Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1902 — Page 2

BEAUTIFUL SCENERY IN PORTUGAL

A writer in an eastern newspaper, describing a tour recently made in Portugal, makes the following interesting observations: “After month upon month of festivals, terminating in the big flare up of the royal visit, Ponta Delgada, settles Itself down by the middle of July, into a hot, malodprbus lethargy that moves you to seek some means of escape. You naturally turn your attention to places outside the city, and the suggestion of a day at Sete Cidades (Seven Cities) offers one day of relief from the torpid unsavory town. Sete Cidades is the eastern one of the two great craters of St. Michael’s, between which Ponta Delgada lies, and is a tiny town in the small valley between seven peaks, grim sentinels standing guard where once a greater peak, whose inward Are was its own destruction, frowned out over the island and the sea on either side. It goes without saying that about these seven peaks hangs the usual legend of the hoary monarch, his one beautiful daughter and the seven impassable gates, and so forth, that with more or fess variation is told about every eet of seven peaks or seven lakes to be found anywhere. "It is not the little valley with its worn-out traditions, not the little lake supposed to be half of green and half of blue, nor yet the surrounding seven-peaked coronet of hills that makes Sete Cidades an ineffaceable incident in one’s journeyings. But it is beauty, not evil entreatment, over which memory lingers when Sete Cidades recurs to mind, beauty that is seen on the journey thither, and above all from the crater’s edge, rather than tn the valley' Itself. To do the trip as it should be done go with some one who has been over the ground before; go, if you will, under the guidance of a native Azo'rean gentleman, who speaks English and, indeed, expresses himself in many languages when in temper, and in all others when out of temper." There is such a one here, who will take care of your whole party, and all the day's arrangements, even to the weather, though when your appointed day comes it is not only showery but misty as well. But good San Antonio, what is to be done? The carriages have been ordered since a week ago, the donkeys will be there at the beginning of the trail to meet the ’carriages, and—and there between the showers is a rift of fair sky and a dash of sunshine, and, perhaps, Nosaa Senhora ? Yes, yes*; without <loubt she will, for there are English in the party, English senhoras, and isn't the whole party itself from that glorious United States of America? Surely for the honor of the Portuguese nation Our Lady will look after the weather;’ besides the carriages are already paid for—enough! The Scotsman hath a saving mind, and the Jew is some'what thrifty, but your true Azorean will use what he has paid for though it take his whole year’s income in doctor’s bills.

“So you pile into your particular

New Washington Statue

'The New Statue of Washington, Modeled by Giuseppe Morette, Is Soon To Be Placed in the Magnificent Residence of Peter Gibson in New York City.

LI HUNG CHANG’S CYNICISM.

One Promoter who Admitted He Wanted to Make Money. The late Eugene Stanislas Kostzka de Mitkiewicz used to tell a story ol <he cynicism $f Li Hung Chang. MitIdewicz, a professional “promoter,” spent some of the best years ‘o' his life. ♦n an unsuccessful attempt to engineer ♦he establishment of a great ChinoJUnerican bank. Millions were inwolved and it was necessary to secure ♦he favor of Earl Li. Mitkiewicz obtained an interview with him and explained his scheme. The Chinaman listened gravely. "It is a philanthropic pi»»» is it not?" he said at length. "You PssUs by means of this bank to bring

carriage, after the usual argument with your voluble guide as to which shall not occupy the place of honor; the customary accompaniment of coats, blankets, bottles, umbrellas and bags—without which no native ever travels in this warm climate —are loaded on top of you, and you are off

on one of these wonderful 6t. Micheal's drives, first along the top of the sea cliff, then north Into the mountains. Your carriage can be closed if necessary, so you fret not for the ■weather, which naturally settles down to be fine, until you come to a full stop a mile or two beyond the last village, and are bustled out, bag and baggage, to await the tardy donkey; it is here, just as the carriage gets

