The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 20, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 September 1911 — Page 2

Syracuse Journal W. G. CONNOLLY, Publisher. BYRAGURE. • INDIANA. j ■ —— BUILT AN EIGHTY-TON SHIP South Sea Missionary Who Wanted to Reach His Island Home Proved His Ingenuity. A person engaged in missionary work in the South seas has told of the ingenuity of an American missionary in the Society islands, who, though he knew next to nothing of ship carpentry and was, besides, almost destitute of tools, once accomplished the construction of a vessel of 80 tons’ burden. It should be added, however, that In his youth this missionary had been apprenticed to an ironmaker. It appears thatj being desirous to reach more distant tribes, this missionary left his home in Raiatea and took passage on a trading vessel for Rarotonga, 800 miles distant. He learned soon after his arrival that ships rarely touched port at that island; and when his visit had extended over several months with no sight of a sail he began to wonder how he should ever get back. Finally. impelled by the stress of his situation, he determined to make a ship by which he could leave the island. The novelty and audacity of this plan amazed and fascinated the natives, Who helped him with a will. Pieces of old metal from wrecks and an auger and carpenter’s pincers, with several hatchets and knives, trophies of former bargainings by the islanders with white sailors, made up his whole outfit of iron and tools. First he erected a stone forge and nnytl and tried to equip his establishment with a goatskin bellows, but as It was impossible to protect the leather from the rats he substituted a kind of rude air pump, an apparatus that the natives greatly admired. He never lacked hands to blow it. He found plenty of timber —cocoanut and bamboo. Having no saw he made his planks by splitting trees and the Islanders smoothed them after a fashion with the hatchets and knives. .Wood with a natural crook supplied the knees, wooden pins served for nails and the calking of the seams was done with banana stumps and cocoanut fiber in place of oakum. After long and patient toll the missionary and his native assistants launched a craft that rode the water. Somehow he contrived, with his amateur native crew, to navigate the vessel safely to his home. New Use for Sour Milk. It is now pretty generally believed that sour milk has certain medicinal qualities not possessed by sweet milk. The lactic acid organisms which It contains seem to act as purifiers and disinfectants. It is -therapeutic as well as nourishing, and, according to Elie Metchnikoff, promotes a healthy old age and long life. The fact that the lowa agricultural experiment station has recently developed a new sodr milk food in the shape of lactic acid ice cream is of interest, therefore, to the hygienists as well as the confectioners and soda fountain folks. It is made just as is ordinary ice cream, except that sOur milk is substituted, for sweet milk. According to the inventors, lactic acid Ice cream is very palatable and possesses a certain piquant twang which renders It peculiarly grateful in hot weather. They see “no reason why 'lacto' should not, within a reasonable time become just as popular as sherbet.” t — Making It All Right. • Marks —I know your wife didn’t like it because you took me home unexpectedly to dinner last night. Parks —Nonsense! Why, you hadn’t been gone two minutes before she remarked that she was glad it was no one else but you. ' Another Blow at the Sex. v **Men," said the city salesman, “have a lot more sentiment than women. The photographs on the desks of people I visit on business prove that. In the course of a day I talk to about an equal number of men and women. Many of the men keep the picture of the only woman in the world standing in plain view on the desk, but not one woman in a thousand gladdens her soul with the photograph of the only man.” “It Is owing to one of the unjust rules of men that they don’t,” said the stenographer. “If women office workers In a bunch ever turn suffragettes that photographic restriction will be partly to blame. It is stipulated in most other offices that no woman employe shall sully the virgin purity of her desk with the picture of a man,” Reply Unexpected. Wordsworth on one occasion, when talking to his wife, referred to a time when, “as you know, I was better looking." ’ “But, my dear,” replied _ she, "you were always very ugly.’’—-Scribner’s Magazine. Never Could See-It Here. The little Chicago girl had returned from her first vacation. “You see lots of funny things when you’re in the country,” she said. “Out there when it’s dark the sky’s got a great white streak across it they call the milky way.”—Chicago RecordHerald. Different. •T saw a man the other day at hard labor working out bls sentence." “Ah, an unfortunate criminal." "No, an anxious author.”

