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ship is eight feet, the mast being for sixty
feet of its length of iron and the remain
der Of wood. The aerial wire is let down
among a great number of metal stays and
chains, which do not appear to have any
detrimental effect on the strength of the
signals. Various members of the crew
learned in two days how to send and re-
ceive, and. in fact, how TO run the station
and owing to the assistant on board not
being as good a sailor as the instruments
have proved to be, nearly all the messages
during very bad weather are sent and re-
ceived by these men, who, previous to our
visit to the ship, had probably scarcely
heard of wireless telegraphy, and were
certainly unacquainted with even the ru-
diments of telegraphy. The men on board
send messages almost daily on their own
private affairs; and this naturally tends
to make their isolated life less irksome''
There has been a practical demonstra-
tion of the usefulness of the Marconi sys-
TEN in connection with the Life Saving
Service on the English coast barken-
tine went ashore On the treacherous Good
win sands, and signals calling for help
were fired from the South Goodwin Light
house, where the Marconi telegraph has
station, and message for help was trans
mitted from there to the South Foreland
lighthouse, whence the calf for lifsboats
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rightly. for the press Is overburdened with need
less interviews with people who have nothing to
say upon the crises OF the day. The world does
not care TO have the career OF dramafiSt or a
third-rafc serio-comic singer thrust down its
throat, along with an account Of her or his
zap dogs and opinions at large. But the lady
who wished TO present Mr.. Gilbert's head to
the public on O'Clock tea tray did not care
TO pay 80 guineas to see him and ''go one bet
Ter as they say at poker, and too often think
at interviewing.
Mr.. Gilbert underscored nearly every
line of this.
Long List of NotnbIes.
The topics under discussion in the let
tiers of Mr.. Miller's collection are too nu-
merous and space-devouring to present in
detail. Among the most interesting Of the
other celebrities represented there in are
Alexander Hamilton, Wiikie Collins, James
E. Murdoch. George Francis Train. Nor
dica. Grover Cleveland, Robert Browning,
the poet. Brigham Young, Max ORell, Lou
ise Chandler Moulton. Mrs. Scott Siddons,
Henry Clay, jefferson Davis. Gustavus
Brooke. Dion Boucicault, Helen Hunt. En-
ma Abbott Joaquin Miller, James Buchan-
an p T. Barnum, Mark Twain. Edwin
Forrest. Henry Grettan, the famous Irish
statesman: George du Maurier. Charles
Kean. Charles Fletcher. r. W. Johnson,
slayer of Tecumseh Charles Mathews. the
famous actor; Cyrus w. Field, who laid
the first cable; E. l.. Davenport, the ia
nous Marietta Alboni, Marie Taglioni. the
celebrated dancer; Henry James. the cele-
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tried so far have failed. and the cables by
which some three or four ships are some
times connected are exceedingly expensive
and require special mOorings and fittings,
which are troublesome to maintain and lia-
BILE to break in storms. The officials of
Trinity House offered us the opportunity of
demonstrating to them the utility of the
system between the South Foreiand Light
house and one of the following light ves-
sells, VIZ. the Gull, the South Goodwin.
and the East Goodwin. We naturally
chose the one farthest away-the Fast
Goodwin, which is just twelve miles from
the South Foreland Lighthouse.
The apparatus was taken on board in
an open boat and rigged up in one after
noon. The installation started working
from the very first without the slightest
difficulty. The system has continued to
work admirably through all the storms,
which during this year have been remark
able for their continuance and severity.
On one occasion during a big gale in Janu-
ary a very heavy sea struck the ship.
carrying part Of her bulwarhs away. The
report of this rnishap was promptly teie-
graphed to the superintendent of Trinity
House with all details of the damage sus-
tanned.
"The height of the wire on board the
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President escaped the brand of open dis

