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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

ivst its balance. A steel cable was
laid on the ground in the form OF
monogram. and around this the gyro
car traced its way with precision and
CELEBRITY
Mr. Brennan. who is 55 years old. is
best known for his torpedo. which the
British government purchased some
years ago for half a million dollars.
For this invention. which is highly re-
garded in British naval circles, Mr.
Brennan was made a companion of the
bath in 1882. He is consulting en-
gineer of the Brennan torpedo factory.
He says the gyroscope car is an in
vention upon which he has been en-
gagged nearly all his life. The idea
came to him when he first travelled
along an Australian road. The road
was badly made. full of ruts. and the
bodies of the cars rested on leather
instead of springs.
During part of his experiments the
British war office came to Mr.. Bren-
mans aid. for the army council be-
lieves the possession of the monorail
of the greatest Importance. The war
office gave the inventor $1O.0 900 to con-
tinue his experiments. and the council
not only made frequent visits to the
workshop. but invited the inventor to
give two confidential lectures on the
subject before the chiefs of the corps
of engineers at Chatham.
To Run in India.
1t is believed that the first practical
monorail using the gyroscope will be
built in India, for the India office re-
Gently granted the inventor $4,000
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PUT RATHER TO DEATH.
GiIa Monsters Victory Won at Cost of
His Own Life.

DR.. James b. Bullitt, of Louisville.
writes of gila monster and rattle
snake: "A two years residence in
Arizona made me quite familiar with
both OF these reptiles; for good part
of the time | had one of the former
tied to the leg of my office table by a
string. In his native habitat the mon
ster is credited with being the enemy
OF the rattlesnake and is said to kill
him. CHANGING to have both reptiles
on hand at the same time. l put them
In large box together and awaited
results.
THE rattler coiled in one end of the
box; the monster would waddle up to
him, root under his coils with his nose
and finally nip down on a coil near
the tail. The rattler would then spring
to the other end of the box and recoil
After this had happened a number of
times the monster finally succeeded in
selling the snake by the neck. Just
back of the head
He held firm grip until the snake
was choked to death. The monster
sickened and died a couple of days
afterward. On removing his skin
found two punctured wounds on his
back. evidently the result of the
snakes having struck him once"
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SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too stln to Bend Over.

When / drank coffee l often had
sick headaches, nervousness and bill.
iousness much of the time, but When
went to visit friend / got in the habit
of drinking Postum.
Il gave up coffee entirely and the re-
suit has been that have been entire
ly relieved Of all my stomach and ner-
vous trouble.
My mother was just the same way
We all drink Postum now, and with.
out coffee in the house for years. we
are all well.
"A neighbor Of mine, a great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an invalid
She was not able to do her work and
could not even mend clothes or do any.
thing at all where she would have to
little hard work she would get such
pains that she would have to lie down
for the rest of the day.
"At last / persuaded her to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and she did SO and has used
Postum ever since; the result has been
that she can now do her work, can
sit for whole day and mend and can
sew on the machine and she never
feels the least bit of pain in her side,
in fact, she has got well and it shows
coffee was the cause of the whole trou-
BILE.
Il could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
in its place" There's a Reason.
Look in pkg. for the famous little book,
THE Road to Wellyille."
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
When to Shoot a Critic.

Arthur w. Pinero is the authority
for the following story about the late
Joseph Knight:
At a supper party at the Garrick
club some years ago theatrical man
ager wound up humorous speech by
declaring his conviction that 1t would
be to the advantage of the drama il a
muster were made of all the theatrical
critics and they were shot offhand.
Mr.. Knight, called upon to reply to
this playful structure, rose. and in his
richest tones spoke as follows:
Gentlemen, / have not the faintest
objection. understand me. to the course
proposed by Mr.. X, provided that. in
mercy, we are shot before being in
vited to witness such entertainments
as our dear friend has recently nro-
duced at his theater"
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THE PARABLE HE LIKED.
Darky Would Have Had Trouble
Picking 1t from Sacred Book.

