the conquest of that country
was completed. At the battle of mixer
man ne obtained the Cross of st. George
for personal gallantry, and it was under
his orders that the siege of Kars, end
ing in its capitulation, took place. In
1853 he was made General Field Mar
shall, the highest military distinction,
which is rarely conferred in Russia, and.
last, in 1881, he was made President OF
the Council of the Empire, the highest
Office in the State. In November, 1898,
his jubilee was celebrated, this being the
fftieth anniversary CT his entry into the
army.
But, the Bismarck of Russia must
have his recreation, as had the famous
German. The Grand Duke loves to
throw off the cares of state by dashing
over the ground in his gorgeous sleigh
when he thinks out the problems of
state. The winters in Russia are long
and severe, and for many months the
bismarck of Russia enjoys the sound OF
the bells.
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Nicolaievitch, who has come to the fore
in time to avert a Russian crisis, for it
is well known now that the Gar is not
all that his nation had hoped for.
It may be, as rumor has it, that his
failings are due to anxiety over the COM
ing heir and the pent-up hopes for male
successor. These have tried the Gar to
his utmost. The safety and future of
the Russian Empire demand a male sue
cessor, such as can only be found in a
direct descendant of the young Gear.
Unless a male child is born to the
Czarina there will be many complica-
lions in the matter of succession. as
there are no less than three claimants to
the throne.
Grand Duke Michael has been the
principal adviser of the young Gar from
the moment he assembled the throne to
the present time, and if the Czarina
gives. birth to a boy he will be the i'm
perial adviser to the little man in case
of the Gar Nicholas's death.
Despite the attempts of political as
pirants, none has successfully under
mined him in the heart of the royal fam
lily. for he endeared himself to them
when he carried the mangled body of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
THE MAN OF THE FUTURE.
Tesla and the Wireless Telegrapty Which He Originated

There IS small country in Europe
called Llka; and in Lika there is a little
have heard of either. but you have GER
family heard of Il baby who was born
there some forty-three years ago, and
VINO now in his present stage of develop
ment Is one of the greatest geniuSeS the
world has ever known
Llka Is part of Servia, and Servia
ceased long. time ago to be of any inn
portance in the worlds history There
fore, when the little Servian baby opened
its eyes upon the world, people saw no
great future in store for it. for they little
dreamed that some time. out of Servia,
would come the world-famed inventor,
Nikola Tesla.
Tesla was born poor. as all Servian
babes are. and life was problem to him
lem to his mother. who made things when
she wanted them. When she needed
clothes for herself and family she looked
upon the plants in the fields and wondered
why they could snot be woven into cloth.
Never having seen a loom. she invented
one. and she raised in her fields the plants
from which she extracted the fiber, pre-
pared it. dyed it variOusly, and made
therefrom the clothes of her family
She produced wide range of apparel
and house-furnishings from a common
doormat to the most delicate embrold-
cries, beautiful in texture, dye and design.
AS A BOY.
The boy Nikola's grandfather, who was
a priest of the Greek Church, also had
a mania for making things. and he con-
stantly fashioned with his hands all sorts
of articles which he designed for the
house. He had a sort of poetic passion
for making. Thus mothered and thus
grandsired. young Tesla came honestly
by the craft of creation.
Tesla spent pleasa boyhood. for his
parents allowed him to do just about IS
he pleased. provided he went to school
and did the chores. so as boy he was
always making things to see what they
would do. The first thing he ever made
was a flying. machine. He, was then
self and nobody else knew anything
about it. until he had tried to fly with
it
He used an old umbrella in making the
machine, and it was undoubtedly on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29

