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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-10-11
WEDNESDAY,,
Oct. 8, 1902.

threatening illness.
Senator Hanna denies that he chal-
lenged Tom johnson to a Joint debate.
National Mule Spinners' union ia
holding its convention in Boston.
Fire in the Beaumont oil field kills
- or more persons
Edward C. Carter leaves Harvard to
take up the life of student mission
ary in India.
Training ship Enterprise arrives In
Boston after her cruise to Europe.
Bolivian troops invade Brazilian ter
ritory.
Girl who attempted suicide at
Bridgeport, O., confesses to drowning
rival.
New Hampshire state troops have
annual shoot at Nashua.
Mrs. George P. Ferguson Of Salem
.nled by train while walking on track.
Washington upholds Rear Admiral
Casey in his new move on the isthmus.
George Gould, steward on the Han
overian, accidentally shot by friend
and dies.
Judge Lacombe of United States cir
cult court, holds that Porto Ricans are
aliens.
Mar Kim and other Cinnamon attach
Chief Watts salary for $500.
Speaker Of the Vermont legislature
ignores Clement men in committee as
signments.
Sale Of property on Milk street and
sewall place, site for History Office
building. ]
Herbert Holbrook, accused Of mur-
der, has fit in court in Farmington.
Me.
Philip Clarke arrested in Worcester
on charge of poisoning a we'll at As
sonet.
Messrs. White and Jackson slated for
advancement in diplomatic service.
Samuel Arnold, 72, convicted in 1865
of participation in assassination Of
President Lincoln, is dead.
THURSDAY, Oct. ., 1902.
A schooner wrecked off Kincardine,
Co.,. and five lives lost.
One man killed and another injured
In an auto smash-up at Youngstown, O.
Rioting in New Orleans; several per-
sons shot.
One life lost and IL persons injured
In railroad collision near MEMO
Park, N. j.
The schooner Ruel, from Key Largo,
at Key West, reports q fOur-masted
steamer afire near Alligator light. The
steamer was SUM-. and the crew taken
off and sheltered in the lighthouse.
luPs have been sent from here.
Dist.-Atty. Jerome has been officially
notified that Justice John s. Lambert
had been assigned to sit as the trial
ludre at the trlal OF Roland B. Moli-
neux. The trial will proceed within
a short time.
Two armored cruisers, superior to
anything ever built for the United
States navy, are being designed by the
naval board OF construction. They will
be the largest vessels of their type In
the American navy, anu will displace
more water than any battleships in
commission and a number under con-
struction. With stores they will dis
place 1888 tons each, with heavy
main and secondary batteries.
AS the result of rear-end collision
Of the western express and local pas
senger train from Philadelphia, on the
Pennsylvania railroad, near Menlo
Park, N. j., Courtney Silpath. said to
have been an express messenger, was
killed and IL persons were injured
Political Frauds Pardoned
Havana. Oct. S.-An order has heen
published in the Official Gazette par
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-10-11

Great Historical Discovery.
Athens, Oct. 9.-Near CheroneH, the
place where the MacedOnans buried
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-10-11

