BRAINY YOUNG MAN. Marconi, the Inventor of Telegraph ing Without Wires. Will Visit the Inited States Very —Success n( n Swv Hot Air Treatment for Acute ltlieuiiiatlsni. [Special Correspondence.] Now that it is known that the young Italian electrician, Sig. Guglielmo Marconi, is to be a visitor in this country considerable interest is be ing shown in regard to his per sonal history. Although now so thor oughly identified with his work in connection with the development of wireless telegraphy, he received very little attention from the public, even after having proved the practicability of transmitting messages without wires, until about two years ago, when, becoming a resident of Kngland, his mother's birthplace, Ue found himself associated with other workers along his lines in that country, lie was born in Bologna about 26 years ago and lia.\ since his extreme youth, been much interested in various experiments and inventions. The unsatisfactory results attained by those attempting to signal without wires caused his earnest endeavors to turn in that direction, and having dem onstrated the possibility of utilizing the Hertzian waves for that purpose, he left Italy and found financial and sci entific backers in England. There he HOT AIR TREATMENT FOR RHEUMATISM. has been aided not only in every ma terial way possible, but also by kindly 1 and recognition, and, I '*part of the head of the British on ' Mr. Preece, a generosity P ost ' 1 The latter gentleman, unsuvpas-r . , H , reco gni/.iipS tlu ' superior points of Mar coni's over any of his own, , ■,i. ivliicri he had been experimenting for many%F«. helped him in every way possibleNV' develop his new sys tem. Its was shown be fore the elosts of 1897 by experiments made in crowded city districts as well as in the open country. Between Bournemouth, on the mainland, and Alum Hay, on the Isle of Wight, a dis tance of IS miles, regular service has been established. During the convalescence of the prince of "Wales last year communica tion was maintained without difficulty between Osborne house, the queen's residence on the Isle of Wight, and the yacht in which the prince was lying, at a distance varying from two to seven miles from Ihe shore. One hundred and fifty messages were sent. Regular serv ' GUQLIELMO MARCONI, (inventor of the latest System of Wire less Telegraphy.) ice between the Kast Goodwin Sands lightship and the South Foreland land station, seven miles distant, has been established for about nine months. Last March the first messages between England and France were flashed across the Knglish channel, the distance covered being estimated at from 28 to 32 miles. The complete success of the system employed by Marconi requires the use of vertical wires at the trans mitting and receiving stations, the height of the wires varying according to the distance to be covered, also de pending to some extent on the induc tion coil of the telegraphic apparatus. For the channel service a wire JSO feet ■ high is used, while with the others men tioned above 80 to 90 feet has been found to be a sufficient elevation. It is not to be expected that we shall treat Marconi with the veneration which our democratic natures allow us to to the lords, dukes, etc., who are sometimes loaned to lis for a season by our mother country that we may help them to recuperate their men tal and moral stamina, as well as fill their pockets, but there are numbers of out countrymen prepared to recog nize the worth of the young man's dis coveries. and it is sul'e to say that he will not be neglected by the nation which is always ready to do homage to real merit. During the last few years a great many kinds of hot-aii'treatments for rheumatism have been invented, tried and discarded, 'out at last one ha» been found which, while there seems to be a great chance of killing the patient, may, if he escapes alive, be expected to cure him. Numbers of successful ex periments have been made, notably some of recent date in the Cook county hospital, of Chicago. About a year ago Warden Graham and Dr. Tlioren, of that institution, were in New York, and there saw a hot-air machine in vented by Mr. A. V. M. Sprague, of that city, whose wife was a sufferer from rheumatism. It had been found to work satisfactorily, and Mr. Sprague offered to present his visitors with a similar machine. By means of this ap paratus a person may be exposed to a temperature of 400 degrees, or nearly twice as hot as boiling water, without serious inconvenience, because the hot air is rendered entirely free from moisture. Four