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Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10
BOUNCE FOLLOWED A RAISE
Firm Tries Unique Scheme on
Drummer who Failed to
Make Good.

Yes. 1t is true that I'm out OF a JOB 1t is
funny that a salesman who can sell goods
as l can Should get canned" but that isn't
half as funny as the way l got it.
When l was with Smithson, Lyle & Co,
was considered their star man and got
the biggest salary they paid. l was worth
It, too, for ] got results. For a year or
more Harris & Kaufman tried to get me
and they finally made me an offer that 1
simply couldn't turn down. 1t was away
and beyond what was getting, and l took
the bait. I was foxy enough to insist upon
contract for five years, but l wasn't foxy
enough, for we all know that old Kauff-
mann has a reputation as a cold PROPOSE
ton.
I was up against tough luck from the
start. Everything seemed TO go against
me my first trip. l never before had made
such a miserable showing. l was almost
afraid to show up at the house. You may
imagine my surprise and qualification when
got a greeting that was rapturously ef-
fusive. 1 expressed my chagrin at my poor
success, but old Kaufman didn't seem to
be worried a bit about it.
"Oh, know how that is" he said.
Things will go that way sometimes in
spite of everything. We're perfectly salts
fed with your efforts, so don't be wor-
ried"
Then they sent me on a long trip into
new territory. IL hardly seemed possible,
but that trip was worse than the first one.
didn't make expenses to say nothing of
salary. When / got back 1 expected a good
calling down. l felt that only that con-
tract stood between me and getting fired,
and I was truly ashamed to face the 'old
man." When / went into the Office was
more surprised than ever to be told that
the firm had no kick coming.
You're doing well enough under the cir
cumstances," said the boss. You didn't
get many orders, to be sure. but we ap-
preciate the energy you have shown. We've
talked the matter over and decided to give
you a substantial proof of our apprecia-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10
steadyinE vessels at Sea.

A German engineer, Otto Won Schlick
who has been studying for many years the
prevention Of ships rolling believes the
solution lies in a gyroscOpe Herr Schlick
proposes to steady ships by mounting the
gyroscope in the hold, and his first expert
ments on a large scale have been under
taken with an old torpedo boat. In this
craft gyrosoope with disc weighing 1OS6
pounds was mounted with a steam turbine
which could rotate il at a speed OF more
than 200 revolutions a minute. The oscil-
lations and pitching of the vessel were
carefully measured before the steam was
admitted to the turbine, and then when the
turbine was put in revolution tho motion
practically ceased. So successful were
these experiments with the sixty-ton tor
pedo boat that It has been decided to pro-
coed with a larger craft-Eew York
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10
FOOD OR
STIMULANT.

Ask your doctor if when
he orders a patient to drink
lots of pure milk he advises
the addition of a large
quantity of whiskey. He'll
tell you mo" very emPhati-
cally. Yet there are people
who, when ordered to get
SCOTS Emulsion, will accept
some wine, cordial or extract
of cod liver oil and think it is
the same thing or better. If
you want and need cod liver
oil in its best, purest and
most easily digested form, get
SCOTS Emulsion. If you
want whiskey, that's another
matter, but don't look for the
same results.
OeoTT . SowEE, go EsAh 81. Ns- VsssL
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10

re- eut Nuns. "A SINGLE thin him carries the
whuIe vi the COIUrs, when, therefore.
Dlend harmouousiy togetner.-New YORK
tleIaid.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10
The PoinI.

The head day porter and the head night
porter Of a hotel became involved in dis
eussion on ages. The head night potter
confessed 10 S."
Hem! Say, I've got you beat ten years Z"
declared the head day.
You mean TO tell me you're only 2s?"
demanded the head night.
Il should say not. is just As" explained
the head day, with an expression Of wither-
ing disdain.
Then you amt got me beat no ten
years. rs got you beat Just ten years.
Say, got ten years comm that you won't
see sZain."
Look here, man." declared the head
day. you amt got no sense. Is sure OF
them ten years, cause Is seen 'em. an
been through EN-. You amt sure OF
yours; you might die tomorrow San
Francisco Chronicle
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10

