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Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
How Peter Cooper Invented the Glass InsuIator Which Made Possible the Strinoing of Electric Tel
 egraph Wires Above Ground.

1 told recently an anecdote which was narrated to me by the late Abram S. Hewitt, mayor of New York from 1SS7-1SSS, describing the manner in which his father-in-lew, Peter Cooper, the philanthropist, invented an ap- paratus by means of which it was possible to lay the first Atlantic cable between the coast of Newfoundland and Ireland.
 Mr. Cooper's interest in the electric telegraph began at a much earlier period than the time when Cyrus w.. Field proposed to him and to several other men of capital that company be organized to lay telegraph cable upon the bed of the ocean, so that tel egraphic communication could be es- tablished between the continent of Flu rope and the United States.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
Made England Take Notice

"I am going to write as Yankee Great Britain and which everybody who reads anything at all will be sure to read, he replied.
 But have you enough money to live on while writing and awaiting publication of your writings?' has friends asked, anxiously.
 "T have, replied John Neal You may be sure that it will not be neces- sary for me to borrow or beg while 1 ] am in England
 So John Neal sailed away for Eng land and soon after he got there he wrote a series of articles-what we call personal sketches-describing the first five or six American presidents. These he offered to one or two of the quarterlies which were then the great standards of English critical litera- ture, only to have them declined. At last he ventured into the office of Blackwood's Magazine and offered his manuscripts. There they were speedi- ly accepted, and John Neal received what for that time was a very hand some check in payment for them.
 Moreover, all England read those sketches. it became widely known that Yankee had written them, and John Neal became man of some literary distinction. And whenever he met a prominent Englishman who congratu- lated him upon his magazine articles he would invariably reply in a very kindly way. Well, at last you English people do read an American literary work, and now that we have broken the ice 1 think in the course of time you will read many more of them.
 Tn due season John Neal returned to the United States and was occupied for the rest of his life in literary work. And I think 1t ought to be re- membered that it was John Neal of Portland. Me, who was the first American to compel the people of Great Britain to read an American work. Soon after that all England was reading the novels of Fenimore Cooper"
 Copyright. 1911, by E. J Edwards. All
 Rights Reserved)
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
Department

duced to meet the average purse be- fore long.
 This return to favor is doubtless to be expected after the long run of satin. which is still popular by the way, and nothing, after all is said. quite takes the place of the light silk frock. The new taffeta, which the fashionable French women are now wearing, are in navy blues, deep bright blues, coronation red, royal purple, greens, tans and lemon colors, as well as copper yellow and purple blue
 Handsome frocks have the taffeta used as a foundation with veilings of lace and chiffon, while wonderful eve ming gowns are made from the soft finished light weight grades, though the great vogue of the minute is the navy blue or black taffeta tailored suit.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
|d New News of Yesterday

What, then, has been your experi- ence?' the professor asked
 can state it in a few words, pro fessor,' said Mr. Evarts. I have upon many occasions observed that the first. or upper half of bottle of cham pagne or other spirituous liquor did not begin to have the stimulating ef- feet upon those who drank in my pres- ence which the second. or lower, half of the bottle had upon them; so have inferred that there must be some scientific law which explains why the upper half of a bottle of champagne, for instance, is less stimulating than the lower half
 That is, indeed, an extraordinary fact the professor replied gravely. I am greatly indebted to you for having called it to my attention. I shall pro- ceed at once to make researches
 And the professor actually did not see, what all the other guests readily perceived, that Senator Evarts was making sly fun of him. or that the reason was self-apparent why the sec ond half of a bottle of champagne pro- duced a far more stimulating effect than the first half"
 Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
 Rights Reserved.)
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
Evarts and the Great Scientist

the entire company in this way Sena- tor Evarts took from the cooler by his side champagne bottle which contained perhaps a third of its orig inal contents. He placed the bottle upon the table.
 Professor he said, wish you would explain to us why 1t is that. in the lower part of any bottle contain ing spirituous liquors the greater strength is to be found. In other words, why the upper half of bot tie of champagne seems to be less stimulating than the lower half
 "The professor looked quizically at the bottle of champagne a few mo- mentS.
 That is, indeed, very interesting question; l never had it called to my attention before, he said at last. I cannot at this moment offer more than a surmise in the way of explanation; but I should be happy to make very careful investigation, first, to estab- fish the fact as you state it, and. sec ond, to discover the reason
 Well said Senator Evarts, I think my own experience may aid you in establishing the accuracy of the fact; but, as I am not learned In any of the sciences, am utterly at loss as to the explanation
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
Ereshenina Erills.

