The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 25, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 20 October 1910 — Page 2

Syracuse Journal SYRACUSE, - - IND HAD THEM BOTH “STUMPED’ Customer arid Dealer Still Awaiting Reply to Question, “What Is a Seed?” A certain gentleman who has no' been in Pittsburg long, but who is rapidly acquiring the stogie habit, en tered a cigar store to purchase a sup ply of the elongated whiffs. In the course of his selection he noted that many different boxes were designated “seed” stogies. It couldn’t be merely a title, he mused, for there were “seed” stogies made a dozen dis ferent firms. It couldn’t refer to a particular form of rolling a stogie, for some “seeds” were long, others short; some were thick and some thin. Nor to the color, for some were dark, oth ers light. He decided at last to betray his ignorance by asking the dealer. “May I ask,” he said, “what are seed stogies?” “Why right there in those boxes,” said the dealer, “those are that green box is our own manufactured seed stogies. Very good.” “But,” said the man, blushing at his confession of ignorance, “what is the meaning of the word ‘seed?’ Why do they csrll. it a ‘seed’ stogie?” “Well, sir,” said the dealer, “I’ll tell you—” Then he paused, and the customer waited. After fully a minute the dealer burst forth: “By jinks, you've got me! I’ve been selling seed stogies for years and you’re the first man} that ever asked the question. I’ll have to ask the foreman of our factory some time.” Do you know why is a “seed?”— Pittsburg Gazette-Times. The Cholera. Every person can guard against an attack of cholera as against typhoid, from which latter disease there is in this country a hundredfold the danger of Infection. He can see that the wa ter he drinks is pure, that the food he eats is uncontaminated. These simple precautions shut off every danger. If in addition he observes the rule of moderation in his diet and in the use of alcoholic beverages he is practically immune from any infectious disease. The people should not depend upon the public authorities; to do everything In guarding against threatened infection. The cases of immune and healthy cholera “carriers” are happily very rare. The importation of germs of the disease upon goods and clothing from infected countries is guarded against. The sanitary conditions in all American cities, and notably in big cities, are such that it is extremely unlikely that cholera could become epidemic even if it gained a slight foothold here. But each individual can make infection in his case impossible. Where His Faith Lay. A man was raking copper cents out of a guess-your-correct-weight-and-get your-your-money-back machine the other day, when a woman Came along and addressed him. “it’s a joy to ■ see you teaching cynics a lesson in faith,” she said. “How is that?” asked the weighingmachine man. “Why, you put up your machine right next to another where it only costs a cent to get weighed. How easy it would be t'o get on that machine , first, then climb on yours and bet on a sure thing! What faith you must have in human nature!” ■ “I ain’t got no faith in human nature, lady,” said the man, “but I’ve got all kinds of faith in this here machine.” f . — Bright Chicago. Dr. W. E. Evans, Chicago’s original and efficient health commifesioner, Was discussing his health circulars—striking papers that are studded with such phrases as “Filth, flies and fever "are the three disgraces.” : ‘fl try, by means of. these circulars,” paid Doctor Evans, “to get the public’s attention. In the majority of cases I succeed, too. Chicago, is a bright town, and there !s not a single Chicagoan of whom you could appropriately say: f* ‘You may lead an ass to knowledge, but you can’t make him think.’’’ Flower of the Falls. Growing in the spray of the great Victoria falls in South Africa, a new gladiolus has been discovered and named the Maid of the Mist. Four bulbs of this plant, sent to England, have been induced to sprout and bloom by virtue of constant spraying in a, hothouse. There the Interesting discovery was made that the petals of the flower were so arranged as to form a penthouse to protect stamens and pistils from the unceasing downpour to which they would otherwise be subjected in the native haunts of the plant. Pointed. The Chappy—Yes, although it is blooming monotonous, I turn in every night at nine o’clock sharp. Miss Tobasco —How do you manage It? The Chappy—Manage what? Miss Tobasco —Why, to turn in •harp, after being so dull. Nothing So Frivolous. “That fellow is playing politics. Isn’t he?” "I should pay he was working it"— Baltimore American. „

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N ALMOST every large city in the United States taxicatjs are rapidly displacing horse-drawn cabs and carriages as public vehicles for transportation in those horseless vehicles are almost always based on the distance traveled as shown on the registering dials of the taxI imeters it obviously becomes of the gravest importance that these automatic records shall be honest and accurate in their chronicling. Indeed, in many cities there have been loud protests due to alleged

