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An Electric Germ.kilIer.
From the Minneapolis Jour nal


Tout. johnson. an employee OF the Mn
nea polls Water Works Department has de-
yised plan whereby typhoid fever and other
germs that make their abode in the city water
can be killed by an application Of air and
electricity His system. which was tested
at the east side pumping station. provides
for the GRAFTON OF the water and the electro
outi on Of the germs by q strong current n ON
the DYNAMO. The test was a success. for DT
Cor bett, the city bacter iolo Rist. said that at
least 20 per cent. OF the germs were DESTROYED
and it is possible the execution was greater,
A microscopic examination will determine
this point.
Water from the intake is run through an
Sin ch pipe In to tank on tho floor OF ;hs
PUN ph ouse. While, running through the Pins
the water is aerated by two air pipes Whls
the water is in the pipe Y is subjected TO an
electric current OF 400 volts and Mr. Johnson
SAYS this Is respon sible for the disa ppcarancs
OF the germs, Samples taken from the tsn 4
several days ago shOweda DISAPPEARANCE Oh
germ life Of IS per cent According TO ~ ne
claims OF the inventor. water permeated witee
germs can be run through the pipe ard TANK
and made almost pure In few seconds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27
A render,y Remembered Rationale Cure.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-S'r: notice in
last Sundays Sun. in the rattlesnake yarn. that
there is no known cure for ratter's bite. ] am q
living witness to the contrary. In 1859 went TO
Illinois. bought farm. got bit by rattler. broke
my arm. sprained my ankle, and met with other
little mishaps and sold out and returned 10 the
efiete East In six months,
was wagon man, and on the wagon loading the
wheat sheaves they were tossed up. In one
AT there was ratiler and he go; In his work on
my hand Everything went dizzy and dropped
10 the ground. II WAS a Clio rons custom In thosc
DAYS TO take a Jug Of whiSkey to the held and the
men soon took In the situation. One took one Of
the horses from the wagon and went for the docto
and the OF aend ed ST richly to pumping hske
Into me. ny the time the doctor arrived | had
partially reghlned my senses. The whisEey treat
mcnt was continued.
took from three to hve table glasses OF whIssey
with spoonful of iodine In each. daily: and con.
tlnued 1t for month; then dropped the iodine a nd
was stopped and other medicine given. Before this
drunk billed owl and STAYED drunk for week.
Ny arm and hand turned as black as ebony and
IN time commenced 70 peel on shin fully an eighth
awful experience, but sometimes when I've bcen
poor and thirsty | thought | would ike TO ha We
the same experience over barring the snakebite
and iodine. J. u. c.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27
Against Common School Teaching Of
Foreign Languages.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-!Sir: Won't
you take up the cause OF our school children
and use your influence to have the teaching
OF foreign languages eliminated from our
elementary schools' As n parent and one
who is in touch in other ways with the ele-
mentary schools ] know that It Ia a waste OF
time. If we are to have FOREIGN langua ~es
why French and German? Surely Spanish
under present conditions. would be OF more
practical value. and are there not enough
Italians among us to claim consideration for
their mother tongue?
The large majority OF our pupils leave
school at the end OF the elementary course and
the snattering Of language which they get
much S NJ Time or ' the al ' fa1
which there is so little time. Those pupils
who go to the more advanced institutions
could acquire there all that the elementary
course in foreign languages gives them In a
very short time,
A LOVER OF THE COMMON SENSE.
SCHOOL BOARD, EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT,
May 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27
Tape Measurements of Prophets.

