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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-09

automobile business. Before his patent
was declared invalid about 100000 had
been paid by nearly ninety automobile
makers, who found II cheaper to pay than
TO engage in expensive litigation.
Thaddeus Fairbanks was New Eng
land farmer with long whiskers and
much Yankee ingenuity In his time old
fashioned steelyards were the only accu-
rate means OF weighing the produce OF
the farm. Platform scales were unknown,
for nobody had ever worked out a method
OF arranging the levers that supported
the platform IN such a way that an OBJ
ject would pull equally no matter upon
what part OF the platform II rested. old
Thaddeus Fairbanks used to tell the story
OF tho evolution OF the arrangement OF
these levers. For long time the problem
was upon his mind. He used to lie awake
nights and attempt 10 arrange those
levers. II was in the dead OF night that
his thinking finally bore fruit. The ar
rangement unfolded itself and the Fair
banks scale was the result SO did, a
farmer practically monopolize the scale
business of the world. and 80 did he write
his name upon platform scales wherever
civilized man buys and sells by weight
II was man named Hyman l.. Lin
man, likewise a resident OF Philadeiphla.
who Invented the rubber eraser that
throughout our generation has been at
tached TO the lead pencils In common use.
II was In 1859 that the invention was
made, In those times people talked an
much smaller figures than nowadays.
Lpman was. however, able TO cash In his
patents for a cold 10000 when dollars
went much farther than they do today.
sewing Machine Idea.
Elias Howe conceived the idea OF pIac-
ing hole near the point Of needle aud
under tho encouragement of THE small
thought was Ties sewing nlsahtae dvysl-
| oTed Howe VAS ore OF the CClunr r,ls-ss
n the eSvClopmSCt .: a n:Ncti:~ q s@W
seams and deserves a monument from
| the women lie emenc!patsd from aeedla
work When lie asked congress 10 sN-
! tend the term OF his patent Tor a snort
time zone extension lad alreSdy been
granted he admitted that he hal coll
lected NiS6.O0O IN royalties, but cons!d-
cred himself entitled 10 Sibo.OOlOoO.
/ Howe had many followers who im-
proved the sewing machine. one OF the
eleverest Of these was the man who pat
ented the stitch his machine made in
stead OF the machine itself. and thus
made heterogeneous more difficult An
other man, Allan b. Wilson, a journey
man cabinet maker OF PittsfieldA Mass,
who dropped into the office OF the Scien-
tlfic American In iSis. exhibited the first
mode! OF what has since become known
as the four-motion feed, lie afterward
founded the firm OF Wheeler & Wilson
ana became immensely wealthy. In the
. kfianflTta Of A
Gibbs saw a picture OF Wilson's machine.
The working OF the device was clear
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-09

Did only il high grade ssO1es. 3e1en Is rocjt0d
Comfort family IS now III orr Doll soGljon TO-
gethcr with Doll; Of al Nations
if you have 3 Nan to think about--ico'l il. c:;c
window; wa have made display &c Do helpful
with hints so as Is make the buying for his cr,-
slip in ess: labor of love for yoV.
Special rale CT E,;-s and I<;. 2; ooes "a s&sunl
fiocr SATURDAY.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-09

