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He lived in a grey-.1, rough shed which the railroad contruczor ind erected to house his horde of Italian laborers in. .Old Antonio had always owned and controlled him, but if he was the boy's father he had very little of a father‘s feeling, for he scolded and abused the boy \vlicucvcr his humor happened to set in that way. _ _ There Were seven days in the week to . ,_ ,, -~~. .â€" “‘7 a ,3. e , " ,BLBOTRIOAL, N, - Itwas new“, ulé using: apprmcb to QUIdK SIGNALSAT -: on its fa some toward the powder; ~ ,‘ ' ' / ~ ‘ , insum'typn record inrthq.Chicsgo- exchange. 1 ; . _,- Tliey saw the inevitable"'.‘fate of‘ old An~ " â€" ' " ' ’ r ‘ , Afiew System Deust by a British have) tonic, but their danger was «gr-cit and trite “A writer on the subject of musing death to the brutal instincts of greed and selfâ€" by electricity says there m reasons for be, preservation ;nrost of them mu hastily up, . _. . . v. stairs to secure their money and effects. 1"“ mg that death by “‘15 means ‘3 so an“ Those who were left were like Antonio, that the application of the current could be l rooted to the spot with brute fear. In an- ncw signalling station which is to be estab~ , " pincer. People who wish to visit foreign countries lished at l‘ory Island, between Ireland and are carried over the ocean in the greatest Scotland, which is expected to be of the Epossiblc comfort at a high speed turd with service to "Atlantic steamers. A lalniost absolute safety. There isonly one Sdmeinteresfing features will be seen in the repeated 3. number of times within the in- large cable has been laid betwoen the island lthing wanting to make ocean travelling al- othcr instant all would have been blown to term! that is known to 6131,34, mtween the audthe shore, the chief use of which will be iluost perfect, and that is a good system of atoms, but an unlookcd for thing happened. The h-t-y, whose presence had been forgotten receipt of an injury and the cognizance of it and who-had beenjn a swoausz. hedgbecn by the 1min- 111 11100505 this 11,3 cites the ingenious buoy-like waterproof dcspa awakened by the tumult and the smaller I results of'n'series of experiments conducted Nina, and these seven were all alike except burning sulphur‘ He looked about: him. Lbyiprof. Muybridge, at which be was pm- i that on one of thup the men worked. less ,Just behind him ‘wan an fdpen’ door.“ I“ a gent“- The lantern .wfis used to make .3. ilnll ate and Elllzuitll and drunk beer and l second he could have 8pm,“; throng], fl it and series of instantaneous photographs,.and 1n wzmbed their clothing. Old Antonio did notdriuk beer because it. cost. money, and every cent of his wages not necessary to buy l , dashed away. Before him ‘wagthe blazing I order to make the intervals - between “the 1 powder leaping on toward the can. The boy I expomues. as well as the times 01 exposure {was sensible enorin in a minute to see all exceedingly Short, the plates were exposed . , I , .. . . .' . ' . . ~â€" . ‘ . . '"L‘W 11" “‘3 5‘“ “‘5' “l’ to “k8 11”“ hon“ i this..He saw that he could choose his course. and Stopped by “199413 0‘5 an 0190"“: (“ment- and p.ll(..ldnL in menu d on n blch to cndlus He could flee and leave his pemecutnrym hm days. in easy mdolexicc : for he could easily get a wife, and she could do all the work the vineyard rupiircd. So. on Sunday, old Antonio washed his and Nino’s clothes, and slept. If there had been a. priest near he would have gone to muss in the morning, and washed and gath‘ cred sticks for cooking just the same the rest of the day ; but perhaps that Would have given him less time to boat Nino on that day, which was the hardest the poor boy had to pass. In his own sunny Italy Nino remembered having been page to a. kind English lady who had wintcred in his native town, and she had taught him about a different way of spending Sunday, and of pleasing God, but his father and mother had both died on the passage over, and old Antonio had claim- ed to be his uncle and told the boy he would kill him if hedid not any so, too. , Thcnfora. while they had traveled to- gether from town to town with an organ and banjo, until old Antonio had done some- thing for which the ofliccrs wanted him, and he had suddenly gone “'est and joined the gun r of railroad builders, among whom he was known only as “ Number 27.” Every day there was sent down from the town on the tmin a. sack of bread to feed the hands. Often little Nino was sent to wheel it up from the station. Sometimes the suck was old and rotten, and great holes gaped in it. Then the trainincn didn’t handle it very carefully, They would laugh and joke about the “dugofs fodder-Tl as. they flung it from the train. Once