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New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
BAROMETER.

M. NJ. (New- Castle, PENN: It has been stated
that the weather could be foretold by coffee.
What truth, If any, is there in this statement
It is we'll known that sugar is extremely sus-
ceptibIe to humidity-"sygr as say the
scientists. To this are attributable the strange
phenomena that were first observed by
naturalist OF Valencia when sweetening his
coffee He inferred the following: IT, without
stirring up the coffee, the sugar is allowed to
dissolve, air bubbles are seen to rise. II these
bubbles form a foam in the middle Of the cup
there IS sure TO be lasting clear weather. II the
foam sets all about the edge Of the cup there
will be rain showers. Between the edge and the
middle the foam announces changeable weather.
II the foam, without dividing, flows to one point
Of the edge OF the cup, moderate rain Is to be
expected 1t is said that the barometer perfectly
agrees with these indications. Experiments Of
course, have to show whether this prediction Of
thing more than mere Joke for amusement
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
nTnE ouEEN OF SICILY"

Syracuse calls itself the capital OS the south. but
1t has no cause to dispute pride OF place with
Palermo The metropolitan city is superior In pop
ulation wealth and much else. but II iS dehcient
In what It's ancient and glorious rival has m snen
Sbundance For Syracuse has the supreme charm
of Greece in way that other city except Athens
has Not even in COrinth. nowhere In Hella2. tTot1
nOrth Ig there any Hellenic town 90 compare Win
''the Queen OF Sicily" AS a sanctuary Delphl y
Tar moro Impressive than anything In Sicily; as q
national meeting place Olympia has no rival Dut
nowhere, except az Athens. "a a Greek city 70 %
seen to-day which has The proud record Os the mar
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.

Z. S. CGirard Ohio: % Is It lawful for mer-
chants 70 travel over the rural free delivery
route and drop their advertisements into the
boxes without stamp on them? CD Has the sub
stitute a right TO carry the mail all the time?
C) II 1 should put a little change in an un-
stamped letter and put it in the mail box but
try TO make the mailman stamp It, has he any
right TO tamper with open that letter because
not stamped?
ID There is. at least in the state OF New York.
a law against dropping circulars into letter
boxes. C9 Your question is vague. The substi-
t1te can carry mail so long as he is on duty,
t5l Tampering with letters is unlawful under any
circumstances.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

National Guard organizations in Manhattan and
Brooklyn will parade on May 80 as escort to the
Grand Army Of the Republic in service uniform
and will follow the regular forces. In this years
parade there VIII be larger force Of United States
bluejackets than usual owing to the presence OF
the many vessels of the Atlantic feet. In Man
haitian the parade will start promptly at o'clock
in the morning from 5Sth street and Broadway.
From there the line of march will be to Central
Park West to 7sd street to Broadway, TO S6th
street to Riverside Drive. where the parade will
be reviewed at the Soldiers and Sailors MOnu-
ment at seth street. The parade will continue
along Riverside Drive e2d street at which place
1t will be dismissed. The I'd Battery Captain
Wilson win parade in The Bronx. In Brooklyn
the line of march will be from the fountain at
Eadford avenue and Clymer street. through Bed
ford avenue to Eastern Parkway. under the Sol
diers and Sailors Arch. where the parade viii be
dissseG ewing 70 the fact that the 18th Regiment
viii be absent in Hartford on Visit
An election for major in the 22d Engineers viii
he held at the armory tomorrow night AT first
II was expected that there would be two candidates
In the field as some Of the officers favored Cap
tain bloomfield Usher while others spoke in favor
~ Captain A. II. Dyett. The latter officer how
ever announced that he would not be candidate
as he was a believer in seniority in promotion ana
Captain Usher was his senior in rank Captain
Wilbur F. Barber Of Company K second senior
captan in the regiment has resigned on account ot
removal out OF town. He was known as ,roeTf Ssg
eficient oflcer and popular In the
which he Joined private in October, dSSo. no
served with the volunteer regiment IN 1888
ArraDpements are already making in the fth
Regiment for the entertainment OF the rife team
from the Queens Westminster Volunteers "hich
will arrive in New York about September q next
Major Fisk Is the chairman OF the committee III
charge Many social affairs win be arranged III aot
the visitors IN which all the members OF the ''h
v,fI participate. as well as many friends. Company
+ is to give show. the proceeds from which are
to he used help defray the expenses fe[ ceTd
Sa{ninr the British riflemen. COrporaA
has already written the play. Company 3, WLlSH ~
has GuaIifed one hundred members as Iilensh It ~
SsroadTooor Including seven sharpshOOters. at AIs
frst pFactice held an enjoyable stag last w
day al Terrace Garden SaPIsln go SIIvS and
CorDOrgfa Eadclfse played the accoEnpallit itelts;
First Sergeant Mack sans seVs9lA &lR'As Ss' -'-'A
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

