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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-22
In NIeUOriann.

In loving memory of our dear hus-
band and father, L. Diment, who died
three years ago today. May %, 1904.
zone by one earth's ties are broken,
As we see our love decay,
And the hopes so fond1y cherished
Brighten but to pass away.
One by one our hearts grow lighter,
AS we near the shining shore
And we know that 'er the river,
Wait the loved ones gone before,
MRS. l.. DIMENTs and CHILDREN.
You can secure a fun stereopticon
outfit by using Peirce's Golden Rio
Coffee in one pound packages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-22
Hre8ularity

is bad in department OF e in meals in sleeping hours but
especially it question of woany habit Not only
regularity this kind of female disease, but unless cured
will other dangerous troubles of the
which thus allowed to remain stored the system
you suffer this then, get bottle
of Wine of Card nearest drug and take the med
according the directions which go with bottle until
you restored to health.
Mrs Lucinda johnson, of Fish Wis., writes: Il suffered
for fourteen 90 years with eguari. causing great pain
would often have stay my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-22

Don't fail to call and see the bar
gains In Singer machines. SPA Kansas
avenue, Friday and Saturday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-22
TO SELL DEVLIN MINES.
LOOMS Gives Permission for Disposal
of Toluca Property.

Permission has been given to James
e. Hurley, Cyrus Leland and Walter
Reeves, trustees of the Devlin estate,
to sell the Devlin property and mines
at ToIuca, Ill. An order granting this
permission has been issued by N. H.
Loomis, special referee in the Devlin
bankruptcy proceedings.
Application was made by the trus-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-22

tees for authority to sell this property,
which is appraised at over one mil
lion dollars, on January 10 and hear
ing on the proposition was given by
Mr.. Loomis on February &c. He
reached his decision in the matter on
yesterday afternoon.
His order directs that the property
be sold free and clear and under the
law it will have to be sold by the
trustees for not less than three-ol1ar-
tiers of its appraised value. The prop
erty cannot be sold by the trustees in
side of thirty days for advertisements
for bids for it must be made for that
length of time.
From the proceeds of the sale the
trustees Will first have to meet q
mortgage which stands against the
property amounting to $425,OOO with
interest. This mortgage is held by
the Continental Trust company Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-22
Hurricane Kills Two Hundred.

London. May pa dispatch from
Sydney. n. S. w, says a report has
reached there that a hurricane and tidal
wave swept over the Caroline islands on
April 80. Immense damage was done to-
property and 200 persons are reported
killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-22
"FatI1er of the House. Dead.

London. May 22.-George Henry Finch,
known as the father OF the house of
commons having represented Rutland
in the house for 40 years. died today.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-10-31

across the shoulders, a man pulling
a canal boat of considerable size, an
other boat being drawn by two men
and dog, the dog taking the lead,
a man riding in cart drawn by two
dogs going at rapid trot, cows or
a COW and an OK drawing heavy
wagon and dog lying under two
wheeled cart laden with fruit, which
it was his present duty to guard and
later to draw.
The party first made its way to
The Hague, going by steam train
out 10 Hollands famous sea beach
Scheveningen-for lunch. This
is the Newport, not only Of the
Netherlands, but OF France and
north Germany as well. 1t is a
magnificent beach. lined with hotels,
psasiaAa and summer hausss, Ths
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-10-31

the undertaking. The work is be-
ing done by the national government
at an estimated cost of seventy-hve
or eighty millions of dollars. Up
wards of 1000 square miles will be
redeemed, which makes the antici-
pated cost per acre about SI3o or
$40. Since good, well located
agricultural land is worth FIVE times
that amount, the measure seems
eminently wise. It is pleasant to
think that the prospective profits
go not to a few private spectators,
but to all the people. The extent 70
which dogs, cattle, men, women and
children are pressed into service in
the work of transportation strikes
every observer. We saw women
carrying two heavy pals at the ends
of a wsedsn yeks whish waa as,sd
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-10-31

