Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1911 — Page 3

LAUNCHING OF UNCLE SAM’S NEWEST BATTLESHIP

WASHINGTON. —The battleship Arkansas, biggest war vessel yet laid down by the United States government, was launched on Saturday, January 14, at Camden, N. J. President Taft witnessed the ceremony, as did Secretary of the Navy Meyer, the governor of Arkansas and other prominent officials. The Arkansas is a 26,000 ton vessel, only 350 tons lighter than the recently launched British “dreadnought” Lion. The American vessel will be more heavily armored than the Lion and equally formidable as a fighting craft

REVIVE BRITISH ART

Blind, Deaf and Dumb Girls Skilled in Tapestry^

Mias Clyde Bayley Teaches, Afflicted Young Women to Become Financially Independent—They Are Under Care of the State.

London.—ln Shottery, scarce a mile from Stratford-on-Avon, a wise and clever woman has made a corner of peace and sunshine where some of the weak may slip out of the ranks that are marching too fast for , their strength—a little space where the grind of competition does not enter, inor the jar and clang of the industries of the great world; a space where the crippled and dumb and blind may develop their powers and quietly grow, sheltered from the oppression of the struggle for bread between weak and strong. The old cottage, with its beams dating back to Saxon times, its smart new thatch and lavender bordered garden, is the studio where are shown the iproducts of a factory none of whose workers is fully equipped for life, yet their powers have been so drawn out and developed under the guidance of Miss Clyde Bayley, the foundress of the industry, that they not only produce work of artistic value and lay the - foundations of future financial independence, claim through her instruction to be pioneers in the revival of British art For round the walls of the little cottage hang sumptuous hand-woven tapestries, here a proud display of armoTial bearings, there a subject picture • of great decorative value, mid beyond a rug of eastern design and coloring. On the floor lie strips and fragments of carpet, made after the nqantaer of those which the girls of Tabriz and Kurdistan have knitted with patient fingers through the centuries of labor, to the accompaniment of monotonous chant and song; on the table lies a figure subject finely woven in alike, beautiful in texture and strange color, the work of the lame girl who tnet us at the door. In a neighboring cottage live the weaver girls of Shottery, and strange Is the silence of the long room where they bend over their frames. No laughter, none of the light, foolish chatter of girlhood rises above the sound of knots and strings. Before one, large frame; four girls are seated; one is blind,, one deaf and dumb, another crippled, and the fourth can neither

AGE STAMPED ON EVERY EGG

Nebraskan Has Bill to Prevent Bale •of Bad Nest Produce —Heavy Penalty Asked. __ \ Omaha, Neb. —Senator Busby of Kimball county has a bill to be introduced In the Nebraska legislature to stop the marketing of bad eggs. It has been passed upon by the best lawyers In Nebraska, who say that If It becomes a law Its provisions can be Enforced. The Busby bill provides for an'egg marking system, the purpose being to keep an accurate record of their freshness. To prevent fraud, heavy penalties are provided for false marking In •ny manner. Two years ago an attempt was made to pass an egg marking law, but a majority of the Nebraska lawmakers frowned upon the bill, as 4t provided for an automatic device in the nest where the egg was deposited. The proposed law turns everything Over to rubber stamps and the persons manipulating them. The proposed pure egg law will provide that when a farmer gathers Vis eggs he shall stamp each one, using indelible Ink that the letters And figures thereon shall show the date on which the egg was laid. Then when the egg goes to market tha dealer on each egg purchased shall stamp the date on which it came into his possession. No egg shall be Sold within the state, from cold storage or otherwise, that Is more than sixty days old. Penalties are provided for selling eggs that are more aged, and penalties are also provided for changing the dates am an egg.

read, wrjte nor spell, though she is of full age. Other girls work singly at smaller strips and panels, and as we pass one looks up with unseeing eyes, one or two smile as they see us, but can make no reply to our greeting cr questions. In an adjoining room a girl of 16, painfully stunted In growth, sits cheefully drawing a design for the next large panel the school will undertake, and we leave her intent over a branch of may, our queen’s emblem. And so they work in the sunshine with the wide green country about them, a fortunate few of the many infirm who pass perhaps their whole lives in state Institutions, where necessarily but little chance exists of developing what powers they may possess. Here at Shottery, under the care of the committee which receives them from the state, they spend three years learning to draw, to spin, to dye their wools and to weave, to study plant fei-ms for new designs, and if at the end of this time they have become efficient workers, they are taken on as weavers for a regular wage. The lame girl, for instance, former-' ly a sufferer from hip disease and infantile paralysis, has become a weaver of some note and la actually the most skilled worker in the school at present She has just invested in government stock the second SSOO that her own labor has won.

