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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10

big boys had thrown out three pre-
vious teachers, and he came looking
for a bruiser this time. He attended
the evening roundup of the students,
and made a speech, telling them
what he wanted and that it was no
use to take the school unless the ap-
plicant was able to lick John Tolman,
and he related the experience of the
teacher at the last session of the
school, who had been thrown through
the window, sash and all, and as
Mark Twain remarked upon similar
occasion, he did not need the sash,
but it was handler to take it, None
of the students volunteered.
Gust then I came in late, and DR..
Torsey, the president of the school,
said: 'There's your man. He'll take
your school and he can lick John Toll
man, I'll guarantee"
Mr.. Maxim took the school. When
he applied to the school committee
for a certificate they did not ask him
the usual questions to test his educa-
tional qualifications, but felt Of his
muscle and asked him if he thought
he could lick John TOlman.
"Well," he said, ito make a long
story short, took the school and l
licked John Tolman so hard that he
became my friend from that day on
After his school teaching period
Mr.. Maxim entered the printing and
subscription book publishing business
with an old school friend, in Pitts
field, Mass, where his business rap
idly grew to large proportions, until
in 1888 the profits of the concern
amounted to $4,000. During this
time his firm sold by subscription
nearly half million copies of book
on penmanship, of which he and his
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10

| pound-that is to say, fuel contain
ing in chemical union the oxygen
necessary for it's own combustion, so
that it is capable of burning in con-
| fined space and without atmospheric
! air and equally we'll under water.
1t consists of compound and 70 per
| cent nitroglycerine and 80 per cent
| of gelitinated guncotton. It has a
tough rubbery consistency, and it's
combustion is capable of being con-
trolled with great nicely.
It is made in the form of bars seven
feet in length and seven inches or
| more in diameter. These bars are
sealed into steel tubes and are capa-
BILE of being burned only from one
end, where the product of combustion
or flame is mixed with water by the
flame blast, which forces the water
through an atomizing device, convert
ing it instantly into steam. The steam
and the product Of combustion to-
gether are used to drive a turbine,
which drives the torpedo. 49,. g.,
Mr.. Maxim has also designed a tor
pedo boat to be driven by this same
means, and he expects to obtain a
speed of from fifty to sixty miles an
hour with it, even in a submerged po-
sition, rendering it practically invul-
nerab1e in attack.
Naturally Mr.. Maxim must have
many 1airbreath escapes, working as
he. does among such dangerous COM
pounds.
>'In connection with the expert
ments with the developments of mo-
torite I have had several pretty close
sisting of about 70 per cent nitro
glycerin and 80 per cent guncotton,
| which is combined with the nitro
glycerin, forming a somewhat rub
berry substance.
"The first time I made this mate
rial I engaged an old nitroglycerin
maker and his assistant to help me.
The weather being cold, there was a
roaring fire in a big barrel stove in
one of the houses. My wife, who was
with me, was keeping warm by this
fire. She called my attention to a
big pail full of suspicious looking
LIQUID, which she said one of the men
had placed there to warm, and as he
! frequently returned to stir up the
fire, and as occasionally spark
would light in this pail of liquid and
be extinguished by a very thin film
of water upon the top, she concluded
that it might be dangerous if it should
happen to be nitroglycerin. It was
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
S2.4O PER YEAR.
CALLED FOR SKILL
RAILROAD WORK ACCOMPLISHED
UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
line In Montana Carried 7hrouuh
Though Obstacles of a Stupen-
dous Character Had to Be
Met and Overcome,

