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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20

fining it there, its only way Of escape
being through a small tube After the
carbon was heated it was placed in the
ice cup where II sputtered and Kissed
and burned At the same time cram
berries were put in the cup and frozen
Carbon burns only at a temperature OF
$500 degrees
Steel pens were welded together by
warming the steel over a spirit lamp
and 1mTnersing the pens in the ice cup
filed with the liquid air
a slice Of beefsteak was frozen with
the liquid 1t was changed from a red
to a beautiful pink color. Tt was broken
and Clipped up into small pieces like
taffy candy.
Holding a dipper in the LIQUID for a
moment Prof. Woodland threw a little
Of the air out over the people They
lodged but the only effect noticed was
a decrease in the temperature of the
atmosphere and freShening of the air
He then took the dipper in his fingers
and picked it to pieces The tin had be-
come brittle
Liquid air helps keep YOU awake -
said Prof Woodland. "a time viii prob
ably come when it may be used to ad-
vantage in this respect in churches. 1t
may be also used in ventilating. Pipes
laid through an opera house or church
having holes in them every few feet
could be used to spout liquid air into
the atmosphere Of the house at frequent
intervals
Whisky and alcohol were frozen by
the liquid air and an icicIe made of al
cohol- A hammer made of frozen mer-
curry was used to drive nails and after
wards passed through the audience for
their inspection It finally melted and
was returned to the bottle. Glasses
containing the liquid air were passed
through the audience and nearly every
one present had an opportunity of dip
ping their fingers into the fluid Charles
Sessions spilled quantity over his
trousers leg and was nearly frozen
The expansive power Of the air was
shown by driving a cork into an iron
tube containing liquid air. The cork
could hardly be driven into the tube
before it would be shot out with great
force A steam whistle and engine were
operated with the air
Liquid air is not combustible but ar
ucIes saturated with IL are highly in
hammable- Hair felt which is ordinarily
almost on-combustible after being sat
urated burns almost in an instant Cot
ton burns in a flash leaving no vestige
to show what caused the explosion. By
saturating the cotton in kerosene and
afterwards in liquid air it becomes high
~ explosive and may be used effective
" in heavy guns
The experiment Of making the water
boil on a. piece of ice was the last expert
ment The air was made to boil more
hercely by adding ice to the interior of
the kettle.
A little boy whose curiosity got the
better Of him fshed out a piece of the
and placed it to his tongue The result
was the same a though he had put his
tongue against an iron pump handle on
a real cold frosty morning. N pulling
the ice loose from his tongue a little
piece of the flesh was taken with it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
A GIRL OF FIFTEEN
Passes Five Forged Checks on New
York Bank

New York. Dec. 2O.-Nellie Moffet. 10
years old, was arrested yesterday after
noon in the Mechanics and Traders
bank, at Broadway and BrooTne street,
while presenting for payment a check
for 800 bearing the forged signature Of
Miss NJ. E. Leary, manufactures OF
children's clothing at 513 Broadway.
Prior to this the little girl had caShed
several similar checks for sums ranging
from $40 to $50 on the same bank She
was arraigned in the Center street court
and committed to the care Of Agent
King, of the Children's society, for fur
Their exa mination-
Until seven months ago Nellie Moffet
was in the orphanage asylum for girls
nue. Following her discharge she went
to live with her aunt, Mrs Kate Muir
ray. at 30S East Thirty-ninth street
She found employment with Miss Leary,
who paid her g per week She remained
in this situation only two weeks, but
continued to give her aunt glowing ac-
counts of her success
Nellie said that Miss Leary had gone
on her vacation, leaving her in charge
of the business, with authority to draw
checks and pay the employees. AS she
is a bright girl, Mrs Murray did not
question the truth of her assertion
Miss Leary says that Nellie left her
place of her own accord 1t now de-
VelopS that when she left she took
supply of Miss Leary's blank checks
with her. Five of these she utilized so
ci6Nerly that the Dank unneSlldllHStJ
gave her the money. These are the
dates and amounts:
November 3, $50; November q, $50;
November y, $50; December 8. $50; De-
cember y, $50.
The forgery of $50 on December II was
detected by Miss Leary, who immedi-
ately informed the bank. In cashing
this last check the girl told the pay
ing teller that Miss Leary had exhaust
ed her supply of blanks and would like
to have a new book 1t was given to
her.
After informing the bank Of the forg-
cry Miss Leary examined her other re-
turned checks and her cash account,
and detected the previous forgerieS
Then she made complaint at the detect
i've bureau and Detective John F. Tinker
was detailed to watch for the girls next
visit to the bank. This was yesterday,
and the check she presented was Tor
$780,
Nellie Moffat told the magistrate that
she had to do something to enable her
to pay "a a week board out OF - week
wages She said she had spent the re-
rnainder Of the money she secured on
the forged checks for clothing and jew
elry for herself and her little brother
and sister.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
WONDERS SEEN.
Topeka Gets First Glimpse of
Liquid Air.
Prof. Woodlands Lecture Was
Most Interesting.
MANY DEMONSTRATION
Carbon Burned and Rubber
Balls Frozen
Interesting Experiments With
the Wonderful Liquid.
MANY DEMONSTRATIONS