as TO make a hump on IL. lie tried hook
Ing II up, and found that II remained
hooked, He patented It and has monopo-
lized tho business through his see that
hump" advertisement ever since.
One day man stood behind his wife
while she put up her hair. The hairpins
OF those days were straight pieces of
wire. They did not stay put very eff
fectualiy. The woman IN this case bent
her hairpins before putting them In. Her
husband saw her do Il. The result was
the Invention OF the crlnkly hairpin, which
Is today used In carload lots by the
women OF the world.
So important an invention as the tele-
phone was made by turning a screw one
fourth OF one revolution. All the mill
lions that have resulted from the inven-
ton OF the Bell telephone depended upon
this slight twist OF the wrist OF Dr. Alex
ander Graham Bell There had been men
before Mr.. Bell who had come near find
ing way to make female gossip and
masculine commercial Intercourse easier.
But In the Refs patents the current was
intermittent, II had 10 leap a gap. Or.
Bell closed that gap when he turned the
screw. But Or. Bell was not trying 10
invent telephone when he incidentally
stumbled upon his secret lie was work
Ing on a method OF making speech visible
for his wife was deaf and dumb, and he
was seeking an easy method 81 cOnverslng
with her Instead he found the method
OF talking over a wire to people at dis
lance lie dld not patent the idea. how
ever and II knocked about his house for
months. Finally he demonstrated II 20
some friends and they saw the possibility
OF its application. Upon advice he pat
ented the invention His patent was filed
at 10 o'clock "a the morning. and at 5
O'Clock Ia the afternoon another men APP
piled for a patent on the same thing aud
lost SloOOOoooO by a rose.
Automobile Patents.
such are the stories that the veterans
OF the patent office gossip shout in TIE
moments OF their leisure. They tell you
for instance. OF the Seldom clutch which
is one o. the vital patents that has much
TO do with the control ca tie altomoell,
business OF the country. 1t Is this clutch
that enables the operator OF tho machine
TO stop and start without having 20 gel
out and crank up his machine sometimes
II is interposed between the running gear
and the motor. where II keeps the car
marking time while the crossing is block,
AIDED.
This clutch was invented before auto
mobiles were. For a decade after it's IN,
vention there was no opportunity Of ap
plying Il to any good purpose Then IA,
automobile was invented. In fact. Georg,
b. seldcn was one OF the early builders O
automobiles, and il Is logical to suppos,
that he built them that he might max,
an opportunity 10 use his clutch. Certain
IL Is that he long had clutch ON In,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-16
GIFTS THAT MAY Be MADE BETWEEN
NOW AND CHRISTMAS ARE VARIOUS

One corner of the handkerchief forms
tiny bib, a beading run with rib
bon being run across the corner about
six inches from the point. A frill Of
lace finishes the edge of the handker-
chief all round and if desired little
hand embroidery may be added
Every Christmas needleworker, this
year, is making a reticule for some.
body. There is a craze just at present
for these graceful bags and styles
range from simple affairs of linen for
use with next summers frocks. to the
most elaborate bags of satin and gold
lace which are carried with opera and
theater costumes.
Such a bag, if it is to lie success
full, must be fashioned Of the very best
materials and a really handsome bag
of this sort may easily cost 81 or s.
for the materials alone; though the
finished models in the shops--especiel,
ly the imported models-are, Of course,
tremendously expensive the prices run
ming up to $50 and over.
Handsome Ritioules Of Satin.
The handsomest reticules are made
Of heavy, soft satin yelled with gold
lace or metallic met, and ornamented
with tiny ribbon flowers which may bu
bought all ready to apply Simpler
bags of satin, embroidered with silk
or chenille and braided with gold or
silver cord, are very effective, and
most dainty theater bags may be made
Of Dresden ribbon lined with soft
heavy satin in some delicate pastel
shade. The large reticule is always
perfectly fiat in shape and is unually
in envelope style one side buttoning
over the other at the top.
A thin strip of whalesone should be
| inserted inside the lining across tho
top of such a reticule so that it may
not crumple up when suspended from
its long cord handles. The theate'
! bag, on the contrary, is usually rounC
or oval at the bottom, the sides BEING
J gathered to this stiffened oval. Such a
bag acco modates a pair of opers
! glasses better than the fiat reticule.
! small mirror and powder puff in ,
/ separate small bag to match should bC
! tucked inside the theatUr bag.
Couture ornaments Of metallic rib
bon are easy to make and are exceed
ingly fashionable now. A strip of wide
soft gold or silver ribbon showing
color in the weave is gathered at thu
ends and finished off, to be pinned be
meath the barrette. Tiny festoons o
ribbon flowers are sometimes sewed OIL
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-16

Reconstruction is the besetting sin
of most of us-when it comes to the
making of Christmas gifts.
With the best intentions i'm the
world we planned early last January to
get this years Christmas gifts well
under way by the middle of July, AMI
those leisurely h urs of planning it
was so easy to decide upon as elabo-
rately embroidered set of doilies for
Aunt Georgiana, a set Of handmade
lingerie for sister Grace and a dozen
initiated handkerchiefs for Brother
Tom But alas for the place which ia
paved with good Intentions the be
ginning of November found most of as
as far as Christmas gifts are con-
cerned-exactly where we left off the
day after last Christmas, and the four
weeks remaining now will be one wild
scramble to get through in time. All
thought of embroidered doilies, hand
made lingerie and initiated handker-
chiefs has been abandoned and gifts
that will take the least possible time
and labor must be substituted.
Every housekeeper appreciated an
apron-and even if a woman's house
keeping is of the lightest sort. there
are chafing-dish occasions when the
housewifely touch of a gay little be-
frilled and beribboned apron lends Just
the last touch of completeness to i'm
press a special masculine eve. A dis.
tracing apron can be made in an eve.
ming from three-quarters of yard ~
dotted swiss, four to five yards of lace
edging, some beading and enough mar.
row ribbon to run through the bead.
ing and knot into fluffy rosettes.
Cut the apron in heart or oval shape
planning it so that the belt of the ma.
terial is only eight to nine inches
across. A strip of beading, run with
ribbon, forms the belt and another
beading may be run across the apron
a third of the way from the lower
edge, this beading being curved &c
correspond with the curve of the
apron.
Another Suggestion Made.
Another pretty idea is to divide the
apron vertically with three rows OF
lace insertion, running an insertion
and frill of lace around the edge. II
is not necessary to roll and whip tho
seams on these little aprons by hand
The lace may be stitched on by ma
chine and the material cut away un
derneath, turned back and secured
with another row of stitching or 4
thread run by hand with tiny stitches
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-16