General Manager Battin of Winston
Bros. has returned from trip to Taft,
where he made a general Inspection
OF conditions pertaining to the work
done on the st. Paul line., Mr.. Battin
unhesitatingly declares that the work
Is proceeding in splendid shape and is
progressing beyond expectations. The
work at Taft has been accomplished
in the face of almost unheard of diff
culties and exigencies. The labor re-
CURED to carry material over the Bit
ter Root divide has been of a stupen-
dous character and one requiring an
amount Of engineering skill almost
foreign to this western country.
To cross the divide and transport
material over the crest Of the noun
tain, which is 1000 feet above the tun-
mel, the contractors have been com
PEELED to deal with a number of ex-
traordinary conditions Every stick Of
timber which il to be used in the con-
struction of trestles and bridges on
the western slope Of the Bitter Root
mountains must be carried over the
peak, and for this purpose the con-
tractors have been compelled to estab-
lish and maintain an electric cable way
which Is moro than mile long. This
cable way is constructed OF a cable
liz inches in diameter on which is
suspended another cable of smaller
gauge. The latter is connected with
k1@
ranged to run on the larger cable. An
elaborate arrangement Of clutches and
chains are attached to the improvised
trolley and upon these chains is sus-
pended the freight necessary to carry
over the peak Of the hill. The raise on
which the trolley operates is about
LOO feet. All material Is unl0aded at
Taft and hauled by wagons and
sleighs to what is known as the bot
tom terminus Of the cable way and
from this point the material is handled
by the cable line. :
AS far as the St. Paul line has pro-
ceeded through the mountain at Taft
and in that vicinity, there are, all told,
20 bridges and trestles in course OF
construction. These structures range
in height from 125 to 200 feet and from
800 to 500 feet long. The highest of
these trestles make the celebrated
Marent trestle, between Reid and
Evaro, appear almost pigmy in pro-
portion. OF the structures mentioned,
two will be built entirely of steel and
cement. The remainder will be prin-
cipally of timbers. The timbers used
are so large that though the Bitter
Root range has upon it many immense
trees, none could be found Of sufh-
cient diameter to meet the require
ments and 500 carloads Of this ma
terial had to be shipped from the Pa
cific coast.
Workmen are drilling on both sides
of the mountain at the Taft tunnel and
it is expected the forces will meet
some time during the coming spring.
Every effort is being extended in this
direction and a full force of men and
machinery is being worked night and
day:-Missoula (Mont.) Muscular.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
(By Dorothy Richardson.)

Herculean in strength and physical
prowess. Promethean in sublime
courage and endurance, Spartan in
simplicity, Hudson Maxim, philoso.
pher, scientist, inventor, is the hero
of tale of hard won victory over
circumstances that is truly Homeric
in character. Between the cham
pfon wrestler of county fairs and the
discoverer of the ultimate atom" be-
tween the callow schoolmaster of a
Maine woods district and the inventor
of the most powerful explosive known
to science, between the barefoot and
hatless boy who at nine years of age
could neither read nor write and the
man who at fifty-five has, like Goethe,
made practically all human knowl-
edge his own-between each of
these contrasted figures there is a
wide gulf fixed. Hudson Maxim has
bridged them all.
Sitting on the porch of his beautiful
summer home, Maxim Park, on the
western shore of Lake Hopatcong,
one fair September afternoon, the
illuminating philosopher as he has
been most happily called, consented
then and there to tell me the romance
of his success and to what, in his
opinion, that success is chiefly due.
After he had got education enough
to teach school, Mr.. Maxim had many
interesting experiences as a peda-
gogue in the Maine woods and the
mountains.
"The school agent Of East Liver
more visited Kent's Hill, where I was
attending the academy, one autumn"
said dr. Maxim, Ito get teacher for
the rinter term of his school. The
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
LAUGH at Premonitions.

Readers of stories Of premonitions
that tell engineers and other trainmen
that danger hovers over them may be
confident on beginning that the hero,
mo matter how dark may be the out
look, will come out alive and covered
with more glory than mud or coal
dust.
Old railroaders laugh when they
read the stories, and, like the person
who always reads such yarns in the
magazines and newspapers, know
without going through all the details
that the engineer, conductor, fireman,
or brakeman, whichever he might be,
would save the lives of all the passen-
gers or do something else in the hero
line before the end.
Railroad men do have premonitions,
but the ones that fail to come out as
they do in the story books are mostly
forgotten, and, lacking in dramatic In.
terest, are seldom told.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
Railroad Work Pushed.