Do you wear one of those large frilled muslin jabots with a coat and skirt that look so smart and fresh? There is always trouble about them, because they so soon grow soiled and the laundress tears them all to rags when washed.
 A friend who dresses smartly on small allowance told me how she man. ages. Get five cents worth of pow dered magnesia and keep it in one of those little pepper sifters with holes at the top.
 Whenever you take off one of the frills pepper it all over with magnesia and lay it in a box which is reserved for frills only.
 Before putting it on again brush it with tiny soft brush. Then the mag nesia comes away and brings all the dust and smuts with it.
 You can wear a frill dozen times and it looks quite fresh to the end.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
John Neal of Portland Deliberately and Successfully Undertook to Make the British Read an
 American Literary Work.

My native city of Portland, Me-. has been the birth place of good many distinguished men, but of all ot them I sometimes think am proudest of John Neal" said Thomas B. Reed to me not long after he had resigned from congress and taken up his resi- dence in New York city for the prac- tice of law.
 ''l suppose you have never heard of John Neal; yet in the first half of the nineteenth century he was a volum- inous writer of novels, one of the leading newspaper editors of the country. and a sympathetic adviser to all struggling young writers, among them Edgar Allan Poe. And he was a pioneer of American letters in Eng land. He was, in fact, the first American who made an Englishman read an American literary work, and 1t is because he set out deliberately to do this that I am so proud of him. John Neal died in the centennial year. at the ripe old age of eighty three, but years before that l had come to be numbered among his friends, and from his own lips heard how he set about making England take notice of American writers.
 When John Neal was young man there appeared in one of the Eng fish quarterly reviews the now his toric question: Who reads an Ameri- can book?' That question humiliated many Americans and it touched raw spot in American life for more than half a century. It made John Neal especially angry. By that time he had written several works of fiction or semi-fiction and of biography, and 60 quite naturally he felt very keenIy the slur implied in that British ques- tion
 Well. several years after the ques- ton had been asked John Neal an- nounced to his friends that he was go- ing to England
 What do you intend to do there? they asked him.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

Elaborate and sumptuous effects are not for the little debutante, who is at her sweetest in simple attire. This charming evening coat is made of pure white permo fabric, lustrous, silky combination of wool with fine mohair threads. and the lining Is white satin of soft, rich quality. The coat has the fashionable lines-rath- CT roomy across the shoulders and tapering to a two-yard width at the bottom. On the wide revers, which are extensions at the sides of broad sailor collar. are ornaments of white silk cord.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
Solved Problem For Morse

