Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1907 — Page 3

PAPERS BY THE PEOPLE.

A GIANT COFFEE CORNER.

No country or organization has ever attempted to control the price of a commodity on anything like the colossal scale that Is now being resorted to by the government of Brazil, and a group of merchants and bankers associated with It, to prevent a furthest decline in the price of coffee. On Aug. 0, / f506, ? the President of Brazil signed the so-called valorization bill, providing for a 575,000,000 bond issue

by the States of Sao Paulo, Minas and Rio, the three cof-fee-producing States of Brazil, and guaranteed by the general government. Already a large proportion of the loan has been placed, and with .the proceeds about 7,500,000 bags of coffee have been purchased by the government and set aside with the purpose of raising the price of -coffee. Enemies of the valorization scheme assert that It must ultimately fail, as anything In the nature of an attempted corner Is sure to do, since it is contrary to the laws of political economy. The friends of the scheme deny that any effort Is being made to corner coffe or to create a trust or monopoly In that commodity, and certainly in spite of the heroic efforts that are being made to support the price of that article there has been no evidence In the movement «f prices since the valorization law went Into effect to warrant the assumption that any corner Is likely.—Van Norden Magazine.

WOMEN NEED HIGHER EDUCATION.

JAMES BRYCE.

young persons of ability and intelligence above, but not necessarily far above, the average. It Is enough for us to say that, taking all but the few leading spirits of each age. the faculties of men and women are practically equal and generally similar. Women can do a great deal In rousing and shaping public opinion. Women are quite as well qualified to master economic principles as men are, and they even are better qualified to apply those principles in the dally work of administration. They have more tact, more sympathy, more patience, more willingness to take trouble to comprehend the smallest details. Where the work to be done is for the benefit of children, and no work is more important, they plainly are the best fitted for it. America

THE KINSHIP OF KINGS.

It la Not a Very Powerful Tie When Commerce Is at Stake. If alliance by klnsblp could guarantee the peace of nations, Great Britain to in a position to maintain friendly relations with nearly all the countries of Europe, 6ays the Philadelphia Ledger. The birth of an heir to the throne of Spain brings that country Into close association with England, as far as royal relationship goes. King Edward married the daughter of a ruler who was called “the grandfather of Europe,’’ and a British journal recalls with much gratification the designation of King Edward as “the uncle of Europe.” The British monarch Is second cousin to the King of Belgium, to the King of Portugal and to Ferdinand, the elected Prince of Bulgaria. Among the nephews and nleees of Edward VII. are the present or expectant rulers of Russia, Germany, Greece and Sweden. The King's daughter Maud was married in 1890 to Prince Karl of Denmark, now King Haakon VII. of Norway. These are Austro-Britißh royal.relationships. A collateral kinship exists between the King of Italy and King Edward, and an indirect connection can be traced between the British monarch and the King of Servia, the Queen of Holland and the royal house of France, if that be worth mentioning. It is Impossible to say what Influence these direct and indirect bonds between the British dynasty and continental rulers would have In keeping the peace of Europe if It were menaced by a substantial dispute. Royal relatlonshipshave not prevented war In the past and most persons will not place much confidence In such connections as factors for peace In the future. National sentiment counts for more In these days than the personal Interests of sovereigns. Whatever the effort. It Is obviously one of the purposes of royal marriages to cement the friendships of nations, finch alliances arc often affairs of state rather than of personnl affection, but they have not superseded the necessity for the political alliances, offensive and defensive, under which the rations are grouped. The ties of royal kinship do not appear ns part of the motive for such political alliances and we Imagine that they would prove to he only a slight deterrent if they were the only obstacle to a collision. The Interruption of commerce In the modern age Is'a much morn powerful preventive of International warfare than the kinship of kings, and commerce Is the only unwritten alliance that counts for much as a peace factor.

The Emerald Isle.

Ireland is called tbe Emerald Isle because of tbe richness of Its verdure, the term being first used by Dr. William Drennnn, the author of ‘’Gleudalloch" and other poems, published In tbe latter part of the eighteenth century. It'a a brave nran who will marry a twin.

By A. W. Atwood.

