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Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
Prevent . Ships Rolling.

A German engineer, Otto Schlick,
has for several years studied the os.
cillation of vessels most carefully,
and after considerable research and
calculation has reached the conclusion
that the motion can be greatly reduced
through using a gyroscopic mechan-
Ism. The gyroscope is a well-known
piece of physical apparatus and re-
sembles a top. being a heavy wheel or
disk so supported that 1t can revolve
rapidly on any plane. 1t is found,
however, that such a disk when once
set In motion tends to remain on Its
original plane and resists force tend
ing to displace 1t.
Herr Schlick, therefore, proposes to
steady ships at sea by mounting u
gyroscope In the hold and his first ex-
periments on large scale have been
undertaken with an old torpedo boat.
In this craft gyroscope with a disk
weighing 1,O36 pounds was mounted
with a steam turbine which could ro-
tate 1t at a speed Of over 1000 revolu.
lions per minute. The oscillations and
pitching Of the vessel were carefully
measured before the steam was admit
ted to the turbine and then when the
gyroscope was put in revolution the
motion practically ceased. So success
full were these experiments with the
sixty-ton torpedo boat that 1t has been
decided to proceed with larger craft.
-Harper's Weekly.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
Speaking Of Ancestry,

Mr.. Chase has such an exaggerated
respect for the blue blood of Bostor
which runs in his veins that his man
ner Is slightly patronizing. He WA
lately introduced to 4 Syrian of good
birth and education, who lives In this
country.
"And may inquire" he said. bland.
~, in the course Of the converse ton
If you are Of the Christian religion p
my family was converted ID
Christ's teaching at the time Of Johns
second visit to Lebanon" quietly 70
piled the Syrian.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
Cruel DeceptiOn.

Mrs. Justwed-The butcher deceived
me about this tough old chicken.
Mr.. Didn't you examine It?
Mrs. J.-Yes, and should have fol-
lowed my own instincts. looked In
its mouth and told him 1t was old
it had lost all Its teeth. But that hor-
rid butcher said l was mistaken-it
was a spring chicken and hadn't cut
its first ones yet. And b-b-belisved
himLCleveland Plain Dealer.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

woke Up HIS Young Protector md
Saves the Boys Life.
Seven-year-old Harry Steinthal Is tie
bright particular star around the cor
ner Of 9Th avenue and 43d street. Even
the doga and cats in the neighborhood
know him, for he always stops to pet
them. Thereby hangs the tale Of how
Spunk, a common neighborhood eat,
saved the Steinthal family from death.
One night Harry Steinthal saw Spunk
Sinking along between the trucks in
the street and promptly rescued him
for romp in the steinthal kitchen,
says the New York World.
After supper the cat sneaked under
the gas range and stretched out for a
warm sleep in a dry nook. Little Har-
~, with sticks in his weary eyes, climb
ed upustairs to bed.
There are eight members Of the fam
lily. six Of them children. Harry Is the
baby. Because It was a drear night
the gas was left burning In one jet of
the range to keep the house warm. In
the morning Spunk woke up early and
took a turn around the kitchen hop
Ing to find something to eat. Just then
the gas went out In the range.
The gas began to flow into the room
and Spunk was frightened at the un-
canny smell. A moment later little
Harry. cuddled up In his bed upstairs.
with the doors all open into the kitch-
en-, felt something land on the bed with
a bounce, and a second later the soft,
purring nose Of Spunk was nudging his
chin.
Harry sat up with a scream Of fright
that brought his father and mother into
the room In their night clothes.
Spunk was also sitting up in bed,
looking excited.
1.-THE cat pumped on the bed and
frightened me" said Harry.
Just then Mr.. Steinthal smelled the
gas pouring up the stairway and ran
down to investigate. The kitchen was
sitting with the odor, and the man has
ti!y threw up the windows.
Patrolman Hembt, of the West 47th
street station, heard the windows bang
ed up and ran up suspecting burglars
One look into the kitchen and a sniff
and he ran out to call an ambulance
from Roosevelt hospital. There was
nothing for the surgeon to do, how.
ever.
"Spunk can stay with us as long as
he lives" said Mrs. Steinthal later.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
A Friendly Act.

