Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 August 1897 — Page 2
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THE DAILY BANNED TIMES, GREEN CASTLE, INDIANA-
IS A KNOWING KING
ON HIS PRIVATE BICYCLE TRACK JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER WILL TRY TO WHEEL A MILE IN THREE MINUTES.
El HOPE ASTONISHED HY THE CLENEUNKSS OF SIAM’S Kl I KK. NOT ON A PLEASURE JAUNT. Yltitine Different Conrt, to Srrnrc Co-operation AK*ln»t French Aiivreoalon—HU Plnu» for ModernIzInK HU People. VIENNA, -Whon thp Klnji of Slam anil his ertenslve suite rearh i the I'nltecl States In the latter part of l August or In early September the Amerlcan people will be considerably surprised. Europe Is still agape, as It | had been led to expect that the Siamese monarch was just a trifle better than half barbarian, as far ns externals go, and at least half a century beh.nd the times In the many branches of modern thought and appliances Instead, Chulalongkom Is distinct]) up to date. In breadth of knowledge , he Is the peer of most well educated men; In natural ability he Is well stocked; he is an astute diplomat, and beneath a polish of great culture lies all the shrewdness of a Connectl-
cut "Y ftnliee.
When he first came to this city the court circle, who Imagined him to he a species of farce-comedy monarch. ] tried to kill him with festivities. Vi- | enna Is said to he the happiest city In the world, and Its stock of gaiety was exhausted In the round of pleasures mapped out for the King. He was dined and wined seemingly to the ; limit of human endurance. Many of j his entertainers dropped by the way- j side, hut Chulalongkom never winced, j He displayed a capacity for the pleasures of European society That became a marvel as day after day and night after night passed without his show-
ing any signals of distress.
It was also expected that Chulalongkorn, like LI Hung Chang, would appear dressed in all trie splendor of Oriental hahilinmnts. But he and all of his suite. Including the two ladies | and his four young sons, wore Euro- ; pcan clothing of the newest design, j The gowns and the millinery of the ladies are worn with all the grace of ; the I’aiisienne. and when it is remembered that their home costume con ! sists of a pair of trousers, cut a la Turk; a short tunic ami a sleeveless jacket, some idea of their adaptability J
can la* gained.
At Bangkok Chulalongkom wears a , steeple-crowned hat nearly three feet | high, but here he wears n silk hat j with tlie easy grni’e of a Viennese ; beau. lie talks French with more j purity of accent than the average Englishman, and is equally at home | with German and English. He reads | and writes these three languages, is j well up in the history of the various
nations of Europe and is familiar with jsiiuncse kingdom ticiug added to ; are tutored in the different professions, their political divisions and their nie French Asiatic possessions, prom- the abstract and applied sciences and home and colonial complications. Iso to terminate in the whole of the mechanics, and In the various departIt seems that the Koval Library at kingdom becoming a French depend- incuts of knowledge which will serve Bangkok, besides containing an im- envy unh-s the other European Gov- to a better development of the immense array of hooks in the three j ornmonts with Asiatic Interests are mense natural wealth of his country, languages above mentioned. Is kept ( aroused to the point of interference. I others are being prepared for profes-
supplied with all the leading news , With the smallest pretext France i
JOHN
n. norKEFEIXEH’S FOUR. LAI* Hit VI LE TRACK.
HAS THE SPEED FEVER.
He nn<l Hi, Millionaire Friend, Will He \l.le to Horn tlie tiroun.l In Private—Fomilbllltle, ul a tireat Hace.
NEW WOMAN IN CHINA. Among the few almond-eyed stand-ard-bear rs of the mute new-born revolt agalnrt the subjection of Chinese womankind, Dr. Hu King Eng stands pi-e-ere’ir^rwl. Of her sex and race the first mactcr of arts, the second doctor of medicine. Dr. Ya Mae Kin graduated in DSf*. hut without returning to the orient married Eca de Siloa, with whom she lives in Honolulu.
rrom Skctcly Bits.