these couture bands, or simple designs
wrought with colored or pearl beads
are added.
Couture Ornaments Pretty.
A blue couture ornament matched by
a pair of blue pendant earrings or
green-gold band with pearl earrings,
makes a charming Christmas gift for, n
girl; and this color scheme is capable
of infinite variations, the fashionable
pendant earrings coming now in a NUT
titude Of colorings at very moderate
prices.
| must tell you about an adorable
little boudoir sacque which is being
made by young woman for all her
women friends this year The sacque
is made of square of thin silk, border
ed with threeinch Dresden ribbon. a
circle is cut in the center Of the square
for neck opening down through one
corner of the square, the points thus
falling at front and back and over each
arm. Opening and slash are bound
with ribbon and ribbon ties are added
at the neck
The quickest thing to turn off when
time is short is a guest towel and
every housekeeper is glad to have
plenty of these dainty little towels.
Three yards of damask will make four
towels and the scalloping and intailng
may be drawn with pencil and done
by hand in almost no time at all
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-16
HE DIsLIKEs PoRT-AU-PRINcE.

HE DlSLlkES ORT-AU-PRlNCE
Passengers from Hayti on the Ham
bury-American steamship Albingia
who arrived in New York recently, de
clared the Port,au-Prince and other
cities on the island were in a state of
disorganization akin to revolution. Ac-
cording to w. A. Placier, an electrical
engineer of London, who had been on
Port-au-Prince is an exceptionally
dangerous place for any person who
values his life There are only about
10000 person in Port-au-Prince," said
Mr.. Placier, and there is more noise
in that town than there is in New
York. The city is filthy. and the pig
seems to be the household pet. There
are hasty trials of offenders during
the day, and the victims are sometimes
buried VIII alive and unconscious
No one can tell who has been buried
until the identity of the victim be
comes known through This absence
from customary haunts The soldiers
are supposed to receive twelve cents 2
week, but they seldom get their allow
ance and depend almost wholly upon
foraging for existence. Organization
seems to have disappeared. saw a
general drilling six men with a sword.
When l offered him dollar for the
sword he sold it largely and continued
drilling, substituting piece of sugar
fp,. eyr,Ord
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-16

OUR. SHOE DEPARTMENT is COMPLETE FOR MEN, WO
LARGE VARIETY, STYLE AND PRICES.
OUR square DEAL GUARANTEED HOSE FOR MEN AM
PACKED SIX PAIRS IN A BOX AT $500 GUARANTEED FOR
FURNISHED. 4 VERY SENSIBLE HOLIDAY GIFT.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-22
TEXAS TRACTION lines
ARE HELPING DEVEL0PE
country TRUCK GARDEN
New Plans Being Made for Further
Building
Robinson Sees Nothing but Success
Ahead

the lire already built, that such road
can carry the productions of the farms
to the shipping points on the steam
road cheaper than the farmers can
afford to transport them, much more
rapidly, too, and make money for the
traction owners. Robinson is civil
engineer of wide experience and in
every undertaking in his life has met
with success. He was the first .engin-
eer to assert that the wide agricul-
tural area about San Benito could be
irrigated by gravity canals getting
their water from the Rio Grande at a
point some miles up the river. When
he first suggested this plan, some OF,
the wise ones thought he was dream.
er. But he at once went to work to
test his gravity plans and found them
most practical. The large canal he
constructed furnishes an ample supply
of water for an agricultural section
consisting of several thousand acres
and at no time has it failed, even
when the Rio Grande was at it's lowest
ebb. He declares he will be just as
successful with his traction system
as he has been with the greatest gray
ity irrigation canal on the continent
that takes its water supply from
river.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-22
ESPECIAL To The Tribune.)

