Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1911 — Page 2

CATCH QUEER FISH

irew of Trawler Unable to lden : tify Specimens. • - ‘ *'■ >";£■ Uttle Vessel, Coquet, About e Year Out From Aberdeen, Scotland, Springs Surprise on Dealers of Fulton Market. New York.—Anywaere along South street may be found old sallormen who remember the palmy dare of the square rigged wind-jammer. But the tribe of ancient mariners were a hit put out the other day when they had ! to admit that the steam trawler, the Coquet, almost a year out from Aberdeen, Scotland, was a new one 'bn them. As a matter of fact, in her rusty, blunt bowed way, the Coquet was a considerable surprise to every- | one who saw her crawl in paat the * Hook and up to her berth at one of the Pulton Market piers in the Blast f river. The Coquet and about three thousand of her kind are as common in Scotch waters as tugboats are here, but not a memory along South street i •contained a picture of a steam trawler j in New York harbor before, nor one on such a mission. She had been bawling about 180 miles off the Hook ifor a week. Just to see what sort of jflah oould be caught in ISO fathoms of deep blue sea. Mr. Craig, the Coquet's owner, was ' on board, and he is what might be called a prospecting fisherman. When the Coquet left Aberdeen she made* (Nova Sootia and fished off the banks Until winter set in, when she laid up *and was frozen in. After the ice loosened enough so that the crew could chop her out she began to prospect in the waters along the coast. She had about five tons of assorted deep sea fish in her hold when she came in the other day. Four and threequarter tons were species with which Frank Bheeky, her captain, was conversant. But all of Pulton fish market has been scratching its head, collectively and individually, over the other quarter of a ton. Pish that were never heard of and fish that were not even in the books issued by the bureau of fisheries, comprised that other iquarter of a ton. Aside from the originality of a part of her cargo, the little Coquet is (somewhat of a novelty herself. Above the water she looks dirty, but busineeslike, with no cushions in the wheelhouse and a remarkable absence of white painted railing. She Is 110 ifeet long, 21 feet in beam and draws 14 feet of water. Her registry shows 41 net and 174 gross tonnage. When Captain Sheeky asserted that she had room for 100 tons of fish and 100 tons of coal, everyone wondered where she put it all. Mr. Craig la yralting until his cargo can be Inspected by Chesbro Bros., who will handle it, and see whether it will be s paying proposition for him (to fish off New York. If there is nothing to make it worth while hereabouts he Intends to take the Coquet into southern waters and try his luck there. Another obstacle he .has to surmount is the customs regulations regarding foreign ships entering this port with a cargo of fresh fish. In the catch he has at hand are fluke •and butterflsh, which at this season are rare.

Australia Discovered In 1499.

Melbourne. —M. Petherich, curator In Itbe historical branch of the federal parliamentary library, claims to possess crowning proofs that Australia was discovered in the year 1499 by Florentine Amerigo Vespucci. It was in the year 1499 that Amerigo Vespucci visited the American continent, only seven years after Columbus had first sighted it. The preclsse date of discovery of Australia has hitherto been doubtful.

FUTURE SURGERY CURES

Boston Expert Says the Blind Will Yet See and Womout Hearts Will Be Repaired. Boston.—Dr. Maurice H. Richardson. the noted surgeon, took a very optimistic view of the future of his ' profession in a talk given in the Harvard medical school series of popular free lectures, when he said possibly the surgeon may yet be able to give sight to the blind, to furnish hearing for the deaf, and even to give new life to a heart that has nearly stopped beating from valvular obstruction. He also hinted that it is not impossible that some day healthy human kidneys may by some sort of cold storage or other preservative means he kept till needed, and then substituted by a surgeon for the worn-out and useless kidneys of some patient, who may then recover. He said that whereas cancer is always curable by the surgeon, if he have the opportunity early enough, not one in 50 cases of cancer of the stomach and not one in 160 of certain other kinds of internal cancer reach the knowledge of the surgeon early ‘enough to save the sufferer. The one thing above all others that has hitherto defied the surgeon, he said, has been obstruction of the circulation of the blood, located in either the arteries or in the valves of the heart, but ! the wonderful things accomplished by Dr. Carre* In New York by putting a damp on the heart, the speaker believed, open up a wonderful vista of possibilities for the future of surgery j i|f some war can he found to clear j iout an obstructed valve, be asserted, j

IS SHE PURSUING ALFRED VANDERBILT?

