Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1917 — Page 2

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A Financial Diagnosis.

In a confidential little talk to a group of medical students an eminent physician took up the extremely important matter of correct diagnosis of the maximum fee. . “The best rewards,” he said, “come, of course, to the established specialist. For instance, I charge twenty-five dollars for a call at the residence, ten dollars for an office consultation, and five dollars for a telephone consultation.” There was an appreciative and envious silence, and then a voice from the back of the amphitheater, slightly thickened, spoke: “Doc,” it asked, “how much do you charge a feller for passing you on the street?”

Swift Departure.

Paddy Flynn was very proud of a huge bulldog he possessed. The dog accompanied Paddy everywhere he ■went. One day a neighbor met Paddy sad. • ‘•Well,” asked the neighbor, “how Is that dog of yours going on?” “Oh, be jabers, he is dead! The litigant baste wint and swallowed a tape measure I” “Oh, I see! He died by Inches, then?” “No, Indeed, he didn’t; he went round to the back of the house and "ffieirbytheyani ——-

Stopped the Cooking.

Mi stress—l’d like to knoyr what was?. the meaning of all that loud and anrrv tnllrmg-dnwnstntTS-iastiright."" Cook —That was just me an' me husband, mum. Mistress —Your husband? You told me when you came that you were not married. —Cook —Well. I wasn’t then, mum; but you complained about havin’ so much lovemakin’ in the kitchen, so I married one of ’em. Smoked pears from central European farmhouses are nutritious when prop-

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GERMAN TERROR" IS FOUND TO BE HARMLESS YACHT

Story of Florence’s Cruise in West Indies Is Stranger Than Fiction.

VESSELS FLEE AT APPROACH Islands in Panic as Swift French Boat Puts in at Their Ports—“ Captured” by an Allied Warship as She Reaches Her Destination. New York.' —How the steam yacht Florence, sold to French owners, terrorized—West Indian sports and made British merchantmen flee from her because they thought she was a Prussian raider, was told in graphic language by her commander Capt. John Tritton, when he called at the New York Herald Ship News office on his return U> this city. I AH unwittingly the Florence; on her way from this port to Martinique, where she was turned over to herjnew owners, was responsible for much perturbation on the part of many merchant vessels, according to Captain Tritton, and caused hearts in French and British West Indian ports to skip several beats when her rakish form was sighted. The captain’s story lays at rest the ghost of the mysterious raider that was reported cruising in the West Indies. Stranger Than Fiction. The story of the Florence’s trip reads like the wildest of fiction. One merchantman who sighted her off Cape Hatteras almost ran on the shoals in her efforts to avoid the speedy craft; the governor of Nassau was convinced that she entered that port for a sinister purpose; the French consul at Puerto Plata denounced her as a Prussian raider, and when she finally dashed into the harbor of Fort de France, her designation, she narrowly escaped being blown out of the water by shore batteries and the guns of the French cruiser Jeanne d’Arc. To understand the story of the Florence one must begin at the. beginning. Built in 1903, by Lewis Nixon, at the Crescent ship yards, Elizabethtown, N. J„ and christened the Czarina, she whs sold some years later to John C. Eaton of Toronto, Canada, and renamed the Emeline. At the outbreak of the war she was turned over by him for the use of the Uahhdlah 7c6ast guard? and dnce "more rechristened, this time the Fl orence. She was sold a short time ago to the Societe Generale de Transports of Martinique, a French concern, which was to place her In the freight service in the West Indies. She came from Canada to New York, and was refitted for her new service, leaving this port under command of Captain Tritton and a crew of 15 on January 8. From the time she left New York, Captain Tritton said, she met nothing but heavy weather. The Florence went slamming through the flick at a good clip, for Captain Tritton had orders to deliver her as soon as possible. On January 11 she made Hampton Roads. Leaving there the next day she ran into her first adventure. She passed Hatteras that night, and, according to Captain Tritton, went inside the light vessel. —A merchantman going the same way also was passing inside.

