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The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Commander Peary has declared that
he will never again head another ex-
pedition either to the South pole or to
the North pole. He will, however.
stand ready to aid others who may
attempt such expeditions.
Under orders from Secretary Knox,
American Red Cross funds are to be
expended in caring for the sick and
wounded of both of the Nicaragua
armies, more than 1000 of whom are
incapacitated in Bluefields.
Admiral George Dewey celebrated
his seventy-second birthday anniver-
sary December 26th. He received 4
food of congratulatory kilograms, but
owing to his present poor health all
formal observances were waived.
General Ezra Hayes Farman, since
1905 chairman of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga Park commission and pre-
viously member of the Antietam bat
tlefield board, died at his home in
Washington Christmas day, aged rs.
He served throughout the Civil war,
being made at it's close brevet briga-
dier general.
That DR.. Cook was not decorated BY
the King of Denmark, as has been
generally supposed. is the substance
of statement made at Washington by
DR.. Maurice F. Egan, United States
minister to Denmark. Or Cook was
not decorated by the King" said Dr..
Eagan. 1.-The King held his decoration
back awaiting the decision of the Uni.
versity of Copenhagen"
Judge Horace H. Lurton was con.
firmeJ on the Goth inst by the Senate
as assocai, justice of the United
States Supreme Court. No opposition
appeared. The Senate also confirmed
the nomination of William ]. Mills of
East Las Vegas. N. NJ, to be governor
OF New Mexico.
Secretary Ballinger has approved
Wyoming-Car act segregation list No.
81, embracing 26,Oso acres. The lands
included in the list were selected by
the state under the Cary act, and are
to be reclaimed and irrigated by the
Uintah County Irrigation Company.
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01

Iowan wants to tear the law passed
at that time to pieces and have a new
one.
Without comment he introduced a
few days ago, his long contemplated
act providing for radical amendments
to the Interstate Commerce law. Sim
ultaneously be proposed a resolution,
providing for a sweeping investigation
of all corporations doing an interstate
commerce business for the purpose of
ascertaining to what extent the Sher-
man antitrust law is being violated.
Senator Newlands followed along
with bill providing for the national
incorporation of railroads and naviga-
ton lines engaged in Interstate and
foreign commerce; and finally, through
inspired sources, there became public
the salient features of the act re-
organizing the interstate commerce
commission, which ultimately will be
fathered by President Taft.
The railroad lobby here is already
at work, and Mr. Cummins is in for
the battle of his life.
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01
Record Eresco Painting.

A letter from Venice published in
Figaro says that visitors to that city
may soon see there the largest fres.
CO painting in the world" 1t is the
work of Venetian painter, Bruchi,
and covers space of 70 meters (230
feeD in length. The article says that
this great work, which is said to be
of artistic excellence, is in the mu.
nicipal loan establishment of Venice"
When the Wald Nord painting, in the
Hotel de Vile, at Paris, was unveiled
it was contended that its 5000 square
feet made 1t the largest painting in
the world. but the ceiling painting in
the palace at Wurzburg. painted in
1888. covering a space of about 6.40e
square feet. was probably for9otts0
when this clAiln <'ss made.
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01
Some Cooks of History.

Journalism is not the only profess
sion in which the name of Cook is a
valuable asset. II you have a taste
for travel or exploration you could
scarcely do better than be Cook.
First, there is the famous Capt. Cook.
Then the Thomas (of Ludgate Cir
cus), who will carry you around the
world and back again with the mini
mum of discomfort and the maximum
of enjoyment America, too. has its
Cook-of whom we have heard some
what. But the gods specially love those
whom the godparents christen E. +.
We have alluded to the E. T. Cook
who edited the Daily News-and
Ruskin-and the E. T. Cook who
edits The Gardener. It remains now
to add that an E. T. Cook presidea
at the organ at Southwark Cathedral.
London Chronicle.
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01
HAS TRAVELLED FAR
Captain GreenStreet Has Circled
the Globe 100 Times.
Hardy Old Sea Dog Who Commands
New Zealand Liner Mixed Up
in Many Thrilling Adven-
lures at Sea.

