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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
WRIGGLING SIGNS.
How the Movable Effect Is Obtained
In Electrical Designs.


A great many electric signs are Of
the moving type. Walk down most
any city street after dark and you
will see many Illuminated signs Of
novel and interesting design. Here a
long red and blue snake seems to be
wiggling from the street to the top Of
building. On the other side wheel
is rapidly revolving. below it yellow
smoke is issuing in clouds from huge
brown cigar. There is also a large
the'rer sign which suddenly flashes
Into view. only to disappear after an
interval long enough to read it.
1t is quite puzzling to the ordinary
pedestrian to explain the wonderful
light effects. 1t is apparent that the
light is obtained from electricity. but
this is about all that is understood. In
such signs as where a snake seems to
be wriggling along, cat chases Il rat.
words that spell themselves letter by
letter and in all other similar signs the
effect is produced by mechanical
device called FLASHER" which lights
the tiny electric sign lamps In the or
der required to produce the effect.
This flasher is driven by tiny motor
The flasher is made up of number
of fingers. and each finger drops in its
turn upon metal plate that is elec-
trically connected with certain letter
or series of letters, or. in the case of
the snake or rat chasers. with certain
bulbs. The flasher is driven rapidly.
and in this way the snake can be
speeded around its course very swift
~. Where the only effect desired Is a
sign in which one letter is Illuminated
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
PASTOR IS ACCUSED
OF POISONING GIRL

Boston. - Rev. Clarence Virgil
Thompson Richeson, the young pastor
of the Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Cambridge, was arrested for the al.
legged murder of Avis Linnell, of Hy-
annis, Mass, to whom he had been
engaged.
Miss Linnell, who was 10 years old
and a student at the Conservatory of
Music. was found dead in the bath.
room of the Young Women's Chris.
tian Association home here.
At first the police believed that she
had committed suicide. but later de.
velopments indicated that she had un.
knowingly taken cyanide of potassium
sent her by some other person, in the
belief that it would remedy her en-
barrassing physical condition.
Mr.. Richeson was engaged to marry
Violet Edmands, heiress to a fortune
of half a million dollars, and, if the
police theory be true, he committed
the crime in order to remove a dan
gerous obstacle to his wealthy desire.
The wealth of Millionaire G. F. Ed
mands' estate will be poured out to
finance the defense of Mr.. Richeson.
George F. Edmands was the father OF
Moses Grant Edmands and GRANDPA
Their of Miss Violet Edmands whose
marriage to Richeson was to have
taken place October 80. Moses Grant
Edmands said that his faith was un-
shaken in the young clergyman and
intimated that the family would stand
by him until the last.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
AN ECCENTRIC BUTCHER.
His Bills Were Queer, and So Were
His Eating and Praying.

In 1920 there died at Romford. in
Essex, England. well known butcher
Of that town named Wilson. Mr. Will
son, 1t appears. was notable for his in
tegrity in business and for the gen.
tleness of his manners-two qualities
which, perhaps. would scarcely have
entitled him to the notice of posterity
had he not also exhibited Il remarkable
addiction to psalmody. extraordinary
proficiency in penmanship and high
ly peculiar manner of eating his din
ner.
Such butchers bills as he sent to his
customers had never been seen before
and have never been seen since. They
were all exquisitely written by his
own hand, but the top line would be-
perhaps, in German text. the second In
Roman letters. Stimulating the finest
print: beef would be in one style OF
writing. mutton in another. lamb In
third. while each of these kinds OF
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09

Acnt.
1t Is singular fact that the last
color ito appear on soap bubble just
befork it breaks Is gray tint. The
thiek4ess of the film when this tint
appeafs upon it Is less than the one
hundred and fifty-six-thousandth Of an
inch.
WERE soap bubble to be magnified
to the size of the earth and the mole
cules magnified in proportion, then the
whole structure would be as coarse
grained as a globe of small leadshot
touching one another at their surfaces.
In the blowing of soap bubble there
is presented the spectacle Of the
stretching of liquid to the extreme
limit Of its capacity. In this way we
come nearer to sight of the invisible
molecules Of matter than could be got
in any other way no matter how eiab-
crate the Observation-Disclosures.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
Helping the Coffee,

Some of the coffee sold roasted and
ground causes complaint. Most of ii
can be improved little. Trouble
seems to be that 1t is not roasted
enough and needs another touch of
fire. You know the less it is roasted
the more it weighs. I'ut II couple of
tablespoonfuls in a seamless agate
quart stewpan or cup ana set it on
the stove, gas or blue flame and
shake it while it gets another scant
parching. never letting it get hot
enough to smoke or scOrch. Set II
aside till it gets cold and then pour
On the water and finish up in the reg
ular way.-New York Press.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
SOAP BUBBLES.
Thinness Of the Gray Hued Films just
Before They Burst.

