Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1902 — Page 6

Old Friend Lincoln

The men who personally knew Abraham Lincoln become fewer each year, but there is none who during the time in which the martyred president rose to prominence saw more of him than J. G. Stewart, a veteran photographer of Bloomington, 111. In 1857 Mr. Stewart was in business in Springfield. He recalls many interesting events in the career of Lincoln and says when he first knew the “railsplitter" that Mr. Lincoln exhibited negligence as to dress. The future president usually went about with one trousers leg caught on the top of one of hts high boots. Mr. Stewart belonged to the Fremont party and following its defeat signed a call to organize the Republican paTty in Springfield. Among '.the names signed were those of A. Lincoln and Shelby M. Cullom. The first meeting was held in Mr. Stewart’s gallery. The organization was called the Lincoln club. During the presidential campaign in which Lincoln was the nominee for president Mr. Stewart ■made over 450,000 pictures of Lincoln.

American Duchess’ New Home.

The Duke of Marlborough’s new house in Curzon street, London, is perceptibly ‘taking form.” and the iron pillars and girders of the frame look like a huge skeleton. A feature of the interior- is to- be the marble hall and

STEVENSON’S OLD HOME

The house In which Robert Louis Stevenson was born is for sale, and the price asked is somewhat less than *3 .000. Stevenson's birthplace is the quaint building at 8 Howard place, Edinburgh. lie first saw the light there on Nov. 13, 1850. and when only a few days old he was baptized by his grand-

PRETTIEST WOMAN IN PARIS

Mile. D'Hally. who won the 10.000franc beauty prize in Paris, is a popular music hall singer, and has been one or the'stars of the vaudeville stage for several seasons. The best critics of female beauty In France have pronounced the brunette visage of the actress to be all but faultless in symmetry and regularity. Mile. D'Hally receives $2,000 in cash for being the “prettiest woman in Paris."

Odd Use of Mirrors.

In a village in the Cotswoids England, it is the custom to- place a small mirror on the front: door under the knocker, in which the visitor may examine his appearance before entering. The Woodbridge. (Suffolk) Urban District Council of England has resorted to novel means cf preventing accidents at dangerous street corners. Three roads in the authority’s district meet at awkward angles, and collisions between vehicles have-been rather common. Widening by demolition of house property being Impossible, the surveyor recommended the erection of mirrors. P,y this means drivers can see through brick walls, so to speak, and the experiment has proved successful.

Industrial Schools in Germany.

There are schools in Germany for farmers, gardeners, florists, fruit growers, foresters, blacksmiths, carpenters, Machinists, cabinet-makers, bookkeep-

CURIOUS OLD GRIST MILL

* One of the most curious Industrial j>lan.s in the West isjitae old HolWnd type of grist .mill. .at. Benson, near Bloomington, ill. It wajp. erectpd’ 7;«p*rard of thirty years ago, and is still

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staircase winding round It, with pretty galleries. The house will not be very lofty, considering its size, bu{ standing alone and among smaller buildings, it will be very light and airy. The site was a present to the Duchess Consuelo from her father, Mr. Vanderbilt.

father, the minister of Coiinton. Two and a half years after the birth of the future author the Stevensons removed from Howard place, and the earliest recollection;; which Robert associated with home reverted to the house in Inverleith terrace. It the novelist dreamed his boyhood dreams, and there were born many of the ideas which were afterward to develop into thrilling romances. Three doors from that house lived William E. Henley during the time he was the editor of the Scots Observer. This is recalled by Mr. Henley’s late attack on the character of his dead friend and collaborator.

A Queer Christmas Present.

A good story is told of a professor of mathematics in an Illinois college, who is noted for his devotion to his profession and also for his eccentricity. Desiring to make a favorite pupil a Christmas present, lie sent him a very difficult problem to solve. He liked nothing better than the disentanglement of a knotty mathematic puzzle, and took it for granted that his pupil would be delighted with his present.

ers, tallcrs, shoemakers, druggists; there are cooking schools, Institutes for training servant girls, barbers, and chiropodists. One can find a school in Germany for teaching anything one wants to know; and it is usually supported by the government and 'free to all comers, or, perhaps, only a nominal tuition is charged.

Telephones in Western Europe.

Western Europe will soon have as complete a long-distance telephone service as the United States now has.

doing business. It is operated by wind power, re-enforced by a small engine, which can be called into use whenever nature s agent falls in its adequacy. I he tall circular building is surmounted by four huge wings, each of which is forty feet in length, or eighty in the length of each pair. The mill is sixty feet high and is quite attractive for artists who .desire a picturesque bit of rural- Scenery.

