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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
sALUTEs AT SEA.
Naval Etiquette of Nations as oh.
served by the Use of
Flags and Guns.

In the days before cannon, and
indeed until comparatively recent
times, a vessel made its saIutation
by lowering its flag. This is the
Oldest and most honorable greeting
which ship can give, and it ranks
before the booming of guns, how
ever many. This salute has always
been demanded by English seamen,
and its exaction has burned the
hearts and the powder of genera
tions of naval commanders. For a
foreign ship, whether merchant or
martial, to enter an English port
without yelling topsai1s or lowering
its national flag was to court the
chances of war though the profound
est peace existed. Without warming
or argument the shore defenses or a
man-of-war sent round shot across
the bows or between the masts OF
the insolent intruder, and if the
offending flag came not down in
stanter the foreigner was brought
to her senses by being raled through
and through. Such was the recep-
ton accorded by John Hawkins to
the Spanish admiral who in time of
peace sailed into Plymouth sound
without yelling his topsails or striIz-
ing his flag. The Dutch vehemently
resisted the British demand, and it
was not until 1873 that they finally
agreed to strike the English colors
in home waters. The same honor
was formally assented to by France
in 1904, although it had been long
exacted by Britain, says the London
Standard.
Until modern times is was regard
ed as a high nisdemeanor for mer-
chant vessel to pass one of his mai
esty's ships without dipping it's en-
sign, and the consequence was that
a shot across her bows compelled her
to heave to while her captains name
was taken, the admiralty instituting
prosecution against him for his
negligence. The trading ship dips
her ensign and waits for the man
of-war's dip in return. Then she
dips again, and after that, in strict
etiquette, she ought to dip a third
time, but this is seldom done now.
The maritime supremacy of Britain
is still enforced by the refusal of
any British war vessel to dip it's flag
to any foreign ship until the latter
has first lowered its colors, and this
acknowledgment of precedence is re-
quired not only in home waters, but
in all seas.
But naval sa1utes are now essen
tial matters of etiquette, and are ex-
changed under an elaborate code ar
ranged between foreign powers and
the admiralty in 1876. The number
of guns to be fred under all con-
ceivable circumstances is infinitely
stipulated. Second to the salute of
81 guns in honor of royal personages
and national flags are the 10 rounds
given 10 ambassadors. Colonial gov
errors, foreign possessions, and
fortresses receive II guns, and en-
voys extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary Is. Two guns less
are fired for lieutenant governors.
Charges d'affaires are treated to II,
consul generals to 9, and a mere
consul to z. The salute for admirals
of the fleet is II guns, and for ad-
mirals simpliciter Is. Vice admirals
are greeted with IS, and rear admir-
ais with two less, while 9 guns are
fired for commodores-ca captains and
lower officers being classed as not
worth the burning of powder.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
Toh.cco 1Fade HarmIes..

A German, NJ. Gerolid, has discovered
a means to render tobacco inoffensive.
His process consists in sleeping the
tobacco leaves in a solution of fannie
acid, which in combining with the MIC
otine makes the preparation harm
less. To render favor and the taste
to the tanned tobacco, it is only to be
treated by sleeping in a solution of
the sweet herb origin. The taste thus
prepared differs in no way from ordi-
nary. With respect to its effects. the
experiments made by Messrs. Furst
and Covvl upon rabbits. frogs and man
himself showed that the preparation
exercised no action toxicaI upon the
organs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
Worth
Waiting or
By INA LEON cAssILIS.


