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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28
PNEUMATIC CUSHION.
Novel Substitute For Springs and
Shock Absorbers on Motor Cars.

Novel Substitute for springs ana
Shock Absorbers on Motor Cars.
There has recently been invented by'
a California mining engineer a novel
substitute for springs and shock alb
sorbers on automobiles. This Is a
pneumatic cushion which appears to
have advantages, because it permits
the use of solid tires.
The inventor of this new device has
found it possible not only to construct
a pneumatic shock absorber, but so to
arrange this that it takes the place
of the spring itself, while at the same
time preventing any rebound.
In its present state this pneumatic
cushion consists simply of a round
rubber bulb six or eight inches in dia-
meter, having an open neck at it's up
per end and a small projection at its
lower. This projection fits into hole
in a conical wood block that is secured
to the axle of the automobile, while
the neck of the bulb is set into a pipe
fitting attached to the body of the ma
chine. This pipe, of about Ii inches
diameter connects with tank having
a capacity of 1000 cubic inches. -Four
bulbs replace the springs or an auto
mobile. In fitting them to a car the
leaves of the springs are removed with
the exception of the outer heavy leaf
which is used for steadying purposes
All four tubes are connected by separ.
ate pipes to the tank
The action of the bulb is as follows
When a wheel of the car passes ovel
an obstruction the bottom Of the bull
resting upon the cone-shaped block Is
pushed inward, and the surface of con-
tact of the bulb with the block is in
creased. The heavier the blow the
more the block sinks in, consequently
there is continuously increasing sup
porting area within the bulb upor
which the air acts, the air being under
a compression of about 90 pounds to the
square inch in the bulb, the pipe line
| and the tank. AS result of the in
creasing flattened area in the bottom
of the bulb under a heavy shock there
| is a cushoning effect that increases
| with the blow, and when the initial
shock has been absorbed there is nc
rebound, since the air in the bulb, pip
| ing and tank has not been apprcciably
| compressed. The cushion acts upor
the same principle as the pneumatic
tire, since the supporting area is in
| creased when the bulb is flattened, In
much the same way as it is with the
| tire; but in this case there is no in
crease in air pressure, owing to heat
| ing of the air, and consequently no liza.
| bility of bursting.
The air cushion makes it possible tc
use solid tires upon all commercial We.
hicles no matter what the size, as vel
as upon pleasure cars where it is de-
sired to dispense with the costly pneu'
matte. The life of a good solid tire &
easily double that of pneumatic
Scientific American.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28
Keep in the Sunshine.-There

Keep in the Sunshine.-There are
only two kinds of people in the world
the people who live in the shadow and
gloom and those who live on the sunny
side of the street. These shadowed
ones are sometimes called pessimists
sometimes people of melancholy tenn
permanent, sometimes they are called
disagreeable people. But, wherever
they go, their characteristic is this
their shadows always travel on before
them. These people never bear their
own burden, but expose all their
wounds to others. They are all sc
busy looking down for pitfalls and
sharp stones and thorns on which to
step that they do not even know that
there are any stars in the sky. These
folks live on the wrong side of the
street. And yet it is only twenty feet
across to the other sidewalk, where
sunshine always lies.-Newell Dwight
Hills.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28
Novelized by
FREDERIC R. TOOMBS
From the Great
Play by
PAUL ARMSTRONG
Copyright, 1910, by American
PrAss Association.

