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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

Mrs Critson--Mra Buffers sec
ond husband looks more enterpris
ing than her first one did,
Mrs. Scallin-Yes. and he is mors
enterprising. her first husband mar
ried her when she hadn't a cent
while the second one waited till her
first husband had made a fortune
and left II TO her.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12
MAJESTIC THEATRE FRI

watch the classified columns l
The Star.
Somewhere there are two I'm
tickets advertised. They VII
given 20 the persons whose nsnn
are mentioned In the ad. TeI
names were picked from the dark
tory. they may be your oss
There Is Always a good show at D.
NGsr: tic. Read The Star classissI
ads and Get the Habit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

why is II that the butcher d
ways sends me more meal thzn
order-neyer by any chance lszsf
complained a young housekeepef i
her husband
Let me give him an order szl
he. and stepping to the telephons b
called up the market
Send me two pounds OF porte
house" he ordered, and say. II w
you can't cut two pounds. make &
pound and halt"
He got two pounds by the NEXT q
livery.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

The moving picture repreaera
ton OF an Indian attack upon i
cabin OF a New England settler ..
thrilling until you noticed that 4.
settler was knocking over The ri
skins with quick firing from hls n
peating rifle. and then you wonaess
what was the matter with hisiegy'
said a theatre goer.
There was another thriller h
which a child was knocked 3as.
by an auto A physician appears,
and he felt OF the ehiids puss.
without taking off his glove n
was a wonder He inclined his heas
20 listen 20 the heart beats. but n
his hurry put HIS ear on the rixh
side. Then be shook his head h
sorrow that be could not hear an
heart beats. and the child must !
dead The scene shifted, and thar
was a snow storm, while In IL
background could be seen hardsps
trees with green leaves a-pleniy.-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

beautiful stage setting aud gorgeous
costumes.
II you think it's any snap 10 be
the stage director OF a stock com.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

EDO you believe the wicked are
pnniahed tn the hereafter
4 hope 80. Two noticed that tho
good usually get II In the neck
here"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

Editor The star There's a lot
.of rot. mere rot, being handed out
10 the effect that Judge ,BuEke Is
the very dear friend OF the iaboring
class
We can readily understand why
bankers. capitalists and UemRnner
.of men connected with thb '1hter.
ests' should be friendly 20 Judge
Burke'B candidacy, for he le a good
wire puller, good diplomat and
bullheaded enough 20 take a gun, II
need be- and shoot at white men
these very same American working
men whom he so dearly Hiova8 II
they are arrayed against Mongo.
lians Yes. you bet
We are not left In doubt as TO
just what he would do. or as 10
whom he would fight for There
are still living in Seattle a few men
who know what he DID 30 when
the working people Of Seattle were
trying 10 rid the town OF Chlnks.
lie then showed Enthusiastically
where he stood Has he ever re
pudiated or repented of the action
he then took? Has her If he has.
We have never heard Of g. Did he
not say he had gun. AND
USED 1T2
Patrick Henry said. II have no
way OF Judging of the future but BY
the past and Judging by the past
I ask. gentlemen. what means this
martial array n Burke was then.
or has a. any time since been lined
up with the interests OF the Amer.
lean laborer what has he ever done
tO prove ~
BILLY PATTERSON.
2O2 Denny way.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

Maggie Mitchell. the great ae.
trees Of half a century ago. IL atifl
living at her home Ia Elberon. y j.
She il II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

Tho trouble with people who can
only talk on one subject is that
thsy always do.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12
I'm the Editors Mail

Short letters from viii printed
when they Of sufficient general Interest
anything anybody long personal malice your
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

Ciarice wouldn't try 10
convince George that you are dead
In love wiih him. Maybe that is
the Kind Of a dead one that won't
appeal % him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

Il told Mrs. De Style that she
looked like Mrs. ID Mile. aud Mrs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12
a MoRp FRoM losH wIaE |,

sid clderpress kin wear hloh
collars now senec he's cot a notch
In 'en fer his Adams apple"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

PA. what II a fayoriteg'
ANY horse that wins when you
haven't any money on him"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

