Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1908 — Page 7

SAYS ERRORS IN NAVY UNFIT IT FOR BATTLE

Expert Declares th* ftoa'sifelf Sjjlng Ships^\r«-Mareljf . Traps. • |n •- a- ..... -3 V . - BELT IS TOO LOW. y . Sa *, ——jyj jv 0& jr 0% gA Defects in Construction Pointed fS&ut and &<***>&& Syst ent' Is Scored. . ■ M. *•’s . , - &bnry Reuterdahl, associate of the Ciftd States Naval Institute and American editor of “Fighting Ships,” is 'the author of a startling article oh “TJmS Needs of \>ur Nat»y”- i th aaiy McClure’s. 4lr„ Rkutfcrd’ahl'B espe»ft»ess on is not disputed and neither is his patriotism. He with President Roosevelt thtijl a navy must be built “and all its training given in time of peace” and w|th this in view he exposes.-' defects In our first-class battle ship* and armored cruisers which all hut make them useless as a efficient a fleet on heavy sea and in real action. Ur. Iteuterdahl’s criticisms appear to he the more amazing on account of the contention that most, if not all of the weak points he emphasizes, will be’ i> acknowledged by sea-going officers, “or, If the reader is sufficiency interested, by the testimony of his own eyes.” His principal points are the following: That the shell-proof armor of the - American battle ships- is virtually below the water line where it will do no good, leaving the broad side of the vessel exposed to the shells of the enemy. That this defect has been pointed out time ni*l again fTfiat other nations years ago recognized it as fatal and now have armor wrapped around the sides of their war vessels from five to seven feet above the water line. That, despite repeated accidents on

board our ships, the Navy Department year after year has approved of plans by which the greatest guns on the ships are directly above an open shaft leading to the. powder magazine. That other nations long since recognized the criminal stupidity of thus endangering the lives of officers and men and have remedied the defect by use of common sense and ordinary precautionary measures. That, without regard to the protests of exgprts, our battle ships have been built so low that If the sea is heavy and ships are in action the sea would ' * wash over the vessels, render some of their most effective guns useless afld practically leave the Ship, to the mercy Of the enemy. The officers in the American navy who command the battle ships and squadrons are toa old; that under existing conditions young men cannot attain command, and that the service is badly crippled as a result. ‘ That there is too much “bureau management” in Washington ; too much red tape in the Navy Department; that American genius Is stifled because of the bureau’s immersion in details, and that with the Secretary of the Navy a civilian, he should hate a board of expert advisers. Other matters are dwelt on, but the foregoing are by far the most important. An afternoon’s-fight on water sealed Russia’s fate in the recent war With Japan, says Mr,ußeuterdahl, and the same may well be true of the next war into which this nation is plunged. The issue is so important and the stake so tremendous that the sea power which is prepared in every respect to meet the crisis will be the victor.

Accidents Lessened by Publicity.

According to the report of the New York public service commission, the number of street railway accidents in ;that tity for November shows a steady decrease * since the commission began to keep a record four months Ago. During November 43 persons were killed, as compared with *47 in October, 63 In September and 42 in August. An even greater decrease is noticeable in the number injured. Mrs. John R. McMahoV known inlijserary work as Margherita xribla Htfrun, Is dead of pneumonia in New York.

A BLOT ON THE LAST CHAPTER.

DISASTROUS MINE ACCIDENTS IN RECENT TEARS.

t Lives lost. —Albion colliery. South Wales. 280 Fraterville, Teunt biJO Rolling & ’ll mine, Pennsylrat»ia ~,. .....105 Hrfnna, Wyoming .-i 175 JiKM—Lackawanna mine,' Pennsyl•«r»- - -vania • 1901 —Tercio, California .......... *1 li>(.)3—Virginia City, AJfc'.TTl ••'••• • 152 1005—Ziegler, &5 1605—Welsh coal ma?. .*.... •• • 120 1905—Diamondvilie, Wyoming .... 18 1995- —K umjsk, Russia 300 T. i-P<®-3ECoai^iu ino in •• • i'4 :* 85^ IfiOt-rWilfafi' W. V^. y ,> ./.'• > tT-»ilfe-i»lt*o*ds, wJMff.. . i. t ■» 1900—Johnstown, Pa 23 1900—Century, W. Va 15 1900—Ca*Tiei*-2to&e, War "•CalaUtf’?* France 1,000 1900—Japan 250 1900—Oakhill, W. Va.... 28 Fork, .. v> .. i|... 75 1 1907—Primero, Uolo. ........ 20 lbo7—Fayetteville, W. .Va '.... 80 1907 —Saarbruck, Prussic? .. 200 1907—Las Esperanz ifs, 'Mexico 123 1907 —Forbach, Germany 75 1907 —MoriongaheJfiUL'a 30 4807—Toyoka, Jap'aii, • • • 470 2190,7 —Tsing Taa, ,China . .V. 112; T 907 Xegatlhee, -Mich. ... i’i . 'Mi 1907—Monongah, W. Va.......... 39* 1907—Yolande, Ala 81 •<- v - ‘

4,000,000 Christmas Trees a Year.