President escaped the brand of open dis
grace.
Under the date of May I3, 1925, is a yell
low but still well preserved letter signed
wv. Fl. L." which Mr.. Miller informed the
reporter was a genuine letter of William
IL. Ireland, known as the Shakespearean
forger, who died in 1885. Ireland forged
a lease containing the pretended sigma
ture of Shakespeare and produced trag-
edy under the name of "Vortigern," pur-
porting to have been written by the STRAIT
ford bard. and succeeded in getting the
distinguished Kemble to present it under
the impression that his name would go
down in history as the characterization of
new Shakespearean creation. Ireland
also wrote Henry H. ascribing it 10
Shakespeare. The fraud was finally dis
covered. and Ireland made a confession.
James Barron, who killed the naval hero,
Decatur, in duel at Bladensburg, is rep
resented in the collection by letter in
which he asks Gen. Andrew Jackson, Pres
ident of the United States to appoint Rob-
ert Petit to purser's position in tho
navy. -t9
Fannie Ellser, the famous dancer who
won mems hearts and turned mems heads,
is represented by both an engraving and
letter. 1t is related of this beautiful dan
seuse that while crossing the Atlantic. a
sailor entered her stateroom for the pur-
pose of stealing her jewels and through an
unlucky step aroused the actress who gave
the intruder kick in the abdomen, caus-
ing instant death.
The celebrated French beauty, the Coun-
tess du Barry, the favorite Of kings and the
The times., 1899-04-16
AN ARTISTIC MIx-UP.
Beviidering Results Following the
Mistake of a PhotoErnphe1c.
(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)

(from the tiGNelaHu ram Deaief-1
A well-known attache of the Ho!lend5n
Hotel has a maid servant in his house
hold. whose complexion would make Ere
bus look like twilight. Some time ago
this dusky maid determined she would
have her picture taken. She wanted a
number of copies to send 'Rastus and
her other friends, and she had personal
desire to see how her looks had improved
since the last photograph.
Nothing would do but she muzt patron
ize leading photographer. So one day.
attired in her Sunday got camp meetin'
clothes she visited the studio. looked pleas
ant and was assured that the photo
graphs when finished, would be promptly
mailed to her address.
In due course OF time the package ar
rived and the delighted girl hurried back
to the kitchen TO open it.
\ few moments later one of the ether
members of the household heard a dull
thud. accompanied by a wild cracking.
She hurried back to the kitchen and these
was the maid sitting fiat on the floor. hav-
ing evidently tumbled from the coal box
grasping a photograph in either hand, and
wearing smile of ecstatic delight.
''Looky dat, missy she crisd. 'looky
dat, Did yo' evan see anythin mo- beau
tifuI in all yo' BON days? Wonder what
'Rastus II say TO his baby now? But, Oh
missy, Use mos 'fraid dat fotumgTaphei
has done got me jes' ILL might toe
pale,"
She held up the photographs.
They were unmistakably the likeness oi
a white girl.
At about the same time Euclid Avenue
belle was opening similar package
There was u smile of delightful anticipa-
tion on her face as she drew forth the con-
tents of the envelope. Then she gave a
wild Shrek and toppled back in her chair.
The face that smiled up at her was black,
'It must be the effect of some dreadful
chemical change" suggested the horror
stricken mother.
Chemical rubbish cried the daughter
''those are not my pictures,'
OF course, you see how it was. The pic
lures were mixed up by the Bultercup
whose business it was to package them
up.
The times., 1899-04-16
..Trnde Fouow. the FInu, {,
From the Indianapolis News.)


That trade follows the flag" we are
getting nowadays a practical demonstra-
tion in our new possessions and depend
encies. OF course, it is natural that the
trade of Cuba and Porto Rico, these being
close to us, should come to us. and the
Philippines are not so far away that we
cannot trade with them easily for a
steamer loaded at one OF our Pacific ports
can make the voyage to Manila in about
thirty days. In all the newly acquired pos
sessions. trade with this country Is in
creasing rapidly. The figures show that
within eight months our exports TO the
Philippines have increased 20 per cent Ex-
ports to Porto Rico during February were
60 per cent greater than in the same month
last year, and exports to Cuba in the first
two months of this year were 81, ,000, 900
larger than for the same period of 1888.
These are some of the first fruits of ex-
pansion, and may be taken as an indica-
tion of what is to follow.
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wire eighty feet high at each installation
The First Tests.