hunU. degrees of heat will melt several kinds of metals. If one drop of moisture were to gain entrance and be diffused over the body of an occupant, the whole skin would be scalded and the patient would die. Perspiration is burned up before it can spread over the body. The Sprague machine is a double cylinder, the inside of copper, the out side of steel. An asbestos blanket is between the two. Through the inner lining, which is pierced with holes, tha heat penetrates like a shower bath. Tiny jets strike the body simultane ously, but with far different results than from an unbroken blast. An ar- rangement between the two cylinders extracts moisture from the inner at mosphere and it passes off through two escape pipes at the top. Several gas burners underneath the outside plate furnish heat. Strips of cork, an inch and a half thick, line the inside of the cylinders. Patients are placed inside the machine on a mat tress of abestos and magnesia, 1 lie head being left outside. While the tem perature of this machine may be raised to 400 degrees, in a Turkish bath no one can stand more than ICO degrees, because of the moisture. Some 100 pa tients have thus far been treated by this method in the hospital named. Some were said to have been literally twisted into knots by rheumatism. One man was so doubled up that his arms and legs seemed to have changed places, lie was finally straightened out, hut not entirely cured, although, to his great joy, he is now able to dance a jig. The theory is that the hot air draws the poison from the system. One ease of chronic lumbago and sciatica of 1G gears' standing, which had been treated by noted physicians in Italy, Germany, and at different springs in America, was kept in the machine for two hours. The patient was then told to get out. He thought it impossible for liini to make the necessary move ments. When he found that he could work himself out without much pain, and could then walk, his gratification was beyond description. After five or six treatments he was well. Several cases of locomotor ataxia have been much benefited. If it can be made certain that the machines can be always depended upon to exhaust the moisture from the hot air and can always be in charge of skilled attendants, they bid fair to rank among the important discoveries of the century. The destruction to crops from hail stones is such a cause of dread in farm ing districts, especially in those coun tries where the vineyards furnish the chief means of subsistence to the peo ple, that for many years efforts have L>4en made to discover some method of preventing their falling. Chief among these has been the use of the mortar. A special form is now used, set in a wooden base and having a sheet-iron cone feet high fixed to its mouth. The mortar is charged with powder, well tamped down, the cone placed and the piece fired. Oving to the vibra tions of the cone, considerable dis turbance is produced in theair. Jf this kind of mortar is near a forming hailstorm, the stones cannot form, and a heavy shower of rain falls. Many Italian provinces are adopting this method of protection. In Styria and C armola. where these mortars were first used, the vineyards thus defended have remained uninjured for three years. One mortar protects a space of from 1.600 to 2,. r >oo feet in diameter. Hence, they should be placed from two-thirds to one mile apart. These mortars in bronze cost about SDO. If made of cast iron, the price would be less. EDWARD JULIAN. O«vin»; In lis Architecture. "I was sorry to hear your wife was caught out in that severe storm of wind and rain. I hope she suffered no ill effects from it?" "No, she wasn't hurt, but her fash ionable' new hat wa» unroofed."—Chi cago Tribune. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1899. HAND OFKRDGER, It Will Restrain Boers from Advancing Too Soon. FIRST SHOT FROM NATAL Burghers Will Cross the Border When It Is Fired. SEIZED 800 TONS OF COAL. A Iteport from < ape Town Saji tliat the «.<>» eminent ol tlie Orange Free State Haw Appropriated lilack Dia mond* llelouuiiiji to liiiKluml. London, Oct. 7. —There is almost a complete dearth of news from South Africa. 