The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, April 21, 1910, Image 9
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THE SEA
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| I stand above a whi
" Its deeps are mine
P Mine ita low plaint
| All mine its glee s
. Aline its strong soul
I, 1 lave me in its ki
In dreams upon its t
L It gives me back ?
Mayhap it helps me
I. ^1 am bcvond all jw
No more I shrink fr
| 80 with all streugl
^ I've tasted every bit
I' Earth's bulwarks 1
" Yet sweetened now
j* A11 hallowed: 'tis
Above its wrecks of
The placid ocean s
F-Above my deeps whi
1 My tranquil soul r
I *
t BETWEEN Wit
IBy Frank L
Skating had been a wholly satis
factory winter amusement for Leo
nard MacArthur till late in the fnl
of 1899, when he came upon an 11
lustrated magazine article describln;
Ice sports on the Hudson, and becam
fired with the ambition to construe
an ice-boat?a totally unknown sor
of craft in that western Ontario vil
lage. He had not much money, bu
there were plenty of rough material
at hand, and he was used to tools.
But an Ice-boat is a more conipll
cated machine than it appears to be
and it is not easy for a siiteen-year
old boy to build one without a model
so that it was only after a great man;
mistakes and failures that Leonan
I "'N finally produced a contrivance which
although it might not have passei
muster at a metropolitan regatta, h
yet regarded with considerable satis
faction, and christened the Icicle.
It was cutter-rigged, and the hul
was of the regular cross-shaped pat
OF PEACE. d
h
'KNIRY STUART. jc
te-rimmed sea: .?
V its mirrored height;
of mysterv: ' ?
ung of delight
; its body mine;
nd embrace; 8(
movant brine tc
i cherished face. fl
understand a'
ovrer to hurt: b<
*>m sorrow's lance,
:h am I begirt. . j
ter sup; ol
*11 are proven frail; h,
is life's low cu?>,
my Holy Grail. '
re
ships and men I o'
hows no scars; I
??., u, uui niu rigging was ol clothes
line, and the runners were made o
* old skate blades, with the rudde
skate ground to an edge. Neverthe
less, after Leonard had learned, a
H the risk of his neck, to manoeuver it
* it sailed better than it looked, and h
i took great delight in tarking abou
Ufr the surface of the big mill-pond, til
JK the deep sr.ows of January put an en<
UK to skating and ice-boating alike.
. Later in the winter the ice was re
UT peatedly flooded and refrozen. so tha
Ms during most cf March there was ;
J? clear surface. But early in April i
. was evident that this was doomed.
Ml On the morning of the fifth ther
was a strong warm wind blowin
IV from the west, and a decisive sprin
i thaw was in the air. A warm ai
might break up the ice almost in
^ night, and all the forenoon the pom
was covered with skaters, anxious t
I take advantage of the last of the let
But by noon most of these wer
i driven off by the wind. By thre
o'clock n gale was blowing, whic
^ increased rather than lessened tc
ward evening, and a little soft sno^
R came with it that presaged rain o
jF the morrow.
In every four or five miles alon
the river there is a village, and a
R. every village the river is dammed t
furnish power for small grist mill
or sawmills. The grist mill at Gral
ton was owned by Leonard's fathei
j and just at this season it was run
ning night and day, for the farmer
I for vrvn rwl ? i 1
wuuu ?crc nasiening t
V bring in their wheat before the sleigh
jv lng should disappear.
Owing to the pressure of work
i Leonard hnd had 110 time for ice
Hf. boating that day. but late in the after
noon it came in the way of business
K The mill was running short of flon
K, sacks. They were required at once
1 there was no time to procure thee
Rj. from the city, and it was decided t
j send to the mill at Incherly and en
H deavor to procure "blank ones"?
j that is. sacks unstenclled with th
y name of the mill.
|K Incherly was four miles away in 1
jfik bee-line, and more than Ave by eithe
K the river or tbe road, but Leonari
K. knew that the Icicle could cover th
B distance in Afteeu or twenty minute
at most. The wind blew almos
B squarely at right angles to the gen
i eral course of the river, and woult
I' serve equally well for going and re
turning; but as Leonard had been al
day within the mill, he had not quit
K realized its force.
