Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1901 — Page 6

People and Everts

To /fame the Ohio.

There Is a merry row on between tor. Nash and President McKinley ever the christening of the new battleihip Ohio. Originally Gov. Nash’3 laughter was selected to break the bottle of wine on the prow of the ship. Mrs. McKinley, however, demanded that her niece. Miss Mary Barber, be awarded the honor. Now it is an-

MISS MARY BARBER.

nounced that Miss Nash has consented to stand aside. Her father, the governor, is said to be very wroth over the action of the president in depriving Miss Nash of the place once awarded her. It seems that one of Senator Hanna’s daughters also coveted the place, but the senator has announced that he has declined to permit the committee to consider either of his daughters for the occasion, on the ground that the Hanna family has Agured altogether too conspicuously in public events with the McKinley family. Senator Foraker thoughtfully withdrew his daughters" in favor of Mis 3 Barber, and now that young lady has no competitors. Sho will travel to California in company with the president and his wife.

For Stringed Instruments.

Beginners learning to play stringed Instruments have a great deal of trouble wj:lf the ends of their Angers becoming sore until the callouses are formed, and even after the instrument has been mastered to some extent the muscles of the Angers may be weak, necessitating hours of practice to attain the muscular control so necessary in mastering the violin. Then, too, the accuracy of the tone depends solely on the position the Anger takes on the neck, and unless the ear is quick to catch the tone and remedy the discord the player is forced to spend much more time in learning to play. has occurred to an inventor of Syracuse, N. Y., that a keyboard could be utilized to aid the student in mastering

FINGER BOARD FOR VIOLINS.

the rudiments, at least, of this difficult instrument His Invention is shown the accompanying illustration, together with ajyoss-section of the neck with two keys in place. It will be seen that the strings are threaded through the center and the action of the finger forces the string against the neck in precisely the same manner as though the key were not there. The device attains two results which should recommend It to the student. It insures perfect accuracy in the tone, and thus trains the ear to aid. the player after the finger hoard has been mastered, and it'aids in strengthening the muscles of the fingers without the accompanying soreness. This soreness at the beginning would tempt the player to slight the pressure even if the muscles were strong. After the ear beoomes trained and the muscles stronger the keyboard may be removed and the player soon masters the remaining difficulties.

Poverty No Handicap.

Dr. D. K. Pearsons, addressing the students of Drury College, Springfield, Mo., a few days ago, said among other things: “I am interested in young men who fight their way; I owe my strength and vigor to the fact that I began life poor." Thousands of successful, hale and hearty old men of this land bear similar testimony to the blessing of poverty in youth, and it is one of the many things Americans have to be thankful for that men like Dr. Pearsons, who began life poor, and who were compelled in youth to fight their way through the .world against apparently insurmountable obstacles, are not ashamed either of their humble origin or of the labor or the drudgery which tell to their lot.

Torture Stations.

Speaking of capital punishment, a writer in the American Journal of Sociology declares that the killing of criminals does not beneAt society, while life imprisonment merely lays an extra burden on the public. By way of making the punishment for murder fit the crime he urges that every condemned murderer should be turned over to the doctors to be experimented upon until he dies. In support of this proposition the writer makes a long and serious argument. Among other things, he shows how many hundreds of thousands of people are dying annually of diseases which might be cured if the scientsts had a human experiment station where they could cry all sorts of proposed remedies. It does not answer the purpose to try new medicine upon animals, and the idea of being experimented upon is not popular among patients. Here is the opportunity, says the writer, for making the condemned murderer repay a part of the debt that he owes to society. Let him be experimented upon with new serums and potions until he dies.

Makes Early Rising Unnecesary.

The illustration shows an automatic device for lighting fires, which has just been patented. The object the inventor has in view is to provide a simple contrivance by which a fire may be ignitecNin range at any desired ttmeT so that the housewife is not required to rise early In the morning and entei; a cold room for the purpose of starting a fire. This device might also settle the question

AUTOMATIC FIRE-LIGHTNING DEVICE.

of who should get up and light the fires by eliminating it altogether. The arrangement consists of a rotary shaft actuated by a coiled spring, with an abrasive surface at one end nnd an ordinary alarm clock, at the other, and a fuse or wick for leading the blaze from the matches to the kindlings in the stove.