fore the regiment BOc5 " SN--AR'
Father William J. B. DAILY, chaplain Of the 18th
Regiment has resigned. He has been IN III health
for some time, and has been unable 70 devote the
necessary time to regmental duties In consequence
F4e was appointed chaplain Of the regiment in jan
nary 1ses and served in the volunteers with It.
The committee OF officers OF the regiment. OF which
Captain ReviIe is chairman. Captain Foley VICE
chairman Captain Dillon sec secretary S and 4 SsPtSn Ps
bration of the opening Of the new ar10Ty has out
eH IN aboy IT 6av and the eth Regiment OF Massachu
Setts will be present from Boston the guests Of
the the s6 Ss5h Reget and the 1st Bstery viii join with
the 69th and Its & 5TsI9 sqo spSTss a ye Is nu
Der Of civilians and ex-mem6ers OF the Ostn; On O9
banquet in the armory
Major General Charles F. Roe will review the
18th Regiment in its armory next wednesday night
and a reception will follow
The officers OF the I'D Regiment will hold the
annual dinner next Thursday night at the Hotel
NTorIe Antoinette Colonel HOtchkin has appointed
Lieutenant smith, late of the 18th Regiment. a bat
TALON adjutant. vice Conrow. promoted Second
Lieutenant c. ]. Dieges. OF Company !, the well
known athlete. has had rapid promotion He was
elected second lieutenant in March last. and now.
nv the vacancy created by the promotion OF Lieu
tenant William A. H. Foster to the caPtaincy. was
on last Monday night unanimously elected hrst lieu.
continuoHs Service last Sunday and received many
congratulations A handsome silver cup has been
the highest score at CTeedmOOr this season. Prl-
Yates Christian Schaefer and ZImpel, Company F.
bove been promoted to corpOrals, and Corporal
A. J. Mayel. Of Company A, has been promoted
10 sergeant after competitive examination Leu
tenant C'olOnel I.liendahl has passed the eXamin-
Ing hoard and has received his commission.
c,,mnanv A. Of the 18th Regiment win hold an
election for captain and first lieutenant next Tues
dav night First Lieutenant Frank Dean. Of Com
many e will be elected captain. and Sergeant Wal
ter Gibson Of Company A. viii be elected first
Iiertenant Il IS expected that the regiment will
take almost its full strength on the trip TO Hart
ford on May 80 Captain George Younia OF Com
many q has been presented with a handsome silver
loving cup by members OF the company.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
POPULATION oE CITIES.

c: M. c. (Brooklyn): Please give, as near up
70 date as possible, the population of some Of
the worlds largest cities
London, 4.536,541; Greater London Cmetropoli-
tan and city police districts), 6,5S1S72; New
York (1sO5l. 4.O14.8O4; Paris. 2.714O6s; Berlin.
1,eSS'S4S; Toxic. 1,S1S.655; Chicago, 1,69S,575;
Vienna, 1874 s57: Canton, 1900, 900; St Peters
burg 1,S1S.39O; Philadelphia, 1293,697; Calcutta
with suburbs), 1.125.40O: Constantinople 1125,-
OOO Moscow. 1,0s2,S6O: Peking, 100000
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
THE ZODIAC,

III. A. W. Westminster, Vt): ~ At what
period OF time the zodiac divided into twelve
parts? C) Why was the human body made to
represent these parts? (Sl How many light years
IS the North Star from the earth? (D Who
wrote The hand that rocks the cradle rules the
world?
ID The tweIvefold division Of the zodiac is
probably Babylonian in origin. indicating an
antiquity Of some four thousand years. Il was
evidently suggested by the occurrence Of twelve
moons in successive parts Of the zodiac in the
course OF each year. The approximate relation
was first systematically developed by the early
inhabitants of MesopOtania, and formed the
starting point for all their divisions Of time. AS
the year separated, as it were. Of ITSELF into
twelve months so the day was divided into
twelve double hours" and the great cosmical
period OF 43 200 years into twelve "sars. Each
sar, month and hour was represented at once
Visibly and symbOlically, by a twelfth part OF
the 'furrOw' drawn by the solar Bull across the
heavens C2) Because they assumed that man was
a microcosm, and, therefore. that everything IN
the heavens must have its counterpart In man.
They accordingly divided the human body IN
twelve parts each corresponding TO one OF Ile
twelve signs in the zodiac. CD Peters estimated
the distance Of POaris in 1916 at AL light years
This is probably good a guess as any: C4)
This phrase occurs in William Ross wallace
seWhat Rules the World" Here is the hrst
stanza:
They say that man Is mighty.
He governs land and
EIa VIE Sceptre
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
CRAVING HAIR.

