Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — Page 6

ASTONISHING POWER of RUNNING WATER

'<&' GEOPGE EREDEPICK WEIGHT AM,IX-D-)

<r z HE power of running water Tto remove sand, gravel and pebbles increases in a remarkable degree with the increase in velocity, so v that mining engineers cah m make accurate calcula--31 tlons concerning the re■Lfll ■ locity which is necessary to remove stones of a certain size from their sluiceways. The transporting power increases 64 times with each doubling of the velocity; so that if you increase the velocity threefold you have increased the transporting power of the water 729 times and if you quadruple it you have increased the weight of the pebble,' which it would move 4,096 times. This at first thought seems incredible, but it is nevertheless true, and prepares us to appreciate the astonishing results that are produced by running water. Water moving three feet in a second, or a mile in six hours, will carry along with it particles of fine clay and keep them in suspension. Water moving at twice that velocity will lift and r-arrv along with it fine sand; while a velocity four times as great will sweep along fine gravel and water moving at the rate of two miles an hour will carry along stones as big as a hen’s egg. There is hardly any limit to the size of a pebble that would be rolled along by a current Of six or eight miles an hour, blocks as big as houses being sometimes set in motion and transported for considerable distances. In various ways one can obtain positive evidence of this power of water transportation. If, for instance, he attempts to wade across the Platte river in Nebraska, which is overloaded with sand and has a gradient of seven or eight feet to the mile, and hence a very rapid current, he will find his bare legs stung by the particles of sand and fine gravel that are 'driven against them. Or If after a storm one pauses to listen he will hear what sounds Tike distant cannonading, produced by the knocking of the stones together as they are rolled along upon the bottom of the stream.

The erosive power of a stream flowing over a rocky bed is determined by its ability to shove along sand and pebbles and gravel over its bottom. It is these particles of solid matter that accomplish the eroslpn, acting as a rasp, or sandpaper, or more properly a sand blast, to remove the solid rock beneath and deepen the channel of a stream. In order to do this, however, there has to be proper adjustment between the supply of loose solid matter to be transported and the volume and velocity of the water. If there is more sand and gravel than the current can handle, this will accumulate upon the bottomland fill up father thandeepen the bed. If there is too little material the stream will flow oven the rocks without effecting much erosion, while if there is just the right amount of solid matter to be shoved along it will deepen the channel with great rapidity.

There are many striking examples of the work which has been accom plished by rivers in deepening and widening their channels. We look upon the rise of mountain chains as being most majestic illustrations of the power of natural forces, but the fact is equally Impressive that in many cases rivers which run across the line of mountain elevation are able to wear down their channels as fast as the mountains rise and thus maintain their ancient onward course. The Hudson river has thus sawed down & channel through the solid rocks which in ancient geologic times arose across Its course at West Point and below, all that picturesque valley of the Hudson being a valley of erosion. The Delaware river has worn an even more striking gorge through the Blue Ridge at the Delaware Water Gap, where it cuts directly across the very hard strata of Medina sandstone constituting Blue Ridge, forming perpendicular walls on either side 1,000 feet In height. Similar gorges are found in the Susquehanna and Potomac and many other rivers along the Appalachian chain just above where they emerge upon the surrounding lowland. We often speak of such rivers as "bursting” through their barrier. But there was no bursting in the operation. These gorges were cut by the slow' process which we have described, the rivers lowering their channels gradually as the mountains slowly rose Sfcross them. Among the most striking examples of rivers which have by erosion kept pace with the elevation of mountains across their course Is that of the Colombia river’ In Oregon, where for a long distance it occupies a trough running directly through the mountain chain thousands of feet in depth. Another very striking Instance is that to be seen tn the Amnr river where i it crosses the Bureya mountains in eastern Siberia. For nearly 100 miles ... tit

the st rearn cr o s ses this range. with a gradient that is continuous with that of the vast prairie regions above and below. The Yenisei river has cut a similar gorge across the gr a nit e mountain chain which rose up to

separate the fertile plains of Minusinsk from the vaster plains of . northern Siberia. Coming to our own country, we have in addition to the streams already mentioned, gorges and canons on a most impressive scale in the upper part of the Susquehanna river, where the east branch cuts across the Allegheny mountains south of the state of New York, and forms the beautiful Wyoming valley, which is wholly one of erosion. The west branch has likewise cut a gorge of equal dimensions 50 miles or more tn length west of Williamsport, which is fully 1,000 feet in depth, as one can see by the fact that here the coal mines on either side are that distance above the bed of the stream and of the railroad track. Coming to the