j When he hauled the boat from tin
^ , basement of the mill and out upoi
the Ice, however, he had a momentar;
mm doubt as to the safety of the project
cd voyage. The wind strained thi
1 rieclnc taut ?? ? ? ? ?- 1?*
.. .Miro uciore xne sail
thoisted. but reassuring hlmsell
furled the canvas and reefed 1
i smallest possible area, pushet
om the shore and the boat be
0 whir up the ice.
jnard had altogether underestl
1 the force of the gale; he ha(
' sailed before in such weather
E>ven under the scrap of canva
rsed the mile-long pond faste
ever before in his life.
om this point the river swept li
serpentine curveB, so that upoi
each ho would be almost runnini
whll. at the next it would bt
ssnry to make painfully shor
i from shore to shore. The wln<
led to be shifting farther into th<
h. The weather was warm, al
L warm enough to rain; the i?
growing soft, and here and ther<
^ yuvn 01 aaauow water atoo<
tm upon tbe surface.
The boat required such carefu
.4 handling by reason of the fnrione am
guaty wiml ,hat Leonard had no at
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sre storms have been .
ettects the stars.
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.illie Pollock.
i- tentlon to spare upon the landmarks. s?
i- and he found himself rounding the ( w
1 next to the last curve before he ex- t*
- pected it. Here he was brought up c?
g sharply. The river bent away to the st
e south, and the Icicle was shot direct- fl'
t ly into the eye of the wind as she **
t I swung round the elbow. The jib
i- flapped wildly; the boat quickly lost
t way, .stopped, and began to slide h<
s hopelessly to leeward. 01
It was apparent that the wind had Cl
- shifted considerably even since he tc
>, had set out. But Incherly was not w
- more than a mile farther. Leonard A'
1, had skates in a box at the stern, and
v he knew that he could borrow a large 01
J hand-sled to bring back the sacks to 1,1
i. this point. So he ran the now useless
I ice-boat up on the laud, put on the 'r
e skates and struck off. **
The gale was like a wall. It was gl
all but impossible to make headway P>
1 against it, and the violent exertion L
- seemed to rend the heart inside the
i- boy's ribs. Still he struggled on with *c
f short, scraping strokes, breathless
r and bent almost double, till at a a
!- slight bend in the river he saw the ^
t lights of the village in the early dusk, w
.. only half a mile ahead. 01
e Here he stopped to rest. He could
t see the dam just above the village; he 111
1 could hear the rush of the water over P1
3 it. and near by he perceived a dozen a
dark figures moving against the snow. 31
These retreated to a distance
t There was a sudden bright flash, and ir
a a moment later a stunning report fl
t came down the wind. ^
For an instant he was startled, and
e then recognized what it must mean,
g They were breaking up the ice above ts
g the dam with dynamite, as was often ll:
r done when the spring thaws threat- P'
a ened to be sudden and sharp, lest the
d pressure of the water and packed ice
o should carry 3way the wooden gates. Cl
The Incherly darn was old and weake
ened, and as the water had been une
usually high when it froze, the own- f1
h er3 of the mill were more than usually 1C
h anxious.
Ill
v Again the black figures were busied w
? about the dam. Presently there was ^
a second flash and report, and three ^
S seconds later the gathering twilight
t was Illumined by the blaze c' a ter- r,
o rifle explosion. One end of the dam ^
s seemed to collapse, letting through
an avalanche of dark water, and as w
It poured over the river-bed a thuni
dering "boom!" came, blown down
s the wind like a solid missile. w
o It transpired afterward that the
i- box cf dynamite cartridges had been
left carelessly upon the embankment k
near the dam, and they had been ex- rl
- ploded either by the concussion or a(
by the failing of a lump of ice. No
( one was hurt; but the already
r strained dam was shaken beyond its
: strength, and at the first yielding the jt
o whole structure dissolved and the
0 great pond began to pour through the
i- crevasse, filling the bed of the river, ^
- breaking up the ice. and far over- r{
e flowing the banks. H
Leonard scrambled to reach the aj
8 shore. The Icicle would be lost, but
t* there was no help. Then suddenly
3 the appalling fact flashed upon him
? that this tremendous rush of water
8 would infallibly carry away their own '(Jj
t dam at Grafton! tj.
It was a new dam and had cost a]
1 more than they could well spare. | w
- Where the money would come from I
1 to build another he did not know, | T?
