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The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
ILCvE MEASURED BY MACHINE
It Will Be Patented by Man Who De cIares That if Records Psycho-
 logical Attractiveness.

San Francisco-A mechanical ar. engagement which he terms love machine," and which he declares will measure tbe strength of human affec- tions between lovers, friends or rela. tives-which will correctly tabulate the amount of resistent will power of any individual. and which will also tell to an infnitesimal fraction the amount of psychological attractive ness eXerted over a person by another has been invented by Charles Tru- dow. a mechanic, who lives on Jones avenue. Elmhurst. Trudow has applied for letters patent upon his contrivance and is seeking capital with which to start love machine" factory.
 The machine is termed ''physty- mograph" by Trudow Its powers are such that the human emotion termed love is drawn into it when two per sons grip pair of handles, not unlike those of an ordinary electric battery. A dial which connects a contrivance of springs and wires registers the amount of affection the two persons who grip the handles have for each other. If there is no love between them the dial hand remains motion less. According to tests by Trudow it's only fault is that it cannot tell the full amount of love between some extra sffectionate couples. The ma chine will not measure the affections of two men-the dial hand remaining motionless, as is the case when there is no love between men and women.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
ANIMALS AT SCHOOL
Not to Learn, But to Instruct
 Young Chicago Pupils.
Bugs, Frogs, Puppies, Kittens, Mice and Other Dumb Candidates Ad- mitted to IncuIcate Taste for
 Nature Study.

Chicago.-Kittens, puppies, pigeons, chickens, rabbits, squirrels, guinea pigs, Japanese mice, white rats, tad poles. salamanders, turtles, toads, frogs, birds, bugs, ants and bees are some of the new pupils which con- mittee of principals and district su- perintendents appointed by Mrs. Ella Flagg Young has decided to admit to the Chicago public schools.
 At the head of Alice in Wonder land"-or was it "Alice in the Looking Glass ?"-Lewis Carol describes a court scene in which the jury box is just such strange little menagerie as this. The idea was one which ap- pealed powerfully to the imaginations of children.
 Acting on the same principle, th> school authorities have decided to give the youngsters in the kindergarten grades this strange conglomeration of school companions. They wish to in- culcate in the children a taste for na- ture study and they believe this the best way to do 1t.
 With natures living handcraft be- fore them, they feel, the youngsters interest will be quickened. In time they will come to know their grote sque schoolmates as well as they do the little boys and girls who study with them, and from this will come not only knowledge that will be useful, but humanity toward all living crea. lures which will make the lives of flu. ture generations of frogs, tadpoles, mice, turtles and even salamanders better worth the living.
 The list of the dumb candidates for kindergarten work has just been made out and will be submitted to mass meeting of the principals to be held with Mrs. Young. It is expected that all of them will be allowed to matri. culate.
 In higher grade of the kindergar ten work the children will take up the feeding of caterpillars and the study of the habits of crickets and spiders. The report in which the strange roster of kindergarten pupils is suggested says:
 ''The kindergarten should aim to de
 
 and of interesting plays with nature material, also the sense of affections ate kinship with all living things"
 Short excursions should be taker. often, especially in the spring and fall. The purposes of these excursions should be to see trees. flowers, grass and to have motor and sense expert ence in connection with them, such as feeding the roughness of the bark, the coolness of the grass, and so on; to gather pods if possible, to play with shadows and sunshine, to watch the clouds, to feel the wind and play with 1t. There should be many plays with lights and colors, blowing soap bub- bles, using reflected and refracted light and transparencies."
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
SNAKES CHANGE MANS VIEWS
Pennsylvania Farmer Puts His Hand Into Nest of copperheads and
 Stops His GrumbIinq.

