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SCIENCE NOTES.

Probabl the largest job of outdoor IL
Elimination ever undertaken was that car
ried out not long ago at ST. Joseph, Mo,
al combined military tournament ana
cattle show The size of the arena was
45O feet by o27 feet, making total area
of 1O2 $50 square feet The space was
Illuminated by 127 multiple alternating
current arc lamps on 1l0-volt circuits
The lamps were suspended on span wires
stretched across the arena. supported by
poles placed entirely outside of the in
closure Parallel with each span wire
were the two wires which supplied energy
10 the lamps The span cable was five
sixteenths of an inch and was anchored
at each end by guy anchors. The f.u-
mnation compared favorably with that
common with indoor lighting, and it was
possible to distinguish faces from one
side OF the arena 10 the other
A demonstration of the practical advan-
tages of good ventilation has been expe-
rienced at the Cambridge station of the
New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company. The tollroom in the building
Is long and narrow, with windows at the
front and back. In winter, when the win
dows could not be opened with safety,
the air became vitiated quickly. In the
spring of 1907 duet was built along the
ceiling, opening to the street at the front,
and discharsing air into the room by
i4-nch holes, fans being placed in the
rear wall TO exhaust the Vitiated air
from the room. The entire cost of the
installation was SI0, and marked inn
provement in the comfort and general
condition of the operators followed this
change. In the winter of 19O7-S the ave-
rage percentage of absences among the
siXty-Odd operators was cut in two. In
the three winter months alone this saw
ing amounted to is times the wages of
one operator, equivalent to profit OF
$195 for the company, on its capital in
vestment of $40.
The abnormally dry season on the
watersheds from which Vienna draws its
water supply made it necessary recently
to reduce the service in each house to
one tap. The city is now building works
for new supply obtained 120 miles from
the city.
It is figured that a successful pfysi-
clan must have a clientele OF $50 families
or about 7JO persons.
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sion will be taken and the majority will
have it's way. All of the republican tariff
eloquence will be on the House side.
Senator Aldrich, in adopting these tactics.
pr0t1ted by the error OF his opponents,
who while in charge of the Wilson bill
took the time to answer all criticisms and
defend themselves against all assaults.
The result was that they kept Congress
in session until the end of August. or
twice as long as the trainers of the Ding
ley bill. And with ali of this time they
dosed both their free list and dutiable
list with EPSON salts. To which schedule
this esteemed drug legally belonged had
to afterward be determined by the courts.
The public has no realization Of the vast
number of articles on which a tariff must
be fixed. The Dingley law specified rates
on sauerkraut. snails. acorns, corset lac
ings, joss sticks. rags. goggles. spunk
and worms. all separately entered, along
with the thousands of other articles en-
tering our commerce.
After the Payne bill has been approved
by President Taft force of Treasury
clerks will take the law form and from it
compile octave handbook with an In
dex of 1000 references. Under the same
cover will be bound the Dingley law, for
comparison. These handbooks, In sheep
bindings. will be in the hands of all GUS
tom officers when the law goes into ef.
feet. JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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Representative Serene Payne.
Iowa idea revisionists, while the demo-
Gratis vary in stripe from out-and-out
free traders to "protectionists." The same
shades of difference will be found in the
Senate. where the lineup will be sixty
republicans to thirty-two democrats.
What these two armies will fight for
supposedly-is laid down in the platforms
of the national conventions Of last sum-
mer. The republicans then declared "for
the imposition of such duties as will equal
the difference between cost of production
at home and abroad, together with
reasonable profit to American industries" :"
They also declared themselves for a law
fixing maximum rates of duty to be i'm
posed by the President against countries
discriminating against our goods and for
other countries minimum rates, represent
ing normal measure" of protection
against our goods. They declared also
for free trade with the Philippines. except
in sugar and tobacco. The democrats on
the other hand. declared for free list for
"trust-controlled products material re-
ductions upon the necessities Of life and
upon articles which we sell cheaper
abroad than at home, and graduated re-
ductions elsewhere to restore the tariff
to a revenue basis" Such were the dec
laratiOnS of war on the tariff under
which the voters fought in November.
