Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 August 1897 — Page 2

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FAVORS 01R IDEAS. WHY GUATEMALA HAS A DICTATOR.

G^n. Barrios I ik««» the American Way of HiikIuchh and Wants to Trade With This Country — Ilritlsh Influence la Against Him.

EINA Barrios is now occupying in Guatemala the presidency, or, rather, the dictatorship, since late events have compelled him to assume the uncontrolled direction of the country's affairs. He is a nephew of Gen. Rufino Barrios, who was Killed in 1885 at the battle of Chalcuapa by the Salvadoreans and other Central Americans opposed to his scheme of restoring the ancient confederacy under Guatemalan influence and moral direction. Gen. Jose Maria Reina Birrios was only 13 years old when he marched in 1866, with the small troop of patriotic volunteers led by his uncle, Ruflno Barrios, in his first but unsuccessful assault upon the government of President Carna. The young volunteer participated in the several attempts to free his country from tyrannical government and won his military grades on many battlefields. He was married in New York ten years ago to Miss Algerie Benton of New’ Orleans. He was elected president of the republic on March 16, 1862, and bis term will expire next March. On May 31 last he met with the most serious, if not the first, opposition of the

GEN. JOSE MARIA REINA BARRIOS.

national assembly. This happened about a government bill proposing to make In the United States a loan of $15,000,000, destined to finish the northern railroad of Guatemala and to promote other enterprises. It was impossible to get a quorum for several sittings and finally the president was compelled to dissolve the assembly and assume himself all the powers which the constitution gave him. President Reina Barrios is popular among his countrymen, notwithstanding the fact that the favors the introduction of American ideas, inventions and products in his country. All the British influences are at work against him.

Whut Becomes of Them? Of the 119,000,000 old copper cents which were sent out from the mint only the 900,000 have ever been accounted for and only now and then is a stray one of the remaining 119,000,000 seen in circulation. Of the 4,500,000 bronze 2-cent pieces sent out only 1,500,000 ever found their way back, leaving 3,000,000 to be accounted for, and there are an equal number of nickel 3-cent pieces somewhere in the country, though it is very rarely that one is seen. Of the 800,000 half-eents not one has ever been returned to the mint. A few of this denomination may be found in the hands of coin collectors, but the whereabouts of the rest is a mystery. It is estimated that the daily supply of needles for the entire world amounts to 3,000,000 of varying shapes and sizes, while the United States alone calls for a yearly supply of 300,000,000. Of pins, it is said that some of the large department stores often order 100 cases at a time. Each case contains 108 dozen papers, and each paper holds 360 pins, so a little use of the multiplication table will show what an immense thing even the one order means. The yearly output of pins from the largest factory in the United States, It is claimed, would if placed end to end reach three times around the world. What a Model Hakery Should lie. What should be the essential conditions of a model bakery? First, the building should be above ground, perfectly drained and ventilated, well organized. absolutely clean, and the expense of labor should be of no consld- | eratlon. The men should be systematically inspected with regard to their personal cleanliness, having, in the first place, been selectetd for employment on the ground of their good general health and temperance. The hours of labor should be limited and convenience for washing purposes should be provided. The buildings should be dust-proof in order to make dust contamination impossible; the ovens should be fired at the back of, and not In, the bake-house Itself, Water used should be of the very best and guaranteed quality, and, in order that only a proper proportion should be used for its corresponding equivalent of flour, it should be measured by meter. These are roughly the essentials to a typical bake-house. Boys of Flint, Mich., got $400 from the county treasurer during June on honnties on sparrow heads.

