Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — Page 7

AS THE WORLD REVOLVES

If *as*ln4 of a ffotcd 7 re *cher. Rev. Dr. Edwin B. Webb, the aged and widely known missionary worker of the Congregational church, died at Welleßley, Mass., last week of senile debility. His most prominent offices In the work of the church W§qe chairman of the prudential comfhlttee of the American board of commissioners tor missions, president of the

REV. DR. E. B. WEBB.

trustees qf the Hartford Theological Seminary and member of the executive committee of the Congregational Home Missionary Society. Dr. Webb was born In Newcastle, Me., in 1820. His father was a farmer, and the future missionary labored as a farm boy and afterward as a helper in a country store. His tastes were intellectual, however, and he passed through Lincoln Academy and Bowdoin College, from which last named institution he was graduated with a degree in 1846. In 1847 he entered Bangor Seminary and was called to a pastorate before his graduation. He Insisted, however, on a few months’ study at Princeton, and thence went to Augusta, Me,, to begin his ministry. He was called by a congregation in Boston in 1860, and became pastor of Shawfmut Church In 1863. In that year he was elected a member of the executive committee of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society, a post which he held until his death. In 1876 Dr. Webb’s usefulness in the missionary field took on a wide expansion. He had already visited Egypt, "PSleatlne, Syria, Asia Minor and other biblical lands, and he entered into his larger labors with spirit and devotion. Dr. Webb, in his prime, was an eloquent and a powerful preacher. His sermons were always interesting. His flock loved him in all of his capacities, and when he resigned from his pulpit in 1886 he was made pastor emeritus. He was a clever and vigorous writer, although never a controversialist, and he was tolerant and gentle in his doctrines and his life.

The S. G. G.

She Will Soon be in Evidence Once More.

Green Lions at Buffalo.

The Buffalo Express grieves because the lions in the sunken garden of the exposition have been painted green. But surely a green lion is a most interesting, animal and well worth the price of admission. It may be that there are no green lions in nature, but why should anybody be sure about that? We have seen red lions on tavern signs. Is a green lion any more brilliant and surprising than a red one? Take a bronze lion with a good patina on him. There is a green lion for you and nobody kicks. A green lion in a green garden is of the right hue. His color protects him from the hunter. The green lions of Buffalo

would have given great pleasure to Mr. Darwin and will give it to everybody who visits the Erie reservation next summer.

Leniency to Criminals.

The act recently passed by the Pennsylvania legislature and approved by the governor increasing the commutation or reduction of sentence now allowed to convicts for good behavior in prison was not enacted in response to any public demand for further leniency to the criminal classes. Confidence men, defaulters and ballot-box stuffers, who richly deserve the heavy sentences' usually given them, are likely to be the most exemplary prisoners. It may readily be believed that such convicts will be the chief beneficiaries of the new law.

Prof. Scott Relienves the Women

Not the women, but the men, are responsible for the destruction of birds

for millinery dec oration. At least that Is the opinion of William E. D. Scott, curator of ornithology at Prince ton/ u n i v ersity. / In an ad- / dress before/ the recent', conference of,/ eastern pub- 1 lie a ssociationsj held in New-/ ark, N. J.,/ Curator Scott de-

clgred his belief that every woman who has ever yet worn a feather in her hat has done so to please some man rather than herself. He holds that the destruction of bird? will cease when, men no longer admire tn©3e slaughtered ornaments and recommends Dus yrgument to the Audubon society.

Wants to Wear Mason’s Coga.

Charles Gates Dawes of Evanston, whose candidacy for the United States

CHARLES G. DAWES.

Senate to succeed William E. Mason is formally announced, has been viewed for some time as a Senatorial possibility. Mr. Dawes’ prominence in national politics dates from the Presidential campaign of 1896, when he was the executive head of the McKinley forces in Illinois. The energy and ability displayed secured for him the office of Controller of the Currency. Mr. Dawes was born in 1865 at Marietta, O. He is a son of General R. R. Dawes, one of the commanders of the old iron Brigade of Wisconsin, and a lineal descendant of William E)awes, who made a ride in the revolutionary war similar to that of Paul Revere, and wa3 rendered famous by the pen of Longfellow. He was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1886. He was a resident of Lincoln, Neb., for seven years, and came from there to Evanston to assume the Presidency of the Northwestern Gaslight and Coke company.

Troubles of a Queen.