An old darky. anxious to be a min
lister, went to be ordained. He was
questioned thus: Can you write?"
mo. sah!" "Read?" No, sah!" How
do you know about the Bible?" MA
niece reads II to mel" Know about
the Ten commandments? mo, sah!"
The Twenty-third Psalm" "Neb-
ber heard of him, sah," Know the
Beatitudes?' NO, sahl" We'll, what
part OF the Bible do you like best?"
'Par'bles, sah," Can you give us
one?" Deed, yes. sahi" Let us
have IT, then" Once wen the queen
OF Sheb- was gwine down to Jerusa-
lem she fell among thieves. First
they passed her by on de oddah side
den dey come ovah an dey say unto
her. Fro down Jezebel,' but she
wouldn't fro her down; and again
dey say unto her, Fro down Jezebeln
but she wouldn't fro her down; and
again dey say unto her for de fird
and last time. for l amt gwine to ak
yo no mo-. Fro down Jezebel, and
dey fro'd her down for 10 times and
z, till de remains were leven baskets;
and l say unto yo'. whose wife was
she at de resurrection ?'-Bystande
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
THE NEW YORK LIFE's PROGRAM
Economy, Publicity and the Paramount
Interest Of PoIIcyhoIders.

President Kingsley. of the New
York Life Insurance Company. says,
in an address to the policyholders.
that his plan of administration In.
wolves these points:
First: Strict economy. second,
the widest. fairest and fullest public.
ity; third, the continuance of the New
York Lite as worldwide institution;
fourth. such an amount OF new bust.
ness under the law as we can secure
while practlcing intelligent economy
and enforcing the idea that the inter
est OF the pollcy.holder is paramount
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Huge roZ7IVaY coT/za1es ee tie future

the rail, raised the load and permitted
exceedingly high speeds. A speed of
432 miles an hour was said to be pos
sible by this system, but it ts needless
to add, these figures are entirely theo-
retical.
German Road Successful.
The Irish monorail and the German
aerial system have been put to prac-
tical test and the latter. especially.
appears to have been regarded as sue
cessful. Neither. however. has led to
the building of any similar roads. Re-
markable and picturesque as are both
these railways, Mr. Brennans gyro-
scope system has excited far more
wonderment.
High speed is one Of the advantages
claimed for Mr. Brennan's gyroscope
car. He is quoted as predicting that
300 miles an hour is neither impossi-
BILE nor impracticable. 1t is true that
few persons would be willing to in
trust themselves in railway train
maintaining such speed. and in prac-
tice it might be found more profitable
to saunter along the monorail at a
mere 125 miles an hour. Together
with this tremendous speed, according
to the inventor, the monorail system
carries absolute safety with RELIABLE
ity. The high speed, he says. will rest
rather than fatigue those who travel
by the monorail
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CAT AND CANARY cHuMmEp.
Strange Friendship That Was Ended
in Tragic Manner.

This is the strange tale of Dick and
Tom. Dick was a pretty. jolly, and
very tame canary. Tom is the inteli-
gent cat which allows the family of
the narrator to live with him He is
noble fellow, as good as gold. Dick
and Tom were great friends. The bird
had much freedom and would often
rest between Toms two front paws
and chirp away at him. Sometimes
the cat would lap the BRIDES feathers,
so very gently, yet it was thought by
onlookers the little creature did not
really enjoy the bath, but he would
endure it for a little while. When the
cage door was opened he would fly out
and first rest on Toms head right be-
tween his ears and begin TO sing the
cat keeping as still as a mouse until
his little playfellow finished his song.
The trick took place nearly every
morning. But one day a strange puss,
marked like Tom. wandered into the
room and the maid, believing 1t was
Tom, opened the cage door Dick few
toward the usurper to rest on the
friendly head, as usual, but there was
wild spring, snap, and poor little
Dick was dead, There has been
mourning in that household, and none
of the humans has grieved more or felt
worse than old Tom, who goes mewing
and calling for the little bird But no
pretty fun of yellow and green flies
to him, chirping cheerful greetings.
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GOTHAM CITY CHAMBERLA AIN

James j. Martin, the newly-appointed city
chamberlain of New York. who is expected to
join Mayor Mcclellan In his fight to oust Charles
F. Murphy from the leadership of Tammany Hall.
is of the most powerful district leaders in
the old school of politicians, and he says he is
proud OF the distinction. The notion that the sue
cessful politician of the present day is the man
who shake hands, smile sweetly and prom,s
without either fulfilling offending is scorned by
MIR. Martin.
says he y did II. and know that IL pays. Now
and then It creates little friction for short
In hut IL disannears You hold the
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JAPAN'S FOREMOST DIPLOMAT