Female Divinity Students.

.‘The Edinburgh .University Court have resolved to make provision within the university for the instruction of women- in the subjects taught in the faculty of divinity by adding them to thji classes of that faculty. The resolution takes effect as from the beginning of the next academical year. There are forty-eight different kinds of house fly known and classified. -S /■ **

A PRECOCIOUS ARTIST.

Child’* DlstrvM When » l.»u y Spoiled • Fierce liog't Growl. Sir Edwin Landseer was precocious In his art; he sketched, with force and spirit, from the time he was of an age when his father, John Landseer, used to have to lift him over the stiles into the fields where his chosen subjects were gamboling or grazing. A lady whose family recollections have recently been privately collected, relates how her mother once encountered the little prodigy at work. She had to take a stroll at Hampstead Heath, carrying a book and accompanied by a favorite dog. a fine collie devoted to bis mistress, but not very cordial In his feeling toward other people. After a time she sat down under a tree and began to read, while the dog lay beside her with his head against her knee. She became absorbed In her book, and scarcely noticed that soon the collie growled slightly. Presently the growl was repeated, but still she did not look up. A third time she heard the low, menacing rumble, and at length lifted her eyes to see what was amiss. Before her, not far away, a little fellow, tiot more than eight or nine years old, was seated on a stone gazing Intently toward the dog, whose lips were drawn back angrily over glistening teeth. “He won’t bite, little boy,” she said, reassuringly, and laid her hand upon the head of her , pet, who shifted his position and assumed a more amiable expression under her touch; but the little boy was by no means grateful. “Oh,” he cried, distressfully, “you’ve spoiled his growl!” He had been sketching the dog growling, and presently showed her his half-finished work, to her amazement and admiration. By that time the dog had made friends with I lm, and the growl was hopelessly lost, but the child proceeded to draw him “smiling,” as he called it —and a collie does smile, as every owner of one knows —and the second sketch completed, he told the lady his name before they parted. She never saw him again, but she waß proud In after years to tell of the half-hour she once spent with Edwin Landseer.—Montreal Herald and Star.

What the Fault Was.

Dr. Frank W. Allport, one of the leading oculists of Chicago, was recently appointed examining physician by the board of education. A pupil from one of the schools where “fads" are more thoroughly In vogue than in almost any other public school, came to Dr. Allport in the regular course of events to have his eyes examined. The physician went through the usual formula for discovering the-defects of vision. He placed a chart before the boy. The first word was “hat.” “Now read this word,” said the doctor. “Hhhuh-ah-tuhhh,” sputtered the boy. “Then try this." said the doctor, pointing to “big.” “Buh-ih-guhhh,” stammered the boy. “Madam,” said the doctor to the boy’s mother, “there is some more serious defect here than a visual one. The vocal organs seem to be affected.” “Oh, no,” answered the mother, “he could spell and read quite well until he went to school and took up this new phonetio method.”—New York Times.

Long American Tunnels.

The Pennsylvania railroad company has decided to construct a tunnel seven miles long to avoid the great Horseshoe curve, which is one of the most notable features on the line. It will be the largest enterprise of the kind in railroad construction so far attempted on this continent. The Hoosac, the longest at present in operation, is less than four mile 3in length. The Cascade tunnel of the Great Northern railway is two and one-half miles long and the tunnel projected through the Sierra to reduce 1,500 feet of grade on the Central Pacific railroad will be only one and one-half miles in length. The proposed Pennsylvania railroad tunnel will shorten the line only three miles and reduce the time in transit three minutes, but the lessening of wear and tear on the rolling stock, which must he very heavy on the present curves and grades of the Horseshoe. will doubtless compensate the company for the investment.

"Living Easy."

Princess Victoria of England, with 530,000 a year'of her own and no household to maintain, may well enjoy life. Her sisters, the Duchess of Fife and Princess Charles of Denmark, now receive a similar income each, equal to that paid each of their aunts when married, excepting the Empress Frederic, who was granted more, as being Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter and princess royal. The dowries have dropped, and neither the Duchess of Fife nor Princess Charles'was given a lump sum from the country, $200,000 or $150,000, when they were married. However, they did not lose so very much, awing to the custom which has sprung up es late years of allowing royal brides to accept valuable presents from outsiders. ,

Mink as a Trout Catcher.