i Peter Cooper was a personal friend
 of Professor Morse, who invented the
 modern electric telegraph and the
 Morse code system, the fundamentals | of which have been practically un-
 changed to this day MT. Cooper used i often to visit Professor Morse at his
 workshop, which was situated in the ] topmost story of a building that faced l Washington Square, New York city. l One day Cooper said to Professor Morse: How far do you suppose you can carry your wire? For I should | think that it will be very important for the business success of your tele- graph that it be possible to extend it for distance of one hundred miles or more"
 Yes, I understand that" replied Professor Morse. ''I know, too, that it is perfectly practicable to send the electric current intelligibly through the wire for distance of two hundred miles, perhaps more, without relaying. But it is necessary to protect the wire and to support it. I don't see how we can carry the wire in the open air because, first, it will be necessary to support it upon poles or posts, and in the next place it will be necessary, if we do support it in that way, to in- sulate the wire; otherwise the electric energy would be lost, or greatly i'm paired So it seems to me that 1 shall have to run the wire in tubes underground The expense of doing this would be large. and l am some times afraid that it will be so great as to be prohibitive."
 ''I will think about that" said Peter Cooper; and he went away, deter mined to find some method, If possi- ble, which would eliminate the neces- sity of burying the telegraph wires under ground
 It must have been about this time that one of Professor Morse's assist ants, Theodore Vail, suggested to him that he string the wires upon posts or poles. showing that this would be much cheaper method of carrying them. For MT. Cooper called upon Professor Morse one day and said that he was sure he had thought of a little device, very inexpensive, which would make it possible for him to use the wire overhead, instead of under ground
 Thereupon Mr. Cooper asked Mr. Morse to let him have a telegraph wire. When that was done Mir Coop CT took his cane and attaching 1t to the neck of glass bottle which had been broken from the bottle, ran the ! wire through this bottle neck, saying that all Professor Morse would have to do to insulate his wires would be | to get bottle-necks. attach them to | poles, and run his wire through these | necks, and in that way he could carry | his wire to the uttermost limits of the | battery's strength.
 It was. in fact, the device accepted | by Professor Morse, obviating the ex- pensive method of burying the wires; instead of having actual bottle-necks, Professor Morse caused the familiar glass bulb of the tele- graph pole to be made at the glass factory.
 ''In this way" said MT. Hewitt, who told me this incident, Peter Cooper was associated with both the perfect. ng of the Morse telegraph apparatus and with the successful laying of the ocean cable"
 Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
 Rights ReServed)
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

Let the Worst Come. There is nothing worse for man or woman than the possession of too much money.-Emporia Gazette.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09
TAFFETA IS BACK IN FAVOR
Partisan Modistes Have Again Taken Up Material Once So DeservedIy
 Popular.

Best and most fashionable of all materials is our old friend taffeta. At present 1t is used in Paris for tailored suits, afternoon frocks and wraps, and wonderful material it is, being soft in weave and of high luster It runs almost forty-three inches in width and the price is high, from $235 to $27O a yard, but it will doubtless be re-
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

when placed together in a drawer or cupboard.
 For small silver articles. little leath- CT bags are quite sufficient. but in all
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

cases the bag should be large enough to entirely inclose the article and in a measure keep the air from it and so prevent it furnishing.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-09

Most men think they are ambitious because they find fault with their present condition.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06
BIC MAIN ON DALLAS Street


The Eagle was informed today by
Alderman C. G. Walker that 1900 feet
of six-inch mains had been purchased
by the city council and that it would
be laid in Dallas street from the court
house south TO the w. E. Johnson
corner A fire hydrant will be placed
every two blocks, which will give the
people of the whole southern part OF
the city fire protection as well as a
good water supply to the residents on
Dallas street.
1t is the purpose and policy of the
council to extend these large mains,
with ample fire plugs, to every part
of the city just as fast as possible sc
that all will have fire protection.
This is one of the blessings of
municipal water plant. The city car
put in as many fire plugs as they wish
and the cost of installing them ends 1t
There will be no annual rental of 81
to pay as heretofore.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06

