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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

owing ts high ssas CT fires, have been abandoned, and every master of any kind of craft arriving at our ports is expected immediately to forward in formation ts Washington of any dere- list he may have seen on his voyage, together with it's course and condition, latitude, longitude etc, when last ob- served. By this means the charts are made up and the desultory travels of the unfortunate craft approximately followed.
 These records, especially if their gaps ceule ke filled with the details of oc- eurrsnces at the time the dsrelicts were abandoned to their fate, would afford as interesting reading as any sea novel ever written by cur most accomplished rsm2ncers. Sometimes the derelict is sighted in a manner reminding one of that in which the pilot is said to have discovered the rock in the channel. He knew every obstruction in that channel, 1t will be recalled. and when the vessel he was pilstinE ran against rock he said triumPhantly, And that's one of them! In such case, either with a clipper ship under full sail CT an ocean steamer blowing rssistlessly through tho wavsE, the chances are that the craft in collision will speedily become a derelict Itself and furnish another in the list of tsrrors that beset the sailors path.
 Every derelict has it's history, or, rather, biography, until it is either tow ed into some port or removed by fire or explosives from the surface Of the ocean and sent to the bottom. Here are
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

raphy and what has been accomplished may be summarized as follows: Accept ing the results bequeathed him by pre- vious investigators, Marconi overcame the difficulties in the way one by ona First. after perfectinx his transmitting and receiving apparatus, he surmount- ed the opposition offered by damp air, clouds, foss, etc. Then scame the ap- parent difficulty presented by the cury- ature of the earth. Instead of adopting the conclusisR that tho waves might fellow . course parallel to the earth's curvature, he surnlised that for every square of certain distance the 're- ceiver" must be fixed at q correspond ing distance above the earth. He him. self has disproved this by his latest achievement in telegraphing 50 miles with the receiver" only four feet from the ground. Most of his experiments have been conducted on or near the coast, as it was found they were more uniformly successful at the level of the sea In fact, the greatest benefits promise to accrue in connection with maritime affairs, as, for instance the connecting of isolated lighthouses and the equipment of vessels with appara- tus for instant communication with the shore and with each other at dis tance, etc At least one wreck was shviated by the use of wireless telegra- Phy, thereby forcing from the French government its reluctant consent-pre- Vlsusly withheld-to the establishment sI staten on its coast for Marconi's celebrated channel experiments. In ssuth Africa the wireless system was successfully uEsd during the Boer-Brft- lsh war. islands in the Hawaiian group nave been placed in communication with each other, France and England converse through ethereal space, and at present there Eeerts no insuperable ob- stacls to tranEoceanic communication between Europe and America.
 FREDERICK A. DEER.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

FIT IS not conducive to the repose of E those who go down to the sea in
 d. ships and do business on the deep waters" to know that scores of derelicts
 are Heating aimlsssiy about the two great oceans, mostly In the Atlantic, some of them in the direct highways of mari time commerce: yet very few sailors ever give tho subject thought. In the capital of eur country, however, there iz body Of men whose duty 1t is not only to obtain information of these <rea dful menaces to navigation, but Ii possible ts exactly locate them. chart their routes and supply such informa- tisn az will lead to their removal ON- ing to the watchfuness and activity of the United States hydr0grSphic office at Washington, through whose courtesy these illustratiens arc presented, mas ters of vessels ars kept informed of tho location and augmentation of this graveyard nsst," SC that they may avoid, and when practicable, assist in removing them. These derelicts or abandoned vessels have become so nu- msrsxs of late that 1t is said the mer- chants of cur great cities on the At lantie coast purpsss uniting in 2 memo rial ts the secretary of tho navy, re- questinS him ts dispatch the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius on Q voyage of de-
 
 conspicuous since the close of the Span ish- American war but all can remem- Der that she used to throw tons of dy namite, etc, at the fortificati tions of San tiaxo, when her warning cough was al- ways followed, according to the vera cious correspondents, by cataracts of water uprising frsm the inner harbor or csnjsotural damage to the thereto fore imprsxnable walls of Morro Castle. She made dreadful holes-tn the watsr but after the castle was captured q rigid search failed,to find the enormous chasms which she was supposed to have opened in the Notifications How ever, the Vesuvius would be of inestim- able value as 2 wreck destroyer, and 1t is to be hoped that she will at once be dispatched on her henef1cent mission in search of the derelicts.
 What brings this subject home and makes it incumbent upon the govern
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
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te him years supply of food and coal. Ne ship can reach him till next sum mer. and 1t is feared that long before that time he will have died of starya- tion CT sxDesars.
 The Swiss Alpine club has arranged q code of signals to be used by Alpine travellers in case of accident on the mountains or other circumstances in which relief is required. The signals for day use consist in waving flag or cloth six times minute, waiting a minute. and waving again as before. At night lantern or other light is .o be. used in the same manner. Guides are instructed to keep a lookout for
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
A1EREIIcT sehCoN Ez ,J0AN hANeOekAK