Prof. ]. Ernest woodland interested
one OF the largest audiences which ever
assembled in the high school last night
with his lecture and experiments with
liquid air. The lecture was one OF the
most instructive and beneficial ever lis
tened to in Topeka Liquid air IS com
mon air in an uncommon state Ar Is
converted into a liquid and TO do this II
has to be brought to a temperature over
three hundred degrees below zero
While untold curiosity and wonder are
excited in the mind OF the public
through the newspaper accounts OF the
wonderful things done with the air yet
the opportunity to see the experiments
produces an astonishment which cannot
be adequately described.
The discovery OF liquid air has led TO
more inquiry about the particulars than
perhaps any other discovery for years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20


It is produced as a cost of about 16
CENTS per gallon and brings in the retail
market about s. per gallon
1t has been suggested that liquid air
could be used to navigate ocean steam
ships but Prof Woodland showed con-
clusively that If the air could be manu-
featured for cents Per gallon that
steamships could not be prohtably pro-
PEELED by 1t. Tt Is probable however,
that future experiments will show that
il may be profitably used in stationary
engines
The opening part of the lecture was
devoted to a brief history OF the dis
cOvery and development of the air by
Tripler. Mr. Woodland said The pos
sibilities of liquid air are many 1t is
IN its infancy People were skeptical
ABOUT steam and electricity when they
were first discovered as they are about
liquid air now But the future viii un-
doubtedly bring to light great many
1t viii be a wonderful help in medical
work
one Of the pretty experiments was
dipping a bunch Of carnations in q re-
cepracfa of LIQUID air They were
brought out looking as fresh and beau
tiful as they were upon being dipped in
TO the liquid and they had lost none Of
their fragrance They fell into thou
sand pieces. however. when pinched be
tween the fingers
Four rubber balls were bounced on the
Lilalr ana afterwards paced N the
liquid Upon beng thrown against the
wall they broke with q report just as
would a glass ball.
The method Of handling and shipping
the air was shown by the vacuum bulbs
BY use of the bulb the air may be kept
a week or two The vacuum bulb con-
sists Of q bottle inside a larger bottle
with the space outside the inner bottle
freed from air BY placing mercury on
the inside Of the outer bottle it helps to
reflect the heat and thereby the liquid
air is retained longer.
The air is shipped in bulbs Of this
kind which hold q couple OF gallons of
the liquid The air which Prof Wood
land used in his lecture last night was
a week old and about 20 per cent had
evaporated in shipping 1t. The bottles
are left open at the top. The mouths
Of the bottles could not be closed on &C
count of the expansive power Of the
air.
A pint Of cranberTies was placed in
a pan and liquid air poured over them
They were almost Immediately frozen
as hard as marbles.
To illustrate a marvellous contrast in
temperatures he dipped a metal cup
filed with the liquid cir in q basin Of
water until a coating Of ice was formed
about a sixteenth of an inch thick The
ice cup was then filed with liquid air.
Next piece OF carbon. such as is burn
ed in arc lights was heated over a spirit
lamp by the aid Of a blower improvised
BY placing liquid air in a bottle and con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20

trance Of the parsonage OF St. Stephen =
Catholic church at $50 o'clock last ev-
ening while United States Senator VII
liam " Sullivan OF Mississippi was be
ing married to Miss Marie Newman At
kinS Of Washington. The presence nf
the three policemen IN plain clothes is
explained by the fact that Miss Mai
Lucy Lection, who on November IS sued
the senator for alleged breach of prom
Use, had threatened to make a disturb
ance at the ceremony.
Miss Lection did not endeavor to inter
fere with the wedding, nor did she ap-
pear in the vicinity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
CARVED LEG FOR A JOKE.
Haley May Sue Owner of Restaurant
Where It Occurred

