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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-10

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-10

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-10
GERALD IN JAIL

Clarence Gerald. arrested for
selling liquor on election day and
escaping from an officer. spent
some time yesterday In the county
Jail Bail for $500 was furnished.
but not before Gerald had been
measured. weighed and duly Gu
tered on the books
Hermon s. Frye. OF ON. Hoyt 4
Frye. arrested on charge OF aid.
ing a prisoner TO escape. furnished
bond.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-10

Washinatons--An explosion OF a
saluting charge aboard the Amer
lean gunboat Dolphin. now at Port
au Prince. Hayti. severely burned
two Of her crew yesterday.
FATHER CAN. so CAN MA
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free.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-10

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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Great Actor and His Temper

praise Of me. He told the shivering
man that he ought to study John Nc
Cullough for a model. He declared IN
his rage that l was never tardy. that
l was always upon the stage at he
appointed time, that he knew l always
awaited my cue. And again and
again he shouted at the object Of his
wrath that he must take John Nc
Cullough as his model for promptness.
well it SO happened that while the
rehearsal vas In progress it was de-
layed because l was not on hand to
respond to my cue. l don't remem-
Der what it was that delayed me; but
the cue was given two or three times,
and each time there was no response.
Then the actor who had aroused o
rests temper to do It's worst ventured
to say to Forrest: Don't you think
I'd better get a new model? McCul-
Tough doesn't answer his cue.'
Just at hat moment l appeared.
Forrest rolled his great, dark eyes
upon me with a ferocity of expression
that l had ever see equalled by him
when he was acting. He seemed al
most to be foaming at the mouth He
roared and used most ~vituperative
language. And through 1t all he man.
aged to tell me hat he had set me up
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
PROGRESS MADE IN ORIENT
Augustus D. Curtis Tells Electric
Club Of Advance Made In Elec-
trIcIty In Far East.

The advanced stage Of electricity
In the orient was ono OF the
greatest surprises I ever had, espe
cially the progress noted In Japan.
Even In remote places seldom reached
by tourists we found electric plants
with the most modern improvements.
and. though the machinery was most
ly American make or American type,
tho orientals had mastered all OF the
details OF operation"
This statement prefaced an address
made by Augustus D.. Curtis at the
Electric clubs first fall meeting, held
at Chicago the other day. He recent
ly returned from an oriental trip.
Being Al electrician and interested
in electricity" said Mr.. Curtis. ut
was only natural for me to investi.
gate the progress made in these coun
tries, and 1t Is truly wonderful. In
America opticians and Illuminating
engineers only recently have worked
out the problem Of indirect lighting
that Ia, the system Of reflection from
the lamp to the ceiling and then down
and imagine my surprise to find
much Of this lighting In the orient.
especially in the larger cities of ia
pan.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
New News of Yesterday

as a model for promptness and then !
had instantly ~repudiated thai praise
by my hardness. shall never forget
the way he roared. 1t was magnih.
cent, but 1t was awful.
After a time the rehearsal proceed.
ed. My one thought was to sneak
away from the theater after the per-
Torrance was over without Forrest
seeing me. But l was not able to do
so. He sen for me to come to his
dressing room, and I went with my
knees in a quake. I opened the door
and stood before him, expecting this
time to receive the Forrest temper In
its fullest fury. But he turned a gen
tie face upon me.
John he said, in the mildest,
sweetest tones, I want o to go out
and have supper with me-. n /
went. And l never saw Edwin For
rest more charming than he was at
that midnight feast
YES" continued Mccullough, For
rest had a great temper; but l learn
ed that, Notwithstanding his inability
to control 1t, he was, like most quick
tempered persons, Of a very sensitive
and generous disposition. He could
O. knowingly do a mean thing, al
though he might give vent to his tenn
per and then forget the explosion a
few minutes later."
copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
John MccuIloueh's Description OF tho
Magnificent, Awful Rage o.
Edwin Forrest When His
Anger Was Stirred.