about moral and social reforms in my country, I suppose. You wish to civilize us, to save our souls.” “We wish to do nothing of the kind,” answered the adventurer. "This is simply and solely a commercial enterprise. “We don’t care a rap for your morals, and I may say for myself, personally, that it. is a matter of supreme indifference to me whether any of your souls are saved or not.” Li’s almond eyes twinkled. "Ah,” he said, according to the New York Times, “you are not like other Europeans who come to China. They are all interested In our moral well-being. You say you want merely to make money. It is strange. I have heard of such men before, but till now

beyopd call, that the rain begins a good, steady downpour. Your valuable guide grows still more loquacious: ‘Ah, Jesu—What can Our Lady be thinking out? I will question her.’ He takes off his hat as he raises his eyes to the home of the Lady without Stain, and the rain beats on his hair-

less pate till he Is glad to clap the hat on again, explaining to Nossa Senhora that she can’t possibly expect him to pray to her till she intercedes for drier weather, whereupon he forsakes prayers for anathemas, running excitedly up and down the road in wild search for the delinquent donkeys and their unsuspecting drivers. “To you the deJay is delightful, for you have long since climbed across the

JAPAN’S MILLIONAIRES.

Tcf r.icli Si er tn United 6ta<te» to One In Japan. The Jlji Shlmpo has made a curious census of the rich men of Japan. Tlie object of its investigations was to ascertain how many persons there are in the empire possessed of > fortune of 500,000 yen, which is equal to $250,000, says Japan and American. The total number of these quarter-million-aires is 441. One-third of the number reside in Tokio, and the great majority are found, of course, in the capital and file progressive cities of Osaka, Koto, Kobe and Yokohama. The result shows that there are ten rich men in the United States to one rich man in Japan, even when $1,000,000 is accepted as a standard in the United States and $250,000 in the Japanese empire. The proportion, however, is not so much against Japan as may at first appear. The rich men of the latter country, even the bankers and financiers, have their, largest holdings in land. They have not yet specialized the business of money making as it has been in this country and therefore the basis of fortunes is more stable. Again, it is estimated that a dollar in Japan is equal in the amount it will purchase of comfort and luxury, to four or five dollars in the United States. With this consideration in view it will be seen that the apparently small fortunes of the Japanese wealthier classes are really much larger than they seem. The period of business and industrial development has just begun and fortunes are being made more rapidly now than they were ten or even five years ago. This is shown by the tremendous growth of the Japanese

I have never met a European who had not the spiritual good of China at heart.”

How to Help the Fallen.

“Icy pavements are now with us,” said a Camden man, “and women are beginning to fall frequently. Do you know the right way to help them up? I ask you tnis because I see all about me in the winter time prostrate women and men making monkeys of them and of themselves by offering help that is not helpful. For instance, down goes a young woman. A young man rushes to her, and, standing before her, takes both her hands. Then he pulls, but since she has nothing to brace her feet

road and Into one of the earth caves by the roadside dug by the country people for the very purpose to which you now put It. Safely ensconced therein you divide your attention between the unapproachable loveliness of rain on lofty mountain tops, and the pitched battle in the air, amid a scene

of picturesque beauty hardly equaled on the earth.”

Inordinate Vanity.

“Jackson loves to see his name in print, doesn’t he?” “I should say so. Why, the morning after he was married he got up at 5 o’clock to read the wedding notices in the papers.”—Town Topics.

shipbuilding industry and tn the accumulated fortunes at many financiers cf Tokio and Yokohama. It is conceivable that another decade may see Tokio the great financial metropolis of the East, as London is of Europe and New York is of the American eontinent. Japan’s day has just dawned, and it is idle to contrast the beginnings of her accumulations of wealth with the results, of acquisitions in this country and in Europe.—New York Press.

Wouldn't Stand for It.

