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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
Balloon Voyages over Oceans.

La Nature gives an illustrated ac-
count of the latest methods for con-
trolling the flight of balloons in sea
voyages. In order to prevent the bal
loon from being depressed by
shower of rain its top terminates in
a cone. Instead of trailing single
rope there is system composed of
trailer floating at the end of long
rope behind the balloon and balance
weight hanging in the water by a
shorter, nearly vertical, rope, the re-
sistance of the latter body being ne
cessarily less than that of the former.
The sea itself furnishes an inexhausti-
BILE supply of ballast and this can be
drawn up to a cylindrical reservoir,
suspended above the balance weight,
a suction hose being used for filling
the reservoir. Two deviators are en-
ployed for directing the course of the
balloon, one of which serves for an
giles of about 300, the other for an
giles as great-it is said as 700 or
So.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
Single Rail Overhead Railway.

A project Is on foot in London to
build along the Thames for a distance
of about eight miles, from South wark
bridge to Barnes, an overhead single
rail railway similar to that now in
successful operation at Elberfield,
Prussia. The accompanying picture,
showing how the structure would look.
is from the London Mail. The build
An Aerial Station on the London
ing of this road would cost. it is
estimated, s25,O00,0O0, and the time
required for its completion would be
about five years. Passengers would
reach the railway by elevators estab-
llshed at each of the numerous bridges
over the Thames, which are. of course.
the main highways of traffic. and II
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
Improving Steamship Screws.

A phenomenon known as "cavita-
ton" has lately come to be recognized
as one of the most important causes of
loss of efficiency in the driving screws
of steamships. When the velocity of
the screw is increased above a certain
limit a cavity is formed in the water
inside which the screw revolves, and
a further increase of power then
causes no increase of the ships speed.
Mathematical investigation, tested by
practical experiments, has shown that
cavitation can be avoided by preserv-
ing a certain ratio between the re-
sistance and the propelling surface
concerned. Upon this principle the
speed of some vessels has been great
ly increased by simply changing their
driving screws.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
POPULAR SCIENCE

paratus which may answer the pur-
pose fully as well as a new boat, and
at far less cost. 1t is nothing less
than a gasoline motor so arranged
that it can be secured to the rear end
of a small boat, with the fuel and
electric batteries stored in casing
which answers as seat for the per-
son controlling the motor and steering
the boat The motor casing is cut
away in the picture to show the meth
cd of mounting the propeller shaft and
connecting the motor.
OF course this boat is not intended
to compete with the high-speed and
higher-priced craft which the modern
boat builder is now able to produce,
but it is intended for cruises or fish
ing trips about the rivers and lakes
of the country. To place the mechan-
ism in position on a boat it is only
necessary to store away the batteries
and gasoline reservoir beneath the
seat and suspend the motor casing
over the stern by the hooks and
clamps provided for the purpose. The
inventor is Irwin r. Miller OF St
Paul, MINI.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
Aluminium Wires.

One of the growing uses of alumni
mum is as substitute for copper wire
in the transmission of electric power
over long distances. Alloyed with one
and one-half per cent of copper, it is
thus used in transmitting 1900 horse
power from the Snoqualmie Falls to
the cities of Tacoma and Seattle,
distance of more than forty miles. This
alloy is at the same time SO light and
so strong that spans of $50 feet are
safely made. thereby effecting great
saving in the number of poles needed
on the line. But this applies only to
bare conductors. Where insulated ca
bles are required the increased diam
eter of the aluminium conductor in
wolves increased cost, and where lead
is used for insulation the gain of
weight obtained in bare aluminium ca
bles is cancelled.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
Mexican Substitutes for Cotton.

The attempt to utilize two native
delicate fbres as a substitute for cot
ton in many of its uses seems to be
progressing, says Modern Mexico. The
plants produce cotton of two class
es; the smaller one gives cof-
fee-colored seed and grows and null
tiplies without special care all the year
round; it's fibre is thicker than that
of the common cotton. The seed of
the other plant is of light blue color;
this plant requires special cultivation
and irrigation, without which it will
give one crop in the year; the fibre
is finer than the other, and as fine as
the finest cotton. Hilario Cuevas of
San Luis Soyatlan, in the Mexican
State of Jalisco, who first expert
mented with these two plants, is dis
tributing seeds all over the hot lands,
for which it is most suited.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
WINTER MAXIM s.