'I lie few dispatches received recording military movements at vari ous points all tend to confirm the be lief that President Kruger will restrain any forward movement by the Boers unless they are fired upon or war is actually declared. it is now practically certain that parliament will meet on October 17. Ueserves will be summoned to-day in sufficient numbers to bring up to war strength the regiments warned to hold themselves ill readiness for service in South Africa, or about one-sixteenth of the total reserve. The News as serts that an army corps will be mob ilized to-day. A dispatch from Mafeking says Commandant Cronje, of the Boer forces, has been promoted to Die rank of general, and is massing 6,000 lioers with artillery near Kamathlabama, north of Mafeking. The dispatch adds that Cronje has sent a message to the camp of the British troops that he will cross the border at the first shot fired in Xatal. It is stated that Harry Kscombe, former premier of Natal, is going to Pretoria in the in erest of peace. The Chronicle's Koine correspondent says the British government has ap plied to Signor Marconi with a view of employing his system of wireless telegraphy in the Transvaal cam paign. The Cape Town correspondent of the Mail says: "A sensation has been caused here by the report that the Free State government has seized 800 tons of coal belonging to the Cape government, which was traversing the Free State. Such a seizure would naturally be regarded as an act of war. .1. \Y. Saner, the commissioner of public works, when questioned in the asembly regarding the matter professed ignorance, but I learn that the report was telegraphed to the Cape ministry. 1 learn th-lfc Transvaal's threat to put British sub jects over tlie border would necessi tate the withdrawal of Conyngham Green. Some surprise is manifested over the report that a large number of British troops arc to be landed here instead of at Durham. This is taken to signify that Transvaal will be in vaded from the west and not from Natal." Johannesburg, Oct. 7. —Thousands of natives have invaded the town and yesterday the authorities decided to march them under escort out of the country. Thursday night two na tives entered a clothing store kept by a Jew and stabbed the proprietor in the neck, severing his windpipe. Two Jewish storekeepers in the cast rand have been murdered by natives and ihe Kaffirs are raiding all the places •where they think liquor is stored. The war commision, acting tinder the gov ernment's instructions, will issue ad vice to shopkeepers to remove the bar ricades they have created, on the ground that the government's guar anty of protection ought to be suf ficient. ■•call a lllou at Trust*. Anderson, Jnd., Oct. 7.—ln the in junction suits brought by the Window Glass Workers' National association, enjoining Indiana manufacturers from transferring their plants to the $17,- 000.000 combine. Judge Kyan yesterday handed down a ruling which deals a severe blow to trusts depending upon Indiana plants for control of markets. He overruled all demurrers set up by the trust and held that it was within the jurisdiction of the courts to rule on the case and that the cause was sufficient for action. iMitcliell Say* No. Washington, Oct. 7. —Comptroller Mitchell has rendered a decision in t he case of the proposed naval store at Cavite, a ease which has been watched with interest as* affecting all naval of ficers, especially those on foreign sta tions. The comptroller holds that there is no warrant for establishing at Cavite a naval store similar to the stores maintained in the army, where officers and men may purchase at cost articles of food not included in the regular ration list. The articles for sale in the army stores include pre serves, lime juice, cigars and tobacco. # 100,000 Fire l.o*«. Kansas City. Oct. 7. —The oil house, tanning room and one small beef cool er at Swarsehild & Sulzberger's pack ing plant at Armourdale, Kan., were destroyed l\v fire Friday. Loss $100,000; fully insured. Bi'Woy Talk* lo VftnraiiN. Washington, Oct. 7. — \dmiral Dewey received an ovation Friday at the I'lli~ ted States soldiers" home, about two miles beyond 1 lie city limits. Gen. llugglcs, the governor of the home, introduced him to the veterans. The admiral told the veterans that he had never learned t' appreciate the true valor and the noble qualities of the \merican soldier till he had seen them fight in The Philippines. lie litnl nothing* but the highest esteem, he said, for the American soldiers and would alv.ayj treasure their friend ship. ACTED ON DEWEY'iI ADVICE. rreildrnl .tleli in ley Ordrra Tlirea U«r«lilp« in lie Si*iii to Heiiiloree the Sguadritii In I'llili|>|>lWater*. Washington, Oct. s.