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Newport daily independent., 1903-04-06
POPULAR SCIENCE
A Trick with Water Which, Although Simple, Is Instructive as We'll
 Amusing.

If you place a sheet of paper on a glass filled with water and then turn the glass rapidly with your hand not a drop of the water will come out, and the reason is because the atmospheric pressure weighs down the paper and thus prevents the water from over flowing.
 This simple trick shows the effect of atmospheric pressure on water, but here is another trick which shows that a similar result can be attained
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-06
THE AERIAL AUTOMOBILE.

will not, however, make use of this ascensional power, except in rare cases, his desire being not to raise himself very high, but to be able to move rapidly forward.
 The exterior aspect of the machine presents two large disks, made like two fattened lamp shades, turning on pivots fixed to the extremities of q horizontal bar, which, at the middle, is attached to the perpendicular bars supporting the propeller and rudder. and also the car, with its motor of IA horse power. The motor acts upon the propeller (placed in front) and the two disks. The propeller will make from ten to 15 revolutions per second.
 The disks are constructed on the principle of an American windmill, the wings being of cloth, triangular in Shape. The disks, which are five me- ters in diameter, turn in opposite di- rections at the rate of 80 revolutions minute.
 The aeronaut sits in a chair con- structed of steel tubes attached to the framework, or car. He has directly in front of him all the levers and ap- paratuses necessary to controlling the movements of the propeller and the disks.
 The actual weight of M Villards ..s,,::iai atis ''ssy4 40 -kilogrammeas,-15 fhe initial trials, nfauesw1fh motor of only two horse power, showed that the force of the disks in movement pro- duced, after 50 revolutions, saving of 140 kilogrammes.
 Summed up, says the inventor, this aviator presents a type of automobile much faster than the kind that runs on the ground, for the reason that it encounters but few obstacles, and, ac- cordingly, the dangers of collisions are minimized, and public traffic is in no degree interrupted.
 M. Willard has devoted five years to his invention, which is so nearly per- fected that he expects to begin his trials in public within few days. His first experiments were conducted in the courtyard of the Hotel de Vile, of Schaesbeck, near Brussels. He con- structed the various parts of the ma- chine in the cellar of the Mont de Piete of Brussels, using candles for lighting. Recently he established his headquar- ters in the big hall of the Pare du Cin- quantenaire, where the final assem- bling of the machine has been accom- plished.
 M. Willard has maintained the closest secrecy in his work, and the foregoing description is the first that has been communicated to any newspaper.-- European Edition N. Y. Herald.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-06
Pennsx1vnnin,s noy Nlmrod.

Walter Ganster, for his age, is ac- corded the honor of being the cham pion Nimrod of Berks county, Pa. He has the distinction of shooting three raccoons, one of them the heaviest ever shot in the county. The coon weighed 21 pounds, and was brought down from tree 100 feet high. Since Master Ganster was ten years old he has bagged 51 rabbits, 72 opossums and trapped 65 skunks. He is now about 14 years of age.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-06
REAL PULLMAN CAR.
How Judges in Rural Mexico Travel from One Place to Another to
 Hold Court.

In some of the interior portions of Mexico many primitive and curious sights are to be met. A typical and striking illustration of this is the pie ture of learned Mexican judge going in his state coach to hold his court in a distant town.
 His vehicle is what can be termed literally the original Pullman coach, :" though decidedly lyvoid of the speed and luxury of it's present-day namesake. The Roman chariot-like cart is com posed entirely of wood, the two wheels
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-06

being sawed ends of the Brazil wood tree.
 The car is used by judge living in one of the mountain districts of north west Mexico who prefers for his mo- tive power two strong peons. The country is hilly and difficult to drive over. Mules and donkeys have been found balky and unsatisfactory to manage. Finally man power was adopted by the judge, whereby he is certain to get to his district court, slowly, but surely, time evidently be- ing no object to the Mexican country judge.-Detroit Free Press.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-06
RncheIor Life Kills Men.