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To widen its sphere of beneficial activity is the aim of every well-managed branch of our national government, but It Is doubtful if any of these have been more successful in the effort than the United States revenue cutter service. This organization under the treasury department, was long ago nicknamed “Uncle Sam’s police qf the sea,” and the designation has stuck because It is manifestly so appropriate. The title was obviously fitting in the old days when the chief duties of the officers and men of the revenue cutter

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service were to apprehend smugglers and pirates, but it is not the less suitable in this age when in addition to the quest for such enemies of the law the revenue cutter organization is obligated to lend aid to every form of life saving at sea —for it is recognized that the ideal policeman is charged not only with the duty of protecting life and property, but also with responsibility for aiding humanity in distress under any circumstances. • The United States revenue cutter service has had a most interesting history. After the freedom of the American colonies had been won through the Revolutionary war, the country returned to a peace basis and the continental navy was disbanded. From that time forward there was no sea force available for the protection of the coasts and the maritime Interests of the new republic until there came as a response to a long-felt want the organization of the revenue cutter service. This was one of the acts of our first congress. President George Washington signed the act in August, 1790, and within little more than a year ten vessels were ready for duty. Thereafter for a period of nearly seven years the little fleet formed the only armed force afloat flying the stars and stripes, and the ships were constantly engaged in patrollng the coastline of the country and enforcing its maritime laws. The first oppolntments of officers in the revenue cutter service were made from among those who had served in the continental navy, and since that time many men who prepared themselves for our naval service have amended their life plans to the extent of taking commissions in the maritime police force. The work of the revenue cutter service, as defined by the various laws which have been enacted on the subject, consists in the enforcement of almost every statute bearing upon the maritime Interests of the nation. At the head of the category comes, of course, the protection of the customs revenue and if smuggling in any form is suspected the revenue cutter officers have the right of search of all merchant vessels arriving within or near the United States or bound for an American port. The suppression of piracy is not a heavy responsibility any more, but the search for wrecked and missing vessels is a responsibility which has expanded as the other has contracted. The enforcement of the neutrality laws is always something of a chore, thanks to the South and Central American revolutions that are hatched In the United States. Another important task is found in the enforcement of law and the protection of property in Alaska, including the protection of the seal and other fisheries in Alaskan water—a form of oceanic patrollng which has been productive of many exciting episodes in recent years. The suppression or mutiny is another duty delegated to Uncle Sam’s police of the sea, but mutineers alike to pirates have become rather scarce in the neighborhood of Uncle Sqm’s domains In late years. On the other hand there has been a tremendous increase in the volume of work required In connection with the destruction of derelicts and other menaces to navigation and in the rendering of assistance to vessels in distress.

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The revenue cutter service is charged by law with the construction and inspection of life-saving stations and the drilling of the life-saving

crews, but in addition it has virtually developed a life-saving service of its own, and every revenue cutter might be designated as a floating life-sav-ing station. The police? of the sea have to afford protection for the sponge fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida; they play an important part in enforcing quarantine regulations when Uncle Sam is “putting up the bars” against some plague-infested country abroad, and they guard the safety of the public at all great yacht races and regattas. Persons who bear in mind the principal events of the Spanish-American war will recall that the revenue cutters with their officers and men played an Important part in the defense of the country during that conflict. But this was no innovation. In the preceding wars in which this nation engaged the revenue cutter service always had a hand, and, indeed, there is a standing arrangement whereby, in the event of war, the police of the sea co-operate with the navy. It is a question, after all, however, whether the greatest victories of the revenue cutter service have not been won in times of peace. Take, for example, the great yellow fever epidemic that in the

Escaping the Drudgery yfoman Tells How Household Work May Be Made Less Unpleasant. The old-time household duties also disappeared to a great extent. Scrubbing was no longer a necessity. I found a waxed floor with simple but effective rugs, just as practical as in other parts of the house, says a writer in Success. The next step was to eliminate that second frightful bugbear of housekeeping—washing the pots and pans. No dish or kettle used in cooking was allowed to become cold before being washed with a combination wire and bristle brush. The hand thus came in contact only with the handle of the vessel, doing away with the most unpleasant part of dishwashing, while the immediate cleansing minimized labor by preventing particles of food from drying and sticking to the sides of the utensil. Table tops of glass and marble also helped to reduce labor in the kitchen. These were constantly kept spotless by the free use of paper napkins as “wipe-up rags.” The employment of paper is one of the most valuable means of saving work. Paper napkins when bought in quantities are cheap, they are absorbent, easily handled and may be quickly disposed of. Another of our schemes was to have all garbage instantly dropped down a tube from the sink to an Incinerator in the cellar, doing away with that most unpleasant chemical combination of a mixture of nondescript scraps, so unpleasant to the senses of sight, smell and touch. We have not as yet reached Mrs. Rorer’s ideal of minimum

•summer of 1905 ravaged the gulf coast of our country. Revenue cutters and a fleet of chartered vessels commanded by revenue cutter officers patrolled thw waters of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and for the first time in the history of such epidemics there was not a. single instance of the spread of the disease through communication by sea. The ships were constantly within the infected districts, and although one of them had to fight the fever among its own crew never once did the vigilance against the scourge relax. As has been said, one of the most important duties of the service is the relief of vessels in distress, and within late years this has developed a regular “winter patrol" of far-reaching scope and immense value.