—The president has directed the immediate dispatch to the Philippines of a number of vessels of the navy, including the crui ser Brooklyn and the gunboats Mari etta and Marehias. The action is the result of Admiral Dewey's interview yesterday in which lie went over the Philippine situation with the presi dent. The orders given are in line with the determination of the president to furnish the army and navy every re source for stamping' out the Philip pine insurrection at tTie earliest pos sible time. At Admiral Dewey's in terview with the president the former went into the Philippine situation at great length, explaining carefully the existing condition of affairs and his views of tiie outlook, concluding with an earnest recommendation that the Brooklyn and some other vessels be sent at once to the Philippines. This reinforcement of the Asiatic squadron he urged as necessary and said the ships should be sent as soon as pos sible. The president immediately communicated with the nayv depart ment and instructed the secretary of the navy to issue an order carrying out the admiral's recommendation and to see that they he got in readi ness at once. The Marietta and Ma chias, besides the Brooklyn, will he designated by the navy department, along with several other vessels which have not yet been selected. The Brooklyn is now with the other vessels of the North Atlantic squad ron off Tompkinsville. Staten islnd. The Maehias and the Marietta are at present lying at the wharves in this city on waiting orders, having been brought here to participate in this week's celebration in honor of Ad miral Dewey. These reinforcements will add considerable strength to the Asiatic squadron and the administra tion believes their presence will have a material effect in expediting the en:l of hostilities. The P.rooklyn is an armored cruiser of the first rating, carrying L'O main battery guns and is so well thought of by Pear Admiral Sehlev that he de fired that she be assigned as his flag ship in the new South Atlantic squad ron . The Marietta is a composite boat until a main battery equipment of six trims. The Maehias carries a battery of eight guns. The Brooklyn is com manded by Capt. Theodore I*'. Jewell, who has seen 14 years of sea service and mud- more than that 011 shore stations: the Maehias by Lieut. Com mander Leavitt C. Logan, with 15 years of service at sea. and the Mari etta by Lieut. Commander Edward TL Cihecn, whose record shows 17 vears of sea service. The Brooklyn's for midable equipment, will make her of invaluable general service, while the Marietta and the Maehias are expect ed to lie useful in the numerous shal low waters about the archipelago where larger era ft cannot go. CHICAGO'S FALL FESTIVAL. II Open* Willi .Tluvlc, a llrilllam IClec- Irlc ■•i«play anears old, was killed on the carnival circus grounds last evening while at tempting a parachute leap. He was fired from a wooden cannon, while up 1,000 feet in the air. The parachute failed 1o open and lie fell to the earth like a stone. A Serious strike situation. West. Superior, Wis., Oct. s.—The strike of longshoremen here is be coming serious. A conference w:.s held Wednesday at Dnlutli and the men there.decided to refuse to handje freight that comes to either Superior or Duluth 011 Great Northern boats. A Valuable Cur l.oail ol Ore. Dead wood, S. L>., Oct. s.—Otto Grant/., the owner of the great gold mine southwest of this city, shipped a car load of ore to Denver yesterday which will give a return of about $85,000, the richest car load ever shipped from the Black Hills, M'KINLETTSTOER. Big Crowds Greet the Presi dent in Illinois. A SOLDIERS' MONUMENT. The Executive Assists in Dedica« tiiitf One at Peoria. INAUGURATES A FESTIVAL. Col. H. J. Ifryau 4>lve» Hit; I'reaideut a Cordial (.rri tlic During tlie Lut ler'» Mop at 4 anion and Lltlen. to an Addreu l>) llin suceeitnlul Itival. Quincy, 111., Oct. 7. —Cannons boomed and cannons played ' Dixie" as President McKinley alighted from his private car at the grounds of the Illinois soliders' home yesterday. Fif teen hundred veterans, inmates of the home, cheered as the president and the members of the cabinet took car riages to be driven between long pla toons of soldiers around the beautiful grounds of the home. The presidential party was driven from the soldiers' home to the city proper, a distance of two miles. Com pany F, Fifth Illinois infantry, the naval reserves and Company F, Eighth Illinois infantry, escorted the party through the business district. The sailors were supplied with Ilotch kiss guns, and as soon as the presi dent arrived in sight of the public square a president's salute of 21 guns was fired. Six thousand school chil dren from all the schools of the city were massed on the east si lo of the court, house, waving flags and singing national iiirs as the president ap peared. The president and several members of the cabinet delivered brief addresses from the reviewing stand. Between Quincy and Peoria three brief stops were made at Macomb, Canton and Bushnell. At each of these stations the president was es corted from the train to platforms erected for the occasion. The entire population of these towns appeared to have turned out to greet the chief magistrate. Peoria, 111., Oct. 7.