" una me mm, Besides, would be para- ^
lyzed for months in the "busiest sea- aj
0 son. Eut if It were only possible to in
a reach the place in time to open the q
Y gates, there was a chance that the w
- force of the flood would be carried w
e off harmlessly. There was. perhaps, tj,
s a possibility. Leonard had not vet aJ
' reached the shore, and he wheeled d.
t about almost Instinctively ard darted ^
1 downstream with the wind at his
- back. M
The gale seemed to moderate sud- di
" denly. Almost without an effort he tt
^ I was driven ahead at n ?nm>H tuof ?
? ? viiat, tuun j pi
I away his breath. He saw the Icicle tfc
s
vooeaaee ? *?
p two V4
i
s *
B From a Speech at Norwicl
t George P. McLean,
1 The first time I ran for the C
a *T prominent citizens of my oomm
^ going to vote against me becat
threw a rotten anple at his hori
sen told me that he was going to
B was a shaver I put a rotten egg ii
1 to the woman he worked for a
woman. Think of it! And yet
1 scales where thrones have been t
1 a? ?? ?? ? ? ???a???a?a?aa<
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rawing nearer; he was all but upon
er. and he dug his heels into the
ie and then sprawled headlong over
ie stern, receiving a dozen bruises
lat at the moment he did not feel.
The shock drove the boat partly
ut upon the ice. and Leonard
'rambled aboard, giving a long shove
> start her. The reefed mainsail
lied instantly, with the wind dead
ft, and the Icicle went off with a
JUUU.
Leonard nervously pulled out all
le reef-knots. Every square inch
f sail would b erequired, although
e feared for his rigging. The purling
flood was still out of sight
>und the last curve, as a rapid glance
rer his Bhoulder told him, but a dull,
lmultous roar sounded in the distnce.
Then every nerve and muscle
as strained upon the business in
and.
The Icicle went down the straight
?ach of the river like a shot from a
un, the tugging sheet almost dlsicating
Leonard's left wrist, while
ith his right hand he leaned hard
a the tiller.
Round the sharp curve he rasped,
ith shavings of ice flying from the
idder blade, and as the wind fell
tvagely upon her beam the windard
arm of the craft swung clear of
le ice, and she heeled as If she would ,
ipsize. But the speed did not learn;
it rather increased, as the boat
?w along balanced on one skate and
le rudder shoe.
Leonard shifted his position, hut
Is weight was insufficient to ballast
sr. He had all he could do to hold
i, and as he went round the next
irve with a wrench that threatened
? tear the rudder from its bolts, he
as within a hair's breadth of being
ling violently upon the ice.
The boat returned to an even keel
a the next reach as the wind fell
ore astern. The river entered a bit
f woodland, and the roar of the tossig
branches drowned any noise from
le waters behind. Twilight was
athering quickly; the trees flashed
ast in a blur of brown, and again
eonard threw his weight on the
ller, and with a shivering lurch the
:lcle reeled round another curve.
Again the windward runner swung
couple of feet in air as the boat
eeled to the gale. Her navigator
as half-dazed by the speed. The
aft was all but beyond his control;
e could neither stop nor turn very
mch aside; he could only cling deserately
to tiller-handle and sheet,
nd try to avoid a collision with
:umps or tree trunks in the ice,
hich would probably break his neck
nmediately, and would certainly
rown him two minutes afterward,
he rapidity of the motion snatched
ie breath from his lips.
More than three-fourths of the dismce
was already traversed; another
alf-mile, and he would be upon the '
and. The wind held strong, the sails
veiled rigid as steel, and the sheet
visted round Leonard's wrist was
itting into the skin. He cleared the
ist bit of woodland, left the roar of
ie threshing tree-tops behind him,
ad the Icicle shot out upon the clear
e of the long pond.
Beside the imperiled dam, a mile
head, he saw the tall mill, blazing
ith lights from basement to roof,
own the pond he flew through the
usk; the distance lessened, the mill
temed to approach with marvelous
tpidity, and Leonard began to wonsr
how he would stop. To run upon
ie shore while moving at that speed
ould result in a shock like a railay
collision.
There was no time to reflect. He
as already within a quarter of a
lie of the embankment, and he let
3 the sheet, pulled out his pocketnifp
? Twl cloahn/l fnrUnolo " *
, U.HU4*VU 1 U i UMIOI ? OC I.I1C
gging. The strained cordage gave
: a touch of the knife edge, the mast
ent over the bows with its sail, and
le Icicle, a mass of wreckage, slid
>rward and smashed into the land
ist above the mill.
