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The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
FARM LAsoReRs IN DEMAND.
Plan Adopted by Empire State to
Supply Needed Help.

New York.-The bureau Of infoima-
tiou and statistics OF the New York
state department of agriculture csti-
mates that fully $4,000 laborers will
be required on the farms of the state
thia spring, and through its office in
this city is putting into execution a
novel plan. which. in small way,
proved highly successful in supplying
the demand last year.
The department has advertised ex-
tensiyely both in New York and IN
Europe for agricultural laborers, and
as a consequence Is in daily receipt
of many applications from men. both
single and married, who are anxious
to work on the farms of the state.
Many applications have been received
from Holland and other European
countries, where whole families are
willing to emigrate If assured of farm
employment here.
Many immigrants reaching New
York are at once engaged by the bu.
reau of farm employment. Last year
the bureau placed 4.171 farm laborers.
and hopes this year to increase the
number to the $4,000 which will give
the farmers of the state chance to
sleep nights. But an investigator who
day or two listened to % appeals
for assistance in two hours spent on
two blocks on Fourteenth street, all
of them from men ''out of work" and
then recalled the many appeals CT
philaS thropic and charitable organize
tions for funds with which to asnist
New Tork's army of unemployed. W Dr.
ders why it should be necessary to
advertise in Europe for laborers to
relieve situation within ten miles Of
Broadway which is little better than
that of Kansas at the time of the
wheat harvest.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
Government Will Make Tests to Dis
cover Best Kind.

Washington.-The United States
government is about to commence an
extensive system of experiments with
balloons to ascertain what kind of air
rraft is most suitable for use in the
army. Some system will then be
adopted and put into use.
Gen. Allen. chief signal officer of the
hrmy, has been making preparations
FOR the experiments for some weeks,
Lut is now about to launch the actual
work of making the tests of various
balloons and airships.
Il is the intention to conduct the
experiments just outside of Omaha.
Neb., and for this purpose $50.000 of
money already appropriated has been
allotted for fitting up the fort with all
The necessary appliances. including
9, as tanks and repair shops.
Gen. Allen declared his belief that
his country was far ahead of any
r-ir in the matter of flying machines.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
MENTAL FEATS PERFORMED BY
INMATES OF IOWA ASYLUM.
One Feeble-M Minded Boy Is Walking
Dictionary, Another Marvellous
SpeiIer and a Third Has a
Freakish Memory.

Omaha, Neb.-The Iowa state insti-
tuition for the feeble-minded children.
located at Glenwood, has several
idiot savants." who are regarded as
remarkable. One inmate is used as
a calendar and date record, another is
utilized as a dictionary. another is en-
ployed as ready rapid calculator and
others show the marvellous but unex-
plainable traits of the learned idiots" :"
DR.. A. r. Schier. assistant superin-
tendent of the institution. has just
made his report, as required by the
Iowa law. The most astonishing case
he reports Is that Of John s., taken
into the institution when he was 12
90 years. He is the mental bookkeep-
er Of the home.
When the date Of any occurrence
about the institution Is desired as in
formation John S. gives it. He recalls
without error the date of the employ
ment of any new hand or the entrance
or discharge of any inmate.
If he has seen a visitor at the home
he can recall the exact date Of the
visit, the condition of the weather at
that time and some of the incidents
connected Herewith, even though it
occurred years before any question is
asked him concerning it. If given the
day of the month, the month and years
of any occurrence as far back as 35
years John s. will without hesitation,
tell upon what day of the week the
date fell. Asked how he does 1t he
replies that he does not know.
Marvellous ability is shown by boy
inmate about 16 years of age. He can
neither read nor write, yet he can
readily spell any word given him. and
as DR.. Schier says: He has been
tried with uncommon words time and
time again and never fails to spell
them correctly. He Is constantly
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
GREAT SOLAR SPOT FOUND.
Prof. Brashear Announces Disco, cry
Which Portends Storms.

