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Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
GIVES BABIES BANK ACCOUNTS
Maine Man Starts One for Every
Child Born in His Town.

The financial world has surely not
hitherto had much startling news to
chronicle Of Thomas Dinsmore, of Pal
ermo, kennebec county, Maine, says
the American Banker. That gentle
man has not surprised the commu-
nifty into throes Of admiration by the
establishment of hero funds nor the
foundation of any libraries. He has
not been identified with any huge cor
poration engaged in cornering the
earth, for the earth's good, no doubt,
nor has he purchased highly priced
works of art and presented them to
an ungrateful country that insists
upon his paying duty on the gifts.
But in way Mr.. Dinsmore seems
to have cornered all the praise and
gratitude in his locality and he GER
tainly has monopoly in his particu-
lar industry.
At present he is engaged busily in
presenting new bankbooks showing a
five dollar deposit to each new baby
which arrives in his community. 1t
will be seen at once that this is not
only excellent for the banks and fine
for the babies, but it will in all like
lihood prevent any appreciable tend
ency toward race suicide.
Some time ago Mr.. Dinsmore be-
gan the practice of presenting every
school graduate with new handbook
and one dollar. The good work of this
gentleman is necessarily limited, but
he has sounded the depths of the coun-
try's need. Not by railing against
capital and capitalists nor preaching
property will the evil of huge
money concentration be remedied. By
teaching foresight and judicious saw
ing to the children and intoxicating a
spirit of desire of possession in the
beginning of their education he will
do more toward increasing the aver
age wealth of the people than any
other project yet put forth.
Massachusetts, fairly conservative
state, calculates that it's people save
on an average 33 cents a week
each. The absurdity of such figure
in the face of the extremely high rate
of wages is patent to every sensible
person. 1t is high time that the cit
liens OF the country began to realize
that more economy, thrift and indus
try on their part would change the
conditions which they consider a dan
ger to the nation. Careful considera-
ton of the subject will show that
these qualities are what made the
other mans fortune for the most part.
Therefore, of vital use to the mental,
moral and financial condition of the
coming generation is the good work
Mr.. Dinsmore is doing in Maine among
children. Teach them that handbook
is sign of respectability Decrease
the tendency to squander the whole
of the income on luxuries without re-
gard to future needs and possible
wants, and the socialistic as we'll as
the monetary conditions of the coun-
try will show an Immediate improve
ment.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
AT LEAST ONE IMPROVEMENT.
Quality Had Been Added To, II Quan
tity Was Shy.

Joel Perkins was one of the first set
tiers in the plantation of Milton, Ok
ford county. Me. Taking up section
III wild land. he built himself a cabin,
and each season cleared a small patch
and raised a fai. crop of grain and po-
tatoes.
Other settleIz came in around him,
and he was able from time to time to
sell them y portion of his surplus crop,
trusting them until they could pay.
Having no account books, he marked
with chalk on his cabin door what
tIrey owed him.
After several years he thought he
could afford to take wife, and, find.
ing comely lass in the neighboring
town of Bethel. he married her and
took her home.
While Joel was at work in the fields
his wife spent the time cleaning up the
Rouse. One night, on his return, she
called his attention to what she had
done, especially to the inside of the
cibin door.
"Oh, Mary" he cried, "you have
ribbed out all my accounts agin the
1eighbors. and l don't know what |
saall dol"
"Oh, never mind. JOEL" she said.
you can mark 1t all down again"
He made no reply, but, taking a
piece of chalk. covered the door once
more with figures and, with a sigh, sat
dUwn.
There. JOEL" exclaimed Mary. 81
tnew you could do it, and you have.
haven't you?"
We'll. Mary. I don't know as I have
writ down as much as had before but
] know one thing. It's agin darned
sight better men,"
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
WORKMAN is TORN TO PIECES
ON A FAST-REVOLVING SHAFT.
Supposed Prank in a Plaster Mill Staten Island NJ r.
Ends in Horrible Death of Victim.

