Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1901 — Page 3
Not Explainable.
“There are a lot of things about women that can’t be explained, and In our business weoan t help noticing them,” said the communicative conductor. “Fpr instance, nine women out of ten will invariably take a seat on the right hand side of a car, if the ear is not crowded. I have often wondered at this, and at I think I have the correct solution. I started out with an empty car the other day, and in five minutes I had picked up seven women, and they all sat in a row on the right hand side of the ear. It was just the hour in the morning when the women come down town to do their shopping. Three men got on, and they sat on the left hand side. Further down I picked up another woman, and instead of taking a vacant seat near the door on the side the other women were sitting, as I thought she would, she walked the entire length of the car and sat down beside one of the men. This bit of eccentricity puzzled me until I went to collect her fare, and then I discovered that she was left-handed. See? All the other women were right-handed.”
Christopher North.
The name and fame of “Christopher North,” once the leading figure in Edinburgh, seem to be held cheap by the present-day magistrates. These gentlemen have just decreed the destruction of the old-time tavern in Gabriel’s Row —now called St. Vincent street—where the “noctes ambrosianae” were wont to be holden. And that, too, despite the appeal of counsel to let it live for'The sake of a great memory. It was condemned on the simple ground that it was little else than a cellar, approached by a flight of “down stairs,” and so hopelessly out of date and unsuited to its aristocratic surroundings.—London Chronicle.
Will Be Well Done.
Cuticus—What are you farmers preparing to do this year? Haycede (absent-mindedly)—Summer boarders, as usual. —Philadelphia Record. Piso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. —J. W. O’Brien, 322 Third avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. Colored globes in the windows of drug stores were first displayed by the Moorish druggists of Arabia and Spain. Mrs. Winslow’s Boothino bybuf tor Children teething; aottrne the gums, reducesinflammation, allays pain cures wind coho. cents a bottle. Self-inspection Is the best cure for selfesteem. —Ruskin.
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20,000 H «Zi T Required to Harvest the Grain Crop of Western Canada! MThe most abundant yield 011 the Continent. Reports are t.hat the average yield of No. 1 Hard Wheat in Western Canada will be over thirty bushels to the acre. The prices for farm help will be excellent. There are splendid Ranching Lands adjoing the wheat belt. Excursions will be run from all points in the United States to the Free Grant Lands. Secure a homo at once; and, it'you wis\i to purchase at iirevailing prices, and secure the advantage of the ow rates, apply for literature, rates, etc., etc., to F. Pedley, Supt. Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to C. J. Broughton, 1223 Monaduock Bldg., Chicago; N. Bartholomew, 306 6th-st., Des Moines, Iowa; M. V. Mclnnes, No. 2 Merrill Blk., Detroit, Mich.; J. Grieve, Saginaw, Miqh.; T. O. Currie, 1 New Insurance Building, Milwaukee, Wis.; E. T. Holmes, Indianapolis, Ind., Agents for the Government of Canada. When visiting Buffalo, do not fail to see the Canadian Exhibit at the Pan-American. MAPS BY THS MAKtRS OF SMI Wg I i Hmll OILED CLOTHING have tnemni points Effiteag OFCKtUJNCE AND GIVE COHPkETI SATISFACTION. A Skin of Beauty la a Joy Forever; D“- c &aF'JJ So Pimple, rrvex;,.. MW A. Moth Palehss. K»ah, ud skin ■ „«> 5 -*y_ dlsessss, and wery blemish on /<zrlsu>odtiw um oru Site» Jr YA ty/ Xz to be sure It to prop. S 3 T ■'■JZ KI ' rly mode. Aoeopt S'- A V T», I no oounterfelt of tl / similar name.Dr.L. 14. Fl "• aayro said to a XJ Ms ,/ \ lady Um. haunon / JRVas ) I \ I recommend •QourrAW ACJ t ;!o*>s 8 ” ln Fof’ •V >• all Druggtote aM r*ncy-Goods Dealers ta ths U. 8., Canadas and Europa. rtltD. T. Borann. I’r.p‘r, n Groat Jobss st, N.T.
AN ARMY SCANDAL.