Sam Wood, a hunter of ' the North Carolina mountains, has tftame mink, which he eangUt when it/was a baby He -uses it as a ferret ajtyl files';,t); gp excellent rabbit catehejV?cOne'.Vlaw-he tried It on trout. He 1 fit ft go lnnfgry all morning, and it t ■> a trout stream, tying v a *tVsns ,t§;,Uy teg and allowing tty ly'Vy’&pdeft about a well-known ' pppi Vtfe - fcihHj walked out upon, a ( W£, seSjSifjEn 1 for awhile, and suddenly no a grab into the water wi?Ji his. lUWynjg.ht a small trout; / Wood, took’,! thc-fi'sh away, and the perfoftfhah^TwasVfg/ peated. Now tnii /nty\k is; famous througbout the .mountains as a-iroai catcher.

Some Recent Inventions

Book-Bolder for Church Pew*. With the idea of insuring that the occupant of a church pew shall always find his hymnal and prayer book In their places when he comes to church, Levi E. U instead and John O. Dickie, of Allegheny, Pa., have designed the book-holder shown herewith. The device comprises a back plate to be attached to the pew by screws, with hinged front section provided with either a lock and key or a spring catch. aa the owner may desire. The bottom of the holder slants downward toward the front side, to act as a stop to limit the opening, which supports the recep-

tacle in convenient position to extract the books for übo. A small ring on the face of the lock is lifted by the finger to throw the bolt and allow the holder to be opened for the insertion or removal or the book, and a spring In the hinge shuts the receptacle as soon as released by the hand. In order to prevent the device closing with an uppleasant sound, the edges of the sides are provided with a cushion strip of rubber. As this arrangement closes tightly it will prevent the entrance jo? dust, which so often accumulates on books in open racks during the week.

Egyptian Fouili. Dr. C. W.. Andrews, who haa been engaged in explorations in the Fayum district in association with the Egyptian Geological Survey, appears, according to his preliminary report on the mammalia, published in the London Geographical Magazine, to have made discoveries of the highest importance. One of the most interesting of them relates to certain primitive proboscidians —a group whose origin and relationship have sorely puzzled naturalists. This group has, up to the present time, been known only by the Dlnotherium, mastodon and elephant. But Dr. Andrews now makes us acquainted with a small mastodon-like animal (Paiaeo-mastodon), from probably lower oligocene strata, which differs from the true mastodons by having a simpler last lower molar, and by having five pairs of cheek teeth in use at the same time, and also with a still more remarkable creature, from Eocene beds, called Moerltherium, which has still simpler cheek teeth, of which six pairs are simultaneously in use. and nearly a full set of Incisors and canines. Moreover, it is a noticeable fact that of tne incisors the second pair in each jaw is much larger than the other, thu3 foreshadowing the upper and lower tusks of certain mastodons of which the upper tusks of the elephants are the sole survivors. This genus is apparently, judging by his description, a generalized ungulate, which bears marks of being the ancestor of the elephants. It seems probable that Dr. Andrews has found the ancestral type arid the birthplace of the proboscidea.

N«w Hot Water Bag. Having noticed that the principal defect in the ordinary hot water bag is the necessity of replenishing the water from time to time, a St. Louis man has invented an arrangement to be connected with an ordinary lamp, as shown in the illustration, whereby two bags are attached to the ends of a pipe, which fits ai its center in a coll over the flame of a lamp. As the latter can be raised or lowered in the usual way the temperature of the water can be regulated to suit the requirements. The Inventor has applied his idea to the heating of foot

warmers for carriages and sleighs, obtaining the heat from a lantern carried on the dashboard for lighting the road.

Always Ready for a Fire. While the smail chemical Are extinguishers usually found in factories and public buildings may render valuable assistance in extinguishing ah incipient blaze, yet their practical value depends la'rgely on whether the person who happens to be at hand knows how to manipulate the valves or can learn in time lo quench the flames before their headway Is too great. A chemical engine which would automatically combine the elements contained in the tank as the latter was removed from itrf bracket would not only save time but would be simple in comparison to the hand-operated valve. 'Thq..idea has been carried out In a practical manner, according to the designs of George C. Hutchings and Oscar C. Wiesner of Kansas City, Mo. The Improvement

consists of a slanting bracket located directly over the piston of the acid cylinder, in order that when the tank is pulled from Its shelf after the straps are adjusted the piston will be depressed and force the acid to mix with the contents of the tank. Thus all It is necessary for the operator to do is to slip his arms through the straps and start for the lire, and the extinguisher will be ready for use when it arrives. Sotoas Difficult Problems. Senor Torres, ah ingenious engineer of Madrid, has. Invented a little machine which .is described as the most curious of Its kind that has ever been fashioned. It is a mechanical device for the solution of mathematical questions. Those who have tested it say that within thirty seconds it can solve the most difficult equation that can be framed. The apparatus looks like an ordinary mill for grlnding coffee, its component parts be'ing a crank and a number of copper wheels. When an equation is to be solved the crank is turned, and in eight or ten revolutions the solution is arrived at. Senor Torres has sent a model of the machine to the Academy of Sciences at Paris, and the French scientists who have examined It say that it is one of the wonders of the age.