Look Gray Enamelware'
Splendid assortment at a Tat
all round reduction OF Is per
cent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12
STAR DUST

~ Mile that abe looked like Mrs.
De style
"wsllf"
They met last week. aud neither
has spoken 10 nae since
Ever notice that when a man
gets Tat hia hair usually gets thin
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12

for the occasion. but for con
firmation that appeared IN Seat.
tie paper a few days ago. II was
In the form ~ letter from gen.
tlemRn signing himself Kruger.
and lauding Judge Burke to the
skies for having shaken hands with
him during the late Boor war and
aympathizcd with his country in
their struggle for freedom
Everyone knows nov that the
freedom those eHtimable people
were struggling for was the free.
dom 10 tax the larger part Of the
residents Of their country without
allowing them representation and
the opportunity was afforded the
Judge 10 express an alteration In
his sentiments. but cannot find
that he did so Surely this type OF
lingo politician ~ not the material
out Of which 20 make United States
senators Yours truly.
VACUUS VfATOR.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-12
All White Waists Ordered Out 0SC

Pure Irish Linen Waists Fine Sheer Law
beautifully trimmed on front back and sleeves
embroidery. Handsome Tailored Waists in
made In several styles the best lot OF waists
price; all sizes
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15
NEW voRk-CHuCAGO FLIGHT.
MOST FEASIBLE RACE.

planes p p are tilted downward, the
air as 1t is cleft presses on their
top surfaces and forces them to point
earthward. And so they give the
downward direction to the course of
the aeroplane, when the flyer desires
to fly lower.
1t will readily be seen that without
the altitude rudder, A, the aeroplane
would be helpless.
How is the altitude rudder con-
trolled by the areoplanist? The
view in Fig. shows this in the ap-
paratus, C C c. This is peculiar but
perfectly simple device. The rudder
is pushed forward or pulled back by
a long rod. The rod runs from a
crosspiece of the framework of the
rudder back to the steering wheel. 1t
is fastened at the hub of the wheel.
The wheel works backward and for
ward as we'll as turning.
More vital still than the altitude
rudder, and certainly more of de-
parture from all other known meth
DDS of equilibrium, are the stabilizing
rudders or fins, B B. The working Of
these is shown in Fig. 8.
An aeroplane is poised as delicate
ly on its airy even keel as a tightrope
walker on his wire. The stabilizing
fins serve the same purpose as do the
fan Of the Japanese tightrope per-
former. They save the flyer from tip
ping over to one side or the other.
Fig. 8 will show how this is done
The purpose of the arrangement here
shown is to to tilt the one plane up
ward and the oppisite one downward
at the same time.
The control of the planes, B, lies
in the wires C C C. The axis of each
plane lies in the dotted line, A. The
wires, &C, fastened behind the axes of
the planes, tilt them by an upward or
downward pull. The wires run
down from each plane to a pulley at
the corner of the lower sustaining
plane, P. From the pulley they run
straight to the top of the back of the
drivers seat, S. There they are
fastened. When it sways to the right,
it pulls the wire that draws down the
rear of the stabilizing plane out at
the left wing tip. When the seat
sways to the left, it draws down the
stabilizing plane at the right wing
tip.
The wiring, c, runs also up from
the tops of the stabilizing planes
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15
The Value Of an Eye
Witness.
) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The experiment tried by Professor
McKeever, Of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural College, as to the reliability
of the average witness is but the rep
etition of other tests upon more ex-
tended scale and directed toward the
same end. The results also were sim
liar, and they help to satisfy us that
the evidence of the ordinary eye-wit-
ness has very slight value and that
there are few among us who can de-
scribe accurately even the simple
events that transpire in full sight.
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is sent on from the left fin over the
overhead wire and down to the upper
surface of the right fin, which is
drawn up. The right fin is thus made
to present its upper surface to the
wind, and the wind then depresses
the right end of the aeroplane at the
same time that the left Is being
raised. In moment the aeroplane
is righted. The driver thereupon
straightens up in his seat, bringing
the seat back again to the upright
position and so drawing the STABILIZE
ing fins back again to their original
place.
The third of the important con-
trolls of the aeroplane in the air is
shown in Fig. 4. 1t is the side to side
steering gear, the most complicated,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15

