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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

rules Of sanitation so necessary to the
best health in semitropical climate.
They are the dirtiest people in Hawaii,
and the women are not in any sense
home bodies or home makers. But even
at that they are much better off in every
way-better fed and better clothed
than they were in Porto Rico.
labore1s on the plantations of the
islands, but at the present time the
number is not over 1900 or 1900.
Some few have returned home, but the
most Of those who have left plantation
work have gone into other pursuits,
seventy being manufacturing, seven
having become superintendent, seven
ty-nine have found employment in the
transportation service Of the islands,
ton of the government and others are
in the mechanical trades and in miscel-
laneOus occupations.
The chief complaint against them,
outside Of their filthy habits, is that
on account Of the Porto Rican women
having none Of the home instincts these
laborers are very hard to keep in one
place. They will wander about the
islands and seldom work. more than one
the Chinese and Japanese. laborer is as
steady as the clock, with each individu-
al striving to accumulate enough to get
a small holding Of his own. There il
also some slight Indication in the fig.
ures procured by the department that
the Porto Ricans are decaying race
| and in time will disappear. from the
islands. Certainly they do not show
any natural increase, the total numbel
There growing a little smaller each
year, just as the native Hawaiians are
i far AWAY.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

Here are the weather signs Of the
curious weather plant' (abrus prae
catorius), which Professor Joseph
Friedrich Nowack Of London discov-
cred and in which j. ,Pierpont Morgan
is SO interested that he has imported
a number of the plants. Abrus belongs
to the leguminous or pea family and is
a native only in Cuba and Mexico, altho
it is known in Germany as q cultivated
plant under the name of the sPater-
noster Pea. -
azttI saw one Of the plants for the first
time in 1884 while travelling in Bel
gium,' said Professor Nowack. las a
friend of plant life, was interested in
it, and a few days later made the dis
covery that it seemed to mark aU Of
the weather changes. got some Of the
plants and tried to- cultivate them. At
ter several failures I finally succeeded
in getting one Of them to grow and
thrive.
s HThe real scientific value Of the plant
did not dawn on me until about year
later, when, ion summer day at noon
and under a cloudless sky, the feather
ing leaves suddenly underwent VIC
lent disturbance. They abandoned their
accustomed upright position and got
into all kinds Of zigzag attitudes. They
appeared to be in terrible temper
about something and sulked for three
hours or more before they resumed their
normal position All attempts to get
the leaves to return to their sulk failed
and I realized then that it must have
been due to some sudden atmospheric
disturbance that was not visible to the
eve, 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
THE sWEATHER PLANT' AND
HOW 1T MAKES PREDICTIONS

Exactly three days later there cams
a terrific thunder shower accompanied
by heavy fall Of hail. There was
All immediate response on the part Of
the plant, the leaves in a mild sort OF
way going into the sulks as they had
done seventy-two hours before. then
began series Of experiments by which
I established the truth Of my first sup
position that the plants were peculiar.
~ susceptible to every change in the
weather, however slight it might be.
Year after year continued my oh.
servations, and in time became SO ins
timately acquainted with the plant that
could foreten atmospheric changes
with considerable degree Of accuracy.
My research into the subject finally led
me to formulate a new system of mete-
geological study for the forecasting OF
weather conditions, and this is now re.
duced to perfectly scientific basis.
The public must not get the i'm.
preston that the mere possession OF
one Of the plants is sufficient to make
every man his own weather forecaster.
'tTo me the plant is. merely the
needle Of the delicate seismograph. To
make it useful for meteorological pur-
poses it demands years Of Treatment
and study. The exact location of it's
magnetic meridian must be known also,
and, again, the age and environment Of
the particular plant under observation
will count in the results. The plant
must be educated before it is able to
make it's language ineligible to the OBJ
server. When that point is reached it's
weather signals become as plain as A,
lB, 60
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
HOW 1T FEELS TO MAKE
A PARACHUTE DESCENT