THE affairs that led up to the singular and sensational suits threatened by Dr. Smith Hollins McKim, against his divorced wife, her father, Colonel Emerson, and Alfred G. Vanderbilt, have taken a fresh turn by the sudden Bailing to Europe of Mrs. George Law, widow of the late street railway president. It will be remembered that Mr. Vanderbilt for some time has been paying marked attention to Mrs. Law. When she reached New York from Europe early in the winter he met her at the pier and was much in her company subsequently. Then Mrs. McKim came along, she having secured a divorce from her husband at Reno. Mr. Vanderbilt at once began to give her a great deal of his society. When Dr. McKim began his suit to test the legality of the Reno divorce —which proceedings he later abandoned —a subpoena was issued for Mr. Vanderbilt. Whereupon the latter, apparently to avoid service, fled to Europe. A few days later Mrs. Law sailed for the other side' of the Atlantic. As intimated, society gossips insist that there is a close connection between her going and that of Mr. Vanderbilt. The young millionaire declines to declare his matrimonial Intentions one way or.the other.

AFRICA A PART OF AMERICA

Discovery of Reptilian Fossils Convinces Scientist Two Countries Were Once Joined. .. .» Berlin. —The saurian fossil discoveries in German East Africa appear to be more important as well as more extensive than at first supposed, Professor Banca. director of the Museum of Paleontology at Berlin, concluding from the similarity of the bones found In Africa and America that those countries were connected in remote geological times. Some of the bones which have al-

a man who finds it almost impossible to mount one flight of stairs would be Just as well as anybody else as soon as the obstruction to his blood circulation was removed. An interesting statement by Dr. Richardson was that cancer on the lip is quite common and is largely due to smoking a clay pipe, the stem of which sticks to the lip and removes a portion of the membrane, forming the seat of the cancer. Cigarette smoking may also cause cancer on the lip, owing to the tendency of the paper to stick to the lip.

GOVERNMENT PIE IS LATEST

Ice Cream Also IS Made for Laborers Constructing Panama Canal—Corv • • ■ sume Much Meat. New York.—Since the United States undertook to build the Panama canal and incidentally to feed and clothe the men there, the government has been getting much experience in such homely pursuits as the baking of pies and the making of ice cream. Something like 15,300,000 represents the value of the food and supplies handled in 1910. More than five milion pounds of fresh meat a year are handled, yet the loss does not exceed twenty pounds a year. The commission supplies the American laborers with good old-fashioned apple pie and a variety of other pie. Ice. cream has become more popular than ever. Although 91,321 galIdns were produced last year, it is expected to Increase the output this year by at least 60 per cent.

Mrs George Law

ready reached Berlin and have been set up in the museum beside the skeleton cast of the huge diplodocus presented to the emperor by Andrew Carnegie show that the dinosaurus of Africa were much larger than those of North America, but of such striking similarity as to indicate that they belong to the same species. Professor Janesch. the scientist, who h'eaded the expedition to recover the fossils a year ago, now reports that deposits exist in two other places. An appeal has issued to the German public for money to secure the fossils for the Berlin museum, as otherwise they may fall into the hands of foreign scientists.

