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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-03

IT's time TO call halt on Coghlan
criticism. What IL Dewey had said IL?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-03
THE LEADERS OFFER!

1898 Edition Scale: As miles
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

and then turning on the tap again.
What they did for their chiefs you
may bet n very considerable part of
your income they did for their worldly
goods. Colds more valuable than even
heroic carrion. Anyway, I'm going to
have look. see? And you're coming
along to call fair. Place the Domini,
or must | use force|
Barr yawncd aggressively and look
ed upon his friend with contemptuous
pity. "You always were an enthusiasts
tically logged ass, Billy" he began,
"and | spose you always will be till
you get n good fall. Yes, I'm coming,
but If you think"-
Desmond caught him by the elbow
and twisted him out of his chair.
"There, Arthur, that's quite enough.
Thatll suffice to relieve your con-
science. Come along with me to the
club, and then we'll see what sport the
town affords. If you preached till
doomsday, you wouldn't turn me. so
drop it,"
He reached his hand over to a peg,
lifted down hat and dumped it on the
others head. Thrusting him and his
expostulations before him, he drove
him from the room. The sound of the
wordy warfare grew thinner down the
passages. The great doors of the hos
pital swung to. Their alterations final
ly lost themselves in the swirl of the
London traffic. Thus was the foray
conceived and begun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

my very inconsderablc self. You risk
your ship and crew. Certainly it's for
you to decide"
'They seem to think our fleets com
ing up hero, too" unused Desmond
at would be ripping to see the turn
up. Besides. why should an absurd ru-
NOR put us from our purpose? Any
way, we've got to decide within ten
minutes. When we're opposite Malmo,
we must either swing port for hons or
starboard for the Baltic. Now, which
is it to be?'
"I'm yours to command in peace or
war;" said Barr. 81 don't mind own
ing that, from strictly personal point
of view, Pm for continuing. The joy
and mystery Of the quest were just he
ginning to filter into my vitals. But,
as said before. | have no responsible
ity to brake my opinion. 1t runs un-
weighted. Do just what you think
best"
Desmond puckcred his brows. "I'm
hanged If know what to do. want
to 20 on. of course. and so do you. But
lllt uutStlOIl IL, ARC WE JuStlheu III
rislling crew and ship"
"If our fleets to come up here, these
waters will be as safe for us in a week
or two as the English channel. The
Russ hasn't a tinicst chance Of sticking
up to them. But why don't you CON
suit Jones and one or two of the crew
OF course Pladia will want to go on all
the more. He'll see chances of endless
gore and revenge upon the oppressor.
But our men ought to have say in
the matter"
The amateur commanding officer
famed out in Desmond in a moment.
"Nonsense! he snapped. 'It's an end
of all discipline If you cry to your
naval wet nurse every time you want
TO make decision. ! have il. Wen
toss for it," He produced form
from the depths of his trousers pocket.
You CALL" he said tersely to Barr, and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

ing upT'
That's a tale as I'll unfold in the
cabin" said the American. "Leastways
I've them there as will. Just for the
present let's get quit of this here splin-
tered wreck" And he shouted to his
crew.
Desmond bawled to his own men.
Filing over those grapnelsp' he called
to the wondering crew. who were al
ready discussing prize averages, and
they did as they were bid in a silence
OF stupefaction.
With empty, silent decks the gun
boat slid from between her antago-
nists. like a big bully out Of the grip
Of two revengeful urchins. Yawing to
port masterless and unsteered, she was
buffeted by the pillows wantonv. As
she drifted slowly apart from the other
vessels one of her battened hatchways
was flung into the air by an unseen
force, and a man in military uniform
stepped upon her decks.
Pirates" he shouted to them and
shook his fist. Pirates! But not
forget-no l not forget!'
Then the ravaged gunboat slipped
away into the darkness of the evening
mist which gathered her into its bos-
ON, covering her wounded decks and
bulwarks as with lint OF cloud.
Barr was below, and stretched upon
the table Of the saloon were three
poor fellows with wounds that gaped
scarlet--cutlass gashes that drained
their lifeblood hideously. Desmond
Joined his trained assistance to Bars
skill. and between them they stitched
and wiped and bandaged with swift
ness wonderful. Half a dozen more
were slightly SCARED by sword or bull
let and patiently waited their turn.
Upon the other ships deck as she rode
| alongside could stiil be seen the Grim
son remnants of the seaman who had
been pulped by the round shot The
scarlet stains were dramatic evidence
of the SCATTERING of Englands 80 long
years of peace.
After the wounded had been got to
their berths Desmond and two or three
hale members OF the crew transshipped
to the Jemina to offer assistance with
the footing of the new foremost. The
skipper, with much politeness ushered
Desmond into his cabin to wet the oo-
casion. as naval etiquette demanded.
Two persons rose to greet them as
they entered-a tall, gray mustached
military gentleman and q slight, fair
haired girl.
My passengers" announced the
American, with matter-of- ia tness,
''let me introduce Colonel and Miss
Preobeslas. Mr.-er-Desmond."
! Desmond began to be acutelv con.
scious of his general dirt and dishevel-
ment. His clothing was gashed and
ragged and his face a resting place for
smuts unnumbered. Dark stains splash
ed his jacket here and there No won
der. then. that he blushed and STAN.
mered like schoolboy as he eyed this
wonderful apparition in surroundings
so unlikely, for this maiden who bowed
and smiled at him with such sweet
cordially was, SO he swiftly realized.
the one peerless woman in the wide
world.
] no CnNUrNyrrn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