rope over his right leg and thnaw
the other end over a shaft about
eight feet overhead and secured II.
The next moment a shrek of agony
made the men desert their machines
and stand back horror-stricken at the
CHASTITY sight which confronted them.
Dangling by the rope from the shaft
was human leg. and further an arm.
clutching the rope with convulsiYe-
ness of death grip. Below on the
floor lay the bleeding body of Ge.z-
ner, horribly mangled, with the face
battered almost beyond recognition.
The men turned away sick at heat.
The shaft kept revolving with the
CHASTITY evidence attached to it, Final
ly one man broke away from the
group and running to the engine room,
yelled to Engineer Alexander Schiller:
Stop the machinery, A man las
been killed."
Schiller stopped the machinery and
then went back with the man to the
mixing room. BY this time the fore.
man had appeared. The workman
were busy cutting down the leg aad
the arm from the shaft. When they
had completed this work they We're
sent back to their machines. Then 1t
was found that mo. 203" was miss.
ing. Immediately the crime was fss.
teI1d upon him.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
TO REsHARPEN OLD FILES.
Treatment Which Will Make Them
Almost as Good as New.

Clean the files thoroughly, usir g a
scratch brush and strong solution
of washing soda in hot water, then
wash off the soda with hot water
Prepare "A bath of one part nitric
acid to foL.' parts of water contained
in an earthen vessel. Sort and grade
the files according to tineness and
immerse those of each grade in the
bath The finer files should be left in
the bath about a minute. and the
coarser cuts five or six minutes. says
the Metal Worker. After the acid bath.
wash the files in hot water dry, and
grease them while still warm with
vaseline.
In preparing the acid bath, eau ions
Popular Mechanics, pour the acid into
the water very slowly, as the heit ac.
tion is great.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
Man AGED III to Travel.

Evansville, Ind.-Benjamin Daniels,
a negro who was born in slavery, and
who says he Is Ill years old, will
leave In few days for visit with
friends at Clarksville, Tenn. Ho will
make the trip unaccompanied. Dan.
iels lives with his daughter in this
city. and in spite Of his age Is able
to get around very we'll. Daniels mar.
ried his first wife during the wsr Of
1912. He has been married four times.
and his Oldest child is now over 80
years old. It Is sbelieved Daniels h
the Oldest man In Indiana. The old
man is unable to read or write. w
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
SALlOW FACES
Often Caused by Coffee Drinking.

How many persons realize that cof-
fee so disturbs digestion that it pro-
duces muddy. yellow complexion?
ten days trial of Postum Food
Coffee has proven a means. in thou
sands of cases, of clearing up bad
compilations.
A Washn. young lady tells her expe
rience:
"All of us-father, mother. sister
and brother-had used tea and coffee
for many years until finally We all
had stomach troubles more or less.
I'VE were all sallow and troubled
with pimples. breath bad, disagree
able taste in the mouth, and all of us
simply so many bundles Of nerves.
I'VE didn't realize chat coffee was
the cause of the trouble until one day
We ran out of coffee and went to bor-
row some from a neighbor. She gave
us some Postum and told us to try
that.
although we started to make It..
we all felt sure we would be sick II
we missed our strong coffee. but we
were forced to try Postum and were
surprised to find 1t delicious.
I'VE read the statements on the
pkg. got more and in month and q
half you wouldn't have known US.
| We were all able to digest our food
without any trouble. each ones skin
became clear, tongues cleaned on and
nerves In fine condition. We never
use anything now but Postum. There
Is nothing like It." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book. THE Road to
MELVILLE" There's . reason"
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
Another Dig at Powers.

A few days ago Gov. Cobb. of
Maine, and Hon. W..R. Pattangall.
prominent in politics in the same
state, were together on train. Mr..
Pattangall is a lawyer and an editor.
the writer of the humorous "Meddy-
bemps Letters" appearing in his pa
per, the Machias Union.
In the course of conversation, Gov.
Cobb remarked to Mr.. Pattangall: Il
don't see why you and Llwellyn Pow
ers should be so extremely antag-
onistic to each other. Neither of you
ever fails to give the other a rap
when there is opportunity"
At this point an interested listener
in the car leaned toward their chairs
and asked: rs it really true that ex-
Gov. Powers is of Indian descent?"
well, the Indians deny it," Mr..
Pattangall answered. in his inimitable
manner.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
Facts About Alaska,