Troubles of Queen Draga of Servia have driven Her Majesty to desperation. A dispatch asserts that the

Queen was foi ed in an attempt, to kill herself. Some of her servants are reported as having found her on Sunday with a pistol pointed toward herself. A lady in waiting wrenched the revolver from Her Majesty’s hand and prevented her from self destruc-

tion. As a result the Queen is being subjected to the closest scrutiny to protect her from another attempt.

Penner—l have just completed an effusion that I will call “The Biography of an Automobile.” Alwise —Why don?t you just call it an “autobiography” and be done with it?—Philadelphia Record.

MILLIONS OF RAILROAD TIES.

How to Make Them Uat longer a Problem Kail road Men Can’t Solve. It is Impossible to estimate, except vaguely, the number of railroad ties in use in the United States, but a single road, the New York Central, replaced 1,800,000 ties with new ones last year, the Erie 400,000 in New York State and 900,000 on Its whole line, the Del-aware-Lackawanna 150,000, and other New York roads in like proportion. On all the roads of the country fully 75,000,000 new ties are required for renewals, extensions and additions each year, and this entails a vast use of railroad materials. Is a steady drain upon the available lumber supplies, and costs, moreover, a large sum for labor and hauling. Much Ingenuity has been expended on projects for retaining wooden ties longer In use than Is possible at present The standard American railroad tie Is nine feet long by eight Inches deep and eight inches wide, and a fairly hard wood Is required to prevent the rails from sinking and from becoming displaced. Oak, chestnut, locust and cedar are the usual cross ties. Many attempts have been made to treat the ties so as to prevent decay of the wood. Some years ago the crossties used on the Reading Railroad were notched where the rails crossed them and their ends dipped in coal tar. It was supposed that the tar would preserve the ends from decay. Since then another process by which the ties were saturated with a solution of zinc has been tried, but It was found too costly. A railroad tie costs about fifty cents, and It is customary to add twenty-five cents for the labor of putting ties in position, or seventy-five cents for each new tie. Any plan whereby the duraties may be Increased without undue expense will be welcomed by railroad men, but so far the problem remains an unsolved one.—New York Sun.

The Progress in Electrical Science.

As far as dynamos are concerned, the first patent In this line was granted by the United States to Saxton, a citizen. Since then, Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and others have proven to the world that American Inventors are unrivalled In the construction of new electrical contrivances. The greatest step forward In electricity has, however, been In the propulsion of cars. Here, again, the American blazed the way, for Professor Henry, the inventor of the electromagnet, also constructed the first practical motor. Dr. Page, another Amerkdin, built the first electric locomotive, which, in 1851, drew a train from Washington to Badensburg, at the rate of nineteen miles an hour. Today, there are In the United States about 20,000 miles of electrical railways. In electric lighting, too, America stands first. The greatest searchlight in the world is near Pasadena, Cal. It is one of 3,000,000 candle-power and can be seen for a distance of 150 miles. The first Incandescent lamp we can also claim, being the invention of a Mr. Starr. Moses G. Farmer lighted his home at Salem, Mass., with electricity in 1859, being the first in the world to put electricity to such aAse. Since then, electric lighting has been so developed and has become so popular, tlmt to-day there are about 500,000 arc lights and 25,000,000 incandescent lights in active use in the United States.—Collier’s Weekly.

A Story of Every Day Life.

A Chicago boy who knows a funny thing when he sees it has written out and forwarded to us the following story, which he says is founded or facts: A LINEN LUNCH. This is the way it happen. Jim started to work with his lunch done up in newspaper. His laundry, which consist of three collars and two or three handkerchiefs, looked about the same size and hape as his lunch. Jim called his chum, who work at the same place, to walk with him to work. As they walked along Jim stop at a laundry and laid his laundry on the counter (any way he thought he did) and ran out to proceed on journey downtown. When Jim reach the shop he laid his lunch on the bench. Nothing happen until dinner time. Jim went and got his lunch and remarked, “I bet you, I’ve got something for lunch that you haven’t.” Jim proceeded to open his package, but to his surprise and that of everybody else he found three collars and some handkerchiefs for dinner.—Chicago Times-Herald.

Maddened by Solitude.

The Canadian northwest is a proba tionary haven for wealthy young Englishmen of nomadic instincts. Hundreds of them annually purchase hunting and camping outfits from the Hudson Bay Company and strike into the barren lands to prospect for minerals or take up land on the prairies. But most- often they return to the civilization of the towns with nothing but hard words for the wilderness. The construction of the Temiscaming Railroad induced the younger son of one wealthy English family to take a trip into that outlandish district. He returned to Ottawa a disappointed man. “It’s the most desolate country you can imagine,” he said to his friends. “I have been out prospecting sometimes for a whole day without seeing a sign of animal life. Once the only living thing I came across was a bird, and it was so disgusted that it was trying to knock its brains out against a tree.” He had seen a woodpecker.—New York Commercial Advertiser.

