Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1910 — Page 3

Odd News From Big Cities

Stories of Strange Happenings in the Metropolitan Towns

Uncle Sam Asks All to Swat the Fly

NEW YORK.—The whole United » States government, with Its vast treasury of wealth, ita, brainy statesmen and Insurgents, its army and navy, Its immense horde of highbrows, against the poor little house fly! Thafh the line-up in a bitter war of extermination scheduled to set the nation by the ears and enlist the courageous support of every man, woman and child in thig broad land. The final knell of the house fly has been sounded and the battle 'has Just b'egun. “Catch ’em and kill ’em; show no Quarter” —that is the war cry of the afmy of extermination that is to put forth every effort to rid the land of the Musca Domestica, the polite name by which the-house fly should be addressed by strangers. Until the scientists got busy with their investigations the house fly was considered merely as a pestiferous insect, designed by the Creator of all things merely to take its bath in the Bweet and maple sirup, annoy the late morning sleeper, skate about with abandon on the polished surface of shiny baldheads and practise the Morse telegraph code on the cleanest of windows. Long suffering housewives since time began were the only really active enemies of the seemingly insignificant little fly, and they alone and unaided applied the imprecations and dish cloths vigorously against the nuisance. But after the scientists got onto the

’Gators and Insects Hunt New Home

NEW ORLEANS. —More than 1,000,000 acres of marsh land lying within 60 miles of New Orleans are to be drained, reclaimed and transformed from a wilderness Into gardens, homes, hamlets and towns. The work of reclaiming some 50,000 acres within the corporate limits of New Orleans Is now well under way, while contracts have been let for the reclamation of fully 100,000 acres additional in adjoining parishes. This means that within two years the alligator will no longer find aboriginal harborage In the Carnival city, that the breeding grounds of countless billions of mosquitoes will be turned Into highly productive farms on which mosquitoes cannot breed, that hun-

No Corsets are Worn at West Point

WASHINGTON— “I have often heard a question as to whether West Pointers wore corsets. It'is absurd in a way, because Bhould any effeminate youngster resort to such a thing it would be impossible to keep the affair a secret, and once known hia school life would become a burden to him on account of the endless amount of criticism he would receive from his fellows. He would be made the laugh-ing-stock of the school and would soon find himself the possessor (Si any number of effeminate nicknames that would grate upon his ears in any but a pleasant manner, •It' la true," continued the old' boldier, who was no other than CoL K. B. Colllnß, a retired army officer, in a

Dentists Believe They Have a Kick

Chicago.— "Weil, i don't know what under the shining forceps I am going to do, anyway,” and a dentist In the Masonic temple sighed a perfect mammoth of a sigh. / v\. ‘The matter? Hair, Just plain hair. No —not plain, either. Now, for instance. A lady came up to my office the other day and wanted her teeth fixed, and finally I took hold of the top of her head with one hand, while I worked with the other. Then I turned away to get an Instrument, and ray sleeve button caught in her hair and the whole back of it, about fifteen fat, shiny curls, came along with me. She Simply froze me up. and she didn’t come back to pay her

job the fight against the insect began to assume proportions of magnitude. That little insect which the average citizen was wont to regard merely as a domestic pest 1b now branded as the most dangerous creature on.earth. The house fly has been publicly indicted as a murderer of the human race, the greatest disease propagator and the carrier of more menacing and malignant gs rms than all other creatures put together. „ " V J This little, but potent, messenger of death wanders from the sick room, from the filth of the garbage pail, from the heaps of refuse of all kinds into the peaceful, happq homes of our land, walks upon the butter, the me%t, the fruit, the sugar, takes a bath in the milk, leaving everywhere th 6 germs of disease that have gathered upon its furry feet and body. About half the deaths from typhoid in New York, according to the health authorities, are attributed directly to the distribution of germs by house flies. And worse than that, the figures show that of 7,000 deaths of cooing babies in that city from infantile diseases, more Qian 6,000 were traced to infection carried by house flies. According to a noted scientist the extermination of the pest is comparatively easy. All that is necessary, he says, is a systematic effort on the part of the public. If all the people will practise the'utmost cleanliness, it is declared, the house-fly will be extinct in this country within a few years, for the house fly cannot exist without filth. “Cleanliness," then, is the watchword for the American public to put an end to an insect that is not only a terrible nuisance, but a terrible instrument of death to thousands of our population every year.

dreds of miles of paved will lead from New Orleans north, east And west, and that for the first time in its history New Orleans will posess suburbs. , The nearest town or settlement of any consequence is now 60 miles distant from New Orleans. Within fifty miles of every large city in the country a million or more people reside, and many industries develop business and wealth for the urban population. This Is the end New Orleans is working to and will have reached, in large part, anyway, by the time the Panama canal is opened to the ships of the world. Meanwhile modern sewerage and drainage within the city proper have practically and wholly solved the city’s sanitary problems, and the discovery of a simple method of filtering the waters of the Mississippi river has given the city a pure water service excelled by none in the world. These systems are In operation and are nearly complete. They have cost the city about $25,000,000.