SEE How it is" the man said
/ bitterly DUTY is such an easy
catchword. If you love me, you could
MT give me up so calmly; but you don't
leye me-that's it'll"
The girl stood with her head droop-
ing, the burning tears dropping down
her face and onto her clasped hands.
She lifted her eyes for moment to the
handsome, angry face, seen dimly
through mist -of tears.
''Love isn't everything" she said.
"Duty comes first!"
DUTY! Is it duty? It's only nat
ural for sons and daughters t o marry
and leave their first home.''
Lillian Grey's fairface flushed. You
are not putting it fairly, Arthur. IT is
not natural-at any rate it. is not
right-for an only daughter to leave
a father who needs her, who cannot do
without her.
''If that's an,' said Arthur Mort on,
cit him live with US. .
''No, that will not do You, as. my
husband, would claim my first atten-
ton, and what every nzInight do I
first, you would by-and-by exact7it p
"And you say you love mel" said the
young man, with angry sarcasm.
Ear more, ? she answered. quietly,
"than you love me.'s,
you've an odd way of showing it. .
he said. "Your father, himself would
not wish you to makesuch sacrifice
Because he is) unselfsh: but my
first duty is to him, and 1 must do it,
whether 1 suffer or not-whether you
suffer or not. There are other things
to live for but happiness; I could not,
besides. be happy, if I left my father
in his old age and his loneliness"
HE may live for years; and your
youth be vast ted
''Wasted!p interrupted Lillian, with
flashing eyes. "YoH seem to have no
god but self. It's not my happiness
you are thinking of, but your own
"Oh! very WE'LL was the passionate
retort; ''if you only want an excuse to
break with me-one is as good as an
other. like little more of heart and
a little less of rigid sense of duty
Goud-by!" Without a word more he
turned from her and strobe away down
the field path. He was in a white heat
of passion. Lillian looked after him in
a sort of agony; then sank down or
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13

that suggested itself to the ingenious
sporting fraternity.
Much amusement was caused when
the crabs began to elbow each other
in the race. As in other races, this was
apt to lead to a fight, and the crabs
clinched and allowed themselves to be
distanced. Water seemed to be the one
thing that would cause the struggling
crabs to break away, and it was voted
that any crabs that stopped to fight
should be flooded with bucket of wa
ter.
The course was 12-foot straighta-
way dash-that is, it was for the crabs
who seemed to understand the game.
Others that took a circuitous route
to the shore were rnled off the track
after one or two trials and more intel
ligent runners substituted.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
lN0JsIRYG.@2z
- IznRHASS
KITES WITHOUT TAILS.
The sO-Ca1Ied Eddy Model, which Is
Here Described, Is Popular
with Scientists.

There are two general styles of kite
used by scientific people who wish to
send cameras, thermometers and other
instruments up to great height.
Both of these are made to fly with
out tails, the latter having been found
to be great nuisance. Greater care
in construction is needed to insure the
proper behavior of kite not bal
lasted with tail, but the feat has
been performed so often that it is
not at all remarkable. The two gem
eral types of tailIess kite most in IA
vor are the box, or cellular, kite, in
vented by an Australian, Hargrave,
and the Malay, or Eddy kite. The lat
ter is the easiest to construct and to
manage, and it is the one here de-
scribed.
The Eddy kite has shape some
thing like the conventional diamond.
Two sticks are needed for it, one up
right and the other crossing it at
right angles, one-fifth of the way from
the top. The proportion is IS, not 20,
per cent, to be exact. Straight
grained white pine or spruce is the
best wood, and, for a kite three or
four feet high, should be half an inch
wide and one-quarter of an inch thick.
At the intersection the sticks should
be fastened together with Irvine or
brads. The ends being suitably
notched, Irvine or fine wire should be
tightly stretched around them.
Before this stage of construction is
reached measures should be taken to
give the cross stick slight bulge
| in front 1t should be bent like an
archer's bow, and the curvature be pre-
served by a string from end to end.
This string, of course, will be on the
back side of the finished kite. To get
just the right amount of bend, have
the distance between the middle of
the bow and bowstring four. or five
per cent, of the length of the stick.
The stick should be stiffened by the
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observ4ne the .1nvisibIe.''

Various objects usually invisible
may be seen under unusual condi-
tions. The fight Of cannon ball
may be viewed by an observer favor
ably placed for sighting along its
course, and the sea bottom along
coasts can be studied by persons in
balloons. It was while trying to
learn whether submarine vessels can
be seen from a captive balloon as far
away as mile or two that a French
officer lately fell into the sea and
was drowned, leaving his secret yet
70 be revealed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
curious Marriage Custom.