Schools of Forestry.

In Sweden the state owns and cares for over 18,000,000 acres of forest lands. Schools of forestry are maintained and the timber lands are efficiently cared for by graduates of the schools, who understand hpw to farm the lands by preventing waste and profitably manufacturing the product of the forests, carefully replanting where trees are cut down. As a result of forestry so managed all the cost of schools and caretakers is defrayed out of the product sold by the state and the net profits are four times greater than the expenditure.

Throne to Cloister.

The wife of King Carlos of Portugal he decided to quit the throne and her

QUEEN OF PORTUGAL.

husband as well. She will enter a convent and devote her life and talents to educating orphaned children. She is very wealthy. Previous to her marriage to Carlos she attended a convent

Organized Labor in the South.

Labor organization is making some progress in the south, the movement having spread down the Atlantic coast states, finally reaching Florida. In the latter state representatives of the unions gathered recently in Jacksonville and established a state federation nl labor, affiliated with the American federation. According to the local press there was a very large attendance.

SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The cause of the much-discussed, poisonous qualities of arsenical wall papers has been shown by an Italian chemist to be due to the evolution of a, gas, which is formed under the influ-j ence of a particular mold that thrives) on arsenic and develops on arsenical papers. The Chinese are not so far behind ns in the practice of medicine as has been supposed. While the yellow physicians are deficient In their knowledge of “anatomy, and therefore amount to nothing as surgeons, in their treatment of common ailments they are in some cases practically abreast of the most advanced practice in this country. General Lasserre, who has arrived in France from China, where he commanded the French artillery, says the fighting gave the French gunners the first real opportunity of testing the effect of melinite shells. It was very deadly. Nothing in the world equals it, and all the allied troops wore amazed at the terrible nature of the explosive. There has been a decided improvement in the machinery for cleaning and hulling rice during the past few months, and as a result between 50,000 and 100,000 additional acres of land will be devoted to rice culture in the South this year. Notwithstanding the large production in this country, nearly 1,500,000 bags of rice were brought to the United States last year from China and Japan. An Italian inventor named Bagnulo has devised a system of power transmission by the use of pipes filled with water. Force is applied first in one direction, then in the “other, to the water at the Initial pnd of the pipe, by means of a piston for instance, and this force, it can easily be seen, will be transmitted to the other end of the pipe, or the ends of any number of branch pipes, where by means of pistons or other devices the power can be utilized for any purpose. The Inventor claims that the loss of power will be much smaller than by the electrical system, but most authorities do not agree with him, as it Is believed that the friction of the moving water in the pipes would absorb a considerable percentage of the force applied, especially when power was to be transmitted long distances. Major Ross writes to Nature In reference to the doubts which several of its correspondents have expressed whether the mosquito theory of the propagation of malaria is broad enough to cover all cases of the fever. He point to the difficulty of determining in any given case the true source of .the infection and the liability of being mistaken on this point Some of the facts which have been cited to show that the germs of the fever may be borne in the air or may be contained In drinking water he questions. So far, at least, as water is concerned, his own experience in India was that even the worst jungle water might be drunk unboiled with impunity. He doubts, too, whether the prevalent belief that in certain localities the mere turning up of the soil is sure to result among those in the neighborhood Is supported by convincing evidence. He calls for a suspension of judgment until all the facts bearing or supposed to bear on the propagation of malaria have been submitted to a thorough investigation.

Get Young People Interested.

Id almost any village the young people could be enlisted in the work of village improvement, and they could give entertainments for the benefit of the society and thus realize a good sum, since everybody would feel In duty bound to patronize them. We have not been ambitious to make costly experiments in our village. Instead, we have been satisfied to make the most of possibilities in a practical way. We have let competent men, having good taste and good judgment, plan the public work for us, and we have been sensible enough not to interfere with them or hamper them with unwise and uncalled-for suggestions which we have Insisted on having adopted. Wherever and whenever this is done there will be friction. We have performed the work assigned us by those whom we have chosen to take the lead in an honest, hearty fashion, glad to do it, because we felt that it was of general as well as personal benefit. It has stimulated and strengthened our pride in the place we live in. It has made us feel, as never before, the mutuality of our interests. Eben E. Rexford, in New Llppincott

The Bermuda Lily.

