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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
MEDICINE FOR HUNTERS.
simple Remedies That May lie Found userui
In Camp.

Did you ever notice how awkward one
always Is with his hands the first two or
three days on a trip in the woods? Fingers
seem to get in the way Of every axe. knife. FIRE.
splinter or thorns encountered and the result
is a pair OF hands more or less damaged
Adhesive plaster Is found useful, but
have found compound made as follows. most
useful and comforting. Equal parts by
weight OF Japan wax. mutton tallow and
vaseilne melted together While warm add
half as much glyoerne Fill a metal primer
box With this, and at night rub It well into the
hands. IL Is neither sticky nor unpleasant
aud Will cure damaged hands or chapped
lips very quickly. | have never tried TO do
so. but II raw linsecd oil will mix readily
with this compound. IL viii be found advan-
tagrous. Rubbing II alone on the hands
ia good plan; but while it heals quickly all
surplus must be rubbed on or It will ruin any
fabric with which It comes into contact.
and can never be removed in any ordinary
way.
TinCture grndelia should never be omitted,
as it is q rapid and certain cure for ivy poison,
and viii alleviate the suffering induced by
the bites OF chigRers. sand fees and mosqui-
toes. l consider IL the most valuable item
In ones dltty box for summer trips
A three ounce bottle OF equal parts linseed
oil and lime water is worth its weigh In gold
Tor sunDurn ana Tor ordinary Durns as well.
An ounce bottle OF chloroform will surely
drive chlggers and ticks away. Lacking
this. use grain or wood alcohol Either
one must be applied locally. for these pests
are not removed by ordinary means.
A tiny tin box OF mcrcurial ointment will
prevent rust in hrearm barrels in which
nitro powders are shot II the barrel is cleaned
thoroughly before applying the ointment
on q cloth patch
In places where sand neas and ticks are
bad. 1t will prove the right thing for the
occasion. though not pleasant to apply to
ones person.
Shellac or spnr vhrnish will keep r cut
closed II covered with bit OF muslin 4
reserve supply OF matches. the heads OF
which have been dipped in shellao and dried.
should be kept handy in a vaseline bottle.
These are good" medicine when everything.
Is wet
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
Grew Tree FOR His Comm.


Probably the oldest living settler in jackson
count is Ember Mason, whose farm and
home lie on the Big Blue River between In
dependence and Kansas City. He was born
in 1917 and was brought TO Independence
when child Of s years and has lived In the
county ever since
when lac cleared up the place on which he
now lives he left in the middle or one field
a small walnut tree. The tree was then
about two inches in diameter, but perfectly
sira iznt and symmetrical often in the years
which followed be was asked why ne
left that tree TO shade valuable land. and his
invariable answer was that he intended TO
live until TINT tree was big enough 10 make
into boards for his conln,
About year ago MIR ason had the walnut
tree. then an enormous and handsome tree.
cut down and sawed into planks. n showed
q beautiful grain and the boards were perfect
These boards are now carefully put away
in n dry place and are seasoning. and from
them Mr.. Mason says his CONN Is TO be made
He ia now 81 years OF age but is no yet ready
20 send the boards to the cabinet maker
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
M Id CathoIic cemetery Id MnIherrv.