BREAKING MONTE CARLO. Flgur-PH Showing tin* rinanriitl Rainbow to 11b Dlfflrult of ('aptur*. Those who have a passion for gambling and have found it unprofitable, a class nearly as numerous as those who gamble at all, might well consider the recent announcement that a dividend of $4,000,000 for last year has been declared by the stock company running the gaming tables at Monte Carlo. That amount, says the St. Louis Globe Democrat, is the interest on $100,000,000, and represents an extraordinary profit There are about 400,000 visitors a year at Monte Carlo, and as, in addition to the dividend named, they pay the expenses of the gambling resort, with its thousand attaches, they will not be disposed to deny that gambling is a highly expensive amusement. Though there is a tradition that somebody occasionally breaks the bank at Monte Carlo, its dividends are never seriously affected. As the games in Monte Carlo appear to be what is called square, even those familiar with them are at a loss to account for the enormous profits. The chances in the play seem to be almost evenly balanced,y«t the millions gravitate rapidly to the side of the bank. If the mere betting on red and black which is prevalent at Monte Carlo is so profitable to the bank many other forms of gambling are far worse. It is needless to name them. The visitors to Monte Carlo could make at least $5,000,000 a year by not going there.

WRITER OF ADJECTIVES. Ptolemy Wat the Greateitt User of the tjualifying Word4. The greatest writer of adjectives that the world has ever known was Claudius Ptolemy, the renowned Egyptian astronomer and astrologer, who flourished in the second century. The present revival of the latter science has recalled the use of adjectives by famous wizards of the Nile. Here is a passage from one of the books which has come down to us through the centuries having lately been reprinted: "When Jupiter alone has domonion of the mind, and is gloriously situated, he renders it generous, gracious, pious, reverent, joyous, lofty, liberal, just, magnanimous, noble, self-acting compassionate, fond of learning, benefleent, benevolent, and calculated for government; and if posited ingloriously, he will endow the mind with qualities apparently similar to these, but not of such virtue and luster: as, instead of generosity, he will then cause profusion; Instead of piety, bigotry; for modesty, timidity; for nobleness, arrogance; for courteousness, folly; foi elegance, vulptuousness; for magnanimity, carelessness, and for liberality, indifference. Conciliated with Mars, and being in glory, Jupiter will make men rough, warlike, skillful in military affairs, dicytatorial, refractory, impetuous, daring, free in speech, able in action, fond of disputation, contentious, imperious, generous, ambitious, irascible, judicious and fortunate; but, it thus connected, and not placed in glory, he makes men mischievous, reckless, cruel, pitiless, seditious, quarrelsome, perverse, calumnious, arrogant, avaricious, rapacious, Inconsistent, vain and empty, unsteady, precipitate, faithless, injudicious, inconsiderate, senseless, and officious, inculpaters. prodigals, triflers, altogether without conduct and giving way to every impulse. When conciliated with Venus, and in glorious position, Jupiter %lll render the mind pure, joyous, delighting in elegance in the

PTOLEMY.

arts and sciences, and in poetry and music; valuable in friendship, sincere, beneficent, compassionate, inoffensive religious, fond of sports and exercises, prudent, amiable and affectionate, gracious, noble, brilliant, candid, liberal, discreet, temperate, modest, pious, just, fond of glory, and in all tespects honorable and worthy. A<!vertlMPiiic'iitH of Ancient 1’oiupetl. An "advertisement pillar" has been brought to light in the excavations of Pompeii. It was covered with advertisement bills one over another. The different layers could be separated from each other, and the contents were d( ciphered as theatrical programs and programs of the arena, proclamations for the forthcoming senatorial elections, notices of tribunal gatherings, festivities, etc. A Great MimlelnnA Father. The father of Sir Arthur Sullivan was bandmaster of the Royal Military college at Sandhurst, and as a boy was made to learn every instrument in the hand except the bassoon and the hautboy. It is to the severe training this father gave to the present composer that the latter attributes his magnificent powers or orchestration.—Exchange.

FOR WOMEN AND HOME

ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. A Few Hint <4 About What to Wear and How to Wear It A Novel Holero— A Fretty Cofttuiaie for the Tenntt* Court*

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Oueen VuMhtl. T CAME to pass In ages of long, long

ago.

Ahasuerus. his power and richness

to show,

The princes and no-

bles. the great and the small,

To a feast at his

palace invited

them all.

In the court of the palace, for seven days through. Where were hangings of white, of green and of blue; . . „ Between marble pillars these curtains were strung, ^ ^ _ On fine purple cords which from silver

rings hung.

Low beds of fine silver, and seats of pure _ gold. „ ^ On pa\ements of marble of fineness unFrults swaying in clusters, the air all perfume, . With the fragrance of roses, all beauty

and bloom.

