Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1911 — Page 2

Mp. - • , • . 6 . , I HERE is no end of odd occupations in the world whereby people pain a livelihood, but certainly One of the most novel of these vocations is the raising of butterflies for profit. "Butterfly farming" is new too, as new as airship building in fact, and up to date not many people have taken it up but it la safe to predict that the number will increase considerably as time goes on ter when one can get S2O to $25 for a handsome butterfly in the open market it goes without saying that such butterflies are worth cultivating and are enough rao're profitable than chickens to justify the extra trouble they cause. Perhaps, at the outset, a word should be said about the market for butterflies and then the reader will better understand wh/ men and women are devoting all their time to butterfly farming and to that other branch of the business,—the hunting of rare butterflies in out of the way corners of the world. First of atl there is a constant and fairly heavy demand for butterflies from museums, schools and colleges and scientific Institutions of one kind or another. Such institutions may be seeking Individual specimens of butterflies to fill gaps in collections already fairly complete or (particularly if the institution be a newly established one) they may be in the market for a complete collection of butterflies representing the winged Jewels that inhabit any country or region, and it is a commission such as this that brings Joy to the butterfly expert, for great institutions of learning are usually willing to pay a fair price for the prises they seek. Yet another butterfly market and one that Is broadening rapidly year by year is that wherein butterflies are sold to private collectors. It is very common in Europe and is yearly becoming more common in this country for people of wealth to have collections just as people of means and leisure amuse themselves with collections of stamps or coins or paintings

Tea Etiquette in China

It has grown to bo customary In tb« United States to consider any practise of so old a country as China •a being of barbaric or heathenish origin and often as crude or uncivilized in its nature. A young American Just returning from a three years* business trip in China which took him all over the empire tells of a custom practised by the Chinese which might well be used to advantage in this young and inexperienced republic, where too little time or thought Is given to the finer points of etiquette. When a salesman or person seeking a business interview presents his card at the entrance to a Chinese merchant’s place of business the possibility of an audience depends altogether upon how he deports himself while awaiting the return of the card bearer. Should he be so indiscreet as to put one foot over a twelve inch

Training the Modern Child

Two Women of a Past Generation Discuss With Some Regret the Present Methods. A mother and a mother-in-law living in the sfvme house with their respective married son and daughter were, contrary to all generally received ideas of such relationship, the best of friends. They sat one evening, after the departure of the young people to the theater, exchanging views upon the difference between old and present-day practises in the bringing ap of children. “Alice Just tumbles the baby into Ms crib,” said the maternal grandMother, "shuts the door upon him and leaves him to go to sleep when he gets tired of lying awake. She says aha has little enough time for getting ready to go out even then. I always counted upon singing my babies to sleep aad enjoyed it as much as they Aid. My daughter sings a beautiful ttttle luuaby in the parlor to her gaarts sometimes, but her baby has MW heard it " “I think my son’s devotion to me.” said the other grandparent, “began when his baby eyes used to devour ms with love while I rocked him to

RAISING BUTTERFLIES AS A BUSINESS

or old furniture. Certainly there Is nothing in nature or art more beautiful than a collection of butterflies and it is a hobby upon which one may spend almost any amount of money, as is proven by the fact that one of the Rothschilds gladly paid more than $3,000 for an especially rare butterfly which he had long sought, for his collection. Most of private collectors, of course, purchase their butterfly treasures merely for (heir own satisfaction and for the edification of their friends but there are other folk who buy butterflies as an aid to their work or business. For instance the great Parisian dressmakers buy butterflies in order, to obtain now shades and suggestions for new color combinations for gowns. The famous Worth started the practise and other dressmakers who cater to the wealthy fashionables have followed his example. The butterfly hunter penetrates to the wildest and most inaccessible quarters of the globe in quest cf his precious prey and much of hie butterfly hunting must be done at night with the aid of a dark lantern. A butterfly hunter is glad to get a rare butterfy dead or alivo because the

railing that intervenes between the step and the doorway no manner of persuasion can prevail upon the merchant to grant him an interview. In case he waits patiently in the space allotted to unknown callers this fact is noted and he is usually ushered In. Once in there Is still a more delicate matter to be disposed of. and in ease the newcomer is ignorant of the custom he fares 111 with his errand. Immediately upon the caller’s entering and taking a seat a servant brings a serving of tea, which includes a small cup for each person present. The point of etiquette demands that this tea shall not be touched until the guest is ready to depart in case the interview has been a pleasant one. in which case the caller is supposed to take up and drink his tea at parting and at this signal all the others do likewise. However, should It

