The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 19, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 September 1911 — Page 2

Syracuse Journal \ W. Gk CONNOLLY, Publisher. IYRAOURR - INDIANA. TO COLLEGE WITH S2O ONLY Man Tells How He Worked His Way Through Yaie, Paying for But * One Meal. . “I came to Yale from a Kentucky town of about 1,0,00 inhabitants situated more than 1,000 miles from Yale,” says a writer in Munsey’s Magazine. “I reached New Haven three months before, the time when I expected to enter college with less than S2O in my pocket or to my credit. My acquaintance in all New England consisted of just two upper classmen in college and their financial rating was but little better than my own. "I worked my way through Yale with the aid of infinitesimal sums from outside. I maintained a creditable stand in my studies. I did as much general reading as most undergraduates;*'! took a part in the college so-, cial life. I was not a genius, a prodigy or a mental aeroplane. “Arriving in New Haven on a mild spring evening, I searched out the humble dog wagon, caterer to impecunious students, and here on ham an<J a hot dog, I made my first supper, the only meal I paid for in money during my entire career at college. The next day I was taken by, my friend, the Yale junior, to a little brown house on College street. “Here a short, ruddy-faced woman, between plaintive snatches of Methodist hymns, violent cries to her cook, affectionate caresses of a Scotch collie and vituperative scoldings of an unoffending, stoop-shouldered husband, inquired who I was, where I came from and whether I had ever waited on table. Learning that I had hopes of being a freshman and came from the romantic south, she engaged me at once. “ ‘These little freshmen are better en any,' she told her cook. ‘They usually try, and if this one’s from the south he may be good mannered. All right, sir,’ she cried to me, ‘come on and get started!’ Then to her husband: ‘Why the thunder don’t you get out of here and to work. It’s half past eight! Keep them steaks on the fire, Mary, but don’t scorch them!’ Then bustling into song: ‘Nearer, My Sod, to Thee’ — she puffed into the dining room, setting the table to rights, and nearing her divinity and the beginning of her breakfast at one and the same time. a “And so I became a student waiter. That morning eliminated from my expense account the item of board —an item which did not again appear until • I was a bachelor of arts and ready to begin a more Occupation of Idols. Some strange occupations figure on Indian census schedules. At the last census in many villages of Hydrabad and the central provinces enthusiastic and devout enumerators returned the the village shrines and. temples as “occupied houses.” The occupant was the idol, whose occupation was stated as “granting boons and blessings” or “subsistence on contributions from the tenants.” Other callings returned on the schedules irfclude collectors of edible birds’ nests, receivers of stolen goods, witches, wizards, and cow poisoners. —Pall Mall Gazette. One- Holiday in 52 Years. The story was told at the Wesleyan conference at Cardiff the other day that Dr. Hugh Jones, who has been a minister in the Welsh work for 52 years, only cnee tried a week’s holiday. On the first day he was very miserable, more miserable on the second day, and on the third day he could bear it no longer, and leaving his wife and family at the seaside returned to bls work.—JLzmdon Daily Mail. t ■ — He Would Be Different. I “I can twist my husband around my little finger,” said the Circassian beauty. “That’s all right,” replied the fat lady, “but if you had married the ossified man instead of a contortionist you’d find him a harder customer to deal with.” i' ■ " Popular Study. Uncle Waybadk—Now, wot’s th’ use o’ teachin’ gals all these newfangled studies? Wot (good is this ’ere astronomy you’re studyin’? City Niece—Why, uncle, it’s a delightful subject,to talk about on moonlight evenings. We point out Venus, and then the young man says something pretty, and then —see that ring? Something Romantic. ’ “I’ve bought an old wreck,” said the proprietor of the Bluff house, “and it will be towed ashore tonight.” “Good advertising,” declared the clerk. “So I thought. Now you’ve read quite a few sea novels. Fix up a good story to go with it.” A Drawback. She —Even in this old age pension bill wljich is proposed, the men are going to get the better of it. He —Why should they? She —Idiot! How many women do you suppose are going to apply for an old age pension? Not So Familiar. ‘So you treat your cook like one of the family?” “Mercy no! We wouldn’t dare to tell her she couldn’t have anything she likes.”

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F the newer profess’mns that have lately been created in connection with agriculture and kindred pursuits it is probable that none is more unusual or more interesting than that of tree surgery. Tree surgeon is the customary title of the expert who devotes.