AS Valentine dismissed the boy she
announced that if the press of busi-
ness would not continue all day sh"
would return. Valentine assured her
that in a half hour he would be at
leisure and that he would sacrifice
everything else in order to talk to her.
She started toward the door, assuring
him that she would return. AS she
opened the door she turned and cast
a smile in the direction of the assist
ant cashier.
But Valentine did not notice it. He
did not see it. His eyes were glued to
the slip Of yellow paper that he held
in his hand. The girl saw that as he
read the telegram an expression Of
tenseness, of unsubdued excitement,
crept across his face. Wonderingly
she softly closed the door. A few steps
carried her before Valentine. who
looked up in surprise, thinking she had
gone.
What is it-that telegram" she
gasped. It's bad news for you-very
bad" she went on. Il must know"
Valentine, undergoing a pronounced
shock owing to the contents OF the
message which he held in his hand.
was almost completely unstrung by
the interruption of the girl he loved.
Was it not fate that prompted her to
appear before him at the very moment
when
"Oh, it is nothing" he said weakly.
Merely a little business tangle-that
Is ALL"
He stepped out from behind his
desk, crumpling the fateful telegram
in his hand, and gently led the girl to
the door. Remember" he said, Il
have an engagement with YOU in half
hour"
Il will remember"
Unconvinced, mystified and thor
oughly agitated by his nervous man.
ner, Rose Lane went out of the office.
Valentine, smiling as best he could
under the circumstances, closed the
door behind her. He crossed to her
chair, sank into it and flattened the
wrinkled telegram before him. Again
he read it from end to end:
Look out" he read. Doyle will be
in town this afternoon at to see you
about an important matter"
The assistant cashier dropped his
chin into his palm and stared vacant
ly at the opposite wall.
Doyle" he muttered George
Doyle. He said he'd get me if it took
ten years-a lifetime. Well, perhaps
he can; then, again, perhaps he can
not At any rate, he can probably ruin
my career, my hopes, my standing here,
where have friends who believe in
me-"
Valentine leaned back meditatively
in his chair. The fatal telegram drop
ped unheeded to the floor. His mouth
set determinedly. A new fire blazed
in his eyes, the fire that had consumed
him and had spurred him on when in
the days and nights of the past he had
ventured forth on a desperate enter
prise.
He would give George Doyle race,
that he would. He would match his
wit against that of the skilled sleuth
He already had laid the basis for what
now must be his course of procedure,
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Sana at His Own Funeral.-We he

Sang at His Own Funeral.-We hear
now and then of man reading his own
obituary in the papers, but it is rare
thing for dead man To sing at MS
own funeral PietrO Ficco, shoe
maker and amateur musician, had
very great fondness for the phono-
graph.
He purchased a good many records
and occasionally sang into his own
phonograph and kept records of the
songs He was taken seriously i'll. He
realized that he could not recover. and
being poor man and unable t" get up
much of a funeral he requested that
they use his phonograph to furnish
the music for the funeral services.
He picked out the Angels Seren-
ade" and GounOd's Ave Maria" sung
by himself and these were used, and
thus the dead man took an important
part at his own funeral service. He
instructed that his phonograph and
seventy-two records, a number of
them his own, should he sent to his
mother in Italy-Christian Herald.
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the skin Of which she sent to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.


After returning to Washington from
his Oklahoma trip President Roose-
velt announced that he had found the
really big wolves scarce in the south
west, and in writing Of his hunt he
said:
Big wolves are found in both Texas
and Oklahoma, but they are rare
compared to the coyote, and they are
great wanderers. Alone or in parties
of three or four, or half a dozen, they
travel to and fro across the country,
often leaving a district at once II they
are molested. Coyotes are more or
less plentiful everywhere throughout
the west in thinly settled districts. and
they often hang about In the imme-
diate neighborhood of towns. They
do enough damage to make farmers
and ranchers kill them whenever the
chance offers. But this damage is
not appreciable when compared with
the ravages Of their grim big brother,
the gray wolf. which. wherever it ex-
lists In numbers. is a veritable scourge
to the stockmen."
The evening world., 1911-11-06
DINNER ON STAGE
TO GABy OESlyS
GETS HOST JAIL
Caterer Who Didn't Serve
Feast Wants De Vellers to
Pay Price, Anyhow.
SAYS CHECK WAS BAD.
But Eighty Actor Folk Got
Away With the Thirty-five
Quarts Another Supplied.
SAYS CHECK WAS BAD.