Captain Strong and Lady Hope Fignra in a Seasatioa. May Yohe, the American actress, has at last got rid of her husband, though, paradoxically, the latter has by no means been relieved of her. As the companion of Putnam Bradlee Strong, son of the late ex-Mayor of New York, she has sailed to join the lotus eaters in Japan, there to live a life of pleasure, free from the censure and the social ostracism which such a life would invite here. One life she has already ruined, that of her legal husband, Lord Hope. Another life she seems to be leading along the same pathway, that of Putnam Bradlee Strong. His infatuation for her was such that he resigned from the army in order to be in her society and only consideration for him on account of his honorable father prevented his being epurtmartialed. While under orders to sail for the Philippines he telegraphed from San Francisco his resignation as captain to the Secretary of War. Mr. Root would have refused to accept it and would have ordered a court-martial were it not that the President interposed and for the sake of the father saved the son from the consequence of his rashness and fatuity. The couple were ostracised in San Francisco. The leading hotels and res-
CAPT. STRONG AND LADY HOPE.
taurants closed their doors in their faces and they were constrained to patronize the cheaper restaurants, and even these were not overpleased with the attention. Finally the pair under assumed names left for Japan. While the wife of Lord Hope by thus accompanying Strong has abandoned her legal husband the latter, strangely, can take no action to divorce her. The head of the family is his brother, the Duke of Newcastle. He holds the family purse strings and on him Is dependent Lord Hope. But the duke is opposed to divorce in any form. And thus May Yohe legally bears the title of Lady Hope and one day, despite her disgrace, may become a duchess of Newcastle, for her abandoned husband' is the legal successor of the present childless duke. In case Lord Hope should succeed to the dukedom within the next few years it is doubtful .if the courts would issue him a decree of divorce. According to numerous precedents they would hold that he had waited too long.
"CORN KING” CLOSES SHOP.
Board of Trade Firm of George H. Phillips & Co. Sn«ponds. George IL Phillips, the “com king,” about whom has clustered many of the commercial surprises of Chicago recently, furnished another sensation Thursday when he announced through circular letters mailed to his customers that he was forced for the time being to suspend the business of the George H. Phillips Company. The cause of the temporary suspension is attributed to the irregularities on the books of the firm on the celebrated May corn deal, which has gone down in the history of the commercial world as one of the most daring feats of the kind. A sensation was created on the Board of Trade when it became known that Phillips, who engineered two gigantic deals in May and September corn and
GEORGE H. PHILLIPS.
who has been regarded as one of the moat brilliant young speculators on the board, had transferred his open trades to another firm, and that the books of his company had been placed in the hands of an attorney. Instantly there began to fly about the trading pit rumors that Phillips was in financial straits and that he was unable to swing his holdings. Old-time speculators have been prophesying ever since Phillips sprung into sudden prominence in the corn pit that it was only a matter of time until' the young speculator would meet his Waterloo, and they accepted his action of Thursday as the arrival of the crisis. Phillips, they say, is long on practically all of his holdings—namely, oats, 1,000,000 bushels; corn, (100,000 bushels, and wheat, 400,000 bushels. The company wns incorporated in November, 1900, with a capital of $30,000.
Brief News Items.
At Sulphur Springs, Texas. Will Fit* was shot and instantly killed by M. L. Parrish, the result of a law suit At Midlothian, Texas, Mm. Bettie Me- . Elroy was burned to death as the result of the explosion of a kerosene can with Which she Was kindling a fire.
ROB SAFE AND ESCAPE.
Four Men Loot Office of Chicano Suburban Kailway and Get S7OO. Four men, armed with revolvers and carrying with them a quantity of dynamite, entered the offices of the Suburban Railway Company, 22d street and Harlem avenue, Chicago, early Monday morning, gagged and bound two employes in charge of the place and then secured S7OO from the safe, which they blew open with explosives. William Ness and James Bortuch, the two victims, with their arms and legs securely tied and with pieces of cloth stuffed down their throats so they could not utter a sound, were thrown in the coal bin in the rear of the plant. After spending three hours in frantic efforts to release themselves, they were found at 5 o’clock by conductors reporting for day duty. Ness and Bortuch arei employed by the company to protect the money whfrh is left in the offices over night. Sunday night, after the last conductor had turned in his day’s receipts. S7OO, or probably more, was placed in the large iron box for safe keeping. At about 2 o’clock Ness told his companion that he was going to step outside to get some fresh air. No sooner had he opened the front door than four desperate-looking men, each carrying a revolver in his hand, confronted him. They pushed Ness back into the office at the points of their weapons. At the same time they were closely watching the actions of Bortuch, who was making an effort to escape through a rear door. They soon covered him with their pistols, and threatened to kill both if they made further attempts to free themselves or screamed for assistance. The quartette of robbers bound and gagged their victims. Then Ness and Bortuch were thrown in the coal bin and ordered to remain there under penalty of death. The robbers then returned to the office to complete their work. One man stood outside as a “lookout,” while his three companions began operations on the safe. After a hole had been bored near the combination of the strong box the explosive was used. A second later there was a deafening sound and the door of the safe flew from its hinges. After the large sacks of coin had been exposed the men began to pick up the money that had been scattered over the floor. They filled their pockets and then left as quietly as they had entered.