Merchantman Flees. As the yacht, logging a good 16 knots, came ractng through the heavy seas, with occasional flames spurting from her funnel, the merchantman, turned inshore in an effort to get out of her way and make- the three-mile limit. She was almost in the shoals before she turned out again. By that time the Florence was well by. The Florence made Nassau, Bahamas, and on her -arrival those aboard saw a great disturbance on shore. Soldiers could be seen assembling, and when the captainwent ashore he found anatitdTh6bfle“awafting-l : rtm.”-^Ho- j was hurried to the home of the governor, and there underwent four hours of gruelling before he could make the authorities believe that he was only what he had represented himself to be. “If you-had come in at night,” he said the governor told him, “you would have caused a riot.”, , v, • “If I had come in I would have played my searchlight on the port,” Tritton--said—he—replled, and the governor told him if he had there probably would have been an exodus from the town. On .T» nunry 23 the yacht touched at Great Inagua. —On the way from there the Florence passed between Tortuga island and Porto I'aix. on the mainland of Hayti, nnsslhg through-the funnel like strftitswith an 85-mile gale behind her. Captain Tritton said I that once in the straits he could not turn back and cniildonlykeep his. vesselgoing before the wind, with all the steam he could crowd oh, to give her steerage way. She made Agul bay with difficulty, having no pilot, and went bowling through the reefs at a great rate, with two men in the chains sounding. Captain Tritton was able to bring her in to safety without incident. Makes for Cape Hatien. From there the Florence made for Cape Hatien, meeting on the way the Dutch steamship Orange .Nassau, on her way to this port. Captain Tritton took his vessel through the banks of Monte Christi, for he himself was taking no chances on meeting Prussian

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• raiders. By that time the news of the Florence's arrival in West Indian waters had been spread, apparently by wireless, for her rakish form and great speed had excited curiosity and alarm, and each time he sighted a vessel she weald sheer off and speed a way as fast as possible. On January 26 the Florence steamed into PuertoTPlata, where shefound the French steamship Montreal and an American schooner at anchor. Captain Tritton brought his vessel up between the two and came to anchor. At once the French vessel's sides were thronged with her people, for the yacht was flying the French flag. Captain Tritton got into trouble with tTieaufhorities; A pilot came_Qn-board-nrid insisted that the Florence make fast to a buoy. Then came port authorities, who asked all sorts of questions. Two clvtltans" followed, and were told to sheer off. Half au hour later two armed guards were sent on .board, andwhen Captain .Tritton went nshore to the office of the collector of the port he found that the collector was one of the civilians he had ordered off. The collector asserted that the Florence had come in under false pretences and told him that he would have to pay a large bi 11. of port charges. French Consul Mystified. In the meantime the French consul arrived, and finding that the yacht, although flying the French flag, had no

SEEN AT A DOG SHOW

One of the freak tilings in the dog show of the Westminster Kennel club in New York was a negro kennel man who came from South Africa. He worea ring through his nose and was almost as much looked at as the dogs. The photograph siiows him with “Chubby” one of the prize winners. •

1 Match for 3 Cigarettes, Jinx

Strange Superstitions, Coming FrorriTrenches, fake Firm _ Root in England. IS SURE-fIMEN OF DEM# Lighting of Three Cigarettes From One Match Means Death to One or More of the Smokers—Origin of the Superstition. London. —With every month of the great war new superstitions are continually finding origin among the rank and file of the British soldiery. These -superstitions are speedily in trod u ced irito«civil life and London is rapidly becoming one of the most superstitious cities in the world. It, would seem; almost, that every man—home »n leave has a new parcel of things that must be done or must not be done to avoid trouble. • Probably the most generally accepted superstition is that of using one march to light three cigarettes. It Simply must wot be done. The noncombatants are every' whit as superstitious in this respect as the soldiery. It is ,a crime almost for anyone to light the two companions withthe match tie has Jujst_jmetL4h light his own. place where -Englishmen or soldiers are found and the offending match will be Means Speedy Death. The chaps from the trenches say that the lighting of three cigarettes with one match means the speedy death of one, if not all three of the group, and they will cite you a hundred and one instances to prove their contention. They will tell-you of an instance last fall near St. EJoi. A group of men were billeted in a house far back from the battle line. There had not been a shot or shell dropped in the villages for several weeks. A new recruit, just over from “Blighty.” as they cull England or home, had parsed a box of cigarettes among his new-found friends.. He struck a match and before any in the group had (realized it three cigarettes had been lighted. When It sud-