The rails of the Chicago, Milwau.
kee & st. Paul railway have been laid
through st. Maries, and already freight
is being shipped to and from the town.
The road is being rushed as fast as
possible, and before spring some of
the finest transcontinental trains in
the country will be running through
st. Maries.
Besides the main line Of the new
transcontinental railroad, a branch
road is to be built from st. Maries IN
the St. Maries river and will tap the
biggest belt of white pine timber in
the United States.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10

the force Of impact is about $4,000
foot tons-that is to say, it is equal
to 100000 tons falling a foot, or one
ton falling from a height of $4,000
feet. The twelve-inch projectile
weighs. half ton, so that the shock
upon the plate is equal to that of the
half-ton projectile falling from a.
height Of about twenty miles. Max
Unite withstands this shock without
exploding, which enables the projec-
tile to- pass through the plate to be
exploded by a decorating fuse. Max
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
24O,OOO Miles for Axles,

Not until the locomotive has made
her second trip to the hospital, with a
record of 100000 miles, are her axles
taken from the drivers and replaced.
But on that second trip, regardless of
apparent soundness, not single one
Of these nine-inch steel axles is left
keyed to the drivers. The locomotive
has run distance betting the globe
ten times over and the shock and jar
to nine-inch steel has crystalized tho
metal past trusting longer until weld
ing and forging these shafts over
again make it fit for locomotive
frames.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
Quick Change.

Quick Change.
Fer 2 cents" said the boy with the
dirty face, I'D knock ye down.
Here's de 2 cents" said the boy
with ragged trousers, tossing the
coins at his feet and squaring OF bel
it, durn vel"
"Wot's de use?" rejoined the other
boy, picking them up and backing
away. "Ain't no sense in knockin' a
feller down wen ye kin git de nun
out'n I'm widout dom it. See?"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10

mercury it IS per cent more pow
erful than ordinary dynamite.
One twelve-inch she'll exploded
with it at Sandy Hook before it's
adoption by the government was
broken into more than 10000 pieces.
One of Mr.. Maxim's most important
inventions is new system of pro-
polling automobile torpedoes of the
Whitehead type at a very greatly in
creased speed and range by means of
motorite, self-combustive fuel COM
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
Lucky Future Generations.

Lucky Future Generatlons.
There is saying at Carlyle that
the greatest hope Of our world lies in
the certainty Of heroes being born
into it. That is indeed a glorious GER
tainty, but the reference might be en-
larged. Birth itself, we venture to
say, not of heroes only, but OF the gen
erations in their succession, is the in.
f1nitely hopeful thing. It is the guar.
antee that the world will never grow
old, that 1t will never stand still, that
no halt is to be called in its eternal
progress.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
MISS AIMEE ERRL1cE.

years old. was born and raised to her
present degree of youth in Cleveland
She is not a professional player, but
has danced at amateur entertainments
in Cleveland, where she is great ia
vorite.
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger think that
in Miss Ehrlich they have found an
ideal princess to play opposite Master
Gabriel, who will originate the role OF
Little Memo .--s.. ..~--.-'---
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10

After looking all over the country
for young woman to play the role
Of the Princess in the production Of
Little Memo in Sunderland" found
ded on Winsor McKay's series of pic
lures, Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger have
finally selected Miss Aimee Ehrlich to
be the originator Of this important
role.
- This young miss, who is only eleven
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
scourpe Of Tipping.

In London tipping has become
public scourge. In West End res.
taurant II you pay pounds sterling
for your dinner and do not leave q
fifth OF that sum as a tip, you are
looked upon as a skinflint
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
I<SoU1dER<N EHOPE OF EAz1rd
lRARK SHOWING STONE FER

Unite is so insensitive that melted
cast iron may be poured on 1t with
out exploding it, serving merely to set
it on fire, when it will burn like so
much pitch.
When, however, it is set off by
strong exploder made of illuminate of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
first Illinois Locomotive,

On November 8, 1888, the first
steam locomotive, the Rogers. ran in
Illinois on the Northern Cross rail.
road, which is now part Of tho Wa,
bash aystem-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
The Revival Of the Bonnet.

There is a decided piquancy about
the donning of bonnet by young
woman. One coal scuttle recently
turned out was as high as the tallest
hat that have seen this season. This
may represent the route by which bon
nets will gradually enter again
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
Tho Marriage Bond

Tho Marriage Bond.
The easier it is to obtain separation
and divorce the more careless will
people become in contracting mar
riage. Experience proves this, and if
the purity Of the family life is to be
maintained it will not be by making
light Of the marriage bond.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10

Unusula, Therefore Suspicious.
They say, you know, that
people can be killed by kindness -
Strong-.Ts that why you are 40
attentive to your wtfe's mother?''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
Should Be Popular,

Should Be Popular.
Manager-"What sort of play is It,
q character play?"
Playwright-"No, sir, not a single
person in it has shred of character
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
MT. ;yuHd's Funeral.