HIS OWN OPINION,
NEW YORK, -—The Million aires* Derby may soon be added to the fixtures of the "bicycle racing season. John D. Rockefeller, the record millionaire of the country, is building a cinder path on his Hudson River e9 ' ,
tate. near Tarrytown, for the partic- | fatnei
King Eng was born in Foochow to i
a heritage of wealth and aristocracy. , Her grandfather. Hu. was a mandarin of influecc'*. In the 70th year of his age he became a convert to the "Jesus doctrine,” and with his two sons. Hu Po Mi and Hu Vong Mi-King Eng’s
both of whom for more than
ular use of his family, himself and his 1 thirty years have been Methodist pasmlllionalre friends. i tors and presiding elders. Soon grandThe track will lie four laps to the nether Hu and her daughters-in-law. mile, with the turns well banked to | a) | of thp bound-foot class, Influenced prevent spills, and, while it will not he convincing even coercive argu-
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The laws against fust riding on the alien faith,
public roads of this section of the
country are very stringent, and cyclists who are fired with an ambition to burn up the ground speedily land In the lockup. Besides, the land for miles up and down the river Is owned by different millionaires, who have made of tlie place one vast park. William Rockefeller, the brother of John D„ has a big place nearby, at Scarboro’, and adjoining bis land is the tine estate of Mrs. Elliot F. Shepard. Not far distant is the country home of Miss Helen Gould, and within easy riding distance is the mansion nt. her brother. Edward Gould. In add: tlon to these there are the homes of many rich men and women not so well known to fame, because of the comparatively small number of mill
Ions they own.
In all of these families there ao several bicycle riders, and when guests are being entertained at any of the houses, which happens pretty much all the time, the number of riders Increases. William Rockefeller, for Instance, has a regular bicycle
stable, lu which he keeps twenty-five , . wheel mounts for his friends. Thes. ; ’owed several months of practical work
wheels are of all sizes and sorts.jsuit 1" the woman’s hospital of Boston, able for short, fat men and women, j —
INNOCENCE ABROAD.
From Ally Sloper.
She—It’s no use, Mr. Newly; as thinis ire I wouldn’t accept the best man Hvt n ,
When quite a child King Eng was r at! e you°hav<rthe'satlffacUon" plac'd in the girl’s boarding school at ^at he has offered himself. 1 Foochow, where, in time, she devel- j
oped into a thorough student, evincing marked artistic ability—an inherited talent. Furtive peeps into the dispensary and wards of the adjacent hospital. however, determinned effectually her vocation to be, not art, but medi-
cine.
With that end in view the little high-caste celestial maid, now in her j 15th year, came across the seas, hav- | ing met and conquered bitter, determined opposition. She immediately | entered the Ohio Wesleyan university, | graduating four years later a master of arts. Three years more of study and the degree of doctor of medicine was conferred by the Woman's Medical college of Philadelphia, and also after a brief post-graduate course by the Philadelphia polyclinic. Then fol-
papers nml periodicals of > .
the world. [ ready at any moment to complete Its
At home the King spends from three to ■ system of Siamese aggrandizement, four hours n day In the library, read-Shut the King hopes to enlist tlie ooIng up and keeping abreast of all the > operation of England, Germany and
news and doings of the outside world. Russia to prevent this.
He has a wonderfully retentive mein ] Another danger threatening his
sorshlps In the schools and colleges which he Intends to establish In the cities for the education of the native
boys.
There is one notable characteristic possessed by Chulalongkom. and that is his full appreciation of the weak-
ory and jkisscsscs the rare faculty of [throne lies lu the domination of the nesses of his people. He knows their sifting out the valuable matter from tChinese in all the branches of Siamese backwardness, and he has the energy the worthless and retaining only what commerce. In Bangkok and the few and the ability to push them forward, can be of service. other cities of importance the great While this is the first time that he has This strange monarch lias been n j bulk of the wealth Is owned by Chinese ever journeyed from home, his knowlstudent since .early boyhood. Placed merchants, and. while these have not edge gained by rending had given him on the throne thirty years ago, when I yet interfered in the indltics of the a clear insight of the advantages of he was a boy of but 15, his advisors country, they must soon do so as a Western nations, and ids actual examhad the good sense to secure English, matter of business interest and pro- [nation of them lias luereased his deFrench, German and American tutors, caution. Chulalongkom believes that sire to modernize his own country, the latter being Mr. Chandler, the end the Integrity of the Siamese kingdom The people of New York. Phlladelnent sinologue. Besides Ids knowl- ' has become a political necessity to phia, Washington, Chicago. St. Louis, edge of European languages and af- | Europe, and to make this apparent he Denver. Salt Lake City and San I'raufairs, he is proficient in the Pall. Hln- Is visiting the various courts which i cisco, tlie cities wldch His Majesty will dustnnee and Malay languages and have Asiatic Interests to protect. j visit on Ids way home, must be prethe Innumerable Cambodian and Laos The King is endeavoring to secure! pared to answer a multiplicity of quesdlalects. Ids kingdom and perpetuate It In a lions. The Inquisitiveness of Li Hung Tlie present tonr is something more j manner that will make it independent Chung is nothing to tlie thirst for serious than a pleasure jaunt. The <>f the knowledge or resources of for- knowledge of Chulalongkom. lie does Siamese entanglements, which the dip- eigners. To bring about this result lie not ask people how much they are ioinius and emissaries of France have lias been sending each year a number worth, how old they are or questions beeiiT studiously cultivating for the ! of young men belonging to the best of that kind. He wades right In upon paK dozen years, and which have a) Siamese families to the different Kn- complex matters, and to reply to most ready resulted In nearly otic third of ropeau educational centres, where they- of his queries requires more exact
knowledge on rare subjects than the average man possesses. There are thirty-two members of the King's party, most of them Princes and Siamese dignitaries of considerable eminence. From tbe accompany ing picture, made from a photograp just taken in Switzerland, it can is seen that they are an intelligent-look Ing people. If the Americans are mix Ions to please the King they can af dress him by his full name, whic runs as follows: Somdetcb - Phra Paramlndr - Maha - Chulalongkom Patlndr - Dcbia - Maha - Monghut Puruslaratue - Raja - ra - wongse Warut - ma - brong.se - Parabut - Wa rak - hattiam - raja - tria - gasangkas Parumad - barm - mika - Maha - n jad - hiraja - Para - manarth - Pablte Phra - Chula - Crotnklow - Chow - YTi Hua. BERNARD BARRETT.
