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Milford chronicle., 1905-11-10
A Police Rrihe

Inc first box of cigars I ever receiv
ed was in curious way" recentIv re
marked Captain Thomas FIahive. I'll
was when l walked a beat and that
was some time ago, so there's no use
IN mentioning names. 1t was about II
O'Clock on fine night, and | was in n
nice residence district on the west side
All Of sudden a man came rushing
~ OUT OF hne house with box of cigars
in his hands.
DO you hear that singingy he de-
manded' pointing next door. DO Won
hear thatY '0D
1 certainly do I replied, for. sure
1t was the loudest I ever heard
Officer said the man. these are
perfeetos. I'll give you the box If vou'I
'ush in that house and ask who's being
murdered. Kansas City Indepesd.
Milford chronicle., 1905-11-10
suggestixe InitinI.

At Holmbury, his country place in
the Surrey hills, a younger brother of
Lord Granville, the octogenarian. p
Leyeson Cover has a guest book in
which each visitor registers on arrival
One day to entertain an irreverent
young person Of the present generation
Mr.. Cover displayed the book. with
its hundreds Of distinguished auto-
graphs, and mentioned that on one
memorable occasion he had the three
greatest orators Of modern times nm
der his roof at one time and pointed to
their names
Gladstone"
Argyll"
Bright"
Il suppose they did have the gift of
It. the young person said languidIy.
Mr. Cover looked puzzled, and she
ldded: /,
THE initials Of their names form the j
7Ord gab.7 I
Milford chronicle., 1905-11-10
COLOSSAL ARCHITECTURE.
New American Cathedral win Rtv.t
a EuroPe's Famous Churches.

~eh A"Aefican Cathedral VIII Rival
Europe's Famous Churches.
The Cathedral of st. John the Divine
now building in New York. is admitted
~ the greatest architectural work evcr
undertaken in the new world n
ranks with the new Westminster ca.
thedral, the center of the Roman Catbo.
lie religion in England, as an examnIe
OF church building comparable with The
eeieDrated achievements of the middle
ages. '1''''
Bishop Potter formally inaugurated
the work ON the vast structure on ST
johns day in 1891, and it was two
years later before ground was broken
Tor the first time. Today the visitor Ia
Morningside heights sees a great nor.
TAI arch with two completed and two
uneompleted piers, and, beside it. eight
piliars, each composed of two of tbe
largest monOliths ever quarried in This
country. Judged by the standard of |
the skyscraper downtown. which must
be built within year or not at all tbs
work on the cathedral seems slow. Yet
the last twelve years have been given
10 uninterrupted hard labor. and the
results represent an expenditure of
about S2,OO0,0OO, including $3.50 for
the land.
II is not with the twentieth century
American skyscraper. but with tbe me.
dlaeval cathedral, that the church now
rising on the lofty bank Of the Hudson
should be compared, for, like the IA
nous ecclesiastical structures of En-. I
rope it is built to endure. st. Paltrs I
IN London, with which most frequent e
comparison is made because of reli. a
glous similarity, was begun in 1873 and a
in 1710. With the exception of +,
salisbury, ST. Paul's is the only Eng Il
lish cathedral designed and completed n
In one style. SC
Inc other English cathedrals have NJ
grown slowly from generation to gen. lI
'ration, embOdylng the changing IDEAS an
y the men who worked upon them so
-he nave of the cathedral at Durham 'fC
OF instance, which was begun about ril
O9O' was not finished until 1928. The as
overs were not added until 1920 ana tn
ne most striking feature of the whole in
Office, the Gallee as it is called-tbe RET
emarkable apartment built at tbe "
estern entrance and Overhanging the wa
row Of a clifi-dates in its present wa
u. TN rom lszo. last
AS for the great churches on the con- bly
lent' St Peters. the most remarka- laid
OF all, was twelve decades in build her,
Notwithstanding the fact that tbe Ho,
'rk was done under the supervision ient
popes who had at their command alon
only the best workmen of the conf
le' but the then unlimited resources and
the papal treasury. So to complete was
a. es.l. u d. Jonh the Divine in at Il
,oate.1 Se"Is' as Is confidently ness
: - fo, ~ pe uone' VIII atter all be a IS,
far surprising anything of the was
20 ''"ie'' '''- o'lore- me a
Milford chronicle., 1905-11-10
ON A SIBERIAN TRAIN.
How a British Traveller Proved the
Potency of a TIP.