London.-A hundred times round
the world is the record of Capt. Her
bert Edward Greenstreet. He is COM
mander of one of the crack steam
ers of the New Zealand Shipping Com
pany now, but he has seen shipping
develop from sailing vessels to steam,
and from the single-screw steamers to
the twin-screw leviathans that ply on
all the oceans of the world.
Capt. Greenstreet began life on the
water as a Worcester" boy in 1866.
Two years he spent in this British
floating nautical college, moored of
Greenhithe, down the Thames, and
then he went to sea. Sailing ships
held sway in those days. and the
young sailor voyaged to Australia,
China. Japan and across the north At
iantic. Then he passed as second
mate and went away in that capacity
on the Galatea. Liverpool-owned
ship.
A few days after the Galatea had
loaded her cargo at Newcastle and
had put to sea for San Francisco,
young Greenstreet had the misfortune
to break his leg-a compound fracture
above the knee, caused by the anchor
stock falling on him. Out came the
surgery book and the captain and the
blacksmith-trulya strange combina-
tion-undertook to set the broken
limb. Following the books instruc-
tons, they made such an excellent job
of it that when the vessel reached
San Francisco the doctor who came
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01

heart of Europe rather than making
an appeal to the national pride of
prospective exhibitors. The booklet
draws attention to the illustrious aus
pices under which the exposition is to
be held and lays stress upon the value
this will have in enhancing American
interests abroad. Prince Henry of
Prussia, brother of the emperor, is
president of the German reception
committee, while in this country j.
Pierpont Morgan is president of the
committees which are directing the
work of selecting representative ex-
hibits. Former Gov. Francis is first
vice-president and John Wanamaker,
the merchant prince, is second vice.
president.
The prospectus points out the prac-
tical side Of the exposition as follows:
"As this will be the first all-Ameri-
can exposition ever held in foreign
country. it will be of interest to all
Europe as well as to America. Expo
sitions have not been overdone there
as they have here. American enter
prise is well recognized abroad and
the rapid progress of this country has
attracted the attention Of the entire
world. Thus. an American exposition,
held in the heart of Europe, will be
Of inestimable value to the manufac-
turer and business man in that it will
give him an opportunity to show and
to demonstrate to receptive audience
what has been accomplished in the
United States along every line Of en-
deavor.
Unlike a worlds fair, where large
percentage of the visitors are COM
mercially negligible sightseers and
exhibits are lost in a maze of many
buildings and amusement resorts, this
indoor exposition will appeal pre-
eminently to the business men of Eu-
rope. who will want to see what the
Americans are doing. Neither will the
results obtained depend 30 much on
the amount af space occupied. - on
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01
1RE EXeOJIHoW RNLAcE. eERLAN

HAT America is to have a
comprehensive and represen-
tative exposition in Berlin
in 1910 is assured. Manufac-
turers and business men
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01
GROWS WARM IN CAPITAL
Fighting Days Are On In Congress
with Cummins in Middle Of
Trouble,

Observation-Disclosures are the fight
ing days in Washington and before the
present session of congress has ad-
iourned it is predicted there will have
been more hot scraps than in several
years past, not including of course.
last years tariff battle.
Senator Cummins of Iowa is one
of those who has started something
that looks like it will result in big
fight. Four years ago the railroad
rate bill gave congress one of the
biggest battles in its history. Now the
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01