NEWS FROM OUR COLONIES.
Adulteration of indigo by the natives of the Philippines has almost ruined the export market for this product of the archipelago, and has cut the price in half. According to reports received at the War Department, years ago indigo wns one of the important products of the islands. In quality the Philippine article compared favorably with the best grade of the Guatemalan product. It used to bring from 61 to 65 cents per pound', but in 1875 the price fell to 23 cents. At present it fluctuates between 30 and 35 cents. The decline in price was brought about by the deterioration in the quality, that resulted in a greatly lessened demand. The cause of this deterioration is explained by the fact that years ago the native growers knew and practiced only the most primitive methods of preparing indigo, but with the arrival of large numbers of Chinese in the Philippines, the original process was abandoned and the natives began to imitate the Chinese practice of adulteration. It was found ■that by the admixture of a small quantity of lime with the indigo the coloring matter could be precipitated and the product prepared for the market in a much shorter period. While the more rapid process provided a source of temporary profit, the effect upon the quality of the indigo was soon discovered by the purchaser, and the Philippine product, owing to its extensive use of lime, • fell into discredit in foreign markets.
During a long talk on affairs in the island of Guam, Gov. Tilley recently gave President McKinley some valuable and interesting information. One of the curious facts brought out was that civilization had introduced tuberculosis on the islands. Before the advent of the trousers, shirt and coat the native did not suffer from colds and coughs. When it rained he or she smeared the body with oil of cocoa and the rain had no effect. The native, however, has not learned how to handle the wet shirt or trousers emergency and the American clad native is therefore contracting the diseases consequent on wet clothes dried on the body. The native mothers, it is said, were wofully ignorant about how to rear babies. The diet never changed when the children were sick. If they had cholera infantum they were dosed with bananas, cocoanuts or raw sweet pickles, whichever happened to be in stock. But for all this Gov. Tilley declared people of Guam are a manly, vigorous race, tractable and anxious to become good citizens. Gov. Tilley impressed on the President that there were great needs tor the islanders for industrial ami agricultural education. Their ideas were as yet very crude, but they were making progress.
Cuba has a population of about 1,500,000. of whom 910.000 are native whites, 142.000 foreign whites, 234,000 pureblood negroes, 2811,000 mulattoes or halfbreeds and 14,000 Chinese. More than 40 per cent are unable to read or write, and having always been subject to tyranny, do not possess the slightest comprehension of the principles of self-goverri-ment. ’Uhe insular government nt Manila has saved $250,000 by the passage of an act virtually declaring the stone quarries at Mariveles, in the Bataan province, public domain and authorizing the use of the stone in the harbor improvement. A Spanish company is alleged to have established title to the quarries.
Copper deposits in the province of Lepanto, nenr Mount Data, P. 1., have been worked by the Igorrotes since before the Spanish discovery of the archipelago. These barbarians, who are heathens, living in squalor, have developed industrially to a Kurprisingly high point, and the skill they exhibit in the extraction and working of metals is extraordinary. They turn out copper kettles no less than three and a half feet in diameter, and they also make numerous kinds of implements and ornaments out of the same metal.
Patronize those who advertise.
REBUKED THE BISHOP.
