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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04
A SILENT FIREARM.
Son Of Maxim Patents Device Which
Makes Shooting Noiseless.


A ''noiseless gum for which Hiram
Percy Maxim, son of Sir Hiram Max
i'm, who invented the machine gun
which bears his name, has just been
granted patent, threatens, in the eyes
of experts, to revolutioniZe the world
Of arms. BY the device the discharge
OF rifle or revolver is rendered practi-
cally noiseless and. with smokeless
powder, military experts assert, may
lead to the entire equipment of the ar
mics of the world
Mr.. Maxim, who resides at Hartford,
Conn, asserts that the discovery of the
silent firearm" really was an accident.
resulting from his study of the prob
lem OF silencing the explosions incl
dent to the running of an automobile.
The principle involved is similar to
that Of the automobile muf1er, the re-
port being prevented through the ac-
ton of a valve which allows the gas
to escape gradually, with only a silent
Kissing sound
By this device. which does not alter
the appearance of any weapon except
for small crosspiece near the muzzle.
the escape of the gases following dis
charge of the explosive is shut off Just
as the bullet emerges from the muzzle.
This result is obtained by means of q
valve operated by the pressure of the
gases sliding across the bore immedf-
ately after the bullet passes.
Preventing the gases from escaping
suddenly and provoking consequent
loud report, this valve allows them to
issue gradually through series OF
small holes. thus obviating all noise
except slight Kissing sound. Am
munition of any kind may be used.
Military experts assert that this
weapon holds the power to revolution
lie modern methods of warfare. By
its use skfrmishers could work along
an enemy's front and shoot down pick
cts without their presence being noted.
Sharpshooters would be enabled to
pick Oft men without reports betray-
ing their positions. The extended front
OF an entire army, masked, might op-
crate with tremendous execution be-
fore its position could be defined.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04

weren't the fashion in Boston in the
best Of weather, and on raw day a
man with limp, wet buster on and wet
linen trousers sticking to his legs was
something to provoke smile. He
walked into the superintendent room
and said:
"'Here I am
1.-THE superintendent eyed him from
head to foot and said:
"'Who are your
"Tom Edison
"Who's Tom EdisOnY
1.-THE young operator explained that
ne had been. ordered to report for duty,
and the superintendent told him to sit
down in the operating room. His adj
vent had created much merriment, and
the operators guyed him loud enough
Tor MIN to hear them. He didn't care,
though. Several hours later a New
York sender noted for his swiftness
called the Office, and there was no one
to take him.
Well. let that new fellow try him,
anyway said the superintendent
Young Edison sat down and for four
hours and half wrote out messages
in a clear, round hand, stuck date
and number on them and threw them
on the floor for. the office boy to pick
up. The time he took in numbering
and dating was the only time he
was not writing out transmitted words.
Faster and faster licked the instru-
ment, faster and faster went Edisons
fingers, till the rapidity with which the
messages came tumbling out on the
floor attracted the attention of the 9th.
er operators, who, when their work
was done, gathered around to witness
the spectacle. At the close of four
hours and a half and the New York
business there flashed from New York
the salutatioaS
Hello,
Hello, yourself!' licked back Ed
ison
"'Who are youy ratified into the Of
fee. Is
Tom Edison was tucked back.
Shake. Tom Edison came over H.
wires. - Is
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04
HUMAN SIDE OF JIM HARGls.
How Il Was Revealed When Pho
tographer Snapped the Feudist.

tographer Snapped the Feudist.
Judge Jim Hargis. the Kentucky
feudist and king of Breathitt county,
who was recently killed by his son,
was first of all vain man. He knew
the extent of his power in the region.
where law did not count until Floyd
Byrd became prosecuting attorney
and it satisfied him. But his vanity
had its limits. Hargis detested photo
graphs and photographers, says E. S.
Inner in Harper's Weekly. His enc
mics say that the reason was not Il
lack of vanity, but that the Breathitt
king did not want his features too
we'll known to the people of other Sec
tons of Kentucky. For years he had
decreed at intervals that no one should
ever take u photograph of him. Dur
ing the feuds several daring photogra-
piers who went to Jackson for the
purpose of swapping the king were
glad to escape with their lives. They
did not return until the eve of the first
murder. The judge knew of their
presence and vowed that his rule
would not be broken OF course all
the leading papers of Kentucky had
photographers at Jackson, especially
to get picture of Jim Hargis. The
Louisville Confessional had sent a
young man named Robert Hooe.
When the day came for the opening
of the trial. the photographers were
lined up along the main street from
the store of Hargis to the courthouse.
The accused waited in the rear of his
store until the hour arrived for court
to open, then covered his features with
a quilt and made his way in that man
ner to the trial.
Several Of the newspaper men
thought that Hargis had won. out and
gave up :, theH attempt for httleatime be-
Ing. Hooe, however, went around to
the rear Of the courthouse and conceal
ed himself near the entrance. +. His
idea was that, while Hargis was bound
to be covered with his quilt if he left
by the front entrance. he might discard
1t in leaving by the rear. This proved
to be the case. When recess came,
Hargis, accompanied by some Of his
men, left by the rear way. The
Courier-Journal man thereupon came
out from his concealment and snapped
the judge before he could hide behind
one of his friends.
Hargis, in a rage, shook his fist and
sWore at the photographer. Several of
his friends, knowing the rule of the
judge, seized the Courier-Journal man
and We're about to smash his camera
when the judge interposed. Don't,
boys. His paper expects it of him,
and l suppose he's got to make liv-
ing" The ice was broken. Hargis
posed for several pictures and was
never reluctant to be photographed
afterward.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04
Sample of His Memory.