York, Pa.-Farmer William Tracey changed his notions about the weather when he reached into a nest of six copperhead snakes in removing an old stone fence. in Dover township. and promptly resigned from the Knockers club.
 Before the adventure of hIs hand Farmer Tracey's remarks at the East mount village store were those of a weather pessimist. He opined that 1t was unseasonably cool and that crops would suffer if a hot wave did not soon come along.
 However. if that particular hot wave for which Tracey hankered had been there when he put his hand into the copperheads' nest, 1t is probable they would have been active enough to have made Tracey the hero of a different sort of reception. As 1t was, the six snakes were too sluggish from the chill to move with their summer alacrity.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
Thirty Tons of French Garden to
 Be Transported.
Plants Undisturbed While Earth Sur. rounding Them Is Removed From Reading to Birmingham
 Farm Demonstration.

London.-Some thirty tons of French garden, heavy with plants as well as golden soil," are being removed from Reading to Birmingham
 The garden. which stood in a corner Reading, Is the best educational model yet seen. In its new site in Marley park, close to the bandstand, 1t will cover a strip 16O feet in length, and a good three days work will be spent in setting 1t up and, so to speak. naturalizing 1t. The garden will be opened by the lord mayor and lady mayoress of Birmingham. who were originally interested in the scheme by MT. Chance-like his cousin. Sir Jo- seph Chance, one of Birmingham's notable benefactors.
 The model Is described as "educa- tional," designed to demonstrate the continental system of intensive cul- tivation," and as a demonstration it is not less chaming than 1t Is edu- cational
 Everything Is to be transferred just as 1t is. and not one plant of the many thousands will be disturbed. The frames and cloches and open patches of ground are to demonstrate the growth and progress of French gardening as we'll as the results; and for this reason all the spectators will follow one path in one direction, so that they may pass with the explan- atory lecturer, as 1t were, from Febru- ary to November.
 First, they will see bed in the ma king, one part pit, one part heaped ma nure, one part completed with soil and frame. Next comes a row of frames in which three crops are growing cheek by jowl-lettuces. carrots and radishes. This Is succeeded by row in which four crops are growing to- gether, the fourth being caulihower.
 From the frames you pass to the cloches under which the seed Is first sown. making close green mat. Next are the cloches where these seedlings are pricked out at even distances, showing how the cloches feed the frames. At this stage the first part of the year is completed. The sue ceeding beds and frames illustrate how the soil Is used yet again for the later part of the year.
 This is perhaps the most novel and interesting part of the demonstration The variety is most striking. One of the late beds is filled with cabbages. between which again is a double crop of radish and endive. These cabbages,
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
HAWK SWooPS DOWN ON HAT
Carries Of chantecIer Headgear of Jersey Miss and Drops It Into
 Passaic River.

Singac, N. J.-While on her way downtown Miss Margaret McPhail had an exciting experience with a huge chicken hawk. which made off with her chantecler hat.
 When near the schoolhouse on Pompton turnpike, she first noticed the hawk lowering over her. but high up in the air. The bird, after circling about and swinging nearer and nearer to her. suddenly swooped down on her head and seized the hat
 It fluttered and pulled at the head. gear. while Miss McPhail screamed. Two girl friends ran to her assistance. Miss Minnie Hartdorf reached her bird. but the hawk Tapped his wings wildly several times. striking Miss Hartsdorf in the face and blinding her for the time being.
 Miss McPhail was so frightened that she sank to the ground. By that time the hatpins had worked loose and the hawk flew away with the head gear in its claws. When over the Passaic river the bird evidently dis civered 1t had made a mistake and dropped the hat. which fell into the water.
 At that moment Howard Jackson of Montclair, a member of the Sun nyside Canoe club, came around the bend of the river in his canoe. Some men called out to him to secure the hat, which he did and returned 1t to the owner.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
TREASURE IS MYTH