PnlGuelpnla, Oct. u. "A rumOr was
current here last night that George II.
Baer, president Of the Philadelphia and
Reading railway, had submitted his
resignation to the board of directors.
Inquiry ut Mr.. Baer's residence here
ELECTED the information that he had
retired for the night, leaving strict III
functions that he was not to he dis
tlTbed. Two members of the board of
directors, however, emphatically de-
MED the report The Reading d.
rectOrs met yesterday to consider the
annual report of the company and it
was stated that no other business was
discussed.
The impression prevails here that
United States Senators Quay and Pen
rose are still endeavOring to effect set
tlenent of the strike. The two sena-
tors went to New York late yesterday
afternoon, but declined to state the rb-
ject Of their visit. The hasty departure
of President Mitchell from Wilkes
barre for New York, and the fact that
the senators left here ut about the same
time, is regarded as suggestive.
New York, Oct. 9.-President Mitch
ell of the United Mine Workers assOcia-
ton arrived here last night with the
district presidents. Mr.. Mitchell had
the appearance of ha wing been under
severe mental and physical strain, but
assured questiOners that he was in
good health, though tired.
At 10 o'clock Mr.. Mitchell called up
Wilkesbarre by telephone, the reason
being that he had expected some tele-
grams which he did not find awaiting
him. Shortly after this he turned TO
the newspaper men and said:
"InfOrmatiOn has been conveyed to
Inc by phone that total of 2GO local
unions have reported unanimous votes
against resuming work. The men are
not deferred from going to work
through any fear Of bodily harm, hut
are resolved to remain out until the
differences between them and the op-
orators are arbitrated or until they are
ordered to return by their leaders.
This leaves not more than 40 or so
local unions to hear from. The unani-
nous action includes the votes of strik-
ers not members of the union, but who
were present at the meetings and voted
with the union men,"
At II o'clock President Mitchell and
two of the district presidents went
from the Ashland House to the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, where Senators Quay
and Penrose and Louis n. Hammarling
Of Wilkesbarre were registered.
President Mitchells cOnferenc with
Quay and Penrose lasted for an hour
and three quarters. At its conclusion
Mr.. Mitchell returned to the Ashland
House. He declined to say word as
to his talk with the senators and the
latter also refused to talk.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18
FORTUNES IN RICE.
Vast Possible Wealth Wasted in = Nat
riinOniRl Custom.

Vast Possible Wealth Wasted in = Mat
riinOniRl Custom.
If fellow throws an old shoe filed
with rice after you when you get mar
ried this writer young man, go pick
every grain of it up" said a rice en-
thusiast, for there is fortune in it.
| was just thinking today about the
vast amount of wealth that has been
wasted in this way, and it is simply
alarming when you come to think Of
it. went to the convention of rice
men at Crowley recently, and
learned a few things about rice that
never knew before. Why, the posi-
bilities of a grain of rice will actually
make a fellows head swim.
Here is a grain which I have been
carrying in my pocket since the con-
vention, purely for illustrative pur-
poses. was reading in the Plaque
mines Protector that one grain of rice
would bring in the first year sixty
punches Of rice, and that each bunch
contained ESQ grains, which would
give total yield of $4,000 grains for
the first year. Now, this is no small
thing, when you come to think of it.
Suppose we plant the $4,000 grains
the second year on the same basis
we would have a yield of 225,000000
grains which is $4,000 times 5000.
Now, the yield during the third year
would amount to $4,000 times 225,000,-
600 on the same basis of computation,
which would be 1876, 100000 grains Of
rice. Now, l was reading in another
paper published in the rice section
that there are probably 10000 grains
Of rice to the pound, but this is an
approximation Adopting it as cor
rect, at the end of the third year one
grain of rice will produce 337 100000
pounds of rice, and the rice mathema-
tician, allowing 1872 pounds for a bar
rel of rice, figures thSt this win
amount to 2,083,333 barrels.
$50 you can see that / am actually
carrying a fortune around here in my
vest pocket, and there is plenty of
room left, too, for such other things
as may want to put into my pocket.
In these figures have made no allow
ances for those things which some
times happen to any kind of seed that
may be sown, but there is a good les
son in the calculation at that. When
we come to think about the number
of grains of rice that have been vast
ed in the happy practice of tossing an
/ old shoe after the newly married
couple we are almost shocked at the
extravaganza Of the world. The rice
thrown away in this way since the
custom was first launched, would have
saved the lives of all the people who
have ever starved to death since the
world began if it had been allowed to
reach its full multiplying possibilities.
So l say, young man, waen the old
shoe is thrown after you go pick
every grain Of rice up, settle down
where rice will grow, and get rich. -
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18