In some parts of Brittany curious
marriage custom prevails. On certain
fete days the manageable girls ap-
pear in red petticoats, with white or
yellow borders round them. The num-
Der of borders denotes the portion the
father is willing to give his daughter.
Each white band denotes 100 francs
per annum; each yellow band.repre-
sents 1000 francs a year.-London
Mail.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
A safe age.

The insuring of ones life is one of
those things which one is most apt to
put of. There are few, however, who
postpone what ought to be the in
eVitable until so late a period in life
as did the tough old smack-owner of
Gfimsby. When he presented himself
at the insurance Office he was natural
" asked his age. His reply was Nine
ty-four." 'sWhy, my good man, we
cannot insure you," said the company.
seWhy not?'' he demanded. ''Why, you
are "a years of age.'s '.What of that ?''
the old man cried. Look at statistics,
and they will tell you that fewer men
die at "a than at any other age
London Business illustrated.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
Spain Denied Big Guns.

The Spanish officers who were sent
to Cuba to obtain possession of the
pieces of ordnance left there after the
war did not succeed in their mission,
the United States government object
ing to handing over to them the large
guns. The Americans were willing to
give up only the small guns that would
be useless in modern warfare The
action of the Washington authorities
has created a bad impression at Ma
drid.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
A Saferunrd

women are certainly queer crea-
tures," remarked the old physician.
''What is it now?" asked the drug
gist.
''Why," answered the old pill dis
penser, 81 just received postal card
from woman patient marked Per
sonaI.' Chicago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
A PROMISING IDEA.
North Carolina Man thinks he cas-
Generate Electricity az Merely
Nominal Expense.

If the inventor of the apparatus
illustrated In the accompanying cut
succeeds in accomplishing the results
he seeks to attain his invention viii
come about as near as possible to
that wiIl-o'-the-wisp of the inventor.
perpetual motion. The main object
of the seeker after perpetual motion
is to eliminate cost of operation, or,
in other words, to cut the expense
for fuel to generate the power. As
this inventor utilities an air current
as source of power, the cost is re-
duced to a minimum after the initial
expense of installing the plant, and
where no water power is at hand ii
is possible this new generator may
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
Maenetie sharpener,

An inventor claims to have perfected
a device with which to sharpenrazors
by magnetism. He says the magnet
draws the minute teeth or projections
of the sharp edge, which may be seen
under a microscope, back into a
straight line, after they have been
bent into all sorts of angles by the
razor's use.-Science and Industry.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
New order for women.

King Edward VII. is to establish
new order, it is said, which will
confer honor on distinguished WON
en-. Since Baroness Burdett Coutts
received her title. no woman has
been elevated to the peerage be-
cause Of her philanthropic sbenefac-
tions.-London News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13

Srnith-WouId you advise me to take
out a policy with this new insuranc,
company?
Brown-Not on your life, old man.
S1nith--Why not2
Brown-They give nothing but &C
ctdent policies.@The Noon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13

: ~ All communications for this papa
must be accompanied by the name Of the
s1sf11or: not necessarily for publication
hnf as an evidence of good faith on the
part of the writer. Write only on one side
Of the paper Be particularly careful IN
giving names and dates, to have the let
fers and dgures plain and distinct.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13

why, Langdon. it's years since we
meti How is the world going with
your"
Arthur Morton was prosperous, but
perhaps not quite contented; for the
wife he had married was not like lii
ian.
81 have no quarrel with the world
just now" returned Col. Langdon,
smiling. care you single, Morton?''
No" shade on the speakers
brow. ST am married; and you?'''
"A month-old husband; waited for
my wife two years"
"You constant fellow! But why?
Because my wife would not leave
her father even for my sake. Such a
woman is worth waiting for"
What's. her name, Langdon?''
asked Arthur, in a changed tone.
Lillian Gray
Arthur nodded. 'sWell," he said,
after pause. 81 congratulate YOU"
But when he was alone again he
sighed-sighed more than once. Per
haps, after all, he had made great
mistake; perhaps. after all, "such a
woman was worth waiting for.''-
! American Queen.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
Less Apt to Be Brutal

Prof. E. Benjamin likes football,
says the Chicago Record-Herald. but
thinks the players should always be
married.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
No mime 4oRenent

It may be all right for woman to
marry in haste and repent at leisure.
but a married man has no leisure
Chicago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13
aanf-aHon.