IL is supposed that the ceremony will take
place in the Archbishop church in St.
Paul. unless he should remain in Rome
IN conference with the Pope until that
time
Archbishop Ireland will be remembered
as the pre!ate who was summoned To
Rome recently to give, it is supposed, an
account of himself. Archbishop Ireland
has been endeavOring TO secure certain
concessions for the Church of Rome in
America which were not popular at the
Vatican.
Whatever the difficulty may have been
between the chbishop and His Holi-
ness. it has been amicably settled. and
the Cardinals cap will be placed upon the
head of the distinguished American priest.
THE CARDINALS.
The College of Cardinals is not an old
one the earliest record dating from three
hundred years after Christ; but it has
become one of the strongest forms of the
Catholic Church. 1t consists of seventy
members. divided into three ranks-car-
dinal bishops. cardinal priests and car
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holes and the buttons red. With this he
wears a red sash. and at all tunes ne
wears the red Skull-cap. or Zuchette, ana
around the neck the pectoral cross OF
bishop. That is a large red cross. worn
on the breast, suspended from heaFy
gold chain.
On dress occasions not of a religious
character he dons feriaulo, CLOAK OF
red silk which is a full cape that IS tled
by n ribbon around the neck ana Iat =;
away from the shoulders to the heeiS. III
the back from under a yoke-shaped col
lar On religious occasions the cardlnal
must wear red cassock en- tram with
red silk sash, having gold tassels- over
this he wears a rochet. That Is a gar
ment of lace like surplce, having tight
sleeves with cuffs. lined with red SILK
A mozetta. or shoulder-cape, OF RED red
collar and red stockings are required 10
complete this costume
In the winter the habit IS of cloth.
with the edges of silk. and the mozetta
of cloth lined with silk. In summer
lightweight l3Gti1 may be SUBSTITUTED or
If NAV be made entirely of silk, IN which
case it must he the kind known as
watered silk. When the Cardinal is pre-
sent and not acting at sacred functions.
he wears silk cloak having a train SIX
wards in length, and cape tnat Is made
of ermine for winter and of silk for
summer
The violet and old-rose habits are like
the red one in form. and the edges and
buttons and button-holes of these are
always cardinal. The collar and stockings
must always correspond with the color
of the habit. but the berretta and skull
cap are always red
The different colors are prescribed for
different seasons of the ecclesiastical
year. The red is worn throughout the
year except during the penitential season
of Lent or Advent, when the violet is
worn. except the third Sunday of Advent
and the fourth Sunday of Lent, when the
old-rose is substituted.
The violet is selected because of its
association with mourning, and on the
particular Sundays in which the old-rose
is used an occas sion of rejoicing for day
brightens the gloom of the penitential
season. The red is chosen as the dis
color of a cardinal because
his loyalty to the faith is assumed TO
include willingness to shed his blood for
If
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sonal friend of Mgr. Satolli. took an inn
portant part in the ceremony, that of
prea ching the sermon. AS the leading
Catholic dignitary of the country, Car
dinal Gibbons had the task of honor,
that of comforting the berretta upon the
new Cardinal. Mgr. SatOlli said the
mass. The services at the Cathedral
began at 1910 a. M. and practically
were not concluded until the next sum
mer, when the new Cardinal went to
Rome for the purpose of receiving the
red hat from the hands of the Pope. At
the same time n church at Rome was
bestowed upon him, a benefit which every
Cardinal enjoys.
The berretta. or temporary hat, was
sent over to this country in charge of a
member of the Noble Guard. Upon its
arrival it was given to Satolli who
kept it until the ceremony was per
formed. But the ceremony itself was
not complete until six months later. when
Satolli went to Rome and received the
red hat from the hands of the Pope him
If Archbishop ireland receives the
berretta in this country he will travel to
Rome next. summer to get the red nat:
the Holy City. he will receive the hat
at the same time.
The greatest fear was felt lest Pope
Leo should not live long ENOUGH to per-
sonally bestow the hat upon Satolh.
The red hat is a peculiar feature of
the wardrobe of a cardinal 1t is oddly
shaped. the brim being SIN feet across
The material is cardinal beaver. 1t is
round in shape and in striking contrast
TO the immense fiat brim is a small, conf
cal-shaped crown. quite too small. appar-
entity. to fit anybody's head At the car
dinal's death the hat is hung in his
church.
there is depended from the crown a
couple of huge cardinal and gilt tassels.
considerably larger than those used in
draping heavy window curtains. though
in other respects resembling these.
A cardinals wardrobe is a most COM
plicated affair. He wears three colors-
cardinal. violet and old rose. and he must
have a complete outfit in each of these
colors The house dress worn on all oc-
casions outside of sacred functions. is a
black cassock. cut like bishops the
edges bound with red, with the button
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shops. This he eagerly accepted, and
came over to attack his work with an
ardor which won the admiration of his
chief: Tesla worked there long time,
but finally the two separated by mutual
agreement, and Tesla set up an electrical
shop for himself.
cal wonders which have astonished the
world. His scheme for bringing the
. power of Niagara to New York; his arti-
hcIal daylight; his almost complete com
munlcatlon with Mars, and finally, his
perfectly successful wireless telegraphy
have made him talked about the world
over. lie has scorned the smaller cleo
trlcal inventions, preferring to devote
his energies to the solving of great prob
lens that have baffied the world.
HIS WORKSHOP.
Two years ago, when he had nearly
completed his signals to Mars, his labor
atory on Fifth avenue, was entirely
burned, and Tesla was Frustrated. 1t
was feared at the time that he would
lose his reason, but he rallied, and now
has magnificent workshop on Houston
street, equipped with maryels of cleo
tricity.
few days ago of riding down town in a
Broadway cable car with Tesla. He is
remarkable looking man, surely the
tallest, thinnest and most serious man
in New York. When thinking his lips
move and when the writer addressed
him it took him a moment to get back
from the region of artificial light in
which he lives to that of plain old earth
He would not say upon what electrical
problem he was working that muggy
March morning, but he admitted that it
had to do with the completion of the
wireless telegraphy, which is now at
tracing much attention.
A mountaineer he seems, an intrepid,
rapid treader by the edge of precipices-
IA child of the heights, not a denizen of
Lean, tall, sinewy. with light blue,
aquiline eyes. that look tired as though
with eternal vigilance; a long, sharp
nose, in the straightness of which comes
an aquiline suggestion whenever he
voice rather high in pitch, but agreeable
in quality; a boyish manner streaked
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The latter hold no titles. and may be lay
men. Cardinal Antonelli was layman,
and was created a cardinal long before
his ordination.
There have been very few American
Cardinals. Satolh was given the red hat
three years ago, and Cardinal Gibbons,
of Baltimore, received the robes ten
years before. Previous to that, it was
another decade before an American car
dinal was chosen from the Archbishops,
when Cardinal Gibbons was elevated in
1879. with imposing ceremonies III St.
Patrick's Cathedral. New \ ork.
The ceremony of making a Cardinal is
one of the most impressive in the Cath
Ollie Church. 1t usually takes pace in
the nearest church home of the candi-
date; and is attended with a very distin-
guished gathering of people. who come
from all parts of the world to behold it.
When Satolh was made a Carolina! he
sent invitations to all the prelates of the
country with whom he had come in con-
tact since his first arrival here.
Archbishop Kahn, of st. Louis, a per-
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THE KAISER'S BEST SHOT.

