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The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
coIorInq Woods.


 The use of colored woods In the construction of furniture has long been known, the material being stained after the necessary seasoning process Within the last few years. however, a method of Austrian origin has been employed whereby the wood is colored when in a green state.
 By means of heavy pressure in a closed vessel the sap is driven out of the wood and is replaced by the col bring fluid, which may consist of a solution of the more permanent aniline dyes. The best kinds of wood for treatment are found to be birch, beach. alder, plane, elm and lime; oak, fir and pine being unsuitable because they do not stain uniformly.
 The colored wood is used for furni- ture making and for the manufacture of doors and window frames. It can also be employed for outdoor pur- poses, in which case no painting is necessary, although coating of var nish would seem to be a necessity. For the fitting of ships, railway cars and similar purposes this stained wood ap- pears to be eminently ftted.-Harper's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
SHOOTS SISTER AS IN SHOW
As Good Indian" He Fired Bullet In. to Girls Head as a Bad Indian"
 Lass May Recover.

Chicago.-Two Chicago children twins watched a moving picture in which good Indian" shot and killed a bad Indian" few hours later the children tried to duplicate the act in the picture at their home. Fifteen minutes later an ambulance took Net tie Johnstone, IS years old, to the hos pital with a bullet in her head Will liam Johnstene. her brother. had shot her in play.
 The children had been spending the day with their grandmother, who took them to the picture show. When the children returned hom William pro posed they play Indians. and Nettie thought that was fine idea.
 The children were in the midst of their exciting game. in which William was the good Indian and Nettie the bad Indian William had found an old rife in a closet and was armed with this weapon, which he did not know was loaded, when his sister marched down the room. William took aim and shot.
 There was loud report, and Nettiie shrieked and fell. bleeding from wound in her head. It was found that the wound was a serious one. but not necessarily fatal. and it is believed the girl may recover.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Doctor wiIey,s Absentmindedness.

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. the pure food expert, is one of the most absent mind ed men in the world The doctor takes his lunch in the cafe of the National Press club in Washington, and when he lunches he misses no bets, over looks no food. He has a fine appetite "a remarkable appetite, considering all the unpleasant and terrifying things he knows about foodstuffs. One afternoon he finished his meal walked into the cloakroom and put on his hat As he was going out he was accosted by friend, who invited him to lunch with him. Doctor Wiley hesitated. "To tell you the truth" he said whimsical ly, "I don't know whether I've just had lunch or not" He thought deeply for several moments. Just to make sure" he concluded seriously, "I'll go in and have another" And he ate as much the second time as he had the first
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

thousand men and women.
 The dead aviator was born in Kan sas City 30 years ago. His parents are dead. An invalid sister, Miss May Johnstone, lives in Moberly, Mo. Johnstone's wife and two children, a boy and girl, were in New York. he became an aviator. He travelled extensively abroad, giving exhibitions on his bicycle He met in Berlin the girl who later became his wife.
 Six months ago Johnstone, through Roy Knabenshue, secured an en- gagement with the Wright brothers. They liked his work, and a few weeks ago he signed a contract extending to January l, 1912. Johnstone had the greatest confidence in his ability to keep the worlds record for height He said that if anyone broke the worlds record which he held he would go even higher.
 Johnstone broke all records for al titude flights by soaring 9,714 feet over Belmont Park, near New York The ascent was the most spectacular ever seen in this country. The avi ator was an hour and half going up, and at the top of his ascent was out of sight to those on the field below who did not possess the strongest glasses.
 Johnstones story Of the upward ascent was a thrilling one. He said that after he reached a height of 5000 feet the air was so cold that his limbs became benumbed and he could scarce ly keep hold of his levers.
 Seven thousand feet in the air Johnstone passed through a storm of light sleet swept by strong wind. There was grave danger in this, but the aviator never hesitated, believing that as he went higher he would pass through the sleet strata. This he did and when he was 5000 feet up he found the atmosphere comparatively tranquil. It was, however, bitterly cold.
 When he reached the 9,O00-foot strata Johnstones engine began to miss fire. He kept on, however, until he had gone up about 700 feet more Then, chilled to the bone and con yinced that to attempt a higher flight would be foolhardy, he turned his machine downward and began the hazardous flight toward the earth.
 Johnstone came down in long, circu- lar swoops. winging his way toward Belmont field like a giant condor. At times he reached the enormous speed of 200 miles an hour in these long giides. As he came into view the crowd cheered wildly. A few wide cir cles finished the descent, and when his machine dropped in long swing softly to the ground the great crowd about him gave him tremendous ovation.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
SCIENCE IN FENCE POSTS New England Farmer Has Bright Idea About Cutting Tops of
 Posts.

