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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
knoeIl's Celebrated Albright
.REFRICERATORs

BY buying our line of Refrlgerators
early, when the manufacturers were
oyerstocked, and occupying a side
street, we are enabled to sell Refrig-
orators Mt ONETHIRD or even less
than you can buy them elswhere in the
city-and the quality is just as good,
If not better. than Others sell you.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Tea an Ideal Slim u a n t

and affording a feeling of comfort
that hardly anything else can give,
and this without any noticeable un-
comfortable after effects.
OF course, in our civilization there
are some who take too much of many
things for their own good but even
in these cases it is hard to say that
the evil is as great as sometimes
charged. The practice of giving large
quantities of strong tea to mere in
fants, which is common among GER
tain of the poorer classes of our cities,
Of course, cannot be too strongly con-
demned. but it is astonishing how
many infants seem to thrive on it.
There should be some discrimina-
ton in the general condemnation Of
such stimulantS as tea and coffee.
They probably do more good than
harm and we should welcome their
use If by any means or to any extent
they can be made a substitute for
things that are worse, and if the habit
were universal in some of our unsani-
tary communities we might find it the
safeguard against many serious evils.
Journal of American Medical AssO
citation.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Dea dly Freak Of Nature

The government of the Republic of
Nicaragua has sent experts from the
capital to examine a remarkable and
deadly tree that was recently discov-
cred on the hacienda of Sonora Maria
Gasteazoro, near the town of Petacal-
peque, department of Chinandega. To
the tree has been given the name of
arbol del Giablo, or tree of the devil.
Its discovery was made through the
disappearance of son of Sonora Gas
teazoro. Several days later the body
of the boy and the carcass OF the pony
he was riding were found under the
tree in remote part of the hacienda.
1t was noticed that sickly sweet OdOr
emanated from the tree, and those
who removed the body Of the boy be-
came suddenly dizzy while under its
branches. Closer examination OF the
boys body disclosed the fact that sew
eral bloodvessels had burst, and later
the same condition was disclosed by
an examination of the remains of the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24

Every little while there is an out
cry against the practice Of tea and
coffee drinking Lately it has been
alleged that the degeneracy observed
in the lower classes of Great Britain
is largely due to the immense quanti-
ty of tea which is drunk in that king
dom. Without any doubt few peo-
pie do drink too much tea and would
be better without it, But tea-drink-
Ing, as in China, may be the salvation
Of a people from much greater evils.
The decoction has, at least. the adj
vantage of having been sterilized by
>eat, and water-drinking in China has
It's dangers. as many an old traveller
can testify.
The immense quantities OF tea used
without apparent damage by some of
the most robust peoples in the world
other than the Chinese, such, for ex-
ample, as the Russians. the Hudson
bay voyagers, and the lumbermen Of
the north, does not testify to its evil
effects on general health, under
proper conditions. For cold coun-
try it is almost an ideal stimulant.
seviving the energies. even after al
r.ost apparently complete exhaustion,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24

pony. Under the tree were the bones
OF goats, hogs, burros and hundreds
OF birds. 1t is supposed that the boy,
coming upon the heap of bones,
stopped to investigate and that both
boy and pony were overpowered by
the deadly fumes from the tree.
Since that time the tree has been
examined to limited extent by per-
sons on the hacienda. and it's deadly
operation has been noted Along the
branches of the tree are small valve
Ike projections, open at the ends 1t
is believed that the poisonous fumes
issue from these valves. A bird light
ing on branch of the tree is caught
and held fast, and within a few min
uces the bloodvessels of its body
burst News of the discovery of the
tree has spread throughout Nicaragua
and has caused CONSERVATION among
the Indians. 1t is said that similar
trees have been discovered in Portu-
gal and Corea.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
A Vote For Frank W. Brown is a Vote for Man who En-
D|ovS UNION LABOR and Paws the UNION WAGE SCALE
s THROWING THE MAIL"
On Night Watch in the Registry Division
of the Chicago Postoffice