Blessed with most wonderful mem
DRY, Mr.. Edison has been able to recall
with absolute exactness intricate fig
ures, even though he had not had oc-
casion to use them in twenty or thirty
years. An example Of this happened
when he was being interviewed recent
~. One of his assistants asked Mr..
Edison concerning certain fluid to be
used in the work then under way. AS
soon as he had explained the trouble
Mr.. Edison gave him the required in
formation. He said that some time in
the eighties, when he was working on
the telephone problem, he had used
fluid composed of so many parts Of
this, so many parts Of that and so
many parts of something else He
gave to the smallest fraction Of drop
the exact amount Of each fluid to be
used.
There is only one sport that has ever
interested Mr.. Edison, and that is fish
ing. In his splendid yacht at his Flori-
da home he has been fishing once II
awhile. He never played .solf or any
other game, but he haA adtNBsA 1lAars
- do 20.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04
Pumped Concrete House.

Among the latest of the great wiz
ards works is the pumped concrete
house. The claim made for this proc
ess of house building is that in half a
day three story dwelling may be con
structed by pumping concrete into
molds at cost so low that any work
1ngman may own his home. Thus Edi-
son reproduces houses-any number
from the same mold-just as he repro
duces the human voice and other
sounds and the movements of men and
things.
Still another of the later achieve
ments Of the wizard is an electric stor-
age battery which, it is claimed, will
revolutioniZe the motor Industry, max
ing it possible for the poor man to own
and operate an automobile for business
or pleasure.
The most striking instance not only
of Edison's persistence, but also of his
systematic methods, is seen in the ac-
counts of the invention of the mean
descent lamp.
The flament gave him the greatest
trouble, and in his search for suitable
material he sent hundreds of letters
to United States consuls in all parts of
the world, requesting samples Of bam-
boos, reeds and other vegetable fibers,
and he followed this up by dispatch
ing special explorers to search wild.
and ssaneivil ized countries Il, AIS
Frank MCGOWAN, one of the explorers,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04
MOVING FULL GROWN TREES.
South Dakota Man Expects Them to
Keep on Growino

With jackscrews and heavy tfmbers
such as are used in moving houses w.
ii. Waters of Miller S. D.. is having
some cedar trees of mature size moved
to new locations. Last fall the trees
were dug round deep down. leaving the
roots in several tons Of earth.
Now that this mass is frozen the
trees are being raised out of the ground
by the whole bulk and carefully set in
another place which was made ready
before the ground froze. 1t is believed
that the trees will start right off in the
spring as though nothing had happened
to them.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04
Lovers Rhyme to Postman.

A letter carrier who delivered a let
ter addressed in masculine hand to a
young woman in the upper section Of
New York the other day happened to
notice an Inscription on the flap of the
envelope which read:
Postman. postman. do your duty.
Take this to my black eyed beauty.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04

jtarrri:,rontly the cases he undertake,
L s~&s the incu-able home without taking
Z ls%5zs II, "ua- This is why he continues his
Wits year after year, while other doctors have
MACE 81 few visits and stopped. DR.. Jones Is
1c diseases, proven by the many cures effected
IN chronie cases which have bafied the skill of
other physicians. His hospital experience and
extensive practice have made him so proficient
that he can name and locate a disease in a few
minutes
Treats all durable cases of Catarrh and Lung
! D .Ieast. Consumption in early stage, Stomach
~,Giver, Kidneys and Bowels, Gravel, Rheu-
matt m, Paralysis, Neuralgia, Nervous, Heart,
Blood and. Skin Diseases, Epilepsy, Goiter,
Appendicitis, Rupture and Rright's Disease
Diseases of Bladder and Female Organs
Absorption treatment given for Cataract and
GranulSted EyelidS.
Special attention given to all Surgical
cases, and all diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose
and Tfl roat.
Gross Eyes Strengthened without pain.
Glasses fitted and guaranteed.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04
Thomas Addison
interesting Career of Great Genils-His Remarkable
Achievements In Electrical Scence-The
Man at Close Range.
Man at Close Range.