sleep in my arms. I used to look forward to that hour As a recompense for the trials of the tiring day. The present day mothers do not teach the little ones a prayer and haven’t time to hear them say it. If they learn one. As for rocking a baby In a cradle you would think It was a crime the way the suggestion Is received. t They say It injures the brain, as though Shakespeare and the greatest minds the world ever has known weren’t rocked In cradles.” "Maybe the dearth of cradles explains the dearth of geniuses In these latter days," laughed the other old lady. “There are not as many surely as In the days of lullabies and cradles.”

About Diamond Cutting.

In the diamond cutting industry the sawing-machine has superseded the cleaver's hammer and splitter to a large extent during the last few years. To divide diamonds by sawing, a thin disc of steel or phosphor-copper, revolving some 3,000 times * minute, slowly cuts through the diamond in any desired direction. In Amsterdam, as elsewhere, the diamond Industry Is for the greater

price to bo brought by that one specimen is apt to be well worth while but if the hunter has a “butterfly farm” at home,-—as most, of the experts in this field are coming to have, —he bends every effort to capturing alive the winged beauty, or, better still, seveTral specimens, in the hope that such captives may be made the pioneers in a transplanted colony of the butterflies. However the mere capture of the butterflies, difficult as it may be, is not the sum and substance of the butterfly expert’s troubles for if the butterflies are to live and thrive in their new home their keeper must be familiar with their habits and must have transplanted the vegetation necessary to give them the same environment they had in their original home or “something equally as good.” The most beautiful butterflies are the tropical ones and thus it comes about that the butterfly farmer is most eager to stock his farm with the live jewels from Central and South America and the West Indies. Some of these tropical butterflies measure six inches- from tip to tip of the wings and they are resplendant in coloring of the most vivid hues. The butterfly dealer must handle his stock with greater care than is bestowed by any other merchant Qf course the butterflies sold to collectors, museums, etc., are dead but extreme care must be exercised in handling lest their delicate wings be broken or crushed. Each butterfly when unmounted is kept in a threecornered envleope and the butterfly expert likes to mount a valuable specimen as promptly as possible feeling that the treasure is safer in that form. The latest approved method is to mount each butterfly between two glass plates so that both sides of the wonderfully colored wings may be seen. Another style mount consists of a square plaque of plaster into the hollowed side of which a butterfly fits while over the specimen is placed a glass Jid which seals it hermetically. This permits butterfly trophies to be hung on the wall like pictures

Some of the Formalities to be Observed at a Business Interview.

so happen that the Chinaman Is not pleased with his caller and is in any way annoyed by him the merchant takes up the tea and begins to drink at once, w’hich act is a direct and decided hint that the interview' is ended and has not been to the pleasure of the merchant. The caller is then expected to take his immediate departure. When a caller has become well acquainted so eof the formality is broken by the Chinese, and on a cold day a cup of tea is served Immediately to the guest in a social way. But the “formal" tea is still to be observed and partaken of at parting, irrespective of tne cup given to warm and greet the caller on his arrival. This, however, is done only after many visits, when the business dealings have been of such a nature as to warrant friendship and this hospitality.— Youth's Companion.

part in the hands of members of the Jewish community. . It was originally a home industry, and was eonductedln attics, of which there are many in the old tumbledown houses of Amsterdam. Gradually better workshops were seen to be essential, and the first factory to use steam power was erected in London In 1824, and the first in Amsterdam in JB4O. Electricity is now largely used. The largest diamond polishing factory in the world is that of Messrs. Asscher of Paris, and Amsterdaip. The total value of diamonds handled In Amsterdam per annum exceeds $21,250,000. of which the United States, the most important buyer, purchases about $lO.000,000 polished, and $500,000 rough.

Change Enough.

Walter Wlnans was talking about our weather. “American weather," he said, “hears the palm of quick and incredible changes. Its like. In this respect, 1| found nowhere else in the world. The wife of a friend of mine had Palm Beach or Santa Barbara in her mind the other day when she said to her husband: • ' " George, the doctor says I need a change of climate.* “ ‘AH right, dear,* said George. Tt’s going to be 55 degrees oolder tomor • at row.