Roomers wanted; gentlemen pre-
ferred. Phone 126.
Wick Bros. have just received a car
of choice Bermuda hay. Phone 376.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger @. Astin are
enjoying the summer at Venice, Cal.
All kinds of first-class hay. Hen
sarling Bros. Phone Psi.
Mrs. d. NJ. Dansby is visiting DR..
and Mrs. George f. Lee in Wellborn.
Miss Ida Parker returned to Luling
today after visiting relatives in the
city.
For sale-A Quick Meal gasoline
stove; good as new. ApplYto r. S.
Webb. IL
Mrs. j. E. Barton returned to Waco
today after visiting her mother, Mrs.
Mary Grace.
S. r. Huckabee, of Edge. was in the
city today and paid The Eagle office
a pleasant call.
Mrs. w. A. Wilkerson and children
arrived today after spending some
weeks in Houston.
Mrs. Beauchamp returned to Fort
Worth today after visiting her sister,
Mrs. H. B. Stoddard.
w. II. Walker is quite Ill at his
home in this city. His friends hope
to see him out soon.
Miss Bessie Skains. OF Franklin, is
the guest of her sister, Miss Kate
Skains. OF this city.
Mrs. r. p. Andrews returned to her
home at Blum today after visiting rel
atives at Steep Hollow.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. J.. Presley, Of
Cooks Point, Burleson county, were
visitors to the city today.
Miss Margaret Wilcox returned tc
her home in Austin today after {
pleasant visit with Mrs. ]. w. Leigh.
Mrs. Frank Hickey, John Hickey and
Miss Annie Hickey left today TO visi
relatives at Leroy, McLennan county
DR.. and Mrs. Julian J. Parker, o
Fort Worth. are guests of Mr.. ant
Mrs. j. NJ. Dunn.
Mrs. d. d. jolly and little daughte
returned this afternoon from a visi
to Marlin.
One Thousand bushels heavy Brazo
bottom ear corn. Hensarling Bros
Phone PSI.
Eugene McNutt and G. H. jackson
| of Waco, representing the Leyh
Piano Company, are in the city.
Lige Curry was in the city toda
from the Hoppe farm in the bottor
and reports a heavy rain in that SCI
/ tion last night.
J For Rent-Furnished rooms fo
l light housekeeping. See Mrs. O.
!, Mosely. Phone 3S4.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06
Gnral Nrms

C. E. Griffin was up today from
Wellborn.
Earl Driver returned last night
from Houston.
DR.. George F. Lee was up from
Wellborn today.
Buy your hulls and meal from Wick
Bros. Phone 376.
Clarence. Maris, of Franklin, Is the
guest of Qulnlan Adams.
Miss Pauline Scale, OF Benchley, is
the guest of Miss Mary James.
Shampooing and scalp treatment.
Phone AIS. Beatrice j.. Calhoun.
Mrs. Howard Eaves returned this
afternoon from a visit TO Hearne.
Mrs. J. n. Thomas and son. Russell
left today for a visit to Girard, III.
Miss Mary Dobrovolny has returned
from a visit to relatives in Marlin.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06
C0NLEE GOT HIS MAN
Arrested jeff Brooks, CoIored, |
North Texas for Stabbing Mr..
Taylor Wyatt.

Sheriff John ID. Conlee has returned
from Denison and brought back with
him JEFF Brooks, colored, who Is want
ed here on a charge of assault with
intent to murder.
Eighteen months ago Brooks had
some words here in town with his
landlord. Mr.. Taylor Wyatt, OF the
Harvey community. When Mr.. Wyatt
went home that night Brooks had pre-
coded him and was waiting in the lot,
and when Mr.. Wyatt went to the lot
to put up his horse Brooks assaulted
him with a knife, inficting a very seri
GUS wound. Mr.. Wyatt was confined
to his bed for several months, slowly
recovering, and IS now well.
Brooks Immediately fed the coun
try, going to different places in NORTH
Texas and Oklahoma, making it very
difficult for the officers to locate him
Sheriff Conlee finally located him IL
Sherman last Sunday, wired the OF
icers there TO arrest him and NEE
him at Denison.
Brooks told the sheriff he neyei
STAYED longer than two months in on
place. and had not written back no
heard from home since ne left.
He is under indictment and will b.
tried at the September term of tn
district court.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06
THE RAIN.
/ Covered Large Scope Of Territory and
Will Be of Great Benefit.

The rain of last night and today
was the heaviest and came nearer
being a general rain than any that has
fallen within the past two months.
All the northern, eastern n south
ern portions of the county had a fairly
good rain, while in the western part
it WAS light. A big rain fell in all the
Tower Brazos bottom, while from the
Parker place to Mumford a very light
rain is reported.
The rain was heavy along the Hous
ton & Texas Central railroad IRON
Ennis to Houston, indicating that
large part of the state was covered.
1t will be of great benefit to cotton
sweet potatoes, COOLERS and othel
crops. and there is also much corr
that will be benefited.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06
Notice TO Builders.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned until 10 a. m. Tues
day, July IS, for furnishing material
and labor necessary for the erection
of a two-story frame residence. Plans
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06

and specifications, instructions TO bid
ders, and form OF proposal may be
seen at the First State Bank & Trust
Company, Bryan. The right is reserved
to reject any and all bids.
ROBERT ARMSTRONG.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06

