Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1901 — Page 3

“CIRCLING” THE EARTH.

No one has yet really made a Journey around the world. The course followed by Jules Verne’s men and the •cores of Imitators who have lowered his Imaginary record is approximately about 20,000 miles In length. The shortest time for this distance Is that made by George Griffith, an Englishman, who accomplished the distance In sixty-four and a half days as an ordinary passenger via Sues and Hongkong. The only way to make a real trip around the world would be at the equator, where the circumference Is 24,855 miles, nearly 6,000 miles longer than the usual route, if any shorter distance Is taken the Journey might as well be made at the north pole, where Ananias F. Dubbo could stand still and make the circuit of the earth in a second. How long would it take to girdle the £lobe at the equator? Some years ago an Italian named Gluletti offered to accomplish the task in three years, provided the necessary funds were found; hut nothing came of it. Indeed It is extremely doubtful whether such a feat Is within the realms of possibility. The man rash enough to undertake It would spend months in the pestilential basin of the Amazon; would have In

Rounding Up Mountain Lions

John McCarty, territorial game warden of Arizona,. has left Phoenix at the head of a party, equipped for a big roundup of California lions in the San Francisco mountains, about 150 miles north of Flagstaff. In that country the big cats are to be found in larger numbers than in any locality in Arizona, and the party expects to bag several hundred of them. At one time the California lion was to be found in all parts of Arizona, but large Territorial and county bounties have caused his extermination in

many places. Many thousand dollars have been paid by each county tor Hon scalps, and at ?20 per head hunters have found It profitable business, some of them In times past killing a score of lions In a week’s time, and a total of over SIOO,OOO has been paid In Arizona tor scalps in the last ten years. Hundreds of lions, though, have been shot by cattle, horse, and sheep men who have not claimed the bounties, taking as their rewards the fact that they have disposed of the cause of the slaughter of their calves, colts, and lambs. While the lions have grown less common In the southern part of the territory, there has been no perceptible decrease In their numbers In the wilder northern regions. Sheepmen in the •an Francisco Mountains have complained of late that the Hons are killing off their lambs in such numbers that their raids were proving ruinous to the sheep industry. Warden MoOar-

IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE.

crossing Africa, to hew his way for hundreds of milqs through the terrible Congo forest, and, finally,' would be compelled to cross the great twin islands of Sumatra and Borneo, in a latitude where fever of the deadliest description is everywhere and always epidemic.

” A few years ago,” said a Chicago clergyman, the other day,’ “there went up a great cry for ’mlssionelly Bibles’ in the Flowery Kingdom. The Bible Society was extremely gratified. The demand was unprecedented, and thousands of dollars were spent in sending them nice red morocco testaments.' This sort of thing went on for a long time, but the number of native converts did not increase accordingly.. The missionaries investigated. What do you suppose they discovered?" “That they used the Bibles for gunwadding?" "No. They made firecrackers of ’em. Practically all the nicely printed Bibles that we were sending over there were rolled up in nice little rolls, a page at a time, and made into firecrackers. The Chinese make firecrackers at home for an Incredibly low price, and the paper that they were getting free cut a can-

ty has taken the matter in hand and organized the hunting party.

How One Woman Managed.

A curious outcome of technical education for women was shown during the past year in the case of a man who by failure in business was reduced to poverty. He had a capable family and his daughters at once sought for situations as dressmakers and milliners In the latter trade there was no prospect of Immediate

remuneratlon, as it Is customary tor beginners to give three months of service, both spring and fall, without receiving wages. The second daughter got a place to sew In a dressmaking establishment at small wages, and the father’s offorts to make a living were hampered by his advanced years. Then the mother took a band. She had been raised on a farm and Bought and found employment tying up vegetables for market In this Industry the chief requisites are careful counting and honesty, early rising and Industry. She actually made enough money to keep the family for three months, but then she did not have to spend money to dress up to the situation, and was paid for her work at the end of each day.—Philadelphia Record.

A few weeks since the owner of a little property in a small Jewish «w»u

Bow Chinese. use Bibles.