tion the service has a ship specially constructed as a “derelict destroyer”—the only of the kind in the world. Commissioned officers of the United States revenue cutter service have rank with the officers of the army and navy and receive the same benefits of retirement as are accorded these officers. The officers are trained for the service at the revenue cutter cadet school, located at New London, Conn. Young men enter at any age between eighteen and twenty-four, and in addition to exactions in book learning must undergo a military and nautical training that in some respects is even more arduous than that given at Uncle Sam’s big academies at Annapolis and West Point. Os course the classes at the cadet school are comparatively small —sometimes there are not more than two dozen embryo officers enrolled at the institution, but this is to be expected, for the revenue cutter service does not need the great numbers of officers required for our rapidly growing navy. Indeed, there are less than three hundred commissioned officers on the revenue cutter roster, where as the warrant officers and enlisted men will probably not total more than fifteen hundred, although Uncle Sam is constantly adding to his fleet of revenue cutters, and this expansion is reflected in the active list. The navigating responsibilities of the officers of the nation’s sea police boats probably exceed those of any other men in the naval or maritime service. Unlike many of the men who go down to the sea in ships, they do not confine themselves to a given ocean path. On the contrary, the young revenue cutter officer may be called upon at short notice to navigate his own ship in any waters from southern Florida to northern Alaska, and die must enter many bays and arms of the sea where no naval or merchant vessel would ever be required to go. For these versatile demands the revenue cutter officers are especially trained during their cadet course. Each year during the three-year course the cadets spend several months on a cruising “practice ship,” which jogs back and forth across the Atlantic, partly under steam and partly by sail power. The boys attend to all the operations connected with the navigation of the vesselgaining that grounding of practical experience that will be so valuable in later years—and incldently they continue that small arms and ordnance practice which is a feature of their schooling on shore. The motto of the United States revenue cutter service is “Semper Paratus,” which may be translated as “Always Ready,” and certainly the Yankee police force of the high schools has eloquently proven in recent years that the words of this slogan convey no idle boast.

waste, but we are striving to approach it, for therein lies another real source of economy. A great deal of dirt and the labor of removing it was prevented by having all vegetables washed before they were brought into the house. To this end I devised a little drop table near the pump on the back porch, only a step from the garden. We live in the country and grow some of our own vegetables, but the principle of leaving al) possible dirt outside is one that could be applied almost everywhere. All market deliveries were left in a basket just outside the door, obviating the running in and out of delivery boys.

The president designates certain cutters each year during the stormy winter months from November to April to patrol our far-flung coast line In search of vessels In distress and to respond for any calls for assistance that may be received via wireless. In the performance of this duty thousands of persons have been rescued from the perils of the sea and property to an aggregate value of many millions of dollars has been saved. The “beats” covered by the police of the sea on this winter “watch” are not confined to Pacific and Gulf OT Mexico, but include also the great lakes and the Bering sea and Arctic ocean. A kindred work of almost equal importance is the destruction of derelicts which menace i all ships on the ocean pathways. Every revenue cutI ter carries high explosives and the paraphernalia for blowing up or otherwise destroying a derelict as soon as discovered, but in addi-

CAP and BELLS SMALL BOY WITH EXPERIENCE Great Care Exercised by Youngster in Resuming His Seat Showed Lesson of Truth Was Lost. “Be truthful,” said the teacher. “Always?” asked the boy. “Always,” answered the teacher. “Never tell a lie?” “Never.” “Not even a white lie?” “Not even a white lie.” "Huh!” ejaculated the lad, scornfully, “it’s a good thing for you you ain’t a boy with my dad for a father.” “Why?” asked the teacher. “Because,” replied the boy, “if you was my dad’s little boy, an’ you heard what he said about Aunt Eliza comin’ to visit us with her children, and Aunt Eliza had asked you if you weren’t all glad to see her, an’ you told the truth, like I did, you’d think there was a place where your trousers was mighty thin after dad had finished with you.” He went back to his desk, and as he sat down with great care there was an expression on his face that showed the great lesson of truth had been, at least in a measure, lost on him. It Was “De Second Time.” A passenger on a New York-Cleve-land sleeper, on awakening in the morning, found under his berth one black shoe and one brown one. He called the porter and directed his attention to the error. The porter scratched his woolly head in utter bewilderment. “Well,” said the exasperated passenger. “What’s the matter?” “Now, If dat don’t beat all!” exclaimed the porter. “Dat’s de second time dis mawnin' dat dat mistake’s happened.”—Metropolitan Magazine. Turning the’Tables. In a domestic crisis I once hired as temporary help a genuine cornfield darky, lank, awkward, ignorant, but smiling and eager to please. Seeing that she watched with interest the gambols of a family of kittens, I asked if she were fond of animals. “Lor, yas’m,” she replied, bobbing and giggling; “I’m jes’ a reg’lar cat an’ dorg pet!”—Lippincott’s. All Fixed. “I’ve got great news for you,” cried Tack, excitedly. “What is it?” asked his cousin Jennie. “I’m going to marry May Prettyman!” “Pshaw! That’s not news. She asked me a month ago if I’d be her bridesmaid.”—Catholic Standard and Times. WANTED TO KNOW. 4. u/u- ■ Hank Hayrick (the village postmaster) —Ten trains runs into this yere town every day! The Stranger—And how many run out? Not What She Expected. He—At last, Miss Millie, I can say something that I have been burning to ask you for some time. She—What is it? What is it? He—Has your cousin Etna enough money to marry on?—-Ulk. Contact Nan—l don’t see how anybody can be gloomy when Jack is around. His smile is infectious. Fan —It’s more than that with you—it’s contagious. She Couldn't Hear It. “Now wait a moment, dear,” he pleaded. “Try to listen to reason.” “I’ve been trying,” she bitterly replied, “but reason seems to be dumb.” Flattery. “I hear you have been sued for |25,©0 for breach of promise.” “You flatter me. It is only 110,000."