The Bermuda lily was introduced into this country in 1875. Two*plants in bud and bloom were brought to Philadelphia by a lady and given to a florist. This florist, appreciating their beauty and value, cultivated the plants for the bulbs. Since that time the exporting of the lily-bulbs has been one of the Industries of Bermuda. Very few lilies are exported, as the cut flowers do not arrive in good condition. Nor does it pay to export the growing plants, because of the doty and the cost of freighting so deli■cate a cargo. The bulbs are exported all over the world and are a valuable source of revenue. Thus these great beautiful lilies have a new significance. They bloom that, dying, they may come to life under new conditions, where they, surpass In beauty what they were in their native home. The cultivating of the 'bulbs means special care of the flowers, for to this care is due the quality of the bulb.— Lilian Betts, in the Woman’s Home Companion.

WOVLD HARNESS AVRORA BOREALIS.

EVELYN B BALDWIN

Evelyn B. Baldwin, who expects to plant the Stars and Stripes on the North Pole, sails for Norway to join the ships America and Frithjof, which have been fitted out by William Zieg- , ler, the wealthy ex-Arctic explorer, j who will supply funds to the amount .

Herron to Wed Miss Rand.

PROF G A HERRON

Mrs. E. D. Rand and her daughter, Carrie E. Rand, have nearly completed their plans for leaving Grinnell, lowa, and moving to New York, where, it is said, Miss Rand will be married to Dr. George D. Herron, the noted Socialist. Dr. Herron is now in New York and the Rands will go there in a few days, having sold their extensive property holdings in lowa. The judge who granted the "Herron divorce refused to Bign the decree until the check for 560,000 was in his hands. The Rands were received coldly on their return to that place. Miss Rand is Dr. Herron’s wealthy patroness, who has been prominently mentioned in connection with the Herron divorce case. She has purchased a house on Fifth avenue and Fortyfifth street in New York, where Dr. Herron is residing. According to published plans, her family will go to Europe soon, and from this it is assumed that her marriage to Dr. Herron will take place soon. In fact, it is so admitted by close friends. The marriage will be the outcome of the causes that have led up to the social reformer’s divorce from his wife a few weeks ago. Miss Rand is in sympathy with Dr. Herron’s work. She is reputed to be worth almost 51,000,000.

Bulgaria Recalls the Eastern Question.

The regular perennial eastern question has been somewhat obscured during the last year by the far eastern question, but the Balkan states are still an object of continuous anxiety to European cabinets. One of these, the principality of Bulgaria is par-

TRUCK LOADS OR SUPPLIES FOR THE EXPEDITION

of $1,500,000. The above illustration shows now electricity may be extracted from the Aurora Borealis, according to the theory of Mr. Baldwin. From close observation of the Aurora Borealis, he believes that it is a great force, which can be placed in control

CARRIE D[?]PAMD

ticularly troublesome just at present for several reasons. Its finances, which were fairly well managed during the earlier part of its history, are now in a deplorable condition. Recent governments have been extravagant in the matter of expenditures, and the treasury has suffered especially through a fatuous state railway scheme which ended in dead failure. Meantime the country has ijad a series of bad harvests, so that while the demand for taxes has increased the ability to pay them has decreased. As a result the problem of meeting the charges on the public debt has become a very serious one, and the government has been obliged already to pass some of its obligations. Naturally, therefore, its foreign creditors are very nervous, and resorts to new for-

Banyan Tree of India.