A Voice from the Pouch Room-Des-
patching Section.
We are jollying the game along all the
strenuous day.
PullE yourselves together. boys, you've
the right of way.
Hustling heavy mail sacks across the
Pouch Room floor.
Wrestling with the "Overland dumped
inside the door.
Graphing with the big bulging' sacks
from Frankfort on the Spree.
Smelling the salt ocean brine-the sal
wage of the sea.
Roasting all the fresh young cubs when
they. soicr long.
Tuning up the Old night bunch with some
rousing song.
The dear. delicious public's notes swamp
left and right,
Throwing mail from dewy morn-tons OF
mail at night.
The pretty girls get. valentines couched
in ripping rhyme.
The Postal Clerk gets in his work hust-
ling all the time.
the star-st!ewn night.
Connecting every scrap of mail that
dawnS upon our sight.
Sweet and low across the snow the sup
pie reindecrS glide,
The crooks held up poor Santa Claus last
jocund Christmas tide.
We heard the sleigh bills aerial song.
their mellow. tinkline chime.
The silvery spell like Ginning bell that
rings like honeyed rhyme.
Shy, p!Cuant girls with wind swept curls
beneath the mistletoe,
With rose-leaf face and fawn-like grace
and lustrous eyes aglow.
But the boys behind the pouches are con-
Meeting all the mail.
They have no time for pleasure, throw
ing stations on the rail.
JAMES E. KINSELl4A.
Registry Division. Chicago Postoftice.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24

lis the sansuine springtime season:
When they swamp hip and thigh.
The publIcs sweet unreason--
Connect those letters is their cry.
Yes. the April rush is coming,
And ii sweeps with thunderous roar.
How the stamp machines are humming-
Purring soft kettles Snore.
Look alive there. Rough and Ready,
Jerk those pouches through the door.
cluster round there, strong and steady,
Twist those chunks along the floor
Hurry up-the Main Guys calling
Clear the decks and start anew
While ten tons of mail sprawing.
JiSSers. Rondy, shove her through
Flau2ht with keen and lusty life.
Tons of mail sweep like the ocean.
Swapping all in stubborn strife.
Loosen up there. Quit YOUR dreaming.
Rouse up from your StudiouS trance,
Keep your eye Rondy teaming
JiSgcrS. stop your song and dance"
The mail is the pulse of the nation,
and gauges the state of the times.
And measures trace fierce eXuitation.
Tho Postal Clerks are deserving more
money.
They are working like beavers all night.
They're as busy as bees hving honey.
They are hustling in thick of the fight.
You arc Young and you're life's work be-
ginning,
You keen for the joy of the fight.
You are eager for striving and winning.
You eXult in the pride of your might.
a word in YOUR ear ere you wander
To plunge in the thick of the fray.
Have care ere your treasure you Squan-
And waste all your gifts by the way.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Tricks of the Tornad o

A typical tornado acts as follows: 1t
is funnel-shaped tube a half-mile
high, 5000 feet in diameter at the top.
100 feet in diameter at the bottom. 1t
travels with forward motion. cover
ing fifteen to sixty miles an hour.
The outer edge of the top revolves at
the rate of seven miles an hour; the
rim near the bottom of the vortex at
200 miles an hour. In the lower tube
is thus produced tremendous centrifu-
gal force. a partial vacuum causing OBJ
jects in it's path to explode and pro-
ducing a low temperature.
This cold generates the sheath of
yapor that makes the funnel visible in
the form OF a cloud and causes a con-
iensation. producing electric dis
charges, just as in thunderstorms on
a large scale. The tornado's duration
may vary from few minutes to sew
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24

eral hours. The winds great velocity
D.ostrates every obstacle in it's path.
It's effect is rot only to hurl objects
before it and to produce an explosive
action in it's vacuum. but also to lift
bodies in vertical direction.
A velocity as high as 600 miles an
hour in the lower tube has been re-
ported. Measurements of some re-
cent tornadoas have been computed by
n.eteorologists. The great waterspout
of Aug. 10. 1896. in Vineyard sound.
seven and a half miles northeast of
Cottage City, Mass, had tube extend
ing from the cloud to the surface of
the sea, distance of 1900 feet, was
3.400 feet in diameter at the top, 10
feet at the narrowest part Q,500 feet
above the sea- and ESQ feet at sea lev
ell. 1t revolved at the rate of fourteen
miles an hour at the top and $50
miles an hour at the bottom.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24