Viscount Hayashi. minister of foreign affairs
In the Japanese cabinet, who recently went to
Seoul. the Korean capital In the interests of his
country which is hopeful that the emperor will
abdicate the throne as requested by the premier.
is man much feared by those who would have
the present government continue After the en-
peror had refused to relinquish his power Japan
lost no time in sending Hayash to the scene and
the news Of his arrival spread dismay about the
palace.
The circumstances leading up to the selection
of Hayashi for the important Office he now holds
are interesting Marquis Saionji. the prime min
lister, in reorganzing his cabinet gave the port
folio Of foreign affairs TO Takaaki Kato formerly
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

The Illustrations of Mr.. Brennan's
invention explain rather graphically
how he applies the gyroscope to his
two-wheel car. 1t should be under
stood that this is the invention The
motor which actuates and propels the
car is no novelty. and the car itself.
which seems to be built upon the chas-
sis of an automobile, is only expert
mental.
6rennan's Modus operandi.
Fitted on the car are two fywheels.
which are revolved by electric motors
in different directions at high veloci
ties To reduce friction the fiywheels
revolve in vacuums. So great is the
energy stored up In the wheels by this
means that If the driving power is cut
off altogether when they are revolving
at full speed the wheels will still run
at sufficient velocity to give stabil-
ity to the vehicle for long time
from 10 minutes to an hour is the
+, claim.
So far as the horoscopes are con-
earned, 1t Is said that they are so ar
ranged that they work automatically
and do not require the watchfulness
of human control. The car may be
driven by any of the powers now in
use-electricity. gasoline or steam
The mechanism is a very small part
of the car. In the model it amounts to
five per cent. of the total weight of the
car, but in the full-sized vehicle now
being constructed 1t will be proportion
ately less-two per cent is the esti-
mate.
Speed of the Gyroscopes.
| In the models the horoscopes run at
the rate of about 1000 revolutions a
minute; in the full-sized machine they
will run at a rate of about 5000 To
guard against the intense wear and
tear of the delicate mechanism, the
gyroscope machinery is fitted with ball
/ bearings. Mr.. Brennan has introduced
his own system of fabrication. which
causes the working part to run on
| constant film of oil, and reduces the
| friction to an infinitesimal minimum
Now, the remarkable feature of this
car is found when the load is moved
| to one side. Ordinarily that side
should be lower than the light side,
but with the gyroscope monorail the
reverse is the case The heavy side
actually rises higher than the side
that is light, owing to the balancing
impulse of the gyroscope machinery
Little electric current is required to
run the "gyros,' owing to the care
taken to reduce friction to a minimum
But it is essential while the car is on
the rail or on cable-for it can run
upon either and maintain its balance
that the 'gyros" continue In mo-
ton. When their spinning comes to
an end. the car, naturally, falls over
on its side. The "gyros" are so nicely
poised and so well fabricated that, as
has been remarked, they continue to
rotate for some time after the power
which drives them is cut off. In order
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

When Woodruff a
aid Clifford Pinch He did service
especially commended itself the discovered that the
al
raise
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
ATHLETE IN CHARGE

George w. Woodruff who has been named by
President Roosevelt acting secretary OF the
interior during the absence of Secretary Garfield.
is OF the best known authorities outdoor
games in the country, an all around athlete with
number OF splendid records to his credit and
developed the Pennsylvania university and Car
isle Indian football elevens.
His the unusual record OF having been
for his entire four years member of the foot
bell eleven. the track and field teams and the
varsity crew. He captained the of 1889.
After finishing his classical course at Yale
Mr. Woodruff went to the University of Pennsyl-
vania TO study law. and II here that he made
his reputation OF the foremost football
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to retur to andh he n the
fatheA
in
His ability early recognized and while
appointed vice minister and began his diplomatic life
Of the
was abo his treaty
agacious in his methods
difficulty the Japanese people
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SENT MAGNATES TO JAIL