The inside facts regarding q Finne-
gan birthday supper given to Gaby
Deslys Oh the stage of the Winter Gar
den on the night of Nov. 1 came out
to-day In Yorkville Court, when Yves
De Vellers was arraigned on a charge
OF attempting to steal s45 worth of
food from Rudolph Schwartz, a caterer,
OF No. i6l Lexington avenue. II was
n OF those of agln. on agIn' sup
pers.
The a~Hidavits produced to-day show
that De vellers. who lives at No. iis
West Forty-eighth street and Is Presl-
dent Of the Aerial Equipment Company
at NO. T43 broadway called on
on the afternoon of oct. 81
n talked business. He said he was
going to give a birthday supper to Gaby
Deslys on the stage of the Winter Gar
den the next night at II. 30 o'clock, and
asked for figures.
How many guests?" asked Schwartz.
De Vellers replied that eighty persons
would be lined up at the signal to begin
operations on the food. Schwartz agreed
to furnish oysters, salad. turkey and
tongue sandwiches. Ice cream and cake
Tor *i25. Although he does not profess
to be an advocate OF temperance. DE
Vellcrs ordered thlrty-hve quarts Of
champagne for his eighty guests-and
all OF them actresses and actors.
Schwartz wanted something on ac-
count and DE Vellers gave him a check
Tor 500, drawn on the Penn National
Bank Of Philadelphia. The check was
deposited In the Century Bank. but
SchH ritz, according to his affidavit.
HOOK the DrprHlflOl OF com nnlgltlnV
With the Penn National Bank.
Schwartz alleges in his AFFIDAVIT that
he received a letter from the Penn
National Bank on the afternoon OF Nov.
LIST stating that neither Yves De Nellers
nor the Aerial Equipment Company had
any money In that institution. He hur-
ried over to De Vellers' Office and De
Vellers was profoundly shocked. He
Insisted that he had a substantial ac-
count In the Philadelphia bank and
offered a check FOR the whole amount.
Schwartz refused IL and also refused
to serve the supper.
However. the supper was served. Just
the same. by Lou Martin, who conducts
"a restaurant at Forty-S,cond street
and Broadway. schwartz consulted his
attorney, Moses Adler. and was advised
to have De Nellers arrested, The
caterer alleges that he prepared the
supper. and although he did not serve
1t he lost heavily on the transaction.
Magistrate McQuade held De Vellers
In 81. 200 bail on a charge Of attempted
grand .drccny. The examination in the
case was postponed until Wednesday.
to permit the presence in court Of an
officer Of the Penn National Bank 30
testify as to -. Nellers's standing with
that institution. De Nellcrs was unable
&c furnish a bond an went to jail.
The evening world., 1911-11-06

Cut "a inches long aud
trimmed with a deep shawl
collar and turned back
cuffs. Orua mCnttd with 3
large JewDllrd buttons,
Lined throuShout. Black,
Sizes 81 to ~.
The evening world., 1911-11-06

OF nnc polo cloth, broadclotls
and korscys.
Hof'ls hdro dssp sim Bi coiL1rg and
cuffs Of im,tdiion baby Ia NIB ar r,ird
Some h1Ll Timed w,ik guaranteed .1i,n.
In navy, gray aud black and
every desirable color, SiLos 90
TO "a.
The evening world., 1911-11-06

OF tlnc plush, imported
oIraCul, mo broadCloth,
cheviot and serge. some
h.tyo deep sailor collars
and others with large
collars that fasteu up
close to the neck. Lined
with colOrcd guaranteed
satin. Sizes - to 81.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-06

OBITUARY..
LEOPOLD selIGMkN.

Leopold Seligman. one Of the eight Selts-
man brothers. whose names have AG7Ired
prominently in the banking history Of the
world for several decades. died last night
in London. lie vas eighty years old. News
of his death was contained in cable dis
ratch received by Isaac y. Seligman, the
banker. his nephew. I'm this city.
Nr seligman was born In Bavaria Ger
many. and was educated in the secondary
schools Of that country. At an early age
he came 70 the United States, and settled
IN California where. with his uncle, Abra-
ham SeHgman. he founded a branch Of the
SeLgman banking business, called the
Auglo-Carfornia Bank. This institution
was later merged with the Lazard Bank.
shortly after tho outbreak Of the civil War
:. Leopold went to London. and with Isaac
seligman established another branch bank
which for thirty years handled the busi-
ness abroad Of the Navy and state depart
nente OF the United states government
Mr.. Seligran, although retaining his
American citizenship, spent the last forty
FIVE years Of his life abroad He was active
in philanthropic and charitable work. 4
large part of mis- leisure time was devoted
10 painting His retirement from business
occurred several years ago. but he had been
IN good health UP 10 this year.
Mr.. SeHsman leaves a wife and seven
children OF the eight brothers who estah-
1,sbed the banking house only two now sur
vtve-Iames. who is ninety years old, and
Isaac.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-06
MUSIC
A Song Recital by Nine. Aida.