CARED FOR COOK’S BOUQUET Doctor Carefully Places Bunch of Flowers in Dish Pan of Water to Preserve Them. ’Twas late in the evening, and all in the house was still. Suddenly the doorbell rang, and the doctor, whose ear was well trained, awoke. Someone needed his services, he concluded, and he walked softly down the stairs and opened the door. “Miss Caroline Tomkins?” said the late caller. “She has retired,” said the worthyj doctor. “This is for her,” said the man, handing the-doctor a tissue-paper package, from which peeped flowers and buds and leaves. The man departed, and the doctor closed the door. “Some admirer of cook’s,” he said to himself, “has brought her a bouquet.” He walked into the kitchen and placed the package in a dish of water. An indignant cook stood before him next morning. “I wish to give notice,” she announced. “I’ll not stay another day in a house where some varmint puts my new hat in a basin of water.” Too Much for Her. Calling one day to see an old friend who was visiting her married son, I inquired of the colored maid who answered the bell: “Is Mrs. Smith at home?” “Yas’m, she home,” the girl replied, showing no inclination to invite me in. “She here all right, but she got a misery in de haid.” “Mrs. Smith, senior?” I asked with concern. “Seen me?” she exclaimed suspiciously. "’Cose she seep me. Hue come she ain’ see me w’en she hire me las’ night huh own self!’’—-and she indignantly shut the doqr without further parley.—Lippincott’s, i • NO FUN WITHOUT TAIL. IffZZZtZZI “Doggone it! Dis is six dogs I’ve found today an’ not a tail among de lot!” Busy Days. “Well, Dobby, these seem to be busy days,” said Harkaway. “Yes,” said Dobby; “Mrs. Dobby, is busy from morning to night trying to make up her mind where to spend the summer.” “And you?” said Harkaway. “Oh, I’m busy from morning to night trying to gather together enough- to enable her to spend what she’ll have to spend while spending it,” said Dobby.—Harper’s Weekly. Her Giddiness. “I suppose Catherine Brown has“her hair bleached .now,” said the returned traveler. “Yes,” replied the stay-at-home, “but how did you know? You’ve been away nearly a year.” “Yes, but ,1 thought that would be the next step; she had just begun to spell her name ‘Kathryn’ when I went away.”—Catholic Standard and Times. Cause for Thankfulness. Heady Exhibitor (at R. A.) —And— ah—do you like our little show as well as the salon in Paris, mademoselle? Visitor —Oh, much, much bettaire. Exhibitor —Really? I’m delighted. And why, particularly? Visitor —There is so much less ’ picchaires.—Punch. Serious Objections. “Well, how are you making it now?” “Still ip the lowgrounds.” “Why don’t you climb higher?” “High climbin’ makes my .head swim.” “Well, then, get a move on you.” “Oh, no. I never move until the rent is due.”—Altanta Constitution. Nervous Wedding Guest. Sexton, (wishing to ascertain whether he should seat the arriving guest with 1 the bride’s or the bridegroom’s friends) —Bride or bridegroom, sir? Nervous Guest —Oh! Neither —neither! —London Punch. Hetping Him Out. Her Brother—Her eyes are like violets, and her cheeks —well, I hardly know what to compare them with! His Sister —How would artificial roses do? Ignored. “Do the people in this hotel ever talk about me when I am not present?” “No.” “The mean thirifcs.” < An Honest Confession. The Friend—Well, I see you have your sign out. Getting any practice. Young Doctor —Yes, a little. There goes one of my funerals now