I "He Is tilled to the brim with experiences.” "That would not be so bad If he did i not regard his tongue as a faucet.”— Truth.
A Scotch minister announced from the pulpit: “Weel, friends, the kirk is urgently In need of siller, and as I have failed to get money honestly, 1 will have to see what a bazaar can do for me.”
tall, thin men and women, tall, fat men and women and short, thin men and women. Intermediate sizes, wheels for children, and tandems for those who fancy that kind of riding, to say
nothing of a motor-cycle.
I'p to a year ago both John D. and William Rockefeller went in for fatrotting horses. This was their singl diversion in a sporting way until they contracted the bicycle fever. Then they gave up driving fast horses, a! though they still keep many splendid animals in their stables. Tlie wheel shoved the trotter into the background, and with tlie building of tbe cycle
track his eclipse is complete.
.John D. made lietter progress in mastering the wheel than his brother William. That is the reason he is building the track, and the motive prompting this venture is plain to every one who has tackled the wheel. John D.'s emotions were similar to those of till riders, no matter whether they have bank accounts or not. He began by detesting the scorcher, and even the man who rode within the elght-nille-an-hour limit allowed by law. This was in the early days, when he wouldn't have moved his eyes from tlie front wheel of his machine
for a thousand dollars.
The scorcher who whizzed by sent cold chills of fear chasing each other
Happening to ask the way to Exeter Hill, two ladies Insisted on showing me, ani
In December, 1893, Dr. Hu, fully i kindly asked me to tea with their ma.-Ei.
tract from Rev. Theo. Phufpoi’s letter «
Ills vicar.
[ equipped for her life work, returned to Foochow to assume charge of Liangnu hospital. A triumphant home-com-i’lg it was. Mandarins and coolies, high and low. met the ship, eager to
pay their respects.
Her most prized successes, however, are not social but profession). One j instance is related of a coolie wheeling his blind oid mother 1.000 miles in a wheelbarrow to consult the woman doctor. A double cataract operation, and the blind was made to see. The only son of a wealthy mandarin | v as dumb from his birth and so of no . account—disqualified to worship bej fore the manes of his ancestors. The tied tongue once relieved and tlie dumb made to talk! Hence the name ! and the fame of the "miracle lady.”
THE GENTLE AUT. From Sketchy Bits.
. , , , . M OUTH SEEING! new Hotchkiss machine gun, which is From Illuetratcd Hits
Salt used in sweeping carpets keeps out moths.
THE MODERNIZED K INO OK SIAM AND HIS NUMEROUS SUITE. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKHkN IN SWITZERLAND.
Tho IIotcliklMH Macliine Gun.
We have heard much of the Maxim machine gun within the last year or two, during which little wars with savage men have brought that terrible engine of slaughter into prominence
into his heart. Later, when he man gut the Maxim is now eclipsed by the
aged to ride without holding the han-
dle bars in a grip that discounted the m .
clutch of the drowning man. his an sa,d 10 bp morf ‘ ( ' ffl< ' lpru in a(tion - t° tlpatby for the scorcher lessened, j ro( l u ' re no water jacket to coo! its bar- j When ho risked his life by moving one re '' al1( ' ronstst of much fewer comtrembling hand from tlie cork grip ponent parts. The new gun is made and rode a dozen yards with but one in three types; for field, mountain, or
j nrval use; it weighs about thirty-three , i pounds, and can fire single cartridges I | or rain them upon an enemy at tin* j rate of five hundred per minute. The I
lie
“Caught any fish, eir?” "No, my boy.” "I thought you wouldn’t, 'cca then wasn’t no water in that pond tilt it raluel last night.”