The old Catholic cemetery at Mulberry
Prince and Mott streets. surrounding ST.
Patrick Church, will soon cease to exist
Tho few bodies remaining there will be
removed, 1t il expected, into crypts under
tho church. Then another phase in the
interesting history of the building will be
concluded.
Whena New Yorker speaks Of st. Patrick 8
athedraI It Is the large edifice IN Fifth
icnvc hc has in mind. And yet that
,athedral is but the offspring of the much
,'Ha'lcr more modest structure situated
at Mott, Prince and Mulberry streets, AMI
now i'm the heart Of the Italian quarter
There st. Patrick's Church has stood since
900. Ii was the first Catholic cathedral
in New York, ? 4 to this day it is known
She Old Cat .edIal.
It's architecture externally is not at all
inn sng. but within it is as perfect a model
OF the Gothic as it's Fifth avenue descendant.
Long rows Of clustered pillars make it
sccm almost as capacious as the larger
structure.
Tie entrance is at the Mott street end
end thence it is almost full block TO the
ctaacel, at the Mulberry street end. The
marble altar. white and cleaning, though
tory years old, is as thong hit had been put
IA Yesterday. The rector is very proud
Of the well preserved condition of the Old
Cathedral
on both sides Of the church are the rem
uauts Of the old Catholic cemetery, founded
ID the DAYS when Canal street was the
nctGern boundary Of New York. The
cemetery seems strangely out of place,
in he hum and hustle of the quarter, with
it- brisk traffic and with 900 children OF
81 Patricil's school circulating round it.
These children are almost all Italian,
only 100 Of tho 300 being of Irish blood,
Time was when the pupils were nearly all
Ir-h But the migration of the Irish and
the invasion of the Latins have changed
fine whole complexion of the neighbor-
hood the church attendance and the school.
Among the twenty-three Sisters OF
Charity who conduct the school. under the
direction of Mgr. John +. Keamey, no
Mvra Kelly has "a yet arisen to chronicle
the evolution of the little Latin citizens.
But 10 a visitor at the school there seems
no possibility OF such chronicles. for all
the little Italians speak English like native
American children.
The school buildings are IN Prince street
p 10 1850 Lne NdtnoHC OTpUdnHRe occupied
the school buildings. But after that the
orphanage was moved elsewhere. and
through the efforts OF Mgr. Keamey the
Prince street buildings wero purchased
for a school. At that time the school could
house all its pupils.
Room, more room, IL what we need
said Father Kearney to a sun reporter.
The children are his greatest care. On
them he depends for the continued build
ing up of the parish.
Father Kearney is himself child of that
parish Few men in New York, whether
professional men or clerics. are following
their calling in the parish in which they
vera horn. and fewer still are the clergy
men who officiate in the churches they were
christened in.
The usual changes and transfers that
fall to the lot Of the young Catholic priest
in the early days after his ordination never
came TO Father Kearney He was born
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19

luctance to keep his suspicious down, and
then report to the police that the value Of
the haul was $4,000. 1t will give the con-
stabulary something to do, and will assist
your financial standing, especially if you
mention casually that YOU are only thank
full he overlooked the family gems, which
he passed right by.
If it should happen, as it frequently does,
that you have an insurance agent or any
other of the inferior grades Of hold up men in
your library when the visitor calls, protest
that YOU are only servant. and that the
real financial head Of the house is in the
library. Usher the visitor to the library,
keeping your hands raised carefully as
sign Of respect, show him in and close the
door, Open it after five minutes to allow
him to escape before it is too late.
1t is not necessary TO accompany him to
the door, and to ask him to call again is
bad form.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19

the church, thus leaving the land on
either side of the church free for school
buildings which would both insurea proper
setting for the old cathedral and secure
the land forever to the Church.
Under the church there are at the present
time already number OF vaults in which
members Of some of the best known fami-
lies Of older New York rapose. Gen r. r.
Eckert, formerly president Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company. has vault there.
also lie John Kelly. leader of Tammany
Hall, and Charles O'Conor, the lawyer,
and John McKeon, once District Attorney
The front wall Of st. Patrick's Church,
on Mott street could, according TO the
proposed plan be moved up TO the very
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19

He examines the purchasing character of
goods the money brings how they are
worked up investigates TO see whether u
cheaper or !e5s material may not accom-
plish the same result. and concentrates his
mind on every detail OF the manufacture,
from the raw state Of the material until il
Is on the cars waiting importation, a
finished article, properly Grated.
He must know and be able to explain
why he knows. He must be able TO defend
his deductions against those Of the oldest
and most experienced hand in tho con
Germs employ. His figures will be chal-
lenged his observations criticised and his
recommendations derided. He must take
all this as a natural attendant upon the
service for which he is paid and demon
strlte 10 the men ut tho top that his report
has foundation of granite and cannot be
laughed out Of court
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
THE COMMERCIAL ECONOMIST.
4 NEW TYPE OF EXPERT WHOM
TIE MANUFACTURER EMPLOYS.
His Business Is TO Look over Whole
Plant and Suggest Methods for
Curtailng Expenses and Increasing
He, enue-Why Insiders Can't DO This.