Eotency OF Tip.
My problem was to get away from
Kurgan and out Of Siberia writes a
British traveller who had been transact
ing business in the buttermaking me-
ropolis Of that country. my train left
at 3 o'clock in the morning. When I
arrived at the station the ticket office
was closed and no one seemed to know
when it would be opened or if it ever
would be opened. Ne znayou' q don't
know) and an Indifferent shrug4f the
shoulders We're the only answers 1 re-
ceived. at length l bearded the STA
ton master in his den. The ticket or
nee would not be opened, he told me. |
The train was full; there were no va
cant places; must wait till next day;
there were waiting room and buffet
l was in despair. But suddenly an.
idea came to me. In St Petersburg 1
had been told that the guard on a GER
tam train had grown wealthy by the
practice of letting people travel with
out tickets and accepting a small
gratuity for his complaisance. 1 had .
heard much in theory Of the potency
Of tips in Russia, and now l resolved I
10 test that theory by practice. Q
by that time the train was standing :
It the platform and every one was {
'usy. / got porter to take nv mg- 3
age on board and pack it in a corner ;,
4 dark passage Then 1 sat down 4,
ear it and waited events. Presently
he train started, and l felt more at
ase. In any case we were of. In "a,
bout ten minutes the ticket collector
ccompanied by the conductor. came
'und TO inspect tickets In Russia it =
ways takes two officials to do one
ans job. They did not seem nearly
surprised as had expected. I have Ss
ticket l said, and they both smiled g
lovingly. I explained the situation 2
ID added that l was willing to give or.
mething-na char "a tip. literally -
II tea)-if they could make If ali
INT for me. How far was I goingq
ied the collector. To CheIyabinsk
en- they left me, shaking their heads
conference. In few minutes they n
uned. Would l follow them?
Nothing very dreadful happened. I
ieu through several second class
CONS crammed with sleepers. AT
we came to halt before verita- =
vacant top berth. The conductor
his hand upon it. You may sleen
. he said, and later you may paw
came that berth to be so conyen-
" vacant? At various stations 6
g the route 1 observed that our 4
uctor seemed to have many friends
many quiet little conferences. It -
between the intermediate and not -
lie terminal stations that his busi- XII
was done NE
'me stations before Chelyabinsk H
reached the conductor beckoned M
side. 1t is now necessary to paw "
i'd. How muchY I asked. Three r
(Sl.53l, he replied. The legiti-
fare was 6 rubles (S3O6). l glad
id him the rubles, and when l IS al
an extra ruble for his being so med
ent a rogue he took off his cap the cl
owed to the ground"
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
WOMAN VERSUS MAN.

1t seems to me that woman's excellence.
(and 1 have been using the word always
In It's proper meaning to denote SUPERIOR
ity), lies In three things: certain fine
ness and delicacy Of physical organiza-
ton and balance; a certain deep and sem
sitive power OF intellectual and moral
sympathy. and a certain firm and gentle
faculty OF social order and rule. I be-
Heve that nature gives the germ and uo-
tency OF these things to her more fully
and more richly than to man, at the be-
ginning OF life. / believe that they are
native and inherent capacities wherein
the normal feminine excels the normal
masculine. But that is not the point.
and so we may evade, for the present.
the somewhat fierce and perilous discus
sion which swirls around It. Whether
these excellences are inherent or ac-
quired. they are certainly desirable. They
fit and adorn q woman for the place and
the privileges which belong to her I'm
civilized society. And the course of life.
the method OF training and education.
which develops these things in q girl Is
the way to womanhood. - Henry van
Dyke. in Harper's Bazaar
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30