The banyan tree of India is one of the most wonderful trees that grow. The picture represents the main trunk of the banyan and some of the secondary trunks. The banyan, as doubtless all boys have read, sends down-

of human ingenuity. He believes that this force is electrical and that the polar regions hold great reservoirs of it, which could be utilized in the propulsion of machinery and the working of dynamos. The America is to carry the expedition.

eign loans in lieu of taxes are not the promising expedient they once were. The situation would be quite serious enough without political complications, but Bulgaria has these in abundance. The science of ministerial government is so poorly understood that ministers come and go in quick succession, and thus encourage the rise of factions. Furthermore, the capital, Sofia, is the seat of a foreign conspiracy. From this place a Macedonian committee engineers its plots against Turkey and seeks to embroil Bulgaria with that country. The Macedonians inhabit the southwestern provinces of Turkey, none of which is now known by their name, and the agitators demand an entirely new arrangement between their people and the Porte. Their scheme includes a dozen concessions and reforms which they have set forth in a memorial to the great powers, but although the memorial hinted at danger of a revolution they have gained nothing by their appeal. In Bulgaria public sentiment concerning them is divided. Though they have a numerous body of sympathizers the government hesitates to cast in its lot with theirs, because it fears the interposition of the powers, by whose will Bulgaria exists as a quasi-independent state. The fate of Greece is a warning which Is not yet forgotten in any part of the Danubian principalities. Late in March there was a comic opera invasion of Macedonia by a few score men from over the Bulgarian frontier, but on the sixth of April the president of the Macedonian committee and some of his associates were arrested in Sofia. This would indicate that after considerable wavering the authorities had finally decided to clear themselves from all suspicion of a connection with the conspirators. The emperor of China is now said to be suffering from the effects of too much tobacco. According to reports he smokes cigarettes continuously and as many American cigars as he can get. Nearly all the tram conductors in Valparaiso are now women.

ward from its branches shoots that take root and themselves grow to enormous size. In time the great tree covers an acre of ground and great caravans take shelter under its foliage from the heat of the sun.

UTILITY. Tbe butterfly so bright and free Illumes the landscape—but *Twixt you and me Fd rather see * The honest turkey strut. We long to greet the busy bee, But when at mom I'm fed, Twixt you and me Fd rather see His honey on my bread. So ye who love embellishment Pray write it in your book: “Men care by far More what yon are Than how you act or look.” —Washington Star.

WILLIAM ZIEGLER

HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The Girl “Are you contemplating marriage?” The Bachelor—“ Yes; at a safe distance.”—Syracuse Herald. **Why have humorists never organized Into clubs?” “Because the law doesn’t require any man to incriminate himself.”— Chicago Record. Mrs. Bubble—“Oh, Mr. Cadleigh told me he thinks I sing beautifullyr Mlsa Digg—“lsn’t he too sarcastic for anything?”—Ohio State Journal. He was hired as piano soloist, For that was his vocation; But he found himself only accompanist For society’s conversation. —The Smart Set. Bill—“ What would you call a short acquaintance?” Jill-“ Why, Gill; I tried to borrow a quarter from him, and he didn’t have it.”—Yonkere Statesman. “Say, mamma, how much am I worth?” “You are worth a million of dollars to me, my son.” “Say, mamma, couldn’t you advance me twenty-five cents?”—Time. Sappy—“l think I shall—aw—nevah have to stwuggle for gweatness. Aw, I was great, doncherknow?” Crusty—“By Jove! How you must have shrunk!”—Tit-Bits. “That waiter Is either a dunce or a humorist, I’m not sure which.” “What’s the matter?” “I asked him for some extract of beef and he brought me milk.”—Philadelphia Press. “Is he a young man of brains?” inquired an o'd gentleman respecting a swell youth. “Well, really,” said his daughter, “I don’t know. I never met him anywhere except In society.” A woman is a paradox That certainly seems queer, She screams at mice, and yet will face A dentist without fear. —Philadelphia Record., "We should try to keep our dally record pure and white. It is hard, but ” “Oh, no; that’s easy. I haven’t written a word in my . diary since January 2.” —Philadelphia Bulletin. Blobbs—“The girl young Bjones Is engaged to is quite intellectual. Isn’t she?” Slobbs —“Yes; they say she never writes him a love letter without having it copyrighted.”—Philadelphia Record. “Now that you have found the north pole,” queries the faithful comrade, “what will you do with it?” “Do with it?” echoes the distinguished explorer, his face aflame with the joy of discovery, “I shall syndicate it”—Chicago Tribune. “Marry me,” urged the nobleman, “and I’ll pledge my honor to make you Tiappy.” The proud beauty tossed her head scornfully. “Haven’t you anything else to put In soak?” she queried, for she had an eye to the financial end of the transaction.—Philadelphia Record.