Star, registrar general of vital sta tistics for Scotland, declares his opin- ion that bachelor life was more de- structive to males than the most un- wholesome trade or the most in- sanitary surroundings.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-06
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THE AMERICAN WOMAN.
French Writer Says She Plays a Most Important Part in Shaping
 World Politics.

A new role is attributed to the Amer ican woman by a writer in the Paris Gil Bias. In letter from New York he says American women are no longer content with the money their husbands have toiled to make, but aspire to pow CT, and are entering a new field-di- ~plomacy. ''The title of ambassador" says the writer, lis now worth as
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-06
rreotment by Chemical Rays.

Treatment by chemical rays has not vet made so great progres in the Unit ed States as in some of the European countries. The therapeutic effects of the violet and ultraviolet rays have been shown to be remarkable, and in France, perhaps, this form of treat- ment has reached the highest stage of developnA nt at present attained.-- Science.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-06

apartment dweller ever had sufficient closet room? The piece of furniture in the sketch is of weathered oak. with hinges and door handles of hammered pewter, but the idea is one that might successfully be carried out in any desired variety of wood and ornamentatlon and fitted up with shelves and drawers according to the will of the possessor.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-06

MWlN ingenious manufacturer has recent Kny ly evolved the corner wardrobe de-
 sign here reproduced with the idea in mind of meeting the situation where economy of space Is the thing to be con siGered In a flat, for instance, where every inch of space Is valuable, such wardrobe might effectually solve the problem concerning closet room, for what
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-10
POULTRY POINTERS.

Early patched bullets wake the best winter layers.
 One of the most beneficial foods for poultry is linseed meal.
 The laying hens like variety not only in the soft food, but in the grain,
 The guinea fowl is q great forager and destroys many insects that hens will not touch.
 The hens will lay better and be better contented if supplied with box of fine dry earth for dust bath.
 The Leghorns are popular with those who do not desire to raise chicks they being nonsitters and good layers.
 Poultry farming doesn't take great deal of land. but with good manage. ment the harvest comes every Iay.
 In arranging the perches in the poul- try house have them far enough away from the doors and windows to avoid drafts.
 Soaked lime placed in the drinking water will often cure hens of laying shell-less eggs unless it is q disease of the egg passage, as is sometimes the case,
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-10
IMPROVED ON NATURE.
A Point That Won n Lawsuit For
 William Mckinley.

A year or TWO after William McKin- ley had begun the practice of the law at Canton. O.. he distinguished himself in q humorous fashion in one of his first successful cases. As often hap pens in court, the humor was not mere ly for the sake of the joke, but for seri- ous purpose Mir. Edward T. Roe in "The Life Work of William Mckinley" tells the story.
 The case was suit against sur geon, whom the plaintiff charged with having set his leg so badly that it was bowed. Mckinley defended the sur geon and found himself pitted against liant lawyers of the Ohio bar.
 McSweeney brought his client into court and had him expose the injured limb to the jury. It was very crooked, and the case looked bad for the sur geon. But Mckinley had both his eyes open. as usual. ard fixed them keenly on the other mans leg.
 As soon as the plaintiff was turned over to him he asked that the other leg should also be barred. The plaintiff and McSweeney objected vigorously, but the judge ordered it done. Then 1t ap- peared that his second leg was still more crooked than that which the sur geoh had set.
 My client seems to have done better by this man than nature itself did" said Mckinley. 'and I move that the suit be dismissed. with a recommenda- tion to the plaintiff that he have the other leg broken and then set by the surgeon who set the first one."
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-10
Why the Audience Laughed.

At public entertainment recently a conjurer had an experience which was highly comical, though quite disastrous from professional point or view.
 Having produced an egg from pre- viously empty bag, he announced that he would follow up this trick by bring ing from the bag the hen that laid the egg. This little arrangement he left to his confederate to carry out. He pro ceeded to draw the bird from the bag, but what was his surprise on finding that the alleged hen was an old rooster, which strutted about the stage with rufIled feathers and offended dignity and set up as vigorous growing as if 1t had just awakened from its noctur. nal slumbers.
 The whole audience shrieked with laughter. and the unfortunate conjurer made bolt for the dressing room.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-10
The TumbIeyveed.