cutting loose is as thrilling as anything
that can happen to a human being. The
earth is far, far below, Perhaps the
band music or the great chorus of cries
from the crowd has died away, altho
sounds carry an immense distance in
the sky. The horizon. has come up like
the ,rimSof saucer-for you must re-
member that the horizon rises with you
while: the earth Immediately beneath
you falls away. You have glanced
down into this great saucer. and made
the best guess you can as to which
patch of green or bit Of level space is
really just, beneath you. &.>-. . :,
"Then down, down, down you go,
your heart stopping and a, peculiar
tingling creeping up from your toes,
i waiting for your parachute to open.
Zone hundred feet-two hundred
feet, and there is no pull from the para
chute: You are dropping just as if
you had stepped off the skyscraper
you may say to yourself, as I did the
last time: If. I land safe this time
never again! =. 's~ 10. -. W ~ T.
=" This long, full, free drop Of from
100 to 300 feet-it is generally 800 feet
on the side-jump plan and at least 100
on the straight cut-away-is sensa-
tion that can only be described as ter
rife. ., -.-><
Moment Before the Parachute Opens.
"These are what the literary people
call psychological moments. OF course,
you say to yourself and a man car
say good many things to@himself in a
few seconds-the bag will fill. It's got
to fill. You shook it loose. You ex.
amined all the cords before you went up
BUT SUPPOSE 1T DOESN
"And down you 60, waiting with
every nerve for that pull of the string
"Three hundred feet-and now the
bag strings begin to pull-the bag is
filling.
"Then there is pronounced jerk, a
firm, comforting pull, and you are nc
longer falling-you are being lowered
"Not gently, mind you. You are still
flying thru the air at lively clip. The
horizon is coming down with you. The
big saucer of the earth is getting shall
lower and shallower. Cries begin tt
rise again, and these increase to great
roar il you are near the crowd.
NYou try to look down. -:
T. "You no longer have any choice, bu
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WILLS WIFE FORTUNE. [.
# SHE. STAYS SINGLE
Millionaire; Who Married Woman
He Divorced, Jealous Till
Death.

Newport, R. L, Oct, 20.-James a..
Garland, q young multi-millionaire,
who created a sensation three years
ago by remarrying the woman he had
divorced, left her the use Of virtually
all his large estate in his will, provided
she remains single.
It was said he remarked her because
he was jealous of the sattentions of
others. Before he died he fixed il SO
she will not be likely to choose another
husband. *
Upon her death. the income Of the es.
tate goes to three sons-C harles, James
and Hamilton-and upon the death Of
their survivors to Harvard college fol
aid Of poor students. Garland left per.
sonal property worth $10,0OO,OOO, and
there is much real estate.
Mrs. Garland receives an income OF
$4,000 q year, provided she does not
remarry; also, on the same condition
the use Of the fine country place OF
Prudence Island, in Narragansett bay
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liner landing him at 3Havre or German
liner for Cherbonrg, Bremen or Ham
burg on the continent. The Trans
Siberian trains run only twice a week
and steamer must be selected that
will permit close conn ctions at Mos
COW. It is five hours from Cherbourg
to Paris, forty seven hours from Paris
to ST.. Petersburg and twelve hours
from st. Petersburg to Moscow. An
other twelve hours must be added for
connections. From Bremen to Moscow
is about thirty-six hours, but Of course
it takes longer to get from New York
to Bremen than to Cherbourg.
Once on the Trans-Siberian express
there is nothing to do but hope for the
best. In a few years the train will
make it in ten days instead of seven.
teen as now. It would not do to "a
thru to Vladivostok, as there are nc
sure boat connections there for Japan
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
FILTHY PORTO R|CANs
FAILURES IN Hawaii
Uncleanliness and Nomadic Hab.
it's Work Against the
Island People.