the bug burst open, and several of the loaves rolled out on the platform. “’hen Nino told Antonio about; this n. greedy look came into the old fellow’s eye, and he looked straight at Niuo and said : “\Vhy nota kccpa one ‘2” Nino shook his head to show that he thought- such a thing would be wrong. This seemed only to make Antonio angry, and he shook his fist and said : Next time bring one.” ~ Next day when Niuo started for the bread, old Antonio who had just finished his dinner, brought a. large blouse and put t. over the boy's shouldvrs. and, buttoning it tight at the bottom, said: “Qua here; ona thcrc," tapping tch 10:50 folds of the blouse on either side. The boy looked down to the ground with 0. deep blush of shame, but. said not a. word. “You hear?" demanded old Antonio. Niuo looked up and making a. gesture of disapproval with his hands, shook his head. Antonio was shrewd enough to see that to threaten would not be policy, and so he changed his tone to u whccdliug one. He thrust his hand into his pocket. and drew out son 2 small coinsâ€"the price of a. loaf of breadâ€"and showing them to N iuo, said : “So much, so much, Nico, to take old An- tonio and good Niuo back to sunny Italy; so we go quick, good Nina,” said Antonio, “30 Niuo 500 friends.” “You said I had no friends,” spoke up the boy quickly; "you told me that you were my uncle, and that all the rest were dead with fat-her and mother,” and the boy's brave sentence broke down almost; with n. sob. ' Old Antonio’s face glowed with passion and wickedness, and he slmnpcdhis foot' and almost shrickcd in the boy's. face, as he hurried oil' to his work at the call of the boss: “I kill you. you no do so I tell !” The men all :itc their meals together, and while Antonio kept silcncc,thcrc was no ominous look in his eye. After all the men had loungcd away to smoke orlie down, Antonio culled Nino into r. corner. The boy trembled. but obcycd. Antonio mut- tcringanl vrmvling begun to mloosc his belt. Nino nicked away from him into a corner, with a pleading look and gesture. He stumbled over something which l‘ollcd from under his feet uud stopped with a thud against a post. “'hcu Antonio had taken oil'hisbclt be next whipped out an ugly looking knife which he held in his left. hand. “Now, I umko you pay,” he hissed; " if you scream, 1 kills you,” brandishing his knife. The boy begged him in the name of the Virgin Mary, the holy saints, and his father and mother, but the infuriated demon gunshâ€" cd his teeth in rage, and putull his strcnuth into his blow, the force of which lOSSL‘lllTIlS but from his head and thrc a SllOWcl‘ of lowing coals from his. pipc. It cut the boy t own like the sti‘okc of a ciuictcr. Hc _ uvc nnc involuntary, ugouizcd shriek. and fell in a helpless heap. The instant the sound died away from his lips there was amur- dcrous gleam of steel ubovc his head that would have been lzis dumb-warrant, for murders are of common occureucc in those Italian dcns, and not always punished ; but 'ust. thcnuuothcr flush urrcstcd his arm. 1. began at his feet. and whirled in n. cir- cuit round and round, uccompanicd by a sizzii " noise that could not be mistaken by one \lfiio had ever heard it. The murderous wrctch paused and stared; then his hand dropped nervcless at his side. The coals from his pipe had caught in some fuse stored in that- coiuerof the shanty, and the coils had been dragged bv the feet of the boy and lay across a train of black looking substaucc lll’lt trailed ulouv to the post where l: ‘ the thin f over which the boyihad stumble --a can 0 giant powder used for blasting. The can had been carelessly left open, or else had been broken by the force 0 its contact with the ground, and spilled its contents as it rolled along. The Italian stood and stared at the spec- tacle as a channel bird at a snake. Even the footsteps and oulcries of some of his comrades, who had been attracted by the shriek of the bov. failed to divert his gaze from the impending destruction. Some of the new arrivals took in the dam g ger at once, and threw up thtir hands in alarm. They called to Antonio to run for his life. They cried to each other to stamp outthe fuse. But nothing was done, and One very interesting series of pictures fate and go out and find new friends for i made was intended to illustrate the slow- himself who would h:st him to makehisway n‘ess of the brain in receiving impressmns. .back to his own country :or he could stay 'lwo women were employed ; one stood ma before him and perhaps die with those who'll-“d poured & bucket of water over the would have taken his life ; or,if he saved l, Standing Woman’s head and shoulders. In them, it would be onlv to renew his hateful‘ order to make the shock more intense. Prof. slavcrv. I ' Muybridge had filled the bucket with ice- All ythis flashed through his mind in a, water, unknown to the victim, who would second, and more. That something more not have awaited thculouchc so patiently must have been memories of the long-ago bad 8116 known what its temperature was and almost forgotten lessons about the low- gOillg to be. One new showed the Water 1 1y one of Nazareth and his treatment of his tipped OVBI‘ and falling. yet not {Elite tOUCll- The next View showed chose was the same one ofduring self-denial. the water splashing from her head and In .