In the late spring of 1883 I met John
Mccullough, n Of the great amer
loan tragedians of the sixties and the
seventies of the last century. at a re-
ception in Washington, given at the
house of Colonel Bob" 1ngersoll. NC
Cullough at hat time was beginning
to show the effects Of the 1ns1dlous
disease which two years later caused
his death. There was a certain SLOW
ness Of step, as though the ENG
that once was in his powerful limbs
had gone But there was no trace OF
tho hesitating speech which later
compelled his retirement from the
stage.
1 knew that Mccullough had trav-
eled with Edwin Forrest from 1850 to
1868, and that the latter had hopeo
to make Mccullough his dramatic sue
cessor. The two men had been r
close to each other, and so I made
bold to ask Mccullough II he had ever
seer during the years that he was
with Forrest, Americas greatest
tragedian until Booth came, n OF
those violent ebullitions OF temper In
which, as l had heard. Forrest ire
quently INDUCED. raving sometimes
Like a maniac.
Forrest was a quick-tempered
man." replied Mccullough. land he
did burst out sometimes like a man
lac, but I personally never beheld him
in any Of his most violent moments.
Still, l once experienced n OF his
milder outbreaks, and that was sum-
cient for me. Whew! How that mar
did rage!
1T seems that n Of the actors OF
the company had arrived a little late
at a rehearsal in which I also was to
take part. Forrest turned upon the
luckless man and let himself loose to
tho fullest extent possible. He ragged
and roared like a lion-a stranger to
Forests way would have sworn that
he was a rav1ng maniac. The actor
himself was thoroughly frightened
and edged backward so that he might
Zee to a place Of safety in case For
rest attacked him.
Among other things Forrest said
to the poor man were some words OF
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Biggest Smelt Is Caught

This giant smelt was caught on a
pole line by Harold Eldridge, an East
Orleans fisherman, in Meeting House
Pond. a salt water inlet 1T the head of
Pleasant Bay. King Smelt was eyt.
IDENTIFY on a Sunday pleasure outing
with his whole family Of veteran
smelts at the time, for a goodly num-
Der Of others, measuring two-thirds
the size of this record breaker. were
landed before the grandfather of them
all was taken from the water. It was
with no little skill that the big smelt
was taken on q small line, for il
fought like a mackerel in plenty Of
Q room.
Heretofore the record for catching
the biggest smelt In Massachusetts
waters. so far as known. has been
held by a veteran employee of the
Globe composing room, who more
than a dozen years ago landed a thir-
teen and five-eighths inch smelt in
Burnhams Channel, opposite the L
street baths at City Point.-Boston
Globe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Largest One Ever Landed In Massa-
chusetts Waters Measures Ex-
actIy IS inches.

What is perhaps the largest sme1t
ever landed In Massachusetts waters.
In recent years at least, was caught
at East Orleans and brought to Bos-
tom.
This king of smelts was a perfect
specimen, with an overall easur
ment of exactly fifteen inches and q
displacement Of eight ounces net It
was a full inch and q quarter longer
than a smelt caught In Boston harbor
more than a dozen years ago that had
held the record hereabouts up to this
time.
Even in that part OF the cape where
the lobster supply is yet often fairly
plentiful, where Indian relics r I'M
earthed In fields and garden spots
without undue excitement-where In
fact nothing except the genuinely I'M
usual excites curiosity Of the year
round residents-the mammoth smelt
aroused a great deal Of interest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
RECORD KEPT BY TELEPHONE
Photograph 30 Arranged That convsr
sation Over Wire May Be Repro
duced When Desired.

A reproach which has often been
raised against the telephone is that
1t leaves no trace whatever Of the con-
v~ersation transmitted. Thus, q tele-
phone conversation car W. figure in
q law suit It is not surprising, there
fore. that for some time past efforts
have been made to devise an appar-
atus by means of which a permanent
record can be kept Of the words
spoken wei the telephone, and the
phonograph has often been thought
of in this connection. According to
a note reproduced in La Nature from
L'Elettricista, Prof. P. Perrotti has
Just scored a success in this direction.
The telephone receiver 10 composed of
two loud speaking telephones; n Of
these IL furnished with the usual
mouthpiece: the other 10 connected
with the vibrating membrane Of .
PAthe photograph. The current 70
quired for this telephone is = little
greater than for ordinary installments.
The phonograph record can be made
to reproduce the speech in the usual
manner
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Grant Wanted chauncsy I. Fiilsy
Made First Assistant Postmaster
General, but Garfield Had
Promised Place to Another.