BOXER GIVES MUCH PROMISE

Sam Fitzpatrick Declares He Has Another Kid Lavigne in Antone Lagrave, Western Fighter. If Antone Lagrave is as good a fighter as Sam Fitzpatrick thinks he Is (and Samuel’s judgment is fairly good), there is trouble in store for Ad. Wolgast and any other lightweight who may have an eye on Wolgast’s title. Fitzpatrick* once handled Kid Lavigne, champion lightweight of ths w'orld, and the rotund manager believes he has a second Lavigne in jLagrave. It (is a significant fact {hat both Lavigne and Lagrave are Of French extraction, the only difference being that Lavigne sprang from the pine-clad hills of Michigan and Lagrave is a native of the Pacific slope. Fitzpatrick naturally was much impressed with the 15-round draw that his boy recently fought with Battling Nelson, and considers it a great performance. In a note to the writer, Fitzpatrick says: “Lagrave is another Kid Lavigne, and that li> rounds with Nelson very much resembled the Lavigne-Wolcott fight at Maspeth some time ago.” It is quite evident that Lagrave put up a sturdy fight, and the only question is as to the condition of the Dane on the night of the battle. The general impression! as to Nelson’s present form is that he has deteriorated, and that Lagrave did not meet the man who toppled Gans from the lightweight championship throne or even the man who Wolgast so stubborn a fight before yielding the scepter of the 133-pound class. Be that as it may, any man who can buffet Nelson for 15 rounds must have some class, and Lagrave therefore will

Antone Lagrave.

be watched with interest the next time he starts in the lightweight handicap; —'■ ' — —- Fitzpatrick’s reference to the La-vigne-Walcott battle at Maspeth in 1895 revives recollections of one of the fiercest glove fights in the history of the Queensbury game. The bout was a handicap affair, Walcott stipulating to knock out Lavigne in 15 rounds or forfeit a SSOO side bet. The men weighed 133 pounds ringside, and this was a severe handicap to the negro. who was compelled to resort to baths and drugs in order to make the weight. , The match grew out of an argument betwen O’Rourke and Fitzpatrick as to the lelative merits of their men. Walcott started in with a rush and for a time punished Lavigne severely. But the Saginaw’ Kid, with his wonderful vitality, took all Walcott could hsyid out and then came back for more^ The bout lasted the scheduled limit of 15 rounds, and while bosh men were on their feet, Walcott had weakened under the enforced low weight and the fast pace and probably would have been put to sleep in a few more rounds. Lavigne, by staying to the end of the bout won the wager, and Tim Hurst, the referee, was not called on to make any decision. He had his troubles separating ‘the men in the "clinches. Had a decision been rendered on the bout itself it would have been a draw, a 3 Walcott had the best of the first half of the bout and Lavigne camo very strongly In the latter half. Some of the records erroneously set forth that Walcott lost the bout. All that the Black Demon lost was SSOO and some prestige because he failed to put Lavigne to sleep.

Jones Turns Down Harvard.

Fielder Jones, former leader of the Chicago White Sox, has been offered the position of professional coach for the Harvard university baseball team next spring. Harvard is taking up the professional coaching plan for the first time in its history. Yale, Pennsylvania. Dartmouth, Princeton and other schools long ago adopted the professional plan. Jones, who la heavily interested in Oregon timber lands, was forced to decline the proposition on account of his buslnes*. —Harvard has several other baseball stars in view for the position, but wantad Fielder first of all. Last year Jones coached the Oregon Agricultural college and whip ped a green bunch of material Into • championship team.

JIM SCOTT’S START DUE TO BOYISH DARE

If anyone had told me I would be a professional baseball player ten years ago I would have laughed. I wanted, to be a physician and had my college career all mapped out. My father had agreed to send me to college at Nebraska Wesleyan university and 1 went there to start my professional career. I had played a little baseball around my home at Lander, Wyo., as a boy, usually at third base, and,had not given the gams a serious thought. The way I happened to get into baseball was an accident. I was at home in Lander when some of the boys wanted me to come out and play third base against the team from a regiment stationed at the post. It happened that there were a lot of railroad men out to see the game, and among them was J. P. Cantillon, a brother of Mike and Joe Cantillon, the baseball men. I did not know this at the time. In the first inning the soldiers made two runs off our pitcher and knocked him out, so the- boys yelled for me to go in and pitch. I knew nothing about pitching except to fire the ball over and pitch a curve when I felt like it, but I went in. It was the first real game I ever had tried to pitch. We won out, 3 to 2, and I think the soldiers made one hit Off me. After the game Mr. Cantillon came to me and said if I wanted to pitch baseball he would give me a ticket to Des Moines, where the Cantlllens owned the team, for a try out. The fellows dared me to go, and just