A break in the divorce court is seldom
repaired.
Give the average woman a button ana
she will want dress to match it,
We never know that some men are dead
until we miss their Dragging
Some men are about as hard TO deal with
as worn out pack of cards.
No man can be selfish with his happiness.
Every cloud has a silver lining, If your
pocket is similarly fixed.
The only way some people can get along
together is to live apart.
A ripe old age is a very beautiful thing,
except in an egg
Many man has tripped over his own
ambition.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10

The print plates for pinatype. which are
not sensitive to light. are stepped with the
hlm side uppermost for three or four min
utes in the following sensitizing solution
in shaded daylight OF lamplight;
Two grams Of chrome salt is either dis
solved IN q little hot water and then d.
luted with go UasaS - ~ - - ahs en-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10

all were lowered into the basement, and
readily moved out through the basement
door put into an express wagon and carted
off.-Jewelers' Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10

Wien you have anything 70 trade, advar-
tise il IN the For Exchange Column OF The
Bee Want Ad Page.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10
MAKING PICTURES IN COLORS
Ultima Thule of Camera Work Approaching
Realization.
SOME PHASES OF PROBLEM SOLVED
Progress tn Reproducing Natures
CoIOrs and the Methods Em-
pIOyed-vaIuRbIe Hints for
Camera Enthusiasts.

Since that memorable day when Daguerre
succeeded i'm fixing upon a sensitized plate
the image projected by the lens, color
photography has been the Ultima Thule of
camera workers, but. like those elusive
visions of the chemists of old, the transmu-
tations Of the baser metals into gold and
the elixir OF perpetual youth the pho
Biography Of objects in their natural color
was until recently regarded by physicists
as "the baseless fabric of a vision"
During the last few years, however the
rapid advance that ardent students of color
photography made brought them far nearer
to the goal and removed their chosen pur-
suit from the physicists list of hopeless
chimeras, until today the toy of the
scientist In his laboratory has grown to
be an important factor in our commercial
daily life.
Photography in colors is based upon the
axiom Of optics that all the myriad colors
on natures palette may be split up or
analysed into three primary color sensa-
tons, namely, red, yellow and blue, and
it's corollary that each and every one of
these radiant hues may in turn be built up
by synthesis from two or more of the pri-
mary colors.
Divisions of the Problem.
All attempts toward solving this interest
ing problem naturally divide themselves
into two classes In the one class we find
those experimenters whS prepared light,
sensitive surfaces which retained the color
Of the light under which they were ex-
posed. This is termed the direct method.
In the other. or indirect, method the pho
tographic pictures on the films are colored
and superimposed to obtain the desired re-
/ suit.
The earliest experimenters in direct color
/ photography were Becquerel, Seebeck and
Poitevin. who used silver proto-chloride.
/ IDenker. in 1858, by his theory of stationary
light waves. explained the production of
! these colors, which hypothesis was con-
! clusively demonstrated by Lippmann in his
! brilliant experiments in 1891. Later inves-
tigators, among whom are Worel, Neu-
| hauss, Dumiere. Valenta, Krone and
! Szczepanik, greatly improved this direct
method, but the difficulty of producing per-
! feet results has thus far prevented it from
being a commercial success.
! The second, or indirect, method may
again be divided into two groups: First
| the making of colored pictures upon some
! transparent media and combining the same
and, second. the printing of three pictures
red, blue and yellow, one over the other
| to produce a colored print. The modern
lantern slides, of which Lumiere's splendid
, examples are well known, are the result Of
the first process. The three-color print OF
today exemplifies the second method, which
dating back to 1865 was perfected by the
| labors of Vogel, Albert and Koenig and
by them introduced to the commercial
| world.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

had come. Tom Blubbs was greatly aston
ished, and wanted to know what it meant
He said he thought there must be man IN
the fore-peak.
"No doubt of it, and that is what the wash
ing is for" | replied stop the pump, STU
panne"
What in the world does all this mean!'
asked Tom.
Wait, and you will understand It present
ly. We have a stowaway on board. and by
this time he finds he has slowed himself away
in damp place" ! said, as the captain came
into the galley. o,,
"EIave you washed him out Mr.. Brooks?'
"He says he has enough and asks us to
let up
Come out quick or we will turn the water
on again, sung out Maddy.
It was very dark in the lower part OF the
vessel, and we could not see the stowaway
until he came very near the scuttle. 1t was
Palngrove and he looked though he had
Just crawled out of the ocean.
He reached the scuttle, and climbed out
into the galley. He was painting and
blowing with the water that had been forced
down his throat. He was dressed in his
usual rather nobby garments, but he did not
look very fashionable just then.
That's a beastly shabby trick to play off
ON fellow" gasped he, Indignantly, as soon
as he could speak.
"0f course we had to wash out the hold
when il needed il" said Maddy, in his most
serious mood.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