If you ever have the good fortune to
dine in Berlin at the table of his Maj
esty the Kaiser you will be entertained
over the coffee cups with stories of the
deer his Majesty has killed; and will be
made to marvel at the sureness of shot
displayed on many hunting occasions.
When the story has been told the Kaiser
will point to many pairs of antlers upon
the walls as proof that he told no lies.
The greatest shot ever made by the
Kaiser, according to a recent guest, was
on the occasion of his last hunting eX-
petition, which took place shortly after
his return from the Holy land. The Kaiser
on this occasion was accompanied by the
young Crown Prince, who is an excellent
shot, and by five of his gentlemen, who
rode well behind. 1t would be a sad
breach of royal etiquette for the hunts
men TO ride ahead and spot the first big
game.
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Suddenly the Crown Prince interrupted
his father and both uttered an exclama-
ton. for upon a great bowlder overhead.
almost ovterhanging their path, stood a
turned toward the sportsmen and his
antlers We're pointed low, as though he
were going to leap over the bowlder upon
them.
1t was only for a second that the splen-
did fellow posed thus, then with a mighty
leap he turned as if to spring backward.
But in that brief moment both the Kaiser
and his son had lifted their rifles and
fired; and before they could draw rein
the great beast came tumbling over the
bowlder to their feet. So close was the
fall that the frightened horses reared and
plunged and the young Prince was al
most thrown. But it was a splendid shot
and all the gentlemen were loud in their
praises of it.
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with intensity. hands rather small for his
height, which talk, when he talks, with
n languid sort of grace; that race Inherit
ance which no change of environment or
WEAKNESS can obliterate-this is Tesla
roughly sketched.
And Tesla is what ne looks, a true
descendant of those shepherd warriors
who, for centuries, have more or less
held their own against the overflow of
Asiatic barbarism.
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anne principle that Mr.. Maxim, the best
lnown flying machine man, uses to-day
n his aeroplane. That the lad had faith
n his machine was shown by his serious
lttempt to fly with it. Like Darius Green
md his flying machine. he jumped from
/ height. and fell and injured himself.
He was only II when he built the fly
ing machine. When he was Is he had
spent four years in the public school at
Gospic and three years in the Real
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seemed to call him with a mysterious
voice, Just as Paris calls American art
lists, or London calls American men of
letters who are not fully valued here.
Tesla drifted to Paris, with longing
cured employment in electric lighting,
and soon came under the notice of 4
clever associate of Edison, the immortal.
An offer was made to MN 10 come come
TO America and work in the Edison
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Among the splendid chariots that will
appear at the carnival in the Paris Ex-
position, the X-ray chariot will be the
most curious. 1t will appear in the form
of an angry sea. with a big whale NOV
ing along, on the surface and an electri-
scientific man will point his apnaratns
at the whale in order to discover what
may be inside the monster
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THE MAKING OF A CARDINAL.
Grand Ceremony Which VIII Attend the Elevation
of Archbishop Ireland