Tncle Sam’s White Wings.

The public roads office is a feature of our Government work which employs scores of scientific experts in their particular line, and which must continue to prove of greater and great* er value to the country. We are Just entering upon a great road improvement era, in which we may excel all other countries and past epochs. The Government has recognized the importance of this movement, and it has put trained road builders and experts In the field to co-operate with local bodies interested ip the work. The science of road building is the science of the mechanical engineer, and only those who have made a study of the questions at issue can produce the highest results. The collecting of data concerning road building in other countries is only a part of the business of this great office.—Collier’s Weekly.

A woman’s mouth and eyes speak different languages, as close scrutiny will prove. Although every woman cannot pose as one of the graces, they can refuse to become disgraces. When men sit listening silently while a woman talks it behooves the speaker to weigh her words. Attitudes and platitudes form the stock in trade of women who lack personality. - Small talk may not indicate wisdom, but big talk does folly. A witty woman stimulates; a talkative one enervates. In death there is no bitterness; it is life that is so often flavored with aloes. A clever woman can fool a dozen men, while as many men cannot fool her.—Philadelphia Record.

Age, if Living. All Right!

The census taking reminds one of a story which occurred ten years ago. On the printed forms were the words: Age of father (if living), age of mother (if living). One of the papers was returned with the startling information that the father was 120 years old and the mother 112. The authorities hastened to see this ancient pair, and were much surprised to hear that they had died long ago. “Then what do you mean by this?" said an angry official, pointing to the ages. “Why, that’s right enough. It says ‘Age if living,’ and that would have been their ages if living now.”—TH* Bit

Observations.

SAYINGS and DOINGS

By Mary Marshall Partes

Little girl! Little girl! Little girl! Don’t you hear me calling from the meadow by the brook. Where violets are peeping up in every sunny nook. Where bluets brave are standing, with their faces to the sky, Watching for gleams of sunshine through the clouds that scurry by? Little boy! Little boy! Little boyi Don’t yeu hear me calling from the pussy-willow tree, \ Where the robins and the pussies live / in peace and harmony, While the drowsy woodchuck wakens \ from his quiet winter nap, And frisky squirrels dance in time to the woodpecker’s tap, tap, tap? Little girl! Little boy! Little girll Come, I’ll tell to you a secret that my sister May told me, There’s to be a grand May party dow* beside the old oak tree; All the sweet spring flowers are coming, and the brook and birds will sing, And the little girl shall be May Queen and the little boy May King. Little boy! Little girl! Come and see! , —Rogers, Ark.

Noted Actress to Wed.

The engagement of Miss Marie Burroughs. the actress, to Robert Barclay

Macpherson, the New York representative of Marshall Field & Co., has been made public. The wedding, as announced, will take place in June. The couple will reside in New York after a long tour abroad. Mr. Macpherson is one of the most popular club men in New York. He is a tborougb business man, too, and commands the high esteem of all his associates. He has been connected with Marshall Field for a quarter of s century, and in that time has had clfarge of some of the greatest of that great firm’s business enterprises. Unlike most women of her profession,Miss Burroughs did not extend her acquaintanceship generally among theatrical folk, and holds the distinction, nnique among eminent actresses, of having never been matrimonially pursued.

Mayor Johnson's New Broom.

Mr. Johnson, the 8-cent mayor of Cleveland, is making a mighty clean sweep with his new broom. The cobwebs of that municipality never befors had such a shaking up as they are now getting. According to the dispatches Mr. Johnson has had nearly everyone “on the carpet” during the first week of his administration. The corporations are trembling at bis threat of heavy assessments. Gamblers and the criminal element have l>een notified to clear out of the city.

An English Girl’s Success.

Emily Calvin is a pretty English girl who has lately won deserved success

EMILY CALVIN.

as a grand opera singer. She is alsa a composer of no meager talents, haring written several entertaining pieces.