T had to take a little railway jour hey up into New England the other day" said the man who once lived in the country, land as usual I wanted to stop the train along the road and answer a few questions.
 T always want to do that, but of course never can, so there are many things about which I am forced to keep on wondering. This time it's about fence posts. I saw something new to me in that line, and it struck me that at least one farmer was ap- plying bit of science to his job.
 The fence posts were nothing un- common Looked as if they might have been cut and set a good while ago around just an ordinary hillside pasture fifteen or twenty miles the pretty gray and weather worn and that made the contrast to their fresh ly sawed tops the more conspicuous.
 These tops had been so recently cut that they were still quite bright and yellow. And to my surprise I no ticed that instead of being cut straight across the post, making a flat top. they had been sawed at an angle, so that the top of each post was like one side of a roof.
 Now that's sensible, isn't 1t? A fiat topped post doesn't shed water Moisture just stays there and slowly seeps down into the wood until the whole thing gets rotten. This farmer was clever enough to cut his posts so they would shed water and last-I don't know, maybe twice as long.
 But maybe it wasn't the farmer wAo had the happy thought. Maybe you can buy scientifically sawed fence posts at the lumber yards now Or maybe some city man who doesn't care hang for rural tradition has bought the place and has gone around and sawed off the tops of all the old posts.
 "Or maybe one of these women you read about in who are making a liv ing and $249.SO profit in the first year, with hopes of increasing it to at least $500 in the second, out of some old down-trodden, squeezed out, used up relic of two centuries of New Eng land farming is responsible for those watershed posts, wonder"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
ALL PLAY WITH SNAKES
WHIFFEN FAMILY KEEPS WHOLE
 RoOMFUL OF REPTILES.
Everybody. From Father Down to the Baby, Seems to Enjoy Society of the s-Washerwoman Is the One Who Gets Scared.

New Rochelle, I. Y.-Most parents are content to see their children have the usual quota of toys for amusement, and dog and cat for companions, but the four Whiffen youngsters Edwin, eight years old, Eva six, Helen four, and Robert two-children of Edwin Whiffen of New Rochelle-find their greatest delight in playing with snakes. In the snake room" on the third floor of their home at 39 Birch street are 30 reptiles. The collection embraces two dozen garter snakes, one green, two king, one black racer and two milk But in the good snake season the children have had as many as 200 at time.
 There are Rex, the king snake; Black Joe, a racer, and Matilda and Genevieve of the garter tribe. Daily there is visit to the snake chamber and half hour of playing. the chill dren, of course, suggesting the games and the snakes shaking their heads in approval. Daily after dinner Rex or Regina is brought down to the dining room and curls himself before the grate fire.
 Black Joe is so thoroughly domesti- cated that when whistled for he comes to his master, coils on the boys shoul- der and eats from his hand He even has been trained to perform a real ser pentine dance.
 Baby Roberts favorite diversion is to creep quietly up to Rex as the snake lies snoozing on the parlor rug and push him with one foot Rex never resents that
 Mrs. Whiffen does not love to see the household pets crawling over the furniture, but as the children enjoy their society she makes no objection. The one person afraid is the laundress. She insists on shaking out the family garments before she consigns them to the tub. One day soon after she began to work for the Whiffens she started to soap what she took to be stock ing. It wiggled under her hand and she nearly fainted. She has been care ful since.
 Edwin often takes a couple of his pets to school in a satchel and the teachers and many of the pupils have become accustomed to handling them.
 Whiffen, who is an instructor in pub lie school No, 46. Manhattan, twice a year brings down few of the pets and gives his pupils lecture on snakes. He and Edwin. Jr., are the family sn2ke collectors They find their prizes in woods and fields around New Rochelle
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