H. d. New York City): Is there any medical
s,1nn0rs FOR the statement sometimes made
fhet people's hair turns suddenly gray under
stress OF grief. strong emotion or extreme ex-
citement? IL so. is the change cohhHed soieiy
90 persons of a sensitive natureE
suaden graylng OF the hair, overnight FOR
,pstance. has long been popularity believed pos--
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
FREEMAsoNRY.

c. @. A. A. EAlberene, Va): a. When, where
ana by whom was the Masonic order fonndeoF
= Kindly inform whether there are PERI
oaloals issued IN America or Germany or Eng.
iand which give reliable accounts OF impoFlhup
social commercial, religious, national etcs
movements OF every nation and country IN tle
world Please name those which are eoipeo ih
a strictly scientific way.
% Fable and imagination have traced back
the origin OF Freeraasonry 70 the Roman Lm-
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

vellous metropolis OF the sicilian Greeks. q eIsy
as great in power and wealth ana beauty g &ee-. %
6srself and victor at last IN the Ions ana !tsa4
rivalry which indirectly involved the paslnf o- ~
TSSIIisffc dOrDiniOn OF all the lands washed ~ Se
Ionisn and Mediterranean seas-CeutuTy Naetz-Ne-
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

Lieutenant K. K. v. Casey. Of the list Resi-
raent well known as one Of the most expert rine-
man IN America, has resigned on account Of re-
roval 70 Delaware, much to the regret OF the
Tegiment He Joined the regiment In 1888 ana
served In the Cuban campaign
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
RUSSIAN JEWS AND SOCIAL DEMOCRATS.

". S. S. CBrooklyn. n. ": To decide dis
cussion will you please state, IL under the con-
ditions now prevailing in Russia the Jews there
would not improve their position by making
common cause with one Of the political parties
fighting for liberty?
by no means; the Jews cannot rely on any
party. With them It will always be: 'If the stone
falls upon the pitcher. woe to the pitcher; II
the pitcher falls upon the stone. woe to the
pitcher" For, no matter who wins in the pres
ent struggle for liberty, the government or the
Tevolutionists. the Jew cannot expect any help
from either and will continue to be oppressed.
We have seen how ungrateful and contemplate
the progressive party as well as the Social Dem
ocrats proved with regard to the Jews. When,
ct Waronesh. in the moment OF greatest distress
and danger the Jewish youth capable OF bearing
aEms-altogether twenty-five men-Organized
themselves for self-defence against the threaten
ing mob, the Revolutionary Committee prom
ised in case OF attack TO send one hundred
well organized Workingmen to their assistance.
But instead of this assistance there came after
hours Of waiting, the declaration" that they
needed the hundred men for the defence Of two
Of their leaders. together with the request that
the Jewish 'self-defence" should send some Of
. their men for the protection Of the political"
Organizationl From similar reports as we'll as
from the fact Of the horrible massacres per-
petrated upon the Jews. IL must be evident that
the Jews Of Russia are thrown upon their own
resources and that 1t would be verging on sui
eide were they to seek their salvation in making
common cause with any Of the political parties.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

two ouartets from the company also helped enter
tain Private Joe DedereF has been presented w
the company with a 25-yeaF gold medal for ms
long and faithful service.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

Colonel John H Foote. OF the 14th Regiment, II
Gently elected. has passed the brigade exa1inir
hoard. The new company L. organized for the =
Regiment, will, II is expected, Do mustered IN %
fore the regiment goes to camp.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
rHE REAPER.