the purchaser of codex that he has been humbugged. However, sometimes great deal of harm is done by an interruptions man getting posses sion of so-called codex. He Is enter prising enough to turn his purchase to good account as far as he is con- cerned, but those who have been fool ish enough to believe his plausible stories will find that the Montezuma treasure is no more than a fable-is, in fact, a swindle. Probably no one knows Mexico better than do it's na- tives and nowhere are traditions and the like better preserved. In view of these facts it would be more than strange that the Mexican should sell information as to treasures when he could lift the hoard himself"
 Asked what he thought of the codex now said to be in the possession of an American by the name of T. A. Kenyon. MT. Palafox expressed him. self to the effect that in all probabil- ity it was no better than other docu- ments of that kind, and that quite often a so-called codex was well enough executed to even deceive those familiar with the subject.
 "A great deal of harm has been done to Mexican investment oppor- tunities by ancient mine and hidden treasure swindles," said MT. Palafox. No sane man should take any stock in either. Mexico is we'll stocked with Americans who do nothing else but exploit their countrymen on the other side of the Rio Grande. This also applies to some of the rubber land and colonization propositions. Americans ready to invest money in the republic should first put themselves in touch with the Mexican government. Doing this will save them money and disap- pointment."
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
Matador eets Much Money.

San Antonio, Tex.-According to Jose del Rivero, manager of the City of Mexico bull ring. who is now on his way to Spain, where he will book bull fights. the highest salary ever paid 8 matador will be given to Antonio Fuentes during his performances at the Mexican capital next September.
 Fuentes will appear four times. and for this will receive the sum of $40,- 900. or $10,O00 for each performance. This Is higher remuneration than is given to the greatest operatic stars.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
Delinquent Chicago Urchin Testifies to Good Done Him by Forward
 ing Gold Piece.

Chicago-Ten dollars worth of den tistry. supplied by the Children's Day association has reformed a delinquent Chicago urchin into an honest, indus trious boy. A five-dollar gold piece re ceived in Chicago the other day proves the transformation
 Joseph Bejlovec, sixteen years old a Bohemian boy, Is the hero Of the story. Bejlovec was until a short time ago a delinquent youth, spent most of his time lodging the truant of ficer and the rest in mischief of more or less serious nature.
 He was arrested and taken before the juvenile court. There he was ex- amined by the physician attached to the court and his teeth found to be in bad condition. The physician spoke to the court nurse and the nurse told the agent of the Children's Day associa- tion. The association is devoted to relieving emergency cases that appear before the court. and the agent was in- terested immediately.
 She gave $10 to be used in fixing Bejlovec's teeth. As soon as this was done the judge told the boy he would not punish him, but would send him to farm at Scherville, Ind, where he could work and If he were willing to do so could save enough money to pay back the $10.
 Bejlovec went to the farm. The other day a letter was received at the offices of the Children's Day associa- tion in the Woman's Temple. When it was opened a five-dollar gold piece rolled from the envelope. It was from Bejlovec. He said he was working had saved the five dollars;
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
Solves Living Problem.

Indianapolis. Ind.-Living at a cost of approximately 32 cents a day for four years Is the record of Yeoman J. c. Thornton, United States navy, Memphis, Tenn. Thornton was dis charged from the service at the h. dianapolis station the other day and re-enlisted the next day for another term. His pay, during the last four years. was at rate of $75.5O month. or $1.026 a year.
 During the fou- years of $4.104 re- ceived in wages Thornton saved S3,644. The secret of his economic subsistence is that Thornton, being in the navy yard, paid no board, clothing. room nor medical attention. He was not extravagant and did not use to- bacco, did not drink nor gamble.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
Stories of Hidden Gold of Aztecs
 Inventions of Historians.
Greatest Store of Precious Metal Was Found in Imperial Palace and Promptly Shipped to Spain by
 Cortez-Amount Is Small.