tering into their games and sports with true American zest and fervor believing Japanese traditions and prac- ticing with their weapons, his mill tary environment was such that the profession of arms seemed to him as a youth the noblest in, the world. By the time he had arrived at maturity. his skill in the game of war was un- questioned, and he had made himself an adept at handling Japanese weap- ons, even the short two-handled sword which demands such lightning-like dexterity and swiftness of eye and hand.
 This liking for the clash of arms and the call of battle. says Human Life, may appear strange when taken in connection with the calling of his father, Dr. Guido Fridolin Verbeck. who went to Japan before his sons birth as a Dutch Reformed missionary in the clipper ship Surprise-a six months trip in the fifties.
 General Verbeck remained in Japan until sixteen years of age, always in a military environment. coming, how ever. to California in 1880. to enlist in the Fifth California infantry, where he served successively as private. quartermaster, sergeant. sergeant ma jor, first lieutenant. quartermaster captain, adiutant and major. Fifteen years after his arrival he was appoint ed commissary general of subsistence, New York National Guard. and was rendered supernumerary four years later. He joined the Forty-first Sep arate company as private, New Years day of 1889, being later com nlissioned second and first lieutenant and captain For the next three years he was assistant inspector of the Fourth Brigade, and in 1907 was elect ed major of the third regiment of in fantry, one of the crack New York commands.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Rahhit on an Enalne PiIot.

Bangor, Pa.-A Bangor clergyman. who was securing the fields for game near North Bangor, saw rabbit perched on the pilot of a freight To- comotive, but as he was drawing near to shoot, Lester Marsh, fireman on the engine, threw lump of coal and killed the rabbit
 The railroad men recalled that hounds were running near the railroad at Portland, and thought the rabbit jumped on the pilot there, and rode with them to North Bangor. five miles.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Goose and Golden Egg.

The old family physician being away Jn a much-needed vacation, his prac- tise was intrusted to his son, recent medical graduate. When the old man returned the youngster told him, among other things, that he had cured Miss Ferguson, an aged and wealthy spinster, of her chronic indigestion. My son. said the old doctor, 'Pm proud of you; but Miss Ferguson's in- digestion is what put you through col. lege."@Argonaut.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

of Wilfrid Sheridan, and the event was lifted somewhat out of the ordinary by the attendance of several members of the royal family Miss Frewen was one of the most popular of the society belles of England and is particularly intimate with Victoria Patricia, daugh- ter of the duke of Connaught, who is King Georges uncle.
 Miss F'rewen's mother is one of the Jerome girls of New York, who have cut a wide swath in English social life. Jennie Jerome became the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, at one time one of England's most primising statesmen and man of most brilliant attachments. She is now Mrs Corn wallis West A second Jerome girl Miss Leonie, became the bride of Jack Leslie, son of Sir John Leslie, the fa- nous artist, while the third Jerome girl, Miss Clara, became the wife of Moreton Frewen, whom Americans will remember as one of the worlds great est advocates of bimetalism with the possible exception of William J. Bryan The father of these girls was the late Leonard Jerome of New York, who acquired great wealth and who married Miss Hall of Syracuse.
 It is not so long ago that Anglo American marriages created wide spread comment. One of the first and most important, socially, of these unions was in 1876, when Consuelo | Yznaga married Viscount Vaudeville, i the eldest son of the duke of Manches- ter Now the children of many of these unions are of marriageable age and are as thoroughly British as though one of the parents was born in Oxford or London and not in New Or leans or New York.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
SWORDS OF GENERAL GRANT.