portion. perhaps IS percent Of the oc.
cupants Of the hive. must be- drones.
for the queen Is capricious In her
choice OF a mate. and must have
wide field for selection, and moreover
the bees do not work we'll without the
incentive given 10 support their board
ers.
1T isn't safe 10 interfere too much
with their breeding places at the
start, but later in the Season many
drones lose tneir heads at the edge
Of a sharp knife which decapltates
them in the cell before they are
hatched.
THE drones have no stings and no
influence in the hive. They take a
short afternoon flight each day, and
for the rest OF the time remain In In
activity.
THE worker bees tolerate them so
long as there Is an abundance Of food,
but after frost shuts down on toe
bloom l will come out in the yard
some morning to find the ground
strewn with dead drones. The work
ers have tired Of the drones and
thrown them out. Patience has ceased
to be a virtue The unlucl1y drones
are caught wing and leg and elected,
and the entrance to the hive is closed
and they are left to freeze or starve
as the case may be.
Bees are good citizens If they are
treated right, but they do not like to
be intereferei with, and they are ner-
vous and excitable. They become ugly
II the hives are opened for honey
when the weather is cold or at night.
for they know that cold air is bad for
the young bees in the brood chamber,
and If once they get angry they are
apt to stay so and to resent even the
commonest familiarities for the entire
season.
my bees are good-tempered because
l have crossed them but little. A bee
never stings without good provoca-
ton"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18
Many wlrsIass Methods.

That wireless telegraphy is neither
the exclusive invention of any one in
dividual nor protected by fundamenA
tai basic patents appears evident
from study of the several systems
used by the different naval powers of
the world. For instance, in the Naval
Annual 1t is reported that Italy,
Chile and England have adopted the
Marconi system, and are using it
practically on their war vessels. The
British admiralty, however, has equip
ped 10 or IL vessels with the system
devised by Captain Jackson. France
has pinned her faith on the Popoff
Ducretet apparatus, and has installed
it on her Mediterranean and northern
sQuadrons Lieutenant Tissot and Nj.
Rochefort are reported to have made
considerable improvements in the ap-
paratus of this type. Russia has also
adopted M. Popoff's system for ship
and shore use, and has gone a step
further to experiment with a system
for infantry field use. While success
full, it's utility is counterbalanced by
the excessive weight Of the appara-
tus. Germany and Sweden have
singled out the Slaby-Arco system as
the most efficient, reliable and avail
able. 1t is also the cheapest. Spain
is reported to be devOting consider
able attention to a system developed
by Colonel CeYera of the Spanish en-
gineers.
For the United States. the investi-
cation of the new method of communi-
eating intelligence through space IS
in the efficient hands of the weather
bureau, but as yet no report on the
subject has been made public.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18
Cedar Rnnlds DniIr Mlrare.

Every day in the year when the sun
is shining a mirage may be seen in
Cedar Rapids. So far as is known this
is the only place in the world where
this phenomenon of nature can be so
regularly observed although there are
many places where it takes place under
certain atmospheric conditions The
mirage here is on one of the principal
streets of the city and makes the street
appear as If tnere was a pond of water
covering it. so natural is this appear
anee that many times residents of the
city who are not posted as to the
mirage have turned from the street to
escape going through the water that
they thought they saw in the distance.
Passing street cars are so plainly re-
fiecteu in it. that it is difficult to realize
that there is TO water there
Professor Bates of Coe college ar
counts for the mirage by the fact that
the avenue is slightly inclined from
the indicated point of view. A person,
therefore, looks down at the mirage at
an angle of about 30 degrees, and his
line Of vision crossing the down-com
ing rays of light obliquely at that
point produces this singular illusion
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18

Wan and hia strife and beneath hlm the
Earth 10 her green roposo.
and out oi the Earth be O0molh. and Into
the Earth ho goes.
Q sweet At last ls The silence, o sweet Of
the warfar8'a close
for out Of the Silence he oometh, and lnlo
the Silence goes.
and The great sea round HIN glistens. and
above him the great Night gl0Wa.
and Out Of the Night he oomelh. aud into
tho Night DO goes.
William Watson.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18
Lirlnr-in AnnrentIcsshIns.