80 far as l know, General Grant
made only one personal application to
President Garfield for the appointment
Of a friend to political Office" said a
surviving member Of Garheld's cabi-
net to me, land the entire incident Is
ono which well illustrates certain
phases Of General Grants character.
"One morning, a few days after Gen.
eral Garfeld's Inauguration as presi-
dent, an ofhcial messenger of the post
ONCE department carried to the post
master general. Thomas L. James. a
lard which caused that ohicial to jump
from his seat 1t was General Grants
card: and q moment or two later tho
postmaster general. having hurried
into tho outer room, wal showing the
ex-president into the postmaster gen.
erals private once. There followed q
little conversation Of a general nature.
and then the general told his mission
in practically these words:
"T don't want to embarrass you In
any way, Mr.. Postmaster General.
don't want to make any requests which
are going to interfere with any OF your
plans, SO far as appointments under
you are concerned. But l have come
simply to say to you that If you can
see your way clear to accepting Chaun-
cey 1. Filley as first assistant post
master general It would be very graft
flying to me. Flley is perfectly com
petent for the post. You know. ap-
pointed him postmaster Of st. Louis,
and he was one Of the best postmas-
ters the government has ever had. He
Is a good politician and q strong Re-
publican. and a perfectly honest man.
I'm this modest way the man who
for eight years possessed the great
patronage of president, and who was
all that time the foremost American,
asked for the appointment Of a friend
as first assistant postmaster general.
And when he had finished he was as
sured most sincerely by the postmas-
ter general that, 30 far as he was con-
cerned, It would give him great pleas
ure were Mr.. F1lley made his hrst
assistant. But It was q matter for the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15

8NOIfS 60

Wireless weather reports are sent
daily from Gibraltar to London.
A fifty-mile telephone cable viii
soon connect England and Belgium.
The telephone II now used for rail-
road purposes on $1,000 miles Of limo.
An electric meter has been invented
for measuring the now Of steam In
pipes.
The average life Of telephone poles
IL IL years, and $3.50, 900 renewals
must take place annually.
An electric ny trap, which two Don
ver mon have invented. requires 4 $50
volt current to operate It.
At Amarillo, Tex, the public 10 sup
piled with water pumped by electric
motors from Is wells which are zach
800 feet deep.
A new alarm indicator for nremen
switches on an incandescent light at
a point on a map corresponding with
the place from which the alarm 10 set.
German railroads are experimenting
with an electric locomotive headlight.
swiveled SO that an engineer can
throw the rays wherever he wants
them.
1t requires 100 years to grow q
3O-foot cedar pole for telegraph pur-
poses, but there are other poles which
answer all purposes which are grown
more quickly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15

closely resemble the celebrations Cd
served Of old In honor OF Saturn or
Bacchus.
The Roman S~aturnalia. which oc-
CURED In the winter solstice. were .
season Of great fest1vtty and rejoicing.
honored BY many privileges and ex-
emptions. The spirit Of gaiety had
lrss charter. and ever quarrels were
suspended. 70 b resumed after the
holidays.
A = manifestation Of the gratitude
felt 1t the renewed prospects Of the
,~5oturning march Of the sun. gifts were
exchanged and special hymns
sung. These latter were really the
Roman Representatives OF the modern
carol.
AZ the 0aturnAlia tho Roman feast
"a. sang and danced. ~ We do NJ
ChS1stmas. 4 ruler or king VA ap-
pointed. who enjoyed certain preroga-
tives. He presided over the sports Of
1ho season. Probably he 10 the an
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
0aaaa Analvxod.