Finda Mania Work.

sideraUe figure with them. But it taught us a Celestial l«uon ,as I might say.’—Boston Transcript.

Captain* Who Aro Naval Omcors

On some of the steamship lines the captains are naval officers, and, in case of war, would retain their commands. On the German steamers the officers must first serve a year or so in the naval reserve. On the French line each member of the crew must serve for a time on a vessel of war. On the majority of ships, however, the officers are men of the sea who have fought their way up, step by step, entirely by merit, and not at all by favor. On the American line, even after a man has reached the rank of captain, he must pass a rigid examination every five years.

Voltage for a Feline Chorns.

An east Brooklyn man with an electrical turn of mind has lined his backyard fence with wires connected with an Induction coll. He presses foe button and the current does the rest The voltage is not sufficient to kill the cats, but they never come back. The cat fanciers in the neighborhood, however, are protesting against his “cruelly”

ony Just outside tho Damascus gate, Jerusalem, in digging a ditch in his yard, came upon some mosaic work at about four feet below the surface which, when uncovered as far as permitted by the streets bounding the excavation on two sides and the wall of a house on the third, disclosed an ancient mosaic pavement. Further excavations await the order of the Turkish government, whose officials have taken the site in hand, and which may show the pavement to extend somewhat further in length on one side. The pattern would indicate that the complete width at one end has been uncovered. This mosaic floor is about 220 paces west-northwest of the Damascus gate. The part already uncovered is about 18 feet in length by 11 in breadth. The upper and larger part of the pavement is composed of an exquisite design, including a central panel surrounded by an elaborate frame. The panel has'.lta chief figure, a representation of Orpheus, in a sitting posture, and playing upon an 11stringed harp. Grouped within the panel are animals and birds, including a serpent and a salamander, which latter two are in an attitude of conflict The work is assigned to not earlier than the fourth century, and possibly as late as the seventh.

Rarest Egg the World.

The Octago University Museum at Dunedin, New Zealand, possesses the only complete egg of the onormous bird, the moa, which Is now extinct, but which at one time Inhabited New Zealand in great numbers. It is the rarest egg in the world. The larger museums of various countries possess skeletons of the bird, but until recently no complete egg had ever been discovered. From time to time bits of shells and parts of eggs were found, but no one had ever seen or heard of a complete egg. In parts of New Zealand dredging for gold is very largely undertaken, and the dredges in many places leave tne streams and cut into the bank. In one of these dredges, which was cutting Into a bank of auriferous sand and shingle, a workman noticed a big yellow lump, which he took to a turtle floating on the surface of the water. He found that supposed turnip was a large egg. It had apparently been burled for ages, and the contents had entirely dried up, but experts decided that It was an egg of the moa, the only complete one In the world. The bird when full grown was about fourteen feet In height, but none have been seen alive since about the middle of the seventeenth century.

What Struck Him Most.

An exchange tells of an Irishman who after honorable service in India returned to England and found a place as a butler In a country family was telling hls experience In battle—the advance, the gallop, the charge, and bow, as one rider fell dead from hls ■addle, the death grip of hls Angers on hls pistol discharged it and killed hls own horse. "What truck you most forcibly when all was over and you looked back to It?” asked a friend. "Ah,” said the old servant reflectively, "I think, sir, that what struck me most forcible, sir, was the bullets that missed met’’

A GUILTY CONSCIENCE.

Dn Conan Doyle's Story of a Skolaton In tho C to* «t. “I heard Dr. Conan Doyle tell a good story during a trip I made to London,” said George D. Aldrich to a Post reporter the other day. “He said that at a dinner party he had attended the guests began discussing the dally discoveries made to the detriment of people occupying high stations in life and enjoying the confidence of the business world. Dr. Doyle said that it had always been his opinion that there was a skeleton in the closet of every man who had reached the age of 40. This led to a lot of discussion, some of the guests resenting the idea that there was no one who had not in the past something that were better concealed. As a result of the controvery, Dr. Doyle said, it was suggested that his views as to family skeletons be put to the test. The diners selected a man of their acquaintance whom all knew only as an upright Christian gentleman, whose word was accepted as quickly as his bond and stood with the highest in every respect. "We wrote a telegram, saying: “All iB discovered; flee at once," to this pillar of society,’ said Dr. Doyle, ‘and sent it He disappeared the next day and has never been heard from since.” — Washington Post.