tative exposition in Berlin
in 1910 is assured. Manufac-
Il turers and business men
throughout the country are
displaying a lively interest in the un-
dertaking and applications for space
have been received by the American
committee from many states. The
indications are that every branch Of
American progress will be shown at
the exposition.
1t is but natural that the United
States should seek to hold an ALL
American exposition in Europe, for
our export trade in that direction has
reached splendid proportions and it
is constantly increasing. Our exports
to Europe for the year 1908 reached
the enormous sum of $1,270, ,773. 1t
is also easily seen why the projectors
of the exposition selected Germany as
the country in which to hold it, for
that country alone receives s274,178,-
712 of our export trade, nearly one
fourth of the total amount going to
Europe. 1t can be truly said of Ber-
lin that that city is the commercial
heart of Europe.
Impetus has been given to the ex-
position enterprise by the recent ap-
pointment of former Governor David
R. Francis of Missouri to the office of
first vice-president of the American
committee. Mr.. Francis was president
of the st. Louis worlds fair in 1904,
and the success of that great exposi-
tion was largely due to his wise man.
agement and active interest.
There has just been issued by the
American committee, whose offices are
at No. so Church street, New York,
an attractively arranged prospectus
of the exposition, which, in addition
to outlining the objects and advan-
tages Of the enterprise. contains many
Photographic views of the exposition
palace and portraits of the distin-
guished sponsors of the undertaking
1t is interesting to note that the
prospectus emphasizes the practical
benefit of an exposition held in the
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01
WHERE COLH0UN WILL LIVE
New Minister to China Will Occupy
New Building in American
Compound at Peking.

Washington.-The building in the
American compound at Peking which
will be occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. W.
]. Calhoun of Chicago when Mr. Cal
houn takes up his duties as minister
to China is the largest of the new,
modern structures erected in Peking
by the United States government four
years ago. Other buildings in the
compound are individual residences
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01
Americas Peking Legation.

for the first and second secretaries,
the office of the legation, residences
of the Chinese secretaries and inter-
prefers and a marine hospital. The
grounds are inclosed by a 12-foot con-
crete wall.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

The south figures largely IN the COM
mercial and industrial news of the
day. 1t is estimated that at prevail
Ing prices the cotton crop this year
will be worth from $9O0,000,O00 tc
$1,000 100000, and that vast sum goes
directly into southern pockets. The
southern corn yield for 1909 is over
679,0O0,000 bushels, and this will add
several hundred millions of dollars to
the wealth of that section. Arkansas
expects to make $950,000 out of rice
this year, and other states will gain in
the same way. Louisiana has a good
sugar yield. Alabama is selling steel
rails to other portions of the country
and to foreign purchasers. West Vir
ginia is going into the apple business
on a great scale and with improved
methods, and Berkeley county alone
this year receives about 100000 for
Its fruit, and half that sum is said to
be clear profit to the growers. So it
goes in many directions. The agricul
tural and manufacturing opportunities
In the south are just beginning to be
appreciated.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26
DRINKING AT MEALS.

One by one old and cherished ideas
are giving way before the simple ap-
plication of practical tests. Perhaps
no other idea with reference to eat
ing habits has been more widespread
and more persistent than that it Is in
furious to drink waters at meals. The
old medical rule against eating before
going to bed has been discouptenanced
by the medical profession itself for
long time now, and it has been repeat
edly shown that a reasonable amount
Of food taken before retiring is bene-
ncial to many nervous people and is
not infrequently a cure for insomnia.
The rule against drinking at meals has
been more persistent, but it appears
to be doomed, now that the professors
In the physiological chemistry depart
ment of the University of Illinois have
set about making experiments to prove
the digestive value of copious draughts
OF water taken while eating. One
quart Of water at each meal was the
prescription followed, and it was found
that the subject actually throve on it.
The theory is that the water, diluting
the saliva, causes the digestive fluid
to assume greater digestive activity"
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

