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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14
How We Hear Our Own
Voices.
Voices.

That q man does not hear his own voice
as all the rest Of the world hears It is
shown by an interesting experiment. II
a person records on 4 photograph a few
sentences pronounced by himself to-
gether with Others by his friends. and
causes the machine to reproduce these
at the end OF a brief period, II generally
happens that be easily recognizes hts
friends voices but not his own. On the
other hand, the friends recognize his
voice perfectly. This singular fact proves
that everyone hears his own voice Off
ferently from others
As is remarked by Professor Exuer.
the difference must lie IN the quality Of
tone. It must be remembered that one
hears his own voice not only Through the
air as do his auditors, but across the
solid parts situated between the organ
Of speech and those Of hearing. The
sound thus produced has different
tinlbre from that conducted to the ear
by air alone We may show this as fol-
lows. Take the end of a wooden rod be-
tween the teeth and pronounce a vowel
continuously. Let the other end be al
ternately between the teeth and released
BY another person. who at the same time
.,rops his ears The latter Will ind that
every time be selzes the rod In his teeth
the sound becomes stronger than when Il
reaches his ear through air alone. and
has a different quality
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14

private, but this was found to be i'm
possible, owing to the general interest
IN a White House wedding. Accordingly,
the list Of invited guests WAS extended to
include Mrs Dolly Madison. the members
OF the Presidents Cabinet and their wives,
and the ministers from foreign countries,
together with the ladies' of their house.
holds.
The sister Of the bride writing OF the
event to a friend, says: Lizzie looked
surprisingly lovely in her wedding dress
and long bloAde-l lace veil her face liter
ally covered with bushes and dimples-"
Daniel Webster was one of the guests. and
when one of the bridesmaids whispered
to him her surprise that Lizzie Tyler
should be willing to relinquish the posi-
ton q, White House belle to preside over
q quiet Virginia home, the great states
man laughingly quoted the lines: Love
rules the court. the camp. the grove, and
love Is heaven and heaven is love" Mrs.
Tyler, wife of the President who was an
invalid. was downstairs on the occasion
Of this wedding, but it was the only oc-
casion during her life in Washington when
she was present at large gathering. 1t Is
an interesting coincidence that the Oldest
son OF this White House bride was. during
the Civil War. married to the youngest
sister Of President Jefferson Davis, In the
White House Of the Confederacy, at Rich
mond
President Tyler's first wife died at the
White House, and he remarked while yet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14

~ HERE can be little doubt that the
wedding Of Miss Alice Roosevelt and
" Representative Nicholas Longworth,
OF Ohio. will prove the most brilliant event
in the history OF the White House. num-
Der OF nuptiai ceremonies have been held
Ia the historic Presidential Mansion during
the century that this famous home has
focused the attention OF the American
people. but none have approached In
significance or universal public Interest the
event which will draw the eyes of the
world to the first residence OF America
In February OF this year.
The first wedding IN the White House
took place in 1920. during the admluistra-
tion Of President Monroe. when Miss
Todd. q relative OF Mrs. Monroe. was mar
ried to Mr.. John q. Jackson. a congress
man from Virginia. The Presidents
House" had been refurnished shortly be-
fore this. and the new silver service, which
had been purchased In Paris, and the new
furniture for the East Room having but
recently arrived. were objects of special
interest
The most famous early wedding 10 the
White House took place on January 81.
1912, when Elizabeth, the third daughter
OF President and Mrs. Tyler, was married
90 the East Room to Mr.. William Waller,
OF williamsburg Va The bride was only
10 years Of age. and is described in most
historical records as surprisingly beauti-
full 1t had oeen the intention OF the
family to have the wedding quiet and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14

Longworth bids fair to rival her step
mother as an energetic hostess.