TAP CCrary Mills, n. ": VIII you please
a1ForTn me ID when and by whom the moving
,scbine was invented: also C9 viii you give me
Sc same information concerning the reaper?
\, Ohio Hussey was the inventor OF the fOun-
s.,,on features OF the moving machine. but his
.-,rE was not completed until the hinged or
s,..ing bar had been invented by Lewis Miller.
Tgussey'e first patent was taken out in 1888. In
.ss7 Hussey patented. as an improvement 70 his
.-oehine. the open backguard. or finger, which
,-oved a vital feature OF successful moving ma
'tl-ss In 1856 and 1853 the most important
Ssfsnts on the hinged or floating bar were issued
q Lewis Miller Of Canton. Ohio, who was tden-
siaed with the leading firm in the syndicate that
foueht the Hussey patents. CD The reaper was
Invented by Cyrus H. Mccormick, OF Rock
Ridge County Va, and patented by him in 1854.
Zone Of the numerous designs OF American and
fnelish inventors that anticipated this invention
rr0yed practical and il remained for Cyrus ii.
Mccormick. who inherited the problem from his
Safher TO bring together the four essential ele-
Tnents OF modern harvesters-the reel the dl-
wider the reciprocating knife and the PLATFORM
IN 1888 C w and w W. Marsh OF Illinois, pat
ented a notable improvement which led the way
20 the modern binder In 1873 the nrst auto
matte sheaf binding harvester, the invention or
and a year or two later other machines or the
same type using wire to bind the sheaves were
successfully introduced. The foundation pat
snts on the twine binding mechanism were is
sued in 1870 to Marquis l. Gorham, or hocktoFds
H. but e remained for John F. Appleby' OK
Beloit. Wis. TO complete the development OF the
irvine binder.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

They say that man is mighty
He governs land and sea,
He wields a mighty sceptre
Ger lesser powers to be;
But a mightier power and stronger
Man from his throne has hurled,
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the Worlo.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

Major General Charles F. Roe will review the
,Atb Regiment in its armory next Wednesday night.
and reception will follow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
WAY TO KEEP FISH ALIVE.
French Scientists Discover Micro
scOpic AIgae of Great Value.

French Scientists Discover Micro
scopic AIgae of Great Value.
Consul General Guenther, of Frank
the French naturalists, Billiard and
Bruyant, have made discovery with
reference to keeping fish alive which
may be of great Importance.
The reported discovery concerns a
tiny alga, by itself not visible to the
naked eye, which possesses the remark
able property of preserving the water
in which it exists in a state of great
purity for an almost unlimited period
The little plant possesses also the adj
vantage Of multiplying rapidly and
thrives in almost all kinds of fresh
water. To the naked eye the pres
ence of these algae is noticeable
through the brilliantly green color Of
the water, provided it contains large
number of them.
The two scientists have succeeded in
keeping brook trout alive in a large
sized vessel for six weeks, so that their
taste at the end of this period did not
appear to be impaired in the least.
This is all the more remarkable, as it
is well known that otherwise brook
trout can only be kept alive in run
ming water. Leeches have been kept
alive by the same process one and
one-half years without change of wa
ter. Experiments have already been
made to make practical use of the dis
covery for the transportation of live
fish.
Live brook trout, for instance, were
shipped by rail, the journey consuming
seven hours, at a temperature of 20
degrees, in vessels filed with water to
which these algae had been added The
trout were all fresh upon arrival,
while of others, shipped at the same
time in pure water not containing
these algae, not a single trout arrived
alive The explanation Of this phe-
nomenon is probably that these algae.
like other green plants, decompose the
carbonic acid exhaled by the fish and
so reoxidize the water. The two sci
entists are also of the opinion that the
algae also render the poison, which
may have been secreted by the fish,
harmless.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
THE "DUEL OF SEX"
How One Phase of 1t Serves as Eff
fectuaI barrier to Mntrimony.

How One Phase of 1t Serves as Eff
fectua1 Barrier to MatrimOny.
l was brought up to regard with re-
pugnance all efforts to attract or to
please mankind. My native indiffer-
ence was fostered. Girls who iran
after tho boys" were declared, when
mother and my aunts met in sewing
room conclave, to be the most disgust
ing objects.
Young women who permitted famil-
iarities" dire licenses, suppose,
as a romping race, a careless use of
first names, free circulation of photo
graphs-how they were condemned,
held up 10 scorn in our sitting-room!
Not for my mothers daughters, not for
my aunts' nieces, were such ways!
Mother would have thought it vulgar
and indicate to the last degree 10
train US to look toward matrimony as
a goal. She would have died of shame
at the thought of teaching us the arti-
fees of attraction. She disdained to
suggest to us in any way that it was
desirable to please.
think she heartily despised those
mothers who invited young men to
their houses, or made things attract
I've for young men in their houses. In
her heart suppose the dear lady was
convinced that the intrinsic worth of
her daughters, their compelling natu-
raj charms, would be a resistless mag
net, and that, in due course Of time,
there would come three dukes arid
ing" to bear us off in a whirl of glory.
Poor mother!
What nature began, and mother con-
tinued, novels, l think, completed for
me. In all my early favorites the hero
inc was as unapproachable as a star;
her love was reward graciously be-
slowed upon the doer of great deeds
not an equal force flowing out to meet
the love of a mere man. Or she was
capricious, willful, charningly difficult.
Her Withdrawals lured on her
wooers; her petulances, her piques
and poutings were so many entrance
ments her very refusals infamed But
in our town and our circle the men,
when one refused them, went off and
married the girl around the corner;
when one adopted the distant attitude
of the tournament queen they stayed
away. And when one f1outed and
jeered them one was held to have
bad manners and sharp tongue
Everybody's Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23