dinal deacons. Of the former there are
six, each of whom has charge of one of
fifty priests, each of whom holds a title
Or parish in Rome. and fourteen deacons.
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a cable from Rome announces that
Archbishop Ireland will be made a Car
dinal at the next papal consistory. The
consistory will be called in the near fu-
ture, or as soon as the Pope is able, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
RUSSIA HAS HER BISMARCK.
Grand Duke Michael Has the "Grp of Iron" on
Affairs of State.

The Russian Empire has back of it the
hand of a Bismarck, a man who could
steer a falling monarchy to a haven of
safety. He is the Grand Duke Michael
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assassinated Gear Nicholas in 1881 to
the Winter Palace, where the Gear
breathed his last. He it was who bathed
in the blood of the dying Gar, cared for
him and received his last handclasp,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-06-06
POnulnr Melodies

\ man with two or three catchy songs
a little money and brains. NAV make Il
fortune in the popular song business in
these the days of vaudeville. The com
poser of Break the News to Mother i
credited with having made twenty thou
sand dollars out of il. He writes three or
tour songs year, publishes half a dozen
or 50 of the songs of other writer's. and is
IN receipt of an income that i very close
to thirtytive thousand dollars Yet hard
~ SIX years ago, when hc wrote After
the Ball, he was unknown and poor. \
lew years ago. two young men wrote Il
fearful song entitled, My Mother Was II
Lady and published it with gratifying
success. They have written four songs
since then. but the publishing of other
people songs keeps them 80 busy now
that they have little time To- write them
selves. Lately they have removed into
new and larger quarters and apparently
are making good deal of money. Yet
only lew years ago they were unknown
men with Il few hundred dollars of CAPT
RAJ. About eighteen years ago, the man
VINO Il now perhaps the most popular
sung writer III the country had his first
song sung by minstrel company. Its
success encouraged him To stick To the
business, and he has written since that
time nearly Il hundred songs After
having made the fortunes ot two pub
Listing houses, he became ussuciutcd
about four years ago with two young
men with enterprise and some capital
and the success of the three partners i
amazing. If the removal from small
Offices to large quarters Is sign of sue
cess, then this firm is enjoying it, The
position today of the song writer il far
better thuu it used Ia be-. There was Il
time when he sold his songs outright for
ten or fifteen dollars, and was glad to get
that much, for if they were published on
royalty he seldom saw Il cent of what
was due t" him. Now there are mo ire
SponsibIc publishers, and a writer re
ceiycs so many cents a copy on all copies
sold of hi, sonus
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NIasnetizeh Cards

there are fakirs going about this town
pretending to have the ability to mag
netize pack of cards, and in that way
To be able To hold a whole pack suspend
eli from the palm of the hand with APP
parently no other support. The fakir
hrSt shows pack Of playing cards Of
the ordinary type and invites the by
ISLANDERS 10 examine them. After the cN
animation has been completed the fakir
lays the pack down in front of him. and
placing his left hand palm downward ON
II table. takes up the cards. one by one
ami tucks them under his hand. The
hr>t card l. put under his fingers. the
next one parallel with this under the
main part of the palm and the next two
are tucked under the sides of his hand.
but on top of the ends of the first two.
hen IN order. all the others are tucked
IN. between these four and the hand
When they are all in place, the fakir
draws his hand carfully to the edge of
the table and then clear of it, and the
cards all remain suspended. When "a
sufficient amount of wonder has been pro-
duced by the trick, the fakir offers to sell
the secret of it To anyone for twenty-five
cents.
ne trick l. clever, but il can bc done
without buying the secret from the fukir.
The secret lies in having button con
ccalcd ia the hand. which has bit of
shocmakcr>' wax stuck To the centre of
1t. just before beginning to place the
cards under the left hand, the button i
stuck fast to the palm of that hand,
little way back from the fingers The
hrst tw" cards are 50 placed that their
inner edges are tucked under this but
ton. The button holds these cards in
place, and they hold all the others. Clos
ing the hands will cause the cards to
drop, and at the same time loosen the
button from the palm SO that it can Ice
got out of sight