In discussing the effect on the forests ol -the country by the use of-. Christmas trees, of which it is estimatejf that 4,090,* 000 are used each year, Gifford Pincbot,. United Stated-forester, says that the effect is infinitesimal compared with the destruction caused by forest fires and wasteful lumbering. If plant.ed four feet apart these trees would be grown on less than 1,400 acres; He sayiTthat trees suitable for Christmas'Trees do not grow in the old forests, where reproduction is most important, but in the open, and there is n j more - reason for an outcry against us : ug land to grow Christmas trees than to grow flowers. According to Mr. Pinchot, the cenler of the Christmas tree industry Hes in the big cities of the East. New York City and the New England States consume 1,500,000 trees, or nearly one-lialf of all the output. Maine, New Hampshire, the Berkshire Hills', in Mas-

•Sncliusetts, and the Adirondacks and Catskills, in New York, are the sources of supply for New York, Boston and Philadelphia and even tor Baltimore and Washington. The swamps of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota furnish the of Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Detroit, while the local demand throughout the 1 central West is mainly by- nursery-grown Norway spruce. i

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

Replying to this declaration, Mrs. Jobgi 8. Crosby, president of the Women’s Democratic Club of New York, points out that there is luttle in the training of children that the man, as well as the woman, ought not to learn, and that' if womankind were restricted to the rearing and teaching of children she. would be deprived of many of the best opportunities for learning how to do that, very Work. President Wilson of Princeton, in a bold address beforeconvention-of 4fce~ Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools at New York;~got after the prevailing school and college methods with 4 sharp stick. He declared that educators’ had missed the “true inner meaning of education, that we have forgotten to assemble its elements, and that we have forgotten to simplify our methods.’’ Education, as distinguished from technical training, should be based on three principles: Enlightenment, orientation and discipline.” By orientation he meant the power to organize one’s knowledge and see’ "things with perspective. What our age needed most was the dreamers and creators. Mere inform), iion did not educate, and it might ifiSpeile the mind. , The faculty of the Cornell university medical college at New York announced that hereafter the usual high school course generally accepted as sufficient pieparation for the study of medicine would not enable students to enter there. Candidates for admission would have to be graduates of approved colleges or scientific schools, seniofs in good standing at Cornell or any other like University Fwhid*/ would permit the substitution of the fuat year of the medical course for the senior yiwr. ‘'Also others not possessing a degree may be admitted by passing a special examination. o ’

Wonderful Incrense in Power

Achmpnriiu'rhas receritly been ffiad* of the power of the lights in FreneH lighthouses at various periods in the. last 35 years. In when only oil; lights were used, the highest power vai equal .to 54,000 In. whei| the electric, light wag Introduced, the power robe tb -it’-rifrfklmu-m of 820,1*0(1* candles. Since then frequent improve^ lights until at present the most power* ful lighthouses project an* iUumlaatiofii nearly equal to 3,000,000 candles.

FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.

, Plai fun nr *1 |lt|ilyni»r t>#cfbr« Co a Id' V Levi P. Bi*od<Ua|K-.S -Second avenue| miiqka. Mini.J’sjyf; » *Mt m lying forj

flVfe ’■nidfiths in fig hospital, I was disfl charged as incura&J ble, and given onljfl six months to live;:' My heart was af£ fee ted, I had smotbS ering spells nn<P sometimes .fell un|f I got s» '*bi s couldtpl use mJt J^in?,, v py eyesight was * Vmpaired an<|

the kidney secretions were badly disf ordered. I was completely worn out| and discouraged when I began using; Doan’s Kidney Pills, but they went* right to the cause of the trouble andfc did their work well. I have been feelfing since." - Sold by aR dealers. 50 cents a box' EoiterdmibufiPCo.. Buffalo, N. Y.

The Cheeky Plainfield Cook.