-n instant, while they were pointing to ' boulders, and yet there was no signs of sen- sation. 1n the third picture she was just- { escape through it, he had gone to work with beginning to respond to the Shock and the hands and mouth, seizing the blazing red- I subsequent. pictures illustrated the further hot fuse and applying it to his moist lips and ; Phil-58$ 0f the response. The point of special tongue in spite of the pain, until the lust interest, however, is in 0013119051011 With “39 spark was extinguished and the puuic-striek- , Second View. The electric current l‘tul 11! cu crowd reassured, and then he sank into that case first exposed the plate, and the! another swoon from over doing while yet after a. very short interval had shut it .oti weuk from the effects of the fright. But. again ;that is to say, had acted twice \vith stlzis time he fell into tender, protecting i D“ Interval of time between two the suffi- } enemies. Anyway, the path that the boy I log the girl’s head. him the door behind and bidding him to to announce the of vessels and the :slgualiug, whcrcbyonc ship can communicate transmission cf telegrams from them. An Ewith another by "lng as well as by day, , tch ‘aud in thick as well as in clear weather. case has been devised, which will contain ELicut. (lrutchlcy of the Naval Reserve in any numberoftelegra’ms. Thiscunbcpickcd 5 England, has, with others, experionccd the up by the boatmen from the island and cou~ Stufficulty when meeting at bomcwurdor out- veyed to the signal'station. The IIHEWIEC‘S -lward bound fast steamer of getting any in- cau then be telegraphed to any part of the éformation from her, as in fine weather, with kingdom, an arrangement which will be of‘,no wind. llugs are indistinguishable when the greatest convenience not only to trav- 'gcud on,undt\voor thrcc hoists arc thcutmost. ellcrs, but also to merchants and shippers. 'thut can be exchanged by vessels passing at lspvcd. In consequence he has introduced a A fort“,th town is Tron“, in Austria‘ code of signals by which both incnIof-war Its electric light station is owned by the land merchant vessels can hold a brief cou- . . Inuuici alit ' which has the udvunta e of "ersnllon even i“ the Show 59““ 0f filn° l to risk an uncertain fight with the danger ‘ bath tub and the other sat. on a raised chair ‘ p l ‘ g the power of a large waterfall. The light is that . they “’0 With)“ S‘Smllmg ‘llsmnce 0f furnished to private consumers for about. 0110‘ "Miller- . twenty cents a yet“. per candle power, and l home of the codes now in use have many they can burn the lamps one hour a. night or l excellelll lt‘i‘llll‘t‘sg but “"3 0"“ .lll‘llwll‘dlly twelve hours, just as they please, without, used, the international COllllllt‘l‘Cllll code, 13 extra. charge. So as to enable the poor in- I‘lll‘l“ ‘0 “‘0 Ol‘lt‘UllO“ llm-L 1t fl‘L‘dllW‘lY habitants to use the light. the town Puvs for i lakes ll 1““? lime to CW“? “‘0' mu“ mm“ the house wiring, payment being made by lmatlon, while at. night there is no lllflflltfl‘l‘ of an annual charge_ A flour min and a Spin. lcomumuicatiou whatever beyond the ovum- ning mill are already supplied with currents, lull" ‘llsu‘es‘m I’llle “‘“l lll'l‘fill" Poml‘m‘y and great activity is looked for in the local lsxgnuls. lhcrc arc ccrtum duucultics in the industries owing to its use by almost the ' m." “f “lgllalh‘g by “M‘s “‘ the ‘lllylm‘c- whole of the community. One is that there is no plhcc about the Slllp - where a flag large enough to be seen at a dis. An accident has just. occurred in Georgia, ‘tuucc would be free from obstruction or clcur which shows the necessity of the guard which .Of (uni-.59" 0f hung 10““ "1 sendmg “1°” 0" is now generally fixed over the \.u,mam,g hauling down. In the vise of two steamers .-l .,._...-...