The funeral of Albert Dunham Judd who died this morning et the Judd res 'dence on South Main street will he held from the house Friday afternoon at 2.s0 o'clock wifh interment in the In Mernoriarn cefnstery. Mir. JuHd's death was due to aortis ane,rsn. He was 7T years of age and is survived by . daughter, Miss Katharine w, and two cons, George NJ and Albert I. Judd. He was at the time of his death tho only stockholders of the great firm Of H. l.. Judd &, Co.,, bearing the name of Judd. He was an incorporator, d- re+tor and formerly vice-prestdent of the First National bank of Walling- ford. and director vice president and appraiser of tho Dino Savings bank at the time of his death Tn all tho large enterprises of the community Albert n. Judd left his impress. Tn nearly all he took an active part but 1t left him little time Tor himself. In his political affiliations he was strong republican and served on the court Of burgesses and held other offices. giving to the affairs of the people the san,e care and consideration over given to his private affairs. He was a member of the First Congregational church of which he served as deacon since his residence here.
 At c meeting of the directors of tho Dime Savings bank held tonight reso- iutions upon Mir. Judd's death wero passed
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
Tn Nominate Senator.

Char1as H. Tibbits. chairman ot the ,crnmtttee on tho republican twelfth .enatoriai district contention. to.oay ,as,Ied the call for tho convention to be bsid at ths Tontine hotel. in New haven, Thursday morning. September ef, at il o'clock. The meeting la for the purpose of nominating a Honator rom the district comprising tho towns pf Walingford. Pranford. North Ha Fsn, hamden, East Haven. Madison. North Branford and G'blford.
 Without R doubt this convention kIl ba the f1veliest in several years. Five avowed candidates ara oIlt for the norntna<ton and lt ia whispered there ape one or two dark horsas. Among the republicans who ara striving for Inc nomination are Judge Arthur W. Mareden of Madison. e1-senator Dwight Tuttle of East Haven. Repre- sentative Edward Griawold of Guil- ford. Frank M. Stiles of North Haven. and Representative Frederick 1T. Rolf of Gutlford.
 The way things look at tho present time Frank Stiles of North Haven will probably land the nomination, His fel- low townsrran, Robert 0. Eaton Ia backing his candidacy. Judge Mars den of Madison is another who stands a good show of getting the nomlna- ton. He has given ths district a thorough political canvess and will make strong fight for tho nomna- ton, The nomination is considered as good as elected.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
NALLINGF0RD NEWS
republicans to Have Big Rally This Evening-Carpet
 Bowling.
,nec,n, ,yournnl-courler News ser,Icc)

sperinI Journal Courier News servIceo
 Wallngford, Sept. f6.-All Ia Tn eadinees for tho big rally of the re- mblicans to be hold tomorrow evening Thursday and all indications point 0 record breaking attendAnca' United States Senators Frank Brandc- zee of Now London and Morgan c, sulkoley of Hartford will be tho speak Ire of the evening and endeavor to rlve clear outline of tho political ssues of the day. All republicans arc larnestiy requested to meet at tho Co. x armory at I o'clock and act ns alt lscort to Senator Bullteley, who will Irrive on tho 7.S4 train from New Fork. Senator Rrandege6 will arrive wallinsford on tho b:a5 train. The procession will bo headed hy the Wal tngford National band and will march rom the depot to the residence or Drank A. Wallace in South Main street md from there to the republican club fooms where the handsome new cam raign banner will bs raised across Main street. There will he red Are, IlSy rockets. etc. and big timo Is as- mred. After tho banner is swung into he air tho exercees in the opera house will be carried out. Warden Charles H. Tibhlls will preside as pres hent- Addresses will be delivered by Inc two distinguished statesmen pres sill
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
KING FELICITATES SULTAN
Edwards Anniversary Telegram Is
 Scnsaiionally Friendly.