9 / A Buckneli University professor was; talking about David Jayne Hill, the successor in tbe Berlin embassy Charlemagne Tower. .. 4 “Dr. »Hilp’ he said, .“impressed us here — know he Was our president 1 for a number of'years—no less with his wit than with his learning. He; had thought and .written on many subjects—psychology, rhetoric, socialism, finance—and to hear him discuss these subjects was a delight.- —— “I heard him take down one day ah ultra-socialistic student. “ ‘Young man,’ he said, 'you and your extravagant friends remind me,' In your attitude-toward- of a Plainfield cook's attitude toward her mistress. One Christmas time, when I lived, at Plainfield, a lady sent her cool: out to buy the Christinas turkey. But when the cook returned she had two chickens. “ ‘Martha,’ the indy said, ‘I told you to fk*t turkey, uot chicken.’ “‘I know, mum,’ Martha answered, ‘but I don’t like turkey.’ ”

ELEVEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.

Hands Cracked and Bleeding:—Xall Came Off of Flngrer—Cnticura Reniedle.ii Brought Prompt'Relief. “I had eczema on my hands for about eleven years. The hands cracked open in many places and bled. One of my fingers was so bad that the nail came off. 1 had tried so many remedies, and they air had failed to cure me. I had seen three doctors, but got no relief. Finally I got a cake of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cutieora Ointment and two bottles of Cnticura Resolvent Pills. Of course 1 keep Cutieura Soap dill tbe time for my bands, but the one cake of Soap and half a box of Cuticura Ointment cured them. I recommend the Cnticura Remedies to all suffering with eczema. Mrs. Eliza A. Wiley, R. F. D. No. 2, Liscomb, la., Oct. 18, 1900.”

That Terrible Boy.

Mrs. Iverruthers (making a call) —Yes, Indeed, Mrs., Kajones, I put in nearly the whole blessed day in the dentist’s chair. Mrs. Kajones—l can sympathize with you. I know how it hurts. Mpi<. Iverruthers —My dentist hardly •ver hurts me, though. He’s so careful and gentle that I don’t mind it at all. I declare I slej)t half the time while he was at work. Johnny Kajones-7-That dentist wouldn’t never do for maw. When she goes to sleep she snores like a thrashin’ machine.

How’s This?

■We offer One Hundred Dollars. Seward lot any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, A . , We, the undtrslgned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him portedly honorable In all business transactions. and financially able to carry ontany, obligations made by his firm. ■ Waldino, Kin nan A Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous •urfaces of tbe system. Testimonials sent free. Trice, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. .... Take Hall's Family Tills for constipation.

Uncle Allen.

“Speaking of tbe price of success,” mused i : nyle Allen Sparks, “I've noticed that ‘getting ahead’ means, as a general thing, getting a . bald head.” —Chicago Tribune.

PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.

:“EAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or TrotrudIng Tiles In 0 to 14 days or money refunded. SOc. _

Letting the Cat Out.

Amelia—Herbert, dear, your office is on Orange street, isn’t it? Herbert—-Yes: why? Amelia—That’s what I told papa. 'He made such a fjtfny mistofle about ytj the other day. He op in Brad street.'

Dear Friends.

Nan —This is one of my latest photographs, but I don’t like it a bit. It hasn't my best expression. Fan—Perhaps, dear, you didn’t have your best complexion on.

CASTOR l A For Infanta and Children. The KM You Han Alwaji Bought

ABSTAINING FOR CHARITY,

Scheme by Which the’Wife Swalled j the neeelpfa. K * WeSt PhliadAiphla inhn who tfei tennined a few days ago to : abstain t totally from strbng’ drink for a perloA petsbaded by his >vife into a financial arrangement '.which threatened.“ft) j The agreement that very tiine 1 the’ man' refused an itivltation to F a dllioi put the money whieS T b?ve spent In ajiqpliment into ff | hii^ylr^W^' nig|it She jenndo‘u|e.this Ptoney'for ; charing, '■an\£Qr,, jjesr _bu»bapd mtghl.-. jotj have always the exact, ahSfig&ito: ahe provided hhn n wlth. a, number, trf. bean*, to tiered.as-. valued at .5 cents eaehk.ajud , / .tp. J and : Tho. evening ;tbe,man got home he fiouad 45 .cents I»cgsh,in his pocket, andt twentyvthreft. b^aas.; This, hiorkod a very' 'exceptional dwr,-tbe man declared, .hut the .nest-evening he found, tilie pocket carried 1 one dime and-thirty-three beans. - Them be alleged that would probably have-ref used '-some- ofIhei invjtatlonsFfWhteh he-had counted Cveh -if ;hf had -ilot -bee» 0a- fire -wagons- *tthOreupoifc 4ris-wtfe ‘confessed, shh- had;made arritugements. with her father; her brbtherhnd hgr sister's husband to go to the abstainer, every day as soon as : posslt)le' With tm-'ihvitation to drink. ' • • • Since it all went to dmrfty-'the husband* took file Joke, but tiOvv though the arrangement i'9‘ still oil, ■*the r ' Wtie’s receipts from the pocket haye'inateri’-; ally lessened.—PhYladeipßia Record.