Admiration often ceases where IN
derstanding begins-Ghicago pajlJ
News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13

The reckless racing automobilist
has been dubbed the ''automaniae."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-13

It was not to Arthur Morton that
Lillian spoke; "but to man older
graver. with deep bronze on his
cheek, and steady tight in his keen
gray eyes.
But, if you love me?'' he said, tax.
ingw her hand in his.
''Yes,'' she answered, softly. 81 love
you-but-my duty comes first"
81 know it, Lillian. Am not a sol.
dier? But if I am content to wait?''
''Ah! no. Unjust notlet you do that!
1t may be years"
81 would serve for you, Lillian, as ia.
cob served for Rachel. must wait
for love you. Do you think"-and
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the meadow grass. covering her fact
and sobbing. But her Interest grief
was for the disillusionment of thoss
moments; the keen sense of disaP
pointment stabbed her like a knife
The man to whom she had given he1
heart had flashed out in his true col
ors, and shown himself selfish, exact
ing, even unfee1ing, save for his OWL
happiness. Hard though the parting
was, the girl felt that it was better
so. better that the test had to be put
for it proved the metal of the mans
character. She rose up after awhile
and walked slowly back to the pretty
cottage where she and her gray-haired
father lived. It was not until two OF
three days had passed that she told
the old man what had happened, and
that she had sent Arthur Morton
away. He was. grieved. "My child, 81
he said, "you should not-you have
your life to live-mine is almost over
- But she kneIt by him and took his
hand in both her own. Father" she
said, ''you must never speak to me like
that again. You are always first with
me-"
'Well, DEAR he said, tenderly, ''per-
haps it will not be very long,"
But three years passed, and he still
lived.
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now he drew her within his arms
''that I would lose the woman who
'steadfastly puts love and happiness
away from her that she may dc right?"
How different this love from Arthur
Morton's! Lillian yielded, and Ber-
tram Langdon -waited--waited two
years, and then Lilian's father died.
Evening star., 1902-03-01
THE CANCER PARASITE.
Indian Doctors Experiments on Guinea
Pigs Reported Successful.

Calcutta Correspondence London Mail.
With regard to the researches of DR.. Rost
Of Rangoon in the bacteriology of cancer,
learn that he has been working at malig-
nant growthS since last June, and has sue
ceeded in cultivating certain intracOrpuscu-
lar parasites from tumors, both of carcino-
mata and sarcomata from various parts Of
the body. In September he discovered a
method of growing these parasites on a
solid medium, and inoculated a guinea pig
intraperitoneally from this culture. The
guinea pig died in eight days, the liver
being crowded with parasites, 'some of
which were inside the cells, while the
peritoneum and other organs were healthy.
A second guinea pig was inoculated intra-
peritoneally with emulsion from the liver
of the first animal, and has developed a
tun,or in the abdomen, which is now under
observation The experiments are. of course,
in their infancy, and the difficulties Of the
subject render progress slow. 1t will there
fore be long time before DR.. Rost can say
positively that he is not mistaken. He Is
therefore naturally very reticent, but says
that the parasite appears similar to that
described by Prof. Schweller In his work,
Den Parasiten elm kribs und Sarcoma des
Munchen." DR.. Rost previously came to
notice the connection by inquiries into the
obscure beri-beri disease. Prof. Hoist has
since been deputed by the Norwegian gov
ernment to visit RangOon and investigate
this malady.
Evening star., 1902-03-01
RAILROAD GOOSE LAW.
The Proper Bird at Which the Line
Should Be Drawn.