discussion of West Pointers, “that many Weßt Pointers acquire a figure of perfection of symmetry and a car riage the acme of manly grace, but these are due not to any appliances, but to tne systematic drills and exercises that make the cadet, to a certain extent, an athlete. At the outset these young fellows are pul through what are called the ‘setting up’ exercises, their object being to straighten the body and develop the chest. One might suppose that it would require a great-amount of such exercise to make any marked showing, but three long hours of such exercise daily will soon produce beneficial results in the most stooped forms. "“The cadet uniform is also a great help in this direction. The dress coat is tight, very tight. The shoulders are heavily padded ip order to give them a square effect. Thß-ekfest is made thick, so that there Will be no danger of wrinkling. AH this for the sake of looks; comfort has no place in the make-up of a Wfest Pointer; it is discipline and looks."

bill, either. Say, this new fangled hair style is'putting me to the bad. "The worst feature of the whol thing is that the heads, or rather th» hair, won’t fit into the headrests. 5 have tried all manner of schemes, and even had a-new headrest built along lines -that I was sure would fit, but the heads simply won’t fit into anything. “If we do succeed in getting the mass laid out and tucked away care-, fully where it wjon't bother us, we get something like this: “‘Oh, mercy, doctor, you are mussing my hair all up. And I am going to a party this afternoon, too.' "But the moat usual thing is; ‘Oh* doctor, there Is a hairpin sticking in my head. Walt a minute. O, dear It’s coming down. Doctor, do stop a minute while I fasten up my braid.* “I do tell you what, the denOst* ought to get together and boycott, the present style of hairdress. or else insist that all extra hlair be taken off before any dental wbrfe will be dona, That would settle it, all right.’*

CITY ROUTS MOTHS

Chicago Forester Urges Citizens to Act Individually. Trees and Foliage In Many Parts of City May Be Destroyed Unless Immediate Steps Taken to Destroy Insects. Chicago.—-Trees and foliage In many parts of Chicago may be destroyed by the tussock moth unless citizens themselves, take steps to exterminate the pest. This situation became clear the other day when Milton J. Foreman, member of the finance committee of the city council, said'that, although he 'Was willing to urge an appropriation at the special council meeting to assist City Forester Prost in his fight against the pest, he doused whether such an appropriation could be made legally. Meanwhile, the moths are busily attacking the trees. The hot, dry weather this year has developed a second “brood” of them. The most effective time for destroying these is when the larvae are on the foliage, which will be in two weeks or two weeks and a half. Then spraying with arsenate of lead will kill 90 per cent of the second brood. Spraying before or after that time would be of little use, comparatively, according to City Forester Prost “I should be willing to urge an appropriation for exterminating the moths," said Mr. Foreman, “but I think such an appropriation would be illegal. “You see, as I recall It, the statute provides no appropriations must be made by the city council except in the case of an emergency. This cannot be called an emergency legally because the trees do not belong to the city« If a man appeared to spray a citizen’s trees, the latter might well ask him by what right he did it If he has the right to spray a tree, why might he not have the right to walk into the back yard of your house and spray your carrots?” In pointing out the depredations of .the tussock moth Mr. Prost indicated that the city might have the right to spray the trees on tho ground that the moths had become a nuisance and threatened public health. "In north state near Delaware place, said he, "the moths are so thick that they are getting into the houses. Such a condition cannot be healthful. “The moths especially attack the high-grade trees—the lindens, the willows and the Carolina poplars. The time to do the spraying is when it will do the most good. This will be when the larvae of the second brood will be caughf on the foliage. “This department has had but a small appropriation, and that has been for trimming the trees. Even then we have no wagon to carry ladders and necessary tools to the place where the work is to be carried on. We have no means of getting around except on the street cars. I have asked for an auto truck to carry our ladders and pruning tools. “We have accomplished a great deal, but we have very little money for our work. I have received hundreds of letters in regard to the moths, but lam practically helpless. It would take a great deal of money—s6,ooo at the outside—to do the work effectively. “A spraying outfit costs about S4OO. The material for spraying would cost S2Q9 or S4OO more for each outfit. In Boston they have twelve spraying outfits throughout the city. In other cities In the east the work is carried on effectively. There the gypsy moth, or some other variety, is producing the same havoc among the trees that the tussock moth is in this city."