Fittsburg. Pa.-Professor John 4.
Bra shear of the Allegheny observatory
has announced discovery of one OF
the greatest sun spots ever called to
the attention of astronomers. He says
electrical disturbances will be exreri-
enced throughout the country soon.
These disturbances. he further de-
ciares. may take the form of a dis
play of the aurora borealis or tele-
graph and telephone communication
may be seriously affected.
The present spot is so large that 1t
can be seen through smoked glass and
the scientist says 1t is one of the most
active of solar spots. In his statement
of the discovery Professor Brashear
says:
"A very large and beautiful sun spot
or solar disturbance is now crosuing
the face of the sun and is approaching
the central meridian This is the larg-
est spot that has been seen for sew
eral years. Its approximate Length, Is
11S.000 miles and 1t is 10000 miles
wide, covering an area of about $780,
900 square miles. There is considera-
BILE activity in the spot and there Lay
be some electrical disturbances on the
earth soon, but this is rather difficult
to predict on account of the posi-. ion
Of the disturbance in relation to the
earth.
Besides this great group of spots.
there are three other groups to the
west of it, and fourth Is just leaving
the sun on the eastern side. This
great spot can be readily seen by the
naked eye with a piece OF smoked
glass. Indeed. my attention was call
ed to it by a gentleman who saw 1t
through the morning fog. We have
been observing the spot with great
interest. measuring 1t and estimating
its size. 1t is great spot. stretching
an eighth of the way across the sun.
1t comes at time when 1t is not
usual to expect sun spots and Is OF
greater interest for that reason. Why
1t now appears is not explained"
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
EAT LOTS OF SUGAR.
Each Citizen Consumed Half His Own
Weight Last Year, Say Statistics.

Washington.-"The average citizen
of the United States seems to have
consumed one-half his own weight in
sugar in the year just ended" says a
statement issued by the bureau of sta
tistics of the department OF commerce
and labor. The average consumption
per head was rs pounds. The amount
of sugar consumed was 6.50O.000,0 900
pounds, at a cost of over 100000, 900.
OF this enormous consumption one
fifth was produced in this country. an
other one-fifth was imported from our
island possessions. and the remaining
three-fifths. or 3,S64.665.661 pounds,
from foreign countries.
or the production of sugar In the
United States last year little less
than one-half was from cane and a lit
tie more than one-half from beets.
The quantity of beet sugar entering
into American cosumptlon was 672.-
100000 pounds. showing remark
able increase, and for the first time
exceeding the production of the prod
uct from cane. There was an in
crease of 26O per cent. in the produc-
tion of beet over cane sugar from 1900
to 1906
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
HUNTERS KILL LARGE LYNX.
Animal with Tassels on Its Ears
Makes Attack on Men.

Memphis, Tenn.-An animal weigh
ing 60 pounds, with tassels on its ears
yellowish striped fur and stubby
tail, was shot the other day near Port
Jarvis, Sullivan county. The old in.
habitants say that the beast is a lynx,
and the Oldest of them swears that he
has not seen a lynx in this section
since he was a boy, rs years ago
Since then. he says, with chuckle.
they have been missing lynx"
James Cooley and Andrew Van
Dyke were hunting for foxes which
they supposed had robbed their hen
neries. They came across queer
tracks on the snow, then the lynx
came across them.
The beast jumped from tall stump
and landed on Van Dykes back. 1t
ripped the heavy clothing from his
Lack and lacerated his flesh. Afraid
of shooting his comrade, Cooley
kicked the lynx in the head with his
heavy boots. The beast turned on
Cooley, fastening its teeth and claws
in his thigh. Van Dyke jumped up
and placing the muzzle of his gun so
its head, blew its brains out.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
ROMANCE OF VHJOEM