Matchmaking of Japanese

Mr. Orio Tamura, as we will call our young gentleman. Is about twenty years old, an article in the Wide World says. He is an up-to-date Japanese, and has put off all thoughts of matrimony until this comparatively late date—for Japan—in order to finish bis university studies. Now, however, he has finished his training, and has intimated to his father, as a dutiful son should, that he would like to marry. That is all he is required to do, at present; It Is the business of his parents to take the next step.

Orio’s father, presumably, has some quiet talks with hlswlfe on the sulf ject, and then betakes himself to a professional matchmaker, or go-be-tween. These marriage brokers are a class apart—discreet men of the world, with a good deal of insight Into human nature. For the sake of his own reputation and future the go-between usually does his best to please all parties. Sometimes, in the east as in the west, love laughs at restraints, and somebody or other conveys a hint to the marriage broker that a meeting between Mr. A and Miss Z might not be unacceptable to both; in which case the task is easy. Usually, however, he takes time to look around him, and he in- turn—how indispensable the ladies are in these

Fate of a Merchant of Fez

The. merchants of Fez are to be found all over Morocco.. In due course Ali Mahmoud launches out into business on a large scale, says the London Graphic. He prospers exceedingly and presently purchases a black female slave to assist his wife in her duties. Ali Mahmoud takes a house in the pleasant olive groves. In course of time he buys two more slaves and is fairly set up as a householder. When his first daughter is born there is great rejoicing. The baby is immediately stained all over its little body with henna and then smeared •liberally with butter and wrapped in woolen clothes. On the seventh day these are removed and the . child is washed for the first time. When the girl has reached her first year her head is shaved, leaving a little tuft by which Mohammed could catch her up to heaven If he were so disposed, in her seventh year her hair has grown long again. She is then veiled, and her proud father sets about looking for a husband for her. It is still the custom to betroth children from infancy. All Mahmoud prospers, and, save for a few domestic troubles, his life runs smoothly. In the evenings All will sit and smoke in the bosom of his family. On Thursdays and Saturdays he visits his friends. They pass

other side of the Allegheny mountains, one strikes into the various branches of the Ohio river and finds himself in a trench several hundred feet below the general level of the lapd, and extending for more than 1,000 miles in length until the river emerges into the center of the Mississippi valley. The upper part of the Mississippi occupies a similar gorge for a still greater distance. Everywhere along this portion of their course on ascending either side of the rivers to the summit, one will find himself upon a vast plain, extending off in either direction, whose main superficial irregularities are those which have been produced by the erosion of the countless smaller streams which joined together make the great rivers.

matters —consults his w’ife. At last, carefully considering the official and social position of the persons and families interested, he suggests that a certain Miss Chrysanthemum would make a most desirable bride for the "learned son of the honorable house of Tamura.” Once more Orio’s father consults his wife and sundry other relations, and, having no fault to find with the gobetween’s suggestion, instructs the latter to proceed. The marriage broker’s next step is to approach the parents of the young lady he has. im ~v3ew~ahd arrange a formal appointment for mutual Inspection—it is known as the “look-at-each-other meeting”—between the prospective bride and bridegroom at the house of the bride’s father, and in the presence of that gentleman and the go-between himself. The meeting usually takes the form of a conventional tea party, at which the prospective bride does the honors. It is perhaps unnecessary to add that sne does not wear the oldest clothes on this occasion. Here, for the first time in their lives, the young lady and Orio set eyes on each other. Etiquette forbids them to speak to each other, but nevertheless they are doubtless very busy taking “stock” of the other’s appearance and manners.