other. I'm going to let for her, but
don't you get into trouble"
Desmond squealed for JOY. III
you're going in to win, I'll be entirely
blighted if ! don't stand by. I've got
n signaler. Let me put six pounds Of
lead into her forofoot and surprise her
weak nerves. She'll throw up the
game If she sees we mean business"
"You amt got letter of marquc,
you see" said the merchant skipper.
scratching his head for me second
time, land you don't know for certain
that wars declared. Youll have to let
her start, and then you can defend.
But don't come no privateering tricks"
And he returned to urging on his crew
to their exertions with the deck litter,
using wealth of most pointed in
vectvc.
Desmond massed his men aft. and,
queling Intervention on the part Of
Jones with fiery glance, he addressed
them in patriot wise. He put the case
before them with bluntness. Here was
a good civilized American ship ut the
mercy of a score Of half tanned Tar.
tars. We're they to leave her to be
taken and her crew to rot in Russian
prisons? Were they to become the
talk of every dockslde from the Tyne
to the Liifcy as tho white hearted lot
who saw friends being pounded and
sneaked out Of the row? No. Perish
the thought! He'd arms aboard, and
all would do their duty as English sea
men. MIR. Mcnzles would supply APP
plicants with glass Of grog all round.
Then they'd stand by to whip any and
all the interfering Russians ever
whelped.
A wild cheer rose as he concluded,
and a simultaneous rush was made to
the stewards quarters, where toasts
of victory received full acknowledge
ment.
Then the little brass G FOUNDER that
had hitherto acted as ornament alone,
save on foggy nights. was uncovered,
sponged out and loaded. Rifles and
shotguns were handed round and be.
low the headlights screwed in. With
an air Of impudcnt unconcern the little
yacht bobbed about within 100 yards
Of her consort, waiting what should
betide.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
Trials Of an Unlettered Fisherman
at m Examination For Drivers.

They had an examination for drivers
in the rooms Of the civil service board in
the criminal court building. and among
the applicants was a fisherman. 1t was
evident to the examiners that the fisher
man was not praCticed in reading and
writing. He came to the rooms with
list of answers which he had been in
structed to write opposite the printed
questions on the blanks furnished TO
him. For six months at least he had
practiced writing these answers. The
questions were all on printed blanks, and
the person who had coached the fisher
man had written the answers in the or.
der Of the questions on the old blanks.
The civil service board got in some new
blanks recently, and the fisherman
scrawled his answers in the order he had
lenr1ed them in. The result produced
upon the first paper was as follows:
Q.-Whare were you born? A.-Along
the coast Of Massachusetts.
OF not born in the United States,
have you been naturalized? A.-Some
times.
Q.-When? A.-Mostly on the water.
Q.-Are you married or single or wild
over? Al was captain of a steam
boat for two years.
Wv nat lduilE nave you "A
pipe and chewing tobacco.
Q.-Are you addicted 10 the use Of to-
bacco? A.-Two. both dead.
Q.-Have you been complained Of, in
dicted for or convicted of any criminal
offense? Awe been a wdower since
my wife died.
Q.--What has been the nature Of your
occupation for the last five years? A.
Naturalzed
Q.-Have You ever held position IN
der the government? A.-No, l don't
believe in it.
Q.-Have you paid or promised ~ pay
or given ary money or other considera-
ton to any person directly or Indirect
ly for any aid or influence toward pro-
curing your appointment? A.-Yes.
Q.-Have you ever been in the army
or navy Of the United States? Al had
fits.
ON what capacity. A.-Fisherman.
Q.-lIave you ever been vacclnated!
A.-Whisky and beer, moderately.
Q.-IIave You ever had rheumatism
A-Yes, from all my former employers.
Signature of applicant.-Never arrest
ed.-New York sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