And he gave them to drink In vessels of

gold.

Each vessel a wonder of art to behold, Royal wines In abundance, becoming bis

stale,

While feasting and drinking was early

and late.

The revel was joyous, the singing of song. The clatter of wine cups waxed loud and o’er long; The haughty young monarch and all of his hosts. Were merry with wine and the giving of toasts.

So, on the seventh day, this vain, drunken king Commanded the chamberlains before him to bring. Young Vashti, the queen, with the beautiful face To show to his nobles her beauty and grace.

cousin or leave things as they are and see If. as time goes on. the young man will not give up his other affair? He is very head strong and high tempered, and she fears it might make serious trouble. Answer: It is almost always the case that the person who attempts to interfere in such cases gets no thanks and a great deal of abuse. Of course, the young man ought to be exposed, and if Barbara is willing to take the chances she might go to her cousin with positive proofs and then let her follow her own inclinations as to the future.

Her Homemade Hat Trunk. The mother of several daughters to whom the question of a hat trunk became a pressing one in summer when the family went on its travels, contrived to make a very useful one out of an unused trunk. She tacked a pkc? of quilt over the bottom of her trunk, covered it with white tissue paper, and with long hat pins fastened the big hats to the padded bottom; then she sewed with long stitches other beplumed and beribboned headgear to the bottom of the under tray, so placed that their crowns fitted nicely in among the crowns of the hats on the trunk floor. That disposed of the Gainsboroughs and larger hats, and In the tray she pinned the sailors and wheeling hats, turning the next tray upside down to give them room. AtlapteU for the Work. One who has made a thorough investigation of the subject says that of the 700 members of the American Library Association »he large majority are women. There are various reasons why this calling is pre-eminently a woman's. The bump of order seems to be much more developed in a woman than it does in the sterner sex. The work lequires patience and prompt-

many consider an artistic necessity of all well planned gowns. Some sleeves are slashed from the top of the shoulder to the thumb side of the hand at the small part of the arm, and are held together by straps or jeweled pins. It is a good time to get out these garments laid away because of the small sleeves. We are wearing precisely the same sleeve that developed into the horror which humped up straight on the top of the shoulder. Old party gown bodices with a little modest puff at the sleeve that were put away looking so queer may be brought forth now blushing and triumphant. Blouse fronts were not the range when last this graceful sleeve was in vogue, however, and so the remodeling of the old bodice Is all the easier. A soft pouch of chiffon in front, a loosely bagged fold of | velvet, a dash of drooping, jeweled, spangled lace, and it Is done. Crash, duck and denim wheel rigs are the correct ones of the hour, and they make a frightful addition to the wash bill.

That modest young creature, that fair queen of old. Refused to appear bef ire courtiers so bold. With wrath the refusal of Vashti was heard. With wine and with anger the monarch was stirred. “And what shall we do to yueen Vashti?” he Unto hie counselors, the wise men who led. "She performed not the will of her lord, the king, And unto his name will reproach surely brii k ' Then Memucan answered, in deep, solemn tone. “The queen hath done wrong to the king not alone, Hut princes, and nobles, and all men likew 1^** Shall now suffer contempt In all women's eyes. 'So let it be a law to the Persians and Medes That unto Queen Vashti another succeeds; And that every man in his own house shall rule. With Solomon’s wisdom or that of—‘Le Min. This saying pleased the king and princes, Also every other man. Knd so the king did according To the word of Memucan. Apple River. 111.

A Serious Situation. Barbara is a very attractive girl, about twenty-two years old. She has a girl cousin about her own age of whom she is very fond. Her cousin is engaged to a young man whom they have known all their lives. The girl has, of course, the most implicit faith in her lover and he is apparently devoted to her. Barbara has, however, learned beyond the shadow of a doubt that this young man is carrying on a not very creditable flirtation with a woman in the nearest city, and that his business trips are not altogether occupied by commercial affairs. She asks what is her duty in the mailer. Should ■be interfere in any way? Should she ipeak to the young man or tell her

ness, two virtues which women possess in a high degree, and does not require hard physical labor. They are not exposed to the same unpleasant influences and the liability of discourteous treatment that fall so often to the share of the women in the mercantile world. Besides all this, she comes in contact with a more intellectual and cultivated class of people, and in this one profession there is really no salaried discrimination on account of sex, for she receives an adequate compensation. This has been demonstrated practically by the fact that as the more Important positions became vacant, even though previously filled by men, or new ones created, women have almost invariably received the appointments.