wire eighty feet high at each instal,at
station"
The First Tests.
Horizontal wires, added to the vertical
wires, curiousIy enough, he said, reduced
the efficiency rather than added to it. The
stations to which Marconi referred as hav-
ing vertical wires eighty feet high are
those at Alum Bay. Isle of Wight, AMI at
the Haven Hotel at Poole, on the main
land, eighteen miles away. At each sta
ton pole 120 feet high was used to sup
port the aerial conductor. which ccnsiste
of stranded copper wire, insulated with
rubber and tape. The current used was
from six to nine amperes at fourteen vo IS
and the spark made was regulated to one
centimetre in length. The first tests were
made at the beginning of last year, be-
tween the Needles Hotel at Alum Bay and
steamer, the height of whose mast was
sixty feet. Readable signals we-e ob.ain-
ed UP TO distance of eighteen miles in
describing the principal experiments made
since, Marconi said, in part:
In May of last year Lloyd's desired to
have an Illustration of the possibility OF
signaling between Ballyactle and Ratllin
Island at the north of Ireland. My assist
ants. Mr.. Kemp and the late Mr. G an
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brated English statesman; Charles Brad
laugh, whose publication in collaboration
with Annie Besant on Population" caused
him to be brought to trial and sentenced
to fine and Imprisonment a Judgment over
ruled on an appeal to a higher court;
Charles Stewart Parnell, Sir John Moore,
and Jennie Lind.
Not the least interesting by any means
is the presence in the collection OF mill
tary document OF Touissant rOuverture,
general in chief OF the army of San Domin-
go, and splendid letter OF the lamented
Eugene Field, the fayorite Of all the poets.
so Mr.. Miller thinks, who contributed to
the refinement of the soul
Incident to the collection of autograph
letters, signatures and autograph poems,
Mr.. Miller has yoluminous collection OF
scrapbooks on the stage. stage people and
drama in general: on matters relating to
Georgetown. the early history OF which he
Is very conversant with; on the religions OF
the peoples OF the world: unusual happen
ings in the scientic world and upon archae-
illogical discoveries.
Mr.. Miller is a member OF the Academy
of Immortals. otherwise known as the
Society of the Phillistines, a society OF
| book-lovers and those interested in the
drama which has its headquarters at East
Aurora, ~ Y. In addition to being stu
dent OF literature and of the drama he is
thoroughly practical business man, be-
\ ing the secretary OF the First Co-operative
/ Building Association. one of the soundest
| institutions CT its kind in the District.
He was formerly secretary and treasurer
| of the Potomac Light and Power Com
| pany He is an accomplished lingu.st and
a graduate of the Columbian Law School,
well known in society circles and highly
regarded by all who are fortunate CROUCH
| 10 be acquainted with him.
| Mr.. Miller is well up in Masonic circl.s,
| being a member of Potomac Conmandery.
No. 3, K. T.; George C. Whiting Lodge,
No. %, F. a. A. NJ; Potomac X. A. Chap
YER, No s.; Washington Council; Orient
| Lodge OF Perfection, A. A. g. R., and
Almas Temple, A. A. o. n. NJ. 5. He was
recently appointed Justice OF the Peace
| for Georgetown by President Mckinley.
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xSTci.!

Wait.
Oh. don't tell the boys they are men.
Or dress little girls till they're vain.
Just keep them all young long as you can.
They'll never be children again!
And don't look for steadiness yet,
Or think they lacking in brain.
Lies troubles will sober them quickly enough.
They'll never be children again.
So. parents. let youth 'have its fling
II they're noisy don't worry a grain.
Time making them older will quiet them down.
They'll never be children again,
Twill comfort them all through their lives
When sorrows sad cup they must drain:
And age will be short if you make their youth
long.
They'll never be children again!
New York Herald.
The times., 1899-04-16
No Uxe In NIiracIes

From the Philadelphia North American.)
What we need said the perturbcd Philadel-
phian, .s Moses to smite the Schylkill and
bring forth water
mo use," replied the other dejectedly 81
tossed rock at 1t yesterday and got nothing
but shower Of mud"
The times., 1899-04-16
Never Was Murdered.

yistor-To what do you aseribe your extreme
ageg
octOgenarian-Wal, j never stole a hoSs, shot
neighbors dog, called liar
The times., 1899-04-16

went on to Kingsdown and Ramsgate. The
Ramsgate Town Council has since asked
the Trinity House for installations of wire
less telegraph lines between all the light
ships and the shore
The times., 1899-04-16

'The height of the wire on board the
The times., 1899-04-16

It is needless to say that the recreant
The times., 1899-04-16

In December of last year my company
thought it desirable TO demonstrate that
the system was quite practical and avail
able for enabling telegraphic communiea-
tion 10 be established and maintained be-
tween hghtships and the shore. This. as
you are probably aware. Is a matter of
much Importance. as all other systems
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-23
ALL HOPE ABANDONED.
The Wrecked Charleston Cannot
BE Saved.