What is soap bubble? Nothing bit
film of water molecules held together
by the cohesive power of soap in Solu-
tion. soap bubbles size and strength
depend upon the right composition of
the mixture that furnishes its mate.
rial. The colors in soap bubble are
due to what is known in physics as the
interference of light. and depend upon
the varying thickness of the film Of
water.
The observer who watches a bubble
as it is blown will notice that the col
ors rapidly chase one another over the
hlmy globe. He will also see that
they vary in hue. growing less and
less bright at the top of the bubble
because there gravity stretches il
downward and makes the film thin
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
The Old and the New.

He was an old timer slowly adapt
ing himself to modern customs and
acquired wealth. He had progressed
as far as the open back shirt and was
proud of it. The coat front was yet
to be attained.
Just look at me-" he said to some
friends calling on him while he was
dressing. by heck! When l came to
this town l hadn't shirt to my back.
and now-now l haven't back to my
shirt!"-Judge's Library.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
His Early Promise.

Does my boy" inquired the parent.
"seem to have natural bent in any
one direction?"
'Yes. sir" said the teacher. HE
gives every indication Of beiEg cap
tain OF industry some day. lie gets
the other boys to do all his work for
him."-Chicago Tribune.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
Qidn,t Hi Him.

John Wesley had a reputation for
cheerfulness. In his Journal he writes:
Il preached in Halifax to civil.
senseless congregation. Three or four
gentlemen put me in mind OF the hon
est man at London who was so gay
and unconcerned while DR.. Sherlock
was preaching concerning the day of
Judgment. One asked. DO you not
hear what the doctor says:' He an
swered. Yes. but l am not of his
parish"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
The Recipe.

"Your novel is pretty good" said the
publisher to Scribley. but. after all,
it needs just little more thrill. Can't
you put something stirring in it?'
"Why, I might said Scribley,
though just how to stir things up !
don't know"
"Well." smiled the publisher, "sup-
pose you try just little more spoon
ing Nothing like good spoon for
stirring, you know."-Harper's.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
An East Indian Amulet.

In India variety Of gems and
stones are used as amulets. The most
common is the salagrama. stone
about as large as billiard ball and
which is perforated with black. This
is supposed to be found only in Can
daki. a river in Nepaul. The person
who possesses one of these stones is
esteemed highly fortunate. He pre-
serves it In n clean cloth. from whence
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09

1t is sometimes taken 20 be bathed ana
perfumed. He believes that the water
in which 1t is washed, If drunk. has
the power to preserve from sin. Hold
ing it in his hand. the dying Hindu ex
pires in peace.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
Just Our Luck.

Williams This Is queer world
walker = Right you are. A mans
shoes will often get united. bur never
lust as he is ready to take them or
Judge.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09

at time the flasher becomes n mucn
simpler device. but in all cases the un-
DERIVING principle is the same.-New
York Tribune.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1911-12-01

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bull th" lnIrli"l"l laul ilnulhG
driving Tia" bears oi grailtnd"
- tn" cellar SHOW H. man
who whistles ana lWgl'~ amt W."
will show yuua hunlr.d "ylnG
the cuntort'd phNNuueu"u y at a
Hlndo yrnirllnlnl~' ana . ''r'
bral pain ~ bad u~ the boy Who
has cramm"d his abdominal cav
ity with gr"rlapp"> IRON grand
fathers orchard.
This is thr day oI ThnN~g'N
ing. Onr,t tnr great. - day ~"l
the year. y day Nh'.'ln ~ ''r.
get our petty "aI,hlN ErhNh''N =
and give thanks I" me gr"a'
Creator for the many Dement'S
which ~" ar" now enjoying We
du not pl"Num" I" "nnh"'a'"' "'ll'
many things Tor winch 'lI" 'I'l.
ZrnN ot this great commonwealth
are 10 b" thankful, "" w"uid sun
ply open 4" door "i memory Il
little way that YOU may 'a''h
4 lmpsnN oi tn" many blessings
thntarc continually being shower
cI upon yor.
FR~T W" should b" hanNIul
for our geographical location ON
the planet Has it ever occurred
to YOU that tn" greater per cent
OF tine human race dw"IIN IN irlH
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1911-12-01