became major. His first leap into
the spot light was made in 1896. wnen
he gained international renown as
leader in the capture of Doctor Jim"
whose misfortune was that he made
his spectacular move just little too
soon.
For his services at this time vii
joen was promoted to the position of
commandant of militia and special
commandant of the burgher. or citi-
zen. forces, of Johannesburg. His
mettle having been tried and found
true, in 1897 he was intrusted with
leadership OF an expedition in SMazi-
land.
During the latter stages OF the he
roic Boer struggle for independence
against an overwhelming weight Of
numbers and material resources. VII
joen captured many armored trains.
and kept up an unceasing campaign
with the object of harassing and wor-
rying the enemy, while his com.
patriots, De Wet and Botha. were CO.
operating elsewhere. Two months
before the last shot was fired he was
ambushed at midnight, while crossing
the British Gordon with a small escort.
His horse was shot under him, and
he was severely wounded. making his
capture easy. He was sentenced to
banishment for life on the island
of St Helena. where he was confined
until in the fall of 1902. He was then
paroled and returned to South Africa
to bid farewell to the land for which
he had fought in vain, to sever old
ties, and to gather together the little
that belonged to him that had escaped
the general cataclysm. He was one
of the ''irreconcilables." steadfastly re-
fusing to accept amnesty at the price
of swearing allegiance to the ling.
A few faithful followers, bound to
him by ties of blood, elected to ac-
company him into exile, and together
they set sail for the land of the free,
arriving in New York in December,
1902.
The exiles found the hearts and
homes of America open to them, and
selected New Mexico as their land of
opportunity. On his way to his new
home Gen. Viljoen foreswore his al
legiance to the red god of war. meet.
ing a red-cheeked girl of Illinois In
St. Louis. and surrendering uncondi.
tionally to the dimpled deity of love.
He had lost his country, but he had
found wife, who now rules Jointly
with him over the post office at Cham.
berino: and If the shadows of past
greatness sometimes haunt him. in
her sympathetic arms he banishes re-
gret.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
AGED 1903, BUT READY TO WE'D.
centenarian Celebrates Birthday by
Smoking Her Pipe.

Cherryfield. Me.-Appearing In bet
ter mental and physical health than
she has for some years past, Mrs. Le-
vina Cox. the oldest woman in Maine,
celebrated her one hundred and eighth
birthday the other day with party
which filled her house in Harrington.
Among the many gifts for her were
her favorite luxuries, confectionery
and tobacco. She refused new clay
pipe. because she has one which she
has smoked daily for the last 10 years.
and declared that none can be manu-
factured which will be as sweet and
mild as her favorite.
Mrs. Cox was born in Columbia, not
far from where she new resides.
Her first husband was a soldier in
the war of 1912, and her second hus-
band served two enlstments in the
civil war. Many of her relatives serv-
ed in the war with Spain, and in all
cases they won some distinction.
Mrs. Cox walks about the house
without assistance. and although small
in stature and her features much
wrinkled. she does not look the num-
ber of her years. Her eyes are bright
and she is able to read few minutes
each day without the aid of glasses
Her hearing is remarkably acute, her
ears catching perfectly conversation in
the lowest of tones.
Her appetite is excellent and she
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01

selling two-cent stamps at Chamber
ino, was born at Woodhouse. eastern
Cape Colony, IS years ago. In 1886,
when but beardless boy Of Is years,
he caught the gold fever and Joined
the rush of eager Argonauts to the
Rand. The goddess of the mines did
not smile upon his labors, and In 1890
he gave up prospecting to enter the
service of the Boer government as as
ststant public prosecutor. He still
longed for adventure. and three years
later he became organizing officer of
the volunteer militia, with the rank of
lieutenant. rising gradually uns!l he
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
Where students Get Even.

There is a time when the professor
has the whip hand of the student; ani
another when the student can take it
out of the professor. At least, it IS
so in Paris. The professor can he
stiff" at the examination; the studalt
can take his revenge at lecture. NJ.
Bartin, professor of Roman law in tue
university, is. the Newcastle Chron.
icle's correspondent says. accused Of
being too severe at the recent exam
nations, and for days now he has
found it quite impossible to Lecture o.
The students raise a veritable pane q
monium, and there seems to be no
remedy-or. at least. none that the
dons care to. invoke.-London Globe.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
The Rebuilding of San Francisco.

has been presented to the board of
public works by Building Inspector
Horgan. The number of buildings
taken up each month and their cost is
segregated, and the rapid rebound In
building operations is shown by the
monthly totals.
For May permits were issued Tor all
classes of buildings to the amount OF
$195,619. June showed a great gain.
$l,6S9,2SS. The subsequent Increases
by months were as follows: July, 81.
SSs.501; August, $4.54s.551: Septem.
ber $6.309,O13. October showed a
slight decrease over the previous
month. $6,O46.369. November made a
decided gain. $7.233, 765. The rains of
the past two months show in the
final totals, for Decen ber, $5,915,29O,
and January. $5.2O1,3s7.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
Greek Patriot Dead,

Apostolos Mawrogenls, the last Of
the Greek champions of liberty of
1921. has died, at the age of ia. Nav
rogenis was born at Piraeus in 1892.
and on account of the cruelty of the
Turkish government had to fee with
his parents to Italy, where he later
studied medicine. When the war of
Independence started he formed a le-
gion of the Greeks studying in Italy
and with it served under the command
oil the great kolokotrom. He continued
in the army for As years and retired
as surgeon general
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
THE HERALD
@aasoymLD. COLORADO.
Bacon.