The Singer sewing machine is sold
for cash or small monthly payments.
See T. A. satterwhite. salesman.
Phone 467.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06

Hon. j. R. Astin and ]. A. Myers, OF
this city, and w. C. Boyett, of College
Station, were business visitors to
Houston yesterday.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06

For fresh home ground corn meal
and chops phone Psi. H%ensarling
Bros.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Stallings arrived
today from Houston to visit relatives
here and at Tabor.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06

For Sale-Cut flowers. Lilies, SO per
dozen. Tuberoses. s1.25 per dozen.
Long-distance phone. Scott Floral Co.,
Navasota, Texas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-06

Z The program Of pictures and music
at the Dixie a be seen in our stand
ing ad in another part of this paper.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-09

prguoh the ground around the Tea
Roses, but do not spray tho bush
Local manure should be applied
only when the ground Is moist enough
o. absorb Il.
10 is fatal TO some plants to forul-
Ee them with rich mauures when tn,
ground is very dry.
Mover allow roses 90 remain ON thc
bush until the petals begin 20 fail
When the Lllucs have finished
blooming an the seed clusters should
hc cut away
II the seed ls allowed to develop
on the Lilac 10 generally has fow
flowers. except oNcry other year
All plants that are intended for
winter bloomers should have the bud
piuyhod or now.
Pick the puusIys and Nasuluwms
every day lr YOU wan, 90 have plenty
OF bloom
The best way 20 KIN weeds now Us
TO pull them up hy hand
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-09
WHAT'S IN THE BAG?

tiN Police Making search for Sack
Dropped Near Nay Right.of-Way
Yesterday officer Latham had %
wild goose chase through tho East
end of town. looking for u myStcr-
lous sl.k dropped on the santa Fe
tracks hy a mysterious man. "The
bundle was as hIE as "a man." said
thc excited woman who notified the
police OF the case "ond ! fear there is
% man inside of Co."
Latham spent about two hours
looking not only olons tho Santa Fo
trackn but m cvery alley ond street
within six blocks OF where tho suck
made its appearance. hut no trace Of.
the mysterious bundle could I've found
The police win investigate the case
further.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-09

st, Louis, July S--Cotton. lower;
middllng at II rs. Sales. none; re-
ceipts 1G1; shipments. PIG; stock,
,9OG bales
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29

various mining operations in Sonora in
a certain direction, (which is causing the
companies to run short of supplies. In
most instances tine properties are in the
Arizpe district, where revolutionary dis
tlIrbances have been fairly active during
the past month.
The Chispas mine was almost entirely
cut of supplies at one time during the
month and it was necessary to cease
operations at several of the colnpany's
properties.
The Carmen ran entirely out of SUD-
plies and work has been discontinued I'M
til such time as they viii be per-
mited to operate without interference.
At the Guiana mine, there was also
some cause for worry The camp was
visited at different times by both fed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29

erals and insurrectos and this caused a
lessening of the stores on hand. At pres
emit the Guiana is drifting on the 200
foot level for the ore. The freighting of
supplies from Cananea to the mines has
been resumed.
W. II. Weed recently made an exam
nation of the properties of the Trans
vaal company, in the Cumpas district.
The electric transmission line. from
Douglas to FL Tigre mine viii be ready
for use by the middle of May.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29
WILL MINE IRON IN
CALIFORNIA Hills

San Francisco, Cal, April 2s.-The
Call today says the sale of the Risdon
lronWorks to the United States Steel
corporation has been virtually con-
Guided. The paper also states that the
corporation has acquired more thar IA
blocks of lond adjoining the Risdon
works. and half mile of water front
IN the southern end of the city. I'm
portant extensions are planned and
iron deposits in the mills of California
are to be developed.