A Novel Holero. Boleros cling to stylishness and are sure to keep on doing so as long as new sorts can be devised. Varied as they are already, novel ones are still possible,as the accompanying picture proves. This was all tucked from top to bottom and was edged with black lace insertion and a deep plaited ruffle of foulard. Beneath it was a sleeveless fitted vest, the material of all being reseda green pongee. Two rows of the insertion trimmed the skirt and insertion and lare bands finished the sleeves at the wrists. For those who simply will not give up elaboration of the sleeve the split patterns are useful. These appear to be an outside sleeve of generous proportions and puff pattern, spilt right on top and allowed to fall away full and losse to show an nnder puff of the modest proportions now favored. The edges of the split sleeve make the draping for the arm that

Such rigs must be changed almost as often as a linen collar, for nothing is in more frightful taste than a messy wash wheel rig. Crash, duck and denim tourist and wheel hats come to match, and they must also wash. Verily the terrors of the wheel for women are on the increase!

Mcxlen for Summer I>»yH. White hats are seen trimmed with big hunches of white violets, with immense green leaves. ,The surplice waist is coming in again, and muslin bodices cut in this style, finished with a soft fichu, will soon be seen. Apple-green chiffon and white and purple lilacs make a magnificent trimming for a stylish large hat of fine black Milan straw. A new glove for midsummer use is ; of a mixture of silk and linen, and the colors shown are white, tan and black. There are all new styles in lisle gloves. Judging from the crowds at the dif- | ferent counters, women generally have ; all their staple shopping done; that is, J dress goods and the like, and they are ! now purchasing ribbons, collars and I general accessories to the toilet.

Look Out for the Dish ('loth. Ixiok out for the dishcloth In warm weather. Many think that any old thing will do for a dishcloth, and when it gets too black to use any longer, a new rag is substituted, and the old ! one thrown on the ash heap to rot. | The dishcloth will sour in half an hour these blistering days if It is not washed with soap and rinsed and hung in the sun to dry. All the washing will not sweeten It unless it is put where it will dry. It is simply awful to sit down to a table where the dishes smell sour, but you often do, in nice houses, too, where you would expect to find everything immaculate. Costume for the Tennis Court. Tennis players praclice all the year for the tournament, and when tournament day comes they put forth not only their best strokes with the racket, but their uest gowns as well. A tennis tournament dress is part of every tennis girl’s summer wardrobe. One of the Asbury park tennis players had a

very pretty skirt of surah in black and white stripe, with a little fancy design of reseda In between the stripes. It ^ was a full godet in the back, trimmed around the hips with ruffles of the I goods; it was of ordinary walking length, but, being nicely stiffened, It | set out around the feet to permit running. It was belted with a broad black satin girdle. The waist was of a dark red silk blouse, over which was worn a bolero tucked from the yoke to the hem, front and back. The sleeves were plain coat sleeves slightly puffed at the shoulder. A high brimmed sailor hat, with a broad band of red and black ! satin, was worn with this dress, and , even a stock or broad linen collar could be attached to the waist.

