Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1911 — Page 3

STORIES OF CAMP AND WAR

CAPTURE A PROVOST MARSHAL In Raid at Fredericksburg Officer and Escort, With Trainload of Tobacco, Captured. On March 4, 1865, the Third Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-fourth Corps (formerly the Eighteenth Corps), composed of the 58th and 188th Pa.,. 40th Mass., 2nd N. H. and 21st Conn., broke camp near Fort Harrison, on the James river, and embarked on transports for Fredericksburg, then in possession of the Confederates, writes W. R. Schaffer, of Volier, Pp., in the National Tribune. On arriving at that place we surprised and captured the provost-marshal, together with an escort of cavalry and a train loaded with tobacco, ready for shipment. The provost-marshal ■was found hiding in an upstairs room under a bed, but our boys found him. After destroying the tobacco and setting the place in repair, we reembarked for Fortress Monroe, meeting with some opposition on our way down the river; but our gunboats soon opened the way with shot and shell among the surprised Johnnies, who were not aware of the large guns on board. We soon arrived at Fortress Monroe, and went on to Norfolk nnd Portsmouth and coaled up for further orders. Our next move was up the Potomac river to Kinsale, where we marched out in the forenoon with strict orders to touch nothing along the route. But after some hot coffee for dinner we marched back to our boats on the river, receiving orders to take anything eatable, and we certainly did ourselveß Justice in the eating line. On our return trip we marched through a strip of thick woods with heavy underbrush, where a band of Confederates lying in ambush struck the rear company of the 21st Conn, (the rear of the Column), and before the regiment could resist several of the comapny “were* killed with the saber. The Confederates fled through the brush and made their escape. On our arrival at the river In the afternoon we received orders to butcher and eat. Our supply consisted of cattle, hogs, ducks, chickens, turkeys and honey, and it was an easy matter to prepare supper. Before embarking for the return trip our gunboats opened on the guerrillas, who made themselves too prominent. At Fortress Monroe we rested at anchor over

The Provost Marshal Was Found Hiding.

night, and on the following day our expedition went up the York river and the Pumunky to White House Landing and went into camp. We repaired the bridge across the river, so Sheridan could cross his cavalry coming up from the Shenandoah valley to Join Grant at Petersburg in the latter part of March, 1865. After resting his army a few days at White House, Sheridan continued to the James River, and our brigade marched across the peninsula and went into camp on Spring Hill, near Fort. Harrison, within a few miles of our former camp.

Either Hand Good.

By -formal action of the War Dopartment any doubt as to discriminations against left-handed candidates for the army has been removed. In preparing recently to make a nomination for West Point a congressman asked the department if the fact that his nominee was left-handed would operate as a bar to his admission to West Point. As the question never before had been raised, the surgeon general or the army was asked for an opinion on the subject. That official reported that a left-handed cadet may not properly be considered as physically disqualified. It if considered as certain that there have been cadets at West Point who were left-handed, but this fact seems never to hare occasioned comment. They probably acquired the use of the right liand, so essential to the uniformity of movement necessary in military organlazdop.

GREAT BRITAIN'S NEW SUPER-DREADNAUGHT

LONDON. —The most spectacular thing about the new,cently commissioned at Portsmouth, it, tU ability to fire a full broadside with all its ten 12-inch guns. Experiments have proved that the terrific' concussion of a broadside wrecks many of the lighter fittings of the vessel. _ - - - , ri '