Constantinople. Sept. i6.-A telegram sent by King Edward to the sultan of Turkey on the anniversary of the lat ter's accession 10 the throne was made public to-day and produced a decided sensation on account of the strong frlendiness of It's tone. The message evidently was intended to offset the advances made to tho sultan by Emper- or Williams. After formal congratuld- tions. King Edward said
 There fig every reason to hope that under the enlightened direction of so eminent 8 grand vizier your majesty 2 empire will have q peaceful and pros porous future and that tho venera ton of posieriiy will he secured for your majeshty."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17

A very pretty wedding took place this evening at the p1antsville Congre- sational church when Miss Ellen daughter of Mir, and Mrs C, w Bush nell. was married to Drurie Bristol of Cheshire. Miss Lillian Bushnell, sis- ter of the bride, was maid of honor and tho Misses Pauline and Ruth Bushnell acted as bridesmaids The Rroomsman was George steel of New Haven.
 Tho bride was beautifully gowned in robe of embroidered messaline trim med with Irish point The maid ot honor wore French lawn over green and carried bunch of sprinseri. while tho bridesmaids were attired In gowns of white batiste and carried golden rod. The flower girls were Miss Helen Bristol of Hartford and Antoinette Bushnell Durwood Nichols of NauHa- tuck was ring bearer and tho ushers were Arthur Bristol and Irving Gul- ford of New Haven and Reuben B latchley and William Bushnell of this place Julius Neuman of New Ha- ven presided at the organ and the cer- emony was performed by Rev. ] B. Focht. D. D.. the Episcopal ceremony being used The church was beautiful ly decorated with golden.rod and elem atis After the ceremony was perform cd a ceremony was held at the home of tho bride which was very tastly dee. orated. Mir and Mrs Bristol will re- side in Cheshire after short wedding tour
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
IN PROBATE COURT
Two Inventories and Two Wills in
 Yesterdays Work.

Two inventories were filed yesterday afternoon In the Probate Court, One was that of Mary r. Barnes, the total amount of which was set down as 4.47s45. The appraisers were George L. and Linus Barnes The other in ventory was that of Eliza o'Keefe which amounted tc t',l7ooa John Courtney and George Fl Cook were the appraisers
 There were two estates offered for probate yesterday also One was that of the late Sarah Jane Arthur in which the husband. Henry Arthur ia made executor and the other Is that of Chrlstiana M. Waas This estate amounts to about sio,ooo
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
IaAH af Rest.

There was a large attendance at the funeral of Mrs Mary !. Roach which was held from. the Holy Trinity church this morning at o'clock with burial in the Holy Trinity cemetery, Rev. Michael IT, Callahan of Jameshurg, N T said the requiem high mass and during the services Miss Annie Calla- han rendered "some Sweet Day" and James J. Kane sang. Thy VIII Be Done" The church choir rendered Nearer My God to Thee" as tho TO- mains were being borne from the edi- f,ce, Tho pail bearers were Edward J. Callahan John F. Callahan, John O'Keefe. F. J. Hogan, William Roach and David Roach; flower bearers Maurice J Barry. John Carroll, Frank Hayden, Martin Paden, John Barry, Joseph Farley and r. F. McMahon of New Haven and Timothy J. Callahan, There were many beautiful floral trih- utee
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
SOUTHINGT0N.
Special Journal-cour,.r New. Service,

NspeCihi JVuruhi-SvutleT NsWs SeTVNeO
 southneton, Conn, Sept. is.-Mlss Jessie Hammond, aged 75 years. and daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Frank liar mond of Vermont avenue. died this morning after short illness of typhoid fever. She had just returned from a vacation in Vermont and took sick the day following her return From the outBet 1t was known that she wss suf- fering from a very malignant form of tho disease and Dr. osborne ot New Haven was called Into consultation. He gave very little hope of recovery. The deceased attended tho public schools m SoUthington and later grad uated from tho husnesa college in New Britain. She then accepted s position az stenosrapher In tho office of the Cheshire Button factory. where she wa5 vary popular On account Of the suddenness of the death the news came az shock to her many friends in town Besides father and mother sh~ is survived by a sister, Miss Fife. who is employed in the Finch X Laity Co as bookkeeper. The funeral will he held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and in- terment will be in oak Hill cemetery. Rev. Mir Knesal of the Methodist church will officlsts,