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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24

edge. One of these small batteries
produces sufficient current to operate
one-half horsepower motor for the
same indefinite period as it burns a
lamp.
The value of this invention and its
revolutionary effects on the electrical
world is incomprehensible. Its use for
light and power on automobiles and
boats will not only eliminate the diff
ficulties of the present gasoline en-
CINE, but make it less expensive to
operate.
A company with a capital stock of
100000 has been formed with Mr..
Young as president. The stock will be
put on the market in $40 shares for
sale this week, and it is expected most
of it will be taken by local capitalists
to purchase a site for its factory and
proceed to manufacture these batter
les for light and power
Batteries are now being completed
for the purpose of exhibiting this new
invention at Louisville. KY, during the
Southern Electric Exposition, the mid
die of April. and at the Alaska-Yukon-
Seattle exposition this coming sum-
mer. The company has already re.
ceived orders for 100000 lamps. which
they expect to be able to fill within
short time.
Mr. Young. the inventor, has work.
ed continually on this one battery and
lamp for more than three years and
it was not until few months ago that
his ambition was realized by produc-
ing the electric current.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24

Grand Rapids, Mich, April "a
Electricity generated in your own
home or factory. Electricity at a NOM
inal cost. Light for the miner, light
for the farmer. Power in abundance
for the automobile and electric
launch. This is what is in store for the
world if the invention of Philip Young
of this city makes good as he con-
fidently predicts it will
When seen at the offices of the
Wireless Electrical Appliance in the
Murray building yesterday, he gladly
demonstrated his power of producing
sufficient electricity to light an ordi-
nary electric lamp with a small bat
terry no larger than an ordinary tum-
bier.
The invention is that of a generat-
ing battery composed of chemicals
and minerals, the action of which,
properly concocted, produces electric
energy of sufficient quality to light
electric lamps and operate motors. A
battery generating enough current to
light an ordinary incandescent lamp
of 16-candle power weighs less than a
pound and can be placed in the base
of an ordinary table lamp. Another
unusual and wonderful quality of this
battery is its life. One battery has
already been burning for two months,
night and day, lighting a 16-candle
power lamp continuously and with no
perceptfble diminution of current.
The length of time that. this current
can be generated is a matter of con-
lecture as time and experience afford
the only means of gaining this knowl-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24
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| John Thomas. agent at Coolidge is
visiting his brother Charles of the general
| offices.
| Work on the Washburn college sewer
has been commenced by w. w. Gilmore,
the contractor
Huge Andin was this morning fined So
| in police court for riding a wheel across
the state house grounds.
A tract meet between Baker university
and Washburn college is in progress this
afternoon at the Washburn ball park.
A tennis court large enough to accommo-
date six simultaneous games is being con-
structed at the corrIer of Hunton and Blu
chanan streets.
OF the 40 Christian Endeavor societies
In this district, which is composed of five
counties, over half are in Topeka today
for the convention.
The saxophone quartette of Marshans
band will play two numbers in the olio at
the knights of Columbus minstrels FRI
day night. April 30
T. F. Doran will read a paper before the
Saturday Night club tonight on Injunc-
tons. Mr.. Doran is an authority on this
particular branch of Jurisprudence.
An attractive souvenir will be issued by
the Commercial club in connection with
the program to be given to delegates to
the State Sunday School convention May
IS to Z.
A great crowd surged around the scene
Of the Central hotel tragedy all during
the day attracted to the spot by the
strange force Of the tragic and uncertain
ty in human life.
Great red letter signs are expected to
appear on clothing stores in the course of
the day from the scene of the fire down
TO the river bearing the notice of mann
moth fire and water sales
number of prosecutions for failure to
comply with the fire escape are threaten
ed. The fatalities Of this mornings fire
might have been avoided had these prose-
cutions commenced earlier
John Landgraft, one of Garden City's
enterprising land agents. passed through
Topeka today with two Garden City men
or his way to Frankfort where he has a
large deal pending in which his compan-
ions interested.
Prof s. j.. Hunter. state ento1noiogist
gave an address before the Shawnee
County Alfalfa club at the Commercial
club rooms. Prof. Hunter is an alfalfa
expert, and his address wars confined to
the culture and protection of the popular
forage plant.
movement is on foot among number
of the local fans to make a holiday of
the opening game of the season, closing
the stores for the afternoon and giving
the clerks chance to swell the attend
ance. The Commercial club should take
this proposition under consideration.
But for two brass handles which are
not yet ready the new patrol wagon is
finished and equipped for service The
patrol Is virtually portable prison and
as big as q moving van 4 spacious steel
wire Enclosed top with a rear door locked
and operated by a lever at tho drivers
to conduct prisoners safely to the station
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MARSHALL'S BAND.
Program 10 Be Given at the Auditor.
ium Sunday.