Professor McKeever went to some
trouble in his experiment, which was
arranged in imitation of an actual
crime. He drilled three of his stu
dents to perform a ''hold up" and
the little drama was enacted upon a
stage in front of the class. A subse-
quent examination of the audience
disclosed the fact that it was at skies
and sevens as to what had actually
happened. The students were unable
to agree as to which of the robbers"
had carried a revolver or worn rain
coat, and all the other facts were SIM
ilarly obscure. Any one of the wit
nesses could have given an account
of what he believed he had seen, and
no doubt by itself it would have
passed as good evidence, but unfor-
tunately the student who sat next to
him believed himself to have seen
something quite different.
Professor Munsterberg recently car
ried out whole series of expert
ments directed toward the same end,
and the result was even more remark
able He used for the purpose
large class of students whose powers
of correct observation ought to be
above rather than below the average.
He tested them in a great many ways,
requiring them to estimate the num-
Der of colored spots upon a sheet of
white paper, the numbered persons in
room, and the length of a pendu-
lum stroke. The results showed not
only an extraordinary incapacity to
observe correctly, but still more ex-
traordinary difference in the kind Of
incapacity, inasmuch as the estimate
of one student would be ludicreusly
too high, while that of the man next
to him would be ludicrously too low
1t is evident that we must revise
our opinion as to the value of eye
witness evidence. It's value seems to
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through pulleys overhead, and SO con-
meets the stabilizing planes from
above. When, therefore, one STABILIZE
ing plane has its after edge pulled
down by the fitting OF the seat back,
the same pull, communicated by the
wire overhead to the other stabilizing
plane, pulls its rear up. Whichever
way the one stabilizing plane is
turned, the other one is turned oppo-
sitely.
The manner in which this action
rights the aeroplane will be readily
understood. The process is as fol-
lows: AS soon as, in the course of
fight, the aeroplane says to the left,
the driver leans over to the right in
his seat. 1t is the motion that he
would naturally make to find his own
equilibrium. In leaning to the right
he pushes the seat back over with
him. This pulls the wire that draws
down the left stabilizing fms after
part. Thus the fin turns on it's axis,
or in such way as to present slant
ing under surface to the wind. The
wind delivers an upward pressure on
this surface, and this upward pressure
tends to right the sagging left end of
the aeroplane. At the same time the
pull that started from the seat back
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15
FIG. 2.-ELEvAT1oN OF. All >TUDE .RUDDER, AZ

because it is the least important. 1t
needs a second motion of the hands,
which are already busy with the alti-
tude control.
Fig. shows view of the side-to-
side rudder, G. 1t is cleft, and
through this cleft passes a horizontal
plane. This is just a fixed plane,
placed to sustain the weight of the
after end Of the aeroplane. The rud-
der C, save for this cleavage into an
upper and lower part, is very SIM
liar to ships rudder. 1t is note
worthy that this is the only vertical
plane on the whole Curtiss machine.
The rudder G swings on a vertical
axis, a. The positions into which it
may swing are shown by the dotted
lines.
1t is with this wheel, of course, that
the driver turns to right and left,
doubles on his course and makes the
most complicated evolutions.
There are other things that the
aviator has to attend to besides his
VII cCllOu duu oIdblllly SoAlloly vi
course. But they do not require his
ever taking more than one hand from
the steering wheel. There is the
throttle which feeds the fuel to his
engine. 1t is short, slender lever
at his right hand. A brief motion
cuts off his fuel and shuts down his
engine, or lessons his speed or in
creases it. The electric control is in
a little twist-button fastened on the
front OF his seat between his knees.
In starting, Curtiss, after testing
his engine, first takes his place in the
drivers seat, turns on the throttle
and grasps the steering wheel. Then,
while two or three men hold the ma
chine from darting forward on it's
wheels, mechanic starts the engine
with a quick turn of the propeller.
With the propeller going briskly, Cur
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15

