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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16

Finishing the interior of the big gas
bag of an airship is one of the most
delicate and important tasks in the en-
tire construction. Our illustration
shows the interior of the dirigible
balloon built by w. II. Dilger, of Gin
cinnati. for entrance in the aerial navi-
cation contests at the jamestown ex-
position. The bag is inflated with air
and the men are working in their
stocking feet in order not to injure the
delicate silk fabric, and have been ap-
plying white soapstone, which is used
TO keep the tissue from sticking to-
gether, as the varnish never becomes
quite dry, but is always little tacky
The segmcnts of the envelope are
clearly shown in the views. These
segments, explains Popular Mechanics,
are sewn together and the seams re-
inforced on the inside with strips Of
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16

ordinary circumstances this ract
causes the image to be blurred. but
as, in this case, only thin pencils of
light are admitted, the rays OF which
they are made may be considered as
nearly parallel and a tolerably good
image of the hole will be formed even
at some distance of the point where
the rays meet. Photographers take
advantage of that property of thin
pencil OF light whenever they use
small diaphragm to get depth OF
focus" Moreover, as the pencils them
selves strike the retina before having
crossed each other, the triangle they
form on the retina is arranged just as
II is on the card. right side up. The
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
GENUINE HARD LUCK.
Opera House Burned Down and Impro-
vised Theater Blown Away.

Talk about hard luck" said c. Mil.
ford Giffin, OF the Players Stock com.
pany of Chicago. the other day to
friend, about four years ago l was
down in Texas with repertoire com
pany, playing all the smaller towns
On our route was the town of Paris,
which we were to play on Wednesday.
We left Beaumont late Tuesday night
and when we reached Paris the next
morning. discovered the town hall in
which we were to appear had burned
down the day before. The village
squire. who was also manager of the
Opera House, devised a scheme by
which we could give our performance
by utilizing a great pile of baled hay
for a stage. We all set to work and
by afternoon had fairly good stage
erected, plenty of chairs In front and
good enclosure made from old car
pets, etc, borrowed from the villagers
Everything was In fine shape, and 1t
was nearing the hour for the show to
begin. when one of those gentle
zephyrs, known only to Texas, came
up and blew away the stage, chairs.
fence and almost the people. Now,
can you beat that for hard luck?"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16

notice a great falling of in the pro.
portion of the letters from young men
to girls that are recalled. take It
that people are getting more careful
about what they say. Then there is
another reason-the telephone. Young
men do not write love letters so much
when they can call their sweethearts
on the phone and have a few minutes
chat with them every day or two In
neighboring city. Still, don't sup.
pose the oldfashioned love letter Will
ever be entirely supplanted."
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
A Word for whlts.1eaded Heroes.

The world will ever have its youth
full prodigies, but with age come rea-
son and experience. The world will
ever welcome youthful enthusiasm.
but the governing heads must be sea-
soned with the years. We can Ill af-
ford to part with our heroes because
the hand of time has whitened the
hair, for beneath the hoary locks is
the seasoned brain that has helped
successfully to guide the course of the
American ship of state.-St. Louis Re
public.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
O,Donanan,a Tact.

A story Earl Stirling. of the Players
company, repeats frequently is Of an
lrishman who prided himself upon
his delicacy and tact. One day when
boy was killed in the quarry where
the lrishman worked, he told the men
to leave everything in his hands; he
would break the news to the boys
mother as II should be done.
He went home, put on a black suit
and tie, and started for the mothers
shanty.
Good mornin', ma'am," he said,
'Tis the sad accident yer boys gold
watch has met wild"
why" said the mother, Tom
never had a gold watch"
Sure. an that's lucky" said the
diplomat, fur twinty tons NV rock
just fell on him"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
NEW STYLE OF PRoJEcTlLE.
Object Has Been to Make One That
Will Not Explode Too Soon.