The program for Marshall's free
band concert at the auditorium at 3
p. m. Sunday is as follows:
/. March, The Commander-Hau
2. Overture. Semiramide-Ros
j. Christmas Song. Chanson de
Noel-Beaumont
4. Baritone Solo, Love in IdIeness
Mr.. d. G. Kline.
D. Waltz. Angels Dream-Herman.
6. Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rus
ticana-Mascagni (By request.)
Z. Spanish Serenade, La Paloma-
Yradier. (By reouestD
s. Caprice, Garden of Love-Asch-
9. Selection from Carmen-Bfzet.
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Members of Valiant lodge. No. Xxx
IA of

You are cordially requested to ar
tend the social entertainment to he
given by the lodge at Castle hall on
Monday evening. April 26th Bring
your families and friends
BENZ. BARNUM, X. of r. & &
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Kansas and we want to help you all
we possibly can "Glad to know that
you have a lot of fine prospects that
you expect to close this week. and if
there is man in Kansas capable of
doing so, it is certainly McAvoy," and
others.
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AT THE CHURCHES.

Kansas Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church. John w. Woldron. pastor.
Preaching at II a. M, subject, "The
Child the Church's Opportunity
Evening service p. m, subject "a
Trembling Governor"
North Topeka Baptist church in the
morning. ''The Gospel of a Merry
Heart" in the evening 1.-THE Secret of
Perpetual Youth The chorus choir
will sing. Preaching at East In
dianola Monday evening.
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If my memory slowly answered the
reluctant witness, serves me rightly
'One moment. interrupted the cross-ex-
amining lawyer. please remember Mr..
Slick. that your memory is under OATH
Chicago Tribune.
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Items for the East Topeka column may
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OAKLAND GOSSIP
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Items for the Oakland notes may be left
az the Iowa Grocery or telephone to Ind
phone 1751l
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New cement floors are being laid in
the prison stable today and other i'm
proyements viii be made in anticipa-
tion Of the entry of the new patrol
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
Making Cigars.

In the cigar factory the bales are
opened as needed. The tobacco re-
quired for the days workds first DAMP
ened and then goes TO the shippers,
who remove the stem and mid-rib Of
the leaf. The leaves are classified into
wrappers and filters, and turned over
to the cigarmaker, who, with no other
tool than a knife, cuts out his wrap
pers, shapes the fiber In the hollow Of
his hand and deity rolls the material
into finished cigar There are cigar
making machines Int these are emf
ployed only for making the cheaper
grades of cigars from domestic to-
bacco 1t is a peculiar fact that de-
spite the wonderful progress Of me
chanical contriyances in all lines Of
manufacture, the better grades Of
cigars are made to-day exactly as they
were a hundred years ago.-Bohemlan
Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
PITCHFORK TINE IN HIS LEG.
Man Carries Forgotten Bit Of Steel
for Twenty. Seven Years With
out His knowledge.

81 Louis-For q years three inches
OF pirchlork prong has been embedded
in the flesh of Dusan Nedin, a Hun.
garian leather worker. without his
knowledge. The discovery was made
at the city hospital
Nedin was admitted to the hospital
suffering from an aneurIsm OF the
tcrmoral artery.
Interest of the doctors was at once
attracted to the case A study was
made Of Nedins case The patient
was submitted to the X-rays. To the
establishment of the doctors the shad.
owy outlines Of a foreign substance
was shown IN the aneurism at Nedin's
thigh The patient was questioned
through an interpreter. After being
prodded with questions and racking
his brain Nedn remembered that
when boy OF ten years his brother
accidentally stuck a pitchfork in his
leg. This was in far-away Hungary.
The wound bled at times. but soon
healed. The operation OF ligatiEg the
aneurism was performed and the
piece Of steel whicn gave rise to the
trouble was removed
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
MODEL CITY ORPHAN
Burrage. Mass. Abandoned and
$4,000 Tax Overdue.
Place Started Only Three Years Ago
by a Multimiliionaire with Great
Rush Of Industries, Now
Lacks owner.

