Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1914 — Page 3

SERVIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING

This very unpretentious building, the parliament house of Servia In Belgrade, is reported to have been badly battered by the shells the Austrians have been pouring into the city for many days.

TAME HEAD HUNTERS

Wild Tribes in Philippines Are Becoming Civilized. People WhotjJ the Orientals Would Exterminate Progressing Fast Under Humane Treatment—Won By United States Policy. j— Baguio, P. I.—ln southern China, Formosa and the Philippines there are numerous aboriginal tribes among whom head hunting is a deep seated : custom. They take the heads of their enemies as trophies of war. Among them the man whose hut is decorated with the greatest number of human heads is elected chief. In Formosa the Japanese have for several years waged a war of extermination against the . head hunters of that island. The Chinese have for several centuries pursued a similar policy toward the

head hunters of Yunnan. Szechuan and Hunan. Both the Japanese and the Chinese have evidently come to the conclusion that the only thing to do with the head hunters is to root them out of the land, write? Dr. Luther Anderson in Daily News. „ It has remained for America to show that even these people can be civilized and that they are amiable to kind and sympathetic treatment America has given the wild tribes peace and security. Instead of being continually 'on the warpath the wild men can now -devote their time to their rice farms. The American officials in the Philippines have acted on the principle that the wild men will not hunt heads if thpy have something better to do. Under the tutelage of the Americans the wild men have learned how to build roads. Instead of boasting of the number- of heads they have taken, the various mountain tribes now vie with one another in building roads.

Isolated regions hitherto inaccessible are being opened up to the influences of civilization. Formerly the wild men did not venture outside of their own respective districts for fear of being killed by their enemies. Now that peace and protection is guaranteed to them, they come,down from the mountains and barter their surplus products for the comforts of civilization. Many of them go down to Benguet to work on the railroad in order to earn money for their families. They bring back to their mountain villages clothing, medicines and agricultural Implements. -They send their sick, to be treated at the American hospitals in Bontoc and Baguio. The curgs effected by the American doctors, though perfectly familiar to civilized people, seem nothing short of miracles to the wild men. A man comes to the hospital suffering from some horrible skin disease. The

doctor orders him to wash himself “Several times a day and to rub some white medicine on his body until it becomes frothy. In a white medicine, which is nothing .more or less than soap, has effected a marvelous cure. When the wild man begins to use soap he has already begun to be civilised. When he begins to understand the value of good roads his days of savagery are ended. Half way between Baguio and the China sea I saw 2,000 naked men working on the new Naguilian road. When completed this road will be one of the finest highways tn the world. Several miles from the Naguilian road I saw the oonstruction work on the railroad which is being built from Baguio to the China sea. The embankments were swarmipg with Ifagao and Igorrote laborerg. I saw several Ifagaos operating a hydraulic Excavator. The water gras led down the mountain in a huge pipa line. It rushed through the nozzle with terrific force, eating away the mountain side and washing tons of earth and rock into the gulch below. It was an inspiring sight to see the semi-barbarous Ifagaos operating the powerful engines of civilization with skill and judgment. The ontuphing waters seemed to be singing the words of the ancient prophet, “Every valley shall be exalted and every hill made low.” Some days later I visited Mrs. Alice M. Kelley’s school for Igorrote girts. This school was originally a private Institution started by Mrs. Kelley, and taken over by the government when it

had proved to be a success. Here well-dressed Igorrote girls are receiving the benefits of practical education. Besides the common school branches they are taught housekeeping, cooking, cewlng and the care of children. Mrs. Kelley’s girls have already become' a factor in the uplift of their people. The members of the first Philippine commission, charged with the duty of establishing civil government in the islands, realized from the outset that it would be Impracticable if not Impossible to intrust the government of the non-Cbrlstian tribes to the Filipinos. In the first place, the non-Christlans would never consent to be governed by Filipinos; in the second place, the Filipinos were utterly lacking in sympathy for the ndn-Christian population Gov, Pablo Guzman of Cagayan actually told Dean Worcester, former secretary of the Philippines, that the best thing to do with the wild people of Apayao, numbering 93,000, was to kill them all.