wei, my fine tcllo,c, you'vo got to fght
nOW"
Gus. But Desmond was a very vivid
actually Of unpleasantness beside him,
while the Russian only doomed distant
ly astcrn, lie gave in with bad
grace, it must be owned, but with a
well considered weighing of the
chances of immediate discomfort.
Can we help?' bawled Desmond as
they bobbed about. shall | send
abOard?"
A red bearded, blue eyed skipper
came to the side and shouted back
with melancholy gratitude: Thanks
many, mister. Too late, I'm afraid.
Shell be on us in quarter of an hour.
She sailed fathom for fathom with us
before. We can't get repaired in time.
But don't you get mixed up in our
dust. Cut your lucky and show your
heels"
Let me take you off," suggested
Desmond.
The other flushed fine color and
spat contcmptuously into the sea.
mot by no manner of means" he re-
piled. She's only a dispatch boat.
Only one gun. not much better than a
slgnaler. Let her board and chance IL.
We've got 40 cases rifles and 30 tons
powder, so | shall let for her. We've
a couple of passengers, though"-he
scratched his head-"but that's no
good either. They'd see them and
chase you and come back TO us.
reckon they want them as much as the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

the eXpectant faces or the sailors and
the eyes Of the gunner turned upon his
commander. There was pause, while
all held their breath. Then quickly
the officer nodded. and Desmond duck
ed. The canister hailed down upon the
planks, carrying destruction to the
deckhouse and skylight, but never n
man was touched, though splinters
flew wide and white.
leaped to their feet. With yell they
greeted the clash OF the meeting bull
warks. and a volley changed at close
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
Her simple Rcquest.

81 am going to ask a great favor OF
you" she sid hestatingly.
1T is already granted" he answered
devotedly.
"A very great favor she repeated. as
IL doubtful of the proprety of stating it.
You're sure you won't think it pre-
sumptuous or forward in meE'
Never" he answered. Il glory in this
evidence of your trust and confidence.
Only tell me what | can do for you
well" she replied with evident re-
luctance. would you mind getting up off
that rustic bench? Papa painted it this
afternoon. and he will be awfully pro-
voked if he has to do it over again.
Chicago Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

grata to the intelligent peasan.-y, he
had Lieutenant and couple of dozen
soldiers to look after him. These two
beauties went to the officer and trump
ed up some sort Of charge against the
unfortunate Lars and got him showed
into Jail. What they did to him there
Lord only knows, but some utter devil
ishncss, for there seems no doubt 1t
was there he went off his head"
"Humph" said Barr unbelievlngly.
"The question is, Was he ever on it?"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
The MOonshiner' Woe.

"This here government wants the
earth" said the old moonshiner The
revenue man caught me in the act an
hauled me up before the jedge. The iedge
looked like reasonable man, an / told
him that | only run still to buy shoes
for my family. That's whar l made a
break. for he says right off, snys hc
We'll, I'm goin TO give you n chance to
make shoes for the government, an I'll
see TO il that yer family gifts pair O. EN-
every six months Then he sent mo up
for two years."-Atlanta Constitution.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

Col. NJ. ]. O'Brien who succeeds the lata
Henry +. Plant as president of the South-
ern Express company, started i'm the ser|
vice OF that company as a driver of one Of
its wagons in Memphis, Tenn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
HE MIXED THE ANSWERS,

TO BE CONTINUED
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

Improvement has by no means been reach
ed Every year witnesses new inventions
in methods of printing, all of which enable
the publisher to increase the attractive
ness of his paper but no invention can do
more to revolutionize present newspaper
methods than the art of picture telegraphy
which is now almost ready for practical
use Already there have been several sue
cessful tests of this invention, pictures have
been sent thousands of miles over the ordi-
nary telegraph wires, and there is every
reason to believe that it will not be many
months before the telediagraph will be as
great a necessity in every newspaper Of
fee as the regular Geographic receiver is
1t present.
What this will mean few newspaper read
ers can realize. BY the use of this machine
the correspondent of a newspaper will be
able to furnish his office with pictures, dia-
grams and photographs of events happen
ing in all parts of the world. If there is Il
battle in the Philippines or If there is
great fatality in Europe the artist who
may be on the scene can Immediately pro-
vide his paper with pictures of the event,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
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One or two of Railways Pills taken daily
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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
SEND YOUR PHOTO
OFF BY TELEGRAPH
A Machine Has Been Completed by
Which Your Features are Sent
to All Parts of the World.