said, "a United States consul was usu-
ally eaten before he'd had time to open
much mall Between 5000 and 1000
samples were collected from this sys-
tematic search, and of all these only
two Or three were found to be of any
use. But they were sufficient and re-
suited in the incandescent lamp.
A Geographic Feat.
An incident of Mr.. Edison's early ca
reer, in which he displayed his re-
markable ability as telegraph OPP
orator, is described by a friend
II don't think" said he to a group
seated in the rear room of one of the
most comfortable hostelries of Orange,
N. j., '.that you have ever heard the
story Of how the wizard first came east
He was only young man, careless,
generous. jovial and totally ignorant Of
the value of dollar. He had been
knocking around in western towns in
various small telegraph offices until the
reputation of his wonderful swifmess
as an operator got him into the central
Office of western city. From there he
was ordered to report to Boston, to fill
q vacancy. 1t was warm weather for
the season when he started east, and
he donned linen trousers and duster
BY the time he reached Bostonr the
weather had got cold raw and stormy
He didn't care and reported just as he
was. Linen trousers and buster top
ped by slouchy, broad brimmed hat
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04
His First Check.

KNOW you.
His First Check.
During lunch some years ago the
great electrician became chatty and
told in his quaint way the story Of
his first acquaintance with any large
sum of money
It was in the days when he was
struggling along with his earlier in
ventions and didn't have big capitalists
to back him. In fact, he didn't have
any bank account himself and hardly
knew what one was. Bank checks
were things he had never had occasion
to use and knew little of their value.
Edison had finally sold his patent on
the gold and stock indicator to the
Western Union Telegraph company for
$4,000 and was coming over from his
home in Orange, N. j., to New York to
get his money. He had heard of Wall
street and it's bulls and bears and had
been told that it was full Of sharks
who would fleece a man very quick.
So he made up his mind that Wall
street was very dangerous place and
that if he ever had occasion to go there
he would be lucky if he got away with
out losing his overcoat and umbrella
At that time General Lefferts was
president of the Western Union. One
morning Edison came into the com
pany's general Offices to close up the
sale of his patent. After a few pre-.
liminaries he was given check for
$4,000. He looked at it curiously for
a moment or two and appeared to be
puzzled what to do with it. He knew
that he had sold a patent to the West
ern Union company for $4,000, but he
didn't see any money
Observing his perple1ity, General
EeRerts told him that if he would go.
down to the Bank Of America, in Wall
street, he could get the check cashed.
SO started out" said Edison, latter
carefully folding up the check, and went
toward Wall street. So uncertain was
In regard to that way Of doing bust
ness that thought while on the way,
that II any man should come up to me
and offer me two crisp thousand dollar
bills for that piece of paper should
give him up the check very quick
On arriving at the Bank OF America
he hesitated about entering, fearing
still, that something might be wrong
At last, however, he mustered up cour-
age and determined to try it. He
knew that General Lefferts had told
him he would get his money here, so
he braced ahead and half tremblingly
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04

Negro Banks In Mississippi.
There are ten negro banks in Missis-
sippi, and they recently organised
'Stlte bankers association Of their own.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04
Willing to Give 1t Up For $1,000

The latter scrutinized it closely, gave
Edison piercing glance and said
something which Edison could not un-
derstand, as he was hard Of hearing.
That was enough. He was now more
than ever convinced that his check
wasn't worth $40, 900 and again thought
as he rushed out of the bank with it
that any man who would give him ST.
600 could walk away with the check.
He hurried back to the Western I'm
ion and said he couldn't get any mon
ey. General Lefferts then sent a man
with him to identify him. He said
that "this man is Thomas A. Edison.y
to whose order the check is drawn
'''Why, certainly, Mr.. Edison said
the cashier very obseauiously: Elbow
would you like your S40,0oo-ip what
shane2'
"Oh, any way to suit the bank. It
doesn't make any difference to me so
long as get my money"
Edison was given $4,000 in large
bills. After dividing the roll into two
wads Of $4,000 each he stuffed one
into each trousers pocket, buttoned up
his coat as tightly as possible and
made break to get out of Wall street
as quick as he could The next day
Edison pegan work on his first labora-
tory at Newark, N. j.
Always very jealous Of his time, Mr..
Edison has expected his employees to
be equally careful lest single minute ,
that might yield an important inve1-
tion should slip by. In counseling
young man he said, "The best advice
can give you is, never look at the
Clock
Discouragementa and worry have been
unknown to the wizard. On one occa-
sion one of his associates had to re-
port to him the failure in immediate
succession of three experiments in
volving enormous expenditure of mon
ey and labor. But the inventor simply
smiled at the recital The associate,
worn out with the nervous strain of
his long watch and disheartened by his
disappointment, said impatiently, ''Why
don't you worry a little about it, Mr.
Edison?"
why should 2" was the inventors
reply. you're worrying enough for
two." Il
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04