big engine. Back of the engine and
behind the big planes is the pro-
peller, x.
In the type of aeroplane now most
developed, the propeller, x, placed be-
hind the engine, E, and the driver, at
s, forces the machine forward in a
horizontal direction. The planes, P,
P. catch the air on their under sur
faces, slightly inclined and conceived
for that purpose. The pressure lifts
the machine in the air or sustains it
there at desired level.
The engine that supplies the power
is a gasolene explosion motor closely
similar to that used in automobiles.
Only slight differences are necessi
tated by the adapting of the engine
to the aeroplane. The controls for
the magnetic and gasolene supply are
placed forward of the engine, at the
drivers seat, S, for he is under the
disadvantage of sitting in front of the
motor.
It is now to be seen how the pro-
heller. X, driven by the engine, e,
sends forward the machine, which is
sustained by the gliding on the air Of
the plane, P P, and the similar plane
under it. There remains to be seen
the more delicate and difficult part Of
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15

complete command of space that dis
tinguish the aeroplane all lie in rud-
der A, the altitude rudder.
Figure is drawing of the essen
tial details of this wonderful rudder.
The rudder is shown from a point of
observation forward of it and to its
left
The rudder consists of two hori-
zcntal planes, p p. They are con-
nected with a framework similar in
shape to the skeleton of an oblong
box. This framework has the planes
p p fer it's top and bottom sides. The
framework hinges at the two ends on
the axis represented by the dotted
line, a. 1t is by turning on this hinge
that the planes are made to act as
rudders.
This action is produced in the fol-
lowing manner: When the frame
work Is tilted so that the fronts of
the planes point upward, the air
through which the aeroplane is adj
vancing catches on their under side.
The pressure of the air on the under
sides of the planes lifts them up, and
SO lifts the nose of the whole aero
plane up, making it take an upward
direction.
When, on the other hand, the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15

tiss gives a signal, and the aeroplane
is released by the men holding it. 1t
starts forward rapidly on its wheels.
When the right speed is reached, Cur
tiss pulls the steering gear back a
little toward him. The aerOplane
rises from the ground The ground
friction overcome, it gains speed rap
idly and rises faster, till it reaches
the desired level.
In descending, Curtiss picks cut
with his eye the favorable spot.
When within some 200 yards Of it
and at some twenty yards elevation,
he shuts off his engine with a move
ment of the right hand. Depressing
the head of his flyer, he glides down
mentum.-Condensed From the New
York Evening Sun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15

flying, namely the work of keeping
the flyer straight and level. Each of
the rudders, A, B B and G, does it's
own particular share of this work.
1t is threefold work, and far more
complicated than the control of auto
mobile, ship or bicycle. All these
travel on a horizontal surface and
are guided only to right and left.
The function of the forward rud-
der, A, Is to turn the course of the
aeroplane up or down. Right here
the tremendous difference between
the aeroplane and almost all methods
of locomotion known to us becomes
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15
HOW AN AEROPLANE WORKS..
AS SHOWN BY GLENN CURTISS
~ Simple Explanation of Flight i'm Un-
technical Terms For the
Average Man.

Inc aeroplane of Glenn II. Curtiss,
an which he made his Albany-New
fork Hight, Is the one from which the
accompanying diagrams are drawn.
Inc Curtiss machine is held to have
proved itself, by the recent fight, the
most advanced type of aeroplane yet
devised in America, possibly in the
world.
The Curtiss aeroplane is shown in
ground plan in Figure l. The aero
plane flies in the direction indicated
by the arrows. A is the altitude rud-
der, perched out at the end of a BAN
boo framework, in front of the driver.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15

apparent. To realize the difference,
it is only necessary to try to conceive
an automobile that one could, by a
turn of the wrist, start to soaring up
ward from the ground. Nothing else
SO free and, complete in the whole
realm of motion, as known to human
experience, exists as in the aeroplane
of to-day, rude and imperfect, COM
pared to it's prospects, as it still pre-
sumably is. And the freedom and
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15

B B, are the two stabilizing rudders,
out at the ends of the planes. G is
the rudder for lateral steering,
perched out behind, as A is before.
P is the upper sustaining plane,
four feet under which lies the lower
sustaining plane, parallel and of the
same shape and size. In front of the
planes is the steering wheel, w. Just
back of w is the aeroplanist's seat, S,
and between the planes is placed the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15
Truthful Bobby.