By James Bryce.

it is true that the greatest geniuses have not been women. Perhaps they ~ make a better showing against men In the world of affairs than In the world .of pure thought, which seems odd when one considers how seldom they have had the chance of showing high statesmanship. But the argument that the greatest men have surpassed the greatest women really Is quite beside the present question. Colleges and universities are not Intended for Platos, and Newtons, and Goethes. They are Intended, for

Indications Prove Words Are Arranged There Like Library Books. Disorders of speech, due to physical damage In the brain, show that words are there arranged somewhat like books on library shelves. When a man, therefore, learns a new language he has to provide a new shelf for Its words. This Is proved by the caße, among many others like It, of a man who, besides his mother English, learned French, Latin and Greek. Ho became word-blind In English, but still could read French, though with some mistakes, and Latin with fewer mistakes than French, while Greek he eouki read perfectly—showing that his English shelf was ruined, his French shelf damaged, his Latin shelf less so, while his Greek row escaped entirely. Other Instances show that the books may be so Jammed sidewise, so to speak, that not one of them can be got out, In which case the event proves that on ench shelf the verbs are placed first, the pronouns next, then the prepositions and adverbs and the nouns last. A man was brought to my clinic -who- could not utter a word. My. diagnosis asoril>ed bis disability to a tumor- J like swelling in the speech area, which might b® absorbed by giving him lodide of potassium. I then had blm removed so that he could not hear what was said, while I told the class that If he recovered he would very likely get his verbs first, and his nouns last When he returned two weeks afterward, on my showing him a knife he said : “You cut;" a pencil, “Yon write,” etc. Three weeks later he bad all bis preposltlona, but he could name no noun for several weeks afterward. The reasons

ANIMAL ORIGINALLY HAD FIVE TOES, BUT FOUR WERE WORN AWAY.

The horse had originally five fully developed toes, but In the course of ages the two at each side wore away, and the middle one was developed until it became the hoof, as.it Is now seen. The evolution of the horse’s hoof is illustrated by the analogy of the human hand, where the middle finger represents the toe of t|ie horse which has remained in use In the hoof of the modern horse two narrow spllntbonea still represent former toes.—lllustrated London News.

WORD SHELVES IN BRAIN.

never wll} forget what was done by the women who oamc from the North to teach the colored children after the Civil War. Every one among ns, young or old, man or woman, ought to have some kind of Interest, some line of study, or some form of practical work outside the direct and main business of bis life, something to which the mind can turn for relief from that business. It often is hard to secure this second outside interest, perhaps as hard for women as for men, because they are subject to more frequent domestic Interruptions and are apt to be entangled In a coll of so-called social duties, mostly useless. But we must all try to secure It.

AMERICAN PATENT LAWS.

The whole system of the patent laws In this country Is quite wrong. This Is the way It operates: A man sends in an application for a patent He has to pay a certain sum to have the patent granted him. It is a comparatively small sum. This, of course, is in addition to whatever he pays his agent or commissioner for securing the patent. Now, If the government finds that he Is not entitled to a patent

bis fee Is returned to him. Now, look what happens under the present erroneous system of granting patents. The government does not want to refund the money, and in consequence the country Is deluged with a mass of useless patents. The great majority of themore not original or are not Inventions. They are only distorted applications of the real Inventor’s Idea. This reckless and wholesale Issuance of patents Is a detriment to the genius who gives the world an Invention. If his invention is of any real value there will bo a thousand other men who spring ut> with slight modifications on It and also get patents. The real inventor Is thus robbed of the proceeds of his genius, aud the United States Is afflicted with continual and ceaseless litigation on the subject

POSTOFFICE AND CRIME DETECTION.

GEO. B. CORTELYOU.

Inal.” —North American Review.

EVOLUTION OF HORSE’S HOOF.

By Justice David J. Brewer.

By George B. Cortelyou.

It will be readily understood that the guarding of the malls for the purpose of keeping at the minimum the manifold abuses to which they are inherently subject Is a task of great magnitude; but It Is being better and more efficiently done every year, affording much Justification for the remark, which was made not long ago, that “the Postofllce Department of the United States Is the most “effective agency in the world for the detection and prevention of crime and the apprehension of the crim-

nre that verbs are our Innermost and first learned words, because we know that we see, we hear, etc., before we know what It Is that we see or hear; while what It Is that we see or while nouns represent'things outside of us, to which we later give names. The nouns that we learn last and therefore forget soonest are the names of persons; that Is why elderly people are ever complaining thnt they cannot recall names.—Everybody’s Magazine.

Nicknames.

“It’s funny bow a nickname, given to one during one’s boyhood, will stiak to one throughout a lifetime,” said a man recently. “The variety of nicknames Is also amusing. If I were asked to explain the conditions, I should say that It jivas because the ‘rest "of the kids' didn't like the real names and Just substituted others to suit themselves. For Instance, a boy comes to school with a lengthy name that a fond mother has given him with no doubt In the world that he will bear It ail bis life. Usually her fond hopes are shattered and the little ’dear' will come home from school the proud possessor of such a ‘hang-on’ as Tip, Rip, Ball or Buck. And it sticks, too.”— Columbus Dispatch.