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overcharging of taxicab patrons .he alleged overcharging being attributed to the faulty operation of the taximeters. ’Whether such false accounting was due to a desire to cheat the trav elin public or merely to faulty mechanism in the mechanical bookkeeper could seldom be determined, but in either event the ouecome was the 1

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same—the public got the worst of it. Various cities have made efforts to devise some means of testing taximeters, but to Uncle Sam belongs the credit of first solving the problem. The system is now in successful operation at the capital of the nation, where, by the way, there are probably more taxicabs in operation than in any other city of the size in the world. The matter of keeping tab on the taximeters was placed in the hands of Col. W. C. Haskell, the United States superintendent of weights and measures, and he invented the first machine specially designed for testing the accuracy of the “taxi.” The first apparatus was rather cumbersome and the most conspicuous feature was a large wooden wheel which was turned by hand. The principle of operation involved the insertion of a small wire through the shaft of the meter to be tested and turning the same a certain number of times to cover distance, verifying this test over an official mile and fraction thereof. The large machine when fitted with the same size eccentric, sprocket wheel and spiral shaft in use in taxicabs gave a correct test, but it was a time-con-suming process, ten revolutions of the large wheel being required to show one-quarter mile of travel. After much study of the subject Colonel Haskell perfected the small machine which has lately been introduced for this work. With it one revolution of the crank wheel—through the aid of a system of cogwheels—represents a quarter of a mile of travel. With this small machine attached direct to the shaft of the meter to be tested it is possible to test ten meters in the time formerly required for trying out one. Moreover, the system of cogwheels is so adjusted as to give an absolutely accurate test The government now requires that all taximeters attached to cabs at the seat of government be tested at least twice a year, and when a meter upon test is found to be accurate a round blue seal is affixed to the face of the meter showing that it has been “approved.” Incorrect meters are given a yellow seal with the word “Condemned” thereon and must be withdrawn from use under a penalty of |IOO fine. One of the latest ideas evolved for a safety attachment for automobiles is a “cow catcher.” The “cow catcher,” or man catcher, is attached to the front of the motor car and, when not in active use saving the life of some one who steps in front of the moving machine, it looks exactly like the pilot of a big locomotive. Used in this way, it was feared that pedestrians might be

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hurt, for the car would throw them tp one side, hence an attachment was added, operated by a button fixed conveniently on the seat near the j driver, which, when pressed in time of danger, <’ drops the cow catcher so that it is similar to the I fender of a street car, adapted to catching the unlucky person and carrying him with the ma-/ Chine until rescued by the driver of the automobile. According to the inventors of this contrivance, the “cow catcher” Will prevent serious accidents if placed on the front of she automobiles. / The frequency with which the claim is n/ade that the automobile is. largely an extravagance and that the people have grown motor-mad and are annexing themselves to power conveyances with a rapidity and lack of discretion that /threatens the stability of the country, is largely borne out by the results of recent An editorial in a recent issue of the World’s Work, under the caption, “Burning BotlWEnds of the Candle,” makes the startling statement that in the city of Minneapolis alone 1,500 hofges have been mortgaged to enable their to purchase automobiles. It is stated that abofet $375,000,000 represents what the people of tlAs country will spend for motor cars next yaarJknd the editorial adds that “there are plenty w indications that it is time for the average; American to stop and think.” Look out of your office window, o matter what city you are in, and you will se< an automobile. Try to cross the street and on )of them is more than likely tn come along with sounding horn warning the pedestrian to get oiit of the way. If a man is deaf or a little slow Im his footsteps he is too frequently run down and the chauffeur sets up as a defense that the accident was quite unavoidable.. Every one knows that more than half the “unavoidable” accidents could be avoided if the cars were run slower and more attention was paid to the rights of others in their use of the public streets. The automobile almost monopolizes the country roads and has become a positive menace. It looms large In the apmals of accidents as reported by accident Insurance companies. The secretary of state of Indiana has recently found that the automobile is also a menace in a financial way. According to his re'port covering the months of April and May, he issued 3,564 licenses for automobiles for the two months. Assuming an average of SI,OOO for each car, (it would of course appear that $3,564,000 had been spent for automobiles In Indiana within a period Os sixty days. The statement has been made that