the signature, Fred w. Carpenter, Secretary
to the President" This plan of signing CORE
spondence by proxy has also been employed
by other high officials. notably army and navy
officers of high rank who are served in this
capacity by aids, flag lieutenants. etc.
A phase Of governmental work which has
called into requisition great number of mod
ern business aids, representing wide diver
sity of types, is the issuance of the daily and
weekly and monthly bulletins announcements,
reports, statements etc, which constantly
emanate from all government departments
and the purpose of which is to make notifica
ton of changes in various branches of the
public service. the condition of treasury
funds, etc., etc. 1t has lately been proposed
that Uncle Sam shall follow the example of
various foreign governments by issuing
gazette official daily newspaper, in which
shall be published all of these governmental
announcements of whatsoever character, but
up to date there has been no other method
than to allow each public official to make his
announcements in his own way.
Some of the daily statements of what
Uncle Sam is doing in various lines of activ
ity are now printed from metal type on ord
nary printing presses, just as circulars
pamphlets printed. but for the most part
these daily broadsides prepared in the
Office where the information originates, by
means of some one of those numerous new
inventions for duplicating reproducing
typewriter sheets. Some of these impromptu
printing outfits in the government offices are
operated by hand but for the most part they
use electrical energy and this is often we'll
nigh essential. since in many instances an
edition" of thousands of copies has to be
printed within few hours. In most instances
young men set the type prepare the wax
stencils that are necessary for this duplicat-
ing operation. and since statistics figure in
almost every one of these governmental an
nouncements extreme care is necessary to
insure accuracy.
A close second to Uncle Sans printing
and duplicating equipment, both in number
and variety. is the array of governmental ap-
paratus for handling the mailing lists to be
used in sending out these various bulletins
That the machines for mechanically address
ing envelopes and wrappers must be qualified
for rapid work may be appreciated from the
fact that some Of these government announce
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

the telephone and telegraph in the transaction
or business and few if any captains of indus
try rival Uncle Sans best-paid employes in
the extent to which they make use of the wire
less telegraph. This is but natural since
practically all government vessels of any i'm
portance equipped with the wireless and
the government maintains its own shore sta
tons for wireless work at various points on
the seacoasts and will ultimately have at
Washington a station of 5000 miles radius
that will enable communication direct with
almost any ship in the Atlantic The federal
government parallels the precautions of the
most alert private business houses by having
It's own secret codes for telegraphic communi-
cations. There more than half dozen
OF these The navy department and the war
department each has several codes: the state
department has one; and the president has q
special secret code for his own use These
codes are changed if suspicion is aroused on
the part of the officials that a key to a code
has fallen into alien hands
At the White House offices there is a tele-
graph and telephone department that more
than measures up against any of the similar
duJuncts provided at the general offices of
wealthy corporations having branches in wide
ly separated localities. The presidents intel
ngence of1ce, as this communicative nerve
center is called is, first of ALL the central" for
private branch exchange of a telephone system
Win upward OF score of stations at differ
ent points in the White House building and
grounds Similarly it is the hub of a system
tnat enables the president to talk confiden-
TALLY at any time with any of the members of
his cabinet Finally it is clearing house
for long-distance telephone and telegraph
work handled by means of direct wires Up
ward OF two dozen telegraph wires enter the
White House offices and the expert telegra-
piers who. working in shifts, are on duty
every minute of the "a hours are enabled to
secure direct wire to any point at any time
and to reserve it for executive business as
long as may be desired. These White House
telegraphers have. under stress of unusual
press OF business. employed some unique ex-
pedients. Graphophones of carefully gauged
speed have been nsed to record long messages
clicked OF by the telegraph instruments-to
be Transcribed later-and. on occasion. long
distance telephone messages have been re-
peated word for word as received to graphic
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

he Christmas tree crop is as legiti.
mate as any other for which there is a
demand. 1t can be produced on land
that probably could hardly be induced
to grow anything more valuable. The
favorite tree is the balsam fir, from
northern New England and New York
and this tree when cut is useful only as
a Christmas tree and possibly for wood
pulp. 1t does not when mature MAXI
either good firewood or lumber, but it
is an ideal, sweet-smelline, rapidly.
growing Christmas tree, and its use
for that purpose is the best it is capa
BILE Of being put to.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

A Cornell statistician makes the pre-
diction that If the decline of the birth.
rate continues as at present unchecked
there will be no births a century and
a half hence. Posterity in that event
will be relieved of the problems raised
by the higher cost of living. the ex.
haustion of natural resources and
other economic questions. There will
be no exhortation to go back to the
land" and no concern about the price
OF milk-unless indeed immigration
from Mars has begun to set in by that
time.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26
New York's Literary Girls.