San Antonio, Tex.AAccording tc
 Jose Ramon Palafox, a Mexican jour
 nalist, who recently passed through
 there are no hidden Montezuma treas
 ures.
 "No doubt the stories circulated about the hidden treasures ofethe Az.
 tee emperors have their origin in the
 sadly exaggerated accounts of old
 Spanish historians-men who swal- lowed the yarns of the conquerors of
 Mexico and whose judgment had been upset by the few shipments of gold and silver made to Spain shortly after the taking of the Aztec capital" said Senor Palafox
 "The amount of gold and silver in the possession of the Aztecs at any time was comparatively small and in the case of the people consisting of little more than few personal orna- ments. The greatest store of these precious metals was found by the Spaniards in the imperial palace and this was promptly shipped to Spain by Cortez. Compared with the wealth of today even this was a mere drop in the bucket. The statement made by historians that Hernando Cortez sent ship loads of gold and silver to his king should not be taken literally, for in all probability it means no more than that heavy shipments of these took place.
 "The accounts of the Montczuma treasure is merely a counterpart of similar extravagances found on many pages of history. We read of the fabulous wealth of the people of the Euphrates valley, of the ancient Egyp- tians, of India and other parts and so far have never found a trace of it. In their day, no doubt, these people had certain amount of gold and silver, but they never had enough to cause us moderns to call them rich. Dis persed among them in the form of currency. as is the case today, their made very poor showing. Gold and silver, then, as in the case of the Aztecs, were not used at all as medi- ums of exchange or were used only in a very limited way. Rulers paid and received tributes in the form of gold and as rule coverted it into articles of practical value or objects or art The old records show this down to a very late date. The tribute collected by the kings of Egypt, for example. were gold and silver vases, statuettes and the like. We see Rameses reward the services of his generals by hang ing golden chain around their necks and so on.
 Conditions in Mexico when the con- got there were the same. Metals did not figure to any extent as money or its equivalent. In the pal ace of the emperor gold and silver were found in the shape of cooking utensils. toilet articles and wall GOV erings. Perhaps a small store of gold and silver ingots was also discovered and so, no doubt, was a small quantity of precious stones.
 "The so-called Aztec codices telling of the whereabouts of hidden treas Ire are all spurious and are sold to foreigners for fancy prices. It is an industry somewhat analogous to the making of antique furniture and jewels. Of course only he most credulous are taken in and 1 usually one experience suffices to tell l
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
Wet Weather KiIIs Horses.

Pottsville. Pa.-Over a dozen horses died in Pottsville and vicinity the oth- CT day of a strange, new disease which Is said to be caused by the wet weath- CT, and different parts of the country report scores as having died from the same disease. It begins like the mango and soon affects the eyes
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
City Gums Pigs and Pianos

Cleveland is the second city in the United States to adopt the plan of preparing an inventory of all goods and property owned. The first was Lynn. Mass.
 'I believe that the municipal code should require every village in the state to adopt this plau.'' said City Examiner Brown. "An inventory should be made at least once every year. It Is valuable thing for a city to possess. and 1t is businesslike procedure that should be generally fol lowed by cities of the state"
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
LESSON M FARMING

though they have only been in the ground six weeks are already as big as cabbages which were planted last November. Five months have been saved.
 Other frames and cloches contain peas which are already in pod. straw berries which are just ripe. tomatoes set
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
Autos Knock Out skeeters.

Orange, N. J.-Annual report of state highway commissioners declares that oiling of roads to lay dust has had a marked effect on Jersey mos- quitoes. driving them away from resi- dential districts and confning them to tracts where the roads are not treat ed. Smoke and gases from passing automobiles had the same effect
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
WiH Buy American Cattle

There are already two great slaugh- ter yards in thls country-at Birken- head and Deptford. near London-but their capacity Is not equal to the de- mand which any considerable increase in the importation of live American cattle would make upon them.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26
Dentistry Reforms Bad Boy

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The Holbrook news., 1910-08-26

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Evening journal., 1910-12-30
PARENTS GRIEVE
FOR MISSING BOY
Washington Couple Leave Door
Open for POrtman Joseph
Magee