Three or four men had come out
om the basement door to wat<?h his
reakneek approach, and Leonard
cognized his father among them,
e scrambled to his feet in the snow
id rushed toward them.
"Ineherly dam's burst! Lift the
ites!" he yelled.
There was a moment of amazed in;tion,
and then a rush toward the
im. "Not time!" shouted MacArtur,
turning back into the basement
id reappearing with three axes that
ere kept there. "Cut them away!"
The flood was not yet in sight. The
dele had far outstripped it in that
reathless race, and there were three
ces handled by expert woodsmen plyig
on the four-inch pine timbers,
ne of them gave way, and the gate
as whirled away by the pressure of
ater that began instant'^' to foam
irough the opening. The ice cracked
id sank, and then far up the pond a
xrk. rapid moving shadow appeared
irough the twilight.
"Here it comes! Get off the dam!"
acArthur shouted; but his voice was
owned by the mingled roar from
le broken gate, the wind, the ap
-oacoin?; nood. and tlie iliwr.der of
ie working mill.
3TES. II
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? by Former Governor
of Connecticut. *
Jeneral Assembly one of the
unity told me that he wai
ise when I was a shaver I
ie. Another prominent citl
vote for me because when I
a a buggy cushion belonging ?*
nd he had never lilted the
such stuff has thrown the
he stake. J J
* # + ** ??
The rest of the men had seen It,
however, and there was a scurry toward
safe ground. A few seconds
later the flood struck the dam in a
vast white-topped billow that poured
in a cataract over the timbering and
completely hid it from sight.
Tho n.r.al.-a..<w1 HI
at the first shock, but the main stiucture
seemed to stand. Would It
hold? They watched it In tense anxiety.
although nothing was visible hut
a great green waterfall. But after
five or six long minutes the rush of
water abated a little, and the piers
emerged again, apparently uninjured.
The flood still ran furious and deep;
but since the dam had endured the
first strain, it was almost certain that
it would stand the steady pressure.
"It'll hold!" said the owner, with
a sigh of relief. It was not warm, but
he mopped his face with his handkerchief.
The dam was saved, but the mill
would have to be shut down until the
gates could be replaced. Leonard
thought of this with regret as he
glanced at his father.
"I guess we sha'n't need those
sacks after all," he said.?Youth's
Companion.
Electricity has supplanted gas for
car lighting in nearly all the State
railways of Italy, Switzerland and
Denmark.
An incandescent lamp in its green
shade will, when turned upward toward
the ceiling, spread a soft and
pleasantly diffused light, plenty
strong enough for a room where no
one is reading. When the lamp is so
used no shadows are cast.
A portable transformer drying apparatus
has been devised to dry out
transformers that have become moist
during shipment or storage. The apparatus
consists of a furnace adapted
to burn wood or charcoal. A current
of air heated by the furnace is forced
through the transformer by means of
a blower driven by a small motor.
The air. before reaching the blower,
is filtered through several thicknesses
of cheesecloth.?Scientific American.
The telephones used on steamships
are quite interesting. The induction
coil, condenser, an.l bell of the instrument
are inclosed in a small white
enamel box, and the switch hook
which projects from one side is provided
with a special retaining device
to prevent the receiver from being
knocked ofT by the motion of the
ship. The receiver Is allowed to rock
on the hook, otherwise the lever
would lift and make a false connection
when the ship was pitching and
rolling.?-Scientific American.
In the operation of the trains
through the Sinclair Tunnel the showing
has been very marked in favor of
electricity. It has been found that
electric locomotives were capable of
hauling 1000-ton trains, as against
700-ton trains hauled by the steam
locomotives. The 27.3 car trains,
which was the average size of the
trains hauled by the electric motors,
required ten minutes to pass through
the electric zone. The average size
of the steam trains was 10.7 caro.
and it took the steam locomotives fifteen
minutes to haul them over the
same distance. The steam locomotives
burned per month $f>00l> worth
of coal, costing $6 per ton; the electric
service, burning soft coal costing
52 per ton, required only $1150 for
fuel for the same period.
One On the .Judge.
A newly qualified justice in one ot
the small towns of Tennessee was trying
one of his first criminal cases. The
accused was an old darky who was
charged with robbing a hencoop. He
had been in court before 011 a similar
charge and was then acquitted.
"Well, Tom," began the judge, "I
see you're in trouble again?"
"Yes, salt," replied the darky, "the
last time, judge, you was mah lawyer."
"Where is your lawyer this time?"
asked the judge.