Moreover. Miss Alice Is to assume this
new role almost Immediately after her
marriage The White House belle and her
iance long ago decided that they would
postpone their formal wedding journey
until next summer. when they expect TO
visit London and al the principal cities
of Europe Accordingly the bridal tour
Immediately following the wedding will be
Of only few days duration. and the end
Of the month of February VIII probably
and the young people back In Washing
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ton and duly Installed under their own
roof
Representative Lonsworth has been
busy for months past fitting mp home
for his bride. and the mansion stands
ready today. complete in all it's appoint
ments. awaiting the coming OF its new
mistress. The house is not Il new one
indeed. it was built some = years ago
but in accommodations and arrangement
it could not be more perfectly adapted to
the needs oil the couple who are to occupy
it had they designed it themselves.
This particular castle Of Cupid In which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14

~ Iss ALICE ROOSEVELT, who has
been for several years past the
8 . most talked about girl In the
world. viii. as Mrs Nicholas Longworth.
be the mistress OF a home whose hos
pltaHtIes Will keep the Presidents
daughter quite as prominently In the
public eye us she has been Mt any time
since she made her first formal bow
TO society just three years ago Repre-
sentative Longworth and his brlde-to-b
awe planned this all out in arranging
4helr program for the future. Both have
hosts Of personal friends aud are fond Of
entertaining, and the future Mrs NICHOLAS
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served, is a reproduction Of an old Saxon
hail. The walls are paneled TO the cell
Ing and extending all about the room are
mounted game heads-trophies Of the
Presidents prowess with his rifle.
WALDON FAWCETT.
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couragement for any OF us. If he told
my mother what his intentions were
she kept them from us, and seemed to
share in our sorrow.
Finally the sale day arrived, and all
we could get in the way of a promise
from my father was that if he had
time to do so he would try to drop in
at the sale to see how 1t went off, and
speak a word of encoura cement to
Uncle George. And he kept his word.
One after another of Mr.. SCOTS peo-
pie were put on the block and sold for
only fair prices, and were bought
mostly by the negro traders for the
Southern cotton fields. When the auc-
tioneer put up Uncle George on the
block he spoke of his merits as a
mechanic. especially his well developed
muscles and sound teeth Inviting the
crowd to examine him carefully all
over, Of his excellent character and
disposition. One of the traders started
the bidding at $500 and it hung there
for some time. when the auctioneer
noted a raise of one hundred dollars.
The trader jumped 1t at once to $3.50.
and step by step. $50 at a time, it went
to $500. when the trader dropped out,
and Uncle George was knocked down
to my father. who. up to that time had
not been known in the bidding. Turn
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ing to the trader, my father said: Il
did not know for certain / would buy
a negro today and I have no money
with me. Pay the auctioneer $500 for
George and send down to my office for
my check. Come on, George" and they
walked away.
That night there was another confer
ence at home and Uncle George was the
central figure. surrounded by Missouri
and her whole tribe, and there was a
big toddy mixed for Uncle George, and
a lot OF cakes and candies Cor the chill
dren. and when the excitement had died
down sufficiently to permit of any Sc
rious talking my father said: We'll.
George. I own you now; but what am
I going to do with your" The only re-
ply he got was: Mars William. do
whateber You like wifi me. but don't
eber tar me away from Missouri and
my chiilen." at which little smiling
was heard among the younger members
of the conference. Finally my father
said: George. you are n good black
smith. and I'll make this proposition to
you. l will rent shop I'm some good
part of the town and fit il up for you
with all the necessary tools. and I'll
hire helper for you and start you in
business on your own hook. and you
can buy yourself from me at cost. and
pay me whatever you can spare every
year, and you need not pay me any in
terest nor anything for keeping you at
home. but you must work steadily and
behave yourself like man and always
be good to Missouri and your children.
How does that strike your
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almost as one of our own.
One of Missouri's boys was named
for his father. and he had been given to
me as my playmate and protector He
was the only negro l ever owned, so l
was not an extensive stakeholder He
was born on an Easter Monday, and
regardless OF the month or the day of
the month his birthday was kept re-
ligiously on Easter Monday each year.