Washington, Oct. 20.-Perhaps you
have wondered whatever became Of
that shipload Of Porto Ricans taken to
the Hawaiian islands some years ago
as an experiment. to see if our over
crowded island in the Atlantic could
not supply the demand, for labor in
our under crowded islands in the Pa
cifc. Well, they are out there in
Hawaii yet. but the first lot was
enough. No more Porto Ricans for
Hawaii. ss .-. r. -. ,,s- s.
. This experiment was made in 1901.
The first load was followed by others
until slightly over 1000 laborers and
their, families had been taken to the
far-famed q crossroads of the Pacific
and the department Of commerce and
labor has Just finished looking, them up
to see how. they are. getting along. The
reports from Hawaii are not reassur-
ing. stz., - ~ .,..~:..--...ss.
The Porto Ricans will work all right,
In fact, they are described as fairly
good workers, but they are not clean
and will not pay any attention to the
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possible but that it is the intention OF
the Russian government to have them
in operation. It is not improbable
that they may be running next year, in
which event it should be easy to re-t
duce Mr.. Frederick IS record by nearly
week to forty-eight or even forty!
seven days.
IF the dream of tunneling Bering.
straits between, Alaska and Siberia IS
ever realized, the world will be circled
in about twenty eight days, the journey.
from New York to Cherbourg being the
only sea voyage in the trip. Here are
the figures:
-.,~ Hours.
Minneapolis to New York. 20
New 4ork to Paris. l40
Paris to st. Petersburg. ................. ~
St. Petersburg to Boring strait. .-.......... 813
Boring to Minneapolis. Observation-Disclosures. $50
Total .s.ss..ss. III
Or Is days hours.
By that time, too, we may be travel,
ing 100 miles an hour or more by cleo
trio. motors-or we may be flying in
| airships! =
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TRUSTS GRIP ON SOAP
ENGLISH MAKERS PLAN ! |
Manufacturers Of United Kingdom
Negotiate for Huge
-. Combine. = - =
Special Cable to The Journal.

Special Cable to The Journal. @.z.- 4
London, Oct. 20.-Negotiations are
in progress for the formation of a
combine among the largest firms:
of soapmakers in the country and are
shortly expected to be successfully con-
cluded. &.
With the exception Of Messrs. 0gs-
ton and Tenant Of Glasgow and Aber-
deem, the firms concerned are all sit
uated south of the Tweed, more espe-
cially in the Midlands manufac-
turing center Of the soap trade.
The price of soap has been gradually
going UP, and in the event Of the
Hcomnbine being formed the cost may
be still further increased. The keen
competition among the makers and the
dearness Of the raw materials are given
as the reasons for the proposed ANAL
gamation. One effect this will have, it
IS said, will be the stoppage Of the
practice Of giving presents for soap
wrappers.
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A new line has been announced with
four or five sailings month between
Vladivostok and Hakodate, Japan, but
this route is not yet we'll worked out.
It is better to change at Sungari juno
ton to the Manchurian railway and
Steamers from BalnV Vef for 81
whence a train for Yokohama can be
secured and at this Japanese port a
Canadian Pacific steamship must be.
taken for Vancouver, or one of the
Great Northern fast, new boats for
Seattle. The latter frequently cut off
day or two on the run to Seattle. A
Great Northern train would land the
traveller in Minneapolis at $3.50 pm,
fifty-eight hours later.
Prince Hilkoff, the Russian minister
Of railways, made a prediction a few
years ago that it would soon be possible
to 60 around the world in thirty three
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KK YHEN the balloonist has as
w cended a mile or 50 above