CAT MAY LOOK AT A KING

But a Briton Has No Legal Right to Talk ! to Him and Audience Is by Privilege. London.—lt is not generally known that there is no right of personal audience of the king and yet it is a well recognized point of constitutional law. : I No commoner to the land can claim any siich privilege as of right under -English law. The matter is one of

King George V.

special privilege even to the members of the house of commons who may have occasion to consult the king on state, affairs. .Even in such cases the audience is not personal to any member of the house. "Freedom of access.” ml 11 is constitutionally called, is allowed to members of the house of commons through the personality of the speaker. The speaker claims the privilege from the crown through the lord chancellor at the opening of every parliament, the form of request being that the commons “may have access to his majesty’s royal person whenever occasion shall require.** The title of speaker, as applied, somewhat to the bewilderment of the ordinary mortal, to the one member of the house of. commons who never by any chance makes a speech, really marks his duty of representing his .fellow members in tills way in necessary interviews with the monarch. He is the speaker for them all. In the case of members of the bouse of lords the privilege of audience is personal, as the peers are individually hereditary counsellors of the crown. It need not be exercised through the lord chancellor, who, indeed, is not necessarily a member of the house of lords at all.

Birds Disturb Slumbers.

Hartford, Conn.—Roman candles were used to rout thousands of starlings and grackles from the treetops. Citizente complained the birds disturbed their slumbers.

Finds Pearls on Flounders.

Stonington, • Conn.—Many email pearls have been found in flounders caught In the bay here. Jewelers pronounced them valuable.

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OUTPUT OF LUMBER

Statistics Show How Product Is Utilized. Annual Consumption of Wood by Wood Manufacturing Industries In the United States Is Very Large ■ . . —IOO Different Kinds. Washington.—Statistics have been compiled by the forest service, which show for the first time precisely how the lumber produced in the country is utilized. About forty-five billion feet of lumber of all kinds 1s the annual production in the United States; of this nearly twenty-five billion board measure, are further manufactured, the other portion remaining for rough construction lumber and for similar purposes. This is exclusive of material which reaches its final use in the form of fuel, railroad ties, posts, pulpwood, cooperage, wood distillates, and the barks and extracts demanded by the tanning industry. The work of collecting and compiling the figures extended over a considerable period and was carried out state by state; but as one full year was made the basis of statistics in each state the total is a fair average of the use of lumber in further manufacture in the whole country. Between 50 and 60 per cent of the lumber produced is subject to further manufacture. In preparing the figures in this way, however, it should be remembered that considerable material reaches shops and factories in the form of logs, bolts, and billets without having passed through sawmills, and while this material is included iff these statistics this fact should be remembered in comparing statistics with those of lumber production. Nearly or quite 100 different woods are used in this country under their own names, while an unknown number find their Way to shops and factories without being identified or separately listed, except under general names. In quantity the softwoods, the needle-leaf or coniferous trees, are most important, but there is a greater number of species among the hardwoods, or broadleaf trees. Y ellow pine comes first with more than eight billion feet followed by white pine with throe billion, and Douglas fir with a little more than two billion. It should be understood, however, that the term “yellow pine" includes several species the three most important of which are longleaf, shortleaf and loblolly. Oak, including all species, has nearly two billion feet, and is the most important hardwood. Maple comes next Dogwood comes about halfway down the list with more than seven million board feet and of ‘these species mentioned Turkish boxwood comes last, with less than thirty thousand feet, followed by many others too insignificant to list but making a total of all kinds of more than a million feet Of the native species, laurel, holly and yucca fall very near the foot of the list in relative quantities used. Fifty-fiye principal industries use wood as raw material. Their relative importance is bard to indicate, because quantity alone is not in all cases a criterion of value of an* industry to the community in which it is situated, nor to the country as a whole. More than one-half of the total consumption consists of planing mill products, the largest items of which are flooring, siding, ceiling and finishing. The* next industry, in point of quantity of wood used, is the manufacture of boxes and crates. Nearly four times as much wood is demanded by makers of boxes and crates as by the builders of steam and electric can, which come next, and five fold the amount that goes into furniture, which in turn leads vehicle manufacture. Vehicles demand surprisingly large supplies of wood, and much of it must be of a high class in order to meet requirements for frames, gean and bodies.

Chairs, listed separately from furniture, come after novelties and supplies for dairymen, poultry keepers, and apiarists, and just before handles, and musical instruments. About midway down the list come pumps and wood pipes. Among the products important enough to list separately are canes and umbrella sticks, brooms, firearms, artificial limbs, and tobacco pipes. The apportionment of wood among the various industries, grades, from planing mill products, which take most, down to aeroplanes and dry kilns, at the bottom of the list

FIFTIETH REUNION IS LAST

Seven Connecticut War Veterans Anewer Roll Call and Disband for All Time. Hartford, Conn.—Seven sturdy old men, survivors of Company E, Twentysecond regiment of Connecticut volunteers of 1861, held their fiftieth and last reunion and then disbanded. The regiment, which saw some of the hardest fighting of the final campaign of the war, was recruited for the most part from Hartford and vicinity. For the last few years not more than a handful has been mustered at the reunions, deaths, illness and feeble health making steady inroads on the roll call. Those at the final reunion were: W. O. Buckley. Windsor; EL Warren Waters, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Thomas J. Nawton, New Haven; James Boyle, Noroton; Henry H. Cornwall, Roxbury, Mass.; Walter Mason, Meriden, and Hector W. Storrs, North Haven.