Boston The selectmen, tax collec-
.or, constable and other officials Of
Hanson have been prying for months
into records. interviewing people, and
cEun employing detectives to find an
owner for Berrase, town in Ply
mouth county But no owner has
been fond, and now the residents are
Cooking to one man TO solve the veX.
ing problem Tor them.
That man is Albert c. Burrage. a
mutlmillionaire For this town. now
an orphan among the villages Of the
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
WRITE LETTERS TO YOURSELF
Advice for Getting a Grlp,on Feeln1s,
Adapted for the Quick
Tempered.

Fuzzy mindedness is just as likely
TO attack our feelings as il is our
brains, Feelings tend all the time to
be vague and irresponsible; they must
be subjected 10 the same clearing pro
cess as our thoughts; they must be
sifted, Judged, criticised The thing
| must try for is the ability to "exter-
nali2e" my feelings ana Judge them
squarely. The best rube / know for
getting a grip on them is this, Put
them on paper" Maize a written
statement OF your feelings not for
the literary benefit OF posterity, but
for your own profit ris hit here and
now, Take the case of sudden anger
The stimuli toward shutting the jaws
tight and closing the hands go out
instantly from the lower brain But
remember the formula. Get a sheet
of paper. take a pencil. and write
down the cause of your anger, wheth-
or II be justified or not. and what
appears to be the best way Of treating
it.--From Or Luther II. Gulick's
Mind and Work"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
Wonderful Longevity.

One of the most curious instances
Of longevity Is found in Miss Louisa
Courtenay's Notes on an Ocaogeua.
rian" A witness In a will case in
which Bellenden Ker. the great Eng
fish conveyance. was engaged, was
asked If he had any brothers or sis
tors He replied that he had had 'one
brother who died $50 years ago The
court expressed incredibly, and docu-
mentary evidence was produced in
support Of the statement. This showed
that the witness father, who married
FIRST at the age OF 10. had a son who
died in infancy The father married
again at the age of IS, and had a son
who lived to appear I'm the witness box
at the age Of 81 and made the above
startling statement.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
And All unreceipted

Lord Granard, at one of the many
dinner parties that preceded his mar
riage to Miss Ogden Mills. said Of the
impoverished nobility of the old
world.
What a German friend Of mine said
OF his family is true of too many fam1-
lies
My friend was a graf. was visit
ing his castle on the Rhine He showed
me there one day many proofs Of his
races antiquity
Dear me I said. sitting a yawn.
l had no idea YOU went back 50 far
He pointed proudly to an odd steel
bound chest OF black oak.
Why, my boy said he. I've got
bills in there dating back to the
twelfth century"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
GOLD HUNT SCARES POLICE.
Negro Couple Who Believe In Dreams
Burrow for Bullion in the Cellar
Work In the Night.

Roston.-Four police officers of sta
tion No 5 delyed to the bottom OF .
supposed murder mystery in the eel
lar on the house at Wentworth place.
South end, the other night,
Picks and shoyels were employed
and hlisters were raised, but the
bodies OF the victims failed to ma
terialize. Instead, the officers learned
that dreams Of buried treasure had SO
worked upon the minds OF occupants
Of the house that they had burrowed
for gold ingots, silver bricks and
chests filled with bullion. Nocturnal
hours had been employed in the quest,
so it was small wonder that other
parties living In the house who dis.
covered the grave diggers" notified
the police and brought on the fasco
Mr and Mrs Elliott Pratt apparent.
ly believe in dreams, say the police.
They are negroes, and when Mrs
Pratt recently dreamed three nights
running that there was treasure
buried In the cellar of their abiding
place Mr. Pratt decided 10 investigate
The couple called in Rev Mr. Gordon
of the negro Baptist church, in order
that he might participate in the good
things which were to accrue.
The little party went to work In the
cellar and dug a trench ten feet long
four feet wide and eight feet deep
While they We're at work the sound
OF the implements reached the ears
of George Walker, who also lives IN
the house. Walker went to the Gel
lar, moving stealthily, and saw the
trench and the workers without their
noting his appearance. Visions of
foul murder entered his mind, and he
Informed the police
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
TAX Of 81 PER
YEAR ON AUTOS
LEVIED BY HOUSE BILL 666 SiGN-
Ed BY DENEEN LAST
NIGHT.
ALSO SIGNED OTHERS