II is 70 he feared that the term song
recital is I'm danger OF being abused. Ger
tain IL j. that a great many singers DO
not show a proper appreciation Of It's dig
nitv. nor an understanding Of the fact that
it invites. If Il does not directly challenge, a
seyerer standard of Judgment than used to
aprly when the best Of vocal artists thought
II necessary to vary their concerts by includ-
Ing panoforte or violin music. or both vari-
eties in their programmes Mary concerts
having but the one aim OF calling public
attention 10 the existence Of a singer known
only in the choir loft or swallowed up In
the complex Of an operate institution. thoir
purpose became comparatively easy OF
achievement when the old operate or mis-
cellaneous concert was suppianted by the
so-called 'recitar'-a term which has be-
gun 70 pail on the critical II not the pub
lie taste. The singing Of "lieder," a. th"
Germans foremost I'm the creation Of the
type). or melodies" as the French Cwho
have also produced many admirable eX-
amples) call them. is a distinct form of
art and ought not TO be undertaken care
leS-ly. \ singer may be admirable in the
operate field and yet fail 10 interest the
irdicious in German lieder. French melO-
dies or English ballads without suffering
Humiliation on that account. And one may
be q fine singer Of artistic songs without
having the qualifications demanded by tho
lyric stage The forms call for entirely dill
ferent Intellectual and artistic outfts-a fact
which the public feels. even IL il does not
always understand the underlying reason.
knowledge OF these facts. coupled with
respect for the conclusions which flow rom
them. would save singers. as well as listen
ers. many disappointmenrs and heart
bunings Had Nine Aida, who is not with
US at the opera this season, but who gave
a song recital in Carnegie Hall yesterday
afternoon confined herself 10 operate music
of the kind i'm which she has given pleas
ure at the Metropolitan il would be pos
sible 70 praise the purity freshness and
limpidty Of her voice and not necessary
To depore the monotony Of its color and
the lack Of characteristic defamation which
her singing disclosed. As il is. praise must
stop with the variety promised in the list
Of her selections. but little realized In IT'S
performance. and the admirable distinctness
Of her enunciation of all the Languages
which she essayed A large audience. which
included 4 numerous contingent of artists
from the Metropolitan company heard
Nine Aida and overwhelmed her with
flowers. II. Z. X.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-06
SEWANEE ALUMNI AT DINNER
j. Pierpont Morgan a Guest at
Affair in University Club.

T. Pierpont Morgan was a guest AZ the
fifteenth annual dinner and reunion Of the
University Of the South CSewanee) Alumni
Association Of New York. held a. the Uni
versity club. Fifth avenue and 54th street.
last night. Dr. William VI. Polk. whose
father was one Of the founders Of the uni
rersitv. acted as tOastmastor.
Bishop Greer, II New York. vas the first
speaker He alluded 10 an endowment Of
which Sewanee stands I'm need. and said:
mo one who knows SeWaneo can doubt
that IL Is worthy Of any aid that broad
charitable New York can bestow upon it,"
Bishop Thomas r Gailor. chancellor Of
Sswanoe. spoke Of the college and uni
versity as tho training places OF the men
who must lead the great social and eco
nomic movements which the next genera
ION undoubtedly vould see begun and
argued that there could be no more fitting
phrlanthropc act than the establishment
ON a firm basis Of an institution destined
20 do such work
Robert q. ogden and Charles r. Dillard
praised the work that Sewanec has done.
and expressed the hope that the university
would soon be able 10 maintain n broader
and more vigorous existence. At the close
Of the dinner the health Of Mr.. Morgan.
who has given 5000 20 Sewanee, was
drunk
New-York tribune., 1911-12-06
MILLIONS FOR ART GALLERY
Frick to Have Most Costly One IN
America in Massachusetts,.

Beverly. Mass. Dec. 5.-An art gallery
which will exceed in value Of paintings and
construction any private gallery In Amer
lea is soon TO be built by Henry clay
Frick. Of Pittsburgh, as an addition 10 his
summer home at Pride's Crossing.
Plans for the gallery, which viii cost sew
eral million dollars, are being drawn by
New York architects. and Il will probably
be ready next June, when the Frick Fam
fly returns 10 Pride's Crossing.
The new gallery probably will be two
story addition 10 the house. OF gray stone
and facing brics II is understood the in
terror design will harmonic with the older
building. with staircases, rails and steps OF
imported marble. Gold grillwork also Will
be a feature
Mr. Fricks collection already IS valued
at several millions. Among the old masters
are three examples by Rembrandt four by
Franz Halls, two by Jacob Van Ruysdael,
HObbema's View of a Wooded Country
Velasquoz's Queen Mariana Of Spain
and Titians "Pietro Aretino.' There are
also four portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-06
LYCEUM THEATRE
Nine. Nazimova in The Marionettes. "