The old apprenticeship system of
England still survives, in all its me
diaeval uncouthness. There are ap-
prenticos in this country, but no firm
would consider providing board and
clothing for it's apprentices in lieu Of
pay. While this system of "living-in"
is rapidly being abolished in England,
still a note OF protest against the con-
tinuance OF this ''disgrace and scan
daI' in one Of the English trade jour
nails shows that the system is not yet
obsolete.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18

Peru holds the record as a mining
country She has $500 mines. from
which 10000 working men dig gold.
silver, sulphur, coal, phosphates, quick
silver, borax. copper and lead.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18

Within the past year the population
of the so-called Colorado desert in
southern California has grown from
nothing to about a thousand persons,
and a still more rapid increase ls
looked for in the near future Irriga-
ton is turning the desert into farm
lands 1t is calculated that 100000
acres viii have been reclaimed in this
manner, in southern California, Ari-
IONA and Lower California, within
two or three years. These lands lie
in the basin of the Colorado river,
where the great heat and extreme dry
ness of the air are not unfavorable to-
human beings, provided that plenty OF
water is at hand. Most of the water
used in the new irrigation enterprises
comes from the river, but in southern
California much is also supplied by
Artesian wells. The irrigated land is
very fertile.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18

Norway exports four-ftths Of its
dried and sailed cod.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18

The xerophytic, or drought-resistant
wheats of Russia and Algeria were the
subject of discussion at a recent meet
ing of the Biological Society In Wash
ington. There are several groups of
this species of wheat, and they differ
from ordinary wheat not only in their
ability to resist the effects Of drought.
but in their appearance The heads
are big and flattened, with much chaff.
long boards and very large yellowisn-
white grains, which are extremely
hard and Vicious in fracture ami often
somewhat transparent. 1t is found
that these wheats are especially adapt
ed to the semi-arid plains from North
Dakota to Texas. They make excel
lent bread and are particularly suit
able for macaroni.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18

DR.. G. K. Leith who is preparing a
monograph on the great Mesabi iron
range OF Minnesota for the United
States Geological Survey, says that
the rapid development of this range.
since its discovery 10 years ago, has,
In itself, been sufficient to give Amir
lean steel manufacturers the advan-
tage in foreign markets, It is the
greatest iron range known in the
world, and the amount of ore in sight
on the Mesabi is roughly estimate
at 5O0,0O0,OOO tons. Several of the
mines are shipping more than 1,O00-
900 tons of ore a year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18
SCIENCE AND Nou5raG

Prussia has 200 meteorological sta
tons fully equipped, 1900 raln-gaage
stations. and 1,4OO stations that re-
cord storms and unusual phenomena.
The results Of their observations are
reduced and published Cor each week.
for each month, and for each year
Provided little tin is present alumni
mum Is an exceptionally useful In
grediont In yellow brass. II makes
the useful metal run more freey an
enables much cleaner and sounder
castings to be made. The best brass
founders are accustomed to use alumni
mum for all cheap yellow brass work
that Is to be used for sand castings;
II Is not a desirable ingredient In
brass intended for rolling.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-04-18

Railway travelling in Russia Is pro-
verbally slow, but has not the com
pensating advantage Of safety, judg.
ing from some statistics furnished by
the ministry Of ways and Communi.
cations. The latest complied iata are
for the year 1900, in which year there
were 4447 accidents; that Is, on an
average, about a dozen per day or
this total 1862 were derailments, $50
collisions and 1886 Of various other
descriptions Altogether 1895 persons
were killed and 1898 injured.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-04-26
THE CRESCENT ANNUAL.