Special TO the Bulletin
Springfield IN, June 10 Governor
Deneen signed number OF bills %.
night, among the chief of which wa.
house bill Number 6G6 which provides
that automobiles shall pay a tax OF 81
per year, in addition to tho license
fee required when the license is is.
sued. This bill, il is estimated. Will
bring in an annual revenue of $50 100
into the state treasury the first year
1t Is in effect. and a largely incraas-
ing revenue each succeeding yeaI
Other important bills signed were
as follows: House bill Number 10.
creating a commission to investigate
the mining conditions CT the state
aud report to the next general assem-
bly, a revision cf the state mining
laws, and appropriating $4,000 for
The expenses ot commission. The
commission is To consist of three coal
opera ~, three mi.er and three
other persons all Of whom are to be
appointed by the governor.
House bill number Ggq apuroprts.
tins $4,000 fer the expense of q
Joint commission to investigate the
necessity of adopting a tuberculosis
test House bin number a22. prohib
ltins any one rot now practising
such business to become registered
before engaging in the business of
barber and creates board OF three
BARRIERS House bill number iSS pro
Fiding for the establishment anal
maintenance of a laboratory for the
production Of hog cholera serum and
other biological products for free
distribution to the live stock pro,lu.
GERS of the state, and appropriates
$3d.oeo for building ana salaries.
Senate bin number 273. providing
that any municipality OF less tnan
10000 inhabitants, duly organizer
can levy and collect tax from foreign
fire insurance companies for the ben.
eft OF the organized fire department
senate bill number $50, which pro
y!des for the licensing Of stations
a2d the medical examination of them
every three years TO see that they are
free from disease.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
!: NEWS Of THE RIVERS !
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The river marked 1926 feet on the
Cairo gauge last evening showing a
rise of 3 of a foot in "a hours
Rising rivers Were reported yester-
day from points above here as fol
lows Pittsburg IL Cincinnati IA,
Louisville IL, Evansville ., Terre
Haute &, Chattanooga 5. Johnson
sonville Z, Paducah 8, ST Louis 3,
Chester 3.
TIL Joe b. Williams passed up the
river yesterday morning with tow
of empties.
The Pacific No. came up from
the lower river with Two barges Ct
lumber
The T. H. Davis from Joppa, took
back two barges of lumbr
The Vernie Mack with a show boat
passed up the Mississippi
The Dick Fowler was in and out as
usual on good time. She will be the
2aducah packet
The Fred Hartwsg CAME out from
DeKoyen with four barges and fuels
of coal.
The Minnetonka from The upper
Mississippi passed south with four
barges of stone for river work.
The John A. Wood came out from
ST. Louis with four enpties.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
IOWA MANUFACTURERS
In Meeting gat Davenport Endorse
Stand Of Senator Dolliver and
Cummins on Tariff.

Davenport Iowa, June l0-Tht
Iowa state Manufacturers Assoc.a
tion today adopted resol : ions en-
dorsius Senators Deliver and Cum
Minis for the stand they are taking r.
The tariff discussion Officers were
elected as follows:
President, George Turney Fair.
field: Vice president. j. n. Jenkins.
Fairfield; treasurer S. ". Mercer.
iowa city: secretary. c. A. Wright
man. Dcs Moines.
II +. Miles, of Racine. Wis. was
the pri.cipal speaker at the banquet
tonight The next meeting will D.
held "a Marsaalltown.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
rapioca Cream Without Eqqs.

Soak in water till soft three round.
ing tablespoonmls OF pearl tsploca.
Put one pint of milk, one-half tea,
spoonful OF salt and the soaked tapi.
oca. with the water in which it soaked,
in a double boiler Stir often until
boiling TO prevent the tapioca from
Jumping. then only occasionally till 1t
gets thick. Then add sugar to taste,
about onp.half cup, and continue boil
ing till the consistency Of heavy
cream. This usually takes about iva
hours. When done remove from the
fire, flavor with one teaspoonful of
vanilla; stir in teaspoonful of but
ter II desired. and serve cold.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
ALLOWANCE NOT RIGHT WORD.
Writer objects TO Term Applied to
Sum Wife Shall Receive from
Her Husban