quarters ur MANY at the eastern
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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1911-12-01

and lesser lights, vet there is not
a land ON earth where the puliti.
cal condition j. aS satisfactory aS
II is here. In the State and in
tine Nation We clean house every
two and four years, respectively.
We put Il new man AT the helm
We gather around the ballot box
and stun i'm our vote aud when the
rrturuS are count at mp If We did.
NJ get the man We wanted We
stun uur hlnd~ i'm our puckctS.
iorcr "a Smilr and SAY: We'll, wen
try harder nrXttimr " Whilrovur
IN Europ" when a king - once
seated un the throne they have to
put up with hun until they are
relieved by dis natural death mn
less some rrd.nanded anarchist
makes an angel ont ur him
SECOND, Today We have to
thank God for Tn" peace which
our nation enjoys Europe main
mlnS Il standing army of H. mil
lion men The governments ut
tine eastern continent are watch.
lul lest one get the advantage over
the other. Their rulers walk un
easy in thc day time and have bad
dreams ~ night. The young
StrrS ln,"rmarry whether they
want to ur not. Has To- bc done
To keep peace IN tine family and
retain the balance OF political
power. And then II il still a
much muOtCd question rs "a
whether the king or uuccnis boss
While ON t.,IS side Oi the Atlantic
the people of the Northern hem
iSphrrr nave almost forgotten tn,
smell of gunpuwdcr, our war
ships are at anchor within uul
bays. our SealionS are quietly
sleeping un their iron paws. TIL,
nigh ups are even lorbiddinp
us to shoot tire crackers ON tn,
Fourth ol July True We had {
little rumpuS with Spain few
years ago, but that was the ver!
: thing We needed to wipe out TN,
, i'll feeling between the North anC
. the South. Now the wounds .
both wars have been healed an,
even the sears have almost disar
. peared
, THnlD: Compare the humpere,
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1911-12-01
THANKSGIVING

---------.=@--=----= --=--------l AZ
m'~l hr To- dwell in country
wh"rr, when YOU 90 out tu pail
bessie Nuu miIk nothing bat ico
cream On ,hr other hand ad
just Your Imagination tud tnut
at tine >Wcltrring heat of China,
India AID other "quutu, lal cuun.
tr,~. When travellers begin to
dmlal" upon ~" lragrauc, of
northern forests ask turm about
the black flies and hlg mo>qul
toes. Nhuu they begin tu tell
YOU about the rich pluuagc of
ruuiturlll birds and tine beauty
ul lroptrai vegetation ask them
about lu" ~lrIckUulng maarIaS
When they begin tu rnllghtcn
Nuu regarding the broad mcSas
of tur ORIENT ask them tu explain
the high asp, ration ui thr m"r-
curry tube when the thermometer
Jumps 10 ! 10 at the hour ui mid
night. Remind them at the
beautiful tigers lying hidden lu
dense junglcS awaiting Il chance
tu make purtrr.huuSc ont at You.
RcfrcS. cu their memory regard
ing the open Cuuutcncncc Ol
the smiling CrOCudIlp ~ he seeks
to ~cducc yuu To the cold storage
ul his anatomy. Think at all Ol
thr~r and then thank God that
YOU live IN the United States Ol
America and have your home in
the Mimbrc~ Valley, New Mexico
whrrrtnr clImutriS unsurpassed
Human nature j. never salts
fled, vet there i not a land i'm all
the world where the wages paid
To the maSSrS Ol mankind Is a.
Iargca~ il is here. In some part'
of Ireland and across in old Mex
leo as low rs 10 and H. cents Is
paid fora days labor, The En-
pli>h laborrr thinks hc lS getting
pretty good wages when hedraw'
hls SIOO and ~ - per day
while in America we have stone
maSons, carpenters, plumbers
mechanics, and artisans who live
i'm A. fine houses aS many oi u,
professional men of Great Brit
ain occupy. America is the par
adi>r of industry,
While We have two great pollt
icaI parties, and u lot of OtfShOot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16