one on board who could speak French, was sure that the Florence was a Prussian raider. Luckily for Captain Tritton. he found on shore Captain Smith of the United States Marine corps, he said, aqd he told him his troubles. The American officer soon straightened out matters and when the yacht commander paid a second call to the collector’s office he found that he had no charges to pay. The guards were taken off and the Florence left as soon as she had taken aboard fresh water. . .. From Puerto Plata the Florence ran for San Juan, P. R., where she found that the nrwx es a-Prussian sea raider in the Weft Indies had been circulated. As soon as lie went ashore and saw The French consul ho was asked if he had seen any signs of the raider. “I am the raider,” Captain Tritton told the consul, and after he had explained tlie French officlablhslsted on taking the officers of the vessel on shore and treating them to dinner. Two More Vessels Routed. Going out of San Juan after nightfnll, the Flbrence plcked up two merchantmen, running with their lights burning. As soon as the yacht loomed up both vessels doused their lights and took to their heels. On January 31 the Florence .arrived at Fort de France, Martinique, her destination. It was dark when she arrived off the port, but Captain Tritton decided that as the weather was very rough lie would take a chance and go in. With all lights burning; “looking like a floating Coney island,” as he expressed it, the Florence*went past Negro Point. He blew his whistle to notify those on shore that he was coming in and at once a battery of searchlights was trained on him. Bugles blew the call to quarters on shore and a MorseTlght signaled hlurßTcome in behind the fort. Instead of that He continued up into the port, making 16 knots. ■ —He brought Tip closF to two vessels, which at once turned searchlights on him. He turned his own searchlight on one of them and found that she was a French cruiser. The cruiser’s guns swung over until they were,trained on him and a few moments later a boat’s crew of French bluejackets, armed to the Wetli, came tumbling over his side. The cruiser was the Jeanne d’Arc and the officer in command of the small boat was bitterly disappointed when he found that he was not capturing a Prussian raider. Taken as Transport. When dawn came the Florence found that she was anchored between the Jeanne d'Arc and the Magdalena of the Royal Mail Steam Packet line, in service as a transport. The Magdalena was taking no chances, and her stern gun was aimed at the yacht. It was several hours before Captain Tritton was able to assure the port authorities that ffis vessel was Teally the Florence, which they were expecting. They explained to him that they had never believed that he would attempt to make port at night and that he had narrowly escaped being fired upon by the shore batteries at Negro Point. He received a severe reprimand, he said, and was then told to take his vessel into the inner basin, where she was formally turned over to the agents of the French owners.

denly dawned on the group what had ■occurred, there was deep silence for fully a minute. “Too bad, old chap,” finally remarked Tommy to the newcomer, “but it means light's out for you, if not the three of yani.” The offender tried to laugh his fears away, but he couldn’t. Two hours" laTer”The _ Tfst”shel 1 irT weeks struck the billet and when the Tommies had extricated themselves from the ruin they’ found that all but the newcomer from “Blighty" were safe. The. lighter ,of the three cigarettes with the one match had been instantly killed. Origin of Superstition. There are many explanations for this "superstition, but: probably the most plausible is that of its being symbolic--, of the three candles placed at the coffin of the dead. It has been the custom, to place two at the head of the coffin and one at the foot. So for generations in England and Ireland. it has been considered a bad omen to hav© three burning lights in a room. Whenever it is found that “three cahdTes“are""buf riihg in "*a room it is taken as a certainty that a death is soon to occur. But whatever the origin of the match superstition, it is a firmly fixed one, and thrice brave is the man who dares to hold it in contempt.