haircloth slideway about the same size
as a deck of cards, with it's narrow
sides laid in fine pleated folds. so that
it will lie fiat or expand. This is sewed
in the sleeve of the coat or shirt and
reaches from the cuff to the elbow
joint. One of the wide sides is sewn
pcsite wide side is sewn or pasted to
the cuff, both ends being open. At the
elbow strap fits around the arm, to
which is attached a metal tube that
reaches down to the near end of the
sleeve, with pulley attached TO the
end. short. wide elastic is also fast
ened to the strap and to the elastic is
fastened metal clamp that holds the
cards.
A cord is attached to this clamp,
which runs Down and over the pulley,
tIen back to the elbow through the
metal tube, thence to the shoulder,
through the clothing to the body and
thence down the loop at the heel with
hook attached to the end. The cord
passes through flexible tube from
the elbow to the ankle. This tube will
bend easily, but not fatten. and is at
tached to the clothing with string ties
to keep it in line with the body. It's
use is to prevent the cord from bind
ing or sticking.
To work this holdout the hook at
the end of the cord is fastened to the
loop of the shoe on the opposite foot !;
when the feet are spread apart this
causes the cord to draw the clamp re
ferred to down through the slideway
| and to near the end of the sleeve Any
cards that are in it will reach into the
| palm of the hand. where they can be
taken out or placed back into the
clamp. BY drawing the feet close to
| gether again ii causes the cord to re-
| lax. and the elastic referred to will
| draw the clamp and any cards it con
| tains back up the slideway to it's place
near the elbow.
| Sinners are various forms of reflec
| tors and are used to see the cards as
they are dealt out by the dealer. They
are made in many ways, the wet shin
en- being the simplest, the gambler
| spilIing a little wine from his glass
upon the surface of the polished table
| The light shining from a certain angle
produces a reflection and he can thus
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24

see what cards are being dealt his op
ponents as he passes them over the
SPOT which reflects the faces. TIL.
poker chip sinner is convex reflector
set in a poker chip. over which he
rGsses the cards in dealing. and when
lot in use or when in danger of ex
posture he will stack other chips on top
of it.
The finger ring sinner is composed
of half inch or smaller convex reflec,
tor setting of ring; this is worn on
the little finger of the left hand, and
by turning the setting to the inside of
the hand it is possible to read the in
dex of the cards as they are dealt. The
Palm sinner is a small device with a
reflector fitting on the ball of the little
finger of the left hand, and is used in
the same way as the ring sinner. Mica
is sometimes used as reflector, and
being thin car be bent or curled up
easily without breaking. 1t is also
preferred as it makes no noise, as
glass would if struck by accident. 1t
is used in many ways. by FASTING tc
the hand. table or clothing.
The table sinner is made by cover.
ing the top of table with various
chemicals such as are used in the
manufacture of mirrors. By the use
Of shellac. alcohol. silver solution and
silicate of soda Qiquid glass; it takes
on a brilliant polish, but is invisible
except to person wearing eyeglasses
focused to a distance of one to three
feet and of lighter or clearer color
than the atmosphere through which
the person is looking. A gambler will
fix the entire top of a table with this
solution and readily and easily tell
every card as it is dealt.
Marked cards are made in various
ways and are nearly always used by
the professional gambler. Magnifying
spectacles are sometimes used where
the markings are SO fine that they are
invisible to the naked eye at dis
lance, and in some the lenses are sc
powerful that they bring card three
feet away close up to the vision of the
eye. Cards are also sometimes marked
in various ways on the edges by inks
and often by shaving or cutting down
to & fraction that is barely perceptible
this method especially for the higher
cards. as the four aces, kings anG
queens.
The advantages of playing with
marked cards are numerous. and 9
skillful player can tell Immediately
the cards his opponents discard. draw
and finally hold, and at favorable OPP
portunity fill his own hand with card:
suitable to outplay any other against
him. Ringing in or switching marked
or cold deck is, easily accomplished
An accomplice secures deck identica
to that in use, stacks or sorts it for {
winning hand, and at a favorable OPP
portunity slips it into the hand of The
gambler, who secretes it in his lap, un
der the table or in a holdout. At hi,
deal he will drop a card to the floor
reach for spittoon or something OF
the floor, and while doing so will
switch the decks. He will then false
| shuttle the fake deck. throw, jog, crim]
or brief mark by bending, ETC., int
them fo- confederate to cut to, or d.
| likewise to an innocent player ant
| then switch the cut to it's origina
place, making it impossible for him II
lcse.-New York Herald.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
In a Perilous Position