dollars was met by the profits Of the
reclaimed land Evidently the Dutch
philosophy is that the public has
some right in the profits of great
enterprises as well as private irdivid
uals and corporations. The houses
OF Amsterdam are built on piles,
whose settling sometimes causes
evident tits from the perpendicular
In the business streets. The royal
palace which we visited IS massive
stone structure resting on Is, ,6eI
piles. After two and half centuries
its walls are as firm and perpendic-
ular as if erected yesterday One
curious feature of many buildings is
a rope and pulley connecting with
/ the garret. Since cellars are i'm
possible, garrets become the place of
storage, and groceries and vege-
tables are elevated to their place Of
permanent safe keeping. In many
houses mirror is set just inside
front window, which permits the
mistress of the house to scrutinize
would-be visitor and decide whether
or not she is at home. Our party
not only visited the RYks Museum
to see Rembrandt S Night Watch, =
and his Staalmeisters, as well as sew
eral pictures of secondary rank, but
also made an afternoon trip to Mo
mikendam and the quaint island Of
Marker, where the costumes oil
peasant fisher folk are still worn. AS
everywhere Cooks tourist agency
had made provisions for smoothing
1.-THE path of the traveller, this time
with steam launch that plies reg
|sularly between the mainland and the
island which lies several miles out in
the Zuyder Zee. We were permit
tied to look into some OF the houses,
where we saw no beds but alcoves
or hunks in the wall, hidden by cur
tains by day. In the little church
models Of ships were suspended from
1.-THE ceiling here and there, and an
Itique bibles and hymn books were
lin front Of every sitting in the pews.
| However the coming of the throng
LOT tourists robs the people OF their
honest and rugged simplicity and
converts them into an army ol beg
gars. The writer snapped his kodak
lat a group Of children on the pier,
i and was fairly overwhelmed with the
lresultant demand Tor pennies. Ven
Ilslers Of post cards and trinkets were
d everywhere. No doubt more money
lis made than when fishing was the
Isole resource, but with homes robbed
LOT their privacy and itching palms
leyerywhere extended, enc wondered
what some serious faced older men
and women among them though OF
the change that had come.
Il
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-10-31
Settlers Srom europe
By Pres. s. K. loarren
HOLLAND

The trip to Holland has a peculiar
terror to all prone to sea sickness.
The southern end ofthe North Sea
is wedge shaped, whose point is the
narrow Straits OF Dover. With a
north wind, the roughness of the
sea increases as the waters are driv-
en- toward the narrow southern end.
Most OF the party who had not been
sea.sick on the Atlantic, had a bitter
experience as to the nature OF the
malady as we crossed from Queen
boro to Flushing by the night boat.
Only ye scribe and few others et
tic esrty ai tweaty.aas escaped, Il
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-10-31

was delight at Flushing to walk on
the sea wall that defends brave little
Holland from the Northern ocean
and to honor in thought that won
derful people who have made for
themselves land and home by a
sleepless age-long fight with the sea.
Rivers and canals were ten and
twenty feet above the land. Often
bitches served to divide fields as
hedges and fences do in other
countries, and everywhere windm.lls
we're pumping water up into the
canals, grinding corn, and some-
times the lower story serving as the
the modest home Of the owner. Not
content with their victories the
Dutch are planning to reclaim the
southern end OF Zyder Zee, which is
shallow enough 10 msks pesaihls
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-10-31