GREAT ELECTRIC BATTERY. Experiment Which I® to Show the Amount of the Sun'ft lieut. A description of the most powerful electric battery in the world was given in a lecture on "Heat,” recently, says the Baltimore Sun. The battery has been constructed in the physical laboratory of Harvard during the past year under the direction of Prof. Trowbridge, and is used by him for studies in the discharge of electricity through gases in investigating the heat of the stars. It has 10,000 cells, with an ordinary strength of 20,000 volts, which can be increased to 1.000,000 volts by means of an accumulator specially devised for the battery. With this battery Prof. Trowbridge has been experimenting with the heat of hydrogen in order, by comparisons of the spectrum of hydrogen in the sun and stars, to ascertain what amount of heat is necessary to produce the light given off by the hydrogen in the atmosphere of these heavenly bodies. By knowing the voltage and the current it is possible to know the amount of heat in the gas. His conclusion is that the amount of heat in the hydrogen, which is the chief constituent of the atmosphere of the sun,is about equivalent to 1,000 ordinary arc lights. The temperature of the sun has generally been given at 10.000 ordinary degrees Fahrenheit, but Prof. Trowbridge stated that his spectrum researches Indicated by the voltage that these figures should be greater. Further investigations convinced him, however, that the light from hydrogen is temporarily affected by electrical disturbances and does not have a eonttnuous rate of heat, and that the atmosphere of the sun is the seat of tremendous electrical disturbances, which produce in an infinitely short period immense heat which is not continuous. To give some idea of the heat of the sun's atmosphere Prof. Trowbridge stated that a stroke of lightning, which has come and gone in the millionth part of a second, is capable of developing no less than i,060,000 horse power, or equaling in strength the same number of are lights. This heat, however, is evanescent.

ART AND DOLLARS. One Painter Who In True to Hli I <leais« I have a frieird whom I shall venture to call a "poor artist,” for I know that he is poor, and gets his living, such us it is, by painting, says a writer in Scribner’s. I cannot pretend to judge his work, but I have had ample proof that he is devoted, laborious, and will not sacrifice his convictions for gain or popularity. Perhaps he is not so singular in this, but what, as my experience goes, is a peculiarity of his is that he is not in the habit of cursing the “Philistines.” His view seems to be that, as he paints to suit himself, it does not comport with his self-respect to blame people whom his painting does not suit for refusing to buy it or for being unable to understand it. My friend, Is poor and is likely to remain so, but he appears really content with his work and his relative poverty. I confess that his attitude is a comfort to me, and that in his patience and modesty and generous fidelity to his ideal he is a model whom some other artists—perhaps artists generally—might study with advantage. He puts into his work the best he has to give and that, in substance, is what the great critics have insisted is the source of the greatest value in art. Of course a man’s best, so far as concerns his talent, may be much or little, but whatever it is he will hardly get it into his work if he is thinking chiefly of the money return or If he is habitually resentful because he does not get the money return.

Whlgky Aged by Electricity* The officials in the internal revenue office at New Haven, Conn., have completed a series of interesting tests made on whisky and other liquors refined by a recently invented electrical process. The whisky was mellowed as if by age. The liquor is sprayed Into a glass retort and an electrical current of 200 volts is passed through the mist. The impurities are separated and the refuse flows out of one end of the apparatus, while the refined liquor flows out of the other. Orrin W. Swift is the inventor of the process.

Killed lllii Rival in a Play. In a play presented by colored amateurs at Pittsburg, Oa., John Singleton acted a part in which he was supposed to be shot dead by his rival, impersonated by Cary Brown. The scene was carried out faithfully and aroused loud applause, which was turned into lamentations when it was discovered that Singleton was really dead. The pistol Brown used, which was supposed to be loaded with blank cartridges, carried a real bullet Instead. A Queer Bird. Officer Fernald encountered a partridge with a brood of young in the highway near Laconia, N. H. The partridge flew at the breast of the horse, tcratching with its claws and pecking with its beak, thus frightening the horse, which became unmanagahle As Officer Fernald alighted from the team the mother bird hobbled away.

Served H, CiefnlncM. Patent Medicine Man—You mustn’i print that testimonial any more. Country Editor—I thought It was a trumn card for you. Why, that man Is one of our most prominent citizens. Patent Medicine Man -But he has Just

Nanette-—Oui, madame. at seex o’clock.