few specimen bits of biography, as transcribed from the records of the hy-
 drosraphic office. They lack the inter- | est to the ordinary observer attaching
 to them in the eyes of the sailor whose ship may become their next victim, but l thece is a mine of informa tion as to sea currents, drifts, winds and waves, even 1 to the ''landlubber."
 | The British bark Giddartha, on voy-
 age from Jacksonville, Fla, for Liver | pool, sailed Jan. 2S. 1899. was partly
 wrecked and abandoned Feb. 22 in lat
 itude 29' north, longitude s0' west Crew rescued by Danish bark Verdan- de. Was sighted 50 times in all, the last on July 6, 1929, off Bantry bay, Ire land, where 2 British cruiser found her
 and towed her in.
 Norwegian barkentine Taurus became waterlecced and had rudder damaged | in storm, abandoned Nov. 1s 1895, in latitude 4S' north, longitude 1o' west while on voyage from Ship island
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

has "syntonized' his instruments and brought wireless telegraphy, as it is called, to such perfection that he can send a message direct to it's intended destination without any danger of it's being intercepted on the way. The trouble with the system hitherto has been that it was too promiscuous in be- slowing its favorS, for while message could be sent out from 2 certain sta tion, there was no certainty that 1t could not be picked up by any number of receivers" lying in wait for it at different points of the compass.
 The electric waves were likely to con- hict also, and if several telegr2phic sig nals were flying through the air s.t once, there was a likelihood that they would be hopeleSsly jumbled.
 Another defect in the system has re- gently been remedied, and that is the supposed necessity for using very tall poles or maStS in the transmission Of messages or signals. In the experi- ments conducted by Marconi across the English channel the mast used was TT feet high, though the distance was only oo miles. Such has been the rapiditty with which this invention or discovery has progressed that it was less than two months ago that an authority in electrical science stated in g technical magazine that in order to communicate oy WHSieSS leleSraphy distance of co miles the wire attached to the instru- ment should be elevated at least 100 feet above the level of the sea or surface Of the earth But now comes the as- founding information that Marcsni has transmitted a message that distance beating his former record by B miles, and that it was received on 2 cylinder only four feet from the ground.
 IL was predicted year age, when ex- perlmentation with the wireless system was at its height, that before another year had closed messages would be htt1ng across the Atlantic from Eu- rope to America without wires or ca Dies, but that in order to do this they would have to be sent from balloons a mile or so up in the air. The buxaboo the electricians causelesSly feared and reckoned against was the curvature of kne earth, but 1t has transpired that the electric waves take no account of solid matter any more than of the impalpa- Die ether, apparently, and when liberat- eu go straight to their destination with the rapidity of light itself
 So now the two greatest objections to the Forthcoming universal application or the wireless system have been rs- moved or surmountsd. and, extending the time little, we shall doubtless wit ness the transmission of messages across the Atlantic without any diffl- cuity. One of the latest applications of the Hertzian waves" is as an auxiliary in torpedo warfare, for young naval officer has succeeded, he claims, in har- messing them to his submarine boat and
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

the public as a concrete whole. In- stead of trying to prove or disprove the theory Of wave propulsion or propaga- ton, he started out by accepting it as hypothesis, and, assuming that mes sages could be sent by them a hundred yards there was no reason why they could not be sent a thousand, or as many miles. --s-E
 He finally succeeded in perfectins an apparatus by which theoretically he could send message through the air at least . hundred miles, and then began his task of working up ts it's realization. He readily convinced the Italian gov ernment ts the extent sf receiving it's support and the adoption of his devices for use in it's navy. Then he went ts England, where. though at first un- successful, he finally proved ts the British admiralty the immense value o. ms achievements, and they were adopt ca By the government. His great feat Tn the fleet maneuvers by which a sup posltltious transport bringing supplies from Canada was discovered so rniles away by the convoy sent in search of her, attracted great attention at the time, and his subsequent establishing or uninterrupted communication be- tween the shore and the Prince st Wales yacht while on a cruise set the seal of appreciation upon his schemes
 Although yet young man. only 2S years of age, Marconi has been the recipient of high hsnsrs from sci sntins societies ana of xubstantial elnslsmsnts ana decorations His visit ts this country last year, whsn on the occasion of tho international yacht race, he fully established the rsputa- t1sn of his system Sy flashing more than 1,sss words frsm a moving steam ar ts the receiving station at Nayeatnk and the subsequent recognition he re- csivsd from cur government, may De recalled in this connection.
 The present status of rtrslaSa talsc-
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