SPARKLE IS NOT NECESSARY

New York Judge Rules That Any Kind of Ring Is Sufficient to* Solemnize Engagement. New York. —After being taken in as a son-in-law by the family of the girl who says he proposed marriage and having fed at the family board on “gefulite fisch,” "kniedele” and other such delicacies until, as he said, his waist had grown three inches. Emanuel Berstein, a cap manufacturer, refused to marry Miss Bessie Wallowitz. She is now suing him In the city court for SIO,OOO for breach of promise. Miss Wallowitz was spending her vacation in Connecticut when the defendant wrote her the letter in which he told how he was “gormandizing” at the home of her parents. The plaintiff said that they were to be married last fall, and he gave her an engagement ring. Counsel for the defendant wanted to know what kind of a ring it was. and the plaintiff said that it was a plain gold ring. The question arose whether a plain gold ring could be considered as an engagement ring. Judge Smith then handed down an opinion that any kind of a ring that was given to solemnise an engagement was an engagement ring.

London. —Announcement that Emperor William would attend the un- [ veiling of the national memorial to Queen Victoria front of Buckingham palace May 16 has been confirmed officially. The news was wel* corned by Britishers. The German emperor will be accompanied by Empress Auguste Victoria.

Britons to Hail Kaiser.

GREETS WRONG WOMAN

CLEVELAND MAN MAKE 3 A MOST DEPLORABLE MISTAKE. She Is Not His Chum’s Wife, but, Wishes Her Husband Were There to Thrash '•‘Low Wretch." The Cleveland man's old college, chum out in Chicago had written him that his wife and little boy were going through here on their way east to visit her mother. They would be In Cleveland over night, the Chicago chum wrote, and be wanted to know if his old friend here would mind meeting the little wife and kid aad taking them out to his house to meet his own wife, and let ’em stay there over night. Naturally, the Cleveland man wrote back that he would be delighted. He had never met his chum’s •frife as the .marriage had taken place since the two men separated, but the description in her husband’s letter seemed sufficient to identify her and her offspring. “The youngster’s a chubby little cuss with sandy hair about like mine,” the letter said, “and as for my wife, well, all you have to do is just pick out the niftiest little woman of 25 or so that gets off the train, and if she has with her the sandy-haired youngster before, mentioned, and is rather slender, with dark hair, it’s a safe bet she’s the one.” So the Cleveland man went, down to th§ station and waited for the Chicago train to pull in. Among the first passengers to alight was a charmInely wholesome looking little woman of perhaps 25 years, slender, wellgroomed, and good to look upon. She carried a small alligator satchel -in one hand, and with the other clutched a 6mall sandy-haired boy. “This certainly is an easy one,” thought the Clevelander who was to meet the woman and child. “No chance to go wrong here.” As the woman and youngster squeezed through the exit gate, he took off his hat and walked over Ito meet them. He knew his old friend wouldn’t have married a girl without a sense of humor, so he began jauntily: “Well, my orders were to meet the most charming looking woman that got off the train, so ”- He was cut short by the sharp, indignant look the woman gave him. “Why, my dear girl,” he resumed, smiling, “can’t you guess who I am? I’m ” “You’re a low wretch trying to take advantage of a woman traveling without an escort,” she put in. “But, madam. Prank wrote riie that ” “I don’t know any Frank. I only wish that my husband were here, though, to give you the thrashing you deserve. If you speak another word to me I shall call a policeman'.” The Clevelander saw several people looking at him and thought the woman might make a scene if he tried to explain. So he lifted his hat once more and turned away in considerable confusion. On his way out he heard several people talking under their breath, using such phrases as “fresh masher," "no respect for a nice woman.” and the like. When he got home he found waiting for him a telegram from his Chicago friend, saying that his wife had found it necessary to go straight through to the east without stopping at Cleveland, after all.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The Colonial Rug.

The old hand-made rug, sometiqies called the Martha Washington, has come into vogue again. It is particularly effective and appropriate for bedrooms where simple mahogany furniture and soft, gray papering is used. The rugs are made of long tubes of silk, soft hued and low toned in color, tufted with cotton. Three separate strands are plaited together and then this plait, starting from a solid center, is wound round and round, being caught securely into place, the circle becoming ever wider until the required size of the rug Is reached. Some are oblong, but more often round ones are seen. They help to give quite an old-time touch to a room, an, effect which is eagerly sought for these days.

He Violated the Law.