B«d and Wardrobe. Where no closet is at hand for hanging away the clothing when nol in uss it soon becomes covered with dust from being suspended in the open room from the bedposts and chairs. It is to provide a suitable place to hang this clothing that the combined wardrobe and bedstead here illustrated has been desfgned by Edwin L. Bowring of Grand Rapids, Mich. The device consists essentially of a large, open-faced box. moudted on castors and arranged to slide back of the headboard of the bed when not in use, the latter forming the face of the closet when it is closed, and thus excluding the dirt from the garments suspended within. By attaching the closet to the head of the bed after this manner both room

and lumber are saved, and the convenlenec of having the clothing always handy and ready to put on need not be emphasized. The connection with the bed is made by thin metal strips at the top and bottom, which enter slots in the horizontal boards and serve to prevent the closet from tipping over or separating from the head-board.

A Boon to Women. No longer need the problem of keeping their hats on puzzle the women. Hat-pins, which are so constantly getting themselves unfastened, may be dispensed with, now that a Chicago man has devised a bit of mechanism that renders the hat perfectly secure on the head. Inside of the hat, taking the place of a sweat band, is a rim of metal, and to this are fastened four comb-like attachments Of steel, light and flexible, but strong. When the hat is put on the thumbs of the wearer are pressed against the combs, so as to bend them outward while they pass along the scalp and engage themselves with the hair. Inasmuch as the teeth of the combs press inwardly upon the head, it is out of the question for the hat to get loose.

Alloy Important Metals. Nickel and aluminum have been difficult to alloy on account of the difference between their melting points, which are 1,450 degrees and 600 degrees respectively. A Berlin manufacturer has overcome the difficulty by a special furnace, and in one case by adding copper, with an Intermediate melting point. “Nickel-aluminum” contains nickel and copper, .with aluminum in greatest proportion, the specific gravity being 2.86. It can be rolled into sheets, and has a tensile strength of 16V2 tons per square inch. “Minckin” seems to contain more nickel than the 26 per cent of “new silver,” and is gaining favor for its resistance to corrosion by weak acids, etc.

Simple Door Opener. A door opener is the invention of M. J. Donnell, of St. Louis, designtd primarily for the doors of retail stores at which boys are usually stationed. It consists of a series of rods connecting the door with a lever or wheel, which may be placed any desired distance from the door. By pulling the lever or turning a wheel the operator opens and closes the door noiselessly and one boy can attend to a number of doors connected In the same manner. All the mechanism except the. operation appliances Is placed under the door.

lodine In the lllood. \t!ll\ Bourcet and Stassand, is following-' out the researches of Gley and Bourcet, In which they found that bloofi' ccJ&’ tains normally traces of iodihe, have made the further discovery that the" iodine is contained in the leucocytes (white blood corpuscles) exclusively. Picture friezes have been, formed from jhe smaller In many instances.