WOMEN LOSING HAIR

Fear of Baldness Frightens Many of Gentle Sex. f Excessive Use of Puffs, Rats, Switches and Other Artificial Formations Exclude Air From Bcalp the Cause. New York.—Uneasy lies the head that wears the “crowning glory” in New York just at this psychological moment. Thrones totter and crowns fail to fit, and the latest rumor from the front is that unless the non voting section of the population mends its ways the bald woman will soon be the rule rather than the exception. Let no one gather from this that hair-pulling is ofn the increase. The facts are that the view of London hairdressers, colffeuesses and beauty physicians is sadly accepted by the profession here as the horrible truth. Thanks to puffs, rats, wigs, switches and other artificial formations that exclude the air from the scalp, they say the glorious tresses of the American woman are fading away like mists before the Bun. The most remarkable feature of the situation, as seen here, is that while those who pay their rent by dressing the hair, supplying those artificial, or recently human, filaments which compose that attractive overhanging ledge on the feminine capital, and the like, live in constant dread of seeing a woman come down the street with nothing to pin her hat to, the' business men who manufacture and supply the air-excluding accessories see no such danger at all. At Hepner’s It was said recently: “The idea that ‘transformations’ and other coiffures press upon the scalp and impede the circulation of the blood to such an extent that the hair roots are killed is ridiculous. It would take a much harder pressure than that to have any effe’ct on the hair, especially as these artificial aids have nothing to do with the main portion of the scalp. They generally are built upon masses of real hair and have no contact with the scalp." There are sevend hairdressing establishments In Twenty-fourth and Sixteenth streets where this attitude Is not accepted. There is also one under the sign of the Red Parasol, in Sixth avenue, Just above Twenty-first street, where a tall woman, far, far from bald, told a reporter that New York women are rapidly losing their hair. v “And it’d all the fault of the ‘transformations’ and puffs they are wearing,’’ she Bald. “If they would bring their natural hair to establishments such as this and let it be treated naturally there would be no trouble.”

ALLIGATOR IS HIS ODD PET

Bouthern Planter Has Trained Saurian for Watchdog-—Does Not Molest Children. New Orleans.—That an alligator can be domesticated and trained has been demonstrated by Edgar Savoie, foreman in charge of a sugar plant at Lockport, La. What Mr. Savoie has done in the way of educating the saurian proves that there is no limit to the development in animal and insect training, since educated fleas are polished and a amait Frenchman has polished the intelligence of a spider to such an extent that it c&n count. ' Mr. Savoie has not endeavored to teaoh the alligator along special lines. He has no vaudeville ambitions for the ’gator. He uses him in the same domestic position occupied by a watchdog. He has the liberty of the back yard, where a special water pool haa been constructed for him, and his natural inatlncts may be indulged to the fullest. The alligator is now about six feet In length. Mr. Savoie got him when he was an infant, and haa reared him in the hack yard. When he goes into

the yard the reptile will trot toward him with the friendliness of a dog. If he sits down the alligator climbs on his legs and rests its head on his knee. Curiously, the saurian Is fond of sugar, and Mr. Savoie Bays he has this manner of asking for sugar. Children play in the yard and the alligator never has shown any hostility toward them, but it is worth a dog’s life to enter the premises. Chickens, however, perch on its back without fear, although it will eat chicken meat. Mr. Savoie attributes this to the fact that he has fed the chickens and the alligator at the same time, and in its dumb, Btupid way the ’gator has cssne to recognize them as companions instead of prey. On the whole, the alligator is a protection at night, as it is so big and powerful that with one blow from its tail It could lay a man low. Its presence there also keeps “varmints” from preying on the chickens at night. Mr. Savoie has become attached to the reptile, and money Could not buy it

Crown Prince to See America.

Berlin.—lt is reported that in Consequence of the curtailment of his present far eastern trip because of the prevalence of the plague In China, Crown Prince Frederick William will undertake a tour of the world in the coming aqtumn. He will go to Vladivostok, It Is said, by the TransSiberian Railroad and thence to Peking and Tokin. He will return by way of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco. He will cross the American continent and will arrive in London early In 1912.