Through the following letter a
heart-broken appeal OF an aged father
and mother has been sent to THE
EVENING JOURNAL. asking for its
cooperation in locating their missing
son, who left his home near Wash
ington. d. c.. on December 10. The
letter as received at the Office of THE
EVENING JOURNAL this morning
follows: -
Brightwood, d. c., Dec. 2S, 1910.
Mr.. Editor, Wilmington, Del.
Dear Sir:-Will you please publish
the following letter in your daily pa
per in hopes that my son will see IT,
He left home December 10th, and we
have not heard from him since. We
fear he is sick and without money To
get back home on. His father and
mother are prostrated with grief as
he was a good boy and he need not
fear to come back home. He is ouI
only child and we love him dearly.
Portman Joseph Magee. If you will
only come him to ease our brokea
hearts; it's so lonely without you.
Please, dear sir, do all you can
through the press to help an invalid
mother and a poor old father, GO years
old and in poor health.
His loving parents,
(Signed) Hugh and Mollie Magee,
633S Piney Branch Road, d. c
Evening journal., 1910-12-30
BROWNSON WANTS
SUPPORT OF FANS

Unless a bigger crowd Of basketball
fans turn out tonight to boost the
Brownson-G Glassboro game In Brown
son Hall the local FIVE may have TO
disband Despite the fact that Brown
son is one Of the strongest fives in
the East and has been giving the local
fans the opportunity to see many
classy teams in game here, the fans
are not showing their appreciation by
patronizing the sport. In consequence
Brownson will either have TO disband
or cut out the big teams. Either
decision would be a blow to the sport
I'm this town and the real basketball
fans are hoping that Brownson will
not be forced into either position
Glassboro is a fast team and will
put up a hard game
Evening journal., 1910-12-30
SIMPLE PROBLEM
FOR BASEBALL FANATICS

taking a toe hold. as he figures th
next ball will be over and he is read
to wallop H. You pause and loo
anxiously TO see who Is the next hi
ter. Holy smoke. you find the fell0
coming up is just as dangerous as Il
one you have at bat If you walk tn.
fellow at bat you will be hissed an
cat-called, but you don't care fc
that You are going to play the strin
out, and why?
Because the next fellow at bat ma
hit a ball hard where one of your n
ieldcrs may be able to knock 1t dow
with one hand and he has a force pla
at every base You have created th
opportunity for a force play by flliD
the bases and you have done right.
II the batter makes a hit longt
than a single II has cost your clu
more runs, but nevertheless, you haS
taken the wise end.
II you have slow man on thir
base. it changes the situation again
| II the pitcher is inclined TO be vii
/ that day you would hesitate about hai
/ ing him pitch out too much. as bis lao
OF control would likely get him int
trouble
One could write all night on cond
tions and circumstances which woul
continually change the character I
this play. There is no given rule
follow and ehose of this kind whel
quick thinking is required and gre'
judgment displayed viii make th
memory OF Buck Ewing, Duke Fare
and Mike Kelley live always. They al
the plays which endear Billy Sullva
and Johnny King to the hearts OF Il
fans
Bill Lange, whom you all remembe
had an effective way OF making tn
play when on third base, and did
better than any one else who ever a
} tempted II that way.
He would hug third base closely VI
til the ball was almost in the catcher
hand and then dash for the plate. Il
would never get so far that he coul
not get back 10 third.
Evening journal., 1910-12-30
MUSICAL TO END
HEBREWS FEAST v EEK

Arrangements have been COM
pleted for musical entertain
ment to be held at the Orthodox Adas
Kodesch Synagogue at Sixth and
French streets, on Sunday afternoon
from 3 to Z o'clock. A reception will
be held from 2 to o'clock in the af-
ternoon when refreshments will be
served.
The Rev. NJ. II. Kaplander, who is
connected with the synagogue will
deliver an Grafton during the enter
tainment and the musicale will also
be under his direction.
The festivities will mark the ter
mination Of the Feast Of the Macca-
bees, or more commonly known as the
Feast of the Candles and Sunday will
also bring to an end the burning ol
candles in the Hebrew dwellings
throughout the world.