which have In some States led to legis-
latiOn that has very nearly been the end
locally OF this kind of manufacture. An
enormous quantity OF wood pulp paper
is used nowadays; what 1t amounts to
you NAV imagine when you think that
every particle of newspaper. like that
on which these words are printed, Is
now made from the fiber OF spruce trees.
to say nothing of the many other kinds
OF paper with the same basis
To obtain the fibre. blocks OF wood are
submitted to chemical treatment which
extracts all the cementing material. called
''ligniu." that holds the woody particles
together The valuelesS by-product Of this
process is disposed of by draining Il away
into a brook, or river. or pond, for II II
Is emptied on the ground 1t hardens into
gummy crust that is impervious to
water and therefore will not disappear
from the wearing OF the elements. The
experimenter's efforts are devoted first
TO making the residue less Objectionable
and then to devising a way OF withdraw
ing il into furnace where IL will be con-
sumed as smoke IS Burning has been
employed before but unless the fumes are
burned as well as the residue that is no
better than any other means of getting
rid OF this apparently useless stuff, for
the fumes are it's particular Objectionable
feature and are spread further and in a
more penetrating way in smoke than in
the running stream
The Industrial scientists problems
come In queer way, in anticipation OF
future possibilities. once in a while.
Take. for example, the case of alcohol.
The cheapest kind OF alcohol to pro-
duee and that which Is best for all pur-
poses Is grain alcohol, but IT Is subject
10 Government tax that makes il very
expensive at retail. Wood alcohol. which
Is used in great many mechanical pro-
ceSses because 1t can be bought cheaper
at retail, costs just about twice as much
TO make as grain alcohol. but il Is a moi
son and there IS not the same tax on II.
1t Is really by-product in the manufac-
ture or acetic acid, and various uses hay-
Ing been found for It. It makes possible
the production of acetic acid. which is an
important element in many things, at a
living price,
Should the present high tax ever be
removed from grain alcohol, as IL is an
ucipated may happen in the not distant
future. the chief advantage wood alcohol
now has-its economy-wouId disappear.
It's value would fall correspondingly and
the price OF acetic acid would naturally
rise. thereby affecting indirectly a great
many other chemicals ana through them
many lines of industry Consequently.
Dr. walker has one OF his young expert
menters IN the Institutes laboratory
working on process OF obtaining acetic
acid from grain alcohol, so that when
the anticipated time comes 1t can be made
from the cheapened grain alcohol and
thus maintain the state of its present
commercial cost.
Some years ago the supply of hemlook
bark was disappearing so rapidly that
substitute was sought for use In tanning
shoe leather. Industrial chemists found
mineral tanning that works perfectly
well with upper leather. but cannot be
used for sole leather because It leaves II
TOO pliaols and porous. Now, as hem-
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his hinder feet His arms. or front legs, are
long. and nearly reach the ground when
he is in an upright position The strength
or the arm OF the animal Is very great
The hinder limbs are not so strong, yet
they are powerful to an astonishing de-
gree. A chimpanZee has been seen to
lower Itself backwards from the bar on
which II was sitting and draw itself up
again merely by the grasp OF the hinder
feet.
The age which the chimpanzee attains
In its wild state is as yet unknown. But
TO judge by the length OF time that
elapses before the animal reaches matur-
ity, its life cannot be much less than that
OF the human inhabitants OF the same
land. The chimpanzee does not reach the
perfection OF its physical development
until 1T is o or 10 years DID, and it is well
known that the human inhabitants OF tho
tropical regions reach their maturity at
a very early age.
The head of the chimpanzee IS remark
able for the large development OF the
ears. which stand prominently from the
sides OF the head and give n very pecu-
liar expression to the contour OF the head
and face. The ears. though large are
built on the same general outlines as
the human ear
The Hagenbeck Chimpanzee which has
been in captivity in ST. Louis since the
beginning Of the Worlds Fair was greatly
pleased when two other members OF HIS
tribe arrived in camp a few weeks ago
Not since he was trapped in the wilds Of
Africa years ago had he seen another
member of the family 70 which he be-
longs. He had longed for companionship
and had become greatly attached to a
monkey which shared his cage. When
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! the monkey was seized with Illness and is
was seen that death was q matter OF
mere time. the grief OF the Chimpanzee
was pitiable. With almost the skill OF
trained nurse he ministered to the wants
OF the dying stmian, and when at last
life was extinct he set up q wall which
melted the hearts OF the animal trainers
of the entire circus
For several days he refused to eat and
was inconsolable 1t was feared that he
would starve himself to death-die OF
grief. The trainer ordered another mon
key put into the cage. At first the CHM
panzee treated his new companion with
coldness. but gradually as his grief for
his departed friend grew less he took more
interest in his new associate. In a few
weeks he was on terms OF as great inti-
macy with the new monkey as with the
former one
The ChimpanZee Is without a tail and Is
the most man-like of any OF the latister-
nal apes In the proportion OF its arms. as
these reach somewhat below the knees
when the animal Is standing upright It
seldom exceeds five feet in height The
ChimpanZee Is intelligent and of lively
disposition and In captivity is playful.
contrasting greatly with some other spa
cies OF apes. which are always savage
and dangerous
The Negritos are a branch of the Me-
grotd type. They are found In the Philip
pine Islands. in the Andaman Islands and
on the peninsula OF Malacca. They ara
mostly dolichocephalic, with dark skins
and woody hair. and in some districts they
show traces of mixture with other races
Those brought to st. Louis were regarded
as perfect types of the aborigines OF the
Philippine Islands.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30