The wind was rather light, and we had all
sail set though we had put on none OF the
kites for we were in no hurry.
d, The ships company consisted OF seven per-
sons, as follows:
Captain, Madison Fayrthorne
Mate, Robert Waxal.
Second Mate Gay Brooks.
Steward, Moses Barber.
Cook, Raoul Stupanne.
Able Seaman, Thomas Blubbs.
Ordinary Seaman. Louis DigheId.
Barber had been the chief steward of a
sea steamer running to Southern city, but
he was paid better for his services on board
of the Sleeper than he had ever received in
a more exalted position. He acted as waiter
at the table, and did all the work of the
cabin
The cook was half French and half Rus
sian. His Muscovite name was unpronounce-
able in New York, and he had tinkered 1t
into its present form He was capable of
getting up dinner for a firstclass hotel, for
he had learned the art in Paris. He liked
his present position exceedingly well, and was
willing to do any duty which might be asked
of him II was at his own request that he was
given the care of the little engine.
The elder deck hand was properly Captain
Thomas Bubbs, for he had been the master
of coastng schooner, and knew his way
in and out at every port in the State of
Maine lie was about forty years old, and
received more pay than he could earn in any
capacity in coaster.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

Louis DigfieId was only twenty, but he had
been second mate of an Indiaman. He was
well educated, and had taken to the sea from
pure love of a seafaring life, and his first
voyage had not cured him Of it. He was as
brave as lion, and as daring as cowboy
All these people had been selected by Mad
DIV or his father, with the advice of the mate.
Though all of them had held higher posi-,
tions, they worked with will, and did all
that was required of them without grumbling
Tom Blubbs, as we all called him, in spite
of his former dignity, was ordered to take
the hose and food every part of the hold,
beginning with the fore-peak. Steam had
been got up before the vessel left the pier. l
was directed to go into the hold, and see
that the washing was thorough.
By this time l understood the business,
which | had not comprehended at first. The
skipper had one of his serious fits, and he
had arranged to drown out Pallingrove.
'Don't you think that's enough for the
forepeak, Mr.. Brooks" asked Tom. when
he had discharged half dozen hogsheads
into that part of the vessel.
"Not yet, Tom," | replied; for knew that
the stowaway must have retreated to the
forward part of the vessel Scatter the
stream as much as you can"
That's enough! Hold on! Let up"
shouted voice in the forepeak.
At the same time we heard scrambling
noise in the direction from which the shouts
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

replied Captain Fayrthorne, his face elongated
till he looked like parson on duty. "How
could we know that scalawag had slowed
himself away in the hold of the vesselHn
"a scalawag, sir?" exclaimed Pallingrove
And he had evidently been in New York
long enough to learn the meaning of this
word.
Certainly, scalawag! No decent person
would attempt to steal a passage on a YES
SELL reiterated Maddy, as sober as a Judge
on the bench.
''Do you mean TO insult me, sir2" demand
ed Pallingroye, Strengthening himself up.
You are beneath my notice. Mr.. Waxall,
get out a boat, and land this stowaway in
the most conyenient place"
'1Thak will be on the tip-end of Coney ISL
and" answered the mate.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

! WAS a beastly shabby trick" re-
peated Pallingrove, when he reach
ed the main deck of the Sleeper.
"But we have to wash out the
hold when its condition endangers
the health of the ship's company. I"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

Pallingrove hurried up the ladder to the
deck, and we all followed him.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13
BY OLIVER OPTIC

Continued From Last Sunday
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13
CHAPTER XIII.

WHAT PALLINGRovE CALLED A SHABBY
TRICK.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13
CHAPTER XIV.

PALLINGRovE VISITS ooNEY ISLAND
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

.FTER all that PaIIingrove mad 5aIu
\ to me about joining us in the
cruise of the Sleeper and especial
;SI ly as he told me he had not given
~ up the idea of going, l thought 1T
hest To he ON the lookout for INN.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-25
A DELICATE INSTRUMENT
Ii Will Measure the One Seventy-NfI.
lionth Part Of an Inch.