'"nlch photographs are taken with such
rapld1ty, one after the other, that every
movement of human beings, animals,
machines, water, trees and ANYTHING
that stlrs is recorded, to be reproduced
exactly and accurately over and over
again, just as the human voice is stored
and reproduced by the talking ma
chine.
In the telegraphing line Mr.. Edison's
inventions are numerous. They include
the printing telegraph, the quadruplex
telegraph, the carbon telegraph trans
mitter and others. Edison also invent
ed the useful mimeograph and the
handy megaphone
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04

With all my heart was the reply.
You are the first man in the coun-
Try. said the instrument, that could
ever take me at my fastest and the
only one who could ever SIT at the
other end of my wire for more than
two hours and a half. I'm proud to
know vorI
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-04
Piles, Fissure,
Fistula, Hydrocele

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Detention From Business.
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LATH----No. White Pine
SHINGLES----Pine Red and White Cedars.
ROOFING----Ruberoid and other roofings from
95c to $500 per square.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-04
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-04
REMAINS IDENTIFIED.
Theoaore s. Whitmore, an ex-cOnvi

TheodoreS s. Whitmore, an ex-convict,
=a4 l5-k up 10 the Harrison, N. J e,
jill lsst night, after half dozsn per-
SOUS had identified the body of the Wom-
an found 10 Limp Black Swsmp the
day sfer Christians IS that of his wife,
Lena Elizabeth Whilmore.
A private detective, Sfter several days
work, found that the red dress which
had been ripped off the murdered wom-
en-, was sold by Oppeaheim aud Collins,
10 Fulton street, Brooklyn, and deliver
I'd by them 10 furnished-room house
on Adams street, Brooklyn, kept by
Mrs. Whitmore. She had been mis-.
sing, it vas lesrned, since 4 o'clock on
Christmas Day.
Then it was discovered that Mrs.
Bessie Schmittor, OF New York, was s
sister of Mrs. Whitmores. The police
took Mrs. Schmitter to the Harrison
morgue yesterday. The instant she saw
the body she said it was her sister. She
identified the red dress and the furs
positively. Her husband, Michael, was
,c;:nallg nertaiU, and frieDd Of the
family, Mrs. Edith Mooney, ss$;:d at the
same time there could be no doubt that
il was Mrs. Whitmore.
Mrs. Schmitter said that Whitmore,
who is at present motOrmsn on the Third
Avenue Elevated Railroad, New Ioik,
running shuttle train between Chatham
Square and the Brooklyn Bridge at night,
married her sister, Lena Sslter, fifteen
years ago in Albany. She said that
Whitmore i'll treated his wife constantly,
and had beaten ber at times 30 that her
body was black and blue, Ms. Scbmitter
declared that Whiimore once said to bis
wife:
LENA, If l should kill you some time
they'd only arrest me on charge Of in
saUitY."
William B. Ssl'er, baker of Schenec-
tsdg, N. Y, and Mira. William Hughes,
sbo lives in the ssms place, positively
Identified pictures cf the woman whose
murdered body was found in the swsmps
If Harrison, N j., as those of a sister,
Mrs. Theodore 8. WhiImOre, of Brook
lyn. Mrs. Whiimore, whose maiden
name was Lena Sal.er, was about thirty
d y-ars OF sge.
During their residence in Schnectady,
.ccordipg to statements made yesterday
ny he BIO her aud sister of the dead
Romsn, WbumOre and his wife quar-
eled equenllv, largely because OF the
hu,bsbd's dissips'ed habits.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-04

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-04
WOMAN ATTAOK BOARD

Fifty women of Kirlin, Ind, headed
a mob of indignant citizens last nigh!
that called upon the school board while
its three members were in session, and
demanded their resignation, presenting a
petition at the same time from 1853
property owners that the board step
down and out. The board voted to
postpone consideration of the petition
indefinitely, and Mrs. Harry Cost,
leader of the women, denounced the
members In uumeasured terms As the
crowd reached the street Mr.. Williams,
one ofthe board, appesred at the window.
and WAS knocked down and badly Injured
with a brack-bat. The people OF the
village wish the board to resign and turn
the school interests over to the township
trustees in order TO have new school
house built In the corporate limits.