PAINTS ALFONSO BY PROXY

Spanish Artist Uses Wax Figure for Portrait of the King of Spain. , Madrid.—King Alfonso, absorbed by his occupation, has been unable to give the necessary number of sittings to Carlo Vasquez. who is engaged in painting the monarch’s portrait. Senot Vasquez, however, has solved the difficulty. No matter at what time Ont visits his studio the king can be seen there sitting in a familiar pose in the uniforni of a colonel of infantry. If one examines the sovereign atv tentively it can be seen that he retains his immovability—-it is a wax figure which represents hfm. The figure and attitude of Alfonso have been exactly copied and he will Have to pose jnly for the face and hands.

HOME TOWN HELPS

GARDEN SHOULD BE BALANCED Impression of Be Avoided by Using Care in De- - signing, and Planting. To keep the proper balance in design Is a salient point‘in any garden. To give a concrete example, one may imagine a clump of evergreens in one corner of the garden, and in the opposite corner some flowering shrubs —■ the other corners may be balanced the same way, which will avoid giving the impression of a lopsided garden; this theme of balance should run through the whole design. The sky line should be broken by occHSiorraT points of taller-growing plants. In planting the flower beds .the taller and lonergrowing plants should be Intermingled, for this arrangement lends a far more artistic touch than the prevalent mistake of placing all the tall plants in a straight row, and the shorter ones by themselves- Attractive combination*■ of colors in the blooming seasons are of greatest interest, the pastel shades blending exquisitely, but decided colors should be combined with great care; the different kinds of flowers should be so planted as to be dispersed through the gar den,' so that” when "in bloom a few lonely masses of color will not be seen, but the whole garden will be rich in the flowers of each season. The paths should be governed in width by the size of the garden, and should lead to something definite for the eye to rest upon, which may be a pool, a rustic seat or a sun-dial, etc. If you are fortunate enough to have a view, this will form an excellent axis. A winding stream is no greater an inspiration to the poet than it is to the landscape lover; its truly offers a wonderful opportunity for naturalistic treatment, and with a few plants the fairy touches are made which clothe the stream in beauty. Just as a garden surrounded with shrubbery planted in clumps affords occasional and unexpected glimpses of the garden within, and thus enhances the beauty of the glimpses by framing them in. so the trees will add greatly to a view by framing in it.

MANAGERS IN FORTY CITIES

New Plan of Municipal Government Has Grown More Rapidly Than Is Generally Known. in the everbooming and quite frequently blooming West there is not evolved the perfect plan for governing a city, it will not be for lack of experimentation with governmental schemes. A good many cities and towns scattered- over the map .of the United States took up with the idea of government by commission during the first decade of the new century. There was a subsidence to the rush for the commission govern ment scheme about five years ago. Then, in 1913, the Ohio legislature put through a bill formulating what is now known as the city managing scheme. The idea has been acted upon to an extent that the majority of people are not aware of. Dayton, 0., was the first city of over 320.000 population to try-out the manager scheme, but there are now about 40 cities so governed. Twenty urban communities employed a manager last year, Grand Rapids being the Targest_jdtXnextto Dayton tryingtlienewscheme of government.“ The city manager plan seems to be only a variation of the commission government idea. There is a commission, generally of five, behind the manager, and the commission generally appoints the manager. The city manager plan has been adopted even in states where there is no statute providing for such a plan of government. The idert involved is being applied in many instances, without any change in the framework under the old councilmanic and city mayor forms of government.

Clean-Up Day for State.

The state of Rhode Island appointed a c|ean-up day and a considerable improvement resulted. One of the special features was the removal of many advertising signs along highways, from fences, frees, poles or other conspicuous points. In several counties loads of waste lumber, consisting of what had formerly been large signs, were distributed as fuel among the poor. A special statute gives any person the right to tear down and destroy all signs of an advertising nature along a public highway in the state of Rhode Island.

Fragrance on Garden Paths.

Have all garden paths with some plants of fragrance growing alongside. In some gardens of larger size special fragrant pathways are built where they appear to pass through thickets redolent with pleasgnt odors. But every path may easily have enough fragrance to keep the mind unconsciously in the garden spirit.

Harmony in Garden Essential.

A. garden should not be considered as a piece of wild nature, nor plants regarded as architectural ornaments, for one must not do violence to the-oth-er. Above all must there be harmony. Otherwise the builder; has labored in vain, for he has. not fnade a picture that artists can? to reproduce. .

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