BROWN HOT AFTER WOLGAST

Clever New York Lightweight Is Desirous of Getting on Match With Champion of His Class. Knockout Brown, the New York lightweight, who has come to the top In pugilistic circles of late, is desirous of getting on a match with Ad Wolgast, the champion in his class. Wolgast is credited with making the remark that Brown wil have to get a reputation first before he will consent to meet him. This has stirred up the New York fighter and his manager, Danny Morgan. The latter recently handed some choice bon mots to Adolph, retorting that Brown at the present time has a better reputation than Wolgast. “The whole trouble with Ad is that he is afraid,” says Morgan. “Erne, Gans, Nelson —all of these met real fighters when they held the championship. Wolgast is no fighter. He shows this by his refusal to meet fighters. What did he do after winning the title? Why, he picked up a couple of fourth raters that nobody ever heard of and broke his arm on them. Brown

Knockout Brown.

has as much right to fight Wolgast as Wolgast had to fight Nelson—and a whole lot more, too. Nelson was 100 years old physically when Wolgast best him. He refuses to meet Tommy Murphy, although Tommy has beaten him.”

James Scott, White Sox Pitcher.

as a piece of boy foolishness I packed up and left that night for Des Moines. There were eleven pitchers there being tried out. I hung around for a ' couple of weeks and pitched one inning, finishing up a game that was lost. They told me then they didn’t need me. I had no contract or agreement and did not receive a cent. I hated to go back home and have the boys think I had failed, and felt that they had not given me much of a chance. Besides I had been studying the experienced pitchers on the team and had begun to learn that there was more to pitching than throwing the ball. I got out of Des Moines and went to Oekaloosa, lowa, where I got a Job as pitcher and made good quickly. I gave a lot of thought and hard work to pitching and when Wichita picked me up I decided to stick to the profession and show them I could move up in it. I had begun to like it and the deeper I got into it the more satisfaction I took in my work. It had become my real profession. I worked hard at Wichita and that fall was sold to Chicago. I came there thinking I knew a lot, only to find out I was just starting, and by studying the great pitchers on Comiskey’s team I think I began to improve. It was harder work the higher up I got and I found that I had to keep studying and working just as hard to hold on as to get up. That is all there has been to it, just hard work and hard study. (Copyright. 1910, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

SPORTING FACTS AND FANCIES

A man called O’Kelly is an aspirant for heavyweight championship honors. Why the O? Wrestling matches in private are a myth in these days of fat purses and advance press agents. Christy Mathewson says he would rather play checkers than fool ball players with his fadeaway. Out of the sixteen best golf players in the United States Chicago has six and the whole middle west nine. St. Louis is the fourth city of America In population and the last In sport, laments a Mound City paper. “Long Tom” Hughes led the American association flingers, and now he must tote his baggage back to Washington. What the ball player detests the most while at work in training Is to have to play on the so-called skinned diamonds. , Jimmy Britt may come to life and take on Bat Nelson again. Why not start an elimination tournament of the hasbeens? Now they are talking of a trust to corner the hockey market. It beats all where the tentacles of the system are reaching. Fred Tenney, new manager of the Boston Doves, say* Johnny Kllng 1b one of the greatest backstops he ever saw In action. .National league umpires wiU be called into New York to have tbeir eyes examined before they begin work next season. Sonoma Girl, the famous trotting mare, has been sold by Lotta Crabtree of Boston to C. W. Moore of St. Claire, Mich., for $20,000. Joe McGinnlty, former "iron man” of the New York Giants, thinks “Lefty” Russell will not be much of a success with the Athletics next year. j Pitcher Joe Corbett of Baltimore fame, who retired from baseball a few seasons ago because of difficulty with the Brooklyn club, is now a high salaried employe of the San Francisco Telephone company.