But the men who voted these declarations
at the conventions are not the same
bodies who will line up for the tariff
fight in Congress and we shall soon hear
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committee on elections was chosen April
13, and that on ways and means July "a,
which makes 1t 12O years old. 1t was
first composed of one representative from
each state, but even then its mbership
was smaller than 1t is today. It was
afterward limited to seven and then to
nine members. only the leading revenue
producing states being represented. Penn
sylvania sometimes had two and even
three members. But as the country de-
veloped and new states were admitted it's
membership was gradually distributed
and Increased to the present figure
Among its noted chairmen have been
John Sherman, Thaddeus Stevens, Justin
Morrill,. William R. Morrison and William
Mckinley.
In the new committee room in the re-
GENTLY completed House Office building its
members will sit, side by side upon a
bench. like that of court--only curved
to form the arc of a circIe-instead of
facing each other at long table. as in
the old committee room in the Capitol.
Under the Sixtieth Congress the commit
tee. as then organized. commenced it's
preliminary hearings on this tariff bill
to be reported TO the Sixty-first Congress.
These hearings having been concluded
representative men in all of our large in
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ing associations During the winter the
countess has been entertaining her young
sister, Miss Salie Thayer, one OF the
bellies Of the Hub, who enjoyed passing
vision of life az the American capital
With the countess she was one of the in
terested visitors at the inauguration ball
Count Karl Moltke comes of that illus
trious family of Copenhagen which has
given so many great names to the history
of Europe Of the same direct line was
the hero of the FrancoPrussian war,
Count Helmuth Karl Won Moltke. from
whom the minister takes his name and
for whom the infant son Is called. HIS
fame is forever linked with that Of Bis
marck in the formation of the German
empire He was born in the old summer
place of the Moltkes i'll Mecklenberg-
Schwerin and received his military educa-
ton at the Royal Military Academy at
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republicans and democrats reminding one
another of party pledges"
The battle will begin with the organiza-
tion of the new committee on ways and
means. Besides Chairman Payne, the
Speaker is expected to reappoint those
republican members of the former COM
mfttee as have been reelected
The democrats of the House will meet
in caucus. and. although having no hope
of electing him, will choose their candi-
date for Speaker. This candidate will
become minority leader" and the
Speaker will appoint him the ranking
democratic member of the committee on
ways and means 1t is supposed that
Champ Clark of Missouri, John Sharp
Williams successor as minority leader
in the last congress, will again receive
this honor.
So the opposing generals on the floor
of the House will be Payne and Clark.
Both are lawyers. Payne is sixty-five
Clark fifty-nne. Payne was born in New
York and Clark in Kentucky. So 1t will
be another case of Yankee Doodle against
Dixie. Payne is OF medium stature and
very stout, while Clark stands six feet
one and weighs but 175. The rungs of
the ladder by which Payne climbed to
Congress were city clerk and district at
torney. Clark has been a farm hand,
country store clerk. country editor and
prosecuting attorney. The northerner has
been in Congress since 1888 the south
crner since 1893. Payne has been on the
committee on ways and means since be-
fore the days of the Mckinley bill. He
was active in framing that measure and
was Dingley's first lieutenant when his
bill was constructed. AS chairman of
the committee on ways and means he has
conducted the Legislative business on the
of Gin h4 11J
Mr.. Dingley. Clark has divided with
John Sharp Williams the honor of being
the Wit of the House, and was a close
friend of Tom Reed.
drawing card or the lecture platform
During the tariff debate he will often set
the House to roaring with laughter at
his stories told at the expense of his
rivals in debate.
The other hold-over members Of the
ways and means committee will be: Re-
publicans-Dalzel, Pennsylvania; Mccall,
Massachusetts: Hill. Connecticut; Boutell.