Xxx YHEN the balloonist has as
w cended mile or so above
the earth and having cut
loose his parachute begins his swift and
perilous descent, what are his sensa-
tionss q. : * *, +
William Mattern, the Chicago aero
maui, recently made perilous voyage
across Lake Michigan from Oconto,
Wis, to Wolverine, Mich, preferring to
risk his life to an airship with "a broken
propeller, rather than be branded as q
assembled to see him fly. He has had
many thrilling experiences in the air
with all kinds Of apparatus. The above
question was put to him by a Chicago
reporter and he made this reply:
"The first shock is a terrific one, as
the bag Of the parachute must have
time to fill. Until it does fill the man
who is dropping goes straight down
with fearful velocity. Just imagine
yourself stepping off a skyscraper! If
the bag doesn It fill you strike the
ground at this frightful speed and are,
Of course, instantly killed.
Two Types of Parachute.
"Let me explain that there are in
general use two types Of parachute.
One is a large. circular piece Of canvas,
with circular hole in the center. Rope
is sewed in the seams around the outer
edge and around the central hole. From
the outer edge Of the piece, and also
of the edges of the inner hole, thin
ropes run downward to ring which the
aeronaut holds. The parachute thus
differs from g. big umbrella by reason
certain amount of air passes. Without
the central opening the parachute would
sway and soar dangerously.
"The other type has no lines running
to the central opening. In descent this
parachute, fifteen or eighteen feet il
diameter, arches from the outer ropes
This is the type now most commonly
used. ~, :.
''The older method of dropping was
like this: The parachute was hung IL
the netting Of the balloon, the hang
ring accessible to the balloonist. Whe1
sufficient height was reached, ant
able to a landing-no man whose bal
loon was not afre or who had not beer
carried in an unexpected direction
would drop among house roofs-the bal
loonist swung loose, his weight snappe,
tie small cord that held the parachute
in the netting, and the descent began.
j.: ...-.~. The Most Modern Way.
"The more modern way is to hav
the parachute Immediately under tn
balloon, taking the place of the balloo
car, the aeronaut sitting in a ring 0
on bar.
"Here he cuts loose to begin his d.
scent. The advantage of this metho
is that there is less swaying at the bt
ginning than in the case Of descen
from one side of the car or trapeze ba
"That moment Of leaping off or Q
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100 degrees of longitude, while west
ward it is 240 degrees. It happens,
however, that the eastward route is
largely thru the tropics, while the west
ward is thru the temperate zone. A
degree at the equator is sixty miles,
36.8 miles. So that the actual distance
is about the same by either route. The
Canadian route affords more railroad
travel and that's where the four days
are saved. -.
If, however, the Trans Siberian rail
road were open to steady and regular
travel, it would afford by far the short
est route from London to the orient.
That route, then, must be chosen by the
Minneapolis man who wants to break
the world cycling record. So.
Surprising, then, that our Minneapolis
record breaker starts on his trip east
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
ITINERARY OF QUICKEST
ROUND-THE-WORLD ROUTE

DHINEAs FOGG, the picturesque
hero of one Of Jules Verne's
stories, went around the world
in eighty days.
He might easily make the same trip
today in sixtyfour days, travelling on
the regular schedule time Of the British
mails.
He might even make the circuit in
fifty days, if he didn It waste more than
five days en- route waiting for connec-
tons
The best record thus far is that of
Henry Frederick, who in 1908, went
around the world in 81 days I hours
20 minutes. He travelled eastward and
at the same time James W. Sayre Of
Seattle, travelling westward, made it in
81 days hours ~ minutes
In year or two it is probable the
trip in forty-fve days will be possible.
The British bimonthly mail for
Hongkong heretofore has travelled east
ward by the Suez canal, consuming
thirty-four days in going from London.
It now travels westward by fast Cana
dian Pacific express and by steamships
in thirty days, or sixty-four days in all.
It is a curious fact that the distance
from London to Hongkong eastward is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

she can better judge than anybody else
what sort Of husband this masterful
man would be likely to make.
The story may or may not be true.
If Lord Kitchener proposed marriage to
Mrs. Adair, is must have been by post,
for he is still in India. It was there
he first met Mrs. sAdair some years ago,
and that she should have won his
friendship, may be accounted great
triumph tuaag :. for her, for he is generally re-
is said to be exceedingly annoyed at
the turn affairs have taken, since there
will now be a difficulty about main
tanning that friendship on the old foot
ing. 49,. AZ
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INFERIOR AUTOS HURT U. S.
shoddy Machines Sent to Australia
Sour Purchasers Hearts.

Washington, Oct. 20. Somebody has
been hurting America by sending shod-
DIV automobiles to Australia. The con-
s,lls report that there was time asfew
years ago, when the American machines
had the whole call in that part of the
world, but that low;grade cars Of in
and American sales there now are rare.
In the meantime the French have come
in and gobbled the trade, most of the
automobiles now coming to the country
being Of French manufacture.
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days, as follows:


Days.
New York to Bremen. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Z
Bremen to st. Petersburg ................ ~
st. Petersburg to Vladivostok. ............1 10
vladivostok to San Francisco. 10
San Francisco to New York. .............. ~
But Prince Hilkoff s figures have
never yet been approached. Instead
Of ten days from st. Petersburg to
Vladivostok it takes seventeen and
often longer, and instead of ten days
from Vladivostok to San Francisco
the fastest steamers take twelve from
from three to a week must be added to
this for getting from Vladivostok to
Yokohama. Again, he made no allow.
ance for time lost in making connec-
tions ...s>I ~l-- F..
The fact that Prince Hilkoft pre-
dicted ten-day trains across Asia is
| good evidence that they are not only
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

there will be work for your feet to do
fence, for instance.
"Then there is sudden, sharp shock,
the ground which has been sweeping up
at you slaps you roughly on the feet;
you tumble in heap. r. -...s
'"You have landed, and the parachute
over you. If you are not dead the
parachute is not. a pail, and you crawl
'ut, painting, very, very glad it is all
over,o : .-.., 4. 49,.
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TO INSTALL TROLLEY CARS.
BY W. W. .Jernna ana