ENTERING A FORBIDDEN CITY Hr. Wolfe, a Herman Traveler, Sp« ndt Two Hour* in Chang-Sha. Some curious details are given in letera from missionaries in regard to the visit of a German traveler. Dr. Wolfe to Chang-Sha, the capital of Hunan which never before had been entered by a foreigner. It seems that the doctor gained his point and entered the forbidden city, but his visit was a mere farce, as he was not permitted to g 0 about in the city or to see any of its features. He simply was carried in a closed chair to the prefect’s room in one of the government halls, where he was entertained with refreshments, and an hour later was taken back swiftly in the same way. Hunan is the province of China which has gained notoriety as the most bitterly antl-forelgn and anti-Christian of any In the empire. For years the mandarin in charge of the telegraph service attempted to connect Chang-Sha with the other large cities of China, but he was forced to give up, as the people burned his poles and threw the workmen into the nearest river or pond. Only three years ago an effort was made to run the telegraph line to Siberia through one corner of Hunan, but native prejudice was still so strong that the wire and poles were destroyed and the workmen were driven beyond the boundary of the province and warned under pain of death not to return. It is only within the last year that an imperial decree was issued ordering the Hunanese not to molest the builders of the telegraph. It is expected that Chang-Sha in a few months will be connected with the rest of the world by telegraph. It was at Chang-Sha that the atrocious books attacking the Christian religion were published about eight years ago, Chou Han, a literary graduate and a man of means, was the author of these libels on Christianity, which were illustrated with pictures too vile to describe. Dr. Griffith John, a well-known missionary, exposed the authorship of the books, and described the publisher who was sending them out. Through Li Hung Chang an imperial decree w’as secured prohibiting any further publication of the books, and an order was issued for the destruction of the wooden type from which they were printed. This order was evaded by Chou Han removing the type to his country place, fortyfive miles away, but a curious feature of the matter was the change of heart on the part of Chou Han. Dr. John sent him letters calling his attention to the injustices of attacking a religion of which he knew nothing personally. He also sent Chou Han the Bible in Chinese, with considerable literature that explained the chief tenets of Christianity. Chou Han made no reply, hut his publisher, who is now one of Dr. John’s friends, assured the missionary that Chou Han had ceased to rail against the Christian religion, though the story of his conversion was without foundation. Chou Han appears to be a man of much nobility of character, for he has given away in charity the greater part of a large fortune, retaining only a small farm sufficient for the support of himself and his son. Formerly when he visited Chang-Sha he put up at one of the temples; now he stays at a cheap hotel. It Is the general opinion that Dr. Wolfe’s persistence in entering Chang-Sha has aroused the enmity of the people, and that his conduct will make It more difficult for any other traveler to penetrate Into the interior of Hunan. Dr. Wolfe waited fifteen days for permission to enter Chang-Sha, and on March 19 this was granted. In a closed chair he was taken through the gate at 3:45 p. m., and at 5:45 p. m. he was brought out in the same way, his chair curtains being let down all around so that he was in absolute darkness, unable to see anything. After leaving Chang-Sha he went to Heng-Chou, where a street mob hooted at him and pelted him with clods of earth. They tried to pull him down to the water to drown him, but he escaped and reached Lyntang. There his three bearers became alarmed at the violence of the people and deserted him. Left alone, with no knowledge of the language, Dr. Wolfe was forced to make his way by water back to Handtow.—New York Sun.

Feofl® the MiRNlanlppl. According to calculations of John Birkenbine, of Philadelphia, the drainage area of the Mississippi river is one and one-fourth millions of square miles, Including nearly all of the country from the Alleghanies to the Rockies and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. In his communication to the Engineers’ Club, Mr. Birkenbine estimates that one inch of rain falling evenly over this area would equal 21,780,000,000,000 gallons of water. The average yearly fall in the Mississippi watershed averages from twenty to forty-three inches according to locality. The river has an average flow of 664,000 cubic feet per second.

Not Slnre thr War. During the visit to the home of Thomas Jefferson the other day Representative Tongue of Ohio asked the venerable guide whether there wer« any battles fought around there. "No, sah; no, sah,” replied the old negro; "not since the wah, sah.”

A Doable Misfortune. May—I never was so frightened in my life. Why, I was absolutely scared blue. Maud—You poor dear! And blue i* so unbecoming to you, too.—New York Journal.

Didn't Oo to Boh*ol. To-who, to-who, to-wo!” »aid the owl. M hat at rod to us grammar!” shuddered the Boston schoolteacher.—Pick-Me-Up.