Bat One Deduction.

Tbe Clergyman—You should seen work, my friend. You know Satan finds employment for Idle hands.. The Hobo —T’anks, kind sir. Many times before I’ve been told to go ter de devil, but never In such dlpplymatlc langw Idge.—Puck. Telling fortunes may not be a very good business, but It pays better than having yours told.

ALASKAN FARMS.

Nearly 3,000,000 Acres Soo;% To Be Opened for Setllerip;' 1 At a distance of some 50 miles south of the Arctic Circle 2,980,000 acres of land will be opened for settlement in Alaska on Sept. 30, by a recent order of the Secretary of tha Interior.. This great tract has been held in reserve for a national forest around Norton bay, but the project was abandoned, so many were the demands.for entry on land which bad been found more suitable for settlement. The spring rush for Alaska overwhelmed steamship accommodations and filled up the wharves at Seattle with household freight, but the order of the Secretary is expected to prolong the rush up to the approach of winter. Alaska has been in the throes of a general strike and tieup, but as usual in such cases this feature is wearing itself out. These troubles were caused by the shortage of labor in southeastern Alaska, owing to the activity of railway building and tihe development of new mines, culminating in a general demand for higher wages. Agriculture is proceeding hand in band with the efforts of government experiment stations, which are constantly determining what will groy which heretofore has been exotic to the soil. So far, all the hardier vegetables have been made to thrive, and in the large valleys of the interior experiments are being made, with every prospect of success, to grow hay, grain and stock feed capable of maintaining work animals. The great valley along the. Susitna river in central Alaska, extending north from Cook’s Inlet and Resurrection bay, it is declared has a mild climate all the year, owing to the warm currents of the ocean, and will grow almost anything that is raised in temperate zones. The permanent white population of Alaska is now 33,000, with 6,000 nomads at work here and there. The increase now averages 3,500 souls a year, a figure which the coming opening of lands is expected to These people Shipped to the States last year $29,339,286 worth of gold, silver, copper and merchandise in the form of fish products. Cable, telegraph and mail Connections are being generally extended and already Alaska is ambitious to become a State. Alienists for Mrs. Eddy. Dr. George F. Jelly, the Boston mental specialist, and Dr. G. A. Blumer of Providence were appointed comasters with Judge Aldridh to examine Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the aged founder and head of the Christian Science church, as to her mental competency to look after her business interests. Judge Aldrich had written Judge Chamberlin that he was averse to taking the sole responsibility in so important a matter. Later Dr. Blumer declined to act and the defendants strongly opposed the appointment of any doctors. Counsel for Mrs. Eddy and her trustees filed exceptions to the appointment of the two directors as comasters because they are non-residents of New Hampshire, and are authorized to render a decision not predicated wholly upon the evidence submitted to them, and also to the Issue framed by the court and the denial by the court of the previous motions by the defendant, all of which are expected to result in carrying the entire case, with all its complications, to the Supreme Court.

Labor World

France has 4,625 local unions, with an aggregate membership of 781,344. Blacksnake whips, whip lashes and riding quirts are practically all prison made. Detroit, Mich., secured the 1908 convention of the Steam fitters’ and Helpers’" Union. Plasterers of the Pittsburg, Pa., district have been granted a half holiday on Saturday. "Wages of the carpenters of Stockton, Cal., were increased 50 per cent recently. The scale is now $4.50 a day. Drug clerks throughout the Atlantic States are forming.unions and joining the Retail Clerks’ International Union. As a result of the ’-longshoremen’s strike at New York, the exports from that port dropped $0,944,980 in one week. The proposition to establish an oldage home for miners was defeated by the lowa mine workers on a referendum vote. The Electrical Workers of Cleveland, Ohio, have asked for an increase of 5 cents'an hour. The present pay is 45 cents. The “Patriotic Association of Labor Unions” .has been formed at Hamburg, Germany, as a means of opposing Socialists in the labor movement of that country. The superintendent of colonization has received from the Ontario (Canada) Canners’ Association an earnest request for help to keep their canning works in operation. A government bill has been introduced in the Hungarian Parliament prohibiting employes of State railroads from participating in strikes, under pain of instant dismissal. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters during 1906 paid benefits amounting to $107,000, and the death and disability claims daring th&t period amounted to $218,202. » San Francisco, Cal., laundry workers Have all returned to their respective posts and the statement is made that for three years all will be quiet in the laundries of San Francisco. Since the workmen's compensation act came into force in Great Britain, the members of the Dockers’ Union have received by way of legal awards for accidents $185,871.20. Cigarmakers’ International Union is now combating a lockout in Georgia and a strike at Mobile, Ala., the latter for an Increase of wages. There is also a strike at Havana, Cuba. Boilermakers and iron shipbuilders on the northeast coast of England have renewed their demand for an advance of It 6d per week on time wages and 5 pel cent on piece work rates.

