The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-09
KANSAynC OHNENT
THE MEDIUMS OPPORTUNITY.

LIE MED1O NJ, s, OPPORTUNITY.
A party of distinguished men and wo-
men met in New York city one night
this week and saw a spiritualist medium
90 a lot or things commonly called
WONDERFUL They pronounced the seance
q great success They could not I'M
Paiad1no, the Italian medium. perform
ed before their very eyes. The wonders
consisted of making a table tremble,
then walk on two welks and lastly rise
from the floor and remain in the air
without visible support for a few sec
onds. A stool that had had The APP
pearance of being only an innocent
bystander took notion suddenly that
1T was too good for a seat on the
floor. 1t jumped from the floor to the
middle of the table. These were the
wonders at which the party of dis
tinguished persons was amazed. Why
did the medium waste such wonderful
power on demonstrations not only
without value but decidedly silly. Why
not put the hidden power to some
good work. This idea carried out would
bring great fame to the medium doing
1T for no other has ever thought OF 1T
at least never been able to do 1t. To
be able to make a table wobble is not
accomplishing anything worth while
Making an inanimate stool hop onto
table may be a pleasing diversion for
the stool but who is benefited? Ger
tainly a power SO rare as that Which
puts life into a dining room table and
a lowly footStooI was meant for some
good purpose. Why not have the table
walk gently to the sink bearing the
dinner dishes, tilt just enough to un-
load them ready for the washing and
then return to the dining room? Why
rot exert the power that eni1VenS the
wooden stool on the chinaware, cause
the dishes to jump up and down in the
steaming dishwater and cleanse them
selves? Why not? But has any me-
dunn ever tried it. Why not command
the carpet sweeper to run about the
house gathering up the dust. Has the
medium who drives the senSeiesS loot
stool hither and thither ever done this?
Surely it would require less of the I'M
seen power to drive the mechanical
sweeper than 1t does to make hollow
footstool take notion to make a long
jump. Nothing would do more to popu-
larize the mediums unseen pwer than
for her to get in the habit of doing
Useful things-not silly stunts.-Wichlta
Beacon.
OUR SIGNAL CORPS UP-TO-DATE
One of the most interesting additions
to the equipment of the United States
army is the wireless telegraph heio
service of the signal corps. This is
destined to become very important
factor in the movement OF troops IN
the field because in time of battle it
would place the commanding general in
Immediate touch with every phase OF
the situation, and it can be easily un-
derstood how the quick and accurate
transmission Of orders during the pro,
gress of a battle would be of immense
advantage. Many a battle has been
lost because of the slow and inaccurate
transmission of orders.
This feature of the army service at
Fort Leavenworth Is in charge of Ma
ior Russell OF the staff college and un-
der his able supervision and direction IT
is growing rapidly in efficiency and
practdca bility. A great many improve
ments in the apparatus and in system
stizing the handling of 1t have been
introduced during the past year so that
it now requires considerably less than
two minutes to set up wireless field
station whereas a year ago the same
work required from 10 to 15 minutes.
Complete apparatus for four field sta
lions constitutes the present company
at Fort Leavenworth and dt is one OF
the best drilled companies in the ser
vice, If not the best Major Russell
saws the American army now leads all
others in this respect. With the pres
ent apparatus messages can be sent and
received a distance Of 80 miles and
It will be seen that this will cover
pretty large battlafie1d.-Leavenw