MAcoN, No, Feb. ls.-There ia a smooth
faced, mild hammered little man here,
going through the carriage and shear fac
tories operated by the Bees syndicate.
overhauling books. peering into machines
end asking all sorts of questions Of fore
men and workmen. He wears gold spec
tacles and affects n dainty silk handker-
chief, with which he wipes them as me in
tcrrogatcs the men. Now and then he
figures in memorandum book.
During the hours OF his service he is
tho most Industrious man at either plant.
lie comes from New York, and he styles
h.- profession tho science of economical
method He is employed by large manu-
factuTcrs and others controlling men and
machinery - suRRes' methods by which
expenses can be curtailed and revenue
increased He made these remarks about
his job.
At the outset I wish TO say that ! do
not claim infallibility or anything like
second sight ! am just a common, every
day mortal. Yet | believe chat to sue
coed as n commercial economist one should
POSSES. in quite degree that peculiar
attribute called intuition. In other words,
NIN' 'all4lAE NhllilNb f' lNdlAaN AhNA4 HN'i.''
MT by watching the operations Of those
following it,
The economical expert enters upon
his task unbiased. He specifies that he
has full authority TO oonsure in his report
any man at fault in the entire institution,
even though il chance 10 be the very man
who employed him.
y had that identical experience in a
New England factory. The manager OF
the institution hired me TO detect the leak
in expenses so that he might plug it up.
/ found that reports were passing from
men to bosses, from bosses to department
foremen. from foremen 10 superintendent,
and 80 on TO the general manager, unveri-
fed other than by general statements.
For instance, the foreman's excuse for
not turning out the standard amount OF
given articles in a certain time was ac-
cepted without any attempt by his superior
10 find out whether the excuse was a valid
one. The system was in vogue because
the manager himself had first let down
the bars by accepting the reports Of his
superintendent without debate The men
we're not bringing the plant up TO its full
measure Of efficiency because Of the in
competence Of the general manageable
man who had hired me. ] bluntly told
him 50 in my report. lie flushed and bit
his lips
How much do you want for telling me
am not IL for my posiuon2' he asked
referred to our contract and he wrote
out check for the price stipulated.
In certain harvesting machine works
q Limos / discovered that one Of its
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
Court MIXED the Cow.

Siour cav Correspondence 81. PAU Dispatch
The Court viii proceed 70 milk this COW
and judicial notice Of those facts which 10
him as an expert mixer viii tend to deter
mine whether she has been fresh for long
or short time"
So announced Judge John F. oliver to-
day from the bench after hearing witnesses
dispute for an hour concerning tho Identity
OF a Jersey COW. Both sides claimed hor.
But one side contended that she had been
fresh only three months. while the other
alleged that she had not been fresh for nearly
a year
The Court adjourned 70 a stable nearby
whore his Honor proceeded TO milk the COW
In true farmer fashion.
THE verdict Of thu Court IS that the COW.
has not been fresh over three months there
fore she goes 10 the plaintiff, was the an
nouncemert from the bench after the Court
had solemnly led the procession back 10 the
court house.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19

crate the departed better even than the
slate gravestopes,
Upon the space thus reclaimed il is pro-
posed to build schoolhouses OF "A becoming
style of architecture, which. with the old
brownstone church in the centre, would
form an islet OF comedy architectural
beauty. not unlike Grace Church in Broad
way, in the midst of the prosaic surround
ings Of the neighborhood. The ugly brick
walls surrounding the cemetery would then
also disappear,
The old congregation. now scattered
everywhere, il IL expected, will be glad to
give its consent to such changes, provided
by means Of them their old church could
achieve 80 noble "a monument as the one
proposed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
Conceri I'm q we'll.
From the London Daily Mott