__ "m armsâ€"the engineers, timekeepcrs and con- tractor, who had heard the whole story from lone of the men who chanced to be near enough to hear all. Old Antonio would have met his deserts, but- he took advantage of the excitement about the boy and hastened away. The boy v'us nursed and tenderly cared for, and a full account of the affair got into the daily papers of a. neighboring city, in. which names were given in full. Next day the company was surprised by the arrival of a. well dressed pair of Italians who kept a fruit and confectionery estab- lishmcnt in the city. They had seen the name of the young hero, as the papers callchiuo, and had recognized it as the name of their nephew whom they had sup- posed (lied with the father and mother, 121ml from whose loving care old Antonio ‘ had been defrauding them all these years. lvlicu you go to the city you will notice .bcbind the counter of one of the most; fashionable caterers, a. youth handsome in spite of an ugly sour across his brow and a slight deformity of his lips. These are the memcutoes of his escape from the slavery of old Antonio. .. .........râ€" RUINBD BY DRUGS. A llorriblc Example 61’ the En‘ccts ofMor- phinc and Cocaine. A man with more than 1,000 scars on his body lies on a. cot at. the Chicago Hospital. He isu victim of the use of morphine, cocaine, and other powerful drugs. His story is an in- teresting one, and, as Dr. McNamara says, he “is an excellent subjer for a novelist.” \Vhen an attendant. removed the clothing of the patient yesterday the skin of his emaciat- ed form looked like that of a. tattooed man. He was black and blue from uch to ankles, the result of five years’ use of a. hypodermic syringe. The man’s name is George Moyneaux, or Muyncard, a. French physician of 35, learn- l cd in his profession, speaking four languages, and a graduate of the University of Heidel- berg, Germany. He was picked up Sunday night at Halsted and Jackson streets. His clothing was old and torn, and he looked like u. trump. He had taken a. dose of atro- pia, one of the deadliest of poisons, and in one of his pockets were found two vials, one containing enough ati‘opiu to kill fifty men, and about fifteen grains of cocaine in the other. At the hospital Moyneuux at first. refused to give his name, but after some persuasion l)l‘. McNamara secured itaud a portion of the unfortunutc's history. After ri'uduatiug at I-Ieidclbcr r,.\foyncaux went to ’aris, where he built up a'luczutivc i practice. Several years after establishing himsclf iu the French capital Moyncuux begun to experiment with the use of mor~ phiuc and cocaine. He chose himself to prac- tise upon. He took the drugs in moderate injections, and one day he thought he had made a grand discovery. He found he could take cocaine with impunity and counteract itscll‘ccts by taking ulropia. This theory has longugo been exploded by medical men, except that utropia taken with morphine or cocaine will kill the effects of either of the drugs and leave the utient iu the condition ! he was before he too. the poison. However, Moyu ‘uux's experiments ended disastrously and licfell u. victim to cocaine and morphine. Shortly before he fell into the street Sutur- day night he had injected teu grains of co mine into his body, afld, still believing in his old theory, had taken a dose of utropiu. llc evidently took too much, as it rendered him unconscious. This was the sad end of his former splendid career in Paris, where he lost his practice and came to America. Here he sunk lower and lower, every cent he could procure going toward the )urchase of the only poison that could give rim temporary bliss. Moyneaux suffered untold agony yester- day. He was vivcn an injection of two grains l of morphine, )ut this was not one-twentieth ‘: flu: amount sufficient for him. and he begged l and pleaded in four different languages tobe given the injector and a bottle of cocaine. l The man \vrithed and twisted about in a l frightful uunner, and stared like a wild lmau at those about him. Finally Dr. .\lc- } Nainura bad to rake extreme measures and gstiap the unfortunate to the bed. “He will i die," said the Doctor, "and there is no help for him, he is so fax-gone. I never before saw 1 such a desperate case." ; A little girl was out in a flower-garden , and cspicd a pansy with a short stem. She {plucked it gleefully, and running into the house gave expression to the pretty poetical conceit : “Mauime, I found it sitting down ; 3 it aint dot no legs." I think about the cal ‘ difference between , people in this world is t at some know who jthcy “ant, and some don't. . ~ ciently long for the sensitive plate to take l an impression of the view and this after the ice-water had touched the woman’s shoul- ders, and before she was conscious of it. Mr. E. J. Hall, J l‘., in drawing attention to the fact that the jarring of the waves materially increases the difficulty of subma- rine ’phoniug, speaks yery hopefully of the future of the telephone service. He consid- crs that so much success has already been attained in submarine