Sir J, J. Thomson say that BY means
OF tho positive electric ray the gases
present in q vacuum tube can be
chemically analysed. and this analysis
will show not only whether an ole
ment, say oxygen. IL present. but also
In what form 1t occurs. and whether
there are allotropio notifications,
such ~ ozone. present. In practice
the . y are subjected simultaneously
to the influence OF electric and mag
netic fields, and the reflections are 70
corded geographically. BY this
method much smaller quantities Of
matter can be detected than BY the
present chemical methods. and tran
sient phases in the processes Of chem
ical combination are revealed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Ex-President's Sole Request

president to decide. and the postmaster
general said that he would call his
carriage and go Immediately to the
White House and lay the matter be-
fore the president. Then he accom-
panied General Grant to the door OF
the department. saying. as they part
ed, that he would send the general I'M
mediate word to his hotel of the out
come Of the call on the president.
Half and hour later, when the mat
ter was laid before Garfield. he was
visibly greatly embarrassed and
panied.
why he said, you know. MI.
Postmaster General, that l would do
anything for General Grant that l pos
sibly could do. You know. with the
other members Of my cabinet. that l
feel especially grateful to General
Grant for the services he rendered me
in the presidential ~campaign; you
know that l have all along regarded
his speech at Warren. O.. as on the
whole one of the most effective in
huences favorable to the Republican
party in that entire campaign. I wish
nom Luc DOLCOm VI NY uOdIt IudI !
could act favorably upon the recon-
m%endation that General Grant has
made; and l wish that all the more SO
because it has been made with such
simple. modest dignity. But it cannot
be done. I have already promised that
ONCE to another man, and the prom
Use cannot be broken. VIII you say
this much for me to General Grant?
And, furthermore. ask him in my name
If there is any other appointment that
he would like to have me make
When the postmaster general saw
General Grant an hour later and told
him what the president had said. the
general replied-and there was not
the slightest trace OF disappointment
In his voice or his face:
Dismiss the matter at once. II the
president has promised to appoint
some one else to that office he is
bound to keep his promise
If you have any other appoint
ment that you would like to have the
president make suggested the post
master general.
mo said the ex-president, thought
fully. no, l can think Of none"
| Copyright. 1911, by e. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
etop Eel MIousrn.

The Danish government has under
taken to prevent the migration Of cells
from q portion Of the Baltic sea into
the outer ocean by means Of a barrier
of electric light. Fifty electric lamps
are to be placed along a submerged
cable between the island Of Fano and
the coast of Fyen. The cells migrate
only during the dark hours, and it is
believed this wall Of light will keep
them from passing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
In Battle.

One would suppose that powerful
searchlights would illuminate fields Of
battle best by night, in order to dis
cover and bring in tho wounded. But
experiments In France prove the con-
trary. They are of small benefit, be-
cause the slightest obstruction-such
a. a house or slight i~rregularity on tho
earth's surfacerwill create . great
cone Of shadow, within which nothing
can be seen. The best device tried 10
far 10 the individual acetylene lamp.
carried on the backs or in the hands
Of the hospital corps when going over
the nsld with their Ntters.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Charles InsersolI Long Ago Devised
Self-PropeIled Vehicle and Was
Arrested by the Constables
Of Stamford.

A year or two ago., while upon an
automobile ride over a road which par
allels the northern boundary OF New
York state and Connecticut-in fact,
being exactly upon the verge OF that
line-I was shown a little, old-fash1on-
ed stone house which stood apart from
the other farmhouses in that vicinity
"a house almost concealed by a grove
of elms and naples. In 1t was born
the first American to discover a means
by which vehicles could be self-pro-
PEELED, and he actually put his discov-
cry into practice.
This man was one Of the great cap
tains of industry of the United States.
and like many Of them he died In the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
New Milking Machine.

Apparatus for milking COWS BY
means OF . partial vacuum have been
used for q number of years. In . new
form Of milking machine just invent
"a BY . Swedish engineer pressure in
stead Of suction Il employed, 70 that
the act of milking IL similar to that
Of the hand operation. The device con-
sists Of q set Of rubber-covered plates
which are made to press the teats BY
means Of suitable mechanism driven
BY . small electric motor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Floral Cookery.