Illinois; Needham. California; Calder
head. Kansas: Fordney, Michigan;
Gaines. West Virginia; Longworth, Ohio,
Mr.. Roosevelt's son-in-law; Crumpacker,
Indiana. Observation-Disclosures Ala
bama; Griggs, Georgia: Pou, North Caro-
lima, and Randell, Texas. All of these
men are lawyers save Hill, who is presi-
dent of gas company, and Fordney,
who is lumber magnate. The full com
mittee will consist of nineteen men
twelve republicans and seven democrats
The Speaker will have power to remove
any of the above named and substitute
others He Will have to fill at least three
vacancies caused by the retirement Of
Bonygne, republican, Colorado; Cochran,
democrat, New York, and Granger, dem
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than any other nationality to marry
aliens. But that is only obvious in
Washington. The diplomatic corps Of
other capitals show that Europeans Of
all varieties choose wives from other
lands. The first year of my marriage I
lived In Rome, and though there were
several Americans in the corps, I noticed
that there were just as many Russians,
Italians. Germans and English married
to women who were not of their country
In Rome. in the resident society, one sees
so many international alliances that they
excite no especial interest. In Washing
ton 1t seems that Americans married to
Foreigners are greatly in excess of any
other kind of intermarriages and in fact
II appears that, excepting some American
wives. the majority of the diplomatists
here have wives of their own nationality
Americans travel more than other races,
except perhaps. the English, and that
may account for the tendency TO wed
across the waters. Whether international
marriages are happier or less happy than
the union of those of the same race is
broad theme which publicists discuss and
which essayists find fertile. Certainly we
may see many ideally happy unions, If we
look for them, more than of the other
KIND. We see the same in every sort of
society In every part of the world. The
unhappy ones are exaggerated and given
undue prominence and we hear less about
the congenial and prosperous ones.
X =
II think that much good ultimately
comes OF happy international marriages.
1t works almost as the alliances of royal
families In different countries-strength-
ems the ties of friendship and brings both
peoples in closer touch. There seems
much in broadening all Ideals and giving
different nations a chance to learn the
best points about each other. OF course
the same result is accomplished in the
western world in the emigration which
sends some Of the most useful citizens
from alien lands to help to upbuild ours
But the happy international marriage has
also its place. in spite of all the critics. l
have spent but little time in Denmark,
and l am afraid that / am proving dis
appointment to my friends who like to
get inner views of countries and Of people
Count Won Moltke was stationed in Copen-
hagen only short time before coming to
Washington. but, of course, from the very
first have taken deep interest in every
thing which pertains TO my husbands
country. 1t is most fascinating study.
and | do not wonder that the tide OF
travel is turning largely northward in
Europe.
From the standpoint OF art few cap
itals can offer such an exhaustive study
of one great master as the Danish cap
ital does OF Thorwaldsen. If only that
wonderful figure of Christ, Come Unto
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Ing him. and there will be no rule to limit
debate. Any democratic senator can talk
on the bill as long as his breath holds out.
1t has been aptly said that the republi-
cans Sit with the democrats in the Sem
ate, but sit on the democrats in the
House. A half dozen senators can talk
the measure to death, and 1t has always
been so. In the upper house 1t has never
been possible to frame rule which when
the proper time comes will require sena-
tors to stop talking and vote. In his
f1lbuster against the House conference
report on the currency bill last summer
La Toilette spoke eighteen hours and
fOrtythree minutes. and Allen of Ne
his memorable fight against the repeal Of
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
law.
Senator Aldrichs tactics will doubtless
be the same as when he was plotting the
Dingley bill through the Senate twelve
years ago. By preconcerted plan he and
his lieutenants saved time by letting the
democrats do all of the talking Thus a
democratic senator will complain. You
haven't lowered the duty on this item one
iota.'' mo" Mr.. Aldrich will feply, non
ing that the minority senators-even Mr..
Tillman-may say will excite any eX-
tended resnonsa from him or his lieuten-
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glancing at the illustration. Mounted on
every floor is button switch which
operates a small lamp and a special lock.
BY pressing any button the car is brought
to that particular floor. locking all other
buttons and at the same time indicating
by the lamps in the other floors that
the car is in use. II door is left open
the car will not start until ii is closed.
thereby preventing accidents. Where 1t
is not practicable to employ a regular
attendant for the household elevator this
automatic arrangement should prove very
serviceable.