/ day was chill and there was little
| bathing. The most unique thing to
the hasty observer was the beach
i chairs with solid covered back WHICH
| curved round the back and over the
/ head like a hood-elear reminder OF
1.-The chill winds that come down even
4 in August from The North Sea. The
| Hague is beautiful modern city.
/ A long park several blocks in width
runs from Scheveningen to the
/ Hague, through which our return
was made by electric train. This
tpark, whose winding roads make a
| delightful drive, continues on the
other side OF the city. A mile or
1.-TWO out in this park is the palace Of
1 Queen Emma, mother of the present
4 Queen Of Holland, the celebrated
House in the Wood, 4 where the
Isessions OF the last Peace Conference
Twas held. The present conference
lis being held in the Binnenhot, or
/ IParliment House, centrally located
Fin The Hagne. 1t requires but little
Istretch Of the Imagination to see the
looming glorious day when The
1 Hague will be the world S capital
|city with its international Parliment,
mot, as now, nebulous beginning
with narrow advisory powers, but a
| body clothed with ample authority
in all International matters and able
to enforce its DEGREES. Then. the
toiler Of Europe who carries soldier
on his back will straighten his bent
i shoulders, and the standing army of
| Europe become an army of workers
contributing to the common veal.
i The Hague is wonderfully clean
city. Its streets and sidewalks look
led as though they had been freshly
lschrubbed that morning. Amster-
dam is reputed to be the cleanest
lefty in Europe, but it has an easy
| rival if not superior in The Hague.
i We were taken not only to drive
in the Park past the House in the
Wood, but also to the picture gallery
TO see especially two pictures OF
( world wide fame, Rembrant's School
of Anatomy and Paul Potter's Bull
Evening brought us to Amster-
dam where we found delightful quar-
ters in Bible Hotel. which occupies
the site where the first Bible was
printed in Holland. The Hotel is
about 800 years old, the third struc.
ture having been recently erected on
the same site. An interesting Bible
T reference that found a pfaInia1enI
Iplace at the hotel was that verse ir
81 which Paul counseled Timothy tt
I.take a little wine for his stomach.
z sake and often infirmities, of which
i SO many men without inhrmitie:
n take advantage and thereby create
|, infrmities. Like so many Dutcl
. cities OF similar final syllable, tht
# city grew up about dam on a river
y and its central square is called dam
o The novice in the language whs
h loses his way has only to be Midi,
d and repeatedly proiane to have SAT
guidance. The city is built on 9
o islands, connected by nearly 80
n bridges, with SO many canals be
h tween the islands that it is ofte
is called the Northern Venice. Th
Ie great Noord Zee Canal connects
ID with the ocean, enabling coca
a steamers to come to it's wharve:
S, 1t is fifteen miles long, thirty fec
,s dssp, and iss cost Of four millions {
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14
FIRST PATENT IN AMERICA.
Granted to Joseph jerks, Who Estab
lished Iron Works in New England

From the Journal OF American History.
The first patent in America granted
TO Joseph jerks. founder and machinist
who had emigrated from Hammersmth.
England. where he born In 1902
He was "a very ingenious man. and was
inruced by Gov. Winthrop the younger to
come 10 Lynn. Mass. about 1912 as mas
ter mechanic. to establish the IRON and steel
works
He was the acknowledged head Of the
iron smelling and founding business and
the first builder of machinery In this coun-
try. and first patente3 of invention in
America, having introduced the idea FIRST
granted by act of parliament in 1925 Of pro-
lection for the manufacture of improve
merts by petition to the government of
massachusetts bay.
In lG45 he took patents for mill improve
ments. and in 1850 he patented the present
form of the grass scythe. for which he
should he held in grateful remembrance.
In 1c-Io he made dies for the first coinage
of money. the pine tree shilllngs. In 1854
he built the first fire engine. to the order
OF the selectmen OF Boston 1.-THE first ever
built In this country: in 1861 he built a
forge and entered upon the manufacture OF
his Improved scythes nine years before his
application was granted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14

country in the battle Of Bladensburg. and
for many years lived at 10th street and
Pennsylvania avenue. Many relatives re-
side here.
In 1914 George Grant, carpenter. was
located on Virginia avenue. and he too.
Is represented at this day by grandchildren
The Venable family long in tin and sheet
iron workers and almost constantly repre-
scented among the gunners of the navy,
came on Virginia avenue and 18th street
about ninety years ago and some are yet
living there. William Hebb. who in 1914
was on X street near 9th street, was the
progenitor OF Col. Hebb, a well-known
marine officer. John Hodgson. who in the
twenties lived near Mr.. Hebb. was en-
ployed IN the navy yard. and the father or
the late Joseph F. Hodgson. He. too. was
one of the four heavy men of the section
tipping over 300 pounds, and was known for
his handsome features, fie figure and genial
blacksmith on X street employed in the
yard, but in after years was a justice Of
the peace, police magistrate and assessor
under the old corporation.
In the thirties Thomas Bayne was keep
ing a shoe store on Sth street. Matthew
Trimble a wel-known grocer on 1th
street, and H. NJ. Coombs had dry goods
store on 9Th street. John Bright and c. E,
H. w. Franklin. sailmaker. on 18th street;
James Tucker, prominent blacksmith, and
Osborn Turner. on Virginia avenue.
Some Of the Residents.
In the forties ]. A. Goldens tavern. F. S.
Walsh's drug store and residence, Stani-
laus Tench's grocery at Simms stand, 8. E.
Smiths boot and shoe store, Thomas Nokes
painter, and Robert Middleton, A. F. Buk-
ley, ]. Howard. Joseph Ropeth. barber.
were on Sth street; ]. w. Forrest, John
Davis and James Crandle, on 18th street:
John Cook. blacksmith. R. Clark's carpen-
ter shop and John Bohlayer, butcher. on
9th street, the latter at l street: Miss
Dykes w. Bush Mrs. Patterson and Mrs
Bradley were on X street. Thomas Thorn
ley. then keeping a shoe store on X street
and living on l street. A. Catalano.
ship carpenter and A. Camillius, MUSICIAN.
were on l street; Mr.. Robb., blockmaker:
John Peake. afterward master painter in
the yard. and Mrs. E. c. Bulley were on
Virginia avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14
Trolley Hospital