"I ain't got no lawyer this time,"
answered Tom. "I'm goin' to tell the
truth."?Baltimore American.
Decadent Days in Missouri.
You can wear any kind of clothes
you please except a monocle in these
hills now and still pass as a real man.
You know there was a time when
you would he branded a tenderfoot if
VOU lot it be known I hut von
socks or underwear. We don't have
to make the qualified statement that
we believe the race is dying out.
These facts prove it.?Lamar (Mo.)
Democrat.
New Light on Kansas.
In Kansas trees of the same varie?
ties are rushed to ma urlty long before
they get their growth in the
East. They bear liberally at an age
which would mean nothing in the
way of a crop in cooler and more
sober regions. Then decay comes
with astonishing rapidity.?Cleveland
Leader.
Iowa has 1629 banks, or one for
every 13S0 inhablta Us. Kansas la
next with one bank for every 1500
people.
There are In Alsace-Lorraine thirty-five
champagne factories. Of these
Metz has fifteen.
CHILDREN'S
THE PERFUMED KNIGHT.
I wear no suit of armor;
No sword or spear I l>oar.
I've hut a little scent hag:
It says to all: "Beware!"
My coat is one of the handsomest
to be seen in the forest?black,
decked out with a great white collar.
My tail is large and showy. I wander
through the woods by day or
night, whenever I please, though a
moonlight night is always nty choice
for a stroll. By starlight or in bright
sunshine I raid the farmer's poultry
house, and If he approaches with
club or stone I have only to loosen the
draw string of my scent bag. let out
a tiny whiff of perfume, and he turns
and flees for his life. Ha! Ha! Ha!
In triumph I bear off to my wife and
my babes his plumpest goose, or his
sleekest pullet. If my home Is fai
from any farm I keep my table sup
plied with partridges, pheasants anc
| other wild fowl. When I walk abroad
I I always have the path to myself
There is no forest dweller who care:
or dares to dispute it with me. II
one sees me afar he says to himself
"The Perfumed Knight," and hastil]
retreats. Can you guess my uatne??
Tribune.
THE SMARTEST CAT.
I want to write and tell you about
my cat. His name is Smut and he is
the smartest cat 1 ever saw. I car
dress him up in my cast-off bal>>
clothes and put him in the baby carriage
and wheel him all around, and
then I can lay him down on a sofa
cushion and go away and leave hint
on it. and he will not get off the cushion
till I come back. He will also
play hide and seek with me.?Bethel
Bailey, in the New York Tribune.
" SPARROWS.
1 have no dog or cat. neither have
I a canary, but I would like to write
a few lines about some sparrows that
come to our kitchen window to be fed
every morning. They are fine, little
healthy birds and are so used to our
feeding them that they have become
quite tame and always seem to act
as if they were entitled to their morning
meal. One morning this winter
a flock of large storm birds came on
our lawn, and the sparrows, thinking,
no doubt, that they were intruders,
acted as if they were very much offended.
I think if the boys who try
to shoot the little sparrows could see
these birds coming each morning for
their little breakfast thev would not
be inclined to molest them. For my
part, 1 shall always try to protect
even the sparrows.?Claire Courlewr.y,
in the New York Tribune.
SQUEAL.Y AND CURLY-TAIL,.
I am going to tell you about two
very funny pets, Squealy and CurlyTail.
Squealy is a little black and
white pig and Curly-Tail is all white,
I know some of my little Tribunw
friends would think Squealy and
Curlv-Tail very queer pets, but if you
once saw them I am sure you would
like them.
One day my uncle, who owns a big
farm, went down to the market to
buy duck eggs. As he was looking
around lie saw a crate with two little
pigs in it. They were so tiny and
cute that he bought them and took
them home to my cousin, who fell in
love with them at first sight.
Squealv used to follow my cousin
wherever she went, and when she got
tired she would stop and squeal as
loud a3 she could. This is how she
got her name. Curly-Tail got his
name from the funny shape of his
tail, which curls right over his back.
? Florence Fouchaux, in the New
York Tribune.
DEWEY AND BEAUTY.
These arc the names of the two
dops which I am poinp to tell you
about. Dewey is the stronger and
more capable dop. He is a shepherd
dop with rough brown hair on his
body. Beauty is also a shepherd dog.
but has longer hair than Dewey and
nearly a white head. There is also
{ a white stripe down her back and at
the tip of her tail. In summer Dewey
i drives tho cows front the pasture.