Johason at Work Again.

Racins, Wis., July 22nd: —John Johnson of No. 924 Hamilton street, this city, is a happy man. For years he has suffered with Kidney and Urinary trouble. He was go broken down that he was forced to quit work. Everything he tried failed, till a friend of his recommended a new j^medy—Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Mr. Johnson used them, and the result surprised him. He is as well as ever he was, completely cured, and working away every day. His case is regarded by those who knew how very bad he was, as almost a miracle, and Dodd’s Kidney Pills are a much talked of medicine.

A Verdict of Saccess,

In a little western town the other day the most popular citizen soundly whipped a tough character, and to vindicate the majesty of the law the offender was brought up for trial. The jury were out about two minutes. "Well,” said the judge, “what has the jury to say?” "May it please the court,” responded the foreman, “we, the jury, find that the prisoner is not guilty of hlttin’ with intent to kill, but slply to paralyze, and he done it.”— Argonaut.

ST. MARY’S ACADEMY,

Notre Dame, Indiana. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of St. Mary's Academy, which appears in another column of this paper. We do not need to expatiate upon the scholastic advantages of St. idary’s, for the catalogue of the school shows the scope of work included in its curriculum, which is of the same high standard as that of Vassar and Bryn Mawr, and 1b carried out faithfully in the class rooms. We simply emphasize the spirit of earnest devotion which makes every teacher of St. Mary’s loyally strive to develop each young girl attendant there into the truest, noblest, and most Intelligent womanhood. Every advantage of equipment in the class rooms, laboratories and study rooms, every care in the matter of food and clothing, and exceptional excellence of climatic conditions —all these features are found at St. Mary’s, in the perfection of development only to be obtained by the consecration of devoted lives to educational Christian work in a spot favored by the Lord.

Necessities Coma First In Texas.

On account of a scarcity of bricks in a Texas town the congregation of the local church allowed their new edifice to remain unfinished while a saloon was being erected.

$1,000 for Stories.

The August number of 10 Story Book, a ten cent Chicago publication, contains an offer of SI,OOO for prize stories. Mrs. Baldwin—That husband of mine is a careless man. I expect he’ll lose his head some of these days. Mrs. Bunn —I see he’s lost the next thing to It—hls hair. Sure to be arrested! Any achd or pain by Hamlin’s famous Wizard OH. Your druggist sells it Graphite suitable for making lead pencils is found In almost every country on the globe. FITS Permeeeetly Cared. Boat* or nerroasnass alter flnt day's mos Or. Kline 1 , Great Net-re Keetorer. Sand (or FREE EB.OO trial bottle and treat lee. Da. B. H. turn. Ltd.. Ml Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa. The female who has money out at Interest is not a poor loan woman. Plso’s Cure for Consumption is an Infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. Mahucl, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. |7. Uoa The factory hand who sings at his work lets up with the whistle. THE GREATEST BLOOD PURIFIER Is DR. CRANE'S QUAKER TONIC TABLETS. 60c a box at drugrS’lsts. He who talks of the unalterable laws of man Is an unalterable fool.

Hall’s Catarrh Cure

b a constitutional cure. Price. 750. Picture frames are frequently hung because of their gilt.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Myron.'

»v (liaivw m owvisiug ojruu. Tor children teething, softens the gums, reduces InSummation, allays pain, cures wind colic. Me n bottle. Insist on yourself; never Imitate.— Emerson.

Current Topics

War on "Rat*. The war of extermtnattion o* rate, which was recently proposed in the United States, is being carried on with relentless energy in Cape Town, South Africa. The rats are charged with re-

sponsibility for the introduction of the bubonic plague into South Africa, and some weeks ago a central “rat office'* was established on the docks at Cape Town, where a government official was stationed, with instructions to pay six cents for every

rat delivered there, dead or alive. For a while it seemed that a third of the people of Cape Town wore busy turning captured rodents intp ready cash. Then the supply of rats fell off to a considerable extent, and in order to stimulate the hunters the bounty was doubled, so that to-day a rat of any kind is worth 12 cents when delivered at the rat office.