Indiana State News

SEVEN PRIESTS ARE ORDAINED. Bishop Allerdlng Officiates at Ceremony at Notre Dame. In an unusual ordination ceremony, that of solemn pontifical high mass, seven . members of the Congregation of the Holy Cross were solemnly ordained priests in the Church of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame, near South Bend. The new priests are: Fathers Sypniewski, Gruza and Szybokiez of South Bend, Father O’Malley of Westport, VV is.; Father O’Connor of Galveston, Texas; Father McKeone of New Haven, Conn., and Father Farley of Paterson, N. J. They -were ordained by Bishop Allerding of Fort Wayne, JEAtOtS WOMAN KILLS MAN. Mrs. Florence Graves Shoots Frank Brown at Michigan City, Ind, Graves, 2a years old, shot Frank Brown to death in Michigan City. Brown had called at Mrs. Graves’ home and the couple quarreled because of Brown’s alleged attentions to other women. Brown started from the house. Mrs. Graves ran to the top of the stairway and fired a bullet into his brain. The wounded man died a few minutes later in a hospital. When Mrs. Gravesywas arrested she admitted the shooting. Brbwn was 20 years old and came recently from Three Oaks, Mich. SWALLOW'S SNAKE IN DRINK. Camper Coughs Up Green Reptile Six Inches Long. Thomas Jefferies, member of the Rough Rider Club, of Cincinnati, who has been camping on the Ohio river near Lawrenceburg, got up the other night and took a drink from a spring near by. This was at 1 o’clock, and in a few minutes after be -retired he awoke his companions with liis groans. A doctor was summoned, but before the physicians arrived the man nearly died. Jefferies was given an emetic and he coughed up a green snake six inches long. Jefferies haa now entirely recovered. — ALL TO CHURCH; NEAR DEATH. Indlanian Who Lived Like Miser t« Aid Missions Very'Low. Elijah Hays of Warsaw, who gave all his fortune to the of missions, at the age of 90 is at the point of death. For years Hays lived like a miser to get more money for charity. He gave SIOO,000 twenty-one years ago to the Methodist College for Ministers at Mercedes, Argentina, and the church granted him an annuity of SI,OOO and one of SSOO for his wife. From this sum he saved s2o,* 000, which he gave for missions five years ago. Indiana Lines Will Obey. At a conference between representatives of the railroads operating in Indiana and the Indiana railroad commission, it was agreed that the railroads will comply strictly with the law passed by the last session of the Legislature, by which all , railroad trains must come to a full stop at Interurban crossings unless they are protected by an interlocking device, a guard, or by other means.

Youths Steal Grocery Wagon. . Given a job as grocery delivery boy, Jesse Burkholder of Wabash, secured his chum, Luther Lutz, and the two lads started out to hunt Indians, first securing a big load of groceries on which they intended to feast for the first few weeks of their nomadic life. They evaded capture for half a day, but were overhauled by parents. The hoys are each 13 years old. Fort Wayne Boy la Drowned. William Rowley, aged 11, dived from a springboard in St. Mary’s river at the Taylor street bridge in Fort Wayne and did not come up alive. It Is supposed he struck on bis head on the rocks at the bottom and was stunned. Former Superior Court Judge W. J. Vesey waded in and recovered the body. Killa Man; Does Not Know It. . In a quarrel over a dollar Oscar Proctor. aged 18, who had placed his horse with N. C. Titus, a Lebanon liveryman, aged 70, struck Titus on the head with a rock, secured his rig, and drove out of town. Titus died later. Proctor was followed and arrested. He did not know Titus was dead. * Fears Insanity; Eads Life. James W. Stewart, a veteran school toucher, ended his life in Peru by firing a bullet into his brain. He wroie a letter to his daughter saying that he realized that he was becoming insane. Admits Robbing Ticket Office. A man giving his name as S. O. Manual, who was arrested in Bedford, owned to having robbed the Southern Indiana ticket office at Borns City. Brief State Happenings. Mrs. Samuel Blackburn was fatally burned In Evansville In a fire due to spontaneous combustion caused by gasoline. Myron, 5-year-old son of Sheriff Logan Staples of Whitley county, was burned to death by the explosion of a can containing gasoline. Harry Hemenway, cousin to United States Senator Hemenway, while pickling blackberries near Boonville, killed sixtysix snakes in one place. Word was received in Indianapolis of the drowning of Earle Irvin at Colon. He rescued four Americans from drowning in the surf, but was so exhausted by his efforts that be was unable to reach shore. Carson Emery was arraigned in court in Logansport, charged with snoring so loudly that he kept neighbors from sleeping. “He lives two blocks from me,” said Louis E. Garber, the prosecuting witness, “but last night he kept me awake by his snoring.” Police Judge Smith put Emery under a ss® bond to keep the peace. * *