work over a. line of ten miles that the accomplishment of any given distance is only a. matter of study and I application. Mr. Hall says : “N 0 man can tell what a. day may bring forth in the way of telephonicimprovements. Ten years ago every telephone man declared, and honestly, Ithth the wires could not be operated in a subterranean conduit: to-day ingenuity has contrived menus to do this, and in large cities “ the companies prefer conduits in some places.” The extension if what may be called the aesthetic uses of the telephone is also referred to. Not l only are smmons regularly trans- mitted to the houses of persons who are un- able to attend the services, but a. trumpet armngcmcnt is attached by which the voice of the speaker is thrown into the room with startling volume and distinctucss. The latest scllcmc, however, is to have a. fine baud perform select music, and to have the sound waves distributedto any number of subscribers. A family, club, or hotel can thus enjoy the finest music during or after dinner, and the effect will be as'satisfactoi‘y as though the performers were in the apart- ment. It is stated that a large number of persons have expressed their willingness to become subscribers. There are, however, certain difficulties to be overcome in the modification of tone and timbre effected by the telephone. At; present, for instance, the notes of the harp and the piano are alike over the wire. The characteristic of the reed, wood, and brass of the orchestra is not clearly defined, and the comet is too ob- structive. \thu this diliiculty is overcome there will be no further difficulty in furnish- ing music on top. The utility of the electric light in prevent- ing theft and in improving the standard of niglf't; work becomes increasingly apparent. It is stated that the cost of an installation for the purpose of facilitating the work in a. somewhat cramped goods yard of a. London station was entirely paid for by the amount saved through decrease in the annual rob- bcry of goods. At anothcrlargc goods depot the night traffic had so increased that every- thing wus blocked. The goods’ trains wure stopping the passenger traffic, and it; x 'as . impossible to bundle it. At this juncture it occurred to the manager to throw more light into the goods’ sheds and yards. The load- ing stages and the shuntng grounds Were practically flooded with light. The men Worked with freedom ; the hand lumps were set on one side, and the time occupied in handling them was bestowed on the actual work of loading and unloading the goods The‘trains were But)“ disposed of, and traffic went on as usual. ~ In his Presidential address before the British Association at Leeds, Sir Frederick Abel drew attention to the great strides which have been made in electricity since the association met at. Leeds in 1858. That year witnessed the accomplishment of the first great Step toward the establishment of electrical communication between Europe and America, by the layin of a telegraph cable connecting Newfoun land with Val~ euciu. Through this cable a message of thirty-one words was transmitted in thirty- fivc minutes, on achievement which excited the greatest enthusiasm and wonder. Subs marine telegraphy had then just started into existence. News is now despatchcd at the rate of 600 words per minute, 110,000 miles of cable have been laid by British ships, and a fleet of nearly forty ships is occupied in various oceans in maintainng existing cables and laying new ones. A statement having been made that nine telephone girls had gone crazy in New York city, the superintendent of a Chi o tele- phone exchange was interviewed for t e pnr~ pose of discoverin whether the Western telephone girls too- more kindly to their work. He said that whatever grounds the superintendent might have for becoming in- sane, he could not see that the operators had any. He had never seen anysign's of insanity in the young ladiesunder in: charge; on the contrary, they were bright. and all ciont, and that was why he kept them. Home of them were “ mad" when the introduction of the receiver that is strapped to the head was insisted on, as it was anything but ornamental ; but that was only momentary. fans worked by electric motors. Thcniunug- ,"lel’lmé-l “'llh 0» “lml‘l‘m‘l sl"led (if lll'cnl)" 0,. of the engineering department of m, 01cc. icrght knots per hour the tune for actual flag uic light works had been superintcndinu the {hoists 1s not much more than five minutes, putting in of a new exhaust, fan, muf“.38|us the vessels arcupproucluuguml separating watching its first trial. Ashewas feeling the at the rate of about. a mile in two minutes. shaft to see if the journals wcrchot the suc- tion drew his hand in, and