Even the enthusiasm Of after-dinner
oratory is no excuse for such preposter-
GUS exaggeration as appears in this re-
mark about RALPH WALDO EMERSON:
He exerts. suppose. more influence at the pres
ent time than any other prophet ancien, modern.
sacred or profane.-
This is simply ridiculous; conspicu-
ously ridiculous because it proceeds from
the head of great American institution
OF learning. President JACOB GOULD
ScHURMAN OF Cornell University.
II it comes to measuring prophets.
ancient and modern, sacred and profane,
in the matter Of present influence upon
the thoughts and lives Of mankind, let
DR.. SCHURMAN begin by putting along
side OF the gentle Concord philosopher
MoHAMMED IBN ABDALLAH Of the tribe
of Koreish.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27
APre.bytertan. Complaint.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sf,. As Presby
terinn may not sugges, that on the 25o,h annlver
,ary celebration the Dutch Reformed Church Is most
entitled to be represented! But every time there
Is any kind Of a public celebration In New York II
Is either the Catholic or Episcopal clergy who are
asked TO take part. though Bishop Potter does not
represcn, the majority Of Protestants by good
deal What body Of people did more 10 bring
about the independence OF this country than the
north OF ireland Covenanters tPreshytenans)r
think II Is not much say that II they had kept
out of the struggle the Colonies would not have won
From the way the Episcopal Church is put al the
head and front Of everything would suppose
that the Church of England WAS on the side OF the
patriots to man Is II not the truth that the Epls
copallans were very much divided on the quest on
and that Tories were generally Church of Engla nd
mem FAIR PLAY.
NEW YORK May Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27
Nothing Alarming In tho Stock Ex-
change.

A correspondent, writing from Norris
town, n. j., suggests to us as serious
theme for editorial comment the con-
duct OF the present well-known hears
of the New York Stock Exchange He
thinks he sees in it the gravcst signifi-
canoe. They are carrying on their in
sane gamble at the expense Of national
prosperity he says; they scare the
public out Of the market and inflict
great injury on American industry, rail-
roads and enterprises y; many Of the
more ignorant already express fear Of
an approaching business panic next
fall or spring
But he overestimates the possible
power of the Stock Exchange BEARS
and he eNaggerates the possible infiu-
ence of the decline in prices which has
taken place there lately. That falling
market has not been accompanied by
any of the signs Of panic. 1t has neither
resulted from any collapse Of tho pros
porous movement in the business OF this
country which set in with the final es-
Establishment of the gold standard nor
can it bring about any such catastrophe.
1t has been rather the gradual subsistence
of a wave of speculative enthusiasm
which at one time seemed likely to rise
so high as to threaten a sudden and vio-
lent recession.
Instead, prices on the stock market
have receded gradually, and never at
any time has there been an approach
to a panic in it. The movement down.
ward to a safer level has been slow and
without excite ment. Individual specu-
lators may have lost money in the scaling
down, but no actual values have been
affected by it. Individual fortunes may
be less on paper than they were at the
topmost wave Of 1901, but in substance
they are no less, and in the long run even
their paper value will be greater than
it was two years ago. A time will come
when prices which seemed Unfortunately
inflated then will be looked back on as
cheap The present Stock Exchange
bear movement. which to our corre-
spondents narrow vision is 90 alarming,
will then have long passed out of the
memory of all except those who had bet
too heavily on the wrong side. Prices
may have declined for the moment, but
the permanent value of sound invest-
ments has not been affected for" bears
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27
Wagner and the Return to Nature.

4 l'toplan society has established Itself Ascoas'
little place on the borders OF Italy and SWlizsHihu
This little society. which numbers thirty elsn'
individuals. seeks to solve the problem of how 70
live happily. The men bers are pledged to observe
certain simple rules OF living which they nave ca,
rted out now for three years. They eat no rnea''
INT live principally ON fruits and herbs, and 'hey
wear one simple garment only, and no hats me"
are sixteen women 10 the sect. ~
They know no laws save those OF nature ana Wv. ,
suuse themselves with Wagnenan music Inc
founder OF the colony Is Belgian. Each new fneN'
her Is Initiated on his fndinE SUFFICIENT money 'on
po, Of land. by the cultivation OF which he - e.
pected TO support himself.
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lseChuana English.

TrOm tfe IT. J1Tfs Y tN-F|T'-
The Rordnta ca Btconad, a Bcchuana'and nHuV'
paper has the following; a native correspono'n'
asks the following question In The Kroons'ad '''''
n new bi weekly and bl lingua paper pHht"'"
In that town: is II right that poll should COM
into mans house at O'Clock In the morning a"-
waIr into his bedroom where his wife is sleeping
with him and to poke his wife under her rioS wiz
his little stick and ask them to Show their Na'"'
Strange to relate. there Is M explanation "i ~ '
barbarous method Of Administering mun'''pA'
law" In Indignant surpri" at the Ir1F 'e'.u-
Ing the episode "amu,lns" 1t calculates ou' ~.
con,,mporary.s r,sble whlm /, abomlnahly unique
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27
CHANGED EXAMINATION PAPERS.
Charges to he Filed Against MeehAn OF
the HarbOr Squad.