"Isn't Maud's new hat perfect
fright" exclaime the blonde girl.
AWFUL The worst l ever saw :"
said the girl with the chocolates.
"Wonder where she bought IT."
queried the first
AT Binker 4 Dink's. helped her
pick 1t out" answered she of the choc.
olates, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
Which He Wasn't,

Say" said Heller, don't call me
the boss of the ward That's too com.
mon. Make 1t ruler or something like
that"
"Oh! l couldn't call you that" 10.
piled the reporter.
"Why mott I'm q sort Of a ruler
amt II"
"Well, yes; but there's another sort
of ruler that's always straight
adelphia Press.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
Points Of View,

"Now, let US talk this thing Of street
paving over In the abstract" said the
political orator.
"How can WEI" replied the contract
or. From my point Of view 1t il en-
tirely concrete subject. Baltimore
American.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

Formerly, 1t was believed that those
)eople who worked In gardens were
ld-fashioned. That Is a mistake now,
people who work In gardens for
health and pleasure are fashionable.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

A man never knows how small his
house is until the baby screams all
night, nor how large 1t Is until the
baby 10 dead.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

BY the time a German woman gets
. company dinner on the table, about
everything in the average cook hook
u represented.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

Do not 60 too much into details In
your conversation. II you touch only
The high places, you can get over NOR
Eround.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

Give the average woman a hairpin
and she can dispense With all other IN
ventlonA
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

II the stationery a married woman
uses ID expensive, 1t Is an Indication
she has an unmarried sister living with
her, and that she cribbed II.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
Can't he Done.

Cant he Done.
"And I was 10000 miles from home. I"
Impossible"
"why impossiblef
"The earth y only 5000 miles
through. "-Cleveland Leader,
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

We worry as II we had to 60 through
q whole year tomorrow, instead of just
one day.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
Woke Up His Young Protector md
Saves the Boys Life.

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Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

guments: II we don't get it somebody
else will. Turn us out and you will
merely change one set Of thieves for
another. This is the lnsolent reply
these plunderers make when they are
told to move on. They assume with
supreme impudence that whoever
holds public office will steal right and
left, as they have been doing. They
put all men on plane with them.
selves.-Phlladelphia Press.
Count wltte is doubtless free to al
NIT that several millions moujks
whose notion of the blessings OF liberty
is mainly unrestrained Jew butchering
and unlimited vodka form a more both.
ersome problem than the Portsmouth
Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
A witness testified that a janitor In
the employ Of the Equitable Life Az.
surance Association receives a salary
Of $4,000 a year, all of which goes to
prove TINT you can't Judge a man by
his clothes until you look In his peck.
ets.-Phlladelphla Evening Telegraph
Russia's baw way never could Ia
more forcefully illustrated than by tho
lamentable fact that the stroke Of one
mans pen could open the dungeons
where political prisoners have been
left for years to wither and die.-Chi
cago Post.
/ The scheme to organize a national
army" of 100000 men In England. ia
he composed Of militia and reserves, Ia
a step toward conscrlption which Is
bound to come unless The Ungue til
bunal proves more potent than cont.
mental ambitions. New York Evening
Sun.
The Washington times., 1906-05-27

Very few people IN the Treasury De-
partment have taken their summer va
cation. Pretty nearly everyone IS saw
ing his leave until July. August. and
September. However II is expected that
a large number will begin 10 leave early
in June
Large numbers Of the employees OF the
Treasury Department are doing without
warm dinners once or twice each week
in order 70 visit the White Lot and see
the baseball team representing the de-
partment in the Departmental League
play the national game. The team has
many warm friends throughout the big
money shop
Among those employed in the Treas
ury Department who contemplate going
on the Kentucky homecoming trip are
the following: Hugh Hollis, private Sec
retary to Commissioners OF Internal Rev
enue Yerkes; jackson Morris, F. r
Langley. Thomas J. Ryland, and 4. @.
Crutchfeld. OF the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau: John Mason Brown. office Comp
troller Treasury; ]. r COnette. office
Auditor for Interior Department; J. D.
Coulter, Supervising Architects office
G. V. Todd, ONCE Auditor for Navy.
and Misses Rose Browning and X s
Il
Surgeon P. II. Sailhache, OF the Mar
Inc Hospital Service, has been granted
! leave of absence for one month.
Surgeon C. w. StOner has been di-
rected to proceed to Liverpool. England
and other Continental points for special
temporary duty. After he has COM
pleted this work he viii return 10 Ellis
Island, New York.
Surgeon w P Mcintosh has been
granted ten days leave Of absence
while three days special leave has been
granted TO Acting Assistant Surgeons J.
G. Rodman and F. Townsend
Passed Assistant Surgeon B. w
Brown has been allowed sixty days
leave of absence. He viii leave his
post of duty on July 2. returning Sep
tember 2.
a board Of medical officers was con-
yened TO meet at Baltimore, Md, or
1 May 10. 1906, for the purpose Of making
| q physical examination Of an officer OF
1 the Revenue Cutter Service. The board
consists Of Surgeon L. l. Williams ano
| Assistant Surgeon w H Frost Tbeh
report has not been received.
The Washington times., 1906-05-27