frsm light steel blue to the deep blue tint and, again. from a lovely anne thyst to ruby red. has changed ali that.
 Dy the loss of the relief steamer Lily of the North, which was wrecked off the Labrador coast recently. Jay Jan sen, the agent in charge of Q whaling station at Cape Haven. in Baff1n Land, has been cut off from all prospect of communication with the outside world for aDother year. Jansen has been alone at Cape Haven since 1897, and the Lily of the North was to have carried
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

lnanufactsry of glass marbles, which have hitherto been imported from Ger many.
 sn everything transported from and an import duty upon everything carried ints her colonies, unless it is conveyed under 6 French flag.
 The Chicago Historical society has fine new building that cost s1s0,0 900. and a library of ever 2S.o00 bound volumes and Gs,oe0 unbound volumes, besides many bustS, paintings, etc.
 Cannon are known to have been used thousand years before the battle of Crecy. A 500year-old magazine rife
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

the crowd put g question, ''Saay, does socialism mean. then. that if thad two osses tha d gie me one?
 The lecturer smiled as he set down the glass. Of course" he said. will insly Aw'd sie thee one"
 IT tha'd two cabs" pursued the cut Ter would tha gie me one?'
 An, returned the lecturer, still smiling, "tha should hev a cab, my brother"
 If tha he'd two pigs" still went on the cutler, T should hev one, then?"
 The lecturer smiled no more. Thee shut thy face,' he said; thee knaws Awe gotten two pigs."
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

that automobile hearses and automobile funerals will soon be seen upon the streets. The vehicle was used fer the first time at . funeral in NorwSol esm- etery. when the horse attached ts the preachers carriage took fright and ran away. Fer some time the horse dashed over the tombEtones, but was finally. caught, after demoliShing several head stones.
 The best lands Of Germany are new devoted to the culture of beet sugar. the greater portion of which is export ed.
 There has recently been started, at Steubenville, o., the first American
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

these signals and ts carry white or red calico as part of their outfit.
 In the old colonial days Boston had an intelligence emce," which was also . slave market, as appears from a mo- ties published in February, ITO: Tho intelligence sff1cs sppesite the Golden 1all, lately kept by Benjamin Leigh, Is new kept by Grant Webster. There is to be sold at said office West India and New England rum, wines of several sorts, male and female Negroes, several secondhand chairs," etc.
 The only automobile funeral wagon ln existence is used by an undertaken in Philadelphia, who is firm in the belief
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

has recently been unearthed at Nuren- berg
 The stamp caneeling machine in use in the psstoffices can handle from 10000 ts. 50,Soe letters an hour New ma chimes are being tested with a capacity three times as great.
 Thus far in 19eo Australia has sent $4,tse.6eo more gold to England than it seat in the same part of 1899.
 The poor farm of Marion county, Kan, is more than self supporting. Last year that institution realized enough on its crops to pay for ths maintenance of it's ten inmates and leave balance of s200 clear profit.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
TOPICS OF THE MOMENT.

The public library of Chicago has 100000 volumess The number of books circulated during the year ended May 21. 1900. was 1,749.775. The library has 60 branch stations.
 In stones the sapphire is the most fashionabls. Its popularity started in Rarfs. crossed to New York and has now reached London It used to be imposed that . perfect sapphire must 6e of dark. rich blue tint. Now the 0lecoyery of Q new sapphire mine in the 8Qcky mountains, where stones were {ofu1d varying in their shades of color
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

passed from the main tenets Of socialism to a consideration of communism in property. From
 the way he talk sd one would have supposed that he owned the whole world and was ready nay, saEer-ts give half of it to his brethren ts divide a m Q n z
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

than a hundred vessels are known to strew the ocean led, and the next most fatal spot is the Cape Cod region off the coast of Massachusetts. During the year 1899, in which probably the great est number of disasters occurred for many years, it was estimated that near
 ly zoo vessels were wholly or partially
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
THE STORM SEASON.
 DEATH DEALING DERELICTS.