Mother (reprovingly) - Bobby, I
told you distinctly if Mrs. Jones asked
you to have second piece of cake, to
say No, thank you. p"
Bobby - II know, ma, but she
didn't say would l have she said
would l like another piece, and il
I'd said No. I'd err told lie. '--Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-15
e. FIG 4.-EIEVATION OF SIDE TO SIDE RUDDER, c.

be very slight, even with the best Of
intentions, and we may yet find it
necessary to subject our legal wit
nesses to come kind of test before al
lowing them to testify as to what
they have seen. They may be incap-
able of seeing anything with accu-
racy,-San Francisco Argonant.
Arizona republican., 1910-02-26
Nervous Japan.

It was to be expected that the speech made al Morristown.--Ne New Jersey Wednesday. by Leslie NJ. Shaw. for mer secretary of the treasury. would be provoking to Japan, as reported ir the current dispatches from Tokio MT. Shaw having held high position in the government of the United States. the Japanese are likely tc overlook the fact that he is now merely q private citizen and his opin- ions the opinions of an irresponsible American. MT. Shaw's remarks, to which the Japs take exception, were:
 Japan proposes to dominate the Pacific or make it run red. There is race hatred between the countries You go to Japan to live, and you live where you are told to live. The Japa- nese come here and want to live where they please"
 The decision of congress to author ize two new battleships. more power full than anything afloat, was made public the day after MT Shaw's speech. and this latter piece of news may have a quieting effect on Japa- nese nerves.
Arizona republican., 1910-02-26
Mississippi in the Senate.

Upon the death of Senator Me Laurin. some two months ago. the governor of Mississippi appointed Col James Gordon to fill the vacancy un- til the legislature should elect a sena- . tor. Most of the time since Col Cor don's appointment has been consumed by the legislature in making a choice. After reading the farewell speech de- livered on Thursday by the courtly | old gentleman who honorably filled the position for two months. the peo- pie of the country will regret that , the legislature of Mississippi did not see fit to choose him. From the day he landed in Washington until he made his farewell bow to the senate, Col. Gordon was a delight to every man who had the good fortune to meet him. One of the last survivors of that class which gave the word gentleman" a peculiar meaning in the southern states, Col Gordon. in
 
 Washington, was as unique as Thomas Jefferson himself would appear today. Simple, sincere. unaffected obviously honest and wearing his heart on his sleeve, and as regardless of the pomp and circumstance of wealth as if it did not exist. Col Gordon went about his duties with a level head. His viewpoint of life was no doubt ac- curately expressed when he said, as quoted in our dispatches yesterday:
 'I was born a multimillonaire. but I was never happy until l got rid of my surplus money. l spent much on slaves and the rest 1 spent like a gen. tfeman. and got rid of the entire en- cumbrance. The more I hear of them the sorrier am for millionaires. Why. if there is a fellow in the United States I'm sorry for. it's Rockefeller"
 That Col. Gordon is one of the sanest of men is evident from the keen sense of humor exhibited in his speech and from his fine contempt for the money mad spirit which is leading the modern American to for get that life is worth living for it's finer side rather than the almighty dollar. May serenity and happiness and sound philosophy continue to at tend this rare old Mississippi gentle man until the end shall come to his useful life.
 It is satisfying to know that the legislature. after a long wrangle over the claims of former Governor Var daman and sundry professional poli- ticians, elected a man who is re garded as worthy successor to Col. Gordon. -Col. Leroy Percy, the new senator. was once described by Mir Roosevelt as the finest man he had met in the south Col. Percy is q scholar and thinker, but not poli tician. His prowess as hunter es- pecially pleased MT Roosevelt