He had no other work to do but wait
on me and stay with me all the time,
and as I was rather delicate and quar-
relsome he spent much of his time
lighting for me. and don't recall that
when we. joined forces in a scrap we
ever came out second best. These
scraps were always with coiored boys
who got fresh with me, for l would not
let him fight with white boys / al
ways claimed my share of the victories,
but George did all the lighting.
Before Mr.. Scott had finished his con-
tract he discovered that he had in
volved himself too heavily and was a
bankrupt. and his creditors compelled
him to sell everything he had. includ-
ing his slaves.
My father brought the news home
one day from his Office, and it was dis
cussed at the supper table, where my
sister and l were permitted to join in.
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1t was our custom to sit after supper
in the big family room till we went to
bed, and | remember that on this par
ticular night Missouri was allowed to
come in the room and listen to the
conversation, as it related solely to her
husband. My father made a very seri-
Gus business of it. picturing the posi-
bility of Uncle George being sold to
some Niger trader and taken to the
Far South, where he would never be
heard from again.
had asked that little George" as
we called him. should be brought in
the room when his mother came. and
as he and / sat at one side of the big
open fireplace, on a little bench when
he made for me, listening to nv
fathers gloomy forebodings, we held
each others hands and cried yerv
quietly. Missouri gathered what little
comfort my mother and sister could
impart. but 1t was very little, for nv
father gave none of us any hope Of
averting the separation. My mother
offered any number of suggestions
about buying Uncle George and using
him in a thousand impracticable WAYS
but my father said he never liked the
idea of buying or selling negro, and
had only tried to puy Uncle George
once to keep him with his wife and
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HOW JUNGLE GEORGE' WAS SAVED %s sT @%


N T the time I first remember him
he did not belong to u.s. Mr.
Scott owned him. Mr.. Scott was
contractor and was building
a section Of the new railroad in the
next county to ours. using his own
slaves for the work Uncle George
was blacksmith, and as slave me-
chanics We're rare, especially skilled
mechanics Mr.. Scott refused a very
rattering offer Of my fathers to buy
him. We owned Uncle Georges wife
siissouri, and her family of twelve
children. and we wanted to own the
husband and father. so that the family
Should sscver be separated. In lieu of
owning him. however. he was allowed
10 come home to his ~wife's house"
every saturday night while he was at
work on the railroad and return Mon
day morning early. This meant walk
OF only FIVE miles each way. and the
favor was appreciated. for some hus-
bands were allowed the privilege only
once month, and had to travel some
times twenty miles. Uncle George had
never been separated from his family
during all the years of his married life
until his master took the railroad con-
tract, year before the time of which
write, and as he had always lived in
our family we came to look on him
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describe, but now I'll show you how to
make a power launch and submarine
boat said Jack and took down the
next sheet. Here's the engine here"
he said pointing to Fig. XVII, with
the propeller attached.
This is just tube IT of tin or brass
with a rubber band inside. This band
is fastened between two hooks The
one at the upper end Is made OF wire
bent into crank for winding the rub
Der up; the lower hook or wire also
being fastened to>the propeller.
The propeller itself is piece Of tin
shaped like two fans with the handles
together and with a twist in IL like a
windmill. The wire % runs from its
center through a glass bead (b). then
through a piece Of tin CD 10 take the
end thrust and into the tube T.
where il terminates in a hook Chi. to
which the rubber Is fastened
Now If we wind up the crank. the
twisted rubber, you can easily see. will
turn the propeller. After winding up.
the wire crank is held from turning
backward by the way the end of the
tube T is filed into a sort OF ratchet
as at X.