Mountain Woman Taught Him a LeaHon in Patience. Bishop Whittle, so well known and beloved here, tells the following little story, which may serve as an object lesion for some of the nervous and irritable. "I was holding meetings in a lonely mountain district,” said the bishop. “The people were poor and ignorant, and had to come a long way to attend the services, but they usually showed up iu time. One night I was feeling sick, nervous, easily rattled. Right down in front of the crowd facing me sat a handsome young woman with a child in her arms. The child began whimpering and crying. It kept on, every minute it threatened to yell aloud, and I could not fix my attention on the audience for its wailing. Every word I uttered was punctuated by a cry or gasp, and finally I became so rattled that I could endure It no longer. ’Madam,’ I skid, addressing the mother, ’will you not take your child out of the room, I find it useless to preach while it is making such a disturbance.’ “ ‘No, sir; I will not,’ was the reply. T have carried this child four miles over a rough mountain road in order to hear you to-night, and if I had patience enough to do that you should have enough to stand my child’s crying.’ “Never was I so reproved.” said the bishop. “That ignorant woman gave me a lesson I have never forgotten. The fatigue and discomfort she endured in order to hear the word of God was. a rebuke to my display of nervous irritability, and possibly the child, penned up in a close, crowded room with strange faces around it had as just cause for complaint as I.”
Birds Compete in Song.
Nightingale competitive concerts are held every year during April in various cities in Japan. The main feature of this quaint recreation is to bring together tame nightingales of melodious voice, according to the accepted standard of connoisseurs, and to let each of these nightingales sing in turn. By this singing the value of the songsters as to their musical talent is determined. The method adopted in collecting the concert expenses is peculiar, for the amount levied on the owners of the songsters is greater as their exhibits get a higher grade. According to the Japan Times, this refined competition is more popular in Nagasaki than anywhere else in Japan, and that consequently the best songsters command an extraordinary price in that city, as much as 1,000 yen a bird. In Tokyo they can hardly fetch more than 300 yen.
It Pays to Read Newspapers.
Cox, Wis., Aug. s.—Frank M. Russell of this pJace had Kidney Disease so badly that he could not walk. He tried doctors’ treatment and many different remedies, but was getting worse. He was very low. He read in a newspaper how Dodd’s Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kidney Trouble, Bright’s Disease and Rheumatism, and thought he would try them. He took two boxes, and now lie is quite well. He says: “I can now work all day. and not feel tired. Before using Dodd’s Kidney Pills I couldn’t walk across the floor.” Mr. Russell’s is the most wonderful case ever known in Chippewa County. This new remedy—Dodd’s Kidney Pills —is making some miraculous cures in Wisconsin.
Holland Keeps the Ocean at Bay.
There are at present about 1,000 miles of sea dikes in the Netherlands. The total length of dikes Is difficult to estimate, and even if it could be estimated would mean but little, for it must be remembered that the dikes have for the most part in the course of time been destroyed and rebuilt repeatedly. It has not been so much a question of building them as It has been of maintaining them and keeping them where they were. Besides protecting the country from the invasions of both fresh and salt waters, the dikes have served to reclaim no less that 210,000 acres, nearly all of which are good, fertile land.
Half Rates to Wisconsin and Michigan Resorts.
Aug. 1 to 10, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway will sell excursion tickets from Chicago to the summer resorts of Wisconsin and Michigan at rate of one fare (minimum rate $4.00) for round trip, limit Oct. 31. The. list of resorts includes Milwaukee, Waukesha. Palmyra, Madison, Kilbourn, Elkhart Lake. Pewaukee, Lakeside, Hartland. Nashotah. Oconomowoc, Sparta, Marquette, Houghton, Ontonagon, Sault Ste. Marie, St. Ignace, Minocqua and Star Lake. Through sleeping cars to Marquette. Calumet. Minocqua and Star Lake and frequent traius with parlor cars to nearby resorts. Full information at ticket office, 95 Adams street, or at Union Passenger station, Canal, Madison and Adams streets.
Her Handwriting.
Brown—Hullo! What’s the matter? Green—l’m in an awful fix. I proposed to Miss Grey by letter and have just got her answer. Brown—And she’s refused you? Green—l dop't know. I can't read the letter. (Collapses once more.) —The King.
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Her Answer.
He—Dearest Miss Smith—Maudie—will yon share my lot? She —Yes —if—if it really is a lot, Freddie.— Pick-Me-Up. FITS The average Chinaman doesn't feel that he needs Christianity. He has excellent teachings of hie own which he doean't follow.—Puck.
MEMBER OF rDftl , SANDWICH CONGRESS rKOB ISLANDS
Cured of Catarrh of the Stomach by Pe-ru-na.
CONGRESSMAN R. W. WILCOX. Delegate to Congress from Hawaii.
Hon. Robert W. Wilcox, Delegate to Congress from Hawaii and the Sandwich Islands, In a recent letter from Washington, D. C., writes: “I have used Perun a for dyspepsia, and I cheerfully give you this testimonial. Am satisfied If It Is used
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