' while Beauty stays at home playing
with the smaller children When we
played football we nearly always had
Dewey and Beauty play also, Dewey
on one side and Bsr.uty on the other.
When one of the boys received the
ball he would give it to the dog on
Jtia aide and the dog would grab the
?>t|)n ' * '.Jje
DEPARTMENT:
way we wanted him to go. because
one of tile boys would run ahead and
call his name. The dogs could stop
each other quite easily, but the boy?
could not stop the dogs. If the dogs
wanted to stop the boys they would
run ahead and trip them. Sometimes
accidents would happen, but never a
serious one.?Thomas Capek, in th?
New York Tribune.
THE DONKEY AND HIS SHADOW.
Chinn once hired a donkey from
Meetu to carry a burden. As they
left the city and were crossing a
stretch of sand the sun blazed down
on them w ith burning heat and China
crept tinder the donkey to be in the
shade. Meetu tried to thrust Chinn
from under, claiming the shade as
his, because he owned the donkey,
while Chinn declared that he had
hired the shade when he hired the
donkey. Thus they argued and struggled.
striking and pushing, each striving
to get under the donkey. At last
that patient beast, taking fright,
started off, burden and all. and with
swift-flying heels ran over the burning
desert sands to the distant wilderness,
and was never seen again.
The shade being :;ow gone, and the
stragglers nearly overcome by the
scorching heat, they limply sank to
the ground and strained their eyes
after their departed property?Meetu
his donkey and Chinn his burden of
goods.
I Then this thought flashed into both
their minds: We often strive after
' the shadow and lose the substance!
?W. S. Nortenheim. in the Phiiadel*
' phi a Record.
' WHICH ONE WAS KEPT?
. There was two little kittens, u black
f and a gray.
And grandmamma said with a
' frown?
"It will never do to keep them both,
The black one we'd better drown.
"Don't cry. my dear," to tiny Bess,
"One kitten's enough to keep:
Now run to the nurse, for 'tis growing
! late.
' And time you were fast asleep."
The morrow dawned, and ros}- and
sweet
Came little Doss from her nap:
1 The nurse said. "Co into mamma"?
room
And look in grandma's lap."
"Come here," said grandmamma,
with a smile.
From the rocking chair where she
sat:
"Cod has sent you two little sisters.
Now, what do you think of that'.'"
Bess looked at the babies a moment.
With their wee heads, yellow and
brown.
And then to grandmamma soberly
said,
"Which one are you going to
drown?"
?Lillian Street, in Ideal Home.
BOY INVENTORS' PROFITS.
Wireless telegraph and the conquest
of the air have taken a firm
hold on the youths of America, the
hundreds of lads of tender years, but
advanced ideas devoting their talents
to the invention or construe.ion ot
machines i:i both these lir.es.
While these devices are largely for
pleasure, young America has proved
hi3 ability to turn inventive genius
' lino utilitarian channels. One of the
most remarkable Inventions made by
a boy is a device for signaling on elevated
roads. It is in use on part of
' the Brooklyn "I," system, and is the
work of Morris Schaeffer, fifteen
years old. a public school boy. Morris
was offered $ IS, 000 for his patent,
but on the advice of friends, refused
it. The boy expects to be able to get
$30,000 for the idea from the railroad
company.
Of quite a different calibre is the
machine invented by Donald H. Miller.
a student at Columbia University,
This, by the mere touching of keys,
similar to thosa on a typewriter,
translates Chinese into English. It
can also be used to translate any
other language. The contrivance resembles
an adding machine.
From darkest India conies the record
of the achievement of Claude
Moore, the son of a pocr coal miner.
Young Moore, who is twenty years
old. was reduced to the sum of two
cents when he received word from
the Patent Office that it had issued
a patent on a corn liusker. Thereupon
Claude, who is a thrifty youth,
sold his potent to the Harvester Trust
for considerable real money.
A most ambitious piece of work has
Just been successfully finished by
Francis Lee Herreshoff, the young
nephew of the famous yacht designer.
This is the construction of a highpower
racing automobile, with which
has been developed the tremendous
speed ot eighty miles an hour.
Herreshoff has also patented a device
for subduing the si?- ^ I \cetylene
lamps. Tho mrnfv- I Joes
away with the nccest"^0 ' ^tlnguishlng
the lamps, fo . .-.one tho
glare, making It har no!las