The late l.. Clarke Davis. Phila-
ielphia's distinguished journalist. has
broad knowledge of the American
stage, together with great number
d theatrical anecdotes.
Mr.. Davis would often tell story
shat had been narrated to him by
Edwin Booth.
Booth he would begin, ''once
played at the old Arch street theater
Of Philadelphia. the hero's part in an
,ld-fashioned drama. These were his
early days, when his weight was not
much more than birds. The hero
was supposed to be robust, but Booth
was unable to give him that appear
|lEce.
"Well, one Saturday night, the old
fashioned drama progressed very
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24

smoothly up to the middle of the
third act. Booth. as Maltravers, the
hero, sat. then. in his daughters sit
ting-room, his head bowed in hrs
hands. The wife of Maltravers was
very ill. The poor fellow feared that
she was nigh deaths door.
His daughter. to comfort him. Of
fered him some refreshment, but he
refused the offer.
"'No. no, dear child, cannot eat.
he said.
1.-THE play had gone well up to this
point. But now, when the gaunt
Booth said, No, no. dear child. l can
not eat young Irishman up in the
gallery sang out:
"'Can't eat? You can't eat? The
saints forbid l was mutton chop
before We"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-06
Pigeon ,earried Nfessage.

Boston, Mass, July 6.-At II in the
morning Mayor Collins unfastened
from the leg of a carrier pigeon the
greeting of the mayor OF ST LOUIS 70
the mayor of Boston.
Charles H. Hersey, jr., OF wellesley
Hills visited the Office OF Mayor Col
Inns, carrying a slate colored carrier
pigeon peacefully nesting in the hol-
low of his arm. Having been an
nounced- to the mayor, the pigeon was
held forth, while his honor removed
from the aluminium receptacle the
greeting of Mayor Wells of st. Louis
Mr.. Hersey stated that about 9 yes
terday morning the bird flew into the
pigeon loft, having arrived direct from
Pawtucket, r. l.. the starting point of
the last relay.
After the message had been re-
moved, and Mr.. Hersey, to give his
honor an illustration of the carrier
pigeons method of departure, turned
it loose in the yard before the city
hail. The pigeon shot up straight into
the air. circled about a few times, and
then struck out straight in the direc-
ton of Wellesley Hills.
In the mail this morning Mayor Col
Inns received two letters, one of which
was signed by Walter E. Mathews of
Baltimore. Inclosed in the letter was
a case. which. Mr.. Mathews explained,
was found by him attached to a
pigeons leg. The bird in question was
one which strayed away from his place
IN May, and to his surprise flew into
the loft June 80. On finding that the
pigeon carried message for Mayor
Collins of Boston, he removed it from
the leg and mailed it, case and all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-06
KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL.
Health Is Worth Saving, and Some
Topeka People Know How
to Save 1t.

Many Topeka people take their lives
in their hands by neglecting the kid
neys when they know these organs
need help. Sick kidneys are respon-
sible for a vast amount of suffering
and ill-helath, but there is no need to
suffer nor to remain in danger when
all diseases and aches and pains due
to weak kidneys can be quickly and
permanently cured by the use of
Doans Kidney Pills. Here is the
statement of Topeka citizen who has
reclaimed good health by the use of
this remedy:
Mrs NJ. Herring of 1914 North
Monroe street, Topeka, Kan. says:
"The statement Mr.. Herring gave IL
the summer of 1899 relating his ex-
perience with Doan's Kidney Pills was
certainly true, and his opinion of this
remedy is as high today as it was then.
Doan's Kidney Pills brought him such
great relief from kidney trouble which
had caused him considerable suffer
ing that have on numerous occasions
heard him speak emphatically in their
praise. It is safe to say that he is just
as strong an advocate Of Doan's Kid
ney Pills as ever"
For sale by all dealers. Price sc
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan.s-ant
take no other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-06

