Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — Page 3

THE McKINLEY ARCH

The William McKinley National Memorial Arch association, which has been incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, with the purpose of erecting a memorial arch in honor of the late President in Washington, will depend upon voluntary contributions from Americans, both at home and abroad. It is the present purpose of the committee to have the *rch span the entrance to the proposed memorial bridge across the Potomac River from Washington to the Virginia ahore. The arch, with its ana ■tatues, will be entirely the work of American architects, artists and sculptors, and no limit has been put upon

A Queen 's Electric Motor Car

Queen Alexandra has become possessed of a victoriette, which she has learnt to drive herself. Seated for two, Its frame-work is articulated, so that It adapts itself to any unevenness of road without stress or strain. The single motor is of 4 h. p., of four pole type, and can be worked to five times normal capacity witnout any injurious effects. The batteries are fitted in the rear portion of the carriage, and contain sufficient energy for thirty-five or forty mileß on one charge. The car is electrically lit and fitted with japanned lamps, relieved with silver-plate fittings; the wheels are' of bicycle type, and fitted with 3-inch pneumatic tires. Bpeed of car is from six miles to fourteen miles per hour. The queen herscif has become an expert driver, and derives great pleasure from this pleasing little vehicle, which lg now quite familiar in the neighborhood of Sandringham.

NAMING THE FARMS.

Letter boxes now appear at the gateways of farms throughout many districts In several states, along the country mall routes recently established by the government, and one of the first results of the innovation is decidedly interesting. No sooner had the mail boxes appeared than the farmers began to tal e a deeper interest in the gates and the general style of the entrances to their homes. The boxes were new, looked fresh, and seemed to give a dignity to the gateposts that they never possessed before. The contrast, in the great majority of cases, was not pleasing, particularly to the women folk and the younger men, and most of the farmers set about making improvements up to the standard of the letter box.

William Makepeace Thackeray’s old house, 2 Palace Qreen, London, which the novelist built In accordance, with his Ideas and where he passed his last days, was recently to be sold at auction. Palace Qreen Is part of the fashionable district at the extreme upper end of Hyde park, and gets its name from the fact that it is close to old Kensington palace, where Queen Victoria was born end spent her childhood. No. 2 is S picturesque dwelling, set wall

its cost, this depending entirely upon the amount of contributions received. -The association will have headquarters in Washington, but every state and large city will have a vice-presi-dent and an organization to encourage subscriptions. Bishop Henry C. Potter is one of the vice-presidents for New York. President Roosevelt has accepted honorary membership in the association and Hon. Lyman J. Gage, secretary of the Treasury, is treasurer. Admiral Dewey is also a vice-president, and prominent men in every state and large city and In the cities abroad where Americans live, are accepting vice-presidencies in the association and aiding in the work of raising funds.

This was one step in the right direction. Then it was natural that the mail carrier sometimes made mistakes, because there was neither name nor number to guide him in the delivery of the letters, newspapers or packages. Some of the farmers nailed up rude “shingles" bearing the names of the occupants of the house at the upper end of the lane. Other farmers ordered neatly painted signs bearing the name of the head of the house. Now, it appears, from a letter addressed to the Milledgeville Free Press, progress has taken a more decided step along this line. The farmers in the vicinity are christening their places and displaying the names chosen in handsome painted signs on the gateposts. “I have concluded to name my place ‘Midway Farm,’ ” says the

Historic House to be Sold

back from the street and almost hidden by the trees by which it is surrounded. This is not one of the several London houses in which Thackeray’s bestknown novels were written, but was built by him tn his more prosperous old age. The circumstances of the transaction reveal the author of “Vanity Fair" in a rather new light, that of a careful provider. He wanted not only to buy a house where he could spend bis last days quietly, but to make a

The association has just secured • charter and contributions are invited. Commissioner MacFarland, president of the McKinley National Memorial Arch association, has received a letter from Miss Helen Gould, in which she acceptß an appointment as one of the vice-presidents of the association. A letter from Miss Gould brought a suggestion from President MacFarland that a woman’s committee be appointed to work in conjunction with the national association, with Miss Gould as chairwoman. Miss Gould will be asked to act as head of the committee. Miss Gould stated that she was heartily in sympathy with the object of the association.

writer of the letter referred to, “not because it is sporty or tough, but because it is located just half way between Milledgeville and Chadwick, also half way between Polo and Mount Carroll, and half way between Lanark and Coleta." Perhaps we are at last upon the threshold of the time, so long looked forward to in the United States, when country life will take upon itself the habiliments that adorn it in the older lands. Perhaps the mail box and the farm name are but the precursors of other improvements, in the agricultural regions, which will give the United States country homes with beautiful surroundings. The buildings alone for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis in 1903 will cover 187 acres.

speculation that would eventually benefit those whom he left behind, and fancying that property in the district would Increase in value as time went on he took a long lease of the site upon which at the time there stood an old sion 8 ° meWhat dilap,dated manThackeray’s first idea was to repair and alter this house, but he afterwar* decided to pull it down together The annual rental of the Palace Green Th?,t rty Wa *, ? 2 ’ 500 ’ a fi « ure which Thackeray s friends thought rather beyond his means, and when he began his building operations they were aghast at his extravagance. The authors Judgment was vindicated eventually, however, for when the house r i « B nfT d h,s death 14 brought 110,000 more than it had cost. A remarkable story is current regarding General Sir lan Hamilton’s spectacles. The general lost a pair of spectacles at the battle of Majuba Hill. They must have been picked up by a Boer whom they suited, and who kept them for twenty years. Hi the early part of the preseat year the spectacles were found on the dead J l ? er ' The caße had Ctaneral Hamilton s name on 4t, and the glasses were in due course returned to their original owner. Charles Algernon Parsons, the inventor and builder of the turbine engl.n ® 8 o4tl ”> i “' fated Viper a nd Cobra of the British navy, is a brother of Lord Rosse and a son of the famous Lord Rosse or the great telescope,from whom he inherited his strong bent toward scientific Tssearch and mechanics. » v

KANSAS’ ADVANCEMENT.

Progress In Mannfaeturtng In the Pm* lO Years. A report showing the growth of the manufacturing industries of Kansas from 1890 to 1900 has been issued by the census bureau at Washington. It shows the total number of establishments in 1900 to have been 7,830, an increase of 75 per cent; total capital, 166,827,863, a growth of 52 per cent; wage earners to the number of 85,000, an increase of 24 per cent, and the value of the product 1172,129,398, an increase Of 66 per cent Kansas City, Kan., has 492 manufactories, with a capital of nearly 119,000,000, and an annual product valued at 282,769,000. This is an increase of 87.8 per cent Topeka has 399 factories, with a capital of 23,891,530, and an output of 210,000,000, an Increase of 47.8 per cent Wichita has 328 establishments, a growth of 127.8 per cent, capitalized at 22.108,624, a decrease of 31,2 per cent and a decrease of 6.0 per cent in the product, this in 1900 being 24,724,068. Leavenworth has 220 factories, capitalized at 23,207,111, putting out a product of 24,721,378. This city was not reported separately in 1890.

AN HONEST NAME.

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