A TELEPHONE WITHOUT WIRES.
M/Louis Maichols the inventor of the wireless telephone, and like many scientists is not so famone he ought to be. In order to son his invention in its latest development. I called on H. Laicho at St. Germain, lusor Paris, whers ho lives in a pretty vills surrounded by a lovely garden, and where all his experiments are made. M. Maiche told me he hind often been to Loudon, where hosħad imot Sir William Crooker, who was very much interested in his researches,
came to
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they are not true we cannot imagino why the ↑ Government should not welcome the opportunity of proving their innocence. It was all to moro necessary that they should take this atop soring that only the other day M. Stolypin promoted M. Ratchkova'y and Komissar notasitustanding the unamworel charges wada against them by Prince Urnssoff.
THE NEW ERA IN PERSIA.
So you want me to talk about Persia," said Profrmer Yambery to me in his gheoriet vein. Regarding the Persian Constitution, I fear you will style to a pessimist. The whole iden
THE HUSTLERS' ALMANAC".
The witty authors of Wisdom While You Wait" have compiled the Hustlers' Almauac' for 1907, whics Moss. Alston Rivers publish for a shilling under the title of "Signs of the Timea."
The main idea ie good-natured chaff of the Times
Book Club. Acording to the nu- thors, on January 1st, 1907, the Times" starts a ment, club, in February a olething elab, in March a theatre, in April an egg olub, nad so oo, and each enterprise at once receives the bbssing of Mr. Hall Caine.
For example:-
My first itiul., "snitt M. àlaich "Look place they were concerned more with wirolean telegraphy, mul it was not till 1893 that I-exchanged a conversation through ain_162, whom I met a physically weak-and-Time Royal Aendem, with 500 life-size wireless telephone at a distance of thirty yards This achievement cause much sensation at the tie lator on
› the Prims of Monats very kind. Bllared me to make experiments at the Chateau de Marchais.
"On Jainne 18th in the presenes of Karo Houri
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appears to me a comerly. I have had two
May 8th. — Pictures war enters on critical stage. interviews with the present Stult. The first was Mr. Hall Cains generously offers te furnish. Las insignificant youth of sins, who occupied the cleomargarine portraits of himself at 2%. 18t. position of Governor of Azerbaiinlane. Yones piore on condition that ach purchaser wader- after-in ful-when havi NA12413, Jy takes to bude his next son, if he ever has OLD, responsibility of rulership he visited Budapes,ichael Saulocks, and his next danghter Glory almost his first words Werr, Tambery
Greeba. Kujat 2 (Whats in Vandry) Ou this
municntion between two points pazisted by a ¦ gedin was permitted to oblala a more than following her eas in the diary are the
ari Hulot, established telephonia cou evensten
distance of nearly five miles. The earth was the conductor, and the current used was only seven volts. At each point there was an ap paratus, consisting of a telephone-battery, to which were attached two wires. At their ex tremities we fixed two sorts of blades Co- municating with the earth. Inway men Jon that a year aftei words. I was able to hear a conversa- tion between Ajucein, in Cursies, and 'Toulon, a distance of 185 miles, the sex being the best conductar one cordil possibly have. But all this is nothing
Intest
improvement Marconi, in bis system, is obliged to amplop antenna for the diffusion of the Hertzian water, my new apparatas har
has on anten berase it transforms
to my
grasp of his character, and I found Litt with the best intentions in flat world Faite alive to the advantages of andern culture, and possessed with graine desire to reform his country provided he had the nocessary energy. money and men. These are the stumbling. hinks o Persian reform.
The intial difficulty is moner. Persia ha alwaya bunu a borrower. England's refusal, as the Shah oxpresses it, 'drore me into the arms of Russia, Britain's friendship is as cold as ice, and has alwaardesh Salisbury as over
sexgrossel itself in erupty words," Personally,
sutions. England could not show Russia to provide this loan. is clear, then, that this untional diffenity is also an international
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February 11th-Miss Edna May throws op her part in The Garter irl" owing to the netion of the Times" critic in devribing Mme. Barah Bernhard as the groetest living actress
February 13th-Generul consternation ia London a city. The Times" appeals to Wiss Pay's generosity not to imperil the entoute cordiale The Arebbishop of Cantaliury sands Lis
is private chaplains to intereeds with Miss Way. 19th-Self-denial week. General Booth gives up motorlag. Colonel Newnham Davis dines at home.