ment to do something is that the north Atlantic coast of the United States is most prolific in wrecks, and conse- quently of abandoned vessels. The great graveyard of gallant craft, to be sure, is in the immediate vicinity Of Sable island, 100 miles southeast of No- Va Scotia. where the remains of more
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
LATEST DISCOVERIES IN
 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

steering it without hitch wherever he willed by receiving apparatus which acted upon a set of magnets and ma nipulated the rudder.
 Again, they are not only te1egraphing without the use of direct wires, but also telephoning, and it is expected that
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

springs of nature itself and it's vastest
 phenomena, we may be prepared for any development s1ibrt of communicat- ing with the planets and the stars. There are some sanguine, individuals, even,
 who predict thDt we shall some time be enabled to communicate with Mars and
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

ii had been discovered 45 years before that electricity would force itself through considerable lengths of wire, the earth or water taking the place O. a return wire and completing the cir cult. Franklin was able to transmit electric shocks across the Schuylkiil in 17AS while in 17S4 German scisntist used the electric spark in telegraphy, but by employing 3S wires each way.
 Telegra phy, like every other great in
 vention, was not communicated ts the world by any one man, but owes it's be- ing to the researches of philosophers and scientists during many years. Ono se these to whom we are most indebted is Professor Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian institution at Wash inEton, who in 1881 devised an instr,1- ment with the essential features of the
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

means of fires and beacon lights on towers and mountain tops. and it is claimed that this system of signaling was brought to perfection 200 years phore) and a code was in use during the French revolution, as early as 1792, and
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
latest information that c,

THE latest information that comes
 to us from Signor Guglielmo Marconi, the young and famous wizard of telegraphy, is that he has finally succeeded in preventing other people from stealing, not his thunder, but his lightning. In other words, he
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

wrecked, entailing 2 loss of sec lives and property to the amount of 8, coo, eco.
 Accurate records are kept by the hy- drosra phic office of the Wrecks that,
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

The deserts of Arabia are specially remarkable for their pillars of sand, Which are raised by the whfrlwinds. and have a very close resemblance in their appearance to waterspouts.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
GETTING TOO NEAR HOME,

An amusing story comes from York shire, England. A local socialistic lec- turer was spouting away like the intel lectual whale that he was not and had
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

themselves A T shsaIa hsV one, then?'
 he paused to take a drink a cutler in
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-24
District Court.

When the petit jurors came in Monday
they were agreeably surprised, by being
told by Judge Green that their services
were not needed this term. Most Of
them were anxious to return to the care
of their crops. Law business is light
and the judge is to be commended foI
keeping down the costs as much al
possible.
In the case against Henry ..Kephart
brought back from Kansas City on the
charge Of seduction, the prosecuting
witness having failed to appear and
having left the state, the case was
dismissed.
Ben Mendenhall was indicted by the
grand jury for keeping gambling house
and is out on bail.
Il. N. Taggart who charged his wife
with cruel and abusive treatment, was
granted divorce, she not appearing to
defend. They were married in New
York state in 1866. She is given eighty
acres of land and $500 in money and
household goods.
The evidence in the case OF the Mutual
Building x Loan Association vs. Jennie
NJ, III. +. and Jacob Andrews was sub
mitted to the court and the argument
will be submitted later.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-24
Ela;IIE53lI
Weather and Crop Report.

Des Moines, Iowa, May 2lst. 1900.
The past week was cooler than usual
with great excess OF cloudiness in all
parts OF the state. There was a prev
alence OF cool northeast wind, with
more or less rainfall in the larger part of
the state every day of the week except
Sunday. The amount OF rainfall was
light in the northwest district and in the
western counties OF the west central
district. The balance OF the state was
copiously watered, the amounts reported
ranging from 0.70 to 800 inches. Except
in few localities the rain fell moderate
ly, the bulk OF the moisture being alb
sorbed by the soil and very beneficial to
grass, small grain crops, potatoes and
vegetation generally.
|, In the larger part OF the state field
work has been much retarded or entirely
suspended during the week; and in
nearly all districts there is portion OF
the corn acreage yet to be planted.
Early planted corn has terminated fairly
well, making about an average stand.
About the usual amount OF replanting
will be done, as the result OF damage by
cut worms, defective seed, and excessive
moisture in undrained fields.
On the whole the weather conditions
have been favorable for staple farm crops,
gardens and orchards.