Lyman Wheeler Wachenheimer, the prosecut-
ing attorney through whose efforts % Toledo lum-
bermen and brick men have been sentenced to
Jail for violation OF the antitrust laws is As years
old and native OF Toledo. He has always been
a Democrat. Nine years ago he was nominated
for police Judge. His opponent was Scott Kelly.
who had been nominated for third term. Kelly
very popular Toledo was almost hopelessly
Republican; nevertheless Mr. Wachenheimer
elected Before his term was half completed he
was the most popular official in the city He
a terror to law breakers. and the result
perceptible diminution of crime in Toledo. So
well liked was Judge Washenheimer that 1t
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to provide against accidents, the car is
equipped with what might be called
crutch. which may be let down by
the movement of lever, and so main
tanned at level while the car and
'gyros" are at rest.
Kept Secret for Two Years.
Although Mr.. Brennan completed his
monorail two years ago, at the request
of the British war Office he kept it Sc
cret until a month or so ago when an
exhibition took place before the Royal
society. Mr.. Brennan showed his
working model in his own grounds at
Chatham to few persons who are in
terested in the novel railway.
At the demonstration at his home.
where he has laid a rail and stretched
cable which together give in mini
ature almost every difficult kind of
country to which railroading is liza
BILE, Mr.. Brennan's little car, which is
built to one-eighth scale, carried a man
weighing 140 pounds. During one of the
tests the inventors little daughter
was passenger. The machine
dashed up inclines of one In five. and
skirted along the side of a hill which
sloped at an angle of As. Round acute
curves 1t ran without any loss of sta
bility or appreciable loss of speed. 1t
crossed miniature chasms on a steel
cable and was stopped halfway across
until 1t was photographed, but never
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friend
My policy
tell on thing said
all right
mentioned dozens of times for the leadership OF
Twenty district
of in
ding Tamma brans
sbonn
of he
in
n
in the o
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

which had controlled Toledo politics
of with
this combine Judge
nominated
whe lining victoryo
the a
in the
of
in
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Diagram of the Car.

to continue his experiments, and Mr..
Brennan has intimated that 1t is in the
British colonies that the system Will
first be put into actual use
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-27
Twas Hs.ty Green.

"Who on earth is that woman z"
asked a depositor Of one Of the
clerks in the New York Chemical
National bank the other day. lie
nodded in the direction Of a shah
billy dressed elderly woman who was
behind the railiugs examining one
OF the ledgers over a bookkeeper's
shoulder. THAT woman ?" whis-
pcred the clerk. "Why, she's IIetty
Green" Isn't she a good deal Of a
nuisance?" continued the depositor,
who was lacking in the bump Of rev
erence for money a. typihed in the
person Of the richest woman in
America. Il don't suppose ! should
say so" replied the clerk. "but, be
tween ourselves, she il. But then,
YOU know. She keeps a balance here
Of something like &5.000,OOO, and
people with accounts like that can
be any kind Of a nuisance and no
one will think ii advisable to re
mind them Of it. Pittsburg Dis
patch.
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Gun Play Wins Poker Game.
He overplayed his hand" "

"HIe overplayed his hand"
This is the inscription on a grave
stone in a local cemetery, and it re-
calls a poker game in which the late
Charles Folk once played Folk
was a remarkable man and partici-
pated in games Of various sorts dur
ing his cycntfpl career. He did the
PLAYING. The'shcr fellow general
" was a spectator. Several months
ago he entered a sitting with several
men from Indian Territory. They
PLAYED well. but were as noviccs with
Folk. lie kept on winning hand
after hand until finally one of his
opponents grew suspicious and, fol
lowing a show of four kings. de-
manded a count Of the cards. Tn
fortunately for Folk. it showed fifty
four cards. There was some gun
play, and Folk was buried soon aft
er.-Platon (Ark) Cor. Philadel-
phia North American.
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Wood as Strong as Iron.