hand on the steering apparatus the scorcher ceased to terrify him. In the red-letter day that he rode with both hands off the bars and wiped tho perspiration from his brow at the same time he began to study the scorcher, not with emotions of anger, lint with a friendly Interest. Then he •aught hold of the handles, dipped over
weapon has an ordinary steel barrel ! with a second closed barrel beneath it. the two being connected by a small hole not far from the muzzle. When
the bars and pushed the pedals with ! the bullet passes this hole part of I he
eonsidemble enerirv He soon found
considerable energy,
that he was cutting through the air with almost the same speed that his favorite trotter could draw him. It is ueedless to say more than this •o the experienced rider In explanation
gas generated by the charge passes through, and drives back a piston in the lower barrel. This piston throws rut the empty cartridges, Inserts a
rew one, and fires the gun, and so the
action goes on so lo fed with cartridges.
' , , , not ' vps " *‘* < ‘* 1 I'RPclled Mr. ac tion goes on so long as the niere ,
Rockefeller to build a racing track of ■ • ids own. This faithful and true ncc’ouut tolls its own story. Once the 1 scorching microbe gels into the brain of man or woman that person has gor to st’oreh, no matter what happens. Mr. Rockefeller has evidently reached
this stage 1 in the bicycle habit. His friends say that he is anxious
Mr. Pulaml'. Ilypnnttipd Ronuter. A Bloomington, 111., paper
, asserts
that Dr. B. I. Poland, of Danville, hus J a bantam rooster that is addicted to hypnotic manifestations. After look-
Phe—Wo ve been married four mon’.bi. &nd I haven’t given you a chance of iryinj my cooking yet. dear. He—My girl, you're not getting tired of me already, are you?
NOW M E K XOM .
to see whether he can ride a mile in I in K Intently at a revolving wind mill
three minutes, and they also predict ' the chicken starts
that if he* does accomplish this lie will make another try aud endeavor to cut
his time to 2.45.
If Mr. Rockefeller’s Innovation proves a success, It is difReult to sav 1 what it will lead to among wealthy and fashionable folk. Ortalnly no country place in the future wiil b,* complete without its bicycle track and Its stable of wheels for the use of guests. The danger of a race will not have a deterrent effect; tho smart people of to-day are not frightened from good fun by such matters, as is evidenced by the number of spills and broken bones which often attend the
in pursuit of the
shadow of its tail, and final!)- fails over in a cataleptic fit, and is for 0
time apparently lifeless.
LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL. The Irish Trades Congress passed a resolution demanding the abolition of night work for bakers. Arkansas’ house of representatives killed a hill providing for the building of railroads by convicts.
Thc National Union of United Rrew-
runs of the hunting clubs and the polo Pry Workmen have now over ] in : , c • j ' unions lr tho United States and Can- i
games.
There are any number of expert wheelmen and '.vb'elwomen in the | smart set, and If tneso had the advantage of a good track to show what they could do In the scorching line some fas; racing would surely result. Mr. Roekofeller's track will offer theni the first opportunity, and while he is not a society man by any means, and cannot be counted upon to give a magnificent bicycle fete on th<* opening day, his friends in the neighborhood and all of their friends will have Un-
freedom of it.
Mr. Ilavemeyer is the most experi- ! enced rider of tlie lot. He and his
a da.
wife spend much of their time cycling j* pv j idpnp ° aniong the
about the country in the neighborhood of Greenwich, and In the distance race notwithstanding his years and avordupois, Mr. Ilavemeyer would be the
favorite in the betting.
Last week’s manufacturers’ Record gives t.n almost Interminable list 0 f 1 mw enterprises in the south aggrega I ting an investment of many millions 1 and indicating m exceptionally |)ro i ' ’i perous condition of business in
section.
Says the Cincinnati Commend t Tiibur.e: “Labor Day will he celebrat..,i in Cincinnati this year as never h, fcrp ’ No exists between the Jl" 1 ™ 8 ” ni ° n , 8 , and a frlen dly harmony
central
Young Hopetul—Pa, why does the oa’U Rot angry? kind Parent—Because It la »o ofif* rosael, my boy.
REVENGE IS SWEET
ing Trades Council District Council will c
'•I, Build-
and the Carpenters
, . -ombine forces make the day one of general rejoicing Commhtees from these bodies are now
attending to the
mentg.
preliminary
arrange-
Maud Oh: That’s a very, very old J Etthel (who hate* to be onapped upj l* i* 1 Hear? Well, course you’d know.