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1030—Olaf defeated by the Swedes at ■Stricklestadt. U39—Portuguese defeated the Moora at Ourique. Ms3—Hotspur ( Sir Henry Percvl killed at the battle of Shrewsbury. 1411—Lord of the Isles defeated at Haria w, .j 1628 Kirke defeated Roquemont in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. L 1629 Kirke defeated De Caen near Malbaie. 1637—800 k of Canons and Common Prayer issued for Scotland. 1663 —Baron D’Avaugour, governor of New France, resigtoed. 1701—-Detroit founded by Cadillac. 1704—Gibraltar captured by combined English and Dutch force. 1759 —Fort Niagara surrendered to tha British. 1778 —French fleet arrived at Newport to co-operate with Washington. 1783—Saxony, Brandenburg and Hanover formed the German alliance. - ' 1801 —First road tramway opened in England. 1803— Rising in Ireland under Emmet. 1804 — Georges and his fellow conspirators guillotined at Paris for conspiracy against Bonaparte. 1814 —Americans defeated at Lundy’a Lane; I 1828 —Silistria invested by the Russians. 1843—Abel P. Upshur of Virginia became Secretary of Bftite. 1847 —Salt .Lake City founded by the Mormons. 1851 —Window tax abolished in England. 1854—The Danish government proclaimed a new monarchical constitution .... Allied French and English squadron sailed for Honolulu to destroy the Russian possessions in Kamchatka. 1858—Third attempt to lay Atlantic cable begun in mid-ocean... .Jews’ relief act passed by the British Parliament. 1864 — Dr. Livingstone returned from his. expedition in Africa. 1865 Great Britain started to lay the second Atlantic cable between America and Europe. 1868 — Territory of Wyoming formed from Dakota, Utah and Idaho. 1869 Irish Church Disestablishment act received the royal assent. 1870 — Michael Davitt tried for treason- - felony. 1873 France end England signed a treaty of commerce. 1874 — Twenty-five persons killed by cloudburst at Eureka, Nevada. 1883 — Capt. Webb drowned while attempting to swim the rapids of Niagara. 1884 — Congressman William Wirt Culbertson of Kentucky attempted to commit suicide in a Washington (D. C.) hotel. 1885 — Princess Beatrice, daughter of Queen Victoria, married to Prince Henry of Battenberg. 1886— Lord Salisbury became premier of Great Britain. 1890 — A part of Lawrence, Mass., wrecked by a cyclone. 1891 — France annexed Tahiti. 1894 William E. Mason defeated In effort to secure nomination as candidate for United States Senator from Republican convention of Illinois. 1895 — Henry Irving knighted by Queen Victoria. 1899 Final sitting of the first peace conference at The Hague. 1900 — King Humbert of Italy assassinated at Monza. 1901 — Earl Russell sentenced by the British House of Lords to three months? imprisonment for bigamy.

To Break Telegraph Combination.

Attorney General Jackson of New York has appealed to the Supreme Court Of New York county for the appointment of a referee to take testimony on bis allegation that the Postal and Western Union Telegraph companies have formed a combination to increase ratts of service in that and other States. This is preliminary to his action to restrain the ■aid combination, and requires that Messrs. Gould, Schiff, Jessup, Harriman, Mackay, 1 Clowrey and other officials of the two companies shall testify befors the referee. It is charged that this combination was made last January and that it has resulted in an increase of 5 cents s message of ten words, and also that the companies have agreed to establish st various places common offices, and to divide the profits and business received.

Belgian Shis Canal Opened.

King Leopold of Belgium, in the presence of a great throng, formally declared open the new ship canal from Bruges to the sea, designed to divert a portion of tbe Ithine traffic and attract shipping from Antwerp.

Campaign Expenses Limited.

Gov. Hughes has signed the bill amending the New York penal code so as to limit the expenses of candidates for publip office. The maximum in the esse of candidate for Governor is 910,000. and for any other elcctlvs State office SG,OO(Y