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Me- were there it would attract the art
lover as a single picture by a great
master Will lure tourists into the most
inaccessible places. But the Church of
Our Lady has been called the Sacred
Museum of Thorwaldsen, since all the
sculptural ornamentations, even to the
mural decorations and the minor objects,
are his work No one who has ever en-
tered that church can ever forget the
emotion produced. by the Christ, that
matchless image of the divine compass
sion which embraces all suffering human
1ty, standing above the black marble
altar. Then there is the solemn process
sion of the Apostles which leads to the
Master, each Of which is worthy of study
as model of its kind Some admire
the beautiful Thorwaldsen angel at the
baptlsmal font almost as much as they
do the Christ. Then there is the Thor
Waldsen Museum, which contains every
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eress. will be Representative Serene
Payne of New York 1t is taken for
granted that Uncle Joe Cannon will be
reelected Speaker of the House. and
that he will reappoint Mr.. Payne chair
man of this now all-important committee,
although he will have the right to ar
bitrarly select an obscure new member
from Podunk should he wish to intrust
him with the task of steering the new
tariff bill through the House
1t will be hot fight. Tariff battles in
Congress are always hot. The lineup IN
the House will be 219 republicans against
172 democrats. a republican majority of
forty-seven. eight less than in the pre-
vious House. But in both houses the re-
publicans are separated into factions vary
ing from the confirmed "standpatters" to
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TOW 1T WILL BE MADE IN COMMITTEE, RE-
l MADE IN HOUSE. WITH THE WORK ALL
TO BE DONE OVER IN THE SENATE-THE LINE
UP IN BOTH HOUSES-THE GENERALS ON
EACH SIDE-ABOUT THE COMMITTEE ON
WAYS AND MEANS-PILOTING MEASURE
THROUGH SENATE MORE DIFFICULT THAN
STEERING 1T THROUGH HOUSE-ALDRICHS
INTERESTING TACTICS-SOME QUEER THINGS
CONSIDERED-PREPARING THE FINISHED LAW
FOR THE CUSTOMS MEN
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creasing number of Boston and Massa.
chusetts women generally who are at
present such power in social affairs
This list includes the wives OF both SEN
ators from Massachusetts, several ma
irons in the congressional set: Mrs. Won
L. Meyer. three Mesdames Slater Mrs
Brandegee. who was Mrs Charles F.
Sprague. one of the most prominent OF
the hostesses In the lower house set
about ten years ago; Mrs. Larz Anderson,
Mrs. Brandegee's cousin, and at least half
a dozen others whose husbands are here
in various professional ways. The count
ess has a large circle of relatives and
glimpse into her family history is like
reading a record of prominent colonial
PEOPLE. Her mother bears the honored
name of Revere and was before her mar
riage to Nathaniel Thayer Miss Pauline
Revere, which certainly calls up interest
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Copenhagen. He made a phenomenal
record, but seeing little prospect OF
achieving fame he took service under the
Prussan flag with wOrld-famous results.
Another scion of the house of Moltke well
known on this side of the water is Count
Adam Moltke Huitfeldt, who was also a
diplomat. He married Miss Louise Eu-
genie Bonaparte, daughter of Col. Jerome
Bonaparte and greatgrandniece of the
great Napoleon. Count harl -.oltke was
born in Austria. where his father served
in the cavalry for a number OF years
The count is one of the most genial and
affable diplomats who has over represent
ed the Morse people in this country, and
the Danish legation is fast becoming a
social center and rallying point for in
teresting people.
Copyright. 1909, by Margaret b. Downing1
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ONE OF THE GROUP OF CHARMING AMERI-
~ CAN CHATELAINES PRESIDING OVER DIP
LOMATIC HOMES-WAS MISS CORNELIA VAN
RENSSELAER, THAYER OF BOSTON, AND MET
COUNT MOLTKE DURING A VISIT TO ROME
SHE is HIGH TYPE OF THE CULTURED
WOMAN TO WHOM THE JOYS OF HOME AP-
PEAL IRRESISTIBLY.
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HAT to begin Mon
day will I've the
fourteenth extra
session OF Congress
and the second
called for tariff
tinkering. It will
meet. TO the day.
on the twelfth an
niversary of the
only other extra
tariff session-that
called BY President
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COUNTS EGGS AS LAID.
Device Prevents Hen
From Cheating Her EMPLOYERS.

The dishonest hen with cannibalistic
tendencies can no longer defraud her
employer with impunity, and If she likes
eggs for her meals she is in danger of de-
capitaton. Two Wisconsin men have
put their heads together and have per-
fected a registering device which keeps a
record of every egg laid and enables
chicken owners to detect any loss through
theft or any other agency. This device is
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piece of the sculptors art, either in orig
lnal, in replica or model. Here one may
admire the great productiveness of the
Danish master and realize why he is the
idol of the Danish race. Two stories OF
larger edifice are filled with his work
and the models overflow ipto the corri-
dors and down the stairway.