In the National museum at Wash ington there is a valuable collection of swords which belonged to General Grant and which were presented to him On various occasions during his military career. The general prized these swords very highly and at the time of his bankruptcy gave them as a security for loan. He afterwards recovered them with the proceeds of his famous Memoirs, which he wrote while slowly dying. One of the swords was presented to him at the capture of Fort Donelson. On this occasion, one of his officers, noticing that the enemy's haversacks were filled with rations, reported the fact to Grant with the words, They have come out prepared to fight for several days
 Grant, shaking his head slowly, re- piled: This means retreat. Soldiers don't fill their haversacks this way unless they are planning to decamp Now, then, one more sharp attack and we will end this fight"
 A little later Grant took possession of the fort, and in honor of his tri- umph a handsome sword was present ed to him by G. w. Graham, c. c. March, C. w. Layout and John Cook. It is generally known as the Sword of Donelson," and is the one which Grant was most fond of wearing.
 There are three other famous swords which were presented to Grant on occasions similar to that of his vic tory at Fort Donelson. They are all beautifully engraved and rest in the National museum, the favorite relics of General Grant.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

There were 300 in the party, which left New York on June 22, and re- turned August 16. after having visited all of the historic spots from England south to Italy. Professor Murray was engaged as one of the 15 guides. Each guide was placed directly over party duty to show the members of his party the different places of interest in cluded in the itinerary.
 T must admit" Professor Murray said, that it was an exceedingly novel experience. The fifteen guides, as we who were in charge of the tour were called, were practically the only men among the three hundred tourists. Of course, 1t was busy party, and the guides were the busiest of all. It was our duty to arrange for transportation of all the members. We also engaged hotel accommodations and paid cab and street car fares. and were often compelled to stand in the middle of the street arguing with a cabman over the size of the tip he was to receive. In addition we were prepared to de liver lecture at every place of inter est. The plan of the University Travel bureau is to instruct it's tourists con- corning the history of all buildings, paintings and other objects of inter- est seen on the tour The guide must either have seen the building or paint ing before or must have read com plete history concerning it, that he may transfer that knowledge to the members of his party"
 But what were your sensations as a chaperon of a party of young wom- en?" the visitor asked.
 More peace of mind than when chaperoning party of men," was the answer. The women stay in the ho- tel at nights. while the men expect you to spend practically every evening showing them the interesting sights of the different cities. But I wouldn't care to make the same trip again. The lectures grow tiresome, especially when you are attempting to talk to tired, wornout tourists"
 Professor Murray was the first of the Kansas Rhodes scholars. He has spent much of his time the last sev- eral years touring European countries and at Oxford university. He is at present secretary to the Rhodes schol- ars of America and is probably in closer touch with them than any oth. CT Oxford student.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

who has success
 fully played the role of chaperon to young women tourists. Prof. B. w. Murray of the department of Lat in spent 70 days last summer con ducting a party of young women on a sightseeing tour through several European coun- tries.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

the subject of the international para grapher. Now the daughter of the A m e r i c a n wife abroad will be come the subject of comment. Re gently Miss Claire Frewen, daughter
 of MT and Mrs. Moreton Frewen. the latter an American woman, became the bride
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

record of 9.714 feet, was the most dramatic in his tory of aviation. Fifteen thousand persons saw his fall. H u n d r e d S fought over his body for souvenirs. He was killed in a sheer fall of 800 feet into the in- closure at Over land park, in the sight of several
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Sore Yet.

Podunkite (proudly)-we're goin- to have a street carnival in this here burg next Saturday night
 Stranger-Yes? l suppose the fire department will give an exhibition run?
 Podunkite-Not on their lives, they won't Last Fourth O July night they did that stunt and some cussed cut-ups strewed the street in dark spot with bananer skins
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

state of New
 York, might al most be called an American s a m : urai. B orn in Naga saki, brought up in the strictest military disci- plin e, mingling W i t h Japanese boys of his own age of the higher classes, who were destined to be- come soldiers, en-
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
At the Back Door.