A blizzard is a boom for charity.
There'll be a cold time in the old
town tonight.
Keep warm by helping somebody
that can't keep warm.
People are not responsible when
they are cold and empty.
There's whole lot of true religion
in big bowl of hot soup.
If you have any old clothes to shed,
prepare to shed them now.
If you must turn the cold shoulder
to the poor, do it in summer.
Whatever else the cold may con-
tract don't let it contract your char
ity.
Old overcoats given in charity these
cold days covereth a multitude of
skins.
1t looks little like running it in
when a man must freeze to death on
an empty stomach.
A freezing man won't make much
effort to be good when he knows that
hell is warm place.
The millionaire may take his money
out of cold storage at this season
without fear that 1t will spoil.
The real winter sports" are the
men and women who won't let any
body suffer if they can prevent it.
Kick the street beggar off of the
earth, if you will, but fill him full OF
food first, and he will be softer to
kick.
While you are in your warm house
thinking how cold the weather is,
please remember that there are others
outside who know how cold it is
| Golfers Weekly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
HOUSE CLEANING HELPS.

Mustard water is said to be excel
lent for cleansing the hands after
handling odorous substances.
To scour knives easily, mix a small
quantity of baking soda with brick or
coal ashes and they will polish well.
To remove grease from coat col
lars and the glossy look from elbows
and seams, rub with a cloth dipped in
ammonia.
To remove mildew rub common yell
low soap on the damaged spot and
sift starch on that; rub it in well and
lay out in the sun.
To clean bathtubs. use whiting and
ammonia, rubbed on thoroughly; for
brass, use a combination of rotten
stone and oil; for sink and bathtub
pipes, use one-half pint of washing
soua dissolved in six quarts of boiling
water.
To mend china, make a very thick
solution of gum arabic in water, and
stir into it plaster or Paris until the
mixture becomes the proper consist
ency. Apply with brush to the
broken edges and stick them to-
gether: let it remain undisturbed for
three days.
To oil floor, use boiled linseed oil
with one-third of turpentine; clean
all paint and floors with flannel cloth
wrung out of hot soapsuds, and then
wipe absolutely dry with another
piece of flannel. Never allow a scrub
bing brush to be used, nor let the
wood become watersoaked by careless
washing and drying.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
AUTOMOBILES CARRY MAIL.
Their Efficiency Demonstrated BY
Trials Made in Michigan.

A series of extensive experiments
with the automobile in the free rural
mail delivery service, which has just
been completed in Lenawee county,
Michigan, seems to remove whatever
bility of adopting motor vehicles on
routes which defy the horse.
These tests extended over a period
of one month and the routes covered
varied in length from ten miles to
twenty-nine miles. The weather was
at times very bad, the snow was often
from six to eight inches deep and
much ice was encountered.
Yet, Notwithstanding such adverse
conditions, the report of Postmaster
Priddy, who supervised the tests,
shows that on the twenty-nine mile
route the time required to make 1926
stops for delivery and fifty-nine pick
ups" during which approximately 500
pieces of mail matter were handled.
was less than four hours. or about one
half that occupied by the carrier with
his horse. The amount of fuel con
sumed was only nominal.
Postmaster Priddy says that the peo
pie along the routes, whose attitude
toward the automobile heretofore had
not been friendly, came to regard the
machines with admiration, and he be
lieves that all that is necessary to al
lay the sentiment of unfriendliness to
ward automobiles now existing among
our rural citizens is to demonstrate
to them the machines immense advan
tage over their four-footed contempo
raries.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
Simple Fountain Pen.