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himself to ministering to sick and in whether “tree doctor” would not be tpuch as in with trees as with numa clan than the surgeon that is need The tree doctor is, perforce, a spe be added that the subject is a much first thought, suspect, and is well w life work and the life study of the that, “tree doctoring”,within a limit ties of any farmer or other private just as gardening may be made a sue to being a fancy gardener. Indeed, the owner of any wooded land who desires to preserve the mature forest growth is all but compelled to delve into the lore on this subject if he does not want to employ a professional forester, and the fafmer who wants to preserve the priceless heritage of the stately trees that surround and shade the ideally-placed farm house must do likewise. One phase of tree doctoring that the layman can undertake almost as successfully as the professional is that embraced in preventive measures. With trees, as with all other growing things, the policy of the ounce of prevention is a wise one and moreover there are some wealthy men who own large estates in this country who employ tree doctors as the Chinese . employ physicians—to keep them well rather than to cure them after Sickness has set in. This “stitch in time” policy as applied to is particularly serviceable in the ■RRS? of the insects, etc.,, which play such havoc with tree growth if left to carry on their depredations unmolested. It is always preferable and usually simpler to bar pests of this kind from the cherished trunk and branches than it is to banish them once they have gained a foothold. Speaking of this responsibility in tree doctoring directs attention to

the exceedingly varied activities that are embraced in the ministering to our i sylvan treasures. There are numerous different methods of circumventing the caterpillars and other objectionable invaders, and there are likewise any number of prescriptions that may be tried out if the pests have taken possession of trees ere the alarm is given. Prominent among these latter remedial measures are the various forms of tree spraying for which special apparatus is now provided and apropos of which extensive experiments have been carried on to determine the most effective formula to be introduced as spray. Another branch of tree surgery deals, with the intelligent removal of dead or diseased limbs of trees and the repair of damage done by fire, lightning, high winds, etc. And finally we come to the true surgery which in the case of trees, as with people, involves the removal of portions of the vital tissue; the termination of decay or disease; and the substitution of other substances —in the case of ttees, con-> crete being a favorite medium for closing wounds and fostering the healing process. It might be supposed by many readers that tree doctoring would l>e restricted largely to the country and suburban districts, but such is very far from being the case. Indeed, It would seem as though the residents of our towns and cities prize their trees more highly and are willing to do more to preserve them than are the farmer class—and, perhaps, this is natural considering that tall, stately trees are much rarer in cities than in the rural districts. At any rate most of oqr large cities now employ one or more tree doctors to look after the trees in their parks and the shade trees on streets and boulevards, whereas it is becoming almost imperative for a man who aspires to the position of head gardener on any large private estate to have enough knowledge of ailing or insect-infested trees to cope with the situation. The U. S. Department of Agriculture and the state governments in many of our leading states now maintain special departments that devote

THE SKIN AND COMPLEXION \ ~ “Oh, wad some power the glftie give us To see ourselves as itners see us.” —Burns. How surprised some of us would be if we did /possess this gift, and how quickly we would hasten to make some changes! Every person’s skin Is a law unto itself, and what is beneficial to one may not be so to another. You never saw two persons who looked exactly alike, nor two persons who did things in exactly the same manner. So it is with the skin, no person has a skth that is exactly like another’s. How foolish it is, then, to expect the same treatment to agree with all skins! Certainly an oily akin requires dll ferent treatment from one that is Inclined to be dry. Exactly what agrees

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jured trees, and yet it is a question a more appropriate designation, inasn beings it is more often the physied to set things right. clallst in his chosen field and it may deeper one than the layman might, at orthy to be made the subject of the man who is attracted to it For all ed range is quite within the possiblllcitizen who is impelled to study it cess by a man who makes no claims JKH