URGES MORE KISSING GAMES

New York Instructor Says Children Play “Poetofllce,” But Elders Should Refrain. Chicago.—Chicago children need more kissing games, according to Professor Percival Chubb of New York university and head of the department of English and pageants in the ethical school of New York, who lectured the other night at the Henry Booth settlement house under the auspices of the Chicago Ethical society. “Kissing games, as played by children, are harmless,” he continued. “Drop the handkerchief, postoffice, clap in and clap out, and a dozen more games of the same sort hurt no one. “Mind you, I don’t advise them for the elders, but before the young people have reached the age of sixteen they are all right.” Professor Chubb declares that older people, too, have forgotten how to play. “The old time play spirit is gone,” he continued. “The children no longer play games at parties and their elders play bridge most of the time. ’The Sunday comic papers are among the chief offenders against children. In the schools, for example, we work to develop a certain standard of literary and esthetic tastes in children. Constantly, In school and out of school, the Sunday supplement works against any educative efforts. In place of better qualities, In the trough of the comic sheets children learn smartness, vulgarity, ‘money tricks’ and irreverence. “Besides establishing bad habits of taste, the Sunday supplements make for a ‘scatter-brain’ state of mind among children. The habit of sustained attention Is lost. I for one would prohibit these papers to children until they are sixteen years old. ‘The whole environment of the child is that of the adult. On the streets, for example, the advertisements greet him. Some of them suggest that, child as be is, one brand of whisky would be good for him. Another sign suggests that if he has headache by drinking certain preparations the ache will be cured,

WANTS TO BAR WORD “HELLO"

New Jersey Preacher Thinks It Verges Too Closely on Profanity—Has Good Substitute. Trenton, N. J. —Members of the Second Reformed church of White Horse have requested the telephone companies to instruct their centrals not to use the word “hello," as they declare it verges in profanity. The pastor, Rev. Harry M. Hitchcock, is leading the movement. “It is an improper word," declared the preacher, “and should be tabooed. I think it should be classed ss the call of hades, because the manner in which many pronounce it is so broad that the last letter might as well have been eliminated. It frequently passes the mouths of children, who soon learn test by puttting the last letter first, there i*> an altogether different meaning. “Another would be just as good and less offensive to the ear. i believe that simple *lo’ would be more convenient and answer the same purpose. It would be more American, too. ‘1 believe that the word ‘dam’ as applied to water also should be changed, *as It reminds one too vividly of ‘damn.’ ”

Bar Actor’s Local Jokes.

San Antonio, Tex. —Guadalajara, Mexico, has just passed an ordinance making it an offense for an actor or actress to “poke fun” at local celebrities in the audience. The man with a hairless crown or unusual nose formation can now a* A tend a theatre in Guadalajara with ile assurance that his physical defect will not serve as the trellis riff which to hang an alleged joke. » *

“Advertisements take the place of the old criers. We have forbidden the noise of one as a nuisance, but the appeal of the more recent method is just as loud, just as ugly as the older street criers. The whole glaring, blinking system tends to lower the standards of thingß. Children become precocious—adults before their time. “I would urge a system of festivals and pageants in which school and settlement should unite.”

DANCE LIMIT STIRS PUPILS

Girls Threaten to Btrlke If Order of School Principal It Enforced at Midnight New York. —Trouble 1b threatened in the Jamaica high school about an order by Robert Mitchell, principal, that hll dances given by fraternities in the school shall end at midnight Girl pupils Bay if they are not permitted to dance after midnight they'll strike. “If the fraternities don’t like the way I run the school I’ll dissolve 'em,” is Mitchell’s stand. Parents of pupils last year complained that the many dances kept tnelr children up too late for study □ext day. The first duice of this season was given by Alpha Sigma fraternity. Three alumni who are members of the fraternity, Kenneth Hardenbrook. Gerard McLaughlin and-Carroll McLaughln, asked Mitchell that the dance be permitted to continue after midnight r “No,’’ said the principal. \ At the dance, it Is said, Mitchell criticized the committee and its errand. By order of the principal representatives of all the fraternities in the school met in the auditorium. There was a long discussion between Dr. Mitchell and the delegates, but the principal refused to change his attitude. So the strike may come.

Prussia’s Population.

Berlin. —Prussia has a population of 40,157,573. The increase of the last five years is slightly more than that of the preceding census period.