An Odd Job.

„ Caruso, the great tenor. told at a dinner in New York how he once tried to write a grand opera: ' .' “It was in early youth that I made this ■trttempt,” he said. “I knew nothTng of harmony or counter-point. The work in consequence was as ludicrous and absurd as—as — The tenor laughed. “——as Roman’s effort to get - a' job," lie went 6n~ —; “A Roman peasant, you know, applied one day for work to a rich man. Tbe rich man said: “ ‘Have you a boat?” “ ‘Yes, sir,’ the peasant answered. “ ‘Well,’ said the rich man, ‘do you see that driftwood floating down the Tiber?’ “_‘Yes, sir,’ was the reply. “ ‘Well, take your boat, row out in tbe river, and catch that driftwood, and I’ll give you half of all you get.’ “The peasant jumped into his boat and worked hard for a while. Then suddenly he stopped and made for the shore. On being asked the reason for bis return be scowled and said: ’“That wood is just as much mine as it is his. I am not going to give him any, so here I am, out of work again.’ ”

The Poor Cat.

A young wife called her husband on the telephone to tell him a tale of woe. In tear-choked accents she said : “That you, dearie? Well, you know that lovely chicken pie I made you—that horrid old cat came .in and ate it up before I could stop it?” He answered:- “Never mind, darling; I’ll get you another cat"

Metallic.

Poe was writing “The Bells.” *- 4 -, “It jingles,” he said, “as if there might be a lot of coin in it!” Cheered by the thought, he tittinnabulated with redoubled energy. - ■ •

Only One “BROMO QUININE"

That IS LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE: Lookfor the signature ot E. W. GROVE. Used the World over to Cure a Cold In One day. 26c. The population of Oklahoma is about 1.500,000, and the increase in Oklahoma City, the metropolis, which now lias 32,452, has been 232.3 per cent in seven years.

TEW MIU.ION BOXES A YEAR The most wonderful record in all history merit made it. The great sums of money spenj in have only served to make CASCARETS known, but the greatest advertisement ever printed than induce a person to try CASCARETS once— a free sample, or at most, a 10 cent box.^^^^^^^^ Then comes the test, and if CASCARETS had not proved their merit expectations there would not today, after five years on the market, be a sale nearly a million boxes a month. This great success has been made the kind words of our friends. No one who has ever \ CASCARETS fails to be pleased and talk nicelyabotttthenL^^^^ CASCARETS are not only easiest to buy, tofl fx carry, to take to give, but are also the ■ medicine for the bowels ever \ BL discover ed. Files full \ M VB Br JrS M I n£Rw ' for CoaMm Appendicitis, BOboaM. Sick Headachy Insomnia, Palpitation of the Heart, Bad Pimples, Piles, Worms and aB bawd of childhood and old age. Tbey make miHftw*s Mama takes a CASCARET, baby gets die beaoßL . l like to take them. They are the one perfect, uneqtukd faa% / more can be said. Everybody should carry a box in die pocket tmd ham I in the house. Don’t forget “they work while you sleep,” and “a CASCAidEI aH */ j feel aU right—in die morning.” The genuine tablet octagonal, stamped CCC, pntqpti J. JB Blight blue enameled metal boxes, and never sold in bulk. Sold by all druggists, IQc, gjujjp Hfe GREATEST SALE IN THE WOULD

REST AND SLEEP.

Only Rational Care* far Brain Pa* and NerVoaa Exhaustion. .- - (Bleep Is tbs best and cheapest medicing, dad ft is within the reach of everybody. >:We require as-much sleep as we-can'procure. We may work at high pressurAMf we steep enough,- hut ls we oyghtork *JeM underslegprtr ifritilbllitr; insdffiriitl*and neurasthenia• are almost certfclffly in store. One’ of‘the prime s causes 6t ilt health''rfmdng--metP‘ and 'women' Who fibre WortT Wfth 'tfiei? Vaifis is neglect'd|f sleep. 5 who 1 TCtftroil Mit 7 : ry • "r-v. ‘S ' *v* .1 • lnsuflfcleJlUj|leef?lh the first instance if a common of .ihfogitira; . ifesft .and sleep', are the. oniyi •-for, brain fpg "and nervppf,exhaHajtion. It is the highly developed wind thqt If tq worry ’ the .ajert,.highly -.strung. Jjndiyidnal. who Ji Prone to f suf-. fer frpm sleeplessness. The „ country yokel* can. -always * sleep, and -nobody ever saw a- neurasthenievicow,- hut the rrhigheec the-, type tha greater need;-for rest nnd- 'a- sufficient amount of- .sleep. ■ Neglect of sleep is perhaps-the most * harmfid error.made' nowadays -bjr busy, -peopte. .* gleepls the only ‘rational mire “of,-. te- the * natfirni ''srtftjguard agatnitt,'brain' fag find fieryffits 'exhatis 1 ■’tton: f It is btwaj's the highly developed, individual W% ; Is ! the' to SuJfer'Troffr-Vorry 'Snd lessbess.—MeCall’js “ ' >