WIDE SHOULDERS ARE TO GO

Wrestler’s Chest on Hlp-Cllnglng Cqat and Peg-Top Trousers Are Among Latest Styles. Chicago.—Well tailored men of the coming fall will be narrow of shoulder and broad of chest, and the present type of wide shouldered but “clothing store athlete” will have vanished from the realm of the elite. Exhibits at the fashion show, which was held recently at the Coliseum in this city, presaged the passing of the artificial wide shoulder and bore evidence that superfluous cloth in future will be lavished on the chest There Were all sorts of natty novelties at idle fashion show, novelties intended to become staples by men who are afraid the average citizen wifi cling too long to his old clothes. Crowds of men, anxious to keep in touch with the "proper thing,” wan* dered through the Coliseum and decided that more changes In male attire have been planned for the coming season than have been offered In many years. -J . Th* overcoat of "the man who knowfi" will be loose and baggy. The latest thing in keep-warm clothing is called a "greatcoat” Any size will fit noy one fairly well, but is guaranteed not to fit any individual perfectly. The coat will bear the ulster collar of last winter, only more so. The "straight front” close fitting collar has been placed on the blacklist and its most favored successor is one that looks somewhat like -the Elisabethan ruff—and appears to he a little rough on the neck. Flowing ties, long decried as evidence of Elbert Hubbardism, have come into their own. Their only rival

WILL NOT REMARRY COLONEL ASTOR

NEW YORK. Mrs. Ava Astor has Just returned to this country from England, and has put a quietus on the rumors that had been current to the effect that she and her divorced husband, CoL John JaJ> . 9°“ , tor > intended to marry each other again. Mrs. Astor declares that there Is no foundation for the story, as neither she nor Col Astor wishes to She will go at once to Newport, where the home of her brother Barton Willing, has been reopened for her, and in October she playing gTlf * WiU g ° t 0 North Berwlck for the purpose of

EATING CAT’S MEAT

London Officers Say Sales Not for Human Consumption. Purveyors Uphold Them and Tradesmen Aver Purchasers Among Poorer Classes Are for Animals —Sold In Poor Sections. London.— Toward the end of the year 1907 the medical officer of health to the London county council reported that “there can, of course, be no doubt that much cat’s meat is still eaten by human beings in London. It is largely sold in extremely poor neighborhoods, and the women seen buying a fourpennyworth or a flvepennyworth are clearly not buying meat for cats.” Tariff reformers jumped at this statement, out of which they have made a great deal of capital, both in the house of commons and in their campaigns in the country, it is not refuted by a detailed report from Dr. D. L. Thomas, the medical officer of health for Stepney, who has had 24 years experience of the East end of London. He deals with the subject in his annual report this year. In the borough of Stepney there of whom was interviewed by Doctor Thomas, and “each one was emphatic in his statement that none of his customers bought horseflesh for human food. Even the very poorest had it wrapped in paper, and then they carry it home in a gingerly fashion, as if it

for popular favor Is a vari-colored tie) which, displays an amazing - set of contrasts when knotted four-in-hand. Black waistcoats must be worn with dress suits; a riding habit must be of a solid color, and the dressing gown must be of Chantlcler pattern. These are other edicts of the powers that be In clothesdom as laid down at the fashion show. / The narrow-shouldered business suit, In addition to its burly chest, will be remarkable for the exceeding closeness of its fit around the hips. Pegtop trousers, gripping the shoe tops tightly, will be worn as the accompanying nether garments.

Aeroplane for Freight.

Douglass, Ariz.—Dr. J. j. p. Armstrong has contracted with A. M. Williams, an aviator of this city, to convey placer mining machinery from Douglass to a property in the Chihuahua mountains, Mexico. The distance is about three hundred miles The machinery is such that it can be carried only in one hundred pound lots. Williams owns and operates a monoplane. This is probably the first contract made calling for the commercial use of a heavier-tban-alr machine.

Phonograph Wills Valid.

Jit Petersburg.—Russian jurists are favorable to the validity of wills made by phonograph. Experts in hand writing practically declare that the skill of forgers renders the discovery almost impossible, and the Jurists believe that a will registered by phonograph will prove a method of avoiding fraud.

were something unclean and revolting.” “The usual amount," said Doctor, Thomas, “expended by each customer for cat’s meat In this borough Is a farthing to a halfpenny. Only ten purveyors had sold a pound of cat’s meat (which costa four or five cental- at a time, and then it was to neighboring tradesmen, who were known to keep dogs. Three purveyors only sold four-penny-worth at a time, and the buyers were well known to them, and kept big dogs.” If there were any foundation for the statement that poor people eat horseflesh, the sale of cat’s meat would have Increased with the Increase of unemployment and poverty, but It is not boa In every part of the borough there has been a decrease, but the decrease has been most in that part In which unemployment mostly prevails. It was stated In a newspaper that In Whitechapel, within a short distance of Aldgate station, there are several shops where horseflesh Is sold for human food. Doctor Thomas states that there are only three cat’s meat shops in the whole of the Whitechapel district, and there is less cat’s meat sold in this district than In any other part of the borough. At two shops near the docks Doctor Thomas was told that sometimes foreign sailors asked to be served with cat’s meat, stating that they know It Is horseflesh, and that they have been accustomed to eat it abroad. They are never served.