Now that we have the motor. our
boat is easily made. as our sailboat
was. of paper. the fittings and shape Of
the hull being made In any way to suit
the builder. The tube is run as shown
in Fig. XVIII" and he turned to the
drawing, sticking out in front far
enough to leave room for the crank to
turn and far enough below at the back
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children. and as the latter were no
longer helpless babies and times were
rather hard just then, and for whole
lot of other seemingly. to me. very
cruel reasons, he did not see how he
could AFFORD to begin SO late in life to
purchase slaves; in fact, he had no use
whatever for any more than he then
had and could not find work enough to
keen them all busy. at which an
nouncement fresh showers of tears fell
from the rest of US.
When we finally went to bed it was
with heavy hearts, the only ray OF hope
being held out in a promise from my
father that when Uncle George came
home the next time we should hold an
other conference, which should include
him, and maybe he might have some
solution of the difiiculty to suggest
For three days following we tried to
be cheerful, at least hopeful, but when
at last Saturday night and Uncle
George and the conference arrived we
found ourselves deeper than ever in
despair, for Uncle George was dazed
and had not an idea of his own. and
my father was painfully silent.
The sale of Mr.. Scott's slaves was to
take place one week from that day. and
how all lived through it ! don't know,
for my father had not word of en-
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Here he took up a roll of large
sized paper and tackled It up on the
wall Of the shop.
This said Jack. in starting. while
the boys grouped themselves around
I'll call figure XIV, which shows how
to make this" and, turning the paper
over, figure XIV was brought to view.
A gasp OF astonishment came from
the boys. Ny" said Harry with his
eyes alight. "ain't she a peach?"
Cant he draw some, too?' said Ed.
That must be one of those cup racers,
is it. Jack?"
mo. this is only a model boat he
answered; made. in a new and very
easy way and steered by an automatic
rudder. which will always steer it in
a straight line. for OF course there's
no one to steer it."
Now. you boys" he continued. may
think it's only a kids game to sail
toy boats, but I'll tell you what I've
seen.
I'm Belfast Ireland. there's a club of
men who get out and sail toy boats
every Saturday in the season. and
they're prominent business men, too
Some of their boats cost as much or
more than the big yachts you see on
the lakes here. and some of the models
of the ocean steamers are exact copies
and cost big money.
Then in London, out at Wimbledon
Common, ! saw some pretty big men
sailing just toy boats. and in Paris too:
and in New York there are several
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AS to the rig won't say anything.
Tor you boys all know how to make
sails. II you want TO make the lines
down the sails you can do II on sew
ing machine by putting piece of pa
per on the other side of the cloth and
sewing cloth and paper together.
The paper can be easily torn on
afterward I"
But what's that business fixed at
the rear7" queried Joe.
Well I'll tell you that In a minute
after give you just a glance at figure
XVI. answered Jack. (which is sim
ply view showing a different shape
OF hull and cat rig II you want to
have yacht club this summer you can
all design your own boats and make
them Of paper, but<stiIl have them all
different.
Now for the rudder. This is a piece
OF tin cut in the shape shown and with
a wire axle. as we might call it.
shown at (w). The .tiller' at the top
is rather peculiar"
Yes" broke in Bob. who had made
good many boats. and knew a little
about them. 1T runs forward In an
ordinary boat, but yours runs back
ward"
Yes" answered Jack. and I'll tell
You why. But first. does any one
here know what the main sheet is?'
Why, it's the SAIL said one; but
Bob spoke up louder.
Its the rope that runs from the
main sail boom there at s. he said.
Yes" answered Jack. land here this
sheet (s) runs through the ring (t).
which is made by bending the wire of
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line with keyhole saw.
Next on the top deck mark OFF on both
sides of center line running down the
length of your block the curve of the
sides. being careful to get the curves
just the same on both sides. This may
be done by marking the curve on a
piece of paper with soft lead pencil,
placing it in its position on one side
of the line and rubbing it on the back
with pencil. This will trace the curve
on one side of the center line. Then.
turning the paper over and running
your pencil over the curve with the
paper placed on the opposite side of
the center line, the opposite curve Will
be traced as ii was when we made
the windmill figures in chapter II.