Alaska is an interesting region. In
area she is twice as large as Texas,
with California thrown in, but her
resident white population numbers
only about 10000. though in summer
she has from 10000 to 10000 more
whites. In fur. fish and minerals she
is rich. Since her annexation she has
furnished s50.000,O0O of furs, s60,0O0.-
900 of fish and s7O,OOO,OOO of minerals.
chiefly gold and silver. Her output
of gold, which was s9,000000 in 1904.
was $16,000,0OO in 1905, and will be
fully s26,000,000 in 19O6.-Lesiie's
Weekly
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23

New York.-One workman killed
another in the mixing room of plas-
ter works, at Richmond Terrace. New
Brighton. S. l., early the other
morning by tying him to a revolving
hywheel shaft. Frank Getzner. 35
years old, Russian, who has been in
this country only two months plan
ning to make home for his wife and
four children, was the victim. NO.
203." whose name is believed to be
Lucia, is wanted by the police to ex-
plain the death of Getzner.
The mixing room, in which the men
we're working, contains within radi-
Us of about 35 feet about four ma
chimes. which mix cement and pour
It Into six bags attached to the bot
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23

creative faculty; but this faculty may
While reasoning can not constitute
the whole of the inventive act, it can,
80 to speak, clear the way for it and
render it easier of accomplishment.
Most of all, inventions are an evo-
luton from some previously invented
form. The mind always thinks of the
unknown in terms of the known
This evolution of an invention is
more or less logical, and is often
such an extent that the really Gre
ative work is greatly reduced as COM
pared with what it would be if done
by the imagination alone. Edison is
quoted as saying: Any man can be-
come an inventor if he has magma
ton and pertinacity;' that invention
is not SO much inspiration as per-
spiration'
The speaker then explained how he
conceived three typical inventions
had been evolved. TO quote The Sen
tinels abstract:
THE first of these was the first au-
tomato valve gear for the steam en-
CINE, the invention of a boy, Humph-
rey Potter. The second example of
the evolution of an invention was
that of machine known as the cal
culagraph, which is used for calculat-
Ing and recording the charge on most
Of the toll telephone messages in the
United States. 1t will automatically
subtract the time of day when the
message began from the time of day
when it ceased, and record the elapsed
time, and will do this on the one ma
chine for any number of overlapping
messages. The third example was the
evolution of the knot-tying parts of a
self-binding harvester. The speaker
showed how the inventor first chose
simple form of knot and then
studied the tying of it with his hands
until he had devised way by which
he could tie it with the use of only
two fingers of one hand. One of the
fingers had a simple rotary move
ment with the arm. and the other fin
ger had, beside the rotary movement,
a simple opening and closing move
ment toward and away from the first
finger. to grasp the cord at certain
period in the revolution. Mr.. Prindle
went through these operations with
his own fingers and tied knots to H.
Iustrate these motions. With this ex.
haustive and ingenious consideration
Of his problem the inventor had only
simple piece of mechanism TO pro
luce to accomplish his purpose. The
mechanism really only consisted OF
two mechanical fingers on a shaft
and cam for working the clempins
finger"
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
Catch Fish In a Beer keu.

White Haven, Pa.-Old Izaak Wal.
ton. Grover Cleveland nor any of their
vivacious disciples could ever tell a
fish story the equal of that told by
two White Haven anglers who brought
home the evidence of their facts.
They told of trout whose fondness
for brewery products was such that
1t Voluntarily became prisoner and
remained In a pine-tarred cell from
small fry age until 1t got to be n
four-pound size. and to those increGl.
lous persons who wrinkled upper lips
or noses the anglers produced their
evidence the other day. consisting of
the keg in which was imprisoned ter
fish.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
Row Animals Doctor Themselves.

Man might often take from the
lower animals lesson as to the care
Of himself when i'll. All sorts of ami
mails suffering from fever eat little.
lie quiet in dark. airy places. and
drink quantities of water. When a
dog loses his appetite he knows where
to find observation-disclosures
acts as purgative and emetic
Sheep and cows. when i'll. seek cer-
tain herbs. Any animal suffering
from chronic rheumatism keeps as
far as possible in the sun. If chin
panzee be wounded he has been seen
to stop the bleeding by plaster of
chewed-up leaves and grass.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
NEW ROTARY GAS MOTOR.
Invention Which ls Liable to Revo
Iutionize Motor Car Building.