The tumbleweed is curious plant indigenous to the western prairies. It grows in all directions from central stem, making large fiat head. close to the ground. In the fall, after being touched by the frost or dried by the weather, the stem breaks off, the head becomes the sport of the wind and is driven off across the prairie, scattering seeds as it goes and finally bringing up against some obstruction which arrests its progress. These weeds have been seen piled ten feet high against a fence, driven there by the wind.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-10
The Capitol md the White House.

The street urchins of Washington to. day would hardly know by the names assigned them on the original maps the two chief buildings planned for the national capital. The capitol was then the Congress house" and the White House the Presidents house." The exposure intended for the front in each building has since become for practical purposes the back. The capitol was made to face east. but landowners pushed up their prices so that the city grew on the west and is there today. The White House was made to face the Potomac river on the south. after the fashion of the Virginia mansions of its day. but is thought of by the Ameri. can people as facing Pennsylvania av- enue. or toward the north. - Youths Companion.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-10
HeedIeSsness.

Heedlessness may not be one of the seven deadly sins, but could the perpe- trator oftener witness the result of his act whole list of casualties would be- come obsolete. A little Italian boy, lightly clad, was recently helping to sort out bottles from city dump heap. In trying to remove a stopper from condensed milk jar he accidentally broke the glass, and powerful acid poured down his side. The child fell screaming to the ground, terribly burn- ed. He will be crippled for life. The person who after finishing some eyper- iment or process, cOrked the cupful of innocent looking acid in the bottle and threw it into the ash barrel didn't think. k."-Youth's Companion.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-10
lrclf Lniured.

Two good natured little Irish boys once occupied the same bed. In tine morning one of them said to the other:
 "Dennis. did you hear it thunder last night?"
 "No." said Dennis. "Did 1t really thunder?"
 "Yis: 1t thundered as if hiven and airth would come together"
 'Well. phoy in the worruld didn't ye wake me! Ye know can't slape whiu 1t thunderSr' said Dennis.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-10
Difficulties of our Language.

A Frenchman came to England to learn English. and the following sen tence was given him:
 "The rough cough and hiccough plough me through" The teacher told him the first word was pronounced ruff. He thereupon said this: "The run cuff and hiccuff bluff me thruff."
 "No. no. the second word is pro nounced 'koff.'"
 "Then." said the Frenchman. it must be the rolf coff and hiccoff ploff me throff."
 The third. fourth and fifth words were explained with the same result, which the reader may repeat for him. self.-London Express.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-10

"As long, George, as we haven't any coal to cook with, there is one thing must speak to the fish dealer about. '"
 "And what is that, my dear.?"
 "I must ask him to be sure to lay in a large supply of raw oysters. "-- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31

for lawn social and musical this even
ing given by the young people of the
First Methodist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. K. Wilson have re-
turned from visit in Chicago
Mrs. F. E. Parr who has been the
guest of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
sherman. went home Wednesday.
Miss Cora. Evans went to Overlook
today to spend week with Miss Myr-
tie Radcliff.
Mr.. T. F. Carver returned last night
from Minnesota
Mr.. Ralph Faxon is in town today.
Mr.. John Harrison spent yesterday in
Kansas City.
Baum will go to California next week.
Mr.. W. b Scott of Pittsburg, Kan,
was expected today to be the guest of
his brother. Mr.. A. A. Scott.
Miss Francis Roser and Miss Pauline
Marshall have returned from a visit in
Mrs. Charles J. Marshall and her
daughters, Miss Dorothy and Miss Pau
line, have returned from six weeks
visit in Balwin and Overbrook.
Mr.. Otis Dalton leaves today for
two weeks trip to northern Michigan.
Mr.. w. H England will leave tomor-
row for several weeks outing in Colo
rado.
Mrs. NJ E. st. John and her son Har-
~ will leave this evening for Denver
and Gunnison for a three weeks stay:
Miss Annie Norris and Miss Nellie
Vanderberg of Kansas City are visiting
Miss Ethel Frizell.
Mrs. ]. c.. Crosier of Mount Carmel,
Ill is the guest of Mrs. Millie Young
al 217 Forest avenue in Oakland.
Miss Laura Totten is a guest Of the
family of Judge and Mrs. Huron on
Fillmore street. She will be the guest
of Miss Beatrice Charles at the Reform
school after today.
Mr.. Cary Hart will return this even
ing from a two weeks stay at Excel
sior Springs, Mo.
Miss Bernice Baldock is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Hart and family.
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Warner and
son Leland have returned from Idaho.
Mrs Warner and Leland visited. the
family of H z. Warner at Council and
Mr. Warner went to Thunder Mountain
with the Topeka party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31
FOR s CENTS A GALLON.
Claimed That a Good Sour Mash
Bourbon Can Be Made.