der the hands OF the Department Of
State. is 10 receive delegates on the part
OF the United States almost exclusively
from the Navy Department. The delega-
ton win start from this country before
the ist Of June. and from the Bureau
Of Appointments is heard a merry hum
Of activity in the rush OF preparations
for their worthy send-on-
Frederick Van Dyne. assistant solici-
tor. and author Of Citizenship the de-
partment's practical authority OF such
matters. has been absent from his post
for nearly a month He is suffering
from a disease Of the nervous system.
but report has IT that he Will soon be
in harness again.
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
AS TO Employment Agencies.

One of the best examples of the
utter inadequacy of the present
District liccrse law is revealed by
the report of tSo Public Education
Association on establishments in
this community masquerading as
employment agencies. OF the good
ones the report does well to take
notice and make specific exception:
as far as they are concerned the
present law may be assumed to
work no harm. But if the condi-
tions as to the others are as repre-
eented in this document the sooner
the license law is changed the bet
ter.
\ bill, framed in the light of this
knowledge, has been fayorably re-
ported to the House from the Com
mittee on the District of Columbia.
1t requires application -or license;
empowers the Commissioners to re-
ject it on various grounds; fixes a
bond to be given in the sum of
$1,000 to insure observance of the
Jaw; makes a register one of the
essentials of the business; and for
bids the sending OF women to dis
orderly houses.
Half dozen decisions under the
present law seem to deprive the Dis
triet Assessor of the right to refuse
almost any license to any applicant
able to pay the fee. No liability
is exacted of the prospective man
ager of an employment agency and
no restriction is put upon the man
ner of conducting his business. No
matter what is done, he has his
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
M State<Gk

Secretary Root is preparing matters
for his long vacation in July. About the
end of June he. with the other members
of the American delegation TO the Inter
national Conference of American States
which convenes at Rio de Janeiro, July
p will sail from New York on his
eighteen days voyage
Mr.. Bacon, the Assistant Secretary OF
State. declares that he will not leave
Washington this summer, although his
family is even now on the point of re-
treating before the sun. Mr.. Adee, the
Second Assistant Secretary, is in Eu-
rope where he usually spends the
months of May and June. and he will
return about the time flrecrackers are
in order.
Miss Margaret NJ Hanna. Mr.. Adee's
Secretary. has her hands full just now
In attending TO the duties of her office.
This is the open season for conventions.
and her assistance is OF no mean value
TO her chief in such connections. OF
course. during his absence her tasks
are doubled. but Miss Hanna's record
in the department is a splendid one. AMI
her ability has a deserved international
rep1te.
The Ret. Cross convention at Geneva.
while an stair which falls properly un-
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
I1nteriorE

Secretary Hitchcock will not take his
vacation until after the return OF As
sistant Secretary Thomas Ryan, who,
with Mrs. Ryan. IS enjoying a two
months tou- Of the Continent
Charles ". Irelan. chief clerk OF the
Patent Office. is spending a few weeks
st Atlantis City Mr.. Irelan has been
an extremely busy official this winter,
and has earned a little rest. ". W.
Mortimer. who was appointed chief OF
division r Patent ONCE. TO I'LL the W.
cancy caused by the death OF ]. W.
Babson. is acting chief clerk IN the ab-
sence OF Mr. Irelan.
W. Scott Smith, Secretary Hltclc 5ck' s
private secretary. has returned from an
important mission 10 Hot Springs. Ark.
Mr. Smith will remain on duty with the
Secretary until Assistant Secretary
RYAN returns from abroad.
Samuel z. Slater, chief OF the finance
division, Indian Office, who suffered a
stroke Cf paralysis at the Office last
Thursday and was removed to his home,
IE5 5 street northwest. was reported
yesterday to be much improved The
clerks in the Office have made inquiries
as to Mr.. Siater's condition for be In
deseryedly liked by all
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
AMBASSADOR WRIGHT
RECEIVED BY MIKADO
Credentials Presented With Ceremonies
Betting Americas New Rela-
tions With Japan.