of an extravagant wife who had no
thought of the value of money. 1t mat
tered little how large or how small
were his holdings. for he dominated
the company. and had from its organi-
cation What he recommended tho
directors ordered. The company pros
pered, its dividends came regularly and
all concerned were content
AS close student of the trend of
industrial affairs Mr.. Helmwood was
one OF the first TO see the benefits that
would come from merging the brass
interests OF the country He knew
Inc character. the capacity and the
value of every plant. To bring all the
equipped ones into one organiza-
uon meant control of the trade. the
wiping out of costly competition. reduc-
uon OF expenses. regulation OF produc-
ton, the elimination of a great deal of
waste and. incidentally. immense profits.
To any one who engineered such a deal
there was a fortune.
When he had his mind full of the idea
ne preached II one day to Henry AL
tlSar Thomas. one of the directors I'm
the company. Thomas had we'll de-
served reputation for shrewdness. He
listened to all Mr. Helmwood had TO
!.
Helmwood had prepared. and then,
while appearing to doubt whether the
prolts would be large enough to pay
dividends on the big capitalization the
president suggested, declared 1t was
inevitable that Il combination would be
formed sooner or later. There was no
one in the United States. he said, so
qualihed to bring 1t about as Helm
wood. No one stood higher in the
trade and no one had more ability
There was one thing, however. that
might make merger difficult, or pos.
sibly defeat it. That was a too early
announcement that such an undertake
ing was contemplated The utmost
secrecy must be maintained until all
the plans We're perfected Then the
action would have to be rapid.
MIR. Helmwood was certain he could
influence three or four concerns to
come in The Helmwood company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16

set options on them II was all very
well for MIR. Helmwood to protest and
call on heaven to witness his innocence,
put the stubborn fact that he kept
Mr.. Thomas advised by telegram and
by letters of every development in the
deal had been discovered and was too
suspicious. taken in connection with
the care exercised to keep the other
shareholders In Ignorance to be ac-
cepted by any one but an imbecile..
Unpleasant as was that meeting II
was no worse than was mis- interview
with Mr.. Thomas. That gentleman had
not minced words. He had bought
enough shares outright to have control
of the company and when he exercised
his option rights he would possess more
than so per cent. of the stock. He let
Mr.. Helmwood understand distinctly
that his tenure of Office and the $50
GOO year salary he had received SO
long depended entirely upon his good
behavior or, rather. upon conducting
the business as Mr.. Thomas wished it
conducted. In the first place, Mr..
Thomas did not propose 10 let the com
pany enter the combination on the
basis Helmwood had outlined. The
Helmwocd was the heart OF the whole
trust. Without 1t there could be no
merger. The Helmwood allotment of
shares In the company should be in
creased one-half. Mr.. Pierrepont never
would consent to it? Who said so?
Huh How did Mr.. Helmwood know?
Probably Mr.. Thomas had as good
knowledge on that score as Mr.. Helm
wood. Mr. Pierrepont was a selfish.
purse proud. overbearing creature.
greatly overrated and frightfully vain
Rather than confess nc had made
failure of his merger he would do
anything. Thomas knew. 1t might be
disagreeable and embarrassing for
Helmwood to have to do this, but 1t
had to be done.
Mr.. Helmwood, wholly disguised and
almost i'll from overwork and the
shock he had received. would have re-
fused to do as Thomas directed and. in
fact. did refuse. but at last gave in. He
had contempt for himself in doing so.
but there seemed to be no escape. n
the merger went through he would be
free. He would be president of the
combination. There would be gen
crous block of stock to him for pro
noting the enterprise. To defy Thomas
was to ruin the project. And. then. de-
hance meant immediate severance of
his connection with the company he
had established and built UP and Eradu-
ally had frittered away control of.
1t was sickening TO have to go back
to New York and confess that the com
pany of which he was the nominal
head had been played a sharper's game
on the others In the combination; that
he, head of and organizer of the mer-
ger. was mere puppet in the Helm
wood company, 1nd that the other
companies had been misled by him. un-
Intentionally. he might protest, but
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16
Cismont Social News
Especial to The Times-pispatch