San Antonio, Texas, April 21-The
traction sytem centering at San Ben:
ito in the lower Rio Grande Valley
will be extended during the present
summer to number of towns in the
valley, and may be built to Mission,
fifty-five miles to the westward. Since
the assurance that railroad will be
built from San Antonio to Browns
Vile, Samuel Robinson, the head Of
the traction movement in the valley,
has financed plan for charging the
sytem. This is one of the unique
traction lines in the country, serving
the double purpose of rapid transit
for passengers and also transporta~
ton for the productions of the hun
dreds of small truck farms in that part
OF the country to the railway station.
1t is understood that Mr.. Robinson's
plans contemplate making Browns
Vile the southern terminal of his road
and also comprehends the possibility
of extension northward through the
fertile sections of the gulf coast to
Corpus Christi and ultimately to Gal.
weston. 1t has been a theory of Mr..
successfully worked out,
in the past few years. with part of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-22
BISHOP CAMERON Mann
CONFIRMED Big. CLASS
SERVICES HELD At ST. GEORGES
EPISCOPAL CHURCH FRI.
DAY EVENING.
DAY EVENING.
Rev. Ellsworth Will Leave Monday
Morning for Canada to Look After
Property Interests There.

Friday evening Bishop Cameron
Mann confirmed a class of six at St.
Georges Episcopal church of this city.
He also preached sermon. This
was the occasion of his regular visit
to St. Georges Parish and he express
ed himself as being well pleased with
the conditions here. Among the class
confirmed were Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Jones. Mrs Ira Casey, Miss Margaret
GustavsOn, and Annie and Myron At
kinson.
The Bishop departed on No. Satur-
day for Dickinson and Beach where
he will confirm classes and make his
regular visits to those parishes.
Tomorrow will be the last service
that will be conducted at St. Georges
church by Rev. Ellsworth, for a time
at least. He will leave Monday morn
ing on the north 500 for Medicine Hat,
Mont, where he will look after prop.
erty interests during the summer. A
substitute will be sent here to fill the
vacancy at this parish. 1t may be
possible that Rev. Ellsworth will re-
turn to this parish during the fall.
Rev. Ellsworth has been a resident
of the Capital City since last Novem.
Der and during his stay here has made
a large number of warm friends who
regret his departure very much. He
is also chaplain of the First regiment
infantry, North Dakota National
Guard and has been familiar figure
at all of the state camps. 1t is hoped
that he will be abue to return here
and to coh, nue in his peasant rela-
lions with the guard organization in
he state
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-22
ANOTHER fine DINNER.
J. PLANNED FOR SUNDAY
ORCHESTRA Has BEEN SECURED
AND FINE MENU PREPARED
By MANAGEMENT.
Demand For Sunday Dinners Inereas-
es Until they viii Be Made PERM
anent Feature.

The demand for the Sunday evening
dinners at the Mckenzie hotel have
increased in popularity until the man.
agement has decided to make them a
permanent feature in the conduct of
the hotel. The musical feature has
proved to be SO popular that this will
also be continued and an orchestra
has been engaged for tomorrow even.
ing and there WI undoubtedly be the
usual crowd taking their dinner at the
popular hotel.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-22
CLAIMS FOR GLANDERED
HORSES Being Held Up
HORSES CONDEMNED At PORTAL
WILL NOT BE PAID FOR
SAYS STATE,
Emigrants Had Been Sticking State
After or Just Before Leaving for
Canada.

Thorough investigation of the
claims that have been filed with the
state auditor for glandered horses
killed at Portal, through which SO
many horses have been shipped to
Canadian points within the last few
years, is to be made by the state
auditing board before such claims are
allowed. Such investigations will re.
suit in a great many of the $50 claims
on file being disallowed for the reason
that such claims do not come within
the spirit of the glandered horse idem.
nifty law.
Horses that have been called at
Portal were done away with as a re-
suit of examinations that were re-
quired before the horses could be
shipped into Canada. The major por.
ton of the emigrants preferred hav.
ing these inspections made in North
Dakota and in the event that horses
were glandered, they thus could pre-
sent claim to the state.
Inspection of the horses is made
necessary by the Canadian immigra.
alton laws so that the moment the
horses reached Canadian soil, they
would be subjected to inspections.
Such horses as are found by the Can.
adam authorities to be infected with
CHAMBERS are killed and the owners
nave no redress.
Emigrants to Canada losing their
horses at Portal by reason of being
infected with CHAMBERS are looked up
on by the state auditing board as be:
ing residents of Canada rather than
OF this state. In fact, III many in
stances it IL even claimed that the
horses killed came from points out Of
the state. When the emigrant
reaches Portal on his way to Can
adam point, as a rule he has already
filed on Canadian homestead, and
therefore is subject of the Dominion
government.
Within the last month the state aud.
itor mas paid about 500 Of the glander-
ed horses claim. and IN addition to
the $50 Portal claims that are held
up, there still remain about $50 claims
to be cared for. The appropriation of
100000 made ny the recent legislative
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-22
NEW TIME CARD,