Have you ever worked?" ''Yes. yer honor, I've had a steady job fer years and years" What at2"
 ''Fm a collector"
 'What firm are you a collector for?" Fer meself; de world owes me a Twin an I been collectin' it" Thirty daysi"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
A SAMURAI SOLDIER WHO
 HEADS NEW YORK MILITIA

Gen. William Verbeck, the chief of fcer of the National Guard of the
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
THIS CHUM OF ROYALTY
 WEDS ENGLISH HUSBAND

The American wife in Europe, more particularly in England, has long been
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

Railroad Vernacular. He says you wrecked his train Of thought" "Umphi A string of empties."
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
DARING AVIATOR WHO MET
 HIS DEATH AT DENVER

The death at Denver of Ralph John stone. holder of the worlds altitude
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
MAN CHAPER0NS A PARTY
 OF YOUNG WOMEN TOURISTS

There is one man, a member of the faculty of the University of Kansas.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

Everyone who ever entered the western portals will remember the great stairway with the massive sides of solid stone taking the place of the ordinary handrail or balustrade-only one would hardly have thought that they were stone.
 Like the greater part of the rest of the interior, these were painted, and they might have been brick and stuc- co or concrete, for all one could tell from their appearance. Now that the paint has been carefully removed. 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18
.HEAVY0RDERSFOR
 STEEL LAST WEEK New Contracts Called for
 10000 Tons Structural Shapes

|. New York. September 17.-A heavy ton mage of steel building orders rolled into the fabricatlng shops and structural mills last week. The new contracts placed called for .40,ooO tons of fabricated struc- ,tural shapes, bringing the total tonnage for the first half of September to eo,ooo tons. Contracts fro mthe railroads while larger were only quarter of the total.
 The largest single structural orders were lOO0 tons for the Kesner building, Chicago, and 5000 tons for the Cleveland city hall. Wire products were even more active than structural material, all interests sharing in the increased vol ume of business.
 Larger orders for merchants. steel and wrought iron pipe were developed Pitts burg mills booking contracts for 40 miles of 6 to If inch pipe. Contracts from 5000 to 10000 of structural steel were placed by the car shops in the east and vest Miscellaneous orders for finished products generally were larger permitting an in- creased schedule Of mill operations.
 Railroad equipment orders were again light including 1900 tons of rails, HOO cars 21 locomotives and 1000 tons of bridge and terminal work. a
 A slightly better tone was evident in pig iron with larger inquiries in the eastern territory aggregating about GOO tons, but the volume of new business was still very moderate. D., ase5.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18
TRIP OF 2OOO MILES
 SAVES LIFE OF BABY

San Antonio, Tex, September II. Bar bara Kruttschnitt will live. "A wild 700 mile race on railroads from Aguas cal- ientes, Mexico to San Antonio saved her life. G
 para Is the 14-months-old daughter ot l,i.,.s s Kruttschnitt, Jr., son of Julius KrA .lachnitt, director of operation and maintenance of the Hartman lines. Young Kruttschnitt is. identified with the Gug- genheim interests. The baby was taken .ill with pneumonia, Physicians advised that to save her life she be taken to a lower altitude A special train was char tered and arrived here at 12:45 o'clock this morning, the 2OOO and more miles had
 been made in 26 hours of actual travel, Little Barbara was hurried to 2 local hos pital and today physicians say the chances are all in favor of her, recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18
WEST INDIAN STORM
 REPORTED BREWING

Washington, September 17.-Another West Indian disturbance which may, if ii follows the usual track of these storms, swing up through the southern states. was developing today in the Caribbean sea at point south of Haiti and east of Jamaica. Always alert dur ing the hurricane season for any signs of such storms Chief Willis l.. Moore of the weather bureau today issued warnings to masters of vessels and steamship companies operating ships along the Atlantic and gulf coasts and in the Caribbean that they should be cautious during the next week or so in handling their ships in the vicinity of the West Indies. The wireless sta tions along the coast flashed the dan ger warnings over the sea so vessels on the ocean might be informed of the approach of the storin
 From almost all of the West 1ndian weather reporting stations today came word that the barometer registered low and was falling--a sure indication of the approach of storm. The first indication of the disturbance came Sat- urday and the weather experts have been watching closely for its develop ments.
 Today's reports indicated the storm more clearly than those of Saturday It was impossible for them even to guess the intensity of the storm or whether it would assume hurricane pronortions.