Washington. Nov 23.-All hope
of rescuing the cruiser Charleston
or saving any valuable wre ckage
from her was abandoned today up.
on receiving telegram from
Captain Lentz, commanding the
Cavite naval station. He says that
the Charleston is under water from
stem to smokestack and that at
the same time heavy ty-
phoon is raging. He expects later
news on the Talgoa, but the naval
Office has no report of the latter's
wherea abouts. 1t is believed, how
ever, she has gone to the wreck of
the Charleston.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-23
The Quickest Trains.

Are run by the Union Pacific,
Pullman Palace Sleepers, Free
Reclining Chair Cars, Buffet
Smoking. Library Cars. Dining
Cars; in fact every convenience to
make your trip comfortable. See
your Local Agent or address Geo
Ady General Agent Denver.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-23
The Rock Island Wall Map of the
United States

is the best offered to the public
1t is very large and specially adapt
ed to school purposes. Every
teacher of geography and every
business Office should have one.
1t will be sent post paid to any ad-
dress on receipt of fifteen cents in
postage stamps or coin.
ADDRESS, JOIN SEBASTIAN. C. p. A.,
CHICAGO, Ill.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-23
Jumped His Bail.

The case of the People vs., Keller
was placed on the district court
docket for the 25nd, inst. The
complaining witnesses accordingly
at the court house yes
terday, but the defendant seems to
be minus quantity. Keller is
out on $1,000 bail.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-23
Peabody Thinks Hoyt is all Right

j H. Peabody, of Canon City,
banker and chairman of the Teller
silver republican committee dur
ing the recent campaign, is at the
Brown. He said last night that
the penitentisry management was
considered very good by citizens
of Canon City in position to
know. He considered Warden
Hoyt an excellent official and knew
nothing good or bad about the
deposed night captain, Gibbons,
except that Warden Cleghorn dis
charged him for alleged offonses
similar to those claimed by Wa =
den Hoyt when he discharged him
for being responsible for the es-
cape of Stratton."
"Some of us at Canon City are in
position to know just about what
is going on in the penitentiary, =
he continued, "and we never heard
of the alleged mismanagement
there or the story of the beating
of woman convict last August.
l do not believe the charges of
Gibbons. Denver Republican.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-23
Jury Still Out.

The Roseberry damage suit was
given to the jury at noon today
and as THE TRIBUNE goes to press
Il verdict has not yet been reached.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-23

Or AGAIN.-rhe Burlington's
St. Louis Special-leaves Denver
l 40 p. m, arrives ST. JosepA and
Kansas City next morning; s.
Louis next evening.
For fine job printing be sure t,
call at the TRIBUNE Office.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-23

The Florence Packing and p.
Co Largest stock in Fremont co
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-23

MONEY TO LOAN on real estate
Security in sums to suit from 500
to 81 900 lots. See Fitzgerrell.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-11-23