BILE before him? No: only a string OF
Grecian curls, bristling with hairpins,
with a glossy, artificial braid lying be
side it, a set of false teeth cleaning
CHASTITY in tumbler of water and two
saucers, one Of rosy rouge, the other
some white, pasty enamel, fanking
the hideous display.
"By Jove, I've made a mistaken
calculated Harold Blynn, catching up
his valise to depart. But he was stop
ped by a shrek and a female figure
simultaneously
The former issued from the latter
and the latter from the apartment be-
yond, carrying a pair Of curling tongs
in her hands.
Venus and the three graces! Could
that yellow. shriveled creature in the
white dressing gown and the thin hair
twisted in an infnitesimal knot at the
back of the head be Ruth Ellerslie?
1t was!
They recognized each other in that
one brief glance Then Harold Blynn
rushed out of the apartment like one
possessed, and Mrs Ellerslie, dropping
on the chintz covered sofa, went into
Mysteries.
Late that evening Harold entered
his mothers parlor. Cora jumped up
with beaming face.
"Why, Harold. 1 thought you were
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23

of the people of other great English
cities-Liverpool, York, Leeds, Brad
ford, Sheffield and dozen more. Sir
Henry Campbell annerman, leader
of the English Liberty party, esti-
mates that in the United Kingdom
there are nearly 100000 people who
live on this same hunger line"
In France such a condition would
mean revolution and another reign Of
terror, but in England such is the uni
versal respect for law and all estab-
lished institutions Of the country that
people submit. The Church of En-
gland teaches contentment. In the
catechism which nearly every English
child is taught it is stated that a
mans lot in life is according to Gods
will, and that discomfort is impious
SO, while millions upon whom power
ty has set it's mark surge through the
streets of English cities, there is
heard never a word of rebellion and
scarcely a word of complaint There
is nothing more sublime than their ST
lent suffering. nor is there anything
more pitiful.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
Horse Steaks In Germany.

Consul-General Mason at Berlin,
Germany, sends a report that horse
steaks are a common article of food
in Germany, and that horse meat con-
sumption is on the increase. In
southern Germany, and notably in
Saxony, where the percentage of work
ing people in factories is large, the
consumption of horse flesh is an i'm
portant item and is rapidly increas-
ing. About $500 horse were killed in
Breslau alone last year, for human
food. In Berlin, the choicest cuts of
horse meat sell at eight and ten cents
a mound. Meat from the poor quar-
tiers or meat from any part of old, or
inferior horses brings three and four
cents. The liver is considered a deli
cate morsel and brings ten cents a
pound. The inferior pieces are
ground into the strongly spiced and
garlicky sausages that are the IA
yorite food of many German servants
and working people These sauages
must be plainly labeled horse flesh"
outside the city this regulation isn't
in force, so that large quantities of
horse sauages are sold in the country
districts or are exported to neighbor-
ing countries as ordinary pork saus'
age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
A Great SchOOImaster.

He managed tc make the boys feel
that it was a terrible thing to lose his
respect" writes former pupil Of DR..
George Moberly, for many years head
master of the Winchester School, Eng
land. His personality was inspiring
and impressive. In six Great School
masters" the author says that DR.. No
berly would occasionally use his pow
ers of ridicule and sarcasm to an ex-
tent that seems scarcely fair.
He had been much annoyed by let
tiers from the mother of one of the
boys, begging him to see personally to
all sorts of small matters connected
with her sons health. DIR. Moberly
determined 10 put a stop to this. so
one day IL public, before whole class,
he said 20 the boy:
"B., l have heard from your mother.
saying that you are to wear flannel
next your skin and to masticate your
food. See that you do It."
1t is possible to imagine the agonized
letter which went home by the next
post, begging that no more such letters
should reach the doctor.
A boy once brought to DIR. Moberly
a letter from his mother, asking for
leave out. The boy had been smoking
and the Letter smelled strongly of the
forbidden weed.
johnson" said DR.. Moberly, does
your mother smoke? Don't let me catch
you doing It,"