The young man who said he'd never eaten
any, to somebody who asked him il he liked
Trollope was outdone the other day in Fifth
avenue book store. girl of IL came in and
asked the clerk for "Prometheus," "by man
named Kelly or Sheets. or something like
that"
"oh." said the clerk. 'Shelley's Prone
theus Unbound'?"
YES" replied the girl, that's It. R,t J.
you please. I'd rather have it bound. 1tsa =,
easy to lose the pages you know. If 1T ispt~
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

Victims Of sport on the ice are al.
ready numerous, as young people are
forcing the season" Winter is not a
matter o. the calendar; it is depend.
ent upon temperature, and until real
winter weather arrives it is unsafe to
venture upon ice over running water,
where freezing is slower than on
ponds and marshes waere the water
s slick.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

M. Paulhan's fight to a height of
I,S45 feet with a monoplane sets a
new worlds record for flying into the
apper atmosphere. and establishes con-
hdence that aviators will very soon be
ablo to venture upon the steadier up-
per currents for long-distance flying.
Truly, the heavier-than-air machine is
getting up in the world"
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

AS matter of fact. humor is humor.
American humor cannot be more hu.
morous than English humor, nor than
French. German. japanese. 1t is mere.
ly the sense of humor that differs in
individuals and in races. Humor is
like music-some have an ear for it.
IN appreciation of it, others are tone
deaf or merely dull.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

Some of the planners of big war.
ships are evidently fired with the am.
bitdon to swell the Dreadnought M.
don to that degree that when the Pan.
ANA canal is finished the navy for
which 1t is being built will not be able
to use 1t.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

Titles Of nobility are worth little
In Italy and have greatly declined in
France. The aristocracy of the tight
little isle across the channel are won
dering If their splendid isolation will
last
Barbour County index., 1910-01-26

Dor and material in the discharge of his busi
ness that would not be tolerated in anv nri-
vate business.
Naturally some sections of the government.
tai machine are much more advanced than
others in their adoption of business aids and
office appliances. For instance there is the
forest service, which under the direction of
that human dynamo. Clifford Pinchot, is the
peer OF any private business establishment in
the country in point of record keeping ad-
ministration and celebrity in the dispatch of
business Some institutions under the gov
ernment are yet long way behind this prize
example in the matter of office equipment but
the point is that practically all of them have
made beginning in the right direction With
business and corporation lawyers being
drafted as a matter of course for cabinet
posts and the most important responsible DO
sitions under the government, there is every
reason to expect that mechanical assistants
will continue to make their appearance in in
creasng numbers aids in the discharge of
the ever-increasing volume of government
business.
The presidential business establishment
for all that a certain dignity must be main
tanned in all procedure. is thoroughly up to
date both in methods and equipment The
rule (and it is by means a dead letter.
that every communication shall be answered
on the same day on which it is received might
business establishments that do business with
far more fuss and 1uster than the White
House. word should be said in favor of the
White House system Of securing the mail at
frequent intervals during the day by special
messenger and having all incoming letters
opened by one man, who sorts the communica-
tions and so distributes them among the Office
force as to insure speedy response. The
White House uses approved card index sys-
TENS for considerable portion of its record
keeping and for its very important mailing
lists" including those of social nature car
rying thousands of names and addresses which
are used in sending out invitations for the
card receptions and other functions at the
presidential mansion. Incidentally, it may be
mentioned that the card index and its next of
kin. the vertical file installation are now in
practically universal use in the government
Offices at Washington and factors have
helped more to simplify the whcla routine of