Beauty and Brains.

Of course a pretty yirl can’t have any brains, but that doesn’t account for all the f minine brainlessness, hj any means.—Detroit Journal

IF SHAMROCK WINS.

THE SHAMROCK UNDER FULL SALL PREVIOUS TO DISMASTING ACCIDENT.

The New York Yacht Club has refused to permit Lawson’s Independence to contest for the honor of defending the America’s cup. The point at issue between the Boston man and the New York Yacht Club is not clear but it is supposed to in some way relate to personal advertising. It is believed that the objections may be eliminated, especially as Sir Thomas Lipton, the Irish challenger, is not coming over on the Shamrock for his health. It is being asserted by the partisans of Mr. Lawson that the Irishman’s tea trade has almost doubled since he became a contestant for the America’s cup three years ago. Now if the international pays Lipton for his outlay in advertising, why deny Lawson the same privilege? The New York Yacht Club should change its tactics. Suppose it persists in barring Lawson and the Shamrock should win? What would all American yachtsmen and the American people generally say to the New York Yacht Club? They would say, in effect: “Your attempt to monopolize the credit of a possible victory has subjected your country to defeat. The Independence might have beaten the Shamrock. You, in your selfish greed,

Ideal Political Courtesy.

The forward movement in courtesy which began in journalism has spread into politics, and, if the case of Becker vs. Becker may be taken as a sample, with results that will inevitably be productive of universal brotherhood. The facts brought out in this case are well worthy of the attention of all those who believe that harmony should take the place of discord in all the relations of life. John Becker and William Becker, neighbors, though unrelated, were opposing candidates for highway commissioner of Sugar Loaf,, St. Clair county, 111., at a recent election. Neither had sought the office, and each accepted the nomination as a public duty, but proceeded at once to do campaign work for the other. On election day each stood at the polls and urged voters to cast their ballots for his opponent. Each received 132 votes, with one ballot doubtful! A lawsuit was the result, each of the contestants filing a petition for a recount, in the hope that the other would be declared elected. Contrary to the prevailing method, each endeavored to make the contest as agreeable and inexpensive as possible to the other, John Becker going so far as to serve the papers personally upon William, while William served them upon John. This cut off the baliff’s fees, and William treated John to a dinner from his savings, while John set up for William the choicest refreshments to be had in Sugar Loaf township. When all the testimony was heard the doubtful ballot was given to John, which broke the tie, and me was declared legally elected, much to his disappointment and the joy of William. The latter insisted on paying half the costs of the case, and also the railroad fare of John to and from the county seat. It developed in the trial that each had employed a lawyer to show that the other had been elected. Journalism has not as yet reached this point, in its advance toward the ideals of courtesy, but it is certain that the politicians will not be permitted to carry off the palm without a contest. As an evidence of the trend of newspaper thought in the direction of the amenities, it may be mentioned that the editor of the esteemed Canton SemiWeekly Gazette, In its current issue, alludes to the editor of a contemporary as “a base and shameless scoundrel,” showing that the good influence is at work, and that the forward movement Is unchecked. *

The Problem of the Girls.

Present Industrial and social conditions invite muoh sariofet thought on

refused to give her a chance. Your snobbery has lost us the cup.” -The New York Yacht Club could neither deny nor evade that accusation. The America’s cup became the absolute property of Its winners at Cowes. They could have sold it as old silver had they desired. Its surviving owner, rightly thinking that a trophy so won should be preserved as a perpetual emblem of the highest skill in shipbuilding and sailing for speed, endeavored so to provide. He selected the New York Yacht Club as his trustee and drew up a deed of gift providing: “Any yacht of a foreign country, etc., shall always be entitled to the right of sailing a match for the cup against any one yacht or vessel constructed in the country holding the cup.” Mr. Schuyler’s intention evidently was, since he offered the cup as a prize to be sought by “any yacht of a foreign country,” that its possession should be defended by the best yacht the country holding it could produce. He wanted to bring together the very best vessels of the two countries. He was a real sportsman, but his trustees have shown a most lamentable lack of his spirit. Because she is not owned

the Question of what a young girl shall do “to win success.” Formerly ft was the boy that occupied the attention and study of moralists and teachers. But the girl problem—not the one in the kitchen—is looming up as one of the most important questions of the times and threatens to completely overshadow the discussion of what to do with the boys. It is interesting to note the opinions of some of the brightest women upon this question as disclosed in a recent symposium. “No matter how wrapped up a girl may be in her ambitions, let her by all means marry anyway,” says Dr. Julia Holmes Smith. Mrs. Le Grand W. Perce declares she is unable to “see how a young woman can consistently give her life to a husband and to a business at the same time.”