Projectiles charged with high ex-
plosives that EXPLODE when they strike
the armor plate of a ship sometimes
do comparatively little damage. The
search has been for a device to keep
the charged shell from bursting until
1t has passed through the ships side
and has reached a point where IL will
20 great damage. says a writer in the
Technical World Magazine. Such an
invention is claimed by Hudson Max
i'm, the foremost inventor of high ex-
plosives. And in speaking of 1t he
says: THE offense is bound to win
over the defense. We find II so In all
history, not ONLY of mechanical auto
matics. but in inanimato creations
The active, aggressive animal always
has developed ways and means to
penetrate the interior of all armored
animals. SO 1t is in warfare. The
projectiles of the aggressor smash
through the armor plate of the de-
fender"
At Indian Head recent tests have
been made with the new invention,
and 1t is claimed that II a 13-inch pro-
jectile from one Of the big guns of the
battleship Maine, charged with high
explosives and equipped with the 12-
inch side armor of an enemy's ship,
It would kill every man in the COM
partment where It exploded. The eff
feet of the explosion behind the armor
would be to rip up the cofferdam back
ing and hurl inward fragments of that
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
willie Was plsappolnted.

One day Willie's mother found her
young hopeful holding his pet rabbit
by the ears, says Elizabeth Goodall Of
the Bush Temple. From time to time
he would give Bunny violent shake
and demand sharply: Two plus
two? Two plus two?' or Three plus
three? Three plus three?"
Why. Willie" asked his mother
with deep concern. what makes you
treat poor little Benny that way!"
Well" replied Willie, greatly dis
appointed. teacher told US that rab.
bits multiplied very fast, but thia
dummy can't even add"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
GOOD MlMlcs ALWAYS SUCCEED.
Clever lmitators Of Stars Can Com.
mand Good Salaries.

The retirement to private life of
Fay Templeton. the hunt that Cecilia
LOTUS is making for comedy in
which she will not have to do imita-
tiohs and other movements of the.
atrical stars create new opportunities
for actors and actresses who excel in
mimicry.
That initiating pays can be seen by
the new five years contract that Elsie
Janis has made with Charles Dilling.
ham under whose management she is
to star. She gave up management
that had been paying her $3.50 a week,
aud her only reason for giving II up
she said, was that It was not paying
,her enough salary.
A new imitator in the person of
black-eyed, black-haired girl who
until lately had not been heard Of
has appeared in vaudeville, and her
friends announce with boldness that
is somewhat startling that she is the
real successor to Miss Janis This is
la Belle Blanche. She does one thing
that few imitators have done. She has
omitted limitations of Eddie Foy and
George NJ. Cohan.
Blanche Ring does the initiating for
the Lew Fields company, while Cecilia
Lotus is on that job for the Joe
Weber troupe.
Miss Ring did not do limitations
when she first went on the stage. At
first she sang songs. Later she dis
covered that she could do acceptable
limitations. One of those she does Is
lan imitation of herself singing The
Belle of Avenue A" THE Good Old
Summer Time" "Bedella." and other
songs with which she has been closely
connected in days gone by
One of the newer imitators is Ger.
trude Hoffman. the wife of the man
who wrote much of the music that is
heard in Anna Held's The Partisan
Model"
Henry T.. Dixey Is marvellous
mimic One of the reasons that
Richard Mansfield does not care over
much for DlXey is that Dixey used
90 mimic him continually. He also
used TO mimic Henry Irving. He did
this in London at theater next door
TO the one In which the great Henry
was playing.
At a dinner given to Dixey Irving
said:
III anything should befall me one
OF these nights and | could not get
TO the theater they could send next
door and get the other Henry to play
my part | doubt IL anybody would
know the difference"
Fay Templeton in one OF the old
Weber and Fields shows used TO come
upon the stage just after Lillian Rus
sell had finished singing the beauti-
ful MY Evening Star"
She did an imitation of Miss Rus.
se.. singing that song that used to
make Miss Russell lean exhausted
from laughter against the wings.
Nat Goodwin IS an accomplished
mimic. Many times he has broken
up the members OF the company act.
Ing with him by giving impromptu i'm
itations of them.
Eddie Foy, George NJ. Cohan, Sam
Berard. Vesta Victoria. Ethel Barry.
more. Mrs. Carter and BsrRhardt are
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16

the material This construction pre-.
vents the material tearing farther than
the nearest seam. should the balloon
burst, and gives the navigator
chance for his life. as the gas cannot
escape as fast as 1t would from a large
rent. The varnish used is specially
prepared, every builder having his own
secret formula. and is applied in thin
coats, so the pores of one coat will not
come opposite those of another.
The engine in the frame supplies
propelling power. 1t is of 12 horse
power and weighs 80 pounds. The
hydrogen generator is a big tank Of
5000 gallons capacity and makes 200
cubic feet per hour Cotton twine net
is used to fasten the car to the bal.
loon. On a spherical bag 1t always
has a diamond mesh, and on a dirigi-
BILE square mesh.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
Eewer Love Letters Now.