Stamford Conn, Dec. 20-James
Haley last evening ate a meal in the
Silver Dollar Dining ParIors and then
fell to the floor exclaining that his leg
was broken It was seen that Haley
was shamming, and to frighten him a
young man employed in the place said
he would amputate the limb. All
right said Haley, who did not seem
to be quite himself. The doctor
jabbed the leg with a fork and then
drew a carving knife over the barred leg,
inf1ictiug a deep cash which required
several stitches to close it.
Haley says he will sue the owner or
the restaurant The young man who did
the cutting fed The police are inyesti-
eating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
BIG ORANGE SHIPMENTS.
Redlands, Cal, Sent Out 1872 Car
Loads in q Week

Redlands, Cal, Dec. 20.-Last week
took the banner for orange shipments
from Redlands, SURPRISING any week hera-
tofore at any season Of the year There
were 8. ITO boxes OF oranges forwarded
from this point, or 152 cars In addition.
there went out SIS boxes of lemons This
IS bout eleven cars OF oranges more
than were ever before shipped from
RedIands in any one week, and 127 cars
more than were shipped during the Cor
responding week Of last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20

The Missouri Pacific viii sell tickets
December %. %. "A. rs, 81 and January 1.
between all points within 200 miles dis
lance, at rate Of one fare for the round
trip with minimum OF 50 cents Chill
dren between 5 and y years half fare
Tickets limited for return to January 2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
REED AT CARNEGIE'S
Studying Steel Making to Ar
que Law Suits.

Homestead, Pa, Dec 20-F'ormer
Speaker Thomas b Reed arrived here
and spent most of today in the Carne-
gle mills, acquiring technical infOrma-
ton about the manufacture of steel
He and P. o. Knox win fight patent
litigation between the Carnegie and
Cambria Steel companies, and the for
naer speaker wanted to see the process
in actual operation
The heat of the mill waS almost IN
haarahla. but be stood it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
WINS $50, 900 WITH $3.50.
Remarkable Luck of San Francisco
Man at Dawson, NJ. w. Il.

Seattle. Wn., Dec. 20.-One of the most
remarkable faro-b plays Of record
was made three weeks a. 60 in Dawson by
David Allen of San Francisco, Klon-
dixie passenger on the steamer Dolphin,
which arrived today From $3.50 Allen
in four days won $4,000. Two Of the
houses in which he played turned over
their boxes and two others had enough
of his game. OF this amount he devoted
IS 900 In stalking his friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
TraveI via the Lehigh VALLEY RaiIroad

If you are looking for speed and comfort
when going to New York or Philadel-
phia LuxurfousIy furnished Vestibuled
Sleeping Parlor Cars and Day Coaches.
Dining cars a Ia carte service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20

We have too man child's chairs and
tables. and will sell them at a big dis
count 7. J. C0ughlin Hdw. Co
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
Holiday Excursions via Santa re
Route

Tickets On sale to points within 20
miles west OF Missouri river. One fare
for round trip. Tickets on sale Dec. ~
%. "A, 25 and II. 1900. Jan 4. final Ilmit
Jan p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20

Big stock of wagons and sIeds at T. J.
CoughIin HdW Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
oId Paners For Sale

Old papers, slightly soiled. viii be sold
at the Journal Office for a few days at
sc per bundle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20

Mrs Frank Metzler gave charming
o'clock luncheon Tuesday in honor o.
Miss Ruby Nickerson and Miss Lulu
Hassam Of the City of Mexico. The pref
ty table at which the guests We're seated
was decked with pink carnations and an
elaborate six course luncheon was serv-
ed Besides the guests of honor those
present were Mrs David Norton, Miss
Helen Thompson, Miss Lenna Short, Miss
Pearlade Prescott and Miss Edna Nc
Ill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
Cures
Night Colds

How will your cough be to-
night2 Worse, probably.
You can stop it any time.
Then stop it tonight You
will cough less and sleep better,
and by tomorrow at this time
you will be greatly improved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
Ayers
Cherry
PeCtOraI