Our entire line of silk
waist patterns and fancy
drapery silks, at 33c and
SOC on the dollar; marked
low, but still marked lower.
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was busy with then were Of a different breed.
He was a solid fellow. with a red cravat He
had smooth face and looked like Francois
Coppee. member of the Academy He re:ailsd
songs borrowed from the repertoire Of the music
halls His comrades Of the chat Noir scorned
him. not knowing him for a poet. and supposng
him an ordinary blockhead. one evening he
said Now. I'm going TO give you little thing
of my own and he delivered himself Of A
Batignolles.' II was a triumph. Ten times he
had to repeat the song. and ten times took him
down In my sketchbook. We drank beer to-
gcther and were friends"
Bruant used TO reach his home in the un-
settled stretches Of the Butte very late, ana
Steinlen would go with him. They wandered
among the pothouses. among the crowds, vent
ured to the edge of the cliffs. and Bruants
piping and Steinlers pencil were never stilled.
They were storing up impressions whence the
text and illustrations Of their future volume
In the Street" were t. b. forthcoming. Often
a third companion joined them. He had melon
like hat an overcoat with high collar.
dubious stock and he squnted slightly. II was
Jules Jouy, whom madness was waiting to claim
a few years later OF all the comcal fellows
who appeared on the Partisan scene at mat
time he was one Of the most engmaticaL
Abusive and passionate, Indifferent and furious
10y turns ne was a mass Of contradictions. He
used all sorts # devices to exc out his slender
means Thus he was always borrowing tobacco
from the patrons Of the chat Noir, with which he
stuffed an enormous pipe, kept in his own
pocket and never smoked This pipe was a
storehouse from which he derived the material
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for nunberess cigarettes later. His supply eN-
hausted n would repeat the proceeding. lie
took chdke pleasure in this foolins Some
times he came 10 Bruants lodging at Il o'clock
in the morning as dirty a street cur
Have some breakfast"
Thank you I'm not hungry"
Want to turn in and Sleep
I've slept quite Well
Really. his stomach was empty and his eyes
were big with sleep, but he did not want to con-
fess u.
NJ Steinlen likes 10 talk about these things
and to recall these figures 50 many OF whom
have disappeared. An undercurrent OF melan-
choly however. runs through his discourse.
He goes on slowly and quietly; his talk smells
Of the soil II has no witty sallies, like Fo-
rains nor naive remarks. like Wilettes IL Is
serious and comes out with an effort II ap-
pears that the artist was disnclined to talk to
his visitor about himself The latter respected
this honorable reticence and went on to other
subjects.
S,einIen has long lived the life of the people;
he still mingles with the %. he has drawn strik-
ing images of them No one else has inter
preted with So much intensity or with simpler
means the atmosphere Of the faubourgs. TWO
or three silhouettes. few pencil strokes touched
up with red chalk and you have the sad. gray
sky the greass pavement. the dripping ram ana
IN. suffering wretches. In one corner OF the
paper there H. d young girl a. she walks with
hrazen face skirt lifted and smile on her ups
GRAND bows washerwomen. working girls of al
sorts who are restrained by no weiGnty sense oi
urouli.fv and who love the Moulin DE- la ia
lette because a. its name, of happy omen
While NJ Steinlen was giving voice 10 ms
r.collections his visitor was turning over a coli
lection Of "GH Bias supplements on the taple.
He came upon a pag- Of piercing realism.
little hower-girl has stopTed before an al-nisht
restaurant. whence women Of the DEM monde
and old bucks are emerging. She looks AT the
scene slyly She stands on uptoe ~ hef OLD
Shoes r. see better. her whole body j. attention.
And this body. thin and starved, H. shapeiy be-
meath the rags that cover H.
NJ Rrieson asked. Are all your young slrls
continually haunted 10y the idea Of rich con
nection? Don't you ever come across any VINO
are resigned to becoming good girls? D"esn
the yirtuous worknggirl exist outside the Am
bigu plays
NJ steinlen looked al his visitor as II he pi'leu
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The child grows up neglected, without oversight
or training. She lives in the promiscuity OK
overcrowded tenements. At eight years she mas
lost her childish innocence; at twelve none OK
the worlds evil IS hidden from her; at fourteen
she j. a woman and her c0quetry asserts ITSELF
Her c!everness is marvellous. she has the IN
stinct Of her surroundings. from a trifie, an
end Of ribbon a bit Of cloth, she makes herself
d toilette"
Stenlen opens one Of his sketchbooks and
turns over the leaves.
see this headdress? Isn't it pretty? The
hair j. twisted and caught by a pm knotteu
with a bit Of ribbon. II - unpretentious ana
has chic q something that belongs only to
Partisan woman. The girl who served as
mode. for it did not yet suspect mat she might
t.oorne fashionable couriesan IL was not
long before she found out. II she has clever
ness and d natural wit, she goes on the stage
Otherwise she enters more evil surroundings
SIT. needs only to succeed 10 carry in ner tram
thousands Of imitatOrs. What y there to turn
them from this path Religion? They no longer
have any Morality They don't know what X
is Their Bible IL the cheap novels, that falsily
their judgments: or worse books, that deprave
them. Moreover. there isn't cent at home
How do you imagine they are going to resist
temptation"
your parents" said his visitor, wanted to
make you a shepherd pastor) Well IL seems
to me that you preach pretty well.
lie stood silent a moment
What is the use Of preaching? We must act
The world doesn't go as it ought to-
He had all at once recovered his serenity; bur
in mis- last words there was a profound bitter
ness that struck his nearer as did his dreamy
look suddenly there came before NJ Brissons
mind the remembrance If certain terrible plates
in the "Chambard" an aggressive sheet, IN
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