The fountain pen here illustrated by
a drawing from the Scientific Ameri-
can was designed with a view of pro-
ducing an effective yet inexpensive
instrument, which could be readily
filled with ink, and which. when in
inverted position in the pocket, would
prevent leakage of the ink. The pen
consists of an ink holding barrel,
pointed at one end and provided at
the other with a bulb. into which ca
pillary tube projects. This tube forms
an opening in the pen, through which
air can enter the chamber when the
pen ts in use and permit an even
flow of the writing fluid through the
small opening at the writing point. To
fill the pen the point is inserted into
the ink, and suction is applied to
the opposite end of the barrel. To
prevent too rapid feed of the ink
through the channel. packing OF
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
WHAT ONE WOMAN OBSERVES.

Marriage should be the victory of
altruism, but it is the victory of ego
tism.
In the game of life men pin their
faith to clubs when they are weak
in hearts.
Men like to accuse women of waver-
ing affection-after all they are but
seelling a constant man.
Married people always encourage
engagements, from a desire to make
other foxes cut their brushes off, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Many a mans grievance if held to
the light would show the brand of the
great manufacturer, himself.
Wherever women are honored the
gods are satisfied.
IN multitude of cases, the love of
a woman tends to increase prodigi-
ously mans affection for himself.
Men require perfection from women
and with a magnificent egotism think
they are honoring then. in SO doing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03


merely on account of their avarice;
whereas a child can clench its fist the
moment it, is sborn.-Shenstone.
Avarice reigns most in those who
have but few good qualities to com
mend them; it is a weed that VIII
grow only in barren soil.-Hughes.
Avarice, in old age, is foolish; for
what can be more absurd than to in
crease our provisions for the road the
nearer we approach to our journeys
end?-Cicero.
There are bad examples that are
verse than crimes. and more states
have perished from the violation of
law.--Montesquieu.
The conscience of children is form
cd by the influences that surround
them; their notions of good and evil
are the result of the moral atmosphere
they Observation-Disclosures.
Whatever parent gives his children
good instruction, and sets them at the
same time a bad example, may be con-
sidered as bringing them food in one
and poison in the other-Balgay.
The avaricious man is like barren
sandy ground of the desert which
sucks in all the rain and dew with
greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs
or plants for the benefit of others
Zeno.
The avarice of the miser is the
grand sepulcher of all his other pas
sions as they successfully decay; but
unlike other tombs it is enlarged by
reflection and strengthened by age
Cotton.
To acknowledge onr faults when we
are blamed is modesty; to discover
them to ones friends, in ingenious
ness, is confidence; but to proclaim
them to the world, If one does not
take care, is pride.-Confucius.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
LITTLE THOUGHTS.

There is always a little water left
In the sponge.
Bad luck gets the blame for lot
of poor judgment.
Great actions, like great men, ap-
pear only at intervals.
A pessimist is man who is always
looking for worms in chestnuts.
The touch of kindness that makes
the whole world kin is seldom ap-
piled.
When the poor pianist has music
on the rack the hearers are in the
same fix.
1t is a great deal easier to be n
good critic than to be even passable
performer.
Truth is stranger than fiction"
with some persons should be render
ed, Truth is more of a stranger taan
fiction"
Girls, don't marry romantic youth
who is willing to die for you. Select
a man who is willing to earn living
for you.
The man who is fugitive from in
justice must often run faster than
would be necessary if mere justice
were on his trail.
repeat that all power is a trust,
and that we are accountable for its
exercise; that from the people and
for the people all springs, and all
must exist.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
A COMPROMISE.

"Whew!" exclaimed Nuwed, whats
the matter with this mince pie?"
Nothing" replied his wife, who
was a white ribboner. II followed
your mothers recipe except where it
called for brandy. I put root beer
in instead"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

I'm getting tired of boarding houi
said the young man who parts his
married. "Of course" growled the
bachelor "It takes just about
amount of mind to think of sue
thing
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
A Simple Fountain Pen.

a Simple Fountain Zen.
Microscopic material, such as absorb
ent cotton, is placed in the barrel
to be filled on the application of
vacuum, will also retard and control
the flow OF ink through the channel
in the writing point.-Philadelph
Ledger.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

tn take his measure" Then | SUI
you're the man who stole my bushel
ket"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