President Ogden OF the Civil servioe
Commission. it was reported yesterday.
intends to prefer charges against Rounds
man Patrick Meehan Of the harbor squad.
Meehan recently took an examination for
promotion to sergeant and got rating
which did not qualify him
1t is asserted that Meehan afterward
called at the office OF the commission.
looked through his papers, and substituted
two which bore correct answers. 1t is
further alleged that Meehan then called
the attention OF the Commissioner to the
fact that the examiners had rated these
papers wrongly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27
The Curved Bail.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-sir: Having read
the letter OF f. A H. relating the mystery OF the
curved ball desire TO inform him that he Is wrong
II the gentleman will observe wagon wheel. when
In motion closely he will notice that the upper part
of the wheel travels considerably faster than the
part OF the wheel which Is on The ground. SO II
Is with curved baseball,
The pitcher when throwing an outcurve allows
the ball to leave the hand with the fingers turn cd
upward for an outcurve. The part OF the bah
which comes In contact with his fingers as II (thc
BALI leaves his hand Is retarded and the part oppo-
site twist. faster Therefore the part Of the bail
twisting faster than the other causes the ball 10
curve. and vice versa for an lnshoot,
PALMER, Mass, May - N. 7. mcmahon
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27

Love has laughed at locksmiths again,
even though they were In the Navy Depart
ment, and has found out way. 1t seems
that junior naval officer recently applied
for leave of absence because OF his approach
ing marriage. The Department declined to
give it. having many problems and impor-
tant subjects to consider; but the young
officer forced the Department hand II
there were too few officers for duty 10 let
one OF them have a short leave, he could in
crease the dearth by resigning; and resign
he did. Then the Department, face to face
with this aggravated condition. yielded
gracefully. and on the officers acceptance
OF the shortest possible leave, promised to
let him go 20 get married, So he Withdrew
his Resignation. The wedding has not taken
place vet; but when it does occur, it will be
a naval affair, and not civilian.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27

Columbia, and only waited for = good suit
OF sails to prove il, and, In addition. the
race was filled with hukes by varying winds
and interfering craft.
Sir THOMAS has still this other argument
left If Reliance can but hold her own
with Constitution on smooth inland water,
my slim and deeper-bodied Shamrock III.
will beat her to a certainty on the open
sea-"
At the best the victory Of Reliance could
not be called impressive But she is
young Jet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27

The Century for June is thoroughly charming
Almost every one OF It's articles deals with outdoor
life. and In capable manner Arthur Schneider
tells how the Sultan OF Morocco journeys toward
Fec. with excellent pictures. some of them repro.
duced In color: Henry Norman and q. {. Ashton
Jonson describe the London Stock Exchange: Ray
Stannard Baker tells of the Columbia salmon nsh.
cries Howard Crosby Butler In "A Land of De.
serted Cities. gives an account OF an archaeological
expedition In syria. and Thomas Robinson Dawley
relates his experiences when stranded In a Spanish
hill town. There Is Pa GLADDEN." story and an
"o'd Maids Corner" story and other cont rbutlons
with pen and pencil and camera that complete an
extremely pleasant number.
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From mc Tduor and Cu'

FTUW UT 7 TF7T TT' 1T
Are mems clothes Ia day :, utterly WNof. ~ ~
the painters ART Are they 50 comp'''rN ", a.,
OF taste and beauty that they are So >Aam'''.'
reproduced7 We haNr regularly nilrh"' W"
academy now for man, years. but n"fef d" - ~
member such a poor >aow "i portraits 'hr' ''"'',
prove otherwise than 20 b. tho Ians''n; 500 ~
taliors. We wonder vat gentlemen arc on
to take such carica,urrS from the hands "' Nc sH
when the poor tailor has to suNer FOR nI>1"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27

Mrs. 0BoRdIANA R. RuTTEH is a very old
lady, who doubtless shrinks from going to
court, or prosecuting any one; but. all the
same, 1t il her duty to 60 to court and prose-
cute the bicyclist, NUNcIo, who knocked her
down last Monday.
In no other way can the important fact
be impressed so we'll upon the minds Of
bicyclists, automobilists and all masters OF
street vehicles that the pedestrian has the
right Of way against each and all OF them.
1t il q vehicles business to avoid colliding
with the pedestrian, not the pedestrian's
business to avoid colliding with the vehicles
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27
S0ueeyCS.
From III. Ha:ei Green H'tC'd