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in Indianapolis alone more than 1,900 homes have been mortgaged during the past year in order th'at householders may buy cars. Purchasers of automobiles have been deceived in the matter of cost and upkeep, the difference in the representations in this respect in comparison with actual experience, makes it unwise to Jiake or own a car even as a gift. , The menace of the automobile now threatens thte stability of the home, and the danger is by nty means confined to any particular section. Even farmers are buying them. Perhaps you can hear or see one of these “devil wagons” while sou read this paragraph about them. It would he worth while to think of them seriously, with /the view of reducing the hazard they undoubtedly signify. The bankers of Kansas City and of / the southwest who are dependent on the Kansas ! City banks have agreed to lend no money to anyone who intends to use it with which to buy a motor car. The bankers of Kansas are alive to the menace, of the automobile, as well they may be when it is understood that $32,000,000 were invested in motor cars in that state during the last twelve months. Physiognomy of the Salesman The nose of a traveling salesman generally bears the appearance of breadth just above the wings. This is the nose that indicates the ability to acquire property, make good sales, secure returns through bargains and fine talking, and get large orders even when persons have indicated that they did not wish to buy ot make a bargain. The thickness of the nose above the wings is the true facial sign of acquisitiveness, and a traveling salesman and a good business man have generally this characteristic strongly developed. We find it large in George Peabody, Andrew Carnegie and the Rothschilds, all of whom have made large fortunes. The lips of a good salesman are regular and fit appropriately together. The chin and jaw of a successful salesman are indicated by their squareness and roundness combined. The roundness gives the power of appeal, and the squareness gives the capacity to clinch the bargain. The voice of a successful salesman is bright, cheery, optimistic. Its inflections are hopeful and airy, not heavy and dull The salesman possesses a silvery toned voice which is so oiled to its subject that It knows exactly what to say, and says it without hesitation. The handwriting of a good salesman is neat, regular, connected, but shows firmness, force in the lines that cross the t’s and ambition is manifested in the tails of the g’s and in the height of the h’s, I’s, etc. .■ The eyes of the honest business man who Is engaged as a salesman or a credit man are generally small, piercing and keen In expression. The ears of a good salesman are broad, and give to the person vitality, strength, good digestive power - d comradeship. Such a person generates life idily, and is social, genial and a good conyei tionalist —Phrenological Journal.

INI TO FLY HIGH Undoubtedly Most Fascinating! Form of Air Navigation. It’s an Exciting Sensation to Soar Up ; the Invisible Aerial Stairway Until Out of Sight of the Earth. London.—The most fascinating form of aviation is undoubtedly the high flight. One watches the machine rise from the ground and climb steadily up an invisible stairway, winding round and round in wide spirals. EYom the size of a monster the vessel diminishes until it looks like an eagle, then a wild duck, then a pigeon, a blackbirds, a lark, a bee, a fly, a midge—and so it finally disappears out of sight; for men have now flown to over a mile, and it needs a strong glass and a clear atmosphere for a speeta tor to detect a machine at such stupen dous heights. One waits in amazement asking how the daring aviator will return safely to earth from the clouds. Suddenly the machine darts into sight, and it is seen plunging downward at an alarmingly steep angle. It is the vol plane, or dive, the most sensational of all aerial feats. Having climbed to his maximum, the aviator shuts off his engine and deliberately steers downward by the aid of the elevator. He plunges through the aerial sea at terrific speed, but not at hundreds of miles an hour as some imaginative writers have put it. As the air resistance underneath his machine increases with the speed and the amount of surface presented to it by the planes, the vessel is automatically led back to its normal gliding angle, and the downward path becomes less steep. In order not to gef too far away from his starting point the aviator thereupon makes another spiral at a gentle angle and then starts upon another plunge. Thus by a succession of these maneuvers he comes to a position from which he can make a final ?lide and reach the ground smoothly md without shock. The world’s record in high flying was broken by Brookins over Atantic City, when he rose to the height upward - I The Vol Plane. of 6,200 feet. It took him 56 minutes to reach this point, or in other words he had to reach it by traveling over a distance of about 30 iniles in a succession of long spirals, for his flight speed can be assumed to have been about 35 miles an hour all through. His descent was made in eight minutes and was composed of several high-speed dives and short spirals. Brookins used a Wright biplane. I The prettiest high flying is done by the monoplane, and at Rheims Latham, when he, soared to 5,540 feet, afforded a splendid spectacle. . Morane reached a height of 4.107 feet at Bournemouth and also gave a superb display. Captain Dickson is one of the most accomplished men at the vol plane, and he shows masterly skill and judgment. Mr. Drexel is also a very daring air climber, and in his descent from a height of 2,400 feet at Bournemouth he made a steep glide. NOW AMPUTATION BY SHOCK Eminent French Surgeon Suggests That Operation May Be Performed Without Cutting. Paris. —Though it is not pleasant, of course, to have an arm or a leg amputated, no matter how painlessly this operation may be performed, there are cases where it is absolutely necessary, and then the question of how, to do it Is important. A FYench surgeon, Prof. D’Arsonval, suggests a method which is quite novel, and not only painless during the operation, but without the slightest trouble afterward. Neither knife, saw, nor any other cutting instrument is to be used. The limb is pimply to fall off as if by magic, with the wound completely healed and cicatrized. The amputation suggested is by means of electric currents ot high frequency. Prof. D*Arsonval explains that hr has been able to send currents of high frequency through animals, and to raise the temperature of their bodies to a very high degree, without any apparent effect on their sensibility or the contractability of their muscles. The animals seemed to feel nothing whatever. In some cases, he says, the calorific effect was such that certain members were literally cooked, and, strange to say, the animal did not betray the least feeling of pain. When the members fell away after some days, as it were, by their own action, the stumps were perfectly cicatrized.