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES

Kansan Pawns His Money to Beat Circus Sharks

KANSAS CITY, MO.—“Experience is a dear school, but many profit thereby." This is a liberal translation of an old Latin proverb, and Bascom Truskett of Menoken, Kan., admitted that he had learned something in the dear

“Well,” Truskett elucidated, “ye: see Menoken is not fur from Topeka, and whenever a circus comes there business in Menoken closes and everybody goes in to the circus. But' when we all get back* home and each feller concludes to tell the truth, them as wasn’t pickpooketed out o’ their roll lost it trying to find which one o’ three shells a little black ball was under.' And I never heard o' anyone pickin’ the right shell from our neighborhood. Now, I Intend to see this circus, and if I git pickpocketed the pesky brutes won't git nothin’.” “Then you don’t intend to try to find the little black ball under the shell any more?" asked Perry. , “Not me.” replied Truskett. “I've been there before.*’ ' Perry told Truskett that the loan agency could not act as a depository, and that the only way that he could retain the money for him was to make him a loan to the regular way. "How much do you want on the 37?" asked Perry. “Jest gimme a nickel on it,” smiled Truskett. "I’ve got enough to the show, but I ain’t takto’ no chances.” A pledge ticket for 5 cents was made out In the regular way and the ticket and nickel given to the wise man from Menoken, Kan.

Trousers Are Stolen; Man Goes Home in Barrel

CHICAGO. —Frederick Krueger is a mild-mannered' clerk to a downtown department store and resides at 4313 Lake Park avenue. There are times when he has wished that he could relieve the even tenor of his daily life by

being the hero of'a thrilling adventure. The- other <fay the adventure came. In common with other citizens, Mr. Krueger felt the heat that afternoon and decided to take a swim. He chose the lake at Forty-second street. His garments he placed on the breakwater. Then he plunged to. While he was puffing joyously in the lake two men alighted from A passing freight train. They .observed the Krueger apparel. In a minute or

two more they were hurrying westward with a pair of pearl gray trousers. Some ten minutes later Sergt. Edward Balder of the Hyde Pafk station saw a barrel approaching rapidly up Forty-third street on a pair of human legs. Investigation proved Mr. Krueger to be inside. “What do you think you are —a keg of beer?” inquired Sergeant Balder. z Mr. Krueger explained. The sergeant permitted him to go home and went in search of the trousers. Late to the afternoon smoke was seen issuing from a barn in the fear of 4047 Drexel boulevard. Two individuals ran from the barn and down the alley as the fire department arrived. After the blaze was extinguished Sergeant Balder discovered a pair of pearl gray flannel trousers. Now Mr. Krueger is no longer a sansculotte.

Floorwalker Gasps as Shoplifter Steals Washtub

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.—Washtubs of all shapes and sizes were strewn over the counters of one of Birmingham’s stores the other morning, and huge placards announced the sale of these tubs at prices to no way commensurate

of the dark-hued rush, but left the crowd after a few minutes tn the midst of the seething fray. She carried no washtub. Front her size It seemed she had all the weight she could carry. She was passing down one of the aisles and was almost clear of the rush, when there was a Jam. A floor walker was also caught In the aisle between the huge cleaner of soiled linen and a counter, and it seemed he was due to be crushed. The sharp edge of the counter pressed into one side, and he leaned toward the dark weight on his left, expecting to find It softer. Instead, a sharp circular edge threatened to eut him off at the hips. Surprised, he reached to save himself and his hand encountered the rim of a washtub. The washerwoman had her tub, but It was under her skirt and pot under her arm. The tub was removed and the washerwoman went back to her ironin* with a reprimand, but without the tub.

Ban on Sugar Cane, But New China Doesn't Care

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. —Broad grins and knowing winks predominated the other day in Chinatown when it became known that Uncle Sam, through his department of agriculture, has banned the succulent sugar cane, with Its

cheap sweetness, from importation into the country from Hawaii, Porto Rico and all foreign countries. Tee Chung Tai, a leader among the score of proprietors of corner stands where are sold tobacco, fruits, candy, abalone and sugar cane, was the first to learn of the new order. "Why no more catchum sugel cane for sellum?” demanded Tee. It was explained that the government has decreed that there are "injurious insects and fungous diseases”

in the sugar cane, and when it finally became plain to Yee that this meant bugs, he expressed his own opinion in what might pass for an ingenious way. "Not all bugs in sugel cane,” commented Yee, with disturbing seriousness—and ambiguity. But the spread of the news failed to disturb the equanimity of the district Instead of mourning there was Joy. A hundred Chinese repeated the report and walked to the nearest stand, where they purchased—sugar cane? Ijo—chewing tobacco. If we can’t chew our sugar cane, because bugs won’t allow it well, we might as well learn to chew tobacco, was the prevailing dentihient. In this wise did the march of progress catch up with YounpChina by eliminating the succulent sugar cane. t Incidentally, for five cents one could buy an armful of the cane, and any one knows that there is more profit in an equivalent sum received for chewing tobacco, hence the chuckles of the merchants.