Last night. after a long absence from
New York. Nine NazimOva made her re-
appearance at the Lyceum Theatre in
play called The Marionettes," which has
been very successful in Paris and London.
Doubtless Nine Nazimova viii make ii
successful in New York. A good deal Of
credit FOR this result here must accrue to
az least one member Of her supporting COM
pany, Arthur Lewis. who PLAYS with great
skill and delightful quality the part which
Sir John Hare played when the piece was
produced in London.
OF Nine. NazmOya's acting and Of the
play Itself good deal remains 10 be said
and will be said tomorrow In critical
review For the moment II is sufficient to
record the welcome reappearance of this
actress In piece Of some pretensons ana
under auspices which seem 10 promise an
agreeable result 20 nearly all concerned.
The performance was received with liberal
applause. and the play, which nc some
moments seems 70 threaten something like
tragedy, comes to a conclusion in the
happy manner which audiences Of the
present time seem 20 prefer \. W.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-06
NEW YORK'S POPULATION
Census Shows Rapid Increase in
Foreign Born Element.
rr~or, Tho Tribune Bureau. 7

Washington. Dec 5.-The heterogeneous
nature of the population Of New York and
the rapid Increase in the foreign-born ele-
rlent are shown in preliminary statement
issued by the Census Bureau to-day.
OF the total population of New York City
I'm 1910 the native white element. number
ing 2.7n. .504. constituted 57.5 per cent. while
the foreign-born white element. numbering
1.9Z7. 100 constituted 4o4 per cent In 1890
the native white element constituted a con
siderably larger proportion Of the total
population. or 61.f per cent as against @o.'
per cens Off the toreign-born white.
The native white population having both
parents native in 1910 numbered 92l.l5o
while those having one or both parents for
eign born numbered l.s2o,SH or l9.5 ana
3S2 per cent. respectively. Of the total pop
ulatlon Of the city at that time. The equiv
alent percentages in 1900 were 2i.5 and 59.9,
respectively.
From 1900 10 1910 there was an increase in
the population Of the city as a whole OF SS'
per cent, but for the foreign-born white
element there was an increase Of SO per
cent and for the negro clement of 5l.2 per
cent. The native white element Of native
parentage increased in the decade 2i.9 per
cent while the native white element OF
foreign parentage increased 52.7 per cent
The foreign-born white element IN 1910
constituted nearly half OF the total popu-
lation of Manhattan Borough, little more
than one-third OF the total population Of
The Bronx and Brooklyn boroughs. respec-
lively. and between p and 80 per cent OF
the total population Of Queens and Rich
mond boroughs. respectively. The increase
OF the two elements is shown by the fol-
lowing table:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-06
ADOPT TRANSFER ORDER
Service Boards Say Roads Lose
Money by Present System.

FoUowinE the resolution recently adopted
~ the Public Service Commission restoring
surface car transfers a. 81 points that
body adopted a formal order yesterday
carrying out the principles announced IN
the resolution. In connection with the
order the commission gives its reasons Tor
the action, saying in part:
The failure OF the public TO use 70 any
considerable extent the s and 10 cent Joint
rate iu operation on 5Stn street conVinces
us that II transfers are 10 be ordered be-
tween the several companies or systems al
all they should be ordered IN such man
rer as TO make possible transportation Ior
q 5-cent fare. That the curtailment or the
transfer privilege In 1905 worked great hard-
snip % many and was great nconyen- owen
ience 10 many more IL shown by the tesu-
nlCny and is generally conceded. INDUS
trialv the city has become adjusted upon
ne basis Of a 5-cent fare with free trans
.ers.
II the effect Of the abolition Of transfers
vas not 70 help the companies, taken as a
whole. either by increasing revenue or de-
creas,ng expenses, II IS evident that rate
Is 10 force which incOnveniences millions OF
people. and that the raising Of the JOINT
rate by curtsiment Of transfers ola not ac-
c0mplsn It's main purpose.
Attention is called 70 the tact IhsI Ior
the fiscal year ending June 80, 800. tne
number Of free transfers was lSo,b'2,loi,
dropping the next year, after the ROADS
had gone into the hands OF receivers 10
l5s.W2j6. and for the last hscal year 10
'190L5N The report analyzes figures at
various operating stations 70 show that in
stead Of free transfer passengers becoming
paving passengers, the revenue was really
decreased SS13 2O5, between 1907 and 1910. or
approximately 100000 pay passengers.
On the assumption that the ratio Of ex-
Denses 20 revenue IS below 20 per cent. the
commission calculates that the reduction in
traffic volume brought about by the aboh-
ton OF free transfers amounted in money
20 about $4,000
The order is effective January 1, but the
companies DO not have 20 inform the com
mission OF their agreement for the division
o. me fares until February 10. The commits
sou has not learned whether the COM
Dsn.es viii accept the order, but William
. Guthrie counsel for the Third Avenue
loudholders committee. made 1t clear that
he wanted the record complete IN case ne
put in an appeal