American Heiress Ill in Paris.

Miss Paulin* Astor, daughter of William Waldorf Astor, is ill with the grip In Paris. French and American aristocracy alike are anxious for her

by one of their own number, they refuse to permit the cup to be defended by what might prove the best yacht. The insinuations that Mr. Lawson built the Independence “for advertising purposes,” etc., simply demonstrate the snobbishness of those making them. They unsportsmanly, ungentlemanly, and un-American. They invite the inference that the New York Yacht Club is dominated by a set of cads. They indicate that that organization is thinking of petty personal glory • rather than of its countfr’s honor. They exhibit that hoggish spirit, that dog-in-the-manger policy which has made so many New Yorkers ,t.ie objects of derision and contempt in other parts of the nation. If the *New York Yacht Club shall persist in its course, if it shall insist upon excluding what might easily be the best yacht, and thus sacrifice victory to its own selfish desire for personal renown, its name will rightly become a by-word and a scoffing. The American people demand that our very best yacht be put forward to meet the British challenger, and if the Shamrock wins they will never be convinced that victory was not thrown away by the New York club. —Ex.

Mrs. Matilda B. Carse declares that a girl “cannot succeed in business while married.” Mrs. Lucy Page Gaston say that “girls should make their choice between the home life and the active business or professional life.” It is very clear from all this expert opinion that it is the plain duty of girls to get married. At least they cannot hope to manage a husband and a business successfully at the same time. Matrimony and business are incompatible. There must be a choice between the store or the office and the home. The present lady mayoress of London is quite young and girlish looking, with a wealth of soft fair hair. Her verse is among the best written by women for the contemporary English magazines.

speedy recovery, as the young woman has been a prominent figure in the brilliant social season at the French capital.

A Clever Swindle.

Two London crooks, Grainger and Rice, engineered a slick swindle recently. They forged a check for $1,090 and signed it with the name of a man who had a big balance in his band. Then Grainger “made up” to resemble the person whose name was being used and, waiting until the man had gone out to luncheon, stepped into his office and into the telephone box. At the same minute Rice appeared at the bank and presented the check. He said he was a new clerk of the man w/iose name was on the check, but the cashier refused to give the money to him until he was identified. Rice said that his employer wanted the money right away and suggested that«he be tailed up by telephone at his office. This was done and Grainger, at the other end, answered the telephone bell and said, of course, that the check was all "Vight aad “please hurry and give the man the money.” Then he left the office without it being discovered that he was not the proprietor of the place and, meeting Rice, the two divided the money and made off. Both were subsequently arrested, the story being so good that they told it. It then reached the ears of the police.—Utica Globe.

Verdict Meant Death.

Aldrich, Mo., May 27th.—Four of the best doctors in the vicinity have been in attendance on Mrs. Mollie Moore of this place, who has been suffering with a case of nervousness and kidney disease. Each of them told her that she would die. Hearing of Dodd’s Kidney Pills, she began to use them, and instantly noticed a change for the better. improvement has been continuous since then. She sajjp that the disease first manifested itself by the appearance of dark spots floating before her eyes. Her nerves were so bad that many times they would collapse completely, and she would fall dow r n as if shot. The fact that Dodd’s Kidney Pills saved her after four doctors had given her up, has caused-no end of talk in this neighborhood, and all are loud in their praises of this new remedy— Dodd’s Kidney Pills—which is curing so many hitherto Incurable cases, in this state and elsewhere.

Educating the Indians.

Preliminary to expected important legislation by tne next congress affecting Indian education. Commissioner Jones of the Indian bureau will try to ascertain just what measure of success has attended the instruction of Indian pupils. Questions addressed to Indian agents and superintendents are designed to show the relative merits of Indian pupils who have attended schools upon the reservation or the general educational institutions located elsewhere. To what use the Indian pupils have put their education is asked, and also whether their course in life after returning to the reservation indicates that their career will be that of the average white person. Commissioner Jones is seeking to make the inquiries of practical value, and he asks for*-relative statements by those in immediate charge of the Indians as to the status of those Indian pupils who have attended and are now attending Indian schools.

Annual Meeting American Medical Ass’n.