''I don't seem to make any impresi
on your father. Maude. And I've /
my best to get on his right side.
his left side, George. He hears b.
on that side"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
Rheumatism Positively Cured

A simple remedy which renders the
ease Impossible. and as unfailing as
in its cure. Send at once 25 cents FOR
ipe. Prescription Co.. Box 253. Denve
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Bullhead scent cigar. II you
smoked one you know how GOOD
are. If you have not. try one
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

During the recent floods in|
South a musical couple engaged
duet on a raging stream. The husE
fioated for several miles on a fol
bed and his wife accompanied hin
the piano.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

The man who crooks his elbow too
ten is liable to become crooked HIM
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

If all the press agents were to be-
come suddenly truthful the world of
fiction would receive a hard jolt.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

How happy one might be if one
were able to get callouses on ones
finger and thumb clipping coupons!
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

II smoking interferes with your y
quit worlSing'-and smoke Bax
Bullhead-5-cent cigar.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
NEXT MORNING PHILOSOPHER.

The quiet man is generally there in
an emergency.
The cover is often the best thing
about the book.
Industry may not be ultra fashion
able, but it is deserving.
With a great many people honor
runs a close race with profit.
Those who cater to evil propensities
never satisfy the hunger of their pa
irons.
Social reformers seldom think it
worth while to qualify themselves for
their task
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Never argue at the dinner table,
for the one who is not hungry always
gets the best of the bargain.-Colton.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

A late supper sometimes demon
strates that the nightmare is the bet
ter horse. 4
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

The organization of a monkey-and-
parrot trust will be sad blow at New
ports swell society.-Grand Rapids
Herald. 1t ought to raise-what war
is-all over the shop.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Arrogance is always the sign of
little and unbenevolent temper having
no more greatness in it than the swell
ing of the dropsy.-Collier.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

The pest way to do good to our
selves is to do it to others. the right
way to gather is to Standardization
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
SINGS.

Human kickers should go the mule
one better and kick ahead.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
WITH THE SAGE3.

Some men are thought sagacious
merely on account of their avarice;
whereas a child can clench its fist the
moment it, is sborn.-Shenstone.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

No muss or failures made
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

AK Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-E
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures "
Bunions, Swollen. Sore, Hot, ,Cellous, ,Ac,
Sweating Feet and lngrowing Nails. Al
Foot Ease makes new or tight shoes cas-,
all Druggists and Shoe stores, % cents
cept no substitute. Sample mailed I
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leltoy, N
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
SPARkLES OF TRUTH.

Anger ventilated often hurries to-
ward forgiveness; anger concealed
often hardens into revenge.-Bulwer
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

a motor launch, especially when on a
long-distance pull on warm day, and
yet the expense of new boat, with
engine and machinery, places 1T be-
Gasoline Motor Attached to the Stern.
yond the reach of the majority of
rowboat owners.
In this illustration is shown an ap-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Signor Marconi, the inventor of
wireless telegraphy, is said to have
wooed and won the pretty daughter of
a Cape Breton hysician.-Louisville
Courier-Journal. When Marconi bows
to Cupid he pays homage to the inven-
tor of an older system of wireless
telegraphy.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

A pessimist is a man who is alway
looking for worms in chestnuts.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

When the poor pianist has music
on the rack the hearers are in the
same fix.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

The touch of kindness that makes
the whole world kin is seldom ap-
piled.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Truth is stranger than fiction"
with some persons should be render
ed, Truth is more of stranger taan
fiction"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
Propeller for Small Boats.