CURTAINS TO COW’S WINDOW

Captain Albert Tuthlll Is Surprised When Bovine Bticks Head Out of Window.

New York. —If Molly, a large spotted cow owned by John Case of Sayville, Long Island, is not content in her present home, It is not the fault of Case, for he has quartered the animal in a room hui»g with lace curtains and oil paintings, which was formerly the dining room of the old Buel Tuthill homestead, a Long Island landmark. Case bought the homestead a short time ago. He had the dining room detached from the rest of the house and moved seventy-five feet to the rear of the dwelling, and decided to use it as a stable. Captain Albert Tuthill, who was born in the house, saw Molly sticking her head out of the window. “Well, I sVan,” he exclaimed, “that cow is occupying quarters that were good enough for me and my family a little while ago."

CAT’S CHORUS

Harlemite Says Feline Plague Abroad at Night Drives Men to Beat Their Spouses.

New York. —It's out at last. Here is revealed the origin of that mysterious Influence that engenders crankiness and grouches—that makes normally pious men swear at unoffending women, fire obliging servants and beat their wives. Whisky? Nay. Cats —Just cats — c-a-t-s; that’s all. List to this exposition of the case as It came from a troubled Harlemite: “I want to bring before you the trouble and nuisance that I have had from cats. There is a lot on One Hundred and Thirteenth street, between Broadway and Amsterdam avenge, which is filled with lumber which answers for a brooder for raising cats. I think there are twentyfive cats in this block that no one seems to shelter, and they make the night's rest anything but comfortable. They affect the women’s nerves so that it 1& practically impossible to please them or to keep a maid, or even to live in the same house with them. “It has been so trying on my nerves that I five n go to the office and jump on my employes with no reason, except that I have lost my patience. Last night the people across the street were not only throwing water out of the window, but bottles, tin cans, electric light bulbs and even a garbage can, which sounded in the dead of the night as if it was an explosion. *lt upset my nerves so that when I got to my offloe this morning I swore

FINGERS ARE LESS SKILLED

English Doctor Urges Men and Women to Acquire Manual Skill to ' Stimulate Mentality.

London. —Business men and women should use their hands in every possible way if they want to increase the quickness and adaptability of their brains, according to the latest idea of a well-knowh London doctor. He says: “Tie knots, sew, do fretwork, learn to make some of your own clothes, prepare and cook all your food, repair your boots and shoes, dig and plant your garden—in fact, do anything and everything that calls for manual skill if you want to have an active, resourceful and versatile brain. “The business man whose work depends on a keen, quickly-working brain must use his fingers constantly if he wants to have these assets in full. He must, speaking literally, turn his hands to everything, and be capable of constructing almost anything with his fingers. “The truth of this statement lies in the fact that in every manual act the hand is directed by the brain. “Again, every act reacts back upon the brain, strengthening and stimulating it, which is the only sure method of keeping that organ in keen, efficient working order. “That our fingers are gradually becoming less skilled is due to the numerous mechanical appliances which now carry out the various processes formerly done by hand “This state of affairs, since it stunts the powers of the fingers, also stunts the brain. The worker does his work mechanically, unthinkingly, and gradually his brain grows torpid and impaired.”

Daguerreotype Valuable.

Pittsburg.—By producing In court a daguerreotype taken nearly forty years ago Michael Logan proved that he was the husband of Annie Graham Logan and entitled to her estate. The old-fashioned picture showed a woman dressed in the height of fashion for that period. The woman during-the latter years of her life had not lived with her husband and was found dead in a hovel. She had s€oo in a bank and this was awarded to her husband.

Provides Home for Spinsters.

Philadelphia.—A country home for poor children and deserving single women Is provided for In the will of Elizabeth Williamson Garrett, widow of qfcasper S. Garrett, a wealthy par per manufacturer, which was admitted to probate this afternoon. The estate is valued at more than $1,000,000.

BREAKS HOME

because things were not done as fast as I could think of them, thus causing me to lose a very valuable girl, which has meant an awful lot of expense and loss to my business, and also throwing a poor girl out of a position who is the main support of her aged and crippled mother. “I can now see why there are so many crazy people cranks in the city, as this is enough “to drive any man to drink, and then coming home and because someone says something to him about drinking he immediately becomes mad and beats his wife o* children as If they had no feeling. “Not praising myself or saying any thing that is untrue, I would stats that before the past week l was considered a gentleman and with an excellent character, but this i»traln has been so hard on me that I have lost all this." , Mouse Darkens City. Plymouth, Mass. —A mouse put tne electric lighting system out of com mission for several hours the othe. night. It crawled Into the swltchborl at the power house, found a place in the insulation on the feed wire just big enough to admit its tall, then resting its nose on the returu. wlrfe, short circuited the system and incidentally gave up its own life. . Portugal Chooses Flag. Llsbbn. —After much discussion the new Portuguese Republican flag hse finally been chosen. It is ’divided perpendicularly, half red and half green. In the center are the ancient Portuguese arris, but without • crown.

