The Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, July 11, 1902 Page: 2 of 4
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SERVED AARON BURR
OLD MAN TELLS OF FRIENDSHIP
FOR STATESMAN.
Still Retains Affection Formed in His
Boyhood Dayo—Lessons in Elocu-
tion Given Him in Exchange for
Services.
Probably tlio only man alive who
knew Aaron Burr personally Is Gabri-
el Harrison of 805 Sterling place,
Brooklyn, a retired actor and teacher
of elocution. He Ik 8.j years old now
and was only 16 when he know Burr,
lint his memory of the statesman and
the sentiment regarding him which
prevailed years ago is still sharp and
clear cut.
Burr, when Mr. Harrison knew him.
lived in a two-story house in Reado
street, and Mr. Harrison lived in the
same street about a block away.
"Burr lived with a Mr. Proud-
homme, an engraver." says Mr. Harri-
son. "and had his offices in the front
nnd back parlors. The front room
was bis ofliee and in the rear one he
did most of his writing. 1 remember
i hat over his mantelpiece there hung
a portrait of his daughter, Theodosia,
whose death in a shipwreck cast a
^loom over his life.
"My father was an engraver and
every day I went for him to take
proofs to Air. Proudhomme. One day
Aaron Burr asked me to go to a near-
by restaurant and bring some I'oo.l to
him. 1 did it and thereafter ran
many errands for the statesman. That
was the foundation of a friendship
which lasted until he left Reade
street.
"i used to take tea and toast to
him from home though my mother
had no idea that it was for Burr. I
told her it. was for the 'nice old gentle-
man up the street.' When the family
learned later that I was serving Burr
my sister said he was a murderer.
"To that my mother replied that it
was not so. Hamilton had accepted
the challenge, she said, and if any
one should have prevented the duel
it was Hamilton's place to have dons
so.
"Burr always took a great interest
in me and for the errands 1 ran for
him, gave me lessons in elocution. Ah
1 remember him be stood about 5
Jeet 8 inches tall. He had a trim fig-
ure. a beautifully poised head and a
remarkable face which might be call-
ed classic. His manner of speech was
charming and showed him to be a
master oi rhetoric. His voice wa.i
sweet and never loud. Everything
he said showed that his life had been
a studious one and thr.t his manners
had been formed by contact with the
very best society.
"It was in 1831 that I knew him
and a year later I missed him. That
was the year there was cholera in
New York and I think he must have
left town to escape the epidemic.
"In 1834 or the following year my
friend George Manniere, who later be-
came mayor of Chicago, invited me to
call with him on an old gentleman
who was confined to his bed in the
old Tontine building in Wall street. I
recognized the old man lying pale and
sick as my old friend of Reade street,
Aaron Burr. He was glad to see me
and 1 remember that I was so overjoy-
ed at seeing him that I kissed his
hand. That was the last time I ever
saw him. I do not care how black
political prejudice has painted him.
An injustice was done to him, I think,
and 1 have always cherished and re-
spected his memory. 1 think that I
am the only man now alive who knew
him personally."
Most political speeches are as much
too long for the hearers as they arc
too short for the speakers.
Ignorance is bliss until it begin3 to
associate with egotism.
It is a deplorable fact that a girl can
never get her first kiSE but once.
BLOODHOUND8 NOT FEROCIOUS.
Are
English Animals of Pure Blood
Harmless Creatures.
The Idea that tho English blood-
hound Is a savage and particularly
Of Value to Nurses
For administering medicine
. tri a
ferocious animal is u very common patient, especially one too ill to be
error. In no small pnrt due, perhaps, l Borved by means of a spoon or where
to the bloodthirsty stories most of us a definite quantity of fluid Is fre*
have read in "Undo Tom's Cabin." j
The hounds mentioned by Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stowc, however, as used
in the southern states, were cross-
bred animals and related to tho Cuban 1
hound, with a blending of mastllT,
bulldog and hound blood, and were '
quite savage and have little, tf any
resemblance to the; English specimen.
These dogs wore first known in the
West Indies in the latter part of tho
eighteenth century, when a number
were imported, probably from Spain, |
tor the purpose of suppressing tie
Maroon insurrection, but tho natives
were so Inspired with terror at first
sight of the animals that It was found
unnecessary to make use of them.
Until some fifty years ago blood-
hounds were often used in England
for tracking sheep stealers, and also
by keepers and herders in all the
large forests where poachers gave
trouble. Some idea may be had of
the value of these dogs in such a
cause when I say that they have been
known in England to follow their
quarry across water. There are many
theories regarding how the scent is
carried on the water, says a writer
in Outing, but the one most generally
accepted is that it is held in the bub-
bles which remain on the surface of
the water after the swimmer or wader
has passed.
P
Adjustable to Size of Dose.
quently to be given, the device shown
In the drawing may prove particularly
useful. It comprises both cork and
m -dicine dropper, and Is capable of
adjustment to vary the quantity of
fluid to the required amount.
Medicine-Dispensing Device
Will Prevent Accidents
The rubber bulb has its lower walls
thickened and an opening Is provided
for the insertion of the glass tube.
The interior wall of tho opening is
molded with a thread to co-operate
with a corresponding thread on tho
head of the tube. The upper end of
the tube extends Into the bulb to oervo
as an abutment or stop to limit the
depression of the bull). By twisting
the tube to the right or left, while tho
bulb la held rigid, the distance be-
tween the abutment and top of tho
bulb may bo diminished or Increased
accordingly. If a definite amount of
fluid is required the tube is first pro]),
erly adjusted, so that, the expansion
of the end of the bulb after contrac'
tlon will Induct the right quantity of
medicine into the tube, discharging
it as soon as a second depression ol
the bul'o takes place.