It's wonderful how few love letters
are recalled through the mails these
days." remarked postofice attache
the other day. II can remember when
scores of swains came in every day to
take advantage of the postal provi-
sions for recalling letters after they
had been mailed. It is not cifiicult to
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16

among the players that are most i'm
itated.
Idalene Cotton who acts in vaude-
vile with Nick Long does an imitation
of Mrs. Fiske that is startling in its
versimilitude.
Fay Templeton said once when
asked why she did not attempt an i'm
itation of a rush light star that hap
pened at the time to be attracting
considerable attention.
my dear" said she. Il don't initiate
dead ones"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16

as well as pieces of the projectile It.
self in every direction, causing great
destruction in that part of TIE ship. 1t
would also smash from the side of the
ship the entire piece of armor plate
which 1t struck. and If the point was
near the water 1t would make an open
ing very dangerous indeed.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
water.softenins PLANT.

According to Power, at Columbus.
O., where the water is excessively
hard. a watersoftening plant with a
capacity of 30.0OO.OOO gallons per day
is being constructed.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
Rreakaae.

Il was hypnotized." said the man
who had been caught in a crooked
deal.
Easier to break your customers
than to break the spell?" sneered one
who had been stung.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
MARBLE SNAPPER.
Saves the Wear and Tear Of the
Small Boys Fingers.

II would hardly be expected that
there would be any necessity OF ma.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16

A.
wife William A. a
fuckers
Lieut.
pursued
New-York tribune., 1907-08-06
MAY PROSECUTE STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Immigration Inspector Finds Eleven Stow
aways on One Vessel.

There was a rurnor yesterday that the govern
laxity OF the captains Of lines in allowing
stowaways get aboard. Eleven stowawaye were
found yesterday on the Russian teamshlp Arconia
when she reached Brooklyn. They taken 70
Ellis Island will probably he deported. II
said that this the first time stowawavs
were found aboard this steamer. Bonhsu q Roye-
said the stowaways not discovered until the
sentative Of the company asked how they
could have succeeded in hiding themselves from
the time the steamer left Rotterdam until it
rived here. He shook his head and said he did not
know The Arconis I'm charge of Captain
Jurgensen and had 23e steerage passengers
Commissioner Watchorn intimatcd last night
that the steamship company would he prosecuted
The captain Of the ship he said. made the
statement that there stoWa ways aboard
Lut have learned from experience with this
line that the word of its cannot be too much
trusted investigation showed that there
eleven aboard who not listed the
ships manifest and of whom any
ticket his passage II is certainly very strange
that eleven could he aboard thus without his
La wing any knowledge OF ii"
The stouaways all Russians amount
each had when discovered by an inmgra ton in
spector Heinrich Appin % cents; Edward
Krisch nothing: Edward Neuman. 35 cents; Karl
Liebeck. nothing; Koref Tinz. 90 cents; .Jakel
tiineWitz 81; Moische Jofe, Is cents. I-eb VoIasz
nothing; Itzchol Gipelowitz S25, Lucher Kohn
so. Michael Volasch. s. 30. The said
they sneaked aboard. Al have diseases. IT was
said that would prevent them from landing in the
regular
New-York tribune., 1907-08-06
BOMB FOR MESMERIST.
Mob Gets after Evangelist IN a
Destructive Manner
BY Telegraph to TIE Tribune.l