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their attention to the problems presented in this field. In the case of Uncle Sam’s Bureau of Entomology the activities are not confined to inducing good health in trees but extend to all sorts of investigations and experiments regarding injurious insects affecting field crops, fruits, small fruits and truck crops as well as the forests and forest products. This research institution has devoted much time and money to the introduction in the United States of beneficial insects —that is insects which prey upon those creatures that, harm the trees —and is all the while carrying on tests and experiments- with insecticides and Insecticide machinery. Not the least important function of this government institution is the identification of insects for anybody who applies for such Information. By this means a farmer or householder discovering an unknown bug on his trees may ascertain the record of the mysterious visitor together with hints as to how to get rid of him in case he is an undesirable. Probably the most extensive and most costly project in tree doctoring in the history of the world is that which has been in progress for some years past in the state of Massachusetts. The object of this prolonged battle is to exterminate or hold in check the gypsy moth, which, with other kindred species, has threatened to destroy the trees throughout the Old Bay State, if not, indeed, throughout New England. In this fight millions of dollars have been expended, the experts employed by the state of Massachusetts working hand in hand with Uncle Sam’s experts, headed by C. L. Marlatt, perhaps the greatest authority in the world. It is probably a trifle early to say that the fight has been won, but certain it is that much headway has Deen gained and doubtless the damage will be restricted to its present area. Tremendous sums are expended every year in spraying for orchard insects. It is estimated that not less than $5,000,000 is thus expended each year in holding in check the codling moth and an equally large sum is devoted yearly to treatments against the San Jose scale. Nowhere

with a given person’s skin only can be discovered by experiment. So if you find your complexion improving under a given treatment, do not change 1 your methods because some one else recommends a different treatment. There are a few directions that ‘will seldom disagree with any skin. Usually it will be found beneficial to bathe the face at night with hot water to remove all dirt; then massage with good cold cream. In the morning all that is necessary is a quick rub with cold water. Do not afraid to rub the face a little.. The skin needs exercise as well as any other part of the body How often it is neglected! Pinching or nibbing the skin tends to draw a ' greater supply of blood to the parts I massaged. This Increased circulation 1 brings extra nourishment with it and

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also tends to carry away more waste material. Pimples and black-heads show that the waste material is not being carried away properly but is being left to clog the pores. Sometimes this accumulation of waste material is due to lack of cleanliness. The waste material is left on the skin and clogs the pores so they cannot perform their work. Sometimes the fault is due to poor circulation or to diseases of the excretory organs. If one organ is incapable of performing its work, the other organs must of necessity do more than their share in trying to aid it. If the kidneys and bowels are not carrying off their share of the waste material of the body, the skin is burdsned with an extra amount to be disposed ot. Sometimes it is unable to

the poison charged liquid employed for spraying must be hauled some distance it is customary to resort to outfits of liberal tank capacity, and many of these range from 150 to 300 gallons. For spraying high trees it is necessary to use an elevated tower or platform built upon a wagon and w’ith one man on the tower and two men on the ground sprayfing may be carried on with the greatest possible 1 degree of efficiency. Os course, a good length oTjUose is essential—one-half inch being a popular size, and it should be capable of standing 200 pounds pressure per square inch Trees in towns and cities are naturally much more liable to such injuries as will later require the practice of tree surgery than are those in the country districts. The piling of building material against trees, the attaching of guy wires and the grading of streets or roads are all causes productive of injuries. Overcrowding by other trees, horse bites and girdling by wire labels are other sources of trouble. One of the worst of all, however, is improper pruning or tree butchery. As a matter of fact, Intelligent; systematic pruning and tree surgery are very closely related. Pruning requires a previous intimate knowledge of the habits of growth of trees, whereas surgery on- the other hand requires in addition a knowledge of the best methods for making cavities airtight and preventing decay. The principle Is much the same as that employed by the dentists who fill cavities in the teeth of human beings, and this caring for the cavities in trees is the only means of preserving affected specimens and saving to this and future generations some of the noblest specimens of woodland growth. The favorite mixture for filling cavities is composed of one part Portland cement to three parts of clean, sharp sand. After all decayed or decaying matter has been removed from the cavity the whole cavity Is filled with this thin mortar, and then, when this has had time to become stiff, •.but not hard, there is applied a surface coat made of one part sand and one part cement and the surface is so faced as to exclude all moisture from the opening of the cavity. It should be noted in conclusion that Providence has provided us with the best tree doctor in the form of that familiar and unappreciated bird, the woodpecker. The woodpecker is easily the most useful of all the seven hundred varieties of birds to be found in the United States and it is largely because of his constant search for and warfare against the four hundred different varieties of insects that prey upon our trees. The woodpecker is not merely a tree doctor, but Is actually a tree surgeon because his most energetic quest is for those insects that injure the tree internally and to which access can be gained only by means of the unique equipment with which nature has provided the woodpecker and from, the employment of which he derives his name. As a rule the woodpecker makes only shallow holes so that his work may properly be dignified as tree surgery that leaves no scars, which is not the legist of its advantages.