Old Saw Proved.

“Most of the old maxfans still . hold good,” observed the random * eonversa* tionalist -S * - ’• «•*,'•. • - ’’ agreed- tbe man who had jutt. returned from an'lnternational .exposition. “For instance, a world’s-fair exchange is no robbery. It’s worse.”— Kansas City Times.

Practical.

Sound practical advice given by. a. misanthrope: If ever you should be attacked 9y night, never shout “Murder !”fornoonewill bother about you. Yell “Fire!” and everybody will be out of doors in a jiffy.

(Pd ODD'S vl |(f KI D N EY f | /Jj PILLS J I . '4 l l & - Ki 'dn'eC|

Curb or Splint vH Sloaov’s LM lyiivinveivt /f is unsurpassed | n Impenetrates and relieves pain very w| quickly - needs very little rubbing • ana does not leave a scar or blemish. —wC* An antiseptic remedy for thrush* Va fistula and any abscess. - PRICE 25*. 50$. ft SI 00 SloanVTreohse on Horse*. Cattle. Hogs oral Poultiy Sent Free Address Dr. Eort S Sloon, BoUon. MotS-U. S.A.

Failed to hollevs.

On the mlfhty deep. great ocean liner rolled and “Henry,” faltered the young bcld% you still love me?” '*!fif«rer ttuftjf er&r; darHag !*» was’ HeniyUA fervent »sw f r. Then there was an eloquent sfieoaO. , "Umry," tii jiamimA, J4«»lijg.aar g*aj|. ghastly face away, “I thought that mm li niake me feel better, but It ''* ■

Eating Cocoanut-Custard P[?]

s ' BveVybody pfalMs (focoanut gis ■ It’a made right Wita soggy p!« wOl mM ' thentire meal. GTrocerst are new mOm s»e»vs9sM* *we»w>ls

Uncle Allen.

;; “Talking of short measure,”'saiA Dsdls Allen Sparks, “there -are lots of gssgl* that never seem to have got their shun, when the mfir of Htrnuur tcindneas wig handed around.” r . Mr*. Winslow's Boorxnra Snor far «Hga . (Mthinr; Kkften* tb* fm&l, redac«i —<m_*T I*7*raw.oarwwind eoUa. ZcaalitboUk,

Cleanseifixe §ystem Etfed* Gf’he s due to tonstipation* Acts naturally, acts Iruly m aLaqiattYe* . iW BestforMenWjmen an^COl. % gel its jB encjicial Ej|ect* ALtffys lmy the Genuine nUi hosine jml name oj 1 the Coi "cAyroßm 'hroat of ev^rv*pacilaOe , SOLD BYALL LEADING DRUGGISOL one size only, regular price 504p*rUHK rot SAIE"-“-*sisa 1 VB% ;good Ua4 wgrftiMiia alone new Southern Paclftg Railroad naar ttm of Sinaloa, Mexico; Rainfall 80 inchea; eliaiato aapatUr to California. Talephona, daily vail, food wofc; gaaw com, oranyaa. lauione, mangoes, TtfetabU lea othar fruit* and vegetables; edge foothills, raininf mss, mm markets. Invest4>ra And Settlers’ Beat Uypertaatjp. Vnines sorely double Inside year. Tswcsl jfcep mnn Investment le.. Long; BeaeLCaL W. tt, Mmw(L Cullaean, blnaloa, Ilex. Ref*. N*t. Beak as Uaf lsMi Naajr who formerly s motel 10 < Cigars Bovaada LEWISSIN6LE BINDER STRAIGHT S* CIGAR Tour Jobber or direct from Factory, Peocta, OL c. n. u. No. i—uses o - - ; U/BCN WBITtm TO ADVERTISCBS PIUSC Mg " yea saw Ike advertisement ia Aria xw.