GIANTS SECURE KANSAS STAR

Harry Rustenhaven, Who Played With Kansas City Last Season, Signs Contract With New York.

In commenting on the signing of Harry Rustenhaven by the New York Giants, the New York Tribune makes the following comment: r Another pitcher of considerable craft and cunning, Harry Rustenhaven by name, sent in his signedv contract to the New York Giants yesterday. The document was mailed from Kansas City, where the youngster is spending the winter. His[ scene of action has been among the .semi-profes-sional teams of the middle west If he is able to duplicate his record in big league circles he might in time outshine .the mighty Matty himself. Rustenhaven belonged to the Abilene (Kan.) teajn before he was drafted by the New York club. He has steadily refused to play out and out professional baseball and would not join the Abilene team last year, playing instead with the Cheyenne Indians, a semi-professional nine. In the season of 1909 he devoted his services to the Kansas City Red Sox with remarkable success.

This particular Indian was lassooed by one of McGraw’s missionaries in foreign fields. He is not a wild one, however. Far from it. As a matter of fact, he has a control so superb that he has been the terror of those in the west, who think they know a baseball when they see one. Rustenhaven is twenty-one years old and a southpaw. He has a capacity for work Which puts the average pitcher who has reached the topnotch to shame. Take a peek at his record: Last year, when working for the Cheyenne Indians, Rustenhaven pitched 49 games, which in. itself may be considered a fair season’s work for a pitcher, and gave him a right to say that he at least earned his salary. But on top of this comes the information that out of the 49 games which he pitched he lost only four, winning 45. It is no surprise, therefore, that the fame of such a wonder reached the nicely tuned ears of McGraw’s scouts. Accompanying his contract Rustenhaven inclosed a letter to the secre-

Harry Rustenhaven.

tary of the New York club,, in which he said that he was glad to get into big league baseball and would do all in his power to “make good,” realizing that It was for his own best interest as well as for that of the club.

1910 RECORD OF FIGHTERS

Table Giving Fistic Events of Year Just Ended—" Knockout” Brown Leads in Battles.

Below is the record of the fistic events of the year just ended, compiled by John Pollock. Only those fighters who have fought at least four times are considered,, Knockout Brown, the New York light weight, did more fighting than any one in the game, having taken part in 29 battles and scoring seven knockouts. Buck Crouse of Pittsburg won more battles than any one boxer, having been awarded the decision over his opponents in 16 fights. w No Fights. Won. Lost.Dr.dec. Knockout 8r0wn....29 7 0 0 23, Leo Houck 28 11 1 3 13 Buck Crouse .*..27 16 0 1 10 Young S. Smith 25 S 0 0 32 Dick Nelson 22 5 1 3 13 Abe Attell 19 7 0 1 11 Young Erne 18 2 0 0 16 Pal Moore 18 4 1 1 11 Harry Lewis 17 10 2 2 3 Battling Hurley 16 2 3 2 9 Paddy Lavln 15 6 0 3 7 Ray Bronson 16 11 0 2 2 Patsey Brannlgan... 14 1 1 2 10 Owen Moran ..14 3 2 2 7 Young Laughrey ....14 3 1 3 7 Jimmy dabby ~,.,.14 6 0 2 7 Frankie Burns 14 1 0 0 13 Tommy Murphy ....13 1 0 1 11 Jimmy Walsh ...13 3 1 2 7 Frank Mantel! 12 3 3 1 S Monte Attell 12 4 2 0 6 Frankie White 12 3 2 3 4 Sam Langford 11 8 0 0 3 Matty Baldwin 11 2 2 3 4 Jim Barry 11 <221 Tony Ross 11 2 0 0 9 Eddie McGoorty ....11 6 0 1 4 A 1 Kublak 10 4 0 0 6 Leach Croft 1,0 2 0 0 8 AI Belmont 10 1 4 4 1 Johnny Coulon 10 6 0 0 4 J. Twin Sullivan 10 3 3 0 6 Henri Piet .T.... 10 3 0 0 7 Bill McKinnon 10 2 2 " 3 3 Cyclone Thompson.. 9 8 0 , 0 1 Jack Goodman 9 1 0 0 8 Willie Lewis 9 1 2 2 ,4 Frank Klaus 9 4 1 0 4 Frankie Conley ...... 9 4 0 1 4 Joe Jeanette 7 2 1 0 4 Sam McVey 7 6 0 1 0 Tony Capon! 7 6 110 Lew Powell 7 2 0 0 6 Tommy Quill 6 12 13 Billy Papke : 6 6 1 0 0 Ad. Wolgast I 1 0 0 I Stanley Ketchel..... 3 3 0 0 3 Rattling Nelson 5 2 2 1 0 Packey McFarland.. 6 2 0 1 3 Jlmmg- Gardner 6 1 1 0 3 Al Kaufman 6 1 0 o, 4 Freddie Welsh 4 3 0 1 0 Jem Driscoll 4 3 10 1 ’Hugo Kelly 4 3 0 0 1 Digger Stanley 4 • 0 1 •