Especial to The Times Dispatch
Cismont. Va. July 15.-The Misses
derre.' ' q airs ho''e Money at Beive-
Robert Bell, of Richmond. spen,
few days at Belvedere last week.
Hugh Morrison and wife are at
Saranac. n Y, where Mr. Morrison
siclans.
Mr.. and Mrs Joslin, OF Clover nm.
have LEFT for New Hampshire. where
they Will spend the summer.
Julian Morris has returned from
Washington. where he has been under
the care OF specialist. much 'm-
proved in health.
Mrs. Otto. Noting. of Cobham Park.
with her daughter. and accompanied
by Miss Crump. Will sail for Germanv
this week, to be gone about three
months
Mrs. Charles Bocock has returned
from a months visit with friends at
Cape May.
The tableaux given BY the V. c. y.
Club were "A great success, and much
credit Is due TO the young woman and
their manager for their clever and
amusing approximations.
Miss Ella Page has returned from
two weeks visit at Goshen w,th
marked beneHt TO her health
MI and Mrs. sholto Douglas arc
after Z months stay in the Allegheny
Mountains
Mr.. and Mrs George Houghton. Mr..
and Mrs. Rankin. Mrs. Bloom and Miss
Edith Rankin arc leading the simple
lie. camping out In the Southwestern
Mountains
Miss Mildred Lewis. OF Airslie. mas
been spending a few days with friends
al Homie House.
Mrs viii Money and daughter are
spending month with friends in
Delaware
Russell Bowles. of Richmond, is the
K'nloch
Miss Louise Elicit and Miss corinne
Lyon are tho guests OF MIR and Mrs
John Bell.
Mrs. Gordon and family arc spending
the heated term at their mountain cot
taGe. Oak Hill Camp.
Mortimer and Richard Christian. and
Cary and John Jackson have returned
from mer|5' camping and fishing ex-
petition a t Union Mills.
Ernest McCorkle, of Harrisonburg,
Is the guest of Mrs. Lewis at Airsl'e
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16

! the combination on the original basis.
Work on the new plant stopped at
once Mr.. Helmwood was the happl-
est or men when the deal went through
and he became president OF the trust
Mr.. Picrrepont handled 1t maRnif-
Gently" he said enthusiastically to the
big mans lieutenant. He is a won
derfui man / owe him a debt 1 never
can repay"
The lieutenant laughed. Don't
worry yourself" he said The old man
wasn't thinking of you He was think
Ing OF something that happened long
ago. guess you've never heard of
II Long ago-before 1 was born
when Pierrepont was a boy there was
another boy who hated him as only a
boy can hate. They were rivals In
everything Once when there was an
auction of the goods in an old house
both of the boys wanted an ancient
gun that the householder possessed
1t was Revolutionary musket worth
about so cents. Pierrepont bid on 81,
and because he bid the other boy bid
higher. They kept bidding until at las,
the other boy got It for $3.50 After
he got IL he repented OF his bargain
ana. as he was an artful little cuss. he
began 10 scheme how he could get re-
"enge on Pierrepont. 1t took him
month 10 concoct plan. but 1t was .
c"utSi ne Bol another lad to write
a letter In disguised hand addressed
TO Pierrepont. II said the writer was
a relative of the man whose goods were
sold. The writer understood Pierre
pont had purchased the gun The mus
ket was an heirloom. 1t had been
carried by writer's grandfather at
Bunker Hill. II was of value only as
a FAMILY relic. but the writer would
pay SIS II Pierrepont would sell It,
m ~ n
D.
The boy sent the letter TO dis
tant city and had II mailed When
Pierrepont got that letter he saw q
chance to get even with his enemy,
and at the same time make a few dol
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16

iars' So, innocently, he went to the
poy ana In roundabout way opened
negotiations. That boy was a hard
case. Pierrepont had to pay 1878 be-
fore he got the musket Picrrepont
wrapped the gun up carefully ana
shipped 1t to the address in the dis
tant city o. d. 1t came back There
was no such person. Pierrepont WINS
out his 1915 and express charges each
way He might have forgiven tho
1913 and express charges. but no
never could forget or forgive the
joshing he got when that boy made
him the laughing stock OF the town
by telling how he had put It all over
Pierrepont.
That boy was Henry Altiger Thomas.
He never did like Pierrepont. so he
tried to put another one over In tho
brass merger. But he did not suc-
coed. / think now he wishes he hadn't
put over that FIRST one. BY the way.
Pierrepont still has that ancient heir
loom. It's In the museum up at his
house. 1 think he'll consider 1t a real
treasure from now on"