"T hardly think my wife sees the joke yet,” said' Brown with a smile, “and I am also inclined to think that she has an idea that T was deliberately trying to create a false impression, to which I-plead guilty. One night last wefek T thought I heard some one prowling about the house, and as there have been a number of houses broken into lately I concluded that the noise was made by burglars. As T sat up in bed listening I chanced to glance into the next room; the door of our bedroom being open, and there stood a sure-enough burglar coolly examining our silverware. With this startling discovery came the chilling though that I hadn’t such a thing as a firearm in the house. But I determined to run a bluff, so turning to my wife I said in a loud-voice: ‘Where’s my revolver?’ ‘John,’ she answered in a voice equally as loud, ‘there isn’t such a thing in this house and you know it!’ ’—Detroit Free Press. Hope may be the lodestones of life, but those who cling to its anchor must expect to sometimes trail through the mire.

she slides along in an undignified way. Another woman falls and the man who runs to her gives her his hand. She takes it, so as not to hurt his feelings, but it is a hindrance to her Instead of a help, for, unless she is being actually lifted up, she needs both her hands in rising—one to arrange her skirts with, the other to press on the pavement as a kind of lever. The proper way to assist a woman to her feet,” said the Camden man, according to the Philadelphia Record, “is to stand before her, saying with a smile and a soothing gesture, ‘Remain perfectly still please,’ and then step gallantly to the rear, put your hands under her arrns and raise her with a firm grip.”

Scientific Notes.

In Southern California an ingenious inventor has constructed a huge combination of lenses and reflectors whereby the heat of the sun is made tb run machinery, pump water and do other hard labor. In various parts of the world inventors have built machines to utilize the wave motions of the ocean. The next thing, you will be saying, someone will have harnessed cyclones and made them do man’s work. That very thing has already been done. At least, so an inventor claims. According to this man. Prof. B. B. Britts, his machine Is far superior to any other means of using natural forces. The secret of the construction of his contrivance is carefully guarded, but, as soon as the patents are thoroughly established, he promises to give a public exhibition with the first stiff breeze that comes along. One of the most remarkable claims of the Inventor is that his apparatus is applicable to locomotives, and that it will displace eletricity and compressed air In propelling street cars. All sorts of locomotion or navigation are possible, says Prof. Britts, and he promises to make steam power a thing of the past.

Intelligence of Ants. The conclusion of a series of papers on the American ants printed in the American Naturalist by Prof. W. M. Wheeler Is as follows: It Is quite unnecessary to assume the existence of anything beyond Instinct and simple intelligence in the ants which form compound and mixed nests; there are no evidences of ratiocination in ants. This conclusion, however, even if It be extended so as to exclude all animals except man from a participation In this faculty, does not imply the admission of a qualitative difference between the human and the animal psyche. Milk in Powder Form. Dr. M. Ekenberg of Gothenberg has made a discovery which will be of importance in dairy farming. He claims to have invented an apparatus by which milk can be brought into the form of a powder, like flour in appearance, but possessing all the qualities of milk in concentrated form, moisture excepted. It is said that this milk flour Is completely soluble In water and can be used for all purposes for which common milk is employed.

Boot and Shoe Drier. When the farmer or laboring man comes in from a day’s work in the wet he wants a safe and convenient place to dry out the boots which he must put on again in the morning. Sometimes he uses the stove shelf or the oven, but the housewife is apt to complain or the boots may accidentally

scorch. In the picture is to be seen an apparatus designed especially for this work which may be put up in any convenient place and can be left in operation all night, if desired, thus providing warm boots to put on in the morning. The drier consists of an inverted pan, with two tubes projecting vertically from the upper side, and provided with projecting fingers to hold the boot high enough to prevent shutting oft the current of air circulated from the flame below. It will be noticed that arrangement is made for adjusting the drier at different heights from the lamp and with the aid of this and the variation of the flame the apparatus can be fixed to maintain a small amount of heat throughout the night. The inventor is Henry C. Mansfield of Chico, Cal. Luminous Mushrooms. Mr. Mac Alpine has printed a research on luminous mushrooms,, of which he enumerates twenty-one different species. Eleven of these belong to the genus Pleurotus and five of them are found only in Australia. The luminosity is not due to the presence of phosphorescent bacteria, but is due to a process of combustion, which depends on the presence of oxygen and on high temperature. It is not affected by humidity. It is probably useful in attracting insects that disseminate the spores. A Thousand Millian San*. At the Glasgow meeting of the British Association Lord Kelvin interested a large audience with his calculations of the piohable total amount of gravitational matter in the visible universe. He showed that if, 25,000,000 years ago, 1,000,000,000 masses, each equal to our sun, had been distributed through a sphere about 18,000,000,000,-* 000,000 miles in radius, they would now have acquired velocities about equal to those known to be possessed by the stars visible to us. Therefore it is probable that the total amount of gravitational matter in the visible uni-