When New York on Thursday morning unexpectedly found her streets coated with March ice, a humane merchant on a side street covered a portion of the concrete with ashes, as he could not endure the slipping of the poor horses. A rival across the street saw his opportunity. He obtained a warrant for the man who had strewn the ashes. The judge heard the evidence, and gavw his verdict. “This man,” he said, “is certainly guilty—guilty of a meritorious and humane act. I fine him one cent, and the sentence is snspended during good behavior. You take with you, sir, the thanks of the court.”

She Misunderstood.

“Dear.” "Well?" “I’d like to talk to you about a second ” “Why. dear. I ain’t never thought o’ outlivin’ you, but if I should I*ve thought I’d like Mr. Jinx to be my second, he —now what In the nation is the matter of him!”

SAFE WAS APACHE PROOF

Even When the Indians Pushed It Off a Cliff It Protected the Government Funds.

Years ago in the west, when the government sent out safes' for the use of its army paymasters In remote districts, it was the -custom for the paymaster in cavalry service to ride in an ambulance with the safe, escorted by a guard of six mounted mem On one occasion such a guard was attacked by a large force of Apache Indians. Two men were killed, and the Indians captured the ambulance with the safe. The safe contained about SB,OOO in greenbacks. It weighed some four hundred pounds, and had a combination lock. Now the Indians had never seen a safe at close quarters, but they knew that It contained money. Also, they wanted that money. They -first pounded off the knob with stones, under the impression that the door could then be pried open. Their attempt was, of course, a failure. The next step was to try their tomahawks on the chilled steel, in the hope that a hole might be cut, In it. This means, too, proved of no avail, so they determined to try fire. Accordingly, they gave the safe a three-hour roaqting. Luckily for the government, It was fireproof. They threw big rocks upon it while it was hot, but they were as far from the money as ever.

Next the Apaches dragged the safe up the side of a mountain and tumbled it over a precipice two hundred feet high. They expected, of course, to see it burst open, but the only damage was a slight Injury to one of the wheels. The safe was left soaking in the river for three or four days, and great was the Indians’ din, appointment at finding themselves still baffled. Then they tried gunpowder, but knowing nothing of the art of blasting, they brought about an explosion that burned half a dozen warriors and left the safe none the worse. The Indians worked over that safe, off and on, for a month or more, but failed to get at the inside. Finally, in disgust, they left it in a deep ravine. Fourteen months later, when peace came, the army found the safe. It was lying in the bed of a creek with a great pile of driftwood around it. It was a sad-looking safe, but when opened showed its contents intact Harper’s Weekly.

After a Privilege.

The lawyer noticed that his visitor was a keen-looking man but waited to hear from him. The caller laid down a $5 bill and said: “I want to ask you two or three questions.” “Very well.” “I want to start a coal yard at this end of the Panama canal when it is completed.” “The government will have charge of that.” “Then I want to establish a big ice house." \ “You will have to see the government.” “How about a butcher shop to supply the vessels with fresh meat?” “I think you will have to deal with the government.” ' “But I can open a saloon, can’t I?” “I don’t think so.” “Look here,” said the caller, as he bristled up a bit, “I want to be in on a privilege down there. There’ll be millions in it. Can’t you think of anything?” / “Uh? Um?” mused the lawyer. “Let me see? Yes, I can. You can furnish roasted peanuts to all passing vessels, and I don’t believe the government can interfere.” “You’ve struck it! You’ve struck it!” shouted the man. “By the living jingo, you’ve hit it! No law anywhere in the living world against selling roasted peanuts and I’ll be there with a hundred thousand bushels and a hundred roasters! When you don’t know what’s good for you go and see a lawyer."

This Irish Wit?

An Irishman, celebrated for his good humor, was dining one Friday with a friend, and fish was served. The Irishman was particularly fond of haddock and seated himself near a fine speeimeh. His olfactory nerves, however, soon made him aware that the fish was not too fresh. He first lowered his mouth toward the head of the fish and then his ear, as if conversing with it. The woman of the house, perceiving his peculiar motions, aßked him if he wished anything. ' “Nothing," the Irishman replied,“nothing at all, madam; I was merely asking this haddock whether he coold give me any news from my friend. Captain Seasalt, who was drowned last Monday; but he tells me that he knows nothing of the matter, for he himself hasn't been to Bea for about three weeks.”