1Ae 1ioPeI olTu 1T winch the Line
Should Be Drawn.
From the Nashville Banner.
Nashville and Knoxville Railroad Com
pany VS.. Thomas F. Davis-Putnam law
Justice Wilkes said:
This is an action in damages against the
railroad for running over and killing three
geese Of the value of $3.50. The owner Of
the geese lived about mile from the rail-
road, but permitted them to run at large
and they went upon the railroad track
near a pubic road crossing. The engineer
blew the whistle and rang the bell for the
crossing, but there is no proof that he rang
the bell sounded the alarm for the geese.
Whether the geese knew Of this failure
to whistle to them does not appear.
1--WE think there is no evidence of reck-
lessness or common-law negligence shown
in this case, and the only question is
whether a goose is an animal or obstruc-
ton in the sense of the statute, section
1914, subsection 4, Shannon's compilation,
which requires the alarm whistle to be
sounded and brakes put down, and every
possible means employed to stop the train
and prevent an accident when animal
or obstruction appears the track. 1t is
evident this provision is designed not only
to protect animals the track, but also
the passengers and employees upon the train,
seem that goose was such an obstruc-
ton as would cause the derailment of a
train if run over.
ut is true a goose has animal life and
in the broadest sense is an animal, but we
think that the statute does not require
the stopping of trains to prevent running
over birds such geese, chickens, ducks,
pigeons, canaries and other birds that may
be kept for pleasure or profit Birds have
wings to move them quickly from places
of danger, and it is presumed they will
them; a violent presumption, perhaps,
in case of goose-an animal w-4lch appears
to be loath to stoop from his dignity to
escape a passing train.
But the line must be drawn somewhere,
and of the opinion that the goose
is the proper bird to draw it at.
I'VE do not mean to say that in case of
recklessness and common-aw negligence
there might not be a recovery in killing
geese, or chickens, or ducks, or other fowls,
but that case is not presented. Snakes and
frogs and fishing worms are, to some ex
tent. distractions when upon the railroad
tracks but it cannot be held that for such
distractions these, we'll as fowls. the
train should be stopped. mails and passen-
gers delayed. We are of the opinion there
is error in the judgment of the court below,
and it is reversed and the case having
been heard without a jury, it is dismissed
a plaintiffs costs.
Evening star., 1902-03-01
Light and Sex.
From the London Chronicle.

FROM the London Chronicle.
The other day | notice memorandum Of
the work Of NJ c. Flammarion on the ef-
feet of light the production of sex in
lower forms of life Experimenting on the
eggs of silkmoths. he found that in the dark
development of the eggs is retarded. while
the red and orange rays of light are favor
able to the fruition of the eggs. More in
teresting was his discovery that when ex-
posed to ordinary sunlight the eggs de-
veloped male and female insects i'm about
equal proportions. but when subjected to
the influence of blue light the proportions
were 81 per cent of males and 43 of fe-
males. When deep violet was employed, the
result gave sixty-two males to thirty eight
females. With orange light, he found de-
veloped sixtyfour males to thirtysiX of
the opposite SEX, and with deep red sixty
eight to thirty-two. 1t is always advisable
in the case of experiments such as these
recorded to wait for confirmation. and more
especially In the case or sex production is
this advice needed The causes of sex form
a complex topic. such as can probably be
determined by no single condition. The
nutrition of the eggs. for example, is
known to exert a decided influence on the
sex which is destined to originate from
them. The influence Of light may be quite
a subsidiary matter: hence, 1t may be
well to delay expressing definite opinion
regarding NJ. Flammarion's results.
Evening star., 1902-03-01
New Premier of Holland.
From the Outlook.


Education, next to religion, is to the Hol-
lander the uppermost consideration, alb
sorbing interest of all classes. The neutral
or religious school furnished the point OF
attack where Catholic and Calvanist could
move on parallel lines. Here and there
government subsidies for schools of a re-
ligious complexion were secured. The slight
successes showed what might be achieved
by a real union Of the two hostile clerical
parties. whose supreme contention is for
the subservience Of state to church. The
tendency was now declared; the reaction
was universally felt; the monster alliance
was gathering power: the man to control
and to direct it was not wanting.
DR.. Kuyper, high Calvinist though he be,
was broad enough. or was politician enough
to vail himself of this opportunity. I'm
hestatingly he held out his hand to the
Catholics and called them to fight by his
side. Following, then, with indomitable
energy and persistence along the diverse
lines open to him as theologian, politician
and journalist, and sounding the battlecry
increasingly in his powerful organ, DE
Standard, he pressed forward against the
intrenchments Of the liberals.