The officers of the Chicago Medical Society, after most careful consideration, have selected the Burlington Route, “the Mississippi River Scenic Line,” as the line for the Chicago Medical Society special on the occasion of the annual convention at St. Paul, June 4, to June 7, 1901. From most points on the Burlington Route the rate will be one lowest first-class fare plus SZ.OO for the round trip;, for instance, from Chicago, $13.50; Peoria, $13.75; St. Louis, SIB.OO. ‘From points in Central and Eastern states initial lines will also sell through tickets via the Burlington route on a reduced basis. Tickets will be on sale May 27, 28, 30, 31; June 2 and 3, 1901. Return limit June 15. Extension of return limit to leave St. Paul up to and including July 15, 1901, may be obtained by those who so desire to take the Yellowstone Park trip now being arranged for to leave St. Paul June 7, 1901.

An Extraordinary Auction.

An extraordinary auelion is about to take place at Pesth at the palace of the late Count Moritz Esterhazy, for the purpose of the disposal by public sale of his immense collection of cigars, which is valued at $60,000, this being the reserve price put upon it. It does not consist of boxes of cigars, but of single cigars of every kind and quality. Some people collect stamps, others coins, others again buttons, some again collect snuff : boxes. But the late Count Moritz Esterhazy devoted himself throughout his long life to collecting samples of every kind of cigar from every part of the world and from the cheapest to the most expensive.

Private Mailing Card.

Privatt Mailing Card with colored views of scenery on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway sent on receipt of ten. (10) cents in stamps. Address F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111.

Justice Fuller's Recreative Reading.

Chief Justice Fuller is a constant reader of contemporary novels. Classics of all sorts he has at his fingers’ ends, but after a day in court the lighter sort of fiction he finds to be more of a diversion. “Where’s Mr. Schnorer?” “He’s in the next room.” "Are you sure?” “Yes, I just overhead him taking a nap—Glasgow Evening, Times.

WASHINGTON TRAGEDY.

The mystery surrounding the killing nf James S. Ayres, the government census clerk, in his room at the Kenmore Hotel In Washington on Mag IS, was cleared up last week by the confession of iars. Lola I. Bonin# that ah# wan the woman who was seen to leave the room by way of the fire escape after the shooting. She declares the shooting occurred in a struggle for possession of the revolver.

MRS. J. I. BONINE.

(Woman who confesses to having killed James S. Ayres at Washington.) The story she told to Major Sylvester, chief of police, as related by him. is as follows: “I knew Mr. Ayres rather well, but never had any relations with him other than those of a fellow-boarder. He made a confidant of me in many particulars, and, being older than ha, I felt justified in reproving,him about March 4 for drinking too much. Ha resented my interference to that extent and quarreled with me. From that time until the night of the shooting we scarcely spoke. W ‘l had retired on Tuesday night when a knock came to the door after 1 o’clock. I arose and found Mr. Ayres with an overcoat thrown about him. He told me that he had baen takes ill and had a chill. He asked me to get him medicine or do something for him. I invited him to step inside untl I could look for a box of bromo-laxa-tive tablets, but they were not to b# found. “He then said he was going back to his room, and besought me to follow him there, as he wished io have a talk that would explain our differences before he left the hotel for good the next day. I agreed to this, and put on some clothes, stockings, and a wrapper. “I reached Mr. Ayres’ room almost as soon as he did, and he drew me in and quickly locked the door behind him. "Ayres caught me, and then I discovered a pistol in his right hand. H# pointed the weapon at me and said ha would make me listen to him. In my fright I caught hold of the pistol with one hand over the other and in the

JAMES S. AYRES.

struggle between us for its possession it went off; how many times I don’t know. All I know is that I realized Mr. Ayres had been shot, because the blood ran down his arm and on to the pistol, covering my hands and his. “Then he fell over on me, and, being a foot and a half taller than I, bore me to the floor with his weight This fall saturated my wrapper with his blood, and, after crying for help, I stepped on to the fire escape and reached my room. There I washed my hands and blood stained wrapper and waited for the morning." The police learned that the woman had been receiving the attention of Ayres for months, and, knowing he was going away, went to his room and after a quarrel shot him. There is evidence that there was a struggle for the posse l ~i n of the pistol.

Oldest and Youngest.

Two veterans who attended the Missouri Grand Army of ths Republic encampment last week are believed to hold a record each. One was Henry Dormon, who was born January 10, 1709, and served in the Seventh Michigan cavalry through the civil war. He is thought to be the oldest of all Grand Army men. Gilbert Van Zandt of Kansas City claims to be the youngest veteran. When 10 years old he enlisted in the Seventy-ninth Ohio infantry as drummer boy and was afterward detal'ed as a dist»«teh carrier