Wolves Trap Dakota Trapper.

H. L. Mantsell, a Mouse River trapper, had a narrow escape, from a band of wolves. There < were about 20 In the papk and when he began shooting at them his team ran away, leaving him with only a few cartridges in his rifle. With these he killed seven of the waives, but was compelled tc climb to the top of a hay loading machine which fortunately happened to he near at hand, says the Kramer correspondent of the St. Paul Pioneer £ress. , He was kept there three - hours before the howls of the wolves and the cries of the trapped trapper brought assistance.

STORIES OF CAMP AND WAR

GEN. LEE STILL DETERMINED Major Ransop Gives Interesting Ao* count of Scenes In Tent Night - Before Surrender. In Harper’s, Maj. A. R. H. Ranson gives an interesting account of the scene at General Lee’s headquarters the night before the surrender when he was still determined to strike one more blow. “When I arrived at headquarters, General Lee was In a tent, sitting with General Longstreet on some bundles of rye straw (the groutfd being wet from the rain), at the upper side of the tent, with one candle for a light. I made my report, and the general told me to wait, as he wished to see me. He asked me if I had had anything to eat, and I told him no. He. said he was sorry he had nothing to offer me. He gave me a bundle of straw and told me to sit near the door.

“I Will Strike That Man a Blow in the Morning.”

It had been raining all afternoon, and I was quite wet. I was also very tired, so I put my foot through the bridle rein of my mare standing outside, and lying down on the bundle of straw, was soon asleep. “I was awakened by voices, and looking up, saw the colonel I had left in charge of the troops at the bridge standing in the tent. He reported that, the rations had not arrived, and the starving and discouraged troops had all deserted in the darkness, leaving their arms in the trenches. General Lee heard him to the end of his account, and then With a wave of his hand dismissed him. Turning to General Longstreet, he said: "This is very bad. That man is whipped. It is the first time I have seen one of my officers who had been whipped. It is very bad.’ The conversation between the generals was then resumed in low tones, and I again fell asleep. I must have slept for some length of time/ when I was awakened by General Lee’s voice, speaking in loud tones, louder* than I had ever heard from him. He was saying, ‘General Longstreet, I will strike that man a blow in the morning.’ General Lee sometimes spoke of General Grant as ‘that man,’ and of the federal army as ‘those people.’ “General Longstreet replied in low tones, giving the strength and condition of his command, and the strength and position of the enemy, and concluded by saying, ‘But you have only to give me the order, and the attack will be made in the morning.’ Again the conversation was resumed in low tones, and I fell asleep. I must have slept for an hour at least, when again I was awakened by the loud, almost fierce tones of General Lee, saying, ‘I tell you, General Longstreet, I will strike that man a blow in the morning.’ General Longstreet again recounted the difficulties, ending as before, ‘General, you know you have only to give the cffder and the attack will be made, but I must tell you I think it will be a useless waste of brave lives.’ “Thinking I’had been present long ynough at such an interview, I coughed and got up from the straw, and drawing back the flaps of the tent, looked out Into the darkness. General Lee said: ‘Captain Ranson, 1 beg your, pardon. I had forgotten you. Go now and get something to eat and some rest. I will see you in the morning,* “I found my poor mare lying flat on her side in the rain and fast asleep. It was past midnight and very dark, but \ reached our camp, though neither I nor my mare got anything to eat that night. "The morning came, and I listened for the sound Of our attack, but aU was still. There was no attack; our fighting days were over.”

War Epigram.

Another epiffVam has been added to war literature. The Twentieth Kan sas had taken a position at Caloocan, 1,000 yards ahead of the line. General Mac Arthur sent an aide to Colonel Punston to kpow how long be could hold the point. The answer came hack: “Until my regiment is mustered out."