school of experience when he ap* peared at the welfare loan agency and wanted to deposit 37 with Ralph Perry, manager of that department. “What»do you want to leave your money here for?" asked Mr. Perry. “Why not leave it at some bank?" “There’s a circus in town; that’s the reason,” replied Truskett firmly. “It’ll be here fer two days, too. I ain’t takin’ no chances o’ gettln’ skint again by them sharpers." “I don’t understand,” said Perry.

with thetr size. The tubs were large and the prices small, so the washerwomen of Birmingham deserted their irons—on a nice day for ironin’, too — and hied them to the store for purchases. d A black wave swept over and around the washtubs. The clerks were enveloped and the tubs began to disappear; the purchasers "toted" away the tubs, with smiles adorning their faces. One washerwoman, carrying weight for age, had formed part

VI 1 iMnF t • IMII Al JJ. ZhIvII toirar HOWLAND ■■■■aBMBBBBMBaBMBaMBMMMHMMMMB' ’ MONTMOCENCYS M j i WV/HinUr uUUi IV < ! i )‘\ I • Montmorency Miggsworth loved Lucretia Ann Adair, Loved her with the love of twenty-four. Loved the very hairpins that yers fan- k tened in her hair, Loved the plaits and puffs sad vat sh» wore, Loved the sky because she saw it, LoVed the air because she breathed it. Loved her as he fancied man had never loved before.. Montmorency Mlggsworth loved the Uttto yellow bird r That the maiden fed from day to day, Loved the brindle kitten that lay tn her lap and purred. Loved the wads of gum she tossed away. Loved the chair that she had sat iia Loved the tub that she had bathed ia. Loved her so he hardly had the time to earn his pay. Montmorency Mlggsworth loved the shoes upon her feet, Loved the little mole upon her cheek; Loved her so he gladly paid for things shw ? liked to. eat. Went to see her seven nights a week; 4 Loved the Allings in her molars. Loved the charcoal on her eyebrows, Loved so love became the only word bo cared to speak. Montmorency Mlggsworth lost the job hs had poesessed, Lost it when he had himself to blame; Then Lucretia scorned him, and, discouraged and oppressed. What he did was really a shame— Thought that life was not worth livlrwfc Loathed the world and longed-to leave it. But the world went swinging in its orbit just the same.

Wouldn't Go That Far.

I read in one of the papers the other day," said Mr. Henpeck, “that trial marriages are rapidly increasingIn France." I , “Oh, you did, did you?" his wife| replied. “And I suppose you think wn ought to have that kind of marriages In this country.” • " “No, dear,” he replied, edging toward the door, “I shouldn't even go as far as trial marriages.” By the use of the telephone he sueceeded in re-establishing friendly relations with her. - -

ALL SHE WANTED.

“Darting,” said the happy old gentleman to the beautiful girl who was

caused you to think I might do such a thing?" “I don’t know. It was foolish of me to permit such a thought to come into my mind, wasn’t Itt* “Of course.” “Forgive me, won’t you?” “Tee—this time.” “I will never think it again.” f “Are you sure you won't?" “Certainly. Why shouldn't I be sure?” , *’* ( ' “There's no reason why you shouldn’t be sure; but I want you to do something for me” “What is it, sweetheart?" “Write me a lot of silly letters se that I shall have something to fan back on in case your children and grandchildren make trouble for us."

The Reason.

"I wonder why it is that baseball has never gained a foothold in England r “The trouble is that even If Liver-. pool or Manchester should have a championship team the people who live in those cities could not bring themselves to regard London as a one-horse town.”

Immune.

"I never worry about my health any more." "How lucky you are. Don’t you •ver feel ill?” “Oh, yes, often; but I’ve had all the operations it is possible to undergo.’*’

Just the Same.

The man who can remember on a hot day how he shivered when th* mercury stood at .zero may keep from being discouraged, but his collar l» likely to wilt, just ths ssme.

permitting him to hold her hand, “you are not going to marry me for Ju a t my money, are you?” “Of course not," she replied. "What ever