Upper Sandusky, o., July 31.-Robert
O'Brien, an experienced bacteriologist. was
in the city today and to correspondent
said:
Il have been in Milwaukee assisting
Prof. Luchia of Germany in some very in
teresting experiments: The. object was to
make whisky out of sorghum molasses,
and Prof. Luchea was brought from Eu-
rope for the purpose.
"The chief ambition was to produce a
rye, but this was not accomplished. We
did succeed, however, in producing a
splendid sourmash-an imitation that can
not be told from the genuine-at cost of
about cents a gallon
Il believe it will revolutionize the whiS-
ky trade so far as sourmash bourbon is
concerned, for the people will not hesitate
to buy something that can be so perfectly
and cheaply made"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31
Last Sunday at vinewood.
Written for the State Journal

LOT the state journal.
(6:3O P. Nd
Sunday evening. just at sunset.
Came brave youth to our dwelling:
Came he with invitation
Which included all the maidens-
And the spoken invitation,
railing from his lips in kindness,
Met with sure and certain answer.
Thusly was the question worded-
Thusly also was it answered:
will you go with me to Vinewood?
VIII you be my huckleberry?''
And in concert came the answer:
Yes, We'll go with you to Vinewood;
We will be your huckleberries."
So we started for the street car;
Waited, waited at the corner.
Then we started out to walk it
Walked we to the transfer station.
There we took car for Vinewood
And we stood and held on tightly
Firmly, to what e'er was next
And we watched the sunset fading,
While the crescent moon grew brighter
And the twinkling stars, appearing
Filled with glory all the heavens.
When we reached our destination.
Which was not till eight and after,
We were wearied with the jolting,
But the music Gained our spirits.
Filled us with a glad rejoicing.
Where the chiggers lived and f1ourished,
And we added entertainment
To their lives within the wildwood.
g:sO P. NJ
When the lights had grown and lessened
Then we HE'D us to the station.
Hoping there to find a street car
Which would take US out from Vinewood,
Bear quickly to the city.
But alasl We waited vainly.
Nainly waited on the platform
Till the chickens crowed and cackled.
And the morn was fast approaching
d1:so P. NJ
But at last with rare good fortune.
Just when hope was disappearing.
Came car. and, ere twas quite full,
We had found a wobbly foothold.
On our hands and knees We found it.
Forth we rode from out the Wildwood,
Shouting faTewells to the people,
To the hundreds left behind U.S.
u2:so A. No
But our trouble was not over,
For the car ahead had trailers
Which did leave the track at crossings,
Left at grades and cuts between them.
1t was just outside the city
That the worst was to befal us,
For an axle broke in pieces;
Broke. and stalled all cars behind 1t.
100 a. Nj
This was on the bridge at Twelfth street
Viaduct is what we term II,
And from thence we homeward journeyed
On our poor tired feet walked limping,
As did all the other people
Who had picncked in the wildwood.
GAS A. M
Westward, ho!" exclaimed the brave
Westward. hoi Girls, can you make IL X
Eyes" we answered: "can you doubt uE'
And we showed that we were equal
To walk down Tenth street home
$3.50 A. NJ
We reach our house on Monday morning,
Found our ma and pa We're seorning
Peaceful sleep and dreams delightful
Were they frightened? Never think It.
For the telephone had told them,
Had informed them of the axle,
of the axle, which was broken.
600 A. NJ
Workmen starting for their duties
In the sunrise Monday morning,
Told of sad but wiser people
They had met, then just returning
From the concert out at Vinewood,
From the Sunday evening concert.
ELEANOR T. KIMBALL-
Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31
STRAYED.