in an instant. it was cut off between the. wrist. and the elbow. The fan was revolving at the rule of 1,000 i revolutions a. minute, and it, is said that the arm was cut off as clean as it if had been done by a knife. FIGHTING 0N OLD OCEAN. “but The Nations. arc Doing in Naval Warfare. Handling fleets in action and the general subject: of signaling are points that; are just beginning to receive their due consideration in all navies. The Constructive Departments, in designing recent ships which are touct as flag-ships, have not thought. out sullicicntly where thc.A(lmi '31 should be stutioucd in action so that he may have a clear, all-round ’ view of the shipscomposing his fleet, as well i as those of the enemy. “The alter bridge and signal dock,” says Broad Arrow, .“huvc - no protection whatever,uud they would un- doubtedly be swept by the enemy’s machine guns, which would speedin place the Ad- miral, his staff and the siguulmeu 1107's (12 combat, besides cutting the signal hulliards and destroying the semaphores, flashing lights, and other signaling apparatus. Con- sequently, aftcronc of our fleets, composed enemy’s fire, it is extremely probable that, even if the Admiral were not actually killed he Would be of small service to the fleet dur- ing the remainder of the engagement, as'his signalmcn auzl signaling apparatus would mostlikcly be in a very shuttered condition.” The German Government's display at the forthcoming Royal Naval Exhibition is tobc a complete selection of models showing the progress of their navy from its commence- ment. Among other objects of intercsit. will be the Bauersches Tauchcrboat. This was one of the first submarine or driving bouts ever built, and was designed by a. German otliccr, who, with his companions, nurrowly escaped drowning at the trial in Kicl'Har- ,bor. This interesting relic . of curly sub- marine nuvul architecture, after lying for years under water, was fished up and is now preserved as a curiosity by the dockyurd au- thorities. The Government yard in \Villiclms- haven has among its exhibits a complctc ship’s cooking apparatus, hospital, ()f’licers' cabin, and dispensary as fitlcd on board a large mau-of-var. Thc exhibition of life- saving apparatusfor wrecks is vcry complete, and takes up a large hall, where the working of the rocket and other systems is very clearly shown. The machinery exhibits um also very complete from a naval point of view. The new cruiser which was launched at. Bilbao by the Quecn Regent of Spain res-,an- ly was christened the lnfuutu Elwin 'l'crcsu. Hcr displaceman is 7,000 tons, length 3:63 feet, and breath (55 feet. develop speed of ‘20 knots. inches thick, and she is to be urulcd with two 24-ccuiniet breech'loud guns and ten 14- ccutiuictcr breech-load guns. The auxiliary armament consists of eight (Z-poumlcrquick- firiug guns and than machine guns. She has also eight torpedo-discharging tubes. The French .\'uvy is making progress in theart of maritimcacrostution,and at'l‘oulon there has been daily practice by way of ex- periment, witha complete pack of balloons. Judging by the newspa mr reports, it is She is expected to 5,000 horse power and to attain a The armor belt is 1‘2 greatest and most pcr cctlinc of aeroslrr- tion yet attempted. From a height of 1,203 feet the aeronauts are able to see all that takes place for a distance of forty miles. _.-__â€".â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€" Pooled the Preacher. A precocious little rascal was noaiccd on Jefferson avenue the other day making bi» best endeavor to ring a door-bell just beyond his reach. A welloknown minister happened along and, thh the impluses of a good .Sa- maritun, wanted to help the boy. “ Like to ring that bell, u)me ':" “ Yes, sir ; but I can't reach it." The divine stepped to the veranda and gave the bell a vigorous pull, as be patted the . interesting juvenile on the head. “ Now run like the devil l" shouted the kid as he shot down the street at top speed. All the man could do was to laugh at this deplorable bit of worldlincss and make expla- nation when the call was answeredâ€"{Dc- troit. New; He Never Had It. Miss Flora (forty-five, homely and unmar- ried)-â€"()h, Mr. Blunt, I had such a strange dream last night. 3 M r. Bluntâ€"~‘Vhat wanit, Miss Flora? Miss Floraâ€"I dreamed that we were married and on our Wedding tour. Did you ever have such a dream ': .‘fr. lllunt (encrgcu -ully)â€"-.