Henceforth Abe Lazotte will preside
with the big NIT behind the bat when
ever Jack Henry is out of the running.
This fast right fielder is also a good
catcher. he having received Blackburn S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-06

slants while the two were at Wilkes
barre. Lazotte has been getting off bad
ly during his first two days with To-
peka, but he will provide the goods all
right after he hits his pace.
President Sheard left this morning for
a pleasure trip to Rochester, N. Y. Sec
rotary w. F. Logan will accompany the
White Sox on their trips until his re-
turn. He left with them to go to Sc
dalia this morning.
Dusty Miller Joined the Wichita job
played in center field. He showed up
like a comet in the darkest midnight
Joe Roe of Sedalia, the man who had
much to do with forming and fostering
the Western Association, and who has
been managing the South McAleSter
team in the Missouri Valley League this
year, had his franchise at that town
taken away from him because the at
tendance and consequently the receipts
were too small 70 be mentioned. The
team was given to Fort Smith, Ark.
Once again change of management
for the Guthrie Senators is announced.
They are coming so fast and thick now
that the fans pay little or no attention
to them. Ben Henderson now wears the
RE Capital: "At a meeting of the di-
rectors of the Guthrie Baseball associa-
ton yesterday Pitcher Ben Henderson
was selected to act as manager of the
Guthrie's team to succeed Ben Bennett,
who resigned Sunday evening. This ac-
, ton on the part of Bennett was greatly
disappointing to the directors, as they
placed great confidence in Bennett and
his work here was highly satisfactory
as a manager. The directors thought.
however, that Bennett should not play
with the team until he fully recovered
from the broken ankle, which he sus-
tanned this spring. Bennett insisted on
playing and acting as manager too, and
refused to act in any capacity Unless
allowed to do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-06
Jimnv Cauahan,s Fate.

Chicago, July 6.-It is alleged that
Jimmy Callahan will be traded to the
New York Americans-also that he
will be released outright and allowed
to hike whittier he may desire. 1t is
tipped pretty straight that Jimmy will
be simply suspended without pay and
not allowed to earn his living in pro-
fessional ball. as both Jones and
Comiskey think he deserves punish
ment for his miss of the water wagon
New York, it is said, offers Faultz and
Dougherty for Jimmy. Both were
once great ball players, who are now
showing signs of being call in,'' and OF
having but a little way to go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-06
GAMES ToDAY.

IN THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Kansas City at Milwaukee.
Toledo at Columbus.
Indianapolis at Louisville.
Minneapolis at st. Paul
IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Brooklyn at New York.
Pittsburg at Chicago.
st. Louis at Cincinnati.
IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago at Cleveland.
New York at washington.
Boston at Philadelphia.
IN THE VALLEY LEAGUE.
Parsons at Muskogee.
Fort Scott at Fort Smith.
Pittsburg at Tulsa.
Webb City at Vtnita.
IN THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION
Topeka at Sedalia.
Guthrie at Joplin.
Oklahoma City at Springfield.
Wichita at Leavenworth.
IN THE WESTERN LEAGUE.
Colorado Springs at Denver.
Sioux City at Omaha.
Des Moines at st. Joseph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-06
Laioie Out of the Game.

Cleveland, O., July 6.-Napoleon
Lajoie manager of the Cleveland base
ball team, will be out of the game for
five days and possibly longer, by his
physicians orders. He was spiked on
the left ankle by O'Leary of Detroit, in
one of the games last week, but it did
not hurt him much and he gave it no
thought. 1t seems, however, that the
color from his stocking worked into
the abrasion and blood poisoning set
in. The leg began to hurt him at st.
Louis, and for a time he had to keep
it off the floor. It is hardly likely that
he will be able to use it at all for sew
eral days, and Cleveland does not ex-
pect him in the game before next
week. Kahl will hold down second.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-06

slants while the two were at Wilkes
barre. Lazotte has been getting off bad
ly during his first two days with To-
peka, but he will provide the goods all
right after he hits his pace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-06

Ed McKelvy, last year with Enid in
the Oklahoma State league, has Joined
the Guthrie Senators pitching staff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-06
OKLAHOMA CRY.

Sedalia ---.....-.---,.......O / 0 X
Oklahoma City .-....-.....-0 0 0 IL