Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1907 — PEOPLE or THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PEOPLE or THE DAY

A Royal Explorer. The Duke of the Abruzzl, who Is In this country in command of the war vessels sent by Italy to the Jamestown exposition, is. a member of the Italian royal family. As a relative of the king he holda high yank in both the army and navy, but it Is as an explorer that he Is best known. Although but thirty-four years old, the Duke of the Abruzzl has scaled Mount St. Elias, and in the arctic regions he has accomplished great results. In one season he managed to

beat the record of Nansen, and it was only the hard luck of an accident which prevented him from accompanying the sledges which pushed farthest north. Only our own Commander Peary has reached farther north. Last year Prince Louis of Savoy, for that title also belongs to Abruzzl, made extensive explorations in Africa. The prince’s expedition added greatly to the geographical knowledge of the dark continent, and he has the proud distinction of a first ascent of Mount Ruwenzori, in the Mountains of the Moon. He has climbed thirteen other mountains which range in height from 14,000 to 17,000 feet In the Planting Season. S. F. Hood of the department of agriculture—with good prospects of success—is trying to beat the Japanese camphor trust by raising camphor groves in Florida. At a dinner in Huntington that celebrated an unusually fine distillation of camphor leaves Mr. Hood, the guest of honor, told a seasonable agricultural story, a story that should appeal to all suburbanites. “One beautiful spring morning,” he began, “a suburbanite looked suspiciously over his hedge and said to his neighbor: “ ‘Hey, what the deuce are you burying In that hole there?’ “The neighbor laughed—a harsh, bitter laugh. ( *“Oh,’ he said, ‘l’m Just replanting some of my nasturtium seeds, that’s all!* “‘Nasturtium seeds?’ shouted the first man angrily. ‘lt looks more like one of my Buff Leghorn bens.' “ ‘Oh, that’s all right!* the other retorted. *The seeds are inside.* ”

DUKE OF THE ABRUZZI.