For many years there has been a scarcity
Of water at WoOlley. Huntingdonshire, the
result being that when at last new we'll
was dug the villagers thought II a most inn
portant event.
religious service was conducted around
the well on Thursday afternoon, all the women
and children afterSstd being entertained
a. lea. In the evening the men Of the hamlet
assembled at the bottom Of the we'll, which
was. OF course. dry. After a prayer by the
Rev. A. L. Farrar, the rector. there were
songs and speeches and refreshments were
handed round.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19

that ward for years. tips the beam at SOS
pounds
He is a candidate for reelection on the
Republican ticket, and the campaign man
ayers have got ont % large sized piacard
Announcing his candidacy and displaying a
faithful likeness OF the Alderman. These
pictures are adjoining many plaoes in the
ward This Will be his fourth term. II he
wins, and friends of his are confident he will
have a heavy majority
When indicted into onice fifteen years
ago he weighed 1oi pounds Since that time
he has gained Just 20o pounds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
small Indiana Constable.

BoonriHc correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer
James II Vincent of this place is said 10
be the smallest constable in the United states
He weighs but 81 pounds. stands feet \.
and il 40 years OF age However. his small
ness is no bar in his career. and bad char
acters in these parts have learned to recog-
ni2e the dimimutive Office
Vincent began his career az peace officer
when Sheriff Scales appointed him IA deputy
in a short time he showed that he meant
business and could not be blu1ed or bull
dozcd All told, he made more than two hun
dred arrests.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
Where EErs Arc Currency.

From me Dublin LadV NJ the House
Eggs are current coin in Mayo, Kerry.
Donegal and Leitrim They are everywhere
received over the counter in payment for tea.
sugar. meal. oil. bread tobacco. patent medl-
cines and general haberdashery Accounts
are kept 0pon and goods supplied on credit
IN eggs Predatory agents travelling through
the wilds with worthless teas. itincrant
'iusors and musicians. Polish Jews hawking
tinsel jewelry and holy pictures all accept
this current coin, generally unloading II at
the nearest railway town.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
strange Ending OF n Concert.

In the middle Of a charity concert at Datchet-
on-Thames on Tuesday night the accompanied.
installing his cue. struck up God Save tho
King.
Before any one OF the performers realized
what had happened. the hall was empty. the
audience having gone home with the idea
that the concert was over Asa consequence
comic singers and ballad vocalists. some OF
whom had travelled long distances 10 render
their services. could not give their turns,
and yesterday the organizers Of the concert
were walking about the village apolosizing TO
everybody.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19

front. That would both enlarge the church
and extend the cellar space In this new
cellarage crypts could be built like those In
Westminster Abbey and these crypts would
easily house the few remains left in the
old I'm tory. In the yestibule above tab
cts could be set up that would comment
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
RATS rs Domestic Pets.

From ne London Ezprest.
In well furnished residence near Ascot
a lady lives surrounded by all kinds Of curious
pets.
There are dozens Of dogs and cats. and a
room is devoted TO large rats, which answer
their mistress's call and eat out Of her hand.
In a small tin are number OF mice. who
also know the lady's voice aud obey her COM
mands.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19

at the corner Of Broome street and Centre
Market place in 1880, and as a child at
tended the same st. Patrick's school Of
which he is now the head. He was or
dained in Rome in 1868, and ever since then
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
The Films rarOmeter.

A small stone has been lodged in the British
Museum. It Is some what Of mystery II
has been named the semakuir. II IA a native
OF Finland, and the Firms tell the weather
by Il.
The explanation is that the stono changes
its appearance through absorbing the moisture
in the air preceding rain. turning II black.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
200 Persons over 10 Years OF Age.

Salem correspondence Clepoiand Lsader
A canvass OF this city and township just
made by GeroEe Phillips. an old resident.
to ascertain how many persons we're living at
the age OF seventy years and upward. found
200 viz. males. o5, females, l05.
The oldest person found was Mrs Emily
Cattlen. oolored, aged 90 years Quite a
large number were born In this city and
vicinity,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
Novel Chart, of Denmark.