What is pronounced by leading gas
| engine experts to be the acme of gas
engine construction has just been at
tanned by John ]. Hogan, a modest
and practical mechanical engineer o.
New York city, in the invention and
successful construction of a rotary
gas engine, which by it's simplicity,
it's inexpensive construction and the
small space which it occupies, COM
bined with it's great power, is certain
to revolutioniZe not only the construc-
tion and the price of automobiles and
power boats, but all sorts of methods
of supplying power where engines of
intricate and cumbersome construc-
ton and great price are impractical,
says the New York Herald.
For years Mr. Hogan has watched
the development of the automobile
and the power boat. He has spent no
end of time in the construction and
operation of gas propelled vehicles,
yet he has never been satisfied. And
just when the automobile manufac-
turers, who have expended millions
in trying 70 solve the problem of sim
plifying and perfecting the construc-
ton and operation of the propellers
that are sending the automobiles
whizzing through city streets and
over country roads, have seemingly
reached their limit, he has evolved the
destined to do what automobile and
power vehicle manufacturers have
sought for years to accomplish.
Sc simple and compact is the motor
that the observer involuntarily be-
speaks his amazement at the possi-
bility of its power and effectiveness.
Occupying space which makes it
easily portable in an ordinary grip
sack and weighing but 6S pounds, the
engine can be easily transported by
a person of ordinary strength. With
in the fly wheel which is but twelve
inches in diameter, are contained the
cylinder, the piston, the crank and all
the mechanism with the exception OF
the little carbureter which supplies
the mixture of gas and air. And this
with the lubricating oil cup, also out
side, could easily be contained i'll
ones two hands.
Yet when the mixture of gasolene
and air was supplied and the fly wheel
started by turn of the hand, the lit
tie engine showed something of its
power as it became thing of action.
Contained within its small space
when the small fly wheel revolves Is
energy measured at eight and two
tenths horsepower. This was meas
ured accurately by the application of
a brake, and left no doubt in the mind
of the observer as to the possibilities
of the wonderful little machine.
The motor is so constructed that
the explosions of the mixture of gas
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
Robespierre's Change Of Heart,

Robesplerre. of the French revolu
ten. the man who was destined to
deluge France with blood. was. not
long before his frightful career of
power began. one OF the most strenu
or' opponents OF capital punishment.
While he was still an obscure advocate
at his native Arras he threw up an ap-
pointment because OF his opposition to
tn's form OF penalty. And just when
his star was In the ascendant he bold
ly harangued the national assembly to
prove that the punishment OF death
Is essentially unjust. that 1t has no ten
disney to repress crimes. and that 1t
nialtiplles offenses much more than 1t
dlmlnishes them"
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
The Rotary Gas Motor.

and air cause the cylinder and the
other parts to rotate around sta
tionary crank shaft at the center OF
the fly wheel. The operation of the
engine is such that the shock. which
has been problem to gas engine con-
structors. is absorbed and the vibra-
ton is therefore reduced to a mini
mum. This makes the engine more
practicable, for the uses to which it
will be put. than the present bulky
motors.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
Amsrlean sewlnu Machines.

Over 10000 patents have been taken
out on sewing machines. American
sewing machines are now soil in
every country in the world. The are
used for all manner of purposes. for
making boots and shoes. awcings
tents and sails, and some of hem
have an IS foot bed. Some ma .lines
are made for sewing carpet ana can
sew as much carpet as 100 han,l sew
ers. They are also used to make
bags. corsets. hats. caps, glovel, NIT
tens. pocketbooks, saddlery ami har
aers. .Ht,' 'As'fN
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
Showed Bio Savinu.

A writer in the American Maclinist
stated recently that steam pipe of
six inches to eight inches diameter
was covered with a wooden box of 10
inches diameter which was filed with
a sawdust mortar, one barrel of lime
to Ave OF sawdust. Before covering
the pipe-nearly 700 feet in length
1t condensed LAO pounds OF water
hourly; after covering 1t condensed
1876 pounds hourly.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23

ing one end of 1t out of the top OF the
chimney and having it anchored to
something solid.
But when they threw the end over
the top of the chimney it stuck in the
soft concrete and would not bulge
either way.
When the men bad got the rope
they thought themselves all right and
dropped their shirt-made line. Their
knives went with it.
They were nonplused for minute.
Then they began making another line
out of their undershirts. With this
the drew up fishline. then another
inch rope. They successfully threw
this out the top of the chimney and
the end was fastened to a railroad
track on the ground.
The men in turn slid down the rope.
but badly burned their hands in doing
so.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
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EVOLUTION OF AN INVENTION.
Simple Way in Which the knot-Tyins
Part Of Harvester Was Developed.