ANOTHER REMARKABLE CASE

Wbleh the Doctor* DIM to Cara or Understand. A Medical man aa a rule dislikes to acknowledge the value of a proprietary medicine —in fact, professional etiquette debars him from doing so. Yet there are mahy eminent physicians, those most advanced in their, professions, who give full credit to the great curative properties of Vogeler’B Curative Compound, from the- fact that It Is manufactured by an old and reliable company, proprietors of St. Jacob’s Oil, .from .the formula of a brother physician, who to-day stands in the front ranks of the most eminent medical men In London, and on account of Its intrinsic merit, it ta largely prescribed by the medical- profession; but, in the case which we are about to relate, the attending physician called it “rubbish,” but, as it turned out. Mrs. Nettleton tells the doctor that “rubbish or not, it saved her life.” Mrs. Nettleton graphically relates the particulars of her own case, which will doubtless be of interest to many of onr lady readers: ,“I had been an intense sufferer for many years from dyspepsia, liver and kidney troubles, when a little pamphlet was placed in my hands, and, although at that time I had heen bedridden for more than six months, I determined, after reading some of the wonderful testimonials therein of cases similar to mine, which had been completely cured by the timely use of Vogeler’s Curative Compound; to try some, especially as my doctors failed to even benefit me, and 1 had almost given up all hope of ever being well again. It is most interesting, and, in fact, marvelous to relate, that the very first dose of fifteen drops relieved me. It was not long before I was able to get up and about; three months from taking the first dose I was enjpylng better health than I had been for fourteen years. I continued well until a few months back, when I was taken ill again, my troubles being dyspepsia and constipation. I had a doctor attending me for a month, but continued to grow worse, until I again found myself bedridden, when I bethought myself of my old medicine, Vogeler’s Curative Compound, which I immediately sent for and took in place of the doctor’s medicine; at that time I had not had a movement of the bowels for five days, but Vogeler’s Curative Compound soon put me on my feet again—in fact, completely cured me a second time, but, of course, this attack was not as bad as the first, yet I fully believe I should not have been alive today had it not been for Vogeler’s Curative Compound. If r had only thought to have taken it when my last illness took place, I should not only have been saved much suffering, but a <75 doctor’s bill.” Mrs. Nettleton said: “I have recommended Vogeler’s Curative Compound for indigestion and eczema, and in every case it has proved a cure beyond a doubt. Mr. Swinbank, our chemist, has sent me the names of no end of people who have been cured by Vogeler’s Curative Compound. By the way, the proprietors have so much confidence in this great London physician’s discovery, that they will send a sample free to any person sending name and address and naming this paper.” St. Jacob’s Oil Co, 205 Clay Street, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Nettleton is a confectioner, in the Brighton Road, where she has been established many years, and is honored and respected by all classes. Her statements as regards Vogeler’s Curative Compound may, therefore, be regarded as reliable evidence of its great value. The public, however, may look upon this remarkable statement as one of the many which we are constantly receiving from grateful people all over the world, who have been cured of various maladies by the use of this wonderful remedy, which is the result of an eminent physician’s life-long experience. These people are nearly always representative and well-known citizens.

The Growth of Nebraska.

Nebraska was organized as a territory In 1854, and admitted as a state in 1867. The population as given by the 1900 census was thirty-seven times as large as that given by the census of 1860, the first In which the population of Nebraska appears in the United States census report.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children

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Ex-Empress Eugenie.

A cablegram says Eugenie, widow of Napoleon in., and for a time Regent of the Empire of France, Is spending the last days of her life with four secretaries writing and dictating her mem-

oirs, material for which is being sifted out of some 150 boxes of personal and political papers. These papers have been carefully preserved, since Eugenie left France an exile thirty years ago, and are believed to contain greatly interesting revelations in regard to Napoleon 111. and the causes that led to the faH of the last empire. • The ex-ruler is now 70 years old, and moves about in her house and grounds in an invalid’s chair. She has twice 1 within the last two years been falsely reported dead.

M. de Blowitz Retires.

It is announced that M. do Blowitz has resigned the Paris correspondence of the London Times and retired to private life, and that he has been succeeded by Arthur Fullerton, an American. M. de Blowitz, who is credited /with having invented the interview in journalism, began his work for the Times in 1871, a few months after he had earned the gratitude- and confidence of M. Thiers by notifying the government of the doings of the Com-' mune in Marseilles, where he was a teacher of languages. His intimate relations with the statesmen of Europe has enabled him to give the world news which no other correspondent could get, and his dispatches to the Times, being repeated from London to other

countries, have made him known wherever newspapers are read. _

Our Shoes In Ireland.

At the Gaelic school meeting P. O’Neil Larkin spoke of the coming excursion from America to the Irish exhibition in the city of Cork next May, and made the announcement that two shoe manufacturing firms of this state will establish hoot and shoe factories in Ireland, which will give employment to many hands, and It is expected that several factories will result from the exhibition, which will be the commencement of industrial prosperity in Ireland. —Boston Globe.

Red Dragon of Wales.

There will be rejoicing in Wales, and among loyal Welshmen the world over, now that the Red Dragon of Cadwallader is to find his due place In the Heraldic Achievement of the Princes of Wales. The order of the King in Council is '’that there be added to the achievement of the Prince of Wales the badge of the Red Dragon.” This ancient badge is to be borne —as a badge, of course, and not quartered in’ the shieid of the Prince—on the sinister side (the spectator’s right, that Is)

of the royal crest’ as heir apparent, while the ancient ljadge pf the ostrich feathers Is on the other Side, the crest and the two badges appearing thhs in line over the Shield. . '

Humorous Side to a Coin.

A coin of considerable interest to numismatists has just been sold In Germany. It is o%e Of the few coins in the history of the world which can be accused of having a humorous side to It. Tn 1679 the Danes descended on the port of Hamburg, but their attack proved unsuccessful. The Inhabitants of the town struck a medal to commemorate the occasion. The legend on the coin was as follows: “The King of Denmark has been to Hamburg. If thou wouldst know what he. achieved, look on the other side.” It is needless to add that “the other side” Is a blank.