BUYING READY-MADE GOWNS

London Dressmakers Being Put Out of Business by Neyv Custom of English Women. London.—The demand for readymade gowns in London today Is so great that the small dressmaker complains that she is being crushed out of existence. According to a report made by an inspector of factories and workshops there has never been a time when the ready-made clothing industry flourished as at present. Such clothing can be bought In shops at all prices from sl.lO to S4OO. Most of the cheaper dresses are made In factories and one style is reproduced often two hundred times. As the ready-made trade increases naturally the dress trade, that is, the sale of material by the yard, decreases and the small dressmakers cannot get sufficient work. The convenience of entering a shop, seeing a gown, trying it on and having it sent home to wear the same ddy or, if slight alterations have to be made, the next day, has proved too alluring for the London woman and her suburban sister. ‘Another reason for the existing state of affairs is the fact that the present style of gown requires very little fitting, soft folds serve to drape the figure and boning and steels are rare. Naturally the cheapness of the ready-made dress adds to its attractiveness.

Mosquitoes Turn on Foes.

Orange, •Tex.—Oil drilling operations and. other outdoor work in localities along this section of the gulf coast .have been suspended temporarily on account of the voracious swarms of mosquitoes which prey upon the men. The pest is the worst ever known in the' lowlands.

The ONLOOKER

by WILBUR D. NESBIT

Msfcif XI »nd \Iu.K

(A Michigan farmer claims to have lncreased the output of his dairy by having musical selections rendered during the milking hour.> “Where are you going, my pretty maid?" “I’m going milking, sir,* she said. "Where is your bucket, my pretty maid?" “I carry a music roll,' she said, "The bucket is hung on the dairy wall Just back of the crabbed old short horn’s stall.” "I’ll carry your stool for you, my pretty maid.” / "I sit on a music stool,” she said, “I sit on a music stool and play While gaily the milkers milk away. - J . ’ v . ' i “I open the hour with a fugue by Lizt, Then play an etude if the cows insist. But nothing from Wagner nor all hla ilk— Their thunderous music would sour the milk. - “ "When Molly, the Jersey, is milked with pride I always play ‘Down by the Jerseyside,! When common old farm cows are milked.* you see, <■ I play them a rube song—all-dufn-ee. ; - j “Don’t faint, and don't flee, for I’ll teO so more v Of the tunes that I play on the dairy floor. Save that when the cows to the pasture stray I try ‘Over theßlUs and Far Awsy.* " 1 " -—-v ■ - - ■ " “And what do you play when the milk is shipped?" - “ ’Rippling Waters!. ” Then off sho tripped. | • f Vi* . - } ,

The Superior Sex.

There is a lot of vainglorious expression on the part of the men about their being the superior sex. We hear too much of man’s endurance, of his inteUect, of his executive ability and all that sort of thing. Take a man and make him wear a spotted veil and he will be nearly blind within a year. A woman wears one and retains her eyesight. Pinch a man into corsets and within a week he will have heart trouble, chronic pleurisy, acute indigestion, appendicitis and a funeral. Pile a few pounds o? false hair on a man s head and he will sucoumb to brain fever within a month. Tie a man’s ankles ln a hQppln skitL „ and he will have rheumatism, followed by paralysis of the legs from lack of exercise. Pinch a man’s feet in tight shoes and make him toddle about on high heels and he will die of charleyhorse. Man loses on the score of endurance alone. Intellect and executive ability are argued by the capacity to combat these tortures and trials. Man is undoubtedly the inferior sex and "should retire to the last row of seats and be quiet.

The Course of Culture.

“And so your race is gradually becoming civilizedsays the tourist to the chieftain of the savage tribe on the remote and almost inaccessible islai^l. The chieftain proudly twines a pair of suspenders about his high silk hat, and replies: "Indeed, yes. There seems to be no cessation of the wave of culture that struck our isle about two years ago. Why* now we even call our tomtoms Thomas-Thomases.”

At Palm Beach.

"It must be quite a disappointment to you to be away down here and unable to do any shopping for winter hats and dresses.” “Oh, I did all that before I came; and when we reached here I had the added pleasure of hunting for warm weather garb.”

Just So.

You may think that when a tnan has a hobby it is to ride. You are wrong. It is to tallL. about. .> .