Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1907 — PEOPLE OF THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PEOPLE OF THE DAY

Dr. Cook’s Experiment. The recent announcement that Dr. Frederick A. COok, expert in both arctic and antarctic exploration,' was’ safely housed at Etah, In Greenland, 650 miles from the north pole, was received with surprise In scientific circles, as It was not generally known that he contemplated a Journey to the pole. Dr. Cook, accompanied by John li. Bradley. Captain Thomas Bartlett and a number of Eskimos, left North Sydney. N. S., early In the .American auxiliary schooner yacht John R. Bradley, which landed the party at

Smith’s sound. Mr. Bradley returned to North Sydney on the yacht on Oct. 1. The expedition is provisioned for two years and fully equipped with dogs and sledges for the trip. The party is wintering thirty miles farther north than Peary did two years ago. The expedition Is financed by Mr. Bradley. Dr. Cook is a veteran polar traveler, having been employed on the Peary expedition of 1891-92 and also on the Belgian antarctic expedition of 1897-99. Last year he succeeded In climbing Mount McKinley, Alaska, a feat previously regarded by expert mountain climbers as Impossible.

- - . ■ Subtle Flattery. ; Mrs. I. L. Rice, the president of the New York Society For the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise, was complimented on the liner Adriatic on the work her society has accomplished. “Ah,” said Mrs. Rice, “I fear you flatter me. But little work has been accomplished in comparison with the work contemplated. You flatter our poor little bit of work. It is the case all over again of the landed proprietor and the lake. “This landed proprietor was showing a guest over his domain. Everything was fine except the lake. It, indeed, was very small. The guest laughed at it. “‘Ha, ha, ha!’ he cried. ‘Call that a lake? Nonsense. Ha, ha, ha!’ “ ‘Nevertheless,’ said the host somewhat haughtily, ‘a man drowned himself in this lake last year.’ “The guest laughed again. “ ‘Oh, ho!* be said. ‘He must have done that just to flatter you, then.’ ”

A Distinguished Catholic Dignitary. Cardinal Vincenzo VannntellL archbishop of Sardis, special representative of the-pope at the fourth eucharistic congress recently held at Pittsburg, is eminent both as scholar and diplomat. Born at Gennazzano, a suburb of Rothe, in 1836 and educated at the

pontifical seminary, Rome, be at once entered on a diplomatic career. In which he has distinguished himself. He was created cardinal Dec.. 28, 1809, but held In pelto—that Is, was not proclaimed—until June 23, 1890. Personally be is tail and of rather angular build. He Is a younger brother of Cardinal Serfino Vannutelli, and they have done what was never done before In Roman Catholic annals—brothers have reached the eminence of cardinal bishop of the sacred college. » Watterson a Fino Musician. It Is not known by many, even of “Marse Henry” Watterson’s most Intimate friends, that Kentucky’s famous editor chose an artistic career when k boy.- He was sent to Paris by bls father to pursue his musical studies under the masters there and adopted the piano. He declines'to play In public, but he can pound as much music out of the piano as the best of them ..can-

DR. FBEDERICK A. COOK.

CARDINAL VINCENZO VANNUTELLI.