TOXIC. May 26.-The presentation OF
the credentials OF the first American
ambassador TO Japan. Luke D. Wright.
was made with all the pomp behtting
the new relations of the two countries
at 10 o'clock. this morning. The court
dispatched the imperial master Of cere-
monies, with an escort OF Imperial Ian
GERS and a special coach, for the am
bassador to conduct him to the palace.
There Prime Minister Saionji, Yuze
Hayashi and a number of high court Of
ficers received him and conducted him
to the Phenix Hall. where he presented
his credentials to the Emperor.
Afterward the Empress received the
ambassador. Mrs. Wright, and the ladies
OF the embassy in the Paulownia Hall.
so-called, which was decorated with the
Empress own flower crest The EN-
peror and Empress will take luncheon
at the embassy on May 20.
The rioting in middle and southern
Corea is on the increase. but the Jap
anese do not deem 1t necessary to use
more than few gendarmes in dealing
with 1t.
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
Commerce aLabor
80 e - Z. g =

The employees OF the Secreta-y's Office
regret TO learn Of the illness, at Sioley
Hospital, Of Morris r Bevtngton- II
IS understood that the worst Of his III
ness IS now passed and that he VIII
probably be at his desk the latter part
Of the coming week
Several OF the employees Of the office
of the lighthouse board have been very
fortunate in securing good positions
elsewhere.
Swepson Earle, a craftsman at s., 200
per annum in the office Of the board.
has resigned 20 take effect at the clcse
OF May 2S. 10 accept an appointment as
photographic engineer at $3.50 per anT
nun under the sSellhsh commission OF
the State Of Maryland.
Arthur II Codington, OF the lighthouse
board. wis associate himself with an
attorney at law at Atlanta. Ga. e. a
salary of 1900 per annuTn- Mr.. Coding-
ton was previously connected with that
firm in a minor capacity and graduated
from the Mercer University at Macon,
Ga, with the degree Of L. L. p. IN 1902.
He came 20 this city To take a post
graduate course in law and entered on
duty in the Office of the lighthouse board
on March Is, 1904. since which time he
has had three promotions.
Miss Louise s. Dessez occupies the
somewhat unique position OF being the
only woman clerk in the main building
used by the Department OF Commerce
and Labor In this building there are
located the Office OF the secretary and
the many divisions OF his office, the
Office of the assistant secretary, the Of
nee OF the solicitor, and two bureaus OF
the department. namely. the Bureaus OF
Corporations and Immigration. Miss
Dessez was appointed in the Office OF
the dlsbursing clerk on July 27 1906, by
transfer from the Interior Department
Her devotion 20 her duties and charm
ing manner have won her many friends
Sunday morning rides on the bicycle
are quite popular Messrs. Johannes
I Houseknecht. Moore. and Stevens. OF
the Office OF the secretary, started on q
bicycle ride last Sunday morning at
| o'clock. The trip was 70 cover Pierce
Mil road to Chain Bridge, thence tc
Fort Myer and Arlington and home
Burton z. Gardner, Of the Bureau OF
Corporations. was to be a member OF
the party, but inadvertently tossed a
book at his alarm clock, which he hac
in error set for 8 a. m. and failed II
get awake until 10 O'Clock However
Messrs. Johannes and Stevens were ths
only ones TO finish the trip. The real
| tire o. Mr.. Houseknecht's wheel object
ed 70 strenuous Sunday labor, and blew
out a plug. so that Mr.. Houseknecht
walked home. Mr.. Moore nearly forgo
that he expected some visitors fol
breakfast at his home and when Il die
! occur TO him he considered 1t inadvis
able to go any farther for fear OF beinl
I late.
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
@PosfOffceH