Washington, Oct. 20. The street rail
roads in Adelaide, Australia. have just
been bought by the government for
81 400, 900. The cars have heretofore
been run by horsepower, but the gov
eminent will put in an electrical plant
at once.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

In Denmark it Is the law that all drunken
persons shall be taken to their homes In car
riages provided at the expense Of the publican
who sold them the last glass,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
ward. He would figure out an timer
airy something like this:

airy something like this:
Hours.
Minneapolis to New York. via Chicago
ItEd1lC... 90
New York to Cherbourg (ship) ............ 40
Cherbourg to st. Petersburg (rail) ........ So
st. Petersburg to Dalny Orally via Trans ..
Siberian and Manchurian system. ....... 40
Dalny to Shimonoseki (ship) .............. go
Shimonoseki to Yokohama (raiD ........... u
Yokohama to Seattle (ship) ............... 2SS
Seattle to Minneapolis (raiD .............. So
Or A days 10 hours
One must add several days for con-
nections en- route, so that record Of
fifty days would be remarkably good.
The new turbine Cunarders will cross
the Atlantic in four and one-half days,
but the time thus saved, would be lost
in crossing England. So the globe
circler would better take French
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-31
NEWS OBTAINED ALONG
THE RIVER FRONT

The sand and gravel-digg.ng machine OF
the Columbia National Sand Dredging Com
pany of this city which has been lying at
the Alexandria shipyard for several days, Is
being fitted with new nelson's and is hav-
ing the end of her hull renewed. When the
work on the hull is finished the machine
will be taken to the pier OF the sand COM
pany, at the foot of Sd street on the East
ern branch, where 1t will be provided with
a new and improved screen for the sepa-
rating of gravel into various sizes The
machine will be ready for service in the
early spring.
Arrived: Schooner Jennie Stubs from
Blue Hill, Me, with stone, in tow OF tug
Gummeli; schooners Winnie Windsor, Bal
ley Brown, Ada Wood, c. II. Bramble,
Chevalier and Alex. oysters from Potomac
beds; schooner y. II. Quinby, pine lumber
from the Rappahannock river; steam barge
f. james Tul, cord wood from kinsdale,
Va, for Eastern branch.
Sailed. Schooncrs Bradford, Edith NJ,
Hattie c. Laird and Avalon for Potomac
oyster beds to load for this city.
Memoranda: Schooner Clara Leonard, In
Nomini creek and Belmont, at Occoquan,
are loaded with cord wood and will sail at
once for this city; schooner Samuel Wood
has been chartered to load cargo of pine
lumber on the Rappahannock river for this
city; schooner Mabel and Ruth is at New
bern. n. c., loading lumber and shingles
for this city; schooner Grace Bennett has
sailed from Newbern for this city with a
cargo of shingles aboard.
A maintopmast schooner carrying about
$4,000 feet of lumber. and painted black
was hard and fast ashore on Holland Point
on the upper side of Pohick creek when the
steamer Wakefield passed that point yes
terday afternoon. Tho vessel was lying in
such position that her name could not be
made out from the steamer.
The Alexandria schooner Nettie which
went down to Somerset beach wharf to load
q cargo of railway ties for Alexandria, to
be reshipped on a schooner going to Bos-
ton, returned to Alexandria yesterday with
out the cargo She Is now lying at the Al
eXandria shipyard wharf.
The Maryland Delaware and Virginia
line steamers Calvert and Westmoreland,
which are on the route between this city,
the river landings and Baltimore during the
summer months, are In drydock at Balti-
more being overhauied and put in order for
active service when the busy season on the
Potomac reopens.
The hull of the old ferry steamer Column
bia. which is being stripped Of machinery
and all metal of value, was yesterday taken
to the 9th street wharf of the American Ice
| Company where quantity of boiler metal
and shafting was landed.