The new time card on the Northern
Pacific will take effect tomorrow.
There are slight changes in four of
the trains over their present schedule.
The greatest change will occur in No.
4, which will leave 40 minutes later
than at present. The travelling pub
lie is cautioned. however, that it is
probable that the first three or four
trains from the west will continue
to arrive at 9:45 a. m. as they have
already left the western terminal be.
fore the schedule affected them.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-22
''0LE OLSON" HAS HAD
UNbOuNDED SUCCESS
FAMOUS DIALECT COMEDY WILL
APPEAR At THE BiJOU
THEATER TONIGHT.
Old Favorite in the Northwest is Re.
appearing After an Absence Of Two
Years and is Better Than Ever.

A long unbrOken success is the re-
cord of that famous dialect comedy,
"Ole Olson" which is to appear at
the Bijou Theatre this evening. The
play was produced in 1891, but it went
a-begging for several years prior to
that time before managers could be
induced to look upon it with favor
The Swede as the figure seemed to
lack their confidence, although it in
troduced on the stage brand new dia.
lect and an ingenious conception new
er before dreamed Of
Ben Hendricks saw a future in this
novelty which other managers had
lost sight Of and early realized the
growing Scandinavian population Of
the great Northwest, which should
give it liberal support, and upon that
and his former Study of the character
in his native haunts, was at least will,
ing to give it trial, which he did
entirely to his own satisfaction, and
the chagrin of the "wise managers'
who had pfaphesied his failure "Ole
Olson's Initial tour nettsd d profit OF
over $4,000, and Ben Hendricks be-
came famous in almosv Il single night,
and is now a great Mvorite as a de-
lineator fthe Swedish dialect char.
acted. In short he has become in his
particular line parallel to Denman
Thompson IN the "Old Homestead"
Both plays treat admirably the unso.
phistlcated life of a simple but honest
people.
The present season finds "Ole OF.
son" in the west after an absence OF
two seasons, and it's return will be
welcomed as of yore. 1t will be the
same old "Ole" with the same good
old story that has always pleased so
we'll, but all new music and songs of
the class that dispells dull care. That
is what the public want. The support
ing company will be practically the
same, always pleasing. "Never went
out on cheap scale yet said Mr..
Hendricks last August in New York
City, when, in his usual painstaking
way, he was personally preparing this
attraction for the road
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-22
WITNESSES EXAMINED
in THE Temple Case
LAST MEMBERS OF JURY WERE
SWORN IN FRIDAY EVENING
CASE Is BEING PUSHED
-
Case is Being Pushed Ahead Before
Police Magistrate casseIman as rap
idly az Possible.

Friday evening the final members
of the jury We're seurced in the case
against Cal Temple ct al, charged
with vialating the Sunday treater clos
ing law on Easter Sunday, which is
being heard before Police Magistrate
w. S. Casselman. The complete per-
sonnet of the jury is as follws:
A. F. Marquett, president Bismarck
Steam Laundry Co. +
G. M. Mandigo, grocer.
Geo. H. Russ, Jr., cashier Bismarck
Bank.
E. Falkenstein, retired farmer.
J. A. Varney, contractory.
S. E. Register, clerk.
N. J. Walper, hardware dealer.
D. T. Owens, real estate.
w. C. eastman, manager Bismarck
Branch Armour and Co.
M. G. Hagen, clerk department of az.
riculture.
H. c. Fish, curator, State Historical
Society.
Carl Kositzky, county treasurer.
AS soon as the last juror had been
secured Friday the court adjourned
until ten o'clock Saturday morning.
The court convened Saturday morn
ing at the appointed hour. The morn
Ing was spent in examination Of wit
nesses which was still on when court
adjourned for dinnuer. The court was
again called to order aot p. m. and
the examination of witnesses cOntin