By adapting the device to be kept
In the bottle containing the medicine
it not only serves as a stopper, but
also keeps the dropper clean and
free from dust and the contaminating
air of the sick room. Harris Connor
of Philadelphia Fa., is the inventor.
Coolness in Summer
AN EMBARRASSING ERROR.
Arrogant Guest Sought to Patronlza
"Lion" of the Evening.
N'o other anecdote concerning the
lute i'aul Leicester Ford shows better
his innate courtesy and self-possession
than tin following:
It was at. a literary reception in
Brooklyn. A number of "liens" rf
greater or less magnitude wore there,
among them a clergyman whose some-
what arrogant manner made him un-
duly conspicuous.
As he came forward, blinking near-
sightedely. to greet his hostess, he
noticed a short,' slight figure standing
at her side.
Without looking more closely at this
second person, whom he supposed to
be one of the boys of the neighbor-
hood, the clergyman slapped him fa-
miliarly on the shoulder, crying:
"Well, and how are you, my littio
man?" v
"Very well, thank you," replied the
other, politely, amid a general gasp
from those around them.
"Fine lad! Who is he?" queried the
clergyman', turning to his hostess. j
"It is Mr. Paul Leicester Ford, the i
guest of honor this evening," she an-
swered.
Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the
United States weather bureau, has in-
vented a machine for cooling buildings
in hot weather. It promises to be a
great boon to sweltering humanity,
and is not an expensive apparatus.
The air enters through a tube or
pipe, which extends from a room to
the exterior of the building and begins
to freeze when it reaches the center
of the cylinder (E). From E to G
the air becomes steadily colder, and
is coldest when it h discharged.
The cylinder is eight feet high and
two and one-half feet in diameter, k
is capable of taking and discharging
200 cuoic feet of air a minute. The
air which it descharges is free from
dust and moisture and is at a tem-
perature of 28 'to SO degrees.
This machine has a capacity of cool-
ing about 20,000 cubic feet of space
during the hottest weather. It is filled
with an ingredient and needs to bo
charged only once a day.
The machine will keep the tempera-
ture at 60 degrees when the ther-
mometer marks up to 100. The ap-
paratus works automatically, and
operates on the principle of gravity.
The machine has been patented in
this country. No chemicals cus-
Prof. Mooro's Machine
Will Bo Ol Great Lioon
tomarily used in producing freezing
Moore's Air Co=!er.
mixtures are contained in the
chine.
ma-
Elements of tHe Air
How Scientists Found What
Atmosphere Is Composed Of
Too Much Taxation. The first rude shock to the prevail-
From Pottsville conies a story of a;i ing ideas concerning tae atmosphere
old chap who is proud to describe hi:n- was given in 1774, when Priestley dis-
self as the original anti-expansionist. ■
Soon after the breaking out of hostili-
ties ^ it.li Spain and the passage of the i
t by Congress he began ! thls the passive element> nitrogen, and
covered in it the very active element,
oxygen. Two years later he ailded to
war revenue a;;
to orate against the new taxes as an
exhibition of federal tyranny. He
wouid fairly froth at the mout'i as he
denounced the war tariff and would
darkly hint at the possibility of a later
day Patrick Henry and a. new awaken-
ing of the people to a sense of the in-
justice. A severe cold laid him low,
and his doctor, finding him asleep one
day and thinking a little blistering
would do him good, c.pplied a fine
large mustard plaster to the old fel-
low's back. The burning, stinging bite
of the heated mustard p. woke the crus-
ty patient, who rolled over in agony
for a minute or two, elepped one hand
behind him, felt the plaster, and, fran-
tically tearing it off. reared:
"Has it come to this that an old man
like me can't even dia peaceably in
his bed, without having the govern-
ment come along and clap a revenue
stamp on him?"—Philadelphia Timea.
the two main constituents of the in-
visible air became captives of science.
To these new elements the old idea
clung for a time. Oxygen was named
by its discoverer dephligisticated air.
It lacked phlogiston the fancied fire
element,' and sought it with eager ap-
petite in whatever it touched. Nit-
rogen was called phlogisticated air.
It was believed to be saturated with
phlogiston and, therefore, fatal to
llama. While oxygen combined
briskly with all the elements, nitrogen
refused to combine at all except under
great provocation. Though intimate-
ly mingled in the atmosphere, these
elements were as unlike in character
as two substances well could be.
No long time passed before a third
substance was found in the atmos-
phere, this time not a chemical ele-
ment, but the compound gas, carbonic
acid. While not great in quantity it
proved to be indispensable in quality,
since all the world of living things io
dependent upon it for existence. In-
imical as It is, when in large quantity,
to animal life, without it there could
be no life at all, and the earth would
be a dead and barren expanse. For
the plant world gains from this gas
its foundation element of carbon, and
is thus enabled to lay up those stores
of food upon which the animal world
depends.—Lippencott's Magazine.
««
Horse Bicycle" Now
A young man of Minnesota has just
patented a "horse bicycle;" that is to
say, he has devised an arrangement
whereby the bicycle may be ridden
In the ordinary manner, and also
quickly changed so that the rider will
enjoy a backward and forward canter
similar to that of a horse. Those who
have ridden on the new machine Bay
that the canter motion is most delight-
ful and exhilarating. The machine
is to be nlaced on the market.
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Latta, T. A. The Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, July 11, 1902, newspaper, July 11, 1902; Claremore, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc177910/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.