4 certain weekly wakes up IT. "r! n7"'n. WV
scribers In this lively fashion II Is sa'd lha' ''o
who soucczes dollar never sQucc2cS his VIE
glance at our subscription book leads VI !" h'''l-
tina, many women In this section ai' nov ia, "s
their ribs cracked Come In end Sc'Vc anu S'VN
that all's right al home" glance at ohF '"o>'''
tion list vii! show that there are H"'' Nu''t
around Hazel Green who have not nr'h Nqu'o',,,
In tho las, two or three years than any other pan
he Ctate
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27

We have no sympathy with the idea that
sails made in this country by RATsEY are
not fit canvas for an American Cup de-
fender. A boycott on any manufacturer
here because he is foreign born cannot be
defended. and our British brothers jeers
should be hurled back with defiance.
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From th' LddB'S Pictorial.
Since the age AT which n girl becomes attractive
has been sn much advanced, and the mA,ured
maiden and ma'ron OF experience have taken com
piete possession OF the neld. the very young girl
who was once the noveists ideal. and the young
man fancy. has well nigh disappeared from view,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27

Sir THOMAS LIProN will he rather pleased
than otherwise by yesterdays race He
can argue WAS not Constitution inferior
to Columbia? And Reliance has scarcely
moro than saved her time over her The
Cup is as good as lifted
On the other hand. there is the theory
that Constitution was always better than
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27

- Mr. DRvERY must be ignorant OF the
matchless force that there Is in mystery.
His early nomination of himself for Mayor
was a dramatic misstep. The early can
didate doesn't always get the election,
or even the victory over his fractional
enemies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27

We are $50 years old, and have notified
the world Of this fact with becoming dignity
and self gratulat May we live thou
sand years, with unlimited right OF rer ewal,
getting better az we get bigger!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-11-12
TEMPLE GAINS PRESTIGE.

One feature Of the legislative. con-
tests that is attracting considerable
attention over the state is the fact
that in most cases the republican can
didaes who were defeated were rec
ognized as supporters Of the govern
or and were pledged to support
George Clark, his candidate for
speaker of the house, as against M.
L. Temple, Of Osceola. Just how
much influence this will have on the
result of the speakership contest can
not yet be estimated, but in case Of a
close vote it will be important.
Among the Cummins men who were
defeated were Logan Of Washington
county, Donahue of o'Brien, Miller OF
Winnebago, Baker of Tama, and Fur
ry of Hardin, The defat of Soesbe
for senator also detracts from Cum
Minis strength for United States sen
ator. The only losses to the anti
Cummins members were occasioned
by the election Of f. J. Wallace, dem
ocrat, in Mills county and Of p, ]
Sankey, democrat, in Decatur, Off
setting ono OF these, Is the rnexpect
ed victory of g. A, Kennedy, republic
can, in Lee county, thus leaving Tenn
pies strength practically intact.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-11-12
PAPER HOUSES.

The writer of Mature Snap Shots"
in the Knoxville Journal displays a
wonderful tact for observation, and
his articles are among the most in
teresting and readable of any that
enter into the makeup of our Iowa
exchanges. To most people there is
nothing queer" curious" or "out of
the ordinary" in such a commonplace
object as a wasps' or hornets nest,
yet it is really marvellous structure.
Generally speaking" says the writ
err, 'the average person can grati1y
curiosity only in observing something
rare and unique-things with which
they seldom come In contact. The
fact of the matter is that there are
wonders at every turn which need a
little investigation, and in most SUI
perficial manner, in order to excite
woIderment. The wasps' nest is a
good illustration. The percentage OF
high school students or college grad
yates who are unable to tell you any
thing about the material used by
wasps in building operations, or how
the queer paper house is constructed,
is very small We speak of wasps
collectively as paper-makers because
the majority of the species construct
their nests of that material; however,
some of the numerous family make
nests of mud and others burrow in
4hA
stings and bags of venom which are
used to a good advantage in killing
the insects upon which they feed.
They are not at all particular in Sc
lecting building sites. Some varie-
ties prefer trees and bushes, some
hang their nests under the caves Of
houses and barns, while others are
contented with most anything which
can furnish the desired support. The
material from which the paper nests
are constructed is the lint from wood,
usually from denuded trees, or from
logs and rails which have been long
exposed to the weather. The build
ers collect the lint in a small ball
which they carry TO the nest In
curious Misunderstanding it tightly
between the fore legs. Each builder
puts on the material which he has
gathered, chewing the lint into a
paste and then smearing it over the
edges of the paper already formed by
similar operations. Some varieties
of this insect make nests as large as
a bushel basket, covered completely
in a paper envelope-much like the
fashion in which a ground-cherry is
covered. In some nests there are
only. few cells. This variety usual
ly hangs the cell openings downward.
In others there are multitude of
cells arranged in several stories, all
the cells opening upward"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-11-12