Recent official tests Of the many
valuable hard woods native to West
ern Australia have made known the
extraordinary properties Of yate, be-
lieyed to be the strongest Of al
known woods. Its average tensile
strength l. $4,000 pounds to the
square inch. equaling that Of good
cast iron. But many specimens are
much stronger, and one was tested
up 70 seventeen and one-half tons
to the square inch, which i equal
TO the tensile strength of wrought
iron. The sawed timber of yate is
probably the strongest in the world.
The tree grows to a maximum
height of 100 feet and has some
times a diameter Of two and one
half or even three feet.
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thing, as he called it. | said to him
in a joke; why don't YOU play Stay
awavs That's the best horse out
there today
The meaning | wished to convey
was that if be STAYED away from the
track he would be a winner. He
was dense sort of fellow and didn't
catch the quiet sarcasm.
80 out he Vent 10 Roby and,
remembering nv tip to play Stay
away he looks at the card and sees
a horse named Getaway in the third
race. lie was 5 to ! for first place
The copper, thinking he had got
the names mixed, laid his S. on
Getaway, who came under the wire
about a block ahead Of the Others.
"When he returned to the sta
ton he handed me a twenty dollar
bill. with the remark: i PLAYED that
horse YOU gave me, lieutenant, and
won $40. This is your half Of it, "
Chicago Tribune.
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FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
H.s Game Of Club Viii Furnish
Merry Half Hour.

This is a game that causes much
amusement to a company of chill
1ren, and even grownups may join
in.
All the players, with the excep-
ton OF two, leave the room. One of
the outside party is then called in
and told that a new club has been
formed and his name enrolled, but
that he cannot be formally admitted
unless he can guess the name of
the club from the movements "
the two members who have remain
ed in the room-
The candidate for admission is
then offered chair, and everything
he saws and everything he does is
mimicked by the other two. Some
times the new member guesses at
once, but when unable to DO this it is
very funny to watch the effect that
the copying Of his every movement
has upon him, especially when six
or seven have been admitted.
When the name of the club has
been guessed. another candidate is
invited in, and the same perform
ance takes place.
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Lillian Russell was dining at an
Atlantic City hotel. She had run
lown in the morning from Philadel-
phia in her seventy horsepower car,
breaking most Of the records by the
way.
During dinner Miss Russell told
@ story about handsome actor.
a letter Of his" she said, was
put in another mans box at club
one evening by mistake. The other
man opened the letter. saw that it
was a very angry note from a tailor
demanding instant payment Of a bin
long overdue and in dismav sealed
it up again neatly and put il in the
box Of its rightful owner.
well. the rightful owner entered
the smoking room that night with
the letter in his hand. He ran it
through, glanced round complacent-
". gave his mustache a twirl and
murmured:
SILLY little girl"
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
s,ory o. a suburbanite Who Forgot
What He = Forgot.

.Wait a minute, said the subur-
h,nrc. I've forgotten something" "
~What = asked the man who was
generally his running mate.
Il forgot what I've forgotten" !"
"That- plain enough
-Too bad can't remember it,"
~N, dcar fellow, can't YOU see
bov impossible it is 70 remember
What wc forget or what We forget
we've forgottcn:'
~Tlat'- all right. but whatll my
wife ag when | tell her forgot TO
eet What She told me TO: And she'll
,t,l sorer If tell her | didn't
forget to get il. but that | had for
gotten what | was to get. | can't
ten her ! knew had forgotten to
eet What | had forgotten, but that
/ remembered | forgot, can =?
She'll tell me | should have forgot
,en ID forget it."
~Oh. come on, Forget it,"
"You mean | should forget that
forgot what / had forgotten
Bat just then the car came along,
ana as ne took his seat near the
stove he remarked TO his neighbor,
II remember now"
Remember what -
II remember what I've forgot
t.n"
Look at tho impos~ibility Of that
proposition How can YOU rcmem-
ter what YOU have forgotten any
more than YOU can forget what YOU
remember:'
but | DO remember. Ii was cof-
fec Can't YOU see how I've forgot
,an vhat remember: And | re-
member what l forgot too. And l
remember what | had forgotten !
had forgotten Chicago Journal.
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An Arab was lunching in a New
York restaurant.
"You have heard Of the thorough
bred Arabian steed Of the desert" "
he said "You have heard Of its
beauty, its docility, its intelligence,
its endurance. Did you know that
it churned the family butter?"
"Now
at is a fact. Among our desert
tribes when butter is needed the
milk is put in a sheepskin bag and
tied by a short rope to the horses
saddle. The horse is then urged
into trot, and this gait is kept up
until the milk in the sheepskin Is
jOggled into butter. A fine, firm,
smooth butter il is"