The popular idea that an inventor
must be heaven-born genius. that
the faculty of inventing can not be
cultivated, and that inventions are
made spontaneously by their inventors
and wholly out of their Imagination,
Is pronounced delusion by Edwin I.
Prindle, in a paper read before the
American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers at Milwaukee, Wis. Said Mr..
Prindle:
1T is undoubtedly true that every
inventor must have some inventive or
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23

tom. A gang of six men work at each
machine-two filters. who attend to
ehe filling and Weighing Of the bags !;
two sewers, who seal the bags. and
two truckers. who take the bags out
On a hand truck to the boats moored
to the DOCK which Is on level with
the mixing room. The emn engaged
In this work are Poles and Italians.
They take turns at being fllers. sew.
srs and truckers.
, Getzner, who was trucker. was
doing on a pile Of bags at $3.50 o'clock
waiting for the sewer to finish his
work, when another workman slipped
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
switzerIand's Silk Production.

Few people probably suspect the
extent to which Switzerland figures
among the silk-producing countries OF
the world, which, so far as Europe is
concerned. have always been supposed
to be France and Italy But Switzer-
land exports annually silk to the value
of about $2O,OOO,OOO, nearly all going
to European countries.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
Agreed.

Father" cried the stage.struck
youth. you must let muh choose me
own course. feel that I was born
ftr the boards"
well. gosh all hemlock!" answered
tho father. "alnt tryin' ter make u
cAipenter Of yer" p s'-
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
New Tunnel Route.

A new tunnel route Is proposed con.
Meeting New York, Brooklyn and Ho
boken, to be used by steam rrsa ,
aeS.:ing entrance to New York.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
TWO CHIMNEY BUILDERS ARE
MAROONED 154 FEET in AIR
Caught Narro.O Plank Near Top of Big F2ue-- Tear
Shirts Into Strings, Full Up Rope and
Slide to Safety

shirts into thin tape line and low
cred it 154 feet to the bottom of the
chimney. With this they drew up al
inch rope, their idea being to slide
down on it on the inside after throw.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
MISS RICKA LEOPOLD, 1877 Main
Av4 street. Menasha, Wis, Sec'y Lied
erkranz. writes:

erkranZ, writes:
''Three years ago my system was in
a terrible rundown condition and was
broken out all over my body. l began
to be worried about my condition and 1
was glad to try anything which would
relieve me.
"Peruna was recomme nded to me as
a fine blood remedy and tonic, and 1
soon found that it was worthy of praise.
"a few bottles changed my condition
materially and in short time 1 was
all over my trouble.
s. L owe to Peruna my restoration to
dorse it.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-23
Pe-ru-na Restores Strength.

Mrs. Hettie Green, R. R. 6, Iuka, Ill,
writes 81 had catarrh and felt misera-
BILE. 1 began the use of Peruna and
began to improve in every way. My
head does not hurt me so much, my
appetite is good and l am gaining in
flesh and strength"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
Che Den1ofrat.
"WEDNESDAY, JAN. "a, 1906.

Gov. Larrabee in his address be-
fore the legislature at Des Moines
last Saturday, referring to the free
pass evil said: Another matter
that / would like to say few words
upon is the recommendation by Gov.
Cummins that the railway pass be
abolished in this state. | want to
ask you gentlemen to do that very
thing. In the past there may have
been some good excuse for the use
of the pass, and there was no wrong
ip it. 1 hope you will enact strin-
gent law. ! want to say, especially
to the young man, l hope you will
vote for this measure, fol | can safe
ly say that when you get to the age
Of "a you will be thankful that you
voted for it. l can recollect some
things that / did in the general as
sembly about which at the time l
had some doubt and | did not vote
altogether as l first thought ] should,
but I have been thankful ever after
that I voted as l did on certain ques-
tions. This ole great evil extends
over the whole country; it is at the
bottom of graft, and tends to place
in the hands of corporations control
Of the rights of the people. / be-
lieve Judge on the bench Of the
state of Iowa who accepts and uses a
free pass should be impeached; and
might extend it to all public Of
ficials.