The vacation bee and the examinations
divide interest in the department Just
row. Many Of the younger clerks are
busy either preparing for. or taking ex-
aTniLations this week. T ". RaIson IS
striving TO be a doctor in the navy; O.
b Kent, L PretzfeIder and c. H Hart
son ere wrestling with law questions.
A sample Of the spelling that The mail
clerk has TO contend with every lay:
Our ofhc got to Payn vareu Be for the
root took all our .taretOry way from Us.
Allmoste all the customers scead tha
wood not baute boxes; but these box
sellers twOld them il Wad go dead-and
for that reason tha bOute boxes"
Miss Eliza Teachey is on a tr1p to
Puget Sound, for health and recreation.
Mrs Ida Dawson is IN Charleston
West Virginia, on q short vacation
Mrs. L. z. Browne. OF the Dead Lettor
Division. is away for week
Miss Chapman leaves on the first OF
June for a weeks vacation
Miss Ada Rector and Mrs. Lucia En-
win are taking May vacations.
Miss Gertrude R~5enthal. who has
been IN attendance on her mother dur
ing her Illness, has returned 20 the city
and is once more at her desk in the Rural
Delivery Division
certain lady clerk made complaint
to the authorities that she had mailed
/ letter early in April in q certain place
in the Postoftice Department and had
/ not received a reply. She wanted the
matter investigated She was informed
that il was impossible for her letter to
be lost II dropped in the chute She
/ maintained, however, that II IL had been
collected. it would have been delivered
| and she would have had a reply.
Madam. where did you mail your let
1 ter" was asked
| "I viii show you" said she
Thereupon. they took the elevator for
the eighth floor. where she triumphantly
| pointed out the box wherein she had
| dropped the letter. Much TO her own
I surprise and the amusement Of those
standing by. the Inspector picked up the
{ box, which was an old one standing
[ against 8 corner OF the wall, unlocked
and extracted therefrom her letter.
| Inasmuch as the mail chute Is an old
institution. much used by the clerks, her
! chagrin at her own thoughtlessness may
/ be imagined.
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
Thomas Moore Celebration.

The board OF the Ladies' Auxiliary to
the Ancient Order OF Hibernlans is ar
ranging 20 Continue it's long established
custom OF having a concert IN honor CT
the birthday Of Ireland's poet and sing
er. Thomas Moore. The poets birthday
is MAY g. but on account OF inability 20
secure a suitable hall on that day. the
concert this year viii take place on the
evening Of May 81 in National Rifles
ArmorY.
This concert Is 70 be given under the
direction OF Armond Gumprecht. Among
those who VIII take part are Mrs. Annie
Grant-Fugift. soprano: Mrs. Esther
Gumprecht. mezzo soprano; Miss Mar
gUerite O'Toole. hRrpist; Melville Hen
sey. tenor; Joseph L. Battle. tenor.
Charles GoOdchild. basso, and John T.
Brosius. basso. Many OF the Moore meiO-
dies are to be sung and the program ar
ranged is also interspersed with several
selections from some well-known classic
composers. as well as recitation by
Miss Mary Moran, daughter OF Z I.
Moran, District president Of the A O. II
Every effort Is being made by those
In charge 10 have this coIcerr even
eclipse. If possible. the ike excellent
celebrations IN Srevious years Of the
natal day OF the poet whose memOry is
so dearly cherished by every son and
daughter OF old Ireland.
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
MATTERS OF INTE REST.
TO ALL MUSIC LOVERS.
Miss Jehnson's Recital.

One OF the most interesting rnusicaIes
OF the spring season was given last
Monday night IN Washington CoIJe1a
lexington, by Miss Hattie NJ. Johnson.
who graduated in music from the COL
lese- She was assisted IN the program
by Mrs. Din G. Lewis. vioIinist.
Miss Johnson Is a very young girl ana
has manifested her musical ability
throughout the year. Her program was
one which only an experienced and ma
ture musician would attempt and was
given throughout with q fine sense OF
each numbeE's requirements.
Mozart. Chopin. and Beethoven figured
conspicuously on the program. the lat
ter author being called OF for his con-
certo in minor. Miss johnson gave
all three movements with remarkable
skill and evidenced keen artistic abil-
ity.
All who heard this talented young girl
We're charmed with her work She has
been studying under the direction OF
Eric Rath, musical director OF the col
lege. and IS regarded as one OF the most
promising students the institution has
graduated