Now with our keyhole saw we cut
along these side curves and then are
ready to trim off the corners and shane
the hull down.
This is done with a draw shave, If
you have one, and if not, with a lack
knife-no. not with me- he added with
a smile as he saw the boys glancing
mischieyously at one another; Il NAV
be Jack Kneiff but I'm not lack
knife" and turning, went on again.
You want to be careful when you're
trimming off this null that Won GET
both sides the same, SO your boat will
run true"
At this Joe spoke up.
But say, he said, II thought this
was going to be different kind of
boat. and this is just the same as we
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ON ADVENTURES AND INVENTIONS or dACk NNElFT

isn't the funniest. The funniest part
is that I'm going to take him up. I've
always enjoyed that kind of work and
here's chance for trial OF an en-
tirely new business and goodness
knows what it'll lead to. Somehow 1
feel as il I'd miss an opportunity il
didn't accept. You see. school begins
in two weeks and our work on the
river will be over tomorrow. so what's
to hinderg' and in spite of all protest
and Joking he stuc.. to his decision.
"But that YOU of all men," said
Mort"
The next meeting Of the boys was
held in Mr.. Marsdens barn as agreed
upon, and, although the boys never
knew what took place at the meeting
yet he was to stay and show them
how to make things and they were
satisfied. though only naturally curious
as TO who and what he was.
I'D ask him." said Bob one day when
the boys were talking about him. but
/ don't think he'd like it. for IL he
wanted us to know he'd tell u.s.
At the next meeting besides the boys
present before. there were MI. Mars
denis two boys, Harry and Ray; Harry
a boy of about fifteen and Ray nearer
twelve. while the other boys averaged
about fourteen years.
Were going out TO the lake next
week, said HexEy about the first thing,
$50 we can't be here then, but we
thought we'd come today anyway"
Just the thing, answered Jack;
and that makes me glad that ] Sc
lected what | did for this time. for it
will give YOU something to do while
you're out On the lake. I understand
two of the Older boys In town are go
ing TO float down the river some time
this summer. so ] guess III have some
thing for them too, but this time it'll
be something not SO big for YOU
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so the propeller can turn. Where the
tube goes through the bottom OF the
boat all joints should be stopped with
putty, or the tube can pass through a
block of wood whose bottom, where
the tube comes through the paper. is
smeared with white lead and surrounds
ed by a row OF tacks.
The submarine boat is one OF the
most interesting of any" Jack went on,
and here it is turning to Fig XIX
This is all made Of wood. the tube
passing through an auger-hole the en-
tire length of the cigar-shaped hull
At the bottom is a strip of lead just
heavy enough so that the top OF the
boat barely shows when placed in the
water. This should not be put on,
though. till all the boat is done and
painted.
"On the side OF the hull at the places
shown are rudders M to steer tho
boat under. Fiagpoles sticking up will
show the position OF the boat more
plainly when on the surface.
The whole hull must be painted, for
If it should 'water-soak' II would be-
come heavier and stay at the. bottom
when 1t went down and never come
back-like that man McGinty we used
TO sing about" at which the boys gavd
a laugh.
Now put on your lead strip ana
we'll see how 1t works.
Wind up the crank. place the boat
in the water and let go. At first the
boat will barely float. but as it gains
Roadway 1t will be steered under by
the side rudder NJ, It's course forward
being regulated by rear rudder
shown at r. Soon out OF sight IL will
stay under until the rubber is un-
wound. when it will come TO the sur
face again by it's own buoyancy.
These, I guess" Jack concluded.
will keep you boys out OF mischief at
the lake. and then when you come
back we'll have some more"
The boys thanked Jack heartily Cor a
most pleasant afternoon and went OF.
each one determined to make a whole
fleet of boats, and Bob even declared
he was going to make a battleship
guns and all Il guess IL Krupp can
make guns OF paper. 1 can" he said,
even if can't shoot 'em on
(To Be Continued)