verse does not differ much from that of 1,000,000,000 suns.—Youth’s Companion. "• Rapid Envelope Opener. The ordinary envelope opener must be inserted under the edge of the flap with great care, lest the contents of the envelope be damaged in ripping the flap, and If a man Is in a hurry he generally tears the letter open with his hand instead of bothering with the cutter. Perhaps the ingenious device here pictured will recommend Itself to the busy man as a handy complement to his desk outfit. The inventor is Harry H. Bowerman of Loreley, Md., and he claims that his arrangement will dip the end of an envelope instantly without danger to the contents. As will be seen by a glance at the cut, a rotary cutting blade, is pivoted under-

neath the V-shaped trough which carries the envelope. All that is necessary to put the cutter in operation is to strike the envelope a smart blow to slide the contents to one side, insert the oppposite end in the trough and press the wire bale attached to the two gear wheels. As these wheels ar® geared to the small wheels at either end of the revolving cutter the latter is rotated by the depression of the bale, causing the spiral blade to clip the edge from the envelope projecting through the slot in the trough. A spring raises the bale as soon as the finger Is lifted, and the cutter is then ready for the next envelope.

Cheap Reproductions of Maps. The Surveyor-General of India in a late report gives an account of a new process for the reproduction of field maps, etc., by obtaining an image in transfer Ink upon a zinc plate directly from a black and white original drawing. The process is cheaper than pho-to-zincography or lithography and occupies less time. Thin zinc plates are coated with a sensitizing solution made up of fish glue (1 oz.) gelatine (60 grains) bichromate of ammonium (45 grains) water (12 oz.). The subject for reproduction is placed face. upward with the zinc plate above in close contact, and the subsequent operations comprise exposure to sunlight for a minute or so, the development of a negative image, inking of the plate and development Of a positive image.

Do Planets Influence Sun Spots? Mr. Birkeland has continued his calculations to determine whether the periodic changes in the area of the spotted regions of the sun’s surface are in any degree due to gravitational disturbances produced by either of the planets Mercury, Venus or Jupiter. His latest calculations cover the period 1892-96, and bis conclusions is that we must seek for other causes than planetary influence to explain the sun spot period and that in future it is idle to look for the cause of this period outside of the solar sphere itself. A Handy Plow-Scraper. A combination snow plow and road scraper may be largely constructed from material to be found on nearly every farm, the services of the blacksmith; being needed only to place the strips of sheet iron over the points of the runners. Fig. 1 in the cut shows the skeleton of the combination tool; Fig. 2, how the point is ironed after the two pieces are joined; Fig. 3, the for-’ mation of the cross: braces, and Fig. 4, the tool complete. Little explanation is needed of the illustration, but care should be used that the material selected- is tough, yet light, that the tool will not be cumbersome to. handle. If desired, the runnels or shoes may be

ironed to add to the durability of the tool.

Explorers In Good Health. the British Antarctic exploration ship. Discovery, arrived at Littleton, New Zealand, November 29. All on board were well and in good spirits. The pack ice was encountered in latitude G 3.5 and longitude 14.1 east, but pressure of time prevented a thorough investigation of the ice. Interesting collections had been made, however during the voyage. Senator Frye has a love for novels His camp on the Rangeley Lakes, in Maine, is stocked with all kinds’ oi Action, from the thrilling tale of “Mysterious Miek, the Irish Detective,’’ to the world-famous works of Balzac.

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