the advent Of the night is but the
coming Of the morning 1.-The waking
up time--for countless forms Of ami
NAL, vegetable and insect life. The
nights of spring and autumnal
months witness most marvellous mi.
grations Of bird life. 1t was cold and
wintry yesterday. and you wake in
the morning feeling that the winter
is over at last because you are greet
ed by the CHEEKY song of a bluebird
or robin which has travelled hundreds
of miles since sunset. You stand out
under a starlit sky in November ano
the trained ear will detect the whir
of countless wings or the signal call
of the leader of myriad numbers OF
wild fowl, all headed for SUMMER
and warmer cline. Like an evil
spirit the owl in the dense, darl,
night reads his owl world like an
open book and startles the belated
traveller with his uncanny call from
some tree top or silently fans himself
through the invisible air, pirate OF
the night. An army of bats the
whole night long chase down an
other army of night flying bugs an
beetles, while the whole family OF
canivora are night providers ano
feeders. The life of the night is full
of mystery and tragedy, the wild
beast seeking its prey, while only
then will cereus unfold it's exquisite
bloom. Longfellow evidently never
eomprehended the virility and activ
ity of night. life when he wrote:
Darker and darker the black shadows
fall;
Sleep and oblivion reign over all.
j. S. Trigg.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-11-12

The insurance companies, follow
ing the notification of the anti-com.
pact law, are preparing to form
boards of underwriters in Des Moines
and elsewhere throughout the state,
as in former days, and the Dubuque
Times suggests that it is just posi-.
BILE they will get themselves into trou.
BILE. 1.-THE old associations, which
empowered the secretary to cancel a
policy written below schedule rates"
the Times points out, were in viola.
ton of the antitrust law and Judge
Mcpherson has not held that insur.
ance companies are exempt from liza.
bility under this law"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-11-12
The VOTE IN The CITY.

The total number of ballots cast
In the city of Oskaloosa Tuesday
was 2,f54, divided among the several
wards as follows: First ward, 237;
Second ward, 49S; Third ward, 563;
Fourth ward, AZ; Fifth ward, Ala.
Taking High avenue as the divid-
ing line between the north half ana
south half Of the city we have 1908
cast in north half and LOCI in the
south half Taking Market street as
the division between east half and
west half of city, we have 1,005 cast
in east half and I,l4y in west half.
Taking the same avenue and street
for quartering the city, there were
651 cast in the northwest quarter,
442 in northeast, 563 In southeast
and 49S in southwest. .....
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-11-12

elementary schools and 16S,636 for
academies and other secondary
schools.
The total enrolment fUr the year,
including the public, private and all
other schools was 1s.0S0,S40. The
total number Of universities, colleges
and chronological schools are 63S, OF
which 131 admit women only; 1874
universities and colleges admit only
men to the undergraduate depart
ment and $50 admit both men and
women. OF the 43 schools of technol-
ogy 81 Institutions report women
among their undergraduates
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-11-12
MILLIONS IN SCHOOL,

The report of the commissioner OF
education for the last fiscal year
places the total number of pupils en-
rolled in the common schools of the
United States during tEe year at 15,-
925,SS7, or over twenty per cent of
the entire population. The average
daily attendance for 1902 was 10,999,-
27S, being 50 per cent of the total
number enrolled. This is the largest
average attendance on the number
enrolled ever reported The average
monthly wages of teachers for 1902
was $40 for males and $40 for fe-
males. 1888 teachers out of total
of 439,596 ara males. The private
schools are tabuIated at 1,10S,9o1 for