Coo Many Colonial. Dame Societies.

There are now three Societies of Colonial Dames, each one of which claims the sole right to Use that title. Tho claim has caused so much friction among the dames, and at times had so seriously threatened to arouse the old revolutionary spirit, that one of the organizations went into court and demanded that it should decide which one of tho three was the one and only original Colonial Dames of America. The court—the Appellate division of the supreme court of New York—for once was nonplused, and after long and serious consideration sustained the ruling of the lower court that all three had the right to use the title indiscriminately. As this decision virtually says there is no one and only original set of Colonial Dames, and, moreover, denies the right of mutual exclusiveness, it may well be„ imagined that the Colonial Dameß of all three societies are in a state of mind which can be better imagined than described. . A recent writer proved that nearly all the members of one society of Colonial Dames who could trace ancestry back to the “colonial times” were descended from “staunch old torles” who never became reconciled to the severance from slavish bondage to Britain. In this respect the colonial dames should not be confounded with the Dames of the American Revolution, who are the actual descendants of American patriots.

Mayor in a Shirt Waist.

Lfayor Harrison of Chicago is a shirt waist man. He Joined the cohorts of the coatless last week and sent a thrill of wonder through the serried

MAYOR HARRISON’S SHRITWAIST.

ranks of officialdom when he appeared at his office in the morning with a plaited and beruffied garment that showed the manly outlines of his figure.

Control of Balloons,

A cable dispatch from Paris described how Santos Dumont, the Brasilian aeronaut, steered a cigar-shaped balloon around the Longechamps race course several times, and, after circling around the Eiffel tower, went back to his starting point. The statement, on its face, indicates that one great difficulty in the navigation of thq air has been surmounted. Long voyages in balloons were made forty or fifty years ago. Professor Wise and three others started in a balloon from St. Louis in 1859 and traveled nearly 1,200 miles, landing in New York. Long voyages were also made by other American aeronauts and by balloonists in Great Britain and France, but in every case the aeronaut was helpless. The balloon carried him, not where he wanted to go, but where the winds willed. The problem of sustaining a man in air and of flying through the air was solved, but ballooning of that time was simply a matter of adventure. All the efforts of aeronauts were then directed to controlling the large balloons in use. No one succeeded. Then came experiments looking to the construction of a balloon that would sustain itself in midair and to the use in connection therewith of a motive power and controlling apparatus that would make the aeronaut the master of his machine. Many of the new balloons were controllable in Quiet air, but were utter failures when it came to tests of a practical nature.

A JintfHit's WIFE

She Suffered for Years and Felt Her Case Was Hopeless—Cured by Fe-ru-na. Mrs. Judge McAllister writes- J tfrom 1217 West 33rd st., Minneapolis, Minn., as follows: “I suffered for years with a pain in the small of my back and right side. It Interfered often with my domestic and social duties and x never supposed that I would be cured, as the doctor’s medicine did not seem to help me any. "Fortunately a member of our Order advised me to try Peruna and gave it such high praise that I decided to try it. Although I started in with little faith, I felt so much better in a week that I felt encouraged. “I took it faithfully for seven weeks and am happy indeed to be able to say that I am entirely cured. Words fail to express my gratitude. Perfect health once more is the best thing I could wish for, and thanks to Peruna enjoy that now.”—Minnie E. McAllister. The great popularity of Peruna as a catarrh remedy has tempted many people to imitate Peruna. A great many so-called catarrh remedies and catarrhal tonics are to be found in many drug stores. These remedies can be procured by the druggist much cheaper than Peruna. Peruna can only be obtained at a uniform priqe, and no druggist can get it a cent cheaper. Thus it is that druggists are tempted to substitute the cheap imitations of Peruna for Peruna. It is done evqry day without a doubt. We would therefore caution all peo-

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CURED OF PELVIC CATARRH.

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