March 24th, Self-denial work. Lieut.-
April 23rd.--Mr. George Alexander engaged by the Palace at incredible salary to wrestle with all comers. Entiside of the editor of the
May 26th-
ordinary electricity into vibrations which rock difficulty, for Pessia now mails in Russian water. "Tailor and ather Barourd Vaughan delivers
air at the great railway scherue; Russian Cos his last address: The Russing toan concession pledgol Persia
Cu all siden tre
the other receiver through any obsingle, houses, treek, mountains, c. That is my principle, and
I will now show it to you in openstiva
Backs are their
"Motors and Morals; or, Combustion. Internal and Exterim?"
June 1st. Great match at Loni's: George by an innings and 9 rune
Following M. Maichs into the garden, I are indicativas of Muscovite ascendency. Persis. First. v. Best of England. Rosuit, Hirst wins
found, stealing again the wall of the house, a
indeed, in sense respects, is ture Russian than Впиній large wealen freine, into which is rolleit a series
Et is true that Russian prestige-owing of insulated wires
nicating with
in the Caucasas-has gone down to to events it: คน ordinary talephone receiver. We casried this
some extent in the entire Mahounedau world, frumo cut behind the house. Another one with
but
the essential spirit remains. " a special induction box was placed at a hundred.
there: many redly intellectual Persians feet distance, and 32 aurited gavilable for the purpose of carrying out any
webene of reform complied, and I heard him count- one, two,
two, three, four, five, in English with startling elearn049, Mail M.
to listen, ing
M. Maiche, "let us place this a direction perpendicular to the other I listened and heard nothing.
frato
HOW
perceive the great point of invention. First there is 14: neessity for special communication will the party or air.
Ar
"Persis needs men as mach se sba docs money. garding istaline:nal gifts the Persians take precedom of the Turks, but practically speaking, nothing busas yet i on done in Parsin indicate a real, earnest desire to advance along has been done with regard to modern instations the lines of modern civilization. The little
th
that
Junie 19th-Sensition in high life, English per marries one of his own class.
September 20th-Suffragette Autumn Ma- !
rex. Aliss Pazkurst efectrifies Northampton by denouncing Mr. James Beyco as a beetle. į browed bloodhound.
in
September 27th-Sensational anoupement
Tell's Sunday Chiume that Lord Rosebery has entered a Trappist monastery.
December 31st Eeturn of the "Times" to legit rate newspaper enterprise Day of untional rejoicing
There is not a dull page in this most amusing
second, if the frames are not parallel, and Racisty is all fallacious, Persia is ful book.
"I have just built a small frame for short distances. Here it je." It was a small box which one could easily put in vnn's porket, la
to-day thau it was at the beginning of the manication can be effected with the other Translations of European works are scare», and ninetut tacy Literature is at standstill. receivar. If, on the contrary, balhareburizontal yon
hear everything For instaper, people living while the Tacks love quite a a respectable daily in a flat on the sixth floor could commuticals, so for not a singlu newspaper in Persia wirelessly with the graund Auer,
has found a circulation of any apertunes, Tho me spitit of diglenes infrets the schools. for liberal institutions must of The struggle with despotism and the wrestling necessity be fat grender in Persia than in Turkey for In Persin the Mallas have preserved their
the
pt thickly.
all sequainted turbanel Akbonds, Mollas, Heils and Muhtelids will not entertain any great illusions us to the successful introduc- tion of reforms. On the occasion of the proposed enneassion for the tobacco monopoly,
the box was a tiny receiver,
and
I will go outside and speak into the authority and maintained their influens ater paratus, if you will stop here, shut the window, and listo. I will not tell you where 1
am go- ing, but the direction of the box will able with the you to find out from where the voien is coming." M. Maiche left me alone in his laboratory, and I proceeded to comply with his instruc tions, I pat the receiver to my var and turned it in every direction until at last I heard him speaking somewhere on my light. I began to think Thad got into a sorcerer's den.
my
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it was clear that the priests had far more power✰ to curtail intures of the priesthood
to
ย
thas the Government. Everything calculated
Attre to bo mot with An impossible combat. There is a and the official positions are obtained by the dourth of men today.