If vour druggist cannot supply you. send
rs SEQ AID We will express large bottle
*, vuz al charges prepaid Be sure and
Sive rs vcur nearest express Once.
]. 9. AEKR Co.. Lowell, Mass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20
WE'D UNDER GUARD.
Senator Sullivan Takes Precautions
Agar s Miss Mai Lection

Washington, D. C. Dec zO.-Three po-
licemen in plain clothes stood at the en-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
HOTTEST PLACE.
The Mere0y Reaches 14o Degrees sn
 the Persian Gnlr.


 LioyG's Weekly: When we wilt, sweiter and perspire under the af- aIeting temperature of our hottest summer aays, we have one unfailing .eensoIah9n- ft Is hotter somewhere
 one region only of the ters
 face is such relief denied. ts.8 a is the hottest place on earth 8e unhappy area in which the agonize3 inhabitant is overwhelmed with the fact that anywhere and every where else in the world the weather is delightfully cool-by comparison. All will he glad to know just where the hottest place on earth is. In times past there has been much dispntatfon oFer the subject. but the authorities are HOW agreed on the spot I am about to name. Cautiously enough, this ter ritory is lot desert, not Fort Yuma, not even fhe Arizona plains, although q poet well described them by deelar- ing that the lost spirits. wandering from their infeynal abode, stood on the bor- ders of that region, with eyes blinded bF the suns reflected glare, then in terror hurried back to their sulphufous lakes-to avoid the heat. No, the hot test place h the world is. with all re- speet to ocean summer resorts, on the seash0re. The region Of maximum temperature is an extensive area OF the Persian gulf. 9 part of the south western coast Of Persia. This territory includes the Bahrein or Aval islands. June. July and August are terrific, un- endHrabIa save te the natives and hid eeus to them. Day after day the meF- euFy will mark more than 190 degrees in the shade. By day here l mean the diurnal tWenty-four hours. Think os t, you who look with fearful eyes on fhe thermometer that registers 100 de- grees at Hoentime. Imagine the horror of striking 9 match at midnight and reading 110 degrees. It hardly seems possible. yet 1t is officially declared that this ffightfal heat is not exees- siee-in that country. Often 10 de- grees in the shade is attained in the afternoon. The islands are little group, named after the largest-Bah- rein. They lie between latitude 9 de- grees 30 minutes and g degrees 8 minutes north and longitude 50 degrees and 50 degrees 50 minutes east. Bah- rein itself is about twenty-sevea miles long and ten miles broad. The popu- lation of the group is 75.000. The na- tiYes are for the most part Arabs. gov- erned by sheikh. who pays tribute to the sultan of Oman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
RHEUMATISM CATARRH ARE BLOOD
 DIsEAsEs-FREEi

Itis the deep-seated, obstinate eases of Gatarrh and Rheumatism that B. E. E. (botanic blood halml cures. 1t mat ters not what other treatments, doc- tors, sprays, liniments, medieated air, blood purifiers, have failed to dc, B. B. E. always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drives from the bones, joints, mucous membrane, and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causes rheumatism and eatarrh. B. B. 5. is the only rem edy strong to do this and cure so there can never be 2 return of the symptoms. Don't give up hope but ask your drug gist for B. E. B.-botanic blood balm or 3 bs.-Large bottles one dollar, six bottles (fulI treatment) five dollars. B, B. 5. Is an honest remedy that makes real cures of all blood diseases after everything else fails. We have abso- Inte confidence in Botanic blood balm; hence, so you may test 1t, We will send trial bottle free on reqnest. Personal medical advice free. Address,
 BLOOD BALM co.
 222 NiethelI St.. Atlanta. Ga
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
copenhagsn's War Against Rats.

So great a nuisance have the rats recently become in Copenhagen that efforts are being made to exterminate them. In order to encourage the new occupation of rat hunting for profit and pleasure combined, premium of 10 ore per rat is being paid for every one of the rodents produced whole but dead. For the past three weeks war against the rats has been waged. In the first week 6,094 were officially re- corded as Killed; the number grew to s,616 in the second week, and for the last week 1t had swelled to 6,780 It is hoped to reach a weeks mortality among the rats of 10000 in two or three weeks unless the supply becomes exhausted in the meantime. It is pro- posed to extend the rat-catching op- eration to the whole country. Tha crusade las become of national in. terest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
The Term of Life.