do this and the waste material is left to accumulate in the skin. Sometimes (and if we may judge by some we meet on the street, we might say oftentimes) the skin is so coated with impurities in the shape of powder, enamel and other preparations that It finds it Impossible to work at all. If we wohld exercise the skin a little more and coat it a little less, we would have smaller need for the coating. (Copyright, 13W; *by Wf G. Chapman.) The Resort Prospectus. “Going to; run diily excursions this year?" “Oh, yes.” *T notice / you don’t advertise a gorge any niore.” “No; 1 made it a ravine instead. Some people thoughts gorge meant « lot to eat."

DIPLOKATICSERVICE Allurements and Rewards of Our Foreign Agents. Uncle Sam’s Representatives Abroad Serve in Responsible Positions Without Adequate Financial Remuneration. Washington.—Owing to the American practice of appointing to important diplomatic posts citizens who have gained distinction in law, in trade or in letters, the impression prevails in some quarters that diplomacy is scarcely to be regarded as a career in America. Financially, Os course, the higher diplomatic posts are not alluring—and the higher they are the less alluring do they 100k — but the foreign service of fte United States is organized upon a much more stable basis, than might be expected from the small financial rewards. This was true even before former President Roosevelt placed the secretaries to embassies and legations under civil service in 1905. Figures supporting this view are presented in “Case and Comment,” by Frederick Vqn Dyne, assistant solicitor of the department of state. The United States, for instance, has fortyfour principal diplomatic representatives in foreign countries —ten ambassadors, thirty-one envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary, two ministers resident and consuls general, and one agent and consul general. Mr. Van Dyne points out that eight of the ten ambassadors have had previous diplomatic experience —one of them as secretary of state and seven as ministers. Prior to appointment, moreover, three of the ambassadors served as assistant Whitelaw Reid, to Grea't Britain. secretary of state, while one of the three had also served as secretary i)i legation and qhief clerk of the department of state. Os the thtrty-Ae envoys one served previously as nAfster in four different countries, tA> lerved at three different posts, r fOTT at two, one. was assistant secretary of state, nine were promoted fro,m the position of secretary of legation or embassy, and seven served as consul. As to length of service and amount of diplomatic experience, three of the ambassadors have passed fourteen years in the foreign service, one has had thirteen years’ experience, and one has served twenty years. It is apparent from this that many of this oountry’s foreign representatives have had sufficient experience to prepare them for assuming the responsibilities which fall to their lot. In the more important posts they lave assumed this responsibility without adequate financial remuneration. Mr. Van Dyne deplores this fact as much as most other writers on the subject, and freely admits that, as things stand, it is impossible for any but a wealthy American to accept a ehief diplomatic post in the great European capitals. He ve-f’ -o-, to I assert, for instance, that rent alone paid by our.ar London, Paris, Rome am ,cs exceeds the salary paid for i. c.r services. Congress has. however, recently taken steps to remove some of this burden. A sum of $500,000 a year has been appropriated for the purpose of providing houses for American diplomatists. This should make possible aceptance of such posts by men other than those of great private fortune. The salaries paid in the service range from $17,500 for ambassadors to $5,000 for the -'east well paid principal diplomatic officer, who happens to be the minister resident in Liberia. First secretaries of embassy receive $3,000, second secretaries $2,000. and third secretaries sli2oo. A first secretary of legation /jets $2,625 and a second secretary While these salaries are »» particularly inviting, considering tme qualifications which an applicant! must possess, still it is becoming increasingly common for the upper branches of the service to be recruied from secretaries of embassy legation, so that the rewards hM f° rth to secretaries of good record for efficiency are by no means inconsiderable. As more and more a! cent io n is DOW being directed to the foreign service attractive tepen of Proved ability, it seems probai’l* that the diplomatic -career will Income Increasingly popular. If the impression persists anywhere that dipfrJatic positions are sinecures, therf is little to support this view. A S f matter of plain fact, there are fX/professlons which require such tjo/ough training and such long sttpy. Personal qualities count for niJch in the service—sv.cji qualities