NEW PRIZE RING RULES SATISFACTORY

The director of athletics of Philadelphia read with satisfaction the rules recently adopted by the head of the department of public safety to pre-vent-such accidents as have happened in the fistic arena lately. He seemed to be especially pleased with rule No. 3, which reads: Contestants shall not be permitted to have more than three attendants or seconds and these seconds must rdfrain from coaching the principals during the progress of /the rounds. “That rule vyill at least make it much more difficult/’ commented the director, “for fighters and their seconds to take advantake of an opponent by means of the various tricks pi the ring that have been possible in the past through the number or men allowed to surround a contestant during the rests and before the fight begins* It was impossible for the referee to see what was going on when the contestant was the center of a hollow square of towel wielders, spongers and rubbers. Behind that human screen various tricks were practiced, some of them dastardly in their nature. “It has been possible to anoint a glove with oil of mustard, with the result that an opponent’s eye has been put out of business at the first blow. Then the hands have been hardened

LATEST TYPE OF BASEBALL

New Core That le Causing So Much Controversy in Both Leagues— Cork Center Bhown.

From 1883 until last year very little, outside of minor changes, was done in developing the baseball. The league baseball used in this period bad a rubber center, and the yarn wound around it was coated with a continuous layer of rubber cement. The ball now used includes a means of preventing the inner yarn from slipping away from the center of the ball, and the substitution of cork for rubber in the

Latest Type of Baseball.

core, says Popular Mechanics. This core of cork is covered with a layer of .rubber vulcanized to a certain degree of hardness, and on this is wound the usual yarn. The cork makes possible a more rigid structure and more uniform resiliency. It Is said to outlast tbe rubber center balls many times over, because it will not soften or break in spots under the most severe usage. Tbe illustration shows a cross-sec-tion of the new ball, with the cork center, robber covering, tbe layer of blue woolen yarn, then white woolen yard, then blue woolen yam again, and then borsehlde 'cover.

Three Different Methods.

so that they became frightfully effective weapons, through the introduction of plaster of parts in the glove. “Rule 7 will govern this hand bandage business. This, as you see, tays: ‘Only soft bandages to be allowed on the hand.’ The bandage permitted is one that begins at the thumb, winds twice around the hand and then at either side of the prominent bone on the wrist. This bandage has been Increased in size until in some of the contests today the hand is wound with bicycle tape until it le almost Impossible for the fighter to close it. Under cover of the ring of attendants contestants have been known to sprinkle the inside of the glove with plaster of parts. Then the bandaged hand is given a quick dip In the water bucket and Inserted in the glove, with the result that the plaster of parts hardens and gives the man a fist like a brick. “The working of the horsehair padding in the glove away from the knuckles, so that the part of the hand that gives the blow is tree from padding, is another trick that Is so old that it has almost come to be regarded as legitimate. It Is illegal and should not be winked.at by the referee. Now that the squad of attendants around a fighter is reduced to three the referee will be able to see and stop such tricks.**

Sporting Gossip.

Baseball , partisans already have begun to make claims about 1911. New York writers are hailing Joe Coster, the Brooklyn featherweight, as the next champion. In Plank, Russell and Krause Connie Mack has three crack southpaws in line for next season. Wagner declines to play with any club but Pittsburg. He also balks st signing an anti-booze contract. Battling Nelson Is talking fight in New York, they say. Was Bat ever seen when he wasn’t talking fight? “Digger” Stanley, English bantam weight champion, has arrived in New York and admits he is hunting a world’s title. Garry Herrmann wants the pitcher’s box to be on the level. Well, if eight players are on the level, wbj can't tbe pitcher be? Eddie Tiemeyer, the Cincinnati tosser. will play with the Trenton TriState league next season. Syracuse has sold him to the Skeeters. The Phillies are expected to rank high aB a base stealing combination next season. Lobert and Paskert are large acquisitions to that department of the game. The Plttsburgs have 16 new ball players for next seasou. Eight of these are pitchers, and Fred Clark thinks he will get two stars at least out of his youngsters. Following the English campaign against the kidney punoh, tke Armory club of Boston announces that In fixture it will bar the blow In bouts dpr Its auspices. A nice ruling, but Just how tbe club will proceed to many out its ban is a mystwy.