Consul Mahin writes from Noting
! ham that, after five years labor, Dr..
P. E. Shaw, of the University Co.
lege, has completed an apparatus max
ing il possible TO measure the one
seventh millionth part Of an inch, and
which will prove Of great use to scien-
| fists in their researches.
The invention consists Of a very
fine micromete screw and a series
| of six levers acting in conjunction
with it which aus be suspended By
rubber bands from a specially made
frame and inclosed in a box. The
| frame is placed in a vault under tie
university and surrounded with every
safeguard against friction and vibra-
ton, but ever then" says Doctor
Shaw, sit is impossible to carry oue
experiments TO be successful while
there IS traffic in the streets. Every
factory, too, where motive power Is
employed, must be closed, even il il
IS some distance away" Even a draf-
is said to be fatal 10 the successful
measurement of such minute quanti-
titles as n seventy millionth part Of
an inch. Dust must also be kept away
from the vault, and it is said that even
the buzzing Of an culinary fly has
made it necessary to suspend expert
ments until the insect has been dis
posed of.
The apparatus it is claimed, could
be made specially serviceable in meas
uring engineering guages. 1t is broadly
asserted that all scientists recognize
that Doctor Shaw has succeeded j.:
surprising every other form of meas
uremenJ on guages in delicacy n ac-
curacy. There are said to be many
other uses for it-fOr instance, that
it will act as a most delicate .cOherer
for wireless biography, and will pro-
mote the study of nature and posi-
bly, the movements of the mole
cules of matter. Doctor Shaw is still
improving his apparatus in the hope
of measuring quantities still more
minute. The general principle of the
method is electrical touch. This eX.
PLANTATION is given: eff two surfaces,
clean and polished come in contact
the current can at once be made tG
pass through them and excite a tele-
phone or other sensitive recorder. Pre-
viously it has been impossible to
measure the sparkling gap of an cleo
trio current of less than SO volts, but
with Doctor Shaw's apparatus a spark
ing gap of half a volt can be MEAS
ured. If physicists desire % under
stand and plan natures happenings
it is imperative that there should be
exact measurements of very small
lengths and of extremely minute par
ticles. Seeing that nature deals in
such small quantities it is useless to
attempt to unravel the secrets without
the finest instruments. = Charlotte
Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-25
Woke up in Bureau Drawer.
(From the Detroit News)

: Waking from a sound sleep TO n
himself tucked tightly in a top bureau
drawer was the experience Of Gus
Sohkle, general stage producer for 4.
c. Whitney, the morning Of the Frisco
earthquake. Mr.. Stohkle vas in San
Francisco staggling a series of Mana
ger Whitney's musical comedies az the
Tivoli Theater, and was stopping al
the New Congress Hotel, at OFarrel.
and Eddy streets
Mine was one Of the freakish exper-
fences of the terrible disaster" says
Mr.. Sohkle. 81 was very tired from
long rehearsing and slept soundly. |
thought I had a nightmare when |
opened by eyes. tried to stretch out
and found myself wedged in as tight IS
could be in a bureau drawer in the
middle of the room / think my first
sensation was one of amusement, and
I found myself laughing.
"Then the second shock came, and
the bath tub from the adjoining room
shot into the room. I could not get
myself out Of the bureau drawer for
what seemed like hours, but was prob
ably about fifteen minutes. I could
hear walls falling. but otherwise there
seemed 10 be an unnatural stiffness
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-25
The Political Field Today.