Greenwich Conn. Aug 5.-Some one threw a
bomb into the home of Alvah Woods last night
believing that Henry Spilkins, an itinerant Por-
tuguese evangelist. a negro, who has Deen holu-
ing revival meetings near PemberWick. Was
practising magnetism. Spilkins was speaking
there at the time Many who were there we're
shaken burned and cut. Henry b. White,
Prosecuting Attorney to-day issued a warrant
for the arrest of David Norris, who was locked
up suspicion.
The Rev. Mr.. Spilkins has won many 20 ms
way of thinking. Alvah Wood. a farmer, and
Mr. Spilkins's work and the latter held meet
ings after the gatherings IN Mr.. Nooh :
home where he l2bored with those who Had
shown interest but had not been converted.
Last night Sarah jeiard tainted, and when
the report that Spilkins had mesmeriZed the
woman was started the crowd. led by Green
Fisher. demanded that the mesmerism be
stopped Some one then threw the bomb 1t
burst with loud report near the preacher,
sea rring his neck and filling the room with a
gas which made all unconscious for a short time"
Miss Jellard was resusctated and the crowd
fearing that some serious injury had been done
left. Mrs. Burdsells wrist was burned and she
saws she saw the preacher throw the bomb
Others saw that RurdSell threw il.
Tonight a complaint made by Mrs. Eurd-
sell to the town health officer that the minister
WAS practising hypnotism and a warrant for his
arrest was asked for. This may be given this
morning.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-06
l." CRASH INQUEST ON.
Third Arenue accident Subject OF
Investigation by Coroner.

Coroner Acritelli began an inVestigaton Sese
.o,. morning into the cause of the collision Whcn
occurred on the Third avenue ~ at 1c6th street
sreur of No. lo9 Cornelia street. Brooklyn los'
his life and a score more of the other pdssen-
oars yrere injured More than a hundred wit
nesses had been summoned by the coroner; W. VIZ
was assisted in the inquiry by Assistant Dlsric'
Attorney Turnbull .
Tho morning session and part of the AFTERNOON
sassion was taken lip with the examination VI
natronen attached 70 the East lo4tn sueet co,
tion None of them had seen the coiislof- ou' az
had arrived the station soon after II oIIu. -
They told Of the crush on the PLATFORM anu S'h-
at the time and the panic which followed 'le Co'
siOn. - o,d
William A. Hayes, the guard on the rear eL L
Of the front train. which was teieScopeu ny ~
collision. said his train was about TWO i'iiIiHt
late vhen il reached the 106th street station ana
they remained there about three or four minutes &
rrbev were still at the station platform When t'e
other train ran into them. He said he did not see
the train coming and did not know IL war etIs
where near until he felt the shock or tht tol'.
Albert e. HOpwOod of No. $40 West foth Stieo'
a passenger in the front car or the rear 'idi,'' ~
that the crowd in at the time or the ac
c,dent was very boisterous. He said young itai
ian orened two bottles Of beer, which ne passen
around TO men and women in the car anu was
reaching in his pocket for another when ne "as
thrown down by the collision He sa1h man eu
tered the motornan's box when the train was ~
ahout 1os+h street but left II before 1G6th street
was reached. !.
Several others testified 70 the hosteronsheSs oi
,be crowd The inquiry will be resumed to-day at
1910 o'clock
New-York tribune., 1907-08-06
PATCHES NIGHT COtRI.
Acting Mayor McGo7con Enth"aas-
tic, but Refuses to Marry Couple.

Anxious to the night court in operation AcI-
ing Mayor Patrick McGoVan sat beside Magistrate
Kernochan for two hours last night watching the
disposition of cases. He followed the proceedings
closely.
This night court is a grand good thing. saih
Mr. AIrGowan as he left Il heartily in favor
Of f. like Magistrate kernochans quick way OF
doing business | never had the pleasure OF meet
ing him before but il strikes me that he rs a e"od
man the bench
The night court has come to stay. IL VIII ihdhc
neople better. We will never increase the io'e OF
foreisners for this country when they have oeeh
locked in a cell for q trivial offence Solle peop'c
may not believe that the foreigners have feFt'es-
But they have. and they appreciate kindness
1T IS a good thing for the poor people Many a
moor man who would have spent night III a cen
Is discharged and all he gets is lecture from DIS
wife
pontnE 10 bashfui and a buShinE Rl'l'
asked MAGISTRATE Kernochan TO marry the couple
There was only A temporary respite from the rush.
however and Justice kernochan kindly refused
Acting Mayor MCCiowan was next approached.
hut he too refused marry the couple AS the1e
was no one In courtroom willing /" start 'heni
on the road bliss the young man and ms sweet
heart sought clergyman
The lucky man was George =. Thompson, OF No
l. Thompson street His bride-to-he was Miss Kate
cullen Of No ia Kings street. About fifteen per
sons accompanied the happy couple. They though M
II would he romantic to be married In the night
New-York tribune., 1907-08-06