Recent inquiries in England have led 10 the preparation of tables showing the full term of life" for man, and other mammals, based upon the theory that there is a fixed ratio between the period required to reach maturity and the total length of life Accident, dis ease and SO forth, have to be eliminat- ed from the calculation. According to these tables, only enc animal exceeds man in its full life term, namely. the elephant. For man the theory makes the average term about 90 years, and for the elephant something over 100 years. Next to man. in longevity. come the camel and the Arabian horse, whose term of life is about 42 years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
India : vast Treasure House.

India is the treasure house Of tha world. For ages Ceylon and Burma supplied tho world with the rarest gems. and the eastern potentates kept the finest for their own use. Of all the jewels the most noted belong to the gufcowar Of Baroda. They are valued at s15, ,000, ,000 His chief diamond necklace contains 9 stone called the Star of the South, a Brazilian stone of 254 earats, for which s4o0,o00 was paid. the wsole necklace being valued at g. GOO 000
 Rocks Sent to Rhodesia.
 Tn July, 1898, MT. Rhodes sent out 800 young rocks to Rhodesia, and as these were found to do so well and to take kindly to their surroundings at Grotte Shuur, Rondebosch, where Mr. Rhodes, residence is situated, amidst thousands of large oaks and Scotch frs, another consignment Of 800 birds has just been dispatched from South empton. England. to Rhodesia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
FREcAorloN IN POWDER MILLS

PoeketIess Clothing for Employees and
 Trousers Must Not Be Turned Up.
 The danger buildings of powder mill are themselves so constructed that not q nail head or iron in any shape is exposed, and the roofs are made slight, 60 as to give easy vent to ex- plosions. The garments Of the work CTS are pocketIess. so that they cannot carry knives CT matches, or. indeed. anything. and are made of nen-infam- ma5le material Even ths buttons must Lot be made of metal. No one B allowed to go about with tfousers turned up at the bottom, because griE is collected in that Wazz, and the mer= est hard speck of foreign matter in 3 charge Of gunpowder is franght with danger The entrances te danger buildings are protected by boards placed edgewise. so that when the door IS open nothing in the shape of dirt car work in. This also serves as 9 check to any one who might thought lessly enter without having first re- moved his boots and put on the over alIs that are kept just inside the door Doors are made to ope1 outward, 30 as to enable them to escape the more readily. and on the approach of thun- derstorm the works are stopped and the operatives repair to the different warehouses scattered over the 300 acres covered by these extensive works. Every week the machinery is inspected and the reports as tc it's condition are printed and filed. In the case of dan- ger building needing to be repaired 1t must first be washed out before q hammer or other iron tool is admitted to it. When artificial light is required. as when working at night or in dull weather, the lights are kept outside, being placed on the window lodges. In the case of the works magazine, which is surrounded with water, no light of any kind is ever permitted near it. These are only a few of the p-ecau- fions against accidents at the works. They are sufficient, however, to show how lively must be the sense of dan- ger Men in powder houses usually have an arranged plan of escape in their minds and at the least unex- pected noise have not hesitated to plunge into the canal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
 Not Asking sYnlnathv.

T can't help feeling sorry fer the farmer. said the young man who owes for summer board.
 .Why2s inquired Mr. eorntossel. abruptly.
 "Becanse-why-er-because his back IS bent with toil"
 sMebbe you're right. Mebbe it's harder to bend your oack with toil than it is to bend it riding bicycle And yet, l can't see but what it amounts to the same thing in the end" Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Eearfa5 eaeoantsr wftA gattIesnal<e
 Miss Evaline Quick of LackaWaxen, Pike county, Pa. had a fearful eneoun- ter with monster rattlesnake at her home near the village. She was lying Tn a hammock on the lawn reading book, when a rustling among the leaves aroused her. and she was terror strick- en to see crouching and ready to spring. huge rattlesnake. Ere she could call assistance the reptile had bounded into the hammock and fast ened it's fangs in the folds of her skirt. With a shriek Miss Quick sprang from the hammock, when the snake loosened it's hold. Securing a club. the young lady returned and killed the snake, which was nearly five feet in length and had eleven rattles.