the time in simple games of cards or in listening to 1 the weird efforts of itinerant musicians. Our merchant gets stout as he approaches middle, age. One day his world tumbles about him. Such is the uncertainty of fate in Morocco. He was serving in his shop when the customer suddenly raised his voice and cried out that he was getting false weight. The accusation was terrible, and Ali vehemently protested his innocence. It was an arranged charge by an enemy of the merchant, who philosophically bowed his head with this saying: "Kismet! Mine enemy has found me, and the serpent requires milk.” The arbitrators were called, and, having been bribed previously, they find Mahmoud guilty and sentence him to the usual punishment meted out to givers of false weights. He is dragged to the (Southern wall of the city, to a place where a tall gibbet is erected. By the irony of fate it is within sight of his own house. A rope is made fast to his right wrist and hoisted up until his toes can just touch the ground. Here he is left till sunset. The idlers jeer at him and the gamins of the quarter, pelt him , with stones and refuse. At sundown his friends carry him home. Broken and disgraced, thus ended his career as a respectable merchant.

ROOSEVELT CALLS ON TAFT AT SUMMER HOME

Present and Former Executives Greet Each Other Most Cordially—- ' All Visitors Are Barred. Beverly, Mass., July 1. —President Taft was at work In his library when the “honk honk” of the Lodge limousine announced the arrival of Colonel Roosevelt. A smile swept over the face of the president as he rose and moved toward the veranda of the Burgess Point cottage. * They met just outside the door and simultaneously Taft clapped a hand on the Roosevelt shoulder as Roosevelt seized the president’s hand in a strong grip. “Mr. President,” exclaimed the one; and Theodore/’ cried the other. * “By George,” continued Roosevelt, “this is fine. lam mighty glad to see you, Mr. President.” Thus, after a separation of sixteen months, Taft and Roosevelt met again, at the Taft cottage here in Beverly, with only Senator Lodge and Secretary Norton present, all the rest of the world being barred out. As to the talk between them—it covered a wide range of topics and there was a period when the president and Roosevelt drew aside from the rest of the party and conversed in low tones. What was said must remain a secret, however, between them, for Taft declined to make any statement after the colonel had departed and Roosevelt would say only that he had had a most delightful time.

BOSTON FULL OF TEACHERS

Members of National Education Association Meet—President Taft Will Be Among the Speakers. Boston, July -Never before did Boston, the home of culture, see so many school teachers as have gathered here for tbe forty-eighth annual convention of the National Educational association. Thousands already here, and more arrive on every train. General sessions of the association were held at the Stadium of Harvard university in Cambridge. James Y. Joyner, state superintendent of public instruction of North Carolina and president of the association, will preside. Addresses will be delivered by President William H. Taft, ex-Gov. Charles B. Aycock of North Carolina and David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford, Jr., university. Governor Draper and Mayor Fitzgerald will be present to welcome the educators. The music will be supplied by a band and by the Handel and Haydn society of Boston. The sessions, general and sectional, will continue until Friday evening, and it is expected that the closing address will be delivered by Col. Theodore Roosevelt.

NEW YORK PRIMARY IS LOST

Senate Follows Action of Assembly and Defeats Law Approved by Ex-President Roosevelt, Albany, N. Y„ July 2.—Swiftly and emphatically the senate fell in line with the assembly and sent the Cobb direct nomination bill down to defeat The final vote was 25 yeas to 19 hoes, seven Republicans combining with the Democrats against the bill. Twenty-six votes were necessary to .pass the bill. The measure was killed after the amendments proposed by Lloyd C. Griscom, chairman of the New, York corporation committee, and indorsed by Theodore Roosevelt had been incorporated in the measure by a vote of 24 to 21. An emergency message from the governor made It possible for the senate to vote on the amended measure. The result of the fight in the senate was even a more positive refusal to accept Theodore Roosevelt’s leadership in the matter than that of the assembly.

ONE DEAD IN AUTO PLUNGE

Three Are Badly Injured When Car Hurtles Down Embankment and Turns Turtle. Upper Sandusky, 0., July 1. —Of an automobile party of four that left here for Toledo, Ralph Beidler, hardware dealer, is dead; Rev. E. E. Lashtley. Presbyterian minister, ip suffering from a skull fracture and internal injuries; M. H. Stoneburner, furniture dealer, and James N. McConnell, casket maker, were cut and bruised. In making a turn to another road near Prairie depot, the car plunged over a ten-foot embankment and turned turtle, pinning all underneath in water and mud.