Another very interesting spot in CO.
penhagen is the stork fountain, asso-
ciated in the minds of the children with
the Hans Andersen fairy tales Hans
Andersen is another idol of the Danes
and old men and women talk of having
seen him with much reverence as
they would of some seer or holy mal
In the Park of Rosenberg is simple but
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AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR.
Controlled by Buttons Placed
Against Doorway on Each Floor.

Users of hand-power dumb-waiters and
small elevators realize the many incon-
veniences of operation. They invariably
become wedged in the passageway when
most needed. To eliminate the troubles
encountered in such devices a Chicago
inventor has designed the automatic cleo
trio elevator shown here. The method of
operation vii! be readily apparent by
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ocrat, Rhode Island. Appointments to
these vacancies will be eagerly sought Of
the Speaker. No greater honor can be
conferred upon a new member than such
am assignment.
That on ways and means was the sec
ond standing committee appointed by the
Speaker of the First Congress, in 1879. A
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HStON. countess harl MOitke Is one VI
the charming trio of American hostesses
added to the diplomatic corps at WASH
ingtOn during the past season. She was
Miss Cornelia Van Rensselaer, Thayer.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Thay-
or of Boston, and her marriage was "A ro-
nance of the regime of George Won Len
eerhe Meyer as American ambassador to
Rome. With her parents, the present chate-
laiuc of the Danish legation visited Mrs.
Meyer, and at one OF the court balls she was
introduced to Count Moltke. then charge
q affaires of Denmark at the Italian cap
ldl. The marriage did not occur until
nearly five years afterward. though both
were genuinely interested in each other
from the first meeting. The wedding took
place i'll the early autumn Of 1907 from the
Boston home of Mr.. and Mrs Thayer,
and was a brilliant international affair
attended by scores of diplomats and
prominent people. Count Moltke succeed
ed Mr. Constantin Brun as minister from
Denmark and arrived here last November.
The countess joined him early in the year.
This is my first close view of society
At the American capital" said the count
eSS. discussing things in general, a few
days ago, though | have. of course paid
visits to Washington and accomplished
the prescribed course OF sightseeing. / am
delighted with everything, though 1t is a
little disheartening just to get acquainted
with people and begin 10 feel that YOU
know every one by sight and by name.
and then to have a good part of the Off
cIal world TO change. But that also adds
q novelty and makes one Jealous in the
discharge OF social duties. j enjoy the
cordial energetic intercourse, as it were.
which is maintained in Washington. and
one would be very difficult to please If
some of the functions of the day do not
touch Il chord responsive.
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chate.
LANES Of foreign
establishments at
the American cap
ital are now SO
numerous that they
are no longer the
subject OF undue
curiosity. But they
constitute one OF
the most enter
tanning studies of
social life in Wash
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In the form of a band that fits over the
hens body. The expansion of the body
caused by the emission Of the egg causes
the band to spread and register a num-
ber. If the indicator shows that a hen is
laying more eggs than are collected and
If the owner finds no evidence of theft,
he can then be sure that the bird is
eating the eggs herself and either put
her in the stewpan and replace her with
a more honest fowl or keep such a close
watch over her that she will not have
an opportunity to indulge her cannibal-
istic taste. 1t is impossible to cure a
hen of this habit once it is contracted.
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Mckinley on March Il, 1897. That session,
which passed the Dingley bill. wrangled
until July "A This years special tariff
session is not expected to sit as long.
since the republicans will not have to
rip TO pieces a democratic tariff law.
as they did the Wilson law. twelve years
ago. They will simply have to tinker
the Dingley law. made by their own
party. 1t is predicted that they will
pack up their soldering irons and get
back home before the summer sun has
commenced to soften the asphalt of the
Capitol plaza-unless Senator La Toilette
and his insurgents get to filibustering
in the Senate.
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II will be the Payne bill this time. just
as before it has been the Dingley bill,
Wilson bill, Mills bill. etc. The Consti
tuition declares that all bills for raising
revenue shall originate in the House of
Representatives" In that House tariff
bills are always reported by the commit
tee on ways and means and for brevity
the newspapers give them the name of
the chairman of that committee. who.
in the siXty-first, as in the sixtieth Con-
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Copyright. 1909. by John Elfreth Watkins