\'o. iudL-c '. I never had the nightmare in my life'. y - V . I V l I ‘-. x -' ' l: - s - of ships as fitted at present, has received an “‘9 lull llmhtul Tgnlynm DAL" of Lh" cm“) means l.cpcut Signal. With ugood distant signal and the Morse system this time may be very muchcxtcnded and a. great deal more work done; To bring this about it. is roposcd using "shapes" instead of flags, to )ehoistcd utthc most. conspicuous place, either gufl‘, yardarm, or stay, or in fact- whcrcver they can be seen best by the upproachiug vessel. Such a system is not near] ' so cuinbrous as a. set. of siguul flags: it can 0 worked by one man, and can be far more effectually used. Tho present code oflcttcrs could be adhered to us being more simple and less likely to cause u mistake. There are only two “shupcs” to be sued, a triangle and n. ball. The former in altitude is less than the diameter of the latter. The bull is always to the right of thc signulcr. A pcnuunt hoisted at. any masthead means coxnmunicution spelling, otherwise the commercial code is understood. A. pause is made after each letter, and is indicated by both “shapes” being moment- arily out of sight; at longer puusc signifies the end of a. work. Attention is culled by u continuous bobbing up and down of the two “shapes,” and is unswurcd similarly. )ommunication begins when both are at rest in the down position. llotli hoisted iucuns‘”.\‘.tnp,” or at. the cod of u. sentence. The cone is used as the answering pennant after each sentence or code signal or Word. For night work a system of flash signals in which the electric light is called in: o pluy takes the place of the “ shapes.” A twenty- fivc-cuudlcpower incandescent; lamp is thought to be of suilicicnt power, and with the working apparatus handy on the bridge it can uh 'uyslu: kept bearing on the vessel with which it. is desired to communicate. There is u shutter worked byn. lover which passes in front, ofthc light and givcuthc long or short. flushes at. the will of the operator, and a. bundle at one sidc turns the standard on which the shutter Wol'lis so that it can always be fairly presented to the obrcr‘vcl‘ aboard of the passing 'l. The extensive uuvul nutrmuumcs of the past two or three years are hold by the high- est. English authorities as emphasizing the necessity of making distinctive efforts to- ward increasing communication liclwmrn vowels. The moment; the evolutions were started it was found how oven the imitation of war caused a. dependence to be placed upon signaling that wasnot before rculixml as u possibililly. \Vbclhcr in communicatingfrom ship to ship at sea. or from the ships to shore and buck uguin, it v.':~.siutulc quite evi- dent to all thtrt existing ai‘i'zv.u;,;cnu~nts Wul‘o unsatisfactory und Wuulll inevitably lead to serious couiplicltion, ifnotdisusta-l'. It. was conclusively proved that. in the event of war breaking out it would be impossible to rely upon uhastily-devised system of communi- cation, and that too much attention could not be given during those days of compara- tivo inactivity to this all-important subject. In criticising the proposed codc, Admiral llowdcn-Smith remarked ‘llut be was one of those who thought that in (3“in of \var ling- lis'i cmmucrcc and trade routes could hr,- pro- tected, and ought to be protected, by means of her nmgnificcnt Hiring of voiding stations, and with the assistance of cruisers skillfully stationed at changeable rendezvous bctv. or: those stations. To carry that out effect uully the hourly cooperation of the uavynnd lucr- cantilc marine was necessary, and the way the-latter could be of most usaistuncc \ 'us by having some system of rigouling whereby they could communicate on the principle pointed out by Lieut. Crutcblcy. n... Utilizing Niagara‘s Power. The scheme for the utilization of the power of Niagara Falls, suggested by Sir William Thomson mou llfll‘l‘ the dynamo had been brought into commercial use, but rather us a dream of the distant future than as u practical hint, is ultemly in n fol ' may to be realized. Contracts have been given out for tllt'. construction of the tunnels through which water will be conveyed to drive the great turbines, and Sir William Thomson and other scientists llIch been con- sulting for some tune as to the best ways of utilizing the power. In spite of the waste from Water wheels, dynumos and mourn enormous power may be dcvclo d from the mu and wave 'ed a mnsidcralllc (lialuucc. flow for it can re economically carried in a question to be determined not so much by electriculor mechanical difficulties in the way as by the cost of copper conductors. It is the cost of the conduit, so as to npcalt, increasing more rapidly than the distance truvcrzml that. will put a commercial limit on the utiliution of Niagara‘s pow er in distant places. lot there is no doubt that. it can be used with great advantage in the immediate neighborhood mainly because of recent discoveries in electriatl science. Bonnets and bats of two kinds of straw, open and clL'St, bid fair to be popular. m