From m, Enoiish Worid's Work
-Four millions of special postage stamps
were issued in Copenhagen 10 be used as a
voluntary supplement by people sending
Christmas letters and cards.
The sum realized by this scheme is 10 be
devoted 70 charitable purposes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
4 sOs Pound Justice Or the Peace

From the PdtsburO DispGich
The Fourteenth ward Is proud Of the fact
that il has the heaviest Justice OF the Peaos
in the world. AldermRn Charles Kalten-
hAuser. who has been dispensing justice in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
CURTOUS FEATURES or LIFE.
Clearing House for Social Obligations.

From South africa.
in Johannesburg The Ladies Social and
Talking Club" has just been formed.
1t is a sort Of clearing house for social
obligations. the present conditions not being
favorable to that important function. the 20
lite call Apparently distances are so great.
and communication 40 slow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13
THE GOLDEN CALF.

7 AAIES NJ. BECK. former assistant
attorney general of the United
States, is nothing if not a worshiper
Of the golden calf This is not surpris-
ing, in view Of the fact that Mr.. Beck
has lately been appointed special coun-
sci for the Standard OIL company. He
Will aid that corporation in the irvesti-
cation that has been ordered against it.
Now Mr.. Beck has no hesitation in de-
Claring himself a worshiper of the
golden calf. Recently, in an address to
the Bankers club of New York. he
said:
ITO me the most impressive place in
the world is Wall street The man who
eXcoriates Wall street is as rational as
The man who has no use for his pulse.
Talk about the grand canyon of the Colo
RADIO. For my part. 1 feel a grea ter
sense of respect and reverence for that
great storage battery of human energy
than for the great wonders of nature.
call it aVarice, If you viii, but 1 say
to you, the one JOY OF man IN this day
sheer at accumulated wealth; but say
the only evil million Is the idle million.
So far as Mr.. Lawson is concerned, L
can say nothing but that never Will l be
so complimented as when he is abusing
me-
While belief in such a doctrine is not
surprising in a Standard Oil attorney,
the open expression Of the belief must
occasion wonderment- The idea that
money makes happiness, and that the
only real happiness is found in the
making of money, is too repuIsive for
calm contemplation. Yet the inference
that Mr.. Beck is a believer in this the
DRY is perfectly fair from his words. IN
his heart. though, he knows better
In his heart he knows that the truest
happiness is not found in Wall street:
in his heart he knows that if Wall
street should shut up shop tomorrow
hundreds of thousands of families in
this country would go happily on their
ways. unconceTned and uninterested in
the event And thousands of other
families would be better off, for their
heads would save the money they now
waste in Wall street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13
A SUPERIOR SERVICE.

A \ AMERICAN ARMY surgeon was
II quoted recently as saying that the
medical corps of the regular establish
ment of the United States can never
hope to attain the high standard of ef-
ficiency displayed by the japanese. The
war with Russia has developed the fact
that the Japanese medical corps is the
most efficient organization of its kind
in the world. So splendidly has it done
its work that less than 1 per cent of
the Japanese soldiers have succumbed
TO disease.
This is equal to a mortality rate of
ten in a thousand, a rate that few of
the best regulated cities can boast
When it is remembered that the Japan
csc soldiers were transferred to a eli
mate differing radically from their own,
that they have been subjected to al
most unparalleled hardships, the low
disease percentage is marvellous. It has
never been approached by any other
nation. But there is no reason why
other nations should not equal it.
The japanese have a surgeon with
the rank of brigadier general for every
10000 men. The entire United States
army, numbering at present something
like o., 600 men. has only one surgeon
with the rank of brigadier general. In
all Japan there is not medical college
entitled to rank with that at Johns
Hopkins university. fer example, or
with a dozen ojEer American institu-
tions that might be named.
Nor have the Japanese any medical
schools that rank with those of Eu-
rope. All they have learned of n.edi-
cine and surgery they have learned
from other nations. They have learned
thoroughly. however, and they have
not let matters OF expense stand be-
tween item and the putting of their
knowledge into effect. In the Japanese
army merit counts for more than blood
There is no such thing as political in
nuence. \ doctor is not advanced to
the rank Of major general because he
is the friend of one high in authority.
BY hard work the japanese medical