IG touring cars. devils" OF the
K race courses. handy little runa-
bouts. and the other kinds Of au-
tomobiles which have become
familiar to Americans within the past few
years. are In large measure responsible
for the fact that twenty-five expeditions
are today In different parts OF South and
Central America searching for rubber
plantations. 1t hardly seems possible that
the sudden broadening OF the field of
usefulness OF the automobile should make
any considerable difference In a matter of
this kind. but the motor-car, with its
tubing. its tires, fits insulation. its springs
and other parts In which rubber is used.
has not only started the exploring parties
| in their Journeying through the tropics,
but has brought the Industrial scientists
face to face with the probability that the
available supply of caout-chouc will be
exhausted inside of fifty years. Other
causes have contributed to this condition,
OF course. The bicycle. for instance. has
helped deplete the worlds stock OF caout-
chouc but It never mado demands such
as are likely to come as automobiles null
| tiply
There are plenty OF rubber trees lef,
In the world to last for long while. but
many OF them are In places which are In
| accessible. Even now. the native South
Americans must be depended upon 10
gather the gum since few white men can
live in the jungles from which It Is
brought. and such are the difficulties
OF transportation that It will not be DOS
sible for even the natives to penetrate
| much further into the forests and bring
burdens back with them.
In such menacing crisis Industry
| turns 70 Its chemists. II Is their busi-
ness not alone to find a substitute for
raw material. the stock OF which is be-
ing reduced by degrees to the vanishing
point. but also to find one that will be-
economical. or at least one without O.
prohioitive cost. Scores OF things are
cnemicaliy possible. but commercially
lmpracticable because OF their expense
1t Is with the more serious of these
problems that the great experimental
laboratories Of the country, like that at
the Massachusetts, Institute of Technol-
ogy, for example are engaged. On the
special Investigators IN such places tho
commercial chemist must depend for
many OF the details Of the research
work to which he has no time to devote
There Is curious difficulty about find-
ing way Of making rubber artihciaIly.
The component elements OF the SUBJ
stance have been determined by enaly-
sis. They are the same and are In the
same proportion as those OF turpentine,
but they have united in an entirely diff
ferent form. There Is, then. as DR..
William II. Walker OF the Institute
points out, something peculiar about the
physical processes IN the formation OF
caout-chouc. Scientists have determined
the chemical elements. but they have
been unable to duplicate the molecular
aggregation to which the physical prop
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30

average white man. But in the graduation
or mankind there are others TO fill the
gap between the Negrito and the white
man. while on the other hand there is
nothing to fill the chasm between the CHM
panzee and the Negrito. However. Dar-
win might have found I'm the Negrito
the missing link" In fact. the Negrito
looks so much mora like an animal than
human that the photographers have
ohristened the photograph ''the missing
link"
The Negrito wears no clothes In his
native country he IS not burdered with
anything which In any way resembles
clothing. The Negrito IS uncivilized. and
lives wild in the mountains. and # Is
very seldom that he ever has any regu-
lar place of abode
The Negritos who were brought to St
Louis took no interest in clothes. They
wore them under protest and then only
after the weather was too cold for them
to appear without soma protection from
the elements
In this respect the chImpanzee shows
the higher intelligence. for after becorn-
ing domesticated he has shown a pecu-
liar fondness for clothes. and bright.
new ones at that. Dress exercises a pe-
culiar fascination over Dooley. one of
Hagenbeck's pets. and recently, after
getting new suit. he tore the discarded
one TO shreds. much after the fashion OF
the small boy who tears up his old
clothes so that he will never have to
wear them again. The chimpanzee IS
gentle and dOcile. and long before the
idea OF putting clothes on Dooley was
thought Of he had n habit of wrapping
himself in mats and blankets.
While the chimpanzee uses his four
feet in walking, yet he walks in an up
right manner. and frequently stands on
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A Comparison of the Negrito, the Lowest
Type of Man. with the ChimpanZee,
the Most Human of the Monkey Tribes,
Shows a Remarkable Similarity in Their
Modes OF Llfe-The Chimpanzee has
Human Brain Tissues and a Vermiform
Appendix