Bacon.
DO sou remember what Charles
Lamb says about roast pig? How he
falls into an ecstasy of laudation,
spelling the very name with small cap
itals. as If the lower case were too
mean for such a delicacy. and break
lag away from the cheap encomiums
q. the vulgar tongue 10 hail 1t in
sonorous Latin as principles obsonior-
um. There is some truth in his com
pliments, no doubt: but they are
wasteful, excessive. imprudent. For
Il all this praise is to be lcvished on
plain, fresh. immature. roast pig, what
richer, more subtle and sustaining
Wand, broiled bacon? asks Henry Van
Dyke. in Scribner's. On roast pig
man cannot work: often he cannot
sleep, IL he have partaken of 1t i'm
moderately. But bacon brings to its
sweetness no safety" 1t strengthens
the arm while it satisfies the palate
Crisp. juicy. savory; delicately salt as
the breeze that blows from the sea;
family pungent as the blue smoke of
incense waited from clean wood fire;
aromatic. appetizing, nourishing.
stimulant to the hunger which it ap-
peases. 'tis the matured bloom and
consummation of the mild little pig,
spared by foresight for a nobler fate
than juvenile roasting. and brought by
art and mans device to a perfection
SURPRISING nature. All the problems
of woodland cookery are best solved
by the baconian method. And when
we say of one escaping great disaster
that he has saved his bacon" we say
that the physical basis and the quin-
tessinal comfort of his life are un-
touched and secure.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
IDIOTS ARE SAVAN7S.

called upon to settle spelling disputes.
and is as reliable as dictionary"
Both his parents were insane.
G. F. H., aged is years, of Danish
descent. can multiply three figures by
three figures as rapidly as they can
be written down. He never fails in
his multiplication feats. but his addi-
tion. subtraction and division are not
correct.
A 17-year-old boy. R. G. L.. without
education. is able to mold the forms
of animals with almost miraculous per.
lection. Other figures he cannot make.
He was found one day mixing saliva
with dust and molding the figures OF
animals, which from his first attempt
were perfect in almost every detail.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01

John F. Dryden in the United States
senate. He received Al out of rs
votes cast.
Mr.. Briggs was born In New Hamp-
shire in 1850. He was student at
Phillips Exeter academy and was
graduated from West Point in 1872.
He served in the Second United
States cavalry until 1877. when he re-
signed to enter the employ of John
A. Roebling Sons company here as
an engineer, and Is now assistant
treasurer of the concern. He has al
ways been prominently identified with
politics since leaving the army. He
was elected mayor of Trenton in 1899.
and in 1902 Gov. Voorhees, appointed
him state treasurer, which position he
still holds. In 1904. Mr.. Briggs was
elected chairman Of the Republican
state committee and is still at the
head Of the committee.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
+, prlmitive manchuria.

The large and fertile fields of Man
churia are tilldl with wooden plows.
The vast number of well-made carts
that are turned out are constructed
with crude tools. laboriously fashioned
in the local blacksmith shop and a
day is taken to put in shape iron fit
lings that an expert machinist, with
good cold chisel and emery Wheel
would finish in half an hour The bor
ings are made with hand-fashioned
augers, operated with bow and cord
Labor is cheap, but foreign inventions
are creeping in.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01

common life was worn out in what Is
now middle age. In Shakespeare s
time the sos We're venerable, Old
John of Gaunt, time-honored Lancas-
ter was 5s when supposedly so ad-
dressed, and Admiral Coligny. muir
dered at SO. is described by his con
temporary biographer as a very OLD
man.
Now continues DR.. Osler. when
we hear of death in the COS we in
stinctively feel it an untimely cutting
off in what should be still fresh and
vigorous age. and even at so it seems
but just fair ripeness for the sickle.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
BoER GENERAL NOW Llv.
ING IN NEW MEXICO.
captor of Or. Jameson Leading Quiet
Existence as Fourth.cIass United
States Postmaster-Weds an
Illinois Girl.

