Albuquerque morning journal., 1906-09-30
Frenchmen Thrown Into a
SpaSm of Excitement by
Mysterious Wireless Mes
sages Received in Paris,
-EBAUDY'S NEW AIRSHIP
( WILL MAKE ASCENSION
Run on Rings Among Jewel
e,S-VoICanoeS May Break
1T in Auvergne-GoSSip Of
2 Worlds Capital

? Worlds Capital
(By Paul Villiers)
!, Sept. 29.-The astronomers
ace have been living in a state
Bile excitement during the last
eks. and all because of the
telegraphy. There are in the
humber of wireless telegraph
the most prominent of these
the top of the Eiffel tower
" night for some time the re-
n this station have been re-
mysterious message consist
aree dots, no more and no
e messages have been re-
st at the stroke of twelve
from where no one knows.
somebody suggested that
be the first attempt of
itants of the planet Mars
lieate with the earth, every
in France has been busy
the planet through his
be remembered the first.
essage flashed across the
can by Signor Marconi
three dots which in the
bet indicate the letter "s''
lould not the Martians
ne idea.
tative of a prominent
aper went to NJ. Camille
the famous astrono-
Nsked his opinion, which he
ave.
not believe" he said, "that
bitants of Mars are sending
SteriOus messages which are
ng our scientific minds of to-
Ealthough l admit that I con-
such thing possible. The only
son which makes me doubt that
message comes from our neigh
DOR planet is the fact that it is at
present as far away from us as il is
possible for it to be and the Martians
would probably have chosen some
other time to make the attempt"
M. Flammarinn is, however as anx-
ious as any of the other astronomers
to discover the cause of the myster-
ious dots and admits that he has not
yet found any plausible explanation
of them.
He believes that we shall, within
a very near future be able to com
municate with our fellow beings on
other planets. and that wireless tel
4graphy may be the successful means
+ doing so.
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The large balloon constructed by
M. Lebaudy is now practically fin
ished and will make its first ascen-
sion within a few days.
NJ Lebaudy insists that he has
now solved the problem of aerial
navigation and that his new airship
will astonish the world in general
and cause great CONSERVATION in Ger
many because it has been assigned
especially for military purposes and
will give to the French army tile
supremacy which Germany has hith-
erto held.
That the German military authori-
ties are unusually anxious to discover
the construction of the new balloon
is evident from the number of spies
who have endeavored to invade the
shop where the airship was con-
structed, but who were all discovered
in time. French officers will be in
the basket when the balloon as.
cends from the military reservation
at Verdun, and the country for many
miles around will be crowded with
military sentries. 1t is not in
tended to make the first trip a very
long one because of the desire of the
authorities to have the balloon des-
cend inside the military lines.
The balloon proper is very large
sixty yards long by ten yards diam
eter in the center. The basket is eX-
ceedingly light and strong. 1t con-
tains besides seats for the occupants
7O-horsepower gasoline engine
driving, propellors. and a large tank
of gasoline. 1t will carry about hall
ton Of ballast.
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There is run on rings among
the Partisan jewelers.. Since the af-
tfQr OF the blue diamond ring belong
infN to the American Countess du
PoHsic society has taken an extra
ordinary interest in this form of jew
elryt and the stores of the rue de Ia
PaiY are doing a thriving business.
Monsieur Jean de NIFTY, an author.
fty on rings. has been giving mis-
opinion on the wearing of rings by
men. He says:
THE seal ring is the only one
which is good form for men. How.
ever. few exceptions may be made
according to the occasion or the
character of the person. For in.
stance the duke of Marlborough Il
sometimes seen wearing a magnif
cent ruby which once belonged tC
Queen Anne Boleyn, and the sigh
of this gem upon his finger in no wa!
offends good taste. Count Robert d.
Montesquiou has a superb topa,
which he sometimes wears. Thi
stone was once the property of En-
press Josephine.
"fhe choice Of a ring should b.
made In accordance with the char
acter of the hand. The form of th'
hand. its color, the temperament Q
the person to whom 1t belongs, mus
all be taken into careful consldera
tion when choosing a ring, and par
tieularly one which is adorned will
n precious stone. The ring Is th
most characteristic adornment whicl
anyone can wear"
~ aren't Revel has ar
- fter tramplng thre
gorld in ten years
mpanied on hi
iffs. For severn
$ fellow travele
lrd. but he wa