WHILE WIFE WAS AWAY

LONE MAN’S EXPERIENCE WITH BAKING OF A CAKE. V,-. •tf:" - '" 1 ’ "v* o ' Recipe In the Women’s Home Guide: Was B!mple Enough, but the Result WaS Far Frpm Satisfactory. .t ~ r ~ 1 ' V • t "I think it said a slow oven,” said the man. He knelt on the spattered kitchen floor and peeped into the oven. “What’n thunder’s a slow oven, anyway?" As he looked within, the oven began a curious movement, and he watched it fascinated. Something in a square pan had been ballooning out several inches, and even as he looked it began to recede, even as a bubble grows smaller when a child cautiously removes a finger from the spool, with which it is blown. “Huh!” said the man; “that’s funny.”. Then it occurred to him that a draft of cold air had struck his cake, causing it to fall, and he hurriedly. Blammed the oven door and heaped wood on the fire In order that It rise again. . r __ It is not necessary to say the man was alone. It might be well to say, however, that his womankind had gone off on a visit, and lest some think him insane, to state that he had been reading recipes in the Women’s Home Guide until his tongue hung out. The Home Guide was explicit in saying that such a cake was easy to make, and the man, searching the kitchen, found all the ingredients. The temptatoin was too great, and he began making a cake. It should have been a good cake, for he had been very careful. True, he couldn’t remember the difference between a tablespoon and a teaspoonful until he had put three tablespoonfuls of baking powder In—heaping Bpoonfuls—but, as everybody knows, that should make the cake lighter. One of the eggs looked a bit pale and washed out, and he rejected that, using only two, and he had added a little sugar to the quantity, because he liked cake sweet. But, generally speaking, he had made the cake according to directions. He cautiously opened the open again, and with a cloth jerked the cake out and slammed it on the table. Then he stood back and looked at it. Something was wrong, that was certain. It was of a curious dun color, and hadj a great bulge in the middle, while all about the bulge was a dip like a surrounding valley. Also the edges were not dun color, but black. The bottom also was black, though much of the black stuck to the pan. Then the man tasted his cake. Yes, something was wrong. It* was soft as library paste and gummy beyond belief. The man did not hesitate. * He opened the back door and cast the cake into outer darkness, and with diligence began washing up the dishes, for there were dishes that seemed to Intricate that he had been trying to make a cake, and the folks would be back in the morning. And, when all was clean, he lighted his pipe and took up a magazine. Cake? Not much. He never wanted to see a cake again. The Magazine was not the Women’s Home Guide,—Qalveston News.

Didn't Think Bride Necessary.

“A queer thing happened here recently," said Lawyer Nathan G. Foster. “A few weeks ago a fellow and girl came here and asked me to marry them. They did not know that a license was required, so I went with them to the clerk's office and they arranged the matter. I told them to come back at a stated time and I would marry them. “The day designated the fellow came alone and said he was all ready to be married. ‘Where’s the young lady?’ I asked. ‘Why,’ replied the fellow, 'has she got to come, too?’ The fellow thought it queer that I could not perform the ceremony unless the lady was present, but went out and soon returned with her." —Rumford Times.

Waste of Meat Through Tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis in hogs was offered as one of the causes of the increased cost of living in an address by Dr. burton R. Rogers before the convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Doctor Rogers said that of the 30,472,921 hogs killed at United States packing houses in 1900 the government Inspectors found 836,848 affected with tuberculosis. This he said was 130,802 more than in 1908. He said that during the last ten years 2,648,520 tuberculosis hogs and 212.340 tuberculosis cows had been found. This, he said, decreased the meat supply and increased the cost of. living. •- •

Almost Escaped,

John R. Morron, the president of a great cement company, was praising cement at the New York Cement show. “It lsh-ihe fashion now, too.” he said. “It is as much the fashion as the newfangled decollete gown from Paris. There will probably be the same difficulty about it. vvy "One man said to another at a ball the other night: “ 'Do you have any trouble keeping your wife in clothes?* " 'Rather!’ the other answered. ‘Haven’t you noticed the new French decollette gown she's wearinaT*” ,