in the world is this doctoring done so thoroughly as in the United States. The invention of special spraying apparatus began as early as the year 1880, and since that time each year has been the advent of new and improved apparatus. Some six or seven years ago the steam-pow-er $ sprayer made its appearance and a little later there was evolved the gasoline outfit, which may be seen in operation today on so many farms and in many city parks. Where

as adaptability, an attractive presence and go«d address —but they dfo not represent the sum total of a* diplomat’s virtues. He must, of courts, be a linguist, and the more languagea he knows the better; he must be thoroughly familiar with modern history, with business and economics, with international law. In short, he jjbst be a compendium of general information, for he is likely to be called upon at any moment to adjust differences and salve over difficulties of a delicate and Important nature. Examinations now given applicants for secretaryships are rigorous, and cover the branches mentioned above as well as many others. The American taxpayer at homie and the taxpayer traveling in foreign countries both look npon Unde Sam’s ; embassies, legations, and consulates a/t a sort ot clearing house for trouble. No matter what form their demands take, they consider that they must be i instantly complied with by their rep- ' resentatives abroad. Some good | Americana apparently under the i delusion that, an embassy-' is argu§ | eyed ami omnipotent. I OneolaEter a fonfi living in i the far west cabled to our qiabassador ' at Paris that he wished A bunch ot violets, to cost $lO, sent |to liis best girl. Miss Blank. With tlje best will in the world his request ooqld not be compiled with, as he gaveyno address beyond “Miss Blank, ParisJ” and sent no money to pay for the floorers. During the last season before King Edward’s death, the Ameridan ambassador to the court of St. iJames received a note from a compatriot. In part it read as follows: “I am in London for a short visit, and wish to attend one of the balls given at Buckingham palace, so please procure an invitation f<*r me. As my husband is not here, I also desire that one of the attaches of your embassy, no matter how insignificant, accompany me to the ball.” The phrase became a catchword at the embassy. If any particular work outside of the regular routine turned up, the members of the staff w-ould laugh and point to his neighbor, saying: “You do it, Tom, you’re more insignificant than I,” and so on down the ’line. SPIES GET ARMY PLANS. Startling evidences of the ; pernicious activity of foreign spies is in the possession of the army general staff, which a-ccounts for the serious consideration being given to the most trifling report, of attempts to discover the military secrets of the country. Some of these incidents are of comparatively recent date and it was upon the admission of such information to a secret session of the judicial committee of the house that legislation \jjjs securedjflt the last session of congress proVz.., ng for the severe punishment of spies in time of peace, An Englishman in Calcutta picked up in the streets a small package of blue prints showing every detail of the defenses of Corregidor island, the main stronghold of the United States in the Philippines. The prints are not copies of any drawings or charts prepaired for use of the United States, but were evidently the result of a careful and deliberate investigation of the official and confidential records of the Unitefi States. The finding of the blue prints made It evident that there were other copies in existence. The EngH.hman sent the papers to the war department here, but the most careful investigation failed to discover the means by which the Information had been obtained. An American ambassador notified., the state department that a certain captain belonging to the army of the country where he was stationed had been detailed to pass three years secretly investigating the American countries and studying their military conditions. Even the Panama canal has pot escaped. One of the engineers found ' a foreign officer, an attache to one of the American countries, secretly studying tk,e canal from a strategic stand ■'c''-,- and he understood that • • - Isix or sewn other officers .e samel nationalit} in tjie United Stages gathering military informatipn TRUST bASES COSTLY. I The prosecution qf the trusts is costing the United States a good round sum. Nearly $1.000,000 has been » expended by’the department of# justice in the last two year§ for special attorneys in trust prosecution cases. These expenses are all in addition to the salaries paid the assistant attorneys general and district atton neys active in the These figures have been .submitted by the attorney general to the committee in vestigating expenditures in the department of justice. 1 It will not be L-lu rged that the payments to lawyer! are excessive; but a feature w’hich Kill probably invite criticism is the fact that most of the men to whom big fefrs wdte paid were employes of the government drawing very reasonable salaries until they resigned to become special attorneys at; rates far in excess of what they had been receiving. AERO CORPS INCREASED. * The United States army is gradually building its corps, of aeronauts. Lieut. Frank M. Kennedy, Tenth infantry, has been ordered to the military aviation grounds atl College Park, Md., for instruction. AXlith this addition the College Park ccktlngent will consist of six officers. / The department has turned the Searchlight on every arm of the servi<|e with a view of selecting promising young officers to develop the war