In all Chinese restaurants OF the bet
ter class may be found at New Years
time experts busy In the surprising
tasks Of frying beautiful La France
roses or preparing orange skin and
nuts with which to cook . duck. Chrys-
anthemum fritters are one of the time
honored New Years delicacies. and the
dinner 10 no more complete without
this remarkable c%oncoction than ar
American Thanksgiving dinner would
be without turkey.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
The Origin Of Christmas Customs

cestor Of the lord Of misrule. who e1.
ercissd . similar power in more -
cent times.
Merriment was . matter Of general
concern. and the Joyous spirit Of en-
tire districts 10 nov narrowed % fam
lily parties.
It IL the touch thai makes the
whole world kin. and 1t Ia q pleasant
reminder that, after all, history ~
peats itself.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Yankee Ahead of His Time

nineties, II not in real poverty, at least
without any considerable possessions.
His name was Charles 1ngersoll, and
1t has been estimated that by means
of one of his inventions not only has
the wealth Of the civilized world been
increased by hundreds Of millions OF
dollars, but, In addition, much of the
development which has been SO mar
velous within the past fifteen or twen-
ty years would have been greatly de-
layed but for the steam rock drill
which his genius gave to the world.
One Of IngersolIs boyhood play
mates was DR.. Beverly E. Mead OF
Greenwich. Conn, now a man nearly
ninety years Of age.
when l was a lad Of fifteen or six
teen years Of age" said DR.. Mead re-
Gently, Il often saw 1ngersoll at work
upon an improvised boiler which be
had made himself. One day, as I
stood watching him, he said to me:
81 am going to make an engine and
boiler and l am going to fix 1t to ia
TIERS carriage and you will see me
driving that carriage without n
horse
"Bu it was not until some twenty
five years later that 1ngersou. who
had gained in the meantime some
thing of a reputation as an inventor
of valuable apparatus, found time to
work out his old plan of building a
self-propelling vehicle. Then, to a
WACO somewhat like a market wag-
On, although not quite so long, he at
tached a boiler and an engine. hav-
ing in the wagon a little coal bin
from which he fed the furnace. In
this wagon, after some preliminary ex-
Fermentation upon country roads. he
ode into the city of Stamford, Conn,
one day, and great was the amaze
ment to behold a man riding about b
streets with his wagon under perfect
controller he had a steering appar-
atus-but not having 1t pulled by q
horse.
In a little while the constables Of
the city apprehended him. They had
pity on him, thinking that he was a
demented man. SC that instead OF pros
ecuting him for a breach of the peace,
as was first proposed, they dismissed
him with a caution and upon his prom
Use not sgain to appear upon the pub
lie streets driving his mysterious We
hicle.
well, I will do as you say Inger-
soil told them. I myself think it Is
best now not to make use of this high
way car-that is what he called 1t.
Fol the horses see 1t, and they won
der what makes it move, and as they
can't reason the thing out they get
frightened Then, just as he was go
ing away with his car in tow, he add
ed:
Gentlemen, l want t. make a pre-
diction. ! want to Va to o that
some of you will live long enough to
see the self-propelled wagon practical
ly supplanting the horse"
Having made this prediction. Mr..
Ingersoll turned his attention to 9TH
er inventions which he had in mind,
and at last gave the world the steam
rock drill with which his name is now
associated permanently and which has
proved one Of the most valuable aids
in developing progress throughout the
world.
Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Amaxon Rlee RaIders.

Amazon Rice Raiders.
Trouble. connected with the high
price Of rice. again broke out at Poo
tung on Tuesday. and the fact that
the events OF the day did not culmi-
nate in a not WA due in some meas
ure 10 fear on the part OF the rice
shop men and the lack Of q sufficient
force on the part Of the local police"
says the North China Daily News.
HAD the police boon strong enough
To have attacked the mob, which was
helping itself to r1ce, there would un-
doubtedly have been . scufne.
AS usual in trouble OF this Kind, 1t
was led by the women OF the place,
these being for the most part OF the
class finding a living on the river.
without attempting to bargain with
the rice dealers, they simply walked
into the shops and helped themselves
to the rice.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
%~
The True Spirit Of Christmastide

never appear In print-truo stories Of
men and women whose thoughts have
been only Of their own selfish aims
and p~leasurss. but have been avail.
ened. II only for . day or two. from
their usual sslf-complacency. moved
BY some foFoe Of which they are only
half-conscious to do some act Of kind
ness to make the day happier for
solves IN . worldly way-The Chris
tan Herald.