An allowance Is mighty fins thing
when man knows just how much is
coming in, but | don't like that word
allowance Who are you 70 allow
your wife to have money? You endowed
her with II as soon as you married her.
It's Just as much hers as Yours. In the
partnership she and you are equal-if
you married the right sort of woman.
Allowance. Just due would be bet
ter Give her her just due the first OF
every month and relieve her of the hu-
initiating necessity OF asking so selfish
creature-perhaps ! should say
thoughtless creature-as you for
money
I've talked with good many wives.
and they don't like To ask for money,
Many Of them do not realize that they
have a perfect right 10 #, while some of
them have too much spirit 10 ask for
what IS their due
The trouble in most cases is that so
many husbands have the lord and mas
ter idea Of their position, and they like
10 feel that IT IS for them TO say what
disposition shall be made of the money
that they earn.
But remember that in the great mid
die class, OF which American life--I say
American life-is largely composed the
wife works as hard as the man does.
and, while he does work for which an
other pays him she does her work
from love; and so. If he's decent fell
low, he will never force her to ask
for money; he will be glad to share it
with her. Charles Battell LOOMS, In
Smiths
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
ALL EFFORTS FAIL
To Stop Rush OF Waters Through
Lock al Sault ste. Barie--Emer-
gency Dam Useless.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich. June To-
All efforts to stop the rush Of waters
through the Canadian canal lock here
today failed, The movable emerge ey
dam was forced into place except for
he last one Of its big wickets, or
leaves Then it was discovered That
the frame was racked and bent and
probably will have 10 be raised and
straightenei 1t is the general opin
ion that it will DO necessary, event
ually, to build dam by dumping pig
iron into the cacal,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
Town Gets It's First Church.

Hawthorne. Nev.-The corner stone
of the Methodist church. the first
Christian place of worship in this
town. was laid the other day. A town
OF 500 persons. prosperous. formerly
the county seat, and i'm the heart of a
rich mining district, Hawthorne never
has had church. The only religious
edifice has been a Chinese joss house,
which was practically abandoned
more than a year ago. Several years
ago Goldfield succeeded in taking the
county seat aawy from Hawthorn
one of the arguments being that
Hawthorne did not have a church"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
Immigration AND
ITS PROBLEMS
FORMING ABSORBING TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION AT CONFERENCE
ON CHARITIES YESTERDAY
ALSO YELLOW PERIL.

Buffalo, June l0-Immigration. with
all its involved problems ard the
question of just how far the vested
authorities should go In breaking ug
or sustaining the integrity of families
where vice and crime exist. Offered
absorbing topics for today's session
ties and Corrections
ne yellow peril" caused a Slight
furry in the section devoted to i'm
migrants but the debate was acri
monious at times. and ended with the
best feeling among the delegates
The speakers today included W. a
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
Removing 5corch.

An old negro laundress is RESPONSE
Bile for the following cure for bad
scorched places caused by too hot
irons: \ half pint Of vinegar ia put
on the stove in a porce'aiHl.ued sauce.
pan To this is added -hc juice OF a
large onion aad two ounces of fullpr's
earth. The mixture IS boiled for five
minutes. strained, cooled and bottled
In removing The scoroh a little OF
tie mixture is put on a clean white
linen rag and rubbed over the scorched
place until it disappears Several I'D.
plicatiuns may be- necessary.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
Yesterdays River Forecast.

The Ohio, at Evansville and Mt
Vernon. will rise during the next sew
eral days. At Paducah. will continue
rising during ~ TO "a hours. then fall
for Sc hours. At Cairo, win con
time rising during the next As hours.
The Wabash, at Mt Carmel, will
continue falling for "a hours. then
rise.
The Tennessee, at Florence and
Riverton, will continue fallig during
the next as hours. At Johnsonville.
will begin falling tonight
The Mississippi, from below s.
Louis to Cairo, will continue rising
during the next As hours.
MONTROSE w. HAYES.
Local Forecaster.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
Tornado Plueks Geese.

Mattoon, Caught in the furious
b'ast Of a tornado which swept farms
six miles souuwest of this city the
other afternoon. seven geese, swim
ming on a pond on the farm Of F. NJ.
Thomas. were plucked clean by the
wind. swept up in the air and blown
into the haymOw Scarcely a feather
VAS lett On the birds when Thomas
found them after the cyclone had
passed
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11
TAFT MEETS DEFEAT.

Washington. June l0-After sue
cession Of recent golf victories Pres.
ident Taft today went down 10 de.
feat. the president and General Ed.
wards losing by up to Senator
Bourne OF Oregon and John Hays
Hammond