The present state of politics presents
some curious and perpleXing features.
What may not a year, or a campaign,
bring forth?
Take Pennsylvania. The old baiii-
wick of the CamerOns and of Quay, it
has been going republican for years
with only an occasional shake-up. Since
free trade and free silver became demo-
cratic shiObleths the republican major
tiles have been mounting up higher and
higher, until 1904 the vote looked unan-
imOus. The republicans got tired con
%tinuing, and the democrats were willing
to cOncede and figure above a half a
million. And yet last year the demo-
Gratis elected their candidate for state
treasuser, and this year the republicans
are anxious. They want a strong man
to run for governor, and the talk even
includes drafting Senator Knox, VINO
possesses many elements of stength.
What a change in two years! And what
| may occur in the next two years!
Take New York. The game there is
always played down to its finecst poin-
by both sides. The allies of one year
are often the enemies Of the ext.
Tammany in it's time has marched with
IL IACD dSuAl1SI hCdAly ONOly WY
twelve years the republicans have had
everything their own way outside the
city, and part of the time also in the
city. But they are very much divided
| now. If the democrats were united it
would be the opportunity Of a lifetime.
But it IS a question as to whether they
are not as much divided as are the re-
| publicans. Asked as to his choice for
governor, Bird S. Coler, a prominent
| democratic official of Brooklyn, named
! several men and among them Charles
| S. Hughes. Reminded that Mr.. Hughes
| was a republican, Mr.. Coler replied
He would be a good enough demo-
| crat for me if he were nominated by
| the democrats. | am in favor of al
| most any one that will break the hold
of the corporations on this town. Re
suits are what we need, and it doesn't
| make much difference about candi-
| dates
Several things have contributed to
| produce a situation SO extraordinary
and confusing. Bossism has played
| its part. Graft, both in politics and IN
| business, has sowed disgust all round.
| Socialism, and municipal ownership
| policies, and increased antitrust senti-
| ment, have invaded the precincts Of
! the two old parties and robbed party
names of their value in quarters where
| they long were cherished. The fields
is one for speculation, and many e.
! experienced men are busy in it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-25
Fooled Only Himself.

A dinner a given in Yvette Gill
bert's honor in New York, and the
distinguished actress made a little
speech in English, says the New York
Globe.
my English is not so good" she
said, but it is not SO bad, either, as
the French of a New York gentle
man who went to see Nine. Bernhard
to play.
This gentleman would laugh when
it was sad in the play and he would
weep when it was gay. He desired
you see to seem to know all the
French. but he was stupid a little.
CAT the first acts end a comedian,
a great artist of the company. came
before the curtain and said in French
a few words. W~hereupon all the
house was silent; but the New York
gentleman for encouragement, alp
plauded long and loud.
What for do you applaud? said
the neighbOr of the man.
so as t make it appear that |
understand French, eh?'
"I thought so much. said the
neighbor, with a great frown. 'And
do you know what the artist you are
~applauding said?"
No. What did he say?' demands
the other one.
"'He said, replied the first, tina:
the rest of his part would be taken
by his understudy, because he has
just received a cablegram that his
mother is dead in Amiens."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-25
AN UNNATURAL COMBINE
But the Public Not Surprised as its
Manner Of Formation.

No doubt Senator T1llman read The
story in early childhood abou, the
Greeks bearing gifts" But the
"steed' came upon him 50 unexpected
ly, and was 50 pretty % look upon
that he forgot for the time being his
former enemy and yielded. Now that
De realizes his mistake he Is putting
up a good fight with the chance, of
winning the victory in the publ.
mind But the walls Of his air castle
have crumbled- There never was a
o unnatural combination in the
history o. American politics than
Roosevelt and Tiiiman and the cour-
try Is not surprised at the ourcoms.
Some are very much surprised that
Mr.. Roosevelt has taken the turn that
he has and in the that he did
with the evidence in the hands of his
partner in politics-his new ally.
But Is TO the result there is little sur
prise. There will be charges and
counter-charges and the matter will
finally dwindle down and everything
will be left about where II was before
the rate bill came. The Democratic
members Will go home with much
more experience that they had before
the combine was suggested but with
honor and clear skirts. As TO the
opinion they have of the President
we'll maybe We will hear il before the
fall.-Hight Point Enterprise.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-25

Facts as strange as fairly tales
abound in the sciences. There is a
flower. for instance, that turns into a
fish. That is one of the fairyiike facts
of science.
The flower in question is the stone
lily. which grows TO the size of a
small tree in South America waters.
though il is very small of more
northern coasts. The stone lily is a
marine flower: it lives under the sea;
and that is a luck and convenient
thing for the flesh il intimately be-
comes.
The fish il becomes is a starfsh.
There is a certain starfish born at
the end of a Ientacle, an actula plant
tentacle. that is attached 10 a stone
or rock in the sea. This plant grows.
and its starry blossoms acquires size
and strength. Finally, when IL Is ca
pabie Of taking care OF itself. the bios
som detaches from its plant stem, and
floats AWAY flower no longer, but a
fish.
This is the encrinite, or ron lily, a
fsh-planr with a pedigree that shames
the proudest human pedigree, for dis
rinct traces OF it have been found in
rocks a million years oid.-Exchange.