LOST-In flood, 1 dark bay horse Z years
old, sweaned in right shoulder, shod in
front weight $50 lbs; l gray mare 8 Years
old weight 500 lbs, had saddle on. f. w.
Orrnsbee, 800 W. Gordon St, N. Topeka.
LOST-During the flood. ! bay mare II
years old; left hind foot white with wire
cut under fetlock; star in forehead and
foretop clipped: two white spots on back
Leave information with Chief of Police
Goff Frank L. Green, 1927 n. Harrison.
the food l black mare
IA hands, between 500 and 900 lbs. white
right hind foot, branded, white spot in
face. name cropped; 1 bay mare years
old heavy black tail. name half grown
out. IA hands, 500 600 lbs weight, white
spot in face, blemish in right eye Ed
monds. S0T North Kansas ave-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31
GO TO HONOLULU.
George T. Nicholson Will Send g
Party on Aug. 8.

The party of ladies which George T.
Nicholson of Chicago, general passenger
agent of the Santa Fe is arranging to
send to Honolulu will sail August 6
from San Francisco and spend month
in Hawaii. The party will include Mrs
Nicholson and her little daughter, Car
RE Nicholson, and Mrs. German and
daughter, ell of Chicago, Mrs. Jerry
Black of Topeka and her sister, Miss
Atchison of Leavenworth and Miss
Sybil Harvey of Leavenworth. Mrs.
Black and her Leavenworth friends
start for San Francisco Sunday, the
rest of the party Joining them here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31
No FAX on Raw Material.

Manchester. Eng, July 31.-The pos
sibility of the taxation of raw cotton
imported into Great Britain from for
eign countries while cotton grown with
in the empire may be exempted has
greatly exercised the manufacturers of
the Lancashire district. In reply to a
direct question as to whether the rumor
was true that the preferential tariff
proposals contemplated such action,
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has
telegraphed as follows THE statement
is absolutely untrue as regards myself.
In fact I have publicly repudiated the
suggestion to tax raw materials"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31
WOULD REBUILD 1T.
People Are Getting Anxious About
Granville Bridge.

The people of Oakland and that vicin-
ity are anxious to have the Granville
bridge rebuilt at once.
Scott Kelsey appeared before the
county commissioners this morning to
request that the bridge be rebuilt at
once. The spans were badly wrecked
by the flood, and the commissioners
fear that the wrecked spans Of many
of the Kansas river bridges will be
found useless. They may be. given to
junk men who will agree to remove
them from the river. Bids will be re-
ceived next week for the recovery Of
the spans that were washed away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31
FARMERS ARE HAPPY.
Rain Did Not Miss Any Shawnee
Corn.

The rain Thursday afternoon extend
ed we'll over Shawnee county.
The farmers say that the corn was
in great need of moisture. and that
the two hours rain was sufficient, with
the cool weather today, to keep the
corn from suffering for a few days.
Alfalfa and prairie hay are in good con-
dition, and alfalfa especially is growing
well.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31
MRS. NATION HEARD FROM.
She Is Now Lecturing in Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania

After several weeks of absolute sill
ence since her last gurgle without even
so much as ripple to show where she
sank into oblivion, Mrs. Nation is heard
from at Pittsburg, Pa, from where she
wrote to a Topeka friend this week. She
says she is very busy and will not re-
turn to Topeka before winter She is
still lecturing and collecting money for
her home for drunkards' wives and has
not been in Topeka since Immediately
after the flood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31
Convention of Catholic Societies.

New York. July 31.-The third national
convention of the American Federation of
Catholic societies, representing about l.
500, coo persons will begin in Atlantic City
on Saturday and continue until August 5.
Representatives of the clergy and delega-
lions of the laity will be present from
nearly every state in the union. also from
Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-31

New York July 31-The autopsy held
on the remains of ALBION Smith, late i
sailor on the steamship Havana, show
ed that the cause of death was malarial
fever, complicated with jaundice, and
not yellow fever as was reported.