so simple. In order to explain 1t, how
ever, it is necessary to go back to the first
principles of telegraphy. When Morse first
invented his system of ticking off messages
by the means of dots and dashes he found
that continuous current of electricity was
necessary. To obtain this continuous cur
rent or circuit it was requisite that the
electricity should return to it's starting
point. For a time two connecting wires
were used but a last it was discovered that
the earth made a perfect conductor and
that by connecting the wires with the
ground at each end a perfect current could
be obtained. 1T was by breaking this cir
cult that the light and loud ticks of the
ordinary telegraph machine were obtain
ed.
For time this was the only means of
telegraphing but finally it was learned that
if the dots and dashes were indented upon
strips of paper these indentations could be
reproduced by running the paper under a
key. 1t was this principle that led to the
invention of the photograph and it is
this principle upon which the telegraphing
CT pictures is based.
The drawing that is to be sent over the
wire is made on a sheet of tinfoil which is
wrapped around a cylinder in the machine.
This cylinder is very similar to the wax
cylinder of the photograph At either end
of the line there is a machine and these
must be twin machines, regulated that
they will work in perfect harmony with
each other. At the receiving end of the
line a sheet Cf carbon paper is placed be-
tween two blank sheets of paper. When
the operator who is sending the picture
turns on the current the little needle or
platinum point above the cylinder breaks
the circuit whenever it touches the ink out
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

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end Of VAS c71uIry to the other and in
each ca ess of dis stance, what
ever 8da -. the tinfoil was faith
fully re0t=d 4 t the other end of the
wire. iu q such an achievement is
10 Fh2# ew milestone has been
planted or H4a of civilization.
Such IS - inFa 1tion and such Is its eff
feet uYoG lL- c,ia ing conditions The man
who has finally succeeded in accomplish
ing this achievement and whose name will
undoubtedly occupy a place in history be-
side that of the inventor of the telegraph
and the telephone is Ernest A. Hummell of
st. Paul, MINI. Although he is still COM
paratively a young man he has been at
work upon his invention for several years
and ne ds still engaged in watching all its
operations closely in the hope of discover
ing some defects that may be remedied. Mr..
Hummel does not claim to be scientist
or an electrician. He says that he is simp-
ly matchmaker who has a taste for me
chanics but, in spite of his modesty, 1t
cannot be denied that he has succeeded
where countless inventors have failed and
that he has perfected piece Of mechanism
the work of which has been the fondest
dream of those versed In electricity fol
more than a quarter of a century.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

line of the picture. Owing to the fact that
the two machines are perfectly adjusted
the receiver reproduces every pulsatfon of
the sending machine. When the circuit
is broken by the sender, therefore, the
needle of the receiver beats hard upon the
paper and the picture is faithfully copied.
Nothing in the world could be simpler
and yet it has required years of hard and
persistent work to evolve a machine that
would accomplish this purpose. At present,
however, there is no question as to dts sue
cess. There is nothing uncertain about it.
The work has been accomplished. Pictures
have been flashed in an instant from one
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

occurring The arrest and Identification 0f
criminals. If man who Is va - in mis-
country IS suspected of hayaE aped to
Europe hls picture can al once be apled to
the polils OF every European citg. II a
great crime should be commitle sod The
erlnin snoal1 be known b. iAo poloe his
counter eft pre- sepL meat could be telegraph
ed so thoroughly over the woriu that es-
cape for him would be practically impossi-
ble
While these are but few of the uses to
which such an invention could be put they
are sufficient to illustrate the great i'm
portance of such discovery and in view of
these facts it is not strange that inven-
tors have been striving to solve this prob
lem almost since the beginning of tele-
graphy. During these many years various
methods have been proposed and all have
depended upon the synchronism of appara-
tus at the two ends of the line. The diff
Guilty in obtaining this has been the princi-
pal cause for the lack of success of the
many systems of picture biography that
have been projected. To enumerate all the
inventors who have been unsuccessful in
their efforts to send pictures by telegraph
would be tedious. 1t is enough that one has
at last been successful and that 1t cannot
be long before his machine will be operat-
ing in every city in the world.
Now that this wonderful invention has
been perfected, and the details OF its con-
struction are no longer the inventors Sc
crets, one wonders that dt should have been
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

making it possible to reproduce the
sketches a few hours after the happening.
AS the natural result it is safe to assume
that the newspapers of the future will be
more profusely illustrated than those of to-
day for it will then be possible for them to
obtain pictures from every part of the
globe, pictures that will accurately por-
tray the great events that have happened.
The advantage of the new invention will
not be restricted to the newspaper office,
however. Business men will find 1t of the
utmost use in the sending or messages in
shorthand of cipher and the police of every
civilized country will be able to use 1t in