New York.-To lose a country and
fnd wife may not be bad trade.
even If it does involve descending
from the seats of the mighty to the
position of fourth-class postmaster
In little hamlet on the very out
skirts of civilization.
This is, in capsule form. the real life
romance of Gen. benjamin Johanis
Viljoen. postmaster of ChambeFino,
RIO Arriba county. n. NJ.
Benjamin Johanis Viljoen, now en-
gagged in the humdrum occupation OF
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
Ruler an Expert Cook.

Habibullah Khan is ameer OF
Afghanistan. His principal amuse-
ment is cooking. and this is general
with all other men of the country. 1t
is said that he can cook better than
those appointed for the work. Friday
are usually devoted to this amuse
ment, all his retinue helping in til
preparation of the viands, whicl
when cooked, they sit down and ca
together.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01

to thrust upon her during the last few
years.
She says that she knows tobacco is
bad for young people and she doesn't
expect to live out half her days If she
keeps on smoking her pipe. which she
has almost constantly in her mouth.
In her joking mood she declares that
If there are any good looking young
men In town who are looking for q
good housewife she will consider their
proposal
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
slomest Woman on Earth.

Washington. - Representative Pag-
rett of Tennessee has found the slow
es. woman in the world. Her name
IS Anna Hudson and she halls from
Hickman's county in Mr.. PagSett's
district She wants a pension on ac-
count of her husband. who served in
the BlaGlhawk war. and has been
dead so years. She just learned that
she was entitled to government aid
,he is 81 years of age.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
Important Discovery.

process of plating aluminium with
copper py welding methods has been
invented in Germany by Herr WacE
nitz This is regarded as important
because one of the obstacles TO {.
wider use of aluminium has been its
comparative lack or resistance to the
action of many fluids and its failure
to hold paint. These objections are
removed when 1t is covered with
thin plating of copper. while It's wei..-
is not materially increased.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
Structures Costing Over 100000
Erected Since Earthquake.

San Francisco. Cal.-The sum of
$4O,12S,753 represents the aggregate
of building in San Francisco for which
permits have been applied since the
middle of last May, when the building
inspection bureau resumed its opera
tions.
OF this 81 new office and other
buildings represent s3,050,000; reen-
forced concrete and other class Z
construction contribute 100;
brick buildings in general contribute
s14.19s,549; frame structures. $16.-
3S7 ,9O2, and the alterations of build
ings gutted by fire add S4.29S,202.
The report showing the above totals
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01

Now it is reported that another
eruption is threatened of Mount Ve-
suvius, endangering the villages on
the side of the mountain. 1t certainly
looks as though the earth We're trying
hard to turn itself inside out without
the slightest regard for the feelings
Of its population.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
His Pound of Ele.h

An English debtor has been allowed
to pay off debt of about $50 at the
rate of one penny month 1t will re.
quire 200 years to complete the pay.
ments. The sum was due money
lender. which explains the decisioA-
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01

If the Elkhart man who. in fit
Of jealousy, threw scalding coffee in
his pretty wifes face, disfiguring her
.or life. were to be tried before jury
Of women he would doubtless be SEN
fenced TO be boiled in oil. II he
had merely killed her he might have
some hope.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01

In Kansas City man was fined for
,panking her. Evidently she did not
consider that she was in her second
childhood.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01

II the Swedish investigator has
.eally succeeded in overcoming gravi-
ation, then flying machines should
,nly be a matter of buckling on pair
Of ten-cent wings.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
To Adopt War Balloons.

Already, he said. there had been de-
veloped some which would furnish a
few surprises.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
BRIGGS TO SUCCEED DRYDEN.
New United States Senator from New
Jersey Elected.

Trenton, N. J.-In joint session here
the legislature chose Frank o. Briggs.
of Trenton, state treasurer, to succeed
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
MRS. LEvINA cox.
lis 1903 Years Old But Still in Good
Mental and Physical Healthy

sleeps well, despite the fact that she
has never used patent medicines which
aspiring advertisers have endeavored
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01

Nothing with real good in it can
hvGs be = failure.