Mrs. Margaret Wilson, aged twenty-five, OF No
I5o West 4gth street confessed in court yesterday
I, having pointed a revolver AZ a negro maid she
had discharged. because the maid VAS inso'Ht ana
refused 10 leave her apartments She appeared be
fore Magistrate Corrtgan in answer 10 a summons
issued to the maid. Nelly Green.
your honor said Mrs Wilson. my maid left
nv home on Thursday night without getting my
permission When she rang The bell on Friday
morning l went to the door and told her that sh@
was no longer in my employ. ! asked her to come
around III the evening and / would give her her
wages She came but when | offered her 3 FOR
rour davs' work she dsmurred. and said she wanted
3 nc she vas employed by the week | thrust
the e in her hand and shut the door IN her face.
.'IIalf an hour later she returned, and when /
onera,l the door she put her foot the threshold
and forced her way in. She used insulting IAN
ruare which / will not tolerate from any servant
She then used threatening ianguag"- seized iny
t,sha,,d.s ,evol,er which lay in a bureau drawer.
and told her leave.
Tho magistrate decided that & was enough for
the maid. and dismissed the case
New-York tribune., 1907-08-06
W4GISTR4TE INDIGNANT
UW Maize Charges against Patrol
men IN Excise Cases.

Magistrate Corrigan. of the West Side court. yes
Ierday said that he would prefer charges against
four patrolmen. In two patroImen, he
said lost their prisoner before he had been
raisned
II IS not unusual when excise prisoner is
brought up to have the officers show they have
evidence present. but the lack OF evidence
unusually fragrant when a bartender in Am
sterdam avenue place was arraigned by Patronlen
Longuet and Brown. OF the West 6Sth street police
station The patrolmen said they thought the bar
tender had sold some beer. but OF It.
The bartender was discharged, but the magistrate
said he would prefer charges against the policemen
While this being heard PatrOlmeD
Flaherty and Mc(1uinness had been standing
around with William Schuster, another Amsterdam
avenue saloonkeeper. When the case called
The patronen have gone and their prisoner was
discharged. the court Interpreter told the nasis-
trate Magistrate Corrigan. not having heard the
case loath TO believe this. but the interpreter
showed him the discharges. filled out by the patrol
men. and the word Discharged written in the
proper place The magistrate sent for the men. and
they explained that so many excise cases where
had similar evidence had been discharged that
they had just filled out the papers that way 10
time The magistrate said he would prefer
charges
New-York tribune., 1907-08-06
REAL ESTATE DOlNGS.
FRONT ST. PARCEL SOLD.
Several Transfers Of Tenement
Houses an Third 4Uenue.

Amos F. Emo yesterday bought No @3 Front ST.
on the southwest corner of Roosevelt ST. a S'N
story brick building. a plot 329xb3x2sSxo't iee'-
Kelley & Connolly attorneys, have bought Tor
a client from Sampson II. Schwarz the three nv nv
story brick tenement houses Nos 1911 1913 ana I''
Sd ave- being the east side of 3D. ave De"
g3d and a4th SITS and beginning p IT. south OF th-
corner OF 94th st. the three buildings toSetis'
making a plot of 7Jx91 Fl. This Is the hrst tiIi7
this property has changed hands in over ten year
Porchor q 60. have sold the five story tenement
house with stores at No so West 39th ST. for MIS-
l.. l.. Cannon. Mary ]. Mcdonald on a plot -0N
100 IT
y A BJrwin e. co. have sold for Moses Harieh
In Guy VI Cicst. for occupancy, the rNe S'"iS
American basement house No 2o1 West itoth 81
Arnold & Rvrne have sold for Benjamin Stre'ii
10 VI ProwIer. No. 1853 3d ave. a four story tehs-
nent house. plot 17-sxl'D f.
John Schnoering sold 10 William Fl Bennett 40
6q2 West End ave a four story American base
rnent house on plot 25s1ll0- The property is given
in part uayment for No 2Di to 2o5 West l"lSt St
the Weldon apartment house -
John PaImieri sold Joseph Canonico No ~
James st four story front and rear buildings. on
plot 25iIx9as IT. The buyer will make alterations
The John Vessel sold 20 James Ciarey No
43S +sth st. a i've story front and rear tene-
rnent house plot 25xlC0 IT The buyer VIII ma h7
extensive alterations.