STATUE OF DOCTOR JOHNSON Unveiled at Night and Said to Be the Worst in a City of Bad Statues. London. —Postponed on account of the death of the late King, the ceremony of unveiling a statue of Dr. Johnson in the precincts of St Clement Danes church was performed the other night with nothing of the parade and display customary on such occasions. Recently»the Rev. J. J. H. S. Pennington, rector of St. Clement Danes, where Johnson had his pew, and who" devoted the green plot behind the apse of the church as a site for the statue, died suddenly. While the Rev. Mr.

Q Jr \ \ Statue of. Dr. Johnson. Pennington was lying in state in his church, the statue was unveiled at night by the donor and sculptor, Percy Fitzgerald. Today the bronze image of the worthy doctor may be seen looking down his beloved Fleet street The strongly-marked features and burly form, from the full-bottomed wig to the firmly-planted shoes, have been faintly suggested by Mr. Fitzgerald, with the air of Sir. Joshua Reynolds’s portrait and the bust by Nollekens. Boswell and Mrs. Thrale have their place in the bas-reliefs on the pedestal. What Dr. Johnson would have said about this statue of him can Ipe imagined by any one who seen it: As a work of art the statue is an atrocity: and it seems most appropriate that it should have been unveiled at night. Furthermore, even the best examples >f the sculptor’s art, Johnson was apt ,o disparage. The labor consumed in painting, he once said, was not disproportionate to the result; but a felow might hack half a yoar at a block jf marble and only produce something :hat hardly resembled a man. The ralue of statuary, he argued, depended solely on its difficulty. On the other hand, it might hav.e pleased Johnson to know that posterity would in a special way associate his name with a place of worship that he so regularly attended. MECHANICAL BALL PITBHER Baseball Battery May Soon Have to Go Up Against This Machine Proposition. Melbourne. —Human baseball pitchers and cricket bowlers have been up agdinst the machine proposition before now, though perhaps.they have not encountered quite so formidable a mechanical rival as in the invention of Doctor Venn of the Royal Society of Great Britain, herewith illustrated. Doctor Venn’s machine bowler, which looks something like a railroad switch, is making its way round the world, and already has got as far as Australia, where it is in much favor for practice work. It is claimed that the machine will bowl any length, pace, 'ftJW /I Mechanical Pitcher at Work. direction and break required, and that it will teach public school boys and others to play cricket scientifically without the aid of a professional coach. Medicated Corn a Trap. Danville, Pa. —A unique but effective method of finding out who was stealing his choice sweet corn was employed by W. V. Oglesby. At the portion of the field where the depredations have been most frequent he liberally dosed a number of tempting ears with croton oil. Early the other morning Doctor Gearhart, who lives near by, was awakened by terrible groans which Issued from his front porch. He investigated and found three young men rolling about in <reat pain.