—A good part of the population of Peoria took part in tui elaborate demonstration to wel come the president to their city. The great event of the day was the unveil ing of a beautiful monument erected by Peoria s citizens as a memoiial to the soldiers of the rebellion. The monument is a tall shaft of marble, ornamented ar the base with bronze groups commemorating scenes ir the civil war. it is erected on an elevation in front of the courthouse and by its sitie had been constructed a platform upon which the president and his party took seats to review a long procession of militia," veterans of the war and returned volunteers of the Spanish war. The concourse of people surrounding the platform and packing every street in its vicinity was by far the largest which has thus far greeted the president on his west ern tour. After his review of the parade, the president took his seat facing the veiled monument, by the side of lion. Martin Kingman, chairman of the ex ercises. After some selections of music and an invocation by liev. Wes ton, the monument was unveiled by M is. S. A. Kinsey, chairman of the monument commission. A great cheer burst from the multitude as the folds of canvas fell away from the shaft. Then President McKinley, followed by his cabinet, made a tour of the open space surrounding the monument, .11- specting its beauties carefully on all sides. The sculptor of the figures at the base, Mr. Fritz Triebel, of Peoria, walked by the side of the president during this inspection. The formal exercises of dedication were then pro ceded with. At the conclusion of the exercises a brief opportunity was given the crowd to shake hands with the president. The party was next driven to the cot palace, a building wholly construe ed of corn, where the Peoria corn fes tival was inaugurated by the presi dent. An informal reception and dinner at the residence of J. B. Greenliut was the closing event of the president's visit to Peoria. The party boarded the train at 8:45 and were carried to Gnlesburg to spend the night. The exercises which will take place at Knox college, Galesburg, to-day arc designated to commemorate the 4)st anniversary of the famous debates be tween Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas one of which was neia at Galesburg. Col. William Jennings Bryan sat directly behind President McKinley at Canton. 111., while the president delivered a brief address. The street fair is in progress at Canton and Col. Bryan had been scheduled to deliver a two-hours' speech. The Nebraskan was among the first to greet President McKinley as he left the train and ascended the platform. When the president bad concluded his address he turned and heartily grasped Col. Bryan's outstretched hand. "Good live, Mr. President," said Col. Bryan, aiid the president responded with a word of farewell. This closed the short meeting between former rivals of 1800. as the presidential train left immediately. I 01. Bryan delivered his address after the departure of the president. Kav state Ke|iiihllen n Convention. Boston, Oct. 7. —The republican state convention was held in this city Friday, 1.754 delegates being present. Lieut. Gov. Murray Crane was nom inated for governor by acclamation. Gen. Curtis Guild presented the name of .lohn I . Bates for lieutenant gov ernor. Gen. Gould had been Mr. Bates" rival before the •aliens. The nomination was made by acclama tion. lb M. Know I ton was renom inated for attorney general. 1500 Reward The above Reward will be paid for l Jh that will lead to the arreat a>4 conviction of tbe party or parties who placed iron and *Ube on tbe track of tiie kmporium k Rick Valley R R-, bom be east line of Franklin Honaler's far», m tbe evening of Nov. 21st, 1891. Hckit AUCHU, 88-tf. /V«ndaU. FINE LIQUOR SIORE —n*— EMPORTUM, PA. THE endereigned baa opened a ln» clase Liquor atore, and invitee (hi trade of Hotels, Reetanraute, We ah All carry none bat the baat A W loan and Imported WHISKIES, BRANDIES GINS AND WINES, BOTTLED ALE, CHAMPAGNE, Eta. 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