FIGHTER IN BAD CONDITION

Finish Fight at LaPorte, Ind.,,May Result in Death of One Contestant. LaPorte, Ind., July s.—James Shippee, nineteen years old, is in a serie is condition as the result of a finish fight with Charley Parnell, two years his junior and about half his size. Parnell is colored. In the eleventh round Shippee took the count and was unconscious eighteen minuted. The fight was pulled off in private. ■

Packers File Demurrers.

Jefferson, Mo, July I.*—The meat packers whom Attorney General Major is seeking to oust from the state, filed demurrers, alleging no cause of action is shown in the petition. ■ . » *,

HIS HOPES.

Jinks —Do you expect to move this ipring ? ■ " ■ *' : ' Fickle —I expect to, yes; but hope my wife may decide to grant me a reprieve. .

BOY TORTURED BY ECZEMA

“When my boy was six years old, he suffered terribly with eczema. He could neither sit still nor lie quietly in bed, for the itching was dreadful. He would irritate spots by scratching with his nails and that only made them worse. A doctor treated him and we tried almost everything, but the eczema seemed to spread. It started in a small place on the lower extremities and spread for two years until it very nearly covered the back part of his leg to the knee. “Finally I got Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills and gave them according to directions. I used them In the morning and that evening, before I put my boy to bed, I used them again and the improvement even in those few hours was surprising, the inflammation seemed to be so much less. I used two boxes of Cuticura Ointment, the same of the Pills and the Soap and my boy was cured. My son Is now in his seventeenth year and he has never had a return of the eczema. “I took care of a friend’s child that had eczema on its face and limbs and I used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment. They acted on the child just as they did on my son and it has never returned. I would recommend the Cuticura Remedies to anyone. Mrs. A. J. Cochran, 1823 Columbia Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 20, 1909.”

A Teacher in the Making.

She was a popular young normal student, who had been to a party the night before, and as a consequence, was “not prepared” in the geography class. The woman instructor, true to her method of drawing upon the general knowledge of a student rather than to permit a failure, after eliciting two or three inconsequential “stabs” from her fair but jaded disciple, asked for the products of China. The victim brightened. “Tea,” she asserted, preparing to sit down. “Yes, and what else?” encouraged the instructor. The young woman smiled with sweet hopelessness. “Now you can mention others, I am sure. Just think about it.” “Tea,” drawled the flute-like voice of the pretty girl, “and,” puckering her forehead with an intellectual tour de force, “and laundry work.” — Youth’s Companion.

Get After the plies.

With the warm days flies multiply amazingly. Now is the time to attack them and prevent the breeding of millions irom the few hundreds that already exist. Perhaps the most effective method of destroying flies is by burning pyrethrum in each room. This stuns the flies and they can be swept up and burned. Flies are dangerous carriers of disease and an enemy of humankind. Do your part toward keeping down the pest and improving the health of your community.

Oh, Mr. Wright!

Wilbur Wright was talking to a Dayton reporter about the Daily Mail’s $50,000 aerial race from London to Manchester. “It was shocking, though,” said the reporter, “that Graham White, an An-glo-Saxon flying man, let himself be beaten by a Frenchman.” Mr. Wright smiled. “Shocking?" he said. “It was more than that. It was a-Paulhan.”

Important to Mothers

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In the Way.

“You haven’t mucli of a memory for dates,” said the conversational board- - “Nope,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “I used to have. But it interferes with business when you’re sellin’ spring chickens.”

Why Bother About It?

“Do you think a man who will neglect his business to go to baseball games is of sound mind?” “Oh, come, let’s be optimistic. I can’t believe everybody’s crazy.” Dr. Plerce’a pleasant Pellet! cure constipation. Snstipation Is the cause of many diseases. Curs » cause and you cure the disease. Easy to take.

Lowering the gas makes ths world brighter—to lovers. /

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