The
country is dissolute. highest bilder. No laws exist in Persia. Th entire land is in confusion and elever statesmen. The Now Prime Minister is unnar a fertile soil for the precandy by
very clever mun, aided by two intensely in foresting sous, was brought up in Passib, the be in London and Paris. But evou there ma do ant know any more than tho Shah where to begin.
iv can appreciate now the importanes of invention, and the great progress I init made. Imegine two steamers straming through a for; with
uy avai
The captains on tellatany moment ction the other ship is taking. In case of an accident to a eubaurius my apparats would easble the crew in danger to communicate with the envoying for without feari
the breaking
of a
a line, as in th case of a telephon buoy Miners entombed after disseler like that at Courtieres odd Communicate with the reseuo party. corps waking pight attack could keep in
Two army
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Imagins, thou, what a constitution will bo
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That alone would suffice to induce the telephone aabaaribers to erect 2 statue to the memory of M. Mniche."
M. Malche smiled and continued :--- .
invention is in its early stages us yef. Dy I only usa a mali battery for my experiments. Incresan the power of the current sur! you ince the distanco at which communication can be obtained.”
"It is
a
I noticed that before you spoke to me a bell rang in the laboratory I questioned
wireloss bull which makes apparutas complete, sud post are, by the way the first porn to whom I have autioned it. You know that in the ordinary wireless telegraphy as used on beard the Transatlantic huers an operate has to be constantly on the watch. With my apparatus this is quite no necessary. The current for my be'l pusses through the earth, for the sea) with one electric ware and only
one earth contact at each terminal. I asmuot give you any more details, but you must bear in mind that the surront met is very weak (only one-tenth of a watt), and that I cau increase the distance by increasing the current, which, however, is always less than that uceessary for a wire telephone.
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THE POGROM-MONGERS. M. Stolypin, the Russian Premier, has dis: claimed on the part of the Government say knowledge of the alleged responsibility of the
General
borrowed, and again spent, not on this constry, but on his Imperial Majesty. While discontent may be fuit, I think it will be found impossible perfectly true that the Persian is the most to lange those deeply rooted orile. It is shrew of all Orientals I know, that he to take speeches, and very good ones, too but is to severely handicapped by his past to enuirgo from the diffienttion which to-day en-
at
What, then, of the future?"
to
kure
political annihilation. The fate of Persia lies Nothing but a miracle con save Persia from
Bverything points to a division, in which prosout in the hands of Russia and England. England and Russia will play a great part. Sup posing such to be the case the northern
partion of Persia will doubtless fall RLKKIA Bn<l tho southern to England. It is the exent line of dearcation of the
the two spheres which is likely to occasion difficulty. It is true that Ressia in Asin, but it is diffenit to see what ad rastuge may desire to advance in an eastward direction. would aceruo from say southward Tement. As I have pointed ont in one of my booka,
war Kuesin is not kves about encouraging a univer
But is not Germany a factor in the Mestom
Fast!!!
Germoy has her own peculiar troubles. There is, for ins säce, the fact that she is a late comer among the nirilisers of Asia, and that she is for from her basis. If those ditanties did thoronghue x wond manifest themselves wore not exist the esid nees of Gorman industry and quickly. Oas thing is certain : England witi never give up, the Tigris to Gorway. Two
au burities for the massacres of Jews and other forms retard in no small manner whatever Tiberals which Luse lately disgraced the Eu-subitions Germany may have in Persia: the pire, and it will be remembered that the late first is those large tracts of tocritory which Tropol did tho mran in characteristic separate Persia from the wells of Gemsa ally brutal fashion on behalf of the occult culture; second, the ossified conservation of the
to which Prince russoff, in his natives."-Pall Mall Gazella. famous speech in the Duws, declared the blame to belong. It would be a good thing if this mutter could be thoroughly threshed ont, for there un be no doubt that henry
priver
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raised
at the trial of the Council of Werkman's a little taken aback by the next, question
ai
Delegates now in progress in St. Petersburg.
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