A community In which nearly q per cent
or the population was constantly in the
hospital would probably be considered 81
poor place 10 live in. unless one were a
physician or a surgeon. Yet a big trolley
COMPANY mas to accept matter or
80 'he conditlon OF caring constantly
IoI this percentage of Its cars IN the hos
as NJ - Anu. though the average passenger.
as ne siiues along to his destination prob
doly thinks that car simply has In h,
constructed and put on the rails TO go AL
most indef1nately, as a matter of fact few
uo,iey cars I'VE much beyond fifteen years.
ana In the course of their short lives tina
chances are that they will have TO be prac-
tically rebuilt several times. Their motors
Tor instance. which may be said to cor
respond to the heart in human beings last
only ten or twelve years
Row large an item this hospital work
ior troHey cars amounts to is shown Inv
the report of big public service corpora.
lions like the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany which spent for this purpose last year
according TO its accounts 81 655. 622 O. This
was. next to the wages of trainmen the
greatest expense OF the company. one OF
the newest of the trolley hospitals ia
that of the Public Service CORPORATION of
New Jersey. on the Plank road out side OF
Newark. The various buildings of this
piaht cover eleven acres of ground. and in
IL over 300 men are employed-a large corps
OF skilled physicians and nurses whose sole
duty 1t is to look out for and combat the
various diseases and accidents which n trnI
ley car Is heir to-
Though. like hospital for human beings
the trolley car sick house. Is kept bright
and Clean the atmosphere of stiffness as
ISOLATED with the ordinary hospital is fla
GRAVITY lacking The place roars and vi
Drates with great whirring of machinery
great banging OF hammers a great clank-
Ing of heavy cranes.
or the 1900 cars operated by the Public
Service Corporation I'm North Jersey al least
12o are always in the hospital Every car
must come at least once year for a gen.
eral overhauling. whether there is any
thing definite the matter with 1t or not
In the big cities, where the wear and tear
Is much greater. cars must go to the hos
pital as often as every six months. In ad-
dillon to its big repair shop however. the
little shops or emergency hospitals scattered
along its lines. where small defects can be
remedied and first aid" given to the in
jured car.
But there comes a day when the trolley
car enters the hospital for the last time
BY then II will be laughably out of date
type, for electrical transportation is ad-
vancing with such leaps and bounds that
new style OF car comes In with every few
years So the "old" car Is showed totter-
ingy out to the "boneyard" and decenty
cremated. A little TO the north of the Pub
lie Service car hospital Is the boneyard-a
great pile Of ashes and>rusty metals where
from sixty to hundred cars are burned
in a year. The ashes remain in the heap
indefinitely. but the metal parts are sold
to the junkman. That Is the ignominious
end of the trolley car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14
Missouri woman says:

Missouri woman says:
While getting the grip and while my
stomach irritable ! could rot eat anything
without distress. l found / could take dish II
Grape-Nuts with cream good milk and feel bu't
up like had eaten u full meal. and yet have nonn
of the unpleasant effects of indigestion. I wish
people knew Its worth
1t seems to trained nurses and physicians
could use it to such good advantage. II is really
the most nourlshing and easily digested food |
tried"
GrapeNuts food Is recommended by physi-
clans all the world They know II contains
the delicate particles OF Phosphate OF Potash Oh
tnined from the field grains. This is tie element
Nature combines with alhumen OF the food 20 build
the soft gray substance in the nerve centers and
brain, In the human body The effect is. In some
ways. Ike a stimulant. but does not wear or, for
IL Is natural rebuilding.
Grape-Nuts can be made into a great many dr.
ferent and paIatHble dishes. AS an illustration:
A most delicious mock pumpkin pie can be made
from peNuts after the following recipe: Pour
boiling water over n cup Grape Nuts let stand 10
minutes add eggs. 4 Tablespoonful of sugar
coups neet milk, teaspoons OF ginger 1 tea
spoon mixed spices. Stir slow ere until thor,
oughly boiled. Bake pie dough in deep pan When
done, put In prepared Grape Nuts. return to oven
and brown. Read ''Tbe Road to WelIyills" In
pigs. There's . Reason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14
Cannon Balls Of Stone.
hIladelnhia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
On either side of the entrance to the
Naval Asylum. on Grays Ferry road, Is
an immense stone sphere measuring about
twenty-five inches in diameter. There Is
legend that these were used or intended for
use In Turkish mortar. "the largest piece
OF ordnance in the world"
These balls were given to the institution
soon after its founding by Commodore ].
ID. Elliott who obtained them during
cruise on the frigate Constitution in Euro
pean waters. An inscription on one of the
balls relates that they were obtained on the
Asiatic side Of the Dardanelles, and 1t Is
within the realms of possibility that the
Turks may have intended them to serve as
shot in a mortar. 1t Is also more than
probable that with sufficient powder TO
project them the stones would have been
badly shattered.
Commodore Elliott presented them In
1873 and ever since then they have orna-
mented the entrance and mystihed curious
visitors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14
SCIENCE NOTES.

Concrete telegraph poles coming into
very general use in sections where those OF
wood are not SO readily accessible, and In
some locations they are very economical. A
metal framework is built up and the con-
crete formed around it. the pole being oc-
tagonal and slightly taperng. At the top
mortises are provided for the crossarms,
which are secured by metal bolts. There
are also mortises for the use of the linemen
in climbing.
Wireless telephony has been installed
experimentally on some of the North river
ferry boats, and has been found to be of
great value in directing movements of the
craft in fog and other emergencies. During
a recent lecture wireless telephone mes
sages We're exchanged between a school In
Charlottenburg and a station in Berlin
A canal system one mile in length has
been constructed for the purpose of convey
ing water from the Nile across the desert,
where it is used for irrigation work
1t is constructed in sections 32S feet long
and 90 feet wide. The sections are laid in
masonry, so as to permit of expansions and
contractions from the changes in tempera-
ture The use OF metal in this manner is
unique and greatly smplified the problem
OF building the canal through the desert
country
The National Agricultural Society Of
France has recently had its attention
directed to a new process of preserving
fruit. which has been in use in England for
some little time and found to be very salts
factory. The fruits are plunged into cold
water containing per cent of a 40 per cent
solution of frmaldehyde; after ten minutes
immersion they are arranged on screens.
where they drain and dry. In the case Of
the soft-pulped fruits of which the whole is
eaten ike grapes. cherries. plums. etc,
they are dipped for five minutes in pure
water on taking them from the formulated
solution Before putting them to dry. But in
case of hard-puped fruit which pared
before eating. like apples and pears, this
second washing is not necessary. The
formic aldehyde disappears almost COM
pletely. and the 40 per cent formaldehyde
the antiseptc power of which is well known
destroys fungi bacteria and other micro
organisms on the surface Of the fruits
which are the agents of the putrefaction
and decay.
Reports from France are to the effect that
electricity may supplant drugs in the ca
pacity OF an anesthetic. What is called
electro-narcosis is being developed by Prof
Leduc Of Nantes which Is said to produce
complete insensibility without any Injurious
results whatever. He has conducted expert
ments sufficient to demonstrate its value
A current of from six to eight volts COM
pletely deadens the brain Of . rabbit, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14
The Long Wait.
From Harper's Weekly.

TfVh weekly
Bill Nye when young man once made
an engagement with a lady friend OF his
TO take her driving of a Sunday afternoon.
The appointed day came. but at the livery
stable all the horses were taken out save
one old. shaky. exceedingly bony horse
Mr.. Nye hired the nag and drove to his
friends residence. rhe lady let him wait
nearly an hour before she was ready, and
then on viewing the disreputable outfit
fatty refused TO accompany Mr. Nye
Why. she exclaimed, sneeringly that
horse may die of age any moment"
Madam. Mr. Nye replied when I ar
rived that horse was a pranclng young
steed."