COLD, UNFEELING WRETCH

Though Mis Wlfo Hu Saved Him Money, and Looks Well, He Is Not Interested. “John, will yo« l>feasc unhook my waist?” “All right, as soon as I get my eol* lar off.” ' . - “Don’t you think this dress is bo-; coming?” “Yep.” “I think it makes me look slimmer tl\£n I look in any of the rest of my dresses, don’t you’” “I guess so.” - “Did you see anybody there who was dressed in better taste than IT "Nope.” “And Think how cheaply I got it made. Do you. remember that pink dress I had two years ago?” “I dunno ” “O, yes, you remember it, John. The one I had made when I went to St. Louis. Would you suspect that I have had all the beaded trimming from that gown put on this one?” “No.” “Well, I hqve. If I had bought it now it would have cost $25. Don’t you think I managed well?” “Uh huh.” “Do you suppose there’s another woman in this town who dresses as splendidly as 1 do on Tyhat you allow me for clothes?” , * “I’ve never thought anything about It” , “Well, you would think about it if you got such bills as most women make their husbands pay. Did you see any one there who looked betterthan I did?” * “I didn’t look around much.” “Did you ever see me when I looked: better?” “I guess not.” “Think what it means to yon when I make such a fine appearance. Everybody must get the impression that you are able to give me a much larger allowance than you do for clothes. It gives the impression that yon are prosperous. - Can't you see what an advantage it is to have people get such an idea?" “I’ve never noticed it” “O, pshaw! One might as well talk to a stick as to you!”

How Good Health Tells.

Poor physical health handicap* many girl workers and prevents the highest development of their powers. An anaemic brain produces poorer work than one that is nourished by blood rich In red corpuscles. The dyspeptic girl is irritable,- seedy, and out of sorts when'all hes vitality is called on to make a special effort in her work: /’"'Nerves" may make all -the difference between success or failure. ... To keep her health up to a good standard ought to be the aim of every girl who wishes to make something of her life. Too many girls allow themselves to drop into poor health, which is so apt to become chronic unless the tendency is checked at the beginning. A girl owes a duty to herself to keep fit and well and attend to her digestion, her muscles, her breathingThe habits of breathing properly,, chewing the food thoroughly, dally exercises out of doors, are all small matters; but one or two rules of daily conduct occasionally broken contriveafter a time to affect physical health: and personality both. Once let a girt make her mind up to cultivate a habit of self-development, and she follows these rules almost automatically. Each detail may be unimportant ilk itself, but the snm of them is not They are the points that tell in themaking of what should be every girl’saim to obtain —health and personality _

Safest to Fly High.

That it is safer for an airman Ur fly high than comparatively near the ground is Indicated by meteorological tests carried out on behalf of the British air office at Teddington. A kite with a special recording apparatus has been sent np to various heights, and it has been shown that on a gusty day sudden fluctuations in the pressure of the wind —which are an airman’s peril—diminish perceptibly as a kite ascends. What airmen have discovered when in flight is that dangerous gusts sweep over woods and hills or .through valleys. For this reason .when passing across country they seek to maintain an altitude of at least 7,000 feet

Teacher's Aim In Life.

To help a child to become unselfish, self-reliant, kind, thoughtful, considerate, honest and independent; to train to habits of usefulness; to promote purity of thought and life; to have even some small part in awakening loftier purposes and holier aspirations; to arouse in the minds of boys and girls an honest and sincere hope to be able to some extent to make happier the school, the home, -the community, the state, the nation, and the world—-should be the greatest ambition of every teacher. —Richard C. Barrett. .

Out of Babes’ Mouths.

Mrs. PhHip Snowden, the English suffragette, began, at a dinner in New York, her reply to a toast on “marriage.” with the words; “I once asked a little girl if she knew what leisure was. “ ‘Yes,’ she replied. Leisure Is tko place where married people repent* *

A Simple Request.

"What are you going to tell the peo-. pip when you get homer ( * "Nothing.” replied Senator, Sorghum. “And all that I ask la that, they’ll reciprocate and not start In telling me things.** v -