Hilhouse Entertainment and Dance
Last Night a Success.
The Crescent annual, an event OIL
much importance and held in high ia
vor by the members of the Hillhouse
high school, was given in Music han
last night. There was, as usual, very
large attendance of the present mem
bers of the school, graduates of the in
stitution and others interested in its
welfare. The spacious hall was filled
to it's capacity. There was decided
crush when the dancing began.
The first part of the evening was de-
voted to fine musical programme by
the Apollo Glee and Banjo clubs. The
second part was a one act farce en-
titled Another Mans Fame" This
was excellently given by members OF
the Crescent Dramatic club. The work
was heartily applauded.
The committee in charge was com
posed of Harrison B. Kellogg '02, Sim
con Baldwin '02 and Carlton III. Ste
vens '02, and they are deserving of
much commentator for the entire sue
cess of the affair,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-04-26

rendering of the Scottish Blue Bells
Master Ronald C. Mustarde, the boy
violinist, received hearty round of APP
plause for his excellent rendition of
THE Blue Bells of Scotland and re-
sponded by playing in mastery style
"Grandfa TIERS Clock" The latter piece
tells In musical way the story of the
old eight day clock which stood on the
floor and licked for ninety years or
more until the old man died, when it
stopped short and refused any longer to
perform the work it had done so long
and so we'll cornet solo by Mr. Aft
mite was next given, and executed with
so much degree of feeling that the COM
pany insisted on an encore. The selec-
tons by the Coliseum quartet was also
one Of the items on the programme
worthy of notice, ane one which was
greatly enjoyed. Special mention should
also be made of the whistling solo and
song by A. Hendricks, and the efficient
piano accompanying of Mrs. Schwab in
the violin solo. Interesting speeches
were also made by Past Chief Robert
Macarthur, John Brown, w. L. An
drew, A. o. Chalmers, Charles Grant,
r. G. Bruce, and others. Refreshments
were also served during the evening"
and highly successful and enjoya BILE
affair close by the singing of "Auld
Lang Syne.''
The following committee who had the
arrangements in hand are to be con-
graduated on the success of their eff
forts: Alexander o. Chalmers, Alexan-
der Watson. James Adamson, Roger C.
Bruce, and James r. Richie
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-04-26
TO DETECT POISONS.
The Body Tries to Sweat Them Out

At convention of medical men in st.
Louis the effects of coffee drinking were
carefully considered. 1t was unani-
mously agreed that while coffee does
not seem to injure some persons, to
others it is a rank poison. The effect
on different persons is, of course, very
different. In some the heart is affected.
in others the kidneys again the stom-
ach or bowels, or the eyes, and in nerv-
Gus cases the prostration is spread over
the whole body.
AS an illustration, a man in Hinton,
w. Va, experienced well defined symp-
toms of poisoning from coffee. He says,
II used coffee a. great many years with
no apparent ill effects, but about nine
years ago / began being sick. I became
dull lost my ambition, had dizziness,
my eyesight was very bad and kept
getting worse, and at times | could
hardly navigate al all, felt I was go
ing to fall every minute, and finally be-
came so bad ! would have to sit down
and rest three or four times in dis
lance of twice that many blocks.
I went from one physician to another
and Faithfully took their prescriptions,
but the case was so complex that they
could not successfully diagnose it. I
finally went to N. Y. City to the Wander
blt Clinic for treatment. There my
case was diagnosed as neurasthenia.
Every morning about nine, / would have
kind of spasm. The perspiration
would break out all over the palms of
my hands, and my hair would be wiring
ing wet, every nerve in the body would
10 off
and beat at a fearful rate. This con-
dition would generally last for about
two hours. What l suffered no one can
understand.
It finally came to me that these ter
rble sweats and spasms We're just the
same as in cases where people are pois-
oned and Nature tries to throw off the
poison through the pores. So | con-
cluded that something ! was taking
must act like poison and | decided
II was coffee, I left it off one morning
and had fearful headache all day, a
sure sign that Twas beng held up by a
drug, so that evening | bought some
Postum and the next morning had it
for breakfast in place Of coffee. | was
surprised for I could hardly tell it from
coffee. That day | was only little sick
about the usual time, and from the next
day till now, something over 10 months,
7 have never felt even the remotest re-
turn of the spasms.
/ steadily got strong, my weight has
increased from 1870 pounds to IA pounds
and / am we'll man. The seven years
of suffering from coffee poison will al
ways remain with me as a horrible
mic hi 20 - Name piVpn Inv Postum
Co., Battle Greek, Mich.