1t is only natural that the owner
of a rowboat should at times desire
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

1t is a great deal easier to be a
good critic than to be even passable
performer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

The man who is a fugitive from in
justice must often run faster than
would be necessary If mere justice
were on his trail.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Girls, don't marry a romantic youth
who is willing to die for you. Select
a man who is willing to earn a living
for you.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Great actions, like great men, ap-
pear only at intervals.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Wherever women are honored the
gods are satisfied.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Men require perfection from women
and with a magnificent egotism think
they are honoring then. in SO doing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

To remove grease from coat col
lars and the glossy look from elbows
and seams, rub with a cloth dipped in
ammonia.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Mustard water is said to be excel
lent for cleansing the hands after
handling odorous substances.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Many mans grievance if held to
the light would show the brand of the
great manufacturer, himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09

have fought everyb5dy's battles but
their own. 1heE Will line up behind d
cattlemen's association or a labor or
ganization or q farmers movement and
whatever these organizations demand
or insist upon. Tt is customary and
popular To be against trusts but if
there ever was an excuse for such an
organization it is in the newspaper field
in this state. If thousand newspaper
men of Kansas We're i'm this meeting
today and, after discussing any pro-
position, should agree upon plan of
action, the governor and state legis-
iature sitting in the state house yonder
would not dare to go counter to the
express wishes Of this body"
In regard to the future of the small
newspaper he said:
The big daflies with their unlimited
capital and their facilities for gather
ing and printing not only the news
but current literature. fiction and his
tory, are pushing out along the rural
routes into the fields heretofore con
trolled by the small daily and weekly.
The small daily in self defense Is max
ing a reduced rate by mail, and in this
way is contesting the local field with
its larger competitor. In some cases
the weekly paper run in connection
with a country daily has been sus-
pended and the daily at a subscription
price only slightly increased from the
price Of the weekly has taken its place.
What viii be the result2
VIII the growing desire for more
reading matter enlarge the field 50 that
the local papers will not suffer- Or
will the rural reader finally tire of the
great mass of reading matter contain
ed in the big daily or the frequency OF
the smaller one, and return to his
weekly paper with its familiar country
CORES spondence and its editorial discus
sions of local questions?
These are matters deserving the best
thought of the newspaper men of the
state. Their solution. so far as the ef-
fect upon the local field is concerned
depends upon the work done by the
men who now occupy this heldl..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09

Mr. Williams was victim OF pneu-
monia Ia was down town last Mon
day and was troubled with cold. On
Tuesday he became worse and a ply
sician was summoned and it was found
that he was suffering from pneumonia
1t was impossible to check the progress
of the disease and on Friday his condi-
ton was alarming Saturday he be
came deiirious and the physicians re-
allied that the end was near at hand
He lived. however, until daylight sun
day morning.
This is the first death in the family
of A. l. Williams. on New Year s
day there was a family reunion at the
Fillmore street home and % members
of the family sat down to dinner.
Mr.. Williams was a young business
man of great promise. He was associ-
ated with his brOther-in-law, Mr. w.
L. Dickey in the ice business and wa
also an assistant supreme court re-
porter. Six years ago he married Miss
Norma Smith, a young woman well
known in Topeka society and their
daughter Marian, three years old, is an
especially attractive child Mr. VIII
liams was a brother of Representative
A y. Williams of Topeka.
The funeral viii be held from the
residence Of Mr. Williams parents.
1895 Fillmore street. at . p. m. Tues
DAY The pail bearers are to be the
following VIM. Johnson. Fred Rob
bins David Lakin. G. =. I.agerstrom,
Charles Morton. A r. Iingafelt. The
funeral viii be conducted by Dean
Kaye and the interment viii be private
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
SHOT HER ASSAlLANT.
Woman Station Agent Makes a
Vigorous Defense.

Monongahela. Pa. Feb. 9.-During the
night an unknown man forced his way
into the telegraph tower at Walston
station, on the Pittsburg. Virginia &
Charleston railroad. and assailed Mrs
Wilson. the operator, Mrs. Wilson shot
the man. and this so enraeed him that
he beat her almost into .insensibilty
and then tried to burn her to death
by forcing her head into the stove. BE
fore he succeeded. however. an arriving
freight train frightened him off and he
fed leaving his victim unconscious
Mrs. wilson is the wife of ex-Mayor
Wilson of this city. She is handsome
woman aged 80. and is regarded as fear
less. Her condition is critical
Early in the evening FOUR men made
an attempt to break into the tower bus
they were frustrated by the tinel-
arrival of several railroad ders. It Is
thought Mrs. Wilson's assailant be
longed to this party and the police ex-
pect to have him before night