language which Is Ineligible to the hu-
man race. However. I'm their domestl-
Gated state, they adapt themselves some
what to the customs OF civilization.
There are two Chimpanzees I'm this
country both owned by Mr.. Hagenbeck.
A third died a few weeks ago. Many
specimens have been brought to America
but the cliamte was disastrous to them
1t was only recently that Mr.. Hagenbeck
discovered that they could be kept alive
IN glass enclosure heated to a tempera-
ture OF 70 degrees. BY that means he
kept one in perfect health during his ex-
hibit at the Worlds Fair. Recently he
had two others brought over from Africa.
but one OF them died a few days after
reaching America. A post-morten ex-
animation by DR.. Gradwohl revealed that
climatic conditions were not responsible
for the death Of the ape. but that dose
OF vermifuge given in time would have
saved his life.
AS the Chimpanzees are very rare. DR..
Gradwohl sent the body to a taxidermist
to be mopnted and preserved, and It prob
ably will find a place in some museum
Tho body of the Chimpanzee is covered
with hair. being almost entirely black.
and nearly the same color as that which
envelopes the body OF the gorilla. II IS
said to be a remarkable fact that the
Chimpanzees are groundlings and are not
accustomed to habitual residence among
the branches OF trees. They live in colo
nies In the wilds OF Africa. While they
are individually strong they are collect
lively formidable and are amply able TO
defend themselves against any foe. with
out the necessity of retreating to places
Of safety in the tree tops.
They dwell In security in their native
Forests without molestation from lions.
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critics OF rubber are due A substitute
has been devised which can be used for
many things, but II lacks elastIcity-tha
power to contract to its original form
after being stretched: resilency II has to
a certain degree. It Is a compound OF
sulphur and oil-originally linseed oil.
but nowadays cottonseed or another low
grade Of oil. For hard springs. like car
springs. 1t Is excellent; IL is used for
PEDAL treads on bicycles. for rubber mat
ting. floor strips and q dozen other things
commonly spoken OF as rubber But It
does not wholly take the place OF the
natural gum. as there must always be
some admixture Of caout-chouc to give
II the right consistency. However, the
industrial scientists think that they now
have In sight solution OF the rubber
dirfculty. for they seem at last To be
working toward the discovery OF natures
method OF making the physical combina-
ton OF the chemical elements.
While people who ride In automobiles
are helping TO exhaust the worlds sup
ply OF rubber. and are thus making
work for the Industrial scientist. he has
plenty OF other tasks on hand. Just
now' among his other activities, IS that
OF finding new ways OF procuring tur-
pentine. AS the available rubber plan
tations are disappearing. so the pines OF
the South. from which turpentine IL
drawn, are being cut away faster than
they grow. Besides, there Is a great
waste in the turpentine forests. for trees
that die from natural cases cannot be
utilized In the usual process OF obtain
ing this important commodity. One of
the interesting pieces OF special investi-
CATION now under way In the Industrial
chemical laboratory at the Institute OF
Technology concerns the utilization OF
stumpS and roots as we'll as dead wood
The equipment used Is a retort consist
ing OF a steel cylinder surrounded by a
Jacket into which steam superheated TO
an extremely high temperature is intro
duced- The cylinder is filed with
chips Of pine. the dead wood as well as
what is called Eight wood" In the South
light" not because OF its weight. for
It Is pieces OF stumps and roots heavy
with sap. but because IL Is thought At
only for kindling fires.
The tremendous heat from the steam
jacket brings out Of the chips every
drop OF liquid. and this Is drawn OF
through pipe. When It Ia distilled
for the turpentine It contains, there Is
obtained as q by-product a heavy OIL
the nature and possible usefulness OF
which are not yet known. since It does
not appear in the ordinary process Of
getting turpentine. So It seems perfectly
possible to obtain a commercial product
artihcially. IN this case The question
that remains Is whether sufficiently high
grade turpentine can be made in this
way economically enough to make 1t
commercially worth while Perhaps the
unknown oil viii have considerable bear
ing on the question: at any rate, the
experiment is being watched with much
interest.
In another OF the rooms Of the rnsti-
tute's industrial chemistry department
an investigator IS seeking some means
Of improving the process of making
paper pulp from wood so as to do away
with the Questionable by-products